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1878 "CANCELLED" overprints on 1863-72 issue 1d, 3d, 6d and 1/- yellow blocks of four, all with the variety overprint inverted, this variety not recorded by Samuel, minor creasing but very scarce. (4 Blocks). Photo on Page 194. £300-400
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1891 Two Cents surcharges, mint varieties comprising 2c on 4c surcharge double (2) or surcharge double one inverted (2, one used), 2c on 38c on 9d surcharge inverted or surcharge double one inverted, 2c on 38c surcharge double or surcharge double one inverted. S.G. 118/21, £1,690. (8). Photo on Page 198. £200-2401643
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1935 (May 30) Picture postcard of the Dutch Submarine KXVIII and printed signatures of the crew, posted from Mauritius to Holland whilst the submarine was visiting Port Louis as part of its world tour, with violet cachet and signature of the Captain, very scarce. Photo on Page 196. £500-600
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Air Mails. 1937 (Jan 20) Cover to London, eleven stamps paying 1r25 postage, handstamped "MAURICE FRANCE / lere Liaison aeropostale / Avion Roland Garros / Voyage de retour". Carried on the return flight of "Roland Garros", the first air mail from Mauritius to France, sent by surface mail from Marseille to London, unusual to G.B. £100-120
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1897-1957 Covers and cards, the collection in two albums including postal stationery, G.B stamps, French and Spanish currency surcharges, Tangier issues, etc. (103). £300-400
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1898-1957 Mint and used collection in three albums including overprints on Gibraltar (with listed varieties) and G.B, Spanish and French Currency surcharges and issues for Tangier, virtually complete with many additional stamps, blocks, a few specimens and covers, also duplicates in a further album. S.G. £10,000+. (100s). £1,500-1,800
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1899 5c - 2p Overprints on Gibraltar, set of eight with variety hyphen between "nc", the 5c - 1p within pairs, fine mint. S.G. 9/16c, £1,190. (15). Photo on Page 198. £240-280
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Spanish Currency. 1948 Olympic Games 1p20c on 1/-, variety surcharge double, a mint marginal block of four, mounted on two stamps with two other stamps unmounted. Very scarce, with B.P.A Certificate (1987). S.G. 181a, £6,000. Photo on Page 180. £1,000-1,200
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Air Mails. 1911 (June 22) Picture postcard of Wynmalen flying at Soesterberg, used to Rotterdam with 1c cancelled at Soesterberg and scarce boxed "VLIEGKAMP / SOESTERBERG" alongside. Also postcards of the 1910 air meeting at Leeuwarden (2), and a 1918 postcard of Soesterberg airport sent by a Dutch airman from the aerodrome. (4). £100-120
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The following lots are all commercial air mail covers, virtually all 1939-41 World War Two period.
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1934-41 Covers to or via far east destinations, including 1939 (Mar 13) prewar clipper cover to the USA with Bangkok backstamp and Siamese cachet; 1940 (Apr. 3) cover to USA with Hong Kong and Singapore censors; 1940 (Aug. 19) registered cover to Shanghai with Hong Kong censor label and violet "TR"; 1941 (Mar 17) cover to Bangkok with circular "C", "10", "8", censor label and cachet all applied in Singapore; 1940-41 covers to Singapore (2) or Bangkok all with Singapore censors; and a 1940 cover to Manila. An interesting lot. (8). £200-250
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1934-41 Covers addressed to Batavia or Java including 1934 cover from Belgium franked 2f, 1939 cover from Argentina franked 1p70, 1939 (Aug 26) cover from South Africa franked 3/- censored in Singapore, and covers from G.B (2), USA (3) or Egypt all censored, one USA cover with Hong Kong censor label. (9). £120-150
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1938-41 Covers to Europe including 1938 cover to Austria with Linz Customs label and cachet, the others to G.B (9), Holland (5) or France all censored, sent via Italy or by the horseshoe route, a few possibly transpacific. (16). £200-240
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1939-40 Covers to Holland (7), France and Ceylon, all censored in Calcutta. (9). £120-150
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1939-41 Covers and a card to Switzerland (11) or Sweden (2), nine 1940-41 covers and cards sent transpacific, including 1941 (Oct 4) cover from Pematang Siantar with circular "D" and "7" applied in Singapore initially inscribed for transpacific air mail but altered to the horseshoe route via Durban apparently because a 42½a stamp was invalid, 1941 (Jan. 19) cover from Bandoeng franked 50c censored in Singapore, handstamped "T" with a Swiss 20c due, etc. (13). £200-250
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Singapore. 1939-41 Covers to Germany (5), France (3), Holland, Sweden, Norway or India, all censored in Singapore, most sent via Italy or the horseshoe rout, one 1941 cover sent transpacific, five with violet circular letters and numbers applied in Singapore comprising "A" + "32", "E" + "30", "G" + "31", "G" + "32" or "25" (without a letter). (12). £280-320
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1940 (May - Sept) Covers to Holland, all returned due to the German invasion of Holland, various cachets, one censored in Singapore with boxed cachet and circular "15", one censored in India. (6). £120-150
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Singapore - AV2. 1940 Covers with small "AV2" applied in Singapore in red or black, a 1940 (June 26) cover from Bandoeng to USA franked 35c with Singapore and Hong Kong censors and a Hong Kong backstamp; 1940 (Feb. 26) cover from Tandjong Pinang to Holland franked 20c with Singapore censor and boxed "BY K.L.M / TO / MEDAN". (2). £150-200
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1940-41 Covers to G.B all sent by transpacific route via the USA, three registered with Honolulu backstamps, rate from 1g to 3g60, all censored. (13). £200-250
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1940-41 Covers to Australia (7) or New Zealand, all censored. (8). £120-150
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1940-41 Covers to the USA (19) or Canada (2) all sent transpacific, including Soerabaia - Manokwari first flight cover with "RELEASED BY CENSOR", registered covers (3), higher rates with 5g40, 7g50, etc., Red Cross charity surcharge stamps, "N.V.A." perfins, "MARINE - CENSUUR" cachet, the final cover from Soerabaja (Dec. 11 1941) sent by the horseshoe route due to the attack on Pearl Harbour. (21). £500-600
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1940-41 Printed "Ned.-Ind. Roode Kruis" envelopes with printed address of the Red Cross in Geneva, nine franked 35c all with censor labels tied by the Red Cross cachet (one also censored in Italy), also a yellow "Service Des Prisonniers De Guerre" envelope franked 20c cancelled in Batavia with "CDT-INTERN-KAMP / BANJOEBIROE" c.d.s alongside, censored in Germany. (10). £150-200
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1940-41 Covers to the USA, all sent transpacific, all censored, various rates, routing labels and inscriptions. (46). £800-1,000
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1941 Covers to Colombia, Surinam, Brazil or Argentina all sent transpacific by P.A.A, the cover to Brazil with circular "G" and "32", censor label and cachet all applied in Singapore, a cover from Samarinda (Dec. 5) to Colombia in transit when the Pearl Harbour attack occurred on Dec. 7 (with Barranquilla arrival c.d.s of 25 March), all with censors and arrival backstamps, unusual destinations. (4). £160-180
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Singapore/USA. 1941 (Mar. - Dec.) Covers to the USA all sent transpacific via Singapore, all with a circular letter and number applied in Singapore (letters from "A" to "K", numbers from "1" to "33"), nine censored in Singapore, the final cover from Batavia (Dec 2) diverted to the horseshoe route due to the attack on Pearl Harbour on Dec. 7th. An unusually large group of these intriguing Singapore routing handstamps. (26). £750-1,000
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1947-48 Air Mail covers to Europe (4) or USA (2) with boxed Morotai cancel, large "MARINE-POSTKANTOOR / SOERABAIA" cancel, O.A.S cover with Soerabaia Marine meter mark, etc. (6). £80-100
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H 3 F <\i>1935 £5 Emerald-green air stamp, fine mint. Also a very good forgery "used" with Bulolo c.d.s. S.G. 205, £750+. (2). Photo on Page 164. £200-250
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1975 4c + 1c Health stamp, miniature sheet of ten with blue printed twice, superb unmounted mint. A spectacular and major variety, the only example discovered so far; the source of the listing in Campbell Paterson Catalogue. £600-800
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Air Mails. 1931 (Nov 5) Cover to Enugu with ½d, 1d, 1½d and 3d stamps each cancelled "INTERNAL AIRMAIL / LAGOS" skeleton c.d.s, backstamped at Port Harcourt (Nov 6). Carried on the Nov 6th experimental flight from Lagos to Tiki, Cameroons, which was abandoned at Port Harcourt after the plane suffered an engine failure, the mail sent on from Port Harcourt by rail. Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 196. £240-280
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1891 (July 6) Stampless cover with Church Missionary Society for Africa embossed on the flap, to London with oval "THE NIGER TERRITORIES / POST / OFFICE AKASSA" datestamp with a "1/-" charge mark, Liverpool Br. Packet (Aug 8) and London backstamps. Slightly reduced at the edges with address partly deleted, an early and scarce Akassa cover. Photo on Page 196 £300-350
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Niger Coast Protectorate - 1894 Opobo Provisonals. ½d on vertically bisected 1d pale blue (left half) or 1d dull blue (right half, a few short perfs) both used with Opobo River datestamps, 1d on vertically bisected Oil Rivers 2d (right half) used on piece with Old Calabar c.d.s, and ½d blue surcharge on vertically bisected 1d vermilion (right half) used with Opobo River c.d.s. Also 1914-53 Nigeria mint and used. S.G. 57, 58c, 59, 64c, £1,975+. (4+). £150-200
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1897 Cover to London headed "From W. J Sudlier, C.P.O H.M.S Jackdaw, Warri, West Coast Africa" and countersigned by the Commanding Officer, sent at the 1d sailors concession rate with Niger Coast 1d cancelled "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR PACKET" c.d.s (Dec 10), an unusually fine and very scarce sailors rate cover. Photo on Page 196. £650-750
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1899 (Feb 18) Cover with printed crest of the XXX Regiment, to an N.C.O in the Army Pay Corps in England with a G.B 1d lilac cancelled by violet boxed Burutu datestamp (Burutu in serifed lettering), fine. £100-120
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1899 (Aug 11) Stampless cover to London endorsed "no stamps available, Yelwa L. Borgu, Nigeria, Jn Wilson Lieut, W.A.F.F" with violet oval "LOKOJA / POST OFFICE" datestamp, blue crayon "T<+H>2<$>/<-Hz8>10<$z$>"and a 1d charge mark applied at Plymouth, violet boxed Burutu backstamp (Aug 20, Burutu in serifed lettering) and London (Sep 14) c.d.s. A fine Officers campaign cover, charged at the single 1d rate despite being marked as a double weight cover in crayon. Photo on Page 196. £240-300
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1891-95 ½d - 10/- B.C.A Overprints, mint and used selection including 10/- mint (4) and used (2), minor varieties with cut stop after "A", large stop after "A" or stop touching "A", minor faults though most are fine. S.G. 1/13, £2,500 (approx). (64). £400-500
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1891-95 2d B.C.A Overprint bisected on pieces (3), comprising vertical bisect tied by Zomba c.d.s, vertical bisect tied by Chiromo c.d.s (JY 12?) and circular barred numeral, diagonal bisect tied by Blantyre c.d.s (AP 28 96), scarce. (3). Photo on Page 210. £300-400
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1892-95 Surcharges comprising 3/- on 4/- mint and fiscally used, 4/- on 5/- mint (2, one with flat top "C", also used with fake cancel), and 1d on 2d mint (4) and used. S.G. 18/20, £895. (10). £160-180
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1894 (May 17) Long O.H.M.S cover from Zomba to "W.R Ogilvie Grant, British Museum, Natural History London" with 4d, 1/- and 2/6 B.C.A overprints tied by numeral cancels, datestamps of Zomba, Blantyre, Tshinde and London, oval "REGISTERED / B.C.A / LETTER". Manuscript "no 10/- stamps" (referring to the original contents?), vertical fold at left, otherwise fine and a very scarce commercial use of the first issue 1/- and 2/6 grey-purple. Photo on Page 200. £400-500
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1895 1d - £1 used (2/6 a little soiled, £1 with tiny ink mark on one perf), also 1d - 1/- and 3/- mint. S.G. 21/29, £2,000. (15). Photo on Page 210. £300-400
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1896 1d - £1 Handstamped "SPECIMEN" type NY1, in violet on the 1d and 2/6 - £1, in black on the 2d - 1/-, fine mint. (9). Photo on Page 210. £300-400
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1896 1d - 5/- Mint and used, small ink mark on the used 2/6 and mint 5/- creased, otherwise fine. S.G. 32/9, £1,500. (16). £200-250
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1896 £1 Black and blue used with Fort Lister datestamp in red, light creasing but very unusual. S.G. 40, £800. Photo on Page 210. £150-200
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1897 £1 Black and dull purple, imperforate plate proof pair on gummed watermarked Crown CC paper, left stamp creased, reverse with offsets from another stamp, good appearance and scarce. Photo on Page 210. £200-250
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1897 1d Imperf colour trials on gummed watermarked Crown CA paper, one in black on red paper, the others with black vignettes and differing coloured frames on white paper, fine and scarce. (6). Photo on Page 198. £700-900
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<\i>1897-1900 1d - £1 Used, also 1d - 1/- (1d block of four), 3/-, 10/- and £1 mint, used £1 stained, 10/- with a few toned perfs and 3/- with light corner crease, 4/- with fine "FORT HILL" squared circle. S.G. 43/51, £1,800. (21). £300-400
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1897-1901 Covers (3) and postcards (2), with 1897 cover from Fort Anderson to Mrs Lingard Ray in England franked 1896 2d + 4d, 1897-98 covers to England franked 1897 2d + 4d or 6d, also 1901 ½d Internal and 2d External postcards from Kota Kota to Fort Johnston. (5). £220-260
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1897 (Jan 8) 4d Registration envelope size F sent to India at the 1d soldiers concession rate, endorsed "sender no 256 LC Naick Asa Singh, Armed Forces in BCA" and countersigned by the Commanding Officer (Capt. W.H Manning, for the Lt. Col.), the 1d stamp cancelled "863" with a Zomba c.d.s alongside, backstamped at Chinde, Sea Post Office and Simla, with oval handstamp applied on the Bombay-Aden Sea Post Office containing the manuscript registration number. A fine and rare registered soldiers concession rate cover to India. Photo on Page 200. £600-700
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1897 1d on 3/-, Mint block of four, used single, and a registered cover to Scotland bearing thirteen examples (block of six, two strips of three + single), address partly erased, otherwise fine. S.G. 53, £400+. (Cover + 5 stamps). £100-120
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1898 1d Cheque Stamps, setting I with vertical frame lines crossing the space between rows, control number and letter in plain relief on reverse, used with Tshiromo c.d.s (AP 4 98). S.G. 55, £750. Photo on Page 166. £160-200
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1898 1d Cheque Stamps, imperforate stamps from setting II, used study comprising block of four, pairs (3) and singles (2, one without control number) in vermilion and deep ultramarine, two singles (one without control number) in vermilion and pale ultramarine, Zomba or Blantyre cancels dated between March 23 and May 21 1898, mainly fine. S.G. 55b/56, £2,300. (14). £450-550
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1898 1d Perf 12 Cheque Stamps, used study comprising pale and deep ultramarine shades with pairs (5), strips of three (3) and five and blocks of four (2), three used on fronts, five without control on reverse, c.d.s or squared circle cancels of Zomba, Blantyre, Fort Johnston or Tshiromo between June 1st and July 30th 1898. S.G. 57/a, £2,600+. (50). £500-600
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1901 1d Imperforate colour trials on gummed watermarked Crown CA paper, centres in purple (3) or green (2), frames in various colours, fine and scarce. (5). Photo on Page 198. £600-750
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1908-33 Mint selection including 1908 KEVII 2/- (2) and 10/- (2), 1911 2/6 (a little toned), 1913-21 KGV £1, 1921-33 2/6, 5/- and 10/-, also a few specimen stamps. S.G. £1,100+. (18). £180-220
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