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1922 Set, 1924-33 ½d - 3d and 6d - 3/-, and 1934 set all fine mint. S.G. 1/30, £715. (29). £160-180
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1924 4d, Variety Broken Mainmast, mint, paper hinge remainder, otherwise very fine. S.G. 15a, £500. Photo on Page 122. £120-140
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1934 5/- Die Proof, central vignette in black and frame in the unissued colour of blue, on white wove paper. A fine and scarce De La Rue die proof, 62x60mm. Photo on Page 136. £500-600
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1938-53 KGVI ½d - 10/-, all listed perfs and shades, fine unmounted mint. S.G. 38/47b, £630. (32). £100-120
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1938-53 KGVI ½d Black and bluish violet, perf 13 corner block of six, one with variety long central bar to "E", and 1½d black and rose-carmine, perf 14 marginal block of four, one with davit flaw, both fine unmounted mint; also perf 14 1½d black and vermilion and 1½d black and rose-carmine both with davit flaw, and perf 14 6d with boulder flaw, all mounted mint. S.G. 38ba, 40ca, 40da, 43a, £990. (5). £150-180
| AUSTRALIA
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1913-2006 Mint and used collection in ten albums with 1927-2006 commemoratives and 1947-2006 definitives all apparently complete mint and used; also Australian Antarctic Territory complete mint and used to 2009, Christmas Island complete mint to 2012 in three albums, 2006-2014 Australia Year Books and 2010-13 external territories Year Books. All superb, all unmounted from 1949. (14+ Albums). £400-500
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1914-20 1d Comb perf 14¼x14 block of six, left two stamps both die II, the other four stamps die I, variety watermark inverted, mounted mint, a few perfs separated and reinforced with hinges, otherwise fine and a scarce die I/II block. With Michael Drury Certificate (2020). S.G. 21cw/dw, £2,700+. Photo on Page 136. £700-800
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1937-56 KGVI Definitives with all listed perfs, shades and dies, and some varieties, including all five 1937-49 perf 13½x14 3d stamps and perf 15x14 2d scarlet coil pair (S.G. 184a), 1948-56 ½d sky retouch within a vertical coil strip of three (S.G. 228cb), etc., all superb unmounted mint. S.G. 164/230d, £2,280. (74). £350-400
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1956 1/- "Lyre Bird", lower left corner marginal block of eight, 9/3 with "Green mist" retouch, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 230da, £4,500. Photo on Page 118. £700-1,000
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1967 Christmas 25c, unadopted essay by Erica McGilchrist handpainted on card in seven colours, inscribed in the upper margin "one of 19 preliminary designs for 25 cents Christmas stamp, Australia 1967" and signed by the artist, 108x159mm. Also an F.D.C bearing the issued design by McGilchrist in a block of four, signed by the artist in the margin. A unique essay, similar to the adopted design. (2). £120-150
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1853-1900 Mint and used collection with imperf (90) and perforated (33) Chalon Head issues, very mixed quality but some fine, also 1870-91 1d carmine and 2d green control blocks of six mint, 4d buff, 9d blue and 10d black mint blocks of four, 1892-99 ½d - 5/- mint and used, etc., some useful numeral cancels noted. (250). £150-180
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Cancellations. 1899-1912 Pictorial issue, selected circular datestamp cancels on stamps (456), covers or cards (40), virtually all different, some scarce cancels highly rated in the Tasmania Handbook including Gravelly Beach, Mills Reef, Murdunna, Black Brush, Darwin, Deep Bay, Glen Huon, Ladys Bay, Lienna, Loira, Lower Turners Marsh, etc. (496). Photo on Page 122. £250-300
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Cancellations. 1899-1912 Pictorial issue, numeral cancels on stamps from 1 - 382, some scarce cancels highly rated in the Tasmania Handbook including numbers 85, 89, 102, 237, 259, 344, 368, 369, 382, etc, also 83 of Hythe on a 1900 cover. (260). Photo on Page 120. £150-200
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Cancellations. c.1860-1912 Covers and cards (57, including mint and used postal stationery), pieces and stamps, with "Governor Tasmania" frank on 1890 cover to A.F Bassett Hull and 1893 "International Exhibition" frank on a front, "1D<$z$> / POSTAGE PAID / HOBART, TAS" datestamps on 1899 covers (2), many Hobart P-R (Pillar Receiver) datestamps, T.P.Os, "PAID AT LAUNCESTON" c.d.s, "POSTAGE PAID / LAUNCESTON" c.d.s (5) and similar Hobart machine (3), "LOOSE LETTER" or "LOOSE SHIP LETTER", "LATE / LETTER" (3), Launceston handstamp without date (2), manuscript cancels, numerals and dumb obliterators, perfins, etc. Also "Tasmania: The Postal History and Postal Markings" volumes 1 and 2. (c.650). Photo on Pages 120 & 122. £250-300
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Numeral Cancels. QV Stamps and pieces with numeral cancels, selected examples in a stockbook, numbers from "1" to "1630", some higher numbers with "M", "MC" or "MCC" before or above the remaining number (c.300). Also a few other Victoria cancels, and numeral cancels from other states. A useful lot in a stockbook, mainly fine, unchecked for rarity against the handbook. (c.400). £200-250
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1850-64 Austrian Empire issues, the used collection in an album with varieties and covers, including 1850 hand-made paper 1kr (5, one yellow, one printed on both sides), 2kr type I (4, one scarce silver-grey shade with Ferchenbauer Certificate) or type III (4), 1854 machine-made paper 1kr (2), 2kr (3), 1858-59 2kr type I (2, also one on cover crossed by heavy fold), and piece with 2kr type I + 3kr black type II tied by Raab c.d.s (Ferchenbauer Certificate), 2kr orange pair and singles (2, one on cover), 3kr black type I (7, one grey-black) and type II (6, one on cover, one with nailhead flaw, Ferchenbauer Certificate) and piece bearing 3kr black type II + 5kr with red cancels, 3kr green (8, two with red cancels, one on cover), 1863 2kr (2), 3kr, etc. A few faults though the majority are fine, a good collection with some useful stamps and covers. S.G. 1/49, £15,000+. (185 + 41 covers). Photo on Pages 120 & 124. £1,200-1,500
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1850-c.2000 Extensive used duplicated accumulation in three large stockbooks including 1850 1kr (2), 2kr, 1854 1kr unused without gum, 2kr (3), 1858-59 2kr type I (4), 3kr black type I (3) and type II (5), 3kr green (6), 1863 perf 14 2kr, 1890 2kr with additional horizontal perfs, 1906-07 10h preprinting paper fold variety, also various post war sheets and an album of thematic subjects, mixed condition but many fine, a few earlier covers and some useful cancels noted. (1,000s). £400-500
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1858-59 2kr (3), 3kr black (4), 3kr green (4), 5kr (2), 10kr (3), 15kr, 1858-59 newspaper stamp 1kr.05 blue blocks of six and ten, 1kr.05 dull purple block of ten, 1861 1kr.05 grey block of eight all mint, all almost certainly reprints from 1866 or 1870. (51). £100-120
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1858-59 Issue St. Andrew's Cross, small size labels in blue and red mint, yellow (manuscript cancel) and brown without gum; large size labels in yellow (2), green, blue, red (faults) and brown mint, and in black (no gum, torn). Also an 1859 entire letter with two large red St. Andrew's Cross labels used to seal the letter. S.G. £3,230+. (11 + cover). Photo on Page 120. £250-300
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1859 3kr Green used with Wien datestamp, the stamp printed twice with one impression albino, impressions of two partial stamps clearly visible on the reverse. A rare and unusual variety, signed by Anton Seitz with his 1951 Certificate stating that this is the only recorded example of this variety known used in Vienna (other examples all used in Pest), also with 2013 R.P.S Certificate. S.G. 24var. Photo on Page 120. £100-150
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1860 Entire letters posted within Hungary franked at the 5kr local rate, bearing 1858-59 2kr + 3kr black type II tied by boxed Prag datestamps, or 2kr + 3kr green tied by Szecseny c.d.s, a good pair. (2). £150-200
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1867-1918 Issues for Austria-Hungary and Austria, the mainly used collection in an album including 1867 50kr brownish rose, 1874-80 25kr (2, one brownish grey) and 50kr (3), 1883-90 issue with most perfs including line perf 9 5kr (minor staining) and 20kr (S.G. 74, £2,250, one short perf), 1891 30h line perf 9, 1899-1902 1kr bisect on card, 1908 60th Anniversary of Accession imperf 2h and 25h (3) colour trials and 10kr used, 1910 80th Birthday set used (1h - 1kr with first day c.d.s of Gablonz, also 10h, 12h, 25h on F.D.C from Teschen), 1917 2kr exploded booklet (15h pane with faults), 1916-19 issue 3kr bright carmine wide format (R.P.S Certificate), 4kr yellowish green wide format imperf unused, 1918 Air Post issues with grey paper set on cover, 2.50kr perf 12½x11½, white paper 2.50kr on postcard, 4kr grey without surcharge mint, etc. S.G. AH50/298B, £6,000++. (456 + 11 covers). Photo on Pages 122 & 136. £500-600
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1894 Cover from Weissenbach to Vienna bearing 1890 1kr grey with value omitted from all four corners in error (S.G. 79a) and 2kr (2). A rare variety on cover, with R.P.S Certificate (2013). Photo on Page 124. £250-300
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1918-21 Postage, Newspaper and Newspaper Express issues overprinted or inscribed "Deutschosterreich", the extensive mainly mint study in two albums with many plate varieties, various perfs, privately perforated newspaper stamps, etc. (Many 100s). £100-120
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1920-21 Local issues and overprints including Spielfeld overprints on cover (16 values), Carinthia Plebiscite overprints (19 mint, 20 used on 3 covers) and local issues (74), Osttirol Plebiscite overprints (19), Burgenland overprints used on pieces (12), Tyrol Plebiscite overprints (36), Salzburg Plebiscite overprints (25 mint, 29 used on 4 covers), also a study of the 1921 Flood Relief Fund overprints (71 mint, set of 20 C.T.O and used on two covers) with 2kr overprint double (2), etc. (276 + 10 covers). £100-150
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"Back of the Book" Issues. An album and stockbook containing postage dues, telegraph and journal stamps, and issues for Bosnia & Herzegovina, offices in Turkey, Lombardy Venetia, German Third Reich period, 1918-19 overprints for Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and territories acquired by Italy. The mint and used collection includes 1859 1kr type II (2), 2kr (2), 4kr and 1890 25kr journal stamps unused; 1874 Telegraph set used; postage dues virtually complete mint with 1908-13 set to 10kr and all papers, 1925-34 set complete; Bosnia Herzegovina basic issues largely complete mint; Lombardy Venetia complete used with 1850-54 5c (5), 10c (4), 1858-62 2s (2), 3s black, 3s green (3), 1863 perf 14 2s (2), 3s (2), 1864 perf 14 2s, 1858-59 journal 1kr (3 margins), etc. Also various WW2 and post war issues for Trieste, Italy, etc. An interesting and extensive lot with some useful stamps. (Many 100s). Photo on Page 120. £500-600
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Bosnia-Herzegovina. 1894-1918 Specialised collection in an album with 1900-05 perf 6½ stamps, postage dues in various perforations or imperf, 1906 issue with many differing perfs identified including very scarce compound perf 6½x9¼x12½x5¼ used to 1k (the 1k signed by Ferchenbauer), also imperf sets, double perfs, multiples, imperforate proofs or colour trials (19), 1912 new value colour trials, 1912 10k colour trials (2) and imperf stamps to 72h, 1914-16 overprint varieties including 1915 7h on 5h perf 9½ (S.G. 385a, R.P.S and Soecknick Certificates), 1916 imperf stamps (7), 1917 Archduke Ferdinand colour trials perforated (11) or imperf (3), 1917 set imperf, 1918 War Invalids Fund pair imperf, 1918 overprint varieties. A fine and interesting collection with many scarce perfs. (c.720). Photo on Page 120. £500-800
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Military Post. 1915-18 Collection on pages including 1915 overprint set mint and used, imperf set mint with second line of overprint inverted (15 values), 1915-17 issue imperf printed on both sides (21 values), 1917-18 perf 11½ 4k used, both Serbia overprint sets mint and used, etc. (476). Photo on Page 136. £250-350
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1902-c.1990 Covers and cards including a study of the "Sondertarif" and other cancels used at Jungholz and three offices in the Kleinwalsertal district which reverted from German to Austrian administration in 1951 but continued to pay internal German postal rates (but in Austrian stamps) (93), also 1918 cover with Tirol overprint stamps, Anschluss and WW2 period cover, post WW2 covers paid in cash, etc. (175). £100-120
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Postage Due Mail. c.1909-93 Covers and cards (170) charged upon delivery with various postage due stamps, a few with postage stamps used as dues or with meter marks denoting the postage due charge, also a few postage due stamps. (170+). £120-150
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Vienna Pneumatic Post. 1875-1956 Covers and cards in three albums, the collection formed by Colin Tobitt which formed the basis of his standard book on the subject, showing the types of postal stationery issued for the pneumatic post, the cancellations, offices, postal rates, and use of ordinary letters and cards in the system. Comprising special postal stationery issue lettersheets and envelopes (79) with first type 20kr telegraph stamp stationery (12), envelopes posted in Prague (3), uprated envelopes, 1895 registered envelope, 1890 express fee with boxed "Botenlohn", 1891 unaddressed envelope with label; postal stationery postcards (188) with uprated inflation period cards, use in Prague (5), 1884-1904 "Botenlohn" on express cards (5), 1884 reply card charged 10kr for a delay of over 5 minutes in replying, 1901 "Aus dem Briefkasten", 1902 undelivered card with label, 1891 "FAVORITEN" c.d.s; postal stationery lettercards (84) with uprated lettercards, express fee paid with "Botenlohn" cachet, Prague use (3), "Aus dem Briefkasten", 1899 Officially Sealed lettercard; stationery issue telegram and receipt of sending card; and scarce privately printed pneumatic post envelope (Ferchenbauer Certificate), postcards (2, one used) or lettercards (4), some stationery unused, the majority however postally used. Also stamped mail sent by pneumatic post comprising envelopes (72) with 1919-25 inflation period showing rates up to 3500kr, covers from South Africa or G.B, 1938-43 use of German stamps, late use in 1956; postcards (50) with 1919-25 inflation period showing rates up to 2700kr, 1940-41 use of German stamps; lettercards (13) with 1920-25 inflation period showing rates up to 2500kr (1000kr + 25g); and stampless telegrams (2). A fine and extensive collection. (c.500). Photo on Page 124. £1,200-1,500
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German & Austrian Alpine Society. 1903-29 Wrappers, mainly postal stationery, many with special precancels. (c.160). £120-150
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Alpine Club House Cachets. c.1904-70 Cards and covers posted at Alpine huts or other offices with a post box but no post office, all with cachets to show the box of posting (94). Also covers and cards posted on T.P.Os on the Zillertalbahn, or along the route of the railway. (c.110). £100-120
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Inflation Mail. 1918-25 Covers and cards illustrating the increasing postal rates due to inflation, including local rates, printed matter, inland and overseas postcards, overseas letters and postcards, reduced postcard rates to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy and Romania, express mail, and the use of meter machines, some written up on pages. An interesting and extensive study. (227). £150-200
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World War Two. 1941-45 Covers and cards including lettersheets (4) and a cover from Mauthausen (3) or Gusen (2) Concentration Camps, censored official cover from Mauthausen to the Gestapo office in Vienna, P.O.W mail (28), Feldpost mail, etc., also postwar Mauthausen commemorative covers and cards. (57). £200-240
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Picture Postcards. c.1918-30 Patriotic postcards, mainly coloured views of Austrian towns and castles published by the "Deutscher Schul Verein" (159), also cards for the Tyrol and Carinthia Plebiscites, etc. (202). £120-150
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Banknotes - "Notgeld". c.1920-21 Locally issued "Notgeld" banknotes from many different towns, in three stockbooks and on Hagner pages, many attractive designs, most very fine. (1,500+). £300-350
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1873-1900 Cards with special cancel for the 1873 World Exhibition, 1883 Electronics Exhibition at the Vienna Rotunda, 1888 Jubilee Crafts Exhibition, 1890 Land & Forestry Exhibition arrival datestamps (2) and scarce boxed handstamp used on a telephone card, 1892 International Music Theatre Exhibition (3, also five unused cards), 1893 Tyrolean Provincial Exhibition at Innsbruck, 1894 International Exhibition (4, also two unused cards), 1898 Jubilee Exhibition (7, also seven other cards), 1898 Prague Architectural & Engineering Exhibition (4), 1899 Sandhof-Passeier Festival, 1900 Venice in Vienna (3, also three other cards), 1900 Dornbirn Business Exhibition cachet (also three cards), etc. A fine and scarce early group. (59). Photo on Page 128. £400-500
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1902-17 Picture postcards and labels, including cancels for the 1902 Graz German Singing Festival (3), International Fisheries Exhibition, 1903 Linz Peoples Festival cachet, 1904 English Garden in Vienna (2), 1908 Shoe & Leather Industries Exhibition, 1910 Capodistria Exhibition, Salzburg Mozart House laying of foundation stone (4), 1912 German Lawyers Day, etc. (192). £400-500
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c.1906-65 Covers and cards with special cancels, picture postcards and labels, some post war FDCs, loose and in a cover album, including 1900 Austrian Exhibition in London, philatelic events, Scouts, etc., about 150 items pre-WW2. (c.350). £150-200
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1921-37 Covers and cards with exhibition or special event cancels, slogans, picture postcards and labels, including air meetings and glider flights, singing festivals, catholic festivals, Lilliput, Austrian Workers Abroad, Mother's Day, 1936 "St Georg" Scout Corps Camp at Laxenburg, exhibitions for theatre art, hygiene, advertising, food & wine, youth, economics, small gardens, etc. (c.350). £450-550
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Gymnastics - "Turnfest". 1896-1938 Picture postcards, labels and ephemera illustrating the history and postal history of the "Turnfest" German Gymnastics movement, including silver medallions (2), 1902 Linz Kreisturnfestplatz cachet, datestamps for 1912 Prague 6th Sokol Turnfest and similar events in Kornenberg (1921), Linz (1922), Neustadt (1924), Graz (1925) Vienna (1925), Innsbruck (1930), also competitors identification cards, membership cards, many coloured or photographic picture postcards, etc. (c.200). £350-450
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Alpine Clubs/Sport/Olympics. 1909-37 Cards, various special cancels including 1909 Alpine Club AGM, 1911 Konig Friedrich August mountain pass opening ceremony (3, also an unused card with "Seiser Alpenhaus" cachet), 1925 Kitzbuhel Ski Championships, 1927 Alpine Club AGM, 1933 Innsbruck Ski Championship (2), 1935 opening of Glocknerhaus high alpine road (2), Grossglockner race (2), Alpine Club AGM (2), 1936 Innsbruck Ski Competition (5), Catholic Gymnastics Union (2), Olympic Torch Relay (3), Vienna Motorcycle Race (2), 1937 Academic Winter Games (2), Alpine Club AGM (2), etc. (47). £160-200
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Shooting/Hunting. 1898-1935 Cards, including cancels of 1898 Vienna Federal Shoot (also five cards), 1908 Jubilee & International Shoot (also a competitors entry card), 1910 International Hunting Exhibition (20, three with the special rubber cancel in green, also 34 other picture postcards), etc. (66). £120-150
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Philatelic Events. 1909-37 Cards, covers and labels including official cards for German Philatelic Day and Federation Day of German-Austrian Clubs in 1909 (5) or 1911 (5), Vienna Philatelic Exhibitions in 1911 (8, also labels), 1923 (4, also labels) or WIPA 1933 (21, various cancels including Melk-Wien Schiffpost and Schloss Laxenburg Surprise Journey), one cover with various WIPA labels and 50g+50g stamp (S.G. 703, £350, address cut out), International Stamp Dealers Day cancels, Austrian Philatelic Day cancels, etc. (153). £350-400
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International Congresses & Conventions. 1891-1937 Covers and cards with cancels for congresses comprising 1891 U.P.U (piece only), 1912 Eucharist (2, also cards and labels), 1913 Child Protection, 1923 Israeli Association, 1924 Trades Unions, Esperanto (2), 1925 Zionist (2), 1926 Paneuropa, 1929 Israeli Association (2), 1930 Women, International Cooperation, 1931 Rotary (2), 1935 Paneuropa, Building Societies (3), Zionist (2), 1936 Jewish frontline fighters (2), Dentistry (5), Esperanto (3, also cards & labels), Urology & X-Rays, Paneurope Agriculture, 1937 Hoteliers (2) Short Waves in Physics, Biology & Medicine (3), Frontline Combatants Peace Congress (2), Scouts, etc. An interesting lot. (70). £250-350
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1893-1953 Covers and cards including 1953 (Dec 18) commercial cover to Nassau with KGVI ½d + 1d cancelled in manuscript by "Lr Deadmans Cay" (only recorded 5-18 December), also 1903 registered cover franked KEVII 5/-, 1911 Post Office envelope franked KEVII 6d, 1906 cover with KEVII ½d - 6d tied by Long Cay datestamps, 1919 registered cover franked War Tax 1/-, 1918 cover with 1d + War Tax 1d tied by Inagua datestamps, etc. (14). £200-250
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1938-52 KGVI ½d - £1, listed perfs and shades virtually complete (missing S.G. 155a, 156a), with ½d elongated "E" (S.G. 149ca) and additional marginal £1 (S.G. 157a), the 1938 5/- with plate number but toned gum, otherwise all superb unmounted mint. S.G. 149/157b, £1,300. (36). £200-250
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1968 International Human Rights Year, hand painted essays of the three values by R. Granger Barrett, in the issued designs with a photo of the Queens head applied, each essay 80x50mm, on thick card, 118x92mm, a fine and unique group. (3). £300-400
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1909 India QV 1a Postcard commercially used from Bahrain to Germany, very fine. £100-120
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