Lots 81-160

1935 Silver Jubilee set complete used except for the Egypt seal. The South Africa set is not in joined pairs. Fair to mostly fine. (249).

£200

1937 CORONATION LOW VALUES from 34 different colonies all in complete unmounted mint sheets of sixty; amongst the more highly catalogued stamps are Aden, Ceylon, Gold Coast, Newfoundland, Sierra Leone and Swaziland. Mainly fine. (2,400).

£180

1981 ROYAL WEDDING: Carton containing the extensive unmounted mint collection housed in three special printed albums and a binder (the latter contains 26 booklets from a range of Commonwealth countries).

£75

THEMATICS

MISCELLANEOUS: The interesting miscellany of stamps, covers, stationery, etc. focusing on Flowers, Trees, Christianity & Religion. All periods noted with all the items neatly displayed in some 700 pochettes. Would suit Fairs dealer. (Qty.).

£200

MISCELLANEOUS: Long grey box containing an eclectic miscellany in 820 pochettes with a great variety of cards, covers, meter mail, unused & used postal stationery, postmarks and much besides, mainly with a thematic slant and with particular reference to Christmas, other religious topics, printers & printing and railways. (1000's).

£180

MISCELLANEOUS: Binder containing the modern accumulation of thematic sets inc. Leaders of the World. (140 sets).

£100

TWO STOCK-BOOKS containing a superb unmounted mint range of Middle East incl. perforated & imperforate sets and miniature sheets having strong thematic content with art, cars, J.F.Kennedy, other politicians, space and sports much in evidence STC. DM6,000 [or c.£2,000]. (1,200+ stamps plus min. sheets).

£100

OLYMPIC GAMES: Two stockbooks containing an extensive accumulation of stamps & miniature sheets depicting a wide range of Olympic sports and with various "better" items noted. (Many 100s).

£150

SPACE & ROCKETS: Large printed album containing the interesting collection with some useful items noted. (Qty.).

£75

ZEPPELINS: Group (said to be complete set) of 50 German photographic cards (42mm. x 60mm.) given with cigars c.1935 showing views from the 'Graf Zeppelin', interior shots thereof, technical procedures etc. plus a large postcard view (1931) of an Egyptian oasis. (50 items).

£60

ALBUMS, PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.

'SAFE' 14-ring albums (no leaves) in dark green with padded covers, slipcases, album slides etc. Very fine condition - an expensive album. (11).

£100

WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY

BOX containing an accumulation of covers & cards with interest in earlier British FDCs inc.1958 Commonwealth Games & issues of the 1960s, some in duplicate; also various worldwide items with 1880 Greece postcard with maritime mark, Travancore native cover, El Salvador ill'd letter card , modern FDCs & commercial mail, PPCs etc. (Qty.)

£75

MISCELLANY: Two cartons containing a substantial worldwide accumulation of commercial & philatelic covers & cards inc. good selection of military items with WWI (11), WWII (22), USFPOs (21 inc. Pacific & UK bases) plus later, USS cancellations c1936-54, 1930s Indian air covers, much commonwealth material etc. A useful lot, worth inspection. (100s).

£180

MISCELLANY c1860-1901with emphasis on UK mail to foreign destinations inc. 3 rare fronts to Belize (1875) from London or Hamburg, the scarce Plate 10 3d rose on 1873 E to Holland, 1864 cover to Amsterdam franked by 2d Blue & 6d lilac with 'England/Franco' s/l h.s., 1896 1d card with fine British PO in Constantinople c.d.s. etc. Also a few prestamp Es and WWI OAS items. (28 items).

£150

MISCELLANY comprising 1818 EL with two-line "WARWICK/Penny Post", 1820 EL ex Bangalore to London with "MADRAS/GPO/SHIP LETTER" & boxed "INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH" markings, 1842 E ex Montevideo to London with two-line "COVE/SHIP LETTER", 1844 E ex Buenos Aires to London with a good example of the black boxed step-type "PENZANCE/SHIP LETTER" on reverse, 1911 Coronation Aerial Postcard (unused) in the reddish-brown colour signed by Warwick London, plus 1901 cover ex Haarlem (Holland) to a POW in Bermuda with large part strike of the circular blue "PRISONER OF WAR/PASSED CENSOR/BERMUDA". (6 items).

£120

MISCELLANY c1788-1862: Twelve stampless covers showing a variety of transit & entry marks inc. items from Russia (1861, boxed 'Aus Russland', 'P35'), Italy (1857 boxed 'S.F.D./FRANCA'), France (1820 'FRANKRYK/OVER DINANT'), Bavaria (1846 'B.O.C.'), Belgium (1788-89 encircled 'A' & 'H'), 'K.D.O.P.A.HAMBURG' of the Danish PO etc. Also a selection of French stamped covers of the 1850s with 20c & 40c frankings. (28 items).

£120

MISCELLANY: 1913 Postcard addressed locally to London with a British PO/Salonica c.d.s. and red m/s 'Missent to Salonica/Found in Newspaper/R.R.'; 1901 India reg'd env. with similar red m/s 'Missent to Siam' annotation. Also 1917 Malta POW lettercard to Berlin with fine oval cachet, 1938 returned reg'd FFC from the Paris-Hong Kong service, 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' cachet on 1941 US cover to the Philippines etc. (8 items).

£120

MISCELLANY inc. 1776 EL ex Bordeaux to Dublin, 1824/25 pair of EL's ex Kishenuggur to Edinburgh with boxed "INDIA LETTER/DARTMOUTH" & "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" marks (one with good contents referring to the Burmese War), 1844-47 trio of E/EL's from Ireland to the USA & 1848 1d red cover ex Belfast to GB with "SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. (7 items).

£100

MISCELLANY in carton with strength in German material inc. 1849-50 small correspondence with 4 different paid/unpaid 'Aus England/Par Aachen' transits in red & black, used PPCs, commercial & philatelic mail with railway items noted; airmail covers inc. 1926 Hungary, similar period Siam pair of internal flight covers with special cachets, 1935 Condor-Zeppelin , 1928 redirected London-Basle flown cover; 1850 Belgian 10c on EL, 1937 German Naval Post, qty. modern commercial mail etc. (Large qty.)

£100

100

MISCELLANY c1874-1969 with much-travelled/redirected mail inc. 1903 Lagos cover to Glasgow, London & Liverpool with fine Glasgow crowned DLO d.s., handsome chromo-litho card ex Chicago to London with Bergen-Newcastle seapost c.d.s. (missent), 1954 Australia-Israel env. misrouted, delayed & returned etc. Also attractive 1874 E ex Constantinople with 80c CÈrËs (2) & 'PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDITERANŠE' h.s. (10 items).

£100

101

MISCELLANY, c1860-1969: Large group of covers/cards with a strong maritime flavour inc. (1860) EL ex Delhi to the UK with 4as stamp & boxed 'INDIA PAID' mark; 1901 Natal 1d stationery env. addressed to UK with 'MELMOTH/ZULULAND' c.d.s.; Solomon Islands 1949 Silver Wedding pair on unaddressed FDC ex Honiara; CGH unused 4d reg'd envs. with 'BRITISH BECHUANALAND' opts. in green & black etc. (Qty).

£100

102

MISCELLANY: Carton containing a worldwide accumulation of covers & cards inc. commercial & philatelic mail with good representation of Swiss material, WWI POW & WWII censor covers inc. Malaya, Australia & UK, OAS mail, Japanese Burma, airmail inc. 1940 Hong Kong, KGV Rhodesia, 1933 USA etc. Well worth inspection. (100s).

£100

103

MISCELLANY: Forwarded mail (6) inc. 'Alcain & Co/Paris' h.s. (1856), two 1814 ELs ex London to Spain with m/s endorsements of Havre & Calais, 1807 Lyon, 1838 Aguirre, Solante & Muriveta etc. Also a group of 14 Middle East items inc. 1879 Ottoman stationery card to Bucharest with 20p imperf. (cut-out?) plus 1868 cover with 20p pair & 25pi with boxed seal cancellation, Iran provisional frankings (3 inc. 2 reg'd) etc. In addition, a group of 4 fragile1786-89 ELs from Bengal to UK, a small selection of Portuguese Colonies items c1892-1934 and a useful selection of mint & used Russian & Swedish stamps c1870s-1900. A useful lot. (Qty.)

£180

104

ADVERTISING - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: 1928 PC to Tangier advertising white wine bearing Italian 75c adhesive tied by Turin machine cancellation & 1903 Danish West Indies env. used locally bearing bisected 4c adhesive & advertising Scotch whisky. An attractive pair.

£60

105

AFRICA: 1909-50 EGYPT covers/cards with strength in 1930's/40's incl. variety of censored mail such as large crowned circle types on covers franked with letter seals (6), small circles, boxed unit censor, unusual circular type on cover franked with South African stamps cancelled by "EGYPT/55" c.d.s. & many other pre- and post-WWII covers, QV-QEII GOLD COAST covers incl. PPC franked with KGV 1d adhesive optd. TOGO cancelled by "LOMO/TOGO" c.d.s., postal stationery (used, unused & optd. 'SPECIMEN'), regd. mail from KEVII onwards & WWII censored items with many different marks & range of SOUTH AFRICA 1935-61 unused/used postal stationery (some duplication), censored mail etc. (130 items).

£240

106

AIRMAILS: The eclectic accumulation of flown covers/cards from a wide range of countries but with particular interest in USA inc. useful 1930's First Flights, 1936 Rocket Mail cover from the USA to Canada over the Niagara Falls, sundry 1970's United Nations covers, 1925 First Flight cover from Montevideo to Rincon, Bulgaria, Iceland, Japan inc. 1927 First Flight cover from Osaka to Darien, etc. (64 covers).

£120

107

AIRMAILS: 1929-37 group of covers inc. 1929 St.Lucia to Antigua franked with KGV 1d & 4d, 1929-30 pair of catapult covers ex NDL "Bremen" to N.York & Liverpool respectively, 1931 Surinam Panam Do-X flight cover, 1934 cover ex Jeddah to Japan multi-franked and with buff etiquette, etc. (6 items).

£75

108

AUSTRALASIA: The QV to QEII miscellany of covers & cards inc. NSW Consumptives Home 1/- on local cover but chiefly 20th Century mail inc. Australian Commonwealth, New Zealand, etc. (Approx. 45 items).

£75

109

BENELUX c.1870-1950: Large group of covers and cards with a good mixture of chiefly commercial mail with air & censored items, postage due covers, registered mail and postal stationery incl. 1904 Dutch regd. env., WWI Belgian Government in France (7 items) and a small group of Luxemburg cards. (152 items).

£75

110

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MISCELLANY incl. NORTHERN CYPRUS with 1973 unofficial labels on covers (6) with Nicosia c.d.s.'s nearby or cancelling Greek Cypriot stamp plus other covers, WWII env. from JAMAICA to Germany endorsed "Letter in German" from a woman interned at Kingston showing a mainly fine strike of the violet three-line " POSTAL CENSOR/JAMAICA/PASSED/(1)" & circular "Ab" mark and pair of covers from TRISTAN DA CUNHA to London franked with KEVII ‡d and 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". Also a group of five NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES postal stationery items with uncommon marks such as framed & unframed "NED:INDIE/OVER [VIA] BRINDISI & an early PPC. (24)

£220

111

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: The extremely eclectic QV to QEII miscellany of covers & cards inc. 1856 cover ex India to Ireland bearing cut-to-shape 4a red & blue, 1899 Zanzibar 1a red reply card from Metz with Zanzibar arrival mark of 9 March, 1905 registered env. to Bombay bearing KEVII BCA 1d (2), 2d, 4d (2), 6d and 1/-, WWII censored covers ex Cyprus and Mauritius, etc. (Approx. 100 items).

£200

112

CRASH MAIL - COVER RECOVERED FROM A TRAIN CRASH: 1893 (1 Dec.) env. from Montreal to London with violet "Damage caused by wreck/of mail train on Lake/Champlain New.York" h.s. and, on reverse is a good "FOUND OPEN AND OFFICIALLY SEALED" label h.s. The adhesives have floated away and other associated faults.

£120

113

CRASH & WRECK MAIL: 1915 Env. addressed to Brisbane, franked with S.Africa 1d and with v.fine red 'DAMAGED BY FIRE/IN TRANSIT' and nearby Brisbane DLO c.d.s. (second strike over paper seal closing flap). Also 1936 'Scipio' crash env. ex India with m/s annotation and boxed 'DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER' plus 1945 env. ex Canada with s/l 'DAMAGED BY FIRE & WATER'. (3 items). PHOTO -

£100

114

DISALLOWED FRANKING: 1876 Env. ex Liverpool to USA franked with US 5c stamp cancelled by Bootle duplex with a part strike of a Liverpool duplex beneath - the stamp has been identified as invalid by a blue 'O' and a Liverpool 'T' struck nearby; scarce use of the 'IN U.S. NOTES/10' due mark on arrival. Fine & most unusual. PHOTO -

£150

115

DISINFECTED MAIL - THE SCARCE USA "QUARANTINE" MARK: 1831 EL ex Palermo to Boston 'p.Niger' with mainly fine strike in red of the scarce 42mm s/l 'QUARANTINE' mark with Boston curved 'SHIP/6' arrival nearby. Also an 1830 EL from Paris to New York per the 'Formosa', redirected to Northampton (Mass) with v.fine 'STEAM BOAT'; contemporary m/s note on flap explaining late delivery due to the 'Formosa' being held in quarantine. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 9

£120

116

AIRMAILS: Mint and used KGVI & early QEII collection of Aerogrammes inc. Bahrain (4), Christmas Island (8), Kuwait and Muscat (6 of each), Nauru (5) and Papua (18 with rarer items). An unusual lot meriting close inspection. (49).

£75

117

EUROPE: 1883-1958 Selection from FINLAND with strength in Russian period mail with a good range of p.s. cards, 1897 reg'd. E from Sysm”, fine 1908 reg'd. advertising env & a range of 1940's/50's covers with good frankings, slightly grubby 1853 env. ex FRANCE to Liverpool franked by 40c CÈrËs pair (almost 4 margins but with slight oxidisation of ink at top edge) tied by dotted roller cancellation with Paris c.d.s. nearby, 1919 POLAND env. reg'd. to Poznan franked by 4 x 10f purple and GNIEZNO provisional 5 on 2pf & 10 on 7‡pf all tied by Gniezo c.d.s.'s of 7 Oct. and 1870 cover (rather roughly opened at top) from RUSSIA to Nice bearing 1k, 3k (error of background - SG.19d) and 10k x 3 (54 covers).

£240

118

EUROPE: Selection of covers & cards c1837-1950 inc. Switzerland with 10r & 5r Strubels franking on 1862 front, oval '7/A.E.D.' on 1837 paid cover to France, 1915 Electricity Exhibition stamps (5) on PPC etc. Also ranges from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Germany etc. plus an 1854 stampless EL to Malta ex Smyrna. (50 items).

£80

119

EUROPE, c1890-1970: Selection of covers & cards with strength in middle period items inc. Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Rumania & Yugoslavia with stationery, censored mail, special cancellations etc. A useful lot. (Qty.)

£100

120

FAR EAST - CAMBODIA, CHINA/SHANGHAI: Ten commercial covers emanating from CAMBODIA in early 1970's all with red censor markings incorporating political slogans, 1940 env. sent by registered airmail from Chowchih, CHINA to Chicago, U.S.A. franked with ten x 1y adhesives tied by six Chowchih cancellations with typed style of registration label and censored & re-sealed with Hong Kong tape and c.1870 env. (faults but scarce) still with original native contents addressed to Bombay with no postal markings but thought to have originated in SHANGHAI and bearing oval framed mark "PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVN. COMPY.". (12 covers).

£180

121

FAR EAST, c1900-58: Miscellany of covers & cards inc. 1918 reg'd env. to Basle with 1913 Japanese PO in China set to 5s, 1903 China 1c card sent to USA via Yokohama with due marks/stamps, 1937 Siam reg'd cover to USA with Singeipadi provisional label & Haad Yai transit, good range of used PPCs of Japan, various items from Malaya, N.Borneo etc. A good lot. (64 items).

£180

122

MARITIME - 19th CENTURY TRANSATLANTIC MAIL TO U.S. AND CANADA: 1851-74 Group of ELs, Es and envs. from England, Scotland and German States via England to U.S.A. or Canada with a range of frankings up to 2 x 1/-, various routes and with arrival marks etc. (10 covers).

£150

123

MARITIME: Pre-20th Century miscellany inc. 1790 EL ex Grenada to London with a fine strike of the two-line "DEAL/SHIP LRE", 1828 long EL ex Barbados with an exceptionally clear strike of the boxed "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER", 1855 EL ex Mauritius to London with black "PACKET LETTER/JA 18/1855/MAURITIUS", 1850 E ex Mauritius with blue boxed "DEAL/SHIP LETTER", etc. (15 items).

£150

124

MARITIME - STAMPLESS TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, ETC.:The small group of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1840 E from Havana to New York, thence redirected to London endorsed "pr Steamer Great Western" with large circular "NEW ORLEANS/La" d.s. and two-line "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" in black, 1846 EL "Per British Steamer of the 1st March via Boston and Halifax" to Paris with red boxed "COLONIES/&c.ART 18", 1831 EL ex Philadelphia to London with boxed step-type "SHIP LETTER/GRAVESEND", 1838 EL ex New York to London with (on reverse) red boxed "SHIP LETTER/WEYMOUTH", etc. (25 items).

£150

125

MARITIME: Selection of covers & cards c1834-1970 inc. 'LIVERPOOL /SHIP LETTER' on 1834 EL ex Canada with fine 'POSTAGE.TO EDINBURGH/NOT PAID' etc. plus 7 other stampless transatlantic covers. Tonga 'tin can mail' pair 1934-36, Suez Canal related cards/marks, 1953-54 Far Eastern covers (2) with ship's h.s. plus a range of modern covers with paquebot marks etc. (aprox. 60 items).

£140

126

MARITIME: 1929 Oost Borneo Bioscope env. (small piece of corner missing) to Soerabaja, the 12‡c DEI stamp cancelled by a fine strike of the double oval 'KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART/MAATSCHIPPE/ S.S.ELOUT' rubber stamp in violet plus a single loose stamp with a large part strike of the same mark in black. Also 1930 DEI cover to Egypt routed via Liverpool, the stamps cancelled by a 3-line 'CITY OF OXFORD/149,600/LIVERPOOL' h.s. with a second strike alongside, partnered by a 'BOOTLE, LIVERPOOL' c.d.s.; a RP PPC of the 'Oxford' accompanies.(4 items).

£90

127

MARITIME - 1807 BRITISH BLOCKADE & SEIZURE OF HELIGOLAND: Manuscript eye-witness account of the capture of Heligoland from the Danes by the British Fleet under Lord Falkland in August 1807 written by military surgeon W.F.Spiering - 11 folio sheets handwritten in German; also a verbatim printed transcript published in the Preussischen Jahrb¸cher (1900) together with a letter to the then owner of the MS from the editor. An important historical document in fine condition. (3 items).

£150

128

MARITIME - ACCOUNTANCY MARKS: 1868-69 ELs to Bordeaux ex Bombay or Calcutta, the latter with fine blue 'VIA BOMBAY/SUEZ & FRANCE' routing h.s. & spot of sealing wax on front, showing two distinct types of the diamond-shaped 'GB/1f66c' accountancy mark - 17mm & 20mm, the latter struck in green, matching the 'CALCUTTA/INDIA UNPAID' d.s. on reverse. Both with TPO entry marks, h.s. '10' charges and light filing creases. (2 items).

£100

129

MARITIME: LLOYD AUSTRIACO IONIAN ISLANDS CONTRACT - COMBINED FRANKING: 1886 (Jan.) cover (roughly opened) & contents ex Ithaca to Trieste franked with Hermes 5l green & 20l pink with incomplete c.d.s. cancellations; faint '20' in blue crayon and Austria 10kr blue (2) cancelled by fine 'TRIESTE/COL VAPORE', paying the Lloyd Austriaco split rate. Scarce & attractive.PHOTO -

£120

130

MARITIME - PAQUEBOTS etc: c1895-1960 Range of covers & cards showing a fine variety of marks inc. various s/l & machine 'PAQUEBOTS', French octagonal ligne d.s. inc. fine 1895 Ligne V d.s. on Mauritius card & 1904 Ligne K on Uruguayan PPC, ships' marks, various PPCs of ships inc. fine Red Star Line 'menu top' example plus an 1861 EL to France written 'Au Bord du Valetta' etc. (92 items).

£150

131

MARITIME - PAQUEBOTS, 1901-70: Good selection of covers & cards with various paquebot marks inc. 1907 'BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/SOUTHAMPTON', 1902cover to London with KEVII 1d cancelled by Freemantle duplex with adjacent paquebot h.s., marks of Naples (1901), Cristobal (1930), Antwerp (1931), Colombo (1903), Bergen (1929) etc. Also a 1936 Canadian Pacific passenger list for the 'Duchess of Richmond'. (87 items).

£150

132

MIDDLE EAST MISCELLANY incl. Aden, Iraq (with scarcer postal stationery, some of it from British Occupation period, WWII censored mail & first flight), Israel (incl. censored, registered & under-cover mail plus postal stationery), Jordan (much postmark interest), Muscat, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. (110+ covers).

£180

133

POSTAL STATIONERY: The varied accumulation of Commonwealth postal stationery items. Mostly unused but with some used inc. 1893 Barbados ‡d on 1d newspaper wrapper, India & States, Malayan States, Mauritius, St. Vincent 1901 ‡d newspaper wrapper ex Kingstown to Manchester, 1937 BVI 1d postal stat. card uprated by GB KEVIII & KGVI ‡d adhesives tied by boxed "K.N.S.M./STUYVESANT" cachet, etc. The unused has something of a West Indies bent but also includes Falklands Islands QV 1‡d PC (plus reply portion). A useful little lot. (Approx. 75).

£150

134

POSTAL STATIONERY - BRITISH AFRICA: The small selection of QV period covers/cards from the Niger Coast, Oil Rivers & Zululand inc. Oil Rivers H&G2 used to Germany, Zululand H&G1 unused and with "SPECIMEN" opt., Zululand H&G2 unused and with "SPECIMEN" opt., Zululand H&G3 with "Sloping Z" variety unused, Zululand H&G4 unused, etc. (12 items).

£90

135

ROCKET MAIL, 1933-46: An attractive, slightly duplicated group of covers inc. German 1933 1st & 2nd flights with labels, 1934 NDL card pair with perf/imperf labels, 1934 1st British flight cover forwarded to Germany by air, 1934 Italy pair (different labels), 1935 France Le Treport card & Sangatte-Dover (3 signed covers), 1935 Belgium (6) & Netherlands (3), India Silver Jubilee flight etc. (23 items).

£150

136

SCANDINAVIA, 1827-1965: A substantial group of covers & cards with particular maritime cancellation interest across the whole area inc. a few Danish pre-stamp covers, boxed/unboxed 'Fra Sverige' h.s. types plus 'Fra Norge' & 'Fra Island', Norwegian 'Bureau de Mer' (5), 'Postexp.' & 'Nordkapp' cancellations (inc. 1935 reg'd cover with 1930 tourism & '35 Nansen sets), various paquebot/ships' cancellations, fine 1901 chromo PPC of SS 'Kong Harald', plus TPOs, 1937 Iceland MS on reg'd cover etc. An interesting lot. (Qty.)

£200

137

SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA: Interesting group of covers & cards inc. 1856 Corrientes 1r (wide margins/pen-cancelled) franking, Mexico 1866 E with scarce bisected 2r (Vera Cruz) tied by Amatlan oval mark, 1893 Colombia reg'd cover to Paris with fine label, 1895 reg'd AR reply card ex Lima to Berlin plus pair of AR covers to Vienna, 1896 Mexico Wells Fargo covers (2) etc. (Qty.)

£140

138

SOUTH AMERICA: 1896 Scarce reg'd cover ex Caracas to Buenos Ayres endorsed 'Via Panama' and franked with 1893 1r pair, small 'A.R.' and faint boxed reg'n cachet; New York exchange reg'n label. Light staining from wax seals otherwise fine. Also 1911 printed commercial cover to La Paz ex Puno franked by 12c blue cancelled with a fine strike of the scarce 'VAPOR INCA/LAGO TITICACA' s/l mark in violet. A scarce pair. (2 items). PHOTO -

£120

139

SOUTHERN AFRICAN MISCELLANY of mainly QV (plus a few KEVII and one KGV) covers, postal stationery (unused, used and 'SPECIMEN'), Boer War env., WWI censored mail, a few early PPCs with Cape of Good Hope, Natal, South Africa, Transvaal and Zululand all represented, express and airmail, registered covers with a variety of rubber-stamps plus m/s numbers (incl. Mobile Post Office No.1) or labels with matching c.d.s.'s, piece bearing range of Revenue stamps with values to 10/-, m/c cancellations dating back to 1915, Johannesburg 1936 Exhibition c.d.s.'s and much besides. (106 items).

£200

140

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, 1842-75: Group of stampless covers from Cuba (6) and U.S.A. to G.B. incl. 1842/9 quartet with different Liverpool arrival marks and one of which also has fine "1/-" h.s., 1864 & '65 "N.YORK BR. PKT/5" pair to Edinburgh with different "1/-" h.s.'s (one also with Scottish railway mark), "NEW YORK/U.S.CURRENCY" c.d.s. (1875), New Orleans (3) & New York "PAID", "STEAMSHIP/ 10" h.s. etc. Mixed condition but an interesting group. (16 items).

£90

141

WEST INDIES: The interesting early to modern accumulation from a good variety of islands with some useful items noted inc. 1889 cover ex British Guiana to Trinidad bearing "2" on 2c Revenue stamp (4), 1908 registered cover ex Montserrat to Germany bearing Arms 3d, 1918 registered cover ex Nassau to England bearing Red Cross "1.1.17" surcharge block of 4, 1928 registered cover ex Turks Island to Scotland bearing 2/- definitive, Bahamas 1929/1930 First Flight covers (5, two with pictorial cachets), etc. (Approx. 100 items).

£150

MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY

142

AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - DETAILED REPORT FROM NEW YORK SENT VIA "CORK" TO SCOTLAND; Fine 25th Oct. 1778 EL (long detailed contents giving a pro-British New Yorker's view of military incompetence, etc.) from "New York" to Edinburgh with a fine "CORK" (light fold) on the front, a fair Dublin Bishop Mark on the top flap and varied rates up to a final "In [all] 1N1" charge. A rare transatlantic cover from the peak of hostilities between Britain and the Franco-American alliance. The contents include; "There is not a shadow of doubt but the late Commander [Howe] might have crushed this Rebellion by one month's active Exertion, from the time he landed at Staten Island till he relinquished the Command - nor is it impracticable by a well-directed exertion now. Of this, the Terror that Col. Butler - a partisan with a handful of men - has carried all around him, & his unresisted progress, wherever it was an object with him, is a sufficient proof...by the confession of some of the Rebells who have come in with Flaggs [of Truce]...Sir Henry [Clinton] is the generous, disinterested, ardent Hero....he often last winter, in the most tempestuous seasons, wrapped himself at night in a military Cloak, with a purse full of Gold which he secretly disbursed in the abodes of Distress... "Ten or twelve British Regiments, with three Companies of artillery, and five or seven provincial, with one Hessian regmt., including in all above 8,000 men are already embarked for an Expedition. The former it is supposed for the West Indies, the others for Augustine, Pensacola, &c...." Important Historical Letter in very fine condition. PHOTO -

£300

143

MISCELLANY, c1862-1973: American Civil War letter & env. written 'On board the Kent, Yorktown' "the place was evacuated in a hurry by the rebels. They left 20 cannon...useless for they spiked them" & mentions the booby-trapping of the forts; fine 'Due 3' mark. Also a 1901 German feldpost card (corner faults) from the Boxer Rebellion, written at Fort Jackson, with several Chinese h.s. plus a scarce item of WWI undercover mail sent from the USA to Germany via Thomas Cook in Amsterdam and various items of WWI & WWII forces mail etc. (29 items).

£150

144

BOER WAR - O.V.S. MAIL POSTED ON EVE OF WAR & VIA TEMPORARY CAPITAL; 10th Oct. 1899 usage of the OVS ‡d red PC from Bloemfontein to Cape Town with no censor marks and fine Cape Town 12th Oct. arrival c.d.s., showing that south-bound mail was not stopped on the day war broke out. Plus 11th April 1900 uprated usage of the same PC (toning) from Ladybrand to P. Elizabeth with extra 1d lilac showing Kroonstad transit c.d.s. of the temporary capital of OVS. Scarce pair. (2 cards).

£100

145

BOER WAR - YELLOW "COMMANDO BRIEF" LABEL ON CAPTURED BRITISH "O.H.M.S." COVER; 20th Nov. 1899 env. (toning, but with printed "O.H.M.S., Office of the Civil Commissioner" imprint) to Langlaagte, bearing a yellow "COMMANDO BRIEF/O.V.S./FRANKO" label (minor faults) tied by mostly fine "JACOBSDAL/O.V.S." c.d.s. Rare thus.PHOTO -

£400

146

BOER WAR - "COMMANDO BRIEF" LABEL ON SOLDIER's COVER FROM OCCUPIED SPYTFONTEIN; Nov. 1899 env. (minor wear) to Bloemfontein endorsed "Velddienst", bearing a fine yellow "COMMANDO BRIEF/O.V.S./FRANKO" label (with full side-margin intact) just missed by a mostly fine "SPYTFONTEIN/C.G.H." c.d.s. with Jacobsdal reansit c.d.s. also on the front. Rare Occupied Territory usage of the label. Plus off-cover label with Barkly West c.d.s. and Transvaal/OVS franked piece with Vryburg c.d.s.'s. (3 items). PHOTO -

£300

147

BOER WAR - YELLOW COMMANDO BRIEF LABEL ON COVER EX OCCUPIED MODDER RIVER; 24th Oct. 1899 stampless env. (spots) to Bloemfontein bearing a yellow "COMMANDO BRIEF/O.V.S./FRANKO" label cancelled by a fine "MODDER RIVER/C.G.H." c.d.s. with near fine Jacobsdal transit c.d.s. nearby. Rare Occupied Territory usage.PHOTO -

£200

148

BOER WAR - THE SHORT-LIVED O.R.C. 2-RING P.M.G. CENSOR MARK; 9th Nov., 1899 usage of the ORC ‡d red PC from Senekal to Cape Town with a mostly very fine strike of the blue 2-ring "Kantoor van der Postmeester General/O.V. Staat" cachet on the front. This first ORC censor cachet lasted only for a month. [Ex Hart; lot 1190 - Cavendish result was £150 in 1993.] PHOTO -

£180

149

BOER WAR - O.V.S. MAIL VIA DELAGOA BAY INC. "STOPPED" CARD WITH OVAL P.M.G. CENSOR MARK; 23rd Dec. 1899 usage of the ORC 1d orange PC to CGH via D. Bay; plus similarly routed 1st Feb. 1900 usage of the ORC 1d brown reply PC to Durban with v. fine black oval "POSTMEESTER GENERAL/ORANJE-VRYSTAAT" cachet and fine purple boxed Durban "STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER" mark both on the front. Scarce pair. (2 covers). PHOTO -

£160

150

BOER WAR - BOER FORCES OCCUPYING C.G.H. - COLESBERG SQUARED CIRCLES & OVAL O.V.S. P.M.G. CENSOR MARK; 27th Nov. 1899 & 12th Feb. 1900 Transvaal/O.V.S. 1d/‡d PC's to Germany/Joburg, each cancelled by mostly fine "COLESBERG" squared circles (captured when the Boer Forces invaded); the former also with v. fine blue oval P.M.G. censor mark. Good pair. (2 covers). PHOTO -

£150

151

BOER WAR - IRISH COVER WITH CAPE TOWN BOXED "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED" MARK; Attractive 28th Dec. 1899 env. to Harrismith with GB ‡d vermilion (3) & 1d lilac ex Kingstown with a v. fine purple boxed Cape Town "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED" mark on the front. Exhibition item; rare from Ireland. PHOTO -

£120

152

BOER WAR - OVAL O.V.S. P.M.G. CENSOR MARK ON CHARGED COVER TO C.G.H.; Attractive 13th Nov. 1899 env. from Kroonstad to P. Elizabeth with ORC 1d orange pair, having v. fine blue oval "POSTMEESTER GENERAL/ORANJE-VRYSTAAT" cachet on the front, slightly beneath a Durban censor label which is tied by a v. fine Cape Town "3d" arrival charge-mark. Scarce thus. PHOTO - see plate no.

£120

153

BOER WAR - BOER SOLDIER's O.A.S. - "IN COMMANDO DIENST" - STAMPLESS CAMPAIGN COVER; Fine 10th Oct. 1899 stampless env. to Bloemfontein endorsed "In Commando Dienst" and signed "Van R. Hiten" on the front with fine "BLOEMFONTEIN/O.V.S." c.d.s. Posted before the hostilities commenced. PHOTO -

£120

154

BOER WAR: Miscellany of covers/cards comprising c1899 stampless cover to Heidelberg with "V.R./OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE/Post Office at DURBAN Natal" label used as a censor label; plus 1900 Long Tom Bulwana siege postcards (3 different types, all unused). A useful quartet.

£100

155

BOER WAR - 1st WEEK OF THE WAR - CRAYON-CENSORED MAIL FROM O.V.S. TO C.G.H.; 11th Oct. 1899 env. (creases, etc.) from Edenburg to Cape Town with OVS 1d, having blue crayon top-left corner line as censor mark and pink CGH censor label; plus 13th Oct. 1899 usage of the OVS ‡d red PC to P. Elizabeth with blue crayon censor-line and "1D" arrival-charge. Scarce pair. (2 covers).

£100

156

BOER WAR - NATAL COVER TO HARRISMITH STOPPED WITH DURBAN BOXED "Mail Service Suspended" MARK; Attractive 3rd Nov. 1899 env. with Natal 1d tied by Durban c.d.s. with fine "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE/NATAL" c.d.s. and superb purple boxed "Mail Service Suspended" mark on the front. Exhibition quality.PHOTO -

£100

157

BOER WAR - BOER FORCES' OCCUPATION OF NATAL - TEMPORARY GLENCOE DATESTAMP; 12th Feb. 1900 stampless Soldier's env. to Kroonstad endorsed "Veld Dienst" with v. fine 3-line purple "Veldpost/Glencoe,/12 Feb. 1900." d.s. beside a very fine Kroonstad 16th Feb. arrival c.d.s. Attractive and rare thus. PHOTO -.

£300

158

BOER WAR - COMMANDO BRIEF COVER FROM OCCUPIED C.G.H.; Fine 17th Feb. 1900 env. to Bloemfontein bearing fine yellow "COMMANDO BRIEF/O.V.S./FRANKO" label cancelled by v. fine "VENTERSTAD/C.G.H." captured c.d.s. Rare thus. PHOTO -

£200

159

BOER WAR - OCCUPIED NATAL - BOER FORCES' NEWCASTLE DATESTAMPS; 16th March & 10th May 1900 envs. (latter a captured "O.H.M.S. Natal Government Railways" env.) both to Joburg, franked by OVS ‡d green (2) + 1d lilac tied by almost very fine blue 3-line "PK/NewCastle" d.s. or by OVS ‡d orange tied by v. fine blue 3-line "Veldpost, ZAR/New Castle." d.s. Attractive pair. PHOTO -

£200

160

BOER WAR - CAPTURED C.G.H. P.O. "O.H.M.S." ENVELOPE USED BY BOER FORCES; 24th Jan. 1900 env. (brown paper with red "O.H.M.S./Free/S.R. FRENCH/Post Office " imprint) endorsed "O.V.S. Republiek Dienst" and franked by OVS 1d lilac tied by v. fine strike of the captured "COLESBERG" c.d.s. Rare thus. [Ex Hart; lot 1141.] PHOTO -

£150

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