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1870 (Apr 23) Stampless entire from New York to Paris sent by NGL Line "Union", with "NEW YORK / BR TRANSIT" c.d.s and octagonal "G.B/Art.38" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, very scarce. Photo on Page 80. £200-250
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1871-75 Stamped covers from USA to France illustrating the various changes in rates, including 1871 covers franked 10c (2 covers), 11c (3c strip of three + 2c), 15c (2c + 3c + 10c) or 16c (2c pair + two 3c pairs), 1872 cover franked 30c (10c pair + single) and charged 10 decimes, 1873-74 covers sent at the 10c rate franked 10c (2 covers, charged 5 or 10 decimes), 2c pair + 6c (2 covers) or 1c + 3c strip of three, 1875 3c envelope uprated 3c pair and 1874 cover franked 3c + 6c. Various shipping lines, five with New York Foreign Mail cancels (three with PF Certificates), one with scarce red "NEW YORK / PAID TO ENGLAND" c.d.s. A good lot. (13). £450-600
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1872-74 Covers from France to USA franked 25c, 40c, 50c or 75c, carried by Cunard or Inman Line, all overweight so treated as unpaid, with "FR/2F" accountancy marks and New York depreciated currency datestamps, charged 18c (3) or 31c in U.S Notes. Fine and unusual. (4). £120-150
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1876-98 Stamped entire letters and covers (10) and a postcard from USA to France including 1893 covers bearing Columbian Expo 1c + 3c + 6c or 5c + 15c, 1898 cover with 1894 15c (7) + 5c paying $1.10 rate (reduced at left), etc. Also France 15c envelope bearing ten 1c stamps to USA. (12). £140-160
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1893-1907 Covers (2) and postcards (6) with "UNITED STATES SEA P.O" duplex cancels (4) and/or postage due handstamps (7), the two 1893-1900 covers cancelled on the S.S "New York" or "St Louis" prior to the establishment of the joint U.S/British service, one with "U.S SEA P.O / T / 3" due mark; the six 1905-07 postcards all with similar due handstamps, one stampless card posted on the S.S "Philadelphia" whilst at Cherbourg with due mark but no other handstamps, the others posted on board (2) or in the USA (3) all franked 2c, four of these charged 3d in England. (8). £140-160
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1910-13 Postcards with "UNITED STATES / SEA P.O" duplex cancels, both unusually franked by British stamps, the 1911 card posted on S.S "St Paul" with code "4" duplex applied away from the KEVII ½d which was cancelled the following day by a Southampton Paquebot c.d.s, also handstamped "U.S SEA P.O / T / 4" and "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID", charged 1d at Southampton; the 1913 card posted on S.S "New York" with KGV ½d cancelled by code "1" duplex, a Cherbourg transit c.d.s alongside, charged 1d at Southampton. Very scarce uses of G.B stamps on the U.S Sea P.O. (2). Photo on Page 88. £250-300
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1905 Picture postcard of Bermuda with G.B KEVII 1d cancelled "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE PLYMOUTH / 1", applied on the S.S "Philadelphia"; and registered front from Belize franked 2c + 5c, missent with similar Plymouth code "3" c.d.s probably applied on S.S "New York", the address partly obliterated in ink. The rarest of all the Sea Post Office datestamps. (2) £180-220
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1906 Picture postcards with "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL" c.d.s, code "1" applied on R.M.S "Baltic", or code "2" applied on R.M.S "Oceanic", the first franked ½d and charged 1d in London, the second franked 1d but with a photo applied contrary to regulations so endorsed "Due 1d", altered to "Liable to Letter Rate 2d". Also a 1907 cover franked ½d + 1d pair with "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE / SOUTHAMPTON" code "7" datestamps applied on R.M.S "Oceanic". (3). £100-120
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1907 Postcards franked ½d, cancelled by "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE / SOUTHAMPTON" datestamps, code "2" applied on R.M.S "Teutonic" or code "3" applied on R.M.S "Adriatic", the first with "SPO / T / 6" due mark, the other two with "U.S. SEA P.O / T / 18" due marks, one of these subsequently deleted, no charge collected on any of the cards. Unusual. (3). £120-150
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1908-14 Postcards franked ½d or 1d (4) all with "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE" c.d.s, code 3, 4 (2), 5 or 6, one card from Belfast to H.M.S "Cumberland" redirected to Bermuda with a "MISSENT" handstamp alongside the code "4" c.d.s of R.M.S "Oceanic". Two covers posted on R.M.S.P Co. ships with cachets and New York Paquebot c.d.s alongside the stamps which were subsequently cancelled on the Transatlantic P.O, one card to France with 10c postage due stamp for the Poste Restante fee, one card only franked ½d but not charged. (5). £150-180
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1910-14 Postcards franked ½d, with "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE" datestamps code 2, 3 or 5 (2), all with "U.S SEA P.O / T" due marks and charged 1d (3) or 2 cents, one card posted on the last voyage of the joint British /U.S service with 29 August 1914 c.d.s applied on R.M.S "Olympic". (4). £200-240@Side Head underline 14pt:ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY
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1853-1966 Printed ephemera including menus (12), passenger lists (9), timetables (3), advertising brochures (17), route maps (3), luggage labels (4), abstracts of the ships log (2), ship map (2), embarkation notice with details of a special train from Waterloo to Southampton, ship plan, programmes for tours, race meetings (2), fancy dress balls (2) or a concert, cocktail party invitation, 1908 R.M.S.P "Tagus" Christmas card, Crossing the Line certificates (2, one 1907 R.M.S "Magdalena" certificate with oval "Posted on the High Seas" cachet), ship notepaper bearing foreign stamps bought as souvenirs (6), whist cards (2), waybill, 1853 document appointing a Naval Lieutenant agent on a merchant steam vessel, etc. An interesting collection. (77+). £400-500
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Southampton Packet Letter. 1848-65 Stampless covers (3), entires (2) and an entire letter, unusually handstamped "PACKET LETTER / SOUTHAMPTON" (P.1) in blue, brown or black (2), or circular "SOUTHAMPTON / PACKET LETTER" datestamp (2, P.2), sent from St Thomas (3), Havana, Santamarta or Mexico, one cover carried on the maiden return voyage of the "Atrato". A scarce and unusual group, most R.M.S.P mail sent bagged to London, these Packet Letter handstamps only used on loose letters posted on board or put on the steamer just prior to sailing. (6). £250-300
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1907-67 Covers and cards, many posted at sea with various ship's cachets and Paquebots, also some postcards and associated covers, from the lines to New York and Australia, cruises to Africa and the Mediterranean, etc. (85). £140-160
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World War One. 1914-17 Covers and cards from R.M.S.P vessels serving as hospital ships or troop ships, including a card from the Hospital Ship "Agadir" and cover both with circular "PASSED CENSOR / H.M.S AGADIR", stampless cover with oval "H.M. AMBULANCE TRANSPORT / ARAGUAYA" and "Received From H.M Ship" cachet, stampless card from Egypt with boxed "HOSPITAL SHIP "ASTURIAS" / PASSED BY CENSOR", cover with oval "H.M.S / PASSED / CENSOR / OROTAVA", etc. (16). £160-180
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Picture Postcards (64) including early poster type cards, RMSP view cards of places visited by various ships (also the envelope for a series of 12 such cards), interior and exterior ship views, some cards with Paquebots and Ship's cachets; cards posted in G.B with printed messages from ships (3); advertising labels with West Indies views (8); and associated covers and cards (16) including R.M.S.P office cachets and perfins, covers addressed to ships, etc. (91). £200-250
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Antigua. 1847 Entire letters to Whitehaven prepaid 6d or 1/- (2), two from the Greencastle or Betty's Hope Estates, all with Antigua double arc (2) or single ring datestamps, the last with red "PAID / AT / ANTIGUA" crowned circle, carried on the Conway, Prince or Teviot to St. Thomas. (3). £160-200
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Barbados. 1902-11 Covers (4) and a picture postcard comprising 1914 stampless cover to London endorsed "Consignee p. R.M.S Solent & Trent" with a Barbados c.d.s, delivered free of charge as a consignee letter addressed to the port of landing; 1902-04 covers (2) and card with G.B stamps cancelled at Barbados, handstamped scarce straight line "POSTED ON BOARD" (3); and 1911 cover bearing Barbados 1d cancelled oval "POSTED ON THE / HIGH SEAS". (5). £160-200
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British Guiana. 1843-47 Stampless entire letters (2) and a cover all with Berbice double arc c.d.s, one with scarce "1/2" handstruck charge mark, all sent to St. Thomas, carried from St. Thomas on the Tay, Forth (first arrival after terminus changed from Falmouth to Southampton) or Dee. Also an 1865 entire letter from London to Demerara franked 1/-, carried on the Seine to St. Thomas. (4). £140-160
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Cuba. 1843-61 Stampless entires to London all with Havana British P.O datestamps, sent on the Tay, Avon (2, one sent on maiden return voyage), Forth or Teviot, all fine. (5). £100-120
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Dominica. 1847 Entire to England, sent on the Eagle to St. Thomas, with Dominica double arc datestamp; and 1868 entire letter to Scotland sent on the Eider to St. Thomas with Dominica c.d.s and red "PAID / AT / DOMINICA" crowned circle, both prepaid 1/- in cash. The 1868 letter with two vertical filing folds, but finer than most covers from this correspondence, the crowned circle inverted but otherwise an unusually clear strike. (2). £180-200
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Grenada/St. Vincent. 1852-57 Entire letters to London with "GRENADA" or "ST. VINCENT" double arc datestamps, charged 6d or 1/-, the St. Vincent letter sent via the Derwent, Clyde and Parana. (2). £80-100
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Jamaica. 1843-70 Stampless entire letters (3), entires (2) and covers (2), mostly to England, carried on the Forth, Trent, Teviot, Avon, Conway, Tyne or Elba, including cover to Madeira privately carried and posted in London, 1847 "1/-" handstamp of Kingston, 4/- and 6/- rates, 1856 Liverpool dotted circle datestamp in green, 1870 entire unusually to France with "GB/2F" accountancy mark, etc. (7). £120-150
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Jamaica. 1846-56 Stampless entire letters from G.B to Jamaica including 1846 letter with fine red boxed "POSTED AFTER / 7 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT", letters to May Hill, Little River, Ocho Rios, Savannah la Mar and Rodney Hall (2), carried on the Avon, Severn, Forth, Thames, Magdalena (3) or Atrato, various rates. (8). £120-150
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Jamaica. 1873-90 Stamped covers (5) and a front to England franked 1/- (2), 8d (2) or 4d (2), carried on the Moselle, Tasmanian, Nile or Medway, one 1880 cover with Southampton Ship Letter c.d.s (illustrated by Tabeart, page 278). Also 1868 cover from Chester to Jamaica franked 1/-, carried on the Shannon. (7). £100-120
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Mexico. 1846-65 Stampless entires to London (4) and entire letters to France (2) with red "COLONIES / &c ART 13" or "GB/IF60c", with large double arc British P.O datestamps of "TAMPICO" in red (2) or "VERA-CRUZ" in black (4, two also with Mexican P.O c.d.s), carried on the Forth, Medway, Great Western, Clyde, Conway, etc. Also an 1860 letter from Venezuela to Italy, a stamp removed. (7). £200-250
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Mexico/France. 1857 (Feb 28) Entire letter from Le Havre to Vera Cruz, 1f50 paid by 1853 Napoleon III 10c, 20c, 40c and 80c (the 10c fine, others three margins). Carried on the Astrato to St. Thomas and "Solent" to Vera Cruz, charged 4 reales, some ink corrosion to the address, an attractive four colour franking. Photo on Page 88. £120-150
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St. Lucia/Barbados. 1894 Covers from St. Lucia to England with long enclosed letters from an army officer, each franked St. Lucia 2½d pair (2) or two singles, and 1896 St. Lucia 1d postcard to Germany, all four cancelled in Barbados and handstamped violet "Posted on British Packet" (2, Proud SL10) or "POSTED ON BOARD R.M.S" (2, not recorded by Proud), scarce and unusual. (4). Photo on Page 88. £300-350
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St. Thomas. 1844-67 Stampless entires (8) and an entire with G.B 1/- cancelled "C51", one to France sent under cover and posted in London with manuscript forwarding agent's endorsement on reverse, the others all with British P.O datestamps, three to France or Italy with "G.B/1F60c" accountancy marks, two from Naquabo in the Dominican Republic or Ponce, Porto Rico, privately carried to St. Thomas, one with red oval "FORWARDED BY / J.F PENISTON & CO / ST THOMAS". Also 1858 entire letter from London franked 7d and 1883 entire from Manchester franked 4d to St. Thomas. Sent by various ships including the Shannon, Clyde, Atrato, Solent, Avon and Forth. (11). Photo on Page 88. £280-320
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1900-56 Covers and cards posted at sea with cachets from many ships including Segura, Trent, Atrato, Oruba, Danube, Orinoco, Magdalena, Tagus, etc., Paquebots from various parts including Barbados (12), Kingston (8), Nassau, Hamilton (2), Port of Spain, Colon, also R.M.S.P 10c local stamps pen cancelled (2), St. Vincent 1d with manuscript "Esk" cancel, picture postcards, etc. An interesting collection, a good proportion pre 1914, many ex Michael Rego, written up in an album and on pages. (78). £250-300
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1894-1950 Covers and cards mainly posted on ships with various cachets and Paquebots, also some associated covers and postcards of ships, including 1905 invitation to visit R.M.S "Aragon" while docked in Buenos Ayres on her maiden voyage posted from Buenos Ayres to England, Paquebots of S. Vicente, Funchal, Vigo, Coruna (1908, manuscript Paquebot), Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio, Montevideo, etc, and cachets from the Orduna, Deseado, Darro, Demerara, Desna, Drina, Segura, Magdalena, Clyde, Trent, etc. An interesting collection written up in an album. (140). £400-500
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1898-1904 Covers (3) and postcards (4) posted at sea with cachets applied, mainly used as cancellations on G.B stamps, including "POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS" on covers franked QV ½d + 1d lilac pair, a single 1d lilac, or QV ½d pair (also cancelled oval S. Vicente datestamp and Southampton Ship Letter c.d.s); two line "POSTED ON / HIGH SEAS" on 1898 cover with QV 2½d single + pair cancelled at Montevideo"; 1901 covers with QV 1d cancelled "9 MAY 1901 / "DANUBE" / SEA POST" or QV 2½d cancelled "DANUBE" / 13 JUL 1901"; violet "R.M.S THAMES" cancelling QV ½d pair on 1901 cover (with "PAQUEBOT" and Southampton Packet Letter c.d.s), KEVII 1d on card or 1d strip of three on cover; postcards with KEVII 1d cancelled "SEA POST" or "POSTED AT SEA"; and QV ½d on postcard cancelled large red "SEA POST" and a London c.d.s. Also five strips of G.B QV stamps with various violet cancels. (17) £300-350
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G.B - Mail to Portugal. 1851 Entire letter from Manchester to Porto originally franked embossed 10d (cut to shape) + 1/- (1d overpaid for the 1/9 rate), the 1/- stamp having fallen off the letter in transit, therefore handstamped "Returned for / 11d Postage" and "Return'd / for Postage", but endorsed "allow 1/10" when it was realised the letter was originally correctly franked, forwarded on the "Medway". Very unusual. £120-150
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Channel Islands - Mail to Portugal. 1865-75 Entire letter and entire from Jersey to Oporto franked 1865 6d or 1875 2½d on blued paper, the first with "PD" obliterated and a "40" charge mark applied. (2). £80-100
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G.B - Mail to South America. 1862-72 Entire letters comprising letters to Argentina franked 1/- (2), registered letter to Montevideo franked 2/4 (torn), and 1872 cover to Rio de Janeiro "per Neva" franked 2/- deep blue, the last a fine example of this 2/- stamp on cover. (4). £150-180
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G.B - Mail to South America. 1884-85 Covers from London to Montevideo franked 1884 4d green, or to the Captain of R.M.S "Derwent" at Rio de Janeiro bearing 4d green vertical pair. Also a part 1885 cover to R.M.S "Derwent" bearing 2½d lilac + 5d green. (S.G. 192/3, £820 as stamps). (3). £100-120
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Mail via Panama - Vancouver Is. 1867 Cover from Edward Bayley, a Midshipman on H.M.S "Scout" in Vancouver, to Ireland, franked G.B 1d + 6d (6d Officers rate + 1d transit via Panama) both cancelled in the London Foreign Branch, sent by Pacific Steam to Panama, R.M.S.P "Tyne" from Colon to St. Thomas then by "Tasmanian", backstamped in London, H&K Pact. and Monkstown. A fine Panama Officers rate cover. Photo on Page 88. £140-160
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Mail via Panama - New Zealand. 1867 Mourning cover from Cheltenham to Timaru "via Panama" franked 6d, carried on the "La Plata" to St. Thomas, the "Tyne" to Colon and then the Panama Line "Kaikoura" to Christchurch, backstamped at Christchurch and Timaru. A fine cover, the Panama route to New Zealand only possible 1866-69. £80-100
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Mail to France. 1850-66 Stampless entire letters (9) and entires (7) from Chile (7), Brazil (3), Argentina (5) or Uruguay all to France, handstamps include British P.O datestamps of Valparaiso (5), Buenos Ayres (4), Rio Janeiro, Bahia or Pernambuco, "PANAMA / TRANSIT" in red or similar dated mark in black, red boxed "COLONIES / ART-18" (2), "G.B/1F60c" (7), "GB/1F90c" (2) or "GB / 2F87<\h><+>5<$>/<->10<$>c" (3), various ships identified, one letter carried on the "Tasmanian" and fumigated after 71 cases of yellow fever occurred on the voyage. (16). £200-250
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Mail to USA. 1853-69 Stampless entire letters (7) and an entire from Argentina (5), Brazil (2) or Uruguay to New York, one sent by French Packet to Bordeaux with "BUENOS-AYRES / PAQ. FR. K. No 1" c.d.s, the others sent by R.M.S.P Packets to England, British P.O datestamps of Rio Janeiro or Buenos Ayres (4), one with a London forwarding agents cachet, U.S handstruck charge marks comprise 24, 31, 33, 45 (2) and 90, the "31" and "33" not recorded in the original edition of North Atlantic Mail Sailings by Hubbard & Winter, both very scarce. (8). £200-250
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Mail to USA - Accountancy Mark Errors. 1862 Stampless entire letters from Buenos Ayres (2) or Montevideo to New York sent via R.M.S.P vessel to Southampton all with incorrect accountancy marks applied in London, deleted and replaced by the correct marks, comprising "24 / CENTS" in red obliterated by "37" numeral and replaced by "24 / CENTS" in black, "16 / CENTS" obliterated by "7" numeral and replaced by "24 / CENTS", "21 / CENTS" replaced by "40 / CENTS", very unusual. (3). £150-180
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Mail to USA - Depreciated Currency. 1864-69 Stampless entire letters from Uruguay (15), Argentina (4) and Brazil (2) to New York sent by R.M.S.P to Southampton and then by British Packet to New York, with "NEW YORK / U.S NOTES" datestamps showing charges of 44, 46 (3), 51, 92, 96 or 97, "N.Y 30 BR. PKT / OR 43 NOTES" or similar "N. YORK 45 BR PKT / OR NOTES" c.d.s. with charges of 59, 60, 61 (2), 63, 64, 66 (2), 69, 72, 95 or 99. An exceptional group showing 17 different U.S Note charges, some very scarce datestamps. (21). £500-600
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Mail to USA. 1863-65 Stampless cover with Buenos Ayres British P.O c.d.s to Boston, and entire letter from Rio Grande do Sul to New York, the cover sent on the R.M.S.P "Magdalena" to Southampton then by Inman Line "City of Washington" charged $1.80 or $2.20 in notes, handstamped "IN U.S NOTES" in green; the 1865 letter carried on the maiden return voyage of "Douro" to Southampton then by Cunard "Asia" charged 90c or $1.25 in notes, handstamped "80 / CENTS", "90" and scarce "U.S NOTES / 125", two New York Br Pkt datestamps with the date shown as Sept 16 or Sep 61 in error. (2). £150-180
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Argentina/G.B. 1855 (Feb 9) Mourning cover from Bath to Buenos Ayres "opposite the Post Office", bearing 2d blue Small Crown perf 16 LG-LL strip of four, carried on the first of just two sailings of the "Solent" (as a replacement for "Severn", withdrawn for use as a troopship to the Crimea). Minor staining, two old tape marks on the flap, an attractive and unusual franking. Photo on Page 88. £150-180
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Brazil - Germany/Belgium. 1852 Entire from Rio de Janeiro to Saxony carried on the "Severn", British P.O datestamp and various German rates and datestamps; and 1854-69 entire letters (2) and entires (2) prepaid from Antwerp or Hamburg (3) to Rio Grande do Sul, one carried on the final South American voyage of the "Danube". (5). £150-180
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Brazil. 1856-76 Stampless entire letters to G.B, three with Rio-Janeiro British P.O c.d.s, one to Admiral J.P Grenfell who had served with distinction in the Brazilian Navy, two with Liverpool experimental dotted circles showing two dotted arcs in blue or three dotted arcs and dotted lettering in green, used on foreign mails addressed to Liverpool but landed elsewhere. (4). £120-150
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Brazil - Mail to Portugal. 1859-72 Stampless entire letters from Rio de Janeiro to Porto or Lisbon with 300 (2) or 480 reis charge marks, two with British P.O datestamps, all with fine "P. TRANSATLANTICO" datestamps in blue (used on letters sent by R.M.S.P), the 1859 letter with disinfection slits, the 1869 letter carried on the "Arno" on her way home after the abolition of the Branch Packet. (3). £120-150
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Brazil - British P.O. 1869-73 Entire letter and entires (2) all with red "RIO DE JANEIRO / PAID" c.d.s, comprising 1869 entire to Buenos Ayres with G.B 4d cancelled "C83", 1872 entire letter to Italy prepaid 1/4 in cash, and 1873 entire to Buenos Aires franked Brazil 100r, the two entires with minor staining and horizontal file folds. (3). £200-240
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Chile/G.B. 1855-67 Entire letters (2), entires (2) and a cover (faults) all from G.B to Valparaiso or Coquimbo franked 2/-, sent via R.M.S.P to Colon and across Panama, differing 2/- frankings comprise two embossed 6d pairs (cut into, Liverpool spoon cancels) or two embossed 1/- stamps (cut to shape), 1867-80 6d single + strip of three, 1/- pair or 2/-, two with Panama British P.O transit datestamps. Also 1877 cover from Edinburgh to Santiago franked 1873-80 1/-, with a "10" charge mark. (6). £220-260
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Chile - British P.O. 1872 Entire to Liverpool "via Panama" bearing 1871 1/- plate 5 pair (right stamp with piece torn from base prior to use) tied by "VALPARAISO / PAID / C30" duplex, light file fold, an attractive entire carried on the "Elbe" from Colon to St. Thomas, then transferred to the "Nile" as the "Elbe" had a broken crankshaft and was unable to continue the journey. Photo on Page 88. £150-200
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