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3207

French Post Offices in China 1872 (Sept 21): Cover from Shanghai to Lyon, endorsed "via Brindisi", bearing Napolêon laureated 80 c. rose in mixed franking with pair 1871 CêrÃ¨s 25 c. blue, cancelled by crisp Gros Chiffres '5104' numeral lozenge, the leftmost adhesive tied in addition by matching "SHANG-HAI CHINE" despatch cds, French "PAQ. ANG. V. BRINDISI / A MODANR 9 NOV. 72" Shipmail' cds and framed PD, both in red alongside. Reverse LYON arrival (Nov 10) cds. File folds well away from the franking, an appealing cover with the franking paying correctly the 130 centimes rate from China with British vessel, in force from July 1871 to end of 1875. Signed Bolaffi. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3208

French post offices in China, 1892 (Sept 9): Envelope from Peking via Shanghai to Sydney, New South Wales, bearing on reverse 1885 Small Dragons 3 ca. mauve perf. 12½ (Gi 14), an irregular corner marginal block of three. Tied by clear strikes of seal handstamp with clear "CUSTOMS PEKING SEP 9 92" datestamp as well as "CUSTOMS SHANGHAI SEP 16 92" transit datestamp, all in blue, also SYDNEY arrival cds (Dec 1, 1892) in black. On obverse France Sage 25 c. black on rose (Yv 97), tied by "SHANG-HAI CHINE 18 SEPT 92" cds with information strike and octagonal "LIGNE N 17 SEPT 92 PAQ. FR. No 4" Shipmail' datestamp alongside. Cover opened out for display, a fine and fresh franking paying the 9 candarins rate through the French Post Office, sent to the extremely rare Australian destination. An attractive combination cover of Chinese and French issues. Cert. Holcombe (1986).rnProvenance: Collection Ming, Corinphila sale 79 (Sept 1988), lot 4134. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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French Colonies

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602

1900/50: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused, mainly small values and incompl. sets from Alexandria, Algeria, Camerun, Somali Coast, Ivory Coast, Gabun, Madagascar, Maroc, Tunisia etc., few better items may be found by careful inspection, mostly in good condition and housed in six albums. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13)

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3214

1866/1904: Selection 13 covers / entire letters from different French colonies incl. General Issues Eagle 10 c. brown pair with one stamp turned sideways 'couchê' on local cover from Pointe a Pitre to Petit Canal, another local Gouadeloupe letter with 20 c. blue, 1871 pair 10 c. bistre on military mail St. Denis to Bordeaux, 1867 20 c. blue as military mail concession rate from Saigon to France, 1867 double rate cover to France with pair 40 c. orange and pair 10 c. bistre with one stamp turned sideways 'couchê. 1869 three-colour franking with 10 c. & 20 c. & 40 c. with British vessel to France. General Issues CêrÃ¨s 5 c. green in a strip of three paying the military rate of 1882 cover from Martinique, Sage 5 c. & 10c. again paying the military rate from St. Louis, Senegal, and three 1881/87 covers with diff. 25 c. frankings, all from Gouadeloupe. Also 1902 philatelic franking from "TONQUIN / HAI-PHONG", 1904 cover "INDE / KARIKAL", and unfranked local 1901 cover within St. Denis, Rêunion with 5 c. due. Finally a unused stamp from Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises and an incoming postcard from Bruxelles to Rêunion. An interesting selection with some imperfections, three ceritificates. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9)

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Georgia

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1046

1923: 80000 r on 3000 r brown and 40000 r on 5000 r green as well as 20000 r on 500 red (two, one small defect) all handstamped overprints and 15000 on 2000 r grey as 175000 r franking on letter from Tiflis to Paris. Minor wear and tear does not detract from this very rare letter. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1047

1993/2015: Large unused stock in four large folders with miniature sheets and strips, as well as stamps in blocks and large units. All very fresh mnh, full inventory available on request. Mi. = € 28'000. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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Great Britain

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Mollison's Record Flight Australia - England 1931 (July 29): Envelope endorsed AIR MAIL, franked with King George V 1½ d. posted after arrival in "London Aug. 8 32" and addressed to the 'The Royal Aero Club' in London, signed by Mollison with additional manuscript note: "Carried by the / record flight Australia - England July / Aug 31", forwarded to Managing Editor British Aircraft. Envelope with some wear, scarce. One of only two similar covers known.rn (Image 1) (Image 2)

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115

First Solo Flight Europe to North America 1932 (Aug. 18): Collection in two albums including 25 press photos, signed photocards of Jim and Amy Mollison, eight souvenir covers, of which three signed, posted at "New York Aug. 21 1932", together with more than 60 'Portmanrock's' picture postcards as well complete 'New York DAILY NEWS' newspaper (August 22, 1932) announcing '10'000 Greet Mollison here'. Interesting and original documentary concerning this historic flight. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)

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116

First Solo Crossing of the South Atlantic from East to West 1933 (Feb. 6): Legal-size cover posted at the Lympne Airport with Brazil franking tied by Port Natal Feb. 9 circular datestamp and "Rio G. Norte Feb. 9" transitmark, signed by Capt. Mollison. Very fine and extremely scarce cover carried by Mollison with his annotation "Carried by me / first England / S. America flight" in manuscript. One of only three covers known AAMC 1174. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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117

First Solo Crossing of the South Atlantic from East to West 1933 (Feb. 8): Cover posted at "THIES SENEGAL 8 FEV. 33" franked Senegal 50 cts. and signed by Capt. Mollison with his annotation "Carried by me / England S. America" in manuscript. Very fine and the only known cover to date. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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118

'Seafarer Atlantic Record Flight' 1933 (July 22/23): Envelope fom Dublin franked with six adhesives King George V 1 d., all remained uncancelled, with Irish Airpost label, endorsed 'Per Atlantic Air Mail, The Seafarer' London to New York, addressed to Quebec, Canada, carried on the flight from Pendine Sands, Wales to New York, by Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, on July 23 the plane 'Seafarer' was forced to land in a swamp near Bridgeport, Connecticut, after running low on fuel, signed by both pilots. Some wear, horizontal fold and water stains on the back, just a scarce Crash cover and the only known from Ireland. Nierinck 330723. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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119

'Seafarer Atlantic Record Flight' 1933 (July 22/23): Interesting documentary with 25 original press photos, including an Associated Press photo together with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the lawn of his Hyde Park Estate in New York, dated July 30, 1933, five photos of the crashed aircraft, together with 1933 NY 'Daily News' (Monday July 4): MOLLISONS CRASH, letters and cards of official receptions with original menu card for reception at Bridgeposrt (Aug. 4, 33) as well as two signed 'crash-covers' addressed to Paddy Saul's brother in New York. A fine and very rare offer. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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120

'Seafarer Atlantic Record Flight' 1933 (July 22/23): Stampless legal size envelope carried on the flight from Pendine Sands, Wales to New York, by Amy Johnson and her husband Jim Mollison, on July 23 the plane 'Seafarer' was forced to land in a swamp near Bridgeport, Connecticut, after running low on fuel, signed by both pilots with type-written note on reverse: "This letter was recovered from the marsh at Bridgeport .....crashed in the 'Seafarer' July 23rd.1933 after successfully crossing the North Atlantic from Wales, New York City July 27th 1933". Four covers carried. Nierinck 330723. (Image 1)

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121

JIM MOLLISON AND AMY JOHNSON - THE FLYING SWEETHEARTS 1934 (May 9): Official APEX Banquet Menue card, held Wednesday 9th May 1934 at the Dorchester Hotel, signed by J.A. Mollison and Amy Mollison in pencil on reverse of card. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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122

JIM MOLLISON AND AMY JOHNSON - THE FLYING SWEETHEARTS 1934 (Oct. 20): MacRobertson International Air Races England - Australia - Official Royal Aero Club Programme - Starting at The Mildenhall Aerodrome, Suffolk, signed by dignitaries and 44 pilots, as there are James Fitzmaurice, E.W. Bonar as well as Jim and Amy Mollison. Initially vertically folded, a fine and scarce document. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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123

JIM MOLLISON AND AMY JOHNSON - THE FLYING SWEETHEARTS 1929/36: Four volume collection with many original press photos, Newspapers and newspaper clips, rare photocards with many signed items as two original portrait photos signed by J.A. Mollison and A. Mollison respectively, further a special part relating to Amy Johnson (Mollison) with private and official photos as well as rare Program for de Havilland's Annual Dinner held Dec.1, 1934. Viewing recommended. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12)

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247

London - Capetown Flight 1936 (May 3): Legal size cover to Amy Johnson at Gravesend Airport and redirected to London with typed inscription detailing her round flight from Gravesend to Cape Town and back to Croydon, bearing two GB 1 1/2d stamps cancelled at South Kensington on May 3rd and May 15th and two circular "CAPETOWN MUNICIPAL AIR-PORT / WINGFIELD" cachets dated 7 May and 10 May, signed by Amy Johnson. A rare cover carried by this famous aviator on this record breaking flight completed in under 8 days flying time, envelope with two vertical folds, just four covers carried. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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248

London - Capetown Flight 1936 (May 6): Envelope franked with South West Africa pictorial ½ d. and 1d. tied by "WINDHOEK AIR MAIL 6.5.36" to "CAPE TOWN 7. MAY 36" with endorsed type-written note: "Carried by Mrs. Amy Mollison on her record breaking flight from London to Cape Town via West Coast of Africa, Windhoek, 6 May, 1936", signed 'A Mollison', one of only four covers carried on that leg. Fine and scarce. - The British aviatrix Amy Johnson, departed Gravesend Aerodrome, Kent, England, 4 May 1936, in her Percival D.3 Gull Six, enroute to Cape Town and had set a record for solo flying this route, breaking the existing record which had been set by her husband, James Mollison. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1564

Great Britain, Wright, H.E. & Creeke A.B., 1899: History of the adhesive stamps of the British Isles, hardbound in ¼ leather, gold stamped spine, 263 pages, binding scuffed, the majority of the plates was cut into pieces and the figures were glued at the right position into the text, further The Philatelic Society London 1895/1906 Commonwealth - British Africa The POSTAGE STAMPS, Envelopes, Wrappers, Post Cards, and Telegraph Stamps of THE BRITISH COLONIES, POSSESSIONS AND PROTECTORATES IN AFRICA, PART I comprising British Bechuanaland, British East Africa, British South Africa (including British Central Africa, and the Cape of Good Hope. 247 pages with Illustrations of the stamps described, a fine example hardbound in half leather with the usual cover scuffs, also PART III of 1906 comprising New Republic, Northern Nigeria, Oil Rivers and Niger Coast Protectorate, Orange River Colony with Orange Free State, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Southern Nigeria, Stellaland, Swazieland, Transvaal with South African Republic, Uganda, Zanzibar and Zululand. Pages 248-708 not yet split in an unbound example, plates separately, spine of the volume damaged as well as British India including Ceylon, 101 pages and 57 pages in two Appendices, recently bound with the old title page on front of the cover. A historic monograph with contributions of Tapling and Bacon among others, a rare limited edition. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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1565

General Interest - Indices; Crawford Earl of / Bacon E., 1911; Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Vol VII. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS / General, Special and Periodical forming the LITERATURE of PHILATELY. Divided into Two Parts (1) Authors and Titles (2) Periodicals printed at the Aberdeen University Press 1911, 923 pages hardbound in black rexine, gold tooling on spine and front. The Bible of early Philatelic Literature - 'the Crawford' with spine broken partially on one side, a book which would benefit substantially from rebinding. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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