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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 73
POSTAL HISTORY

POLISH FORCES UNDERCOVER MAIL - 1945 (March / April) Switzerland to London BOX 260 / 125, E.C. 1 used by Polish Forces with POLISH FIELDPOST OFFICE 20 APR 1945 cds alongside, censor 1586 label affixed. Faults.

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 74
POSTAL HISTORY

POSTAGE REFUNDED - Violet handstamp on four 1949 Covers Bath to China to same correspondence bearing 1s & 3d adhs tied Bath wavy line machine cancel each addr to different town in China incl Peiping, Nanchang, Tsingan & Igfeng, Some creases, most unusual and interesting group. (4).

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 75
POSTAL HISTORY

Romania: Sixteen earlier to middle periods with many censored incl 1920 Suczawa to Canada with Romania Censor h/s in violet, 1925 censored, 1916 5b green P/S card uprated and tied PELULVIZSGAI h/s in red to Germany, 1941 Censor card, 1942 censor, 1943 2 Cenzurat Fagaras 2 boxed h/s, 1943 28 CENZURAT CRAIOVA 28 boxed h/s, 1943 31 Cenzurat Cralova 31 boxed h/s, 1943 6 CENZURAT SEVERIN 6, 1943 108 CENZURAT IASI 102, 1923 Fischer illus advert env. from Cluj to Prague, 1915 Censored regd env to Switzerland, etc, very intr lot. (16).

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 76
POSTAL HISTORY

ROOM 055A - MI5 War Office censored cover to same sender in Little Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA sent airmail with OPENED BY / EXAMINER 2264 label affixed and 5 x 3d pale violet tied London S.W cds cancel 26th May 1942. Unusual.

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 77
POSTAL HISTORY

SIMLA Indian Red Cross & St john Ambulance War Organisation printed dual colour envelope to Int Red X Geneva sent airmail with Certified Official h/s of the Major General Red Cross Commissioner, Kelvin Grove, Simla. B /4 octagonal h/s on obverse, stamp on reverse tied Simla postmark. Few rust marks, airmail obliterated with two red ink bars as not flown in regular mail.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 78
POSTAL HISTORY

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 79
POSTAL HISTORY

Worldwide covers small accumulation from 19th century onwards odd better throughout including Edwardian postcards, Belgium P/S cards unused, P/S cards used from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Egypt, Lagos, Italy, Corps Expeditionaire de Madagascar, French turn of the century postcards, Reunion 1970s commercial mail, Byrd 1933 Antarctic Exped., 1958 Great Barrier Is. Pigeongram, Japan wood postcard etc, good qty.

Estimate £ 110.00
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Lot 80
POSTAL HISTORY

WW2 UNDERCOVER ADDRESS - Riverplate House, London. Two censor covers from Peru (roughly opened) & Nicaragua both addressed to River Plate London Committee, River Plate House, London sealed with OPENED BY EXAMINER labels. This was used as an undercover address for South American volunteers serving with British Forces in WW2. Faults. (2).

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 81
POSTCARDS

FRANCE: Old time well filled slot album with a huge range of 420+ PPCs including views of Paris, many with Sower Versailles, Grand Chateau's, Statues, Rethel, Rozoy Sur Serre, Orgerus, then many towns around France incl stamps cancelled on obverse early 1900s, Angouleme etc. Mainly fine, good quantity appears all different.

Estimate £ 400.00
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Lot 82
REVENUES & CINDERELLA

1946/7 Cannes Film Festival Group of covers all bearing special Festival Vignettes comprising two dated 22nd Sept bearing 150F green sent to Denmark and Yugoslavia respectively showing cameraman filming 3 aircraft tied with boxed 'Cannes Film Festival H/S in black and special numbered Air vignette in green ; both have been returned. Then another dated the same with different vignette and a 1947 13th Sept card with the same green 150F vignette overprinted 'Rallye Aerien 13, 14, 15 September 1947' tied with red Aeroplane H/S. All very fine and attractive and rarely seen (4).

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 83
REVENUES & CINDERELLA

Bechuanaland: 1955 £5 orange & black fine used neat fiscal cancels, Barefoot 69.

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 84
REVENUES & CINDERELLA

Bechuanaland: 1961 R10 on £5 orange & black new currency surcharge in a superb PAIR, fine used neat fiscal cancel, Barefoot 71.

Estimate £ 70.00
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