Military selection comprising 1) 1895 Corps Expeditionnaire de Madagascar Postal Card with part-military cds with address amended from France to "Phillipine" & with light 'CORREOS/DE/FILIPINAS' arrival b/s & applied across the stamp; 2) 1899 cover to Senegal endorsed "Corps d'occupation du Soudan" & at L/R "Camp de N'Dar Coute", two Regimental cachets, very fine 'KAYES/26/JUIL/99/SOUDAN-FRANCAIS' cds & 'SENEGAL/2/AOUT/99/ST LOUIS' arrival b/s, a bit aged; 3) 1903 stampless Algerian PPC ('Oasis de Taghit') endorsed "Occupation du Guarara" with Commandant's cachet in blue at L/L & 'TIMMIMOUN 15/DEC/03/ OASIS SAHARIENNES' cds, very fine; 4) 1908 'Campagne du Maroc 1907-1908/...Escadron de Chasseurs...' PPC with 'CASABLANCA/MAROC' cds, minor blemishes; and 5) unstamped carte de visite envelope with fair cachet of General Lyautey & 'CASABLANCA/11.11/12/MAROC', minor blemishes.
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INDO-CHINESE POST OFFICES IN CHINA: 1903-04 'PACKHOI' Overprints on 'INDO-CHINE' Peace & Commerce 1c to 5fr SG 1-16 complete on two philatelic covers with 'PACKHOI/23/JUIL/03/CHINE' cds & 'HAIPHONG/26/JUIL/03/TONKIN' arrival backstamps, a couple of minor blemishes & adhesions on the reverse, Cat £1200, for used stamps.
(2 covers)
LAOS: 1952 Anniversary of the First Issue booklet SG MS21b containing 26 sheetlets each with one stamp comprising King Sisavang Vong 1p50, Pictorials, Airmails & Postage Dues, wax interleaving with no adhesion or toning, very fine & scarce in this condition, Cat £550.
MARTINIQUE: 1867 (Dec 24; Christmas Eve) underpaid outer to Marseille "Voie de S Nazaire" with very fine Imperf Eagles 10c bistre & 40c dull red tied by 'MQE'-in-dots cancels, very fine 'MARTINIQUE/ST PIERRE' cds at L/L & equally fine boxed 'AFFRANCHISSEMENT/INSUFFISANT' h/s in red, transit b/s of 'LIGNE B', 'PARIS' & 'MARSEILLE' arrival of 15/JANV/68, rated '7' (decimes) for the underpayment.
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2886
Symbol: **
Cat No: 438-449
MONACO: 1951 Holy Year set as SG 438-449 but Imperforate, all bar the 1f marginal most with burelage, very fine unmounted, unlisted by Gibbons, Cat £120 for perforated.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2887
Symbol: **
Cat No: 858-860b
MONACO: 1966-71 Prince Rainier & Princess Grace Airmails set SG 858-860b x3 plus 1974 Rainier III set (25) including Airmails and 1981 Rainier & Albert set (ex 2f green, 3f60 & 20f) plus Airmails, Cat £520.
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MONACO: Early trio to Italy comprising 1) 1799 from Paris endorsed "par le Monaco" with straight-line '[...] MARSEILLES' transit b/s; 2) 1838 French entire to "Port Maurice" from Nice with merchant's cachet & 'NIZZA/11 DEC' d/s, superb strike of the rare 'MENTON' transit b/s & large-part '[PORT]O MAURIZIO/14 DIC' arrival b/s; and 3) a similar 1840 entire without the Menton transit; minor blemishes. [At the time, Nice & Monaco were within the Kingdom of Sardinia, as was Genoa of which Porto Maurizio was part. Menton was a Grimaldi possession until 1815 when it became a Sardinian protectorate. In 1848, 'The Year of Revolutions', Menton & neighbouring Roquebrune seceded from Monaco]
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NEW CALEDONIA: 1965-80 selection mostly unmounted including 1966 Satellite gutter pairs plus label x10 in two marginal blocks and 1976 Concorde 147fr sheetlet of 10, stated Cat £600+.
(100+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2890
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
NEW CALEDONIA: 1978-2011 collection in two albums on Davo hingeless pages reasonably complete including 1981 Space M/S, 1993 Town Arms sheetlet, 1994 Frigate booklet pane, etc, also se-tenants, gutter pairs, other M/Ss & sheetlets, lots of very attractive thematic interest, the modern material is relatively scarce, unmounted, stated Cat £3000+. Weighs 5kg.
(100s)
