David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 43 43 Aden 20150 F / 42 1841 Aden folded wrapper sent to England with boxed “ADEN / Bearing” boxed hs with ms date, one of three recorded prior to 1842, charged 1/- on arrival, no sideflaps, rare 1’200-1’500 20151 F / 42 1858 Entire sent to Marseilles via Suez, reverse with the rare “ADEN STR POINT / BEARG” ds, front with boxed “INDIAUNPAID” hs and French arrival, rare and very fine, this being the earliest recorded example of this datestamp 1’400-1’800 20152 F / 42 1866 Envelope to Bombay with India 2a tied by “124” numeral with boxed “ADEN / SHIP LETTER” hs (Proud type SL3) adjacent with ms “12a” rating, further Bombay Ship Letter boxed hs charging 1a fee for inward letter fee, one of only three recorded according to the vendor, very rare 1’200-1’500 20153 F / 42 1873 Mourning envelope with India 4a pair tied by Aden Steamer Point duplex (Proud Type K6 rated 3’000 pts), paying single letter rate to London via Brindisi, very scarce and very fine 1’000-1’400 20154 F / 42 1900 Commercial cover from Massaua, Eritrea, sent to Italy via Aden with 20c tied by the “MASSAUA-ADEN” key-hole type date-stamp, very rare with only 5 recorded 1’800-2’400 20155 F / 42 1901 Envelope from PERIM to Amsterdam with QV 2 1/2a tied by “ADEN” hatched circle ds, reverse with “THE PERIM COAL Co. / LIMITED / PERIM ISLAND” boxed cachet, fine and scarce 600-800 20156 F / 42 1916 “On Foreign Service” stampless envelope endorsed “H.M. Taylor” with triangle censor handstamp, missing backflap, thought to be unique 600-800 20157 F / 42 1924 Commercial envelope from Aden Camp to Mogadiscio, Somalia, with 2a tied by double circle ds, underpaid with “T” circular hs and 20b definitive postage due on arrival, fine and rare 600-800 Antigua & Barbuda 20158 C 18, 18x 1876 Wmk Crown CC 6d green with wmk reversed, mint hr, very fine (SG £350) 90-120 Bidding Steps All bids in British pounds 50-100 5 100-200 10 200-500 20 500-1000 50 1’000-2’000 100 2’000-5’000 200 5’000-10’000 500 10’000-20’000 1’000 20’000-50’000 2’000 50’000-100’000 5’000 100’000-200’000 10’000 Bids between these steps will be adjusted accordingly to the next higher bid step. The bidder is bound by his/her offer until a higher bid has been validly accepted.