12 Jun 2018 – 15 Jun 2018
3736 lots
Lot 20237 | 1857 (May) Envelope from Moulmein to Calcutta with
Burma
1857 (May) Envelope from Moulmein to Calcutta with 1854 1/2a blue die I, four margins, tied to reverse by « B/127 » Bengal-type cancel and Calcutta arrival…
Estimation: 900 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 20238 | 1881 Cover from Port Blair with GB franking
Burma
1881 Envelope with ms « Port Blair 3 Jan’y 81 -« , franked with GB 1880 1d strip of five cancelled on arrival in London with « 10 » numerals, presumably sent…
Estimation: 2’600 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 20239 | 1942
Burma
1942 (Aug 10) Envelope from the Captain Smart correspondence sent to his wife at Dehra Dun bearing 6p strip of three tied with light double circle ds,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 20240 | 1942 « Battalion Commandant, Chin Hills » OHMS printed envelope
Burma
1942 (Aug 21) « Battalion Commandant, Chin Hills » OHMS printed envelope (OHMS erased) from the Lt Col Dugind correspondence censored and sent to Scotland…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 20241 | 1851 Prince Albert Single Franking
Canada
1851 6d slate violet on vertically laid paper, good to large even margins, tied by target cancel in black, on cover from Montreal to Toronto, showing red…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20242 | Rare 1857 Prince Albert Single Franking
Canada
1852-57 6d reddish purple on very thick soft wove paper, large to huge even margins, tied by diamond of bars in black, on cover from Toronto to Rochester,…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 20243 | 1893 20c Vermilion and 50c Blue mint
Canada
1893 20c Vermilion and 50c Blue mint hr (50c with large hr), fine to very fine, cert. BPB (2013) (SG £525)
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20244 | 1897 Jubliee $5 olive-green, mint nh, well centred, a gem
Canada
1897 Jubliee $5 olive-green, mint nh, well centred, fresh, extremely fine and a gem of the highest quality, without doubt, a condition rarity, cert. Greene…
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 20245 | 1898 7c Greenish Yellow with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1898 7c Greenish Yellow with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20246 | 1911-22 20c olive-green, mint block of four
Canada
1911-22 20c olive-green, mint block of four, three stamps nh, fresh, very fine and exceptional quality
Estimation: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 20247 | 1916 War Tax 2c+1c die I with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1916 War Tax 2c+1c die I with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20248 | 1916 War Tax 8c+1c die II with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1916 War Tax 8c+1c die II with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20249 | 1922-31 3c Admiral die II with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1922-31 3c Admiral die II with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20250 | 1931 Cartier 10c olive-green with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1931 Cartier 10c olive-green with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, gum toning appearing around the…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20251 | 1932 3c on 2c die I with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1932 3c on 2c die I with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20252 | 1932-34 Commemoratives (10) with SPECIMEN hs on pieces taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1932-34 Commemoratives (10) with SPECIMEN hs on pieces taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 2’000 – 2’600 GBP
Lot 20253 | 1932-33 Set of 7 with SPECIMEN ovpt with SPECIMEN ovpt from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1932-33 Set of 7 with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, a couple with peripheral gum toning showing…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 20254 | 1935 2c Brown & 3c Scarlet with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
1935 2c Brown & 3c Scarlet with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, with photocopy of the BPA certificate…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 20255 | 1935 2c Brown & 3c Scarlet with SPECIMEN ovpt on piece taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive
Canada
POSTAGE DUES: 1906 1c, 2c and 5c with SPECIMEN ovpt on two pieces taken from a page from the Tunisia Post Office specimen archive, 1c with defective top…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20256 | Bill Stamp $2 red and violet plate proof
Canada
REVENUES: Bill Stamp $2 red and violet plate proof on India affixed to card, fine
Estimation: 50 – 60 GBP
Lot 20257 | 1868-1903, Mint/unused collection on 2 album pages
Canada
COLLECTIONS: 1868-1903, Mint/unused collection on 2 album pages, all partly or completely stuck down, starting with Large Queen 15c , Small Queens to 10c,…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 20258 | Newfoundland 1862-1864 Issue 6d
Canada » Newfoundland
1862-1864 6d rose-lake, used with bar cancel and red PD (SG £100)
Estimation: 50 – 60 GBP
Lot 20259 | 1865-70 5c Brown mint
Canada » Newfoundland
1865-70 5c Brown mint redistributed og, fine (SG £600)
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20260 | 1931 1c Green imperf. between horizontal pair in s
Canada » Newfoundland
1931 1c Green imperf. between horizontal pair in strip of three with normal, no gum, fine (SG £650)
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 20261 | 1932 1c Green mint nh block of four with variety i
Canada » Newfoundland
1932 1c Green mint nh block of four with variety imperf. between stamp and margin on bottom two stamps, small natural gum disturbance on one stamp, very…
Estimation: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 20262 | 1887-1918, Mint/unused collection on an album page
Canada » Newfoundland
COLLECTIONS: 1887-1918, Mint/unused collection on an album page, all partly or completely stuck down, incl. 1897 Anniversary set of 14 and 1897-1918 set…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20263 | 1851 Issue Nova Scotia 3d blue
Canada » Nova Scotia
1851-1860 3d deep blue tied to fragment by oval grill cancel, large to very large margins all around (SG £170)
Estimation: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 20264 | 1866 Cover with « SYDNEY.C.B. / SHIP LETTER » and « SYDNEY.C.B. / PAID » hs
Canada » Nova Scotia
1866 (May 17) Entire from St. Pierre & Miquelon to the USA sent via Nova Scotia with « SYDNEY.C.B. / SHIP LETTER » and « SYDNEY-C.B. / PAID » hs, despatch…
Estimation: 1’200 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 20265 | 1866 (Sep 24) Envelope from Lunenburg to Halifax
Canada » Nova Scotia
1866 (Sep 24) Envelope from Lunenburg to Halifax with 1860-63 5c deep blue tied by barred oval, minor soiling, fine
Estimation: 60 – 100 GBP
Lot 20266 | 1868-1953 Range of mint on stockpages
Canada » Canada and Provinces Collections
1868-1953 Range of mint on stock pages, showing complete sets to $1 values, fresh & fine
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 20267 | 1868 1d soldier’s concessionary rate cover
Ceylon
1869 (May 29) Envelope to Scotland with 1863-66 2d ochre and 10s vermilion (both affected by filing fold) and 1866-68 1d (defective) tied by Colombo duplexes,…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 20268 | 1890-92 group of 4 mint varieties
Ceylon
1890-92 Group of 4 mint/unused varieties incl. 1890 5c on 15 Olive-Green incl. « F1ve » (small corner crease and surface indentation), inverted (very fine)…
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20269 | 1912-25 50R Dull Purple with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint o
Ceylon
1912-25 50R Dull Purple with SPECIMEN ovpt, mint og (toned), very fine appearance (SG £225)
Estimation: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 20270 | 1937 3c black and deep green
Ceylon
1937 3c black and deep green, mint, bottom right imprint corner marginal block of twenty, showing perf. 13 x 13 1/2 variety, some toning and perf. separations,…
Estimation: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 20271 | 1920 1s Black & Carmine-Red with inverted centre
Cook Islands
1920 1s Black & Carmine-Red with inverted centre, regummed, fine (SG £850, see footnote under SG75)
Estimation: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 20272 | 1892-1965, Mint, used and postal history collection
Cook Islands
COLLECTIONS: 1892-1965, Mint, used and postal history collection mounted on 80+ pages, with covers bearing the 1892 first issue incl. 10d on cover to UK,…
Estimation: 3000 – 4000 GBP
Lot 20273 | 1702 Early folded entire letter dated Cyprus to Livorno, Italy, very fine, scarce
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1702 Early folded entire letter dated Cyprus to Livorno, Italy, very fine, scarce
Estimation: 170 – 200 GBP
Lot 20274 | 1747 Entire from a Greek-Cypriot merchant in Nicosia to the Ragusa Consul in Larnaca
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1747 Entire from a Greek-Cypriot merchant in Nicosia to the Ragusa Consul in Larnaca, fine and scarce, ex « Zephyr » (DF Nov 2003)Note: No organised internal…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20275 | 1750 Entire from the District Governor of Famagusta to Larnaca
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1750 Entire from the District Governor of Famagusta to the Venetian Consul in Larnaca, fine and scarce, ex « Zephyr » (DF Nov 2003)
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20276 | 1773-1832, Group of five entires
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1773-1832, Group of five entires incl. 1773 Entire from the Turkish Governor of Cyprus in Nicosia to the Consul of Venice in Larnaca, endorsed « 8642 » (« Beduh »)…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20277 | 1789 Entire from Limassol to Tuzla
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1789 Entire from Limassol to Tuzla, endorsed « 8642 » (Beduh) for good luck, fine and scarce
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20278 | 1791 Entire from Nicosia to the Venetian Consul in Larnac
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1791 Entire from Nicosia to the Venetian Consul in Larnaca, intact wax seal on reverse, fine, ex « Zephyr » (DF Nov 2003)
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20279 | 1825 Entire from Larnaca to Aix
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1825 Entire from Larnaca to Aix in France via Marseille, disinfection slits, « 12 / MARSEILLE » hs, fine, ex « Zephyr » (DF Nov 2003)
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20280 | 1832 Entire from the Austrian Consul in Larnaca to Livorno
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1832 Entire from the Austrian Consul in Larnaca (with virtually complete red wax seal on reverse) to the Neapolitan Consul in Livorno, fumigated at the…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20281 | 1832 Lettersheet from Larnaca to Italy
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1832 Lettersheet from Larnaca to Italy, fumigated at San Rocco quarantine station with crisp « LAZZERETTO SAN / ROCCO DI LIVORNO » hs on reverse, fine and…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20282 | 1837 Entire from Larnaca to France
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1837 Entire from Larnaca to France with « 9 » rate for carriage in France, « PAR D’OUTREMER » hs and Marseille arrival, disinfection slits with « Purifiée à…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20283 | 1838 Entire from the French Consulate in Larnaca to France
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1838 Entire from the French Consulate in Larnaca with clear cachet on reverse, sent to the Public Hygiene Authorities in France, reverse with « Purifiée…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20284 | 1848 Wrapper from the Greek Consulate to Larnaca
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1848 Wrapper from the Greek Consulate with crisp cachet on reverse, to the Governor General in Larnaca, archive hs removed and cover sealed shut, scarce,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20285 | 1851 Envelope from the Austrian Consulate
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1851 Envelope from the Austrian Consulate with reasonably clear cachet on the reverse, sent to the Governor General of Cyprus in Nicosia (archive hs erased…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 20286 | 1852 Envelope from the Swedish Consulate
Cyprus » The Ottoman Empire 1571-1878
1852 Envelope from the Swedish Consulate with incomplete strike of the cachet on the reverse, sent to the Governor General of Cyprus in Nicosia (archive…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP