David Feldman Great Britain, British Empire & Ireland June 7, 2019

433 Great Britain & British Empire – June 7, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG N° Estimate ( £ ) 50291 F S / 432 1886-1952 Postal Stationery: Collection of the UPU unused stationery many with SPECIMEN overprints from Queen Victoria to Elizabeth II, showing postal cards, reply cards, registered envelopes, wrappers and aerogrammes, archival fresh colours, very fine and wonderful assembly (26 items) 200 - 300 British Levant 50292 F / 434 1867 (May 21) Incoming envelope to Stamboul with GB 1865-67 6d tied by London “72” duplex with British PO Constantinople arrival cds and “NOT-CALLED-FOR” hs, soiled on reverse, fine appearance 150 - 200 British Occupation of Italian Colonies 50293 F / 434 1943-51, Group of 15 covers / cards incl. 1943-47 M.E.F. short set to 2s6d on registered airmail first day cover from Benghazi (cert. E. Diena 2017), postcards, printed matter (1), commercial, Field Post, Posta Militare, 1943-47 M.E.F. 1s sent registered from Rhodes, etc. 500 - 600 British Occupation of Eritrea 50294 F / 434 1952 (Jun 18) Envelope sent from New Hebrides to Eritrea with 1938 20c and 1F tied by Vila cds, then forwarded to Kenya with 1950 65c on 8d tied by Adi Ugri cds with further strike on reverse, then redirected again within Kenya, very rare mixed franking 200 - 300 British Occupation of Somalia 50295 F / 434 1948 (May 1) OHMS envelope sent within Mogadishu with 1943-46 2s6d pair with left stamp showing prominent re-entry on left hind leg of the left lion (R5/3), tied by Mogadishu cds, reverse with Somalia Postal Service Mogadishu GPO cachet, fine 150 - 200 50296 F / 434 1947 (Oct 6) Commercial cover sent by registered airmail with 1943-46 E.A.F. 2s6d (2) and 5d tied by Mogadishu cds, paying quadruple rate plus registration with re’n label adjacent, New York arrival bs, fine and scarce high franking 300 - 400 British Occupation of Tripolitania 50297 F / 434 1945 (Nov 29) Commercial cover sent by registered airmail to England with 1943-47 2s6d pair and 5d tied by Tripoli Corrispondenze E Pacchi cds, paying quadruple rate and registration with matching registration label above, “7” cachet in violet appearing to signify it being free from censorship, fine and scarce franking 150 - 200 50298 F / 436 M19 1947 (Jan 23) Envelope sent by air mail to the UK with 1943-47 M.E.F. 2s6d tied by Tripolitania cds, very fine and scarce commercial usage 150 - 200 50299 F / 434 T11 1949 Envelope sent by air mail to Tanganyika with 1948 (Jul 1) BMA / TRIPOLITANIA 60l on 2s6d tied by Tripolitania cds, with “A.V.2” hs, sent by Sudan Air Mail from Khartoum (bs), some minor tone spots, fine and scarce commercial usage 150 - 200 British Solomon Islands 50300 C S 1908-67 Old-time collection on six large hand-drawn album pages showing a good deal of completion, mostly mint including some UPU Specimen, some complete and part sets, with values to £1, archival fresh colours, very fine and wonderful assembly (SG £2’600+) 500 - 700