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1922 Cover from Jerusalem and a card from Damascus, both to G.B with boxed "MINIMUM LETTER POSTAGE / U.K. to PALESTINE 3d", and 1925 cover from Tiberias to G.B with boxed "Minimum postage on letters / to Palestine 2½d", this handstamp previously unrecorded. (3). £100-120
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1927-48 Covers and cards bearing the pictorial definitive issue, the postal history exhibit written up in German on 56 pages including printed matter rates and cancels, express mail (7), 1934 Gaza to Vizagapatam first flight, 1937 registered insured cover to Egypt, 1941 stampless cover from a German female interned in Jerusalem with "HEADQUARTERS / THE PALESTINE POLICE FORCE / CENSORSHIP (C.I.D)" dated cachet, 1930 cover bearing 7m and 13m both with "A.P.C" perfins of the Anglo-Palestine Co., 1947 covers to Switzerland with Swiss 15c postage due stamps (2), 1947 cover bearing seven perf 14½x14 10m coil stamps, 1944 cover to Switzerland with violet oval "O.A.T.", 1941 cover franked 10m to South Africa with ½d and 1d postage due stamps, postal stationery including a censored 10m letter card to Switzerland, 1931 Levant Fair advertising cover, 1941 censored postcard to Roumania with Russian transit datestamps, cancellations including Benjamina and Bir Zeit skeletons, censored mail with one containing the P.C.5 slip "This cover was opened when it reached the censor", etc. Also "The Postal History of British Palestine" by E.B Proud. An interesting collection. (78). £500-700
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Overland Mail. 1934 Air Mail cover from G.B to Jerusalem, forwarded to Baghdad, with scarce boxed bilingual "RECEIVED BY / OVERLAND" in violet. Also two other covers from Iraq or Persia to G.B sent overland via Baghdad and Haifa. (3). £100-120
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Parcel Post. 1927 Parcel card for three parcels to Switzerland bearing Palestine overprint 5m, 1pi, 5pi and 20pi pair tied by Mea Shearin datestamps, two punch holes, otherwise fine and scarce. Also 1946 parcel card to Egypt with 10m, 20m, 50m and 250m tied Nahariya datestamps, some folds. (2). £120-150
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Parcel Post. 1930-34 Blue or white parcel cards for a parcel from Jerusalem to USA franked 340m or from Tel Nordan Tel Aviv to Switzerland franked 85m with a Swiss Customs form attached. Very unusual. (2). £100-150
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Levant Fair. 1931-36 Covers with Arab or Levant Fair slogans (5) or advertising labels (5); 1934 advertising envelope, organisers meter mark and "LEVANT FAIR TEL AVIV" c.d.s. (13). £100-120
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Skeleton Cancellations. 1937-47 Covers and cards, single ring cancels comprising 1939 (July 12) "BAT GALIM" registration number 0001 posted on the first day of the postal agency, 1945 cover and card both with "NUSEIRAT" both from Greek refugees, and 1947 "HIDJAZ STREET / HAIFA" on a registered cover; also double circle "REHAVIA BO / JSM" on a 1937 registered cover. A scarce group. (5). £200-240
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1936 (Sep 8) 8m Postal stationery postcard to England with "TALAVERA BKS / JERUSALEM" skeleton cancel, fine and scarce. Only recorded in use 15th July - 11th Oct 1936, when its functions were probably taken over by the British F.P.Os. Photo on Page 77. £120-150
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Postage Dues. 1924 Cover from London to Ramleh franked 1½d with Palestine 1923 issue 1m and 4m dues tied by a Ramleh c.d.s, boxed "TO PAY / 5 / MILLEMES", variously redirected with 14 other Egypt or Palestine datestamps. A good use of the first issue dues, scarce on cover. Photo on Page 77. £160-200
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Postage Dues. 1937-47 Covers and cards all bearing 1928-44 issue postage dues with internal covers unpaid charged 20m or franked 2m and charged 6m; 4m postal stationery postcard charged 6m; covers bearing disallowed Palestine Revenues (2, one cancelled at Haifa) both charged 10m; G.B cover franked 6d and charged 72m, refused and returned; Egypt cover franked 22m and charged 9m; and a 1947 postcard from Austria franked 24g and charged 5m (1m + perf 15x14 4m, S.G. D14a) with various cachets including boxed "P.T. 514 ISSUED ON .......". (8). £280-350
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Postage Dues. 1939 USA 1c Postcard uprated 7c to Tel Aviv, with Palestine censor cachet and To Pay handstamp, bearing 6m postage due; and a cover from Khartoum to Haifa franked 10m with a cachet of the 1st Bn. Cheshire Regt. and a violet To Pay handstamp, bearing 1m and 6m postage dues. The postcard with light crease and a little edge staining, the cover fine. (2). £100-120
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1928-48 Covers, cards, etc., including red "Postage Paid" double ring datestamps on covers (2) or proof strikes on piece (4), red Postage Paid skeleton datestamps of Jaffa or Tel Aviv, printed matter rates and triangular cancels, Haifa to Rafah T.P.O bag label and c.d.s. on 1936 cover, 1935 AR registered cover, 1939 cover with ER (Edward VIII) Officially Sealed label used at Jerusalem, reply coupons (2), 1936 cover from the German Consulate in Jerusalem carried by diplomatic bag and posted in Berlin, pictorial telegrams, 1942 cover from the US Consul in Jerusalem carried by diplomatic bag with 10m pair cancelled in Washington D.C, Tel Aviv Dizengoff St. list of registered letters, 1947 letters concerning the new postal agency at Qiryat Amal, 1948 cover from the Palestine Government Clearance Office in Cyprus, etc. (41). £240-280
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1929-48 Covers and cards including 1929 Graf Zeppelin Orientfahrt postcard and cover (faults) dropped at Ramle and 1931 Agyptenfahrt postcard from Cairo to Jerusalem; Imperial Airways first flights from Gaza to London in 1929 (2), Gaza to Jodhpur or Delhi in 1931 and Gaza to Australia or Dutch East Indies in 1934; LOT Airlines first flight from Tel Aviv to Bucharest in 1937; scarce Palestine Airways Tel-Aviv to Haifa first flight in 1938; and commercial covers including 1948 (April 26) cover to the USA flown on the last day of international air mail from the British Mandate of Palestine. (14). £180-240
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Air Mail Labels. 1935-40 Display collection on 16 pages with complete 1936 booklet (2, staples removed) and booklet panes, 1935-38 KLM labels with blocks and panes and complete booklets (3), 1937-38 LOT and 1939-40 Ala Littoria labels with blocks. An unusual lot. £100-150
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Crash Covers. 1937 (Sept.) Picture postcard to Germany franked 8m with "T/10 CTS" and violet "Aus verunglucktem Flugzeug / durch asst geborgen" and a cover to Ireland franked 13m with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY / SEA WATER / IN AIRPLANE / ACCIDENT", both from the "Courtier" flying boat which crashed in Phaleron Bay; and 1937 (Dec 5) cover with eight stamps totalling 23m, to England with violet boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", from the flying boat "Cygnus" which crashed at Brindisi. (3). Photo on Page 81. £150-200
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1936 Arab Rebellion. Covers with British F.P.O datestamps including Sep. 19 cover with enclosed letter posted on the H.M.T "Dorsetshire" en route to Palestine with scarce F.P.O 12 c.d.s; covers from Palestine with British stamps cancelled F.P.O 12, 15, 16 (2), 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24 or 25 and stampless official mail with F.P.O 16 or 26 (2); ingoing mail to soldiers (5, three with arrival datestamps of F.P.O 20 (2) or 23); also a 1929 postcard from a soldier in Jerusalem because of the Arab riots, and 1937 cover from Sudan to Jerusalem redirected to Nathanya by dispatch rider with violet "DRLS" and "ARMY / JSM / SIGNALS" c.d.s. (22). £200-250
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1936 Arab Rebellion. Express air mail cover from Jerusalem (June 16) to Egypt franked 50m, with white sealing tape tied by red boxed "PALESTINE / OPENED AND / PASSED BY / CENSOR / No.". Also an aerial propaganda leaflet in Arabic, appealing to the people to stop the strikes, acts of violence, disturbances and disobedience. Very little censored mail recorded during the 1936 rebellion. (2). Photo on Page 81. £100-150
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World War Two Censorship. 1939-45 Covers and cards including 1939 (Aug 31) cover from Beyrouth with censor label of Jerusalem; 1939 (Oct 21) scarce "PASSED / BY CENSOR / JERUSALEM" machine; army unit censor cachets of the "56th (Field) Company, R.E" or "R.A.O.C Details, Haifa"; cachets requesting the sender to indicate the language used on the front of the envelope (3 types) or stating "Stamp missing when received at Jerusalem postal censorship"; Tel Aviv 'crown in pentagon' cachet; permit cachets (3); 1939 (Sep 25) postcard to USA returned with boxed "PROHIBITED"; 1940 (July 19) registered cover to Switzerland handstamped "CONDEMNED" but finally delivered in January 1945, etc. (15). £250-300
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World War Two. 1939-45 Covers, cards, etc., including 1939 (Aug 30) postcards to Poland returned to the senders (2), air mail rates and routes with PAA Clipper mail to USA or G.B (5) and horseshoe route to USA or G.B; airgraphs (6, one an original unused 40m form); "O.A.T" cachets (2); Red Cross messages (3), vouchers for messages (2) and envelopes (2, one with scarce red Jerusalem "3M Postage Paid" machine), etc. (34). £200-250
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1940-48 Forces Mail, mainly British F.P.O datestamps including 1940 (Dec 8) F.P.O 123 on stampless cover endorsed "Christmas Air Mail", 2/6 Clipper rates (3), 3/- rates with the cachet "TO BE FORWARDED BY / AIR FROM SINGAPORE" (3), F.P.O 122 on an Australia 9d stamp, US A.P.O 682, air mail paid by Palestine stamps (4), Australian A.P.Os including Railhead P.O. R.M.1 with "Trav. P.O A.I.F 861" registration label, and post-war forces mail with 1948 registered "BRITISH FLEET MAIL / 12" c.d.s of Haifa. (28). £200-250
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WW2 P.O.W & Internee Mail. 1940-45 Internee mail comprising stampless covers with "Exempt from Postage" cachets, most also with Palestine Police or Camp Commandant cachets, from Camp 1 at Acre (2, one with oval "FARM LABOUR CAMP / ACRE" and "INTERNMENT SECTION"), Camp 2 at Waldheim, Camp 3 at Bethlehem, Camp 4 at Sarona, Camp 5 at Wilhelma, or from Mosra'a; registered cover from Camp 1 franked 25m with the Farm Labour Camp cachet; a cover to Camp 2 at Waldheim; and cover from a P.O.W in Australia to 334 Internment Camp at Jerusalem. Also 1941 cover to the Commandant of Latrun P.O.W Camp, and 1945-46 stampless covers from (3) or to P.O.Ws in Palestine. (15). £300-400
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Internee in Eritrea. 1946 Cover to Kefar Sava, from a Jewish internee in Sambel Camp in Eritrea, carried by army bag back to the C.I.D, Palestine Police in Jerusalem and then posted franked 10m, the reverse with violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR". 251 Jews arrested during the fight for an independent state of Israel, mainly hard-core activists including members of Irgun, were sent to Sambel Camp in October 1944 where they remained for three months; they were again imprisoned at Sambel from October 1945 until March 1947 when they were transferred to Gilgil in Kenya. An interesting and scarce cover. £100-120
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Internee in Kenya. 1947 Cover with return address "Shlomo Kallich, Special Camp, Gilgil, Kenya, c/o C.I.D A.I.G H.Q P.P Jerusalem" with violet boxed "PASSED / 31 JULY 1947 / BY CENSOR", carried by army bag to Palestine and posted in Jerusalem (Aug 31) franked 10m. Minor staining and a little roughly opened at the right edge, very scarce. £100-120
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Cyprus - Illegal Jewish Immigration Camps. 1947 Covers from Camp 64 or 66 to Palestine franked 2pi, both cancelled by "XYLOTYMBOU / CYPRUS" skeleton datestamps. (2). £120-140
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Cyprus - Illegal Jewish Immigration Camps. 1948 Covers from Camp 70 to Palestine franked 2pi, both cancelled by dated violet "H.Q.3 CAMP / DATED / STAFFS (SPECIAL) CYPRUS" and "XYLOTYMBOU / CYPRUS" skeleton datestamps, fine. (2). £160-200
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1925-46 Stationery including 1925 G size formula registration envelope used to London; unissued 1927 English only inscription 4m and 7m postcards and 5m lettercard overprinted "SPECIMEN"; other Specimen stationery comprising 13m registration envelope, postcards (5), 5m lettercard, and wrappers (2), etc. Also 1944 cover bearing stationery cut-outs. (23). £200-250
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Reply Cards. 1925 USA 2c blue reply card from Tel Aviv and 1946 USA 3c red reply card uprated 10m from Jerusalem, both correctly used back to the USA with commercial messages. (2). £100-120
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Interim Period. 1948 Cover from Tel Aviv to Switzerland with Cyprus 2pi, 3pi and 9pi cancelled at Nicosia (June 11) and violet oval "LOUIS TOURIST AGENCY / LEDRA STREET 155 / TEL 745 / NICOSIA BRANCH", privately carried to Cyprus after the closure of Lydd Airport, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 81. £150-200
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Interim Period. 1948 Covers, pieces and stamps including Nahariya local post cover to Tel Aviv with Apr. 12 local post handstamps and Palestine 10m cancelled at Haifa (Apr. 15); Jerusalem second issue 10m local on June 20 cover to Tel Aviv; registered cover to Tel Aviv with Palestine Mandate 7m, 20m tied by double ring Hebrew c.d.s; JNF overprint issues on registered covers (3); parachutists mint sheet of 35; also 1948 military covers with Hagana cachet or flown from Negev. (8 covers + 51 stamps). £150-180
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Interim Overprints. 1948 Covers comprising April 18th registered cover from Haifa to USA bearing Palestine 2m and 3m overprinted "Government Tohuwabohu" in combination with 15m gutter pair; May 22nd cover to Kfar Sabah bearing Palestine 3m pair in combination with Jerusalem first issue 5m and 25m and second issue 10m all tied by black Minh. ha'am postmarks and violet date; and May 2nd registered cover from Tiberias bearing Palestine 3m, 4m, 7m, 8m and Revenue 10m with Emergency Post Tveriya handstamp in black and 3m, 5m and Revenue 10m with the same handstamp in violet, all tied by violet Minh. ha'am postmark. Also mint Palestine stamps with emergency post handstamps in violet or black of Nahalal (10), Tiberias (12) or Afuleh (12), and mint 5m, 10m, 15m, and 20m overprinted "Government Tohuwabohu". (3 covers + 38 stamps). Photo on Page 81. £200-250
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Postage Dues. 1949 Cover sent within Haifa bearing Doar Ivri 5m and Palestine 10m, the Palestine stamp disallowed, handstamped "T" and "TO PAY / 20 / MILS" with a Doar Ivri 20m postage due applied. An unusual and attractive cover. Photo on Page 81. £100-120
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Postage Dues. 1957-64 Covers bearing postage due stamps of the 1952 issue (5), or with definitives of the 1960 provisional issue or 1961-62 issue used to collect postage due charges, two 1957 covers a little stained, otherwise fine. (7). £90-120
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1948-70 Mint and used stamps in three albums and a stockbook with some Doar Ivri varieties, covers and blocks, second coinage 10m imperf colour trial, also 1951-84 First Day Covers in four cover albums. (100s). £200-300
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Postmarks and postal history in three albums and a folder, covers, pieces and stamps including studies of highway post office cancels (65 covers), taxi mail (3 covers), greeting card envelopes and triangular cancels, some military mail, many air letters, etc. (100s). £150-200
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Stamp Albums. "The Lincoln Philatelic Album" with red leather spine and corners and gold tooling, five peg fitting albums in a slip cases, one with some unused pages, a little minor rubbing to the leather, very attractive albums. (5). £60-80
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Literature. Various books, mainly on G.B, Iraq or the Middle East, including British Empire Campaigns and Occupations in the Near East 1914-24 by J. Firebrace, Postal History of Iraq by E. Proud, Postal History of Ascension, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha by E. Proud, The British Postage Stamp of the Nineteenth Century by R. Lowe, Specimen Stamps and Stationery of G.B by Samuel & Huggins, British Postal Stationery and Collect British Postal Stationery both by A. Huggins, Stamps of Jordan by A. Najjar, Indian Postal Agencies in the Persian Gulf by A. Parsons, Imperial China (Part 1) by R. Pratt, The Persian Gulf by A.T Wilson (non philatelic), etc. Also a few maps of India or the Middle East. (22+). £120-150
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British Empire. QV Mint and used stamps including Bahamas (9, with 1859 imperforate 1d mint (2) and used (2)), Barbados (5, with 1852 1d used (2), 1858 6d used, also a 1873 3d proof in black), Bermuda 1875 1d on 2d used and 1874 3d on 1/- unused (S.G. 14, faults), British Honduras (4, with 1899 25c "BEVENUE" overprint variety mint, 1888 2c on 1d bisects on wrapper or piece), Canada 1859 5c mint, Cyprus (3), Grenada (2, with 1881 perf 14½ 1d bisect on piece), Jamaica 1890 2½d on 4d double surcharge used, Straits Settlements 1867 surcharges on India (6), Mauritius (6, with 1857 worn impression 1d used, 1858 4d unused and used, 1863-72 6d violet mint, 1902 5r mint, also 1858 reprinted proof in purple on card), various faults, some fine, a useful lot. (39). £650-750
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British Empire. KEVII-KGVI Mint and used selection including Antigua 1903 5/- Specimen; Ceylon 1903 Crown CA R1.50 and R2.25 fine mint; Cyprus with 1903 12pi used, 1924-28 90pi used, 1938 KGVI ¼pi - £1 unmounted mint (14 values, missing five lower values); Gibraltar 1935 Silver Jubilee 2d and 1/- both with extra flagpole mint (1/- with tone mark); India C.E.F 3p - 1r set of eleven mint (some toning); Ireland 1922-23 wide date 5/- pair mint; KUT 1903-04 50r fiscally used; St. Helena 1908-11 10/- fine mint; Southern Nigeria 1903-04 Crown CA 5/- superb used; Sudan 1941 1m - 20p set of 15 mint, the majority fine, a very useful lot. S.G. £2,500 (approx, for fine stamps only). (63). Photo on Page 121. £400-500
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British Empire. KEVII - KGVI Issues mint including Gibraltar 1938-51 ½d - £1 set of 14, New Zealand 1935 12/6 deep plum postal fiscal, Australia 1949-50 5/- - £2, St. Vincent 1921-32 ½d - £1 set of 14, Mauritius 1938-49 2c - 10r set of twelve, Trinidad & Tobago 1938-44 1c - $4.80 set of 14, Sarawak 1950 1c - $5 set of 15, etc., mostly lightly mounted, also New Hebrides English inscription 1911 ½d - 5/- set of nine and French inscription 1913 RF watermark 30c, 40c, 75c - 5fr used. S.G. £1,500 (approx). (105). £220-260
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British Empire. 1923-91 Mint and used issues of Australia, Canada and New Zealand in five stockbooks, mainly mint QEII issues, nearly all unmounted. Also Gilbert & Ellice 1918 1d War Tax pane of sixty with plate number "5". (100s). £150-200
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Ideal Postage Stamp Album, 3rd edition of 1910, the contents rather sparse, the album fine and ideal for adding to. Also a few USA advertising covers, etc. £60-70
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Used accumulation in three stockbooks with Rhodesia ½d - 2d Double Head and Admiral issues (approx 900, all unchecked), a few other interesting stamps noted including Rigi Scheideck hotel post, 1917 Baghdad British Occupation 2a postal stationery cut-out with Indian F.P.O 814 c.d.s, etc. (100s). £100-120
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A very extensive world mint and used collection in 104 albums, some useful Malaya including both Singapore 1948-58 sets mint to $2, Johore 1904-10 1c-$10 set of 15 mint and 1949-55 set mint, etc. (10,000s). £1,000-1,200
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A large accumulation of mainly decimal unmounted mint British Colonial stamps in folders and envelopes, in three boxes, some foreign noted, mainly c.1980-2012 but a few earlier included, with Bermuda and British Indian Ocean Territory issues on album pages, Barbados, Bahamas, Canada, New Zealand, Cayman Islands, Malta, Gibraltar, etc., also some New Zealand F.D.Cs. (Many 100s). £200-300
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Royalty Omnibus issues in special albums comprising 1981 Charles & Diana Wedding (4 albums), 1977 Silver Jubilee (2 albums), 1978 25th Anniversary of the Coronation (3 albums) and 1980 Queen Mother 80th Birthday, also a few FDCs and covers including 1940 China cover with San Pedro Paquebot duplex, and a stockbook of stamps including earlier USA, Vatican with 1945 20c postage due second printing unmounted mint (S.G. D108B, £225), German States, etc. £100-150
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Postal History. 1813-1938 Entire letters, covers and cards, mainly prestamp mail including 1842 entire letter from New South Wales with red boxed "PATERSON / POST PAID" and an oval Paterson datestamp, 1813 entire letter from Bombay to Calcutta with "BBAY POST NOT PD", 1872 entire letters from Porto Rico to London with 1/- charge marks (2, one with St. Thomas c.d.s), Jamaica entire letters (5), etc. Also a few USA revenue stamps. (25+). £100-150
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Postal History. Various worldwide covers and cards including Italy lettercard bearing "BLP" 40c stamp with an advert for "Lampo Benzino Superiore" depicting a racing car, superb unused; G.B 1840 1d black entire letter and 1900 hand illustrated cover (both with faults); G.B prestamp letters and QV registration envelopes; WW1 forces mail; Tonga Tin Can Mail covers (2); 1996 Virgin Islands cover to Italy with "Delayed by / Hurricane BERTHA" label, etc. (Approx 170). £120-150
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Aerogrammes. A quantity of mainly unused aerogrammes, mostly British Colonies but with some worldwide, a few possibly of proof status, also some air mail lettersheets, lettercards and envelopes, some duplication. Includes useful Persian Gulf with Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. (100s). £200-250
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Football - Aston Villa. 1973-99 Commemorative covers with special cancels, 13 signed by players including 1996 Coca-Cola Cup Final cover signed by the entire Aston Villa and Leeds teams, etc. (48). £100-120
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Sport - Football/Cricket/Rugby. c.1970-2010 Commemorative covers with special cancels for football tournaments and matches, mostly Euro 96 or 1998 World Cup, some for Football Legends, F.A Cup, European Cup, etc., a France 98 card signed by 12 players, others signed by Gareth Southgate, Andi Herzog, etc.; Cricket covers, mostly test matches, eleven signed by players; and Rugby, mostly 2003 World Championship, one signed; and various football or cricket stamps, one Trinidad & Tobago miniature sheet signed by Brian Lara. Also various space related covers with 1983 cover carried into space on the Challenger, and a plain card signed by Buzz Aldrin. (200+ covers, also many stamps). £300-400
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