Public auction
5 Mosley St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1YE, UK
| Lot | ANTIGUA | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1870's1960's good diversified lot of covers (120+) from QV to QEII period, countries incl. Australia, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, GB, K.U.T, New Zealand, Nigeria, Nyasaland etc. incl. airmails, censored, registered, various single & multiple frankings, good re-sale potential. |  | £100 |
| 152 | BRITISH EMPIRE album of covers (90) 1922-47 incl. Ship Mail Room, Late Fee, Opened by Censor, Registered, Passed by Censor, Perfins, Book Post, Airmails etc. Countries (A-S) incl. Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, K.U.T, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco Agencies, Nigeria & South Africa. |  | £80 |
| 153 | EUROPE pre-stamp covers & early items of postal stationery incl. letters from 1812 Guayaquil (Ecuador) - Paris, 1808-15 clean early Italian pre-stamp covers, a selection of Austrian Levant unused postal stationery envelopes. Interesting lot. (25) |  | £80 |
| 154 | POSTAGE DUE COVERS collection of covers & pieces covering 1880's-1990's, covers with dues added or Surcharge cachets/tax marks etc. Good variety from around the world. |  | £150 |
| 155 | SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA airmail covers 1925-45 attractive range incl. cacheted first flights ,from Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Philippines, a variety of single & multiple frankings, good re-sale potential. (87) |  | £200 |
| 156 | SOUTH AMERICA 1886-1952 covers/used stationery of Argentina (7), Brazil (18 incl. interesting uprated stationery) and Chile (7), mostly to Germany incl. registration, censored, single & multiple frankings. (32) |  | £80 |
| 157 | U.A.E & others range of covers, mainly U.A.E but also Kuwait, Sharjah, Fujeira, incl. airmails, registered, first flights, franked customs declarations. (60+) |  | £80 |
| 158 | WORLD COVERS 1840-1960 accumulation of approx 300 covers/cards from around the world incl. censored mail, airmails, first flights, balloon post, registered, with a good variety of single & mixed frankings to various destinations. Viewing required, good re-sale potential. |  2 | £300 |
| 159 | BRITISH COMMONWEALTH postal history group of covers (14) in a packet incl. Jamaica 1923 2½d Child Welfare, Cyprus 1935 Jubilee (first day), NZ 1935 2½d illustrated FDC, Barbados 1968 'Postage Stamp' card M, Papua 1938 Air set, Pitcairn set to 2/6d, Barbados 1890's registered covers (2) and the scarce Malta 'Union Jack' label tied to 1946 cover. Also Kitchener memorial card. |  2 | £130 |
| 160 | AIRMAIL 1931-59 large collection of covers & cards incl. first flights, on active service, commems etc, mostly with special cachets or pmks, fair to fine. (116) |  | £60 |
| 161 | 1875-1941 COVERS/USED STATIONERY etc. (95) range of mostly Africa, Asia, South America, rather exotic , mostly correspondence to optical works in Goerlitz, Germany. |  | £200 |
| 162 | 1906-75 (circa) range of covers incl. New Zealand 1944 reg cover to USA with KGVI 1d, 1/3d Arms pair, 4s & 5s Arms, Ceylon 1946 reg cover to England multi franked with KGVI defins (13 vals) to 5r, 1930 first flight cover Christchurch to Dunedin, Denmark, 1903 Bisect tied St. Thomas, Canada 1941 Victory propaganda cover. |  | £80 |
| 163 | FIRST FLIGHT COVERS 1950's-70's collection in an album (approx 190 different), many are German with numerous Lufthansa, Interflug etc, also Argentina with Buenos Aires 1954 to Lima and Miami, 1955 to Santa Fe etc, 1963 Angola - Lisbon, Turkey incl. 1956 Istanbul - Hamburg and Burma incl. Rangoon - Basra, 1940 New Caledonia - Canton Island etc. A good variety of routes, rates, cachets, commem labels etc. |  | £140 |
| 164 | SOUTHERN AFRICA small group of covers/cards comprising two Transvaal censored Boer War cards, a 1d card cancelled by the triangular '17' of Nylstroom, a cover with various vals to 5s with Harrismith Army cancels, an unused Zululand ½d postal card and a Bechuanaland 1947 air letter to the USA with 3d added. |  | £50 |
| 165 | WORLD AIRMAILS 1911-39 interesting range of covers (16) from 1911 Coronation printed Windsor flight card, Germany 1929 Zeppelin flown, Austria 1918 airmail set on cover, Dutch East Indies incl. 'Von Gronan World Flight' card from Tavakah, further items incl. 1929 first trial flight Stockholm - New York. Nice lot. See web images. | £150 | |
| 166 | 1900-60's covers/stationery accumulation incl. registered, censored, Forces Mail, first flights incl. a good variety of single or mixed frankings. (85) |  | £100 |
| 167 | Ditto as above - a similar lot. |  | £100 |
| 168 | QU'AITI STATE IN HADHRAMAUT 1951 New Currency Surcharge set on airmail envelope to London then re-directed back to Aden, set tied by Aden c.d.s for 15th Nov.1951, SG.20/27. |  | £50 |
| 169 | 1863-67 rough perf 1d dull rose, marginal from the foot of the sheet, brilliant o.g. with lovely colour, SG.6, also 1d vermilion, fresh large part o.g, SG.7. (2) Cat. £370 |  | £70 |
| 170 | 1903-07 Badge of the Colony issue Die Proof 5s with unclear county name and surround in black on glazed card (92 x 60mm) h/stamp date '22.JAN.0'3 and 'AFTER/HARDENING' initialled at lower right. |  | £200 |
| Lot | AUSTRALIA | Estimate | |
| 171 | 1937-63 M range on leaves incl. 1938 Defin set, 1948 Wedding set, 1949 UPU, 1953 Defin set. (65) Cat. £295. |  | £40 |
| 172 | 1863-2002 M or UM collection incl. earlies, comprehensive commems & defins with M/Sheets, blocks, Airs, Officials, Departmental Ovpts, 1985-90 Flowers 1a & 10a in sheets, 100a in blocks, 2001 Postal Agencies 1p, 3p, 3p25 in sheets of twenty (Cat. £435) etc, fair to fine. (1288 + 11 m/s) ST.Cat. £3200+ |  2 | £120 |
| 173 | 1924 MSCA set, fine M, plus extra 1d shade, SG.10/20. (13) Cat. £470 |  | £100 |
| 174 | 1924-33 MSCA 1s grey black & brown showing the 'cleft rock' variety, M (slightly toned gum & diagonal gum crease), SG.18c. (1) Cat. £375 |  | £60 |
| 175 | 1924-33 MSCA set, VFU (1d - creased, 6d & 8d - perf faults), SG.10/20, Cat. £600 (12). |  | £100 |
| 176 | 1925-2002 group of 18+ covers incl. registered, incoming, KGV 2d on three separate covers etc. |  | £70 |
| 177 | 1925-later cover collection, 1925 O.H.M.S with clear Ascension c.d.s, 1930 badge covers at 2d rate, 1934 reg four value KGV cover at 5d rate, 1937 Coronation portrait reg cover to 6d (5 vals), 1938-53 scarce new colours and P.14, six value cover reg to 8d - KGVI four covers at 3d, 3½d, 4d, 6d, 1941 KGVI seven value cover to 2/6d and others, not all philatelic to UK. (13) |  | £40 |
| 178 | 1930 OHMS envelope to Los Angeles with 3d blue & 5d purple & olive green, franking both tied fine 'Ascension 9.Dec.30' c.d.s. |  | £50 |
| 179 | 1932 cover to St. Lucia bearing postage dues, 1934 to Cayman 1s with Ascension ½d pair & Cayman ½d + 1½d as dues. (2) |  | £80 |
| 180 | 1934 Pictorial Defin set, fine M, SG.21/30. (10) Cat. £120 |  | £40 |
| 181 | 1953 1½d black & rose carmine P.13 marginal pair, left stamp with 'davit flaw' (R5/1), both stamps UM, SG.40fa, Cat. £160+ |  | £50 |
| 182 | 1858 pair of covers to Southsea, England, first is a mourning envelope franked 6d fawn, four margin single, cancelled by '122' sunburst, reverse with ARMIDALE, GLEN INNES & SYDNEY d/stamps & Portsmouth c.d.s. The second cover to Southsea, franked 6d fawn horizontal pair, close to large margins, tied '222' sunburst, reverse bears ASHFIELD, SYDNEY & FIVE DOCK d/stamps & Portsmouth c.d.s. |  | £60 |
| 183 | 1860-72 6d purple Wmk '12' inverted variety, RPSL Cert. states 'soiled & gum disturbed, stamp is centred low to right side,' SG.165b var. |  2 | £180 |
| 184 | 1898-99 6d emerald green, wmk 40, P.12, opt SPECIMEN (Type 19) for UPU distribution in June 1898, vertical strip of five, o.g (four stamps unmounted). Typical streaky gum, still very fine, fresh appearance and rare in this form, the largest multiple that can exist, as distributed by the UPU. SG.297fs. |  | £50 |
| 185 | 1899 (Oct) 1s maroon and purple brown, wmk 40, chalk surfaced paper, blocks of four in the two listed shades, the second left marginal with 's. per Label. 6s. per Row' inscription, fresh o.g (both with one stamp unmounted), minor gum wrinkles, still very fine & attractive. SG.311/12, Cat. £240. |  | £50 |
| 186 | 1902-07 2/6d green 'Lyrebird' fine M, another example optd SPECIMEN, also a horizontal strip of four with individual strikes of '27' sunburst - uncommon. SG.326. (6) Cat. £268 |  | £60 |
| 187 | 1903 reg cover to Merewether, Newcastle, franked 2/6d green Lyrebird, tied Sydney reg c.d.s for Apr.3.03. (1) |  | £50 |
| 188 | 1905-10 1d rose carmine 'Arms' P.11½x11 lower right corner block of six with '1905' ornament 'Per Sheet of Sixty' inscription, UM, a scarce positional block, SG.334b, also 1907 1d dull rose, left marginal block of four with 'Per Row of Six 5s pe' inscription, fine UM, SG.354. |  | £50 |
| 189 | 1905-10 2/6d blue green 'Lyrebird' wmk, P.12x11½, SG.349, another P.11½x11, SG.349a, another P.11, SG.349b, all fine M. (3) Cat. £326 |  | £50 |
| 190 | 1905-10 6d deep orange buff, wmk 68, P.12x11½, each in a block of four with excellent shade contrast, large part o.g. (lower pairs unmounted). A fine & attractive pair. SG.342/343, Cat. £200. |  | £60 |
| Lot | BASUTOLAND | Estimate | |
| 191 | 1894 Long O.H.M.S reg envelope from Education Dept/S.A to Eden Valley franked O.S Official 2½d on 4d green, SG.O71 vertical pair, tied reg Adelaide squared circle (x50 on cover), reverse bears Mt Pleasant & Eden Valley c.d.s's. Scarce item. |  | £100 |
| 192 | 1867-81 8d red brown/pink (glazed paper) W19 P.12, part o.g, minor perf toning, still fine appearance with fresh colour, SG.146. (1) Cat. £250 |  | £50 |
| 193 | 1902-04 Postage Due 3d emerald green & 6d emerald green Wmk D2 inverted, large part o.g, SG.D25 & D28, 10d emerald green, large part o.g, SG.D30, Cat. £285. Scarce trio. (3) |  | £50 |
| 194 | 1902-04 Postage Due 5d & 2s emerald green, fine M, SG.D17 & D20. (2) Cat. £215 |  | £50 |
| 195 | 1904-09 Postage Dues 6d dull emerald green Wmk D2 (inverted) fresh o.g, SG.D40, 1906-08 4d green Wmk D4 (upright) fresh o.g, SG.D49, 1908-09 1s dull green (with stroke) fine M, SG.58. Scarce trio. Cat. £340 |  | £60 |
| 196 | 1913-90 mainly U collection housed in a Senator album, general range of Roos with vals to 5s, KGV Heads range to 1/4d, 6d Kookaburra M, Sydney Harbour Bridge 5s Av U, general run through incl. odd multiples etc. (many 100's) |  | £150 |
| 197 | 1870-1960's collection of around 180 mourning covers (bordered in black) in an album, bearing 1883, 1890, Francis Joseph issues etc, a few 1870's Austro-Hungarian and Bosnia, with 50 or so Hungarian (1900 issues, Harvester types etc). Includes Military Mail with some censors, printed death notices, postage dues, registered etc. An excellent variety of rates, routes, postmarks, frankings etc. An unusual (if a little macabre) collection. |  2 | £150 |
| 198 | 1893-1936 covers (52) incl. 1893 pneumatic postcard, 1905 card with Pribram-Editz/620 TPO cancel, 1906 & 1910 cards with boxed Golling & Voitsburg cancels, 1914 reg cover with 35H franking, 1915 card with 'W.I' cancel, flown covers (9) various rates with air vals to 2s, one to South Africa, another to India, others to Switzerland. |  | £60 |
| 199 | 1920 local Klagenfurt insured money envelopes (2) with multi frankings of perf/imperf Karnten plebiscite opts set, SG.411/29, 1922 Nov reg airmail cover Vienna to Vinohrady with Prague transit, multi franking. Attractive covers. (3) |  | £60 |
| 200 | 1931 Rotarian Congress set complete on a cover from Vienna to Washington, USA, tied by Rotary Convention fancy cancels, SG.666/671 (stamps Cat. £550 off cover). |  | £100 |
