JAPAN continued... JAPAN continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1551 Photographs. c.1900 Real photos, each 270x207mm, including views of Yokohama, geisha girls, houses, gardens, workmen, farmers, etc., all rolled up but otherwise fine (37), also eleven other photos including street scenes. (48). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. JORDAN JORDAN Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1552 1920-59 Mainly mint selection including 1942 set in unmounted blocks of four, 1943-46 sets mint (2), etc. (375). Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1553 Uganda. 1897 (Nov 7) 2a Local issue (handstamped "L"), two unused blocks of four, rejoined into the original block of eight forming four inter-panneau vertical tete-beche pairs, horizontal fold along central gutter margin, otherwise fine. The largest known multiple showing the tete-beche arrangement, ex Rossiter. With R.P.S Certificate (1995). S.G. 71. Photo on Page 188. (Image1) Est. £2,000-2,400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1554 British East Africa. 1890-1901 Mint selection including 1890 ½a on 1d lilac, 1890-95 issue with scarce 1r grey, 1895 handstamped overprint ½a, 2½a, 3a, 7½a and 5r (1978 R.P.S Certificate, "P" in star expert handstamp on reverse), 1895-96 India overprint set with additional values and ½a overprint double one albino (1996 Holcombe Certificate), 1895 2½ on 1½a (3, also unissued types 12 and 14), 1896-1901 set (also Specimen set without gum), 1897 Zanzibar overprint set. S.G. 1/85, £5,000 (approx). (104). Photo on Page 186. (Image1) (Image2) (All Images) Est. £800-1,000 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1555 British East Africa. 1895-96 2a6p Yellow-green overprint on India, variety "Afr1ca" for Africa" from R1/11 of the setting, Minns state 3 with "f" replaced, superb mint. S.G. 53f, £1,100. Photo on Page 198. (Image1) Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1556 British East Africa. 1897-1903 1r Dull blue and 1r ultramarine fine mint. S.G. 92a/b, £670. (2). Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £140-160 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1557 1903-1937 KEVII and KGV Mint selection including 1903-04 set to 5r, 1904-07 ½a - 3r, 1922-27 1c - 10s with additional copies of nearly all values (one 10s corner marginal with plate number "1"), 1935-37 set to £1, some additional shades and blocks. S.G. 1/123, £3,000 (approx). (213). Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £600-700 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1558 1904-07 10r Grey and ultramarine, fine mint. S.G. 31, £425. Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £120-140 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1559 1912-21 1c - 500r Set of twenty each with local "SPECIMEN" handstamp type K3 in violet, superb mint, a rare set, ex Samuel. (20). Photo on Page 186. (Image1) (Image2) (All Images) Est. £1,200-1,500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1560 1912-21 20r Black and purple on red, fine mint. S.G. 59, £475. Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £130-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1561 1912-21 20r Purple and blue on blue, upper right corner marginal with plate number "1" and sheet number "326", mounted in upper margin only, the stamp superb unmounted. S.G. 60, £600+. Photo on Page 152. (Image1) Est. £280-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1562 1922-27 £2 Green and purple fine mint, hinge remainder. S.G. 96, £1,200. Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1563 1922-27 £75 Purple and grey overprinted "SPECIMEN", fine mint, original gum. With David Brandon Certificate (1981). S.G. 104s, £4,750. Photo included on Front Cover. (Image1) Est. £1,400-1,600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1564 1937-62 KGVI and QEII Mint collection with 1937 Coronation Specimen set, 1938-54 set with additional stamps and various perfs including 2/- (6), 3/- (9), 5/- (4, one perf 13¼), 10/- (5, three perf 13¼), £1 (2, one perf 11√¶x13), also six 1c imprint blocks of eight all including retouched value tablet variety, 1954-59 and 1960-62 sets, most unmounted. S.G. 128/198, £3,000+. (180). Photo on Page 186. (Image1) Est. £600-700 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1565 1924-72 Covers and cards (46), telegraph forms (4, two with covers), stamps and pieces, the collection written up on pages including Wilson Airways (with 1932 Nairobi to Zanzibar first flight), forces mail, maritime mail, returned mail, unusual destinations, incoming mail, also a study of Uganda cancels on covers and pieces. (50+). Est. £240-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1566 Tanganyika. 1918-35 Covers and cards, the collection of Tanganyika cancellations in an album, well written up on pages, from Arusha to Usa River, nineteen registered (several with manuscript or handstruck labels), several skeleton datestamps, including Dabaga, Daressalaam Exhibition (registered), Kasulu, Kinyangiri, Lupembe (2 types), Mbeya (skeleton), Mbosi (registered), Madandu (2 types), Ngore Nairobi (registered), Oldeani (skeleton), Sao Hill (skeleton), etc. (54). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1567 Tanganyika. 1927 Piece cut from the Goa Post Office specimen stamp ledger, bearing 1927-31 5c - £1 set of sixteen, the original fifteen value overprinted "Specimen", the 30c blue issued in 1931 perfined "Specimen", the 5c - 1/- additionally handstamped "Especimen" in violet applied in Lisbon prior to despatch to Goa. The stamps affixed by their own gum (or glue), 30c purple and 1/- with corner faults, 5/- with tiny surface fault and £1 a little soiled, nevertheless a unique archival piece. (16). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1568 Postage Dues - Tanganyika. 1933-35 Kenya and Uganda postage dues used in Tanganyika, covers (3, all to Cuttress), pieces (31, bearing 42 stamps), and stamps (37), various cancels from eighteen different offices. An interesting lot from this 22 month period prior to the issue of K.U.T dues, including 30c brown (11), 40c blue (19), etc. (71). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. World War Two Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 1569 1940-41 Picture postcards to Norway (2) and a cover to Denmark all returned to sender, two posted in late March shortly before the German invasion of Denmark and Norway with violet "POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER" applied in London and a "NAIROBI / R.L.O" c.d.s applied upon receipt back in Kenya (May 31 / June 24); and 1941 (June 9) card to Norway sent more than a year after the German occupation handstamped "NO OUTLET" and "UNDELIVERED FOR REASONS STATED" applied at Nairobi. An unusual trio, the No Outlet handstamp not recorded by Proud. (3). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1570 Air Mails. 1939-45 Covers flown by Pan Am, a 1939 (May 20) FAM 18 first flight cover from New York to Entebbe flown by Pan Am to Marseille then by Imperial Airways; and 1942-45 covers from KUT to USA flown on route FAM 22 (Leopoldville to Lagos, transatlantic to Brazil, north to Miami via Trinidad and Puerto Rico), two 1942 5sh/75 per ½oz rate covers franked 11sh/50 double rate (with two 5/- stamps) or 6sh/05 (registered), eight 1943 covers sent after the reduction to 4sh/70 per ½oz, three incorrectly franked at the former rate of 5sh/75 (2), 6sh/05 (registered), the others franked 5sh (3, registered) or 4sh/70 (2). A good lot, well written up, two single 5sh frankings, seven censored. (11). Est. £280-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1571 1942 (Apr 30) Censored cover from Nairobi to U.S.A franked 1sh strip of three (faults) + 10sh pair, paying the correct £1/3sh rate for a 2oz letter flown by Pan Am over route FAM 22 at 5sh/75 per ½oz. A fine and scarce high franking, with Leopoldville (May 7) backstamps, minor creasing. Photo on Page 190. Est. £0-0 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1572 1942 (Apr 30) Censored cover from Nairobi to U.S.A franked 1sh (3, faults) + £1, paying the correct £1/3sh rate for a 2oz letter flown by PAN AM over route FAM 22 at 5sh/75 per ½oz. A fine and scarce high franking. Photo on Page 190. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1573 1944 (July 3) Registered censored cover from Nairobi to New York franked 50c + 1sh + 2sh + 5sh + £1, paying the correct £1/8sh/50 rate for a 3oz letter flown by Pan Am over route FAM 22 at 4sh/70 per ½oz plus 30c registration, inscribed "Air Mail via Lagos", backstamped at Khartoum, Miami and New York. An exceptional high franking with the £1 value. Photo on Page 190. (Image1) Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1574 1942-44 Christmas air letters including 1942 air letter overprinted "POSTAGE / FREE" and "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS" in red from E.A A.P.O 74 at Mogadishu, or from Kenya franked 30c for air mail, other air letters with "Postage Free" or "Xmas Greetings" from Kenya (4, three types, two with internal pictorial greetings, two from E.A. A.P.O 2, two others with stamps removed), also two 1944 air letters headed "Christmas / Air Letter" and "Postage Free" with R.A.F Middle East pictorial greetings inside sent from F.P.O 718 (Khartoum) or 223 (Palestine), pictorial R.A.S.C Christmas Greetings from Kenya airgraph, and a 1939 Christmas Greetings postcard with printed Air Mail etiquette from Kenya. (10). Est. £220-260 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 1575 1940-45 Honour Envelopes locally printed in East Africa, comprising Daynes types EA 1a (2), 1b (2, one unused), 2, 3a 3b, 4, 5 (2), another similar to type EA 2 but with the unrecorded imprint "D.P & S.S - 5390 - 1/43 - 10,000", seven of these stamped for air mail, also British (3) or South African Honour Envelopes and two air letters, all from Kenya or Tanganyika. A scarce group, most of the locally produced East Africa Honour Envelopes with a printing of 15,000 or less, very small for these envelopes. (17). Est. £350-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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