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1881-1903 Covers (11) and a front all bearing the 1880 ½d stone (3 covers, two to USA with strip of five, one local cover with a pair) or 4d orange-red (8 covers, five with a single franking, three registered to G.B franked 4d + 2d or 4d + ½d green, front franked 2/1), mainly fine. (12). £350-400
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1883-1904 1d Dull rose corner plate block of four, 2d bright blue corner plate or current number pairs, 1d block a little toned, otherwise fine with all stamps unmounted. S.G. 22, 25, £980. (8). £150-200
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1883-1904 2d Bright blue, mint block of nine, corner crease to upper left stamp and small gum mark on face of upper right stamp, otherwise fine, mounted on the upper row only. S.G. 25, £675. £100-150
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1885-1906 Covers (70) and a front bearing QV Crown CA issue, various stamps and rates, posted within Bermuda (18), to USA (37), Europe (13), Argentina, Turks Island or Jamaica, a good lot which includes registered and printed matter rates. (71). £1,000-1,200
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1902-10 Dock Issues, extensive mint and used study with both Specimen sets, many mint plate blocks and other blocks, some used blocks, etc. S.G. 31/42, £8,000 (approx). (766). £500-600
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1910-34 Caravel issues with both Specimen sets, many blocks, shades, perf types, papers, a few watermark varieties, also a plating study for plates I-IV and a few covers. S.G. 44/51, 77/87. (100s). £600-700
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1918-22 Multiple Crown CA 2/- - £1 set of six mint, the 2/- and 5/- unmounted, 10/- the 1922 second printing, fine. S.G. 51b/55, £700+. (6). £120-150
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1918-22 Multiple Crown CA 2/- - 5/- mint and used selection comprising 2/- mint and used (5, one variety broken crown and scroll), 2/6 mint with flaw 57(1) and used (3), 4/- mint and used, 5/- deep green and deep red corner marginal single mint with plate number and used, 5/- green and carmine-red mint (2) and used, the mint 4/- and first 5/- with small tone marks. Also 5/- variety damaged leaf at lower right fiscally used. S.G. 51b/53, £1,550. (18). £150-200
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1918-32 KGV High value keyplates mint, comprising Multiple Crown CA 2/- with break in scroll, 4/- (2), and Multiple Script CA 2/- and 12/6. S.G. £755. (5). £100-120
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1924-32 Multiple Script CA 2/6 - 12/6 set of four fine mint with additional 12/6, and varieties comprising 2/- break in scroll, 2/6 broken crown and scroll both mint, 12/6 break through scroll used (small thin and light corner crease, unpriced used), also 2/6 and 12/6 both variety break in scroll, both fiscally used. S.G. 88/93 £1,000++. (10). £150-200
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1930 KGV 2/6 Grey-black and pale orange-vermilion on grey-blue, watermark Multiple Script CA, used with St. Georges c.d.s, very scarce. S.G. 89h, £2,750. Photo on Page 104. £200-250
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1932 KGV 2/6 Black and bright orange-vermilion on deep blue, fine used, a very scarce shade, with B.P.A Certificate (1983). S.G. 89k, £3,000. Photo on Page 104. £600-700
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1936-47 KGV Pictorial set of nine perfined "SPECIMEN", mint and used sets, set in unmounted mint blocks of four (both 6d colours, additional ½d shades), ½d - 6d and 1/6 blocks of four or larger used, 6d claret & dull violet mint blocks of thirty and eighteen, ½d sheet of sixty, set used on cover, commercial covers (8), etc. S.G. £1,100+. (250 + 9 covers). £120-150
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1938-53 KGVI 2/- - £1 mint and used selection comprising 2/- mint (3) and used (48), 2/6 mint (2) and used (7), 5/- mint (2) and used (13), 12/6 used (2), £1 mint (3), various shades, a few faults. Also 1950 cover franked 2/- to USA, and 1964 philatelic registered covers from Mangrove Bay to Switzerland with KGVI issues including 10/- or 2/- and 2/6. (80 + 3 covers). £100-120
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1959 350th Anniversary of First Settlement, 3d marginal block of four unmounted mint with the major variety drab-grey printed twice. Four sheets were discovered with this variety, which surprisingly is not listed by Gibbons. S.G. 158var. £140-160
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Postal Fiscals. 1937 KGV 12/6 Postal Fiscal, unmounted mint block of four, diagonal crease through the right vertical pair ending in a small surface scrape above the crown on the lower right stamp, the left vertical pair fine, a rare multiple. S.G. F1, £4,400. Photo on Page 110. £600-800
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Postal Stationery. 1881 (Feb 17) Formula postcard setting A bearing ½d and 1d stamps, commercially used from Baileys Bay to New York, cancelled by "BERMUDA / R.O / 13" duplex with St. Georges transit c.d.s, reverse with Feb. 23 arrival cachet of the American Book Exchange. A little light creasing, tiny scrape to reverse and several small unobtrusive pinholes near the top of the card, nevertheless a very scarce commercial use of this card from a small office, the "13" duplex only used at Baileys Bay in 1879-87. Photo on Page 96. £200-250
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Postal Stationery. 1880-1971 Specimen, unused and used postal stationery, comprising postcards (163), registration envelopes (22) and newspaper wrappers (80), including formula cards, KGVI ¼d wrappers with violet ¼d or ¾d Postage Paid franks commercially used, etc. (265). £400-500
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1857-2000 Covers and cards, mainly QEII with commercial mail, picture postcards, F.D.Cs, sub-office cancels, some earlier including 1857 stampless cover to England with red "ST. GEORGES - BERMUDA / PAID" datestamp type P3, 1921 Hamilton machine cancels in purple (4), "Come to Bermuda, The Island of Rest" slogans with town die inverted or year omitted, etc. (700+). £150-200
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1867-1952 Mint and used selection with some proofs and many Specimens, including 1901-10 set of six (additional 10c, 20c), 1911 5c on 2c (3 copies) and 1909-10 War of Independence set of eight (3 copies of each) on archival pieces tied by the Madagascar Post Office U.P.U specimen collection handstamps, etc. (100s). £150-200
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1901-04 and 1913 Sets in blocks of four or larger, all with various Specimen overprints and a file hole, some with archival handstamps and order numbers, much duplication. (c.800). £150-200
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1919 1c Lake sunken die proof on card, and cut down die proofs of the set of ten in issued colours each applied to an American Bank Note Co index card, each 228x151mm. (11). £120-150
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1930-37 Issue with large die sunk progressive master die proofs (4) and finished die proofs (4), plate proofs, covers, set in large mint multiples, etc. (c.830). £200-250
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1943 Centenary of founding of El Beni, 10c - 5b airmail issue, imperforate proof blocks of twenty (all the lower two rows) of the five values both with and without the vignette, each proof with a punch hole, the lower margins with printers endorsements which include the order number and quantity, all dated in January 1943, a few plate flaws circled. A unique group from the Waterlow archives. (200 proofs). £150-200
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1951 Fourth Centenary of Founding of La Paz, the fine collection on pages with vignette die proof, miniature sheet vignette proofs in mint pairs (2), 5b coloured proofs on card (2, one with incorrect inscription), coloured die proofs signed by the engraver with punch holes through the value tablets (6), cut down vignette proofs (12) and frame proofs (12), perforated stamps (15) and imperf stamps (3) with Specimen overprint and punch holes, perf (3) and imperf (3) miniature sheets with Specimen overprint and punch holes, also mint and used stamps and miniature sheets, covers with some bisects. (258). £240-300
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Postal Stationery. 1867-1918 Mint and used stationery, the collection in an album with envelopes (38), lettercards (40), postcards and reply cards (49) and wrappers (12), also an Argentina 5c "Memorandum Postal" lettersheet with a Brazil 100r printed on the reverse posted from Brazil to Austria franked 200r. A useful collection with watermarks and flap types identified. (140). £100-120
| BRUNEI
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1907 1c - $1 Set overprinted "SPECIMEN" fine mint, also 1908 1c - $25 "SPECIMEN" set all affixed to pieces cut from an archive page. S.G. 23/33s, £325 (+ S.G. 34/48s). (24). £140-160
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1890-1900 Germany "Reichspost" issue used in Cameroon with fifteen pieces bearing 32 stamps, also five other single stamps, including 3pf on piece cancelled Kamerun Biafrakuste c.d.s, 10pf with datestamps of Viktoria or Kribi (2, one on piece), the remainder comprising 3pf (6), 10pf (5), 20pf (10), 25pf (3) and 50pf (9) all with Kamerun c.d.s. S.G. Z8/13, £3,400+. (37). £300-350
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1897-1915 Cancellations, stamps and pieces mostly mounted on pages, many scarce cancels including Ambam, Buar (Eibenstein Certificate), violet straight line Buea registration handstamp, Ekodogo (Gabon), Jukaduma, Mundeck official seal in violet (2 pieces), Mora, Njassi, Ukoko, Nola, etc., stamps include 1m (5), 2m (3), 3m on piece used at Campo, also three 1908-10 Germany stamps apparently used in Cameroons. A fine and scarce collection. (c.400). £1,000-1,200
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1915 C.E.F ½d - 5s Surcharge set of thirteen fine mint. S.G. B1/13, £900. (13). Photo on Page 98. £180-220
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1915 1d - 5s C.E.F Surcharge set of thirteen (with additional 1d black overprint) used, 2d and 5s with a blunt upper corner, the four shilling values all with black expert handstamp on reverse, otherwise fine. S.G. £4,000. (14). Photo on Page 98. £500-600
| CANADA
(Also see lots 102, 173, 349, 781/2, 784, 1883/5) | |
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1851-1942 Used collection in a stockbook including 1851-57 imperf 3d (5, one on thin horizontally ribbed paper with Brandon Certificate), Large and Small Queens, 1897 Jubilee set (most with roller cancels, two additional 50c stamps), 1908 Quebec Tercentenary sets (2), 1875-92 8c registration stamp, etc., some QV stamps with faults, later issues largely fine. S.G. £8,500+. (100s). Photo on Page 98. £500-600
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1857-1972 Mint collection in a stockbook including 1889 Small Queen 10c (2), 1893 20c and 50c, 1897 Jubilee ½c - $3, 1897-98 set, 1898-1902 10c and 20c, 1903 1c - 20c (both 20c shades), 1908 Quebec Tercentenary set, 1911-22 set with additional stamps and perfs, 1915 War Tax set, 1916-18 War Tax stamps, 1928-29 set (both $1 shades), 1930-31 set, special delivery stamps, officials, postage dues, etc. A good lot, a few QV stamps without gum, later issues largely fine. S.G. £13,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 126. £1,000-1,200
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1903-35 Definitives mint (35) including 1916 perf 12 2c + 1c brown die I War Tax stamp (S.G. 238), coil stamps, etc., also a few used. S.G. £1,200. (47). Photo on Page 98. £120-150
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1902-60 Covers with various Ontario postmarks, many c.d.s or duplex cancels. (c.350). £100-120
| CEYLON
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1841-43 Entire letters from a Missionary to Scotland with octagonal crowned "COLOMBO / POST PAID" datestamps in red or black (2), also an 1840 ship letter from Scotland to Ceylon. (4). £160-200
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1844-52 Entire letters (7) and a cover to G.B, four from Mt. Lavinia, datestamps include crowned oval "COLOMBO / POST PAID" (4) and "COLOMBO / STEAMER LETTER", one with circular "BRITISH PACKET / POSTAGE / PAID". (8). £200-240
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1860 Entire to Shanghai "per Northam" franked 5d (just touched at right, otherwise fine) tied by barred oval cancel, backstamped Galle Steamer Letter and at Hong Kong, side flaps removed and reverse a little reduced, horizontal and vertical folds with a little splitting at base of vertical fold, nevertheless an uncommon stamp and destination. £300-400
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1860 Entire to Scotland bearing two imperf 1/- stamps tied by oval of bars cancel, Colombo and Glasgow datestamps. Photo on Page 114. £200-250
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1867 Cover to Bombay franked 1863-66 1d and 2d grey-green pair with barred oval cancels, the pair also tied by red Galle Paid c.d.s, an attractive cover. Photo on Page 114. £300-400
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1868 Cover (flap missing) franked 1867 5d cancelled by "B" numeral and tied by blue oval "FORWARDED BY / DELMECE REID & Co / GALLE, CEYLON", red Galle Paid and Bombay datestamps, an attractive cover. Photo on Page 114. £250-300
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1879 Cover to India endorsed "Steamer Tuticorin" with 4c grey vertical strip of three each cancelled by "TUTICORIN / M-24" duplexs, an unusual cover with Ceylon stamps cancelled in India. Photo on Page 114. £200-250
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1873-1913 Covers including 1879 cover from Jaffna franked 4c grey (2) to the Governor of Ceylon at Colombo and redirected to Kandy, 1884 cover with 24c (2) cancelled "M" at Negapatam backstamped oval framed "SHIP / LETTER" (addressees name excised), 1892 cover to USA franked 3c on 4c rosy mauve (4) + 3c on 4c rose, 1894 5c postcard to Zanzibar via Aden, etc. (12). £300-350
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c.1898 Page from the American Bank Note Co. archives bearing imperforate proofs of the 1867 1c - 5c set of five, 1877 set of five and 1878-92 set of ten, the 1867 5c and 10c in unissued colours, the others all in the issued colour, all with the dates of orders typed alongside showing a single printing made for six of these stamps and two printings of another six stamps, the 1881 issue however having eleven printings of the 1c, fourteen printings of the 2c and sixteen printings of the 5c. A unique and exceptional archival page, bearing twenty proofs, 317x325mm. £1,200-1,500
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c.1905-50 Mint and used accumulation in a box including 1911-27 Presidentes issue collection in two albums with varieties, proofs, 20c inverted centre pair, covers (88), etc. (1,000s). £200-300
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1910 Hahn reprints of the first 20c in various colours (134) and trial surcharges (36, with four strips of four and two blocks of four), also genuine first issue 10c or 20c bisects on front or entire letter. (172). £100-150
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Postage Dues. 1894-98 Issues with genuine stamps, reprints and forgeries, including se-tenant pairs, 1895 cover and card bearing 1895 issue 1c or 6c postage dues tied by boxed "MULTADA", etc. (224). £100-150
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(Also see lots 407, 431, 922, 941/2) | |
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1916 Picture postcards, labels and covers connected with flights to or via China, comprising cards of Kate Stinson who flew in China in 1916 (4), real photo postcards of the 1924 U.S World flight (3), cards of 1925 Japanese aviators who flew from Japan to London via China, French aviators Doisy and Carol (2), 1932 von Gronau aeroplane, 1927 cover with enclosed notepaper signed by Francesco De Pinedo, 1932 cover flown by von Gronau from Shanghai to Manila and his signature on piece, labels for the 1925 De Pinedo and 1930 De Lombardi and Luglio flights. (16). £200-250
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1921 and 1929 Air sets of five mint. S.G. £700. (10). £100-120
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1921 (July 1) Registered cover to Shantung carried on the first return flight from Peking to Tsinan franked 1920 Flood Relief surcharge set of three and Air 60c, arrival c.d.s, reverse with boxed Peking flight cachet in violet. Fine and scarce, about thirty covers carried with the cachet in violet, only used in this colour on registered mail. Photo on Page 114. £300-400
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