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Lots (1008)
Post Offices in China: 1909 4s brown postal stationery card to Switzerland cancelled local Japanese cds and KOBE cds alongside in violet, sent from Taihokoe North Formosa, this was Japan's first colony taken in 1895.
Post Offices in China: Cover to USA (stained) bearing 10s blue ovptd in black tied SHANGHAI cds and YOKOHAMA backstamp alongwith arrival machine mark.
1933 (1 Sept) Airmail cover typed Mombasa to Berlin bearing GV 50c grey and 1922 1s green tied MOMBASA d/r cds cancels and airmail etiquette obliterated with large boxed X framed in black probably underpaid so took surface mail route, mainly fine.
1935 (4 Nov) Registered airmail cover to Luxembourg bearing GV 5c, 10c & SJ 1s tied KAKAMEGA d/r cds cancels, with five further cancels and transit / arrival backstamps. Unusual destination.
1938-1941 Collection mint and used on leaves including £1 mint (SG 150a, 150b), £1 used (SG 150 & 150ab), 10s mint (SG 149a), 10s used (SG 149, 149b), 5s mint (SG 148b), 1948 RSW £1 used, (c85) STC £400.
1948 (1 Dec) Royal Silver Wedding set over two covers sent locally in Nairobia, £1 scarlet has small pen ink stain at top left. SG 157/8.
1952 (1 Apr) First Day Cover for 10c, 15c, 25c, 30c & 40c pictorial defins, typed addr to Mombasa sent locally, very fine.
1952 (1 Apr) First Day Cover for 10c, 15c, 25c, 30c & 40c pictorial defins, typed addr to Mombasa sent locally, very fine. (Three examples).
East Africa & Uganda: 1903-07 Collection mint (mainly) and used including 1903-04 Mint for 2a, 3a, 4a, 8a, 1r & 2r, 1904-07 Mint 1r & 2r, 1907-08 to 75c. (40). STC £730.
1903 Two philatelic covers bearing the 1902-03 Crown definitive set of 12 to $1 sent in February or May of 1903 to the same address in Switzerland tied LABUAN cds cancels, both registered and very fine. SG 117/128. Used set cat £275. Cat x30 for commercially used £8250. Most desireable pair. (2).
1904 4 cents surcharge set of nine mounted mint plus extra perf for 4c on 18c, first two vals are cds used, SG 129/137.
1888 1½d brown postal stationery card (CP4) Lagos to Denmark cancelled barred oval, with PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET dated cancel in red. Arrival cds on obv., additional creased card with red line through halfpenny.
