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COLLECTION OF 1926-1938 MINT & USED SETS: 1926 Agriculture sets (14) in unmounted plate blocks of four & blocks of six. Also a quantity of mint & used sets of the 1938 Cotton Congress & Telecommunication issues. Total cat. £1,100+ (Approx. 200) £150
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QV-QEII mint & uses collection on leaves inc. a sprinkling of QV & KEVII, Whale & Penguin 10/- mint, KGVI first defins. to £1 mint, RSW £1 mint, 1952 set to £1 mint & used, 1960 Birds to £1 mint, 1960 O.H.M.S. cover being the last day of issues of the 1955-57 QEII defin. set used in conjunction with seven different 1952 defins. to 10/-, 1960 O.H.M.S. cover bearing Birds set to £1 (10th Feb. first day of use) plus a good range of dependencies inc. ships to £1 mint. (approx. 300) £400
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COLLECTION OF EARLY POSTCARDS inc. six unused real photo types (inc. Heyburn AD 2, 3 & 6), early 1900's views of the Ship Hotel & Govt. House, 1920's view of Darwin harbour, etc.; coloured card of Stewart Is., N.Z. to Darwin plus stamps with part cancels of New Island. Also a study of 1914 'Battle of the Falklands' written up on leaves inc. PPC of H.M.S. "Kent" to Rotherham with "PASSED/H.M.S.KENT/CENSOR" mark, Xmas greetings card of H.M.S. "Glasgow", "Last man standing" card to Berlin, etc. (Small Qty.) £200
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QV-QEII mint & used collection on leaves inc. a scattering of 19th century types, KGV to 5/- (2) mint, KGV to £1 mint, first QEII defins. to £1 mint, etc. (approx. 170) £120
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ALBUM with the early to modern mint & used collection. Clean, well presented collection with useful issues throughout including booklets & early Postal stationery. (Few 100's) £120
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LARGE CARTON with the six volume, early to modern mint & used collection. A useful lot with a number of better sets & singles throughout. (Few 1,000's) £300
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CARTON with the early to modern range of covers & cards inc. a useful selection of Pneumatic Mail items. (Qty.) £100
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CARTON with the duplicated early to modern accumulation housed in six stockbooks. A few non-French items are noted. (few 1,000s) £100
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BOX FILE with the somewhat duplicated collection of definitives from imperforate Ceres types to the 1940's We note four essays/colour trials of various Ceres heads in blocks of four, Napoleon Heads, Sage type, Mersons to 20f mint, Mouchons, Sowers, etc. The lot includes a number of covers inc. pre-stamp types. (Many 100's) £180
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STOCKBOOK & LARGE PACKET with the valuable early to modern predominantly mint collection/accumulation. We note 15c + 5c 'Bombed Hospital' mint and used, Merson 10f mint, War Orphans Surcharge set mint, South America flight pair mint, Museums pair mint, 1,000f Paris view mint & used, a good range of mint National Relief sets, Air to 1,000f mint, etc. (Few 100's) £500
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MINT & USED MIDDLE PERIOD COLLECTION ON LEAVES inc. 1922 1f on 5f + 5f War Orphans used, 1926-27 1f + 25c War Orphans used, 1930 Sourire de Reims used, etc. (Approx. 500) £180
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WWI BOXFILE; with the collection of covers & cards inc. pre-printed envs., censored mail, Gare de Rassemblement 18th Army Corps wrapper, F.P.O. marks, etc. the lot encompasses a wide range of cachets & postal markings & warrants careful inspection. (Qty) £150
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CARTON housing four large stockbooks with the collection of 1950s-60s period unmounted mint issues inc. miniature sheets. Great thematic content inc. birds, space, noting better e.g. F.S.A.T. 200f Albatross. Some degree of foxing throughout the collection, but sufficient highly catalogued issues remain unaffected to warrant inspection. Viewing essential. (Few 1000's) £500
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TUNISIAN/ALGERIAN T.P.O MARKINGS c1895-1961; Range on mounted pages inc. wavy types, double-ring c.d.s. types (used to cancel adhesives on mail), some without crew codes, 1913 missent postcard showing two different TPO markings etc. (36 cards/covers) £300
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BOX FILE with the accumulation of early mint & used issues in sheets, multiples & packets. Interest in Weimar period Germany, Bavaria, Wurttemburg, Danzig, WWI occupation issues, etc. (Large Qty.) £300
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LARGE BINDER with the early to middle period mint & used collection of States, Colonies inc. some useful high value Yacht types, WWI & WWII Occupation issues, Danzig, Heligoland, Saar, etc. (Qty.) £180
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CARTON with the post-WWII accumulation inc. a useful range of Allied Occupation issues. (Qty.) £100
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CARTON with the collection of mint and used issues in several stockbooks. Much duplication, but useful early used Berlin noted and an extensive range of modern unmounted mint. Also, a series of "Concordia-Post" magazine 1923-35, a German-based international exchange club bound in one volume. (Large Qty.) £100
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LARGE BINDER with the post 1945 mint & used collection inc. much West Germany & Berlin. The former includes the 1951-52 'Posthorns' set mint, useful early commemorative sets inc. sundry Humanitarian Relief sets & the 1959 Beethoven mini. sheet. (Few 100's) £360
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LARGE BINDER with the mint & used collection of Imperial, Weimar & Third Reich issues. (Few 100's) £150
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THIRD REICH: Accumulation of unmounted mint blocks & multiples comprising 1936 Winter Olympics (27 sets), 1936 Lufthansa (37, inc. 3 blocks of 10), 1936 Summer Olympics (15 sets in corner blocks), 1936 Local Govt. Congress (sets in blocks of 10), 1936 Recreational Congress (sets in blocks of 10). 1936 Winter Relief Fund (3, 6, 12 & 24pf values in blocks of 11) Total cat. £6,800+ (Approx. 320) £400
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1949 Goethe Bicentenary set of 3 SG B61-B63 mint Cat. £400 plus 1949 (Aug) opt. set of 4 SG B64-B67 mint Cat. £325 (7) £75
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A26 CANCELLATIONS - GB USED IN GIBRALTAR GROUP; Range on mounted pages with 1855 1d Rose-Red, 1856 4d, 6d (4, single with straight edge at left and a strip of three) & 1/-, 1858 2d (4), 1862 4d (2), 6d (2, one with wing margin at right) & 1/-, 1864-79 1d (44, inc. two pairs and a strip of four on piece), 1865 4d (9, inc. vertical pair on 1872 trimmed front to London), 9d (very faint cancel, SG £800) & 1/-, 1867 6d (7, one on piece), 9d (perf faults) (SG £300), 10d (3) (SG £450) & 1/- (2), 1870 1/2d, 1872 6d (9, varying shades, two on dated pieces and a further two with wing margins) & 1/- (3), 1873 6d (2), 1875 21/2d (4), 1876 21/2d (11 inc. one on 1879 E to Paris) & 4d (2), 1880 21/2d (2) & 4d, 1881 21/2d (4 inc. a pair) & 6d, 1880 1/2d & 1d, 1881 1d, 1884 2d, 21/2d, 4d (SG unpriced) & 6d vertical pair (SG £400+) plus 'G' cancels on 1855 2d Blue (2) (SG £150) & 1857 4d Rose. Excellent opportunity. PHOTO - see page 43. £300
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RARE GB 4d GREY-BROWN BLOCK OF FOUR USED IN GIBRALTAR; 1880 4d Grey-Brown (Plate 17) wmk. Crown, block of four used at Gibraltar (16.6.1882). Slight re-inforcement at right though a very rare 'used abroad' multiple SG Z41 £280+ PHOTO - see page 43. £100
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QV-QEII collection on leaves inc. KEVII 2/- used, KGVI to £1 mint with sundry additional perfs. RSW set mint, first & second QEII defins. sets to £1 mint, etc. (approx. 160) £120
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BOXFILE & BINDER with the extensive early to modern mint & used collection written up on leaves inc. KEVII set to 1/- mint, KGV to 5/- (2) mint, KGVI defins. to 5/- (2) mint, 1940 Postage Due set mint, 1948 R.S.W. set mint, 1956 defins. to 10/- used, 1966 defins. mint, 1966 decimal surcharges mint, extensive later ranges inc. issues for Gilbert Is. , etc. The binder houses various Kiribati & Tuvalu issues. (Several 100's) £180
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QV-QEII collection on leaves inc. QV to 1/- mint, KGVI to 2/6d mint, KGVI Badge type 10/- (3) mint, RSW set mint & decimal defins. to $2.40 mint, etc. (approx. 200) £150
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A15 GRENADA CANCELS ON STAMPS & COVER; GB 1856 6d Lilac with A15 cancels of Grenada (3, two on piece and both with wing margins, other with defective perforations on 25 Mar. 1859 E (filing crease) to Glasgow with Grenada and London c.d.s on reverse. Scarce cancels. (1 cover + 2 stamps) PHOTO - see page 42. £120
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COLLECTION OF EARLY MINT & USED ISSUES; From early to 1930s on remnanted album leaves and in very mixed condition, but useful items noted throughout, inc. skilling values used, 1930 Millenary values to 2kr mint (less 50c), 1931 Zeppelin set mint, 1931-37 vals. to 1kr mint, 1931 Waterfalls to 65a mint, etc. (Few 100's plus 3 covers) £90
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1950 Scenes set of 13 to 25k mint, SG 296-308 plus 1873 2sk used (spacefiller) SG 1 Cat. £2,250 (14) £140
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QV-QEII mint & used collection on leaves inc. two cut to shape 4a. red & blue good used, other useful QV & KEVII, KGV to 25r mint, KGVI to 10r mint plus service opts. to 10r, Gandi set mint (stuck to album leaves), Sundry States, etc. Also a small range of Pakistan inc. opts on India to 10r mint, 1948 pictorials to 10r mint, etc. (few 100s) £400
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ALBUM: with the mint & used QV-QEII collection inc. cut to shape 4a (4) used, later QV to 5r mint, KEVII 15r mint & used, KGV to 10r mint & 25r used (2), KGVI to 25r used, pictorials to 15r mint, Gandhi 10r mint & a good selection of "Back of the book" types. (few 100s) £400
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EARLY "GOVERNMENT EXPRESS" ENDORSEMENT ON COVER TO G.B., ETC.; Small flimsy 22 Jan. 1842 EL (filing notes affect address and endorsement) to Huth & Co. in London from "Calcutta" unusually endorsed "Government Express, Overland Mail - via Falmouth" above the address, having a fine red octagon-framed "CALCUTTA/STEAM LETTER/Paid[1-4]" d.s. on the flap with matching boxed "INDIA" on the front, charged "1/-" on arrival. Plus interesting 2 June 1841 EL prepaid 1/6 from London to Madeira with reference to "The Express has arrived this morning from India stating that hostilities had recommenced with the Chinese...the dates from Bombay are to the 1st of May, so rapid is the communication now." (2 covers). PHOTO - see page 42. £150
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AIRMAILS - ALAN COBHAM SURVEY FLIGHT: 1925 (8 Feb) Indian 1a env flown by Alan Cobham from Rangoon to Calcutta with transit and arrival c.d.s. Signed in full by Alan Cobham. One of only 32 carried. [Ex John Sadler] PHOTO - see page 42. £200
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AIRMAILS - COVER FLOWN BY THE KING'S CUP WINNER: 1927 (1July) local env franked with 1a tied by Calcutta c.d.s. with printed "THIS LETTER WAS CARRIED OVER THE CITY OF/CALCUTTA AND ITS ENVIRONS BY THE FAMOUS D.H./"G-E.B.M.O.," THE DIMINUTIVE AEROPLANE WHICH/WON THE KING,S CUP IN 1926, AND MADE THE/HISTORIC FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO DELHI/IN 1926-27" in red at top. Initialled by pilot. [Ex John Sadler] PHOTO - see page 42. £120
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AIRMAILS - INCLUDING SOME FIRST FLIGHTS: 1920-33 covers (8) inc. 1920 (24 Jan) env registered & flown from Bombay to Karachi. 1925 (9 Feb) env flown from Calcutta to Karachi with pink label and violet h.s. signed by Arthur B Elliot engineer on reverse. 1929 (4 Apr) env. flown on the 1st Karachi to London flight. 1929 env flown on the 1st Egypt to Karachi flight. and 1933 (8 July) env carried on the 1st Karachi to Calcutta flight. Mostly fine examples. (8) [Ex John Sadler] PHOTO - see page 42. £120
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AIRMAILS - ALAN COBHAM SURVEY FLIGHT: 1925 (7 Feb) env carried by Alan Cobham from Akyab to Rangoon. Pilot initialled. Fine.One of 49 such covers. Ex G. Vullo & John Sadler PHOTO - see page 42. £200
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AIRMAILS - R.A.F. SURVEY FLIGHTS: 1927 (14 Feb) 1a envelope flown by Stack & Leech from Karachi to Lahore. 1930 (4 Nov) env with KGV 1a flown from Karachi to Calcutta by Flt Lt. D.F. Anderson with boxed "By R.A.F./WAPITI PLANE./Karachi to Calcutta" h.s and pilot signed. Fine. [Ex John Sadler] PHOTO - see page 42. £140
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PATIALA 1937 KGVI 2r & 5r values SG 93-94 both in unmounted blocks of four. Cat. £320 £75
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AIRMAILS - EARLY SURVEY COVERS: 1926 (21 Dec) env from Iraq to Bombay with 6a green (faults) tied by a boxed typed "IRAQ to INDIA/By light aeroplane/with Messrs Stack & Leete". 1927 (15 Jan) env from Karachi to Montreal with 1a x 5, one cancelled with red boxed "AIR MAIL SERVICE/BASRA-CAIRO/(KARACHI G.P.O." h.s. (2 covers) [Ex John Sadler] PHOTO - see page 44. £140
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AIRMAILS - THE RARE HANDLEY PAGE SERVICE FROM BAGDAD TO INDIA: 1919 (9 Jan) stampless env to Allalabad with "F.P.O. 55" c.d.s. overstruck by violet "POSTAL SERVICE M.E.F./AERIAL POST - BAGHDAD - DELHI/PER/HANDLEY PAGE AEROPLANE" cachet. On reverse a circular framed matching violet "CARRIED BY AERIAL MAIL/BAGHDAD-DELHI/JANY 1919" CACHET. Cover with light fold but rare. Only three of the 26 covers with the Handley Page cachet were addressed to India. A similar cover on the Gaetano Vullo 2003 sale realised £2,000. [Ex John Sadler] PHOTO - see page 5. £1,400
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ALBUM & STOCKBOOK with the early to modern, mainly used collection. Strength in early material with much duplication inc. two covers from 1921 Transitional period. Special study of SG 136 and an accumulation of early definitives. Useful, highly catalogued items noted. Also a stockbook with the heavily duplicated mainly used accumulation of KEVII issues with some better mint & perf. varieties seen. (Few 1000's plus c.19 covers/cards) £120
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EXPERIMENTAL COIL TRIAL/REVENUE DIE: c1940 Saorstat Eireann/Harp unappropriated master die, a horizontal pair from the defaced plate in lilac on unwatermarked ungummed trial paper, perforated 14 horizontally on the Chambon machine, as a trial for the 1940 1d perf 14 x imperf. endless coil (itself an error of perforation as Chambon had supplied the wrong machine during wartime). Rare and unusual. PHOTO - see page 43. £360
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FOUR CARTONS with the 1950s-80s collection of mint adhesives & FDC's inc. better 1950s issues with half-tabs. Also two small albums & loose leaves with 1950s issues on pieces bearing various commemorative cancellations all written up. Plus a comprehensive range of FDCs to the 1980s inc. two interim government covers. With stockbooks containing later modern mint issues with full-tabs. (Large Qty) £200
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ITALY & COLONIES: Collection of highly catalogued mint & used issues inc. Italy 1890-91 20 on 1c Postage Due mint SG D48, 1910 (Nov.) Plebiscite pair used SG 83-84, Eritrea 1910 15c slate perf. 131/2 mint SG 36, 1916 Red Cross 15c + 5c with opt. "ERITREA" inverted, used SG 48var. (not listed SG), Levant 1874 2 lire mint (faults) SG 9 & Constantinople 1908 (Aug) 30p on 15c (in red) used SG 47. (7) £180
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ITALIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE IN WWI & WWII; Range on mounted pages inc. postcards optd for 21st Company in France (in 1918), printed letter-sheet inscribed 'F.M.' (Franchise Militaire), oval censorship markings, few airmails, taxed mail with Italian postage dues etc. (34 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 44. £200
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A01 JAMAICA (KINGSTON) CANCELLATION GROUP; Range of 'A01' (Jamaica) cancels on GB 1857 4d Rose-Carmine (3, one on piece showing duplex (SG Z9) & 1856 6d Lilac (4, one tied to part-cover to London also showing Kingston c.d.s. SG £570 (7 stamps) PHOTO - see page 43. £120
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A01 & A57 JAMAICA CANCELS ON GB STAMPS; GB 1856 6d Lilac (2) one with wing margin showing 'A01' cancel and Falmouth (Jamaica) c.d.s and unusual thus, another on a piece with 'A57' (Montego Bay) cancel. [1956 and 1955 BPA Certificates of genuineness respectively] (2 stamps) PHOTO - see page 43. £100
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ALBUM: with the QV-QEII mint & used collection inc. useful QV, KGV Heads to 5/- mint, KGV pictorials to 5/- mint (5) & used. Also a marginal mint example of the 10/-, KGVI to £1 mint, RSW £1 mint, 1956 to £1 mint, RSW £1 mint, 1956 to £1 mint. Plus an interesting postmark study. (Few 100s) £300
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ALBUM with the QV-QEII mint & used collection inc. useful 19th century ranges, KGV pictorials to 5/- (2) mint, KGVI to £1 mint, RSW £1 mint, QEII to £1 (2) mint, etc. (few 100s) £180
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