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Group of sixteen die proofs, with three sets and one part-set, including the “Taking of Constantine by the French”, “Centenary of Philippeville”, “New York World’s Fair”, and “Pioneers of the Sahara”, all with “Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres Poste. Paris” imprint, very fresh, seldom seen and most attractive. Video 1(Image)
Estimate C$ 300
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Austria
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 497
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Cat No: C54-C60
1950-53, 60g to 20s Birds Air Post set, each a fresh and well-centered single with immaculate never hinged gum, a choice set, very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 267
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 734
Symbol: Cvr
Austrian Offices in the Levant, 1874 (September 9), Salonica to Gera, Germany, folded cover, without contents, franked with 15sld brown Franz Josef, tied by straight-line SALONICH / 10 SEPTEMBRE two-line datestamp, endorsed “via Brindisi”, black Trieste transit (16 Sep) and Gera (20 Sep) backstamps, horizontal crease, else fresh and fine. (Sc. 5) (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 735
Symbol: Cvr
Austrian Offices in the Levant, 1890 (August 4), Trebisonda to Constantinople, franked with 10pa overprinted 3kr Coat of Arms issue of Austria, horizontal pair and two singles, displaying two distinct shades, tied by Trebisonda c.d.s (now Trabzon), with Constantinople c.d.s. arrival backstamp (9 Aug), small tape stain on reverse and reduced at bottom, else an unusual franking showing two shade varieties, fine. (Scott 15) (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 736
Symbol: Cvr
Austrian Offices in the Levant, 1911 (November 10), Salonica to London, registered cover, franked on back with horizontal pair and single 1pi blue on blue Franz Josef, tied by Salonica c.d.s. of the Austrian Post Office, red hooded London transit c.d.s. alongside (14 Nov), front with further free strike of “Salonich” c.d.s., blue Recommande handstamp, small piece of back cover removed at upper left, else a fine example of an unusual rate. (Sc. 49) (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1150
Symbol: **
Cat No: 65
1896, 2gld grey green, group of 12 stamps, never hinged, including a strip of three, two horizontal pairs and one vertical pair and 3 single stamps, a few gum bends noted for strict accuracy, ideal for the specialist or for dealer stock, fine or better. (Image)
Scott $ 570
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1151
Symbol: O
Cat No: Austria Postmarks
Austria mostly 1900’s cancellation selection, of a few hundred stamps selected for clear strikes and socked-on-the-nose cancellations, mounted on album pages or organized on black Vario pages, sorted into three main groupings: postmarks of Vienna, including railways, Vienna districts, and cancellations on German stamps during the Anschluss period; Croatian cancellations; and Slovenian cancellations, offered with some miscellaneous items which include F.P.A. cancels, some Donau Steamship labels, two 1908 Sc. #127 10Kr Franz Josef ‘Nachdruck’ facsimiles, a dubious NH margin block of four of Sc. #113 5H issue, and a privately perforate Sc. #P15, an interesting group for the specialized collector of Austria, mostly fine-very fine. (Image)
Estimate C$ 200
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Bahrain
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 498
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Cat No: 38-61A
1942-49, stamps of India and Great Britain overprinted "BAHRAIN", all never hinged original gum, with 1942-4 3p slate to 12a carmine lake issues of India, overprinted in black, and 1948-9 ½a on ½d green to 10r on 10sh ultramarine issues of Great Britain surcharged in black, fresh and well-centered, two lovely sets, very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 253
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Belgium
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 501
Symbol: *
Cat No: B69-B77var
1928, 5c+5c to 10fr+10fr Orval Abbey, privately overprinted, hinged set of nine, the overprint privately produced on occasion of the laying of the first stone towards the restoration of the ruined Abbey, scarce and fine-very fine; with 2003 Pierre Kaiser certificate. (OBP #272A-272K) (Image)
Scott $ 650
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 502
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Cat No: B114-B122
1932, 10c+10c to 10fr+40fr Cardinal Mercier, semi-postal set, hinged, with duplicate examples of the four low values, fresh and very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 591
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1152
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Cat No: Belgium
Belgium, 1980s to 1940s Revenue stamp & Exposition labels collection, on transparent sheets in two large albums, beginning with approximately 60 cinderellas on stock pages, most from a variety of expositions in Brussels or Charleroi, including early examples from 1897 and 1910, followed by an extensive grouping of several hundred revenue stamps from a range of government agencies, mostly late 1800s to 1940s, some duplication, mostly clean and fine-very fine. (Video 1)(Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Bermuda
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1153
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Cat No: Collection
Bermuda, 1879/1970, compelling assortment of interesting mint & used, an eclectic group, noting a UK 1D Plate 210 Issue on piece cancelled Ireland Island, SG used #6 with inverted watermark (cat £300), mint LH & used examples of Sc. #24,Mint LH SC #55-69, SG# 123/124 perforated ‘SPECIMEN’ (Cat £140), mint LH and used Sc. #134 £1 Silver Wedding, & NH Inscription pair, mint NH & used Sc. #143-162, mint NH 175-191, mint NH 238-254 singles and corner blocks of 4, mint NH 255-271, etc., a great opportunity to add a range of more unusual material to a collection of Bermuda or the British Caribbean, fine-very fine. (Video 1)(Image)
Estimate C$ 400
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Bolivia
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 737
Symbol: Cvr
1930 (May 14), Graf Zeppelin Pan-America Round Trip Flight, franked with six Zeppelin surcharges and set of three "Z 1930" overprints, tied by La Paz c.d.s. (14 May), to Hamburg, violet flight confirmation cachet, boxed "Primer Correo Aereo" and manuscript "1er Serv. G.Z. 14-5-30" endorsement, Friedrichshafen arrival backstamp (6.6.30), small stain to front, not detracting from this scarce franking. (Sieger 60D €1,800) (Image)
Estimate C$ 500
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Brazil
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1154
Symbol: **
Cat No: 1147
1969, dealer stock of 75cts Christmas souvenir sheets, with twenty-eight examples, never hinged and very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 840
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Central America
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1161
Symbol: O
Guatemala, #5, 6, 1873, 4 real dull red violet and 1 peso dull yellow, dealer lot, with ten used examples on a black dealer card, a high-cataloguing group, fine to very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 1,950
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Ceylon
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 505
Symbol: *
Cat No: 103
1885, 10c on 36c blue Victoria issue of 1872-82, surcharged in black, pencil notation on reverse, typical centering, bright colour, fine. (S.G. 163, £500) (Image)
Scott $ 450
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 506
Symbol: *
Cat No: 104
1885, 10c on 64c red brown Victoria issue of 1872-82, surcharged in black, exceedingly lightly hinged, bright colour, a few trivial blunted perfs at foot, superior centering to what is commonly found, fine-very fine. (S.G. 164, £450) (Image)
Scott $ 425
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Cuba
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 749
Symbol: Cvr
1854 to 1873 Steamship Cancels on correspondence to New York, comprising five stampless folded letters, all with steamship "10" markings and sent from different parts of Cuba, contents confirming origins of HAVANA, CIENFUEGOS, CARDENAS, MATANZAS and SANTIAGO, a clean group, fine-very fine. (Image)
Estimate C$ 200
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1164
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Cat No: Collection
1850s-1950s, highly complete mostly mint collection, lightly hinged on quadrille pages from the early Spanish period to before the Cuban Revolution, including a nice selection of imperf and perf 1855 -1898 Isabella to Alfonso XIII issues mint and used, solid American Administration issues, also some used with many mint highlights such as l.h. 283-293, C2-C17, J4-10, etc, mint souvenir sheets C49a, C50a, C50b, C62b, and the very rare, seldom seen C49b, a diverse group, overall fine-very fine. (Video 1)(Image)
Estimate C$ 200
Opening C$ 170.00
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Cyprus
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 518
Symbol: *
Cat No: 89-107
¼pi to 45pi King George V definitives, part-set, lightly hinged and of fresh colour, #105 with blunted corner, else fine-very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 194
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 519
Symbol: *
Cat No: 110
1924/8, £1 violet & black on red King George V, on chalk-surfaced paper, a fresh and lightly hinged single, well-centered, a difficult stamp, very fine. (S.G. 102, £350). (Image)
Scott $ 350
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Czechoslovakia
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 750
Symbol: Cvr
Cat No: Collection
1925 (May 24), Prague Olympic Congress, set of three on autographed document, tied by Prague Congress event c.d.s., five days before the Congress, affixed with black and white photo depicting a group of men outside the Tyršuv dum, signed by a number of individuals on front and back, presumably participants in the Congress, with reference to Sokol, note one signature appears to be that of Canadian William (Billy) Sherring, who won the marathon race in the 1906 Athens Olympics, another signature appears to be that of Karel Dvorak, some toning in places, but a rare document, ideal for a specialist collections of Czechoslovakia or the Olympic Games. (Image)
Estimate C$ 500
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Denmark
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1165
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
Dealer stock of 215 complete Danish booklets, with four different: Michel #MH26 (x24), MH26 (x170), MH32 (x15) and MH45 (x6), all very fine. (Image)
Michel € 702
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Egypt
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 521
Symbol: O
Cat No: 9a
1871, 10pa lilac Penasson, diagonally bisected, tied to newspaper piece by Poste Egiziane Alessandria c.d.s., some light toning spots to piece, clear of adhesive, which shows the odd lightly soiled perf, else a fine example of this scarce bisect. (S.G. 12ba, £750) (Image)
Scott $ 900
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 522
Symbol: *
Cat No: 121-123
1926, 5m to 15m "Port Fouad" overprints, slightly toned original gum with hinge remnants, small violet owner's backstamp, a nicely-centered trio, the 5mi with a couple toned perfs, else quite fresh and very fine. (Nile Post C17-19; S.G. 141-43) (Image)
Scott $ 900
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 523
Symbol: *
Cat No: 155-158var
1929, 5m to 20m Prince Farouk, trial colour proofs, lightly hinged set of four, with central portrait in black or brown, trial colour proofs distributed to the UPU but not offered for pubic sale, each stamp of fresh bright colour and nicely-centered, a choice and scarce set. (Image)
Estimate C$ 300
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1166
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection
Egypt, 1860s/1930s mint and used old-time collection, hinged on quadrille pages, the mint examples hinged, many highlights beginning with a useful range of 1867/1909 Sphinx issues, noting 1872/5 Penasson printings, including 10pa grey lilac with inverted watermark, 1874 Boulac printings, solid representation of twentieth century definitive and commemorative sets and singles, mint unless otherwise noted, including 1914 and 1921-2 Pictorial set, 1922 Independent Kingdom set, including the 100m and 200m denominations watermarked Crescent & Star, 1923-4 King Fuad set with shades, including the key £1 value, 1927-37 King Fuad, the 500mi and £1 values used, 1925 Geographical Congress, 1926 12th Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, 1927 Statistical Congress, the 10mi with plate flaw, the scarce 1932 100m on £1 surcharge (corner flaw), 1933 International Railway Congress, 1933 Aviation Congress, 1934 10th UPU Congress to the 200mi, up to 50mi in corner margin singles, useful back of the book including semi-postals, 1931 50m on 27m Graf Zeppelin and 1933 Airplane Over Pyramids set, 1932/5 British Forces in Egypt stamps, various officials, etc., some flaws to be expected in places, but a strong beginning to an in-depth collection of this period, overall fine-very fine. (Image)
Estimate C$ 400
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Europe
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1167
Symbol: O/*/*
Cat No: Europa
Large holding of mostly mint Europa stamps, 1956-1990s, in albums, dealer stock books, and 102-cards, including a three-volume album set with clear mounts on White Ace pages (1956-1990), at least 90% complete and 90% mint, much never hinged; an estimated 1,500 102-cards of dealer stock with a good mix of mint and used, surely hundreds of sets across three dozen or more countries and regions (including some cinderellas); and 6 dealer binders and 2 stock books with a substantial percentage of mint stamps in singles, blocks and souvenir sheets, as well as more than 100 First Day Covers in a Uni-Safe album (1958 Belgium to 1988 Switzerland), with many very colourful cachets and nearly all envelopes unaddressed. The value here is not necessarily in individual stamps but in the breadth of material with such a large number of sets in mint and used, and the prospect to add useful stock to a dealer inventory, such as Luxembourg Sc. #318-320 ‘Reconstruction of Europe’ VFH (c.v. $65) and used (c.v. $42), Netherlands 369 VFH (c.v. $24), a nice run of Greece booklets to 1993, San Marino 490 VFNH (c.v. $26) illustrate the prospective value, with hundreds of 102-cards at $1-$3 to $3, $5, $8 and more. Some duplication throughout as to be expected in such a lot but not extreme, with used values generally up to 15 copies, generally well organized overall and where numbered, appears accurate, clean and overall very fine; online provides an overview of the complete lot. (Image)
Estimate C$ 600
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Fiji
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 530
Symbol: O
Cat No: 117d (var)
1938-55, ½d green Outrigger Canoe, Extra Palm Frond variety, unobtrusive cancel at upper left, deep shade, a difficult variety, particularly used in this quality, fine-very fine. (S.G. 249ba, £150) (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Finland
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1168
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
Dealer stock of more than 60 complete Finnish booklets, consisting of nine different, each in small quantities, owner's Lape catalogue value of €1,567, clean and very fine; all items shown in online photos. (Image)
Lape € 1,567
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1169
Symbol: **/Cv
1936-96, group of 34 complete Finnish booklets, along with 19 First Day Covers and several souvenir sheets from the 1980s, owner's Lape catalogue value of €743, clean and very fine; all contents shown in online photos. (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Gibraltar
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 546
Symbol: O
Cat No: 22-28
1899, 5c on ½p green to 75c on 1sh bistre Queen Victoria, used set of seven, more difficult as such than mint, chiefly fine-very fine. (S.G. 15/21) (Image)
Scott $ 324
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1195
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
Gibraltar, 1953-2003, mint collection complete in period, in a bulging Lighthouse hingeless album, with definitive stamps, commemoratives, souvenir sheets and Postage Dues included, overall clean and very fine, and an excellent starting point for continuation. (Image)
Scott $ 1,585
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Gold Coast
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1196
Symbol: O
Cat No: Collection
Gold Coast, 1888/1948 definitive collection on stock pages, including used Sc. #26-35, with additional high-values, 38-46, 48 (2), 49-54, 115-127 (2 sets), 143, 130-141 (8 sets), a useful group for expanding a collection, or for potential postmark interest, high-catalogue value, the occasional fault, mostly fine-very fine. (Image)
Estimate C$ 800
Opening C$ 400.00
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Greece
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 574
Symbol: *
Cat No: 427-436, C38-C47
1940, Greek Youth Organization, Postage and Air Post issues, a complete set of twenty, hinge remnants, well-centered and with bright fresh colours, very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 535
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1202
Symbol: O
Greece, mostly 1980s revenue stamps on documents, with several hundred, from a variety of government agencies, organized in three sheet albums, almost all appear to be from the 1980s, though note at least one earlier, a seldom seen grouping, worthy of further study, mostly fine-very fine. (Video 1)(Video 2)(Video 3)(Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Grenada
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 575
Symbol: *
Cat No: 20-26
1883, ½d green to 2sh violet Queen Victoria, watermark Crown CA, perforated 14, hinged, the 1d with small thin at upper right, the 1sh with the odd toned perf, else a fine set. (S.G.30/36, £250) (Image)
Scott $ 298
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Honduras
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1203
Symbol: E/P
Cat No: Collection
Honduras, circa 1949, collection of die and plate proofs, from eight issued stamps of the Conmemorativa de la Sucesion Presidencial para el Periodo de 1949-1955 issue, written-up on 37 A-4 size exhibit pages, a splendid opportunity to acquire exhibit-worthy, approval versions of these Die Proofs and Plate Proofs from the American Bank Note Company Archives, also with file folders of related ephemera, and an unusual Nicaraguan 1923 sheet layout for an 80-stamp setting, a very fine and most interesting collection; all items illustrated online. (Image)
Estimate C$ 6,000
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Hungary
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 576
Symbol: O
Cat No: 1-6
1871, 2k orange to 25k violet, set of six, each neatly cancelled, the 15k with short perf at lower left, else fresh and fine-very fine, a difficult set of first issues. (Image)
Scott $ 1,515
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Iceland
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 771
Symbol: Cvr
1930 (July 7), Centenary of the Icelandic Parliament, registered & insured cover to Austria, franked with 3a, 7a, 10a, 20a, 30a, 35a, and 40a singles, each tied by Reykjavik c.d.s., to Vienna, with Registered / Edinburgh (11 Jul) c.d.s. transit and Vienna (15 Jul) arrival backstamps, multiple largely intact Reykjavik Post Office wax seals on reverse, typical edge creasing as expected for such a large cover, a desirable usage, fine. (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Iran
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 579
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1902, Postal Money Order unlisted issues, group of seventeen, a mix of mint and used, unusual and fine or better; see Scott footnote following #290. (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 580
Symbol: **
Cat No: 870A-870H
1939, 60th Birthday of Reza Shah Pahlavi, perforated set of 10, never hinged, very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 147
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 581
Symbol: **
Cat No: 1023-1036
1955-56, Reza Shah Pahlavi definitives, set of 14, never hinged, fresh, and very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 492
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 582
Symbol: **
Cat No: C51-C67
1935, 1ch to 3t Reza Shah Pahlavi and Eagle, overprinted airmail set, the complete set of seventeen, never hinged, very fine. (Image)
Scott $ 585
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 809
Symbol: Cvr
1944 (June 27), Arak to New York, multi-franking censored registered cover, with numerous Shah Pahlavi definitives and “Iran” overprinted Air Post issues, over twenty stamps affixed, Persian censor seal at right, tied by double-circle Anglo-Soviet Persian censor handstamp, New York double-circle backstamps, a dramatic franking, fine-very fine. (Image)
Estimate C$ 150
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 810
Symbol: Cvr
1944 (December 25), Arak to New York, twice-censored registered cover, with numerous Shah Pahlavi definitives and “Iran” overprinted Air Post issues, sixteen stamps affixed in all, Persian censor seal at right and violet boxed Iraq censor’ handstamp, New York double-circle backstamps, fine-very fine and striking. (Image)
Estimate C$ 150
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 811
Symbol: Cvr
1945, Teheran to Michigan, censored registered cover, franked on reverse with 2 sage green Shah Pahlavi and "Iran" overprinted 3t Air Post, both postmarked in Tehran, American censor seal along left with double-circle Anglo-Soviet Persian censor handstamp, affixed with small “By Pan American Air Mail Service” vignette, backstamped with partial Baghdad c.d.s. (22 Feb), Miami transit (16 Mar), and Jackson (17 Mar) c.d.s. receiver, some sealed tears and slightly trimmed at top, but an otherwise fine and desirable usage of this high-value Air Mail issue, scarce on cover. (Sc. 894, C67) (Image)
Estimate C$ 100
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1205
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: Collection
1876/1977 highly complete mostly mint collection, with thousands, mostly lightly hinged original gum, on quadrille pages, ranging from the imperforate Coat of Arms issues to the end of the reign of Shah Pahlavi, replete with sets to the 1920s, as well as later issues including (lightly hinged unless otherwise noted) Sc. #733-734, 757-759 used, 780, 785 used, 786-792, 870-875, 894, 899, 908-909 used, 911-914, 928-930 used, 933-936, 938-948, 950-965, 978-982, 985-989, 1015-1022, 1074-1076, 1103-1104, 1130-1133, 1173-1179, 1209-1222, 1290, 1293, 1372-1387, 1615, 1626, 1650-1661B, B16, B28-30, C1-13, C34-50, C65-67 used, C68-C78, Q36-46 and many more, caution should be taken in reviewing in particular the early 20th century issues, where reprints and forgeries are often found, and we do not guarantee the authenticity of those in this lot, regardless, a solid collection, seldom offered with this degree of completion, fine-very fine. (Video 1)(Image)
Estimate C$ 1,200
Opening C$ 800.00
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 1206
Symbol: O/*
Cat No: Collection
Iran, 1875/1930 mint & used collection, hinged on quadrille pages, beginning with 1870 2s green Lion imperforate (remainder cancel), further useful range of nineteenth and early twentieth century definitives including 1898 Lions (some CTO), Shah Qajar issues, etc., back of the book including Officials and Airmails, noting 1928 10c dark green Air Post with "10" omitted surcharge variety, diverse selection of overprinted issues including 1902 Provisoire, 1911 Relais, 1915 "1333", 1915 Bushire British Occupation issues, etc., these and other overprinted issues include counterfeits, as commonly found, mixed condition, but an ideal opportunity for the enthusiast to acquire an old-time holding of these challenging stamps. (Image)
Estimate C$ 200
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Iraq
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 583
Symbol: */**
Cat No: 15-27var
1931, ½a green to 25r violet King Faisal I, perforated SPECIMEN, a lightly hinged set of thirteen, with large part original gum, overall well-centered and of good colour, the examples with sheet margins with small hinge remnants on selvedge, the odd stamp with lightly toned gum, the 4a value with small thin, else remarkably fresh and scarce, an appealing and desirable set, chiefly very fine. (S.G. 80s-92s, £2,250) (Image)
