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1894-1916 Covers and cards (27) including used postal stationery, incoming mail, 1916 stampless Feldpost cover with Usambara Bahnpost datestamp, also cancels on stamps or pieces (50) with Germany used in G.E.A (3), Taveta Deutsche Feldpost c.d.s (2 pieces), etc., and a 1938 card signed by WW1 General Lettow. (78). £150-200
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Deutsche Seepost. 1895-1914 Covers and cards (4), pieces (6) and stamps (3), issues of Germany all with Deutsche Seepost datestamps from the East Africa Line, including 1895 cover from S.S "Admiral" franked 20pf pair with "PAQUETE" handstamp of Lisbon, 1908 cover from Ibo (Mozambique) endorsed "via Daressalaam & Naples" with 10pf tied by Seepost c.d.s and "Deutsches / Schutzgebiet", etc. (13). £120-140
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1895-1900 Covers comprising 1895 cover from Lindi to London redirected to Jersey franked 10p on 20pf; 1899 registered philatelic cover from Moschi to Germany bearing 1896-99 set of five; and 1900 cover from Langenburg to Germany franked 5p on 10pf, all fine. Also an 1898 Natal ½d newspaper wrapper to Dar-es-Salaam, endorsed "Not Hermansburg, Natal". (4). £170-200
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1897-99 Postal Stationery postcards comprising first issue 5p on 10pf card from Tanga to France with Zanzibar transit c.d.s; second issue 5p on 10pf card to Delagoa Bay with Deutsche Seepost Ost Afrika Hauptlinie k cancel and Zanzibar c.d.s. of the same date; and coloured Gruss Aus picture postcards (3) all to the same address in Germany posted from Kilosa (3p on 5pf card of Bagamoyo), Saada or Marangu (both 5p on 10pf cards of Tanga), one a little stained, otherwise fine and commercial. (5). £130-150
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1900-02 Covers from George Gordon Hake to his wife in London, the first cover franked 1896-99 10p on 20pf (the stamp soiled, reused?) cancelled at Kilimatinde (14 Jan. 01), endorsed "By German Mail to the East Coast from Kassanga, 27-12-00"; the second cover with Yacht type 10p cancelled at Ujiji (July 8), endorsed "via Ujiji", Dar-Es-Salaam backstamps. The first a little soiled but an intriguing pair, both clearly from the interior of Africa and carried by runner. (2). £200-250
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1903-15 Covers bearing Yacht issues with registered covers from Usumbura to Germany franked 2½h, 4h, 7½h and 15h or from Dar-es-Salaam franked 7½h + 15h; 1911 philatelic cover with scarce "SAME / USAMBARABAHN" datestamps; 1907 philatelic cover with Kondoa-Irangi c.d.s and proof strike of the Kondoa-Irangi Post Agent cachet on piece; commercial covers to Germany (4), G.B (3) or sent locally with datestamps of Muhesa (2), Usumbara, Bagamoyo, Mahenge (written at Songea), Songea, Mittellandbahn T.P.O (1915, large year date, Zug 12) or Usambaro T.P.O; also a 1910 cover from India to Muansa with arrival c.d.s and Mombasa transit c.d.s, and an unused Yacht issue stamp card. (15). £280-320
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1906-13 Registered covers to Germany comprising 1906 cover from Bagamoyo franked 1905 no watermark 45h, 1912 cover from Tanga franked 1905-20 lozenges watermark 2½h, 30h, 45h, and 1913 cover from Dar-es-Salaam franked 2½h + 1901 1r, the 1912 cover possibly commercial, scarce stamps on cover. (S.G. £265 as used stamps). (3). Photo on Page 150. £200-240
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1903-15 Yacht issue postal stationery cards (8) and picture postcards franked 3p, 4h or 7½h, sent locally (2) or to Europe (9), two cards from Bukoba sent via British East Africa with transit datestamps of Mombasa; a 1915 card from Iringa to Berlin endorsed via a Portuguese ship to Lisbon, with red censor cachet and violet "50", apparently delivered after the war (file holes); other cards from Songea (2), Wilhelmsthal (written at New Bethel), Kilmatinde, Korogwe, Mohorro (blue-green c.d.s), etc. (11). £200-240
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1916 7½h Provisional stationery envelopes with Tanga envelope used to Kihuhui, Morogoro envelope used with oval Mittellandbahn T.P.O datestamp (heavy fold, opening faults at left), front of similar envelope used from Mpapua, Dar-es-Salaam envelope uprated with 4h pair cancelled by oval Mittellandbahn T.P.O datestamps (stained, roughly torn along lower edge), also three pieces, a scarce group despite faults. (7). £180-220
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1891 (July 28) Germany 10pf rose vertical pair on small piece with large part Otyimbingue c.d.s, fine and scarce. Mi47b, S.G. Z10, £850. Photo on Page 144. £150-180
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1894-1901 Cover, pieces (25, bearing 36 stamps) and single stamps (4), issues of Germany cancelled in South West Africa, comprising 1896 cover to Germany bearing four 10pf stamps cancelled at Swakopmund; 1892-99 2m with Keetmanshoop c.d.s, 2m on pieces with Swakopmund c.d.s (4 singles and pair on five pieces) and 2m + 20pf on piece used at Windhoek; 1892-99 3m brown on piece with Otjimbingue c.d.s, 3m brown or 3m ochre-brown on pieces used at Keetmanshoop, 5m used at Uhabis or Windhoek (piece), 10pf pieces with pairs or two singles cancelled at Windhoek (4 pieces) or at Swakopmund unusually also with "300" numeral cancels of British P.O at Walvis Bay, 20pf pair and pieces (5, three with pair or two singles) all used at Windhoek (one piece also cancelled "300" of Walvis Bay), 50pf pairs (2) or singles (3) on five pieces cancelled at Swakopmund (2) or Windhoek (3). A good group. S.G. Z14/18, 20, £3,000+. (Cover + 40 stamps). Photo on Pages 144 & 148. £500-600
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1897 3pf - 50pf Set of six mint, the special U.P.U Bern printing with heavier darker overprint type, with additional 5pf, 25pf with one short perf, otherwise very fine. (7). Photo on Page 148. £150-180
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1897 25pf Orange used with part Gibeon c.d.s. This stamp was only sold in Berlin and was never issued in South West Africa, though a few copies were privately carried to the colony and postally used. Very scarce. Mi1I. Photo on Page 148. £150-200
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1901 (Aug 7) Piece bearing 1900 25pf orange second type overprint cancelled by "HARIS" c.d.s, a scarce stamp, exceptional quality. Mi9, S.G. 8, £600+. Photo on Page 144. £120-140
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1897-1919 Mint and used collection with used stamps largely collected for their cancels, many better postmarks with numerous pieces, better shades and many additional stamps, including first overprint issue with rare 3pf bistre-brown apparently used (light violet c.d.s, offered "as-is"); 1898-1900 second type overprint with 10pf bisect tied to piece by Keetmanshoop c.d.s, 25pf orange mint (2) and used (2); 1901 Yacht issue with 30pf mint (3), 1m mint (2) and used (10, two with Feldpost c.d.s), 2m mint (2) and used (3), 3m mint (3) and used (4), 5m mint and used (2); 1906-19 lozenges watermark issue with 1m used (5), 2m used (4), 5m used (4, one with 1914 Landes Austellung c.d.s). Many better cancels noted, including Aroab, Pomonahugel, Empfangnisbucht, etc., also Feldposts, Seepost, first issue 10pf with horizontal "1" numeral, some possible Yacht issue proofs, plate varieties, revenues (5), etc. An interesting lot. S.G. £10,000++. (c.700). Photo on Page 148. £1,600-2,000
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1898-1900 Covers and cards with first issue 10pf on 1898 cover from Cross Barmen and two 20pf stamps on registered cover from Keetmanshoop, second issue 10pf on cover from Windhoek and 1899 postcard with scarce "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / DEUTSCHE / SUDWESTAFRIKA / CAPSTADT" cancel (minor edge faults), 1900 (Oct 2) philatelic postcard with bisected 10pf tied by Keetmanshoop c.d.s, etc. (6). £250-300
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1902-14 Yacht issue covers (3), picture postcards (9) and postal stationery cards (3), cancels include Waldau, Okombahe, Aus, Kub, Hasuur, etc. (15). £150-180
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1904-08 Covers and cards from soldiers (22), mainly stampless, three with stamps, including 1905 card franked 20pf and a stampless card both with Feldpoststation Nr. 1 c.d.s, other cancels including Deutsche Seepost Ost Afrika Hauptlinie or Hamburg Westafrika Linie, Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No 65, Kub, Hasuur, Grootfontein, Outjo, Okahandja, Ramaansdrift, etc. Also cover and card from Germany to troops in S.W.A, one with Soldaten Brief label tied by Windhoek arrival c.d.s. (24). £250-300
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1899-1906 Covers with Wanderstempel cancels, comprising 1899 3pf Gruss Aus card to Germany franked 3pf pair with c.d.s and violet straight line "Jakalswater"; 1906 stampless Feldpost card to Kub with c.d.s and black straight line "Gochas"; and 1902 cover to Germany with Yacht issue 3pf (2) and 5pf each cancelled by c.d.s and black straight line "Kapenousseu", all fine, the first commercial. (3). £200-240
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1899-1912 Pieces (11) and a stamp all with Wanderstempel cancels including manuscript Khan River, Kuibis, Abbabis, Owikokorero, Otjiwarongo, Jakalswater, etc. (12). £150-180
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1899 Piece with first issue 5pf cancelled violet "RAMANSDRIFT / Deutsch - Sudwestafrika" with manuscript date "3/8 - 99", fine and rare, only recorded June 21st - Sept. 12th 1899. Photo on Page 144. £120-150
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1899 (Apr 21) Commercial cover to Germany with first issue 20pf cancelled in manuscript, "Richthofen 21.4.99" written below, backstamped at Swakopmund and in Germany. A rare cover from one of the construction sites on the Swakopmund to Windhoek railway; during the construction of the railway in 1897-99 several such sites were given the authority to cancel stamps in manuscript. Photo on Page 150. £220-260
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1889-2016 Mint and used collection in seven albums including 1889 and 1889-96 sets mint, 1889-96 5c variety broken "M" mint, 1921-27 4/- mint, 1935-2016 issues complete mint (mainly unmounted) and 1935-81 issues complete used. S.G. £1,800+. (7 Albums). £200-300
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1938-51 KGVI ½d - £1, all listed shades and perfs, including 1½d carmine perf 13½, 2d grey perf 13½ with watermark sideways, all superb unmounted mint. S.G. 121/131, £2,100. (36). Photo on Page 160. £350-450
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1938 KGVI Perf 14 2d grey, vertical marginal pair, upper stamp with Ape on Rock variety, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 124a, £732. Photo on Page 152. £120-150
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c.1910-70 Covers and cards, mainly QEII period with cancels from many smaller islands and offices (64), many registered. Also 1956-62 mint sets (11+) with Control blocks of all values and other multiples (S.G. £900+). (361 stamps + 64 covers). £250-300
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1918 1d Imperforate proof pair on gummed Multiple Crown CA paper, overprinted "WAR TAX", from a De La Rue trial sheet of six cliches. Superb mint and very rare, just four other stamps possible. Photo on Page 160. £500-600
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1875-84 Crown CC issues mint and used, with perf 12½ 4d mint (tear), 1d (2), 4d (2) and 6d (3) used, one 4d with JY 14 75 Cape Coast Castle c.d.s, the earliest recorded date of use; and perf 14 issues including ½d (3), 1d (10, with block of six), 2d (3), 4d (2), 6d (3) mint, used stamps with 1d watermark inverted, ½d pair (boxed "ELMINA / PAID" datestamps) and strip of four, 1d strip of three, 2d strip of six (largest known multiple) and 6d strip of three. A few minor faults but the majority fine, a good group. S.G. 1/8, £4,800+. (83). Photo on Page 160. £500-600
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1876-1935 Mint and used selection including 1884-91 3d, 1/- and 2/- "SPECIMEN", 2d block of six, 2½d plate block of twelve and 2/- mint, 1898-1902 2d and 10/- used, 1902 20/- used, 1908 1d "SPECIMEN", etc., a few faults but with some useful stamps. (c.540). Photo on Page 160. £200-250
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1882-91 Crown CA ½d - 2/-, mint and used collection on pages with many multiples, plate and current numbers, including 1882 ½d olive-yellow mint and used (4), 1d blue mint and used, 1884-91 2d mint (27), 2½d mint (18), 3d mint (8), 4d mint (35, with three blocks of four) and used block of nine, 6d mint (28, with two blocks of four and block of nine), 1/- mint (23, with blocks of four and nine) and block of four used, 2/- mint (9, with plate block of four) and pair used, various minor varieties noted. S.G. 9/19, £6,000+. (252). Photo on Page 160. £500-600
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1884-91 Crown CA ½d Green watermark inverted, fine mint, scarce. S.G. 11w, £300. Photo on Page 160. £100-120
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1884-91 Crown CA 1d rose-carmine and 2d grey, imperforate plate proofs on watermarked gummed paper, the 2d proof marginal. (2). Photo on Page 160. £200-250
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1884-91 Crown CA set, display collection written up on 16 pages with many mint blocks and multiples (including plate blocks of the ½d - 1/- values), ½d pane of sixty, also used blocks, minor varieties, "SPECIMEN" overprint set of four and 2d with manuscript "Specimen", a fine lot. S.G. 11/19, £5,000. (417). Photo on Page 160. £500-600
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1889 One Penny on 6d orange, mint block of four and single, and used singles (5); also a mint block of four with smaller (9mm) surcharge, once considered an essay but now believed to be a forgery. S.G. 20, £1,050. (14). Photo on Page 182. £200-240
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1889-94 5/- - 20/- High value set of four overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 22/5s, £450. (4). Photo on Page 160. £150-180
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1889-94 High values comprising 5/- mint block of four, mint and used singles; 10/- mint pair and single, used block of four and singles (2); 20/- mauve and black on red mint and used (2). S.G. 22/3,25, £1,300. (18). Photo on Pages 160 & 182. £250-300
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1898 1s and 2s Value tablet die proofs in black on white glazed card, both dated "19 APR. 98", 92x60mm, the 1s proof unusually with another incorrect date applied and then scratched out. (2). Photo on Page 144. £200-250
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1898 Imperforate colour trials on gummed watermarked paper, comprising 2d in dull mauve and olive green and 3d in dull mauve and black, fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 160. £240-300
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1898-1902 ½d - 10/-, Mint and used selection on pages including Specimen set of ten (2/- no gum) and 2½d Specimen overprint in a scarce strip of five, 2d used, mint 2d blocks of four (2, one with plate number "3"), 2½d current number block of thirty, 3d, 6d and 2/- current number blocks of six, other 2/- blocks of four mint and used, 5/- mint block of four and single, 10/- mint and used singles and a mint strip of three. S.G. 26/34, £4,500. (230). Photo on Pages 160 & 182. £450-550
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1901 One Penny Surcharges, comprising 1d on 2½d mint (47, with plate "2" and "3" blocks of four, plate "3" block of twenty, other blocks of six and eight) or used (14, with block of twelve); and 1d on 6d mint (52, with plate 3 block of four, other blocks of four, eight and twenty) or used (5), 1d on 6d varieties include "One" virtually omitted (6), two of these with just traces of the value showing, as illustrated on page 178 of "The Postal Services of the Gold Coast to 1901" and sometimes offered as the listed variety. S.G. 35/6, £1,750+. (118). Photo on Page 160. £220-260
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1913-21 KGV ½d - 20/- Set of twelve with additional 3d purple on yellow, 1/- die II, 5/- green and red on yellow, also 1918 1d War Tax, all overprinted "SPECIMEN", 3d white back creased, otherwise all fine mint. S.G. 71/84s, 77as, 79es, 82as, 85s, £545. (16). Photo on Page 160. £100-120
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1918 1d Imperforate proof pair on gummed Multiple Crown CA paper, overprinted "WAR TAX ONE PENNY", from a De La Rue trial sheet of six cliches, since divided into two pairs and two singles. Superb mint and very rare. Photo on Front Cover. £550-650
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1894-95 1d Postal Stationery postcards, the first from Elmina to the USA, the message written by Samuel B. Bampoe concerning English and Gold Coast stamps sent to the addressee; the second card from the Cape Coast Post Office to Samuel B. Bampoe, Postal Clerk, Elmina, "Have duly received the Letter Bill and dozen Way Bill Forms No 98 for Overland Conveyance of Ocean Mails as requested". An interesting pair. (2). £120-150
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Postmarks. 1876-1901 QV Stamps collected for their cancellations, written up on pages with undated circular Saltponds and Central Office, intaglio oval Elmina cancels, boxed Elmina Paid datestamps, barred ovals, circular datestamps from many offices (some coloured), numerals (some in blue), Liverpool Ship or Packet c.d.s, Paquebots, etc., also covers and cards (4) with Secondee c.d.s and oval Deutsche Seepost, and a few KEVII stamps. (393 + 4 covers). £300-400
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Judicial Stamps. 1899 Judicial overprints comprising 1d, 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/- and 2/6 fine mint, also the 1d - 20/- (nine values, also three duplicates) used, the used 3d with inverted watermark, possibly the only recorded example of this watermark variety. Also a piece bearing unoverprinted 1899 5/- block of sixteen with fiscal cancels. (18 + piece). £100-120
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1959 Air set, 200f handpainted stamp size essays, an unadopted design in dark blue featuring a dove carrying a letter, mounted on thick card bearing a "Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, 1959" label, 95x95mm; and the adopted design showing two doves carrying a letter or olive branch, in pale blue (which was never used for the issued set), on card, cut around the handpainted perfs. Also a preliminary coloured sketch of a dove. A unique group from the De La Rue archives. (3). Photo on Pages 158 & 160. £180-220
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1959 (June) Second Post-Independence definitive issue, artists preliminary sketches on tracing paper (6 drawings on three pieces); preliminary drawings of the six designs, the 20f in pencil with notes on the colour and size, the other five designs in colour on separate pieces with shorter pencil notes; and finely handpainted stamp size essays of the six adopted designs each on thick card, 95x107mm (3f, 5f, 10f) or 95x54mm (15f, 20f, 25f) each bearing a "Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, 1959" label. The 3f card endorsed "Design for 1, 2 and 3 francs", all six cards with "G2062" in pencil on reverse, the 3f and 10f cards also endorsed "Engraving Approved DLR" on reverse. A unique group, the stamp size essays very fine, the 15f and 25f essays depicting elephants. (15). Photo on Page 158. £700-1,000
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1940 Pan American Union 50th Anniversary, photographic proof of the miniature sheet with separate proofs of the four stamps applied to the surround, mounted on thick card numbered "10657", endorsed "OK" with initials and the date "8/15/39", reverse with dated cachet "APPROVED / ENGRAVING ORDER DEPARTMENT"; photographic proof of the miniature sheet endorsed "OK", initialled and dated "10/3/39"; composite essay of the 40c miniature sheet stamp, with photographic frame and a superbly handpainted central vignette, mica covered and sunk within thick card, twice initialled and dated ("OK", 8/9/39, and 8/10/39), numbered "10657", within an American Bank Note Co. folder, the front with cachet and signature of the Honduras Director General of Posts dated 3 August 1939, reverse with three dated American Bank Note cachets, numbered "20307"; and die proofs on white watermarked paper of the four separate elements to the central vignette, and of the complete vignette depicting South America between the flags of Honduras and USA. A unique group from the American Bank Note Co. archives, with a record page detailing all the work done on this issue. (8 + record page). £300-400
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1862-1937 Used collection with 1862 set, 1866 18c lilac, 1876-77 surcharges, 1877 16c, 1880 surcharges, 1880 set, 1885 surcharges, 1891 surcharges without Chinese characters, 1891 Jubilee 2c, 1898 10c on 20c, 1900-01 set, 1903 KEVII set, 1904-07 set with additional chalk surface paper issues to $10, 1907-11 set, 1912-21 set with additional $5, 1921-37 set; postal fiscals with 1874-1902 perf 15½x15 set and perf 14 3c, $2 and $3, 1880 12c on $10, 1890 2c, 1891 $5 on $10, 1897 $1 on $2 (both perfs), 1891 S.O. overprint 2c, 10c and S.D overprint 2c; 1879 3c and 5c postcard stamp surcharges (cancels not guaranteed). A few small faults, mostly fine, a good lot. S.G. £14,500 (approx). (200+). Photo on Pages 122 & 160. £1,800-2,200
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1863-1978 Mint and used collection in an album including 1891 Jubilee 2c used, 1904-06 $1 mint, 1938-52 $2, $5 and £10 (S.G. 158, 160, 162) unmounted and blocks of four to the 80c, 1954-62 $1.30 variety short "THI" with plate number unmounted; postal fiscals; revenues with QV 3c orange, 30c brown, 3c, 30c and $1 lilac all mint; unlisted varieties with 1921-37 1c, 2c, 4c crack in skull mint, 2c broken crown used on cover; also postmarks with "62B", "I.P.O" tie-prints; treaty ports with 1880 5c on 16c (2) on piece each cancelled "D27" of Amoy, 1885 20c on 30c on pieces with cancels of Hoihow, Canton (2, one a very early use on Sep 9 1885) or Shanghai (3), etc. (100s). £300-350
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