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Lots (1024)
1900-1945 A mint collection on Lighthouse printed leaves with good runs of mainstream issues, sets, part sets for defins and commems, just needs the more expensive items to complete, includes airmails, a couple of M/S, officials, Fund sets and ranges etc, clean lot.
1902 (20 Oct) Marine Schiffpost No. 41 (SMS Stein, Training) unstamped envelope with two KAIS DEUTSCHE cancels with Kaiserliche Marine SMS Stela cancel in blue on reverse.
1968 Zerstorer Bayern Registered airmail letter from Portland Fleet Mail Office Castletown Dorset to West Germany with two Destroyer cachets one is Work up Training Portland 19.1 to 5-3 1968. Bearing GB £1 black Castle tied Castledown PO CDS. Unusual.
German Occupation Saint Nazaire: 1945 (24 March) TAXE PERCUE handstamp tying 1f50 brown defin with BATZ S / MER . LOIRE INFERIEURE cds cancels alongside ILOT de ST NAZAIRE / POCHE de ATLANTIQUE used for Germany local issue. Scarce.
Maritime postal history small collection of Deutsche Seepost Linie cancels on 1930-31 covers incl Hamburg to New York (2), Bremen to New York, 1930 General Belgrano h/s in violet for SUDAMERIKA with MONTEVIDEO cds to USA, 1898 PPC of Ship posted at Aden with cds alongside SEEPOST AUSTRALISCHE cds. Intr little lot. (7).
Occupation of North France: 1940 (22 July) Attractive and scarce cover bearing 50c blue Mercury pair overprinted type I Besetztes / Gebiet / Nordfrankreich tied to cover DUNKERQUE NORD to ARNEKE NORD, two cancels on the front arrival backstamp on reverse, expertised on reverse, superb. Michel 3I.
Cameroun: 1897 Set 6 to 50pf used, 1900-1910 Yachts set to 80pf used, 1m to 5m hinged mint, 1919 wmk Loz. set 3, mainly fine, (25).
Caroline Islands: 1900 set of six 56 degrees ovpt used to 25pf with PONAPE cds's, 50pf mint, 1900-1910 Yachts set to 5m hinged mint, 1915 set 3 mint, mainly fine, (27).
Caroline Islands: 1905 (20 Apr) Gruss Aus Ponape PPC (large side tear with old tap on obverse) to Belgium bearing 10pf Cameroun Yacht bisected vertically and tied full negative strike of PONAPE KAISERUCE postage cancel in black. Used as a provisional after a typhoon destroyed stocks of the 5pf.
East Africa: 1893-1901 Germany surcharged 1893 set mint (€280), 1896-1899 surcharge set used, 1901 Yachts set with 15p to 2r mint, 3r unmounted mint (€480). Neatly arranged on printed SAFE hingeless page.
East Africa: 1905-16 Yachts set m & u with 1905 No wmk set to 60h m & u, 1905-20 Wmk Loz. set m & u with 60h-3r mint (€230). Mission stamps 2½h brown type I, 7½h red both types one with torn corner, (€160), Neatly arranged on printed SAFE hingeless page. (22).
Kiautschou: 1900 5pf on 10pf lilac-red part original gum with large hinge remain with horizontal violet line as listed in Michel, Signed on reverse R STAUER. Michel 1 IIb.
