Pre-stamp entires including 1598 to Bartolomeo Corsini in London, 1782 London-Margate with very fine '1/IA' (1st January) Bishop Mark, 1788 London-Leeds with Bishop Mark across the flap & 'OXFORD' b/s, 1816 headed "Poole" to Portugal with very fine 'POOL/116' mileage mark, 1819 to Portugal "p Lisbon Packet/via Falmouth" with 'DART MOUTH/215' mileage mark, & a couple of others, mostly fine to very fine.
(8 items)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1168
Symbol: CPS
Cat No: Collection
Interesting group including 1848 stampless with superb 'Red-Lion-St/1D - PAID' h/s, 1856 with unusual '159/GLASGOW JY 23 1856/D N' d/s, 1860 with 'Law Life Assurance Society/BONUS LETTER' imprint, 1914 Clark's College wrapper with KGV ½d 'C/CS/C' perfin & taxed with 'Contains a letter in/typewriting characters/I S' h/s, 1968 badly charred PPC with 'sorry' label affixed, etc, and Stamped to Order KEVII ½d illustrated lettersheet for Army & Navy Co-Op Society, KEVII ½d illustrated envelope for Exors of James Mills Ltd, & QV ½d+3d registration envelope for Alfred Smith & Son to Greece with 1d lilac added, all those mentioned are fine to very fine.
(24 items)
1833 envelope endorsed "Wandsford December thirty first" & at lower-left "Free/Wellington", to Kingston-on-Thames with undated 'WANDSFORD', minor soiling is hardly worth mentioning. An unusually fine free-frank entire cover - most are fronts only - from one of the most illustrious personages of the era. [Online retail sites price similar items at upwards of £500] The illustration is on page 176.
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1171
Symbol: PS
Cat No: Collection
AEROGRAMMES: Accumulation from 1945 'FORCES LETTER' and civilian issues to modern, party-annotated types & varieties, plenty of postal history interest including usages to India, Curacao, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Palestine, etc, also some formular types with variety of frankings, QEII 6d aerogramme cut-out with Castles 2/6d x2 on registered airmail cover to South Africa, condition mixed but many fine. Ideal for further study.
(100s)
Great Britain and British Commonwealth Aerophilately & Flight Covers
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 264
Symbol: C
1921 (Dec 2) Perth-Geraldton cover to "Rev W Sharp/Rector/Carnarvon" endorsed "Per Aerial Mail" in red with KGV 5d tied by Perth machine cancel, largely very fine strike of the 'PERTH DERBY/4DE21/ W A /AERIAL MAIL' cds, light central fold & repaired flap, Cat $1100. [Three aircraft were involved. After leaving Geraldton, one was forced to land & a second crashed while investigating, killing the pilot. Norman Brearley abandoned the flight & returned to Perth with the mail. The mail was consigned to SS 'Bambra' & delivered by sea] The illustration is above Lot 259.
1929 (June) Darwin-Adelaide per 'Canberra' signed by the pilot "Capt Holden" AAMC #141, KGV 1½d red cancelled on arrival at Adelaide, light horizontal fold, Cat $550
1944-51 Commemorative flownaerogrammes on display leaves from 1944 BOAC/QANTAS Liberator with red overprint x2, 1944 QANTAS Christmas Greetings (minor edge fault & light bend), 1945 Lancastrian with & without overprint x2 the first signed "OFY Thomas" & "K Jackson", 1946 Singapore with purple overprint signed "A Furze" & "J Moxham", 1946 Kangaroo Route with red overprint plus return flight GB Airletter signed "HG Mills", "K Jackson" & "O Mant", 1946 Canada overprinted 'TRANS-PACIFIC...' (grubby), 1951 New Zealand overprinted 'TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS...', mostly fine to very fine.
(11)
1950s-1970s duplicated array of Qantas & other souvenir covers between Australia & numerous destinations, also some rocket & hovercraft items, many signed by pilots &/or dignitaries.
(250 approx)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1026
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
Accumulation with Basutoland £1 Royal Silver Wedding **, 1954 QEII set * & various 1961 Surcharges including all three types of 'R1' on 10/- *; Bechuanaland 1885 Overprints 3d & 4d * plus ½d & 3d used and Anchor wmk 6d & 1/- used, 1888 1/- 2/6d & 5/- * plus £5 fiscally used and Surcharges '1d', '2d' & '6d' * plus '1s.' with indistinct BN cancel, 'Protectorate' overprints '3d' on 3d and '4d' in Red on 4d *, Wedding ** & 1955 QEII set (ex 4d) **; Gambia Keyplates QV set, KEVII CA wmk to 1/- plus 2/- and CA wmk to 1/-; Rhodesia with range of 1890s Arms used, 1909 Overprints 1/- (two shades), 2/6d, 3/- & 10/- * and Surcharges set *, 1910 Double-Heads 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d, 6, 8d (Perf 14 and Perf 13½) & 1/- * plus range of used; Sierra Leone 1938 KGVI set, £1 Wedding & 1956 QEII set **; Cape of Good Hope Triangles x11 including 1d Heavily-Blued Paper; Sudan 1935 Airmails '2½ PIASTRES' on 5m imprint strip of 5 cancelled 'OMDURAMAN/20 OCT 35' cds with one unit showing Second Arabic Letter From Left Missing; etc, condition mixed but many fine, Cat £4000+.
(100s)
BASUTOLAND: Commercially used aerogrammes comprising 'SUID-AFRIKA' 3d with native's letter to a missionary serving with the MEF, 1949 'Basutoland' on 'SUID-AFRIKA' uprated to USA with KGVI 1½d pair tied by 'MAMATHES' cds, QEII '5c' on 6d to GB and 5c to Holland, also a few unused examples, 1968 airmail PPC to GB & what appears to be a crude 'phantom' on envelope addressed in French.
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BECHUANALAND: 1888 British Bechuanaland 1d to £5 SG 10-21 & Overprints on GB SG 33-36 (h/s in violet) all with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' handstamp, lightly mounted, Cat £1170.
(16)
BECHUANALAND: 1890 mourning cover from 'TULBACH' (CofGH) with 'TAUNGS/BECHUANALAND' transit on face & poor 'KURUMAN' arrival b/s; 1895 CofGH 1d Envelope registered with 'TAUNGS' h/s in rosine & Cape ½d x16 on the reverse with fair 'TAUNGS' cds; 1895 with British Bechuanaland 2d tied by 'VRYBURG/BP' squared-circle & part 'MAFEKING/BECHUANALAND' arrival b/s; 1894 Cape ½d Postal Card uprated Kimberley-Vryburg with ominous message "...send permit for 500 rifle cartridges & 500 shot cartridges which I wish to take to Matabeleland for my own use..."; three different unused Registration Envelopes one on GB with 'TWO' crossed-out by hand & 'FOUR' handstamp applied; etc, generally fine to very fine.
(17 items)
BECHUANALAND:REVENUES: 1887-95 documents with various adhesives including 'BRITISH/BECHUANALAND' on CofGH Stamp Act 1/- (and another on a small piece), Green & Lilac Keyplates including on Certificate of Ownership (Land Title) x2 each with £1 strip of 4, & on a part-Deed with £1 x2 + £5 single & block of 4, etc, condition variable but the stamps are very fine, Barefoot (2012) Cat £1450+ just for the stamps. A very good lot. For illustration of the £5 item see the Inside Front Cover. (20 items)
BECHUANALAND- STELLALAND: 1880s documents & pieces with various Postal Fiscals mostly from the 1886 series with Monogram handstamp including a document with 6d 1/6d x2 5/- & 10/- + defective £1, piece with 6d orange x6, piece with Stellaland/British Bechuanaland combination franking, 1/- block of 6 (one damaged) all units with the Monogram Inverted (a rare multiple), etc, Barefoot (2012) Cat £900+ just for the stamps.
(11 items)
EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: 1904-07 KEVII MCA ½a to 10r SG 17-31 and KGV 1921 Script 1c to 5r SG 65-74, a few small blemishes &/or hinge remainders, Cat £900.
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EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: 1919 Surcharge '4/cents' on 6c with Double Overprint SG 64b marginal block of 4 from the left of the R/H pane, the upper units creased, Cat £640+.
KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA:Revenues: 1950 King George VI 1/- KODI (Poll Tax) Perf 13 Barefoot #2a top right corner block of 10 with sheet number in upper margin, vertical crease through centre stamps, Cat £1750+ as used singles. [Believed to be the largest recorded multiple]
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1040
Symbol: Ω
Cat No: Collection
SOMALILAND: 1904 KEVII ½a to 5r SG 32-44 plus 1904-05 KEVII Officials ½a to 1r SG O10-15 'SPECIMEN' Opts all affixed to archival page & tied by '.../COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine. (18)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1041
Symbol: Ω
Cat No: Collection
SOMALILAND:'OHMS' OVERPRINTS: 1903 'SERVICE' set SG O6-9 without 'SPECIMEN' plus 1904-05 KEVII ½a to 1r SG O10-15 optd 'SPECIMEN' all affixed to archival page & tied by '.../COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine.
SUDAN: 1898 Camel Postman 3m to 10pi each without 'SPECIMEN' overprint but with diagonal seriffed handstamp applied by the receiving authority, the 5pi with a small fault at the base, a little tropicalised. Ex Bechuanaland Archives. BPA Certificate (1985) for the set. The illustration is above Lot 1043. (6)
Selection including Thick Paper set x 2* and a 5/- used, Thin Paper sets x4 (1**), set in blocks of 4 *, 1/- Lyrebird Imprint gutter block of 8, plus many singles and blocks of the lower values including 1d Queen Mother with bluish Overprint. Also includes a Thin Paper set with a forged 5/-. High catalogue value, but mixed condition.
(150+)
Selection to 5/- Thick Paper x2 & Thin Paper, Thin Trial Opt in Black on 1d & 3d both **, unmounted overprint varieties including ½d with Wrong Font '6' in block of 4 & 'I JAPAN' on used pair, 6d with Wrong Font '6' in block of 6 & a used single and No Stop after 'B.C.O.F ', a few blemishes but generally very fine, Cat $2500+.
(86)
BAHAMAS: 1902-07 KEVII 1d to £1 SG 62-70 plus Staircase 3/- SG 61 each 'SPECIMEN' additionally with 'ULTRAMAR' h/s in blue, minor faults & a bit aged. Ex Portuguese Colonies Archives.
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Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1049
Symbol: *O
Cat No: Collection
BERMUDA: Attractive collection with 1875 'One/Penny.' on 3d unused & '1d.' on 1/- used (short perfs), 1910-25 Dry Dock, KGV MCA 4/- mint & £1 used, Script to 10/- used + 'SPECIMEN' & 12/6d (unused), KGVI mint 10/- x4, 12/6d x2 & £1 x2 & used 12/6d SG 120c, etc, generally very fine, Cat £2400.
(180 approx)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1054
Symbol: **/*
Cat No: 80-83
BRITISH HONDURAS: 1902-11 KEVII issues complete SG 80-83, 87-93 96 97 & 100 all 'SPECIMEN', some toning but all but the last set are unmounted, Cat £425.
(13)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1056
Symbol: **
Cat No: 99-109
DOMINICA: 1938-47 KGVI Pictorials ¼d to 10/- SG 99-109 mostly marginal blocks of 4 plus extra blocks of the 1d 2d 2½d 3d 6d & 1/-, unmounted, Cat £360+.
(21 blocks)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 1057
Symbol: Ω
Cat No: Collection
GRENADA: 1902 KEVII CA ½d to 10/- SG 57-66 optd 'SPECIMEN' affixed to piece from archival page & tied by '.../COLLECTION/DE/BERNE/MADAGASCAR' cachet in rosine. (10)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 182
Symbol: **
Cat No: Collection
Accumulation including Yearbooks 1981-82, 1987-89, 1992-93 and 1996-2004, (the later mostly 'Executive' editions), Sydney 2000 Olympics Gold Medalist M/Ss set, other Australia Post product, plus loose including blocks & gutter strips in bags. Substantial face value.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 183
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
Yearbooks 1981-91 plus 1992/93 Collectors Edition, other Australia Post books x11, etc, also carton of bags stuffed full with FDCs, PSEs and a quantity of stamp packs, etc, another carton with stockbooks containing blocks of 4, sheetlets, strips of decimal postage and small selection of used and other country oddments, last box contains washed accumulation of Australia and some Foreign. Weighs 50kg.
(1000s)
Four cartons that include Yearbooks 1981 to 2009 (ex 2006/7) with 1991 onwards being the 'Leather' editions, three Seven Seas Albums 1913 to 2000 (incomplete) with nothing of value apart from postage, range of AP books including Australian Impressionists and 2006 Commonwealth Games folder and range of issues still in AP bags plus 4 medium size photo albums with presentation packs. Bring your calculator. Weighs 49kg.
(1000s)
Two cartons with approximately 200 presentation packs from early 1970s through to late 1980s, with duplicated values to $5; Yearbooks 1982 to 1995, 1983 x2 plus 2000 and 2009; three mint sheet folders with part-sheets and blocks up to the 22c period; various Sterner and folded booklet issues; with two albums of PSEs and three (brown) postcard packs. Plenty of face value to count. Weighs 27kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 187
Symbol: **/O
Cat No: Collection
Mint accumulation of 1966-2007 issues in stockbooks and on Hagner sheets etc, many in blocks of 4 or larger or in sheetlets, booklets, strips, etc, lots of M/Ss including show overprints noted 1970 Cook privately perforated & rouletted plus 'ANPEX', some P-Sheets, International Post, etc, a few used/CTO also, huge face value which we have not even attempted to estimate. Weighs 51kg.
(1000s)
Sale No: 240
Lot No: 188
Symbol: **/*/
Cat No: Collection
1966-2002 extensive mint and used collection in eight Springbak binders and looseleaf pages, much of the mint mounted in the margins only, many blocks, gutters, booklets including 1971 Christmas block of 25 (toned), estimated face value $1500+; also a small amount of AAT, Christmas Island and Cocos Island, then carton with quantity of Australian First Day Covers, PSEs and small amount of commercial mail. Weighs 28.5kg.
(1000s)
