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ADVERTISING & SOCIAL WAFER SEALS ON COVER: A similar group inc. 1869 env. to New York with large brown/white "FROM/RAPHAEL FERRANDINI/DEALER IN /HUMAN HAIR/Perfumery and Fancy/Toilet Articles/No. 321/Broad Street/Between 3rd and 4th/RICHMOND V.A.", fancy "MY HAPPY HOME", "COME ON/COME WITH ME", "THAT THOU ART LOVELY/WHO'LL DENY", "MAY YOU BE HAPPY", "ADIEU BUT NOT FOREVER", etc. (12 covers). |
£120 |
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MILITARY - 1898 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: Patriotic env. (US Flag & 'ON TO CUBA! KEEP YOUR EYE ON SAMPSON'S JAWBONE') addressed to Sunbury (Pa) with mainly fine violet 'SOLDIER'S LETTER/Collect postage from Addressee/W.F.RICK, Chaplain,/12th Regt. Penna. Vols.', 2c stamp with crayon cancellation & 'DUE 2' h.s.; arrival c.d.s. of June (no date slug) 1898 [US troops embarked for Cuba on 7th June & landed at Daiquiri in mid-June]. Small piece torn off corner plus a little creasing but a most unusual military 'frank'/postage due item. PHOTO - see plate no 5B |
£150 |
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MILITARY - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: 1899 (8.Nov.) Printed patriotic envelope showing US flags with 'CAMP ALGER' deleted & replaced by 'Iloilo', franked by a 5c US stamp opt'd 'PHILIPPINES', cancelled by a fine 'MIL.STA.NO.3 PHILIPINE ISLANDS/ILOILO' duplex ; addressed to, and redirected within, Pennsylvania. [November 1899 saw the beginning of guerrilla attacks on US troops]. A little worn but a scarce item. PHOTO - see plate no 5B |
£200 |
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MILITARY - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR: 1900 (Feb.) A similar envelope from the same correspondence, endorsed Soldiers letter & From James M. Shearer/Co. A 19 inf. Ilailo PO, franked with opt'd US 2c stamps (faults) cancelled by a fainter strike of the same duplex mark; s/l POSTAGE DUE (2) CTS. with 2c due stamp indistinctly cancelled and 20th February arrival. Worn & folded but a scarce, unusual postage due cover. PHOTO - |
£200 |
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3204 |
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COLLECTION on leaves with much of merit inc. 1895-96 vals. to 5r mint, 1896 set to 5r mint, 1908 10r green & brown mint, 1936 set to 10/- mint, 1952-55 set mint (x 2), 1961 set mint and sundry later types plus a good section of Postage Dues inc. 1926-30 18c vertical pair showing "CENT.S" variety & 50c marginal block of 4. (Few 100's). |
£250 |
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REGISTERED MAIL: 1892 (20 Sept.) Env. with fine embossed lion seal of the Deutsch Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft addressed to Frankfurt with m/s Chargée, franked with a strip of 3 French Type Sage 25c values neatly tied by two crisp strikes of the double-ring c.d.s. of Zanzibar, with a third strike plus a red boxed 'R' nearby. Light toning but an uncommon, attractive item.PHOTO - see plate no 5B |
£120 |
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POSTAL STATIONERY: 1901-1905 Used stationery with India cards (2) & ‡a envelope overprinted Zanzibar, Zanzibar ‡a wrapper & a ‡a reply card (return part intact) with additional ‡a adhesive. All used from 1901-1905, four are affected some discolouration from exposure to sunlight but scarce. (5). |
£55 |
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