| WORLDWIDE |
| SATURDAY 10TH MARCH 2001 AT 1.00 p.m. |
| SALE 598 |
| * = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers' Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM |
| SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (£1,000 & OVER) |
|
1000 |
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Two New Age albums containing the extensive predominantly mint KGVI collection with many valuable sets & singles noted throughout. Stronger areas include Antigua, Ascension, Bahrain, Bermuda, Falklands and Dependencies, Hong Kong, India & States, KUT, Malaysian States and Singapore. Also a third album with a somewhat remaindered chiefly used collection of KGVI issues. High Catalogue value. (Sev. 1,000's). |
£2400 |
| HEAVY LOTS - BUYERS MUST COLLECT |
| The following 17 lots are too large to be handled by our Despatch Department. Buyers of these lots will be responsible for their prompt removal from our pret Channel Islands & IOM, 2000, etc.). The stamps include useful mint moderns. (Qty.). |
|
1012 |
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TWO CARTONS crammed with the extensive modern on-paper accumulation (chiefly GB).. OFFERED ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY - PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY. |
£30 |
|
1013 |
|
CARTON containing an extensive early to modern mint & used collection housed in seven stockbooks with strength in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Africa. (Very many 100's). |
£240 |
|
1014 |
|
CARTON with four albums and a stockbook containing a mint collection of pre-decimal G.B. QEII issues with some better phosphor sets noted, an extensive collection of Art on stamps (chiefly modern and predominantly Foreign) and a colourful mint collection of Animals and Birds on stamps with useful sets from Ascension, Montserrat, Norfolk Island and Solomon Islands. (Qty.). |
£100 |
|
1015 |
|
CARTON containing the extensive World-wide accumulation in two albums & on a large quantity of album leaves. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1016 |
|
CARTON containing a very varied World-wide accumulation inc. useful GB & Channel Islands, sundry Belgium, South Korea, USA, etc. (Qty.). |
£70 |
|
1017 |
|
CARTON with the extensive World-wide accumulation in an album, pocket book, envelopes, packets, etc. (Qty.). |
£70 |
| SMALLER CARTONS, BOXES, ETC. |
|
1018 |
|
CARTON containing a Russian stockbook with an eclectic mainly modern mixture with strength in Australia (incl. high values) and Bermuda, a special printed album with Isle of Man pages for 1999 partly filled with stamps & miniature sheets and an embossed "DIANA/Princess of Wales/1961-1997" four ring binder replete with memorial miniature sheets and sheetlets from many parts of the Commonwealth. (Qty.) |
£75 |
|
1019 |
|
SHOEBOX containing the extensive World-wide accumulation in a quantity of club books. PTSA £650. (Qty.). |
£90 |
| ALBUMS, STOCKBOOKS, ETC. |
|
1020 |
|
LARGE GREEN STOCKBOOK containing a mainly modern and predominantly Commonwealth collection, chiefly unmounted mint (incl. many miniature sheets) but some used with strength in Canada & New Zealand and with much thematic interest especially birds and Princess Diana; well worth close inspection. (Qty.). |
£200 |
|
1021 |
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BATTERED OLD PERMANENT ALBUM containing the fascinating 19th Century stuck-down World-wide collection. Some remaindering has been perpetrated and a number of forgeries & reprints are apparent but many useful stamps can still be found. Careful viewing highly recommended. (Many 100's). |
£150 |
|
1022 |
|
LARGE STOCKBOOK containing a modern unmounted mint selection with strength in Australia (incl. dollar values and sheetlets), Canada, Channel Islands, Eire (encompassing booklets and sheetlets), Gibraltar, Isle of Man, New Zealand (incl. high values, miniature sheets and booklets), other islands and U.S.A. but also incl. more unusual countries such as Surinam. Well worth detailed inspection. (Small Qty.). |
£75 |
| BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS |
|
1023 |
|
TWO CARTONS containing the extensive early to modern accumulation housed in eight stockbooks. Ex Fair Dealer's stock, all priced up for sale. Strength in South Atlantic islands. (Some 1,000's). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES. |
£200 |
|
1024 |
|
CARTON containing the extensive accumulation on leaves with useful ranges of Burma, Cape of Good Hope, Cook Islands, Cyrenaica, Niue, Orange Free State, Pakistan, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tanganyika, Togo, Tonga, Transvaal & Zululand. A very good lot which certainly warrants careful inspection. (Some 1,000's). |
£500 |
|
1025 |
|
TWO STOCKBOOKS with the extensive early to modern mint & used accumulation of British West Indies arranged alphabetically island by island. A number of better items noted throughout with particular strength in QV to KGV. Careful viewing should prove rewarding. (Very many 100's). |
£150 |
|
1026 |
|
ALBUM containing the QV-KGV mint & used collection. Mostly West Indies but with a good range of St. Helena inc. two fair examples of SG.1, other useful QV & KEVII vals. to 2/- used. The West Indies includes several better items with useful QV items from Antigua, Bahamas & Grenada plus some better mint KGV from Dominica & Jamaica. A good little lot. (Approx. 200). |
£150 |
|
1027 |
|
STOCKBOOK containing the extensive early to modern duplicated mint & used ranges of Cyprus, Gibraltar and Malta. (Many 100's). |
£150 |
|
1028 |
|
MISCELLANY of better items on cards inc. Gambia SG.2 unused part o.g., India SG.18 lightly used, New Guinea 1932-34 5/-, 10/- & £1 used, Australia KGV 3d mint strip of three, etc. (10 stamps). |
£150 |
|
1029 |
|
PACIFIC ISLANDS: Stockbook containing a mint collection of Norfolk Island and Papua New Guinea with issues to the late 1980's; many useful sets noted with a good proportion of unmounted mint. STC. £900+. (Sev. 100's). |
£150 |
| FOREIGN COLLECTIONS |
|
1030 |
|
CARTON with the extensive early to modern accumulation housed in four large stock binders. Ex Fair Dealer's stock, all priced up for sale. Some interest in France & USA. (Few 1,000's). |
£60 |
|
1031 |
|
BOX with the varied accumulation on leaves inc. ranges of Afghanistan, Armenia, Bohemia & Moravia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiume, Manchuria, etc. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1032 |
|
THREE KA-BE ALBUMS housing the early to middle period mint & used European ranges. (Many 100's). |
£200 |
|
1033 |
|
ALBUM with the early to middle period mint & used ranges of countries A-C inc. Argentina, Austria, Bavaria, Brazil, Bulgaria & Chile. Condition mixed but STC £2,600. (Many 100's). |
£200 |
|
1034 |
|
UPU PRESENTATION BOOKLETS (1964) for nine ex-French Colonies, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Portuguese Colonies, Saudi Arabia, USA & Venezuela. Much is unmounted. STC £800. |
£90 |
|
1035 |
|
EUROPE: Three albums containing the interesting mint & used collections of Crete, Czechoslovakia, Marienwerder, Memel, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Spanish Civil War & Upper Silesia. An interesting accumulation with some worthwhile items noted. (Few 1,000's). |
£120 |
|
1036 |
|
EUROPE: A small group of scarce stamps comprising Portugal 1855 100r lilac (SG15) a superb copy with huge margins and '52' numeral cancellation (minute hint of a rust spot); Germany 1900 2pf in marginal block of four, one (fine unmounted mint) with the 'G for C' variety (SG45a); Austria 1948 'Künstlerhaus' superb unmounted marginal set (SG1145-51) & Spain 1946 5,50pta Air (SG1072) mint imperforate pair. A useful lot. (14 stamps). |
£100 |
|
1037 |
|
LATIN AMERICA: Thirteen albums containing the extensive mint & used collection of a good range of Latin American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama & Salvador. A good lot with many useful middle period mint issues in evidence. (Large Qty.). |
£400 |
|
1038 |
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LATIN AMERICA: Shoebox containing the chiefly early to middle period ranges in packets, on stockcards, etc. Also a small range of postal stationery & covers. (Qty.). |
£60 |
|
1039 |
|
LATIN AMERICA: Two stockbooks with the extensive chiefly early to middle period accumulation from a wide range of countries. Also a third stockbook with sundry USA. (Qty.). |
£60 |
|
1040 |
|
MIDDLE EAST: Album containing the mint & used collections of Iraq, Israel & Jordan. Some useful sets & part sets noted throughout. (Sev. 100's). |
£100 |
|
1041 |
|
MIDDLE EAST: Album containing the interesting mint & used collections of Iran, Libya & Saudi Arabia. Strength in Iran inc. useful middle period sets & singles. Also a little Nepal. (Many 100's). |
£75 |
|
1042 |
|
MIDDLE EAST: The early to modern mint collections of Austrian PO's in the Turkish Empire, Russian PO's in the Turkish Empire and Yemen. Some better sets and singles throughout. (Qty.). |
£75 |
| THEMATICS |
|
1043 |
|
ANIMALS: An attractive and colourful world-wide collection on stock leaves with an emphasis on dogs; chiefly modern with much unmounted mint and many miniature sheets. STC £850. (Qty.). |
£120 |
|
1044 |
|
FLOWERS: A colourful world-wide range on stock leaves; chiefly modern with much unmounted mint. STC. £600. (Small Qty.). |
£90 |
|
1045 |
|
FLOWERS: A similar lot which is STC £650. (Small Qty.). |
£90 |
|
1046 |
|
FUNGI: A colourful world-wide range on stock leaves; chiefly modern with much unmounted mint and STC £300. (Small Qty.). |
£50 |
|
1047 |
|
MINIATURE SHEETS: An unusual range of mint miniature sheets from South Arabia with many themes noted incl. Churchill, space and sport. STC (Michel) £500. (Small Qty.). |
£70 |
|
1048 |
|
SPACE: A mint and used collection on stock leaves. STC £350. (Small Qty.). |
£50 |
| ALBUMS/PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS |
|
1049 |
|
FOUR CARTONS containing the impressive array of empty albums (chiefly boxed & as new) inc. Davo Great Britain volumes II & III, Davo Surinam vols. I & II, four Lindner albums for the stamps of the Irish Republic, etc. (14 albums). EXTREMELY HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES. |
£75 |
| WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
|
1050 |
|
FIVE CARTONS containing the extremely extensive accumulation of covers & cards. Mainly modern with much GB & Channel Islands in evidence. (Large Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES. |
£120 |
|
1051 |
|
LARGE CARTON containing the extensive early to modern World-wide accumulation of covers & cards inc. useful GB from pre-stamp, commercial Commonwealth & Foreign mail inc. Airs, etc. Also a quantity of modern used on-paper GB. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1052 |
|
SHOEBOX containing the interesting early to modern accumulation of covers & cards from a wide range of Foreign countries. Culled from a Dealer's stock & priced to sell at £600+. (Qty.). |
£300 |
|
1053 |
|
SHOEBOX containing the interesting early to modern range of covers & cards from a wide variety of Commonwealth countries with particular interest in New Zealand. Culled from a Dealer's stock and priced to sell at £575. (Qty.). |
£200 |
|
1054 |
|
SMALL CARTON containing a 1954 airmail cover to London bearing a total of 2/- in Australian stamps, showing burn marks and red boxed cachet "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954", used 1916 PPC depicting "THE AIRSHIP'S DIVE TO DEATH/SUNDAY SEPT 3rd 1916", used PPC of "Zeppelin uber Stuttgart/5.August 1908" with German 5 pf stamp cancelled by Stuttgart c.d.s., real photograph of an early bi-plane, a selection of unused and used G.B. KGV-QEII postal stationery, numerous modern G.B. FDCs, special event covers, etc., and an eclectic range of modern world-wide covers. (Small Qty.). |
£50 |
|
1055 |
|
BOX containing the interesting World-wide miscellany of covers & cards with particular interest in Great Britain. (Small Qty.) |
£75 |
|
1056 |
|
MISCELLANY of British African covers & cards. Some better items noted inc. 1897 Mashonaland 11/2d bistre postal stationery card, addressed to London with octagonal "T/5,c." Tax marking, cover ex Bulawayo to Essex bearing Double Heads 1d perf. 131/2 (elusive on cover), 1887 cover to London bearing COGH 6d with a good strike of the Salt River c.d.s., 1917 OAS cover to Durban with violet oval "ON NAVAL SERVICE/OFFICIAL FREE/AFRICA STATION", 1853 cover to Stellenbosch bearing COGH 4d triangular, etc., etc. (41 items). |
£200 |
|
1057 |
|
MISCELLANY of covers & cards with an Australasian flavour inc. 1951 OHMS cover ex Pitcairn Island to the USA with two good strikes of the circular "PITCAIRN ISLAND/POST OFFICE" d.s. of 11 July, 1905 advertising cover for Brown & Broad Ltd. Timber Merchants bearing Queensland 1d tied by octagonal "X/P 4 B/BRISBANE/NO 22/85" d.s., Fiji, NZ, Seychelles, etc. (18). |
£100 |
|
1058 |
|
MISCELLANY: c1897-1975 ranges of covers & cards from Austria, Belgium inc. attractive 1862 cover to Baden with 10c & 40c franking (faults), Belgian Congo, France, Italy, a good range of Luxembourg inc. two German Occupation covers, Spain, Turkey etc. Worth inspection. (42 items). |
£100 |
|
1059 |
|
MISCELLANY of covers & cards emanating from a variety of countries but with something of an emphasis on Canada and Malta (unused postcards). Worth a look. (Approx. 40). |
£60 |
|
1060 |
|
MISCELLANY comprising cover from Penang to Ipoh bearing 3c & 5c "DAI NIPPON 2602" Straits Settlements (SG.J206 & J207) with censor tape & censor ovals, 1940 flown cover ex Batavia to the UK with six Dutch Indies adhesives, three-line "PASSED/FOR/TRANSMISSION" and purple s/l "QANTAS" and 1954 air letter from NZ to the UK bearing unboxed "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13 3 1954". (3). |
£50 |
|
1061 |
|
MISCELLANY c1890-1930 with several items of Netherlands E.Indies interest inc. range of used postal stationery c1894-1916 with uprated & registered 5c postcard ex Soerabaja to Holland, 1907 uprated 10c on 20c envelope with 5c stamp etc; interesting 1904 'valeurs recouvrer' cover from Apeldoorn to St Thome (W. Africa) with original blue tape and 'return to sender' cachet, fine 1892 US pictorial advertising p. stationery env. ex Indiana to Medan via Penang, c1900 two unusual Hungarian p.stat. cards with coloured vignette illustrations, interesting selection of Scandinavian cards, 1904 Congo p.stat. card with Banana c.d.s. to Holland, c1890 GB newspaper wrapper addressed to Borneo and forwarded to Sumatra, two Boer War censored items, one with forged St Helena stamps etc. Mixed condition but an interesting lot. (77 items). |
£120 |
|
1062 |
|
MISCELLANY inc. Albania 1918-20 trio of unusual covers comprising 1913 Skanderberg set ex Vlone on registered cover to UK (faults), 1917 (May) Koritza provisionals set plus January 25c used on card and 1920 cover to Egypt franked by 25c posthorn opt. (SG 126) with Koritza c.d.s. Also a range of Far Eastern items inc. Philippines 1937 Air cover franked with 4c Air opt., two early Japanese cards and various items from Vietnam, Thailand, China etc. Needs inspection. (15 items). |
£90 |
|
1063 |
 |
AIRMAIL COVERS INCL. MANY FIRST OR SPECIAL FLIGHTS such as 1939 U.S.A. cover for Trans-Atlantic Air Mail First Flight Northern Route, uprated U.S.A. postal stationery env. celebrating 1st jet airmail New York to Helsinki, 1950 U.S. cover commemorating 5c Airmail Stamp Booklet, 1931 cover from Australia to England on Special Air Mail Flight, 1942 env. franked with 4c & 5c Newfoundland stamps re. first flight inaugurating Air Mail Service from St. John's to Gander, scarce 1931 Christmas airmail pictorial env. from Gosport, Hampshire to Singapore on the first leg of U.K.-Australia special service and covers from Austria, France, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, etc., etc. Fascinating lot. (31 covers). |
£150 |
|
1064 |
|
AIRMAILS: Miscellany inc. fine 16pp HAPAG zeppelin brochure c1934, a range of PPCs & photographs of zeppelins, 1961 London-Windsor flight commemorative covers (2) plus a variety of Concorde-related items inc. 1974 Brian Trubshaw signed cover, FFCs of the 1970s etc. (49 items). |
£60 |
|
1065 |
|
AIRMAIL: 1950 G.B. AIR LETTER from Experimental Station, Sidi Masni, Tripolitania to Algiers bearing G.B. KGVI 21/2d adhesive cancelled by F.P.O. double ring c.d.s. and bearing black boxed instructional marks "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID/FOR TRANSMISSION BY AIR" and "SURCHARGED OWING TO/INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE/PREPAID 21/2D. INSTEAD OF 3D./PLEASE ADVISE SENDER" with tax mark and 2 x 3f Algerian postage due stamps affixed & cancelled. Opening faults and a punched filing hole but a rare combination of marks and stamps. |
£55 |
|
1066 |
|
BALTIC STATES: The small range of covers & cards from the 1920's, 1930's & 1940's. Chiefly Estonia. (18). |
£60 |
|
1067 |
|
BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG: Accumulation of covers & cards c1885-1980 inc. 1914 Belgian Red Cross values to 20c, 1936 & '38 TB sets on reg'd FDCs, 1953 Cultural Fund 4f & 8f on reg'd commercial cover to UK etc. Also a fine range of Luxembourg issues on cover inc. 1932 Child Welfare to 1f, 1956 Coal & Steel sets on FDCs (2) or commercial cover, 1957 Europa FDC, early postcards etc. An interesting group. (54 items). |
£110 |
|
1068 |
|
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: The interesting early to modern accumulation of covers & cards from a variety of countries including Aden (with sundry Aden Camp cancels), Burma, Canada, Fiji and Ireland. Culled from a Dealer's stock and priced to sell in excess of £400. (Approx. 80). |
£200 |
|
1069 |
|
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: The varied range of covers & cards with African & Asian interest including a useful range of Malaysian items with Air letters, TPO's, Dues, Officials and Japanese Occupation, KUT, Nigeria, Nyasaland, the Rhodesias and Tangier. Culled from a Dealer's stock and priced to sell around the £400 mark. (Approx. 60 items). |
£200 |
|
1070 |
|
BRITISH WEST INDIES: Selection of covers from 1918 to 1957 incl. 1935 Barbados Silver Jubilee 1/- on registered Post Office cover and 6d & 1/- definitives on env. to U.S.A. with censor's sealing strip, fine range of Jamaica covers such as block of 4 of Silver Jubilee 1/- on registered cover to U.S.A. with Montego Bay c.d.s.'s and registration label with five transit/arrival marks on reverse and a single of the same stamp + 6d value on registered airmail cover to Switzerland with "NEW YORK, U.S.A./FOREIGN" transit and Swiss arrival marks (both superb) and several fine covers from St. Kitts-Nevis with Bermuda, Dominica, Leeward Islands and Trinidad & Tobago also represented. (27 covers). |
£100 |
|
1071 |
|
BRITISH WEST INDIES: Quartet of covers comprising 1925 flown cover ex British Honduras to the USA bearing 2c (5) and 10c (2) adhesives, 1936 registered cover ex Dominica to the UK bearing 3/- definitive, 1936 registered cover ex Grenada to the UK bearing 3/- definitive and 1936 registered cover ex Montserrat to the UK bearing 4d marginal block of 4. A most attractive group. (4). |
£75 |
|
1072 |
|
BRITISH WEST INDIES: The varied selection of QV-QEII covers & cards with something of an emphasis on Jamaica & Trinidad and Tobago. (Approx. 40). |
£60 |
|
1073 |
|
CENTRAL EUROPE: Accumulation of covers & cards c1910-80 inc. Czechoslovakia with interesting middle period frankings, 1936 air cover to Argentina & special cancellations; Hungary with WWI FP cards, 1913 parcel card & later to 1958; Poland with interesting 1940s airmail covers (2) and a pair of Polish Forces in UK official envs.; Yugoslavia with fine 1933 Ljubljana-Zagreb FF card, 1917 2f fiscals on illustrated receipts from Zagreb and a range of military material (1912-43) from Serbia inc. FP & POW items. A useful lot deserving of inspection. (66 items). |
£240 |
|
1074 |
|
CENTRAL EUROPE: Miscellany of covers & cards, c1914 -55 with strength in Czechoslovakia 1939-49 inc. interesting frankings and censored mail, Hungarian WWII field post cards (7) plus various items from Austria, Poland, Romania & Yugoslavia. (54 items). |
£160 |
|
1075 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1926 (15 Dec.) large commercial env. used from Chicago to Kingston, Jamaica with a fine violet "OBSERVED TO BE/IN BAD CONDITION/G.P.O. JAMAICA" h.s. Some cover faults. |
£150 |
|
1076 |
|
EUROPE: Selection of covers & cards c1856-1960 inc. range of stampless Danish covers, 1856-62 (5) plus WWI censored mail etc. (9). Also 14 items from Finland inc. registered, airmail & military covers and a group of 29 Portuguese items with some interesting postcards & Carlos frankings plus three WWI CEP covers with letters. Mixed condition but much of interest. (52 items). |
£120 |
|
1077 |
|
EUROPE, c1917-56: Accumulation of covers & cards etc. with emphasis on Scandinavian countries inc. unusual group of unused WWII Finnish army cartoon cards (11), Danish WWI POW Camp card & WWII Refugee Camp covers (3) plus items from Norway & Iceland. Also a range of Netherlands WWII ephemera inc. air-dropped propaganda leaflets (8), several PPCs of Churchill and a 1936 Netherlands Indies local cover with special Night Express cachet. (40 items). |
£160 |
|
1078 |
|
FORWARDING AGENTS: Good range of stampless covers from the period 1820-58 all bearing forwarding agents' cachets incl. London (6), Liverpool (4), Rotterdam and New York; several are transatlantic and bear a variety of marks such as boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER" and London Ship Letter marks. An interesting lot. (12 covers). |
£150 |
|
1079 |
|
FPO's: The small selection of post-WWII covers emanating from British Forces abroad showing a good range of markings. One or two better items noted inc. 1947 BAOR Friends Relief Service env. and sundry other BAOR items from the 1940's. (25). |
£60 |
|
1080 |
|
HONG KONG/MALAYA: Fine selection of covers from 1904-73 incl. Hong Kong but with strength in Malaya inc. 4 airmail covers (3 of them also registered) all to Geneva bearing a wide range of KGVI stamps with "BMA/MALAYA" opts. and different types of registration labels, 1904 registered cover to Germany bearing 7 different values of the 1904 Johore set and a 1936 Perak cover. (11 covers). |
£70 |
|
1081 |
|
LATIN AMERICA: Small box containing a wide-ranging selection of Latin American covers with strength in Argentina (incl. but not confined to modern football thematic covers), Brazil (with airmail, registered and special event covers and a 1928 PPC), Guatemala (incl. imperf. 2c and 6c on separate telegraph env. and imperf. 10c on 1897 cover, 1932 registered airmail cover to Paris and other early airmail covers) and particularly Mexico (from 1836 pre-stamp cover to 1875 cover with 25c blue, postal stationery, airmail and registered covers) but with Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela also represented. Well worth detailed inspection. (56 items). |
£200 |
|
1082 |
|
MARITIME: The interesting selection of covers & cards from places as diverse as Cuba, Denmark, France, Japan, Tonga and Uruguay with several more unusual items noted. (34). |
£100 |
|
1083 |
|
MARITIME: 1858 EL franked with 1/- green (wing margin) cancelled by fine Glasgow duplex addressed to Melbourne, Australia via Marseilles and (on reverse) fine strike of the red unframed oval "SHIP LETTER/FREE/GPO/VICTORIA" d.s. (filing crease but still attractive) and 1811 & 1814 pair of ELs to Madeira, the earlier from Cork and both showing fine strikes (the latter especially so) of 2 sub-types (Rob.S44a and S44b); despite filing creases through the 1811 mark and light toning on both, a handsome pair. (3 covers). |
£70 |
|
1084 |
|
MIDDLE EAST: Accumulation of covers & cards c1846-1950 inc. early disinfected part EL to US with Smyrna m/s FA (sellotape repair) plus 5 PPCs with French, Austrian & German Levant cancellations. Also an interesting group of covers from Iran inc. 4 local covers c1911-13 with intaglio seals and elliptical d.s. of Chiraz, Ispahan & Dender-Nasseri, fine 1905 uprated postcard to Turkey, early airmails, two UK covers to Ispahan & Meshed (1919/24) etc. In addition, a range of Iraqi items, mainly post-WWII with OAS and censored covers & a 1939 (Phillips) GB airmail cover with an array of DLO & return to sender cachets etc. Mixed condition but much of interest. (34 items). |
£150 |
|
1085 |
|
MIDDLE/FAR EAST: Wide range of covers from Aden, Burma (incl. a 1945 "DAY OF SURRENDER" cover franked with 4 different "MILY ADMIN" optd. stamps and later covers with a range of stamps), 2 x Ceylon covers to Geneva (one of them also registered) with a good variety of stamps but with especial strength in India from 1899 and incl. airmail, censored and registered covers (the latter with a variety of registration labels), postage due mark, postal stationery and illustration of many different rates. (36 covers). |
£80 |
|
1086 |
|
MILITARY - CRIMEA: 1854 (Dec.) GPO notice giving details of postal rates and instructions on as to the addressing of items to wounded soldiers at Scutari Hospital. A few faults. |
£100 |
|
1087 |
|
MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, INCLUDING AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO A PARTICIPANT IN THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: 1855 env. from The Crimea to Captain Morris in London with a fine h.s. "3". 1855 env. from St. Leonards to Balaclava franked with 1d pair & single. 1855 mourning env. from Seahouses to Crimea franked with 1d & 2d. 1855 env. from Thetford via Marseilles to the Crimea franked with 1d & 2d. 1856 Part of an OHMS env. (stamps cut away and reduced at right) from the Crimea to London giving news of peace. Captain Morris was injured in the infamous charge of the Light Brigade and was rescued by Surgeon James Monat who was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. PHOTO - see plate no. 5 |
£300 |
|
1088 |
|
MILITARY - WWI - CHARGED O.A.S. MAIL: 1914-17 Small group of covers (4) and cards (2) incl. 1917 card with violet "CERCLE MILITAIRE/ALBERT/FOLKESTONE" cachet and h.s."1d/2", 1914 card with 1/2d and 1d postage due labels and 1915 O.H.M.S. env. from B.A.P.O. 4 to London charged 4d double registration fee. (6 items). |
£75 |
|
1089 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: 1918 specially printed long thin O.H.M.S. env. inscribed "From the Army Spectacle Depot, Clifford's Inn Hall, Fleet St., London, E.C. 4./ SPECTACLES--WITH CARE" used "To/THE OFFICER COMMANDING" /1/5 Bedfordshire Regt./E.E.F. and cancelled with a large "BASE ARMY POST-OFFICE" c.d.s.; creased and stained but the first such item which we have seen. |
£40 |
|
1090 |
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MILITARY - WWI: 1919 cover from the Naval Transport Office, Venice authenticated by Lieutenant H.W.Taylor, R.N.V.R. to a merchant in Massa bearing the Massa-Seziori Riunite receiving mark on reverse and a fine example of the oval "R.R.POSTE/NAVAL/TRANSPORT OFFICE/VENEZIA" cachet in blue on obverse. Also a cover from a German P.O.W. on H.M.S. "Foerina", a prison ship moored off Southend, with fine circular red "POST FREE/P.C./PRISONERS OF WAR" cachet containing a letter from Reservist W. Krimmer, Berth 1270, Section 7 to his pastor in Germany. A scarce pair. |
£65 |
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1091 |
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MILITARY - WWII: 1942 printed Christmas card from Oflag IXA to the sender's wife in Shropshire, 1943 P.o.W. Airletter (H.&G.2) from Worthing, Sussex to the sender's husband, a captain in Oflag XII B, with red tombstone censor & violet arrival marks and German illustrated card of Regensburg Castle bearing 2 x 5pf "CAMP POST/REGENSBURG" labels cancelled by "REGENSBURG/UKRAINIAN CAMP POST" circular marks in black. A fascinating trio. |
£70 |
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1092 |
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SHIP LETTER - SYDNEY: 1840 (13 May) Part EL addressed to Teignmouth, Devon with fine strike of the oval 'PAID SHIP LETTER/SYDNEY' d.s. and unclear but scarce s/l 'BERRIMA/POST PAID' ; the reverse bears a partly fine crowned 'GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY' and a fine boxed red 'SHIP LETTER PLYMOUTH'. PHOTO - see plate no. 5 |
£70 |
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1093 |
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SOUTH ATLANTIC COVERS: Fine selection of covers from 1931-59 incl. Ascension with 5 x KGV definitives on 1951 registered cover to Switzerland, covers each bearing a complete set of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Trans-Antarctic Expedition issue of 1956 with fine "HOPE BAY/*/JA 31/56/GRAHAM LAND" and "ARGENTINE ISLANDS/*/31 MR/58/GRAHAM LAND" c.d.s.'s respectively and a range from St. Helena such as KGV 11/2d, 2d & 6d on 1936 registered cover to U.S.A. opened and resealed by U.S. Customs, 1938 env. to U.K. bearing KGVI 3d ultramarine, 6d & 1/- and a 1950 stampless O.H.M.S. cover with black "OFFICIAL/PAID" and violet despatch marks. (11 covers). |
£100 |
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1094 |
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SOUTH ATLANTIC: Four covers comprising 1936 registered cover from Ascension to London bearing 1935 Silver Jubilee set tied by 12 May cancellations, 1952 cover flown on First Flight from London to the Falklands, bearing 2d & 10d defins. with special slogan on reverse, 1938 cover ex Tristan da Cunha to Guernsey carried by the Finnish ship "K.L. SOULMEN JOUTSEN" and 1989 air mail env. from St. Helena to Hastings bearing GB 19p adhesive tied by Jamestown c.d.s. (4). |
£100 |
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1095 |
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WATER-DAMAGED STOCK: Unusual group of 62 covers & cards from Portuguese Angola, c1898-1952 with interesting censored, registered & airmail items, all affected by water with most stamps floated off and housed in an envelope. Also a similar group (11) of W.Australia items inc. 1893 GB 1d postcard uprated with WA 1/2d x 5 to UK but some others with detached stamps missing. Much of interest noted among the survivors of this tragic accident! (73 items). |
£75 |
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1096 |
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WORLD-WIDE MISCELLANY: Group of covers & cards c1900-70 inc. a good range of Central & South American items with censored, registered & airmail covers inc. an attractive pair of Mexican air covers (1928/31) and 1965 Argentinian Antarctic Base item. Also three scarce unused registered p.stationery envs. of Liberia (H&G 4, 5 & 6) , an intriguing Tibetan stamped native cover c1914 and a 1968 US plane crash cover with explanatory cachets. An interesting lot. (38 items). |
£100 |
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1097 |
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ZEPPELINS: 'Graf Zeppelin' - 1930 South America Round Flight: RP aerial view card addressed to Valparaiso with 20pf (corner damage) & 40pf (2) franking and Friedrichshafen cancellation (18.5.30); red 'Südamerikafahrt' cachet, large Recife special c.d.s. (23.5.30), oval arrival d.s. of Rio de Janeiro (26.5.30) & Valparaiso c.d.s. (7.6.30). Attractive. PHOTO - see plate no. 5 |
£100 |
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1098 |
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ZEPPELINS: 1930-36 Range of covers inc. 1930 'Graf Zeppelin' FF card to UK, Europe-Pan America round flight cover (Brazil-London) & PPC from Seville to Germany. Also a fine 1935 registered cover to Montevideo ex London with 4/3d franking plus two 'Hindenburg' items - 1936 trial flight cover with 'LUFTSCHIFF/LZ 129' c.d.s. and 1936 2nd N.American Flight cover to Germany. An interesting lot. (7 items). |
£100 |
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1099 |
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ZEPPELINS: 1931-36 Group inc. 'Graf Zeppelin' 1931 Egyptian flight uprated p.stat. card, 1932 3rd 'Englandfahrt' cover and 4th S.American flight special printed cover franked with 40pf definitive & 1m Zeppelin stamp cancelled on board, with Recife arrival plus a return flight card to Wurttemburg ex Bolivia with s/l '4. VIAGE ''GRAF ZEPPELIN''1932'. Also, two 'Hindenburg' items inc. a card from the 1936 N.America flight, addressed to Germany, the stamps cancelled by the on-board c.d.s. (11.8.36) and a cover from the 1937 final voyage, part of the German mail dropped over Cologne, with fine 'Deutschlandfahrt' cachet of 1.5.37 and boxed explanatory h.s. An interesting lot. (6 items). |
£160 |
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