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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2014 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 8 | |||
| 351 | |||
| Censorship. 1939-46 Covers and cards with various civil censors including cut-down WW1 types (3), circular "POSTAL & TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP / IMPOUNDED / PARCELS / AINTREE / LIVERPOOL" (2, one with letter from Sydney regarding escape from Singapore), 1940 straight line "CHIEF POSTAL CENSOR LIVERPOOL / IMPOUNDED PARCELS DEPT", explanatory handstamps, and army censors with boxed type "No. 1" or with the number and all wording removed. (38). £170-200 |
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| 352 | |||
| Travellers Censorship. 1941-42 Covers from G.B (2) or New Zealand addressed to ships, and a cover and card from ships, all with "RELEASED BY P.C / (crown) / T.C .....", numbered 7, 9, 13, 20 or 21, scarce. (5). £160-200 |
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| 353 | |||
| P.O Box 506. 1940-42 Covers from Italy (2), Germany, Slovakia, Belgium (2), Holland (2), France or Hungary all to P.O. Box 506 in Lisbon, the Thomas Cook undercover address for mail to G.B from occupied Europe. Seven covers bear yellow readdressing labels to G.B tied by the oval dated cachets "THOS. COOK & SON LTD / BERKELEY STREET. W.1" (6, two types) or the scarce "THOS.COOK & SON LTD / 16 JAN. 1941 / ENEMY MAIL", five of these franked by G.B 2 1/2d perfined "TC/S", one with censor label of the Dutch forces in G.B. A few minor edge faults but the majority fine, a good lot. (10). Photo on Page 62. £500-700 |
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| 354 | |||
| Army Telegraphs. 1940-46 Covers (also one 1952 cover) with various "ARMY / SIGNALS" datestamps, some also marked by D.R.L.S or Express Letter Service. (12). £100-120 |
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| 355 | |||
1940-46 Cover and cards with various dumb handstamps (6); re-use of nineteenth century numeral obliterators (3); machines with the town die replaced by bars, grids, diamonds, triangles with the office number or "Postage Paid" dies with or without the date (with two examples in red, one with Victory Bells slogan); and triangle handstamps with the office number (7), some of these used prior to D-Day. Also 1940 cover and card from ex B.E.F soldiers with Wolsingham c.d.s (June 10) or red Ross-on-Wye Paid c.d.s (June 7). (34). £150-200Explanatory Handstamps |
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| 356 | |||
| Returned/Undelivered Mail & Explanatory Handstamps. 1939-47 Covers and cards with various explanatory cachets or labels, mainly returned mail to servicemen, many redirected. Also undelivered 1956-57 covers, one to Sutton Park Scout Camp. An interesting collection in an F.G album with many scarce or unusual cachets. (53). £500-700 |
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| 357 | |||
| 1940 Cover from Portugal to Jersey with German censor seal and cachets, "INADMIS", boxed "RETOUR / A L'ENVOYEUR" and violet boxed "DETAINED IN FRANCE / DURING GERMAN / OCCUPATION", very unusual and scarce on mail to the Channel Islands. Also a 1940 (June 10) picture postcard from Switzerland to London with the boxed "Detained in France" cachet in black. (2). Photo on Page 62. £150-180 |
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| 358 | |||
| c.1940 Censored cover from the R.A.F Station at Juhu, Bombay, to England, the Indian stamp washed off and signs of water damage, with superb violet cachet "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION". Photo on Page 62. £120-150 |
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| 359 | |||
| 1941 (Sep 19) Cover from Ramsgate to the Isle of Wight, the stamp washed off, handstamped with a light but clear "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION". Recovered from the steamer "Portsdown" which hit a mine sailing from Portsmouth to Ryde. £150-180 |
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| 360 | |||
| 1942 (Dec 14) Cover from Scarborough to H.M.S "Devonshire," c/o G.P.O London, franked 2 1/2d, burnt at the right, the reverse handstamped "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION". £120-150 |
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| 361 | |||
| 1944 (Nov 11) Forces air letter from Cairo to a W.A.A.F at RAF St. Athan in Wales, franked 3d and bearing an attached slip "Damaged by fire whilst / in transit through / Army Post Office", the stamp and explanatory slip both tied by "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / 5" c.d.s. Photo on Page 62. £140-180 |
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| 362 | |||
| c.1944 Censored O.A.S cover to England franked 10d handstamped violet "DAMAGED BY FIRE / IN TRANSIT", and 1945 (Sep. 6) cover franked 2d from London to a British soldier in Germany handstamped violet "DAMAGED BY FIRE", both covers with some fire damage to the edges. (2). £100-120 |
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| 363 | |||
| 1946 (Dec 8) Stampless O.A.S cover with 101 Z.P.D machine used at Herford and a Fleetwood arrival machine dated nine days later, handstamped violet "DELAYED IN / A.P.O", unusual. £80-100 |
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| 364 | |||
1953 Cover to England with G.B 2 1/2d tied "F.P.O / 965" c.d.s (Nov. 11) of Singapore, the reverse with boxed "MISLAID MAIL / DELAY REGRETTED" largely covered by a label of the Home Postal Depot, R.E in London with "HOME POSTAL DEPOT R.E / 16" c.d.s (Nov. 7), the original enclosure dated 24 August 1953. Also a news cutting regarding the court martial of Sgt. Hayes for retaining 56 bags of soldiers mail in Singapore due to overwork. Unusual. £100-120British, Indian & East African A.P.Os & F.P.Os |
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| 365 | |||
| Machine Cancels. 1940-80 Covers and cards, the collection in an S.G. album with various offices, types and slogans, including 1944 Krag without office number, 1945 F.P.O 676 Universal machine with Victory Bells slogan, etc., (85). Also various 1969-86 F.P.O datestamps (19), many with handstruck slogans. (104). £150-180 |
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| 366 | |||
| Germany - T.P.Os. 1948 Stampless O.H.M.S covers to London with F.P.O datestamps 908, 910 or 912, all used on the Hook of Holland to Herford T.P.O, fine. (3). £70-100 |
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| 367 | |||
| Faroe Islands. 1941 Stampless O.A.S cover to London with F.P.O 219 c.d.s in violet, used at Thorshavn, and triangular censor No. 2368, very fine. £70-100 |
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| 368 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os. 1939-47 Covers and cards with F.P.Os numbered from "9" to "669", also a few "R" numbers and Base Offices, virtually all different, mainly from India but including uses in Ceylon (10), Italy (9) and Greece, mainly fine. (142). £160-200 |
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| 369 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os - North Africa. 1939-44 Covers and cards with F.P.O or Base Office datestamps from Egypt (18), Sudan (6), Libya (2), Eritrea (5) or Ethiopia, virtually all different, five bearing Sudan stamps, all fine. (32). £120-150 |
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| 370 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os - Middle East. 1940-45 Covers and cards with F.P.O or Base Office datestamps from Persia (16), Iraq (22), Palestine (2), Lebanon (2), Cyprus (3) or Syria, two with Persia stamps, virtually all different, fine. (46). £140-180 |
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| 371 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os - Burma/India. 1944-47 Stampless covers (with enclosed letters) from Major J. Archer, Royal Artillery, to his fiancée in England, sent from India (79) or Burma (29, Mar -Aug 1945), Indian F.P.Os from Burma include numbers 188, 191, 197 (5), 198 (2), 210 (3), 600 (3), 602, 605, 609 (3), S-6 and S-16 (7), also a few related G.B covers and letters. (108+). £150-200 |
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| 372 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os - Burma, D.E.I & Japan. 1943-47 Covers with F.P.O datestamps from Burma (39), Dutch East Indies (4) or Japan (2), all different, fine. (45). £180-220 |
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| 373 | |||
| Malaya. 1939-41 Covers with "FIELD POST OFFICE / S.P ....." numbered datestamps, comprising S.P 501 on covers franked 55c, $2 or stampless with army, R.A.F or navy censors, S.P 502 on stampless 1939 (Nov. 28) cover and scarce S.P 505 on stampless 1941 (July 12) cover with R.A.F censor, the S.P 502 cover a little stained at left edge, otherwise all very fine. (5). £180-240 |
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| 374 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os - Malaya. 1941-42 Covers with datestamps of Base Post Office 4, Indian Section Base Office 4 (2 types), double ring F.P.O 50A or 58A, or standard type Indian F.P.Os 2, 8, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 47 or 50. Two stampless, the others franked at rates of 8c (Kelantan stamp), 25c (10), 55c (2) or $2.10 (Kedah $2 + 10c stamp on reverse). The 25c franking including combinations of Perak and Straits (2) or of five differing states, Kedah 25c, Perak 25c or red Straits Settlements meter mark. (16). Photo on Page 66. £400-500 |
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| 375 | |||
| Indian F.P.Os - Malaya. 1945-46 Covers with F.P.O datestamps 57, 117, 202, 217, 585, 594, 645, 660 or 661, the first franked 18c in B.M.A stamps, the others stampless. (9). £200-250 |
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| 376 | |||
| East African A.P.Os. 1941-46 Covers, cards and air letters with E.A A.P.O datestamps numbered between "2" and "89", the fine collection in an F.G album, mostly from KUT but including covers from British or Italian Somaliland (5), India (2), Ceylon (4), Burma, Ethiopia (7) and Madagascar (3), some registered, various censors including "Received from A.P.O / Returned to A.P.O" types. Includes large rubber type "A.P.S / E.A FORCE" c.d.s in violet, scarce 1942 air letter overprinted "POSTAGE FREE" and "CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 1942" in red, air letter paid by red KUT 25c meter, air letter franked E.A.F 3d, 1943 illustrated Xmas Greetings air letter, etc. (50). £400-500 |
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| 377 | |||
1956 Suez Crisis Censorship. Covers (4) with violet diamond shaped "(crown) / MILITARY CENSOR" cachets numbered "942" (F.P.O 197, Libya), "966" (F.P.O unclear, corner faults), "1,085" (F.P.O 461, Cyprus) or "1,097" (F.P.O 3, Cyprus), and a picture postcard from F.P.O 76 in Malta with red "R.A.F / CENSOR / 110", this R.A.F censor very scarce used during the Suez crisis. (5). Photo on Page 66. £200-240Egypt - Army Post Stamps, F.P.O & "Postage Prepaid" Cancels |
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| 378 | |||
| Army Post Stamps. 1939-41 Covers and cards bearing Army Post stamps, various cancels including civil P.O, Egyptian M.P.O, F.P.O and B.P.O datestamps, also British, Indian, Australian and New Zealand F.P.Os and "Egypt / Postage Prepaid" types. Includes single large 3m franking, mixed frankings of the small 3m and 10m on covers to Sudan or India, retta cancels on naval mail (2), etc., also six covers bearing other stamps or stampless. A fine collection in an F.G album. (73). Photo on Page 66. £500-600 |
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| 379 | |||
| "Egypt/Postage Prepaid". 1941-47 Covers and cards with "Postage Prepaid" datestamps numbered between "2" and "154", also late uses with the wording blacked out (3), and machines (11) with or without slogans. A fine collection in an F.G album, includes items franked by G.B, South Africa, Egypt, New Zealand or Australian stamps, some registered covers, Xmas air letters, stampless 1941 air letter endorsed "Free Christmas Mail", etc. (174). £700-800 |
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| 380 | |||
1940-45 Covers bearing Egypt stamps tied by M.P.O or B.P.O datestamps (4) or British F.P.Os (15), includes 15m postal stationery registration envelope, cover with Indonesia postage dues, other covers to Ethiopia, Southern Rhodesia, the British Mission in Roumania, etc. (19). £100-120Allied Forces |
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| 381 | |||
| Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. 1941-54 Covers and cards with cancels of the South African A.P.O in the UK (2); N.Z F.P.Os or Army Base P.O in the UK (5, one a rubber type c.d.s); R.A.A.F Base P.O in London cachets, datestamps or machines (9); various Middle East covers with Australian F.P.Os (6) or New Zealand F.P.Os (11); and datestamps of Australian forces in Japan (12 + 2 pieces), most with G.B stamps, some registered. (47). £240-300 |
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| 382 | |||
| Canada. 1941-45 Covers with Canadian F.P.O datestamps (39, including rubber types) or A.P.O machines (11), also a bag label, either bearing G.B stamps or stampless, in an F.G album. (51). £200-250 |
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| 383 | |||
| Poland. 1941-46 Covers and cards with cancels or cachets of the Polish forces (100) including registered mail, naval mail, covers to P.O Box 260 and illustrated air letters, mainly bearing G.B stamps or stampless, other franked Egypt, India or Polish forces issues. Also illustrated airgraphs (3), cancels on piece (14), other pieces with proof strikes of datestamps (3), Polish 2nd Corps stamps in a special folder, Officially Sealed labels (2) and two 1949-50 covers to Polish camps in England with arrival cachets. A good collection, at least two thirds of the covers apparently commercial, in an S.G album. (125). £500-700 |
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| 384 | |||
| Czechoslovakia. 1942-46 Covers and cards with Czech F.P.O cancels (42), many special cancels, the majority philatelic, fourteen appear commercial including registered. Also ten attractive patriotic poster type picture postcards for the Czech army and air forces, 1942 cover from a Czech soldier bearing a Czech patriotic label with E.A A.P.O 2 c.d.s alongside, and a sheet of 40 patriotic labels. (54). £300-400 |
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| 385 | |||
France, Holland & Norway. 1942-45 Covers and cards with datestamps of the Free French army (7 + piece) or navy (2), the Norwegian army (3) or navy or the Dutch army, also a cover with U.S A.P.O cancel and two sheets of Dutch forces stamps, the French covers all commercial, two covers registered, eleven covers with G.B stamps. (18). £200-240Royal Air Force Postal Services |
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| 386 | |||
| 1943-64 Covers and cards (20), pieces (3) and a Certificate of Posting, the covers including 1944 registered envelope (with enclosed handkerchief) and stampless cover both with "R.A.F P.O / 004" c.d.s used in the Azores, 1943 "H.Q R.A.F / NORTHERN IRELAND" c.d.s, 1946 "No. 11 RAF / POSTAL H.Q" c.d.s of Aden (2) in blue or black, similar No. 6 c.d.s of Cairo, 1944-45 covers from South Africa with "B.T.A." cachets (4), 1946 P.O.W card from a German P.O.W at Kings Cliffe Camp unusually with "MORETON R.A.F. P.O / MORETON-IN-MARSH, Glos." c.d.s, etc. (24). £120-150 |
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| 387 | |||
| Iceland. 1943-45 Stampless covers (2) and a piece franked 2 1/2d all with "R.A.F. POST OFFICE / 001" c.d.s of Reykjavik, and 1943 (June 26) stampless cover with scarce "R.A.F POST OFFICE / 002" c.d.s of Camp Geck also with red "MARITIME MAIL" machine, the covers all with different R.A.F censors. (4). Photo on Page 66. £120-150 |
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| 388 | |||
| Iceland. 1943 (Sep 14) Stampless cover to London and a piece (Aug 12) both with the rare "R.A.F 0.0.3" c.d.s used at Kaldadarnes, this cover the only dated recorded in "Postal History of the R.A.F Postal Services" by E. Proud. (2). Photo on Page 66. £250-300 |
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| 389 | |||
| India. 1943-47 Covers and cards with various "RAFPOST" datestamps including rubber types, numbered between "1" and "203", also named datestamps, virtually all different with registered marks, 1943 air letter endorsed "Xmas Card", etc. A good collection in an S.G. album. (80). £300-350 |
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| 390 | |||
| Ceylon. 1943-46 Covers and a parcel piece with "R.A.F BASE P.O / CEYLON" cancel in violet (3), "RAFPOST / COLOMBO" c.d.s (4, three types, one registered) or various R.A.F datestamps numbered 5, 8, 15, 16, 19, 39 or 134. (14). £100-120 |
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| 391 | |||
| Burma. 1945-47 Stampless covers with various "RAFPOST" datestamps numbered between "157" and "304", also "RAFPOST / RANGOON" c.d.s. (14). £180-220 |
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| 392 | |||
| Malaya. 1945-47 Stampless covers with various "RAFPOST" datestamps numbered 6, 155, 170, 201, 205, 221 (2 types), 300 (2), 307, 308, 309, four with enclosed letters or Christmas cards, also 1946 cover with "RAFPOST / 209" c.d.s used at Batavia. (13). £250-300 |
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| 393 | |||
| Cocos Island. 1946 (Jan 21) Stampless cover to England with fine "RAFPOST 301" c.d.s, scarce. Photo on Page 66. £180-220 |
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| 394 | |||
| Hong Kong. 1945 (Nov 13) Stampless cover with "RAFPOST / 130" c.d.s and 1946 (Mar 27) stampless cover with "RAF POST / HONG KONG" c.d.s, both fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 66. £200-250 |
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| 395 | |||
| Japan. 1946-47 Covers franked by G.B stamps (5, four registered with differing registration cachets) or stampless, various "RAFPOST" datestamps numbered 11 (3, two with "Registered" at base), 320, 321 (2) or 322, also a cover with BCOF Japan overprint 1/2d pair and 1d tied by an Australian Unit Postal Stn. c.d.s and backstamped with RAFPOST 322 c.d.s. (8). £150-180 |
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| 396 | |||
R.A.F Censors. 1940-44 Covers and cards with various R.A.F censors including South Africa 6d air letter with unusual violet two line "Censored by / RAF", Censor No. 1, various F.P.O datestamps and machines and dumb cancels. (33). £100-120Naval Mail |
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| 397 | |||
| 1922-93 Covers and cards with various "Received From H.M Ship", "H.M Ships" or "Maritime Mail" cancels, including machines; double ring c.d.s of Plymouth (2 types), Edinburgh, Southampton or London F.S; boxed handstamps; straight line violet "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIPS"; WW2 registration envelope with provisional H.M Ships registration label; stampless WW2 covers with circular "POST OFFICE - MARITIME MAIL / BY AIR" of Gibraltar or small two line "MARITIME MAIL / POSTAGE PAID" of Trinidad; 1946 (Feb 8) registered express postal stationery envelope with "R.N.C EATON, CHESTER" datestamps and "AGENCY 506" registration label, etc. An interesting collection in an F.G album. (100). £500-600 |
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| 398 | |||
| Ascension. Stampless cover to England with red "POST / OFFICE / MARITIME / MAIL" machine and red boxed "(crown) / PASSED / XX / ...." used at Ascension Island. £80-100 |
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| 399 | |||
| Fleet Mail Offices. 1944-87 Covers and cards (53), a piece, block of stamps and a bag label, including oval "FLEET MAIL OFFICE / 3 DEC 1948 / BERMUDA" in blue, similar oval cachets of the offices at Cochin, Durban (3), Malta, Alexandria and Trincomalee, boxed cachet of Freetown, double ring c.d.s of Simons Town, other numbered "BRITISH FLEET MAIL" double ring datestamps (35) with numbers from "2" to "40" including No. 10 of Malta in red on 1945 cover, etc. A good collection in an F.G album. (56). £400-500 |
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| 400 | |||
| Singapore. c.1950-70 Covers comprising British Fleet Mail "33" c.d.s on c.1950 cover; No. "20" c.d.s on 1956 registered cover, 1968 stampless Official cover and 1970 G.B registration envelope; and No. "20" machine on 1967 postcard, the 1956 cover with scarce red boxed "B.F.M.O / SINGAPORE / R" registration handstamp, not recorded by Proud. (5). £100-120 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2014 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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