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Japanese Occupation. 1943 (July 8) Registered cover from Pegu to Nyaunglebin franked on reverse by 1942 (Oct.) 15c on 4a on 4s, and 1943 "Farmer" issue 2c and 3c, bilingual Pegu and arrival datestamps, a pre-war type Pegu registration label on the front. Very scarce. Photo on Page 92. £350-400
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Japanese Occupation. 1943 (Aug 7) Registered cover from Pallaw to Kemmendine franked 1942 (Oct.) 15c on 4a on 4s and 1943 "Farmer" issue 5c, bilingual Pallaw and arrival datestamps, with a blank registration label handstamped with the office name in vernacular script. Very scarce. Photo on Page 92. £350-400
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Japanese Occupation. 1941 (Jan 15) Cover from Hlego to Seikgyi-Kanaungto franked by 1942 (Oct.) 2c on ½a on 2s and 1943 "Farmer" issue 3c, bilingual Hlego and arrival datestamps, a little creasing to the cover and stamps but very scarce. Photo on Page 92. £250-300
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Japanese Occupation. 1943 (June 12) Cover from Gyobingauk to Mingaladon Cantonment bearing 1943 Burma State Crest 5c (applied over KGVI 1a stationery stamp), various backstamps and a Japanese censor cachet, some creasing and soiling but scarce. £70-80
| CANADA | (Also see lots 286, 363, 373, 1232, 1233)
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War Tax. 1915-22 Covers and cards with various War Tax stamps including 1918 cover bearing an Inland Revenue 1c War Tax stamp and 2c War Tax to pay the local 3c rate; 1922 postcard to USA franked 1c but handstamped "RETURNED FOR WAR TAX", crossed out upon reposting with a further 1c stamp added and cancelled at the Montreal Dead Letter Branch; and a postcard with G.B 1½d cancelled at Quebec handstamped "MAILED ON THE HIGH SEAS / EXEMPT FROM WAR TAX". (12). £130-150
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Newfoundland. 1857-68 Issues mint comprising 1857 1d (no gum, small corner thin), 1862 2d and 6d rose-lake, 1865 12c red-brown marginal with part inscription (a few split perfs) and 1868 perf 12 5c black. The 1862 2d and 1868 5c with 1961 R.P.S Certificates. S.G. 1, 17, 20, 28, 38, £1,470. (5). Photo on Pages 105 & 121. £300-350
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1938-45 KGVI Covers, five censored including small violet "PASSED BY / CENSOR" or octagonal "PASSED / D142" type (3, one D141), also 1939 registered cover to Canada and a 1938 registered cover from South Africa to Cayman Is., backstamped at Trinidad and Jamaica. (7). £240-280
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1938-61 Covers bearing KGVI stamps including 1938 FDCs (3), 1947-48 first flight from Cayman Brac or Grand Cayman to Jamaica, cancels of North Side (2), East End, West Bay (2), Stake Bay (3), Little Cayman (2) and The Creek, underpaid covers from Dominica or G.B (Liverpool Paquebot cancel) with 1950 issue 2d or 3d definitives handstamped "T" and used as dues, 1939 cover to Montserrat franked ½d with red "T" handstamp charged 1d, etc. (41). £420-500
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1887-88 Mint and used selection with 1857-59 imperf issues used to the 1/- (6, also a 4d forgery tied to piece by pen cancels), 1861-64 Star watermark 5d mint, 1863-70 Crown CC issues mint and used to the 2/- (8), 1867 perf 14 3d used, 1872-80 Crown CC 16c and 24c mint, etc., some faults. (21). £180-220
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1937-52 KGVI Covers bearing the 1938-49 issue, sent locally or to India (27) or to the UK (65), also a small study of 1950 issue covers (36), various rates and frankings including air mails, underpaid mail, 1947 parcel tag franked 3r48c, 1948 registered parcel tag from a sample of black pepper franked 3r25c, 1949 gift parcel franked 8r45c, 1939 cover posted unaddressed and forwarded to England from the Colombo Returned Letter Office with a label affixed, 1946 undelivered letter returned from Burma, 1949 (Jan 24) first day of local 5c rate, etc. (128). £350-400
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1939-55 Covers and cards all bearing 1938-49 KGVI issue stamps, addressed to Europe (23), USA (29) or other worldwide destinations (16) including Sierra Leone, New Guinea, Indo China, Seychelles, South West Africa, etc, with Red Cross message scheme envelopes (3), boxed "O.A.T" cachets in rd or black, 1943 cover sent by US diplomatic bag, 1949 covers to Switzerland with boxed "BY AIR UP TO / LONDON ONLY" or "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / AIR SERVICE", etc. (68). £250-300
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WW2 Forces Mail. 1942-44 Covers and cards including naval mail (3) with censor cachets of H.M Naval Office, Royal Netherlands Navy (with "BY F.M.O") or Naval Establishment No. 32 all with Ceylon stamps tied by red London Maritime Mail machine, various Indian F.P.O datestamps (14, one with censor seal tied by oval "NO 5 INDIAN FIELD CENSOR UNIT"), E.A A.P.O or British FPO 40, or RAF cancels (12), one Honour Envelope with a large pre-printing paper fold. (31). £200-250
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1938-56 KGVI Postal stationery unused and used including size G (4) or H (3) formula registration envelopes used, two sent express delivery; unused 10c+10c+10c+10c air letter; many shades of postcards and envelopes, a few censored. Also three more recent cards. (53). £150-200
| CHINA | (Also see lots 231, 1340, 1377, 1421)
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1796 (Jan 8) Entire letter from Canton, addressed to Scotland endorsed "Per Sophia Magdalena Q.D.C" with a "DOVER / SHIP LRE", charged 2/10. Written by the Scottish merchant James Crichton, who says he is despatching this letter on a Swedish Indiaman which leaves for Europe; also the Cirencester merchantman arrived on December 28th after a voyage of nearly six months and brought Crichton a letter from his mother, the first news received for two years. He records letters sent by various ships, some in the first fleet to England, since his arrival in China a year ago from St. Helena, and tells of his removal to the summer residence in the Portuguese settlement of Macao from May to October. An exceptionally early letter from China, fine and rare. Photo on Page 92. £2,000-2,500
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1798 (Dec 19) Entire letter from James Crichton in Canton, to his brother in Scotland, endorsed "p.favor Capt. Stuart, Bernstroff, Q.D.C", with curved "DEAL / SHIP LRE". Crichton tells of this letter going with the despatches for Europe on the Danish ship "Bernstroff", he received his sisters and brothers letters of 15th April a few days ago, but has now only received 3 letters in 3 years, "the combined fleets of France & Spain lie in wait at Manila to intercept our homeward fleet of Indiamen that sail next month". An exceptionally early letter from China, fine and rare. Photo on Page 92. £2,000-2,500
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1802 (Feb 20) Entire letter from James Crichton in Canton to his sister in Scotland, with oval "Ship Letter / (crown) / DOVER", charged 1/4. He received her letter of December 1800 by the direct ships which arrived at Whampoa last month, and tells her to write in future every month, sending the letters under cover to his London agents Messrs Arthur & Larken, who will despatch them by the first ships leaving for China. He concludes "I write this scrawl in a chop boat to send by a Danish Indiaman just leaving this port - p. Princess of Denmark Q.D.C". Also two other 1802 letters without address panels, both from Canton, dated 15 January, telling of the regular arrival of Indiamen and their cargos, war news from Egypt where the French have surrendered at Cairo and Alexandria is besieged, and the death of Lord Abercrombie; or dated March 28th, with news of the arrival of the Indiamen fleet at Macao Roads and an armed force, sent to take Macao in order to prevent its capture by the French. Three rare early letters from China. (3). Photo on Page 95. £1,800-2,000
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1888-1912 Mint and used selection including 1904 2c - 10c postage due overprints mint, etc, a few small faults. S.G. £800. (37). £120-160
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1912 1c (marginal), 3c and 7c Republic of China Provisional Neutrality overprints, for use in Hankow, Nanking and Changsha, 3c with gum creases, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 184/6, £1,475. (3). Photo on Pages 105 & 121. £300-400
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1931 Long registered cover with "SINO-SWEDISH SINKIANG EXPEDITION / SVEN HEDIN, LEADER" printed in the corner, sent by expedition member Nils Ambolt to his wife in Sweden, franked by eight 1924 10c Sinkiang stamps, the reverse endorsed "Recue an bureau de poste a Moscou en etat endammager" with two wax seals. Sven Hedin led an archaeological and scientific Sino-Swedish expedition to Mongolia and Northern China from 1927 until 1935. A few edge tears, mainly at the right, but an interesting and historic cover from this expedition, which the Chinese honoured with a special stamp issue in 1932. £150-180
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Russian P.O/Forwarding Agent. 1903 Cover (opened out) to England via Siberia franked Russian P.O in China 10k cancelled by Shanghai Russian P.O c.d.s (May 22) with a second strike alongside, backstamped with scarce violet oval "FORWARDED BY / FRAZAR & CO / SHANGHAI" and datestamps of Moscow and Manchester. A scarce Shanghai Forwarding Agents cachet, ex Rowe. £150-180
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1718 (Aug 26/Oct 20) Entire letter from L. Ballatini and Gio Garmogliesi, written in Italian to Nicolo Caragianni in Venice, carried on the ship "Brailli", with the arrival handstamp "VEN / DA MAR" featuring the Lion of St. Mark. A rare handstamp on mail from Cyprus; the Warwick collection contained one other example on a letter from the same correspondence (Argyll Etkin, 12 Nov. 2010, lot 1020). Photo on Page 95. £800-1,000
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1725-62 Entire letters from Cyprus comprising 1725 entire letter to Nicolo Carogiani in Venice endorsed with the name of the ship's Captain; 1750 entire letter from Larnaca to Pietro Onovato Roux in Marseille, possibly disinfected; 1759 entire letter to Michelo Claverie in Marseille; and a disinfected 1762 entire letter without an address panel, all fine. (4). £240-280
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1773 (Oct 5) Entire letter written in Arabic, from Hadji Bashiga, Bey of Nicosia, a letter of recommendation for two Turks proceeding to Russia via Alexandria. One internal panel contains notes in Italian on the contents, date and addressee, and the intaglio handstamp of a signet ring. A rare early Ottoman letter. £300-350
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1816-39 Entire letters to Marseille all with disinfection slits comprising 1816 entire letter to Pierre Roux endorsed "Par Cap. Bonnand" with a French rate; 1837 entire letter from Larnaca to Augusto Sarine with a Marseille c.d.s, boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER", "Purifee a Marseille" and a French rate; and 1839 entire letter to the Public Health Office with "Purifee a Marseille" and cachet of the French Consulate at Larnaca, all fine. (3). £200-250
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c.1865 Stampless covers to the Turkish Governor-General in Nicosia with cachets of the French, British or Norwegian & Swedish Consuls, the first two with an oval cachet cut out and the resulting holes crudely repaired. (3). £150-180
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1868 Stampless entire letter from Limassol to Trieste rate 20 soldi, with cachet of the sender G. Arauso, a fine Larnacca c.d.s and oval Trieste arrival backstamp, fine and unusual from Limassol. £140-180
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1867 Austrian Levant 2s (2), 3s (4), 5s (5, including a pair), 10s (15), 15s (4) and 25s all with Larnacca c.d.s cancels, a few faults though the majority are fine, several apparently the later fine whiskers printing, the 2s and 25s scarce, a good group. (31). Photo on Page 121. £480-550
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1867 Austrian Levant issues on pieces all with complete strikes of the Larnacca c.d.s, the four pieces bearing 3s vertical pair, 3s + 10s pair, 3s + 5s + 15s or 5s + 15s, four fine pieces, some stamps apparently the later fine whiskers printing. Also 1873 part entire to Syra bearing 10s (crossed by file fold) with Greek 10L applied upon arrival and cancelled "67". (11 stamps on 5 pieces). Photo on Pages 105, 109 & 140. £480-550
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1871 Entire letter to Trieste bearing 1867 15s tied by a fine Larnacca c.d.s, senders cachet on the front and a Triest backstamp, closed tear at right and some folds strengthened, a small hole in the address with the piece adhering to the inside flap. An attractive example of the 15s used in Cyprus. Photo on Page 95. £300-350
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1871 Entire letter to Metelino bearing 1867 5s pair tied by fine Larnacca c.d.s in red-brown, backstamped with Lloyd Agency Smirne c.d.s, a fine cover. Photo on Page 95. £600-700
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Great Britain 1881 2½d blue plate 21 cancelled by the three bar numeral "969" of Nicosia, a few upper perf tips trimmed, otherwise fine and unusual. Issued after G.B stamps had ceased to be valid in Cyprus, therefore unlisted by S.G. £60-80
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1880 1d Red plate 181 with Cyprus overprint, QG superb mint, original gum. S.G. 2, £500. Photo on Page 121. £100-120
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1880 4d Sage-green overprinted Cyprus, mint singles with original gum (2, shades, one with two tiny ink marks), used single with "C" cancel of the British Post Office at Constantinople, and HJ-HL strip of three with "969" cancels of Nicosia. S.G. 4, £1,180. (6). Photo on Page 121. £200-240
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1881 Half-Penny surcharge (18mm) on 1d red plate 215, IG fine mint, original gum. S.G. 7, £800. Photo on Page 121. £150-200
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1881 Half-Penny surcharge (16mm) on 1d red plate 216, JG fine used with "975" cancel of Limassol. S.G. 8, £425. Photo on Page 121. £100-120
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1882-86 Die I ½pi emerald-green used, fine and scarce. S.G. 16, £500. Photo on Page 121. £100-120
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1886 '½' Surcharge on ½pi, fractions 6mm apart, watermark Crown CA, a fine mint single, also other singles mint (2, faults, one severely thinned) or used (6). S.G. 27, £1,020. (9). Photo on Page 121. £150-180
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1886 '½' on ½pi Surcharge, watermark Crown CC, fractions 8mm apart, used with Larnaca squared circle of MY 27 86, the first day of issue of this stamp. A little colour loss as is usual for this issue, otherwise fine and an unusual first day use. S.G. 28, £425. Photo on Page 121. £100-120
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1886 '½' on ½pi Surcharges, watermark Crown CA, fractions 8mm apart, used singles with the varieties large "1" at left (2) or small "1" at right (2), all with Larnaca squared circles. S.G. 29a/b, £1,100. (4). Photo on Page 121. £250-300
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1921-23 KGV Multiple Script CA 10pa orange and green, 30pa violet and green, 1pi carmine and blue, 2pi blue and purple and 4pi all overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine mint, original gum; and Specimens of the same 10pa, 1pi, 2pi and 4pi stamps without gum each also handstamped violet "COLONIAS", applied by the Portuguese receiving authority, these Colonias stamps toned and the 1pi with a blunt upper right corner, but still a scarce group. (9). £70-100
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QV Covers and fronts (2) comprising an undated cover with 1894-96 ½pi tied by VR Rural Service cancel of Khrysokhou, and 1881 fronts bearing Crown CC 1pi pair cancelled "981" of Papho or ½pi (2, one damaged) and 2pi cancelled "975" of Limassol, the last with some staining, the cover with vertical fold not affecting the stamp or cancel. (3). £200-250
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Refused Handstamps. 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). £240-280
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Postage Due Mail. 1911-60 Covers and cards with "T" handstamps (7), four sent underpaid from Cyprus, three others posted unpaid within Cyprus handstamped with scarce "3CP / TO PAY" of 1949 or boxed "20 / MILS" (2). Also a 1947 air mail cover to Grenada franked 11pi with red bilingual "Insufficiently prepaid for / transmission by Air Mail". (8). £180-220
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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). £150-180
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Official Mail. 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 Official Paid c.d.s of Nicosia in red (2), etc. (14). £160-180
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Rural Service. 1932 Stampless O.H.M.S letter to the Commissioner at Famagusta containing a VR intaglio handstamp, the address panel with GR Rural Service cancel of Exometokhi, fine and scarce. £80-100
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A.R Mail. 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. £100-120
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Parcel Post. 1949 Parcel waybill 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. £80-100
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Diplomatic Mail. 1951-52 Covers from the US Consulate in Nicosia to USA, bearing Cyprus KGVI stamps cancelled in Washington D.C, handstamped "This article originally mailed / in country indicated by postage" (4). Also 1959 stampless cover from the Israel Consulate at Nicosia, carried to Jerusalem where it was mailed. (5). £120-140
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1881 (Mar 6) 1d Postcard with Cyprus overprint cancelled by Larnaca c.d.s, addressed to Whitfield King & Co., the message asking them for their buying price for 100 examples of used ½d or 1d Cyprus stamps. The message a little water affected causing it to faintly show through to the front, otherwise fine, a scarce card used. Also overprint issue ½d, 1d, 1½d cards and 1d wrapper unused, and cut-outs of the first ½d postcard and 1d wrapper stamps both cancelled "942". (7). £120-150
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