CEYLON continued...
Postal History continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3207 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: SWEDEN 1949 (May 18) commercial airmail cover with Brooke Bond Ceylon cachet on the flap, to "Vasteras" with
50c Elephants with 'BBC' perfin twice plus Independence 15c & 25c tied by 'COLOMBO/ 4 ' cds. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3208 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: TANGANYIKA 1950 (Mar 20) commercial airmail cover with return address of "Poyston, Dikoya", 5c Dagoba pair,
15c Orchids & 75c Temple tied to the revese by the rare 'DIKOYA/TELEGRAPHS' cds (unlisted by both Ted Proud and David Horry) with a superb strike on the face alongside blue/white R label, 'NAIROBI/REGISTERED' and double-oval 'DARESSALAAM/26MR/
1950/REGISTERED' (one word) backstamps. Poyston Tea Estate is in the renowned Golden Valley of Tea, 8km SE of Dikoya and about 20km SW of Nuwara Eliya. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3209 |
PSE |
 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: THAILAND 1899 (Dec 13) social usage of QV 2c olive Postal Card with message headed "Woodside Urugalla", to
"HM Customs/Koh-si-chang/Siam" with 3c tied by slightly-doubled 'URUGALLA' cds (scarce; Ted Proud "x5"), 'KANDY' & light 'RAILWAY PO' transits and very fine 'BANGKOK/ 2 /27 12/99' arrival both on the face, minor abrasions on the reverse & light stain
at upper-left. Urugal(l)a is about 40km SE of Colombo. Ko Sichang is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand about 25km NNW of Pattaya City.
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Estimate AU$400
SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3210 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: TRIEST(E) 1910 (May 6) linen-lined cover with return address "Hero House/Turret Road/Colpetty", to
"Triest.../Austria" with KEVII 25c olive-yellow tied by poor 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' cds & boxed 'R' cachet alongside, no other postal markings; and 1936 (Feb 2) airmail cover with FX Pereira & Sons (Colombo) imprint on the flap, to "Trieste/Italy" with
KGV Keyplates 30c & 50c tied by Colombo cds; minor blemishes. Long part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Trieste was united with Italy in -.11.1918. The annexation was formalised by -.1.1921 under the Treaty of Rapallo.
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Estimate AU$250
SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3211 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: TUNISIA 1933 (Jan 25) commercial airmail cover endorsed "Karachi-Brindisi- France" with KGV Keyplates 3c
grey, 6c violet x2 & 20c blue x2 tied by very fine 'RAMBODA' cds, Brindisi transit backstamp of 5.2.33 where jusqu'a cross applied and Tunis machine arrival backstamp of 8.II.33, flap removed & light vertical fold clear of the stamps. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3212 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: TURKEY 1942 (July 30) airmail cover with imprint of the Red Cross Delegate for Ceylon (AO Heller) to the
Turkish Red Cross (not Crescent) with 20c Tea, 50c Elephants & 1r Trincomalee tied by 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' cds, blue/white R label, 'PASSED/L7' censor of Colombo, Egyptian censor label tied by superb '.../ 2 /CENSORSHIP/DEPT' cachet unusually also
with rubber '.../ 57 /POSTAL CENSOR' in violet, the reverse with very fine 'CANKAYA' transit and 'ANKARA/20-8-1942/ 8 ' arrival cds, flap removed and two light vertical folds clear of the stamps. Highly visual, and the only such cover we have seen. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3213 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: UGANDA 1932 (Oct 21) apparently commercial airmail cover endorsed "Madras-Karachi/and Uganda" with
multicolour franking of KGV Keyplates 2c, 6c pair, 10c, 25c & 50c tied by very fine 'RAMBODA' cds, the reverse with poor Cairo transit & partial 'JINJA/3NO/32/UGANDA' arrival from where redirected with very fine 'KAMPALA/UGANDA' arrival, light
vertical fold clear of the stamps. Ramboda is in the Central Highlands, about 15km NW of Nuwara Eliya. Jinja is on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, about 70km ENE of Kampala. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3214 |
PSE |
 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: UNITED STATES 1949 (Dec 1) commercial usage of 5c+10c+10c+10c Aerogramme with return adddress
"Wallampitiya/Ceylon", to Pennsylvania uprated with UPU 15c Globe but with superb 'FTS' tax cachet & endorsed "16 cents", 'NEW YORK (NY)/DEC/7/1949/AIR MAIL FIELD' transit and 'POSTAGE DUE ("16") CENTS/AMF New York NY' cachet, Harrisburg machine on
the reverse and Postage Due 3c x2 & 10c tied by light Harrisburg roller, light stain on the back. A stunning postal stationery usage.
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3215 |
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 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: URUGUAY 1902 (Oct 13) commercial cover with '[lion]/VIRTUS PRAESIDIUM DECUSQUE' (= virtue, protection &
glory) embossed on the flap, to Montevideo with QV 5c strip of 3 tied to the reverse by very fine 'LUNUGALA' cds (another superb strike on the face), smudged arrival backstamp of '22NOV02'. Lunugala is in the Uva Province, 150km almost due east of
Colombo, but some 350km by road along the south coast via Matara. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3216 |
PSE |
 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: ZANZIBAR 1896 (May 30) QV 2c purple Wrapper to "Engineer Government/Zanzibar" with 2c dull green tied by
Colombo cds, superb 'ADEN' transit backstamp, Arabic address added. See also Lot 3161 above. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3217 |
PSE |
 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: ZIMBABWE '3.50' on 1r75c Aerogramme with six pictorial panels promoting tourism, to "Avondale/Zimbabwe"
requesting to exchange Scouting stamps, tiny pinholes and light bend. The sender was the Assistant District Scout Commissioner (Galle), writing to the Scout Stamp Collectors Club. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$75
SOLD for AU$60.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3218 |
PSE |
 OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: The balance of the collection including Airmails to Aden (1949), Argentina (1956), Czechoslovakia (1950),
Denmark x3, Egypt (1951), Fiji (1953), Gold Coast (circa 1947, between the Governors), Guernsey (1938), Hungary (1947), Iraq (1942 & 1948), Kenya (1936), Mexico (1949), PNG (1953), Philippines (1937) and Sudan (1945); Registereds to Austria (1932),
Bermuda (1947), Czechoslovakia (1927, advertising) and Malta (1947); Postal Cards to Bermuda (1936), Brazil (1949), Colombia (1954), Danzig (1901), Egypt (1950), Ethiopia (1949), Guatemala (1891, heavy crease), Japan (1931, Ceylon stamps on Japanese
card) and Portuguese India (1951); Aerogrammes to Burma (1954), East Germany (1959), Indonesia (1954, with Royal Visit 10c which is scarce on cover), Nauru (1954, stamps sadly washed-off) and Newfoundland (1948); PPCs to German Post Offices in China
(1911) and Syria (1921; soiled); Printed Matter to Costa Rica (1948) and Iran (1952); etc, virtually every item is commercial or social, generally fine to very fine. Note: at reserve, the cost would be only $15 per item.
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Estimate AU$1,500
SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
Boer War Prisoners of War
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 3219 |
|
 1900 (Oct 25) from 'PIQUETBERG/CGH' with BN '1113', roughly opened at right & overall soiling; and (Nov 27) from British Field PO
41 in Natal with GB 1d lilac x2, the flap & label rejoined; both to Diyatalawa with the scarce first-type black/white 'V.R./Opened under Martial Law' label (with 'V' over 'd' or over 'e' of 'Under'). Richard Stroud did not record the 'V' over 'e'
variant.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3220 |
PSE |
 1900 (Nov 30) usage of 5c Letter Card to Holland with 3c pair & 5c tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/DE3/00' cds & huge Camp censor cachet
in violet, 'AMSTERDAM/23/DEC/00' arrival backstamp, no fewer than nine different postmen's handstamps and very fine strike of the marvellous 'Informatie Burg Stand/ Amsterdam-Vruchteloo' (= ...fruitless search), boxed 'INCONNU' (unknown) & superb
unframed 'REBUT' (return) handstamps, 'AMSTERDAM-ANTWERP/10/JAN/01' TPO & 'COLOMBO/MR5/RETURNED-LETTER- OFFICE' cds (no year) backstamps, a couple of very minor blemishes. A wonderful item. The letter within dated 30.11.1900 & signed "Dr JD Koster"
states - translated - "...[our camp newspaper] ceased to exist after three issues. As it poked fun at politics, it was not very popular with the heads of the camp..." Koster was a medical doctor who had served with a Dutch ambulance unit in South
Africa. He was paroled to provide medical services in the Kandy area. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3221 |
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 1900 (Dec 18) address panel from a registered parcel to "ORC" (Orange River Colony) with 5c & 6c pair tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP'
cds, superb strike of the huge Camp censor cachet in violet & fancy 'R'-in-box cachet. Registered parcel items are rare survivors.
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Estimate AU$300
SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3222 |
PSE |
 1901 (Feb 1) usage of QV 10c pink Registration Envelope with red wax seal with superb reversed impression of the 'WATERLOW &
SONS/[crown]/LONDON' seal used at Diyatalawa Camp, to Transvaal with 6c pair tied by 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds, small piece of the flap missing. A bizarre seal. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3223 |
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 1901 (Feb 14; Valentine's Day) address-panel from a Dutch parcel endorsed "Drukwerk" (= Printed Matter) with 5c tied by 'HAARLEM'
cds, to "Mr Felix Willemse/Prisoner of War/to/Ceylon" endorsed in another hand "Camp Dijatalawa/Tent 41/Hospitaal", minor blemishes. A very scarce Printed Matter usage. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3224 |
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 1901 (Feb 16) cover from CofGH with 1d tied by very fine 'CERES/CGH' squared-circle, to "Prisoner of War/Off the Bavarians/co
Colonel Vincent/Djatalawa Camp/Ceylon", Colombo transit & 'DIYATALAWA CAMP/AP9/01' arrival backstamps. Many Germans served as volunteers with the Boers in South Africa. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3225 |
PSE |
 1901 2c Postal Card from the Dutch Consul in Colombo to Ragama Camp with 'MAHARA' cds & message signed "BA Wennink" who asks
"...whether you have received all post parcels your father sent you...The first 4 shillings your father sent me I have used to pay import duty and railfreight...I am not sure whether I sent you the 5 shillings [he] sent me...when there was no more
duty and freight on parcels". Fascinating postal commentary. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
| 3226 |
PSE |
 1901 (May 6) registered cover to France with 5c x5 tied by 'THE CAMP' cds (LRD; recorded 3½ months only), superb boxed 'R' cachet,
light toning; and 1902 (June 21) usage of 6c Envelope to Holland wth 2c 3c & 4c tied by very fine 'RAGAMA CAMP' cds; both with large 'RAGAMA CAMP/PASSED BY/CENSOR' cachet in violet across the flap.
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Estimate AU$200
SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-24, 07:30 PM |
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