345 / September 2011

1883/84, 10 sh. ultramarine with slightly damaged 5 sh. rose and 2 copies 6 d. purple on rose, tied to parcelcard from "GUERNSEY JU 29 99"; folds and small hole not affecting the stamps; scarce and unusual

1887/92, 1 £ green, neatly cancelled, very fine, sign. Ferchenbauer with certificate

1901, 1 £ green, with oval "Registered" cds., little unfresh, additionally ½ d. - 10 s. in mixed quality, used

1929, UPU 1 £ black, marginal copy, unhinged mint, light vertical gum bend, otherwise fine

 1955, castles 2 s. 6 d. - 1 £ complete, unhinged mint

 1967, british paintings, 9 d. with missing value and Queen's head, unhinged mint, fine

POSTAL STATIONARY: 1944, POW-Airmail letter sheet used from "MYRTLEFORD 8 AU 44" to a POW in Villadose, Italy with British, German and camp-incoming censor marks resp. -strips

1933/37, George V 3 p. (2), ½ a., 2 a., 3 a. , 6 p. and 8 a. tied by cds. "BAHRAIN AIR PERSIAN GULF 13 AUG 38" to registered cover to the US with transit and arrival marks

1852/55, blued paper 4 d. brownish-red, used, very fine, sign. Gebr. Senf

1856, 4 c. black on magenta pierced with datestamp "8 JN 56" with additional strike longside on local cover, part of back flap with date of handstamp missing, the stamp extensively repaired and repainted, still attractive and scarce, several signatures including Grobe, certificate BPA

1915, ½ d. on 3 pfg. brown tied by cds. "DUALA 27.10." to cover with violet censorship mark "Passed by Censor at Lome (Togo)" to Lome with arrival mark, vertical crease at left and slightly toned

1 d. on 10 pfg. carmine tied by cds. "DUALA 16.10." to cover with violet censorship mark "Passed by Censor to Lome (Togo)" to Lome with arrival mark, slightly toned

XXX LOS ENTFÄLLT XXX

1903, Edward 10 $, used, fine

1904/06, Edward 3 $ cancelled "REGISTERED SHANGHAI", fine

1877, ¼ a. ultramarine with manuscript cancellation on opened-out envelope India ½ a. blue to Agra with transit and arrival marks

1876, 6 p. red with good margins, cancelled in manuscript and tied by intaglio seal to India envelope ½ a. blue with cds. "KAHUTA 28 OCT. 84" to Rawalpindi, fine and scarce

1957/58, King Faisal, die proof in green without value tablet, block format, unhinged mint, also die proof of central design for unissued set

1887/1902, Victoria 2½ d. blue, tied by 9 bar oval to cover from "LAGOS W. AFRICA AP 25 95" to Liverpool with arrival mark, cover endorsed "per Eduard Bohlen"

1922/26, 1 £ unhinged mint, very fine

1845, letter sheet with part of contents with red double circle "MAURITIUS POST OFFICE AU 28 1845" via Galle (Ceylon), Aden, Suez via overland mail to  Alexandria, Malta and Marseille to Bordeaux, prepaid to Alexandria with 1 sh. 8 p.; in France taxed with "19" decimes, on front quite clear double circle "PURIFIER AU LAZARET/MALTE"; fine and scarce, certificate Van der Linden BPP and opinion Holcombe

1854/57, Intermediate impression: 1 d. dull vermilion, used, good to wide margins, but small repairs, still attractive, signed Alcuri and Holcombe

1857/59,Worn impression: 1 d. red on bluish, block of four, pos. 1-2/4-5 with good to wide margins, cancelled by boxed "FREE", the top pair with additional barred oval; the lower right stamp small thin on reverse and top pair with crease (most likely fixed around edge of cover); despite the mentioned faults a rare block, ex Dale-Lichtenstein, certificate H. Richter

1860, medium paper without mesh 3 d. green, cpl. sheet of 80 stamps with wide sheet margins and full paper-maker's watermark "STACEY WISE 1858", fold between the 1st and 2nd row at right, some minor creasing and some stains, but overall fine

1904/08, ½ d.-1 sh., all 7 values on normal paper on registered envelope from "MONTSERRAT NO 12 1910" to Germany with transit and arrival marks

1862/64, 4 d. rose-lake, cpl. sheet of 20 stamps, unused o.g., vertical fold between 3rd and 4th row, otherwise and fresh

5 d. chocolate brown, vertical marginal block of 10, unused o.g., central pair with light fold, otherwise fine

5 d. red-brown, cpl. sheet of 40 stamps, unused o.g., almost all stamps never hinged; a horizontal crease between the 3rd and 4th row, otherwise very fine and fresh, a scarce multiple

6 d. rose-lake, cpl. sheet of 20 stamps, unused o.g., fold between the 2nd and 3rd row, otherwise fine and fresh

1 sh. rose-lake in cpl. sheet of 20 stamps, unused o.g., some minor creasing, fine and scarce

1865/71, yellowish paper: 24 c. blue, block of 25 from the lower right sheet corner with imprint at right and bottom, unused o.g., most stamps unhinged mint, top row light gum bend, otherwise fine/very fine

1876/79, rouletted: 5 c. blue, block of 4 with top sheet margin with imprint, unused o.g., fine, sign. Georg Bühler

1919, airmail ONE DOLLAR on 15 c. in block of 4, unused, fine, sign. Georg Bühler

1921, airmail 35 c. in block of 4, three stamps 2 3/4 mm spacing and one stamp 1½ mm spacing, 3 values without stop after 1921, unused, one value sign. Georg Bühler

1914/15, 2 d. on 10 pfg. carmine tied by violet double line "RAUBAUL NOV. 2. 1914" (Gibbs type 3) and pen-stroke to cover to North Sydney, cover with small faults at top and slightly toned

 1931, Airmail ½ d. - 1 £., fresh colours, unused, fine