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Postal Auction December 2023 - 340

Bids to be received by Thursday 21st of December 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2255)

Lot 541
Finland

Military Mail : WWII 1941-44 Small group of covers (3) and cards (3) sent by soldiers including two cards showing military caricatures of soldiers; one returning home with a bunch of flowers and the other has two soldiers with their machine guns behind a barricade, one has boxed censor cachet in violet. Fine condition though the covers have been slightly reduced at the right. Unusual group (6)

Estimate £ 24.00
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Lot 542
Finland

Small group of 19th Century/early 20th Century covers and Postal cards of various types mint and postally used with 1888 - 98 10p red PC used (4, 2 types, one with hole punch) 1913 10p red PC used , 4p red mint, 1890's 10p lilac 'Retour -Recepisse card mint, later 'lions' 10p red, 20p red & 40p violet PC's all mint & two covers roughly opened both 1913 bearing 10p red (Russian type). Condition is chiefly fine and will write up well (12)

Estimate £ 18.00
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Lot 543
FIUME

1918 40f olive unmounted mint, one of the key values, SG 12.

Estimate £ 35.00
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Lot 544
FIUME

1918 5k brown unmounted mint, key top value, SG 19.

Estimate £ 40.00
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Lot 545
FIUME

1919 Student's Education Fund set of 12 mounted mint, mainly fine, SG 71/82.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 546
FIUME

1920 Military Post overprinted Reggenza Italiana del Canaro overprint set of 17 with top values cancelled by favour on card by FIUME DI ITALIA cds cancels, SG 146/162.

Estimate £ 275.00
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Lot 547
FIUME

1921 Charity Stamps 24-IV-1921 Constituente Fiumana overprint set of 12 with few bends on low values, top key values fine mounted mint, SG 178/189.

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 548
FIUME

Express: 1920 50c on 5c green overprint with backprint in black, unmounted mint; centred to the left but a difficult stamp to find. Scott E5 Cat $700 for u/m.

Estimate £ 120.00
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Lot 549
FIUME

Large Stockbook with a good range of duplicated mainstream defins, commems and overprints, surcharges mostly mint and some used includes 1918 large range incl 10c & 15c both types mint (Cat £390), 40f olive (Cat £110), 3k mint (2, cat £55 each), 5k brown mint (Cat £120), 1919 Franco surcharges, 1920 d'Annunzio set to 10l mint (Cat £195), Express Letter 1920 set 2 mint (Cat £88), Military Post 1st Anniv. 10c & 20c mint (Cat £110), 5c & 25c used on paper plus Express set 2 used, 1921 Governo Provisorio set mint (Cat £450), 1921 Charity Stamps 24-IV-1921 Constituente Fiumana overprint set to 5l on 5c both mint & used (Cat £540), 1923 set 12 mint (Cat £170), comprehensive lot overprints taken 'as is', STC £3500 as genuine overprints.

Estimate £ 700.00
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Lot 550
France

1850 Ceres 25c deep blue a beautiful large four even margins used neat grid diamond cancel, light vertical crease but does not detract, SG 11.

Estimate £ 18.00
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Lot 551
France

1856 Napoleon Empire 80c carmine-red an amazing strip of 4 with uneven margins cut into at places and very fine used DS2 dotted diamond numeral cancels (Paris) plus part red PAID CDS cancel, huge 320c rate, seldom seen in such multiples. Fine, SG 69 Cat £440.

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 552
France

1857 (26 Nov) French Packet Meandre: ML2 Marseille dotted diamond cancel on cover to Paris bearing 40c pair & 20c neatly tied railway ML2 o, with Ships cds in red, with MARSEILLE A LYON 2o railway cds alongside with LYON A PARIS railway cds on reverse. Expertised bottom left. Rare, Salles 791e. Provenance list accompanies.

Estimate £ 40.00
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