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301

EUROPE - PRESTAMP & CLASSICS (SPAIN, BELGIUM, GERMAN/ITALIAN STATES, PORTUGAL), ETC.; c.1750-1854 prestamp quartet (France, Austria, Swiss & Italy) plus a useful group of Classic Imperfs. on covers (varied condition); Spain (1851 6c), Belgium (1852 10c), Portugal (1856 25r 4m ex Vlana), Austria (1858 1k to Rome), Saxony (1858 1g near 4m), Baden (damaged 6m), Neapolitan Prov. (1861 2g) & Sardinia (1862 4m 10c; cover badly sellotape stained). Plus 1870 badly damaged "Ballon monte" env., attractive 1873 French 80c+40c on env. ex Agen to New Orleans, 1870/82 P. Stat. PC pair (Austria used + Bavaria Exhibition 5pf), etc. (17 covers/cards) Cross Reference: FRANCE, GERMAN STATES, ITALIAN STATES, PORTUGAL (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 262.00
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

302

AUGUST VON KOTZEBUE - BEETHOVEN LIBRETTIST & PLAYWRIGHT - A.L.S. REF. HIS SON's BOOK ON HIS PACIFIC ISLANDS TRAVELS; Remarkable and fine 1 Feb. 1819 EL written in German (full transcript & translation included), signed by the famous German playwright August von Kotzebue (1761-1819) shortly before he was wrongly murdered as a Russian spy (research notes included; see Wikipedia entries for both father & son). Sent from "MANNHEIM" (faint red namestamp on the front) to the publisher Eduard Kummer in "Leipzig"; it concerns the imminent publication of the writer's son Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) who had been on the little-known Russian first circumnavigation of the world (1803-06) and then led further Pacific Ocean exploration in 1815-18 and 1823-26. The book in question concerns the Russian 1815-18 Pacific Expedition and was duly published in 3 fine volumes in 1821. The letter includes; “…The copper plates with reference to my son’s journey cost 80,000 roubles for the paper alone. Graf Romonzow [Count Nikolai Petrovitch Rumyantsev, 1754-1826, Russia’s former Foreign Minister and the sole sponsor of the 3-year Expedition] is having them engraved in St. Petersburg. I will write the copy for the historical part of the journey, but I do not yet know whether it will be possible to supply this separately in an inexpensive edition.”. Rare item associated with early Pacific Exploration. Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, RUSSIA, U.S.A. - HAWAII (Image)

Starting at £ 260

Currently...£260.00
Currently...USD 340.60
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

303

BRAZIL/CANADA/U.S.A. - PRESTAMP, "CITY DESPATCH POST", IMPERF. ISSUES, ETC.; 1842-98 covers/cards/stamps inc. Canada 1843 EL (creased) ex "ST ANNE DE-LAPERADE" (UDC) endorsed "Tres Presse" & "Refuse" & "Forwarded", 1858 front with Beaver 3d Pair tied by "21"s, Brazil 1844-61 off-cover small Numerals (7), US 1842 "Lowell & Petersham Mail Coaches Way-Bill", 1843 EL ex Oswego to NYC with mainly fine red "CITY DESPATCH POST/U.S" cds, and US early PCs (c.1874 with 1c Blue, 1873 1c Brown PC with Blue cancel, 1c Green US Postal Card Co Essay, & 1893/8 pair). Plus 1872 printed copy of new US postcards law and 2 modern items. Eclectic mix. (19 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, BRAZIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

304

EUROPE - ITALY & SCANDINAVIA: Small box containing Scandinavia (133 items) 1904-83 accumulation of covers, PCs & PPCs ex Denmark, Norway or Sweden mainly to GB or other destinations in Europe inc. Germany & France. Inc. Airmail, censored mail, Paquebots, etc. Italy (82 items) 1876-1976 group of covers/cards used commercially to mainly overseas destinations. Inc. 1876 Mourning env. to GB ex Florence franked 30c cancelled by "174" barred numeral, with Florence cds alongside; 2 Nov. 1964 Air Mail env. to Vienna ex Milan flown aboard the first flight OS 802 Rome-Vienna, with Milan cds, Vienna receiving cds & special red "PRIMO VOLO/ROMA-MILANO-VIENNA" Austrian Airlines cachet on front; and 1924 Regd Express env. to GB ex Genova franked 2L+50c+30c + 30c Express adhesives all cancelled by Genova cds's, with Genova Registration label applied and boxed "EXPRESS FEE PAID 6D" hs on front; plus other similar examples inc. First Flight mail, Regd mail, Hotel cachets, etc. A good lot. (215 items)Cross Reference: ITALY, DENMARK, NORWAY, SWEDEN (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

305

BAHNPOST 23 (2), 28, 32 & 4-LINE UNNUMBERED BAHNPOST LABELS (6) ON MAILS EX AUSTRIA & RUSSIAN POLAND OR ON COMMONWEALTH SWISS POSTAL FORM: 1879-1908 collection on annotated leaves inc. 1879 large env. ex Austria with "Vom Ausland/uber Bahnpost 23/(Muhlacker-Avricourt)." label; 1879 blue Post Office form with "vom Ausland uber/Bahnpost Nr. 28" label; c.1880 1a embossed env. ex India uprated 1a pair + 2a, endorsed "Via Brindisi" with "uber Bahnpost/Linden-Augsberg" label; 1890 blue OHMS env. ex Straits Settlement franked 24c with "uber Bahnpost/Kufstein-Munchen" label; Swiss postal form, etc. [Ex Dennis Vandervelde] (8 covers, 1 PPC + 1 PC)Cross Reference: TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, RAILWAY MAIL, RUSSIA, GERMANY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Currently...USD 85.15
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306

AFRICA INC. MILITARY MAILS, EARLY PPCs, ETC.: c.1900-65 selection of fine covers and PPCs inc. unaddressed British East Africa 1a red Newspaper wrapper cancelled Mombasa 1897; 1915 env. Mombasa to Umtale franked vert. pair E. Africa Protectorate 3d green with green MARTIAL LAW label; 12 May 1937 illus. Airmail env. with Coronation issue Raylton to Cheshire; 1937 small parcel tag Registered Mombasa to Nairobi with KUT 30c etc; 1943 env. KUT airmail registered to Johannesburg franked pair 1/- S Africa opt 70c/K/U/T + 20c KUT all tied fine E.A./A.P.O.2 cds with lilac A.P.O.,2E.A. registration hs; 1946 Air Letter Zomba, Nyasaland to Huddersfield with KGVI 6d lilac tied Zomba cds; 1948 illus. env. Khartoum to London registered franked tied 5p. brown & green + 10m. red & black; 1951 Airmail env. Mombasa to Cornwall with KGVI 2x50c, 30c, 20c, 2x15c, 10c + 2x5c; 31 Aug. 1953 S. Rhodesia FDC all issues to £1 franked EWELO S Rhodesia cds; fine selection of PPCs inc. RP. (68 items & 48 PPC) Cross Reference: KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA, NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SUDAN (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 160

Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 209.60
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

307

LEPER COLONY MAIL - PACIFIC ISLANDS: 1942-76 set on display pages inc. 1948 airmail env. ex New Caledonia to USA with fine but faint purple boxed "SERVICE SANITAIRE" hs on back; 1953 env. ex Nadroga, Fiji to a Marist Sister at Makogai (carried free); also Philippines leper colony 1c coupon and 4 lazaret/health coins. [Ex Vandervelde]. (5 covers)Cross Reference: DISINFECTED MAIL, FRENCH COLS. - NEW CALEDONIA, FIJI, PHILIPPINES (Image)

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Currently...£32.00
Currently...USD 41.92
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

308

'INDIAN CONTINENT' RANGE OF COVERS & CARDS in a carton inc. 'India stamps used abroad' display in exhibition protectors, India post 1950s with FDCs, others from Indochina, Portuguese India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Aden, West Pakistan; also stamps of India with foreign postmarks inc. Muscat, Zanzibar, Aden, Bushire and others. (approx. 120) Cross Reference: INDIA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Currently...£38.00
Currently...USD 49.78
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

309

WORLDWIDE MIXTURE: A small box containing a variety of early to modern postal stationery PCs, mainly unused. Mixed condition but mainly good. Used cards collected for postmark interest, some uprated. (c.150) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 26

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Currently...USD 34.06
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WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY

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CARTON CONTAINING SHIPPING LINE STUDIES: A detailed study of the Associated Humber Lines with PPCs covers, press cuttings, photographs, unusual 1959 "Note of Protest" document after a heavy storm with Foreign Service revenues £1 + 10s, etc.; small written-up collection of Cunard PPCs, poster cards, covers, etc; Public Records Office folder of facsimiles of Titanic key records; selection off IoM Steam Packet covers & PPCs; some other lines included & a few naval vessels. Also, packets of worldwide stamps and some literature. (Qty) Cross Reference: SHIPS/SHIPPING, REVENUES, PICTURE POSTCARDS, YORKSHIRE (Image)

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Currently...USD 49.78
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

311

MAINLY PRESTAMP INC. SHIP LETTERS, F.B. BISHOPS, GRENADA, MADEIRA, FRONT TO PORT ARTHUR COMMANDER, ETC.; 1713-1844 stampless covers inc. several 1713-78 very fine London Foreign Branch Bishop Marks (inc. 1713 ex Lisbon, 1778 ex Madeira with Lisbon F. Agent note, 1777 EL ex "Grenada" with v. fine "DOVER/SHIP LRE", 1820s/1830 London Ship Letter cds trio, etc. Plus Oct. 1840 prepaid front ex London (Ship Letter oval ds) to the "Commandant, Port Arthur [Convict Penal Colony], Van Diemen's Land", worn 1872 env. with GB QV 1/- Green (2) ex London to India with long fascinating contents ref. failing to send shirts to India by pattern Post (with 11 related receipts etc.), and 1885 Sweden PC to GB with v. fine Hull "SWEDEN/BY STEAMER" in circle. Good variety. (16 covers, 1 front, 2 PCs & 11 other items) Cross Reference: MADEIRA, INDIA, TASMANIA, GRENADA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
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312

TRANSATLANTIC MAILS: 1751-1858 miscellany inc. 1751 EL Martinique to Marseille privately carried with good HAVRE hs to indicate where posted; 1792 EL Guadeloupe to Caen with fine and scarce 74/COL PAR LE HAVRE hs (Salles 27); 1829 EL Paris to New York with fancy script Forwarded by Yr Obdt Servt./Havre Welles & Greenehs; 1836 EL Philadelphia to Paris carried privately put in mails at Havre with FORWARDED BY/HAVRE/LEWIS ROGERS & Co cachet; 1835 EL Montevideo to Havre via London agents (ms. endorsement) & Calais with fine ANGLETERRE/PAR CALAIS hs, etc.; 1829 EL New York to Schiedam, Netherlands forwarded through Le havre with red HAVRE cds, etc.; 1842 E Edinburgh to New york via Liverpool with fine octagonal transit ds (Tab. M24); 1848 EL London to New York via Liverpool with fine lozenge hs, etc. Good variety. (19 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FRENCH COLONIES (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

313

LE HAVRE - ENTRY MARKS: 1765-1866 selection of covers with Entry marks inc. 1765 EL Cap to Honfleur with v.fine COL FRANCOISE/PAR/LE/HAVRE hs (Salles 2); c.1802 EL Cap to Bayonne with fine COLONIES PAR/LE HAVRE hs (Salles 40); 1827 EL Guadeloupe to Lindeboeuf with red COLONIES/PAR LE HAVRE hs (Salles 43); 1828 EL Ambassador Paris to Bristol redirected to Le Havre with variety of rates, etc. and fine red ANGLETERRE hs (Salles 340); 1830 EL Philadelphia to Bordeaux with fine boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR LE HAVRE hs (Salles 84 Type II); 1838 EL Charleston to Soulte with fine boxed PAYS D'OUTREMER/PAR LE HAVRE hs (Salles 87 Type IV); 1845 EL Brazil to Saumur with red OUTRE-MER/LE HAVRE ds (Salles 133); 1849 EL Rotterdam to Le Havre with fine red PAYS-BAS/LE HAVRE ds (Salles 332); 1866 E Guadeloupe to Havre with red COLONIES FRA./LE HAVRE ds (Salles 174), etc. Good variety. (16 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, GUADELOUPE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, GERMANY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 144.10
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

314

MARTINIQUE TO FRANCE: c.1780 EL (one internal page removed) to Provence with fine LA MARTINIQUE hs alongside a good COLON.FRANC./PAR MARSEILLE hs (Salles 24) and below a fine red COLONIES hs (Salles 26). Cross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

315

THE ROYAL PACKET SERVICE PREMIER REGIE - WEST BOUND: 29 Oct. 1786 EL from Dunkerque to Philadelphia with faint DUNKERQUE hs and P.P.P.P. cachet indicating the prepayment of 38 (sols). forwarded to L'Orient and struck with v.fine PAQ. L'ORIENT hs. Carried by the French Royal Ship Agency's Courier de New York departing L'Orient 6 Nov. arriving New York 27 Dec. ms 2 dwt top right with 1/- rate opposite due in local currency. This was the sixth and final voyage of the French Royal Packet departing L'Orient during the Premier Regie. [Ex Steven Walske Collection sold Siegel Lot 2340 Sale 1154]Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 445.40
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316

THE ROYAL PACKET SERVICE - SECOND REGIE - EAST BOUND: 26 May 1787 EL New York to Nantes with v.fine departure PAQ. NEW YORK hs (only 5 examples recorded) overstruck on arrival with a v.fine red NEW YORCK/PAR LE HAVRE hs. Carried on the Second Regie Courier de l'Orient departing 10 June and arriving Le Havre 9 July 1787. With ms red 20 (sols) on reverse indicating packet postage charge and rated (incorrectly) 30 (sols) on transit through Paris. On arrival in Nantes the rate amended to 14 (sols) which was in resistance, both in Nantes and Bordeaux, to the 20 sols packet charge. A fascinating rate story on one cover. [Ex Steven Walske Collection sold Siegel Lot 2347 Sale 1154]Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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Currently...£1,300.00
Currently...USD 1,703.00
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

317

THE ROYAL PACKET SERVICE - SECOND REGIE - WEST BOUND: July 1787 part EL (4 pages only from a double rated letter) originating at Le Havre to Baltimore with v.fine PAQ. L'ORIENT hs. Prepaid 30 (sols) on reverse. Departed Le Havre on Le Marechal de Castries on 10 Aug. and arrived New York 21 Sep. 1787. With ms 6.16 (6 pennyweights & 16 grains) converted to 2/10 in local currency due from the recipient. One of only two recorded west bound covers during the Second Regie. [Ex Steven Walske Collection sold Siegel Lot 2344 Sale 1154]Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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Starting at £ 360

Currently...£360.00
Currently...USD 471.60
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

318

LIVERPOOL - MAILS TO FRANCE: 1792-1914 selection of covers from Liverpool to France inc. 1792 EL to Cognac with fine LIVERPOOL hs (LL47); 1802 EL to Bordeaux with fine 206/LIVERPOOL/[date] hs (LL63); 1825 EL to St Quentin with fine red oval PAID/AT/LIVERPOOL hs (LL128) part overstruck by ANGLETERRE/PAR CALAIS hs; 1835 EL to Cognac with red boxed PAID AT/LIVERPOOL hs (LL136), London Paid & double circle *ANGLETERRE PAR CALAIS hs; 1852 EL to Marseille with fine red LIVERPOOL/PAID cds, London Paid cds, circled P-D hs & 2ANGL2 Calais ds; 1876 E to Paris franked 2½d. rose Pl. 4 PF, etc. Good variety. (39 items) Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, FRANCE (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 85

Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 111.35
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

319

SCARCE "COLONIES PAR LIVOURNE" HS: c.1810 E to Marseille with scarce and fine COLONIES PAR/LIVOURNE hs ( Salles 75B). (Image)

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Currently...USD 65.50
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM

320

NAPOLEONIC WAR PERIOD - PROOF OF HAND-COLOURED P.O. PACKET SHIPS' HAND-COLOURED FLAGS; Remarkable and very fine "1 January 1811" foolscap sheet (four neat horizontal folds enable it to fit on an album page) with printed text and manuscript days of the week as well as hand-coloured specific signal flags headed "PRIVATE SIGNALS, to be observed between His Majesty's Ships and the Post Office Paquets". These were used to prevent P.O. Packet ships being inadvertently attacked by 'friendly fire'. The codes were regularly changed in different oceans/areas. This example is endorsed "Proof" on the reverse, which may explain why it has survived. Packet Captains were under strict instructions to throw these code-sheets overboard along with their mail bags (weighed down with a canon ball!) in the event of their ship being in danger of capture. Rare and most attractive.Cross Reference: MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR (Image)

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Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 131.00
Closing..Mar-03, 04:00 AM