Worldwide Stamps & Postal History - Dec. 2024 continued...
WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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 SOUTH-EAST ASIA & SOME ISLANDS - COVERS, PPCs, RECEIPTS, ETC. - EX DEALER'S STOCK: countries inc. Laos, Thailand, Nepal, Indonesia,
Vietnam, Philippines & South Korea. Mainly special covers, FDCs with some commercial items. Thailand inc. 12 receipts, etc. (c.160)
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 HONG KONG, FIJI, PNG & BORNEO - COVERS, ETC. - EX DEALER'S STOCK: Commercial covers, FDCs & PPCs. Hong Kong (c.56) - commercial mail
inc. 1947 airmail to London (crease and soiling at top), some better quality FDCs inc. 1969 & 70 Lunar New Years, c.20 mint modern PPCs and QV p.stat. PC; Fiji (c.27) - c.15 FDCs 1949-87, small sellection of commercial and air mail; Papua New Guinea
(c.30) - 1937-91 selection of mainly FDCs with 23 Nov. 1937 Coronation set on registered env., and some commercial mail, and 1951 Australian stamps used in Port Moresby to GB; Borneo - 3 PPCs "Royal Packet Navigation Cy.". (c.120) Cross
Reference: HONG KONG, FIJI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, BORNEO (Image) (Image2)
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 WORLDWIDE VACCINATION COVERS & EPHEMERA: A box file containing a 1777-c.2000 accumulation inc. 1855 Italian E franked by
"VICE-CONSERVATORE DEL VACCINO/MACERETA" cachet and endorsed in ms "con tubetti di pus vaccino"(with little tubes of vaccine pus), and similar 1856 E; 1872 rare used GB ½d p.stat. posted "VACCINATION CERTIFICATE."; plus other covers & PCs with
various cachets, hs's, or machine cancellations relating to vaccination, as well as many documents, certificates, literature, pictures, etc. from a wide range of countries (much from Germany). [Ex Vandervelde]. (c. 38 covers & PCs, c. 66 other items)
Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, ITALY, GREAT BRITAIN, GERMANY (Image)
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 MISCELLANY INC. 18th/19th C. TRANSATLANTIC PACKET MAIL, MISSENT TO SEAPOST OFFICE MAIL, IONIAN ISLANDS MAIL, ETC: Diverse mixture
inc. 5 ELs from GB to New Brunswick dated 1790-1828 plus 1824 EL from Lyon to New Brunswick via Falmouth. All are typed up on display pages; group of 4 cards/cover, 1896-1908 each with "MISSENT TO SEAPOST ...." type marks inc. 1907 PPC from Russia to
Cape Town with "MISSENT TO/US SEA P.O. No17" mark; group of 5 covers dated 1855-64, all addressed to Constantinople and mailed from Zante, Corfu or Cephalonia having Forwarding Agents marks and/or Lloyds Agency arrival marks. (16 items)Cross
Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, MISSENT MAIL, IONIAN ISLANDS (Image) (Image2)
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 NORTH AFRICA - EGYPT, SUDAN, ALGERIA, TUNIS: 1841-c.1960 mixture of mainly Egypt p.stat. envs., commercial mail, earlier PPCs & PCs,
WWI & WW2 field post & censor marks/labels as well as regd & a couple of early stampless ELs. Includes a few hotel postmarks inc. "LUQSOR/WINTER PALACE", Gezirah Palace Hotel & Shepheard's Hotel plus some "SERVICE RURAL" cds's. Diverse lot. (56 +
used block & a few pieces) Cross Reference: EGYPT, SUDAN, HOTELS, LOCAL POSTS (Image)
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 1877-1907 EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF "MISSENT TO" HANDSTAMPS with World Wide examples on covers/cards inc. Belize, Jamaica,
Barbados, St Lucia, Tortola, Bahamas, Brunei, Guyana, St. Kitts, Guatemala, Surinam, Bangkok, Bermuda, Kiribati, Cook islands, Gambia, Chicopee Mass, Norway ME, Nutley N J, Navarre Kans, Marathon Fla, Switzerland, N York, Atlanta Georgia, Glendale
Calif., Manila, Ireland, Malta, Thailand, Great Britain, Jakata, Osaka, Japan, Ho Chi Min City, Malaysia, Belgium, Bermuda and Nauru. The majority are fine strikes. The items originate from various countries. Would make an interesting display (300
items+) Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL (Image)
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 BRITISH EAST AFRICA & RHODESIAS - POWs, TPOs, WWI & WWII CENSORS, AIRMAILS, LOCAL CDS's, ETC.: Diverse 1890s-c.1958 group (mainly
KGV) inc. some later KGVI/QEII airmails and British South Africa Company singles with various police, registered, lozenge, etc. cancels. Includes 4 KGV period envs (2 registered) with multicolour frankings cancelled by T.P.O.s inc. Kilimanjaro,
"DSM-MWANZA", and skeletons (2) plus 1941 "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" endorsed env. from Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia to Wolverhampton with faint "R.A.F. NO.21 S.F...../OFFICIAL FREE/BULAWAYO/KUMALO" oval mark & "WE REALISE IN RHODESIA/ THE SAFE ARRIVAL/OF THIS
LETTER/IS DUE TO/THE BRITISH NAVY" label on the front plus 1943 POW postcard from "POW/360/E.A.F." to Belluno, Italy. (17 covers + some used singles) Cross Reference: EAST AFRICA, RHODESIA & NYASALAND, MILITARY, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES (Image)
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 MAINLY 20th C. MAIL INC. SPANISH CIVIL WAR CENSORS/CANARY IS., CHINA, 1892 G.E.A. "PETERS EXPEDITION" COVER, ETC.: 1892-c.1939
worldwide group inc. Spanish Civil War covers (26; nationalist) with a variety of censors & a few patriotic labels; a mix of Austria, Indochina, Iraq, Turkey, etc. plus 1937 envs from US Navy vessels via Tsingtao (large duplex of vessel & PO) to New
York inc. "4TH REGT. U.S.M.C./SHANGHAI. CHINA./SEMPER/FIDELIS" machine cancel. Also inc. 1892 env. from German East Africa to Halle & redirected to Hanover endorsed as being from an "Expedition" (possibly Dr. Carl Peter's?) [Ex John Lea]. (60
covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY, GERMAN COLONIES (Image)
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 COMMONWEALTH RANGE INC. BOER WAR, 1930s SHANGHAI FPOs, NEWFOUNDLAND QV TPOs, MOROCCO, IRAQ, ANTIGUA, SOLOMONS, ETC.: Group with 2nd
Boer War covers with a variety of censors & Army P.O. marks (20) + handful of stamps, 1906-27 Newfoundland TPO receipts with hs's (18), a few leaves with mainly KGV/KGVI singles of Uganda, Australia, etc. with TPO marks, various QV-KGVI Army PO marks
or TPOs plus a few with Forces in Egypt Christmas labels. Includes undated env. from Shanghai to Bradford with KGV 2½d Blue cancelled by "FIELD POST OFFICE" hs, 1913 Morocco Agencies 5c optd. postcard from "BRITISH POST OFFICE/TETUAN" (cds) to London
with "1D/FR" hs & rubber "SUN LIFE OF CANADA" ds on the back, 1936 OHMS env. from St. Johns, Antigua with blue oval "*/GENERAL POST OFFICE/*/ANTIGUA" ds (fine), etc. [ex John Lea] (72 covers/receipts & 56 stamps/pieces) Cross Reference:
MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS, NEWFOUNDLAND, ANTIGUA (Image)
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 SMALL ASIAN CARD/COVER GROUP: Inc. 1901 Xmas card from Yokohama (not posted); Nepal native script cover bearing 1930 'Shiva' types;
1932 China cover from Teng Yueh to Plymouth; 1932 China cover flown from Hankow to Shanghai addressed to Sir John Hope Simpson (UN National Flood Relief Commissioner) - Sir John later took up senior appointments in Newfoundland where Port Hope
Simpson was named after him, and lot inc. a 1974 Canada cover from there. Also inc. 1962 Russian Pamirs Expedition cover addressed to a relative of Dr. Howard Somervell (1922 & 1924 Everest Expeditions). (6) Cross Reference: CHINA (Image) (Image2)
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 INDIA - EARLIER QV T.P.O. CANCELLATIONS: A small box containing a c.1868-c.1888 range inc. 1871 env. with fine "SOUTH EAST
RAILWAY/AST/SECTION/2ND SET/30 OC. 71/SORTING OFFICE" on back; 1881 env. to UK franked 9 x ½a all cancelled by barred "N" on front & "OUTW/BOMBAY/24 JAN." & "4 N 5/JAN. 20/D.D." on back; plus other similar examples, some with instructional marks. [Ex
Vandervelde] (173 covers) Cross Reference: INDIA, RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS, RAILWAY MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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 INDIA - LATER QV T.P.O.s: A small box containing a c.1869-1902 range inc. 1869 env. franked 3 x ½a cancelled with oval "RAILWAY
SORTING/3 DEC 69/1 DIVISION" ds's (short usage) & boxed "INSUFFICIENT" adjacent; 1884 ½a env. uprated 4 x ½a on back cancelled with "RMS" barred numerals & "SABHAR/1ST DFI/JUL. 18/84" cds & boxed "M.A. R.S. DELHI/588" adjacent; 1889 ¼a PC with fine
"G.5. OUT/SET No 1/AP 1" & "G.5.IN/SET No 3/AP 2" T.P.O. cds's; 1891 ¼a PC (faults) cancelled with "L.79/SE 16" cds & "MALER-KOTLA/SEP. 16/91" cds & purple serrated "RETURNED/LATE LETTER [???]" hs adjacent; 1902 ½a registered env. uprated ½a + 2a on
back cancelled by faint "0-75/MA. 22" cds's; plus many other similar examples. (250 cards/covers) Cross Reference: INDIA, RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS, RAILWAY MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY
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| 273 |
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 THE FALMOUTH PACKETS - GRENADA TO LANARK: 20 July 1788 EL (dusty & minor faults) from John Denholm, garrison surgeon at Fort George
Grenada to his nephew at Lanark. Carried to England by the packet Prince William Henry departing Grenada 22 July arriving Plymouth 11 Sep. 1788. However not stamped at London until 17 Jan. 1789 and Edinburgh 20 Jan. which suggests it may have gone
back to Grenada and then back again as the Henry arrived once more at Falmouth 14 Jan. 1789. Was it not off loaded the first time? A mystery. Cross Reference: GRENADA (Image)
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 PLYMOUTH MILEAGE HS ON LETTER TO PORTUGAL DURING THE 'FALMOUTH PACKET MUTINY': 5 December 1810 EL from London to Lisbon sent to
Plymouth due to the mutiny with fine PLYMOUTH / 218 mileage hs and rated 2/-. Carried by the Duke of Marlborough which sailed on 8 Dec. 1810. This is one of only a handful of Packet Letters recorded during the 'Falmouth Mutiny' period (Nov. 1810 -
Jan. 1811) routed via Plymouth. Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image)
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 OUTGOING COVER VIA PLYMOUTH TO PORTUGAL DURING THE 'FALMOUTH PACKET MUTINY'; 16 Jan. 1811 EL from London to Oporto via Lisbon with
fine red FOREIGN cds. Carried by the Duke of Marlborough which was delayed sailing from Plymouth due too the adverse weather conditions. This is one of only a handful of Packet Letters recorded during the 'Falmouth Mutiny' period (Nov. 1810 - Jan.
1811) routed via Plymouth.Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image)
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 THE FALMOUTH PACKETS - MERCHANT SHIPS TO PORTUGAL INC. MADEIRA: 1812-32 outbound selection inc. 1812 EL London to Madeira by the Fox
en route to Brazil with fine red FOREIGN cds; 1815 Prices Current London to Oporto by Duke of Kent and rated 7/6d; 1815 EL London to Madeira by Queen Charlotte en route to Brazil with interesting content "The American Privateers are swarming every
where and several vessels have been captured ..."; 1820 EL Leith to Oporto by Duke of Kent with fine blue PAID AT / LEITH cds and red Edinburgh PAID cds; 1823 EL Liverpool to Lisbon endorsed pr Packet fm. Falmouth and carried on Duke of Marlborough
with good oval LISBOA ds; 1832 EL Dartmouth to Oporto with good Dartmouth ds rated 2/3d and carried by Sandwich etc. Much ship detail in the write up along with rates etc. (13 items) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image) (Image2)
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 THE ROYAL NAVY FALMOUTH PACKETS TO/FROM MEXICO: 1826-43 with 1826 EL London to Mexico rated 3/- with fine PAID cds and carried by
HMS Plover; 1836 EL Vera Cruz to London endorsed pr H.M.S. Mutine with fine dotted FPO cds and good Vera Cruz cds; 1838 EL London to Vera Cruz with good boxed VERA CRUZ / NOVEMBRE 15 ds carried by HMS Express from Falmouth; 1838 EL Vera Cruz to Huth,
London endorsed pr HMB Packet Swift original rate deleted & struck with London Inspector red crown and re-rated 15/5d; 1839/42 pair E Mexico to London by HMS Petrel or HMS Delight and 1836 E Mexico to London with good red FRANQUEADO / MEXICO cds and
carried by HMS Tyrian. (7 items)Cross Reference: MEXICO (Image) (Image2)
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 STEAM SHIP MAILS TO/PASSING THROUGH HULL: 1836-1850 group inc. 1836 EL Bremen to Edinburgh endorsed pr Hull Steamer with on the
reverse ms forwarded by your most obdt servt Hamburg 27th April 1836 ED. Johns with red SHIP LETTER / HULL hs (Tab.S7); 1841/2 pair E Hamburg to Hull endorsed pr Transit or pr Wm (William) Darley (Hull Steam Packet Co.) with fine HULL / SHIP LETTER
hs (Tab. S9); 1844 E Gothenburg to Edinburgh carried by SS Helen McGregor from Hamburg with v.fine green (1844 only) HULL / SHIP-LETTER (date) hs (Tab.S11) overstruck by blue YORK ds; 1845 EL Hamburg to Hull carried by SS Hamburg with v.fine blue
HULL / SHIP-LETTER (date) hs (Tab.S11), interesting content re loss of SS Margaret the week before; 1848 E Hamburg to Edinburgh endorsed via Hull p. Rob Roy with v.fine blue HULL / SHIP-LETTER (date) hs (Tab.S11) etc. (Fine selection. (10
items)Cross Reference: GERMANY, YORKSHIRE, SWEDEN (Image) (Image2)
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 WRECK MAIL - "SAVED FROM THE WRECK OF THE CLEOPATRA": 15 August 1862 folded 4 page Auditor's Report by CC Hoffman, Treasurer of the
Protestant Episcopal Church Mission at Cape Palmas, Liberia (expected faults and staining for recovered mail, no wrapper or envelope) probably to USA, with fine strike of the "SAVED.FROM.THE.WRECK / OF.THE.CLEOPATRA" hs. Hoggarth & Gwynn (2003)
record only two covers recovered from the Cleopatra. The ship was totally lost on the Shebar River off Sierra Leone with all the crew but one. A rare ship wreck item. Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, LIBERIA (Image)
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 EARLY STEAM SHIP MAIL - CADIZ & GIBRALTAR: 1836-45 with 1836 EL London to Gibraltar endorsed pr "Manchester" W.G.P. with red PAID
SHIP LETTER / [crown] / LONDON ds (Tab. S49); 1840 EL Gibraltar to Oporto endorsed pr packet, unpaid with curved GIBRALTAR and blue boxed P.BRIT carried by PSNC SS Montrose; 1841 similar EL carried by P&O SS Leeds; 1840 EL Cadiz to Oporto endorsed pr
Iberia PSNC with B.C. / CADIZ in circle (British Consul) etc.; 1842 Chiclana Spain to London carried by Lady Mary Wood with B.C. / CADIZ in circle; 1845 EL Cadiz to Porto endorsed pr Montrose with blue Lisbon & Porto receiving hs on reverse etc. (8
items)Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, SPAIN, PORTUGAL (Image) (Image2)
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