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Lot 49
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 50
POSTAL HISTORY

SPECIMEN Overprints on QV-GV postal stationery cards each overprinted specimen diagonally including East Africa GV 35c regd env., Ceylon EDVII 6c red card, BCA ½d green Arms, 1d arms newspaper wrapper, Leeward Is. QV 1d red newspaper wrapper, 1d pink env., Zululand 1d card, Br. Guiana Ship 1c grey, BEA ½a green, Leeward Is. QV 1d pink env. 1d red card, Sierra Leone ½d green newspaper wrapper, QV ½d green card, 2d grey regd env., EDVII ½d green, mostly fine, nice group of 12 items.

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 51
POSTAL HISTORY

War Office Censor Permit C16: Two 1945 envelope from London to Ireland bearing 2½d rates tied wavy line or cds cancel and WAR OFFICE / PERMIT No. C16 red on white imperf label affixed. And oval PASSED BY PHILATELIC ASSN. LTD, signed and dated.

Estimate £ 18.00
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Lot 52
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 £ 100.00
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Lot 53
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1933 (6 Oct) Typed env Miami to Indianapolis bearing 50c Zepp air tied MIAMI wavy line cancel and GRAF ZEPPELIN / CENTURY OF PROGRESS / EXPOSITION / DISPATCHED FROM MIAMI cachet in violet, light gum tones. Sieger 242B.

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 54
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1936 (23 March) LZ129 plain cover 100pf tied Friedrichschafen cds sent to Hamburg with red Luftschiff LZ129 / befordert h/s. Typed Mit Luftschiff LZ129 top left.

Estimate £ 48.00
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Lot 55
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight plain postcard 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds sent locally with good strike of red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graf Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 56
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight postal stationery card 5pf uprated with 45pf defins tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds to Frankfurt Main with red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graff Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 57
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Group of four covers (faults) incl LZ129 1936 Frankfurt to New York with 50pf & 75pf Zepp defins (heavily toned) and cachet, 1929 USA round the world flight (torn corner), 1925 postcard of Leipzig tied with special cancel sent philatelically, 1936 Brazil multi franked cvr for LZ129 Hindenburg regd to Germany with Brazil - Europe cachet (faults). (4).

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 58
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Liechtenstein: 1936 (1 May) Zeppelin plain postcard for Europe - North America flight to New Jersey bearing 10r & 1fr airs tied TRIESENBERG cds, flight cachet and New York arrival on obverse. Sieger 408B.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 59
POSTCARDS

Alice in Wonderland: 1907 Coloured postcard unused showing Mardi Gras, New Orleans by Adolph Selige Publishers St Louis. Few minor tones with one weak corner otherwise nice early postcard.

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 60
POSTCARDS

Cats: 1940 - 1970 Fantasy kitty cats postcards (8) in nice condition by AFKH illustrators. Unused very fine including "Anthropomorphic cats dancing on the roof ". Nice little set.

Estimate £ 40.00
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