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1941-44 Unused Airgraph forms with embossed 3a (2 forms) or 3a + 1a stamps on reverse, one 3a form with a superb handpainted picture of the Taj Mahal, this form with minor soiling, the others folded but otherwise superb, scarce. (3). £200-250
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1942-44 Unused Airgraph forms with differing pictorial Christmas greetings, three issued by the R.A.F Postal Services and R.A.F Welfare, attractive and very scarce. (5). £250-300
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1942-45 Airgraphs, the extensive lot with virtually every type from IN1 to IN46, including airgraph sent on behalf of a Chindit who was unable to write letters, airgraph from Central Internment Camp hospital, etc. (165). £300-400
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1942-44 Pictorial Christmas and new year greetings airgraphs, the large and exceptional lot, virtually all different, many attractive designs, some for individual named regiments, R.A.F, etc. (181). £2,400-2,800
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1942-45 Airgraphs from Indian army troops in PAIFORCE (13), C.M.F (6) or M.E.F (4), eighteen pictorial greetings types. (23). £240-280
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1942-45 Airgraphs from G.B to India, twenty with printed greetings or handdrawn pictures, also seven unused airgraph forms, one a pictorial Christmas 1943 form. (31). £300-400
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1943-45 Airgraphs, Christmas greetings 1943 pictorial airgraphs from G.B to India dated Nov. 1st, the first day of the first British official Christmas airgraph (2); 26th Sept. 1944 airgraphs from Ceylon to G.B, the first day service from Ceylon (2, one with envelope); 31st July 1945 India to G.B airgraph on the 1ast day of the airgraph service (with delivery envelope, 9 Aug 1945 Postage Paid imprint). Also 1944 pictorial Christmas greetings airgraph from the editor and staff of "The Aero Field", and an airgraph from Jal Cooper to Francis J. Field. (7). £120-150
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Hooded Circle Cancels - the Dr Simon Kelly Collection. 1891-1951 Covers, cards and telegrams from Cooch Behar (28), Faridkot (13, also many stamps), Gwalior (11), Holkar (6), Nabha (83), Patiala and Tripura (3), some faults, an interesting study. (145+). £300-400
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<\i>Postal Stationery. Used and unused collection in an album with better items from Charkhari, Dhar, etc., Deschl £3,500 (approx). (c.240). £200-250
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Duttia - Postal Stationery. 1897-1900 ¼a Black postcards (4), ¼a red postcard and reply card, unused, the first with minor faults, otherwise fine and scarce. Deschl C4-7, £360. (6). £120-150
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Rajkot - Postal Stationery. 1925 1 Pice reply card, the reply half with type III handstamp, used with oval postmark dated 24-3-35 in manuscript, fine and very scarce, with B.P.A Certificate (2003). Deschl C5. Photo on Page 148 £120-150
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Rajpeepla - Postal Stationery. 1886 1pa, 2pa, 3pa (2) and 4pa (2) Envelopes unused, the 2pa envelope with printed "REGISTERED" and "FROM NANDONE POST OFFICE / UNKLESHWAR", all fine. Deschl L1-4, £340. (6). £120-150
| IRAQ
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1919-81 Mint and used collections in four albums or stockbooks and loose, including 1919 Mosul set mint (including 8a no apostrophe) and six values used on cover, 1918-21 set of fourteen mint (2), 1923-25 set mint (additional values to 5r), 1932 ½d on 10r used, 1948-51 set in mint blocks, all listed 1958-60 Republic overprints on postage and official issues, 1948-53 perf and imperf miniature sheets, official issues with 1920 no watermark issue to 5r and Multiple Script CA sets (2) mint, 1923 set mint (additional 5r, 10r) and used, 1924-25 set mainly mint (5r used), 1931 to 10r mint, 1932 ½d on 10r used, 1932 (May) set mint (additional ½d, 1d), etc. A very useful lot. S.G. £8,000+. (100s). £600-800
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1932 8f on 1½a, variety surcharge inverted, superb unmounted mint. Also 25r on 4a, variety "Filis" for "Fils", used, minor soiling, this last variety offered "as-is". S.G. 110a, £275 (+S.G. 114a). (2). Photo on Page 10. £150-200
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1948-53 Miniature sheets, imperforate and perforated examples of the 1940 King Faisal II definitive sheet and 1949 Air sheet, and the perforated 1953 Coronation sheet, mint and "SPECIMEN" overprint examples of all five sheets, all unmounted, three specimen sheets with very minor creases, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. MS297, 338, 445. (10). £300-400
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1957 King Faisal II definitive issue, small format Master Die Proofs with blank value tablets, in brown, slate-violet and orange-brown, the colours adopted for the issued 2f, 4f and 8f values, each on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. From the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, fine and scarce. (3). Photo on Page 152. £1,200-1,500
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1957 King Faisal II definitive issue, small format Master Die Proofs in olive green or deep green, the colours adopted for the 15f and 20f, which were printed by Bradbury Wilkinson but not issued due to the 1958 revolution in Iraq, both on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. From the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, fine and scarce. Also blocks of four of the two unissued stamps. (2). Photo on Page 152. £800-1,000
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1957 King Faisal II 4f definitive, die proofs in the unadopted colours of red-brown and green, on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. From the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 152. £800-1,000
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1957 King Faisal II definitives, die proofs of the 3f, 4f, 6f, 8f and 10f all in the adopted colours, on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. From the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, fine and scarce. (5). Photo on Page 152. £2,000-2,500
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1957 King Faisal II 16f definitive, die proof in rose on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. A fine die proof of this unadopted value, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. Photo on Page 152. £400-500
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1957 King Faisal II 60f large format definitive, die proof in purple on numbered thin gummed paper 56x70mm. A fine die proof of this unadopted value, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. Photo on Page 154. £400-500
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1957 King Faisal II definitives, 25f purple and 30f orange-red die proofs on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. Both proofs in the adopted colours, the stamps printed by Bradbury Wilkinson but unissued due to the 1958 revolution in Iraq. From the Bradbury Wilkinson archives, fine and scarce, also blocks of four of the two unissued stamps. (2). Photo on Page 152. £800-1,000
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1957 King Faisal II large format definitives, die proofs all in unadopted colours comprising 50f blue, 75f rose-pink, 100f green and 200f orange, on numbered thin gummed paper, 56x70mm. These values were all printed in differing colours, but were unissued due to the 1958 revolution in Iraq. Also blocks of four of the unissued stamps. (4). Photo on Page 154. £1,600-2,000
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1958-60 Republic overprints on postage and official issues including blocks with transposed overprints, misplaced, double, and inverted overprints, 1954-62 16f vertical pair and block with overprint omitted from lower stamps, 1948-51 Official issue 1f - 8f, 1954-57 2f with Service overprint on reverse (5), etc., all unmounted. A fine lot, inverted, double and omitted varieties unlisted by S.G. S.G. £2,650 (+ unlisted). (247). £400-600
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1934 5f - 1d Set of thirteen with bilingual Revenue overprint, all in blocks of four without gum. A fine and scarce set, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (52). Photo on Page 154. £200-250
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1948 5f - 1d, Fourteen values (no 5d) in blocks of four without gum, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (56). £150-200
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1955 2f - 5d Set of fifteen in blocks of four without gum, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (60). Photo on Page 154. £200-250
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1961 Republican symbol revenue issue, 20f green, 30f purple and 40f sepia die proofs, each in the adopted colour, on numbered thin gummed paper, 57x70mm. Fine and scarce, from the Bradbury Wilkinson archives. (3). Photo on Page 154. £250-300
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1919 (May 12) Registered cover signed by Lt. Pringle to his wife in England, inscribed "Via Aerial Mail" on both sides, the reverse bearing three ½a stamps cancelled "F.P.O 85" datestamps at Baghdad with A.P.O S.Z10 c.d.s of Cairo (May 22) and a London arrival datestamp (June 2), red double ring "CIVIL POSTS / AERIAL / IRAQ" on the front. Flown from Baghdad to Cairo by two R.A.F DH9 aircraft of 142 Squadron piloted by Lt. Milnes and Lt. Mechan who were returning to their Squadron at Suez, having flown to Baghdad with Lt. Col Wilson (who was returning from the Paris Peace Conference). The cover unfortunately roughly torn open with upper piece torn away (up to 23mm lost at upper right, reducing to 5mm at upper left, not enough for any stamps to have been removed, the join nearly split and strengthened internally with tissue paper). A rare flight cover despite the faults; just eight other covers from this flight recorded by Laurence Kimpton in "Air Mails Across the Middle East" (six of which are stampless, none are registered). This "Aerial" cachet was used on mails carried on one further flight in 1920, by Capt. Mathews and Sgt. Kay from Baghdad to Karachi (six covers recorded), only about 15 examples of this cachet therefore recorded in total, this the only example on a registered cover. Photo on Page 156. £600-800
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1924-26 Official mail flown by the R.A.F from Baghdad to Cairo, a registered 1924 parcel tag to Cairo bearing eleven "On State Service" stamps totalling 23a, and 1926 cover to England with five "On State Service" stamps totalling 4½a handstamped by large violet circular "GENERAL HEAD QUARTERS / AIR MAIL / BRITISH FORCES IN IRAQ". (2). £100-150
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1922-41 Air Mail covers and cards to or from Iraq, including 1922-26 covers flown by R.A.F between Baghdad and Cairo (17, with registered cover from Egypt and postcard from Germany, one G.B cover with circular unframed "AIR / MAIL", 1927-29 covers carried by Imperial Airways between Basrah and Cairo and later covers carried on the London-Karachi route, one 1927 cover from USA, also Dutch and German services, some first flights include 1933 (Sep 27) Baghdad to Akyab (underpaid) and 1934 (Dec. 11) Baghdad to Brisbane, 1929 (Apr 1) Baghdad to Teheran by Junkers, 1938 Belgium cover to Baghdad flown by Lufthansa with bilingual "RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR", 1929 cover to G.B with boxed "RECEIVED LATE FOR INCLUSION / WITH THE AIR DESPATCH", etc., also 1939 G.P.O Notice "Empire Air Mail Scheme now extends to Iraq and Kuwait", and six Egypt booklets of Air Mail labels. (71). £500-700
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1926-27 Stack & Leete Flight. Cover from Baghdad (Dec 31) to Karachi with Iraq 2r (2, both colours) cancelled by Baghdad c.d.s and boxed "IRAQ to INDIA / By Light Aeroplane / with Messrs Stack & Leete", Karachi (Jan. 8) backstamp; and cover flown from Karachi to Delhi with special boxed violet cancel and Karachi c.d.s (Feb 14). Also two real photo postcards taken at Karachi Airport (Jan 28), one showing Stack, Leete, Sir Samuel Hoare and his wife, Sir Sefton Brancker and Sir Geoffrey Salmond in front of "Hercules", the other card showing the Vickers aircraft which accompanied "Hercules" on this flight from England. (4). £120-140
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Zeppelin Mail. 1933 (July 17) Registered cover from Baghdad to Brazil directed via London and Graf Zeppelin from Germany, franked 38f, a 5d pair applied in London (Aug. 1), Berlin - Friedrichshafen and 4th South America flight Zeppelin cachets, Berlin C2 Luftpost cachet, backstamped at Berlin (Aug 5) and Pernambuco (Aug 9). The address panel unfortunately cut out, well replaced, still very scarce. £100-120
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Overland Mail. 1924-39 Covers, from Iraq to G.B (6, one underpaid and charged 2½d), USA or Czechoslovakia (boxed registration handstamp of Khaniquin), Persia to G.B (3) or G.B to Iraq (2), all sent by overland mail, two with red labels, and printed Nairn Transport Co. Ltd Overland Desert Mail envelope posted from Baghdad to Habbemiyah franked 4f with due handstamp. Also a mint block of four Egypt "MOTOR MAIL" labels. (18). £200-240
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(Also see lots 137, 140/4, 638, 642/3, 987, 1112/3) | |
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Modena. 1852 5c Black on olive-green, unmounted mint block of nine with lower sheet margin, central stamp with no stop after "5", superb and rare, with Enzo Diena Certificate (1990). S.G. 10/b, £5,700+. Photo on Page 188. £1,400-1,600
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Neapolitan Provinces. 1861 Unissued 10c grey-brown, complete sheet of fifty, superb and scarce. With Giusti Certificate (2023). £300-350
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Naples. 1858 10gr Rose used, outer frame just touched at lower right corner, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. 7A, £3,500. Photo on Page 178. £400-500
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1863 Saggi Renchi essays, all differing designs or colours, most signed by Diena and/or Raybaudi, two thinned, otherwise superb, a scarce group. (34). Photo on Page 116. £1,200-1,400
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1908 Michetti definitives, mint and used varieties including spectacular misperfs, offsets, 25c mint block of four imperforate, used block of four imperf horizontally, mint marginal 40c imperforate, etc. (57). Photo on Page 194. £240-280
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Italian P.O in Jerusalem. 1911 40pi on 10L unmounted mint block of eight, excellent centring, superb. £120-140
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Vatican. 1951 Eighth Centenary of Decree of Gratian, Air 300L and 500L both in unmounted mint upper left corner blocks of four, superb. S.G. 173/4, £2,080+. (2). £220-260
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Italian Colonies. 1893-1940 Varieties, the mint collection including mounted, double and misplaced overprints, perforation varieties, misplaced perfs, imperf stamps, etc., from Libya, Eritrea, Somalia and Italian East Africa, many with certificates, cat. €60,000+. (99). Photo on Pages 16 & 116. £2,600-3,000
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Tripolitania Hooded Circle Cancels - the Dr Simon Kelly Collection. 1911-13 Italian Occupation of Tripolitania, covers and cards with various "Posta Militare" hooded circle datestamps, stampless or with Italy stamps, some with official cachets, mainly commercial mail, an interesting study. (33). £180-220
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1906-12 Picture postcards (34) and labels (8) including cards for the 1906 Aeronautical Exhibition in Milan (2), 1908 flights by Delagrange (6), 1910 air meetings at Verona (2), Milan (3) and Turin, crash and funeral of Chavez in his 1910 attempt to cross the Alps (3), 1911 air meetings at Florence (2) and Naples (3), 1911 flights from Naples to Rome and Milan to Turin (2), military flyers in Libya (4), etc. Also some postwar flights including 1926 Padua aviation week card with red cachet, and 1949-63 round Sicily air races. (85+). £200-250
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1909 (Sep 9) Fine coloured poster card for the First International Air Meeting at Brescia, posted to Switzerland franked 10c cancelled by "BRESCIA / STAZE CIRCUITO AEREO" c.d.s, a second strike alongside. A recently discovered letter from the pilot Mario Cobianchi states that he flew the official postcards around the circuit at Brescia. Fine and scarce, this c.d.s unlisted by Field. Photo on Page 156. £150-200
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1909 (Sep 13) Real photo postcard of A. Anzani in his aeroplane at the Brescia air meeting, signed on the front by Anzani, franked 5c cancelled by "BRESCIA / STAZE CIRCUITO AEREO" c.d.s, a second strike alongside. Fine and scarce, with Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1975). £150-200
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1916-17 Covers bearing Jamaica Patriotic Stamp League labels depicting an aeroplane and Red Cross, two covers to USA with the first type label without value (one tied by Myers Wharf c.d.s), two covers bearing the half-penny surcharge labels comprising an uncancelled block of four on cover to USA, and registered cover to London with pair + block of four unusually tied by Kingston Registered datestamps, (4). £120-160
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Air Mails. 1911-37 Covers and cards including 1919 Tokyo to Osaka first and second flight attempt cards, 1933 G.B to Tokyo first acceptance sent by air to Russia and trans-Siberian railway, etc., also a 1929 cover from Japan to Colombia. (15). £120-150
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1934-55 Mint collection in an album and on hagner pages including most miniature sheets, some unmounted mint, also a few used miniature sheets, mainly fine. S.G. £2,000+. (100s). £250-300
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British East Africa - Postal Stationery. 1893-96 Stationery including 1893 issue ½a and 1a postcards and 2½a envelope with Specimen overprints, 1a postcard commercially used to India, 2½a envelopes used to India or within Mombasa, unused 2a registration envelopes (2), 1895 British East Africa overprints with ½a and 1a postcards posted within Lamu, 2½a envelopes used to G.B or within Lamu, etc. (21). £100-150
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Postal Stationery. 1893-1932 Envelopes, postcards and registration envelopes specimen, unused and used, mainly British East Africa including overprints on India (25), also East Africa & Uganda and Kenya & Uganda. (35). £120-150
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