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Worldwide Stamps & Postal History - Sept. 2024 continued...

HONG KONG continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
461   imagePOSTMARKS & SLOGANS ON PIECE: Binder housing a collection of QEII issues displaying different slogan postmarks inc. uncommon types e.g. 1961 Agricultural Show & Technical Training Week. Many others plus various branch office postmarks plus a bag of 1960s stamps inc. commemoratives. (Many 100s) (Image) (Image2)

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Get Market Data for [Hong Kong Collection] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census

Starting at £ 18

SOLD for £24.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

AMOY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
462   image1895 AMOY FIRST ISSUE IN COMPLETE SHEETS: Each of the 5 values of ½c, 1c, 2c (type II), 4c & 5c in complete unmounted mint sheets of 40 stamps. Severe curling at edges of sheets, but otherwise fine with no significant perf. separation. SG 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6. Total cat. £4,180 (total 200 stamps) (Image)

Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £1,200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
463   image1895 POSTAGE DUE MULTIPLES: Each of the 5 values with opts. in red (except the 1c vermilion with black opt.) in unmounted mint multiples of 15 or 16. All blocks are affected by severe gum curling. SG D7, D9, D10, D11 & D13 Cat. £1,790 (76 stamps) (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
464   image1896 (20 MAY) ½c ON 4c REDDISH BROWN WITH "GENT" ERROR: Large unmounted mint irregular multiple with blue surcharge showing SG listed error "G" for "C" in position 23. The multiple as a whole is subject to curling. Variety has SG cat. value of £1,800 and 'normal' stamps each with SG cat. £150 (total £6,300). SG 25/25a Cross Reference: ERRORS (Image)

Starting at £ 500

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
465   image1896 (8 MAY) ½c SURCHARGES: ½c on 4c reddish brown & ½c on 5c orange with SG Type 3 (wide top to "f") surcharge. Each in unmounted mint blocks of 10. Both blocks with severe gum curling. SG 18/19 £700 (20 stamps) (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

HUNGARY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
466   imageAUSTRIA-HUNGARY - T.P.O.s/RAILWAY/BOXED STATION MARKS COLLECTION: Large c.1877-1940 (virtually all pre-1930s) group of mainly p.stat. PCs plus some envs. & PPCs (mostly mounted & written up) with a considerable variety of TPOs (nos. 4-398) and also some instructional marks inc. 1888 postcard with oval "BUDAPEST/VONAT- IV KESES" ('train-delayed) or 1895 postcard with boxed "... POSTA/FIUME SZ-PETER/KOZOTT" ('between' for mailguards on stopping trains to cancel later). Attractive frankings, stationery & marks all mostly fine. (c.106 covers + a few used singles) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAY MAIL (Image)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

ICELAND
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
467   imageCOMPREHENSIVE MINT & USED COLLECTION 1873-2000 in binder on printed leaves with an interesting early section in need of further inspection for perf. types, shades, etc., but inc. 1873 2s blue unused (thinned cat. £1200 as mint), 4s & 8s mint (cat. £575), 16k fine mint, 1874 20a pale lilac mint (cat. £700) & 40a green used (cat. £250), good group of 'Gildi' ovpts. to 50a mint, further defin. & Official sets mixed mint or used then 1911/12 Sigurdsson sets used, 1921-30 surcharges most vals. to 1k on 40a (2, both mint& used)plus both 10k on 2k & 5k (fiscally used with 'Tollur' cancels), 1930 Parliament set plus Air set mint, 1931 Zeppelins mint, 1934 Air set mint, then a great deal of completion to 2000 being a mix of mint and used. Generally a very fine collection although some slight mixed condition with earlier issues. Very high catalogue value. (many 100s) (Image)

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Starting at £ 500

CLOSED
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
468   imageRARE OCEANOGRAPHY INSTITUTE DRIFT-CARDS LANDED IN ICELAND, GLASGOW/BERGEN PAQUEBOTS, ETC: 1954 quartet of the special GB reply-paid PCs dropped by plane into the Atlantic in plastic bags and washed up at various places. Three of the PCs have Iceland frankings (the other was sent from Iceland but has no stamps and was cancelled by the circular barred "LONDON" printed matter cancel) tied by unclear cds's:- ?Strond, ?Vik & ?Hofdabrekka (only c.52 cards are recorded as having been washed up in Iceland. Plus rare unused drift-card (No.7556) with its explanatory sheet (+ 2 corks and a "Porothene" envelope in which the cards were dropped). Plus 1926 PPC (stamps on picture side) with black or purple boxed Reykjavik "Paquebot" or purple rubber "Paquebot", 1938 pair of larger envs. to GB with Geyser frankings tied by Glasgow cds with matching scarce mainly v. fine boxed Glasgow "PAQUEBOT." marks, 31/5/1945 censored (late date) env. to GB & 1941 'Times' cutting showing Churchill visiting Iceland. (13 items) [The Glasgow Paquebots & the Drift-cards ex Cavendish 'Angus Parker' auction, Apr. 2009; lot 1441 et al.] Cross Reference: PAQUEBOTS, SCOTLAND, NORWAY (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
469   imageWWII - 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' COVER TO BELGIUM RETURNED TO ICELAND FROM G.B.; Unusual 5 June 1940 long env. (filled file-holes clear of stamp & marks) to Brussels franked by Iceland 'Geysir' 45a Blue tied by a light "REYKJAVIK" cds and the edge of a very fine purple boxed London "NO SERVICE/RETURN TO SENDER" mark; censored (2 labels; brown tape + "4094" label), and unusually annotated (at the time?) "French capitulation 4th June 1940". Rare returned mail from the early months of the war with an unusual place of origin. [Ex Cavendish 'Angus Parker' auction, Apr. 2009; lot 1401, realised £180+BP.]Cross Reference: MILITARY - SPANISH CIVIL WAR, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, BELGIUM (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
470   imageWRECK OF THE S.S. EBRO - RARE COVER WITH PURPLE (ABERDEEN?) "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" CACHET; 12 Mar. 1942 long commercial env. from Reykjavik to GB at the 45a rate (with 45a Geysir) having British 6028 censor label also having a very fine purple off-centre "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet (presumably struck at the Aberdeen P.O.) on the front. This wreck has been clearly identified by Hoggarth & Gwynn (p.267) as that of the Danish SS Ebro wrecked off the Aberdeen coast en route to Hull. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SCOTLAND (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

INDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN

THE MICHAEL CASWELL COLLECTION
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
471   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. EARLY PRESTAMP COVERS EX INDIA TO G.B. WITH VARIOUS LONDON "SHIP LETTER" MARKS, ETC.; 1801-29 covers ex India to GB with mainly fine 1801 oval "Ship Letter/[Crown]/LONDON", mainly fine large 1806 "SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LONDON" cds, partly fine scarce oval "SHIP-/[Crown]/LETTER" (ex Madras), 1808 small "SHIP LETTER/LONDON" cds with partly fine giant oval "Bengal/G P O/POST PAID" ds, 1811/14 pair with "SHIP LETTER/LONDON" ovals (different types; latter ex Masulipatam), etc. Plus 1844 E ex Calcutta with plain "SHIP LETTER". Alo 9 naval/London prints. (9 covers + 9 prints) [All ex John Gunn & all ex Alan Robertson.] Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
472   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. JERUSALEM COFFEE HOUSE - LETTERS FROM INDIA WITH "LONDON/SHIP LETTER" STEP-TYPE MARK; 1 July 1814 EL (chatty contents inc.mention of Lord Moira - the newly appointed Governor General of India - travelling up country by river with "near 900 boats"!) sent from "Calcutta" to "Jerusalem Coffee House, London" (to the "Surgeon of the H[onourable East India]. C[o.] S[hip]. Union"), endorsed "Per [Ship] Mary Ann" with mainly fine framed step-type "LONDON/SHIP LETTER" (scarce) on the front. Good example of the India connections of this elusive Coffee House. [Ex Cavendish 'Angus Parker' auction, Sept. 2009; ex lot 1253.]Cross Reference: COFFEE HOUSES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
473   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. CANADA/INDIA - RARE "KINGS POSTAGE/INLAND POSTAGE" MARKINGS ON COVER FROM QUEBEC TO "GENL. SMITH's FORCE"; Remarkable 22 Oct. 1817 EL (fully typed transcript of very interesting chatty contents; some mainly internal/reverse stains consistent with vinegar disinfection) from "Quebec" (Canada) to an officer of the "4 Regt. Light Cavalry, Madras, East Indies" carried under cover or by private means to London and posted there (28 Nov.) with a mainly very fine crowned 2-ring "INDIA PACKET LETTER/G.P.O/LONDON" cds (small scuff) on the front and so charged "3/6", and endorsed "P. [Packet] Lord Wellington" on the flap. Redirected on arrival in Madras to "Gen[era]l. Smith's Force" (involved in the 3rd Anglo-Maratha War) and so having very fine strikes of the very rare Madras "INLAND POSTAGE/KINGS POSTAGE" on the reverse ("POSTAGE" crossed by closed seal tear) endorsed "1r 8a 6p" to pay on delivery. Extraordinary country of origin for mail to India at this early date. [A similar 1818 cover from this correspondence - but merely from London - sold for US $2,600 on 26 June 2024 in New York.] Superb and astonishing Exhibition Piece for both Canadian and Indian Collectors. [Ex Hammond Giles.]Cross Reference: CANADA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, MILITARY, SHIP LETTERS (Image)

Starting at £ 1,000

SOLD for £1,900.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
474   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. RARE MADRAS "KINGS POSTAGE/INLAND POSTAGE" MARKINGS ON COVER FROM QUEBEC TO ARTILLERY SURGEON; 23 Mar. 1817 EL from "Dumfries" (Scotland; boxed mileage mark on the front) to a "Surgeon to the Battalion of Artillery, The Mount Madras" routed via London (26 Mar.) with a mainly very fine crowned 2-ring "INDIA PACKET LETTER/G.P.O/LONDON" cds on the front and so charged "4/7½" (1/1½ inland + 3s-6d Packet rate), and endorsed "P. [Packet] Rochester" on the flap. Redirected on arrival in Madras the addressee (presumably up-country with his Batallion) and so having mainly very fine strikes of the very rare Madras "INLAND POSTAGE/KINGS POSTAGE" on the top flap endorsed "2r [+] 2r" to pay on delivery. [Three similar 1818 covers with these rare Madras markings sold at auction for US $2,600/$2,700/$2,800 on 26 June 2024 in New York.] Superb Exhibition Piece for any Indian Collector. [Ex Hammond Giles; Spink 18 Oct. 2001, lot 205.]Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS, MILITARY, SCOTLAND (Image)

Starting at £ 500

SOLD for £1,700.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
475   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. RARE OVAL "MADRAS/PACKET LETTER" ON 7/- RATE COVER TO G.B. (BY PACKET "WELLINGTON"); 15 Aug. 1818 E to London "Pr. [Packet] Wellington" with a fine rare oval "MADRAS/PACKET LETTER" ds (filing fold) nicely placed on the front with oval-framed matching "UNPAID" at top right; charged "7/-", double Packet Letter rate, with a fine red 4 Jan. 1819 London arrival cds on the flap. [Ex Hammond Giles.] Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
476   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. MADRAS OVAL "SHIP LETTER" DS ON COVER WITH RARE LONDON BOXED "INDIA" REPLACING "SHIP LETTER"; 13 Mar. 1826 EL (some edge faults/staining; typed transcript of long newsy letter ref. an impending 4-5-month tour of the area with the Bishop of Calcutta and mention of Burma; "The Burman War continues. Our troops are near the capital, but little hope...of a successful termination") from Madras to Edinburgh (redirected to Ballantrae) having on the reverse "MADRAS /SHIP LETTER" ds but also a fine London "SHIP LETTER" (Tab.S35) struck in error across the join with a rare boxed London "INDIA" hs carefully struck just above. [Ex Drs. Harper, Cavendish Mar. 2009; lot 2290.] Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
477   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. EARLIEST RECORDED(?) "KAMPTEE/POST PAID" HAND STAMP ON COVER WITH RARE LONDON BOXED "INDIA LETTER"; 21 Feb. 1827 EL from Kamptee to Ireland (cross written but with full typed transcript) endorsed "Via Bombay P.Pd" and rated "1/6" on the front; on the reverse there is a fine strike of the rare boxed London "INDIA LETTER" (Tab.In9, 3 years earlier than recorded; closed seal tear just touching frame at left) beside a very fine red boxed "KAMPTEE/POST PAID" hs (earliest recorded date?). The contents include; "...The Belfast [news]papers...I received 29 of them a few days ago, which cost me one Rupee each"! Attractive and probably unique combination of scarce/rare markings. [Ex Drs. Harper, Cavendish Mar. 2009; lot 2291.] Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
478   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. RARE "NUSSERABAD/FREE" DATESTAMPS ON SOLDIER's CONCESSION RATE COVERS TO G.B.; Jan/Dec. 1845 pair of EL's (minor dusting) to London both headed & countersigned for Artillery gunners and both endorsed "Soldier's Letter"; each has a mostly very fine red oval "NUSSERABAD/FREE" ds (unrecorded by Hammond Giles) on the flap, and both have been charged the Concession Rate of "2"(d) on arrival. Plus matching Dec. 1845 EL with v. fine boxed "NUSSERABAD/Paid" ds posted on almost the same day as the 2d-rate cover, but charged the full "1/10" rate via France! (3 covers). [Ex Cavendish June 2004; lot 830, realised £200+BP.] Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, FREES (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
479   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. P. & O. STEAMER 'BENTINCK' - MAIL FROM INDIA TO G.B. INC. MAIDEN MAIL-CARRYING VOYAGE, ETC.; 1843-57 covers from India to GB all carried by this famous paddle-steamer inc. 13/12/1843 EL "Via Southampton" with Calcutta ds etc. carried on the Bentinck's first mail-carrying voyage, 21 July 1844 EL (very long amusing contents written entirely on board en route from Calcutta to Madras), and 1845-57 quartet from Calcutta to/from GB (2) or France (2), both with boxed "INDIA UNPAID") with 1849 unpaid EL from London to Belgaum redirected to Ahmednaggur (fair boxed "Bearing" d.s. of both on flap) and on to Bhundulla with "BOMBAY/STR POSTAGE[8]/INLD DO [8=12]" on the front. (6 covers) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £360.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM
480   imageINDIAN PRESTAMP MAIL TO GREAT BRITAIN. MAIL TO G.B. - RARE FREE "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" EX CALCUTTA, 2-RING BENARES/POST PAID, ETC.; 1824-47 covers inc. 1824 front+flap with early faint 2-ring "BENARES/POST PAID" [ex H. Giles], 1834 E with scarce red boxed "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" (oval Madras ds), large part long Dec. 1838 E from Calcutta (fine red boxed Ship Letter ds on flap) to "India Board, London" and so free of postage having a fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" on the front endorsed "Per Ship Esperance" (free India Letters are rare), 1842/7 trio via Falmouth/Southampton with boxed "Paid" ds of Madras/"BUDAON" [latter ex H. Giles] or Calcutta SL d.s., and front+flap with fine scarce red "MADRAS/SHIP LETTER/FREE" ds [ex H. Giles]. Plus 1833/43 pair of letters ex Lucknow (no envs.). (10 items) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, FREES, KENT (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 110

SOLD for £800.00
Closing..Sep-04, 03:00 AM

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