GUERNSEY P.H.

2480

1866 EL (minor edge wear) to St. Malo franked with 4d orange pair (fault on one corner) cancelled by fine strikes of the Guernsey 324 duplex and which followed an unusually circuitous 670 miles/4 days route via London and Paris! Also an 1861 EL from Jersey to Beziers franked with fresh bottom marginal 4d rose cancelled by a fine Jersey 409 duplex. Both covers have Calais ambulant marks and form an attractive pair.

£50

JERSEY P.H.

2481

1941 (24 May) cover addressed to Berlin franked with 1d red Jersey Arms & Hitler Birthday 12pf [SG760] tied by Jersey/5 or feldpost c.d.s. respectively; also a similar local cover (1 Dec. 1941) with 1d red & Hitler 20pf blue franking. Slight foxing affects both. (2 items).

£50

2482

GERMAN OCCUPATION - REGISTERED FELDPOST COVERS, 1942-44: A pair of rare reg'd covers from Feldpost 712 (St Helier) both with (different types) German reg'n labels, the earlier with additional large 'Einschreiben' & 'Feldpost' h.s. plus unit cachet 33905; the later, addressed to Belgium, is franked unusually with Hitler head stamps totalling 85pf cancelled by a feldpost c.d.s. plus a Jersey 2d stamp with Jersey c.d.s. both dated 6 May 1944. Attractive & rare. (2 covers).

£180

SCOTTISH MAINLAND POSTAL HISTORY

2483

MISCELLANY of Es and ELs incl. 1812 EL with red boxed "POSTAGE/TO EDINR/NOT PAID", 1826 EL with "CALSTON/PENNY POST", 1834 EL with "DUNFERMLINE/PENNY POST", 1814 E with black oval "PAID/AT/GLASGOW", 1848 EL with blue s/l "STRATHDON", 1840 Uniform 4d Post Period EL to Stonehaven with red crayon m/s endorsement "Dead" and m/s "4", 1840 printed circular from the Dead Letter Office, Edinburgh charged 4d (double charge and fine in the Uniform Penny Post) and 1831 EL with s/l "GORBALS".A fascinating lot. (38 items).

£110

WELSH POSTAL HISTORY

2484

MISCELLANY of Es & ELs incl. printed circular with orange-red s/l "ST ASAPH" rated "2/2" and with m/s "Too Late", 1750 EL from Dolwyddelan to Westminster with two line "DEN/BIGH" and endorsed "above weight", printed form with red circular Chepstow mileage mark, ditto for St. Asaph and s/l "LLANRWST". (9).

£75

IRISH POSTAL HISTORY - PRE 1922

2485

DUBLIN & BELFAST R.P.O.: Selection incl. 1897 Env. from Belfast to Dublin franked with ½d adhesive and bearing on reverse a mainly fine strike of the rubber c.d.s. "DUBLIN & BELFAST/UP/JY 31 97/R.P.O. (some foxing but rare), 1874 env. from Bristol to Belfast with early but 'assisted' "DUBLIN & BELFAST/A/FE 27/74 / R.P.O." small single-ring backstamp, "DUBLIN & BELFAST/R.P.O." large single-ring c.d.s.'s on 1897 env. from U.S.A. ("DOWN") and printed circular ("UP") and 1906 PPC from Germany to Belfast franked with 5pf adhesive with "2½D/I.S." postage due mark and violet rubber T.P.O. mark. (6 covers).

£65

2486

DUBLIN & DERRY T.P.O.: 1914 (17 July) PPC of Omagh Post Office and Court House sent to Co. Dublin franked with KGV ½d adhesive cancelled by Omagh double-ring c.d.s. and bearing an almost fine strike of the very scarce "DUBLIN & DERRY/UP/17 JY/14/T.P.O." single-ring c.d.s. (which is recorded in use between 1912 and 1920).

£50

2487

"DUBLIN & WEXFORD/DOWN/T.P.O.": 1908 PPC (faults) from Tredegar to Co. Wexford (re-directed in m/s to Waterford) bearing a very fine strike of this rare c.d.s. for "AU 18/08", later examples of the same mark on piece and on cover plus subsequent Gaelic versions on covers, one of which additionally bears superb boxed/stepped "2D/TO PAY" and "POSTED WITHOUT LATE FEE" instructional marks; also 1880 env. from Liverpool to Cork with fine "CORK/X/JY 17/80" on reverse plus 1901 & 1902 envs. with (respectively) large (scarce skeleton) and small versions of "ULSTER/T.P.O." single-ring c.d.s.'s. (9 covers + 2 pieces).

£100

2488

GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN R.P.O.: 1889 Printed advertising env. from John Pound & Co. of London franked with 1d lilac, addressed to Cork with "GT SN & WN/A/AP 17/89/R.P.O." small single-ring c.d.s. on reverse (stated by knowledgeable vendor to be one of only three recorded), 1910 PPC franked with KEVII ½d adhesive cancelled by "G.S.& W.T.P.O./DOWN/AP 21/10/NIGHT" single-ring c.d.s. and brown foolscap env. with embossed crest on flap addressed to Dublin and franked with 2 x 1d optd. adhesives cancelled by two strikes of the small single-ring c.d.s. "G.W.T.P.O./UP/6 MY/22/NIGHT". A scarce trio.

£75

2489

PORTADOWN & DERRY T.P.O.: 1891 (Apr. 10) env. bearing 1d lilac adhesive cancelled by fine Whalley (Lancashire) duplex addressed to Londonderry with mainly fine "PORTADOWN & DERRY/AP 11/91/R.P.O. on back, 1899 (Dec. 8) QV embossed pink postal stationery env. with blue crest on flap sent from London to Red Castle, nr. Londonderry and bearing on the reverse a fine and early strike of the "PORTADOWN & DERRY/DOWN/DE 9/99/S.T" large single-ring c.d.s., 2 examples of large single-ring "PORTADOWN & DERRY/S.T.NIGHT" c.d.s. on PPC ("UP") and mourning env. ("DOWN"), 1904 piece & 1907 PPC with fine strikes of the single-ring "PORTADOWN & DERRY/U/DAY" recorded in use 1903-15, 1930 ½d green KGV postal stationery env. uprated with ½d, 1d & 1½d adhesives with 4 fine strikes of the "PORTADOWN & DERRY/UP/S.C." small single-ring c.d.s. and 2 further covers showing later T.P.O. marks. A fascinating selection. (8 covers/cards + 1 piece).

£75

GREECE

2490

1861 Paris Printing set to 80L (2) - mainly good, even margins (10L cut into) & light, legible cancellations (1L unused) [Mi 1-7]. Cat. DM 3,800. (8).

£120

2491

1861-1900 Imperf. Hermes head issues from a range of printings with a fine spectrum of shades and cancellation interest. (57).

£60

2492

1871 (19 Sept.) Cover ex London to Patras via Corfu with blue crayon '115' charge and attractive quadricolour franking of Second Athens Printing - 5l, 10l, 20l & 80l [Mi 18a, 26, 27, 22a] cancelled at Patras. Simmermacher Certificate (1997).

£200

HELIGOLAND

2493

1860-1936 An interesting range of material inc. unusual c1860 letter from Heligoland on notepaper illustrated with a coloured engraving of the Island, postal stationery inc. 1873 first issue & reprint, 1876 reply card (2) & 1879 reply card, all unused plus the 1878 10pf card - two fine used examples - and 5pf & 10pf wrappers, the former used to Wandsbeck. Also a selection of the stamp reprints, 1898 scarce vignette PPC, two fine chromo-litho cards and later items. Also two booklets on the stamp reprints. (18 items, 44 stamps & two booklets).

£120

2494

1890 (8 August) Last day of British administration - registered cover addressed to Brunswick franked with 5pf (8) & 20pf (5) stamps and with imperf. reg'n label; slight discoloration & splitting but a scarce item.

£75

2495

HAPAG LINE, 1906-34: Group of PPCs with HAPAG markings inc. 1906-09 pair with oval 'HAMBURG-HELGOLAND' d.s., one a card of the 'Kaiser' with ship's cachet, also three fine chromo-litho cards of the 'Cobra', one with ship's cachet & oval seepost d.s. In addition, a 1934 card with the 'dotted date' version of the HAMBURG-HELGOLAND d.s. & cachet of the 'Koenigin Luise' plus a fine 1931 HAPAG line North Sea cruises brochure. (7 items).

£100

2496

WORLD WAR ONE: Small selection of scarce German feldpost covers emanating from Heligoland inc. two fine examples of the blue 'Helgoland-Kompagnie Seebattl.' cachet on fine cards, one of which is a crew photograph; two examples of the '8. Kompagnie/V. Matt-Art-Abtlg.' Briefstempel cachet on cover to Germany, 'Marine Schiffspost No 139' c.d.s. on 1914 card from the 'Prinzregent Luitpold' plus cards illustrating British Dreadnoughts etc. (9 items).

£100

HUNGARY

2497

RUMANIAN OCCUPATION - DEBRECEN: 1919 Harvesters & Parliament "MAGYAR" opts. fresh mounted mint inc. the unissued 40f olive-green. SG.39-45, Cat. £330. (8).

£75

ICELAND

2498

COVERS: The small group of covers including 1938 University set on registered FDC, 1939 (10 May) registered cover bearing 1e, 3a, 5a & 7a Fish defins., 10a Flag & 40a Geyser plus sundry modern maritime items. (13).

£75

2499

MISCELLANY: The eclectic selection of more unusual items inc. twelve different adhesives with "ORLOF" opts. (accompanied by a relevant article by S.T. Thorsteinsson), 10a "Two Kings" with "32" numeral cancel showing "straight tail on 3" variety (Facit Swedish Kr475), 1904 5a green postal stationery card used from Reykjavik (Facit SPC18), etc. (Small Qty.).

£75

2500

MISCELLANY on leaves & in packets inc. forged & repaired examples of the 16sk, sundry later 19th Century types and a small postmark study inc. various numerals. (Small Qty.).

£50

2501

1873-95 Mint/unused & used range on stockcards with much of merit inc. 1873 8sk brown imperforate single, 3sk grey perf. 12½ unused (faults), 1876-95 16a brown unused (2) & used (5), sundry shade & postmark interest, inverted watermarks, etc. A good group with a very high Catalogue value. (51).

£200

2502

1873-82 Skilling & Aurar values inc. attractive mint/unused (2sk & 4sk) first issue set [Mi 1-5] plus fine used later values to 40aur lilac. Fine colour. Cat. DM 3,300. (12).

£200

2503

1873 Mint/unused range on stockcard with perf. 14 x 13½ 2sk, 4sk & 8sk, imperforate singles of the 8sk & 16sk plus 3sk & 16sk perf. 12½. All with some fault or other but a highly Catalogued group. (7).

£150

2504

1873 2sk blue fine used but with short SW corner perf. & tiny pinhole. SG.1/Facit 1, Cat. £1,400. PHOTO - see plate no.

£180

2505

1873 4sk (2) & 8sk perf. 14 x 13½ good to fine used but all with some fault or other. Good spacefillers nevertheless. Cat.£1,900 as fine.

£150

2506

1873 16sk yellow perf. 14 x 13½ lightly hinged mint, one short perf. at left. Nielsen Certificate. SG.4, Facit 4, Cat. £850.

£200

2507

1873 16sk yellow perf. 14 x 13½ fine used - probably cancelled to order. SG.4, Facit 4, Cat. £1,200 as postally used.

£75

2508

1873 3sk grey, perf. 12½ fine used but with some short perfs. at top. SG.5, Facit 5, Cat. £800.

£75

2509

1873 4sk carmine perf. 12½ large part o.g., centred to right. Nielsen Certificate. SG.6, Facit 6, Cat. £800.

£150

2510

1873 16sk yellow perf. 12½ good used, centred high and with a couple of shortish perfs. SG.7, Facit 7, Cat. £400.

£60

2511

1876-95 Mint/unused range of perf.14 x 13½ issues comprising 5a blue, 6a lilac-grey, 10a carmine, 16a brown (two good shades), 20a pale lilac, 20a indigo-lilac & 40a green. Faults but all of good appearance & Catalogued £2,000. (8).

£200

2512

1876-95 Perf. 14 x 13½ 5a blue, 6a grey, 10a carmine, 16a brown, 20a pale lilac & 40a green good to fine used, the odd small fault but a very presentable set. Cat. £800+. (6).

£150

2513

1876-95 10a rose-carmine fresh mint. Facit 12b. Danske Filatelisteres Provningsudvalg Cert. A scarce adhesive.

£80

2514

1876-95 20a deep violet, Facit 14b. A fine used example with Thorsteinsson Cert. stating that the stamp and cancellation are both genuine. Rare.

£150

2515

1882-95 Mint/unused range of colour changes with sundry shades comprising 3a (3),5a (2), 20a (2), 40a (3), 50a & 100a. Fair to fine. (12).

£150

2516

1882-95 Used ranges on leaves comprising perf. 14 x 13½ 3a (8), 5a (12), 6a (8), 10a (2), 20a (4) and 40a plus perf. 12½ 3a (6), 4a (7), 6a (5), 16a (3) and 20a (5). Fair to mostly fine. (61).

£100

2517

1882-95 3a golden-yellow (Facit 8b) mounted mint, centred to right. A scarce adhesive.

£120

2518

1882-95 20a ultramarine mounted mint. Gronlund Cert. states the stamp to be in perfect condition. Facit 15a.

£80

2519

1882-1905 Used range of colour changes (including a good range of shades) comprising 3a (8), 5a (2), 20a (5), 40a (6), 50a & 100a. Fair to fine. Some cancellation interest. (23).

£120

2520

1896-1902 Mint/unused range comprising 3a, 4a (5 inc. block of 4), 5a (2), 6a, 10a, 16a, 20a, 25a (2) & 50a. Fair to chiefly fine. (15).

£120

2521

1896-1902 Mostly used range on stockcards comprising 4a (4), 5a (5), 6a (3), 10a (5),16a, 20a (5 inc. Facit 28 mint) & 25a (2). Some postmark & shade interest. (25).

£100

2522

1896-1902 5a blue unused no gum & very good used. Facit 23, unlisted by Gibbons. Scarce pair.

£90

2523

1897 3 on 5a green perf. 12½ fine mint. Nielsen Cert. SG.38, Facit 34.

£90

2524

1897 3a on 5a green perf. 12½ fresh mint. Svendsen Cert. SG.39. Facit 35.

£100

2525

1897 3 on 5a green perf. 12½, the two settings fine used the former with tone spot at top, the latter on small piece. SG.38/39, Facit 34/35. (2).

£120

2526

1897 3a on 5a (word only) fresh mint. SG.40.

£90

2527

1897 3a on 5a (word only) fine used. SG.40.

£90

2528

1897 3 on 5a (word only) fine used. SG.41.

£140

2529

1902-03 "1 GILDI" overprint range on two stockcards inc. perf. 14 x 13½ 50a and 100a mint & used. (18).

£75

2530

1902-03 Perf. 12½ "1 GILDI" overprints. The mint & used range on stockcards inc. 3a mint (SG.53), sundry inverted watermarks & overprints, etc. Fair to mostly fine. (58).

£75

2531

1902-03 Perf. 12½ 3a yellow fine used. SG.53, Facit 48.

£90

2532

1902-03 Perf. 12½ 5a green with black overprint fresh mint. SG.57, Facit 51.

£60

2533

1902-03 Perf. 12½ 5a green with black overprint fine used. SG.57, Facit 51.

£90

2534

1902-03 Perf. 12½ 6a grey with black overprint mounted mint. Natural paper flaw. SG.59, Facit 52.

£60

2535

1902-04 King Christian IX set plus 20a "PJONUSTA" variety in pair with normal fresh mint. SG. Cat. £200.

£60

2536

1902-04 Set to 5k good to fine used inc. sundry additional shades, etc. (23).

£60

2537

1907-08 Set to 5k fresh mint plus Facit 76 V1 in mint block of four. (19).

£80

2538

1907-08 Set to 5k plus a good number of additional shades, etc. good to fine used. (35).

£80

2539

1911-45 Mint & used collection on leaves with much of merit inc. 1911 Sigurdsson set mint & used, 1925 Views set mint, 1930 Patrliamentary Millenary to 5k mint & used, 1928-29 Air pair mint & used plus 10a (2) on "Blonduos" cover, 1931 Zeppelin set mint, 1931-32 Gullfoss Falls set mint, 1931-37 Redrawn King Christian X set used, 1934 Air set mint & used, 1938-47 Geyser set mint & used1939-45 Herring perf. 14 x 13½ set mint, etc. (Qty.).

£300

2540

1912 King Frederick VIII set lightly mounted mint. SG.102-108. (7).

£50

2541

1912 King Frederick VIII set good to fine used plus 5a, 10a (2) & 20a with inverted watermarks. (11).

£80

2542

1915-18 Set to 20a fresh mint. SG.109-115. (7).

£50

2543

1920 King Christian X set to 5k, plus 1921-22 colour change set mounted mint. A few small faults. (21).

£100

2544

1921-30 Local surcharge set to 10k (both) fine mint plus a couple of "extras". SG. Cat. £900. (18). PHOTO - see plate no.

£300

2545

1921-30 Local surcharge set plus a few "extras" good to fine used. Some small faults and "dubious" postmarks on a couple of the 10k surcharges. (24).

£120

2546

1930 Air. Parliamentary Millenary Celebration set mounted mint & good to fine used. (10).

£120

2547

1930 Air. Parliamentary Millenary Celebration set with "SPECIMEN" overprint. Ungummed & the 15a has a surface fault. (5).

£75

2548

1930 Air. Parliamentary Millenary Celebration set on cover with commemorative pictorial postmark of 26th June. Vertical crease clear of adhesives.

£75

2549

1931 Zeppelin 30a & 2k on flown cover (30 June) with triangular green "ISLANDFAHRT" pictorial cachet plus 1k on flown card with a further example of the same cachet.

£100

2550

1931 Zeppelin set fine used. SG.179-81. (3).

£75

2551

1931-37 Redrawn King Christian X set to 10k mounted mint. A few small faults. (13).

£100

2552

1933 Air. Balbo Transatlantic Mass Formation Flight set mounted mint, the 10k with small gum fault. SG.205-207, Cat. £1,075. Svendsen Cert. (3).

£300

2553

1939-62 Collection in loose-leaf album, mint, used & on cover with much of merit inc. 1939 New York World's Fair set mint & used, 1940 New York World's Fair set mint, 1944 Proclamation set mint, used & on cover (2, one First day), 1947-52 Air set mint, 1948 Mount Hekla set mint, 1950-54 defins. to 25k black mint, 1952 Bjornsson set mint, used & on cover, 1953 Literature set mint, 1954 Hafstein set mint, used & on cover, 1956 Power Plants & Waterfalls, etc. A lovely lot. (Few 100's).

£240

2554

1940 New York World's Fair set fine used. Cat. £275. (4).

£75

2555

1950 Registered cover to Reykjavik bearing Mount Hekla 25a & 50a (3) tied by single-ring "65" numeral cancellations of Skogar plus blue/white registration label of same. Two punch holes at base but a very scarce cover.

£100

2556

SIX ALBUMS containing the extensive post-1960 collection, mint, used & on cover. A very appealing lot with an extremely high degree of completion including many attractive stamps. A fine basis for a specialised collection of modern Iceland. (Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES.

£150

2557

AIRMAILS: The small selection of covers, cards & aerogrammes inc. 1931 card carried by "Graf Zeppelin" bearing German 1rm Zeppelin adhesive, flown from Reykjavik to Frankfurt & showing the special green triangular flight cachet, 1939 Air Mail postcard with four colour franking from Reykjavik to Bergen, sundry unused & used aerogrammes, etc. (31).

£60

2558

FISCALS - TOLLUR FORERUNNERS: The fascinating selection on two album leaves inc. king Christian IX 1k and the "Two Kings" 15a & 2k with Sewing Machine cancels, King Christian IX 5k and the "Two Kings" 10a & 50a (2) with pin punches and a good range of m/s cancels inc. 5k King Christian x block of 4. Scarce material. (31).

£150

2559

FISCALS - "TOLLUR" CANCELLATIONS: The extensive range on album leaves with a wide variety of issues inc. 1921-30 Local surcharge 10k on 50a (3) 10k on 1k (4) and 10k on 5k (5) plus a good selection of King Christian X types including many high values & sundry commems. (Approx. 260).

£150