| 401 | 1886 (Nov.)-87 complete set unmounted or mounted mint and chiefly fine & fresh. SG.8-14, Cat. £450. (7) | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 402 | 1889 (1 Aug.) surcharges in Spanish currency complete set fine, chiefly fresh and mainly lightly mounted mint incl. catalogued varieties small "I' and broken "N" on both 25c. surcharge on 2d and 25c. surcharge on 2‡d. SG.15-21 plus 17ab. & b. and 18ab. & b.; Cat. £1,050. (11) | £260 | |||||||||||||
| 403 | 1903 Wmk. Crown CA complete set unmounted or lightly mounted mint, fresh and chiefly very fine. SG.46-55; Cat. £800. (10). PHOTO | £240 | |||||||||||||
| 404 | 1903 2‡d wmk. Crown CA mounted mint (inconsequential creasing) and 1907 2‡d wmk. multiple Crown CA (fault at top) both with the catalogued variety large "2" in "‡". SG.49a. & 59a. (2). | £90 | |||||||||||||
| 405 | 1904/8 Wmk. Multiple Crown CA complete set unmounted or lightly mounted mint; very fresh and fine, especially the scarce £1 value. SG.56-64.; Cat. £750. (9). PHOTO | £260 | |||||||||||||
| 406 | 1906-10 Wmk. Multiple Crown CA colour changes complete set unmounted or lightly mounted mint; fresh and mainly fine. SG.66-74; Cat. £425. (9). | £110 | |||||||||||||
| 407 | 1912-24 KGV Definitive set with wmk. Multiple Crown CA complete incl. all catalogued shades lightly mounted mint and all fine & fresh except for one of the 1/- stamps. Also 1918 War Tax opt. SG.76-86; Cat. £345. (17). | £85 | |||||||||||||
| 408 | 1912-24 ‡d green with Multiple Crown CA watermark inverted good to fine used with partial but clear c.d.s. for "15 OC/20". SG76w. but unpriced. PHOTO | £260 | |||||||||||||
| 409 | 1921-27 & 1925-32 Definitives with wmk. Multiple Script CA complete to 8/- & £1 respectively and incl. all catalogued shades; lightly mounted or unmounted mint and almost without exception fine & fresh. SG.89-107; Cat. £477. (22). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 410 | 1925-32 £5 lightly mounted mint, fine and fresh. Still regarded by many as the key stamp for any Gibraltar collection. Supported by Diena certificate (1974) where this stamp is described as "perfetto". SG.108, Cat. £1,300. PHOTO - see plate no. | £500 | |||||||||||||
| 411 | 1940 2d grey perf. 13‡ wmk. sideways extremely lightly mounted mint and fine except slightly off-centre to right and somewhat trimmed perfs. along top of stamp typical of this coil issue. SG.124ab., Cat. £600. PHOTO - | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 412 | 1966 European Sea Angling Championships middle value unmounted mint left hand marginal copy with black printing (value and inscription) omitted plus normal 7d stamp for comparison. The knowledgeable vendor states that only one sheet of 60 showing this variety was discovered of which a block of 4 was presented to the Royal Collection, 4 more were given to the Gibraltar Museum, 40 were sold at the Post Office counter and the remaining 12 were officially destroyed. A major rarity of modern Gibraltar philately. SG.191a.; Cat. £950. PHOTO - see plate no. | £400 | |||||||||||||
| 413 | 1982 £5 (200), £2 (100) & £1 (100) fine used. Very high Catalogue value. (400). | £200 | |||||||||||||
| 414 | REVENUE STAMPS: 1p 85c and 5p Revenue adhesives (Barefoot 4 & 6) affixed to a complete Supreme Court summary jurisdiction summons and pen cancelled (as was then the practice) in red by the Assistant Registrar on 26.6.1884. This is the earliest recorded useage of Gibraltar Revenue stamps which had been issued only 26 days earlier. | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 415 | REVENUE STAMPS: 1p 85c and 5p Revenue adhesives (Barefoot 4 & 6) affixed to piece cancelled by fine strike of "SUPREME COURT/FILED/11 .OCT. 88/GIBRALTAR" double-ring d.s. in black. This first date-stamp was in use for only three weeks and according to knowledgeable vendor only twelve examples of this strike are known. | £85 | |||||||||||||
| 416 | REVENUE STAMPS: 1p 25c (Barefoot 2) x 11 (one strip of five and one strip of six) affixed to piece of Supreme Court notice with both blue crayon and oval rubber stamp cancellations for 13 March, 1890. This is one of two similar items bearing the largest known multiples of any value of the Spanish currency issue; very rare thus. | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 417 | REVENUE STAMPS: 5p (Barefoot 6) affixed to a complete Supreme Court notice dated 30 September, 1898 paying the fee for taking out a summons, this being the last day of issue and and also the last day of use of Spanish currency in Gibraltar, used in combination with the 1/-, 2/- & 8/- values (Barefoot 11, 12 & 14) of the English currency issue cancelled on 13 October, 1898 when judgment was entered. Only two combination useages on complete notices are said to be known of which this is the more spectacular. PHOTO - see plate no 7 | £850 | |||||||||||||
| 418 | REVENUE STAMP: 8/- (Barefoot 14) cancelled by "SUPREME COURT SUMMARY JURISDICTION - FILED" oval d.s. in black on 9 March, 1899 and also purple circular d.s. reading "SUPREME COURT/ Cancelled/GIBRALTAR". Knowledgeable vendor states that this occurred only in March, 1899 while new datestamps reading "Cancelled" instead of "Filed" were on order and that only a handful of examples of this dual useage is known. | £85 | |||||||||||||
| 419 | REVENUE STAMPS: Scarce QV 1d x 3 (one with missing corner perf.) and 3d (Barefoot 9 & 10) used in combination with KEVII Postage & Revenue adhesive (SG.53) on complete Supreme Court notice dated 17 June, 1903. Knowledgeable vendor atates that only two Victorian/Edwardian combination useages on complete notices are known and that this is the more spectacular. PHOTO - see plate no. | £240 | |||||||||||||
| 420 | REVENUE USEAGE: 1/- KEVII Postage & Revenue adhesive (SG.71) affixed to Police Court certificate of dismissal, pen cancelled "21.12.11" and also perforated "CANCELLED" with small perforator (30mm. x 5mm.) of Police Court. Vendor says that this is the only known complete notice from the Police Court. | £120 | |||||||||||||
| GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS | |||||||||||||||
| 421 | STOCKBOOK containing the mint & used selection inc. Kiribati & Tuvalu. (Some 100's). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 422 | FINE USED COLLECTION on Hagner leaves inc. 6d opt. on Fiji (SG.6), Pandanus Pine set, KGV values to 2/-, 1939 and 1956 sets, commemorative issues and a good range of both Kiribati and Tuvalu definitive and commemorative sets plus miniature sheets. (Several 100's). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 423 | MINT MISCELLANY 1911-75 (latterly unmounted) on album leaves incl. 1911 opts. with values to 1/-, 1912-24 wmk. Multiple Crown CA complete to 5/- with catalogued shades, 1939-55 definitives complete plus perf. varieties, omnibus issues, 1956-62 and later definitive sets complete, many commemorative sets and postage due values to 1/-. Chiefly fine and fresh. Cat. c.£525. (200+). | £110 | |||||||||||||
| 424 | MINT COLLECTION on Hagner leaves incl. Pandanus Pine set, KGV to 2/6d incl. blocks of four, 1938, 1956, 1965, 1966 & 1968 sets plus later Gilbert Islands, Kiribati & Tuvalu with unmounted definitive and commemorative sets, miniature sheets, 'SPECIMEN' sets and Officials. (Several 100's). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 425 | 1911 "GILBERT & ELLICE/PROTECTORATE" opts. on Fiji complete set fine used. Scarce thus. SG.1-7. Cat.£250. (7). | £90 | |||||||||||||
| 426 | 1924 £1 purple & black/red fresh mounted mint. SG.24, Cat. £550. PHOTO - | £180 | |||||||||||||
| GOLD COAST/GHANA | |||||||||||||||
| 427 | QV-QEII mint & used collection on leaves with much of merit inc. 1889 1d on 6d mint, KEVII vals. to 20/- mint, KGV vals. to 15/- (2) mint, etc. Fair to mostly fine. (Approx. 170). | £200 | |||||||||||||
| 428 | 1921 £2 green & orange mounted mint, light gum crease. SG.102, Cat. £350. | £90 | |||||||||||||
| GREECE | |||||||||||||||
| 429 | 1864-96 Group of covers franked by imperf. Hermes stamps inc. 1864 EL ex Corfu with 20l blue used as due in Patras, 1866 Argostolion to Trieste EL with marginal 20l & fine 40l cancelled by '110' numeral, 1875 EL to Trieste ex Kerkyra with 10l orange & 20l deep blue, a similar franking on cover to Russia etc. A useful lot. (7 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| GREENLAND | |||||||||||||||
| 430 | CARTON containing the interesting accumulation inc. some 180 covers (predominantly from the 1970's with much postmark/airmail interest) and a stockbook containing some more covers, modern booklets, Christmas labels & definitive issues. A small amount of relevant literature accompanies. (Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 431 | CARTON containing the extensive modern collection (1978-2000) housed in four loose-leaf albums including stamps, FDC's, Maximum cards, booklets, etc. A very attractive lot with much thematic appeal including some particularly appealing Bird issues. (Large Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 432 | ALBUM containing the extremely interesting collection of covers & adhesives inc. a good study of Christmas seals with 1921 postcard bearing Danish 15o & the Christmas seal issued by the Danish P.O. depicting an inuit in national dress, sundry 1970's & 1980's Christmas seals on cover and a selection of complete unused sheets of same, THULE 1935-36 set of five mint & used plus 10o, 15o & 30o on cover, sundry postage dues, flight covers, ships mail, polar supply covers and a particularly unusual 1958 cover carried from New Thule to Thule and back by dog sled. A very good lot with much useful material. (Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 433 | ALBUM containing an eclectic but particularly worthwhile range of covers, cards, adhesives & booklets including a small range of expedition mail with a PC from the 1938 MacGregor expedition and a PC from the 1948 Danish Pearyland expedition plus a wide range of modern items. (Approx. 70 covers plus sundry other items). | £80 | |||||||||||||
| 434 | PARCEL POST ADHESIVES, 1905-1937: The excellent collection of these popular issues inc. 1905 1o olive green perf. 12 fresh mounted mint (lightish horizontal creasing - Cat. £300), plus 1916-30 Thiele printing 1o mint & used, 2o yellow used (2), 5o brown used, 10o blue used, 15o violet used, 20o red used (3), 70o violet mint and 1k ochre-yellow mint & used and Schulz printing 10o, 20o & 70o mint plus 70o used. Also a selection of modern reprints in sheet form. A good little lot. (Small Qty.). | £300 | |||||||||||||
| 435 | 1937 5o, 10o, 15o & 25o essays in violet on white paper (26‡ x 31‡mm). Ex Christies, Bournemouth - Dec. 1989 (Catalogue & invoice accompany the lot). Fine. (4). PHOTO - see plate no. | £80 | |||||||||||||
| 436 | 1938-74 Mint and used collection in loose-leaf album. Much of note inc. 1938 set to 1k mint & used, 1950-60 set to 5k mint & used, 1956 surcharge pair mint, used and on FDC, 1963-68 defin. set mint (Frederick IX vals. all in blocks of 4), 1969-76 Mammals set mint, used & on FDC's, etc. (Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 437 | 1939 Registered cover from Copenhagen to Hamburg bearing seven vals. to 1k Polar Bear (fault at lower right hand corner), sent via Greenland and New York. The adhesives are all tied by Angmagssalik datestamps of Sept. 20. The cover arrived in Philadelphia in November 1940 (!) & spent a further month en route to New York before making its way to Hamburg where it was censored by the Wehrmacht. This extremely circuitous route was necessitated as the war in Europe had just broken out but USA was of coutrse still neutral. PHOTO - see plate no. | £75 | |||||||||||||
| 438 | 1945 American Banknote set to 5k fresh unmounted mint. Cat. £300. (9). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| GRENADA | |||||||||||||||
| 439 | QV-QEII collection on leaves with much of merit inc. a few earlies, 1908 10/- mint, KGV defin. values to 5/- mint and Pictorial set to 5/- mint, a good selection of GVI defins. to 10/- (5) mint, 1951 set to $2.50 mint and a good range of QEII issues to 1968. (Approx. 230). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 440 | 1943 10/- perf. 12 fresh mounted mint. SG.163c, Cat. £450. PHOTO - | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 441 | 1966 6c black & olive fine unmounted mint. SG. Cat. £190. | £50 | |||||||||||||
| HONG KONG | |||||||||||||||
| 442 | TWO SMALL STOCKBOOKS containing the interesting early to middle period duplicated used ranges. Some cancellation interest inc. sundry Treaty Ports. (Few 100's). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 443 | ALBUM containing the extensive early to modern mint & used collection with much of merit inc. a good range of QV issues with some scarcer surcharges such as 1876 16c on 18c large part o.g. (unguaranteed), 1885 20c on 30c mint, 1891 50c on 48c (SG.46) mint and 1891 $1 on 96c mint, KEVII to $2 (2) mint, KGV MCA to $10 mint & Script to $5 mint, KGVI 1938-52 set mint plus sundry extra shades, RSW $10 mint and extensive QEII ranges inc. various defin. sets to top value and many good commem. sets. Condition poor to mostly fine. (Many 100's). | £1500 | |||||||||||||
| 444 | STOCKBOOK containing the duplicated mint & used QV-QEII accumulation with a Catalogue value in excess of £4,000. (Qty.). | £450 | |||||||||||||
| 445 | COLLECTION/ACCUMULATION on leaves and stockcards, QV-QEII, mint & used with much of interest inc. a useful used range of QV definitives & surcharges, (mixed condition), 1900-02 set to 30c mint and extensive later ranges inc. QEII Annigoni Heads to $20 mint in presentation pack (purchased in 1969), 1974 Arts Festival min. sheet unmounted mint, various cancellation interest inc. Treaty Ports, etc. (Qty.). | £400 | |||||||||||||
| 446 | MISCELLANY comprising 1904-06 1c to $5 fair to fine used ($2 & $3 fiscally so), 1880 Postal Fiscal 12c on $10 mounted mint (centred to foot & with slightly rounded corner perf.) and a forged example of the 1898 10c on 30c mint with the large Chinese character variety. (Small Qty.). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 447 | 1912-21 $5 green & red/green fresh mounted mint. Cat. £475. PHOTO - | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 448 | 1912-21 $5 green & red/green (white back) fresh mounted mint. Cat. £475. PHOTO - | £150 | |||||||||||||
| ICELAND | |||||||||||||||
| 449 | LITERATURE: Three cartons containing the extremely extensive accumulation of Icelandic related reading material inc. a good range of the "Posthorn", sundry auction catalogues, philatelic & non-philatelic books inc. an old Icelandic dictionary. (Large Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO REMOVE FROM OUR PREMISES. | £40 | |||||||||||||
| INDIA | |||||||||||||||
| 450 | ALBUM containing the early to modern collection with strength in KGV & KGVI issues. (Many 100's). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 451 | FORWARDING AGENTS CACHETS, ETC.: The small selection inc. 1827 EL from London to Calcutta with scarce oval "FORWARDED BY J & E IGGULDEN/DEAL" (cover extremely tatty), 1841 EL from Putna to Edinburgh with rare boxed "CAPTN BARBER'S/EAST INDIA AGENCY/64 CORNHILL", 1854 EL to Bordeaux with green oval "FORWARDED BY/WILSON & Co./CALCUTTA", etc. (6 items). PHOTO - see plate no 6A | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 452 | PRE-STAMP MISCELLANY of E/EL's with various postal markings inc. 1852 env. (with contents) to England with a goodish strike of the boxed red "KURRACHEE/SHIP LETTER", EL to the Isle of Wight with black oval "TIRHOOH/POST PAID" (fair), 1832 EL to London with circular "SECUNDERABAD/POST PAID", 1836 EL to England with red "POST PAID" of Madras, etc. Condition somewhat mixed. (8 items). PHOTO - see plate no. | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 453 | MISCELLANY with 1937 9pi green (SG.249) & 1a carmine (SG.250) each in an unmounted mint corner block of 76 (fine except for a litthe perf. separation and some creases on 1a), 1946 3pi surcharge on 1a 3pi yellow-brown (SG.282) in a fine unmounted mint marginal block of 24 and a small range of imperf. used QV stamps (handy for plating). High cat. value. (186). | £85 | |||||||||||||
| 454 | EXPRESS MAIL: 1842-44 trio of EL's to the same addressee in England, all with "Pr Express" endorsements and boxed red "INDIA" markings. Interesting contents with one referring to a hurricane. These three covers were all carried by "Dak" runners from Calcutta to Bombay. The lot is accompanied by Sidney Raine's notes (c1950) on the India Express Letter system between the years of 1840 & 1850. An unusual lot. (3 covers plus notes). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 455 | EXPRESS MAIL: Quartet of E/EL's inc. 1841 EL to Bordeaux with boxed red "PONDICHERRY" and m/s "Steam and Inland PP in India/Exprefs Postage" (scarce thus), 1840 EL from Calcutta to Bordeaux with m/s "P Overland Express",1846 EL to England with m/s "Per Exprefs via Marseilles" and an 1862 cover to Liverpool bearing 4a grey (2) endorsed "per Express/Via Bombay & Marseilles". A scarce group. | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 456 | MARITIME MAIL: The fascinating assembly of E/EL's from India to the British Isles, mostly by named ships (some with pictures of same) and with a wide range of postal markings inc. some British "India Letter" marks. A few with adhesives but mostly stampless. (Approx. 60 covers plus a few pictures of ships). | £200 | |||||||||||||
| 457 | MARITIME - BOMBAY SHIP LETTERS: The small selection comprising 1858 EL to Bushire bearing 1a red with a fair strike of the circular red "BOMBAY/SHIP LETTER/PAID" plus a quartet of black boxed Ship Letter markings with "BOMBAY/SHIP LETTER/BEARING 1A" (2), "BOMBAY/SHIP LETTER/POSTAGE DUE 1AN" and "BOMBAY/SHIP LETTER/POSTAGE DUE 1A". (5 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 458 | MARITIME: 1850 Matched pair (Aug./Oct.) of envelopes from India to Wiltshire, endorsed "Per Over Mail via Calcutta & Southampton" and "per bi-monthly mail via Bombay & Southampton" respectively, both with scarce red "MEERUT/Overland" marks and "CHOLDERTON" (Wilts.) UDC's on reverse. A rare pair. PHOTO - see plate no 6A | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 459 | CINDERELLA ITEMS: First World War and Relief Fund labels incl. Bombay ‡a both unmounted and mounted mint (faults) and (unusually) tied on covers to England alongside KGV definitives in one case but bizarrely alone on the other, Madras ‡a tied on piece along with KGV ‡a definitive and a different ‡a label on cover and Mysore ‡a unmounted mint (minor faults). Also a small selection of mint and used adhesive stamps optd. "POSTAL/SERVICE". (4 covers, 1 piece + 11 labels/stamps). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| IONIAN ISLANDS | |||||||||||||||
| 460 | MISCELLANY, 1838-1924: Selection of covers inc. 1838-48 pair ex Corfu (large seal & oval d.s.) to Malta & Trieste, both with disinfection slits; 1848 inter-island cover with Corfu & Cefalonia d.s. on front near '2' charge mark plus 1862 example from Cefalonia with fine strike of the short-lived oval 'D...P' mark in blue-green; 1870s inward letters from France & U.K. etc. Also an interesting 1852 prepaid cover ex Nauplion to Trieste. (9 items). | £140 | |||||||||||||
| 461 | 1739 Lengthy EL in Italian addressed to San Stefano, Venice with clear dateline 'Corfu 22 Iiugnio 1739'; piece torn from flap, not affecting text, otherwise fine. | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 462 | 'ISOLE * IONIE*' MARK: 1814 EL in Greek addressed to Corfu with mainly fine strike in greenish-blue of the large double-ring mark and m/s '9'; torn around seal otherwise fine. | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 463 | ITHACA: Undated (c1820) EL (corner stain) from Corfu to Ithaca with fine strike of the scarce double-circle 'ISOLE * D'ITACA' just slightly overlapping flap, with m/s 'D:I:/Franca' in the centre. PHOTO - see plate no 6A | £200 | |||||||||||||
| 464 | 1831 EL ex Modena to Corfu with a mainly fine strike of the short-lived small Royal Arms seal of Corfu [Type C, in use 1830-33] with m/s '6' charge and Corfu d.s. on reverse; external discolouration probably due to disinfection. Also an 1832 EL ex Paris (faults) with an indistinct strike of the same mark and interesting sequence of postal rates. (2 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 465 | OFFICIAL MAIL: 1834 EL ex Cefalonia (fine d.s. on reverse) to Corfu with mainly fine strike of the scarce double-circle 'OFFICIO DELLA POSTA DI CEFALONIA' cachet, m/s '4' charge; small part of the address cut out & patched, repaired tear. Displays well. PHOTO - see plate no 6A | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 466 | CEFALONIA: 1836 EL ex Constantinople with mainly fine strike in red of the large 'ISOLA DI CEFALONIA*' mark and m/s '6'; some staining probably due to fumigation, torn around seal. | £75 | |||||||||||||
| 467 | FINE & RARE 'PAID AT ZANTE' CROWNED CIRCLE MARK: 1848 EL to Marseille with Zante d.s. and fine matching strike of the crowned circle mark in grey-green ink; Malta disinfection cachet and Marseille entry mark. Attractive. PHOTO - see plate no 6A | £300 | |||||||||||||
| 468 | PAPAL STATES - SPECTACULAR UNDERPAID COMBINED FRANKING TO CORFU: 1866 (10 Feb.) cover ex Ancona franked with 4-margin examples of the 2 baj. (marginal) & 6 baj (slight toning) stamps - insufficient for the 17 baj rate to Corfu - with grille cancellations and further franking of Greek Hermes issue 5l, 20l & 40l (the full letter rate of 65l) cancelled at Corcyra; light filing crease through two stamps hardly detracts from this attractive & scarce cover. PHOTO | £500 | |||||||||||||
| 469 | 1866 (9 July) Part cover (front plus rear flap) addressed to Kefalonia, franked at the scarce, short-lived 26 lepta rate made up with attractive, 4-margin examples of the 1l, 5l & 10l pair cancelled by the '106' numeral of Kerkyra, with c.d.s. alongside; light filing crease affects one stamp, one of the 10l has a repaired corner, otherwise an attractive, scarce piece.PHOTO - see plate no. 2 | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 470 | POSTAGE DUE - USE OF GREEK STAMPS: 1873 EL ex Messina to Corfu with blue crayon '130' due mark and trio of attractive, 4-margin Hermes Issue stamps used to account for the postage due - 10l orange, 40l mauve on blue & 80l red all with '106' numeral cancellations; filing crease well away from stamps.PHOTO - see plate no. 2 | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 471 | REGISTERED MAIL:1878 env. (faults) addressed to Livorno and franked by fine 4-margin examples of the Hermes Issue 20l blue & 30l brown tied by Kerkyra c.d.s. with s/l 'CHARGŠ' nearby; scarce. Also a large piece (1865) with 65l franking composed of 5l green, 20l blue & 40l mauve on blue (all removed & hinged back in place) cancelled by '106' numeral killers, with large boxed 'PIROSCAFI/POSTALI/ITALIANI' and Kerkyra c.d.s. nearby. ( 2 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||
| IRAN | |||||||||||||||
| 472 | MISCELLANY comprising 1875/6 narrow spacing (setting A) 4sh bright red both unused & repaired used examples, 1876 narrow spacing (also setting A) 1kr yellow but forged cancellation (status unknown) and 1902 Meshed 1kr red "used" with small stain but otherwise fine for this were it not a forgery. (4 items). | £90 | |||||||||||||
| 473 | 1912 (20 June) env. (very creased and several tears) used internally from Senneh and franked with 1912 Mohammed Ali Shah 6ch tied by Senneh c.d.s. with "HAMADAN (DŠPART)" c.d.s. nearby. | £100 | |||||||||||||
| IRELAND | |||||||||||||||
| 474 | CARTON containing the interesting early to modern collection of covers, cards, etc. from a few pre-stamp items, sundry GB used in and a good range of PPC's. Well worth careful inspection. (Large Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| IRISH FREE STATE | |||||||||||||||
| 475 | TWO CARTONS containing the extensive collection, 1922-96 housed in eight loose-leaf albums. Mostly commemoratives with a very high proportion of mint inc. good middle period issues, attractive modern sets/miniature sheets, etc. (Large Qty.). | £200 | |||||||||||||
| 476 | FOUR CARTONS containing the extensive early to modern accumulation in albums, stockbooks, in sandwich bags, etc. Particular emphasis on postmarks but with a good many aspects of Irish philately represented. A wonderful lot for the specialist. (Large Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 477 | TWO CARTONS containing the extensive collection of FDC's (plus a few maximum cards) housed in eight cover albums. A most attractive lot. (Large Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 478 | TWO CARTONS containing the extensive collection of pieces showing an extremely wide range of postmarks from a large variety of different offices. The collection is housed in 11 albums and is predominantly post-1970. Frank & Stange's work on Irish Post Offices accompanies the collection. Ideal for the postmark specialist. (Large Qty.). | £75 | |||||||||||||
| 479 | ALBUM containing the extensive and valuable early to modern mint collection of definitive issues. Much of interest inc. 1922 (Feb.-July) set plus ‡d (rated at £150 by SG.), 2‡d (2, one with raised "C"), 4d (2, one with carmine opt.) & 9d (2) with red opts., 1922 Dollard 5/-, 1922 Thom set to 1/-, 1922 (19 June-Aug.) set to 1/-, 1922 (Nov.-Dec.) set to 1/-, 1922-23 Free State opt. set to 2/6d plus 2‡d with red offset on reverse and a few control pieces, 1923 Harrison ‡d & 2d vertical pairs and 1d (horiz.) & 1‡d (vert.) strips of three, all showing "Long 1 in 1922" varieties, 1922-34 set to 1/- plus sundry coils, 1940-49 to 1/- plus 1d coil x 2 and an extensive range thereafter to 1997 Birds inc. a number of multiples. Also a small range of Postage Due sets & FRAMA labels. A very good lot, well worth careful inspection. (Some 100's). | £400 | |||||||||||||
| 480 | COLLECTION on leaves, 1922-78 with many better items inc. "Saorstat" Sea Horse 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- mint and a good range of middle period mint commemorative sets. (Few 100's). | £100 | |||||||||||||
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