1841 Entire to Athlone prepaid 1d, with black boxed "PAID AT / LONGFORD", turned and reused from Athlone to Dublin with the distinctive small locally made "2" charge mark, scarce. £100-120
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1849 (Apr 7) Entire letter posted unpaid from Belfast to the War Office in London, originally containing an enclosure and therefore over ½oz weight, handstamped with the "4" charge mark originally made for use during the Uniform 4d Post period, applied in green with a matching Belfast backstamp. Piece of flap torn off and replaced (just extending into the address panel) with some light staining and two vertical file folds, still a very presentable example of this rare use of a 4d Post "4" as a charge mark on unpaid double rate mail in the Uniform Penny Postage period, one of just three or four recorded examples from Belfast. Photo on Page 132. £500-600
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1878 (June 1) Page from "The Illustrated London News", endorsed "2 papers" and addressed to Lower Canada, bearing 1875 3d rose plate 18 tied by "157" diamond obliterator of Queenstown, a very unusual 3d transatlantic printed matter rate, folded to display the stamp and address, some splitting to folds, otherwise fine. £100-120
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T.P.Os. 1927-73 Covers (38) and pieces (10), the covers with cancels of Mullingar & Sligo T.P.O (7, all skeletons), Dublin & Galway T.P.O (16) or Dublin & Sligo T.P.O (15, all skeletons), virtually all philatelic, many scarce. (48). £150-180
ISRAEL |
P.O.Ws in Egypt / Jordan. 1948 Stampless postcards from Israel, to Israeli soldiers captured in the first Arab-Israeli War, held at P.O.W Camp Transjordan or 106 P.O.W Camp in Egypt, delivered by the Red Cross, both with an Israel censor and Red Cross cachet, lower left corner clipped on one card, the other with vertical fold, scarce. (2). £100-120
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1948 Interim Period. 1948 JNF Parachutists labels, vertical tete-beche strips of seven in black with violet Tel Aviv overprints (1953 Lachman Certificate) or black Haifa overprints; Jerusalem locals including first issue 5m, 10m, 25m in sheets of ten, second issue 5m, 10m, 25m in sheets of twenty; Nahariya locals including first issue imperf sheets of eight of the 10m blue (2) and 50m green (2), and rouletted sheets of eight of the 10m blue (2), 20m red (4, one variety right side blank, another variety tete-beche and imperf horizontally) and 50m green (2), six sheets tete-beche, also set C.T.O on cover, second issue set of three in sheets of four and uncut tete-beche sheets of eight, 10m and 11m delivery charge stamps; Safed 10m unused (3); French Consular Post in Jerusalem second and third issue 20m surcharges superb unmounted mint. A useful lot. Bale 35, 101-128, $3000+. (28 sheets/strips + 9 stamps/covers). £200-250
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1948 Interim Period - Rishon Le-Zion. 1948 40m Blue, imperforate sheet of ten fine unmounted mint. Also a perforated single C.T.O on cover. Just 200 imperforate sheets were printed, most of which were split up. Bale 123, $1600. Photo on Page 128. £150-180
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1948 Doar Ivri 10m colour trials, seven differing colours on various coloured papers, five marginal, some signed on the reverse by the designer Otte Wallish with a copy of his 1963 letter of authenticity; and imperf 15m souvenir sheets of four dated "5.4.1948" in black (2) or red. The 10m colour trials printed in preparation for the first postage due stamp. Bale ED9a/c, 51/57, $1475. (10). £200-250
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1948-2018 Unmounted mint collection in nine Lighthouse albums, virtually complete (missing just a few 2010-18 mini sheets), all with tabs or in mini sheets, with some tete-beche and gutter pair varieties, machine vended labels for 1988-2018, and 1952 presentation booklet from the Director General of Posts containing various 1949-52 issues including Negev Camel 500pr and Menorah 1000pr all with tabs. Also a further album of postal stationery and a few F.D.Cs, and 1959-2017 new issue information sheets in three Lighthouse albums and loose. An exceptionally fine collection including 1948 Doar Ivri perf 11 set, first postage due set, 1948 New Year coloured and white tabs and set in vertical gutter pairs, 1949 I.D.F Insignia set, 1950 Independence Day pair, 1950 airmail set, Negev Camel 500pr, 1952 Menorah 1000pr, etc., superb unmounted with tabs throughout. Bale $25,000++. (13 albums). Photo on Page 128. £3,000-4,000
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1948 Doar Ivri 3m - 1000m perf 11 set of nine with tabs, mounted mint, tiny tone mark to 500m, otherwise fine. Bale 1/9, $2500. (9). Photo on Page 130 £200-240
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1948 Doar Ivri 3m - 1000m perf 11 set of nine with tabs, mounted in the tab margins, 50m grey paper, 1000m with a few clipped perforation tips. Bale 1/9, $2500. (9). Photo on Page 130. £150-180
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1948 Doar Ivri perf 11 10m and 15m with incorrect tabs, perf 10x11 3m, 20m and 50m, rouletted 3m, 5m and 10m, all with tabs, superb unmounted mint. Bale 1/3a, 1d, 3/4b, 5/6d, $1295. (8). Photo on Page 130. £150-180
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1948 New Year 3m - 65m set of five in vertical gutter pair blocks with white tabs, superb unmounted mint, Bale 10/14c, $6500. (5). Photo on Page 130. £700-800
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1948 New Year 3m - 65m set of five in vertical gutter pair blocks with coloured tabs, 10m block with light horizontal crease, 5m and 65m blocks with very minor creasing in the coloured margins, otherwise all fine unmounted mint. Bale 10/14c, $6500. (5). Photo on Page 130. £400-500
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1949-50 2nd Coinage and 3rd Coinage 5pr, 10pr, 15pr and 30pr, and 1952 4th Coinage 20pr and 45pr, all in superb unmounted mint sheets, each comprising three tete-beche blocks of thirty with a central gutter separating blocks of thirty and sixty (each sheet therefore with ten tete-beche pairs and ten tete-beche gutter pairs), all superb. Bale 22/5, 42/5, 60, 63, $1885. (10 sheets). £200-250
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1950 U.P.U 40pr and 80pr sheets of fifty; and an uncut sheet printed for booklets comprising tete-beche gutter blocks of 32 of each value, se-tenant in the centre, all superb unmounted mint. Bale 27/8a,b, $1500. (3 sheets). £200-250
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1952 TABA Stamp Exhibition airmail stamps, photographic essays of the two approved designs, unfinished with a blank space left for the city emblem, one with the country name omitted, with unadopted 45pr and 85pr values, each photo essay 147x99mm (on photo paper, c.190x140mm). Two unique essays from the files of the designer Otte Wallish, each with Muentz handstamp on reverse, with his 1982 Certificate. (2). £200-250
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1948-2019 Unmounted mint range on stockcards and Hagner pages including errors with 1952 BILU 110pr variety yellow leaves (Bale 78a, $375), 1957 Tabil Stamp Exhibition miniature sheet variety imperforate (Bale MS2b, $500) and various missing colours, also 1957 Independence Day 250pr tabbed sheetlet, Bezalel Museum 400pr tabbed sheetlets with both imperf and perforated margins, some machine vended labels, etc, all superb unmounted with tabs. Bale $2000++. (100s). £240-300
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Booklets. 1949-2018 Booklets including Bale 1, 2, 2a, 3, 3b, 4, 5, 6 (2), 6a, etc., also recent booklets with self adhesive stamps, all complete and superb. Bale $3500+. (139). Photo on Page 130. £400-500
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Literature. Various handbooks and catalogues on Palestine or Israel, including "Foreign Post Offices in Palestine" by N. Collins and L. Dickstein, "The Alexander Collection - Milestones in the Postal History of the Holy Land", "The Alexander Collection of Ottoman Field Post Offices", "The Doar Ivri Issue of Israel" by S. Rothman and Y. Tsachor, also a few general philatelic books. (38). £40-50
ITALY
(Also See Lots 197, 342, 593/4, 692/4) |
Aegean Islands - Rhodes. 1934 (June 4) Cover from Rhodes to P.J Drossos in Athens bearing Football World Cup postage set of five overprinted "Isole Italiane Dell'Egeo" and an Ala Littoria air mail label, reverse with cachet of the Greek Consulate in Rhodes, and an arrival c.d.s. A scarce issue on cover, posted eleven days before the issue date given by Gibbons. S.G. £623 on stamps. Photo on Page 132. £100-120
KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
(Also See Lots 2, 46, 74, 170, 191, 193/6, 198-205, 238, 252-271, 278, 280, 289, 290, 301, 372, 479, 761) |
British East Africa. 1890-97 Mint collection on pages including 1890-95 set of fifteen (no 4a grey), 1895-96 India overprint set of fifteen, etc. S.G. £1,500. (50). Photo on Page 134. £240-300
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1895-1978 Mainly mint collection in two S.G. Devon albums, comprising East Africa & Uganda with 1907-08 set, 1921 1c - 2r, KUT, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with issues from c.1967 complete unmounted; Zanzibar with 1936 set, etc. (2 albums). £180-220
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1919 4c on 6c Scarlet, mint sheet of 120 split into two panes of sixty; and 1938 KGVI perf 13 20c unused block of twenty without gum, from a consignment recovered from S.S "Breda" after it was sunk in an air raid in Locknell Bay, Oban, in December 1940 (with various notes about the "Breda" sinking). (2). £100-120
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1935-37 1c - £1 Set used, the 5/- on piece, additional 5c block with Paquebot Zanzibar c.d.s and 5c rope joined to sail, also 1935 Silver Jubilee and 1937 Coronation sets. S.G. 110/130, £570. (28). Photo on Page 134. £120-140
Tanganyika |
1896 Piece bearing India 1882-90 ½a and 2a each tied by "DAR-ES-SALAAM" c.d.s, the 2a stamp a little faded, very unusual. Photo on Page 134. £70-100
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Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force. 1916 N.F ½d (4), 1d (7), 3d (5), 4d (6) and 1/- (2) used, various F.P.O cancels, two on piece, and Portuguese Nyassa 50r with 1918 "NYASALAND /FF2" squared circle datestamp (JY 19). S.G. £480+. (25). £100-120
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Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force. 1916 NF Overprint issue with the set of five mint and used and additional values, some showing varieties including ½d missing serif to "N" (10/1) mint and broken "F" (4/3) within a block of six used with FF3 squared circle, ½d 3d and 1/- used blocks of four, pieces bearing 1d with F.P.O No 1 squared circle or F.P.O 2 c.d.s in violet, also 1918 (Sep 7) Certificate of Posting with Field Post Office 9 c.d.s, Portuguese Nyassa 10r with FF2 squared circle (19 JY 18, only 207 stamps so used), and Kionga set of four used. S.G. £760++. (41 + C.O.P). £160-200
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World War One stamps, cinderellas and forgeries including German East Africa 20h, 30h and 45h on separate pieces with "TAVETA / DEUTSCHE / FELDPOST" datestamps (31 July 1915); 1916 G.E.A Wuga emergency issue 2½h; large size imitation "Hohenzollern" yacht issue 2½h and "G.E.A British Occupation 6 Cents" surcharge on 7½h tied to piece by Field Post Office c.d.s; Mafia 1a (S.G. M45) tied to piece by backdated Mafia c.d.s (JA 23 1915) and other Mafia forgeries (9); Belgian Congo (27); Kionga (5), etc. (49). £120-150
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1917 G.E.A Overprint 1c - 75c on separate pieces all with circular undated "IRINGA / G.E.A" rubber cancels (Proud D1) in violet. Also piece bearing two 3c stamps, and two single 6c stamps, all with similar "MUSOMA / G.E.A" cancels (Proud D1) in violet with 1920-21 dates in manuscript. (12). Photo on Page 134. £100-120
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1917-21 G.E.A Overprint set to the 20r used, with additional lower values. S.G. 45/61, £1,470. (39). Photo on Page 134. £350-450
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1921 G.E.A Overprint 12c - 5r Multiple Script CA set of six overprinted "SPECIMEN" fine mint. Also 1917-21 G.E.A Multiple Crown CA 1c, 10c - 1r and 3r - 5r with Specimen overprints. S.G. 63/8s, £300+. (17). Photo on Page 134. £140-160
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1921 G.E.A Overprint 12c - 3r, 1c black and 10c orange (2) all used. S.G. 63/73, £920. (8). Photo on Page 134. £200-240
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1922-24 Giraffe issue used, 5c - £1 set with 1/-, 2/- and 5/- - £1 with both upright and inverted watermark, also 1925 set of four, additional examples of most values to the 1r, mainly collected for their cancels with some on piece, the sideways watermark £1 a little oxidised, otherwise fine. S.G. 74/88a, £2,800+. (119). Photo on Page 134. £550-650
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1927-31 Set to the £1 used with additional examples to the 5/- value, many collected for their cancels with T.P.Os, T.R.S Liemba, maritime, etc., some on piece. S.G. 93/107, £1,000 (approx). (104). Photo on Page 134. £220-260
P.O.W & Forces Mail |
World War One - P.O.W / Internee Mail. c.1915 Cover to Germany endorsed "Prisoner of War via Switzerland" with I.E.F 2a6p cancelled violet "PASSED CENSOR / C.T Dsm", further strikes on the front and reverse, from a female internee in Dar-es-Salaam; and 1917 stampless lettersheet from a civilian P.O.W captured in East Africa, from Cairo to "Tanga, Mission Wuga", with A.P.O SZ10 skeleton datestamp and an Aden transit c.d.s, boxed "FREE", "FROM / PRISONER OF WAR", a triangular army censor and "PASSED CENSOR / C / E.A", two scarce and unusual covers. (2). Photo on Page 132. £180-220
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World War One. 1914-19 Covers and cards with 1914 (Oct 31) I.E.F ¼a card from Indian F.P.O 21 (a few faults but very early from East Africa), Belgian Congo 5c card with F.P.O 320 c.d.s and two line handstamp, and stampless cover or cards from F.P.O 306 (c.d.s + two line handstamp) or F.P.O 343 (2). Also a cover from G.B directed to Port Amelia (Portuguese East Africa) and redirected to Nkwalie with light F.P.O 25 backstamp; O.A.S cover from Egypt, redirected in East Africa, with F.P.O 322 and 343 datestamps; and a patriotic label. (8). £120-140
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World War One. 1917-19 Covers and cards with Base Office B datestamps including registered cover to Tanga with I.E.F ½a (6) + 3a tied by the scarce "REG" c.d.s and boxed handstamp on the registration label, and stampless O.A.S mail (9), one cover to France endorsed from the Belgian Commandant at Dar-es-Salaam. Also 1915 cover from India to an Indian soldier with blue censor seal tied by Base Office E and Indian F.P.O 307 datestamps. (11). £100-120
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World War One & Two. 1916-44 Covers and cards, mainly WW2 forces mail (8, one a front); also 1916 censored postcard from H.M.S "Scapa Flow" at Mombasa; 1918 cover from a P.O.W (probably from East Africa) in the parole camp at Ahmednagar, India; stampless WW2 cover from Cunard White Star Ltd in Philadelphia to H.M Naval Base at Kilindini endorsed "Ships Mail" with British censor seal, handstamped "RECEIVED FROM CUSTOMS" and "THIS COMMUNICATION / REFERRED TO DISTRICT POSTAL / CENSOR BY U.S NAVAL / AUTHORITIES", etc., also one postwar F.P.O card. (13). £80-100
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World War Two. 1941-45 Covers including 1944 lettersheet to Italy handstamped "ITALIAN EVACUATION CAMP No. 1A / KENYA COLONY" and boxed "EVACUEES MAIL / POSTAGE FREE", and forces mail (14), various censors and datestamps. (15). £80-100
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World War Two Internee Mail - Uganda. 1944-46 Covers from Internment Camp 6, Entebbe, the first cover to New York with boxed cachet and 1/- + 30c cancelled at Nairobi, two 1946 covers to Switzerland with stamps cancelled at Entebbe and oval "INTERMENT CAMP / No. 6 UGANDA" dated cachets. Also 1944 cover from a Jewish refugee posted from Nairobi to New York. (4). £180-200
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World War Two Internee Mail - Tanganyika / Southern Rhodesia. 1940-46 Stampless covers (4) and a lettersheet, four from Germans, comprising 1940 cover with printed reverse "Replies to Internees should not cover more than one side of ordinary notepaper ....", handstamped "POSTAL / INTERNMENT CAMP / FRANK", oval "INTERNMENT CAMP / PASSED BY / CENSOR / DAR ES SALAAM" and boxed "PASSED No 3 / BY CENSOR", Camp Post Office - Daressalaam c.d.s; cover from a female internee in Lushoto; two covers from former Tanganyika residents held in Southern Rhodesia both with oval "No 2 (TANGANYIKA) INTERNMENT CAMP / SALISBURY, S. RHODESIA" (one to another internee at Lushoto); and a 1946 lettersheet from an Italian with violet "ITALIAN EVACUEE CAMP / TABORA / Tanganyika Territory" and a "P.O.W / E.A.C" c.d.s. (5). £180-220
Polish Refugee Camps |
1944-48 Covers and air letters comprising air letters from G.B (4) and a cover from Sweden to Masindi Polish Refugee Camp, and air letters from Masindi to G.B (2), cover from Koja, Polish Settlement to USA, and registered cover from G.B to Tengeru Polish Refugee Camp (2), a good group including skeleton datestamps of Masindi 2 (7) and Koja. (10). £300-400
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Ifunda / Masindi. 1944 and 1948 Registered cover from Ifunda, the first posted from Nairobi (Apr 6) to a Polish soldier, with 19 Polish F.P.O backstamps dated from April 1944 until February 1945 (roughly torn open at right edge with corner torn from stamp); the 1945 cover with five stamps tied by scarce "IRINGA SUB" double ring skeleton c.d.s (two other stamps lost in transit). Also a 1946 cover from London to the Polish Settlement at Masindi in Uganda with "MASINDI 2 / UGANDA" double ring skeleton backstamp. (3). £100-120
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Kidugala / Tengeru. 1944-47 Covers from the Polish camps at Tengeru (2) or Kidugala (2), the 1945-46 covers from Tengeru cancelled at Arusha, sent to a Polish soldier in Scotland (with Polish F.P.O backstamp) or to Sweden; the 1944-47 covers from Kidugala Camp registered from Nairobi to a Polish soldier in the Middle East (Polish and British F.P.O backstamps) or to the USA cancelled by the scarce "KIDUGALA / TT" skeleton c.d.s. (4). £150-180
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Kondoa Irangi. 1943-47 Covers (5, two registered) and an air letter from Kondoa Irangi Camp, four 1943-44 covers cancelled at Nairobi, a 1945 cover cancelled at Daressalaam, the 1947 air letter cancelled by scarce "KONDOA IRANGI" double ring c.d.s. Three covers to Polish forces in the Middle East with Polish F.P.O backstamps and censor cachets, the others to G.B, the 1947 air letter to a Pole at Faumery Camp, Royston. (6). £200-240
KOREA |
1936 Picture postcards to Scotland all with Japanese stamps cancelled by pictorial datestamps in red, depicting buildings and mountains, all fine. (5). £150-180
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North Korea. 1956 Cover from Hambeung to Germany bearing imperforate 1952 Partisan Heroes 70wn, Peace Propaganda 20wn and 1954 Taedong Gate 5wn, backstamped at Pyongyang, a scarce commercial cover. £100-120
LEEWARD ISLANDS |
1890-1954 Mint collection on pages including 1902 set, 1907-11 set, etc. (106). £100-120
MALAYA
(Also See Lots 37, 248, 335/9, 469, 478, 480, 608) |
Pahang. 1899 4c on 8c Used, variety surcharge inverted, upper perfs a little toned, otherwise fine and scarce, with R.P.S Certificate (2018). S.G. 25a, £1,800. Photo on Page 126. £350-400
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