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PO Box 6
Thurnby Leicester
LE7 9ZU
England

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POSTAL HISTORY
 
ANTIGUA
 
 
1733
1960s circa Black and white photographic unused postcard titled Memento of Horatio Nelson. ()
£1.50
 
 
AUSTRALIA
Lots 1734-1735
 
1734
1913 Sepia postcard (creased corner) of Hyde Park from Australian Museum Sydney sent to USA at 1½d rate having mixed franking of New South Wales ½d blue-green SG333 and Australia 1d red SG2 tied by Lismure continuous machine cancel dated 26 Maarch 1913. ()
£5.00
 
 
1735
1936 Typed address commercial cover to England at 1s 6d rate bearing Kangaroo 9d violet (one inverted) tied by good strike of Ship Mail Melbourne cds dated 5 May 1936. ()
£5.00
 
 
BAHRAIN
Lots 1736-1738
 
1736
1983 Illustrated large unaddressed bilingual FDC for Bicentenary of Al-Khalifa Dynasty issue bearing 500f miniature sheet SGMS315 tied by bilingual Al-Khalifa cds for date of issue. ()
£3.50
 
 
1737
1985 Illustrated large unaddressed bilingual FDC for Fish issue bearing 100f ten different designs SG327/36 tied by four strikes of bilingual FDI cds handstamp. ()
£6.00
 
 
1738
1985 Illustrated unaddressed bilingual FDC for International Youth Year 15f to 100f set of 3 SG340/42 tied by bilingual FDI cds handsatmp. ()
£1.50
 
 
BASUTOLAND
 
 
1739
1937 Purple rubber stamped address lightly soiled cover sent registered (purple mark number 1 applied direct to cover) to England bearing KGV pictorial definitives ½d emerald to 1/- red-orange seven different values SG1/7 (couple values light staining on perfs) each tied by individual strike of Maseru South Africa double ring cds dated 8 December 1937. ()
£6.00
 
 
BRITISH LEVANT
 
 
1740
1910 Colour Salut de Constantinople La Pointe du Serail French postcard no message addressed to England bearing GB KEVII ½d pale yellowish green overprinted Levant SGL1 tied by fine strike of British Post Office Constantinople code D cds (type Z7) 3 March 1910. ()
£5.00
 
 
BRITISH LEVANT - POST OFFICES IN TURKISH EMPIRE
Lots 1741-1742
 
1741
1903 Undivided back Panorama de Beyrouth No 2 black and white Turkish postcard brief message on front to USA bearing GB KEVII ½d blue green SGZ58 for printed matter rate tied by Beyrout British Post Office code C hooded cancel (type Z8) 5 March 1903. ()
£25.00
 
 
1742
1904 Undivided back Salut de Constantinople Mosque du Sultan Eyoup colour French postcard with brief message on front to Canada bearing GB KEVII 1d scarlet SGZ162 tied by good strike of slightly smudged British Post Office Constantinople code D cds (type Z7) dated 11 March 1904 with Port Hastings NS arrival single arc cds dated 26 March 1904. ()
£12.00
 
 
BURMA
 
 
1743
1937 Hand addressed cover (vertical crease and part backflap missing) sent air mail at 7a 6p rate to England bearing KGV Burma overprint 2a 6p x 3 SG6 tied by two fine inverted strikes of Rangoon GPO SOR double ring cds dated 10 April 1937 - early use as date of issue of stamps 1 April 1937. ()
£4.00
 
 
CANADA
Lots 1744-1745
 
1744
1898 Rule Britannia colour illustrated patriotic private post card produced by Wilson (Montreal) used to USA bearing 1c blue-green (light tone at top) SG151 tied by Richmond Que date unclear single ring cds with Medford Mass arrival cds 28 June 1898 applied. ()
£25.00
 
 
1745
1939 Three hand addressed covers to different addressess in Denmark (one with original contents - Christmas card) all at 5c rate bearing various stamps tied by postmarks between September and December 1939 before German invasion. Each opened and sealed at left with black on white censor G.11 or G.50 tape. ()
£12.00
 
 
CEYLON AND SRI LANKA
 
 
1746
1944 A little tatty and soiled cover at 15c rate to England bearing KGVI 5c Coconut Palm x 3 tied by unclear but probably Columbo continous machine cancel dated 29 April 1944 opened and sealed at left with Opened By Examiner L/455 black on white label. ()
£2.00
 
 
EGYPT
Lots 1747-1755
 
1747
1896 5m carmine postal stationery envelope (H&GB6) locally used hand addressed to Mahalla having two strikes of Alexandria bilingual cds dated 21 January 1896 applied. Mahalla bilingual arrival cds dated 22 January on reverse¬ priced to sell at £10 ()
£1.50
 
 
1748
1910 5m carmine postal stationery envelope H&GB6) hand addressed to England having two strikes of Sheperd's Hotel Cairo bilingual cds dated 8 January 1910 applied. Cairo transit cds of same date plus Folkstone arrival cds dated 15 January on reverse¬ priced to sell at £20. ()
£5.00
 
 
1749
1915 Hand addressed plain cover to New Soth Wales endorsed 'On Active Service' having fair strike of British Camp PO Mardi dated 22 December 1915 with manuscript 'Passed By' censor mark on front with Cairo code E of same date on reverse. ()
£10.00
 
 
1750
1916 Unstamped sepia postcard of Turkish woman in traditional dress hand addressed to Naval Office in Marseille with good strike of Ezbet El Zatoun bilingual cds dated 16 May 1916. ()
£2.00
 
 
1751
1927 Hand Addressed plain cover (H.M. Hagopian "The Collector" Red Cross Store 9¬ El Maghraby Street Cairo Egypt 5 line purple cachet on back flap) to Baghdad carried on first flight Cairo - Karachi via Baghdad sent registered (black on rose label affixed) airmail (blue on white bilingual label affixed) bearing de Havilland DH34 Biplane over Nile 27m deep violet SG132 and 1926 5m on 50m 10m on 100m and 15m on 200m violet pictorial surcharges SG135/37 all tied by Cairo RO 15 bilingual cds's dated 12 January 1927 having Baghdad arrival cds dated 15 January 1927 on reverse. ()
£10.00
 
 
1752
1934-48 Four covers (two hand addressed condition a little mixed) to England comprising 1934 bearing 15m tied by fine strike of bilingual Continental Savoy cds dated 24 October 1948 bearing 17m & 20m tied by Paquebot Port Said cds with another better strike alongside along with censor mark 1948 at 42m rate bearing 10m x 4 and 2 tied by Cairo Z bilingual cds dated 20 March having censor mark applied plus 1939 firms printed window cover at 45m rate tied by Alexandria D-1 bilingual cds 19 December 1939 with purple censor mark applied. ()
£4.00
 
 
1753
1935 Typed address cover to England bearing Handley Page HP42 over Pyramids 1m black & orange to 7m black & blue (seven different values) SG193/94 & 196/200 tied by eight strikes of Cairo code D bilingual cds dated 20 December 1935. ()
£5.00
 
 
1754
1936 Oriental Philatelic House B. Hagopian 1¬ Maghraby Streret - Cairo imprint on backflap special cover sent registered (black on red label affixed) airmail to England having printed endorsement on front First Day Cancellation of the XV Agricultural & Industrial Exhibition Cairo 15th Feb 1936 bearing 5m brown to 20m bright blue set of 5 SG240/44 issued stamps tied by three strikes of special Exhibition bilingual cds dated 15 Februray 1936 - date of issue. ()
£10.00
 
 
1755
1949 Illustrated unaddressed bilingual FDC for 75th Anniv of UPU bearing set of 3 issued stamps SG359/61 tied by two strikes of bilingual Alexandria single ring cds for date of issue. ()
£2.00
 
 
FALKLAND ISLANDS
 
 
1756
1935 Plain rubber stamped address manila cover sent registered to England bearing 1935 Silver Jubilee 1d to 1/- set of 4 SG139/42 tied by two strikes of Falkland Islands double ring cds dated 15 November 1935. ()
£6.00
 
 
FIRST DAY COVERS
Lots 1757-1767
 
1757
British Solomon Islands - 1969 Illustrated unaddressed FDC for Third South Pacific Games bearing issued miniature sheet SGMS188 tied by two small FDI cds's. ()
£1.50
 
 
1758
Gilbert & Ellice Islands - 1949 Plain lightly soiled hand addressed cover endorsed First Day Cover to Ocean Island bearing Royal Silver Wedding 1d violet and £1 scarlet SG57/58 tied by single strike of Post Office Ocean Island cds 29 August 1949 - date of issue. ()
£10.00
 
 
1759
India - 1966-69 Six different illustrated hand addressed FDC's each bearing single issued stamp between 1966 60th Death Anniv of Swami Rama Tirtha SG537 to 1969 Martin Luther King SG584 tied by appropriate mostly pictorial bilingual cancels for date of issue. ()
£2.50
 
 
1760
Fiji - 1949 Special locally typed addressed plain manila cover sent registered within Suva for 75th Anniv of UPU bearing 2d to 1s 6d set of 4 SG272/75 tied by Suva Fiji registered double ring cds dated 10 October 1949 - date of issue. ()
£3.00
 
 
1761
Fiji - 1953 Souvenir illustrated First Day Cover printed London address for Royal Visit bearing 8d deep carmine-red SG279 issued stamp tied by large Nausori Fiji double arc cds dated 16 December 1953 - date of issue. ()
£1.50
 
 
1762
Fiji - 1966 Colour illustrated unaddressed FDC for Churchill Commemoration bearing 3d to 2s 6d SG345/48 tied by single central strike of Suva Fiji Islands pictorial cds for date of issue. ()
£1.50
 
 
1763
Jersey - 1943 Liberty Tours St Helier printed address First Day Cover sent registered bearing ½d to 3d pictorial issues SG3/8 tied by four strikes of Jersey Channel Islands 4 single ring cds 29 June 1943 which is date of issue for 2½d & 3d stamps. Light soiling both sides. ()
£6.00
 
 
1764
Kenya¬ Uganda & Tanganyika - 1953 Special unaddressed cover for Coronation bearing 20c black & red-orange SG165 issued stamp tied by superb strike of Mombasa 4 Kenya single ring cds 2 June 1953 - date of issue. ()
£1.00
 
 
1765
Malaysia - 1964 Colour illustrated unaddressed bilingual first day cover for Elenor Roosevelt Commemoration bearing 25c to 50c set of 3 SG9/11 tied by two strikes of Kluang Johore single ring cds's dated 10 October 1964 - date of issue. ()
£1.00
 
 
1766
Mauritius - 1953 Colour typed London addressed illustrated cover for Coronation bearing 10c black & emerald SG291 issued stamp on front with KGVI 2c rose-carmine SG277 on reverse both tied by Curepipe Mauritius double ring cds dated 2 June 1953 - date of issue. ()
£1.00
 
 
1767
St Lucia - 1966 Crown Agents typed address illustrated FDC for Royal Vist bearing 4c & 12c SG220/21 tied by GPO Castries double ring cds 4 February 1966 - date of issue. ()
£1.00
 
 
FIRST DAY COVERS - GREAT BRITAIN
Lots 1768-1781
 
1768
1961 Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank illustrated typed address cover bearing 2½d to 1s 6d set of 3 SG623/25 tied by individual strikes of Lancaster and Morecombe double ring cds's dated 28 August 1961 - date of issue. ()
£15.00
 
 
1769
1961 Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administrations CEPT illustrated Duncannon Stamps purple rubber stamped address cover bearing 2d to 10d set of 3 SG626/28 tied by Torquay CEPT slogan cancel dated 18 September 1961 - date of issue. ()
£7.50
 
 
1770
1963 plain typed address cover bearing National Nature Week 3d & 4½d SG637/38 tied by fine strike of Brownsea Island Poole Dorset pictorial handstamp for date of issue. ()
£15.00
 
 
1771
1969 Philart illustrated unaddressed FDC for Investiture of HRH Prince Wales bearing set of 5 SG802/806 tied by three strikes of Caernarvon bilingual cds for date of issue. ()
£1.50
 
 
1772
1975 Hand addressed Post Office FDC for Charity 4½p + 1½p stamp having issued stamp tied by Nottingham FDI cds plus same stamp tied to the Philatelic Bulletin by Ruddinton cds for date of issue and Post office A4 display poster code PL (P) 2417. ()
£1.50
 
 
1773
2016 Royal Mail 500 (1st issue) set of 6 SG3796/3800 and Classic GPO Posters miniature sheet SGMS3801 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£3.00
 
 
1774
2016 Royal Mail 500 (3rd issue) 175th Anniversary of Penny Red booklet pane SG3807a on Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamp. ()
£1.50
 
 
1775
2017 David Bowie set of 6 SG3933/38 and miniature sheet SGMS3939 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£3.00
 
 
1776
2018 Game of Thrones set of 10 SG4033/42 and miniature sheet SGMS4043 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£4.00
 
 
1777
2018 RAF Centenary set of 6 SG4058/63 and miniature sheet SGMS4064 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£3.00
 
 
1778
2018 Hampton Court Palace set of 6 SG4109/14 and miniature sheet SGMS4115 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£3.00
 
 
1779
2018 Harry Potter set of 10 SG4141/50 and miniature sheet SGMS4151 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£4.00
 
 
1780
2019 Marvel set of 10 SG4182/91 and miniature sheet SGMS4192 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£4.00
 
 
1781
2019 D-Day set of 6 SG4230/35 and miniature sheet SGMS4236 on identical Royal Mail typed address illustrated FDC's tied by Tallents House FDI pictorial handstamps. ()
£3.00
 
 
FIJI
 
 
1782
1957 Hand addressed to Paris Air France blue illustrated long cover at 2s 9d rate bearing KGVI 5d plus QEII seven different definitives values to 1/- all tied by Nadi Airport Fiji double arc cds dated 12 January 1957. ()
£2.00
 
 
GIBRALTAR
 
 
1783
1937 George Odom Ltd Diamond Mills Leicester England printed address cover sent air airmail bearing KGV 6d bright purple & magenta SG97a tied by Gibraltar The Travel Key of the Mediterranean continuous machine cancel dated 30 November 1937. ()
£5.00
 
 
GREAT BRITAIN
Lots 1784-1810
 
1784
1849 Wrapper (central horizontal crease) Dundee to Edinburgh bearing 1d deep red-brown (GF) slighly blued paper 3½ clear margins SG10 tied by Scottish 114 cancel having blue Dundee double arc cds dated 11 September 1849 with red Edinburgh single ring arrival cds dated 12 February 1849 alongside. ()
£6.00
 
 
1785
1850 Part entire (central vertical fold - page missing) to Liberton bearing 1d deep red-brown (AA) 3+ margins (plate 93 to 98) SG10 tied by Scottish 131 cancel with red transit cds dated 5 February on reverse along with green double arc cds dated 6 February 1850. ()
£7.00
 
 
1786
1850 Small envelope addressed to Edinburgh bearing 1d pale red-brown (NH) worn impression on very blued paper SG9 tied by unclear Scottish style barred cancel. Dumb Dolphin double arc cds in bluish black on reverse along with small framed Noblehouse cancel dated 9 April 1850 and red Edinburgh arrival single ring cds dated 10 April 1850. ()
£10.00
 
 
1787
1850 Wrapper Berwick to Yorkshire bearing 1d red-brown (SL) 3€ margins SG8 tied by unclear barred oval cancel having Berwick and Wakefield blue double arc cds's dated 1 and 2 November 1850 on reverse. ()
£7.00
 
 
1788
1852 Hand addressed lightly soiled mourning cover (couple closed tears at top) to Church Warden Hearnor Derby bearing 1d red (HE) 2½d margins tied by smudged barred oval cancel. Three blue double arc cds's on reverse comprising dumb Wollaton¬ Nottingham code E dated 12 May and Belper code A dated 13 May. ()
£4.00
 
 
1789
1855 Cover (horizontal crease affects stamp) Glasgow to Edinburgh bearing 1d red-brown Die II perf 14 SG24 tied by full strike of Queen Street framed cancel.Glasgow code G large cds dated 17 July 1855 on reverse with Edinburgh arrival cds for same date also applied. ()
£4.00
 
 
1790
1855 Entire (central horizontal crease) Birmingham to Margate Kent bearing 1d red stars (EJ) tied by fair strike of Birmingham 75 type A1 spoon cancel dated 21 February 1855¬ red and green transit cancels both dated 22 February on reverse. ()
£15.00
 
 
1791
1856 Wrapper (two vertical folds - one through stamp) hand addressed to The Secretary East India House London bearing 1d red (paper not blued) perf 14 Die II SG37 tied by Liverpool 015 spoon duplex in a dark greenish shade of ink dated 11 December 1856. ()
£12.00
 
 
1792
1856 Entire between solictors Pontefract to Wath (near Rotherham) bearing 1d red (OF) perf 14 Die I centred low SG30 tied by 1844 type 623 in centre barred oval cancel. Rotherham double arc cds in green dated 16 May 1856 on reverse unclear green cds applied on top. ()
£7.00
 
 
1793
1856 Commercial entire (heavy vertical creases) Ruyton to Ellesmere dated 7 July 1856 bearing 1d red stars (LG) centred right and low tied by good strike of Shrewsbury Spoon 708 duplex cancel dated 7 July 1856. Fair strike of very scarce Ruyton Penny Post unframed cachet in green on reverse along with green Ellesmere double ring cds dated 8 July 1856. ()
£20.00
 
 
1794
1863-73 Seventeen covers and five fronts all bearing 1d red plates tied by duplex cancels with couple Welsh items noted. Condition a little mixed but most fine. ()
£12.00
 
 
1795
1874-80 Eighteen covers and six fronts all bearing 1d red plates tied by duplex cancels with couple to Ireland noted. Condition a little mixed but most fine. ()
£12.00
 
 
1796
1880 Hand addressed lightly soiled cover to Edinburgh bearing 1d Venitian Red (CM) tied by Dumfries duplex dated 24 October 1880 having fine strike of Edinr & Carstairs Sorting Tender code D unframed cds (Wilson W714) dated 25 October 1880 on reverse. ()
£7.00
 
 
1797
1899 Lightly soiled A4 size illustrated 12 page programme for the opening cermonies of the Presbyterian Church of England Westminster College Cambridge 17 October 1899 folded in half and postally used to Willesden London bearing 1d lilac tied by location unclear cds. ()
£2.00
 
 
1798
1901-2001 One hundred and forty used stamps (most on piece) collected for postmark interest including Army and military cancels¬ Exhibitions¬ House of Commons and Lords¬ British Island postmarks GB QEII stamps used abroad plus Maritime and Paquebot items. ()
£15.00
 
 
1799
1904 Black & white postcard of the Square Bournmouth bearing 1d scarlet tied by Bournmouth cds dated 29 March 1904 sent to Public Hospital Georgetown British Guiana having arrival cds dated 19 April 1904 applied. ()
£4.00
 
 
1800
1908 Colour postcard of Flip-Flap at Franco British Exhibition London 1908 sent to Italy at 1d rate bearing ½d yellow-green pair tied by individual strikes of Exhibition single ring cds dated 25 September 1908 with Italian arrival cds alongside. ()
£2.00
 
 
1801
1936 Special blue on white cover (soiling both sides darker on reverse) for Stamp Exhibition Dorland Hall Lower Regent Street London 17-24 October hand addressed bearing KEVIII 1½d red-brown plus brown and green imperf labels for Exhibition with stamp and green label tied by The Stamp Exhibition London 1936 cds dated 21 October. ()
£3.00
 
 
1802
1960s-70s Nine album pages displaying a manuscript write up of thirteen Official Paid unused and used labels various types and both white & yellow paper. Whilst not particularly rare most would have been discarded after use. ()
£9.00
 
 
1803
1962 Preprinted commercial postal card for The Homefinder hand addressed to London bearing Centenary of Post Office Savings Bank 2½d SG623A tied by oval stampex 1962 oval pictorial cancel dated 20 March 1962. ()
£3.00
 
 
1804
1969 Embossed Stuart's unaddressed cover commemorating the Landing on the Moon bearing QEII 4d Wilding tied by First Man on the Moon Southampton cds dated 21 July 1969. ()
£1.50
 
 
1805
1969 Typed address Post Office Telegram No Charge For Delivery envelope typed address to Beverley with orignal Telegram from Hull printed message 24 November 1969. ()
£2.00
 
 
1806
1970s Illustrated envelope containing six different unused post cards produced by Dalkeith Publising cards number 559-564 each showing full colour reproduction of 1930's posters for products and services available by railway companies. ()
£2.00
 
 
1807
1971 Large (330 x 235mm) National Provincial Bank plain manilla cover hand addressed to Kent sent registerd via Post Office Special Delivery (white on green label affixed) service bearing Battle of Britain 9d & 1s 3d x 8 of each SG677/78 plus Shakespeare 2s 6d x 2 SG650 and 700th Anniversary of Parliament bottom left corner marginal block of 4 SG664 (total franking £1 7/-) all tied by West Wickham single ring cds's dated 8 December 1971. ()
£8.00
 
 
1808
1993 Gold on green folder produced by Stamp Publicity in conjunction with TCCB for Ashes Tour 1993 containing nine illustrated covers for three one day games and six test matches each bearing 24p stamp tied by appropriate location pictorial handstamp. Includes colour A4 pictures of squads plus printed scorecards for each game and sheets with printed signatures of players from Australia and England. ()
£15.00
 
 
1809
1995 The Football Association of Fame illustrated cover for Sir Stanley Matthews bearing GB Locals Easdale £2 and Gairsay £5 Stanley Matthews commeratives tied by Stanley Matthews 80th Birthday Wembly cds dated 1 February 1995. ()
£5.00
 
 
1810
1996 Illustrated Benham Mail on Sunday souvenir cover for Diamond Anniversary of the Abdication of Edward VIII bearing 11p and 16p stamps tied by Mail on Sunday appropriate cancel dated 10 December 1996. ½d to 2½d KEVIII set of 4 stamps also affixed to cover tied by special Reign of Edward VIII oval cancel. ()
£5.00
 
 
GREAT BRITAIN - BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD
 
 
1811
1872 Commercial wrapper (some soiling mainly on reverse) having C J Grace Alexandria blue oval cachet applied on front manuscript endorsed "Via Brindisi" to England at 8d rate bearing 4d deep vermilion horizontal pair (AH-AG) plate 12 (minor surface scuffs) SSGZ17 tied by heavy strike of B01 duplex of Alexandria. Alexandria single ring cds also on front dated 10 March 1872 with red thimble London arrival cds on reverse dated 18 March. ()
£18.00
 
 
GRENADA
 
 
1812
1959 Hand address cover sent registered (R in oval on front and Registered cachet on reverse both in purple) to England at 64c rate bearing 50c plate 1 bottom marginal and 7c horizontal pair SG199 & 202 all tied by Victoria Grenada single ring cds's 17 November 1959. ()
£1.50
 
 
HONG KONG
 
 
1813
1971 Colour illustrated Cathay Pacific printed address first flight cover for first flight Hong Kong to Denpaser¬ Bali bearing 50c 60th Anniv of Scouting SG271 tied by Hong Kong double ring cds dated 19 September 1971. ()
£1.50
 
 
INDIA
Lots 1814-1821
 
1814
1937 Printed merchants card¬ message and address in local script bearing KGV 9p green SG233 tied by Wadhwan Junction R M S double ring cds 9 July 1937 with Chobu Jaipur State BO cds 11 July 1937 alongside. ()
£2.50
 
 
1815
1940 Plain cover (roughly opened at right) addressed and senders details in English at 6a rate bearing KGVI 3p slate x 2 SG247 on reverse tied by Surat RMS cds 26 September 1940 having Surat RMS horseshoe shaped Due mark on front plus Ajmer GPO Unpaid octagonal mark 28 September 1940 on reverse. ()
£2.50
 
 
1816
1940 Plain cover bilingual hand addressed bearing KGVI 1a carmine SG250 on reverse tied by Wadi RS cds 9 August 1940 having Ajmer GPO No 2 cds 12 August alongside plus superb strike of Malwar circular cancel in Urdu also applied. ()
£6.00
 
 
1817
1941 Merchants cover hand addressed in English bearing on reverse KGVI 1a 3p yellow-brown tied by Ujain railway Station cds dated 25 December 1941 having fine strike of Experimental PO N-7 cds 28 December 1941 alongside. ()
£6.00
 
 
1818
1942 Plain cover hand addressed in English with purple local merchants cachet in English at 9a rate bearing KGVI 3p slate x 3 SG247 on reverse each tied by Surat RMS cds 21 February 1942 having Surat RMS AS. horseshoe shaped Due mark on front plus Ajmer GPO Unpaid octagonal mark 23 February 1942 on reverse. ()
£4.00
 
 
1819
1943-44 Six covers and two fronts all hand addressed to England bearing various stamps tied by range of cancels including FPO and Indian Section Base Office cds's all but one with purple Unit Censor marks applied. ()
£4.00
 
 
1820
1946 KGV 9p green merchants preprinted postal card address and message in local script with imprinted stamp tied by Ujjain Railway Station cds 17 November 1946 with Jaipur City cds alongside 19 November 1946. ()
£3.00
 
 
1821
1954 Stamp centenary 9p red postal card having printed merchants details on reverse address in Englsh message in local script endorsed 'Late Fee Paid' having 1a Bodhisattva SG333 attached to pay late fee tied by D-10 Out Set -1 cds 6 January 1955. ()
£3.00
 
 
JAMAICA
Lots 1822-1823
 
1822
1936 Unfranked opened on three sides plain cover addressed to USA having good strike of Montego Bay Street Letter double ring cds dated 10 December 1936 applied with New York Due 10 Cents charge mark applied on arrival.. ()
£5.00
 
 
1823
1945 Three covers (one typed address one airmail) to England or Scotland bearing New Constitution stamps one at 2s 2d rate bearing 2d and 2/- SG135a & 138 one at 4d rate bearing 2d x 2 SG135a and other at 1/- rate bearing 3d block of 4 SG136 tied by Browns Town¬ Lucea¬ or Montego Bay single ring cds's tied by date unclear cds cancels. ()
£7.50
 
 
NEW ZEALAND
Lots 1824-1831
 
1824
1935 Hand addressed cover at 1s 6d rate to London bearing Air 4d blackish purple and 7d brown-orange (vertical pair) SG549/550 tied by Auckland cds's dated 22 March 1935 with manuscript endorsement in hand of sender 'Air Mail Per Monterey' 'Australia - London'. ()
£20.00
 
 
1825
1935 East Coast Airways Limited illustrated printed air mail cover (light soiling both sides) for first flight Gisborne to Napier and return hand addressed to Napier bearing Air 3d chocolate SG548 tied by Gisborne cds dated 16 April 1935. ()
£10.00
 
 
1826
1935 Specially printed first day cover for KGV Silver Jubilee hand addressed to Whitfield King¬ Ipswich England (stamp dealers) bearing Jubilee 6d red-orange SG575 tied by Wellington cds dated 7 May 1935 - date of issue. ()
£15.00
 
 
1827
1936 Illustrated cover for White Star Hotel Queenstown with illustration of The Hermitage¬ Mt Cook on front hand addressed airmail to England at 1s 6d rate bearing 6d Harvesting plus Air 6d blue horizontal pair SG564 and 572 x 2 tied by Queenstown cds's 18 March 1936. ()
£10.00
 
 
1828
1936 Lightly soiled hand addressed Huddart Parker Line cover a little roughly opened at top endorsed Paquebot hand addressed to India at 3d rate bearing 1d Brown Kiwi plus NZ Soldier at Anzac Cove ½d + ½d green horizontal pair and 1d + 1d scarlet SG578 and 591/92 tied by Paquebot Sydney cds's dated 26 May 1936 with two Indian transit cancels on reverse. ()
£8.00
 
 
1829
1936 Illustrated FDC for British Empire Chambers of Commerce sent registered (Wellington Town Hall label affixed) typed local address bearing 6d red brown SG597 tied by special Congress cds dated 1 December 1936 not date of issue of stamp. ()
£7.00
 
 
1830
1937 Hand addressed cover at 8d rate to York England endorsed 'By Air Mail From India Karachi - London' bearing Admiral 1d plus Air 3d chocolate and 4d blackish purple SG468 and 548/49 tied by Lyttelton cds's dated 20 December 1937. ()
£30.00
 
 
1831
1939 Illustrated typed local address FDC for Health issue bearing 1d on ½d + ½d green and 2d on 1d + 1d scarlet SG611/12 tied by Kawakawa cds for date of issue. ()
£8.00
 
 
ST. VINCENT
 
 
1832
1936 Typed address cover (with original typed letter) sent registered (R in oval mark applied) to USA at 5½d rate bearing 2½d bright blue and 3d purple/yellow SG133a & 135 tied by Kingstown cds dated 9 March 1936 with Three US transit marks on rear. ()
£12.00
 
 
SIERRA LEONE
 
 
1833
1943 Hand addressed lightly soiled cover (backflap missing) sent air mail (French Dakar-Toulouse (this erased) label attached) to Officer in 58th Regiment Royal Artillery Middle East Forces at 1s 3d rate bearing KGVI 3d and 1/- Freetown from the Harbour definitives SG192 & 196 tied by Pendembu Sierra Leone code C cds's dated 8 July 1943. Egyptian censor mark both sides and part Egyptian continuous machine cancel dated 24 July on reverse which ties Opened By Examiner QQ/22 PC90 tape at left. ()
£12.00
 
 
SOUTH AFRICA
Lots 1834-1838
 
1834
1905 Colour undivided back Singer Company postcard for their pavilion at the 1904 St Louis Exposition hand addressed to Port Elizabeth bearing Orange River Colony KEVII ½d yellow-green SG139 tied by Kroonstad ORC double ring cds 27 January 1905. ()
£2.00
 
 
1835
1940 Lightlly soiled (with some tone on reverse) hand addressed cover sent airmail to England at 1s 3d rate bearing Groot Schuur 3d blue and Wildebeest 1/- singles SG45c & 62 tied by good strike of Mobile Post Office No 6 (Durban) double ring cds 1 June 1940. ()
£10.00
 
 
1836
1942 Airmail cover (damaged at base on rear with small part missing) typed address sent registered to Betare-oya¬ Free French Cameroun at 1s 7d rate bearing War Effort ½d green horizontal pair 2d violet pair and single plus 1/- brown SG88 & 95/96 all tied by location unclear cds's dated 16 June 1942 with Lagos transit mark dated 24 June 1942. Opened and sealed at left by South African red on cream censor tape tied by purple cachet on front and black on white French Military censor tape tied by censor marks both sides. ()
£12.00
 
 
1837
1942 Lightly soiled hand addressed cover sent Poste Restante Duala Cameroons with manuscript endorsment 'By the first fortnightly Air Service between the Union - Cameroons' at 1s 3d rate bearing War Effort 1/- brown large and 3d blue small single SG96 & 101 tied by Westminster (OFS) cds dated 2 December 1942.Two strikes of Cameroon censor cachets on front along with framed 'Non Reclame' and 'Retour A L'Envoyeur' cachets on front. Opened and sealed with South Africa red on white censor tape at left tied by Douala and Elizabethville cds's on reverse. Two further Douala cancels dated 2 and 21 December 1942 on reverse along with Brazzaville Moyen Congo cds dated 31 March 1943. ()
£15.00
 
 
1838
1947-51 Nineteen mixed condition hand addressed covers to England bearing various stamps tied by range of cancels. ()
£4.00
 
 
SOUTH WEST AFRICA
 
 
1839
1942 Hand addressed cover (central vertical fold) sent registered (mark applied direct to cover) to officer in 44 W.A. General Hospital A.P.O. S102 West Africa Force bearing War Effort large sizes 4d orange-brown 6d red-orange and 1/- brown SG118/19 & 122 all tied by individual strikes of Windhoek Counter SWA cds dated 3 June 1942. Purple half circle Censor mark ties one 1/- value with framed crown Passed 00/2 blue censor mark on front. Accra Gold Coast¬ Lagos and Field Post Office 46 cancels on reverse dated 16 June 5 August and 6 August 1942 respectively. ()
£25.00
 
 
SUDAN
Lots 1840-1841
 
1840
1937 Hand addressed cover to England from E Diacopoulos El-Obeid opened out for display on album page at 15m rate bearing 5m olive-brown & black vertical strip of 3 tied by El Obied bilingual cds dated 18 August 1937 having smudged Khartoum-El Obeid TPO No 2 cds (type 308) dated 19 August and Sudan Airl mail cds dated 28 August 1937 on reverse. ()
£3.00
 
 
1841
1960 Typed address Aboul-Ela Cotton Ginning Co Ltd Kosti cover to Khartoum slightly reduced in size opened out for display on album page bearing 15m Policeman SG129 tied by Khartoum - Obeid TPO No 1 bilingual cds (type 314) dated 2 February 1960 with Khartoum machine cancel of 3 February on reverse. ()
£3.00
 
 
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
 
 
1842
1929 Typed address lightly soiled commercial cover to Bristol England bearing KGV 2d grey SG179 tied by Turks Island double ring cds dated 1 August 1929. ()
£6.00