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Postal Auction September 2025 - 361

Bids to be received by Monday 22nd of September 2025 1:00 PM

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Lot 73
POSTAL HISTORY

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 74
POSTAL HISTORY

MILITARY MAIL: WWI & WWII selection of covers and cards all from Military personnel with WWI Germany Felpost cards and lettersheet all with different handstamps of the various regiments (10) & Belgian card with Military cds; then two Third Reich items from WWII with Feldpost letter sheet endorsed with Eagle and Swastika cds and a 1939 attractive official looking envelope with cachets/ Handstamps and an attractive Eagle and Swastika seal in red on the reverse (faults). Useful lot ( 13)

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 75
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P.O.W. MAIL:WWI Accumulation of covers sent to Copenhagen,Denmark, ALL stampless with group of small envelopes bearing TOLNA (Hungary) cds and triangular censor marking in purple (18), larger envelopes with 'K.U.K. OFFIZIERSTATION / KRIEGGEFANGENE / THERESIENSTADT' handstamp and triangular censor in shades of purple (8) and another with red censor, group of fronts with Osnabruck (Germany) special cancel (4) and further envelopes with postmarks of PRAGUE (2), LUGOS (Romania), ZYWIEC (Poland) & BUCZACZ (Ukraine)all with censor markings. Very good lot in better than average condition (32, plus 4 fronts)

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 76
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POLAND - GENERAL GOVERNMENT WWII MAIL under German Occupation. Group of ten censored covers some multi Franked with various General Government Hitler or pictorial issues incl used in Drohobycz (now in Ukraine), Easter Greetings PPC from Diana Tauber Polish Welfare Section, Entertainment Division Polish Forces, Zyrardow regd letter to Switzerland, Warsaw C1 regd, 1943 Lukow to Lisbon 30pf P/S card, 1944 uprated 12pf P/S card to Switzerland, one poor condition (not counted), interesting group.

Estimate £ 325.00
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Lot 77
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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 78
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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 79
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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 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
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1929 (13 May) Airmail LZ127 1st America flight - Cover to USA bearing Germany 4m sepia Zeppelin tied FRIEDRICHSHAFEN / LUFTPOST cds and LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN cachet in blue, single line Beforderung verzogert wegen Abbruchs der 1. Amerikanfahrt handstamp in red (Delayed due to cancellation of the first trip to America, the flight finally left on 1st August). 5th August receiving backstamp. Few small wrinkles and staple mark. Sieger 27 (A).

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 82
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1929 (15 May) Airmail LZ127 1st America flight - Cover to USA bearing Germany multi franked combination tied FRIEDRICHSHAFEN / LUFTPOST cds and LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN cachet in blue, single line Beforderung verzogert wegen Abbruchs der 1. Amerikanfahrt handstamp in red (Delayed due to cancellation of the first trip to America, the flight finally left on 1st August). 5th August receiving backstamp. Few creases. Sieger 27 (A).

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 83
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1930 (May 22) Europe Pan America Round Trip Flight, Porto Alegre Brazil to New York on postcard of Port Alegre with Graf Zeppelin 5000r green USA Graf Zeppelin overprint in black, and 300r red defin tied SYNDICATO CONDOR LTD / PORTO ALEGRE 22 / MAI / 30 cancel with violet Europe Pan-American cachet, RECIFE CDS on obverse, mainly fine, Sieger 59 D.

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 84
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1937 (4 May) MAIL VIA AIRSHIP HINDENBURG - Registered cover Tangier to New York originally for airmail transport on the Hindenburg but both airmail and label crossed out in blue crayon and returned to the sender bearing a multi franked GB EDVIII ½d (3), 1d (3), 1½d (3), 2½d (2) tied REGISTERED TANGIER oval cancels. Possibly intended for flight on the Hindenburg which crashed on 6th May 1937. It crashed and burned at Lakehurst Naval Air station attempting to dock. The cover could not be carried on the ill fated ship so it was returned to Gibraltar, backstamped GIBRALTAR 5th May REGISTERED oval and further conveyed by normal means after arriving in New York on 13th May. Unusual and interesting.

Estimate £ 80.00
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