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Scadta. 1928-29 Mint and used selection including unissued 1928 Moreno set of five, 1928 (Aug) 50c - 3s mint sets of five (2) and 3s mint sheet of 25 (upper and left margins removed, mounted on upper row only), 50c and 1s - 3s used, 1928 (Aug) 1s registration stamp mint and used, 1929 (Apr) set mint, 1s registration stamp mint and used, etc. S.G. £5,880. (62). £300-500
| EGYPT
(Also see lots 408, 601, 788, 1026, 1845-1905) | |
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1882 (Sep 24) Cover with enclosed letter from A.E Sandbach at Ismailia, addressed to his father in Wales franked G.B 2½d cancelled by "B.A / E" barred obliterator, "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE / EGYPT" code B c.d.s alongside tying the stamp, Oct 9th arrival backstamp. The "B.A / E" cancel is only known on this one cover and on three other single stamps or small pieces. A unique cover, probably the most important item of Egypt military postal history, ex Richard Wilson Collection, with B.P.A Certificate (1992). Photo on Front Cover. £4,000-5,000
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1882 (Sep 12) Cover to England franked Egypt 1pi cancelled "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE / EGYPT" c.d.s with an "ISMALIAH" c.d.s (Sep 13) on the front, backstamped at Port Said, Alexandria and Bournemouth, disinfection slit due to the cholera outbreak in Italy. Exceptional quality and a rare use of an Egypt stamp in the British Army Post Office. Photo on Page 116. £900-1,200
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1890 Imitation "B.A / E" obliterator produced for use at the British Army Post Office tent exhibited at the 1890 Penny Post Jubilee celebrations held at the City of London Guildhall, an impression on a stampless cover (embossed official arms on flap) endorsed "Specimen of postal cancellation used by the British army in Egypt, 1st Soudan Campaign", and 1890 Jubilee 1d postcard posted within London with the Guildhall and "B.A / E" handstamps. This handstamp only had seven horizontal bars, the original handstamp having thirteen. (2). £150-180
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1883 (Dec 14) Cover from Port Said to Ireland headed "From no 1440 Pte J. Rogers, 1st Batt, K.O Bo" but not countersigned, franked at the 1pi civilian rate. Also 1883 (Aug 5) cover from Alexandria to Capt. G. Bent, 1st. S. Staff Regiment, Ras-El-Tin, franked 5m. (2). £100-120
| FALKLAND ISLANDS | |
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1878-1971 Mainly mint collection in a stockbook including 1891 ½d on half 1d used, 1898 2/6 and 5/- mint (also 5/- used), 1904-12 set mint with additional stamps to the 5/-, 1921-28 set mint (additional 3/-, also two 3/- stamps used), 1929-37 set mint, 1933 Centenary ½d - 5/- mint, 1938-50 sets mint (at least three of all values), all 1948-60 sets mint, Falkland Dependencies 1954-62 set and South Georgia 1963-69 sets mint, etc., all fine. (c.420) S.G. £9,000+. Photo on Page 104. £1,500-1,800
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1909 "Malvina Series" picture postcard depicting Port Stanley and Part of Harbour, posted to South Africa with KEVII 1d dull coppery red on the picture side, tied by Falkland Islands c.d.s (Heijtz type D), Willowmore arrival c.d.s. With R.P.S Certificate (1982). £100-120
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1935-65 Covers including 1941 size G formula registration envelope commercially used to England franked 2d + 3d, also 1955 Silver Jubilee set on F.D.C and cover from South Georgia, 1953 cover from South Shetlands franked 1952 £1, etc. (15). £100-120
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1971 5p on 1½d Surcharge error, surcharge at left, lower margin with part printers imprint, superb unmounted mint. Very scarce, 240 1½d stamps surcharged 5p in error (instead of 1p), 180 of these with the surcharge at left. S.G. 264a, £750. Photo on Page 214. £180-220
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1971 5p on 1½d Surcharge error, surcharge at right, superb unmounted mint. Rare, 240 1½d stamps surcharged 5p in error (instead of 1p), just 60 of these with the surcharge at right. S.G. 264b, £2,000. Photo on Page 98. £500-600
| FRANCE & COLONIES
(Also see lots 174/95, 314, 326, 386-411, 491, 1092) | |
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Strasbourg. 1704-1962 Entire letters, covers and cards, various Strasbourg handstamps including 1704 manuscript "De Strasbourg", "1766 STRASB", 1782-85 "STRASBOURG", "67 STRASBOURG" (6, four types), also T.P.O datestamps, 1810 entire letter to Strasbourg with red "No.36 / ARM. D'ALLEMAGNE", etc. (47). £150-200
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Strasbourg - Entry Handstamps. 1811-69 Entire letters with various Strasbourg entry handstamps for letters from Germany, Prussia, Baden, Bavaria, Thurn & Taxis or Switzerland, boxed, unboxed and c.d.s types, some well written up on pages. (39) £150-200
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Army of Dalmatia. 1806 (Nov 1) Entire letter from Zara to Montpelier with red "BAU / GAL / ARM. DE DALMATIE", fine and scarce. £120-150
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Paris Pneumatic Post. 1880-1949 Postal stationery, postcards, envelopes, lettercards and a Money Order form, unused (12) or used (11), also 1907 privately produced envelope used with 5c + 25c stamps. (24). £80-100
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1899-71 Mint and used selection on pages, many bought from Harmers, Plumridges and Robson Lowe in the 1950s-1970s, very mixed quality but including some fine stamps, with four margin examples of 1849-52 10c (2), 1853-61 1c, 5c, 1870-71 Bordeaux issue 2c, 4c, 5c, 20c pale blue (S.G. 165, 1986 Fourcant Certificate), 1871-78 30c and 60c blue postage dues all used, 1849-52 20c mint and 1f carmine on thick paper unused without gum (ex Harmers 1966, possibly a proof?, offered as-is), 1870 15c postage due mint, also 1863-70 1c block of four mint, 1871 perf 14x13½ 5c and 1870 Paris issue 10c pair both used (S.G. 134/5), 1871-76 type B 30c single + pair mint, etc, and a few covers. (143). Photo on Page 126. £500-800
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Hospital Ships. 1915-18 Covers and cards with cachets of the "Duguay Trouin" (3, one with "HOPITAL CHIRURGICAL FLOTTANT / DU C.E.O" cancelling a Greek 10L stamp, also two unused cards of the ship), "Divona", "Canada", "Espagne", "Sphinx" or "Ile-de-France"; also a complete French Red Cross Society booklet "Expedition Des Dardanelles" with a coloured illustration of the "Charles-Roux" on the front, containing twenty Red Cross labels sold for 1f; and a cover to the "Charles-Roux" at Mudros with "SALONIQUE" cachet. (11). £120-150
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Alsace Lorraine. 1870-71 Mint and used selection including net upwards 1c and 2c fine used, 25c mint, net downwards 1c mint, also front to England with 10c + 20c cancelled by German Feldpost datestamps, etc., some faults. (40). £100-150
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Post Offices in China. 1894-1919 Mint and used collection of French and Indo-Chinese offices in China, including French P.O 1902-06 set mint (40c used), 1911-21 set mint, Indo-China P.O 1904-05 1c - 10f mint (no 4c, 1f), issues for Hoihow with 1908 5f, 10f mint, Mengtsz, Canton, Pakhoi, Chungking, Yunnanfu, etc., a useful lot. (c.400). £250-300
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French Colonies. c.1852-1977 Mint and used collections of New Caledonia and St Pierre et Miquelon in two stockbooks with better early surcharges and overprints, also various colonies on stockcards with useful Gabon, French Polynesia, etc. (100s). £250-300
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Martinique. 1735-1866 Entire letters and entires to France with French entry handstamps of Bordeaux (7), La Flotte (1735 letter), Le Havre (5), Marseille (3) or Nantes (4), also straight line "LA MARTINIQUE" or "MARTINIQUE" (14, two types), St. Pierre c.d.s (8), etc. (28). £700-800
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Martinique - First British Occupation. 1762 (Feb 3) Entire letter from a British Office, Alexander Farquharson, headed from "Camp on the Island of Martinique", to his father in Scotland. Probably carried to England on H.M.S "Nightingale", posted from London with "25/MR" Bishop Mark, charged 1/7. The good letter includes "we drove the enemy from all their batteries on this side of the island and are just now besieging Fort Royal which we expect to be masters of in a few days. Capt Murray received a dangerous wound in the attack of 24 January ..... Capt. McKinnon received a slight wound in the head but is in no danger. Poor Rollo son to Ld Rollo died here of a fever". The British first occupied Martinique in 1762, the Fort Royal garrison surrendering to General Monckton on 4th February; the island was returned to France in 1763. A very scarce campaign letter. £500-600
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1930 (Jan.) Paris to Pondicherry flight by Weiss and Garier, covers franked 5f75 or 6f50 (2), two registered, flown from France to Calcutta or Pondicherry (2), one of these redirected to Tientsin and again to Saigon. (3). £200-250
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1933-39 Air Mail covers from Pondicherry to France all bearing India stamps, mainly KGV issues, one with 1929 Air 3a + 4a (2), two registered, one underpaid and charged 50c postage due, various rates. (9). £180-220
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1938-54 Air Mail covers from Pondicherry (10) or Karikal all bearing India stamps, to Indo China (3), Djibouti, Madagascar, G.B (3), Sweden or Switzerland, four registered, various rates, also a cover to France from Pondicherry but posted in India, most with KGVI stamps, four prewar. (11). £180-220
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1940-46 Air Mail covers, one 1940 cover from a soldier franked 1r2f16ca, four others bearing "France Libre" overprint issues, to France (4) or Djibouti, uncommon issues on cover. (5). £160-200
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1945-54 Air Mail covers bearing various French India stamps, from Pondicherry (33) or Chandernagore to France, USA or Indo-China, some philatelic, stamps include 1947 Air set (2 sets), 1949 U.P.U 6fa (7), etc. Also a 1944 cover from French Congo to Pondicherry. (35). £400-500
| GERMANY & STATES
(Also see lots 86/8, 103, 302/8, 312/3, 318/21, 323/48, 486, 558/63, 832/5, 858, 873, 1806) | |
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c.1850-1938 Mint and used accumulation in four albums and loose with useful German States including Baden, Bavaria, Thurn & Taxis, a collection of Hamburg forgeries, German Empire with 1872 (Jan.) ⅓g mint, ¼g pair superb used, 1872 (July) 1k vertical strip of three on entire letter, 1880 25pf yellow-brown and 50pf blackish olive mint, etc. (1,000s). £250-300
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1902-60 Mint and used collection in an album including 1930 South America Flight 4m mint, Polar Flight 1m mint, 2m mint and used, 1933 Chicago Flight set of three used, also some German Colonies and P.Os abroad, etc. (100s). £150-200
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Spremberg. 1945-46 Local stamps including 1946 mint set of eight in perforated blocks of ten and imperf blocks of thirty, etc. (341 + cover). £100-120
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1945-46 Allied Occupation, British and American Zone, specialised collection of plate blocks (of 6, 14 or 20) with varieties (127 blocks). Also East Germany 1960 2m booklets with varieties (54), Bohemia & Moravia 1944 10k blocks of thirty and ten with violet "Ceskoslovenska Republika" handstamped overprints, etc. (100s). £100-150
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Berlin. 1948-59 Mint and used collection with 1948 black overprint set unmounted mint, 5m used, 1949 red overprint set unmounted mint, 1949-54 set unmounted mint, 1949 Goethe sets mint and used (2), 1949 surcharge set unmounted mint, 1949 Relief Fund sets unmounted mint and used (2) and miniature sheet unmounted mint and used (Schlegel Certificate), 1951 Freedom Bell sets mint (5) and used (3), etc., also some F.D.Cs and other covers. S.G. £14,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 110. £500-600
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1948-56 Berlin 2pf obligatory tax stamps, specialised study with various watermarks and perforations, some varieties, covers, used in Baden, Rheinland and Wurttemberg, etc. (100s). £100-150
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1954-60 Booklet Panes, including se-tenant panes in sheet form with S.G. 1109 quarter sheet (5 panes), S.G. 1152ba sheet and two quarter sheets (30 panes), S.G. 1152bca sheets (2) and quarter sheet (45 panes), etc. £8,500+. (100s). £300-400
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Propaganda Forgeries. 1943 Card printed by British Intelligence and dropped over Germany, depicting Dr. Ley with a quote from a speech he gave claiming food rations are identical for all Germans, reverse with text of a Gestapo document showing Chiefs of Staff of German services actually receive four times the ration of civilians, bearing a 3pf propaganda forgery, superb unused. Also a leaf shaped aerial propaganda leaflet, and 1941 German postcard with Churchill caricature 'stamp' commercially used within Germany franked 6pf. All fine, the British card scarce as most were destroyed by the Germans. (3). £150-200
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Hospital Ships. 1914-18 Covers and cards (12) with "KAIS. DEUTSCHE / MARINE / SCHIFFSPOST" datestamps No. 119 ("Portia"), 120 ("Viola"), 188 (3, "Sierra Ventana", one with senders cachet), 191 ("Adler") or 192 ("Lensahn", with named cachet), or with cachets of the "Adler", "Hansa", Hilflazarettschiff "G" ("Titania") or Lazarettschiff "C" (2, "Cassell"). Also cards of the "Sierra Ventana" (2) and "Hansa", the Dutch ship "Koningin Regentes" and unnamed Turkish ships (2), and a 1944 card of the "Robert Ley" probably sent from the ship. (19). £200-250
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1914-18 Stampless Feldpost covers and cards from army or navy airship troops with various cachets (51), also German propaganda cards showing airships (4) and British cards showing Zeppelin raids or destroyed Zeppelins (20), 1915 card with message describing a raid, etc. (78+). £500-600
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Post Offices in China. 1915-16 Stampless covers with printed "Agence des Prisonniers de Guerre" or "Service des Prisonniers de Guerre" heading, return address of "Hulfsaktion fur Deutsche und Oesterr.-Ungar. Gefangene in Sibirien", registered from the German P.O in Tientsin to the German Consulate in San Francisco, with "TIENTSIN / DEUTSCHE POST" datestamps, registered backstamps of the U.S Postal Agency in Shanghai. One handstamped boxed "R / TIENTSIN / EINGESCHREIBEN / No.." in red, the other with a registration label, fine and unusual. (2). £160-200
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Post Offices in China. 1916 Stampless covers with printed "Agence des Prisonniers de Guerre" heading and "Hulfsaktion fur Deutsche und Oesterr.-Ungar. Gefangene in Sibirien" return address, registered from the German P.O in Tientsin to the German Consulate in San Francisco, "TIENTSIN / DEUTSCHE POST" datestamps and violet boxed "R / TIENTSIN / EINGESCHREIBEN / No..", registered backstamps of the U.S Postal Agency in Shanghai, one with a "CENSORED" label, fine and unusual. (2). £160-200
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German Colonies. 1897-1901 Selection including South West Africa 1897 set mint with the unissued 25pf and 50pf, Kiautschou 10pf, 30pf, 40pf and 80pf used in Peking in April 1901 (S.G. £5,300, faults), also a few other probable forgeries. (20). £100-150
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Marshall Islands. 1897-1901 Used selection with 1897-99 10pf, 20pf, 1899-1900 3pf - 25pf, 1901 3pf - 2m, a few additional stamps. S.G. £950. (21). £70-80
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Munster (Westphalia). 1638-1867 Prestamp and stampless entire letters including 1638 entire letter to Vienna, money letters, letters sent with parcels, official mail, various cancels and official cachets, most written up on pages. (87). £400-500
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c.1851-62 Entire letters bearing Hannover 1/30 thaler (S.G. 3) cancelled Bockenem c.d.s in blue, or Thurn & Taxis 9kr brown cancelled "104" with a Darmstadt c.d.s on the front, both stamps and entires very fine. (2). £80-100
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1852-90 Mint and used selection including Thurn & Taxis (c.160) with 1859-61 5sgr used (2), Bergedorf (46), Lubeck (37) with used 1859 1s and 2s both possibly genuine, Heligoland, and North German Confederation, some reprints and forgeries, mixed condition with some faults. (100s). £200-300
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Baden. 1851-68 Mint and used selection including 1860-62 3k (6, one deep blue), 6k (2), 9k, 1862 1k (4), 6k (2), 9k (5), perf 13½ 3k rose, 1868 7k sky blue all used, the rare 1862 1k silver-grey unused without gum (thin and horizontal crease), etc., condition very mixed but with some good stamps, also four pieces. (c.300). Photo on Page 126. £400-500
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Bavaria. 1849-1920 Mint and used selection in a stockbook and on pages, a good range of 1849-63 issues (c.250) including 1849 1k unused without gum (light crease), 1849-62 6k, 1850-58 1k (14 with vertical strip of three, five pink), 9k (26), 12k (2), 18k (3), 1862-63 1k mint, 12k (9, one mint), 18k (9, one mint), also 1867-69 12k (3), 18k (7), etc., some faults but many good stamps. (100s). Photo on Page 126. £300-500
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Bremen. 1855-67 Mint and used selection including 1855 3gr horizontal laid paper used, 1856-63 5gr type A unused and type B used, 7gr used, 5sgr used (2, shades), 1861-64 perf 16 5gr and 5sgr used, 1866-67 perf 13 2gr mint (2), 3gr mint and used, 5gr mint (2, both types), 7gr mint, 10gr mint, etc., a few faults, 1856-63 5sgr deep green with 1975 R.P.S Certificate. (29). Photo on Page 126. £400-500
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Brunswick. 1852-65 Mint and used selection, many with faults but some fine including 1852 1sgr and 3sgr (both with 1973/4 R.P.S Certificates), 1864 Perces en arc 2sgr and 3sgr used, etc., also 1857 4/4ggr block used on 1859 entire from Brunswick to Holzminden, and 1867 entire franked 1865 1gr. (173). Photo on Page 126. £350-500
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Hamburg. 1859-67 Mint and used selection with some reprints and forgeries, genuine stamps include 1859 ½s superb used, also 1859 2r used, 1864 1¼s (3) and 2½s (2) used, 1864-65 9s yellow used (two with c.d.s, offered as-is, another with bars cancel, some trimmed perfs), 1866 1¼s (6) and 1½s used, 1867 2½s used (2), etc., some faults. Also 1866 entire to Kellinghusen franked 1866 1¼s, and cover to England franked 1864-65 7s yellow (pin hole to stamp) with bars cancel. (c.200). Photo on Page 126. £400-500
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Hanover. 1850-65 Mint and used selection including 1853 3pf pale rose, 1856 3pf (2) used, 1859-61 3pf mint and used, 10gr olive-green mint and used, 1860-62 ½gr used, 1863 3pf unused (4) and used (3), 1864-65 ½gr unused and used (2), etc., a few reprints, some faults, many fine. Also 1865 prices current bearing 1864-65 3pf (address band removed) and c.1857 entire from Stade to Lesum bearing 1856 1ggr. (157). Photo on Page 126. £400-500
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Mecklenburg. 1856-67 Mecklenburg-Schwerin (38) and Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19), mint and used selection including 1856 5s blue used (2), 1864 5s bistre mint, 1866 2s used, Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1sch mint, etc. (57). Photo on Page 104. £150-180
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