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1867 1/- black and rose-carmine mint selection with white paper (9) including variety long-tailed "s" (3) and long sleeve, and toned paper (5), one showing long-tailed "s"; a few with a little gum toning though generally fresh and fine. S.G. 18, 18a, 19, 19a, £1,965 £350-400
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1868 single frame, white paper unused (2) and toned paper (2, one (thin) with variety long-tailed "s"); generally fine. Also 1888 4d. on 1/- [6] and [17], part to large part original gum, gum toned, otherwise fine appearance. B.P.A. Certificate (2007) for
long-tailed variety. S.G. 21, 21b, 21ba, 42, £1,235 £200-250
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1878 CC 1d. yellow-green block of four and 1d. green (2, one without gum), all with watermark sideways, and 1d. green (2, one with colour offset on reverse) with watermark upright, large part original gum, some trimmed perfs. at right of block, otherwise fine. Also 1887-89 1d. rose to 1/- sepia each overprinted "specimen" (D12), large part original gum; 6d. with vertical gum crease, otherwise fresh and fine. S.G. 22, 22a, 22b, 34-40 £1,350 £200-250
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1879-84 CC 2 1/2d. red-brown imperforate plate proof marginal block of four with plate number "1", large part original gum, fresh and fine. Very rare. Photo £2,000-2,500
Note: This block is illustrated on pages 23 and 98 of the Migliavacca handbook
Provenance:
J. Charlton Henry, 1961
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Master die proof in black on highly surfaced thin card (39x43mm.), showing "virgin islands" in outline only and with some background details incomplete. A fine and very rare proof. Photo £800-1,000
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1/2d. (3, one showing variety "halfpfnny" and another showing variety inverted "l" in "halfpenny") to 5/-, and a letter from the chief clerk at Tortola at the time of the 1899 issue concerning the number of errors; 4d. with some gum creases, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 43-50, 43a, 43b £100-120
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1/2d. yellow-green horizontal pair, variety imperforate, fine mint. Rare. Photo £800-1,000
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1922-28 1/2d. to 5/- set of thirteen value tablet tablet die proofs, each in black on glazed card (92x60mm.) marked "before hardening" or "after hardening" and dated in pencil between "4/1/22" and "1/4/22", and additional similar proofs for the 2d. marked "before striking" corrected to "after striking" and 3d. marked "after striking"; two with rub marks in red in places, otherwise fine and a rare set £800-1,000
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1936 1d. envelope die proof in carmine-red with 4mm. surrounds, let into thick card (85x92mm.) marked "Duplicate" and dated "1.2.26". Photo £500-600
Provenance: J. L. Fredrick, October 1992
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1858 (23 Feb.) sailor's envelope to Leicester, headed "From G. Millican, Seaman on board H.M.S. Herald", countersigned by Commanding Officer and bearing 1854 imperf. 1d. with margins virtually all round (just cut-into at top right) tied by void obliterator in brownish red, showing very fine "post office/Crown/albany/western australia" oval h.s in brownish red and, on reverse, clear arrival c.d.s. (7.4); some minor light age stains though an attractive and very rare soldier's rate cover, being one of only two recorded. B.P.A. Certificate (2007). Photo £8,000-10,000
Provenance: "Austin", May 1985
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1931 changed colours 1/2b. to 1i., set of eleven overprinted "specimen", original gum, some minor bends, fine. S.G. 10s-20s £200-250
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1918 mint and used specialised collection well written up on pages, hundreds, including varieties, unissued values, Harvesters 15f. (coloured figures) mint pair, used single with inverted overprint, Zita 10f. with sideways overprint (block of four and three singles),
Karl 15f. block of nine with the centre stamp overprint largely omitted, many unlisted values, lithographed overprints, etc., chiefly fine. A fascinating and highly unusual lot with many signed or ex the collection of Vladimir Fleck £1,500-2,000
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1895 (30 Nov.) surcharged in red, "2 1/2" in 1a.6p. sepia, a block of twenty (5x4) with margin at foot, fine unused with large part original lightly toned gum. A fine positional multiple. S.G. 22, £1500 £300-350
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1897 (Jan.) "2 1/2" on 4a. myrtle-green Type 5 vertical strip of four, fine mint.
S.G. 177, £440 £100-120
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1922 (c.) printer's sample, perf 14 20r. blue-green and indigo overprinted "specimen" (Type DS1), fine with large part original gum. Photo £100-120
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x 1891 (1 Jan.) Trading License authorising a store at the Manga Ngutu district, bearing 1888 1/- (53 with forty-two on reverse - two others missing) and 9/- (5), all tied by "rorke's drift/zululand" large circular cachet in violet, the license with manuscript notation "Accommodation must be provided for travellers, both man and beast, when there is no hotel in the neighbourhood". A magnificent document. Photo £2,500-3,000
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x 1/2d. pair, 1d. vertical strip of four (one with broken "m" in "specimen", one with club foot to "m" and one with spur on "m"), 2 1/2d., 3d. and 4/- strips of four, 6d. and 1/- strips of five, all overprinted "specimen" (D12), fresh mint with all but one 1/2d. unmounted. A very fine and rare group of multiples £600-800
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x 1/2d. to £5 set of ten each overprinted "specimen" (D12) and with additional 6d. showing broken "m" in "specimen" (only 13 possible), part to large part original gum.
S.G. 20-29a, £975+ £500-600
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x £1 purple on red and £5 black and purple on red, both overprinted "specimen" (D12), fresh unmounted mint; very fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2012) for both. S.G. 28, 29a, £475+. Photo £300-350
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x £5 purple and black on red, overprinted "specimen" and showing broken "m" in "specimen", large part original gum; very rare with only 13 examples possible. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 29a, £475+. Photo £350-400
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x 1/2d. to 4/- (1/- marginal), fine unmounted mint. S.G. 20-27, £345 £150-200
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x 1/2d. to 2/6d. and 4/- on piece, nearly all with Eshowe c.d.s., and additional 1/2d. with part "lower (umfolosi)" datestamp in violet; fine. S.G. 20-27, £412 £150-180
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x 1/2d. corner block of six with interpanneau margin, 1d. block of four, 1d. marginal block of six with one showing variety shaved "Z", 3d. block of six (2x3) with interpanneau margin, 6d. upper right corner plate block of four, 1/- upper left corner block of four with plate number, 2/6d. and 4/- blocks of four, fresh mint with the lower values remaining unmounted. S.G. 20, 21, 21a, 23-27, £1,494+ £800-1,000
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x 1/2d. dull mauve and green, variety watermark inverted, fresh unmounted mint.
S.G. 20w, £275 £150-180
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x £1 purple on red, neatly cancelled by part Eshowe double-ring datestamp; very fine. B.P.A. Certificate (2012). S.G. 28, £650. Photo £300-350
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x £5 purple and black on red, fresh unmounted mint, very fine. Rare. R.P.S. (1978) and B.P.A. (2012) Certificates. S.G. 29, £5,500+. Photo £3,500-4,000
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x £5 purple and black on red, neatly cancelled by two part Eshowe double-ring datestamps; fine and scarce. Brandon (2011) and B.P.A. (2014) Certificates. S.G. 29, £1,600. Photo £800-1,000
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x £5 purple and black on red, used fiscally with two sets of initials and dated "8.1.98"; fine. Photo £150-200
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1935 Silver Jubilee, a complete unmounted mint collection with additional Jamaica marginal vertical pair with one showing extra flagstaff. Cat. £1650 £600-800
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1948 Silver Wedding complete unmounted mint, fine. Cat. £2250. (138) £600-800
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1937 Coronation and 1946 Victory complete unmounted mint, the former with additional Mauritius 20c. (2) showing line through sword and line by sceptre. Cat. £345. (366) £80-100
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Selection of Asia, including Indochina, Nepal, Vietnam with Canadian Forces Air Letters and covers, etc., mixed condition £100-120
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x Middle East mint selection (52), including Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia 1927 Establishment set, 1950 Capture of Riyadh set, Sudan, etc., mixed condition £120-150
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x Middle East selection of covers (17), including Iraq 1935-44 three Air Mail covers, Jordan, Lebanon 1941 censored to the U.S., Sudan 1931-49 six Air mail covers, Syria, etc., chiefly good to fine £120-150
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x A small selection comprising Germany 1938 Munich Pact double card, 1960 Rocket cover, Great Britain 1840 1d., 1841 1d. (7), Netherlands 1942 Balloon card, 1946 (3 different) Rocket cards bearing Ruitevaart labels, Portuguese Timor 1900 Centenary 3a. card additionally franked 2a. to England, Russia 1917 and 1918 registered and censored envelopes to Sweden bearing 1914 War Charity issues; good to fine £150-200
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Selection on stockcards, chiefly Australia and States with New South Wales 1899 2 1/2d. blue and 6d. orange, both in strips of five overprinted "ultramar" and cancelled by "n.s.w." in oval, Tasmania, New Zealand, etc., mixed condition £200-250
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x Selection of thirty-three items of Holy Land postal history, including Austrian Offices 1879 entire franked 10s. with Jerusalem/gerusalem cancellation, French Offices, German Offices, Ottoman Offices 1901 cover franked 10p. with violet trilingual Quartier Isrealite Jerusalem cancellation, 1907 stampless card with Jerico c.d.s., 1914 coloured p.p.c. (Dead Sea) with violet octagonal "eriha (jerusalem)", etc., good to fine £200-250
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An all world selection housed in an album and loose contained in a carton, many hundreds, including Belgium 1849 Epaulette 20c., margins all round, tied to entire from Anvers to Brussels, dated 7 July 1849 (first week of issue); France; Italian States Lombardy Venetia 1856 entire letter from Bergamo to Verona franked 15c. and 45c. on the front, 15c. (2) on reverse, Russia, Switzerland, etc., mixed condition £200-250
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Postal History selection (50 items), including Brazil, Great Britain 1820 entire letter from Dover to London, 1860 envelope to Ohio franked 4d. strip of three, 1877 entire letter to Nova Scotia franked 2 1/2d. rosy mauve, Netherlands 1827 entire letter to London, Southern Rhodesia 1925 envelope to New York franked 1 1/2d. (2), United States
1917-23 Knights of Columbus A.E.F. covers (4), etc., mixed condition £200-250
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A very interesting postal history selection contained in a carton with Bosnia-Herzegovina 1914 military post envelope registered to B.E.A., B.E.A. 1916 10c. registered envelope uprated and insured to England franked with additional 25c. (2) and 2r., China Sinkiang 1921 envelope to England, Tanganyika G.E.A. philatelic envelope franked with 1c. to 2r.; also unused stationery cards/envelopes, newspaper wrappers, registered envelopes. Condition mixed. (hundreds) £200-300
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British Empire selection on pages, hundreds, including Bahamas, Falkland Islands
1891-1902 2 1/2d. (5 shades), Grenada, Natal, Orange River Colony 1903-04 set (except 2 1/2d.) overprinted "specimen", Postal Stationery, etc., unused and used, mixed condition £250-300
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A postal history range with Belgium 1841 (10 Feb.) entire letter Lisbon, sent care of Shaw & Caffary London, red Anvers d.s. (11.2) and framed "pf", rated "5/4" in manuscript; Denmark 1900 (24. Feb.) yellow envelope to San Francisco franked 1875-1901 perf. 12 1/2c. 3c. grey and light blue (inverted frame) strip of five (faults) and 1882-1902 5c., Frederiksborg cancellations; Netherlands Indies 1860 (7 Aug.) entire letter to Brussels, "By British Steamer" with red "curacao" c.d.s., on reverse (across flap) "angleterre par ambt ouest/20/aout./1860" d.s. ( J. Van der Linden certificate -2011); Macao 1937 (28 April) Pan American Airways first airmail to the United States, souvenir envelope to Manila franked 1934 30a., 1936 air 5a. on 6a., 15a., violet cachet, arrival d.s on reverse; Russia 1871 (Feb.) entire letter from Moscow to Porto, a variety of rate markings and handstamps; also Lombardy and Venetia "Tagli Delli Soldi 4 Per Lettera" 1614-17, number 9716 and 1627-29, number 17231; generally fair to fine. (7 items) £250-300
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Old time mainly used selection arrnged on printed album leaves including Finland
1860-67 serpentine roulettes 5p. to 40p., Norway 1855 4sk. (2), 1856-60 2sk. to 8sk., 1863-64 24sk., 1871-75 1sk. to 7sk. and Sweden 1855-58 3sk. to 24sk., 1856-62 local issue for Stockholm 1sk., 1858-72 5ö to 50ö. Condition mixed with viewing essential. (hundreds) £300-400
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An old-time all world accumulation housed in five assorted albums, small box and loose in packets, etc., contained in a carton, including China Large Dragons 1ca, 2ca. used, 5ca., Great Britain 1840 1d., 1887-1900 Jubilees values to 1/- mint, K.E.VII values to 1/- mint and to 2/6d. used, K.U.T. used lower values in quantity. Condition mixed with viewing essential. (thousands) £300-400
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British Levant 1893 handstamped 40pa. on 1d. vermilion, tied to piece by first day cancellation; Holcombe opinion (1986). S.G. 7, £100+; France 1863-70 die proof of the design for the 1c., 2c. and 4c. but inscribed "0c. postes 0c" in black on wove paper (360x400mm.), marginal creases; Great Britain 1870 National Telephone Company 1d. black and 1/- brown, each in a pane of twelve with full margins, unmounted mint;
and Luxembourg 1859 Arms 10c. imperforate essay in black, block of four from the top of the sheet, with gum (hinged in margin only); generally fine £300-400
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An all world accumulation housed in seventy-two assorted volumes, one chocolate box, loose pages, etc., contained in six cartons, with strength in Great Britain with Kingsbridge, Devon postal history and British Empire. Also postcards. Condition variable. (thousands) £400-500
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Imperial Airways: 1924-39 Collection (37 flown covers and seven postcards of aircraft) on leaves, including 1927 (March) Cairo-Uganda, 1929 (March) London-Jerusalem Irish acceptance, also return flight, 1929 (Dec.) Dublin-Jodhpur, 1931 (April) London-Australia "City of Cairo" crash (without markings), 1932 (Jan.) Cape Town to Mirabella Bay, Nairobi acceptance, 1936 (Oct.) Lagos-London, etc., chiefly fine £400-500
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An all world collection housed in thirteen albums or stockbooks and loose contained in a carton, chiefly Great Britain with strength in modern issues, booklets with greetings and prestige types, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, etc., Belgium, United States 1904 St. Louis set, 1907 Jamestown set, 1913-15 Panama Pacific perf. 12 set of four, 1918 Air set, 1920 Pilgrim Fathers, 1924 Huguenot-Walloon set, 1925 Lexington Concord set, etc., chiefly good to fine £500-600
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A British Empire selection arranged in three volumes, contained in a carton, including Australia 1963-65 Navigators 4/- to £2 unmounted mint (2), Nauru 1916-23 1/- to 10/- overprinted specimen; also omnibus sets with 1937 Coronation (2, one used), 1949 U.P.U. used, 1953 Coronation unmounted mint. £600-800
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x An all world accumulation housed in thirteen volumes, eighteen approval books and loose, contained in two cartons, including Great Britain and Empire with assorted mint blocks/sheets and mint British Guiana 1921-27 to 96c., Gambia 1902-05 2 1/2d. dented frame and used Ceylon 1912-25 20r. used (4), K.U.T. 1935-37 £1 (not guaranteed). Condition very mixed with some fine. (thousands) £700-800
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