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Poland continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2261 cover   image1944 (November 29), registered cover from the Praga district of Warsaw to the International Red Cross, Geneva, franked on reverse with a block of four 50gr Grunwald (Lublin Issue) tied by Warszawa C c.d.s. (29 Nov), manuscript registration "Warszawa 16 No. 1034," with Ankara transit (12 Mar 1945), Egyptian Censorship tape and circular Dept / 32 censor strikes, and Genève 1 Dis arrival (15 May 1945), very fine and scarce.

The cover was mailed from Praga while the rest of Warsaw remained under German occupation across the Vistula River; direct mail routes to Switzerland being severed by the front lines, the cover travelled through the Soviet Union to Turkey, then through Egypt, arriving in Geneva one week after the formal end of the war in Europe, a five-month journey having traveled "The Long Way Round." (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
Portugal
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2262 cover   image1938 (March 25), Lisbon to Shanghai undercover address, cover franked with a single 1$75 blue Lusíadas definitive tied by Lisboa c.d.s. (25 Mar), addressed to J. P. Simões, P.O. Box 585, Shanghai, reverse with printed crest of the Liga dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, Comissão Central Administrativa and Shanghai arrival (23 Apr), very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
Romania
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2263 cover   image1857 (June 20), Galatz to Constantinople via Austrian Lloyd service, dated internally at the Ottoman Bank in Galatz, struck on departure with fair blue oval "Agenzie Del Lloyds Austriaco / Galatz" (Tchilinghirian fig. 28), rate markings omitted as the Ottoman Bank likely carried an ongoing account with he Austran Lloyd Agency, vertical filing fold, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2264 cover   image1913 (January 8), Second Balkan War, 15b Annexation single franking, on reverse of fresh cover to Iasi, tied by partial c.d.s., an elusive in-period usage, very fine; ex Galitz. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
Russia
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2265 cover   image1941 (March 3), registered censored cover from Sukhumi, Georgia (Abkhazia) to Katerini, Greece, franked on reverse with three 30k blue Pilot and two 20k green definitives, tied by Sukhumi, GSSR c.d.s. (3 Mar) (СУХУМИ / ССР ГРУЗИЯ), with black framed Soukchoum registration box (No. 77), Greek censorship tape printed "Ελληνική Λογοκρισία" and violet circular "Λογοκρισία Αθηνών / 74" cachet applied on entry into Greece, reverse with Greek "Συστημένα" registered arrival (8 Apr) and Katerini arrival (10 Apr), light edge wear, fine; a desirable Goergian origin, mailed during the final weeks before the German invasion of Greece. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
Russia (Offices in China)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2266 cover   image1905 (November 4), Russian Post Office at Kharbin, Manchuria, to Torzhok, Russia, postal card franked with 3k red Imperial Eagle, tied by Kharbin R.P.O. c.d.s. (4 Nov) (ХАРБИНЪ 4 / ЖЕЛ. ДОР. П.), with partial Torzhok arrival backstamp (29 Nov), pictorial side with monochrome view titled "Chinese Ferry Crossing a River", and faint secondary Kharbin strike, else a fine example from the final months of the Russo-Japanese War, weeks before the Battle of Mukden, the sender assigned to the radio-telegraph station of the First Army. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
San Marino
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2267 cover   image1894 (May 5), registered cover from San Marino to Cardiff, England, franked with a four-colour combination of 2c blue numeral and 10c dark green, 15c claret, and 65c red-brown Coat of Arms definitives, with boxed Raccomandato registration handstamp, oval London Registered transit (7 May), reverse with squared-circle Rimini and Bologna–Ancona backstamps (5 May) and Cardiff arrival (7 May), attractive and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2268 cover   image1907 (July 15), registered cover from San Marino to Marolles-les-Braults, France, franked with 2c reddish lilac, 1c brown, 15c gray, and 30c brown-red on front and additional 2c reddish lilac on reverse, correctly paying the 25c international letter rate and 25c registration fee, with San Marino Città registration label, Rimini transit (16 Aug), and Marolles-les-Braults arrival (18 Aug), fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2269 cover   image1918 (August 5), censored registered cover from San Marino to Basel, Switzerland, franked with the 5c, 20c, and 25c "Pro Combattenti" semi-postal issues, correctly paying the 25c international letter rate and 25c registration fee, with San Marino registration label and oval Postal Letera / Censura Militare censor handstamp and Milano Posta Estera markings, reverse with Bologna transit (5 Aug), Milan transit (6 Aug), and Basel arrival (2 Sep), very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2270 cover   image1918 (December 28), WWI censored registered cover from San Marino to Romanshorn, Switzerland, redirected to Eppingen, Baden, Germany, franked with a 5c blue-green and three 15c gray, paying the international letter rate plus registration fee, with San Marino registration label, Verificato per Censura handstamp and Verificato censorship tape, 5c green Comitato Romano per la Organizzazione Civile in caso di Mobilitazione semi-postal label on reverse, Milan (29 Dec) and Romanshorn transit (30 Dec) and Eppingen arrival (2 Jan 1919) backstamps, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2271 cover   image1923 (November 29), express registered cover from San Marino to Bologna, franked with a complete set of the 1923 Croce Rossa semi-postal issues, comprising the 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c, 40c, 50c, and 1-lira denominations plus the 60c on 20c semi-postal special delivery stamp, with San Marino "A" registration label, Rimini transit (30 Nov), and Bologna Ferrovia arrival (30 Nov), some gum smears, else a fine philatelic franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2272 cover   image1936 (October 20), registered airmail cover from San Marino to Gondar, Ethiopia (Italian East Africa), on printed Ala Littoria envelope with company emblem on back flap, franked with a 20c orange Melchiorre Delfico and pair of surcharged airmail issues, 75c on 80c red and 75c on 50c green, paying the letter fee, registration fee, and airmail surcharge for East African destinations, reverse with Ancona (19 Oct), Rimini (19 Oct), Bologna (19 Oct), Milan (20 Oct), and Rome (21 Oct) transit backstamps, very fine, an elusive destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2273 cover   image1942 (July 26), censored express cover from San Marino to Monterosso al Mare, La Spezia, on printed San Marino bank envelope, franked with the 50c red-violet and olive-gray Rocca issue and 1.25-lira green Statue of Liberty express stamp, paying the 50c domestic letter rate and 1.25-lira express fee, with purple Espresso handstamp, Verificato per Censura tape and circular Commissione Provinciale / Censura 39 R (Genoa) handstamp, reverse with Rimini transit (25 Jul), Milan–Genoa T.P.O. transit (25 Jul), La Spezia transit (26 Jul), and Monterosso al Mare arrival (27 Jul), fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Sierra Leone
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2274 cover   image1907 (February 26), Salved from the S.S. Jebba wreck cover, 1d King Edward VII postal stationery cover, postmarked Freetown, to Southampton, England, handstamped in SALVED FROM / SS JEBBA in violet (Hoggarth & Gwynn Type 1), with Mokamba (25 Feb) and Southampton (19 Mar) c.d.s. backstamps, some faults as expected for such shipwreck mail, scarce.

The S.S. Jebba of the African Steam Ship Company sailed from Freetown on March 4, destined for Plymouth, but ran ashore in dense fog at Bolt Trail, Devon, on March 18; the vessel was lost, but the mail was salvaged. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2275 cover   image1907 (April 13), Conakry, Boulevard de Commerce postcard via Plymouth Paquebot, franked with 1d King Edward VII, tied by neatly-struck Plymouth Paquebot / 2 c.d.s., to Devon, England, light edge wear, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction
2276 cover   image1911 (May 20), Plymouth Paquebbot machine cancel on Freetown postcard, the image depicting Berwick Street, Freetown, franked with 1d King Edward VII, tied by Plymouth Paquebot machine cancel, to Shoreham, England, some light wear, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction
Singapore
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2277 cover   image1939 (January 11), Singapore to London, recovered from the wreck of the Imperial Airways flying boat Centurion, with Singapore c.d.s. (11 Jan) and violet-red two-line "Salvaged Mail / Ex Centurion" cachet, reverse with Returned Letter Section / London Postal Region sealing label and London machine arrival cancel (27 Jun), water staining and edge wear as expected of a wreck cover, very fine for such.

Imperial Airways Short S.23 Empire flying boat Centurion crashed on landing on the Hooghly River at Calcutta on 12 Jun 1939, partially submerging with its mail cargo; all passengers and crew survived. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
South West Africa
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2278 cover   image1915 (August 28), Field Post Office 13, used at Swakopmund, ½d King George V South Africa postal stationery card, cancelled by South African Forces Field Post Office canceller number 13, an above-average example of this military cancellation (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2279 cover   image1916 (January 28), Brazil to Windhoek, "German South West Africa", 100 Reis postal stationery envelope uprated with 100 Reis adhesive, endorsed "Via Englaterra" at upper left, addressed to F. Martins c/o Messrs Bohsem, Wulff & Co, the address line "By the Chief Civil Secretary" struck through in blue, circular blue "Passed Censor / C.17 / 16.1.16" handstamp on front, reverse with bilingual censor seal and oval CHIEF CENSOR / CAPETOWN handstamp alongside Windhoek c.d.s. receiver (21 Feb) the address still designating German South West Africa, a most unusual wartime usage, very fine; ex "Claremont".

The address of this cover is of particular note, as German South West Africa fell on July 9, 1915, when German forces surrendered unconditionally to the South African Union Defence Force at Khorab. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2280 cover   image1916 (November 24), Station Master's Office, Kuibis, ½d King George V postal stationery card to Keetmanshoop, struck with very fine violet oval "STATION MASTER'S OFFICE / KUIBIS / S.A.R. / 24 NOV 1916" handstamp, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (25 Nov), the oval hammer used temporarily at the Kuibis Postal Agency in the Keetmanshoop area for the cancellation of mail, fresh, very fine, and quite rare. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction

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