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1914 2/6 Sepia-brown, Waterlow printing, unmounted mint block of eight (2 x 4) with margin at left, each overprinted "SPECIMEN" type GB26, the left margin endorsed "Deld 11/6/14 Wt. 7". A unique Specimen block, from the British Postal Museum Archive. Photo on Page 204. £1,200-1,500
| NETHERLANDS & COLONIES | |
(Also see lots 452, 1630) | |
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1852-2002 Mainly used collection in three Davo albums, including 1852 and 1864 6c - 15c, 1867 set, 1881-98 set, 1898 1g, 1905 10g, 1913 Centenary set, both 1920 2.50 surcharges, 1921 Marine Insurance set mint, 1923 Queens Jubilee set, 1924 Hague Philatelic Exhibition 10c - 35c mint and used, 1924-26 interrupted perfs set mint, postage dues, telegraphs, 1916 Internee labels mint (2 types), 1884 Money Order set, some additional sets, miniature sheets and booklets mint. Fine quality, largely complete. S.G. £8,000+. (3 Albums). Photo on Page 178. £500-600
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Air Mails. 1923-40 Covers and cards from Holland (8) or the Dutch East Indies (14) including 1928 Soerabaja to Den Haag pilot signed, 1924 commercial picture postcard from Amsterdam to Stockholm, also a KLM postcard of J.B Scholte, and 1940 first KLM flight cover from Amsterdam to Shanghai. (24). £150-180
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Curacao. 1873-1902 Postage and postage due issues, all stamps applied by own part gum to both sides of a printed album page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection, including 1889 15c - 1.50g, 1889 1c - 5c set of five, 1892-93 12½c, 15c and 25c, 1889 2½c - 50c postage due set of ten (15c type I, 10c, 50c type II, others type III), 1892 12½c and 25c postage dues all handstamped or overprinted "SPECIMEN", the other stamps unoverprined, very fine. (48). £480-550
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Netherlands Indies. 1870-1904 Postage and postage due issues, applied by own part gum to two archive pages from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection, including 1883-88 1c, 12½c and 30c, 1887 5c, 1882 30c and 50c postage dues handstamped "SPECIMEN", the others unoverprinted, very fine. (46). £200-240
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Netherlands Indies. 1892 Queen Wilhelmina 2g.50, imperforate proofs in various unissued colour combinations on thin paper, fine and unusual. (17). Photo on Page 184. £100-150
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Netherlands Indies. 1923 Queen Wilhelmina Silver Jubilee 5c - 5g set of seven each in a vertical strip of three, affixed to part archival page from the Madagascar Post Office Specimen collection, each handstamped red circular "POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES / COLLECTION / DE / BERNE / MADAGASCAR", unique and attractive. (7 strips). £350-400
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Netherlands Indies - Meters. 1929-42 Covers (37) and fronts (7) with meter marks, various types, towns and company adverts, wartime airmails and censors. (44). £80-100
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Surinam. 1873-1900 Postage and postage due issues, all stamps applied to both sides of a printed album page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection, including 1889 15c, 20c, 30c, 40c and 1g, 1886 postage due 30c and 40c all handstamped "SPECIMEN", the others unoverprinted, very fine. (56). £300-350
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Queensland Used in New Guinea. 1882-91 2d and 6d, and 1897 1d pair all cancelled "BNG", and 1897 1d cancelled by Port Moresby datestamp. (5). Photo on Page 184. £150-180
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1915 (Jan. 4) Cover bearing G.R.I 8d on 80pf, second setting (G.R.I 5mm from value) cancelled violet oval "RABAUL / NEW BRITAIN" datestamp (first day of use of this cancel), addressed to "Pvte Harry Lynch, Rabaul" and redirected to "KAEW, A COY". The envelope toned at left, not affecting the stamp or cancel, an uncommon stamp on cover. S.G. 26, £600 as a stamp. Photo on Page 202. £150-200
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1915 Registration labels surcharged G.R.I 3d, Herbertshohe (Deutsch Neu-Guinea) mint (transparent backing paper on reverse, one pulled perf), and Rabaul (Deutsch-Neuguinea) unused without gum. S.G. 33d, 36e, £925. (2). Photo on Page 184. £100-120
| NEW ZEALAND
(Also see lots 453, 1524) | |
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Cancellations. QV-QEII Covers and cards (87), stamps and pieces (c.120) including 1867 cover from Dunedin to Ireland "via Panama" franked 6d, T.P.Os, islands, registration, parcel post, etc. (200+). £120-150
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1940 Visit of President Sanozo to USA air set of twelve, and Pan-American Union Anniversary air mail 1.25c, all in vertical strips of three, affixed to two archival pieces from the Mauritania Post Office Specimen collection, all handstamped violet "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE", unique. (13 strips). £200-240
| NIGERIA
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Lagos. 1886-1902 Stamps affixed by own part gum to a printed album page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection, comprising 1886 2/6, 5/- and 10/-, 1887-91 2d - 10/- set of ten (faults to 1/-) and 1904 KEVII ½d - 10/- set of ten all overprinted Specimen, also 1893 ½d on 4d. S.G. £1,050 as stamps. (26). £350-400
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Niger Coast. 1894 5/- Imperforate colour trial in lake on thin paper, no gum, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 154. £150-200
| NORTH BORNEO
(Also see lot 1489) | |
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1929 (Apr. 2) Cover from Jesselton to F.J. Field in England franked 2c + 12c, intended to go by air from Marseille to London, the air inscription deleted, "Cancelled" written across the blue Air Mail label and endorsed "Forwarded by Ordinary Mail" all in red ink, with violet "Superintendent of Mails, Penang" chop below, Penang backstamp (Apr. 10). Unusual. £100-£120
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1855-2015 Used collection in three Davo albums including 1863-66 set, 1882-93 large die Posthorn set, 1907-10 die A and die B 1kr - 2kr sets of three, 1941 Posthorn watermark 50ore with "V" overprint, also mint miniature sheets. Fine quality, largely complete. S.G. £3,000 (approx). £250-300
| NYASALAND
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1896 Crown CA 2d, 4d, 6d and 1/- overprinted "SPECIMEN", additionally handstamped circular "POSTES / CORREOS" presumably applied by the receiving postal authority, 2d with small thin at top, otherwise fine and unusual, the first example of this circular handstamp we have seen. S.G. 33/6s. (4). Photo on Page 184. £120-150
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1898 (June) 1d Cheque stamp setting II, perf 12, reverse with "X/A" control, further control "1" at left 12mm below the "X/A" control with partial "V" control at right 16mm below the "X/A" control, unused without gum, margin at top, horizontal crease but a scarce and interesting stamp. S.G. 57, £6,500. Photo on Page 188. £500-600
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1903-04 Covers from Scotland franked 2½d, both to "The Revd the Padre, Universities Mission, Kota Kota, Tanga, German East Africa", both with "Tanga" crossed out, one endorsed "via Chinde", the other "via Durban" and "Lake Nyassa B.C.A via Salisbury". Both covers backstamped at Tanga, Chinde, Fort Johnston and Kota Kota (squared circle), the first also backstamped at Dar-es-Salaam, the second also backstamped at Durban, Kimberley, Salisbury, Beira and Chiromo. (2). Photo on Page 202. £150-200
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1947-67 Mint and used collection in an album including 1947 set, 1948-57 set with some perf varieties, 1961 overprinted and handstamped decimal surcharges with varieties, 1963-79 set with various watermarks, etc. S.G. £1,300+. (100s). £150-180
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Dubai. 1948 (Jan. 4) Piece bearing ½a vertical pair cancelled by Dubai c.d.s, fine. Pakistan stamps only used in Dubai from October 1947 until March 1948. £80-100
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Bahawalpur. 1935 King George V Silver Jubilee, sheet of four labels issued by Bahawalpur State, depicting King George V and the ruler of Bahawalpur, no gum, unusual. £80-100
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Bahawalpur. 1949 U.P.U Anniversary, postage and official sets of four all overprinted "SPECIMEN" with a 4mm punch hole, no gum, fine and unusual. (8). Photo on Page 154. £120-150
| PALESTINE
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1919-27 Covers and cards including 1918 1m-20p set used on two registered covers (one to 49 Balloon Section, R.A.F, E.E.F), 1921 "Central Committee Knesseth-Israel Jerusalem Palestine" cover franked 2m with red "JERUSALEM / PAID 3 MILLS" skeleton (file holes, faults), etc. (9). £100-120
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1940 Second Buenos Aires Peace Conference 50c - 100p set of eight all in strips of three, affixed to three archival pieces from the Mauritania Post Office Specimen collection, all overprinted "MUESTRA" by Waterlow & Sons and handstamped violet "SPECIMEN COLLECTION / MAURITANIE" upon receipt, unique. (8 strips). £200-240
| PERSIA
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1875-1903 Postage and official issues affixed to five pages from the Royal Swedish General Post Office Specimen collection, 1875-78 imperf issues mostly reprints, 1894 16c and 5k - 50k with a horizontal ink line applied prior to distribution by the U.P.U, various surcharges and overprints, an unusual group. (135 stamps). £500-600
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1899 1c - 50k Set of sixteen with violet control handstamps, all in strips of five as distributed as specimens by the U.P.U, each handstamped "ULTRAMAR", applied in Lisbon before being sent to one of the Portuguese Colonies. The 2k and 3k strips with some perf separation and one 50k stamp detached, one 2k stamp torn and repaired, some toning to the 1k - 4k strips, otherwise fine and very scarce in strips. (16 strips). Photo on Page 154. £850-1,000
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1917 Surcharge set of eleven in vertical or horizontal strips of three, affixed to two archival pieces from the Mauritania Post Office Specimen collection, all handstamped violet "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE", unique. (11 strips). £500-600
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1921 Coronation 3c - 5t set of eleven in horizontal strips of three (the 5t in pair + single), all handstamped 18 x 2½mm "SPECIMEN" prior to sending to the U.P.U, affixed to a part archival page from the Mauritania Post Office Specimen collection, with violet "SPECIMEN / COLLECTION / MAURITANIE" handstamps. Unique. (33 stamps). Photo on Page 208. £900-1,100
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1937-38 Issues handstamped "MUESTRA" type 1, comprising 1937 postage and air set of nineteen in new colours (also additional marginal 1.50s orange with handstamp in the margin and on the stamp), 1937 Inter-American Technical Conference air set of four, 1938 Eighth Pan-American Conference postage and air set of six, all fine mint. The only Peru stamps to be overprinted Muestra prior to sending to the U.P.U. (30). Photo on Page 178. £300-350
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Pacific Steam Navigation Co. 1857-86 Mint stamps well written up on two pages, comprising 1857 1r blue mint or unused without gum and 2r brown-red unused without gum, all four margins, the 2r close but clear at left; reprints of the 1r yellow, 2r blue and 2r brown; and 1886 20c, 80c and 1s freight stamps mint, the 20c and 80c with minor faults but scarce; also the 1928 monograph on the subject by E.D Bacon. A good lot, the 1857 1r mint and 2r with R.P.S Certificates (2017). S.G. £5,300 (for the three 1857 stamps). (9 + booklet). Photo on Pages 178 & 184. £1,400-1,600
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German Occupation. 1944 2z Deep green (Cracow Barbican), 4z slate-violet (Tyniec Monastery) and 6z agate (Lwow) each in imperforate proof block of ten, all lower marginal with printers imprint, on yellowish ungummed paper, a few very minor marginal creases, otherwise fine and very scarce. (30). Photo on Page 208. £700-900
| PORTUGAL & COLONIES
(Also see lots 247, 454, 871, 876, 886) | |
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1787-1816 Entire letters between G.B and Portugal or Spain showing the mail routings during the Napoleonic period, with 1787 letter from Lisbon sent overland with "D'ESPAGNE" handstamp, 1808-12 letters sent by Falmouth Packets to Lisbon (2), Corunna (2) or Cadiz, 1814 letter to Lisbon sent via Bilbao with oval "HESPANIA", 1814 letter from Cuba to London privately carried to Lisbon with British Packet Agency handstamp and forwarding agent endorsement, 1815 letter by packet from Corunna (during 100 days war) and 1815 letters sent via France (3), also three later letters. (15). £240-300
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Angola. 1891 Cover to Germany endorsed "pelo mocambique", franked 1886 perf 12½ 50r tied by an oval datestamp, arrival backstamps. £100-120
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Azores - "Tin Can" Mail. 1902-09 Picture postcards (20) and covers (3) from Norddeutscher Lloyd ships all sent ashore in the Azores, mails and money for postage being lowered in a sealed metal ball to a local whale boat and rowed to Velas where the mails were dealt with by the NDL agent. All franked by Angra stamps cancelled at Velas (20) or Angra do Heroismo (3), the seven 1902-04 items handstamped "Forwarded by / John C. Lacerda / Agent for the Norddeutscher / Lloyd, of Bremen, at / Vellas - S. Jorge - Azores" in violet (6) or red. Also picture postcards showing a mail cask being lowered to the whale boat (3) or the boat returning to shore with the mail (2), and associated postcards (8). An interesting and rare group, one 1902 card inscribed by the sender "By Bottle Post from the Azores Islands". (36). £600-700
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Cape Verde. 1986 Set of three souvenir sheets each containing four 50$ stamps in differing colours, each stamp with "SPECIMEN" overprint, the first stamps since 1961 to be sent to the U.P.U with Specimen overprints and the last stamps of any country to be so distributed. After lengthy correspondence the ordinary stamps were returned by the U.P.U to the printers in Vienna in return for ordinary mint stamps, but the Specimen overprint souvenir sheets were distributed to member countries in May 1986. Very unusual. (3). £240-280
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Cape Verde. 1925 Postage Due/Charity Tax proofs, imperforate blocks of fifteen of the Pombal Monument or Planning of Reconstruction of Lisbon designs in violet on wove paper, each block with two or three proofs with the country name "CABO VERDE" and "30c MULTA" postage due overprint, the remaining proofs without overprint or country name, each proof with two punch holes, one block endorsed in the sheet margin "Overprinting correct, letter spacing as marked, 1/3/25" and initialled. Also other imperforate proofs without country name in violet (3) or orange (2, as used for Macau), perforated Cape Verde stamps in violet (4), and Macau imperforate orange proof pair (Planning Reconstruction of Lisbon) with 4A Multa overprint, all with two punch holes. (41). £150-180
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Mozambique. 1922-43 Covers comprising 1922 cover from Switzerland to Quelimane redirected to Chinde franked 40c (including 5c on 2c with misplaced surcharge); 1928 registered cover from Chinde to Geneva franked 2c, 6c, 80c + 2E with a 40c stamp under the 2E stamp; 1935 Beira to Blantyre first flight cover; and 1943 Paris Philatelic Exhibition flight cover to Mozambique. (4). £120-150
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c.1894 Rook Issue | |
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10r, 20r and 50r Set of three in imperf and perforated singles and blocks of four; 5r on 10r, 75r on 20r and 100r on 50r "Provisorio" surcharge set of three in imperf and perforated singles and blocks of four (imperf 100r on 50r a marginal pair), all fine mint. These stamps were printed in London for the Nyassa Co., and sold at their London office, but the Portuguese Govt. refused to authorise their use in the Nyassa Co. territories. An uncommon group, ex Dahl. (58). £300-350
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Mint selection comprising imperf 10r (10), 20r (13), 50r (13), perforated 10r (8), 20r (22), 50r (29), 5r on 10r imperf (13) and perforated (19), 75r on 20r imperf (2) and perforated, 100r on 50r imperf (2) and perforated. A fine lot with blocks of four or larger of all the unoverprinted stamps and the 5r perforated and imperf surcharges. An uncommon group. (133). £500-600
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10r Imperforate and perforated sheets of 100, the imperf sheet with minor creasing, otherwise fine. (2 sheets). £200-250
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1902 (May 8) Cover from Porto Amelia to Germany bearing 5r (3), 10r (3) and 15r (3), backstamped at Ibo, the French Post Office in Zanzibar and upon arrival at Kenzingen, a scarce early cover. £160-180
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1903-10 Surcharges and overprints, mint selection including 130r on 300r London surcharge variety "PEIS", 15r "PROVISORIO" overprint block of twelve, and all five local surcharges or overprints, the very scarce 15r and 25r vertical "PROVISORIO" overprints with Mota or Washburne Certificates (25r with small thin at left). S.G. 40/51. (31). Photo on Page 212. £150-180
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1910 5r on 2½r and 50r on 100r both in complete mint sheets of fifty, the 5r sheet with Inexfip Certificate. S.G. 50/1. (2 sheets). £100-120
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1905 (Jan. 31) Picture postcard to Germany with 25r "PROVISORIO" overprint cancelled at Ibo, Dar-es-Salaam and Hamburg transit and arrival datestamps. A scarce commercial use. Photo on Page 202. £160-180
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2r - 500r Mint with shades and multiples including 2½r, 5r, 10r and 50r blocks of fifteen, 10r, 25r, 300r blocks of twenty five, 10r sheet of fifty, also 20r on postcard (stained) and two 1912 picture postcards of Porto Amelia or Fort Vasco de Gama with 10r, 25r, 200r, 400r or 5r, 50r, 100r, 500r on the picture side C.T.O with Deutsche Seepost datestamps of S.S "Kaiser". (330 + 3 cards). £200-250
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1913 (Apr. 14) 10r Mozambique postcard overprinted "NYASSA" and "Republica", registered to Prague franked 10r + 25r pair all cancelled at Ibo, bearing a blue Ibo registration label, Prague arrival c.d.s, with the Certificate of Posting (torn). Philatelic (no message) but still a very unusual and scarce franking with the original C.O.P. Photo on Page 202. £150-180
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1913 10r Mozambique postcards overprinted "NYASSA" and "Republica", posted from Porto Amelia (June 11) franked 20r, or from Palma (Sep. 12) franked 50r, both to Germany, probably philatelic but still unusual and scarce. (2). £200-250
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