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Postal Auction November 2023 - 339

Bids to be received by Monday 6th of November 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2165)

Lot 109
POSTAL HISTORY

Maritime: Italy 1884 (Aug) opened out cover to crew member of the R.N Vettor Pisani then on a scientific exploration. Bearing pair of 20c Umberto defins tied NAPOLI 31 / 8 84 / 9S CDS with 19 numeral. MINISTERO MARINA / CORRISPONDENZE REGIE / ALL'ESTERO boxed handstamp on reverse. Scarce. This formed part of a global circumnavigation 1882-1885 with a wide range of pioneering scientific experiments and studies including hydrographic surveys and depth surrounding, journey included Chile, Galapagos Island, Hawaiian Islands,

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 110
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Maritime: Jamaica 1910-13 Two postcards POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS violet ovals with EDVII 1d tied CARTEGENA d/s, 19193 GV 1d tied PAQUEBOT / KINGSTON - JAMAICA cds and ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET violet oval alongside. (2).

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 111
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Maritime: KNSM SS Cottica; 1934 Cover Portugal to British Guiana bearing 1.60e defin tied boxed violet K.N.S.M / S.S. COTTICA / 23 APR 1934 with Georgetown arrival cds alongside. Horizontal bend otherwise fine.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 112
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Maritime: KNSM SS Simon Bolivar; 1937 Cover Barbados to UK bearing 1½d orange defin tied boxed K.N.S.M / S.S. Simon Bolivar / 15 APR 1937 with PAQUEBOT PLYMOUTH arrival cds alongside.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 113
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Maritime: MAILED ON THE HIGH SEAS / EXEMPT FROM WAR TAX 1919 (23 Aug) Tatty cover bearing GB GV defins ½d & 1d tied QUEBEC slogan cancel addr to England with two line exempt h/s in black on obverse. Canadian Pacific Services envelope printed on reverse.

Estimate £ 40.00
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Lot 114
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Maritime: Malta 1914 PAQUEBOT diagonal italics h/s in black on PPC of SS Moldova bearing GB 1d red tied fine VALLETTA MALTA cds, addr to London.

Estimate £ 18.00
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Lot 115
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Maritime: Moveable Box 1906-13 Four PPC's to London bearing France adhesives each tied by LONDON / M.B. cds cancels. Moveable Boxes (or boite mobile) on board private ships we used through a special agreement between France and Britain for mails since 1856 and the service became so successful that moveable boxes were employed to process the mail carried by private ships at a cost of One Penny. Includes two later or part cancel example. (6).

Estimate £ 120.00
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Lot 116
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Maritime: Norway Bergen - Newcastle Posteksr cancels on five postcards 1903-39 each bearing Norway adhs tied various types of the BERGEN-NEWCASTLE cds cancels. (5).

Estimate £ 40.00
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Lot 117
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Maritime: Oceanographic Expedition off West Africa; 1949 airmail letter Las Palmas to Copenhagen from the Ship M/S Atlantide violet cachet on reverse made available to the University of Copenhagen off Gambia and finished in Angola. Torn on reverse.

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 118
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Maritime: PAQUEBOT cancels on a large group of covers and cards from turn of the 20th century to middle periods, wide range of different countries and destinations incl from Colombo, Napoli, Curacao Missent and forwarded from Leominster. Mass., Bombay, Aden, via Suez, Port Taufio, Port Said, Mombassa, Capetown, Algiers, San Vicente Cape Verde, Permanbuco, Balboa, Ancon, Constantinople, Palma De Mallorca, Lisbon, etc, diverse and interesting lot (53).

Estimate £ 200.00
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Lot 119
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Maritime: PAQUEBOT Macau 1938 cover to Hong Kong with Macau 5a defin tied boxed PAQUEBOT and Victoria arrival cds on obverse. Vertical fold with VO-CHAI oval h/s in violet on reverse.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 120
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Maritime: POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS 1937 Cover from Dominica bear Coronation set 3 tied PAQUEBOT / POSTED AT SEA / RECEIVED / SOUTHAMPTON cancels with violet cachet and ST Kittts departure cds addr to Capt T A Smye in UK.

Estimate £ 25.00
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