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Lot

Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

101

VERY EARLY LETTER FROM VENICE TO "ALEXANDRETTA" (S.E. TURKEY); 1419/1420 EL (small hole and some staining affects mostly the contents) headed inside "Anno mccccxviiii [= 1419]. In Venecia" and with "xxii dizembre" at the foot after the signature; addressed to "Alexandrasetta" (now Iskenderun, Turkey on the east coast of the Med.) and conveniently endorsed with date of receipt on the front; "1420 a di 10 Marzo, per la nave de Marzo...[?]". Rare early 15th century letter sent by ship. [Ex John Lea.] Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, ITALIAN STATES, TURKEY (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £1,000.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

102

15th CENTURY LETTER FROM ALGERIA[?] TO VENICE SMALL WITH MERCHANT'S MARK; Attractive 17 July 1459 EL from "Venezia" (filing note) to "Giovanni e Agnolo Baldesi In Venegia" with an unusually small but attractive Merchant's Mark on the front. Thought to be from "Bugia" (now Bejaia, near Constantine) in Algeria. Deserving of further research. [Ex John Lea.]Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, ITALIAN STATES, ALGERIA, FRANCE (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £950.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

103

1553-1865 EARLY VENETIAN REPUBLIC LETTER & SOME LATER EUROPEAN MAIL: 1523 EL from the Military Governor of Zadar, Croatia, to the Council of Ten, Venice v.fine complete letter requesting payment of 10,000 for the staff, keepers of the gates, & garrison, signed Benedictus Valerio, Captain of Zara. With transcript. Very attractive item & a scarce letter from Zadar; Small selection of European pre stamp items, a few show some water damage but generally fine; four 1818-79 Italian ELs; 1811 EL from Genes to Paris with v.fine 87/GENES handstamp, now Genoa in Italy; Germany 3 items to London all fine 1847-65 from Berlin, Stettin & Hochhelm, plus one from Magdeburg to Bordeaux; Swiss 1822 EL with good to fine BULLE sl to Chatel & 1855 EL fine dated circular MORAT pmk. (13) Cross Reference: CROATIA, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, EARLY LETTERS, ITALY (Image)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

104

ITALIAN STATES - INGOING & OUTGOING PRESTAMP TO STAMPED 19th CENTURY MIX; 1731-1898 covers/card inc. fine 1731 EL to Venice with "Ba." in circle of Brescia, 1803 ex GB to Naples, 1807/14 trio ex Venice with Official cachets, 3 off-cover Naples/Sardinia imperfs., ingoing 1864 ex GB with 6d pair, 1884 Turin printed matter rate & 1898 regd. 10c PC uprated with 25c tied/cancelled by v. fine London Hotel cds's & matching red Hotel R label. (7 covers/card+ 3 stamps) [Ex John Lea.]Cross Reference: ITALIAN STATES, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

105

BETTER SINGLE COVERS INC. MULREADY CARICATURES, QV 5d DIE I, NZ CHALON, TIBET TO INDIA, ETC.: Diverse group inc. 'Anti-Slavery' & 'International Trade' Mulready caricatures plus Valentine's Deraedermaker 'American Trade' type on blue paper; Oct. 1866 env. from NZ to London franked with 6d brown Chalon head SG 122a, 1887 env. (roughly opened) from Abergele to India franked with QV jubilee type 5d Die I (SG 207a). Addressed to Arthur E. Sandbach (later Major General) who participated in a host of campaigns from the 1879 Anglo Egyptian War through to the 1916 Easer Rising; 1957 cover with contents from Yatung, Tibet to Kalumpong, West Bengal with Chinese franking being pair of SG 1714 PLA 30th anniv. issue; 29 Apr. 1937 F.A.M. first flight cover HK to San Francisco bearing KGV $2, etc. (15 covers) Cross Reference: MULREADY CARICATURES, ETC. (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

106

NEPAL (MAJORITY), MODERN BHUTAN & TIBET: Nepal (30) mainly 1940s onwards inc. some aerogrammes plus pair of "* MT. EVEREST EXPEDITION * 1924" PCs (one with British Empire Exhibition slogan); 1970s Bhutan (11) , Tibet (3); etc. (44 items) Cross Reference: BHUTAN, NEPAL, TIBET, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

107

1948-1970s PAKISTAN & BANGLADESH MIX: Pakistan inc. 1948 env. to Bombay ex Dubai franked by Pakistani issues; Regd & insured P.Stat. env. ex Pakistan; etc. Bangladesh inc. range of modern aerographs; trio of albino imprinted envs.; etc. (22 items) Cross Reference: PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

108

INDIA - 1950s-89 MIXTURE; Mostly internal or to GB. Inc. a variety of frankings, Regd & redirected mail; a few FDCs with lower values; bundle of unused 4a airmail PCs with original wrapper; etc. (c.69 covers/cards) Cross Reference: INDIA, FIRST DAY COVERS, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY

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Catalog No.

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Opening

109

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)

Starting at £ 55

SOLD for £60.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

110

1793-1960 COVERS, POSTCARDS & EPHEMERA MAINLY LINER MAIL: A miscellany in 2 folders and others loose, with a few other military items included. GB material predominates. Noted, c.1793 Request from Guy Lord Dorchester, General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, etc. Requesting the Pay-Master General of HM Forces in Canada to pay, Hugh Finlay Esq. Deputy Post Master General the sum of £291-15s-0d, attractive item with early postal reference; 1814 Copy of the Times newspaper dated 12-10-1814 with details of "The Ship Letter Act"; Various other documents from the Admiralty and other ships, etc.; 1902 PPC with two French Blanch 5c green cancelled with 2 fine strikes of the Mobile Box sr. "SOUTHAMPTON/FRANCE MB 8: 30 27 JU 02"; A selection of (c.50) good to v.fine Paquebots & Posted on Board, many identified vessels have relevant PPC (c.50). Also a large group of magazine illustrations (200+) of Royal Navy and others ships and some photos. (100+) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, PAQUEBOTS, POSTAL HISTORY, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

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Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

111

ROYAL NAVY MAILS - ADEN, CHINA, GREECE, INDIA, ETC.: 1857-1924 group inc. 1857 crested env. + content from Cdr Armytage, HMS Vigilant at Syra (Syros) to his mother in London endorsed Via Marseille but apparently carried privately and posted in London with hand struck "2", etc.; 1881 env. Sidmouth to Rev Lodge, HMS Eclipse Care of the Postmaster Aden Arabia franked tied 5d indigo (SG169), Aden cds on reverse, etc.; 1895 Gambia 1d UPU P.Stat. PC HMS Thrush at Bathurst to W Cowes IOW with red PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR PACKET cds; 1904 PPC HMS Britomart at Hankow, China to Cardiff franked tied China ½c brown (SG158); 1907 crested env. Mardan, India to R Adm Egerton, HMS Albermale Atlantic Fleet (in fact at Gibraltar) franked tied India 1a red, etc. Good variety. (12 items) Cross Reference: NAVAL MAIL, GREECE, ADEN, GAMBIA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

112

ROYAL NAVY MAILS TO AUSTRALIA: Trio inc. 24 Mar. 1868 env. addressed to the Assistant Paymaster D McAlpin Esq. RN., H.M.S. ‘Blanche’, Australian Station, Australia franked QV 6d. lilac Pl. 6 OF tied by Milford duplex. Letter arrived Sydney on 11 June and Blanche arrived 12 days later. [Ex Geoff Osborn & Gerald Ellott - Illustrated in NOL, p.95.]; 1872 env. Weymouth to HMS Basilisk, Sydney or else where endorsed Via Brindisi franked 6d chestnut Pl.11 AB + 3d rose Pl.8 ID tied Weymouth duplex ms Rcd at Sydney 21st Oct. 72 plus 1889 env. London to Commander Geston HMS Orlando Australian Station franked 6d Jubilee tied London duplex [Ex Geoff Osborn]Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image)

Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

113

ROYAL NAVY OFFICER'S 6d CONCESSION RATE COVER EX SYDNEY: Feb. 1885 env. (H.M.S. ESPEIGLE on flap) to London ('Lowry' correspondence) sent from Sydney and carried by P&O Rome (left Sydney 20 Feb.) and landed Plymouth 14 Apr. with GB 1d lilac strip of six tied by v. fine vertical barred "F.B" (London Foreign Branch) cancels with faint Apr. 14(?) backstamp. [Ex Geoff Osborn & Gerald Ellott]Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA (Image)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

114

ROYAL NAVY MAILS - RANGOON - SHIP'S BAG USAGE OF G.B. 1d VENETIAN REDS ON COVER TO G.B.: Nov. 1880 env. (some grubby creasing but still attractive) to Sidmouth Via Brindisi addressed to Mrs. Nisbett B. Lodge whose husband Rev. N.B. Lodge, was swerving as Royal Navy Chaplain on HMS Eclipse at this time. The ship's log shows that she was at Rangoon throughout Nov. 1880; this letter is franked by five GB 1d venetian reds tied by fine London barred "28" numerals with 16 Dec. 1880 Sidmouth arrival cds, which fits the shipping timetables for mails sent from Burma via India for Nov. 1880. Rare example of Naval Bag Mail from Burma. [Ex Osborn Sale June 2007 Lot 35 £170+BP]Cross Reference: BURMA, NAVAL MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

115

ROYAL NAVY MAILS - CANADA, CAPE, ST THOMAS, ETC.: 1852-1905 with 1874 env. + content London to S/Lt Egerton, HMS Bellerophon West Indies Via S Thomas from his mother, franked 1/- green Pl 8 GD; 1882 B.O.T. crested env. Official Paid to Lt Egerton HMS Northampton, Halifax with ms. blue crayon Nova Scotia added; 1903 env. St Servan, France to Capt. Limpus, H.M.S. Gibraltar, Simonstown, The Cape via Southampton franked tied France 25c blue; 1852 crested env. + content Admiralty, London to Captain Henderson, HMS Blenheim, Portsmouth (Blenheim was Portsmouth Guardship at the time); 1858 env. + content to Lt Kelsall The Cumberland, Sheerness just prior to her departure for the W Indies station; 1905 env. + content Adm Fawkes, Alnwick to R Adm. Egerton at Alverstoke awaiting appointment as 2i/c Atlantic Fleet, etc. (11 items) Cross Reference: NAVAL MAIL, CANADA, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, DANISH WEST INDIES (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

116

ROYAL NAVY MAILS - HMS PETEREL CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 21 Oct. 1868 env. (roughly opened at reverse) from Derry addressed to Captain Cochrane RN, H. M. S, Peterel, Cape of Good Hope, franked pair 6d lilac Pl.6 CF/CG (CG small fault bottom left) tied Derry 172 diamond ds with London transit ds, quartered circle D (Tab. M1) and CAPE PACKET / DEVONPORT cds (Tab. P6) on reverse.Cross Reference: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, NAVAL MAIL, IRISH POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

Starting at £ 65

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

117

ROYAL NAVY MAILS TO CHINA & SINGAPORE: Trio with 1866 env. Fakenham to S.Lt. Hamond HMS Icarus, Singapore franked 1/- green Pl. 4 HF tied Fakenham duplex; 1895 1d UPU P.Stat. PC London to Mid. Dammers H.M.S. Centurion, China Station plus 1911 env. Valetta, Malta to Surgeon HH Ormsby RN H.M.S. Flora China Squadron franked Malta block 4 x farthing brown with Hong Kong and Changchun cds on reverse. (3 items) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, CHINA, SINGAPORE, MALTA (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

118

ROYAL NAVY MAILS - DOUBLE RATE LETTER FROM LONDON TO HMS HYACINTH, CHILE VIA PANAMA: 28 July 1886 env. (edge wear and short tear at top clear of adhesives) addressed to Lieut. R. Nelson Ommanney, Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Hyacinth’, Pacific Station franked QV 6d. green (SG. 194) and two 1d. lilac tied by London numeral duplex. The rate to South America for a ½oz letter was 4d. this letter being charged at the double rate. [Ex Geoff Osborn] [Illustrated in Naval Officers Letters p.128.]. Cross Reference: CHILE, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)

Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

119

CRIMEAN WAR - BALTIC FLEET COVER TO G.B. WITH "DANZIG" CDS WITH 1d REDS CANCELLED AT DOVER: 8 June 1855 env. (trimmed edges, part flap lost, etc.; part H.M.S. EDINBURGH flap) to H.M.Ship Horatio, Sheerness Kent endorsed Baltic, June 8th with vert. strip three 1d Red Stars tied by Dover "258" numeral hs (struck in transit; fine 19 June backstamp) and having a very fine 2-ring "DANZIG" cds (15 June) alongside. Rare Baltic Fleet cover which did not pass through London. [Ex Dr Seaton Sale Sept. 2014 Lot 31 Realised £340 +BP]Cross Reference: DANZIG, MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, KENT, 1854-65 1d REDS (Image)

Starting at £ 200

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

120

CRIMEAN WAR - BLACK SEA FLEET HMS SIDON: 2 May 1855 env. + content from Capt. Goldsmith"Sidon" off Sevastopol to Woolwich franked strip three 1d red star Pl.16 tied London diamond hs. with 5 May POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY ds on reverse. Four page descriptive letter to Goldsmith's parents of actions ".. the roar of the cannons & the rattling peels of muskets..., etc. [Ex Prestige Auctions Nov. 2014]Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, 1854-65 1d REDS (Image)

Starting at £ 160

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