1942 (Oct) - 1943 (Jan) Stampless covers from London with enclosed letters to Driver Hill, Prisoner of War, some addressed c/o Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo (some to A.P.O 1635, some redirected to Singapore), others addressed directly to Malaya, six with Japanese censor cachets. (30). £250-300
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1943 (Feb - April) Stampless covers from London with enclosed letters to Driver Hill, P.O.W in Malaya, 18 with Japanese censor cachets. (20). £250-300
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1943 (Apr - Aug) Stampless covers from London with enclosed letters to Driver Hill, P.O.W in Thailand, all with Japanese censor cachets (20). Also a few official letters concerning news of his imprisonment in Thailand. (20+). £280-320
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1943 (Aug) - 1944 (Apr) Stampless covers from London with enclosed letters to Driver Hill, P.O.W in Thailand, all with Japanese censor cachets. (20). £280-320
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1942 (Aug & Nov) and 1943 (May) Stampless covers from A.W.S Hill, on active service in Egypt, to his brother Driver A.W Hill, P.O.W of the Japanese, addressed c/o Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo or directly to Malaya or Thailand, all with Deputy Field Censor and Japanese censor cachets, the first two with some edge faults; 1942 telegram to A.W.S Hill in Cairo informing him his brother was a P.O.W; and a British Red Cross postcard informing him his letter had been forwarded to Tokyo. Also 1943 (Dec) and 1945 (Jan) stampless covers from London to Driver Hill in Thailand both returned to sender with the violet cachet "Addressee Reported / NOW NOT / Prisoner of War". (7). Photo on Page 14. £200-240
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1944 (Apr) - 1945 (Aug) 3d Violet (10) or 1 1/2d brown (3) P.O.W postal stationery postcards from London to Driver Hill, P.O.W in No. 1 Thai Camp, two 3d postcards returned with the violet cachet "Addressee Reported / NOT NOW / Prisoner of War", another redirected to "S.S "Orbita", P.O. Box 164, London EC1, England" and returned with violet boxed "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERABLE MAILS / FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED / BY JAPANESE FORCES". The three 1 1/2d cards also all returned with the cachets "RETURNED FROM ABROAD / SERVICE SUSPENDED", "SERVICE / SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER" or boxed "RETURNED IN UNDELIVERABLE MAILS / FROM TERRITORY FORMERLY OCCUPIED / BY JAPANESE FORCES". (13). Photo on Page 14. £300-350
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1942-44 Printed Japanese P.O.W cards from Driver A.W Hill in Singapore or Thailand (4) to his parents in London (4) or his brother in Cairo, comprising undated Singapore card, unusually with 85 word message telling of his capture; second type Thailand cards with grey printed backs (3, all undated, endorsed as received 29 Dec 1943 (2) or 1 Jan 1944); and third type Thailand card on thin paper with printed reverse, dated 7th Jan 1944, to Cairo. The final card with central fold and edge soiling, otherwise generally fine for these, all with Japanese and British censor cachets, the final card also censored in Germany. The only cards sent by Hill during his 3 1/2 years captivity. (5). Photo on Page 17. £150-180
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1945 Correspondence to or from Driver Hill after his liberation comprising Thai 10s red lettercard with Aug 31st letter from "No 1 (Ex) P.O.W Camp, Ubon" telling of his liberation, imminent evacuation and including details of the 123 letters he received; blue air letters from the camp (3, dated 5th, 13th, 20th Sept); blue air letters from Rangoon (5, dated 27th or 30th Sept., 4th or 9th (2) Oct.); stampless covers with enclosed letters from H.T "Orbita" (4, 13th-27th Oct, three with F.P.O 174 c.d.s ); telegrams from Rangoon (3), Colombo (2) or Liverpool; air letters from London to Driver Hill at "No 1 (Ex) P.O.W Camp, Ubon, Thailand" (4, one returned with violet "NO RECORD / OF Repatriation / OF ADDRESSEE"); air letters (3) and a cover to "P.O. Box 164, London E.C.1"; air letters to "S.S "Orbita", P.O Box 164, London E.C.1 (3, one with violet "RETURN TO SENDER / NOT ON BOARD"); telegrams to the "Orbita" (5); War Office notification of Hill's liberation; two letters from parents of fellow P.O.Ws who died in Thailand, one with enclosed mourning card and photo; Interrogation Certificate and travel permit. A scarce and interesting lot. (40). Photo on Page 17. £500-600
ADEN (Also see lot 633)
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1918 (Dec 9) Cover to England franked India 1/2a and 1a with scarce Star of David shaped "PASSED BY CENSOR / MB 3 / ADEN" censor cachet in violet. Photo on Page 17. £200-250
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South Arabia, Quaiti State in Hadhramaut. 1966 International Cooperation year 35f with new blue (face value) omitted, unmounted mint, gum blemish, otherwise fine. S.G. 85a, £375. £60-70
ANTIGUA |
1890-1974 Covers and cards including KGV (5) and QEII (11, four size K) registration envelopes, earlier postal stationery postcards and wrappers, aerogrammes (10), WW2 censor cachet, 1938-39 covers from USA or Antigua to Barbuda with arrival datestamps, village cancels, etc. (105). £160-200
ASCENSION |
1949 KGVI 2d Black and scarlet with "mountaineer" flaw, fine mint. S.G. 41ca, £275. £60-80
AUSTRALIA & STATES(Also see lots 4-11, 27, 69, 73, 74, 196, 298, 639, 645, 646)
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1916 2/- Brown Kangaroo, narrow Crown watermark, fine mint, S.G. 41, £225. £60-70
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1918 5/- Grey and yellow Kangaroo with narrow Crown watermark fine mint. S.G. 42, £225. £60-70
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1929 5/- Grey and yellow Kangaroo with multiple Crown A watermark, fine mint. S.G. 111, £225. £70-80
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1932 10/- Grey and pink Kangaroo with multiple Crown C of A watermark, fine mint. S.G. 136, £400. Photo on Page 47. £150-170
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1938 KGVI 5/-, 10/- and £1 on thick paper in blocks of four, fine mint. S.G. 176/8, £580+. (3 blocks). Photo on Page 19. £160-200
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Officials. 1913-33 "OS" Perfins and overprints, the mainly used collection on stock cards, including 2d block of four and 5d Kangaroos with type 1 perfin; 4d, 5d and 2/- Kangaroos watermark narrow Crown A with type 2 perfin; 5/- and 10/- Kangaroos watermark wide Crown A with type 2 perfin; KGV Head multiple Crown A watermark perf 14 4d, 4 1/2d and 1/-; 1932 1d green watermark inverted with "OS" overprint, etc. S.G. £2,500+. (135). £450-550
Postal Stationery |
1946 5/10 Blue "Department of Agriculture, Victoria" gift parcel address label, mint with full gum, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 17. £250-300
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1946 5/10 Blue "Department of Agriculture, Victoria" gift parcel address label used from Melbourne to England, minor creases as usual, a fine example of a scarce label. Photo on Page 17. £250-300
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1946 3/7 Pink "Myers Emporium Ltd" gift parcel address label used from Melbourne to England, slightly shortened at base and horizontal tear at lower right, an attractive example of this extremely scarce item of postal stationery. Photo on Page 17. £250-300
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1946 5/10 Blue "Myers Emporium Ltd" gift parcel address label used on piece to Scotland, minor creasing and small edge stain at left, an attractive example of this uncommon postal stationery label. £150-180
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1946 5/10 Blue "Myers Emporium Ltd" gift parcel address label used on piece from Melbourne to England, a little ceased at the left side, an attractive example of this uncommon postal stationery label. £150-180
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1946 5/10 Blue "Myers Emporium Ltd" gift parcel address label used on piece from Melbourne to Northern Ireland, small fault at upper left corner, otherwise fine. £120-140
Tasmania |
1899-1912 Pictorial issue, a fine mint collection on stockcards covering all printings and values including Specimen overprints, inverted and sideways watermarks, shades, blocks, double perforations, compound perfs, etc. S.G. 229-262, £5,400+. (228). £1,400-1,600
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1899 1/2d-6d Pictorial set of eight imperforate marginal plate proofs on "TAS" watermarked paper without gum, the 1/2d 1d, 2d and 5d creased, 3d a little soiled, still an attractive and scarce proof set. (8). Photo on Page 47. £300-350
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1899 1/2d - 6d Pictorial set of eight watermarked "TAS" overprinted "Specimen", 2 1/2d without gum, otherwise fine mint, some unmounted. S.G. 229/36s, £500. (8). Photo on Page 47. £150-180
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1899-1900 1/2d - 6d Pictorial set of eight watermarked "TAS" in mint horizontal or vertical (2d) pairs, the 1/2d (unmounted) and 6d pairs marginal, fine. S.G. 229/36, £260. (8 pairs). £70-90
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1902-04 Lithographed 1/2d and 2d, and typographed 1d pictorial stamps watermark "V" over Crown, each overprinted "Specimen", some gum toning, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 237s, 239s, 240ds, £300. (3). £100-120
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1910 1d Carmine-red (typographed), perf 11 watermark Crown over "A" inverted, variety imperforate between stamp and left margin, fine mint. Scarce. S.G. 250ga, var. Photo on Page 47. £140-160
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1911 6d Dull carmine-red typographed pictorial, watermark Crown over "A" mint block of six (3x2) with compound perfs, the left vertical pair perf 12 1/2, central vertical pair perf 11 at right and perf 12 1/2 on the other three sides, the right vertical pair perf 12 1/2x11, fine and very scarce. S.G. 254c/cc, £1,746. Photo on Page 19. £600-700
BASUTOLAND |
| Registration Envelopes. 1954-65 QEII Envelopes comprising 1953 6d size G unused and used (4), size H2 unused and used (5); 1961 provisional 5c surcharge on 6d size G unused (10) and used (7), size H2 unused (2) and used (2); 1961 5c size G unused (4) and used (8), size H unused and used; also more recent Lesotho envelopes (4). 5c Surcharges include various types, also broken and albino surcharge varieties; 5c envelopes include white and toned paper varieties. Various cancels including Tlokoeng, Majara, Peka, Mt Moorosi, Lebihan Falls, Mazenod Institute, Qalo, Marakabeis, Morunyaneng, Cutting Camp, Qachasnek, Mokhotlong, etc., two with handstamped slogan "FREEDOM FROM HUNGER / WEEK / BASUTOLAND / 17th to 23rd March, 1963". (50). £200-250 |
Lesotho. 1973 World Food Programme 20c imperforate corner marginal “traffic light” block of four fine unmounted mint. S.G. 237a. £200-250
BECHUANALAND |
1885-1966 Mint and used selection in a stock book including cancellations, multiples, a few revenues, KGV overprints to 5/- mint, 1958 2d postage due pane of sixty with large "d" on two stamps, etc. S.G. £900+. (334). £140-180
BRITISH LEVANT |
1907 Cover from Beyrout to France bearing KEVI 1/2d - 1/- Levant overprint set of ten and the five different piastre value surcharges on KEVII stamps then in use. A philatelic but very unusual cover showing all the stamps in use at the Beyrout British P.O in 1907. (S.G. £286 as stamps). Photo on Page 17. £250-280
BRUNEI |
1910 $5 Carmine superb used. S.G. 47, £275. £80-100
CANADA(Also see lots 31, 65, 75, 299-301)
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1812 Entire letter from Roseneath, Scotland to Ramshey, Nova Scotia rated "8", with "Ship Letter / (crown) / HALIFAX" handstamp. £100-120
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1859-1935 Mint issues on album pages including 1859 1c and 17c, 1868-90 issues to the 15c, 1893 50c, 1897 Jubilee 20c, 1897-98 set, 1898-1902 set, 1903-12 KEVII issue to the 20c, 1908-35 issues virtually complete, also 2c-8c registration stamps, special delivery 1898-1935 issues complete and most 1906-35 postage dues. A few faults, mainly amongst the earlier issues some of which have no gum or are regummed, the KEVII and KGV issues mainly fine. A good lot. S.G. £7,000++. £900-1,200
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1903-37 Issues mint in a miniature album including 1903-12 KEVII 1c - 20c, 1908 Quebec Tercentenary 1/2c - 15c, 1911-22 definitives with both 50c shades and coil stamps, 1915-16 War Tax issues, 1922-31 definitives with coil issues, both 1926 2c on 3c surcharges, 1928-29 1c - 50c pictorial definitives, 1930-31 definitives to the 50c with coil issues including 2c green and 2c red "cockeyed king" varieties within strips of four, 1932-33 definitive set, 1935 pictorial definitive set, 1906-28 and 1930-32 postage due sets, special delivery issues, etc. A few faults though the majority are fine. S.G. £3,300 (approx). (180). £300-400
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Newfoundland. 1857-1928 Mint and used selection on album pages including 1876-79 mint rouletted 1c and 3c single and strip of four (S.G. 42, the strip with a few split roulettes and minor edge staining but a very scarce multiple), 1897 Discovery Anniversary 4c - 24c mint, 1897-1918 2c scarlet and 3c - 5c mint, 1919 Newfoundland Contingent set mint, etc., a few faults. S.G. £3,600+. (114). Photo on Page 47. £300-350
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Newfoundland. 1857-1935 Mainly mint issues on album pages including 1857-64 imperf issues (9), various 1865-96 issues, 1897 400th Anniversary of Discovery of Newfoundland set mint, 1897-1918 set mint, 1910 set mint, 1911 recess set mint, 1911-16 set mint, 1919 Newfoundland Contingent set mint, 1919 $1 on 15c and 1921 35c air mail stamps mint, 1928-29 and re-engraved 1929-31 and 1931 sets mint, 1931 Air sets with and without watermark mint, 1933 Air set mint, 1933 Balbo Flight $4.50 on 75c used, 1933 set mint, etc, mainly fine, a few earlier issues without gum. S.G. £4,000+. (215). Photo on Page 47. £500-600
CHINA |
1898 Cover to England bearing China 10c tied by Chefoo dollar chop c.d.s and Hong Kong 10c tied by Shanghai British P.O c.d.s, backstamped with Shanghai dollar chop, Hong Kong and Weybridge datestamps. Photo on Page 17. £200-250
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Red band envelope bearing 1912 Republic overprint 1c and 2c tied by Chinese lunar dater c.d.s. with horizontal frame, an attractive cover. £200-250
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Mongolia. Red band envelope franked on reverse by 1915 1c and 5c tied by "URGA" bilingual datestamps, various red senders chops, a little minor soiling just affecting the 5c stamp. Photo on Page 22. £300-350
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1942 8c Green Sun Yat-Sen postal stationery postcard uprated with 10c green (S.G. 92), the card and stamp both overprinted for North China and surcharged in Chinese with half their original value, commercially used from Tientsin to Shanghai. Scuff at base, otherwise fine, a scarce Japanese Occupation postal stationery card. Photo on Page 22. £140-160
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1943 Russian Philatelic Society overprint on Thrift miniature sheet number "2839" used with special c.d.s and Shanghai datestamp, edge creasing, small stain spot and 15mm tear at base but still a good example of this very scarce sheet (see note below S.G. MS605). Also a commemorative cover with 2c blue pair similarly cancelled. (2). £140-160
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1949 Yunnan Province surcharges in Chinese currency, 4c on $20 brown-purple and 12c on $200 chocolate both in superb blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, with R.P.S Certificates (1999). S.G. 1342/3, £4,000+. (2 blocks). Photo on Page 19. £1,600-2,000
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1959-79 Mint issues (many unmounted) on stockcards, mainly complete sets including 1972 First Asian Table Tennis Championships and Construction of Red Flag Canal sets, 1973 Childrens Day 8f strip of five and Revolutionary Ballet "Hsi-erh" set, 1976 Completion of fourth five year plan set, 1978 Water Country Modernisation 8f strip of five, 1979 Camellias of Yunnan set, etc. (115). £300-350
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Manchukuo. 1932 Set of 18 fine mint. S.G. 1-18. £100-120
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German P.O. 1901 Germany 20pf blue with "China" handstamped provisional overprint of Tientsin fine used with part Tientsin German P.O c.d.s. Handstamped on reverse by Grobe and Hoffman-Giesecke (with 1976 Certificate). S.G. 18, £1,300. Photo on Page 47. £400-500
CYPRUS |
