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Postal Auction November 2023 - 339

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

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Lot 133
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Queen Victoria unused embossed postal stationery envelopes for Tasmania ½d orange & India 2a6p orange both fine. (2).

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 134
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RMS LACONIA: 1917 (25 Feb) Cover New York to Amsterdam (stamp floated off) with single line DAMAGED BY SEAWATER handstamp in black, from which was torpedoed twice in one day on 25th February by U50 and sunk.

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 135
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Skeleton Postmarks: A large collection of EDVII-GV Postcards used from many different towns and villages with large skeleton postmarks a huge array incl Conway, Connaghs Quay, Colvelly SO, Hythe, Adderbury, Aberdare, Alford, Andover incoming from Palma, Apsley End, Bargoed Cardiff, Baranrd Castle, Benrhydding, Billingshurst, Bramley, Brynmawr, Buxton, Catford, Groeslon, Grasmere, Grange over Sands, Fowey, Folkingham, Fence Burnley, Rye, St Neots, Sandwich, Uckfield, Wilmslow, Loftus, Market Weighton, plus many more. Mostly fine in sleeves. (Approx 100).

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 136
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South & Central America: Group of 18 commercial mainly airmail covers addr to Switzerland including Costa Rica 1949 with Special Delivery form affixed, El Salvador 1938 combn postcard, Uruguay 1946 regd combn, Chile 1930 airmail combn 1p & 5p, 1996 Isla De Pascua, Paraguay 1951 Congress ovpt on blk of 4, Bolivia 1891 10c orange P/S env (redirected), Honduras 1931 combn, Cuba 1908 PPC used with 2c red on obverse, 1943 Peru censored to Red Cross Ginebra etc. Intr lot (18).

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 137
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SPECIMEN Overprints on QV-GV postal stationery cards each overprinted specimen diagonally including East Africa GV 35c regd env., Ceylon EDVII 6c red card, BCA ½d green Arms, 1d arms newspaper wrapper, Leeward Is. QV 1d red newspaper wrapper, 1d pink env., Zululand 1d card, Br. Guiana Ship 1c grey, BEA ½a green, Leeward Is. QV 1d pink env. 1d red card, Sierra Leone ½d green newspaper wrapper, QV ½d green card, 2d grey regd env., EDVII ½d green, mostly fine, nice group of 12 items.

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 138
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SS AVONDALE - DAMAGED BY FIRE & SEA WATER. 1945 (Apr 30) violet boxed handstamp on cover Montreal to UK. The S.S. Avondale was torpedoed in May 1945 sinking the ship.

Estimate £ 65.00
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Lot 139
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SS BERLIN - 1907 (Dated FEB 20, LONDON F.S. 6PM) stampless printed cover to Rotterdam from the wreck of SS Berlin stranded at the Pierhead St the hook of Holland in a storm which struck the breakwater and broke in two. Several covers exist with the DOOR RAMP handstamp, this has no wreck markings but timed exactly which confirms it was in the this disaster. (see Hopkins noted on p.59).

Estimate £ 125.00
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Lot 140
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SS BERLIN - 1907 (Dated FEB 22) stampless (floated off) printed cover to Amsterdam from the wreck of SS Berlin stranded at the Pierhead St the hook of Holland in a storm which struck the breakwater and broke in two. Bears BESCHADIGD DOOR RAMP / HARWICH BOOT two line handstamp in black.

Estimate £ 200.00
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Lot 141
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SS City of Baroda: 1943 (11 Mar) Cover UK to South Africa (stamp floated off) with single line DAMAGED BY SEAWATER handstamp in black, from SS SS City of Baroda which was torpedoed on 2nd April by U509 and towed to Luderitz Bay, SWA and grounded on 7th April declared a total loss.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 142
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SS City of Baroda: 1943 (11 Mar) Cover UK to South Africa with original newsletter contents with two line DAMAGED BY SEAWATER / BESKADIC DEUR SEEWATER handstamp in violet, from SS SS City of Baroda which was torpedoed on 2nd April by U509 and towed to Luderitz Bay, SWA and grounded on 7th April declared a total loss.

Estimate £ 125.00
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Lot 143
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SS EIDER - 1892 (Jan) Cover from Chicago to Vienna (Austria) with stamp floated off and very fine Gehoben aus dem / geschieterten Schiff / Eider (Lifted from the wrecked ship Eider) boxed handstamp in violet on the front, along with FRANCO h/s in black alongside, K.K Briefspediation label on reverse affixed in Vienna Nr.III. The German steamer sailed from New York to Southampton but stranded off the IOW on 31st January 1892. The passengers and mail were landed the following evening. A further 15 bags of mail on the 2nd March. A final sack was found when she was refloated on 29th March.

Estimate £ 250.00
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Lot 144
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SS EROS : 1940 (27 May) SALVED FROM THE SEA - mail from London (Canada) to UK water damaged and stamp floated off, with G.R. brown sealing label on reverse Found open or damaged and sent onto the UK.

Estimate £ 75.00
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