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1935 Covers (5) and a postcard showing various empire and foreign rates, comprising 2d letter rate to Spain (2), 3d postcard rate to Germany, 5d registered empire rates to Ceylon (2d + 3d, staining) or to Ireland (1d + two 2d Silver Jubilee stamps), and 6d registered rate to Czechoslovakia with 1d on reverse and Silver Jubilee 2d + 3d on the front. (6). £180-200
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1935 "The Rock Hotel" illustrated cover sent by air mail to South Africa franked 6d + 1/-, backstamped in Paris, a scarce rate and franking. Photo on Page 158. £100-120
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1935 Covers (5) and a picture postcard to the USA comprising underpaid cover franked 2d with New York 4c due handstamp but no charge collected; illustrated "Last Day King George V Silver Jubilee Year" cover franked 3d; postcard franked 3d; O.H.M.S Post Office cover franked 1d + 3d with receipt enclosed for four sets of Silver Jubilee stamps; and registered covers franked at the 6d rate, by a single 6d (Post Office O.H.M.S cover) or 1d + Silver Jubilee 2d and 3d. (6). £160-180
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1935 Covers (2) and a picture postcard sent within Malta, all franked ½d, one stamp with the extra flagstaff variety (S.G. 210a, scarce on commercial cover). (3). £120-150
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1935 Air Mail covers to G.B all with violet rubber "AIR MAIL / MALTA" datestamps, three franked at the 5d rate bearing five ½d + 2½d Silver Jubilee stamps, two 2½d Silver Jubilee stamp, or 1d + 3d + two ½d Silver Jubilee stamps; another with a single 6d (overpaid by 1d); the other cover franked 2d + Silver Jubilee 2½d (underpaid by ½d) therefore marked "T10c" but with this endorsement cancelled by cork obliterators and no charge collected. One cover with violet boxed "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A ROME", five fine commercial covers. (5). £180-220
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1935 Long air mail covers to London, one franked 3d + Silver Jubilee 6d, the other franked by eleven 1½d stamps + Silver Jubilee ½d paying the 1/5 rate, a few small stain spots, two scarce higher rates. (2). £100-120
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1936 Air Mail cover to England franked 1½d + Air Mail 6d + three Silver Jubilee 2½d stamps (one with corner fault) paying the 1/3 rate for a 1oz letter by sea to Tunis then by Air France, a very scarce air route and rate. £80-100
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1935 Cover to London sent at the unsealed ½d printed matter rate, the stamp with the short extra flagstaff variety (S.G. 210b), a scarce variety on commercial cover. £150-180
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1935-37 Covers to England franked at the ½d printed matter rate, 1½d empire letter rate (3) or overfranked at the 2½d rate (2), and a cover to Southern Rhodesia franked ½d + 1d, cancels include Paquebots of Plymouth, Port Said and the "Knight of Malta", and single ring datestamps of Cospicua and Victoria, Gozo. Also ½d single and block of eighteen with "Received From H.M Ships" datestamps. (7 + 20 stamps). £180-200
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1935 Underpaid covers all with "T" handstamps applied in Malta, two covers franked ½d to G.B but disallowed at the printed matter rate and charged 2d; cover franked 1½d to G.B but over 1oz so charged 2d; cover to H.M.S "Lord Nelson" c/o G.P.O London redirected to H.M.S "Guardian", "Renown" and "Rodney" with Gibraltar cancel, finally charged 1d at Portsmouth; cover to Greece franked 1½d + Silver Jubilee ½d strip of four, over 1oz so underpaid by ½d and marked " 2/10" but no charge collected; and cover to Italy franked 1d pair + Silver Jubilee ½d, charged L1.50 with three Italy 50c dues applied. An unusual lot. (6). £160-200
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1935 Cover to Ascension Island bearing three ½d stamps, a very unusual destination. Photo on Page 158. £140-160
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1935 Long registered air mail cover to Ceylon, the correct 1oz 2/0½ rate paid by 3d + Silver Jubilee ½d (2), 2½d, 6d and 1/- all tied by violet rubber "AIR MAIL / MALTA" datestamps, backstamped at Brindisi and Colombo. A rare use of the 1/- value on a commercial cover. Photo on Page 158. £200-240
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1935 (May 18) Air Mail cover to Poste Restante, Fez, Morocco franked 3d + Silver Jubilee 2½d tied by "AIR MAIL / MALTA" violet rubber c.d.s, backstamped at Gibraltar and British P.O Fez (May 27), a further British P.O Fez c.d.s (Sep 2) on the front, endorsed "not called for, unknown" and returned to the sender, an unusual cover. £80-100
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1935 Tiny newspaper wrapper (72x54mm) sent to Macau at the printed matter rate, the reverse franked ½d, with a Macau arrival c.d.s alongside, fine and unusual. Photo on Page 158. £100-120
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1935-36 Postcards, two picture cards with brief greetings message allowed at the ½d printed matter rate to France or Estonia; the others sent at the 1½d rate to Sweden or Spain, franked ¼d strip of four + Silver Jubilee ½d, or ¼d + ¼d on 2d + two Silver Jubilee ½d stamps, two unusual frankings with the farthing values. (4). £100-120
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1935 Covers franked at the 2½d surface rate to Macau, Tunisia, France, Austria or Denmark, various frankings, the first cover backstamped at Port Said, Hong Kong and Macau. (5). £120-150
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1935 Registered covers to Roumania franked 1d + 2d + Silver Jubilee 2½d; or to France franked 1d pair + 3d + Silver Jubilee ½d tied by Victoria, Gozo, double ring datestamps, bearing a Customs declaration label (shooting gun spring, value 2d). The first cover with minor staining, the Gozo cover very fine and unusual. (2). £80-100
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1935-36 Air Mail covers, one to Czechoslovakia bearing 1d + Silver Jubilee 6d tied by violet rubber "AIR MAIL / MALTA" c.d.s; the other cover registered to Denmark bearing the Silver Jubilee set of four (the 1/- on reverse) with eight backstamps including Copenhagen to Malmo T.P.O and two Italian T.P.Os, both covers with violet boxed "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A ROME". (2). £100-120
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1935-36 Registered Air Mail covers to Switzerland franked at 7d or 8d rates, or to Germany franked at 9d or 1/2½d rates, two with violet "AIR MAIL / MALTA" rubber datestamps, two with violet boxed "PAR AVION / JUSQU' A ROME", various combinations of Silver Jubilee stamps (one cover also with 6d Air Mail stamp), all fine. (4). £180-200
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1935 Covers sent at the 4½d registered rate to USA, one a fine illustrated advertising envelope for Garrard record changers and radio-gram units franked 1d strip of four + Silver Jubilee ½d; the other an O.H.M.S Post Office cover bearing Silver Jubilee ½d (4) + 2½d charged 10c customs clearance fee. (2). Photo on Page 158. £120-140
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1935 Cover to Bathurst franked 1½d tied by "BASSE / GAMBIA" c.d.s, a very scarce datestamp. Photo on Page 158. £160-200
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1936 Air Mail cover to Scotland franked 1/-, tied by two "KUNTA-UR / GAMBIA" datestamps, very scarce. £160-200
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1935 Cover sent by Deutsche Lufthansa to England franked Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 1/- tied by "MACARTHY ISLAND / GAMBIA" c.d.s with violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND", a fine strike of the c.d.s. £120-150
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1935 Cover to a passenger on the M.V "Apapa" at Bathurst bearing 1½d tied by T.P.O No 2 c.d.s, handstamped "TOO LATE" (Proud I5, thirty years earlier than recorded by Proud, applied in error and crossed out), "SHIP SAILED" (five strikes, not recorded by Proud) and boxed "Return to Sender" (two strikes, Proud I15) with Elder Dempster Lines Ltd Bathurst cachet and a Bathurst c.d.s. An exceptional cover. Photo on Page 158. £250-300
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1935 Covers (3), piece and stamps (10) with various cancels including T.P.O No. 2 on cover franked 1½d to Bathurst and on stamps (7), T.P.O on piece bearing 1½d block of six, Macarthy Island on cover to England sent by D.L.H franked Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 1/-, oval Registered G.P.O datestamp on registered cover to England franked 1½d + 3d, Basse c.d.s on stamps (2), and Macarthy Island M.O.O c.d.s tying 1½d to piece. (14). £180-200
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1935-36 Covers (5) and a picture postcard to England, various rates comprising postcard and cover each franked 1½d, registered covers franked 1½d + 3d or Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 1/-, air mail cover sent by D.L.H franked Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 2½d, registered air mail cover franked 3d pair + 1/-, the two air mail covers with violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND". (6). £240-280
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1935 Covers to G.B, various rates with surface mail covers franked 1½d or registered and franked 1½d + 3d, air mail covers 3d + 1/- or Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 1/-, or registered franked 3d pair + 1/-, the three air mail covers all with violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND". (5). £220-260
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1935 3d Registration envelopes to London comprising G size envelope (opened out) sent air mail by D.L.H franked Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 1/- with violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND" on reverse, and H size envelope sent by surface mail franked 1½d. (2). £160-200
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1935 Registered air mail cover to England handstamped "Per Parcel Post" bearing 6d block of eight, violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND", the cover opened and possibly slightly reduced at both sides, one reverse corner cut to display the arrival backstamp, otherwise fine and unusual. £100-120
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1935 Air Mail covers to G.B, sent by D.L.H, all franked Elephant & Palm 1d + Silver Jubilee 1/-, one registered with an additional Silver Jubilee 3d stamp, all with violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND". (4). £180-220
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1935 (June 29) Cover to Denmark sent by D.L.H, franked 1½d + 3d + 1/-, with boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND". £100-120
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1935 (Aug 30) Illustrated Lufthansa envelope to Germany franked Elephant & Palm ½d + 2d and Silver Jubilee 1/-, a further stamp covered by tape applied in Germany to repair the upper corner, with a manuscript explanation in German on the reverse. Small tear at lower right corner, otherwise fine and unusual. £100-120
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1935 (Nov 30) Cover to Switzerland sent by D.L.H, franked by two Silver Jubilee 6d stamps + Elephant & Palm ½d on the front, a further uncancelled 2d stamp on the reverse, with violet boxed "AIR MAIL / GAMBIA - ENGLAND". £100-120
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1935 Covers to the USA franked 2½d (2 covers) or registered franked 6d (2 covers, one with registration label removed), the fine registered 6d cover posted on May 6, the first day of issue. (4). £180-200
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Various selected cancellations on stamps (81) and pieces (4), mainly the 1d value, many differing village and town datestamps. (85). £100-120
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Maritime Mail. 1935 Cover from Sekondi to G.B with two 1d stamps each cancelled oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / HAMBURG - / WESTAFRIKA / LXII" datestamp, violet circular "Auf Hoher See / am Bord / des / P.D Wahene"; and a cover to USA with three 1d stamps tied violet boxed "R. AFR. L / S.S MAASKERK" datestamps. (2). Photo on Page 158. £150-180
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1935 Picture postcards franked 1d to England or ½d + 1d to Hungary, and an Elder Dempster Lines cover to England franked 2½d, all cancelled by double ring "TAKORADI WHARF / GOLD COAST" skeleton datestamps. (3). £120-150
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1935 Covers all franked 1d postage sent within Gold Coast (3), to Nigeria or to England (3), including a 3d F size registration envelope franked 1d from Mangoase to Accra, Eastern Telegraph Co. envelope (shortened at left upon opening) sent within Accra, and a cover to the Crown Agents in London and redirected with cachet of "The Crown Agents for the Colonies". (7). £100-120
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Togoland - Ho. 1935-37 Registered covers with oval "REGISTERED / HO GOLD COAST" cancels, the first to Switzerland franked 1d (3) + 3d; the 1937 cover sent by air mail to England via Kano franked 6d + 1937 Coronation 1d and 2d. (2). £130-150
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1935 Registered covers sent at the 4d rate to England comprising 3d G size registration envelopes uprated 1d from Prestea or Keta, covers franked by four 1d stamps from Nyakrom, Insu or Beyin, and a cover from Takoradi franked 1d + 3d, the Beyin cover with boxed registration handstamp (unlisted by Proud). (6). £160-200
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1935 Large part registered parcel wrapper to Ewens Colonial Stamp Market Ltd in England, presumably originally enclosing a consignment of stamps, franked 1d (2), 3d, 6d and 1/- to pay the 1/11 rate, very unusual. £80-100
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1935-37 Covers (6) and a picture postcard comprising covers franked 3d rate to Italy, Egypt or to London and redirected to Switzerland; postcard franked ½d + 1d to Switzerland; and three underpaid covers franked 2d to Germany handstamped "T" and charged 40pf, franked ½d + 1d pair to Switzerland with "T" handstamp and a Swiss 10c due, or franked 1d to Italy with L1 + 50c Italian dues applied. Cancels include Agona Duakwa, Asafo Akim, etc. (7). £150-180
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1935 Registered covers from Insu to Austria, Sekondi to USA or Cape Coast to Italy all franked by a single 6d, the Cape Coast cover with handstruck registration mark (Proud R5, only recorded by Proud used on one date in 1935), single 6d frankings uncommon. (3). £130-200
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1938 Air Mail covers to Switzerland carried by French "Aeromaritime", one franked 6d + KGVI 3d pair and 6d, the other registered franked 6d + 1/- + KGVI 3d, a scarce commercial use of the Silver Jubilee 1/- value, the air mail service from Gold Coast not commencing until 1937. (2). Photo on Page 162. £180-220
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1935 Covers to the USA, four franked at the 3d rate, the others registered franked at the 6d rate by six 1d stamps or a 3d H size registration envelope uprated 3d, or registered at the 7½d double rate bearing ½d (3) + 2d (2) + Silver Jubilee 1d (2), two charged 10c in the USA for customs inspection. Cancels include Foso, Akrokeri, Kade, etc. (7). £200-240
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1935 Covers to the USA, all underpaid, one franked ½d + 1d (cover faults), six others incorrectly franked at the 1d empire rate handstamped "T" (4) or "T / over ... oz" with three bearing U.S 8c due marks but only one cover actually having U.S due stamps applied. Also a registered cover from Nsawam confusingly addressed to "Providence R.I, Manchester" accepted at the empire rate franked 1d + 3d and sent to England before forwarding to the USA, not charged. Cancels include Hohoe, Tamale, Tarkwa, etc. (8). £200-240
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Selected cancels on stamps (199) and pieces (7), many c.d.s cancels of differing towns and villages, also a few T.P.O and maritime cancels. (206). £200-250
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1935 (May 6) "The King's Silver Jubilee Celebrations in Dar-es-Salaam, Official Programme of Events, 4th to 12th May", 12 page booklet posted to C.J.R Cota at the P.M.G's Office, G.P.O Dar-es-Salaam bearing 20c tied by Camp Post Office c.d.s on the first day of issue of the stamp, signed by Cota, very unusual. £140-160
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Madame Joseph Forgery. 1935 (May 6) First Day Cover to The City Stamp Shop in London, the set of four each tied by a "Madame Joseph" forged first day cancel of Eldoret. £80-100
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Madame Joseph Forgery. 1935 (May 6) First Day Cover to The City Stamp Shop in London, the set of four each tied by a "Madame Joseph" forged first day cancel of Eldoret. £80-100
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