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Forgeries. c.1859-1945 Forgeries in a stockbook, strength in Colombia (300+) including very good forgeries of private air stamps (two on cover, eight with 2024 R.P.S Certificates as forgeries), also Venezuela, 1945 Germany local overprints (350+), etc. An interesting lot. (900+). £200-250
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1856-97 Covers including c.1873 Venezuela entire to La Guaira bearing 1866-68 ½r cancelled undated double ring "CORREOS / CARACAS" and 1873 ½r with tiny "Estampillas de Correo / Contrasena" two line overprint cancelled oval "CORREOS / CARACAS / DE VENEZUELA", 1856 Tasmania cover to Hobart franked 4d with oval cancel and manuscript "Bothwell" Post Office endorsement, etc. (8). £150-200
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1865-1908 Covers (6) and various forged stamps (75), with Jamaica covers tied by numeral cancels (3, one 1865 entire letter with Pines watermark 1d pair cancelled "A43"), Victoria and N.S.W Deficient Postage handstamps (3), forgeries including Shanghai (32), Suez Canal Co. (19), etc. (81). £70-80
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Covers, postcards and some stamps, a large quantity in two large boxes, many G.B KEVII and KGV picture postcards, a written up collection of 1960s Lufthansa first flight covers, Lloyds of London 1984 and 1988 stamp collections, etc. (1,000s). £100-150
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1909-46 Covers and cards, mainly WW1 (19) or WW2 (14) P.O.W mail, with four WW2 covers to German P.O.Ws in north Africa all returned marked "decede", four others with "Gebuhr bezahlt" handstamps. (42). £100-120
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Mourning Covers. c.1822-2000 Covers and lettersheets mainly from Europe, the very extensive collection with items from Belgium (123, also covers bearing Queen Astrid mourning stamps), France (c.400), Germany (c.430, some royalty related, also covers bearing Hindenburg mourning stamps), Italy (176), Netherlands (106), Sweden (63), Switzerland (c.250), etc., many printed lettersheets containing death notices, some covers from G.B to Europe, also mourning covers from or to Australia (35) including 1930 cover to London with the stamp washed off and boxed "DAMAGED BY FIRE / ON S.S COMORIN". (c.2,000). £500-800
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Train Crashes. 1937-60 Covers with train wreck cachets from USA (2), Canada or Sweden, comprising 1937 "DAMAGED BY WATER / DUE TO TRAIN WRECK" on cover from London, Ontario to Toronto; 1937 "DAMAGED BY FIRE / OG & LA TR.5 AUG 22" on 3c window envelope from New York; 1960 DAMAGED IN FIRE IN RAILWAY / MAIL CAR AT CADIZ CALIF." on cover from Kentucky to San Diego; and 1954 Swedish cover with four line Rorvik crash cachet, all with some damage or stamps washed off. Also a 1985 water damaged cover from Egypt to Texas, enclosed within a U.S P.O bag, with light cachet "Damaged in an Air, Train or Ship Accident beyond control of the U.S Postal Service", the incident unknown. (5). £100-120
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Mint and used selection on stockcards including British Solomon Islands 1907 set used, Basutoland 1933 set mint, British Antarctic Territory 1963-69 set (with both £1 stamps) mint and used, Brunei Malaya-Borneo Exhibition set mint, Kedah 1937 set mint, New Zealand 1898 perf 12-16 set mint, North Borneo 1939 postage due set mint, KUT 1895 (July) 2a handstamped overprint mint, etc. S.G. £3,000++. (400+). £300-500
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Extensive collection in eighteen albums and on pages, many reasonable KGVI and early QEII sets mint and used including Kuwait 1939-59 complete mint (1939 set unmounted), Malaya with Kedah 1937 set mint, Johore postage dues used, Bermuda mint and used Keyplates to £1, also Cyprus, Sudan, Aden, Ascension, Brunei, Gambia, Gibraltar, KUT, Seychelles, Pakistan, Bahamas, etc. (1,000s). £1,200-1,500
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1937-52 KGVI Collection in an S.G. KGVI album, with further issues in a stockbook, including complete mint sets to the £1 from Bahamas, Leeward Islands, etc. (1,000s). £350-400
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1937-52 KGVI Used collection in an S.G. KGVI album, a very well filled album with many complete sets and better stamps, including Aden complete, many Malaya sets, most 1948 Royal Wedding stamps, etc. S.G. £10,000+. (100s). £900-1,200
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QV-KGV Mint and used collection in two New Imperial albums, a very good level of completeness with G.B 1d blacks (3, all fine), 1840 2d (3), Small Crown perf 16 1d mint, 2d plate 9 mint, ½d plate 9 used, 2/- brown used, I.R Official £1 green used, O.W Official QV 5d and Govt. Parcels 1900 1/- mint; Antigua 1903-29 complete mint; Ascension 1922-33 complete mint; Australia 1913-36 issues used to 5/-, 10/- or £1 values; Bahamas 1883 4d on 6d used, 1884-1937 virtually complete mint; Barbados imperfs (11), 1873 5/- used; Basutoland 1933 set mint; Bechuanaland Protectorate 1888 4d black on 4d mint, 1932 set mint; Bermuda 1918-22 10/- used, £1 mint, 1924-32 set mint; British Columbia 1868-71 perf 12½ 25c, 50c used; B.E.A 1895-96 2r-5r mint, 1897-1903 3r and 4r mint; Br. Solomon Is. complete mint or used; Br. Somaliland O.H.M.S 1r mint; Brunei 1906-37 virtually complete mint (no 1906 $1, 1910 $25, with 1910 $5 used); Burma 1937 set to 10r and 1939 official set mint; Cameroons C.E.F 1s, 3s mint; Canada 1852-57 3d used (huge margins), 1897 ½c - 20c mint, 8c - $2 and $4 used, registered letter 8c used; Cape triangulars (29) with 1d and 2d woodblocks, Mafeking (7), Vryburg (2); Cayman Is. virtually complete mint (no 2½d on 4d), also 1932 10/- used; Ceylon Chalon Heads (80+); British P.O in China $3 used; Cyprus 1880 set mint, 1d pl. 181 mint, 1881 Crown CC set mint, 1902-04 45pi used, 1923 10/- and £1 mint, 1928 set mint and used; Dominica 1923-33 set mint; Falklands 1898-1928 mint, 1929-37 mint to 10/- and set used, Centenary set mint (10/- used); Fiji 1906-12 set mint; Gilbert & Ellice complete mint; Gold Coast 1894 £1, 1902 set, 1913-21 set, 1924 15/- mint; Grenada 1906 and 1908 10/- both used; Hong Kong Jubilee 2c mint and used, 1904-06 used to $5, 1912-21 set used, postal fiscals perf 14 $2 used, $1 on $2 mint and used; India 1854 4a cut square used (2), 1856-64 8a die I mint pair (creased), 1866 6a used (both types), 1902 25r used (telegraph c.d.s), 1926-33 set mint, 1929 Air 8a missing tree top mint; KUT 1903 2r, 3r, 10r used, 1904-07 5r mint, 1912 10r mint, 20r (both) used, 1921 5r mint, 3r used, 1922-27 £1 used, 1935-37 set used; Kuwait 1929-37 10r mint, 1933-34 Air 4a used, 1929-33 1r-15r officials mint; Leeward 1s. 1928 £1 mint; Malta 1863-81 ½d mint (9), 1922 10/- mint, 1922 Self Government 10/- used (both types); Mauritius 1848-59 1d latest impression (4 margins), 2d worn impression, 1859 Lapirot 2d and Dardenne 2d, 1858 4d green surcharge all used; Montserrat 1880 2½d used, 1903 5/- used, 1907 5/- mint and used, 1908-35 complete mint; Nauru virtually complete mint; New Brunswick 6d used (four margins); Newfoundland 1857-64 8d and 1/- used (four margins) and many later sets mint and used; N.S.W O.S 5/- mint, postage due 10/- mint; N.Z Chalon Heads (50+, 24 imperf), 1899 5/- mint; Northern Nigeria 1900 set, 1905-12 sets mint; Northern Rhodesia 1925-29 set used; Nyasaland 1895 2/6 and £1 used, 5/- mint, 1896 5/- mint, 1897 2/6 - 10/- mint, 1903 10/- mint, 1908 2/6 - 10/- mint, 1913-21 £1 used; Queensland 1882-95 2/- and £1 cancelled "BNG" (New Guinea), £1 unused, postal fiscal 1866 watermark 1/- and 1871 1/- (both) in mint pairs; Rhodesia 1896 1d on 3d and 3d on 5/- mint, 1897 £1 mint, 1910-13 2/6 - 5/- and 10/- mint; St. Helena 1908 10/- mint, 1922-37 set mint (no 15/-), 1934 10/- mint and used; St. Kitts 1920-35 complete mint; Sarawak 1891 5c on 12c (S.G. 26) mint and used (2); Seychelles virtually complete mint with 1906 30c dented frame; Sierra Leone 1891-97 set, 1903 £1, 1904-12 sets, 1912-21 issue to £1, 1932 and 1933 sets all mint; South Africa 1916 £1 used; South Australia 1886-96 5/-, 10/- mint, 15/- used; Southern Nigeria 1906 and 1909 £1 used; Straits 1867 first set used (no 6c), 1882 5c on 4c mint, 1923 $500 fiscally used; British P.O in Bangkok 4c rose type 2 overprint used; Trengganu 1912 and 1938 $5 mint; Tanganyika 1921 3r used, 1922-24 and 1927-31 sets mint; Tobago 1879 5/- used; Trinidad 1852-60 1d grey used, 1896 set mint, 1914 and 1921 £1 mint; Turks Is. '4' on 1/- lilac mint; Victoria 1905 perf 12½ £1 mint, £2 used; Western Australia 1854-64 imperfs and rouletted issues (10, with rouletted 1/- and 6d sage-green used); Zululand 1888-93 5/- used, 1894-96 £5 double value tablet used, etc. A magnificent pair of volumes, some faults mainly amongst earlier issues though the majority are unusually fine, a few mixed mint/used sets but many complete mint and/or used, many higher values, some unmounted, huge catalogue value. (1,000s). Photo on Page 66. £25,000-35,000
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KGVI Sheets including KUT 1949 10c black and green with mountain retouch (S.G. 135a), Barbados 1938 2½d ultramarine (2 sheets, with six examples of S.G. 251a), Somaliland 1938 2a (4 sheets of 120, S.G. 95), etc. (9 sheets). £100-200
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QEII Mint and used collection in eleven albums, many useful unmounted mint complete sets, also G.B and Commonwealth F.D.Cs in two albums with some signed covers including 1964 (Apr 9) and 1970 (Nov 12) Concorde first flight covers signed by Brian Trubshaw, etc. (1,000s) £600-700
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Malta & Gibraltar. Mainly used collections of 1880-1980 Malta and 1886-1989 Gibraltar stamps including Malta 1922 10/- used, 1925 £1 mint, etc., in two S.G. albums. S.G. £2,000+. (100s). £150-200
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Labuan/Brunei. Mint and used selection including Labuan 1902-03 sets mint (4), Brunei 1907 1c - 4c used and 1c mint all with reversed watermark, 1907-08 stamps with scarce Brunei type D2 c.d.s (4, only recorded on three dates in 1907-08), 1947-51 1c - $1 blocks of four (14) cancelled by Kuala Belait c.d.s type D9 or D11, etc. (157). £180-220
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Rhodesia/Nyasaland. Mint and used collection in an album including Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 set mint (mainly unmounted) and used, 1948 20/- mint and used; Nyasaland 1938-44 set mint; Rhodesia 1892 £1 used, 1905 Victoria Falls set mint, Double Heads used to 1/- (one with Umvuva skeleton c.d.s), Admirals; Southern Rhodesia 1931-37 set used, perf 14 1/- used; Zanzibar Jamhuri 1964 handstamps, etc. S.G. £2,500+. (100s). £150-200
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Southern Africa. 1853-1963 Mint and used collection in a stockbook with Cape of Good Hope woodblocks used (1d touched at base, 4d cut into) and other Cape triangulars (25), Mafeking overprints (3), a few Griqualand, Natal, OFS, Transvaal, Zululand, Union of South Africa with 1916 £1 used, Rhodesia including 1905 Victoria Falls set used, 1910-13 Double Heads with £1 used, 1913-19 Admirals to the 5/- mint, Southern Rhodesia 1924 and 1931 sets mint, Northern Rhodesia 1938-52 mint sets (2), Rhodesia & Nyasaland, South West Africa. An extensive lot with some good stamps. (100s). Photo on Page 94. £800-1,200
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1912-57 G.B Stamps overprinted for offices and countries abroad, including Levant, Morocco Agencies with Spanish Currency 1912 10c on 1d mint block of 24 containing two no cross on crown varieties, Occupation of Italian Colonies with 1948 and 1950 Eritrea and Tripolitana sets used, Kuwait, covers (7, one with 1960 Bahrain Agricultural & Trade Fair handstruck slogan), plate blocks, etc. (350 + 7 covers). £100-150
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Postal Stationery. Mainly QV Envelopes, postcards, wrappers, lettercards and registration envelopes with British Africa, British West Indies, Canada, Australian States, Seychelles, British Guiana, British Honduras, etc, a few later items, virtually all unused (with the occasional Specimen or used item), mainly different, most extremely fine. (c.850). £600-700
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1861-1935 Covers and cards comprising 1861 "ADEN / B.P.P / Bearing" (faults), Paquebots (8), oval "ADEN / UNPAID" on 1905 postcard from Norway, 1918 censored cover with "PERIM" c.d.s, and cover from Lt. Col. Hicks with Aden Camp c.d.s. (12). £100-120
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1862 (Jan 11) Stampless cover to Bombay with circular "ADEN / B.P.P / Bearing" and "ST BG / As 4" charge mark, reverse with Aden datestamp. Photo on Page 68. £150-180
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1866 (Mar 18) Cover to Bombay franked 2a cancelled "124", red boxed "ADEN / SHIP LETTER / Paid" (Proud SL2), black boxed "BOMBAY / SHIP LETTER / BEARING 1A" and oval Bombay "DN 6 / 1 DY" datestamp on the front, backstamped at Aden and Bombay. A good example of the scarce Aden Ship Letter with the 1a ship letter fee charged in Bombay. £150-200
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1871 (Oct 20) Mourning cover to England franked 4a pair, each cancelled by "125" numeral in a diamond in blue (Proud K5, only recorded April - October 1871), matching blue "ADEN CANTONMENT" c.d.s (Proud D3) and arrival c.d.s on reverse. A fine cover with a very scarce cancel. Photo on Page 68. £400-500
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c.1873 Cover to Bombay franked 8a cancelled by "ADEN STEAMER POINT" c.d.s (Proud D8, no year date), circular "ST BG / As 8" charge mark, arrival backstamp, a little toned, an uncommon cancel. £100-120
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Registered Mail. 1899-1937 Covers including cover franked 2a6p pair to USA with boxed "R / ADEN-CAMP" handstamp, 1904 covers from Kenya or Somaliland with oval handstamp containing manuscript registration number applied in Aden, and various registration labels of Aden Camp (7) or Aden (3, one with boxed "ADEN" handstamp). (13). £120-150
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1935-37 Air Mail covers to England (3, franked 5a or 7a6p) and a postcard to Italy franked 5a6p (a little stained), two covers endorsed "via Cairo" with red "N" or "O" in circle. Also 1946 cover with Aden ¾a (40) to India, and two 1949 U.P.U First Day Covers to Iraq both handstamped "AV2". (7). £200-240
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1936 (Sep 17) Air Mail cover to G.B franked India ½a, 1a + Air 3a, 4a, also a 1936 (Sep 3) piece with 1½a + Air 2a pair, both handstamped "BY AIR / FROM / CAIRO" (Proud AM3), the earliest and latest recorded dates of use (therefore only known for 15 days), very scarce, ex Proud Collection. (2). Photo on Page 68. £240-300
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1937 ½a - 10r Set of twelve used on separate pieces, all with 1 APR 37 first day of issue Aden Camp Reg. datestamps. S.G. 1/12, £850. (12). Photo on Page 104. £180-220
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1937 (Apr 1) First Aden ½a - 10r Dhow set of twelve on a registered First Day Cover to London, a scarce complete set on F.D.C. (S.G. £850 as stamps). Photo on Page 68. £300-350
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1937-38 Covers and cards all bearing the first Dhow issue, including April 1 1937 First Day Covers (2) bearing ½a - 1a + India 3p or ½a - 3½a to Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, delivered by West Coast Air Services Ltd; Mukalla datestamps on cover to Aden franked 1a (Sultan of Mukalla crest on flap) or cover to Germany franked 3½a redirected back to Aden; uprated postal stationery postcards (3, one registered, one on India postcard), envelopes (2) or registration envelope; Imperial Airways test letter to London; cover and postcard to Uganda; cover to Malta; cover franked 1a with Bombay "PAQUEBOT" handstamp, etc. An interesting collection, mainly commercial mail, this first Aden set in use for 21 months until replaced by the 1939 pictorial issue. (35). £400-500
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1928 Registered air mail cover from Kabul to Germany franked 40a pair, inscribed "Tashkent - Moskau - Konigsberg", backstamped at Landikhana, German Bahnpost 19 registration label tied by Frankfurt - Basel Bahnpost datestamp, unusual. £100-120
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1928 (Nov 2) Cover from Kabul to France franked 10p + 30p, backstamped at Landikhana (Nov. 10) and Paris, carried on the last outgoing weekly mail from Kabul to India before an uprising stopped all mail (until February 1929, a few letters carried on evacuation flights from Kabul). £120-150
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1932-33 Air Mail covers to Germany, combination frankings with India stamps paying the air fee, an India 8a Air envelope (minor corner stains) registered from Kabul, reverse franked Afghanistan 10p pair, 30p and 1a, the India stamp cancelled at Landi-Kotal; also cover with India Air 3a cancelled at Peshawar and Afghanistan 10p + 20p cancelled at Kabul, another stamp removed. (2). Photo on Page 68. £120-150
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1934 Registered air mail postcard from Berlin to Kabul franked 80pf, Peshawar c.d.s. Also 1939-45 censored covers from India (franked 3a6p, early 5 Sep. 39 censor cachet of Peshawar) or Portugal (one stamp missing) and 1949-55 first flight covers from Copenhagen or The Hague all to Kabul. (5). £100-120
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1935-39 Air Mail covers from Kabul to USA (2), Netherlands, France (2), Belgium, Switzerland (2), Finland or Sweden, two registered, four backstamped at Torkham and Landi-Kotal (two also at Lahore), one to USA with red bars through the Par Avion label, one to France with "ADDRESSE INCOMPLETE". (10). £240-280
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1935-39 Air Mail covers from Kabul to Germany, six registered, six backstamped at Landi-Kotal and Torkham (three also at Lahore), one backstamped boxed "TOO LATE FOR AIR MAIL / KARACHI" datestamp, various rates, two with a cross handstamp obliterating the Par Avion label, a good lot. (10). £200-250
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1935-39 Air Mail covers (also one 1946 cover) all from Jacques Meunie at the French Legation in Kabul to his wife or mother in Paris, thirteen carried by pouch to India and posted at Peshawar (12, two with Kabul return address) or Lahore with Indian stamps, another thirteen posted in Kabul with Afghanistan stamps totalling 1a75 (4), 1a90 (3), 3a15 (3) or 3a55 (3), six 1935-37 covers with transit datestamps of Landi-Kotal and Lahore, two 1939 covers censored in Peshawar. An interesting correspondence. (26). £500-600
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1936-39 Air Mail covers from Paris to Jacques Meunie at the French Legation in Kabul franked 6f50 (5), 6f75 (3), 5f75 or 7f25, another with a stamp removed, five 1936-37 covers backstamped at Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi, the others backstamped at Kabul, four with boxed "KARACHI / CANCELLED" datestamp over the Par Avion label. (11). £240-280
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1936-39 Registered air mail covers from Kabul to Teheran (flown to Baghdad) or to Istanbul (5, all flown to Athens), various rates, all fine. (6). £150-180
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1937-39 Air Mail covers to Czechoslovakia, five registered covers from Kabul, one cover from Herat, all flown to Athens with arrival backstamps, two backstamped at Landi-Kotal and Torkham, one cover bearing 1934-38 set and 2p black perf 11¾x11 newspaper stamp. (6). £120-150
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1940-45 World War Two air mail covers from Kabul (8) or Kondouz to G.B (2), Switzerland (3), France, Germany, Turkey or India (to an Afghan Air Force cadet at Karachi), two covers to Germany or Switzerland uncensored, the others all censored in India, three with Peshawar censor cachets. (9). £200-250
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1941 (Jan. - June) Registered air mail covers from Kabul to New York all inscribed "via China Clipper Air Mail", franked 1a50 (2) or 3a25 (5), all censored in Peshawar with seals bearing royal arms and "H" in a circle, three with violet "3" or "7" in circle handstamp. Unusual Clipper covers. (7). £240-280
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1941-43 Air Mail covers from Kabul to New York, ten registered, all censored, seven with seals bearing royal arms and "H" in circle applied at Peshawar, rates comprise 1a25, 3a25 (5), 4a35, 6a50 or 11a25 (another with a stamp removed), also two covers with 1939 Air 5a, 10a, and 20a, two covers with violet "6" or "7" in circle handstamps. (12). £300-400
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1943-64 Air Mail covers to the USA all sent by U.S diplomatic bag, the Afghanistan stamps cancelled in Washington D.C, eighteen handstamped violet "This article originally mailed / in country indicated by postage". Also a stampless cover from the British Embassy in Kabul sent by diplomatic bag to London, and stampless cover from the Afghanistan Legation in Iraq. (37). £350-400
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1944-45 Air Mail covers from Kabul to New York, twelve registered franked 7a, 7a15, 7a25 (2), 8a25 (7) or 13a, one other with a stamp missing, all censored in India, the registered covers all with Miami transit c.d.s. (13). £300-350
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1945-50 Air Mail covers from Kabul (18) or Pucht-e-Rud to USA bearing various 1939-42 stamp issues, six philatelic covers bearing 1939-47 Air stamps, the others all commercial, various rates, fifteen registered. (19). £250-300
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1945-51 Air Mail covers from Kabul (9, one with stamps cancelled in manuscript), Deh-Afghanan (3) or Djalalabad (from the eminent Geologist Sir Lewis Fermor), to G.B (2), Turkey, Germany (3), Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Spain or France (4) bearing 1939-42 stamp issues, eight registered, various rates. (13). £200-240
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1948-49 Large registered covers from Kabul to New York, the first bearing Pakistan 2a, 4a, 8a and 1r block of sixteen cancelled in Karachi (three other stamps removed), the other two with Afghan stamps totalling 112a or 231a50, unusual. (3). £150-200
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1949-51 Registered air mail covers from Deh-Afghanan or Kabul to Lebanon or Ethiopia franked 6a40 or 6a90, both handstamped "A.V.2", unusual from Afghanistan. (2). £120-150
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