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1937 Pictorial issue, set overprinted "SPECIMEN" (no 30L), sample stamps in unissued colours with "Waterlow & Sons Ltd Specimen" overprints and punch holes (3), 15c block with offset, etc., also 1939 Presidential Visit overprint set. (103). £100-120
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1940 Third Centenary of Independence, imperf proofs of all six values in the issued colours, set overprinted "SPECIMEN", and the mint set. (18). Photo on Page 198. £250-300
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1900 (June 13) 20r Postcard registered from Beira to Switzerland franked 25r on 5r and 50r on half 20r, long message on reverse, piece missing at upper left corner and minor edge faults at right, very scarce stamps on cover. £100-150
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1902-15 Covers and cards including 1903 registered cover franked 50r + 100r (faults) and 1906 cover ranked 25r with Ambulancia Beira datestamp both to Rhodesia, 1913-15 covers and cards with Republica overprints (6, four censored), etc., some faults. (12). £160-200
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1920-36 Covers and cards bearing the 1918-31 pictorial issues including 1925 registered cover to London with Nova Luzitania registration label, other cancels of Macecuese, Marromeu, Gondola, Vila Pera, Beira-Umtali Ambulancia, etc. (18). £150-180
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1924 Stamp Shortage. Stampless covers from Beira to Portugal, one registered, both with red circular "CORREIO / PAGO / 1$20", also an 8r proof strike on piece. (3). £100-120
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Air Mails. 1935-39 Covers with 1935 (Aug) first flight covers from Beira to Salisbury (pilot signed), Blantyre or Tete, 1935 (Oct 1) F.D.C of triangular air stamps flown to Salisbury (S.G. give First Day as Oct. 5) and Oct. 15 commemorative cover, and commercial covers bearing the Nov. 1st air issue (11), one 1936 cover to London franked 10E pair + 20E. (16). £200-250
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1937-42 Covers mainly bearing the 1937 pictorial issue including complete set on registered covers to London (2, one 18 July 1942 - last day cover?), registered cover with 1940 Third Centenary of Independence set, censored covers, Beira-Umtali Ambulancia c.d.s, commercial use of Presidents Colonial Tour 45c, etc. (17). £140-160
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Postal Stationery. 1898-1926 Postcards and letter cards, the unused collection on pages including 1898 Centenary overprint 10r and 20r (2) cards (one of each C.T.O), 1904 cards with views (25), 1912 50r lettercard with Republica overprint in green, etc, all very fine. (58). £200-250
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Postal Stationery. 1897-1937 Postcards (9) and a lettercard, all used, including 1892 first issue 10r cards used within Mozambique or to Chile franked 15r, 1898 Vasco de Gama 10r card to England franked 5r pair or 20r card to Germany franked 5r, 1904 10r and 20r cards with views of "Club de Beira" both to Germany, etc., a few faults, the three uprated cards all fine and scarce. (10). £200-250
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1935-36 Air Mail covers from Austria franked 2s.15 or 3s.40, or from G.B franked 1/- or 9d (registered) all to the British Legation in Nepal with arrival backstamps, also a cover from Corfu to the British Minister to Nepal sent to India. (5). £200-250
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1937-40 Air Mail covers to London franked KGV ½a + 3a + 4a, KGV 1a (2) + KGVI 3p pair, or KGVI 12a, tied by Nepal datestamps, all fine. (3). £100-120
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c.1943 Covers to India bearing Nepal 2p brown strip of four or two singles, differing censor seals. (2). £80-100
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1946-48 Covers (4) and 6a air letters (2) to England or U.S.A, with India stamps tied by "BRITISH LEGATION / NEPAL" datestamps, four with Nepal transit datestamps. (6). £150-180
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1947 Registered covers to G.B or U.S.A (3) with India stamps cancelled by "BRITISH LEGATION / REG. / (NEPAL)" datestamps, one with handstruck registration mark, two with printed or handstamped registration labels, the other just with a manuscript number. (4). £150-180
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1948-49 Registered covers to U.S.A (2) or Singapore with India stamps tied by "INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL) / REG." datestamps, one bearing a British Legation registration label, the other two with British Legation registration labels handstamped "INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL)", very unusual. (3). £150-180
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1948-50 Covers with India KGVI definitives cancelled by various "INDIAN EMBASSY (NEPAL)" datestamps, two 6a air letters franked 2a, three covers also bearing 1949-52 issue stamps, two registered with "V.P" Indian Embassy registration labels, to Singapore, U.S.A (6) or Holland. (8). £250-300
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1951 (Nov 21) Registered cover to U.S.A, 3r4a postage paid by KGVI 3½a block of four + 1r + 1949-52 2a (7) + Gandhi 12a, all cancelled at the Indian Embassy with red "V.P" registration label, the Gandhi issue very rare used in Nepal. Photo on Page 196. £250-300
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1951-61 Covers with India stamps cancelled at the Indian Embassy, various cancels, 25 registered with various registration labels, includes early air mail flown direct from Nepal (the first air strip constructed in 1950), postal stationery (6, with two registration envelopes), etc., also two parcel tags from diplomatic bags with Service stamps. A good lot. (35). £1,000-1,200
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Expeditions. 1954-91 Covers from expeditions to the Himalayan Mountains, several to Everest, including India/Nepal combination cover to Ireland with "DAILY MAIL / Himalayan Expedition 1954" cachet, many signed by expedition members, 1979 balloon flight over Everest (10), also a piece signed by Sir Edmund Hillary. (36). £700-800
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1956-2005 Covers, mainly commercial mail, a few F.D.Cs, ingoing covers, postal stationery registration envelopes, 1956 India air letters bearing Nepal stamps (2), 1957 cover with India and and Nepal stamps, etc. (183). £800-1,000
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1957-76 Royal Palace envelopes with cachets of Principal Private Secretary (posted at Indian Embassy, registered), Chief of the Royal Household (2) or Deputy Secretary Personnel Dept., also 1971 cover with Pokhara Camp Post Office c.d.s used during the royal visit to a water project (Geoffrey Flack Certificate, supposedly one of two flown covers). (5). £100-120
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1958-2009 First flight covers with 1958 first internal flights (7), 1959 special flight for admission to U.P.U (4), etc., some pilot signed, including 1978 First Accent of Everest Silver Jubilee helicopter flight with signatures including Sir Edmund Hillary. (37). £400-500
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1959-63 Covers to U.S.A, sent by diplomatic bag with Nepal stamps cancelled in Washington D.C. (10). £120-140
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1978-2002 Stampless U.N air letters commercially used by Nepalese soldiers in Lebanon (4), Croatia (2) or Sierra Leone all sent back to Nepal, also two philatelic covers from the Battalion in Lebanon to Austria with Israel stamps. (9). £80-100
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Postal Stationery. 1959 8p Air letter, unissued first printing missing the "Swastikas" from the four corners, superb unused, with Geoffrey Flack Certificate. 300 Supposedly printed, virtually all of which were cancelled to order with a special U.P.U datestamp, probably the rarest item of Nepal postal stationary. Photo on Page 196. £400-500
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Postal Stationery - Air Letters. 1959-94 Air letters including 1959 8p first printing C.T.O with U.P.U datestamp, 1959 8p second, third and fourth printings (6), later Specimen overprints (5), etc. (68). £450-550
| NETHERLANDS & COLONIES
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1687-1916 Entire letters, covers and cards including 1687-97 3st charge marks from Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, 1751 letter with tiny "UTRECHT" handstamp, 1897 cover from G.B to Amsterdam with 5c + 20c postage due stamps but refused and returned, etc. Also three Surinam cards with routing handstamps via Plymouth, Havre or Southampton. (11). £200-250
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Netherlands Colonies. 1876-1977 Covers and cards from Netherlands Indies (85) or Curacao (32) including postal stationery (with Specimen overprints), military, WW2, maritime, etc. (119). £150-200
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Netherlands Indies - Solar Eclipse. 1901 (Apr 27) Cover with "Royal Greenwich Observatory" flap addressed to "H.F Newall, Sawah Loento" with 10c cancelled at Padang, boxed "NA POSTTIJD" and scarce "ECLIPSKAMP / KARANG SAGO". This branch office was open from April 1st to May 23rd for the Dutch Expedition to view the total Solar Eclipse in Sumatra. Photo on Page 204. £200-250
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Indonesia. 1948 Netherlands Indies stamps with Rep. Indonesia overprints, some with overprints both in Indonesian and English, various issues in mint blocks including 1933-37 definitives and 1941-45 dances issue, some faults. (100s). £100-150
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1935 £5 Emerald-green fine used. S.G. 205, £450. Photo on Page 160. £100-120
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1863-68 Covers (2) and printed masonic returns form from the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Scotland, all posted from Scotland to New Zealand franked 6d. (3). £120-150
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c.1890-1998 Covers and cards including postal stationery (71), WW2 & Korean War military, T.P.Os, etc. (191). £250-300
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1898-1907 Pictorial definitives, including 1899 perf 11 5/- used, 1903 4d perf 14 mint horizontal pair imperf vertically (S.G. 322a, light crease), 1903 perf 11 2/- mint, 1906 perf 14 2/- (2) and 5/- (3) mint, 5/- used, etc. (94). Photo on Page 140. £200-250
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World War One. 1914-15 Stampless cards with violet oval "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / TROOPSHIP No. 12 / EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" (2) used on H.M.T "Waimana", or boxed "N.Z MILITARY POST OFFICE / TROOPSHIP No. 31" used on the "Tahiti", all fine. Also covers from N.Z forces in Egypt (2, hospital cachets) or G.B (3, with N.Z Sta. Post Office 5 or 6 c.d.s). (8). £120-150
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World War One - Hospital Ships. 1916 Stampless covers (3) and postcards (2, Malta or the "Marama"), three with boxed "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / N.Z Hospital Ship / "MARAMA"", two of these additionally with oval "N.Z No 2 HOSPITAL SHIP / PASSED BY CENSOR / "MARAMA"" (Durban c.d.s or Received From H.M Ship handstamp), the other with additional "PASSED BY CENSOR --". The other two covers with "ON ACTIVE SERVICE / N.Z HOSPITAL SHIP / "MAHENO"" and "PASSED BY CENSOR", the "Maheno" covers with faults, the three "Marama" items very fine. (5). £150-200
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Railways. 1910-11 Letters from Richard Church, a railway engineer on the Lagos Railway, to his wife in Kent, six letters written en route in England or on S.S "Akabo", one from Lagos, sixteen letters from Offa in Northern Nigeria where Church was overseeing works including building a loco workshop, carriage and wagon repair shop and goods shed, the remaining 26 letters from the railway headquarters at Ebute Metta where Church was in charge, contents mentioning sport and social activities and works on the railway including tours of inspection. One letter on Lagos Govt Railway notepaper includes news received of Crippens execution and the work of suffragettes, a June 1911 letter gives details of Coronation day festivities at Lagos with an enclosed programme for the regatta, another with five photos of Offa enclosed, also a letter of thanks from a native employee. One cover with a T.P.O cancel, the others all carried by train and posted at Lagos, many cover faults, nine with stamps torn away, an interesting social and historical correspondence. (49). £200-250
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1898 Stampless cover to Gibraltar endorsed "No stamps available, Jebba, Niger Companys Territory" with boxed Burutu datestamp in black and 5d charge mark of Liverpool deleted in blue crayon, Liverpool Br. Packet and Gibraltar backstamps. A little creasing but an unusual destination from Niger Coast. £150-180
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Northern Nigeria. 1900 ½d - 10/- Set of nine fine mint. S.G. 1/9, £600. (9). Photo on Page 140. £160-180
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1791 (June 10) Entire letter from Christiansund to Balcaskie in Scotland endorsed "pr Capt. Hardie, Q.D.C", concerning a cargo of timber, hand carried, a very early letter from Norway. £100-120
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c.1880-1987 Covers and cards including T.P.Os, Bergen-Newcastle Sea Post Office (6), postal stationery, etc. (69). £100-120
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1891-1945 Mint and used selection on pages including 1896 and 1897 3/- mint, etc. S.G. £1,400. (109). £200-250
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1894-99 20pa Postcards (2) and a coloured picture postcard of Bethlehem franked 20pa, all to England, the picture postcard with negative seal cancel of Bethlehem in violet (C.&W. type 112); 20pa cards with datestamps of Nasrie in blue (C.&W.77) or Jaffa (C.&W139) the last with "HOWARD'S HOTEL / JERUSALEM" cachet, all fine. (3). Photo on Page 204. £300-400
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1898-1906 Postcards posted on the Jerusalem-Jaffa T.P.O, 1878 postal stationery card and coloured "Souvenir de Jerusalem" picture postcard with superb type RP2 or RP3 datestamps, 1906 postcard with two strikes of the very rare type RP7 "JAFFA-JEROUSALEM" datestamp (Jerusalem mispelt with an "O" included), all superb, this last datestamp very rare. (3). Photo on Page 204. £1,000-1,200
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1898-1914 Postcards (9), various cancels including scarce Arabic seal handstamp of Jaffa Souk branch office, circular datestamps of Acre, Jerusalem Gare, Nasre, Gaza, Jerusalem-Jaffa T.P.O, octagonal datestamps of Jerusalem 2 (2) and Eriha Jerusalem (faults), also stamps (5) and five picture postcards, a few faults. (9+). £400-500
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1915 Turkey 2pa newspaper wrappers to a Major Welsch with the Ottoman 8th Army, two to Poste Restante Damascus and one to Jerusalem, all redirected to Khan Younis, two with scarce Military Censor cachet applied at Jerusalem (only recorded in 1915), very unusual. (3). £200-240
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Foreign Post Offices. 1901-14 Covers and cards from Jerusalem, with stamps and cancels of the Russian (4), French (6) or German Post Offices, all fine. (11). £220-260
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Austrian P.O. 1907 Picture postcard to England with Austrian P.O 20pa cancelled by violet "Nazareth / 22.4.07" and tied by Caifa Austrian P.O c.d.s, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 204. £600-700
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German/Austrian P.O. 1907-14 Picture postcards posted in boxes en route from Jerusalem to Jaffa, two with boxed "Aus Jerusalem / Deutsche Post" in black or violet with German P.O 10pa cancelled at Jaffa, the 1914 card with black boxed "AUS JERUSALEM / OSTERR. POST" with Austrian P.O 10c cancelled at Jaffa. (3). £200-240
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