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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (£1,000 & OVER)
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**	1		WEST INDIES: Two loose-leaf albums containing the extensive and valuable QV to QEII mint and used collection. Volume I includes Antigua 1921-29 to 2/6d mint, Terc. to 2/6d mint, KGVI to £1 mint and QEII to $4.80 mint, Bahamas Staircases to 3/- mint, KGV 5/- used, Terc. set mint, KGVI defins. to £1 mint, Landfall set mint, Eleuthera set mint, RSW pair mint, New Constitution set mint, 1965 to 31 mint and later to $3 (3) mint, Barbados 1897-98 to 2/6d mint, 1906 Nelson set mint, 1912 3/- opt. "SPECIMEN", 1920-21 Victory to 3/- mint (only one 1d value), 1921-24 to 3/- mint, 1950 set mint and QEII to $2.40 & $5 mint, Bermuda with useful QV, KGV 2/- and 2/6d mint, Terc. sets (both) mint, KGVI 5/- (2) used, 10/- used, 12/6d (2) mint & £1 used, RSW set mint, 1962-65 set to £1 used plus Decimal opt. set mint & used, British Guiana 1913-27 to 96c mint, 1\931 & 1934 to $1 mint, 1938-52 to $3 mint and QEII $5 (2) mint, British Honduras with useful KGV, KGVI to $5 mint, 1953-57 to $5 mint and 1962 to $5 mint. Volume II includes a good section of Cayman Islands inc. 1901 to 1/- mint, 1921-26 to 10/- mint, 1932 Justices to 2/- mint, 1935 Pictorials to 5/- mint, KGVI sets to 10/- mint, 1953-59 to £1, 1962 to £1 mint and later to $2 mint, Dominica inc. QV to 1/- mint, useful Roseau types inc. 1903 1/-, 2/- & 3/- opt. "SPECIMEN", KGVI to 10/- and $2.40 mint, 1954 set mint and later sets (2) to $4.80 mint, Grenada with KEVII 5/- "SPECIMEN" mint, 1913-31 to 5/- mint, 1934-36 to 5/- mint, KGVI to 10/- and $2.50 mint plus useful QEII with a number of high values, Jamaica inc. 1905-11 to 5/- mint, 1912-202/- & 5/- mint, 1919-20 and 1921-29 pictorial sets to 10/- mint, KGVI to £1 mint, RSW £1 mint and QEII to £1 used, Leewards with 1912-32 to 5/- mint, KGVI to 10/- used & £1 (2) mint plus QEII to $4.80 mint, Montserrat with Badge types to 2/6d (2) mint, 1916-29 to 5/- mint, Terc. set to 5/- mint, KGVI to £1 & $4.80 mint, 1953-58 to $4.80 (both) mint and 1970-71 Birds to $5 mint and useful ranges of Trinidad/Trinidad & Tobago inc. several high values. An excellent lot which must be seen to be properly appreciated. (Few 1,000s).	£1500
ALBUMS, STOCKBOOKS, ETC.
	2		STOCKBOOK containing an accumulation of mainly early to middle period mint & used stamps; among many better items noted are Australia KGV 1932 1/4d fine mint, Canada 1942 50c & 1946 50c and $1 unmounted mint, early Gibraltar opts., Italy Balboa strips, KGV Ceylon 1R-10R fine used, Morocco Agencies, N.Zealand, D.W.I., Air stamps inc. Polish balloon labels, etc. Needs careful examination. (100s). THIS LOT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT LONDON 2000.	£180
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS
	3		IDEAL ALBUM with the extensive and valuable mint & used collection to about 1935 with much useful material noted inc. good mint ranges from a wide selection of countries. (Approx. 2,800).	£1400
	4		ALBUM with the clean used QV to KGV collection including many well Catalogued items. Poor to fine. STC (1994) £8,000+. (Approx. 1,200).	£400
**	5		BRITISH AFRICA: Album containing the valuable QV to QEII mint & used collection with much of merit throughout inc. Gold Coast QV to 10/- used, KEVII to 10/- mint and 1904-13 to 2/6d mint, KGV to 5/- mint or used and 1938-41 Christiansborg Castle set mint, KUT KGV pictorials to £1 used, RSW £1 mint and KGVI to 10/- (2) and £1 mint or used, good Mauritius with useful QV, 1902-5 1r, 2r50c & 5r opt. "SPECIMEN", 1921-34 to 5r mint, 1938-48 to 10r mint, 1950 to 10r mint & 1969-73 to $10 mint and used, Nigeria with KGV pictorials to £1 mint plus useful ranges of Northern & Southern Nigeria, Nyasaland with good KGV & KVI, N.Rhodesia 1938-52 to 20/- mint, Seychelles 1890-1900 to 48c mint, 1903-6 to 2r25 mint, 1917-32 to 2r25 mint, 1938-49 set mint, 1952 set to 10r mint, 1954-57 to 10r mint & 1969-75 to 15r mint, Sierra Leone QV to 5/- mint, 1904-05 & 1907-10 to 5/- mint, KGV to 5/- (2) mint, KGVI to £1 mint & QEII to £1 mint, useful South West Africa, Swaziland KGVI 10/- marginal mint, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. (Sev. 100s).	£700
**	6		MISCELLANY on leaves & in packets with useful North Borneo, St. Helena, Zululand, etc. (Small Qty.).	£70
FOREIGN COLLECTIONS
**	7		SCHAUBEK ALBUM containing the mint and used collection of chiefly Eastern European countries inc. useful sections of Czechoslovakia, Turkey & Yugoslavia. (Many 100s). THIS LOT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT LONDON 2000.	£150
**	8		BALTIC STATES: The early to middle period mint and used collection of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania on printed album leaves with many better sets and singles in evidence. (Few 100's).	£200
	9		FAR EAST: Shoebox containing a real miscellany inc. remaindered club books (25) with China, Hong Kong, Korea, Laos, Indo-China and FPOs in China represented with a few postcards and stationery items. Stockcards with a set of China Dowager forgeries. 1904 PPC with poor "LIU-KUNG-TAO" c.d.s., 1894 Chungking Postal Service unused cards x 2 types, etc. (Qty.). THIS LOT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT LONDON 2000.	£300
OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS
	10		1935 Silver Jubilee. The extensive range of predominantly unmounted mint sets, complete but for 12 stamps). Fair to mostly fine. (239).	£300
	11		1935 Silver Jubilee. A complete used less the Egypt seal and the St. Helena 2d. Some small faults but mostly good to fine. (248).	£260
	12		1935 Silver Jubilee. The small range of sets with "SPECIMEN" perfins. comprising Ceylon, Gibraltar, Gilberts, Jamaica, St.Kitts & Trinidad. Some small faults but a scarce group. (24).	£120
	13		1935 Silver Jubilee. The mostly mint range on stockleaves inc. some blocks. (Approx. 200).	£65
	14		1935 Silver Jubilee. Complete sheets of the Canada 3c, Gambia 1_d, Jamaica 1d & Trinidad 3c. (230).	£60
WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY
	15		MISCELLANY inc. a group of Boer War items (6) with various censors, card from Springfontein Military Hospital etc.; range of mint Commonwealth postal stationery inc. better items and ''SPECIMEN'' opts. (21) and various Air covers (GWR/Provincial Airways, 1933), 1930 Lundy cover, etc. An interesting lot. (38 items).	£120
	16		MISCELLANY: 1868-1957 mainly QV selection of covers inc. 1878 env. (with part of the address cut out) used from Valparaiso to Edinburgh franked with a 1/- green pair tied by a good "C30" cancel. 1868 mourning env. from Hokitika to Stroud franked with NZ 6d. 1894 1c British Guiana wrapper used to Bermuda. 1895 _d Barbados wrapper used locally. 1900 Trinidad wrapper used from Port of Spain to Curacao. Also a fair 1840 used 1d black. (11 items).	£100
	17		MISCELLANY: 1879 Front with Austrian Levant 10sld blue cancelled by bilingual ''JERUSALEM/GERUSALEMME'' c.d.s.; 1880 front with Egypt 1p pink cancelled by c.d.s. of the Italian PO at Suez; 1880 env. with Ottoman Empire 50p yellow & blue with seal cancellation and c.d.s. of ''BEYROUTH/TURQUIE'' & the Italian PO at Alexandria; 1874 printed advertising env. front ex Mexico to Wolverhampton with 25c stamp cancelled at Vera Cruz and fine ''1/-'' h.s. and 1879 Japanese front with printed anchor & chain design addressed to GB via San Francisco, with 10 sen blue and ''TOKEI/JAPAN'' & ''YOKOHAMA/JAPAN'' c.d.s. in green & violet. An interesting lot, despite faults. (5 covers).	£75
	18		MISCELLANY inc. 1905 PPC ex Dutch East Indies to the UK, franked 5c with additional 2_c stamp and m/s ''Late fee paid'' - stamps cancelled by unusual double-framed ''PACKET BOAT'' h.s.; 1906 GB reg'd. env. to Switzerland with additional KEVII 1_d stamp; Ceylon 1931 usage of 6c p.stat. env to Bombay and c1900 wrapper with oval cachet of Santa Barbara, Honduras. (4 items).	£50
	19		MARITIME - ITALIAN MAILS: 1846-66 Group of ELs to France and UK with various Italian origins and a range of French entry-marks; other markings inc. (weak) boxed ''PACCHETTO A VAPORE/STATI AL.DI.LA.D'ITALIA'', ''FR/3F76c'' accountancy mark (2), m/s ''Bat.direct'' etc. Also an 1844 EL from Barcelona to Marseille. All carried by different, identified paquebots. Mixed condition. (10 covers).	£75
	20		MILITARY - WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION - "ARM:DE FLANDRE " MARK ON COVER TO BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE'S RIGHT HAND MAN ; Fine 10th May 1746 EL headed from "Camp de Perck" (probably in the Antwerp/Brussels area) with a very fine French Army "ARM:DE FLANDRE" mark (light fold through the colon) nicely placed on the front, addressed to "M. Warren" in Paris. The letter thanks the addressee for sending greetings from "le Roy" [who was Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender]. Sir Richard Warren (c.1705-75) was an Irish Jacobite colonel under the Prince; the Young Pretender sent him to seek help from the French court a few weeks prior to the date of this letter. A few months later Warren was the man who rescued the Young Pretender from the highlands. The "ARM:DE FLANDRE" mark is very rare, and the Scottish historical connections of this letter make it doubly important. Exhibition quality. [Ex Martin Willcocks.] PHOTO – ABOVE.	£500
	21		Similar 29th April 1754 EL from "Bergues" (near Calais) addressed to Colonel Warren "a Cassel en Flandres", with a very fine scarce "DE·BERGUE" nicely placed on the front. The contents are headed "Dear Colonel", but throughout they speak directly to "your Majesty"; it was Martin Willcocks's view that this letter was actually intended for Bonnie Prince Charlie himself, and the contents certainly seem to relate to royal finance! Historical letter. [Ex Willcocks.] PHOTO – ABOVE.	£100
	22		MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR - RARE PERSONAL P.O.W. LETTERS: 1804 (7 Jan.) long, cross-written EL ex Nismes to London via Hamburg (s/l d.s.) from a British POW to a friend in London mentioning the censorship of letters: ''All our letters are now opened and if we go to Verdun they will be still more closely watched''; also an 1805 (29 Sept.) letter from the same correspondent, by this time at Verdun : ''Last week all the English who were in debt and had lived irregularly were sent to Valenciennes...I have tried...to procure my exchange, but all in vain.''. A pair of fascinating and rare letters. (2).[Ex Willcocks].	£120
	23		MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR - "TRANSPORT OFFICE/(crown)/G·R/PRISONERS OF WAR" MARK ON COVER TO BRITISH OFFICER HELD AS P.O.W. IN FRANCE; Fine 7th March 1812 E addressed to "Dettinu Lieut. Col. Williams, Verdun" with a mostly very fine strike of this rare P.O.W. mark on the front, charged "8" and "16". Rare thus; mail with this mark addressed to British P.O.W.'s is seldom seen. [Ex Willcocks.] PHOTO - see plate no. 3	£240
	24		MILITARY - SOLDIER'S CONCESSION RATE COVER FROM INDIA TO CANADA, REDIRECTED TO IRELAND; Remarkable 11th Aug. 1844 EL (some reinforced folds, Victorian brown tape just affecting edges of address panel, and inner sheet separated) from "Station Umballah", addressed to the writer's brother in "St. John's, New Brunswick, North America ", headed and countersigned as a "Soldier's Letter " from a Sergt. J. Callaghan, endorsed "via Bombay & Southampton ". Postal marks include a very fine red oval "INDIA" on the front as well as a fine black London handstruck "2" charge-mark, with an "UMBALLA/FREE" oval mark on the reverse. The letter was re-posted from St. John's to the men's mother in Ireland, with a new address on the reverse, a very fine "ST. JOHN/N.B" c.d.s. across the join, and the Transatlantic "1/2" charge. Exceptional example of a doubly Transatlantic Soldier's letter showing the contrast of the Concession rate (2d unpaid all the way from India to Canada) and the 1s-2d rate to cross the Atlantic. [Ex Martin Willcocks.] PHOTO - see plate no. 3	£500
	25		MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR: 1854 "On Her Majesty's Service" (crossed out) env. used from the Crimea to Gloucester with m/s "32" and inside the flap part of the message reads "1100 sick came down from the front yesterday for embarkation to Scutari - really a very large number". 1855 env. from Plymouth to Scutari re-directed "Crimea or Crimea if gone on" franked with SC16 1d x 3. 1856 env. to Rochester franked with SC16 1d strip of three tied by London numeral "50" in diamond of bars with "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. in blue green on reverse.	£100
	26		MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR: 1854 (15 Oct.-Nov.) envs. (3) from the same correspondence to Sunbury with m/s "3" and "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. on reverse. Also 1853 & 1854 env. to Sunbury written prior to the fleet sailing without adhesives but with h.s. "2".	£100
	27		MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR: 1855 (25 Jan.) small env. from Malta via Marseilles to Portsmouth with m/s "Black Sea Fleet Letter" bearing SC16 1d strip of three without cancel but one with a large ink stain. The inside of the flap has the note "Be sure & write by return of post (via Marseilles) on broach you’ll have Cameo or silver one) & send me a dozen 1d & 2d Heads write on thinnest paper & it nuart be an extra charge, Dont forget to write of broach & bill by return of Post". Some faults. PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£240
	28		MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR: 1855 (15 Aug.) stampless env. (slightly grubby & part flap lost) addressed to London "via Marseilles" and charged "6" postage on arrival, having the extraordinary endorsement "From the Railway Expedition, Crimea" (third word crossed by closed tear) written boldly by the sender along the top of the address. On the reverse are partly fine 25th Aug. blue "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY/B" and red London 5th Sept. arrival c.d.s.'s. This is the first cover connected with the Railway element of the Crimean War that we have seen. Important Exhibition piece. [Ex Willcocks]. PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£400
	29		MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR: 1855 env. from Balaclava via Marseilles & London to Dublin franked with SC16 1d. x 3 with "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. on reverse. A little creased.	£48
	30		MILITARY - BOER WAR - Transvaal Field Force/Australian Contingent in transit; 1901 (15 Feb.) Manchester Lines Ltd. env. with "S.S.MANCHESTER MERCHANT" h.s. posted from the Canary Islands to Natal enclosing letter headed "N.S.W. Army Medical Corps. (General Cunningham's Column)" with interesting contents re. Boer capture of mails, nurses in the field, etc. Large tear towards top due to rough opening but rare item from Australian forces.	£75
	31		MILITARY - WWI : 1915 Cover to Llandudno bearing 1d red tied by good strike of the ''CANADIAN OVERSEAS/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE'' FPO cancellation. Slight cover faults but a scarce item.	£60
	32		MILITARY - WWI - GERMAN EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN: 1917 (17 Jan.) German PPC of Dar es Salaam addressed to Cornwall with message from soldier engaged in the ''Ice-Cream War''; circular ''PASSED BY/CENSOR'' h.s. The card has a GB 1d stamp cancelled at London on 13 March 1917 when it was forwarded to destination. Slight faults but unusual and scarce.	£50
	33		MILITARY - WWII: Group of envs, 'honour' envs., service letter cards, used Airgraph form etc. all addressed to the same marine at Colombo or Durban; inc. S.Africa Active Service Air Letter cards (3 - one censored), env. with RAF India censor, F.P.O.s 510 & 632 of Tunis & Italy etc. Mixed condition. Needs inspection. (9 items).	£60
	34		MISSENT MAIL: 1850 Cover ex Santander (fine armorial cachet) to Amsterdam with entry of St Jean de Luz, missent to London and despatched via France (Calais entry mark) to its correct destination. Slight faults but an unusual item of 'double entry mark' missent mail! PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£75
THE JACK TYSK WORLD-WIDE MARITIME MAIL
The following 55 Lots form the final part of the amazing Jack Tysk collection. A truly world-wide selection of covers including Australian, Chinese, Mauritian and a very early stampless cover from St Helena (Lot 67) etc.
**	35		AUSTRALIAN MAILS: 1838-63 small group of stamped and stampless covers.12 Mar. 1838 EL Sydney to London "p Buffalo" with red "POST PAID SHIP LT/SYDNEY" d.s. and a good boxed "INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH" (Tab. In1); 20 Apr. 1844 EL Sydney to London "p Sultana" with fair red "PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY"; 24 Nov. 1849 similar EL to Bath "Ex West Indian"; 16 Dec. 1854 EL Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria "Per Governor General" with poor tied 3d olive (SG 67); 10 Dec. 1857 E Sydney to London "p European" with 2 margin 1/- brown (SG 129); 21 Apr. 1863 env. Paramatta to Edinburgh "p Behar" with 6d purple (SG 148) and 22 Aug. 1863 E Sydney to Langholm, Scotland "per Madras via In" with pair (one damaged) of tied 6d purple (SG 148). Faults and filing creases but good selection. (7 covers).	£120
**	36		AUSTRALIAN MAILS: 1849-57 quartet of covers from Australia to UK. 16 July 1849 EL Melbourne to Edinburgh "p "Athenian""; 26 Oct. 1855 env. (grubby) Geelong to Greenock "per Champion of the seas" with good red "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. P29) and tied 3 margin 6d (SG 44); 26 July 1856 EL Melbourne to London "p Formosa to Pt de Galle" with tied 3 margin 6d (SG 44) and 29 May 1857 env. Melbourne to Essex with overstruck but v. fine red "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. P29) and 2/3 margin 6d (SG 44). Some faults/filing creases but attractive group. (4 covers).	£120
**	37		AUSTRALIAN MAILS - WIVINHOE, NSW TO WEEDON ROYAL; 7 July 1857 EL from Wivinhoe (posted at Sydney) to Weedon Royal "p Emma Eugenia" with red "PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY" overstruck by boxed "TOO LATE" and franked with tied 2d (SG 31); rated "8" on arrival. Fascinating contents about life in Australia, "It is only about 40 miles from Sydney with a daily post..";" ...the Bishop of New Zealand acknowledged the arrival of a Schooner our Board of Missions had lately presented.." etc. A fine interesting cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£100
**	38		AUSTRALIAN MAILS - SYDNEY TO AMSTERDAM VIA FRANCE: 25 Apr. 1854 E Sydney to Amsterdam via Le Havre and Paris "p Eclary"() with two 3/4 margin tied 3d (SG 67). Struck on the reverse with a weak "SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY" d.s, Paris and Amsterdam receiving datestamps. Scarce destination; attractive and opens for display.	£150
**	39		AUSTRALIAN MAILS TO UK: 1855-56 pair. 28 Feb. 1855 E Melbourne to Ross, Herefordshire "p James Baines" under PO contract, with tied 3 margin 1/- (SG 39) and fine Liverpool "6" h.s. (Tab. M61). On the reverse (opens for display) is a v. fine "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. P28) with Ross and London d.s.'s. (faults and filing creases clear of adhesive and P28). 26 July 1856 env. Melbourne to Darlington "pr "Formosa" via Point de Galle and from there on Via Southampton" with 4 margin tied 6d. (SG 44). An attractive pair PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£100
**	40		AUSTRALIAN MAILS - ART-2 SYDNEY TO NEW YORK: 23 Apr. 1855 cloth backed env. (with contents) Sydney to New York via Melbourne and Liverpool carried "per Red Jacket/via Melbourne " franked with tied 4 margin 6d (SG 115) with manuscript "6"(deleted), "1/-", "32 Cts" (deleted) and "74" rates plus "NEW YORK/AM. PKT" d.s. on the front. On the top flap (opens to display) is a v. fine strike of the rare green "ART-2" (Tab. M11- only three recorded in green so far); plus a "(date)/LIVERPOOL/SHIP" (Tab. S16) partially overstruck by a Liverpool lozenge, both in green. (This voyage by the Red Jacket was not under a PO Contract and therefore the letter was treated as a ship letter). A very fine and attractive cover. Scarce. PHOTO - see plate no. 3	£300
**	41		AUSTRALIAN MAILS: 14 Apr. 1856 env. Sydney to "Mrs Petice/Sandhurst/Nr the Military College/England", "per Catherine A Dawson". Franked with a fine 4 margin 6d (SG 116) tied by a red London paid d.s. which is partially overstruck by a fine red accountancy "3". Fine and attractive. PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£100
**	42		AUSTRALIAN MAILS: 1856-57 trio of EL's to London. 29 Apr. 1856 from Geelong "p Oliver Lang" with tied 6d (SG 44) (filing crease), v. fine "PAID/LIVERPOOL/SHIP(date)" (Tab. S19), a red "3d" accountancy h.s. and a London Paid d.s.; 10 Mar. 1857 from Melbourne with tied 3 margin 6d (SG 44) "p "European" to Suez" and 11 June 1856 from Melbourne "p "Morning Light"" with fine 4 margin 6d (SG 44) tied by red London Paid d.s. overstriking a red "1d" accountancy h.s. An interesting trio.	£100
**	43		REDIRECTED AUSTRALIAN MAIL: 23 Aug. 1856 EL Melbourne to Huworth, Darlington redirected to London "pr Lightening"(sic). Franked with a tied 3 margin 6d (SG 44) alongside a red "1" accountancy and to the left a fine red "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s.(Tab. P29) partially overstruck with an accountancy "1". On the reverse are various date stamps plus a v. fine "HUWORTH" UDC. Slightly grubby and other faults but a scarce cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£100
**	44		AUSTRALIAN MAILS - 1d, 3d AND 5d ACCOUNTANCY H.S.'s: 1856-57 trio of EL's to London. 19 Jan. 1856 from Melbourne "p Beemah" franked with 3/4 margin 6d (SG 44) (filing crease), alongside an "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. P29) overstruck by both a London Paid d.s. and a "5d" accountancy h.s. all in red; 6 May 1856 (minor faults) from Melbourne "p Walmer Castle" franked with 3 margin 6d alongside a large red "3" accountancy and on the reverse a v. fine green "PLYMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" d.s. (Tab. S9) plus 13 Jan. 1857 from Melbourne "p Royal Charter" franked with near 4 margin 6d and alongside a London Paid d.s., large "1d" accountancy h.s. and in the lower left corner a fine but oily "AUSTRALIAN PACKET/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab. P29) all in red. A fine and attractive trio.	£120
**	45		CANTON - VERY EARLY PRESTAMP COVER DIRECT TO U.S.: 9 June 1804 EL (damaged where opened around seal) from "Canton " to Providence RI "pr Ship Amythest/Capt Liboequit/Boston ". Endorsed on arrival at top right with manuscript "Ship 14_ ".From further endorsements it would appear that the letter took 6 months to reach the addressee. Scarce early letter from China.	£200
**	46		CANTON - PRESTAMP COVER DIRECT TO U.S.: 2 Dec. 1816 EL (light filing creases) from "Canton" to Philadelphia apparently direct and carried by "London Trader/Capt Harrison". There is a weak circled "6" () hand stamp at the top right, probably applied at Boston. The letter refers to a shipment of "Green Teas() and Silks". A fine early cover from China.	£150
**	47		CANTON - PRESTAMP COVER DIRECT TO U.S.: 20 Oct. 1837 EL from "Canton" to New York "pr Hanover" and struck on arrival with a fine "PROVIDENCE/R.I./MAR/27" d.s. and a v. fine "SHIP" h.s. both in red; rated "39_" on arrival. A fine and attractive cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 9	£120
**	48		CANTON - PRESTAMP COVER TO LONDON: 19 Apr. 1838 EL from "Canton" to London per "Dorothea" and probably sent via Hong Kong. On arrival at Cowes it was rated "2/-" and on the reverse struck with a (weak) step type "SHIP LETTER/COWES" (Tab. S3) plus the scarce FAC "FORWARDED/BY/ROBER HUNTER/CONSUL. U.S.A. /COWES". A fine early cover from this source.	£120
**	49		CANTON - PAIR OF STAMPLESS COVERS TO LONDON: 13 Jan. 1838 E to London per "Eliza Stewart", rated "5/-" on arrival and struck across the join with a fine red step type "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" (Tab. S6) plus 20 Apr. 1849 EL (faults and filing creases) with very interesting printed Prices and Shipping List from "Canton" to London with weak and across join/seal a Hong Kong d.s. Endorsed "via Marseilles" and "p Pekin" with a bold manuscript charge of "13/1". Despite faults an interesting pair.	£100
**	50		DENMARK TO US MAILS: Nice pair of env. (c. 1860) one to Eugene City, Oregon with "U.S. CURRENCY/13" h.s. in blue with boxed "via Tydskland" on reverse, the other to Michigan with black "U.S. CURRENCY/10" (overstruck by circled "T"). A fine pair.	£100