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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 54

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
1864-80 Issue Covers
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Lot No:1782
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1866 (Sep 10) Cover to England endorsed "Pr Diamond Steamer Kaffraria" franked 4d with small "H" cork cancel (Proud K3) and tied by red "LONDON / PAID" c.d.s (Oct 11), blue oval "ST HELENA" datestamp alongside, a fine and scarce ship letter rate cover. Photo on Page 226. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1783
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1869 (June 12) Registered cover to London, the 2/4 rate paid by 1d + 3d + 1/- pair (S.G. 7, 11, 18) all with cork cancels (Proud K11) with scarce straight line "REGISTERED" (Proud R1, earliest recorded use) and oval "ST HELENA" datestamp, London Registered arrival datestamps (July 7). Flap missing, otherwise fine and rare. Just seven covers recorded with this first Registered handstamp, this possibly the finest of these. With Holcombe Certificate (1993). Photo on Inside Back Cover. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1784
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1869 (Dec 12) Cover to London franked at the 1/- packet rate, with 4d single and pair (S.G. 14) each cancelled by cork (Proud type K12) with red oval "ST HELENA" datestamp alongside, arrival backstamp (Jan 5). Fine and scarce, with B.P.A Certificate (1989). Photo on Page 226. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1785
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1870 (Feb 26) Cover to London franked 1/- (S.G. 18) tied by cork cancel (Proud K13) and red "ST. HELENA" datestamp, red "LONDON / PAID" arrival c.d.s (Mar 25), flap missing, otherwise fine. With Holcombe Certificate (1993). Photo on Page 226. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1786
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1870 (Apr 28) Cover to the USA, the 1/5 packet rate paid by 1d + 4d + 1/- (S.G. 7, 14, 18) tied by cork cancels (Proud K13), the 4d tied by red "2 / CENTS" accountancy handstamp, red "ST. HELENA", "LONDON / PAID" (May 23) and New York datestamps, red manuscript "6". Very fine, an exceptional franking. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1787
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1873 (Aug 7) Entire letter to Italy franked 4d + 1/- (S.G. 15, 19) with cork cancels (Proud K17?), "ST. HELENA" c.d.s alongside and red "LONDON / PAID" c.d.s (Sep 2), oval framed "PD" and red manuscript "20", backstamped at Loano. Fine and rare to Italy. With Sismondo Certificate (2004). Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1788
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1875 (Dec 4) Cover to Stellenbosch, Cape of Good Hope, with two 3d stamps tied by cork cancels (Proud K22) with datestamps of St. Helena, Cape Town (Dec 13) and Stellenbosch, red "4". Fine, an uncommon destination. Photo on Page 230 (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1789
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1875 (Dec 6) Cover to London with 6d dull blue pair each with a fine cork cancel (Proud K22), a St. Helena datestamp unusually with the day altered in manuscript from "4" to "6", red "LONDON / PAID" arrival c.d.s (Jan 1), very fine. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1790
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1877 (May) Newspaper wrapper to England "per mail steamer Caldera", franked at the 1d newspaper rate, the 1d stamp (S.G. 21) with light cancel, red "1", reverse inscribed by the recipient "R. 4 June 1877 ex. Caldera, from G.H.H Broadway, the St. Helena Guardian". Minor staining and vertical fold at left but scarce, very few 1d printed matter rate items surviving. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1791
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1880 (Aug 14) Registered cover to England bearing 4d + 1/- (S.G. 15, 26) each with a superb cork cancel (Proud K36), St. Helena c.d.s alongside and superb oval "REGISTERED / ST. HELENA" in red with manuscript number "4", arrival backstamps (Sep 1). Exceptional quality, a scarce registered cover with an early use of the oval Registered handstamp. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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Lot No:1792
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1880 (Oct 30) Cover to England franked 1/- (S.G. 26) tied by cork cancel (Proud K37), St. Helena c.d.s on the front, arrival backstamps (Nov 15), fine. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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Lot No:1793
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1881 (Mar 18) Entire to France franked 2d + 1/- (S.G. 22, 26) tied by fine cork cancels (Proud K36), St. Helena c.d.s on the front, backstamped at London (Apr 4) and Marseille, very light folds, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 230. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1794
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1884 (Jan 28) Long cover to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Rome, 1/11 postage paid by 1d + 4d + 6d + 1/- (S.G. 15, 25, 27, 30) with cork cancels (Proud K47), St. Helena c.d.s alongside, backstamped at London (Feb 11) and Rome. A scarce franking, with perf 12½, 14x12½ and 14 stamps used together. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)



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image Sale No: 54
Lot No:1795
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1885 (Oct 5) Cover to Finland, 7½d postage paid by ½d + 1d + 6d (S.G. 27, 29, 34) tied by cork cancels (Proud K47), boxed Postman's handstamp, backstamped at London (Oct 20) and Uleaberg (Oct 29). The stamps a little oxidised and 6d with a few perf faults, a rare (possibly unique) destination from St. Helena. Photo on Page 232. (Image1)



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Sale No: 54
Lot No:1796
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1890 (Sep 23) Large registered O.H.M.S cover to Emil Tamsen in the Transvaal bearing 5/- orange + 1890 1½d each tied by fine cork cancel (Proud K60), red oval "REGISTERED / ST. HELENA" with number "1", violet oval "POST OFFICE / (crown) / ST. HELENA" with "No. 2" and a St. Helena c.d.s. Backstamped with three further strikes of the Post Office cachet and datestamps of Cape Town (Oct 6) and Pretoria. An uncommon genuine usage of the 5/- value, presumably sending stamps to the dealer Tamsen.



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