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Brit. Colonies continued...

St. Helena continued...

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2160

1922/37: Badge 15 s. grey & purple on blue, wmk. Multiple Script CA, a fine used example tied to small piece by neat "St. Helena" cds (25 July 1927) in black. A very rare stamp used Gi = £ 3'250.rnrnProvenance: Harmers, London, 19 July 1994, lot 2752, (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

2161

1934 (April 23): Coronation set of ten values unused, perforated by hooded "SPECIMEN", fresh and fine colours, large part og. A fine and scarce set Gi = £ 475. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

2162

1934 (April 23): Coronation set of ten values complete in unused blocks of four, fresh and fine colours, large part og., lower pairs unmounted og. A fine and scarce set Gi = £ 1'700+. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF800.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

2163

1935 (May 6): Silver Jubilee, the set of four values in unused blocks of six (3 x 2), all perforated by hooded "SPECIMEN", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Extremely rare in multiples, ex the De La Rue archive Gi = £ 1'140+.rnrn (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF750.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

2164

1938: Badge of the Colony, the complete set of fourteen values unused, all perforated by diagonal "SPECIMEN", fresh and fine, unmounted og. A scarce set Gi = £ 600. (Image 1)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

2165

1904: OHMS envelope to East London, Cape Colony, struck with oval violet "POST OFFICE / ? / ST. HELENA" handstamp in violet (Mabbett type PO.3), with "St. Helena" despatch cd alongside )April 6) in black. Cape Town transit cds at right (May 3), East London arrival on reverse. Three examples recorded of the Crown cachet - Mabbett stated this to be the earliest usage which was erroneous (we have recorded an example on an 1890 registered front to Paris). Illustrated in Mabbett "St. Helena: The Postal, Instructional and Censor Markings" on page 69. Rare.rnrnProvenance: Grosvenor, London, 7-8 March 2012, lot 1323. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Closing..Jun-02, 11:59 PM

5182

1856: 6 d. blue, imperforate, a fine example with ample margins all round, used on 1856 cover to the United Services Club in London tied by dotted obliterator in red with oval "ST. HELENA" despatch in red (June 16) on reverse with framed "INDIA LETTER / DARTMOUTH" in black with circular datestamp (July 28) in black and manuscript "3" pence credit in red ink. 'London / Paid' in red (July 29). File fold well away from the adhesive with some aging, cleaned to remove toning but a rare and most appealing cover (one of the earliest known) with less then twenty #1 covers recorded. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF3,200.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

St. Lucia

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418

1858/60: Great Britain 1857 4 d. rose, a superb used example of bright colour, superbly cancelled by upright "A11" obliterator in black at Castries. Rare so fine. Cert. BPA (1978) Gi = £ 550.rnProvenance: Collection Peter Jaffé, Spink, London, 7 March 2007, lot 34. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

Stellaland

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5049

1884: 1 d. red, perf. 12, three single examples used on the famous 1884 registered combination cover to Somerset East, Cape Colony with two samps cancelled by date in manuscript "5/6/84" and the other cancelled by weight "½ oz." in black ink; in combination with Transvaal 1883 Celliers printing 1 d. grey-black and single and pair 3 d. pale red (Gi 171+173) tied by "6" numeral obliterators in concentric rings of Christiana in transit with perforated red registered label tied by "REGISTERED / TRANSVAAL No. 334" in black. The 10 d. rate made up of 4 d. per ½ ounce letter rate + 6 d. registration. Reverse with "Christiania / Transvaal" cds and "Somerset East" cds of arrival (June 15) both in black. Cover sensibly restored for Exhibit display as two Transvaal adhesives originally folded over the edges of the cover to avoid obscuring the address (the 1 d. was originally over-looked at Christiania and cancelled by red manuscript pen cross). A magnificent franking - just 13 first issue covers are recorded - this being the earliest recorded cover and the sole recorded registered first issue cover. Unique. Signed A. Diena.rnNote: Illustrated in the Dr. Alan Drysdall article in the London Philatelist, Volume 101, page 55; recorded in "Early Covers from the Transvaal" by Lars Jorgensen on page 43. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

SOLD for CHF9,500.00
Closing..Jun-05, 11:59 PM

Sudan

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428

1897: First issue SOUDAN overprints, all six positions of the eight values issued, written up on album pages (47 used, 1 unused), in addition block of 20 for the 2 m. green and block of four for the 3 m. orange-yellow, both unused. Ex collection Janssen Gi = £ 750+. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF150.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

429

1926 (May 18): Long and splendid letter from Colonel E.A. Stanton, ex Governor of Khartoum written to Dr. William Byam describing in much detail over six and half pages how he came to design the "Camel Postman" issue of Sudan. A lively letter "I was at the time second in command of the XIth Sudanese stationed at Korti a small village in the Donghola province which we had just reconquered from the Dervishes...(I was to draw) a suitable design for a new Sudan stamps to take the place of the surcharged Egyptian one...on my interview with Kitchener I was told I was to go on drawing designs until I produced one he approved of - he would give me no suggestions...it was not to include Kitchener's portrait or that of anyone else...I got hold of the sheikhs of the of our friendly arabs the Hawawir tribe and persuaded him to ride past me several times on his camel while I photographed him with a postcard sized box Kodak I had....not a success and I could not in any case have them printed in time...I had no paper and Korti possessed not a single shop leave alone a stationer...I got to work and eventually produced a fairly respectable drawing of a Colonel of the Hageen...in flowing garments holding two spears on his back and not Slatin Pasha as some have hinted....attached to the saddle were two mail bags...I added a row of coloured reductions with suggested combinations of colours such as my paintbox could produce...somewhat in fewar I presented myself on Sir H. Kitchener's return with the sketch effort No. 1 and my intense surprise he expressed his entire approval...I received a set of the stamps signed by the Sirdar (for my efforts)....not long afterwards I was asked to design stamps for "Postage Due"...*. Sold together with a photograph of the Camel Postman design (now in the Khartoum Museum); the letter is much more lively and involved than we can print here, but interestingly, the original wash drawing for the Postage Due issue will be sold by Corinphila in the "Besançon" collection of Sudan. (Image 1)

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SOLD for CHF1,200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

508

Sudan 1925, Imperial Airways survey, first flight London to Cape Town, souvenir postcard, sent by Alan Cobham from Khartoum, Sudan to Hampstead, London, addressed to Cobham's wife, dated 22 December 1925, personal message; "Dearest, I arrived Khartoum today. All going very well indeed. Shall be here Xmas. I am wishing you greetings to know I shall write you a long letter. Kisses for Geoffrey and self. Love Alan", franked with Sudan, 3 m. green and 5 m. black, with perforated red flight vignette to reverse, some creasing to corners, minor rubs and soiling as would be expected, a very rare example out of Sudan; just three examples recorded.rnProvenance: Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection, Harmers, New York, 1946. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for CHF1,000.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

509

1927: Pioneering Aviation, René Guilbaud return leg flight cover, from Dongola, Sudan to Paris, France, via Luxor, Egypt, dated 9th February 1927, franked with Sudan 10 m., 15 m. and 2 p., tied by despatch datestamp, very fine 'Winter Palace Luqsor' datestamp in black alongside dated 11 February 1927 and violet boxed "VOYAGE AERIEN / FRANCE-MADAGASCAR", central vertical filing crease, otherwise fine and rare cover; one of four known surviving covers.rnRemarks: After waiting for two months for a replacement engine Guilbaud left Lokoja, Nigeria returning via Congo, Tanganyika, Sudan and Egypt to reach St Raphael, France on 7 March 1927. The aircraft was a Hydravion CAMS 37 GR. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF650.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

510

1924/1925, On State Service, 1½ a. lake, and a pair and single 4 a. violet, used on Registered Official cover, from Baghdad to Khartoum, dated 15 April 1927, addressed to the "Governor General of the Sudan", endorsed "By Air Mail Registered", carried on Imperial Airways flight leaving Baghdad on 16 April arriving in Cairo 17 April 1927, then by surface mail, arrival to reverse dated 23 April 1927, central vertical filing crease well clear of adhesives and flap missing, the rate of 13½ a. for 1oz letter by air or 30-40g by surface, made up of 3 a. registration, 4½ a. surface and 6 a. air fee; the surface rate expressed in grammes while the air fees are in ounces, scarce and interesting cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

511

1931, Royal Air Force 47 Squadron envelope (flap with insignia in blue), franked with 5 m. brown and black and Air mail 3 p. black, from Khartoum to Kent, England, dated 31 October 1931, sent from the RAF station in Khartoum, carried air mail via Imperial Airways northbound flight to Britain, minor soiling and odd tone spot, a scarce and attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

512

1932, Two Imperial Airways London to Cape Town first flights; both large format Sudan Postal Administration envelopes (27 x 21cm) used to enclose covers carried on this flight, one on the stages from Juba to Nairobi, with violet cachet "FIRST FLIGHT / Juba to Cape Town", manuscript total weight 80g, the other from Khartoum to Nairobi, weight 250g, endorsed "1st Flight Khartoum - Cape Town", rare, two unique envelopes, both sealed with wax impressed with Post Office seals.rnProvenance: T.E. Field Collection. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

513

1936, Official Military mail, OHMS cover sent from Gebeit, Sudan to Aboukir, Egypt, with datestamp 31 July 1936, "No. 207 (Bomber) Squadron - Royal Air Force - 31 Jul 1936" cachet manuscript "Cert. Official" with signature, to reverse the railway marking "Shellal-Halfa TPO No.2" dated 10 August, Cairo Station and Alexandria transits and arrival all dated 11 August 1936, rare R.A.F. official mail Sudan to Egypt. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF200.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

514

1936, First Flight cover, Khartoum (Sudan) to Kano (Nigeria), signed by pilot Captain Jones, endorsement top, franked with 1931, Sudan Air Mail, 3 m. green and sepia, 5 m. black and green, and 10 m. black and carmine, tied by 14 February 1936 datestamp, with arrival to back dated 16 February 1936, comes with picture postcard of the arrival of the plane "Daelalus" at Kano airport and newspaper cuttings reporting the inaugural flight, minor soiling, a very attractive example. (Image 1) (Image 2)

SOLD for CHF240.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

515

1932/1937, Selection of nine air mail covers from Sudan, comprising three internal mails, four to Britain, one to Greece and one to Uganda, all carried by Imperial Airways service, includes 1934 RAF envelope from Juba to Entebbe, Uganda, also a 1934 registered cover sent from Gebel Aulia to Metelin, Greece, carried via Athens, mounted upon seven exhibition pages, describing the routes and rates, a varied range of frankings and postmarks, a few with slight faults, although in the main fine for such mail, scarce assembly. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM

528

Imperial Airways G-ADVB "Corsair" Crash at Faradje, Dangu River, Belgian Congo 15 March 1939: Registered Envelope from Mozambique to Paris, dated 10 March 1939, carried by the Imperial Airways Short S23 seaplane "Cambria" on 12 March 1939, which left Durban, South Africa for England, the plane picked up mail in Beira, Mozambique, Mombasa and landed in Kisumu on 13 March, mail was then transferred to "Corsair" leaving Kisumu on 14 March which lost its way in bad weather and made a forced landing on the river Dangu near Juba, Sudan. All but one of the adhesives are washed off, bearing French special cachet 'AVION ACCIDENTE" in black, applied in Paris only on mail from Mozambique. There are only two covers known from Mozambique - one other recorded in 'Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways' which was thought to be the only example. Nierinck 390315c.rnRef: "Air Crash Mail of Imperial Airways and Predecessor Airlines", by Kendall C. Sandford, page 164. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

CLOSED
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM