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1934-78 a neatly arranged mint collection housed in three albums contained in a carton, many hundreds, including 1934-46 1/2c. to 60c., 1935 Relief fund, 1940 surcharged set, 1946 1g. to 10g., 1947-48 5c. to 60c. and set in blocks of four, 1949-51 5c. to 10g., 1949 U.P.U. set in blocks of four, 1950 Culture, 1950 Bombed Churches, 1950 University set in blocks of four, 1951 Culture, 1951 Air Birds 15g. and 25g. (both unmounted mint), 1952 I.T.E.P., 1953-71 10c. to 10g., 1956 Rembrandt, 1956 Europa, a fine and largely complete range of later issues with booklet panes, coil strips, miniature sheets, etc., original gum with many unmounted mint, chiefly fine (many hundreds) £600-800
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1855-1965 mint and used collection housed in four albums contained in a carton, a wide range of issues and including 1855 4s. (37 with varieties double foot, cracked plate and retouched corner, cancellations with 10, 11 and 12 bar types, town types, 4 ring numerals and one apparently unused); 1856-60 unused and used with shades, 1863-66 issue unused and used, 1867-68 issue unused and used, 1871-73 Skilling Posthorns, 1877-78 shaded posthorns, 1878 set unused and used, 1882-93 "Large Die"12ø pale green unused and used, "Small Die" with 10ø imperforate pair on envelope, 1893-1908 C.P.W. and Knudsen printings with some dated pairs and blocks, 1905 surcharges mint and used (2 of each), 1907-10 Die A and B sets mint and used, 1914 Independence range with 20ø essay in blue and in rose blocks of four, 1941 "V" 5ø with overprint misplaced, 20ø overprint inverted on cover from Oslo to Bergen, 1964 Porto Betalt label on envelope registered to Scotland, etc., chiefly good to fine. Photo £12,000-15,000
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1937-68 mint selection (44) on stockpage, including 1944 Exhibition miniature sheet, 1949 U.P.U., 1951 Holy Year, 1952 Public Works, 1955 Kings, etc., original gum and mostly unmounted mint. S.G. £400+ £120-150
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1862-64 Documentary Stamp Duty (Imposto de Selo), three se-tenant proof horizontal strips of six comprising 1862 50r. and 1,000r. "Letra de Cambio", 1864 20r., 200r., 300r. and 1,000r., in rose for continental mainland, in blue for Azores and Madeira and green for overseas colonies; imperforate on porcelain paper without gum, fine and believed to be unique. Photo £150-200
Note: Revenue stamps were introduced in Portugal in November 1862. The engravings were made in London, by Thomas de la Rue and printed at the mint in Lisbon
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1888 Interest Tax (Decima de Juros) 2,000r. rose, imperforate proof sheet of thirty (6x5) with the Royal Coat of Arms at the centre, "1888" and value below; unused without gum, a trifle soiled in the margins, fine and believed to be unique £100-150
Note: Interest taxes were introduced in Portugal in 1888
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1888 Interest Tax (Decima de Juros) 100r., 200r. and 600r. each in proof/colour trial sheets of thirty (6x5) imperforate in green with the Royal Coat of Arms at centre with year and value and below; without gum, a few minor creases or wrinkles, fine and believed to be unique £150-200
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1889 Interest Tax (Decima de Juros) 100r., 300r., 400r. and 600r., imperforate proof sheets of thirty (6x5) of each in brown, with Royal Coat of Arms at centre, date and value below; unused without gum, some minor stained and wrinkles, fine and believed to be unique £100-150
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1889 Interest Tax (Decima de Juros), sheet of forty-five (9x5) in green comprising five horizontal se-tenant strips of nine 10$000, 20$000. 30$000, 40$000, 50$000, 60$000, 70$000, 80$000 and 90$000, with Royal Coat of Arms at centre, date and value below; imperforate and without gum, minor wrinkles, fine and believed to be unique £150-200
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1889 Interest Tax (Decima de Juros), a similar imperforate sheet of forty-five (9x5) in green but undated, without gum, minor wrinkles, fine and believed to be unique £150-200
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1910 Savings Tax 10r. green and 100r. orange, complete imperforate proof sheets of twenty-eight (7x4), without gum, the 10r. sheet printed as two panes of fourteen arranged tête-bêche; fine and scarce £80-100
Note: The Government campaign to increase small savings deposits at the National Savings Bank led to the introduction, in 1910, of a Revenue stamp to be glued into individual Savings Deposit booklets. The practice ceased after the Revolution of October 1910
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1852-1992. selection of sixty-six covers and cards, many addressed to Denmark, including postal stationery, censored, registered, a variety of frankings and markings with three triangle censors, etc., mixed condition £100-120
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Russo-Japanese War: "History of the Russo-Japanese War", Cassell and Company, Special Edition (by subscription), c.1905, the complete set of five volumes; generally good to fine with some light toning of the inside covers; volume 1 with some spinal splitting at sides, otherwise a good set £80-100
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1872-1972 mostly mint selection (184) in small stockbook, including 1940-46 Apparition 1p. 40 + 40c. (2), 1941-50 Air perf. 10 4p. (10), 10p. (9), 1948-54 1p. (5), 1949-53 1PTA, 1951 Isabella Air 1p. 30 (10), Ifni 1954 5p. (9), Spanish Guinea 1949-50 2p., 5p. (12), 10p. (6), 1951 Air 5p., 10p., Spanish Morocco 1928-32 2p. 50, 10p., 1953 Anti T-B 5p. + 2p. (5), Spanish Sahara1950 Child Welfare 1p. + 25c. (2), 1951 Visit 5p. (8), Andorra 1948-53 30c., 1p. 35 (3), 4p. (5), 10p. (4), 1972 Europa 8p. (2), etc., mixed condition but many unmounted mint and fine £300-400
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1855-58 8s. yellow, used, centred to upper right, good colour and perfs., fine. S.G. 4b, £650. Photo £100-150
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–– 24s. vermilion, used, quite well centred, good colour and perfs., fine. Signed Kohler and Thier. S.G. 5, £2,250. Photo £300-350
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1855-1974 used collection in a blue "Davo" printed album, including 1855-58 6s. and 8s., 1856-82 Stockholm Local 1sk. black. 3ö bistre (R.P.S. Certificate 1972), 1858-72 24ö (5), 30ö (3), 50ö (2), 1862-72 17ö grey (B.P.A. Certificate 1961), 1872-79 perf. 14 6ö (2).1r., perf. 13 1r., 1903 G.P.O. 5k., 1916 Landstorm surcharges on Postage stamps and Postage Due stamps, 1921-36 15ö watermark wavy lines (B.P.A. Certificate 1967), 1924 U.P.U Congress and Anniversary sets, a fine range of later issues with perf. 2 sides pairs, booklet panes, Postage Dues, Officials, etc., chiefly fine to vary fine. Photo £2,500-3,000
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1850-1954, mint and used selection (86 and three booklets), including Air Mails, Pro-Patria, Pro-Juventute, miniature sheets with 1936 Pro-Patria (2), 1938 Aarau, 1943 small and large Zurich, 1943 Geneva, 1951 Lunaba, etc., chiefly good to fine £350-400
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Mint and used selection in blue album, packets and loose, many hundreds, including 1850 Rayon II 10r. (8), 1881 granite paper 5c. double impression, one inverted contained in a block of four, 1882-99 granite paper 10c. (pair), 12c., 15c. purple (2), 1908-40 with values to 3f. (2), 1908-33 15c. (3), 1914-18 10f., 1924 Shield set in pairs, 1948 Olympics set in blocks of twenty-five (5x5), 1949 Special flight 1f. 50 on six different flight covers, miniature sheets with 1940 National Fete on cover, 1943 large Zurich (3), 1945 Basel used with 1945 War Relief on envelope registered to St. Gallen, Pro-Juvenutue, Pro-Patria with 1948 set in blocks of ten (2x5), etc., chiefly good to fine. An interesting group £800-1,000
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1934 Republic Postage 10p. to 100p. in blocks of four, all from the top of the sheet, Air set, unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 285-299, £546 £80-100
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1918 Red Cross, mint and used collection (350+) on pages, including low value blocks, 1b. (+25s.) block of four, 2b. (+30s.) block of four and single mint, used single, 3b. (+35s.) mint pair, etc., chiefly fine. S.G. 177-184 £400-500
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1933-39 four unused postal stationery cards with 1933 2sa., 3sa. & 10sa., and 1939 10sa. H&G G1, B4, 59, 60. £80-100
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x 1961-68 5s. to 40b., unmounted mint, fine. S.G. 422-439, £550. Photo £150-200
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1913 Recapture of Adrianople set, 1914 2pa. to 200pi., 1914 Postage Due set of four, 1914 overprinted with small five pointed star 10pa., 20pa. and 1pi., twenty-eight imperforate proofs in unissued colours, perforated "specimen" contained in leather bound presentation booklet inscribed "postage stamps of the ottoman empire. designed, engraved by bradbury, wilkinson & co. ltd, london"; some slight soiling and binding faults but an attractive and highly colourful booklet. Photo £2,200-2,500
Note: This is one of three presentation booklets produced by the printers. The first was presented to H.M. King George V, the second was presented to Sultan Muhamed-Reshed of Turkey and the third was retained by the printers, being offered at auction in 1994 when the Bradbury Wilkinson archive was sold
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1864 (12 Feb.) stampless printed envelope (with "Magee, 316 Chestnut St. Phila./Copy right secured, 1863" imprint) with Red Cross outlined in blue, and "6th Corps, 1st Division", addressed to New Jersey and inscribed Soldiers Letter, Washington c.d.s., marked "Due 3"; a trifle soiled but an exceptionally early printed Red Cross envelope from the American Civil War. Photo £250-300
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1893 Columbus $4 bright carmine, large part original gum; small inclusion; reasonably centred, fine. S.G. 249, £3,000, Scott 244, $2,100. Photo £350-400
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–– $5 black, large part original gum; a few shortish perforations and centred to top right. Good colour. S.G. 250, £3,250, Scott 245, $2,500. Photo £350-400
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2004 "Wilma Rudolph" 23c. black and red, booklet of ten stamps, variety all die cutting omitted. Sismondo Certificate (2012). Scott 3436d. Photo £150-200
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x 1864-99 mint selection (56) on stockpages, including 1864-78 1c. to 18c., 1882-90 12c., 15c., 35c., 50c. and $1, 1893 Provisional Government red overprint with values to 25c., black overprint 2c. bright vermilion, 50c., $1, 1894 set, etc., part original gum, good to fine £250-300
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1964-65 Consular Fee stamps, issued at Qara, 10b. (horizontal pair of 5b. dull purple), tied by green "red./*camp mansur*" datestamp of 8.Nov. 1964 on Ministry of Communications envelope registered to Sidah, endorsed in manuscript "cease fire day 8 Nov 64"; fine and extremely rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2014). S.G. R58, £1,500 used. Photo £700-800
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–– 10b. (overprinted on vertical pair 5b.) dull purple, unmounted mint from the lower right corner of the sheet (hinged in the margin), fine and rare. R.P.S. Certificate (2014). S.G. R58a, unpriced. Photo £600-700
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"album . timbres . post", Justin Lallier, 1869, eighth edition, red leather binding with gold tooling to front and on the edges of the internal leaves, and including a few stamps of little value in the album; some very minor scuffing and the closing clasps missing, though not affecting the fine condition of this early album. Very rare. Photo £400-500
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"Album Universel de Timbres-Poste" Volume 2 (c 1886), black leather bound with gold tooling on spine and front, two brass clasps, well used and containing many stamps (many later than the album) of little value, some pages with hinge remnants and pencil notes, some foxing; fine £300-400
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"Grand Album Timbres-Poste" (c 1901), green cloth bound with gold tooling on the front and spine and with original sprung brass clasp, well used and containing many stamps and hinge remnants, some wear at the edges and some pages damaged but chiefly fine £250-300
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"Album Illustre de Timbres-Poste" (c. 1919), green cloth bound with gold tooling, facsimile Greek stamp and "Arthur Maury" signature on the front, contains a few stamps of little value but most of the pages unused; fine £200-250
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Selection of eight items contained in a carton, including Canada "The First Decimal Issue 1859-68" by G. Whitworth (1966), "The Postage stamps and Postal History" by W.S. Boggs (1974 Quarterman reprint), Great Britain "Guide Lines to the Penny Black" by P.C. Litchfield (1949), Jamaica "The Postal History 1662-1860" by T. Foster (1968), etc., good to fine £60-80
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Selection comprising Frank Godden de luxe album and slipcase (initialled by the maker F.A.G.), two boxed F.G. Graduate albums with leaves, Godden's Gazette, volumes I to VII (first five volumes bound), "The British Postage Stamp" by Robson Lowe (signed and annotated to Frank Godden) £120-150
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Selection, mostly relating to Asia contained in a carton, including China "The Postal Markings of" by P.I. Padget, "The Shanghai Postal System" by L.F. Livingston, Indian and States "Numbers in early Indian Cancellations 1855-1884" by D.R. Martin, "The stamps of Jammu and Kashmir" by F. Staal, Nepal "The Native Postmarks of" by W. Hellrigl and C. Hepper, "The Classic Stamps of" by Hellrigl and Vignola, "Postal History" by Dr. Ramesh Sgrestha, "Postal Stationery" by Dick van der Wateren, Tibet "The Postal History of" by A.C. Waterfall, "Third Series, 1933-60 Plating Study" by G. Flack, "The Essays & Proofs of" by A. Singer, etc., also some original notes and a few stamps and covers £150-200
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Journals: A massive selection contained in three cartons, many hundreds, including China Philately, India Post, Journal of Chinese Philately, Nepal & Tibet Philatelic Study Newsletter (1979-96 bound as two volumes), Postal Himal (1-48, bound as one volume), The Darjeeling Mail, The Philatelic Journal of India, also some auction catalogues and S.G. Part I (1989), etc., mixed condition £100-150
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1935 Silver Jubilee complete mint set (excluding British Forces in Egypt) arranged in an album. Mostly good to fine. (249). Cat. £1,025 £200-250
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A small selection (14 items), including Great Britain 1864 (15 Feb.) envelope used within London with "more to pay" marking and enclosed delicate "my heart of hearts is thine" Valentine with applique flowers, New Zealand 1875 (14 March) envelope to London (stamps floated off) stuck to part of album page which is endorsed Brought up by divers from the wreck of the "Schiller" sunk off West Coast - 1875" (the envelope with no apparent markings), etc., also some letters without covers £300-350
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x Bahamas 1884 £1 Venetian red with Harbour Island 1889 c.d.s. and manuscript initials QV; Barbados 1860 pin-perf. 12 1/2 ( 1/2d.) yellow-green cancelled "1", perfs. trimmed at top and slightly at foot, otherwise fine; Montserrat 1930 (6 June) abandoned first flight envelope (stains) registered to Dominica; scarce Trinidad 1859 imperf. 6d. deep green with large margins all round, used some paper adhering to the reverse, fine £100-120
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Empire selection in three printed albums, large stockbook and three small stockbooks, contained in a carton, many hundreds, including Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Gibraltar, Kenya, Tristan da Cunha, etc., unused and used, mixed condition £100-120
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An all world, mint and used selection housed in eight albums or stockbooks, packets, contained in a carton, many thousands, including Australia with values to $10, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, Vatican City, etc., mixed condition £150-200
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Selection of forty-one Australian States issues, including New South Wales 1891-92 Postage Due 1/2d. to 5/-, Queensland Fiscals with values to 2/-, 1878-92 Stamp Duty to 5/- and 10/- (3), Tasmania 1880 Stamp Duty to 1/- (4), Tasmania 1900 Revenue overprints to 2/6d. including unissued 2d. (6), Victoria 1879-1900 Stamp Duty to 1/- and 2/-, £2 and 45/- overprinted "specimen", etc., mixed condition £120-150
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A small group comprising Antigua 1948 Wedding 2 1/2d. top left corner pair and 5/- imprint pair; Barbados 1947 perf 13 1/2x13 1d. on 2d. imprint block of eight (4x2) with one showing variety broken "e" (R.11/4); New Zealand 1962 Health miniature sheets; and St. Lucia 1967 (Mar.) Statehood 1c. with black overprint (2, one showing variety overprint double, one inverted); fine unmounted mint £120-150
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A mainly mint selection comprising France 1947 U.P.U. 500f., 1949-50 Air 1000f., Italy 1945-48 100L. carmine and Monaco 1885 1f. used, 1891-94 1c. to 5f. Mixed condition. (15) £140-160
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x A collections of the Rhodesias in a stockbook, etc., largely 20th. Century with an accumulation of Southern Rhodesia mint multiples commencing with 1937 Coronation 3d. £140-180
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A selection of George VI comprising Cyprus 1938-51 set less 2 1/2pi., Gibraltar 1938-51 set of fourteen with additional perf. 13 5/- (2) and perf. 13 1/2 1/- and 5/-, K.U.T. 1938-54 perf. 14 20c. (2), 5/- (2) and 3/- perf. 13x11 3/4 (2), and St. Helena 1938-44 set, mounted mint and generally fine £150-180
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1935-90, a predominantly unmounted mint British Commonwealth selection arranged on stockcard, etc., including Hong Kong 1937 Coronation (7, mounted). Mostly fine. (hundreds) £150-200
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Empire Collection in two sparsely filled reprinted New Imperial albums contained in a carton, hundreds, including Grenada, Leeward Islands, St. Vincent 1902 set, 1904-11 5/-, Malaya and States, etc., unused and used, mixed condition £150-200
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