241 TWO ALBUMS containing the extensive collection with a good degree of completion inc. both KGVI defin. sets, RSW set, good QEII defins. and an extensive array of QEII commems. with many scarcer sets & min. sheets including the Founding min. sheet. A very good lot of clean & highly popular material. (Qty.). £500
242 1948-52 Set to $5 fresh mounted mint. SG.16-30. (18). £75
TIBET
243 BOX containing a fascinating collection of approximately 270 modern covers with bilingual cancellations (Tibetan/Chinese) on the introduction of new Post Offices and Postcodes. Only one or two are duplicated. (Qty.). £240
244 MISCELLANY comprising 1932 Aquittance Roll ex Rhenock (Tibet-Sikkim Border) bearing the signatures of Postal Runners carrying the mails to Tibet, c1940 home made view card (rare from Tibet) bearing 1t (2, one on obverse) tied by type VIII Lhasa double-ring cancellation, 1912 2/3t "POTSAGE" error in horizontal pair with normal & three other early types. (Small Qty.). £150
CAMEROONS (BRITISH OCCUPATION)
245 1915 Surcharges on "KAMERUN". The small selection with ‡d green, 1d (2), 4d, 6d & 8d used plus an extremely handsome marginal block of six of the 6d on 50pf from the bottom left of the sheet with "KAMERUN" inscription at foot (a little creasing but a spectacular piece). Mostly fine. (12). £90
246 1919-20 Pair of registered covers to Switzerland bearing "CEF" ‡d on 3pf, ‡d on 5pf & 1d on 10pf along with Northern Nigeria 2‡d and a marginal 4d on 40pf along with Nigeria &Mac189;d (2) & Southern Nigeria 2d, all with "VICTORIA/CAMEROONS" cancellations. Philatelic but a scarce pair nevertheless. SG states that "The stamps of British Occupation of Cameroons are rare used on cover". (2). PHOTO - see plate no.9A £100
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
247 MISCELLANY of Triangular issues comprising 1d (3), 4d (18 inc. block of six, faults), 6d (8) and 1/- (5). Very mixed condition but some good looking examples are noted. (Small Qty.). £180
248 MISCELLANY of Triangular issues comprising two single 4d blues (both with full margins, one with red oval cancel, the other with red barred cancellation) plus a pair of same (again with fine margins all round but cancelled in black) and a defective used 6d. (4 items). £100
249 1855-63 1d rose, a clear to wide margined used block of four, vertical bend between pairs. SG. 5a. PHOTO £200
250 1855-63 4d blue, two used pairs in diferent shades, one with minute thin, other fine. £100
251 1855-63 4d blue, six used three margined shades. Fine. One with S. Sismondo Cert. £80
252 1863/4 De La Rue 4d x 3 and 1/- good used examples each with three margins. (4). £50
FRENCH COLONIES
253 AFRICA: Fine mint stamps on printed leaves inc. substantially complete pre-independence issues of French Sudan, Tchad, Dahomey & Upper Volta plus a more scattered offering of Cameroun. Fine quality material inc. many elusive higher values. (Qty). £120
** 254 ALGERIA - MILITARY MAIL: Covers inc. 1901-03 trio with Djenan-ed-Dar cachets, scarce Timimmoun oasis c.d.s. on 1906 stationery E with letter from the military postmaster describing the Office's history & functions, WWI period items inc. clear AVIATION D'ALGŠRIE/F.M. cachet (1917, cover missing corner), fine cachet of Hospital 102 (Alger), Debou telegraph d.s. etc. Also a later, mainly reg'd, group (9) c1956-88 with army c.d.s. (19 items). £120
** 255 ALGERIA, 1912-58: Good range of covers & cards inc. (1912) PPC with Biskra label, 1916 Zouave regiment censored cover ex Kolea, WWII censored mail inc. OAT cover with unusual yellow censor tape, naval mail, etc. Inspection recommended. (21 items). £120
** 256 CAMEROUN, 1924-67: Selection of covers inc. (1924) uprated 25c envelope to USA ex Lolodorf, reg'd mail from Douala & Ebolowa, fine airmail cover to China with TPO convoyeur d.s., unusual negative type censor mark on 1941 cover ex Ebolowa1942 (trimmed) parcel label to US with high airmail franking etc. (17 items). £120
257 CAMEROUN, 1930-53: Cover miscellany inc. (1930) Bonaberi-Nkongsamda TPO cover to USA, commercial mail from Otele, Edea, Foumban & Dschang, Air France FFC (1937), WWII censored mail (3) inc. double-ring & elliptical h.s. etc. (16 items). £100
** 258 CONGO, 1905-73: Selection of covers & cards, most pre-WWII, inc. PPC (river steamer) with SONA CONGO d.s., 1911-28 reg'd Es (8) from Franceville (Gabon mixed franking), Brazzaville-Plaine, Mongoumba, Moraye & M'Vouti - three franked with Red Cross issues (black & red opts); also various 1930s frankings ex Fort Rousset, Fort Sibut & Pointe Noire, (1938) usage of Congo stamps in Ubangui-Shari etc. (21 items). £180
** 259 DAHOMEY, 1928-45: Trio of censored items ex Cotonou inc. elliptical, oval & circular (unusual CONTROLE TŠLŠGRAPHIQUE/Comission G) censors; 1945 optd. AOF issues on reg'd cover plus reg'd Es ex SavÈ, Porto Novo & Athieme etc. (11 items). £90
** 260 EQUATORIAL AFRICA, 1935-60: Good group of covers inc. (1935) Massenya-Fort Lamy FFC with PAR AVION/ALGER CONGO h.s., 4 scarce Oubangui-Chari items inc. 1939 Bastille 90c & 35c single franking to Cameroun & two other censored covers, 1939 E ex Tirailleurs SÈnÈgalais du Tchad (Fort Lamy) with mixed franking, Fort Archimbault E withelliptical & double-ring censors, high-value air frankings etc. (20 items). £140
** 261 GABON, 1911-73: Selection of covers with strength in earlier items inc. 1911reg'd E with 'Tablet' 5c & 30c ex Cap Lopez, 1917-23 stationery Es with Red cross opt. (two sizes) - the earlier with Red Cross stamp uprating, reg'd items ex Port Gentil 7 Libreville inc. 1930 AEF mixed franking, 1960 boxed 'Republique Gabonaise/Proclamation de l'Independence' h.s. etc. (14 items). £90
** 262 IVORY COAST, 1914-46: Interesting group of covers inc. (1914) Touba local reg'd E with 15c & 25c 'Tablet' franking, reg'd items ex Koroko (to Saar), Dimbokro & Bobo-Dioulasso, 1944 censored E to Canada with 'DB/561' label etc. (9 items). £90
** 263 IVORY COAST - AIRMAIL COVERS, 1937-42: Attractive group of commercial air covers to Europe inc. reg'd items, from a good range of offices inc. Daloa, Bobo Diolasso, Divo, Danane & Ouagadougou, illustrating a range of rates & frankings; also a military cover. One or two small faults. (7 items). £100
** 264 MOROCCO - MILITARY MAIL, 1901-13: Covers with good variety of marks inc. TROUPES DU TIDIKELT c.d.s., COLONNE D'OCCUPATION D'OUJDA cachet plus 1911 group inc. items from Martimprey/Beni-Snassen, Berkane, Rabat, Oudjda & Taourirt and three 1913 covers inc. a fine Zouave item. In addition, two fine PPCs (GÈnÈral Drude / group of officers) the former with fine police cachet, 1907 bilingual SECTION FRONTIERE cachet, naval & reg'd Zouave covers. (19 items). £150
** 265 MOROCCO - COVER MISCELLANY, 1903-57 inc. 1909 registered postcard from Saffi uprated with values to 25c, 1922 env. regd. ex Fedhala, convoyeur c.d.s.'s of Casablanca-Fez (1928), Petitjean-Casablanca (1938) and Marrakech-Casablanca (1942), Sebah-Aioun hexagonal d.s. (1943) and 1957 air express cover bearing U.S. diplomatic pouch h.s. (32 items). £160
** 266 MOROCCO - MILITARY MAIL, 1912-40: 1912 Small cover from Fez with typewritten 'Troupes dÈbarquÈes au Maroc', 1913 wrapper with fine 'AVIATION MILITAIRE/MAROC/Section/de Casablanca-Fez' cachet to the air base at Mogador with TetP c.d.s., 1917 censored E from Spahi regiment with TetP 411 c.d.s. and 1939/40 pair of air letters from Marrakech Air Base with unit cachet or Poste aux ArmÈes c.d.s. (7 items). £90
** 267 MOROCCO - MILITARY MAIL, 1913-18: Range of cachets on cover inc. 1913-14 SECTION D'AVIATION DU MAROC ORIENTAL & AVIATION MILITAIRE, censored E with 3-line 'Territoire de ROC-DENIB/Poste de L'ATCHANA/MAROC', named TetP d.s. of Oued-Zem, Meknes, Kasba Tadla, Rabat & Taza etc. (17 items) £120
** 268 MOROCCO - MILITARY MAIL, 1923-38: Covers with a good range of marks from the inter-war period inc. (1936) ESCADRE AERIENNE DU NORD MAROCAIN with two other meteorological section cachets, regimental cachets, TetP d.s., unusual 3-line airmail h.s. of Ouarzazat, 1932 air cover with boxed cachet used as cancellation, two naval items etc. (16 items). £120
** 269 MOROCCO - MILITARY - FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION, 1925-34: Scarce covers from Legionnaires stationed in Morocco inc. 1925 air E from Guercif with Poste aux ArmÈes 402B c.d.s., 1926 env. registered (damaged label) to U.S.A. with Merson opts. cancelled by 403A c.d.s. (Zhgarine?), 1934 air cover with fine large cachet "TRŠSOR ET POSTES/ASSIF-MELLOUL" (Tamentit) and fine strike of "POSTE AUX ARMŠES/TIZNIT" c d.s. cancelling a pair of 1f 50c adhesives on env. also bearing attractive red cachet and further P.a.A. c.d.s. of Agadir. (4 covers). £100
** 270 NIGER - WWII CENSORED MAIL: Scarce group of censored covers (1940-44) mainly addressed to the USA with a variety of sealing tapes & censor h.s. inc. elliptical YA & DR, oval OUVERT, large 2-ring h.s. and unusual negative version of the same (bag-seal?), individual censor h.s. etc. (7 items). £120
** 271 SŠNŠGAL, 1902-13: 1902 Reg'd cover to France with 40c (2) & 5c, St Louis c.d.s. & paquebot d.s., 1903 uprated 25c env.with a range of values to 1f cancelled by Dakar telegraph d.s., 1905 PPC with large railway cachet & Austrian instructional label, 1911 reg'd E ex Ziguinchor with 35c palm franking, various 5c Faideherbe items inc. good PPC of French troops leaving Dakar for Morocco. (9 items). £90
** 272 SŠNŠGAL - 1918-38: Attractive & substantial group of covers & cards franked with the 'Native Market' issue inc. a number of registered & airmail items, from a range of offices inc. Thies, Louga, MeckÈ, Tivaouane, Kaolack, Sokhone, Podor & Ziguinchor - the last a 1937 FFC to Paris plus fine multiple franked 1932 air cover ex Swiss Consul at Dakar, boxed 'ENTIEREMENT/TRANSPORTŠ/PAR AVION' on 1934 E to Germany, various items to Mauretania, Liberia, Cameroun, Czechoslovakia etc. (28 items). £150
** 273 SŠNŠGAL, 1936-55: Substantial group of covers with strength in airmail items inc. (1936) s/l TRAJET DAKAR -FRANCE, 1940 E with m/s jusqu'a Paris, 1945 FFC to N.York, scarceBastille issue 4f75c+4f single franking (1939), CailliÈ 90c missing 'SÈnÈgal' error on cover, good ranges of later pictorial frankings etc. (45 items). £150
** 274 SŠNŠGAL - WWII CENSORED & MILITARY COVERS: Interesting group, mainly to France or USA with censor h.s. inc. oval OUVERT (3 inc. OAT cover), various double-ring marks and encircled censor number h.s. , s/l THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD/BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP (US), dual censorship items plus four covers with military franks inc. COMMANDANT DE L'AIR EN A.O.F. (14 items). £160
** 275 SOMALIA MISCELLANY: 1906 Pair of printed philatelic covers ex Harar with 5c, 50c & 75c inverted centre 'errors', fine 1930 reg'd air cover to Ethiopia with s/l '2.SERVICE AVION/Djibouti-Addis' & cachet ondulÈ etc. A useful group. (7 items). £75
276 SUDAN: Covers & cards inc. 1899-1902 military occupation Es ex Kayes & Bobo-Dioulasso, 1903 PPCs (2) one with firn blue BAFOULABE c.d.s., middle period commercial reg'd & air covers ex Kati, San, Segou, Kayes & Mopti, Alger-Bamako FFC, WWII censored es (2) inc. one with KAYES AVION c.d.s. etc. (17 items). £120
** 277 TUNISIA - MILITARY MAIL: Group of covers inc. scarce 1882-83 pair with TetP c.d.s. of Sfax & GabËs, WWI period covers inc. printed CM env. (ModËle No.1) ex Ben Gardane, two fine Hospital cachets of La Goulette & Sidi Fath-Allah etc. (7 items). £100
** 278 TUNISIA, 1890-1917: Interesting selection of covers & cards inc. 1891 reg'd cover to USA with attractive 5-colour franking, 10c card ex La Goulette (1890), 1902 stationery E uprated to France, fine PPC ex Kairouan, 1908 uprated 10c/15c letter-card, two good military RP cards, 1913 Conference Consultative E with special c.d.s. etc. (11 items). £100
** 279 TUNISIA, 1919-50: Cover miscellany inc. 1919 local E with 30c 'Poste Aerienne' stamp cancelled by scrolled ZARZIS/POSTE AERIENNE d.s., scarce village cancellations of Khens, El Guettar & Sidi Assaki, 1929 Grand Conseil E & c.d.s., returned commercial air cover (1929), various reg'd & airmail items inc. two WWII censored Es with elliptical VA329 or WK3 etc. (18 items). £90
** 280 UBANGUI-SHARI - WWII CENSORED MAIL: Scarce group of censored covers with AEF frankings, 1939-41, mainly to USA (two to Cameroun) ex Bangui, Semio & Bangassou, with a varity of sealilng tapes & cachets inc. eight with 2-ring 'CONTROLE POSTALE/Comission E' (also Comission B), elliptical OUVERT & E1; additional censorship of Gold Coast or Egypt. (9 items). PHOTO - see plate no.9A £150
** 281 UPPER SŠNŠGAL, 1907-21: Scarce group of items from this short-lived territory inc. reg'd Es to France ex Kayes, Bougouni, Bamako & Agadez - the last with fine Matadi-Bordeaux paquebot d.s.; also 1907 reg'd front from SÈgou with combined franking of 10c Faideherbe & 25c French Soudan 'Tablet' issue. In addition, a 1913 local E to Zinder with 5c (2) cancelled at Tessaoua plus PPCs (3) with 10c stamps. (9 items). £120
GAMBIA
282 COLLECTION on leaves with a number of better sets & singles inc. 1869 4d used, KEVII to 2/- and ‡d on 2/6d used, 1935 Silver Jubilee 1‡d "Extra Flagstaff" used, KGVI to 10/- used, RSW £1 used, QEII first & second defins. to £1 used, etc. (Small Qty.). £150
283 AIRMAILS: The small group of flown covers comprising 1975 to England bearing 1d "Elephant" & 1/- Silver Jubilee with special violet Flight cachet, a trio of 1936-37 covers with 1d & 1/- "Elephant" issues, all addressed to a Professor of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool and seven KGVI period First Flight covers (Bathurst to Belem, Lagos, Leopoldville, Miami, Natal, Port of Spain & San Juan. (11). £90
284 CANCELLATIONS: 1883-1969 A selection of covers (21), pieces (31) and adhesives off paper (71) with various c.d.s. inc. "GAMBIA/PAID", "MACARTHY ISLAND/GAMBIA", "GEORGETOWN/GAMBIA", "REGISTERED/MACARTHY ISLAND GAMBIA" (on R. Wells cover), "BASSE/GAMBIA", "FATTOTO/GAMBIA" (inc. an example on 1949 registered philatelic cover), "JOWARA/GAMBIA", "KAU UR/GAMBIA", "KUNTA UR/GAMBIA" and "BATHHURST/GAMBIA" error on 1938 philatelic cover. Mostly fine strikes. Also "The Gambia" by Dalwick and "The Stamps & Postal History of The Gambia" by WASC. £200
GERMAN COLONIES
285 EAST AFRICA: 1897-1914 Postcards inc. 5p on 10pf opt'd stationery (2) , 4h 'yacht' card sent locally from Willemsthal to Tanga plus 7‡h frankings (2) ex Tabori & Dar; also four cards addressed to GEA ex Natal with German marine post transit, Angola via Zanzibar & Germany to Morogoro or Dar. (9 items) £100
GOLD COAST/GHANA
286 CARTON containing the extensive early to modern collection housed in four albums/binders & loose. Particular interest in cancellations. A good lot that warrants careful examination. (Qty.). £150
287 ALBUM containing the mint & used collection to 1961. A good lot with much of merit including useful ranges of QV issues (vals. to 20/- used), KEVII & KGV to 20/- used and extensive KGVI/QEII including sundry minor varieties, colour shifts, etc. (Sev. 100's). £150
288 COVERS: The extensive range of chiefly commercial mail (KGV-QEII but largely the latter) with a wealth of postal markings & a wide variety of frankings. A good little lot which warrants careful inspection. (Approx. 150). £150
289 ALBUM containing the fascinating collection of chiefly used issues from the 1960's with particular interest in the independence overprint definitive issue of 1965 including numerous varieties & errors. We note a small piece bearing 15p on 1/3d inverted overprint used in conjunction with an unoverprinted 6d, 4p on 4d overprinted in red (used at Salt Pond), 1p on 1d mint block of four with double overprint, 6p on 6d mint blocks of four with inverted & double overprints, 12p on 1/- complete sheet with black overprint and a good range of other overprint varieties/colour shifts, etc. Other highlights include a good study of the 1966 Soccer set with overprint varieties and a very interesting selection of P.Dues (on & off cover). A superb lot for the specialist. (Sev. 100's). £240
290 1965 New Currency 3p on 3d complete sheet of 30 with indigo overprint. Rare thus. £100
291 1965 New Currency 6p on 6d. Two complete sheets with overprint inverted. Folded horizontally but scarce thus. £90
292 1965 New Currency 6p on 6d complete sheet of 30 with overprint spectacularly misplaced resulting in twelve of the stamps having no overprint at all and the remainder all with some or other varieties emanating from the misplacement of the overprint. A wonderful Exhibition piece for the collector of Birds thematics. £100
293 CANCELLATIONS: 1884-1920 The collection of mainly QV adhesives with values to 6d with various c.d.s. inc. those of Appam, Axim. Chamah, Dixcove, Elmina, Kwitta, Saltpond, Secondee, Winnwbah, numeral cancellations inc. "554" (Accra), "556" (Cape coast Castle) and "B27" (Quittah). Brass seal types (9) and boxed types (7). Plus 1896 1d postcard to Basel with a good "ABURI/GOLD COAST" c.d.s. 1902 ‡d postcard from Adda to Christianborg with oval of bars cancellation. Mostly fine part strikes. Also "The Gold Coast - The Post Offices/Agencies and their Cancellations 1875-1957" by Mackin and a small booklet by Nicholson. (160+). £220
GRIQUALAND WEST
294 MATATIELE: 1893-1902 COGH 1d rose block of four with two very fine straight-line "MATATIELE" cancellations. Believed to be unique. £60
LIBERIA
295 CARTON containing a huge duplicated accumulation of mint & used stamps c1880s-1960s in 8 binders, stockleaves, packets etc. inc. many sets, thematic issues, sheetlets, airs, officials, overprints etc. plus a few Haiti and a copy of the Saleski specialised Liberia catalogue. The Liberia opportunity of a lifetime! (1000s). £180
296 COLLECTION, 1936-66: Two albums containing a (mainly used) collection of stamps, virtually complete for period apart from airs, with imperforate issues and sheetlets plus a few covers, cancellation study etc. An unusual opportunity. (100s). £150
297 COVERS & CARDS: Various (mainly commercial) covers inc. 1899 E with 5c elephant stamp ex Harper to USA with Liverpool packet transit; 1906 commercial reg'd E with Mercury franking, 1916 reg'd E (faults) with 8c on 3c provisional plus officials, 1918 reg'd PPC to Germany with official 3c & 5c pair & Deutsche Seepost oval d.s. plus later airs, censor cover etc. A good lot. (31 items) £150
298 1860 LIBERTY ISSUE PROOFS: Scarce plate proofs in black of the 12c & 24c values plus colour proofs of 6c (blue) & 24c (blue & orange-red); fine. (5). PHOTO £120
299 1860-80 LIBERTY ISSUES: Duplicated miscellany of stamps on stock leaves, mint & used, inc. forgeries but useful material also noted with all values represented , shade & postmark interest for the specialist. Mixed condition. (200). £120
300 1892-96 WATERLOW PICTORIAL ISSUE 'SPECIMEN' SET: Fresh set of the 1892 Waterlow issue to $5 with diagonal SPECIMEN in black or red plus 1896 set (extra 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c & 30c) with horizontal overprint. Scarce & attractive. (26). £140
301 1892-96 WATERLOW ISSUE: Miscellany on leaves & loose inc. mint & used stamps with 1c hippo & $5 President (2) panes of 10, imperf & imperf between pairs, 5c on 6c sheet (40), 1897 3c SPECIMEN perforation, a couple of proofs etc. (Qty). £120
302 1903-06 COLOUR TRIALS: 1903 Liberty head design in unadopted orange & blue on card (2), various 1906 pictorial issues to $5 (some duplication -at least one example of each value) printed in unadopted colours on small pieces of glazed card; some impressions defective or partial. (26) £100
303 1909 COLOUR PROOFS: Set (less 15c) in unissued coours on glazed card (one or two partial prints) plus 1c, 15c & 30c in different colours on thin paper with an imperf 20c frame proof in red; also a fine die proof of the 30c in sepia on thin paper & isued 2c & 50c with inverted centres. Good specialist lot. (16). £100
304 1903-18 ISSUES: Duplicated ranges of mainly used stamps inc.1906 pictorials with 7 imperf. pairs and 3 c.t.o. sheetlets (dollar values), 10c roulettes, extensive surcharges with varieties inc. scarce $1 & $5 (3), 1918 imperrf pairs of 75c & $5 plus imperf-between 25c pair etc. A good lot. (Smal qty). £120
305 1918 DOLLAR VALUES COLOUR PROOFS: Single impressions on large pieces of thin, watermarked paper of the bicoloured $1(2, unadopted colours), $2 in issued black & violet (annotated 'Amethyst') and $5 (2, black & slate). (5). £100
306 RED CROSS OVERPRINTS, 1918: study of the overprints on 1918 pictorial issue to $5 (3) inc. complete imperf sheet (50) of 5c value plus three imperf blocks, misplaced opts, double prints, missing colour, corner fold etc. (116). £100
307 AIRMAIL ISSUES, 1936-48: 1936 air issue - die proof of double central vignette, 2c impef. between pair & 3 sets on cover; 1944-45 surcharges miscellany with a number of varieties inc. inverted values and the scarce '$100' on 3c error (2, mint & used). (Small qty). £120
308 AIRMAIL - 1936 FIRST AIRMAIL COVERS: Scarce trio of covers, each franked with one of the three opt'd stamps [SG 525-7] and flown from Harper on 28. February 1936; light central folds otherwise fine. (3 items). £100
309 AIRMAIL - '1941' OVERPRINTS: Superb unmounted examples of three scarce airmail values with the First Flight 1941 50c opt - 2c, 3c & $1 plus mounted examples of the 5c, 30c & 50c and a fine used copy of the 5c value; also a fine example of one of the (postponed) FFCs of February 1942 franked with undeleted 50c on 30c [SG 601]. In addition, 5 covers of 1943-44 with examples of the deleted date set (less 20c) and an example of the mint set. (17 stamps & 6 covers). £140
310 OFFICIALS, REVENUES etc.: Album containing a specialised mint & used collection of official stamps of the 1920s inc. the odd die proof, colour trials, overpirnt varieties, imperforates etc. plus some 1920s stamp issues, dues & revenues. An interesting lot. (100s). £120
311 POSTCARDS - SCARCE CHROMO-LITHO CARDS, 1890s: Fine pair of German-printed chromo 'Gruss Aus' type cards depicting native occupations or the Liberian army - not seen before at Cavendish; used in 1899 & 1907 with Liverpool packet mark or paquebot cancellation; trivial surface marks, one repaired corner. Also four RP cards used to the UK 1899-1913 inc. 'Kroo devil play, Monrovia'. (6 items). PHOTO - see plate no.9A £100
312 POSTAL STATIONERY: Selection of mint & used stationery on leaves inc. unused 1882 reg'd Es (F & G), 1893 2c E uprated to USA (1910), 1896 usage of 3c brown E to Belgium, fine 10c E to B0erlin (1901), superb Waterlow Benson 3c card to Germany (1893), scarce (1915) usage of long 10c E uprated for reg'n & forwarded from Spain to Germany etc. Unusual material. (31 items). £100
LIBYA
313 MISCELLANY of "better" sets on stockcards comprising 1951 opt. on Cyrenaica set (SG.131/43) unmounted mint (Cat. £250), opt. on Cyrenaica for use in Tripolitania (SG.151/60) unmounted mint (Cat. £113) and opt. on Cyrenaica for use in Fezzan (SG.166/75) unmounted mint (Cat. £230). A scarce group. (33). £150
314 POSTAGE DUES: Range of mint sets on stockcards comprising 1951 opt. on Cyrenaica set (SG.D144/50), opt. on Cyrenaica for use in Tripolitania set (SG.D161/65) and Cyrenaica 1950 set (SG.D149/55 - Cat. £315). All unmounted mint & Catalogued £500+. (19). £120
MADAGASCAR
315 COLLECTION on leaves and in stockbook inc. 1891 imperf. 10c, 15c & 25c, Sage opt. values to 1f, stationery, 1902 opts. in mint blocks of 4, 3f Fianzane booklet, Terre AdÈlie 100f air opt mint & used, good definitive sets and covers etc. Useful lot. (Qty). £100
316 COVER MISCELLANY: Interesting group of covers & cards inc. (1902) local E ex Manjakandriana with 0,05 on 30c & 10c Tablet franking,; 1895 military E to Laokai, Tonkin with special paquebot d.s.[Salles 2311]; c1905 PPC with 1c stamp cancelled by blue double-ring Messageries Maritimes cachet; 1906 card with temporary '52' c.d.s. & 1909 PPC ex Analalava to Serbia. (5 items). £75
317 COVER MISCELLANY, 1902-50: Good range of covers inc. (1902) military occupation E ex Fort Dauphin, PPC with temporary '2' c.d.s., trio of items with paquebot octagons inc. 1906-10 Ligne U & V plus 1928 example, AR card sent within Tananarive (1932), reg'd Es inc. Ambalavao & Farafangana, stationery, censored, air etc. Useful lot. (27 items). £120
318 THE DUBOCQ CORRESPONDENCE, 1924-45: Series of covers addressed to Eugene Dubocq, Madagascar schools inspector, inc. several reg'd covers from Mananjary, Nosy Varika, Vatomandry, Maroantsetra, Tamatave, Fianarantsoa etc. - the last censored & with cash payment h.s. (1945). Well written-up on leaves. (22 items). £90
319 AIRMAIL COVERS: Interesting group, 1929-61 inc. fine reg'd E with unusual red airmail label, seven 1936 survey flights items, most with 2-line 'VOYAGE D'ETUDES/DE M. ASSOLANT' & boxed 'Lettre transportÈe/exceptionnellement par avion'; Madagascar-RÈunion survey & first flight covers (1938), Air Afrique E with cachet of first regular flight Alger-Tananarive, Europe FFCs (2), 1930s commercial reg'd airmail, 1943 FFI reg'd E, commemorative cachets of the 1930s & '40s etc. (29 items). £180
320 INTERNAL FLIGHTS, 1936-38: Group of covers inc. 1936 pair of Aero-Club FFCs for North & South coastal routes with 3-line or boxed cachet; early 1938 Manja-Tananarive & Tsihombe-Tananarive pairs plus Tananarive-Maroantsetra returned letter, all with coloured cachets. (7 items). £80
** 321 MADAGASCAR, 1896-1960: Fine selection of mainly commercial covers inc. (1896) uprated Nossi-BÈ 25c env. reg'd to Paris ex Helville with paquebot d.s., 1899 10c card to Vienna museum from a naturalist at Fort Dauphin, good reg'd & air items inc. 1932 use of 'PTT - MADAGASCAR' red air label from a range of offices inc. Farafangana, Morondava, Behara, Maintirano, Faratsiho, Joffreville etc. (27 items). £150
** 322 MILITARY - GOVERNOR'S ESCORT: 1891 (November) registered mourning cover to Paris (address partially erased) endorsed Troupes de Madagascar/Capitaine Commandant l'Escorte du Résident Général de France; franked by 1891 imperf. 15c & 25c with Tananarive c.d.s. and two paquebot d.s. of Ligne V - La Réunion a Marseille & Corr. des Armées; neat & attractive. PHOTO - see plate no.9A £100
** 323 MILITARY MAIL, 1895-1902: Group of stampless covers to France, endorsed for the expeditionary force with various cachets inc. s/l SERVICE DE LA MER with uncommon CORPS EXPEE. DE MADAGASCAR/PORT SAID c.d.s. (1896), d.s. of paquebot lines U & V, printed expedition E (1895), official letter-card etc. Also (1916) a WWI PPC (1912 cyclone damage)with fine cachet BATTALION COLONIALE DE DIEGO-SUAREZ. (11 items). £120
NIGERIA
324 BINDER containing the early to modern mint & used ranges inc. Lagos, Niger Coast, Northern Nigeria & Southern Nigeria. Mixed condition but a useful lot STC £1,700. (Qty.). £100
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