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3436

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Via Tasman Sea 1863 (May 7): Cover from Hobart, Tasmania to Nelson, New Zealand bearing 1860 Tasmania Chalon 6 d. grey, a horizontal pair with scissor cut mostly between, margins just touched to fine, cancelled by Hobart bars obliterator and prepaying 1 s. for a double rate 1 ounce ship letter to New Zealand. Very fine Hobart-Town despatch datestamp in red (May 7) and Nelson arrival on obverse. Some minor ink spotting, otherwise fine, and a rare destination this early from Tasmania. The second earliest stamped cover recorded from Tasmania to New Zealand. Route: Departed Hobart 7 May 1863 overland to Launceston. McMeckan, Blackwood & Co: Departed Launceston (8 May) per “Havilah” to Melbourne. Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co: Departed Melbourne (13 May) per “City of Hobart” to Otago; by private ship to Nelson, arriving 27 May 1863 (20 days). Provenance: Collection Blake. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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1899/1900: Pictorials Dilston Falls 6 d. plate proof in black on glazed card in a vertical strip of three from the left of the sheet with perforation guide cross in the margin, the lower example with Diagonal Line through Left Value Tablet and the upper example with Diagonal Line through Upper-Left Ornament, mounted on a large-part page (175 x 142 mm) from the printer's record book endorsed "C.13625", a few minor aging marks do not overly detract. An exceptional item from this popular series. Ex De La Rue Archives. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Thailand

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6435

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Thailand, 1905 (Jan): Picture postcard with serrated edge entitled 'Shipping on the Menam near Windsor & Co.', addressed to France, franked 1899/1904 1 a. grey-green tied by undated blue double-ring "LIGNE DE SAIGON A BANGKOK", front bearing "Kraal 1/05" manuscript. A fine card. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Tobago

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6236

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1890 (July 30): Cover to Munich franked 1879 1 d. rose, 1883 2½ d. ultramarine, 1885/96 4 d. yellow- green (wmk. CA), and provisional 1886 ½ d. on 2½ d. dull blue (two examples) and ½ d. on 6 d. stone, all tied by four strikes of the 'A14' obliterator in black, TOBAGO despatch cds alongside and reverse with two strikes of MÜNCHEN arrival cds (Aug 15). A charming and scarce cover. Provenance: Collection F.W. Doolittle, Sotheby's, London, 2 Oct 1980, lot 29; Collection Besançon, Corinphila sale 285, May 2022, lot 4127. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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6237

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1897 (July 7): Envelope to Roseau, Dominica franked with Provisional Surcharges 1886 ½ d. on 2½ d. dull blue, 1891/92 ½ d. on 4 d. grey, 2½ d. on 4 d. grey and 1896 ½ d. on 4 d. lilac & carmine, tied by TOBAGO datestamps in black with inverted index, DOMINICA arrival cds (July 13) adjacent. A little roughly opened on reverse, some slight toning, still a very attractive and scarce usage. Provenance: Collection Marcel Jaffe, Matthew Bennett, sale 319, June 2007, lot 2240; Collection Besançon, Corinphila sale 285, May 2022, lot 4134. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Tonga

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6234

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1894 (Oct 31): Envelope sent registered to England with 1893 red surcharged vertical pair ½ d. on 1 d. and two horizontal pairs 2½ d. on 2 d. surcharged in red and black, tied by NUKUALOFA cds with violet “REGISTERED AT / TONGA, F. I.” oval cachet below, with AUCKLAND and LONDON transit and IPSWITCH arrival datestamps. The 11 d. rate paying 6 d. registration and 5 d. double weight postage. Light vertical crease affecting ½ d. pair, very attractive and scarce franking. Provenance: DF, Geneva, December 2016, lot 41233. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Transvaal

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3371

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Incoming Mail via the Indian Ocean 1884 (Aug 16): Cover from Ermelo, Transvaal to Clare, South Australia bearing 1883 Transvaal 3 d. pale red, four examples, each tied by circular target cancels and prepaying 1 s. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to South Australia. Unusually the cover has a printed route at upper left to assist postal officials for delivery to Adelaide. On the reverse are Transvaal transit datestamps and arrivals at Adelaide and Clare. Some peripheral cover faults, otherwise fine and rare. The earliest cover recorded from Transvaal (Jorgensen census #71 of 1884) to the Australian Colonies. Route: Departed Ermelo 16 Aug 1884 overland to Durban. Donald Currie & Co: Departed Durban per steamship to Port Louis. Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes: Departed Port Louis per “Melbourne” to Adelaide (15 Oct); overland to Clare, arriving 16 Oct 1884 (61 days). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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3372

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Incoming Mail via the Indian Ocean 1887 (Jan 7): Cover from Pretoria, Transvaal to River Don, Tasmania bearing 1885 Transvaal 1 d. carmine, 2 d. brown-purple and 6 d. pale dull blue in a horizontal pair, each cancelled by numeral “1” of Pretoria and pre-paying 1 s. 3 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to Tasmania. Cape Town transit on the reverse with Hobart and River Don arrival datestamps. Some minor cover opening faults at top which affects the 1 d. and reverse. Tasmania is a rare destination from anywhere in Africa in the pre-UPU period, with just a few other covers recorded from this correspondence. Route: Departed Pretoria 7 Jan 1887 overland to Cape Town (8 Jan); by steamer to Diego Garcia. Orient Line: Departed Diego Garcia (18 Jan) per “Potosi” to Adelaide (2 Feb); by rail to Melbourne (3 Feb). Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co: Departed Melbourne (4 Feb) per “Southern Cross” to Launceston (5 Feb); overland to Hobart (5 Feb); overland to Don, arriving 5 Feb 1887 (61 days). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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6219

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Transvaal 1884 (Dec): Envelope to Clapham Pk, London bearing 1878 6 d. in combinaton with 1883 1 d. and 3 d. cancelled by '13' numerals in three-ring circles, faint "LYDENBURG TRANSVAAL" despatch cds top left, reverse with PRETORIA transit and LONDON arrival (Jan 7). A little roughly opened at base not detracting from this fine and attractive three colour franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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6220

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Boer War 1901 (Feb 19): Cover from Barberton to Green Point Camp, franked with Transvaal 1900 1 d. rose-red & green overprinted 'V.R.I.', addressed to the elusive "Mr A Gunning / Prisoner of War / Tent No. 14 (Transvaales) Greenpoint, Cape Town", censored on departure with large double-lines violet oval "BURGHER CAMP / BARBERTON" with "censored" and initials at centre, sent via Pretoria (Feb 24) to Green Point Camp (March 1) where it was censored on arrival, redirected north to Ladysmith Camp where it was again censored and rectangular "PASSED / S.O.P. NATAL / CENSOR / P. of W." and triangular "PASSED / CENSOR P. OF W." applied, from there sent to Diyatalawa Camp Ceylon where three separate censors have applied their violet handstamp. One censor en route has improvised some tape handstamping it "On H Majesty's Service" (folded out for display). An extraordinary redirected cover, showing eight censor marks on face, having travelled through four camps. Remarkable and presumably unique. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Trinidad and Tobago

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1557

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1863/80: (1 d.) scarlet and 4 d. grey, each perf. 12½, used on 1875 entire letter from Port of Spain to St. Pierre, Martinique , each tied by TRINIDAD double arc datestamps in black with "TRINIDAD / PAID" datestamp (June 8) below in red. Manuscript "4" credit in red, underpaid on arrival in St. Pierre and manuscript "40 c." applied in ink at top with "Martinique / St. Pierre" arrival cds (June 12) on reverse in black. A scarce and most attractive entire to an unusual destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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3096

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Incoming Mail Overland via Southampton 1862 (June 24): Cover from Trinidad to Melbourne, Victoria bearing 1860 Trinidad Britannia (1 d.) rose, 4 d. brownish-lilac and 6 d. yellow-green, all rough perf. 14-16, with “♚/ PAID AT TRINIDAD” at left in red with the adhesives cancelled by an indistinct barred obliterator and prepaying 11 d. comprising 1 d. for Trinidad internal delivery and 4 d. for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to England and 6 d. to Victoria. Some repairs to the cover flap, otherwise very fine and extremely rare. Route - Royal Mail Steam Packet Co: Departed Trinidad 24 June 1862 per “Wye” to Barbados; “Conway” (26 June) to St Thomas (28 June); “Seine” (30 June) to Southampton (14 July); by rail to London and returned to Southampton. P&O Line: Departed Southampton (20 July) per “Ripon” via Malta (29 July) to Alexandria (2 Aug); overland to Suez; “Bengal” (4 Aug) to Galle (17 Aug); “Bombay (18 Aug) via King Georges Sound (2 Sept) to Melbourne, arriving 8 Sept 1862 (77 days). Note: Believed to be the earliest three colour franking from Trinidad and the later of the two covers recorded from Trinidad to the Australian Colonies. Both covers are from this correspondence. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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6235

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1869 (Sept 1): Entire letter from Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela to Philadelphia with fine red "CIUDAD-BOLIVAR / PAID" of the British Post Office, routed via Trinidad where 1863/80 1 d. rose were added and tied by 'D22' obliterator with "N.Y. STEAMSHIP 10" (Sept 21) alongside. Reverse with TRINIDAD transit (Sept 5), "ST. THOMAS" transit (Sept 13) and arrival cds (Sept 21). Fine and rare, an exhibition showpiece. Cert. RPSL (2001). Reference: This is the earliest known date of the 'D22' mark and illustrated on page 187 of Trinidad by Marriott et al, 2010. Provenance: Collection J. Grant Glassco, RL, London, Nov 1969, lot 1041; Collection Andre Bollen, Heinrich Köhler sale 238, Feb 1983, lot 819; Spink, London, Oct 2016, lot 2815; Collection Høgensborg, Heinrich Köhler sale 368, March 2019, lot 6336. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Tristan da Cunha

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1558

1971: 2½ p. on 6 d. surcharge on National Savings H.M.S. Cilicia Issue, a used vertical pair with sheet margin at left, the upper stamp with variety "Surcharge Omitted". Rare. Cert. RPSL (1984). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Tunisia

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2159

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Tunisie, 1918: Stampless postcard from Gabès to Médénine, carried on Military Flight with GABES cds (June 4, 19.50 pm) in black and framed "Aviation-Militaire / Service Postal / SUD TUNISIEN" cachet in violet with "Medenine / Tunisie" cds of arrival on the following day (June 5, 07.55 am) all well struck on reverse. Rare - The flight being unlisted by Muller. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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6443

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Tunisia 1965/66: Birds sets of four with 59 imperforated colour progressive Proofs on Courvoisier archive pages, dated 1964. These pages are unique as are the stamps. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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6444

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Tunisia 1968/69: Fauna sets in 77 progressive, finished and rejected imperforated Proofs on Courvoisier archival pages with 1968 5 m. Golden Jackal, 8 m. Crested Porcupine including two groups of five in final unissued colour, 20 m Fennex Fox with two sets, the first with brighter yellow rejected plus 60 m. Wild Boar with unissued colour. 1969 set with 10 m. Dromedary Camel, 40 m. Horse, 15 m. Dorcas Gazelle with two unissued colours and two sets of 25 m. Hedgehog. The unissued colour group have been erased with red line, the colour differences are quite minimal. A unique item. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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6445

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Tunisia 1986 group of 21 unique Courvoisier progressive colour and finished imperforated Proofs on their archival page for National Parks with 60 m. Mountain Gazelle, 120 m. Addax Deer, 350 m. Seal and 380 m. Goose. A unique item. (Image 1)

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6446

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Tunisia 1992: Birds set of four and miniature sheet in progressive and finished imperfortated Proofs ex Courvoisier archive with four single colour Proofs and the finished Proof with all colours for both stamp set and miniature sheet, the sheet though with six different colours plus frame only. A fine and unique assembly stuck down on the company's archive pages. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Turkey

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2652

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Shipping Agents 1847: Entire letter from Smirne to Syra, Greece, struck on despatch with oval "P.P. / AGENCE DE SMYRNE" handstamp in blue, slit for disinfection and rated "25" lepta due in red (postage 20 lepta + 5 lepta disinfection), with Syra arrival cds in black on reverse. Restorable cover closed tear at base but rare; and Austrian Levant 1867 10 s. blue (Mi. 4) on cover to Gallipoli, struck with oval "JOLY & Co. / SHIPPING AGENTS / SMYRNA" cachet in blue. Scarce pair. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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