Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... India continued... LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 261   Burma, 1869 (March 31), Akyaab to Paris, three-colour franking double-rate cover, franked with 8p mauve, 8a pale rose (Die II), and 2a orange, paying the 10a8p rate via India, all tied by two clear strikes of the “Akyab” duplex and choice strikes of "Paul Auschitzky & Co. / AKYAB" sender's chop, framed “PD” handstamp on front, with Calcutta (4 Apr) and Paris (3 Jun) backstamps, the colours fresh, an eye-catching three-colour franking, scarce and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 800 Currently...C$600.00 Will close during Public Auction 262   Burma, 1881 (June 16), postal card from Toungoo to Ridgefield, Connecticut, U.S.A., India 1879 1½a blue postal stationery card, cancelled by a superb rhomboid of bars, with equally clear “TOUNGHOO” dispatch c.d.s. at lower left, a scarce and attractive overseas usage from Burma, very fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$160.00 Will close during Public Auction Ionian Islands LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 263 1-3 1859, ½d orange to 2d lake, imperforate set of three, hinged original gum, pleasing colours, mostly clear margins, fine. (S.G. 1–3, £480). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Ionian Islands 1-3] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 355 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 264 NC5 1941, Italian Occupation, 50d violet overprinted issue, horizontal pair, never hinged, vivid colour and sharp impression of the four-line overprint across both stamps, pencil signed (Alberto) Diena on reverse and bearing the violet monogram handstamp of Gino Biondi at lower left, exceptionally fresh, very fine and rare. (Sc. NC5; Sassone A21) . The key value of the occupation airmail series, produced by locally overprinting Greek stamp stocks at Argostoli, with only 115 pairs of the 50d violet printed. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Ionian Islands NC5] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 4,500 Currently...C$750.00 Will close during Public Auction Iran LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 265   1902 (November 9), Teheran to Folkestone, England, street scene postcard, franked with imperforate 5c red & buff with rose overprint tied by Teheran (9 Nov) c.d.s., illustrated 'Salut de Perse – Une Rue de Teheran', routed via Russia showing Baku (26 Nov) transit and Folkestone (17 Dec) arrival c.d.s., minor edge wear, a fine routing via Russia. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 266 / 744-758 1930, 1c to 3k Reza Pahlavi, complete definitive set, lightly hinged with a few never hinged, well centred, bright colours, very fine. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Iran 744-758] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 945 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 267   1945, Teheran to Michigan, censored registered cover, franked on reverse with 2r sage green Shah Pahlavi and "Iran" overprinted 3t Air Post, both postmarked in Tehran, American censor seal along left with double-circle Anglo-Soviet Persian censor handstamp, affixed with small “By Pan American Air Mail Service” vignette, backstamped with partial Baghdad c.d.s. (22 Feb), Miami transit (16 Mar), and Jackson (17 Mar) c.d.s. receiver, some sealed tears and slightly trimmed at top, but an otherwise fine and desirable usage of this high-value Air Mail issue, scarce on cover. (Sc. 894, C67) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 50 Currently...C$30.00 Will close during Public Auction 268 C34-C50 1930, 1c to 3t Reza Pahlavi and Eagle, complete Air Post set, never hinged, well centred, bright colours, very fine. (Sc. C34-C50, $415 as hinged) (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Iran C34-C50] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction Iraq LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 269 1273 1986, 350f President Hussein complete pane of 50, never hinged, the highest denomination of the set, with fingerprints on gum of lower left stamp and accompanying selvedge, and separation of a few perforations at top middle, otherwise post office fresh and seldom seen as such, very fine. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Iraq 1273] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 312 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction Ireland LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 270   1845 (March 25), Irish National Schools folded letter from Ballymoney to Circleville, Ohio, via Philadelphia and Rushville, written from Greenshields by James Warnock to his former pupil Robert Jno. Black, bearing Philadelphia (15 May) datestamp, red Rushville (19 May) receiver, manuscript “Forwarded,” blue “25,” additional “10” forwarding rate and underlined “35” total due, overall toning and slight soiling, with archival reinforcement to folds. Warnock describes his career within Ireland’s developing National School system, including centralized training at the Dublin Model School, examinations by government inspectors and his attainment of the highest professional classification available to him. He also comments that “Peace prevails in Ireland” amid the political aftermath of Daniel O’Connell’s Repeal campaign and reports on conditions at the Ballymoney poor house, together with the health of local relatives. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Estimate C$ 60 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 271   1845 (June 24), redirected stampless letter from Dunaghy, County Antrim, to Ohio, with poignant pre-Famine contents, requesting financial assistance, struck with red boxed “PAID AT / BALLYMONEY” and London Paid transit (26 July), manuscript rate calculations, reverse with blue Ballymoney dispatch c.d.s. (25 July) and further London transit, complete three-page letter, filing folds and some aging, else fine. John and Jenny Wiley write to their grandson Robert Black, acknowledging an earlier remittance but urgently requesting further help: “we state the naked truth when we say that it cannot come a moment too soon.” They report that “Mary Charton through necessity had to go to the poor-house, but was not long there till she died,” and describe their own reliance on community charity: “Hugh Biggart’s people held a dance for us in their barn and lifted a pound nearly for us. That sum was the source of our support up to the present time. But it is now expended.” (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction 272 68var 1922-23, 2d deep green paste-up coil pair, perforated 15 x 14, lightly hinged on top stamp, a fine and scarce example, for use in coil dispensing machines. (S.G. 74var) (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Ireland 68var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 200 Currently...C$100.00 Will close during Public Auction Israel LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 273 B1 1949, “Jenson & Nicholson” advertising booklet, complete with two panes of six 5m yellow-green and one pane of six 10m red-violet, total face value 120m, with interspersed advertising, never hinged, fresh colours, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Israel B1] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction Italian States (Modena) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 274 2 Modena, 1852, 10c black on rose, Coat of Arms, without period after value, imperforate horizontal gutter pair, mint original gum, large balanced margins all around, bright colour, very fine; with 2006 SBPV certificate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 1,425 Currently...C$159.00 Will close during Public Auction Italian States (Naples) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 275 6 Naples, 1858, 20g carmine rose Coat of Arms, imperforate, unused with part original gum, wide margins all round and good colour, small thin, otherwise fine, handstamped Asinelli and signed Diena, scarce unused. (Sassone 12). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Italian States 6] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 6,000 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction Italian States (Roman States) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 276 O 10a Roman States, 1852, 50b Papal Arms, deep blue, imperforate, with margins close to touching design, worn impression, bright colour, a difficult stamp, fine; backstamped Roig. (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Italian States 10a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 2,950 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction Italian States (Sardinia) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 277   Sardinia, 1857 (December 11), folded cover from Genoa to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, franked with Sardinia 5c pale yellow-green vertical pair, 20c indigo-blue and 40c scarlet-red, margins clear to large on two sides, cut into at left and top, tied by Genoa c.d.s., free strike alongside, endorsed “Col Postale Francese,” with oval Three Fleur-de-Lis arrival handstamp and manuscript “33” grana charge, reverse with Naples 14 Dec arrival, horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesives, some wrinkling, an attractive three-colour franking paying the 70c French packet rate, with 2009 Sergio Sismondo certificate. (Sc. 10c, 12d, 13c var.; Sassone 13Af, 15Ab, 16A). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 350 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction 278   Sardinia, 1859 (May 26), folded cover from Genoa to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, franked with Sardinia 10c violet-brown, 20c deep blue and 40c carmine-red, each with three clear margins, touching or cut into on the remaining side, tied by Genoa c.d.s., further strike alongside, endorsed “Vapore Postale,” with double-oval “A.G.D.P.” arrival handstamp and manuscript “24” grana charge, reverse with Naples 30 May arrival, horizontal filing fold affecting all three adhesives, else an appealing three-colour franking paying the 70c French packet rate, with 2009 Sergio Sismondo certificate. (Sc. 11i, 12c var., 13b; Sassone 14Ab, 15C, 16Bb). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$150.00 Will close during Public Auction 279   Sardinia, 1860 (May 18), folded cover from Milan to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, franked with 10c grey-brown, margins uneven and cut into at right, and 20c dark ultramarine, three clear margins, touching at foot, tied by Milan c.d.s., endorsed “via di mare,” with double-oval “A.G.D.P.” arrival handstamp in red and manuscript “16” grana charge, reverse with Genoa transit (19 May) and Naples (23 May) receiver, horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesives, a fine example of the 30c rate via Genoa by Sardinian ship, posted just three days after Garibaldi’s victory over Bourbon troops at Calatafimi; with 2009 Sergio Sismondo certificate. (Sc. 11h, 12d var.; Sassone 14Be, 15Bb). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate C$ 300 Currently...C$180.00 Will close during Public Auction Italian States (Sicily) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 280 O 10 Sicily, 1859, ½g orange Ferdinand II, imperforate, a neatly-cancelled used example, four large margins and of good colour, fine-very fine. (Sc. 10, $875). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Italian States 10] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Scott U$ 875 Currently...C$80.00 Will close during Public Auction Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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