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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 29) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 4th May 2012 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited Until Wednesday 18th April - By Appointment Monday 23rd April - Friday 27th April and Monday 30th April - Thursday 3rd May - 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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| Auction Lots - Page 6 | |||
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| 1906 Picture postcard of Nagasaki, Japan franked G.B 1d cancelled "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE PLYMOUTH / 4" c.d.s applied on the S.S "St Louis", extremely scarce. Photo on page 37. £200-220 |
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| 252 | |||
| 1906 Picture postcards with G.B stamps cancelled by "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL" double ring datestamps with code 4 (5, used on R.M.S "Celtic"), 6 (2, used on R.M.S "Baltic", one franked 1/2d and charged 1d postage due) or 7 (R.M.S "Majestic"). (8). £140-160 |
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| 253 | |||
| 1907-08 Picture postcards with G.B stamps cancelled by "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE / SOUTHAMPTON" c.d.s codes 2 (R.M.S "Teutonic"), 3 (R.M.S "Adriatic"), 5 (R.M.S "Majestic"), 7 (R.M.S "Celtic") or 8, a fine group. (5). £120-150 |
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| 254 | |||
| 1907 Picture postcard of the S.S "St Paul" bearing a USA 2c cancelled "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE / SOUTHAMPTON" c.d.s code 6. An exceptional use on a US stamp and a scarce code, which was unrecorded by Hosking. Photo on page 37. £120-150 |
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| 255 | |||
| 1908-14 Picture postcards with G.B stamps cancelled by "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE" c.d.s, codes 1, 3, 4, 5 (2), 6, 7, 8 and 9, also code 5 c.d.s on a 1/2d pair and three cards of ships. (9+). £150-180 |
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| 256 | |||
| Missent Mail. 1906-13 Picture postcards with "MISSENT" handstamp alongside "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL / 2" (R.M.S "Adriatic") or "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE" c.d.s codes 3 (also with Taranto "Piroscafo" paquebot handstamp) or code 6; and 1908 postcard with scarce "MISSENT TO / U.S. SEA P.O No. 35" alongside "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE / 2" c.d.s. A scarce group. (4). Photo on page 37. £250-300 |
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| 257 | |||
| Postage Due Mail. 1907-14 Postcards franked G.B 1/2d cancelled "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL / 2" c.d.s (R.M.S "Adriatic") or "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE" c.d.s codes 4, 5 or 9, all charged 1d postage due, with "SPO" or "US SEA P.O" tax handstamps. Also 1914 (Aug 19) card cancelled on Transatlantic Post Office 2 on the final sailing of the Sea P.O, with New York Paquebot c.d.s alongside and 1d postage due stamp cancelled at Orpington Station. (5). £250-300 |
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| 258 | |||
1913 Picture postcard of the S.S "New York" with G.B 1/2d tied by "UNITED STATES / SEA P.O / 1" duplex, with Cherbourg transit c.d.s, the G.B stamp exceptionally accepted as valid in the U.S Sea P.O but underpaid by 1/2d so still charged 1d postage due at Southampton. Photo on page 37. £100-120Cachets Used on Coastal and River/Loch Pleasure Steamers |
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| 259 | |||
| 1904-70 Covers and cards including 1907-09 "R.M.S LORD OF THE ISLES" belted cachets in violet or black; 1909 blue two line "POSTED ON / LA MARGUERITE" and similar 1913 circular cachet in violet; 1906 postcard written on R.M.S "Fusilier"; David Macbrayne illustrated covers (2) and postcard; 1904 "Caledonian Routes" pictorial postcard; 1959-60 "Loch Lomond Mailboat" cachets (2); 1962-70 Caledonian Steam Packet Co. cachets from various named steamers (15); other 1962-1990s Scottish steamer cachets (9); picture postcards of steamers (5); and two 1d lilac stamps with 1896-98 "IONA STEAMER / 163" double ring cancels. (42). £200-250 |
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| 260 | |||
| 1906 Picture postcard cancelled at Glasgow with fine violet oval cachet "CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET Co. / DUCHESS / OF ARGYLL / LIMITED" (type 4.12, rated "F"). Also a postcard of the paddle steamer. (2). £80-100 |
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| 261 | |||
| 1913 Picture postcard cancelled at Girvan, with fine violet oval cachet "CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET Co. / P.S / DUCHESS OF / HAMILTON / LIMITED" (4.10, rated "E"), the picture side with "AILSA CRAIG" cachet. Also a postcard of the paddle steamer. (2). £80-100 |
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| 262 | |||
| 1912 Picture postcard of S.S "Ailsa" cancelled at Greenock, with violet oval cachet "CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET Co. / Duchess / of Rothesay / LIMITED" (4.11, rated "F"). Also a postcard of the paddle steamer. (2). £80-100 |
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| 263 | |||
| 1911 Picture postcard cancelled at Greenock with violet belted cachets "R.M.S LORD OF THE ISLES / 19 JUN. 1911" (4.32) and "POSTED ON BOARD S.S FAIRY QUEEN / LOCK ECK / ARGYLLSHIRE" (4.33, rated "E"), also with triangular "S.W / 3". An unusual combination of steamer cachets. Also a postcard of the "Fairy Queen". Photo on page 39. £140-160 |
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| 264 | |||
| 1904 Picture postcard cancelled at Whiting Bay, Arran, with superb violet oval cachet "GLASGOW & SOUTH-WESTERN RLY / PS / 22 AUG. 1904 / JUPITER / STEAM VESSELS" (4.2, rated "E", earlier than recorded). Photo on page 39. £150-180 |
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| 265 | |||
| 1908 Picture postcard cancelled at Ardrossan with violet oval cachet "GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RLY / P.S / 3 JUL 1908 / JUNO / STEAM VESSELS" (4.1, rated "E"). Also a postcard of the paddle steamer. (2). £70-100 |
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| 266 | |||
| 1903 Picture postcard of a paddle steamer written on board S.S "Wee McGregor", cancelled at Greenock, the picture side with violet circular cachet "TURBINE / KING EDWARD / STEAMER" (4.21, rated "F"). Photo on page 39. £120-150 |
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| 267 | |||
| 1912 Picture postcard of the "King Edward", cancelled at Glasgow, with violet oval cachet "TURBINE STEAMER / 14 JAN 1914 / KING EDWARD", this cachet unrecorded. Also a postcard of the paddle steamer. Very scarce. (2). Photo on page 39. £150-200 |
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| 268 | |||
| 1911 Picture postcard cancelled at Dundee with violet cachet "TAY PLEASURE STEAMER / MARCHIONESS OF BUTE" (6.19, rated "F"). Photo on page 39. £100-120 |
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| 269 | |||
1905 Picture postcard cancelled at Greenock, with violet boxed cachet "NEW / TURBINE STEAMER / QUEEN ALEXANDRA" (4.22, rated "F"), fine and scarce. Also a postcard of the paddle steamer. (2). Photo on page 39. £120-150Foreign Paquebots on British Stamps |
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| 270 | |||
| Europe. 1901-60 Postcards and covers with various Paquebots from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Belgium or Holland, mainly pre-1935, scarcer marks from Kavalla, Piraeus, Istanbul, Palma de Mallorca, Genoa, Syracuse, Venice, Nice, Rotterdam, Monaco, etc. (48). £200-240 |
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| 271 | |||
| Scandinavia. 1934-67 Covers and cards including 1934-38 large boxed first omnibus type Paquebot from Molde (2), Hammerfest and Trondheim; 1938 North Cape (H645), 1938 Helsinki (H955), etc. (11). £110-130 |
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| 272 | |||
| North & South America/Caribbean. 1905-65 Postcards and covers, virtually all pre 1940, scarcer marks include Quebec H2257, 2261 (2), 2275; Boston H1842 (7), 1843 (2), 1849, 1850; also Nassau, Ancona, Cristobal, San Francisco, Miami, etc. (39). £240-280 |
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| 273 | |||
| Africa & Asia. 1893-1967 Covers and cards including Singapore, Penang, Port Sudan, St. Helena, Hong Kong, Shanghai British P.O (H3357 on 1907 postcard), etc. (29). £150-180 |
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| 274 | |||
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific. 1904-78 Cards and covers including Wellington Packet Boat H1543, 1619 (on 1927 postcard, scarce); Melbourne Loose Ship Letter H1441; Freemantle H1393 (2), 1395, 1398 (2); Albany H1348; Adelaide, Brisbane, etc. (14). £120-140Other Maritime Mail |
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| 275 | |||
| Mailboat Cancels. 1862 Cover to Dover franked by 1d red strip of six (defect to left two stamps) cancelled by five strike of the very scarce "A92" numeral used on the Cunard Steamer "Asia", London arrival c.d.s (Aug 18) on the front, charged 2d for redirection to Deal, backstamped at Tunbridge Wells, Walmer, Dover and Deal. The "Asia" left Halifax on August 7th arriving at Queenstown on August 16th, mails from there reaching London two days later. The Luddington collection had another cover from this correspondence, posted from Bermuda in September. A fine and scarce mailboat cover. Photo on page 39. £1,000-1,200 |
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| 276 | |||
| 1926-39 Covers with U.S Ship duplex handstamps all with a British port name in the side bars, from Belfast, Chatham (2), Cobh, Cork, Dover, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gravesend (6), Harwich, Leith, Plymouth, Portsmouth (6), Southampton, Spithead or Torquay (2). Also 1945 U.S Navy Post Office, Liverpool, Navy Day E.T.O duplex cancels (2). (29). £100-120 |
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| 277 | |||
| 1864-1969 Entire letters, covers and cards including 1906 Vlissingen - Queenborough c.d.s, 1912 boxed Queenborough - Vlissingen datestamp, ships cachets, Maiden Voyage datestamps, 1930 registered Ocean Letter envelope from Southampton bearing 1/2d block of nine, etc. (24). £100-120 |
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| 278 | |||
1853-1911 Covers addressed to crew or passengers on ships at British ports including 1884 cover to "Lieut A.E. Sandbach, 11th Field Comg R.E, British Line Steamer Rewah, Gravesend" (troopship en route to Sudan), two endorsed "Ship sailed". (17). £100-120OTHER G.B. POSTAL HISTORY |
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| 279 | |||
| 1786-1845 Entire letters, various postal markings including "Missent to / Kingston" on 1841 1d red entire letter from Torquay to London, "LEEDS / 193" first type mileage mark, boxed "KILPATRICK PENNY / POST UNPAID", Haddington and Hurworth Penny Posts, etc. (13). £100-120 |
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| 280 | |||
| 1837 London District Post 2d lettersheet Essay in green, a little splitting along the folds. Also 1841 printed Admiralty letter with red crowned datestamp, clearly a Free datestamp from which the word "Free" has been excised, very unusual. (2). £70-80 |
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| 281 | |||
| Acts. 1714-1840 Acts concerning Post Office rates and regulations (19) including Acts dealing with Penny Posts (1794), the opening and return of mails undeliverable due to war with Holland (1795) or Hamburg (1807), concessionary rates for soldiers and seamen (1795), ship letters (1799 and 1814), posts in Ireland (1803), free franking privilege (1837), conveyance of mails by railways (1838), also the important 1839 Act allowing rates to be reduced and charged by weight and the issue of stamps and postal stationery, and the 1840 Act detailing the new rates and regulations. Also other Acts (8) dealing with the army or militia, requiring ships to perform quarantine (1756), etc., and a few newspapers and other partial Acts concerning the posts. (27+). £200-240 |
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| 282 | |||
| Late Fees. 1840-47 Entires bearing a 1d red or prepaid 1d in cash with black oval framed "PL" of Manchester (3) or red unframed "PxL" of Liverpool (3), one endorsed "Pd Late". (6). £70-80 |
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| 283 | |||
Penny Posts/Receiver Handstamps. 1843-54 Entires and covers bearing 1d reds cancelled by Maltese Crosses (2) or numerals (7) and a 1d pink postal stationery envelope, with receiver handstamps comprising boxed "Lavenham", blue "NEEDHAM MARKET" (mileage removed) or "LANGPORT / 140"; or Penny Post handstamps comprising "Smethwick / PY POST", framed "GREAT BARR P.P", "ERDINGTON / PP", boxed "Edgebaston / Penny Post" or two line italic type handstamps of Fawley, Four Posts or Colyton. (10). £100-130Airmails(Also see lots 368-373, 658, 659) |
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| 284 | |||
| 1920 (July 20) Commercial cover from London to Paris endorsed "aeroplane post" and handstamped "AIRMAIL", franked 1/- (2) and 2 1/2d, with Paris arrival backstamp dated the same day. The 2/- airmail fee only lasted for two months, from 11th May until 21st July 1920, this cover being sent on the penultimate day before the fee reduced to just 2d. Photo on page 39. £180-220 |
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| 285 | |||
| B.E.A/G.W.&S. Airlines/Provincial Airways. 1933-5 Covers with 1933 Provincial Airways first flight covers bearing 3d air service stamps (2); 1943-44 covers flown in both directions between Penzance and St. Marys, Isles of Scilly, with boxed "Letter by G.W.&S. / AIR LINES / Paid (4d)" cachets; and covers flown by B.E.A (12) including 1948 first flight in both directions between Inverness and Stornoway (one signed by the pilot), Glasgow to Islay, Glasgow to Tiree (2, both directions), helicopter flights, etc. (16). £130-150 |
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| 286 | |||
| Aberdeen Airways/Northern & Scottish Airways. 1937 (Jan 20) Picture postcard from Co. Durham to Lerwick flown by Aberdeen Airways emergency flight, bearing the Airlines vignette (guaranteed by F. Field), and Nov. 23rd covers carried on the first official flight from Aberdeen to Lerwick (2) or Lerwick to Aberdeen (5), two bearing the vignettes. Also 1937 (Mar 14) cover flown by Northern & Scottish Airways from Glasgow to Campbeltown due to an accident to the Islay mail boat, signed by the pilots. A good lot, the two emergency flight covers scarce. (9). £100-120 |
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| 287 | |||
| Europe. 1924-40 Covers and cards with 1928 registered cover franked 7 1/2d to Germany with "NO FLIGHT / SENT BY / ORDINARY SERVICE" cachet; 1932 (Aug 9) first flight to Germany sent at 2 1/2d postcard rate; 1935 (Apr 1) first flights from London to Budapest, Vienna or Prague to London; 1928 (June 20/22) first flight cover flown in both directions between London and Stockholm; 1924 (June 16) first flight from London to Rome (flown as far as Zurich); 1940 (May 31) first wartime flight to Lisbon; and other covers to Austria, Italy (2), Germany, Denmark, or from Italy. (15). £170-200 |
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| 288 | |||
| East Africa. 1931-41 Covers and cards including 1931 first flights from London to Mbeya, Mwanza or Jinja, 1932 to Entebbe, 1934 to Madagascar and 1937 from Beira to London, 1938 first accelerated service to Khartoum, 1937-38 first all-up rate covers to Sudan and Seychelles, and commercial covers to Kenya (9) or Tanganyika. (19). £130-160 |
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| 289 | |||
| Australia/New Zealand. 1929-39 Covers including 1929 G.B acceptance for first Perth to Adelaide air service (2); 1929 cover flown around the world, via India, New Zealand and Canada; 1931 Imperial Airways first flight (6, one from Belgium with mixed Belgium/G.B franking, two addressed to New Zealand, another signed by G.V Allan and Kingsford Smith); 1932 (Jan) "Southern Star" flight (3, one with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s); 1934 first regular service (3); 1938 first flying boat service from Southampton and first empire all-up rate flights; 1940 first New Zealand - Australia - England flight; also commercial covers from G.B (2), Australia or New Guinea, and a 1931 Imperial Airways letter regarding the first experimental flight. (23). £180-220 |
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| 290 | |||
USA/Canada. 1926-42 Covers including 1926 (Nov 26) cover flown from the S.S "Homeric" to New York by Alan Cobham, initialled by him and bearing U.S 2c tied by New York duplex and G.B 1 1/2d cancelled "HOMERIC / 25 NOV 26", also 1939 Imperial Airways first flight from Southampton by the flying boat "Caribou" (4), etc. (9). £80-100Cross Channel Mail |
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| 291 | |||
| 1804-10 Entire letters from Dieppe to London endorsed on reverse "Forwarded by Quinville Lanchou of Dieppe" privately carried with 2/- charge; or from London to Cognac endorsed "Recu & Expedie Rotterdam 13 Dec. 1804. Par VTHS Rob. Twiss & Co" and then posted with "HOLLANDE" handstamp. Two scarce smuggled cross-channel letters during the war between Britain and France. (2). £200-250 |
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| 292 | |||
1836 Entire from Paris to Lourdes but missent to London with Foreign Branch backstamps, 1/2 charge crossed out and endorsed "Missent to England" with red "ANGLETERRE" and "P. PAYES PARIS" handstamps. £200-240Exhibitions and Special Events |
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| 293 | |||
1937 (Aug 31) KGV 1 1/2d Postal stationery envelope to Manchester cancelled by Edinburgh double ring c.d.s with "EDINBURGH / MOBILE P.O" skeleton c.d.s alongside. Very scarce, used on this one day only at a publicity event. Photo on page 44. £100-120British Empire Exhibition(Also see lots 682, 683) |
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| 294 | |||
| 1924 and 1925 stamp issues including used 1925 1d unusually with a vertical pre-printing paper fold; 1924 1d tail to "N" flaw within an unmounted mint corner marginal pair with sheet number "276"; late uses of all four stamps on pieces with maritime or Philatelic Congress cancels; also 1924 Post Office Circular cutting announcing the sale of B.E.E stamps, etc. (26). £100-120 |
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| 295 | |||
| Various covers and cards including G.B slogans (with Sheffield 'bars and dots' type); slogans from Trinidad and Australia; 1924 and 1925 1 1/2d postal stationery cards used; 1925 cover with B.E.E 1d pair and 1 1/2d tied by "Norwich Sorting Carriage / Up" c.d.s; 1928-56 exhibition and Philatelic Congress covers bearing B.E.E stamps (6); 1925 (Oct. 31) cover with scarce "1925" date relief machine cancel used on the last day of the exhibition; picture postcards with fine Gold Coast poster card noted, etc., also a ticket and two labels, and two cuttings from 1925 Post Office Circulars announcing the closure of the B.E.E Post Offices. (34). £150-180 |
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| 296 | |||
| 1924 Registered covers with datestamps of the Palace of Engineering (2, one a Post Office envelope with three 1 1/2d B.E.E stamps, the other franked 6d and posted on 23 April, the first day of the exhibition) or Palace of Industry (Air Mail to Latvia, franked 1/2d, 5d and 1 1/2d B.E.E pair). All three covers have further datestamps on the reverse and bear British Empire Exhibition registration labels. A few faults. (3). £150-200 |
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| 297 | |||
| 1924 Pieces bearing proof impressions of the "CONFERENCE HALL" c.d.s (which was never used) dated 23 Apr., or the violet oval "Registered" datestamp dated 4 Jul. (2). Photo on page 7. £120-150 |
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| 298 | |||
1925 Pieces bearing proof impressions of the Parcel Post datestamp dated 8 Jul., or the circular rubber datestamp for use on packets struck in violet with the date removed. (2). £100-120Mulreadys |
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| 299 | |||
| 1d Lettersheet stereo A30 unused, containing A. Cuddy multiple adverts printed in blue, adverts include telescopes, medicines, perfume, tea, cravats, plate glass, a wet nurse, The Thames Tunnel, Kentish Town and Highgate Cemetery, etc. Address panel with a little minor soiling, otherwise fine. S.G. MA3a. £150-200 |
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| 300 | |||
| 1840 (May 28) 1d Lettersheet stereo A19 used from Kelso to Edinburgh with red Maltese Cross, Kelso and Edinburgh backstamps. Light file fold, otherwise a fine May use. S.G.£1,200. £120-150 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 29) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 4th May 2012 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited Until Wednesday 18th April - By Appointment Monday 23rd April - Friday 27th April and Monday 30th April - Thursday 3rd May - 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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