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1939-41 Censored covers from Singapore including meter marks (2), Malaya Patriotic Fund label, F.P.O S.P501 c.d.s on cover franked 55c, boxed "PASSED BY / NAVAL / CENSOR" (3), triangular numbered "Passed For Transmission" censor with or without Singapore at base (17), etc. (24). £100-120
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1955-59 Covers from Perak (224) or Selanger (93), many differing cancels, many registered. (317). £150-200
| MALTA | (Also see lots 552, 556, 564, 581)|
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G.B. 1861 1d Rose-red, plate 50 alphabet IV, RH fine used with a Malta duplex datestamp. A scarce stamp used in Malta. With R.P.S Certificate (1978). S.G. Z28, £475. Photo on Page 193. £280-320
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1886 5/- Rose and 1926-27 ¼d - 10/- set of 17 all fine mint. S.G. 30, 157/72, £270. £70-80
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1943 Air letter (vertical fold) and cover (part flap missing) both from London to Wimbledon bearing green cross labels for priority air mail, one with "Weight not to exceed half ounce". (2). £100-120
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1854 1d Dull vermilion intermediate impression used with "16" numeral cancel, close at upper right corner, otherwise good to large margins, small thin, an attractive example of this uncommon stamp. S.G. 11, £3,000. Photo on Page 193. £300-350
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1854-57 2d Blue intermediate impression, position four, used with blue two ring "1" cancel of Mahebourg, four margins, close at upper left with good margins on the other sides, unusually with a diagonal pre-printing paper crease (unopened). An attractive example of this uncommon stamp. S.G. 15, £3,500. Photo on Page 193. £400-500
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1858-62 4d Green unused without gum and used with "PAID" cancel, both with four small to large margins, markedly differing shades. S.G. 27, £650. (2). Photo on Page 193. £150-180
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1885 1c - 75c Mint, the 25c with small thin, 10c with hinge stains, 40c with very little gum, 75c with small faults. S.G. 1-8, £1,838. (6). Photo on Page 193. £180-220
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1891-94 1c - 5f Set of eleven mint with additional shades of the 50c - 5f, small mark on the 15c, otherwise generally very fine with large part original gum. S.G. 11-21, £1,200. (15). Photo on Page 193. £180-240
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1933 Registered cover from the British P.O at Tangier to Pernambuco bearing Tangier ½d - 2d (three stamps of each value), carried on the Graf Zeppelin 7th South American flight, a blue flight cachet on both sides, backstamped with a differing red flight cachet. A Pernambuco arrival c.d.s (Sep 20) on the front. Sieger 232b. Photo on Page 197. £220-250
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1975 Christmas issue designed by Sylvia Goaman comprising preparatory sketches in pencil or ink, many on tracing paper (33), and a fine watercolour of the 5c and 25c design. (34). £180-250
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1825 Long entire letter from Nepal to the traveller and writer William Fraser at Delhi, redirected to Dehrah, backstamped octagonal "NIPAUL / POST OFFICE / Post Paid" with the rate and date in manuscript. A good example of this scarce handstamp. Photo on Page 197. £500-700
| NEW ZEALAND | (Also see lots 566, 584-98, 1086, 1429-31)|
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N.Z. and Pacific Islands. QV and KEVII Mint and used collection in a large Stanley Gibbons de-luxe peg fitting album in slipcase with New Zealand including Chalon heads (45), 1873-1900 QV definitives, 1898-1907 pictorial issue with 1899 2/- mint, official overprints with 1907 2/- used, Life Insurance issues, QV and later postal fiscals to the 15/- value. Also Cook Islands, Fiji, New Hebrides, Samoa and Tonga, etc. (100s). £480-550
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1898 London printing 2d Lake Taupo mint pair, imperforate vertically, a good example of this scarce variety. CP$2500, S.G. 248bb, £600. Photo on Page 193. £320-380
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1931-40 Postal Fiscal issue on Cowan paper with single NZ watermark, 1/3 lemon, 2/6 - 5/-, 7/-, 8/- - £1 and £2.10 all fine mint. S.G. £1,043. (12). Photo on Page 193. £250-300
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c.1948 Parcel Post customs declaration form for a gift parcel to England, bearing 10/- postal fiscal tied by a New Plymouth roller cancel. £100-120
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Life Insurance. 1891-98 Perf 12x11½ 1/- unusually with an R.P.O datestamp, perf 10 2d with 'Z' flaw and perf 11 2d chocolate shade pair all fine used. S.G. L6, 9a, 15a, £285. (4). £110-130
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Life Insurance. 1893-1904 Mint issues comprising 1893 Perf 10 set of three (the ½d with a few perf faults), 1902-04 perf 11 sideways watermark set of three (also an additional unused 1d) and 1904 perf 14x11 sideways watermark 1d pair. S.G. L7/9, 16/8, 20, £1060. (9). £320-380
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Niue. 1903 Registered cover to England bearing 1902 perf 11 2½d (2), perf 14 ½d (2) and 1d (2) tied by violet Niue datestamps, backstamped at Apia. £140-160
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1914-53 Mint collection, the KGV definitives with many additional shades and papers, includes 1927 die II £1, 1932 Multiple Script CA die I 2/6 and 5/-, 1938-51 KGVI definitives with 4d orange, perf 13x11½ 2/6 and 5/-, perf 13½ 2/6 black and deep blue, etc. S.G. £1475. (110). Photo on Page 193. £400-500
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Southern Nigeria. 1903-04 Crown CA 5/- grey-black and yellow superb used with c.d.s cancel. S.G. 18, £225. Photo on Page 193. £70-80
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1908 3d - £1 Mint, the 10/- marginal, the £1 with usual slightly mottled gum, fine appearance. S.G. 72, 75/81, £950. (8). Photo on Page 193. £250-300
| PALESTINE & ISRAEL | (Also see lots 554-5, 986, 1029-39, 1349)|
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1886-95 Turkey 20pa postal stationery postcards cancelled by violet "JERUSALEM / TURQUIE" c.d.s (Bale 761v) or bilingual narrow setting datestamps (Bale type 8) of Jerus, Nasrie, Safed or Caifa in violet, (Bale 764v, 766/8), one with oval "GRAND NEW HOTEL / A. & J. MORCOS / JERUSALEM" cachet. Also a Jaffa interpostal seal. (6). £120-150
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Wreck Mail. 1946 (June 7) Cover with enclosed letter from Neuchatel, Switzerland to Tel-Aviv, stained and the stamp washed off, handstamped "DAMAGED". The only recorded cover from this unknown incident, which presumably happened on the sea voyage from Europe to Palestine. £150-180
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1948-82 Military mail, covers and cards with Army Post cancels and cachets, with 1948-49 covers including registered mail (8 + C.O.P), 1952-58 covers (6), 1969-71 covers (8) and 1982 covers from the war with Lebanon (8), also 1948 and 1955 censored covers, unused forces cards and related ephemera. (49). £120-150
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1956-2000 Covers from U.N forces in the Middle East including 1956 Swedish forces in Egypt; 1963 forces in Lebanon; 1978 Nepal Battalion in Lebanon (3); 1983-84 British forces in Sinai (5); 1988 Polish forces in the Golan Heights; 1982-2000 forces in Lebanon including Italian (4) and Fiji (4) contingents, etc. (24). £150-180
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1925 (Feb 7) Stampless cover to England (with an enclosed letter written on S.S "Ionic" at Pitcairn Is), handstamped violet "POSTED AT PITCAIRN ISLAND / NO STAMPS AVAILABLE" (S.G. cachet type III) with a London F.S datestamp (Mar. 18), 1½d charge mark and circular inspectors mark, ½d and 1d postage due stamps cancelled at Elland. A fine and scarce cover. S.G. C3, £2,000. Photo on Page 197. £800-1,000
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1928 Cover to New Zealand with N.Z 1d Admiral tied superb "PITCAIRN ISLAND / N.Z POSTAL AGENCY" c.d.s. An early use in the second year of the postal agency. £140-160
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1933 Cover to England unusually franked by a G.B 1½d, disallowed at the N.Z postal agency with the "PITCAIRN ISLAND / N.Z POSTAL AGENCY" c.d.s applied below the stamp, which has then been cancelled upon arrival in G.B with a cork obliterator. Photo on Page 197. £150-180
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1933-34 Covers to USA or Canada both with N.Z 1d Admiral tied by the "PITCAIRN ISLAND / N.Z POSTAL AGENCY" c.d.s, both superb, the cover to USA with an enclosed letter from Richard Edgar Christian concerning the use of N.Z stamps at Pitcairn, and the ownership of Easter Island. (2). £200-250
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1940-2000 Covers including first issue covers, 1951 cover from G.B to Pitcairn with arrival c.d.s, 1977 Whangarei "Packet Boat" cachet on cover with Pitcairn stamps, 2000 flowers issue on covers signed by the designer Jennifer Tombs (2), also modern postcards and proof impressions of a "Posted at Pitcairn Island" cachet struck in 2002 from the original 1920s handstamp. (124). £100-120
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1896 (May 22) Cover from Bulawayo to Durban bearing Cape 1d (2) and 2d with BSAC overprints, a little staining mainly to the reverse of the cover, a scarce issue on commercial covers. Photo on Page 197. £200-250
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1896 3d on 5/- Matabele Rebellion provisional surcharge, 1910-13 Double Head perf 14 2/-, 2/6 and 3/- and perf 15 8d, and 1913-22 Admiral die 1 perf 15, all mint, the 2/- Double Head with a light crease, otherwise all fine. S.G. 53, 153, 157/8, 185, 216, £1,140. (6). Photo on Page 193. £280-320
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1910-13 Double Heads, perf 14 mint selection comprising ½d, 1d, 2d, 2½d (2), 4d (2), 5d (6), 8d, 10d, 1/- (2) and 3/- and perf 13½ 2½d, also a perfined £1 fiscally used and 1913-22 Admiral die III perf 14 1/- on toned paper unmounted mint strip of three. S.G. £1,241+. (23). Photo on Page 193. £200-250
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1910-13 3/- and 7/6 Fine used, the 3/- apparently with gash in ear though rather unclear due to the positioning of the postmark. S.G. 158, 160b, £900. (2). Photo on Page 193. £200-250
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1948 Large registered wrapper from a parcel of handicrafts sent to England bearing KGVI ½d, 3d (faults), 8d and 1/- pair, some light staining but scarce. £100-120
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1968 and 1971 Definitive issues designed by Sylvia Goaman, artist's preliminary drawings mainly on tracing paper (approx 134), also artwork for the predecimal values, correspondence between Goaman and the Crown Agents, and slides which formed the basis for the designs. (140+). £500-600
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1885 (Oct 29) Registered cover to London franked by two examples of both the 1d carmine-rose and 1884 4d on 6d surcharge paying the double rate of 10d, the four stamps applied close to each corner, each tied by the "A12" numeral with a St Kitts c.d.s, red Registered London datestamp and oval framed "R" all on the front. An exceptional use of 4d provisional surcharge, apparently commercial and exhibition quality. Photo on Page 197. £1,000-1,200
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1825 Entire to the Wesleyan Missionary Society in London backstamped with a fine "ST. VINCENT" fleuron datestamp, charged 2/2. Photo on Page 197. £280-320
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1972 Flowers issue designed by Sylvia Goaman, artist's preliminary drawings in pencil mainly on tracing paper, one coloured (55), and a fine watercolour painting of the adopted design of the 30c on thick card. Also the artists research notes and correspondence with the Crown Agents. (56+). £200-250
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1914-28 New Zealand 2/- - £2 postal fiscal issue overprinted Samoa, two examples of each of the 2/- - £1 values, one 10/- perf 14, the others all perf 14½x14, supposedly the 1914-24 De La Rue paper and 1925-28 Cowan paper sets, also the 1914-24 £2 (minor perf toning, no longer listed by S.G.). One 2/6 with very ragged perfs, otherwise fine mint, sold "as-is" and not guaranteed to be the two differing paper sets. S.G. £500++. (13). Photo on Page 193. £150-200
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1922 2½d Postal stationery envelope registered from Freetown to Germany uprated by ½d and 3d; 1925 picture postcard with 1d violet tied "GARRISON MAIL / SIERRA LEONE" c.d.s; 1926 registered cover to London franked 1d violet (5) each tied "BO-PENDEMBU / TRAVELLING POST OFFICE" c.d.s with scarce boxed "R / B.O. PENDEMBU" registration handstamp; and 1935 registered cover from Makene to England franked 1932 ½d, 1½d (3), 3d and 1935 Jubilee 1d (2) with boxed "R / MAKENE" registration handstamp. An interesting group. (4). £200-250
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Cape of Good Hope. 1807 Entire to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "Cape Post Paid" with a good strike of the "Post Office Cape of Good Hope GR" Arms handstamp, landed as a ship letter at Holmes Hole, Massachusetts, endorsed "Holmes Hole, March 10, Ship". An uncommon use of the Arms handstamp on a letter to the USA. Photo on Page 201. £450-550
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Zululand. 1890-94 Covers from Eshowe to Wales franked 1883-84 overprint issue 1d strip of four, 2½d, or ½d + Natal 1d postal fiscal overprint pair, all three covers unfortunately stained but a very scarce issue on commercial covers. (3). Photo on Page 201. £300-400
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An album apparently kept by the mother of a trooper in Pagets Horse containing news cuttings, telegrams, a few official letters and photos including a fine photo of the 'Tagus' transport No. 101; handbill 'Peace Officially Declared'; and documents concerning trooper A. Holmes including discharge certificates from the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1876, Bechuanaland Mounted Police in 1885, Matabeleland Relief Force in 1896 and Kimberley Light Horse in 1900 (awarded the Mayors Siege medal), some faults. £80-100
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1900-02 Covers including 1902 cover endorsed "On Active Service, from M. Martin, 5 Hospital Train" with Cape 1d cancelled at Naauwpoort, covers to Ahmednagar P.O.W Camp in India (17), etc., some faults. (25). £100-150
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Schweizer Renecke. Transvaal ½d, 1d and 2d with "BESIEGED" handstamp reading vertically upwards, each tied to a separate piece by the Schweizer Renecke c.d.s of 11 Sep. (½d, 2d) or 12 Sep., the 2d with a couple of short perfs, otherwise fine. S.G. 1/3, £1,175. (3). Photo on Page 193. £250-350
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1897-1944 Covers and cards with Cape Colony Ocean Post Office datestamps (14); Union of South Africa Ocean P.O c.d.s (2); Paquebot datestamps of Durban (10), Cape Town (15) or Mossel Bay (2); and WW2 Fleet Mail Office cancels of Durban (3, one also with a Paquebot datestamp), also a cover with a Naval censor and G.B 10d cancelled "JH" of Johannesburg. An interesting lot with some unusual WW2 dumb type Paquebots, one bearing G.B and KUT stamps, a rubber type cancel of Cape Town (unlisted by Hosking, possibly a forgery), the Mossel Bay marks scarce. (46). £300-350
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1929 Green registered Ocean Letter envelope to Zanzibar bearing 1926 1d and 1927 2d, 3d cancelled by two strikes of the large distorted "ASSISTANT SHIPPING POSTMASTER / CAPE TOWN" datestamp (Allen type 9a) in violet, further strikes on the front and reverse, also backstamped at Zanzibar. A couple of small opening tears to upper edge, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 201. £160-200
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