1910 $25 black/red SG 48 lightly mounted mint. Cat. £650 PHOTO - see page 21. £200
BURMA |
KGV-KGVI MINT & USED COLLECTION: 1937 set to 2r as singles & in blocks of four mint, used as singles to 10r then various 1945-47 KGVI definitive sets to 10r, some Occupation issues & a few post independence. (Approx. 165) £180
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1942 1a. brown with Japanese occupation overprint, mint SG j5 £550. £80
CANADA |
TWO CARTONS with the extensive early to modern, mint & used collection. All periods represented but a heavy emphasis on QEII (Large Qty.) £300
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CARTON HOUSING THE EXCELLENT USED COLLECTION 1851-2004 in three cased Lighthouse albums. Good range of earlies inc. large & small heads, 'Maple leaves' set, 1897 Jubilee set to $2, KEVII set to 50c, Quebec set & all the KGV sets to $1. A good lot. (Many 100's) £400
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CARTON with the mostly used QV-QEII collection on leaves inc. New Brunswick 1851 3d. red (3) & 6d. olive- yellow. Newfoundland 1857-64 1d. brown-purple & 1860 triangles 3d. green (2) good-poor margins with an apparently complete collection to 1941. 1861-72 Prince Edward Island 2d.-12c. mint (with 2d., 3d.,6d. green, 6d. mauve used). Canada earlies are of mixed condition with QV small & large heads, some cancellation interest. 1897 Jubilee 1/2c.-$5 green (less $3 bistre & $4 violet) few QV maple-leaves. 1903-12 1c.-50c. purple, 1908 Quebec 1/2c.-20c. dull brown. We note a selection of covers & adhesives continuing to QEII. (100s of adhesives & 30 covers) £600
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1852-57 3d red on wove paper, wide margins, cancellation a little smudged, 3d brown-red on wove paper with part crisp target cancellation & 1857 3d red on thin (0.0022") oily paper with target cancellation. Fine examples. (3) £140
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1852-57 3d red on medium wove paper and 3d deep red on thicker hard wove paper. 3d scarlet vermilion on thin wove paper. Wide margins. Fine used examples. V Greene Cert (1999) for second. (3) £100
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1852-54 3d orange-red on thin wove paper, a horizontal pair with blue target cancellations. Fine. V Greene Cert (1997) PHOTO - see page 20. £80
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1852-57 3d orange-red on soft wove paper, a used vertical pair from pane "A". Fine CPES Cert (1996) £80
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1852 thin wove paper 3d red with almost complete target cancellation. Fine. £70
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KEVII 1903-12 7c straw SG 181a. Scarce 1912 printing in unmounted mint block of 20. Top two rows of sheet with complete plate 2 imprint. Fresh colour. A nice item. (20) £850
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE |
VALUABLE MINT & USED COLLECTION: Comprehensive range of issues from SG 23 onwards with duplication of better values plus a few covers. 1902-04 set mint with additional 5/- noted. Also a good range of Griqualand issues. An attractive lot. (Approx. 260 plus 3 covers/cards) £500
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ALBUM with the QV mostly used accumulation of adhesives inc. 1853-64 'Hope' triangles (27) all of varying condition, with 1863-64 1/- bright emerald-green, used with defects. With 1880 3d. pale dull rose mint with thin. Also 1882-90 'Seated Hope' types 1/2-1/- green used, with 2d. pale-bistre mint. Plus few 1877-78 Griqualand West opts. & QV fiscal issues. (Small Qty) £120
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - MAFEKING |
MAFEKING SIEGE: Range of used issues from SG 1-13 mostly on pieces. Sold on their merits but provenance looks good. (10) PHOTO - see page 21. £300
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
QV-KEVII MINT COLLECTION: 1902-03 Set of 5 to 1/-, 1905 set to 1/-, 1907 set to 5/-, 1907 opts. inc. 1/2d on 5/- & 1907-09 set to 10/- (this value being an unmounted marginal copy) & a nice cover via Cuba bearing multiple QV 1d. Nice little lot. Cat. £1,200 (Approx. 40 plus a cover) £360
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KGV MINT COLLECTION inc. 1912-20 set to 10/- (3) with additional shades etc., 1921-26 wmk. script CA set to 10/- (2), 1935 set to 10/-, etc. (Approx. 85) PHOTO - see page 20. £300
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KGVI-QEII MINT COLLECTION: Album with 1938-48 set to 10/- (2) with shade & perf. varieties of the higher values & also a used set to 10/-, 1950 set to 10/-, 1953 set to £1, 1962 set to £1 then several later definitive sets with values to £1 or $2. The early QEII omnibus sets are present in cylinder/imprint blocks of four/six, with some later sets in unmounted cylinder blocks. (Few 100's) £260
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KEVII-QEII accumulation of used issued inc. 1905 1/2c.-1/- orange, 1907 5/- salmon & green, 1907-09 5/- green & red/green, 1912-20 2/-,3/- green & violet on piece. 1921-26 (b) 1/--10/- carm. & green. 1932 Justices 2d.-5/- black & green. 1935 1/4-10/- black & scarlet (less 6d. bright purple & black). Plus 1962-64 1/4d.-£1 carm. & black. (Small Qty). £240
CEYLON/SRI LANKA |
SUPERB MINT QV-KEVII COLLECTION: 1872-80 set to 64c (48c is inv. wmk.), various values to 1r.12 on 2r.50 (SG 176), 1885 surcharged set to 1r.12 on 2r.50 then a further comprehensive range of surcharges noting many high values, 1899-1900 set to 2r.25 (3), 1903-05 set to 2r.25 (2 sets), 1904-05 set to 2r.25 (2 sets) and 1910 set to 5r. Very attractive lot. (Approx. 180) PHOTO - see page 21. £400
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CLASSIC TO MODERN used collection on leaves inc. QV heads 1857-67 low values. of mixed condition. 1882 issues -1899 key-types group with opts. Continues with KEVII-KGV key-types in short sets. We note KGV 20r. black & red/blue used. Also few KGVI & QEII. Plus 1972-79 Sri-lanka issues & covers. (Approx. 300 issues & 17 covers) £300
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ALBUM with the QV-QEII postmark study on leaves inc. July 1893-May 1904 key-types with different village thimble cancellations on random values. to 30c. Continues with KGV key-types & defin. issues. We note minor duplication in single-ring cancellations on later KGVI values. Plus sundry notes. Further study would reward. (Qty). £240
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ALBUM with the mint collection of KGVI & early QEII issues inc. 1938-49 set to 5r (both types) & the majority of QEII issues being in cylinder/imprint blocks of four/six, etc. Includes envelope with 1968-72 sets in cylinder blocks. (Few 100's) £120
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QV-KGV COLLECTION: with the chiefly used adhesives & KGV PPCs/covers. inc. 1863 9d. sepia mint, with 8th March 1916 PPC of 'Maraclu Kade, Colombo' bearing KGV 6c red key-type tied by single-ring c.d.s. Continues with KGV low value key-types & later pictorial issues on covers/cards tied by various slogan & machin cancels. Few covers bearing issues with minor flaws highlighted. We note late 19th-20 century black & white photos of Ceylon Culture. Plus four 1892-1903 mint telegraph issues & a group of QV Leeward island fiscal issues 6d-/-. (24 covers, 10 cards & 50 adhesives). £100
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QV-KEVII USED COLLECTION ON LEAVES: Useful early issues noted inc. 1/2d imperf. SG 16 Cat. £650 & KEVII values to 2r. (Approx. 100) £240
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KGV MINT & USED COLLECTION ON LEAVES: Comprehensive range of mint issues with values to 5r (4) & 10r with a few dozen used. Also a range of Maldives KEVII mint & used issues to 25c (some opts. are dubious) & KGV issues to 1r blue. (Approx. 170) £180
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RARE PRINTED MATTER 3d-RATE PRICES CURRENT COVER TO G.B. WITH LONDON H.S. "3" MARK; Fine 30 Aug. 1856 printed Colombo Prices Current EL posted unpaid to Plymouth with a very fine "COLOMBO/STEAMER LETTER" c.d.s. on the front slightly overlapped by a rare London h.s. "3" mark (slightly smudged; this is very rarely seen except on some mail during the Crimean War) having a very fine 5 Oct. PLYMOUTH c.d.s. on the flap, showing that this letter was carried by P&O steamers via Suez & France, hence the 3d rate. [Ex Robert Johnson - with copy of his Mar. 1980 PJGB article illustrating this cover - and ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see above. £200
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CHALON PENCE-ISSUE 10d-RATE COVER TO GUERNSEY VIA FRANCE; Very fine 8(?) Apr. 1866 mourning env. from Kandy (fair red "KANDY/PAID" c.d.s. on the front) to Guernsey (arrival backstamp) "Via Marseilles per M[essageries]. I[mperiales]." franked for the 10d rate by Chalon 1d Blue + 9d Sepia both just tied by dumb barred cancels with Colombo & London (4 May) c.d.s.'s on the front and Galle backstamp. Most attractive and an unusual franking; from an original family archive and never previously offered for sale. Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 7. £200
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1871 4c die proof on glazed card (92 x 60mm) dated "Aug 23 1871" and h.s. "BEFORE HARDENING". Fine PHOTO - see page 22. £200
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1910 5r a die proof on glazed (92 x 60mm) of the value. Fine. PHOTO - see page 22. £140
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1912 3c name & value tablet die proof on glazed card (92 x 60mm). Fine. Also a proof of the complete design on unglazed card (92 x 60mm) of unknown status. PHOTO - see page 22. £200
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1912 5c purple with sideways watermark variety, 1918 1c on 5c double surcharge variety (marginal) and an inter-paneau pair with inverted watermarks. Fine mounted mint. PHOTO - see page 21. £120
CHILE |
1858-73 STAMPED LOCAL MAIL AND TO BOLIVIA; Group of Entires or fronts bearing imperf 10c Blue to Valparaiso, Arequipa or Santiago and imperf 5c to Santiago and 1867 perf. 12 10c used to Valdivia or Bolivia. Variable condition. (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 16. £100
CHINA - LOCAL POSTS |
TREATY PORTS: the selection of mint & used issues inc. Shanghai 1889-1893 issues with 1889 100 cash yellow optd '20 CASH' in black box & '100 CASH' in red mint with creases, 1895 Amoy 1/2c.,1c. vermilion & 5c. orange mint, Chefoo 1893 1/2c.-10c. brown used with a 5c. yellow-orange mint, 1896 15c.-25c. lilac & rose-carm. mint. With Foochow 1895 1/2c.-10c. green used (less 6c. rose-red, 1/2c. blue & 5c. ultramarine are mint), 1894 Chungking 2ca.-24ca. green mint. Also Hankow 1896 5c. on 30c. deep purple mint, Ichang 1894 1ca.-3m. vermilion (3ca. grey used). Plus few Kewkiang issues, Nanking 1896 1/2c.-20c. light brown CTO & some Wuhu low values.(Small Qty) PHOTO - see page 21. £120
CHINA |
THREE CARTONS with the 1970-2001 unmounted mint horde of; miniature sheets, sheets, blocks & individual issues in duplicate. With strength in the 1990s & later. Much on offer for thematic collectors, with military, landscape & wildlife themes throughout. We note some 1990s Macau miniature sheets & blocks in a stockbook. A clean lot. (Large Qty) £440
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BOX FILE: with the 1897-81 mint & used accumulation inc. 1897 2c. on 3c. deep-red (un-guaranteed), a small group of coiling-dragon types to the 10c. blue. With 1909 Temple of Heaven 2c.-7c. mounted mint. Also few Junks inc. $ values. to the $5 grey-green & scarlet (2nd Pekin Printing) used. Also some 1940s Sun-Yat-Sen types used. Plus 1949-55 mint Communist reprints. We note 1972 Chinese Merchant Shipping 8f-8f. multi-coloured (less one 8f.) mint. (Small Qty) £200
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CHINESE EMPIRE TO CHINESE REPUBLIC: The collection of mint & used adhesives inc. four 1878-83 large dragons types 1ca. green, 3ca. red (2) & 5ca. crome-yellow (not guaranteed), with 1885-88 1ca.-5ca. olive-yellow, 1894 Dowager types 1ca., (2ca. mint) ,3ca,9ca used & 12ca. brown-orange mint. Also 1897 surcharges on previous issues up to 5c. on 5ca. dull-orange. All of mixed condition, with foxing & blunt perfs. noted. With 1897 1/2c.-30c. rose (1c. & 2c. mint), 1898 1/2c.-$2 claret & yellow used. (2c., 5c., 20c. & 30c. mint), 1900-06 1/2c.-$2 claret & yellow, 1905-10 2c.-10c. sky-blue used & 16c. olive-green mint. Plus 1909 Temple of heaven set with same 30th June 1910 central 'Lung chow' c.d.s. CTO. with 1912 optd ' Republic of China' 1/2c.-50c. green & mid 1912 1/2c.-30c. vermilion used. With examples from the three Junk type printings inc. an attractive 2nd Peking printing $10 rosy mauve & green pair used with central Swatow c.d.s. Viewing recommended (Small Qty) £500
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ALBUM with the 1949-68 mounted mint & used selection inc. few 1949 North-East area issues, PRC 1949 $50-200 purple mint (Original), 1950 Harvester $20,000 on $10,000 scarlet used. 1950 $400-2,000 blue & 1951 30th Anniv. of party $400-800 carm., National Emblem set $100-$800 carm. mint, with later 1950s issues. Also 1966 30th Anniv. Death of Lu Hsun 8f.-8f. black & red-orange, 1967 Liu Ying-chun 8f.-8f. Bolting horse, 1967 Thoughts of Mao Tse-tung 8f. multicoloured & 8f. Mao Text (8) in various condition, 1968 Revolutionary Art & Lit. 8f.-8f. Red Lantern used CTO & mint 1968 8f. Mao's Youth. (Approx. 200) PHOTO - see page 23. £300
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COLLECTION of mint & used middle-period adhesives with strength in the 1940s inc. 1929 Air 15c.-30c. black & scarlet used & 45c.-60c. black & blue used. With various 1938-49 Dr. Sun Yat-sen issues to $ values used. Few 1942-43 Provincial Such. mint & used. Plus some Taiwan & Manchukuo 1937 2f.-20f. blue mint. (Few 100s) £300
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1885-88 Imperial China selection inc. 1ca. green, 3ca. mauve & 5ca. olive-yellow. With 4c. bistre-brown, 10c. deep green & 5c. rose-red. SG 10-12, 99-101, used with faint town obliterators & part dollar dater marks. (6). £80
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1897 Red Revenues inc. such. 1c. on 3c., 2c. on 3c. & 2nd type 2c. on 3c. & 1st type 4c. on 3c. deep red mint. Viewing recommended, (Not guaranteed). (4) £300
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MIXED 20th CENTURY COVERS INC. KEVII HK SHANGHAI TO INDIA, 'JUNK' ISSUES TO N.Z., WWII CENSOR, ETC.; 1901-41 covers inc. unused Chefoo Local Post letter-card front, C.T.O. 1901 French China 5c Green P. Stat. env. with "PEKIN" c.d.s., unused Chefoo local stamps (15c+20c+25c), 1903 env. to India with Hong Kong KEVII 1`c(4) tied by part "SHANGHAI" c.d.s.'s, c.1925 trio to New Zealand (2 with Junk Issues; ex ?, NINGKUOFU or HANGCHOW)and 1941 env. to US with single "1 franking. Scarce group. (10 items) PHOTO - see page 16. £140
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1912 Dr. Sun Yat-sen 1c.-$1 carm. used (20c. brown mint), President Yuan Shih-kai 1c.-$ carm. (1-3c. & 10c. blue are mint) £370. (17) £100
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1943 $40 carmine imperf between horiz. pairs in blk. of four. (Ex Spink Jan 09, HK$ 1,000) mint SG 672 £400. £80
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1949 'Victory in Huaihai campaign' $3 rose-red imperf sheet with vertical fold, mint SG EC 346 (Sheet of 100). £100
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1967 'Labour Day' SG 2354/2358 (Less SG 2358 mint. inc. used) fine unmounted mint. £1, 150. (5). PHOTO - see page 23. £240
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1968 'Anti-American Declaration' 8f. red-brown, gold & red with smudge to bottom left side, unmounted mint SG 2396 £600. £100
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1971 '50th Anniv. of Chinese Communist Party' SG 2452a. strip of three marginal unmounted mint £650. PHOTO - see page 23. £200
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1972-73 the selection inc. 'Red flag canal' 8f. 'China's Giant Pandas' 8f. (horiz. 20f. pair) 4f.-43f. With 'Childrens Day' 8f. strip of 5 SG 2507/11 unmounted mint £590. (16). £200
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1972 'Chinese Merchant Shipping' 8f. '1st. Table Tennis Championships' 8f.-22f. & 'Wang Chin-hsi' SG 2485/93 unmounted mint £470. (9). £160
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