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ORDER OF SALE
Thursday 27th October 2022 - to be sold at 10.30am
Great Britain
Stamps 1 - 82
Booklets 83 - 108
Officials, Circular Delivery Companies, Revenues & Cinderellas 109 - 123
Postal History - Mixed Lots 124 - 137
Air Mails, Cancellations 138 - 155
Christmas - Posted in Advance for Xmas Day, Exhibitions, Express Mail 156 - 195
Frees, Military & Naval, Money Order Office 196 - 224
Mulreadys, Parcel Post, Penny Postage Jubilee, Pictorial Envelopes 225 - 240
Postal Reform, Postal Stationery, Railways & T.P.Os 241 - 253
Registered Mail, Returned Letter Office, Royalty 254 - 264
English County Postal History 265 - 342
Scotland, Wales 343 - 350
Maritime Mail from the Graham Booth Collection
G.B Including Avonmouth & Bristol 351 - 363
Liverpool 364 - 439
Romney 440 - 448
Sussex 449 - 523
Mobile Boxes 524 - 536
Scottish Steamer Mail 537 - 543
Transatlantic, including Pioneer Steam Ships, Inman Line, US/British Sea P.O 544 - 611
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. 612 - 653
Caribbean Shipping Lines 654 - 675
Wreck Mail 676 - 682
Air Mails, including Crash Covers 683 - 698
Forwarding Agents Labels 699 - 704
World War One, including P.O.W Ships, Australian & N.Z Transport & Hospital Ships 705 - 763
1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, including Air Mail & Official Covers 764 - 798
Friday 28th October 2022 - to be sold at 10.30am
World & Commonwealth - Mixed Lots, Proofs 799 - 844
Aden, Afghanistan, Argentina, Ascension, Australia & States 845 - 863
Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Barbuda 864 - 907
Bechuanaland, Belgian Congo, Belgium, British Guiana, British Honduras 908 - 949
British Occupation of Italian Colonies, Burma, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, China 950 - 979
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Danzig, Dominican Rep., Dubai, Ecuador, Ethiopia 980 - 990
Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, German Colonies 991 - 1070
Gibraltar, Gilbert & Ellice Is., Gold Coast, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong 1071 - 1102
India, including Air Mail Covers 1103 - 1204
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, KUT, Kuwait, Labuan, Leeward Is., Liberia, Malaya 1205 - 1252
Malta, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua 1253 - 1271
Nigeria, North Borneo, Palestine, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Persia, Peru 1272 - 1360
Rhodesia, Romania, Russia, St. Helena, St. Lucia, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone 1361 - 1376
South Africa including Boer War, Sudan 1377 - 1463
Swaziland, Sweden, Tanganyika including Mafia Island 1464 - 1542
Thailand, Trinidad, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Virgin Islands, Yemen 1543 - 1553
Zanzibar 1554 - 1604
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c.1901 Lincoln Stamp Album, some reasonable stamps include China 1897 1c on Small Dragon 1c (S.G. 34) and and 1c on 3c red revenue (S.G. 88); G.B 1d black (3 margins); a few covers with 1895 cover from Benguela to G.B bearing Angola 25r vertical strip of four, 1896 Western Australia registered cover with thirteen 1d stamps all cancelled violet oval "POST OFFICE / BULLA BULLING W.A", etc. £120-150
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Mint and used stamps in albums, stockbooks and loose including China 1974 issues unmounted mint (S.G. £445), early issues with Switzerland, German States, USA, etc. (some faults), reasonable KGVI Commonwealth mint with British Honduras 1938-47 set unmounted, etc. Also some covers with various used KGV registration envelopes, 1946 Victory issues in blocks (32 covers), KGVI "B.M.A / SOMALIA / 40 / CENTS" surcharge on G.B 5½d size F registration envelope superb unused, etc. (1,000s). £350-450
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1860-2007 World collection in 17 albums, with three G.B albums containing most definitives and commemoratives and some booklets unmounted mint, similar runs of mint Canada and Netherlands, also Ethiopia, etc. (1000s). £300-400
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Commonwealth and foreign stamps and covers including 1948 (Jan. - Mar.) telegrams from Jerusalem to Paris, the first stating "postal services suspended" (3); note written by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on printed notepaper arranging a dental appointment; pencil design for 2002 Grenadines H.M Queen Mother sheetlet signed by Jennifer Toombs; 1897-98 O.F.S postcards cancelled by M, X or Y obliterators; 1821 British and Foreign Bible Society printed notices sent within the Liverpool Penny Post (2); stamps with Bavaria 1875 7k blue (thin) and 10k ochre used (S.G. 71, 73, £875), etc. Also Salles Maritime Mail volume VI (Bendon reprint). An unusual group. £200-240
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Europe. 1848-2003 Mint and used collections of France (5 albums), Switzerland (album + 2 stockbooks) and Germany (2 albums), including Switzerland 1850 Rayon II 10r (2) and 1852 15r used, etc. (10 albums). £200-250
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1819-1960 Covers and cards including 1819 entire letter sent within Java with Samarang handstamp; cover with British Bechuanaland 1d lilac pair tied by Vryburg squared circle; 1884 G.B 2d registration envelope franked 2½d with "A25" cancel of Malta; Aden with 1883 cover to France franked 2a + 4a, WW1 cover with Aden censor and Indian F.P.O 324 c.d.s, WW2 H.M Forces Overseas Duty Free Gift Parcel label franked 8a, etc. Also a few used stamps from British P.O in Eastern Arabia, Kuwait or Bahrain, or Morocco Agencies. (57+). £180-220
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1846-c.2000 Covers and cards including 1895 registered cover from H.B.M Consulate General, Shanghai, with Hong Kong 10c tied by Shanghai datestamps and circular "R" handstamp, etc. (c.130). £100-120
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G.B and World covers including 1949 cover from North Borneo to Grenada franked $1.05 redirected to England franked 1/8, etc., also Malaya and other Commonwealth stamps in three albums. (100s). £100-120
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Various G.B and foreign covers and cards including 1831 entire from Calais to London endorsed "Bill of Lading pr Belfast" and charged 2d, Irish postage due covers with "OVER - OZ / MORE TO PAY" on 1852 1d envelope charged 2d, 1885 cover to Canada with "IONA STEAMER / 163" backstamp, WW1 facsimile P.O.W postcard with printed "BY BALLOON / Durch Luftballon" endorsed as dropped over British lines, 1833 Bayonne forwarding agents cachets on letters from Spain to London (2), c.1902-35 picture postcards of Martinique (77), etc. (128). £120-150
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Military Mail. c.1900-80 Covers, mainly WW1 and WW2 forces mail including WW1 F.P.Os in Egypt, naval and P.O.W, WW2 F.P.Os in Iceland, some civil censors, etc. (Many 100s). £200-240
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Boy Scouts. 1945 (May 26) Netherlands cover to England with violet "PADVINDERS POSTDIENST / ROTTERDAM / 1945" cachet, 5c and 7½c stamps cancelled at Rotterdam (central vertical fold); 1949 Norway postcard with "4 WORLD ROVER MOOT / SKJAK - NORGE - 1949" c.d.s; also a few other British and foreign covers and cards including 1839 letters from G.B to an army officer in Demerara (2), etc. (32). Photo on Page 124. £120-150
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Postal Stationery/Covers. Postal stationery cut-outs on pages including scarce Ceylon 1858 1d - 2/- set of ten, Mauritius 1861 6d and 9d, 1845 St. Petersburg and Russia issues, also some entires and other world covers, and squared circle cancels on covers, pieces and stamps. (100s) £150-200
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Cinderellas. Locals, revenues, charity labels, etc., in two albums and loose, including a collection of USA Christmas seals, G.B railway parcel stamps, New Zealand Great Barrier Island triangular 6d blue and 1/- red stamps used on piece, Ruhleben, G.B 1884 Health Exhibition official envelope (faults, front & reverse separated) with fine contents advertising the exhibition, G.B 6d postal fiscal used on piece, etc. (100s). £150-200
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Cinderellas/Ephemera. An accumulation including 1915 G.B. document bearing Mayors Court 9/6 revenue, WWI unused patriotic envelope with flags of the allies, QEII head photos probably used in stamp production, Lundy Island, poster stamps and advertising labels, WWI patriotic labels, revenues, a few proofs, etc. Also some ephemera including c.1940 Hollywood publicity photos. (100s). £150-180
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World War Two - Patriotic Labels. 1940-44 Covers bearing patriotic labels including GB, Australia, South Africa, USA, Denmark, Bermuda, KUT, etc., with Red Cross labels, Croydon Warship Week, etc. (24). Also a large label "Arrived Safely - Thanks to Sea Power" apparently included in a parcel from Egypt, G.B covers with printed patriotic economy labels (4) and a printed Victory cover. (31). £240-280
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Forgeries. Various early forgeries or bogus issues on pages, including Shanghai L.P.O (13), Samoa Express (7), Sedang (10), Korea (83, a few probably genuine), etc. (137). £100-120
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S.G. Imperial Album, Volume I (stamps to mid 1928) and Volume II (1928-36), magnificent leather bound albums in superb condition, gilt edges, unfortunately very sparsely filled, G.B including a 1d black (just three margins), ideal albums for forming a good looking pre-1936 collection. Also world collections in two reasonably well filled "Strand" or "Centurion" albums. (4 albums). £150-250
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Extensive mainly Commonwealth collection in boxed S.G. deluxe albums (4), other albums (8) and loose including Australia with imprint blocks and coil pairs; Cape triangulars used (4); Canada with 1852-57 imperf 3d and 1897 $1 used; Malta with 1914-21 5/- and 1938-58 sets mint; New Zealand with 1906 1d pair imperf vertically (S.G. 352ba), KGV mixed perf vertical pairs, 1958 2d on 1½d block of four variety surcharge double one albino (S.G. 763var.) and plate blocks, all mint; Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 set mint; Nyasaland 1938-44 set mint; Solomon Islands 1914 10/- and £1 used, etc. (1000s). £400-500
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Mint and used collection in two albums including Cape triangulars (12, one 4d superb), Hong Kong 1954-62 set mint ($10 unmounted), Natal and South Africa revenues, a few reasonable sets from Ascension, Bahamas, etc.; Australia collection in two volumes with some Australian States, QEII issues to 2015 largely complete used; New Zealand collection in an album including QV £1 postal fiscal used (S.G. F33), QEII issues to 2015 largely complete used. Also a world collection in Centurion album, a few booklets, etc. (6 albums). £200-250
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QV - 1937 Mint and used collecion in two Imperial Albums and a New Age album for 1936-37 issues, the first Imperial (QV-1928) rather sparsely filled but including Newfoundland 1862-64 1/- used, Cape triangulars (2), etc; the second Imperial (1928-36) including Australia Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- C.T.O, 1935 Silver Jubilee issues, also some Madame Joseph cancels; the third volume mainly mint with sets to the 5/- value. The Imperial Albums very fine, ideal for using to form a pre-1936 collection. (3 albums). £100-150
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QV-QEII Mainly mint collection including Ascension; Cayman Islands 1902, 1907 and 1907-09 KEVII sets, 1938-45 and 1962-64 sets; Malta; St. Helena; Tristan da Cunha, etc. (100s). £200-250
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QV-QEII Mint and used collection in three FG Warwick albums, many useful stamps including Aden 1939-48 set mint; Cyprus 1904-10 set mint and 9p inverted watermark used, also a range of cancels; Gibraltar 1898 set mint; India 1882-90 set and 1895 high values mint, 1928 15r unmounted; India States with Chamba QV and KEVII Postage and Official issues virtually complete mint (just missing 1895 2r, S.G. 19), Patiala 1884 1a used; Malta 1904-14 set mint (missing three low values); Mauritius 1902 set mint, also a good range of numeral cancels with a few postcards; Northern Nigeria with all KEVII sets mint, 1912 £1 used; Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 set mint; Nyasaland 1938-44 set mint; Sierra Leone 1932 set mint (£1 unmounted); Southern Nigeria 1901 set mint; Straits Settlements 1883-91 5c - 96c mint, 1902-03 1c - $5 mint, 1906 $1 - $5 mint; Victoria 1888 1/6 pale blue mint, etc. (1,000s). £600-800
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QV-QEII Mint and used accumulation, mainly British West Indies, the majority on stockcards in a box, including many odd Specimen overprints, useful Barbados Chalon Heads; British Guiana surcharge varieties; Grenada 1875 1/- (2, one thin) with "SPECIMEN" overprint across the two stamps, 1881 2½d "PENCF" variety used, 1914-15 Red Cross farthing sheet mint; Jamaica 1916 1½d War Tax inverted watermark mint block of twelve, 1935 Silver Jubilee 1½d short extra flagstaff mint; Leeward Islands 1921-32 10/- mint, £1 Specimen; G.B 6d with St. Lucia "A11" cancel; St. Vincent 1862-68 no watermark 1d rose red block of ten unused no gum (S.G. 5), 4d blue and 4d yellow mint (S.G. 6, 12), 1913-17 £1 mint; Sierra Leone 1859 6d imperf, probably a proof; Southern Nigeria KEVII 2d, 1/- with local Specimen handstamps; Cape trianguluars (5), etc. (Many 100s). £300-400
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A large accumulation of mainly commonwealth stamps, various remainder collections, some blocks and sheets, many from British West Indies, including St. Kitts and Nevis revenues mint (11, four with plate numbers) or postally used (3); Barbados 1892 ½d on 4d mint block of eight, three with no hyphen variety (R.P.S Certificate); Barbados Specimens, etc. (1,000s). £200-300
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1900-09 Colonial stamps including Gambia KEVII Specimen stamps (20, with 1909 set of thirteen fine mint); Morocco Agencies KEVII 1903 Specimen set fine mint (also unoverprinted 20c, 25c, 1p sent as Specimens to Gabon with partial circular handstamps); Canada 1900 2c booklet pane of six mint (minor toning and gum loss); New Zealand Chalon Head reprint proof, 1902 booklet panes mint (2) and the front and reverse covers for the 1901 and 1902 booklets, 1906-07 N.Z International Exhibition publicity label set of seven mint (also one used on cover), etc. Also France 1900-21 stamps with "ANNULE" overprints (20). An unusual mixture with some better stamps. S.G. £3,000+. (70) £400-500
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1909-1962 Mainly mint selection on pages including Rhodesia 1909-12 ½d - £1, Gambia 1922-29 set, Falkland Islands 1938-50 1/- - £1 and 1952 set, Falkland Islands Dependencies 1954-62 set, Ascension 1938 ½d - 10/- (the 12 values issued in 1938), Nyasaland 1938-44 set used, etc., most stamps mounted, otherwise largely fine. S.G. £4,000. (335). £600-700
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1937-52 KGVI Stamps, mainly unmounted mint in a stockbook including 1948 Royal Wedding set complete, many sadly with toning/staining but 23 high value stamps fine; other stamps include Burma 1947 Official set (no 5r) and Pakistan 1947 postage set mint and used (tone spot on used 25r) and Official set mint; multiples and some imprint blocks from Ascension, Fiji, etc., other stamps including India and Sarawak unfortunately toned or stained; also a few foreign with France 1945 500f air interpanneau marginal pair. (100s). £240-280
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1938-52 KGVI Sets, mainly complete with all listed shades and perfs, including Bechuanaland, Burma 1947 official set, Cayman Islands 1938-48 set, Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 set, St Helena 1938-44 set with additional stamps, Turks & Caicos 1938-45 set, etc., also a few QEII sets, all superb unmounted mint. S.G. £2,500 (approx). (308). £250-300
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1948 Royal Silver Wedding omnibus issue, complete unmounted mint, all superb. S.G. £2,250. (138). Photo on Page 142. £600-700
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Kuwait/Bahrain. 1937-40 India KGVI 1r pane of twenty and 5r block of four overprinted "BAHRAIN" (S.G. 32, 34), and 2r pane of twenty overprinted "KUWAIT" (S.G. 48), all fine unmounted mint. S.G. £500. (3 Blocks). £100-120
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Pakistan/Burma/Ceylon. Mint and used collections of Pakistan, Bangladesh (2 albums), Ceylon (2 albums) and Burma, including Pakistan Official issues with 1947 and 1948-54 sets mint, 1948-54 10r used (2), Bahawalpur with 1948 1r - 10r used, etc. (6 albums). £200-250
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British Post Offices Abroad. Mint and used collection in two albums including Bahrain with 1942-45 set unmounted, Morocco Agencies, Kuwait, also overprint issues for the British Occupation of Italian Colonies. (100s) £100-120
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G.B Stamps Overprinted For Countries & Offices Abroad. 1883-1961 Mint and used collection in two albums including Southern Rhodesia 4d dull-grey green postage due mint, Morocco Agencies 1914-26 1p on 10/- surcharge double one albino mint (S.G. 138a), issues for Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania virtually complete mint, also issues for Post Offices in Bahrain, Kuwait and Eastern Arabia, Morocco Agencies and Tangier, Levant, Zululand and some G.B Official overprints, mainly KGV-QEII, the mint stamps mostly mounted, otherwise fine. S.G. £5,000+. (100s). £500-600
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Cancellations. Various cancels on stamps and pieces including written up collections of Trinidad and Mauritius numeral cancels, also Cyprus, Paquebots and Maritime cancels, etc. (100s). £100-150
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1871-74 Covers to the same London address comprising Allan Line envelope from Liverpool; P&O envelope from Gibraltar; and two covers from the British P.O at Suez, one with G.B 4d pair cancelled "B02", the other unusually with an uncancelled India 4a pair, the Suez c.d.s below, delivered without charge. Also an 1886 registered cover from Singapore, a few faults. (5). £80-100
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1899-1952 Covers including 1899 cover from Queensland ("Presidents Office / Queensland" printed flap) to "Sir William McGregor, c/o Agent General for Queensland, London", redirected to "Governor of Lagos, Lagos", arrival backstamps; 1928 cover from Thursday Island to Japan franked 3d; 1952 O.H.M.S cover from Port Moresby to Buin with "A.K ROVIANA" ship cachet; 1951 New Guinea and Solomon Islands covers both with similar "M.V MALAKUNA" ship cachets, etc. (7). £160-200
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Postal History - British West Indies. 1807-c.2000 Covers and cards including a few prestamp, postal stationery, first flights, Jamaica Official stamps (3), St. Vincents fleuron, picture postcards, maritime, censored, etc., mixed condition. (c.360). £200-250
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Crash & Wreck Mail. 1898-1974 Covers, all damaged with various cachets, including 1936 "Centurion" crash cover from Australia, 1937 "Cygnus" crash covers from India, Palestine or Hong Kong and 1953 Calcutta Comet crash cover from Singapore, 1918 "Kingstonian" wreck cover from Palestine (F.P.O D54 c.d.s) and 1945 "Scythia" wreck covers from Nova Scotia (2), G.B covers damaged by fire or snails, etc. Also two 2019 G.B covers charged £2 with "COUNTERFEIT / STAMP" cachets. (15). £160-200
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Illustrated Notepaper - Malta/Jamaica. 1853 Printed notepaper depicting a map of Jamaica, posted to Scotland within a cover paid 1/- in cash; or depicting H.M.S "Rodney" in a gale, written at Malta, missing the outer address panel. Two attractive items. (2). £200-240
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1875-c.1880 QV Head De La Rue die proofs, a small head with circular surround in black, and a larger head in an oval frame with uncleared surround printed in green, both on white glazed card, 92x60mm, the first dated "Feb 9 1875". Two fine De La Rue proofs. (2). £200-250
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c.1891-1910 Minerva Head De La Rue dummy stamps, perforated blocks of four in red or carmine; and imperforate stamps printed from the defaced plate (with a white cross) in carmine (3), olive green (2) or brown (block of four), all fine mint. (17). £120-150
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1901 Small King Edward VII head vignette die proof in black, die sunk on thin glazed card dated "3 JUN 1901", 45x51mm. A fine De La Rue proof. Photo on Page 136. £150-180
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1901 KEVII Head die proof, a large head proof with uncleared surround in black on white glazed card, 92x60mm. A fine De La Rue proof, this head apparently used for revenue stamped paper. Also a cut down die proof of the same head with a wreath design at the sides and a crown above, on white card, 21x25mm. (2). £200-240
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1901 Piece cut from the De La Rue striking books bearing a large KEVII head die proof with wreath design at the sides and crown above (identical to the second proof in the previous lot), on white glazed card, the piece initialled, dated and inscribed "Dec 10. 50 leads", 20x25mm. Photo on Page 136. £100-120
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Revenue Stamped Paper. 1907 De La Rue Appendix Pages headed "Appendix 8" to "Appendix 14" and all dated "10th April 1907", each page bearing dummy 7/6 stamped paper with Britannia (Minerva) Head design at left and "GOVERNMENT / OF / AFRICA" at right, printed in seven differing colours each with another lithographed reproduction below, presumably produced to show the superiority of the De La Rue printing and the comparison in case of a lithographed forgery. A unique group, the proofs each with a vertical fold, otherwise fine. (14 proofs on 7 appendix pages). £700-800
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1955 De La Rue dummy stamp inscribed "Ruritania" with a 40c value, the unique group comprising original stamp size photos upon which the design was based (2, one with the sky roughly painted in blue); initial rough pencil sketch in brown, green and blue; finely handpainted essay in the adopted design on thick card, 95x102mm; and a coloured proof applied to thick card, 102x99mm. A fine group. (5). £150-180
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Perim. 1894 India 1a on 1a6p postcard written from Perim to Amsterdam with Aden squared circle cancel and boxed "TOO LATE" (minor staining), and 1923 picture postcard with KGV ½a + 1a tied by "PERIM" c.d.s, also a 1955 cover. (3). £120-150
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Postal Stationery. 1937 Hand drawn essays for the 1a envelope stamp and 3a registration envelope stamp, the frame designs drawn in pencil and ink on separate pieces of tracing paper, the registration envelope stamp drawing with the centre cut out and the essay then applied over a Grenada 3d registration envelope stamp die proof in orange, used to illustrate the central embossed head of King George V. Both pieces applied to thick card, headed "G / Aden 12" with "Registration" or "Postage" written above the two essays, "Rough sketches of Registration & Postage Envelope dies" written below. Two unique essays and an interesting use of the Grenada die proof. Photo on Page 140. £500-600
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c.1882-1927 Covers including three covers bearing 1882-90 1a, 1916-17 covers with 1909-19 1a and Indian due marks, 1927 cover with 1921-27 10p + India 1a (part torn away upon opening), etc., some cover faults. (8). £250-300
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c.1892 5c Essay depicting General Jose de San Martin, a photo of the General applied in the centre, the remainder handpainted in black and sepia wash, the painted essay 140x182mm, on thin card (185x222mm), the reverse with pencil note showing the size of the current artwork with instructions to reduce it to 26x20mm. A superb essay, probably from the South American Bank Note Co. This design was not adopted, but this same vignette was used for the 1p-5p stamps of 1892-97. £250-300
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