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1962 (Sept 20) Chinese Paintings (2nd Series) 80c - $4 set of four in vertical marginal strips of five from the left of the sheet, also additional 80c vertical marginal strip of five from the right of the sheet, all with Courvoisier imprint in the side margin, superb unmounted mint. S.G. 451/4, £1,450. (5 strips). £320-380
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1904 Post Office presentation card with reproductions of the 1904 pictorial set of nine in the issued colours, descriptions of the stamps below in French and Greek, superbly printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ltd, minor corner crease, otherwise fine and scarce, 123x206mm. £200-240
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1921-23 10pa - 45pi Set of fifteen, watermark Multiple Script CA, fine mint. S.G. 85/99, £550. (15). Photo on Page 140. £160-180
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1928 50th Anniversary of British Rule, ¾pi - £1 of ten superb unmounted mint. S.G. 123/32, £300+. (10). Photo on Page 190. £120-140
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1960-61 2m - £1 Cyprus Republic overprint set of fifteen in unmounted mint blocks of four. S.G. 182/202, £600. (15 Blocks). £120-140
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1898 Covers to Manchester, franked 1873-1902 5c pair tied by St. Thomas c.d.s, or 1c brown & yellow-green + 3c red & greenish-blue strip of three with mute target cancels. (2). £150-200
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1855-1917 Mint and used collection written up on pages with postal stationery and some covers, including 1855 3c mint and used, 1866 3c used (3), 1872-73 3c and 4c used, 1873-1902 issue identified by printing and frame with perf 14x13½ 1c printings 1-3 mint (2) and used (7, one inverted frame), 3c printing 4 frame inverted used, 4c bisect cover and piece, 4c printing 1 used (3), 7c printing 1 mint pair and used and printing 2 used (2), 12c printing 2 used (2), 14c used (thinned), 50c printing 1 mint and used (2), perf 12½ 10c used, 1887 1c on 7c mint (3) and frame inverted used, 1902 8c on 10c frame inverted used, 1905 set used, other stamped covers and picture postcards (7), postal stationery 3c envelope used, postcards unused (10) and used (9, one 1898 2c card uprated 1c to Canada), also postage dues, cancellations and a few forgeries. S.G. £8,000 (approx). (286). £1,000-1,200
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1852-62 Entire letters bearing 1851-54 4R.B.S (3), 1854-59 4sk (2, one with a pair) or 1858 4sk (4), various stamp printings, shades and types, all with four margins, tied by numeral cancels including numbers 19, 40, 51, 72, 115, etc., one a little soiled, otherwise fine. (9). £240-280
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1853 (Mar 15) Entire to Starehedolinge franked 4R.B.S brown, four margins, cancelled by scarce Copenhagen "34" duplex with "JRB. PST. EXP" in a box at left, used at the Railway Post Office, light creases, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 150. £120-150
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1854-58 Entires from the Danish Post Office at Hamburg to Copenhagen bearing 1854 or 1858 4sk tied by numeral "2", K.D.O.P.A Hamburg c.d.s alongside, stamps with four margins, 1854 entire with vertical file fold, otherwise fine. (2). £100-120
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1855 (Nov 14) Entire from the Danish Post Office at Kiel to Rantzau franked 1854 4sk red-brown, four margins, cancelled by numeral "19" within bars, manuscript "Kiel 14/11 55" alongside, senders cachet, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 150. £250-300
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1857-1994 Covers and cards including T.P.Os, postal stationery, Paquebots and "Fra" handstamps, Christmas seals, special event cancels, undated cancels, forces in Germany, etc. Also a packet of Local Post stamps. (183+). £250-300
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1923-33 ½d - £1 Set of 21 fine mint, S.G. 71/91, £400. (21). £100-120
| EGYPT
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1854 (Apr 2) Entire letter from Cairo to Asyat carried by the Mohamed Aly post, manuscript ½ dirhem weight and 15pa charge, reverse with negative Cairo handstamp (type 1, in use 1853-55), very scarce. £250-300
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1859 Stampless entire letter to Scotland, written "on board the Steamer Nubia, Red Sea" on May 14th with "Alexandria May 18th" written around the seal, posted unpaid with light Alexandria c.d.s and Forres arrival c.d.s, charged 9d. The letter written en route from Calcutta, expected to be at Suez on the 17th or 18th, therefore written off the coast of Saudi Arabia or Yemen. £100-120
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1866-1995 Mint and used collection in a large Scott album with useful early issues, 1922 and 1923 sets mint, 1926 Port Fouad 50p unused, 1925 Prince Farouk brown centre set, 1932 100m surcharge mint, 1934 U.P.U £E1 used, 1938 birthday £E1 mint, 1931 Zeppelin set mint and used on separate covers, officials, postage dues, express, miniature sheets (missing 1956 Scout sheet), occupation of Palestine, Interpostal Seals, some covers, etc. A comprehensive collection, very high catalogue value. (1000s). £2,800-3,200
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1872 (June 27) Entire (lower flap missing) from Minuf to Cairo with typographed 1pi red cancelled by the rare Minuf negative seal handstamp, manuscript "Minuf 2/27/6/72" (second post on June 27), small part arrival c.d.s. Minuf should have been issued with a "V.R Poste Egiziane" c.d.s in 1869/71 but no such c.d.s is recorded and it was presumably lost; this "Egyptian Khedivial Post Office" seal handstamp was therefore used before the arrival of the "Poste Khedevie Egiziane" c.d.s in 1873. Very rare, with Todd Certificate (2017). Photo on Page 150. £300-400
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1875 Registered cover from Mansura to Cairo bearing Penasson 1pi red and Bulaq 2pi yellow cancelled by fine Poste Egiziane Mansura c.d.s with a second strike alongside and boxed "RACCOMANDATO", fine and very attractive. £120-150
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1875 Registered cover from Cairo to Minuf bearing Bulaq 2pi yellow pair tied by Poste Egiziane Cairo c.d.s, a further strike at right with boxed "RACCOMANDATO", wax seals and partial arrival datestamp on reverse. Part flap missing, otherwise fine and attractive. £150-200
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1892-1968 Cards and covers (c.200) including military mail, WW2, maritime, 1968 Great Bitter Lakes covers from S.S "Talthybius" posted with China stamps (3), etc., also stamps on pages, Interpostal Seals (49), Suez Canal stamps (43, probably all forgeries), etc. (100s). £150-200
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1906-22 Die Proofs on wove paper comprising 1906 4m vermilion (40x32mm), 1914 100m slate (2, 63x69mm and 156x108mm), 1922 15m indigo (156x108mm). (4). £200-250
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1909-81 Covers and cards including 1915 O.A.S cards from French naval forces at Ismailia (2), 1918 O.A.S covers recovered from the wreck of the "Kingstonian" with A.P.O SZ10 datestamp of Cairo and "SALVED LETTER" or unclear FPO and boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION / IN SEA WATER" both in violet, 1950 commercial registered covers from Khan Younis to British forces at Fayed with Palestine overprint stamps (2), covers from U.N forces in Sinai or Lebanon (5, three from Fiji forces, all commercial), etc. (16). £180-200
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1916-17 Covers and cards with army T.P.O skeleton datestamps comprising stampless O.A.S items with "CAT / T.P.O" (2, code "X" or no code), "TAC TPO" (code X) or "Z AND W TPO" (2, codes "A" or "B"), also 2d registration envelope from APO SZ2 at Zagazig to Alexandria with "TAC / TPO" (code "X") transit datestamp on the front, all fine. (6). £300-350
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1926 Port Fouad 5m-50p set of four fine used with first day (Dec. 21) Port Fouad datestamps, the 50p with R.P.S Certificate (1986). S.G. 141/4, £2,250. (4). Photo on Page 160 £700-800
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1933-38 Royal proofs comprising 1933 1m and 30m pairs with skewed perfs mint and imperforate 2m with "Cancelled" on reverse; 1938 Official set with skewed perfs mint (two additional examples of the 1m, 3m, 5m, 10m) and three imperforate sets with "Cancelled" in English or Arabic on reverse. (49). £200-250
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1934 U.P.U Congress 1m - £E1 set of fourteen fine mint, very lightly mounted. S.G. 219/32, £900. (14). £150-180
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Booklets. 1937 120m Booklet, the four panes of 1936 5m each with marginal plate number "A/37" obliterated by two bars and replaced by "A/39"; and 1939 210m booklet stitched at right. S.G. SB14/15, £1,250. (2). £180-220
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Booklets. 1939 210m Booklet with 1937 King Farouk definitives, blue covers stitched at left, also two examples of the 1954 240m booklet containing panes of the Defence 10m, all very fine. S.G. SB15, 19, £1,450. (3). £150-200
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British Forces Seals. 1932 1p Postal Seal (as S.G. A1), imperforate marginal plate proof block of four, fine mint. £80-100
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British Forces Seals. 1932-36 Covers with British Forces letter stamps on reverse and "EGYPT / POSTAGE PREPAID" handstamps including 1932 (Dec 9) cover from M.P.O Moascar with a unusually clear strike of the scarce red Egypt Postage Prepaid handstamp "7" which was lost early in 1933, supposedly dropped down a well at Moascar (cover opened out, reverse a little reduced at upper edge), also four later covers with Army Post stamps including 1936 3m. (13). Photo on Page 150. £160-200
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British Forces Seals. 1935 (May 8) Cover to London with red Egypt Postage Prepaid 12 handstamp with 1935 Silver Jubilee 1pi letter stamp on reverse tied by red retta cancel, Abu Suwer Egyptian P.O c.d.s and Alexandria machine on reverse. £140-160
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British Forces Seals. 1935 (Nov 15) Cover to England with red Egypt Postage Prepaid 13 handstamp and M.P.O Alexandria c.d.s, reverse with 1935 Silver Jubilee 1pi letter stamp tied by retta cancel, very fine. £150-180
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British Forces Seals. 1936 (Mar 15) Covers to the Isle of Man posted on the last day of validity of British Forces letter stamps, also therefore the last day of use of the "EGYPT / POSTAGE PREPAID" crowned handstamps, all with 1pi letter stamps on reverse tied by retta cancels, various M.P.O datestamps and the Egypt Postage Prepaid handstamps in red numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 20, 23, 24 or in black numbered 11 or 12, all very fine. (10). £200-240
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Army Post stamps. 1936-39 3m and 10m Army Post stamps, mint Control blocks of the 1936 3m and 10m (4), 1939 3m (7) and 10m (13), also 1939 3m used (7) and scarce 10m inverted watermark used (S.G. A15a, unpriced). S.G. £2,350+. (111). £200-250
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Postage Dues. 1839-1968 Covers (52) and stamps including 1875 cover franked 1pi pair from Alexandria to Constantinople with handstruck "4" charge mark, 1877 stampless entire from Aden to Suez and wrapper franked 1pi from Cairo to Tanta both with handstruck "3" charge marks, 1911 cover from Cairo to Constantinople with Turkey 10pa tied by bilingual "T", 1846 disinfected letter from Toura to France, stamps with blocks, imperf varieties, shades, watermark and paper varieties, 1888 1pi blue (4), 2pi orange (3) and 5pi grey (4) mint or unused, surcharges and overprints with minor varieties, 1952 Royal Collection colour trials, 2m overprint inverted, etc. A good lot in an album. £1,500-1,800
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French P.O. 1874 (Dec 22) Cover to France bearing Penasson 1pi cancelled by Alessandria c.d.s and France 1871-75 80c cancelled "5080" with Alexandrie French P.O c.d.s at left, red "PD" and senders cachet, arrival backstamps. Light file fold and minor edge faults, still an attractive combination cover. Photo on Page 156. £300-350
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Picture Postcards. c.1900-60 Picture postcards in three albums including costumes, ethnic, archaeology, street scenes, mosques, folklore, transport, street vendors, souvenirs, etc., most pre-1930, many postally used. (1,000+). £600-700
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1937-39 Air Mail covers to South America, the 1937 cover to Brazil franked 20m + Air 200m, 1939 cover to Argentina inscribed "per American domestic air mail" with 270m paid by Air 5m (2) + 10m + 20m + 30m + 200m. South American destinations very scarce. (2). £200-250
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1939-45 Wartime air mails mainly to the U.S.A, the fine collection well written up on pages with additional items, virtually all bearing air stamps with values to the 200m, the comprehensive study showing the various air lines, routes and rates including Imperial, KLM, Pan Am, Ala Littoria, with transatlantic, transpacific and routes via Europe, the Far East and West Africa, 1940-42 Clipper covers to U.S.A with rates up to 540m (7 covers bearing one or more 200m air stamps), forces mail, horseshoe route and westbound clipper, etc. A fine lot, the result of many years collecting but with some potential for further research. (83). Photo on Page 156. £2,500-3,000
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1940-41 Air Mail covers from Alexandria to Canada all with a British naval censor, rates of 207m, 380m, 422m (with Air 200m pair) or 432m, all endorsed via Karachi and transpacific clipper, a couple with corner faults, unusual. (4). Photo on Page 156. £150-200
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1941 Air Mail covers from the U.S Legation in Cairo to the U.S Legation in Bagdad, 228m or 291m rates both with a 200m air stamp, retta cancels, both with boxed "20 / POSTAL CENSOR" and boxed cachet in Arabic. (2). £150-200
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1941-42 Air Mail covers all to The New York Times, various route inscriptions and rates including eastbound or westbound clipper, horseshoe route or via West Africa. (7). £200-300
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Postcards. 1879-1954 Unused and used postcards with scarce cancels, complete reply cards, 1888 5p reply card used back from Germany, 1910 4m on 5m reply card used back from Beyrouth, 1916 3m on 2m (3, one used), 1928 4m reply card converted to a postcard, air mail rates, etc. A good collection in an album. (164). £900-1,000
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Postcards. 1954 6m Soldiers view cards, twenty cards all with differing views in purple, green or brown, postally used on the Cairo to Vienna first flight (11), commercially used (5) or C.T.O (4, two with "Sous-Commissions de L'U.P.U" c.d.s), scarce cards used. (20). £350-400
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Envelopes. 1887-1978 Unused and used envelopes in an album, the comprehensive collection with many uprated envelopes, registered uses, scarce cancels from small offices including Delta Barrage, provisional surcharges, various watermark varieties, paper types, printings, shades, etc., a good collection. (271). £1,400-1,600
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Lettersheets. 1889-1994 Unused and used lettersheets in an album including 1889-1913 "Envelope-Lettre" types, 1911-12 5m red (4, two used) and 1pi blue (4), 1914 5m red (4) and 10m blue (4), 1922 5m pink (4, two used), 1930-41 issues, air letters and later cassette envelopes, all very fine. (119). £800-900
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Wrappers/Registered Envelopes. 1889-1973 Unused and used newspaper wrappers (68), registered envelopes (15) and lettersheets (3) with uprated items and scarcer cancels, various shades, printings and watermarks. (86). £900-1,000
| FALKLAND ISLANDS
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1933 Centenary 2/6 (Battle Memorial) fine used on piece with South Georgia c.d.s. S.G. Z62, £750. Photo on Page 160. £140-160
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1964 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Falklands, 2½d lower right corner imprint/plate block of eight, the lower row with double vertical perforations at foot, unmounted mint, unusual and unique. Photo on Page 212. £300-400
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1964 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Falklands, 1/- with margin at left, variety watermark inverted, tiny stain to three upper perfs, otherwise fine unmounted mint, very scarce. S.G. 217w, £4,250. Photo on Page 140. £400-500
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