Ron Leith Auctions Sale

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COVER & CANCEL COLLECTIONS continued...

WORLDWIDE "G-U" COUNTRY COVER COLLECTIONS continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

1602

41 ITALY STAMPLESS 1820-1840's, to a common addressee in Genoa noting 5 from Naples, 7 from Venice, 7 from Rome, 7 Livorno, and 15 from Nice, with a nice range of town cancels and transit markings, all with the original enclosures, retails over $1000, F-VF ($150+ US) (Image)

C$200+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1603

23 ITALY STAMPLESS 1820-1840's, all from Porto-Maurizio to a common addressee in Genoa with a nice range of town cancels and transit markings, with the original enclosures, retails over $575, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1604

18 ITALY STAMPLESS 1820-1830's, from a wide range of different Italian towns to a common addressee in Genoa, lots of unusual transit markings and all with the original enclosures, retails over $450, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1605

45 ITALY STAMPLESS 1820-1840's, from Milan to a common addressee in Genoa with a nice range of Milan town cancels and transit markings, all with original enclosures, retails over $1100, F-VF ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1606

150 ITALY COVERS 1880-1980's (a few cards)), mostly good airmail rates to Canada and USA, also rates to South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, England ++, includes good WWII censored, mourning covers, lots of registered, illustrated advertising, express, postage due, a Qantas FFC, aerogrammes, some meters ++, 48 are legal size and a few larger with nice multiple rates, some fronts, retails over $600, F-VF ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

SOLD for C$170.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1607

3 IVORY COAST RATES to FINLAND 1986-1991, all are good airmail rates with bird frankings #737A, 737B, and 737C, one of the scarcer bird topical issues with used stamps alone cat $52, retails over $200, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1608

4 IVORY COAST RATES to FINLAND 1981, all are good airmail rates with bird frankings #580A, 580B, 580C, 580D, one of the scarcer bird topical issues with used stamps alone cat $240, retails over $800, F-VF ($100+ US) (Image)

C$150+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1609

500 IVORY COAST RATES to FINLAND 1983-1994, a fabulous pen-pal correspondence from a wide range of mostly small Ivory Coast towns and addressed to the International youth Services in Turku (Finland), note a continuous run of rates for the period with many better registered, lots of good topical frankings for birds, fish, flowers, ships, trains ++, note some of the high value bird issue frankings worth the estimate alone, about 60 are legal size covers, retails over $2500, F-VF ($150+ US)

C$200+

SOLD for C$120.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1610

500 IVORY COAST RATES to FINLAND 1983-1994, a great pen-pal correspondence similar to the previous lot with a retail value over $2500, F-VF ($150+ US)

C$200+

SOLD for C$120.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1611

20 LESOTHO ROYALTY TOPICAL FDC 1981-1998, note 13 with hand drawn cachets related to Charles & Diana, these are artist signed by Tsepso Lesenyeho (a biography accompanies the lot), 7 are printed cachets for the Queen Mother's 80th birthday, QEII 60th birthday, 1986 Andrew and Sarah wedding ++, retails over $300, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1612

11 LESOTHO BIRD TOPICAL FDC's 1985-1999, includes 5 hand drawn cachets signed by the artist Tsepiso Lesenyeho (a biography accompanies the lot), also 6 covers with printed cachets, retails over $200, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

SOLD for C$40.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1613

40 LESOTHO TOPICAL FDC's 1975-1995, includes 6 hand drawn cachets showing Lesotho social history signed by artist Tsepiso Lesenyeho (a biography accompanies the lot), also 34 covers with printed topical cachets noting Norman Rockwell, Disney cartoon characters, European art master paintings, Sir Rowland Hill 150th anniversary, Halley's Comet, flowers, USA Bicentennial, Papal visit, Boy Scouts ++, retails over $200, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1614

35 LESOTHO TOPICAL FDC's 1982-1988, 33 covers are hand drawn cachets signed by artist Tsepiso Lesenyeho (a biography accompanies the lot), note 6 are Butterfly issues 1986-1988, 15 Cat issues, 1988 and 1993. 12 Sports issues 1987 and 1992, also 2 World Cup Soccer printed cachets 1982 and 1987 ++, retails over $200, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1615

39 WORLDWIDE RATES to MALTA 1920-1984, on 36 postcards, 2 covers, and one letter sheet, note better rates from France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, England, Libya ++, retails over $240, F-VF ($35+ US) (Image)

C$50+

SOLD for C$25.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1616

14 MEXICO RATES to SWITZERLAND 1940-1950, 12 are better airmail rates between 80c and 125c, also a 1948 printed matter 6c rate and a 30c UPU surface rate, retails over $300, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1617

23 MEXICO COVERS 1874-1877, all with Mexico #109 frankings on folded letters, most are addressed to Vera-Cruz or Puebla from a wide range of towns, one cover front not counted, retails over $500, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

SOLD for C$75.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1618

18 MEXICO RATES to USA 1915-1949, includes a nice range of airmail rates, 4 WWII censored, 2 postcard rates, one cachet FFC, 1932 maiden voyage of the SS Santa-Rosa from Mazatlan to New York via Panama ++, retails over $300, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1619

13 NETHERLAND COVERS & CARDS 1870-1990's (one later), includes 5 unpaid Amsterdam drop letters 1870-1884 all with postage due #J1 frankings (cat $140 each), also a 1902 returned letter from UK, 1948 returned letter from Jersey, 1923 registered to Germany, 1920 express to Germany, 1996 returned airmail to Oman, 1995 returned airmail to Kuwait, 2003 returned airmail to Mali, a 1929 Surinam airmail to Canal Zone with routing via Trinidad ++, retails over $475, F-VF ($75+ US) (Image)

C$100+

SOLD for C$95.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1620

193 NETHERLANDS FDC's & FFC's 1952-1980, includes 98 cachet FDC's ranging #430/596 with mostly set frankings, also 83 cachet semi-postal FDC #B306/B563 noting many of the better 1957-1960 issues, 12 are FFC's 1952-1966 noting KLM flights to South Africa, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain, New Zealand, Japan ++, lots of $10-$30 covers, retails over $1800, F-VF ($100+ US)

C$150+

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM

1621

30 NETHERLANDS COVERS & CARDS 1926-1959, includes 19 with choice slogan cancels 1926-1950, good UPU and airmail rates to USA and Canada, provisional uprated Curacao stationery cover used at Amsterdam, Acats (New Guinea) 1959 Aerogramme to USA, a MAY8'1945 VE-Day cover to USA, 3 covers with better 1947 poster labels, a scarce #B24 FDC on a 1935 Malang (Java) cover front to USA, a 1938 KLM FFC to South Africa with the return flight on back (worth the estimate alone), retails over $300, F-VF ($55+ US) (Image)

C$75+

SOLD for C$55.00
Closing..Mar-18, 05:00 PM