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6179

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1934 (Dec): Stamp Printing Office Die Proofs of the 1925 (May) Airmail issue produced in December 1934, with date and numbers on the reverse of the card as follows: 1 d. Green 20/12/34 No.5; 3 d. Blue 21/12/34 No.8 ; 6 d. Brown 20/12/34 No.37. There is a small fault at to of 1 d. Stated to be probably unique in private ownership. Ex Gawaine Baillie. (Image 1)

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Newfoundland

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965

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1910: Lithographic printing, the perforated 12 set of eleven incl. both 6 c. types unused, the set of three values perf. 12 x 14 unused, 1 c. green perf. 12 x 11 single and an unused marginal block of four with first stamp showing NFWFOUNDLAND variety and second stamp JAMRS variety, and 1911 recess printed set of six values from 6 c. to 15 c. complete; generally fine to very fine, large part og. Gi = £ 1'100+. (Image 1)

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966

1937 (May 12): Coronation 7 c. bright ultramarine, wmk. W106, perf. 13 (comb), a used example, very fresh and of fine appearance. Lightly cancelled by a cds. A fine and scarce stamp. Cert. RPSL (2017) Gi = £ 800. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1729

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Transatlantic Flight Newfoundland to Ireland by Alcock and Brown 1919 (June 10). Headed business envelope 'T.J. Duley & Co St. Johns - NFLD', endorsed per "Vickers" Machine, franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge on 15c with “No comma after Post” variety, cancelled by St. Johns machine cancel to Birmingham, England. Envelope with vert. fold and minor flaws, otherwise fine and scarce first flight cover. Capt. John Alcock, pilot and Lt. Arthur Litten Brown, navigator, succeeded the first successful non-stop flight across the Atlantic on a distance of 1,960 miles in 16h 12’ on a Vickers-Vimy airplane. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1730

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Transatlantic Flight Newfoundland to Ireland by Admiral Sir Mark Kerr, Maj. Herbert J.G. Brackley and Maj. Trygve Gran 1919 (June 19): Headed business envelope 'T.J. Duley & Co St. Johns - NFLD', endorsed "Trans-Atlantic Air Post / per 'Handley Page' Machine", franked with $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharged 15c. with “No comma" variety after Post, cancelled by St. Johns machine cancel and "Harbour Grace Ju 14 19" cds. alongside to Birmingham, England. Envelope with vertical fold away from stamp and little browned on reverse, otherwise fine and scarce, signed Kessler. After repairs, they continued on to New York, connecting with the dirigible R34 that had already arrived there on July 6th for furtherance to England. As they missed the R34 that took off on July 9th in the night, the mail arrived on July 10th went via Cunarder “Mauretania” which was docked in New York Harbour. Mail addressed to England out of London was not backstamped on arrival. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1731

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1927 (MY 21): De Pinedo Supplementary Mail - Unoverprinted 60 c. black, tied to envelope addressed to London, cancelled on arrival "ROMA CENTRO CORRISPONDENZA ORDINARIA 22.6.27.19", with 'Trepassy' cds. of May 21 alongside. Filing vertical folds with one affecting the stamp. Nevertheless a fine and scarce cover, signed Cole. Rare unoverprinted usage from the final part of the supplementary mail, which was not cancelled in Newfoundland in case it was too late for transmission. 225 covers carried with specially overprinted stamps and 75 without overprint, of which only 20 covers cancelled on arrival in Italy. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1732

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"Southern Cross" Harbour Grace to New York Flight 1930 (Jun. 26): Cover franked with Newfoundland 1c. horizontal strip of four, each stamp tied by 'Harbour Grace Jun. 26' circular datestamp plus additional US 2 c., backstamped on reverse by "Grand Cent. Sta. N.Y. Jul 2 1930" to Alston, Massachusetts. Envelope sensibly repaired, but very rare as only seven covers carried on this leg. Kingsford-Smith together with John P. Saul, navigator, M. Everet Van Dyk, relief pilot and John W. Stanage, radio operator established a flight time record of 31 ½ hours and the second successful East-West Transatlantic crossing Ireland to Newfoundland AAMC 1111b = $500.00 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1733

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Crociera Aerea del Decennale Italia - Nord America 1933 (26. July): Airmail cover 'No. 1722' with special blue flight cachet from "ST. JOHN'S NEWF'D 26 JUL 33" to Rome, franked with '1933 GEN. BALBO / FLIGHT / $4.50' ovpted. 1933 airpost 75 c. yellow brown, showing on reverse "SHOAL HARBOUR NEWF'D JUL 27 33" transit cds. and special arrival mark "CROCIERA DEL DECENNALE LIDO DI ROMA 12.8.33XI 19" on reverse. Forwarded by ordinary mail via "TORINO FERR. AMERICA 15.8.33" to Thomas Young c/o G.P.O. St. John's Newfoundland Longhi 2949 = € 800. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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1734

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Erroll Boyd Columbia I-II flights 1930/33: Lot three envelopes incl. 1930 Newfoundland - England flight from "St. Johns Nfld. Sep. 25", 1933 Miss Columbia flight from Port au Prince Haiti to "Los Angeles June 21" as well as an autographed envelope to N.Y. of the same flight. Fine AAMC TO1122,TO1178, FF-35a. (Image 1)

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1735

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1921/33: Selection of 25 airmail covers, incl. three covers of 1921 Botwood- Halifax flight by Maj. F. Sidney Cotton franked with all three types of the $1 Trans-Atlantic surcharge on “Cabot” 35c red as “No stop after 1921”; “Stop after 1921” and “No stop and first '1' of 1921 below 'f' of Halifax” (SG 148 a/b), further flight covers of 1921 St. John’s - Botwood Fogo flight (FF-6a), 1921 First Flight Botwood-Grand Falls-Fogo (FF-7) and 1931 Corner Brook – St. John’s (FF-45). A fine assembly. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Nicaragua

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391

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1893: Volcanoes & Liberty Cap, the range of Hamilton Banknote Co. imperforate Proofs (3 items) with unissued 4 c. printed in black on India paper, composite Die Proof for unissued 4 c., 3 c. and 30 c. printed in vermilion on sunken card and a composite Die Proof for the issued 1 c., 5 c., 10 c. and 20 c. values in a block of four printed in ultramarine on India paper adhered to card; a fine and scarce group. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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392

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1894: 'Victory', the range of imperforate Proofs (5 items) engraved by the Hamilton Banknote Co., with the 5 c. in red (file no. 752), composite 10 c. and 20 c. in red (#753), composite 50 c., 1 p. and 2 p. in red (#755), composite 50 c., 1 p. and 2 p. in black (#755) all on India paper, and a composite Proof of the 10 c. and 20 c. values engraved in blue (#753) on India paper applied to card. A scarce and attractive group. (Image 1)

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393

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1895: Coat of Arms issue, the selection of American Banknote Co. imperforate Proofs (6), with 5 c. Proof on India paper in black, 5 c. in red (file number 891), composite Proof block of four on India showing 4 c., unissued 15 c., 20 c. and 50 c., 1 peso and 2 peso composite Proof on India in red, composite Proof on greyish paper with 1 peso, 2 peso and 5 peso values in black (file number 912) and a revenue Proof for the 10 c. value printed in green. A scarce group. (Image 1)

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Niger Coast Protectorate

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618

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers 1892: Postal Stationery Card, 1 d. De La Rue Handpainted Essay, in rose-red, pink and chinese white, dated 21 December 1892, fine and very attractive. Rare. One of four essays of similar design prepared by De La Rue in an unsuccessful bid to win the contract to produce cards for the Oil Rivers Protectorate. One example is in the National Postal Museum dated 23 Nov. 92. The other two are dated 23 November 1892 and 21 December 1892. Reference: The Postal Services of The British Nigeria Region, by Jack Ince & John Sacher, illustrated plate XII; The Postal Stationery of Nigeria, by Peter Hørlyck, pg. 375 and illustrated on pg. 376. Provenance: Ritchie Bodily, advertisement in Cameo, July 1991; The Robert Nelson Collection, Spink, 30 April 2014, lot 887. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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619

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers: Two 1892 Postal Stationery 1 d. vermilion cards, used from Benin River, cancelled by the rare "BENIN RIVER" code C cds, one in black and one in red. The former sent 5 July 1893 to Birmingham, England, with two strikes to front in black. The latter sent 7 June 1894 to Germany (via S.S. Boma), with two strikes to front in red. Both have some minor soiling, the red postmark card is creased on the right side. However, very rare examples (H&G 2). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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620

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers: Two 1892 Postal Stationery 1 d. vermilion cards, used from Bonny River, cancelled by rare examples of the "BONNY RIVER" cds in black. One "Code B", the other "Code A" inverted. The code B sent to Birmingham by 'John W. Roberts, Purser & Mail Master, S.S. Mandingo', dated 26 July 1893, with a single strike to front. Has some toning and stains. The inverted 'Code A' sent to Lincoln, England, dated 26 January 1894, with two strikes to front. Minor soiling. Very rare examples (H&G 2). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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621

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers: Four examples of the 1892 Postal Stationery 1 d. vermilion card, with "SPECIMEN" handstamp in black. Fresh colour and very fine appearance. Scarce and fine (H&G 2 specimen). Comes with seven unused examples mostly in fresh, clean and fine condition; two which have the original wrapper bands. Also illustrates the differing stock the cards were printed upon. A useful selection (11). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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622

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers: A small study of the 1893 ½ d. brown postal cards overprinted "BRITISH PROTECTORATE / OIL RIVERS". Comprises three album pages neatly written-up with eleven examples of the card. Including five used, of which two are uprated with Oil Rivers adhesives. Also two overprinted "SPECIMEN" and two unused. The study illustrates the two different dies used to print the cards. The odd imperfection. In the main a fine group (11). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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623

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers 1892 (July 20): 2 d. grey-green & carmine, horizontal strip of three, in combination with 1894 2 d. green and a 2 d. lake, used on an 1894 Oil Rivers 2 d. ultramarine registered envelope size H2 (H&G 2b), sent from Brass River to Manchester, England, dated 9 September 1895, tied by the circular datestamp "BRASS RIVER" in a black-violet (code A). Endorsed "per Axim(s)", with a partial oval "Registered / London" in red dated 10 October 1895. To the reverse a "Manchester / Registered" circle datestamp 10 October 1895. Soiling. The 2d lake as tiny tear top. A scarce quadruple rate with the rare coloured cancel. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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624

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Niger Coast Protectorate Oil Rivers 1892 (July 20): 5 d. dull purple & blue, with 1894 2½ d. carmine-lake, used on a 1893 2 d. ultramarine registered envelope (H&G 4b), from Benin River to Birmingham, dated 5 June 1894, tied by an attractive red "BENIN RIVER" cds (type 1 code C), with an additional strike lower right and a registered oval "Liverpool" dated 12 July 1894. To reverse a "Registered / Birmingham" oval in black dated 12 July 1894. Slight soiling and the usual wrinkles, otherwise a scarce and attractive example. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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