381 1898 MAP ISSUE: 1899-1901 Selection of covers franked with single examples, mainly paying the internal rate but inc. some to the UK; cancellations inc. flags, squared circles and a fine ''TOR.HAM. & LONDON Ry.PO'' c.d.s. One cover advertises invalid chairs and microscopes. Also four covers with multiples or additional stamps for registered mail. Some faults. (31 covers). £180
382 1898 MAP ISSUE: Plate 2 - irregular shaped mint multiple from the lower right of the sheet (strip of 5 with additional vertical strip of 4 attached at rig £90
383 1898 MAP ISSUE: A partial reconstruction of Plate 1 incl. mint blocks of 11, 10, 9 and 4 (5) plus a few used. All but three positions are represented; a few faults. (104). £75
384 1898 MAP ISSUE: A partial reconstruction (mainly mint) of Plate 3 incl. blocks of 17 (from the upper right corner), 9 and 4 (3) and 5 used. Mostly fine. (55). £75
385 1898 MAP ISSUE: A partial mint and used reconstruction of Plate 2 incl. a horiz. strip of three from the top of the sheet with imprint and three blocks of four. Also a small used duplicated stock on card. Approx. 120). £60
386 1898 MAP ISSUE: Plate 3, mounted mint blocks of 10 (3) and a horiz. strip of four all reconstructed to make a reverse 'L' shaped block from the lower right of the sheet with imprints. (33). £60
387 1898 MAP ISSUE: A small part reconstruction of Plate 1 with mounted mint blocks of four (4), vertical pairs (3) and used (4). One block heavily mounted but others mainly fine. (26). £42
388 KEVII period used selection with 1903 duplicated defins. to 50c (2), Quebec duplicated vals., at least two of each value, three pieces, one cover franked Quebec 1c pair & 1/2d c & two part covers. Fair to fine. £55
389 1927-36 KGV collection on leaves with all pictorial sets, good defins incl. perf. varieties. Some duplication with six used examples of the 'Bluenose'. (Few 100's). £120
390 FLAG CANCELLATIONS: QV covers with flag cancellations (6) of Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal & Hamilton; four covers are franked with the 1898 Map issue, the others with Jubilees or Small Queens. Mainly fine. (12 covers). £50
391 OFFICIALS: The small KGVI mint (much unmounted) range on stockcards with O.H.M.S. 1c to $1, 1950-52 'G' to $1, 1951 'G' opt. on $1 Fisherman (2), etc. (32). £100
392 POSTAGE DUES: The collections on leaves, 1906-65 mint, used and on cover incl. 1906-28 set mint and used, 1930-2 sets (2) mint, 1933-4 set mint and 3 covers incl. 1948 from Newfoundland to Montreal, underpaid for airmail & with black boxed 'SHORT-PAID/Via Surface Means'. (51 plus 3 covers). £70
393 POSTAL STATIONERY: Box with the unused & used accumulation of QV 1c postal stationery cards, mainly mounted in pairs & identified by marginal markings. (Approx. 200). £100
394 POSTAL STATIONERY: Shoebox containing the extensive unused accumulation of postal stationery sorted into types. STC (Webb) $1,000. (Qty.). £75
395 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1893-1960 collection of unused & used cards mounted on leaves. A good variety with some useful types noted. (Qty.). £75
396 POSTMARKS: 1902-25 Collection of machine cancellations used at various offices inc. Coburg, Hamilton, Kingston, Nelson, Port Arthur etc. Mostly fine, selected strikes. (72 items). £40
397 RAILWAYS - HALIFAX & ANNAPOLIS RAILWAY: 1880 1c postcards (2) cancelled with the scarce large ''H & A R/EAST/NS'' c.d.s.; scarce large ''OTTAWA & PRESCOTT RAILWAY'' c.d.s. on 1866 env. to Stratford with ''FREE'' h.s.; 1869 US hotel env. used to Port Rollinson with good strike of the large ''WELLAND ROAD/UP'' c.d.s. on reverse and Windsor & Annapolis Railway 1871 cover with part strike of the scarce large ''H & A R/EAST/NS'' cancelling the 3c stamp, with another strike nearby. Slight faults. (5 covers). £110
398 REGISTERED MAIL: 1864 Cover (roughly opened) to Quebec franked with 1859 1c vertical pair & 5c Beaver tied by light Montreal duplexes and with black ''REGISTERED'' alongside. Scarce & attractive. [Ex Willcocks]. £100
399 REGISTRATION: 1875 2c (3) mint with some foxing, 5c (unused) & 8c (very fine mint). Ex Stanley Cohen. (5). £60
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
400 OVAL 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/(crown)/CAPE TOWN' COVERS; 3rd Feb. 1852 trio of EL's to London 'Per Steamer' all posted on the same date with red crayon '4' marks and charged '1/-' on arrival with very fine, fine & near fine strikes of this oval mark; the contents are the complete 'Minutes of the C.G.H. District meeting' of the Wesleyan Missionaries in Cape Town. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 11 £100
CHINA - LOCAL POSTS
401 CHEFOO - POSTAL STATIONERY: 1893 Issue, small collection of mainly unused material inc. 1/2d c green postcards Types Ia, Ib & II, 1/2d c newspaper wrapper plus a second example used to Shanghai, 1c lettercards, one used to Shanghai the other unused. Good basis for specialist expansion. (8 items). £75
402 CHINKIANG - POSTAL STATIONERY: 1894 1c brown on cream postcard, unused plus an example on buff card with c.d.s. precancellation; also a fine unused copy of the 1895 1c blue on white postcard. Elusive material. (3 cards). £50
403 CHUNGKING - POSTAL STATIONERY: Scarce 1893 2 candarins blue pictorial postcard with fine boxed d.s. precancellation; also a fine example of the 1896 overprinted reduced rate card, on a different stock. Attractive and scarce forerunners of the picture postcard. (2 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. 11 £75
404 KEWKIANG: Scarce 1/2d c slate blue on cream postal stationery card (unused) with fine vignette of junk & pagoda, very slight foxing to one corner. Also FOOCHOW 1/2d c brown newspaper wrapper, fine unused. (2 items). £50
405 SHANGHAI - POSTAL STATIONERY: 1871-93 Specialised collection on leaves of unused stationery inc. Subscription cards, 1874-86 1 candarin & 20 cash cards (3 colours) in Types A & B, currency change, ornamental types plus overprinted and precancelled examples, letter-cards, early envelopes (3 sizes inc. one 'unpaid' type) and Barclay & Fry types (both issues, plus overprints and precancels) and scarce 1/2d c newspaper wrapper. Attractive material in fine condition. (44 items). £200
406 SHANGHAI - POSTCARDS: 1893 issue 1c cards used with blue single-ring (1893) or black double-ring (1897) c.d.s. to French Town or Nanking Road; also 2c lilac card with 1893 blue c.d.s. precancellation. Attractive, scarce & fine. (3 cards). £60
CHINA
407 1883 Opaque paper 5ca chrome-yellow with part ''PEKIN'' blue seal cancellation. Light crease and some nibbled perfs. £40
408 1897 (March) 2c on 2ca green: a mounted mint inter-panneau marginal example with left vertical perfs. misplaced; fine. Also 1c on 1ca to 5c on 5ca (SG 34-36); good used. (4). £110
409 1897 (March) 10c on 12ca orange-yellow: a mint example with unlisted variety ''double perforations at left''; also shows part of the vertical frameline of the adjoining stamp at left. £75
410 1897 (May) 1c on 1ca reddish-orange and 1c on 1ca salmon (SG 70 & 79); good mounted mint examples. (2). £60
411 1912 Varieties: Shanghai print 1/2d c with inverted surcharge, fine used; 3c with inverted surcharge fine used on small piece; 1c pair with one ''second character of surcharge omitted'' variety, fine used on piece and 4c with ''second character omitted'' on piece with pair of 1c. The last two varieties are not listed in Chan or Ma. A fine used group. (7). £75
412 1912 Shanghai printing $2 claret & yellow: a fine used copy clearly showing re-entry at upper right (Chan 165a - unpriced used). Fine. £75
413 1912 Shanghai printing $5 myrtle & salmon (SG216a): a used example of this scarce stamp. Some toning but crisply cancelled by a fine Shanghai c.d.s. F.Z.Chun expertising h.s. on reverse. £85
414 1938 Sun Yet Sen Die I $5 deep green & scarlet (SG 459): a complete used sheet of 50 with full margins and multiple bilingual ''SWATOW'' cancellations. Some foxing and wrinkling but a scarce multiple. £120
415 1938 Sun Yet Sen $5 deep green & scarlet (SG 459): a fine used corner block of ten (2 x 5) from the upper right of the sheet, with bilingual ''SHANGHAI'' cancellations. Internal crease on one pair. a scarce multiple. £40
416 1940 Sun Yat Sen Die III $5 green & scarlet: a complete unused imperforate sheet of 50 from the stamps looted from the Printing Works. Seldom seen as a complete sheet. Attractive. £50
417 SANCIAN ISLAND: 1937 Illustrated env. (St Francis Xavier shrine PO) to the USA franked with 5c & 10c (pair) tied by the scarce ''TOWSHAN'' c.d.s. and a red boxed 'chop'; nearby is a fine strike of a bilingual ''SANCIAN CANTON'' oval d.s. (1 Jan. - believed earliest date). Also a similar cover to Canada, commemorating the 33rd Eucharistic Conference at Manila (Feb 1937), franked 25c blue tied by Towshan c.d.s. with fine 'chop' alongside plus fine strike of large ''SAN FRANCISCO/SANCIAN ISLAND CANTON CHINA'' c.d.s. alongside. Both complete with enclosure/note. (2 covers). £50
CHINA - U.S.A. P.O.'S AND U.S. FORCES
418 1907 Env. to Manchester franked with US 1902-03 1c & 2c pair tied by good ''SHANGHAI CHINA/U.S. POSTAL AGENCY'' duplex. Filing crease. £50
CUBA
419 1849 EL from Havana to Paris with 'HAVANA' c.d.s. 1849 E to Paris with 'ST. JAGO-DE-CUBA' c.d.s. 1855 E to Paris with small 'HAVANA' c.d.s. All have a fine boxed 'COLONIES/ &c ART.13' in red. Also 1865 EL to Paris with a fine boxed 'GB/1F60c' h.s. £80
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
420 CARTON containing the extensive early to modern predominantly mint collection housed in three Schaubek albums. A good degree of completion with many useful sets & miniature sheets noted throughout. STC £5,000+. (Few 1,000's). £800
421 1934 National Anthem souvenir sheets in original presentation folder. A scarce pair. Cat. £1,500. £320
422 MILITARY - WWII CZECH ARMY IN BRITAIN: Collection of special postmarks etc. on cover or piece plus mint & FDC use of 1943 miniature sheet, postcards & documents relating to the Czech Forces. Accompanied by research notes and CPS monograph & supplement (1981-82). (41 items & 2 books). £75
DANZIG
423 1920-23 Accumulation of mint & used stamps inc. multiples & large panes, inc. better values, 1920 set to 5m postmarked on large piece etc. Needs inspection. (Qty.) £90
DENMARK
424 COLLECTION on Davo leaves, 1851-1990, inc. sundry Faroes & Greenland, apparently all used & STC Dm 3,380. (Few 100's). £160
DANISH WEST INDIES
425 1868 (29 Aug.) cover ex St Thomas to Glasgow with GB 1/- green (pl.4 - faint perf. stains) cancelled by a fine strike of the ''C51'' obliterator of St Thomas with fine, neat strike in red of the ''ST-THOMAS/PAID'' c.d.s. alongside; m/s ''pr: 'Shannon' ''. Slightly reduced at left, filing crease. Attractive. £120
EGYPT
426 EARLY 'SUEZ' COVERS, ETC.; 1857/8 pair of small unpaid covers to India each with circular 'St. Bg./As. 8' and fine large & near fine small 'A'-code 'SUEZ' c.d.s.'s respectively; plus 1866 E with poor 1p lilac tied by scarce 'MICHALLA' c.d.s., 1868 E to G.B. with G.B. 6d lilac tied by light 5-bar 'ALEXANDRIA/B01' duplex, and 1899/1900 PC's(2) & env. with the scarce French Provisional 'PORT SAID' overprints (2) or the 'ALEXANDRIE' overprints. Scarce and interesting lot. (7 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 11 £150
427 1939 (Sept.) registered cover to Saigon via Malaya bearing 50m defin. & 40m Airmail tied by Alexandria c.d.s. and with various cachets, handstamps, etc. inc. 'CONTROL POSTALE/INDO-CHINE/COMMISSION D' and scarce magenta Censorship Dept. cachet with number cut out - only in use for a few days. Most attractive. £60
428 1981 ORIGINAL ARTWORK for the 10m value of the Rectification Issue on thin card; near issued colours but with some variations from the issued design. Fine. £60
ESTONIA
429 1805-1975 Collection of covers and cards, many pre-stamp 19th Century items, inter-war, Independent State covers and Soviet Union period. Mainly fine. (61). £65
430 MILITARY - WWI: Collection of covers with Russian Feldpost (52) to 1917, German Occupation mail 1918 (6), 1918-20 Independence War covers (Estonian armed forces)(14), 1919 card from a member of the British Intervention Force with barred cancel, N.W.Army (Gen Judenitsch) cover from near Reval franked NW Army imperf issues, 1917 cover from Holland to Reval with violet British 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' cachet between wavy lines & various censor labels/cachets, etc. A very good lot. (75). £150
431 MILITARY - WWII: Collection of covers/cards with German & Russian Occupation items including scarce from Russian Baltic Fleet sailor and Baltic Army soldier (1940-41), 1939-42 covers/cards from Estonia censored by Estonian authorities (very scarce), also a 1944 cover from an Estonian member of the SS, etc. A fine group. (43). £100
FALKLAND ISLANDS
432 MISCELLANY of better items on stockcard with KEVII 2d, 21/2d d, 1/-, 3/- & 5/- used (latter on small piece), KGVI 1/- light blue mint, 2/6d Penguins mint & used, 5/- Sea Lion mint & used, 10/- Deception Island mint, £1 Map mint & £1 Great Britain used. (15). £200
FIJI
433 MISCELLANY of better items on stockcard inc. KEVII £1 purple & black/red mint, KGVI 5d red & blue, 10/- & £1 mint and QEII vals. to £1 mint. (12). £120
434 1922 2d grey imperf. essay on Irish watermarked paper, m/s cancel. Small puncture in centre. Scarce. £75
FINLAND
435 COLLECTION on Davo leaves, 1866-1991, virtually all used & STC Dm 2,000. (Few 100's). £100
436 POSTMARKS: c1875-1910 study of postmarked stamps on stock leaves inc. a number of whole/part strikes of the attractive oval ship h.s., cork cancels, numerals, blue marks, Stockholm & Hull c.d.s. etc. Several better stamps noted. (29 pieces, 23 stamps & a front). £40
FRANCE
437 BOX containing the extensive early to modern mint & used accumulation in two albums, stockbook & on leaves. Much useful noted with particular strength in early to middle period issues. (Qty.). £150
438 TWO DAVO ALBUMS containing the valuable collection to 1981. Mainly used but with many middle-later period better mint items. Good earlies include duplicated 1849 issues with 15c nicely used with DS2 cancels (slight thins), a fine & lightly used 1fr, etc. Duplicated 2nd Empire values to 80c, later with 1862-70 issues including a superb 5fr, good Bordeaux values, etc. Later with useful Orphans and 1930's commems, (some mint & used), much completion used from WWII onwards, useful airs incl. superb used 1936 50fr & 1947 500fr. Also two stockbooks with 1980's onwards and a selection of duplicates from 1849 onwards including mint blocks. A most useful lot and well worth close inspection. (Qty.). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 £2200
439 STOCKBOOK containing the attractive collection of Art issues in corner marginal mint pairs (some with plate numbers), virtually complete from 1967 to 1993 (STC £375) plus 1939 150th Anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille set (less the Djibouti set) marginal mint (STC £676). A good lot. (Approx. 500). £200
440 1853-61 Imperforate issue (Yv 11-17A) - basic set of nine stamps to 1F (four margins but repaired tear) inc. good 25c (4 tight margins) and v.fine wide-margin 40c & 80c (both). Cat. value £2,000+. An opportunity to obtain a better than average 1F, despite its faults! (9). £200
441 1950-78 Mint, mainly unmounted, collection in Davo hingeless album. Much completion up to 1970 with good Celebrities sets, condition fine to very fine throughout. A lovely lot. (100's). £500
442 MARITIME - MEDITERRANEAN: Group of covers 1768-1869 inc. 1842 EL ex Gibraltar with ''OUTRE-MER/MARSEILLE'' entry mark, ELs to Italy with fine ''VIA /DI MARE /E'' (2) or ''PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/FRANCESI'' (2) h.s. (one disinfected), ''PACHETO A VAPORE/STATI D'ITALIA'' (weak) etc. Also three stamped covers from France to Rome (2) or Genoa, one with (faint) c.d.s. of the paquebot ''Aunis'' alongside 40c imperf. cancelled by anchor lozenge (scarce combination), another with ''Ligne W'' c.d.s. and fine ''ROMA/VIA DI MARE'' entry mark. An interesting lot. (12 covers). £90
443 MARITIME - ITALIAN MAILS: 1846-66 Group of ELs to France & UK with various Italian origins and a range of French entry marks inc. (weak) boxed ''PACHETTO A VAPORE/STATI AL. DI. LA D'ITALIA'', ''FR/3F67c'' accountancy mark (2), m/s ''Bat.direct'' etc. Also an 1844 EL ex Barcelona to Marseille. All carried by different, identifiable paquebots. Mixed condition. (10 covers). £60
444 MARITIME: 1859-80 Group of covers to Malta, carried by different paquebots, French & British, inc. 1868 pair with ''ALGER/BAT.A VAP.'' c.d.s. and 1880 cover with unusual routing via Syracuse. Also an 1865-72 pair of ELs from Genoa to Cette or Nice franked with Italian 40c stamps, the earlier example cancelled - most unusually - by the GC 2656 lozenge of Nice; both have strikes of the ''GENES/BAT. A VAPEUR'' c.d.s. in red. Attractive material. (7 covers). £80
445 MARITIME: 1875 Part cover addressed to St Malo (probably ex Jersey) with 1d red strip of 3 (pl.175) cancelled by GC 3734 with mainly fine ''ANGL. B.M./ST.MALO'' c.d.s. alongside; faults but scarce. Also a 1902 PPC of a comical chef addressed to Jersey with part strike of a 36mm ''PAQUEBOT'' mark and mainly fine ''JERSEY/FRANCE/M.B./JY 22/02'' boxed d.s. A good pair. (2 covers). £60
446 POSTAGE DUES: 1859-93 Inc. fine Yv 1 plus 2, 3 (3) & 5; 1881 black set to 60c inc. the scarce 20c (off-centre) but with slight faults to 3c, 5c & 30c; 1893 coloured set to 50c inc. the scarce 30c salmon (stained back) and the 1f brown on straw. All used with c.d.s. or pen cancellations. Faults but also some fine copies of scarce stamps. High cat. value. (25). £100
447 POSTAGE DUES: 1881 Black high values, c.d.s. or pen cancelled inc. 1f (thinned) and 5f (pen-cancelled, some short perfs.). Despite faults, elusive stamps. High cat. value. (2) £75
448 POSTAGE DUES: 1884 Coloured high values inc.1f, 2f (cut into at foot) & 5f (pen cancellation removed). Elusive stamps. (3). £50
FRENCH COLONIES
449 1859-71 General Issues - small duplicated range, mainly in mint blocks of 4 inc. Eagles 1c (2 blocks), 5c (pair), 10c (3 blocks), 20c (block & pair), 40c (two blocks), 80c (two blocks); good margins, gum & shades. Also Napoleon head 30c & 80c - v.fine used copies of elusive stamps. (47). £150
450 INDO-CHINA - KWANG-CHOW-WAN: 1902-49 collection of covers (24) & PPC's (9) inc. 1903 card to France with 5c pair tied by 'FORT BAYARD/INDO-CHINE-FRANCAISE' c.d.s., 1903 env. to Paris franked with 15c tied by 'FORT BAYARD/INDO-CHINE-FRANCAISE' c.d.s., 1905 env. to France with 15c tied by a good 'KOUANG-TCHEOU-WAN/CHINE' c.d.s. & 1927 env. to Hanoi franked with 5c tied by 'FORT BAYARD/KOUANGTCHEOUWAN' c.d.s. Some registered & ship mail is also present. An exceptional lot. Some items ex Canman & Mendelsohn collections. £300
451 INDO-CHINA - FISCALS: Group of complete ''hundi'' issued at Saigon c 1922-35 and stamped with fiscals inc. 8c (three types), 10c & 20c values; acquitted at various places inc. Rangoon & Madras, some with KGV India 1A stamps used fiscally. Also a printed promissory note with impressed Singapore fiscal. Toning but scarce material. (12 items). £60
FRENCH POST OFFICES ABROAD
452 CHINA: 1894-1903 Mint 5c (5), 10c (2), 15c (2), 20c-40c (2), 50c (4 inc. the unissued carmine opt and misplaced opt.), 75c (2), 1f (2), 2f and 5f (2 inc. the scarce carmine opt). Also used 5c (12), 10c (3), 15c (3)20c (2), 25c (8), 30c (2), 40c (2), 50c (5), 75c (2), 1f (5 inc a strip of 3), 2f and 5f (2). The unissued 50c is slightly foxed, the unissued 5f has two pulled perfs. The remainder are mainly fine. (73). £180
453 CHINA - MILITARY FIELD POST OFFICES, 1904-12: Group of covers, PPCs & a piece inc. 1904 Tientsin - Paris env. franked 15c with ''TIEN-TSIN CHINE/POSTE FRANCAISE'' c.d.s. and ''MARINE FRANCAISE/SERVICE A LA MER'', ''CORRESP.D'ARMEES'' & ''Voie Siberie'' h.s.; 1905-06 pair of envs. inc. scarce registered item, endorsed ''Corps d'Occupation de Chine'', adhesives cancelled by fine strikes of the ''PEKIN/CORRECES.AUX ARMEES'' c.d.s. Also ''F.M'' opt 15c Sower on fine 1908 PPC from Tientsin plus pair on piece with similar cancellations and 10c ''F.M.'' opt'd used on printed env. (16e Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale/Détachement de Pékin) plus 1910 PPC to Cochinchine with ''CORPS D'OCCUPATION DE CHINE/TIEN-TSIN/Telegraphie/Militaire'' cachet and post-Boxer Rebellion 1912 env. Shanghai - France. A fine group of elusive material. [Ex Sir Percival David]. (8 items). £180
454 INDO-CHINA: A mounted mint selection with both settings of the 2c, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c & 40c, plus 1c (2), the rare 4c (foxed, gum thin), 5c (3 inc. one with double Chinese characters, ex Diercking), 15c (5 inc. block of 4 showing both types), 25c block of four, the rare 1f, 2f and 10f. Mostly fine and the higher values ex Sir David Percival. Cat. £1,000+. (32). £180
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