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Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued...

WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
141   imageBURMA - RARE EARLY INGOING COVER EX HOLLAND VIA MADRAS: 22 July 1851 EL (holes along filing crease affecting marks) from Rotterdam to Burma via Marseilles & Madras with Rotterdam & Madras ds's plus French transit cds. Cross Reference: BURMA, INDIA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 100

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142   imageBAHAMAS/SHIP LETTER PAIR - ONE SENT FREE: Undated env. to "The Postmaster/Nassau" thus sent free with fine ship letter hs & no other marks or charges; and 1 Jan. 1852 part-E backstamped "BAHAMAS" to London with fine ship letter hs & "1/4" charge. (2 covers) Cross Reference: BAHAMAS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
143   image1898-1902 PAQUEBOT HANDSTAMPS, ETC.: The collection of covers/cards (8) with various hs inc. 8 May 1898 env. from Brindisi to London bearing ½d vermilion & 1d lilac (2) with fine "PAQUEBOT" cancellations. 19 Feb. 1901 env. from Port Said to Arbroath with 1d lilac and boxed "PAQUEBOT" hs. 25 July env. with 1d lilac used from Penang to India with a fine boxed "PAQUEBOT" hs. Similar "PAQUEBOT" hs on covers/cards from Aden, Colombo, Naples and "SOUTHAMPTON/PACKET LETTER" and "SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP LETTER" cds. A fine lot. (8 items) (Image)

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144   image1918 SCAPA FLOW GERMAN FLEET SURRENDER, COVERS, POSTCARDS, ETC.: A collection of PPCs, covers, and press cuttings, etc. showing the surrendered fleet in Scapa Flow, Scotland. A scarce cover, small closed tear on opening, from an interned sailor on board "S.M.S. Friedrich der Grosse" with good to fine sc "KAIS.DEUTSCHE/ MARINE/SCHIFFSPOST No 49 with a ms "Internment Post" & ms endorsed on reverse, "R.S.Friedrich der Grosse, England, Scapa-Flow." A scarce item of mail; and 1940 letter addressed c/o Metal Industries Ltd., Orkneys, who were on of the salvaging companies; and various PPCs & photographs of the interned fleet and some take at the time of the scuttling and later salvaging. (c.20) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, SHIPS/SHIPPING, MILITARY - WWI, SCOTTISH ISLANDS P.H. - MIXED COLLECTIONS (Image)

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SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
145   imageGERMANY MARITIME PPC COLLECTION: An album containing a c.1900-30s display of an array of used & unused highly decorative cards depicting ships, boats, ports, maritime themes, Hamburg, Heligoland, etc.; plus several 1892-1932 p.stat PCs cancelled with oval Bahnpost ds's, etc. A very useful addition to a postal history collection. (31 PPCs, 6 PCs)Cross Reference: GERMANY, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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146   imageGHANA - CAPE COAST CASTLE TO G.B. OFFICERS 6d RATE VIA SHIPS BAG; 30 Dec. 1871 - 3 Jan. 1872 env. (minor edge wear + ink-mark at foot) and content to London franked by GB 6d Mauve Pl.9 MX tied by v. fine "466" numeral with fine red "PAID/BR. PACKET/LIVERPOOL" cds (Tab. P17). The long and interesting contents (headed with printed "H.M.S. SEAGULL" motif are very derogatory about the ship's Captain, refer to their "letting two slavers go...very annoying as if any of us had had our own way they would not have got away...", referring to the Captain's pet monkey, and thanking the addressee "for sending...the stamps". A reference to the way ships' officers obtained their GB stamps while abroad. [Ex Sir Adrian Cadbury Cavendish Sale June 2005 Lot 315 sold for £150 + BP]Cross Reference: NAVAL MAIL, GOLD COAST/GHANA, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS, SLAVES AND SLAVERY (Image)

Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £50.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
147   imageROYAL NAVY MAILS TO GIBRALTAR & MALTA: Trio inc. 1837 EL Salisbury to Lt Francis J Brown, H.M.S. Clio, Gibraltar or elsewhere endorsed Paid 2/10 for the overland route via France & Spain (Brown was second in command of Clio); 1853 large part EL Torquay to Capt Frere RN HMS Bellerophon Malta endorsed By French packet Aug. 27th under quarter ounce franked with embossed cut to shape 1/- green tied Torquay numeral hs plus 1876 EL (reconstructed/repaired) Marlow to Rr Admiral A Phillimore RN, Channel Squadron H.M.S. Black Prince Gibraltar franked 3d rose Pl.16 JL + 2d blue Pl.14 GA tied 518 3VOD hs paying overland rate with Gibraltar cds alongside. (3 items) Cross Reference: MALTA, GIBRALTAR (Image)

Starting at £ 80

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148   imageMADEIRA TO FRANCE WITH ACCOUNTANCY HS: 31 Dec. 1858 E Madeira to Le Havre unpaid carried by African SS Co. Athenian to Liverpool with fine London GB / 1F in circle (Tab.M59) and on the reverse a v.fine LIVERPOOL / BR PACKET cds (Tab. P16), Madeira cds, London, etc. This the first return voyage under the new contract with ships arriving Liverpool vice Plymouth thus earliest use of Liverpool Packet hs from Madeira. Original GPO Notice 18 October 1858 "Mails for the West Coast of Africa" also included. (2 items)Cross Reference: MADEIRA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 48

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149   imageSIERRA LEONE TO LONDON VIA PLYMOUTH: June 1856 part EL (one page removed) carried by the SS Gambia from Sierra Leone to Plymouth with unrecorded by Tabeart fine s1/- accountancy hs, probably applied at Plymouth, and on the reverse a v. fine PLYMOUTH PACKET LETTER ds (Tab. P2) with London cds alongside. Cross Reference: SIERRA LEONE (Image)

Starting at £ 48

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150   imageSIERRA LEONE TO FRANCE VIA PLYMOUTH: Nov. 1858 env. (minor faults and dusting) from Sierra Leone to Marseille endorsed via Angleterre with ms 10 (decimes), fine GB/ 2F Accountancy hs and on the reverse part strike of the Sierra Leone double arc ds, PLYMOUTH PACKET LETTER ds (Tab. P2) (overstruck with Paris cds), London & Calais transit ds etc. Carried by the SS Ethiope from Sierra Leone, this was the final contract voyage to Plymouth.Cross Reference: SIERRA LEONE (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 75

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151   imageLONDON TO SIERRA LEONE: July 1864 env. (open to display) Charing Cross London to Government House, Sierra Leone franked by tied vertical pair of 3d Rose Pl.2 St. 2 LI/MI (SG75) with v. fine red "1d" accountancy hs and on reverse flap Sierra Leone ds. Carried by SS Macgregor Laird Liverpool 24 July arriving Sierra Leone 10 Aug. 1864. Cross Reference: SIERRA LEONE (Image)

Starting at £ 85

SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
152   imageROYAL NAVY MAILS - SAN FRANCISCO, USA OR PANAMA FOR HMS PETEREL: Pair with13 Aug. 1874 mourning env. (corner & edge faults) from Bath addressed to Commander W.E. Cookson R.N., H.M.S. 'Peterel, Care of British Consul, San Francisco franked by three GB 1d reds tied by Bath duplex plus 1876 env. London to Cookson Care of British Consul, Panama franked tied 1/- green Pl. 8 IH + 6d .grey Pl. 12 BD. [Ex Geoff Osborn]. (2 items) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PANAMA & CANAL ZONE, NAVAL MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 100

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WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
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153   image1900-01 BOER WAR COVERS - USE OF G.B. 1881 1d LILAC: 1900-02 envs (7) inc. 1900 env. to Warrington bearing a 1d lilac tied by a large violet "ARMY POST OFFICE/VOLKSRUST" cds. 24 Feb. 1900 env. bearing a 1d lilac from Paul Sandford Methuen commander of the 1st infantry division at Kimberley to Staffordshire. 27 Sep. 1901 env. with censor label and 1d lilac pair used to the Digtalawa Camp, Ceylon with oval framed "PASSED BY CENSOR/JOHANNESBURG" hs. A good lot. (Image)

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154   image1900 BOER WAR RECOVERED COVER: 13 Nov. 1900 env. (light fold) to Exeter bearing a single 1d lilac with "ARMY BASE/P.O.CAPE TOWN" cds and alongside a red readable "RECOVERED FROM MAIL/LOOTED BY THE ENEMY" hs. Scarce. (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £90.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
155   image1900 MAFEKING BESIEGED STAMPS: "MAFEKING/3d/BESIEGED" 3d on 1d lilac, examples on pieces with central ""MAFEKING/C.G.H" cds with and without serifs variety. Fine. (Image)

Starting at £ 65

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156   imageBRITISH COMMONWEALTH WWII MAILS: 1940-45 with 1942 env. Ceylon to Ipswich with red triangular C161 Censor hs + violet diamond Censor G hs; 1945 OHMS env. Meerut to Norwich with violet R.A.P.C. MICROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SECTION hs, etc.; 1942 Army Honour env. FPO 164 at Nicosia to Dunkwa, Gold Coast; 1942 PPC Church at Castries St Lucia to Barbados franked St Lucia 1d lilac tied Castries cds, censor hs, etc.; 1943 env. Colombo to London meter mail with red V 10c HELP FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY fund raising label, censor tape, etc.; 1944 env. Maldives to India franked tied 3c brown & 5c claret on reverse with censor tape, etc.; 1941 env. Airmail Burma to Alexandria, Egypt with censor tape, hs, etc. Good varied selection of countries. (42 items) Cross Reference: CEYLON/SRI LANKA, INDIA, CYPRUS, ST. LUCIA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
157   imageON THE POLISH BORDER - GERMAN OFFICER'S LETTER EX SCHWEDT AN DER ODER WITH RED "No.10/GRANDE ARMEE"; Fine 1 May 1812 EL from "Schwedt" (on the Polish border near Stettin) to "Crevelt" (Krefeld near Dusseldorf) charged "5" with a mainly very fine red "No.10/GR[AN]DE ARMEE" mark on the front, written in German from a "1st Lieutenant of the 6th Regt. of Horse Artillery in the 3rd Division of Cuirassiers of the 2nd Corps of the Grande Armee". The French forces were gathering in Poland preparing for the crossing into Russia in June. Cross Reference: POLAND, GERMAN STATES (Image)

Starting at £ 55

SOLD for £80.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
158   image1882 EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN COVER: 3 Sep. 1882 printed H.M.S. Euryalus cover from the famous Sullivan correspondence bearing GB 1881 1d lilac pair sent during the Egyptian campaign to Birmingham. Fine. (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
159   image1900-02 BOER WAR RETURNED MAIL - "CANNOT BE FOUND", "RETURNED HOME", ETC. MARKS: Group with diverse varieties of instructional marks. Inc. 8 Nov. 1901 env. (with contents) sent to a trooper of the Imperial Yeomanry from his sister in Glasgow only for it to be returned in imprinted Return Letter Office env. with v. clearly struck purple "Returned.From/Company/Killed.In Action", in the PS she writes "Enclosed will find a stamp as we have to pay for all your letters now it is some new rule that is out now" with the 1d Lilac still present, unused; 5 Mar. 1901 env. ex Brisbane to a Light Horse Lieutenant with Censor mark, multiple crayon redirections and eventually struck "UNCLAIMED" & returned; etc. (15 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, QUEENSLAND, RETURNED MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM
160   imageBOER WAR MAIL - POW, CENSORS, A.P.O.s, ETC.: 1900-1902 group (plus a 1910 cover) of Boer War items going into or out of South Africa. Inc. May (?) 1900 env. to Sikhim & redirected in purple ink to Darjeeling with Transvaal 2½d and fancy "GEZIEN,/POSTCENSOR,/PRETORIA,/Z. A. R." censor's mark v. finely struck on the front above "Fr. Major. S Humphery/1st Gloster Regi." endorsement (a notable POW held in Pretoria after an engagement at Nicholson's Nek). Several other covers & postcards also with a variety of frankings, APO & censor marks. Interesting collection. (42 covers + a few pieces & used singles) Cross Reference: MILITARY - BOER WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, SOUTH AFRICA (Image)

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