GREAT BRITAIN continued...
Postal History continued...
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2415 |
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 1864 (March 22) entire Statement of Account to Paris endorsed "Foreign Mail" with QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red-brown &
Surface-Printed Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d pale red (SG 80; Cat £300 on cover) tied by ' L3 /LEEDS - 447' duplex cancel, London 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, French 'ANGL/AMB CALAIS A' TPO transit cds on the face
and arrival backstamp of the next day, minor annotations clear of the adhesives & markings. The rate was 4d per ¼oz letter plus 2d late fee for mail from Northern Towns carried by special afternoon train to London. Graham Hayward states that this
service - introduced in 1861 - was little-used, this being one of the latest dates recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2416 |
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 1865 (Aug 17) outer registered to Barmen, Germany endorsed "Via Ostende" with QV Surface-Printed 1/- green Plate '4' solo tied by a
very fine strike of Manchester '498' Numeral cancel and oval 'REGISTERED/MANCHESTER' datestamp in red alongside, very fine London 'REGISTERED/ PD ' [Paid to Destination] 'double-coin' datestamp at lower-right, carried by steamer with 'AUS ENGLAND PER
AACHEN/19 8/FRANCO' double-ring cds transit in blue and German 'Recomandirt' [registered] handstamp both on the face, redirected to "Wuppertal", a few minor blemishes. Very attractive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2417 |
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 1867 (July 26) entire letter with Suse & Sibeth, London merchant cachet, to Singapore endorsed "via Marseilles" with QV
Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 6d lilac & 1/- green tied by London District Numeral '9' cancels and despatch cds in blue on the reverse, faint 'SINGAPORE/PO' double-ring cds in red arrival backstamp, light horizontal filing fold
clear of the adhesives & markings. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2418 |
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 1867 (Oct 2) entire to "Corfu via Italy" with QV Line-Engraved Letters 2d blue & Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 6d
lilac tied by very fine Liverpool duplex cancels, London transit of the next day & 'PD' [Paid to Destination] oval cachet in red on the face, Italian '7/OTT/67' transit backstamp presumably where disinfected against cholera with fumigation slits
front & back, Corfu '2/OKT/67' (Gregorian calendar) arrival backstamp, minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2419 |
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 1870 (Dec 4) entire with Steinthal, Bradford, Yorks merchant cachet at left, to Moscow, Russia with QV Line-Engraved Letters 1d
rose-red Plate 130 and Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 6d mauve (no hyphen) tied by Numeral '107' cancels and 'BRADFORD/YORKS.' despatch backstamp, London transit backstamp in red where 'PD' [Paid to Destination] circular cachet in
red applied on the face, carried via France with 'Franco' boxed handstamp in red on the face, Russian diamond datestamp in red & arrival cds in black on the reverse, a couple of very minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2420 |
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 1873 (Feb 10) Royal Bank of Scotland folded notice with QV Line-Engraved ½d Bantam Plate 3 solo tied by largely very fine complete
strike of the very scarce Edinburgh 'POSTED SINCE 8.30 LAST NIGHT - 131' duplex cancel used to process Sunday night mailings on Monday mornings, light file fold slightly affecting the adhesive. Graham Hayward states that this cancellation is
previously unrecorded on this issue, and that the item was written up in the London Philatelist Vol 119 at page 318. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2421 |
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 1875 (June 25) I. Solomon, Wholesale Optician, 22 Red Lion Square merchant envelope registered to Poona, India with QV
Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d vermilion and Large Coloured Corner Letters 1/- green Plate 8 horizontal pair with wing-margin at right [GE-HE] tied by slightly untidy London bars cancels with very fine 'REGISTERED/W.C.D.O.' cds in
red at lower-right, carried via Bombay-Aden steamer with largely very fine 'SEA/POST OFFICE/ B /JUL: 2' transit and '1.DELY./POONA/JUL:15' arrival backstamps, docketed "25 June 1875" (reply?) on the face, minor edge faults (partially repaired) & a
few light aging marks clear of the adhesives. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2422 |
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 1875 (Aug 18) entire written in Italian with SG Cefalla & Co, London merchant cachet at lower left to Greece endorsed "via France &
Italy" with QV Surface-Printed Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 4d vermilion & Large Coloured Corner Letters 2½d rosy mauve tied by 'LONDON E,C, - 96' duplex cancels, Patras arrival backstamp, light horizontal filing fold clear of the adhesives &
markings. The 6½d per ½oz was an interim rate that applied after the GPU 2½d foreign letter rate came into effect on 1.7.1875, and only to mail routed via France. Before GPU the rate to Greece was 8d per ½oz. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2423 |
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 1876 (Oct 17) outer to the Netherlands with CJ Hambro & Son merchant cachet endorsed "Registered" with QV Surface-Printed Large
Coloured Corner Letters 2½d rose x2 and 8d orange with 'CJH/&S' commercial perfin tied by 'R/32' vertical oval-of-bars cancels and 'REGISTERED/LOMBARD ST' despatch cds alongside, rated "8" in blue pencil at upper-left, 'ROTTERDAM/18/OCT/76' arrival
backstamp, a little light discolouration. The rate was double 2½d per ½oz UPU foreign letter plus 4d registration fee and 4d late fee. Ex Gilbert Wheat; sold in 2009 for £552. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2424 |
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 1884 (June 13) mourning envelope to "Bhuj, Cutch, India" endorsed "via Brindisi" with QV 5d dull green (SG 193; Cat £350 on cover)
solo tied by very fine 'E. LOW HILL D./466/LIVERPOOL' hooded-circle datestamp, carried by Bombay-Aden Sea Post with 'SEA/POST OFFICE/ A /19JUN84' transit and 'BHUJ/JUL:3' arrival backstamps, part back flap missing & a few minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2425 |
PSE |
 1890 (May 9) usage of QV Postal Card 3d red to "Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria", Australia with lengthy hand-written message
on the reverse, very fine 'GOSPORT - 320' duplex cancel and Melbourne 'JE13/90' arrival backstamp, minor blemishes & slightly bumped corners. Scarce correct usage of this Postal Card issued specifically to pay the pre-UPU 'via Italy' ship mail
postcard rate (the Australian Colonies did not join the UPU until 1.10.1891). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2426 |
PSE |
 1891 (July 2) usage of Postal Card QV 3d vermilion registered to Germany with personal message regarding travel plans on the
reverse, London 'E.C/2' oval-of-bars cancel, 'REGISTERED/LONDON CHIEF OFFICE E.C.' oval datestamp below, large 'R'-in-oval at upper-left and crossed by blue lines, Hannover arrival datestamp of the next day also on the face, minor spotting & light
transmission marks. The 3d postal card was intended to pay the 'Overland via Suez & Alexandria' ship letter route to Australia & New Zealand, for which it remained current until both joined the UPU on 1.10.1891. In this case it was most unusally used
to pay the 1d European postcard rate plus 2d registration fee. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2427 |
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 1893 (Jan 25) envelope with Glasgow Herald & Evening Times embossed logo on reverse (damaged on opening) and QV 1d lilac 'G/HERALD'
commercial perfin solo tied by largely very fine complete strike of the scarce 'POSTED SINCE 11 15 LAST NIGHT/ GLASGOW /DE 8/93 - 159' duplex cancel (year inverted), Paisley arrival backstamp of the same day, horizontal filing fold slightly affecting
the adhesive & marking. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2428 |
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 1904 (Nov 14) envelope with London Brighton & South Coast Railway Parcel Stamp 2d green tied by pencil cancels, KEVII 1d red
affixed alongside tied 'NORWOOD' cds with another strike on the Railway Stamp, very fine, plus 1919 envelope with Caledonian Railway Company Parcel Stamp 2d green (a few aging marks; affixed slightly over the edge) and KGV 1½d brown alongside both
with 'GLASGOW/Booking Office' cachets in violet, the postage stamp also tied by Manchester machine cancel. A scarce duo. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2429 |
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 ISLANDS: Group with Isle of Wight 1840 envelope with 'NE[WPO]RT/ISLE OF WIGHT' cds in red, 1833 entire letter from 'CHESTER' to
London redirected to France with 'ANGLETERRE/PAR CALAIS' handstamp then to "Newport/Isle of Wight" with superb 'POSTAGE TO LONDON NOT PAID'-in-Circle, 1864 entire with 'TOO LATE/LONDON - 78' duplex & 'VENTNOR' arrival backstamp, 1874 & 1891 different
Ventnor duplexes, 1921 cover to France with 'SANDOWN/...' cds, 1931 postcard from 'EAST COWES', 1906 & 1908 PPCs from 'NITO' & 'YARMOUTH RSO', etc; also Isle of Man 1859 large piece with 'ISLE-OF-MAN' sideways duplex, 1907 cover from 'PORT ST MARY',
1907 PPC from 'PORT ERIN BO', 1933 PPC from 'BALLASALLA', etc; and Scilly Isles 1973 social PPC from 'ST AGNES'; condition variable, strikes are generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2430 |
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 ISLANDS: Selection including 1870 local, 1875 to New Zealand (faults), 1880 to a ship's passenger in Egypt redirected to India &
taxed, 1882 to Assam with 5d indigo, a few PPCs including two from 'ST MARTINS', 1940 inwards to Guernsey or Alderney both with 'NO SERVICE/...' cachet, commercial WWII covers used locally x3 all re-used - one to Jersey - to preserve paper, 1944
local greetings card envelope, 1945 (May 20) Official postcard with printed 'REOCCUPATION OF CHANNEL/ISLANDS' instructions, 1948 QSL card, batch of philatelic covers with bisects & wartime issues; also Sark 1899 5c Envelope from British Guiana to the
artist William A Toplis with very fine 'SARK' arrival backstamp & 1909 French PPC of Creux Harbour; and Alderney 1969 & 1970 commercial covers.
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Estimate AU$250
Currently Opening at...AU$190.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2431 |
PSE |
 LEVANT: Predominantly commercial/social mail from 1859 Great Britain to Smyrna with French 'ANGL./AMB CALAIS D' maritime marking
and 'SMYRNE/TURQUUE' arrival backstamp and 1871 Smyrna to London (addressee's name obliterated) with GB QV 6d lilac tied 'C'-in-bars of Constantinople (the Smyrna PO did not open until 1872, hence the first item was routed via the French PO and the
second via Constantinople), also 1889 GB Postal Card to England with 'F87'-in-bars cancel and '[SM]YRNA' cds alongside, 1895 GB Envelope QV 2½d '40 PARAS' overprint registered to Belgium with GB QV Jubilee '40 PARAS' overprint added tied
'BEYROUT/BRITISH POST OFFICE' datestamp, Egypt 'PORT-SAID' transit and 'R/Belgique' red/white label affixed on the face plus same Beyrout cds on 1902 registered to USA with combination franking of GB QV Jubilee 5d '80 PARAS' overprint and
unoverprinted KEVII 1d red pair, 1899 registered to London with GB QV Jubilee 5d '80 PARAS' overprint solo tied by 'REGISTERED/SMYRNA' oval datestamp, also pre-WWI picture postcards x15 a number posted on board ship including Athens PPCs x2 with
'POSTED ON BOARD S/Y "VECTIS"/ON THE HIGH SEAS' & 'PAQUEBOT' cachets in red, others with 'S.Y.ARGONAUT' datestamp, 'BRITISH SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE/SMYRNA' cachet or 'ANTWERP CITY/102719 S/HULL 2026/H.P. 297' ship handstamp, destinations noted "Iran
(Mesopotamia)" & "Gold Coast, West Africa" and another with Turkish postage due affixed, plus 1910-22 registered items, 1922 unstamped envelope from Royal Navy officer with BPO Smyrna datestamp, etc, condition generally fine to very fine. Ex Graham
Hayward.
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
GREECE
GREECE
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2432 |
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 Selection including 1896 Olympics set * (20lp used) plus 2dr used, 1901 Hermes 1dr to 5dr * plus 2dr used, 1906 Olympics set * &
used, 1913-15 Victory set * & to 5dr used, 1923 Revolution Surcharges on Victory set *, on Venizelos set * and on Crete Unoverprinted set * complete including 10lp on 20lp blue-green and the unissued 50lp on 5dr & 5lp on 1lp, 1930 Independence set *,
1936 Semi-Official Airmails set unused & used, 1927-35 Pictorials set plus extra shdes, Re-Engraved 1dr, 10dr & 25dr and Polish Printing 15dr *, 1933 Zeppelin set * & used, 1933 Aeroexpresso Airmails set *, 1933 Plane Airmails set * & used, 1940
Youth set */** and Youth Airmails set */** & used, etc, also Crete 1905 5dr Arkadia * & with superb 'XANIA' cds, 1908 Small Local Overprints set *, 1909 Large Overprint 5dr used and 1909-10 London Overprint 5dr * & used, and Occupation of Albania
(Epirus) 1941 Overprints on Youth & Youth Airmails set */**, condition a little variable but generally fine to very fine, Cat €8000+.
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Estimate AU$1,200
Currently Opening at...AU$900.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2433 |
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 POSTAL HISTORY: 1917 (Nov 28) stampless plain postcard endorsed "Salonica Greece" with Russian Cyrillic FPO cds & censor cachet in
violet, to "Mayor Alsoph [= Major Alsop ?]/GCC Holdsworthy/Liverpool Camp" (Australia) with partial 'BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE/12DE/17' transit & 'PASSED BY/CENSOR SD' cachet of Sydney. The sender is of Slavic origin and his comments are not
well-expressed, perhaps deliberately cryptic. He was apparently formerly interned at Holdsworthy NSW. A remarkable origin/destination item.
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
| 2434 |
PSE |
 POSTAL HISTORY: 1917 (Oct 2) usage of French 'FRANCHISE/MILITAIRE' Sower Postal Card (colourful Flags illustration) with message
headed "Salonica" from a Slav apparently serving with the British Forces, to "Sime Alfirov/German Concentration Camp/Camp 30 Mess 1 Liverpool/Australia NSW" with two Russian Forces cds & censor cachet in violet 'BASE ARMY POST OFFICE/6NO/17/ X ' cds
used at Salonika, then missent (?) to GB with London cds of '19NO/17' from where apparently forwarded under cover to NSW, light overall aging & minor toning. A very unusual multi-Force item. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Nov-18, 07:30 PM |
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