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ADEN - WW2 CIVIL CENSORSHIP REGISTERED MAIL 1939-43 with Camp and village marks and labels inc. 1940 env. from Mukalla to Bombay with registration label. (6) £200
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ADEN - WW2 RAF/MILITARY CENSORS 1939-45 set of scarce covers inc. 1939 Christmas Card rate from Khormaksar to UK with a v.fine "PASSED BY/R.A.F./CENSOR/No. 36" and a rare 1945 "LIBERATED POW" air letter via the Empress of Australia on the way to Aden, plus a number of others with R.A.F. and Army censor marks. (19) £200
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ADEN - WW2 HONOUR ENVELOPES 1940-44 scarce airmail usages inc. 1940 rare typed "ACTIVE SERVICE" certificate (emergency use) to Ilford with circular rose "[Crown]/PASSED BY/R.A.F./CENSOR/No. 59", 4 envs. (all 1944 to London) with Army Shield censor marks. (10) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, £200
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ADEN - WW2 CIVIL CENSORSHIP POSTAGE DUES 1940-42 collection of rare covers inc. 1941 Aden Camp to Tel Aviv with a clear square "PASSED CENSOR/ADEN", double circle censor h.s. tying stamps, and a square "TO PAY/6(m.s.)/MILS", very attractive, plus 3 others to USA, Bombay, and Italian Somaliland. (4) £200
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ADEN - WW2 CIVIL CENSORSHIP 1937-44 collection inc. village cancels and a 1943 28a. rated env. Aden Camp to USA with a red oval "O.A.T." cachet, 1940 Naval Mail env. with a large blue double oval "H.M. W/T STATION / 12 JAN 1940 / ADEN", 1939 ONE ANNA postal stationery env. with a v. fine MUKALLA double circle date stamp, a 1944 env. from Iraq with a mainly fine purple octagonal PASSED mark (passed through censors hands but not opened - probably as it was from the Public Relations Section in Basra), (18) £160
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ADEN - WW2 RARE CHRISTMAS AIR MAIL LETTERS: Service personnel in Aden Command were allowed one free Air Mail Letter Card to the UK for Christmas. 1941 the only envelope recorded (? - possibly due to a shortage of cards) with signed red trapezoid "[Wings]/RAF/CENSOR/751" cachet, 1942 specially printed "Xmas Greetings" letter card with square blue RAF censor marking, 1943 illustrated "Xmas Greetings" letter card depicting planes and palm trees (no censor mark), and 1944 "CHRISTMAS AIR LETTER" with red diamond "[Wings]/RAF/CENSOR/112". All very attractive and v. fine condition. (4) £300
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ADEN - WW2 NAVAL CENSORSHIP 1942-44 set of scarce mail inc. 1942 to Persia with a v.good blue rectangular "EXAMINED/BY/BRITISH SECTION/ANGLO-SOVIET-PERSIAN/CENSORSHIP" plus Naval and Russian censor markings, 1942 from "U.S. NAVAL OBSERVER'S OFFICE/ADEN, ARABIA" to USA with m/s endorsment "VIA PANAM /OF AFRICA" and fine blue initialled double circle "CENSORED-U.S.N.O.-ADEN", 1942 to GB with British stamps to cover Airmail (but sent by sea) with v.fine "BRITISH NAVAL CONTRABAND/CONTROL BASE/DEC 1942/[m/s signature]/ADEN", 1942 card with a strong blue rectangular "PASSED BY/[Crown]/NAVAL CENSOR", plus an env. with a "Redirected to" form attached. (6) £200
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ADEN - KGVI PERIOD 1946-52 collection of postal history with useful military and village h.s.s. inc. registered, air mail, p.dues, FDCs, cards, envs., air letters, wrapper, etc. All in good to v.fine condition. (74) £200
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ALBANIA - STOCKBOOK with the early to modern mint & used collection. Much post WWII noted, a fair proportion of which is mint. (Some 100s) £100
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QUEENSLAND - COLLECTION on leaves inc. small format Chalons (60) to 10/- & 20/- used (both with round corners), Large format 2/- (3), 2/6d (5), 5/- (6), 10/- (5) and £1 (4), later designs to 2/- mint, 1900 Boer War Patriotic Fund set used etc. Condition very mixed but an interesting & highly catalogued lot. (Approx 300) £260
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AUSTRALIA - TWO ALBUMS with the mint & used collection, 1913-2008 inc. 'Roo 10/-, £1 & £2 "SPECIMEN", Arms 10/-, £1 & £2 "SPECIMEN" plus extensive later ranges with much mint. (Many 100s) £180
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AUSTRALIA - ALBUM with the early to modern mint & used collection inc. States. Some useful Queensland in evidence. (Some 100s) Cross Reference: QUEENSLAND, £120
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AUSTRALIA - PRINTED ALBUM WITH THE MOSTLY USED COLLECTION 1913-1988: inc. roo 1st wmk to 2/-, 3rd wmk to 5/- and CofA wmk with 5/-, 10/- & £1. Useful KGV heads. Robes, Arms, pre-dec Navigators sets complete; etc. Good basis for expansion. (100s) £200
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AUSTRIA - CARTON with the mint & used collection, 1850-2010 housed in 3 albums (inc. 2 boxed Lighthouses). We note a useful range of 19th century types, WWI period Field Post issues and extensive later ranges inc. some useful Inter-War and early post-WWII sets and singles noted. (Qty) £200
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AUSTRIA - ALBUM with the mint & used early to modern collection inc. some good middle period commem. sets plus extensive later ranges. (Very many 100s) £120
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AUSTRIA - BINDER with the extensive mint & used, early to modern collection inc. useful mint middle period sets & singles. (Very many 100s) £100
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BARBADOS - COLLECTION on stockcards inc. 1892 2/6d, 1912 2/- & 3/-, 1925 2/- to 3/- (all mint), much mint QEII, etc. (Approx 280) £120
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BARBADOS - 1852-82 USEFUL SELECTION on three pages. Mint - 1855 (½d) green, (4d) brownish-red (2) and 1873 6d orange imperf, all fine mounted with four margins; 1861 1/- black pair, 1875 1/- purple. Used inc. - 1855 (½d) green (2), (1d) blue (2, one with very large margins), 1858 1/- black. 1861 (1d) blue clean-cut perfs. 1861 (½d) green (2), (4d) rose (2), 6d rose etc (5), 1873 3d brown-purple, 5/- dull rose (toned & centred upwards). Etc. Much fine or better. (70) £300
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BELGIUM - CARTON with the mint & used collection in two printed albums, a stockbook and on leaves. Much of merit inc. useful 19th Century ranges, 1928 Orval set mint & extensive post WWII issues. (Qty.) £180
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BELGIUM - CARTON with the extensive early to modern collection in 3 albums (inc. Davo & Lighthouse). Strength in 1940s & 50s with much useful mint inc. many sets. (Qty.) £150
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BELGIUM - THREE ALBUMS with the early to modern mint & used collection inc. 1928 Orval set used, 1931 Anti TB set used, 1936 Borgerhout m/s mint, 1950 Athletics set & m/s mint and extensive later ranges to the early 2000s. (Very many 100s) £200
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BELGIUM - DAVO ALBUM with the mint & used collection, 1849-1986. Some useful items noted and the album itsself represents an admirable base for expansion. (Many 100s) £150
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BELGIUM - BINDER with the early to modern, mint & used collection inc. a fair proportion of mint. (Many 100s) £80
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BERMUDA - ST. GEORGES - RARE SMALL "BERMUDA/PAID" DATESTAMP (P4) + TRANSIT MAIL TO N.BRUNSWICK/U.S.A.; 1 Apr. 1864 env. (small fault at top left) [from Ireland Isle?] to "Warwick" without postal rate but having a partly fine rare red small encircled St. Georges "BERMUDA/A/PAID" c.d.s. nicely placed on the front. Only c.15 examples of this final Paid mark have been recorded. [Ex Tucker.]. Plus 1848 EL (ex Captain of "Julius Caesar") from "ST. THOMAS" (cds) to "St. John, N. B." charged "1/-" and then "2/1" (closed bag via Bermuda), unpaid 1875 EL to NY with "NEW-YORK/DUE 5CTS" cds. (3 covers) Cross Reference: DANISH WEST INDIES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW BRUNSWICK, FALSE £200
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BERMUDA - VIA NEW YORK 7d-RATE + REGULAR 3d/6d-RATE COVERS TO G.B.CANADA FROM HAMILTON; 1870 env. (slight wear) to London "via New York" with 1st-Issue 6d Dull Purple + 1d Rose-Red (minor perf. stains) tied (by clear indentation) by Hamilton "2" Numeral with matching cds & red crayon "6" (6d credit to GB; the rare extra 1d via the US - only applicable 1868 to 1877) alongside, 1873 env. to London with single 6d Dull Purple, and 1876/7 env./EL (both with slight toning/wear) to London ("[Per Troopship] Himalaya") or to "Halifax N.S." with single 6d Dull Dull Lilac or 3d Buff (latter with filing crease) tied by Hamilton Numerals. Good set. (4 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, £300
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BERMUDA - WARWICK WEST (R.O.8)/ST. GEORGES/HAMILTON - EARLY DUPLEXES ON LOCAL MAIL; 1879 env. (opened out) to Warwick West with 1d Rose-Red tied by a fine St. Georges "2" Duplex (but also with backstamp Duplexes of Hamilton and rare Warwick West "R.O./8" type); plus 1880/3 envs. (both with parts of one flap lost) to Hamilton/Baileys Bay with 1d Rose-Reds tied by v. fine black "ST GEORGES/BERMUDA/2" Duplexes with codes "A" or "B" respectively. Good trio; the Bermuda Duplexes were only first issued in 1879. (3 covers) £200
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BERMUDA - BAILEYS BAY/HAMILTON QV DUPLEX COVERS INC. 2nd-TYPE "R.O./12" BACKSTAMP & HOME-MADE WRAPPER; 1887 env. (minor dusting) from NY (with US 5c) to "Hotel Hamilton" but redirected locally with v. fine rare "BERMUDA/B/R.O./12" Baileys Bay Duplex (only in use until 1882/8) on reverse; plus 1890/5 covers all with fair or fine Hamilton Duplexes inc. c.1894 rare open-ended hand-made wrapper with 1d Red to USA (see 'Bermuda Post' Mar. 2000 article), 1891 env. to USA with scarce 3d Grey (SG28) single-franking, local 1890 env. with 1d Red, etc. (The 1890s 1d rates are surprisingly elusive.) (8 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £300
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BERMUDA - QV POSTAL STATIONERY USAGES - REGD. ENVELOPES (INC. LONG TYPES) + 1½d POSTCARDS; 1891/2 Hamilton usages of the 1½d PC (some wear or toning) to GB or to "CURACAO" (v. fine Squared Circle on the front), similar 1893/1912 pair of the scarce "One/Penny." Surcharge cards from Hamilton to Germany (no message) or Flatts to US (genuine message), 1897/99/1901 Hamilton usages of the smaller size 2d regd. envs. (De la Rue imprints) to USA/GB/Canada uprated with 2½d, 1d or ½d+¼dx2 (latter sealed with wafer seal of "BUSHELL'S BERMUDA HANDBOOK" office), and 1894/98 pair of Hamilton/St. Georges usages of the rare longer 2d regd. envs. (not apparently philatelic; the first with creasing) to USA (unusual 2d+4d+1d+3d franking, quad 2½d rate, or with 1dx4 + ½dx9). Scarce group. (9 covers/cards) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NETHERLANDS COLONIES, FALSE £240
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BERMUDA - RARE QV PROVISIONAL "One Penny" POSTAL STATIONERY POSTCARD: 1893 "One Penny" on 1d + ½d postcard. A fine unused example. Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, £100
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BERMUDA - QV REGD. ENV. - RARE VILLAGE USAGE OF THE LONGER 2d ENVELOPE TO U.S. WITH FLATTS "R.O./15" DUPLEX; 13 Aug. 1895 commercial usage of the long 2d Regd. envelope to Iowa uprated with 4 QV ½d's (some faults where placed over the string that originally went across the cover - pieces of string still in place beneath all the stamps) tied by 6 fair to fine strikes of the rare Flatts "BERMUDA/B/R.O./15" Duplex. Only a handful of village usages of these Bermuda registered envelopes are known, and this is believed to be the only recorded usage from Flatts. Exhibition item. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £200
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BERMUDA - QV HOTEL & OTHER ADVERTISING COVERS COLLECTION; 1897-1908 lot to Canada/USA/GB with QV frankings and 2-ring cds cancels (almost all of Hamilton; with single 2½d's unless otherwise noted) inc. 1906 bi-coloured pictorial "land of the lily and the rose" env. (faults; ex "MANGROVE BAY"; ex Osborn, Cavendish Jan. 2009, lot 1094; realised £182), 1900 Heyl chemist/druggist, 1905 black/red Frith bulb-grower, 1898 env. with "ROYAL BERMUDA YACHT CLUB" flap, 1899 Pearman Dry Goods dealer (to GB with 1d Red), 1897 Colonial Surveyor imprint env. (corner lost) to Canada, and 1898-1904 Hamilton Hotels group (7 inc. 4 with fine pictorial corners showing different hotels, etc. Unusual and attractive collection of scarce covers. (14 covers) Cross Reference: ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, HOTELS, £300
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BERMUDA - CRAWL/FLATTS QV C.D.S. COVERS - INC. RARE REGISTERED COVER - TO U.S.A.; 1900 env. Registered to Boston with 2½d+2d tied by a partial rare "CRAWL/BERMUDA" 2-ring c.d.s. with fair matching "R" in oval alongside (Registered mail with QV frankings from the villages is rare); plus 1900 env. (vet. surgeon corner advert) to New York with 2½d Blue tied by a mainly very fine 2-ring "FLATTS/BERMUDA" c.d.s. Attractive pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £200
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BERMUDA - QV 2-RING C.D.S.'s OF MANGROVE BAY, PAGET EAST & PAGET WEST - 1d/2½d-RATE COVERS TO U.S.A.; 1901 env. ("SANDY'S CO-OPERATIVE/SOCIETY" d.s.) to NY with 2½d Blue tied by mainly fine rare 2-ring "MANGROVE BAY/BERMUDA" cds [the PPC with this cancel in Cavendish's Osborn auction, Jan. 2009, lot 1089, realised £300.], 1907 "IOWA BIRD CO." advertising env. to USA with QV ½d+1d (2; very different shades, slight faults) tied by v. fine and fine "PAGET EAST/BERMUDA" cds's, and 1902 env. to US with 1d tied by v. fine similar rare "PAGET-WEST" c.d.s. Rare trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £200
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BERMUDA - SHIP ISSUE COVERS - LATE USE DUPLEX ON ½d WRAPPER, 1923 WEMBLEY SLOGAN, ETC.; 1920-34 covers/cards inc. fine 1920 usage of the KGV ½d Green P. Stat. PC to US uprated with ¼d Pair tied by scarce 2-ring "HARRINGTON SOUND" cds's, c.1926 usage of the ½d Green wrapper to Holland with 1d tied by rare late usage Hamilton/1 Duplex (one of only 2 known on P. Stat. wrappers?), 1924 env. ex Germany (400m x2) redirected ex Hamilton to US with fine 25 July 1923 Empire Exhibition slogan machine (First Day usage?), Hotel envs. to US (Princess or Elbow Beach - latter pictorial), etc. (8 covers/card) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GERMANY, EXHIBITION & SHOW CANCELLATIONS £140
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BERMUDA - AIRMAILS - SCARCE "LOS ANGELES" AIRSHIP 1st-FLIGHT COVER/CARD + RARE 1st OUTWARD FLIGHT/RETURN CARD; 16 Apr. 1925 env. flown on the 1st flight of the "Los Angeles" Airship at the scarce reduced 1d rate to Canada with a fine "AIR MAIL/SERVICE/BERMUDA" h.s., 17 April 1925 env to Canada with Tercentenary ¼d & ship ½d pair plus two other "Los Angeles" covers at the normal 3d rate, and 29 June 1930 USA 1c Jefferson card from Westbury USA carried on the "Columbia" with printed "FIRST/PLANE/MAIL/BERMUDA/AND/RETURN" with pilot portrait and route details - the cover being Pilot signed (Roger Q. Williams; very few recorded). [Latter ex Ulrich.] (5 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AIR MAIL COVERS, ZEPPELIN MAIL £200
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BERMUDA - KGV COVERS INC. 1924 WEMBLEY EXHIBITION PUBLICITY SLOGANS, ETC.; 1923-24 envs (5) and a PPC with scarce "BRITISH EMPIRE/EXHIBITION 1924" slogan cancellations (inc. three to USA franked with various ship types), mostly fine and complete strikes; plus 27 March 1934 PPC's (2) and an env. with ship 1½d and ½d + 1d ship types tied by "COME TO BERMUDA/THE ISLE OF REST" slogan each with inverted date slug variety. Useful lot. (9 covers/cards) Cross Reference: EXHIBITION & SHOW CANCELLATIONS, £160
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BERMUDA - AIRMAILS - RARE 1st OUTWARD FLIGHT CARD + FIRST COMMERCIAL TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT ETC.; 28 June 1930 1c Jefferson card with printed portrait of the pilot (Roger Q Williams) and details of the flight, overprinted "FIRST/PLANE/MAIL/ BERMUDA/AND/RETURN", signed by pilot, co. pilot and a crew member, 3 Jan 1931 envs (5) and a card printed for the First Commercial Trans-Atlantic Airplane Flight by Hart & Maclaren from East Orange to Hill and later returned to the USA, 15 Nov 1937 printed Imperial Airways 1st flight covers (2) from Bermuda to Baltimore, 18 Nov 1937 env flown by Pan Am 1st flight from Baltimore to Bermuda and returned by the 1st Imperial Airways flight & two others. A fine lot. (12 covers/cards) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £200
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BERMUDA - RARE SINGLE-FRANKING KGVI 12s-6d ON COVER REGISTERED TO USA:17 July 1936 env registered from Hamilton to Boston with single KGVI 12/6d grey & orange tied by two "HAMILTON/BERMUDA" cds's. Fine. Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £160
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BERMUDA - AIRMAILS COLLECTION - THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE "CAVALIER" FROM BERMUDA + LATER 1st FLIGHTS; Collection incl. 15 June 1937 envs. (9) to Antigua, St Lucia, USA (4), Canada & UK (2) with fine red "BERMUDA - U.S.SERVICE/R.M.A. "CAVALIER"/FIRST FLIGHT" (to Canada signed by all crew members), 17 Nov 1937 env carried on the 1st Pan Am Baltimore to Bermuda and returned the following day on the 1st Imperial Airways flight. 18 Nov 1937 1st flight from Bermuda to Baltimore, and later (1938-75) covers/cards (56) from 1938 1st contract Bermuda clipper flight from Port Washington to Bermuda & 1938 1st FAM 17 flight from N. York to Bermuda, to QEII study with 1968 British Eagle, 1969 N.E. Airlines, 1975 American Airlines, 1968 NASA Apollo flight x 3, 1964 Qantas Sydney to Mexico, etc. A fine lot (67 covers). Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ANTIGUA, ST. LUCIA £260
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BERMUDA - AIRMAILS - FIRST BALTIMORE TO BERMUDA FLIGHT BY F.A.M. 17:16 Mar 1938 envs. (27) and a card (v. scarce) carried on the 1st FAM flight from Baltimore to Bermuda all with relevant violet cachet, one signed by the postmaster of Baltimore, two are pilot signed, one signed by crew members. One is registered but the majority are at the 10c rate. Seven dated 1936 in error on reverse. The majority are to USA or Bermuda but other destinations inc Antigua, UK (3), Malta, New Zealand & Egypt & 7 carried on the return flight (one is pilot signed); plus collection of 25 later (1938-47) FF envs. inc. 6 Apr. 1938 "Bermuda Clipper" Port Washington to New York and 7 Apr. 1938 return flight, 30 Ma.r 1939 Boeing Clipper No. 20 Bermuda to Baltimore (Pilot signed), 1 Aug 1947 Colonial Airlines 1st flight from Bermuda to Washington x 10 with various coloured cachets. (59 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, £200
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BERMUDA - KGVI COVERS - INC. 2/- BLOCK OF FOUR REGISTERED TO G.B., W. INDIES/AUSTRALIA DESTINATIONS, ETC.; c.1940 large env. registered from Ireland Island to Southampton with a centrally cancelled key plate 2/- Block of Four. (some rust spotting well clear of adhesives but a very scarce multiple with h.s. "IRELAND ISLAND" tying R label); plus 1948 "INSURED PARCEL POST" receipt with 2x2½d, and 1938-53 covers/cards (24) with lower value KGV frankings to various destinations inc France, Mexico, Cuba, St. Kitts, Jamaica, UK, Australia (posted twice with cancelled red boxed Bermuda "Returned for/[1d] Postage"), Jamaica & local addresses. Good variety. (25 covers/cards) £200
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BERMUDA - AIRMAILS - EARLY TRANSIT PANAM & BOAC TRANSATLANTIC 1st FLIGHT COVERS, ETC.; 30 May 1939 envs. (3) from UK to Bermuda carried on the 1st Panam transatlantic flight via Bermuda, Azores and Portugal, 9 June 1939 envs (4) from Bermuda to UK each bearing a fine 2/- (one with plate no 1) to pay the ½oz rate carried on the Northern Route & 19 Nov 1939 env with 2/- carried on the 1st Eastward dispatch from Bermuda to Portugal. (8 covers) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, PORTUGAL, KGVI ISSUES, AIRMAILS £200
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BERMUDA - KGVI HIGH VALUE FRANKED COVERS, ETC. - TO SABA (D.W.I.), MAURITIUS, CANADA, ETC.; 1940-51 covers inc. 1944 pair registered to Canada each with 2/- (one marginal), 1945 to Saba (blurred cds on back) via Antigua bearing a single 2/-, 1947 registered to Vacoas, Mauritius with 2/6d and 1/- (½oz rate + 3d fee), 1946 to US with 1½d, 3d, 1/- (2) & 2/- key plate (7 times rate), 1940 to US with 6d & 1st printing 2/6d key plate, 1948 registered to US with marginal 2/-, 1946 env to France with 2/- tied by a "COME TO BERMUDA/THE ISLE OF REST" slogan &1951 to Germany with perf. 13 2/- missing leaf tip variety and perf. 14 2/6d (minor crease) with Penguin slogan cancellation. Good, mainly commercial group. (11 covers) Cross Reference: MAURITIUS, NETHERLANDS COLONIES, £260
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BERMUDA - RARE MANUSCRIPT BERMUDA CENSOR MARKING ON CARDS TO FRANCE/SWITZERLAND; 20 Oct. 1940 PPC from Spokane to Versailles with US 3c with v. rare small Bermuda manuscript ink "I.C. 90 X1084" (Imperial Censorship 90 #1084?) at top (partly under Duplex) with mainly v. fine purple and blue French return marks and v. fine purple US "RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED", 11 May 1942 usage of US 1c Green "REPLY CARD" uprated with US ½c Pair from Switzerland (tied/cancelled by v. fine "BAHNPOST/AMBULANT" c.d.s.'s to Dayton (Ohio) with very rare small Bermuda manuscript blue crayon "PC90 4629" (Passed by Censor No.4629) at top, and 16 Dec. 1942 Swiss 10h P. Stat. PC uprated with 80h from Zurich to US (with smudges from German censor invisible ink tests) with v. rare small Bermuda manuscript purple crayon "I.C./6076" (Imperial Censor No.6076) at foot. Bermuda transit Manuscript censor markings are rare; few have been recorded. (3 cards) £260
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BERMUDA - WWII CIVIL CENSORS MAIL - H.S. "I.C./" TYPES + PLAIN (NO "IC") TYPES - SWEDISH WRECK COVER, ETC.; 1940/43 covers (13) all with Bermuda censor labels with no "I.C." marks or imprints inc. Jan. 1941 Portugal to US endorsed "Clipper 60W...German", 3 Feb. 1943 long env. (usual faults and all stamps except one washed off) from US to Sweden with Swedish PO label ref. 22 Feb. 1943 Panam Clipper crash, 1940 US to Germany with "Positively NOT via Bermuda"(!), Nov. 1940 env. (toned) from Holland to Lisbon PO Box 506 (two different PC90 labels), 1941 ex Martinique to Canada, and 1941 Egypt to Hamilton redirected to B. Guiana; plus 1942/43 covers (6) with Handstruck "I.C./" marks inc. Argentina to GB/Switz., US to Gibraltar, Haiti to Switz., or Mexico to Switz./Portugal; plus similar east-to-west covers all to US. Intriguing lot. (19 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, EGYPT £200
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BERMUDA - WWII & LATER - KGVI COVERS TO U.S.A. + HIGH VALUES GROUP ON £2-2s-3d RATE AIRMAIL PIECE; 5 Jan 1942 large airmail piece franked with 2/6d (crayon mark), 5/-, 12/6d & £1 plus a single 3d and 1/- pair for a remarkable wartime £2-2s-3d rate (all tied by "HAMILTON/BERMUDA" cds's); plus 1940-49 covers (21) to USA with various postal rates made up of interesting combinations of values mostly of the 1938-52 issues, inc. four registered items, 24 Feb 1941 env from St Georges to US with ½d on 1d (15), and 1947 radio card with "MANGROVE BAY" cds at 2d rate (some with interesting slogans.). (21 covers + 1 piece) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, £200
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BERMUDA - WWII - U.S. MAILS - "NORMAL M" CENSOR LABELS (CL5-1) + BICOLOURED "PRESS" CENSOR LABELS; 1941/2 covers (7) with manuscript "I.C." on their PC90 Bermuda censor labels (incl. 1941 US to Italy with serif "P.C.90" label; endorsed "Swiss Legation" and with July 1942 NY "SERVICE SUSPENDED" machine mark; plus pair from Morocco to US or US to Germany & Peru to Switz., Sweden or Denmark etc.). Also 1942 large Airmail envs. (2) ex US to Spain/Sweden with "P.C.90" Bermuda censor labels with manuscript "I.C." in ink or red crayon as well as spectacular black & red "PRESS/EXAMINED BY/U.S...." censor labels. Scarce group. (9 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED £300
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BERMUDA - WWII CIVIL CENSOR LABELS - "I/C" (CL7) & "SPLAYED/NORMAL M" (CL5-1F/1D) ON MAIL TO/FROM THE AMERICAS; 1941/3 covers inc. Martinique/Cuba pair to Morocco/France, Panama to France, Brazil to GB, US to Europe (3; to Denmark - Service Suspended - or Switzerland) with narrow 'long V' "M" (11; all CL5-1D); Argentina to GB, Mexico to Portugal, US to Switzerland, and to US from Europe (Madeira, Sweden, Switzerland or France) with PC90 labels with manuscript "I.C." and the splayed 'long V' "M" (CL5-1F); or "P.C.90" CL7 labels (4) ex USA (1941 Airmail to Italy), Cuba (1942 Airmail to Switzerland), Venezuela (1942 regd. to Swiss Red Cross with Venezuelan Red Cross cachet) or Mexico (1944 regd. to Switzerland). Good study. (22 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FALSE £300
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BERMUDA - KGVI HIGH VALUE COVERS - WWI CENSORED MAIL TO CUBA, BAHAMAS, S. RHODESIA, ETC.; Large 1941 env. regd. from Hamilton to NY with 1st-type KGVI 5/- green & red on yellow with 3d (superb CM21 circular green censor & red oval "U.S. CUSTOMS/FREE OF DUTY/H.S.J./Port of NEW YORK"), 1942 env. regd. to Bahamas with KGVI 2/-, 1944? Airmail env. to "Salisbury, S. Rhodesia" with KGVI Key Plate 2s-6d + 2/- (crease) + 3d (former with multicolour Red Cross "BERMUDA" label on reverse), 1942/3 pair of large envs. (just fit album pages) to GB/Cuba - regd. with 10/- (faults) + 2d(3) + 3d or with 10/- + 2/- (both wrinkled) to Havana with "C./8123" censor label. Rare commercial group inc. unusual destinations. (5 covers) Cross Reference: CUBA, BAHAMAS, SOUTHERN RHODESIA, FALSE £300
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