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ABU DHABI - DAS ISLAND
1 1955-60 BPAEA , QE 5R Type 11 De La Rue printing pair very fine used with '17 Mr 64 Das Island Abu Dhabi (2) c.d.s. SG57b. RPS Cert. 191998. (Photo) £500

ADEN
2 1884 (16 June) envelope with lengthy description enclosure headed 'A lentree du detroit de Bab-el-Mandeb', to France bearing India 1 A.6.P. pair cancelled by Aden/22 duplex. £150

3 1937-38 A group of five commercial reg. covers, one insured to a variety of destinations franked with Dhow issues canc. Aden or Aden Camp. £80

4 1908 (6/4) PPC from Biere, Switz. to Bombay with 25c. rate showing v. fine Sea P.O. 'C/BOMBAY ADEN' bridge c.d.s. £20

AFGHANISTAN
5 1870'S-1920's A remarkable annotated reference collection on leaves and envs. showing both genuine and faked stamps and overprints, several on piece with some covers, blocks, errors etc. A fine collection for the specialist of this country. £200

AJMAN
6 1966 Stampless reg. commercial airmail env. to Switzerland, canc. with 'Postage paid' cachet, Ajman ds of 23/6/6 and Ajman boxed registration cachet all in violet. Bern arr. cds on reverse. £20

ALBANIA
7 1924-1950: 5 covers with various frankings including 1924 cover to Germany; 1936 airmail to Austria; 1949 registered cover to Austria franked Albanian Army set; and 1950 cover to Sweden franked 5 Lek Literary Jubilee. £40

8 1925-1965 an interesting group of 11 covers or cards some reg. with a variety of frankings and cancels. £75

9 1914-1967 an interesting group of 10 covers or cards some reg. incl. Shkoder, Scutari with a variety of frankings and cancels on ovptd. issues, one taxed. £85

ALGERIA
10 1834 E.L. to France struck on the front with a two line "ARMEE EXPEDre / D'AFRIQUE" in black and "Purifie a Toulon" in red. Letter has been slit for disinfection. £70

11 Two 1900 pcs to Caracal, Rumania franked with 1877 Peace 10c plus three cvrs inc. 1945 censored to London and a stampless 1946 to France. £30

ANDORRA
12 1960's-80's group of c.55 covers and cards mostly philatelic but some commercial with a variety of frankings and comm. cancellations. £40

ANTIGUA
13 1900s/50s cvrs/cards (24) inc. early stat., reg., censored, ship, V.S. Forces mail, range of frankings incl. Leewards to KG V 2/-; interesting group, worth inspection. (Photo) £160

ARGENTINA
14 1879 (10/12) neat env. B. Aires to London with rouletted 16c. (Sc. 35) canc. s.r. d.s., 'SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP-LETTER' s.r. d.s. alongside. £20

15 1900's-1940's A diverse group of over 47 items with wrappers, stat. envelopes, cards and cvrs. all used and some censored, including taxed pcs to Germany, uprated stat. letters to a variety of destinations and covers with instructional markings and a wide variety of frankings and canc. including an incoming cover from Switzerland franked locally on arrival. £150

16 1882-1949: 15 covers and cards with various frankings and cancels including 1882 card with boxed T.P.O. cancel; 1892 cover franked S.G 219 used locally on first day; 1916 cover to Switzerland with French censor label; 1939 cover to UK with X1 Congreso Postal Universal cancel; and 1943 registered cover to USA with British type "I.E./8049" censor label. £30

17 1938 (14/3) flown env. from Riga to Buenos Aires bearing Arms 35k + 2L canc. "LIDPASTS" c.d.s. carried by German Sudamerika flight (cachet) via Berlin. £20

18 1921 reg. envs. from Tartu, Estonia, with 5m and Riga, Latvia with Arms vals (5) to 10r. and 1940 flown reg. env. from Vilnius, Lithuania with vals (4) incl. Vilnius o/p 35c and Air 5lt, all to B. Aires. Scarce trio. £50

AUSTRALIA
19 1942c. Australian P.O.W.- Air Mail postcards (2, one c/o Japanese Red Cross), unused; fine. £20

20 1920 reg. env. from Jurbarkas, Lithuania to Sydney with "knight" 60sk., b.s. arr. a.s. Unusual destination £25

21 A selection of covers and cards, early to middle period, used and unused in mixed condition, including airmails, censored, covers, entires, fronts, military, postal stationery, two covers to Tonga via Tonga Tin Can mail and some States, etc. £280

AUSTRIA
22 1838 (-/2) large part E from Russia to Paris, forwarded from Brody by Hausner & Voilland (2 line f.a.c.) various transits, interesting. £25

23 1840 and 1842 Two fine ELs struck on the front with the oval framed "VECSE" handstamp in black. £60

24 1875 fine local rate cover franked with 3 kr. "whiskers" and used within Vienna. £30

25 1948-59 - Airmail cvrs. (7) and cards (2) incl. Balloon items, attractive frankings. £45

26 1900s - 30 cvrs (21) diverse and interesting assembly incl. reg, stat, money letters, parcel cards and charity label frankings, viewing recommended. £80

27 1752-1848 - EL/E showing various town h.s. incl. "FRANCO' + 'GRENZE', 'Bregenze' d.s. all in red and distinctive types of Papa, Guns, 'Von Botzen' (1753), Ala and Stockerau. £75
28 1764-1846 - EL/E showing a good range of town/village h.s. incl. distinctive types of Oedenburg, Tyrnau (1764), Hoelabron, Znaum and Teplitz; mainly good to fine strikes. £80

29 1850s-80s - cvrs (14) one reg, frankings incl. 1866 circular with perf 91/2 2k from Pest also Lombardy with 1864 fine EL from Venice bearing perf 14, 5s/d, pair (Sc. $160) sl. mixed condition. £80

30 1850s/70s - cvrs (16) range of frankings incl. 1861 part newspaper with fine 2k canc with Krakau Bahnhof c.d.s rather mixed condition. £70

31 1922-38 - Airmail cvrs (10) incl. special flights and 1938 Europa - Sudamerika Flight Innsbruck - Rio de J. with air 50g + 2sch and Germany 25pf, interesting group. £90

32 1860s/1930s - used stationary items (27) range of types incl. parcel cards (3) many uprated, some cancellations interest. Worth viewing. £85

33 WWI - env. and cards (8) showing various military h.s. incl. 'K.U.K Kriegsmarine S.M.S. Monarch' c.d.s. £35

34 WWII - cvrs/cards (8) incl. Nazi milit. h.s., propaganda canc. and 'nachname' env. from Salsburg. £35

BAHAMAS
35 1849 cover to England sent at the 1/- Packet rate, struck on the rev. with a fine "BAHAMAS" double arc c.d.s., code B. £50

36 1915 (1st June) ppc addressed to Australia franked with 1d adhesive cancelled with a superb strike of the boxed slogan 'COME TO/NASSAU, BAHAMAS/IDEAL TOURIST RESORT'. Rare handstamp on cover, probably a first day use. £60

37 1928-1951: 18 covers and cards with various frankings including 1938 and 1939 covers to USA franked S.G.145 and 160 with Miami paquebot cancels; 1941 local cover franked S.G.150a with 17/9/41 first day cancel; 1945 censored cover to USA; 1946 airmail to USA with Inagua cancel; and 1949 registered cover to USA franked S.G.181 and 185. £50

38 1900s/60s cvrs/cards (45 items) incl. stat. with good range of reg., many diff. frankings incl. War issues, flown, censored and Express mail, a few scarcer Offices and instructional h.s. with several 'Missent', inc. Georgetown : 1927 env. to U.S.A. with 1d, The Ferry Exuma 1921 (17/12) env. front , True Blue: 1952 non-phila. env. to NASSAU with 1/2d. strip of 3 and 1952 flown env. to U.S.A. with 6d. canc. large c.d.s. Hares Island: 1914 (11/7) 2d. verm. reg. env. + 1d. (2) canc. s.r. d.s. fair strikes, to U.K., Inagua : 1921 (3/8) reg. env. to U.S.A. with 1d. (3) canc. s.r. d.s., various reg. markings etc. Harbour Island, 1910 (c.) underpaid env. to London with 1d. canc. s.r. d.s., '2D/ F.B.' Tax h.s. alongside., Government Harbour: 1918 (-/4) env. to London with 1917 Red x 1d. (SG 90) + War Tax 1d. (SG 92) canc. s.r. d.s. also Nassau Tourist slogan h.s., Long Bay Cays : 1941 env. (sl. stain) to Nassau with 1 1/2d canc. blue ruber c.d.s. and 1947 (8/10) flown env. to U.S.A. with 6d. canc. s.r. d.s. in blue-black 'RETURN TO SENDER' h.s. alongside, fine strike. and a 1941 (4/7) flown env. Nassau to U.K. with 3/- (SG 132) (tiny fault but scarce on cvr.), 1/- (SG 155) and 6d. (SG 159) canc. s.r. d.s., an interesting and diverse group. (Photo) £350

BAHRAIN
39 Censored airmail cover to the USA franked with GV 4a (3) on the front and GV 4a (5), GVI 3p (4), 2a (6) on the reverse. Opened and resealed by censor. (Photo) £30

40 GV 2a and 3a6p values on cover (flap missing) to the USA canc. Bahrain 16JLY 38 double ring cds with 'OVERLAND MAIL' unrecorded type, Basra transit on reverse. rare. (Photo) £360

41 GV 2a and 3a values on cover to canada canc. Bahrain ? JA 40 double ring barred cds. 'OVERLAND MAIL' collins type HS-68 Three covers recorded. basra transit cds on reverse. (Photo) £360

42 GV 4a and GVI 1a pair on cover to the USA canc with Bahrain ? JA 40 double ring barred cds. and 'OVERLAND MAIL' unrecorded type. Boxed censor mark and Basra transit cds on reverse. £360

BARBADOS
43 1912 (20/1) PPC, with 1/2d. (SG 164) canc. 'CHRISTCHURCH' s.r. d.s., good strike. £20

44 1800s/1960s cvrs/cards/stat items (about 90 items), a valuable and wide-ranging assembly, incl. stat. with a few 'Specimen', interesting frankings, official, flown, taxed, ship and censored mail, instructional h.s. with a few 'Missent', several scarcer offices represented; viewing essential. (Photo) £380

BARBUDA
45 1928 (26/10) reg. 'Iremonger' env. with script CA 3d. purple/yellow (SG 69) pair canc. s.r d.s., reg. h.s. in red alongside. £25

BASUTOLAND
46 A good group of 1900s/60s cvrs/cards/stat items (over 90 items) with S. Africa 1d. stat. card from Leribe (Mission cachet) to Morija canc. d.r. d.s., .a good range of forerunners incl. a few Boer War period items, later stat. inc. many reg., smaller offices such as Kolonyama, Majara, Likabueng, Matsaile, Lejones, Corn Exchange, Makhoas, Lebihan Falls, 1953 (20/1) Air Mail env., inter-mission corresp. from Ma Mohau to Quebec with 3d. (SG 22) (6) canc. Loribe d.r. d.s. and a 1951 (18/12) flown env. from Lebihane to U.K. with 6d. + 1/- (SG 24,25) canc. d.r. d.s., arr. (2/1/52). A valuable assembly. (Photo) £650

BECHUANALAND
47 1895 (4/3) o/p on C.G.H. 1d. brown stat. card + o/p on G.B. 1d. lilac (SG 33) from Mafeking to U.K. cant. sq. circ. d.s. £25

BELGIUM
48 1863 (17/7) EL from Antwerp to Belfast with 40c. vermillion (Sc. 12; $160) (just touched right top) canc. bold '4' oblit., arr (19/3). £20

49 1936 (14/8) reg. env. Antwerp to Bulgaria with 3f.50 rate multifranking (4 vals.) incl 1f. 50 (Sc. 230) and 1f. (Sc. 264), arr. (18/8). £20

50 1850s / 1930s cvrs./cards (over 50 items) good range with 'Medallions' frankings, reg., Taxed, flown mail, early PPC, canc. interest, range of -10%- frankings, viewing recommended. £200

51 1954 (23/6) reg. AR env. from Anderlecht to Zurich with Bruges Restoration 4f. + 2f. and 9f. + 4f. 50 (SG 1536, 1539) canc. s.r. d.s. with reg label and A R h.s. alongside; scarce and attractive. £35

52 1855 (-/6) small env. from Bruges to Dublin with 'Medallions' 20c. + 40c. (both cut into) canc. '3' in bars, 1860 (11/5) E from Brussels to Gironde with 'Medallions' 40c. (Sc. 8b) with clear margins (light marginal crease) canc. '24' in bars and 1875 env. from Brussels to Paris with 30c. (Sc. 34) canc. s.r. ds. £50

BELGIAN CONGO
53 1890's-1900s Group of 8 stat. cards and 2 pcs, with an 1897 15c Blue to Brussels, 1908 15c card from Thysville to Belgium, 1924 10c uprated to Maldesgen, a complete two sided reply card used one side to Brussels, 1921 pc from Lisala to Hamilton, New Zealand redirected to Putoraru and a complete 2 sided 5c reply card to Tanga uprated with ovpt. 5c canc. with Tabora cds. £90

54 1928 (28/9) reg. env. from Leopoldville to Nairobi and redirected to Nakuru with on front 1f. (2) canc. desp. c.d.s., on rev. 10c., 40c. and 1f. (2) canc. 'JINJA REED/UGANDA' d.r. d.s., arr Nakuru (12/11), unusual. £30

55 1894 (19/12) 10c. rose stat. card + 5c. grn (Sc. 6) from Matadi to Germany canc. s.r. d.s. (blue) via Boma, fine. £20

56 1922 (r.) env. (rust spotting) from Bumua to Scotland with 'Mols' 15c. (Sc. 48) pair (small fault) + 10c. on 5c. (Sc. 75) pair canc. s.r. d.s. £20

57 1923 15c green stat.ppc canc. Usumbura cds £20

58 1886-1937(c). Cancellations on loose stamps in Album incl. multiples and pieces (over 320 items) representing over 120 offices from Aba to watsa, neatly arranged in 'The Acme Stamp Album' comprising a wide range of values with many'Mols' issues to 10f. A genuine old-time collection with some items stated to emanate from the collections of Baron de Wintk, M.Caroly and R.Moritz. Viewing essential. £250

BOER WAR
59 1900 cover to New South Wales franked with GB 1d lilac adhesive, cancelled with the KARREE KLOOF c.d.s. Rated RR by Putzel with the double ring F.P.O. c.d.s. alongside and b.s. at Strydenburg, Sydney and Woolahra. £60

60 1901 commercial censored cover franked with CGH 1d, with first day of usage Kimbereley censor cachet, July 12 01. £30

BOLIVIA
61 1926 (15/4) 5c. on 2c. blue stat. card (H & G 8) small fault at foot + 10c. (Sc. 121) canc. 'ORURO' oval h.s., to Germany. £20

BRAZIL
62 1866 (7/12) large part E (repaired) long tear and heavy filing crease) from Pernambuco to Rio de J. with perf. 13 60s. black (Sc. 46) vertical pair tied by d.r. d.s. with 'P' in circ. Alongside. Rare and quite attractive despite faults. £60

63 1877-1937: 15 covers with a variety of frankings and cancels including 1877 cover with Bahia cork cancel; c1879 outer wrapper with Cabo Trio boxed cancel; 1915 registered cover to UK with 500 Reir single franking; 1934 unsealed cover to France with triangular Exposicao Feira, Uberaba cancel; and 1937 uprated 599 Reir reg. letter envelope with large boxed Thesouraria cancel. £45

64 1936 (10/12) Denmark 20o (rocks) reply paid card from Rio de Janeiro to Copenhagen canc. d.r. d.s. Scarce origin. £30

BRITISH CAMEROONS
65 1936-1961: 8 covers with Nigerian or Cameroons UKTT frankings with various cancels, all addressed to UK (inckuding one to Guernsey). £30

BRITISH GUIANA
66 1899 (29/3) 2c. on 6c. grey stat. env. from Whilm to Georgetown canc. s.r. d.s. fine strike, arr. (30/3). £20

67 1920 (25/1) reg. env. from Leeraja, Latvia to Damascus via London, bearing 10k + 35k. canc. 2.s. d.s., b.s ass. reg. c.d.s. (1/3) £20

BRITISH HONDURAS
68 1922 (3/1) reg. env. to N.Y. with 3c., 5c. and WAR 1c. (SG 103, 104, 119) canc. Corozal s.r. d.s. D4, showing reg. h.s. R3. £30

69 1931 (10/2) reg. env. from Rakvere, Estonia to Belize bearing 40m (theatre) (Sc.83) canc. d.r.d.s, via N.Y. (24/2), arr. (2/3). Rare origin. (Photo) £60

BRITISH LEVANT
70 1865 4d orange plate 13 block of 9 RD-TF cancelled with the C in barred oval for Constantinopel. Slight imperfections but possibly the largest known multiple of this stamp. (Photo) £80

71 1871 cover from London to Constantinople franked with 6d mauve plate 9 canc. with London SE DE 26 71 duplex with 'insufficiently stamped' handstamp in black alongside with 8 manuscript. Arr. cds on reverse. (Photo) £250

BULGARIA
72 1940 Reg. cover to Germany franked with 1940 Air set SG434-445 canc. with Sofia cds 22-11-40. Attractive. £30

73 1929 (21/4) underpaid env. from France to Sofia with 'Sower' 50c. and Bulgaria Postage 2L. (Sc. 212) strip of 4 used as Dues, canc. arr. c.d.s. and boxed 'T' h.s., unusual. £25

74 1890's-1940's Group of 10 cards and covers with an 1889 uprated 5c card to Moscow, 1896 cover to Berlin with surch. issue, 1918 'on active service' censored card, 1940 stamp centenary advertising covers etc. £40

75 1936-1940 Group of 11 airmail covers some. censored and with a variety of frankings and cancels. £55

BURMA
76 1840s/1940s cvrs and a few cards (over 45) incl pre stamp incoming E from India, stat. incl. reg. and Jap Occ., Taxed cvrs., 1930s special flights, canc. with Exptl. P.O., Train late, scarcer offices etc.; worth viewing. £180

77 1880s/1940s (c) wide-ranging and interesting miscellany (about 150 items) touching upon many facets of Burmese Postal History incl. reg, official and forces mail, stat, telegrams, good range of offices incl. scarcer and TPOs etc. Viewing essential. £200

78 1915 (with Rangoon censorship), 1931 and 1933 envs. all with English Girls' school, Moulmein corner car to U.S.A. diff. frankings canc. d.r. d.s. £25

BURMA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION
79 1943 (15/2) f.d.c. (pencil address) (two similar) with State Crest 5c. (SG 372) canc. 'TWANTE' d.r. d.s. £35

CAMBODIA
80 1908-50 - cvrs/cards (9) with early PPC (two unused) and 1949 2.40 machine frankings (2) from Phnom Penh. £40

CAMEROONS
81 1916 cover inscribed as from the French expedition to the Camerouns at DUALA to France struck with the 'TRESOR ET POSTES AUX ARMEES' in black. French arrival c.d.s. (Photo) £80

CANADA
82 1859 - 12 1/2 c. deep yellow-green,tied by square of bars to letter sheet for TORONTO MY 14 63 to Glasgow with GLASGOW PACKET PAID alongside, very fine. (Photo) £90

83 1870/91 1 c. bright orange and 2 c. deep green, both tied by straight red PAID with dispatch mark VENTRY with manuscript date Feb 4 74 to Toronto with arrival mark; cover little reduced at right and small part of reverse flap missing. (Photo) £90

84 1864 cover to Vermont USA franked with 10c Albert adhesive, pen cancelled with the small office datestamp of BARNSTON below. The front also shows the curved CANADA handstamp and the DERBY LINE VT. arrival c.d.s. (Photo) £50

85 1894 1c. yellow and 3 c. bright vermillion, both in horizontal pairs with c.d.s. PORTAGELA PRAIRIE MAN./SP 27 94 on reg. cvr. to the US with transit-and arrival marks. (Photo) £80

86 1897/98 1/2 c. grey-black, block of 4, tied to pictorial envelope of the Sydney, C.B., Summer Carnival with programme on reverse, little stained at left, otherwise fine and attractive. £80

87 1881/1882 Large Queen 1c blue postal stationery cards- pair struck with the 'TOO LATE' h.s. of Toronto & Petit Rocher, 1876/1878 pair of cards struck with early and late impressions of the scarce 'MERRICKVILLE ONT.' crosses, 1878 addressed to Owen Sound Ont. struck on the front with a fine 'WAY LETTER' in circle, 1880 used within Montreal struck on the front with the scarce octagonal 'NOT CALLED FOR, MONTREAL' d.s. 1882 card used to Nova Scotia, canc. with a circle of small diamonds cork obliterator (as Lehr P146) with the small Summerside c.d.s. alongside. 1872 canc. with the undated double ring pre adhesive type c.d.s. of 'THOROLD' and an 1876 card canc. with the 19 in barred oval of 'MEMRAMCOOK N.B.' (9) £120

88 1894 (17/9) env. from Toronto to Texas beariug 1/2c black (SG 101) pair and strip of four (well centred, 4th stamp faulty) tied by 'S.M.C./3' T.P.O. c.d.s. Attractive. (Photo) £35

89 1896 (27/8) env. (small stain) to N.Y with 1/2c black (SG 101) pair and block of four quite well centred, each canc. 'NORTH TORONTO' c.d.s. Scarce and attractive. (Photo) £40

90 1894 (7/4) 1c. deep blue stat. env. uprated with 1/2c black (SG 101) block of four (centred) to top from Montreal to Sherbrooke, Que, tied by barred duplex, b.s. arr. c.d.s. (7/4). V. fine and fresh. £35

90A 1845 (29/4) 1c grey-black stat. card from St. John N.B to London uprated with 1/2c black (SG 101) pair (sl. toxing) canc. sq. circ. d.s. with another v, fine strike adjacent. (Photo) £30

91 1848 (17/1) env. from Montreal to Toronto bearing Maple Leaves 1/2c black strip of 5 (last stamp faulty) + single (uncanc.) tied by light strike of a 'flag' d.s. (Photo) £30

92 1898 (10/8) env. from Lennoxville, Que to Montreal bearing Maple Leaves 1/2c black (SG 142) strip of 6 lightly canc. and tied by small mute h.s. with desp. c.d.s. alongside. V. fine and scarce. £45

93 1898 env. London to Toronto with Maple Leaves 1/2c black (SG 142) strip of 3, pair and single, 1908 PPC with Tercentenary 1/2c pair from Quebec and 1915 env. Montreal to Phila. with 1/2c (SG 150) (2) + Tercentenary 1/2c. pair. (Photo) £50

94 1917 env. bearing Maple Leaves 1/2c black (SG 142) + 1898 Map 2c greenish blue (SG 167) and 1926 env. bearing Small Queen 1/2c black (SG101) + Maple Leaves 1/2c black (SG 142) + Tercentenary 2c; both from Montreal to USA. £35

95 1916 (24/9) 2c stat. card from New Norway, Alta. to Germany canc. oval barred h.s. with desp. c,d,s, (scarce office) alongside. £20

96 1924 reg. env. Windsor (Walkerville P.S.) to Calif with 1c (SG 246) (5) + 4c (SG 249) pair and 1926 3c vermilion stat. env. + 10c (SG254) reg. from Windsor to Kansas.Attractive pair. £30

97 1916 reg. env. Toronto to Switz. with 5c indigo (SG 205) (2) and 1918 reg. env. Callander to London with 7c (SG208) + War Tax 1c. £20

98 1919 reg. env. from Okotoks, Alta to Berne with 1c, 2c and 5c and 1921 reg. env. from Black Diamond, Alta to Berne with 5c (3) both showing Macleod & Calgary R.P.O. c.d.s. £25

99 1932 embossed 2c vermilion stat. env. + 3c + 10c reg. from Vancouver to Switz and 1934 3c rose-red stat. env. (roughly opened) + 1c, 5c (2) and Air 6c on 5c. reg. from Turner Valley, alta, to Switz. £20

100 1942 censored env. from Ojibway Island to Geneva with Air 6c canc. single arc d.s. (scarce office) also 1945 flown env. from Halifax N.S. to Switz. with 30c, rate franking. £20

101 1937 reg. flown envs. (2) from Okotoks and Calgary Alta to Switz, both with 20c (Falls). £20

102 1945 flown envs. (2, one with punch hole) to Switz. with 30c rate frankings, showing diff 'O.A.T' h.s. in red (one large and distorted), one censored. £40

CANAL ZONE
103 1909 (12/11) env. from Radviliskis to Camp Gaillard c.z. addressed to USA with "knight" 60sk., Lithuanian censorship a.s. Unusual. (Photo) £45

104 1921 (9/9) reg. env. from Tartu, Estonia to Balboa Heights, bearing imperf. 5m + 15m. canc. d.r.d.s., via N.Y. (26/9), arr. (6/10). Rare origin. (Photo) £50

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
105 1874-1909: 9 covers and cards with various frankings and cancels including 1874 cover franked S.G. 24a; 1877 cover franked S.G. 25b to UK; 1889 cover to Worcester with Travelling P.O. Down cancel on reverse; and 1898 registered cover from Kimberley to Johannesburg. £30

CEYLON
106 1884 cover to England franked with 24c green cancelled with barred numeral "20" with the "DODANDUWA PAID" c.d.s. £30

107 1900s/30s small selection of cvrs/cards (17 items) incl 1899 PPC, 1900 PPC with adhes. canc. Fr. paquebot d.s., 1934 flown env. to U.K. with 39c. rate, 1940 env. to N.E.I. with Medan censorship. £80

108 1885-1951: 13 covers and cards with various frankings and cancels including 1885 21/2 cents on 2 cents card used internally; 1936 airmail to UK; 1938 airmail to UK at 20 cents rate; 1941 and 1945 censored covers to USA; and 1943 censored airmail to UK. £35

CHINA
109 Two June 7 1947 Pan Am First Clipper Flights Shanghai to Guam and Honolulu h.s. with 'China-USA first direct flight' cachet in red and violet. Guam and Honolulu arrival cds on the reverse. £30

COLOMBIA
110 1900 Two attractive covers to England one franked with a pair of 1899 5c maroon and the other a pair of the1900 5c red both canc. with the Cartagena cds in violet. £30

COCOS ISLANDS
111 1955 (23/11) diff 1st flight envs. (2) to N.Z. and S. Africa with 1/2 1/2d and 2/- frankings canc. s.r. d.s. £25

CONGO
112 Group of 14 1970's covers with 12 reg. covers showing a wide variety of village reg. Labels plus a 1964 card franked with Congo Belge values canc. with large boxed 'Republique Populaire du Congo'. £30

COOK ISLANDS
113 1912 envs. (2) to U.K. and N.Z. with 1d. rose-pink shades canc. 'COOK ISLANDS' d.r. d.s. and 'RAROTONGSA' s.r. d.s., fine. £30

114 1935-49 envs. and front (5) one flown to Belg. and a hand painted PC from Penrhyn Is., Mangaia, Niue and Rarotonga (2) various franking with 1/10d. rates (2) few small faults. £70

CUBA
115 1841 (5/6) large part E (part of right flap missing) rated -1/4- from Havana to Bristo, forwarded through N.Y. and showing 'JOHN B LASALA / N. YORK' oval f.a.c. (ms. date), 'LIVERPOOL / SHIP LETTER' and arr. c.d.s. (18/7), seal cut away. £30

116 1860's-1870's Group of six ELs to New York, two with Steamship 10 circular h.s., two with New York Steamship, one with Baltimore cds and 10 h.s. Brook, Llopart and Marquette forwarding agents marks. Interesting group. £80

116A 1859 E.L. from Santiago de Cuba to France. The cover has been sent via St. Thomas (backstamp) and Forwarded by Gruner & Co who have added their handstamp to the front. The front also shows the boxed "GB/1F60c" accountancy handstamp and the "16" decimes charge mark. £60

117 1818 E.L. from Havana to France inscribed "Par le Navire Louis Defiré" and struck on the front with the two line French entry handstamp 'COLONIES PAR LA ROCHELLE'. £65

118 1895 env. to N.Y. with 5c. olive-grey (Sc. 144) (crease) canc. barred oval '12' on arr., showing two line 'N.Y.-PAQUEBOT' h.s. and Paid All arr. c.d.s. (5/3). £20

119 1880's-1930's Group of 15 cvrs, three censored, inc. an 1862 EL to Havana franked with a pair of 1/2p value, two EL's to Barcelona franked with 1880 10c values, cover to Switzerland with Experimento del Cohete Postal ovpt, an air mail cover to France and two pcs to Switzerland. Anf interesting lot. £50

CYPRUS
120 1890s/50s small selection of items (14) incl. 1930s Tourist/Oranges slogans, flown env. to BAOR 15 (Malaya). £90

CZECHOSLLOVAKIA
121 1931-1938 a group of ten covers all with airmail frankings and various cancels addressed to Austria, Germany, Brazil and the UK. £20

122 Group of over 30 covers, cards etc with some interesting frankings and ovpt. issues incl. 5h on a 1945 newspaper, condition mixed but a varied lot. £40

123 1919-50 - cvrs/cards (12) incl. Hrdcany frankings and WW11 items. £50

124 Ten prestamp covers showing a variety of handstamps and cancels. Interesting lot. worth viewing. £80

125 A group of 12 WWII covers with a variety of frankings and cancels. Interesting lot. £50

126 1930-57 Group of 9 airmail covers to interesting destinations incl. China, Morocco and Venezuela. £60

DANZIG
127 1932 Postcard to Denmark franked with the five values for the Danzig International Air Post Exhibition, neatly tied and cancelled with the large double circle Danzig-Langfuhr c.d.s and boxed green Graf Zeppelin cachet. Attractive. (Photo) £75

DANISH WEST INDIES
128 1903 local cover franked with diagonal half of 4c val. Sc18a canc. with St Thomas c.d.s. 23.1.1903. £25

129 1906 (19/5) reg. env. (inter-Bank corresp.) from St Thomas to Demerara bearing 1905 5b, 106 and 506 (sc. 31, 32, 36), scarce and attractive tircolour franking. £40

DENMARK
130 1866 stampless cover to England canc. on the front with the '1' in 3 concentric circles and also a 'Copenhagen' c.d.s. plus a manuscript '6' rate mark. The reverse is struck with the datestamp of the Danish P.O. in LUBECK. An unusual routing. £50

131 1934 (11/5) parcel card with coupon from Copenhagen to Brussels bearing Numeral 5ø, Ship 15ø and 25ø and Christian X 50ø grey and 1k. (3) canc. s.r. d.s., various transits. £25

132 1890s/1940s - cvr/cards (14) incl. reg, stat, taxed, military and returned items, interesting group. £85

133 1927-51 - flown cvrs (9) three to Portugal (one with German censorship), 1927 and 1933 envs. with Air 15ø + Postage 25ø, 1935 Express env. to London with 1934 Air set and 1939 Air Mail env. to B. Aires with 1934 Air 1k (3) + Postage 5ø, interesting group. £75

134 1878 EL (toning) from Copenhagen to Nestved with 8ø canc. target '2' with 'KBHVN-CHRHAVN' c.d.s. alongside, and 1900 (c) env. with 8ø (inv. frame) canc. 'KJOBENHAVN -HELSINGOR/24 TOG c.d.s. (fine strike). £35

135 1821-60 Eight 19th century unstamped items with a variety of h.s. and cancels. £75

136 1850's-'60s Group of eight 4sk covers (one rouletted). £55

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
137 1937 (18/1) printed 'Horn - Linie' env. (creasing) with 7c. (Duverge) canc. 'Ms. Frida Horn' c.d.s. £20

DUBAI
138 1945 (8 May) India GV1 11/2a Pre Paid Postal Stationary Envelope (May 18) uprated with India GV1 1a and 12a (SG250 and 276) to London. With 2 perfect FAKE 'Experimental P.O. K-46' Donalson Dubai Type 4 cds applied at Karachi on mail from various sources including Dubai. Ideal for reference. With perfect CCS9 Type 5a violet 'DUB/58' and Type 6 Black 'DUB/4' Censor handstamps of Karachi and Type 13a 'PC90 'OPENED BY EXAMINER' label. (Photo) £30

ECUADOR
139 1898 (15/4) printed advertising env. (machinery) from Guayaquil to Hamburg with Arms 5c. Pair + 10c. (Sc. 129,130) canc. oval d.s. in blue, arr. (13/5). £35

140 1944 (-/10) reg., censored env. from Quito to Bern with Postage 1s. 30 franking, showing U.S. censorship and -This article has been held / by the Office of Censorship-, arr. 18/9/45. £25

141 1935 cover to USA inscribed "Ilas de Galapagos" backstamped with the 'GUAYAQUIL' c.d.s. and showing two different handstamps on the front. Scarce. £50

EGYPT
142 1839 El to Livorno canc. with Alexandrie cds Smith type 1 17 Mars 1839, disinfected in Malta 'PURIFIE LAZARET' cachet and disinfection slits, arrival c.d.s of 30 Marzo 1839. (Photo) £50

143 1854 El to Marseille canc. Alexandrie c.d.s. Smith type 4 22 Sept 1854, charged 10 decime. Marseille arr. c.d.s. of 29 Sept. 1854. £50

144 1907 card from Tanta to Ourla franked with 1m Sphynx (3) and 20para postage due on arrival with hand cancel of Batal. A scarce itemt. (Photo) £90

145 1913 illustrated cover from Cairo to Istanboul franked with Pyramid 4m pair. taxed on arrival with 20para h.s 'T'. Stamboul and Pera arrival cds. (Photo) £140

146 1857 E.L. to Switzerland struck on the front with a two line "COL VAPORE D'ALESSANDRIA" in black. Various manuscript rate markings on the front and the Swiss arrival datestamps on the reverse. £120

147 1860s EL/E (4 )showing Posta Europea h.s. of Mansura (2 diff. types) Samanud and Zagasik. £60

148 1866-1906 issues off paper, a most extensive and interesting collection (several thousand items) of town and village cancellations in six stockbooks, roughly arranged in alphabetical order from Aba El Wakf to Zifte with several hundred offices represented., features are the wide range of values including Postage Dues, Interpostal Seals and Revenue issue. The whole would have taken years of dilligence to assemble and viewing is highly recommended. £2000

149 1937 Cover to England franked with 3mil Farouk Army Post stamp ScM12 canc. with the MPO Cairo c.d.s. £25

EGYPT- OFFICES ABROAD
150 1880 Egypt PO abroad Metelino to Constantinople franked with DLR 1p rose tied with clear VR POSTE EGIZANE METELINO with similar strike alongside. Small tear at top but nevertheleass a rare cover. (Photo) £1000

151 AUG 1875 Egypt PO abroad Constantinople cover (flap missing) to Cairo franked with 1p and 20para values canc with POSTE EGIZANE CONSTANTINOPLE cds. Alexandria transit on reverse. A rare item (Photo) £450

EGYPT- FOREIGN POST OFFICES
Austrian Post Office in Alexandria
152 1863 Perf. 14 2s. (2) 15s. (2), 1864 10s. (2), 15s., 1867 - 73 5s. (3), 10s. (12, incl. pair on piece), 15s. (4) and 1883 Arms 10s. canc. s.r. d.s., several diff. types and 1867 Coarse Print 5s., 15s. and 25s. canc. 'RECOM' s.r. d.s., mainly good to fine strikes. A scarce and attractive group. £200

Austrian Post Office in Alexandria
153 1867 Coarse print 50s. pale red-brn, perf 12 (Sc. 7 l) canc. good part strike of the 'RECOM' s.r. d.s,; v. scarce £60

French Post Office in Alexandria
154 1852-75 selection comprising items (27, with three pieces) vals. to 5f. (faults) canc. G.C. '5080', Coarse 2c. and 30c. (2) canc. d.r. d.s. and Post office in Cairo 'Empire' perf. 40c., 'Laureated' 40c. and 5f. (thinned) canc. G.C. '5119' . £150

French Post Office in Cairo
155 1853-60 'Empire' perf. 10c. bistre (Sc. 14) horiz. strip of 4 on piece canc. G.C. '5119' U.S. arr. 'B.PKT / PAID' c.d.s. in red; fine and scarce. £45

French Post Office in Alexandria
156 1870-71 Bordeaux issue 40c. orange (Sc. 47) (2) both with clear to v. good margins, on piece, centrally canc. G.C. '5080' with part desp. c.d.s. and boxed 'PAQUEBOT / DE LA/ MEDITERANEE' in red alongside. Fine and rare use of the Bordeaux issue in Egypt. £120

Italian Maritime Cancellations
157 Egypt 1874-75 1pi, (Sc. 22b) canc. 'UFFIZIO NANTATE' s.r. d.s. and 1879 1pi. rose (Sc. 36) canc. 2 line 'VAP DA / ALESS..', fine almost complete strikes. £40

EGYPT-PALESTINE
158 1948 Cover franked with Farouk 1m and 4m and Airs 2m and 3m all overprinted Palestine and canc. with the El Majdal cds 1 JU 48. £30

EL SALVADOR
159 1896 (8/7) env. from Sonsonate to Berne with 30c. orange (Sc. 143) canc. duplex d.s., via N.Y. £25

160 1898 (14/6) 'Servicio Interior' 2c. + 2c. blue stat. (H&G 51) both sections uprated with 1c. orange from S. Salvador to Austria, outgoing portion canc. 'C' in bars, via N.Y., arr. Laibach (19/7), scarce. £45

161 1911 to 1950: (15) covers with a variety of frankings and all sent airmail or surface mail to U.S.A or a range of European destinations. £35

162 1890's-1940's An extensive and wide ranging group of 40 covers, several reg. and many censored, one EL to New York and two pcs. A vast array of frankings and markings to a variety of destinations including first flights, 'AR' h.s., slogans and instructional markings. Well worth viewing. £150

ERITREA
163 1934 (17/1) pc from Liepaja, Latvia to Cheren with Arms 5s + Air 15s (Sc C7). £20

ESTONIA
164 1921 reg. env. to Rakwere with 1920 2m. blue (Sc. 44) corner pair canc. 'WAERULA' s.c. h.s. in magenta with reg. h.s. adjacent, b.s. arr. c.d.s. £30

165 1915-40 A group of 9 covers with a variety of frankings and markings. £55

ETHIOPIA
166 1931 third airmail cover Adis Ababa to Djibouti 4m airmail stamp used and 1/2m overprint value. (Photo) £80

FALKLAND ISLANDS
167 1926 (7/12) 'printed matter' env. from Tallinn, Estonia to The Postmaster, Stanley bearing imperf. 25p yellow (SC.40) block of 8 + perf 2m. (Sc.67) canc. roller d.s., b.s. arr. c.d.s. Exceptional origin mail item. (Photo) £120

FALKLAND ISLAND DEPENDENCIES
GRAHAM LAND
168 1950 (31/1) philatelic reg. env. o/s 1d., 2d. and 1/- + S. wedding 1/- canc. s.r. d.s. £20

FAROE ISLANDS
169 1948 env. from Scandevaag to L'pool with Denmark 20ø (2, sl. some staining) canc. d.r. h.s. and Thorshavn c.d.s. (in transit). £20

170 1929 env. with 15ø, 1935 attractive advertising env. (sl. reduced) with 5ø + 10ø and 1943 env. with 20ø on 5ø (sc.3) all from Thorshavn and 1957 env. from Haldersvig with 30ø £35

171 1919 (26/9) reg. env. Thorshavn to Sweden bearing Newspaper Stamps surch. 27ø on 29ø (Sc 151) (scarce use) with 3ø + 7ø se-tenant pair canc. s.r.d.s. Fine and unusual franking. (Photo) £50

172 1950 env. Vestmanhavn to Leith with Denmark 20ø (2, one with sl. staining) tied by d.r. h.s., Thorshavn transut c.d.s. alongside also 1923 env. from Leith to Vostmanhavn wuith GB 1 1/2d (2), b.s. Thorshavn transit c.d.s. £25

FIJI
173 1930s/40s, a small selection (8 items) with special flights, fine Tax cvr, Tin Can Mail etc.and a 1940 (22/7) reg. env. Suva to U.K. with 5d. blue and scarlet (SG 258) canc. Reg. s.r. d.s. with boxed h.s. alongside, scarce val. on cover. £50

FINLAND
174 1873 (23/2) mourning env. (2 minor tears) from Wibog with roulette III 20p. blue (Sc. 9) (some teeth missing or short) tied by s.r. d.s. in blue, good appearance. £20

175 1848 (16/11) reg. env. from Helsingfors to Berlin bearing Armas 10p. and 20p. (2) (Sc. 40,41) canc. trilingual c.d.s, attractive. £25

176 1890's-1930's group of 14 covers and cards to a variety of destinations incl. Cyprus with interesting frankings and cancellations. £60

177 1866 cover to Bosgard franked with a fine 5 kop. roulette type II, canc. with the "TAVASTEHUS" single ring d.s. (Photo) £180

178 1901-1948: 23 covers and cards with various frankings and cancels including 1914 parcel card; 1927 illustrated cover to UK; 1935 2M+50p commemorative postal stationery envelope postally used; and 1940 censored covers to Holland, Denmark and Sweden. £40

179 1870s/1940s - cvrs/cards (16) interesting group incl. 1901 card with 10k canc. good strike of the lake steamer 'ship' h.s. 1901 money letter from Kauhava with 10p + 1m, 'Arva' alongside 1919 reg. env. from Sweden with arr. censorship h.s. viewing recommended. £90

FRANCE
180 1760 (October) E.L. from Paris to the "Armée d'Allemagne" to an Officer in the Regiment: Suisse de Bastella. Various manu-script rate marks. A rare letter from the Seven Years War. (Photo) £80

181 1871 (6/9) EL from Paris to Rochefort bearing perf. 'Empire' 5c. (Sc. 23) Ceres 20c. (Sc. 57) canc. star '35' with 'Ministere des Finances' c.d.s. alongside. £25

182 1904 (-/12) underpaid PPC from Brussels to Paris with Belg. 1c. and Due 1c. black (Sc. J11) pair and single + 5c. blue (Sc. J29). £20

183 1925 (26/9) reg., flown, underpaid env, from Paris to Ostende with Decorative Arts Exhib. 10c., 15c., 25c., 75c. and 'Blanc' 5c. canc. commem. c.d.s. and Belg. Due 20c. £25

184 1893 (25/4) 'Carte- Lettre Venue 5 Centimes' (small adhesion on rev.) with advertising, uprated with 'Sage' 15c. Type II from Paris '26' to Zurich arr. (26/4). £20

185 1868-1941: 24 covers and cars with a variety of frankings and cancels including 1917 'On active service' card without cancel but with Service Militaire De Chemin De Fer/Gare Orange cachet to Australia; 1927 card with Freetown, Sierra Leone receipt on front; 1935 cover with straight line Pauillat cancel; 1941 cvr. with hexagonal France-Europeenne Porte Rurale cancel; and 8 covers between 1924 and 1939 with Exhibition or other special cancels. £60

186 1898 1d rose stat. env + Jubilee 1/2d (3) underpaid to Mers with Due 50c. and 1899 1d newspaper wrapper underpaid from Sheffield to Vosges with Due 5c pair. £28

187 1860's-1940's An interesting and very diverse group of over 130 items, with covers, wrappers, postal stat. cards and envs. A vast diversity of frankings and destinations, several censored, includes early stampless covers, Napoleon on cover, slogans incl. exhibition, hotel mail, army post, Jamboree charity stamps etc plus a few colonies and offices abroad. A good group worth viewing. £300

FRENCH COLONIES
ANTARCTICA
188 1960 (3/2) reg. Air Mail env. from Terra Adelie to Montevideo with Air o/p Dumont D'Urville on Madagascar 100f. (Yv. PA 1) and 50f. (penguins) (Yv. PA 2) canc. s.r. d.s. £80

SOUDAN
189 French Soudan '434 (9/7) env. (opened-out) from Riga, Latvia to a French Officer 'Soudan Afrique' bearing Arms 35g. b.s. with a plethora of route d.s. incl. Alexandria, Cairo Sudan T.P.O.2., Lagos Lokonou (Dahomey) eventually delivered to Damako (14/2/35) 011 full of character. (Photo) £35

NEW CALEDONIA
190 1910 (22/10) PPC to Paris with 10c. canc. 'LA FOA' d.r d.s. £20

FRENCH LEVANT
191 1861 stampless E.L. to France struck on the front with a fine 'GALLIPOLI TURQUIE' dotted c.d.s.. The front also shows a boxed 'PAQUEBOTS DE LA MEDITERRANEE' handstamp in red and the '10' decimes postage due h.s. applied on arrival. The letter is a fascinating account of a sailing ships problems in stormy weather off the Straits of Marmara. (Photo) £80

192 1864 (19/10) large piece bearing 'Empire' perf. 80c. canc. GC '5084' with 'ES DARDANELLES' d.r. desp. d.s. alongside and 1874 (6/1) large part front bearing Ceres 30c. brown (2) canc. GC '5095' with 'SALONIQUE' d.r. desp. d.s. alongside. £35

193 1862-71 loose 20c. and 40c. (6) canc. G.C. '5079' Alexandrette (2) '5082' Beyrouth (2), '5089' Jaffa (v. scarce) and '5095' Salonique, (2) mainly fine / v. fine strikes. £60

GAMBIA
194 1937-1953: 8 covers and cards with various frankings including 1939 air4mail to UK; 1942 airmail to USA; 1945 and 1946 registered covers to USA and UK; and 1953 card (Elder Dempster Line m.v. 'Aureol') to UK. £35

GERMANY
195 1881 German 10pfg postal stationery card used to Constantinople cancelled with the Aachen c.d.s.. The front is struck with the single ring KAISERLICH DEUTSCHES POSTAMT No. 1 datestamp, only applied as an arrival mark in the German P.O. in Constantinople. Rare. £70

196 1863 (12/7) stampless EL from Bad Schwalbach to Stockholm through the Danish P.O. Hamburg showing 'K.D.O.P.A.' s.r. d.s., 'J. Berenberg Gossler & Co./Hamburg' oval f.a.c., various transits incl. Danish and Swedish T.P.O.S., arr. (18/7). £35

197 1865 (c.) E from Hamburg to Kiel bearing 1864 perf. 13 1/2 1 1/4s. (Mi. 12a II) canc. 3 ring '2' with 'St. P.A.' s.r. d.s. alongside, arr. (26/9), faint rust toning other fine. £25

198 1840 (19/8) offical EL from Tangermunde to Standal with 2line d.s. '19 AUG' deleted and replaced by '7 SEPT', interesting. £20

199 1815 (7/4) registered EL from Esslingen (Wurttemburg) to Gurburg (?) showing 2 line desp. d.s., script 'Charge', ms red crayon cross hatching and 'Franco'. £25

200 1870 (24/9) EL from Remscheid to Genoa with N.G.C. Perf. 1g. + 2g. (Sc. 16,17) canc. 'REMSCHEID / HASTEN' boxed d.s., arr. (28/9). £20

201 1852 (8/12) E from Ludwigsburg to Heilbron with Wurttemberg 3kr. (Sc. 2) canc. large c.d.s. in blue, fine. £20

202 1950 (14/8) env. from Neuerburg to U.S.A. bearing Bundespost 1950 Bach 2 vals. (mi. 121, 122) + Buildings 20 pf. canc. d.r. d.s., scarce commercial franking. £30

203 1876 (5/5): reg. (early label) E. Cologne to Andelsbuch, Austria with 'Pfennige' 10pf. (3) canc. s.r. d.s., via Bregenz, 1875 (3/7): EL Leipzig to Switz. with 'Pfennige' 20pf. canc. s.r. d.s. (3/7/75) third day of UPU, 1875 (15/9): reg. (early label) env. Leipzig to Venice with 'Pfennige' 20pf. (2) canc. d.r. d.s., s.l. 'Racomandirt' alongside, 1888 (14/7): 5pf. stat. card + 10pf. (2) reg. from Darmstadt to Graz canc. s.r. d.s. £60

204 1903 (27/10) env. from Biberach to Bern bearing on rev. 2 Mio on 5000 M. light brownish red, roulette 13 (Michel 312B) block of twenty-two and on front 1 Mill. Mk. (Michel 314) canc. s.r. d.s.; a remarkable inflation period franking. (Photo) £100

205 1952 (9/12) flown env. from Neurburg to N.Y. bearing Posthorn 70pf., Buildings 2pf. + 40 pf. and 1952 Charity 4 + 2pf. (Fry) pair, canc. d.r. d.s. ; scarce commercial franking. £50

206 1878 10pfg postal stationery env. to France with pair of 5pfg adhesives cancelled with the "ULM BAHNHOF" cds., 1866 E.L. franked with 1 gr. roulette canc. with the scarce double ring "KIRCHDORF" cds in blue, 1886 cover to Uruguay franked 20pfg adhesive canc. with the "HAMBURG" cds. and insc. "Via Lissabon", 1881 Consignees cover with "BRIEFLADE" hs struck on the front with the "ENDINGEN" cds, the front shows a handstruck "T" in octagon and on arrival was struck with the "NEW YORK / DUE 10 CENTS" duplex, with a pair of pen cancelled 5c US postage due adhesives added to the reverse, a little fore shortened. £50

207 1880 - 1920 (c) Pneumatic post ('Rohrpost) stat. cards unused (5, two reply paid) and envelopes and envs. unused (3) and used (2), interesting selection £30

208 Zeppelin - 1929 - Air mail cover to Germany franked with 1928 Air 2m value SG444 neatly cancelled with Auftschiff c.d.s. A neat red circular Luftschaft Graf Zeppelin Orientfahr 1929 cancel; and Er Ramle arrival c.d.s. of 26 MR 29. £125

209 Zeppelin - 1929 (7/10) Graf Zeppelin L.Z. 127 flown Presidents 8pf. Stat. card + 5pf. (2), 8pf. And 25pf. from Friedrichshafen to Berlin canc. bridge c.d.s. showing Bordpost h.s. and Breslav arr. c.d.s. (7/10). £40

210 Zeppelin- 1929 Air mail cover to Germany franked with 1926 2m value SG398 neatly cancelled with Friedrichshafen c.d.s. A neat red circular Luftschaft Graf Zeppelin Orientfahrt 1929 cancel and Er Ramle arrival c.d.s. of 26 MR 29. £80

211 1930 (30/7) Denmark 15o (ship) reply paid cards (2) from Berlin to Copenhagen, one in comb. with Germany Air 15pf + Postage 15pf, the other with Air 20pf. Scarce. £30

212 Zeppelin - 1929 - Air mail cover to Germany franked with 1928 Air 2m value SG444 neatly cancelled with Auftschiff c.d.s. A neat red circular Luftschaft Graf Zeppelin Orientfahr 1929 cancel; and Er Ramle arrival c.d.s. of 26 MR 29. £120

213 Zeppelin 1931-Card to Manilla franked with 2m Polar Fahrt overprint SG 470, neatly tied with Berlin c.d.s. The card is also handstamped with the Zeppelin-2 Sudamerikafahrt 1931 boxed cachet in violet and red circular Zeppelin cachet. St Vincent, cape Verde Transit and Manilla arrival c.d.s. Some foxing but a rare destination. (Photo) £180

214 Brunswick - 1862 E.L. to Holzminden franked with 4 x 1/4 gg adhesive cancelled with numeral 8 in bars and also tied with the BRAUNSCHWEIG c.d.s. in blue. GPS cert. (Photo) £120

215 Mecklenberg - 1864 (Sept.) Design with plain black ground, rouletted 11 1/2, 4/4s. rose, ribbed paper (1st pr.) pair and single (very faint peripheral rust toning) on neat 1865(c.) envelope to Boizenburg cancelled by OBUTZOW 27/1 double ring d.s. Very scarce and attractive. Signed A. Bolaffi, G. Bolaffi, AD. M.5a. (Photo) £140

GERMAN COLONIES
MARSHALL IS.
216 Marshall Islands: 1918 10+10 pf. Stat. card (H & G 20) sold only in Berlin, unused, v. fine. £20

LEVANT
217 Two 10pf stationery cards 1884 and 1888 to Germany canc. with the Constantinopel 1 cds and a 1916 10pf stat. card with with stamp obliterated in pen and canc. with Istanboul Turkish cds. £40

SOUTH WEST AFRICA
218 1900 10p stat. card from Swakopmund to Switzerland, and 1899 cover franked 10pf value to Ketmanshoof with Warmbad cds. Plus 1914 postcard to Germany franked 5pf Kamerun adhesive canc. with Duala cds. £30

GIBRALTAR
219 1864 cover from GB to Gibraltar overland through France, franked with 6d lilac adhesive canc. with the 'TIVERTON/800' duplex. Front shows the 'S' in circle in black 'Gibraltar' arr. c.d.s. £50

220 1844 El to Ireland hs with curved GIBRALTAR hs. in black. Transit and arrival ds. £30

221 1883 (2/7) env. (with enclosure) to Co. Clare, Ireland bearing G.B. 2 1/2d. blue (Pl. 22) canc. 'A 26' duplex, arr. (9/7). £20

222 1940 (26/3) reg., flown , censored env. from S. Gib. to U.K. with 2d. grey (3) + 3d. light blue canc. oval d.s. and 1948 (26/7) flown env. to N.Y. with 2d. cam. + 5d. showing part boxed 'PAR AVION/ JUSZU'A UK', flap missing corner faults. £25

223 1948 (8/11) flown env. to Chandernagore, Fr. India with perf. 13 1/- + 2/- canc. wavy line d.s., b.s. arr. slogan d.s. (30/11); unusual destination. £20

GILBERT & ELLIS ISLANDS
224 1912 (10/7) reg. philatelic env. from Ocean Is. to Germany with Pine /2d. to 2 1/2d. (SG 8-11) two of each value canc. d.r. d.s., via Sydney (25/7), Bahnpost 1g (reg. label) arr. (1/9). £50

225 Christmas Island : 1940 (23/10) 'Wells' envs. (2) one reg. with 1/2d + 2d.(2), the other with 1 1/2d. canc. s.r. d.s. £45

226 Fanning Island : 1938 (12/2) env. (rust spotting) to N.Z. with NZ Coron.1d. canc. double arc d.s., 1938 (23/7) flown 'Phillips' env. from Wales to Fanning Is. with G.B. 1 1/2d showing double arc arr. d.s. (21/9) and 1939(8/4) non-philatelic env. to Sydney with 1 1/2d. canc. s.r. d.s. £60

GOLD COAST
227 1890s/1940s interesting range of cvrs /cards (over 50 items) incl. early stat. with many fine reg. items and scarce offices. Viewing worthwhile. £250

228 1926-1956 15 covers with various frankings and cancels including 1942 cover to UK with orange 'Gold Coast Opened By Censor' label; 5 other 1940's censored covers to UK; 1949 cover from Ash New Town to UK with manuscript 'ANT' on registration label; 1949 registered cover from ODA to UK; 1953 uprated registered letter envelope from Saltpond to UK; and 1956 cover to UK with registration label handstamped "Beretium" in violet. £60

GREAT BRITAIN
229 Step type boxed 'Shaftesbury/Penny Post', and 'No.10' Receiving House, both in black on pre-adhesive entire (July 20th - with no year) from Milborne Port (Dorset) to Bruton (Somerset). £50

230 1809 'ShipLre PLYMOUTH DOCK/(crown)' (double ring oval in black - Robertson ref. S2). Very fine strike of this scarce mark across the back flaps of (repaired) entire addressed to Kensington. (Photo) £190

231 1812 cover (one half of double letter sheet) to London, redirected to Brighton, with very fine 'SHIP-LETTER PORTSMOUTH/(Crown)'. £70

232 1825 cover to London with step boxed black 'FOLKESTONE/ SHIPLETTER' (Robertson No.S3) and red London 'D/20JY20/1825' C.D.S. back stamps. (Photo) £125

233 1827 entire to Birmingham with slight damage from opening now repaired. Fine strike of the black 'GUERNSEY' scroll on back flap. £75

234 1840 Dec 8th Stampless Entire. Very fine example from Cranbrook to Rye franked with a fine and rare '1 PAID' in red; back stamped with 'Cranbrook' CDS. £65

235 1843 Entire to Detroit, America, with Edinburgh C.D.S. 'PAID/OCT24/1843/W' in red, another indistinct C.D.S. and boxed date-stamp. Also the rare 'NEW DEER' straight line Scottish Local cancel in black. An extensive correspondence on all pages of the double letter sheet. (Photo) £200

236 1844 'MISSENT TO/RAILWAY/POST OFFICE'. A good strike of this very RARE mark in black, on 'Paid' entire from 'UTTOXETER/JU27/1841' to 'LICHFIELD/JU28/1844' (C.D.S. back stamps in black). (Photo) £550

237 1845 wrapper to Sydney, N.S.W., endorsed 'Ship Letter', 'Paid', with 'SHIP LETTER LONDON/(Crown)/10JY10/ 1845' C.D.S. in red. Fine strike over tombstone 'PAID'. Back stamps 'NORTHAMPTON/JY9/ 1845/B' and 'SHIP LETTER SYDNEY/ (CROWN)/OC12/1845'. £45

238 1849 PRICES CURRENT part entire (the address portion missing), used with horizontal pair of 1841 1d. red imperforate pair, SK-SL, SK cut into, tied by Liverpool numeral 466 cancels. Back stamp 'LIVERPOOL/FE2/1849/N' C.D.S. in black. 'E BUSCH & Cos TRADE REPORT/NEWSPAPER/ONE PENNY' paid mark in red. Scarce. £75

239 1847 Cover to Quebec with manuscript '1/2' rate and scarce hand-stamp '1s/4 Currency' in black. Fine. £90

240 1857 Entire to Texas, with Scottish Local type VII 'LONDON STREET' cancel. 'EDINBURGH/Z-E/MY29/1857' back stamp, and U.S. marks to front including '19CENTS' charge. £100

241 Small white envelope from 'AYR/E/OC28 N/1857' (back stamp in blue) to the Inspector of Poor at Paisley, franked with 1857 1d. rose red (S.G. 40) tied by scarce 'WHITLETT'S' Scottish Local Cancel IN BLUE. Further back stamp 'PAISLEY/E/OC28/1857' C.D.S. also in blue. The adhesive affected by filing crease, but a rare cancel. (Photo) £320

242 1859 Envelope to 'Canada West', endorsed 'Per Canadian Mail Steamer', back stamped 'HUNTLY/DE1/1859', 'LIVERPOOL/ DE2/ 59', and 'L/DE2/A' in oval. Unstamped, but cancelled with RARE boxed 'BRIDGE OF/MONARCH' Scottish Local Cancel type XIX in black, as authorised only for unpaid international mail such as this. Manuscript rate '4'. (Photo) £800

243 1857 Envelope to Glasgow, franked with fine Perforated 1d. rose (SG 40) tied by fine strike of the scarce boxed 'OLD KILPATRICK' Scottish Local Cancel type VIII in black. Top back-flap missing, side flap back stamped '1W/GLASGOW/ MY11/59' C.D.S. (Photo) £150

244 1864 1d. red (S.G. 43), Plate No.98, tied by CHARLES RIDEOUT No.2 Experimental Machine TRIAL CANCEL to envelope for Manchester. Dated 'JA28/67' - within the second trial period (10/66-02/67). Very scarce, notwithstanding wrinkle to envelope around adhesive and repaired flap. (Photo) £375

245 1868 encircled 'C&G R.P.O.' in black (Carlisle & Glasgow Railway Post Office) on printed envelope (imprinted 'W.J.ADAMS, PASSPORT AGENT'..etc., 'EARLY DELIVERY IMPORTANT' in blue). Addressed to Biggar, Scotland, Franked 1d. Plate 78 (SG43), tied by 'LONDON-E.C/5/JU3/68' numeral '99' duplex. £75

246 1871 Envelope from Norway to 'Stranraer N.B. Scotland ('N.B.' - North Britain). The (Norwegian) adhesive torn away but with 'TRONDHEIM' C.D.S. which had tied it largely intact. Fair strike of the scarce un-boxed 'SHIP LETTER /NEWCASTLE TYNE' (Robertson type S3) in black. (Photo) £160

247 1874 VALENTINE ENVELOPE in white, with lace effect embossed front, used to Walthamstow with 1d. Plate Number 155, OA, tied by 'LONDON-W/FE13/74' numeral 'W15' duplex. Generally fine. £65

248 1884 Unstamped Envelope to SW London and cancelled with 'LONDON SW 51' duplex dated June 10th with a superb 'S.W. 2D' in circle alongside - both in black. Interesting and unusual. £50

249 SG Spec ME1n MA34c. 1840 Mulready. 1d. Letter sheet, Stereo A238 (Forme 6), with advertisement of 'English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance' in blue, with Directors 'Murray' & 'Whitmore'. Addressed to London but uncancelled with brownish stain in centre. £95

250 SG Spec (ME2b). 1840 Mulready. 1d. Envelope REPRINT, Stereo A181. A fine almost unblemished example (very minor tone spots on flaps) printed on plain paper without silk threads. £40

251 ONE PENNY PINK envelope with PEN & INK ILLUSTRATION in black of a landscape scene. Very scarce thus and attractive. Used with London Inland Office numeral 22 and back-stamped 'AH/LONDON/ OC-31/57' C.D.S. in blue. Addressed to Huntingdonshire with 'ST.IVES-HUNTS/NO1/57' receiving back-stamp in black. £325

252 1872 2d. blue envelope, used within London with copperplate address to a Mrs. & Master Rickarby with 'AMBLESIDE/B/OC17/72' numeral 13 duplex cancel. Good to fine condition, faults to flap. £75

253 1854 1d. Pink envelope, used, with indistinct English numeral, to Bath. Back stamped Exeter C.D.S., part Bath C.D.S., and with scarce two line 'Bramfordspeke/Penny Post'. £45

254 1881/1882 G.P.O. CHRISTMAS & N EW YEAR Greetings Card: a front only of this scarce item, in fair to fine condition, slight peripheral faults, and adhesions on reverse from being stuck down to album page. £85

255 One Penny Pink envelope, Stamped To Order with additional 'TWO PENCE' in grey, used to U.S.A. for Registered (black 'R' in oval h/s) 'Book Post', cancelled by two strikes of oval 'REGISTERED AT DUNDEE/O/JA3/94'. Dundee, Liverpool & New York back stamps. £70

256 SG 43 Spec G1(1). 1864 1d. Plate Numbers. Plate 142, PK. Used copy (missing corner perf.) on a large part envelope to 'Edinburgh', tied with a fine strike of the scarce 'AZEMAR' MACHINE TRIAL CANCEL. £70

257 SG 70a & 34 Spec J70(2)e & F6. 1855-57 Surface Printed. 1856 6d Pale Lilac on AZURE PAPER & 2d Blue, Plate 5, DJ. Scarce combination franking on 1857 entire to Bruxelles, with numeral 256 cancels, 'PD' in circle in red alongside. Back stamped DORCHESTER/ MR9/1857/B', with London and French transit C.D.S.'s. Faults, a scarce cover. (Photo) £125

258 1904 Postcard of 'Gorey Village and Mont Orgueil', addressed to 'Caen (Calvados)' in France, with De La Rue 1d. scarlet tied by two strikes of 'CARTERET/MANCHE/3rd 9/MAI/04' C.D.S., with straight line 'PAQUEBOT' alongside, and 'CAEN.CALVADOS' receiving C.D.S. at foot. Scarce. £60

259 1780 'NOTTIN/GHAM' in magenta. Fine strike, back stamp on entire to Aberdeen. £60

260 1793 entire to Trekenning, Cornwall, with fine strikes of 'EXETER' serpentine on front and on back flap. £90

261 1796 entire letter, re-addressed to New York, concerning the care of recently orphaned children. Very fine serpentine 'STOCKPORT' in red. The cover damaged at foot and back flap, but a scarce mark. £50

262 1799 entire to Bannockburn with manuscript '5' over-struck with fair/fine strike of the RARE two line 'EDINBURGH SHIP LRE' in red. (Photo) £320

263 1836 Turned Cover: 'POST PAID METROPOLITAN LIFE Assurance SOCIETY' cachet for outward posting to Devonport, being schedule with medical enquiry, the form completed and the double sheet returned with Devonport & London back stamps. Fine aside from hole from removal of seal. £65

264 'LOCHWINNOCH' Scottish Local cancel type III in GREEN, used to cancel Perforated 1d. red (SG 29) to envelope for Paisley, back stamped 'PAISLEY/A/MR21/1857' cds. Filing crease thro' adhesive. Scarce Scottish Local - Alcock rarity 'D'. (Photo) £200

265 1858 envelope with 1857 1d. red, L.C., Perf.14 (S.G. 40) tied by 'ROSEHALL' (Lanark) Scottish Local Cancel type III in black. A fine strike of this scarce cancel. (Photo) £550

266 1859 envelope with 1857 1d. rose red, L.C.., Perf.14 (S.G. 40) tied by NEWMILNS (Ayr) Scottish Local Cancel type V in BLUE. A fine strike and very scarce. (Photo) £600

267 SG 29 Spec PH. 1855 1d. red-brown, Die II, Alph.III, blued paper, L.C., Perf.14. Three singles respectively with LEITH EXPERIMENTAL CANCEL types 1, 2 & 3. A fine trio. £55

268 1856 envelope from 'GLASGOW/NO22/1856' to 'FALKIRK/NO23/1856' (back stamps - fair strikes), used with Perforated 1d. star (SG 29/33) tied by 'BISHOPBRIGS' Scottish Local cancel type XX (spelt with single 'G' - unknown used as a cancel before this cover was discovered in 1977). Filing crease through adhesive and fault to S.E. corner of envelope. Rare. £275

269 SCOTTISH LOCAL CANCELS: a group of four items: V.scarce 1854 part entire with 1854 1d. red, S.C., Perf.16 (S.G. 17) tied by TOLLCROSS (Glasgow) Scottish Local Cancel type XX. A fair strike, the adhesive with filing crease, DUNNET (CAITHNESS) - LATE USAGE OF BLUE TYPE VIII CANCEL ON COVER - NOT RECORDED BY MEREDITH; 25 Apr. 1860 env. (minor opening faults along top; dated by filing note) to "Olrig, Castletown" with 1d Red tied by light but recognisable blue boxed Type VIII DUNNET (CAITHNESS) - LATE USAGE OF BLUE TYPE VIII CANCEL ON COVER - NOT RECORDED BY MEREDITH; 25 Apr. 1860 env. (minor opening faults along top, "KILCREGGAN" Type VIII (Greenock) mark IN BLUE: 1855 (10 Sept.) envelope (flap lost) to Dunoon with 1d Red (scuffed at top) tied by a mostly fine bright blue strike of this scarce boxed mark (Meredith maximum rarity F in this colour). Few known. [Ex Charless Hanhn.] and a 12 Feb. 1856 env. (some creasing along top but with contents) to Dundee with a single 1d Red tied by a partly fine strike of the rare Type V Glasgow "WHITEVALE" cancel. Few known. [Ex Charless Hahn.] (Photo) £900

270 ONE PENNY PINK envelope with PEN & INK ILLUSTRATION in black of a landscape scene on the front, and details of tree branches, etc on reverse. Very scarce thus and attractive. Used with London Inland Office numeral 22 and back-stamped 'HB/LONDON/OC-24/ 57' C.D.S. & 'WALWORTH S O' straight line, both in blue. Addressed to Huntingdonshire with 'ST.IVES-HUNTS/OC25/57' receiving back-stamp in black. (Photo) £320

271 1883 1/2d. Postal Stationery Card, used - with 'BIRMINGHAM/AP2/83' squared C.D.S. - to New York with 'NEW YORK F.D./APR14' C.D.S. and 'Due 2' hand-stamp in black, paid with two 1c. stamps. Scarce usage. (Photo) £125

272 SG 5 & 14 Spec DS5, ES11/14. 1840 2d. Blue. 1840 2d. Blue: PLATE 1, EJ, with margins in places, tied to cover by black MX, filing crease through stamp, together with range covers with 1841 2d. blue - PLATE 3 (5 singles on separate covers, 1 on a front) & PLATE 4 (MK & LD on one cover). Adhesives mostly cut into. (8 items.) (Photo) £150

273 SG 8 Spec B1. 1841 1d. Red-brown. Accumulation of covers with 1d. reds (18 singles, 6 pairs, strips of 3 & 6), tied by various NUMERAL CANCELS, including BLUE English & Scottish, single numeral on adhesive pairs, 'LYME' Town C.D.S. A variety of instructional and other marks (UDC's, 'TO LATE', mileage, etc.) Useful lot. (26 items) (Photo) £550

274 SG 8m Spec B1ua - B1uh. 1841 1d. Red-brown from Black Plates. Unplated range of mostly three margin singles and one pair tied to separate covers or large piece by London NUMBERS 1, 2, 6 (2) or 8 (3) in MALTESE CROSS cancels. Generally fine and attractive group - a few minor faults. (7 covers - Cat. £1100.) £200

275 SG 17-29 Spec C1 - C8. Perforated 1d. Stars. Blued Paper issues, a selection covers or envelopes franked with singles (15) or pairs (2). Issues represented incl. C1, C2, C4, C5, C6, C8, many plated, including some variety and postmark interest. (17 covers) £200

276 SG 48 Spec G4(1). 1870 1/2d. & 1 1/2d. Plate Numbers. PLATE 14, KU. Fine used, tied by '6P/EDINBURGHFE5/78' No.131 duplex to Court Notice addressed London with London C.D.S.'s for February 6 & 7. Endorsed 'Not Known at 10 Cornhill', 'Returned Not Known'. Scarce. £125

277 SG 143 Spec J41. 1873-83 Surface Printed. 1875 3d. rose, watermark spray, Plate 17, HF, used with 1864 1d. Plate Nos. 200 (JA) & 201 MD, on envelope for London, endorsed 'Registered', with scarce double ring 'REGISTERED/LIVERPOOL E.D./A/4 SP/77' C.D.S. in red. Mostly fine, filing pin holes well away from adhesives. £40

278 SG 192 Spec K22. 1883-84 'Lilac & Green'. 4d. dull green, DL. Fine used tied by Kensington duplex to envelope for Mexico, 'Via New York'. Scarce, good original colour. £75

279 SG 193 Spec K23. 1883-84 'Lilac & Green'. 5d. Dull Green, BC, tied by 'TWICKENHAM/D/DE4/84' numeral C93 duplex, to envelope for Bombay re-addressed to Karachi. Stamp with good original colour. Interesting back stamps 'SEA POST OFFICE/ B/11DEC.4', 'BOMBAY/ENQU DEPT/DEC.22', 'FIRST DELY/ KARACHI/2 £80

280 SG 197 Spec K27. 1887-1900 'Jubilee'. 1/2d. vermilion. Single used to up rate HALFPENNY Newspaper Wrapper for mailing overseas to very SCARCE DESTINATION 'Utah Territory....America'. Indistinct squared C.D.S. cancels. £60

281 1913 PPC of LA MARGUERITE paddle steamer (& views of North Wales), with violet 'POSTED ON LA MAGUERITE' circular cachet. Addressed to Blackpool, with Downey Head 1/2d. green (Die II) tied by 'LLANDUDNO/ 8.30PM/9AUG13' machine cancel. £65

282 'PRISONER OF WAR POST/ KRIEGSGEFANGENENPOST' air mail letter sheet, printed blue on white, with 2 1/2d. franking. A pair - one with FLAP AT BOTTOM (Huggins AP1 - this a little 'aged'), the other with FLAP AT TOP (Huggins AP2 - fresh.) £55

283 Circa 1764 'NORWICH' in magenta. Very fine strike of this scarce mark, on fine entire to 'London, Berks', re-addressed to Windsor. £100

284 1795 Pre-stamp entire to Edinburgh with fair to fine two line 'KIRKWALL' in black. £65

285 1796 'HEREFORD' (straight line in black) over struck on double ring 'FREE-C/NR96' C.D.S. in red on cover for Westminster, endorsed 'Free/I.Hereford' in manuscript. £35

286 1799 'LONDON SHIP LRE' in black (Robertson ref. S6), on cover to Chudleigh (Devon) re-directed and re-rated to Weymouth, Dorset. Very fine strike. £65

287 1806 Fancy 'POST PAID' with 'SEP/1806/16' date stamp, both in red, on entire from Edinburgh to Dundee. Attractive and scarce pair of marks. £75
288 1808 'STOCKPORT 179' (horse-shoe) mileage mark. A superb strike over manuscript rate '6' - light filing crease through not detracting. £55

289 1810 'SWANTON' straight line in black on fine pre-stamp Entire from 'Fulmastone near Fakenham' to 'Wisbech'. Recorded usage of this mark 1815-1819 only - scarce use before recorded date. £65

290 1814 'WIRKSWORTH/Penny Post' (Derbys.) - a very fine strike, with - early use of 'No.1' Receiving House, on cover to the 'Secretary Bounty Office ....Westminster'. Contents unfortunately missing. £45

291 1820 'Missent to WATFORD/18' (combined manuscript & hand-stamp mileage) in black alongside 'FREE/19DE19/1820' in red on entire for Lichfield - all fine. £48

292 1826 'SHAFTESBURY 5th Clause Post' (Dorset), boxed, on entire from Wincanton (Somerset) to Sturminster (Dorset). A fair to fine strike. £95

293 'SHAFTESBURY 5th Clause' (small boxed type) on cover from Wincanton with boxed 'No.3'. London 'B/29OC29/1827' receiving back stamp in red. Fair to fine strike of the scarce '5th Clause'. £55

294 1830 double sheet entire, Germany to London, with (Robertson S23) 'SHIP LETTER LONDON/(Crown)/7JU7/1830' back stamp. 'BERLIN 679/2' in circle and 'SCHIFFS BRIEF POST/HAMBURG/4JUN/1830' C.D.S. on front. Nice item. £65

295 1831 'Ashton under Line P.P.' (Lancashire), Penny Post, boxed in GREEN - rare thus. A fine strike on entire to Huddersfield with MANCHESTER/MA3/1831' C.D.S. back stamp in red. £85

296 1832 entire (business correspondence) from Demerary to Liverpool with fine strike of two line 'LIVERPOOL SHIP LRE' in black on back flap. Scarce. (Robertson No.53) £75

297 1836 Cover from Bordeaux to Paris and redirected to England via Baring Bros. acting as Forwarding Agents (manuscript 'chez Messieurs Baring freres & Co'). Various rates & markings including the scarce boxed 'BRITISH/FOREIGN' hand stamp in black. £72

298 1836 Cover from Hamburg to London, with red C.D.S. 'SHIP LETTER LONDON/(Crown)/26SE26/1836' (Robertson type S.26), part over struck with London receivingc.d.s. 'B/26SE26/1836' in red. The cover resealed by wafer seal. £42

299 1837 entire to Daventry, Northamptonshire, 'By London', with very fine 'Bishops/Stortford/Penny Post' in red across the back flaps. £75

300 1837 Stirling ADDITIONAL 1/2d. Fine entire with 'Addl.1/2' and back stamp of boxed 'STIRLING/SE4/1837' both in GREEN. £42

301 1837 (Suffolk) TURNED COVER: 'FREE/1FE1/1837' to Botesdale, with return rated '8' to Norwich with fine italic 'Botesdale' straight line in black, endorsed 'Feb 2nd'. V.carce. £75

302 1838 (13 June) 'Axminster/PyP' (boxed) back stamp, with 'Seaton/No.2' receiving House to front, of entire from Seaton (Devon) to Stogumber (Somerset). The letter solicits support from the addressee for a Committee of the inhabitants of Seaton 'giving a Dinner to the poorer Classes'...'celebrating the Day of the Coronation'. £48

303 1838 Letter from Santander for Messrs Frederico Huth & Co, London. NO POSTAL MARKINGS so evidently conveyed by private arrangements in force for delivery to Agents, with their framed, red oval cachet to front - 'POLDEN & MORTON/ LONDON/15 FENCHURCH STREET'. £75

304 1840 (March 1st.) 'Long Sutton/Penny Post'. A very fine strike of this scarce mark on entire from Long Sutton (Cambs.) to London Bridge with tombstone 'A/PAID/2MR2/1840' in red. £48

305 1841 'STRATH.PEFFER' (serrifed capitals in two lines) alongside 1841 1d. red, GA, tied by black Maltese cross on large piece to 'Edinburg'. A fine strike. £38

306 1842 'FALKLAND' straight line in red with back stamps Edinburgh 'OCT/C21E/1842' (red) and 'KETTLE/OC21/1842' (boxed in black), to reverse of small envelope for 'Lady Baird Preston' at 'Barry's Hotel...Edinburgh' franked by 1d. red (SG 8) with black Maltese Cross. £55

307 1843 London 'SHIPLETTER' (straight line back stamp in black) on entire from Edgeton (Australia). An interesting letter concerning sale of land in England & farming in Australia. £55

308 1846 entire letter from the Secretary at 'St.Katherine Docks, 17th. April 1846' - sent by messenger to Moorgate Street with the Company boxed hand stamp 'To be delivered BY HAND'. £85

309 1846 Envelope used 1d. red imperforate tied by London district numeral 67, 'MoorgateSt' straight line in black. Sealed with attractive red wax impression of 'EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION RAILWAY'. £48

310 1846 THORNHAM PENNY POST (unframed, italic lower case), Dorset. Fine strike of this rare mark on entire to Lyme with 'LYME/JA12/1846' C.D.S. £75

311 1847 envelope to Edinburgh with 1841 1d. red, tied by Glasgow numeral 159. Back stamp 'MONKTON' double arc undated circle Scottish local cancel, with 'GLASGOW/JUL20 N/1847' boxed in red and Edinburgh 'JUL/W21M/1847' C.D.S. Scarce cancel. £48

312 1850 Entire for Genova (Italy) with a variety of markings including two differing (& somewhat over-inked) examples of the red boxed 'Returned for Postage' (insufficient postage paid), one to reverse and one to obverse, this clearly marked for 1/3 in black. An attractive and much travelled entire. £85

313 1852 'HULL SHIP-LETTER/E JY 6 1852' date stamp in blue (a superb strike - Robertson ref. S12) on entire for Denmark endorsed 'per Hull Steamer'. Scarce & attractive. £48

314 1858 Destination mail to 'St Petersburgh' (RUSSIA), 'Via Ostende'. A fine cover, unstamped, with 'T9/LIVERPOOL10DE/58' cds. and back stamp 'LONDON/DE-11/58' C.D.S. in red. £42

315 1861 Inland Revenue Office entire to Worcestershire, franked with 'OFFICIAL-PAID LONDON/FE/DE20/61' C.D.S. in red, with black TPO hand stamp 'ENR' in circle. Back stamp 'BIRMINGHAM/9/DE21/61'. £48

316 1862 EDINBURGH EXPERIMENTAL DUPLEX, 'NO21/62', on small mourning envelope to 'New York U.S America', unstamped, surcharged on arrival. £52

317 1864 wrapper - London to Basle (Switzerland) endorsed 'Via Calais', with 6d. LATE FEE paid in cash indicated by square boxed 'LONDON/FE5/64' date stamp. Calais & Paris transit C.D.S.'s and Basel receiving C.D.S. £60

318 1865 manuscript 'paid late' alongside 1d. Plate 72, TA & TB (for 1d. postage and 1d.late fee) on cover from Bradford (Yorks) to Ashburton (Devon). Unusual 'Late Fee' payment indication. £36

319 1869 AGENTS CACHET ('..ENRY RODER'S WIDOW/SHIP-AGENT/ TRIESTE' in blue) on envelope (top back-flap missing) from Croydon to Trieste, with 6d. mauve (SG 109, Pl.8, DI) tied by 'C/CROYDON/JU11/69' numeral 938 duplex. SCARCE Agent's CACHET. £85

320 SG 103 1872 FORWARDING AGENT'S cachets for TWO AGENTS ('J.S.MORGAN & CO/LONDON' back stamp & 'DREXEL HARJES & Co./PARIS' to front) on neat envelope for United States of America, franked with 3d. Plate 8, GF (faults) tied by 'LONDON-E.C./6/SP24/72' duplex. Very scarce - double forwarding agent. £85

321 1875 'INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID' (unframed in black), with American boxed 'DUE' alongside manuscript '9c', on envelope for United States. Franked with 1d. red, Plate 160, PB-PC (SG 43, pair) tied by 'LONDON/1/JA26/75' duplex cancels. £60

322 1877 Forwarding Agent's envelope to U.S.A. with 1/2d. & 2d. Plate numbers used in combination, tied by 'LONDON/X/AU28/77' duplexes. Cachet 'FORWARDED BY MR BURR/11 QUEEN SQUARE LONDON W.C.'. £90

323 1881 French Post Card with scarce NORTHERN DISTRICT MISSENT mark (crossed circle with initials 'N D M G'). The card used to London with French adhesives tied by Paris cancels. £42

324 1899 'PAQUEBOT' straight line alongside Jubilee 21/2d. purple/blue, tied by 'ARRIVEE/MARSEILLE/4d 9/JANV/99' C.D.S. (fair strike) to envelope addressed to Arbroath (faint back stamp - C.D.S. 'Jan 21'). £36

325 1901 Belgian 'CARTE POSTALE' of GAND station, to IPSWICH, re-directed to GERMANY with addition of a pair of singles of the Jubilee 1/2d. blue green tied by 'IPSWICH/10.45PM/OC13/01' squared C.D.S. cancels. £55

326 1869 Printed Wrapper for the 'Sun Fire Office'. Used with a pair of 1864 1d Plate No. 80, KC-LC tied with Duplex cancels for 'LONDON/15 JA/69'. Printed front and flaps with Life Insurance schedule inside. Very fine. £60

327 1889 Post Office issue Post Card, 1/2d. lilac on thin buff card (Huggins CP2). Used to London (the message only in Japanese/Chinese) with OXFORD ERROR '613' for '603' duplex date stamp 'OXFORD/K/SP18/73'. Also, Post Office 'Foreign Post Card' used with the correct No.603 duplex. £36

328 March 1872 VACCINATION CERTIFICATE, 1/2d. green, size b, (Huggins No.LO5). Addressed 'To the Clerk of the Guardians, ...Union.'. Unused, filing creases, otherwise fine. £48

329 1889 Post Office issue Post Card,1/2d. brown on stout white card, Die III. (Huggins CP21b). Cancelled with fine strike of 'ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION LONDON.S.W./POST OFFICE EDDYSTONE LIGHTH0USE/13 JUN 1891' commemorative C.D.S. in BLUE. Rare thus, though a little aged. £65

330 SG Spec C9(1). Perforated 1d. Stars. 1857 Transitional Issue on Yellowish to Cream Toned Paper: Die II, Alphabet III, Large Crown, Perf.14: 1d.Orange Brown. Pair of strips of three, NI-NK (NI badly damaged) & MI-MK, tied by 'OXFORD/AU6/ 1857' sideways duplex cancels to slightly grubby & untidy cover for London. Used on cover Cat. £90. Scarce 6d. rate (for heavy letter?). £42

331 SG 43 Spec G1(1). 1864 1d. Plate Numbers. DESTINATION MAIL: PLATE 167, DL. Fine used tied to printed circular letter ('I P Horning's Market Report') by 'MIDDLESBROUGH/H/DE19/76' numeral 946 duplex. Addressed to Finland. Scarce destination. £95

332 SG 208 Spec K37(1). 1887-1900 'Jubilee'. 6d. purple on rose red. Two single top marginal example with part sheet DIVIDING MARK IN MARGIN - one off cover with 'G.P.O. DEPOT' double circle cancel, the other tied by 'LONDON/9PM/MY19/98' C.D.S. to cover (faults; 71/2d. franking with Jubilee1/2d. vermilion [x3]) for Belgium. Interesting matched pair for the marginal ornament. £48

333 SG F23 Spec L123. Postal Fiscals. 1881 INLAND REVENUE 1d. reddish lilac, Die 4, Watermark Orb. Fine used tied by 'ALRESFORD/B/JU8/81' numeral 10 duplex cancel to blue envelope for Llangollen. Very early postal use. £48

334 SG Spec N48. 1934-35 Photogravure. Large Format 1d. scarlet: horizontal pair on plain white envelope imprinted at left with typed 'FIRST DAY COVER NEW PENNY STAMP/FLOWN CARDIFF - LIVERPOOL R.A.S. AIRMAIL' below airmail label and above vignette in green of single engine bi-plane. The adhesives tied by 'CARDIFF/1-PM/24SEP/1934' machine cancel. £28

335 Stamped To Order 3d. envelope (embossed stamp in lilac, with 'NATIONAL BANK OF INDIA' imprint on flap). Scarce, issued after reduction in rates, used with 'BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924' slogan cancel with date stamp 'LONDON E.C./JUL 5/5.15PM/1923B'. £95

336 SG 570m Spec SB12. Wilding Low Values. Crowns (Chalk Surfaced Paper) 1/2d.(x3)/21/2d.T.II se-tenant booklet pane of four, average perforations, without selvedge, on illustrated F.D.C. with 'WINCHESTER HANTS./4.-PM/15JY/63' C.D.S. cancels. £55

337 1804 - 37 EL/E (5) from Barton - on-Humber showing '168' boxed mileage h.s. (3), S.L. 'BARTON' and large u.d.c. (fine and scarce) . £40

338 1850 (-/9) small neat EL from Wandsford to Upsala, Sweden with Embossed 1/- pale green (SG 54) + 10d. brown (SG 57) both cut-to-shape and canc. barred -839- h.s.d. the 10d. additionally tied by 'YSTAD' (27/9) c.d.s., various rate notations, b.s. desp. c.d.s., London and S. & NP Hamburg c.d.s. Scarce and attractive. (Photo) £120

339 1871 (14/8) env. ('R.Y.S. Sea Bird' crest`) from Dover to Brussels with 1d. (Pl. 141) (3) canc. '258' duplex with oval framed 'P-D' in black alongside. £25

340 1859 (4/6) env. London to Cape Town and 1860 (10/3) env. London to Sydney each bearing 6d lilac (SG70) full shades, few minor perf. imperfections, canc. 'SW/17' and 'S/16' duplex d.s., b.s. 'RICHMOND' and 'BRIXTON HILL' small u.d.c., the former with 'I' red crayon charge mark, latter b.s. 'SHIPLETTER' ass c.d.s. Attractive pair. Cat. £300. £40

341 1857 (10/5) env. London to Vaud, Switz. bearing 6d deep lilac (SG69) v, lightly canc. leaving much of design clear with'PD'in oval in red and Calais transit c.d.s. alongside, b.s. s.l. 'LEADENHALL ST.' desp. h.s. Choice. £35

342 1859 (23/2) env. London to Prussia via Aachen and 1859 (5/5) env. (flap missing) London to Hamburg each bearing 6d pale lilac (SG70) canc. 'S/18' and 'S/16' duplex d.s., former also tied by red transit c.d.s., b.s. 'STOKE NEWINGTON' and 'STREATHAM COMMON' small u.d.c. Fine pair. Cat. £300 £40

343 1859 Env. to India with 'stars' 1d + 2d and 6d, 1859 env. to N.Scotia with 6d, 1859 env. to Brussels with 4d, 1860 E to Rome with 'stars' 1d, 4d and 6d (Fault) from London and 1864 env. to India with 6d. £50

344 1891 Attractive hand-drawn image of 4 kittens on card (no message on rev.) to Chester franked 1d violet canc. Chester cds. DE 15 91. £20

345 1902 (30/1) large part of long OHMS env. from London to Boston, U.S.A. bearing 'Jubilee' 5d. Die II (SG 207a) + 10d. (SG 210) canc. s.r. d.s. (code CA). £20

346 1904 Edward 2 1/2d. ultramarine, tied to register envelope 1/2d. + 4d. with straight-line REGISTERED 2 D alongside to Sweden with Swedish transit register label, scarce. £55

347 1914 (16/9) reg. env. Catford to Ohio, U.S.A. bearing 7d. olive (SG 387) with 'Supposed Liable to Customs Duty' label and 'Passed Free of Duty' h.s. on arr., minor faults. £25

348 1912 December cover addressed to the Military Post Office, Mustapha Pasha, Bulgaria. The front is struck with a boxed bi-lingual RETOUR and the reverse with a straight line CAUSE DE GUERRE. A very scarce Balkan War cover. £90

349 1924 (27/6) Br. Empire Exhib. 1 1/2d. stat. env. + 1d. and defin. 2d. flown to Annecy, France canc. commem. c.d.s., arr. (28/6). £20

350 1934 Postcard from Bergen to England franked KGV 1 1/2d value can. with Bergen 5-8-34 and Paquebot h.s. £20

351 SG 571b Spec S17 Error. Wilding Low Values. Crowns (Whiter Paper) 1d. Horizontal pair (ex. booklet) on envelope from Wandsworth to Glasgow showing error 'IMPERFORATE'. Tear in margin between stamps. Normal perforated single stamp above. RARE. David Brandon Certificate No.19349 (1996). Not priced used. Part Perf. pane (mint) Cat. £1200. (Photo) £650

352 N.Ireland c.1904-11 over 130 ppc franked EdVII or GV mostly used in N. Ireland with Dromore, Dromara, Banbridge etc. cond. mixed £40

GREAT BRITAIN - CHANNEL ISLANDS
GUERNSEY
353 1784 E with letter London to Guernsey rated manu. '3' and '4' and showing 6/AP Bishopsmark, 1791 E London to guernsey rated manu. '4', 1807 entire from Ireland to Guernsey showing various charge annotations and straight line 'Derrry' hs, 1825 Entire Gurnsey to London rated 1/1 with fine strike of Guernsey scroll type 2, 1836 ship letter from Rio de janiero with good strike of 'Guernsey/ship letter', 1850 Guernsey to Madras paid env. 1/-, boxed Madras/Bearing ds. 1896 part EL England to guernsey rated '7' with DSE 1 96 circ. d.s. £450

354 1816 EL from Hamburg to Guernsey via London and Weymouth. CAU 12 1816 circ. hs, and crowned Hamburg d.s in red. (Photo) £80

355 1843 EL to the Officer of the 1st Regt. Royal Guernsey Militia. Fine(Photo) £40

356 1848 OHMS EL from The War Office to Lt. Col Ward, Gove. Office Guernsey, re accounting matters. Part of flap missing. Crown Paid ds in red and Guernsey arr. ds in black. (Photo) £50

JERSEY
357 1823 (14/10) EL to Berne, Switz, variously rated showing, on rev., a v. good strike of the scroll h.s. with stop (S.G. spec. J5) with ms. '4' superimposed and on front a fine strike of the London tombstone 'PAID' d.s. (18/10) in red, a rare destination. £100

358 1814 E. to London rated '3/3', showing on front a fair / good strike of the scroll h.s. with stop (S.G. spec J4). £40

359 1775 El Jersey to London, b.s. with 'PENNY POST OPAID/W/WE' hs Dockwra and a good strike of the 'O'OCLOCK/5/W h.s. £120

GREECE
360 1897 Turkey 20 paras postal stationery card used to Constantinople, cancelled with the double ring Turkish postmark of 'GUMULDJINA', c.d.s. alongside. £65

361 1846 E.L. to Trieste struck on the front with a fine two line "SALONICH / MARS. 19." datestamp.On the reverse is a fair strike of the Semlin disinfection cachet. £50

362 c.1902 20para strip of three on piece canc. with the Rethymo Turkish cds. Attractive. £30

363 1938 PC from Kaunus to Thessalonika with Lithuania 35c and Due 20 lep (to pay postr restante fee) scarce £25

364 A group of 16 covers, cards and revenue items with a variety of frankings and cancels incl. an 1865 EL franked 20L etc. £85

365 1929-37 Group of 10 airmail covers with an interesting range of frankings and cancels. £80

366 1954 (15 / 5) reg. Air Mail f.d.c. with N.A.T.O. set of 3, from Athens to U.S.A. £20

GREEK ISLANDS (DODECANESE)
367 1947 large Ufficio Turistico Egeo Rhodes (Italy) envs. (26 x 14 cm) from a Br. officer to Kent and two other envs. from same corresp., all but one showing F.P.O. '783' c.d.s. used during March/ April. £45

GRENADA
368 1938-1954 covers and cards (12) with various frankings incl. 1940 cover from St Georges to Carriacou with 'unclaimed' mark, 1944 cover to USA with contents, 1948 airmails to Canada , 1948 reg to UK etc. £25

369 1890's/1970s cvrs /cards (over 80 items) diverse range incl. early stat. with rel, official Ship and Taxed mail; good selection of frankings, instructional h.s. inc. Missent, Unclaimed D.L.O. etc., representation of diff Offices and a few incoming items. Viewing of this valuable in interesting lot recommended. £560

GUATEMALA
370 1843 (22/1) neat local env. to 'Legation of the United States, Guatemala' with h.s. '4', not other postal markings. £20

371 1880's-1940's Group of 25 covers, card and stat. items etc. some censored and inc. an 1887 cover to the USA franked with 10c value with star, first flights and a wide variety of frankings and markings to a wide variety of destinations with eight 5c postal stat. covers three uprated, two overprinted 1895, one of which is uprated, two others ovp. 6c (different types, one uprated) sent to Germany etc. and an 1897 12c postal stat. envelope sent locally. £100

372 1927-1950: 20 covers with various frankings and cancels including 1927 registered cover to Germany; 1936 cover to Germany with 'Affranchi Par Avion Jusqu'a New York' mark; 1943 cover to UK doubly censored and also with 'Affranchi' mark, and various other censored, airmail etc. covers to foreign destinations. £40

HAITI
373 1936-1948: 11 covers with various frankings to overseas destinations including 1943 cover to USA with Haitien and US censor labels; 1944 airmail to UK with US and UK censor labels; and 1948 cover to USA with bilingual 'Touristes, Visitez Haiti' cachet in red. £30

374 1924 (29/10) reg. env. from Tallinn, Estonia to Port-au-Prince bearing imperf. 25p yellow pair and perf. 21/2m, 3m, 9m and 15m. canc. d.r.d.s, via N.Y. (12/11) arr. (20/11). Rare origin. (Photo) £70

HAWAII
375 1922 printed matter wrapper from Memel to Pepeeko with 60pf. on 40 pf. on 20c (Sc. 46) and '924 & BC from Damascus to Honolulu with 25c on 5c (2) + 1pc on 20c canc. bilingual c.d.s. and 1933 reg. env. from Riga to Pearl Harbour with 15s (255) + 1c (1.102) £50

HELIGOLAND
376 1886 10pfg postal stationery card addressed to Hamburg but Missent to HARBURG from where it was forwarded to Hamburg. With a fine boxed "Aus Helgoland / über Cuxhaven". £80

377 1889 10pfg postal stationery card (HG 6) used to Hamburg, struck with a fine boxed "Aus Helgoland über Cuxhaven" handstamp. The card has an unobtrusive vertical crease. £50

HONDURAS
378 1903-1940 Group of 12 covers, two censored to a variety of destinations inc. several early covers to the USA, 1945 Transatlantic mail cover to Czechoslovakia etc. An interesting group. £80

HONG KONG
379 1898-1963 small selection of cvrs/cards (10) incl. 1905 ppc. from Liu Kung Tau to U.K. with 4c. canc. s.r. d.s. a 1938 local business window envelope franked with KGV 4c adhesive, canc. with a fine SHEUNGWAN c.d.s. and 1939 Air Mail envs. to Europe with $1.50c. and $2.20c. rate frankings. £80

HUNGARY
380 1819c. E.L. to Germany registered from Pest, showing the straight line CHARGE and the boxed AUTRICHE PAR HUNINGUE French entry marking. A scarce item. £60

381 1874 Express cover to Szolnorun franked with a pair of 15kr engraved adhesives cancelled with the double ring BUDAPEST FOPOSTA c.d.s.. The front also is struck with a three line FOPOSTA/AJANLOTT/SZ handstamp. Scarce. £100

382 1902 and 1904 Bills of Lading former with 10 filler Revenue adhesive canc. with the D.G.T. UJ-PEST c.d.s. in purple with the single ring PANCSOVA c.d.s. in blue,latter with 10 filler Revenue adhesive cancelled with a straight line BUDAPEST handstamp and showing the D.D.S.G. PANCSOVA c.d.s. of arrival. £60

383 1874 registered envelope to Vienna franked with 15 kr. adhesive superbly cancelled with the KISKER c.d.s.. Scarce. £70

384 1871 2kr. postal stationery card to Pest cancelled with the double ring T.P.O. handstamp Mozgo Posta * Temesvar Pest with No 4 in centre. Very scarce first type T.P.O. marking. £40

385 1875 registered cover to Virovitica, Veroce franked with 15 kr. adhesive cancelled with the ZAGREB-AGRAM c.d.s.. Below is a double ring registration handstamp in red. Very fine. £80

386 1872 registered cover to Tetschen franked with 15kr adhesive cancelled with the single ring ABAUJ SZANTO c.d.s.. The cover was redirected to Vienna. On the reverse are transit datestamps of Yorro, Vodling and Eddenbach. £60

387 1884 5kr postal stationery envelope, registered to Vienna with an additional 10kr adhesive both cancelled with the NAGY-KANIZSA c.d.s.. Attractive. £30

388 1874 (29/1) reg. EL to Preseburg with Engr. 15k. black-brown (Sc. 11b) canc. 'POZSONY SZT GYORGY' s.r. d.s. showing 'AJANLOT' h.s., crease through adhes. but of fine appearance and scarce. £40

389 1910s/40s cvrs/cards (about 40) good range of flown items, reg., stat. unusual destinations etc., viewing recommended. £120

390 1825-1928 - covers (12) diverse selection incl. 1825 EL showing 'PEST' in oval, 1863 EL with Austria 5k canc. 'CSAKVAR' c.d.s., later with reg. and censored mail. £55

391 1919-43 - cvrs (12) with reg and flown mails, few multifrankings. £50

ICELAND
392 1903 (23/7) env. (small part flap missing) from Reykjavik to Cornwall with 1902-3 'I GILDI' Perf. 13 red o/p 6a. grey (Sc. 46) pair, black o/p 10a. carmine (Sc. 54) and 1902 Christian X 4a. (Sc. 35) and 5a. (Sc. 36) in pairs canc. bridge c.d.s., via Edinburgh (30/7), arr. Saltash (31/7). A very rare and attractive mixed issue franking. Signed. (Photo) £600

393 1905 ppc (Geysir eptir gos) used to France, franked with 4 aur & 6 aur. adhesives cancelled with the single ring numeral "40" of "Fáskrudsfjördur". The card is headed with the provenance. A scarce proving card. £140

394 1912-44 -cvrs/cards (11) frankings incl. 1920-22 Christian X 1c, 4a, 6a, strip of 5, 1925 7a single frankings (2), 1944 Parliament set on reg. f.d.c; also 1914 Prins Friedrich Wilhelm Polarfahst card (adhes. removed). £65

395 1934-46 A group of ten covers with a variety of frankings and cancellations. £70

396 1933 (12/7) inter-Bank env. from Akureyri to London bearing 1e (Sc.176) strip of 3 + 4a (Sc.178) strips of 3 and 5 canc. 'BERGEB' bridge type c.d.s. with unframed 'Paquebot' h.s. alongside. Scarce and atrtractive. £45

397 1894 (13/11) env. from Copenhagen to Havnefjord with 20o (Sc.40), b.s. Londin (15/11), Leith (16/11) and Reykjavik (31/1/95) transit c.d.s. £20

INDIA
398 1843 E.L. to U.K. inscribed"Overland via Falmouth" and struck with "INDIA" in oval. On the reverse is a boxed "BANDA Paid" datestamp in red. On arrival the letter was forwarded and the cachet "FORWARDED BY J.M. RICHARDSON 25 CORNHILL LONDON" on the reverse. £30

399 1861 (22/11) flimsy env. from Calcutta to Berne 'per Overland Mail via France', bearing no wmk. 2a yellow-buff (SG42) and 4a grey-black (SG46) tied by '1' duplex, attractive and a scarce destination. £80

400 1861-62 envs. (8) from Calcutta (6, ex. same corresp.), Ootacamund and Bangalore to London showing no wmk. 2a. + 4a. (5), 4a. and 4a. (2) frankings with shade differences, mainly fine. £200
401 1860s / 80s covers (30), large pieces / part covers (27) bearing De La Rue issues values, good range of frankings, many with 1855-64 No wmk. to 8a., mixed condit. but generally fair to good. £220

402 1862 (2/8) env., 'Per Overland' via Marseilles corner card, from Calcutta to London bearing No wmk. 1/2a. (S.G. 38), 2a. orange (S.G.44) and 4a. grey-black, canc. '1' duplex + ms. with 'Stamped 8 1/2A' notation, arr. (10/9). Very unusual rate. £80

403 1891 Money Order receipt canc. with the small 'PONDICHERRY' c.d.s. and a boxed "TOO LATE" h.s. £20

404 1919 piece with GV 3p, 1/a, 1a, 2a6p, 3a and 12 a ovptd. 'IEF' canc with Circ. or boxed FPO 144 19 JUL 19 £30

405 Selection of covers and cards used in or to India with a wealth of frankings and markings from a variety of destinations incl. USA, Egypt, ceylon with WWI military, censored mail postal stat. registered, postage due etc. Worth viweing £280

406 1890s/1900s Field P.O. canc., selection on loose stamps, pieces and stat. cut-outs (55 items) good range of F.P.O. nos. inc;. Hazara FF. £75

407 19th/mid 20th Centuries diverse miscellany (over 100 items) incl. prestamp, official mail, stat. Convention and Feudatory States. Viewing essential. £120

INDIAN STATES
GWALIOR
408 1903 1a Overprinted stat. letter used locally, 1925 1a stat. letter used locally, 1933 cover to England franked Edward 1/2a, GV 3p (2), 1a(2), taxed on arrival and 5d GB due added, plus a Chamba 1915 1a stat. letter to Lahore. £40

INDIAN NATIVE STATES
409 Interesting small group of 26 mostly used postal stat. and covers with Bundi, Bhopal 1938 uprated stat. cvr, Charkari hs in violet on two sided reply card, Travancore with 1889 registered cover, Cochin with paquebot hs, Hyderabad, Indore local letters, Jahlwar and Morvi with sts.cards,Travancore etc. Merits viewing. £100

INDO CHINA
410 1902 stampless cover addressed to the "Minister of the Colonies, Paris" treated as an official letter as a "T" mark although applied was not charged. The cover shows the double ring 'BAC-KAN s/ SONG-KAU TONKIN' c.d.s. and the double ring 'LIGNE N PAQ. FR. No.7' c.d.s. of the Mail Boat 'ERN. SIMONS' struck at Saigon. Various Indo-China backstamps. £70

411 1903 ppc to France franked with 5c adhesive cancelled with the double ring 'PNOMPENH CAMBODGE' c.d.s.. Alongside is the octagonal 'LIGNE N PAQ. FR. No.3' datestamp of the French mail boat 'ANNAM'. Very scarce from Cambodia. £50

412 1889-1903 - stampless soldiers' envs. (10) showing an interesting range of military h.s. and annotations, route markings and regimental cachets, a few are roughly opened. £110

413 1929-37 - Airmail envs. (11) mainly special flights, incl. 1936-37 Canton - Hanoi - Canton Fort Bayard acceptance (5) three reg. £120

414 1890-1950 - envs./cards (15) with reg. machine frankings etc. range of offices incl. Quang-Uyen, Bentre, Paulo Condor Hoang-Thu-Bi, Vinhlong and Bao-Ninh, also Ligne N canc. £100

415 1931 (14/12) reg. env. from Silavrveri, Latvia to Hanoi bearing Arms 2s (2), 4s., dos and 35s. b.s. arr. c.d.s. £30

INDONESIA
416 1949 large reg. envs. from Batavia with multi frankings (total 34 stamps) Ned. Indies and Indonesia issues. £30

IRAN
417 1917 waybill with rare 1334 on 30KR £120

418 1910 complete waybill (scarce) Kachan 10ch and 3,4,20kr £65

419 1910 complete waybill (scarce) Lahidjan 4kr £36

420 1922 waybill rech Ahmed Mirza TO 30kr £36

421 1921 waybill Tehran Ahmed Mirza to 30kr £36

422 1918 waybill Tehran Ahmed Mirza 2kr pair £36

423 1922 waybill Chahroud Controle Postale to 30kr £36

424 1911 waybill Rescht Lions 1,10kr £36

425 1910 waybill Bidjar Lions 1kr pair and single £36

426 1910 waybill Tauris Lions 4kr £36

427 1910 waybill Meched Lions 3,4,20kr £36

428 1910 waybill Khoy Lions 2,4kr £36

429 1910 waybill Tehran Lions 2,3,10 ch - 1,5,10kr £36

430 1910 waybill Ourmia Lions 2,3,10ch - 4kr (pair) £36

431 1910 waybill Tauris Lions 10ch - 5,10kr £36

432 1910 waybill Tehran Lions 10ch - 2,5kr £36

433 1910 waybill Tehran Lions 3 (pair) and 20kr £36

434 1910 waybill Tauris Lions 2 and 20kr (pair) £36

435 1916 waybill coronation 5 tomans (pair) £36

436 1942 censored cover to London franked 2r 50d with- Anglo Soviet censorship cancel in violet and censor labels £28

437 1932 overland mail label on cover from Bussahir to London franked Shah 3ch (3) and 1kr values. (Photo) £100

438 overland mail boxed 'BAGHDAD-HAIFA-MUNCHEN' boxed hs in violet collins type HS-35. franked Shah 12ch vals (2) with port said trasnit cds £150

439 Iran overland mail 'OVERLAND ROUTE' collins type HS-82 mixed franking-four covers recorded. (Photo) £280

440 Lot of 15 covers sent locally several with 1902 Lion h.s. issue. £70

441 1918-1926 A group of eight covers from Calcutta o