3 Dec 2018 – 7 Dec 2018
994 lots
Lot 30699 | Hong-Kong QV-QEII Postmark Collection
Hong Kong
1863-1960s, QV-QEII Cancellation collection
mostly identified inc. Treaty-Ports, Branch, Sub-office, rare QV company
handstamps, continues to 1980s QEII…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30700 | 1863-1948, Mint & used collection in one stockbook
Hong Kong
1863-1948, Mint & used collection in one stockbook with strength in Queen Victoria, better items noted include SG9 in block of four (superb), also 1880…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 30701 | 1896-1976, Collection of 15 covers written up on pages
Hong Kong
1896-1976, Collection of 15 covers written up on pages incl. 1896 30c franking from Foochowfoo (minor faults), KGV 1 1/2c postal stationery card uprated…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 30702 | 1904-37, Mint group with 1904-06 4c and 12 pair, 1912-21 $3, $5 and $10 and 1921-37 $1, $3 and $5
Hong Kong
1904-37, Mint group with 1904-06 4c and 12 pair, 1912-21 $3, $5 and $10 and 1921-37 $1, $3 and $5, very fine (SG £2’440)
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30703 | 1917-27, Mint group with 1917-21 20c pair, 50c, $5 and $10
Hong Kong » British Post Offices in China
1917-27, Mint group with 1917-21 20c pair, 50c, $5 and $10 (mint nh right marginal) and 1922-27 20c, 25c and $$1, very fine (SG £1’286)
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30704 | 1917-21 $2, $3, $5 and $10 mint
Hong Kong » British Post Offices in China
1917-21 $2, $3, $5 corner pane marginal and $10, all mint hr/lh, the $10 with small mark on face and $2 with a couple of tone spots on reverse, otherwise…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30705 | 1848 (Apr 27) Entire from Jaulnah to Madeira with « Detained for Postage » hs
India
1848 (Apr 27) Entire from Jaulnah to Madeira, sent via London and struck with « Detained for Postage » hs, various ms rates, despatch bs, London cds and…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30706 | 1854 4a blue and red, 4th printing, Head III, Frame II, used with clear to good margins, cancelled with diamond of dots and purple ink marks, cert. BPA (2015) (SG £550)
India
1854 4a blue and red, 4th printing, Head III, Frame II, used with clear to good margins, cancelled with diamond of dots and purple ink marks, cert. BPA…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30707 | 1920 (15 Feb) KARACHI flight registered to Bombay franked
India
1920 (15 Feb) KARACHI flight registered to Bombay franked India 2a6p + 8a tied by Karachi Air Post with plane insignia, registration label on reverse,…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30708 | 1925 Cover to from Calcutta to Risalpur franked India
India
1925 Cover to from Calcutta to Risalpur franked India 1a cancelled by Risailpur cds and signature of the pilot Flight Lieutenant Graham, special violet…
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 30709 | 1925 Postcard of airplane inscribed S.H.Smith addressed
India
1925 Postcard of airplane inscribed S.H.Smith addressed to Karachi franked India 3p (pair) with ANGLO-INDIA AIR/SURVEY. D.H.50./CALCUTTA TO KARACHI vignette…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30710 | 1927 Cover franked India 1a (2) with violet boxed
India
1927 Cover franked India 1a (2) with violet boxed cachet: RANGOON-PENANG/FIRST AIR MAIL/April 1927 with arrival backstamp, ex Francis Field
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30711 | 1927 ‘Red Rose’ flight from Calcutta to Rangoon with
India
1927 ‘Red Rose’ flight from Calcutta to Rangoon with special vignette applied of a map of India with the rose emblem, franked India 1a tied by Calcutta…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 30712 | 1927 Cover to Englandwith printed endorsement in red:
India
1927 Cover to Englandwith printed endorsement in red: FIRST AIR MAIL. « CALCUTTA-PARIS »/PILOT:-CAPT. LEON CHALLE./ENGINEER:-MONS RAYMOND RAPIN./ November…
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 30713 | 1928 Printed card franked India 1/2a tied byCalcutta
India
1928 Printed card franked India 1/2a tied byCalcutta 17 Feb cds, printed « From Calcutta » by Herbert Hinckler/A POSTAL MEMENTO OF NOTABLE FLIGHTS/THROUGHOUT…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30714 | 1928 (3 Feb) Cover fromCalcutta to Akyab with special
India
1928 (3 Feb) Cover fromCalcutta to Akyab with special vignette inscribed ‘British Flight…From Calcutta by Seaplane’ franked India 1/2a 829 tied by Park…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30715 | 1928 (3 Feb) Special flight from Calcutta to Rangoon
India
1928 (3 Feb) Special flight from Calcutta to Rangoon with fancy vignette inscribed ‘British Flight by Seaplane’, franked India 3p pair + 1/2a tied by Park…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30716 | 1929 ‘BOY PILOT’ Picture Postcard depicting map of
India
1929 ‘BOY PILOT’ Picture Postcard depicting map of India showing Indian Airways routes franked India 1/2a tied by Cacutta 15 Jan29 cds, boxed ‘DELAYED…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30717 | Early Indian Independence movement Propaganda
India
1930 (Apr 23) Peshwar Black Day (The Massacre
At the Qissa Khawani), locally printed propaganda
printed on native-paper depicting a harrowing scene in…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30718 | 1937 ‘Mrs Bonny’ solo 1st Flight from Brisbane to Capetown
India
1937 ‘Mrs Bonny’ solo 1st Flight from Brisbane to Capetown franked Queensland 1d (2) + 3d Air with India 4a + 8a applied and cancelled In Karachi, signed
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 30719 | 1937 Cover from India franked 9pi (2) + 4a tied by
India
1937 Cover from India franked 9pi (2) + 4a tied by Allahabad datestamps, salvaged from the Imperial Airways Cygnus crash and handstamped in violet linear…
Estimation: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 30720 | 1941 HISSAR DISTRICT AEROPLANE/WAR FUND/1941 complete
India
1941 HISSAR DISTRICT AEROPLANE/WAR FUND/1941 complete booklet of 10 receipts, fine and scarce
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30721 | 1951 Unissued Health handpainted essays and stamps from the De La Rue archives
India
1951 Unissued Health 1a maroon, 4a orange-brown and 1R blue handpainted essays, each on card with ms « 31.1.51 » and the 1a and 4a with « H.C. (High Commissioner)…
Estimation: 4’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 30722 | Collection of over 600 fakes & forgeries of INDIAN STATES
India
FORGERIES: Collection of over 600 fakes & forgeries of INDIAN STATES in 2 stockbooks
Estimation: 160 – 200 GBP
Lot 30723 | 1649-1938, Lot of 117 covers and cards with mostly pre-philatelic items from the Moghul Empire period
India » Collections, Lots etc.
1649-1938, Lot of 117 covers and cards with mostly pre-philatelic items from the Moghul Empire period, also some Jaipur, and a range of early airmail covers…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30724 | 1656-1948, Exhibition collection of India and Indian
India
1656-1948, Exhibition collection of India and Indian States mounted on 20 pages, beginning with early Moghul Empire item, noticeable Jammu Kashmir mixed…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 30725 | 1854-1905, Mostly mint selection on a stockpage
India
1854-1905, Mostly mint selection on a stockpage incl. used 1854 2a green with « 45 » numeral (faults, 4 margins), a range of mint/unused De La Rue issues…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30726 | 1854-1940s, Fantastic lot of India & States in 3 albums
India
1854-1940s, Fantastic lot of India & States in 3 albums, the first with used India incl. 1854 lithos incl. ten 1/2a, six 1a, four 4a and
three 2a (mixed…
Estimation: 5’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 30727 | INDIA & INDIAN STATES 1866-2001 Extensive lot with collection and duplication on album pages and 3 A4 stockbooks incl. large section of Indian States
India
1866-2001 INDIA & INDIAN STATES: Extensive lot with collection and duplications on album pages and 3 A4 stockbooks, mostly used but also mint hinged and…
Estimation: 200 – 400 GBP
Lot 30728 | 1837 Wrapper from the USA to London via Ireland with crisp « CORK / SHIP LETTER » boxed hs
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History
1837 (Jul 22) Wrapper from the USA to London via Ireland with crisp « CORK / SHIP LETTER » boxed hs (Robertson S4), sent from Philadelphia with despatch…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30729 | 1840-53, Collection of 28 Line Engraved covers incl. BLUE Newry MC on poor 1d red
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1840-57, Collection of 31 Line Engraved covers incl. two Mulreadies (one
late usage with numeral), two 1840 1d black covers, BLUE Newry MC on poor 1d…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30730 | 1841 (Dec 10) Mulready lettersheet,, stereo A19, with Wicklow distinctive MC
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1841 (Dec 10) Mulready lettersheet,, stereo A19, from Wicklow to Ballygahan cancelled by a superb upright strike of the distinctive
Wicklow MC with…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 30731 | 1840 & 1857 Pair of stampless covers; « Redirected at Belfast » and « MISSENT TO BELFAST »
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1840 & 1857 Pair of stampless covers; 1840 (Dec 16) Entire written from Chirra, India, written by a soldier in
the Indian Army, with postscript stating…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30732 | 1840s ca. OHMS wrapper from Ballymena to England with small distinctive « 4 » rate hs
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1840s ca. OHMS wrapper from Ballymena to England with the only
recorded example of the small distinctive « 4 » rate hs, missing part of
backflap and…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30733 | 1840 (Aug 6) Mulready 1d envelope sent within Ireland plus 2 covers
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1840 (Aug 6) Mulready 1d envelope, A148, sent within Ireland from Dublin to Ballymena, cancelled by red MC with despatch and arrival bs, scuff at top right…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30734 | 1840 Entire from Ballycastle to Ballymoney with 1840 1d black pl.1b strip of four
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1840 (Oct 23) Entire from Ballycastle to Ballymoney with 1840 1d black
pl.1b strip of four (just cut into at right and vert. crease through KG)
just…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 30735 | 1844 (Apr 26) 1d Pink postal stationery envelope cancelled
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1844 (Apr 26) 1d Pink postal stationery envelope cancelled by Adare MC, reverse with despatch and Limerick arrival cds, fine and unique example of this…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30736 | 1845 (Feb 19) Entire from Waterford to Arklow with
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1845 (Feb 19) Entire from Waterford to Arklow with 1841 1d red (cut into at lower right) tied by « 445 » numeral, with manuscript « Not known », taken back…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30737 | 1862 Envelope from London to Ireland, redirected by H&K Packet
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1862 (Aug 19) Envelope from London to Dundrum Co. Dublin with 1858-76 2d pl.9 tied by London barred oval, arrival bs, redirected to Germany and uprated…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30738 | 1867 Stampless envelope from Queenstown to to the USA with the very rare « T.0.3 » barred numeral
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1867 (Aug 9) Stampless envelope from Queenstown to the USA with the very
rare « T.0.3 » barred numeral on reverse, the obverse with despatch cds,
NY…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30739 | 1868 (Dec 3) Envelope from Dublin to Australia with 1867-80 10d wmk spray
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1868 (Dec 3) Envelope from Dublin to Australia with 1867-80 10d wmk
spray wing marginal tied by Dublin « 186 » duplex, reverse with London and
Melbourne…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30740 | 1870 (Oct 4) Envelope opened out to show « The Patent Eureka Pictorial Opaque Envelope no. 324 »
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1870 (Oct 4) Envelope opened out to show « The Patent Eureka Pictorial Opaque Envelope no. 324 » with nine engravings
of Ireland and a bunch of flowers…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30741 | 1888 (Jan 16) Belgium reply paid postcard sent from Belfast back to Belgium
Ireland » GB Used In Ireland
1888 (Jan 16) Belgium reply paid postcard sent from Belfast back to
Belgium, cancelled by Belfast « 62 » duplex, reverse with Dublin &
Belfast railway…
Estimation: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 30742 | 1922 Dollard 2s6d sepia-brown mint nh left marginal block of four
Ireland » 1922 (Feb) Dollard Overprints (T1-T14)
1922 Dollard 2s6d sepia-brown mint nh left marginal block of four with partial guide line which identifies the block as coming from base plate 2/4L state…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30743 | 1922 Thom 2s6d used block of four, showing ovpt variety « R » over « SE » on three stamps
Ireland » 1922 (Jul-Nov) Thom Overprints (T25-T41)
1922 (Jul-Nov) Thom 2s6d used block of four, showing ovpt variety « R » over « SE » on three stamps, rows 3 & 4, stamps 2 & 3 from plate 3/5 Right, fine
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30744 | 1922-23 Thom 2s6d mint hr showing distinctive re-entry
Ireland » 1922-23 Thom Three-Line Overprints (T47-T61)
1922-23 Thom 2s6d mint hr showing distinctive re-entry at top left and lower right corners (R8/1, plate 3/5 Left state 2), fine
Estimation: 30 – 40 GBP
Lot 30745 | 1922-23 Thom 2s6d with « accent reversed » variety
Ireland » 1922-23 Thom Three-Line Overprints (T47-T61)
1922-23 Thom 2s6d with « accent reversed » variety on right stamp in mint large hr right marginal horiz. pair, left stamp showing minor re-entry indicating…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30746 | 1922-23 Thom 10s with « accent reversed » variety
Ireland » 1922-23 Thom Three-Line Overprints (T47-T61)
1922-23 Thom 10s with « accent reversed » variety in mint hr marginal vert. pair, minor gum bends, variety mnh, fine and scarce, cert. BPA (1960) (SG £4’500+)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30747 | 1925-28 Narrow Date 2s6d, 5s and 10s mint blocks of four,
Ireland » 1925 Narrow Date Overprints (T66-T68)
1925-28 Narrow Date 2s6d, 5s and 10s mint blocks of four, very fine
Estimation: 320 – 400 GBP
Lot 30748 | 1925 Narrow Date 10s mint marginal block of four w
Ireland » 1925 Narrow Date Overprints (T66-T68)
1925 Narrow Date 10s mint marginal block of four with part printer’s guide cross at top indicating pl.3/8 left, with row 1 stamp 1 and row 2 stamp 1 showing…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP