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  • Lot# : 938 India

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    1871: Bicoloured Colour Trials for the 3 a. value (6), with Imperforate pairs on thick card paper with all lettering and vignette inscriptions in black, vertical pair in gold and horizontal pairs in grey-blue, emerald-green, flesh and maroon; together with a single example perforated 12 on two sides in pink on wove paper. A few minor imperfections, but a delightful, rare and very appealing group.

    Provenance: Collection Dr. Pierre Couvreur (March 11, 1981), lot 486.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 709 Papua New Guinea

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    (Australia) Papua New Guinea 1919/20: Covers (2) from Australia, both underpaid, one franked at 1½ d. and taxed on arrival with Papua 1916 ½ d. myrtle & apple green (4) all handstamped TAX in black and tied on arrival in Port Moresby; also a similar cover front franked at 4½ d. on despatch at Darwin taxed double the deficiency with Papua 1911/15 2 d. bright mauve and 6 d. orange-brown, again handstamped TAX and further cancelled by Port Moresby cds's. Note that the 'Tax' marking was struck after the Postage Stamps were applied to the cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 800 Egypt Kingdom

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    1905 (Dec 20): Cover mailed un-stamped from Cairo to Port Said with Cairo despatch cds and framed 'T' marking, taxed double the deficiency (= 10 m. = 1 piastre) with 1889 2 m. green vertical pair and 1904 3 m. with hamza on 2 pi. orange vertical pair, variety 'Surcharge Inverted' tied by 'Port Said' datestamps. Reverse with further Port Said cds. Some aging at edges of envelope but extremely scarce. Signed Todd AIEP.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 826 Egypt Kingdom

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    1861: Entire letter to Livorno franked by 1853 20 c. blue (2), 40 c. orange (3) and 80 c. carmine (4), margins predominantly very fine for such a large franking with just two 80 c. not being clear, all tied by '3704' petit chiffres with framed 'PD' and 'Alexandrie / Egypte' cds adjacent (Sept 17). A remarkable sextuple rate of 4 francs 80 centimes and an attractive three colour franking.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 804 Egypt Kingdom

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    1928 (Nov 3): Double rate cover from Benghasi to Alexandria, franked by Italian Colonies 50 c. dull red (3) Fiscals, unaccepted for postage and struck with 'T' marking on despatch with 'Benghasi' cds adjacent. Taxed on arrival with Egypt Postage Due 1927 10 m. rose-lake in a strip of three tied by Alexandria cds's (Nov 12), the franking, if accepted, would have been an overpayment of 25 centesemi.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 803 Egypt Kingdom

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    1920/21: Harrison Proof for 10 m. value in deep slate blue, struck on glazed paper imperforate and affixed to thick card, annotated in pencil at right "I, Letter 38/15/1, 15 March 20, File N3". Slight paper clip stain at top of card, otherwise a fine and very scarce Proof ex Harrison archives, the 10 m. value in this colour was not issued until November 1921. Signed Todd AIEP.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 881 Egypt Kingdom

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    Cover to Bournemouth franked by Egypt 1879 1 pi. rose tied by BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE / EGYPT datestamp (Sept 12, no code letter) in black. Passed to the Egyptian P.O. at Ismailiah for onward transmission (Sept 13) and disinfected with large chisel slit on front; together with a similar but tatty cover with 1879 20 pa. blue pair, also disinfected and using the 'no code letter' datestamp struck on the previous day (Sept 11).


     
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 832 Egypt Kingdom

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    1866: Cover mailed at dock-side or on board at Alexandria to Marseille franked by 1862 40 c. orange pair tied by 'Anchor' lozenge of dots with Paquebot SAID datestamp at left (March 23) in black (Salles fig. 816) and red framed 'Paquebots / De La / Mediterranee' alongside. Marseille and Bordeaux cds's (April 3) on reverse of a fine and scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 756 Egypt Kingdom

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    1878 (Dec): 10 pa. on 2½ pi. violet, perf. 12½, a fine marginal block of thirty (5 x 6), with foliate margin at right, position 122 showing broken 'P' in 'Paras' at left (Nile Post D31l), fresh and fine with some creasing but large part og., also an album page with 5 pa. on 2½ pi. marginal pair and block of four unused and a further block of four 10 pa. on 2½ pi. A generally fine group Gi = £ 300+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 809 Egypt Kingdom

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    1952: Postage Due, 8 m. purple with 'King of Egypt & Sudan' Colour Trial for the overprint in black, variety 'Inverted Overprint' with large part og. (Farouk cartouche on reverse), and a fine corner block of six 2 m. red-orange with issued overprint in blue, variety: 'Inverted Overprint', superb unmounted og., together with B/40 control block of the normal showing 'three dots' variety. Scarce Gi D404a = £ 480++/Nile Post unlisted and PD42d = $ 450++.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 960 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a fine example apparently from an imperforate between sheet, separated horizontally by scissors, used on small 1869 cover to Bombay and tied by rhombus of 12 bars in red with 'Gungakhair' cds in red alongside (Nov 23). India 1865 ½ a. blue tied by lozenge of dots with 'Barsee' datestamp (Nov 24) in black alongside and Bombay arrival on front. Minor envelope faults but a rare and appealing combination usage.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 679 Great Britain

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    1847/54: Embossed 6 d. mauve, a fine used example, margins just touched, tied to 1857 envelope addressed to a Captain in the 17th Regiment at Montreal, tied by Burton on Trent / 152 'Spoon' duplex in black with '2½' and '1' charge markings adjacent in black. Reverse with Liverpool cds (Dec 12) and Montreal arrival cds. Some aging but a scarce and attractive usage Scott 7 = $ 1'900/Gi = £ 1'900.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1101 Ireland

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    1922/67: Fine and predominantly mint collection with complete mint sets of Provisional Government overprinted in black and red, 1922 'seahorses' shilling values in complete sets to 10 s. dull grey-blue in different settings including five mint and three used sets, Irish Free State from 1929 onwards with blocks of four, some marginal, as well as later issues with booklet panes, gutter pairs or larger multiples. Fresh and attractive.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 704 Danish West Indies

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    1877: Cover from St. Thomas to Marseille endorsed 'per Para, via Southampton', franked by Great Britain 1870 1½ d. lake pl.3 and 1873/77 1 s. green pl. 12 tied by bold 'St. Thomas / Paid / C51' duplex in black (Jan 15), with London transit on front (Jan 29) in red and arrival on reverse. One tone spot on one perf., otherwise fresh and fine. Signed Moller.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 728 Cayman Islands

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    1927/54: Covers (4), all taxed, with 1927 stampless envelope from Bath to Georgetown with definitive 3 d. tied by 'T' marking, 1929 shortpaid cover from GB to Cayman Brac with definitive 2 d. used as Due and tied in violet, 1932 Panton shortpaid cover from Malta with definitive ½ d. green in strip of four and single 1 d. carmine tied at Georgetown, 1954 cover from Dominica with QE2 4 d. used as Postage Due, all showing double the deficiency charged.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 874 Egypt Kingdom

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    Incoming Mail 1877 (Dec 12): Small envelope from Constantinople sent unpaid to Cairo with fine strike of CONSTANTINOPLE TURQUIE cds (Coles & Walker fig. 71) in blue, oval "T" marking in blue, and "3" (pi.) due in black on front and reverse with "POSTE EGIZIANE 18 DIC 77" transit and "POSTE EGIZIANE CAIRO 18 DIC 77" arrival cds's. Opened roughly on top but an appealing cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 824 Egypt Kingdom

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    1840 & 1838: Entire letter from Alexandria to Athens, slitted for disinfection, struck with 'Alexandrie / Egypte' cds in black (Feb 27) and fine strike of framed Greek entry marking GREECE / VIA / PIRAEUS in red. Reverse with Piraeus cds and Athens arrival cds's in black and charged '90' décimes in manuscript; together with earlier cover (1838) to Paris with same (Type 1) despatch cds and scarce oval framed 'Paquebots / De La / Méditerranée struck in red.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1027 Hyderabad

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    Postal Stationery 1877/1947: The mint & used collection in three albums with cards from 1890 including ¼ a. red cards with up-rated and combination with India usages (and three cards used to pay for registration on parcels), underpaid usages etc., a superb selection of the overprinted and revalued cards of 1937, 1940 and 1948, postal stationery envelopes from 1877 incl. ½ a. yellow envelope with 'stamp inverted' at upper right used, up-rated usages with both Hyderabad and Indian adhesives etc. A marvellous collection of these scarce cards (316 items).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1040 India

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    1873: ½ a. red-brown, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine used pair tied to reverse of 1876 (H1293) envelope by rhombus of 11 bars of Bidur in brown. Large official Government seal handstamp alongside and 'Sadar Tappa Khana' datestamp in black on obverse of a scarce and attractive cover, in addition an unused block of four. Certs. RPS (1993/2016).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1097 Hyderabad

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    1905: Imperforate Plate Proofs as the 1869 first issue of Postage Stamps but with hejira date altered to read 1323 instead of 1286, unissued, the selection of Plate Proofs in grey blue with corner block of eight on thin wove paper, imprint block of eight from top of sheet, a marginal pair from right of sheet and two horizontal pairs in deep bright blue printed on thick card paper. A scarce and attractive group.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 980 India

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    ½ a. reddish-brown, perf. 12½, plate 3, an unused irregular vertical format block of 34 (3 x 11), positions 1-3/151-153, showing the variety: 'Dot at top of central inscription omitted' showing on positions 3, 18, 33, 48, 63, 78, 93, 108. Fresh colour and a very fine, large part or unmounted og. multiple Gi = £ 750+.

    Provenance: Collection Alexander Holland FRPSL.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1165 Sudan

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    1897/1980c.: The collection of unused/used postal stationery (200+ items) including 1899 4 m. on 5 m. cards incl. unused example with inverted opt., rare 1907 2 m. on 3 m. card unused and used, 1907 4 m. on 5 m. card unused, 1907 2 m. on 3 m. Camel Postman card unused and used, 2 m. on 4 m. provisional card unused and used, 1907/10 4 m. brown unused, rare 1907 5 m. on 15 m. blue envelope unused and used, apparently complete run with much cancellation interest, couple of 'Specimen' overprints, also an 1885 Indian Forces envelope, imperfections used ex Suakin.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1095 India

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    1902: 'H. H. The Nizam's Process Fee', 4 a., 6 a., 8 a. and 1 r. values, Imperforate Plate Proof blocks of four printed in green on white wove paper, all matching from base of sheet with full 'Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Engravers, London' imprint, each stamp with 4 mm security punch-hole. Scarce and most attractive.

    Provenance: Robson Lowe (Sept 1986), lot 364.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1180 Brit. Colonies lots/accumulations

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    Africa 1893/1990c.: Collection of covers/cards, all taxed on arrival, with Gold Coast and Ghana Due usages, K.U.T usages from 1936 with 20 c. on shortpaid cover from Beira, 1949 with fine incoming cover from Israel taxed at 15 c., 1933 shortpaid cover from India taxed by Mauritius 2 c., 6 c. and 10 c., Nigeria, Seychelles with four covers from 1952 onwards, 1939 shortpaid cover from USA to Zanzibar with 5 c. and 10 c. Dues etc. (32 items).
     
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 678 Great Britain

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    1847/54: Embossed 1 s. pale green, a horizontal pair with just touched margins but of excellent fresh colour, used on 1851 cover to Valparaiso, Chile tied by 159 obliterators of Glasgow. Reverse with Glasgow datestamp of despatch (Oct 15) and London transit cds in red. File fold well away from adhesives, an attractive cover Scott 5 = $ 2'400/Gi = £ 1'800.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 676 Great Britain

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    1855: 2 d. blue plate 5, block of 12 consisting of three blocks of 4, SG-TH, SI-TJ, and SK-TL, rejoined with hinges, cancelled "498" MANCHESTER, some faults as can be expected incl. creases but an impressive large multiple and the third largest block from plate 5 recorded to date according to the Karl Louis card index register (the 2 larger multiples recorded are also rejoined from smaller blocks) SG = £ 3'000 for three blocks of four.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 702 Great Britain

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    1876/89: Lot three envelopes sent to foreign destinations, incl. 1876 cover franked with 1 sh. green from Nottingham to Cape Town, 1873 1 sh. green (plate 13)used 1878 from London Lombard-St. to Belize Brit. Honduras as well as registered 2 1/2 d. stationery envelope with additional franking of 1 d. violet horizontal pair from "Merton DE 28 89" and "Cottenham Park Wimbledon 28 DE 89" to Abo, Finland.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 966 India

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    ½ a. brown, perf. 11½, a block of twelve (2 x 6), used on large refolded cover, all tied by Hyderabad rhomus of 12 bars in oily black ink, with circular 'Sadar Tappa Khanar Hyderabad' cds in red adjacent. Edge wear and vertical crease but a remarkable and rare multiple on letter. Illustrated in 'Hyderabad Philatelic History' on page 155 Scott 1.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 978 India

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    ½ a. reddish-brown, plate 4, an unused block of eight (2 x 4), right hand stamps somewhat faded but top right stamp (position 26) clearly showing variety: 'Left hand side of central inscription omitted', rare and splendid multiple with full somewhat dried og., also a similar unused example with the variety and a vertical strip of six showing the same variety on position 26, fine used Gi = £ 1'000+.

    Provenance: Collection Alexander Holland FRPSL.
     
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 961 India

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    1 a. olive-green, a fine example apparently from an imperforate between sheet, separated horizontally by scissors, used on small 1869 cover to Bombay and tied by rhombus of 12 bars in red with 'Gungakhair' cds in red alongside (Dec 21). India 1865 ½ a. blue tied by lozenge of dots and 'Barsee' datestamp (Dec 22) in black alongside. Minor envelope faults but a rare and appealing combination usage.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1171 Jordan

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    1927 (Oct 19): GB 1½ d. brown postal stationery envelope paying for internal rate, defect at top, mailed to Es Salt and charged double the deficiency (of 1 d., equivalent to 6 m.) on arrival with 1925 Postage Due 2 m. yellow (2) and 4 m. carmine-pink (2) tied by SALT cds (Oct 31) in black. Amman transit cds on reverse (Oct 27). Rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 845 Egypt Kingdom

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    1948 (June 1): 100 m. dull purple, a vertical pair, marginal from base of sheet, lower stamp with Arabic PALESTINE omitted variety, the upper stamp with overprint transposed and PALESTINE above the Arabic overprint. Rare and fine, full unmounted og. Just 10 pairs possible from the one ex King Farouk sheet. See footnote in Nile Post. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post P16b+P16c = $ 275.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 855 Egypt Kingdom

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    Instructional Handstamps 1894/1986: Small group of covers (23), with bilingual or trilingual handstamps 'Damaged in Transit' on 1943 cover, 1949 cover with 'Found in Mail Bag / Without Contents' in blue, 'Non Reclamé' (2 different), 'Not Known', 'Rebut A Remettre / L' Envoyeur' (2 different), 'Return to Origin', 'Return to Sender' (2 different), 'Unclaimed' (in violet), 'Undelivered for Reason Stated' etc. Condition varies but a scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 839 Egypt Kingdom

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    1921: Postage Due 2 m. on 5 c. pale blue, two complete panes of 25 unused, showing positions 13 with MIILIÈMES variety, position 21 with MILLIÈWE variety, position 38 with MILLIÉMES accent variety, position 39 with MILLIÈME missing 'S' variety, and position 50 with no accent on first 'E' variety, fresh and fine, large part or unmounted og. Rare Yvert = € 2'460+/Gi D174 = £ 2'750+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 818 Egypt Kingdom

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    British & Overseas Forces 1914/49c.: The collection with many hundreds of covers/cards from World War I (incl T.P.O. 'Z and W TPO' used in 1916 and CAT TPO used in 1917, World War II incl. India IEF usages, Internment Camp usage (two from Sidi Bishr with Censors), Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish and South African Forces mail; Egyptian Field P.O. mail from the Suez Crisis etc.(128 covers/cards).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 909 Egypt Kingdom

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    Greek Post Office in Alexandria 1865 (March 11): Cover to Syra prepaid at double rate of 80 lepta, franked by 10 lep. orange on blue single and vert. strip of three, overlapped by 20 lep. blue pair all cancelled by "97" lozenge of Alexandria. Black Alexandria cds and PD handstamps alongside. Adhesives with faults but a scarce franking.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1098 India

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    War Charity Fund 1939/45: Rouletted 'Faithful Ally' labels from Booklets, 1 a. in green (some aging), 1 a. green & violet and 1 a. grey-black, yellow & red, all in unused gummed blocks of four, some minor imperfections but scarce.

    Note: Hyderabad was the premier performer in the collection of War Funds, Hyderabad State raised money for three Squadrons of aeroplanes during WWII, by 1945 it had collected over 50 million rupees towards the War effort.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 957 India

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    1 a. olive-green, eight examples including a vertical pair and a vertical strip of four, all used on reverse of 1869 cover from Bidar to Hyderabad, addressed to Nawab Mukthtar-ul-mulk Bahadur, all tied by Bidar pre-philatelic oval seal handstamps in brown, prior to the delivery of the datestamps. One of the highest recorded frankings, exceptional and rare Exhibition piece. Illustrated in 'Hyderabad Philatelic History' on page 111.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 724 Canada

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    1870/88: Small Queens 2 c. deep green horizontal pair and single 6 c. yellow brown, used on 1872 cover to Chur, Switzerland tied by barred obliterators in black, with 'Ottawa' despatch cds (July 19) below. Carried on the Steamer 'Sarmatian' (Allan Line) with London transit cds in red (July 29) and Chur arrival cds on reverse (July 31). A fine and attractive cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1036 India

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    1873: 2 a. sage-green, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine used example on 1874 (H1291) Official cover tied by numeral obliterator in black with large circular Official seal at right and 'Sadar Tappa Khana' datestamps in black and red adjacent. The cover with slight trim at right of no significance. An extremely rare stamp on letter. Cert. RPS (1992) Gi = £ 3'250.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1012 Hyderabad

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    1871/1909: 3 a. ochre-brown, the study collection with hundreds of examples unused, used and some with 'Sarkari' official overprints, being the original L. E. Dawson / A. Holland plating study for Plate 1, 2, (SG 16) and Plates 3 and 4 (SG 20). The collection with some fine unused multiples incl. imprint blocks and blocks with plate flaws and varieties, also extensive notes on the stamp.

    INFO:Study of  3 annas only (SG 16 and officials) Not a study of this stamp plus Stanley Gibbons 20 as described)
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,500 CHF

    Lot# : 1004 India

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    1947 (Feb 17): Reformed Legislature, 1 a. black, an unused example marginal from base of sheet with variety: 'Imperforate between stamp and margin', large part og. Minor age spot on margin mentioned for accuracy and signed 'Draper'. Extremely rare, unlisted by Stanley Gibbons, a similar example illustrated in 'Hyderabad Philatelic History' on page 200 Gi = unpriced.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1116 Mauritius

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    1848/59: Post Paid 2 d. deep blue, late Intermediate impression on thinner greyish paper, used example from position 2 on the plate of 12 subjects (showing the characteristic crushed 'P' in 'Pence'), large margins on three sides and close but clear at right, cancelled by circular target handstamp in black. Cert. Holcombe (1986) Gi = £ 3'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1136 Palestine

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    1924 (July 10): Advertising cover from Hackney, London franked at internal rate of 1½ d., with unframed 'T' mark and framed 'T/35' in black, taxed on arrival in Jerusalem with boxed 'To Pay / 10 m.' and franked by 1923 Postage Due 2 m. blue-green and 8 m. mauve tied by 'Jerusalem' cds (July 22). Some minor imperfections but a scarce issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1042 India

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    1873: 1 a. drab, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine used example tied to May 1874 (H1292) cover by numeral handstamp in black with large Official Government seal at right and fine 'Sadar Tappa Khana Udgir' despatch datestamp at left, Bidar transit and Hyderabad arrival. A fine and scarce cover with unusually fine strikes of the datestamps. Cert. RPS (1993).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 750 Cyprus

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    1882/1946: Lot 60 covers and stationeries used/unused incl. 1895 postcard to Baltimore, 1882 wrappers to New York, KGV wrapper with SPECIMEN ovpt., combination with Greek postage due, better destinations such as Tripoli de Barbarie and India, incoming mail from Egypt, in addition cancellation interest and five first flight covers 1932/35 to Lydda and Tiberias Palestine, Rhodos, Athens and Port Said.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1086 Hyderabad

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    1909/11: Bradbury Wilkinson printing, overprinted 'Sarkari' type O2, the marvellous collection on leaves, with ¼ a. grey overprint inverted variety in vertical and horizontal pairs used (certs. RPS), ¼ a. grey overprint sideways variety used (one with cert. RPS), ½ a. purple perf. 11 pair, ¼ pale purple in imperforate between vertical pair used, ½ a. green overprint inverted mint, used blocks and a fine selection on covers (9) at ½ a., 1 a., 1¼ a., 4 a. rates. An excellent study.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 801 Egypt Kingdom

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    1920/21: Harrison Essays for proposed Postage Due issue, imperforate examples of 2 m., 4 m., 10 m. (all close to issued designs) and an unissued 20 m. value, all printed in deep blue on greyish paper, affixed to paper with 'Design for Watermark of Adhesive Stamp Paper' below. Superb and extremely fine, unique. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post E187.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1142 St. Lucia

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    St. Lucia 1876: (4 d.) yellow, perf. 14, a fine single example used on 1881 single rate cover from Castries to Bordeaux, France tied by 'A11' obliterator in black with 'St. Lucia' cds at right (Feb 27). Manuscript '3' (pence) in red for British credit and reverse with London transit in red (March 14). Fresh and very fine, a scarce issue on letter.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 827 Egypt Kingdom

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    1868: Cover from Alexandria to Paris franked by 1862 40 c. orange tied by 'Anchor' lozenge of dots with octagonal ALEXANDRIE / PAQ. FR. V No. 3 datestamp (Feb 28) struck on black (Salles fig. 888) alongside, carried on the Paquebot 'Moeris'. Marseille and Paris (Poste Restante) cds on reverse (March 6). A scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1132 Northern Rhodesia

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    1932/51: Covers (2) and postcard, the latter from Table Mountain franked at 1 d. and taxed on arrival in Lusaka with Postage Due 1 d. black, 1951 stampless cover from Ecuador taxed on arrival with 2 d. black and 3 d. black; and a 1932 cover with 1925 Northern Rhodesia 1½ d. carmine tied 'Bulawayo Station' cds with framed 'T / POSTED ON TRAIN / WITHOUT SPECIAL FEE' with 4 d. black Postage Due, corner fault, applied and tied at Livingston. A scarce group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 691 Great Britain

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    Various cancellations 1841/79: 2 d. blue, cancellation study including 13 covers and fronts, incl. "dotted circles", "Brunswick stars" (3 pieces and 2 covers), "S" (Smith, Elder & Co.) and "K" (King & Co.), pre-cancels, Azemar, Pearson, Hill machine cancel "NO. 6.57" on 2 d. stars (rare!), red PD, Madelaine Smith 159 GLASGOW on cover, 131 - POSTED SINCE LAST NIGHT on pair used on cover, Scotts locals.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 863 Egypt Kingdom

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    Hotel & Proprietary Post Offices 1893/1975c.: Collection of covers/cards from Cataract Hotel Aswan (6), Savoy Hotel Aswan (2), Ghesireh Palace (2), Grand Continental Savoy (10), San Stefano (1), Savoy (2), Semiramis (2), Shepheards (13), Hilton Hotel (4), Sheraton Hotel (1), Winter Palace, Luxor (11) together with Simon Arzt Store (4), Thomas Cook's (5), Seamen's Home (4); condition varies but generally fair to fine (110+ items).
     
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 955 India

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    1 a. olive-green, single and vertical strip of four used on registered 1873 cover from Bir to Hyderabad, the adhesives all cancelled by individual strikes of numeral '115' handstamps of Bir, with rare early usage of framed registration handstamp and 'Tappa Khana Bir' datestamp (H1291) in violet alongside. Circular 'Sadar Tappa Khana Hyderabad' arrival in red adjacent. Some worm holes and imperfections but a rare cover.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1169 Sansibar

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    1933: Stampless cover from Aden Camp to Zanzibar, taxed on arrival with 1929/30 Postage Due 9 c. black on orange and 20 c. black on orange, and second issue 1930/33 2 c. black on salmon all tied by 'Zanzibar' datestamps (Aug 22) in black. Aden Camp despatch cds under the 9 c. which has large top margin partially overlapping the top of the cover with obverse showing 'T' mark of despatch. Rare and most appealing commercial usage.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 340 CHF

    Lot# : 968 India

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    2 a. sage green, perf. 11½, and 1871/1909 4 a. slate, perf. 12½, used on reverse of September 1872 cover (H1289), heavily tied by numeral '1' in rhombus of 11 bars in black of Hyderabad Head Post Office. Crescent datestamp at left in black. Overall staining and typical imperfections but a scarce mixed issue usage Scott 3+9.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 1041 India

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    1873: 1 a. drab, perf. 12½, overprinted 'Sarkari' in black, a fine unused block of ten (5 x 2) from Plate 4 positions 56-60/71-75 and thus third and fourth stamp showing variety 'Dot at top of central inscription omitted' (unlisted by Stanley Gibbons), fresh and fine with large part og., a scarce and attractive positional multiple.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 948 India

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    1 a. Imperforate Proof in issued design, a superb block of ten from lower left corner of the sheet, printed in lake-red on thick un-gummed carton paper, fresh and very fine. Rare and most appealing Proof.

    Note: The Harrison D. S. Haverbeck collection (June 1973) contained a similar multiple from the upper right corner of the sole sheet of 160 subjects (10 x 16).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 717 Newfoundland

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    Newfoundland 1939/49: Covers (4) with 1939 cover franked 1 c. and taxed by Postage Due 4 c. orange, perf. 10 at Grand Falls, 1942 unpaid cover from St. John's taxed with two examples of Postage Due 3 c. ultramarine, perf. 10; 1946 cover franked 2 c. and taxed with 1 c. green and 3 c. ultramarine, perf. 10 at Harbour Grace; also a March 1949 cover with 3 c. ultramarine used to make up the 10 c. postage rate to USA. Scarce and generally fine group Gi = £ 200+ off cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 714 British Fieldpost Military Mail 2.WK

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    1948: Cover franked by Tripolitania July 1948 2 l. on GB 1 d. pale scarlet, locally used on 1948 cover, taxed upon receipt with rare 1948 Postage Due 24 l. on 1 s. deep blue tied by Tripoli cds (27/9) in black. Probably philatelic but nevertheless an extremely scarce usage Gi TD5 = £ 110 off cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 829 Egypt Kingdom

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    1875: Siège 40 c. orange, three examples used on entire letter via Brindisi to Paris tied by 5080 gros chiffres and by 'Paq. Angl. De Brind. / A. Mod.' transit in red (Jan 29), with 'Paq. Angl. / Alexandrie' despatch cds in black above. A charming entire carried by the quicker, more expensive route via Brindisi and the Mont Cenis tunnel.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1157 South Africa

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    Union of South Africa 1918 (Oct. 7): First Flight Wynberg to Green Point Common, Red Cross postcard addressed to Cape Town franked by Union ½ d. green plus 3 d. 'Our Day' Red Cross label (minimal toned gum at top right) neatly tied by "AERIAL POST -7.OCT. D18 South Africa" datestamp. Fine and scarce Mueller 4 = CHF 6'500 pts.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 884 Egypt Kingdom

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    1908: Cover from Germany to Shepheard's Hotel, remarkably forwarded through 4 different Hotels in search of the recipient, with 'Shepheard's Hotel' cds (Feb 17), to the 'Luqsor / Winter Palace' (Feb 28), 'Cataract Hotel / Assouan' (Feb 29). The cover was finally returned to sender from the 'Grand Continental Hotel / Cairo Post Office' on March 12 with framed trilingual 'Unclaimed' cachet. An extraordinary Hotel Posts cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1122 New Zealand

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    1857/63: Chalon 2 d. pale blue, imperforate, no wmk., a fine used horizontal strip of three on hard white paper with clear to large margins all round (scarce thus), lightly cancelled by '1' in bars of Auckland in black. Second stamp showing traces of a re-entry, a fine and most attractive multiple Gi = £ 540+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 682 Great Britain

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    1896: Transatlantic Cablegram illustrated envelope for the 'Commercial Cablegram Co. / Mackay-Bennett System', unpaid on despatch with 'Bedford St. S. O.' squared circle datestamp (Feb 12) with framed 'T' mark at lower right, taxed on arrival in New York with USA 10 c. lake Postage Due on reverse tied by New York duplex (Feb 20). Scarce and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 695 Great Britain

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    1840/1935: High value used selection with 1840 1 d. black (2), 1840 2 d. blue pair, 1847/54 Embossed 10 d. brown pair, 1883 5 s. rose, 10 s. ultramarine, £ 5 orange, 1884 £ 1 brown-lilac (singed A. Diena), 1892 IR Official £ 1 green, 1902 £ 1 green, 1934 re-engraved Seahorse 5 s. red and 10 s. indigo unused etc. Condition varies but a highly catalogued selection (12 items) Gi = £ 11'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,400 CHF

    Lot# : 686 Great Britain

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    Perforation Varieties 1840/79: Perforation study line engraved 2 d. blues, including few 1840/41 imperfs. showing heavily miss-cuts, later perforated issues with missing pins, off-centering, double perforation (diamond perforation at sides) used on cover (BPA cert. 1986), approx. 250 singles plus a few pairs, strips, a block of 4 and 7 covers, mixed condition with many fine.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 726 Canada

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    1895/2015c.: Covers/cards, all taxed, mostly with Postage Dues, metered or handstamped (100+), with 1895 USA 2 c. stationery envelope to Chicago, returned for postage and Small Queen 3 c. applied, 1907 cover from Poland taxed by pair of 5 c. violet, covers from the short-lived 1933/34 issue, 1940 shortpaid cover with diagonally bisected 2 c. violet cancelled at Granville Ferry, plentiful 1967/78 issue frankings etc.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 934 India

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    1880/1980: Lot few hundred stamps used/unused from India and Pakistan, incl. full sets and souvenir sheets, in addition a large number of modern FDC's and other products by the new issues department, also a small selection of cards and covers showing various railway cancellations of India and two approval booklets with stamps from various feudatory states, mainly in good condition and housed in four albums, the whole arranged in a box.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 841 Egypt Kingdom

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    1867: 1 pi. red used on large 1869 piece addressed to Marseille tied by bold strike of POSTE EGIZIANE / SERAPEUM datestamp (Nov 8) in black in combination with France 1867 20 c. blue pair tied by '5080' gros chiffres of Alexandria French P.O. Rare. Signed Calves and Todd AIEP.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1144 Sierra Leone

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    Sierra Leone 1884/91: ½ d. dull green, 1 d. carmine (2) and 1½ d. pale violet used on 1891 cover via Liverpool to Paris, France tied by 'B31' obliterators in black with fine SHERBRO / SIERRA LEONE cds at left (Dec 5) in black. Le Havre cds on front (Dec 26) and reverse with Freetown transit cds and 'Paris / Poste Restante' arrival cds's.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 854 Egypt Kingdom

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    1948/1982c.: The cover collection with a variety of frankings, Censor markings and rates (6 m., 10 m., 15 m,, 20 m., 25 m., 40 m., 50 m., 60 m., 82 m., 85 m., 100 m., 130 m. noted), cancellation interest, incl. unusual 1957 cover to Vienna with Austrian Postage Dues (34 covers/cards), also Israeli Occupation covers (31). Condition varies but generally fine.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 897 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 10 m. sepia & violet (shades), superb mint blocks of four (2) each with Farouk oblique perforations one in a pale shade the other in a rich violet shade, corner marginal from top left or lower left of sheet, unmounted og. Scarce, just 600 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A13c = $ 80+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 927 Fiji

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    1940: Cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to Suva franked by USA 3 c. violet pair tied by Honolulu duplex (Aug 6). Red Reseal 'Opened By Censor / Passed by Censor / 9' handstamped in violet, taxed double the deficiency (shortpaid 2 c.) with July 1940 Postage Due 1 d. emerald pair tied by 'Suva' cds (Aug 26). Minor imperfections but scarce Gi = £ 140 off cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1138 Palestine

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    1924/53: Collection of Postage Due covers/cards (13) with 1924 13 m. used on cover from Australia, 1936 cover with 1928 issue 2 m. and 20 m. returned to sender, 1933 stampless cover from Russia taxed 26 m., further covers and cards taxed at 4 m., 6 m., 8 m., 12 m. and 21 m., from Germany, Egypt and Poland; 1940 Customs form with 20 m. and pair of 50 m. used at Tel Aviv etc.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 969 India

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    1880: Reprint 2 a. green, perf. 12½ used with 1881/1909: 3 a. ochre-brown, perf. 12½, on registered January 1883 (H1300) cover to to Lingasugur tied by numeral handstamps in black, with framed registration cachet at top and 'Tappa Khana Kosgi' despatch datestamps at left. An unusual Postal Fraud cover: also a further 1880 2 a. green reprint used on suspect 1892 cover to Secunderabad.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 979 India

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    ½ a. reddish-brown, perf. 12½, plate 2, an unused block of 32 (4 x 8), positions 66-69/171-174, showing the variety: 'Dot at top of central inscription omitted' showing on positions 67, 82, 97 and 112. Fresh colour and a very fine, large part or unmounted og. multiple Gi = £ 400+.

    Provenance: Collection Alexander Holland FRPSL.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 739 Cyprus

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    1881 (June): QV 30 p. on 1 d. red plate 216 ovpt. '30 PARAS' showing variety: malformed '3' appearing as '8' on DB, a block of six CA - EB cancelled by "LARNACA 22 MY 82", the day when this stamp was withdrawn. Minute thin on CB but a fresh and scarce unit Gi = £ 450+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,000 CHF

    Lot# : 875 Egypt Kingdom

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    1872: Penasson 20 pa. blue, 1 pi. red and 2 pi. yellow all used on prepaid mourning cover sent registered to Vienna tied by "POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO 24 OTT 74 III" datestamps, reverse with POSTE EGIZIANE ALESSANDRIA in black on the same day and "WIEN RECOMMAND. 2 11 74". A scarce and attractive franking.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 772 Egypt Kingdom

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    1959/60: Definitives 'UAR' only, the complete set of 17 values from 1 m. to 500 m., all in fine unused horizontal imperforate watermarked pairs, minor crease on 2 m. otherwise fresh and fine, the 200 m. being a corner A/59 Control pair, unmounted og. Rare with just 64 sets possible Nile Post 253a/269a = $ 1'640.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1106 Straits Settlements

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    1876: Cover from Manila, Philippines via Singapore and Brindisi to Marseille, franked by Straits Settlements 1867/72 2 c. brown, 6 c. lilac and 24 c. green all tied by lozenge of dots in black with SINGAPORE / PAID cds at left (May 24) with red 'PD' below. Reverse with Marseille arrival cds in black. Some light spotting and a pinhole in envelope but a fine and colourful franking.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,250 CHF

    Lot# : 1128 New Zealand

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    1899/1999c.: Accumulation of covers/cards all taxed on arrival with scarce 1899 Postage Due 4 d. used on incoming cover from Victoria and a second example used on overweight internal cover (Gi D16), 1900 cover from Boer War taxed 1 d. on arrival, 1900 shortpaid card taxed 2 d. as a Loose Letter, 1939 2 d. blue used on First Day, thereafter with the whole gamut of NZ taxed mail (43 items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 799 Egypt Kingdom

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    1904 (Nov): Postage Due 3 m. on 2 pi. orange, a fine group on leaves with two half panes of 30 unused (the largest multiples possible), one showing position 27 with 'Drunken L' variety and the same variety in a block of six unused (Nile Post PD20e), other varieties annotated, incl. 'Inverted Surcharge' unused, and surcharge 'à cheval' unused, a fine group.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 913 Egypt Kingdom

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    1866/1960ca.: Lot eight albums with better sets and values used/unused, some with heavy duplication, incl. first issue (40) with essays,  pyramid issues of diff. printings and some interesting cancellations, interpostal seals, King Fuad I  1922/36 commemorative sets, airmail issues followed by  1936/52 King Farouk issues up to £ values and miniature sheets as well as officials and postage dues. Fine.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 687 Great Britain

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    1840/79: 2 d. line engraved issues plate 1 - 15, interesting study comprising plate 1 - 15 (singles, including 1840, 2 d. late use with Scottish 1844 barred numeral), also 1840, 2 d. (2 singles, 2 pieces, 2 covers), 1841, 2 d. with distincitve DUBLIN and BELFAST Maltese Crosses, and two covers with normal MC's, plus 1858, 2 d. plate 9, TA, error of watermark, mixed condition, some fine SG = approx. £ 11'000.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1143 Seychelles

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    Seychelles 1884 (Feb 3): Cover endorsed 'pr. Caledonien' to Switzerland, some negligible faults, franked by 1883 Mauritius 16 c. on 17 c. rose tied by Seychelles "B64" obliterator in black, with 'Seychelles' cds (Feb 3) at left. Reverse with Marseille cds and Oetweil arrival (Feb 22). A rare fore-runner to this destination, believed to be the sole cover from this period addressed to Switzerland.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1083 India

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    1909/11: Wyon printing, the complete unused set of 8 values from ½ a. vermilion, ½ a. green (2, differing shades), 1 a. carmine (2, shades), 2 a. lilac (3, incl. perf. 11 and perf. 12 varieties), 3 a. brown-orange, 4 a. olive-green (2, shades), 8 a. purple (5, shades), 12 a. blue-green (7, with shades and perf. varieties). Condition generally very fine, a splendid page from an acknowledged expert in the field Gi = £ 1'400+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 931 India

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    1867: Soldier's Letter franked by 1860 6 a. 8 p. mauve on white paper, used from Cannanore (Kannur, Kerala) to Sheffield (addressed to a Piano shop), countersigned by Captain at base, with Cannanore cds's (Nov 16 and 17) on reverse alongside 'Too Late' handstamp in red, Bombay transit in red and Sheffield arrival (Dec 28).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1135 Palestine

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    1923: Unpaid slightly trimmed cover to Jerusalem struck on front with 'To Pay / '10' / Miliemes' in black, franked on reverse with two horizontal strips of five 1923 Postage Due 1 m. yellow-brown tied by 'Jerusalem' cds's (March 8, 1924). Scarce and fine usage of a scarce stamp. Signed Sorani Gi = £ 380 off cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 947 Hyderabad

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    1795: Outer letter sheet from Calcutta with oval framed 'G.P.O. / NOV (2) / Pt. Pd. (12)' struck in black and filled in manuscript, mailed to Hyderabad with manuscript endorsement 'Post Paid to Masulipatam' alongside (mss. hejira 1210 on front), also a Septmeber 1856 stampless envelope with framed HYDERABAD / BEARING handstamp in black used to Jaulnah rated 4 annas in manuscript.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1153 Transvaal

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    Transvaal 1885: 1 s. yellow-green, perf. 12½ x 12, used on 1889 cover from Pretoria to Aarau, Switzerland, tied by 'Pretoria' cds in black with split rate '2½ d.' handstamp in red below. Reverse with Cape Town transit (Jan 28), Zurich cds (Feb 20) and arrival. File fold well away from adhesive, an unusual cover.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1100 Ireland

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    1925: Seahorses set of three values, 2 s. 6 d. chocolate-brown, 5 s. rose-carmine and 10 s. dull grey-blue; all in matching lower left corner blocks of four, the second stamp in each block showing the "circumflex accent over a" error (Row 9 stamp 2). Superb and rare set with full unmounted og. Exhibition multiples Gi = £ 2'500+.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1130 Northern Rhodesia

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    1953: Covers (2), each to Fort Jameson, one mailed in July 1953 franked by 1941 1½ d. yellow-brown and taxed with 1952 Postage Due 1 d. black on chalk-surfaced paper due to rate change, the other cover, somewhat stained, addressed locally to a Leper Colony in June 1953 and charged with 1952 Postage Due 3 d. black on chalk-surfaced paper. A scarce pair Gi = £ 160 off cover.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 761 Egypt Kingdom

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    1923: Harrison Archives, ten definitive values from 1 m. to 200 m. (as 1914 values), on paper with top row of stamps annotated 'Original Standards - Light Test from 9 am July 7 to August 12th' and lower row annotated 'These have been boiled for 10 minutes', and their consequent slight imperfections. A scarce insight into the printer's work.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 763 Egypt Kingdom

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    1955 (Nov 1): Second Arab Postal Conference, 37 m. violet, a used example showing variety 'Double Overprint', cancelled at Sohag. Horizontally creased but a stamp of great rarity, with fewer than 10 examples recorded and unknown in mint condition. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C160a = $ 350.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 892 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 4 m. black & green, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top right of sheet, minor corner bend in margin only not detracting from appearance, unmounted og. Scarce, just 200 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A7c = $ 120+.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 900 Egypt Kingdom

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    1933: Airmail 70 m. green & blue, a superb mint block of four with Farouk oblique perforations, corner marginal from top left of sheet, negligible corner bend in margin only not detracting from appearance, unmounted og. Scarce, just 100 examples printed. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post A19b = $ 300+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 778 Egypt Kingdom

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    1960 (Jan 2): Post Day 10 m. blue, fine unused imperforate watermarked vertical pair, marginal from top right corner of the sheet, minor wrinkle in margin mentioned for accuracy only, full unmounted og. Rare, just 100 stamps printed thus. Signed Todd AIEP Nile Post C233a = $ 150.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 685 Great Britain

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    Plating Study 2 d. blue 1840/57: 2 d. blue plating study of pl. 1 & 2, pl. 3 & 4 and pl. 5 & 6, including 1840 2 d. (19 singles plus 2 pairs), 1841, 2 d. nearly all letterings complete (300 singles, 31 pairs, 9 strips of three, 2 strips of four and 22 covers), incl. re-entries, constant varieties, a little mixed condition but many fine SG = approx. £ 70'000.
    Starting bid : 3,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1107 Malaya

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    1926/1990c.: Accumulation of covers/cards taxed on arrival with 1932 cover from USA taxed in Singapore at 14 c. and in Batavia at 20 c., further taxed in Soerabaja at 20 c. with label 'Please return this envelope to the Superintendant of Mails, GPO Singapore', 1942/44 Japanese Occupation Due covers/cards, 1938/39 covers with Johore Dues, 1926 and 1934 covers from India with Straits Dues, and some modern Singapore Due covers (38 items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600 CHF
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