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1938-50 and 1952 KGVI Sets, the 1938-50 set with some additional shades, also Falkland Island Dependencies 1944-45 overprint sets and 1946-49 map sets (both printings, thin map printing 1d, 2d and 4d - 1/- all dot in "T" variety, thick map printing sets with and without gap in 80th parallel, the 6d black and orange gap in parallel with additional variety "extra Island", S.G. G6aa), all superb unmounted mint. S.G. £1,500 (approx). (101). £250-350
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1942 5/- Indigo and pale yellow-brown, superb unmounted mint, with Murray Payne Certificate (1993). S.G. 161b, £1,100. Photo on Page 120. £200-250
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1982 Falklands War - Argentinean Occupation. Covers (letters enclosed) from Argentina to soldiers on the Falklands (2); cover from Argentina to General Menendez; cover from Argentina to a Marine in 5th Marine Infantry Btn., at Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, with "CENSURA NAVAL ARGENTINA"; cover from IV Air Brigade at Comodoro Riviera with red "FUERZA AEREA / EN OPERACIONES / FRANQUEO SIN CARBO"; registered cover from a soldier with Argentina stamps tied by Islas Malvinas c.d.s; Islas Malvinas c.d.s with inverted date on B.A.T F.D.C and undelivered cover from Australia; telegram (Apr 14) sent to New Zealand. (9). £120-150
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1982 Falklands War - British Forces. 1982-98 Covers including 1982 cover from H.M.S Glamorgan, apparently on the ship when it was hit by a missile on June 12th, water damaged, London Maritime Mail cancel of June 22nd; 1982 (May 17) F.P.O 941 c.d.s used on R.M.S "Queen Elizabeth 2" (2); post war forces mail with BFPO LONDON meter, Chelsea SW67 7UD datestamps, etc. Also a 1957 cover from R.M Force, Port Stanley. (12). £120-150
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c.1870-1968 Covers and cards including T.P.Os, postal stationery, WW2, numeral and straight line cancels, etc. (84). £200-250
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P.O Box 506. 1942 (Aug 18) Cover from Helsinki to P.O Box 506, Lisbon, the Thomas Cook forwarding address for mail from Occupied Europe to G.B, readdressed to England with a yellow forwarding label handstamped oval "THOS. COOK & SON LTD / 16 SEP. 1942 / BERKELEY STREET W.1". Franked Finland 3½m, a G.B 2½d ("TC/S" perfin) cancelled in London, censored in Finland and G.B. A scarce origin for mail to P.O Box 506. £120-150
| FRANCE
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Boite Mobile Mail. 1867-1905 Entire letters, covers and cards including 1896 stampless Indo-China cover to Haiphong with boxed "B.M" and an imperf French Colonies 30c postage due stamp; c.1907 cover posted within Noumea with New Caledonia 10c + 15c each cancelled by oval framed "B.M"; 1875 entire to Barcelona with 40c cancelled by Anchor in retta and Marseille B.M c.d.s alongside; 1869 entire with Marseille Boite Mobile c.d.s and 20c pair cancelled "5005" of Philippeville; other BM handstamps of Algeria (3), Corsica (3), Guadeloupe (2), etc. (23). £200-250
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Ballon Monte - Russia. 1870 (Nov 17) Printed Ballon Monte lettersheet to St. Petersburg, two 40c stamps well tied by "1" star cancels with Paris Pl. de la Bourse c.d.s and red "PD", flown on the "General Uhrich". Pressed horizontal fold crosses one stamp, no arrival c.d.s (as is usual for Ballon Montes to Russia) but clearly genuine, franked at the correct 80c rate (only found on Ballon Montes to Russia, Turkey or certain destinations outside Europe). An attractive item to a rare destination. Photo on Page 150. £600-800
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Ballon Monte - "Ville d'Orleans". 1870 (Nov 21) Entire letter "Par Ballon Monte" addressed to Lyon, franked 20c (small fault at base) tied by "10" star cancel, flown on the "Ville d'Orleans" which landed in Norway, arrival backstamp (Dec 12). Repair at base, still a very reasonable looking Ballon Monte carried on this flight to Norway. £150-180
| GAMBIA
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1880-1949 Mint and used collection on pages including Cameo issues (127) with 1886-93 6d sloping label within a mint pair and sheets of fifteen of the ½d myrtle-green, ½d grey-green and 1d crimson; 1902-05 sets mint (2), 2/- - 3/- used, ½d dented frame within a strip of six used on piece; 1904-06 set mint, 10d - 2/- used; 1906 ½d on 2/6 mint (5), 1d on 3/- mint (4); 1909 set mint; 1912-22 set mint with additional 5/-, shades and papers; 1921-22 sets mint (3); 1922-29 Multiple Crown CA sets mint (2), Multiple Script CA sets mint (3), 3/- slate-purple mint (3), 5/- used; 1935 Silver Jubilee Specimen set; 1938-46 sets mint (4), sheets and multiples with 2d blue and black block of 42; 1940 Victory Specimen pair, 1½d inverted plate number "31" block, etc. A fine collection with many additional shades and varieties. Also handbooks by Dalwick and Andrew. S.G. 10B/169, £7,500+. (100s). £1,000-1,200
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1880-1996 Mint and used accumulation including Cameo issues (96), a few Specimen overprints, 1912-22 5/- mint, KGV and KGVI mint multiples, etc. (100s). £180-220
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1898-1902 ½d and 2½d Mint, variety malformed "S", hinge remainders, the 2½d thinned at left, the ½d fine. S.G. 37a, 40a, £875. (2). Photo on Page 120. £120-150
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1904-06 10d Olive and carmine, variety dented frame, two short perf tips, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 66a, £600. Photo on Page 148. £100-120
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1906 ½d on 2/6, Block of six used on piece with Bathurst (AP 12. 06) datestamps. A scarce multiple, cancelled on the third day of issue. S.G. 69, £450. Photo on Page 144. £150-180
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1909 1d Red, variety dented frame, fine mint. S.G. 73a, £375. Photo on Page 148. £100-120
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1909 2/- Purple and bright blue on blue paper, variety dented frame, superb mint, apparently unmounted. S.G. 83a, £450. Photo on Page 148. £120-150
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1912-22 ½d - 3/- Set of seventeen with additional ½d, 4d shades in plate number "1" singles, also plate number pairs of the ½d (2 shades), 1d (2 shades), 2d, 3d (2 shades) and 1/-, 2/6 strip of three and blocks of four of the ½d (2 shades), 1d (2 shades), 2d, 4d, and other blocks of four of the 2/- and 3/-, all superb mint, many unmounted. S.G. 86/102, £400++. (70 stamps, with 34 plate numbers). £150-200
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1912-22 1½d, 2½d, 7½d and 10d all with split "A" variety, all fine mint. S.G. 88a, 90b, 95a, 96b, £1,255 (4). Photo on Page 120. £300-350
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1880-1956 Covers and cards including air mails and first flights, WW2 F.P.Os, postal stationery, First Day Covers, 1910 cover bearing 1909 KEVII 2d - 3/-, etc. (59). £300-400
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Cancellations. QV-QEII Cancels on stamps or pieces (101), covers or cards (4) including 1922 postcard with c.d.s of Kunta-Ur (not guaranteed), 1936 cover with MacCarthy Island Registered cancels and 1951 cover from Basse, also datestamps Kau-Ur, Kunta-Ur, Georgetown, Bansang, Basse, Mansa Konko, Brikam, Wireless Station Georgetown, Paquebots, arrival datestamps of Sierra Leone, Senegal or G.B, "Received Gambia" c.d.s on Sierra Leone, etc. (105). £300-350
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1919-45 Used collection in three albums with many better stamps including 1919 National Assembly 25pf "1019" for "1919", 1920 2,50m on 2m, 1921-22 lozenge watermark 5pf, 10pf, 15pf, 30pf, 80pf, 120pf and 160pf, 1922-23 20m mesh watermark sideways and 50m, 1923 Rhine & Ruhr Relief 20m + 1000m and set of three on cover, 1923 official overprint 20m horizontal watermark, 1923 Mesh watermark 8T on 30pf (S.G. 275, £11,000, four expert handstamps on reverse including "Fleiner" and "Peschi"), 800T on 200m, 800T on 500m (S.G. 300, £2,500), 2M on 200m, 1923 zig-zag roulette 50Md, 1923 official overprint 100M - 50Md set of seven, 1923 5Md on 2M and zig-zag roulette set of three, 1926 Air 3m, 1926-35 Welfare Fund sets, 1927 I.L.O set, 1928-32 8pf horizontal watermark, 1930 Zeppelin South American Flight pair, 1931 Zeppelin Polar Flight set, 1933 Chicago Zeppelin Flight (2 sets), 1933 Welfare Fund overprint miniature sheet unused without gum and the four se-tenant stamps used (5 + 15pf virtually separated), 1937 42pf + 108pf miniature sheet, etc. A fine lot, some additional sets or examples with special postmarks, a few covers, se-tenant stamps and varieties. Some postmarks doubtful but many better stamps, few expertised but potentially huge catalogue value. (100s). Photo on Page 146. £2,000-2,500
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Zeppelins. 1928 (Oct 7) Cover from Friedrichshafen to USA bearing 1928 Air 4m with oval "Mit / Luftschiff LZ127 / befordert", and 1934 (June 16) cover to G.B with 50pf + 1928 Air 1m (faults) cancelled by "LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN" c.d.s with red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA / d" and "FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (BODENSEE) / MIT LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN / BEFORDERT" backstamp. Also 1938 (May 15) 3pf postcard with scarce datestamp for the Germany v Aston Villa football match (3). £70-80
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Feldpost. 1939-45 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards, various cachets and datestamps, many from occupied countries in East or West Europe, some correspondences. (135). £100-120
| GERMAN COLONIES
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1899 Karolinen 48 degrees overprint, 3pf, 5pf and 10pf all on pieces with Yap datestamps, the 3pf C.T.O on 6 June 1899, the first day the Yap Postal Agency was open, 5pf and 10pf postally used in 1901, the 5pf on piece cut from New Century postcard, all with expert handstamps on reverse. Mi1/3I, S.G. 1/3, £2,090. (3). Photo on Page 148. £250-300
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1899 25pf Orange with 48 degrees overprint fine used with 1899 (Nov 7) Yap c.d.s, three small expert handstamps on reverse, a scarce stamp, used prior to the issue of the second 56 degree overprints. Mi5I, S.G. 5, £4,000. Photo on Front Cover. £500-600
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1899 50pf Chocolate with 48 degrees overprint fine used with 1900 (Nov 14) Ponape c.d.s, Pauligk expert handstamp. A scarce stamp, used prior to the issue of the second 56 degree overprints. Mi6I, S.G. 6, £2,250. Photo on Page 148. £250-300
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1899-1919 Mint and used collection with shades, cancels, some pieces, including 1899 48 degrees overprint 3pf mint (2, one creased, the other with Lantelme Certificate stating partly regummed), 5pf mint (2, one with Lantelme Certificate stating partly regummed), 10pf mint (2) and used (4), 20pf mint (3) and used (3), 50pf mint (edge staining); 1900 56 degrees overprint including 3pf vertical gutter pair (Lantelme expert handstamp) and 5pf marginal gutter block of four (Stein expert handstamps) both unmounted mint, 3pf - 25pf mint with thicker heavier overprint, also 25pf mint (4) and used (6), 50pf mint (2) and used (2), better shades; 1901-10 Yacht issue set unmounted and used with additional stamps; 1915-19 set mint; cancels including Truk, Angaur, Seepost. A fine lot. S.G. £9,000+ (approx.). (178). Photo on Pages 144 & 148. £1,000-1,200
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1905 Postcard and stamps with the Ponape negative seal cancel (used between April 25th and July 9th after the datestamp was lost in a typhoon on April 20th), comprising vertically bisected 10pf on postcard to Jaluit with May 10th arrival c.d.s, 30f on piece, 5pf green (small stain but very scarce, all 5pf stamps destroyed in the Post Office by the typhoon, this stamp presumably then in private hands), 10pf on pieces (2), and 1m, the three pieces probably all C.T.O. (6). Photo on Page 148. £120-150
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1910-14 5pf Reply card franked 5pf from Ponape to Prague, reply half attached, and picture postcards (3) including Angaur and Yap datestamps. Also a charity card depicting a canoe in the Caroline Islands, used in Germany with Feldpost c.d.s. (5). £100-120
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1899-1919 Mint and used collection with pieces and cancels, including 1899 48 degrees overprint 3pf used (faults, heavy cancel), 10pf cancelled at Saipan on first day of the Postal Agency (faults); 1900 56 degree overprint sets mint and used with additional stamps including very scarce 20pf cobalt shade unused without gum, 20pf used (4, one on piece with Saipan registration label), 25pf mint (2) and used (3), 50pf mint and used (3, two on piece); 1901 Yacht set mint and used (5m superb, with seven expert handstamps/signatures); 1916-19 Yacht issue mint, cancels include Jaluit Linie Seepost on 2m, violet "BOTA" and date, etc. S.G. £5,000 (approx., excluding S.G. 1, 3). (137). Photo on Page 148. £600-700
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1900 25pf Orange, 48 degree overprint, cancelled by 1900 (Feb 3) Saipan c.d.s Bothe BPP expert handstamp, fine and very scarce, used before the issue of 56 degree overprints in May 1900. Mi5I, S.G. 5, £3,750. Photo on Front Cover. £450-550
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1900 50pf Chocolate, 48 degrees overprint, tied to piece by 1900 (Feb 3) Saipan c.d.s, Bothe BPP expert handstamp, fine and very scarce, used before the issue of 56 degree overprints in May 1900. Mi6I, S.G. 6, £3,750. Photo on Page 146. £450-550
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1899 10pf Overprint postcard with 31 December and 1st January 1900 Saipan datestamps spanning the two centuries, and oval "YSLAS MARIANAS / (crown) / YSLA DE SAIPAN" cachet; and 1905 5pf Yacht type postcard from Saipan to Germany with scarce "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / JALUIT / LINIE / b" transit c.d.s. (2). £150-180
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1890 Germany 2m dull rose tied to piece by Jaluit c.d.s (Mar 3), Bothe BPP expert handstamp, a scarce stamp used in Marshall Islands. Mi37c, S.G. ZG1, £3,500. Photo on Page 148. £400-500
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1890 Germany 5pf violet block of four with central 1890 (Nov 1) Jaluit c.d.s, upper left stamp with a few trimmed perfs, one short upper perf, a scarce block. Mi40, S.G. ZG3, £2,200+. Photo on Page 144. £200-250
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1891-1900 Germany stamps (5) and pieces (12, with fifteen stamps) all cancelled at Jaluit, comprising 1889-91 issue 10pf on piece and 20pf, 1890-1901 issue 3pf (2, on pieces), 5pf (4, two on piece), 10pf (2, on pieces), 20pf (4, with pair on piece, single with red-violet c.d.s. on piece), 50pf (4, with two pieces bearing one or two singles), also a 1900 piece with 10pf + 20pf medium ultramarine cancelled at Jaluit after the issue of Marshall Island stamps. A good group. S.G. £6,000 (approx). (20 stamps). Photo on Page 146. £700-800
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1899 3pf Grey-brown, first type overprint, fine mint, with Rohr expert handstamp, very scarce. Mi1Ia, S.G. G1, £5,500. Photo on Front Cover. £600-800
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1899 3pf Pale brown, first type overprint, fine used on piece with 1899 (Aug 25) Jaluit c.d.s. A rare stamp, six expert handstamps on reverse (including Friedemann), with Bothe (1972) and Sellschopp (1973) Certificates. Mi1Ib, S.G. 1a, £3,000. Photo on Page 146. £400-500
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1903 3pf - 50pf First type overprint, Berlin reprint set of six fine mint, all with Dr Steuer expert handstamps. Mi1/6 II. (6). £150-180
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1897-1919 Mint and used stamps, with shades, cancels and many pieces, including 1897 48 degrees first type 3pf overprint proofs with forged Jaluit c.d.s or blue crayon cross cancel (Atoll Post?); first type overprint 5pf mint (2) and used on piece, 10pf mint (2) and used (5, four on piece), 20pf mint (3) and used (5, two on piece); second type overprint sets mint and used with additional stamps, scarce 3pf yellow-brown used (light cancel); 1901 Yacht sets mint and used with 2m (2) and 5m on piece; 1916-19 issues mint, cancels include Nauru (5, with 1m) and manuscript "Jaluit". S.G. £7,000 (approx). (147). Photo on Page 148. £800-1,000
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1900 (Feb 17) Cover to Germany with vertically bisected first issue 10pf cancelled by Jaluit c.d.s, arrival datestamp (May 15). Almost certainly cancelled to order with a backdated c.d.s but then genuinely sent through the post to the dealer Otto Senf. Mi3IH, S.G. 3a. £120-140
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1900 (Dec 5) Cover headed "Drucksache", sent to G. Becker, the Postmaster at Ponape, with diagonally bisected second issue 10pf tied by Jaluit c.d.s, backstamped at Ponape (13 Jan 01). 240 Bisects were affixed and cancelled by postal officials between 2nd and 10th December, mostly on postcards, this example clearly philatelic but genuinely sent through the post. S.G. G7, £9,000 (on card). Photo on Page 150. £200-250
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1907-09 Atoll Post covers with manuscript cancels, comprising commercial cover to the Jesuit Mission in Jaluit with 10pf cancelled "Nauru 17/9 07", a Jaluit c.d.s (Sep 21) alongside, edge faults but scarce; cover with 30pf cancelled manuscript "Mejit, 14/8 08, Diana" with Jaluit arrival backstamp (Aug 21), from Mejit Atoll sent on the schooner "Diana"; and philatelic cover to Germany with 3pf cancelled by Jaluit c.d.s (Mar 14) and manuscript "Arno, 14/2 09" applied on the schooner "Arno". (3). £300-350
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1907 (Feb 14) Picture Postcard to Australia with 10pf cancelled "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / JALUIT / LINIE / b" c.d.s with a second strike alongside, very fine and scarce. Photo on Page 150. £100-120
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Japanese Occupation. 1914 Yacht type 3pf - 10pf and 30pf - 80pf each with red seal handstamp of Paymaster K. Tamura, superb mint. Two differing seal handstamps are recorded on this issue, applied by the occupying Japanese forces; however the overprinted stamps were never issued, with just a few mint stamps recorded. Very unusual. (8). Photo on Page 148. £400-500
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Lamu Postal Agency. 1890 Germany 5pf on piece and 10pf both with Lamu datestamps, the piece with Steur expert handstamp and "Sorte III", fine and scarce. Mi40/1b, S.G. Z3/4, £1,300. (2). Photo on Page 148. £200-250
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1891-1901 Germany stamps (4) and pieces (10, bearing fourteen stamps), comprising 1890-99 2m dull rose singles with cancels of Tanga, Dar-Es-Salaam (3 pieces) or Kilwa (piece), strip of three on piece cancelled at Dar-Es-Salaam and 2m red-lilac on piece cancelled at Kilwa; 1899 10pf (2) and 50pf on piece with Dar-Es-Salaam c.d.s, 20pf with Bagamoyo c.d.s, and pieces with 5pf + 10pf or two 50pf stamps cancelled at Tanga; also 1901 piece with 1900 2pf grey cancelled at Bagamoyo. S.G. £1,500. (18 stamps). £250-300
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1891-1901 Covers and cards bearing German stamps comprising 1891 (Dec 31) 10pf postcard with a fine Bagamoyo c.d.s; 1893 (July 3) cover with 25pf tied by Tanga c.d.s (edge faults); 1892 5pf postcard franked 5pf to Germany both cancelled by Kilwa datestamps; 1901 (Mar 22) coloured Gruss Aus postcard from Mukesa to Germany franked 5pf; 1901 (June 20) cover from Muanza to Germany franked 5pf pair; and 1901 (Oct 10) 10pf lettercard cancelled at Moschi with date altered in manuscript to 28.9.01. G.E.A stamps were issued in July 1893 but German stamps remained valid until the end of September 1901. A useful group. (6). £240-280
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1893 5p on 10pf Carmine, 10p on 20pf and 25p on 50pf unmounted mint blocks of four (mounted in the margins only), the 10p and 25p corner blocks, all with value inscription in upper margin, the 10p in the scarce original shade of blue, also a 10p on 20pf mint block of four in the usual violet-ultramarine colour (crease to two stamps), fine and scarce unmounted marginal blocks. Mi3/5. (4 Blocks). Photo on Page 152. £200-250
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1893-1920 Mint and used collection with many additional stamps, the used stamps mostly collected for their cancellations, many better and scarcer cancels included with some on piece. The collection includes 1893 2pf mint (7) and used (7), 3pf mint (4) and used (4), 5pf mint (6) and used (19), 10pf mint (4) and used (15), 25pf mint (2) and used (10); 1896-99 issue with 2pf bistre-brown used (4); 1901 Yacht issue with 1r, 2r unmounted corner blocks of four, 1r used (3), 2r used (5), 3r mint (2) and used (2); 1905 sets mint and used (2+); 1905-20 sets with scarce 60h used, 3r centre II with both perf types mint, 3r centre I mint (3), 3r used (5, one on piece with 1915 Taveta Feldpost c.d.s), etc. An interesting collection, many better stamps, shades and cancels. S.G. £12,000++. (678). Photo on Page 122. £1,600-2,000
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