| MISCELLANEOUS WORLD WIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
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1459 |
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CARTON containing the extensive accumulation of World-wide covers & postal stationery items. Well worth a look. (1,000+). |
£120 |
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1460 |
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SMALL BOX containing a worldwide miscellany of covers & cards c1880-1970, with interesting items noted inc. 1930 Latvia insured E, Morocco Agencies 1912 5c wrapper, 1894 Chester pictorial hotel E with fine squared circle d.s., WWI French Red cross booklets, WWII censored covers with Lebanon,Bulgaria, Iran etc., Spanish Civil War, various postage due covers inc. Eritrea & Ceylon, 1932 S.Africa pictorial airmail, stationery, FDCs etc. Worth inspection. (Qty). |
£80 |
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1461 |
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MISCELLANY of largely stampless mail inc. 1813 EL from S.Carolina to Edinburgh with red boxed step-type "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" (early & an exceptional strike), 1813 EL ex Halifax, Nova Scotia with black oval "SHIP LETTER/(crown)/PORTSMOUTH" (very good strike), 1858 EL from Canjada to Kirkby Stephen with fine two-line "BY CANADIAN/PACKET", etc. (11 items). |
£100 |
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1462 |
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MISCELLANY - WWII POW, IRISH PRESTAMP, ETC.; 1841-1960 covers inc. scarce 1841 stampless EL from "KILMACTHOMAS" (Ireland) to a Princess in France, 1902 "Bray" usage of the KEVII 1d letter-card addressed by attached Cigarette Card with autograph of the Drama Critic in the card's photo, 1944 GB env. to "DJIBOUTI, FRENCH SOMALILAND", scarce 1946 POW PC with "FLAXLEY GREEN CAMP RUGELEY STAFFS, ENGLAND" cachet, etc. (23 covers). |
£65 |
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1463 |
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MISCELLANY: Covers from Malta (2, 1844 to Livorno & 1845 to Leghorn, Constantinople (2) inc. one to "Brighthelmstone" (Brighton) & 1853 Constantinople to Malta. (5). |
£60 |
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1464 |
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MISCELLANY: Shoebox with worldwide selection of covers & cards inc. interesting Canada from Small Queens to WWII censored covers, S.Africa inc. fiscal use of postage stamps, Antarctic, some better Africa, commercial Japanese & Korean mail, censored, postage due etc. Worth inspection. (Qty). |
£120 |
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1465 |
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MISCELLANY: Shoe-box containing worldwide covers inc. a good range of paquebot h.s.(7 inc. fine Malta (1917) & Gibraltar (c1912) examples on PPCs), 1906 PPC to Hopeh with China 4c due, small group (4) GB PPCs with skeleton d.s., 'Centurion' salvaged wreck cover, UK Forces mail inc. 1944 Sicily card with two RAF censors & BFPO/Christmas Island (1957) cover, 1941 censored Malta cover (faults), GB 1935 Jubilee stamp booklets (incomplete) etc. (Qty). |
£120 |
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1466 |
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MISCELLANY: Shoebox with mix of worldwide commercial covers c1900-50 inc. GB 1909 Imperial Exhibition souvenir miniature mailbag with parcel tag postally used, scarce reg'd packet label (1936) with 'HVP' sticker , 1930s customs tags (5) with various combinations of dues to 2/6d etc. Also 1906-07 S.Nigeria & BCA reg'd Es to London, WWII censored mail inc. Ireland & forces mail in Egypt, airgraphs, telegrams etc. An interesting original lot. (Qty). |
£120 |
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1467 |
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MISCELLANY: Shoe-box containing an interesting mix of covers & cards c1900-65 inc. unused KVVI 3d POW postcard and India 4a airmail poostcard, WWII censored items inc. India, S.Africa, Germany & Switzerland, GB KGV part booklet panes on cover, spectacular 'Germania' franking on 1923 inflation E, good stationery items inc. French pneumatic mail cards, FDCs etc. Also a small qty of stamps in packets, Germany 1961 booklet (D¸rer) etc. (Qty). |
£75 |
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1468 |
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MISCELLANY: Carton containing a commercial company archive c1920-45 (some earlier) with covers from France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, GB etc. with better items noted inc. China, reg'd, express, censored, airmail, postage due, FPO etc. Unfortunately affected by damp & dust but much useful material remains. Mixed condition. (Many 100s). |
£150 |
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1469 |
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MISCELLANY: 1939 Crash cover ex N.Zealand with two-line 'SALVAGED MAIL/EX.CENTURION' (type b) in magenta and London Returned Letter Section sealing label on reverse. Also 1915 KGV 1d stamp franking cover to London, with 'NAPOLI PORTO=ESTERO' c.d.s. & s/l 'PAQUEBOTS' plus 1896 Japanese stationery card to London, written on board HMS 'Centurion' off Yokohama.A useful trio. (3 items). |
£75 |
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1470 |
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AFRICA - FDC'S AND SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE COVERS ETC: The duplicated accumulation of FDC's and special covers inc. mainly Rhodesia but with a little Kenya, Nigeria and Basutoland, Zanzibar and S. Rhodesia. (Qty.). |
£180 |
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1471 |
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AFRICA - SCARCER POSTAL STATIONERY, 1895-98: Trio of scarcer postal stationery cards, all used to London, inc. Mashonaland 1‡d card with ‡d uprating ex Bulawayo, Niger Coast Protectorate opt on GB 1d card used ex Old Calabar River with Liverpool Packet c.d.s. and British Central Africa 2d card ex Zomba with indistinct cancellation. (3 items). |
£75 |
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1472 |
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AFRICA: c1900-65 Group of (mainly) commercial covers inc. Sierra Leone uprated reg'd E to USA (1919) & 1942 Freetown WAASC E with Army Signals c.d.s. (Code A, unrecorded); KUT KGVI £1 on 1954 reg'd E, various early QEII reg'd frankings of Swaziland, Somaliland, Basutoland etc. A useful lot. (27 items). |
£100 |
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1473 |
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AFRICA - WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS: Group of unusual covers inc. S.Rhodesia pair, one with 'PASSED/DE/9' censor & 'V' label, the other with RN 'gratitude' label, N.Rhodesia War Savings label, Gold Coast 2 different 'Spitfires Fund' labels on pair of censored covers with tape or h.s.(6 & 8) plus Egyptcensored E to USA with 'British Community War Fund' label. A good group. (6 items). |
£80 |
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1474 |
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ANTARCTIC: The interesting group of post 1940 covers from BAT, Falklands & Deps., S.Georgia, etc. with a good range of frankings, postal markings & cachets. A fair number of philatelic items noted but a very useful group with some unusual covers in evidence. (Approx. 80). |
£200 |
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1475 |
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AVIS DE RECEPTION ("AR") COVERS: A fascinating collection of covers from a very wide range of countries (38), mostly post-1960 but with a few earlier items noted. Twenty five of the covers are accompanied by the original card, nine of them are Express and the most featured country is Singapore. A very unusual accumulation. (Approx. 120). |
£120 |
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1476 |
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FAR EAST - PATRIOTIC COVERS (MALAYA & SHANGHAI) : 1916 3-Colour 'tiger' franking ex Ipoh to USA with fine multicoloured Red Cross label; 1940-41 group of 5 Es inc. 3 with different censors, two different sizes of Malaya Patriotic Fund label, 'V' cancellations etc. Also two covers ex Shanghai with fine examples of the large 'War Effort Stamp' on the reverse, one with additional FAC. (8 items). |
£80 |
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1477 |
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FORWARDING AGENT - RED OVAL CARTAGENA F.A.C. COVER TO U.S.: 1856 EL from Barranquilla to New York per the ship 'Momerrate' having no postal marks but a very fine red oval-framed "FORWARDED BY/RAMON LEON SANCHEZ/CARTAGENA, N[UEVA]. G[RENADA]." cachet well placed on the front. A fine and scarce cover. |
£75 |
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1478 |
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MIDDLE EAST: Selection of mainly post-1960s covers, mainly commercial, inc. Bahrain KGVI 10r on 10/-1956 12a on 1/3d reg'd ex Doha plus another with Qatar opts., various airmail & reg'd covers ex Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Bahrain, Dubai, Fujeira, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAR, Yemen etc. (65 items). |
£120 |
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1479 |
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POLAR MAIL - RED "DEUTSCHE SUDPOLAR EXPEDITION" LABEL & CACHET ON CARD POSTED FROM THE FALKLANDS WITH EIGHT AUTOGRAPHS OF EXPEDITION MEMEBERS: 1911 (30 Nov.) PPC of the Expedition's Ship "Deutschland" to Berlin (part address excised) franked at top left by the red Expedition label tied by fine purple "Polarschiff Deutschland/Sud Georgien/Grytviken/30 November" and with Falkland Islands 1d red in the opposite corner tied by a light two-ring "SOUTH GEORGIA" c.d.s. of 6 December. The card is signed to the picture side by seven of the crew (including Vahsel who died en route & gave his name to Vahsel Bay) and written by an eighth. Rare & attractive. Ex Lord Leathers. PHOTO - see plate |
£1000 |
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1480 |
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POSTAL STATIONERY - AFRICA: Four scarce used stationery cards inc. 1958 Bechuanaland ‡d card uprated with 1d imprint, KGV Basutoland ‡d card with 1936 'ROMA MISSION' cancellation plus 1933 usage to Germany of the 1d card with additional ‡d stamp and KGVI 1d card used locally ex Teyateyaneng. (4 items). |
£70 |
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1481 |
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RED CROSS & PATRIOTIC FUND LABELS, WEST INDIES, 1941-42: An interesting selection of covers from a range of territories inc. Jamaica with Rd Cross fund & St Dunstan's labels, scarce Caymans War Fund aeroplane label alongside yellow censor label, Dominica censored Red Cross, scarce 2-line 'Bomber Fund' slogan h.s. (Trinidad), fine bulldog design E express cover ex B.Guiana etc. (10 items). |
£100 |
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1482 |
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SOUTH EAST ASIA - BHUTAN & KASHMIR: An unusual group of commercial covers inc. c1930 Kashmir local reg'd item ex Yatke with 4-colour franking of the Siva design, multi-franked reg'd air cover to USA (1961) plus 6 others; also Bhutan 1956 cover to Kalimphong with ºr blue postal fiscal tied by seal cancellation, 1976 Thimphu E with cachet of Tibetan Refugee Relief Office plus 5 others inc. reg'd and a couple of Pakistan covers. (17 items). |
£70 |
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1483 |
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WEST INDIES, 1887-1979: Selection of cards & covers inc. fine & attractive Grenada (1901) 2d reg'd env. with QV 1d stamp ex St Patrick's to London, Antigua 1‡d postcard to Switzerland, 1908 card to Germany, KGV 2d or 3d reg'd envs. 1923-29 with 4d or 3d uprating, one with oval rubber cachet of the Antigua PO on the reverse plus 4 post-war covers. (10 items). |
£90 |
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1484 |
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WEST INDIES - THE 'SAINTS', 1888-1958: Group of covers with emphasis on KGV reg'd Es, inc. St.Kitts 1888 1d postcard with 'A12' cancel to Dominica & KGV reg'd Es (2 sizes); St Lucia uprated ‡d wrapper to Trinidad & 4 reg'd Es, St Vincent pair of 2d reg'd Es with 2‡d or 3d uprating to USA etc. (13 items). |
£120 |
| WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY |
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1485 |
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MISCELLANY: Small group compising 8 Ocean letters (2 being German) and an Ocean letter form, 5 ship letter telegrams (2 having relevant message forms), 4 different Marconigram forms and an env., an unused U.S. radiogram form and Western Union 'Bon Voyage' telegram to a ship in New York harbour. (23 items). |
£200 |
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1486 |
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MISCELLANY with "PAQUEBOT" (3) & other markings on covers carried on the High Seas inc. "RMSP ANDES/1 AUG 1928/POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS", 1854 "COLOMBO STEAMER LETTER", "M.V. WILLIAM WILBERFORCE" (signed by Purser) & "POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS", cachet. (8). |
£120 |
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1487 |
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CARIBBEAN, 1793-1845: Small group of stampless ELs to London, France or New York inc. (1793) to the French Consul at N.York from Cap FranÁais (Guadeloupe) from the directeur des fortifications des isles sous le vent seeking residence following the destruction of the town; mail from Cuba & Puerto Rico with various FACs inc. Baring Bros.(London), Fischer & Co. (Havre) & Daniel Curtis (New York), s/l ANGLETERRE etc. Faults but an interesting group. (7 items). |
£70 |
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1488 |
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THE BRITISH PACKET BOAT 'HORNET' MISSES THE MAILS AT MONTEVIDEO : ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE (1836) small, manuscript archive on 13 pages of official writing paper 13" x 8", comprising : a) Autograph letter signed, 21 April 1836, from the British Consul, Thomas Samuel Hood, notifying Rear Admiral Sir Graham Hamond that the 'Hornet' had failed to collect the mails when departing from Montevideo. b) Further, lengthy A.L.S., 13 June 1836 from Hood to the Admiral describing the circumstances and enclosing copy and translation of related letter from the Montevideo Postmaster General. Providing most interesting and detailed information on the working of a 'branch' packet boat. Diplomatic correspondence with no postal markings. |
£80 |
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1489 |
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PIONEER TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER COVER - ENDORSED "PER SIRIUS" FROM NEW YORK TO LONDON VIA FALMOUTH ON THE MAIDEN WEST-TO-EAST VOYAGE; 1 May 1838 EL (the two halves separated to assist display of internal heading beside the address-panel and arrival marks) from "New York" to London clearly endorsed "Pr. Sirius" with a mostly very fine red boxed downward-step-type "SHIP LETTER/FALMOUTH" mark on the top flap beside a very fine red London 21 May arrival c.d.s. This letter was carried on the First West-to-East Crossing of the Atlantic made by a Steamship, the S.S. "Sirius". Page One Item for any serious collection of Steamship Mails and an essential item for any Maritime/Transatlantic P.H. Collection. Very rare; few known. [Ex Jack Arnell.] PHOTO. |
£750 |
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1490 |
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MEDITERRANEAN NAVAL MAIL, 1920-23: Three covers & letters to Cornwall from a naval rating on tour in the Eastern Mediterranean , written on board HMS 'Ramilles' or HMS 'Emperor of India', inc. 'On Service Afloat' E with mainly fine strike ofthe very scarce skeleton c.d.s. 'ARMY POST OFFICE/TPO 1' of the Haidar Pasha courrier service, plus another with a weak strike; in one letter he mentions cruising off Lemnos. ( 3 items). |
£80 |
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1491 |
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SCANDINAVIA: The extensive accumulation of covers & postal stationery items (no FDC's) from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway & Sweden, all individually priced in plastic protective covers (PTSA c£1,800). Would suit Fairs dealer. (Approx. 400). |
£600 |
| MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY |
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1492 |
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1838 EL (faded address & some creasing) from Bangalore to Glasgow with near fine red "MADRAS/SHIP LETTER/FREE" c.d.s. on reverse & a very fine strike of the rare "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" on the obverse. |
£60 |
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1493 |
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BOER WAR: 1900 (4.Dec.) registered cover to London with 1d lilac (3) franking tied by two strikes of the large rubber FPO 92 (Braamfontein) c.d.s. - a month earlier than recorded - with a third strike on the reverse. Also a small group of fronts & pieces with various FPO cancellations, Press Censor cover and a countersigned OHMS env. ex Kuruman. (7 items). PHOTO - see plate no. |
£80 |
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1494 |
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WWI - SERVICE SUSPENDED MAIL, ETC.: The interesting group of Returned Mail inc. 1914 1d postal stationery card to Bremen with boxed violet "To be returned to sender/at the address shown on cover/ Returned from/Returned Letter Section, London" and large violet "UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.S.", 1914 ‡d postal stat. card to Hamburg uprated with ‡d adhesive with a further example of the aforementioned boxed cachet and an unboxed "UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.S.", 1914 1d postal stationery card to Leipzig with the same two cachets plus a black/blue "OPENED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER" label, 1918 censored cover to Moscow with black boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED", etc. (13 items). |
£120 |
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1495 |
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WWI - TELEGRAPHS etc.: Group of Telegraph forms etc. inc. 1915 O.H.M.S. env. to 'Duchy of Cornwall Office, Buckingham Palace' with 2 large "ARMY TELEGRAPH" d.s.'s on back, 1918 env. from "H.Q./No.88/LABOUR GROUP" to 84th Labour Co. carried by despatch rider with several "ARMY/ SIGNALS" & "ARMY TELEGRAPHS" c.d.s.'s on reverse and two "WEEKEND TELEGRAM" envs. registered and complete with contents. (35 items). |
£90 |
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1496 |
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WWI - IRAQ: Bundle of covers from & to H.St.J Philby, political agent in Basra, Baghdad & Amara, many endorsed 'On Field Service IEF D' or with Indian stamps cancelled at Base PO 'D', many with IFPO c.d.s. backstamps, one or two forwarded to Kuwait.(35 items). |
£150 |
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1497 |
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WWI - PATRIOTIC & CENSORED COVERS: WWI YMCA 'Emergency Fund' label on 1915 OAS PPC plus 1916 E with War Relief pictorial label; also WWII censored Es with a variety of patriotic labels, unusual 'British Sailors' Society' Home Front utility label re-used E with 'BSS' perfin stamp plus 1938 local E with anti-Japanese trade label. (9 items). |
£80 |
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1498 |
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WWI - IRAQ: Group of covers addressed to the UK (1916), endorsed 'On Field Service IEF 'D' 'and countersigned by H.St J. Philby, Assistant Political Officer at Baghdad, each sealed with a green label 'OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW' and an IFPO c.d.s. An unusual lot. (7 items). |
£100 |
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1499 |
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WWI - EAST AFRICA: Small group of covers from Indian Army in East Africa incl. scarce I.F.P.O. 306 both on 1917 O.A.S. card and on 1917 E to Mesopotamia (latter also with s/l & c.d.s. plus fine violet boxed censor mark of Dar-es-Salaam), I.F.P.O. 304 on creased 1916 cover with fine Tanga censor mark, No.343 on 1916 G.E.A. PPC, Base Office B (1918) and two unidentified O.A.S. items from Mombasa (1916) and Nairobi (1918). [7 items]. |
£75 |
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1500 |
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WWI MISCELLANY: Small group of unusal items inc. 5 Es (1918-19) with IFPO 47 (4) or 85 c.d.s. [later annotation: 'black Sea Expedition']; trio of Oct/Nov. 1918 covers ex India / Colombo Paquebot annotated '9th Hampshires ...for Siberia'; also 1912 cover much redirected within India, with Kasauli semicircular due h.s & Bombay DLO. ( 8 items). |
£80 |
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1501 |
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R.A.F. OFFICIAL COVER EX CONSTANTINOPLE: 1923 (2. October) long OHMS env. addressed to the Accounts Office at RAF No 8 Squadron, Baghdad, endorsed in red ink 'For onward Transmission by AIR Cairo - Baghdad' and with receipt endorsement 'Received from AO 208 Squadron Constantinople' on reverse. Unusual. |
£100 |
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1502 |
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WWII CONCENTRATION CAMP MAIL - SACHSENHAUSEN-ORANIENBURG: Two different types of printed envelope from the Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Camp, addressed to Berlin (25 Nov.- 8.Dec.), the 12pf stamps cancelled by c.d.s. or pictorial Sommerfest d.s. of Oranienburg, with 3-line or circular swastika censor h.s.; slight top edge wear otherwise fine. (2 items). |
£70 |
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1503 |
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WWII TELEGRAPHS etc.: Large group of internal GB covers impressed with 'ARMY SIGNALS' cachets + small selection of similarly impressed covers addressed overseas inc. stampless 1942 env. from a colonel in East Africa to War Office in London endorsed 'Fast Air Mail', 1943 airmail env. to a corporal at R.A.F. Khartoum franked with 5d & 10d adhesives with v. fine "ARMY SIGNALS" bridge type cachet on back, 1942 stampless cover to Governor of Kenya's A.D.C. with various cachets, much travelled 1943 env. with many cachets inc. large violet "SECRET" + many other covers. Also a smaller group of WWII Telegraphs concerning South African forces in Egypt re. Tobruk Campaign etc. + original research notes. (Small Qty.). |
£120 |
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1504 |
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WWII PATRIOTIC COVERS: A group of interesting covers, mostly WWII censored commercial mail, with patriotic labels or cancellations inc. Canada (6 with 'V' cancellations / h.s.), N.Zealand 1915 ‡d 'WAR STAMP' plus 2‡d on cover to Italy with 'Poverty Bay' label, Iraq pair with red 'V' h.s. or scarce War Fund label, superb War Relief label on Philippine cover, Mexico pair etc. ( 15 items). |
£150 |
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1505 |
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WWII CENSORED MAIL: Small group of British Empire covers with scarcer censor marks inc. St Helena 'PASSED BY CENSOR/(CROWN)/No 2496' (1941) & boxed '(CROWN)/VV...(1)' (1944) plus 1957 cover; St Kitts s/l red censor (18.9.39) - said to be earliest date; Sarawak triangular 'PASSED FOR/TRANSMISSION/5' of Kanowit with unusual label and 1940 Seychelles PPC with 3-line censor h.s. (6 items). |
£120 |
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1506 |
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WWII - EAST AFRICA - P.o.W. MAIL: Scarce group of letter-sheets from Italian P.o.Ws. detained in East Africa incl. 1942 pair ex Camp 357 with "P.O.W./E.A.C." c.d.s. and boxed censor marks 018 & 209, two 1944 letters each with a different violet 'AIR MAIL' h.s. and red "POSTAGE PAID" franks from Camps 356 & 365 and scarce civilian env. to Italy with boxed "REFUGEE/CAMP No.1", "Passed by Censor/B.7" & Italian censor mark/re-sealing tape. (5 items). |
£100 |
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1507 |
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WWII SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES: Unusual group inc. KGVI 3d reg'd Es (2) addressed to Basutoland with FPO 658 (8/43) & 555 (11/45) c.d.s., one with sender's address in '1939 Basuto Coy.' MEF; undated OAS env. to Jo'burg with fine oval 'BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE GROUP/A.A.P.C.' plus 1943 SA 'honour' E ex Kenya with two EAFPO d.s. and two censors. An interesting llot. (4 items). |
£100 |
| WORLD-WIDE AIRMAILS |
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1508 |
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MISCELLANY, 1911-75: Binder containing a large qty. of flown covers with emphasis on GB - better items inc. KGV Windsor flight card, railway air services & Scottish Islands flights, 1948 helicopter mail, 1930s transatlantic flights (inc. Eire); also other items inc. poor 1911 Allahabad E, 'Calpurnia' & Prestwick crash covers, earlier Switzerland, PNG, Canada & S.Africa plus a handful of zeppelin covers inc. GZ Englandfahrt & round-the-world flight to Japan (fault) etc. A useful group. (126 items). |
£150 |
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1509 |
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CHILE - TESTART: 1927 Group of five covers (slight faults) flown between Santiago & Valparaiso and each bearing one of the 'Testart' surcharges in conjunction with one ot two other adhesives in each case. These surcharges are rare on cover, especially in a full set. (5 covers). PHOTO - see plate |
£360 |
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1510 |
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CHILE - CRASH MAIL: 1937 Env. to U.S.A. franked with 2p airmail adhesive, two other stamps having been washed away, with black four line "Recovered from/Plane N.C. 15065/Aug.3, 1937/Cristobal, C. Z." cachet. This cover was carried on the Panagra Sikorsky S.43 which crashed at Cristobal, Canal Zone. |
£60 |
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1511 |
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CHINA: 1938 First flight Kweiyang to Hong Kong. A cover intended for the inaugral flight on the Hong Kong - Chungking route in December 1937. The return flight missed out Kweiyang and the covers that had been prepared were held until the flight actually took place on May 17th 1938. Thus the cover is cancelled on 16th Dec 1937 and backstamped at Kwieyang in January & twice in February when the flight was expected. An arrival backstamp of Hong Kong is dated 18 may 1938. Only 68 covers were carried and only 48 bear the fancy cachet in Chinese commemorating the flight. One for the specialist. PHOTO - see plate |
£120 |
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1512 |
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CHINA: 1939-57 A group of 4 covers, with 1939 from the Greek Consulate in Konigsberg Germany to Shanghai with airmail label obliterated at Hong Kong(McQueen 243), a 1939/40 cover from a French Infantryman at TienTsin to France with French & Hong Kong censor tapes, "AV2" pencilled and Military cachet struck on reverse and a blue-green circular "Air Transit/6" cachet on front. An opened out 1946 "V-Mail" letter from Shanghai with USA 3c adhesive (cancelled in London) and China defins cancelled Shanghai, redirected from Holland to Cheltenham. Violet cachet on reverse "RECEIVED/23 MAY 1946/U.N.R.R.A./MAIL UNIT". Also a 1957 Hong Kong aerogramme with "Hong Kong" deleted, from Peking (Swedish Embassy) to France and bilingual red cachet "Air Mail via Moscow". Four interesting items for the specialist. |
£120 |
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1513 |
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CHINA: 1939 First flight cover from Chungking to Rangoon franked China $1 air & two low value defins. Special cachet at left dated 30.10.39/Chungking. The cover is addressed in the hand of G.H. Weigle the test pilot of the C.N.A.C who was killed in an air crash shortly before this first flight. With accompanying article and contemporary letter. One for the connoisseur! PHOTO - see plate |
£100 |
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1514 |
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CHINA: 1939 Opened out cover from Shanghai to Gloucestershire franked 3 China air vals on reverse and with the large blue crossed "PAR AVION" white label on front, this with violet handstamps "By Air France Line from Hong Kong" & "Correspondence réexpédier par voie/aérienne a partir de Marseilles". The cover is endorsed "Air France per S.S. Empress of Japan"; indicating that due to the war between Japan & China airmails had been suspended and the cover had to do part of the route by sea. A fine piece of airmail history. PHOTO - see plate |
£90 |
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1515 |
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CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1954 Crash near Rome of the Phillipines Airlines plane en route from manila to Europe. This cover from Tientsin bears the cachets "Damaged in/PAL-Aircraft Crash" in black and the scarce Italian cachet "Corrispondanza recuperata in seguita/Incidente aereo del 14 GEN 1954" also in black. In usual battered & burned condition but a scarce cover for the specialist. PHOTO - see plate no. |
£150 |
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1516 |
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LATIN AMERICA - NYRBA & C.G.A.: Small group of "NYRBA" (New York Rio & Buenos Aires Line Inc.) related items incl. 2 first flight covers (19/26 Feb., 1930), one bearing 3 Argentine adhesives + special pictorial "ARGENTINA-ESTADOS UNIDOS" cachet and the other having 5 Brazil adhesives, boxed red "VIA NYRBA/CORRESPONDENCIA AEREA" cachet & on back scarce red/white/blue Nyrba etiquette, colourful advertising blotter, relevant notes/photocopies and 1933 C.G.A. PPC (depicting route of flight & the 6 aviators involved) bearing French 1f50c Air adhesive cancelled at Istres (12 Jan.) with Rio transit m/c cancellation (17 Jan.) and Buenos Aires arrival c.d.s. (22 Jan.). [2 covers, 1 PPC, blotter & notes/copies]. |
£60 |
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1517 |
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PAN-AM OFFICIAL FFC'S: Carton containing the extensive duplicated stock (max. 10 of each) covering 42 different flights including many Pacific ones. (Approx. 200). |
£200 |
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1518 |
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ZEPPELIN MAIL - 1930 SWISS FLIGHTS: Attractive pair of cards flown on the 'Graf Zeppelin' inc. (14.IX.30) Geneva inland card with three 'Vol du Zeppelin' cancellations plus (12.X.30) Basle flight card addressed to China. Also two differently-franked examples of the 1954 'HB-BIH' balloon post cards with speecial cancellations & cachets. In addition, a (17.11.36) E to Brazil franked with Germany Count Zeppelin 3m stamp with 'Europa-Sudamerika' cachet nearby. A good lot. (5 items). |
£100 |
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1519 |
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ZEPPELIN MAIL: Attractive 1931 E (central fold clear of adhesives and marks) franked with Egypt 'Graf Zeppelin' optd. pair (S.G.185/6) from Cairo to Friederichshafen, 'Hindenberg' trial flight cover (23 March, 1936; small edge stains) bearing small oval cachet franked with German commemorative Zeppelin stamps beautifully cancelled at Friederichshafen and 1936 Condor Zeppelin 'Brasil-Europa' env. registered to Frankfurt cancelled by "SERVI«O POSTAL AEREO No.2/D.FEDERAL' c.d.s's. (3 covers). |
£70 |
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1520 |
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ZEPPELINS: 1932 Window env. from Temuco via Santiago for conveyance by Zeppelin (second South American return flight) from the base at Pernambuco, Brazil to Germany franked with adhesives having a combined face value of 5p 50c (and thus presumably missing a 2p & a 20c) endorsed in m/s 'GRAF/ ZEPELIN' (sic) and with a good red strike of the "Via Graf Zeppelin/Santiago (Chile)-Friedrichshafen" cachet. Sieger 147. |
£75 |
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1521 |
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ZEPPELINS: 1932 Env. registered from Santiago to England franked with 40c, 1p, 2p & 5p airmail ovpts. carried on the fifth South American return flight with black two line "Via Graf Zeppelin/Santiago (Chile)-Friedrichshafen" cachet on the front and black pictorial "FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (BODENSEE)/MIT LUFTSCHIFF/GRAF ZEPPELIN/BEFORDERT" cachet (depicting a condor) on the back. |
£75 |
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1522 |
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ZEPPELIN MAIL - NORTH & SOUTH AMERICAN FLIGHTS, 1933/5: Four covers flown on Graf Zeppelin flights from Brazil to Germany inc. May, 1933 FFC, 1934 (20 May) Condor Zeppelin cover registered and with original receipt, 1934 (1 July) 'VIA CONDOR-ZEPPELIN' env. (also registered) and 1935 flown cover to Stockholm. Also Hindenberg cover (16 Sept., 1936) to New York carried on its eighth North American flight. (6 items). |
£70 |
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1523 |
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EPHEMERA - THE SCRAPBOOK OF MISS MAI BACON ("LITTLE MISS ARGUS") - ASSISTANT OF HARRY BLACKBURN, "THE FLYING YORKSHIREMAN": Scrapbook compiled by Miss Bacon, the female passenger of the aviation pioneer, Harry Blackburn, inscribed "Book of Aviation Press notices dating from my first flight with Harry Blackburn, Tuesday August 27th 1913, Mai Bacon". The collection commences with a cockpit photograph at Bridlington captioned "My first flight and very nice too" with a news cutting christening her "Sweet Sixteen...the youngest Aviatrix in England". Many captioned photographs & news cuttings of flights over Sheffield, Chesterfield, Harrogate, etc. "Daily Argus" Flying Week silk ribbon (damaged) probably thrown over the side during the first newspaper drop by Miss Bacon, two stuck-down examples of the special Sheffield aviation Week stamp featuring Blackburn, aerial photographs, etc. A rare group. (49 photographs plus cuttings, etc.). |
£360 |
| EPHEMERA/MANUSCRIPTS |
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1524 |
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CARTON containing an extremely eclectic accumulation of ephemera inc. unusual complex chromo-litho Xmas card c1890, opening as a silver ship full of flowers (silk sails damaged), various other Victorian chromo scraps inc. military; 'History of the Goodricke Family' [of East Anglia] (1885), 1899 54pp pamphlet on the Strachey family & a scrapbook of items relating to the Strachey-Hawdon family c1900-20. Also a vintage Senff stamp album with sparse collection & a boxfile of assorted stamps in packets. (Qty). |
£100 |
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1525 |
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MISCELLANY: Large accumulation of ephemera c1750-1950 in two cartons - a fascinating mixture of free front autographs, letterheads, a printed address 'To the Good People of Ramsgate' c1820, prints, early newspapers, 1770s issues of 'The Gentleman's Magazine' (16), prints, Parliamentary Acts etc. Inspection recommended. (Large Qty.) |
£100 |
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1526 |
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ENGRAVINGS: Carton containing an assortment of 18th & 19th Century engravings, mainly topographical views of London, some in card mounts, no frames, all pre-1880; mainly fine. A good lot. (Large qty.) |
£80 |
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1527 |
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ROYALTY: c1800-1953 accumulation of ephemera inc. fine KEVIII 1937 Coronation silk handkerchief, 1887 Jubilee printed cotton tablecloth, letters, autographs, prints etc. A useful lot. (Qty). |
£70 |
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1528 |
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THEATRE: A fine accumulation of material illustrating theatrical history c1750-1900 with many fine engraved portraits of both famous & obscure thespians, newspaper reports, letters, autographs (Vesta Tilley, Beerbohm Tree & Gladys Cooper noted), a few programmes etc. A remarkable lot. (Large qty.) |
£90 |
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1529 |
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WALES: Box of assorted ephemera inc. 1790 marriage settlement, Haverfordwest 'True Blue' broadsheet c1830, group of ELs (1835) to Knucklas concerning the estate of a lunatic, Parliamentary Acts, prints, letters etc. (Qty). |
£80 |
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1530 |
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CARTON containing the extensive early to modern accumulation of PPC's with something an emphasis on Welsh views. (Qty.). |
£75 |
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1531 |
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NAVAL: Group of fine RP cards featuring scenes of / from HMS 'Revenge' in the Mediterranean, 1932-34, most captioned on the reverse, inc. detailed maps of itineraries with dates, Captain Tillard & Admiral Backhouse, various crew photographs, trophies, ports etc. Also one or two other ships inc. 'Hyperion' & 'Coventry'. An interesting lot. (46 cards). |
£120 |
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1532 |
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FIRST TYPE BOXED 'ADEN/Paid' H.S. ON MAURITIUS LETTER: 1846 (31.Dec.) E ex Port Louis to Bordeaux per 'Lady Emma' with oily red strike of the boxed 'ADEN/Paid (8as)' h.s., Alexandria transit , Malta disinfection cachet and 'PAQ.ANG./1 MARSEILLE 1' entry mark; filing fold but generally fine. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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1533 |
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FINE BOXED ADEN 'PAID' COVER EX MAURITIUS: 1851 (9.Aug.) EL ex Port Louis with fine Mauritius crowned circle h.s. (overstruck by French transit mark) to Bordeaux with fine boxed red 'ADEN/Paid (8as)' h.s., Alexandria trransit and fine Malta lazarette mark; one or two spots and light filing creases but generally fine. PHOTO. |
£200 |
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1534 |
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BOXED 'INDIA UNPAID' USED AT ADEN: 1858 (31.Dec.) EL to Marseille (filing crease) with mainly fine strike of the scarce boxed 'INDIA UNPAID' mark with Aden c.d.s. on reverse (month slug inverted); m/s '1/-' and h.s. '8' charges. Fine. PHOTO. |
£100 |
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1535 |
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THE RARE 'ADEN STEAMER POINT-PAID' DATESTAMP: 1860 EL (rounded corner) ex Paris with 80c stamp (tight margins) tied by dotted roller cancellation, addressed to Aden with (reverse) a mainly fine red strike of the scarce 'ADEN.STr.POINT/PAID' d.s. applied on arrival. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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1536 |
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ADEN STEAMER POINT BACKSTAMPS: Group of Es ex India or France, 1861-73, showing various types of the Aden Steamer Point c.d.s. in black or red inc. 'ADEN.STR.POINT' (3), 'ADEN/STEAMER POINT' (3), seriffed & unseriffed types of the 'ADEN STEAMER POINT' d.s., Aden 'SEA POST OFFICE' etc. Mixed condition. (12 items). |
£200 |
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1537 |
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FIRST TYPE 'BEARING' MARK: 1861 E (some wear) and contents addressed to Bombay with a mainly fine strike of the scarce large circular 'ADEN/B.P.P./Bearing' h.s. with m/s '8a' nearby, confirmed by a fine strike of the Bombay 'steamer bearing' mark. PHOTO. |
£100 |
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1538 |
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BOMBAY CIRCLE 'B-22' CANCELLATION: 1877-82 Pair of Es to London (faults) franked with Indian stamps cancelled by mainly fine strikes of the 'B-22' duplex cancellation of Aden; also a large piece with 4as stamp cancelled by 'B-22/1' of Aden Camp. (3 items). PHOTO. |
£100 |
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