| 1320 | EXTRAORDINARY SOERABAIJA COVER TO NORWAY WITH RARE BOXED "F.*19" ACCOUNTANCY MARK; Attractive stampless 8 Nov. 1868 E from "SOERABAIJA" (partly fine red c.d.s. on the front) addressed to "Arendal, Norwegen" with red crayon "60" (cents prepaid to Marseille) on the front, changed to final black pencil "60" (skilling) payable on delivery with v. fine "CHRISTIANIA OMK." transit c.d.s. (1 Jan. 1869) on the flap, having rare mostly fine red 2-ring "IND.NEER.V.SUEZ/P.ANG.MAR.1" c.d.s. on the front beside v. fine rare boxed "F.*19" Accountancy Mark (seldom seen; framed just crossed by filing fold). Exceptional destination and markings. Photo | £400 | |||||||||||||
| 1321 | FRENCH "IND.NEER.V.SUEZ/P.AN.A.AMB." DATESTAMP ON BATAVIA COVER TO FRANCE; 24 June 1870 env. to Bordeaux with a v. fine red "BATAVIA" c.d.s. on the front, and a partrly very fine strike of this scarce French T.P.O. c.d.s. (Salles 1892; rare) nearby. Photo | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 1322 | INGOING 110c-RATE STAMPED COVER TO PADANG "VIA TRIEST" FROM HOLLAND; 3 July 1871 E (toned) from Rotterdam (v. fine 2-ring c.d.s. on the front) to "Padang, Sumatra's West Kust, via Triest", franked by Dutch 50c (2; one with fault at top) + 5c (2) tied by unclear dotted numerals, having a fine red "PADANG" arrival c.d.s. (19 Aug.) on the top flap. Scarce destination. Photo | £160 | |||||||||||||
| 1323 | SCARCE FRENCH TRANSIT MARKS ON BUITENZORG 25c-RATE COVER TO PARIS; 23 Aug. 1879 env. (fault at top right) to Paris franked with Ned. Indie. 25c mauve tied by a partly fine dotted "8" numeral (matching v. fine "BUITENZORG" c.d.s. nearby), with large part scarce octagonal "POSS.NEER./PA[Q.FR.P]No.1" d.s. and fine scarce red 2-ring "INDO-CHINE/PAQ.FR.MODANE" c.d.s. both on the front. Photo | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 1324 | WESTBOUND COVERS TO HOLLAND WITH BOXED "STOOMSCHEPEN" MARKS; 1880-99 covers/cards all with boxed "NED:INDIE/STOOMSCHEPEN/RECHTSTREEKS" marks; other marks inc. scarce v. fine blue boxed "SIDAIJOE" cancel (1899 usage of 5c blue PC), 1892 v. fine "NED:INDIE/ZEEPOST", etc. Good group. (5 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||
| 1325 | EASTWARD-BOUND COVERS FROM HOLLAND WITH VARIOUS "PAKKETB" MARKS, ETC.; 1886-99 covers/cards inc. 1886 uprated 12‡c grey env. with 10c+2‡c tied by dotted "10" numerals to "Solo, Soerakarta" habing mostly fine "NED:INDIE/NED. PAKKETB." mark, similar 2-line marks on 1894 envs. (2) to Besoeki/Batavia, similar 1890 "NED-INDIE/BRITSCHE PAKKETB." mark on 15c-rate env. (opened out) to "Deli" with fine scarce blue "BELAWAN" mark, and 1899 PC to Samarang with v. fine curved-top "NED:INDIE/STOOMSCHEPEN/REGTSTREEKS". Scarce group. (6 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. | £240 | |||||||||||||
| NEW ZEALAND | |||||||||||||||
| 1326 | 6d-RATE CHALON HEAD COVER TO G.B. VIA SUEZ; Attractive 30 Mar. 1866 mourning env. to Biormingham franked by1st Issue Chalon 6d chestnut (close to good margins all round) tied by unclear barred numeral with a fine "OTAGO/NEW-ZEALAND" c.d.s. on the reverse. Routed via Sydney (delayed by SS Emeu collision there) and Suez. Photo | £240 | |||||||||||||
| 1327 | Similar 15 May 1863 env. to Birmingham franked by later Chalon 6d black-brown (just clear to good margins all round) just tied by an unclear numeral, with a very fine "N.Z./DUNEDIN/OTAGO" c.d.s. on the front; routed via Sydney, Ceylon & Suez. Photo | £180 | |||||||||||||
| 1328 | SCARCE 10d-RATE CHALON COVER TO G.B. VIA FRANCE, ETC.; Attractive 21 Jan. 1867 env. to Scotland "Via Marseilles" franked by perf. Chalon 2d blue (2) & 6d brown all tied by partly fine "NZ/DUNEDIN" duplexes, having fine 15 Mar "GOLSPIE" arrival backstamp. Rare usage of the French route at this date when 90% of NZ mails were sent via Panama. Plus 1895 env. (slight stains) registered to London franked with 3d+‡d+1d(2) all tied by v. fine Wellington c.d.s.'s with a matching v. fine small "R" in circle alongside. (2 covers). Photo | £150 | |||||||||||||
| NORTH BORNEO | |||||||||||||||
| 1329 | INGOING REGISTERED POSTCARD FROM GERMANY WITH VERY RARE SANDAKAN "UNKOWN" MARKS; Attractive 20 Sept. 1896 registered usage of the 5pf green PC from "NUERNBERG" (fine oval d.s. cancels) with red "R" label, addressed to "Elopura, Nord Borneo", uprated with well-tied 5pf+10pf+20pf; but returned to Nurnberg (3 Jan. 1897 arrival c.d.s. on address side) with two lovely strikes of the very rare Sandakan handstruck "UNKNOWN." mark (back & front), of which only one other example - dated 1894 - has been recorded. Other transit marks include v. fine c.d.s.'s of "SINGAPORE" (15 Oct. + 18 Dec.). Rare Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see plate no. | £850 | |||||||||||||
| PHILLIPINES | |||||||||||||||
| 1330 | BOMBAY F.A.C. ON COVER FROM MANILA TO G.B. "VIA MARSEILLES"; 6 Oct. 1840 E from "Manila" to London "Via Marseilles" having a very fine large double-oval "FORWARDED by W & T EDMOND & Co./BOMBAY" cachet on the top flap, with manuscript "Forwarded 19th Dec. 1840" nearby; charged "6/2" with a fair Bombay red oval "INDIA" on the front. Spectacular F.A.C. cover. PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||
| 1331 | FANCY MANILA "FRANCO" MARK ON COVER TO SPAIN VIA SINGAPORE & EGYPT; 17 Sept. 1848 EL from "Manila" to Cadiz "via del Isthmus" endorsed "Pr. [SS] Minerva", having a very fine fancy-framed "FRANCO" in black on the front matching the v. fine 2-ring "MANILA/ISs. FILIPs." c.d.s. nearby, and charged "6" (reales) on arrival. Attractive and very fine. Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||
| 1332 | 62[‡]c-RATE COVER TO NORTHERN SPAIN VIA MARSEILLES; 16 Nov. 1872 env. (minor wear; with contents) to "S. Sebastian, Espana" franked by a single Philippines 62c lilac (sold by the P.O. for 62‡c!) tied by a very fine starred oval matching the fine 2-ring "MANILA" c.d.s. alongside; carried by the Spanish Steamer service from Manila to Singapore, then by French Packet in closed bag via Marseilles, having a fair (28 Dec.) arrival c.d.s. consistent with the French route on the reverse. Rare thus. Photo | £300 | |||||||||||||
| PORTUGUESE COLONIES | |||||||||||||||
| 1333 | EARLY TIMOR & MOZAMBIQUE POSTCARD USAGES, ETC.; 1 Jan./3 Feb. 1893 usage of the "TIMOR" overprint Macau Dom Luis 30 on 300r Reply PC pair (outward card used only) to Italy cancelled by Timor c.d.s., 7 Feb. 1896 usage of the Mozambique 20r red PC (with Dom Luis 5r pair on reverse and contemporary list of the ships that carried the card) to GB cancelled by blue c.d.s. with Aden c.d.s. on front [Ex John Sussex], and tragic 8 Sept. 1863 EL from Macao to Madeira with boxed "POR ALEWXANDRIA" from which a "PAGO/EM/MACAO" Crowned Circle has been cut out!! (3 covers). | £150 | |||||||||||||
| REUNION | |||||||||||||||
| 1334 | SCARCE ST. DENIS DOUBLE-BOXED "‡ 2 SCH" ACCOUNTANCY MARK ON COVER TO FRANCE; 7 Nov. 1851 E from St. Denis to Bordeaux "[Via] Suez" having a partly fine 2-ring "ST. DENIS/ILE DE LA REUNION" c.d.s. on the top flap matching the very fine small scarce double-framed "‡ 2 SCH" Accountancy Mark (half the 2/- rate to Alexandria via Mauritius being due), with "30" (decimes) arrival charge and red 2-ring "INDES OR./MARSEILLE 1" c.d.s. on the front. Seldom seen. Photo | £200 | |||||||||||||
| 1335 | RARE ST. DENIS BOXED "SUEZ" MARK ON INGOING COVER FROM FRANCE VIA G.B., DIVERTED FROM INTENDED C.G.H. ROUTE; Unusual small 11 Aug. 1857 E (lightly toned) from "AUXONNE" (v. fine c.d.s. on the front) to "L'Ile Bourbon, Voie d/Angleterre" (subsequently endorsed "Reunion" - for the benefit of the British P.O.?!) with red boxed "PD" on the front, having a partly fine "ST. DENIS/ILE DE LA REUNION" c.d.s. (14 Oct.) on the flap, matching the ink of the partly fine small boxed "SUEZ" mark on the front. The letter had been intended to go via the Southampton-Cape route, but the P&O steamer was delayed at Southampton, and so the letter was re-routed (rare thus) to the Suez route, hence this St. Denis arrival mark; but no extra charge seems to have been made. Unique? Photo | £260 | |||||||||||||
| 1336 | STAMPED & STAMPLESS PREPAID MAIL TO FRANCE; Attractive 5 May 1862 EL from "St. Pierre, Ile de la Reunion" addressed to Marseilles, franked by French Colonies 'Eagle' 40c orange + 10c brown (apparently both with 4 good margins, but slightly overlapped) tied by a single superb dotted diamond, matching the fine 2-ring "ST. PIERRE/ILE DE LA REUNION" c.d.s. alongside, with a red 2-ring "COLONIES FRA. V. SUEZ/1" c.d.s. and red boxed "PD" also on the front. Most attractive. Plus cash-paid 7 Oct. 1862 E from St. Denis (partly fine blue c.d.s.) to Nantes with small red boxed "PD". (2 covers). Photo | £200 | |||||||||||||
| RUSSIA | |||||||||||||||
| 1337 | POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPE REGISTERED FROM MOSCOW TO SUMATRA, ETC.; Attractive 11 Mar. 1891 usage of the Russian 20k blue Postal Stationery env. registered from Moscow to "Bindjei-Deli-Sumatra, East-Indies-Neerlandaises, Asie", routed via Brindisi, Suez, Colombo & Penang; plus 1895 pair of envs. from Batavia/Semarang with Squared Circle cancels to Switzerland. (3 covers). Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||
| SAUDI ARABIA | |||||||||||||||
| 1338 | VERY RARE JEDDAH COVER (UNIQUE?) TO ALEXANDRIA WITH EGYPTIAN ADHESIVES CANCELLED BY THE MAIL STEAMER's DOTTED RETTA CANCELS; Extraordinary and very fine 16 Oct. 1877 EL from "Jeddah" (written in Italian; full typed transcript & translation included) to "Alessandria, Egitto" franked by Egypt 1pi coral-red + 20pa blue-grey tied by two fine dotted 'retta' cancels, which must have been applied on board the ship from Jedda to Suez, because uncancelled stamps noted en route at Suez would have been cancelled by the normal Suez c.d.s. There are fine Italian P.O. backstamps of "SUEZ" (10 Oct.) and "ALESSANDRIA" (21 Oct.). This is thought to be the only recorded example of stamps on a cover from Saudi Arabia having been cancelled in the Uffizio Natante (Ship's P.O.) of the K.M.L. steamer, en route from Jeddah to Suez. Important Exhibition Item. Photo | £7500 | |||||||||||||
| 1339 | JEDDAH USAGE OF THE TURKISH 20pa POSTCARD TO AUSTRIA; 22 Jan. 1893 usage of the Turkish 20pa pink Postal Stationery PC (two vertical creases well clear of stamp & cancel barely detract)from "Jiddah" to Pola cancelled by a partly fine bilingual "DJEDDAH" c.d.s. with v. fine transit c.d.s.'s of Suez, Alexandria & Pola on the address-side. With part translation of the message. Scarce Saudi usage. Photo | £120 | |||||||||||||
| SEYCHELLES | |||||||||||||||
| 1340 | FRENCH "LIGNE T" MAIL TO GERMANY/FRANCE, ETC.; 1895 usages of:- the 6c blue PC to Ulm with c.d.s. cancel having fine red octagonal "LIGNE T/PAQ.FR.No.4" d.s. on the front, and of the 30c brown env. registered to Paris with fine "B64" cancel and v. fine black octagonal "LIGNE T/PAQ.FR.No.3" d.s. on the front. Plus 29 May 1896 env. regd. to Ulm with 45c tied by a c.d.s. cancel (carried by the SS 'Cluidwara' to Bombay and then via Aden). Useful trio. (3 covers). Photo | £150 | |||||||||||||
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