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Lots (1386)
French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1968 20f Black Albatross mounted mint key value, SG 31 Cat £450.
French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1968 30f Dumont D'Urville Commemoration mounted mint key value, SG 44 Cat £150.
French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1968-69 Air set of 2 40f & 50f fresh lightly mounted mint, SG 45/6 Cat £250.
French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1969 Air set of 4 to 500f fresh lightly mounted mint, SG 54/7 Cat £225.
French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1971 Fish 22f value epreuve de luxe card printed in issued colors on sunken card, very attractive. Size 130mm x 100mm.
French Southern & Antarctic Territories: 1972 Bicentenary of Discovery of Crozet Islands Air set of 2 to 250f fresh lightly mounted mint, SG 78/9 Cat £169.
New Caledonia: 1877 (Mar 22) Stamp shortages cover roughly opened at the top with triangular cancel 'P.D. / AFFRANCHI / EN NUMERAIRE / FAUTE DE / TIMBRES COLONIAUX / SCE POSTES NELLE CALEDIE' on the front plus normal pmks and recieiving marks. Apparent late usage of the triangular marking showing mail travelling the Pacific Route with previous only known use was 25th March to 15th July 1875. Very scarce cover that needs further research.
New Caledonia: 1892 40c red on straw Type 2 overprint imperf with four very good to very large margins cds used. Only 100 of the type 2 overprint stated to exist. Choice stamp. Yvert 19a Cat 3700 Euros.
Peace & Commerce Forgeries mainly mint or unused for many different countries from 1c to 1fr incl New Caledonia, Reunion, Senegal, Guadeloupe, Indo-China, Indian Sett., Martinique, Mayotte etc, intr lot (95).
Post Offices in the Turkish Empire: Smyrne 1866 (14 July) Early wrapper to Genoa, Italy; bearing 80c Napoleon (Y & T 24) tied with numeral 5098 dotted diamond duplex cancel together with nice SMYRNE TURQUIE cds, Boxed PD in red and PIROSCAFI / POSTALE / FRANCESI H/S in red. Usual horizontal filing creases but does not detract from this fresh looking item
Post Offices in Turkish Empire: 1900 Envelope for O. GIRAUD CONSTANTINOPLE to Nottingham UK bearing 1piastre on 25c black on rose (SG4) tied with CONSTANTINOPLE GALATIA TURQUIE dated cds with a further two cds's of the same; then a plethora of transit markings with RETOUR / A L'ENVOYEUR H/S in blue, boxed NOT TO BE FOUND in red and RETURNED LETTER BRANCH NOTTINGHAM cds in black on the front and RETURNED LR OFFICE LONDON cds in black and PAS TROUVE / NOT FOUND in violet on the reverse. A very small 3mm repair at the top does not detract from this very striking item.
Reunion: 1927 Cover sent from Mr. E DuPont (Expedition) in Hellbourg to Finland bearing 1F25c ovpt on 1F blue (x2) and 50c yellow and lilac tied with Hellbourg cds's with Registered 'R' HELLBOURG REUNION H/S in black alongside. Mr DuPont was a famous Conchologist studying the shells and Molluscs on the Aldabra Islands. Very interesting cover.
