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c.1792-1863 Entire letters including c.1792 "LIVERPOOL / SHIP" handstamp with "NO 15" datestamp of Wellington, Somerset; 1807 entire letter from Rear Admiral Purvis written on the "Atlas" off Cadiz to Major Wright, A. Secretary, Gibraltar, endorsed O.H.M.S and presumably carried by Naval bag, the contents concerning two licences for the export of tobacco; 1842 entire letter from H.M.S "Vanguard" in Malta Harbour with a curved "GIBRALTAR" handstamp; privately carried merchants letters endorsed with ships names and bearing the senders cachets (3), etc., some faults. (7). £140-180
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1833-69 Entire letters and entires from (12) or to (2) Gibraltar all sent via Spain, including 1855 entire to Havana and 1857 disinfected entire letter with "GALLATZ" c.d.s to Gibraltar, transit handstamps include "E. GIBA / S. ROQUE / ANDA BAXA" (9), "S. ROQUE / FRANCA", also "ESPAGNE PAR" handstamps for Perpignon (2, one boxed) or St. Jean-De-Luz, etc. (14). £280-350
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1809 and 1842 Entire letters to Cadiz or Palermo with differing "GIBRALTAR / PAID" arc handstamps, the 1809 example in red, the 1842 handstamp in black, both fine. (2). Photo on Page 157. £200-250
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1851 Entire letter prepaid 4d to Genoa with blue "GIBRALTAR" datestamp and "GIBRALTAR / SHIP LETTER", red "VIA / DI MARE / (E)" applied upon arrival, fine. £130-150
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1854 Entire to Malta "p. Delta" charged 4d, blue oval J.B Revello senders cachet on the front, backstamped superb "GIBRALTAR / OC 28 1854 / SHIP LETTER". Also an 1856 entire letter to Marseille with the cachet of J.B Revello, Gibraltar, privately carried. (2). £130-150
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1859-61 Stampless entire letters to Oran, Marseille or Livorno all with "GIBRALTAR" c.d.s on the front, the 1859 entire letter to Oran with the c.d.s in blue, a second strike on the reverse obliterated by the "A26" numeral, very unusual. (3). £120-150
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Hong Kong/Gibraltar. 1862 (Aug 10) Stampless entire to Gibraltar with a "HONG KONG" c.d.s on the reverse, the front with a fine "1/-" charge mark and "GIBRALTAR" c.d.s, unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 157. £250-350
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1866 Cover from Southampton to Newcastle franked 1d, redirected to Gibraltar charged 6d and handstamped upon arrival with boxed "TO / PAY", returned to England with the charged increased to 1/-, finally sent to the original Newcastle address but marked "Refused", very unusual. Photo on Page 157. £150-180
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1866-70 Covers from G.B to Gibraltar franked 6d, the 1866 cover from Dover to an Officer in the 78th Highlanders at Windmill Hill directed via Southampton, the two 1867-70 covers directed via France bearing an encircled "S", applied upon arrival to mail received via Spain, and a Gibraltar c.d.s, all applied to the front of the covers. (3). £150-180
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1871 Mourning cover to Dublin bearing G.B 2d blue plate 13 pair and 6d mauve plate 9 tied by Gibraltar A26 duplex, an H&K Pact. arrival backstamp. An attractive cover and an unusual 10d rate. £130-160
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1870-81 Entire letters (3) and a cover all with G.B stamps tied by Gibraltar A26 duplexs, comprising a 1d red plate 186 to Spain, 4d vermilion plate 11 to Malta, 2½d rosy mauve plate 11 to Italy or 2½d blue plate 20 to France, all fine. (4). £140-180
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1894 (Jan 30) G.B 2½d Postal stationery envelope to England, cancelled by Gibraltar A26 duplex, with red manuscript "Paquebot". The earliest recorded Paquebot from Gibraltar, in the first month of use of the word "Paquebot" on mail posted at sea (the U.P.U instruction being issued to London on 9th January, to take effect from 17th January); the first Gibraltar "Paquebot" handstamp recorded from February 1894. Photo on Page 157. £450-500
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1898-1911 Covers and cards including an unusual 1898 stampless O.H.M.S Money Order Office envelope sent locally within Gibraltar with a fine Gibraltar backstamp; 1899 cover with a G.B 1d lilac tied by Gibraltar A26 duplex and a superb "PAQUEBOT" alongside; postal stationery with 1893 5 centimes surcharge on ½d newspaper wrapper used locally within Gibraltar, also two 10c postcards overprinted Morocco Agencies and used from Tangier. (12). £150-200
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1914 (Sep 25) Stampless postcard to Zurich from a German internee in Gibraltar, with red circular framed "P.C" and "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR", a red London E.C Official Paid c.d.s (Oct 21) and Zurich arrival datestamp, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 157 £130-160
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1914 (Sep 4) Stampless postcard to Germany, from a German internee, with Gibraltar c.d.s and circular "PASSED CENSOR / 4-SEP. H4 / GIB.", a very early internee card, very fine. £120-150
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1914 (Sep 17) Stampless postcard to Germany, from a German internee in South Barracks, with Gibraltar c.d.s, red circular framed "P.C" and circular "PASSED CENSOR / 17 SEP. C4 / GIB", several words erased by the censor. An early internee card, very fine. £120-150
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1914 Stampless cover from an Austrian P.O.W to Switzerland with scarce violet two line "MAIL / CONTROL", red circular framed "P.C." and red crayon "C". A red London F.S Paid machine (Nov 20) applied in transit, backstamped at St. Gallen, very fine. £120-150
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c.1916 Stampless cover to Germany, endorsed from a German P.O.W in Gibraltar, with red circular framed "P.C." and "POST FREE / PRISONERS OF WAR". £140-160
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1915 (June 6) KGV 2d F size postal stationery registration envelope uprated 1d to London cancelled by two partial strikes of the very scarce oval "REGISTERED / GIBRALTAR NORTH DISTRICT" datestamp, a further fine complete strike on the reverse, London backstamps, bearing a red registration label. The North District Post Office only open 1912-16, very few examples of the datestamp being recorded. £240-300
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1886 4d and 6d Overprints on Bermuda, and 1887 6d lilac, all fine mint. S.G. 5, 6, 13, £630. (3). Photo on Page 201. £160-200
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1938-51 KGVI 1d - 1/- mint selection, with many blocks and strips the majority of which are unmounted, includes 1d S.G. 122 (15), 122a (6), 122ab (41, with seven coil joins), 2d S.G. 124a (23), 3d S.G. 125 (11, with a block and strip), etc, most very fine, S.G. £1,691. (208). £200-250
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Christmas Island. 1915-36 Covers bearing Cocoanut Plantations Ltd locals with local 1915 cover bearing 5c red tied by the small double ring Local Postage c.d.s, another cover bearing 5c red C.T.O with small and large datestamps (faults) and two 1936 covers bearing 10c blue and French Oceanic Settlements stamps. Also 10c red used and 10c blue mint (2) or C.T.O. (8). Photo on Page 161. £200-250
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1839 Entire to the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London charged 1/4, with a "DEAL / SHIP LETTER" handstamp and London arrival backstamp, recipients endorsement "Received 17 Aug 1840, H. Jago, Cape Coast, 16 June". £180-200
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QV-KGV Mint and used selection including 1889 1d on 6d orange mint and used, 1898-1902 1d dull mauve and rose with inverted watermark fine used (S.G. 27aw), 1902 KEVII 5/- mint, etc., also an unusual 'used' forgery of the QV 20/- green and red. (73). £250-300
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1896-97 1d Postal stationery postcards, one to Germany cancelled by "ABOKOBI / GOLD COAST" c.d.s in red; the 1897 card from Saltpond to Aburi "per S.S Gretchen Bohlen" cancelled "554" numeral with superb boxed "TOO LATE" and a Saltpond c.d.s, light vertical fold, otherwise fine. (2). £240-300
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1899 (Oct 9) Cover with printed address of The Universal Woollen Manufactured Goods Emporium in Wolverhampton and "Dept for the only reliable "Gravenette" porous rainproof wool materials, &c", bearing QV 1d tied by fine "CHAMA / GOLD COAST" c.d.s with a second strike alongside, backstamped at Cape Coast, Wolverhampton and with oval recipients cachet. Also 1916 postcard of Sekondi with Gold Coast KGV 1d tied by London c.d.s with violet "PAQUEBOT"; and a 1941 stampless cover from "Pan American Airways, Accra" to New York with Gold Coast censor seal and cachet no. 9, presumably hand carried. (3). £120-140
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1924 Postcard from Kpalime to the USA franked ½d, handstamped "T" with a 2c charge mark applied in New York, datestamps of Kpong and Abuse and the very scarce "MISSENT TO ADA" applied to both the front and reverse of the card. Photo on Page 161. £200-240
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French Forces - War of Independence. 1831 (June 15) Entire letter from Nauplia ('Napoli de Romanie') to France with scarce "QER GAL / ARM. DE MOREE" handstamp, backstamped upon arrival (July 8) charged 8 decimes, slit for disinfection. The Armee de Moree occupied the Peloponese in 1828 with the intention of ousting Turkish and Egyptian troops and aiding the Greeks in their quest for independence. Reduced to a skeleton force by 1831 the letter relates the writers recall along with General Schneider to Paris. Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 161. £200-300
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Austrian Lloyd. 1910 Picture postcard to Constantinople bearing Greece 1906 5L tied by "BREGENZ / OSTERR-LLOYD" c.d.s with a Stamboul arrival c.d.s, unusual on a Greece stamp. £100-120
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1784 Entire letter (with a Bill of Lading enclosed for 25 hogheads of Muscovada sugars shipped on the "Mary" from St. Georges to Grenada), to Glasgow backstamped with a fine "Grenada" (Proud PS2, only recorded 1784-85), "DOVER / SHIP LRE", London "13/SE" and Edinburgh "SE/17" Bishop Marks, charged 1/-. Vertical file fold, otherwise a fine letter, the very scarce first type Grenada handstamp unusually clearly struck and displays well. Photo on Page 161. £1,100-1,300
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1932 (June 9) Cover to Scotland with KGV 2½d tied fine "GRAND ROY / GRENADA" c.d.s, a second strike alongside, G.P.O Grenada backstamp. A scarce village c.d.s on a commercial cover. £100-120
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1856 and 1860 Entire letters to Santa Ana in El Salvador with "GUATEMALA" double arc datestamp in green or double ring datestamp in red, both very fine and scarce. (2). £200-250
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1889 Cover to Hamburg "P. Royal Mail via Jacmel" with 1882 20c brown tied by Gonaives c.d.s, very fine. £150-180
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1906 2c Postal stationery postcard written from St. Marc to Suriname cancelled by superb oval "AMSTERD:- W: INDIE / NEDERL. PAKETBOOT" datestamp, a second strike alongside, very fine. £80-100
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1927-30 First Flight covers including 1927-28 West Indies Aerial Express Co. flights (5, three pilot signed), 1928 (Feb 6) local cover with Lindbergh aeroplane cachet, 1930 Port-au-Prince to Antigua and Grenada flight, etc., all written up on pages. (8). £160-200
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QV-KEVII Mainly used selection on pages including various treaty port uses, "62B" numerals (2), datestamps of Sydney and Vancouver probably used on Paquebot mail, also a few forgeries. (67). £100-120
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c.1880 Cover with enclosed letter, written and addressed in Persian and sent from Hong Kong to Persia, with a superb forwarding agents cachet "H.A ASGER & H. ESMAIL / HONG KONG" in English and Persian. Photo on Page 161. £300-350
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1901-02 Postcards sent from German Naval ships whilst at Hong Kong, with 5pf stamps tied by "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost" datestamps, No. 43 used on the S.M.S "Furst Bismarck" or No. 39 used on the S.M.S "Hertha". (2). £100-120
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1903-06 Picture postcards from Europe to Hong Kong all with single ring "SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG" datestamps codes "B" or "C" (4), one with a couple of small edge tears, otherwise very fine. (5). £100-120
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1902-66 Covers and cards (also four more recent items) from or to Hong Kong including 1912 KEVII 10c registration envelope with boxed registration handstamp (tear at left), 1902 QV 10c on cover from Shanghai to the Philippines, card to Hankow with British P.O arrival c.d.s, incoming mail with postmen's delivery marks, perfins, etc., also a few stamps and pieces. (34+). £400-500
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1904 Cover with crest of 1st Chinese Regiment on the flap, sent to England bearing 1903 4c tied by superb violet boxed "PORT EDWARD / 21 SEP 1904 / WEI-HAI-WEI", backstamped at Liu Kung Tau, Shanghai and Wetherby. Photo on Page 161. £400-500
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1906 Picture postcard cancelled by a large part strike of the very scarce "VICTORIA / HONG KONG" double ring c.d.s without the usual side bars (Proud type D76, state 2). £100-120
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1937 Air France letter-card flown from Paris (Oct 16) to Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (Oct 18), to New York (Oct 25) and finally to Hong Kong (Nov 9), stamps applied and cancelled at each of the four countries of departure or arrival, applied to the four flaps of the lettercard, fine and unusual. £100-120
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1938-53 KGVI Issues on airmail covers, including $10.40 and $5.20 rates to the USA (both with the $5 green and violet) handstamped "BY AIR TO OFFICE OF EXCHANGE ONLY", 1941 triangular Censor cachet, etc. (21). £200-250
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c.1954 Cover to Shanghai endorsed "Consignees cover per S.S Pakhoi" with QEII 10c tied violet "BUTTERFIELD & SQUIRE / HONG KONG", unusual. £60-80
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International Reply Coupons. 1947 40c London design IRC imperf proof block of four, from the collection of Eugene Thomas, President of the 1947 U.P.U Congress in Paris, believed to be unique. Photo on Page 163. £500-600
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1931 Zeppelin 1931 overprints on 1p orange and 2p purple, both imperforate, superb unmounted mint, "Kessler" expert handstamp on reverse. S.G. 529/30, £900. (2). Photo on Page 216. £200-250
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1890 3a Brown-orange with inverted watermark, fine used at Bombay. S.G. 94w, £300. Photo on Page 201. £70-100
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1911-22 KGV 1a Carmine, the specialised collection including De La Rue Die Proof in black on white card endorsed "after striking 10/11/13" and initialled; imperf plate proof block of four; single handstamped "CANCELLED" and an inter-panneau block of 40 each with smaller "CANCELLED" overprint; mint block of 16 with grossly misplaced perforations; 1916 1r booklet (SB9); postal history with registered cover from Pondicherry, covers from Linga, Aden, Baghdad and first flights; Service overprint mint pair with printing omitted at upper right due to pre-printing corner fold; Nine Pies surcharges with various surcharge essays (5); double surcharges mint (3); Nine Nine error mint within a vertical pair, used horizontal pair on cover and used vertical pair on piece within a gutter strip of three; Pies Pies error used within a vertical pair; 1r 2a booklets (2, SB13) one exceptionally with the variety "P.IES" on the lower right stamp on all six panes (unlisted by S.G. but clearly a constant variety, the only such booklet known to us); G.R Mafia overprints (2, both types); Gwalior State Service overprint and Nine Pies surcharge used with "P.IES" variety; Gwalior postage and official issues with double overprint, etc. A fine lot, most written up on album pages. Photo on Page 165. £4,000-5,000
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Gandhi. 1948 Gandhi Memorial Stamps presentation folder containing the unused set of four (heavily mounted), the folder very fine and scarce. £120-150
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