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SPAIN - PENINSULAR STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY CACHET; June 1837 to Jerez with Cadiz transit cds on rear rated '16Q' on front and with double-lined circular "PENINSULAR.STEAMSHIP.NAVIGATION Cy CADIZ/PL & Co" h.s. on front and the same cachet on a May 1837 EL 'Per Iberia' to Cadiz ex Barcelona also with Cadiz transit d.s. on rear and with "9Q" h.s. inwards charge based on a letter from Gibraltar and sent from Malaga. Unusual examples on mail originating in UK or placed on board at Malaga (2 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN £180
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SPANISH COLONIES - SPANISH MOROCCO, SPANISH P.O. IN MOROCCO & TANGIER, CAPE JUBY, ETC: Range of mint & used stamps, covers & cards on album leaves and stock card pages inc. Cape Juby inc. 1923 (27 Jan.) Express Regd. env. to Oxford franked with Cape Juby 1919 5c, 10c, 15c, 50c, 1919 20c Express & 1922 20c (SG 19 £50) all tied by either Cabo Juby cds's or reg. handstamps. Spanish Morocco inc. 1920 large piece bearing 15c on 30c bisect tied by "17.JUN 20" cds, 1935 30c Red p.stat card (slight crease top right) overprinted "MUESTRA" (specimen), 1949 1.30p Aerogramme used to Northampton, etc. Spanish P.O. in Morocco & Tangier inc. duplicate range of mint & used opt. issues plus mint & used range of post independence Morocco. Close inspection recommended. (24 covers/cards & Qty of stamps) Cross Reference: MOROCCO, AIR MAIL COVERS, REGISTERED MAILFALSE £120
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SUDAN - GREAT BRITAIN 2½d USED IN SUAKIN/RARE KORTI STAR & CRESCENT POSTMARK/1897 PROVISIONAL TYPE FRANKINGS: 1884 2½d lilac, DE on small piece with almost complete superb strike of "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE/A/EGYPT" c.d.s. of 21 May 1885. Rare. Also, a piece of env. (OAS officer's stampless letter with part of 2½d & "T" charge marks in evidence) showing the very rare large 'Star & Crescent' postmark of Korti dated 23 Feb.1885, in use for just 4 months. Also 8 Nov. 1897 5m Egyptian Postal stat. env optd. "SOUDAN" from Wadi-Halfa Camp to Lt. Col. Sloggett (Principal Medical Officer at Battle of Omdurman) in Alexandria, with Alexandrie & Military Post Office, Alexandria c.d.s.'s and 13 Dec. 1897 env bearing 1m & 3m (damaged) issues of Egypt optd. "SOUDAN" with Halfa c.d.s. addressed in arabic and backstamped Cairo. (2 covers, 2 pieces & 1 stamp) £100
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SUDAN - 1885-92 SUAKIN CAMPAIGN: Trio of 1885-86 Indian Soldiers' & Seamans' Envelopes inc. Dec. 1885 embossed 9 pies to Karachi, cancelled "FIELD P.O./1 DEC 85" and signed by Capt. Orr. On the reverse are a Sea Post Office c.d,s. and "SECOND DELy./KARACHI" c.d.s (19 Dec. 85); 20 Jun. 1886 env. embossed 9 pies surcharged 1 anna sent to Pay Havildar Golab Singh, A Coy. 21st Punjab Infantry, Sialkot, Punjab, from a member of the same regiment attached to the Field Force at Fort Tokar. Env. is cancelled by "No.1/FIELD P.O" barred "B"duplex dated 1 Jul. 1896. Bombay & Sialkot c.d.s. on reverse. Also 1886 env. embossed 9 pies surcharged 1 anna from a Field Pay Officer (countersigned Captain, Field Paymaster, Suakin Force) to Poona. Env is cancelled with "BASE OFFICE/B" c.d.s. dated 4 Jul. 1896. On reverse are Aden transit & Poona arrival marks. An Indian garrison occupied Suakin from June to Dec. 1896, to release Egyptian & Sudanese forces for the Dongola campaign. Unusual & scarce trio. Fine examples. (3) Cross Reference: RAILWAYS, INDIA £180
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SUDAN - CAMPAIGN TO RECAPTURE KHARTOUM: 19 Aug. 1898 env. from Pte. H.R. Niven, 2nd. Rifle Brigade to London and endorsed "Nile Expeditionary Forces Soudan" with "ATBARA/S.P.S." c.d.s on front and also on reverse cancelling a 5m Camel Postman type. Wadi-Halfa transit mark and Maida-Hill arrival marks on reverse. Also 18 Aug. 1898 Soldiers letter from Gunner J.I.Luckett, 40 Pounder Detachment, Royal Artillery in Atbara to Private C.J.Luckett, Royal Fusiliers, Nusserabad, India. Franked 2m & 3m Camel Postman types, the env. has been prepared for signature of the Commanding Officer, but this endorsement was not required. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY £100
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SUDAN - MILITARY POSTAL STATIONERY: 1899-1928 selection of covers/letters displaying different military insignia inc. 1 Nov 1899 env. from Omdurman to Col. Sir Francis Wingate (later Sirdar) in Cairo with crest of 11th Soudanese, 14 Sep. 1905 env. ex Khartoum to Malvern with green star & crescent of Egyptian Army, 29 Aug 1906 letter with headed paper of 1st Batt. Egyptian Army, 26 Nov 1910 env. of XXV Kings Own Scottish Borderers ex Singa to Edinburgh, 9 Jul. 1928 env. of XXXVIII Regt. (South Staffs.) ex El Obeid to Albrighton, Staffs, etc. Additionally 16 Sep. 1898 env ex Omdurman to London, 1p Camel Postman type cancelled by Khartoum 17 IX 98 c.d.s. Endorsement refers to "destruction of Mahdi's Tomb". Also 18 Dec. 1898 env. ex Khartoum to London (redirected to Windsor) addressed to Commander Keppel (Commander of the ill-fated gunboat 'Zafir'). Env. also endorsed "By any Mail". (7 covers) £100
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SUDAN - AIRMAILS - EXPERIMENTAL EAST AFRICA SERVICE BY T.A. GLADSTONE FIRST NORTHBOUND FLIGHT: 1927 (14 Feb.) env. ex Entebbe to the Isle of Wight bearing Kenya 20c (2) & 30c per 1st Kisumu-Khartoum flight & with fine red "AIR MAIL/1ST/FE 15/27/UGANDA SUDAN" c.d.s. Ex Norton Collier (Cavendish Sept. 2005 sale - Lot 144) Also 1927 (11 Feb.) env. ex Nairobi to London bearing Kenya 20c & 50c endorsed "By 1st Flight Kisumu-Khartoum" in m/s & with red "KENYA-SUDAN" flight cachet of 15th February. (2 covers) Cross Reference: AIRMAILS £100
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SUDAN - 1920s-30s AIRMAILS MISCELLANY- INCL. ENV. EX THE U.K. TO UGANDA INTENDED TO BE CARRIED ON THE ILL-FATED THIRD EXPERIMENTAL EAST AFRICA SERVICE SOUTHWARD FLIGHT OF MARCH 1927: Env. ex Oxted (Surrey) bearing KGV ½d, 1d & 6d adhesives plus black/blue airmail label addressed to Kampala. Backstamped Kisumu (31 March) & Kampala (4 April) alongside red "KENYA-SUDAN/MR 31/27/AIRMAIL" cachet. The env. was intended for the Fairey III service to Jinja which was suspended due to a crash into Lake Victoria on the Northbound leg (12 March) & subsequently was carried by rail. It is not clear why the env. was given the Kenya-Sudan Air Mail flight cachet. Also a group inc. 1931 (March) env. per 1st Imperial Airways flight bearing "AIR MAIL" 10m & 2p tied by fine "SUDAN AIR MAIL/WADI HALFA" c.d.s. of 13th March & with violet first flight cachets at foot of cover, 1935 env. with Sherwood Foresters crest on flap ex Khartoum to Sandgate, Kent, 1936 (March) O.H.M.S. env. ex Gebeit to Aboukir with black oval h.s. of No. 207 (Bomber) Squadron of the R.A.F., 1937 R.A.F. Stationery env. ("Sans Peur" pictorial crest of 47 Squadron on flap addressed to Deal bearing 5m Postman & 3p Gordon Statue adhesives tied by fine "SUDAN AIR MAIL/KHARTOUM" c.d.s., etc. (10) £100
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SUDAN - METER MARKS/POSTAL AGENCIES ETC: Post WWII group inc. 1950s - 70s covers (8) with U6 50m, U13 35m, U13 40m, U28 50m, U39 55m, U59 55m, U62 155m & U62 165m meter marks, 1950s/1960s large purple Postal Agency marks on cover inc. Abu Haraz, El Bauga, Karai, Sennar Junction, Wad Medani, etc. (22) £50
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SWITZERLAND - BOXED DAVO ALBUM with the mint & used collection to the mid 1940s inc. a good range of Pro Juventute sets inc. 1915-21 used & 1937 miniature sheet used, 1938 Aarau miniature sheet used, 1943 Stamp Centenary (Zurich) small format miniature sheet used & large format miniature sheet mint, etc. (Small qty) £90
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SWITZERLAND - STOCKBOOK & ENVELOPE - with the mint and/or used 1850 to modern accumulation inc. 1850 5r red, black & blue (a) and 10r red, black & yellow (4) both used; 1851 5r red & blue, 2 used; 1854 2r grey unused and 20r orange, 40r green & 1f lilac (thinned) all used; useful range of seated Helvetia, etc. (Qty.) £150
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SWITZERLAND - FINE USED COLLECTION on leaves in Albums (2) and in sheet files (2) inc. 1862-64 Seated Helvetia 60c Copper-Bronze & 1F Gold, 1867 30c Blue (perf fault), 1881 Granite Paper issue several mint parts sheets of the 5c & 25c, range of later issues inc. Semi-Postal/Charity stamps, mini-sheets, railway stamps, few p.dues etc. (hundreds) £200
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTEL POSTS/TELEGRAPHS/POSTCARDS, ETC: Two binders with the small range of unused Swiss hotel stamps inc. Belalp, Maderanerthal, Kurort Stoos, Rigi-Kulm, Rigi-Kaltbad, Rigi-Scheideck, etc plus a selection of Telegraph stamps with various Hotel Telegraph Office cancels. Also a collection of early to modern Swiss hotel postcards with emphasis on Chateaux d'Oex, Martigny & Chamonix, etc. (C.100 cards/covers plus c.30 stamps/labels) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £120
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - BASEL, ZURICH, NEUCHATEL, BERN, ETC: The mainly early 20th. C. collection of used & unused postcards displaying a wide range of handstamped hotel cachets along with various items of ephemera. (c.150 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £120
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - BERNESE OBERLAND, WILDESWIL, MURREN, WENGEN, GRINDELWALD, ETC: Binder with the collection of mainly early 20th. C., used & unused postcards, many with handstamped hotel cachets. (c. 130 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - ENGADINE, AROSA, DAVOS, PONTRESINA, ST. MORITZ, ETC: Binder with the mainly early 20th. C. collection of mint & used postcards, many with hotel cachets. (c.150 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £120
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - GENEVA, LAUSANNE: Binder with the collection of mainly early 20th. C., used & unused postcards, many with handstamped hotel cachets. Also, ephemera inc. 1910 local journal for tourists. (c.100 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - INTERLAKEN, LAKE THUN, ETC: Binder with the mainly early 20th C. collection of used & unused postcards, most with handstamped hotel cachets. Also some ephemera. (c.140 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - LAKE BRIENZ, REICHENBACH FALLS, MEIRINGEN, ETC: The mainly early 20th C. collection of used & unused postcards, most with handstamped hotel cachets. Lot also incl. items of ephemera e.g. hotel prospectus', invoices, maps, etc. (Approx. 150 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - LAKE GENEVA, MONTREUX, GLION, TERRITET, CAUX, ROCHERS DE NAYE, ETC: Binder with the mainly early 20th C. collection of mint & used postcards, most with handstamped hotel cachets. A particularly attractive assembly. (c.180 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £120
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - LAKE GENEVA, VEVEY, MONTREUX, ETC: Binder with the mainly 20th. C. collection of used & unused postcards, the majority with handstamped hotel cachets. Also various items of ephemera. (c.130 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - LAKE LUCERNE, BURGENSTOCK, STANSERHORN, ENGELBERG, ETC: Three binders with the collection of mainly early 20th. C. postcards & hotel related ephemera. Lot also incl. 2 small hardback books - "Cook's Travellers Handbook, Switzerland, Savoy & the Italian Lakes, 1929-30" & c.1954 Ward Lock "Travel Guide to Switzerland". (c.300 cards/covers plus 2 books) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £240
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - LAKE LUCERNE, RIGI, PILATUS, ETC: Binder with the mainly 20th. C. collection of used & unused postcards inc. railway views, topographical, etc. Good range of hotel cachets. (c.130 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £120
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - LUGANO, LOCARNO, ETC: Binder with the collection of mainly early 20th. C., used & unused postcards, many with handstamped hotel cachets. (c. 150 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - MOUNTAIN PASSES, ST. GOTTARD, GRIMSEL, ST. BERNARD, AROLLA, SIMPLON, ZERMATT, ETC: Two binders with the mainly early 20th. C. collection of used & unused postcards. Range of topographical scenes, many hotel cachets in evidence. (c. 200 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £120
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SWITZERLAND - SWISS HOTELS - SIERRE, ADELBODEN, KANDERSTEG, LEUKERBAD, ETC: Binder with the collection of mainly early 20th. C., used & unused postcards, many with handstamped hotel cachets. (c. 100 cards/covers) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £100
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SWITZERLAND - WWI P.O.W./INTERNEE/CENSOR MAIL TO/FROM SWISS HOTELS: Binder with the collection of cards/covers from British, French, Belgian & German internees held in various Swiss hotels. Also, a range of WWI & WWII censor mail. (Approx.45 cards/covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDSFALSE £180
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TRISTAN DA CUNHA - TYPE I CACHET ON COVER TO SURREY: (1916) env. (tear in backflap, otherwise fine) to Mrs Gertrude Anderson at Woldingham, Surrey, bearing faint but legible strike of the Type I cachet. [There are no other markings but was from Agnes Glass, and can be dated to 26 November 1916, when Agnes wrote a letter to Mrs Anderson thanking her for a parcel she had sent to the island, and giving further personal details about herself and the island. Gertrude Anderson published this letter in 'The Times' on 1 January 1918 (copy enclosed with lot). The cover was carried on the Norwegian ship 'Trio' which called at Tristan on 11 December 1917.] There is also a letter written by Gertrude Anderson to J. Faulkner, apparently in response to 'The Times' letter, relating to a philatelic enquiry about Tristan '...Tristan da Cunha has no stamps of its own...The envelope is however postmarked...I believe some philatelists also collect envelopes...'. A rare example of the Type I cachet and a fascinating letter wholly on the subject of Philately. SG C1 £4000. (2 items) £1,500
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TRISTAN DA CUNHA - PAIR OF TYPE III CACHET COVERS: c1921-22 pair of envs one to 'The Foreign Editor' at 'The Daily Mail' in London, bearing two somewhat overinked strikes of the Type III cachet in grey-black. Very fine and scarce commercial usage. The other to Victor Marsh in Paris with France 10c tied by superb strike of Type III cachet. Some tone spots, otherwise very fine albeit philatelic usage. (2 covers) £180
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TRISTAN DA CUNHA - TYPE IVa CACHETS IN RED & TYPE Va CACHET IN PURPLE ON UNUSED COVER: c1928 unaddressed env (with tone spots front & back and central vertical crease) with two 'proof' strikes of the Type IVa cachet in red at top right (one near fine the other very fine), plus a further very fine/superb 'proof' strike of the Type Va cachet in violet. A remarkable combination of the two rarest cachet types, SG C5 £5500 & C7 £6500. £1,600
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TRISTAN DA CUNHA - TYPE IV CACHET, IN PURPLE, ON COVER TO GOSPORT: c1928 env. (vertical fold through centre of cover and small hole in backflap) to Gosport, England, with GB QV 1d Lilac (16 dot) & KGV 10d Turquoise-Blue tied by two strikes of the Type IV cachet in purple, with a further very fine strike alongside. Fine appearance. SG C4, cat £850 Cross Reference: G.B USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS £300
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TRISTAN DA CUNHA - TYPE V CACHET, IN BLUE & 'Tristan da Cunha' (DURBAN) S/L H.S., IN BLACK, ON COVER: 1936 env. to Surrey, England, with fine strike Type V cachet in blue overstruck by 'Tristan da Cunha' s/l h.s. in black (applied at Durban for a short time), '1½d/723' h.s charge mark & GB ½d Green & 1d Red p.dues applied at Epsom. Very fine and scarce. Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS £80
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TRISTAN DA CUNHA - PAIR OF TYPE V & TYPE VI CACHET "CORONATION" COVERS: 1937 (12 May) Coronation Day cover to Cape Town with superb Type VI cachet in black, and with 'CERTIFIED POSTED ON THE/ISLAND ON CORONATION DAY/12th MAY 1937,/_____________ HEADMAN' h.s. and signed by William Repetto, '1D' charge mark h.s. & with South African 1d p.due cancelled by Cape Town cds plus 1937 (May) printed Coronation cover (unsealed) to England with two superb strikes of the Type V cachet in dark violet. Both carried on SS 'Anatolia' which visited Tristan on 7 December 1937. Fine covers. (2) Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS £80
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TURKEY - FILIBE/PHILOPPOPOLIS/PLOVDIV PRE-STAMP COVER - 1862 EL with ms postal instruction(?) in red and two indistinct blue negative postmarks on front, from this town that is now part of Bulgaria. Scarce, ex Taylor-Smith. Cross Reference: BULGARIA £90
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TURKEY - 1863-76 FIRST ISSUE & DULOZ RANGE - used group of first issue inc. postage due issues and a number of forgeries plus mostly mounted mint Duloz range of the various types inc. 25pi lake full pane of 50, postage due 5pi block of 4 & 25pi block of 12, unissued values & Spiro forgery of the 1865 5pi. Good lot. [ex Taylor-Smith]. (c100 items) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE LABELS, FORGERIES - STAMPS £180
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TURKEY - 1869 KONYA TO STAMBOUL COVER - EL (slight splitting) datelined Konya, carried privately to Constantinople where 1868 Duloz 1pi yellow & 2pi red cancelled, Stamboul cds on back. Scarce, ex Taylor-Smith. £90
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TURKEY - 1871/2 KAYSERI & BRUSA/BURSA COVERS - env. (tears, faults) from Kayseri franked with 2pi red (2) + 25pa brown postage due stamp on the back with STAMBOUL(?) cds alongside and 1872 EL with Brusa rectangular ds at top right & Duloz 20pa & 1pi values bottom left cancelled in Constantinople, with STAMBOUL cds on back & postage due stamp mostly missing as placed over the flap. Plus 1873 EL (faults) franked with 2pi red + 1pi brown postage due stamp, another stamp missing, STAMBOUL cds & cancels [ex Taylor-Smith]. (3) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS £150
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TURKEY - 1876-91 CRESCENT ISSUE & POSTAL STATIONERY - mint & used study of the various crescent issue types inc. printed matter black or blue ovpt ranges with 1879 10pa & 1892 group inc. 10pa green, 20pa rose, 1pi dull blue & 2pi olive-yellow, all used. Also some forgeries of the printed matter issues. Plus range of mint & used p.stat. inc 1884 unused 20p+20p Carmine on Buff card, 1889 & 1901 pair of 20p used or unused reply-half cards, etc. A good lot, ex Taylor-Smith. (132 & 16 cards/covers) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE LABELS, FORGERIES - STAMPS, POSTAL STATIONERYFALSE £180
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - CARTON with the collection of USA & CANADA covers inc. USA group of 5 WWII censored Air Mail envs. USA to Iran with range of censor marks & four with censor tape at left, group of 5 1908-45 covers/cards to UK all with p.due marks and/or stamps, etc. Canada 1934 undelivered 3c p.stat env to USA with near complete "Not In Directory/Station R..." h/s to front and "INCONNU (UNKNOWN.) h/s to rear 1935 env. (small tear top right and some dusting) pre-paid Special Delivery to USA with near fine "Fee Claimed by Office/of First Address" h/s, etc. Needs inspection (Large Qty) Cross Reference: CANADA, EXPRESS MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL £120
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - TWO BINDERS with the early to middle-period, mint & used collection of issues for Hawaii & USA. Better items noted incl. 1893 Columbian set used vals. to 50c, 1898 Tran-Mississippi set to $1 used, also a $2 used, but this with faults. 1913-15 Panama-Pacific set of 6 (p.12) to 10c both orange & yellow shades mint (SG 423-27 £450), 1930 $1.30 brown Zeppelin used (SG A688 £475), 1933 Airship 50c green in 2 unmounted mint pairs, etc. One of the binders dedicated to definitive issues with a good selection to 90c value, though condition is mixed. (Many 100s) £360
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BINDER with the collection of modern mint issues to c.mid-2000s with many mini. sheets/sheetlets, etc. (Many 100s) £100
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - RARE 1847 5c COVER TO HOLLAND VIA BOSTON, LONDON & OSTEND EX PHILADELPHIA WITH BLUE GRID CANCEL; Fine 16 Sept. 1850 EL (ref. an order for nutmeg) from "Philadelphia" to Amsterdam (from the well known Alstorphius & Von Hemert correspondence) endorsed to go by "Cunard Steamer from Boston to Lpool" with 1847 5c Orange-Brown (4 close to huge margins, but outer frame-line just touched at bottom centre) just tied by a rather unclear blue Philadelphia circular grid matching the fine "PHILADA PA./5 cts" cds alongside, charged "1/8" (British transit) and then "130" (Dutch arrival charge) with London (30 Sept.) and Amsterdam (2 Oct., with fair red oval "ENGELAND/OVER OSTENDE" alongside) backstamps. Listed in the Alexander census; one of only 23 1st-Issue 5c covers recorded to Holland. Exhibition Quality. [With clear 1985 PF Certificate and accompanying detailed analysis signed by Cal Hahn.] Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, NETHERLANDS £750
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - RARE LIVERPOOL "ART-5/BR. PKT" WITH RARE OVAL "AMERICA" D.S. & H.S. "1/2½" MARKS ON S.F. COVER TO G.B.; 15 April 1854 EL from "San Francisco" to London having a very fine rare Liverpool Handstruck "1/2½" on the front matching the very fine rare Liverpool oval "AMERICA" d.s. (20 May) on the flap, but also having a very fine rare Liverpool "ART-5/BR. PKT" mark (across the join; just clear of a small closed seal-tear and very slightly overstruck by a red London cds) also on the reverse. This ART-5/BR. PKT. mark (used for US West Coast mails and for some West Indies mails only) is seldom seen. This is the first cover with both the rare oval America d.s. and an ART mark that we can recall having seen. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, SHIP LETTERS, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS £300
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 5c-RATE COVER TO FRANCE WITH 1851 IMPERF. 1c BLUE (2) + 3c RED-BROWN HAVING FRENCH "15" REPLACED BY "13"; Attractive 28 Mar. 1854E from New York to Paris with 1851 1c Blue (2; mainly clear margins, one with tiny fault at foot) and 3c Red-Brown (just 4m) tied by transit marks and NY grid cancels with fine red "NEW-YORK.BR. PKT." cds on the front along with French h.s. "15" crossed out and replaced with h.s. "13", having a London transit backstamp of 10 April. Rare thus. Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, FRANCE £200
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - STRIP OF FOUR OR PAIR OF IMPERF. 1851 12c BLACK ON TRANSATLANTIC COVERS TO G.B.; Attractive matched pair of 12 Apr./3 July 1856 env./EL ex NY to London Poste Restante "Per Steamer Atlantic" or "[Per] Str. Baltic" with 1851 Strip of Four of the Imperf. 12c Black (tight but clear margins all round except outer frame-line just shaved at foot of two left-hand stamps; not tied but clearly belongs) cancelled by light red NY grid cancels matching the "6/NEW YORK" cds alongside with London arrival cds (24 Apr.), or with a fine 4m Pair of the same 10c tied by the red NY grids matching a mainly fine "3/NEW YORK" cds alongside overlapped by London 31 July cds. Fine pair at double-/single-weight letter rates carried by US Steam Packet Company vessels. (2 covers) Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL £300
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1857 10c PAIR + SINGLE ON 30c-RATE COVER TO HUNGARY VIA AACHEN & VIENNA; Attractive 23 May 1860 yellow-paper env. ex New Orleans to Szombathely "in Ungarn" with 1857 10c Green Vertical Pair + single (latter with perfs. cut at top) tied by fine 2-ring "NEW ORLEANS" cds's with fine red "BOSTON BR. PKT./7 PAID" cds and red boxed "AACHEN/FRANCO" d.s. alongside, also with fine Vienna (14 June) and "SZOMBATHELY" cds backstamps. Early US mail to Hungary is rare. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, HUNGARY £300
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1859 5c BROWN JEFFERSON STRIP OF 3 ON COVER TO FRANCE - 1860 EL to Castillon with vertical strip of 3 (perfs trimmed on 3 sides) tied by NEW ORLEANS cds's, New York transit & French receiver on front and Paris, Bordeaux & Castillon marks on back. PF Cert. (2013). Scarce. £300
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1857 (TYPE V) 10c PAIR + 1c SINGLE ON 21c-RATE COVER EX BALTIMORE TO HOLLAND WITH BLUE CDS CANCELS; Attractive 22 Mar. 1861 E (minor wear) from Baltimore to Amsterdam "Pr. Str. Etna from New York" with 1857 Type V 10c Green Pair and Type V 1c Blue all tied by two mainly fine large blue "BALTIMORE/MD." cds's with red NY transit cds (23 Mar.) alongside plus Dutch "110" m/s delivery charge; there are v. fine red London (5 April) and Amsterdam backstamps. Exceptionally colourful item. [With Stanley Ashbrook signature on reverse and separate Ashbrook 1956 certificate.] Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, NETHERLANDS £300
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - 1857 12c PAIR + 3c ON 30c-RATE SANDUSKY (OHIO) COVER TO SWITZERLAND VIA G.B., BELGIUM & PRUSSIA; 20 Mar. 1861 orange-paper env. (some wear and faults but attractive) from Sandusky to "Kaltbrun...Schweiz" endorsed "Pr Steamer via Liverpool" with 1857 12c Black Pair (some cut perfs.) and 3c Red-Brown Vertical Pair (corner fault and a few short perfs.) all tied by large "SANDUSKY O." cds's with a further strike alongside; on the front are red transit marks of New York Aachen & "FRANCO/PREUSS. RESP. VEREIN/AUSGANGS-GRENZE", with various backstamps inv. v. fine small "KALTBRUN" cds (8 Apr.). Unusual franking for the 30c rate. Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SWITZERLAND £200
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - JAPAN - RARE 42c-RATE COVER EX NEW YORK WITH 1867 30c (F GRILL) + 12c FRANKING VIA HONG KONG; Rare 13 Feb. 1869 EL from New York to "Yokohama" endorsed "P. C[ity of] Baltimore [steamer] via Marseilles" with 1867 12c Black (cut perfs. at left) and 1867 F-Grill 30c Orange (slightly overlapped) both tied by fine black 'Star' corks and by red h.s. "32" (Exchange office credit to GB), having fine red h.s. "1d" Accountancy Mark and red London "PAID" cds (25 Feb.) alongside, with inverted-date red "NEW YORK PAID ALL/BR. TRANSIT" cds and v. fine "HONG-KONG" transit cds (8 Apr.) on the top flap. Very rare ingoing mail to Japan at this early date. Exhibition item. [With clear 1977 PF Certificate.] Cross Reference: JAPAN, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, HONG KONGFALSE £500
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