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1952-c.2012 Mint stamps, apparently complete, with all 1952-65 sets (also an additional 1952 set), mostly in two Kabe albums, also a large quantity of mint decimal issues of Ascension, St. Helena, Falkland Islands, British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia, an early print of a 1946 photo of Princess Elizabeth looking at stamps used for the 2002 43p Golden Jubilee stamp of South Georgia, etc. A large accumulation, nearly all superb and unmounted. (Many 100s). £200-250
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1975 Sea Plants issue designed by Sylvia Goaman, artist's preliminary drawings for the four accepted designs, mostly in pencil, two in watercolour, also the artist's research notes and correspondence with the Crown Agents. (17+). £160-180
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Booklets. 1957-79 Booklets including blue 3/6 booklet with MY 30 57 c.d.s on reverse (SB1, £350), red 3/6 booklet (SB2), Green 3/6 booklets (3, SB3, one with AP 11 60 St. Helena c.d.s), green 4/2 booklets (2, SB4, differing postage rates on reverse) and two differing 1979 Inaugural Visit of the Liner QE2 booklets; also proofs of the front and reverse covers of the first booklet each handstamped "PROOF / GDP, single proof of the second red booklet covers, and the six booklet panes removed from this second 3/6 booklet. (10 booklets + 3 proofs + 6 panes). S.G. £507++. £170-200
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1943-52 KGVI Covers, five censored, four of these with scarce Examiner D/43 seals ("43" in manuscript), also covers from Salt Cay (2), etc. (9). £250-280
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1967 Peace issue, preliminary artists drawings mostly in pencil on tracing paper (18, one featuring a rose in colour) and a fine watercolour essay on thick card with overlay showing the surrounding wording. Also copies of correspondence between the UN and the artist, and pages from a flower catalogue used for the designs. (19). £70-80
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1941-44 Censored covers with frankings to the 1/- value, two registered, with P.C 90 seals 6280, IC/8745, 5347, Examined By 2842 seal with octagonal "PASSED / T.154", or US seals (2), scarce. (6). £250-300
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1893 Cover to Germany inscribed via the steamer "Irawady" bearing India 1892 2a6p tied "Gustav Bruchner Zanzibar" senders cachet in violet and a Zanzibar squared circle, octagonal "La Reunion A Marseille L.V No. 1" French Seapost datestamp below. £100-120
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1895 Stampless registered "On Postal Service" cover to Brussels with imprint "Postmaster General, British East Africa & Zanzibar, Zanzibar", endorsed "Affranchi, Bulletin de Verification". Handstamped with circular framed "R" and "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE / LV No. 1" datestamp, backstamped by "ZANZIBAR / REG." single ring c.d.s, and at Paris and Brussels. A fine and scarce official cover. Photo on Page 146. £300-350
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1896 India ¼a Postcard posted locally in Zanzibar to a German sailor on the S.M.S "Condor", the India card disallowed with the large "ZANZIBAR" c.d.s applied away from the stamp, also handstamped "T" in a circle and boxed "FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE / (2) ANNAS (6) PIES". An unusual and scarce card. Photo on Page 129. £500-600
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1897 Bavaria 10pf reply card, the reply half commercially used back from Zanzibar to Munich cancelled by the "ZANZ BAR" double ring c.d.s, the reverse with the original Zanzibar single ring receipt c.d.s. Very unusual. Photo on Page 146. £350-400
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1934 Stampless "On Zanzibar Government Service" envelope sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Zanzibar, with "ZANZIBAR / 17 / PROTECTORATE" cachet and boxed "R / MKOANI PEMBA" registration handstamp, backstamped with "MKOANI" and "REG / ZANZIBAR" datestamps. Very fine and scarce. £150-200
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1895-1926 Postal stationery mainly overprinted "SPECIMEN" (32), also unused items (21) and used (3), includes lettercards, reply cards, registration envelopes, newspaper wrappers, etc. (56). £100-120
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SG Imprimateur, close at top with good margins on the other sides, no gum, fine colour and appearance. With B.P.A Certificate (1993). S.G. £20,000. Photo on Page 140. £2,000-2,500
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AD "SPECIMEN" overprint type 1, four margins, close but clear at lower right, tiny thin spot at top, otherwise fine and scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (1991). S.G. £9,000. Photo on Page 140. £700-1,000
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Mint or unused stamps comprising CF, touched at right, part gum; JD, two margins, with gum; TK, cut into at top and touched at base, no gum; and SA with a marked Ivory head, four margins, very close at left, no gum. S.G. £24,000. (4). Photo on Page 140. £600-800
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Single used 2d blues from AF - TL, on cards identifying various varieties, including pieces bearing 1d + 2d (2); LI with a bright red transit c.d.s; HB and MG on lavender tinted paper; OG re-entries (2); various shades; many Maltese Crosses (a few possibly distinctive), mixed condition but many fine with four margins. An unusual large holding of this stamp. (354). £2,200-2,600
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Used stamps with marginal inscriptions comprising LL superb with four margins; TI, two margins; OK-OL pair just touched at foot of OL, otherwise fine used on piece; and JJ-JL strip of three, cut into at top (JJ also at base), four uncommon marginal stamps. (4). Photo on Pages 140 & 143. £220-260
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TK-TL Pair with inverted watermark, four good margins, fine used with London Inland Office "14" numeral cancels. S.G. £1,700. Photo on Page 140. £350-450
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Used horizontal pairs (59) and vertical pairs (2), various shades, EG-EH with fine Maltese Cross cancels possibly of Greenock, a superb OA-OB deep blue pair with small part marginal inscription, 33 pairs with four margins to both stamps, a fine lot. (61 pairs). £1,400-1,600
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Used horizontal strips of three (21) and a vertical strip, various shades, three with Maltese Cross cancels (one possibly Leamington), thirteen with full margins, an unusual lot. (66 stamps in 22 strips). £800-1,000
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Used horizontal strips of four (10) and a vertical strip including CH-CK strip with CH-CJ fine, CK cut into at right, used on piece with Irish "155" cancels; DG-DJ, DI just touched at base but otherwise fine; PI-PL with PL very close at lower corner, otherwise superb; TA-TD superb with full margins; the others with faults to one or more stamps. (44 stamps in 11 strips). Photo on Page 140. £400-500
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Used horizontal strips of five (4) or six, block of four and blocks of six (2), including IA-IE strip with full margins (IE creased); EG-EK with full margins to EG-EI (EJ-EK cut into at top, EG creased), others all with faults to two or more stamps but an unusual group. (42 Stamps in 8 multiples). Photo on Page 140. £350-450
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Used blocks of four comprising EG-FH each cancelled "46" of Banbury, EG just cut into at top; and AF-BG each cancelled "316" of Godalming, AF and AG both just touched, BF and BG with light corner creases, two attractive looking blocks. S.G. £3,400. (2 blocks). Photo on Page 143. £220-260
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Maltese Cross cancellations comprising BB-BC pair each with fine Stirling Cross (cut into, with 1965 R.P.S Certificate); JL with Perth Cross, four margins; FJ with Montrose Cross, three margins; also an 1843 piece with three four margin stamps each unusually cancelled by a Maltese Cross and datestamp of Newport, Isle of Wight. S.G. list these crosses on the 1841 1d but not on the 2d value. (4) £120-150
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BA Cancelled by number "1" in Maltese Cross and SD cancelled number "12" in Maltese Cross, BA a little close at base, SD with a pressed crease, otherwise both fine with four margins. S.G. £1,250. (2). Photo on Page 140. £150-200
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GG-GI Strip of three each cancelled by number "12" in Maltese Cross, GG very close at left, otherwise fine with full margins. S.G. £1,650. Photo on Page 140. £300-350
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Single stamps (6) and a pair all cancelled by number "12" in Maltese Cross, three stamps close at one corner but just with four margins, the others with three or two margins. S.G. £4,400. (8). Photo on Page 140. £300-350
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BF Tied to piece by a fine Maltese Cross in blue, very close at top, large margins on the other three sides. With B.P.A Certificate (1970). S.G. £5,000. Photo on Page 140. £450-600
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Single stamps with a blue Maltese Cross cancels comprising CJ very close at right and light horizontal crease at top; BG with a fine cancel, cut into at top; also CG and HJ without margins. S.G. £20,000. (4). Photo on Page 140. £500-600
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Single stamps (4) and a pair with numeral cancels in blue comprising JC, four margins; QH with Irish "377" cancel, three margins; CB tied to piece by Irish "331" cancel, three margins, just touched at right; LJ with Irish "260" cancel, two margins; and NC-ND pair tied to piece by Scottish cancels, ND cut into, crossed by horizontal fold. S.G. £6,000. (6). Photo on Page 140. £350-400
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PL Cancelled by a numeral in green (possibly "698") and a "530" numeral of Milnthorpe in black, four margins, fine and unusual. (S.G. £8,000 solely cancelled in green). Photo on Page 140. £180-240
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EH Pale blue mint, four margins, minor creasing and a small thin spot, hinge remainder, a good looking stamp. S.G. £6,000. Photo on Page 140. £400-500
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Mint or unused stamps comprising NF with a violet tinge, four margins, no gum; JL, four margins, very close, no gum; IB, three margins, no gum; JD, three margins, creased, part gum. S.G. £24,000. (4). Photo on Page 140. £450-550
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Used singles from AA-TL on cards with many varieties identified, various shades, thin papers, CC late use in 1864 with Liverpool c.d.s, CE re-entry, DA recut (2), MK late use with London duplex, TB recut, TH re-entry (4), etc., many very fine, an unusual large lot. (244). £1,400-1,800
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Used horizontal pairs (44) and vertical pairs (3) including TC-TD with small part marginal inscription, BD-BE cancelled contrary to regulations by a single central Irish numeral, etc., 28 with full margins. (47 pairs). £800-1,000
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Used horizontal strips of three (28) and a vertical strip, including GI-GK on very thin paper with Ivory heads, QB-QD bright blue with a light lavender tint, etc., thirteen with clear margins on all sides. (87 stamps in 29 strips). £600-800
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Used horizontal strips of four (8) or five, including SE-SI with margins to SF-SI, SE touched; EI-EL with full margins; KG-KJ, DA-DD, GI-GL, CA-CD and KD-KG all just touched at one stamp only, etc. (37 stamps in nine strips). £300-350
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Used blocks of four including IE-JF, IF and JF touched on one side; FA-GB, GA just touched, otherwise fine; IG-JH, four margins, close at base and light crease; also IK-JC with faults. S.G. £5,200. (4 blocks). Photo on Page 143. £300-400
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Used blocks of six (3) or eight, including CH-DJ, close at DI and just touched at DH and DJ, light crease, also LA-NB, AA-BC and GA-HD all with some faults. S.G. £6,500+. (26 stamps in four blocks). £250-300
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OH Inverted watermark, four margins, fine used. S.G. £850. Photo on Page 140. £120-150
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FL, Pale blue with inverted watermark, four large margins, superb used. S.G. £850. Photo on Page 140. £160-200
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Used singles (4) and a pair all with inverted watermark, ML with four large margins but creased, LB-LC with LB very close or just touched and LC with two margins, the others all three margins. S.G. £5,100. (6). £160-200
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HD-HE Pair with inverted watermark used, Ivory heads, four margins, HD a little close at lower left. S.G. £1,700. Photo on Page 140. £250-300
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KE-KG Strip of three with inverted watermark used with "700" numeral cancels of Sheffield, good margins on all sides, KG with surface faults on the value, trace of pressed crease to KF-KG, KE-KF of very fine appearance. S.G. £2,550. Photo on Page 140. £280-350
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BH with spectacle variety, fine used, four margins. S.G. £1,000. Photo on Page 140. £150-180
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ED with private pin-perf at left and right sides, fine used with "980" numeral cancel of York, very unusual. With Brandon Certificate (1994). Photo on Page 140. £180-240
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Used singles (9), pairs (2) and strips of three (3), various shades (but not violet-blue) all showing some slight lavender tinting to the paper, many with distinct Ivory heads, seven singles, a pair and strip with full margins. (22). £400-500
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Used singles (5), pairs (2) and a strip of four in violet-blue shades mostly with slight signs of lavender tinting, some with clear Ivory heads, one fine pair on thin paper with more pronounced lavender tinting, most with full margins, the strip creased. (13). £400-500
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NA-NB Pair, violet-blue with marked Ivory heads and slight sign of lavender tint (early stage) used with "531" cancels of Mold, NA close at lower left, otherwise fine with full margins. With Brandon Certificate (2001). S.G. £800+. Photo on Page 140. £150-180
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FA-FC Strip of three, violet-blue with marked Ivory heads and slight sign of lavender tint (early stage) used, full margins, cancels a little heavy, otherwise superb. S.G. £1,200+. Photo on Page 140. £240-280
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