386th Auction

1870, 100 reis lilac, tied by neat oval "PROVINCIA DE ANGOLA 1 SET. 88" to cover via Lisbon to London, with transit- and arrival marks. Fine and rare.

Provenance : Charles Jewell (49. Corinphila auction, 1963)

1898/1903, King Carlos 50 reis, horizontal pair, used on envelope to Sommerset, Cape Colony, pasted over with British “V.R. OPENED UNDER MARTIAL LAW” pink censor label, adjacent "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE NATAL 6 3 00", boxed violet "STOPPED BY CENSOR/RETURN TO SENDER" and blue framed “Retourne a lenvoveur / levovide ao remettente”. A fine and rare cover during the Boer War.

1888, King Luis I 10 reis green, fresh colours, tied by cds. “CANTON * MAY 25.93” to reply pre-printed card with message to Macau, reverse arrival mark, small corner creases, otherwise fine

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 719

1880/81, 25 reis grey, tied by barred "1" to reverse of small cover from "NOVA GOA 8 8 80" to Bombay, British India. Fine and scarce. (AF no. 58)

1881, 2 T on 100 reis lilac and 1882 1 tanga rose,  tied by cds. “NOVA-GOA 26.NO.84” to envelope to Lisbon with arrival postmark, 2T adhesive with perforation faults at right and cover roughly opened with small part missing on reverse, otherwise fine, rare franking

Postal Stationery: 1882, postcard 1 tanga used with cds. “NOVA-GOVA 5. MA.83” via Bombay and Singapore to Java with arrival cds “SOERABAJA 31.3.1883” on front, light creases at bottom of no importance, still fine

1893, Overprint issue 30 on 300 reis orange, fresh colours, tied by cds. “TIMOR 1.4.94” to pre-printed double card without text via Makassar and London to Guatemala with arrival postmark. A rare card with most unusual destination.

Illustrated in James Peter Gough ‘The Postal Card’, p. 753

1947, airmail 1 a. – 100 a., 11 values cpl., unused as issued, very fine. A rare set.

1951, birds 5 c. – 50 a., 24 values, mint never hinged (1 a. natural small gum disturbance), very fine. A scarce set.

1945, airmail surtax 90 c. – 27 a., 30 values cpl., unused as issued, signed Kessler, very fine. A rare set.

1939, World Exhibition 4½ T. with overprint inverted, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, just 50 printed. Signed Sanaria

1939, World Exhibition 4½ T. with overprint in green, mint never hinged, very fine and rare, just 25 printed. 

1870/1970 (ca.),  filling a stockbook, many hundreds of stamps, from singles to large multiples, replete with errors and varieties from the breadth of Portuguese Colonies, with examples from Portuguese India, Timor, Macau, Congo, Inhambane, Lourenco Marques, Téte, Quelmane, Mozambique, Zambezia, Nyassa, Sao Tome, and Angola, several hundred stamps, noting doubled, inverted, and shifted overprints, misperforations, imperforate singles and multiples, surcharges with omitted values, bisects, unissued denominations, Nyassa with two singles and one block of inverted centres (toned), the later issues including shifted printings,  some post-independence including Katanga inverted overprint pair, condition mixed in places, and some potentially dubious varieties, but many fine examples, a fascinating collection ideal for further study.

1938/74 (ca.), mint never hinged collection with very few unused, without Macao, including 7 different 1939 New York Exhibition stamps, Timor A268-V268, etc. Very nice condition.

1934/99 (ca.), mint never hinged collection (might be very few unused), including many good issues as Mi. 273-93, 300-316, 326, 346-57, 383-85, several booklets and good MS.

1871/81 (ca.), Natives, unused lot with 13 singles (including double print of value '40' r. blue), 2 pairs, 4 blocks of four and 3 larger blocks, generally very fine