Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - POSTAL HISTORY continued... Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening 941   QV-QEII COVERS MISCELLANY: Partly written up and also later purchases and work in progress, in album, having two Messageries Maritimes postcards, used in Egypt, one with S.S. Natal and the other S.S. Yarra, ppc of De Quincy, Governor mint and used (at Praslin), later b&w PPCs with views etc. mint and used (6), stationery 1895 8c env. to England, registered (stamps removed), 1902 6c + 6c blue reply postcard and 6c surch on 8c intact reply card, both posted on 7 Sept. to Germany, 1903 6c on 8c card used to Germany with Ligne V No. 4 cancel alongside, 1903 registered env., size G optd 'SPECIMEN'; then covers inc. 1912 reg to Cheshire bearing 18c, 1949 local cover with 'ANSE ROYALE' bridge type cds, 1961 and 1962 covers with 'SILHOUETTE ISLAND' cds, 1971 'LA MISERE' cds, 1956 Mombasa Paquebot, 1971 FFC to England and Interim Air Service cover. Generally fine. (24) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images) Starting at £ 160 Currently...£160.00 Currently...USD 211.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 942   1868 COVER TO USA FRANKED WITH MAURITIUS 3d PAIR: A very rare cover to Fairhaven franked with a fine pair of 1863-72 3d just tied by crisp B64 cancels and 'LONDON /PAID' ds in red, on reverse Seychelles code B cds of 23 Feb. 1878 and NY Paid All receipt. Filing crease, punched hole and slightly truncated at left, but visually an impressive and rare cover. SG Z20. (Image) Starting at £ 500 Currently...£500.00 Currently...USD 660.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 943   1875 COVER TO REUNION, BEARING MAURITIUS 4d PAIR: Cancelled by two strikes of B64 cancel, a fine vert pair of 1863-72 4d rose, making the 8d French packet rate. On reverse Seychelles code B cds of MY 2/ 75. The cover would have gone via the Ligne T service. Stain on reverse from mounting, but does not detract from appearance of this rare cover. BPA cert. (1974). (Image) Starting at £ 650 Currently...£650.00 Currently...USD 858.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 944   1885 COVER TO FRANCE, FRANKED WITH MAURITIUS 16c ON 17c: A fine cover (missing back flap) addressed to Savoie with 1883 SG Z63, tied by part strike of B64 cancel, with part Seychelles cds and transit 'POSS. ANG./ 1/NOV/85/PAQ.FR T No6', carried on the 'Salazie', red Seychelles wax seal on reverse. SG Z63. (Image) Starting at £ 260 Currently...£260.00 Currently...USD 343.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 945   1886 COVER TO MAURITIUS BEARING MAURITIUS 8c BLUE: A lovely cover from the Australian Steam Soap Works, St Louis, with 1879-80 8c, cancelled by indistinct B64 and with lightly struck Seychelles 86 cds alongside, with 'PORT LOUIS/ A/ MY 27/ 86/ MAURITIUS' receipt cds on reverse. It was paid at the local 8c rate and endorsed 'Per MM str' and also 'Too late for the last mail'. A most attractive item and scarce. SG Z48. (Image) Starting at £ 260 Currently...£260.00 Currently...USD 343.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 946   1886 COVER TO MAURITIUS BEARING MAURITIUS 4c ORANGE PAIR: Attractive cover with Soap Works imprint on reverse, with a fine pair of 4c stamps, single B64 cancel and light Seychelles cds alongside, 'MAURITIUS/ A/MR 4/ 86' cds on reverse. Very clean and attractive. (Image) Starting at £ 260 Currently...£260.00 Currently...USD 343.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 947   1887 COVER TO LONDON BEARING MAURITIUS 16c PAIR: Cover (slight damage) from Government House, Seychelles and franked with a pair of 16c stamps, tied by B64 cancels and Seychelles code C cds, receipt marks of 25y July on reverse. Fine and scarce, 32c being the European rate. Ligne T 2 per Caledonien left Seychelles on 9th July arriving Marseille on 22nd. SG Z59. (Image) Starting at £ 340 Currently...£340.00 Currently...USD 448.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 948   1894-1999 PCs, POSTAL STATIONERY, MARITIME, ETC.: Ex-dealer's stock inc. a good range of QV P.Stat. with scarcer marks & usages; French Messageries Maritimes shipping line route "LIGNE T" cover to Germany via Seychelles & Marseille with double-ring "18 DEC 94/PAQ. FR" hs; two similar marks inc. red octagonal "LIGNE T 16 FEVR 95/PAQ FR. No 4" both on the same date; 1900 Palm trees P.Stat. Regd env. to GB (foxing at top edge); 16 Jan. 1953 East African Airways Corporation attempt at an amphibian service from Kenya; Good selection of village marks, P.Dues, full set of 1970s "POSTAGE PAID" marks; etc. Priced to sell at c.£900. (70)Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, FRANCE, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Starting at £ 130 Currently...£130.00 Currently...USD 171.60 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 949   1895 MULTICOLOURED PHILATELIC FRANKING ON REGISTERED COVER TO GERMANY: Bearing 1893 3c, surcharged 2c on 16c and 15c on 16c, both die II, 45c on 48c and 90c on 96c, all in vert. pairs, all with code A cds of 2 MR/ 95, with 'AUSTRALIE/ PAQ. FR. T.No 6' struck in error at the Seychelles- it should have been Ligne T PAQ. FR. No 6 per 'Polynesian'. Ulm Bahnhof receipt on reverse. Minor imperfections but a scarce and attractive franking. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image) Starting at £ 65 Currently...£65.00 Currently...USD 85.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 950   1895 ENV. FRANKED 15c ON 16c DIE II TO WEYMOUTH: From the Cascade Estate, with Rural type cds no 4 dated 18th Dec. 95. This was one of the last scheduled sailings of Ligne T service, per 'Armand Behic'. A little aged and small repair, but scarce. SG 19.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL (Image) Starting at £ 38 Currently...£38.00 Currently...USD 50.16 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 951   1902 REGISTERED PHILATELIC COVER TO GERMANY WITH COLOURFUL FRANKING: Bearing 1890-92 4c, 1893 3c, 1897-1900 2c and 6c, 1901 local surch set and 1902 2c on 4c, all cancelled by code B cds of NO 7/ 92, 'LA REUNION A MARSEILLE L.V.No 4/ 8/ NOV/02' alongside, carried per 'Oxus' and with receipt cds on reverse. Fine. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image) Starting at £ 65 Currently...£65.00 Currently...USD 85.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 952   1917 WWI CENSOR COVER TO LONDON: Fine example of a cover from Mahe addressed to London and bearing a 1917-22 6c carmine, cancelled 'REUNION A MARSEILLE No. 6' octagonal cancel, a second strike alongside, and with censor tape applied. WWI censor mail is unusual. (Image) Starting at £ 50 Currently...£50.00 Currently...USD 66.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 953   WWII MILITARY CENSOR MARKS: With 1942 cover to N.Ireland, franked with 1r and cancelled by Victoria B /NO 4 /42 cds's, 'PASSED/ BY UNIT/CENSOR' hs and censor label applied; 1944 cover endorsed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE', bearing 7 different defin stamps (one on reverse) cancelled 'E.A./A.P.O. 2' cds of 28 VIII 44 and with crown shield censor 7303 hs applied; 1945 cover to Kenya franked 6c, 30c and 50c with Victoria C AU 7 45 cds's and Crown Shield censor 7428 applied, written and censored by Capt. Weigall four days before the end of military censorship. Also 1947 airmail env. unstamped and endorsed 'on active service', 'Forces MAIL' and 'S/S. THYSVILLE', sent to Mauritius. Good to fine. (4) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, MILITARY (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Starting at £ 80 Currently...£80.00 Currently...USD 105.60 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 954   1942 TRIPLE CENSOR COVER TO DUBLIN: Unusual triple censored cover addressed to Jacob & Co, stamped with a pair of 9c grey blue, cancelled by Victoria B JY 11 42 cds's, with 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ Seychelles. No. 2.' hs in black, then opened and resealed with British censor tape and further opened and sealed with Irish S.P.1. label. Roughly opened at top, but fine and unusual. (Image) Starting at £ 50 Currently...£50.00 Currently...USD 66.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 955   1944 MILITARY CENSOR COVER & CONTENTS FROM A SEYCHELLOIS SOLDIER: YMCA 'On Active Service' env. franked with GB 3d and with censor hs applied addressed to a "Pte Eric Gibbs, 22nd N.Z. Motor Battalion, CMF" contents being on printed notepaper and from No. 403 Phillipe Ravinia, 2036 Coy Seychelles, CMF. The letter is talking about shared time in hospital and mentions sending some stamps' of my country'. Fine. Cross Reference: MILITARY (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Starting at £ 65 Currently...£65.00 Currently...USD 85.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 956   COLLECTION OF WWII CIVIL CENSOR MARKS: Well presented in album, 15 covers, mostly franked with KGVI Wartime defins, earlier items with censor hs only inc. 30 Oct. 1939 to Bulawayo with 'PASSED BY CENSOR/ SEYCHELLES.' (type HII), 5 Oct.5 1939 OHMS env. sent registered to NY, franked with 20c and 1r yellow green vals, with the same type HII hs on reverse; 2 Apr. 1940 to Hawaii with scarce 'PASSED/ BY/ CENSOR' (type HIII), then various covers with ' PASSED BY CENSOR /No. 1.' and 'No. 2.' hs's, later with tape also applied; 27 Nov. 1940 cover from Southern Rhodesia to Seychelles, hs 'OPENED BY CENSOR' on tape and with triangular Censor No 6 applied, before being sent to Mahe where 'No. 2. ' hs was applied; 15 Feb. 1944 to USA with 'label tied by boxed crown over passed hs in violet (late usage); further items to NZ, England, Dublin, Renfrewshire and NY, all with various censor tapes and hs's applied. Generally fine and difficult items. (15) (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Starting at £ 260 Currently...£260.00 Currently...USD 343.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 957   1891-1960 COLLECTION OF MARITIME MAIL: With 27 covers or cards, well presented in album, from a Messageries Maritimes ppc of Mahe, then showing the various cancels and routes, from 1891 8c card to Germany with 'LIGNE T PAQ FR No 4' sent per 'Oceanian', 1891 cover to Melbourne franked with 16c sent per 'Australien', 1894 OHMS env. to Sydney franked with 12c on 16c and 15c on 16c, registered, 'LIGNE T PAQ FR No 3'; 1894 6c card (2) and 8c card, all per 'Armand Behic' with various 'LIGNE T PAQ FR No 1' markings; 1895 6c card to Germany per 'Ville De La Ciotat' with No 4 marking; 1895 30c env. to Holland, cancelled with Rural no 5 cds, 'AUSTRALIE PAQ FR T No 1' applied in error; 1896 18c on 30c env, additionally franked with two 18c on 45c stamps, sent to Germany on the B.I.S.N. service to Modane Paris (identical to lot 407 in Winchester sale, estimated at £180-220); 1897 8c card to Germany sent on the Ligne U service per 'Djemah'; 1901 6c card to England, 1903 30c env. registered to Germany, 1905 reg env. to Germany franked by 36c on 45c all sent using the Ligne V service; 1908 ppc to England bearing French 10c, cancelled with Ligne V cancel, posted on the 'Natal' between Diego Suarez and Tamatave; 1912 cover to Germany bearing 2c (4) and 3c (2) cancelled 'LA REUNION A MARSEILLE LU No 4' cancels, sent per 'Adour'; 1913 env. to Berlin, franked 2c, 3c and 15c tied by 'DEUTSHE SEEPOST/OST AFRICA/LINIE/ 3.12.31' in oval ds (year reversed) with 'D. Wangoni' ships hs below stamps; 1913 ppc to Switzerland, sent via Bombay in error with 'MALDIRICE' boxed hs applied; 1913 env. to Mahe endorsed 'per SS Palanco' with scarce 'PAQUEBOT' hs applied and cancelling Indian 1a on reverse; 1938 B.I.S.N. env. bearing 2c (2), 20c and 25c cancelled by 'DURBAN/ PAQUEBOT' cds; then with four KGVI and four QE franked covers, all with various Paquebot cancels. A few with age stains, but generally good to fine. (27 items) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, MARITIME MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images) Starting at £ 340 Currently...£340.00 Currently...USD 448.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 958   AIRMAILS COLLECTION: Well presented in album, showing early routes and rates, with 1933 cover to Birmingham, taken from Victoria to Mombasa by B.I.S.N. ship, then flown to Nairobi and then London; 1936 reg cover to England, via Karachi, paid 20c foreign 20 gram rate, 20c registration and air surcharge 74c, not sent via Nairobi (crossed out) which would have been 86c surcharge; then 5 further 1936/37 covers showing air mail rates, registered airmails; later KGVI post 'Empire All Up Scheme' from 1939, air letter forms, registered mail, 16 Jan. 1953 cover to Mombasa with 'FIRST AIR MAIL/ FROM SEYCHELLES' label, the first flight actually being delayed until the following day; various 1950s covers inc. registered mail; 1970 Interim Air service; 1971 flights to London and then to 1974. Also a 1969 airletter with very interesting typed contents, talking about life on the Islands, Napoleonic law making buying land hard, Praslin and more. Generally fine. (35 items)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Starting at £ 110 Currently...£110.00 Currently...USD 145.20 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM 959   OFFICIAL & DEPARTMENTAL MAIL, ETC.: Album of 'back of the book' covers, with 1950s and 1960s OHMS covers from various departments inc. Secretariat, Treasury, Medical Dept, Education, Tourist and Information, Supreme Court, Police HQ, Port Office, Public Works, Income Tax office, Co-operative Development and Central Post Office, also instructional marks with 1924 OHMS cover hs 'NO POSTAL SERVICE'; 1939 registered cover from Londo to Sir A. Grimble, Governor of Seychelles, returned to sender; 1933 from Mauritius marked 'NOT KNOWN' and boxed 'Return to Sender', 1977 boxed provisional hs's (8), p.due covers (2 - 1967 philatelic covers). Mostly fine. (37) (Image) (Image2) (All Images) Starting at £ 65 Currently...£65.00 Currently...USD 85.80 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM THE DAVID COX SEYCHELLES - PPCs & EPHEMERA Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening 960   SPECIALIST COLLECTION OF EARLY 1900s PPCs: An album containing very early lithographed cards with undivided backs showing many aspects of life in the Seychelles inc. people (locals, political prisoners), buildings (e.g. the Victoria Chausee, Governor's Office. Imperial German Consulate), bridges (e.g. Port Gland Mahe, Cayman river Anse Etoile) street scenes (e.g. Gordon Square, the Marche), the harbour, agricultural and rural subjects, landscape views, etc. A comprehensive mainly mint collection (photographer/publisher often identified) with used cards (21, a few with stamps removed) from 1903-1910. Unusual to see such a variety of early cards together. (71) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images) Starting at £ 400 Currently...£400.00 Currently...USD 528.00 Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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