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Golden Oak Online Auctions Sale: 60

France and French Colonies
Sudan through Turks & Caicos
Sale No: 60
Lot No: 213
Symbol: Cat No: 123/139

image Sudan, 1951, Pictorials, 1m to 50pi complete (SG 123/139. Scott 98-114), set of 17, o.g., lightly hinged, mostly Very Fine. Scott $61.
SG £120 ($150)
Suggested Bid $30-40 (Image)


SG £120 ($150)
Suggested Bid $30-

Opening US$ 28.00
Sold...US$ 28.00


Closed..Jun-03-2023, 12:24:56 EST
Sold For 28

Sale No: 60
Lot No: 217
Symbol: Cat No: H46

image Togo, 1915, "ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION" on Gold Coast, Accra overprint, 20s purple & black on red (SG H46. Scott 76), beautifully well centered, o.g., lightly hinged, Very Fine. Scott $150.
SG £180 ($220)
Suggested Bid $60-80 (Image)


SG £180 ($220)
Suggested Bid $60-

Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00


Closed..Jun-03-2023, 12:26:09 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: 60
Lot No: 218
Symbol: Cat No: H56, H56a, H57, H57a

image Togo, 1916, "ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION" on Gold Coast, London overprint, 5s and 10s (SG H56, H56a, H57, H57a. Scott 89-90, vars.), set of 4, including color varieties, o.g., lightly hinged, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $116.
SG £145 ($180)
Suggested Bid $50-75 (Image)


SG £145 ($180)
Suggested Bid $50-

Opening US$ 65.00
Sold...US$ 65.00


Closed..Jun-03-2023, 12:26:30 EST
Sold For 65

Sale No: 60
Lot No: 219
Symbol: 		image Tonga, 1934-40, Tin Can Mail covers to various destinations, 14 covers with numerous interesting cancels and cachets; a great lot for the tin can mail specialist, Fine to Very Fine,

Tin Can Mail originated in the Niuafo'ou island of Tonga whereby islanders would use native mulberry poles that were buoyant to assist them in swimming to passing ships holding the mail wrapped in oilcloth and tied onto these spears. The packet was tied to the line and hauled up to the ship and placed in the mailstream at the next port of call. The purser on the ship would place incoming mail to the islands into an empty kerosene or cracker can and toss it overboard for the swimmers to retrieve. Around 1920 a German trader named Walter George Quesell, who worked for Burns Philp and Co., began rubber-stamping his outgoing mail with the mesage "Tin Can Mail". It didn't take long for stamp collectors and tourists to catch on and it became a phenomenon to witness. One fateful day in 1931 or 1932, one of the swimmers was bitten by a shark. The wound was fatal, and, as a result, the Tongan government decreed that swimming for the mail was prohibited. Thereafter, the mail could only be taken to and from ships in outrigger canoes. This, too, was hazardous because of the turgid waters that surround the island of Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island). But thereafter, the mail was marked "Tin Can-Canoe Mail." It was still a novelty, eagerly sought by stamp collectors all over the world.
View a PDF of images for this lot Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00


Closed..Jun-03-2023, 12:26:54 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 60
Lot No: 220
Symbol: Cat No: 156

image Trinidad & Tobago, 1914, "Britannia", £1 gray green & carmine (SG 156. Scott 11), Multiple Crown CA watermark, fresh and nicely centered, o.g., lightly hinged, almost Very Fine. Scott $260.
SG £275 ($340)
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)


SG £275 ($340)
Suggested Bid $100

Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00


Closed..Jun-03-2023, 12:27:43 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 60
Lot No: 221
Symbol: Cat No: 215

image Trinidad & Tobago, 1921, "Britannia", £1 deep purple & purple (SG 215. Scott 20), Multiple Script CA watermark, fresh and nicely centered, o.g., lightly hinged, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $260.
SG £180 ($220)
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)


SG £180 ($220)
Suggested Bid $75-

Opening US$ 75.00
Sold...US$ 75.00


Closed..Jun-03-2023, 12:28:21 EST
Sold For 75
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