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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Philatelic Collector's Series (Sale 14021 Day 2 of 3) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 30th April 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 25 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday 28 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Private viewing by appointment only |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
| 920 | |||
| 1894 (13 Nov.) 1d. stationery card to Glasgow, cancelled by "brass" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) and showing fine "brass river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with code "A" in opposite corner partly overstruck by red Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. (12.12). Attractive. Photo £120-150 |
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| 921 | |||
| 1895 (9 Sept.) 2d. registered envelope (size ) to Manchester, bearing 1892 1/2d. strip of three, 1894 (Jan.) 1d. (some lightly stained perfs) and 1894 (May) 1/2d. and 1d. pair, all cancelled by "brass river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) in violet-black, showing another fine strike alongside and red London transit d.s. (10.10). Photo £80-100 |
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| 922 | |||
| 1895 (27 Sept.) envelope to Manchester, marked "Per S.S. Volta", bearing 1894 (May) 2 1/2d. tied by "brass" squared-circle d.s. with code "A" (Type D4; seven days later than recorded) in violet-black and showing red Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (26.10) in opposite corner; the envelope a little roughly opened at top. Photo £120-150 |
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| 923 | |||
1895 (14 Oct.) 1d. stationery card to Plymouth, clearly cancelled by "brass" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4; one month later than recorded) and showing red Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (8.11) in opposite corner £60-80Old Calabar River |
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| 924 | |||
| 1892 (30 Aug.) "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with code "C" on GB 1887-92 6d. purple on red, a light almost complete strike, soiled at top. Rare. S.G. Z29. Photo £100-120 |
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| 925 | |||
| 1893 (6 Jan.) 1d. stationery card to Warri, written by Roger Casement, cancelled by light "old calabar river" code "C" c.d.s. (Type D2) and showing another clearer strike below; also 1894 (11 July) 1d. stationery card addressed to Stanley Gibbons London, clearly cancelled by "old calabar river" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) with code "B". An interesting pair of cards £80-100 Note: Roger Casement was knighted for his work, when with the Consular Service, in exposing atrocities within the Belgian Congo and Peru. He was stripped of his knighthood and hanged for treason in 1916 for attempting to recruit Irish prisoners of war in Germany for an Irish Brigade in the Republican cause. |
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| 926 | |||
| 1893 (11 Apr.) 1d. stationery card to Hamburg, clearly cancelled by "old calabar" double-ring parcel post h.s. (Type PP1; earliest recorded date), showing "old calabar river" c.d.s. with code "C" (Type D2) alongside and, on reverse, London (4.6) and arrival datestamps; the card with some minor discolouration. Rare. Photo £300-400 |
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| 927 | |||
| 1893 (22 Apr.) front registered to London, bearing 1892 1/- clearly tied by "old calabar" double-ring parcel post h.s. (Type PP1) with "old calabar river" c.d.s. with code "C" (Type D2) alongside, showing large "R" h.s. (Type R1; earliest recorded date) and red Registered London arrival d.s. (4.6). Rare. Photo £150-180 |
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| 928 | |||
| 1893 (28 Dec.) envelope registered to Manchester, marked "Registd Fee 11d paid", bearing 1892 1/2d. to 1/- set of six, each tied by light "old calabar river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2), showing large "R" h.s. (Type R1). Attractive £60-80 |
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| 929 | |||
| 1893 (28 Dec.) envelope registered to Manchester, bearing 1892 1d. pair and singles (3), all tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2), showing large "R" h.s. (Type R1) and Liverpool transit d.s. (28.1). A neat franking. Photo £120-150 |
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| 930 | |||
| 1894 (24 Feb.) OHMS envelope registered to Canada, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 5d. tied by light "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2) and Liverpool transit d.s., showing large "R" h.s. (Type R1) with Hamilton arrival c.d.s. (17.4) on reverse. A neat and attractive franking. Photo £150-180 |
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| 931 | |||
| 1894 (3 Mar.) envelope to Aberdeen, marked "per S.S. Roquelle", bearing 1894 (Jan.) 1/2d. and 1d. vertical pair tied by "old calabar" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) with year inverted and reversed, and showing red Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (6.4). A neat and attractive franking. Photo £120-150 |
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| 932 | |||
| 1894 (9 Apr.) 2d. registered envelope to Liverpool and 1896 (3 Mar.) "Zissler" envelope registered to London, both bearing 1894 (Jan.) 1/2d. to 1/- set of six cancelled by "old calabar river" c.d.s. with codes "C" and "A" respectively (Type D2), the latter also showing rare "registered/old calabar" oval d.s. (Type R6). A colourful pair of philatelic covers £150-180 |
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| 933 | |||
| 1894 (21 May) envelope registered to Reval, Russia, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 1/- tied by light "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2), showing another strike at lower right overstruck by red London transit d.s. (25.6), large "R" h.s. (Type R1) with arrival d.s. on reverse. An unusual destination. Photo £70-90 |
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| 934 | |||
| 1894 (21 July) envelope (223x96mm) registered to Sierra Leone, bearing 1894 (May) 1/2d. and 1d. tied by "old calabar" squared-circle d.s. with code "D" (Type D4), and 2d., 2 1/2d., 5d. and 1/- tied by "old calabar" c.d.s. with code "C" (Type D5) and showing "R" h.s. (Type R1) and "registered/old calabar" oval d.s. (Type R6), all struck in violet, also showing Freetown arrival c.d.s. (10.7); the envelope with two vertical creases clear of adhesives. Photo £120-150 |
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| 935 | |||
| 1894 (6 Oct.) Certificate of Posting A Parcel label to London, bearing 1894 (May) 5d. tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) in violet. Rare and unusual. Photo £500-600 |
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| 936 | |||
| 1894 (26 Oct.) envelope (255x115mm.) to Stockholm, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 2d. and (May) 2 1/2d. (2), each crisply cancelled by "old calabar river" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) and showing red Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (27.11). Photo £80-100 |
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| 937 | |||
| 1894 (12 Nov.) envelope registered to New York, bearing 1894 (May) 5d. tied by "registered/old calabar" oval d.s. with code "C" (Type R6), showing large "R" h.s. (Type R1) with Liverpool and arrival d.s. on reverse. Photo £80-100 |
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| 938 | |||
| 1894 (20 Nov.) envelope to London, bearing 1894 (May) 2 1/2d. tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2), showing another strike in opposite corner and Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (25.12) in red alongside; the envelope with some faults £50-60 |
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| 939 | |||
| 1895 (8 May) OHMS envelope (221x95mm.) registered to San Francisco, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 2d. (2) and 1894 (May) 1/2d. (4), each clearly cancelled by "old calabar river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2), showing "old calabar" squared-circle d.s. with code "D" (Type 4) and "registered/old calabar river" oval d.s. with code "C" (Type R6) alongside and large "R" h.s. (Type R1) with, on reverse, New York and arrival (27.6) datestamps. Rare with these code letters. Photo £150-180 |
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| 940 | |||
| 1896 (29 May) envelope to Bonny, marked "Per S/S Elani", bearing 1894 (May) 1/2d. pair cancelled by "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with another strike alongside and Bonny River arrival d.s. (1.6) on reverse. Photo £70-90 |
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| 941 | |||
| 1895 (14 July) envelope to Bournemouth, marked "pr Evangeline", bearing 1894 (May) 2 1/2d. tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2), showing another fine strike alongside and, on reverse, "plymouth/ship letters" c.d.s. (11.18) £70-90 |
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| 942 | |||
| 1896 (6 Oct.) envelope to Bonny, bearing 1894 (May) 1/2d. pair (faults) tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s., and an undateable envelope (part flap missing) to Bonny, marked "Via Opobo" bearing 1894 (May) 1d. tied by just legible "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D2) £60-80 |
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| 943 | |||
| 1896 (14 Dec.) OHMS envelope registered from Vice Consul A.G. Griffiths to his wife in Wales, bearing 1892 2d. and 2 1/2d. pair, both tied by "registered" c.d.s. (Type R5; earliest recorded date), showing "R" in oval (Type R2) and Liverpool transit d.s. (25.1) with arrival c.d.s. on reverse; the envelope with two small tears at top. Rare and most attractive. Photo £500-600 |
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| 944 | |||
| 1897 (9 Aug.) envelope registered to Opobo, bearing 1897-98 1d. (3) tied by "registered" c.d.s. (Type R5; ten months earlier than recorded), showing another strike on face with "R" in oval (Type R2) and, on reverse, "opobo river" arrival c.d.s. in violet. Photo £200-250 |
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| 945 | |||
| 1898 (14 Apr.) envelope registered to Germany, bearing 1897-98 1/2d. to 1/-, each cancelled by "registered" c.d.s. (Type R5; eighteen months later than recorded), showing "R" in oval (Type R2), Liverpool and London transit d.s. and, on reverse, Dresden arrival d.s. (17.5). Photo £120-150 |
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| 946 | |||
| 1898 (10 July) OHMS envelope (223x101mm; central fold) registered to Hull, bearing 1897-98 6d. tied by "registered/old calabar" oval d.s. (Type R6), showing "R" in oval (Type R2) with arrival c.d.s. (3.8) on reverse. Photo £100-120 |
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| 947 | |||
| 1899 (23 June) OHMS envelope to Liverpool, bearing 1897-98 1/2d. (2) tied by scarce "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D8), showing another strike on face with arrival d.s. (22.7) on reverse £70-90 |
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| 948 | |||
| 1899 (15 Nov.) envelope (225x154mm.) registered to Germany, bearing 1897-98 2 1/2d. (fault at foot) and 1/- (8), all cancelled by "registered/old calabar" oval d.s. (Type R6), showing red London transit d.s. with arrival c.d.s. (24.12) on reverse. A remarkable franking. Photo £150-180 |
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| 949 | |||
1899 (16 Nov.) small envelope from Bishop's Waltham to Old Calabar and re-addressed to Stowmarket, bearing GB 1d. lilac tied by duplex and upon redirection 1897-98 1/2d. (2) applied and tied by "old calabar river" c.d.s. (Type D9); some small faults though unusual and not unattractive. Photo £100-120First Tower |
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| 950 | |||
1897 2d. registered envelope to Bonny River, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 1d. and (May) 1d., all cancelled with various partially legible strikes of First Tower c.d.s. Scarce and an unusual item of internal registered mail. Photo £250-300Forcados |
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| 951 | |||
| 1894 (14 Mar.) 2d. registered envelope to London, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 2 1/2d. tied by "forcados river" c.d.s. with code "C" (Type D2), showing another clear strike in opposite corner, with Liverpool and arrival (17.4) datestamps £60-80 |
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| 952 | |||
1894 (2 May) envelope registered to Germany, bearing 1894 (Jan.) 1/2d. to 1/- set of six, each cancelled by "forcados river" c.d.s. (Type D2), showing "R" in oval, manuscript "Posted out of Course" at left, Paid Liverpool Br Packet and London transit d.s. in red with Hamburg arrival c.d.s. (7.6) on reverse £80-100New Calabar |
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| 953 | |||
1893 (10 June) 1d. stationery card to Old Calabar, clearly cancelled by "new calabar" double-ring parcel post h.s. (Type PP1; one month earlier than recorded), showing "sombreiro river" c.d.s. (Type D2) with code "C" alongside and Buguma code "A" (10.6) and Bonny River code "C" (11.6) transit datestamps. Rare. Photo £800-1,000Opobo River |
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| 954 | |||
| 1894 (5 Mar.) envelope registered to Colchester, bearing 1892 1/2d. to 1/- set of six, each tied by "opobo river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2), showing "R" h.s. in red plus Liverpool and London transit d.s.; some tone spots around perforations and envelope with vertical fold clear of adhesives £60-80 |
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| 955 | |||
| 1895 (2 Mar.) envelope registered to Stockport, bearing 1892 1/2d. to 1/- set of six, each tied by "opobo rover" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2), showing Liverpool transit d.s. (7.4) with arrival c.d.s. on reverse £60-80 |
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| 956 | |||
| 1896 (7 Sept.) OHMS envelope (22296mm.) to London, bearing 1894 (May) 5d. tied by "opobo river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) in brown, showing another strike alongside and Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. in red; the 5d. with some light discolouration around perfs. Photo £80-100 |
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| 957 | |||
| 1896 (19 Dec.) envelope registered to Manchester, marked "per Bakana", bearing 1892 1/2d. (2) and 1894 (May) 1/2d., 1d. and 2d., all tied by clear "opobo river" c.d.s. (Type D2) and showing Liverpool transit d.s. (25.1). Attractive. Photo £250-300 |
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| 958 | |||
| 1896 (19 Dec.) envelope (227x100mm.) registered to Manchester, marked "Per Bakana", bearing 1892 2d. (2), 1894 (Jan.) 1d. and 1894 (May) 1d. (2), all tied by "opobo river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) and showing Liverpool transit d.s. (25.1). Attractive. Photo £300-400 |
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| 959 | |||
| 1897 (3 Aug.) envelope to Bonny, bearing 1897-98 1d. tied by "opobo river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) in violet; the envelope with tear at top caused through opening. Rare. Photo £250-300 |
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| 960 | |||
| 1898 (15 Aug.) 2d. registered envelope to Manchester, marked "Per Benin", uprated with 1892 1/2d. (3) and 1d., all tied by "opobo" squared-circle d.s. (Type D4) and showing arrival c.d.s. (2.9) on reverse. Attractive. Photo £300-400 |
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| 961 | |||
| 1898 (27 Oct.) envelope registered to Sierra Leone, bearing 1897-98 1/2d strip of three and on reverse a block of six, all cancelled by "registered/opobo" oval d.s. (Type R2), showing "R" h.s. (Type R8) with Freetown arrival c.d.s. (7.11) on reverse; the envelope with some damage to top and bottom left corners £60-80 |
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| 962 | |||
1899 (4 Jan.) envelope to Austria, marked "Per Benin S.S.", bearing 1897-98 2 1/2d. tied by "opobo river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D5) in violet (rare), showing Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (2.2) in red alongside and arrival d.s. on reverse. Attractive. Photo £250-300Qua Iboe River |
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| 963 | |||
1894 (5 Mar.) envelope to Old Calabar, bearing 1892 1/2d. pair clearly tied by "qua iboe river" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D1), showing another strike in opposite corner with arrival d.s. (8.3) on reverse; the envelope with some small stains at bottom edge. Photo £500-600Sapele |
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| 964 | |||
| 1896 (11 Feb.) Parcel Post label, bearing 1894 (May) 1/- (2), both tied by "sapele" c.d.s. with code "A" (Type D2) and showing another strike alongside. Scarce. Photo £250-300 |
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| 965 | |||
| 1896 (17 Nov.) and 1897 (14 July) 1d. stationery cards to England, cancelled by "sapele" single-ring d.s. (Type D2) and squared-circle d.s. (Type D3) respectively; also 1899 (18 May) 1d. stationery card registered to Hamburg (additional stamp removed) cancelled by "registered/sapele" oval d.s. (Type R1) £100-120 |
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| 966 | |||
| 1899 (30 Jan.) 2d. registered envelope to Germany, uprated with 1897-98 6d. and tied by "registered/sapele" oval d.s. with code "A" (Type R1), showing Liverpool transit d.s. with Hamburg arrival c.d.s. (28.2) on reverse. Photo £100-120 |
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| 967 | |||
1899 (25 Apr.) envelope to Dublin, bearing 1897-98 1d. tied by "sapele" c.d.s. with code "D" (Type D2) and showing red Paid Liverpool Br Packet c.d.s. (23.5) in opposite corner; the 1d. with some light staining around perfs £60-80Sombreiro River |
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| 968 | |||
| 1894 (9 June) 1d. stationery card to Warri, marked "pr Niger boat" and cancelled by light "sombriero river" c.d.s. with code "C" (Type 2); and 1896 (4 Nov.) 1d. stationery card to Somerset cancelled by light "sombreiro river" c.d.s. with reversed code "C" (Type D2) £80-100 |
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| 969 | |||
| 1894 (7 July) "Bickel" envelope registered to Montenegro, bearing 1892 1/2d., 1d., 2d. and 2 1/2d., each tied by "sombreiro river" c.d.s. with code "C" (Type D2), showing "R" h.s. (Type R7; fifteen months earlier than recorded), Liverpool and London transit d.s. and, on reverse, Bonny River transit c.d.s. (8.8). Photo £200-250 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| The Philatelic Collector's Series (Sale 14021 Day 2 of 3) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Spink | Location: | 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4066 | ||
| Date: | 30th April 2014 | Time: | 10:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: Friday 25 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday 28 April 2014 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Private viewing by appointment only |
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