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Lot 3053 |
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1949 Currency Victims souvenir sheet (9NB3a), o.g., never hinged. Very Fine.
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Lot 3054 |
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1945, 12pf red (15N1), left sheet margin single, huge margins, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine.
Scott $375
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Lot 3055 |
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1945 2rm Christmas Fund sheet, both papers (16N3a and var.), o.g., lightly hinged. Very Fine. Michel Block 1t, 1x €1,000 ($1,080).
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Lot 3056 |
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1945, 10rm Christmas Fun sheet, imperforate (16N7b var.), o.g., lightly hinged. Light corner crease, otherwise Very Fine. Michel 2S €4,500 for NH ($4,860).
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Lot 3057 |
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1854 Kirkcaldy, Scotland to California, Paid Letter (14 July) Paid folded letter to San Francisco, via Cunarder Africa, Closed Mail via New York & Panama, paying 1/ 2 -1/2d rate. Marked "PAID" & "x105" (Gibb & Co. box#) on arrival in San Francisco, arrived 1 Sep 1854 via steamer Sonora, minor edge wear, otherwise F-VF.
Estimate 200 - 250
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Lot 3058 |
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1951 airship "Bournemouth" flown cover, bearing onboard circular cachet "Carried on board the Airship ‘Bournemouth’ 19 July 1951" addressed to a James Wotherspoon, upper left corner is typed "The Airship Club, First Trial Flight of Airship No. 1, ‘Bournemouth’", ½d & 1d stamps cancelled Bedford, 25 July 1951, pencil notation on reverse notes"Flown on 1st & 2nd flights" but documentation has been lost. One of only a few ever documented as being flown on a British airship!.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3059 |
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1964, 3d and 6d Forth Road Bridge, imperforate (418-419 var.), left sheet margin imperforate imprimaturs, each handstamped "N P Imprimatur" on reverse, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3060 |
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3d Forth Road Bridge, imperf at top sheet margin (418 var.), o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. SG 659 var.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3061 |
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1964, 6d Forth Road Bridge, light blue omitted (419a), a choice mint single, o.g., never hinged, post office fresh and Extremely Fine. SG 660a.
Scott $2,900
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Lot 3062 |
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1964, 6d Forth Road Bridge, light blue omitted (419a), tied by Queensferry commemorative cancel on cacheted FDC, Very Fine and exceedingly rare. Scott $1,250 off cover. SG 660a.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3063 |
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1984 Europa artist's pencil drawings (1053/1055 E), three superb stamp size sketches for a 26p stamp by designer Fritz Wegner, very similar to the issued stamp, mounted on a single piece of matboard, manuscript "original roughs for Europa issue May 1984"; also a sketch by Wegner for a cachet design with manuscript "Unicover Design 1"; both signed. A unique pair.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 3064 |
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1868 Guatamala City to France with PANAMA / date / TRANSIT (July) Paid only to Panama double-weight use to Bordeaux via England, with GB /1F 90c Franco-British Accountany Marking, and red boxed FRANCO. "2" Reales hstp on reverse for routing via Belize. Charged 24 decemes on arrival, faint blue CORREOS / GUATEMALA cancel on front, VF, very scarce origin.
Estimate 250 - 300
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Lot 3065 |
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1874 Depreciated Currency use from Guatemala to New York (21 Aug) rare & seldom seen red CORREOS DE GUATEMALA / PAQUETES postmark, endorsed via Panama, with NEW YORK / U.S. CURRENCY / DUE 20 arrival postmark. (Letter partially reduced inside). Very scarce origin & markings.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3066 |
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1937, 55c General Carías Bridge, artist's model (335E), stamp-size handpainted model with photo of Carías' bust inserted, three different signatures including final approval 11/17/36, Very Fine. A unique item for the collector of bridges on stamps.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3067 |
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1983, 1L Comayagua River Bridge, artist's model (C729E), handpainted/photographic model with type on acetate overlay, image area 151x97mm, manuscript "Stamp size 42 x 28.4 mm", unadopted design, Very Fine. A unique item for the collector of bridges on stamps.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3068 |
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1939 WWII Censored, India used in Pharijong, Tibet to U.S (22 Nov) 3 1/2A surface rate cover to Niantic, Conn, used from remote small town in the Himalayas. Usages from this town are very rarely seen. Fine use on Catcutta Censored cover. Extremely Fine and rarely seen this nice.
Estimate 200 - 250
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Lot 3069 |
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1946, 100L United Family (477), block of 4. O.g., never hinged. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $900 as singles
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Lot 3070 |
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1948 Values complete (15-17, E2, 4, Q5, 10-12), combination First Day Cover bearing all nine stamps issued March 1, 1948 cancelled "Trieste - Secc. B, Piazza Della Borsa" c.d.s.s, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3071 |
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1931 Surcharged triangles, perf & imperf (CB3-5, 3a-5a), tied by "Riga 2, 15 VII 32" c.d.s.s on registered airmail cover to Vienna, receiver (16.VII) at lower right, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3072 |
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1932 Home Guard triangles, perf and imperf (CB6-8, 6a-8a), tied by "Riga, -1.6.33 R" c.d.s.s on registered cover to New Market, N.Y., backstamped, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3073 |
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1933 Planes and Zeppelin (CB21-CB24), tied by "Riga-Lidpasts, 4.5.37" c.d.s.s on registered cover to Kreutlingen, Switzerland, backstamped, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3074 |
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1932 4th S. America Zeppelin flight (Michel 241 b), registered cover to Pernambuco bearing 2.35L postage including C6-8, cancelled Riga (26 Apr.), red Berlin connecting flight and Zeppelin flight cachets, backstamped, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3075 |
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1934, 5fr Vaduz souvenir sheet (115), 114 x 126 mm. O.g., never hinged. Very Fine.
Scott $2,450
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Lot 3076 |
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1934 Vaduz souvenir sheet (115), 113 x 124 mm. O.g., never hinged. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $2,450
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Lot 3077 |
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1951, 2fr-5fr Portraits, redrawn, perf 14½ (259a-260a), o.g., never hinged. Very Fine.
Scott $900
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Lot 3078 |
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1956 Europa set complete (318-320), margin blocks of four. O.g., never hinged. Very Fine and scarce.
Scott $3,400 as singles
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Lot 3079 |
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1903 Rare Oval Disinfected marking of Malta, PPC from Malta to Scotland, disinfected before leaving Malta and handstamped: DISINFECTED * LAZARETTO MALTA * / 1 AUG 03, fresh and VF.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3080 |
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1950 Social and Cultural Works (B208-B213), official cacheted FDC with "Zomerzegels 1950" inscription, Very Fine and rare. NVPH €1,650 ($1,780).
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Lot 3081 |
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1917 (26 Jun.) registered cover Rabaul to Melbourne, bearing 10 different type "b" overprints, one of each value from ½d to 1s (29-34, 40, 41, 46, 49), mixed "S" types, Rabaul censor, Sydney and Melbourne c.d.s.s, all on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3082 |
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1925 (24 Sep.) registered airmail cover, Tashkent to Berlin bearing Lenin Mausoleum set and 5k Charity label and 10k "Starvation" label, all cancelled Tashkent c.d.s.s, backstamped, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3083 |
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1926 (12 Jul.) registered airmail cover, Koursk to Berlin bearing perforated Lenin Mourning set and 3k Russian Air Fleet label tied by Berlin airmail recg cachet, special purple sending cachet on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3084 |
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1922 Child Welfare (B24-B28), complete set of perforated values on 14k Romanov stamped envelope from Moscow, 19 Aug. 1922, the day of issue, to Germany, Very Fine. A very rare First Day Cover.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3085 |
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1931 Russian Airships imperf (C15-C19), on registered airmail cover from Moscow (15 May 1931) to Berlin, backstamped, Very Fine and quite scarce as a complete set on cover.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3086 |
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1931 Russian Airships imperf (C15-C19), complete set on registered airmail cover from Moscow (18 Jun. 19315) to Brunswick, Germany, backstamped Berlin and Brunswick, Very Fine. The complete set is very scarce on cover.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3087 |
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1931 (27 Sep.) Catapult flight, Europa to New York, registered cover from Leningrad to Pittsburgh bearing 65k postage, including set of 1927 8k surcharges, cancelled Special airmail cancel (19 Sep.), U.S. Beacon airmail (C11) tied by U.S. German Seapost duplex (21 Sep.) with another pair on reverse tied by another strike of Special airmail cancel (20 Sep.), backstamped Berlin, New York and Pittsburgh, Very Fine and very scarce. Signed Mikulski.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3088 |
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1932 7th S. America Zeppelin flight (Michel 279 b), registered cover to Pernambuco bearing 1.20k postage cancelled Moscow (20 Sep.), red Berlin connecting flight and brown Zeppelin flight cachets, backstamped, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3089 |
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1932 9th S. America Zeppelin flight (Michel 286), registered picture postcard to Pernambuco bearing 85k Zeppelin postage cancelled Moscow (17 Oct.), Berlin and Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s, red Zeppelin flight cachet, Pernambuco receiver, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3090 |
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1934 Russian Airships (C53-C57), complete set on registered airmail cover from Moscow (31 Jan. 1935) to Böblingen, Württemberg (4 Feb.), Very Fine. The complete set is rarely seen on cover.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3091 |
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1923 Registered Inflation cover from Tiflis, Georgia (2 July) to Berlin, scarce handstamped surcharged issues of 1923, block of five and single 20,000r on 500r & block of four 80,000r on 3,000r, paying inflation rate of 420,000r. Rare cover and franking.
Estimate 250 - 300
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Lot 3092 |
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1950, 200fr Council of Europe airmail (226, C12), 25fr corner block of 4, 200fr gutter block of 4. O.g., never hinged. Very Fine.
Scott $890
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Lot 3093 |
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1948 Flood souvenir sheets (B64a, CB1a), o.g., never hinged. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $850
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Lot 3094 |
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1900, 3pf-50pf overprints (51-56), complete set on cover from Apia (4 Oct. 1900) to San Francisco (19 Nov.), Very Fine. Michel 1-6.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3095 |
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1914, ½d-1s overprints (114-119), complete set on registered cover from Apia (18 Dec. 1916) to Berne, Switzerland (18 Feb. 1917) via New York (1 Jan.), Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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