Melbourne 2017 Fund-Raising Auction Wednesday 29th March 2017, commencing at 4:00 pm Level 2, 170 Queen Street, Melbourne, Australia. Welcome to 2nd part of auction 53. This section features material that has been donated to help with the show costs. Lots are all being sold with no reserve and no vendor commission is being charged. The full hammer price is being forwarded to the Melbourne 2017 Organising Committee, so please bid generously! Please note that this auction has been incorporated as the second part of Auction 53 on our website. The auction will be held in our Auction Room at Level 2, 170 Queen Street Melbourne. Enter either lift in the foyer and go to Level 2. If the lifts are secured, when you are visiting, please press the buzzer outside the front door and a member of staff will come and fetch you. This auction will be live on the net via our own auction systems. Just login as usual and then open the ‘Live Bidding' window. This will then give you the ability to bid on each lot just as if you were in the room. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any queries. All our standard auction procedures apply to this Auction. You can bid in the room, by post, email or through the website. In fact you can bid exactly the same way you do with our normal public auctions. If you intend to bid live online and have any queries as to how our online bidding operates, please contact us, at least the day before, please don't wait until the last minute. Viewing will be held in our offices from Saturday 25th March to Tuesday 28th March 10am to 4pm and on Wednesday 29th between 8am and 4pm, or by prior arrangement.
Session 2 will commence at 4:00pm Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 2301 **/*/U/C Miscellany with [1] Australia 1950 Australian National Philatelic Exhibition cinderellas imperforate pairs in blue or in purple-brown; [2] Victoria 1901 5/- pale red & deep blue SG #383 mint, some toning; [3] Batum 1920 50r on 15k reference forgery used (Cat £1,100 when genuine); Germany 1855 pre-stamp entire from Berlin to Bordeaux; [6] Stellaland 1884 3d Arms used, central thin, expertised on reverse (Cat £375); [6] Poland 1960s-70s flight covers x6. (12 ) COINS & BANKNOTES | Coins 2302 Australia: 2015 six-coin uncirculated set commemorating 50th Anniversary of Royal Australian Mint, in presentation wallet. DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA 2303 * Australia WWII: ‘AUST. PIONEER BN/A.I.F. M.E.’ (Egypt) Christmas card containing insert with message from Robert Menzies, fine condition. LITERATURE 2304 L India: ‘Express Mail, After Packets and Late Fees in India before 1870’ by Max Smith & Robert Johnson, 291pp softbound, cover blemishes, published by the Stuart Rossiter Trust (2007). Phoenix Auctions Pty Ltd · Auction Rooms: Level 2, 170 Queen Street, Melbourne. Australia. Postal Address: GPO Box 4346, Melbourne. Vic. 3001. Australia. · ABN: 92 132 987 663 P: +61 3 8682 9876 · F: +61 3 8677 2858 · E: phoenix@phoenixauctions.com.au
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Portugal: ‘Precious Stones in Sacret Art in Portugal’ by Rui Galopim de Carvalho (2010), 141pp hardbound, published for Portugal 2010 Stamp Exhibition containing Precious Stones in Art set of 3 stamps plus limited edition M/S. 2306 L Sweden: ‘The Treskilling Yellow’ by L Fimmerstad (2004) 186pp hardbound, shrink-wrapped as issued. BRITISH COMMONWEALTH | Postal History 2307 * 1935-43 British Africa Airmail Covers comprising [1] Tanganyika 1935 (Mar 11) inwards from UK addressed to Dept of Police in Tabora, re-directed to Iringa, Tabora, Dodoma & Iringa backstamps; [2] KUT 1942 (Nov 16) 4/40c censored airmail cover to Argentina, ‘N/156’ censor label, Lagos transit & Buenos Aires arrival backstamp; [3] South Africa 1943 (Jan 8) cover to USA with 2/6d Ox-wagon plus 1/- & 6d War Effort tied by Port Elizabeth datestamps; condition variable. (3) AUSTRALIA | Kangaroos - Third Watermark 2308 * 2½d Blue BW #11 pair tied by Ship Mail Room Melbourne datestamps on C. Steakmest (Melbourne) cover to Sweden, ‘PASSED’ censor handstamp, Gothenburg backstamp. AUSTRALIA | Georgian Head Issues 2309 **/*/U KGV Heads Array on hagners with MUH optd ‘OS’ SMult 2d & 4d & CofA ½d to 5d set, mint Single Wmk 4d olive & 5d brown, used to CofA 1/4d; also KGVI Thick Paper Robes 5/- x2, 10/- x2 & £1; condition mostly fine. (75) AUSTRALIA | Other Pre-Decimals 2310 * 1928 3d Kookaburra Miniature Sheet BW #133 few trivial gum blemishes, stamps MUH, also a single 3d MLH, Cat $175. 2311 **/* 1963-66 Navigators optd ‘SPECIMEN’, Cream Paper 7/6d to £1 plus £2 overprinted at lower right BW #406x-9xb, MLH; also extra 10/- & £1 both MUH, Cat $950 (as MUH). AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 2312 * 1968-70 On Cover Usages comprising 1968 Bernies Automotive Importers to Germany x2 with 25c Robin or 1967 25c Xmas solo frankings; also 1969 Mount Isa (Qld) registered small cover to Germany with 50c Navigators + 5c QEII and 1970 Charlestown (NSW) registered small cover to UK with 5c & 30c Royal Visit + 20c Expo; fine overall. (4) 2313 * 1972-73 On Cover Usages comprising solo frankings of 35c Beef, 35c Olympics, 35c 1972 Xmas & 35c Mapping; also 30c Fish and 5c QEII; all are used on small commercial covers to Sweden with typed addresses. Scarce group. (5) AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues 2314 ** 1971 7c Christmas se-tenant block of 25 BW #578ca, fresh MUH, Cat $95. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Exhibition Collectables 2315 ** 2005-2014 Victorian Philatelic Congress comprising 2005 First Australian Coin M/S x2 overprinted in red or in gold, 2013 Banknote M/S numbered ‘75’ of ‘150’, 2014 Colonial Heritage - Visualising $2 + $2 M/S numbered ‘002’ of ‘150’ and KGV Centenary M/S numbered ‘116’ of ‘200’. (5) 2316 ** 2009 Stampex Cricketers Ball 55c Personalised Stamps. complete sheets of 20 in four different designs. Only three full sheets of each design were produced. 2317 * 2009 Year of the Ox PNC Limited Edition x2, overprinted for 2009 Melbourne Stampshow, consecutively numbered ‘13’ & ‘14’. 2318 * 2009 Year of the Ox PNC Limited Edition x2, overprinted for 2009 Melbourne Stampshow, consecutively numbered ‘95’ & ‘96’. 2009 Year of the Ox PNC Limited Edition x2, overprinted for 2009 Melbourne Stampshow, consecutively numbered ‘98’ & ‘99’. (2) 2319 * 2320 * 2009 Australia Post 200 Years PNC Limited Edition x2, overprinted for 2009 Melbourne Stampshow, numbered ‘09’ & ‘208’ of just 300 issued. 2321 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Emerging Identity $2 x2 imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $400. 2322 ** 2010 Kokoda Se-Tenant M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in red, limited edition numbered #1 of 500. 2323 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Empire $5 QV imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $500. 2324 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Empire $5 QV imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $500. 2325 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Empire $5 QV imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $500. 2326 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Empire $5 QV imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $500. 2327 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Empire $5 QV imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $500. 2328 ** 2010 Colonial Heritage - Empire $5 QV imperf intaglio M/S x100, pristine condition, face value $500. 2329 P 2010 Australian Railway Journeys photographic proof of booklet front, numbered #1 of 500, with Australia 2013 logo in black, being the Final Draft received from Australia Post endorsed ‘AUSTRALIA 2013 APPROVAL/New Colour Black/Accepted’ and signed by Gary Brown. 2330 * 2011 Ashes PNC Limited Edition overprinted for Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps (Melbourne 2013), numbered ‘030’ of just ‘250’ issued. Retail $100+. 2011 Ashes PNC Limited Edition overprinted for Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps (Melbourne 2013), numbered ‘172’ of just ‘250’ 2331 * issued. Retail $100+. 2332 * 2011 Ashes PNC Limited Edition overprinted for Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps (Melbourne 2013), numbered ‘211’ of just ‘250’ issued. Retail $100+. 2011 Ashes PNC Limited Edition overprinted for Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps (Melbourne 2013), numbered ‘212’ of just ‘250’ 2333 * issued. Retail $100+. 2334 * 2011 Centenary of RMC Duntroon & 2012 Year of the Dragon PNCs both overprinted for 2012 Canberra Stampshow being limited editions of 250, originally selling for $100 the pair at the show. (2) 2335 ** 2012 Colonial Heritage Visualising Australia (3rd Issue) Imperforate M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition numbered #1 of 250. 2336 B 2012 Capital City Transport Prestige Booklet limited edition overprinted for 2012 PSWA Centennial Exhibition, containing set of 5 stamps in imperforate panes of 4, numbered ‘116’ of just ‘250’ issued. 2337 B 2012 Capital City Transport Prestige Booklet limited edition overprinted for 2012 PSWA Centennial Exhibition, containing set of 5 stamps in imperforate panes of 4, numbered ‘117’ of just ‘250’ issued. 2338 B 2012 Capital City Transport Prestige Booklet limited edition overprinted for 2012 PSWA Centennial Exhibition, containing set of 5 stamps in imperforate panes of 4, numbered ‘118’ of just ‘250’ issued. 2339 B 2012 Capital City Transport Prestige Booklet limited edition overprinted for 2012 PSWA Centennial Exhibition, containing set of 5 stamps in imperforate panes of 4, numbered ‘119’ of just ‘250’ issued. 2340 ** 2012 Colonial Heritage Visualising Australia (3rd Issue) Imperforate M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo and ‘PATRONS CLUB Series 3’ in red, limited edition numbered #1 of 250. 2341 * 2013 South Australia Congress celebrating 125 years of the Philatelic Society of South Australia comprising 14 covers each franked with 60c CPS inscribed ‘Congress 2013’, special Congress postcards x5, individually numbered illustrated Congress covers x10, etc; also some unrelated commemorative covers; fine condition. (42 items) 2342 ** 2013 Christmas Island Year of the Snake M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition, numbered ‘250’ of ‘250’. 2343 ** 2013 AAT Territory Mountains M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition, numbered ‘250’ of ‘250’. 2344 ** 2013 QEII Coronation Diamond Jubilee M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition numbered ‘250’ of ‘250’.
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2013 $10 Kangaroo & Map Intaglio Print Imperforate M/S overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps red logo & ‘PATRONS CLUB/Series 4’, limited edition numbered #1 of 250. 2346 ** 2013 Kokoda Booklet overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in black, limited edition numbered ‘500’ of ‘500’. 2347 ** 2013 AAT Expedition Centenary M/S Part II Arrival & Exploration overprinted with 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps logo in gold, limited edition numbered ‘250’ of ‘250’. 2348 * 2013 45c Royal Exhibition Building Postcard x3, overprinted in gold for Indonesia 2012 World Stamp Championship and again as a limited edition for 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps, numbered consecutively between ‘86’ to ‘88’ of ‘250’ issued. (3) 2349 * 2013 Centenary of Kangaroo Stamps World Stamp Exhibition premium season season pass, numbered ‘2’ of ‘300’ issued. 2350 ** 2014 Baypex Australasian Challenge full sheet of 20 personalised 70c stamps for 2014 Hawke’s Bay Stamp Show. 2351 ** 2014 The Urn Returns (Ashes) M/S overprinted ‘AUSTRALIA/Celebrating/40 Years/Membership/of FIAP/PhilaKorea 2014’ in silver, limited edition numbered #1 (of 250?). 2014 Adelaide Stampex Supporters Pack number ‘11’ of 50 issued, contents include Aeropex 2003 medallion cover numbered 2352 * ‘153’, ‘Bound for South Australia’ Medallion Cover & Medallion postcard, Back from Antarctic medallion cover, etc. 2353 B 2015 Ties to Home Prestige Booklet limited edition overprinted for 2015 Sydney Stamp Expo x2, numbered ‘012’ or ‘192’ of just 500 issued. 2354 **/C 2015 Newcastle Supporters Pack number ‘30’ of 100 issued including overprinted $7 Anzac booklet, & First Victoria Cross $5.70 M/S. 2355 ** 2016 South Australia Stampex overprints in silver for ‘8th Australasian Philatelic Challenge’ or ‘3rd Picture Postcard Challenge on 2016 New Zealand Anzac Centenary M/Ss x2, MUH. (2) 2016 Adelaide Stampex Supporters Pack number ‘11’ of 50 issued, contents include Gothic Stampex 14 PNC with medallion 2356 * overstruck with ‘x’ on reverse. 2357 ** 2016 Sydney Stamp Expo limited edition selection comprising optd in gold Anzac M/S (13/250), Gallipoli M/S (13/250) & Anzac booklet (9/200); also optd in silver Anzac M/S; fine condition. (4) 2358 */** 2016 Mandurah Supporters Pack number ‘26’ of just 100 issued including overprinted National Service Memorial PNC; also commemorative Duyfken Replica ship covers x2 signed by ship’s captain. 2016 Adelaide Stampex Supporters Pack number ‘7’ of 50 issued, contents include include 2014 Queen’s Birthday SS Gothic PNC, 2359 *** medallion overstruck ‘x’ on reverse and Anzac Courage & Commitment M/Ss x2 overprinted. 2360 **/C 2016 Mandurah Supporters Pack number ‘29’ of 100 issued including overprinted National Service Memorial PNC. 2361 * 2016 Battle of Fromelles limited edition medallion covers x3 overprinted for 2016 Mandurah Stamp Show, with show commemorative postmarks for 3rd, 4th or 5th November numbered ‘007’, ‘152’ or ‘259’ of just 300 issued, Retail $150+. (3) 2016 Hobart Supporters Pack number ‘12’ of just 60 issued, including overprinted Year of the Monkey M/S and Tasman Bridge 2362 *** cover cancelled with exhibition postmark. 2363 * 2016 Dick Hartog’s Landing PNC x3, overprinted for 2016 Mandurah Stamp & Coin Show with different commemorative postmarks for each day of the show, limited edition numbered ‘89’, ‘127’ or ‘249’ of the 300 issued. Believed less than 50 complete sets of three were sold at the show. 2364 ** 2016 Jewel Beetles M/Ss For China 2016 Asian International Stamp Exhibition set of 5 M/Ss with commemorative cancels for each day of the exhibition. Only 100 M/Ss were serviced each day and complete sets are rare, a similar set selling for $1,750+ on Ebay in December 2016 (see Glen Stephens’ March 2017 ‘Market Matters’ article in Stamp News); also $1 Kooka M/S with commemorative exhibition cancel. 2365 ** 2017 Norfolk Island Seabirds M/S overprinted for 2017 Melbourne International Stamp Show, numbered ‘001’ of ‘250’. 2366 ** 2017 AAT Hurley’s Journey M/S overprinted with 2017 Melbourne Stamp and Coin Show logo in blue, limited edition, numbered ‘001’ of ‘150’. 2367 * 2017 P-Stamp Sheet Photographic Proof with 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show logo, official approval on A4 paper dated ‘3/5/ 2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer. 2017 90th Birthday of the Queen M/S Photographic Proof with 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show overprint, official approval 2368 * on A4 paper dated ‘5/5/2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer. 2017 AAT Hurley’s Journey M/S Photographic Proof with 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show overprint, official approval on A4 2369 * paper dated ‘4/8/2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer. 2370 * 2017 50 Years of Play School M/S Photographic Proof with 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show overprint, official approval on A4 paper dated ‘4/8/2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer. 2017 Norfolk Island Seabirds M/S Photographic Proof with 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show overprint, official approval on 2371 * A4 paper dated ‘5/5/2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer. 2372 * 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show Daily Pass Postal Stationery Card Photographic Proof on A4 paper dated ‘8/11/2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer, top side approved, bottom side unapproved with corrections indicated. 2017 Melbourne Stamp & Coin Show Season Pass Postal Stationery Card Photographic Proof official approval on A4 paper 2373 * dated ‘8/1/2016’, signed by Gary Brown & Frank Pauer. AUSTRALIA | Decimal Issues | Postage 2374 ** Assorted postage in packet, mostly modern issues including 2004 Olympics Gold Medallist sheetlets x30, total face value $550+. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Registration Envelopes 2375 * 1913 4d Orange Kangaroo, ‘REGISTERED LETTER’ At Top long envelope headed ‘REGISTERED LETTER’ at top BW #RE2 with KGV Smooth Paper 1d red added, trivial soiling, Cat $1,000. ACSC states that “From 13 October 1921 postmasters were advised that envelopes could have an extra 1d stamp attached and sold at 6d.”. AUSTRALIA | Postal Stationery - Wrappers (PTPO) 2376 * 1922-24 1d Violet KGV Sideface BW #WS11 used locally in Melbourne between Sandringham and Carlton, with oval ‘20 Posted’ oval handstamp in violet, unidentified user, Cat $200. AUSTRALIA | First Day Covers 2377 * 1970 30c Captain Cook tied by Clarence St Sydney ‘20APR1970’ FDI datestamp to small FDC, typed address, fine condition. AUSTRALIA | Military & Censor Mail 2378 * 2003 Australian Forces in Iraq cover to Canberra with ‘Postage/Paid/Australia/(Bugle over World symbol)/Austalian Forces Post Office/3’ handstamp in black, on reverse, ‘AUST FPO/24MAY/2003/3’ datestamp (Bagdad). Scarce Iraq War mail. AUSTRALIA | Military - World War II Period 2379 * Netherland Indies (Dec 3) cover with KGVI 3d brown tied by boxed ‘NEDERLANSCH INDIES/PTT/3-DEC-1945/BALIKPAPAN’ datestamp, section of brown paper adhered to cover at left. [Scarce - canceller was only in use between Aug-Dec 1945.] QUEENSLAND 2380 */W 1895-1908 2½d Plate Proofs Selection with Figures in Two Corners x2 in mauve or rose (on blued paper); Figures in Four Corners x9 in deep blue, turquoise-green (2, shades), slate-green, russet-brown, brown, ochre-yellow, pale violet and pink (on blued paper), with or without gum. Attractive group. 2381 * 1890-94 Lined-Oval Wmk 2nd Crown/Q Perf 12½,13 2½d carmine SG #191 with 5.5mm vertical scratch from top of Queen’s ear to ‘S’ of ‘QUEENSLAND’ [Pos 76], fine mint.
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA 2382 F 1855 Imperf London Printing 2d rose-carmine SG #2 pair, margins almost touching (at top left) to very good, grid cancel, Cat £170+. 2383 ** 1886-96 ‘POSTAGE & REVENUE’ Frame-plate imperforate plate proof pair in mauve from the right of the sheet, stamps are MUH. TASMANIA | Postal Stationery - Franks 2384 F Education Department: 1898 (Mar 1) use of Type T150.1 handstamp in magenta on Education Department printed Registration Envelope to Upper Tea Tree, ‘REGISTERED/0066/HOBART’ boxed registration handstamp in blue, very fine Upper Tea Tree arrival backstamp on reverse. Selection On Covers: from a variety of departments comprising Chief Secretary Type T295.1 in violet (with Royal Society crest on 2385 * flap), Colonial Storekeeper in magenta & Surveyor General in red all (Rated R); also Corporation of Hobart, Government Statistician & Office of Taxes (Hobart) x3; all with Hobart datestamps. Nice variety. (8) TASMANIA | Postal History 2386 * 1864 (Aug 9) entire to London with imperf 6d dull slate-grey Chalon (just shaved at left, o/w complete margins) tied by Hobart grid cancel, with fine strike of ‘GENERAL-POST-OFFICE/HOBART TOWN/(crown)9AU9/1864’ datestamp alongside, on reverse ‘THOs D. CHAPMAN & Co/AGENTS FOR LLOYD’s/HOBART TOWN’ label in brown & yellow sealing the letter, London ‘OC20’ arrival backstamp. 1870 (Sep 9) cover to Melbourne with 6d Chalon P12 SG #76 tied by BN ‘52’ with fine ‘POST OFFICE LAUNCESTON/(crown)/9SP9/ 2387 * 1870’ large diamond datestamp alongside, Melbourne & Carlton next-day backstamps. VICTORIA 2388 * 1901-10 ‘POSTAGE’ Wmk 4th V/Crown Perf 12x12½ or 12½ 9d Watermark Sideways SG #393a fine mint; also ½d Bantam SG #384 pair, right-hand unit with Break in line under postage, fine mint. BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCES (BCOF) 2389 * 1946-49 ½d to 5/- set BW #J1-J7, mint, Cat $220+. AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY | Postal History 2390 * 1987 Australian 36c Playpus framas showing a variety of post codes, cancelled with Davis or Mawson datestamps on covers with typed ‘per M.V. Icebird’ endorsements. (18) BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE 2391 * 1888 Surcharges 1d on 1d lilac & black SG #22, with distinct Doubling of surcharge, unlisted by Gibbons, fine mint. CANADA | Postal History 2392 * 1942 (Aug 17) late use of 1897 Jubilee 1c, 5c x2 & 8c on Special Delivery cover from Midland (Ontario) to USA, Chicago backstamps. CHINA 2393 **/C 2003 16th Asian International Stamp Exhibition commemorative book housed in binder, containing M/Ss, stamps and covers. 2394 ** 2016 Asian International Stamp Exhibition folder containing M/Ss x2, one with inscription in gold, the other with inscription in red and numbered in black. This pack was only made available to the exhibition jury. EGYPT 2395 F 1867-71 Impressed Wmk Pyramids 1pi x3, 2pi & scarce 5pi, SG #14-16, fine used with Gedda datestamps (Saudi Arabia), Cat £200 with normal Egyptian cancels. (5) 2396 **/W 1938 Officials imperforate 1m to 50m plate proof sets x2 on thick card with Cancelled handstamps on reverse in English or in Arabic; also standard issue set SG #O276-84 with small boxed Arabic handstamps on reverse, MUH. (27) GREAT BRITAIN | Collections and Miscellaneous Groupings 2397 **/*/U Assortment with QV ½d to 1/- (both) Jubilee set, KGV ½d to 2½d PUC mint set (2½d MUH), plus a large accumulation on printed album pages, mostly QEII pre-decimal & Decimal issues used with Machins to £5 with multiples, Castles high values, good range of commemoratives. Some heavy duplication, condition variable. (many 100s) ITALIAN STATES | Parma 2398 F 1859 Provisional Government 10c deep brown SG #30, fine used with tidy cancel, Cat £850. ITALIAN STATES | Tuscany 2399 F 1860 Arms of Savoy imperf 1c plum SG #37, complete margins, lightly struck ‘23/MAR/1860’ datestamp, Cat £950. LAGOS 2400 U 1893 Surchages ½d on 4d dull mauve & black variety Surcharge double, SG #42a, used, Cat £55. NETHERLANDS 2401 * 1912-21 Postage Dues 4½c, 5½c & 25c, SG #D236, 238 & 245, mint, Cat £115. SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES | NATAL 2402 U 1874-1909 High Values comprising 1874-99 QV 5/- rose SG #72 x2 (one faded), KEVII 1902 Crown CC 5/- blue & rose & 1908-09 Crown CA 5/- all with datestamp cancels, also £5 mauve & black SG #144 fiscally used with perfin (Cat £1,400 when postally used). (5) SOUTH AFRICA 2403 */** 1936 JIPEX M/Ss with ½d x15 comprising nine of the ten issued marginal advertising configurations, several duplicates; also 1d x11 comprising eight of the twenty-one issued configurations plus three duplicates; odd blemish, mostly fine. (26) SWITZERLAND 2404 W/* 1862-81 Sitting Helvetias comprising 1862-64 1f bronze-gold SG #60 couple nibbed perfs & filled central thin on reverse, without gum (Cat £1,600); also 1881 Granite paper 1f gold SG #113 mint. (2) THAILAND 2405 2016 Asian International Stamp Exhibition limted edition special folder x2, issued to participants in the exhibition, numbered ‘78’ & ‘301’ of just 350 issued. (2) TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS | Postal History 2406 * 1949 (Jul 28) cover to Ireland endorsed “AIR MAIL/via Haiti”, with KGVI 6d Centenary strip of 3 & 2d tied by Salt Cay Type 1 datestamp, paying 1/6d airmail rate plus 2d registration fee, Kingston (Jamaica) backstamp, central fold, otherwise fine. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Postal History 2407 * 1894-1970 Special Delivery Covers predominantly pre-1950 and all with Special Delivery Stamps affixed including 1894 Randolph State Bank to Ohio with 10c deep orange Scott #E3, two RPO backstamps, 1895 Princeton to Cambridge (Mass) with Special Delivery handstamp applied at Cambridge franked with 10c blue #E4, two RPO backstamps, 1901 American Exposition (Buffalo) with 10c blue #E5, 1908 Contoocook (NH) to Chicago with #E6, etc; condition variable but mostly fine. Would make an excellent entree into a new collecting area. (29) 2408 * 1924-69 Special Delivery Covers all endorsed for Special Delivery service but some of the earlier covers without SD stamps including 1924 San Antonio to Austin (Tx) with 2c Walloon x6, 1937 with 2c Washington coil strip of 7, the cover handstamped ‘Insufficiently prepaid not/In special delivery’, etc; condition generally fine. (10)
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