MAXIMUM CARDS with FDI and other relevant postmarks, mainly 1950s and 1960s, by a variety of publishers but the majority are Union Maximophile Algerienne (UMA). Stamp issues represented include: Setif Coat of Arms (two designs); Alger Coat of Arms; Marechal Leclerc; Oran, Agrumiculture; Delacroix; Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny; etc. Some issues are heavily duplicated but almost all cards are unused postally so card condition is generally good with clear postmarks. Lot includes a small group of other countries 1950s -1970s (a few later), mainly Monaco. (approx. 530 cards). Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, MONACO (Image)

BUENOS AYRES UDC ON PACKET LETTER TO SCOTLAND; 12 Aug. 1830 EL (file fold) 'p Pigeon Pkt' to Edinburgh rated '3/9'(d) with framed "½" Scottish turnpike charge h.s. on front and rear with "BUENOS AYRES/O" UDC and Edinburgh arrival cds on rear. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, SCOTLAND (Image)

1938-41 KGVI DEFINITIVE RANGE, MINT & USED: Lower denomination & pictorial definitives to 12a value, SG 20/31 both mint - the scarce 4a & 8a are unmounted - (cat. £805) and used (cat. £235). Also the 9p Green in used block of 4 and 1a Carmine in used block of 9. Lot incl. env from Oman to GB via Bahrain (where 2a & 12a pictorials applied) date unclear. Total cat. value £1,100+ (33 stamps plus a cover) (Image)

VERY RARE KGVI INDIAN POSTAL STATIONERY ENV. OVERPRINTED "BAHRAIN": c.1939-41 unused Indian Post Office env. imprinted 1½a. deep Purple on cream coloured paper (H&G 18) overprinted "BAHRAIN" but unlisted by H&G. Env. size approx. 122mm x 95mm. Rarely seen. (Image)

EARLY TO 1940s ISSUES: A large stock book with mint & used issues. Mainly part sets & singles, all identified by SG number. Mint section includes a 1c Green & 20c Blue imperfs, with 1863-65 perf. 12½ or 14½ types 3 x 1c, 10c & 20c); also 1865-66 30c Brown, 1866-67 "Lion" types 1c, 2c & 5c SG 40/42, 1869-80 types incl. 50c Drab & 1f Lilac SG 55a/56, 1893-1900 various values incl. 50c Grey, 1f Orange & 2f Mauve/flesh, etc. and 1905 issues to 1f Orange SG 99/104 (£500). Useful later issues incl. 1915-22 vals. to 2f, 1915 "Tin Hat" range to 50c plus an assortment of Telegraph, Railway & Express issues and WWI Occupation types. Used section covering same period but with more high values present. Includes SG 1 (8) & SG 2 (7) and later imperf. and perf "Epaulettes" to 1c (2), 10c (13), 20c (9) and 40c (9). Better later issues incl 1865 1f Lilac (2), 1878 5f Red-brown SG 57 (£2,500); fine range of Sunday Delivery label issues and 1920s/30s defins. to 50f. A useful lot with huge catalogue value. (Many 100s) (Image)

1849-1962 COLLECTION; Lighthouse printed album with the somewhat sparse, mostly used collection to 1962. We note 1919 'Tin Hat' 5f mint. Good, clean album. (Few 100s) (Image)

1920s-50s MINT & USED GROUP: Range inc. 1921 50c Indigo, two complete sheets of 25 each with Brussels cancel top right clear of umm stamps, 1928 Orval Abbey mint set of 9 (2 sets) SG 461/9 £200, 1929 mint set of 4 SG 501/504a £190, 1932 mint Memorial Fund set of 9 SG 609/17 £600, 1938 Building (Completion) Fund 5f+5f in umm sheet of 10 SG 821 £140 as singles, 1939 mint unissued Charity set of 6 (See note after SG 875), etc. Plus (14 May) 1952 used set of 12 on commemorative pages all with first day cancels from "WERELDPOST CONGRES" & (15 May) 1954 FDC pair of envs SG 1534/9 (qty) Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS (Image)

1920s-50s MINT & USED MINI. SHEET GROUP: Range of mint & used mini. sheets (several with Exhibition cancels) inc. 1935 used Brussels Philatelic Exhibition SG MS688 £225, 1952 mint Basilica Fund (3, 2 umm, 1 mounted) MS 1392 £600 each as umm, etc. Plus Belgian Congo 1938 used SG MS225a. A nice group (33 mini. sheets) Cross Reference: EXHIBITIONS, BELGIAN COLONIES (Image)

1930-1951 AIR GROUP & 1980-2000 USED COLLECTION: : Stock pages with the 1930-1951 range of mint Belgium & Belgian Congo Air sets (c.65 stamps), etc. inc. 1932 Scientific Research Fund in blocks of four SG 621/623 £200 plus imperfs, etc. and the well-filled printed Schaubek album with the virtually complete 1980-2000 mainly used collection inc. mini. sheets, booklets, sheetlets, etc. Plus small stockbook of Burundi (Many 100s)) Cross Reference: BELGIAN COLONIES (Image)

1870s-QEII MINT & USED SELECTION IN STOCKBOOK - inc. mint 1874 6d mauve, useful KGV inc. 4/- Black & Carmine mint and 10/- Green & Carmine unused, KGVI 2/6 Black & Red on c.1942 env. and 5/- Green & Red/Yellow unmounted mint, 1938-52 defins. range mint & used, etc. (400+) (Image)

QV MINT & USED SELECTION ON STOCK CARD: 1865-1901 group to 1/- (4). Mostly fine. (18) (Image)

1875 "ONE PENNY" OVERPRINT on 1/- Green. A mint and a used example, both fine. SG 17 £750 (2) (Image)

KGVI MINT COLLECTION: 1937-52 mint collection inc. 1938-52 1d (13), 1/½d (7) 2d Blue & Sepia (3), 2d Blue & Scarlet (12), 2½d light Blue & Sepia (10), 3d Black & Rose-red (4), 3d Black & Blue (6), 7½d (4) & 1/- (4). 1938-53 2/- (5), 2/6d (10), 5/- (10), 10/- (10, inc. a block of four), 12/6d (2) & £1 (3). 1948 RSW x 2 sets. Mostly fine. (Image)

1867 TO MODERN, MINT & USED COLLECTION: Album also inc. a range of p.dues, tax stamps & good range of Air stamps (qty) Cross Reference: AIR STAMPS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

1870s COVERS: Attractive Dec. 1872 small, mourning cover from Rio de Janeiro to Paris via Bordeaux. Franked with 200r Black 'Pedro' type and pair of 60r 'Snake eyes' tied by 'grid' type cork cancels. Boxed "P.D." mark in black alongside 2 Jan. 1873 "BRESIL/BORDEAUX" arrival mark in blue. Also 1871 internally mailed EL ex Rio bearing 2 x 100r Green, both cancelled by cork obliterators in blue. Lot also includes a couple of club books with a few dozen late 19th C. issues. (2 covers & c.85 stamps) (Image)

1998-2009 UMM COLLECTION: Printed green Schaubek album with the virtually complete collection (inc. blocks, mini. sheets, etc.). High cat value (qty) (Image)

1857-59 2/- DULL BLUE imperf. wmk. 'Star'. Fine used example, close margins but good for this issue. SG 12 £1,300 (Image)

EARLY TO MODERN MINT & USED COLLECTION: Printed Scott album & slipcase with the 1865 first issue through to modern mint & used collection inc. extensive range of Air issues inc. majority of the private company issues of SCADTA, ALNSA & AVIANCA (qty) Cross Reference: AIR STAMPS (Image)

F.G. ALBUM with the early to modern, mint & used collection. Issues to c.2005 incl. Turkish Cyprus. Most value in the early mint ranges incl. 11 x GB 1d reds of various different plates, noting examples with large & small "HALFPENNY" and "30 PARAS" opts., this latter stamp being a used example. Also 11 x mint GB 2½d rose and 4d green optd. "CYPRUS". Useful range of mint QV types with vals. to 6pi olive-grey & 12pi orange brown plus later 18pi state-grey & brown. Also KEVII & KGV mint vals. to 12pi and KGV 1928 Anniv. types to 45pi mint or used, 1934 pictorials various values to 45pi mint or used, then later KGVI & QEII sets and part sets, typically to 45p1 or 90pi values. (Many 100s) (Image)

1880-81 OVERPRINTS ON GB ISSUES INCL. "SPECIMEN" TYPES: Mint group on stock card incl. ½d rose SG 1 optd. "SPECIMEN" (only 1 sheet of 480 printed), 1d red SG 2, a single and a vertical pair optd. "SPECIMEN", all Pl. 216 (only 1 sheet of 240 printed) and 2½d rose SG 3 optd. "SPECIMEN" (believed only 96 overprinted thus). Also in the lot, 2 examples of 1d Pl. 215 (SG 2) , 1d (Pl.174) with large "HALF-PENNY" opt. SG 7 and 1d (Pl.215) with small "HALF-PENNY" opt. SG 8. A scarce group. (9 stamps) (Image)

RANGE on leaves in binder inc. 1894/96 QV mint to 6pi, 1915 KGV 45pi mint (SG £140), 1938/51 KGVI mixed mint & used set to £1, 1955 QEII used to 250m, 1960 QEII opt used to 500m and others to about 1990 plus a Nov. 1939 censored airmail front to Liverpool franked KGVI 45pi, 4½pi & 1½pi pair with Famagusta reg. label on front. SG c£650 (few hundred) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, REGISTERED MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

EARLY SHIP LETTER TO A LONDON COFFEE HOUSE; 27 Oct. 1774 EL (mild file folds) to the Jamaica Coffee House, London and datelined and docketed 'Dominica' and endorsed 'per favour of/Capt. Davies' at lower left and rated '6'(d) and a total of 7d to include Captains 1d fee. Front with "SHIP-LRE" and Rear with s/l "RAMSGATE" and London Bishop mark. Sold in an NY auction for $US550 in Dec. 2017. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, COFFEE HOUSES, SHIP LETTERS (Image)

EARLY TO MODERN MINT & USED COLLECTION: Printed Minkus album with the 1879 through to modern mint & used collection with good range of Air stamps plus Officials, Special Delivery, p.dues, mini. sheets, etc. (qty) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, AIR STAMPS (Image)

COVE & DUBLIN SHIP LETTER MARKS; 9 June 1820 EL to Rotherham, England ex Quebec with "COVE/SHIP LETTER" on front and rated '1/5'(d) and rated '2/7'(d) with two strikes of the fancy "[crown]/SHIP LETTER/DUBLIN" on rear (two days apart; held over as received too late on a Saturday) and 19 Nov. 1837 EL ex France to Limerick with fine "DUBLIN/Ship Letter" h.s. on front and rated '1/5'(d) Good pair. Latter ex Robertson. (2 covers) Cross Reference: CANADA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

RARE DUBLIN REGISTER'D MARK; Feb. 1830 reduced EL to Portaferry with fine "KILLUCAN/32" mileage mark on and fine "circular "REGISTER'D" Dublin d.s. on front and rated '1/10'(d) for the double rate total of 134 miles and without charge for registered internal mail. Rear with v.fine Dublin octagonal/circular d.s. on rear. Exhibit quality. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)