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Italian States - Forgeries. Photographic prints of forgeries of Modena (2), Naples (6), Papal States (7), Sardinia (15), Sicily (8) or Tuscany (2) each handstamped "SPERATI / REPRODUCTION" on the reverse, mounted on album pages within a folder entitled "The Work of Jean de Sperati, Part IV", produced by the B.P.A in 1954. (40). £70-80
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1862-2002 Mainly used collection in three Davo albums including 1862 10c - 40c, 1889 set, 1891-97 set, 1922 Philatelic Congress set, 1923 Propaganda Fide set, Black Shirt Fund, Manzoni set, 1924 1L surcharge set, Trade Propaganda overprint set, 1928 Filiberto set, 1930 Third Defence issue, Ferrucci set, Virgil set, Dante set, 1932 Garibaldi set, 1935 and 1936 Bellini sets, 1937 Child Welfare and Augustus the Great sets, Air issues with 1930 Transatlantic Mass Formation 7L.70 mint, 1933 Air Express pair and Zeppelin set, 1934 Rome to Buenos Aires flight set, Football World Cup air issues, Rome to Mogadiscio flight set, Express and Pneumatic Post issues, Postage Dues, Parcel Post with 1946-57 set in pairs, mint miniature sheets. A fine collection. S.G. £25,000+. (3 Albums). Photo on Pages 80, 100 & 136. £1,400-1,600
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Fiume. 1918-20 Mint and used issues including 1918-19 overprints on Hungary with postage 2f - 10k set (3k and 5k mint, the others used); sheet with thirty C.T.O examples of the Hungary overprint 2f express stamp with varieties double overprint (25) or partial misplaced overprints (5); 1919-20 surcharges, etc. (188). £120-150
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Vatican City. 1929-2002 Used collection in three Davo albums, including 1934 surcharge set of six, 1948 500L, 1949 1000L, also mint miniature sheets with 1954 stamp centenary sheet, and some Papal States including 1852 1sc used (touched at right), the Vatican all fine and virtually complete. S.G. £7,000 (approx). (2 Albums). Photo on Page 100. £500-600
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1775 (June 20) Entire letter from Kingston to London endorsed by the "Anna Teresia" Packet, a fine "IAMAICA" handstamp (PS.5) on the flap, charged 1/-. £120-150
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1783-96 Entire letters from Spanish Town, Kingston or Green Island, all carried by the "Duke of Cumberland" Packet, all backstamped "IAMAICA" (PS.8) and London Bishop Marks, the 1783 letter endorsed "Inland Post Pd 7½" with "17/FE" and "20/FE" Bishop Marks, all reasonable strikes of the Jamaica handstamp. (3). £200-240
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1798 (Mar. 4) Identical letters to London, one endorsed by "Princess of Wales" Packet, the other by the "Grantham" Packet, both with poor "JAMAICA" (PS.6) backstamps, arrival datestamps of Mar. 25 or Apr. 19, charged 5/-. The "Grantham" had been captured by a French Privateer on its previous voyage in 1797 but was recaptured by H.M.S "Tamar" and the crew rescued. The "Princess of Wales" was captured by the French Privateer on its following voyage from Jamaica in 1798. (2). £120-150
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1802 Entire letters from Morant Bay or Kingston to London, both backstamped with two line "JAMAICA" datestamps (PS.11 or PS. 12), the Kingston letter endorsed by the "Auckland" Packet, the Morant Bay letter endorsed "Inland Paid 7½", both charged 1/10. (2). £120-150
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1808-11 Entire letters from Spanish Town or Kingston to England both with large Jamaica fleuron datestamps (PS.14 or PS.15), endorsed by the "Prince Ernest" or "Prince Adolphus" Packets, charged 1/11 or 2/-. The "Prince Ernest" was attacked by a French schooner in 1808, the badly damaged ship making it to Jamaica with the Captain and two crew wounded. The "Prince Adolphus" was captured by an American Privateer off Martinique in 1812. (2). £100-120
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Disinfection. 1810 (Mar. 11) Entire letter from Kingston to Scotland endorsed by the "Manchester" Packet, disinfected due to an outbreak of yellow fever in the West Indies with clear signs of scorching, charged 2/3. The "Manchester" was captured by an American Privateer in 1813 but recaptured three months later. Disinfected mail is very unusual from Jamaica. £100-120
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1813-20 Entire letters (4) and an entire all with Jamaica medium fleuron datestamps (PS.17, 18), endorsed by the "Darlington", "Wolsingham", "Lady Louisa", "Sandwich" or "Princess Elizabeth" Packets, charged 2/2 (3), 3/8 or 4/4. Two letters from Edward Warren at the Victualling Office to his brother Thomas, one concerning the manumission of Thomas's remaining slaves and other estate matters. (5). £150-200
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1825-29 Entire letters to Scotland (5) or London, written from Westmoreland and posted at Savanna-la-Mar (4), Clarendon, or Goshen with fine "GOSHEN / JA" and small Jamaica fleuron backstamps, endorsed by the "Sheldrake", "Swallow", "Countess of Chichester", "Hope", "Cygnet" or "Alpha" Packets, the five letters to Scotland all with fine boxed "½" in green applied at Falmouth. (6). £200-250
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G.B Used in Jamaica. Pieces (4) and stamps (10) comprising 1d red cancelled A01 of Kingston (corner fault) or A44 of Goshen; 4d cancelled "SAVANNAH-LA-MAR" double arc datestamp (faults), A01 of Kingston (2), A28 of Annotto Bay, A57 of Montego Bay, A59 of Morant Bay, A73 of St. Anns Bay; 6d cancelled A01 of Kingston (2), A55 of Mile Gully (vertical fold), etc., a few faults. S.G. £2,200+. (14). Photo on Page 136. £200-250
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G.B Used in Jamaica. 1859 (Sep. 2) Large piece franked 6d cancelled "A49", Lilliput datestamp alongside and Kingston c.d.s at left, minor perf toning, otherwise fine and attractive. S.G. Z90, £290+. £120-150
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G.B Used in Jamaica. 1859 (Mar. 28) Entire from Savannah-La-Mar to Kingston with 4d vertical pair each cancelled "A75", despatch and arrival backstamps, fine. Photo on Page 132. £300-350
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G.B Used in Jamaica. 1859 (Dec. 10) Small entire (side flaps removed) from Spanish Town to Kingston with 4d cancelled "A76", light c.d.s at left, arrival backstamp, the stamp tied to the cover by ink lines drawn by the sender prior to posting, fine. Photo on Page 132. £200-250
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1860 Pines watermark 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d and 1/- imperforate proofs all with "SPECIMEN" overprint type D2, the 1/- badly cut into and without gum, the 2/- just touched at right, otherwise fine mint. (5). Photo on Page 136. £300-400
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1860 Pines watermark with Specimen overprints, comprising 1d (fault at left) and 3d (2, one rubbed, one severely cut into) with manuscript Specimen type DMS; 1d, 3d (upper perfs trimmed) and 1/- with overprint type D2; 6d (trimmed at right) and 1/- with overprint type D5; 1/- (trimmed at left) with overprint type J2; 3d with overprint type J3, a scarce group. (10). Photo on Page 136. £300-350
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1860 1/- Brown, Pines watermark, "$" for "S" variety, fine used. S.G. 6c, £500. Photo on Page 136. £100-120
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1860-1932 Mint and used collection including 1860-70 set unused no gum (4d mint) and used, 1870-83 set mint (4d, 1/- no gum) and used (also 5/- inverted watermark used), 1883-97 set mint and used, 1890-91 2½d on 4d with varieties double surcharge mint (thin) and used, "PFNNY" used (2), "PFNNY" and "KK" for "Y" used (2), War Tax varieties with 1916 1½d on 2d "TAMP", 1921 ½d bow flaw mint (2) and used (5, three on two covers), Officials with inverted and double overprints, postal fiscals, WW1 Red Cross labels (17, four types, one with "Jamaica" printed twice), telegraphs and revenues, and a few Specimens including 1921 2½d sample proof in unissued colours. S.G. £7,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 136. £800-1,000
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1873 1/- Brown, watermark Crown CC, "$" for "S" variety, fine used. S.G. 13a, £600. Photo on Page 136. £120-140
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1875 5/- Die Proof in black on white glazed card, stamped "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "June 18, 1875", 92x60mm, fine. Photo on Page 140. £150-180
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1897 1/- Brown, watermark Crown CA, "$" for "S" variety used with Falmouth squared circle, fine. S.G. 24a, £500. Photo on Page 136. £100-120
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1910 2½d Pale Ultramarine, watermark Multiple Crown CA, variety watermark inverted, used. Very scarce, unlisted by Gibbons. S.G. 42var. Photo on Page 136. £150-200
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1921 Unissued Abolition of Slavery 6d, watermark Multiple Script CA, overprinted "SPECIMEN", superb unmounted mint. S.G. 91s, £850. Photo on Page 100. £200-250
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1923 5/- Blue and yellow-brown, watermark Multiple Script CA, variety watermark inverted, excellent colour and centreing, used with light c.d.s cancels, scarce so fine. S.G. 105w, £400. Photo on Page 164. £100-120
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1858 5/- Postal fiscal handstamped "SPECIMEN" type GB2, applied at Somerset House in London, mint, a few short perf tips at left, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 164. £100-120
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Cancellations. QV-KGV Stamps and pieces with numerals (99), temporary rubber datestamps (101, 57 on QV stamps), Jamaica Railways datestamps (68), Paquebots and maritime cancels (10 + cover), c.d.s and squared circle datestamps (171 + card), a good lot with some scarce cancels. (449 + 2 covers). Photo on Page 136. £400-500
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Numeral Cancels. 1870-76 Entire letters comprising 1870 letter from Mandeville to Newport with 1d strip of three (Pines watermark) each cancelled "A61", endorsed "3d more"; 1874 partly printed "Monthly Abstract of wages paid on Llandovery Estate, St. Ann" from St. Ann's Bay to London endorsed "Estate Returns per Book Post" with 1d cancelled "A73"; and 1876 letter from Gordons Town to Newport with 1d pair each cancelled "A42". (3). £150-180
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Numeral Cancels. QV stamps (290) with numeral cancels, the collection in an album with cancels for A27-A82, E06-G16, 193-201, 598-647, A-F, a good number of first issue Pines watermark stamps noted including 2d strip of six cancelled "A85", 1882 1d postcard from Middle Quarters cancelled "A82" and 1890 front from Port Royal with 1d strip of four cancelled "A67" also with boxed "JAMAICA PAID" datestamps in red. Also a small study of registration cancels including two 1905-09 covers. (300+). £500-600
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Crash Mail. 1946 (Sep. 4) Cover from London to Kingston inscribed "London-Jamaica, Special Direct Flight", the stamps washed off, recovered from the B.S.A.A flight which crashed near Bathurst, Gambia, on September 7th. Scarce, very little mail was recovered. £80-100
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1940 (Nov. 1-13) Covers to Constant Spring franked 1½d, tied by Kingston "4" c.d.s, the first cover endorsed "This postmark was used on the opening day of the special Post Office at Camp Gibraltar (Evacuee Camp)" above violet cachet "W.A. CAMPBELL, Postmaster General", the second cover with violet straight line "CAMP GIBRALTAR". Very scarce early covers, the only date of use of this first cachet recorded by Proud. (2). Photo on Page 132. £120-150
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1941 (Nov. 3) Stampless O.H.M.S cover to Kingston with oval "GIBRALTAR CAMP / JAMAICA" T.R.D, circular "OFFICIAL / (crown) / FREE" and boxed "V / FOR VICTORY" all in violet, black circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP" and Kingston "4" c.d.s. Fine and very scarce, this oval T.R.D not recorded by Proud. Photo on Page 132. £100-150
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1940-44 Covers and cards with 1940 (Nov. 13) cover with very scarce straight line "CAMP GIBRALTAR"; 1941-42 covers to refugees in London or Tangier with circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP", the second cover registered with "GIBRALTAR CAMP" registration label; 1943 postcard from Kingston to the camp with "GIBRALTAR CAMP" double ring arrival c.d.s; 1944 cover to "Major Patron, President, Gibraltar Evacuation Committee, London" with "GIBRALTAR CAMP" double ring datestamps. Also a cover from Major Patron in Gibraltar; covers from Gibraltar evacuees in Morocco or Madeira (2); cover from Gibraltar to an evacuee in Madeira; and a G.B O.H.M.S cover with cachet of the Gibraltar Evacuation Centre in London, etc. (13). £350-400
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1942 (Dec. 21) 1d Postal Stationery postcard probably from a German Internee, registered to the USA franked 2d + 1/- all cancelled by the Kingston "4" c.d.s, circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP", bearing "GIBRALTAR CAMP" registration label and an Air Mail label, censored in the USA. An exceptional registered postcard. Photo on Page 132. £150-180
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1940-43 Covers, four with the Kingston "4" c.d.s and circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP, the final two cancelled by the "GIBRALTAR CAMP" double ring c.d.s. Three from Dutch refugees to USA or Dutch forces in Canada (2), the others to G.B, Gibraltar or sent locally in Jamaica. (6). £240-280
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1942-43 Covers to the USA (3) or to Dutch forces in Canada, three with the Kingston "4" c.d.s and circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP", the final cover cancelled by the double ring "GIBRALTAR CAMP" c.d.s, one registered with "GIBRALTAR CAMP" registration label. (4). £200-250
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1943 Covers to G.B, USA or Dutch forces in Canada (2), two with the Kingston "4" c.d.s and circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP", two others cancelled by the double ring "GIBRALTAR CAMP" c.d.s, one registered with "GIBRALTAR CAMP" registration label. (4). £200-250
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Registered Mail. 1941-45 Registered covers to Gibraltar (2), Paraguay, Dutch forces in Canada (2, one redirected to G.B) or sent locally in Jamaica, three with Kingston "4" c.d.s and circular "GIBRALTAR / CAMP", two cancelled by the double ring "GIBRALTAR CAMP" c.d.s, a sixth cover written from the camp but posted in Kingston. The covers all with differing registration labels, comprising a "GIBRALTAR" label with manuscript "Camp" (8 May 1941, the label presumably brought from Gibraltar with the refugees), blank label with manuscript "Camp Gibraltar" (24 Jan. 1942), "GIBRALTAR CAMP" (20 May 1942), "CAMP GIBRALTAR" (19 Oct. 1943) and a blank label with manuscript "Gib Camp" (15 Oct. 1945). A rare and exceptional group. (6). Photo on Page 134. £550-650
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