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1934 Piece bearing Norway 5ore, 7ore, 10ore, 20ore and 30ore stamps each overprinted "BOUVET / OYA", cancelled by Cape Town Paquebot datestamps (Feb 28). These were the only five values overprinted for use on Bouvet; only 100 7ore stamps were overprinted of which just 69 were used. A rare piece. Photo on Page 84. £700-800
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1863-67 6d Green watermark Star upright, imperforate, four margins, portions of the adjacent stamps at left and right, undoubtedly imperforate vertically and probably imperf on all sides, used with A02 cancel. The 1d value is listed imperf between by S.G., but this variety has not been recorded on the 6d value. An interesting variety, with R.P.S Certificate (2012) stating "S.G. 8a, variety imperforate vertically, used, is genuine". Photo on Page 84. £200-300
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1938-53 KGVI Issue, unmounted mint sheets of sixty of the perf 14 1d black and yellow-orange (5 sheets) and perf 13 2d black and red-orange (9 sheets), each sheet including the Mountaineer flaw on stamp 4 row 4. S.G. 39ba, 41aa, £5,200. (14 sheets). £400-600
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NSW used in New Caledonia. 1907 Picture postcard bearing New South Wales ½d and 1d each with a fine "NOUMEA / NOUVELLE CALEDONIE" c.d.s, sent locally to a Brigadier in the French Colonial forces, commentating on his 'excellent crossing'. Very fine and unusual. £160-200
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Queensland. 1903 Cover to Anglesey with a hand illustrated address panel showing a man looking at a sign upon which the address is written, bearing a ½d and two 1d stamps tied by octagonal Brisbane datestamps, backstamped at Holyhead. £80-100
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Western Australia. 1854 1d Black rouletted, cut out by scissors with margins and full roulettes on all sides, superb used, lightly cancelled. An exceptional example of this rare rouletted stamp. S.G. 2, £650. Photo on Back Cover. £300-350
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1935 Cover flown around Australia by Harry Broadbent bearing Silver Jubilee 2d cancelled at Alberton, South Australia (May 16) and two 1d stamps cancelled at Sydney (May 27), pilot signed. Broadbent flew around Australia in a record time of just 3 days and 10 hours. Only 16 covers flown from Adelaide to Sydney and back. Photo on Page 76. £200-240
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Australia Post Stamp Replica cards 3 - 33 and other Australia Post cards. Also 1977 Antarctic Expedition lettercard carried on the first QANTAS flight to the South Pole, pilot signed. (38). £80-100
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1859-77 1d Mint and used selection with unused imperforate 1d on thick paper (probably a remainder) and thin paper, used imperforate 1d (2, apparently S.G. 2, cancels not guaranteed), rough perf used (S.G. 4), Crown CC mint or unused (4, shades). (9). Photo on Page 84. £300-350
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1942 KGVI 5/- Dull rose-lilac and blue on thin striated paper, block of six (2x3) used on small piece with Nassau datestamp. Very scarce, with B.P.A Certificate (2008). S.G. 156a, £4,200. Photo on Page 108. £1,700-2,000
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1971 Christmas issue, essays by Sylvia Goaman, with ink or pencil designs (26) and watercolours (2), and copies of correspondence between the artist and Crown Agents. None of Goaman's designs were accepted for the issued set. (28). £180-250
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Postal Stationery. QV-QEII Mint, used or Specimen stationery comprising postcards and reply cards (40, with very scarce KGVI 2d on 1½d card unused), envelopes (18), registration envelopes (25) and air letters (28), also six 1897-1908 stamped covers. (117). £300-400
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1973-76 Mint multiples including 1975 Horses sheet of eight, 1977 Dogs sheet of eight (2), 1979 Falconry sheet of 40, 1979 Dhows block of 29, F.D.Cs of the 1972 Arab League (3), 1973 Human Rights, 1975 Horses and 1977 Dogs sets, also Abu Dhabi 1969 Petroleum sets in folders (2). S.G. £819+. £120-150
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1897 Diamond Jubilee 2/6 on blued paper fine mint, and the set of nine on white paper mint, the white paper 2/6 with a light crease. S.G. 116/124, 133, £425. (10). £100-120
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1900 Covers addressed to Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate bearing 1892-1903 1d or four ½d stamps, backstamped with quartered "L" datestamp of London in red or black, and upon arrival at Old Calabar. A very unusual destination from Barbados. (2). £110-140
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1933 10/- Olive-green superb used. S.G. 10, £225. £70-80
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1935 Silver Jubilee 3d with variety dot by flagstaff, fine used. S.G. 13h (£400 mint - 100 times the basic price, unpriced used). Scarce. Photo on Page 84 £180-220
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1891-1966 Mint collection including KEVII 1/-, 1961 surcharges with type I R1 on 10/- (2, one unmounted), also 1912-14 KGV 1d no cross on crown fine used. S.G. £1,876. (152). Photo on Page 84. £400-500
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1913-24 Overprints on KGV Seahorses mint, comprising Waterlow 5/-, De La Rue 2/6 pale brown with major re-entry, 2/6 sepia and 5/-, and Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6, all fine. S.G. 84, 85a, 86/8, £1,880. (5). Photo on Page 84. £600-700
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1875 1d on 2d Fine used; also 1874 3d surcharges with type 7 surcharge on 1/-, probably genuine but with various faults including two tears, apparently unused but without gum, and forgeries of the type 6 surcharge on 2d, the 6a and 7 surcharges on 1d, all three well produced but on values that were never issued with these surcharges. S.G. 15, £375+. (5). Photo on Page 84. £150-200
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1938 KGVI 10/- Green and deep lake on pale emerald, perf 14, a rejoined marginal block of four comprising two vertical pairs, some further perf separation reinforced by hinges, therefore lightly mounted mint. S.G. 119, £1,800. Photo on Page 108. £400-450
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1942 5/- Dull yellow-green and red on yellow paper, line perf 14¼, margin at base, fine mint, lightly mounted. S.G. 118b, £300. £70-80
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1837-49 Entire letters to John Ross at Berbice Cottage, Inverness, eleven from Berbice, one with a reasonable strike of scarce straight line "BERBICE APR 16 1840" (Proud PS9), nine with double arc datestamps. Also an 1822 entire letter from England to Berbice. (17). £150-200
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1855-1965 Cancellations on covers (11), stamps or pieces (40) including 1855 4c pale blue on piece (S.G. 20, £700, four margins, a little stained), 1946 registered cover with Postal Agency No. 13 c.d.s, covers with Kamakusa c.d.s (2) or skeletons of Warimia, Present Hope (3), Mt. Everard PA, Newdam Canje (3), etc. (51). £100-150
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1899 25c with Revenue overprint mint (2), one with the variety "BEVENUE". S.G. 68a, £204. (2). £70-80
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1881 Registered cover from Smyrna to London franked G.B 2½d blue plate 21 and 1880-81 2d rose cancelled superb "F87" and a red Registered London datestamp, the front also with "SMYRNA" c.d.s, oval "REGISTERED / SMYRNA" datestamp and an unusually small oval London E.C Registered datestamp in red. An exceptionally fine cover, all cancels and datestamps superb, the 1880-81 2d an uncommon stamp used abroad. Photo on Page 76. £320-380
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1885 12pi Surcharge on G.B 2/6 blued paper, mint, part gum, light corner crease and a faint tone mark. S.G. 3, £550. Photo on Page 84. £100-120
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The Stamps, Postmarks and Postal History, 1856-1936 | |
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India 1854-55 die I ½a blue and die II 1a red cancelled by "131" numeral used by the Expeditionary force, which occupied Bushire in January 1857. Both stamps cut very close but clear on all sides, the 1a with a little light staining. S.G. Z1/2, £975. (2). Photo on Page 84. £250-350
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1857 (Oct 19) Stampless cover from Kharg Island to India with black "FIELD FORCE / BG / PERSIA" datestamp containing the manuscript rate "8as" apparently altered to "1as", backstamped at Bombay (Nov. 7). A fine and scarce cover. Photo on Page 82. £500-700
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1867-70 Stampless covers to Bombay with boxed "BUSHIRE / P.O. / BEG 2 ANNA" and Bushier c.d.s type C4a, or similar boxed 1Anna handstamp and type C5a Bushire c.d.s, the second cover rather crudely repaired. (2). £120-160
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1877-84 Stampless covers (two with enclosed letters) to Bombay all with boxed "POSTAGE DUE", charged 1a or 2a (3), and datestamps of Bushir or Bushire (2 types), all fine. (4). £200-250
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1871 Cover to England bearing ½a block of four and 4a tied by two superb strikes of Bushire "26" duplex type C5, a large opening tear through the two right ½a stamps, still an attractive and very scarce cover; and 1877 cover to Bombay franked on the reverse by ½a pair and 2a tied by two strikes of Bashir "K-5" duplex type C9, a fine cover. (2). Photo on Page 82. £250-300
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1882-83 Covers to Bombay, the first franked 1a cancelled by "B" in bars (type C11) with a Bushire c.d.s alongside; the other franked ½a cancelled by Bushire "B" duplex (type C12) with boxed "POSTAGE DUE / 1 ANNA" on the reverse, two fine covers. (2). £200-250
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1894-95 Official postal service stationery postcards from the Bushire Postmaster to the Postmaster at Muscat with differing Bushire datestamps (with Bushire across or around the c.d.s) and Muscat arrival datestamps, fine and unusual. (2). £150-180
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1889-1923 Covers (10) and a card all cancelled by squared circles including 1889 cover with 1a block of four each cancelled by the small four bar type, other QV (7), KEVII or KGV (2) frankings tied by the large three bar type, seven with the spelling "BUSHIRF". One 1898 cover franked ½a pair to Cairo, handstamped by "T" in circle with Egypt 2m and 1pi postage dues applied; also a 1923 (Mar 25) cover sent just six days before the office closed, the datestamp without the year date (only omitted in 1923, the final year of use, very scarce). A fine lot. (11). £300-350
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QV-KGV Stamps (65) and pieces (32, with 54 stamps) with Bushire cancels written up on pages, all cancel types represented including the "308" numeral on 1865 4a (S.G. Z123), first "308" duplex (9, with 6a8p unlisted by S.G.), "26" and "K-9" duplexs, squared circles, double ring and single ring "Reg" datestamps, some strips and blocks, various values up to the QV 2r and 5r (unlisted by S.G.), a few official stamps, also two ingoing covers showing single ring arrival datestamps. A fine lot. (99). Photo on Page 84. £350-450
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1921 (Oct 29) Piece bearing KGV Service ½a singles (2), vertical pair and block of three cancelled by two fine strikes of the very scarce "BUSHIRE CAMP" c.d.s. This office was only open 1921-22 and very few examples of the c.d.s are recorded. S.G. Z240, unpriced by S.G. Photo on Page 108. £100-150
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Ingoing Mail - British East Africa. 1897 BEA 1a reply card, outward half, from Malindi to Bushire, cancelled by "MELINDI" squared circle (date inverted) with Bushire arrival c.d.s below and Sea Post Office transit c.d.s. An unusual destination from British East Africa. Photo on Page 82. £140-180
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Ingoing Mail - British East Africa. 1897 BEA 2½a postal stationery envelope to Bushire, cancelled by "MELINDI" squared circle (date inverted), backstamped with Sea Post Office and Bushire datestamps. Small fault at lower left corner, otherwise fine, an unusual destination from British East Africa. £120-150
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1870-1936 Stamps and covers on pages showing the postage stamps, postal stationery and revenues used at Bushire and the various cancellations used, comprising covers (58) from 1888, stamps (143), and a travel ticket bearing a 1kr revenue. The covers include 1882 issue 5ch, 1891 issue 5ch, 1894 issues, 1899 cover with manuscript "The fee for delivery was received" as a result of a shortage of stamps, registration labels used for postage during shortages of stamps (2 covers), 1903 issue, 1904 6ch on 10ch, 1906 local typeset issue handstamped "Provisoire" (3), 1922 Controle overprints (4), 1921 "1 KRAN BENADERS" surcharge, also a few ingoing covers, Sandooq handstamps used on mail posted into post boxes, postal stationery, etc. (202). Photo on Page 82 £700-1,000
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Ingoing Mail - Sarawak. 1904 (Oct 11) Registered cover from Kuching to "W.E James, Indian Telegraph department, Teheran" bearing 1899-1908 8c and 12c on the front and 1c block of eight on the reverse all tied by Kuching datestamps. Handstamped circular "SARAWAK / R" and a void oval with manuscript registration number, backstamped at Singapore, Tuticorin, Bushire (Nov 5) and Teheran (Nov 20). A fine commercial cover to an unusual destination. Photo on Page 82. £150-200
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Air Mails. 1925-37 Flight covers with first flights and commercial mail showing postal use of the various air mail issues. First flights include 1925 Teheran to Bushire, 1928 Teheran to Bushire first regular flight (4) and Bushire to Teheran (2), 1929 Bushire to London (2), also internal flights from 1929, boxed "PAR AVION JUSQU'A / LA FRONTIER" on 1929 cover to Germany, 1937 "PAR AVION JUSQU A. (Paris R.P)", and a 1929 cover from Germany to Bushire. One Bushire-Teheran first flight cover bears the first 1927 air issue 1ch - 4kr. (23). £250-350
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1915 (Aug 9) Stampless O.A.S cover with Bushire c.d.s on the reverse, sent the day after British and Indian troops occupied the town; and a 1917 (Jan 29) India 2½a registration envelope bearing I.E.F ½a and 3p pair all cancelled Bushire Reg. c.d.s with violet "PASSED CENSOR / BUSHIRE", endorsed "on active service" and signed by the censor and sender Lt. James. Also 1915 (Aug 23) piece bearing four India KGV ½a stamps cancelled by the Bushire Reg. c.d.s. (3). Photo on Page 82. £200-250
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1916-18 Covers with circular violet "PASSED CENSOR / BUSHIRE", one a superb strike on a cover to England signed by Capt. Hotson bearing 1911-13 1ch, 2ch, 3ch and 6ch, and internal covers franked 6ch or 9ch from Chiraz (2) or Mohammerah, the censor marks on these all a little faint or incomplete in places, one with Persian "S" Sandooq handstamp applied to mail posted into post boxes distant from the town post office. (4). £180-240
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1919 Covers from soldiers with the Bushire force sent to quell a rebellion in Southern Persia in 1918-19, comprising a registered cover with I.E.F 2a tied F.P.O 374 c.d.s and boxed "F.P.O No 374" handstamp, registered cover with uncancelled Persia 1ch, 6ch and India 2a tied by faint F.P.O c.d.s, boxed "F.P.O No 129" handstamp and circular violet "CENSORED / B / 1", and stampless Honour Envelopes with F.P.O 128 (2) or 374 datestamps. (5). £150-180
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1911-13 1ch - 24ch (9 values, the 5ch damaged) and 1909 issue 3ch with "1333" (1915) handstamp all with the Kazerun rebel overprint, which was applied to the stamp after being affixed to covers, and is therefore only known on used stamps. This overprint is illustrated and described by Gibbons, though they do not list the individual overprinted stamps. A few a little stained, a scarce group. (10). Photo on Page 84. £120-150
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1916 Covers to Bushire franked 6ch from Chiraz or 3ch + 6ch from Teheran, both with violet oval censor cachet of the Kazerun rebels, and circular "PASSED CENSOR / BUSHIRE". (2). Photo on Page 82. £200-250
| 1915 British Occupation Overprints on Stamps & Postal Stationery | The exceptional detailed study showing the constant varieties found in each of the eight different settings, the plate flaws found on the original stamps, and the postal use of these overprints, which were used at the Persian Post Office for just two months, August 16 - October 16 1915. Many stamps have expert certificates, and all the stamps are guaranteed genuine by Argyll Etkin Ltd.
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Mint selection comprising 1ch (2), 2ch, 3ch, 5ch, 6ch (2), 9ch (2), 10ch, 12ch (3), 24ch, 1kr, 2kr, 3kr and 5kr, mainly fine and scarce, just 257 5ch stamps overprinted, one 1ch stamp and one 12ch stamp unusually with offsets, various settings, nearly all identified in pencil on the reverse. Staining to one 6ch, one 9ch and 2kr, 24ch with faults, 5kr with small gum thin, otherwise mainly fine. The 5ch, 2kr, 3kr and 5kr with B.P.A Certificates (2015). S.G. 1-13, £3,180. (18). Photo on Page 84. £600-800
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Used selection comprising 1ch (2, one with fine offset on reverse), 2ch, 3ch, 6ch (2), 9ch, 10ch (4), 12ch (2), 24ch, 1kr (3), 2kr, 3kr and 10kr (3), various settings mostly identified on the reverse in pencil, three on pieces, the three 10kr stamps each with B.P.A Certificate (2015). Staining to 1ch, one 10ch and one 10kr, one 10kr with small thin spot and another with peripheral toning, otherwise mainly fine. A scarce group, mainly fine. S.G. £2,840. (22). Photo on Page 84. £600-700
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1915 (Aug 16) Long cover sent locally in Bushire franked on reverse by 1ch (IIA8), 2ch (IA8), 3ch (IA3), 6ch (IB8), 9ch (IIIA3), 10ch (IIIA3) and 10kr (IA8), just 866 10kr stamps overprinted, this example with the variety 2mm gap between "Under" and "British" (just 76 examples possible), each tied by the Bouchir Depart c.d.s. Although the stamps were issued on August 15th they could not be used until the following day, August 16th. A rare First Day Cover, the top 10kr value very scarce on cover. Photo on Page 88. £1,200-1,500
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