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1930-34 Air Mail covers including Zeppelin covers to Germany (6), stamps include 1931 Zeppelin 3p and 4p in pairs, 1933 Zeppelin 4p50 (3) + 13p50, 1934 Zeppelin overprint set, 1935 Zeppelin 4p50, 9p and 13p50 overprints, etc. (13). £120-150
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1886-1904 Mint and used selection with many proofs, errors and varieties, complete sheets, 1892 large part cover bearing 1891 50c strips of five and four and two singles (the largest recorded franking of this issue), 1892-93 wrapper and cover to Argentina bearing 1891 2c + 10c or 20c, a few forgeries, etc. A fine lot with many scarce varieties. (100s). £400-500
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1904-08 Lion issue, die proofs of the 1c, 5c (2), 20c and 60c (2) mounted on larger cards, imperforate plate proofs on thick card (60), imperforate blocks of four of the 1c olive-green, 2c slate-grey, 5c deep blue and 60c chestnut brown, and the issued and unissued set of 27 in blocks of four (the 5c in three colours, the other six values each in four colours, the 10c lilac, 30c drab and 60c ochre all unlisted by Gibbons), additional 2c olive-green, 30c bluish-slate and 30c yellow blocks. A rare group. S.G. O106/129. (c.550). Photo on Page 110. £600-800
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1908 Unissued National Palace 1p stamps, imperf proofs on card (2), 1p black and lake imperforate, the three colours in mint singles (2 of each, additional 1p black and chestnut) and blocks of four, 1p black and rose-red apparently postally used. Minor toning, a rare group. S.G. O130/2, £1,200+. (23). Photo on Page 214. £250-300
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1908 Unissued National Palace 1p in the three colours, all in fine mint blocks of four, rare. S.G. O130/2, £720+. (12). Photo on Page 166. £180-220
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1913-35 Mint and used selection on pages, mainly 1935 overprints with many proofs and varieties, also 1904 and 1913 postage dues with proofs. (100s). £100-150
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1881-1901 Used and unused stationery including 3c on 6c reply card with double surcharge on reply half, 1900 lettercards with views on reverse, envelopes with 1892 Columbus surcharges, some used items uprated with stamps, some faults. (c. 200). £200-250
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1927 Imperforate composite proof sheet with eight 70c postcard stamps and eight 1p50 envelope stamps, in black on wove paper. Also 1927 issue postcards (12) and envelopes (6, five with "C" above stamp). (19). £100-120
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1860-1952 Mint accumulation including 1860 cover to London franked 1p with Panama Transit datestamp, study of the 1883-84 triangular Peru handstamped overprints, 1895 Tumbes provisional issue imperf reprint sheets (5), 1919 New Constitution 5c black and blue imperf sheet, 1899 10s mint (S.G. 354, £850), a few die proofs, plate proofs and Specimen stamps, etc. (100s). Photo on Page 220. £250-350
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1930-33 "Harrison" definitives, comprising 1930 Fall of Leguia 10c (2 sheets), 1930-31 set of six (2 sheets of each), also 1932 postage due pair and 1933 10c Official all in sheets of 100 with "Cancelled" overprints, one 1930-31 20c sheet with the overprint omitted from one vertical column. Also various unoverprinted sheets and blocks, 1930 10c "Leguia" imperforate block of forty, and 1930-31 20c blocks of 25 and fifty in the unissued colour of blue. (2,500). £150-200
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Postage Dues. 1874-1921 Mint and used dues including 1874 imperf proofs (8), Civil War overprints, cancels, blocks, Specimen stamps, etc. (c.600). £100-150
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1940 ½d - 2/6 Set of eight perfined "SPECIMEN", light hinge remainders but otherwise fine and scarce. Also the set mint and used on two First Day Covers. S.G. 1/8, £1,500+. (18). Photo on Page 164. £300-350
| PORTUGAL & COLONIES
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1854 - 1994 Mint and used collections of Portugal and Colonies including better 1940-41 miniature sheets mint, an album of 1985-94 Specimen stamps within publicity folders, etc. (1,000s). £200-300
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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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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). £120-150
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1895-96 10r Postcards bearing Mozambique 1886 issue stamps, an 1895 card franked 10r from Mozambique City to San Marino and redirected to Germany with transit datestamps of "La Reunion A Marseille L.V No. 1" and the French P.O in Zanzibar, and 1896 card franked 25r sent within Lourenco Marques to a sailor on S.M.S "Seiadler". (2). £120-150
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Chinde. 1895-1971 Covers and cards (20), stamps and pieces (3), including 1896 30r card commercially used to Germany, picture postcards of Chinde (9), etc. (23). £150-200
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1896 (Nov 9) Stampless cover with Beira (Mozambique Company) c.d.s, to Poste-Restante, Diego Suarez "Per Vapor Alphee", handstamped "T" and charged 175c (altered from 37½c) with French Colonies general issue 5c, 15c, 30c, 50c, 60c and 1f (2) postage dues all cancelled at Diego Suarez (Nov 20), very unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 210. £200-250
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1896-97 Covers from Lourenco Marques, to Johannesburg franked 1886 5r, 20r and 25r, or to Scotland franked 1886 100r, both fine. (2). £120-150
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1897-1904 Covers to Germany or Portugal franked Germany 20pf cancelled by Ost Afrika Linie Deutsche Seepost datestamps, the 1897 cover with sender's cachet of Wm Philippi & Co. Quelimane, the 1904 cover with cachet of the German Consulate in Lourenco Marques, very unusual. (2). £150-200
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1898 (Apr 10) Cover to Switzerland "via Pretoria" franked Lourenco Marques 1895 20r + 80r cancelled "CORREIO AMBULANTE / LOURENCO MARQUES" T.P.O datestamp, backstamped at Comati Poort (Apr. 10), Pretoria (Apr. 18) and in Switzerland. A fine cover sent via Transvaal. £120-150
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1899 Cover from Lourenco Marques to France "par Gironde" franked Lourenco Marques 1898-1901 perf 13½ 100r, an uncommon stamp on cover (with Da Mota Certificate, 2016). Also 1911 postcard from Cape Town to Nairobi with Lourenco Marques and Mombasa transit datestamps. (2). £100-120
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Chinde. 1901 (Aug 21) Cover to Germany with printed "B.C.A TRANSIT COMPANY LTD" flag on the front, franked Zambezia 100c cancelled by Chinde c.d.s, very unusual. £100-120
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1904 Covers (letters enclosed) from Wales or London franked 2½d to F.E Fletcher Jones, one to "c/o British Consul, Mozambique" inscribed "Tete via Chinde" with backstamps of Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, Chinde and Tete; the second cover to "Post Office, British Concession, Chinde" redirected to Poste Restante Tete, then reposted to Chifumbase with Zambezia 1902 Provisorio overprint 25r cancelled "CORREIO / DE TETE" c.d.s, backstamped at Chinde (British & Portuguese offices) and Tete. Two interesting covers to Fletcher Jones (the subject of a Rhodesian Study Circle booklet), the redirected cover very unusual. (2). Photo on Page 210. £180-220
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1905 Stampless cover to France with cachets of the French Vice-Consulate at Lourenco Marques, a Lourenco Marques c.d.s and "T" handstamp, delivered free of charge. Also an undated cover with cachets of the Consulate and Vice-Consulate at Lourenco Marques, to the Director of Public Works at Majunga, Madagascar, hand delivered, possibly sent by diplomatic bag. Two unusual covers. (2). £120-150
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Chinde. 1907-12 Cover and picture postcards (3) with Zambezia stamps cancelled at Chinde, the 1908 cover franked 50r to Switzerland with senders address shown as "Mopea, Ost-Afrika via Chinde". (4). £100-120
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Air Mails. 1932 Mourning envelope to Portugal inscribed for air mail, a Mozambique Co 1E.40 cancelled at Beira and Southern Rhodesia 1d + 10d applied and cancelled at Blantyre, a blue Air Mail label cancelled by red bars in London, repaired tear at left, unusual and scarce. Also 1935 Beira to Blantyre first flight cover, and 1943 air mail cover from the Paris Philatelic Exhibition to Mozambique. (3). £150-200
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<\i>1937 Mozambique Co. 5E imperforate proofs of the frame only or the complete stamp both with a punch hole, colour trial in brown and blue with punch hole and "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN" overprint, corner block of four and single overprinted "SPECIMEN", also the issued stamp. (9). £80-100
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c.1894 Rock issue comprising imperforate 10r (115, including sheet of 100), 20r (18), 50r (18), perforated 10r (113, including sheet of 100), 20r (27), 50r (34); imperforate 5r on 10r (18), 75r on 20r (7), 100r on 50r (5), perforated 5r on 10r (24), 75r on 20r (6), 100r on 50r (6). These stamps were printed in London for the Nyassa Co. and sold at their London offices, but the Portuguese Government refused to authorise their use in the Nyassa Co. territories. An uncommon group. (391). £500-600
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1902 (May 8) Cover from Porto Amelia to Germany franked 1901 5r (3), 10r (3) and 15r (3), backstamped at Ibo, Zanzibar French P.O and Kenzingen, a scarce early cover. £120-150
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1903-10 Surcharges and overprints, mint selection comprising 1903 London surcharge/overprint sets of five (2 sets) and 15r block of twelve, local overprint/surcharge set of five, 1910 5r and 50r surcharges in singles (2 of each) and sheets of 100, the very scarce 1903 15r and 25r (small thin) with local vertical "Provisorio" overprints both with Mota or Washburne Certificates. S.G. 40/51. (231). £180-220
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1911 2½r - 500r Republica overprints 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". S.G. 53/64. (330 + 3 cards). £150-200
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1913 (Apr. 14) 10r Mozambique postcard overprinted "NYASSA" and "Republica", registered to Prague franked 1911 Republica overprint 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. £120-150
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1918 ¼c - 1E Surcharges, mint set of eighteen with "Republica" overprint in black (the scarce ¼c without gum, 1c with a few toned perfs), also a few additional stamps and surcharge varieties with 2c on 20r surcharge double, 2c on 20r, 10c on 100r and 7½c on 75r block of four all surcharge inverted (these four all with Mota Certificates), 50c on 115r on 150r with double bar obliterating the 115r surcharge. A scarce group, the varieties all unlisted by Gibbons, inverted surcharges listed by Afinsa on the 7½c value only. S.G. 65/82. (36). £250-300
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1921 Lisbon surcharges, mint set of twelve and varieties comprising ½c on 2½r error of value (unlisted by S.G., Afinsa 82, €550), 2c on 20r double surcharge (virtually torn in two), inverted surcharges comprising ½c on 5r, 1c on 10r (7, with pair and block of four), 1½c on 300r (6, pair + block of four, one thinned), 3c on 400r, 12c on 500r (5, single + block of four), 20c on 200r. Also London surcharges set of twelve and 10c on 100r sheet of fifty. A good lot, the ½c on 2½r error and 2c double surcharge both with Mota Certificates. S.G. 83A/95B. (100). £200-250
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1938-47 Air Mail covers to G.B (Oct. 1938, possibly a first flight), Uganda, Lourenco-Marques, Switzerland (3) or USA (5) all bearing 1938 issue air stamps, all posted at smaller offices with cancels of Aldona, Margao (6), Mormugao, Jardim or Damao (2), four registered, five censored. (11). £240-280
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1938-47 Air Mail covers from Goa all bearing 1938 air issue, destinations include Iran, Thailand, Europe and USA, twelve registered, seventeen censored, various rates. (36). £500-600
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1948-61 Air Mail covers, destinations include South Africa, Aden, Kenya, Tanganyika, Pakistan, Kuwait, Europe and USA, cancels include Mapuca, Damao, Margao, Vasco da Gama, Mormugao, various rates and stamps, some registered, also two 1961 first flight covers from Lisbon. (55). £300-400
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1950-61 Air Mail lettersheets, formula types unused (22) and used (4) with pictorial views, and postal stationery with 1950 Holy Year 9t and 10t used and unused, 1951 Father Jose Vaz 300th Anniversary 12t unused (4) or used (5) various papers, 1955 buildings 7t unused and used (3), 9t unused and used (2), 10t unused and used, 1959 buildings (8, four used), 1961 craftsmen (4), an uncommon group. (60). £400-500
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1899 (Dec 30) Rhodesia 1d postcard franked 1d, written from Mochudi to Ireland and redirected to London, both stamps cancelled by "CROCODILE POOLS / SOUTH AFRICA" c.d.s, transit datestamps of Bulawayo (Jan 11), Durban (Feb 3), Warrenpoint (Feb 26) and London, minor corner staining at upper left, otherwise fine. The message includes "we are still here, very little going on". The Crocodile Pools datestamp is only recorded used during the Boer War (Dec. 1899 - Dec. 1901); it was used at Mochudi until January 1900. Scarce on a Rhodesia card. Photo on Page 210. £650-750
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1900 (Aug 3) Cover to England franked 1d tied by Victoria c.d.s, endorsed "From Sergt Liddiard 12625, No. 70 Co. Imp. Yeo., Fort Victoria, Rhodesia" and countersigned by an officer. An attractive 1d soldiers concession rate cover. Photo on Page 210. £150-200
| RUSSIA
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1924-92 First flight covers including 1924 Moscow to Teheran, 1928 Riga to Moscow, 1930 Amsterdam to Konigsberg or Smolensk, 1931 Leningrad to Berlin, 1932 Rome to Moscow, 1935 Brussels to Moscow, Prague to Moscow, 1937 Prague to Moscow, 1940 Berlin to Moscow, 1944 Damascus to Moscow (2), etc. (31). £240-300
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1928 (July 11/22) Registered covers flown from Moscow to Kabul or Baku to Osaka, both bearing the 1924 air set, fine and scarce. (2). £120-150
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1930 (Sept 10) Moscow to Friedrichshafen Graf Zeppelin, covers (3, two registered) and a postcard, three with 40k or 80k Zeppelin stamps, all with the special Zeppelin cancel. (4). £120-150
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1931 Registered cover and card to Cali, Colombia, with Russia stamps tied by the Leningrad-Berlin flight datestamps and uncancelled Colombia stamps, bearing via Scadta labels, very unusual. (2). £100-150
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1939 (Apr 28) Moscow to New York non-stop flight, forced to descend in New Brunswick, registered picture postcard (Lenin's tomb and Kremlin) with four stamps totalling 230k, Moscow and "MISCOU LIGHTHOUSE / N.B" datestamps, straight line flight cachet. Fine and scarce, 32 postcards flown. Photo on Page 212. £500-600
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1814 (Apr. 8) Entire letter to Cape Town endorsed "pr favour Capt John Jansen" with oval "SHIP LETTER / (crown) / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE", charged "6", altered to "4". Two tears to upper edge, repaired internally, otherwise fine and very unusual to the Cape of Good Hope. £250-300
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1816 (July 27) Entire letter from Lt.-Col. John Mansel to his sister in England with indistinct India Packet Letter London datestamp, charged 4/3. The Postscript reads "I have succeeded in procuring a small scrap of Bonaparte's own hand writing for your disposal which I will bring home". Small hole to the address panel caused by the wax seal of another letter adhering, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 212. £300-350
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1817 (July 24) Entire letter to London with "SHIP LETTER / PLYMOUTH", charged 1/7, very fine. Photo on Page 212. £300-350
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1849 (July 9) Cover with enclosed letter from C.B Brown to his mother in England, backstamped boxed "10 SP 1849 / LIVERPOOL / SHIP" with an "8" charge mark. The letter is written at St. Helena en route to England, and describes a terrific storm encountered off the Cape. A fine cover. £200-250
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