1906 (July 3) registered cover to Massachusetts with ½d Post Office x3 & Thick 'POSTAGE' 9d rosy lake tied by largely legible 'PT DARWIN/S-A' squared-circle, reverse with transits of Sydney (JY21/06) & San Franisco (AUG/14/1906), terrific 'REGISTERED/AUG 20 1906/NEWTON STATION/NEWTON CENTER, MASS' d
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1881 (July) cover-size piece being the entire address label for a packet endorsed "parcel only/from/A Johns/ Palmerston" at upper-left, to England with Perkins Bacon Perf 11½-12½ 1/- red-brown tied by one of two light strikes of the 'PORT DARWIN/JY--/81/NT' cds, sans serif curved 'REGISTERED/No ("17
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1873 cover to Lancashire "Via Brindisi" with De La Rue Perf 10 single & pair tied by three good to very fine strikes of the rare 'NORTHERN TERY/AP17/73/S.A' cds, 'SHIP- LETTER/PAID/JY28/73/LONDON' cds in red on the face & Manhester arrival backstamp of the same day, faults on the reverse & minor soi
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1911 usage of Queensland PPC with message headed "Near Port Darwin/Feb 16th", to NSW with Queensland 1d tied by 'PT DARWIN/FE16/11/SA' squared-circle. Scarce shipboard posting.
Grade A
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REGISTRATION LABELS: Handy collection mostly different including from many smaller settlements, red/white 'CHARLOTTE WATERS/S AUS' & 'ALICE SPRINGS/S AUS', red & black/white 'DALY WATERS', then mostly blue/white 'R.6' patterns including many wrongly inscribed 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA' or similar, 'TEA TREE
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1860s-1950 collection on leaves with Large Queens 1c red-brown used, 1c orange-yellow unused (toned perf) & used x2, 5c olive used x2, 6c brown used x4, 12½c blue used x3, 15c grey *, 15c dull-purple *, 20c orange used x2 and 50c blue * & used, Small Queens 3c orange with partial Double Perforations
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Massive accumulation in thirteen archive boxes of mint, used, FDCs, commercial covers, stationery, commemorative covers and cancels, booklets, revenues, postage dues, remnants from Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia etc, noted are two 50c 'Bluenose' used along with plenty of pickings in various grade
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1939 Definitives Imprint/Plate Number blocks with Prominent Cracks through the Imprints comprising 1c green Plate No 20 (extensive crack), 4c carmine Plate No 31 (extensive crack) & Plate No 32 (early state), and 1949 3c purple Plate No 4 (large crack), all unmounted.
(16)Grade A
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PROVINCES: Selection on leaves including British Columbia 1865 Crown 3d blue unused and 1868-71 New Currency Surcharges 'TWO CENTS' on 2d brown * & '5 CENTS 5' on 3d pale red used, New Brunswick 1851 Crown 3d dull red imperf (close margins; repaired tear; Cat £400 not included below), 1860-63 New Cu
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COLONY OF CANADA: 1851-57 Imperfs ½d rose x3 (one with very fine Numeral '27'; another just clipped at upper-left), 3d red x5 (two with design just touched; another cut-into), 6d grey, 7½d green x2 (one with a tiny closed tear in the right margin only not intruding into the design; the other just cl
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NEWFOUNDLAND: 1850s-1940s predominantly mint collection on leaves from 1857-64 Imperfs 1c brown x2 (one unused), 3c green x2 & 5c brown, then 1865-79 range including 1c purple x3 (one Rouletted), 2c green Perf 12 & Rouletted, 5c blue Rouletted (minor aging), 13c orange & 24c blue unused/* plus 5c Se
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NEWFOUNDLAND: 1919 Newfoundland Contingent (Caribou) 1c to 36c SG 130-141 plus shades of the 2c 3c & 4c, and 1928-29 Publicity Issue 1c to 30c SG 164-178, lightly to very lightly mounted, Cat £415,
(30)Grade A
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NOVA SCOTIA: 1851-60 3d blue SG 2-4 group, one in a distinctive steel-blue shade, all with full margins & one a very large stamp, each signed "Giulio Bolaffi", Cat £720 minimum. Two with photocopies of Giulio Bolaffi Certificates (1968 & 1976) as SG 2 & 3. (4)
Grade A
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NOVA SCOTIA: 1851-60 6c yellow-green SG 5, margins close to good, light bars cancel, Cat £750.
Grade A
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