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QV-QEII Postcards and reply cards in an album comprising QV items mint (31), used (29) and Specimen (4); KEVII mint (5), used (13) and Specimen (5); KGV mint (4), used and Specimen (2); KGVI mint (6), used (2) and Specimen (4); and QEII mint (4), most very fine. (110). £300-350
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QV-QEII Newspaper wrappers comprising QV issues mint (14) and used (16); KEVII mint (3), used (2) or Specimen (3); KGV mint (6, with 10pa and 30pa surcharges), used (3) or Specimen; KGVI mint (4) or Specimen (2); and QEII mint (4). Also aerogrammes with KGVI issues mint (8), used (5) or Specimen and QEII mint (3) or used, most very fine. (76). £120-150
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1894-1900 G Size Registration envelopes, the first a very late use of the Cyprus overprint 2d envelope (RE5) to Germany bearing five 1892-94 ½pi die II stamps, the others all 2pi envelopes (RE18) sent to Paris bearing 1892-94 die II 2pi and 4pi (S.G. 35a) or to G.B bearing 1894-94 30pa pairs cancelled at Papho or Troodos. (4). £240-280
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1938-55 KGVI Covers including violet "PASSED BY CENSOR" and "Officially opened and resealed / BY CENSOR" seal, "TOO LATE" of Castle Bruce, other village cancels with Delices (to Cayman Is. with 2d definitive handstamped "T", used as a due), Colihaut (registered) and Coulibistrie, etc. (22). £100-150
| EGYPT | (Also see lots 23, 71, 110-123, 317)
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1932 British Forces 3m black on azure Christmas seals, a complete mint booklet pane of 20 with an additional vertical line of perforations through the four left stamps, an unusual variety. S.G. A3var. (£1,000++). £380-420
| ETHIOPIA | (Also see lot 681)
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1936 Unissued Red Cross 5c - 1t, 470 unmounted mint sets of five in complete sheets of fifty (with eight or nine sheets of each value) or other multiples with additional 5c (70), 10c (119) and 25c (70), all very fine. This set was unissued due to the Italian invasion. Sassone 13,000 Euros (approx.). (2,609 stamps). £1,200-1,500
| FALKLAND ISLANDS | (Also see lot 326)
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Falkland Islands Dependencies. 1954-62 QEII ½d - £1 Set of 15 superb unmounted mint. Also British Antarctic Territory 1963-69 ½d - £1 set of 16 mint, most mounted, the uncommon 1969 £1 unmounted. S.G. £500. (31). £110-130
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South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands. 2001 Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels issue, original art work comprising fine paintings of the four designs (each 158x108mm) with the Queens Head, all wording and the value (shown as 00p) applied, and a painting of the First Day Cover design with photographic stamp size reproductions of the four designs applied, an overlay of the proposed First Day cancel over these. Very attractive and unique essays within two folders. (5). £200-300
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1939-54 KGVI Covers including 1939 1d printed matter rate to Alaska, violet Rabi c.d.s, 1942 oval "PASSED BY / CENSOR / 3", cloth gift parcel front franked 10/6, 1943 cover to USA franked 25/6 including 5/- imprint block of four, etc. (20). £150-200
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1938-54 KGVI Covers including "ROTUMA" cancel with separate "10 OCT 1950" date; 1954 manuscript cancel; oval "PASSED BY / CENSOR / 9"; Fiji Bomber Fund label; underpaid mail; KGV 2d postal stationery envelope used in 1939 to G.B with KGVI 3d, 5d and 6d; 1941 cover to a N.Z soldier in the M.E.F returned with "DECEASED" cachet; datestamps of Buca Bay, Nadroga, etc., also 1934 2d meter mark of Morris Hedstrom Ltd. (31) £250-300
| FRANCE & COLONIES | (Also see lots 124-138, 255, 256, 275-278, 315, 456, 589, 975, 1356, 1362, 1364, 1371, 1383-1385)
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France. 1794 (Aug 18) Entire letter addressed in French to "Citizen D'Abon, Captain of Engineers responsible to the Chief of Military Communications, at Mountlyon", concerning the Noulle project begun by General Vaubois but suspended due to lack of funds, with partial "ARMEE DES ALPES" handstamp. £80-100
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Martinique. 1735-1866 Prestamp letters written up on album pages including 1735 entire letter with "LA FLOTE" handstamp; 1751 "I. DUFOREST / A. BORDEAUX" FAC; 1762 entire letter with Bordeaux 'crown' handstamp; various French "Colonies" receiving handstamps from Havre, Marseille, Rochefort, Bordeaux, Cherbourg or Nantes; various straight line handstamps including 1788 "LA MARTINIQUE" (3); 1815 entire letters sent in the three months between the third and fourth British Occupations (2); 1828 ingoing letter and 1848 letter from French Guyana sent via Martinique, etc. (33). £3,200-3,600
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1937-53 KGVI Covers including F.D.Cs, single 10/- franking, registered parcel front to Norway franked 9/3, 1938 stampless official cover, air letters, air mails, registered mail, a wrapper to Switzerland franked 1/4, etc. An interesting lot with a good range of rates, frankings and destinations, ex John Rose collection. (68). £400-500
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Air Mails. 1926-92 Covers to, from or via Gambia mounted on pages, nearly all 1936-52 KGVI period, with 1926 Dakar to Toulase flight (staining); Air France flights to and from Gambia; Latvia mint set of five stamps issued for the 1933 flight to Gambia and a card from Latvia flown on the first leg of the flight (which crashed in Germany); 1938 first flight to or from Sierra Leone (5); 1941 (Dec) Gambia to USA first flight covers flown on many legs in both directions, some very scarce (27); 1938 (Sep 30 Bolama to Gambia first flight; 1943 (May/June) Conakry to Gambia first Aeromaritime flights in both directions (2); air letters; and a good range of commercial air mail covers. A good lot, ex John Rose Collection. (67). £300-350
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River T.P.Os. 1941-54 KGVI Covers all with T.P.O No. 2 River Gambia cancels, seven with T.P.O Gambia registration labels, two censored. Also T.P.O cancels on stamps (67, including six ½d - 5d imprint blocks and three Victory issue plate blocks). (19 covers + 67 stamps). £150-200
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1941-45 World War Two covers with F.P.O 109 cancels (6, four censored), "Egypt Postage Prepaid 71" c.d.s on registered cover to South Africa with "A.P.O-U-M.P.K" transit c.d.s, army censors on covers cancelled at Bathurst (3), various civil censors (5, various types), etc., also a 1951 soldiers cover. (19). £200-240
| GERMANY | (Also see lots 139, 269, 315, 351, 352, 364, 367, 368, 860, 976, 981)
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German States. Mint and used collection on pages including Bremen, Brunswick, Hamburg, Hannover, Oldenburg, Prussia, Saxony, Thurn & Taxis, condition rather mixed but some useful stamps included. S.G. £6,500 (approx). (100s). £200-250
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Mint and used collection in an album and stockbook including better 1949-51 mint commemoratives of Berlin and West Germany, Memel, some German States, also some Belgium. (100s). £120-150
| GIBRALTAR | (Also see lots 1417, 1418)
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1925 £5 Violet and black superb mint. S.G. 108, £1,600. Photo on Page 105. £650-800
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1938-53 KGVI Covers and cards all written up on pages including maritime, F.P.Os, air mails, a good range of rates and frankings, also a front and a few stamps, mixed condition. (81 covers). £200-250
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1938-52 KGVI Covers and cards including 1938 registered cover to G.B insured for £5 with red "INSURED / (VALEUR DECLAREE)" and "V / Gibraltar" labels, franked 8d; a good range of forces mail and censors with scarcer type seals; Algeria to Spain censored in Gibraltar, or Gibraltar to USA censored in Spain; 1940 parcel wrapper franked 1/6 to G.B with Customs declaration label, charged 4/10; single £1 franking on registered air mail cover to Switzerland; 1942 USA to Gibraltar cover with a British naval censor and Bermuda censor seal with "I.C. /" handstamp but no number; 1945 registered air mail cover to Antigua franked 3/11 with army censors, etc. An interesting lot. (29). £350-400
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1907-31 Picture postcards with 1907 real photo card of boat sheds at Ooma, Ocean Island (posted at Portsmouth!), c.1910 cards of Fanning Island (4) including the Kings Palace, the Chief of Butaritari and his family, and 1931 real photo cards with KGV 1d or 1½d on the picture side cancelled to order at Tarawa. Also a photo of a sailing ship, location unknown. (8). £150-180
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1911-54 Covers including KEVII first issue 5d on cover to Switzerland, 1912 set of four on covers from Butaritari Island with violet type D1 datestamps (3 covers), 1912-39 Ocean Island covers (10, two stampless with "OFFICIAL / POSTAGE / FREE" handstamps), and various other island datestamps with undated rubber types from Ananuka, Nikunau and Tarawa and many c.d.s types, most registered. A fine lot with some very scarce cancels. (40). Photo on Page 95. £1,200-1,500
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1953-76 QEII Covers including stampless official mail (13), a stampless wrapper with violet "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "2d", first flight covers (9, eight pilot signed), 1975 3c lettercards (10, nine C.T.O), etc. (46). £120-150
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Christmas Island. 1918 Registered cover to Switzerland with French Oceanic Settlements 30c cancelled at Papeete and a 5c local stamp (corner fault) tied by large "CENTRAL PACIFIC COCOANUT PLANTATIONS LTD / CHRISTMAS ISD" cancel featuring a palm tree, and c.1926 cover to Fanning Island with 1923 ½d pair cancelled by the same large Cocoanut Plantations handstamp, a further strike on the front. (2). £200-240
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1937 New Zealand Solar Eclipse Expedition to Canton Island, cover with Western Samoa ½d pair cancelled at Apia handstamped oval "N.Z Solar Eclipse Expedition / Phoenix Island / 1937" and "H.M.S WELLINGTON / N.Z SOLAR EXP / CANTON ISLAND / JUNE 8TH 1937", and three covers with USA stamps cancelled "U.S.S / AVOCET / CANTON / ISLAND" duplexs (June 8) with the cachet "U.S NAVY / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / ECLIPSE EXPEDITION", one also with the oval Phoenix Island cachet. Two covers have hand drawn maps showing the location of Canton Island. (4). £220-240
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Fanning Island - N.Z Postal Agency. 1923-33 Covers bearing New Zealand stamps cancelled by "FANNING ISLAND" double ring datestamps, comprising cover to USA bearing Admiral 1d, 2d and 3d, covers to G.B with Admiral 1d or to Hawaii with Admiral 3d, and a 1928 registered cover to New Zealand bearing 1d Dominion pair and 1923 1d Penny Postage pair + single, a blank registration label bearing a further strike of the Fanning Island c.d.s. (4). £220-250
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1960 Diamond Jubilee of Phosphate Discovery, original artwork for the 2½d design, very well handpainted on thick card, 176x233mm. £100-120
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1815 (April 28) Entire letter to Edinburgh "p. Fanny" with oval "SHIP LETTER / PORT GLASGOW" datestamp (Rob. S.4) on the front, the reverse with oval "Ship Letter / (crown) / GRENADA". One of the finest known examples of this ship letter, of which just six examples have been recorded, all used in 1815. Vertical fold, otherwise a fine and rare exhibition item. Photo on Page 95. £2,400-2,800
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1938-53 KGVI Covers including "PASSED BY CENSOR" (2) and censor seals (3, one with manuscript "ISS / 748"), Sauteurs and Grenville registered covers, 1938 FDCs (2), 1945 cover sent by US diplomatic bag with 3d cancelled in Washington D.C, 1940 air mail cover franked 3/11 to Kenya bearing the unusual label "By air to New York / and Onward by Air" and "APS EAF" skeleton backstamps, ¼d newspaper wrapper bearing a ¼d stamp sent to Trinidad, etc. (23). £220-260
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1951 Registered O.H.M.S cover from Belmont, Carriacou Island, to London franked KGVI 3d block of four, handstamped script type "Open when received / at the P.O Liverpool" and bearing a label "Please return the cover of this letter. It is required for Official purposes only. Head Postmaster of Liverpool, 15/2/51", the reverse with boxed "Found at Liverpool / without a cover" (altered in manuscript to "without contents"). An interesting and unusual cover, the "Open" handstamp of Liverpool issued to that office about 100 years before its use on this cover. £80-120
| HONG KONG | (Also see lot 366)
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1851 Cover to Scotland with a "HONG-KONG" double arc datestamp on the reverse, charged 1/-, the charge paid upon arrival at Old Rain, the cover then redirected to Aberdeen with an imperf 1d red applied. An unusual use of an imperf stamp on a redirected cover from Hong Kong. £150-200
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QV-KGV Stamps with selected cancels including "D27" of Amoy on 1880 5c on 18c lilac, "HANKOW" c.d.s on 1891 14c on 30c mauve, "C1" of Canton on 1880 10c on 12c blue and 10c on 24c green (blunt corner), "62B" on 1884 2c carmine, etc. (33). £200-250
| INDIA | (Also see lots 3-16, 36-40, 160, 161, 191, 192, 195-225, 234, 279, 300, 590, 857, 1258, 1354)
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1855 Small native cover bearing ½a blue die 1 with large margins tied by a retta of dots. £80-100
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1885 Cover from G.B to Captain Sandbach in India, bearing two 1885 5d green stamps each tied by Aigburth Liverpool squared circles (earliest recorded date of use). Addressed to Bareilly, redirected to Umballa and then to "H. Force" (?), backstamps include "FIELD P.O No. 5" c.d.s. This F.P.O used at the Camp of Exercise held near Delhi in December 1885 - January 1886; Proud only recorded a single example. Opening faults and small repair at upper edge otherwise fine. £100-120
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1889-1901 Covers (37, three with stamps torn away) most with enclosed letters, sent by Edmund Grubbe, an Officer in the Connaught Rangers, to his sister in England. Included are two 1898 (Feb. 2 & Mar. 2) 2a6p postal stationery envelopes cancelled "FIELD P.O No 34" c.d.s with enclosed letters written from Jamrud on the North West Frontier, 1898 and 1900 covers from Rampur, Kashmir State, etc. (37). £150-200
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1948 Gandhi Memorial stamps folder containing the set of four Gandhi stamps, affixed by a small portion of gum at the top of each stamp, very fine. £80-100
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Travancore/Cochin. 1889-92 Postal stationery envelopes, six addressed to J. Thompson, Resident in Travancore and Cochin at Srivandrum or Cape Comorin, comprising Travancore 1899 2ch, 3ch, 4ch and 1890 1ch (H&G 2, 3, 4a, 5) or Cochin 1892 ½p, 1p and 2p all with "COCHIN GOVERNMENT" embossed on the flap (H&G 1a, 2a, 3a), various cancels, light vertical creases, otherwise fine. (7). £100-120
| IRAQ | (Also see lots 1-101, 403)
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1869 Covers from Paris to Baghdad franked 40c (3) or 80c, inscribed "via Marseille, Alexandria & Beyrouth", two with "MINISTERE DES FINANCES" datestamps, one with the flap missing, otherwise largely fine and a scarce destination at this early date. (4). £200-240
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India QV-KGV stamps (88) and pieces (57) with cancels of Bagdad or Busrah, includes first type Bagdad 356 duplex (7) and Busrah "357" numeral (2, one on piece), Baghdad 18 duplex (5) and "BAGHDAD" c.d.s (5), QV Official stamps with Bagdad squared circle (6), and 1915 Experimental P.O B.503 of Basra City. Also Turkey stamps (14) and pieces (4) with Iraq cancels. (163). £200-240
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1916-21 Stampless forces mail (19) with various Indian F.P.Os (10), datestamps of "BASE HOSPITAL BASRAH", "TANNUMAH (IRAQ)", "KUT CAMP (IRAQ)", etc. Also unused postcards (10), newspapers (2) and a 1917 Christmas card. (32). £180-220
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1922-23 State Service ½a - 2r surcharge set of eight, watermark Multiple Crown CA sideways, overprinted "SPECIMEN", the ½a with small corner crease, 2r with a tiny thin spot, otherwise fine. S.G. O33/40s, £400. (8). £70-100
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1918-23 In British Occupation postal stationery or stamps on covers and cards, includes ½a reply card used, 1a postcard used, 1a envelopes used (5, one to India with "T" and "FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE / 1 ANNAS 6 PIES), 2½a registration envelope unused, registered cover franked 5½a from Kerbela to Persia, 1a State Service pair, registered cover franked 2a from F.P.O 36, etc. (21). £150-200
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1927-29 Covers from Iraq (14) or Persia to England carried on the Imperial Airways Basra-Baghdad-Cairo service (13) or the Basra - London service (2, one carried on the first flight of 8th August 1929), also a front diverted to surface mail, 1924 (Oct. 16) cover from Damascus to Cairo bearing Syria "Avion" overprint 2pi - 10pi set of four, and a 1920 registered cover with Iraq British Occupation 1a pair tied by F.P.O 55 c.d.s. (18). £150-180
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1927 Air Mail cover from Scotland to Baghdad franked 7d with boxed "RECEIVED OPEN AND TORN / MANAGER D.L.O BAGHDAD" and boxed "D.L.O / BAGHDAD / 8 SEP 27" backstamp; and 1931 air mail cover from England to Persia franked 5d with bilingual "MISSENT TO BAGHDAD", a few faults with the reverse of the 1931 cover a little reduced. Two unusual cachets. (2). £100-120
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1930 Cover from Egypt to Italy with boxed bilingual "MISSENT TO BASRAH", backstamped at Basrah (Dec 25), very unusual. £100-120
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1933 Kenya Acknowledgement of Receipt card sent from Nairobi to Vienna, returned to Nairobi but missent to Venice and Iraq with violet bilingual "MISSENT TO BAGHDAD", very unusual. Photo on Page 95. £120-150
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Railway Letter. 1928 Air Mail cover to Scotland franked 6a and bearing 2a I.R Railway Post stamp both tied by violet octagonal Khanaquin City datestamp, backstamped at Baghdad. Light vertical fold and closed tear at top edge clear of the railway stamp, an attractive and unusual railway letter. Photo on Page 111. £150-200
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Railway Letter. 1937 Air Mail cover to G.B sent by K.L.M with eight stamps paying the 39f rate and a pictorial issue Iraqi Railways 10f letter stamp all tied by violet octagonal "KIRKUK" datestamps, backstamped at Baghdad. An attractive and unusual railway letter. Photo on Page 111. £200-250
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1925-40 Covers and cards including postal stationery (8) with ½a envelope and postcard Specimen overprints, ½a envelope first day use (1 Aug 1931), 3f on ½a envelope registered to England uprated 27f, also WW2 4f relief fund labels, etc., and a few modern covers, one 1990 cover with "DELAYED. U.N. SANCTIONS" cachet. (27). £100-120
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