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Indian Expeditionary Force. 1916-17 Covers comprising registered cover to London with 1/2a (2, faults) and 2a (2) tied F.P.O 24 c.d.s at Nairobi, manuscript "Registered, FPO 24, 003"; cover to Daressalaam with 1a tied F.P.O 343 c.d.s at Kilwa, blue boxed "PASSED BY / POSTAL CENSOR / DARESSALAM"; and an unusual cover from Iraq to Russia with 3p pair + 1/2a block of four tied by blue crayon and violet Russian censor cachet, backstamped Indian F.P.O 32 at Amara and at Moscow. (3). £160-200
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India. 1915-19 Covers and cards including 1918 cover from Bombay to Russia with boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED", boxed "D.L.O / BOMBAY / 17 DEC. 18" and British "Opened By Censor" seal; 1916 cover from Bombay to Tripoli with Italian censor seal tied boxed "TRIPOLI / Censura / N. 3"; cover from Siam to Switzerland franked 15s on 28s strip of three with violet circular "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) / MADRAS"; cover from USA to a soldier in India redirected to Iraq and G.B, finally returned with Bombay censor and various cachets including "INVALIDED TO ENGLAND"; also items from India to Java or Mexico or to India from Japan or Chile with various censor cachets of Bombay, Madras or Calcutta. An unusual group. (8). £320-380
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Jamaica. 1918 Picture postcard of M.S "Fionia" to Denmark with War Stamp 1 1/2d tied Myers Wharf c.d.s and boxed "PASSED BY NAVAL / CENSOR" (Gould 5D55, used in the Convoy Office at Kingston), small nick at lower edge otherwise fine and scarce; and 1919 cover to Switzerland franked 1d + War Stamp 1 1/2d with violet boxed "RELEASED BY THE / BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES" and "Controle Postal Militaire" seal tied oval "OVERT / 902 / Par L'AUTORITIE MILITAIRE". (2). £220-260
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Malaya - Penang. 1916 Registered cover to Switzerland with Netherlands Indies 22 1/2c tied Medan c.d.s and violet boxed "PASSED / BY CENSOR / PENANG"; and 1918 registered India 1/2a envelope uprated 3a to Sumatra with "STRAITS SETTLEMENTS / G (arms) R / OPENED BY THE / CENSOR AND OFFICIALLY SEALED" label tied by the same boxed censor cachet, and circular "LETTER CENSOR / PASSED / No. 3 / PENANG", both fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £250-280
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Malaya. 1916-18 Covers and postcards comprising 1918 card from Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang franked 2c to Manila and redirected to Canal Zone with violet boxed censor cachet; card from Moscow to Penang with Russia censor and Shanghai transit c.d.s; cover from Sepang to Norway franked F.M.S 1c pair + 3c pair with British censor seal; and cover from Penang to Brazil with triangular Rio de Janeiro censor and "LIVRE" cachets, the last a little toned, an unusual group. (4). £160-200
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Mauritius. 1916 Registered cover from Mauritius to London franked 6c + 12c, unusually sent via Burma with circular violet "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) / RANGOON", reposted from London to Paris franked by a G.B 1 1/2d then redirected back to Mauritius. An unusual cover, believed to be the only recorded cover from Mauritius sent by this route. Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £400-450
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Morocco. 1918 Morocco Agencies 10c postcard bearing three 5c stamps, sent by a French soldier at the army hospital in Rabat to Mexico, cancelled "TRESOR ET POSTES / RABAT" datestamps (Mar 16), with violet "HOPITAL DE CAMPAGNE DE RABAT / LE MEDECIN-CHEF" and black oval "OUVERT / A / PAR l'AUTORITIE MILITAIRE", backstamped at Casablanca. An exceptional use of Morocco Agencies stationery and stamps, accepted as valid in the French Military Post Office, to Mexico. Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £750-800
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Nauru. 1917 (Dec 20) Cover to a soldier in Rabaul franked Nauru 1d tied by Pleasant Island c.d.s, handstamped violet "CENSORED" in Nauru and oval crowned "PASSED CENSOR / 4 JAN 1918 / RABAUL", fine and scarce. Photo on Page 35 in printed catalogue. £350-400
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New Guinea. 1917 (Mar 23) Cover from Rabaul to Buenos Ayres bearing Australia Kangaroo 1/2d and 2d with "OS" perfins, inscribed "Enclosed letters for enemy countries" with "OPENED BY CENSOR" seal at left, torn in transit at upper edge and repaired by red "Recibido en mal estado" seal, arrival backstamp. A scarce commercial use of Australia "OS" Kangaroos on an officially sealed cover to an unusual destination. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £500-600
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Nigeria. 1915-16 Covers comprising 1915 registration envelope from Port Harcourt to Switzerland and cover from Lokoja to Denmark both with British censor seals, and 1916 cover from Lagos to Zinder in French West Africa with scarce French censor seal tied by military censor cachet. (3). £350-380
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Nigeria/Dahomey/Aden. 1918 Nigeria 2d size H registration envelope from Cotonou in Dahomey, privately carried to Nigeria and posted from Lagos to Aden inscribed "via Lagos - Plymouth", with scarce intaglio "POSTAL / ADEN / CENSOR" on the front, backstamped in Sierra Leone, Port Said and Aden. Unusual and scarce; there was no civil censorship in Nigeria in WW1. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £400-450
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North Borneo. 1917 Registered cover from Sandakan to Manila bearing 20c on 18c, boxed Sandakan registration handstamp and black on white "CENSORED, SANDAKAN" seal tied by blue crayon initials and violet "RECEIVED IN BAD CONDITION / MANILA, P.I", backstamped at Jolo and Manila. A rare item, just two examples of this Sandakan censor seal recorded. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £1,000-1,200
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Nyasaland. 1916 Stampless O.A.S cover to Portugal signed by "J.W.H Vaughan Lt, B.S.A.P" with "F.P.O / 1" c.d.s, British "Opened by Censor" seals, backstamped in Lisbon. An interesting cover from a Rhodesian Officer with the Nyasaland Field Force to an unusual destination. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £220-260
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Palestine. 1918 (Mar 18) Cover to Slave Island, Ceylon, bearing 1pi ultramarine tied by "ARMY POST OFFICE / SZ 44" skeleton c.d.s at Jerusalem with red boxed "PALESTINE / CENSORSHIP / No. 1" and circular violet "PASSED / COLOMBO / CENSOR", backstamped at A.P.O SZ 22 at Port Said and Port Said Civil P.O. Very fine and probably unique to Ceylon. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £400-450
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Palestine/Egypt - Civilian Use of A.P.O. 1918 (Nov.) Civilian cover from Beirut to Mexico paid in cash with "FIELD POST OFFICE / SZ 8" skeleton c.d.s and red manuscript "1pt", sent to Port Said where a Palestine 1pi ultramarine was applied over this manuscript rate and tied by "BASE ARMY POST OFFICE / T" skeleton (Nov 12), reverse with blue censor seal tied by "PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 10", Port Said and arrival datestamps. Small opening nick at upper edge, otherwise fine and very scarce. Firebrace did not record any civilian covers sent through the Army Postal Service addressed to Mexico. An exceptional destination. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £500-700
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Rhodesia. 1917 (Aug 15) Stampless O.A.S cover to New South Wales with Salisbury c.d.s and violet straight line "CENSORED", the first example we have seen and apparently previously unrecorded. Despite the censored cachet the enclosed letter is headed from "No. 1662 1 / Coy (2 Platoon) 2nd Rhodesia Regt, Salisbury" and includes "I expect you have heard Neil O'Donnell has been killed, also Bramwell Adams, Rowland Adams his brother has been wounded. Bramwell of course went home with the Australians. We are expected to leave any moment now en route for Europe. We are to be attached to the 1st South African Brigade in France ..... our Regiment has got the reputation of being the finest fighters in East Africa. The 2nd Loyal North Lancashire Regt and 25th Royal Fusiliers absolutely swear by us and the 130th Baluchis (an Indian Regt) will not fight with any other but us, they refused to fight when ordered to accompany the 7th South African Infantry into action". A remarkable letter from a Rhodesian Regiment soldier probably originally from Australia. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £250-300
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Rhodesia. 1917-18 Cover from Rhodesia to International Peace Bureau in Switzerland and postcards from Russia or Sierra Leone to Rhodesia all with circular "PASSED CENSOR" cachets applied in South Africa, the Russian card from a stamp dealer in Kiev wanting to exchange stamps, also with a Russian censor cachet and Gwelo arrival c.d.s; and a cover from Salisbury to Sweden with scarce violet straight line "PASSED BY CENSOR". (4). £140-180
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Russia. 1916 Stampless picture postcard of Archangel to England headed "On Active Service" and endorsed "Lieut A.H Ruston, RNAS Arm'd Cars", London machine and boxed "RECEIVED FROM H.M SHIP / NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED". From the small Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Unit, which served in Russia from December 1915 until February 1918. £140-160
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St. Helena. 1916 (Nov 20) Cover franked 2 1/2d to Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies, with boxed "PASSED BY / CENSOR", arrival backstamps (Feb 10), small nick out of upper edge, otherwise fine and a very unusual destination. £350-400
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St. Lucia. 1914 (Dec 26) Picture postcard of Castries sent by W.H Smart from H.M.A.S "Melbourne" to his sister in Victoria with St. Lucia 1d tied boxed "PAQUEBOT" of Adelaide (Hosking 1340), one of three cards sent by Smart recorded from St. Lucia. £250-300
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Sarawak. 1917 Registered cover from Sibu to Denmark franked 3c pair, 4c and 12c, boxed "R / SIBU" registration handstamp crossed out and replaced by similar type "R / SARAWAK" in violet, with British Opened By Censor seal, transit datestamps of Kuching, London and Aalborg. A scarce registered cover from Sibu. Photo on Page 37 in printed catalogue. £250-300
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Saudi Arabia. 1918 Cover from Jedda to Alexandria bearing Hejaz rouletted 13pi, censored on arrival with blue "OPENED BY CENSOR" seal and three strikes of oval framed "PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 2". £160-180
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Seychelles. 1914 Cover from Mozambique to Seychelles with arrival c.d.s (Dec 27) on the front and a red India Opened by Censor seal, and 1915 cover from Seychelles to USA franked 18c, both with differing violet censor cachets applied in Bombay, the first a little roughly opened at base, otherwise fine. There was no censorship in Seychelles in WW1, and censored covers to or from the island are scarce. Both ex McCloy collection, referred to in his book. (2). Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £300-400
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Siam. 1918 Cover from Bangkok to "Nursing Sister F.E Searle, 3 Hospital, B.E.F, Salonika, Greece" redirected to Malta and then London, franked by two 3s stamps with three further stamps lost in transit, the space where these had been overstruck by octagonal army censor, F.P.O G.X arrival c.d.s of Salonica or a British "Found Open and Officially Sealed" label (also bearing the F.P.O G.X c.d.s), an Italian Censura seal tied by red censor cachet of Bologna (reverse with a further strike in black) and oval "CONTROLE / 6 / Par l'AUTORITIE MILITAIRE" with triangular framed "NO" Greek censor and A.P.O HD1 c.d.s of Malta. An exceptional origin for a cover to a nurse in Salonica and Malta. Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £340-360
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South Africa - P.O.W Ships. 1916 (May 10) Stampless picture postcard and cover both from German Internees on the S.S "Golconda" at Cape Town to other P.O.Ws at Ahmednagar, India, both with "CAPE TOWN / PAQUEBOT" c.d.s and circular "PASSED CENSOR", the cover also with censor seal and unusual oval "CENSOR / 10 MAY 1916 / CAPE TOWN". Scarce. (2). £100-120
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Sudan. 1917 Stampless covers with enclosed letters written by an Egyptian or Sudanese soldier and sent as free O.A.S mail to Egypt, one with pink "SUDAN / OPENED BY CENSOR / 5" seal (Firebrace type CRL3 with Govt Press - 1916 imprint) tied triangular "PASSED / BY / CENSOR / 11 / SUDAN", Port Sudan and Shellal-Halfa T.P.O datestamps, the other with blue Egypt type censor seal and boxed "PASSED / CENSOR / 6", Port Taufiq and Cairo c.d.s. Also triangular Sudan censor cachets No. 9 on a cover from Cairo to Port Sudan, and No. 100 on 5m envelope to India cancelled Halfa-Khartoum T.P.O c.d.s. The soldier's covers with a few opening tears but otherwise fine and very scarce. (4). £300-400
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Sudan. 1916 Picture postcard depicting Mexico stamps, posted from Mexico to Atbara franked 11c with violet triangular "PASSED / BY / CENSOR / 31 / SUDAN" and Shellal-Halfa T.P.O No. 1 c.d.s; and 1917 5m cover uprated 5m from Khartoum to Funchal, triangular Sudan censor and Portuguese seal tied oval "CENSURA / 30 JUIN 1917 / FUNCHAL-MADEIRA", reverse a little soiled but the front fine, two unusual items. (2). £350-400
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Togo. 1915-16 Covers from Lome with Togo Anglo-French Occupation stamps, comprising registered cover to Sweden with German type registration label handstamped "Lome (Togo)", and cover to Dahomey with backstamps of Anecho, Grand Popo and Ouidah, both with violet "Passed by Censor / at / Lome (Togo)". (2). £120-140
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Tonga/Fiji. 1916 Cover from Nukualofa to Sweden franked Tonga 2d, sent via Fiji where it was handstamped "PASSED BY CENSOR", backstamped at Suva and Tosse. A few minor marks, otherwise fine and rare, very few WWI censored covers known from Tonga and this is believed to be the only such cover recorded censored in transit in Fiji. £250-300
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Trinidad. 1917 Stampless picture postcard printed in Port of Spain, sent to England endorsed "On Active Service" with violet "PASSED BY CENSOR" and London "Received From H.M Ship / No Charge To Be Raised" machine (Oct 2). Also two other cards with messages written by Australian sailors in the West Indies, one a real photo of "Neptunes visit on Board "Aorangi" 21.2.15", not posted. Naval mail from Trinidad is unusual; the "Aorangi" was a support ship in the Caribbean for H.M.A.S "Melbourne". (3). £100-120
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1944 P.O.W Lettersheet from A.J Caston in Stalag XXID, addressed to his brother "L/Cpl A. Castor, British Prisoner of War, Tokyo Camp, Japan" with violet cachet "c/o PRISONERS OF WAR / INFORMATION BUREAU / TOKYO", routed via India. Censor cachets applied at Stalag XXID, in India and Japan (both inside and outside the lettersheet), red manuscript "7D" (= Nippon Mining Co, Hidachi), the message just 25 words. A few small edge tears and wear at the base, otherwise fine and an exceptionally rare item between British P.O.Ws in Germany and Japan. Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £320-380
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1944 (June 21) Yellow Internee card from a British Internee in Philippine Internment Camp No. 2, red Japanese censor, with scarce violet boxed "RETURNED IN / UNDELIVERED / MAILS FROM JAPAN". Usual corner creasing and small piece missing at lower left corner, very unusual. Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £180-220
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1941 (Jan 17) Window envelope (address missing) from Esher with black cachet "Moorgate Post Office / has re-opened at / 33, Eldon St., E.C.2", used after the blitzed Post Office was reopened; and a registered 2 1/2d lettercard uprated 3d both cancelled by the distinctive "L.P.R / 6 AUG 41 / LONDON C.O / MOBILE P.O / No, 1" used in London E.C on this one day only after much of the East End was destroyed in the blitz, this c.d.s only used on registered mail. (2). Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £160-200
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1941 (Mar 14) Reused cover with wartime economy label posted from Silsden to Skipton franked 2 1/2d, the lower edge a little waterstained, handstamped boxed "DELAYED THROUGH / ENEMY ACTION". Just three examples of this rare cachet have been recorded, all on covers of 14/16 March sent to or from Skipton, where the cachet was presumably applied. Several Yorkshire towns were extensively bombed during these days, including Leeds and Hull. Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £180-220
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P.S "Portsdown". 1941 (Sep 19) 2 1/2d Postal stationery envelope from Havant to Ventnor, a little minor staining, handstamped violet "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION". Recovered from the Southern Railways Portsmouth to Ryde steamer which struck a mine on the morning of September 20th, and sank with the loss of 23 passengers and crew; the rear part of the ship came to rest on a sand bank from where survivors were rescued and some mail was recovered. Also a postcard from Freshwater (Sep 21) with message "lucky I did not get the boat yesterday previous to the one I did, struck a mine 1/2 mile out". (2). Also see lot 957. Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £180-220
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c.1941 Cover from R.A.F Station, Juhu, Bombay to Morpeth, waterstained with the stamp washed off, and a stampless O.A.S cover with London Maritime Mail machine and naval censor dated 7/6/43, minor edge staining, both with violet "DAMAGED AS A RESULT / OF ENEMY ACTION", both probably damaged after arriving in G.B. (2). £160-200
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c.1943 Stampless O.A.S cover to Scotland with a naval censor (dated 5/5), minor edge staining, the reverse with violet "DAMAGED BY ENEMY ACTION", this scarce single line cachet recorded used on other covers in June 1943 in the City of London after Mount Pleasant P.O was bombed. £100-120
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1944 (Feb 19) O.H.M.S Wartime economy label from the Ministry of Pensions in Blackpool to London, with the front of the reused cover to which it was applied, both showing severe water damage and signs of scorching, enclosed within a Mount Pleasant R.L.S ambulance envelope posted at London E.C (Feb 23) with an enclosed explanatory slip "The enclosed article has been recovered from a mail which has been damaged by enemy action. The inconvenience caused is regretted. Returned Letter Section, Mount Pleasant, London E.C.1". The only example of this R.L.S explanatory slip we have recorded. Photo on Page 44 in printed catalogue. £200-250
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1944 (May 19) Cover from Enfield to Beckenham franked 2 1/2d with black cachet "DELAYED BY / ENEMY ACTION" featuring a bomb, "MY ACTION" not struck, otherwise a fine example of this rare cachet which was only used in Beckenham in May 1944. Photo on Page 40 in printed catalogue. £200-250
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Printers - Waterlow & Sons Ltd. c.1900 Advertising leaflet produced by Waterlows, superbly printed on both sides with engravings of their six factories printed in black or green and an engine turned border in purple, 138x217mm. £70-80
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Cinderellas. A large accumulation of British, Commonwealth and foreign cinderellas in four albums or stockbooks, on pages and loose, with poster stamps, exhibition labels, WW2 patriotic labels including complete Spitfire Fund booklet, revenues, phantoms, locals, forgeries, stamp exhibition labels and souvenirs, Christmas seals, German private posts with a few stationery cards, advertising labels, labels for stamp dealers, royal events, Queenborough-Flushing Shipping Line, Prince of Wales Hospital Fund 1898 1/- - 10/- set of four, etc. (1,000s). £400-500
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A collection of Lebanon 1924-65 issues mint and used in two albums and a stockbook; albums of Syria and Libya; and imperf French Colonies general issues (24, seven with anchor in retta cancels), many of the Lebanon stamps unmounted and very fine. (1,000s). £100-120
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Small album containing mint and used stamps and a few covers from Ethiopia, French Somali Coast, Egypt and Sudan, with useful Ethiopia overprints and surcharges including varieties, 1934 Godjam to Addis Abeba first flight cover, Somali Coast 1894 5c "DJ" overprint mint, Egypt 1934 U.P.U £1 used, etc. £80-100
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1841-1913 Mint and used collection in 1894 Imperial album including Denmark 1854-57 8s (2) and 16s (5), Norway 1855 4s and other Europe classics, USA, Zanzibar 1896 BEA overprint set of six mint, etc., a little sparse in places with most of the GB removed but otherwise apparently untouched, some faults. (100s). £200-300
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1841-1940 Mint and used collection, with a few covers, in 1912 S.G. Ideal album including G.B with used 1840 Mulready 1d lettersheet with Scottish Life Assurance advert and 2d front, 1840 1d red pair mint, 1847 1/- embossed with four margins, 1867 Spray 10d, also 1936 German Zeppelin cover to USA, Boer War covers to Ceylon (2, one to "Segregation Camp"), etc. (100s). £250-300
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A large accumulation of stamps, covers, ephemera, remaindered collections with some earlier classics, August 1914 newspapers, cinderellas, locals, forgeries, etc., in two large boxes. £100-200
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QV-QEII Mint and used selection in a stockbook, principally Bahamas with 1882 Crown CA perf 12 1d mint (3), 1918 War Tax 1/- mint, 1919 War Tax watermark varieties, 1941 2d scarlet mint corner block of six including short "T" variety (S.G 152ba), 1964-71 sets mint, also some Antigua and Barbados. S.G. £1,500+. (233). £200-250
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1841-1935 Used collection in two S.G. New Imperial albums, rather sparsely filled but with some reasonable stamps including Barbados Britannia issues (14), British Levant, Gibraltar 1886-87 set, Grenada, Morocco Agencies, etc. (100s). £250-300
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c1841-1936 Mint collection in two New Imperial albums with G.B Army Officials, Ascension 1922 set, Bahamas, Ceylon, Indian States, Iraq, Kedah 1912 $3, Nyasaland 1891 1d - 5/-, 1897-1900 1d - 2/6, 4/- and 10/- 1903-04 2/6 and 4/-, Rhodesia 1905 Victoria Falls 5/-, 1910 3d, 4d and 10d Double Heads, 1913 3d - 10d Admirals, St. Helena 1922 7/6 and 10/-, etc., some stamps adhering a little to the pages though most appear to lift easily, otherwise fine with some useful stamps. (100s). £500-600
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1914-70 Mint mainly KGVI and early QEII sets, many unmounted, catalogued at between £40 and £300 per set, also a few additional stamps and the occasional part set or used stamp, including Aden, Basutoland, British Honduras, Falkland Islands & Dependencies, Fiji, Gambia, Straits Settlements, Malta, Sudan, Tristan da Cunha, etc., mainly very fine. S.G. £3,600+. £300-450
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