sale 41
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Welcome to our 41st auction. Holy Land items.
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The Auction has most specialties well-represented. Especially noteworthy are the sections of Holy Land Forerunners, Jewish Colonies, Mandate Stamps & used abroad, 1948 Interim Safed 1948 - 10m local Imperforate Proof of Settes, Doar Ivri, 1948 1st Festivals, 1950 1st Air Mail, Holocaust mail & Worldwide Philately. Hong-kong postal history, China, India A-Z, Banknotes, and Coins & Medals.
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CYPRUS, 1923 K.G.V watermark multiple crown CA 10s. green and red on pale yellow, and 1924-28 watermark multiple crown script CA. some tiny trivial mount glaze specks on gum, otherwise fine to very fine. S.G. 100, cat. £400.
1925 (29 OC) registered 'Wilson' cover bearing four colour franking tied South Shetlands cds, registration label at centre, without backstamps.
1898, Queen Victoria, 2s6p deep blue and 5s red, complete set of two, watermark Crown CC, full OG, LH, VF and scarce in this pristine condition, SG #41/42, £525
1929-36, King George V, Whale and Penguins, ½p-£1, complete set of 11, perfect quality, full OG, VF and scarce hinged, SG #116/26, £700 as hinged
1935, Falkland Islands: Cancellations and Covers: 1935 (APR 23)registered envelope used, to England, bearing 1929-356 4d., cancelled by ''PORT STANLEY'' c.d.s., PS.1B.
Falkland Islands: King Edward VII: Covers and Cancellations: 1908 (SP. 2.) early photographic postcard franked 1d. Post card Malvina Series Sea Lion Rookery. Postcard to Cape Town with the following markings: Triangular SP-2-08. Triangular sp-3-08. c.d.s . :30pm SP-4. c.d.s Returned to Cape Town. Triangular SP-8-08. Boxed official Redirected at Cape Town. Port Elizabeth c/d.s 4:00pm OC-4. Willowmore c.d.s 8:00am OC-7. Despite the insufficient address cachet it may have reached its destination.
Falkland Islands: Cancellations and Covers: 1904 (Mar. 1) p.p.c. of Port Stanley (Heyburn G-5-9) used to Oxford franked 1d. orange-red tied by Heijtz type F4.B. with code ''U'' (''C'' sideways).
Falkland Islands: Cancellations and Covers: 1913 official envelope to Connecticut, 1d. Foreign rate paid by 2 1/2d., 1d. Letter to U.S underpaid rate, should be 2 1/2d.Falkland Islands: Queen Victoria Covers and Cancellations: 1902 (Sept. 16) envelope to Scotland, franked by 1d. pale Venetian red (SG # 22), carried on the ''Oravia'' and with Inverness Oct. 14 arrival backstamp. Photo. (lot of two covers).
Falkland Islands (Stanley): 1925 (Se. 16) from' Mr' S.H. Roberts envelope to Somerset England bearing 1d. block of four cancelled by fine central strike of F.4F c.d.s, (Correct rate-1d postage and 3d registration fee).Falkland Islands: 1902 (Sept.) 'Scott' cover to Scotland franked by 1/2d. deep yellow-green left marginal pair with indistinct F.4A c.d.s. cancellations, Sep. 16 Inverness arrival backstamp. Carried on the "Oravia" to Liverpool, departing OC. 14. Photo. (lot of two covers).
1968, Hong Kong, 1968 Year of the Monkey 10c and 1.30$ marginal block of four fine to very fine. S.G. 245-46 var; Yang C47-8 MiNr: 230/231. var. Cat E 720. Superb.
1915 British Post Offices in China, 4c Hong Kong Postal card cancelled Shanghai Br PO with clear routing and receiving cancels to David Ezra in Calcutta, India. Hebrew message. Rare usage and destination. (Yang # P28)
1917 sent on APR-11-17 British Post offices in China; 4c “CHINA” overprinted Hong Kong postal card CDS cancelled SHANGHAI Br PO to David Ezra in Calcutta, India. Message in Hebrew. Rare usage and destination. (Yang # P35).