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1855-1968 selection of covers and cards (650+) contained in a carton, including 1933 Winter Relief set, 1936 Inventors set, 1949 Millocker 1s. on f.d.c., 1950 Daffinger 60g. pair on f.d.c. and another three on censored cover to Switzerland, 1950 Hofer 60g. pair on f.d.c., 1950 Plebiscite, 1951 Reconstruction set on f.d.c., 1952 Olympics 2s.40 + 60g. on f.d.c., 1954 Health, 1964 stampless "Postgebuhr bar bezahlt" covers, Air Mails, Military, Censored, etc., mixed condition £250-300
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1938-44 collection of over 600 covers and cards and a few loose stamps, in album and written-up on leaves, contained in a carton, including Anschluss period, "der Führer in Wien" cachets, combination frankings of Austrian and German stamps, commemorative cancellations, stampless Feldpost with SS, propaganda postcards with anti-Semitic, Gusen concentration camp, Prisoner of War, Censored, Air mails, Postal Stationery with Swastika overprints, etc., chiefly fine.A fascinating lot £600-800
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x 1850-80 small selection of fifteen, including 1850 3k. with Melnik (Poland) c.d.s., 6k. with Lezaysk (Poland) semi-circular d.s., 1858-59 2k. yellow with blue N.Zsambokreth (Poland) in blue, etc., strikes and condition mixed £120-150
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1883-1971 selection of over 500 items, contained in a carton, including post cards with various pictorial series, fieldpost, post offices, etc., unused and used, chiefly fine £300-400
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1913-56 mint collection neatly mounted and written-up in six peg-fitting albums, the George V Heads in two volumes with values to 5d. and represented by a range of shades and a myriad of the varieties associated with this design, 1937-56 Definitives with some multiples, imprint blocks to 10/-, 10/- and £1 overprinted "specimen", paper and plate varieties and coil stamps, and a range of commemoratives with 1928 Exhibition 3d. block of four, 1930 Sturt and 1931 Air sets in imprint blocks of four, 1932 1/- (3, one overprinted "os"), 1932 Bridge set with 2d. and 3d. overprinted "os", 1934 Victoria set in both perfs., 1935 Jubilee 2d./3d. with some varieties, and later. A fresh, fine and attractive collection with viewing recommended £1,200-1,500
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6d., 2/-, 5/- and 10/-, and 1915 6d. (a few toned perfs. at top), 5/- and £1 chocolate and dull blue, good to fine mint. Photo £400-500
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x 10/- grey and pink with large part "CA" monogram, fresh mint with a small hinge remainder at top; short crease at right centre and with small handstamp on reverse. Extremely rare and an outstanding showpiece. S.G. 14; B.W. 47z, $75,000. Photo £8,000-10,000
Note: Of the "CA" monogram only three mint singles, one punctured by large "OS" and a block of six handstamped "Specimen" can be recorded. Every example seen of both this and the "JBC" monogram is incomplete in being trimmed at base
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x £1 brown and ultramarine overprinted "Specimen", 1915 6d. ultramarine, 1923-24 £1 grey plus a few other including 10/- perf "OS" used; fine with the mint being unmounted. (7). Photo £250-300
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£1 brown and ultramarine from the foot of the sheet with large part original gum;
a couple of slightly shortish perforations at top. Lovely colour and fresh appearance.
S.G. 15, £2,750. Photo £800-1,000
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 1, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint comprising panes 1 and 2 showing various plate flaws including "saddle on emu" retouched and scratch through oval from kangaroo's ear to King's nose, both panes folded along central vertical perforations, some perfs at foot a little concertina'd otherwise fine unmounted mint.
S.G. 86, £480+ £120-150
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 2, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint comprising panes 3 and 4, showing various plate flaws including white line under under right value tablet, small white dot on "y" of "penny" and colour flaw outside right frame opposite emu's neck, a few split perfs otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86, £480+ £120-150
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 3, a complete mint sheet with Mullett imprint comprising panes 5 and 6 showing various plate flaws including damaged lower right frame, dot before right "1" and thinned left frame, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86/a, £530+ £150-180
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 3, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "a") comprising panes 5 and 6 showing various plate flaws including damaged lower right frame, dot before right "1" and thinned left frame, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86/a, £530+ £150-180
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 3, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "a") comprising panes 5 and 6 and showing watermark inverted, various plate flaws including dot before right "1", some ink and pencil notations in selvedge and some split perfs, otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86w/a, £2900+ £700-900
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Mullett imprint comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark", flaw under neck and "ra" joined, some split and re-inforced perfs otherwise fine mint. S.G. 86/b/c/£680+ £180-220
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Mullett imprint showing watermark inverted comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark", flaw under neck and "ra" joined, some ink notations in selvedge otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86w/b/c/d, £2880++ £700-900
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "n") comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark", flaw under neck retouched and "ra" joined retouched, some pencil notations in selvedge and a few split perfs., otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86/b £150-180
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1d. green, perf 14, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "a") comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark" retouched, flaw under neck retouched and "ra" retouched, a few split perfs otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 86 £150-180
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1d. green, perf 13 1/2x12 1/2, Plate 1, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint comprising panes 1 and 2, the latter with columns two and three being Die II, showing various plate flaws including "saddle" on emu retouched, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 95/b, £1225+ £400-500
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1d. green, perf 13 1/2x12 1/2, Plate 2, a complete mint sheet with small part Ash imprint comprising panes 3 and 4 showing various plate flaws including "penavy", white line under right value tablet and small white dot on "y" of "penny", a few split perfs otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 95, £540+ £150-180
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1d. green, perf 13 1/2x12 1/2, Plate 3, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "a") comprising panes 5 and 6 showing various plate flaws including damaged lower right frame retouched, dot before "1" corrected by re-entry and thinned left frame, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 95 £150-180
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1d. green, perf 13 1/2x12 1/2, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Mullett imprint comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark", flaw under neck and "ra" joined, a few pencil notations in selvedge, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 95/ab/ac/ad, £850+ £250-300
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1d. green, perf 13 1/2x12 1/2, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "n") comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark" retouched, flaw under neck State IV second re-entry, "Ferns" and "ra" retouched, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 96 £200-250
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1d. green, perf 13 1/2x12 1/2, Plate 4, a complete mint sheet with Ash imprint ("n" over "a") comprising panes 7 and 8 showing various plate flaws including "secret mark" retouched, flaw under neck State IV second re-entry, "ferns" retouched and "ra" retouched, some split perfs otherwise fine unmounted mint. S.G. 95 £180-220
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x A mostly mint collection in stockbook with New South Wales from 1851-55 2d. worn plate (small thin spots), 1890 5/- handstamped "Specimen", 1885-86 10/- blue overprint unmounted mint, 1897 Diamond Jubilee pair mint and used, some "O S" including multiples; Queensland 1907-11 2/6d. to £1; South Australia1886-96 £4 and £5 overprinted "specimen", 1902-04 to £1 and 1904-07 to £1; Tasmania from Chalon Head 1d. and 4d., 1892-99 £1 and some Specimen values, pictorials; Victoria 1867-81 5/-, 1886-96 £5 handstamped "Specimen", 1897 Hospital Charity mint (2) and used; Western Australia with Queen's head values to £1. Condition is generally fine to very fine with the majority of stamps being unmounted mint. Well worth closer inspection £1,000-1,200
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x Mostly Q.E. mint collection in stockbook which includes 1959-64 values to 5/- (3), 1963-72 Navigators set Specimen and mint to £2 (2), 1966-73 decimal set to $4 (2) plus Specimen set, 1978 Aviators including imperf. and later to 1983 pus a duplicated group of Postage Dues with some multiples and some A.A.T. An attractive lot, apparently unmounted mint £200-250
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1857 G.B. 4d. rose cancelled with superb "A05"; very fine. S.G. Z3, £475. Photo £250-300
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1859-60 medium paper, 1d. reddish lake block of four with good to large margins and large part original gum; also a single with manuscript horizontal line £150-180
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1861-62 no watermark rough perf 14 to 16, 1d. lake unused with small part original gum, slightly faded otherwise fine. S.G. 4, £650 £70-90
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x 1880 (16 Mar.) envelope to Waterville NY, bearing 1876 perf 14 4d. bright rose centrally cancelled (not tied) by "A05" obliterator, showing "new york due/3/u.s. currency" h.s. (22.3) with US Postage Due 3c. applied alongside and, on reverse, despatch and arrival datestamps. A neat, clean and attractive franking. Photo £2,000-2,500
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1882 CA perf 12, 1d. scarlet-vermilion and 4d. rose, both fine unused with part original gum. S.G. 40-41, £610 £120-150
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x 1938-52 1/2d. to £1 and 1942 Landing of Columbus 1/2d. to £1 perforated "specimen", also 1935 8d. and 1938-52 values to £1 perforated "specimen", unmounted mint.
S.G. 145s, 149-160s, 162-175s, £1425 (26) £300-400
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1938-52 largely mint collection with all values represented mint and used, additional items include a range of the various printings from 1938, a few multiples and 2d. scarlet with short "T" mint; generally fine £400-500
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1686 (26 Mar.) entire letter from Benjamin Cryer in London? to "Madam Barbarah Newton", red wax seal on reverse; slight reinforcement and trimming though a very early letter to the island from this well-known correspondence. Photo £400-500
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1859 (27 Sept.) entire to London, bearing 1858 6d. deep rose-red tied by "1" obliterator, showing arrival c.d.s. in red (18.10) with despatch datestamp on reverse;
the 6d. crossed by pressed vertical filing crease. S.G. 11a £100-120
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1860 (11 Jan.) entire letter to Williamstown, Victoria, bearing 1858 6d. deep rose-red (2, small faults) both clearly cancelled "1" and showing London Paid transit c.d.s. (1.2) in red below, the reverse with despatch, Melbourne (13.4) and arrival (14.4) datestamps.
A scarce franking to an unusual destination. Photo £600-800
Provenance: Peter Jaffé, November 2006
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1861 (25 Feb.) envelope to Brighton, bearing 1858 6d. rose-red (margin just clear at right) tied by "1" obliterator, showing light London Paid c.d.s. in red with, on reverse, despatch and arrival datestamps. Photo £250-300
Provenance: Frank Deakin, April 2010
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x 1866 (9 Apr.) envelope from St. Peter to England, bearing 1861-70 1/- black (one corner defective) clearly cancelled by bootheel "10" and with London Paid c.d.s. (20.4) on face, the reverse with "10", Barbados and Ashbourne (30.4) c.d.s.; despite the defect scarce used on cover with only six examples recorded by Roett £80-100
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1875-80 CC, perf 12 1/2 1/2d., 4d. and perf 14 1/2d., 1d. (2), 3d., 4d. (3, one with watermark reversed), 6d. (2) and 1/- (2), various shades, generally fine mint. Cat. £2700+ £500-600
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x 1876 (3 July) blue envelope from Bridgetown to St. Michael, bearing 1875-80 1d. grey-blue cancelled by bootheel duplex, no other postal markings; the envelope with traces of foxing though rare, being one of five covers recorded by Roett bearing this stamp £100-120
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1878 1d. on 5/- dull rose Type 1 unsevered pair reading downwards, cancelled by bootheel, centred to lower left; small closed tear towards upper right and both top corner perfs added, nevertheless a presentable example. B.P.A. Certificate (1993). S.G. 86b, £2,500. Photo £100-120
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1920-21 Victory 3/- black and dull orange variety "C" of "CA" omitted from watermark, lightly cancelled; minute tear nevertheless a collectable example. S.G. 211a, unpriced as used £100-120
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The Luis G. Martin Collection
Luis G. Martin (1945-2009), a native of Uruguay, made his home in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He lived in Canada for 39 years, was a professional engineer and an ardent philatelist.
Luis enjoyed broad and deep interests in his collecting, including the challenges of studying "difficult material". Stamps from Helgoland, Uruguay and Batum were his favourites, and reflected his passion for the unusual. His studies of reprints and forgeries was incorporated into advanced collections, adding information to published literature on his subjects.
Luis Martin exhibited both locally and internationally; his "British Occupation of Batum" was exhibited in 2002 in Victoria, British Columbia (Gold Medal) and in the United States at WESTPEX 2009 (Silver Medal). He was a member of many philatelic societies and corresponded worldwide, searching for treasures and sharing information. | |
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x 1919 envelope addressed locally, showing cash prepayment framed handstamp completed for 15k. in manuscript and initialled by the postmaster, with intaglio Arms handstamp at left. A.P.S. Certificate (1994). Photo £150-200
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x 1919 (11 Jan.) stampless envelope (odd minor tone spot) to London, showing fine "field post office/80" double-ring d.s. and violet censor h.s., and 1919 (21 Jan.) picture postcard to England, marked "O.A.S.", showing fair to fine "field post office/80" double-ring d.s. overstruck by red censor h.s. £120-150
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x 1919 (19 Jan.) Greek Military 10l. red postal stationery card (embossed at upper left in albino with Greek stamp) to Wales, cancelled by large part "field post office/80" double-ring d.s. and showing purple censor h.s. alongside. Scarce. Photo £100-120
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x 1919 (20 Feb.) Greek Military 5l. stationery card to England, marked "O.A.S." and cancelled by "field post office/80" double-ring d.s., no censor markings £80-100
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x 1919 (26 Feb.) Greek Military 10l. stationery card to England, cancelled by fine "military post office/80" double-ring d.s. and showing violet censor h.s., fine. Photo £100-120
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x 1920 (15 May) stampless envelope to England, marked "O.A.S.", showing fine Indian "F.P.O./N 1/4 406" datestamp; some creasing at right. Less than ten covers are known with this postmark. Photo £150-180
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x 1920 (20 May) picture postcard to England, carried in diplomatic bag by British naval vessel to London, where "received from h.m.ship/no charge to be raised" h.s. was applied. An extremely rare item of mail from Batum. Photo £200-250
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x An outstanding study/collection of the Aloe Tree issue, partly mounted on over 70 exhibition pages with original research, also housed in five stockbooks or loose stock pages, all contained in carton. The first issue with the four transfer types for each value identified as well as the four different forgeries, plus the 5k. and 10k. with part Telegraph seal cancels, the 50k. with superb central strike of the Insurance seal circular intaglio h.s. (very rare). The second issue with the six transfer types for each value identified, plus examples of the three different forgeries. The first issue surcharged including 25r on 5k. (55, twenty-six in blue), 25r. on 25k. (50, seven used and one with blue surcharge) and 50r. on 50k. block of four. The third issue with the six transfer types for each value identified, the short "a" variety on each value, broken "t" on 3r., 7r., 10r. and 25r. plus examples of the three forgeries on various values. Much duplication throughout with multiples of various sizes, a large number with transfer types identified. A chiefly fine and very interesting lot with viewing strongly recommended £2,500-3,000
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