Lot 40378 – 1901 Vineta provisional bisect (right side) on wrapper with first day of usage 10.7.01 Marine Schiffspost No.1 cancel

1901 Vineta provisional bisect (right side) on wrapper with first day of usage 10.7.01 Marine Schiffspost No.1 cancel, very fresh with clear overprint (mentioned also in the Mozek cert.), a great highlight of German philately; signed Bühler, cert. Mansfield (1966) and Mozek (2015) (Mi. €22’000).

Note: The Vineta Provisional (German: Vineta-Provisorium) was made on 13 April 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. The postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, so he bisected his 5 Pfennig stamps and stamped them by hand with a “3 PF” mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on 17 April 1901. Only 600 stamps were issued, making this provisional stamp one of the rarer stamps in German philately.