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1924-26 Setting VI ½d - £1 set of 12 in horizontal pairs fine mint. S.G. 29/40, £500. (12). Photo on Page 201. £140-160
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Postal Stationery. 1942 SWA Half-Penny surcharge on 1d postal stationery postcard commercially used from Luderitz to Germany, together with an unused example of the card. Just fifty cards believed to have been overprinted with this provisional ½d surcharge; three examples have been recorded used, all to Germany. One of the rarest of all British Empire postal stationery items, not recorded by Higgins & Gage. (2). Photo on Page 210. £170-220
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1948 Book entitled "GOYA et la Timbre-Poste" by Pierre D'espezel, published in Paris, containing twelve plates with prints of Goya paintings featuring on Spanish stamps, each with an illustration of the issued stamp alongside in the correct size and colours. Also accompanying "Epreuves de Luxe" of ten of these Spanish stamps each with the imprint "Helio-Vaugirard - 1948" in the lower right corner, the book and the envelope containing the proofs both numbered "172". The book with some uncut and loose pages, a tear to the front cover, the proofs and plates all fine. £160-200
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Rio de Oro. 1908 Postcard with printed message, sent to Spain bearing Rio de Oro 1908 10c on 50c, scarce genuinely used. £100-120
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1938 Perf 11½ x 12½ Air Mail 3p on 3½p, 3p on 7½p and 5p on 10p fine unmounted mint. Very scarce, just 100 stamps of each value surcharged. S.G. 75a, 76b, 77b, £2,100. (3). Photo on Page 218. £500-600
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Ethiopia - Gambeila. 1939 Official cover to the Ministry of Public Works in Cairo bearing 3m camel with "S.G." overprint, and a 1952 registered cover to Ada franked 4p, both tied by differing "GAMBEILA" datestamps, the 1952 cover also bearing a Gambeila registration label. Gambeila was in Ethiopia, but the Sudan postal authorities had a Post Office there from 1915 until 1956. Two fine and scarce covers. £140-180
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Lado Enclave. 1906 (Oct 31) Sudan 1p postal stationery envelope to Belgium inscribed "via Cairo", cancelled "WHITE - NILE / T.P" c.d.s with a further strike alongside, the senders address on the reverse given as "Maurice Jacques-Lado-E.I.C". A good Lado Enclave cover, backstamped on the Bani Suwef-Caire T.P.O and upon arrival in Belgium. Photo on Page 210. £200-250
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1933 (Feb 2) Registered covers from Mbabane to Pretoria, posted on the final day of interprovincial use in Swaziland, one cover bearing Swaziland ½d + South Africa 1926 4d (2, English and Afrikaans issues), the other cover with Swaziland ½d, 1d + ½d or 1d stamps of Cape, Natal, O.R.C and South Africa. Also a 1945 (Dec 7) cover with Swaziland KGVI ½d - 1/- C.T.O with "EGYPT / PREPAID / 31" c.d.s. (3). £100-120
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1897 Stampless cover (minor staining) to Nukualofa with Vavau c.d.s and circular "TONGA GOVERNMENT / VAVAU" handstamp; and 1901 stampless printed "On His Tongan Majestys Service" cover to Auckland with a Haapai c.d.s and similar "TONGA GOVERNMENT / HAAPAI" handstamp and "H.M Customs" cachet on reverse, a fine and scarce pair, both with arrival backstamps. (2). Photo on Page 210. £350-400
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1920 Stampless O.H.M.S cover to USA with Nukualofa c.d.s, "TONGA GOVERNMENT / FRANK" and "MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS / TONGA" handstamps. £100-120
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1933 1m - £P1 Pictorial set of 14 fine mint. S.G. 208/221, £750. (14). Photo on Page 216. £220-260
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KGV-QEII Covers and cards including unused postal stationery with several packets of the QEII 15c registration envelopes in wrapper bands, 1941 Censor, etc. (105). £100-120
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Cancellations. QV - QEII Stamps and pieces, all selected for their cancellations, mounted on pages in alphabetical order, from Arima to Whitehall, comprising QV (64), KEVII (168), KGV (144), KGVI (138) or QEII (186). Scarcer cancellations noted include Blanchisseuse (with complete oval type having "Registered" removed on piece), Boissere Village, Brasso Piedra (with skeleton c.d.s), Caura, Guaico, Manzanilla, Oropouche, Poole, Tableland, etc. (700). £200-250
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c.1919 KGV G.B. Postal stationery tete-beche pairs comprising ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d, 3d and 4d values, each on a separate piece with central type 1 "TRISTAN / DA / CUNHA" cancel. (6). £180-220
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1929 Stampless cover to England with red type IV Tristan cachet, a London F.S Paquebot c.d.s (June 26) and London F.B 1½d charge mark, three ½d dues applied, a little stained. Also two covers with type V cachets, one franked G.B 1½d, the other unpaid with a 2d charge mark. (3). £100-120
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1934-65 Covers including type V or VII cachets (5, one stampless charged 1½d), 1955-56 covers and cards from Gough Island with the boxed 'Scientific Survey' cachet (29), 1962 Resettlement Survey cachet, 1961 set on FDC, etc. (45). £150-200
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(Also see lots 434, 470/3, 485/9, 545-565, 683, 768-87, 900, 1035) | |
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1843 Entire letters (2) from the British diplomat Lord Napier to his mother in Scotland, one disinfected with rastel holes, both carried by diplomatic bag and posted as inland letters in London. Exceptional content includes "I allude to the execution of a christian subject of the Porte for refusing to become a Musselman. He was a young lad who got into a squabble with the guard, was sentenced to 500 lashes on the feet. To save himself in a moment of weakness he declared he would become a Turk, repeated the declaration before a magistrate & received the name of Mehemet. Having immediately repented he absconded & hid himself at Syra & believing the occurrance to be forgotten returned to Pera, resumed the Frank dress and practiced the duties of an Armenian Christian. Accident betrayed him to the Turkish guard. He was accused of having become a christian, was convicted & was sentenced to death if he would not abjure his faith a 2nd time .... he was beheaded with many horrid circumstances of indignity last week". The second letter details the visit of Joseph Wolff, on his way to Persia and Bokhara to ascertain the fate of Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, and includes "I do not altogether despair of welcoming at least one of the captives who are supposed to be dead. Various and conflicting are the accounts which reach us but several agree in stating that Stoddart is alive and serving as a slave in one of the mosques of Bokhara. There are also two Officers, Lieutenants Balfour and Street in slavery among the Tartar hordes, they were made prisoners during the Affghan war." (2). £600-800
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1901 Tiny cover franked on the reverse with 10pa tied by Pera c.d.s and 'Minister of Foreign Affairs' senders cachet, addressed to "A.H Emerton, General Post Office, Salisbury, Rhodesia" with Paris and Salisbury datestamps on the front, a very unusual destination from Turkey. £150-180
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Italian P.O in Adalia. 1921 Turkey 10pa postal stationery postcard sent from the Commander of the Italian forces in Adalia to an Italian Officer at the Ministry of War in Rome, franked Italy 10c pair, the stamps and postcard both cancelled "POSTE ITALIANE / ADALIA (ANATOLIA)" c.d.s. An unusual and scarce commercially used card from this Italian P.O in Anatolia. Photo on Page 210. £300-350
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Cilicia. 1919-20 Overprints on Turkey or France, the specialised collection written up on five pages with many further stamps on stockcards, many multiples, inverted overprints, double overprints, missing first "C" in "CILICIE", double overprints with one inverted, inverted and upright overprints all double, 1pi registration envelope franked 20pa rose block of six with overprint omitted from one stamp, etc. Several items unrecorded in the Mayo handbook, others the only examples he recorded, a rare group, careful viewing recommended. (306 stamps + 1 cover). Photo on Page 210. £1,000-1,500
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1898 Registered cover to London bearing 1882 ½d, 1889-93 1d and 1887-89 6d and 1/- each cancelled "TI" with oval framed "R" and oval Registered datestamps of Turks Island and London. An attractive and scarce franking. Photo on Page 210. £320-380
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Extensive mainly used duplicated selection in a stockbook from 1857 including fancy cancels, postage dues, Xmas seals, Officially Sealed labels, etc. (100s). £200-250
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1913 Parcel Post Postage Due 1c - 25c set of five mint, the 10c apparently unmounted. Also 1931 2c Red Cross plate block of eight and 1928 5c Air Mail plate block of six mint. Scott $667. (7). £80-100
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British Packet Agency. 1844 Entire to England with red "BOSTON" handstamp applied by the British Packet Agent, a "1/-" charge mark and oval "AMERICA / L" applied at Liverpool. Light horizontal file fold, otherwise an unusually fine example of this scarce Boston handstamp. Photo on Page 222. £400-500
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1861 3c Pink postal stationery envelope with oval framed "J. BAMBER & Cos / PAID / CONTRA COSTA EXPRESS" printed in the upper left corner, unused, some light creasing and soiling but scarce. £70-80
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1878 Stampless entire letter from Bani, Dominican Republic, to New York with framed "SHIP", circular framed "DUE / 6" and a "CHARLESTON / S.C" c.d.s all in a matching violet ink, a scarce and visually appealing item. £220-250
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1881 Cover from Claremont, New Hampshire, to a Huguenot Seminary at Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, franked 1879 15c orange tied by a circle of bars, the Claremont c.d.s. alongside. Handstamped red "NEW YORK / 50" 'binoculars' type datestamp and a Wellington arrival c.d.s on the front, backstamped at London and Cape Town. A fine and attractive cover to an unusual destination. £150-200
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Hawaii. 1859 (Feb 17) Stampless cover to Vermont with red "HONOLULU / U.S POSTAGE PAID" and "SAN FRANCISCO / 12 Paid" (Mar 5) datestamps, minor staining, right edge with three repaired tears and part flap missing, good appearance. £160-200
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Hawaii. 1897 Registered A.R cover to Paris bearing 1894 5c and 10c pairs tied by red Honolulu datestamps with red "R" and "A.R" handstamps, a New York Exchange registration label applied. Address partly erased, a scarce A.R cover. £180-220
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P.O in China. 1920 Cover to Tokyo bearing USA 1c pair and 'Shanghai 6c China' surcharge on 3c all tied by U.S P.O Shanghai duplex, an unusual commercial combination of the Shanghai overprint issue and unoverprinted U.S stamps. £180-220
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1927 Registered cover from Manyoni, Tanganyika to Ontario marked "via New York - Detroit Airport" with KUT 15c and 40c tied by Manyoni c.d.s and an uncancelled USA 10c air mail stamp; and 1930 cover from G.B to California marked "Air mail NY - Los Angeles" with G.B 1½d and US 5c air mail stamp both tied by Didsbury, Manchester machine. US Air mail stamps could be used on mail from abroad going to the USA to pay for internal US air mail, and were sold in certain foreign countries for this purpose. (2). £120-150
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1932-39 'Winged Globe' Air Mail stamps, mint plate number blocks and singles with 1930 5c plates 19943 and 19946 in unmounted blocks of six, 1931-32 5c Rotary Press blocks of four unmounted (3) and 8c blocks of four (2), 1934 6c blocks of four (24, seventeen unmounted) and 1939 30c plate 22381 block of six unmounted, the majority fine. Scott $1,450+. £220-280
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1932-34 Covers all bearing the 'Winged Globe' 8c olive-bistre air mail stamp, including covers from 1933 crashes at Toledo (Feb 25) or Kansas City (July 28), first flights and commercial mail. (41). £130-150
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1934-39 Covers and cards all bearing the 'Winged Globe' 6c dull orange air mail stamp, including 1938 charred cover with label explaining it was damaged in a crash near Bozeman, Montana (Jan 10), 1936 (Dec. 15) Salt Lake City crash covers (2), Suva Paquebot, tiny 1937 'US Air Mail' canvas bag containing a card of "The Music Box" nightclub in San Francisco, etc. (52). £200-240
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1939-44 Covers all bearing the 'Winged Globe' 30c dull blue air mail stamp including covers to Europe returned with "Service Suspended" cachets (8); 1940 cover to Italy detained in Bermuda during the war with "RELEASED" cachet and 1945 delivery c.d.s, but unknown and returned to the USA; 1943 cover with label "Returned by Censorship for Disposition - Reason: No Return Address"; 1941 Midway Island to Singapore first flight with U.S.S Sirius duplex; 1941 Midway Is Marine Detachment duplex; transatlantic and transpacific first flight covers, etc. (50). £250-300
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1941-46 WW2 Covers with Army Postal Service cancels, many worldwide origins including Europe, Pacific, West Indies, Alaska, England, Australia, etc., all identified, a large accumulation in two boxes. (750+). £600-700
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Pacific Campaign. 1941-46 WW2 A.P.O covers from Australia (12), Solomon Islands (8), New Guinea (2), Dutch East Indies or Dutch New Guinea (12), New Hebrides (3) or the Philippine Islands (38, seventeen postwar). (93). £300-350
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Pacific. 1941-95 WW2 and postwar A.P.O covers from Guam (18) or other Pacific islands. (36). £150-180
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G.B. 1941-94 A.P.O covers, the majority from WW2, many differing A.P.O numbers and locations. (140). £150-180
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Iceland. 1946-89 A.P.O covers, various numbers. (14). £100-120
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Greenland. 1941-95 A.P.O covers including WW2 (11), various numbers. (19). £150-180
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1941-46 WW2 A.P.O covers from Egypt (4), Trinidad & Tobago (9), Ecuador (5) or Liberia (2), also three postwar covers from Egypt. (23). £140-160
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Korea. 1952-95 Covers with A.P.O cancels, many from the Korean War period, some postwar. (45). £100-120
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Vietnam. 1945-68 A.P.O covers, mainly Vietnam War period, also 1945 Mission to Saigon cover with A.P.O 671 of Calcutta. (17). £80-100
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Operations Desert Storm/Desert Shield. 1990-91 Covers with A.P.O or US Navy cancels from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Iraq, many philatelic though a few are commercial, also a few ingoing covers and ephemera; and some French Navy cancels. (78+). £160-180
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Operation Comfort. 1991 A.P.O covers from Iraq or Turkey, also some ephemera, philatelic but rarely seen. (59+). £120-140
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Various postwar A.P.O covers from Iran (13), Bermuda (5), Azores (7), Diego Garcia (3), Turkey (8), some philatelic. (36). £150-180
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Various postwar A.P.O covers in a box, many origins and numbers. (375+). £250-280
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Postwar U.S Navy covers in a box, many different US Ship cancels, virtually all philatelic. (350+) £250-280
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1895-1946 Mint and used collection on album pages including 1895 3r and 5r used, 1r - 5r mint, 1896 overprints on BEA mint or used, 1896 set mint and used, 1899-1901 set mint and used (missing 3r), 1904 surcharges, 1904 set mint, 1908-09 set to 5r mint and used, 1914-22 3r (2), 4r (2) and 5r used, 1926 and 1936 sets mint and used, also French P.O 1902 5a, 10a and 50a surcharges mint, mainly fine. S.G. £3,600 (approx). (318). £400-500
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