386th Auction

1913, Auckland Exhibition complete set of four values, unused, bright and fresh, fine

1903/39, 6 d.  four Express Delivery stamps, all unused, fine group

1895, 1½ d. + 1½ d. brown, postal stationery answering card complete used with message, fine "LAGOS A - NO/4/95 W. AFRICA" c.d.s. addressed to Leipzig, very fine

1886-87, 50 c. violet, unused no gum, fine (SG 30)

1900-16, Postage stamps and overprinted issues on three approval cards, fine unused group

1879, 6 c. orange-brown unused no gum, showing horizontal watermark, well centered, fine (SG 2a)

1880-94, 6 d. orange-brown unused no gum and some additional stamps, all unused, fine

1945-48, Three generations complete set of 14 and three official stamps, unused, fine

1853/1864, 4 d. blue, used group of seven, each with three ample to large margins, papers ranging from blued to white, with shades ranging from light to darker, a few small imperfections, an ideal reference group.

1904, Registered envelope bearing ½ d. green, 1 d. carmine and pair 2½ d. blue, all tied by "REGISTERED JOHANNESBURG 13/JAN/04" c.d.s., oval "R" alongside, to "Hobart Tasmania 12/2/04" with arrival mark on reverse, tiny toned pinhole, otherwise fine and attractive with very unusual Australia destination

1926, 6 d. green and orange with overprint reading upwards, left marginal block of four, watermark inverted. Hinged on the selvedge only with the stamps mint never hinged, a rare multiple. (SG £3400)

1928-30, 2d. grey & maroon, overprint OFFICIAL (Type I) on the left and OFFISIEEL reading up, without stops, London Printing, full top left pane of sixty stamps, with Bradbury Wilkinson imprint at foot, showing the “Apostrophe between Fs of OFFICIAL” in position 9/1, mint never hinged, a few stamps with small tone spot on gum, a scarce pane, fine.

1904, Camel Rider 10 x 1 m. brown rose on cover, a high franking, eight on reverse tied by BERBER 27/10/904 c.d.s. to Bristol with arrival mark NO/7/04, an attractive franking, one stamp on front flaw, tiny toned spots, otherwise fine (Scott 17) 

1941, BARAKAT 16/DEC/41 c.d.s. on air mail cover bearing vertical strip of three 15 m. bright blue and chestnut, poor Khartoum machine datestamp transit on reverse, green label "OPENED BY EXAMINER 18" tied with "PASSED CENSOR SUDAN 8" black triangle, rough opened at bottom and flaw, otherwise fine and scarce air mail to Nairobi Kenya

1895/96, Provisionals Victoria 2½ on 1a6p. sepia, fresh color, unused with usual gum, fine

1895, "PORT OF SPAIN TRINIDAD C MY/22/95" clear c.d.s. on 1½ d. postal stationery card to Ulm Germany with arrival mark, fine

1871 (16 Sep), cover to Pireo, Greece, franked with 80 c. lilac of Italy, tied by segmented grid cancel and postmarked with Messina c.d.s. despatch, handstamped ‘Affrancatura / Insufficiente’, “50” due in red manuscript, affixed with 10 l. orange and 40 l. lilac on blue, tied by Pireo c.d.s., back flap remove, repaired tear at top, a scarce mixed franking.

1861-2, 1l chocolate, 2l olive bistre, 5l yellow green, and 80l rose Paris Print, and 20l blue Athens Print, typical mixed markings, all tied to piece by “1” dotted lozenge of Athens, two stamps further tied by partial Paris c.d.s., some wrinkles, the 20l somewhat toned, but a striking five-colour franking.

1861, 5 l. yellow green on greenish paper, horizontal strip of four, cancelled with ‘26’ dotted lozenge, margins touched in places and slightly into design at foot, but an uncommon multiple.

1868 (December 28), folded letter from Kerkyra (Corfu) to Pisa, franked with slightly overlapping 1862/7 5l, 20l, and 40l singles, mostly large margins, tied by ‘106’ dotted lozenge cancels, Kerkyra c.d.s. alongside, framed ‘Piroscafi Postali Italiani’ ship mail handstamp, backstamped with Brindisi and Pisa c.d.s., horizontal fold, else a fine three-colour franking.

1868/9, 8 l. rose, horizontal strip of five, ample to large margins on two sides, touched to into design slightly on others, cancelled by five strikes of Athens c.d.s., lovely bright colour, attractive.

1849 ca., KANDIYA KALESI 1265 (CASTLE OF CANDIA) all arabic negative cancellation on official cover to YERAPETRA, unrecorded on card or cover, few unimportant crease and flaw at border, otherwise fine, an Ottoman forerunner rarity and very important Crete / Greece Postal History
 

1866, 3 unpaid letters, one forwarded from Bergos via Syroz Island with tax mark ‘15’, one Kalamata via Athens with tax mark ‘20' and Syroz island with tax mark ‘28', all with additional manuscript taxes and content sent to C.S. Triest with arrivals on reverse, unusual and fine 

1891, TELGRAF VE POSTAHANE-I SALHURA (Coles-W. no.31) on 20 Para postal stationery card, vertical bend and light spots, very clear strike and scarce Greece forerunner!

1893, Telegramme ottoman cancelled "BUREAU DES POSTES & TELEGRAPHES MONT ATHOS", fold and tiny toned, some crease, otherwise fine and very clear

1905, "NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA FLORIO RUBATTINO AGENZIA DI SALONICCO" scarce circle forwarding agent cachet NAVIGAZIONE GEN.LE ITALIANA FLORIO RUBATTINO in blue on reverse of cover from SALONIQUE with turkish franking 1 pia. blue to Palermo with arrival mark 6/4/05, border tiny toned and flaw, otherwise fine. Attractive Italy & Turkey ship mail

1896, KERKYRA 5/3, German Reich 10 Pfg postal stationery reply part, written in Corfu and clearly cancelled to Guben with arrival postmark 21/3/96, fine and unusual

1908, STANKEUI 11/10/908 (Island of Kos) on postcard bearing Turkey 20 pa. red to Smyrna with arrival mark, a very late usage of the 20 pa. 1901 issue which proves how low the volume of mail was on this island at that time, fine

1912, IOANINNA and PREVESA each clearly cancelled on company imprint cover with 2 x 20 l. blue and 20 l. blue, transit cancellations on reverse, slight traces of transport, otherwise fine

1919, Turkey 5 pia. on cover from BANDIRMA with Greek censor's label with frame "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΣΤΑΤ. ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑ ΠΑΝΟΡΜΟΣ" and censor's cancellation "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΣΤΡΑΤ. ΛΟΓΟΚΡΙΣΙΑ ΤΜΗΜΑ" 1ον" (Hellenic Military Censorship, 1st Section) with signature in good condition, tear at top left, otherwise fine and scarce

1871, Franz Josef 10 kr. dull blue, good perfs, tied on piece by “CSIK MARTONFALVA 14/12” c.d.s., fine

1931, Zeppelin left margin set, mint never hinged

1933, Air Mails complete set of nine, mint never hinged (SG 554-62)

1948/49, Three souvenir sheets chain bridges, all mint never hinged

1951, 80 years hungarian stamps, souvenir sheets 60 f-2 ft. imperforated complete, mint never hinged, tiny gum creases, otherwise fine

1973/82, Three souvenir sheets, 100 years UPU missing center perf, IBRA, FIFA 1982, all mint never hinged