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641 |
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1923-24 Set to £1 fresh mounted mint. (12). |
£60 |
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642 |
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1927-37 Set to £1 (2) fresh mounted mint. (25). |
£75 |
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643 |
 |
MILITARY COVERS c1932-45: Binder housing an interesting range of covers,. 28 with Xmas seals inc. scarce Jubilee example plus vermillion & blue camels, Fuad Army Post 3m covers inc. scarce strip of 5 (1936) & 3 single frankings plus small 3m used with 2 pairs of 10m; good range PREPAID marks, rettas & censors plus a few Palestine, Saudi 1965 Red Cross hospital cover ex Eqd etc. (Small qty).
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£300 |
| EGYPT - BRITISH FORCES |
|
644 |
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1935 Silver Jubilee 1p ultramarine very good used. SG.A10; Cat. £180.
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£60 |
|
645 |
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1935 Silver Jubilee 1p ultramarine good used, one shortish perf. at lower left but the "key" stamp of this Omnibus issue all the same. Cat. £180. |
£50 |
| FRANCE |
| ** |
646 |
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COVER MISCELLANY: Two ballon monté covers - flown from besieged Paris on the Armand Barbés and the Général Ulrich, both frankesd at 20c, one with contents referring to viewing the City's defences from a railway carriage. Also three items of Napoleonic period official military mail on attractively-printed notepaper inc. concerning a search for a missing soldier or notification of death in service etc. (5 items).
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£120 |
|
647 |
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STOCKBOOK with the early to modern mint & used ranges inc. useful middle period to modern mint sets noted. A little untidy but well worth inspection. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
648 |
|
SWITZERLAND - ENTRY MARKS: Interesting group of stampless covers (8) showing different entry marks inc. SUISSE AMB. MARSEILLE/H (1863), boxed LF/5D (1842), 1852 boxed R.FRONT. with cds of the French PO at Basle, (1869) R[ayon] L[imitrophe] etc. Good group. (8 items).
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£80 |
|
649 |
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ENTRY MARKS - ITALY: Good selection of entry marks on (mainly stampless) covers c1834-74 inc. SARD/ANTIBES (1839), SARD/DRAGUIGNAN(1857), the Mont Cenis ambulant (1866), Grenoble (1874) etc. (13 items).
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£100 |
|
650 |
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1867-74 Three covers and a front inc 1872 E from paris to Valaparaiso franked with 25c pair and 80c. 1873 (Dec.) E. (part of back removed) from Paris "Par vapour Nile via Southampton & Panama to Valparaiso franked with 5c, 15c and 80c strip of three. Most colourful.
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£80 |
|
651 |
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RED CROSS: Interesting group inc. WWI enquiry Es (2) & labels on cover (2), commemorative cards, FDCs, Delandre labels inc. 3 complete panes of Rouen Committee stamps, French PO issues of Red Cross stamps, booklets etc. (Small qty).
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£100 |
| FRENCH COLONIES |
|
652 |
|
SENEGAL: Trio of early letters (1836-43) from St. Louis to France inc. E with Marseilles c.d.s. & boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER", plus two other items (minor faults) with Pauillac entry marks inc. lengthy EL re the provisioning of transatlantic paquebots, charged at "6" or "4" decimes. (3 items).
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£75 |
|
653 |
|
SENEGAL: 1860 small E to France with blue St. Louis c.d.s. & matching fine and scarce blue "6" charge mark; also a similar 1861 E (same address) with v.fine St. Louis c.d.s. & boxed "PD". Slight toning. (2 items). |
£90 |
|
654 |
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SENEGAL: 1863 emvelope front & flap addressed to France with fine pair of 10c Eagles cancelled by plain lozenge in blue with matching c.d.s. of St. Louis and scarce "CORR. D'ARMEES/ST.LOUIS" octagonal d.s. nearby. The flap is endorsed by a Naval Officer. Small faults (ink stains inc. tiny marks on one stamp) but a scarce item of service mail. |
£90 |
|
655 |
|
SENEGAL: 1864 E to Paris (faults) with 10c & 40c Eagles General issue tied by "GOR" lozenge in blue with matching c.d.s. of Goree; scarcer paquebot entry mark of Bordeaux in red.
|
£90 |
|
656 |
|
SENEGAL: 1891-97 group of covers from the French Army in St. Louis (3) & Dakar (1), three at the concessionary rateof 15c, the fourth being a 25c postal stationery envelope; two with blue "CORR. D'ARM" paquebot c.d.s., the latter pair with "CCE MILRE. ST.LOUIS/SENEGAL" c.d.s.; all endorsed by Officers, two with unit cachets. |
£150 |
|
657 |
 |
SÉNÉGAL - AIR COVERS, 1928-55: Useful group of air covers (13), mainly pre-WWII commercial but inc. 1937 FFC group (5) with commemorative cachets (one ex Ziguinchor) plus three other items. (16 items). |
£120 |
|
658 |
|
SOUDAN FRANCAIS - MILITARY MAIL: 1896 Es (edge faults) endorsed in m/s 'Corps d'occupation du Soudan' and 'Correspondance mil.' respectively both addressed to France and bearing fine veterinary service or commandant's cachets and c.d.s.'s of Kayes. (2 covers). |
£75 |
|
659 |
|
SOUDAN FRANCAIS - MILITARY MAIL: 1899 Es addressed to Paris bearing fine strikes of double-ring 'CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE DU SOUDAN FRANCAIS' cachet, c.d.s.'s of Kati & Kayes respectively and with different paquebot d.s.'s, namely 'BUENOS AYRES A BORDEAUX 1 L.J .No.1' and 'SOUDAN-FRANCAIS.L.M.No.2.' Slight faults but scarce. (2 covers). |
£90 |
| FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES |
|
660 |
|
TWO ALBUMS with the valuable collection of covers, 1971-86 bearing many better adhesives and with a good variety of cachets. Better items include 1970 50f Paris (2), 1971 30f D'Urville, 1971 Air strip & 1976 definitive set on two covers. A most appealing lot with much of thematic interest. (Approx. 90). |
£300 |
|
661 |
|
1948-70 Largely mint collection on leaves inc. 1960 Kerguelen 25f green imperf. colour trial, 1963 50f Penguins, 1963 5f Crozet, 1963 Quiet Sun Year set, 1965 50f Discovery, 1965 30f ITU, 1966 Satellite strip, 1966 Pylon 25f imperf. in issued colours & a colour trial in brown, 1968 30f D'Urville, 1969 40f St. Paul Island epreuve de luxe plus issued adhesive, 1969 50f Port aux Francais, 1968 W.H.O., 1968 H.R.Y. issued adhesive plus strip of 5 colour trials, 1968 Space Rocket strip, 1969 50f Paris, 1969 85f Concorde, 1969 Exploration 40c imperforate pair of colour trials, 1970 U.P.U. & 1970 I.L.O. A good, clean lot of desirable & elusive material. (Small Qty.). |
£360 |
|
662 |
|
1950-55 Trio of covers bearing Madagascar adhesives with Antarctic cachets/cancellations comprising long 1950 registered cover to the UK bearing 100f Madagascar "Terre Adelie" adhesive tied by 20th Jan. 1950 c.d.s. & pictorial "DUMONT D'URVILLE" cachet and with four-line "EXPEDITION/ANTARCTIQUE/FRANCAISE/1948-1950". 1952 flown cover to the USa bearing five assorted Madagascar defins. tied by two "ARCHIPEL KERGUELEN/MADAGASCAR" datestamps (with a third example of same clear of adhesives) plus 1955 cover to the UK bearing five assorted Madagascar defins. tied by two strikes of the "ST.PAUL ET AMSTERDAM/MADAGASCAR/DEPEND AUSTRALES" d.s. A useful trio. (3). PHOTO. |
£150 |
|
663 |
|
1956-69 Group of die proofs/colour trials of adhesives depicting indigenous birdlife comprising 1956 12f Cormorants epreuve de luxe plus imperf. vertical pair, 1959 30c (signed), 40c & 200f die proofs in greyish-black, 1959 200f Albatross imperf. colour trial in blue & an imperforate colour trial of the 1969 10f Skua in black. (Small Qty.). |
£150 |
|
664 |
|
1956-61 Trio of die proofs comprising 1956 10f Elephant Seal (in brown), 1960 4f Sea Leopard (again in brown) and 1961 25f Charcot in greyish-black. A scarce & attractive group. |
£120 |
|
665 |
|
1956-69 Group of "better" covers with 1956 plain cover to Madagascar bearing 15f blue & green (SG.1), 1965 Thala Dan cover to London bearing 5f & 12f defins., 1964 cover bearing 50f Penguins, 1965 Thala Dan cover bearing 5f Crozet & 10f Pringlea, 1968 17th Expedition cover bearing four different defins. to 12f, 1964 Thala Dan cover bearing 5f Crozet & 25f Charcot, 1969 19th Expedition cover bearing W.H.O. 30f., etc. (9). |
£100 |
|
666 |
|
1956 Definitive issue. The small collection on leaves inc. a basic mint set, 40c imperforate colour trial in virtual issued colours, 5f imperforate colour trial in red, etc. (Small Qty.). |
£100 |
|
667 |
|
1956-69 Miscellany of epreuve de luxes, etc with 1956 5f St. Paul, 1956 100f Penguins, 1959 20f Arms, 1969 15f Killer Whale plus 1969 25f 20th Anniv. of Exploration signed die proof in green. Also 1969 15f Killer Whale mint adhesive. (6 items). |
£90 |
|
668 |
|
1958-63 Quartet of covers bearing various definitive issues with 1959 long cover signed by Expedition leader bearing six assorted values to 15f with a variety of cachets inc. two different International Geophysical Year types and "TERR ADELIE/BASE Dumont D'Urville/MIDWINTER 1958", 1960 illustrated cover to the UK bearing 100f Penguins, 1962 cover to England bearing 2f, 4f, 25f & 85f plus 1963 Thirteenth Expeditionary cover bearing 30c, 40c, 2f (2) & 15f (2). A very attractive group. (4). |
£75 |
|
669 |
|
1961-69 Group of "better" covers comprising 1961 Expedition cover bearing 10f Seal, 12f Cormorants & 25f Discovery ,1964 50f Telstar FDC, 1966 50f Discovery on cover to England with special "STATION DUMONT d'URVILLE" cachet, 1965 Thala Dan Expedition cover bearing ITU 30f & 2f Sheathbills & 1969 flown cover to England bearing Space Rocket strip. (5). |
£120 |
|
670 |
|
1968 20f Albatross unmounted mint. SG. Cat. £350. Photo |
£100 |
|
671 |
|
1969-71 Map issues The interesting study on album leaves inc. a basic mint set of four, 100f interpanneau mint block of 4 (Cat. £220+), 50f epreuve de luxe and colour trial in a very garish pink & turquoise, 200f colour trial in blue & brown, 1970 30f brown interpanneau block of four, etc. (Small Qty.). |
£150 |
|
672 |
|
1971-80 Collection of mint stamps (inc. a few multiples), FDC's, epreuves de luxe & colour trials. Better items include 1971 Port-aux-Francais strip mint, 1971 Fish set mint, 1971 Insects set mint 1972 Discovery of Kerguelen 100f & 250f mint & on separate covers1974 Faure Base strip mint, 1976 definitive set mint plus colour trials of the three top values and a useful range of epreuve de luxe. A very colourful & appealing lot. (Qty.). |
£240 |
|
673 |
|
1980-90 Collection in loose leaf album including mint adhesives (some multiples noted), FDC's and epreuves de luxe (with some better types noted inc. 1985 Seal and 1990 "Oiseau de Folon"). A good, clean lot with much of thematic appeal. (Qty.). |
£150 |
| GAMBIA |
|
674 |
|
MISCELLANY on leaves inc. QV 2½d & 1/- complete mint panes of 15, KGV 3d used with "Split A" variety & 10/- Elephants mint. (Small Qty.). |
£100 |
|
675 |
|
1889 1½d grey postal stationery card (slight faults) ex Bathurst to reading endorsed "S/S Mandingo" in m/s. Impressed stamp cancelled by bars , fine "GAMBIA/B/MY 31/89/PAID" c.d.s. at lower left. |
£75 |
| GERMAN GROUP |
|
676 |
|
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION: Lighthouse album containing interesting ranges of mint & used stamps inc. WWI Occupations, Plebiscites, Danzig, Memel & Saar with better items noted inc. 1932 Danzig Air Expo set used, Saar 1920 80pf opt. mint, Winterhilf sets etc. Useful material. (Qty).
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£120 |
| GERMANY |
|
677 |
|
TWO CARTONS with the extensive duplicated ranges (c1880's-1960's) with strength in post-WWII issues. Some remeindering noted. (Qty.).
|
£120 |
|
678 |
|
LIGHTHOUSE ALBUMS, 1872-1945: Pair of 'hingeless' albums containing a mint & used collection of Germany and WWII Occupations; nothing special but a substantal, useful collection for development.(Qty)
|
£120 |
|
679 |
|
SMALL STOCKBOOK with an unusual mixture of States, Reich period & early post-WWII issues. Much of interest inc. some good States items (Hamburg 1864 9kr mint block of four signed Diena, Baden 1853 3kr unused (signed Buhler, etc.), 1902 2mk type III (SG.79AA) with Berlin postmark of 30th April 1902, good Saar with varieties, early post-WWII inc. valuable perf./imperf. varieties, Upper Silesia "CIHS" opts., Eupen & Malmedy vals. used, etc. Huge Catalogue value. Worth careful examination. (Qty.). |
£750 |
|
680 |
|
COLLECTION, 1875-1945: Pair of Lighthouse 'hingeless' albums with a substantial mint & used collection showing a high degree of completion, with much useful material inc. 1902 definitive set to 5m mint, 1926 airs, 1934 Wagner set, most Third Reich issues inc. sheets - all mint. Good lot. (Qty).
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£420 |
|
681 |
|
OFFICIALS: 1923 800T on 30pf used block of four with multiple Frankfurt cancellations of 10 Nov. 1923. SG.O316 x 4. |
£150 |
| GERMAN COLONIES |
|
682 |
|
MISCELLANY: Mint & used collection on Lighthouse 'hingeless' leaves with all colonies and foreign post offices represented; better items noted inc. various forerunners, Samoa 1900 opt. & yacht issues, China 1905 2½ dollars mint etc. Useful lot. Inspection recommended. (Qty).
|
£240 |
|
683 |
|
CAMEROUN: 1890 scarce use of German 10pf reply postcard (reply half) with fine "VIKTORIA/KAMERUN" c.d.s.; central crease does not detract. An attractive & unusual forerunner franking.
|
£90 |
|
684 |
|
CAMEROUN: 1896 E to Berlin with 20pf blue "Eagle" tied by fine single-ring "VIKTORIA/(KAMERUN)/GEBIET" c.d.s. Light diagonal corner crease just touches stamp. Photo plate 18A |
£150 |
| GIBRALTAR |
|
685 |
|
ALBUM AND STOCKBOOK with the largely mint collection/accumulation. A heavy emphasis on QEII issues with much mint in evidence. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
686 |
|
STOCKBOOK with the duplicated predominantly used accumulation. Strength in 20th Century issues. (Some 100's).
|
£60 |
|
687 |
|
QV-QEII MINT & USED MISCELLANY on stock leaves and stock cards & in glassine packets with heavy duplication in parts but much of merit inc. KGV blocks, many better KGVI perfs. (both mint & used) and blocks, QEII shades and values to £1 mint & £5 used. Close inspection will be amply rewarded. (Many 100's). |
£300 |
|
688 |
|
QV-KGVI MISCELLANY (chiefly used) on album leaves & stock cards and in glassine packets inc. KGV fresh mint values to 5/- and heavily duplicated but very useful used QV sorted by issue. SG. Cat. £406. (Several 100's). |
£70 |
|
689 |
|
COVERS & A FEW LOOSE STAMPS in the period 1857-83 inc. examples of compulsory use of Spanish stamps on cover, incoming 1858-68 envs. & fronts from England, one of the fronts also bearing encircled "S" denoting the overland route via France & Spain, and various G.B.stamps used in Gibraltar on covers. Very mixed condition but worthy of careful viewing. (10 covers/fronts +5 loose stamps |
£90 |
|
690 |
|
MISCELLANY OF QV COVERS AND CARDS inc. used postal stationery, 1892/3 South District c.d.s.'s on 1d & 10c red postal stationery postcards to Germany, incoming mail (inc. postal stationery) from Austria, U.K., Mauritius, Rumania and Switzerland with Gibraltar arrival marks, maritime & shipping interest inc. early coloured PPCs, a variety of frankings etc., etc. (68 items). |
£220 |
|
691 |
|
MISCELLANY OF QV COVERS inc. G.B. 6d & 2 x 2d blues on 1872/3 covers to Brighton and Malta respectively, G.B. 2½d on 1883 Garrison Library env. (faults) to Dover, 1d red postal stationery card (H.& G.2 - faults) used in May, 1887 to London, late usage (1905) of G.B. 1d brown postal stationery postcard commercially used to Cheshire, much maritime interest, incoming mail (some with arrival marks) from Germany, London & Mauritius and other used postal stationery inc.optd. 5c green postal stationery newswrapper to Germany with South District c.d.s. (25 items). |
£120 |
|
692 |
|
MISCELLANY OF KEVII COVERS & CARDS written up on album leaves inc. much of maritime interest such as PPCs and s/l & other "PAQUEBOT" marks, a good variety of frankings and cancellations, other early PPCs, much incoming mail with different types of arrival c.d.s.'s, used postal stationery inc. a registered env., hotel cachet and a few cards bearing Morocco Agencies optd. adhesives. (98 items).
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£150 |
|
693 |
|
MISCELLANY OF COVERS & CARDS written up on album leaves with a maritime bias but much else of interest inc. early PPCs produced by various companies, commercially used postal stationery, unusual destinations (British Guiana & Russia) and source (Sweden), underpaid mail with appropriate tax marks and generally much worthy of inspection. (170 items).
|
£200 |
|
694 |
|
MISCELLANY OF KGV COVERS & CARDS written up on album leaves inc. WWI PPCs and censored env., early slogans applied both by hand & machine, unstamped or improperly stamped mail, unusual destinations (e.g. Alderney and Sierra Leone), much of maritime interest such as PPCs of & from ships inc. American, Paquebot cancellations, registered mail and front, other PPCs inc.scarcer types, unusual 1929 surface mail env. to U.S.A., early airmail covers inc. 1936 cover to Sudan @ 9d rate and much besides. (163 items).
|
£200 |
|
695 |
|
WWII CENSORED COVERS written up on leaves with a wide variety of types inc. naval and R.A.F., military & postal, many different cachets and colours, varied kinds of resealing strips, honour envs. and a number of Spanish civil war covers routed via Gibraltar despite Spanish loathing of anything to do with the Rock. (74 covers).
|
£150 |
|
696 |
|
KGVI MISCELLANY OF COVERS and a few pieces/loose stamps written up on album leaves, some clearly philatelic but also inc. slogan cancellations, commercial & registered covers, items having maritime interest, Field Post Office c.d.s.'s, 'nylon' covers with G.B. customs charges, Benzequan PPCs, many colourful frankings and rates etc., etc. (81 covers plus a few loose stamps & pieces).
|
£120 |
|
697 |
|
MISCELLANY OF QEII COVERS & PIECES nearly all written up on album leaves from 1953 almost to date with some blatantly philatelic material such as a complete set of the 1953 definitives on a registered cover to New York but also much of merit inc. British F.P.O. and Fleet Mail c.d.s.'s, slogans, American naval covers, local, express & registered mail, naval cachets, special cancellations, covers having maritime interest inc. Paquebot cancellations, 1968 autographed photograph of the then Chief Minister, Sir Joshua Hassan, used postal stationery etc., etc. (Qty.).
|
£150 |
|
698 |
|
LETTER FROM EDMUND CRESSWELL POSTMASTER OF GIBRALTAR ETC: 1844 (9 March) EL from Gibraltar to Cadiz signe by Edmund Cresswell and wityh a fine curved "GIBRALTAR/PAID" h.s. 1841 (NOv.) EL from Gibraltar to Kirkcaldy with a clear curved "GIBRALTAR" h.s. 1903 PPC from Gibraltar to Tottenham. Photo |
£120 |
| GOLD COAST/GHANA |
|
699 |
|
1882 1½d brown postal stationery card (minor faults) to Bremen with the impressed stamp cancelled by "B27" in bars and with a fine c.d.s. of "QUITTAH" beneath. |
£100 |
|
700 |
|
1888 1½d brown postal stationery card ex Saltpond to London with the impressed stamp cancelled by a good small "CAPE COAST/C/JY 19/88" c.d.s. with a mainly fine further strike at lower left.
|
£75 |
|
701 |
|
1891 1½d brown postal stationery card(slight faults) addressed to London with the impressed stamp cancelled by somewhat overinked "556" numeral and with mainly fine "CAPE COAST/C/NO 6/91" small black c.d.s. at lower left.
|
£90 |
|
702 |
|
1894 ½d green postal stationery card to London with the impressed stamp cancelled with mainly fine "ANAMABOE/B/OC 21/94" single-ring c.d.s. with another strike below, "CAPE COAST/OC 22/94/GOLD COAST2 double-ring c.d.s. at top left & superb encircled "T" with h.s. "d/1" to the left. Minor faults barely detract.
|
£90 |
|
703 |
|
1896 Registered env. (minor faults) to London bearing 1d (2) & 2½d adhesives, all cancelled by baars and with circular "ACCRA/MY 18/96/GOLD COAST" d.s. clear of all adhesives. Liverpool oval Registration mark & encircled "R". |
£120 |
|
704 |
|
1896 2d blue registered envelope ex ABURI to London uprated with 2½d adhesive cancelled by hooded registered h.s. with fine "ABURI/A/NO 23/96/GOLD COAST" c.d.s. alongside adjacent to a Liverpool registered oval transit c.d.s. & with fine Accra transit mark on reverse. |
£100 |
|
705 |
|
1898 ½d green postal stationery card ex Akokobi to Accra with the impressed stamp cancelled by mainly fine "AKOKOBI/U(inverted)/AU 9/98/GOLD COAST" c.d.s. with another strike at the bottom left very slightly overstruck by fine Accra arrival c.d.s. for the next day. Small tear at top barely detracts. Photo plate 18A |
£160 |
| GRENADA |
| ** |
706 |
|
PLANTATION LETTERS, 1820-38: Four ELs to Scotland inc. mainly fine GRENADA/ MAR 27 d.s. (1820), copy of plantation owner's will (1804) bequeathing slaves and referring to an illegitimate half-caste daughter, with stepped DEAL/SHIP LETTER mark plus 1836-38 pair of letters to Edinburgh. (4 items). |
£90 |
|
707 |
|
1950 2½d bright blue perf. 12½x 13½ very good used. SG. Cat. £225.
|
£60 |
| HONG KONG |
|
708 |
|
CARTON with the large accumulation of covers (mostly QEII) inc. FDC's, cancellations inc. exhibition and slogan types, postal stationery and a few mint adhesives. (Qty.).
|
£260 |
|
709 |
|
CARTON with the interesting accumulation of QEII period commercial & philatelic mail. A useful lot which requires careful examination. (Qty.). |
£120 |
|
710 |
|
ALBUM AND STOCKBOOK containing the mint & used collection of QEII stamps & covers inc. 1954-62 $10 mint (2), a good range of 1960's & 1970's commems., 1975 Festival min. sheets (2) on FDC's, etc. (Qty.). |
£150 |
|
711 |
|
STOCKBOOK with the mounted mint range of KGVI issues inc. RSW $10 (2), Centenary sets (2) and a good range of defins. to $5 green & violet (4) and $10 lilac & blue (2). A few are a little foxed but the majority are fine. (Approx. 150). [Ex Norman Bennett].
|
£360 |
|
712 |
|
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE AND NEW YEARS DAY COVERS:The extensive collection of KGVI & QEII First Day Covers inc. 1937 Coronation, 1941 Centenary and 1946 Victory official types, 1948 plain registered FDC of the RSW set and extensive QEII ranges.with many official types. Some lunar new years day covers. Mostly with typed addresses. (101). Photo plate 18A |
£1000 |
|
713 |
|
MISCELLANY of KGVI covers/cards inc. 1938 2c grey on FDC addressed to a local stamp dealer, 1938 cover ex Berbera (British Somaliland) bearing 8a & 12a adhesives plus Hong Kong 4c, encircled "34" & large red "B", 1948 2c grey postal stationery card uprated with 1c & 2c adhesives addressed to Canton & incurring encircled "T" in black, registered cover to Shell House (H.K.) bearing RSW 10c & $10 (date of cancellation indistinct & various cover faults, 1953 cover bearing 10c tied by "PLEASE BECOME A/BLOOD DONOR" slogan cancellation, pair of official 1941 Centenary FDC's bearing full sets tied by Victoria c.d.s. cancellations, unused large size (6" x 11½") 25c registered letter postal stationery envelope, etc. [Ex Norman Bennett]. (36).
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£200 |
|
714 |
|
MISCELLANY of KEVII/KGV covers & cards inc. 1905 PC ex BPO Constantinople to Cosmo Docks, Hong Kong bearing Levant ½d with large unframed "T" mark alongside, 1933 cover to Singapore per first H.Kong-Penang flight, 1936 flown cover per Inauguration flight of the CNAC Canton/Hong Kong Airmail service with scarce herring-bone backstamp, 1937 H.Kong-Manilla FFC, etc. [Ex Norman Bennett]. (29). |
£150 |
|
715 |
|
MISCELLANY of WWII period covers with 1941 (24 Dec.) large cover to the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd., Singapore sent on the day of Hong Kong's capitulation to the Japanese, hence incurring boxed "NO SERVICE" & "RETOUR" markings, 1941 (29 Nov.) cover ex Chester to Hong Kong with boxed "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" cachet and four covers/cards bearing Japanese adhesives, three of which are tied by violet pictorial cancellations. [Ex Norman Bennett].(6). |
£150 |
|
716 |
|
COVER MISCELLANY comprising March 1860 E (toned folds, re-inforced edges, etc.) to Bombay per "Malabar" with crayon "4" and mostly v.fine red "HONG KONG/C/PAID" c.d.s. on obverse, 1865 (23 Aug.) EL sent by private means to the USA with no postal markings except for a (Heard & Co.) red h.s. "Per Messageries Imperiales/Packet Str.[Donnai]" with the ship's name added in a different hand; plus 1867 (15 Feb.) EL to New York endorsed "Per Sea Serpent" and "Consignees" with partial v.fine "NEW YORK SHIP LETTER" c.d.s. (29 May) & v.fine "8" h.s. arrival charge. (3).[Ex Norman Bennett].
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£150 |
|
717 |
|
KGVI MISCELLANY comprising 1941 (Aug.-Dec. Crown Agents' release) 10c violet perf. 15 complete right hand pane of 60 bearing requistion no. "C 06416" & plate no. "1" stuck to card and cancelled with no less than 16 strikes of the "KOWLOON/HONG KONG" c.d.s. (minor faults but a remarkable multiple), 1946 (April) 1c, 2c, 5c, 8c, 10c, 15c, 20c black, 25c olive, 30c blue, 50c, $1 red-orange & green, $2 violet & scarlet, $5 green & violet and $10 lilac & blue all in fine used blocks of four thought to come from requisition "E" and April 1946 $10 bright violet & blue on substitute paper in a block of four (one stamp, namely row 10 no. 6, showing 'spanner' flaw and one of the other stamps creased) with central "REGISTERED/G.P.O. HONG KONG" c.d.s. (120). |
£150 |
|
718 |
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MISCELLANY of QEII period covers, largely pre-1970 with two 1954 "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE" covers, four 40c blue postal stationery envelopes uprated with a variety of adhesives, FPO's, FDC's, Sub-office cancellations, etc. [Ex Norman Bennett]. (Approx. 100). |
£150 |
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SECURITY CHOPS - 'DAILY PRESS' etc.: Small selection of 1900-10 QV & KEVII adhesives with values to 20c optd. "DP" ('Hong Kong Daily Press') plus a group of adhesives with various security chops inc. a 50c Revenue adhesive with central "VOGEL H GEDORN & Co/HONG KONG & CANTON" c.d.s. (40). |
£75 |
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1st OPIUM WAR - BRITISH OFFICER's EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNT OF BRITISH ATTEMPTS TO SIGN A PEACE TREATY, ETC.; 31 Jan. - 19 Feb. 1841 EL (long and interesting contents; from the well known 'Morrison' correspondence; see Lot 652 in the Cavendish 'Norman Bennett' auction for a similar earlier cover; sold for £2,530.) from "Macao" (probably written on board HMS 'Volage') to London endorsed "China" and "[Per Ship] Chieftain" on the front, charged "8" with a fair London "SHIP-LETTER" mark (and arrival c.d.s.; 8 July) on the flap. Good contents ref. recent developments in the failed attempts at a Peace Treaty with the Chinese:- "I wrote...on the 10th [Jan.] just before starting for the Bogue; I returned on the 12th, nothing absolutely concluded, but the terms of the Treaty fully agreed to, & only wanting seal & signature...The 'Nemesis' which had been sent up on Sunday last to get the Treaty ratified returned this morning but without any answer. And as the term expires in two days - as too military preparations are going on on the side of the Chinese, which it weas a part of the agreement on Keshen's part, should desist, [and as] the officers are ordered off to their ships & regiments as they have to move up to the Bogue a second time - I fear very much that even now there must be War...I walked down...to the Boat and saw him reach the Steamer, with Capt. Elliot and the Commodore..." Rare letter from the heart of the British forces in China. [Ex Norman Bennett; only recently found by his executors, and so not included in his Sept. 2004 auction.] Photo |
£500 |
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