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Worldwide accumulation of covers and cards, stamps including a Malta collection, some ephemera and cigarette cards, a Dentistry related thematic collection, etc. (Many 100s). £250-300
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Europe. Collections in albums, stockbooks and on stockcards including Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Portuguese Colonies, Greece, Belgium, Serbia, etc. (1000s). £200-300
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Latin America. Mint and used accumulation in albums or on stockcards and pages, including Cuba, Paraguay, Honduras, Bolivia, Argentina, etc. (100s). £150-250
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Music thematic collection well written up on pages with some additional loose items, including composers, ballet, opera, music hall, etc., with stamps, postcards, covers and some ephemera, Austria 1933 WIPA 50g + 50g mint and a die proof of an unissued Mozart stamp, etc. (100s) £100-150
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c.1923 Harrison & Sons sample stamps inscribed "SPECIMEN", all perforated, some watermarked, designs comprising Chateau de Chillon in brown and mauve (32) or green and purple (27), St. Nicholas Church, Amsterdam in black and brown (13) or black and green (20), Belgian type (17), Tunisian King (19), Dutch numeral type (14), Rivadavia in green (9), brown or blue (4), Luxembourg type in purple (20) or green (16), Robespiere in blue (21) or orange (17), Javanese girl (18), Queen Wilhelmina in carmine (25) or green (23). A rare large group, many in multiples. (295). £300-400
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c.1923 Harrison & Sons booklet "Collogravure Recess and Surface Printing applied to the Production of Postage and Revenue stamps, Bank Notes and Security Work" containing all fifteen perforated sample stamps in blocks of ten (11) or eight (4), also a document sample, another page with a further block removed, missing the South Africa page (see next lot). A scarce booklet, containing 142 sample stamps. £200-250710
3 P 3 E <\i>c.1923 Harrison & Sons booklet "Collogravure Recess and Surface Printing applied to the Production of Postage and Revenue stamps, Bank Notes and Security Work" containing all fifteen perforated stamps in blocks of ten (11) or eight (4), another page also bearing blocks of ten of the South Africa 1d Springbok essays in three differing colours, also a page with a document sample, another page with a further sample block removed. A rare booklet complete with the South Africa essays (which were nearly always removed from the booklet). (142 sample stamps + 30 essays). £300-400
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c.1930 Die Proofs of American Bank Note Co. dummy stamps, five inscribed "Specimen", two inscribed "American Bank Note Co.", also engraved proofs of the company headquarters and seal, and a vignette proof from a document or banknote. An unusual group, one proof depicting the Taj Mahal. (10). £100-120
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c.1949 Waterlow Sample Book, leather bound with "Waterlow & Sons Limited / Photogravure" in gold lettering on the green leather cover, 74 pages with various stamps of Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Belgium, Bolivia, Paraguay, Spanish Morocco, Liberia, Peru, Spain or Salvador, all in multiples, each stamp overprinted "WATERLOW & SONS LTD / SPECIMEN", three pages loose and a few others possibly removed, other pages unused. An inserted note states "The album contains all specimens of photogravure work of which we have examples". A rare sample book. (c.1100 sample stamps). £600-800
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Cinderellas. A large quantity of revenues, labels and cinderellas in a box, also some postage stamps, ephemera including French revolutionary banknotes, G.B banknotes and some photos, letter from the painter George Hayter, 1910 Commission signed by King George V, etc. (1000s). £400-500
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WW2 Patriotic Labels. British labels in sheets (8) including "Free Danes" or "Britains Victory Denmarks Liberty" (5 sheets, 3 differing labels), "Czechoslovakia Fights for Freedom" (6 differing labels in a sheet of 36), "Allies Inside Germany Exhibition" 1d labels (sheet of 12 differing labels); and sheets (7) with an accompanying letter and cover from U.S Marine Corps H.Q to George Linn of Linn's Stamp News. Also a sheet of 20 labels for the 1920 Disabled Ex-Service Mens Exhibition at Central Hall Westminster. (374). £180-200
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c.1960 Perforated labels in differing colours depicting world champion boxers from 1889 until 1960, engraved by Czeslaw Slania, all attached to a piece of card headed "Sweden", unusual. (21). £80-100
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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). £100-150
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1860-1999 Covers including Australia 1934 cover with enclosed letter and ticket for a souvenir flight in "Southern Cross" piloted by C.E Kingsford-Smith, Tonga Tin Can Mail covers (8), Burma 1947 air mail cover to G.B franked 2r strip of three, G.B express covers, etc. (92). £80-100
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1898-1945 Covers including 1898 cover from Sawakin bearing Sudan 5m strip of three, 1945 stampless cover from an internee at "C.A.C Eastern, 41 Ningkuo Rd, Shanghai" to England endorsed "Internee Mail, By Special Air Transport" with violet boxed ""Internee mail free / of postage / Shanghai P.O", and a Shanghai c.d.s, etc. (4). £100-120
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1907 Peking to Paris road race, picture postcards of the race (20), also associated items including 1907 Grand Hotel Des Wagons-Lits Ltd Peking cover posted from the Russian Post Office, postcards of the 1907 International Automobile Exhibition in Paris (4), de Dion Bouton advertising cards (2), Argyll Motor Works or cars in Scotland (3), etc. (39). £180-220
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Covers, cards and some stamps, the large quantity with many G.B postcards used and unused, various foreign covers, Lufthansa flight covers, etc. (1000s). £160-200
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Worldwide covers and cards including first flights, Zeppelins, 1941 Netherlands Indies cover with violet circular "B" and "4" applied in Singapore, military, Basutoland 1960-63 registration envelopes used (61, most size H2), Chaco War censors, etc. (100s). £100-200
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Covers/Postmarks. Worldwide covers and cards including 1927 British Guiana Officially Sealed label on cover, 1901 Ceylon censored cover from Diyatalawa Camp, Switzerland cancels on postcards, many postcards with hotel or other cachets, etc. (c.500); and two large albums containing c.1840-1920 G.B and world postmarks (with China Dollar Chop, Customs and Postal Service datestamps, Customs Mail Matter handstamps) all tragically cut to shape. Also Jamaica cancels on stamps and covers, and a Lincoln stamp album. (1000s). £200-250
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Maritime Mail. c.1900-88 Covers and cards, mainly Paquebot handstamps, also Sea Post Office, Mobile Box and Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet datestamps, many with G.B stamps including 1911 card bearing KEVII 1d aniline pink cancelled by Cardiff Paquebot machine. (184). £120-150
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T.P.Os & Station Cancels. c.1875-1960 Postcards (and a few covers) with T.P.O cancels (c.550), also cards with station cancels (130), all world (no G.B or USA) including Russia, Luxembourg, Finland, New Zealand, etc. (c.680). £200-250
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Postal Stationery. Worldwide stationery, unused and used, a large quantity, most sorted into country order in two shoeboxes, a third box with larger items and aerogrammes, including New Zealand unfolded lettercards (possibly proofs), registered envelopes, etc. (100s). £250-300
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1890 Die Proof of the QV "Postage-Postage" head in green on thick card, initialled "J.P" by the engraver J. Peacock, 82x113mm. Also die proofs in green (2), black or purple on white glazed paper, these four probably reprints. This head was used for stamps of St. Helena, Seychelles, British Honduras, Turks Islands and Gambia. (5). £150-200
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QV-QEII GB Stamps overprinted for overseas countries, including British Levant, Morocco Agencies, Occupation of Italian Colonies, Bechuanaland, Nauru and Postal Agencies in Arabia, a useful lot with many complete sets and higher value stamps. S.G. £3,500+. (c.500). £400-500
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QV-QEII Mint and used selection including Zululand (38, S.G. £850+), Mafeking (4, S.G. 1, 8, 11, 12 used), Cyprus overprints with 4d sage-green mint, Malta 1861 ½d brown-orange used (S.G. 2, £500), etc. S.G. £2,000+. (100+). £250-300
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1938-52 Mint and used King George VI collection in three albums, many complete sets including Somaliland 1938 set mint and fine used, mint stamps lightly mounted, otherwise fine, a useful lot. S.G. £10,000 (approx). (100s). £700-900
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Mint and used accumulation in a box, reasonable Malaya (S.G. £3,000+) including Sungei Ujong and Johore overprints, Kelantan 1922 Malaya-Borneo set mint and 1940 $2 used, Trengganu postage due set mint, Kelantan stationery, etc., also G.B and other countries. (1000s). £200-300
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Commonwealth in a stockbook, many collected for their postmarks including Paquebots and maritime, West Indies with village cancels, Jamaica numeral cancels, some G.B, India QV 3p carmine with NABHA STATE overprint showing variety "NABIIA" (unlisted by S.G.), Jamaica 1946 2/- booklet (S.G. SB/2. £225), St. Helena 1969 5/4 booklet, G.B 1913 2/- booklet edition 8 with two stamps remaining, a few forgeries, also a world collection in a Strand album. (100s). £100-120
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1938-52 KGVI Commemorative and pictorial sets used, complete sets in a lighthouse album including Seychelles, Nyasaland, Hong Kong, Falkland Islands, etc., a few faults though the vast majority are fine. S.G. £5,800. (100s). £500-600
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KGV and KGVI Mint and used selection, various better stamps comprising Australia 1914-20 ½d green line perf 14½ used (S.G. 20a); Bermuda 1930 2/6 grey black and pale orange-vermilion on grey-blue, watermark Multiple Script CA, used (S.G. 89h); Kuwait 1923-24 5r and 15r overprinted "SERVICE" mint; Leeward Islands 1921-32 10/- and £1 both with variety broken crown and scroll, mint (S.G. 79b, 80b); Malta 1914-21 2/- variety nick in top right scroll, mint (S.G. 86c); Bahawalpur 1948 5r and 10r marginal imprint pairs used with Saddigarh Palace c.d.s (S.G. 37/8); South West Africa 1945-50 2d blue and brown pair with "OFFICIAL" overprint used. S.G. £6,250. (12). Photo on Page 10. £500-600
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Sperati Forgeries. Five QV forgeries comprising Ceylon 1885 Postage & Revenue Five Cents on 4c rosy mauve used, Gibraltar 1886 overprint on 6d unused, 1886 (Dec.) 4d and 1/- used, Lagos 1886 2/6 unused, all handstamped "SPERATI / REPRODUCTION" on reverse and numbered "117". (5). Photo on Page 130. £300-400
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Hooded Circle Cancels - the Dr Simon Kelly Collection. 1897-c.1955 Covers and cards (45), main strength in Canada covers (37) showing "inverted" hooded circle datestamps, "Ottawa Free" or "House of Commons Free", also Tasmania covers with "1d" or "2d" Postage Paid Hobart datestamps, 1898-99 Ceylon high value stamps with Colombo Parcel Post datestamps, Beyrout British Post Office (5 covers/cards + 21 stamps/pieces), etc. (45+). £200-250
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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). £150-180
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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). £300-400
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1946 Victory 2½a, watermark inverted, superb unmounted mint, very rare. S.G. 29w, £2,000. Photo on Page 130. £600-700
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1951 15c on 2½a, Surcharge double, superb unmounted mint, very scarce. With a photocopy of a 1981 R.P.S Certificate for a block of four from which this single has been removed. S.G. 38a, £1,600. Photo on Page 116. £400-500
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1967 50c St. Kitts-Nevis overprinted "Independent Anguilla", unmounted mint, part overprint offset on reverse, position 9 of the setting. Scarce, just 175 stamps issued, with Brandon Certificate (2002). S.G. 12, £6,500. Photo on Page 130. £1,500-1,800
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1913 (Jan 18) Cover with "British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova R.Y.S" printed flap, addressed to Stirling & Co. in Christchurch, franked by Victoria Land 1d tied by the "BRIT. ANTARCTIC EXPD." c.d.s, applied on the "Terra Nova" on the day the ship arrived at Cape Evans and learnt of the death of Scott and his companions. A fine and apparently commercial Scott Expedition cover. Photo on Page 96. £250-300
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1858-1970 Used collection in an album including 1858 15c blue (3), 1858-62 Buenos Aires issues (3), a high level of completeness from 1873 onwards, many officials and Departmental overprints, etc. (Many 100s). £300-400
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1858-1975 Mint and used collection in a Rapkin album with a good level of completeness from 1884, many officials and Departmental overprints, etc. (100s). £400-500
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1892-1910 Specialised mint and used collection in an album with shades, perforations, etc. (100s). £100-200
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1968-2006 Mainly mint collection in an album, also used until 1980, apparently complete, most unmounted. (100s). £100-150
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Postal Stationery. 1892-98 Argentina Post Office publications "Valores Postale Argentinos", volumes I and II, volume I (62 pages) containing 1892 issue postal stationery (11) and stamps (12) with Muestra overprints, volume II (337 pages, some removed) containing postal stationery (70) and stamps (16) all overprinted Muestra. Also other specimen stationery, many clearly removed from archival pages (some with paper adhering), most with Muestra overprints (78), and five specimen meter marks. (164 + 28 stamps). £200-250
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Graf Spee. 1942 Air Mail covers from Germany to Graf Spee Internees in Argentina, one franked 50pf strip of three to Santa Fe with Lisbon backstamp, German censor and British Opened by Examiner label handstamped "I E /-"; the other paid in cash to St. Juan Martin with U.S censor and arrival backstamp. (2). £180-220
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Graf Spee. 1944 Cover posted in Buenos Ayres franked 5c, to Kurt Voigt, internee at Campamento Militar, Sierra de la Ventana; and a registered stampless official cover from the Office of Prisoners of War in Buenos Ayres to Mrs Erica Niemann at Rosario, wife of internee Alfred Niemann. (2). £150-180
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1934-53 Mint selection comprising 1934 set, 1938-53 KGVI sets (2) with all listed colours and perfs and an additional 3d black and ultramarine, also 1½d black and rose-carmine with davit flaw. S.G. 21/30, 38/47, £1,850. (97). £150-200
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U.S Forces. 1942-44 Stampless covers (10) and a U.S 6c envelope all from U.S soldiers at A.P.O 877, duplex cancels (one with A.P.O number removed), boxed U.S censors 13015, 13020, 13025 (7), 13027 or 18612, two also with Base Censor 1300 or 0475. (11). £150-200
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New South Wales. 1850-82 Mint and used selection including 1850 3d yellow-green used (S.G. 39, four margins), 1851-55 2d (9, all four margins) and 1852 6d (three margins) used, 1854-59 used with 5d (four good size margins) and 1/- watermark "8" in error (S.G. 99a, very fine, good margins), 1856-59 6d used, 1860-72 perf 12 5d (straight edge at base) and perf 13 8d yellow both mint, a few faults though most are fine, imperf issues mainly four margins. (65). Photo on Page 116. £350-400
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New South Wales - Telegraph Stamps. 1871 Electric Telegraphs 1d - 8/- set of eight, the 8/- perf 10, 6d with tiny surface fault, 6/- with toned perf and 8/- without gum, otherwise fine mint, a rare set. S.G. T1/8, £6,050. (8). Photo on Page 16. £1,500-1,800
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South Australia. 1855-58 Imperf 2d singles (3) and a pair, and 6d, all fine used with four margins, shades. (6). £80-100
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South Australia. 1875 1d, Imperforate plate proofs, corner block of eight in black on glazed card, blocks of eight and four in blue green and two blocks of four in pale green on gummed unwatermarked paper, all fine. (28). Photo on Page 42. £280-350
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