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Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 31)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109
Date: 22nd March 2013 Time: 12:00PM
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Sport. Extensive accumulation in two stockbooks, many differing countries and sports, some Olympics, duplication. (100s). £200-250

WORLDWIDE STAMPS & COVERS

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Foreign collection in six albums including useful Japan, USA, various classic Europe, etc., also a large quantity of duplicates on pages and in packets, some G.B and empire included. (1,000s) £200-250
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Various mint and used stamps in four albums including New Zealand with a 1961 parcel piece bearing 24 postal fiscals with a face value of £6.10.6 (including 1940-58 7/6 and 9/-, S.G. £388+), also three stockbooks, two containing G.B with many 1d reds, and a quantity of kiloware in packets. £200-250
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1899-1970 Covers and cards including c.50 1887-1905 picture postcards and covers to an address in Germany, cancellations including Philadelphia "flag" machines with "Philadelphia & Manayunk R.P.O" (2) or "Nat'l Export Exposition 1899" slogans (2 different); the remaining covers dating from c.1930-70 mostly to an address in London including many WW2 censored covers from Europe, South or Central America; 1930s express and insured mail from Europe; Zeppelin cards and covers (3); "Detained in France / during German / Occupation" cachet; 1941 covers from south America with violet "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER" (2); 1937 cover from Kuala Lumpur with the stamp washed off and red cachet "SALVAGED MAIL / EX. CENTURIAN"; large 1946 cover from South West Africa with 123 stamps totalling £2.10.00 (including 1931 10/- pair + single), etc. (100s). £400-500
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Covers. c.1850s-1960s Worldwide covers including 1945-46 covers from Poland to a Pole in the R.A.F in England (14, some registered), 1935 registered covers from Aden Camp (2), 1918 St. Helena censor cachet, 1933-34 covers bearing Sudan air mail stamps (7, one charged 3 1/2d postage due in London), also France, French Colonies, 1890 covers from Peru (2), KUT, Hong Kong, etc. (Approx 300). £300-350
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Covers. 1875-1982 Covers and cards on album pages showing various sea routes, including 1903 postcard franked 1/2d within Liverpool missent to Canada then incorrectly charged 1d when returned to Liverpool; 1914 stampless "Canadian Contingent" postcard listing all the troopships, posted on R.M.S "Scandinavian"; 1875 cover from Adelaide to England via Brindisi franked 9d; 1982 air letter to H.M.S Hermes, B.F.P.O 666 but returned on M.O.D instructions, etc. (12). £100-120
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Aerogrammes. Various air letters including WW2 forces types from South Africa (one with "S.A Hospital Ship" cachet) and Southern Rhodesia, KUT, U.S "V. Mail" forms, later types from S.W.A, Swaziland, Sierra Leone, G.B, etc. (71). £120-150
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Postcards. 1869-1970 British and foreign postcards mounted on pages, showing the development of the postcard, mainly postal stationery postcards, some privately issued cards including G.B 1894 (Sep 29) "Greetings from Clifton" picture postcard postally used with 1/2d vermilion in the first month that such cards were permitted by the British Post Office. (97). £150-200
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Picture Postcards - Ships. c.1900-1930s Picture postcards of ships on the Union Castle Line (107) and Cunard Line (63), photographic cards of the "Queen Mary" (11), also a few more recent covers and cards and a quantity of modern photographic reproductions of ship cards. A few Paquebot postmarks noted, some faults. (181+). £120-150
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Foreign Revenues. An accumulation of mainly European revenues, many on old album pages, including France, Greece (with 1882 Consular Service 1L - 9d mint), Italy, Denmark, Spain, Turkey, also Philippine Islands, etc. (100s). £100-120

BRITISH EMPIRE STAMPS & COVERS

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1936-52 Mint KGVI collection in an S.G. Crown album, well filled with many definitive sets to the top values including Ascension, Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Leeward Islands, Nyasaland, Singapore, also useful India and States, Southern Rhodesia with 1951 4d green postage due, Omnibus issues, etc. A fine collection, viewing highly recommended. S.G. £22,000+. (Approx 3,800 stamps). £3,200-3,800
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British Empire collection in four albums with many useful stamps including Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, Ireland, Gilbert & Ellice with 1911 set mint, Grenada, Hong Kong with $1 on $2 postal fiscal (S.G. F10) used, India with 1854 4a, Mauritius, New Zealand with some fine Chalon Heads, Nova Scotia 12 1/2c with "A97" mailboat cancel, Papua New Guinea 1952 set mint in presentation folder, Western Australia with 2d yellow block of four used each with official punch hole, 1935 Silver Jubilee issues mint, etc. (1,000s). £500-700
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War Tax Stamps. 1915-20 War Tax overprints, the mint and used collection including large mint multiples from Bahamas, Ceylon, Gibraltar and Trinidad & Tobago, control blocks from Gilbert & Ellice Islands, etc. (100s). £160-200
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War Tax Stamps. 1915-20 Covers and cards bearing War Tax overprint stamps from Antigua (5), Bahamas (16), Barbados (6), Bermuda, Cayman Islands (2), Dominica (8), Fiji (2), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (2), Gold Coast (2), Grenada (3), Jamaica (8), Malta (4, one with "Army Post Office / H.D.1" c.d.s and violet "On Active Service / Medtn" Red Cross cachet), Montserrat (6), St. Helena (2), St. Kitts (10), St. Lucia, St. Vincent (2), Trinidad & Tobago (12), Turks Island (7), Virgin Islands (3), etc. A good lot, many registered, with blocks, some useful cancels, etc. (147). £800-1,000

AIRMAILS & ZEPPELINS

(Also see lots 245, 246, 276, 277, 330, 592, 593)
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1907-10 Advertising covers for the 'Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition' or for 'White Mountain stone white refrigerators' both superbly illustrated with airships. Postally used with Canada 2c from Halifax or with USA 2c (faults) from Newton Highlands. Two very attractive covers. (2). Photo on Page 11. £90-120
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1930 R101 Disaster at Beauvais, a series of 13 superb real photo postcards of the wreck of the airship (7), or the funeral service or coffins of the victims each covered with a Union Jack (6). Also a card of the airship in flight. (14). Photo on Page 11. £180-200
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1930 Graf Zeppelin England Flight, bag label for mails from Friedrichshafen to Cardington (London) with red oval "MIT LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN / BEFORDERT" and "FRIEDRICHSHAFEN / 26.4.30 / (BODENSEE)" c.d.s bearing a blue Mit Luftpost label. The reverse with a Bedford (Ap. 26) c.d.s. Extremely scarce. Photo on Page 11. £320-360
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1931 Graf Zeppelin England Flight, bundle label for mails to Friedrichshafen, Germany, with the violet cachet "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN / ENGLANDFAHRT 1931" showing the Graf Zeppelin flying over Tower Bridge. Scarce. Photo on Page 11. £120-150
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Jean Batten. 1937 Cover (torn) posted from Bondi Beach with an Australia KGV 2d, to Lady Hay Drummond-Hay (Journalist, the first woman to fly around the world in a Zeppelin) in London. Enclosed is a letter signed by the famous New Zealand aviator Jean Batten, from The Royal Aero Club of N.S.W at Mascot, which refers to her recent record solo flight from England to New Zealand. Batten had also made a record breaking solo flight from England to Australia in 1934. An uncommon autograph. £140-160
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1938 Cover to New Zealand, the stamp soaked off, handstamped violet "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION / EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA", with a contemporary newspaper cutting concerning the salvaged mails. Also 1938 illustrated registered first flight cover from Shanghai to the USA, and various 1926-32 USA first flights. (8). £70-80

AUTOGRAPHS

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H.G. Wells. 1904 (Apr 11) Short letter on Spade House, Sandgate notepaper to "My dear Dunn", written and signed by Wells. He gives the London address of Frank Castle, suggests the place "Aldington", and thanks Dunn for a book which he is retaining. £350-400
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Marc Chagall. 1963 (Nov 9) France Marc Chagall 85c Illustrated First Day Cover with special Vence Philatelic Exhibition c.d.s, the cover boldly signed in pencil by Chagall. Photo on Page 11. £150-180

EARLY WORLDWIDE MACHINE CANCELLATIONS -
THE MICHAEL GOODMAN COLLECTION

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Australia & States. 1902-1919 Covers and cards (68, also two further 1930-31 covers) with various type machines all written up on pages, various offices and states, comprising N.S.W (21), Queensland (7), South Australia (8), Tasmania (4), Victoria (26) and Western Australia (4), includes scarce 1913 English Mail N.S.W continuous Krag, 1901 N.S.W 1d reply card used from Sydney to Melbourne with the attached half used back to Sydney, etc. (70). £300-400
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Australia - Victoria. 1904 Pictorial advertising envelope for "The Mutual Store" depicting Father Christmas in a car, used to Geelong with scarce Columbia machine with "Paid Melbourne 1/2d" die and "Victoria" within three segments of wavy lines. Also a 1905 cover with similar type machine having the standard Melbourne die. (2). Photo on Page 11. £80-100
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Canada. 1896-1902 Covers and cards (52, also a piece and a 1913 card) with Bickerdike or Imperial machines from Ottawa (7), Montreal (26), Toronto (16) or Hamilton (5), various types of flags including 1897 Jubilee types and exhibition slogans, inverted "Canada" within horizontal bars, etc. (54). £300-400
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New Zealand. 1902-18 Covers and cards (52) and pieces (2) with various type machines from Auckland (12), Christchurch (8), Dunedin (8), Wellington (22), Rotorua (2), Nelson or Invercargill, includes N.Z Penny Postage slogan (both types), flags, vertical bars, wavy bars or horizontal bars in various arrangements. (54). £300-400
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New Zealand. 1923 Picture Postcard bearing 1d Universal tied by Auckland continuous machine with "Visit the British Empire Exhibition 1924" slogan. £40-50
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British Empire. 1900-31 Covers and cards with various machines from Burma (2, including Rangoon R.M.S), Cape Colony (13, with 1901 censored cover to Lourenco Marques with "Rebut" and "Non reclame" cachets), Ceylon (2), Egypt (5), Fiji (2), India (4, including 1911 Coronation Durbar), Jamaica (2), Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Palestine (2), Rhodesia (2) and Straits Settlements (3), all on album pages. (39). £150-200
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Germany - Hosters. 1885-86 5pf Postcards all with superb Hosters comprising Berlin C2 without corner number (18 July 85, earliest recorded date) or with the lower left corner numbered "1" or "2", or from Hamburg P.A. 1 with number "2" in lower left corner. (4). Photo on Page 11. £180-240
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Germany. 1881-1901 Postcards with Haller machine arrival datestamps from Hamburg (6), Leipzig, Bremen (2), Halle (2), Breslau or Dresden, also 1881 G.B postcard to Berlin with "60/13 6/1" arrival datestamp, apparently a machine but unlisted by Miller. (14). £180-220
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Germany - Flag Cancels. 1901-09 Covers and cards with Bickerdike or Columbia machines with flag slogans including Berlin W8, SW12 and SW19, "DR" type flag from Hamburg (2), Columbia flags for Berlin C and SW, other flags from Braunschweig, Bremen, Coln (2), Erfurt, Frankfurt, Halle (2), Hamburg, Leipzig (3), Mannheim (3), Lubeck and Strassburg, a good lot. (24). £250-350
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Germany. 1904-31 Covers and cards with various machines from Germany (124) or Bavaria (26), written up in an F.G Warwick album, various types of Bickerdikes, Columbias, Krags, etc., with some slogans and exhibition cancels. A good lot, the majority pre 1919. (150). £400-500
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Germany. 1901-06 Covers and cards with experimental machines comprising 1901 Hamburg G Columbia trial with seven bars, 1903 Berlin C and 1906 Leipzig 13b Columbia machines with three segments of wavy bars, 1903 Hamburg Bickerdike with "Hmb" in bars, Bickerdikes with "D (crown) R" in the bars (3), and similar continuous Krags (2), all fine. (9). £150-200
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Germany. 1902 (Oct 30) Picture postcard with 5pf pair tied by fine International machine trial of Berlin, with "1" and "C" within seven wavy bars. Very scarce, only trialled at this one office in October and November. Photo on Page 11. £150-200
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Germany. 1904 (Feb 15) Picture postcard with 10pf tied by fine Berlin C2 Ruettger machine with downward sloping bars. Very scarce, only trialled at this one office in 1904. Photo on Page 14. £150-200
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Europe. 1890-1935 Covers and cards with various machine cancels from Austria (32), Belgium (30), Bosnia, Bulgaria, France (51), Greece, Hungary (4), Italy (19), Netherlands (44), Netherlands Indies (2), Romania (3), Russia (7) or Yugoslavia, in an F.G Warwick album. An interesting lot with many types (some probably trials), slogans, etc. (196). £600-800
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Norway. 1907 (Apr 1) Picture postcard to London with 5kr pair tied by Kristiania continuous Krag machine trial unusually with "8-AM" time (a unique use of AM slugs in continental Europe) and "3" within six straight bars. Shortly after this date this trial machine was sent to London, and was in use there within two weeks of this Kristiania use. A rare, possibly unique, trial machine. Photo on Page 14. £150-180
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Scandinavia. 1903-22 Covers and cards with various machines from Denmark (17), Finland, Norway (27, including rare 1903 NORGE slogan, registered types, etc.), or Sweden (11), an interesting lot. (56). Photo on Page 14. £250-300
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South & Central America. 1898-1930 Covers and cards with machine cancels from Argentina (9), Brazil (3), Chile (4), Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico (9) or Paraguay, many types, most pre-1915. (28). £120-150
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USA. 1896 (June 29) 2c Envelope cancelled by rare experimental Barr-Fyke machine of Kansas City with boxed town die and "2" within vertical lines (Hammer type 2). Photo on Page 14. £120-150
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USA - Barr-Fyke Machines. 1897-98 Covers with very scarce experimental machine of Washington D.C having narrow vertical bars (Hammer type 6, dated Mar 4 97), and 1898 machines from New York, Madison Sq. Stn. with thin spaced vertical bars (Hammer 10) or from Chicago with thicker vertical bars (Hammer 9). (3). Photo on Page 14. £140-180
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USA - Leavitt Machines. 1882-87 Postal stationery postcards with Leavitt duplex type machines from Baltimore (2), Boston or Washington D.C (2), with 12 or 14 horizontal bars. (5). £140-180
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USA - American Machine Flag Cancels. 1894-96 Covers franked 5c all with Boston flags containing a letter, including the scarce no flagpole variety (Hammer 53), the second type with the stripes closed at left (Hammer 54) and the first type with flagpole (Hammer 51, six, differing letters). (8). £140-180
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USA - American Machine Flag Cancels. 1896-1916 Covers and cards with various flag cancels, some incorporating a station name or letter (36), also 1899 Philadelphia flag with Nat'l Export Exposition slogan, and 1909 Pittsburgh flag with "Street Car R.P.O", the date die with "Trip 8". (100). £200-250
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USA - Krags. 1907 (Sep 9-24) Picture postcard and cover both franked 1c with Washington D.C experimental Krag machine having three horizontal bars (Hammer 2), one with time omitted, very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 14. £150-180
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USA - Arrival Machines. 1893-1909 Covers and cards backstamped with very scarce Washington D.C Columbia machine (Hammer types 49 and 50, both 1909), 1900 Washington Pa "Received" American machine (Hammer SM16) or American machine town dies only (3). (6). £140-160
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USA. 1886-1908 Covers and cards (63) and fronts (2) with various classic period machine cancels including American, Barry, Doremus, Hampden and International machines, some scarce types included with 1893 World's Fair Station machines noted (2, American and International types). An interesting group, the majority 1894 or earlier. (65). £300-400
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USA. 1892-1962 Covers and cards (466) and a quantity of pieces all with machine cancels, most sorted by type in envelopes including Time-Cummins, Barry, International, Columbia, Universal and American machines, some flag cancels and slogans, an extensive lot, mostly pre 1920. (466+). £800-1,000

WORLD WAR TWO MILITARY & P.O.W MAIL

The "Hill" family correspondence, mainly sent to or from Driver A.W Hill or his brother Private A.W.S Hill, and their parents in London. Both brothers served in the R.A.S.C and saw initial training in England. A.W.S Hill (Wal) was later sent to the Middle East, and served in Egypt for most of the war. His brother A.W. Hill (Wes) was sent to France with the B.E.F and evacuated from Dunkirk, then went to India and on to Singapore where he was captured by the Japanese. He was imprisoned in Singapore before being transferred to Thailand in 1943. He was at No. 1 P.O.W Camp at Ubon when liberated in August 1945, and returned to the UK via Rangoon. The following ten lots comprise the brothers complete wartime letters, and offer an increasingly uncommon opportunity to acquire an entire Japanese P.O.W correspondence to and from a single prisoner.
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The WW2 correspondence in a box, mainly to or from A.W.S Hill, some to or from his brother or other friends, many to or from Egypt. An extensive lot, nearly all covers with enclosed letters, also many airgraphs, air letters and telegrams. (100s). £300-400
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1940-42 Covers and cards with 1940 covers or cards from (5) or to (5) Driver Hill in France; 1940 (June) covers posted after his evacuation from Dunkirk with red Wrexham Paid machines (2); 1941 covers and cards from (2) or to Hill in Scotland; 1941 covers written en-route to India and posted in South or East Africa (5); 1942 covers and cards from India (4); 1941 (Dec) - 1942 (June) covers to Hill all returned to the sender with various cachets (7); 1943 (June - Oct) stampless covers from London to Hill as a P.O.W, c/o Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo (20), some showing A.P.O 1635 as part of the address, some redirected to "Malaya" or "Singapore", eleven with Japanese censor cachets; also a few official letters from the War Office, etc., all covers with letters enclosed. (51+). £200-250
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction No. 31)
Auctioneer: Argyll Etkin Limited Location: London
Contact: Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109
Date: 22nd March 2013 Time: 12:00PM
Details: Viewing:
Please contact Argyll Etkin for all viewing options
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