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Perf.11, 6d. dull green, unused with large part original gum, a fine and scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1996)

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1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x 12 with line perforation 11 at top, 1½d. unused with large part original gum, very fine and scarce, certificate BPA (2000) 

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1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x 12 with line perforation 11 at top, 1½d. lightly used, very fine and scarce, certificate RPSV (1994) 

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1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x line perforation 11 at top, 3d. dull orange-brown, used, very fine and scarce, certificate BPA (2000) 

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1901/10, compound perf. 12½ x line perforation 11 at top, 6d. emerald, used, very fine and scarce, certificate RPSV (1999)

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Perf.11, 1 sh. orange, unused with large part original gum, a fine and scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1998)

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VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) – AUSTRIA: 1867, pre-paid entire letter from Melbourne to Vienna, franked with laureated 6 d. blue  and 1 sh. blue on blue, tied by duplex "MELBOURNE OC 26 67", marked "1/-" in red for the distance to Alexandria and "15" kreuzer for the conveyance to Vienna.

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VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) – AUSTRIA: 1870, pre-paid entire letter from Melbourne to Vienna, franked with laureated 2 d. violet and 10 sh. dull purple on pink, tied by duplex "MELBOURNE AU 13 70", marked "6"(pence) in red fort he distance to Alexandria and "15" kreuzer for the conveyance to Vienna.

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1854, 1d. grey-black, ample to large margins with ca. 3 mm sheet margin at top, very lightly used, extremely fine, certificate RPSV (1995)

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1854/55, 2d. slate-blue in light shade, good full margins, unused without gum, very fine and fresh, a rare stamp, certificate RPSV (2013)

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1860/64, 6d. sage-green, nice deep colour and good even margins, unused without gum, very fine and fresh, a scarce stamp, certificate RPSV (1996)

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA – MALTA: 1857, entire letter, dated "Australind 5th/10th OCTO. 1857" to Malta, endorsed "per Steamer from King George Sound"and franked with 1854/55, 4 d. blue with large margins and pair 1 d. black, slightly touched at lower right, otherwise clear to good margins, tied by barred oval with adjacent "POST OFFICE AUSTRALIND WESTERN AUSTRALIA"; on reverse clear blue oval "AGENZIA DEL LLOYD AUSTRIACO MALTA". Most likely the letter was transported by the 'European & Australian Steam Navigation Company' to Suez, via 'Overland Mail', from Alexandria to Corfu by the Austrian Lloyd 'Trieste express line' and finally to Malta by a short-lived branch line. A very fine and fresh letter of great rarity, showing the only recorded example of the Austrian Lloyd agency handstamp of  Malta. Certificate BPA (2007)

Provenance:
Frank Chadwick (1978)
Henry Houser (1992)

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1854/1911, sehr reichhaltige gestempelte und ungebrauchte Sammlung, nach Stanley Gibbons spezialisiert gesammelt mit Farben, Stempeln, Einheiten und Besonderheiten, dabei u.a. SG 1, 3 (9 mit Nuancen), 4 (7 mit Nuancen), 6a, 15 ungebraucht ohne Gummi (repariert), 18,19 (5), 131 (2), 173, etc. daneben kleiner Teil OS-Lochungen und größerer Stempelteil, viele Werte mit Attesten. Ein sehr schönes und interessantes Objekt.

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1892, cover to Bushire, franked on reverse with India ½ a. green, tied by squared circle "BAHRAIN OC 6 92", frontside boxed "POSTAGE DUE / ONE ANNA", arrival mark of October 9th next to the stamp; fine and rare, the earliest of 2 recorded entires recorded with this postmark.

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1893, British India postcard ONE ANNA on 1½ a. blue,  dated "Bahrein, Persian Gulf, July 9th 1893" and posted at "BUSRAH JL .. 93" to London with frontside "SEA POST OFFICE JL 28 93"; fine and very scarce early mail

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1903, British India postcard 1 a. + 1 a. blue, used with text from "BAHRAIN 27 DE 03" via "SEA POST OFFICE JA. 9 04" to Berlin with arrival mark on front. Very fine and rare.

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1908, British India envelope ONE ANNA on 2 a. 6 p. orange with return address "Mason Memorial Hospital / Bahrein, Persian Gulf" and clear postmark "BAHRAIN 17 OC. 08",  to 'Seaman Hospital, Greenwich, S.E.'. The writer expected to benefit of the soldier's concessionary rate, but since the envelope was not countersigned by an officer it was taxed, showing 2 strikes of "T" in circle, struck in Bahrain, plus British "3d/F.B.". The envelope opened out for display with slight toning at the edges. Unique usage of this envelope at Bahrain and to our records only recorded use of the "T"-tax stamp at Bahrain

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1912, India, Edward 3 a. orange-brown, tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 18 FE. 12" to reverse of registered envelope with provisional registration label to Bombay with adjacent arrival mark; cover opened on 2 sides, very fine. Rare early registered mail.

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