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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
221 CVR 453-456 image1935 (May 7), George V Silver Jubilee set on first day cover from London to Glasgow, ½d, 1d, 1½d, and 2½d values tied by four strikes of the London c.d.s. dated 7 May 1935 (Day of Issue), violet FIRST DAY COVER handstamp and contemporary manuscript “By Air Mail Jubilee Stamps Day of Issue” at top, addressed to J. Stephen, Hillman Airways Ltd., Renfrew Airport, Glasgow, reverse with contemporary manuscript notation “Jubilee day of issue, complete set flown London–Glasgow,” a scarce first day usage, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
222 CVR   image1954 (December 25), Salvaged Mail, Aircraft Crash Prestwick, cover to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, franked with 6d Wilding, tied by bold framed "SALVAGED MAIL / AIRCRAFT CRASH / PRESTWICK 25-12-54" in violet, sealed along bottom and some wrinkling, a very fine example of mail from this aviation disaster. On Christmas Day, 1954, a British Overseas Airways Boeing 377 Stratocruiser crashed on landing at Prestwick Airport, killing all but six passengers on board. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Great Britain (Offices Abroad)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
223 CVR   imageOffices in Chile, 1870 (April 21), 6d pair on folded letter from Valparaíso to Paris, endorsed “p Peru via Panama,” franked with a pair of 6d mauve, Plate 8, tied by two clear VALPARAÍSO C30 handstamps, red PD in oval and bold red LONDON PAID (12 May) transit on front, together with neat black double-circle ANGL. AMB. CALAIS (12 Mai) ambulant marking and faint red crayon “11” Anglo–French debit notation, reverse with black double-circle Paris (13 Mai) receiver, the enclosed mercantile correspondence referring to rejected sardine consignments and commission adjustments, light file fold crossing one adhesive, else a very fine used abroad franking from Chile to France. (SG 108, Z71). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
224 CVR   imageOffices in Egypt, 1871 (December 8), 4d + pair 6d Victoria on cover from Suez to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, adhesives with large uncoloured corner letters, tied by crisp “B02” barred grid cancellations with matching Suez (8 Dec) c.d.s. alongside, red LONDON PAID (22 Dec) transit and faint red NEW YORK PAID ALL receiver on front, manuscript endorsement “Via Southampton” at top, some edge imperfections and crease through one stamp, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
225 CVR   imageOffices in the Levant, 1874 (September 4), 6d Victoria single franking on cover from Constantinople to Middleboro, Massachusetts, re-directed to Boston, franked with a single 6d grey, Plate 12, large uncoloured corner letters, tied by bold “C” in horizontally-lined oval, with red LONDON PAID (10 Sep) transit on front and large red “2 CENTS” handstamp applied on arrival to denote the U.S. inland forwarding charge, reverse showing clear red BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE (4 Sep), LONDON (10 Sep), and NEW YORK PAID ALL (27 Sep) datestamps, together with Middleboro, Mass. c.d.s., a desirable British Post Office abroad usage, minor flap faults, else very fine and attractive (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
226 CVR   imageOffices in the Levant, 1894 (September 13), 40 paras on 2½d postal stationery uprated from Beyrouth to New York, additionally franked with with 40 paras on 2½d ultramarine, both indicium and adhesive tied by two strikes of the hooded Beyrouth British Post Office c.d.s. (13 Sep), reverse showing red London transit (28 Sep), black P.O. N.Y. Paid All exchange (6 Oct) and New York “G” district receiver (7 Oct), flap bearing a green embossed seal of “The American Press, Established 1834, Beirut, Syria”, a shallow horizontal crease at foot, else a fine uprated stationery usage to the United States. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
227 CVR   imageOffices in the Levant, 1921 (December 22), registered Seahorses high-franking cover from Constantinople to Manchester, franked with 7½pi on 5d, 45pi on 2s6d, and 90pi on 5s “Seahorse” overprinted for the British Post Office in Turkey, to Manchester, all stamps tied by crisp double-circle British Post Office Constantinople datestamps (22 Dec) with an additional strike on back, reverse showing traces of removed wax seals, some light creasing, but a scarce high-value commercial franking, the 90pi on 5s Seahorse being especially elusive on genuinely used registered mail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$190.00
Will close during Public Auction
Guadeloupe
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
228 CVR   image1885 (July 24), registered cover from Pointe-à-Pitre to Besançon, franked with 10c and 40c Dubois, tied by Guadeloupe / Pointe-à-Pitre c.d.s. (24 Juil), with transit markings including Ligne B PAQ FR NO 2 (27 Juil), Paris à Lyon 1 (13 Août), and indistinct red Paris c.d.s., with Besançon arrival backstamps, horizontal fold clear of adhesives, the odd trivial toning spot at upper left, light horizontal fold, else quite fresh and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
Hong Kong
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
229 CVR   image1917 (February 28), 10c ultramarine “HONG KONG / CHINA” overprint on censored and taxed cover from Canton to New York, adhesive placed at upper right but not tied, reverse showing bold bilingual Canton c.d.s. of 28 February 1917, large black “T” tax marking and red circular PASSED BY CENSOR 2005 handstamp, front with New York G.P.O. “DUE 10 CENTS” circular arrival marking, reverse with vertical OPENED BY CENSOR tape applied over an earlier tape bearing violet PASSED BY CENSOR 1436 handstamp, taxed upon arrival with U.S. postage dues comprising 1c and three 3c adhesives tied by oval New York cancels, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
Hungary
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
230 CVR   image1925 (April 11–12), first inland airmail of Hungary, Szeged–Budapest charity-flight postcard, franked with a colourful array of Hungarian definitives, together with the large violet-and-green commemorative Aero Szeged–Budapest vignette, all tied by Legiposta Szeged (13 Apr) c.d.s., the front additionally bearing the black boxed "Legiposta / Szeged–Budapest" handstamped cachet and framed "Legipostaval Erkezett" marking, with Legiposta Budapest 72 (13 Apr) transit and arrival strikes on reverse alongside a bright pink trilingual promotional label issued to publicise the flight, a striking and scarce souvenir of Hungary’s first inland airmail service. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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231 CVR   image1942 (January 14), Szeged to Lisbon undercover address “P.O. Box 506, Lisbon,” dual Axis and British censorship, commercial envelope mailed from Szeged, franked 56 fillér with twenty adhesives of the Crown of St Stephen issue (sixteen 1f and four 10f), all tied by clear Szeged datestamps, addressed to Monsieur Eugen Holz, P.O. Box 506, Lisbon, Portugal, the cover resealed with Hungarian censorship tape and violet examiner marking, and additionally opened and resealed by the British Censorship Office in Lisbon, attractive and very fine; the use of P.O. Box 506 identifies this as mail routed through one of the undercover addresses established by MI6 Section V and the Ministry of Information for monitoring Axis-origin correspondence passing through neutral Portugal, Lisbon serving as the chief wartime intelligence and postal exchange hub for mail between belligerent and neutral territories. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
Iceland
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
232 CVR   image1929 (June 26), registered first day cover from Reykjavik to Akureyri, franked with 5a gray Golden Falls definitive and 50a gray and violet airplane overprinted issue, each tied by black "REYKJAVIK" double-ring c.d.s. on the first day of issue for the 50a stamp, blue on white "Reykjavik" registration label and black on light blue "Par Avion" label on front, Akureyri (3 Jul) double-circle receiver on back, slightly naturally rounded edge at lower left, else a fine and attractive FDC. (Sc. C1-2, Facit 160/61, FDC 5,000K). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
233 CVR   image1943 (March 16), Reykjavik to New Haven, United States, "Forward On Official Orders," cover franked with 5aur and 7aur definitives, tied by Reykjavik c.d.s., to Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, crossed-out and redirected to Alamogordo,New Mexico, with rose three-line "FORWARD ON / OFFICIAL ORDERS / NO POSTAGE REQUIRED", reverse with Salt Lake City, Utah (23 Apr) and Fort Bliss, Texas (30 Apr) machine cancels, violet U.S. CENSORSHIP handstamp, some edge creasing at top, else very fine and quite scarce; the area around Alamogordo, New Mexico, was used as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, and later became the site for the Trinity Test, the first detonation of an atomic bomb, in July 1945. The scientific work for this was part of the larger, top-secret Manhattan Project. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
India
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
234 CVR   image1859 (September 27), #139 Numeral cancel cover from Jounpore to London via Southampton, franked with 4a Queen Victoria issue, tied by horizontal lozenge-shaped 139 numeral cancel (Cooper Type 5a), manuscript endorsements “Via Southampton” and “Paid” at upper front, reverse showing red Jounpore (27 Sep) dispatch, Benares (28 Sep) and Bombay (7 Oct) transits, and London (11 Nov) receiver, light creasing in places and some spots, else a fine example of the "139" numeral, noted by Cooper as "extremely rare." (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$400.00
Will close during Public Auction
235 CVR   image1860 (April 30), cover from Camp Raichoor to Prestonpans, Scotland via Bombay and Marseille, franked with pair of 1a and 4a blue Queen Victoria issues, tied by vertical lozenge-shaped C55 obliterators (Cooper Type 6), manuscript directive “Via Bombay, Marseille” at top and sender’s note “Camp Raichore / 30 April 1860 / … Line” at lower left, red Raichoor (30 Apr) departure c.d.s. on front, reverse with red Bombay (4 May) transit and blue Prestonpans (6 Jun) receiver, flap sealed with wax crest depicting stag and motto Vigilantia Non Cadet, some light wear, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
236 CVR   image1860 (July 14), cover from Fyzabad to London, franked with 2a and 4a Queen Victoria, both tied by vertical lozenge 103 numeral cancels of Fyzabad (Cooper Type 8), boxed red India Paid and red Fyzabad (14 Jul) departure on reverse, with Bombay (23 Jul) transit and red London W. (4 Sep) receiver on front, minor age wear and some discoloration in places, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$110.00
Will close during Public Auction
237 CVR   image1861 (January 16), cover from the Bengal Postal Circle to Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland via Bombay and Marseilles, franked with 2a and 4a Queen Victoria, tied by octagonal B/ obliterator (Cooper Type 7, Bengal Circle, numeral indistinct), manuscript directives “P. Marseilles” and “Via Bombay” at top with additional notation referencing Victoria and the sailing date, front showing partial boxed red India Paid and red Bombay (25 Jan) transit, reverse with blue Stirling (21 Feb) transit and black Kippen (22 Feb) receiver, minor backflap tears, else quite fresh. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
238 CVR   image1863 (August 19), registered cover from Aboo to Amritsar, franked with 1a and pair of 2a Queen Victoria issues, tied by vertical lozenge-shaped 153 numeral cancellations (Cooper Type 4) of Aboo, boxed Registered handstamp at left and partial double-circle datestamp (likely Aboo) alongside, reverse showing red hexagonal Nusseerabad S (22 Aug), red hexagonal S. Dehlie transit, and red single-circle receiver (29 Aug), together with red wax seal on flap, usual edge faults as expected, fine and attractive registered usage from Rajasthan. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
239 CVR   image1864 (February 20), cover from Calcutta to London via Bombay and Marseille, franked with 8p, 2a, and 4a Queen Victoria, tied by three strikes of the octagonal B/1 obliterator of Calcutta (Cooper Type 7), manuscript directive “Via Bombay & Marseille” at top and boxed red India Paid on front, reverse showing red double-circle Ex Calcutta (20 Feb) departure and front bearing red single-circle London W. Paid (21 Mar) receiver, usual ageing and edge wear, else a fine three-colour franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
240 CVR   image1864 (August 23), cover from Calcutta to Epping, Essex via Marseille, franked with 8p, 1a, 2a, and 4a Queen Victoria issues, each tied by four strikes of the octagonal B/1 obliterator of Calcutta (Bengal, Cooper Type 7), with manuscript route directive “Via Marseille per / / packet” at upper left and boxed red India Paid handstamp on front, reverse bearing red double-circle G.P.O. Ex-Calcutta (23 Aug) dispatch and front showing Epping (28 Sep) receiver, flap impressed with a embossed seal bearing the Latin motto Sapere et Fari, usual edge wear, else a fine and attractive four-colour franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$170.00
Will close during Public Auction

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