INDIA, SETTLEMENTS IN: 1876 entire letter headed "Pondichery 20 juin 1876" with very fine 'AMALRIC & CIE/PONDICHERY' merchant's cachet at lower-left, to Marseilles "Par Bombay & Brindisi" with Ceres Imperf 30c stone Yvert #20 very fine horizontal strip of 3 (close to large margins with complete outer framelines) tied by three strikes of 'INDE'-in-diamond-of-dots cancels, 'INDE/20/JUIN/PONDICHERY' cds at the base, 'COL FR V BRIND/15/JUIL/76/A MOD' marine sorter cds in red below the stamps, the reverse with poor Marseilles arrival cds of the same date, light horizontal and vertical filing folds well clear of the stamps, tiny 'Behr' guarantee handstamp on the face at lower-right. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (2024). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1220
Symbol: */**
MONACO: 1950s-1973 including some mounted earlies, sets, pairs, blocks of four, se-tenants, M/Ss, Europa and Red Cross issues, etc, with duplicates, virtually all unmounted, Cat value stated to be £2400+.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1221
Symbol: **/CT
Cat No: F247-255
NEW HEBRIDES: 1977 New Currency Provisional Surcharges Vila Overprints 5fr on 5c to 500fr on 10fr SG F247-255 plus the unissued 50fr on 1fr, 70fr on 2fr and 100fr on 3fr (mentioned by Gibbons in a footnote), mostly corner examples, unmounted; and the Paris Overprints, CTO; Cat £745.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1222
Symbol: C
Cat No: 12
NEW HEBRIDES: 1903 Syndicat Francais 5c & 15c (fault) tied to the face of Rache (Noumea) photo-montage PPC of natives by '.../PT SANDWICH' cds; 1907 social usage of local PPC (Kanakas) to New Zealand with New Caledonia 10c Kagu tied to the viewside by 'PORT-VILA...' cds, message states "...mail only goes from here about once a fortnight..."; 1907 cover-front to France with New Caledonia 5c pair tied '.../PT SANDWICH' cds (month slug inverted); 1912 commercial cover to Sydney with 1910 Overprints on Fiji 2d grey SG 12 tied by the French 'PORT-VILA/...' cds (year slug inverted); and 1941 possibly social cover to a convent in NSW with 'France Libre' Overprints 5c 10c & 15c SG F65-67 with French cds of '15APR41' being the Day of Issue.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1223
Symbol: **/*
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS: 1960s-2000s issues on Hagners including se-tenants & M/Ss, etc, high thematic content, virtually all unmounted, catalogue value stated to exceed £1550.
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