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Lots (478)
UNMOUNTED mint collection of complete sets and year runs in modern year packs for 2001-2015, includes Finland 2012/3 (STC £340), Faroe Islands 2010 & 2013 (STC £435), Sweden 2012 (STC £360), Liechtenstein 2001 (STC £75), Gibraltar 2011 (STC £150), Luxembourg 2011 & 2014/5 (STC £370), S. Africa 2010 (STC £240). Attractive modern lot all unmounted mint includes Miniature sheets, black print , self-adhesives etc. 13 year packs, high cat in excess of £1900. Only 20% cat.
WORLD collection in large Scott printed album with of dozens of mint and used from 19th century to modern includes many mini country sections noted GB, Greece, Guatemala, Russia, Saar, Romania, Portugal, Persia, Panama, USA etc, approx 3,900+ stamps, heavy lot.
EIGHT 17th & 18th Century Indentures from the UK being very large vellum type documents folded incl 1691, 1693, 1697, 1713, 1719, 1735, a couple with blue embossed revenue stamps. Some aging as usual but interesting early legal documents. (8).
HONG KONG & The Treaty Ports of Asia by F W Webb, original 1961 printing 493pp No.436 of 500 limited printing. Only few marks on the hardback cover and slight bend on top right corner, comes complete with the original Scarcity & Valuation Guide (soft back cover, faults), also numbered 436 that came with the original book. Superb reference.
1937 Coronation collection of First Day Covers mainly plain or registered to UK bearing full set tied local CDS's incl Aden, Cyprus, Falkland Is. (2), GB 1939 (not first day) illustrated with Long May they reign coloured label, etc, not all First Day but attractive collection all the same. (54 covers).
1937 Coronation complete hinged mint in special springback printed album. Cat £200 (202)
1420 Entire Letter Venice to Alexandria addressed to Balxio Dolfino the Venetian consul to Alexandria. The letter was transported Algero Charamal ship relating to good to be transported. Originally sealed with cord and senders wax seal which is still attached.
1838 (16 Aug) Entire Letter New York USA to Reims, France, sent per Steamer Great Western leaving New York to Bristol with two line boxed BRISTOL / SHIP LETTER in black on obverse, various chargemarks, and French ANGLETERRE red CDS on obverse. LONDON dated arc, Paris & Reims backstamps.
1838 Entire Letter Charlestown USA to Greenock, Scotland sent per Steamer Great Western leaving New York 20th April to Bristol with two line BRISTOL / SHIP LETTER in black on obverse, various chargemarks, various filing folds. The Great Western steamer left Bristol on 8th April 1838 arriving in New York on 15th April. This cover was on the first outward bound mail from New York and only took half the time sailing ships would make to cross the Atlantic. Scarce.
1838 Entire Letter London to USA, sent by Royal William steamer via Liverpool, with manuscript '6' chargemark for delivery in New York. This was the last sailing for the Royal William leaving Liverpool on December 15, 1838 and arriving in New York on 7 January 1839. Leaving on the final leg on January 16th 1839. Filing fol.
1845 Entire Letter New York to Paris sent per Great Western with New York 16 September cancel, with black LIVERPOOL / SHIP 4 October boxed on reverse, with COLONIES Art 12 and French cancel on obverse both in red. Few marks and filing fold.
1986 Space Shuttle Debris Recovery at Cape Canaveral collection of 55 different covers from the marine Johnson-Sea-Link 2 Harbor Branch each cover detailing the Dive number, date, Depth, Pilot, Observer, Divers, Location and mission to locate wreckage from the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Scarce collection, (55).
