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Postal Auction April 30th 2025 - 356

Bids to be received by Wednesday 30th of April 2025 1:00 PM

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Lot 49
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Bolivia: Thirteen covers early to modern with interesting incl 1901 5c uprated P/S env to La Paz, 1900 5c P/S env used to Germany, 20c black and purple P/S env uprated to London, or Germany, 1913 5c P/S env uprated to Germany cancelled large oval violet d/s, 1913 to Switzerland, two regd covers from Mercantile Bank to UK, printed Radio cover to USA one stamp bisected etc. (13).

Estimate £ 80.00
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Lot 50
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Br. Commonwealth: GV/QEII group of registered postal stationery envelopes mainly uprated, some unused from different countries including GV Montserrat, Sierra Leone 1960 from BLAMA, 1911 EDVII Str. Sett. 3c from Penang, Br. Honduras QEII 4c brown sent locally, Gibraltar QEII 10d unused, Ghana 8s unused, Cyprus QEII 25mils uprated, Australia 1946 5d orange-brown used Wallsend NSW, Hong Kong QEII $1 indigo unused, Sierra Leone QV 2d grey unused, very mixed but useful all the same. (11).

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 51
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British Africa: Group of interesting covers addr to Switzerland including SWA 1951 combn airmail, 1937 SWA Coronation set in pairs, 1932 Imperial airways printed env to Egypt bearing 10d airmail, 1925 GV SWA singles 1d & 2d from Windhoek, Transvaal 1905 ½d & 2d EDVII from Pietermaritzbueg, 1944 plain postcard bearing war midgets 3d & 6d PASSED BY CENSOR bilingual h/s in violet with German eagle h/s, 1925 S. Africa 1d P/S card uprated with 3d air, ½d green and S A LUGPOS h/s and airmail etiq. Intr lot (5).

Estimate £ 60.00
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Lot 52
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British Commonwealth group interesting covers QV-QEII incl 1898 S. Australia to USA, 1854 Front Montreal PAID incl; 8d & 10d charge h/s in red, 1967 outgoing Tonga tin can mail, Jamaica 1913 1d strip of 6, and pair to UK from Kingston, India 1933 Calendar Manufacturing advertising envelope airmail to London, Hyderabad 1891 P/S env cancelled crescent postmarks, KUT GVI censored & 1945 Duke St Nairobi with Germ Oils advert poster label on reverse, 1962 Br. Virgin Is. 5 surchs on FDI unaddr, Swaziland GVI redirected, Trinidad & Tobago 1938 with typed letter to Canal Zone about Orchids, Zanzibar 1957 PPC to USA, Cyprus 1916 WWII Censor (tatty) cover from Polymedia sent OAS to Newfoundland, Fiji ½d strip of 3 to Canal Zone with South Sea Islands Correspondence Club Natuvu oval h/s in violet. Mixed but intr group (19).

Estimate £ 125.00
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Lot 53
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CHILE WW2 UNDERCOVER ADDRESS - Riverplate House, London. Censor cover from BRITISH NATIONAL SERVICE COMMITTEE / CASILLA 1908 / VALPARAISO rare oval cachet on reverse, sent Per Santa Elena via New York to River Plate London Committee, River Plate House, London sealed with OPENED BY EXAMINER 1607 / P.C. 90 label. This was used as an undercover address for South American volunteers serving with British Forces in WW2. Scarce with local cachet on reverse.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 54
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Drift Mail Card: 1954-58 Printed reply cards titled Oil Pollution Investigation dropped in the sea in plastic envelopes by the Nat. Institute of Oceanography, The drift envelope experiment in the North East Atlantic Ocean 1954. Five numbered cards completed and returned from Norway, Ireland, France, Spain, or UK. Interesting group. (5).

Estimate £ 60.00
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Lot 55
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EAST AFRICA APO 61 - (13 Apr) 1945 Double censor cover bearing India GVI 4a brown tied E.A. / APO 61 cds with FIELD CENSOR 128 alongside and sealing label OPENED BY EXAMINER P. C. 90 and UNIT CENSOR X141, sent OAS to RAF, Ceylon Air Force.

Estimate £ 15.00
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Lot 56
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HICEM - Jewish Aid & Rescue organisations Chile: 1945 (27 Sept) Cover London to Hicem, Casilla 1196, Santiago, Chile, addr to the organisation in Chile to help in the process and preparation for emigrating Jews after German WWII invasion. Sent airmail via New York. Typed addr. Fine.

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 57
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House of Lords and House of Commons unused envelope stationery, two long envelopes one prepaid 1st Class, one printed airmail prepaid for E.C. countries only plus 3 smaller envelopes without prepaid. (5).

Estimate £ 15.00
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Lot 58
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K.U.T: 1952 (1 Apr) First Day Cover for 10c, 15c, 25c, 30c & 40c pictorial defins, typed addr to Mombasa sent locally, plus additional 40c pair FDC from Likoni, 10c FDC & 5c on Beeston Timber Co. env tied Njoro cds, 1949 UPU regd fdc, (6).

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 59
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KOREAN WAR: Group of around 50 letters mainly from the an original correspondence, many with original envelopes, includes both Canadian Camps and overseas, then some 1950s letters from the same soldier to his mother from London Ontario Wolseley Barracks, with some mixed condition but overall fine, making a fascinating read.

Estimate £ 500.00
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Lot 60
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Maritime: 1903 RMS Luciana PPC used with ½d EDVII tied PAQUEBOT single line h/s addr to Kansas USA with DUBLIN QUEENSTOWN / T.P.O.21st March circular datestamp and GREENLEAF KANS arrival cds.

Estimate £ 25.00
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