FULL SET FROM ½d TO 1s-0d MOUNTED MINT; Good unused set (mainly with good gum) from ½d to 1s-0d, the 5d & 1/- values with very slight fading, other value with good colour. Difficult set to find unused (especially the 9d value). (10) (Image)

1883 9d DULL GREEN; Unmounted mint, wmk sideways inv. one blunt perf at base and centred slightly low. SG £2000 for unused. Fine & fresh. Rare. (Image)

MAINLY FRENCH ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES COVERS: A binder containing mainly French Antarctic Territories FDCs from 1965-85. Inc. a small number of covers signed by ships' Captains, Station/Base Camp Commanders, and members of the expedition team; paquebots; unusual postmarks; plus some British Antarctic Territory, Ross Dependency, German & Polish covers. Also a binder of mint Australian Antarctic Territory stamps & FDCs, plus two "Carnet de Voyages" booklets of postcards & stamps, produced by the French Polar Institute, displaying photographic images of French Antarctic Territories. (67 stamps, 80 covers + 2 booklets) Cross Reference: FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES, AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY, AUTOGRAPHS, BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY (Image)

KINTRA - VERY RARE PRESTAMP BOXED NAMESTAMP (2 KNOWN?) UNIQUELY STRUCK WITH BLURRED BAGSEAL MARK; 10 June 1819 EL from "Kintraw" (remote west coast village; near Ardfern which replaced the Kintraw P.O. in 1846) to Edinburgh with a mainly very fine very rare boxed "KINTRA" (Auckland AR260) on the front beside the manuscript "10½" rate but also having a smudged circular mark in the same brown ink as the Kintra mark, which was almost certainly made with this small P.O.'s Bagseal struck in error. We have only traced one other example of this boxed mark, of 26 Dec. 1823 and creased (sold in Cavendish's 20 Jan. 1990 auction, in lot 605). Unique and attractive Scottish cover. (Image)

LEIGHTON BUZZARD - RARE EARLY 'BETWEEN LINES' ABBREVIATED "LEIGH/TON.BUZ" MARK; Fine 12 May 1783 EL (filing folds either side of lower edge of address-panel do not really detract) from "Leighton" charged "3[d]" to London with a very fine strike of this extraordinary and attractive "LEIGH/TON.BUZ" mark (BE138; just clear of light fold) nicely placed on the lower flap, having a "14/MA" arrival Bishop Mark across the join. Very few towns used 'between lines' marks; only a handful of examples of this mark have been recorded (from 1776 to 1783). Exhibition Quality (Image)

WOBURN - THE VERY RARE HANDSTRUCK "6" GENERAL POSTAGE RATE CHARGE-MARK; 14 Dec. 1806 EL (trivial toning at lower right of address) to London (Queen Anne's Bounty Office) with a very fine "WOBOURN/42" boxed mileage mark nicely placed on the front alongside a matching HANDSTRUCK "6" postal rate marking (BE305). Only a handful of examples of this attractive handstruck rate-mark have been recorded, and this example (discovered in a mixed prestamp bundle submitted for this auction by a Cavendish describer) has not been recorded before - it predates the few known (1814-19) examples by eight years! Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)

ALGERIA COLLECTION - PORT VENDRES, LA CALLE, DOCUMENTS, ETC.: c.1790-c.1900 range of mail inc. 1838 EL to Marseille via lazaret with v. fine red oval "Purifié/à/Port Vendres" hs on front and chisel slit; 1854 EL ex Consul of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the Vice Consul with fine consulate hs on seal over flap (cut into) adjacent to a mostly fine "La Calle/ALGERIE" hs; 1824 EL to G.B. with 3 chisel slits with an account of a sea battle and peace treaty; plus others to France with chisel slits and/or various "Purifié" hs's, a small group of hospital documents/Bills of Health & 1834 edition of "Moniteur Algerién". (10 covers, 7 documents) Cross Reference: ALGERIA, FRANCE (Image)

FRENCH ALGERIA - TOULON DISINFECTED CACHET COVERS: 1835-40 group of covers inc. 1838 EL ex Oran to Livorno slit with boxed "Purifé/à Toulon" hs, closed with a wax seal for the "LAZZARETTO DI S. ROCCO" and faint boxed cachet of the same on front; 1840 EL with a Customs Office cachet across flap adjacent to a v. fine oval "Purifée/à Toulon" hs, and 4 awl-holes; plus others with similar oval or red s/l cachets, mainly to destintions in France, inc. 1840 military hospital mortuary record. (9 covers) Cross Reference: ALGERIA, FRANCE (Image)

EGYPT - INC. CONTENTS REGARDING DISINFECTION METHODS, UNRECORDED HS, ETC.: 1825-1947 range inc. 1825 EL ex Cairo to Bradford via Milford Haven quarantine station, contents read "The smoaked [sic] or faded appearance of the ink is caused by the acid they plunge the letters into...in England they merely place them over a pan of charcoal."; 1900 PPC of the S.S. Singapore posted on board by a passenger from Egypt while in quarantine at the Nisida lazaretto in Italy sending an "...embrace from quarantine..." ; 1940 env. (faults) ex British Military P.O. in Egypt to Plymouth with a partial dark violet "DISINFECTED" hs (previously unrecorded); plus other ELs, envs., or PCs with signs of disinfection, or contents relating to quarantine or epidemic, PPCs of quarantine stations, and documents such as health passports & town plan of Alexandria showing quarantine station, etc. An informative lot. (17 covers/cards, 15 PPCs, 11 documents) Cross Reference: EGYPT (Image)

MOROCCO: 1756 EL ex Safi to Marseille splashed with vinegar (very early disinfection); 1836 EL ex Tangier to Saluzzo (Italy) with four raster holes punched for fumigation; and 1843 "NOTICE TO MARINERS" warning captains of ships not to land anywhere other than ports or harbours. (3 covers)Cross Reference: MOROCCO (Image)

FRENCH TUNISIA - MARSEILLE SANITATION CACHETS, ETC.: 1832-67 range of covers ex Tunis inc. 1835 EL to Genoa via Marseille with slits, faint "PURIFIE LAZARET/MARSEILLE" hs & fine circular "SANITA/DI/VENTIMIGLIA"; plus others to Marseille or Italy slit or with "Sanitaria", "Lazareto", or "Purifie" cachets & 3 quarantine receipts issued in Tunisia. (6 covers, 3 receipts) Cross Reference: FRENCH COLS. - TUNISIA, FRANCE (Image)

SOUTH & WEST AFRICA MIX - INC. UNRECORDED HS & DOCUMENTS: 1828 EL ex Cape of Good Hope to G.B. sprinkled with disinfectant; 1835 EL ex Senegal to France slashed & fumigated; 1893 postal stationery PC ex Gold Coast to U.S.A. with unrecorded "DISINFECTED" hs; also PPCs of various lazarettos (7), passenger quarantine inspection cards (3), 1911/12 government reports relating to quarantine for Gambia, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and West Africa. (6 covers/cards, 7 PPCs, 8 documents) (Image)

NEW SOUTH WALES: 1838-1930 range inc. 1856 EL ex Sydney to G.B. with contents regarding H.M.S. Juno "...after a month lying at the quarantine ground..."; 1887 env. ex G.B. to Hong Kong redirected to Sydney where quarantined; 1930 env. ex North Head Quarantine Station with stamp cancelled by large "QUARANTINE/SP 8/30/N.S.W." cds; also two 1883 envs. to France or Austria via Brindisi but redirected, three 1838 or 1839 letters with contents regarding quarantine or health matters; plus maps, a print, PPCs, and certificates regarding quarantine. (18 items)Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image)

AUSTRALIAN STATES, NEW ZEALAND & PACIFIC ISLANDS: 1883-1910 range inc. 1883 opened-out franked env. ex Tasmania to Switzerland via complex route slit for fumigation; 1903 env. ex Tasmania posted locally with very fine "DETAINED FOR/FUMIGATION" hs; 1883 or 1906 envs. ex Melbourne slit for fumigation; others ex Queensland or New Zealand relating to or with contents regarding epidemics, and PPCs of quarantine stations in New Caledonia or Fiji; plus various quarantine health forms. (35 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, TASMANIA, VICTORIA (Image)

CEYLON: 1852 EL ex Colombo to Marseille with fine double circle "PURIFIE AU LAZARET/MALTE" hs; 1928 official PC with very fine purple "W.E. WAIT,/CHAIRMAN/BOARD OF IMMIGRATION & QUARANTINE" cachet; 2 envs. (faults) to the "U.S. Marine Hospital Bureau/Washington"; and 1886 Lloyd's Steam Navigation Co. shipment document with clause regarding quarantine costs.Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA (Image)

CHINA, JAPAN, NORTH BORNEO, HONG KONG: 1904 Hankow PPC of "Procession against the cholera"; 1902 PC posted on board Paquebot at Nagasaki with contents "...a perverse fireman developed symptoms of cholera in the morning, and we were for 24 hours detained, and in momentary fear of 5 days quarantine..."; 1932 PPC ex Japan with contents regarding cholera in Hong Kong & Shanghai; 1940s North Borneo Quarantine Inspection Cards (2); 1894 "Colonial Report - Hong Kong" with contents regarding epidemic & quarantine; plus PPCs of quarantine stations in Nagasaki, Keelung & Tientsin, and health forms (5). (28 items) Cross Reference: CHINA, JAPAN, HONG KONG, NORTH BORNEO/SABAH (Image)

INDIA: 1839-1902 range inc. 1839 EL ex Bellary to Madeira endorsed "via England" with very fine double oval "OUT STATION/MADRAS/28 MR 28/1839/SHIP LETTER" across flap and "[Detai]ned for Postage" & fine boxed "Returned for/Postage" hs's, scorched on arrival at The Motherbank, Portsmouth; 1835 EL ex Madras to France slit for fumigation with faint scarce "Purifee [?]/de Tromploup"; 1897 PC with contents "Just heard that all vessels out of India is stopped owing to plague & famine..."; plus other PCs with contents regarding epidemics or sanitation (7), PPCs of quarantine stations/hospitals (16), a bundle of modern unused postal stationery with printed messages regarding malaria/fever (30), documents/notice from or about quarantine (3). (59 items) Cross Reference: INDIA (Image)

REUNION & MAURITIUS: 1862 E ex Mauritius to Reunion slit & fumigated on arrival; 1889 PC (faults) ex Mauritius to France with contents "A few cases of smallpox at Pte. aux Piments...Eleven steamers in port-quarantine without intermission."; 1909 Reunion Certificate of Disinfection; plus PPCs of quarantine stations in Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, and Zanzibar. (10 items)Cross Reference: REUNION, MAURITIUS, MADAGASCAR, ZANZIBAR (Image)

SEYCHELLES - VERY RARE HS USAGE: 1904 env. to Malta via Zanzibar & Suez with mainly fine double oval "*DISINFECTED*/13 SEP. 04/LAZARETTO, MALTA". Only example on cover from this origin known.Cross Reference: SEYCHELLES (Image)

BOOKS, PAMPHLETS & ACTS; Group inc. King George I An Act to enable His Majesty effectually to prohibit Commerce....with any country that is or shall be infected with the Plague......(1722), Second Report of The Board Of Health (1805), A Letter to the Right Honble W.Huskisson M.P President of the Board of Trade on The Quarantine Bill (1825), An Act for Making Provision for the effectual Performance of Quarantine with the Orders in Council (1825), General Board of Health Report on Quarantine (1849), The Essentials of Disinfection and Sterilization by Steam (1909), and other related examples. (24 items) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, EPHEMERA, LITERATURE - NON PHILATELIC, MEDICAL (Image)

ADEN - KAMARAN QUARANTINE ISLAND: c.1895 env. to Constantinople with very fine bilingual "QUARANTINE DE CAMARAN/[Arabic script]/1882" cachet as flap seal; 1937 env.to Holland with a very fine large purple "QUARANTINE STATION/16 APR. 1937/[signature]/*KAMARAN*" cachet on front; Also other envs. & PPCs to/from the island (7) & 15 PPcs of the quarantine station. (24 items) Cross Reference: ADEN (Image)

IRAN & IRAQ: c.1890 env. Baghdad to Constantinople with very fine bilingual "OFFICE SANITAIRE BAGDAD/[Arabic script]/1876" cachet; 1911 env. front (damaged) ex Tehran to Kerman with fine large "EMPIRE PERSANE/CONSEIL SANITAIRE" cachet; also PPCs of lazaret/quarantine station at Basrah. (5 items) Cross Reference: IRAN/PERSIA, IRAQ (Image)

LEBANON & SYRIA COLLECTION: 1836-1948 range inc. 1850 large linen-lined env. (some damage) ex London to Beirut with disinfection slits rated a high "11/8[d]"; 1876 env. ex Beirut to Constantinople with very fine quarantine station frank (in Turkish, used for very short time) & personal quarantine official cachet; 1890 env. ex Beirut to Constantinople with only known use of Italian/Turkish bilingual "AMMINISTRAZIONE SANITARIA DI BERUTTI" & personal quarantine official cachets; 1948 ex Vienna to Beirut returned & resealed env. with a very fine example of the only recorded use of red "Service Suspendu a Cause/de Cholera" cachet; plus other ELs & envs. ex Aleppo or Beirut showing signs of quarantine or disinfection inc. PPCs - some with content regarding quarantine, PPCs of the quarantine station in Beirut, and 1866 Ottoman Sanitary Office account. (21 items) Cross Reference: LEBANON, SYRIA (Image)

PALESTINE - EX ACRE PAIR: 1682 EL to Livorno via Marseille Forwarding Agent where soaked in vinegar, early example of forwarding agent & disinfection; 1813 EL (sent by courier) to Paris, chisel slit diagonally in all 4 corners.Cross Reference: PALESTINE (Image)

PALESTINE - FRENCH CONSULATE MAIL: 1835 EL ex St. Jean d'Acre to Marseille via Beirut with mainly fine consular & "PURIFIE LAZARET/MARSEILLE" cachets with contents asserting "We have this year preserved Syria from the plague which has been menacing it, which has not appeared in our Lazaret. The number of victims it has taken...is 63 persons...". Disinfection via rastel slits. Cross Reference: PALESTINE (Image)