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81 |
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MARITIME - LLOYD AUSTRIACO ADRIATIC LINE: 1898 PPC (Cattaro) to Branna (fine thimble c.d.s.), Austrian 2kr cancelled by v.fine scarce 'LLOYD AUSTRIACO/LXII' c.d.s. of the 'Graf Wurmbrand'; also a 1901 PC (Split) with 5h stamp cancelled by a fine strike of the unidentified number 'XLVII' ship c.d.s. with transit marks of Zara & Graz nearby. (2 items). |
£90 |
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82 |
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MARITIME - LLOYD AUSTRIACO LINE: 1901 PPC (Budua) to Graz with Austrian 5h cancelled by fine blue 'LLOYD AUSTRIACO/LVIII' ('Sultan'); also a 1901 card (Brindisi market - small closed tear behind stamp) to Graz with 20p on 5kr franking cancelled by fine strike of the 'XXIV' c.d.s. of the 'Euterpe', with s/l 'PAQUEBOT' of Brindisi. (2 items). |
£100 |
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83 |
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MARITIME - LLOYD TRIESTINO: 1925 PPC of the 'Remo' addressed to Germany, franked by Italian 60c stamp ('LT' perfin) tied by a superb 98% strike in violet of the oval 'LLOYD TRIESTINO/PIROSCAFO/*REMO*' cachet, Piraeus machine cancellation on reverse. |
£60 |
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84 |
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MIDDLE EAST: Box containing the intertesting range of covers (middle period to modern) from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, etc. A good little miscellany. (75 items). |
£150 |
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85 |
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MIDDLE EAST MISCELLANY, c1916-49: An interesting group of covers & cards with six covers, inc. a trio of censored items (one a 'P.W.510' label), from Cilicia with French opt. frankings 1919-21; 1916 Turkey crescent opts. tied by bilingual 'VOIVODA (GALATA)' c.d.s. franking a censored reg'd cover to Germany; 1920 Syrian censored cover ex Aleppo; document in Arabic with two Hejaz railway tax stamps etc. (13 items). |
£180 |
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86 |
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MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WARS: 1797 EL Army tracing letter ex 'Peronne' to Lutterbach with v.fine 'ARM. D'ITALIE' (42mm) & 11 dÈcimes charge; also a 1799 EL to France from Genoa with a superb strike of the scarce 'ARM. D'ITALIE/19ME DON' and m/s '13' charge. A fine pair. (2 items). |
£90 |
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87 |
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MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WARS - SAILOR'S 1d CONCESSION RATE COVER: 1804 EL (19 Oct.) written "aboard of the Inspector Sloop of War" in Yarmouth Roads, from a sailor to his mother in Edinburgh, sent at the concessionary rate of 1d. Interesting contents. PHOTO - see plate no 12T |
£150 |
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88 |
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MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WARS: 1807 EL ex Chietti to France from a musician in the 10th Infantry, with superb strike of the rare 3-line 'BAU F.PORT-PAYÉ/ARM.D'JTALIE/MERIDIONALE' and fine red 'P.P.P.P.' ('12D' postage recorded on reverse); a scarce post paid item & a very fine exhibition piece. PHOTO - see plate no 3 |
£120 |
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89 |
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MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WARS: 1811 EL ex Salamanca from a soldier en route for Portugal, with a very fine strike of the very scarce 'BAU GAL/ARM DE PORTUGAL' in black; disinfection slit & '10' charge. Also an attractive strike in red of 'No 42/ARM. FRANCAISE/EN ESPAGNE' on early envelope to France with original letter enclosed, disinfection slit through both, '11' charge mark. A fine pair. (2 items). |
£150 |
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90 |
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MILITARY - 1st BURMESE WAR - LETTER FROM THE WITHDRAWING VICTORIOUS BRITISH FORCE; 25th May 1826 long cross-written EL to a wife from a British officer on "Transport [Ship] Thalia at sea off the Rangoon River" giving details of the recent embarkation of British troops and supplies at Rangoon; the Treaty of Yandaboo had been signed on 24th Feb. and the British Expeditionary Force withdrew in the summer. The postal marks include an oval "MADRAS/SHIP LETTER" d.s. and a very fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/WEYMOUTH" on the back, beside a new address for forwarding to Dieppe. [From a recently discovered family archive.] PHOTO - see plate no. |
£150 |
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91 |
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MILITARY - OFFICER's LETTER FROM INDIA REF. TROOP-MOVEMENTS & THE 1st OPIUM WAR IN CHINA; 20th Dec. 1839 EL (cross-written contents incl. useful comments on British & Russian trroop movements in India and the Caspian Sea areas; plus the following comments on China; "The Chinese have forbidden the British ships to be supplied either with provisions or water; all the English who are caught in Canton to be killed, and they have already captured one small trader [ship], and reports say massacred the crew...") headed from "Camp Amboorpit, one Stage from Goriathur (?)"; sent to Scotland via Bombay with faint red boxed "Paid" mark etc. Good reading. [From a recently discovered family correspondence.] |
£100 |
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92 |
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MILITARY - 2nd AFGHAN WAR: 1880 Pair of envelopes to UK, each franked by India ‡a & 4as with pen cancellations and indistinct barred obliterations (one probably 'CAMP OF EXERCISE' duplex), one cover endorsed 'Lachipore Afghanistan'; the reverse shows either a 'FIELD P.O./No.13' or 'ALLAHABAD' d.s. Generally fine & scarce. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no 12T |
£180 |
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93 |
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MILITARY - BOXER REBELLION, 1900-01: Interesting group of covers & cards (inc. 2 fine chromo-litho examples) from German forces in China with a variety of marks inc. 'K.D.FELDPOSTEXPED./DES/OSTASIATISCHEN/EXPEDITIONSCORPS' h.s. (4) in conjunction with different boxed brigade/hospital cachets, two 'K.D.FELDPOSTSTATION' c.d.s. (No 2 & 4) and a fieldpost card franked at 1c with Tangku c.d.s. Also a cover to France with 'CORR. D'ARMEES/SHANG-HAI' c.d.s. & Marine FranÁais cachet. (8 items). |
£160 |
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94 |
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MILITARY - BOXER REBELLION / RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: Scarce pair of Chinese red-band envs.. one (1901) endorsed 'feldpost' ex Peking (note on reverse) and addressed to Germany with fine 'K.D.FELDPOSTSTATION/No 2' c.d.s., the other (1904) addressed in Russian to Lodz with rifle brigade cachet; also a 1901 PPC (Tientsin) to Germany with fieldpost No 4 c.d.s. of German forces in China & a 1905 PPC showing the Battle of Port Arthur with 1k Russian PO in China stamp. (4 items). |
£160 |
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95 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR - RARE INGOING SOUTH AUSTRALIA COVER TO AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT; Fine Sept. 1901 env. from Adelaide addressed to a Corporal "c/o Military Postmaster, Cape Town, South Africa. Last address No.3 Military Hospital, Kroonstad", franked by S. Australia 1d red tied by v. fine c.d.s., but having v. fine red boxed "GONE---NO ADDRESS" mark and "Not with Austn. Com. Regt." on the front, and with rare "NO ADDRESS/ARMY POST OFFICE" mark on the back, beside Kroonstad, Elandsfontein and Cape Town F.P.O. c.d.s.'s. Believed to be one of only two known ingoing Boer War covers from S. Australia. Exhibition quality. PHOTO - see plate no 12T |
£240 |
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96 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1901 (slightly damaged) E ex Bermuda with 1d stamp, fine blue double ring 'PRISONERS OF WAR/BERMUDA/PASSED/CENSOR' & triangular Pretoria censor; also a 1902 E with OFS 1d to Darrells Island, Bermuda with 'Opened under Martial Law' tape & fine oval Springfontein press censor d.s. plus red 'P.B.C.' In addition, two fine RP cards (1908) depicting Basuto Police & 'Cavalry', 1905 PPC of Kruger with Mbabane cancellation plus a 1907 PPC with similar c.d.s. (6 items). |
£150 |
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97 |
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MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1901 cover with embossed monogram of "C.I.C. JODHPORE" on the flap, addressed to Captain Bold, 15th Hussars, Headquarters the Field Force, South Africa". Franked on reverse with India 1a (2) cancelled by Jodphur c.d.s. and with "ARMY P.O.50/S.AFRICA" c.d.s. in blue above. A very scarce cover to the Indian contingent. |
£90 |
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98 |
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MILITARY - WWI MISCELLANY: 1917-18 Pair of scarce covers ex Malaya with encircled eye or crown type censor marks, 1916 E from Holland to the UKwith German & British tapes plus a typewritten label explaining its detention by the enemy; two PPCs of Constantinople with KGV 1d stamps tied by Indian FPO No 409 c.d.s. & 2 other censored PCs. (7 items). |
£80 |
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99 |
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MILITARY - WWI POW MAIL: Duplicated accumulation of enquiry envelopes addressed to Copenhagen with a range of German Camp marks inc. D–beln, Ingoldstadt, Neisse, G¸tersloh, Crefeld, Villingen, Gnadenfrei, Bischofswerda & K–nigstein with an interesting variety of censor marks & printed stationery. (149 items). |
£80 |
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100 |
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MILITARY - WWI JAPANESE POW CAMPS: 1916 E ex Germany to Kurume Camp with fine camp censor; also a 1919 cover to Shanghai from a German POW at Ninoshima with censor chops and fine strike of the trilingual boxed 'SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS /DE GUERRE' cachet. Scarce. (2 items). |
£80 |
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101 |
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MILITARY - WWI, ETC.: 1917 E endorsed 'Commisariat Royal ý Kigoma' to Dar es Salaam franked by 25c Belgian Congo Occupation opt. cancelled by the rare 'POSTES MILTAIRES' c.d.s. in blue with IFPO 320 c.d.s. nearby, scarce typewritten Kigoma censor tape on reverse; faults but a rare item. Also 1840 Part EL ex Beirut (with photocopy of missing section!) from a sailor taking part in the force supporting the Turkish war against Mehmet Ali 'the places about here are very Mountainous...our Marines cannot have a good charge at the Egyptians'; Malta transit/lazarette h.s. & disinfection slits. An interesting pair. (2 items). |
£100 |
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102 |
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MILITARY - WWI BRITISH FORCES IN FIUME & BELGRADE, 1918-19: Group of PPCs most (23) written by Brigadier-General C.E.Fortescue to his daughter, Anne, in the UK between April 1918 - October 1919 with FPO GX (4) of the Salonica HQ inc. one from Janis, three of which have an unusual red-brown censor h.s.; APO L14 (Fiume) x 3 and APO L16 (Belgrade) x 12. A scarce group. (25 items). |
£240 |
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103 |
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MILITARY - WWI BRITISH FORCES IN FIUME & BELGRADE, 1918-19: A similar group of PPCs (21) sent by Brigadier-General Fortescue to a second daughter, Lilah, with FPO GX (5 inc. one ex Janis), APO L14 (3) & APO L16 (9) c.d.s. marks with a similar range of censor marks; one card is torn. A scarce group. (24 items). |
£200 |
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104 |
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MILITARY - WWI/WWII: The interesting range of covers & cards with much useful noted inc. WWII censored mail from Sierra Leone (1939 - early censor label), Gold Coast and S.Africa, a fair amount of Middle East inc. Egypt, a few Boer War items, etc. (Approx. 60 items). |
£150 |
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105 |
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MILITARY - BRITISH MILITARY MISSION IN ROUMANIA, August 1919: Trio of PPCs (one lightly creased) sent to the UK by Brigadier-General Charles Fortescue, each bearing a fine strike of the scarce cachet 'BRITISH MILITARY MISSION *(Royal Arms)*IN ROUMANIA' in red (2) or blue - one with an additional, different cachet in black - and with octagonal censor 344 in blue, black or red. Attractive and very scarce. (3 items). PHOTO - see plate no 3 |
£150 |
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106 |
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MILITARY - WWII - JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF NEW GUINEA: Gunji Yubin card sent from the Nankai despatch, MO 6081 force ISOZAKI party to Japan passed by Military censor. Fine. PHOTO - see plate no 12T |
£120 |
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107 |
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MILITARY - WWII INTERCEPTED MAIL: Group of censored covers with various cachets inc. USA (5) with boxed 'RETURN /TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED', 3 examples of the unboxed cachet & a 1944 FDC with 'open cover' censor message; 1940 E ex S.Africa to Holland with 'MAIL SERVICE/SUSPENDED' plus 2 GB items to Shanghai with large boxed mark (one with postage due!). (8 items). |
£120 |
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108 |
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MILITARY - WWII CORRESPONDENCE: Carton containing an extensive original correspondence between an RASC sergeant & his fiancÈe, 1940-44, written from Wenvoe Camp, Italy, Egypt & Scotland inc. 64 airgraphs (2 ill'd), various 'honour' envs., different FPO cancellations, censors, rates, 2 returned mail labels plus a bundle of related ephemera, etc. (Large Qty). |
£100 |
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109 |
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MILITARY - WWII MISCELLANY: An interesting group inc. cover to WAAF at 'Box 111, Bletchley' ['Enigma' centre], 1940 Jerusalem cover with 'Jewish Charitable Institution' permit h.s., 1944 Morocco env. with Tetuan Spanish censor h.s. & German (Bordeaux) tape, 1949 Occupied Japan incoming cover ex France with US censorship, 1941 Estonian local franking of internal PPC etc. (7 items). |
£90 |
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110 |
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MILITARY - WWII: 1941 "National Patriotic Fund Board New Zealand" envelope endorsed "On Active Service" addressed to NZ with violet circular "N.Z.E.F./FIELD/POST OFFICE" & triangular "SERVICE CENSOR/F5" cachets. Signed by the censor (A.H.Millar). PHOTO - see plate no. |
£120 |
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111 |
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MILITARY - WWII JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF MALAYA: 1942 (5 Dec) early use of the 3y, 5y, 8y & 25y provisionals on Penang censored reg'd cover; also '3rd Anniversary Penang' endorsement on 4c stationery card uprated with 1c pair cancelled by large flags c.d.s. In addition, a 1962 E ex Kampar to Penang with scarce 'T/K/R/...cts' due mark & 12c due on reverse. (3 items) |
£100 |
|
112 |
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MILITARY - WWII POW MAIL: 1943 POW card to Berlin from Murchison Camp (Australia) with Australian & German censors and s/l 'APPROVED FOR TRANSMISSION BY CAMP COMMANDANT 13B'; 1942 2‡d POW letter-sheet to Stalag XXA with Camp censor plus a copy of the Camp entertainments programme mentioned in text also a 1944 US letter sheet (stamp removed by censor) to the famous Stalag Luft 1. (4 items). |
£100 |
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113 |
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MILITARY - WWII MADAGASCAR: Group of scarce censored covers inc. 'E.A./A.P.O. 53' cancellation on KUT franked cover to 'Fortress Diego Suarez', PC90 labels 'ZB/1' (4) & 'ZB/4', 'OPENED BY /BRITISH CENSORSHIP', 'CONTROLE MILITAIRE', various censor h.s. inc. boxed 'PASSED BY/CENSOR/252-1', boxed numerals, octagonal '(crown)/PASSED/ZB/1', 'Taxe perÁue' cachet (2) etc. (13 items). |
£220 |
|
114 |
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MILITARY - WWII: 1943 OAS printed envelope to New Zealand with violet circular "N.Z.E.F./FIELD/POST OFFICE" and triangular "SERVICE CENSOR/F7". A little roughly opened (the cachets are unaffected) but a scarce item. |
£120 |
|
115 |
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MILITARY - BRITISH FPO COVERS, c1942-66: An accumulation of covers, mainly pre-1955, with a fine variety of FPO c.d.s. showing an emphasis on Forces in the Italian area but with examples from MEF, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Greece & Corsica noted plus scarce Denmark (808 & 867). Also a range of post-war Service covers inc. items from Cyprus (17), Kenya (7) & Aden (5). A useful lot. (130 approx.) |
£150 |
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116 |
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NAPOLEONIC EUROPE, 1813: EL to Veuve Clicquot, Reims with very fine strike of the 2-line 'LAYBACH/ILLYRIE' (now Ljubljana) with deleted '1' replaced by m/s '29'; an attractive example of a scarce mark. |
£85 |
|
117 |
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NORTH/EAST AFRICA: The interesting selection of covers & cards inc. a good range of Italian Colonies with 1910 registered cover ex Tripoli to Genoa, 1919 registered cover ex Tripoli to Dahomey with red Crowned "TRIPOLI/VISTO DEL/CENSORE", useful Ethiopia, sundry Egypt, Sudan, etc. (Approx. 65 items). |
£180 |
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118 |
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OFFICIAL STAMPLESS MAIL from the 1970's addressed to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a good deal of it registered and mainly from overseas postal administrations such as Cyprus, Gambia, Guyana, Jamaica, Malawi, Malta, Nigeria and Zambia with some fine c.d.s.'s/cachets and concerning money orders etc. Also a small range of covers with instructional marks, postal due cachets/labels, re-direction marks etc. mainly with a Derbyshire flavour. (50 covers). |
£60 |
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119 |
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PACIFIC ISLANDS: c1876-1960 miscellany of chiefly KGVI & QEII period covers but with some better earlier items inc. 1876 stampless cover ex Noumea to Dumbea, 1924 registered env. ex Fiji to the USA, Tonga Tin can mail, etc. (Approx. 75 covers). |
£160 |
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120 |
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POSTAGE DUE COVERS: The interesting group of covers & cards inc. 1931 registered cover ex Addis Ababa to France bearing ‡q (2) & 1q (6) adhesives plus French 30c due, 1959 window env. ex Mauritius bearing 10c green plus MONACO 1f & 50f (badly torn) p.due adhesives, useful inter-war German items inc. three PPC's to Denmark bearing various Danish dues, etc. (22 items). |
£120 |
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121 |
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POSTAGE DUE - SPECTACULAR MULTIPLE CHARGE COVER: 1874 Stampless EL to Malta from - and redirected to - Greece via Corfu and thence back to Italy, with fine Malta '8D' due h.s., Italian handstruck '8', 30c & 50c due stamps affixed at Messina, m/s '80', '7#' h.s. overstruck by '5#' with a second strike of the last alongside and a host of back-stamps. Unsurprisingly, a little worn but a spectacular postage due item. PHOTO - see plate no 3 |
£300 |
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122 |
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POSTAGE DUES: 1925-32 Pair comprising 1925 env. to Ypres thence forwarded, attracting 5c and 10c Belgian plus French 10c (2) & 25c dues and 1932 cover to Grasse thence forwarded to Cairo, attracting French 1c, 30c & 50c plus Egyptian 4m & 8m dues. A good pair. |
£100 |
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123 |
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RAILWAY MAIL - SCANDINAVIA, c1882-1930: An interesting group of covers & cards, most pre-1920, with railway cancellations inc. Swedish 'PXXP' c.d.s. (15), Danish TPOs (5) inc. an early E c1860 ex Hamburg with 'ALTONA/BAHNHOF' & 4s stamp with '168' ring cancel, Finland (12) & Norway (3) examples etc. A good specialist lot. (38 items). |
£150 |
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124 |
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SCANDINAVIA: The interesting group of covers & cards with particularly useful Greenland, Iceland & Norway. Many better items noted inc. 1945 Greenland pictorial set on unaddressed cover, Danish airmails, four Norwegian PPC's with "NORDKAP" cancellations and much, much more. Viewing highly recommended. (Approx. 50 items). |
£200 |
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125 |
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SCANDINAVIA: Small group inc. 1863 cover ex Trondheim bearing 4sk Oscar, 1922 cover ex Thorshavn (Faeroes) to Vienna bearing 20o brown (2), 1895 Danish postal stationery env. to Lausanne uprated with 3o (4) & 10o adhesives, Polar PPC bearing Norwegian 15o surcharge tied by pictorial "POLHAVET" cachet, etc. A good group. (8 items). |
£150 |
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126 |
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SCANDINAVIA, c1873-1980: Accumulation of covers & cards from Denmark & Norway inc. good ranges of postmarks on PPCs, stationery, censored mail, air covers, postage due, Julpost labels, registered mail etc. A useful lot. (93 items). |
£90 |
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127 |
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TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, 1841-66: Trio of stampless covers inc. 1841 EL ex Havana to London with two New York FACs - Cox, Lomb & Iselin (black) and Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room (red) - with stepped 'PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER' mark on front; 1858 E ex Dayton (OH) to UK with black 'PAID/24' and fine 'AMERICA/PAID/LIVERPOOL' transit c.d.s. also an 1866 EL to Switzerland from New York 'p Cuba' with boxed 'F./30' accountancy mark, French entry & transits. (3 items). |
£150 |
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128 |
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WEST INDIES: The interesting early to modern range of covers & cards inc.1912 PPC ex Kingston to Norway(!) bearing 1d Arms plus Norwegian 40 & 20o p.due adhesives, 1897 cover ex Leeward Islands to USA bearing 2‡d defin., useful KGV items, etc. (50 items). |
£120 |
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129 |
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ZEPPELIN MAIL, 1929-38: Group of covers/cards flown by zeppelin inc. 1929 'Graf Zeppelin' round the world flight cover from Los Angeles to Belgium, 1931 fine 2nd S.America flight cover to US with 4m zeppelin franking, 1933 Brazil-Denmark Transatlantic flight with green cachet & Frierichshafen machine receipt, various items of commercial mail, fine PPC with 1930 Swiss 'Zeppeliln-Landung' cachet, plus a couple of 'Hindenburg' items. (11 items). |
£180 |
| CINDERELLA |
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130 |
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ADVERTISING, c1905-52: Selection of poster stamps advertising various products inc. shoe polish, hats, umbrellas, Letts' diaries, Remington typewriters, Dresden photographers, silverware, sewing machines plus a whole section (27) of watch & clock labels from Scandinavia & Switzerland. (109). |
£300 |
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131 |
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ADVERTISING, c1909-45: An interesting selection of advertising stamps with unusual examples noted inc. 3 for Poulain Almonds (clown c1910), triangular embossed trio for 'Penkala' pens, c1912 pair of Orban designs for the US 'Posterette' Co. advertising Chicago "The Summer Resort", 1945 Danish stamp dealers' labels (17 different) etc. Also an unusual group of Russian propaganda stamps from the 1950s-'60s inc. set of 9 generals of the Napoleonic Wars. (121). |
£360 |
| ** |
132 |
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ANIMALS & BIRDS, c1907-35: Attractive poster stamps advertising exhibitions & shows inc. 1907 Dusseldorf Show, 1912 Saarbrucken Farm Show strip of 3 fine goats, 1912 Stuttgart Dog Show, 1913 Berlin Dog Show labels advertising 'Hektor', 1914 Hanover Agricultural Show strip (3) of horses, 1926 Kennel Club Italiano labels etc. (66). |
£180 |
| ** |
133 |
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AVIATION, 1912-33: Fine selection of poster stamps featuring aircraft inc. various aviation meetings at Straubing, Geissen, Lyon, Vincennes etc. Also a very good group (27) of the large German 'Luftfahredank' stamps featuring zeppelins, balloons & pioneer aircraft. (57). |
£180 |
| ** |
134 |
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AVIATION - FRANCE, 1945-46: Most unusual & attractive lot comprising Strasburg 1945 'Semaine de l'Air' perforated blocks of 4 (10fr, 15fr & 25fr), 1946 'Journees de l'Air' imperforate colour 'proofs' featuring Red Cross 'planes inc. 10f, 100f & 200f singles plus 15f, 25f & 50f blocks of 4; also1948 La Mure designs by Draim in perf/imperf MS, inc. artist-signed imperf proof. (15 items). |
£150 |
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135 |
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ENTERTAINMENT, c1897-1955: Unusual selection of poster stamps advertising various musical & theatrical events inc. 1897 Donizetti centenary (3), 1912 Oberammergau (8), 1910 Berlin Theatre Exhibition, fine embossed Munich Museum pair, 1912 horse-racing pair, Danish cinema publicity labels c1950 (11), superb 1913 Danish cinema poster stamp, 1943 stamped Palestinian cinema ticket etc. (93). |
£280 |
| ** |
136 |
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ESPERANTO, c1905-51: An unusual selection of poster stamps & seals issued for various Esperanto Congresses around Europe, mostly during the inter-war years inc. items from the UK, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, Yugoslavia etc. (130) |
£220 |
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137 |
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EXHIBITIONS, 1896-1929: Superb selection of virtually all different, large, colourful poster stamps advertising (mainly) European Exhibitions with many unusual items noted inc. 1896 Dresden (4), 1910 Ekaterinoslaw, 1912 San Diego, 1912 Lodz, 1914 Semarang, 1914 Kristiania (6), 1914 Leipzig Book Show embossed (4), pre-WWI German Turnfests, Paris Fairs of the 1920s etc. Also a few later examples inc. 5 unusual Russian labels (1962). A substantial, attractive lot. (207). |
£600 |
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138 |
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EXHIBITIONS, 1901-29: Fine selection of poster stamps advertising early exhibitions - most are pre-WWI - inc. ranges of embossed metallic/coloured stamps for 1905 Liege (4), 1907 Madrid (7), 1909 Amsterdam (14 rectangular & 12 octagonal), 1909 Konigsberg Motorsport (3), etc. Also examples for 1901 Vermont Old Home Week (4), Olmutz 1902 (2) & 1907 (2), 1902 Zittau diamond, 1903 Aussig, an extraordinary large example featuring an heraldic griffon for Perugia 1907, etc. A fine lot. (113). |
£380 |
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139 |
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EXHIBITIONS - EMBOSSED STAMPS, 1901-06: Range of attractively-embossed labels isued for German exhibitions inc. 1901 Halle Show, 1902 Mannheim Agricultural Show (5), 1902 Plauen Machinery Exhibition (4), 1904 Leipzig Red Cross Show etc. and inc. a selection of metallic foil 'medal' types. (55). |
£160 |
| ** |
140 |
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EXHIBITIONS - BELGIUM, 1905-35: Attractive advertising stamps issuec for exhibitions at LiÈge (1905) with two different designs in a spectrum of colours (63), Brussels 1910 (16), Gent 1913 fine block (4) & Mons (5), 1914 Brussels Farm Machinery (5) etc. Many uncommon items noted. (124) |
£300 |
| ** |
141 |
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EXHIBITIONS - SPAIN: An unusual group of poster stamps inc. fine embossed examples for the 1907 Madrid International (20), 1910 Industrial & 1930 Seville Ibero-Americana; also Buenos Aires 1910 Art Exhibition & Railway Exhibitions. (56). |
£150 |
| ** |
142 |
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EXHIBITIONS: 1930 Ljubljana Forestry & Hunting Exhibition - a scarce complete booklet of 100 identical poster stamps featuring an attractive design of a stag in a forest clearing, printed in red, yellow & blue; covers worn, two stamps on page 1 slightly creased otherwise fine. (100) |
£75 |
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143 |
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HERALDIC: Attractive selection of mainly German large-format poster stamps c1910-45 featuring various coats of arms with fine Bavarian towns (12) etc. but inc. Canadian provinces (4), 1936 Luxemburg towns (5) and British Red Cross military badges (block of 12). A good lot. (93). |
£280 |
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144 |
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HOTELS: Range of advertising stamps & labels for hotels 1897-1970 inc. attractive large 'Fujiya Hotel' Miyanoshita featuring Mt Fuji, Heidelberg (3), Zagreb, Munich etc. Also various hotel exhibition labels plus stamps issued for exhibitions in hotels, inc. 1938 Pittsburgh (USA) stamp exhibition at the William Penn Hotel (5 different blocks of 4). Unusual. (58). |
£180 |
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145 |
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MILITARY - LORD ROBERTS FUND LABELS: An attractive, fine mint group of poster stamps featuring royalty & military leaders of WWI inc. King Victor Emmanuele, the Maharajah of Bikaner, Admiral Greorovitch etc. (29). |
£90 |
| ** |
146 |
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MOTORING, 1901-49: An attractive group of stamps advertising motor shows inc. v.fine 1901 Hamburg Show, superb group of 11 embossed, die-cut labels for the 1909 Konigsberg Automobile Exhibition, large poster stamp for the 1906 Paris Salon, 1905 Milan Show etc. (40). |
£120 |
| ** |
147 |
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NAVAL - WWI: A fine group of colourful Delandre labels featuring different warships of the Royal Navy (27) plus six stamps featuring ships of the Italian Navy, produced by Marucelli, Milan. A nice lot. (34). |
£100 |
| ** |
148 |
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RED CROSS: Selection of attractive stamps & labels promoting the Red Cross, mostly of WWI vintage and inc. France with a fine group from the ComitÈ de Belfort (10), Le Raincy hospital block (6) & Delandre type (4), Hungary, Germany, Austria, colourful Italy and unusuual Czech pictorials etc. Many in blocks or multiples. (95). |
£280 |
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RELIGIOUS CONGRESSES etc. c1895-1930: An unusual group inc. 1895 Milan Eucharistic Exhibition, 1911 Copenhagen Spirtualism Congress, 1913 Metz Catholic Congress (20), 1920 Bologna Festival of St John (2 strips of 3) etc. inc. items from Russia, Hungary, Germany & France. (78). |
£200 |
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RUSSIA c1910-44: An unusual group of Russian poster stamps inc. 1910 Ekaterinoslaw & Odessa plus 1914 Lodz Exhibition pairs, 1913 fashion show etc. Also a duplicated range (45) of 1920s revenue stamps. (63). |
£75 |
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SCOUTING c1915: 'Les Eclaireurs de France' - fine & scarce set of 10 poster stamps printed in blue & beige illustrating a Boy Scout in action; also a Delandre Scout label and two lapel ribbons issued for the 1962 Jubilee of Austrian Scouting. (13). |
£50 |
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152 |
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SHIPS: Fine group of WWI period labels featuring ships of the Italian Navy, in marginal pairs & strips, published by Marucelli in 1915. (40). |
£120 |
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SPORT, c1907-62: An interesting selection of poster stamps advertising various sports inc.fine embossed set (5) for Carouge 1907 'FÍte de Lutte', 1908 Vienna Tennis Club, 1933 Zakopane Winter Games, 1936 Munich 'Brown Band' horse race etc. (54). |
£180 |
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SPORT - OLYMPIC GAMES: Attractive group of poster stamps etc. inc. 1912 block (4 - 1 with perf fault), 1928 (block & strip of 4), 1936 Brown Band block of 4 plus various Winter Olympics etc. to 1968. (43). |
£140 |
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STAMP EXHIBITIONS, 1897-1980: A fine collection of publicity labels for Exhibitions in Europe & the USA, most pre-1955, with many attractive items & miniature sheets inc.1897 Berlin (4), 1906 Milan (4), 1912 London 'Ideal Stamp' & reprints (21), 1913 New York fine engraved Washington portrait, 1934 Brooklyn (8 inc. block of 4), 1940 Saginaw (USA) 1d Black exhibition m/s, 1951 Honolulu (4 pairs) etc. Many unusual items noted. (110). |
£320 |
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TRANSPORT, c1913-30: An attractive group of poster stamps issued by the Bayerischer Verkehrsebeamten Verein and printed by ConsÈe, depicting colourful illustrations of trains, coaches, motor-vans, a tram and an aeroplane; also a block (4) of 1930 Poznan Tourism Show labels with fine Art Deco train etc. (31). |
£100 |
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UNITED STATES, c1905-42: Range of attractive poster stamps inc. 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition (6), embossed items for the 1914 Montana Fair (4), 1932 Police Chiefs Convention embossed die-cut label, 1931 Greater Texas show strip of 3 (2), fine huge 1939 World's Fair label, 1933 Chicago Fair block (8) etc. Uncommon stamps. (78). |
£220 |
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POSTER STAMP MISCELLANY: An attractive range of poster stamps advertising exhibitions, various products etc. inc. examples from Russia, USA, Germany, Italy (fine pair of 1919 Peace labels), Zagreb patriotic stamp, Winnipeg Hobby Club block (6), striking 1928 Leipzig label, unusual Danish advertising stamps, German seal types, large & colourful Munich beer festival label c1910 etc. A useful lot. (110). |
£320 |
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THE BURNING OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT - CONTEMPORARY LETTERS; Unusual 1834/5 group of 4 letters (one with postal marks) addressed to Ralph Wornum, the art critic and (from 1854) the Keeper of the National Gallery and principal architect of the national Turner collection (see D.N.B. entry), giving an eye-witness account of the Fire (from "Frederic Perigall", 20th Oct. 1834), mentioning the fire (from his wife, 21st Oct. & from "Nathaniel Stainton", Dec. 1834 - addressed to Wornum at "Hatton's Coffee House, Munich"), and (May 1835 - from "Frederick Perigal") mentioning a large art Exhibition at Somerset House incl. J.M.W. Turner's famous painting of the fire (PPC of the painting included). Fascinating lot; from recently discovered family papers. (5 items). |
£100 |
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160 |
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MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. Dhow set to 10r, KGVI vals. to 10r, QEII to 20/- (both) and useful ranges of States. Chiefly fine. (Small Qty.). |
£120 |
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