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1934/99 (ca.), mint never hinged collection (might be very few unused), including many good issues as Mi. 273-93, 300-316, 326, 346-57, 383-85, several booklets and good MS.

1898/1903, King Carlos 50 reis, horizontal pair, used on envelope to Sommerset, Cape Colony, pasted over with British "V.R. OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW” pink censor label, adjacent "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE NATAL 6 3 00", boxed violet "STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER" and blue framed "Retourne a lenvoveur / levovide ao remettente”. A fine and rare cover during the Boer War.

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1870, 100 reis lilac, tied by neat oval "PROVINCIA DE ANGOLA 1 SET. 88" to cover via Lisbon to London, with transit- and arrival marks. Fine and rare.

Provenance : Charles Jewell (49. Corinphila auction, 1963)

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1947, airmail 1 a. – 100 a., 11 values cpl., unused as issued, very fine. A rare set.

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1951, birds 5 c. – 50 a., 24 values, mint never hinged (1 a. natural small gum disturbance), very fine. A scarce set.

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1945, airmail surtax 90 c. – 27 a., 30 values cpl., unused as issued, signed Kessler, very fine. A rare set.

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1880/81, 25 reis grey, tied by barred "1" to reverse of small cover from "NOVA GOA 8 8 80" to Bombay, British India. Fine and scarce. (AF no. 58)

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1881, 2 T on 100 reis lilac and 1882 1 tanga rose,  tied by cds. "NOVA-GOA 26.NO.84” to envelope to Lisbon with arrival postmark, 2T adhesive with perforation faults at right and cover roughly opened with small part missing on reverse, otherwise fine, rare franking

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Postal Stationery: 1882, postcard 1 tanga used with cds. "NOVA-GOVA 5. MA.83” via Bombay and Singapore to Java with arrival cds "SOERABAJA 31.3.1883” on front, light creases at bottom of no importance, still fine

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1939, World Exhibition 4½ T. with overprint inverted, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, just 50 printed. Signed Sanaria

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1939, World Exhibition 4½ T. with overprint in green, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, just 25 printed. 

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1871/81 (ca.), Natives, unused lot with 13 singles (including double print of value '40' r. blue), 2 pairs, 4 blocks of four and 3 larger blocks, generally very fine

1893, Overprint issue 30 on 300 reis orange, fresh colours, tied by cds. "TIMOR 1.4.94” to pre-printed double card without text via Makassar and London to Guatemala with arrival postmark. A rare card with most unusual destination.

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 753

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1871/1956, group of nine covers and postal stationery cards, some better items including 1896 cover with Romanian Post in the Levant 10 para, 20 para and 1 piaster with violet handstamp, 1871 5 bani carmine tied by cds. "BUCURESTU 12.10” to postal receipt, along with two postal stationery cards with additional franking sent in 1877 to Triest and Berlin, mostly fine

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10 b. orange, clear to good margins, tied by clear blue "CALAFAT 23/9" to lettersheet to Braila with arrival mark of September 25th.

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1872/76,  Paris printing 50 b. rose together with 10 b. blue Bukarest printing (two bottom corners with short perfs) tied on envelope by clear ‘IASSY 21/OCT/77’ c.d.s. and boxed 'Recom.' blue numeral 9835 and violet ms. ‘1348’ alongside, additional German railway registration label ‘vom Ausland über B.-P.5 (Oswiecim-Breslau) Eingeschrieben', on reverse blue threeliner 'REGISTERED NOV/14/1877' New York P.O.' and on front ms. receiving date OK 28/11/77, addressed  to Cincinnati USA, cover shortened on all sides and some crease and flaw. Despite some flaws, a highly interesting postal history cover with an unusual franking, rate and destination

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1956, National census 1,75 l., center inverted, mint never hinged, fine, signed Matl VÖB

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1916, German cancellation FELDPOSTSTATION Nr.185 18/12/16 c.d.s. on officer mail from Bukarest with violet "T” in circle for Taxe, only soldiers mail was free, two different Istanbul censor marks and arrival mark on front. Sender was an officer of the commanding minister of war Enver Pacha, addressed to Djemil Bey Director ‘Nationale Verteidigung Konstantinopel’. Extremely scarce mix of German and Turkish Fieldpost in Romania during WWI

Provenienz: C. Arsman Coll. (D. Feldman 2010)