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Mail via Nyasaland. 1926 Covers from the village of Lago on Lake Nyassa, both to Belgium, one franked 20c, 40c and 1E, the other registered franked 40c pair and 2E with a Lago registration label, both routed through Nyasaland with Fort Johnston transit backstamps, the second also backstamped at Zomba and London. Very unusual. (2). Photo on Page 228. £180-220
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Mail via Nyasaland. 1928 Registered cover from the village of Lago on Lake Nyassa to Canada, franked 30c, 50c and 2E, with a Lago registration label, routed through Nyasaland, backstamped at Fort Johnston, Zomba, London and in Canada. Fine and very unusual. Photo on Page 228. £150-180
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1928 "Value Declared" cover (weight 14g, value declared 1000E) from Porto Amelia to Lisbon, the reverse bearing two 10c and two 1E stamps, red "V.D" label on the front, very unusual. £140-160
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Imperforate set of nine without gum, probably proofs; perforated ½c (2), 2c (2), 6c and 20c Waterlow sample stamps in unissued colours each overprinted "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN" with a small punch hole; mint set of nine in pairs; and the set of nine used on the fronts of three picture postcards each cancelled to order by "DAR-ES-SALAAM PAQUEBOT" datestamps, very unusual. (33 + 3 cards). Photo on Page 194. £250-300
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1895 8d Large Arms issue Perkins Bacon essay, the central arms printed in claret with a background of blue dots, the value tablets and frame in blue with a background of blue vertical lines around the vignette, the stamp size essay cut to shape and affixed to thick card, 45x49mm. Three similar essays for this second stage in the design progression are recorded in "Rhodesian Philately to 1924"; all three are in red and green, and show a lined background or no background to the central arms. A unique essay, one of just four printed essays now recorded in this unadopted design, this particular essay previously unrecorded in any literature on Rhodesian philately. Photo on Back Cover. £2,500-3,500
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1903 2/- Small Arms issue Die Proof printed in greenish blue, sunk within a thick card surround, endorsed "Specimen approved. Duplicate D.E.B, 17.12.03", 71x100mm. Three sunken die proofs were produced in differing colours, two marked as rejected with this proof approved; despite this no 2/- value was ever issued. A rare and attractive proof, one of three such sunken die proofs recorded, unique in this colour and with this approved endorsement. Ex. Dyer, mentioned on page 346 of "Rhodesian Philately to 1924". Photo on Back Cover. £3,000-3,500
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1908 £2 Brown and 1909 ½d - £1 Rhodesia overprint set of fourteen all perfined "SPECIMEN", fine mint. S.G. 91, 100/113s, £425+. (15). Photo on Page 238. £150-180
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1910 Double Head 8d - 2/6 and 5/- - £1 overprinted "SPECIMEN", all fine mint. (9). Photo on Page 238. £500-600
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1910 Double Head 2½d and 5/- marginal pair with clandestine roulettes, fine mint. (3). £140-160
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1913-19 Admiral ½d - £1 set of nineteen overprinted "SPECIMEN", the ½d a little stained, otherwise fine mint. S.G. £3,000. (19). Photo on Page 238. £1,000-1,200
| ST. HELENA
(Also see lots 1011, 1033, 1038) | |
The following three letters are written by George Dunlop, a surgeon attached to the 2nd Battalion, 66th Foot Regiment, which served in St. Helena as part of the guard on Napoleon from 1816 until 1819. The letters were sent to his father in Scotland. | |
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1816 (June 3) Entire letter headed from St. Helena, with crowned "INDIA PACKET LETTER / G.P.O / LONDON" (July 22), London and Ayr datestamps, charged 4/8 with boxed "Addl / ½". Dunlop describes living conditions, prices and rations on the island and includes "You will naturally expect I should give you some account of Napoleon. This is hardly in my power as seeing him is now a very difficult task. He has of late become very shy, seldom condescends to show himself in public. His house is about three miles from us, our camp forming part of the chain of sentries around it. He is always attended by Capt. Popleton of the 53rd, whose duty is never to lose sight of him. He always rides out every day at 3 o'clock alone, in a small wood behind his house. Count Bertrand's house is near our Camp and we have frequent opportunities of seeing him. He is much liked in the neighbourhood and converses very freely with strangers. His wife is a very beautiful woman and by accounts seems to feel her neglected situation much. He never can see Mrs Bonaparte unless he thinks it proper to send for her, which is about twice a week. In the house with Bonaparte are two other generals whom he seldom sees. In short he never willingly sees or converses with anyone, always maintaining a gloomy reserve. He refused to see the Governor when he arrived.". A scarce Napoleon related letter, vertical file fold, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 228. £800-1,000
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1816 (July 7) Entire letter headed from Tag Lake Camp, St. Helena with faint Packet Letter datestamp, London and Ayr datestamps, charged 4/8 with faint boxed "Addl / ½". Dunlop describes the scenery, vegetation and people of the island, and includes "You will no doubt expect some account of Bonaparte. I have only seen him once, and I confess I was much disappointed. He has very little in his appearance remarkable, and his dress is far from being good. He very seldom goes out and when he does he is always attended by an officer of the 53rd. I frequently see the other Generals who are to appearance more like their rank than he is". A good eye witness account of Napoleon, vertical file fold, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 232. £700-800
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1817 Letter containing a copy of a letter sent by George Dunlop from St. Helena (July 5) to his uncle in Bristol, forwarded with a covering note to George's brother in Edinburgh, then posted with a further note to their father in Ayr, charged 9d with an Edinburgh c.d.s and boxed "Addl / ½". The original letter from George Dunlop in St. Helena includes "I have just had the honour of being presented to Napoleon. He addressed several questions to me and appeared in excellent spirits. He has of late mixed much more with Society than he formerly did, and as I am stationed within half a mile of his residence, I am likely to see more of him." An interesting Napoleon related letter, vertical file folds, otherwise fine. £200-250
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1932 Tercentenary ½d - £1 set of thirteen overprinted "SPECIMEN", the £1 without gum, otherwise fine mounted mint. S.G. 48/60s, £800. (13). Photo on Page 238. £100-120
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1932 Tercentenary ½d - £1 set of thirteen mint with additional ½d - 1½d, 2½d, 1/-, 2/6 and 5/-, also ½d - 1/-, 2/6 and 5/- used with additional ½d, 2d, 2½d, and ½d - 10/- overprinted "SPECIMEN" without gum. S.G. 48/60s, £2,000 (approx, excluding specimens). (47). Photo on Page 238. £300-350
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1928-49 Covers and cards including cancels of Binatang (3), Bintulu (7), Saratok (3) and Serian (4), also WW2 covers with censor seals or cachets (4), 1943 (Apr 29) First Day Cover bearing Japanese Occupation of North Borneo 8c tied by violet Kuching c.d.s. type JD1, and 1895-1917 cancels of Bintulu (9) or Binatang on single stamps. (22 covers + 10 stamps). £450-550
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1859 (May 19) Cover to France prepaid 1/- in cash, backstamped with red "PAID AT SIERRA LEONE" double arc datestamp, London and Calais transit datestamps. £180-200
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1859-97 Mint and used selection including 1897 surcharges with 2½d on 6d types 8/10 se-tenant pair with plate number mint and very scarce type 12 overprint used (S.G. 58, small tear at left, just 296 stamps issued), 2½d on 6d type 10 used, 2½d on 1/- type 8 mint and used, also a few later issues, a few faults. S.G. £3,000 (approx). (c.150). Photo on Page 194. £300-350
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Cancellations. QV-QEII Covers and cards (10), stamps and pieces (280+) all collected for their cancels, with village datestamps, maritime, T.P.Os, etc. Also "The Postmarks of Sierra Leone" by F. Walton. (c.300). £100-120
| SOUTH AFRICA
(Also see lots 60/2, 96/7, 187, 249, 411, 742/5, 844, 1004/50) | |
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Cape of Good Hope. 1898 (July 13) Partly printed soldiers cover to England, headed from 7545 Cpl. H. Heath, 2nd Batt. Kings Royal Rifles and countersigned, franked at the 1d soldiers rate by ½d vertical pair tied by Wynberg squared circle, exceptionally fine. Photo on Page 237. £120-150
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Cape of Good Hope - Revenues. 1883 Transfer Deeds bearing various revenues to the 12/- value (12 stamps on three documents), 1882 Bill of Exchange bearing Stamp Duty 4d pair, and various 1865-85 revenues used (100), some on piece. (100 + 4 documents). £80-100
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Transvaal. 1898 (Oct 9) Stampless cover endorsed "Veld-dienst", addressed to Driefontein, P.O Lake Cressie, with undated double ring "P.W.K / ERMELO Z.A.R" on the front, backstamped at Ermelo. Light overall soiling, opening tear at upper edge and flap missing, nevertheless a rare cover sent during the Mphefu War, the undated Ermelo handstamp very unusual. £100-150
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British Forces Mail. 1899-1902 Covers and cards (53) and fronts (5), most with G.B stamps, various F.P.O and A.P.O cancels, also a few ingoing covers to soldiers, including mixed frankings, covers from the Marquis of Tullibardine (commanding the Scottish Horse) to his wife (2), redirected mail with cachets including "NOT IN NETLEY HOSPITAL", 1902 (Apr 23) cover with long interesting letter written on Telegraph forms by J. Clayton Telegraph Batn. R.E which tells of orders to accept telegrams from the Boers to General Kitchener during the peace talks, etc. Very mixed quality with some faults. (58). £250-300
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British Forces - Registered Mail. 1900-02 G.B 2d registration envelopes (9) and a front, including "REGISTERED / ARMY POST OFFICE" hooded circle datestamps for Johannesburg (2) or Kroonstad (4), one cover to London endorsed "Received out of course at G.P.O". (10). £100-120
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1900 (Nov 6) G.B 2d Size F and G registration envelopes to London with F.P.O 17 c.d.s away from the stamps or cancelling the embossed stamp only, a single or pair of 1d lilacs cancelled by an unusual dumb cancel composed of four split bars, this cancel clearly used at F.P.O 17, not recorded by Prime and the first examples we have seen. (2). £100-120
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1900 (Nov 6) Registered cover to Wakefield with two 1d lilacs tied by F.P.O B.O c.d.s, endorsed "Compulsorily Registered" with two "Caution" labels (one used to seal the envelope) showing it contained a coin, handstamped with "4d / 831" charge mark and boxed "Found open and / resealed at Wakefield", unusual. Photo on Page 232. £150-180
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Gold Coast. 1902 Covers headed from "Lieut. T. Carus-Wilson, Composite Cyclist Co., H.M Field Force S. Africa" franked 1d, two unusually addressed to "Captain J.S Henderson, 1st. West India Regt, Gold Fields Survey, Tarkwa, Sekondi, West Africa" with arrival backstamps, one redirected to London, one with opening tears. (5). £100-120
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British Forces - Parcel Post. 1900-02 Parcel Post labels (4), two bearing G.B 1900 QV 1/- (3) cancelled by F.P.O 6 single ring c.d.s or 1/- pair with dumb cancel and A.P.O Bloemfontein c.d.s (partly covered by F&C.P.P Cape of Good Hope label), label on piece with G.B ½d (6) + 6d (7) tied by F.P.O 36 c.d.s (also with F&C.P.P label) and label with manuscript "Pietersburg" bearing QV 9d + 1900 1/- + KEVII 1d tied Army Post Office Pietersburg c.d.s. Also piece with part Customs label and F&C.P.P label bearing G.B 2d, 2½d (2), 3d, 5d, 6d block of four tied by F.P.O 46 c.d.s. Some faults, unusual. (5). £150-180
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1900-02 G.B QV stamps (41) and pieces (31, bearing 86 stamps) all with F.P.O or A.P.O cancels, including 3d block of eight, 5d blocks of six and nine, 6d block of four, and pieces bearing ½d + 1d + 1½d + 2d + 2½d, 1d + 3d + 6d (3), 3d strip of five, 1d + 2d block of eight, 2½d pair + 1900 1/- strip of four, single 10d, 3d + 2½d pair + 2½d block of 16, 1d + 2d + 3d + 6d + 1900 1/- (3), etc. (127 stamps). £300-350
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Censorship. 1899-1902 Covers with British or Boer censor seals or cachets, including 1899 (Nov 19) cover from O.F.S to G.B with oval "POSTMEESTER GENERAAL / ORANJE-VRY STAAT", 1900 (June 20) cover from Barberton with very scarce Boer seal type 1 (used 10-13 Oct. 1899 with the occasional late use known, not listed by Snowden/Hepworth used at Barberton at this date), covers with G.B + Boer seals (6, two with "STOPPED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDER" cachets), British seals type 1B, 1E, 31, etc. (23). £200-240
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P.O.W Mail. 1900-02 Covers (18) and fronts (2) to Boer P.O.Ws, including 1901 cover to "Officer of the Hawarden Castle, Table Bay" with an enclosed letter from the sister of a Boer P.O.W held on the ship asking that he be allowed out on parole to visit their sick mother, cover franked G.B 1d tied by F.P.O 23 c.d.s to a P.O.W at Tin Town with violet "PASSED / S.O.P NATAL / CENSOR / P. of W." and triangular "PASSED / CENSOR / P. OF W.", front to Bermuda with red "NOT TUCKERS", etc. Also picture postcards (7) and a few later covers and cards, very mixed quality with some faults. (38). £180-220
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Boer Forces. 1900 (Feb 16) Stampless cover with "BANK / Z.A.R" c.d.s in green, headed "Velt diens", addressed to a Boer soldier at "Ladesmet Hooft Lager, Comedant Potgieter, Crugers dorp lager", backstamped at Krugersdorp and Johannesburg. Also 1899-1900 Transvaal stamps (3) and pieces (5, bearing eight stamps) cancelled in Natal. (9). £100-120
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Boer Forces. 1900 (Jan 30) Stampless cover endorsed "Veld Dienst", addressed to "A.H Bezuidenhout, Hoofd Lager, Ladysmith, Natal" with "BULLSTROOM / ZAR" c.d.s and "HOOFDLAGER / Z.A.R" arrival c.d.s (Feb 3), redirected to "PK Belfast" with arrival backstamp (Feb 6), then strangely forwarded to Natal via Mozambique, backstamped at Lourenco Marques (Oct 18) and Durban (Oct 25), handstamped boxed "STOPPED BY CENSOR" containing manuscript "Durban 27/10/00" and initials. An extraordinary Boer Velddienst cover, the censor handstamp very unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 232. £200-250
| SOUTHERN RHODESIA
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1931 3d Handpainted essay depicting Victoria Falls, in blue and Chinese white, painted by Bradbury, Wilkinson's staff artist E. Jackman. A fine unadopted stamp size essay, affixed to thick card, 28x22mm. Although Bradbury, Wilkinson submitted designs for all values of this issue the 2d and 3d stamps featuring a differing Victoria Falls design were actually printed by Waterlow. Unique and very attractive, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson archives. Photo on Front Cover. £3,000-3,500
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1931 10d Composite essay, the frame handpainted in carmine, a cut-out head of King George V applied to the centre with details and surround painted in blue. A fine unadopted stamp size essay by Bradbury, Wilkinson's staff artist E. Jackman, affixed to thick card, 22x27mm. Attractive and unique, from the Bradbury, Wilkinson archives. Photo on Front Cover. £3,000-3,500
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1897-2008 Mint collection in five albums, apparently complete, unmounted from 1938, the 1927-41 set on both ordinary and chalk-surfaced papers, most listed shades and perfs, additional 1948 sets (2), many rarely seen post-1980 surcharges and other issues. S.G. £2,200 for 1897-1954 issues. (100s). £400-500
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Varieties. 1897-2008 Mint stamps with varieties, the collection in two albums including 1897 1m overprint inverted (2, one with 1991 R.P.S Certificate, the other offered 'as-is', also a forgery), 1927 4m inverted watermark, 1931 2p Air Mail overprint sheet of sixty including extended "R" variety, 1935 2½p on 3m missing arabic letter within a block, 1940 5m on 10m with all four listed varieties within pairs, 1948 5m inverted watermark, also School overprints, 1927 10p colour trial, 1940 4½pi surcharge proofs (6) and various 1951 proofs, many post-independence issues including 1962 surcharges with complete sheets (4) showing inverted, double or missing surcharge on certain stamps, various 1997-2007 surcharge varieties with 2000 U.P.U 150D black printed twice, 2006 Africa Cup £S4.5 black printed twice, etc. An interesting collection. (S.G. £1,050 for 1897-1948 listed varieties). (1,600+). £500-700
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1948 Perf 13 20pi on chalk-surfaced paper in a complete unmounted mint sheet of fifty, plate number 1" and vignette plate "2", superb. Also 1951 3½pi unmounted sheet of fifty each overprinted "SCHOOL". S.G. 110a, 132var., £2,000+. (2 sheets). £400-500
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Officials. 1900-2003 Mint collection in two albums including S.G. O1 (3) and O2 (3) with inverted and reversed perfins, S.G. O3-18 with some listed varieties, S.G. O21/5, O27/8 and O30-O83, additional 1936-46 ordinary paper or chalk-surfaced paper varieties (including O33a, 38a, 39ca, 40a, 41a), later issues apparently complete, also 1903 1m, 3m, 5p Specimens; Army Official issues including A1a/b, A3, A4, A12/3 (10p, S.G. A13, with toned gum), A14-A18, A20-24, also A6/10, A14/6 with Specimen overprints; and some postage due and telegraph issues. S.G. £5,000 for 1900-1954 issues. (100s). £700-800
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Cancellations. A huge accumulation of pieces and stamps mostly collected for their cancels, many in packets, some mounted on pages, mainly post 1954 but some earlier noted. (1000s). £70-100
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1900-51 Covers and cards including 1900 1a envelope from India to England with "London" misread as "Soudan" so missent to Wadi Halfa, postage due stamps applied in Cairo and subsequently removed as it was correctly paid to England, with Wadi Halfa and Egyptian backstamps and boxed "MISSENT"; 1941 postcard and lettersheet from Italian P.O.Ws, the lettersheet to the Civil Internment Camp at Dire Daua in Ethiopia and redirected to Mogadiscio in Somalia; 1946 cover from France to Khartoum with boxed "UNCLAIMED" and oval bilingual dated "RETURN TO SENDER"; 1935-46 covers from Sudan to G.B but returned with Returned Letter Office Khartoum backstamps, etc. (11). £120-150
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1901-12 Picture postcards from (12) or to (8) Sudan including 1904 stampless card to Italy from an Italian expedition to the Sudd with blue Bahr El Ghazal c.d.s and boxed "T"; 1910 card with 3m cancelled by retta, boxed "T" and a London ½d charge mark; 1912 card from Italy to the Wellcome Archaeological Expedition diggings at Jebel Moya; 1906-08 cards from G.B (3), Zanzibar or Azores to an employee of the Eastern Telegraph Co. at Suakin; 1906 card from G.B to "Miss Victoria Wingate, The Palace, Khartoum"; 1905 card from Orange River Colony to Halfa redirected to Cairo and G.B, etc. (20). £120-150
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1926-77 Covers, mainly c.1940-55 commercial air mail covers, some ingoing mail, a few T.P.Os (with some registered and skeleton cancels), etc. (190). £120-150
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Official Mail. c.1916-2000 Stampless official covers, various Postage Paid handstamps including WW1 period censored wrapper with scarce oval "POSTAGE / A / PREPAID" (Proud PD2), 1947 cover with "SUDAN P.O" skeleton c.d.s backstamp, 1936 front with Official cachet depicting a rhino, also four covers bearing S.G. overprint stamps. (66). £80-100
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Censorship. 1924 (Dec 10) 10m Postal stationery cover to St. Julian's Bay, Malta, cancelled on the Halfa-Khartoum T.P.O No. 2, with triangular "PASSED / BY / CENSOR / 81 / SUDAN", backstamps include large "SHALLAL-HALFA / 2 / T.P.O" skeleton c.d.s. The fascinating enclosed letter from Khartoum includes "The fun started at 6pm on Thursday 27th November ..... I was ready to go to the club but the sound of musketry altered my plans. Instead I reported to the palace where I was employed in getting it ready for the defence of British families. At 8pm six of us reinforced the few tommies guarding the War Office where fully equipped Sudanese machine gunners were camped. At midnight I was detailed to cover working parties round Gordon statue erecting machine guns. At 6.30am I was detailed to round up a party of mutineers and kill or capture them. We accounted for a few ........ last time I went to Omdurman I was surrounded by hordes of the wives of killed or captured mutineers". A very scarce cover during the brief reintroduction of censorship, just six 1924 censored covers recorded by Firebrace. Photo on Page 237. £200-250
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1858-1999 Mint and used collection in eight albums and stockbooks with many commercial covers and F.D.Cs, a useful lot of booklets from 1918 in three albums (c.350), etc. (Many 1,000s). £200-250
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1886 (Feb 1) 5pf Postcard franked 5pf, written from Grand Popo to Germany endorsed "per S.S. Ella Woermann", red manuscript "Little Popo" written by the Woermann Line postal agent, both stamps cancelled by boxed "Aus West-Africa / mit / Hamburger Dampfer", a Hamburg arrival c.d.s on the front. A superb and early commercial card from Little Popo, ex Sacher collection. Photo on Page 232. £300-350
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1895-98 Cover and postcards (2), the 1895 registered cover to England bearing three 20pf stamps tied by "KLEIN-POPO" datestamps, endorsed "via Quitta" with a Quittah transit backstamp, the address partly removed; also 1895 20pf postcard to Germany cancelled "KLEIN-POPO" c.d.s, and 1898 20pf postcard written from Kpeme to Lome cancelled by "LOME" datestamps. Three fine commercial items. (3). £200-250
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1897 (Feb 10) Cover to Germany bearing 1889-1900 5pf pair and 10pf each with superb "LOME" c.d.s, Frankfurt arrival c.d.s on the front, very fine. Photo on Page 232. £180-220
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Pieces bearing 1875-79 20pf pale blue cancelled boxed "Aus West-Africa / mit / Hamburger Dampfer" or 20pf ultramarine vertical pair (trimmed perfs on upper stamp) cancelled boxed "AUS / WESTAFRIKA", also 3pf pair on piece and 1899-1908 postcards with oval Linie Hamburg-Westafrika Seepost datestamps. (5). £70-80
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