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1938-51 ¼pi - £1 Sets of 19 Mint and used with various additional values and shades and set of 16 perfined "SPECIMEN" mounted mint, a few blocks, additional 2½pi, 18pi (4), 45pi mint and £1 with Madam Joseph cancel. Also 1955-60 QEII set mint and used with all three 15m shades mint, additional 250m and £1 mint, a fine lot. S.G. £1,680. (150). Photo on Page 121. £240-300
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1938-51 ¼pi - £1 Set of 19 with both 18pi shades, fine mint, very lightly mounted. S.G. £273. £60-70
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1944 Perf 13½x12½ 1pi orange, upper left corner marginal single superb unmounted, also a used stamp with Lisi c.d.s. S.G.154a, £577. (2). Photo on Page 121. £150-180
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1938-55 Covers virtually all with KGVI definitives including 1938 F.D.Cs (2), 1948 covers bearing 18pi strip of four + 45pi pair or 90pi + £1, 1953 cover with four postal stationery cut-outs, 1947 cover with G.B + Cyprus stamps, commercial covers with WW2 censored covers to South Africa (2), 1948 cover censored in Egypt, 1950 cover censored in Austria, 1944 perf 12½x13½ 2pi, also 1955 QEII F.D.C. (25). £100-120
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1938-58 Covers and cards bearing KGVI definitive issue with values up to 45pi, various inland and overseas rates with surface and air mail, registered mail, postcards and printed matter, various destinations, ¼pi on a newspaper and newspaper wrappers (2, one handstamped "REFUSE"), Rural Service cancels, 1952 cover sent to USA by US diplomatic bag with 1½pi, 2pi cancelled in Washington D.C and handstamped "This article originally mailed / in country indicated by postage", etc., all written up on album pages. Ex Warwick. (46). £250-300
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1938-55 Covers and cards, nearly all commercial, some internal mail but most addressed abroad, various rates and stamps to the 45pi value, destinations include Aden, Iceland, etc. The interesting lot includes postcards (10), many air mail covers with various air mail labels, R.P.O Kalokhorio c.d.s, etc. Also covers bearing various 1946-53 commemoratives. (162). £600-800
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1938-58 Registered covers, nearly all addressed abroad, various destinations and rates up to 30pi, includes Kakopetria c.d.s and registration label, etc. (31). £180-220
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1940-57 Printed Matter rates, various destinations include Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, Scandinavia, etc., a wrapper to Egypt with trilingual "PUBLICITY CENSORSHIP" cachet. (32). £150-200
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1942 Registered air mail cover to London with a total franking of 152½pi including the 90pi and 45pi, censored with manuscript "AV2"; and 1947 air mail cover to China franked by a single 90pi, backstamped at Calcutta and Shanghai. Two scarce high frankings on commercial covers. (2). Photo on Page 123. £180-220
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1946 Victory pair perfined "SPECIMEN" superb unmounted, mint and used and on F.D.C, 1½pi mint corner block of eight and a used pair both including variety dot between "1" and "½", 3pi variety two dots above "P" of Cyprus within a mint strip of three; 1948 Silver Wedding pair mint and used and on F.D.C, 1½pi mint block of four and corner block of 15 both containing the variety "extra decoration"; 1949 U.P.U set mint and used and three values on two F.D.Cs; 1953 Coronation mint and used. S.G. £610 + S.G. 164a used (unpriced). (52 stamps + 4 covers). £130-150
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1882 30pa on 1pi Block of twelve, surcharge settings I - IV, each handstamped "POSTAL / SURCHARGE" and initialled "JAB" by J.A. Bulmer, with red Larnaca datestamps. A fine and attractive block, ex Richardson collection. Photo on Page 121. £250-300
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1882-95 Postage and Revenue stamps used for internal Post Office accounting, the fine study in a stock book, all identified by Podger types, with postage stamps initialled J.A.B by J.A. Bulmer and cancelled by red or black Larnaca c.d.s (31, comprising 1pi, 2pi, 6pi, 27 examples of the 30pa on 1pi with strip of six and three strips of five, and ½ on ½pi), revenue stamps initialled JAB and cancelled in red (15), revenues initialled by other postal officials and cancelled in black (4, scarce), postage stamps handstamped "POSTAL / SURCHARGE" and initialled JAB (13, comprising ½pi, 6pi and eleven examples of 30pa on 1pi, with a block of four), revenues handstamped "POSTAL / SURCHARGE" and initialled (5), postage stamps handstamped "POSTAL / SURCHARGE" without initials (4), revenues handstamped "POSTAL / SURCHARGE" without initials (100), an interesting lot. (172). Photo on Page 117. £800-1,200
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1878 1d, 2d, 3d and 6d Revenues in unmounted mint upper right corner marginal blocks of 12, each handstamped "SPECIMEN", upper margins with plate number "1" and the individual stamp value, the right margin with blue handstamped crown and the stamp value, the 1d block with piece of upper margin missing above the left stamp. Four superb specimen blocks, mounted in the margins only, the stamps unmounted, ex Richardson collection. Barefoot 1-4s. (48 stamps in four blocks). Photo on Page 121. £700-1,000
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QV-KGV Revenue stamps identified by Barefoot numbers, including QV stamps handstamped "Specimen" (24, various types, some double overprints) or "Cancelled" (3, scarce), QV 1pi pair with Rural Service cancel, other QV issues with "942" cancels (8) or Polymedia c.d.s, very scarce 1886 local trilingual 1/- on 3d surcharge, various perfins, also some fiscally used postage stamps including 1924-28 90pi (3) and £1 (3), etc., an interesting group. (155). Photo on Pages 117 & 121. £240-300
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Revenue documents including a part document in Turkish with 15 various QV revenues, another document in Turkish with 55 various QV-KGVI revenues on both sides, and other documents with intaglio VR handstamps (2) or QV-KGV postage or revenue stamps cancelled in manuscript or by oval "Commissioner Famagusta" cachets, several of these permitting lectures or football matches, one concerning a pungent dung hill kept within a villagers house! (18 documents). £300-350
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QV-QEII Used selection, mainly selected for their cancels including numerals, squared circles, single ring datestamps and Rural Service. (100s). £100-120
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Selected cancels on stamps, all on album pages or stockcards, including numerals (102) with 974, 981, D47, D48, etc.; squared circles (118) with Kythrea (4), Lefkoniko (8), Lefka (10), Lefkara (5), Tricomo (6), Vatili (7), Zii (4), Lapithos, Morphou (5), Rizokarpaso (22), etc.; single ring datestamps with some scarce village cancels on QV and KEVII issues, double ring datestamps, Official Paid, M.O.O, Parcels and Air Mail datestamps, 'R' cancels, barred parcel cancels, telegraph datestamps, etc. Also two 1900 pieces with proof impressions of eight Larnaca datestamps, telegraph forms (5, one with envelope) and a stamped receipt with Famagusta telegraph cancels, etc. An interesting and extensive QV-QEII lot with some pieces, many QV-KGV period, some very scarce cancels included. (c.630). Photo on Page 117. £500-600
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QV-KGV Stamps cancelled by the numeral obliterators 1, 2 (36, one on Austrian Levant 1pi), 4 (7, including KEVII ½pi block of four), 5 (9, one on piece) or 6 (19). These cancels believed to have been used at District Offices to cancel loose letters brought in by rural messengers, and uncancelled items. A scarce group. (72). £150-180
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1935-60 Covers with single ring datestamps from various villages including Prodhromos on 1935 registered cover to Egypt (staining), 1935 Dhali, diligence station and mine cancels, 1953 Stroumbi used after the P.O was destroyed in an earthquake, also M.O.O c.d.s of Nicosia, Air Mail c.d.s of Larnaca and oval "GENERAL POST OFFICE / CYPRUS" dated cachet on a 1951 USA reply card. (32). £240-300
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1916 Covers to London, one bearing KGV 10pa strip of three, the other bearing KGV 10pa pair with a third stamp tragically torn out, both cancelled by the rare "ANOYIRA" c.d.s in watery red ink applied to one or two stamps only, the other stamps then cancelled at Kilani the following day. Very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 123. £180-220
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Official Paid. 1919-22 Covers and cards (11) and fronts (2) with postage stamps incorrectly cancelled by the Official Paid datestamps of Nicosia (3), Larnaca, Limassol (6) or Troodos, also covers backstamped upon arrival with Official Paid datestamps of Nicosia (faults) or Troodos. A scarce and unusual group, ex Cruttwell. (13). £200-250
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1938-40 Covers bearing the circular slogan handstamps "VISIT / CYPRUS" (8), "CYPRUS / FOR A HOLIDAY" (20) or "CYPRUS / ORANGES" (13) featuring an outline map of the island, mainly written up, the fine study of the variations of handstamps and their places and dates of use, six with censor cachets. Also two 1946 covers with bilingual Greek and Turkish cachets "Save Our Forests from Fire". (43). £250-300
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1934-40 Covers and cards with handstruck slogan Visit Cyprus (6), Cyprus For A Holiday (6) or Cyprus Oranges (5), includes 1939 air mail cover bearing a red Express label franked 10pi to Italy, 1940 censor cachet no. 7, etc. (17). £100-120
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QV-QEII Cancels on stamps and pieces, on pages and stockcards, many VR and ER types, including stamps of QV (73), KEVII (58), KGV (108), etc., also a few forgeries, a fine lot. (Approx. 680). Photo on Pages 117 & 121. £1,000-1,200
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The fine study of Rural Service cancels on KGVI stamps, many on pieces, also seven covers, written up on pages and arranged alphabetically by type from Aghirda to Zoopiyi, with some coloured cancels. One commercial 1954 cover to Zanzibar with 1½pi pair and 9pi tied by Apostolos Andreas rural cancel, a fine large lot with some very scarce cancels included. Ex Warwick. (583). £800-1,000
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Undated cover with QV ½pi tied by VR cancel of Khrysokhou, vertical fold clear of the stamp, otherwise fine, the cancel possibly applied at a later date to a QV stamp. Ex Cruttwell. Photo on Page 123. £200-250
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1932 Stampless O.H.M.S letter to the Commissioner at Famagusta containing a VR intaglio handstamp, the address panel with GR cancel of Exometokhi, fine and scarce. £100-120
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1935-c1960 Covers, nearly all commercial, rural cancels include Akanthou on 1935 cover to England, Galata on a 1951 cover to Switzerland with five KGVI stamps paying the 7pi rate, Phalia on cover to England franked KGVI 6pi, etc. (64) £200-250
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QEII Rural Service cancels on philatelic covers, many illustrated QEII Coronation covers bearing the Coronation 1½pa, in a box. (267). £130-150
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KEVII-KGVI Stamps and pieces with R.P.O cancels comprising Cyprus Handbook type 33 numbered "1" (39, including a piece, one in red) or "2" (27, including KEVII 10pa block of six); type 34 numbered "4" (12), "5" (28), "6" (2) or "7" (6); type 35 (18); type 36 number "10" (11, including KEVII 5pa block of four); type 37 numbered "2" (41, including two KEVII blocks), "3" (8) or "4" (14); type 39 (29, with two KEVII blocks), also later named R.P.O or station types on 1948-51 covers or cards (7), stamps and pieces (48). A good lot. (283 stamps/pieces + 7 covers). £500-600
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1909 (Jan 16) Picture postcard to Nicosia with KEVII 30pa cancelled fine "R.P.O / 1 / CYPRUS" c.d.s. The Cyprus Handbook only recorded a single wrapper with this type 35 c.d.s; one other similar example was also included in the Cruttwell collection. A fine and rare item. Photo on Page 123. £600-700
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c.1930 Railway letters comprising cover to "Land Registry Office, Famagusta" bearing 1928 Anniversary of British Rule 1pi cancelled "CGR", a stampless front to "Exumetuhi Postal Agent" with "CGR / NICOSIA" handstamp, and part front to "Commissioner, Famagusta" with "CGR / FAMAGUSTA" handstamp. Also a 1914 CGR telegram. Rare examples of letters carried entirely by the Cyprus Government Railway, ex Cruttwell. (4). £140-180
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1931-49 Covers and cards with Cypriot Piastres charge marks, comprising 1931 postcard from G.B franked 1d with "1C.P"; 1937 stampless cover posted at Larnaca with "T" and "1½C.P"; and 1949 cover from USA franked 3c with "T" and "2C.P", the last with flap missing and the 1937 cover with light vertical fold. (3). £180-240
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1949 Stampless cover from Nicosia handstamped "T" and "3CP / TO PAY", red slogan handstamp "Save Our Forests from Fire" in Greek on the reverse. Photo on Page 123. £130-160
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1911-60 Covers and cards, four from Cyprus all underpaid and handstamped "T", two sent unpaid within Cyprus handstamped boxed "20 / MILS" (one also with "T"). Also 1947 air mail cover to Grenada franked 11pi with red bilingual boxed "Insufficiently prepaid for / transmission by Air Mail". (7). £100-120
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1941-53 Covers and a card to Palestine or Israel all underpaid and handstamped "T", comprising 1941 censored cover franked 3pi with Palestine 1m and 8m postage dues cancelled at Tel Aviv; 1949 cover franked 2pi with Doar Ivri first issue 5m and 10m dues cancelled at Haifa; 1950-51 covers franked 2pi with second issue 5m, 10m dues or franked 3pi with second issue 2m, 5m, 10m dues; and 1953 postcard franked 2pi with third issue 5m, 10m dues, an unusual group. (5). £250-300
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1951-53 Covers from Cyprus all handstamped "T", bearing Jordan 2m postage due strip of three cancelled at Jerusalem, an Egypt 12m due cancelled at Cairo, or Turkey postage stamps pen cancelled at Adana to collect a 30k charge. (3). £100-120
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1900-59 Covers, cards and wrappers sent to, from or within Cyprus but undelivered and returned, with "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE / CYPRUS" c.d.s (2, on 1900-01 wrappers) or similar Nicosia c.d.s (4), an internal 1959 cover with red "INCONNU" and boxed "RETOUR". Also a 1922 card from Algeria to Larnaca marked "Refuse" and returned via Egypt with boxed "RETOUR / A L'ENVOYEUR" and a hand shaped "RETOUR" possibly applied in Cyprus. (7). £120-140
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1900-01 10pa Wrappers from Nicosia to Famagusta or Limassol, handstamped with arrival datestamps and differing "REFUSED" handstamps, the Limassol handstamp 40x6mm, the Famagusta handstamp 31x5mm, both with "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE / CYPRUS" c.d.s. (2). Photo on Page 125. £300-350
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1941 Cover from Nicosia to Limassol, handstamped red "RETOUR", red boxed "INCONNU" and a Returned Letter Office Nicosia c.d.s on the reverse. Enclosed letter from the Cyprus Consulate in Lefkosa. Unusual. £80-100
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1933 (Dec 27) Cover bearing two 1pi stamps cancelled by violet oval dated "COMMISSIONER / FAMAGUSTA", an official handstamp in Greek on the reverse, the two enclosed letters allowing a football match and athletic meeting to occur, one letter also bearing the same two official cachets. A very unusual use of the Commissioner cachet as a cancellation, presumably hand delivered. £100-120
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1917-59 Stampless official letters and covers, datestamps include 1917-21 single ring "LIMASSOL / OFFICIAL PAID" c.d.s (3) or "NICOSIA / OFFICIAL PAID" c.d.s (4), later double ring c.d.s of Nicosia in red (2), etc. (14). £200-240
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1951-52 Covers from the U.S Consulate in Nicosia to USA, bearing Cyprus KGVI stamps cancelled in Washington D.C, handstamped "This article originally mailed / in country indicated by postage". Also 1959 stampless cover from the Israel Consulate at Nicosia, carried to Jerusalem where it was mailed. (5). £150-180
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1929 (June 5) Registered cover to India franked 7pi, to include an extra 3pi fee for the overland desert mail service, bearing "Service Transdesertique / Syro-Iraquien Damas-Bagdad" label, the stamps and label all tied by oval Limassol Registered datestamps. Mail for this route had to bear this label and be franked an additional 3pi per ounce from June 1929 until October 1930, when the extra fee was abolished; very little mail was sent due to this high extra charge. A scarce cover, carried on the first desert mail service from Cyprus, returned to the sender and backstamped at Bombay, Baghdad and Returned Letter Office, Nicosia. Photo on Page 125. £360-420
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1912 (Mar 9) AR form for a letter sent from Nicosia to Turkey, bearing KEVII 2pi tied by Nicosia c.d.s with arrival c.d.s of Orta-Kedi, vertical fold, otherwise fine. Also the Certificate of Posting for the same letter with Nicosia (Mar 9) c.d.s and boxed "AR", a rare pair. (2). £200-250
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1948 Registered air mail cover to Southern Rhodesia franked on the reverse by KGVI 18pi, handstamped scarce boxed "AR", with Registered Famagusta datestamps and an Umtali arrival c.d.s. £130-150
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1938 (May 12) Parcel Post label bearing 1938 1½pi pair, 9pi, 18pi and 45pi cancelled by Larnaca datestamps, a fine and scarce label posted on the First Day of Issue of the KGVI stamps. £120-150
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1948-49 Parcel Way Bills, on white paper sent to Australia in 1948 franked 95pi; or on green paper sent to Greece in 1949 franked 55pi, both with labels applied by the Limassol Customs, very unusual. (2). £250-300
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1949 Parcel way bill for a parcel sent from Famagusta to Greece, bearing U.P.U 3pi and 1938-51 45pi and a Famagusta label, scissor cut at right not affecting the stamps, otherwise fine, very unusual. £100-120
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Express Mail. 1949-54 Express covers to G.B, Israel (2), USA, Lebanon or Germany (2) all bearing KGVI issue stamps, four with red Express labels, the cover to G.B also bearing a G.B 2½d stamp and handstamped "EXPRESS FEE PAID", all franked with an extra 6pi for the express service. (7). £100-120
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