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1924 £1 Pale olive-green and red superb mint. S.G. 17a, £850. Photo on Page 193. £240-280
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c.1969 Formula postal stationery registration envelope with 40 holes punched into the flap, an experimental issue limited to a few Post Offices located in black suburbs. Fine unused and very scarce. £80-100
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1916 Registered cover to Keetmanshoop bearing four South Africa 3d stamps each tied by Gibeon c.d.s, with unusual triangular framed "Gibeon" handstamp containing the registration number in manuscript; and a 1918 stampless censored registered cover to Windhoek with an unusual embossed "GIBEON" label used as a registration label. The 1918 cover badly torn, the 1916 cover fine, an unusual pair. (2). £80-100
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1896 Stampless cover to London from the Gore Ansley correspondence, endorsed "Active Service, no stamp" with a poor Wadi Halfa c.d.s (July 8), boxed "T" and a 2½d charge mark of the London Foreign Branch. Two letters are enclosed, written from Firket (June 22) or The Desert (July 4), and tell of building the railway, the prisoners taken at Firket and the Beggaras horsemen killed. £180-240
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1897 Cover to Cairo bearing 1897 2m and 3m pairs on the front and singles on the reverse cancelled by four strikes of the scarce large "MERAWI" star and crescent datestamps (all with the year shown as "96" in error), a further strike on the front, boxed "EGYPTE / R" registration handstamp, backstamped at Halfa and Cairo. Opening faults at upper edge and small part flap missing, a scarce cancel. Photo on Page 201. £350-400
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1898 Military Telegraph issue, Die Proof of the central vignette in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm, stamped "BEFORE / HARDENING" and dated "8 JAN 98". A fine De La Rue proof. Photo on Page 203. £300-350
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1898-99 Military Telegraph 5m - 25pi set of seven in unmounted mint blocks of 15, very fine. S.G. T11/17, £427+. £180-220
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1935 General Gordon death centenary 50p red-brown superb used. S.G. 67, £150. £60-70
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c.1862-1988 Mint and used accumulation in a stockbook, including Pro Juventute issues with 1917 3c used (2), 1921 40c used, etc. (100s). £80-100
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1930 Cover to the USA bearing Swiss 30c cancelled at Montreaux and a USA 5c Air stamp cancelled at Basel on the following day, the US stamp applied in Switzerland to pay for internal air mail within the USA. US Air Mail stamps were available for this purpose at many overseas consular offices; their use from Switzerland is very unusual. £100-120
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1925-26 10pi "East of the Jordan" overprint, mint lower left corner marginal strip of three, the third stamp with variety "E.F.F" in lower panel, split perfs between the second and third stamps reinforced with a hinge, otherwise fine. S.G. 156a, £854. Photo on Page 193. £250-300
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1933 1m - £P1 Pictorial set of 14 fine mint. S.G. 208/21, £800. (14). Photo on Page 193. £240-280
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1905-06 1/- Postage due, watermark Multiple Crown CA, strip of three, the right stamp with upright stroke in the value, used with Port of Spain datestamps, a very fine and unusual multiple. S.G. D17/a, £159++. £70-80
| TRISTAN DA CUNHA | (Also see lots 283, 599-600)|
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1972 Indigenous Flora issue designed by Mark and Sylvia Goaman, artists' preliminary drawings on paper or tracing paper, mostly in pencil, a few coloured or in ink (approx 170), also photographic negatives of plants used in the designs and correspondence between the artists and Crown Agents. (180+). £500-600
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1975 Sea Plants issue designed by Sylvia Goaman, artist's preliminary drawings for the four accepted designs, mostly in pencil, two in watercolour, also the artist's research notes and correspondence with the Crown Agents. (17+). £200-250
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1967 Peace issue, unadopted designs by Sylvia Goaman comprising preliminary artists drawings mostly in pencil on tracing paper (18, one featuring a rose in colour) and a fine watercolour essay on thick card with overlay showing the surrounding wording. Also copies of correspondence between the UN and the artist, and pages from a flower catalogue used for the designs. (19). £90-120
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1851-1937 Mint and used selection on pages and stockcards including 1861-66 issue to 30c, 1869 10c and 90c, 1870-73 issue to 90c, 1893 Columbus 15c, 30c and $2 (small thin) mint, Officials, newspaper stamps with 1865 24c unused, etc., condition a little mixed. (488). £240-300
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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). £120-150
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1928 Card carried on the Graf Zeppelin flight to Germany, 1928 Kitty Hawk anniversary flight cover, and 1936 cover from USS "Erie" at Plymouth, Hampshire. (3). £30-40
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Philippines. Reply cards comprising 1900 2c + 2c blue, 1903 1c + 1c black and 2c + 2c blue, all unused, generally very fine. Scott UY1-3, $610. (3). £150-180
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1926-27 25p - 30d Set of 12, 1926 1d - 30d set of ten with charity surcharges deleted and 1951-52 1d - 500d Air set of 14 all fine mint. S.G. 209/20, 233/42, 675/83c, £1,086. (36). Photo on Page 193. £180-220
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Mint and used stamps of Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia, also WW2 covers from Italian forces in Montenegro (2) or Croatia (3), 1942-43 covers to Italy bearing Croatia 1941-42 pictorial issues (2), and a 1912 Bosnia postcard with red boxed "Broko-Austellung" exhibition datestamp. (100s). £100-150
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1913 50r Black and purple used, squared circle cancel. S.G. 260c, £1,200. Photo on Page 193. £300-350
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