| THEMATICS |
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1080 |
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TWO STOCKBOOKS filled with the large collection of Miniature sheets, blocks, etc. We note groups of France, with Asterix, Tin Tin, Sports, Greetings, a good range of duplicated Red Cross booklets from 1964 on, etc. Monaco including Europa, Sports, Sailing, etc. Other countries noted include Jersey, Guernsey & Isle of Man, San Marino, Vatican, Greenland, Faeroes. Very few are mint, mainly very fine c.t.o. A really clean & varied lot with much potential. (STC #5000). |
£500 |
|
1081 |
|
BIRDS: Stockbook containing the early to modern mint & used range with much useful modern mint material in evidence including a few definitive sets, sundry miniature sheets, etc. (Sev. 100's). |
£120 |
|
1082 |
|
BUTTERFLIES - TANZANIA: 1973-78 to 20/-. Fifty unmounted mint sets (around 20 of the 5c value are defective). Cat. £1,000+. (750). |
£100 |
|
1083 |
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EUROPA/TRANSPORT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Attractive group of FDC's, min. sheets & sheetlets for the 1988 EUROPA issue for various countries. (Small Qty.). |
£40 |
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1084 |
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POLICE - The extensive collection of stamps, covers, postcards, etc. relating to the Police Forces of many different countries. (Large Qty.). |
£200 |
|
1085 |
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TRANSPORT: The extensive collection of stamps, covers, PPC's, etc. covering a wide range of modes of transport. Some useful items noted. (Qty.). |
£150 |
| WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
|
1086 |
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TWO CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of covers in various binders, etc. Chiefly philatelic with a heavy emphasis on Australia but with a few "better" covers noted. (Large Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES. |
£150 |
|
1087 |
|
BOX containing the interesting early to middle period accumulation of covers with interest in flown mail, maritime mail & US FDC's (approx. 200, 1930's & early 1940's) and with one or two other items inc. 1859 cover from Belgium to Dorking bearing imperf. 10c & 20c (faults). Well worth careful inspection. (Qty.). |
£120 |
|
1088 |
|
BOX containing the extensive early to modern accumulation of covers & cards emanating from GB & the Commonwealth. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1089 |
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LARGE CARTON containing an interesting World-wide miscellany of covers with something of an emphasis on Europe. (Some 100's). |
£75 |
|
1090 |
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MISCELLANY: Selection of British Commonwealth items including Nyasaland KGV covers (3) to USA & England, 1904 Zanzibar PPC (of yacht regatta) with Dar-es-Salaam c.d.s. tying German East Africa 5pf, two other Zanzibar items, B.E.A ‡a reply card used locally, Uganda QV 1a on 1903 cover to Hull, a range of KEVII, KGV & KGVI covers from Kenya Uganda & Tanganyika, with a 1931 Kisumu-Aswan flight cover forwarded to Huddersfield, & a Tanganyika three colour KGV franking to Germany (1934), Mauritius (14) inc. QV 2c card uprated with 4c to London, Seychelles, etc. Mainly fine. (Approx. 40). |
£200 |
|
1091 |
|
MISCELLANY: The interesting group of covers from British Africa including Basutoland, Bechuanaland inc. 1899 QV ‡d wrapper used from Vryburg & Swaziland but with strength in British West Africa. The latter includes useful Gambia with chiefly KGVI frankings on America-Africa FFC's and Nigeria with airmails & cancellation interest (Ebute Metta, Jos, Offa, Warri, etc.). Fair to fine condition. (38). |
£140 |
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1092 |
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MISCELLANY: Covers selection with Egypt incl. 1916 stampless censored AOS card to England with scarce "Field Post Office/N.M.Y." c.d.s., a WWII cover from Cairo to Damascus with three different censor marks, Luxor Hotel c.d.s. on 1903 uprated stat. envelope to Germany, Sudan with 1899 overprinted stat. card from Wadi Halfa, a registered 1950 air cover, TPO cancel on 1929 cover to Switzerland & 1931 First England Africa flight cover Juba-London leg. Also a useful range of KGVI covers from Triploitania, Asmara, Tripoli & Mogadishu, Morocco Agencies with KGVI GB 6d (3) from Tangier to USA with "O.A.T." in violet oval, British Somaliland 1949 RSW pair on cover, Tripolitania, Bahrain, etc. Fair to very fine. (42). |
£140 |
|
1093 |
|
MISCELLANY: 1889-1960 Group of covers/cards from Malta & New Zealand, strength in the latter with 1894 1d stat. card to Rakaia, 1953 cover from London franked KGVI 1/- & 3d and with NZ KGVI 6d affixed as postage due on arrival (faults), 1/3d Postal Fiscal & QEII 2/6d on 1958 reg. cover from Auckland to Canada, some attractive KGV-KGVI frankings, five WWII censored covers, etc. Mainly fine. (45). |
£120 |
|
1094 |
|
MISCELLANY: The small selection of covers & cards inc. Ascension KGVI frankings (1939 to USA bearing 1‡d block of 4, 1950 registered to USA bearing 11 KGVI adhesives, etc.), St. Helena with 1884 2d on 6d yellow on damaged cover to USA, KGVI 8d reg. to England (1941), 1914 PPC to UK, several modern PPC's etc. Tristan with Gough Island 1955-56 cachet & c.d.s. on cover to UK franked QEII 3d, 1959 Gough Island Weather Office cachet on cover to Surrey, North Borneo, Sarawak, etc. Mixed condition, much fine. (37). |
£120 |
|
1095 |
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MISCELLANY: 1894-1983 lot inc. Finland 3-colour franking on cover regd. to G.B., small 1900 group (8) to Boer P.O.W.'s, 1934 PC sent from Paraguay to Germany via Condor Catalpult Air Mail, 1931 Sudan "FIRST FLIGHT/JUBA TO LONDON" cover with special purple plane-shaped Athens arrival cachet, 1983 boxed "MISSENT TO MANILA" (addressed to Cavendish Auctions!), unused Cyprus QV regd. env., etc. Useful lot. (46 items). PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£120 |
|
1096 |
|
MISCELLANY of covers comprising three KGV period registered covers from British Guiana (one opened out but bearing 4c & 48c adhesives and flown to England and one addresed to Vessey's Auctioneers and endorsed "FRAGILE, DO NOT CRUSH"), two 1912 covers ex Beirut to Northampton bearing KEVII 1pi on 2‡d adhesives & four items with Diplomatic interest including two covers ex Guatemala to Northampton with violet "Received through Department of State in Diplomatic Pouch" cachets and a cover ex the American Legation in Salvador to Guatemala City. (9 items). |
£100 |
|
1097 |
|
MISCELLAMY of British African covers with useful Sierra Leone but with strength in Gold Coast postmark interest inc. Akuse (1904), Bolgatanga (1946), Kwitta (1905), Obuasi (1939), Odumasie (1904), Somanya (1911), Victoriaborg (1909), etc. (33). |
£100 |
|
1098 |
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MISCELLANY: Small miscellaneous group with some useful pickings inc. German East Africa 5p on 10pf on 1898 PPC to Germany, 4h yacht type on 1905 PPC, German SW Africa 5pf stat. card from Keetmanshoop (1910), German Offices in Middle East 5 Centimes overprint on 5pf stat. envelope from Jerusalem (crease), Japanese Occupation of Malaya receipts (3) bearing Japanese Occ. adhesives, 1942 Death Certificate from Pondicherry, a selection of 1900-1961 Monaco & mid 20th Century Andorra covers/cards & other oddments from Brazil, Ireland, Malaya, Netherlands & Saar. (48). |
£100 |
|
1099 |
|
MISCELLANY: Small group of 1814-88 covers incl. 1814/37 Ship letters (Portsmouth & L. Pool) ex Madeira & La Guayra, 1859 local env. with Sicily 2gr blue (3‡m.) tied by very light "frame" cancel, 1871 E to London (address partly erased) with G.B. 4d pair (one creased) tied by Alexandria "B01" numerals, scarce local Oct. 1875 E from "GEORGE TOWN" (v. fine 2-ring c.d.s. on back) to "Brick Dam" franked by single 1c black with unclear cancel, 1888 env. to G.B. with Gibraltar 2‡d blue, etc. Plus 1 document. (11 items). PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£100 |
|
1100 |
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MISCELLANY of covers & cards from GB & the Commonwealth inc. 1836 Inspector's Star, 1d red covers and a wide range of early to modern commercial mail from a dipsparate group of countries. (260 items). |
£90 |
| ** |
1101 |
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MISCELLANY of Asian covers incl. 1893 India ‡a postal stationery env. to Nepal with circular arrival mark on back, 1924 Everest expedition card with label tied by red cachet and KGV 1‡a adhesive cancelled by British Empire Exhibition machine mark of Calcutta, 1945 cover to Kabul franked with seven different Indian KGVI adhesives all tied by "BRITISH LEGATION/NEPAL" d.s.'s, 1946 env. to U.S.A. bearing India 3‡a blue commemorative tied by similar cancellation and 1949 registered air cover to Canada franked with India 2 x 3a and 1r definitives also tied by similar cancellations. (15 items). |
£75 |
|
1102 |
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CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1947 (21 Aug.) cover to London endorsed "By Air Mail" and with a fine violet boxed "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" in violet. 8a & 1‡a (3) adhesives are fine & untouched by the disaster - one of the cleanest wreck covers we have seen! |
£40 |
|
1103 |
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EARLY LETTERS - 15th CENTURY MAIL SENT BETWEEN ITALIAN CITIES; 1459 EL from Florence and 1492 EL from Otranto(?); both addressed to Venice and both in very fine condition. Remarkable pair of covers, both being well over 500 years old. (2 covers). PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£120 |
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1104 |
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EUROPE: Carton containing the extensive accumulation of covers with particular interest in Germany but with some useful Eastern Europe in evidence. Well worth a look. (Qty.). |
£90 |
|
1105 |
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FORWARDING AGENTS - RED OVAL CARTAGENA F.A.C. COVER TO U.S.; 1856 EL from "Barranquilla" to New York "[per Ship] Mommerate", having no postal marks and only a very fine red oval-framed "FORWARDED BY/RAMON LEON SANCHEZ/CARTAGENA, N[UEVA]. G[RENADA]." cachet nicely placed on the front. Scarce and of Exhibition Quality. PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£100 |
|
1106 |
|
INDIA, CEYLON, BURMA ETC: Group of covers/cards with many early QV frankings from India(1860's onwards), various items from several Indian States, Ceylon from QV & a couple of Burma KGVI censored covers. Condition very mixed, from poor to very fine. (India 44, Ceylon 25, Burma 2, Nepal 3, Pakistan & Maldives 1 each). |
£200 |
|
1107 |
|
MALAYSIA/HONG KONG: Small cover selection with QV-QEII Malaysia, mainly pre-QEII with censored, airs, stationery, etc. Includes an incoming 1922 cover from Ceylon with boxed "SINGAPORE/TO PAY 8 CENTS" boxed cachet on back, Japanese Occupation cover to Syonan franked 3c & 5c Occupation issues (cover fault), etc. The Hong Kong is mainly of KGVI interest with frankings to $2. Poor to very fine. (Malaya 38/ Hong Kong 10). |
£150 |
|
1108 |
|
PACIFIC ISLANDS: An interesting group of KGV to mid 1970's covers & cards inc. Fiji with interest in KGVI registered items (Nabouwalu, Navua & Raki Raki handstamps), Solomons with KGVI 2/6d & 2/- (2) on covers, 1929 KGV franking to USA, Gilberts KGVI & QEII covers, (latter with frankings to 10/-), New Hebrides, Cook Is, Niue, Tonga (inc. Tin Can Mail 1934-38 (6), etc. Many attractive frankings. Fair to mainly fine. (59). |
£200 |
| ** |
1109 |
|
PACIFIC ISLANDS: Small group incl. 1934 Env. to U.S.A. franked with Gilbert & Ellice Islands 3d, 1934 Nauru env. (minor faults) to Australia registered at Pleasant Island bearing 'Century' ‡d to 3d values, and ordinary & registered 1947 FDCs from Norfolk Island. (10 covers). |
£44 |
|
1110 |
|
POLAR MAIL - SPITZBERGEN LOCAL ON CARD WITH "ADVENT BAY" & "Thalia" CANCELS: Fine 1909 PPC of Smeerenburg to Germany franked by Norway 10o red (tied by partly very fine two-ring "[ADVENT BAY]/SPITZBERGEN" cachet only) with very fine rare h.s. "Osterreichische Lloyd-Jacht/Thalia" cachet alongside (partly overstruck by v.fine Hammerfest P.O. two-ring c.d.s.) & franked in the other corner by the ship's special perf. "SPITZBERGEN" polar bear stamp in purple which is tied by two tiny "SPITZBERGEN" marks matching a central v.fine strike of the two-ring Advent Bay cachet. Rare thus. PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£150 |
|
1111 |
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POLAR MAIL - RED "DEUTSCHE SUDPOLAR EXPEDITION" LABEL & CACHET ON CARD POSTED FROM THE FALKLANDS: 1911 (10 Dec.) PPC of the Expedition's Ship "Deutschland" in port (creases) to Berlin franked at top right by the red Expedition label tied by very fine purple "Polarschiff Deutschland/Sud Georgien/Grytviken/10 Dezember 1911" ship's cachet, with Falkland Is. KEVII 1d in the opposite corner tied by a light two-ring South Georgia c.d.s. of 16th December. Rare & attractive.: PHOTO - |
£900 |
|
1112 |
|
U.S.A./INDIA: Pair of covers to the same addressee in Dorking, one bearing US 12c Washington defins. (2 - light toning) and with red "CHICAGO AM. PKT./3 PAID" & large OTTAWA d.s. plus (on reverse) Dorking arrival mark of 1 March 1860; the other ex India bearing 1a black/blued paper x 2 (additionally cancelled in ink) endorsed "Via Bombay/& Marseilles". A good pair. PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£90 |
|
1113 |
|
WEST INDIES: The large slightly duplicated collection of mainly QEII covers mostly with first day or special cancellations the better counties inc. Bermuda, Grenada, St. Lucia, Nevis, Barbados, Montserrat, St Vincent and Antigua. (Qty.). |
£260 |
|
1114 |
|
WEST INDIES: A large selection of QV-QEII covers from a variety of West Indies countries, with Grenada (7) postmark interest on KGV covers, St.Vincent (3) incl. QV 1d reply card, Barbados (14) good KGV-KGVI frankings including 1918 Registered to USA with War Tax 1d pair & 4d (SG.199), Caymans (2), St. Kitts Nevis (5) inc. 1937 2d & 2‡d on reg. OHMS cover to USA, Dominica (5) inc. War Tax ‡d (3 different on 1918 cover to London), Leewards QV 1d on 1901 cover from Dominica, 1943 KGVI 1/- & 2d on censored air cover to USA, St.Lucia (4 KGVI covers), British Honduras (8) inc. KGVI censored (3), Turks & Caicos (8 - mainly KGV frankings), British Guiana (12) with attractive KGVI & QEII airmail frankings, Virgin Is (6) & Montserrat (3) with KGV Leewards/Montserrat War Stamp combination cover. A most interesting lot - would admirably suit a Fairs dealer. (73 items). |
£200 |
|
1115 |
|
WEST INDIES: QV-QEII selection of covers with main interest in Jamaica with a few QV/KEVII (4), then 15 KGV covers including postmark interest - Alley & Bog Walk ( both on Registered envs. to USA), Watson Hill, Street Letter Box Montego Bay, Black River, Duncans, Green Island, Annotto Bay, Myrtle Bank, Constant Spring & Labyrinth. Then 17 KGVI covers with many censored, postmarks include - Myer's Wharf (on Fred Myers & Son envelope), Cross Roads (2), Stony Hill, Sav-La-Mar, Half-Way-Tree & Knockpatrick. A few QEII postcards. Also a useful range of Trinidad & Tobago. Condition fair to very fine. (Approx. 60). |
£150 |
|
1116 |
|
WEST INDIES: Small 1906-1984 selection of covers & cards from Bahamas & Bermuda, the former with good War Tax frankings & four Censored WWII items, the latter with interest in KG-KGVI frankings. Includes 2 covers bearing blocks of 10 x farthing adhesives to USA, 1923 Ireland Island c.d.s. on 2‡d franking to Texas, KGVI registered & censored, etc. Fair to mainly fine. (Approx. 50). |
£150 |
| WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY |
|
1117 |
|
MISCELLANY: The small group comprising eight Ocean letters (two of which are German) and one Ocean letter form, five ship letter telegrams (of which two have relevant message forms), four different Marconigram forms & one envelope, an unused US radiogram form and a Western Union "Bon Voyage" telegram to a ship in New York harbour. (23 items). |
£300 |
|
1118 |
|
MISCELLANY of covers and cards incl. pre-stamp part EL bearing s/l "Ship Letter" of Mauritius, wide range of mainly modern covers & cards with Paquebot cancellations, postmarks of unusual ports of call such as Christmas Island, Monrovia, Port Stanley, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha, maritime slogan cancellations & ships' cachets and early to modern PPCs depicting ships of all shapes & sizes. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1119 |
|
MISCELLANY: 1860-66 group of covers (usual filing creases) inc. 1860 EL ex N.York to Dublin "pr Asia" (photo-card of the ship included) with New York Packet d.s. & small Dublin Receiving d.s. on reverse, 1861 EL ex Edinburgh to New York with fine "PAID AT EDINBURGH" d.s. plus small "5/CENTS" & "PAID" h.s.'s in red, c1862 front from liverpool to New York with pair of 1/- greens (faults) tied by "466" numeral cancels, 1863 EL ex New York to France with a variety of transit handstamps, 1866 E ex Liverpool to New York franked with "LIVERPOOL/PLO" d.s. on reverse, 1895 pre-printed env. ex N.York to Belfast with 5c brown x 8 tied by duplex cancellations, etc. (10 items). |
£75 |
|
1120 |
|
MISCELLANY of 1834/9 Es/ELs with mostly fine to very fine large crowned oval Cape Town d.s.'s and fair to fine boxed "INDIA LETTER" marks of Deal, Penzance (torn) and Portsmouth, 1849 stampless official "PAID" (v. fine London crowned c.d.s.) on printed notice to Adelaide with superb "G…P…O/(crown) /SOUTH AUSTRALIA" arrival c.d.s. and 1852 front + top flap to Fingal (Tasmania) 'Per Amazon via Adelaide' with mostly fine oval "GENERAL POST OFFICE/(crown)/CAPE TOWN" mark and part "ADELAIDE/SOUTH AUSTRALIA" c.d.s. Also three 1730-66 Es to Macassar (2) and Batavia, probably all from Holland. (8 covers). |
£150 |
|
1121 |
|
ADEN: French 10c grey postal stationery postcard (slight toning) from 'Aden' in Sept., 1885 cancelled by a mainly fine and scarce French maritime "SUEZ PAQ.FR. No.7" d.s. in red of Ligne N's S.S. 'Saghalien' with a fine "ADEN" c.d.s. & mainly fine "SEA/POST OFFICE/D." c.d.s. alongside. Also off cover French 40c adhesive with a 75% strike in 1877 of the similar black no. 5 octagon d.s. of S.S. 'Yangtse'. [Ex Tom. Roberts]. (2 items). |
£150 |
|
1122 |
|
ARGENTINA: 1922-26 envelopes to Hamburg/San Francisco franked by 10c (tied by fine "N.Y." & BUENOS AIRES/SEA POST/S.S. PAN AMERICA" duplex) or German 3m pair (tied by superb oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/SUDAMERIKA/XXXVI" ship's datestamps with S.S. "Galicia" cachets) respectively. Plus attractive 1931 4pp leaflet of the "Societe Generale de Transports de Transports Maritimes a Vapeur" listing their Paquebot ships' itineraries for the West Africa/S.America routes. (3 items). |
£60 |
|
1123 |
|
ATLAS LINE: 1894 USA 5c postal stat. envelope to Jamaica with "per S.S. Adirondack" h.s., Browns Town arrival b.s., 1900 cover from Medellin (Colombia) to New York with 10c adhesive tied by barred cancel & red "ATHOS" h.s. & a 1901 cover to New York with Colombian 10c tied by violet "ALPS" h.s. and with "Paquebot NY 2nd Div" black h.s. alongside. A good trio. |
£100 |
|
1124 |
|
AUSTRIA - DANUBE STEAMSHIPS: Attrcative 1866 EL to Braila franked by a superb example of the 17k red (perf.12) cancelled by a crisp blue "CALAFAT" c.d.s.; vertical filing crease otherwise v.fine & scarce. Exhibition quality. PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£240 |
|
1125 |
|
AUSTRIA: 1909 official RP postcard of the ship "IMPERATOR" (mounting adhesion along r.h. side) addressed to Sweden, bearing Austrian 10h adhesive cancelled by a superb strike of the "IMPERATOR/OE.LLOYD" c.d.s. in red. Unusually fine for this. PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£300 |
|
1126 |
|
BRAZIL/EUROPE: Alfred Booth & Co. ships. 1879 cover from Manchester to Para franked with 4d sage green & endorsed "Augustine L'pool priv. s.s." - this was Booth's first vessel. Also two Brazil postal stat. cards being 1898 to Para "Por Hilary" & 1889 to Germany with violet h.s. "Pelo Vapor Hubert/Via Lisbon" (ship's name in manuscript). A good trio. |
£60 |
|
1127 |
|
CANADA: 1845 (14 Jan.) EL from Quebec to New York with v.fine crowned "PAID/AT/QUEBEC" h.s. alongside Quebec d.s. (both with light filing creases) plus "PAID" h.s. all in red. Attractive. |
£60 |
|
1128 |
|
CANADA: 1847 (29 Oct.) EL (horiz. filing crease clear of h.s.) from Montreal to Quebec with a fine strike of the rare red "STEAM -BOAT-LETTER-MONTREAL" d.s. plus Manitou Steamship Co. 1905 PPC from Chicago to Kent with coloured vignettes of a steamship plus interior views, a 1905 PPC from Georgetown (PEI) to London (some faults) depicting the ice-breaker S.S. "Stanley" and a coloured artist drawn advertising card for "Fall River Line" depicting the S.S. "Commonwealth". |
£70 |
|
1129 |
|
CANADA - ILLUSTRATED ALLAN LINE ENVELOPE: 1896 (9 July) env. from Toronto to Hamilton franked with Small Queen 3c illustrated with a very fine advertisement for "ALLAN LINE/ROYAL STEAMSHIPS" with vignette of a vessel, flowers, etc. all in deep purple. Very fine & attractive. PHOTO - |
£500 |
|
1130 |
|
CANADA - HALIFAX SUMMER CARNIVAL: 1896 (30 June) env. from Halifax to River Dennis franked with Small Queen 3c tied by a good strike of the first hammer squared circle. Illustrated with the advertisement for the "SUMMER/CARNIVAL/HALIFAX N.S." & overprinted at bottom left in maroon "FROM A.J. GRANT & CO.,/Hardware & Carriage Stock...etc.". Small cover faullts but scarce & extremely attractive. PHOTO - |
£240 |
|
1131 |
|
CANADA - HALIFAX SUMMER CARNIVAL: Similar illustrated Summer Carnival (no advert) 1896 env. from Halifax to Yarmouth (some toning to envelope) franked with Small Queen 3c tied by a fine strike of the first hammer squared circle. PHOTO - |
£180 |
|
1132 |
 |
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE - RARE AND SPECTACULAR 2/4d RATE, MULTIPLE 4d BLUE FRANKING ON COVER TO HOLLAND: 1859 (18 Feb.) E (some "indelible" crayon marks affect address/one side flap removed), endorsed "Per Steamer Dane. British & Foreign rate paid" and franked by two blocks of the 4d Blue (blocks of three and four; margins all round, the latter with ironed crease) all tied by light French Hoek "C/GH" triangular grids. Quite astonishing franking for the 2/4d rate; carried by the Union Line Steamer "Dane" which inaugurated the first reliable steam Packet service to the Cape in 1857. Although this cover was not carried on the maiden voyage it is one of the very few survivors addressed to Holland with a London transit mark that exists today. Very rare thus. Ex Caspary & Maxwell Joseph. PHOTO - |
£2500 |
|
1133 |
|
CHINA & HONG KONG MISCELLANY incl. c.1898 unposted PPC depicting a map of the area with a hand-written message in German, 1901 postcards to Germany cancelled by fine "KIAUTSCHOU/ DEUTSCHE POST" & "TSINGTAU/KIAUTSCHOU" c.d.s.'s, 1906 PPC of S.S. 'Namur' with Hong Kong 4c adhesive tied by H.K. c.d.s., 1908 official PPC of the steamer 'Taming' franked with Hong Kong KEVII 4c red adhesive tied by Victoria c.d.s., 1910 usage of official PPC (faults) of S.S. 'Changsha' and 1936 PPC of S.S. 'Ranchi' with G.B. KEVIII ‡d pair tied by very fine scarce boxed "PAQUEBOT" with matching "HONG-KONG" c.d.s. alongside. (9 cards). |
£120 |
|
1134 |
|
EGYPT - FRENCH POST OFFICES: 1844-1922 range of covers & cards with 1844 stampless EL's (2) with different Alexandria c.d.s., 1896 reg. E to London ex Port Said, several PPC''s inc. fine chromo-litho card of the S.S. "City of Athens", 1909 s/l "PAQUEBOT", etc. (19 items). |
£90 |
|
1135 |
|
FINLAND LINE: 1926 letter on Company notepaper enclosing a gift of official PPC's of the ships "Oihonna", "Arcturus" & "Poseidon" plus two scarce earlier (1910-11) official RP cards of the "Polaris" & "Arcturus" and a further fine 1935 RP card of the "Arcturus" under full steam (postage due stamp/h.s.). In addition, a 1921 letter on three sheets of illustrated "Tralleborg Sassnitz Line" notepaper (S.S. "Konung Gustaf V") & a 1912 PPC with Fra Sverige h.s. with Swedish stamp cancelled at Helsinki. (10 items). |
£120 |
|
1136 |
|
FRANCE/INDIA: 1854 (24 July) EL from Paris to "Dugshaie, Simla, Bengal" (to a British Officer of the 22nd Regiment) endorsed "via Bombay par de Malle des Indes via Marseilles" franked by an attractive pair of the 1849 Ceres 1f (close to wide margins all round but just touched at bottom left) tied by grid roller and the top of a fine "PARIS" c.d.s. with a mostly fine boxed "CALCUTTA/STEAM LETTER/Bearing" d.s on the flap. Rare thus. Exhibition quality. Note: This letter is number 8 of the Warren Hastings Anderson "find" written from father to son & discovered in 1980. PHOTO - |
£1500 |
|
1137 |
|
FRANCE: 1859 EL to Florence with 20c & 40c (oxidised) cancelled by Marseille PC1896 & additionally tied by c.d.s. of the "Pausilippe" with date slug removed - an anomaly described by Salles (II.117). A scarce item. PHOTO - |
£240 |
|
1138 |
|
FRANCE - LIGNE DU LEVANT - "INDUS": 1862 part EL ex Fribourg (Baden) via Marseilles to Constantinople, endorsed "par Messageries Maritimes" & franked by imperf. 10c & 40c with anchor cancels, "Indus" c.d.s. of 20th September. Also an E (filing crease) carried by the ship in the reverse direction & sent on to London, franked by 20c & 40c imperf. with ship's c.d.s. of 27 November 1862. A good matched paair. |
£90 |
|
1139 |
|
FRANCE - LIGNE DE LEVANT - "BORYSTHENE" & "CYDNUS": 1863 unstamped E ex Constantinople to Psris with Borysthene's c.d.s. (inverted "3" in year) with 10c due h.s. - the ship served one voyage on this line. Also 1858 EL EX Constantinople to Marseilles with 10c & 40c (oxidised) tied by Anchor lozenges & fine strikes of the Cydnus c.d.s. & the scarcer large boxed "PAQUEBOTS/DE/LA/MEDITERRANEE" h.s. Ex Roberts. |
£75 |
|
1140 |
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FRANCE - "VIA DI MARE" CANCELLATION: 1864 EL (light filing fold) ex Marseilles to Livorno, endorsed "par L'Isere" & franked with Napoleon perforated 40c (slight oxidisation) tied by a fine strike of the s/l Italian "VIA/DI MARE" (Salles 663) with a second strike alongside. Unframed "P.D." plus Italian Postman's h.s. Scarce. Ex Roberts. PHOTO - |
£260 |
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1141 |
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FRANCE - SERVICE DE NICE: 1864-68 pair of covers (filing folds) to Beziers/Nice ex Genoa, carried by the Genoa-Nice Service, each franked by Italian 40c red cancelled by PC or GC 2656 with "GENES/BAT. A VAPEUR" c.d.s. in red. Salles 475. A fine matched pair. Ex Roberts. PHOTO - |
£240 |
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1142 |
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FRANCE - LIGNE DU LEVANT - "MENZALEH": 1866 Matched pair comprising Marseilles-Athens large part E with double weight franking of perforated 20c & 80c tied by neat anchor lozenge with fine ship's c.d.s. plus EL to Lyon ex Constantinople with 40c orange, anchor cancel & ship's c.d.s. carried on the return journey. Ex Roberts. |
£150 |
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1143 |
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FRANCE - LIGNES U & W: 2 covers carried by 'Godavery' namely 1866 Ligne 'U' EL to Constantinople franked with 40c adhesive cancelled by "PAQ.FR.No. 2" c.d.s. and 1868 Ligne 'W' E from Marseilles to Naples franked with 2 x 20c adhesives cancelled by anchor lozenge with mainly fine strike of "PAQ.FR. No. 2" c.d.s. and encircled "IV" h.s. below. Also further 1868 Ligne 'W' EL from Marseilles but this time carried by 'Pausilippe' to Rome and franked with 10c & 2 x 20c Empire LaurÈ adhesives cancelled by anchor obiterators with fair strike of "LIGNE W/PAQ.FR.No.1" c.d.s. on the front and superb "ROMA/ (date)/VIA DI MARE" arrival mark on top flap. [Ex Roberts]. (3 covers). |
£65 |
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1144 |
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FRANCE - LIGNE U - "ILLISSUS": 1868 E (vertical filing fold) to Constantinople ex Marseilles, franked with 20c Laureated pair (few rust marks on perfs) cancelled by anchor lozenge with "LIGNE U/PAQ. FR. No.1" c.d.s. alongside. Ex Roberts. |
£60 |
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1145 |
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FRANCE - LIGNE U - "ERIDAN": 1872 E ex Marseilles to Athens franked with Napoleon Laureated 30c x 2, cancelled by blue anchor lozenges with matching TYpe A c.d.s. of "LIGNE U/PAQ. FR. No.1/29 JUIN/1872" & boxed "PD". Also 1909 PPC of SS "Senegal" in the harbour at Piraeus. Ex Roberts. |
£150 |
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1146 |
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FRANCE - LIGNE U - "TIBRE": 1872 front ex Smyrna to France franked with a strip of four Ceres 15c bistre (one with small fault) tied by four crisp anchor cancels & with c.d.s. "PAQ.FR.No.1" of the "Tibre"; unusually with boxed "AFFRANCHISEMENT INSUFFISANT" & m/s "4" charge, being underpaid for the 80c rate. Ex Roberts. |
£75 |
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1147 |
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FRANCE - LIGNE N STEAMERS: 1879 Egyptian 20p brown postal stationery card from Suez cancelled by two fair strikes of Type A c.d.s. "PAQ.FR. No.10" (Anadyr) and a pair of Suez Canal PPCs with the adhesives cancelled by fine to v. fine strikes of the octagonal Type D d.s. of "PAQ.FR. No.6" (PolynÈsien) and "No.10" (Laos). [Ex Roberts]. (3 cards). |
£120 |
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1148 |
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GERMANY: 1897 Scarce chromo-litho PPC depicting the 'Prinzessin Heinrich' and a young lady waving from the shore; the card was sent from Cuxhaven to Blankenburg and bears a superb strike of the ship's rubber cachet "Auf hoher See/2 SEP. 97/An Bord/des/Schelldampfers/Prinzessin Heinrich". Elusive and attractive. |
£65 |
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1149 |
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GERMAN MARITIME MAIL: Rare 1901 (13 June) PPC of Singapore sent to Germany with a fine "KAIS . DEUTSCHE/MARINE/SCHIFFSPOST/No.35" of the S.M.S. "Weissenburg" en route back from China. Ex Fritz Muller. |
£75 |
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1150 |
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GERMANY/G.B.: Fine chromo-litho card of Eddystone Lighthouse with liner in the background used to England & put ashore at Colombo (March 1903 - stamp removed) with a partial strike of the Seepost Asiatische h.s.; also chromo-litho card of a liner in Southampton Water with Netley Hospital in the background, used to Scotland with fine Aug. 1904 "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST/ASIASTISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/b" c.d.s. The cards were designed by Eckenbrecker. Fine. (2 cards). |
£70 |
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1151 |
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GERMANY - WWI: c1917 env. (slightly reduced at top) to Hamburg franked by Germania 20pf & 25pf (former with missing corner) both pen-cancelled with m/s "Schiffspost No. 87" & Marine/Schiffspost" registration label & censor cachet. Reverse has an S.M.S. "Grosser Kurfust" h.s. Ex Roberts. |
£60 |
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1152 |
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GERMANY - DAMPER "REGINA" S/L CANCELLATION: 1921Env. to Finland ex Stettin franked by Germania 20pf (corner fault) & 1m, both pen-cancelled, tied by oval cachets of "RUD. CHRIST. GRIBEL/STETTIN" & by s/l ship's cachet D."Regina" in violet. Vertical fold but a scarce & attractive item. Ex Roberts. PHOTO PLATE 18 |
£150 |
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1153 |
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GIBRALTAR: 1861 (2 Dec.) EL to Lisbon bearing GB 2d blue tied by "A26" cancel & with h.s. "C.Est.de N" alongside. At SW corner is a lovely oval h.s. of the senders - "LIVERPOOL & MEDITERRANEAN/CARVER BROTHERS/AGENTS/GIBRALTAR/SCREW STEAMERS". An unusual Exhibition piece. |
£150 |
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1154 |
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INDIA/EGYPT - WAGHORN COVER FROM CALCUTTA TO FRANCE WITH THE OVAL SUEZ CACHET: 1840 (16 Nov.) EL to Bordeaux "By Overland" with a most attractive very fine strike of the oval "Care of/Mr.Waghorn/Suez" mark (initialled "G.D." [for] "S.S." - for Samuel Smith & Co.), nicely placed on the front beside a v.fine red boxed "INDIA" & a mostly v. fine red boxed "PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDITERRANEE" (slight glue mark). There is a faint Malta Lazaretto mark & a red boxed "STEAMER POSTAGE/INLAND DO./TOTAL" mark on the flap. It is rare to find so attractive a Waghorn cover. True Exhibition quality. With Heddergott 1994 Certificate. PHOTO - |
£1800 |
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1155 |
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INDIA/EGYPT - THOMAS WAGHORN SIGNED LETTER: c1845 letter on one side of folded sheet (minor wear - no address wrapper) headed "Thursday" & sent to "C.R.Smith Esq." ref. a meeting at Snodland on "Saturday", clearly signed "Thomas Waghorn". Rare autograph letter from this famous pioneer of the Anglo-India mail route via Egypt. |
£300 |
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1156 |
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INDIA/MAURITIUS: 1857 cover to Mauritius from Calcutta franked with two India ‡a blue adhesives endorsed "pr Fort William" (of the soon to be defunct "Linsay Line"), Crowned Mauritius GPO arrival mark, also an 1872 cover ex Liverpool to La Guayra franked by GB 6d & endorsed "Per Ada Wilson" (Preston Shipbuilding Co.) manuscript annotation inside of receipt on August 2nd. Latter with central file fold otherwise fine. |
£100 |
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1157 |
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JAPAN: Rare "Ship Box" (Senkan) mark on an 1886 1s postal stat. card from Yokkaaido to Yokohama - some light soiling but an extremely scarce item. |
£150 |
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1158 |
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MEXICO: 1834 EL from Edinburgh to a British soldier at "Guanapicata, Mexico" but routed via Liverpool Agent to avoid postage, plus an unpaid 1864 E (faults - ex Robertson) from Tampico (blue firm's cachet on front) to France with boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s. (Rob.S18) on reverse & boxed "GB/1F60c" Accountancy mark on the front. Plus fine c1930 unused Official "WARD LINE" PPC of the S.S. "Morro Castle" & a 1911 piece with German 20pf tied by v.fine oval "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG-MEXICO/VIII" d.s. (4 items). |
£75 |
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1159 |
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PANAMA: 1840 (Oct.) EL (some creasing) from Panama to London with a very faint red oval "PANAMA/FRANCO" mark on the front beside various m/scharges & a very fine scarce "KINGSTON/SHIP LETTER" c.d.s. (crease). Unusual routing via Jamaica. PHOTO - see plate no. |
£200 |
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