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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3558

GRENADA: 1904-06 KEVII Keyplates Multiple Crown/CA Wmk £1 green & purple, well-centred, lightly mounted, Cat £200.

Grade A A1 (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$95.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3559

GRENADA: 1938-50 KGVI Pictorials 2½d blue Perf 12½x13½ SG 157a, well-centred, a couple of uneven perfs, lightly cancelled, Cat £190.

Grade A A2 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3560

JAMAICA: 1938-52 KGVI Pictorials 1/- Sugar Industry Repaired Chimney SG 130a being the upper unit in a vertical pair from the lower-left of the sheet, well centred, unmounted, Cat £665+. Ex 'Dubois' Part II.

Grade A B1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$550.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3561

LEEWARD ISLANDS: On leaves including KGV Silver Jubilee * & used, KGVI Keyplates 10/- * & used and £1 x2 * (including SG 114) and used, QEII 1954 set *, generally fine to very fine, Cat £800+. (100+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$675.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3562

MONTSERRAT: 1876-1953 predominantly mint selection including 1876 Overprints plus 1d Wmk Inverted (no gum), 1884 2½d red-brown (used), KEVII sets incomplete but including all three 5/- values, KGV 1914 5/- plus 1916 Multiple Crown CA Wmk & 1922 Script Wmk sets, 1932 Anniversary set, KGVI complete including 1938 Pictorials with all perfs, etc, condition mostly fine to very fine, Cat £1500+. (160+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$850.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3563

MONTSERRAT: 1932 Anniversary of Settlement set SG 84-93 each with Madame Joseph Forgery 'G.P.O. PLYMOUTH/ * /MY 13/32/MONTSERRAT' cds cancels, Cat £400 for used. (10)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3564

VIRGIN ISLANDS: 1913-87 mint collection from KGV Keyplates set, 1922-28 KGV Badge Multiple Crown CA Wmk 5/- & Multiple Script CA Wmk set x2, Silver Jubilee set x2, 1938 KGVI Badge set to 10/- x2 plus £1 (tonespots), 1956-62 QEII Pictorials set x 2 (top values with minor toning), than apparently unmounted from 1962 Surcharges & 1964-68 Pictorials onwards, the modern with se-tenant strips & M/Ss and lots of thematic interest, just a few condition issues but most are fine to very fine, stated Cat £1500+. Weighs 2kg. (few 100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Bulgaria

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3565

Extensive collection to 2005 with 1879 Large Lion set to 1fr, 1884 Postage Due set Perf 5-7½ used, 1931 Balkian Olympics set used, 1932 Air set used, 1933 Balkan Olympics set mint plus 6L and 10L used, 1950-70s mainly CTO, includes some covers, generally very fine. Weighs 13kg. (1000s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$600.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

Burma

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

3566

Collection on leaves with India Used in Burma to QV 5r, Overprints on KGV mint to 10r & used to 15r, 1938-40 KGVI set mint, 1946 New Colours set used, 'SERVICE' Overprints on KGV mint 1r to 10r (tonespots) & used to 10r, 1939 on KGVI set mint, 1947 Interim Government set mint, etc, Independent Issues to 1961 virtually complete mint &/or used; generally very fine, Cat £2750+, plus the mint 10r SG O14 (Cat £750); also a packet of Revenues with a range of Hundis (mercantile negotiable instruments), condition mixed. (few 100) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3567

PSE

POSTAL HISTORY: Military group comprising 1885 & 1886 covers from Bangalore to "Signalling Dept Hd Quarters/Expeditionary Field Force/Burmah" (one with no flap, the other with repaired tears), 1891 & 1896 usages of 9p & 'One [crown] Anna' on 9p Soldiers' & Seamen's Envelopes both from Rangoon to England, Boer War 1900 usage of 'ONE/ANNA' on 4½a Envelope Rangoon to "Natal Field Force" redirected to Britain & 1901 British Forces cover from FPO 54 to "Band/Pt Batt Royal Fusiliers/Mandalay"; World War II 1942 (Jan 26) very late OHMS cover with 'FPO/No 38' cds, 1945 (Feb 28) airgraph-front from 'FPO/No605',1945 British propaganda leaflet in Burmese (folds), 1945 & 1947 OAS covers, 1945 US Forces at Myitkyina to India x2, 1945 (Aug 30) cover from GB to "Upper Burma" with 'NO SERVICE/...' handstamp & various redirections, 1946 stampless internal OAS with scarce 'ARMY/IKO/SIGNALS' (might be 'TKO') cds . Scarce material. (16) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3568

PSE

POSTAL HISTORY: A completely unsorted array of covers & postal stationery with perhaps 20 or so QV items from as early as 1871, some on pages with limited annotation, loads of postmark interest including Railway TPOs, commercial airmails, registered including a couple of Avis de Reception cards, some 1950s material including overprints & two Book Post items, many are Chettiar covers but the condition of these is generally above-average and the balance of the material is generally fine to very fine; also about 50 philatelic covers mostly illustrated 1930s-1950s FDCs many with multicoloured cachets, also First Flights & a few unusual inwards items. Inspection will be rewarded. (300 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$420.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3569

POSTAL HISTORY: World War I censorship group with 'OPENED BY CENSOR/RANGOON' labels Black/Pink, Black/Buff x2 (different), Green/Pinkish (from Cambodia), Blue/Pale Blue or smaller Blue/Pink x2, handstamps straight-line 'PASSED BY CENSOR, RANGOON' x2 and circular types with seriffed x5 or sans-serif inscriptions, 1916 POW postcard from Germany to China redirected to Burma, POW covers to or from an Ottoman POW at Thayetmo Camp (both defective; the first redirected to Shwebo Camp), and very fine POW cover to Switzerland with Manuscript "Passed by Censor/[signature]/DC Shwebo/13.3.18", condition variable. A very scarce & fascinating group. (17) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3570

PSE

POSTAL HISTORY: Commercial airmails with 1929-34 Imperial Airways group including Indian values to 2r x3 (one at 1r6½a, to Southern Rhodesia), one at 8½a to Jamaica with 'Not in Air Mails' handstamp, one with Railway TPO cancels & superb boxed 'TOO LATE FOR AIR MAIL/16APR1934/RANGOON' datestamp (filing holes), two underpaid with British Postage Dues added, 1931 to Germany at 12a with 1a booklet stamps x11, a marvellous 1934 oversize cover with KGV 2a6p, 8a, 1r single & block of 4 and 2r pair (= 9r10½a), 1937 long OHMS with 'BURMA/SERVICE' Overprints ½a 2a 4a & 8a, also 1937 KGV Indian Registration Envelope to Queensland uprated with KGV 3p 4a pair & 1r, 1938 & 1939 EAMS covers at 2½a to Ireland or Scotland, 1947 to Australia with New Colours 1r solo; then crash mail to GB per 'Scipio' (1936), 'Cygnus' x2 (1937), 'Comet' (1953) and 'Comet' (1954); condition variable but a very desirable lot. (30) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3571

POSTAL HISTORY: World War II 1939-41 airmail covers mostly with multicolour frankings including 'BURMA' Overprints/KGVI mixed frankings (one to NSW with 'EAC' perfins of East Asiatic Co), 'BURMA' Overprints to 2r & KGVI values to 5r (SG 32, Cat £75 x4+ on cover), good variety of rates including 6r & 7r8½a and 4r11a registered to New Zealand, various routes including 'Over the Hump' via China x6 (one paid 4r1a with superb 'T/C/50'-in-hexagon tax handstamp, and one by air to Hong Kong only then by sea) & trans-Pacific 'Clipper' covers x2, addressed to Britain x10 (one registered with Opts 1r & KGVI 1a with 'NBI' perfins), USA x3, Australia x3, Switzerland or India, generally fine to very fine. A very desirable lot. [Airmail services were suspended 23.12.1941. The 'reserve routes' of the Horseshoe service continued until 19.2.1942] (27)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3572

POSTAL HISTORY: 1941 (Sep 29) social cover from Rangoon to Western Australia with KGVI 2a 4a & 8a River Boat, red/white censor label & triangular 'PASSED CENSOR/ 49 ' h/s in violet.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3573

POSTAL HISTORY: 1943 (July 21) OHMS airmail cover endorsed "Government of Burma/Reconstruction Dept" at lower-left, to "US Office of War Information/San Francisco", the reverse with India 'SERVICE' Stamps 1½a 2a 4a & Overprinted 1r plus a further 2a x10 in the shape of a 'V' for Victory tied by 'SIMLA' cds, 'crown/PASSED/DHB 29' censor handstamp, American dater '1943 SEP 20 AM 8.54' on the face. The rate was 43½a = 2r11½a. Rare: Brian Pope recorded only one other item of mail from the Burmese Government in Exile. 'Burma 1901-1947' by James Song at pp387-391 recorded only eight items Six of them are postcards, and there is nothing remotely like this cover.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3574

POSTAL HISTORY: 1945 (Jan) OHMS cover with 'Government of Burma/Legal and Legislative Department/.../Simla S. W' imprint at lower-left, to Calcutta with Indian KGVI 'SERVICE' 1½a tied by indistinct Simla cds, boxed Calcutta arrival backstamp of 22JAN45, redirected locally on an affixed flap. Another rare cover from the Burmese Government in Exile. In the face of aggressive Japanese advances in Burma, in May 1942 the civil administration was forced to flee to India, where the government-in-exile was established at Simla in the Himalayn foothills, about 1900km West of Burma.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3575

POSTAL HISTORY: 1947 (March 1) oversized blue envelope (271x115mm) with Messrs Irrawaddy Flotilla Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland pre-printed address sent airmail with KGVI 2r brown & orange strip of 3 tied by 'RANGOON' cds, wax seals on reverse, minor blemishes.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3576

PSE

POSTAL STATIONERY: Batch of mostly used pre-WWII issues including several QV items, the strength in the QV to KGV Registration Envelopes of various sizes uprated with a range of frankings, R labels & postmark interest, at least five endorsed for insurance (including a very scarce KGVI issue inscribed 'BURMA'), also a good range of mostly used Aerogrammes including with Provisional Handstamps, condition variable but most are presentable to fine, and some are very fine. (80+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

3577

PICTURE POSTCARDS: Bundle of early Undivided Backs by local publishers Ahuja x13, Klier x12, Watts & Skeen x5 and a few others plus anonymous x30, eight are multi-views, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Very scarce early cards. (68) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Dec-06, 06:00 PM

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