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1872 (11 Apr.) envelope, with contents from Cuthbert Druitt at Elmina on H.M.S. Seagull printed stationery, to England, bearing 1867-70 6d. Pl. 9 with indistinct cancellation, and 1860 (22 Sept.) envelope from Ipswich to "H.M.S. Spitfire, West Coast of Africa" bearing 1855-57 6d. ; both with faults though an unusual pair £100-120
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1913-21 5/- neatly tied by Victoriaborg double-ring datestamp on Kiderlen envelope registered to Germany £70-90
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1938-44 3d. handpainted essay showing Christianborg Castle and with portrait oval blank, stamp-size in blue with country name, value tablets, etc., picked out in Chinese white, on card (32mm x 40mm). Unique and most attractive. Photo £800-1,000
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x A mint collection on stockleaves from 1875 6d., 1876-84 1/2d. and 4d., 1884-91 values to 1/- (2), 1889-94 high value set of four overprinted "specimen", 20/- dull mauve and black on red, 1902 5/-, 1907-14 values to 2/- pair and 5/- corner stamp, 1913-21 values to 5/- die II (6 with corner block of four) and 10/- (4 with plate 8 corner pair),
1921-24 15/- die II plus £1 overprinted "specimen", 1948 set to 10/- perforated "specimen" and mint, both Q.E. sets. A good lot, some of the earlier issues with gum disturbance, the majority of later issues unmounted mint £500-600
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1895 unstamped envelope from Capt. L.G. Drummond of the Scotts Guards serving in the Special Service Corps to London, headed "Ashanti Expedition" showing "paquebot/liverpool" double-ring d.s. (30.1), handstruck "d1" (wrong rate, should have been "2 1/2d" for an Officer's letter) and, on reverse, London arrival c.d.s. (31.1);
the envelope with large tear through face panel. Photo £150-180
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1896 unstamped envelope from Capt. Acland Hood of the Rifle Brigade to London and redirected to Gosport, headed "Ashanti Expedition, No Stamps", showing handstruck "d2 1/2d", Gosport arrival c.d.s. (20.2) with, on reverse, Liverpool Br. Packet (19.2) and London (20.2) datestamps; the envelope with most of flap missing. Photo £150-180
Provenance: Colin McCaig
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1898 (12 Aug.) 1d. stationery card from Surgeon-Major A.A. Sutton to Devonport, cancelled by "kumasi/gold coast" double-ring d.s., showing another strike alongside, two strikes of Cape Coast transit d.s. (25.8) and light Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s. in red; the card with small tear at top and some light creases £70-90
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1901 (31 Jan.) wrapper from Cambridge to Surgeon-dresser F.I.M. Jupe, Kumasi Field Force, redirected to the Colonial Office in London and redirected again to Warminster, bearing GB 1d. lilac tied by "158" duplex and showing, on reverse, Cape Coast datestamp (5.4). Most unusual £80-100
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1901 (4 Mar.) 1d. stationery card from Capt. P.A. Charrier, Royal Munster Fusiliers, seconded to the West African Regiment, addressed to Paris (addressee's name expunged), cancelled by light "kumasi/gold coast" c.d.s. and showing Cape Coast transit datestamp; the card with some peripheral browning £50-60
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1915 (16 Feb.) KE 1/2d. stationery card, uprated with KGV 1/2d., from Coomassie to Switzerland and censored on arrival; also 1906 (21 Apr.) picture postcard (Kumasi. The Fort, view from south) used from Winnebah to London, 1915 unstamped picture postcard from Accra to Plymouth, marked "Active Service..." (rest of endorsement torn away presumably by censor) and showing London "received from h.m. ship/no charge to be raised", and 1916 (16 Sept.) envelope registered from Winnebah to London bearing KGV 3d. £60-80
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1917 (5 Apr.) picture postcard from Accra to Switzerland, bearing KGV 1d. tied by light c.d.s. and showing fair to fine circular "passed by censor/Crown" handstamp in black (Type 2) £60-80
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1916 (18 July) envelope to Switzerland, bearing KGV 1/2d. and 1d. (2) tied by "odumasie/gold coast" double-ring d.s. and showing "opened by/censor./accra." label (Type L4) tied by blue "passed by censor" h.s. (Type 2); the envelope with vertical crease near adhesives £70-90
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1916 (3 Sept.) envelope to Switzerland, bearing KGV 2 1/2d. tied by indistinct datestamp, showing "opened by/censor./accra." label (Type L4) and blue "passed by censor" h.s. (Type 2) £80-100
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1916 (4 Oct.) envelope to Switzerland, bearing KGV 2 1/2d. tied by Accra c.d.s., showing "opened by/censor./accra." label (Type L4) tied by violet "passed by censor" h.s. (Type 2); envelope with small piece missing at top right £70-90
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1918 (9 Jan.) 1/2d. stationery card uprated with KE 1/2d. from Accra to Switzerland and then re-addressed to Germany, showing smudged "passed by censor" h.s. (Type 2) in black, Basel c.d.s. (15.4) and two German censor h.s., in blue and faintly in violet £60-80
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1918 (25 Mar.) unstamped envelope from Accra to New York, showing despatch c.d.s., circular-framed "T", New York "due/10/cents" duplex, British Censor label tied by New York Censor h.s. in purple and bearing pre-cancelled US Postage Due 10c. on reverse £50-60
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x 1861-1960 (c.) mint and used collection arranged in two stockbooks, including a good range of Large Hermes Heads with 1861 Paris prints, 1861-62 Athens coarse and fine prints and later with a good range of shades and a few mint multiples, 1896 Olympics to 5d. mint, 1900-07 Olympic Games surcharges to 2d. on 10d. mint, 1906 Second Olympic Games to 5d. mint, 1933 Graf Zeppelin to 120d. mint, (10 Oct.) Air to 50d. (2, one used on piece); also Postage Dues and few Crete. Condition mixed. (hundreds) £1,200-1,500
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x 1932-54, a group of mint sets with 1932 Graf Zeppelin, 1933 Air set, 1953 National Products and 1954 "Enosis"; lightly mounted or unmounted mint £140-180
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1861-62 1d. bluish green, unused and regummed, small surface abrasion. S.G. 1, £4,400. Photo £200-250
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1861-62 1d. bluish green cancelled with 1862 "B" datestamp, fine; also 1d. green (thin) similarly cancelled with November 1862 datestamp. S.G. 1, 2, £350 £100-120
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1881 (Apr.) wmk Large Star, 2 1/2d. rose-lake, variety "pencf", centred to left, unused without gum. S.G. 22d, £475 £80-100
Provenance: William Frazer, October 2003
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x A mint collection on stockleaves which includes 1883 values to 8d. tête-bêche pairs, 1895-99 values to 1/-, 1902 1/- to 10/-, 1904-06 set to 10/-, K.G.V head values to 10/-, 1934-36 set to 5/-, 1938-50 set to 10/- perforated "specimen" and mint with values to 10/- (3) and later definitive sets to 1968. Lightly mounted or unmounted mint £250-300
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1871-1976 mint and used collection in a black album, hundreds including 1873 1p. fresh with original gum, 1879 Quetzal 1/4r., 1r., 1881 Quetzal set, 1886 to 200c., 1898 surcharges on Fiscal stamps, a fine range of later issues with varieties, etc., chiefly good to fine £300-400
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x A mint and used collection contained in a red stockbook, on pages and loose, housed in a carton, including a fine duplicated range of the issued stamps along with their associated reprints and including 1867-68 rouletted 1sch. with part original gum and used,
1869-73 1/4sch. block of four, 1875-90 1m. (9 unused and 1 used), Postal Stationery with good ranges of postcards including 1875 5pf. used to Hamburg, Formula cards, envelopes, wrappers, unused Money Order/Parcel cards (6, different colours) etc., unused and used, many annotated reprints, etc., also a group of over 200 picture post cards, many coloured, some used from Heligoland, and a photograph, c.1916, of the Kaiser's visit. Mixed condition though an interesting lot for the specialist £3,000-4,000
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1862-1998 mint and used collection housed in nine folders and loose contained in a carton, thousands including 1863-71 96c. brownish grey used, 1882-96 30c. with original gum, 1891 Jubilee 2c., 1900-01 30c. with original gum, 1891 50c. on 48c. with additional Chinese character with original gum, 1912-21 $10 used, 1935 Jubilee set, 1938-52 $10 green and violet, $10 lilac and blue, 1941 Centenary set, 1948 Wedding set, 1949 UPU set, 1954-62 $10, 1962-73 to $20, 1966 Churchill, 1968 Sea Craft, 1970 New Year, later with values to $50 in blocks of four, Frama labels, and a few mixed Empire and Foreign, etc., chiefly good to fine £800-1,000
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x 1863-1901 used selection (40) on album leaves with 1885 $1 on 96c. Fair to fine £120-150
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1891 $1 on 96c. purple on red,without additional Chinese handstamp, large part original gum, fresh and fine. S.G. 47, £800. Photo £350-400
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1904-06 $10 slate and orange on blue ordinary paper, fresh unmounted mint; trace of a horizontal crease along top frame, otherwise fine. S.G. 90, £1.900. Photo £700-800
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1948 Silver Wedding set, unmounted mint; $10 with natural gum crease towards top. S.G. 171-172, £325 £120-150
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x 1948 Silver Wedding set unmounted mint; also other mint Commemoratives with 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1941 Centenary plus some others. (21) £150-180
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1962 5c. to $20 set of fifteen, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 196-210, £160 £80-100
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Postal Stationery: A selection (20) including 1880-1900 8a., 1902-02 I Gildi on 1879 type 5a., on 1880 type 8a., 1902 3a., 5a., 1907 "3" on 5a.,, reply paid postcards 1883 5a.+5a., 10a.+10a., 1902 8a+8a., 1907-13 10a+10a., Air letters 1957 175a., chiefly fine unused. Also two Denmark £100-120
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x 1809 (20 Dec.) entire letter from A. Gordon Caulfield at "Kishenaghur" to Madeira ordering the annual pipe of wine to be delivered care of the Bengal Medical Establishment at Calcutta, carried by hand to London and sent by the Falmouth packet Duke of Montrose, prepaid "2/5" for single rate letter and with fine "foreign" c.d.s. on reverse, "40" reis postage due from addressee; partially toned face panel though believed to be the earliest recorded postal item from Kishangarh £140-180
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x 1852 Scinde Dawk 1/2a. white with large margins all round, cancelled with "cogwheel" obliterator and affixed on large part native wrapper with indistinct address in English; the adhesive toned and with creases/cracks towards top. Rare on cover. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. S1. Photo £2,500-3,000
Provenance: "Medina" Part II, May 2013
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x 1/2a. blue Die I cancelled and tied by diamond of dots on 1854 (2 Oct.) small native entire letter from Allahabad to Calcutta, manuscript "2/10/54" at lower left, the reverse with despatch and arrival datestamps and, upon receipt, a filing datestamp date 2 September in error. A very rare early usage of the 1/2a. value only issued the day before on 1 October. Sismondo (2008) and B.P.A. (2013) Certificates. Photo £4,000-5,000
Note: The writer originally dated the letter in September but realising his mistake altered this to October. When the letter was filed the clerk misread "Oct" for "Sept" and incorrectly entered the date of writing as "2 Sept."
Provenance:
"Medina" Part 1, January 2013
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x 1a. red Die III with margin at top and largely at foot, touched on the vertical sides, fresh unused; thin spots at upper left. A rare stamp. B.P.A. Certificate (2013). S.G. 15, £3,000. Photo £500-600
Provenance: "Medina Part III, October 2013
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x 1905 lithographic reprints from the Hausberg's handbook, comprising Plate III with 1/2a. and 1a. strip of eight and Plate IV with 1/2a., 2a. essays (both designs), 4a. and head; fine and scarce £2,200-2,500
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1921 9p. on 1a., first setting lower right corner block of forty-eight (6x8) with four
of each showing "PIES/PIES" (R2/13-16 of the fourth pane) and "NINE/NINE" (R4/13-16 of the third pane) errors; fine unmounted mint. S.G. 192/a/b, £1,100+ £400-500
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1921 9p. on 1a., second setting lower right corner block of forty-eight (6x8), with four showing "PIES/PIES" (R2/13-16 of the third pane) error; fine unmounted mint.
S.G. 192/b £520+ £400-500
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x Post Office presentation folder bearing the set of four in blocks of four, the 1 1/2a., 12a. and 10r. stuck down, the 3 1/2a. affixed in clear mount £300-400
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x Courvoisier blue on pale grey presentation folder containing the set of four lightly hinged £1,000-1,200
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x First day envelope registered from Bombay to Switzerland, bearing the set of four (12a. defective) with oval commemorative datestamps, registration label and arrival c.d.s. (19.8) on reverse. Photo £1,000-1,200
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x First day plain envelope registered from Porbandar to New Zealand, bearing 1 1/2a., 3 1/2a. and 12a. sharing a single c.d.s. with handstamped registration handstamp alongside and, on reverse, 3p. on 1a.3p. and 9p. values. Photo £500-600
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1992 (30 Dec.) Birds of Prey, 2r. Osprey error 1r. instead of 2r., fresh unmounted mint. A fine example of this rare and unusual modern error. R.P.S. Certificate (2015).
S.G. 1525a, £7,500. Photo £5,000-6,000
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x A general mint collection in stockbook which includes 1854 1/2a., 1876 6a. block of four, 1882-90 3a. block of six, 1895 2r. and 5r., 1902 set to 5r. and 15r., 1911-23 to 10r. and 15r., 1926-33 set to 25r. plus additional 15r. (3), strip of three and block of four, and 25r. from the upper left corner 1937-40 set to 25r, with additional 5r. block of six and 10r. blocks of four (3), 1948 Gandhi set to 10r. (2); Officials with some Q.V., 1909 values to 10r. (2), 1926-31 to 10r. (3), 1948 Gandhi 1 1/2a. (2); C.E.F. overprints including 1914-22 set to 1r. A very attractive lot which is generally lightly mounted or unmounted mint £1,500-1,800
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x 1925-27 selection comprising 1925 (Feb.) Cobham card from Calcutta to Delhi with pink label, 1926 (July) Cobham plain unaddressed envelope marked as carried from Calcutta to Melbourne, 1927 (Feb.) Karachi to Delhi by Stack and Leete, (corner fault) 1927 (Feb.) R.A.F. Display from Delhi and 1927 (1 July) "Moth" (2); a few a little soiled, otherwise sound £150-200
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1927 (14 Feb.) Hendon-Karachi by Stack and Leete envelopes carried from Karachi to Delhi and Rawalpindi, both franked at 1a. cancelled by flight cachet and with despatch c.d.s. on face, R.A.F. Display and arrival c.d.s. on reverse, and Sikkim Rocket 1935 (13 Apr.) over Singtam River envelope bearing special 2r. yellow and blue label tied by Rocket Experiments cachet and with "over river/singtam." cachet alongside £150-200
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x 1928 (May) Doisy and Carol from Calcutta to Rangoon, Amsterdam-Batavia Experimental flights (Sept.) Capt. Koppen from Calcutta to Rangoon, (Oct.) Flight Lt. Prillwitz from Calcutta to Rangoon and (Oct.) Capt. Schott from Calcutta to Rangoon; fine £180-200
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x 1929-33 selection (11) including 1029 (May.) Bengal Air Transport Co. from Calcutta to Silliguri, 1929 (June) Joan Page, 1931 (July) Emergency flight by Delhi Flying Club (5), 1932 (Feb.) Viceroy's Cup Air Race and 1933 (Sept.) Edmonstone Island to Dum Dum; generally fine £200-250
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x 1930 (Oct.) World flight by Mrs. Victor Bruce, printed envelopes from Karachi to Jodhpur, Calcutta, Akyab and Rangoon, all bearing 1a. carmine and signed by the pilot; one a fraction toned, otherwise sound £120-150
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