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Previous|1...4567891011|Next Lot #1705 LAOS: De Luxe Proof sets (130mm x 100mm) plus imperf sheetlets of 4 (127mm x 85mm) for each denomination as sent from the Ministry of Posts and Communications to the Australian Ambassador, comprising 1961 Temples & Statues, 1962 King Savang Vatthana, Malaria Eradication, Philatelic Exhibition and 1963 Freedom from Hunger, also 1963 Freedom From Hunger SG MS131a (2) & FDCs (9), Centenary of Red Cross SG MS134a (4) & FDCs (2), 4k Human Rights SG135a imperf vertical pair ** & FDCs (4), 1964 Nubian View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbol**CGradeA Lot #1706 NEW CALEDONIA: Airmail group with 1931 (May 4) internal flight Kone-Nouméa per Clifford Brown & Victor Roffey, 10c 15c & 25c x2 each tied by private 'PAR AVION' h/s, Nouméa arrival b/s, 1939 (Mar 24) Nouméa-Paris with typed "Par Avion MARTINET", 90c 1fr 2fr & 5fr each with private flight cachet & tied by 'NOUMEA' cds, Paris arrival b/s of 4-4/39. See AAMC #845, 1966-2000 flights by UTA x10 including to & from Bahrain, AOM x5, Air Caledonie x2; also Wallis et Futuna 1947 TRAPAS x7 (one registered View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolCGradeA/B Lot #1707 NEW HEBRIDES: 1925 commercial cover to Malta (!) with French Idols 20c & '30c.' on 10c tied by French cds, black/yellowish 'VILA. N.H.' registration label, 'REGISTERED/MALTA' arrival b/s. A terrific origin/destination combination. View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea Lot #1708 Attractively presented collection with 1892 Peace & Commerce set mint x2 & used plus Fournier forgeries, 1900 New Colours *&U, 1904 Surcharges *&U, 1906-07 Palmiers set *&U, 1913-17 Lagune Ebrie set with extras including 2fr booklet with 5c panes x8 (Cat £350 for complete with 10 panes) & a range of mostly registered commercial covers, 1915 Red Cross with Double Surcharge & Surcharge Inverted both *, 1922-25 Surcharges including '60' on 75c & '90c' on 75c both with the Surcharge Omitted *, 1936- View details Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbol*oc Lot #1709 Stockbook of mostly oddments with Peace & Commerce 1fr imperf (no gum, proof?), 1906-07 mint set (gum faults) plus various die (?) & plate proof singles, 1913-16 5c & 10c tied to perforated pieces of paper by 'Valeur d'echange' Overprints, 1924-27 Surcharges 20fr on 5fr used, Vichy issues including 'SECOURS/NATIONAL' Surcharges plus plate proofs with incomplete designs, a few blocks & a couple of Millésimes pairs, etc, generally very fine to superb. A fascinating lot. (180 approx) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbol*oP Lot #1710 1906-07 Definitives master die proof of the Général Faidherbe design with blank Colony tablet & uncleared value circle, in red on light buff wove paper (60x61mm), very minor imperfections. View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold SymbolPGradea- Lot #1711 1913-16 Lagune Ebrie 4c brown-purple & violet with the Vignette Printed Double Dallay #43b, very lightly mounted, Cat €275 (2006). View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Symbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1712 1906-07 Definitives master die proof of the "Palmiers" (palm trees) design with blank Colony tablet & uncleared value circle & surrounds, in black on pelure paper (102x142mm), insignificant tonespots at upper-right. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #1713 1913-16 Lagune Ebrie master die proof with uncleared value circles in black on onionskin paper (150x91mm), delicate pencil signatures of designer "J de la Neziere" & the engraver "Eis froment" below the impression. The thinnest stamp-related paper we have ever encountered! Stated to be unique! View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #1714 1913-16 Lagune Ebrie master die proof with uncleared value circles in green & violet-blue on wove paper (115x121mm). A lovely item. View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #1715 1922-27 Surcharges '3F.' on 5fr blue-green & lake-red with Surcharge Printed Double, very lightly mounted. Unlisted by Dallay. Caphila (Kalkstein) Certificate (2009). Superb! View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol*Gradea+ b1 Lot #1716 1933 'Côte d'Ivoire' Overprints on Upper Volta 2c with Overprint Misplaced, Overprint Double and Overprint Inverted, 4c with Overprint Double (**) and 1fr50c with Overprint Inverted (**), Dallay Cat €475 (2006). (5) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea/a+ Lot #1717 1936-42 Pictorials die proofs of 30c Mosque in dull blue on thick white paper with a deckled edge at base (130x100mm) & 35c Woman in black on off-white wove paper (78x98mm) signed by the engraver "ADelzers" (not "DDelzers" as per Gibbons), a couple of very minor blemishes. (2) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold SymbolPGradea- Lot #1718 1941 Marshall Petain master die proofs with blank portrait & value tablets in the issued colours of green & blue on thin card (104x74mm); ditto, completed designs in green & blue with the 'OEVRES/COLONIALES' Surcharges in black or red on thick wove paper (120x160mm) each with impressed 'ETAT FRANCAIS/SECRETARIAT D'ETAT AUX COLONIES' at the top; and marginal plate proofs with blank value tablets on gummed paper. A very attractive group. [The Surcharges were not issued in the Ivory Coast] (6 items View details Estimate$500Price Realized$375StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #1719 1941 Marshall Petain commercial covers comprising an internal cover with 1fr green plus 25c Mosque pair with 'ABIDJAN' cds, & airmail covers to Tunisia or GB both with 1fr & censored, & to Tunisia with 2fr, a few faults. Rare frankings: Dallay give no prices for these stamps on cover, suggesting they were never issued. However, these covers clearly indicate that they were available in the Colony. (4) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold SymbolcGradea-/b Lot #1720 1942 Poste Aerienne 1fr to 5fr monocolour die proofs - on the printed stamps the values were in a second colour - plus 10fr & 20fr bicoloured die proofs in the issued colours, all on stout cream paper (120x160mm), each with impressed 'INSTITUT DE GRAVURE/PARIS' at the base. (6 ) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$225StatusSold SymbolpGradea Lot #1721 1942 Poste Aerienne imperforate plate proof block of 10 (2x5) without Colony name in ultramarine, from the upper-left corner of the sheet with elaborate "IDG" (= Institut de Gravure) monograms in the left-hand margin, ungummed. Superb! Stated to be unique! Ex Edouard Berck. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$375StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #1722 Mounted range of pre-WWII covers from many offices including 1901 (REGISTERED) & 1903 'JACQUEVILLE', 'OUME', 'BOUAKE', 'SASSANDRA', 'TABOU', 'ABIDJAN-BOUAKE' TPO, 'TENKODOGO', 'BIMBOKRA-ABIDJAN' TPO (light), 'ABOISSO', 'MAN', 'BOUAKE', 'ASSINIE', etc, includes registered & airmail usages, 'VALEURS RECOUVREES' Envelope & a 'MANDAT-CARTE', condition variable but generally fine. (56) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1723 Packet of mostly commercial & mostly pre-WWII covers from many offices including 'ASSINIE', 'BOBO-DIOULASSO', 'DABAKAIA', 'DABOU', 'DIMBOKRO', 'GAGNO', 'KATIOLA', 'LAHOU', 'SASSANDRA', 'TAFIRE', 'TENKODOGO' & 'TOUBA', many are registered, also 1904 to France with octagonal 'LOANGO A MARSEILLE /No1' octagonal 'LOANGO A MARSEILLE/No2' d/s, 4c on 1921 wrapper to Paris, 30c on 1929 'SERVICE DES RECOUVREMENTS' registered envelope, etc,also a dozen mostly unused Postal Stationery items, condition vari View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1724 Maritime covers including 1899 & 1901 both stampless with 'SOUDAN-FRANCAIS/LM No 2' cds, octagonal 'LOANGO A MARSEILLE/No1' (1899), '.../No2' (1900 registered & 1904) & '.../No3' (1905), 'LOANGO A BORDEAUX/LL No3' (1905), larger 'MATADI A BORDEAUX/No4' (1909), 'BORDEAUX A MATADI/LL No2' (1909, wrong direction!), 'BORDEAUX A BUENOS AIRES 2o/LK No4' (1900, inwards), the rare 'SERVICE EN LAGUNES/...' (1912, philatelic PPC), double-oval ship cancels of '.../ASIE/...' (inwards) & '.../JAMAIQUE/...' ( View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1725 Mostly pre-WWII covers selected for the destinations with other French Community including Lebanon, Indo-China, Guinea & Dahomey etc, also to Paraguay, Belgian Congo (WWI with Belgian Forces No 11 cds in blue), Russia, Cuba, Rumania, Costa Rica, Gold Coast etc, condition variable but generally good to fine. A very desirable group. (31) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1726 Mostly pre-WWII covers to the Ivory Coast from Guernsey (1905, with superb 'LOANGO A BORDEAUX/LL No3' maritime d/s) Cape of Good Hope (1908, with Ivory Coast 10c Postage Due), United States (1916 & philatelic 1944), Mexico (1928), India (1930, registered but a front only), & French Somalia (1941, with huge Somali '.../VAGUEMESTRE' cachet), condition variable but generally good to fine. Another very desirable group. (7) View details Estimate$350Price Realized$270StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1727 Mostly WWII airmail covers the majority to France including a variety of rates & routes, many with censor labels &/or handstamps, includes 1939 (July) underpaid to the USA, 1939 (Nov) from France, 1940 to France with 'RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR/RELATIONS POSTALES/INTERROMPUES' h/s, 1942 to Gold Coast via Dahomey & Togo, a brown-paper packet registered with complete 'COIX-ROUGE FRANCAISE/COMITE LOCAL DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE' address label (205x135mm) with 235fr postage on the reverse opened by French & Germ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Symbolc/co Lot #1728 1894 'COLONIES/POSTES' 25c Letter Card to Senegal with two strikes of single-ring 'COTE-D'IVOIRE/14/FEVR/94/ GRAND-BASSAM' cds, octagonal 'LOANDO A MARSEILLE/LM No1' marine b/s partly obscuring the 'SENEGAL/22/FEVR/94/ST LOUIS' arrival b/s, minor blemishes & a small opening fault on the reverse. Very rare: Dallay lists only the Colonies 25c adhesive used in the Ivory Coast (1889) at €5000 as a loose stamp, unpriced on cover. View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold SymbolpsGradeb Lot #1729 1904 overweight cover to France with scarce franking of Peace & Commerce 50c carmine & rose pair (Cat £130+) tied by poor 'ASSINIE/COTE D'IVOIRE' View details Estimate$250Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolclGradec Lot #1730 1910 usage of Ivory Coast PPC ("Une baleinière armée pour le passage de la barre" = whaling boat) to Conakry with Ivory Coast Général Faidherbe 5c pair cancelled on arrival at 'CONAKRY/GUINEE-FRANCAISE', forwarded to "Ditinn" with good 'DITINN GUINEE FRANCAISE/POSTES' arrival cds a week later, a bit soiled. An unusual usage. View details Estimate$150Price Realized$100StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1731 1911 usage of 1903-series black/blue 'Telegramme' envelope with Peace & Commerce 25c + Général Faidherbe 2c & 4c x2 tied by 'GRAND BASSAM' cds, 'R'-in-octagon h/s, unuually fine for these poor quality envelopes & most unusual to be registered. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$350StatusSold SymbolcGradea Lot #1732 1913 internal cover with Général Faidherbe 10c bisect tied by 'TOUBA' cds, minor stains; & 1921 to France with Lagune 50c bisect tied by 'GRAND-BASSAM' cds & 'LAYRAC/LOT ET GARONNE' arrival cds alongside, vertical fold. Rare albeit philatelic frankings. (2) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1733 1924 commercial cover to France with 20c tied by one of two largely fine strikes of the rare octagonal 'SERVICE EN LAGUNES/22/JIOL/24/COTE D'IVOIRE' d/s, poor arrival b/s, reinforced behind along vertical fold. The scarcest & most desirable of all the maritime markings. View details Estimate$400StatusUnsold SymbolcGradeb Lot #1734 1925 lovely illustrated advertising envelope for Picard Pageot & Co Clothing Manufacturers in France registered with 'HAUTE-VOLTA' 5c 25c & 75c tied by 'OUAGADOUGOU-AUXILRE/HAUTE-VOLTA' cds, & 1935 commercial airmail cover to Paris with Ivory Coast 50c & 3fr tied by 'OUAGADOUGOU/IVORY COAST' cds. [We're confused. Ouagadougou - pronounced "wah/ga/duh/goo", was originally in Ivory Coast. In 1919, it became the capital of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). So why was it back in Cote d'Ivoire only 16 y View details Estimate$250StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1735 1869-72 Imperf Cameos 4d pale brown SG 2 with large-part o.g. (small closed tear at right) & used with red cds, and 6d blue SG 3a two slightly different shades unused, all with full margins, Cat £1900. View details Estimate$450Price Realized$420StatusSold Symbol*ΩoGradea/b Lot #1736 1912-22 MCA 3d purple/yellow with Split 'A' in 'POSTAGE' at Right SG 91d, Cat £190. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol*Gradea b1 Lot #1737 Two stockbooks with Baden, North German Confederation, Prussia, Saxony, Thurn & Taxis and various local issues, duplication throughout, includes some multiples, reprints, some postmark potential, mixed condition. (many 100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$400StatusSold Symbol* Ω o Lot #1738 BADEN: 1851-68 well presented study on 15 annotated pages, many attractive stamps with full margins including 1862 18kr green FU, majority used, many with numeral cancellations including three in red. plus shades, Rural Postage Dues, 3 covers and 3 forgeries, condition much better than normally encountered, high catalogue value. (140+) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$240StatusSold Symbol*ΩoC Lot #1739 THURN & TAXIS: 1852-66 well presented attractive study on annotated pages for the Northern and Southern Districts, with all values represented and identified by their different printings, includes used on piece, four blocks of 4 */**, shades, 27 reprints and 6 forged postmarks, noted 1866 2sgr blue rouletted in coloured lines with four ring cancellation '242', condition better than normally encountered in Australia. (200+) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Symbol**/*oΔ Lot #1740 Three albums with Post Offices in Belgium, China, Morocco & Poland; Cameroons, Caroline Islands, Kiautschou, Samoa etc; plus Danzig, Memel, Saar and Schleswig; useful blocks and used on piece, noted CEF & GRI overprints, some postmark potential, some duplication, mixed condition. (100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$550StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #1741 1872-2000s duplicated mainly used collection in seven volumes concentrating on the pre-1949 period, with an album of the Germania issues, Allenstein, Bavaria & Upper Silesia overprints plus Baden, Berlin, Occupied Zones and Wurttemberg, many useful items throughout including mint blocks, earlier & scarcer issues, high values, M/Ss and postmarks, mixed condition. (1000s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #1742 Two large cartons containing KaBe hingeless albums for Reich and 1939-45 issues used, stockbooks with duplicates for German States, Inflation issues **, General Government, Third Reich, Allied Occupation, Berlin, East Germany, M/Ss, modern issues including ** & CTO, also some remainders with World in tins, empty 64 page Lighthouse stockbook etc. Will suit re-seller. (1000s) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol*/** Lot #1743 Cigar box with Saxony 1851 2ngr or 1855 2ngr (both with full margins) and 3sgr Envelope x2 sizes both with boxed 'NEUSTADT' d/s, lovely postally used group of Reich scenic/commemorative Postal Cards, etc, a couple of post-WWII Berlin items, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (100 approx) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$210StatusSold Symbolcps Lot #1744 An album of c.1948-51 pieces from packet cards with a good range of Allied Occupation, Berlin & East Germany adhesives including a few better values & numerous combination frankings, many pieces with stamps/postmarks on both sides, datestamps from numerous small offices and including some boxed & pictorial types. An excellent collection-starter. (100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold SymbolΔ Lot #1745 1872-1945 collection in stockbooks, good range of Shields & Germanias, Hyper-Inflation issues in Schaubek album containing full sheets (most without gum), also noted April 1923 booklet (?) comprising 25m x25, 16 blocks and 100Tsd on 100m block of 15 (total 13000Marks) with official 'REICHDRUCKEREI [Eagle] / 6 April' (Berlin stamp and note printer) cachet, 1926 Airs, Famous People, 1930 IPOSTA M/S, stamps unmounted, array of Hindenburg se-tenant strips, some covers and PPCs with 16/11/30 internal View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol*/**OC Lot #1746 Large stockbook with Post Offices Abroad; Colonies including East Africa Yachts set *, 'Deutsch-/Sudwest-Afrika' unissued 25pf *, Samoa 2mk used & a few GRIs; Lost Territories labels x17 different; also Marienwerder, Memel/Klaipeda, Upper Silesia & Schleswig; Danzig including 1924 Airs & Pictorials used, 1932 Airs VLMtd, 'PORT/GDANSK' Overprints on Poland; Saar 1921 Pictorials 25mk * (2), 1922 Pictorials *, 1926 Charity *, 1927 Charity U, 1928 & 1929 Christmas sets *, 1934 Plebiscite including C View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$900StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1747 WWII PROPAGANDA FORGERIES: Selection comprising parodies of GB "Jubilee" ½d green 'THIS WAR IS A/JEWSH WAR' & "Coronation" 1½d brown-purple 'SSSR BRITANNIA', no gum as always, Cat €320; and 'Winterhilfswerk' 12pf+6pf/3pf+2pf vertical pair (minor blemishes, reinforced perfs, part-o.g.?), Cat €900, plus unlisted by Michel "Little Girl Spitting in Hitler's Face" marginal example Imperf at Right, and parodies of Italian 1941 Italo-German Friendship 25c Adolf & Benito Glaring at Each Other (**) & 50c View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Symbol*ΩGradea/b Lot #1748 ALLIED OCCUPATION ISSUES: Large stockbook with an array of late-1945 local issues with lots of dubious handstamps/overprints, Joint Zones Numeral M/Ss perf & imperf **; British & American Zones 1949 Hannover M/S * x2, French Zone Baden 'Pf' Omitted set *, Freiburg both M/Ss **; Rheinland Red Cross M/S unused x2; Wurttemburg 'Pf' Omitted set *; Soviet Zone 1949 Goethe M/S **; then Berlin with UPU set * & to 60pf U, Buildings set used, Goethe set ** & 30pf used x2, Berlin Relief Fund **, Philharm View details Estimate$850Price Realized$1,000StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1749 1945-2006 useful collection in nine albums, including Allied Occupation Zones, East and West Germany, M/Ss and booklets, the majority of the earlier material used, 1960s onwards majority MUH, duplication in parts, mainly fine. (1000s) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$900StatusSold Symbol**/*o Lot #1750 1949-95 cased three volume unmounted collection, complete as per Michel album pages to 1980, then a few gaps, with the earlier commemorative, Charity issues, Numeral & Posthorn & President Heuss sets plus M/Ss. From our sampling appears to be all mint unmounted apart from the 1964 M/S which has a small blemish on the gum, very high catalogue value. (100s) View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Symbol**GradeA Lot #1751 1949-95 cased three volume USED collection, also on quality Michel hingeless pages, reasonably complete as per album pages, includes the better earlier commemorative and Charity issues, M/Ss etc, generally very fine. (100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold Symbolo Lot #1752 Eight slim volumes of philatelic & commercial covers, strong section of scenic Postal Cards unused or CTO. (100s) View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold Symbolcps Lot #1753 1948-90 mint collection complete as per German album pages to 1972 then a few gaps, includes the 'BERLIN' Black & Red overprints (no certificates; offered "as is"), the three Freedom Bell sets as well as the early commemoratives, the 1949 Charity M/S *, our sampling indicates all others to be unmounted. (100s) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol** Lot #1754 1948-90 the companion used collection complete as per Michel album pages to 1965 then a few gaps, includes the 'BERLIN' Black & Red overprints (without certificates, offered "as is"), 1949 Charity singles & M/S and the three Freedom Bell sets as well as the early commemoratives, generally fine throughout, high catalogue value (100s) View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbolo Lot #1755 Postal Cards from Carolines x2, Marianas x2, Marshalls x4, New Guinea x4 & Samoa x2, all unused & superb. A pity they're all forgeries! (14) View details Price Realized$40StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea+ Lot #1756 Set of mourning stamps for 10 lost Colonies, unmounted; plus that for German New Guinea on the face of 1938 Zeppelin cover to Argentina. (10 + cover) View details Estimate$150Price Realized$180StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**cGradea/a- Lot #1757 MARSHALL ISLANDS: 1905 commercial cover endorsed at upper-left "Abs M Hoffmann, Jaluit", to Friedrich- Wilhelmshafen (New Guinea) with Germania 10pf tied by a largely fine strike of 'DEUTSCH SEEPOST/ JALUIT-/LINIE/ b ' cds used aboard the "Germania", Hong Kong transit b/s, ironed-out vertical fold & some light soiling/toning. View details Estimate$150StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #1758 1886-87 British Currency ½d to 1/- SG 8-14 with 'SPECIMEN' Overprint, the 4d with no gum, the others with large-part o.g., Cat £600. (7) View details Estimate$340Price Realized$260StatusSold Symbol*ΩGradea/a- Lot #1759 1938-77 Issues mostly mint with KGVI Pictorials including all perfs (2d grey SG 124ab with Coil Join), Wedding, QEII 1953-59 Pictorials, 1960-62 Pictorials (**), 1967-69 Ships (**), 1971 Pictorial Pairs (**), etc, Cat £2500+. (200+) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea Lot #1760 1938-51 KGVI Issues SG 121-143 complete simplified plus many dies & perfs including 2d grey SG 124ab, 5/- SG 129 (parcel cancel) & 10/- SG 130 etc, Cat £800 approximately. (70) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$260StatusSold Symbolg/v Lot #1761 1908 (June 17) mourning cover from England to New Zealand "Via San Francusco" with Palmerston North arrival b/s of Oct 1908 & endorsed on the reverse "In the wreck of the/AEon from Frisco", flap fault & minor blemishes. #N3 in Brian Peace's Census where mistakenly noted as "In the wreck of the/Aon...". On 18/7/1908, the "Aeon" was wrecked off the uninhabited south-east tip of Christmas Island. All 56 passengers & crew survived, and most of the mail was rescued. After a month on the island, the View details Estimate$800StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Lot #1763 1940 cover from Mozambique (!) to "Ocean Islands/Central Pacific" with 1e75c tied by Beira cds, Indian 'NOT OPENED BY/CENSOR' h/s & Sydney transit b/s. Remarkable, if philatelic, origin/destination cover. View details Estimate$100StatusUnsold SymbolcGradea- Lot #1764 1840-1990 in five stockbooks with a presentable 1d black (4 margins),1841 2d blue pair, Imperf 1d reds (2 on cover), Perf 14 & Perf 16 1d "Stars", Plate 188 pair *, ½d Bantam Plate 5 x3, 1854 outer to India with 10d & 1/- Embossed (both cut-to-shape but an attractive item), 1884 6d dull green SG194 used (strong colour), KGV-QEII definitive duplicates used then 1980s QEII commemoratives mint. (Qty) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1765 1855-1951 mostly used collection on album pages with QV to 10/-, KEVII to 10/-, KGV to £1 with a few mint and KGVI to £1, some duplication, usual very mixed condition, enormous catalogue value. (100s) View details Estimate$800Price Realized$900StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1766 1841 Penny Reds with fine to superb strikes of the Numbered Maltese Cross cancels '1' to '12' complete, all but '9' to '11' on full-margined examples, Cat £3000+. Probably the finest such set we have offered. (12) View details Estimate$750StatusUnsold Symbolg/fGradea/b Lot #1767 1855-84 Surface Printed Issues with some scarcer stamps including 2/- blue, 8d orange x3, 1/- brown x3 (one unused), 5/- rose SG 126 127 & 134, Lilacs & Greens 5d x2 & 1/- x2, condition very mixed. Huge catalogue value. (180+) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$650StatusSold SymbolΩo Lot #1768 1887-92 Jubilee with a mint set (tonespots on the 1/- green) including pairs of the 2d 6d & 1/- bicolour plus ½d large blocks & Control Letter singles x7, and a motley used array including £1 green - rounded corner - with 'CONTINENTAL NIGHT TRAIN' cds. (200+) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSold Symbol*o Lot #1769 1887-92 Jubilee ½d (both) to 10d between SG 197 & 210 + 213 blocks of 4, a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine, large-part o.g., Cat £1480+. (12 blocks) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/b Lot #1770 1902-10 KEVII De La Rue £1 dull blue-green SG 266, very well centred, one pulled perf at the top, lightly mounted, Cat £2000. View details Estimate$450Price Realized$500StatusSold Symbol*Gradeb a2 Lot #1771 1937-53 Selection comprising 1937-47 KGVI ½d to 2½d with the Watermark Sideways SG 462a-466a & with the Watermark Inverted (from booklets), 1939-48 High Values SG 476-8b, 1951 Festival High Values SG 509-5012 & Waterlow Castles SG 536-9, unmounted, Cat £900+ (24) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$440StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1772 1960s-1980s collection including blocks, unmounted. Decimal face value £140+. View details Estimate$120Price Realized$160StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #1773 London 2010 Festival of Stamps "Press Sheet" of nine uncut miniature sheets (SG MS3072) embellished with embossing and numbered #1558/2010. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$180StatusSold Symbol**GradeA Lot #1774 Rather scrappy group of QV period covers & pieces with some useful postmarks including Scottish types, numerals & Hull "spoon", the best item is a part-outer with 4-margin Penny Red tied by very fine '8'-in-Maltese Cross & large 'FOLKINGHAM' arrival cds on the face, condition variable. (46 items) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolΔc Lot #1775 Album of annotated pre-stamp mail including two 1787 entires with Dockwra handstamps, Bishop Marks on entires comprising London of 1713 (13mm), 1754 (16mm), 1779 (18mm) and Edinburgh in red of 1792 (16mm), 1799 x2 (21mm & 19mm), also 1798 with curved 'LEEDS' h/s, 1798 with straight-line 'BICESTER', 1804 with very fine 'ABERGAVENNY/ 154 ' (Wales) mileage mark, 1813 to Guernsey with 32mm 'P A I D/15OC15/1813' in red, 1816 with 'THORNE/ 171 ' mileage mark, 1826 with Inspector's "Star" in red, 1833 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold Symbolc Lot #1776 Three volumes of 1840s-1870s material with emphasis on the numerous series of numerals & duplex postmarks issued to London offices with lots of lovely strikes on piece & a good range of covers etc, noted '10' Maltese Cross on 1843 entire, '6'-in-diamond-in duplex on 1861 cover to Vienna & other unusual markings, also 1859 outer with Belfast "spoon", 1864 cover to Tasmania with 1d Plate '85' two strips of 6 & Hartlepool duplex, etc, also a useful range of early machine types including Azemar (on View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold SymbolΔc Lot #1777 Bundle of mostly long official mail including 1864 with 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S OFFICE' imprint & unusual 'WF Forster/HORSE GUARDS' oval cachet, 1897 with 1d lilac 'ARMY/OFFICIAL' Opt & 'CAVERSHAM' cds, 1906 with '3rd Vol Batt Glos Regt' imprint, WWI group including 1914 with 'WELSH DIVISION TF/DETAILS' cachet, 1920 with double-oval 'WAR/[crown]/OFFICE' & 'AG4 (A)/WAR OFFICE' cachets, post-WWII military group including 1960 with '[crown]/SCOTTISH COMMAND/HEAD/QUARTERS/EDINBURGH' cachet, 1935 with View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold Symbolc/cl Lot #1778 1940-94 duplicated collection of M/Ss in various quantities up to ten of each, includes a few imperforate M/Ss for Philatelic Exhibitions and also a few se-tenant stamps, majority are fine & fresh unmounted or CTO. (525+) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold Symbol**v Lot #1779 QV range including 1854 ½a blue (3, one unused), 1865 2a yellow unused, 1867 6a8p mint (crease), KEVII to 3r, Officials with 25r SG O72 used, 'CEF' overprints, KGV to 10r (fiscal) 'IEF' overprints, KGVI to 10r mostly mint, Republic with 1957 Maps * and 'UN FORCE' overprints on blocks of 4 or 6 **, also some Indian States. (100s) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold Symbol*/**O Lot #1780 1948 Gandhi 1½a to 10r SG 305-8 each overprinted 'Specimen' in official Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department presentation booklet with "gold" cord, the low values adhering to the second page, the 10r (small concealed fault on the reverse) hinged to the first page, very fresh. Rare. View details Estimate$6,500Price Realized$6,500StatusSold Symbol*Gradea- Lot #1781 CHAMBA: KGVI selection with 1938 Overprints 2a to 1r, 1942-47 ½a brown, 1938-40 'SERVICE' 9p green, etc, Cat £800 approximately. (20) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$340StatusSold Symbolg/fGradea Lot #1782 1931-2004 collection on Davo pages (hingeless from 1985 on), plus.2005 issues on a Hagner, fine & fresh. (100s) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol**/* Lot #1783 1933 Balbo Transatlantic Flight 5L25c+19L75c and 5L25c+44L75c se-tenant strips overprinted 'APPARECCHIO' and abbreviated pilots' names, with 'BALB', 'GIOR', 'NANN' and 'ROVI' (small faults) strips of both colour combinations, 5L25c+19L75c 'DINI' & 'LEON', and 5L25c+44L75c 'ARAM' & 'VERC', most are lightly mounted, Cat €3600. Beautiful items, rarely available in Australia in such numbers. (12 strips) View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Symbol*Gradea/a- Lot #1784 ERITREA: 1890 cover to Keren with Italian 5c & 20c tied by 'REGGIO NELL'EMILIA' (Lombardy) cds, largely very fine strike of the rare boxed '...SUEZ/SERVIZIO ITALIANO/DEL MAR ROSSO' shipmail backstamp, opened-out for display. The most elusive of the Red Sea maritime markings. Enzo Diena Certificate (1987) states "...la busta è originale ed i francobolli sono perfetti". [Keren is 90km NW of Asmara] View details Estimate$2,000StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradea- Lot #1785 1960s-90s collection in two stockbooks, with definitives, commemoratives & sheetlets, many "Mihon" (Specimen) overprints, mostly mint & unmounted. (100s) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$280StatusSold Symbol*/**o Lot #1786 PERU: 1847-48 Pacific Steam Navigation Company '1 OZ./2 Rls' brown-red/blued paper SG 2, margins just clear - at upper-left - to good, ironed-out vertical crease, unused, Cat £1900 (2008). Bruno Savarese Oliva Certificate (1991) in Italian (of course). View details Estimate$500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolΩGrade(a-) Lot #1787 1860-84 Half Penny collection with unused/mint stated to include SG 2, 3 x2, 3a x3, 4 x3, 5, 8 x2, 10 x15, 11, 12, 14 x2, 15 x7 etc, also a useful used range, condition variable but generally good to fine, some of the unused stamps have part- to large-part o.g., STC £10,000 approximately. Personal assessment of the shades & printings is strongly recommended. (112) View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*Ωo Lot #1788 EGYPT: 1910 usage of 4m Postal Card to Bohemia with largely superb strike of the Austrian shipboard 'SEMIRAMIS/2/7/10/OE.LLOYD' cds, the message headed "Alex[andria]" is in German to the writer's mother. A very attractive & desirable item. View details Estimate$850StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolpsGradea- Lot #1789 ISRAEL: Extensive collection in four volumes with a good range of 1948 Interim Period issues (200+, including Parachutists se-tenant strip of 7 in indigo, M/Ss etc), View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Symbol*/**v Lot #1790 ISRAEL: 1948 First Coins 3m to 50m as Bale #1-6 but Imperforate horizontal pairs all with sheet margins at right, unmounted, Cat $US895. Superb! (6 pairs) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea+ Lot #1791 1948 First Coins (Doar Ivri) 50m Perf 10x11 Bale #6 Plate Number '1' block of 4 from Group 139, well centred, unmounted, Cat $US700. Superb! (4) View details Estimate$180StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**GradeA+ b1 Lot #1792 ISRAEL: 1948 First Coins 250m 500m & 1000m Bale #7-9, corner examples with full tabs, well centred, unmounted, Cat $US6600. Superb! (3) View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol**Gradea+ b1 Lot #1793 ISRAEL: 1948-50 Booklets Bale # B1 B4a B5a & B6a with advertising panels/inserts for various products including paints & automobiles; all complete, Cat $US980. (4) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolBGradea Lot #1794 1958 native's cover to Beru with 4d Bird, minor toning, and 1954-61 apparently commercial airmail covers with scarce/rare Pictorials frankings comprising 1) 2/6d Lagoon solo to USA; 2) 5/- Map solo to USA; 3) 6d Canoe & 9d Domaneab x2 to Germany; & 4) 6d 1/- & 2/6d registered to USA (back damaged). [The only other commercial usage of the 5/- recorded by us is John Darnell's parcel piece with 5/- pair that sold at the Prestige auction of 15/8/2014 for $719] (5 ) View details Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold Symbolc/cl Lot #1795 1916-2003 collection with Seahorses, Ships on Shiny Paper etc, from 1979 unmounted. (100s) View details Estimate$300Price Realized$225StatusSold Symbol**/*O Lot #1796 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain ½d green & 1d red horizontal pairs, the second unit in each with 'NAUP.U' SG 1a & 2a, toning that doesn't affect the very fine appearance, Cat £1100+. (2 pairs) View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold Symbol*Gradec Lot #1797 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses Waterlow Printings 10/- indigo-blue SG 18, exceptional centring, insignificant little stain at the base, 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND/SE2/16/(NAURU)' cds being the First Day of Issue, Cat £5000. A very attractive example of this rare stamp that is significantly scarcer used than mint (Cat £11,000). BPA Certificate (1956) signed by philatelic "giants" Robson Lowe, Alan Leverton (yes, he's still very much alive!) & Billy Lea. [Much better centred than the Octob View details Estimate$2,500StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbolvGradea b1 Lot #1798 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses De La Rue Printings 5/- bright carmine SG 22 marginal block of 4, the two right-hand units with Broken Left Foot of 'A', upper units lightly mounted, lower units unmounted, Cat £400++ (as mounted singles). A very attractive multiple. View details Estimate$450StatusUnsold GSTex GSTSymbol**/*Gradea b1 Lot #1799 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses De La Rue 10/- blue SG 23, unmounted, Cat £250. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$200StatusSold Symbol**Gradea b1 Lot #1800 1916-23 Overprints on Great Britain Seahorses De La Rue Printings 10/- deep bright blue SG 23b, well centred, a couple of minor short perfs, 'PO PLEASANT ISLAND' cds, Cat £600. RPSofL Certificate (1991). View details Estimate$300StatusUnsold SymbolfGradea- b2 Lot #1801 Handy postmarks range with Australian Roos group including with cut-down 'RABAUL/[date]' on 1d perf 'OS' & 1/- on piece, duplicated group on NWPI values to 2/- x2 including superb cut-down Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen court seal on 1d, 'KOKOPO/---' with 'QUEENSLAND' Removed, rubber 'POST OFFICE/PO KOKOPO' on 2d scarlet, 'TALASEA', 'NAMATANAI/QUEENSLAND' with Makeready Breaking-Up in violet on Blatter registered cover, 'NAMATANAI/NEW GUINEA', 30mm 'KAEWING/ - ' & black/white label on Iremonger registe View details Estimate$600Price Realized$1,700StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolsΔc Lot #1802 Attractively presented collection on display pages with Overprints including the 3pf shades plus gutter pairs of the 5pf & 10pf (block of 4), Yachts overprinted 'Specimen' - a few with faults - to 80pf + 2mk, etc, also German 10pf Letter Sheet philatelically used with 'STEPHANSORT' cds and a nice range of unused Postal Cards x30 including 10pf with 'Specimen' Overprint, 5pf & 10pf CTO with 'EITAPE' cds of 3/11/14, and 'G.R.I.' 1d on 5pf & creased 2d on 10pf. View details Estimate$300Price Realized$230StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbol*ps Lot #1803 UNISSUED STAMPS: 1914 German-British Airship Expedition 1mk red blue & black, well centred, unmounted. Superb! [The proposed venture was cancelled on the outbreak of World War I. Tim Rybak's unmounted 2pf & 1mk sold at the Prestige auction of 26/4/2008 for $3680] View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,300StatusSold Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Lot #1804 Commercial covers comprising 1897 "Gruss aus Matupi" PPC with German 10pf & 'MATUPI' cds (a bit travel-weary); 1901 to Berlin with Overprints 20pf & 'MATUPI' cds; 1906 PPC (the paper front only!) & 1911 usage of 5pf Postal Card both to Germany; 1912 cover to Germany with printed "Korrektur" (= proofs); 1913 internal cover 'FRIEDRICH-WILHELMSHAFEN' to Rabaul; & 1914 large-part cover to Sydney with 10pf strip of 3 & 'KIETA' cds; condition variable. (7) View details Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcps Lot #1805 1888 commercial usage of German 10pf Postal Card to Berlin with very fine 'FINSCHHAFEN/12 5/88' cds, three different German datestamps overlapped at lower-left, reinforced central fold, the message signed "F Hellwig". Very early commercial mail from German New Guinea: Michael Courtis' 27/2/1888 cover from Finschhafen sold at our auction of 12/10/2012 for $4140. [Franz Hellwig, a botanist from Danzig, arrived on 7/5/1888, five days before this card was written. With assistance from the Neu-Guinea View details Estimate$750Price Realized$550StatusSold GSTex GSTSymbolcGradeb Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next Previous 1234567891011 Next
