World War Two. 1939-43 Covers, forces mail or censors including 1941 provisional Honour Envelope with green crayon cross and handwritten inscription franked 2½a, cover with blue oval "H.M W/T STATION / 25 OCT 1941 / ADEN" and boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR", etc. (8).
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Ascension
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 659
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Cat No: Collection
1922-82 Mint collection on pages including 1922 set, 1924-33 set, 1934 set, 1938-53 set with additional perfs, 1956 set and all subsequent issues, unmounted from 1966, all fine. (100s).
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Lot No: 660
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Cat No: 40da
1938-53 Perf 14 1½d black and rose-carmine with davit flaw and perf 13 10/- with boulder flaw, both mounted, otherwise fine mint. S.G. 40da, 47ba, £780. (2). Photo on Page 126. (Image1)
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Australia
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 215
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G.B. 1911 (Sept 9) First U.K Aerial Post, red-brown postcard flown from London to Windsor, addressed to Sydney, with KEVII ½d + KGV ½d tied by the London Aerial Post c.d.s code "3". Reverse with "D.H. EVANS & CO" handstamp, message includes "Here is one of the very first postcards sent by aerial post. We are writing it in the shop". Minor corner faults, otherwise fine.
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 216
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G.B. 1911 (Sept 13) First U.K Aerial Post, brown postcard flown from London to Windsor, addressed to Tasmania, with KEVII ½d + KGV ½d tied by the London Aerial Post c.d.s code "1", fine and a very scarce destination. Photo on Page 40. (Image1)
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Lot No: 217
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1919 England to Australia Air Race, cover addressed to "Mrs B. Green, 5 South Street, Manly, Sydney", carried on the record breaking flight from Hounslow to Darwin flown by Capt Ross Smith, Lt Keith Smith, Sgts J. Bennett and W. Shiers, this cover privately carried by the mechanic Wally Shiers, endorsed "By Kindness of our friend Shiers by plane", handstamped violet "PER / VICKERS "VIMY" AEROPLANE / TO AUSTRALIA" (applied twice), the reverse bearing the blue "FIRST AERIAL POST ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA" flight vignette tied by oval "FIRST AERIAL MAIL / RECEIVED / 26 FEB 1920 / GREAT BRITAIN TO AUSTRALIA" with a further strike alongside. The Smith brothers arrived in Darwin on December 10th after a flight of just 27 days and 21 hours winning the Australian Government's £10,000 prize for the first flight from England to Australia; they continued on to Melbourne on February 25th 1920, the letters having the vignettes and cancels applied the following day. Central vertical fold and a little soiling at right edge, otherwise fine and scarce, especially with the unusual endorsement showing private carriage by a crew member. E27, from $5,250. Photo on Page 42. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
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Lot No: 219
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1920 (Feb 27) Menu card for a luncheon given by the Ministers of State for the Commonwealth to welcome Captain Sir Ross Smith and his crew, held at Federal Parliament House, Melbourne, the front with a superb coloured depiction of the vignette that was applied to the flown covers. Some surface "silverfish" damage to the edges of the card, clear of the coloured vignette design, very attractive and rare. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 220
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1929-55 Covers and cards including 1931 G.B to Australia Christmas flight with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s, 1932 "Europa" catapult flight to Southampton cover addressed to Australia, 1936 G.B to Australia first bi-weekly service (2, with "CROYDON SURREY / AIR MAIL" datestamps), 1955 England to Australia Valiant record flight cover carried by S/L R. Tanner from Farnborough to Karachi and then posted (very scarce, few carried), etc. (9).
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Lot No: 223
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1931 First "All Australian" Air Mail, Australia to England flight by "Southern Star", covers flown from Australia (signed by G.U Allan), New Guinea (100 flown) or New Zealand to London; and covers carried on the delayed return flight from G.B to Australia (signed G.U Allan and C. Kingsford Smith) or New Guinea (30 flown, with red boxed cachet), Netherlands Indies to Australia (signed G.U Allan) or Straits Settlements to Australia. A useful lot, with three pilot signed covers, the covers to and from New Guinea uncommon, the Australia cover bearing 1928 Stamp Exhibition Kookaburra 3d miniature sheet of four. E222,a,d, 245,a. (7).
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Lot No: 224
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1934 MacRobertson Air Race. Cover with G.B 1½d cancelled by "MILDENHALL A'DME / BURY ST. E." skeleton c.d.s (Oct 18), flown by C.W.A Scott and T. Campbell Black who won the race in a record time of 71 hours, with an Australia 3d stamp applied and cancelled at Melbourne (Oct 25), signed by Tom Campbell Black. 100 Covers carried (mostly printed envelopes, without the Mildenhall Aerodrome c.d.s), very fine. E433, $1,250. Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 225
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1934 MacRobertson Air Race. Cover from Holland to Australia carried on the Dutch aircraft "Uiver", signed by K.D Parmentier and J.J Moll; and covers carried on the return flight from Brisbane with Australia 2d and Dutch stamps cancelled upon arrival in Amsterdam (no mail was suppposed to be carried on this return flight from Australia, yet 45 covers were carried, 38 from Brisbane, with guarantee cachet on reverse, light staining), or from Batavia with "UIVER / BATAVIA" datestamps. E444, 458, b, $780. (3).
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 661
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Cat No: Collection
c.1880-1978 Mint and used collection in three S.G. Devon albums, comprising Australia and a few Australian States, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos Island and Papua New Guinea, apparently complete unmounted mint from c.1966. (3 albums).
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 662
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Cat No: O125w
1932 2d Scarlet with "OS" overprint, die III with watermark small Multiple "Crown /A", variety watermark inverted, fine used with light c.d.s. Very scarce, with Ceremuga Certificate (2020). S.G. O125w, £3,500. Photo included on Back Cover. (Image1)
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 664
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World War Two. 1939-48 Covers, mainly civil censors with a wide variety of seals and cachets including stampless cover with return address of "Bishop Newton, Anglican Miss, c/o A.N.C.A.W Port Moresby" charged 2½d postage due, cover to USA returned by the censor, covers to the Red Cross in Switzerland, air letters, etc. Also covers from P.O.Ws in Australia (2), and forces mail (27) with covers from Papua, New Guinea, Timor, Japan (one bearing "B.C.O.F Japan 1946" ½d + 1d + 3d), etc. (197).
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Barbados
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 665
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Cat No: Collection
1855-1978 Mint and used collection in an S.G. Devon album including Britannia issues (19), mainly mint from 1892 with 1912-16 and 1916-19 sets, 1920-21 Victory set, 1967-78 issues complete unmounted. (100s).
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Bechuanaland
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 667
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Literature. "The Postal History, Postal Stationery and Postmarks of the Bechuanalands" by H.R Holmes, published by The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 1971, a fine book, still the standard work on the subject. Also "The Postal History of Tanganyika 1915-61" by E.B Proud, 1989. (2).
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Lot No: 668
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1885-95 Letters and documents concerning mining concessions, duty on disputed auction sales of land, printed document reproducing a letter from Cecil Rhodes forwarding a petition from the inhabitants of Stellaland to the High Commissioner for South Africa, permits for arms and cartridges, letters regarding arms required for hunting, a nomination to the Stellaland Bestuur, "Bill of Entry for Payment of Duty" bearing a British Bechuanaland 6d stamp showing £1.12.00 duty paid on a wagon of goods from Johannesburg, 1890 cover from Pietersburg to Col. Sir Frederick Carrington of the B.B.B Police franked Transvaal 1d with an enclosed letter offering information on the whereabouts of the murderer of Mr Honey, etc. (43).
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Lot No: 669
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1887-95 Postal related letters and documents including 1889 copies of telegrams detailing the agreement with Wirsing Bros for postal services between Mafeking, Tati and Bulawayo, or for the Bechuanaland Exploration Co service from Kimberley to Mafeking with the Protectorate posts to revert to native runners, etc. (9).
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 670
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Cat No: Collection
1885-1966 Mint and used collection in an album including 1886 1/- green mint, 1888 1d - 5/- used, 1888 Protectorate overprint 3d on 3d and 1/- mint and red 4d surcharge on 4d mint, 1890 ½d Protectorate overprint type 16 inverted mint and type 16 double used, 1897-1913 sets mint, 1913 set used, 1915-23 Waterlow 2/6 and 5/-, De La Rue 2/6 (both) and Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 all mint, 1932 ½d - 2/-, 3/- and 5/- unmounted and ½d - 2/-, 3/- and 10/- used, 1938 set mint and used, 1910 6d postal fiscal mint, etc. A useful collection, mainly fine. S.G. £5,000. (373). Photo on Page 104. (Image1)
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Lot No: 671
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Cat No: Collection
British Bechuanaland. 1885-95 Used collection in a stockbook with 1885-87 Crown CC ½d - 4d and Anchor ½d - 1/- (with three examples of the 1/- green), 1888 ½d - 10/- (also £1 and £5 with postal type cancels and pen cancels, probably fiscally used), 1888 1d - 1/- surcharges (scarce 4d, S.G. 25, with short perfs at upper left corner), 1888 ½d on 3d (S.G. 29) and all subsequent issues, also Cape (7) and South Africa used in Bechuanaland, and a few forgeries. An interesting collection with up to fourteen examples of some stamps, collected for their differing cancels, mainly fine. S.G. £4,000 (approx). (174). Photo on Page 104. (Image1)
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Lot No: 672
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Bechuanaland Protectorate. 1888-1927 Overprint issues, used collection in a stockbook including 1888 Protectorate overprint ½d - 1/- (with scarce 3d and 4d, latter with 1993 R.P.S Certificate), 1888 red 4d on 4d (4), 1888 overprint on Cape ½d, 1890 ½d Protectorate overprints type 16 inverted (2) and type 17 (S.G. 55), 1897 overprints on Cape ½d green with S.G. 57 and S.G. 58, 1904-13 set with 1/- deep green and scarlet (2) and 1/- green and carmine, 1912 1d no cross on crown, 1915-23 Waterlow 2/6 and 5/-, De La Rue 2/6 pale brown and 5/-, Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6 and 5/- (2), 1925-27 set with both 6d shades, also 1910 6d postal fiscal. A fine and interesting collection with up to ten examples of some stamps, collected for their differing cancels, all fine. S.G. 40/98, £6,600. (164). Photo on Page 104 (Image1)
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Lot No: 673
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Cat No: 99/128. £1
Bechuanaland Protectorate. 1932-38 Sets used with at least two examples of all stamps (except Silver Jubilee 3d, 1938 1/-) and up to seven of some stamps, mainly collected for their cancels, all fine. S.G. 99/128. £1,400. (92). Photo on Page 104. (Image1)
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Boer War - Stamps & Postal History
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Lot No: 911
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1900 (Feb 18) Cover from London franked 1d, to "Private Keable, 2nd Wiltshire Regt, E Co., South African Field Force", endorsed "Prisoner of War Pretoria", with violet boxed "BRIEVEN CENSUUR / Waterval Krijgsgevangenis". Pte Keable was captured at Rietfontein on January 25th. 15mm tear at upper edge and unobtrusive vertical fold, otherwise fine, an unusual cover to a British P.O.W in the Camp at Waterval. Photo on Page 148. (Image1)
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 912
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Ladysmith Siege. 1900 Cover to "Capt Molyneux, O/C Town Guard, Volunteer Head Qrs, Ladysmith" with Natal 1d cancelled violet "LADYSMITH SIEGE POST OFFICE / Feb. 16 h 1900", the date with "t" missing from "th", very fine.
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Booklets
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 1027
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Cat No: BB29
1935 KGV 3/- Booklet edition 300 containing 1934-36 photogravure ½d and 1d panes of six with inverted watermarks, and three 1½d panes of six, very fine. S.G. BB29, £550. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1030
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Cat No: BD 25
1940 KGVI 5/- Booklet edition 10 containing panes of the dark colour ½d, 2d and 2½d (three panes) all with inverted watermarks, fine and scarce. S.G. BD 25, £2,000. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1031
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Cat No: BD25
1941 (December) KGVI 5/- Booklet edition 13 containing panes of the dark colour ½d, 2d and 2½d (three panes) all with inverted watermarks, one 2d stamp and one 2½d stamp removed, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. BD25, £2,000. Photo on Page 158. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1033
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1943-59 KGVI and QEII Booklets comprising KGVI 1951 1/- South Bank experimental booklet (BD7) and 1952 1/- booklet (BD8); KGVI 2/6 booklets of December 1943 (2, BD18) or April 1952 (2, BD20); mixed KGVI/QEII 2/6 booklet of May 1953 (F1); KGVI 5/- booklet of November 1944 (BD28); and QEII booklet of July 1959 with graphite line stamps (H39g), all fine, some panes with inverted watermarks. S.G. £865. (9).
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British Empire
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 638
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Cat No: Collection
1840-1935 Mint and used QV-KGV collection in an S.G. New Ideal British Empire album, condition largely fine with many better stamps and sets, including Australia 1924 £1, 1929-30 10/-, 1935 £1 all used and 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge 5/- C.T.O; Bahamas 1884-90 £1, 1902-07 £1 and 1912-19 £1 mint; British P.O in Bangkok Crown CC 5c purple- brown and Crown CA 6c lilac both unused; Bechuanaland KGV 2/6 and 5/- mint; Mafeking Sgt. Goodyear 1d pale blue used on piece; Bermuda 1918-22 2/- - £1 set mint; British East Africa 1890 4a on 5d with octagonal London cancel; British Guiana 1905 $2.40 mint; Brunei 1922 Malaya-Borneo Exhibition set mint; Canada 1903-12 20c, 1908 Quebec Tercentenary set mint; Cape triangulars (8); Cayman Islands 1907 ½d and 1d surcharges, 1907-09 and 1912-20 10/- all mint; Dominica 1923-33 £1 mint; Ireland 1922 Dollard 2/6 - 10/- and 1922-23 Thom 5/- and 10/- mint; Falkland Islands 1898 5/- used; Federated Malay States 1900-01 set mint (8c used); Gibraltar 1886 4d and 6d mint; G.B 1d black and 1840 2d blue used, imperf 1d reds mint (2, faults), 1867-83 Maltese Cross 5/- and Anchor 5/- (corner creases) both used, 1877 4d sage-green unused, 1881 5d indigo mint, 1883-84 10/- used, 1883-84 1½d, 2d lilac and 4d green mint, 1/- used, 1887-1900 set to 1/- (both colours) mint and £1 used (vertical crease), 1902-10 2/6 - £1 used, 1913 £1 used, 1919 Bradbury Wilkinson 5/- mint, 1929 PUC £1 used; Hong Kong 1891 Jubilee 2c first day use; India 1865 2a orange mint, 1866 6a used, 1895 2r carmine and brown mint; Ionian Islands ½d apparently used (not guaranteed); Leeward Islands 1928 £1 mint; British Levant largely complete mint (with 1893 handstamped 40pa on ½d showing broken "S", not guaranteed but with expert marks); Malta 1863-81 Crown CC ½d mint, 1922 Multiple Script CA 10/- Self Government overprint mint; Montserrat 1880 Crown CC 2½d, 1903 set, 1904-08 set, 1908-14 set, 1914 5/-, 1916-22 set, 1922-29 set and 1932 set all mint; Morocco Agencies 1907-35 overprints on G.B largely complete mint; Natal 1857 6d green used on piece, 1870 1/- used; Nauru 10/- mint; Newfoundland imperf issues (8), 1880 5c pale dull blue unused; New South Wales 1897 Consumptive Homes pair used; New Zealand 1878 5/- used, 1906 N.Z Exhibition set mint; Niger Coast 1897 perf 14 10/- mint; Nigeria 1914 10/- (white back) used; Nova Scotia 1853 1d used (corner fault); Orange Free State 1903-04 set mint; Rhodesia 1896 3d on 5/- used, 1898-1908 3/- - 10/- and £2 mint, 1905 Victoria Falls set mint, 1910 ½d - 1/- Double Heads mint, 1913-19 Admirals ½d - 7/6 and £1 mint (3d die I, 1/-, 5/- and £1 die II, 5d die IIIA, others die IIIB, the 10d 2/-, 3/-, 7/6 and £1 unmounted, scarce S.G. 255f with small fault at base); St. Kitts-Nevis 1903 set, 1920-22 set, 1921-29 set and 1923 Tercentenary set all mint; St. Helena 1922 4d torn flag variety mint; St. Lucia 1891-98 3d - 10/- mint; St. Vincent 1899 5/-, 1902 set, 1904-11 set all mint; Sierra Leone 1912-21 £1 mint; Straits Settlements 1867 32c on 2a mint, 1867-72 Crown CC 6c, 24c and 30c mint; Sungei Ujong overprints; Trinidad & Tobago 1921-22 5/- and £1 mint; Uganda piece bearing 1896 8a (faults) + 1r pair tied by British Vice-Consul revenue cancel; Zanzibar 1896 2½a - 7½a overprints on B.E.A mint, 1896 set to 5r mint; Zululand 1888-93 ½d - 1/- mint; also 1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus issue complete mint for all colonies, etc. An excellent collection, a few defective, fiscal or forged stamps noted and the occasional unused stamp without gum, the majority however fine with many better stamps and sets, considerable catalogue value. Photo on Page 98. (Image1)
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Lot No: 639
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1896-1969 QV-QEII Selection including Rhodesia 1896-97 die I 8d, 3/-, 4/- and die II 4d, 2/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- all handstamped "Specimen" (Samuel R3, the only values from this issue recorded with this Specimen type); Tanganyika "G.E.A" 5r Specimen; Natal 1908-09 5/- and 10/- mint; KUT 1954-59 2/- - £1 unmounted; British Antarctic Territory 1963-69 ½d - £1 set of 16 (with both £1 types) unmounted; Samoa 1914 G.R.I overprint ½d on 3pf, 2½d on 20pf mint, ½d on 5pf, 6d on 50pf (on piece) used, etc. S.G. £1,715 + specimens. (52).
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Lot No: 640
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Cat No: Collection
1978-83 New issues unmounted mint in four stockbooks and packets, virtually complete for most colonies until 1982, also some earlier stamps. (100s).
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 641
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Cat No: Collection
British Post Offices in Morocco & Levant. 1898-1950 Mint collection on pages, Morocco Agencies comprising Gibraltar overprint issues virtually complete (just missing S.G. 21/23); British Currency issues complete until 1936 KEVIII pair; Spanish Currency 1907-12 KEVII De La Rue set, 1918 De La Rue 12p on 10/-; French Currency issues complete; Tangier issues; also Levant issues (56), all fine. S.G. £2,500 (approx). (262).
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Lot No: 642
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Cat No: Collection
British Europe. 1885-1982 Mainly mint collections of Malta, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Ireland in four S.G. Devon albums, c.1965-82 issues complete unmounted from all four countries, some reasonable earlier issues including Malta 1922 ¼d - 10/-, 1926 set, etc., fine condition. (4 albums).
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Lot No: 643
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Cat No: Collection
British Africa. 1884-1980 Mainly mint collection in three S.G. Devon albums comprising Basutoland and Lesotho, Bechuanaland and Botswana, Malawi, Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Swaziland and Zambia, c.1965-79 issues apparently virtually complete unmounted, some earlier issues including Bechuanaland 1955-58 set, Basutoland 1954-58 and 1961-63 sets, Northern Rhodesia 1925 2/- block of four, Swaziland 1956 set, etc., fine condition. (3 albums).
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Lot No: 644
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Cat No: Collection
British Asia. 1857-1977 Collection of Ceylon, Pakistan, Bahawalpur and Burma in an S.G. Devon album, with Ceylon Chalon Head issues (17), later issues nearly all mint including Bahawalpur 1948 (Apr 1) set, Burma 1937 3p-1r and 1938-40 set, Pakistan 1948-57 1r - 25r (postage and Service issues), etc., fine condition. (100s).
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Lot No: 645
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British Pacific Islands. 1876-1977 Mainly mint collection in six S.G. Devon albums, issues from c.1965 largely complete unmounted, comprising Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Nauru, New Hebrides, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tonga (with 1942-49 set), also "Tonga" by F.J Melville, all stamps fine. (6 albums).
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Lot No: 646
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British West Indies. c.1862-1981 Mainly mint collections in twelve S.G. Devon albums, c.1964-1977 issues apparently complete unmounted, also some reasonable earlier issues, comprising Anguilla; Antigua; Bahamas including 1938-52 set, 1942 set, 1954-63 sets (2); Barbuda; Bermuda including 1865 6d dull purple (S.G. 6, £1,000), 1918-22 2/6 and 5/-, 1922-24 5/- all mint; British Guiana and Guyana including 1934-51 set; British Honduras and Belize; Cayman Islands including 1938-48 set; Dominica; Grenada including 1938-50 set with 10/- perf 12½ or perf 14 (2, S.G. 163b, 163e); Jamaica; Montserrat; St Kitts Nevis; St Lucia; St. Vincent; Turks & Caicos Is.; Virgin Islands including 1938-47 and 1956-62 sets, etc., fine condition. (12 albums).
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Lot No: 647
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Middle East. 1918-66 Mainly mint collection in an S.G. Devon album including Transjordan with 1939 perf 13½x13 10m (S.G. 199a, £190) and 1942 set; Aden with 1953-63 set (all listed shades) and Protectorate States issues; Qatar 1961 set, etc, fine condition. (100s).
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Lot No: 648
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Indian Ocean Islands. 1858-1977 Mainly mint collection in a S.G. Devon album with Mauritius including 1904-07 set, 1910 1c-5r, 1913-23 2r50 and 10r (2), 1921-34 set (no 20c blue), 1938-49 set and all 1965-77 issues; British Indian Ocean Territory 1968-76 complete; Maldives; Seychelles 1963-77 complete, all fine. (100s).
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Lot No: 649
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South Atlantic. 1883-1983 Mainly mint collection in two S.G. Devon albums comprising Falkland Islands with 1921-29 set, 1952 set, 1965-83 complete unmounted; South Georgia with all 1971-82, issues; Tristan da Cunha 1960 set and all 1966-82 issues unmounted; St. Helena 1884-94 set, 1953-59 set and 1963-82 issues complete unmounted; and British Antarctic Territory 1963-82 complete unmounted (1963-69 set with both £1 stamps), fine condition. (2 albums).
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Sale No: 46
Lot No: 650
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Cat No: Collection
Gold Coast & Sierra Leone. 1884-1971 Mainly mint collection in an S.G. Devon album including Gold Coast 1884-91 and 1898-1902 sets, Sierra Leone 1965-71 issues unmounted. (100s). Photo on Page 126. (Image1)
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Lot No: 651
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Cat No: Collection
Labuan, North Borneo & Sarawak. 1880-1965 Mainly mint collection on pages including Labuan 1894-1904 issues (47); North Borneo (115) with 1904-05 4c surcharge set of twelve, 1947 set, etc.; and Sarawak (55), mainly fine. (217).
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Lot No: 652
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Cat No: 106s
Specimen Stamps. Various QV-KGV stamps with Specimen overprints, mainly odd stamps or part sets including Natal 1887 2d (S.G. 106s, £100), 1902 KEVII ½d - 2d, 3d - 6d, 2/-, 2/6, 5/-, £1 and 1908 5/-, 10/-; Zululand 1891 1d postal fiscal (S.G. F1s, £65); Grenada 1913-22 set of ten (no gum) and fifteen values from the 1921-31 issue; Gambia 1902 KEVII set of twelve (some gum toning); Virgin Islands 1899 set of eight (no gum); British Levant 1885 40pa on 2½d; also stamps of Ceylon, Cyprus, Dominica, Turks Islands, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, KUT, and three Southern Rhodesia sample stamps with punch holes and Waterlow Specimen overprints. A few without gum, otherwise largely fine. (95).
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British Guiana
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 690
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1880-1936 Covers and cards (38) and a front including 1880 internal 2c rate, covers bearing 1888-89 Inland Revenue surcharges (9, one registered cover to G.B franked three 8c stamps) or with 1890 1c on $4 surcharges (2 covers, each with two stamps), KGV covers with Demerara Rice (4) or Centenary Celebrations handstruck slogans, Clairmont c.d.s on cover to Hawaii, etc. Also a cover from Malta to British Guiana, and a few stamps with cork cancels. (39+).
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British Post Offices Abroad
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 1037
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British Consular Agency in Cadiz. 1834-57 Entire letters or entires to G.B. (8) or Portugal (4) all with circular framed "BC / CADIZ" handstamps, five the double ring type containing a small fleuron, a few faults. (12).
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Lot No: 1038
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British Packet Agency in Corunna. 1845 Entire from Villagarcia to London "por el vapor de Vigo" with green framed "VAGA / GALICIA" and red "CORUNNA" double arc datestamp of the British Packet Agency, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 160, (Image1)
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Lot No: 1039
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British Packet Agency in Vigo. 1849 Entire letter to London with "VIGO" double arc datestamp, file fold at left, otherwise fine and scarce.
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Lot No: 1040
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Peru - Callao. 1870 Cover to Italy with internal postage paid by Peru 1d cancelled "C38" at the British P.O at Callao, with a "CALLAO" backstamp, the overseas postage unpaid, therefore charged 2.10L upon arrival, with 1869 10c postage due + 1870 1L postage due pair applied and cancelled at Chiavari, a few minor edge faults, an attractive and unusual cover.
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British Somaliland
Sale No: 46
Lot No: 695
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Cat No: Collection
1903-60 Mint collection on pages including 1903 QV set (overprint at top of stamp), 1904 set, etc, all fine. (60).
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Lot No: 696
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Cat No: O10/13
1904-05 KEVII Crown CA ½a, 1a, 2a and 8a overprinted "O.H.M.S", fine mint. S.G. O10/13, £379. (4). Photo on Page 126 (Image1)
