881

1958 (March) 2d surcharged in error on 1‡d brown-lake with stars very fine used. SG.763b. Cat. £160.

£75

882

HEALTH ISSUES: Album containing the predominantly mint collection from 1929 to 1991 inc. Smiling Boys mint plus 2d blue used & an excellent mint range of min. sheets basically complete to 1985. (Few 100's).

£150

NIGERIA

883

COVERS: Interesting miscellany of chiefly KGV & KGVI covers incl. registered mail, commercial airmail, first flight cover, censored mail with various marks, 'SPECIMEN', unused & used postal stationery and a couple of PPCs. (19 items).

£75

NIGERIA - NIGER COAST

884

1895 Long registered cover (2d size H2) uprated by 5d (SG.5), 1d (SG.46b) & ‡d/1d (SG.51/52) tied by "BRASS RIVER" c.d.s. of 11 November. Liverpool oval registered datestamp of 11 December. Most attractive.

£100

NIGERIA - OIL RIVERS

885

1893 Trio of covers/cards comprising 2d Registered env. (size F) to England uprated with 1d (2) and 2d (2) tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s. of 23 October, 2d Registered env. (sixe G) to England uprated with ‡d (2), 1d (2) & 2d tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s. of the same date and 1d Postal stat. card to England cancelled by Brass River c.d.s. of 10 November. (3 items).

£120

886

1893-95 Postal stationery inc. GB ‡d card addressed to Brass with Old Calabar River c.d.s., 1d optd. cards inc. 3 used examples (2 with Liverpool packet c.d.s.) & 4 unused cards, 'Niger Coast' opt. on 1d cards - 3 used examples - Brass River & Forcados River c.d.s. plus Old Calabar squared circle - the last with red Freetown arrival c.d.s. - plus an unused card and two different reg'd envs., one with 'specimen' opt. A good lot. (14 items).

£120

887

1893 Oil Rivers 2d registered envelope to England (part of the address has been excised) uprated by Oil Rivers 1/- green (SG.6) tied by Old Calabar River c.d.s. of 2 August. Endorsed "Per R.M.S. Matadi" in m/s. Oval Liverpool registered receiving d.s. of 1 September. A neat cover. PHOTO - see plate no.

£100

888

1894 Long registered cover (2d size H2) to London (Bank of England) bearing Oil Rivers ‡d, 1d, 2d, 2&Mac189;d, 5d & 1/- adhesives, each tied by Old Calabar c.d.s. of 28 Feb. Liverpool oval reg. datestamp of 5 April. A very scarce set on cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 8

£200

NORWAY

889

1889-1953 Small selection of covers & cards (11) inc. scarce 1906 'Fram' Polar PPC (weak corner) with Polhavet cancellations, 1924 Trans-Polar Flight card with King's Bay c.d.s., WWII cover with German & Danish censors etc. Also a group of Icelandic covers with 1938 University set cover and 1948 Hekla & 1947 Airs (6 vals.) FDCs. (30 items).

£90

PALESTINE

890

1916-20 Miscellany inc. 8 covers with sundry violet cachets inc. "A.G. CABLE SECTION R.E./No. Date", "SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION/ZEITOUN" & boxed "20th CORPS/ REINF. TRAINING CAMP /Ref. No..../Date", 1916 regd. piece to England bearing G.B. 2d adhesive tied by "ARMY/POST OFFICE" parcel cancellation, 1918 (17 Jan.) env. to Egypt prior to issue of 5m stamp (thus without postage) with a readable "ARMY POST OFFIVE/SZ44" c.d.s. of Jerusalem and fine circular framed "PASSED BY CENSOR/No.2" and 1918 (24 Oct.) opened out env. sent without postage to London with good "ARMY POST OFFICE/SZ 8" c.d.s. of Beyrout plus censor marks. (10 covers/4 pieces) [All ex Firebrace].

£200

891

1918-47 Range of covers & cards inc. scarce 1918 APO SZ44 (Jerusalem) c.d.s. cancelling EEF 1p with boxed 'PALESTINE/CENSORSHIP/No 2' and paper label, 1926 PPC franked with optd. EEF 7mils stamp tied by fine Jerusalem c.d.s., several WWII censored items, inc. NZ Forces & FPO 121, commercial covers, fine chromo-litho 'Gruss Aus' PPC of Bethania c1900 etc. (30 items).

£90

PAPUA

892

ALBUM containing the mint collection with useful ranges of Lakatois (vals. to 10/-), 1932 pictorials to 10/-, useful Officials, etc. A good lot of popular material with a Cat. value of £1,590. (Approx. 140).

£350

893

USEFUL MINT AND USED COLLECTION on cards incl. 1932 set to 5/-, "Accent" flaws on 3d and 5d Jubilee values and much besides. (Approx. 125).

£150

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

894

1917-70 Miscellany of covers inc. 1917 opt. set used on 1939 air cover to Australia, 1930 reg'd airmail env. franked with 3d & 6d air opts., 1933 Australian RAC flown cover with mixed franking of Australia KGV 5d & New Guinea SG 152 and 167, 1935 Jubilee set x 2 on reg'd flown FDC, 1952 pictorial issue frankings etc. (24 items).

£75

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

895

COVERS/CARDS: The small miscellany of covers & cards inc. 1918 coloured PC of Manila with 4c red on picture side and with scarce black oval censor mark & circular violet "PBC" on reverse, later with useful airmails, etc. (18 covers/cards).

£60

POLAND

896

CARTON containing the extensive early to modern collection in three albums, a stockbook & on leaves. A wide range of material with particular strength in middle period issues. (Qty.).

£120

897

1879-1979: Substantial range of covers & cards inc. 1879 Russian 7k franking, good group of 1920s items, post-WWII commercial covers inc. reg'd & airmail etc. Also an interesting group of flown items inc. 1938 balloon MS on special cover, 1934-35 Gordon Bennett balloon covers, 1921 Poznan pair on express E, various FFCs of the 1930s, 2 items from the 1934 Katowice Exhibition etc. (70 items).

£220

898

GERMAN OCCUPATIONS: An interesting group of covers & cards from the WWI & WWII German Occupations inc. 2gr Miejska local used with 3pf, 1916 cover with h local fee cachet, optd. 'Germania' used on reg'd covers ex Lodz & Weinau etc. Also a good group of WWII items inc. 1939 Feldpost (296) use of 15gr card, parcel card with German customs cachet, Hitler PPC with 1940 opt. 1zl & 2zl, different official covers with 24g frankings (4), etc. (15 items).

£80

899

1919 Registered env. to Poznan franked by 10f purple (4) plus GNIEZNO Provisional 5 on 2pf & 10 on 7‡pf tied by Gniezno d.s. of 7 Oct. 1919. Poznan b.s. of 8 Oct. Attractive & scarce. PHOTO - see plate no.

£100

PORTUGAL

900

MISCELLANY OF COVERS from pre-stamp to 1961 incl. used postal stationery, underpaid/taxed cover to Holland, airmail and first flight covers (e.g. Azores to Portugal and Lisbon to San Juan), much WWII commercial mail censored by British or Germans, covers from Azores & Madeira, advertising envs., PPCs etc. (49 covers).

£75

RHODESIA

901

MISCELLANY of KEVII-early QEII covers incl. registered mail with different types of regn. labels plus one entirely in m/s from Luanshya, postal stationery (incl. "better" items), WWII censored mail, airmail covers (mostly commercial plus first flights), postmark interest throughout incl. machine cancellations of Bulawayo, Ndola and Salisbury, South Africa/Southern Rhodesia combination cover etc., etc. (61 covers).

£150

902

1910 Double Head 2d black & grey-black perf 15 unmounted mint, horiz. crease but very scarce. (SG.171, Cat. £800).PHOTO

£120

RUMANIA

903

GIURGEVO (Wallachia): 1863 EL to Cefalonia with superb upright strike of Austrian type c.d.s. of "GIURGEVO/1/3" in blue with "PESTH" and "TRIEST" transit marks on reverse and partial arrival d.s. on the front. Filing crease but an interesting cover.

£75

RUSSIA

904

CARTON containing the early to modern collection/accumulation in various albums/stockbooks inc. useful ranges of Baltic States and Ukraine. (Qty.).

£75

905

1870 Cover from Odessa to Nice bearing 1k, 3k (error of background, SG.19d) & 10k x 3. Rather roughly opened at top but a very attractive three colour franking.

£60

906

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY: Binder containing the interesting collection of covers & cards with a wide range of frankings & postal markings. (33 covers/cards plus a few loose adhesives).

£180

RWANDA

907

CARTON containing the extensive collection of Ruanda-Urundi, Burundi, Katanga & South Kasai including a few postal stationery cards/covers. A good lot which warrants careful examination. (Qty.).

£90

ST. HELENA

908

1904-23 Trio of covers to England comprising 1904 env. to Liverpool franked by KEVII ‡d green 1/- adhesives, 1904 cover to the same addressee bearing ‡d & 2/- adhesives and 1923 Wilson cover bearing KGV mono-coloured 1d, 1‡d & 3d adhesives. (3 covers).

£150

ST. LUCIA

909

CROWN CIRCLE "PAID AT ST. LUCIA" MARK: 1864 EL to the Sun Fire Office, London with a good strike of the Crown Circle "PAID/AT/ST.LUCIA" mark in red, London Receiving mark of 14 Sept. & m/s "2/-" in red crayon. PHOTO - see plate no.

£240

910

1904 PPC of Castries addressed to England sent without adhesive (due to a shortage) & thus receiving a Crown Circle "PAID AT ST LUCIA" (worn impression). The card is marked "T" in crayon which was subsequently cancelled by an obliterator at the Foreign Branch in London. Unusual. PHOTO - see plate no.

£120

SEYCHELLES

911

MISCELLANY of QV- early QEII covers incl. airmail and first flight envs., registered mail with rubber-stamped etiquettes and m/s numbers, wide range of frankings, unused postal stationery etc. (23 covers).

£60

SOLOMON ISLANDS

912

STOCKBOOK containing the mint & used collection with sundry KGV & KGVI but with particular strength in QEII inc. many useful defin. sets. Cat. £900+. (Few 100's).

£200

SOUTH AFRICA

913

CARTON containing the extensive collection of covers/cards from S.Africa, S.W.Africa & the Homelands housed in four binders. A very attractive lot. (Qty.).

£120

914

ALBUM containing the mint & used KGV-QEII collection with particular strength in KGV/KGVI period including many good mint sets/part sets and a very good "Back of the Book" section. Highlights include 1935 Silver Jubilee sets (2) in mint horizontal pairs, one 6d pair with "Cleft in skull variety" and a strong mint range of Officials with horiz. pairs to 5/- (4) & 10/- (2). A good collection which will form an admirable base for expansion. (Sev. 100's).

£200

915

SMALL BOX containing a miscellany of covers 1915-c.1960 incl. express mail, registered covers with a variety of rubber-stamps plus m/s nos. (incl. Mobile P.O. No.1) or labels with matching c.d.s.'s , piece bearing range of Revenue stamps with values to 10/-, airmail covers, machine cancellations dating back to 1915, censored cover, 1936 Johannesburg Exhibition c.d.s.'s, postal stationery etc. (53 items).

£120

916

CENSORED AND OFFICIAL MAIL: Miscellany of covers 1915-61 with a wide range of rates, frankings (many "OFFICIAL" stamps) and machine cancellations or c.d.s.'s, example of "OFFICIAL FREE" boxed violet cachet, 1915 env. from Cape Town to Haarlem with bi-lingual re-sealing tape, 1916 env. registered from Humansdorp to Utrecht with censor mark on the front and bi-lingual label on reverse, similar WWI & WWII censored covers to a variety of destinations etc. A fascinating lot. (31 covers).

£100

917

MISCELLANY of 1932-57 airmail covers, mostly first flights (some duplication) and four of them also registered, with wide range of frankings/rates, scarce used aerogramme suitably uprated, 1937 Johannesburg machine cancellations and Durban c.d.s.'s on covers to "Kenya Colony" endorsed in pencil "By Flying Boat" etc. (22 covers).

£150

918

MISCELLANY of unused/used postal stationery (some duplication) 1935-61 incl. aerogrammes, registered envs. complete with registration rubber stamp plus m/s number or labels and matching c.d.s.'s, censored mail etc. (50 items)

£60

SOUTH WEST AFRICA

919

ALBUM containing the mint & used collection with many useful sets & short sets. (Few 100's).

£120

920

MISCELLANY of almost exclusively airmail covers from 1931 (two of them also registered) with many first flights and commemorative c.d.s.'s such as "AIR MAIL WINDHOEK-KIMBERLEY…LUGPOS" (some duplication but a most interesting selection), unusual c.d.s.'s such as "HEALTH RESORT" and cover by first airmail South West Africa to Southern Rhodesia with 2 types of commemorative strikes and back-stamped with large double-ring "POSTE RESTANTE/28 JAN 1932/BULAWAYO.S.R". (28 covers).

£180

SPAIN

921

1823-1958 Selection of covers & cards inc. an interesting group (15) of pre-stamp internal mail with charge marks inc. '5', '6' & '10'[reales] plus a range of '2R' h.s. in red & blue on mail from France to Madrid; later items inc. TPO, paquebot & censored mail - the last with an emphasis on Civil War covers (9) but inc. a fine 1940 'INADMIS' cover to France with San Sebastian censor. Also a small group of Colonial items inc. 2 unused Morocco local postcards and 1953 advertising PPCs ex Tanger & Sidi Ifni. (54 items).

£140

922

1926 Red Cross Airmail set of ten on FDC cancelled at Larache. Most attractive.

£75

SUDAN

923

MISCELLANY of covers incl. foreign and inland envs., airmail (one item also registered) and first flights (some slight duplication), a couple of PPCs, incoming & outgoing mail with T.P.O. backstamps, wide range of frankings, rates and c.d.s.'s and generally much of interest. (51 covers).

£150

924

OFFICIALS: 1962 10p on watermarked paper IMPERFORATE PROOF SHEET with two panes of 50. Approx. 13 stamps affected by folding. SG.O208.

£200

SWEDEN

925

1918-55 Range of covers & cards inc. a good group of airmail covers with 1928 London Night Mail Flight, 1930 FFC to Austria, 1936 Bromma Aerodrome cover with 50ore air stamp (2), FFC acceptance for 1939 France-USA flight, 1940 FFC to Madagascar etc. Also a group of WWII censored (3) covers & military franks (2 used, 2 unused) and a substantial range of commercial & philatelic mail inc. reg'd, 1941-53 FDCs, Xmas labels on cover (4), stationery etc. (62 items).

£150

926

MARITIME: Interesting group of covers and cards incl. 1878 10o postal stationery card with "FRA SVERRIG" c.d.s. and black oval "K14 3/4-6‡E", 1886 5o postal stationery card with black boxed "Fra Sverrig", PPCs with Angbats nos. 87, 119, 142, 143 and 148 plus 1912 PPCs (2) with black "BERLIN-SASSNITZ" oval d.s.'s and s/l violet "Paquebot" marks. (10 items).

£150

SWITZERLAND

927

AIRMAILS: 1925-38 Covers (some of them also registered or express) to various European destinations incl. Germany (7), Hungary (3) & Portugal with a good variety of frankings, postal markings and m/s & h/s instructional route marks. (15).

£140

928

AIRMAILS: 1930-43 Group of covers flown to the U.K. with a wide range of frankings, postal markings and m/s & h/s instructional route markings. (11 covers).

£90

929

1812-1974 Substantial selection of covers & cards inc. pre-stamp (11), refused nachname covers (6), early PPCs inc. chromo-litho 'stamp' cards (7), commercial & philatelic frankings inc. PJ & PP, reg'd, express, bundle of used/unused stationery etc. Also an interesting group of flown items inc. 1926 Basle Transport Exhibition card, 1928 Locle-Geneva FFC, commercial covers etc. In addition, a small range of military & censored mail inc. feldpost cancellations, WWII censored & WWI forwarding service card. (124 items).

£240

SYRIA

930

SYRIA & LEBANON c1900-37: A good range of covers & cards inc. Ottoman 1p pair with Aleppo seal cancellation, fine 1925 air franking, 1923 forwarded post restante cover, 1939 env. with fine Palestine censor, IFPO 49 c.d.s. on fine censored cover to Quetta etc. Also a group of Lebanese items inc. PPC with Turkish franking ex Beirut, attractive 1925 air franking on military PC ex FPO 606 plus other airmail, censored & reg'd items. (34 items).

£160

TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA

**

931

POSTAL STATIONERY, 1917-33: Fine 'SPECIMEN' examples of the 1917 East Africa and Uganda 3c & 6c postcards ovptd. "G.E.A." plus 1930's registration envs. in small and large sizes, the former fine unused with small neat m/s endorsement "Dar es Salaam./16.4.34" and the latter (slight faults) used from Manyoni (registration label with town entered in m/s) to Nairobi uprated with 5c and 3 x 20c adhesives. (4 items).

£75

TRANSVAAL

932

1875-1909 Mint & used collection on leaves with values to £5 (one forged, one "used"), others to £1 used. A few provisional issues, better than average condition for this area. (119).

£75

933

1905-09 2d grey used in Zeerust with Jul 11 c.d.s., according to SG this was an unissued stamp. (See note after SG.276 in Part 1).

£50

TRISTAN DA CUNHA

934

COVERS: Pair of covers to London bearing KEVII ‡d & 1d values respectively tied by type III cachets in black & violet. The former with type-written "BOOK POST", the latter with m/s "P.P. Rate". (2 covers).

£100

935

COVERS: Three covers addressed to England, two bearing GB KGV ‡d adhesives, the third bearing KEVIII 2‡d. The KGV covers are both endorsed "P.P. Rate" in m/s and show fine strikes of the type III cachet in violet. (3 covers).

£100

TUNISIA

**

936

PRINTED ALBUM containing the useful early to modern mostly mint collection. Some useful types noted - a good base for expansion. STC £650. (Few 100's).

£100

TUVALU

937

CARTON with the extensive mint & used accumulation inc. multiples, gutter pairs, FDC's, etc. STC £700. (Qty.).

£90

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

938

MISCELLANY OF 1820's-1970's COVERS incl. stampless ELs, slogan cancellations from as early as 1897, used & unused (incl. uprated) postal stationery, postage due covers, exhibition miniature sheets/PC/ aerogrammes/cachets, booklet pane on cover, stampless env. from Member of Congress, early PPCs, advertising envs., registered mail such as 1937 A.R. cover to Czechoslovakia and much besides.(94 covers).

£90

939

AIRMAILS: Miscellany of first/special flight covers 1926-70 incl. Seattle-Los Angeles route 15 Sept., 1926 and Cobham first U.S. overland flight later same year, 1929 ship to shore catapult env from S.S. Bremen, 1928 FFC from Akron to Cleveland, 1931 Pembina to Winnipeg FFC and Baltimore to Bermuda in 1938, postal stationery env. sent via the airship U.S.S. Arkon on coast to coast trip carrying mail in 1932 with Lakehurst, N.J. machine cancellation and many more. (21 covers).

£120

940

1860 Pair of covers addressed to the UK, one franked with 12c pair [Sc36 - blob of sealing wax just touches 2 perfs.] cancelled by blue Chicago c.d.s. with large red '19' h.s. nearby and Boston 'Br.Pkt.' transit d.s.; also a similar cover, roughly opened and torn near the stamp, franked by a scarce 24c lilac [Sc37 - one side imperf.] tied by barred cancellation and with a different type of '19' h.s. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no.

£120

941

MILITARY/MARITIME COVERS: Miscellany 1914-69 incl. cancellations of U.S. ships, 1938 env. with cachet "FOURTH MARINE MAIL/No postage available/Collect on delivery./Chas. F.B.Price/Colonel,/ U.S. Marine Corps." with 3c postage due label struck through by large black s/l "CANCELLED", WWI & WWII censored mail with various cachets/types of re-sealing tapes, stampless O.A.S. covers and P.o.W. items. (39 covers).

£100

UPPER SILESIA

942

1921 Registered envelope to Liverpool bearing 80pf & 2m adhesives tied by Turawa c.d.s. of 26 December containing a superb, coloured political cartoon Christmas card inscribed inside "Upper Silesia/1921". Most attractive & highly unusual. PHOTO - see plate no. IBC

£150

VATICAN CITY

943

1933-84 Substantial, duplicated collection of mint & used stamps in 2 albums & 2 stockbooks with some better individual items noted, strong selection of mint issues c1955-84 with airs, express, dues etc. Also a collection of San Marino from 1877 with some better early stamps noted inc.1894 5l mint, useful pre-WWII values and thematic interest. Needs careful inspection. (Many 100s).

£100

VENEZUELA

944

POCKET BOOK containing the interesting early to middle period selection. STC £700. (Small Qty.).

£75

945

MISCELLANY of covers incl. airmail (one of which is also registered), censored items with various cachets/types of re-sealing tape, 1949 air cover with violet boxed "INCONNU" plus framed black "Not to be Found/499" of Manchester, England and many different & attractive frankings. (25 covers).

£60

YUGOSLAVIA

946

1920-57 An interesting selection of covers & cards inc. 1930s commercial registered covers (7) and parcel cards (5 inc. 2 with Dues), 1933 Ljubljana airport cards (3), WWII censored (2), 1941 Croatia 4d opt, aerogrammes etc. (30 items).

£80

ZANZIBAR

947

MISCELLANY of covers to 1964 incl. airmail and first flight envs., registered cover with rubber-stamp etiquette plus m/s number and postal stationery both unused & ovptd. "SPECIMEN". (24 covers).

£75

948

1895 Overprinted set to 5r (less the 3a; 1a6p with corner fault) tied by Zanzibar 'bridge' c.d.s. (September 1896) to philatelic cover, several of the stamps have 'z' varieties; this issue is highly catalogued on cover by SG, the rupee values are not recorded thus. PHOTO - see plate no.

£220

ZULULAND

949

1898 ‡d Postal stationery card (H&G3) written from Umhlatusi Drift & addressed to Durban, cancelled by the Zululand double-ring c.d.s. of Nkandhla. Backstamped Eshowe & Point Natal.

£75

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