GERMANY continued... GERMANY continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1226 c.1860-1970 Stamps, cinderellas and covers in a box including 1900 pieces with Germany cancelled in Apia (10, one with 10pf strip of four + 80pf), Bavaria 25pf telegraph stamp sheet of forty, 1948-51 Buildings issue covers collection in two albums, two albums of postal stationery and some prewar special event cancels, a few forgeries, German States, Hamburg Locals in sheets and blocks, etc. (100s). Est. £200-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1227 1870-1973 Mint and used issues on pages and in albums, the extensive lot including 1880-87 set in mint blocks of six, postwar with occupation issues, some covers, also some earlier German States. (1000s) Est. £250-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1228 Inflation Period. 1922-24 Covers and cards (c.370), various rates, some paid in cash, also mint and used stamps. (370+). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1229 1937 Hitler s Culture Fund miniature sheets, perforated mint (3), used (10) and used on cover (4), imperf mint and used, rouletted margins mint (3) or used, also covers with stamps removed from sheets (29) and used single stamps or blocks. (19 sheets + 33 covers). Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1230 Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. 1943 Parcel admission stamp, corner marginal single tied to piece by Prague c.d.s, also imperf and perforated forgery sheets of 25 and six singles. (57). Photo on Page 134. (Image1) Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1231 1939-45 World War Two covers and cards, mainly Feldpost, many with the solders unit and location identified from the Feldpost number including covers from Russia, Norway, Balkans, also other commercial mail, censors, patriotic photos, S.S mail with Croat and Serb volunteers, etc. (c.300). Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1232 1939-45 World War Two covers and cards from German occupied territories, c.60 items with German stamps overprinted for Osten, Ostland, Ukraine or Lothringen (some with Feldpost or temporary cancels), others from Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Romania, Hungary, Italy, etc. (c.200). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1233 WW2 Propaganda forgeries, British and German forgeries including Winter Charity pair with parodies of Himmler and a wounded solder, also WW1 forgeries (3), Azad Hind set of twelve, etc. (40). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1234 1945-49 Postwar stamps and covers including local overprints or obliterations on Hitler Head issues, town and provisional issues with some varieties, also covers prepaid in cash, etc. (c.700 + 47 covers). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1235 Naval Mail. 1894-1943 Covers and cards, mainly World War One (30) with Kais Deutsche Marine Schiffspost datestamps including MSP 352 rubber c.d.s (2), MSP 437 rubber c.d.s used on the raider "Mowe", MSP 29 used on the "Goeben" at Constantinople (2), MSP 146 c.d.s in red, also 1894 cover from S.M.S "Falke" at Sydney, 1901 Victoria postcards from S.M.S "Hansa" at Melbourne (3), 1900 stampless cover from HAPAG Liner "Palatia" en route to China with troops, 1938 cover from the "Emden", 1941 cover from the "Scharnhorst", etc, all superbly written up with pictures of the ships. (40). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1236 German East Africa. 1919-20 1r (25x17 perf holes), 2r, and 3r (3) comprising centre type I with 25x17 holes (creased), centre type II with 25x17 or 26x17 holes, the very scarce 26x17 hole 3r with 2021 R.P.S Certificate, all mint. These five stamps were only on sale in Berlin, and were never sent to the colony due to the war. S.G. £1,480. (5). Est. £160-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1237 Mariana Islands. 1899 10pf Carmine pair with 48‚àû overprints, upper margin showing "4,00" and "5,00" values, used with 1900 (Jan. 1) Saipan datestamps. S.G. 3, £600+. Photo on Page 152. (Image1) Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. GIBRALTAR GIBRALTAR Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1238 1787-1871 Entire letters including 1787 letter from an officer in the Grenadiers to Scotland with superb "ANDALUCIA / VAXA" handstamp, S. Roque handstamps on letters to Spain (3), 1848 Gibraltar double arc datestamp (Feb. 5, earliest recorded use), covers with Spanish stamps cancelled at S. Roque, etc. (10). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1239 G.B Used in Gibraltar. 1859-67 Entire letters (2) and a cover to U.S.A, franked 2d + 1857 1/- (2 covers) or 2d + 1865 1/-, all cancelled A26. (3). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1240 G.B Used in Gibraltar. 1877-78 G.B 1¼d Postal stationery postcards, one from G.B to Gibraltar with an arrival c.d.s on the front, the other used from Gibraltar to Holland, a scarce card used in Gibraltar. (2). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1241 1828-1982 Mint and used collection in an album including prestamp letters (2), G.B used in Gibraltar (63, also 1880 entire to Spain with a 1d red), 1886 overprint set mint and used, 1886-87 set mint and used (also 2½d inverted watermark used), 1889 surcharge set with listed varieties, 1889-96 set mint and used, 1898 set, 1903 set to £1 mint (also 2/-, 8/- used), 1904-08 set to £1 mint and used to 4/- (also 2½d large "2" used), 1906-11 set mint and used (no 6d), 1912-24 set mint (also 2½d large "2") and used, 1921-27 set mint (used to 4/-), 1925-32 set to £5 mint (used to 10/-), 1938-51 set to £1 mint and used with all perfs (including S.G. 123, 124ab), etc. Also some Morocco Agencies. An excellent collection. S.G. £17,000 (approx). (2 Albums). Photo on Page 152. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images) Est. £1,500-1,800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1242 1925 £5 Violet and black superb mint, ex. Sir Gawaine Baillie. S.G. 108, £1,600. Photo on Page 152. (Image1) Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1243 Zeppelins / Air Mails. 1933 (July 28) Registered cover from Gibraltar to Brazil franked 1/3, carried by special flight from Berlin to Friedrichshafen and then on the Graf Zeppelin 4th South American flight, cachets of both flights, backstamped at Parana (Aug 11). Also 1932 cover from Gibraltar to the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa, carried on the special flight from London, with Gibraltar, G.B and Canada stamps. (2). Photo on Page 144. (Image1) Est. £140-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1244 1913-27 Registered covers with 1913-19 O.H.M.S covers from Ocean Island sent to Australia franked 8d with manuscript registration number below handstruck "OCEAN ISLAND" or to G.B with oval "OFFICIAL / POSTAGE / FREE" and red registration label, and four other 1917-27 covers. (6). Est. £140-160 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1245 World War Two - Censors. 1939-45 Covers from Ocean Island (3), Fanning Island (8) or Tarawa (2) with straight line "PASSED BY CENSOR" (only used until Oct. 1939), boxed "GILBERT AND ELLICE / ISLANDS COLONY / PASSED BY CENSOR" (3), similar but larger handstamp with "No. 1" added (8) or "No. 8" with the top two lines excised. (13). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. GOLD COAST GOLD COAST Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1246 1875-1954 Mint and used collection on pages including 1882 ½d olive-yellow mint, 1898-1902 set mint (no 1/-), all KEVII sets mint, 1913-21 ½d - 10/- mint with additional listed shades and dies, 1921-24 die I 15/- mint, 1928 3d grey-brown imperf plate proof pair, etc., also some duplicates and nine covers. S.G. £3,800 (approx). (100s). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1247 1884 (Oct 15) Cover signed by W. Grey-Wilson, Governor of Gold Coast, to his wife in England franked 1884 ½d pair and 1d strip of three all cancelled "556" with Cape Coast c.d.s below, redirected from Guildford to London with a 1d lilac. A little roughly opened with flap missing, tear to upper left corner and creasing to the stamps, nevertheless an unusual redirected cover. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. GREECE GREECE Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1248 1862-85 Entire letters and entires bearing Large Hermes Heads including 1862 entire from Candia to Athens with Paris print 20L applied upon arrival, several to Trieste including frankings of 5L + 80L, 10L + 20L + 40L, 5L + 20L pair with an Austria 15kr (which may not belong) cancelled in Trieste, an internal letter franked 20L and redirected to Trieste with 20L pair, letter to Corfu franked 1L + 5L + 20L, the others mainly internal letters franked 20L, some faults. (24). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1249 1871 Athens Printing on inferior quality paper, 80L carmine-rose with control variety "8" for "80" (a tiny part of the "0" showing, as is usual for this variety), mint original gum, three large margins, cut into at upper left. With the original inscribed sheet of paper upon which this stamp was mounted when presented in 1899 by Dr Emilio Diena to W. Dorning Beckton at the Manchester Philatelic Exhibition, and the write-up pieces from Dorning Beckton s album page. A rare variety mint. S.G. 39c, V. 41e. Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1250 1862-1960 Mint and used stamps including Large Hermes Heads with varieties, coloured proofs on card of the 1896 Olympic Games issue (7) or 1901-02 issues (3), a collection of revenue stamps on pages with complete documents, Small Hermes Head covers (11), a study of the 1897-98 stamps of Thessaly, etc. (100s). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 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