WORLDWIDE STAMPS & COVERS continued...
British Commonwealth continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 976 |
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 1867-1948 Mint and used selection on pages including 1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus issue virtually complete (only missing Niue and Egypt forces seal, mainly mint but a few sets used); Heligoland with 1879-90 1pf, 2pf (thin)
apparently genuine used (S.G. 10/11); Sierra Leone with 1912-21 £1 used, 1933 5/- mint; Bundi with 1a rose official S.G. O49bB mint; also Basutoland, Swaziland, Gambia, etc. (100s). Photo on Page 190. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
(All Images)
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Est. £500-600
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 977 |
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1916-35 G.B Seahorse issues overprinted for use abroad, including Ireland 1922 Dollard 10/- with re-entry mint, 1927-28 wide date 5/- block of four unmounted, 1935 5/- and 10/- mint, Bechuanaland Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 corner marginal unmounted (2021
B.P.A Certificate), Nauru De la Rue 5/- used on piece, etc., also G.B 5/- corner pair used with 1921 British Post Office Constantinople datestamps, a few faults. S.G. £1,700. (16).
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Est. £250-350
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 978 |
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Pacific Islands. c.1900-97 Covers and cards including British Solomon Islands (27), Fiji (38), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (13), Papua New Guinea (52, six German period), etc., with postal stationery, WW2 U.S or Australian F.P.Os, etc. (145).
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Est. £250-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 979 |
|
Rhodesia / Nyasaland / Bechuanaland. 1888-c.1960 Covers and cards, mainly Specimen, unused or used postal stationery from Bechuanaland (14), Nyasaland (8) or Rhodesia (28), also some stamped covers. (77).
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Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 980 |
|
1935 Silver Jubilee Omnibus issue, commercial covers from eleven colonies including a cover franked British Honduras 5c with manuscript cancel and large Seine Bight c.d.s, British Solomon Islands covers from Shortland Island (3), Dominica covers from
Vieille-Case (2) or Castle Bruce, Leeward Is. from Grand Bay (Dominica), Leeward Is. and St. Kitts covers from Sandy Point, etc. (28).
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Est. £180-220
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 981 |
|
Specimen Stamps. QV - KGV Specimen overprints including British Guiana 1913-21 set of eleven, Nevis 1888-90 6d and 1/-, Sudan Army Service 1906 2p-10p set of three (S.G. A14/6), Barbados 1912 3/- plate number pair, Virgin Islands War Stamp pair,
other odd values with Straits Settlements (46), etc., some faults. (127).
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Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 982 |
|
c.1979-94 Stamps and miniature sheets with Specimen overprints, applied to stamps given away for publicity purposes, from Montserrat, St. Vincent, Grenadines, Tuvalu, etc., various thematic subjects. (830).
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Est. £350-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 983 |
|
Postal Stationery. 1880-1900 QV Postcards and reply cards unused and used, including Orange Free State, West Indies, Malaya, Bermuda, Cyprus, British Guiana, Labuan, North Borneo, etc. (95).
|
Est. £140-160
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 984 |
|
Postal Stationery. Mainly QV Envelopes, postcards, wrappers, lettercards and registration envelopes with British Africa, British West Indies, Canada, Australian States, Seychelles, British Guiana, British Honduras, Canadian Pacific Railway cards
with views (12), etc, a few later items, virtually all unused (with the occasional Specimen or used item), mainly different, most extremely fine. (c.850).
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Est. £400-500
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
ADEN
ADEN
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 985 |
|
 1843 (Jan 7) Entire letter from Aden, written by a soldier in hospital who hopes to be invalided out of the army, to his mother in Suffolk, the address panel headed "From Gunner Thos. Cooper in 4th Comp. 2nd Battn Artillery"
and countersigned, a "2" charge mark applied for the unpaid soldiers rate, some easily removed brown paper adhering at top, otherwise fine. A rare early soldiers letter sent just four years after Aden was ceded to Great Britain. Photo on Page
112. (Image1)
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Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 986 |
|
1857 (Dec 26) Entire letter to England, written on the steamer "Pottinger", with boxed "INDIA UNPAID", "ADEN" double arc datestamp on reverse, charged 9d, fine and scarce.
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Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 987 |
|
c.1880-84 Covers to Italy or India (3) franked 1a pair + 2a, 1a strip of three (2 covers) or 1a + 2a, cancelled "B" in bars (Proud K11) with Aden Camp datestamps, one cover bearing a yellow "Missent" label in Indian script, Sea Post Office
datestamps. One cover with small corner fault, otherwise fine. (4).
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Est. £120-150
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 988 |
|
1893-1920 Covers and cards including 1894 ½a envelope to London franked 9p carmine pair + ½a, 1895 1a postcard with boxed "TOO LATE", 1920 picture postcard with KGV 1½a tied by "PERIM" double ring datestamp, etc. (6).
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Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 989 |
|
1935-37 Air Mail covers to England (3, franked 5a or 7a6p) and a postcard to Italy franked 5a6p (a little stained), two covers endorsed "via Cairo" with red "N" or "O" in circle. Also 1946 cover with Aden ¾a (40) to India, and two 1949 U.P.U First
Day Covers to Iraq both handstamped "AV2". (7).
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Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
AFGHANISTAN
Air Mails
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 990 |
|
1928 Covers from Kabul, one air mail cover to Germany franked 40p pair inscribed "Tashkent - Moskau - Konigsberg", the other cover (Nov. 2) franked 10p + 30p to France carried on the last weekly mail to India before an uprising stopped all mails.
(2).
|
Est. £150-180
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 991 |
|
1935-39 Air Mail covers from Kabul to U.S.A (2) or Europe (8), destinations include Finland and Sweden, two registered, also 1934 registered air mail postcard from Berlin to Kabul franked 80pf with Peshawar c.d.s. (11).
|
Est. £200-240
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 992 |
|
1935-39 Air Mail covers (also one 1946 cover) all from Jacques Meunie at the French Legation in Kabul to his wife or mother in Paris, thirteen carried by pouch to India and posted at Peshawar (12, two with Kabul return address) or Lahore with Indian
stamps, another thirteen posted in Kabul with Afghanistan stamps totalling 1a75 (4), 1a90 (3), 3a15 (3) or 3a55 (3), six 1935-37 covers with transit datestamps of Landi-Kotal and Lahore, two 1939 covers censored in Peshawar. An interesting
correspondence. (26).
|
Est. £350-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 993 |
|
1936-39 Air Mail covers from Paris to Jacques Meunie at the French Legation in Kabul franked 6f50 (5), 6f75 (3), 5f75 or 7f25, another with a stamp removed, five 1936-37 covers backstamped at Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi, the others backstamped at
Kabul, four with boxed "KARACHI / CANCELLED" datestamp over the Par Avion label. (11).
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Est. £200-240
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 994 |
|
1941 (Jan. - June) Registered air mail covers from Kabul to New York all inscribed "via China Clipper Air Mail", franked 1a50 (2) or 3a25 (5), all censored in Peshawar with seals bearing royal arms and "H" in a circle, three with violet "3" or "7" in
circle handstamp. Unusual Clipper covers. (7).
|
Est. £200-240
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 995 |
|
1943-64 Air Mail covers to the USA all sent by U.S diplomatic bag, the Afghanistan stamps cancelled in Washington D.C, eighteen handstamped violet "This article originally mailed / in country indicated by postage". Also a stampless cover from the
British Embassy in Kabul sent by diplomatic bag to London, and stampless cover from the Afghanistan Legation in Iraq. (37).
|
Est. £280-320
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 996 |
|
1944-45 Air Mail covers from Kabul to New York, twelve registered franked 7a, 7a15, 7a25 (2), 8a25 (7) or 13a, one other with a stamp missing, all censored in India, the registered covers all with Miami transit c.d.s. (13).
|
Est. £250-300
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 997 |
|
1945-50 Air Mail covers from Kabul (21) or Pucht-e-Rud to the U.S.A, one large cover posted from Pakistan (with two others from the same correspondence posted at Kabul), eighteen registered, various rates and stamps. (22).
|
Est. £300-350
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 998 |
|
1945-51 Air Mail covers from Kabul (9, one with stamps cancelled in manuscript), Deh-Afghanan (3) or Djalalabad (from the eminent Geologist Sir Lewis Fermor) to Europe bearing 1939-42 stamp issues, various rates. Also 1939 censored covers from India
or Portugal, and 1949-55 first flight covers from Copenhagen or The Hague all to Kabul. (17).
|
Est. £160-200
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
| 999 |
|
1951-73 Air Mail covers, the extensive lot mainly from Kabul, nearly all commercial, many registered and a few postcards noted, several from the U.N Mission, destinations include Norway, Russia, Sweden, Canada, Libya, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bulgaria,
New Zealand, South Africa, Ghana, Argentina, etc, an interesting lot. (114).
|
Est. £700-800
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
ALBANIA
ALBANIA
| Lot |
Symbol |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1000 |
|
Postal Stationery. 1913-30 Cards and covers (16) including 1913 Turkey 20pa card with eagle overprint C.T.O, 1913 first regular issue 10q postcards (2, one 1916 use from Austrian Feldpost) and reply card used, 1914 "7 Mars" overprint 5q and 10q
postcards and reply cards used, "19 MARS 1914" overprint 5q postcard and reply card and 10q card unused (unlisted by Higgins & Gage), etc. Also WW1 Austrian Feldpost covers from Tirana or Scutari, 1914 surcharge sets C.T.O on covers (3), and other
stamp issues of Albania (including Italian P.O), Montenegro, Serbia and Yugoslavia. (100s).
|
Est. £300-400
Closing..Nov-05, 02:00 AM EST. |
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