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Lot No: 384
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EARLY 20th C. & 1940-45 POSTAL HISTORY: Collection in 3 binders. Includes a selection of pre-1940 Danish issues with 'Star' cancels of various Faroese POs, group of 6 c.1912-39 cards & covers incl. 1922 Thorshavn to Svinoy via Klaksvik, 18 Jan. 1919 local env. with 2 x 5o green values, one of these surcharged locally "2", Sep. 1939 local env. redirected with use of scarce "EJDE" 'thimble cancel. Range of 1940-42 covers incl. 2 Apr. 1940 env. ex Thorshavn to Copenhagen, arriving 9 May via GB, Belgium or Holland, Berlin then Denmark, receiving both British & German Censor inspections. Arrival day before this route would have ceased! Also, 3 Jan. 1941 Censor from Denmark to Thorshavn endorsed "via New York"with both British & German Censor marks. A scarce & unusual cover. Also, 12 Dec. 1940 Censored commercial cover from Thorshavn to London, two other commercial covers to GB and 2 other 1942 covers ex Sorvaag & Thorshavn to GB franked with KGVI 'pale colour' defins. Two other binders house a collection of modern covers & PPCs with a wide range of small PO cancels, but also some early Paquebot covers incl. 6 Sep. 1930 cover from Iceland to Thorshavn with framed Thorshavn Paquebot cancels. A wide ranging collection with c.17 pre-1945 cards/covers and many dozens of modern cards/covers. Cross Reference: DENMARK, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 385
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SUPERB MODERN MINT COLLECTION: Seven 'Hagner' type binders housing the complete 1975-2003 collection of every mint issue in unmounted mint blocks of 4 (typically corner marginals) plus mini sheets and FDCs. Lot also includes Year Packs, 1975/76-2003, many of these in duplicate (c.52 packs). Excellent thematic content. (Very many 100s) (Image)
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Lot No: 386
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1940/41 PROVISIONAL OVERPRINTS ON COVER: Collection of 6 'Civilian' covers each bearing one or more of the 1940/41 opts. Includes 25 Sep. 1941 commercial Censor cover to London bearing 2 x 15o on 40o green and 20o on 15o red; 26 Mar. 1941 local (philatelic) cover franked with block of 4 x 20o on 5o claret, one stamp showing a variation in length of vertical opt. and another (same date) cover with single franking of this stamp showing a different variety of vertical bar length; 1941 local commercial cover with 20o on 15o red cancelled by special "TRANGISVAAG/SPIS FAEROSK KLIPFISK" cancel, 24 Feb. 1942 local cover with single 20o on 1o dark green franking and attractive (philatelic) 13 Aug. 1942 cover to Lovat Scouts HQ bearing 20c on 1o, 20o on 15o and Denmark 50o & 1kr Air issues with special 'Klipfisk' cancel. (6 covers) Cross Reference: DENMARK (Image)
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RARE 1919 'PROVISIONAL' BISECT COVER: 10 Jan. 1919 locally used cover with 4o blue bisected diagonally, alongside 5o green, both cancelled by single Thorshavn c.d.s. The bisect was authorised for use only in the Faroe Islands between 3-31 Jan. 1919. A rare item. Denmark SG 176a £1,100 Cross Reference: DENMARK (Image)
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Lot No: 388
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1940/41 PROVISIONAL OVERPRINTS ON COVERS/PIECES: Group including 5 different opt. values on 5 Parcel Receipts (cut down into pieces), all but one in combination with other unoverprinted Danish issues. Opts are 20o on 15o red, 20o on 1o dark green, 20o on 5o claret, 50o on 5o claret and 60o on 6o orange. Lot also includes 2 local covers, one (certainly philatelic) bearing 60o on 6o orange with special Thorshavn handstamp "SPIS FAEROSK KLIPFISK" 21 Dec. 1940 (FDC), the other env. bearing 20o on 5o claret with Thorshavn 17 Mar. 1941 c.d.s (also FDC). The pieces are accompanied by a 1983 Slavomir Kaiser Certificate of Genuineness. Highly catalogued and scarce lot. (2 covers & 5 pieces + Cert.) Cross Reference: DENMARK (Image)
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Lot No: 389
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1940-45 SERVICEMENS' MAIL: Group of 7 cards/covers either sent to (6) or received from (1) the UK Includes O.H.M.S. cover to Donnington Camp, Shropshire with framed "RECEIVED FROM/H.M. SHIPS" cachet and "FIELD POST OFFICE/219" (code *) dated Aug/Sep (unclear) 1941 in violet plus triangular Censor no. 1664 mark and similar 21 Aug cover between same COs but having the faint, but scarce, "PASSED BY CENSOR/[Crown]2149 cachet in violet. Also, 5 Dec. 1941 green 'Privilege' env. to Glasgow with clear F.P.O. 219 c.d.s. alongside "The Lovat Scouts" cachet in violet. Scarce. Also, unusual O.A.S. letter to Manchester censored at both unit and RAF HQ in Faroes with "RAF CENSOR/123" mark, travelling via London where an "OFFICIAL PAID" machine frank was applied.(7 covers)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, DENMARK (Image)
