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Odds n sods with pickings, condition variable.
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QEII-era booklets with one or more from many Colonies, generally very fine. An inexpensive collection starter.
(Qty 100 approx)Grade A
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Unsorted modern array of mostly Pacific Islands singles, sets & M/Ss, unmounted. Thematics galore!
(Qty 200 approx)Grade A
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World postal stationery including some formular issues from 19th Century to 1960s, a few better items including German SWA 10pf+10pf philatelically used, Southern Nigeria QV 1d Postal Card to Transvaal via Canary Islands, Zanzibar 1950s 30c Aerogramme to BBC in London with message in Arabic, Kenya &
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ARGENTINE: 1962 (Dec 30) philatelic cover with 'BASE GENERAL SAN MARTINO/...' cds & '[horse & carriage]/28NOV63/BUENOS AIRES...' b/s, with Posts & Telegraphs official cover (214x162mm) in which the cover was returned to the original sender in Texas with Austin arrival b/s of JUN/19/1964, plus the ro
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AUSTRALIAN: 1949 (Mar 12) OHMS cover to Hobart with Lyrebird 1/- block of 8 with 'ANARE MACQUARIE ISLAND/AUST' cds, French 'PER COMMANDANT/CHARCOT' ship's cachet in violet, Hobart arrival b/s of 21MR49. [The sender, NR Laird, was the botanist with the expedition]
Grade A
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AUSTRALIAN: 1964 (Feb 20) airmail cover to Cheshire with AAT 5d 8d & 1/- tied by 'MAWSON/ANARE/...' cds, 'MAWSON/AUST ANTARCTIC TERR' h/s in violet at L/L. The rate was 2/3d but the underpayment of 2d was not detected.
Grade A
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AUSTRALIAN: 1966 (Feb 10) airmail cover to Cheshire with Australian 2/3d ANZAC tied by 'MAWSON/ANARE/...' cds, autographs of three expeditioners on the face, minor blemishes. [The 2/3d Anzac is very scarce on cover & this is the only example we have seen used from the AAT]
Grade B
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AUSTRALIAN: 1966 Definitives sets on Australia Post official 'Emblem' covers with 'WILKES', 'MAWSON' & 'MACQUARIE ISLAND' Base Cancels, then sets of four Base Cancels FDCs with the latter two plus 'CASEY' & 'DAVIS' for 1971 Treaty singles & blocks of 4, 1972 Cook singles & blocks of 4, 1973 Pictoria
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AUSTRALIAN: 1968 ANARE PPC 'Thala Dan at Lewis Is' (with penguins) airmail to Hong Kong (!) with AAT 2c Penguin & 4c Ice Floes x2 tied by 'ANARE MACQUARIE IS' cds, the lengthy social message headed "En route to Macquarie Is" states "...incessant blare of the fog horn Jap fishing boats all we'd have
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AUSTRALIAN: 1987 Antarctic Scenes (Third Issue) stampsize colour photographic essays of the five designs all denominated with the issued values endorsed below "2c 10c 20c 36c 60c", affixed to thin greenish card (230x170mm), a couple of tiny blemishes.
Grade A/A-
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BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: 1963-82 collection on leaves complete including 1963 Pictorials set plus 1969 £1 red & brown-black, 1973 Explorers set plus 1975 Watermark Diagonal set, etc, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £500+.
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BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY: 1963-69 QEII Pictorials set SG 1-16, very fine unmounted, Cat £250.
(Qty 16)Grade A
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UNITED STATES: 1929 Byrd Expedition cover unusually to Australia with Washington 2c tied by 'SS/MAR/21/1929/ELEANOR BOLLING' cancel in purple with huge cachet in the same ink at U/L, Dunedin transit cds on the face.
Grade A
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1850 Arms 2kr black Type IIIb, margins good to huge, '9-11 Fr/WIEN/6-XI' cds in bright red, Cat €600. Superb! Stated to have a Goller Certificate (2015), now lost.
Grade A+
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1858 Embossed Type II 2kr yellow (poorly centred), 3kr (well centred with Wien cds in red) & 3kr green (very well centred with superb oval Wien d/s) Mi 10ii-12ii, Cat €470.
(Qty 3)Grade A
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1953 Birds 1s to 10s Mi 894-7, well centred, unmounted, Cat €350. Superb!
(Qty 4)Grade A+ B1
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BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Stockbook with a duplicated used array with a few varieties noted, perf & postmark potential, condition variable. Hours of fun!
(Qty 260 approx)
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'CINDERELLAS': 1898 'EXCURSION AU CONGO' poster stamps in red or blue vertical strips of 3 with a few faults but large-part o.g., plus the cover of the 'Inauguration du Chemin de Fer' booklet (repaired tears) & 1948 Golden Jubilee of the Railway 2fr50c x8 on commercial airmail cover to New Zealand.
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BASUTOLAND: 1937-67 issues almost complete including 1938 KGVI Crocodile, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1954-58 QEII Pictorials, 1961 Overprints (ex 50c & 1r), 1961-63 New Currency (ex 1r) and 1964 Block CA Wmk sets, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on
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BECHUANALAND: 1937-66 Issues almost complete including 1938-52 KGVI Cattle plus a couple of shades, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1955-58 QEII Cattle, 1961 New Currency Overprints (ex 1r) and 1961 QEII Pictorials sets, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly o
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853 Perkins Bacon Triangles Deeply Blued Paper 1d pale brick-red SG 1 block of 4, margins just shaved to large except at one point where the design is a little cut-into, ironed-out corner crease, both units in the central pair are very fine, unusually fine 'C/G H' cancels, Cat £1
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1853-63 Perkins Bacon 1/- deep dark green SG 8b, good even margins, rich colour, indistinct cancel, Cat £550.
Grade A
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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: Mafeking Siege Stamps 1900 'MAFEKING/BESIEGED' Overprints on CofGH '1d.' on ½d green & '3d.' on 1d carmine SG 1 & 3 tied to separate small pieces by 'MAFEKING/CGH' cds, Cat £170.
(Qty 2)Grade A B1
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NEW REPUBLIC: 1886-87 Blue Granite Paper With Embossed Coat of Arms 1d violet as SG 26 with printing date of '26 MAR 86', excellent centring, large-part o.g., Cat £150.
Grade A A1
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NYASALAND: 1891-95 'B.C.A.' Overprints on BSAC (Rhodesia) £2 rose-red SG 15, good colour & well centred, regummed, Cat £1400. A very scarce stamp.
Grade A- B1
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SUDAN: 1897 Overprints on Egypt 1m to 10pi SG 1-9, Cat £100.
(Qty 8)Grade A B1
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SWAZILAND: Small stockbook with range of mostly modern issues mint & used with lots of thematic interest including 1987 Butterflies set ** and a few M/Ss, a few earlier noted 1935 Silver Jubilee set *, QEII 1956 Pictorials 2/6d & 5/- * & 1961 Pictorials to 1r *, etc, condition mostly fine to very fi
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SWAZILAND: 1937-67 collection almost complete including 1938-54 KGVI set plus shade & perforation variants, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1956 QEII Pictorials, 1961 Overprints (ex 1r & 2r) & 1961 New Currency sets and 1962-66 Pictorials set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some ver
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ZANZIBAR: 1936-66 fine used/CTO collection reasonably complete including 1936-52 Sultan set plus perforation variants, 1948 10/- Silver Wedding, 1952-55 Sultan set, 1957 Pictorials set, 1961 Pictorials to 2/-, 1964 Independence locally-handstamped set, overprints to 1/- & Jamhuri to 2/-, condition g
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ANTIGUA: 1937-68 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1939-51 KGVI Pictorials set, 1948 Wedding, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials set with some shades and 1963-65 Block CA Wmk, 1966-70 Ordinary Paper set, etc, also Barbuda 1968 Map & Fish set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing
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BAHAMAS: 1937-69 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-52 KGVI set with three shades of 5/-, 1942 Columbus Overprints set plus shades of 2/ & 3/-, 1948 Tercentenary set, 1954-63 QEII Pictorials and New Constitution overprints sets, 1965 QEII Pictorials plus Decimal overprints & Decima
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BERMUDA: 1937-59 issues reasonably complete with 1938-52 KGVI Pictorials with colour variants and a couple of shades plus Keyplates to 5/-, 1948 £1 Silver Wedding and 1953-62 QEII Pictorials, also 1970 QEII Pictorials New Currency Overprints set, 1970 Flowers set including Wmk Upright variants and a
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BRITISH HONDURAS: 1937-68 issues complete on a simplified basis including KGVI 1938-47 Pictorials set, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials plus some perforation variants, shades & De La Rue printings, 1962 Birds set plus 1967 Block CA Watermark, etc, to 1968 Human Rights, plus Belize 1973 Animals & Fish set, co
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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS: 1937-74 issues complete on a simplified basis including KGVI 1938-47 set and 1952 Pictorials set (plus another *), 1956-62 QEII Pictorials set plus 1c shade, 1964-68 QEII Pictorials set plus overprints, 1970-74 Ships to $1 only, etc, condition generally very fine with just a
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CAYMAN ISLANDS: 1937-62 fissues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-48 KGVI Pictorials set plus perforation variants, 1952 KGVI Pictorials, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials plus 4d shade and 1962 QEII Pictorials set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostl
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DOMINICA: 1937-54 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-47 KGVI Pictorials set (10/- *), 1951 KGVI Pictorials set and 1954-62 QEII Pictorials set (48c brown & violet *) plus 1968 'ASSOCIATED/STATEHOOD' overprints set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very lig
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MONTSERRAT: 1937-71 issues almost complete on a simplified basis including 1938-48 KGVI Pictorials set, 1948 5/- Silver Wdding, 1951 KGVI Pictorials set, 1953-62 QEII Pictorials set with some shades, 1965 Plants plus Surcharges (ex $2.50 & $5) & Block CA Wmk sets, 1970 Birds set (ex $5 & $10) plus 1
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 2002 Christmas $5.25 with Surcharge '$1.00' Inverted corner block of 4 from the L/R of the sheet, unmounted.
Grade A B1
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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 2003 12th Defense [sic] Ministers Conference '$1.00' on Fort George $3.75 with the Overprint Inverted corner block of 4 from the U/L of the sheet, unmounted.
Grade A B1
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TRINIDAD: 1850 (June 6) cross-written entire to "Speights/Barbados" with mss "4" in black on the face, 29mm 'TRINIDAD/JU6/1850' despatch & 25mm 'BARBADOES/JU09/1850' arrival b/s, internal tear repaired with archival tape. A very attractive prestamp cover. [Speightstown, 19km N of the capital Bridget
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TRINIDAD: 1894 'O S' Overprint on 2½d ultramarine & 6d olive-grey SG O3 & 5, Cat £240.
(Qty 2)Grade A B1
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BOOKLETS: 1r80c black/blue booklet cover with airmail labels, Coronation 6c pair & Silver Jubilee 6c pair affixed to the interleaving!!, Cat £1200+ for a complete booklet. A new discovery of a hybrid booklet, or someone having a bit of fun?
Grade A-
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1936 (Aug 13-14) two commercial airmail covers to GB each with KGV Pictorials 9c Tea tied by Colombo cds, with superb 'Damaged By SEA WATER' or largely very fine boxed 'DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER I.S.' cachets, the latter attractively water-stained. From the flying boat 'Scip
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1967-68 Poems of Mao Tse-tung 8f Huichang SG 2376 + 5y on commercial piece, Cat £225.
Grade A B1
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SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL POST: 1896 Handstamped Surcharges 'SIX CENTS/...' on 20c mauve Typo with Litho Inscriptions horizontal pair, the right-hand unit with the Surcharge Inverted creating a tete-beche setenant pair, exceptional centring, Local Post cds of JU2/96 in blue, Cat £100++.
Grade A A1
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 commercial cover to London "via Siberia" with Junks 10c pair tied by 'AMOY/...' bilingual cds with scarce 'PAQUEBOT' h/s alongside. [Presumably landed at Vladivostok to connect with the Trans-Siberian Railway but there are no transit markings]
Grade A
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Duplicated array of mint sets blocks & M/Ss to the 1990s plus a later postally used array - some cancelled on the island - including Chinese New Year setenants & M/Ss, many blocks of better values, etc, condition variable.
(Qty 100s)
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1963 Pictorials 3d to 2/3d ACSC CK1-6 (SG 1-6) Authority Imprint blocks of 4, each with one unit very lightly mounted, otherwise unmounted, Cat $215 for unmounted imprint blocks (£80+ for unmounted singles).
(Qty 6 blocks)Grade A
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1990 Navigators 45c to $1.30 SG 219-222 in perforated M/Ss of 4 - very scarce thus - plus M/S imperf as issued, unmounted.
(Qty 5 items)Grade A
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OFFICIAL STAMP: 1991 'OFFICIAL PAID/MAINLAND' on 90c SG O1 marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet, undated 'CTO' cancel, unmounted, Cat £360+. Blocks are very scarce.
Grade A A1
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Collection remainders in high-quality Lindner 64pp stockbook with a handy range of mostly pre-1920 issues including a few better stamps, a couple of varieties & multiples etc, condition rather mixed.
(Qty 180+)
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1893 Queen Makea Cousins Die Proofs in black on wove paper for the 1d 1½d 2½d & 10d, wide margins.
(Qty 4)Grade A
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1901 Cession (Crown) Overprint 1d brown with the overprint over a large void area caused by damage from separating the sheets prior to overprinting, without gum; another example with the left-hand portion of the Crown Omitted, large-part o.g., Cat £360+. The latter with RPSofV Certificate that state
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1927-28 Admirals Cowan Paper 2/- light blue & 3/- mauve SG 91-92 matching marginal blocks of 8 (4x2) from the left of the sheets, unmounted, Cat £360++ for mounted singles. Superb!
(Qty 2 blocks)Grade A+
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1947 airmail to Canada with Pictorials 2/- Native Village paying British Empire airmail rate, plus 1948 (circa) airmail to USA with 2/- pair for the Trans-Pacific rate and 'ENTERPRISE INC' merchant cachet on back, both with light 'RAROTONGA' cds, fine condition. Scarce solo & multipl
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1960-66 airmails group comprising 1) Matson Line formular aerogramme to USA with 8d Native Hut solo; 2) 1960 registered to Australia with 3d Map, 6d Penrhyn Village & 8d Native Hut tied 'MANIHIKI' cds with large 'R' in red on face and blank 'R 326' label on back with another stike of
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PICTURE POSTCARDS: 'A two foot cocoanut tree AVARUA RAROTONGA (Cook's Islands)' showing native family & buildings around the tree, sent 1914 to St Louis (USA) with Queen Matea Takau 1d red tied 'RAROTONGA' cds, on arrival address corrected with 'No Such Number' cachet and '3/DS/3' circular h/s, then
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PENRHYN - POSTAL HISTORY: 1920 Pictorials 6d Native Huts tied to 1926 cover to Michigan by 'PENRHYN ISLAND/NZ' cds, another superb strike ties the blue/white R label, Rarotonga transit & Detroit arrival b/s, the cover a little aged.
Grade B
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1937-60 issues complete on a simplified basis including 1938-51 KGVI Pictorials set plus colour & perforation changes and 1955-60 QEII Pictorials set plus 'Republic' overprints, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £330+.
(Qty 67)G
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1866 Overprints seven values to 10pi (2) imperforate plate proofs on white ungummed unwatermarked paper, and 1871 Penasson Sphinx & Pyramid essays on gummed unwatermarked paper comprising 1pi orange red imperf x2 (one a little oxidised), 1pi blue Perf 15x12½ & 1pi blue Perf ImperfxPerf 12½.
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1898 High Values 2/6d blue & 5/- red SG 41 and 42, both unusually well-centred, the 2/6d with a couple of uneven perfs at left, a small hinge remainder & light gum wrinkles, the 5/- very fine lightly mounted, Cat £525.
(Qty 2)Grade A/A-
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1904-12 KEVII Multiple Crown CA Watermark set SG 43-50, fresh colours and above-average centring, small hinge remainders, the 3/- with light aging on a couple of perf tips at top, the 5/- very fine, Cat £475.
(Qty 8)Grade A/A-
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1921-28 KGV Multiple Script CA Watermark set SG 73-80 plus additional shade variants, some with small hinge remainders & a couple with slightly aged gum, the 1/- & 3/- very fine lightly mounted, Cat £250+.
(Qty 17)Grade A/A-
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1938-50 KGVI Pictorials 5/- Sea Lion indigo & pale yellow-brown SG 161b vertical pair, very fine apparently commercially used with light 'STANLEY' 1948 cds, Cat £180+.
Grade A B1
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1962-63 commercial airmail covers to Denmark with solo frankings of QEII Pictorials 1/- Oystercatcher Birds, 1/- Radio Communications and 1/- Freedom from Hunger respectively tied 'PORT STANELY' cds cancels, couple of minor blemishes.
(Qty 3)Grade A/A-
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SOUTH GEORGIA: 1932 philatelic cover endorsed "Per ss Discovery II" to Melbourne with Victorian 1d x5 tied by light strikes of the 'SOUTH GEORGIA/19DE/32/ + ' cds, uncancelled Falklands 1d on the flap with a poorly struck 'FALKLAND ISLANDS GOVERNMENT/[crown]/SHIP DISCOVERY II' oval caceht alongside,
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1937-68 collection on leaves complete fine used/CTO on a simplified basis including 1938-55 KGVI Pictorials set plus some Die & perforation variants, 1954-59 QEII Pictorials set plus a couple of shades, 1959-63 & 1962-68 QEII Pictorials sets, etc, condition generally very fine with just a few showin
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Mostly used stock with KGVI to 10/- x2, QEII Pictorials to 10/- x2, Birds to $2 x4, Buildings to $5 x3 etc, some M/Ss including London 1990 x14, condition variable but potential for postmarks & varieties.
(Qty many 100s)
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Early selection comprising 'VR' Underprints 1d SG 28a (no gum) & 'Two Pence' on 3d SG 29a, VR 1d SG 39b, 1891-92 Surcharges '2½d' on 2d SG 70 with Void Area at Left, '5d.' on 6d SG 73 & 73a, a few minor problems, part- to large-part o.g., Cat £350. Separate BPA Certificates (1989-92).
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Range on Hagners with Roman 'V.R.' on 'Two/Cents' on 1d (small tear), a few 'VR' Underprints, various 'VR' for 'CR' values, QV 5/- CTO, 1891-92 Surcharges, etc, condition variable, Cat £500 approximately.
(Qty 40)
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1871 Cakobau 'CR' 1d (unused), 3d (trimmed perfs at top) & 6d SG 10-12, Cat £770.
(Qty 3)Grade A-/B
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1871 Cakobau 'CR' 1d 3d & 6d SG 10-12, a few small faults, each with a part- to large-part strike of the rare undated 'G.P.O./FIJI' cancel, Cat £770, as they have been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson.
(Qty 3)Grade A-/B
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1871 'CR' 6d rose SG 12, GPO cds, Cat £300.
Grade A
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1872 Surcharges 'Two/Cents' on 1d, 'Six/Cents' on 3d & 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d imperf plate proof singles, margins good to large.
(Qty 3)Grade A/A-
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1874 Crown Colony Gothic 'V.R.' 2c on 1d blue SG 16, some trimmed perfs at the top, mss cancel, Cat £300. BPA Certificate (1986).
Grade B
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1874 Crown Colony Gothic 'V.R.' Overprint 'Two/Cents' on 1d SG 16, Levuka cds, Cat £300.
Grade A
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1874 Crown Colony Gothic 'V.R.' Overprint 'Two/Cents' on 1d blue with Inverted 'A' for 'V' SG 16e, hint of a small repair at lower-right, Sunburst cancel just clear of the variety, Cat £1000, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson. [The Inverted 'A' has a small upwards protrusion
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1874 Crown Colony Roman 'V.R.' Overprints 'Twelve/Cents' on 6d SG 21, Sunburst cds, Cat £300.
Grade A-
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1875 Surcharges '2d.' in Red on Gothic 'V.R.' Overprint 'Six/Cents' on 3d SG 22, a bit aged, Sunburst cds, Cat £225.
Grade B
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1875 Surcharges '2d.' in Red on Roman 'V.R.' Overprint 'Six/Cents' on 3d SG 23, well centred, Sunburst cds, Cat £275.
Grade A-
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1903-49 Selection with 1903 KEVII mint to 5/-, KGV Plate Number singles x3 & 'SPECIMEN' Overprints x6 to £1 (rubbed/faded), 'SPECIMEN' punctures on 1935 Jubilee & 1947 Victory sets (all probably faked), 1940 Postage Dues set, a few Revenue 'R.' Overprints, etc, condition very mixed.
(Qty 52)
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1903 KEVII Crown CA ½d to £1 stone & ultramarine SG 104-114, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £450. [Gibbons list the £1 as 'grey-black' & ultramarine. That combo is much scarcer than the normal 'stone']
(Qty 11)Grade A B1
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1906-12 KEVII Multiple Crown/CA New Colours ½d to £1 purple & black/red (a little rubbed) SG 118-124, lightly tmounted, Cat £450.
(Qty 7)Grade A/B
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1912-23 KGV Multiple Crown/CA ½d to £1 purple & black/red Die I (a little rubbed) SG 125-137, lightly mounted, Cat £300.
(Qty 13)Grade A/B
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1912-23 KGV Multiple Crown/CA 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, very lightly mounted, Cat £350, as it has been for at least 12 years. Ex Gerald Patterson.
Grade A C1
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1912-23 KGV Multiple Crown/CA 3d purple/yellow with the Watermark Sideways SG 130a, one short perf at L/L otherwise superb unmounted, Cat £350+ for mounted.
Grade A- B2
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1915-19 'WAR STAMP' Overprints ½d blue-green (tonespots) & 1d bright scarlet (marginal) both with the Overprint Inverted SG 138c & 139ac, very lightly mounted, Cat £1150. Ex Gerald Patterson. Separate BPA Certificates (1964) as the then SG 224b & 226b.
(Qty 2)Grade C/A-
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1915-19 'WAR STAMP' Overprints ½d & 1d SG 138-9 each with typed 'SPECIMEN', very lightly mounted, Cat £140. Superb!
(Qty 2)Grade A+ B1
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1938-55 KGVI Pictorials complete set SG 249-267 including all listed dies, shades & perforation varieties, plus a couple of extras, a few unmounted but most are lightly mounted or have small hinge remainders, some with gum tropicalisation or minor toning, Cat £450+ for unmounted.
(Qty 43)Grade A
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1938-55 KGVI Definitives 6d Map Die II with Degrees Perf 13½ SG 261 complete sheet of 60 (6x10, missing the upper selvedge) with De La Rue Imprint and Plate Number '1', some minor perf separation/reinforcing otherwise unmounted, Cat £660+.
Grade A
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POSTAGE DUES: 1917 Wider Setting on Laid Paper ½d black SG D1, light Sunburst cancel, Cat £500. Superb!
Grade A+
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POSTAGE DUES: 1917 Wider Setting on Laid Paper 1d 2d & 3d SG D2-4, light Sunburst cancels, Cat £340.
(Qty 3)Grade A
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POSTAGE DUES: 1917 Wider Setting on Laid Paper 4d black SG D5, small surface fault at L/L, light Sunburst cancel, Cat £550.
Grade B
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POSTAGE DUES: 1917-18 Narrower Setting on Laid Paper ½d black SG D5a, a couple of tiny thin spots, unused with no gum as issued, Cat £500.
Grade B
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POSTAGE DUES: 1917-18 Second Issue with Narrower Setting ½d black SG D5a horizontal pair, light Sunburst cancels, Cat £600+, as it has been for at least 12 years. A rare & very attractive multiple. Ex Gerald Patterson.
Grade A
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POSTAGE DUES: 1917-18 Narrower Setting on Laid Paper 2d black SG D5c, a short stamp perforated through the border at top, unused with no gum as issued, Cat £1300. A very scarce stamp.
Grade B
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POSTAGE DUES: 1918 De La Rue ½d to 4d SG D6-10 & 1940 Waterlow 1d to 1/6d SG D11-18, a few with hinge remainders, Cat £160.
(Qty 13)Grade A/A-
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REVENUES: QV 3d 6d 1/- & 2/-, various perfs, unusually fine.
(Qty 4)Grade A/A-
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1848 missionary's lengthy entire letter headed "Ono Feejee June 17 1848" & signed "David Hazlewood", to his brother in Suffolk, British 'SHIP-LETTER' h/s, London transit b/s of 13AU13/1849 & 'BURY-ST-EDMUNDS' arrival b/s in blue across the flap, rated "8" for an incoming shipletter, rather decrepit
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1890 commercial cover to France - an unusual destination from Fiji - with rare franking of Altered Dies Perf 10 'Four Pence' 14mm Overprint on 2d dull purple SG 43 (Cat £140 x8+ on cover, as it has been for at least 12 years) & 6d rose SG 48 tied by 'LEVUKA' cds, Suva transit & '...LES LYON/RHONE' a
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1903 (Dec) commercial double-rate cover to France originating at an outlying village or island with scarce franking of KEVII ½d 2d 2½d & 4d cancelled with ink lines, overstruck at Levuka where light boxed registration cachet applied, minor blemishes. Ex Gerald Patterson. [The rate was 2½d x2 + 4d re
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1905 cover with 'HEDEMANN, EVERS & CO/LEVUKA/FIJI' imprint on the flap to Switzerland with KEVII 4d & 5d tied by Levuka cds, boxed 'R___' h/s at U/L, London transit & Bern arrival b/s.
Grade A-
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1917 OHMS 'RETURNED LETTER./Dead Letter Office, Fiji.' Envelope with 'RETURNED' & 'Dead' obliterated, 'FIJI/OFFICIAL/C.P./PAID' h/s at lower-left & 'G.P.O./[crown]/FIJI' impressed in wax on the flap, to Yorkshire with late usage of KGV 5d tied by 'SUVA FIJI/REGISTERED' cds & registration cachet at u
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1930-36 group posted directly onto New Zealand steamers each with 'MARINE POST OFFICE/...' cancels on face 1) 1930 to USA with 3d tied 'PACKET BOAT' double-lined boxed cachet and 'RMS NIAGARA' cds; 2) 1930 AS Farebrother English & Colonial Manufacturer's Representative envelope to UK with 1d & 2d ti
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1937 (June) commercial shipboard cover to London with scarce combination franking of Fiji 2d grey + New Zealand 1d Kiwi x2 tied by 'HONOLULU' duplex, very fine "Paquebot' h/s (HDM #1685) in purple. Ex Gerald Patterson.
Grade A-
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1938-55 KGVI Pictorials frankings comprising ½d solo on 1941 printed matter to New Zealand, 2½d solo on 1955 Kaminia Hair Oil multi-coloured illustrated advertising cover tied 'BA' cds, 3d solo 1944 surface mail to USA censored locally with 'X/117' label, 5d green & red 1946-47 solo, double franking
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1944 (Sep 6) social usage of KGVI 2d+3d Registration Envelope size G to India uprated with 1/5d Coat of Arms pair tied by Suva cds, boxed registration cachet with fancy 'SUVA' in violet, scarce Fijian 'X / 114' cansor label tied in transit by 'GPO SYDNEY/ AIR /26SE44/...' cds where small '2' h/s in
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1948-80 commercially used formular aerogrammes with solo franking comprising 1948 to New Zealand with KGVI Pictorials 3d Canoe, Apsley 1965 to NZ with QEII Pictorials 6d Lali Drum, 1965 to NZ with 6d First Airmail, 1967 to UK with QEII Pictorials 10d Yaqona Ceremony & 1974 to NZ with 5c Birds and Cr
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1954-67 QEII Pictorials frankings comprising ½d local printed matter rate Bank Statement envelope, 1½d & 2½d QEII plus 8d Arms on 1961 airmail to Australia, 2d Buildings x2 plus 8d Arms on 1960 airmail to Australia, 3d QEII pair plus 2/- Orchid on 1965 airmail to UK, 6d Map 1954 solo on PPC to Hawai
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1960s-70s Commemoratives mostly solo frankings including 1/- Churchill & 10c Solomons Campaign on picture postcards, 2/6d Pacific Games 1963 airmail to London, 3/- WHO 1969 airmail to Switzerland, other airmails to UK include 10c Arts Festival & 10c Silver Wedding on "2nd Class Airmail" covers, 25c
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AEROGRAMMES: 1959-70 OHMS stampless formular aerogrammes of various patterns unused x2 or used x6. Nice lot. [Retail value stated to be $450]
(Qty 8)Grade A/A-
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ENVELOPES: KGV 2d grey unused (small flap fault, otherwise superb!) and social usage to London in 1934 (repaired opening-tear). Scarce duo.
(Qty 2)Grade A/(A)
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LETTER CARDS: KGV 2d grey/blue, unused, a couple of faint tonespots otherwise superb!
Grade A-
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PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1906 real photo card of the expansive premises of 'KRAFFT & SMITH/TIMBER/AND/COPRA/MERCHANTS' on Beach Street, Levuka, to South Yarra (Vic) with KEVII 1d black/red tied by 'LEVUKA' cds.
Grade A
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POSTMARKS: 'NADI AIRPORT/P.O. FIJI.' undated triple-circle rubber with separate date h/s of '16MAY1947', two superb strikes in violet on philatelic cover with typed endorsement re opening of the post office & signed by the postmaster. Rare; used for 18 days only. Ex Gerald Patterson. [Gordon Rodger'
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REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: KEVII 1d+3d size G rare albeit philatelic usage to GB per "RMS Marama" with Suva cds & boxed registration cachet, London transit & oval 'REGISTERED/JY 9 13/FOREST HILL SE' arrival d/s, some toning but presentable. Ex Gerald Patterson. [Only 125 issued]
Grade C
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REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: KGV 2d+3d brown size G commercial usage to New Zealand uprated with KGV 4d with Plate Number '21' tied by Suva cds, boxed rubber registration cachet in violet, superb 'TAKAPUNA' arrival b/s, light soiling & pencil notations largely erased from the reverse. Ex Gerald Patterson
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1936 Airmails Plane over Paris set Michel #305-311, well-centred and fine used with circular datestamps, Cat €380.
(Qty 7)Grade A
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1941 National Relief Fund (Coats of Arms 1st Series) 20c+30c to 10fr+10fr complete set of épreuves de luxe each with imprint at L/R, plus the issued stamps (unmounted).
(Qty 24 items)Grade A/A+
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1932 (early-June) Algerian covers from Constantine or Philippeville both with 'ACCIDENT DE MER' h/s, the first with the stamp washed-off & resealed with 'POSTES ET TELEGRAPHES/...' label. The incident is noted by Hoggarth & Gwynn but the details have not been recorded.
(Qty 2 item
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ALLIED OCCUPATION: 1946-48 specialised collection on leaves including local issues from Finsterwalde, Grossraeschen Lubbenau, Spremberg, Storkow & Strausberg, then Soviet Zone Berlin Stadt 1946 zig-zag roulette set (7) **, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1945 Definitives ** with some colour varients, Victims
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GERMAN COLONIES: Accumulation on Hagners & leaves somewhat disorganised but with pickings throughout noted China Post Offices 1898 Steep Overprint 25pf * and Kiautschou 1905 Yachts No Wmk 20c used & Lozenges Wmk 20c used x2, Cameroun 1897 Overprints 3pf * & 1900 Yachts 80pf used x3 plus British Occu
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GERMAN STATES: Accumulation on Hagners of pre-1872 issues with strength in Bavaria imperfs noted 9k green x50 (one mint) & 18k orange-red x50 plus range of other values with lots of fine numeral cancels, also plenty of Prussia, some Baden, Brunswick, Hamburg, Heligoland, Saxony, Thurn & Taxis, Wurt
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PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS: 1938 Hoffmann & Co (Munich) Reichsparteitag Nurnberg #38/1 with eagle & banners, Hitler 6pf tied by very fine strike of commemorative cds & brief message; #38/17 with eagle & flags plus a schematic 'GESAMTPLAN' of the Nuremberg complex by Professor Speer, unused; and #38/20 ea
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WEST GERMANY: 1949-55 National Relief Fund charity sets, mostly well centred, Cat €600. [NB: there was no Relief Fund issue in 1950]
(Qty 24)Grade A
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WEST GERMANY: 1951-56 issues 1951 comprising St Mary's Church & Exhibition, 1952 Museum, Youth & Relief Fund 30pf+10pf, 1953 Museum & IFRABA, 1955 Westropa & 1956 Children, plus Berlin 1953 Bells with Clapper Centred, mostly well centred, Cat €580.
(Qty 22)Grade A
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CAROLINE ISLANDS: 1900 56 Degrees Overprints 10pf & 20pf Zwischenstegpaaren (= Gutter Pairs) Mi 3-4ZS, unmounted, Cat €420. Ex Tim Rybak: sold at our auction of 26.4.2008 for $280.
(Qty 2 pairs)Grade A
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MARIANA ISLANDS: 'Marianen' Overprints 3pf to 50pf on separate pieces with 'SAIPAN' cds, Cat €700.
(Qty 6)Grade A B1
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MARIANA ISLANDS: 1902 local commercial cover addressed in Spanish to the Governor with Yachts 3pf tied by superb 'SAIPAN/MARIANEN' cds, vertical fold & minor blemishes. A rare local usage. Ex Dr WH (Bill) Fee & Tim Rybak. [The Marianas were sold by Spain to Germany in 1899]
Grade B
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MARIANAS: Selection with 56º Overprints mint set + used 10pf & 20pf, mostly well centred mint set of Yachts, and Postal Cards unused x11 & philatelically used x2.
Grade A
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MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1899 'Marschall-Inseln' Overprints Mi 1ii-6ii, very lightly mounted, Cat €700. Ex Tim Rybak: sold at our auction of 26.4.2008 for $466.
(Qty 6)Grade A B1
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MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1899 'Marshall-Inseln' Overprints 3pf to 50pf Mi 7-12 tied to separate small pieces by 'JALUIT/ MARSCHALL-/INSELN' cds, Cat €1260. Ex Tim Rybak: sold at our auction of 26.4.2008 for $560.
(Qty 6)Grade A B1
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MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1901 Yacht set of 14 Mi #13-25, typical variable centring, the 3m & 5m expertised, 'JALUIT' cds; plus a second 20pf with very fine 'NAURU' cds; Cat €1000. A very attractive set.
(Qty 14)Grade A
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SOUTH-WEST AFRICA: 1897-1900 'Deutsch-/Südwest-Africa' Overprint on 50pf Mi #II, Richter guarantee h/s, lightly hinged, Cat €280. Unissued. [The 25pf & 50pf were prepared for release but never sent to the colony]
Grade A B1
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Simplified collection on Scott leaves with Overprints on Fiji set used, KGV to 5/-, then complete including Postage Dues; plus Gilbert Islands complete; Kiribati & Tuvalu complete to 1981 including Officials & some 'SPECIMEN' Overprints.
(Qty few 100)Grade A
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1938 (Mar 18) commercial airmail cover to Amsterdam with KGV Photogravure 1/- x3 & 2/- (two other adhesives lost), overall soiling & some water-damage & with 4-line 'CORRESPONDANCE AVION/retardée et déteriorée/...' cachet applied at Toulouse, repaired at right & base with three PO la
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1915 Rev Foster cover to England with 'TOGO/ANGLO-FRENCH/OCCUPATION' Overprints on Gold Coast 6d pair & 5/- SG H40 & 44 tied by 'LOME/31.12.15/TOGO' cds, 'Lome (Togo)' h/s in violet on British-pattern R label, London b/s of 18FE/16. 50 days in transit, compared with the usual time of
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POSTMARKS: Four pages with QV to QEII selection plus a few Ghana, mostly fine to very fine strikes.
(Qty 41 + two covers)
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1840 Penny Black 1d black SG 2 [R-L], good margins, Maltese Cross cancel in red, Cat £375. A very fine example of the World's first postage stamp.
Grade A
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1840 Tuppence Blue SG 5 with Corner Letters [I-F], four margins (close at base), neat Maltese Cross cancel, Cat £900.
Grade A
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1840 "Tuppence Blue" 2d blue SG 5 two horizontal pairs in different shades, the brighter shade with full margins (just clear at the base), the duller shade with the L/H unit badly cut-into but the R/H unit with full margins & of very fine appearance, faults, Cat £3900+ for singles.
(Qty 2 pairs)
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1862-64 Small Uncoloured Corner Letters 3d pale carmine-rose SG 77, minor soiling, unused, Cat £2700.
Grade B
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1867-80 Spray of Rose 2/- brown Plate 1 SG 121 [L-E] with trimmed wing-margin & reperforated at left, concealed scissor-cut at L/R, bold '101' cancel from a duplex, Cat £4250. [Superior to the example with trimmed wing-margin - graded 'C' - that sold in our online auction of 20.2.2021 for $728]
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1883-84 High Values 10/- ultramarine SG 183, two examples with commercial perfins 'DB' or 'HSB', steel datestamps, Cat £1050.
(Qty 2)Grade A
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1911-13 KEVII Printed at Somerset House 2/6d dark purple SG 317, excellent colour & centring, 'STOCKPORT/PP' (= Parcel Post) steel cds, Cat £190.
Grade A A1
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1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorses 10/- dull grey-blue SG 417, well centred, a trifle aged, Cat £475.
Grade A- B1
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1929 PUC ½d 1d & 1½d all with the Watermark Sideways SG 434a-436a, unmounted, Spec Cat £330 for unmounted.
(Qty 3)Grade A
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1934-36 Photogravure 2d orange with the Watermark Sideways SG 442b, crisp '.../BERKS' cds, Cat £90. Superb!
Grade A C1
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1948 Silver Wedding £1 blue SG 494 U/R corner block of 4, well centred, unmounted, Cat £160+.
Grade A B1
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1951 Festival of Britain 5/- to £1 SG 509-511 + Silver Wedding £1 SG 494, unmounted, Cat £135.
(Qty 4)Grade A B1
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1951 Festival of Britain 5/- to £1 SG 509-511 + Silver Wedding £1 SG 494, unmounted, Cat £135.
(Qty 4)Grade A B1
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1951 Festival of Britain £1 brown L/R corner block of 4, well centred, steel cds cancels, Cat £96+ for used singles. A very scarce commercially used multiple, especially of this quality.
Grade A B1
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1843 (April 21) entire to Liverpool with Imperf 1d red on Blued Paper SG 8 (4 margins), tied by very fine Number '6'-in-Maltese Cross in black (Cat £160 on stamp only) & London 'LS/21AP21/1843' Maltese Cross b/s, lozenge 'L/AP22/A' arrival b/s, reinforced at folds with archival tape.
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1932 (Aug 8) commercial airmail cover to Derbyshire with unusual apparently British-pattern 'R.A.C./No. 2/R. M.' h/s, minor blemishes.
Grade A-
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1911 usage of 'Coronation/FIRST UK AERIAL POST' envelope in crimson to "Shaw Hill/North Shaw/Wilts" with KEVII 1d tied by a largely superb strike of the commemorative cds #3 of SP15/1911 (an error for SP25), partial but undoubted 'MELKSHAM/430AM/SP26/11' b/s. On 25.9.1911, Gustav Ham
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1907 National Bank of Scotland cover with the enclosed bank form dated "2nd May 1907" but with the KEVII 1d tied by 'AYR/27JA/33' cds, overall aging/soiling. Endorsement on reverse of the enclosure states "...Ayr letter box was being repaired...& the letter had fallen between the let
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1983 commercial cover with damage at U/L & only vestiges of the stamp remaining at U/R where endorsed "STAMP/Damaged/By Snaill' [sic] partly obscured by the 'NARBERTH/DYFED - Be properly/addressed/POSTCODE IT' slogan. Instead of the first-class service paid for, the cover was deliver
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POSTAL HISTORY: 2002 (Jan 8) commercial airmail cover from Zimbabwe with Harare meter to the British Broadcasting Corporation, slit open at the base & resealed with plain 'sticky' tape, superb 'CHECKED/ 5 ' h/s in blue. [A letter suspected of containing a biological substance was received at the BBC
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PICTURE POSTCARDS: 1908-10 (circa) Lancashire Fabric Mills real photo group with Howard & Bullough factory scenes x4 (one creased); an amazing photo of snow covering machinery at Thornbers; and RE Buckley (Mossley) of male & female 'knocker-uppers' - whose job was to awaken the sleeping mill-hands -
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1900 (Apr & July) covers to "Captain Hodgins/Royal Artillery/Sierra Leone/West Africa" both with 1d lilac tied by very fine 'LOWER-WALMER/DEAL' squared-circle & segmented b/s in red, the first endorsed "Frontier Police Mess" with 'FREETOWN' arrival b/s, the other a mourning cover, mi
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1943 stampless Prisoner of War Mail cover to a British POW on Java sent c/- Japanese Red Cross in Tokyo, Japanese 'chops' in violet & rosine, remarkably fine.
Grade A
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1944 stampless Prisoner of War Mail cover to a Royal Air Force POW at Zentsuji Camp No 2, very fine Japanese 'chop' in scarlet, remarkably fine.
Grade A-
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1944 usage of KGVI 3d violet 'PRISONER OF WAR POST' Airmail Postal Card to British POW "7618459 Sgt LC Burton, No.2 Camp, Thailand" with 'TARPORLEY/19JU/44/CHESHIRE' cds, censored with British '[crown]/ PASSED/P.W.4901' cachet and on arrival with boxed Japanese character chop of cens
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1989-2003 Commemorative sets unmounted selection, 2003 Traditional Trades M/S plus Prestige Booklets x5 and 1973 Definitives First Day Cover, condition generally very fine.
(Qty few 100)Grade A/A-
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POSTAL STATIONERY: 1890s Crown & Envelope 5k red illustrated postal cards with views of Fiume Port, Nograd dancers, Maria Theresa reception and Budapest Nemzeti Museum (with tram) & Millenium Exhibition Buildings, unused, mostly very fine, a couple with minor blemishes. Ex Eve Pryor.
(Qty 5)Gr
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Selection on Hagners including 1929 Airs, 1931 New Delhi (toning), 1948 Gandhi x2 sets (no gum), 1949 Monuments VLMtd (a few toned perfs), etc, condition variable, also a few Australia KGV Heads and a range of Singapore including 1955 & 1959 Pictorial sets; Cat £1750 approximately.
(Qty 280 approx)
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FEUDATORY STATES: Untidy array of Hagners mostly from Cochin & Travancore with loads of surcharges & postmark potential. Inspection should be rewarded.
(Qty 450+)
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FEUDATORY STATES: Bahawalpur on Scott pages with KGVI-period values to 10r and Officials to 10r including 1945 Sarkari Overprints including 1a black & brown SG O7, etc, Cat £290 for unmounted.
(Qty 50)Grade A
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1935 (June 9) unstamped cover addressed in pencil & endorsed "Earthquake area" with 'SHEIKH-MEDDAH [sic]/BO/9JUN35/QUETTA' b/s & partial Murree arrival b/s of 12JUN35; and undated commercial airmail cover to London endorsed in red "Unstamped - Quetta Earthquake/[signature]/Captain" a
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1950 'R.I.S.' (= Republika Indonesia Serikat) Overprints 1s to 25r SG 579-601 (Scott 335-358) missing the 20s 30s & 60s plus extra 2r 5r & 10r (each with one pulled perf), well centred, various cancels, also 20s 30s & 60s SG 588 590 & 594 (Scott 345 347 & 351) plus other values tied to registered ai
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1952 UPU XIIIth Congress presentation album for delegates with 1949-50 New Currency Definitives to 5r, 1950 'RIS' Overprints to 25r (missing the 2r) & some commemorative sets including 1951 United Nations Day, unmounted, Cat £900 approximately. Rare, and one of the most attractive such presentation
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1957 UPU XIVth Congress presentation album for delegates with 1951-55 Defintives to 50r, 1954 'RIAU' Overprints (Cat £1100; some minor tonespots including on the 10s & 25r but the key values 25s & 50s are very fine) & some commemorative sets, unmounted.
(Qty 98 stamps)Grade A/B
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Mostly modern duplicates with some better values, multiples including Castle £1 blocks of 8 & 12, €5 & €17 Framas, condition variable.
(Qty few 100)
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1952 Menorah 1000pr SG 64a with full tab, unmounted, Cat £475.
Grade A A1
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1934 Football (Soccer) World Cup Mi 479-487, Cat €700.
(Qty 9)Grade A B1
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1937 Child Welfare Mi 560-575, Cat €600.
(Qty 16)Grade A B1
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1951 International Gymnastics Competition 5L to 15L Mi 834-6, Cat €750. The stamps have apparently genuine cancels but have not been expertised so must be offered 'as is'.
(Qty 3)Grade A B1
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FIUME: 1918-19 Overprints on Hungary 10kr Parliament Mi #25 (SG F20) block of 4, quite well centred, full unmounted o.g., Cat €1200++ (£1500++) as mounted singles.
Grade A B1
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LIBYA - CYRENAICA: 1933 Balbo Transatlantic Mass Formation SG 108-9 tied to small pieces by 'POSTA AEREA 12.6.33/(BENGASI)' cds, Cat £1500. Superb!
(Qty 2)Grade A+ A1
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LIBYA - TRIPOLITANIA: 1933 Balbo Transatlantic Mass Formation SG 177-8 tied to small pieces by 'POSTA AEREA 25.6.33 (BENGASI)' cds, Cat £1500. Superb!
(Qty 2)Grade A+ A1
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SAN MARINO: 1929 Definitives 20L red & blue Mi 162, small faults but very fine appearance, Cat €750.
Grade B B1
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1950-51 Definitives 50y Buddhisattva Statue M/S SG 603, unmounted, tiny paper inclusion in right margin, Cat £300.
Grade A A1
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1952 Air Mails Plane over Mt Tate set SG 676-681, a couple of gum wrinkles & two values with some ink transfer (very minor on 55y; more extensive on 160y) but unmounted, Cat £428.
(Qty 6)Grade A/B
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1952 Vaduz Castle 5f green SG 304 with decorative margin at left, unmounted, Cat £350.
Grade A A1
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FEDERATED MALAY STATES: 1926-28 'REVENUE - REVENUE' Script Wmk $250 purple & blue Barefoot 8, well centred, large-part 'STAMP OFFICE/15DEC1936/KUALA LUMPUR' cds still with large-part characteristically tropicalised o.g. [NB: the appearance of short perfs at the base is an illusion caused by another
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NORTH BORNEO: 1939-61 fine used/CTO collection with 1939 Pictorials to 20c (ex 12c) plus $1 and 1c 'WAR TAX' overprints then complete from 1945 Pictorialls 'BMA' overprints set including 1947 Pictorials 'GR' overprints set, 1950-52 KGVI set, 1954-59 QEII Pictorials set plus 3c shade and 1961 QEII Pi
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NORTH BORNEO: 1891-92 '6/cents.' Surcharges on 8c yellow-green SG 55 (no gum), on 'POSTAGE' 10c blue SG 56 (VLMtd) & on 'POSTAGE & REVENUE' 10c blue SG 57, large-part o.g., Cat £290. (3)
Grade A B1
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PERAK: 1936 'REVENUE - REVENUE' $25 purple & blue/blue Barefoot 33, vertical line on the gum is NOT a crease, lightly mounted.
Grade A- B1
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SARAWAK: 1934-64 fine used/CTO collection with 1934 Vyner Brooke to $1 including colour variants and 1945 'BMA' overprints to $1 including 8c carmine, then complete from 1948 Centenary set including 1948 $5 Silver Wedding, 1950 KGVI Pictorials set, 1955-59 QEII Pictorials set and 1964-65 Block CA Wm
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SELANGOR: 1936 'REVENUE - REVENUE' $25 purple & blue/blue Barefoot 102, exceptional centring, crisp 'STAMP OFFICE/5DEC/1940/KUALA LUMPUR' cds. Superb!
Grade A+ A1
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1937-64 collection on leaves complete fine used/CTO including 1938-43 KGVI Pictorials set plus 'SELF-GOVERNMENT' overprints set, 1949 Silver Wedding £1 and 1956-58 QEII Pictorials set, condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £225+.
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KUWAIT: Revenue stamps array on twenty pages removed from Bangladeshi Passports, cancelled as Work Permits or Entry Visas, 12 different designs in mixed groupings. Unusual lot.
(Qty 56 stamps)
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QATAR: 1957-59 Overprints on Great Britain 1np on 5p to 1r SG 1-12 plus Castles Type II Overprints 2/6d to 10/- SG 13a-15a, Gulf cancels, Cat £200.
(Qty 15)Grade A B1
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QATAR: 1955 commercial airmail cover to Tattersalls in Melbourne with Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia '2/ANNAS' on GB 2d strip of 3 tied by 'DOHA' cds. An excellent origin/destination item. [From an employee of the Shell Co of Qatar, as endorsed on the flap]
Grade A
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QATAR: 1960 philatelic cover to South Australia with Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia Overprints on GB 1np on 5d x3, 3np on ½d & 9np on 1½d all tied by untidy 'UMM SAID/QATAR' cds. [From an employee of the Qatar Petroleum Co, as endorsed on the flap]
Grade A
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QATAR: 1966 New Currency Surcharges on Fish SG 152-168, unmounted, Cat £1600. One of the key sets from the Arabian Gulf.
(Qty 17)Grade A A1
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1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain 2d orange Die II SG 5 block of 4, very fresh, unmounted, Cat £280++ for mounted singles.
Grade A B1
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1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses De La Rue Printings 10/- deep bright blue SG 23d, very lightly mounted, Cat £500. BPA Certificate (1978).
Grade A B1
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1924 (June 16) double-rate registered to Kansas, with Freighters 2d orange & 5d brown tied by light strikes of 'P.O. NAURU/PLEASANT ISLAND' cds, boxed 'PLEASANT ISLAND/(NAURU)/P.M.' registration h/s on face, carried via Australia with Sydney (July 7) transit, Dorrance arrival where
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1962 (Oct 8) Montgomery Ward return-addressed envelope sent registered airmail to USA with 1954 Pictorials 1/- Palm Trees strip of 4 tied 'NAURU/CENTRAL PACIFIC' cds paying 2/- North America airmail rate plus 2/- registration fee, Australian-type 'R.6' blue R label on face, carried v
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1960s-70s group comprising 1960 Montgomery Ward return-addresed envelope sent airmail to USA endorsed "via New Zealand" with 1954 Pictorials 1/- Palm Trees pair tied 'NAURU/CENTRAL PACIFIC' cds paying 2/- North America airmail rate, 1968 'REPUBLIC/OF/NAURU' overprints on Pictorials 5
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1954 New Currency King Tribhuvana set SG 73-84, unmounted, Cat £200.
(Qty 12)Grade A
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1954 New Currency Map set SG 85-96, unmounted, Cat £225.
(Qty 12)Grade A
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1852-63 King William III 10c Imperforate Plate Proofs in grey-black and in carmine (issued colour) on ungummed card, both with four margins of varying width, small hinge remainders.
(Qty 2)Grade A
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1864 King William III 5c Imperforate Plate Proofs in black and in carmine on ungummed thick white card, both with four margins of varying width, small hinge remainders.
(Qty 2)Grade A
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1872-91 King William III 2g50 ultramarine & rose Michel 29A (SG 75), fine used with light '14' numeral cancel, Cat £180 (€130).
Grade A B1
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1876-94 Numerals 1½c green imperforate plate proof, unissued on gummed paper with large wing margin at right, small hinge remainder, NVPH Catalogue PC100.
Grade A
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1891-93 Queen Wilhemina perforated plate proofs group comprising 3c black, yellow-orange & buff-orange on ungummed paper NVPH Catalogue PC114, also 5c blue PC116a & 20c green PC116b pair on gummed paper, all with small hinge remainders, plus Imperforate Plate Proof 5c blue PC116c pair on gummed pape
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1898 Coronation Queen Wilhelmina 1g green Type A with thin 'GULDEN' SG 166 (Michel 63I), well-centred, small hinge remainder, Cat £300 (€240).
Grade A A1
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1899-1923 Queen Wilhelmina 7½c brown tete-beche gutter pair Michel 55KZ (unlisted in Gibbons) plus tete-beche pair SG 178a (Michel 55K) both from booklet sheets, the gutter pair rather poorly centred, the other well-centred, both unmounted, Cat £220+ for two mounted pairs (€435 for unmounted).
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1913 Centenary of Independence 10g orange Mi 92, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat €950.
Grade A B1
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1920 Surcharges '2.50' on 10g Wilhelmina orange-red & '2.50' on 10g Centenary orange on vermilion SG 236 & 237 (Michel 99 & 100) both tied by 'S GRAVENHAGE/1920' cds to a neat registered cover to Leiden, Cat £340 (€280) for used. A scarce albeit philatelic franking.
Grade A
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1920 Surcharges '2.50' on 10g Wilhelmina orange-red & '2.50' on 10g Centenary orange on vermillion SG 236 & 237 (Michel 99 & 100), fresh colours, both with small hinge remainders, Cat £450 (circa €400).
(Qty 2)Grade A B2
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1923 Queen Wilhelmina Jubilee set SG 259-269 (Michel 123-133), variable centring as usual with the 5g well-centred, the low values unmounted, the 1g 2½g & 5g with small hinge remainders, Cat £650 for mounted (approx. €790 for **/*).
(Qty 11)Grade A/A-
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1923 Queen Wilhelmina Jubilee 7½c carmine Perf 11½x12 as Michel 125C (SG 261a) but with Double Perforations horizontally between the two units, the upper unit with small hinge remainder, the lower unit unmounted.
Grade A B1
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1923 Queen Wilhelmina Jubilee 2½g black-brown & 5g indigo SG 268 & 269 (Michel 132 & 133), both with above-average centring for this issue & fine used, the 5g with centrally-struck 'EINDHOVEN/1924' cds, Cat £650 (€530).
(Qty 2)Grade A B1
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1923 Queen Wilhelmina Jubilee 5g indigo SG 269 (Michel 133), slightly streaky gum, unmounted, Cat £300 for mounted (€550 for unmounted). W Moeijes Certificate (1990) states [translated from the Dutch] "Mint, without any faults and genuine".
Grade A C1
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1926-30 Queen Wilhelmina High Values 5g black SG 303 (Michel 170A) unmounted, Cat £300 for mounted (€350 for unmounted).
Grade A B1
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1926-32 Numerals Circles Watermark 35c olive-sepia SG 328A (Michel 189A) upper marginal example with '130/C' imprint, very lightly mounted in the margin only with the stamp itself very fine unmounted, Cat £100 for mounted normal single (€220 for unmounted normal single). The key value in this set.
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1926-32 Numerals Watermark With Circles 1½c deep magenta with variety 'CEN' for 'CENT' SG 306Ac, very fresh, small hinge remainder, Cat £200.
Grade A B1
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1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games 10c red Perf 12x11½ SG 368a, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £120 for mounted (€200 for unmounted).
Grade A C1
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1932 Tourism set SG 400-403 (Michel 249-252) unmounted, Cat £120 for mounted (€280 for unmounted).
(Qty 4)Grade A
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1942 Netherlands Legion Fund 7½c+2½c brown-red sheetlet of ten and 12½c+87½c blue sheetlet of four SG MS569a & 569b (Michel Block 1 & Block 2) unmounted, Cat £340 for mounted (€230 for unmounted).
(Qty 2)Grade A
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1951 Gull Airmails 15g black-brown & 25g blue-black SG 742-743 (Michel 580-581) unmounted, Cat £900 (€600).
(Qty 2)Grade A
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1951 Gull Airmails 15g black-brown & 25g blue-black SG 742 & 743 (Michel 580 & 581), both fine used with CDS cancels, Cat £400 (€300).
(Qty 2)Grade A A1
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INTERNMENT CAMP ISSUES: 1916 Warrior Woman & Lion green and Warrior Woman, Lion & Camp brown on yellow Michel 1 & 2, couple of small gum inclusions and light hinge remainders, Cat €260. Issued for use by Belgian Prisoners of War held in Dutch Internment Camps; the latter type was prepared for use bu
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MONEY ORDER STAMPS: 1884 Payment Control 1g to 10g set Michel 1-7 (not listed in Gibbons), fine used with circular datestamp cancels including lovely 1899 'ZWOLLE' cds on the 10g, Cat €400.
(Qty 7)Grade A
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POSTAGE DUES: 1906 Type II '50 CENT' overprint on 1g pale blue & red SG D214a (Michel 27II) with 'T' of 'BETALEN' over space between chain loops, fine used with small part '...ALKMAAR' cds, Cat £250 (€200).
Grade A B1
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TELEGRAPH STAMPS: 1877-1901 Hexagons group mostly used with blue crayon cancels & hole-punched including 3c on Telegram Form piece, 12½c, 20c single plus a pair on piece, 30c x2 (one with square hole-punch), 50c and 1g, also another 12½c cancelled on piece without hole-punch and a 1c mint, condition
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INDIES: 1941 Wilhelmina 25g orange SG 444, well centred, very fresh but regummed, Cat £475 for **.
Grade A- B1
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SURINAME: 1931 'Flucht/Do. X.' Airmail Overprints SG 218-224, part-commemorative cancels, Cat £375. Not expertised so offered "as is".
(Qty 7)Grade A B1
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SURINAME: 1931 to Curacao endorsed "via Trinidad" with Numeral 1c & Airmail 20c 'Vlucht/Do.X/1931' overprint tied by the large 'EXTRA LUCHTPOST VERZENDING/UIT SURINAME/[plane]/PER/Do X/18.8.31' illustrated d/s showing the Dornier DoX in flight, 'FROM SURINAME/[plane]/SPECIAL FLIGHT/PAN-AMERICAN AIRW
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1897 Overprints on Germany 50pf purple-brown Mi 6 block of 4, well centred, Gebruder Senf & Steuer guarantee handstamps, unmounted, Cat €480++ for singles.
Grade A B1
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Selection with 6mm Spacing including '3d.' on 25pf SG 7 (with Sliced 'I' that may indicate it's a forgery), 5mm Spacing including '1d.' on 3pf with '1' for 'I' SG 16a, '3d.' on 30pf & '8d.' on 80pf, Marshalls '2d.' on 20pf with No Stop after 'd ' SG 53e, '4d.' on 40pf & '5d.' on 50pf, and a few othe
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf with Short '1' in '1d.' SG 2b, well centred, Cat £350. Briefmarkenprufstelle Basel mini-certificate (2014).
Grade A A1
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '2d.' on 10pf red with '1' for 'I' SG 3a with margin at right, Cat £400. BPA Certificate (1991).
Grade A B1
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 25pf red & black/yellow with '1' for 'I' SG 7a, a couple of short perfs & tiny tonespots, Cat £1100. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2003).
Grade B B2
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff with 'I' for '1' SG 8a [Stg 1 Pos 10], well centred, small professionally repaired tear at L/R, oval Rabaul d/s in violet well clear of the variety, Cat £1500.
Grade (A) B1
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1914-15 6mm Spacing '4d.' on 40pf black & carmine SG 9, well centred, Cat £475.
Grade A B1
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1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 3pf with Short '1' SG 16b [Stg 2 Pos 4], well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat £325.
Grade A B1
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1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf with Short '1' in '1d.' SG 17b, Cat £130.
Grade A C1
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1914-15 5mm Spacing '1d.' on 5pf with Short '1' in '1d.' SG 17b, excellent centring, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £190.
Grade A A1
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1914-15 5mm Spacing '8d.' on 80pf SG 26, excellent centring, neat hinge remainder, Cat £425.
Grade A- A1
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1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 33 tied to small piece by oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £325.
Grade A B1
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1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Rabaul/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 33d, well centred, perfs at the top trimmed, small-part oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £550.
Grade B
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1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels 'Herbertshohe/(Deutsch Neu-Guinea)' SG 36e, concealed fault at L/R, large-part o.g., Cat £500. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (1999).
Grade B C1
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1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Friedrich Wilhelmshafen/(Deutsch-Neuguinea)' SG 41, faults, unused, Cat £275. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2004).
Grade C
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1915 Overprints on German-Pattern Registration Labels Town Name in Seriffed Letters 'Kawieng/(Deutsch Neuguinea)' SG 42, well centred, a couple of short perfs at right, large-part o.g., Cat £250.
Grade A- B2
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf with Straight Top Serif on '1' in '1d.' SG 50c, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £300.
Grade A B1
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf with Straight Top Serif on '1' in '1d.' SG 50c, excellent centring, oval Rabaul d/s in violet, Cat £300.
Grade A A1
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green Spaced '1 d.' SG 51e being the central unit in a horizontal strip of 3 [Stg 3 Pos 7-9] from the base of the sheet with the complete 'Marshall-Inseln' imprint, well centred, perf separation/reinforcing between the first two units, faint aging, Ca
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1d.' on 5pf green Spaced '1 d.' SG 51e, unusually late usage with Rabaul cds of 11FE18, Cat £325. [This variety occurs only on the Marshalls '1d.' on 5pf]
Grade A C1
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '2d.' on 20pf No Stop after '2d ' SG 53e in a horizontal pair with normal, well centred, VLMtd, Cat £97+.
Grade A B1
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '3d.' on 30pf black & orange/buff SG 55, very well centred, very minor blemishes, Cat £475.
Grade A- A1
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '5d.' on 50pf black & purple/buff as SG 57 with Defective (and Faint) 'd', well centred, ironed-out vertical crease, superb straight-line 'Herbertshöhe' cancel in violet, Cat £300+. Unlisted by Gibbons but listed by Gibbs as #8c. Peter Holcombe Opinion (1991) stat
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1915 Overprints on Marshall Islands '1' on '2d.' on 10pf carmine SG 63, well centred, light oval Rabaul cancel in violet, Cat £275.
Grade A B1
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POSTAL CARDS: German New Guinea 1d on 5pf & 2d on 10pf, the latter with oval Rabaul d/s & local address.
(Qty 2)Grade A
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Varieties comprising Fifth Setting 1d red Die II unmounted & FU and Damaged R/H Frame ACSC 71(3)g mint, 1d violet with Dot before '1' mint and 4d violet Weeping '4' mint, Cat £300+.
(Qty 5)Grade A/A-
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1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Watermark 3d olive SG 76 Plate 2 Third Setting with Types acccbc at the Base large-part forme of 27/30 from the base of the right-hand pane [2R34-36/55--60] with Deformed Bight [R38], generally well centred, some short perfs at right & ironed-out horizontal crea
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1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos First Wmk 6d ultramarine SG 78 abc strip, the b & c units are unmounted, Cat £440+ (for mounted).
Grade A B1
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1918-22 Fifth Setting on Kangaroos First Wmk 6d with the Watermark Inverted SG 78w, Rabaul cds of 10MR16, Cat £400.
Grade A C1
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1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Second Watermark 6d ultramarine SG 88 Plate 2 large-part forme of 29/30 from an unidentified position with Hollow Stops on units [6, 12 & 18], overall light gum-aging, most units including four abc strips are unmounted, Cat £290++ for mounted singles
Grade A-/B
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1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Second Watermark 6d ultramarine SG 88 Plate 2 complete forme of 30 from an unidentified position with unlisted Break in Inner Frame to R of Cape York [2] and early state of Oil Tanker off Darwin [26] plus Hollow Stops on units [6, 12,16, 18, 20 & 27], overall light gu
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1915-16 Overprints on Kangaroos Third Wmk 3d Die II SG 96a, Rabaul cds of 31JA16, Cat £170.
Grade A C1
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1918 Surcharges 'One Penny' on First Wmk 1/- SG 101 abc strip, very well centred (which is rarely seen in this issue), Rabaul cds, Cat £340++. Superb!
Grade A+ A1
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1918-22 Fifth Setting on Kangaroos 2d grey Die IIA SG 106 Plate 3 complete forme of 30 from the top of the right-hand pane [3R1 to 30] with Break at Top of Value Circle [R8], Surf Break off Sydney [R17] and White Flaw above 'LIA' [R24], light "suntanning", most units unmounted, Cat £360++ for mounte
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1918-22 Fifth Setting on Kangaroos 2½d indigo SG 107 Plate 2 complete forme of 30 from the top of the right-hand pane [R1 to 30], light aging/toning, most units unmounted, Cat £165++ for mounted singles.
Grade B
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1918-22 Fifth Setting on Kangaroos 6d dull ultramarine Die IIB SG 110b with the Frame Break above & between 'ST' of 'AUSTRALIA' (largely inked-over as is often the case), the Rounded Corner at U/R & Break at the Junction of the Inner Framelines at U/R, lightly mounted, Cat £750+ for used; unpriced m
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1918-22 Fifth Setting on Kangaroos 5/- grey & yellow with Spencer Gulf Short & Thick, a few minor tonespots, lightly mounted, Cat £65+.
Grade A- B1
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PUNCTURED 'OS': 1921-23 New Colours 1d violet to 4d violet (rough perfs & grossly off-centre) SG O17-20, Cat £260.
(Qty 4)Grade A
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1915 (Dec 12) Hambly cover to Melbourne with unoverprinted 2½d tied by a part-strike of the rare defaced Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen seal & 'MADANG' cds alongside, 'PASSED-BY-CENSOR' h/s in violet at U/L, vertical fold & minor soiling.
Grade B
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1916 (Nov 7) Oswald Marsh cover to London with KGV ½d to 5d + Kangaroos 2d to 1/- tied by Rabaul cds, German-pattern R label, Sydney transit & London arrival b/s. Pretty!
Grade A
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1918 (July) Wilson cover to GB with scarce albeit philatelic solo franking of Fifth Setting 2/- brown SG 115 tied by fine 'NAMATANAI' cds - makeready at base starting to deteriorate - in violet, German-pattern R label, Sydney & Liverpool transit b/s.
Grade A
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1932-34 Undated Airs ½d to £1 SG 190-203, various cancels, Cat £275.
Grade A B1
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1932 Iremonger cover to GB with three very fine strikes - one on the reverse - of the impressive 38mm 'POST OFFICE/1JUL1932/KIETA' cds; plus three other philatelic covers.
(Qty 4)Grade A-
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1938-68 collection on leaves complete fine used/CTO including 1938 Gold Currency set plus 1f shade and 1963-67 Pictorials (ex 60c), condition generally very fine with just a few showing some very light toning mostly on perf tips, Cat £250+.
(Qty 80)Grade A/A-
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1899-1903 No Watermark Pictorials Perf 11 5/- vermilion SG 270, Wellington postal cds, Cat £375.
Grade A
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1930 Health (Smiling Boys) 1d+1d & 2d+1d SG 546-7, very fresh & unmounted, Cat £150+ for mounted (CP Cat NZ$1100 for unmounted).
(Qty 2)Grade A B1
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1930 (Aug 6) cover to Ohio with stamp washed-off & largely fine 'RECOV'D FROM/SS TAHITI/LOST AT SEA' cachet in purple.
Grade B
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POSTAL HISTORY: 1947 cover (330x205mm) registered to The NZ Supply Liason Officer, Melbourne franked with Peace issue 5d 9d & 1/- tied Wellington cds and blue/black 'Director-General/GPO W'gton C1' R label alongside; also 1946 similar-sized cover to Melbourne addressee endorsed "Through Liaison Offi
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POSTAL HISTORY: 2011 NZ Post 'Postage included' window envelope with complete 'This item was retrieved from Armagh St Box Lobby/on Tuesday 12 April from within the Christchurch/CBD cordons due to the Feb 22 Earthquake/...' advisory label. [The 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Christchurch infrast
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Covers with cds of 'FEATHERSTON/MILITARY CAMP' and 'TRENTHAM MILTARY CAMP' or machine cancels of both camps & another from Timaru to "South Canterbury Corps/Expeditionary Camp/Palmerston North", plus a 3-page letter headed "New Plymouth/17th Oct 1914" that states "...I've been packed-up ready with t
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1914 real photo PPC of nine soldiers at tea break, ½d (damaged) with very fine strike of the rare 'AWAPUNI/14SP14/NZ' cds (Wooders rated 9), soiling. PO 13/8/1914; closed 3/10/1914. Ex Gordon Darge. [Writer states "...We expect to leave for Well[ington] this week..."]
Grade B
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1915 (June to Sept) envelope with RAMC crest & three Maltese PPCs all from injured soldiers evacuated from Gallipoli aboard Hospital Ships to convalescent facilities in Malta.
(Qty 4)Grade A/B
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1915 (June 24) usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from an ammunition box with 'HEADQUARTERS' cds of 24JU15 & Censor #2640 cachet in rosine, minor blemishes. The message states "...I am looking forward to the day when I will be able to write you a descent [sic] letter..." [Makeshift p
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1915 (July 4) usage of a piece of rough cardboard apparently cut from an ammunition box with message headed "Galipolli/4-7-15" [sic], 'AUST INF BDE FIELD PO/8JL15' cds & Censor #2211 cachet in purple, 'DEVONPORT' machine arrival b/s of 28AU-1915, reinforced vertical fold. [Makeshift postcards are a
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1915 (Aug 9) very fine almost complete strike of 'N.Z. Expeditionary Forces/16.AUG.1915/No.1 hosptial ship' boxed d/s in violet on Ceylon 'Technical College, Colombo' picture postcard sent unfranked to New Zealand from "Alice" with message including "we're somewhere in the Arabian Sea. A monsoon is
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1915 cover with very fine strike of the rare 'HEADQUARTERS/OTAGO/27AUG1915/MOUNTED RIFLE/REGIMENT' datestamp in rosine (Firebrace #NZ30; ERD) & endorsed at L/L "(initials) OC No 2 Mobile Sect/NZVC", light HQ cds, minor blemishes & repaired corner at U/R clear of the h/s. Ex Gordon Darge. [The sender
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1915 (Dec 3) cover endorsed "NZ Division" & self-censored "HA Davies" at U/R, to GB with 'HEADQUARTERS/...' cds of 3DE15 (ERD on Gallipoli) & British-pattern 'PASSED BY/[crown]/No 2950/CENSOR' cachet in rosine. [The NZ Headquarters Field PO was moved from Mudros Island to Gallipoli only in mid-Novem
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1915 New Zealand Expeditionary Force Christmas/New Year greetings card with photograph within 'Landing at Anazac Cove (Dardenelles) 25th April 1915' & signed "John Langridge Lieut Canty Bat NZR", minor soiling. Rare ephemera. [Quite ironic, because all troops were withdrawn from Gallipoli in Decembe
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1916 (Jan 14) Trentham Military Camp envelope with largely very fine strike of 'N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE/18JAN1916/TROOPSHIP No.37' boxed d/s in violet sent to New Zealand by serviceman on board enclosing two-page letter on Trentham Military Camp stationery ('Trentham' crossed out & replaced with "H
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1916 Egyptian PPC with racist message headed "Alexandria Jan 1st" with superb Indian-pattern 'PASSED BY CENSOR/FORCE IN EGYPT/ 14 ' cachet in red allocated to No 2 NZ Rifle Brigade as part of the Western Frontier Force. Rare. [On 17.11.1915, a force of New Zealanders Australians & Britons marched in
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1916 superb strike of 'N.Z. MILITARY POST OFFICE/14JUL1916/TROOPSHIP No.54' boxed d/s in violet on Zululand 'Native Hut' picture postcard sent unfranked to New Zealand endorsed "On Active Service", short message includes "it is very hot", straight-line 'CENSORED' h/s alongside, couple of minor blemi
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1917 postcard showing troop transport steamship sent unfranked to Christchurch, endorsed from serviceman "Pt LR Willis" on board "On Active Service On the High Seas", 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/No.16 NZ' h/s applied after both his unit details and the name of the ship (inscribed on the view side) wer
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1917 Western Australia P Falk & Co 'Souvenir of Perth' postcard wallet with 8 colour views including St George's Terrace and Aborigines group, sent unfranked to New Zealand by NZ serviceman "Harold" on board troopship, on arrival 'PASSED BY CENSOR/[crown]/No.9 NZ' h/s applied on face, 'GREEN ISLAND/
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1917 Western Australia P Falk & Co 'Souvenir of Fremantle' postcard wallet with 8 colour views including Harbour & Victoria Quay with ships, Post Office, Railway Station and Rottnest Island 'used as a Military Prison during the War', sent unfranked to New Zealand by NZ serviceman "Harold" on board t
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Oil Rivers 1892-94 Protectorate Overprint on GB ½d vermilion SG 1 block of 4, large-part o.g., Cat £84+; Niger Company Territories GB ½d vermilion pair tied to small piece by largely very fine strike of the double-boxed 'THE ROYAL NIGER COMPANY/CHARTERED & LIMITED/22JAN1899/POST OFFICE/BURUTU' d/s S
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Partly-annotated range including 1902 Overprints ½d mint block of 30 (6x5) & 1d varieties in pairs, Birds two sets, KGV Recess 3d blocks of 8 of both perfs, 1920 Pictorials five imperf plate proof blocks of 4, etc, condition variable.
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1903 Overprints on New Zealand 3d (hinge remainder) to 1/- SG 13-16a including the 1/- 'Tahae Sileni' Error SG 15 (poorly centred), lightly mounted, Cat £760. Ex John Williams (UK): sold at our auction of 6.3.2010 for $875. RPSofL Certificate (1980) for the 'Tahae Sileni', which is also Ex Norman Th
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