Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. Sale

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BANGLADESH

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661

BANGLADESH EARLY COVERS & STAMPS: 1971-c.1975 collection of commercial mails inc. Registered, Book Post, Airmail, etc. with a range of overprints on Pakistan stamps, meter mail etc. Plus a mint unmounted collection of Bangladesh stamps complete from December 1971 through to January 1983. (85 covers + stamp colln). (Image)

Starting at £ 100

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

BARBADOS

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662

1861-1953 MINT & USED COLLECTION: Stock book with a duplicated mint & used (mostly) ex-dealer's stock. Some useful Britannia types inc. off-centre 3d brown-purple used SG 63 (£140). No high values. (c.250 stamps) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 32

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

663

1878 1d ON HALF 5/- DULL ROSE surcharge type 3a unused with part o.g; with RPSL cert. (2004) stating genuine but 'the foot of the surcharge has just punched through the paper during printing and has a small ink spot on the reverse' (SG86, £5000), together with the 1873 original 5/- dull rose unused, part og. with some tones (cat. £950). (2) (Image)

Starting at £ 500

Currently...£500.00
Currently...USD 655.00
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

664

EARLY POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTION: Range of mostly unused (just 1 used) QV cards, envs., wrappers, etc. Some affected by tone spots. (22 items)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 18

Currently...£18.00
Currently...USD 23.58
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

BASUTOLAND/LESOTHO

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1933-54 VIRTUALLY COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION on album pages inc. 1933 set, 1935 Silver Jubilee set, 1937 Coronation set plus set perfin SPECIMEN, 1938 set & all KGVI commems, 1954-58 set, 1961 surcharges with many type 2 & 3 ovpts inc. 1r on 10/-with all three types. cat. approx. £1075. (82) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

BECHUANALAND/BOTSWANA

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1888-1961 MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. British Bechuanaland 1888 set to 1/- used then Bechuanaland Protectorate issues inc. 1897-1902 set, 1913-24 set (ex 4d & 6d), 1932 set to 5/-, 1935 Silver Jubilee both m. & u., 1938-52 set with all listed shades of ½d (3), 6d, 1/- & 5/-, all KGVI period commemoratives inc. 1948 RSW, 1955-58 set with duplicate inc. 2/6d & 5/-, 1961 Currency surcharges inc. some ovpt types &Postage Dues 1926 & 1932-38 sets. cat. approx. £950. (132) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 110

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

BELGIUM

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667

MINT AND USED COLLECTION TO c1970: A carton containing an album and four stock books. The album is neatly written up and commences with a range of early issues inc. mainly two margin imperfs.; a good selection of King Leopold II with 1883 set used; 1896 & 1910 Exhibition issues with tabs; 1914 Red Cross set mint; 1919 Tin Hat values mint inc. 10fr. Useful later items inc. minisheets; special cancels and post cards of King Albert & family. The stockbooks contain an accumulation of issues inc. German occupation, Belgium Congo also a few Netherlands inc. postage dues. (large qty) Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 100

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

BERMUDA

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1910 PROOF: Die cast 2, 1d indigo 'Printers Sample' on thick watermarked paper with gum, overprinted 'Specimen' fine mint. (Image)

Starting at £ 32

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

669

EARLY P.O.W. COVER EX U.S. SHIP'S CAPTAIN CAPTURED BY BERMUDAN PRIVATEER - WITH BOSTON MS "Sh 10[c]"; 6 Feb. 1795 EL (toned & rebacked but complete) from “Bermuda” ex a merchant-ship’s Captain, “Joseph Hy Woodman” to his ship’s owners/agents in his home port of “Newburyport, Mass.” giving them the news that his ship and crew had been captured by a Bermudan privateer on their homeward voyage from “Port de Paix” (Haiti). It was sent by private ship and has Boston’s “March 30. Sh 10” ms markings; the 10c charge was the 2c Ship Letter rate + 8c ‘between 30 and 60 miles’ inland rate. It includes; “…after…Sailing for Home on the 18 Dec. from Port De Paix, I was so unfortunate to fall in with a Bermudan privateer on the 20 [Dec.] and sent to this Place for Adjudication. My vessel is not condemned yet, but I have no Expectation but [that] she will be as they Condemn all American ships from any French port. My trial will be next week and if Condemned I shall appeal, as all other Americans have done… This is the first opportunity I have had of writing to any part of the States… the Bermudans are still fixing out more Privateers to take Americans from French ports, and the Judge of this Court of Admiralty is Determined to Condemn till orders to the Contrary comes from England… I had no French property on board… [just] coffee and sugar… Capt. Corning and myself are the only two of Newburyport who are so Unfortunate to fall a prey to such Pirates…”. Recent research (notes included) has shown that Woodman’s ship a schooner ‘Charlotte’ taken by Bermudan privateer ‘Retrieve’ (Captain. Nash) [per ‘Bermuda Gazette of 27 Dec. 1794, p.4]. Rare example of mail from the Captain of an American ship taken into Bermuda due to hostilities during the French Revolutionary War. [Ex ‘Longtail’, Cavendish June 2016.] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR (Image)

Starting at £ 260

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

670

1921 TERCENTENARY SET (2ND ISSUE): Complete set of 9 (SG 68/76) in m. (some umm) blocks of four, one 6d value has pulled perf. & 1d block has some separation other wise very fine & fresh and scarce in multiples. Cat. £400 as singles. (36) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 46

Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

671

1922-34 VARIETIES IN VERY LIGHTLY MOUNTED MINT BLOCKS OF 4 comprising 2d grey corner marginal block with reversed wmk, SG 80x & 3d ultram. in marginal block with variety inverted wmk, SG 83w, both blocks very fine with varieties visible from the front on the margins. Cat. £640. (8) (Image)

Starting at £ 65

Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

672

1924-32 'KEYPLATE' VARIETY: 2/- purple and bright blue/pale blue with 'broken scroll & crown' (SG 88b) fine mint plus normal 2/- (SG88) for comparison, this having diagonal stain on gum & 'King Farouk' hand stamp on reverse. Cat. £300. (2) (Image)

Starting at £ 46

Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

673

1937-76 COMPLETE MINT COLLECTION: basic 'one of each stamp' on album leaves inc. 1938-52 set, 1948 RSW, 1953-62 set, 1962-68 set, 1970 Decimal Currency & Flowers sets plus much more. Cat. value in excess of £650. (100s) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 50

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

674

1938-53: KGVI £1 purple & black/red (SG 121) in marginal umm block of 4 with hinge marks on margin at top. Cat. £1200 as singles. (4) (Image)

Starting at £ 100

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

675

1938-53 'KEY PLATE' 2/- 'GASH ON CHIN' VARIETIES: SG 116cf mint with some slight offset on reverse (cat. £325) & SG 116df, umm, with some small specks on gum top right (cat. £850). Fine, fresh appearance. (2) (Image)

Starting at £ 85

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

676

1938-53 'KEY PLATE' VARIETY: 2/6d black & red/pale blue with ' broken lower right scroll' variety, SG 117be, very fine umm. Cat. £650. (Image)

Starting at £ 80

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

677

1938-53: 2/- 'key plate' both SG 116 marginal with gum toning on stamp & in margin & SG 116a with slight traces of gum toning both umm. Cat. £400 (2) (Image)

Starting at £ 26

Currently...£26.00
Currently...USD 34.06
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

678

1940-48 COVERS BEARING HIGHER VALUES: 17 May 1940 printed env. to/from St. Georges to London re-directed to Walton On Thames franked with 2/- purple and ultramarine. A censor label has been partially removed. 11 Apr. 1940 env. registered from Hamilton to Petts Wood bearing a single perf. 14 £1 purple & black on red, plus another similar. Also St Helena15 Mar. 1936 env. from St Helena to Bromsgrove bearing 1923 ½d + 1½d. (4 coves) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 46

Currently...£46.00
Currently...USD 60.26
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

BRITISH AGENCIES IN ARABIA

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1948-60 MINT COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1948 set of 9, 1948 RSW & Olympic Games, 1949 UPU, 1950 -55 set of 7, 1952-54 set, 1955-60 2/6d & 5/- (SG56/57), plus later issues & a complete collection of Muscat issues with both 1944 set & Officials set. Fine lot. (84) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 26

Currently...£26.00
Currently...USD 34.06
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM

680

1948-61 SMALL MINT COLLECTION on hingeless pages starting with Muscat issues complete 1944 set plus the Officials set, Postal Agencies issues with 1948 set, 1950-5 to 4a on 4d , 1952-4 set (12a & 1r used), 1953 Coronation 1955-60 2r & 5r, 1956-7 set plus a small range of mint & used Qatar issues. (124) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 12

Currently...£12.00
Currently...USD 15.72
Closing..Mar-04, 04:00 AM