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Greece & Turkey. 1861-1984 Mint and used collections of Greece in four albums, and Turkey in three albums, including Foreign Post Offices in the Levant, many earlier issues. (7 Albums). £350-400
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Italy & Switzerland. 1851-1984 Mint and used collection in seven albums comprising Italy, Vatican, San Marino, Fiume, Venezia Giulia and Switzerland, including reasonable Italian States, Italy with 1910 Plebiscite pair mint and used, 1923 Propaganda Fide set used, Manzoni death anniversary set used, 1929 Monte-Cassino set used, 1930 Mass Formation flight 7L70 unmounted, 1933 Balbo strips mint, 1934 Rome-Mogadiscio flight 5L used, Vatican 1948 500L used, Switzerland with 1946 Peace set mint and 10f used, etc. (7 Albums). Photo on Page 186. £400-600
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Middle East. 1919-84 Mint and used collections of Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Transjordan. (4 Albums). £200-250
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Middle East/Turkey. c.1875-1940 Stamps, revenue documents, a few covers, etc., the interesting lot with a stockbook of Transjordan including many overprints on Palestine or Saudi Arabia stamps, some varieties, a few with certificates; Syria Arab Government overprints, both genuine and forgeries, and other Syria; Cilicia overprints; Turkey revenue stamps with documents (11) and telegram receipts (11, two from Nazareth or Tiberias); other Turkey with a few stamps used in Syria or Palestine; Saudi Arabia, Palestine, etc. An interesting lot, worthy of careful study. (100s). £200-300
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North Africa. 1888-1984 Mint and used collection in five albums comprising Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, with French, Italian and Spanish Colonies, post independence issues and Foreign Post Offices in Morocco. (5 Albums). £300-400
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Pacific Islands. The extensive mint and used collection with British, French, Dutch, Portuguese and German Colonies, and independent countries, including Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Papua New Guinea, Netherlands Indies, Timor, Tonga, Aitutaki, Nauru, French Oceanic Territories, Niue, British Solomon Islands, Fiji, Pitcairn Island, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, New Hebrides, Papua, Cook Islands, Tokeleau, Samoa, New Guinea, etc. (9 Albums). £800-1,000
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Persian Gulf. 1929-84 Mint and used collection in six albums including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Ras Al Khaima, Ajman, Manama, Sharjah, Fujeira and Umm-Al-Qiwain, a good level of completeness with British postal agency issues, etc. (6 Albums). £300-500
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Philippines & Indonesia. 1864-1984 Mint and used collection in three albums, including Netherlands Indies. (3 Albums). £100-150
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Scandinavia. 1850-2000 Mint and used collections of Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway in four albums, mainly mint, postwar largely complete, some reasonable earlier issues including Denmark 1907-28 definitives mint, etc. (4 Albums). £200-250
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Scandinavia. 1852-1984 Mint and used collections in seven albums comprising Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including imperf issues, etc. (7 Albums). £350-400
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South America. 1853-1984 Mint and used collections in ten albums, comprising Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, French Guiana and Venezuela, an extensive lot with some classics and a good level of completeness in 20th Century issues. (10 Albums). £500-600
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South East Asia. c.1857-1984 Mint and used collections of Ceylon, Maldive Islands, Burma, Pakistan, Bhutan and Afghanistan. (4 Albums). £200-300
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South East Asia. 1884-1984 Mint and used collections in six albums, comprising Korea, South and North Korea, Indo-China, South and North Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. (6 Albums). £300-400
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Spain & Portugal. 1850-1984 Mint and used collections of Spain (three albums) and Portugal (two albums), also Azores and some Andorra, including imperf issues, Spanish Civil War covers, etc. (5 Albums). £200-250
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West Indies. Mint and used collection to c.1984 comprising Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Curacao, Surinam, Martinique and Guadeloupe, in seven albums. (7 Albums). £250-300
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1804-1958 G.B and foreign covers including 1930-35 airmail covers flown between Europe and South America by Lufthansa (13), 1929 Los Angeles to Lakehurst Zeppelin cover, N.Z QV lettercards, WW2 Iceland F.P.O covers (5), 1861 Rome to U.S.A cover carried by British Packet from Liverpool franked by two Papal States 8baj pairs, 1952 parcel piece bearing blue Jersey Parcel Post label with Customs dues shown, G.B QV registered covers, etc. (57+). £150-200
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1814-39 Entire letters from Europe to Scotland including disinfected 1830 letter from Corfu, letter from Helsingor with scarce oval Ship Letter Aberdeen datestamp (S2), other Ship Letters of London (2) and Hull, etc. (23). £350-400
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1871-1942 Covers and cards with hooded circle cachets or cancels, including Chile (7), Djibouti, also an Ethiopia telegram and some stamps. (20+). £120-150
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1891-2006 Covers and cards with hooded circle datestamps of Indian States (145), Tripolitania 1911-13 Italian Occupation (33), or inverted hooded circle and other Sondertarif datestamps of the Jungholz and Kleinwalsortal regions of Austria (c.130), a few faults. (300+). £250-350
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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). £140-180
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Maritime Mail. 1895-1935 Covers and cards (12), picture postcards and ephemera (9) from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., various Paquebot cancels and ship cachets including very early 1895 “PAQUETE” of Lisbon on Brazil lettercard, Barbados 1d cancelled oval “POSTED ON THE / HIGH SEAS”, Paquebots of Barbados, Havana, Vigo, etc, and 1935 cover from London to Pernambuco franked 6d (2) + 2/6 with “RM/L” perfins flown by Deutsche Lufthansa on first catapult flight from Gambia. Also 1926-38 covers with British Honduras stamps posted on United Fruit Co ships with New Orleans cancels, “PAQUEBOT” or ship handstamps. (25). £180-200
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Pictorial Envelopes. 1900-03 Covers posted from the U.S.A (3), a front and postcard posted from Japan, all hand illustrated by H.L Quick, a sailor in the Royal Navy, sent to his father in Guernsey. An attractive group, illustrated with ships, naval figures, a man (self portrait?), crying child, etc. (5). £150-200
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1840-1936 Mint and used collection in two fine leather bound Imperial albums including G.B 1883 10/- used, KEVII 2/6 mint, 1934 2/6 - 10/-; Ireland 1927-28 2/6 - 10/- mint; Bahrain 1933 5r upright watermark mint; India 1926-33 set mint; Kuwait 1934 10r mint; Canada 1928-29 and 1930-32 sets mint, etc. (2 Albums). £500-600
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c.1938-60 KGVI and QEII Issues in an album and stockbook, also some mint sheets and blocks, including St. Helena 1938-44 ½d - 10/- Specimen set of fourteen (four mounted, others unmounted), Swaziland 1938-54 set mint with some shades and all perfs and used sets (3), Leeward Islands 1938-51 set mint with additional listed shades, etc. £200-250
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Omnibus Issues. Albums containing 1948-49 Silver Wedding and 1953 Coronation issues apparently complete mint, the 1948 stamps rather heavily mounted; also 1937 Coronation issues from 56 countries on illustrated First Day Covers to J.E Lea. £200-250
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Barbados & Grenada - Prestamp Mail. 1820-27 Entire letters to Scotland, from Grenada “p Maria via Bristol” with red Bristol Ship Letter (S7), or from Barbados (2), an 1824 letter with fleuron backstamp to Wilson & Co in Bannockburn ordering tartan for the 93rd Regt., an 1827 letter “p. Higginson” with Liverpool Ship Letter unusually showing clear signs of disinfection with vinegar. (3). £80-100
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British West Indies. QV-c.1984 Mint and used collection in fourteen albums, all countries including Bermuda, British Guiana and British Honduras, QEII issues with a very good level of completeness, some better mint KEVII and KGV sets noted, an extensive lot. (14 Albums). £1,000-1,200
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British West Indies. 1870-1999 Mint and used collections of Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Montserrat and Virgin Islands in six volumes, including Bahamas 1884 and 1902 issues to 5/- mint, 1912-19 set mint, KGV sets to £1 mint, Barbados 1892-1903 2/6 violet and green mint, 1905 set mint, etc., all countries with QEII issue largely complete unmounted. (6 Albums). £400-500
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British East Africa. 1890-1984 Mint and used collection in two albums, comprising British East Africa, KUT, Uganda, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Zanzibar and British Somaliland, including Zanzibar 1904 1r-5r used, British Somaliland 1903 QV 2a6p “SUMALILAND” variety mint, etc., a good level of completeness from c.1935. (2 Albums). £250-350
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British Southern Africa. 1853-1984 Mint and used collection in four albums comprising Cape, Natal, OFS, Transvaal, Union of South Africa and homelands, South West Africa, Basutoland and Lesotho, Swaziland, including a few Cape triangulars, 1866 Cape cover to Orange Free State franked 4d, Basutoland 1961 surcharges with all types mint (10c type II unmounted), etc., a good level of completeness from c.1935. (4 Albums). £300-400
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British West Africa. 1876-1984 Mint and used collection in two albums comprising Gambia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, also Lagos, Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria, Niger Coast, Biafra and Cameroon, some useful earlier stamps with Northern Nigeria 1900 2/6 mint, Sierra Leone 1921 10/- mint, a good level of completeness for all countries from 1935. (2 Albums). £300-400
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Cyprus, Gibraltar & Malta. 1861-1984 Mint and used collections in three albums, including Cyprus 1928 set to £1 mint (£1 unmounted) and scarce 1944 1pi orange perf 13½x12½ mint, etc. (3 Albums). £350-400
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North Borneo, Brunei, Sarawak & Labuan. 1869-1984 Mint and used collection in an album, including 1895 Parker cover to London bearing first Brunei set of seven + Labuan 18c, etc. (100s). £200-250
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Pacific Islands. 1908-2000 Mint and used collection of Pitcairn Island, Fiji, British Solomon Islands, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, New Hebrides, Kiribati and Vanuatu, in four albums, including British Solomons 1914-23 £1 used, Pitcairn complete mint, Fiji 1938-55 set mint, all countries with QEII issues apparently complete unmounted. (4 Albums). £200-250
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Papua New Guinea, Cocos Islands & Christmas Island. 1952-99 Collection in four albums, apparently complete unmounted, also many used. (4 Albums). £100-150
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Offices in the Persian Gulf. 1933-66 Bahrain issues complete mint with all overprints on India (1941 15r upright watermark) and G.B, some used, also all issues for Qatar, Muscat and British Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia, a good lot. S.G. £3,000 (approx). (100s). Photo on Page 186. £400-500
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Rhodesia & Nyasaland. 1890-1984 Mint and used collection in two albums, comprising Rhodesia, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Nyasaland, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe, with Northern Rhodesia 1948 £1 unmounted and a photo of a KGVI essay probably from the printers records, Rhodesia 8d double head mint, 1922 5/- mint, Nyasaland 1938 set to £1 mint with additional 10/- ordinary paper, etc., a good level of completeness from c.1935. (2 Albums). £300-400
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Seychelles & Mauritius. 1859-1984 Mint and used collection with a few Mauritius used in Seychelles, Seychelles 1938-49 set mint, etc., also some Reunion. (2 Albums). £160-200
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Seychelles & Mauritius. 1863-1999 Mint and used collection of Seychelles and Mauritius in two albums, including Mauritius used in Seychelles (5, with S.G. 27), Seychelles 1938-49 set mint with most papers and shades (no 1r yellow-green), etc. (2 Albums). £150-200
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South Atlantic Islands. 1856-1984 Mint and used collection in an album including St. Helena 1922-37 1½d mint and 3d used both with broken mainmast variety, Ascension 1944 1½d black and vermilion perf 13 mint and 1949 1½d black and rose-carmine perf 14 used both with davit flaw, etc. (100s). £150-200
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South Atlantic Islands. 1884-1999 Mint and used collections of St. Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha in four albums including St. Helena 1922-37 10/- mint, Ascension 1938-53 sets mint (2, various perfs, also used), QEII largely complete unmounted. S.G. £3,600+. (4 Albums). £400-500
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1861 Stampless unpaid covers, one to Bombay with circular “ADEN / BPP / Bearing” and backstamped by “ADEN” double arc datestamp (Proud D1) with “St BG / As 4” charge mark; the other to France with boxed “INDIA UNPAID” and “ADEN-STR-POINT” single ring backstamp (D2). The cover to Bombay with corner and edge faults, the cover to France very fine. (2) £180-220
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c.1856-1968 Mint and used selection with India stamps used in Aden (c.50, with two QV 2r stamps), 1937-66 issues complete mint, issues for Seiyun, Shihr & Mukalla, Hadhramaut complete, mainly mint, also some used. A good lot. S.G. £2,000+. (100s). Photo on Page 108. £300-350
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1854-1936 Covers (11), pieces (16) and stamps (226), the collection including “124” type K2 on 1854 ½a, 1a (5), 2a (3) and 4a (5, two cut square) and other stamps (49), “125” type K5 (9), “A / 124” type K6 (3), Aden Steamer Point 124 duplex type KD7 (16, two on Ceylon), similar Aden Cantonment 124 duplex (11), squared circles, double ring datestamps and later duplexs, “B” obliterator on piece, stamps including Officials, QV 2r - 5r, multiples, etc. An excellent collection, a few faults. (253). Photo on Page 108. £2,200-2,600
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c.1854-1936 Covers and cards (66), pieces and stamps (84) including early Perim postcards and 1918 “PERIM” c.d.s, 1904 postcard bearing QV 3p + KEVII 3p and ½a, WWI Censors, Paquebots, postage dues, etc., the stamps including 1854 4a (cut to shape) with “124” cancel. (150). £300-400
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1864 Cover to Scotland franked 8p, 2a and 4a (some trimmed perfs) each cancelled “124”, red boxed “INDIA PAID” with “ADEN-STR-POINT” backstamp, an attractive cover. Photo on Page 122. £200-250
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1880 Cover to Spain franked 1a + 2a, each cancelled by the scarce “B-22” obliterator (Proud K12) with Aden c.d.s alongside, manuscript “2” to indicate a double weight letter with handstruck “T” in circle and “36 Centimes”, red “M/75” handstamp. £100-120
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c.1880-84 Covers to Italy or India (3) franked 1a pair + 2a, 1a strip of three (2 covers) or 1a + 2a, cancelled “B” in bars (Proud K11) with Aden Camp datestamps, one cover bearing a yellow “Missent” label in Indian script, Sea Post Office datestamps. One cover with small corner fault, otherwise fine. (4). £150-200
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1903 (July 6) 1a Envelope to Ireland cancelled by “DTHALI” double ring datestamp, backstamped at Aden and Naas. A fine early example of this uncommon datestamp, the office opened in 1903 for the Aden-Yemeni Boundary Commission and accompanying troops. Photo on Page 122. £300-350
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Perim Island. 1894-1931 Covers and cards with 1894-1909 India cards written at Perim cancelled at Aden (9), 1905-12 cards from British naval ships at Perim with G.B 1d stamps cancelled in London (2), 1896 cover from France to Perim; and 1916-31 covers and cards with “PERIM” datestamps (9, type D1, name in straight line across the circle) including stampless 1916 O.A.S cover and 1917 cover franked 1a with “THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY / C.S CAMBRIA” cachet both with violet “PASSED CENSOR / No. A9 / PERIM”, 1919 postcard with large “P” censor, 1921 insured registered cover to G.B franked 5a, 1931 registered cover to G.B franked 5a with boxed “PERIM” handstruck on the registration label, 1931 arrival c.d.s on card from India, 1932 postcard to Sweden, 1926-29 covers to G.B or New Zealand, etc. An excellent collection, well written up on 20 pages. (27). Photo on Page 122. £1,300-1,600
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