1895 Cowasjee Dinshaw & Bros quintuple-rate cover (2½a x5) to UK with India QV 2a blue, 2a6p green pair and 8a violet tied 'ADEN/MY29/95' squared-circle, 'NORTHWICK/JU10/95' arrival b/s, couple of minor edge marks.
1939 usage of KGVI 3a blue Registration Envelope size 203x125mm to Denmark with KGVI Pictorials ½a & 3a added tied 'ADEN/REG/12JUL39' cds and blue R label on face, 'KOBENHAVN/24.7.39' arrival b/s, a few minor blemishes. Nice usage to an unusual destination.
KHORMAKSAR: 1937 illustrated Eastern Telegraph Co blue/white envelope with 'ASSOCIATED WITH CABLE AND/WIRELESS LIMITED' h/s in blue, to "B Squadron RAF/Khormaksar Aden" with India KGV 3p grey & 1a3p magenta strip of 3 tied by Aden cds, blue & black R label, very fine 'KHORMAKSAR/2JUN36' arrival cds, corner fault.
PERIM: 1918 Djibouti PPC to Berkshire with Indian KGV ½a green & 1a carmine tied by the 1st Type 'PERIM/28SEP18' cds (Proud D1 State 1), 'PASSED CENSOR/ No A 9 /PERIM' cachet in purple.
PERIM: 1919 Benghiat Aden PPC with oval 'THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY/C.S./30APR1919/ CAMBRIA/LIMITED' cachet in violet used at Perim, to Berkshire with Indian KGV ½a pair tied by an indistinct 'relief' cds apparently used at Perim but not recorded by Ted Proud for the island or GPO. ['C.S.' = Cable Ship]
PERIM: 1919 Benghiat Aden PPC with oval 'THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY/C.S./9FEB1919/ CAMBRIA/LIMITED' cachet in violet used at Perim, to Berkshire with Indian KGV 1a carmine tied by very fine strike of the 1st Type 'PERIM/10FEB19' cds (Proud D1 State 1), minor bends. ['C.S.' = Cable Ship]
SOUTH ARABIAN FEDERATION: 1965 Globe Trading Agencies cover endorsed "Per Second Class Airmail - Registered Sample of No Commercial Value", to Austria with 75f Arms solo franking, 'CRATER/B/15SP/65/ADEN' d/s and blue/white R label, flap unsealed for inspection, green Customs Declaration form on face stating "1 plastic bag" and 'Zollfrei' [Duty Free] cachet applied on arrival, Vienna b/s of 21.9.65.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1932 Clarke Steamship Co Ltd 'Canadian Trade Exhibition Cruise' envelope airmail to Canada with KGV 1/- pair tied 'ST. JOHNS/JA21/1932/ANTIGUA' cds, carried by PanAm FAM-5/6 'Lindbergh Circle' service to Miami (Florida) and onwards by domestic airmail, a couple of minor blemishes. This cruise was undertaken in the midst of the Great Depression in the hope that the West Indies would replace existing American imports with products from Canada under an appeal to their common associations with Britain. It attracted exhibits from sixty-five Canadian manufacturers plus banks, universities and trade associations, and took place on board the "New Northland" which visited fourteen Caribbean ports between Jan 11 and Feb 28, overnighting in Antigua on Jan 20.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1940 'On Salvation Army Service, Territorial Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica' envelope airmail from Colonel Hodgson in Antigua to his wife in Jamaica, KGVI Pictorials 1d & 1/- tied 'ST JOHNS/MY30/40/ANTIGUA' cds, re-directed with 'KINGSTON' transit and 'MANDEVILLE/JU5/40/JAMAICA' arrival b/s, not censored, a couple of repaired edge faults at top. Unusual war-time inter-island airmail.
1938-52 KGVI Definitives 5/- brown-purple & deep bright blue SG 156d marginal example from the top of the sheet with Plate Number '1', unmounted, Cat £45+.
1938-52 KGVI Definitives 1938-52 KGVI Definitives Ordinary Paper 5/- red-purple & deep bright blue SG 156e U/R corner block of 4 with Sheet Number '221', well centred, unmounted, Cat £96++.
1962 privarely-printed postcard for a Chinese resident of the island from him to Radio Australia in Melbourne with a largely printed message in Chinese, with QEII 6c tied by #2 cds of 18MY62. The first commercial postcard usage we have seen from the island franked with the first stamp issue.
1990-91 Surcharges set (8) SG 230, 234-239 & O1 comprising Shells (1c) on 30c, (43c) on 10c (both types), '70c' on 60c, '80c' on 50c & '$1.20' on 15c and '$5' on 65c Stamp Anniversary all unmounted plus the key 'OFFICIAL PAID/MAINLAND' on 90c Coconut Palm CTO, very fine, Cat £152.
(Qty 8)
POSTAL HISTORY: 1964 usage of Australian QEII 2/5d Registration Envelope by air to Melbourne with '3' cds of '27AP64' and 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands/Indian Ocean' R label. [Although Cocos' first stamps were issued on 11.6.1963 and replaced the use of Australian stamps, no Cocos postal stationery was issued so Australian issues remained in use]
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 856
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: 1965 registered airmail to Australia with 5d Plane & 2/- Sailboat tied '3' cds of '23AU65' and 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands/Indian Ocean' R label, Sydney transit and 'ST MARY'S/25AU65' arrival b/s.
MONACO: Selection with 1885 Charles III 1fr SG 9 (VFU), 1919 War Orphans to 1fr+1fr, 1951 Holy Year 100fr, etc; also Andorra 1950 100f Chamoix; Cat £1800+.
(Qty 18)
1831 (Feb 7) entire letter from Italy with superb 'ANCONA' h/s (43x12mm) & '...1831/7 FEB' b/s in red, to Corfu with very fine strikes of the fancy-capsule 'CORFU/21 FEBRAIO/1831' arrival b/s and elaborate 'OFFICIO DELLA POST-GENERAL/[arms]/CORFU' h/s on the face, horizontal filing fold clear of the face. [In 1815, the Ionian Islands were ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris. Britain relinquished title to Greece in 1864, but retained rights in Corfu]
1938-54 KGVI Pictorials 3/- Lake Naivasha Perf 13x12½ SG 147ac L/R corner block of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' (twice: why?) and '3A', a trifle aged, hinged in the margins only otherwise unmounted, Cat £180++.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1935 airmail cover to Australia with KGV Pictorials 5c and KGV Silver Jubilee 20c 65c & 1/- tied 'NAKURU/ 21DE/35/KENYA' cds, two-line 'BY AIR IN AUSTRALIA/PAR AVION EN AUSTRALIE' cachet in violet on face, Adelaide '13JAN/1936 - SOUTH AUSTRALIA/CENTENARY/CELEBRATIONS/1936' arrival b/s, a couple of very minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1951 commercial airmail cover with C.S. Wilshaw (= Cable Ship) crest on the flap, to GB with 1/- tied by large-part 'MOMBASA [....] ROAD TPO KENYA' cds.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 1015
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Revenues: Twenty pages removed from Bangladeshi Passports with mixed range and quantity of Kuwait Revenue stamps applied and cancelled as Work Permits or Entry Visas, 12 different designs in mixed groupings.
(Qty 56 stamps) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-19-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
NEW HEBRIDES
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 1064
Symbol: *
Cat No: 52-63
1938 Gold Currency British & French sets SG 52-63 & F53-64 plus 'France Libre' Overprints SG F65-76, Cat £825.
(Qty 36)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 1121
Symbol: **
Cat No: 267 var.
1985 Paintings $2 "A View of the Village" with Date Error '1835' for '1825' in the Caption SG 267var marginal single from the right of the sheet with Plate Numbers, unmounted. Unissued: distributed to new issue dealers. [With a normal stamp for comparison]
POSTAL HISTORY: 1958 airmail cover from "FH McCoy, Pitcairn Island" (return address) to Papua New Guinea with QEII Pictorials 4d corner marginal strip of 3 and 'PITCAIRN ISLAND/JA13/58' cds, mistakenly placed on ship to the Canal Zone with 'Missent to Cristobal, C.Z.' cachets applied on face and 'CRISTOBAL/JAN30/1958/C.Z. - 1' duplex b/s, a few minor blemishes.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1883 to USA with Cape of Good Hope Britannia ½d grey, 2d brown & 6d violet pair tied by two strikes of barred numeral '13' with 'STELLENBOSCH/AP3/83/CAPE COLONY' cds alongside rated "2"(d), rated "5"(c) in red crayon on face for incoming British Packet ship letter, 'NEW YORK/MAY/4/PAID/D/ALL' opera-glass transit and 'BRADFORD/ MASS' arrival b/s, minor closed tears & edge faults but still very attractive.
POSTAL HISTORY: 1900 (March 30) Cape of Good Hope OHMS cover to Nottinghamshire with fine strike of the 'RECOVERED FROM/WRECK OF MEXICAN' cachet in rosine, ripped-open vertically & with a piece missing from upper-left. [The Mexican collided with Troop Transport Winkfield 80 miles out of port & was sunk]
