Lots 81-160

STOCKBOOK containing the useful mint collection of predominantly definitive issues with many better values in evidence. (Small Qty.).

£180

SMALL STOCKBOOK with an interesting early to modern range inc. 12 COGH Triangulars (mixed condition), Iraq 1a on 20pa rose (SG.15) unused with Cert. of authenticity, useful ranges of Levant inc. KGV 45pi, 90pi & 180pi Sea horses mint, etc. A good little lot. (Few 100's).

£150

MISCELLANY of chiefly "better" items on stockcards,etc. (much being ex postal Bid Sales) including useful Ascension, Bechuanaland, Jamaica, Montserrat, New Zealand, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Zanzibar, etc. A very good lot with many high values noted and with particular strength in KGV & KGVI. Careful viewing recommended. (Small Qty.).

£400

FOREIGN COLLECTIONS

ALBUM containing the predominantly mint collection with a heavy emphasis on Belgium including a very good range of middle period mint sets & miniature sheets. (Qty.).

£300

STOCKBOOK containing a varied mint range of thematic issues inc. Art, Birds & Religious Festivals. Very clean & well worth inspection. (Qty.).

£120

OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS

1949 U.P.U. Printed album containing the mint collection of predominantly Commonwealth sets. STC £335. (Small Qty.).

£75

THEMATICS

ANTARCTICA: Stockbook containing the extensive largely collection with good ranges of British Antarctic Territories, useful modern TAAF, etc. Also a second stockbook with a mint range of modern Iceland. (Few 100's).

£200

BUTTERFLIES - TANZANIA: 1973-78 issue. The mint stock (chiefly in large multiples) with values to 10/- (50) & 20/- (50). Huge Catalogue value. (Qty.).

£30

CHRISTMAS: Five large albums with an extensive collection of stamps, min. sheets, etc. A good lot which is STC £1,500 & will form an admirable base for expansion. (Qty.).

£100

HERALDRY: Stockbook containing the attractive collection of stamps depicting various Coats of Arms. Particular interest in Switzerland with a good range of Pro Juventute issues. (Few 100's).

£75

HILL, Rowland: The exceptional collection of stamps & covers relating to Rowland Hill from a nice plate 5 1d black on part cover from Alfreton to Mansfield, 1890 Jubilee items (4), 1940 Centenary covers (36 with several special FDC's inc. two Chalmers covers), five Guernsey 2d bisect covers, several pieces of ephemera of the 1940 issue & 9 special Robson Lowe covers showing the 1d post handstamps of 1840 plus much later material. A truly magnificent collection with room for further expansion. (Qty.).

£550

LEPROSY: The interesting collection of mint & used stamps, FDC's, etc. inc. Gabon 22c Gold stamp mint & on maximum card. (Small Qty.).

£50

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus: Collection of stamps & covers relating to the great Austrian composer. A very attractive & appealing lot. (Qty.).

£75

POSTBOXES: Four binder collection tracing the development of the Postbox/Pillarbox with a wide range of covers, cancellations, adhesives, etc. A most interesting lot, lovingly researched and attrcatively written-up. (Qty.).

£120

ALBUMS, PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.

2004 STANLEY GIBBONS CATALOGUES: The four volume set (A-D, E-J, K-R, S-Z) plus the "slim-line" Commonwealth & Empire (1840-1952) catalogue. Virtually as new. High retail price. (5 tomes).

£60

MICROSCOPE: Russian-made, 4-objective microscope in fitted case with 4 extra lenses in a drawer; some wear, one of the pair of adjusting wheels missing.

£35

MISCELLANEOUS WORLD WIDE POSTAL HISTORY

MISCELLANY of postal stationery covers/cards, largely from British Commonwealth countries inc. useful Cyprus, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, etc. A good number are uprated & better items include 1942 censored British Honduras 3c brown registered emvelope uprated with 5c defin., 1947 Cyprus 3c blue large-size reg. envelope to Ankara with 1pi, 6pi & 9pi defins., uprated censored Gibraltar 1d red PC's (4), three Mauritius 5c purple envelopes uprated with various adhesives to the UK (2) & Egypt, 1948 Hong Kong 25c blue reg. envelope uprated with 25c blue adhesive and with "UN LONG" registration label and 1946 2c grey PC uprated with 2c grey adhesive tied by KOWLOON d.s. A very useful miscellany. (Approx. 65 items).

£200

MISCELLANY of post-WWII covers with particular strength in Antarctica including useful early AAT items but with a useful range of FDC's from Greenland & Iceland noted. (Approx. 100 items)

£150

MISCELLANY of covers, cards, etc. predominantly from British African territories, mounted on leaves & loose. A good selection of countries noted but with something of an emphasis on Southern Africa. Well worth close examination. (Qty.).

£150

100

MISCELLANY: Carton containing a substantial accumulation of worldwide commercial & philatelic mail c1890s-1980 with much useful material noted inc. (1938) 'Calpurnia' crash cover, Japanese Occupation of Burma, early GB, Indian mail to Persia, airmail, registered, earlier GB FDCs etc. Inspection necessary. (Large qty).

£120

101

MISCELLANY: Box containing various cards & covers with emphasis on German material inc. good group of 1920s cards with inflation frankings, GB squared circle & other interesting cancellations, commercial mail etc. (Qty).

£80

102

AUSTRALASIAN MISCELLANY: Australian patriotic covers addressed to U.S.A. with sundry censor tapes (7), boxed or diamond h.s.'s, patriotic labels (3), morse code 'V' machine cancellations (6) and some with Australian & U.S. instructional marks inc. Customs, 'Officially Sealed' and octagonal due mark with unusual 8 line explanatory boxed h.s. on back, 1899 env. to U.K. endorsed 'Army of Occupation Egypt' franked at concessionary 5m rate with adhesive cancelled by Cairo c.d.s., 1942/5 pair of envs. regd. from Mauritius with sticker or printed design of 'V' for victory and the earlier with red printed censor label tied by diamond h.s. "1292" and 1903/20 pair of envs. (faults) regd. ex Penrhyn Island to N.Z. (14 covers).

£150

103

BASUTOLAND/BECHUANALAND/SWAZILAND: Small group of postal stationery items inc. Basutoland 1939 4d red reg. env. uprated with 1d adhesive to Ficksburg, 1948 1d red PC used to Morija, 1949 4d red reg. env. uprated with 1‡d adhesive to Bloemfontein, 1950 long 4d red reg. env. to England uprated with 10/- defin., three long QEII 5c red envelopes uprated with 2‡c adhesives, Bechuanalnd KGVI 4d reg. env. uprated with 1‡d adhesive,three uprated KGVI items, etc. (35)

£150

104

CANCELLATION MISCELLANY 1870-1945: Interesting cancellations of the world on stamps, pieces & cover with emphasis on railway mail inc. fine matched pair of Victoria 1d cards (1897) with 'UP' & 'DOWN' train d.s., 'BUREAU REEXP./CHRISTIANIA' on Norway card (1888), Russian, Italian & German covers etc. plus paquebots, sea POs, military (Boer War FPO on pieces) etc. (Qty).

£100

105

EARLY LETTERS - 16th CENTURY MAIL FROM FRANCE/ITALY TO LONDON; Corsini Letters:- 1586 EL from Paris with m/s "per tto" (per tanto?), and 1589-94 trio from Florence. Mostly very fine and all with contents. (4 covers). Photo

£200

106

ETHIOPIA/SOMALIA: The interesting group of covers from Ethiopia & Somalia with several useful items inc. 1944 censored cover ex Addis Ababa with "OPENED BY EXAMINER" censor tape, 1942 censored OAS env. from a Brigadier serving in Ethiopia bearing KUT 30c & 1/- adhesives, various other censored covers, airmails, etc. (30).

£150

107

EUROPE, c1687-1858: Group of stampless covers inc. range of Austria (14) with various Vienna h.s. inc. foreign mail, military cover, insured mail etc. Also early Belgium inc. 1697-1709 pair ELs with Citto express endorsements, 1687 dobbel port, estafette etc. and Greece with scarce (1842) 'button' undated amrk, express mail (1848) etc. (31 items).

£100

108

OFFICIAL STAMPLESS MAIL from the 1970's addressed to Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a good deal of it registered & mostly from overseas postal administrations such as Cyprus, Gambia, Guyana, Jamaica, Malta, Nigeria and Zambia with some fine c.d.s.'s & cachets and all concerning money orders etc. Also a complete copy of a long letter (fascinating contents) written on 24 Mar., 1970 by the British Post Office's Postal Order Branch to the Posts & Telecommunications Dept. in Sarawak re. decimalisation of British Postal Orders and a small group of covers with instructional marks, postage due cachets & labels, re-direction marks etc., mainly with a Derbyshire flavour. (51 items).

£50

109

OVERLAND MAIL, 1839-60: Group of ELs ex India to France (4) or UK endorsed for the Overland route inc. two unusual private h.s. 'VIA SUEZ & FRANCE' or 'Via Suez & Marseille', with oval & boxed red INDIA or boxed black INDIA UNPAID. (5 items).

£60

110

OVERLAND MAIL, 1924-39: Collection of covers (mainly to UK), well-written up on leaves, carried by the Overland 'Bus Service operating between Baghdad and Haifa in the inter-war years; fine variety of printed Es and route labels inc. a mint marginal pane (30) of the red 'MOTOR MAIL' labels & a mailbag label, bilingual 'Transdesert' h.s. etc. Also a copy of the HPS handbook 'Overland Mail' (Collins et al 1990) and another book. Inspection essential. (30 items & 2 books).

£280

111

PACIFIC ISLANDS: Small group of postal stationery items (largely from Fiji) inc. 1944 Fiji 1‡d brown registered envelope uprated with ‡d defin., 1946 Fiji 3d blue registered envelope (long-type) uprated with ‡d defin., 1950/1951 3d blue air letters ex Fiji to Sheffield & New Zealand, 1952/56 7d purple air letters ex Fiji to the USA (latter uprated with QEII 2‡d defin.), etc. (14).

£100

112

POSTAGE DUE MAIL & INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS: Group of covers c1934-80 with emphasis on GB inc. postage due stamps (1951 packet ex Gibraltar with 3/6d customs charge) & markings (1970 S.Rhodesia cover noted), directional h.s. etc. Also three covers from the 1971 postal strike. Good variety. (80 items).

£75

113

POSTAL STATIONERY - WEST AFRICA: The fascinating group of postal stationery covers cards (KGV-QEII) from a variety of West African countries comprising Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria & Sierrra Leone. Better items include Sierra Leone KGVI 2d env. uprated with 1d adhesive to England with boxed violet "PASSED BY CENSOR 1", 1943 Sierra Leone 2d red PC uprated with ‡d, 1‡d & 3d adhesives to Dublin with three different censor markings, 1941 Sierra Leone 1d red PC to the USA uprated with ‡d adhesive and with violet boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR 4", long 1952 3d reg. env. ex Nigeria to the USA uprated with 2/6d (3), etc. A very useful lot. (42).

£240

114

REGISTERED ENVELOPES - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS/GAMBIA/INDIA: 1910 selection of used registered envs from the same correspondence to London with Straits Settlements 10c "F" &"G" sizes used from Penang & Singapore respectively, Malaya 10c "G" size used from Port Swetenham, Gambia 2d "G" size and India 2a used from Calcutta with violet circular framed "AR". A fine original group.

£120

115

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: Spectacular large reg'd 1902 E from St Thomas (DWI) to London with 4c x 10 plus 5c franking totalling 45c; small cover faults otherwise fine. Also 1866 EL ex Swiss Consulate at St Louis, Missouri to Fribourg, Switzerland with v.fine boxed 'F./30' accountancy h.s. and 1818-21 pair of ELs ex London to Narva (Estonia) carried by ships' captains and 11 Latvian postal receipts 1927-35. (15 items).

£180

116

WEST INDIES: The interesting group of covers & cards, predominantly being postal stationery items inc. Leeward Islands 1941 1d red envelope uprated with 1d defin. & with brown censor tape & two-line "EXAMINED BY CENSOR/ANTIGUA" (double strike in purple), undated Leeward Island Islands 1d red card to Canada with double-ring circular censor mark in red, 1946 Leewards 1d env. uprated with Montserrat 2d (2), 6d & 1/-, 1950 giant size Leeward Islands 3d blue registered env. with Leewards ‡d grey & St. Kitts Tercentenary 1/-, seven KGVI stationery items from St.Lucia uprated with various adhesives, etc. (27).

£150

117

WEST INDIES: A selection of postal stationery items from Antigua, Bahamas & Barbados with much QEII but with some KGVI inc. 1947 Bahamas 2d red reg. letter to the USA uprated with 3d blue (2) tied by large oval "SIMMS/BAHAMAS" cancellation, Bahamas 1940 1‡d red PC to Miami uprated with 8d Flamingoes & with boxed violet "AIR MAIL" cachet & 1951 2d red PC uprated with 1d grey (2) to the USA, Barbados ‡d green censored PC uprated with ‡d & 1d adhesives, etc. (40).

£150

MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY

118

MISCELLANY: Miscellany of covers & cards with emphasis on Middle East inc. 1897 Sudan card with Alexandria MPO d.s., 1918 card ex FPO30 (Palestine), YMCA env. ex APO SZ22 (1918, Port Said), 'EGYPT/PREPAID' covers with S.African frankings, 1944 POW letter-sheet ex Camp 310, military, naval & RAF censors etc. (35 items).

£100

119

MISCELLANY: Box with a quantity of covers, mainly ex British Forces from WWII/1950s inc. good range of FPOs, Naval mail, RAF censors - among items noted are Norway (1940), N.Ireland (1941), RAF Aden, Korea (1956), German POW cards (3), airgraphs etc. plus a few WWI items, an interesting group of modern forces mail and a group of WWII censored civilian mail. Inspection recommended. (Qty).

£100

120

THE 2nd ANGLO-DUTCH WAR - NEWS OF THE "FOUR DAYS' NAVAL BATTLE", ETC.; 21 June 1666 privately carried EL ("...sent by this bearer..." - ? from London?) to "Rydall" (nr. Ambleside, Westmoreland) with interesting comments on current events; "[of the recent Four Days' Battle off the Dutch coast]...we have lost many a galant man & goodly ship, and ye rest of our Fleet put into a very ill condition, tho' all diligence possible is used to repaire & reinforce it...he hath spoken with one who was in the fight...he finds no great cause to boast. The Dutch, he saith, fought with very great policy as well as courage, for they flew upon our Flagg-ships & shot mostly at masts, sails, rigging and upper decks...they knowing by experience how difficult it is to sink them...We had 4 or 5 Captains (with ye Generall's [Monck's] Secretary) buried at Harwich...All our Hospitals filled with wounded men...they are told that Tromp's leg is shot off & de Ruyter missing....Touching the French being landed in Devonshire, I have not heard anything, nor can I easily believe it." Rare description of this Naval Battle that took place just before the Fire of London. Plus c.1668 EL from the Duchess Ormond, a badly damaged but interesting 26 Mar. 1672 EL from Whitehall to the Lord Lieutenants of Cumberland & Westmoreland (about press-ganging some sailors who had moved inland to avoid the pressgangers; signed by "Craven", "Bridgwater", "J. Clifford", "Ashley", "J. Trevor", "John Nicholas", "Duncombe" and "Tho. Chichley"), and a 1744 EL from London to Preston. Historical lot. (4 letters).

£150

121

WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION - LETTER FROM THE HAGUE AS THE WAR CLOUDS GATHER, ETC.; 29 Dec. 1701 (= 9 Jan. 1702) EL (folded distinctively like an envelope) from "La Haye" to Edinburgh via London, charged "8" then "11" & finally "1s/1d", with a very fine London Foreign Branch Bishop Mark on the lower flap; the contents ref. the shifting alliances on the eve of the War, with interesting cynical comment on the French King, etc.; plus six 1811-50 Italian States prestamp covers. (7 covers). Photo

£150

122

NAPOLEONIC WARS: 1795-1813 trio of EL's comprising 1795 EL written from the Ambuscade at the Nore addressed to "Major General Bofs at the Marquis Cornwallis's, London" with very fine concave "QUEENBOROUGH", 1810 EL from London to Oporto rated "2/4" in red m/s with Portuguese "500" + "&)" = "570" also in m/s with interesting contents inc. "We yesterday heard Messina was marching his troops from the positions in front of the allied army, which I am sorry to hear - as long as Lord Wellington remains in the position he had taken up I had no fear of the French attacking him but had always dreaded Messina's coming around by the Minks which he perhaps may soon do and must make Lord WEllington fall back on Abrantis unless he feels his army strong enough to attack the French" plus 1813 EL from London to Oporto rated "2/6" in red m/s with Portuguese "430" + "70" = "%))" also in m/s. Contents include "We have little doubt but Biscay & perhaps the whole of Spain is by this time clear of the French" and mentions cargoes to Newfoundland and the capture of the "Lapwing". A good trio.

£120

123

PAIR OF SOLDIERS' CONCESSION RATE COVERS: 1845 EL (faults) from India to England with black h.s."2" and red oval "LAMPTEE/FREE" cachet from a private in the 21st Fusiliers endorsed both by the private in question and his commanding officer plus 1835 cover from Winchester to London with red m/s "P1" (1d concession rate) again endorsed both by the soldier in & his C.O. addressed to the American Consul in London.(2).

£70

124

THE KAFFIR WARS - PRIVATE SOLDIER'S 1d CONCESSION RATE COVERS AND LETTERS: A remarkable collection of envelopes & letters from a Private Joseph Turner serving with the First Battalion of the 6th Regiment of Foot in South Africa between the years of 1848 & 1856. The archive commences with a 21 Feb. 1848 EL to Derby with fascinating contents inc. "Our regt. is come in from the field now that the war is over and everything is peacable by the arrival of Sir Harry Smith. The Kaffirs are very much afraid of him - he was here the last war" and continues with an 1850 EL to his parents quoting "I am a private again - I did not like corporal so I resigned. I like a private's life better - a non commissioned officer is not allowed to cohabit with privates and it requires a man to be very strict which I could never be". The third letter (17 Nov. 1851) states that "The Kaffir war is still raging in all it's fury and I hope it will soon be abated as additional Regts. have arrived", whilst Turner's letter of 11 Dec. 1852 informs his parents that "The war is drawing to a close - the Hottentots and Kaffirs begin to find their mistake out. Chief Seyola has surrendered himself and sentenced to be shot but he got away with imprisonment for life". There are also 13 other covers from Turner (without contents) sent to England from South Africa during the period and six later items relating to Private Turner's subsequent military posting in India and his death and burial at Barrackpore. The lot is accompanied by relevant reading material including "Letters from a Soldier during his Overseas Tour 1846 to 1861" by J.E.O. Hobbs, which tells in full the story of private Turner's years with the British Army in Foreign parts and photocopies of most of the original enclosures pertaining to the covers where the contents have been removed. (23 covers, 4 with contents plus relevant supporting material).

£1500

125

THE "HUT TAX WAR" OF SIERRA LEONE - THE EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS OF ASSISTANT COLONIAL SURGEON Dr. AUGUSTUS BERKELEY; Remarkable series of five Apr./Sept. 1898 letters (4 with their original envelopes - stamps all removed - addressed to the writer's fiancÈe in Barbados) posted from Sherbro' in Sierra Leone, giving vivid accounts of the British Campaign up-country against the ruthless and murderous natives, who had rebelled following the introduction of an early form of poll-tax. These letters formed the basis of a detailed article in the Jan. 2001 issue of theW.A.S.C. magazine "Cameo" (complete issue included in this lot), where the military background to the war is outlined and full transcripts of all these five letters is given. We have only space for a few extracts here; [Bonthe, 8 Apr.] "...[at] the last place I had the pleasure of meeting a celebrated warrior, Ding-Dong, by myself...this man jumped on me from the bush...I have his sword and harpoon staff as trophies"; [Sherbro', 9 May] "...the Governor [of Freetown] had me to breakfast, he...promised ma a guinea a day extra..."; [up country, 12 May] "...I had a [close] shave coming back [up river] as a slug lodged in the side of my boat...One cannon we prevented from going off by killing the man as he was going to light it for to fire on our boat."; ["being pulled along the small Benin(?) River by a steam launch with a Maxim gun", 13-15 May] "...a gun from the enemy went off...a perfect uproar from our Maxim and rifles...these people here have done many more murders and tortures...burning them alive, etc.". Plus an emtpy env., an earlier (Feb. 1898) letter (+ env.; stamp removed) from the same lot, and a 1902 PPC from Barbados to Dr. Berkeley's new wife. Fascinating lot from the heart of one of West Africa's bloodiest campaigns. (8 items).

£300

126

SUDAN CAMPAIGN, 1898: Group of Es (1885-98) addressed to Lt. (later Major) Arthur Sandbach at Suakin, the Hazan Field Force or Egypt plus two gossipy letters & Es to UK written by Sandbach from Wadi Halfa (May '98) while O/C Merowe. In addition, a series of Army Telegraph forms (13, March-July 1898) with Merowe or Wadi Halfa c.d.s. inc. encoded messages, personnel & movement details etc. sent by Generals Rundle, Heygate & Rawlinson - the majority from the 'Sirdar' (Lord Kitchener) himself. A fine group. (20 items).

£180

127

BOER WAR - DIYATALAWA CAMP, CEYLON: Part bookpost wrapper (affixed to a portion of the "Graphic Duplicate Book" from Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon to Calcutta bearing 5c adhesive & with two violet oval "PASSED CENSOR P.O./E.J.B./DIYATALAWA" marks plus three fronts to an interneein the Camp ex India & Natal (2) with violet censor marks. A useful quartet.

£80

128

BOER WAR - DIYATALAWA CAMP, CEYLON: Small range of censored mail ex the Camp with various frankings, all with violet oval censor marks & one with black boxed "T" mark (6 covers & fronts).

£80

129

BOER WAR - POW CAMPS IN CEYLON: Small range of covers, fronts, etc. with various frankings, censor marks & cancels of Diyatalawa & Ragama Camps. (6 covers, 4 fronts & a wrapper).

£70

130

BOER WAR P.o.W. MISCELLANY: 1901 Env. (small faults) with violet double-ring St. Helena censor mark containing 'EW' in m/s addressed to France (unusual thus), censored env. from Smithyfield (O.R.C.) addressed to an internee at Diyatalawa Camp, Ceylon and another censored env. this time to Broadbottom Camp, St. Helena resealed with "OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW." tape tied by purple "P.B.C." mark. A useful trio.

£90

131

WWI - ANZAC RELATED MAIL: 1915-16 quartet of censored covers, three of which are OHMS envelopes with circular ("MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE/2nd A.N.Z.A.C.") or oval censor marks, the fourth being a plain envelope with hexagonal "PASSED/FIELD/CENSOR" mark in pink and with "Opened by Censor" tape. One is only a part cover. All are scarce. (4).

£100

132

WWI - CANADIAN FORCES MAIL: Small selection of covers & cards inc. 1914 (17 Oct.) env. endorsed "Canadian Contingent on Active service" & with two-line "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED", 1914 env. addressed to Toronto with a fine strike (just affected at top by rough opening) of the Crowned circle "CANADIAN OVERSEAS/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" cachet, 1917 OHMS env. with (on reverse) violet circular "SEPARATION ALLCE/CANADIAN CONTINGENT" cachet, 1918 PPC of the "Scaffold Site" at the Tower of London with ornate violet "ORDERLY ROOM/10TH CAN.RES.BATTN/CANADIAN EXP. FORCE" cachet, etc. Also one WWII item. (8 items).

£100

133

WWI AND LATER MIDDLE EAST MISCELLANY: The small group of covers & cards inc. 1922 stampless OHMS env. to England with boxed "Certified Official/R.A.F. CONSTANTINOPLE" & circular "FPO" mark, 2d registered letter (date unclear) to Cambridge uprated with "I.E.F." 3p & 1a adhesives, 1920 OAS cover to Somerset with black "T.P.O./No.407/12 JUL 20" d.s. (Buyuk Dere, Turkey), etc. (10).

£100

134

WWI/WWII: The small group of covers/cards inc. 1917 PC to GB with scarce "FIELD POST OFFICE/I.L.L." & fine violet circular 2COMANDO GRUPPO B1 ARTIGLIERA PESANTE/(Coat of Arms)", 1917 censored PPC to Wales with circular "ARMY POST OFFICE/L1" (only recorded for 3 days at Base PO Aquata before reverting to APO S101), 1917 PPC ex the Krusha Front with FPO 83 & octagonal censor mark, 1946 (July) stampless env. from a female missionary in Rumania to Rome with FPO 577 d.s., etc. (5).

£100

135

WWAR I/II: Small group with 1919 OHMS envelope with boxed "RECEPTION CAMP" cachet (manuscript "MONS CADRE B" appended) & rectangular "(Crown/PASSED/BY/CENSOR" mark, 1944 cover ex Lebanon to Jerusalem with purple circular "DEPUTY CHIEF CENSOR" mark & shield-type "PASSED BY/CENSOR/No/3022", 1945 (? - date unclear) env. to Glasgow with purple "HEADQUARTERS/BRITISH MILITARY MISSION/TO SAUDI ARABIA" cachet and remarkable 1947 flown cover to Denmark endorsed "OAS" in m/s and "Privat" on obverse and "169 pte NIELSEN", "APO HONG KONG" & "B Cpy/2 BUFFS" on reverse. Danish Forces mail from Hong Kong is very elusive. (5 items).

£100

136

WWII - FAR EAST LIBERATION PERIOD, ETC.: Small group of covers inc. 1945 to Kent bearing "MILY ADMN" 2a (2) & 3a6p (2) tied by "PROME" d.s. of 15 August & with violet circular "UNIT CENSOR/B324" plus type-written "FIRST DAY COVER - LIBERATED AREA", 1945 censored registered cover to Berkshire bearing 8 different "MILY ADMN" adhesives to 10r, spectacular cover sent within Rangoon bearing 10r "MILY ADMN" blocks of four (2), 8‡d registered env. uprated with 1‡d adhesive addressed to Vienna with oval "BASE FLEET MAIL OFFICE/TOKYO" cachet, etc. A scarce group. (17).

£150

137

WWII PERIOD MISCELLANY of covers emanating from the Asian theatre inc. flown registered cover to England bearing Sarawak BMA $10, flown registered cover to London bearing "BMA MALAYA" $5 opt., registered flown cover to the USA bearing "BMA MALAYA" $1 opt., 1945 (Nov.) cover sent locally within Kuching bearing four different Australian defins. to 1/- tied by "KUCHING" d.s., 1945 stamples cover endorsed "Free Postage First Day COver/21st Sept. 1945 Liberation of Malaya", etc. (6). Photo plate 12A

£120

138

WWII - EAST AFRICA - P.o.W. MAIL: Letter-sheets from Italian P.o.Ws. detained in East Africa comprising 1942 pair from Camp 357 with "P.O.W./E.A.C. c.d.s. and boxed censor marks 018 & 209, two 1944 letters each with different violet "AIR MAIL" h.s's. and red "POSTAGE PAID" impressions from Camps 356 & 365 and scarce civilian env. addressed to Italy with boxed "REFUGEE/CAMP No. 1", "Passed by Censor/B.7" and Italian censor mark + re-sealing tape. (5 covers).

£60

139

POST WWII OCCUPATION MAIL - LIBYA/TRIPOLITANIA/CYRENAICA: Miscellany of covers & cards inc. 1951 registered "A.V.2" cover to California bearing "BA TRIPOLITANIA" surcharge vals. to 24 M.A.L. (10 different adhesives), six other "AV2" covers to France or the USA (largely bearing Cyrenaica adhesives with Libya opts./surcharges), 1956 stampless cover to a US Air Force Base in Tripoli with four Kingdom of Libya P.Dues (scarce on cover), etc. (18).

£150

WORLD-WIDE AIRMAILS

140

MISCELLANY: Trio of Graf Zeppelin cards inc. 1930 pair carried on the Munster-Friedrichshafen return flilght, one with on-board cancellation plus a third card from 1939; also a range of airmail covers inc. 1911 London-Windsor card with Schweppes advertising, 1922 UK-Baghdad, much KGV Middle East & Empire inc. Jamaica group,WWII etc. (35 air covers & a few others).

£140

141

MISCELLANY c1930-75: Good variety of covers inc. early UK flights to S.Africa, India & Australia, 1950s BOAC covers inc. FFCs, BEA labels on cover (3), FFCs to British Islands, Concorde & other modern items etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty).

£150

142

AUSTRALIA: Small selection of flown covers inc. 1929 Brisbane-Charleville, 1931 Australia-Holland cover franked with Kingsford-Smith 6d (5, one with major re-entry) & 5d surcharge (3), 1933 1st Flight to King Island cover bearing KGV 1d & 2d (3) tied by "SHIP MAIL ROOM/MELBOURNE" datestamps, 1940 1st Trans-Tasman Air Service Flying Boat cover bearing ‡d Roo, 1‡d Canberra & Kingsford-Smith Official 6d, etc. (9).

£130

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AUSTRALIA: Small group of flown covers inc. 1946 9d Air letter from Sydney to Sutton Coldfield (Eustis 1038a), 1931 (Nov.) 1st Official Australia-England air service cover, 1934 1st Official Australia-NZ air service cover, 1947 1st Clipper Flight from Sydney to the USA (by Pan-Am), etc. (10 covers plus 6 off-cover adhesives).

£100

144

CATAPULT MAIL - SS'BREMEN' FFCs: Matched pair of numbered 1929 FFCs addressed to New York & Bremen with 75pf airmail frankings & special cachets, the earlier (22.7.29) with fine First Flight cachet. Attractive pair. (2 items). Photo

£100

145

CATAPULT MAIL, 1929-33: Four covers flown by catapult mail inc. (22.7.29) 'Bremen' First Flight PPC of the ship with oval cachet plus two other /Bremen' covers 1930-33 to N.York or Germany with attractive cachets; also a scarce S.S.'Europa' Southampton FFC with fine red cachet (21.9.30). (4 items).

£100

146

CATAPULT MAIL - S.S.'BREMEN': Unusual pair inc. scarce Saar acceptance for USA with 3f30c franking ex St Johann (1.7.33) with fine green cachet; also PPC of the ship addressed to Uruguay, the 70pf franking cancelled by Hamburg Airmail Exhibition (24.8.33) c.d.s. with swastika cachet alongside, forwarded to Montevideo. Good pair. (2 items). Photo plate 12A

£100

147

CATAPULT MAIL - S.S.'BREMEN': Trio of 1935 flown covers, two to N.York, the third to Berlin, all with fine 'Bremen' c.d.s. & different pictorial cachets and boxed 'Mit Vorausflug nach Southampton' (2) or '...New York'; additional boxed 'AIRPLANE/Ship-to-Shore' or 'KATAPULT-FLUGPOST/DAMPFER "BREMEN" '. (3 items).

£100

148

EAST AFRICA, 1927: Kisumu-Khartoum FFC addressed to UK with 70c franking and fine strike of the scarce red 'KENYA - SUDAN / 1st / AIR MAIL' c.d.s. (15.Feb); also (10.March) first acceptance of UK mail for Cairo-Kisumu flight franked at 7‡d and (9.March) cover with 1925 BEE block of 6 to Uganda, backstamped with the Kenya-Sudan d.s. (31.March). Scarce trio. (3 items). Photo plate 12A

£80

149

EAST AFRICA - TANGANYIKA AIR SERVICE: Pair of reg'd FFCs (24.December 1930) ex Tanga & Dar-es-Salaam with Tanganyika h.s. or paper label, one with reg'n receipt; also a group of feeder service covers, 1931-35 inc. 'LOCAL AIR FEE PAID' (2), boxed 'FEEDER SERVICE' (3) or with additional franking only. Good group. (10 items).

£100

150

EAST AFRICA, 1931-34: Good group of commercial & FF mail inc. Tanganyika pair with air labels, substantial range of FFCs to UK ex Mwanza, Uganda, Kenya plus Egyptian acceptances, Xmas Flights, UK-S.Africa FFCs, boxed 'By Air to / London' etc. (24 items).

£160

151

EAST AFRICA/EGYPT, 1936-63: Cover collection written up on leaves with emphasis on pre-WWII material inc. London-Kano FFC, red barred cancellation of air labels, Egyptian covers, 1‡d 'All Up' rate, much commercial mail, reg'd items etc. (42 items).

£120

152

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, 1927-37: Fine collection inc. (1927) Cairo-Basra FFCs ex UK & Egypt, 1929 Croydon-Karachi special FFC pair plus Egypt FFCs, Jeddah-Basra plus later commercial mail ex India, Xmas flights inc. Ceylon, 1937 FFCs of flying boats 'Centaurus', 'Castor' & 'Capella' plus fine 1931 special FFC Australia-UK & 1934 QANTAS FFC for Egypt-Iraq link. Fine & attractive material. (42 items).

£240

153

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS - EAST AFRICA FFCs: Good group of illustrated FFCs 1931-32 from Sudan (9 inc. to Athens & Crete with special transit & reception cachets) plus London-Sudan, KUT with original IA letter, London-Mwanza Egypt acceptances (3), E.Africa-Iraq, London-CGH plus 1932 'S.Africa-Europe' ex Sudan. (22 items).

£160

154

INDIA - WWII - "BY SAFE HAND OF CAPTAIN": Pair of censored commercial envs. sent by air from Bombay to London franked with Indian adhesives cancelled by large black cross h.s. with (respectively) "BY SAFE HAND OF CAPTAIN." h.s. in violet or 'Per Safe-hand AIRMAIL' endorsement and the latter additionally with large blue cross "CANCELLED" cachet; small faults but scarce items. (2 covers).

£50

155

NEWFOUNDLAND: The small group of flown covers inc. 1921 (25/26 Feb.) Cotton flight covers (two, one cut down at left) from Botwood to St. Anthony, 1922 Cotton flight covers (2 - Botwood-St. Anthony-Battle Harbour-St. Anthony-Botwood) bearing Contingent 1c & 2c adhesives, 1931 Fraser flight covere from St. John's to Burin pilot signed, etc. (8).

£120

156

SUDAN: The small group of flown covers inc. 1927 (11 Jan.) Kisumu-Sudan with red circular "KENYA-SUDAN/AIR MAIL" c.d.s of 15 February, 1931 Wadi Halfa-Mwanza, 1931 Juba-London (2), 1931 Kosti-Mwanza, 1931 Khartoum-London (2), 1931 Halfa-London, 1931 Halfa-Athens, 1931 Atbara-Cape Town, 1931 Khartoum-Cape Town with red m/s "Unclaimed", 1931 Juba-Cape Town, 1931 Juba-Salzburg, sundry later covers flown by BOAC/Lufthansa, etc. (43).

£150

157

SUDAN: Good group of (mainly) commercial air covers with various frankings inc. fine 1931 E with 3p air stamp cancelled by Atbara airmail d.s., reg'd, BOAC / KLM / Lufthansa FFCs etc. Much useful material noted. (53 items).

£120

158

USA, 1927-70: Collection of air covers with emphasis on earlier material - little post-1950 - inc. 1928 Graf Zeppelin FFC (East) to France plus Hindenberg pair, early internal flights, Lindbergh escort cover, substantial range of early helicopter covers etc. Also a good range of air stamps on leaves plus a few early US covers, San Francisco earthquake appeal card etc. (Approx. 150 covers)

£150

159

U.S.A.: 1936 (7 Jan.) large front ex Stroudsburg, USA bearing Frankiln 1c green (6) sent by CLARA ADAMS, endorsed in pencil "only woman on Graf Zeppelin". Unusual.

£100

WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY

160

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: Miscellany of stampless covers, 1853-54, all to the same addressee in Manchester with a good range of postal markings, instructional (rate) marks & m/s endorsements. Three of the envelopes show green Split circle "AMERICA/LIVERPOOL" marks on reverse (14 Sept. 1853 & 27 Sept./1 Oct. 1854). A good clean lot. (10).

£120

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