Stamps & Postal History of the World BR PAs IN E ARABIA
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 177
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Cat No: 18b
1948 1½a on 1½d red-brown right marginal vertical strip of four from the centre of the sheet, top pair Type I, lower pair Type II, with Dubai CDSs of 23 JA 50. SG 18b, unpriced (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 178
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Cat No: 41a
1955 2r on 2/6d Type II, large part o.g. SG 41a, £400 (Image)
Opening GBP 90.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 180
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Cat No: 41, a
1951 2r on 2/6d Type I and 1955 Type II, each in a used block of four with Dubai CDSs. SG 41, a, £294 (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 181
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Cat No: 57a
1957 5r on 5/- rose-red Type I, large part o.g. with just the faintest trace of a hingemark, with R8/4 (first surcharging only) wide surcharge. Very scarce. SG 57a, £550 (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 183
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Cat No: 58a
1956 1½a green watermark St Edward's Crown used block of four with reduced sheet margin at left, Dubai CDS of 5 NO 56. A very rare multiple, with B&K Certificate (1975). SG 58a, £4800 (Image)
Opening GBP 1,600.00
Sold...GBP 2,500.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 184
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Cat No: Collection
1948-53 cover group (9) written up on leaves with 1948 2½a on reverse, Type 15 handstamp, and 1948 (23 NOV) airmail cover to Basrah with ½a and 3a, also Type 15 handstamp, extending the Donaldson date (March); four covers with Type 14 handstamp, one to New York and bearing the amazing franking of two ½a and ten 1½as (SG 18), another with Wedding 2½a; two with Type 21 to Bombay with 1951 1½a (SG 37) pair, one torn, and one to UK with 1951 1a pair and 4a; and Type 22 on two covers, one to Sweden with 1948 ½a - 3a, the other registered to Bombay with 1951 1½a (SG 37a) pair and 4a. A fine group with the stamps highly catalogued
Opening GBP 90.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 185
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Cat No: Collection
1948-63 collection of value-only philatelic covers (16), written up on leaves, with no fewer than three complete 1948 sets on FDCs (to India, UK and USA); others including Wedding pair on plain FDC; UPU illustrated FDC (Roger Wells); two 1953 Coronation sets, one on illustrated FDC; 1952-4 set (two, one with 2r added), etc.
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 186
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1948 registered insured (for 2000r) cover with 2a, 2r and 6a Olympics on the reverse, Type 14a CDSs with Aden and Aden Camp arrivals. Embossed STATE OF MUSCAT AND OMAN on the flap and with five STATE OF OMAN wax seals. Vendor states he has seen just one other similar cover with the 2r on 2/6d (SG 24) in 45 years of collecting; a showpiece
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 600.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 187
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Postage Due covers. 1948 envelope to India franked 1948 ½a (3) and 1a, but overweight and with large 'T' in circle applied at Muscat; and two underpaid airmail covers to South Africa and Canada with tombstone T./P.G. marks. Also 1965 cover to BFPO 63 (Bahrain) with four 5np stamps (envelope folded); 1951 philatelic Paquebot (Bahrain Type 1) cover with 1951 1a, and 1964 cover to UK with four 1961 10np stamps, fine red BRITISH CONSULATE GENERAL MUSCAT on front
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 950.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 188
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Cat No: Collection
Sharjah; Forces Mail. 1952-8 covers (10), all bar one being commercial, frankings include 1948 2½a, 1951 2½a and four with 1956 2½d, also a couple with GB unoverprinted stamps. Cancellations are FPO 518 (Type 41) or 936 (Type 42), a good group with all being commercial save one (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 189
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Cat No: Collection
1953-63 covers group (17) well written up on leaves, an interesting selection with all but three commercial and some of the frankings scarce on cover. Includes three where no registration etiquette has been available and the Indian-period straight-line MUSCAT handstamp has been applied (with m/s number), one of these doubly struck in black and violet; another with pair and strip of three of the 25np on 4d, one with the large 'dotted R' variety (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 190
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Cat No: Collection
Dubai; Political Agency. Four 1958-60 commercial airmail covers to UK (a few minor faults, one with a tear at top), three with 40np frankings and one registered at 80np. One with double-ring POLITICAL AGENCY/TRUCIAL STATES on front and another with the same mark in violet on the reverse, the other two with single-ring BRITISH POLITICAL AGENCY/DUBAI, one on front and the other on reverse. A scarce group
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 191
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Cat No: Collection
Airletters. Mixed unused and used group (10) with 'value-only' surcharges, written up on leaves. Some commercial uses including KG VI 6a on 6d used from Muscat (1952, light fold, and 1953) and Kuwait (1953); QE Coronation 6a (two types) from Muscat and 30np from Muscat; and a formula airletter bearing 1948 Wedding 2½a with 1951 1a and 2½a, used to JFD Dias in New York but despite the addressee, commercial and scarce as such
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 650.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 192
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Muscat postcards. Thirteen cards (including two used, 1916 and 1926 - this with crease), ethnic (one with children demonstrating a dead vulture's wingspan) and views, including Portuguese fort, British Consulate, Native Well, etc. Mainly fine
Opening GBP 60.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 193
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Cat No: Collection
1948-9 commemoratives mint and used collection (169) on leaves. Mint with cylinder block of 6 of each (Silver Wedding 15r block of four), unmounted o.g., flaws including Wedding 15r with bottom bar short at lower left; 3a Olympics 'Crown' flaw unmounted single (and two examples in Cylinder blocks), and UPU 2½a lightly hinged single with 'Lake in India'. Used with Olympics 3a Crown flaw, Olympics and UPU blocks of four. STC £930 plus the used Crown flaw (unpriced) (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 194
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Cat No: Collection
1948-55 used collection (109) on leaves with 1948 set plus 1½d Type II, another set used on piece cancelled at Dubai, used blocks including ½a (2), 1½a (both) and 2½a; 1950-5 set with both 1½as, and 2r Type II (two, one used at Doha and very scarce as such), with blocks including 1a, 2a (blocks of four and six) and 2½a. STC £991 (Image)
Opening GBP 240.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 197
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Cat No: Collection
1952-7 mint and used collection (346 plus 150 in large blocks; no Castles) on leaves, a specialised offering with mint and used multiples. We note 1953 12a unmounted Cyl. 1 block of ten, Coronation mint and used blocks, St Edward's Crown set mint, used and in used blocks of four and five values in unmounted Cyl. blocks of 30 (1a, 2a x 2, 4a and 6a, 1957 set mint, used and in used blocks of four (less the 6np but with 2½d Type II), some varieties on the basic stamps included. STC £1070
Opening GBP 190.00
Sold...GBP 190.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 198
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Cat No: 56-57b
1955-60 Castles mint and used collection (49) written up on leaves, a specialised group with 2r Type I weak entry and re-entries, Type III unmounted o.g. block of four, and a used example; 5r Type I with R8/1 major re-entry mint, and also examples used in Bahrain and Dubai; 5r Type II unmounted o.g. single and block of four, and used in Bahrain and Dubai. STC £621 with no allowance for unlisted varieties
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 199
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1957 BPAEA 'value only' Scout issue used in Kuwait (which decided not to proceed with its own Scout issue for political reasons). Philatelically-inspired airmail cover to J.E. Lea in Manchester with 5 x 1np and the 75np Scout with Ahmadi CDSs of 10 AU, and an apparently commercial bank cover (9" x 4") with Kuwait 9np and the 15np and 25np Scouts, Type 24a CDSs of 9 OC 57, roughly opened but rare (Image)
Opening GBP 60.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 201
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Cat No: Collection
Dubai and Muscat cancellations, small collection (25 stamps or pieces) arranged by Type and written up on leaves with additional cross-usages (35 stamps or pieces). Includes better values. Cross-usages with 5np and 10np improperly used at Fujeira, also Bombay and Karachi Paquebots (partial) (Image)
Opening GBP 60.00
Sold...GBP 60.00
Closed..Mar-02-2020, 19:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5916
Lot No: 202
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And Muscat. 1944 Muscat Al-Busaid set and Officials, CTO'd. BPAEA 1948-55 KG VI issues, 1948 set with both 1½a, 1950-5 set with 2r on 2/6d Type II, and another with R9 or 10/3 raised 'S', very scarce; postmark ink on a perf at base makes it appear missing, but sound (Image)
