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Djibouti/Madagascar - Air Mails. 1931 Goulette, Salel and Boutillier Madagascar to Paris flights, registered covers flown on their first flight from Tananarive franked 13f.50, signed by Goulette, (fifty covers flown) or flown on their second flight on the leg from Djibouti bearing eleven different Somali Coast stamps, both with special flight cachets, the first with a little staining. (2). £140-160
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Djibouti - Airmails. 1935 Ala Littoria flights comprising November 14th first flight from Djibouti to Khartoum via Assab and Asmara, (only ten covers flown); and December 11th postcard from Paris to Djibouti carried on the first service extended from Asmara to Mogadiscio via Djibouti with a 30c postage due stamp applied upon arrival, handstamped "BRINDISI - KARTOUM / Service prolonge / DJIBOUTI". (2). £100-120
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Djibouti - Blockade Runner Flights. 1941-42 Covers flown from France to Djibouti (3) including 1941 (July 23) reconnaissance flight with Marignane Airport c.d.s (35 flown) and a cover endorsed "by hand of pilot" with an uncancelled 1f, or flown from Djibouti with a Marseille backstamp, three with the cachet "SERVICES AERIEN SPECIAUX / PENDANT LE BLOCUS DE DJIBOUTI". (4). £100-120
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Senegal - Air Mails. 1925 Lemaitre and Arrachard, Paris to Dakar and return flights, cover from Etampes (Feb 3) to Dakar franked 25c and bearing the flight vignette tied by oval cachet with Dakar arrival backstamp (Feb 5), and return flight cover from Dakar (Feb 7) to Versaille franked 25c, two flight cachets and backstamps of Le-Golea, Casablanca and Versaille (Mar 24). Also an unused flight vignette and similar imperf vignette produced in 1945 for the 20th anniversary of the flight. 300 Covers carried on the outward flight and 200 covers on the return flight, which set a new distance record of 17,000km in 85 hours flying time. (4). £140-160
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1886-90 1/2d - 1/- Crown CA Cameos mint, at least nine examples of each value with a good range of shades, including sloping label variety on 6d olive-green (Brandon Certificate) and 6d bronze-green. S.G. £1,250+. (111). Photo on Page 93. £200-240
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1902-12 Mint issues comprising KEVII 1902-05 Crown CA set, 1904-06 Multiple Crown CA set, 1906 surcharge pair and KGV 1912 set, also various additional values and shades. S.G. £1,220. (77). £180-240
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Sudetenland. 1938-41 Covers and cards from Sudetenland, all with German stamps, various mainly provisional type cancels with straight line, boxed or circular rubber datestamps (some with the date applied separately), Czech datestamps with the Czech wording excised, some with Swastikas or "Wir Sind Frei". A fine lot, many commercial with registered, express and C.O.D letters and a parcel card. Also three pieces and two propaganda postcards. (90). £480-550
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WW2 Feldposts. 1940-45 Covers, cards, etc., including 1941 cover from Hamburg to a soldier in France with 5pf tied by "HAMBURG 1 / a / STRASSENBAHN" c.d.s, a rare use of the accelerated 5pf tram service to a soldier (Michel Ä500); 1944 cover to a soldier posted into the Berlin Pneumatic Post with a red "Rohrpost" label, franked 22pf; 1942 stampless Money Letter sent between soldiers in France with red "V/Feldpost" label (Michel Ä400); Feldpost Money Order cards (2); Express covers to or from soldiers (2); 1942 stampless cover with "FP. PN. ST / LINZ (DONAU) 2" Feldpost Parcel office c.d.s (Michel Ä300); parcel bag labels (3), C.O.D parcel card franked 50pf, Feldpost permit labels (2), Official registered parcel from Naval High Command, etc. An interesting collection mostly written up on pages. (23). £300-350
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WW2 Feldpost Covers, a large quantity in a box, several noted with Luftfeldpost stamps. (Many 100s). £100-120
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Local Posts. 1886-1907 Covers and cards bearing local post stamps (29) and local post postal stationery unused (19) or used (40), including blue Munich "Courier" card posted into the incorrect box so charged 6pf with a pair of 3pf grey postage due stamps tied by Munich c.d.s, 2pf reply card posted in Berlin bearing a 3pf postage stamp but returned by local post with 2pf Berlin private post stamp on the reply half, Crefeld private post card posted at Gossnitz with a 2pf postage stamp applied, two postal stationery cards of Berlin unlisted by Michel, wrappers, reply cards, lettercards, commemorative and pictorial items, mainly fine. Also the 2005 Michel Catalogue of Private Posts (Vol. 1). (88). Photo on Page 82. £1,200-1,400
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Local Posts. Mint and used stamps in a stockbook arranged by local post, from Apolda to Munich, some multiples, some probably forgeries, all fine. (295). £80-100
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Cinderellas. An album containing c.1900-30 poster stamps, all stuck down, many attractive stamps in colour with many stamps advertising products, subjects include beauty products, sport, silhouettes, drink, exhibitions, tyres, soldiers, caramel, toys and children, animals and animal food, costumes, etc., also a few 1930s cigarette cards. Some faults, over 430 poster stamps fine. (400+). £100-150
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1919-22 Internal and external covers, postcards, and printed matter from the six rate periods from 1918 until September 1922, including three items posted on 30 September 1922 (the last day before the cheapest printed matter rate was increased to 1 Mark) comprising internal official cover franked 3m, internal printed matter franked 50pf and an internal C.O.D card franked 5m, also other C.O.D cards, registered mail, internal air mails, official mail, Bavaria and Danzig frankings, express mail, a few pre-1919 or 1923 covers. Some better frankings and postal markings with "MISSENT TO / U.S SEA P.O No. 4", Official money letter bearing six values of 1920 Deutsche Reich on Bavaria official overprint set to the 5m, mixed Bavaria/Germany frankings, etc. A few cards with file holes, otherwise mainly fine. (204). £500-600
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1st October - 14th November 1922 Rate Period (45 days). Internal and external covers, window envelopes and cards including official mail (10), C.O.D card franked 6m, better frankings with 1921 workers issue 60pf pair + 160pf (3) paying 6m letter rate (Michel Ä250), 1920 Deutsche Reich on Bavaria official 1 1/2m single franking, etc. A few cards with file holes, otherwise fine. (37). £160-200
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15th November - 14th December 1922 Rate Period (30 days). Internal and external covers, cards and printed matter including official mail (11, two sent as money letters), registered and express mail, 1920 Deutsche Reich on Bavaria 2 1/2m single franking paying printed matter rate, etc. A few file holes or faults but the majority fine. (30). £180-240
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15th December 1922 - 14th January 1923 Rate Period (31 days). Internal and external covers and cards including first day rate cover franked at 35m, two last day rate postcards franked 15m or 19m, official mail (7, one a C.O.D card), registered mail, C.O.D cover, underpaid postcard, etc. A few cards with file holes, otherwise fine. (55). £300-400
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15th January - 28th February 1923 Rate Period (45 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes, and printed matter with two items posted on the first day of the new rate comprising official registered cover franked 55m in official stamps and a postcard franked 25m; four items posted on the last day of the rate comprising official registered cover franked 110m, covers franked 55m or 70m and a postcard; also official covers (17, two registered), other registered covers and cards (4), C.O.D card, Danzig postcard, cover franked 20m and charged a further 20m. A few cards with file holes and two items fronts only, otherwise fine. (93). £500-600
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1st March - 30th June 1923 Rate Period (122 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter with three first day of the new rate items comprising official cover franked 100m, postcard franked 25m and a registered postcard franked 100m; also other official mail (25, two registered, two C.O.D), registered mail (8), C.O.D cards (2), money letter franked 1,508m, Danzig frankings (4, one express), internal airmail. A few cards with file holes or other faults, the majority fine. (118). £500-600
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1st - 31st July 1923 Rate Period (31 days). Internal and external covers, cards and printed matter with five items sent on the final day of the rate comprising cover franked 300m, postcard franked 120m, printed matter franked 60m or registered air mail printed matter covers franked 660m or 410m; also official mail (6, one a C.O.D card), other registered covers (3), express covers or cards (4), C.O.D covers (2), postcard to Switzerland franked 480m and charged 35c postage due but refused and returned changed 640m, cover franked 300m and charged 90m, etc. A few cards with file holes, otherwise fine. (68). Photo on Page 88. £400-500
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1st - 23rd August 1923 Rate Period (23 days). Inland covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter with five items posted on the first day of the new rate comprising postcards franked at the previous days 120m rate or at the new 200m or 400m (2) rate and a cover franked 960m; six items sent on the last day of the rates comprising C.O.D cover franked 1,500m, registered card franked 1,400m, postcards franked 400m or 600m, cover franked 1,000m and registered air mail printed matter franked 3,600m. Also other registered covers (5), express mail (2, one registered), C.O.D cover and official mail (7), a few cards with file holes, otherwise fine. A scarce group. (67). Photo on Page 88. £600-700
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24th - 31st August 1923 Rate Period (8 days). Internal and external covers, cards, printed matter and window envelopes sent during this short period, all rates now in the thousands of marks, seven items sent on the first day of the new rates comprising postcards franked 4,000m or 8,000m (2), a window envelope franked 20,000m, printed matter franked 8,000m and covers franked 25,000m or 30,000m; another five items sent on the last day of the rates comprising a registered cover franked 45,000m, covers franked 20,000m or 60,000m and postcards franked 8,000m (2); also other registered covers (3), express mail (2), official cover franked 53,900m, etc. A few cards with file folds, otherwise a fine and scarce group from this eight day period. (44). Photo on Page 88. £600-700
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1st - 19th September 1923 Rate Period (19 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter, four covers posted on the first day of the new rates all franked 75,000m; three other items posted on the final day comprising covers franked 75,000m (2) and a postcard franked 30,000m. Also registered covers (2), a C.O.D cover franked 112,000m, official covers (3), three covers also with "Gebuhr Bezahlt" handstamps to emphasise that the correct postage had been paid. A few cards with file holes, otherwise fine. (59). Photo on Page 88. £500-600
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20th - 30th September 1923 Rate Period (11 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter with five items posted on the first day of the new rates comprising printed matter franked 50,000m, postcards franked 50,000m or 100,000m, cover franked 250,000m and a registered postcard franked 300,000m; a further three items sent on the final day comprising printed matter franked 50,000m, cover franked 250,000m and a cover to South Africa franked 750,000m. Also official covers (3), registered cover and cards (2), cover with "Deutsche Seepost Ost Afrikanische Hauptlinie" datestamps, etc. A few cards with file holes, otherwise fine. (35). Photo on Page 88. £400-500
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1st - 9th October 1923 Rate Period (9 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter, the new rates a minimum of 400,000m with most over one million marks. Six items posted on the first day of the new rates comprising a registered postcard franked at the previous days rate of 350,000m, postcards franked 800,000m, 2million or 3.6million marks; also eleven items posted on the final day including 400,000m printed matter, 2.4million mark cover rate to South Africa and 11million mark registered cover rate to South Africa. Other items include registered mail (2), registered express covers (2) and an official card. A few cards with file holes and one item a front only, otherwise fine and a scarce group from this short rate period. (52). Photo on Page 88. £700-800
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10th - 19th October 1923 Rate Period (10 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter, all rates now in the millions of marks, five items sent on the first day of the new rates comprising printed matter franked 1million marks or the previous day's rate of 600,000m, cover franked 5million marks, registered cover franked 10million marks and a cover to South Africa franked 16million marks; also eight items posted on the final day with a postcard franked 2million marks, printed matter franked 3million marks, covers franked 5million marks (4) or 7million marks and a cover to South Africa franked 15million marks. Other items include registered mail (5) and an express cover, one cover with unusual two line "CASSEL / 18.10.23" rubber type cancels. A few cards with file holes and two items fronts only, otherwise fine and a scarce group from this short rate period. (37). Photo on Page 88. £450-550
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20th - 31st October 1923 Rate Period (12 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter, four covers posted on the first day of the new rates franked 10million marks (2), 20million marks (part cover) or to South Africa franked 20million marks; two items posted on the last day comprising postcard franked 4million marks or printed matter to South Africa franked 6million marks; also official covers (2), registered mail (2) and an express cover. A few cards with file holes, otherwise mainly fine. (30). Photo on Page 88. £350-450
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1st - 4th November 1923 Rate Period (4 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter, five items posted on the first day of the new rates comprising covers franked 95million marks (underpaid by 5million marks) or 100million marks (2), a window envelope franked 100million marks and a registered cover franked 240million marks, last day postcard franked 40million marks and cover franked 100million marks, two other items registered. A few cards with file holes, otherwise mainly fine and a rare group from the shortest of all the 1923 postal rate periods. (24). Photo on Page 90. £700-800
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5th - 11th November 1923 Rate Period (7 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter, the rates now quoted in Milliarden (1,000,000,000) marks, eleven items posted on the first day of the new rates comprising covers franked 0.5Md or 3Md (3), express cover franked 3Md, window envelope franked 1Md, postcards franked 0.2Md, 0.22 Md or 0.5Md, cover to South Africa franked 4Md and postcard to South Africa franked 2.5Md. Also a last day cover franked 3Md, express covers (2, one registered), and a cover franked 1Md marks and charged a further 600million marks. A few cards with file holes, otherwise fine, a scarce group from this very short rate period. (33). Photo on Page 90. £500-600
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12th - 19th November 1923 Rate Period (8 days). Internal and external covers, cards and printed matter, five posted on the first day of the new rates comprising covers franked at the previous day's rate of 1Md or at 10Md, registered cover franked 20Md and postcards franked 5Md (2); and nine items posted on the final day including a rare 90Md registered sample rate to South Africa, 50Md registered express rate, 8Md printed matter rate to South Africa, covers franked 20Md (4) and a registered postcard franked 12Md. Also a stampless money letter with 420Md paid in cash handstamped boxed "Gebuhr bezahlt". A few cards with file holes and a few other faults, the majority fine and a very scarce group from this short rate period. (31). Photo on Page 90. £500-600
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20th - 25th November 1923 Rate Period (6 days). Internal and external covers, cards, window envelopes and printed matter with six items posted on the first day of the new rates comprising covers franked 5Md (the previous day's rate) or 20Md, registered cover franked 40Md, express cover franked 60Md, cover to South Africa franked 80Md and printed matter to South Africa franked 40Md. Also a last day cover franked 20Md, registered mail (3), express (front only), and a postcard only franked 2Md and charged a further 3Md. A few cards with file holes, two items fronts only, otherwise fine and a scarce group from this very short rate period, several with roulette issue stamps including 20Md, etc. (29). Photo on Page 90. £500-600
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26th - 30th November 1923 Rate Period (5 days). Stampless Money letters all with the postage paid in cash, six handstamped "Gebuhr bezahlt" or "Freigebuhr", two sent by express delivery. All have a declared value of between 1 billion and 500 billion marks, the highest postage rate being 10.192 billion marks. One cover posted on the first day of the rate period, another sent on the final day. A rare group. (7). £280-350
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26th - 30th November 1923 Rate Period (5 days). Internal and external covers, cards and printed matter sent during the final rate period before the new currency was introduced, the stamps sold at four times face value and most items therefore franked at one quarter of the actual postage. Three items posted on the first day of the new rates comprising printed matter franked 4Md, printed matter to South Africa franked 37Md and a registered cover to South Africa franked 340Md; six further items sent on the final day of the rate period (and of the old currency) comprise postcards franked 10Md (3), cover franked 40Md (with various other earlier, and now worthless, stamps added), postcard to Belgium franked 40Md and printed matter to South Africa franked 16Md. Also other registered express covers franked 169Md or 80Md, registered cover franked 40Md, etc. Three cards with file holes and a couple of others with small faults, otherwise fine and a rare group from this very short final period of hyperinflation before a gold currency was introduced. (18). Photo on Page 90. £600-700
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December 1923 New Rates in "renten-pfennige" (Gold Currency). 1st December 1923 Internal covers (2, one insured) and a card sent on the first day of the new currency rates, the insured cover bearing 70pf in the new stamps issued on this day, the other cover with a mixed franking of 20Md + 6pf in new stamps, the card franked 14Md in old currency stamps. Also other internal covers (4, two registered) and cards (6) posted between 3rd - 14th December all with postage paid with the old currency stamps shown in Md marks, one card with a mixed franking including the new 3pf stamp. Four cards with file holes, otherwise fine and a scarce group. (13). Photo on Page 90. £250-300
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1911 1/2d - 1/- Overprints on Fiji, the set of seven fine mint. S.G. 1/7, £180. (7). £50-60
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1860 (Jan 13) Stampless cover to London prepaid 6d in cash, endorsed "pr Cleopatra" (a contract vessel of the African S.S Co) with red "5d" showing postage due to the British Post Office, light red "CAPE COAST CASTLE" undated circle and "CAPE COAST CASTLE / PAID" c.d.s (a little overinked and smudged but easily readable), superb red "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET / 11 FE 60" and London Paid arrival datestamps. Flap missing, otherwise fine and an uncommon early Gold Coast cover. Photo on Page 90. £200-250
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1872 (Aug 19) Stampless cover to Scotland prepaid 6d in cash with superb red "PAID AT CAPE COAST CASTLE" and "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET / 12 SP 72" datestamps, red "1" and "5d" denoting 5d due to the British Post Office and 1d to be retained by Gold Coast, Edinburgh and Murrayfield backstamps. Exhibition quality, very scarce so fine. Photo on Page 90. £300-350
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1844 (Aug 26) Entire letter from the American merchant Charles Emery in Hong Kong to his wife in Boston, addressed "care of Harnden & Co, No 20 Water Street, Liverpool", the reverse with a superb "HONG-KONG" double arc datestamp, rare red oval "FORWARDED / by / Bush Halsted & Co / HONG KONG" and a Liverpool transit datestamp (Jan 9), the front with a superb circular "HARNDEN & Co / of Liverpool / Have Paid Postage / to LIVERPOOL 1/- / TRANS-ATLANTIC 1/- / TO BE COLLECTED 2/- / by / HARNDEN & Co of U.S.", rated 1/- to G.B and 58 cents in the USA, endorsed "Received by Overland Mail Feb. 21st 1845". Emery states he is sending two copies of this letter, one via the Pacific and overland through Mexico whilst this letter goes the opposite route by the steamer. A little splitting at some of the folds, otherwise superb and a remarkable letter from Hong Kong sent via two forwarding agents, very rare. Photo Inside Back Cover. £1,600-1,800
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1852 1/2a Scinde Dawk on white paper used with dotted diamond obliterator, torn and repaired, minor staining, still a reasonable looking example. Also forgeries of the white, red (3) and blue stamps. £100-120
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1854 Imperf 1/2a - 4a mint and used selection on pages comprising 1/2a die 1 mint or used (5), die II mint or used (4), die III used (5); 1a die II mint (2) or used (2), die III used (2); 2a mint and used (22, with pair, two strips of three and strip of four); and 4a apparently unused (2nd printing, cut to shape) or used (6, with 3rd printing cut to shape, others all cut square including fine 4th printing with good margins). A useful lot, the 4a stamps mostly touched or cut to shape, otherwise mainly fine. S.G. £6,300+ (cut square stamps). (52). Photo on Page 93. £1,200-1,500
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1854 Issue 1a Proof in black, strip of four on thin yellowish card in the issued design, fine and scarce. Spence 35. Photo on Page 93. £200-250
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1854 Issue 1a, Die Proof reprint of 1890 (Dec.) strip of eight from the engraved plate in state C, in black on yellowish card, stamps 2 and 8 die III, fine and very scarce. Spence 44. Photo on Page 93. £500-600
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1854 Issue 1a in red, c.1890 reprints from the plate in state C in red on yellowish wove paper with stamps 2 and 8 die III, a pair showing the two adjacent dies (Spence 49) and a complete strip of eight each with "Specimen" underprint (Spence 50, positions 17-24), minor creasing. Photo on Page 93. £160-200
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1854 Issue essays and reprints comprising Capt. Thuiller essays for the 1/2a in reddish-brown (Spence 70) or 1a in blue (Spence 28); reprints of the 1/2a in red (Spence 93) or blue (Spence 99, heavy crease), 1a in red (2, Spence 48 or 49, one with heavy fold) or 4a (2, Spence 11 (?) with faults and Spence 19, fine), 2a essays in green or red (Spence 22/24) and octagonal type in red (Spence 20, cut to shape). Also forgeries of the 1/2a Lion and Palm Tree essays in six colours. (17). Photo on Page 93. £120-150
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1855 8a Carmine on blue glazed paper, mint and used, the mint stamp with a couple of slightly short perf tips at upper left, otherwise very fine with large part original gum. S.G. 36, £970. (2). Photo on Page 93. £150-180
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1855-1902 QV Issues mint and used on pages including 1859 2a yellow-buff unused, 1860 8p on bluish paper used and 8p on white paper mint (2, one a little stained), 1865 set with several mint, 1866 6a fiscal with "Postage" overprint used (4, one S.G. 68), 1866 4a mint die I and die II (2), 6a8p mint, 1868 8a mint (2, both shades), 1874 9p and 1r mint, 1882-90 set with all listed colours mint and mint multiples comprising 1/2a deep green, 9p, 6a8p and 1r blocks of four, 1/2a green and 2a blocks of six and 1a plum block of eight, 1891 2 1/2a on 4a6p mint vertical pair with misplaced surcharge, etc., the majority fine. Also West India 4a imperf essay pair in the design of the 1866 4a. S.G. £3,300+ (193). £500-600
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1865 2a Yellow, mint strip of three with vertical perforations misplaced 4mm to the left, central stamp with small thin, an attractive and spectacular multiple. S.G. 61, £1,125. Photo on Page 93. £200-250
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1882-90 1/2a Deep blue-green, variety double impression, fine mint. S.G. 85a, £1,700. Photo on Page 93. £500-600
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1895 2r - 5r Set of four fine mint, also the four values used comprising 2r carmine and yellow-brown (2), 2r carmine and brown (2, faults), 3r (4) and 5r (5). S.G. 107/109, £680. (17). £150-180
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1883 I PN" Postal Note overprints comprising 1865 8a carmine corner block of eight (a little staining on two stamps), 2a8p on 1876 12a single and corner block of eight, and 1882 1r single and block of eight all mint. (26). £100-120
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