| LITERATURE - PHILATELIC |
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801 |
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DENDY MARSHALL; 1929 A Study of the Line Engraved Twopence postage Stamps of Great Britain; v.light foxing to fly and page edges. |
£75 |
| MISCELLANEOUS WORLD WIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
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802 |
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MISCELLANY inc. 1870 E sent from France during the Siege of Paris 'via Southampton' to London with transit marks of Cherbourg & Southampton, the latter being a large part strike of the scarce five bar duplex, battered 1865 env. from Brisbane to London franked with 6d green adhesive (faults) with (on reverse) a partly fine strike of the "SHIP LETTER/B/ MY 16/65/QUEENSLAND" c.d.s. (very early date for this), 1876 EL from Paris via Southampton to Chile bearing three 40c adhesives with mainly very fine oval framed "VALPARAISO/10c/" underpaid mark in black, rare August 1941 parcel card from Auschwitz Concentration Camp to Krakow, "CURACAO/OVER/SOUTHAMPTON" & "SURINAME/OVER/ SOUTHAMPTON" marks on incoming or transit postal stationery postcards (illustrated on colour plate VI of Bryan Hunt's "The Post in Southampton") along with examples on loose stamps and much more of interest mainly with Southampton connections. (21 covers + 8 loose stamps).
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£180 |
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803 |
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MISCELLANY of early to modern covers & cards in a small box. A good variety of countries noted. Well worth a look. (Qty.). |
£100 |
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804 |
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MISCELLANY: Interesting mix of covers c1790s-1960s inc. various pre-stamp items ex Italy (6) and Bolivia, St Helena, maritime, dues, early Israel stationery, KGV GB to S.America (6), Fiji official mail (2), 1934 Nyasaland air cover to UK with 4/- franking, 1872 Luxemburg E with 20c stamp etc. Inspection recommended. (89 items)
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£120 |
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805 |
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AFRICA, ETC.: Group of covers to Scotland inc. 1897 E (trimmed) ex Blantyre with 1d black strip (6), 1895 E ex Oil Rivers Protectorate with 21⁄2d stamp cancelled by single-ring SAPELE, unusually with another strike of the PO's squared circle d.s nearby plus similar period covers from Natal, Rhodesia, CGH, Ceylon, NSW, Newfoundland and (1871) USA. (9 items) PHOTO |
£150 |
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806 |
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PACIFIC ISLANDS: Box with the small group of philatelic & commercial covers from Cook Islands, Gilberts, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, etc. (Small Qty.). |
£75 |
| WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY |
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807 |
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MISCELLANY Group of E/.ELs, etc. chiefly from the 19th and early 20th Century inc. 1851 EL ex Portsmouth to the Captain of the "Ship Ocean Queen", two envelopes ex the same correspondence to Philadelphia bearing 3d adhesives tied by Edinburgh dotted circle duplex cancellations, 1879/80 pair of envelopes to Canada bearing 2½d adhesives (one defective) tied by similar Edinburgh cancellations 1894 "Avis de Reception" printed env. registered to the USA, etc. (20). EX CHARLESS HAHN. .
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£100 |
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808 |
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ALLOWED/DISALLOWED BRITISH FRANKINGS AND PAQUEBOTS: c.1902-11 Group inc. nine cards ex Italy with G.B. frankings, some allowed & others not, one with "1d" mark of Nottingham and 4 ex Naples with no charge, 1908 env. to England franked with G.B. 1d stamp + seven Danish or Swedish adhesives and 1911 PPC bearing G.B. 1d adhesive tied by "KRISTIANIA" c.d.s. Also four PAQUEBOT PPCs namely 1907 PPC to Antwerp franked with KEVII 1d stamp tied by fine Folkestone c.d.s. with fine matching sans-serif "PAQUEBOT" alongside, 1909 PPC of Molde (Norway) addressed to England bearing KEVII ½d adhesive tied by superb "GRIMSBY" c.d.s. with scarce purple "R.M.S.P./AMAZON" cachet nearby and 1902/06 pair of PPCs ex Stavanger & Bergen each franked with a Norway 10ø stamp, one with "HULL/SHIP LETTER" c.d.s. below & the other tied by two ring "PAQUEBOT/HULL" c.d.s. (19 items). |
£100 |
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809 |
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"BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/ SOUTHAMPTON" etc.: Interesting miscellany inc. 1910/11 trio (minor faults) to G.B. or U.S.A. each franked with a G.B. KEVII 1d adhesive tied by two different types of "CAPE COLONY/OCEAN POST OFFICE" c.d.s.'s (2) or having fine strike alongside the adhesive which is cancelled by equally fine Southampton Paquebot c.d.s., 3 PPCs of related ships, sextet of 1902/10 PPCs each franked with a KEVII 1d stamp and each addressed to Egypt, one having "ISMAILIA-CAIRE" T.P.O. c.d.s., another bearing Egyptian 1m + 2m postage due labels & the other 4 with Port Said &/or Cairo T.P.O. c.d.s.'s and 1907 trio of PPCs addressed to England or U.S.A. franked with G.B. KEVII 1d (2) or ½d pair tied by mainly fine strikes of "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/SOUTHAMPTON" c.d.s. (apparently used on board R.M..S.'s 'Teutonic', 'Adriatic' & 'Majestic') with separate PPCs of two of these ships.(17 items). |
£120 |
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810 |
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ICELAND - PAQUEBOT MARKS etc: Four items 1926-41 each with single franking and showing two different types of s/l PAQUEBOT mark (Hull and Bergen), Reykjavik to Aedey cover with fine boxed 'Skipsbrief' and 1926 E endorsed 'Skibsbrev'. (4 items) |
£100 |
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811 |
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ICELAND - 'FRA ISLAND' MARKS: Group of covers, 1924-67 with unboxed (3) or boxed versions of the FRA ISLAND mark inc. 5-colour franking of King Christian issues (some perf. staining) cancelled at Copenhagen, c1930 E with 20a pictorial cancelled by the s/l mark, 1937 multiple-franked E to Belgium via Copenhagen with a heavy strike of the mark cancelling one stamp and a 1967 commercial E to Denmark via Torshavn, the two stamps cancelled by a boxed mark. (4 items)
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£80 |
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812 |
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ICELAND COVERS WITH PAQUEBOT CANCELLATIONS: 1938 Long E to Germany with 50a landscape stamp cancelled by Hull PAQUEBOT/POSTED AT SEA machine ; also 1940 E to USA with 45a geyser issue and fine New York paquebot machine cancellation. Useful pair. (2 items) |
£100 |
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813 |
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TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: Small group of covers to/from North America (chiefly East/West) inc. 1787 EL ex London to Philadelphia (early Transatlantic mail), 1793 London-Philadelphia with large double ring "PAID", 1796 EL "p pacquet" ex London to New York, 1841/44 pair of ELs with boxed red "PAID AT LIVERPOOL" marks, 1861 E to Glasgow "p Arago" with boxed red "SUPPLEMENTARY/MAIL", etc. EX CHARLESS HAHN. (22) |
£120 |
| MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY |
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814 |
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WWI RUSSIAN - CENSORED MAIL: Group of covers & cards with Russian frankings, largely to foreign destinations, inc. registered covers, showing a wide variety of censor marks and closure tapes, organised by region and interleaved with separate sheets of notes. (100 items)
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£240 |
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815 |
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WWI - GERMAN CIVILIAN CENSORSHIP: Large group of (mainly) German-franked covers and cards but inc. Bavaria, Holland and Luxemburg, with wide range of censorship inc. good variety of unter Kriegsrecht geoffnet... labels and censor hand-stamps. inspection recommended. (100 items) |
£180 |
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816 |
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WWI - RUSSIAN CIVILIAN CENSORSHIP IN FINLAND: Interesting group of covers & cards from and to places in Russian Finland with wide variety of censor hand-stamps and sealing tapes noted inc. Helsinki, Kuopio, Nikolaistad, Uleaborg, Tammerfors, Torniu, Turku, Wiborg etc. Also two items with Polish censorship. (59 items) |
£150 |
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817 |
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WWI - CENSORSHIP OF MAILS FROM THE AMERICAS: Bundle of covers ex USA, Mexico and S. America to or through the UK, with various types of OBC label, inc. 1917 salvaged E to Holland ex USA with s/l DAMAGED BY SEA WATER, an example ex Brazil to Germany with fine red boxed RELEASED BY THE/BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES; Mexican & Brazilian censor h.s. plus a range of US censors on incoming mail inc. New York, San Antonio, San Francisco & Honolulu, 3-line BACK THE BOYS IN THE TRENCHES... War Loan slogan h.s. etc. (27 items) |
£140 |
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818 |
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WWI - COLOURED PAPER U.K. CENSOR LABELS: Group of censored Es inc. four (one damaged) with different types of the blue-paper 'RETURN TO SENDER' label, three covers sealed with pink OBC labels with Royal Arms and four others with numbered pink censor labels. Useful lot. (11 items) |
£120 |
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819 |
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WWI - RUSSIAN CENSORSHIP OF MAIL FROM SIBERIA: Bundle of covers & cards inc. large number of Red Cross POW items with good variety of censor hand-stamps and tapes, most with annotations, inc. transit mail from USA and Japan. Interesting lot. (43 items) |
£120 |
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820 |
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WWI BRITISH CENSORSHIP OF CIVILIAN MAILS: Group of commercial covers from, to or through the UK, closed with OPENED BY /CENSOR labels, numbered and unnumbered, inc. small format plus an example on pink paper; noted are Dutch East Indies covers (6) to Holland inc. 1917 military item and one to Germany with UNDELIVERABLE/L.P.S. h.s.; also Austrian E with GPO London RLS 'officially sealed' label; and 5 examples of 'PW'-coded labels used on 1919 civilian mail. 946 items) |
£120 |
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821 |
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WWI EGYPT: Group of censored civilian covers with OBC paper labels and a variety of censor h.s. inc. stars, boxed, oval and circular numbered types, AIF s/l example and two IEF censored covers; also POW letter-sheet ex Alexandria and a number of military cds. (37 items) |
£120 |
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822 |
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WWI POW CAMPS - ISLE OF MAN & IRELAND: Fine complete strike of the scarce oval ALIENS DETENTION CAMP/CENSORED/KNOCKALOE I.O.M. on attractive Xmas 1917 Camp postcard to Germany plus two different types of the POW envelope used from the Camp (one with letter) with either 'P.C.' censor or 'P.W.85' sealing tape. Also two items from Templemore Camp to Germany or Holland. (5 items) |
£100 |
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823 |
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WWI - POW MAIL: Group of covers & cards from British POWs inc. items from Groningen, Dulmen, Sennelager, Limburg, Schneidemuhl, Altdamm, Celle & Kleinwittenberg; also two Es to POWs in Holland , one with 'PW' sealing label, unusual OHMS printed E ex POW Information Bureau and three letter-forms ex German POWs in France or Scotland. (17 items) |
£100 |
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824 |
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WWI - RUSSIAN POW CARDS: Interesting bundle of Red Cross and other printed POW cards from a variety of Russian camps with various censor h.s., each with annotated sheet plus five covers to Danish Red Cross etc. Inspection recommended. (41 items) |
£100 |
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825 |
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WWI - COLOUR-PRINTED 'OPENED BY CENSOR' LABELS: Scarce colour-printed sealing labels inc. green example re-sealing a previously-opened E to Holland, two different types of blue-printed labels on three items from or to the USA and three examples of the red-lettered label on mail to Holland or (1916) from Germany to the USA. Coloured labels, thought to be used by special censor departments, are very elusive. (7 items)
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£100 |
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826 |
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WWI - BRITISH MAIL CENSORSHIP: Interesting group of covers inc. wrapper with 2-line red PASSED BY CENSOR/NEWSPAPER DEPARTMENT, scarce type of boxed 'Postal Censor' h.s. on E to Belgium, two examples of p
'permit mail' with different h.s., circular red 'REGISTERED SECTION' censor h.s., unusual double-oval PASSED BY/CENSOR, OBC labels printed in seriffed type etc. (16 items) |
£100 |
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827 |
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WWI - BELGIAN MILITARY CENSORSHIP: Various types of CENSURE MILITAIRE labels sealing items from Belgian forces to Holland or France inc. to POWs, one with unusual AGENCE LEMAIRE/FOLKESTONE cachet, several encircled 'C.F.' h.s., s/l CENSURE MILITAIRE etc. Also 1919 civilian covers with various forms of censorship, two with A DISTRIBUER h.s. (30 items) |
£100 |
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828 |
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WWI - BRITISH TROOPS, WESTERN FRONT: Bundle of cards, covers & 'honour' envelopes from British troops,mainly situated on the Western Front c1915-16 inc. good variety of APO & FPO cds and censor h.s. inc. unusual item to Switzerland with secondary censorship in the field and Swiss 20c postage due stamp. Also 8 censored covers from the post-war occupation of Germany inc. US censor h.s. (46 items) |
£100 |
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829 |
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WWI - AUSTRIA CENSORED MAIL: Group of covers & cards, most with Austrian frankings, with good range of boxed and straight-line censor hand-stamps, inc. Tirol, Bohemia & Moravia plus reg'd military E ex Sarajevo with uncommon paper censor seal. Useful lot. (51 items) |
£100 |
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830 |
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WWI NAVAL MAIL: Interesting group of covers & cards with various types of dumb cancellations (inc. unusual) with censors inc. circular, straight-line and boxed types inc. HMS 'Kent' item, three examples of the Krag 'FPO.a' used at Scapa Flow etc. Good lot. (18 items) |
£100 |
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831 |
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WWI - WAX CENSOR SEALS: 1916 Pair of reg'd Es to USA or Holland, the censor labels sealed with wax showing oval impression WAR/OFFICE/POSTAL/CENSOR; also similar treatment of incoming Swiss reg'd E. In addition, 1917 reg'd E to USA , the paper label sealed with green wax 'P.C.' also YMCA cover to USA with War Office Postal Censor hand-stamp. Uncommon material. (5 items) |
£75 |
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832 |
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WWI - INTERCEPTED MAIL: Cover and front from Holland to Batavia or Denmark to Singapore with German and British censor labels and 3-line red 'Part of a Mail/captured by the /Germans and delayed'; also boxed 'RELEASED BY THE/BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES' in violet or red on mail ex USA to Sweden (3, 2 with modified OBC labels with m/s 'Hellig Olav' or 'Frederick VIII'), a reg'd E ex Spain to Holland and a Dutch front to USA. (7 items) |
£75 |
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833 |
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WWI - GERMAN OCCUPATION OF BELGIUM: Substantial group of censored civilian mail covers & cards, most with overprinted 'Germania' stamp issues and a fine variety of censor hand-stamps from Antwerp, Arlon, Ath, Bouillon, Brussels, Charleroi, Dinant, Givet, Hasselt, Huy, Landen, Lowen, Luttich, Mechen,Mons, Neuchateau, Mariembourg, La Louviere, Tamines, Turnhout, Verviers, Virlon etc. inc. POW and registered mail. Good lot. (88 items)
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£200 |
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834 |
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WWI - BRITISH EMPIRE CENSORED MAIL: Useful bundle of censored covers inc. Cyprus, Malta (6) inc. s/l, circular and triangular types plus a 1916 card with oval 'P.C.' POW cachet, Canada (4), unusual green boxed h.s. on E ex Trinidad, Australian items (5) inc.AIF card and New Guinea cover ex Keita with broad sealing tape; New Zealand items (9) inc. various s/l PASSED BY THE/MILITARY CENSOR/N.Z. , War Stamp frankings (2) and a pair of censored covers ex Samoa, one reg'd to Switzerland. ( 26 items) |
£150 |
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835 |
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WWI - AFRICAN CENSORED MAIL: Interesting group of censored civilian mail inc. Togo overprint set to 1/- on reg'd E with scarce 'Passed by Censor/at/Lome (Togo)' and paper label of Lome, Gold Coast reg'd E ex Mangoase with crowned censor h.s., Sudan trio inc. 1916 E to Cyprus with pink OBC label tied by boxed 'K', Kenya cover sealed with yellow OPENED BY CENSOR/UNDER/MARTIAL LAW, IFPO 302 cover with boxed Mombasa censor and S.Rhodesian s/l censor. (8 items)
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£150 |
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836 |
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WWI - EASTERN EUROPEAN CENSORED CIVILIAN MAIL: Interesting bundle of commercial mail inc. Bulgaria (7) with four different paper seals, Rumania (9) inc. six with 'Germania' frankings, Serbia (17) inc. military, Poland (11) with Austrian frankings censored at Krakau, Posen & Lemberg plus a further 18 items from the immediate postwar period. Mixed condition. (62 items)
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£140 |
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837 |
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WWI - INDIA & BURMA: Interesting group of censored covers (mixed condition) with Bombay censors inc. s/l, circular and crowned types plus Madras censorship of NEI mail plus Calcutta & Karachi types; also two covers to the USA with large Rangoon circular Royal Arms censor h.s. (31 items) |
£140 |
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838 |
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WWI - FRENCH CENSORSHIP OF CIVILIAN MAIL: Bundle of covers inc. origins in S.America, Portugal, Spain, Italy and France with variety of sealing tapes, censor cachets of Dieppe and Bellegarde, boxed and straight-line marks , Golzern POW camp censor, good variety of double-oval numbered marks etc. (38 items) |
£140 |
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839 |
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WWI - FAR EAST: Group of censored covers inc. Hong Kong (3) two with blue paper OBC labels and framed 'PBC', Straits Settlements covers (3) all with numbered OBC labels, boxed censor on Japanese PPC and 1919 reg'd E with 'Victory' set with scarce 'Opened by Censor/ Bangkok' label. (8 items) |
£120 |
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840 |
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WWI - EUROPEAN CIVILIAN CENSORED MAIL: Useful group of covers inc. Hungary (12) with 3-line censor h.s. of Budapest & Fiume, s/l 'Censuravano' of Czechoslovakia (1919), post-war Yugoslavia (4), Italy (14) inc. Bologna, Genoa & Venice, Greece (5) and Portugal (5) & Colonies (2). (46 items)
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£120 |
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841 |
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WWI CENSORED MAIL - SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH-WEST AFRICA; Interesting group of commercial covers inc. items sealed with paper tape, blue crayon 'C' marks, circular numbered censor h.s. etc. and inc. POW cover with pink paper censor label and 3 incoming items. Also nine items ex South West Africa with boxed bilingual or numbered circle censor h.s. (30 items) |
£120 |
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842 |
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WWI - 'S' CENSOR MARKS: Group of covers to overseas destinations inc. Java with various FPO origins and censor tapes inc. 5 examples of the red EXAMINED/BY/BASE CENSOR, three with corrected censor numbers, all with fine strikes of the enigmatic large, encircled, red 'S' apparently used on Forces' mail to foreign countries. Uncommon. (7 items) |
£100 |
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843 |
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WWI - SALONIKA - BRITISH TROOPS: OAS covers with useful variety of cds inc. BAPO X, APO SX1 (3 inc. skeleton), SX2, SX4, SX8 (skeleton), SX12, SX15, SX16 (both skeleton types), FPOs D10, D22, GX, H12, 31, 35, 65, 78, 79, 80, 84 & 85. (28 items)
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£100 |
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844 |
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WWI - SALONIKA - FRENCH FORCES: Group of OAS covers inc. cachet of the CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE D'ORIENT, TetP 501, 502, 505, 508, 509, 510, 520 plus VAG.ETAPES/A.A.O, unit cachets, scarce lens-shaped CENSURE/MILITAIRE/CORFOU, Bulgarian censor, covers addressed to French forces inc. on Lemnos etc. (34 items)
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£100 |
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845 |
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WWI - SALONIKA - ARMEE D'ORIENT: Commercial mail with French military censorship with large double-ring CENSURE MILITAIRE types inc. numbered examples, sealing tape inc. provisional type-written example, one (faults) with large SAISI PAR/L ALLEMAGNE 1917, another with Greek Red CRoss label; also 5c card ex Dutch East Indies to Salonika with Marseille censor. (10 items)
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£75 |
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846 |
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WWI - MIDDLE EAST: Group of seven covers ex Jerusalem 1918-19 inc. 5 reg'd with APO SZ44 or O.E.T.A.E.E.F./JERUSALEM cds and various forms of censorship. Also two items (faults) ex Syria, five IEF covers ex mesopotamia inc. Army Signals E ex Baghdad plus four Es 1920-21 and three Persian covers inc. Bushir example. (21 items) |
£150 |
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847 |
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WWI - TURKEY CIVILIAN CENSORSHIP: Covers to foreign destinations inc. registered, with Turkish frankings and various types of boxed censor marks and paper seals, some with additional censorship on arrival, also uncommon Turkish sealing tape used with unusual star & crescent h.s. on 1915 registered E to the U.S. Mission in Syria. (19 items) |
£120 |
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848 |
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WWII BRITISH SERVICE MAIL: Miscellany with emphasis on forces in Egypt with variety of censor marks, reg'd postcard ex Tripoli with KGVI 2/6d stamp, 'honour' envelopes, RAF (inc. RAFPO 004) and Naval censors etc. Useful lot - inspection recommended. (44 items) |
£120 |
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849 |
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WWII - U.K. PRESS CENSORSHIP: Range of covers related to press activity inc. large boxed Press Bureau censor h.s., orange EXAMINED/BY CENSOR /P.& C.B. labels, green RETURNED TO SENDER... label plus usual GEZIEN/CURACAO/CENSUUR on 1942 E to DWI etc. (12 items) |
£80 |
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850 |
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WWII - INDIA, ETC.: Small carton with the accumulation of covers, airletters & airgraphs from the same correspondence including much emanating from British Forces in India. A good range of frankings and censorship markings inc. much R.A.F. orientated material. (Approx. 120 items).
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£75 |
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851 |
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WWII - EGYPT: An interesting group of covers inc. a good variety of censors with boxed & circular types, MPO, BPO & PREPAID c.d.s., British Army FPOs, Naval & RAF censors, a bundle of 24 Air Letters ex Cairo, etc. Inspection recommended. (Approx. 50). |
£75 |
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852 |
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WWII - U.K. CIVILIAN CENSORSHIP: Group of commercial covers (mixed condition) inc. 5 undeliverable items with UNABLE TO TRACE, EVACUATED or NO SERVICE h.s.; also incoming mail ex Tripoli, Dublin etc. Useful rnge of framed octagonal PASSED BY CENSOR marks inc. numbered, P, T & PW codes plus PER[mit] mail and other types. (34 items) |
£120 |
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853 |
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WWII AIRGRAPHS & V-MAIL: Group of airgraphs inc. various pictorial Xmas types from a range of Theatres inc. unusual example from Rhodesia, some in envelopes, plus unused MEF Xmas 1944 form. Also an original V-Mail form used from New Guinea plus 7 messages, some in Es, inc. pictorial. (28 items) |
£100 |
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854 |
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WWII - BRITISH FORCES IN ICELAND: Useful group of covers inc. OAS items ex FPO 2 (Artun) with PC90 censor label, 304 (2, Akureyri), 306 (2, Reykjavik) and the scarce 307 (Geithals); also RAFPO 001 pair with differently-numbered s/l censors. (8 items) |
£100 |
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855 |
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WWII - CIVILIAN CENSORED MAIL: Bundle of commercial mail from and to the UK, examined and resealed with a range of OBC labels inc. PC66 (15) and PC90 (25) types; variety of frankings. (43 items) |
£80 |
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856 |
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WWII - RUSSIA CENSORED CIVILIAN MAILS: Bundle of commercial mail c1941-50 showing a wide variety of frankings and censorship, interleaved with research notes. Interesting lot. (38 items) |
£100 |
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857 |
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WWII - ICELAND CENSORED MAIL: Group of civilian covers to the UK or USA with variety of frankings (1941 Xmas label noted),censored and closed with various paper tapes, one with boxed PASSED/T.183 h.s. Inspection recommended.( 7 items) |
£80 |
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858 |
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WWII - RUSSIAN FIELD POST: Quantity of covers & cards from a wide variety of Russian FPOs with interesting range of censor marks, inc. triangular-folded items and illustrated fieldpost cards, interleaved with notes. (43 items) |
£120 |
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859 |
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WWII - ANGLO-SOVIET-PERSIAN CENSORSHIP: 1942-43 Group of covers to a bank in Teheran, franked with KGVI 3d stamps (mainly perfins, two uprated for registration), with various types of PC90 censor labels and unusual violet 2-ring numbered ANGLO-SOVIET-PERSIAN/CENSORSHIP h.s., most with a second h.s. in Cyrillic. Also a cut-down E ex Turkey with similar censorship. (8 items)
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£120 |
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860 |
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WWII - RUSSIAN P.O.W. CAMPS : Group of Red Cross and other POW cards from German soldiers in POW camps in the USSR c1946-50 with a variety of numbered lozenge censor marks inc. unusual types and two envelopes. (26 items) |
£100 |
| AIRMAILS |
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861 |
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ICELAND - U.K. VIA Dr LIGHT'S NORTHERN FLIGHT: Very scarce commercial postcard addressed to the UK and franked with the 1934 20a & 1kr air stamps cancelled at Reykjavik with fine green 'By Air Mail/Reykjavik - Edinburgh/Carried by Dr. R|. Light'; this is one of 188 items flown on this leg of Light's flight from New Haven to Edinburgh by the Northern route - and is especially scarce as a totally non-philatelic use: the writer makes it clear that she is taking advantage of the opportunity to write to her family: An airman (American I think) is leaving Rvik tonight & will take letters, hence the PC. Please keep it - the stamps cost 1/2!!' PHOTO |
£300 |
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862 |
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IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: Group of flown covers inc. 1931 cover bearing Indian 3a & 12a adhesives tied by "RANGOON G.P.O./SORTING" and with neat boxed "FIRST AIRMAIL/BURMA-ENGLAND" in violet, 1932 London-Cape Town FFC with scarce Croydon Aerodrome cancellation tying 1/- definitive (only 143 of these believed to exist), 1936 Indo-Ceylon Special Christmas flight cover with attractive violet double-ring cachet, 1937 cover with boxed violet "FIRST FLIGHT/REGULAR AIR MAIL SERVICE/GOLD COAST-NIGERIA", etc. (30). |
£150 |
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863 |
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'GRAF ZEPPELIN' - ICELAND ACCEPTANCE: Registered postcard to Brussels franked with Iceland 30a & 1kr Zeppelin overprints cancelled by Reykjavik 'bridge-type' c.d.s., with fine green strike of the 'ISLANDFAHRT 1931' triangular cachet; Friedrichshafen arrival d.s. Attractive and scarce. PHOTO |
£140 |
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864 |
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'GRAF ZEPPELIN' - ICELAND FLIGHT, 1931: Attractive US design post card (soft corner crease) addressed to USA and franked with Germany 1m zeppelin stamp cancelled at Friedrichshafen (30.6.31); arrival cds of Reykjavik (1.VII.31) and fine green triangular cachet 'ISLANDFAHRT 1931', depicting Viking longship. PHOTO |
£100 |
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865 |
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ZEPPELIN MAIL - 1933 CHICAGO FLIGHT COVER: 1933 cover to the USA bearing Chicago Flight 2m bright blue plus Hindenburgf 25pf and 1926 Air 50pf showing a fine strike of the triangular commemorative pictorial cachet and endorsed "Via Graf Zeppelin/From Friedrichshafen, Germany, To Miami, Flo, USA".
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£60 |
| AUTOGRAPHS |
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866 |
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FRY, ELIZABETH: 1836 Letter (small closed tear) from the Quaker campaigner for prison reform to Catherine Steer, originally enclosing a pamphlet concerning 'self supporting dispensaries', mentioning the education of children in workhouses and dealing with the publisher, Longman; signed affectionately thy friend Elizth Fry; boxed 'T.P./Cornhill' and '2' h.s. The letter has been 'turned' and re-used by Mrs Steer concerning publication details, referring to the new 'Poor Law Report' etc. - and must have been enclosed in a separate wrapper. |
£100 |
|
867 |
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SMALL FACES, THE: Album page with the signatures of the four members of the famous 1960s pop group, namely Steve Marriott, Kenny Jones, Ronnie Laine & Ian McLagan (first two in red felt pen, others in ink, Ronnie Laine signed as "Plonk"). A great period piece. |
£75 |
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868 |
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THEATRE: Carton containing large accumulation of autographs on postcards and pieces, mainly musical hall and theatrical personalities of the 1930s with better noted inc. Gracie Fields, Anna Neagle, Sybil Thorndike, Ivor Novello, Jeanette McDonald, Yvonne Arnaud, John McCormack, Granville Bantock etc.Also various PPCs of theatres or with theatrical publicity. Inspection recommended. (Qty) |
£150 |
| EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. |
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869 |
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GPO ARMBANDS; Pair of GPO circular Armbands c.1860(?) one with "POST OFFICE/POSTMAN/GPO" the other with "TELEGRAPH/MESSENGER/GPO" worked in brass wire mounted on red cloth with black cloth backing. Unusual. |
£100 |
| ADEN |
| ** |
870 |
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BOXED "MALDIRIGE" & "REEXPEDIE" MARKS ON MUCH TRAVELLED COVERS: 1898 (Jan.) usage of the Transvaal 1d + 1d postal stationery reply PC (both cards still attached; only used outgoing) to the Dutch East Indies but with Aden & "SEA POST OFFICE" cds's as well as a mostly v. fine boxed "MALDIRIGE" mark on the front; plus small local India 10th June 1906 cover with ½a adhesive redirected to London with "½FB" mark & v. fine boxed "REEXPEDIE" mark apparently struck on the Sea P.O. Good pair. (2). |
£100 |
| ** |
871 |
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EARLY MAIL FROM PERIM ISLAND TO HOLLAND & DUTCH EAST INDIES: 1898-1900 trio of India 1a on 1½a blue postal stationery PC's all headed from "Perim" cancelled by Aden c.d.s. & Squared Circle or Aden Camp c.d.s., addressed to Holland (2) or Java; the latter with attractive transit marks. Scarce early mail from this tiny island. Ex Ivor Purden. (3). |
£80 |
| ** |
872 |
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"SEA POST OFFICE" C.D.S.'s - BOTH POSTED ON BOARD AND SECONDARY USE: 1905 (March) long env. (slightly reduced) addressed to U.S.A. bearing India KEVII adhesives (½a, 1a, 2a x 6 & 4a) all very weakly cancelled by Tisri "B" ovals and also all tied by mainly fine strikes of Type 8 "SEA POST OFFICE" c.d.s.'s (5) with "C" code matching the backstamp; rare thus. Also five 1902/5 PPCs (2 with faults) addressed to England franked with single India 1a or 3pi x 4 adhesives all tied by mostly very fine Type 8 "SEA POST OFFICE" c.d.s.'s alone with codes "A" (2) or "B" (3), two of them written from Aden, one ex Bombay and two in transit, from S.S. 'Arcadia'(2), S.S. 'China' (2) and unknown; rare as these early c.d.s.'s were not generally used for cancellation duties. (6 covers). |
£90 |
| ** |
873 |
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FIRST TYPE REGISTERED BOXED "SEA POST P.O., C SET" PAIR (BOTH LETTERINGS) ON COVERS EX G.B.: 1904 (Jan.) usage of the GB KEVII 3d brown postal stationery envelope to Bombay with v.fine larger lettering purple boxed "SEA P.O. C. SET/(date)/NO." mark on front; plus April 1907 usage of the GB KEVII small 3d registered envelope (creases) uprated with KEVII 1d to Bombay with mostly v. fine strike of the similar boxed "SEA P.O. C SET/(date)/NO." mark (smaller lettering) also on the front. Scarce pair. (2). |
£90 |
| ** |
874 |
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FIRST TYPE REGISTERED BOXED "SEA P.O., A/B SET" COVERS TRIP EX G.B. TO INDIA: 1904-06 trio of envelopes registered from London to India with GB KEVII frankings, all with purple boxed "SEA P.O. A/B SET/(date)/NO." marks (v. fine & fair). Scarce group. (3). |
£90 |
| ALBANIA |
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875 |
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1928 Airmail set mounted mint. The 3f with minor gum adhesions & tiny rub on value tablet. Otherwise fine. A scarce set. (7). |
£75 |
| AUSTRALIA |
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876 |
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TWO ALBUMS with the mint & used early to modern collection. Also a binder with some Royal Omnibus issues. (Qty.). |
£120 |
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877 |
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ALBUM containing a well written up collection of mint & used adhesives from 1913 inc. a specialised range of 'roo values to £2 with identified varieties and 1931 £1 deep grey optd. "SPECIMEN", an even more specialised selection of particularly well written up KGV head issues with many shades on different values, other varieties such as perfs., dies & wmks. and some postmark interest such as "RELIEF STAMP 1 - N.S.W." for 8 Jan. 1932, a good range of other stamps from 1913 Kookaburra and early commemoratives such as Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- value used, KGVI values to £2 inc. plate & paper varieties, later issues until 1974 inc. values to $4 and a little 'back of the book' material. An excellent basis for still further expansion. (Several 100's).
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£1000 |
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878 |
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COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIA AND STATES ON PAGES CULLED FROM AN IMPERIAL ALBUM: The chiefly used range of QV-KGV period adhesives on leaves culled from an Imperial album. Condition somewhat variable but the Catalogue value is stated to exceed £2,000 excluding defective items. (Few 100s). |
£240 |
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879 |
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VALUABLE STOCK OF QEII VARIETIES TO FIRST DECIMAL SET: Predominantly unmounted mint miscellany with many positional flaws from Produce Food strips and blocks onwards, re-entry (2) on Royal Visit 3½d value, pronounced red shift on 1955 Y.M.C.A. in block of four, interpanneau pairs, booklet panes inc. set of six, ink varieties, Guillaux re-entry in positional block, 1966 definitives positional flaws in blocks inc. major offset on 5c (three blocks of four + single), another block showing lighter offset, pre-perforation paper fold, etc., etc. Previously priced to sell @ £2,186 with individual items at up to £135. (Several 100's).
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£900 |
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880 |
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POSTAGE DUE LABELS: Small stockbook containing a used selection between SG.D78 & D140a., mostly singles but inc. a few pairs and the odd block. Unchecked for positional varieties. STC £1,187. (Scores).
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£120 |
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