1920 (Jan 24) Stampless On Active Service cover to England with "FAMAGUSTA / CYPRUS" bridge type double circle datestamp, possibly form a guard at the Russian Refugee Camp. £180-220
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1920 (May 26) Stampless picture postcard of the Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, sent from Famagusta to France by a sailor on the French naval ship "Ernest Renan" with a "Service A La Mer" Anchor cachet overstruck by a Toulon Arsenal c.d.s. Message reads "We are here to supply ....."; the French Legion D'Orient was at Monarga, Famagusta 1916-21. Very scarce, very little French forces mail recorded from Cyprus. Photo on Page 31. £280-350
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c.1920 Picture postcard of Kykkos Monastery with KGV Multiple Crown CA 10pa tied by single ring "R.P.O / 5 / CYPRUS", a very scarce Railway Post Office cancel on cover or card. Photo on Page 33. £800-1,000
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1921 (Feb 22) KGV 1pi Postal stationery postcard to the Russian Consulate in San Francisco, the message written in Russian with the sender address given as "K. Labinsky, Polemidia Camp, Limassol, Cyprus", cancelled by Limassol squared circle. In 1920 camps for White Russian refugees from General Wrangels army were established at Karaolis Camp near Famagusta and Polymedia Camp near Limassol. Two registered covers are recorded from Karaolis (ex. Cruttwell and Warwick, sold for £1,600 each) and this one card from Polymedia. Tears to upper and lower edges but a unique card. Photo on Page 33. £800-1,000
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1922 (Jan 11) Picture postcard from Alexandria to Limassol franked Egypt 5m, handstamped upon arrival with small "1CP" charge mark and red "L.B. No 29549", the earliest recorded Letter Bill number applied to postage due mail. Small edge fault at left edge, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 33. £180-220
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1922 (Jan 17) Picture postcard with KGV 1/2pi tied by superb "5" numeral cancel, a Famagusta c.d.s alongside. These "1" to "6" numerals were used at district offices to cancel loose letters brought in by rural messengers; they are very scarce on cover or card. Photo on Page 33. £600-800
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1922 "30 PARAS 30" Surcharge on KGV 1/2pi postal stationery newspaper wrapper used to England. One of the scarcest items of Cyprus postal stationery with only two or three examples recorded. Photo on Page 33. £350-400
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1932 (Dec 16) Cover from Nicosia to Famagusta franked 3/4pi with superb circular "POSTAL CENSOR / G.R / CYPRUS". Photo on Page 33. £180-220
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1933 (Oct 28) 2 1/2pi H Size registration envelope from Limassol to Athens, inscribed "Weight 60grs. Insured for Eighteen Pounds Stg (£18) equal to 450 gold francs" and bearing 1925 1/2pi and 1924 9pi, unfortunately stained and with faults to both stamps, still a scarce high insured rate franking. Also a 2 1/2pi G size registration envelope franked 2 1/2pi from Limassol to the same Athens address. (2). £150-180
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1935 (Nov 22) Registered cover from Nicosia to Athens bearing two 1935 Silver Jubilee 2 1/2pi stamps, with "OPENED BY CENSOR" seal (long foot to "R") tied on both front and reverse by the red double ring "POSTAL CENSOR / G. (crown) R. / CYPRUS". The Cruttwell and Warwick collections each contained one example of this censor cachet (sold at £1,400 and £900 respectively), both used in 1936. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 33. £900-1,200
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1936 (July 22) Registered cover from Nicosia to Athens franked at the 5pi rate by 1934 1/2pi and 3/4pi (6), with red double ring "POSTAL CENSOR / E. (crown) R. / CYPRUS". A fine example of this very scarce Edward VIII censor cachet. The Cruttwell and Warwick collections each contained one example of this censor cachet (sold at £1,100 and £950 respectively). Photo on Page 33. £800-1,000
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1936 (Aug 4) Registered cover from Nicosia to Athens franked 1934 2 1/2pi vertical pair, handstamped with red double ring "POSTAL CENSOR / E. (crown) R. / CYPRUS". A little reduced at upper edge upon opening and addressees surname written through in ink, nevertheless a fine example of this Edward VIII censor cachet of which very few examples are known. Photo on Page 34. £400-500
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1938 (Aug 28) Cover from Larnaca to the USA franked 1938 KGVI 1/2pi and 2 1/2pi (2), inscribed "By Air to London" with boxed "PAID / LATE FEE" handstamp, very fine and scarce. Photo on Page 34. £350-400
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1940 (Oct 16) Active Service Honour Envelope to Southern Rhodesia, bearing 1938 KGVI 1pi, 2 1/2pi and 9pi each tied by "FIELD POST OFFICE / 124" c.d.s, violet Army censor cachet No. 1572 and an Egyptian censor, backstamped at Cairo. The 9pi a little stained, otherwise fine, an unusual and attractive cover to Southern Rhodesia. £120-150
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1948 (Aug 7) Cover from Limassol to Nicosia franked KGVI 1/2pi, handstamped with "T" and large 2CP" charge mark, scarce. Photo on Page 34. £300-350
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1948 (Aug 16) Registered A.R airmail cover from Famagusta to Southern Rhodesia franked on the reverse with 1938 KGVI 18pi, the front with red boxed "A.R", backstamped upon arrival at Umtali. Believed to be the only recorded example of this 32x22mm A.R handstamp. £160-200
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1952 (Jan 2) Large canvas bag (35x18cm) registered from Nicosia to Sweden with customs declaration form for "Cyprus Laces, gift parcel, value five pounds" franked by 1938-51 KGVI 4pi vertical pair, 9pi, 45pi and £1 each tied by oval Registered datestamps, violet "TOLLFRITT / 8 JAN 1952 / STOCKHOLM 1" handstamp. A remarkable 242 piastres rate, possibly a unique use of the £1 value on a commercial item, which folds in half to display the stamps well on an album page size item. Photo on Page 34. £500-600
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1952 (Dec 10) KGVI 4pi G Size registration envelope franked 1938-51 KGVI 9pi and 18pi on the front and 1pi and 6pi on the reverse all tied by oval Registered Paphos datestamps, with a Paphos registration label. Sent by air mail to the USA with superb boxed 36x24mm "A.R" handstamp on the front, backstamped upon arrival. A fine and attractive A.R cover, believed to be the only recorded example of this A.R handstamp. Photo on Page 34. £350-400
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1956 (Sep 19) Stampless official cover to Paris handstamped "Escorteur de 2e Classe / "BRESTOIS"" and "TRES URGENT" with "POSTE NAVALE / BUREAU No. 16" c.d.s, used at the French Naval Post Office at Famagusta. This office was only open for a short period during the Suez crisis, the c.d.s only being used on official mail. Very scarce. Photo on Page 38. £160-200
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1956 (Oct 25) Stampless official cover to Paris from the Destroyer "Gazelle" then in Cyprus as part of the French naval forces operating during the Suez campaign, with "POSTE NAVALE" c.d.s. Four official cachets include boxed "Aviso-Escorteur / "GAZELLE"" and circular "MARINE NATIONALE / SERVICE A LA MER", fine and scarce. £160-200
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1897-1953 Covers, mainly KGV and KGVI stamps with various rates and destinations, including 1931 advertising cover showing a bottle of Becks Beer; Rural Service cancels (4); "CYPRUS / FOR A HOLIDAY" (4), "VISIT / CYPRUS" or "CYPRUS / ORANGES" (2) slogan handstamps, etc. (24). £200-250
EGYPT |
1866-1952 Mint collection in a hingeless Farabaksh album including first issue to 5pi, 1872 Pyramid & Sphinx to 5pi, 1914 and 1921 pictorial sets, 1922 overprints, 1923 King Fouad set to £1, 1933 Railway and Aviation sets, 1933 long air set, miniature sheets, postage dues, officials, Palestine overprints, etc, mainly fine. (100s). £600-800
FIJI |
1934 (Nov 16) Cover to England with red 2d meter mark containing the slogan of "Morris Hedstrom Ltd, branches throughout Fiji, Tonga and Samoa". A very early Fiji meter. £80-100
FINLAND |
T.P.O Datestamps. 1866-1925 Issues (including 1866 8p and 40p, S.G. 43, 47) with numbered T.P.O datestamps (138) or "H. Fors - St. P. Burg" c.d.s (34, also a Russia pair), mounted on four album pages. (174). £100-120
FRANCE & COLONIES(Also see lots 32, 72, 764, 777-780, 1008)
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1575-c.1900 Covers and cards including 1575 entire letter from Toulouse, c.1700 entire letter with Post Office endorsement "Toulon", 1795 printed entire letter from Revel giving details of two army deserters, 1849 cover from Vichy with enclosed letter on illustrated notepaper showing the Chateau of St. Marie de Cusset, unused printed pictorial envelopes (2) and anti-clerical envelopes (2), etc. (14). £250-300
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1863 4c Imperforate proof sheet of 150 (10x15) printed in olive-green on green paper without gum, the colour of the issued 1c value, full margins. Seven stamps affected by five peripheral tears and creasing to six stamps in the upper right corner. Otherwise generally fine, a scarce complete proof sheet in an unissued colour. Photo on Page 36. £1,500-1,800
Martinique |
1760 Entire letter to Marseille landed at Port Louis with fine "COL. PAR / PORT-LOUIS" handstamp, only charged the inland postage of 21 sols in error. £250-300
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1778 Entire letter from Bordeaux to an army officer at Lamentin, endorsed on the reverse "Par le Ne Lavelarde de Bord., Cap. Nicolle". Charged 15 sols, handstamped "FRANCE" and with a red crown. £200-250
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1784 Entire letter from St. Pierre to Bordeaux charged 13 sols with red circular "COLONIES PAR NANTES". £160-200
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1820 Entire letter from St. Pierre to Havre handstamped "MARTINIQUE" and "COL. PAR / LORIENT", charged 9 decimes. £180-220
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1828 Entire letter sent free of charge from the Governor of Martinique at Fort Royal to the King's Prosecutor at St. Pierre with oval handstamp "Le Gouverneur / de la Martinique" (Jamet type 9, only recorded by him in blue, 1837-47), the reverse with circular arms cachet of the Governor applied across the seal, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 38. £200-240
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1832 Entire letter to Fort Royal with fine "ST. PIERRE / MARTINIQUE" c.d.s, no charge shown, a fine and attractive local letter. £80-100
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1844 Entire letter from St. Pierre to Paris with blue framed "MARTINIQUE" (Jamet 14, recorded 1843-44 in blue), red "OUTRE-MER / LE HAVRE" c.d.s, charged 6 decimes. An attractive cover, endorsed "Par Alexander Coussann". Photo on Page 38. £200-250
Tahiti |
1947 Kon-Tiki Expedition, by raft from Peru to Tahiti, printed cover carried on the expedition addressed to Tahiti with French Oceanic Settlements 3f pair and 2f postage due tied by Tahiti datestamps (June 26), with "T" handstamp. Photo on Page 38. £130-150
GAMBIA |
1886-93 Crown CA Cameo Head issues in complete mint sheets of 15 comprising 1/2d myrtle-green and grey-green, 1d crimson and aniline crimson (both with margin faults), 3d grey, 6d slate-green and 1/- violet, a good group. (7 sheets). £300-350
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1886-93 3d Grey Crown CA Cameo Head sheet of 15 superb mint, S.G. 29. £80-100
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1886-93 3d Pearl-grey Crown CA Cameo Head sheet of 15 showing three coloured dots in the left margin and one in the right, fine mint. A rare shade, identifiable in complete sheets by the marginal dots - see footnote to this set in the S.G. catalogue. Photo on Page 38. £250-300
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1886-93 4d Deep brown Cameo Head watermark Crown CA upright used with Gambia Paid c.d.s (NO 17 88), lower right corner with light crease and minor toning to a few lower perfs, otherwise fine. The rarest stamp of Gambia, just four examples believed to exist. S.G. 31a, £4,000. Photo on Back Cover. £2,000-2,500
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1886-93 6d Yellowish olive-green Crown CA Cameo Head, block of four superb unmounted mint. S.G. 32, £380+. Photo on Page 19. £140-160
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1886-93 6d Olive-green Crown CA Cameo Head sheet of 15 with two stamps (1/1 and 1/5) showing sloping label variety, fine mint. Ex Steinberg, with R.P.S Certificate (1968). S.G. 32d/da. Photo on Page 19. £500-600
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1896 Cover to England bearing 6d olive-green Crown CA Cameo Head single and a strip of five from the first row showing sloping label variety on stamps 1/1 and 1/5 (S.G. 33c, ca) all tied by smudged red cancels. Bathurst and red Paid Liverpool datestamps below, backstamped at Birmingham. S.G. £348 as stamps, scarce on cover. Photo on Page 38. £300-350
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1886-93 6d Deep bronze-green Crown CA Cameo Head sheet of 15 with two stamps (1/1 and 1/5) showing sloping label variety, fine mint, ex Rose. S.G. 33c/ca. Photo on Page 38. £300-350
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1886-93 6d Slate-green Crown CA Cameo Head sheet of 15, fine mint. S.G. 34. £100-120
GIBRALTAR |
1923 Commercial air mail cover to Rio de Janeiro bearing 1929 2/- pair (S.G. 103), backstamped at Casablanca and Rio, a fine cover. £100-120
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1934 (July 30) Cover to Pernambuco franked 1931-33 2d (2) and 1921-27 6d, bearing blue "Via Zeppelin" label and inscribed "By German airmail only" and carried on the Graf Zeppelin 5th South American flight handstamped on the front with red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA" cachet and Friedrichshafen c.d.s (Aug. 4), backstamped at Stuttgart and Recife (Aug. 7). A fine Gibraltar Zeppelin acceptance. Sieger 265B. Photo on Page 38. £320-360
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1935 (June 8) Registered cover to Pernambuco bearing 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d (2) and 6d bearing blue "Via Zeppelin" label and inscribed "only by airship Graf Zeppelin", carried on the 6th South American flight with red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA" cachet. Reverse with a registration label tied by oval Registered Gibraltar datestamp and datestamps of Berlin-Zentralflughafen (June 15) and Pernambuco (June 17). A fine Gibraltar Zeppelin acceptance. Sieger 305B. Photo on Page 40. £400-450
GOLD COAST |
1891-1959 Covers and cards including QV postal stationery cards (6), numeral cancels, 1905 picture postcard franked 2 1/2d to Australia, 1907 Abosso c.d.s, 1916 registered cover with Obuasi c.d.s and boxed registration handstamp, 1915 registered cover franked KGV 2/6, many other registered covers, etc. An interesting lot. (35). £450-550
GREECE |
1901-02 2d - 5d in unmounted mint sheets or blocks, comprising 2d bronze sheets of 50 (2, one with side margins removed) and blocks of 24 and four; 3d silver blocks of 21 (2); and 5d gold sheets of 50 (2, one with margins removed) and blocks of 24 and four, the occasional surface fault and all stamps with some colour from the adjacent sheets on the gum. S.G. 164/6, £4,214. (298). £300-400
HONG KONG(Also see lots 142, 637)
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1901 QV 1d Postal stationery postcard from Kingstown, Ireland to a passenger on S.S "Hamburgh" at Port Said, forwarded to Liverpool, onto Hong Kong and finally redirected within Hong Kong with a QV 2c green applied and tied by a Victoria c.d.s. An unusual card. Photo on Page 40. £100-150
ICELAND |
Postal Stationery. 1880-1913 Postcards (16), reply cards (11) and lettercards (4) all unused, most different, most extremely fine. (31). £130-150
INDIA(Also see lots 14, 15, 109, 631-635, 640, 803, 987)
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