The following items are for direct sale, sorted by newest listed first.
;) | NYASALAND - 1934 first flight cover (ex flap) to Ireland. Pilot signed. 1934 (8.3.) illustrated first flight cover addressed to Ireland (unusual) bearing 1/- adhesive tied by light BLANTYRE cds. The reverse flap is missing and the cover has been somewhat roughly opened at top but the cover is 'Pilot Signed' by Phillips. Complete with original contents. £45.00 |
;) | INDIA - 1926 use of 2a blue RPSE to UK at 'CAMP P.O.No. 13L'. 1926 (SEP.17.) use of 2a blue registered postal stationery envelope (size F) addressed to UK with additional 2a adhesive added and cancelled by CAMP P.O. No.13L cds. £35.00 |
;) | SINGAPORE - 1934 12c rate 'S.S.RESOLUTE' maritime cover to USA. 1934 cover addressed to USA bearing Straits Settlements 2c,4c and 6c adhesives tied SINGAPORE and struck at left by AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE S.S.RESOLUTE maritime handstamp. £40.00 |
;) | NORTH BORNEO - 1889 3c red brown PSC to Germany used at SANDAKAN. H&G 4. 1889 3c red brown on cream 'Postage' postal stationery postcard addressed to Germany (genuine use) cancelled by large part SANDAKAN cds dated 23.OC.1894. H&G 4. £45.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Penang) - 1934 12c rate 'S.S.RESOLUTE' maritime cover to USA. 1934 cover addressed to USA bearing 12c adhesive tied by PENANG d/r cds and struck at left by AROUND THE WORLD CRUISE S.S.RESOLUTE maritime handstamp. £40.00 |
;) | FALKLAND ISLANDS - 1912 2d reddish purple fine mint. SG 45b.
1912 2d reddish purple issue in fine mint condition. A scarce shade. SG 45b. £135.00 |
;) | CEYLON - 1934 20c rate 'S.S.RESOLUTE' maritime cover to USA. 1934 cover addressed to USA bearing 20c adhesive tied COLOMBO/GREETING TELEGRAM roller strike and struck at left by AROUND THE WORLD.CRUISE S.S.RESOLUTE maritime handstamp. £40.00 |
;) | ADEN - 1894 scarce use of Indian 1a on 1/2a blue PSC from Perim to Holland. H&G 9. 1894 (NO.23.) use of Indian 'ONE ANNA' on 1/2a blue postal stationery postcard (H&G 9) written at Perim and addressed to Holland. Cancelled by squared circle ADEN cds. Very scarce. £200.00 |
;) | AUSTRALIA (Tasmania) - 1873 2d rate local cover with '52' duplex of Ross applied. 1873 cover addressed locally to Longford complete with original letter with marked origin as 'Oakburn' bearing a pair of the 1d deep rose red (faults) cancelled by '52' duplex of Ross and struck by red PRE-PAID handstamp dated 2.DE.1873 £65.00 |
;) | AUSTRALIA (South Australia) - 1902 5d registered 'O.S.' use on Public Service cover. 1902 (FE.4.) use of ON PUBLIC SERVICE (Police Department) envelope registered locally (central fold) bearing 1d rosine and 2d violet (x2) wide 'O.S.' overprint adhesives tied by REDRUTH squared cancel. Curved REGISTERED/No. h/s at left. Rated rare by Overton. £65.00 |
;) | AUSTRALIA (South Australia) - 1900 3d 'O.S.' rate OHMS wrapper use from ADELAIDE. 1900 (FE.1.) use of O.H.M.S. (Surveyor-Generals office/Adelaide) wrapper addressed locally bearing 1d rosine with wide 'O.S' overprint and 2d orange brown perf 13 narrow 'O.S' overprint issues tied by S.AUSTRALIA grilled dulex with GPO ADELAID cds at left. £65.00 |
;) | FALKLAND ISLANDS - 1913 2d and 2 1/2d blocks of four on 'Wilson' cover to UK. 1913 (JA.12.) registered 'Wilson' cover addressed to UK bearing 2d and 2 1/2d adhesives in blocks of four tied FALKLAND/ISLANDS. £265.00 |
;) | FALKLAND ISLANDS - 1913 1/2d and 1d blocks of four on 'Wilson' cover to UK. 1913 (JA.12.) registered 'Wilson' cover addressed to UK bearing 1/2d and 1d blocks of four tied FALKLAND/ISLANDS. £95.00 |
;) | ORANGE FREE STATE - 1893 4d rate cover to Holland cancelled by 'X' duplex. 1893 cover addressed to Holland (odd tone spot) bearing 2d violet adhesive pair tied by grilled 'X' duplex with weak VERDE 'proving' cds on reverse and HELIBRON transit dated AP.2.93. £85.00 |
;) | ORANGE FREE STATE - 1895 2 1/2d rate cover to UK used at CLOCOLAN. 1895 (AU.9.) cover addressed to UK bearing 1/2d and 1d pair tied by CLOCOLAN/O.V.S. cds with BLOEMFONTEIN transit b/s and WEST NORWOOD arrival. £135.00 |
;) | ORANGE FREE STATE - 1895 2d rate cover to Johannesburg used at CLOCOLAN. 1895 (JY.13.) cover addressed to Johannesburg (roughly opened on reverse flap) bearing 1d violet pair tied by violet CLOCOLAM/O.V.S. cds's with black boxed TE LAAT instructional h/s's across the stamps but unfortunately unreadable. £90.00 |
;) | ORANGE FREE STATE - 1895 2 1/2d on 3d blue on cover to UK used at BLOEMOMFONTEIN. 1895 (2.JU.) cover addressed to UK bearing 2 1/2d on 3d blue adhesive surcharge (SG 67) tied by light BLOEMFONTEIN cds. £45.00 |
;) | TANGANYIKA - 1931 first flight registered cover to Mombasa with certificate of posting. 1931 (JU.11.) registered first flight cover addressed to Mombasa bearing 10c and 50c adhesives tied by CAMP POST OFFICE-DARESSALAAM cds complete with original 'Certificate Of Posting'. Only 50 covers were flown. Very scarce. £150.00 |
;) | PAPUA - 1930 'INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID' h/s on cover to USA used at SAMARAI/PAPUA. 1930 (JY.11.) cover addressed to USA (Roessler) bearing 3d 'Air Mail' (x2) tied by PORT MORESBY/PAPUA cds. Struck below by rare red boxed INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID AIR MAIL SERVICE with US 5c adhesive alongside struck in transit by BRISBANE/QUEENSLAND cds. £275.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1937 underpaid local cover with 3d 'Postage Due' added and 'MORE TO PAY' h/s. 1937 underpaid cover addressed locally to Durban bearing 1 1/2d adhesive tied by CAPETOWN roller strike and struck by black boxed MORE TO PAY/OVER 1/2OZ bilingual handstamp. Struck by circular 'T/3d' tax mark and with 3d 'Postage Due' added and cancelled BOX COUNTER/ DURBAN. £45.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1930 inward underpaid postcard with 1d 'Postage Due' added. 1930 inward underpaid postcard from UK struck KROONSTAD on arrival and with 1d 'Postage Due' added. £25.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1926 underpaid local cover with 2d 'Postage Due' added. 1926 (DEC.14.) underpaid cover addressed locally with 1/2d adhesive tied PIETERMARITZBURG and struck by circular 'T/2d' tax mark with 2d 'Posatge Due' added on arrival and cancelled JOHANNESBURG. £35.00 |
;) | COOK ISLANDS - 1920 1/2d (SG 70 - fault) mint with SHIFTED VIGNETTE. 1920 1/2d black and green (SG 70) in a mint marginal example (two horizontal folds and small gum loss area) but showing interesting VIGNETTE SHIFT UPWARDS variety. £15.00 |
;) | K.U.T. - 1907 underpaid postcard to Italy sent from LIMURU with 10c 'Postage Due' added on arrival. 1907 (JA.2.) use of picture postcard addressed to Italy bearing 1/2a adhesive (centre oxidised yellow green) tied by s/r LIMURU cds with larger s/r MOMBASA/BEA cds at left. The card was underpaid and has Italian 10c 'Postage Due' added on arrival cancelled TORIN. £75.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Selangor) - 1925 underpaid local cover with Straits 1c+8c 'Postage Dues' added. 1925 (AU.1.) underpaid cover addressed locally bearing Straits Settlements 1c green adhesive tied by unusual oval barred 'dumb' cancel with KUALA LUMPUR cds at left. The envelope was struck by scarce black triangular 'K.T.L.' tax mark and on arrival has had Straits 1c violet and 8c red 'Postage Dues' added and tied PENANG. £150.00 |
;) | ST.KITTS - 1903 2d ultramarine RPSE uprated to USA. H&G 1a. 1903 2d ultramarine on cream registered postal stationery envelope addressed to USA bearing additional 1 1/2d orange adhesive tied by 'A 12' duplex with light ST.KITTS cds alongside dated AU.16.21. H&G 1a. £45.00 |
;) | IRAQ - 1924 6a rate flight cover to Cairo used at BAGHDAD. 1924 (JUL.24.) 'Baghdad to Cairo' flight cover addressed to Germany bearing 1 1/2a (x2) and 3a adhesives tied BAGHDAD. CAIRO transit and BERLIN arrival b/s's. £40.00 |
;) | GRENADA - 1881 1d light blue PSC unused. H&G 1. 1881 1d light blue on cream postal stationery postcard in fine unused condition but with very light corner shadow at lower right. H&G 1. £45.00 |
;) | EGYPT - 1915 censored F.P.O./No.311 cover addressed in Arabic. 1915 (OC.6.) stampless cover addressed in Arabic cancelled on the reverse by F.P.O./No.311 cancel use by Indian troops at Suez hospital and struck on the front by violet circular PASSED BY CENSOR/INDIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES/38 handstamp. £35.00 |
;) | TONGA - 1903 1/2d on cover to USA used at NUKUALOFA. 1903 (FE.3.) cover addressed to USA bearing 1/2d indigo (SG 38) tied by s/r NUKUALOFA/ TONGA cds. £30.00 |
;) | TONGA - 1903 1d (oxidised) on cover to USA used at NUKUALOFA. 1903 (FE.3.) cover addressed to USA bearing 1d (SG 39-oxidised) tied by s/r NUKUALOFA/ TONGA cds. £20.00 |
;) | TONGA - 1903 2d on cover to USA used at NUKUALOFA. 1903 (FE.3.) cover addressed to USA bearing 2d sepia and bistre (SG 41) tied by s/r NUKUALOFA/ TONGA cds. £45.00 |
;) | TONGA - 1903 4d on cover to USA used at NUKUALOFA. 1903 (FE.3.) cover addressed to USA bearing 4d green and purple (SG 45) tied by s/r NUKUALOFA/ TONGA cds. £45.00 |
;) | GAMBIA - 1886-93 4d deep brown 'Cameo' fine mint sheetlet of 15. SG 31. 1886-93 4d deep brown 'Cameo' adhesive in a fine mint sheetlet of 15 from the 1st comb perf showing the two additional dots added in right margin and with dot in hair. SG 31. £165.00 |
;) | PALESTINE - 1938 underpaid cover from NAHALAL with 2c 'Postage Due' added at HAIFA but returned. 1938 (JY.24.) stampless cover addressed to Haifa cancelled by NAHALAL cds (Proud type D4) with 2m yellow 'Postage Due (SG D13) applied on arrival and cancelled HAIFA with violet boxed TO PAY/MILS strike at top. The cover was then struck by violet two lined UNDELIVERED FOR THE/REASONS STATED ON THE COVER h/s (Proud I7) with additional RETURN TO h/s in violet applied. Proud I9. £85.00 |
;) | INDIA - 1918 'SERVICE OF PRISONER OF WAR' stampless censor cover used at Belgaum Camp. 1918 stampless cover addressed to Switzerland struck on the front by black SERVICE OF PRISONERS OF WAR/COLONEL/SUPT.CIVIL CAMP BELGAUM and struck by violet PASSED BT CENSOR 8 circular h/s at left. Red on white crested OPENED BY CENSOR label on reverse cancelled by BERNE arrival. A scarce piece of prisoner mail from this camp set up for women. £95.00 |
;) | NIGERIA - 1936 registered 'Baggage' label bearing 1 1/2d (x3) used at LAGOS. 1936 (AU.24.) registered baggage label addressed to the 'United Africa Company Limited' bearing 1 1/2d 'pictorial' adhesive strip of three tied REGISTERED/LAGOS NIGERIA. Fine and scarce. £120.00 |
;) | RHODESIA - 1889 (circa) 'THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY' embossed seal on white paper. 1889 (circa) 'THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY' embossed seal applied to (95x90mm) white paper. Unusual item. £45.00 |
;) | RHODESIA - 1966 'Independence' definitive first day cover used at CAUSEWAY. 1966 official registered first day cover of the Southern Rhodesia pictorial definitive series overprinted 'Independence/11th November 1965' (SG 359-372) and cancelled by CAUSEWAY/10/RHODESIA cds's dated 17.JAN.66. This FDC did not contain the Churchill overprint. £20.00 |
;) | RHODESIA - 1966 definitive first day cover used at CAUSEWAY. 1966 official illustrated registered first day cover of the pictorial definitive series (SG 374-87) complete and tied by d/r CAUSEWAY 10/RHODESIA cds's dated 9.FE.66. £20.00 |
;) | TURKS AND CAICOS IS - 1903 2 1/2d rate cover to USA. 1903 (MY.13.) cover addressed to USA bearing 1/2d and 1d (x2) tied TURKS ISLANDS. £45.00 |
;) | TRANSJORDAN - 1937 35m rate registered cover to Syria used at IRBID. 1937 (NO.2.) registered cover addressed to Syria in Arabic (ex reverse flap) bearing 15m and 20m adhesives tied IRBID and with scarce blue on white perforated R/IRBID/No. registered label at left. DAMAS arrival b/s. £65.00 |
;) | ST.VINCENT - 1902 1d carmine PSC to Germany used at KINGSTOWN. H&G 7. 1902 1d carmine on buff postal stationery postcard addressed to Germany (genuine use) cancelled by light KINGSTOWN/ST.VINCENT cds dated MY.2.10. H&G 7. £35.00 |
;) | ST.VINCENT - 1893 1/2d green PSC uprated to USA. H&G 6. 1893 1/2d green on buff postal stationery postcard addressed to USA bearing additional 1/2d adhesive added to make the 1d rate tied KINGSTOWN/S.VINCENT and dated MR.18.02. H&G 6. £65.00 |
;) | ST.VINCENT - 1929 3d rate cover to USA used at KINGSTOWN. 1929 (JA.10.) cover addressed to USA bearing 3d adhesive tied KINGSTOWN/ST.VINCENT BWI. £28.00 |
;) | ADEN - 1955 (circa) blue on cream 'FORMULA' RPSE (size G) unused. 1955 (circa) blue on cream FORMULA registered postal stationery envelope (size G) in fine unused condition. £50.00 |
;) | BERMUDA - 1880 1/2d brown and 1d dull rose applied officially on unused PSC. H&G 2. 1880 1/2d brown and 1d dull rose adhesives officially added to BERMUDA postal stationery buff coloured postcard in unused condition. H&G 2. £40.00 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA - 1940's underpaid 1c cover to USA struck 'PASSED BY CENSOR/40' in red. 1940's underpaid cover addressed to USA bearing 1c green tied by indistinct cds with circular 'T' tax mark below and struck at left by scarce red circular PASSED BY CENSOR/40 h/s. £45.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1896 2c vermilion PSC unused. H&G 16. 1896 2c vermilion postal stationery postcard in fine unused condition. H&G 16. £25.00 |
;) | CYPRUS - 1932 first flight cover to Rhodes. 1932 (AP.23.) first flight cover addressed to Rhodes bearing 1 1/2pi adhesive tied by LIMASSOL/ CYPRUS cds with POSTA AEREA/RODI EGEO arrival b/s. £85.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Perak) - 1942 8c rate cover used locally at IPOH during Japanese Occupation. 1942 cover addressed locally bearing Perak 8c scarlet overprinted DAI NIPPON/2602/MALAYA cancelled by large star type PERAK/YUBIN KYOKO/IPOH cds dated AUG.1.2602. Black boxed Japanese chop at left. £125.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Negri Sembilan) - 1933 underpaid cover to India with INSUFFICIENTLY PAID h/s applied. 1933 (NO.29.) 'Singapore-India' flight cover bearing FMS 4c (x2) and 10c (damaged) 'tiger' adhesives tied SEREMBAN (overall aged and toned) with the black on blue 'Ptg 458/29 / BY AIR MAIL' label crossed through in blue manuscript and struck below by scarce black boxed AIR MAIL FEE/INSUFFICIENTLY PAID instructional handstamp. £120.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Perak) - 1942 8c rate cover used locally at TAIPING during Japanese Occupation. 1942 cover addressed to Penang marked 'Tamil Letter' (fold at right) bearing Negri Sembilan 2c orange and 8c grey 'DAI NIPPON' overprints for use by the Japanese (SG J229 and J232) with the 2c showing scarce RAISED QUAD variety in front of the 'Dai' overprint cancelled by PERAK/TAIPING 'cog wheeled' cancel in black dated 6.JUL.2602 with small Japanese chop alongside and d/r DAI NIPON/GPO PENANG cds below struck in transit on the following day. A scarce use during the Japanese occupation. £150.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Perak) - 1942 8c rate use of local cover during Japanese Occupation at KAMPAR. 1942 use of 'ON GOVERNMENT SERVICE' manilla envelope (133x105mm) addressed to Kuala Lumpur & h/s'd at bottom 'Medical Officer/Kampar' bearing Pahang 8c ovpt'd DAI NIPPON/2602/MALAYA & cancelled by scarce cogged wheel PERAK/ KAMPAR/2602/YUBIN KYOKU h/s in black. Used during the Japanese Occupation of Malaya. £150.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Kedah) - 1949 'RETOUR' and 'UNDELIVERED' local cover. 1949 inward 10c 'Coronation' use cover from Penang with KARANGAN arrival dated 12.JAN.49. The cover could not be delivered and is struck by black UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED- RETURN TO SENDER AT ADDRESS SHOWN ON COVER and additional strike in a different type struck in violet ink. Large RETOUR mark and with PENANG b/s and violet boxed REFUSED/ DECEASED/INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED/NOT ADDRESSED/GONE AWAY instructional box. Two file holes at bottom edge of cover but a nice set of markings. £80.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Kedah) - 1934 first flight cover to Australia. 1934 (DE.15.) illustrated 'Imperial Airways and Qantas' first flight cover addressed to York in Western Australia bearing 25c adhesive tied by SUNGEI PATANI/KEDAH cds. £75.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Kedah) - 1933 first flight cover to UK. 1933 (DE.30.) illustrated 'Imperial Airways/Indian Trans-Continental' first flight cover addressed to UK bearing 6c, 12c and 25c adhesives tied GENERAL POST OFFICE/ALOR STAR KEDAH cds's. £85.00 |
;) | MALAYA (Straits Settlements) - 1938 (KEVII) 'photographic' ESSAYS of proposed designs. 1938 (King Edward VIII) 'photographic' ESSAY of the proposed un-issued adhesive showing two variations of the frame and name tablets. £60.00 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA - 1890 1c on $4 (x2) 'REVENUE' adhesives used on local cover. 1890 (NO.17.) cover addressed locally bearing two examples of the ONE CENT red surcharges on $4 REVENUE adhesives (SG 210) tied by individual GEORGETOWN/B.GUIANA cds's. £75.00 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA - 1901 2c rate postcard use to Trinidad with AMSTERDAM/NEDERLAND 'paquebot' strike. 1901 (AU.24.) use of coloured picture postcard addressed to Trinidad bearing 2c 'ship' adhesive tied by rare oval AMSTERDAM/NEDERLAND 'Paquebot' strike with PORT OF SPAIN arrival. £90.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1946 inward under paid cover from UK with 1d (x2) 'bantams' used as postage dues. 1946 inward underpaid cover from UK struck by circular 'T/1d' tax mark and with 1d (x2) 'bantam' adhesives added on arrival as 'Postage Dues' and cancelled by d/r CAPE TOWN KAAPSTAD/86 cds. Struck below by scarce black boxed POSTAGE NOT/COLLECTED marking. £65.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1935 inward under paid cover from UK with 6d (x2) 'Postage Dues' applied. 1935 inward underpaid cover from UK struck by black boxed MORE TO PAY/OVER….OZS bilingual instructional h/s with '1s/-' tax mark and with 6d green and bright orange 'Postage Due' pair affixed and cancelled CAPETOWN dated 6.JAN.35. £75.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1934 inward under paid cover from Iraq with 1d (x5) 'Postage Dues' added. 1934 (JAN.4.) inward unstamped cover from Iraq (central fold) with horse shoe DUE/AS tax mark and sexagonal 'T/CTS/50' mark applied. On arrival struck by circular '5d' h/s with a fine strip of five of the 1d black and red 'Postage Due' applied and cancelled CAPETOWN. £55.00 |
;) | SOUTH AFRICA - 1931 inward underpaid cover from UK with 2d 'Postage Due' added. 1931 (JAN.21.) inward under paid cover addressed to Transvaal from the UK where on arrival a black circular 'T/2d' tax mark has been applied with 2d 'Postage Due' added alongside and cancelled VEOVILLE/JOHANNESBURG and dated 11.FEB.31. £35.00 |
;) | TRISTAN DA CUNHA - 1922 use of GB 1 1/2d adhesive at GOUGH ISLAND on the Antartic Expedition of 1921 1922 (MY.25.) use of 'GB' 1 1/2d red-brown adhesive tied to manilla piece by full S-R ANTARTIC EXPEDITION 1921 cds over stamped by scarce black boxed GOUGH ISLAND h/s. £125.00 |
;) | HONG KONG - 1972 $3 on $1 'CONTRACT NOTE' unmounted mint 'STAMP DUTY' block of 25. 1972 $3 black on $1 red and violet CONTRACT NOTE overprint on STAMP DUTY issue in a unmounted mint block of 25. One stamp with corner fault. £85.00 |
;) | BARBADOS - 1970 8c rate local cover with variety VERTICAL PAIR/ONE SURCHARGE OMITTED. 1970 (MR.11.) cover addressed locally bearing a pair of the '4X' on 5c coral adhesive tied ST.THOMAS/BARBADOS but with variety VERTICAL PAIR/ONE SURCHARGE OMITTED. SG 398a. £85.00 |
;) | AUSTRALIA (B.C.O.F.) - 1946 first day cover used at No.8 AUST BASE P.O./C. 1946 (OC.11.) cover addressed to the 4th Base Army P.O. at Middle East Land Forces marked 'On Active Service' and bearing 1d brown-purple (SG J2) and a fine block of four of the 3d purple-brown adhesive (SG J3) each overprinted B.C.O.F./JAPAN/1946 and cancelled by s/r No.8 AUST BASE P.O. - C cancels used by troops in the R.N.Barracks at Kure, Japan. The cover is marked 'First Day Of Issue' and is rare as it is in fact struck the day before issue. £80.00 |
;) | GIBRALTAR - 1982 60p 'H.M.S.Rooke' adhesive in U/M with variety WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 478w.
1982 60p 'H.M.S.Rooke' adhesive in fine unmounted mint condition with major variety WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 478w. £50.00 |
;) | GIBRALTAR - 1965 4d 'ITU' adhesive U/M with variety WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 180w. 1965 4d light emerald and yellow 'ITU' adhesive in a fine top unmounted mint marginal example showing the variety WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 180w. £30.00 |
;) | BERMUDA - 1962 'MISSENT TO BERMUDA' cover from Grenada to Barbados. 1962 8c rate cover addressed locally within Grenada cancelled SAUTEURS/GRENADA re-directed to Barbados but sent to Bermuda in error and struck by red boxed MISSENT TO BERMUDA instructional handstamp. £35.00 |
;) | BARBADOS - 1970 8c rate local cover with one stamp showing SURCHARGE DOUBLE. SG 398b. 1970 (MR.11.) cover addressed locally to St.Georges bearing the 4c black surcharge on 5c adhesive (SG type 88) cancelled ST.THOMAS but with major error SURCHARGE DOUBLE. SG 398b. £65.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 $10 'WAR SAVINGS STAMP' complete booklet. VD FWS 6b. 1942 (circa) $10 black on pale buff CANADA/WAR SAVINGS STAMP booklet complete containing five panes of 8 of the 25c pale pink-red war savings stamps depicting various scenes. Van Dam FWS 6b. Very scarce. £350.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1943 'THERE ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND' patriotic label cover used locally. 1943 (OCT.18.) cover addressed locally bearing the 3c adhesive tied by BUY VICTORY BONDS slogan strike with circular SECURITY cancel at left showing the origin town blacked out by ink ring. Bears an interesting circular red and blue on mustard WHAT WE HAVE WE HOLD patriotic label at left issued by the Government Bureau of Information and Tourist Travel in Canada. £60.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1943 'V FOR VICTORY' and 'UNION JACK' patriotic label cover used locally. 1943 (MAR.15.) cover addressed locally bearing 2c adhesive tied by VICTORIA-FORT VICTORIA anniversary slogan strike and bearing red, white and blue 'patriotic' 'V FOR VICTORY' and 'UNION JACK/BULLDOG' labels. £50.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 'V FOR VICTORY' patriotic cover used locally. 1942 (OC.15.) cover addressed locally bearing 16c blue 'special delivery-express' adhesive tied by VICTORIA/BC cds with red, white and blue 'patriotic' 'UNION JACK (BULLDOG)/ V FOR VICTORY label at left. £50.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 'SAVE GASOLINE' patriotic label cover used locally. 1942 (OC.13.) local cover bearing 16c blue 'special delivery-express' adhesive tied by VICTORIA/BC cds with red, white and blue 'patriotic' 'UNION JACK' and 'PLEASE CARRY SMALL PARCELS/SAVE GASOLINE FOR V DAY' labels. £55.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1944 'WITH GODS HELP' patriotic cover to USA. 1944 cover addressed to USA bearing 6c 'air' adhesive tied in combination with magnificent red, blue and gold WITH GODS HELP/WE SHALL NOT FAIL patriotic label by WINNIPEG/HELP THE RED CROSS slogan strike. A truly outstanding label listed by Edwards as I/120. £55.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1936 6c taxed 'Postage Due' cover used locally. 1936 (OC.5.)stampless cover addressed to Toronto cancelled TILLSONBURG with '6' due mark applied in black and with a strip of three of the 2c violet 'Postage Due' added and cancelled by manuscript lines. £35.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1944 3c taxed 'Postage Due cover used locally. 1944 (JA.10.) commercial cover addressed to USA bearing a fine strip of three of the 1c brown 'Canada Postal Note' stamps cancelled by LORETTO/ONT cds's. These revenue stamps were not accepted and the cover struck by violet boxed 8/CENTS/DUE handstamp. Interesting item. £50.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1943 6c taxed local 'Postage Due' cover. 1943 (MAR.27.) stampless cover addressed locally to Sudbury cancelled by TORONTO/SAFETY/ CONVENTION/TORONTO/APRIL 12-13 advertisement slogan strike. Being under paid the cover is struck by violet boxed '6/CENTS/DUE' h/s with 1c (x4) and 2c violet postage dues added at left. £35.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1940 local underpaid tax cover with scarce 2c 'Postage Due' BI-SECTED to pay 1c. 1940 (JAN.12.) cover addressed LOCALLY IN Nova Scotia but re-directed bearing 1c adhesive pair tied ANNA POLLIS ROYAL. Blue boxed TAX/1/CENT handstamp applied with 2c 'postage due' added but BI-SECTED to make the 1c charge and struck by GRANVILLE FERRY/N.S. cds dated JAN.13.40. Unusual and scarce use of this bi-sected postage due. £120.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1944 'Postage Free-Christmas 1944' ARMED FORCES AIR LETTER used to USA. 1944 dark blue on blue ARMED FORCES AIR LETTER addressed to USA with red POSTAGE FREE/ CHRISTMAS ISSUE 1944 overprint applied and cancelled by 1 CANADAIAN/A.B.P.O. roller strike dated 16.DEC.44. Kessler type 103 - Format M-C. Very scarce item. £225.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1944 censored PRISPONER OF WAR postcard addressed to Germany. 1944 (OC.4.) use of pale bluish cream PRISONER OF WAR MAIL-FREE postcard addressed to Germany cancelled by P.O.W. cancel. Written by a German inmate at internment camp 133 in Ottawa. £45.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1943 PRISONER OF WAR letter sheet to Germany. 1943 use of PRISONER OF WAR MAIL letter sheet addressed to Germany bearing 10c and 20c adhesives tied by BASE APO/CANADA cds with EXAMINED BY CENSOR…. h/s below with 'DB 79' inserted in manuscript. Violet circular 'Ab' and green 'VII' marks applied on arrival. Written by a German inmate at Internment camp 133 at Ottawa. £55.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 PRISONER OF WAR postcard to Germany with rare CANADA RED CROSS label attached. 1942 (JUN.1) use of pre-printed PRISONER OF WAR postcard cancelled by magenta RED CROSS/OTTAWA CANADA cds with red two lined WITH COMPLIMENTS OF/THE CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY strike and bearing rare red,white and blue perforated CANADIAN RED/ CROSS SOCIETY perforated label at lower left. Scarce item. £120.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 censored PRISONER OF WAR letter sheet to Germany. 1942 (OCT.7.) use of PRISONER OF WAR MAIL letter sheet addressed to Germany bearing 10c and 20c adhesives tied by BASE APO/CANADA cds with EXAMINED BY CENSOR…. h/s below with 'DB 550' inserted in manuscript. Part of the message has been officially deleted by the censor and with red 'swastica' arrival rollar strike applied on arrival. Written by a German inmate at Camp 21 in Ottawa. £55.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 PRISONER OF WAR postcard addressed to Germany. 1942 (JAN.2.) use of PRISONER OF WAR MAIL (Form I.O.20) postcard addressed to Germany (file hole at top) bearing 10c and 20c adhesives tied by BASE A.P.O./CANADA rollar strikes and with blue circular 'Ab' censor applied on arrival. A nice Base PO Ottawa card used by internee. £40.00 |
;) | CANADA - 1942 censored PRISONER OF WAR letter sheet to Germany. 1942 (NOV.27.) use of PRISONER OF WAR/FREE letter sheet (Form I.O.17) addressed to Germany and bearing 10c and 20c adhesives tied by BASE A.P.O./CANADA cds withviolet two lined BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION strike at left and struck by black EXAMINED BY CENSOR…. h/s with 'DB 19' initials inserted. Violet circular 'Ab' strike applied on arrival. An unusual 'stamped' use of this 'Free' letter sheet by German internee. £45.00 |
;) | TRANSVAAL - 1900 (circa) use of 1d rate cover to CapeTown cancelled by believed forged '16' cancel. 1900 (circa) use of cover addressed to Cape Town (light horizontal central fold) bearing a fine example of the 1d orange-red (imperforate) 'Otto' adhesive overprinted V.R./TRANSVAAL (in capitals) and just tied by superb central '16' concentric circle strike allocated to Marabas Stad. Believed to be a forged strike. £250.00 |
;) | TRANSVAAL - 1878 (circa) 2d rate cover to UK. 1878 (circa) cover addressed to UK bearing 1d pale red-brown adhesive pair (imperf at right edge) cancelled by untied concentric circle '1' cancels. The cover has been glued along top edge. £65.00 |
;) | TRANSVAAL - 1904 1/2d green PSC used locally with rare JOHANNESBURG 'skeleton' cds. H&G 11. 1904 (JY.5.) use of 1/2d green postal stationery postcard (H&G 11) addressed locally and with pre-printed 'Durban Breweries' message on reverse cancelled by superb clear JOHANNESBURG temporary 'skeleton' cancel. A lovely item. £80.00 |
;) | MAURITIUS - 1902 6c purple and carmine on red fine mint with INVERTED WATERMARK. SG 146w. 1902 6c purple and carmine on red in very fine mint condition showing the variety WATERMARK INVERTED. SG 146w. £25.00 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA - 1960 6c green air letter unused with major variety MISSING BLACK. H&G 14a. 1960 6c green on light blue postal stationery air letter in fin eunused condition with a further example showing the major variety BLACK PRINT COMPLETELY MISSING. Very scarce. H&G 14a. £200.00 |
;) | BRITISH GUIANA - 1960 12c air letter unused with DRAMATIC UPWARDS SHIFT OF VIGNETTE. H&G 13. 1960 12c light brown and black postal stationery air letter in fine unused condition showing the major variety DRAMATIC BLACK CENTRE MISPLACEMENT. H&G 13. £55.00 |
;) | BERMUDA - 1913 1/4d brown postal stationery wrapper used locally from HAMILTON. H&G 5. 1913 1/4d brown on buff postal stationery wrapper addressed locally to Watford Island and cancelled HAMILTON/BERMUDA and dated 11.SEP.34. Watford Island is in the Parish of Sandys. H&G 5. £65.00 |
;) | EGYPT - 1921 use of local TELEGRAM complete with telegraph form used at CAIRO. 1921 (APR.7.) blue on cream 'The Eastern Telegraph Company Limited' TELEGRAM envelope addressed locally bearing 5m adhesive tied CAIRO. Complete with the original red on cream TELEGRAM. (2 items). £120.00 |
;) | MAURITIUS - 1937 20c 'Coronation' adhesive mint with LINE THROUGH SWORD variety. SG 251a. 1937 20c bright blue 'Coronation' adhesive in mounted mint condition showing the variety LINE THROUGH SWORD. Row 2/2. SG 251a. £55.00 |
;) | SOUTHERN RHODESIA - 1944 3d deep blue 'Active Service' air letter to Kenya. H&G 5. 1944 3d deep ultramarine on coarse buff paper postal stationery ACTIVE SERVICE/LETTER CARD addressed to Kenya written by a 'Major MacIlwains at Marandellas' with NANYUKI/KENYA arrival b/s dated 22.DE.46. H&G 5. £120.00 |
;) | SOUTH WEST AFRICA (German) - 1897 20pfg rate cover to Germany used at SWAKOPMUND. 1897 (1/8.) commercial cover addressed to Germany bearing German 20pfg ultramarine adhesive overprinted DEUTSCH/SUIDWEST-AFRIKA diagonally in black (SG GSWA 4) tied by SWAKOPMUND cds. £65.00 |