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1080 |
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CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1954 "ambulance" cover (with contents) with violet "Damaged By R.R./Casualty/Fresno, Calif." plus 1960 charred env. with "Damaged In Fire/In Railway Mail Car/Daggett, California" cachet. A useful pair. |
£100 |
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1081 |
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FRENCH OFFSHORE ISLANDS - L'Ile de Re: 1731-1831 Group of ELs with a range of marks inc. m/s 'de s martindere' (1731) & 'delIsle de Re' (1743 - edge wear and sellotape reinforcement) and several covers with v.good to fine village marks inc. the scarce cursive '16/Ars/ST MARTIN DE RE' (1828), '16/LA FLOTTE', '16/ST MARTIN DE RE' (3 types inc. PP) and a 1772 EL headed 'dans ille se Re'. (9 items). |
£200 |
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1082 |
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FRENCH OFFSHORE ISLANDS, 1734-1842: An interesting group of generally fine pre-stamp ELs (occasional filing crease) with v.good to v.fine marks inc. m/s 'de belle isle' (1734-36) & 'd ollaronne' (1749), s/l 'PP' marks of Noirmoutier & L'Isle d'Oleron, the former with fine additional strike of the Paris Phrygian Bonnet 'PP' mark (c1798) plus an 1808 reg'd letter and later with various c.d.s. marks. (13 items). |
£240 |
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1083 |
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GERMAN COLONIES IN AFRICA/KENYA: 1894 (11 June) 2‡a green postal stationery env. used from Mombasa to England (a little toned) and 1916 (16 Aug.) stampless card sent from Germany via Nairobi to a P.o.W. in British East Africa duly forwarded to a P.o.W. camp in Bombay (a little scruffy round edges). (2 items). |
£75 |
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1084 |
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MARITIME collection incl. "DOVER/SHIP LRE" on somewhat tatty 1792 E, 1832 EL from Batavia to London endorsed in m/s "if not landed in the Channel this/letter is recommended to/Messrs. Thormannie & Co./Rotterdam" (forwarding agents) but apparently collected by Channel pilot as it received black framed "SHIP LETTER/WEYMOUTH" mark, 4 different "HULL/SHIP LETTER" strikes, one cover also bearing s/l "VIA HULL", framed black "SHIP LETTER/DOVER" on 1827 missionary E, covers with various American forwarding agents' cachets, "PACKET LETTER/FE 7/1854/MAURITIUS" on E to London, Liverpool maritime marks and much more with a nautical flavour. (35 covers). |
£150 |
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1085 |
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MARITIME: 1793-1806 quartet inc. two EL's written by William Hoste comprising 1793 to his father in Norfolk written aboard the "Agamemnon" (Nelson's first ship of the line) on which he was serving as a midshipman & 1806 to the same addressee, written on board the "Amphion" (a frigate captured by the then Captain Hoste), 1798 letter written on board the "Ville de Paris" off Cadiz signed "St. Vincent" and 1812 letter to William Hoste ex Rear Admiral Thomas Francis Fremantle containing orders regarding Hoste's ship the "Bacchante" and the blockade of Corfu. Interesting contents throughout but particularly in the 1793 letter which is quoted in Pocock's "Remember Nelson" (page 43 para 3) regarding an incident with enemy ships at Cagliari. Pocock's book on William Hoste accompanies this fascinating lot. |
£240 |
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1086 |
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MARITIME: 1803 EL from a Captain Tucker imprisoned at Fort Amsterdam, Curacao, "Per His Majesty's Service" to Sir John Thomas Duckworth, KB, Rear Admiral of the Fleet & Commander in Chief, Jamaica with very interesting contents referring to the poor conditions experienced by Tucker & his crew as prisoners of the Dutch after having been forced to surrender HM Sloop "Surinam" in September of that year. Some staining but a fascinating historical item. |
£300 |
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1087 |
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MARITIME: 1805 EL ex Captain William Hoste, then Captain of the "Eurydice", to his mother in Norfolk, written twenty days before Trafalgar with interesting copntents inc. "I dine with Lord Nelson today and understand I am to be appointed to a large ship". Hoste actually missed out on Trafalgar as there was seemingly no imminent prospect of engaging the enemy and he was sent to Algiers with presents for the Bey. |
£150 |
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1088 |
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MARITIME - THE COCHRANE FAMILY: The small study of covers, stamps & cuttings relating to the Cochrane family inc. 1834 EL to Admiral (Lord) Cochrane at Devonport with "No.2" Receiving House mark & m/s "X" (Cross Post) plus "SOUTHAMPTON/NO 23 1834/Py POST", 1868 cover from Derry to the Cape of Good Hope addressed to the Hon. Ernest Cochrane on board HM Ship "Peterel", two 1864 covers ex Portsmouth to the Hon. Ernest Cochrane in London & various relevant cuttings, etc. (Small Qty.). |
£75 |
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1089 |
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MARITIME: THE ADMIRAL BRUCE CORRESPONDENCE, 1843-63: A quantity of letters (some with original envs.) from the Admiral to his daughter Jane Alexander, written aboard various ships or from foreign locations inc. an 1855 EL written from HMS 'Styx' at Nagasaki ''I am going to send this to Shanghai by a vessel which leaves today but I don't know when you will get it'', another from Vancouver Island in the same year, recording the hounding of Russian ships in the N.Pacific and the death of Raglan in the Crimea, adding ''they are very glad to see us here...as both the lawless Yankees and Indians had given trouble the Governor was obliged to appeal to me for assistance'' plus other letters from Malta, India, Valparaiso, Havana, Shanghai, San Francisco etc. In addition a substantial correspondence to Mrs Alexander from a variety of people & places. A fascinating archive. (250 letters approx.) |
£400 |
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1090 |
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MARITIME: 1907 card with "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/5/SOUTHAMPTON" & 1914 card with "U.S. FRENCH SEA P.O./23". A useful pair. (2). |
£90 |
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1091 |
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MILITARY: The interesting miscellany of covers & cards from a range of conflicts inc. 1896 Soldiers envelope from Fyzabad countersigned by the C.O., Boer War covers, 1918 env. with German oval TPO erased to show only Windhoek, other WWI interest, 1933 MPO cover from Egypt with NAAFI seal on reverse, WWII German propaganda sheet dropped over the UK, 1957/61 Christmas Island Atomic Test items, etc. (20). |
£75 |
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1092 |
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MILITARY - POST BOER WAR CANTONMENT MAIL: Album containing the fascinating collection of Cantonment Mail, 1904-18, being a specialised and award winning study of these unusual marks. Mostly selected strikes with many relevant supporting PPC's inc. many scarce real photo types; we note P.O. Bloemfontein ARMY O.R.C., P.O. TEMPE, HARRISMITH ARMY O.R.C., CANTONMENT B.O. MIDDLEBURG, CANTONMENT POTCHEFSTROOM, ROBERTS HEIGHTS B.O., STANDERTON & two WWI stampless/concessionary items with CANTONMENTS POTCHEFSTROOM. (Approx. 80 covers/cards). |
£240 |
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1093 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: Group of covers bearing scarce LARGE A.P.O. c.d.s.'s in violet struck on hand-written envs. with adhesives, postal stationery card, env., wrapper & registered env., stampless "active service" covers, etc. to a wide range of destinations in the U.K., 1 cover also bearing a superb "SOUTHAMPTON / 30 JU/00/PACKET.LETTER" c.d.s. Somewhat mixed condition. (19). |
£150 |
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1094 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1900 (July) env. to the UK ex a Telegraphs member of the R.E. sealed with captured ZAR Telegraph wafer, lengthy contents (2 sheets, one with very fine blue "VEN" c.d.s.'s of Vereeneging; "This is a godforgotten place...there are some fine Black tarts around here; they are regular beauties..."). 1901 (23 Jan/5 Feb.) letter (unaddressed env.) with C.IN.C. cachet & a fine "Lord Kitchener's Private Office stamp" with "PR K" code. 1901 (June) env. to the UK & 1902 env. ex the UK with fine code "WE M" & "BB N" Telegraph c.d.s.'s on reverse respectively. |
£150 |
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1095 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR - SIEGE OF LADYSMITH: 1900 (9 Jan.) env. with unusual mixed franking of Orange Free State, Cape of Good Hope & Transvaal adhesives, the latter stamp only carefully cancelled by Boer "HOOFDLAGER" (H.Q.) c.d.s. and with very scarce Boer "FLEISCHER" censor mark to left of adhesives. H.Q. with force besieging Ladysmith were in Natal at this date. PHOTO see plate no 7A |
£120 |
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1096 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1900 A.P.O. useage of G.B. postal stationery reply card, Military Governor's Office printed mourning env., 1901 Cape Town "CHARGE OFFICE" c.d.s., 1902 env. to a POW. in Ceylon with large Diyatalawa censor sealing label, a few other censor marks and a wide range of F.P.O./A.P.O. strikes. Somewhat mixed condition but a large & interesting group. (107 covers, 3 fronts & 67 pieces/loose stamps) |
£120 |
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1097 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR ARMY TELEGRAPHS C.D.S.s: 1900 (March-December) selection of covers (2, one opened out), cards (3) and a block of four V.R.I. ‡d with large "ARMY/TELEGRAPHS" c.d.s. of "B FN" (Bloemfontein), "B DN" (Brandfort Military), "T H" (Taaibosch) cancelling V.R.I. ‡d & 1d inside a Christmas greetings letter and "J HN" in blue (Johannesburg Military); some faults but mainly fine strikes. Also TELEGRAM FROM LORD KITCHENER dated 27 Jan., 1902 to Major Webb (congratulating him on his promotion) with a fine "ARMY/H...N/ TELEGRAPHS" c.d.s. of Heilbron. (8 items). |
£110 |
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1098 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR T.P.O. MARKS comprising Midland (3, all registered), Eastern (3 incl. 2 regd.), East No. 1 and "FIELD P.O./8" (7) said to be Midland T.P.O. with a variety of adhesives, postal stationery regd. envs., censor marks, etc. Mixed condition. (14). |
£100 |
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1099 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR, etc.: Group of covers incl. 1900 env. from Kaffir River bearing ‡d & pair of 1d V.R.I. ovpts. (raised stops) to Western Australia (scarce destination - from Australian contingent?) and covers (several of them registered) bearing wide range of V.R.I. and Orange River Colony ovpts. incl. values to 5/-, ovpt. varieties, censor marks, uprated postal stationery card, etc. An attractive group. (15). PHOTO see plate no 7A |
£120 |
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1100 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: Selection of covers with a variety of adhesive stamps and of cancellations incl. civilian and Army Post Offices, covers from and to prisoners of war, censor mark, Philatelic Exhibition cover with special label plus postage due mark and label, handstruck registered label with m/s no., etc. (8 covers). |
£90 |
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1101 |
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MILITARY - WWI/WWII P.O.W. MAIL: The small selection of POW mail, chiefly WWI inc. 1918 letter sheet from KNOCKALOE CAMP (IOM) with fine censor label tied by circular red "POST FREE/PRISONER OF WAR/PC", cover ex RUHLEBEN CAMP with three different Express Delivery stamps tied by "RXD/31 XII 15/6 pm" d.s., 1916 card from a member of the Austrian army at Tashkent, 1915 env. from a German POW at Ahmednagar Camp, etc. The WWII items include a scarce 2‡d blue POW letter sheet to a POW at Camp PG 70 PM 3300 with octagonal "PASSED/PW/6692", etc. (17). |
£150 |
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1102 |
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MILITARY-WWI: Album containing a collection of cards & covers with various FPO c.d.s. & machine marks from the Western Front, Italy, Salonica, Palestine & Egypt inc. a good variety of censor marks, July 1915 BAPO Y c.d.s. ex SS 'Aragon' at Mudros, dumb cancels, two parcel post labels etc. (142 items). |
£75 |
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1103 |
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MILITARY - WWI POW MAIL: Group of covers & postcards to/from German POWs interned on the French Islands of Belle Ile or Noirmoutier showing s/l, circular or boxed cachets inc. v.fine boxed 'VU par l'interprËte du DÈpot des Prisonniers de Guerre BELLE-ILE' & 'DÈpot d'Štrangers de NOIRMOUTIER (VendÈe)'. Scarce lot. (8 items). |
£120 |
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1104 |
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MILITARY - WWI: 1919 (22 March) PPC to the Pas de Calais with a superb strike of the large circular "B.E.F. MAIN LINE TPO/A/22 MR/19/DOWN" skeleton in black. |
£150 |
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1105 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR II: Album containing scores of covers with strength in Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika & South African Forces in East Africa with small boxed "O.H.M.S./MILITARY/FRANKED" marks in violet, many different kinds of censor marks (incl. bilingual), a few registered covers, A.P.O. c.d.s.'s, etc. Most covers are stampless but some bear adhesives. Fine basis for further study. (Scores). |
£200 |
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1106 |
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MILITARY - WWII P.O.W. MAIL FROM AUSTRALIA ETC: 1941-46 covers (14) & cards (5) mostly from Australian POW camps inc. N013 Group Murchison, No. 5 camp, Myrtleford, German Concentration Camp, Liverpool N.S.W, No . 16 camp, Marrinup, W. Australia and No 14 Camp, S. Australia. to Germany or Italy. the envs. included three examples of the !/- airmail fee wrapper and an example of the 6d card. Also 1968 letter from H.A. Bethe a Nobel prize winner. A good lot. (23 items). |
£240 |
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1107 |
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MILITARY - WWII JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF CHINA: Five Military Post cards inc. 1939 from Manshu Expeditionary Force, Mukai Squad, c/o Shinmit Sudan Mitanchan with censor chop of Mukai, Military post card issued by the Army Relief Dept. from the Central China Expeditionary Army with Japanese chop & oval Hara censor h.s., etc. (5). |
£75 |
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1108 |
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POSTAL STATIONERY: Three albums containing the interesting World-wide accumulation of unused & used postal stationery items. (Few 100's). |
£60 |
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SOUTH AFRICA: The small selection with 1885 cover ex Graaff-Reinet to Switzerland bearing COGH 1d strip of three and with Calais-a-Paris transit c.d.s. on face, 1900 reg. cover from Smaldeel to England franked with sixteen copies of the ‡d green to pay the 8d registered rate, Bloemfontein & Cape Town transit handstamps on reverse (some edge wear) & 1911 reg. cover from Durban to Germany bearing ORC ‡d & COGH 6d (unusual combination); also 1915 registered cover ex Togo to England bearing ‡d, 1d, 2d & 2‡d adhesives and with violet three-line "Passed by Censor/at/Lome (Togo)". A useful quartet. (4). |
£120 |
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1110 |
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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 adhesives floated off & housed in an envelope. Also a similar group (11) of W.Australia items. (73). |
£55 |
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1111 |
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WEST AFRICA - CAPE COAST LOCAL LETTER, 1853: Letter written by Admiral Bruce on board HMS 'Penelope' off the Cape Coast to the Commandant of Fort James at Accra complaining ''The canoemen who brought me off yesterday deserve to have their grog stopped for they wantonly took us through the worst of the Surf''; the envelope is worn with a flap removed but is endorsed on reverse ''By Forerunner''. A scarce early letter from W.Africa. |
£100 |
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1112 |
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WORLD-WIDE MISCELLANY of covers & cards inc. 1690 E from Rome, 1867 env. with French adhesives used at Smyrna, 1843 E with fine circular "BC/CADIZ", other interesting French/German & Italian items, British Honduras cover with 2c on 1d bisect in pair with normal, 1946 OHMS cover with "PAID/AT/BAHAMAS", etc. (36). |
£100 |
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ZEPPELINS: The small selection inc. 1929 Graf Zeppelin Orientfahrt cover with a fine example of the pink pictorial cachet and five covers from Brazil with Condor Zeppelin/Lufthansa cachets. (6). |
£60 |
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ZEPPELINS: Group of items from the 'Hindenburg' first USA flight (1936) inc. two reg'd covers to N.York ex Flensburg & Stuttgart, the latter with 3-line violet h.s., cover to Austria via NYork plus a pair of flown cards, all with circular red cachets. Also a 1936 'Olympiafahrt' card and two PPCs of 'Graf Zeppelin' inc. fine Tuck's 'Oilette'. Mainly fine. (8 items). |
£80 |
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BUSHIRE - POSTAL STATIONERY PICTURE CARD: PPC (corner creasing) with imprinted 2ch on 5ch stamp with 'BUSHIRE/Under British/Occupation' opt. (18‡/1&Mac189;mm spacing) - part of a small stock confiscated by British troops in September 1915; addressed to Devon, the card has a London machine cancellation plus an additional KGV &Mac189;d stamp (fault) with London c.d.s. of the same date - possibly sent via diplomatic bag to be posted on arrival. A very scarce item of Bushire postal history. PHOTO see plate no 7A |
£250 |
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BUSHIRE, 1915-16: Native cover to Shiraz franked with British Occupation optd. 6ch tied by 'BOUCHIR' c.d.s. with bilingual green censor label; also Indian 2as reg'd env. to Bombay with fine double-ring Bushire censor h.s. endorsed by Lt.W.E.James, Censor at Bushire. In addition, two stampless OAS envs. to Bombay or London with FPO 319 c.d.s., one with fine large 'PASSED BY CENSOR/INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/72' h.s. (4 items). |
£200 |
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BUSHIRE, 1915-18: Group of local native (2) & Indian (2) covers & a piece (mixed condition), three with fine/v.fine strikes of the double-circle 'PASSED CENSOR/BUSHIRE' mark inc. one with fine Bushire squared circle d.s. cancelling Indian stamps, 'BOUCHIR' c.d.s. arrivals, Karachi boxed '11/P.C.K.' censor etc. (4 covers & a piece). |
£100 |
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BUSHIRE, 1917-18: Two native covers with 6ch or 12ch frankings ex Isfahan or Shiraz with fine violet double-ring Bushire censor cachets, one with blue native censor, the other with Egyptian 'PASSED/CENSOR/B'. Also another strike of the Bushire mark on cover to Scotland franked by Indian 2a 6p stamp (3 foxed perfs) tied by v.fine squared circle 'BUSHIRE' d.s. plus an Indian 1a postcard to Switzerland with similar cancellation and Bombay censor. (4 items). |
£150 |
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BUSHIRE CENSOR: 1918 Cover to the UK with mainly fine strike of the scarce 43mm circular 'CENSORED/3/B' mark of Bushire; the reverse has a fine 'FPO 129' (8 Nov) c.d.s. & an indistinct 'BASE OFFICE/+' c.d.s. Also a PPC of Bushire natives with weak FPO c.d.s. on 3a stamp, plus two covers from FPOs 356 & 381with different circular censor marks. (4 items). |
£150 |
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1120 |
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BUSHIRE - CONSULAR MAIL: 1918 Env. with 'British Residency and Consulate General/Bushire' embossed seal on flap addressed to the the Consul at Karman; reverse has a 13ch stamp cancelled at Bender-Nassem and transit marks of Mohammarah & Bender-Abbas. |
£100 |
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1121 |
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CENSORED MAIL: 1916-17 Consular cover to Edinburgh with 12ch franking and countersignature 'D.Lorimer, HBM Consul Kerman' with fine Bombay censor no.2 h.s.; uncommon s/l 'PASSED CENSOR' mark on cover to Agra ex Ahwaz (possibly originating with the Indian Air Force), Russian bilingual boxed mark on attractive native cover and a commercial env. ex USA to Teheran with British & German censor labels, the latter tied by c.d.s. of German-controlled Recht. Minor faults but four good covers. (4 items). |
£250 |
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1122 |
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CENSORED MAIL - SCARCE CENSRD/SHIRAZ MARK: 1918 (10 Nov) stampless OAS cover to the UK with weak FPO No 357 & Base Office J c.d.s. on reverse; the front bears a v.fine strike of the very scarce unframed 'CENSRD/SHIRAZ' mark used during the November/December Shiraz rebellion. Also a colourfully overfranked redirected cover from Mohammerah to Calcutta franked with 6 Indian stamps from 3p to 3a; censored at Karachi with initialled double-ring 'PASSED CENSOR/KARACHI/3' & boxed '3/P.C.K.' nearby and a double-ring Karachi 1 on reverse. (2 covers). |
£150 |
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1123 |
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CENSORED MAIL, 1919-20: East Persia Cordon Field Force- a much-redirected PPC with boxed 'FIELD SERVICE/POSTAGE FREE' & FPO No 386 d.s., overstruck by subsequent marks. Also commercial reg'd cover to UK ex Sultanabad with 1919 provisional 12ch pair, reg'n h.s. and mainly fine strike of the British octagonal censor cachet 560, used in W. Persia on civilian mail. In addition, a slightly smudged but legible strike of the scarce large oval censor h.s. of Quetta on cover to Agra, with FPO 379 (Kuh-i-Malik Siah) c.d.s. on reverse. (3 covers). |
£140 |
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1124 |
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CONSULAR CENSOR, ISPAHAN: 1917 Consular env.(slight loss of flap) to London franked by 12ch blue & green with fine strike of the Consular cachet on the reverse alongside a v.fine strike of the rare cursive 'Passed Censor' h.s. Most attractive. |
£100 |
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1125 |
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BRITISH CENSORSHIP, 1918-19: Pair of native covers, the earlier fromTauris to Teheran franked by a 6ch stamp & 1ch famine relief stamp; the front has an indistinct strike of the scarce single-ring 'DUNSTERFORCE' censor cachet. The second cover, from Kermanchah to Hamadan, has a 6ch 'Provisoire' stamp; the front has a fine single-ring 'PASSED BY BRITISH MILITARY CENSOR*' h.s. (2 covers). |
£120 |
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1126 |
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1915-20 Censored covers to/from India inc. 1917 readdressed env. ex Mohammerah to Kashmir with fine Bombay double-circle censor 37 plus another cover with Bombay censor 33 and ‡a stamps (5) cancelled at Bander-Abbas and a third with Bombay 35 to Bander Abbas, all with red & white censor labels. Also Tobacco Fund card addressed to Kerman with Persian due mark, 1915 cover (stamps removed) ex Karachi to Kazarun with green censor label, '5/P.C.K.' h.s. plus Bouchir & Bander-Abbas transits and a commercial env. ex Manchester to Ispahan via Russia. Mixed condition. (7 covers). |
£180 |
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1127 |
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1916 PPCs (2) to the same addressee in Bombay, franked with ‡a or 1a stamps, the latter with weak but legible 'JASK/PERSIAN GULF' c.d.s. overstruck by partly fine violet Bombay censor, the former with Indian PO at Jask c.d.s. (struck off the card). Scarce material. (2 cards). |
£150 |
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1128 |
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BRIGADIER GENERAL SIR PERCY SYKES - 1917 cover addressed by Sykes, Commander of the South Persia Rifles, to the UK, endorsed 'On Field Service' with bold signature at lower left; reverse has a v.fine strike of the FPO 357 (Shiraz) c.d.s. & a weaker strike of the BPO J (Bandar-Abbas) mark; some ink staining to lower edge. Also a 1919 OAS env. to Alexandria back-stamped with Bandar-Abbas BPO J c.d.s. (latest recorded date of use) and with an unuusal (censor?) h.s. of 4 curved bars. (2 covers). |
£200 |
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1129 |
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DIPLOMATIC BAG: 1917 Cover ex Manchester with KGV1d stamp addressed 'Lieut. Col. G.F.Napier c/o Foreign Office (Teheran Bag) London' with v.good boxed 'Postal Censor' mark; one or two light foxing spots, otherwise fine. |
£100 |
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1130 |
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CONSULAR MAIL, 1918: Registered cover to the UK ex Ispahan franked with 24ch provisional with fine wax seal of the British Consulate, Ispahan, both on reverse; also a 12ch franked env. to London ex Kerman with signature of 'H.M's Consul Kerman' & Bander-Abbas transit; both with British censor labels. (2 covers). |
£140 |
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1131 |
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DUNSTERFORCE: 1918 (20 Nov) Native cover (closed tear on edge) with original letter, from Kazvin to Teheran franked with 6ch stamp; the front bears a very fine strike of the scarce single-ring 'DUNSTERFORCE**/CENSOR/POSES/101' mark in black - seldom seen in this quality. |
£100 |
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1132 |
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REGISTERED MAIL: 1918 Cover (hole in address panel) from Nushki (Baluchistan) to Meshed with provisional reg'n label, c.d.s. of the exchange office at Kuh-i-Malek Shah-Ziarat & IEF Base Office on reverse. Also a pair of covers from Shiraz & Bender-Nasseri to India, the latter with unusual boxed 'R.No.......PERSE' h.s. and a pair of red & white censor labels, the former (slightly reduced at top) with v.fine large circular Bombay censor 30.(3 covers). |
£100 |
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1133 |
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'NORPERFORCE': 1918 (31 Oct) Native cover (reduced at one side) to Teheran franked with 1ch & 2ch (block of 4) with Recht c.d.s. with v.fine violet boxed 'PASSED BY CENSOR/NORPERFORCE' cachet; small ink stain impinges slightly. Attractive & scarce. |
£100 |
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CENSORED NATIVE COVERS, 1919-20: Fine group of native covers with various frankings and censorships inc. bilingual local censor tape tied by intaglio h.s., typewritten 'OPENED BY CENSOR' labels (violet & black) tied by circular 'PASSED BY BRITISH MILITARY CENSOR' marks, octagonal 'PASSED BY CENSOR (CROWN)' cachets 549 (3) & 558 etc. (7 covers). |
£200 |
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1135 |
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ARAB REVOLT, 1920: Two envs. (one with torn corner) to Bombay with fine circular 'M/1234' censors and good to fine strikes of the 'BASE P.O./PER.L.OF C' c.d.s. for June or December; also reg'd cover (faults) ex FPO 76 with red ink endorsement 'Shortage of stamps postage prepaid (signature)' , OFS cover with Nushki civilian PO c.d.s. & v.good /fine oval Quetta censor and 1919 cover to the UK ex FPO 357 (Shiraz) with two Lady Willingdon Fund labels on reverse. (5 covers). |
£160 |
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DUNSTERFORCE: 1919-20 Pair of native covers franked by provisional stamps (one does not belong), each with a good but slightly unclear strike of the Dunsterforce single-ring censor mark, one with censor tape; also two further native covers, one with bilingual censor tape tied by British octagonal censor h.s. 560, the other (stained) with fine circular 'PASSED BY BRITISH MILITARY CENSOR*' h.s. (4 covers). |
£120 |
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1137 |
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I.E.F. 1918-19: Group of OAS covers to the UK (3), India (2) or NZealand with FPO d.s. 128, 358, 359 & 424 & BPO J & L, one with fine boxed 'FIELD SERVICE/POSTAGE FREE' & oval Quetta censor, and another (faults) with printed 'SOUTH PERSIA RIFLES/KERMAN' & reg'n label with m/s 'FPONo 358'. A useful group. (6 items). |
£200 |
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1138 |
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I.E.F. 1918-20 CENSORED MAIL: Group of OAS covers inc. YMCA env. addressed to the UK or India (4), with FPO d.s.110 (Kermanshah), 356 (Niriz), 357 (Shiraz) with 359 (Saidabad) alongside, 379 (Koh Malek Shiah Ziaret) & 381 (Karind) with v.fine double-circle 'PASSED/CENSOR/D', MAINLY FINE oval 'PASSED BY CENSOR (Royal Arms) *QUETTA*' & fine circular 'M/710' censor h.s plus an unclear strike in red of a boxed 'Postage Cancelled/Bombay' mark. (5 covers). |
£200 |
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1139 |
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PERSIAN CENSORSHIP: Fine 1916 native cover ex Sultanabad to Teheran with 10ch & 12ch franking; plain paper sealing strip tied by two fine strikes of an attractive seal-type censor mark. Also six further native covers franked with 6ch (5) or 1ch (Tabriz) plus 3ch & 24ch, all with good to fine strikes of the twin circle Imperial censor cachet, three with additional paper sealing strips. (7 covers). |
£150 |
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1140 |
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RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP - BATUM: 1914 (31 July) Commercial cover (opened out) ex UK to Teheran 'Via Berlin & Baku' - detained in Germany with two censor labels, one a typewritten message from the Breslau censor, plus a v.fine strike of an unrecorded 3-line Batum censor mark, Galata transit & Teheran arrival (15 Dec.). Also Odessa cover (1917) to Teheran with large boxed censor & postcard ex Teheran to Petrograd with three framed censor marks. (3 items). |
£160 |
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1141 |
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RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP, 1915-17: Trio of fine covers inc. 1915 env. ex Hamadan to USA with 12ch stamp & fine square boxed censor h.s., a printed commercial cover from Baku to Ispahan with fine boxed Baku No 39 censor and native env. from Tabriz to Hamadan with 1ch provisional & 5ch franking overstruck by boxed bilingual censor cachet. (3 covers). |
£100 |
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1142 |
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RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP, 1916-17: Fine strikes of the boxed Baku censor h.s. 40 & 41on a reg'd cover (roughly opened) ex Recht to the UK with 12ch pair or commercial Russian cover with 10k stamp addressed to Teheran. Also a Baku 45 h.s. (overstruck) on 5ch card ex Mechdisser to a Russian POW in Germany with additional, partly fine 2-line German censor h.s.and a boxed '67' censor on 10k cover to Teheran with Russian tape tied by 3-line boxed censor No 598 of Petrograd. (4 items). |
£180 |
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RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP, 1916: PPC with 5ch stamp cancelled at Meched to Reval with scarce two-line 'Askhabad Military Censor - Lt Col. Tsvietouo' overstruck by 3 transit d.s.; also three different native covers with 6ch frankings to Hamadan with v.good to fine strikes of the boxed bilingual censor cachet. (4 items). |
£130 |
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RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP, 1917: Four covers inc. two to the USA with 12ch single or composite frankings, with partly fine boxed bilingual censor & British censor tape or with simple boxed censor of Tiflis; another v.good strike of the bilingual cachet on cover from Hamadan to Kermanshah with provisional franking of 1ch (3) & 3ch and Swiss commercial env. (roughly opened, stamp with missing corner) to Teheran with Rumanian oval 'CENSURAT/M' h.s., Russian tape and boxed 2-line censor cachet. (4 covers). |
£180 |
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1145 |
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"OPERATIONS IN PERSIA, 1914-1919" by Brigadier-General F.J.Moberley: A fine copy of this scarce 1987 HMSO reprint of the rare, suppressed 1929 Report; 490pp with 13 folding maps plus a further 6 maps in a linen pocket, hardback with slightly faded & chipped dustwrapper. Contents v.fine. |
£50 |
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1146 |
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ADVERTISING - FOOD & DRINK, c1902-59: Large, colourful poster stamps advertising various foodstuffs inc. Danish biscuits, sugar, sweets, 'Oma' margarine, jam etc. featuring children, animals & exhibitions plus an unusual large advertising label (106mm square) for Dutch biscuits. An interesting lot. (97). PHOTO see plate inside back cover |
£300 |
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1147 |
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ADVERTISING - FOOD & DRINK, 1903-50: A superb lot of large, colourful poster stamps featuring food products inc. fine set (12) of clowns for Kana Margarine, Weck's ''Wow'' pickles, 1932 Luxemburg Food Exhibition, Danish butter c1905, 1917 California Orange Show etc. (143). |
£340 |
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1148 |
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ADVERTISING: Selection of mainly German poster stamps c1903-30 advertising a range of products inc. 'Schwalbenseife' soap (13), 'Schwan' pencils (8), 'Biomalz' (10), 'Odol' (17) etc. Large, colourful stamps. (81). |
£250 |
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1149 |
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ADVERTISING: Selection of German poster stamps c1908-20 advertising various products inc. perfume, hats, a roller-skating hall, paint, jewellery, shoes etc. and inc. a set of 5 'HANSA' car tyre stamps depicting famous German artists. (52). |
£160 |
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1150 |
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ANIMALS & BIRDS, 1898-c1964: An attractive selection of poster stamps & labels inc. some fine examples of advertising stamps inc. a colourful set for 'Eagle' milk (6), 'Zebra' pasta, 'Atlas' salad oil, zoo animals etc. Also a 1990 'Birdpex' MS. (107). |
£160 |
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ARTISTS: A fine group of advertising poster stamps with striking designs by named artists inc. Pfesl, Hohmann, Maurer, Heitzler etc. featuring a wide variety of products. (42). |
£220 |
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ARTISTS - HOLWEIN: A selection of fne designs for Marco Polo tea, Andre Hofer coffee, salad oil, beer, cigarettes etc. (25). |
£120 |
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AVIATION, 1909-31: An attractive group of poster stamps commemorating air shows & advertising etc. inc. German, French & Italian examples with Delandre type labels, v.fine Oscar Bider stamp, zeppelins etc. Most attractive. (33). |
£180 |
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AVIATION, 1910-13: Group of scarce poster stamps depicting pioneer aircraft and inc. 6 of the stunning Seck designs for Gerner-Brau, a Bavarian Aero-Club label, set of 5 stamps for the 1913 Darmstadt model aircraft exhibition etc. (17). |
£180 |
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1155 |
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BIRDS, 1900-70 (approx.): Selection of poster stamps, labels, locals & other cinderella items with attractive illustrations of birds inc. Budapest 1900 postal exhibitoin with dove, 1906 Christchurch (NZ) magpie, Malmo 1914 storks etc.Attractive. (190). |
£200 |
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CHILDREN, c1899-1965: Advertising labels & poster stamps featuring children , inc. scarcer examples from Denmark (boys' clothes & breakfast cereal), 1913 Berlin 'Housewife' Exhibition 1913 (5), USA Boys' Clubs labels in panes (one damaged), 'Wonderland' stamps, 'Chic' sweets etc. (109). |
£150 |
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CHILDREN, c1903-60: Colourful ranges of poster stamps etc. inc. unusual Danish examples with scarce block of 4 different for the 1913 Exhibition of Childhood, German stamps advertising biscuits, comics, ink, clothing plus a fine embossed trio from Holland showing baby carriages etc. One damaged corner. Also 1986 UNICEF Greek MS. (139). |
£280 |
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EMBOSSED LABELS, c1896-1920: An attractive selection of die-cut embossed stamps inc. 1896 Berlin Exhibition 93), Insel R¸gen publicity labels (8) plus various seal types and advertising stamps. (55) |
£180 |
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EXHIBITIONS, 1899-1930: Fine selection of attractive poster stamps inc. an embossed trio for Berlin (1906), 1899 Sydney International, 1910 Buenos Aires, 1911 Hamburg, 1913 Budapest etc. Large & colourful designs. (75). |
£240 |
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