411 C.I.D.N.A.: Covers inc. Greece to USA (1930) with boxed 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A (Paris)' plus similar h.s. (completed 'Praha') to Germany (1931); Bulgaria to Austria (1929) & France (1931); Turkey 1926 reg'd Es to France & Switzerland plus PPC to Belgium and 1933 cover to UK with m/s 'Via Beograd'. (8 items). £180
412 LATÉCOERE - MOROCCO: Group of covers flown from Morocco inc. scarce (1920) Military Telegraphs cover plus 12 others, 1922-39, with different route markings & handstamps and inc. two different Company advertising envelopes. (13 items). PHOTO - see plate 13B £180
413 LATŠCOERE - AIR FRANCE: Covers flown to/from Algiers & Oran via Alicante inc. scarce early (1924) commercial cover to Oran, 1924 uprated Algerian stationery card to Paris with boxed 'POSTE AERIENNE' h.s., Bougie-India (1930) with 'Pas d dÈpart/par avion aujord'hui' h.s., scarce Oran-Medina routing (1936), 1930-31 pair with 'AFFRANCHISSEMENT INSUFFISANT' h.s. etc. (8 items). £150
414 LATŠCOERE: 1937 E ex Mauretanie (AOF) to Syria via Dakar with fine 'FORMATIONDE L'AIR EN A.O.F./Lettre transportÈe exceptionellement/PAR AVION MILITAIRE', 2 items from SÈnÈgal inc. 'Trajet Dakar-France' h.s., 1929-32 Swiss pair to Morocco & 1937 Sierra Leone reg'd E to UK with 'Dakar ý Toulouse' label. (6 items). £120
415 'LOT': Interesting group of covers flown by the Polish airline Lot ex Bulgaria inc. E to Lebanon (1933) with m/s 'Par avion jusqu'ý AthËnes' & 'Par avion jusqu'ý (Bagdot)' h.s., to Siam with 'Par avion jusqu'ý (Athenes)', Poland (1934), Estonia (1935) & Greece (two, 1934-36). (6 items). £120
416 'LOT': Covers ex Greece to Rumania (1932) with boxed 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A (Bucarest)' h.s. & Warsaw (1934) and from Rumania to Greece (1933) & Java (1937) with 'via Athena' endorsement. (4 items). £60
417 'LOT': Range of covers from Poland to various destinations inc. Austria (1925), Hungary (1929), Palestine (1931) redirected to Egypt (tear), S.Africa (1937) & India (1939) with boxed red 'Via Warszawa' (reduced at R). (5 covers). £70
418 'LOT': Group of flown covers inc. Palestine-Yugoslavia (1937), scarce Latvia-Palestine (1939), Finland-Bulgaria (1938) with m/s endorsement 'Par avion via Varsova', Poland to Albania (1936, reg'd) and France (1939 - last flight before German invasion) endorsed 'Via Gdynia-Kopenhaga'. Some scarce destinations. (5 items). £90
ADEN
419 POSTAL HISTORY SELECTION; 1860-1968 group of covers/cards incl. scarce 1860 env. to G.B. via Marseilles with India 2a orange + 4a black tied by partly fine "124" diamonds matching the very fine large double-arc "ADEN" c.d.s. on the flap, toned 1868 EL from London wih 1d Red + 1/- green, battered 1898 env. from Wales, small group of KEVII period Aden/Sea P.O. c.d.s. items, 1938 Dhow env. to Trieste, a few Forces Air Mail KGVI covers (2 stampless with "No.11 R.A.F./POSTAL H.Q." c.d.s.'s), and a few later. Good nucleus for expansion. (23 covers). £150
ASCENSION
420 OFFICIAL POST OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.; 1913-27 group of P.O. circulars and correspondence (mostly foolscap size and in good condition; all originally sent to St. Helena P.O.) ref. Postage Due charges error (1913 with v. fine "ASCENSION/B" c.d.s.), c.1913 order for stamps (partly printed form listing the values from ‡d to 5/-), 4 1926/7 letters (one stained) from the P.O. to St. Helena P.O. (3 with arrival c.d.s.'s, and one with superb large purple oval "THE CASTLE/ST. HELENA" d.s.), signed typed 1937 letters from "E.W. Tapscott" revealing the stresses of servicing vast quantities of Coronation stamp/cover orders ("I should say that the total dealt with here yesterday was in the region of 8,000 letters. I suppose I shall live to tell the tale another day..."), official 1937 P.O. letters ref. accounts & Ross Shiells Ltd., and a fascinating file of P.O. 1937 letters about regd. Air mail facilities via South Africa. Rare lot. [From a govt. surplus lot legitimately sold by public tender in St. Helena in the 1970s.] (24 items). £85
** 421 1945 Registered cover to Surrey bearing KGVI 10/- black & purple. Scarce thus. £80
422 1963 1‡d Black Noddy marginal unmounted mint strip of three with cobalt omitted. Cat. £225. £75
AUSTRALIA
423 LARGE CARTON containing the duplicated accumulation of presentation packs inc. useful AAT. (Qty.). £150
424 CARTON containing the accumulation of P.O. official Yearbooks for 1981 (4), 1982 (2), 1984 (2), 1985, 1991 & 1992. Also "Australian Bicentennial Collection" presentation folders (2). £90
425 SMALL CARTON containing the varied early to modern accumulation inc. stamps on leaves, modern pre-stamped postcards, postal stationery items, etc. (Qty.). £75
426 SHOEBOX containing selection of modern packs (63) plus two sets of prestamped postcards. Stamps Cat. £212. (Qty.). £50
427 TWO ALBUMS containing the early to modern collection with strength in fine used QEII sets. (Sev. 100's). £75
428 STOCKBOOK containing the duplicated mint range of KGV Heads with a good range of shades, blocks, "OS" perfins, etc. STC £2,600+. (Few 100's). £300
429 ALBUM containing the mint & used collection with issues to about 1963 including a number of mint blocks. Better items include 1928 Exhibition pane of 4 with margins, KGVI 3d blue mint (4), Robes £1 used, etc. (Many 100's). £120
430 KGV MINT RANGE on album leaves inc. a useful range of surcharges with blocks & flaws, C of A to 1/4d (4), 2d imprint block of 4, etc. Cat. £500+ as basic stamps. (Small Qty.). £120
431 MISCELLANY of mint (many unmounted) KGVI definitives on stockcard incl. blocks of up to twelve and STC £560. (Small Qty.). £100
432 MISCELLANY on stockcard including 1931-36 10/-, £1 & £2 opt. "SPECIMEN" & 1932 Sydney Bridge 5/- fine used. (5). £75
433 AIRMAILS: The useful range of chiefly 1930's covers including 1929 Qantas First Flight cover from Brisbane to Charleville, Karachi-London cover bearing seven different Australian adhesives, a number of useful 1930's covers, 1954 Constellation wreck cover (Singapore), etc. (21 items). £100
434 1913 10/- to £2 overprinted "Specimen", £1 with light vertical crease, others fine and fresh. SG.14 to 16, Cat £600. PHOTO - £140
435 1913-36 Small sellection of Kangaroo issues with mint 1913 2‡d (creased), 1916 9d block of four, 1929 9d, 1/- & /- (foxed). Also used 1913 2/- & 5/- and 1935 £1. (11). £80
436 1913-14 KANGAROO ISSUE: Duplicated used ranges on album leaves and Hagner sheets with values to 2/-, a few "O S" perfins. of different types and one "O S/N S W" perfin. STC £1,100+. (85). £60
437 1916 9d violet Ash imprint inter-panneau block of four; although the top two stamps have been hinged the lower two are unmounted. (4). £60
438 1918-20 Mint range on large stockleaves inc. ‡d "Thin 1 in ‡" variety in a block of 4, 1‡d mint block of six on thin paper, etc. Cat. £600 as basic stamps. (Small Qty.). £120
439 1924 Multiple wmk. 1d green & No watermark 1‡d green & 1‡d red mint collection on leaves with varieties, blocks, etc. STC £200 as basic stamps. (25). £50
440 1926-30 Multiple Crown A wmk. perf. 13‡ x 12‡ mint range on leaves with values to 1/4d (3) inc. Die II 1d green (3, one in a pair & two in a strip), 1‡d void corners variety, many shades, retouches, etc. Cat. £1,100 as basic stamps. (Small Qty.). £120
441 1927-64 The mainly mint duplicated selection onc. 1927 1/4d x 2, 1931 3d imprint blocks of four x 2 shades, 1939-49 values to £1(3), 1937 Foundation set in blocks of four and 1959-64 set in blocks of four. (Qty.). £360
442 1927 MELBOURNE EXHIBITION mint range incl. four singles, "O S" perfin pair, abnormal pair with horizontal mesh, two miniature sheets (one of them unmounted) and a series of coloured photostats of the colour trials etc. for the issue. (Small Qty.). £100
443 1928 Exhibition 3d, two unmounted mint panes of four. Some gum bends. £60
444 1929-30 10/- grey & pink Die II. Good used. SG.112. Cat. £400. £80
445 1929 3d 'AIR MAIL SERVICE': Small mint range with four type 'A' singles and a matching set of plates 1 to 4 in top left corner blocks of four mounted only on the selvedge; fine and fresh. SG. Cat. £200++. (20). £60
446 1931 6d SEPIA 'AIR MAIL SERVICE': Mint selection comprising a marginal single, an imprint single, an imprint strip of three, an imprint block of six and three singles (one of them marginal) optd. "O S". SG.139 & 139a. (14). £90
447 1931-36 KANGAROO ISSUE: Small mint group comprising 6d (3), 9d (2), 2.- (3) and £1, the latter centred low but very fresh. SG. Cat. £550+. (9). £85
448 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge set (thinned) mounted mint. also fine used 5/-. (4). PHOTO - £140
449 1934 £2 black & rose very good used, a couple of shortish perfs. SG.138, Cat. £325. PHOTO - £90
450 1949-51 Arms 5/- (2), 10/- (2), £1 (2) and £2 (7, inc. a block of four), mint (some unmounted). Also 10/- to £2 overprinted "SPECIMEN". Fine. (16). £100
451 1963=65 7/6d, 10/-, £1 & £2 Navigators in unmounted mint blocks of four. Cat. £500+. (16). £120
452 MILITARY MAIL: Box containing the interesting accumulation of Forces mail, c1942-52 with a good variety of marks inc. "HMA SHIPS", Army concession numbers, various censors inc. RAAF, boxed types, FPO cancellations, 1944 airgraph, etc. Some duplication. (Approx. 250). £75
453 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (JAPAN): 1946-48 ‡d to 5/-, unmounted mint blocks of four. Also a set used on env. to Japan tied by "AUST ARMY P.O./241" c.d.s. PHOTO - see plate no. £200
454 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (JAPAN): 1946-48 ‡d to 5/-, lightly mounted mint. £60
AUSTRALIAN STATES COLLECTIONS
455 POLICE INTEREST: Five O.H.M.S. covers franked with QUEENSLAND adhesives each with a police related cachet incl. "Inspector of Police/Maryborough", ditto/"Rockhampton" &/"Townsville", SOUTH AUSTRALIA "P." (6) & "C.P." (2) opts., 1893 & 1906 VICTORIA O.H.M.S. "Police Department" covers and much modern material. Also sepia PPC of 'The Battle of Stepney' showing 'Mr. Winston Chuchill surrounded by Detectives/and Armed Police', various issues of 'COPS' etc. (Small Qty.). £180
AUSTRIA
456 COLLECTION in an album & a packet comprising commemorative stamps issued singly (i.e. no sets) mainly in fine mint or unmounted mint blocks of four (not complete); better items noted inc. 1948 "Silent Night", 1950 Stamp Day, etc. Fine quality throughout. STC £770. (298 blocks & 10 pairs). £120
457 STOCKBOOK with the mainly post-WWII collection of mint sets and singles. Chiefly unmounted and with better odds & ends throughout, we note many "black print" sheetlets & singles, a most interesting lot, mainly very fine. (STC c£700). £100
BECHUANALAND/BOTSWANA
458 1889 4d on ‡d vermilion handstamped 'SPECIMEN' and 1897 ‡d to 6d all optd. 'SPECIMEN'. Mostly fine and with much gum. SG.53s., 59s. & 61s.-65s.; Cat. pro rata £323. (7). £60
BRAZIL
459 ALBUM containing the mint & used collection, 1906-1980 with much of merit inc. 1928 200r orange strip of three with NPS Cert., 1927 Airs, 1931 Revolution to $5, 1937 Tourist set, etc. A good opportunity for the specialist. (100's). £150
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
460 1963-69 Definitive set to £1 Endurance unmounted mint. SG.1-15a, Cat. £275. (16). £75
BRITISH EAST AFRICA
461 REGISTERED COVER TO LONDON: 1894 (14 March) cover to London bearing seven different 1890-95 values to the 4‡a (blue crayon affects the 2‡a value). Very colourful. £75
462 1895 Cover to Zanzibar bearing 8a blue "BRITISH EAST AFRICA" opt. tied by fairly indistinct Squared Circle cancellation. Roughly opened at top but a scarce adhesive on cover. PHOTO - see plate 13B £100
463 1897 Philatelic ("Jamall") cover bearing 2‡a on 3a strip of six tied by Mombasa Squared Circle cancels. All the adhesives are SG.89. PHOTO - see plate 13B £150
464 1897 Philatelic ("Jamall") cover sent within Mombasa bearing 1‡a brown opt. on India (SG.51) x 25 (blocks of 9 & 16). Spectacular. PHOTO - see plate 13B £100
465 1897 (2 Jan.) Opt. on Zanzibar set good used. The odd small fault but generally above average for these. SG.80-85, Cat. £225. £50
466 1898 Half a registered cover to Germany bearing an incredible ten colour franking, SG.65-74 with up to three examples of each (21 stamps - face value 68a). Highly spectaacular. £75
467 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1901 (11 Feb.) 2a brown registered env. sent within Mombasa bearing a remarkable eight-colour franking incorporating thre examples each of the 1896-1901 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 4‡a, 5a & 8a plus two examples of the 1897 1r grey-blue. A little foxing on reverse. PHOTO - see plate no. £120
BURMA
468 BURMA/INDIA: The interesting accumulation of KGVI period covers with a wide range of frankings, postal markings & censor marks. (37). £60
469 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Stockbook containing the extensive collection of stamps, covers & cards relating to the Japanese Occupation of Burma inc. Peacock opts. on KGV & KGVI, surcharges on Japan inc. ºa on 1s, ‡a on 2s & 1a on 5s mint blocks of 4 & 5r on 30s used block of 9, an extensive range of 1943 "Farmer" types with many multiples, 1943 1c orange (SG.J88) mint block of 4 and a c.t.o. block of 40(!), 1943 Shan State set mint, 1944 2c surcharge inverted mint (not guaranteed), 1944 surcharge set in c.t.o. multiples (either 8, 12, 14, 16, Revenues, Postal Stationery items, Banknotes, etc. A very good lot seldom encountered in such quantity. (Many 100's). £400
CANADA
470 MISCELLANY of Large & Small Queens on three stockcards including three mint examples of the LQ 15c (distinct shades but all creased or with perf. faults). Poor to fine. (23). £75
471 1859 env. (slight toning and other minor faults) from Barrington (large double-ring c.d.s. on back) to Truro (arrival mark also on reverse but in black) both in Nova Scotia franked with imperf. 3d blue Nova Scotia adhesive (four margins - wide to close) and 1869 New Brunswick usage of 3c Canada "Large Queen" adhesive cancelled by scarce "7" numeral on env. (slight faults) from St. John to Hopewell. (2 covers). £100
472 DEAD LETTER OFFICE: Much-travelled 1905 reg'd. E (opened out) ex Johnville (Que.) to the UK with KEVII 2c pair & 5c, returned to Montreal DLO where it was opened and re-sealed with three examples of the large 'OFFICIALLY SEALED' stamps accompanied by a clear impression of the Montreal Branch crown seal. A little worn but most interesting. £60
473 1929 Delightful coloured hand-drawn envelope depicting an aeroplane over "St.Hubert Airport" bearing 1c yellow booklet pane of six (SG.244ab) tied by Montreal cds's. Contents read "Dear William, To commemorate first regular air mail flight Montreal to Detroit, July 15 1929". A lovely cover. PHOTO - see plate 13B £75
474 PATRIOTIC CARDS & COVERS, 1898-1942: Scarce group of used & unused cards & covers, most of the Boer War period, inc. sepia card of Lord Roberts, 1898 'Red Ensign' (2) & two other figural cards inc. commemoration of Canadian soldiers in S.Africa, specialised study of 'Rule Britannia'/Anglo-Saxon League type Es & cards (12) of 1898-1900 etc. (21 items).PHOTO - £140
475 RAILWAY STATIONERY CARDS: CPR 1st Issue [Webb CPR1a-10a] of these elusive pictorial cards, used 1898-1901 inc. 17 used examples (one with punch holes); mainly fine. A scarce group. (23 items). £180
476 RAILWAY STATIONERY CARDS: Fine variety of pictorial stationery cards of the GTR c1899-1915, with QV, KEVII & KGV imprints - good range of different views & types, with 60 used examples. Rarely offered in quantity. (88 items). £420
477 RAILWAY STATIONERY CARDS: Scarce group of CPR stationery postcards (2nd Issue, Webb CPR 35-47) - an attractive range of various views with QV, KEVII or KGV 1c stamp imprints - inc. 43 used examples, 1902-15. Rarely offered in this quantity. (57 items). £450
478 RAILWAY STATIONERY CARDS: CPR 3rd Issue [Webb CPR 65-82] - collection of used (83) & unused (38) pictorial stationery cards with a good variety of types, c1918-33; a remarkable group, almost impossible to replicate. (121 items). £850
479 RAILWAY STATIONERY CARDS, 1923-38: Fine group of CNR pictorial postcards printed in green with different views, 5 used inc. 2 with railway c.d.s.; scarce. (6 items). £70
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
480 MISCELLANY of used Triangular issues on three album leaves comprising 1d (6), 2d (14 inc. a pair), 6d (8) & 1/- (2). Condition mixed but a good range of papers, shades, etc. (30). £240
** 481 COVERS: QV/KEVII covers/card comprising 1897 six colour registered franking from Fort Beaufort to Montreal, 1905 env. also to Canada bearing 2 x ‡d tied by "…GRAHAMSTOWN STATION/C.G.H…" c.d.s., 1907 env. regd. to Germany franked with ‡d and 6d adhesives cancelled by "CALEDON STREET C.T." c.d.s. and 1909 coloured PPC to Ohio bearing ‡d & 2 x 1d adhesives tied by 3 "CAPE COLONY OCEAN POST OFFICE" c.d.s.'s. (4). £75
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - MAFEKING
482 1900 Overprints on Bechuanaland Protectorate 2 x 1d, 3d, and 2 x 6d good used, four of them being on small pieces; SG.6 (2), 7, 8 & 9. (5). £90
CEYLON/SRI LANKA
483 1857-64 1‡d reddish-lilac and 1‡d dull mauve. Good used examples. SG 16 & 17. Cat. £655. £120
484 POSTAL STATIONERY - 4c BLUE ENVELOPES, 1877-88: Fine group of variants incl. 1882 native use with fine "BATTICALOA/PAID" c.d.s., two different types of "TOO LATE" h.s.'s, 1886 uprating to 29c through use of 5 x 5c adhesives to England,"District Letter Envelope" opt. (3, all unused) and a rich variety of "Five Cents" opts. on cover with inverted (2) and red (3, all different), sideways etc. Interesting range of c.d.s.'s and overall a fine specialist lot. (21 items). £150
485 POSTAL STATIONERY c.1885-1935: Group incl. scarcer QV items such as 2‡c opts. (3, all different), U.P.U. 3c on 2c opt., "Ligne N" paquebot c.d.s. (1894), s/l "TOO LATE" (1892), "RAILWAY/ POST OFFICE" (1894 with Polgahawel cancellation), 1904 uprated 2c card to Brazil and registered envs. such as KEVII 'SPECIMEN' and KGV uprated & insured. An interesting lot meriting careful inspection. (31 items) £150
COOK ISLANDS
** 486 RAROTONGA - PRESTAMP COVER MAILED VIA SAN FRANCISCO: 1874 (17 Jan.) EL from Rev. Chalmers at Rarotonga to London, sent by private means across the Pacific & posted from "SAN FRANCISCO" with London m/s "6"(d) arrival charge. £150
** 487 1892 Opened out env. (divided & rejoined) to Barbados carried on the 6th stamped mail voyage, franked with 1d & 2‡d x 3 with black circular "RAROTONGA" (A3) cds. The cover bears (partly over the 1d) a NY reg. label. Some foxing but a remarkable destination. PHOTO - see plate 13B £200
** 488 1892 (26 July) env. carried on the third stamped mail voyage to Wellington bearing 1d (marginal) & 1‡d with central violet "COOK ISLANDS/P.O./RAROTONGA" (A2) circular cancellation with boxed "POST OFFICE/COOK ISLANDS" (A1) d.s. PHOTO - see plate 9 £200
** 489 1892 First issue 1‡d mauve unused (no gum) block of 36 with selvedge on both sides. Some faults but a scarce multiple. SG.2, Cat. £1,440. £150
** 490 1893-1900 Makea issue. Cousins' die proof of the completed vignette (2) with frames in two shades of chocolate-brown taken before hardening on thin wove paper, plus two similar proofs in shades of black on thin card. (4 proofs). PHOTO - see plate no. £240
251-330
331-410
411-490
491-570
571-650
651-730
731-810
811-890
891-970
971-1045
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