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A small selection with 1900 1/- and 2/6d. unused, pictorial values to £1 unused and £2 used. (13) £80-100
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A collection on leaves with Law Courts 1873 £5 overprinted Specimen (2 types) and used values to £1, 1878 values to 5/- unused and £1 used, 1882 values to £1 with some Specimens, 1895 £1 and 1903 £1; Register House with 1873 £5 overprinted Specimen, 1879 values to £5 overprinted Specimen, 1897 values to £1 unused and K.E.VII values to 1/- unused. (73) £120-150
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A selection of various issues with unappropriated Q.V. imperf. overprinted "specimen" 3d., 6d., 2/- and 5/-; K.G.V overprinted "cancelled" 2/6d., 6/-, 8/- and 10/-; complete playing card wrappers (3 different); Civil Service includes 1881 values to £5 Specimen and used, 1895 to £5 used; Contract Note with some unused and K.E.VII and K.G.V values to £1; Design 1907 1/-; District Audit with Q.V. values to £5 (4) and K.E.VII values to £5; Receipt Stamps including Receipt 1d. imperf, proof in pale ochre and imperf. in grey-blue pen cancelled; Excise Revenue with values to 3/-; House of Lords with Q.V. 5/- and 10/- plus K.E.VII £1; a good variety of embossed types with unused, De La Rue issues including unused and Specimen; National Health including 1920 6/6d. (thirteen payments); Match Tax 1/2d. blue; Pedlar's Certificate 6d. overprinted Specimen; a selection of Tea Clearing House; Lancashire Chancery Court with values to 10/-, some receipt stamps and others £500-600
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Cinderella Items: A very varied collection on leaves which features a fine array of railway parcel stamps and some letter stamps; also some parcel stamps, circular delivery, telegraphs, advertising labels and others. Unusual and interesting £200-250
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1929-31 group of U.S.A. covers with 1929 (10 Mar.) envelope from Pasadena to Michigan bearing the handstamp "Damaged in Plane Crash/PARK CITY, UT 3-11-29/Dutton, PO Isp," in violet; 1930 (8 Jan.) envelope from San Francisco to Chicago bearing "Damaged by Plane/fire Sidney Nebr/JAN 10. 1030." in purple (vertical crease); 1930 (10 Jan.) envelope from Beverly Hills to New York bearing "Delay due to wrecked mail plane/January 10, 1930." in purple and "Return to writer Unclaimed" in greenish blue; 1931 (15 Sept.) 2c. stationery envelope from Tracy, Portland bearing, on reverse, "DELAY due to AIRMAIL/interrupted at/OAKLAND Ca/SEPT16, 1931" in purple. Good condition for this type of mail. (4 covers) £150-200
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1930 U.S.A. covers with 1930 envelope from New York to Pasadena, badly burnt and with "ambulance" envelope bearing handstamp "Parcel Post" in purple and card from the postmaster dated 5th July with manuscript " Received from P.M. Chicago, Ill. Wrecked plain at Goshen Ind. A.M.R.#17"; also 1930 (Dec.) envelopes (2) to California bearing handstamps "damaged by air plane wreck/december 22, 1930" applied at Alhambra and struck of red or purple; typical soiling. (3 covers) £140-180
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1930-55 group of U.S.A. covers with 1930 (20 Dec.) commercial envelope from Chicago to Los Angeles showing "damaged by air plane wreck/december 22, 1930" in red;
1934 (Dec.) commercial envelope from New York to Chicago showing "damage due to/air mail interruption/at/buffalo ny/dec 19 1934" in purple; 1938 (28 Nov.) envelope from Oregon to California showing "damage due to air mail/interruption near/pt. reyes, calif/nov 29 1938" in black; 1949 (12 Dec.) envelope from Wilson to San Diego showring "damaged in plane crash/washington d c/dec.12 1949" in mauve; 1955 (16 Dec.) envelope showing "damaged in plane crash/hollywood, c.s. 12/17/55" in purple; 1955 (15 Dec.) envelope from Boston to Florida with two strikes of "damaged in plane crash" in purple. Also 1945 envelope from U.S. Army P.O. in Germany to Buffalo (roughly opened but with enclosure) showing "damaged in/plane crash" in black. (7 covers) £250-300
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1930-55 group of U.S.A. covers which have suffered some burning, with 1930 (9 Dec.) envelope to California, burnt at upper left corner and with large "ambulance" envelope stamped with "damaged by air plane wreck/december 22, 1930"; 1934 (18 Dec.) commercial envelope from New York to Yokohama, burnt at foot and right, the reverse with "damage due to/air mail interruption/at/buffalo ny/dec 19 1934"; 1949 envelope from Paris to Mexico, with original contents and with label on reverse, "Recogida en el ostado que presenta/entire les despojos del evión ca'do en/Dallas, Tex., el 29 nov. 1949." (only applied on mail to Mexico); 1955 (10 Dec.) envelope (with original Christmas card) from Milwaukee to St. Petersburg showing straight-line "damaged in plane crash" in purple. (4 covers) £160-200
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1932-36 small group of U.S.A. covers with 1932 (29 May) large envelope (folded to fit page) showing "damaged by plane crash/in willamette river" in purple; 1933 (July) 2c. stationery envelope (other adhesives washed off) to Pasadena with "damaged at kansas city/jul 28. 33 when plane/fell in river" in turquoise, and 1936 (14 Jan.) envelope (roughly opened) showing "Recovered From/Wrecked Plane/Goodwin Ark.
1-14" in purple. (3 covers) £150-200
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1934 MacRobertson London - Melbourne Air Race, special envelope carried on the 'Uiver' from Netherlands to D.E.I., water damaged special envelope which has lost the adhesives and vignette but the envelope with manuscript "Per Uiver" and with manuscript attachment (not fixed). Unusual mail from this flight. Nierinck 341023 £50-80
The pilot was forced to land 400 km before Melbourne. Normally the delayed mail was given an oval red cachet. It is not known why this should have so much water damage
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1935-46 group of French covers and cards with 1935 (16 Feb.) special card on the attempted non-stop flight to Argentina with "raid interrompu ..." cachet; 1946 (2 Feb.) Air France envelope to Senegal which was forced to land at Minorca where the mail was considerably delayed and with boxed "retardé/par suite d'accident/d'aviation" in black; another cover from the same flight to Madagascar with the same boxed cachet, redirected and with additional boxed handstamps "parti sans/laisservd'adresse" and "retour/a l'envoyeur". (3 covers) £150-200
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1936 (22 Aug.) Imperial Airways 'Scipio', a group of covers showing several different handstamps with type g "damaged by/sea water" from India to Shrewsbury; type i boxed "damaged by immers... /in sea water i.s." on envelope from Australia to Leith; similar on reverse of long envelope from India to Kent but with the complete handstamp; type r label on envelope from India (Monghyr) to Holland and type x boxed "damaged by/sea water/in airplane/accident" in violet on envelope from Palestine to Glasgow. A good varied group. (5 covers) £220-280
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1936 (Dec.) U.S.A. covers with (14 Dec.) envelope from Claremont to Cambridge showing "damage due to air mail/ interruption near/salt lake city, utah/dec 15, 1936" and a commercial envelope from Detroit to Wapato bearing typed label "Delay due to Air Mail/interruption near/Calder, Idaho, Dec./18, 1936". (2 covers) £80-100
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1936-39 group of crashed flying boat covers, mostly Imperial Airways with 1936 (22 Sept.) 'Athena' crash at Delhi from London to Calcutta with manuscript pencil explanation on reverse; 1938 (23 Nov.) 'Calpurnia' envelope from Richmond to N.Z. bearing a superb strike of the type a handstamp; 1939 'Challenger' crash in Mozambique, to South Africa and bearing a good strike of the type a bilingual handstamp; 1939 (6 June) 'Centurian' crash near Calcutta, from Sydney to Coventry with a fine strike of the type a handstamp in crimson, the reverse with a seal of the Returned Letter Section, London. (4 covers) £200-250
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1937 (30 Sept.) 'Courtier' envelope from Cairo to Farnham bearing Egypt Air 50m. (a second adhesive washed off) and showing two good strikes of type f boxed
"damaged by/sea water/in airplane/accident" handstamp in violet used on mail to England £80-100
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1937 (Dec.) 'Cygnus' crash at Brindisi, a group of covers showing different cachets with type a on envelope from Cairo to Essex; type b on envelope from Colombo to London; type c on envelope from Bombay to Denbigh, Wales with original enclosure and the scarce type e on envelope from Alexandria to Paris with additional French Post Office seal. (4 covers) £180-220
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1937 (1 Dec.) 'Cygnus' envelope from Tel Aviv to Monte Carlo with a good strike of the type u cachet, the reverse with French Post Office seal, and 1938 (Mar.) envelope from Rio de Janeiro which was carried on the Air France flight which crashed into the Pyrénées and showing a good strike of the type a cachet. (2 covers) £100-120
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1938 (May) Condor envelope to Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, without adhesives and bearing, on the reverse, special yellow on grey-green label handstamped "accidente/de avião" in purple and a faint strike of 1938 (21 May) c.d.s. The envelope is numbered "344". Nierinck 380522 £80-100
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1938 (Nov.) 'Calpurnia' covers (2) which crashed in Iraq, with envelope from Sheffield to New Zealand bearing a fine strike of the type a cachet and envelope from London to Melbourne with the type kk printed explanation pinned to the envelope £90-120
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1939 (24 Apr.) 'Challenger' envelopes (2) to South Africa, the first bearing 1 1/2d. tied by Sheffield machine cancellation and showing a fine strike of the type a bilingual cachet,
the second registered from London with 8d. tied by registered oval and with a good strike of the type a bilingual handstamp, the reverse with Post Office seals cancelled by Durban c.d.s. Nierinck 390501a £100-120
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1939 (June) 'Centurian' crash, commercial envelope from Sydney to Kingston-on-Thames showing a superb strike of the type a handstamp in carmine, and a printed cover from to London bearing a fine strike of the type d handstamp in carmine plus type f "damaged by sea/water" handstamp in black. Nierinck 390612. (2 items) £80-100
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1939 (8 Aug.) airmail envelope to Rio de Janeiro with 40c. franking tied by Newark duplex and bearing two strikes of the type b "accidente de avião" handstamp in black, the reverse bears "assinattes.2 seccao d.f." postmark; good to fine. Nierinck 390813 £100-120
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1939 (11 Aug) commercial envelope to Rio de Janeiro used internally and showing a good strike of "accidente de aviã(o)" in black; some soiling. Nierinck 390813 £100-120
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1939 (11 Aug.) two large envelopes to Rio de Janeiro, both showing two strikes of the straight-line "accidente de avião" in black, both internal Brazil covers with one from Souea Cruz which is quite badly burnt, the other is soiled and shows some burn marks on the reverse. (2 covers) £120-150
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1943 (9 Jan.) envelope from Chicago to Sweden with handstamp "trans-atlantic air mail" carried on PAN AM Yankee Clipper which crashed on landing in Lisbon and showing a good strike of the type b open box handstamp and, on reverse, the special type d label which just overlaps the Returned Letter Section, London seal and oval Stockholm arrival (17.3), U.S. censor seal at left and with British censor seal (which has come off) included in the envelope. Nierinck 430222. Photo £100-120
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1945 (12 Nov.) envelope from Paloalto to the Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, bearing 8c. air franking, marked "LST 1016" and, on route to its new destination, burnt around the edges and with printed label, "air mail center/guam/the enclosed mail was salvaged/from a tag crash on Tinian/7 January, 1946./n. a. davis/ens., usnr./officer in charge". Unusual and not listed by Nierinck £70-90
Mail plane crash on 7 January, 1946; a Transport Air Group C-46 plane (Trip 1000) en route from Saipan to Guam, crashed on the runway at Tinian.
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1947 (21 Aug.) postal stationery envelope from the D.-G.P.T. in Rangoon to London showing double impression of the Burmese Government crest and cross in red, carried by flying boat on the 'Dragon Route' between Hong Kong and London with the plane crashing on landing at Bahrain and with a fine strike of the type f "damaged by sea-water" handstamp in violet. Fine and desirable. Nierinck 470823. Photo £200-250
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1947 (21 Aug.) airmail envelope registered from Bombay to Switzerland franked at 14a.3p. tied by Ballard c.d.s. and showing a fine strike of the type f boxed handstamp in violet, the reverse with Winterthur arrival c.d.s. (1.10). Fine. Nierinck 470823 £110-150
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1940 (27 May) S.S. 'Eros' envelope from Toronto to France, the adhesive has become detached and with a fine strike of the type 2 cachet "salved from the sea", the reverse with part official seal tape, and (15 May) envelope (pasrt of address excised) from Osaka "Via America" to London bearing Air 12s. (2, a third adhesive detached) and showing a light strike of Higashinari registered handstamp and several strikes of the type 2 cachet. (2 covers) £100-120
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1942 (17 Sept.) envelope from Brooklyn, New York to Aberdeen, without adhesive
or flap and bearing a fine strike of "damaged by/sea water." in violet, and 1943 (10 June) envelope from Argentina to Bath bearing a similar handstamp in violet; soiled and with Post Office seals on the reverse. (2 covers) £80-100
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1943 (June) envelopes (2) from Argentina to England, both showing "damaged by/sea water" handstamp in violet, both suffering water damage, one with Post Office seal. Possibly carried on the 'Venezia' £80-100
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1945 (8 Jan.) sinking of the S.S. 'Groningen IV', calling card envelope bearing Dutch 1 1/2c. claret and redirected on arrival, the reverse with Post Office "staatsbedrijf der ptt" label and includes the original card. A good example of this scarce cover with only between 35-50 known. Photo £80-100
The mail was under water for twenty months before the vessel was recovered
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1945 (1 Mar.) sinking of S.S. 'Greenhill Park', envelope from Canada to Australia bearing Edmonton slogan postmark (the adhesive washed off) and with a good strike of "salvaged from/ship fire/vancouver bc" in black. Fine and scarce with between ten and twenty covers known. Photo £140-180
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1945 (27-28 Apr.) sinking of the S.S. 'Scythia', envelopes (2) from Toronto, one to Huddersfield and the other a window envelope with 4c. meter mark (type D1a with additional slogan), both covers bear fine strikes of the type 1 cachet "damaged by fire&water" in violet. Over 200 covers known £100-120
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A selection of covers with 1940 (23 Jan.) sinking of the S.S. 'Vidar', window envelope from Manchester showing "Beskadiget af Søvand" in violet (35 to 50 known); 1941 (13 Jan.) sinking of S.S. 'Alhena' envelope from Bedford to Aden showing, on reverse, boxed "damaged by sea/water" type 4 cachet in black; 1941-42 large commercial envelope from London to Singapore with boxed "damaged by sea water" and
"no service/return to sender" both in violet, the envelope suffering by immersion in water and any clue to the date can only be gathered by the transfer of printing on the inside, where invoices dated July 1941 can be identified (little is known about these elusive mails which were either off loaded in South Africa or an Indian port); 1945 (30 Apr.) S.S. 'Scythia' envelope from Preston, Ontario to London with the type 1 cachet; 1945 (24 Oct.) envelope from Gilbert & Ellice Islands to Cheshire showing "damaged by/water", and 1952 (14 Dec.) envelope from U.S.A. to Kent with a fair strike of "damaged by sea-water/not to be surcharged" in red. A useful group. (6 covers) £250-300
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Three examples in green, one showing King facing a little to right with cross-hatched suit collars, one facing forward with lightly crossed-hatched suit collars and one facing a little to right with no cross-hatching to suit collars, lettered "A", "B" and "C" respectively on wove surfaced paper (36x45mm.) affixed to single Bradbury, Wilkinson presentation card with that lettered "B" marked "Approved", initialled and dated "9/7/49", the card originally dated "5 apr 1949" on reverse. Photo £6,000-8,000
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One in brown with the King facing forward and no cross-hatching to suit collars, on surfaced wove paper (49x63mm.) affixed to Bradbury, Wilkinson presentation card marked "as submitted 18.4.51" and further "Not approved" in red ink. Photo £3,000-4,000
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One in green with the King facing forward and with cross-hatching to suit collars, on surfaced wove paper (48x55mm.) affixed to Bradbury, Wilkinson presentation card marked "Approved A Gaston" in red ink with "11. may 1951" below, the card originally dated "24 mar 1951" on reverse. Photo £3,000-4,000
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One in brown with the King facing forward and with cross-hatching to suit collars, on surfaced wove paper (48x55mm.) affixed to Bradbury, Wilkinson presentation card marked "Approved A Gaston" in red ink with "11. may 1951" below, the card originally dated "24 mar 1951" on reverse. Photo £3,000-4,000
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One in blue with the King facing forward and with cross-hatching to suit collars, on surfaced wove paper (48x63mm.) affixed to Bradbury, Wilkinson presentation card marked "Approved A Gaston" in red ink with "11. may 1951" below, the card originally dated "24 mar 1951" on reverse. Photo £3,000-4,000
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x 1967 "Independent Anguilla" overprint, a selection with set to 25c., other values to 10c. plus $1, $2.50 and $5 used on individual pieces; unmounted mint or fine used. Between S.G. 1-16, cat. £3,995 £800-1,000
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x A mint collection on stock pages which includes 1937 Dhow set to 10r. (unmounted mint), 1919-48 set to 10r. mint and perforated "specimen", 1949 Silver Wedding, 1951 set to 10/- on 10r., 1953-63 set to both 20/-; some of the States including Seiyun 1942 set to 5r. and 1946 Victory perforated "specimen". Also Abu Dhabi 1964 set to 10r. and 1966 set to 1d. on 10r., and Trucial States 1951 set to 10r. A couple of stamps with tone spots, apparently unmounted mint throughout. (150) £600-700
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1858 Great Britain 2d. blue Plate 7 cancelled by superb "A02" applied inverted; thinned at base, otherwise fine. Scarce. S.G. Z3, £1,000. Photo £250-300
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1862 no watermark, rough perf 14 to 16, 6d. blue-green, a "large" example unused with part original gum, fine. S.G. 1, £800. Photo £150-180
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1872 CC perf 12 1/2 1d. lake, 1d. scarlet with watermark inverted and 6d. blue-green, fine unused with part original gum. S.G. 13, 14w, 15; £950. Photo for 6d. £200-250
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1876 CC perf 14, 1d. lake and 6d. blue-green with watermark reversed, fine mint.
S.G. 16, 18x; £575. Photo for 6d. £150-180
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1879 CC perf 14 2 1/2d. red-brown with part original gum and 4d. blue with large part original gum; the 2 1/2d. a fraction soiled otherwise fine. S.G. 19-20, £850 £120-150
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x A mint collection in stockbook which includes 1882 4d. blue unused, 1884-87 set to
1/-, 1903-07 with 5/- chalky paper with plate number in margin, 1913 5/-, 1921-29 sets to £1 and 4/- with some additional multiples, 1932 Tercentenary set, and later issues to 1969; apparently unmounted mint from 1903, a couple of toned stamps. A good lot £350-450
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1882-1925 Postal Stationery selection of over 100 items, including cards, pictorial cards, letter cards, pneumatic post, envelopes, "muestra" overprints, wrappers, etc., chiely unused, some duplication, mostly fine £120-150
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1850-1990 mint and used collection housed in three Schaubek albums and a stock book contained in a carton, including 1850 1k., 2k., 1904 set, 1908-13 Accession to 5k., 1918 Air set on grey and white papers, 1922 Musicians, 1923 Artists, 1924 Artists, 1925-27 New Currency, 1925-30 Air set, 1928 Republic (mint and used), 1930 Anti T-B, 1931 Writers, 1933 F.I.S., 1934-36 3s., 5s., 1933 and 1935 Winter Relief, 1934 Architects, 1935 Air set, 1935 Heroes, 1936 Inventors (mint and cancelled on piece), 1937 Doctors, 1945 1rm. to 5rm., 1948 Artists, 1949 Children, 1950-53 Air Birds (used), 1950 Plebiscite, a fine range of later issues; Austro Hungarian Military Post, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc., mixed condition £700-800
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