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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2081 cover   image1846 (October 14),"Kandy Steamer Letter" to London, stampless folded cover via Galle and Southampton, bearing handstruck rate marking in black, endorsed "Overland Mail - per Galle Steamer via Southampton," with a fair strike of "KANDY STEAMER LETTER" handstamp on reverse, red circular arrival backstamp (2 Dec), light filing folds, a desirable and fine example. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2082 cover   image1847 (January 22), Kandy Post Paid, stampless folded letter to Bombay, India, reverse with clear Kandy / Post Paid double split-ring, (22 Jan), front with framed Bombay / Ship Letter handstamp (29 Jan), endorsed "per Steamer", 1sh2d manuscript rate marking, some light toning along file fold and edges, else fine.

The letter is a three-page correspondence from James Dunan to Frank Dunan in Bombay. Dunan details his interest in purchasing Hadden's Land, a 75-acre estate, for coconut and coffee cultivation, includes a hand-drawn estate map showing the proximity of the "Rawella" and "Rangalla" tracts to "Wright's" property, and notes the land is "beautifully and easily accessible" but carries the risk of "frequent weedings." He expresses concern that a "reduction of the duty on tea" in England might diminish coffee consumption unless colonial coffee duties are lowered in kind, and notes that local lawyers are shifting their gains into coconut cultivation driven by the "high price of coconut oil." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2083 cover   image1851 (September 15), Colombo Steamer Letter, via H.M.S. Banshee to London, folded entire from George Stuart & Co. of Colombo, rated 2/3 in black manuscript and endorsed
"per Steamer via Galle & Marseilles", the rate paying the corresponding British Packet rate via Marseilles, struck on reverse with fine "Colombo Steamer Letter" in black, conveyed via mail coach from Colombo to Galle, thence via the P&O Steamer "Oriental" to Suez, overland across Egypt and then via the P&O Steamer "Indus" from Alexandria to Malta, where conveyed to the Admiralty Packet "Banshee" to Marseille, fine; the H.M.S. Banshee was commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Hosken, and saw service in the Crimean War. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2084 cover   image1852 (September 15), Colombo Steamer Letter, transatlantic cover to Ribeauvillé, France, with circular British Packet / Paid / Postage handstamp on face and handstamped "10" decimes due, reverse with large circular Colombo / Steamer-Letter transit (14 Oct), double-ring Alexandria datestamp (5 Nov), double-ring Malta transit (8 Nov), Strasbourg transit (11 Nov), and Ribeauvillé arrival (11 Nov), particularly attractive strikes, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2085 cover   image1853 (August 19), "Colombo Ship Letter" to Nancy via Ceylon, with contents, datelined Port Louis, bearing red manuscript rate notation and "10" in black, struck on front with black "BRITISH PACKET POSTAGE / PAID" and Crowned "MAURITIUS GPO" (19 Aug) handstamp, endorsed "By Maria / via Ceylon," with red Marseille entry mark, backstamped with "COLOMBO SHIP LETTER" and "Nancy" (28 Oct) arrival c.d.s., some wrinkling and the odd small tear typical of this flimsy paper, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2086 cover   image1853 (June 23), "Colombo Steamer Letter" to London, stampless folded letter, with contents datelined Colombo, rated 2/3, endorsed "per Steamer via Galle, Suez, & Marseilles," with a neatly-struck "COLOMBO STEAMER LETTER" handstamp (25 June) on reverse and red arrival c.d.s., typical filing folds, a fine strike of this steamer marking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2087 cover   image1855 (September), "Trincomalee Steamer Letter" to the East India Company, London, stampless folded letter, with contents from a sailor requesting payment for naval service, backstamped with "TRINCOMALEE / STEAMER LETTER," struck on front with oval "RECEIVED / VIA SOUTHAMPTON" (24 Sep), partial red c.d.s. on reverse, address panel with tear, heavy vertical filing folds, yet a seldom-seen marking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2088 cover   image1902 (June 14), Hamburg to Ragama Camp, Ceylon, Boer War prisoner of war cover, franked with four-colour Germania franking (1pf, 2pf, 3pf, and 5pf) tied by HAMBURG c.d.s., routed via Colombo, violet Ragama Camp "Passed" censor handstamp on front, partial pink "Under Martial Law" censor tape at top, reverse with Colombo (2 Jul) transit and Ragama Camp (2 Jul) receiver, light wear, else very fine.

Ragama Camp was a primary internment centre for Boer War prisoners transferred to Ceylon, with overseas-origin covers addressed there scarcer than British Empire mail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
Chile
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2089 cover   image1855 (circa), 5c brown-red Colon, Second London Printing, folded cover with CHILLAN straight-line, to San Carlos, adhesive with three ample to large margins, cancelled with black target cancel, struck with choice Chillan straight-line in black, a most attractive usage of this pre-philatelic marking, fine and scarce; signed Meier BPP. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2090 cover   image1855/60s, 5c red-rose Colon, First Santiago Printing, folded cover with RENGO straight-line, three clear to ample margins, lightly tied at right by circular barred cancel, paying the single domestic letter rate to Talca, struck with Rengo straight-line, no backstamps, a scarce example of this pre-philatelic marking, with few examples recorded on mail from this period, fine; ex Pacheco. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2091 cover   image1858 (circa), Chalinga straight-line on folded cover to Santiago, franked with 5c rose-red first Santiago “Estancos” printing, large to touched margins all round, tied by over-inked target handstamp, with very scarce straight-line “CHALINGA” despatch in brownish-black alongside, minor wrinkling and a manuscript date in pen at lower left, nevertheless a scarce and desirable usage, one of only a handful of recorded examples, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2092 cover   image1858 (circa), Rengo straight-line on 10c bisect cover, to San Fernando, franked with 10c blue First Santiago Printing, tied by black target handstamp, fine strike of RENGO despatch alongside in red, scarce and fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2093 cover   image1858, San Fernando straight-line on folded letter to Santiago, with commercial contents, bearing small blind embossed handstamp of Baurie Fils of Bordeaux, franked on reverse with 5c brown-red on blued paper, 1855 2nd London printing “Estancos,” three clear to good margins, tied by black target handstamp, obverse with abbreviated “Sn. Fernando” straight-line in black and complete strike of six-barred target handstamp, an attractive and unusual entire. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2094 cover   image1860, 10c deep blue bisected Colon with LIMCHE straight-line, diagonally bisected 1856/61 issue tied to folded letter by black target cancel, struck with red straight-line Limche pre-philatelic handstamp, a fine example of this scarce strike. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
2095 cover   image1860, Curico straight-line on folded letter to Santiago, franked with 5c rose-red Estancos, large to slightly shaved margins, tied to folded letter to Santiago by black target handstamp, with fine straight-line "CURICO" despatch handstamp alongside, the contents pertaining to commercial transactions, noting the poor road infrastructure hampering conveyance of goods by cart, light wrinkles, else fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2096 cover   image1860, Quillota straight-line on 10c bisect cover to Santiago, franked with 10c deep blue 1856/61 First Santiago Printing "Estancos", tied by bold strike of black target handstamp, struck alongside by Quillota straight-line in red, typical filing fold, fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2097 cover   image1861 (January 30), Rancagua straight-line on folded letter to Curico, franked with 5c rose-red First Santiago Printing "Estancos", touched to large margins, tied by black target cancel, with straight-line "RANCAGUA" despatch handstamp below, the contents pertaining to debt collection, light filing folds and some staining, but scarce; ex Blank. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2098 cover   image1864 (July 4), Curacaví straight-line on folded entire to Santiago, franked with 5c rose-red 1858–60 First Santiago printing Estancos, close to large margins all around, tied by target handstamp with scarce straight-line "CURACAVI" despatch in black, with contents datelined "Bustamante", discussing illegal logging, minor wrinkling but quite rare, with only a handful of examples of this pre-philatelic handstamp recorded during this period. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
China
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2099 cover   image1941 (April 29), Shanghai to Edinburgh, censored wartime cover, franked with single 50c blue Sun Yat-sen, tied by Shanghai (29 Apr) c.d.s., British military censorship "Examiner 1526" label with matching "Opened by / Examiner" handstamp on reverse, accompanied by original four-page handwritten letter on Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. stationery, redirected within the city, with Edinburgh (25 Jul) arrival backstamp, , minor edge wear, else fine-very fine.

Written in the final months before the Pacific War, the letter offers a firsthand account of expatriate life in Shanghai on the eve of the Japanese occupation, describing civil unrest ("the odd shoot-up or riot"), population movements, and the search for a "well-furnished flat." (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2100 cover   image1944 (May 15), Tientsin to Shanghai, cover from the Consulate of the Italian Social Republic, franked with five Sun Yat-sen definitives with North China overprints (one 18c olive-brown, four 9c green) tied by multiple Tientsin (15 May) c.d.s. strikes, printed Consulate corner card, fine-very fine, an unusual piece dating to the brief period of the Italian Social Republic, and interesting example of Axis-aligned diplomatic postal history during the Japanese occupation. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction

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