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x A mint and used study on Lighthouse pages including the set of four in mint singles and used top left corner plate number blocks of six and singles, 2c. with overprint inverted mint (17 including blocks of ten and four) and used, double, one inverted mint (3) and a marginal strip of six with overprint misplaced to right, 3c. block of four, marginal pairs (2, one from lower right with plate number) and a complete horizontal strip of ten, all mint showing overprint misplaced to left and 8c. with overprint inverted mint (2) and a mint top left corner plate number block of eight (toned) with overprint omitted and misplaced downwards resulting in the top pair with overprint almost omitted; also Kanji overprint mint set of four with additional black overprint 8c. block of four with overprint misplaced upwards. A fine lot. S.G. J224-J227, £2300+ £500-600
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1965 Birds 25c. to $10 set of eight, each in an imperforate block of four, the 25c. to $1 with very slight traces of yellowing to gum, unmounted mint. S.G. 20-27vars; ISC 19b, 20d, 21e, 22f, 23e, 24d, 25d, 26c £500-600
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1978 15c. Hibiscus Rosa, block of ten (2 x 5) from the upper right corner of the sheet, the top two vertical pairs each being imperforate in pair with the lower stamp perforated on two sides; unmounted mint, mark in margin, fine. Photo £1,000-1,200
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1973 10c. to $5.60 affixed to piece ex the De La Rue archives, and 30c., 50c., 80c., $1.10, $1.40, $1.90, $2.10, $3.10, $4.40, $5.60, $7.90 and $10.10 in complete unmounted mint sheets (10x10); also 30c. (2), 50c. (3) and 80c. affixed to 1973 Savings Card £400-500
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1975 lower right corner imperforate block of twelve in deep blue without value on ungummed unwatermarked paper, the fifth stamp in top row with red ink ring indicating a flaw and marked in bottom margin "Corrected", signed and dated "15.5.75", fine £70-90
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1616 letter from Alof de Wignacourt (French) to the Duke of Palma and signed on his behalf. Photo £200-250
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x 1690 (25 July) entire letter ex the "Venturini" correspondence to Livorno from Etienne Marin and marked "Q.D.C."; the contents include "Yesterday morning the new Grand Master was proclaimed: Mons de Vignacour, Francois Lau being dead for eight days. Capt. Roux has come from Smyrna....I shall set sail tomorrow. Letters to me to be addressed to the consul" (trs.). Also two letters without the outer address sheets. £350-400
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x 1758 large part entire letter to Le Marquis d'au San at Avignon, rated "3" and showing good to fine and fine strikes of "marseille" and "de malthe" handstamps struck separately (M+DM). A rare and early date of use. Photo £1,500-1,800
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x 1763 (6 Sept.) entire letter to "Monsieur Le Cailly de Belesta" at Toulouse, rated "10" and showing fine strike of "marseille/de malthe" h.s. (M/DM). Photo £250-300
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x 1770s entire to "Monsieur Depont des Granges en son hotel" at La Rochelle, rated "22" and showing good to fine strike of "marseille/de malthe" h.s. (M/DM); some light creasing at left. Photo £200-250
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x 1810 (22 July) entire letter to London, rated "6/-", showing fair to fine strike of curved framed "malta" in red (MSF-1bR) and, on reverse, "foreign" arrival c.d.s. and 1820
(2 June) entire letter, with disinfection slits, from Zante to London, rated "3/2"
showing fine strike of curved framed "malta" (MSF-1c) in black and, on reverse, "f.p.o/au 7/1820" arrival c.d.s.; the left half of entire lightly discoloured and with two adhesive tape stains in the corners £150-200
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x 1810 (24 July) entire from Athens to London, rated "6/-, showing slightly over-inked curved framed "malta" in red (MSF-1aR) and, on reverse, "foreign" arrival c.d.s.;
a little soiled and with some light staining at edges £140-180
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x 1821 (17 Feb.) entire letter to Corfu, marked "p Princess Elizabeth pkt", showing good to fine strike of black curved "paid/malta" (MSP-1b) and a legible strike of "isole/ionie" circular h.s.; the face panel with horizontal filing crease, clear of markings, with wear in places and 1831 (29 Aug.) entire letter to Glasgow, rated "10/3", showing good to fine strike of curved framed "malta" (MSF-1d) partly overstruck by Falmouth boxed " 1/2" in green with arrival datestamp on reverse £200-250
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x 1834 (18 Apr.) entire letter from Athens to Edinburgh and re-addressed to Greenock, rated "3/5" (deleted) and "4/1", showing on reverse clear undated "malta/f" in green overstruck by two arrival datestamps in red and, on face, Falmouth boxed " 1/2" in green, "postage/to/edinburgh/not paid" and light "greenock/penny post" (crossed by light filing crease). Photo £200-250
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x 1844 (30 Nov.) entire to London, rated "8", showing good to fine strike of "malta/ship letter" h.s. with, on reverse, despatch and double-arc arrival datestamps. Photo £300-400
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x 1866 (Nov.) entire from Alexandria to Marseilles, bearing France 1863-70 40c. tied by "2240" in diamond of dots, showing light "malta/mb" d.s. for 16 November and
"paq. ang/1 marseille 1" c.d.s. in red. Photo £150-200
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x 1825 (1 Apr.) entire letter from Marseilles to Malta showing, on reverse, "Apr 21:T.2" h.s. (DC-T2), slightly discoloured due to disinfection and with seal torn away; 1838 (17 Sept.) entire letter, with disinfection slits, from Alexandria to Malta, showing despatch d.s., circular "purife au lazaret/malte" and, on reverse across join, fine "24.Sept: 4d" h.s. (DC-4); and undateable entire to Malta showing, on reverse across join, fine 15 Mar 1d" h.s. (DC-1). A fine lot £250-300
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x 1840 (24 Oct.) entire from London, showing red despatch d.s., oval-framed "p-d" and rare "8 Nov Free" h.s. (DC-F) with, on reverse, London F.B.O. and Marseilles datestamps. Photo £200-250
Provenance: David Abramson, March 1986
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x 1646 entire letter originating from the Italian mainland, addressed to Malta and showing, on reverse, fine ecclesiastical seal £100-120
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x 1670 (30 June) entire letter from Boulieu and 1677, 1678 and 1679 entire letters from Monpellier, all ex the "Francesco Dovel" correspondence to Malta, fine £140-180
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x 1688, 1689, 1690 (4) and 1698 entire letters from Marseilles, 1691 entire letters (2) from Toulouse, 1693, 1694, 1698 (3), 1707 and 1708 entire letters from Lyon, 1700 entire letters (2) from Paris, and 1702 and 1705 entire letters from Messina, all ex the "Pancier" correspondence to Malta. A fine lot £700-800
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x 1859 (25 June) entire letter, ex the "Tagliaferro", from Marseilles, bearing 1853-61 imperf 20c. (2) cancelled by "1896" in diamond of dots, showing despatch c.d.s. with arrival datestamp on reverse; 1864 (July) entire letter from Marseilles, bearing 1862 40c. tied by Anchor in diamond of dots, showing "sinai" c.d.s. of the French Packet with arrival datestamp on reverse; and 1865 (20 June) entire letter, ex the "Tagliaferro" correspondence, from Marseilles, bearing 1862 40c. tied by "2240" in diamond of dots, showing despatch c.d.s. with light arrival datestamp on reverse. A fine trio of covers from France £120-150
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x 1874 (14 Nov.) double rate envelope (flap missing) ex the "Chamberlain" correspondence to Yokohama, bearing 1865-73 4d. Pl. 13 pair clearly tied by "A25" duplex and showing, on reverse, "hong-kong/singapore to/hong kong/marine sorter" d.s. and blue arrival c.d.s. Photo £250-300
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x 1860 no watermark, blued paper, buff unused with large part original gum, fine.
R.P.S. Certificate (1969). S.G. 1, £1,300. Photo £200-250
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1919 MCA 10/- black, fine unmounted mint, Scarce in this condition. S.G. 96. Photo £2,800-3,000
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1855-58 "post paid", worn impression 2d. blue [11] with good to large margins, centrally cancelled "16", fine. S.G. 20, £1700. Photo £500-600
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1859-61 Britannia 1/- yellow-green with good margins, centrally cancelled "B53", fine; also 1859 Dardenne 2d. blue with small margins and indistinctly cancelled. S.G. 35, 43a, £1000 £150-180
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1924 50r. dull purple and green, fresh colours, lightly mounted mint. B.P.A. Certificate (1969). S.G. 222, £950. Photo £350-400
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1938 1r. and 5r. marginal blocks of four from the foot of the sheet, unmounted mint; usual toned gum. S.G. 260, 262, £400+ £140-180
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1938 perf. 13 2/6d. and 1942 perf. 14 5/-, both in blocks of eighteen (6x3) from the foot of the sheet with imprint, fine unmounted mint. Scarce multiples. S.G. 109, 110a £1,200-1,400
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Largely mint collection on pages and stocksheets, largely mint with a range of high values and British Currency 1917 1/- overprinted "specimen", good to fine. Stated to cat. c. £2,400 £400-500
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1857 embossed 6d. green (31x38mm.) with generally good embossing, centrally cancelled by "post office/p.m.burg" oval h.s. on 1858 (Apr.) envelope (with letter headed "Ekukangeni, March 31 1858") to Cape Town, showing fine arrival c.d.s. (20.4) on reverse. A fine, neat and clean franking. S.G. 5. Photo £7,500-9,500
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1868-88 selection of covers, comprising 1868 to England bearing 1/- green, 1874 to England bearing 1/- purple-brown, 1875 from Durban (2) differently franked at 6d., 1879 to England bearing 1d. (2) and 4d. cancelled "34" and 1888 Gold Mining Company printed circular to Cape Town bearing 1d. cancelled by G.P.O. c.d.s.; also a later front with Ladysmith censor cachet £200-250
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1880 CC 1/2d blue-green block of forty-eight (6x8), unmounted mint; two stamps with ink marks on reverse and one horizontal row with a light crease. A scarce multiple.
S.G. 96, £1,056+ £450-500
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1881-1967 heavily duplicated mainly mint accumulation in sheets and blocks, contained in a carton, including 1949 values to 1r., 1956 Admission to United Nations 12p., 1957 values to 2r., 1959 Sri Pashupatinath Temple (hundreds), 1959-60 Himalayan Monal Pheasant 1r. (141), 2r. (156); also used and few covers. (thousands) £2,000-3,000
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1954 (15 Apr.) King Tribhuvana 2p.-2r. set of fourteen (122) plus further quantities of lower values; some age staining effecting a small number otherwise fine. (thousands).
S.G. 73-84 £1,000-2,000
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1852-1973, mint and used collection in seven volumes and on stockcards, contained in a carton, thousands, including 1852 5c. (6), 10c. (2), 15c. (2), 1864 15c., 1867-69 with values to 50c., 1869-76 1c. black, 1872-91 2g. 50, 1893-98 5g., 1899-1910 10g., 1913 Independence set, 1920 2.50 on 10g. (both), 1923 Accession set, 1923 1g. on 17 1/2c., 1923 Culture, 1924-26 no watermark set, 1924 Exhibition set, 1926-30 1g., 2 1/2g., 5g. (2 sets), 1926-32 1 1/2c. "cen" variety, 1946 1g. to 10g., 1949-51 1g. to 10g., 1951 Air Birds 15g. and 25g., a fine range of later issues, miniature sheets, interrupted perfs., Colonies with Netherlands Indies 1941 25g., etc., a good lot £2,500-3,000
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5c. (101 with five pairs, strip of four, pair and three singles on covers), 10c. (87 with four pairs, strip of three, two singles on covers), 15c. (51 with a pair and a pair on cover), used, chiefly fine and mostly plated examples. A good lot £3,500-4,000
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10c. carmine, plate VII (with horn), large part original gum, close to large margins all round; fine. Bühler Certificate (1979). S.G. 2h. Photo £120-150
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10c. carmine, plate VIII, used with 15c. horizontal pair, all with good to large margins all round, tied by framed "franco" cancellations, to entire letter ex the Campbell correspondence to Belfast, red Rotterdam (15.12.62) and London (17.12.62) datestamps on the front, Belfast arrival (18.12) on reverse; fine and a rare entire. S.G. 2, 3. Photo £1,000-1,200
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10c. carmine, block of four with framed "franco" cancellations, good to large margins all round, fine. Photo £300-400
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10c. carmine (3), tied by Maastricht semi-circular datestamps to 1855 (18 Oct.) entire to France; filing fold at top, fine and scarce. Photo £200-250
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1864 5c. (2), 10c. (2), 1867-79 5c., 10c. (2 pairs, one on entire to Bordeaux), 15c. (2), 25c., Netherlands Indies 1870-88 20c. on 15c. postal stationery envelope to Germany and 1902-09 25c. tied by straight line "tjirengas" on envelope to Suffolk; chiefly fine £150-200
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1921 Air 35c. block of four, three with 2 3/4mm. setting with both no stop varieties, and on with 1 1/2mm. setting with no stop variety, fine mint. S.G. 148 148a, 148b, 148g, £880+. Photo £250-300
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1921 (1 Mar.) Botwood-St. Anthony flight envelope bearing 3c. and 1921 (22 Nov.) St. John's-Nova Scotia flight bearing Halifax 35c. (no stop after "1921"), a fine pair of crash covers £100-150
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1931 (9 Oct.) Newfoundland-England flight by Boyd and Connor in the "Columbia", forced down at Tresco Island, envelope bearing 14c. and 36c. with St. John's machine cancellation and Harbour Grace d.s. (9.10) on reverse; fine £140-180
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1939-49 perf. 11 10c. violet block of nine (3x3) from the upper left corner of the sheet, the lower right stamp variety "lue" for "due", fine unmounted mint; a scarce positional multiple. S.G. D6a, 6ac, £294+ £140-160
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£2 bright violet and £5 emerald-green, both in marginal blocks of four from the top of the sheet, fresh unmounted mint; £2 margin signed by Bolaffi and with his handstamp on reverse, one £5 with a small natural wrinkle. A superb pair of multiples. S.G. 204, 205. Photo £3,500-4,000
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£2 bright violet, fresh unmounted mint; tiny bright violet mark on reverse, otherwise very fine. S.G. 204, £350. Photo £200-250
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£2 bright violet, fresh and fine mint. S.G. 204, £350. Photo £180-200
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