362 / März 2016

1874, Queen Victoria 2 d. rose, horizontal strip of three and single stamp, tied by dublex "DUNEDIN/D 14.AP.82" to cover to Malta with arrival mark, forwarded via "LONDON JU.15." with 1 d. violet to Dublin with arrival mark, cover folded and two stamps with tears at top, nice combination franking

1896, 2 1/2 d. ultramarine and 2 d. orange-yellow, tied by segmented bars cancel to registered mourning cover from "ST.HELENA FE.16.1901" with oval mark "REGISTERED ST. HELENA" and censor mark "CENSOR PRISONERS OF WAR" via London to Rostock, Germany with arrival mark, fine

Columbus and Medicinal Spring ½ d.-1 sh. tied by "A09" to registered philatelic envelope to Germany with transit and arrival marks

1930, 1 d. black on blue and 2 d. black on yellow, tied by cds. "CASTRIES ST.LUCIA 28.DE.32" to cover from "GEORGETOWN CAYMAN ISLANDS NO.25.32" with 1/2 d. brown and handstamp "T", folded and sender address erased, otherwise fine

1872, Liverpool to Malua, folded mourning lettersheet to Reverend Nisbet, without any cancellations or transit marks, certificate Steuer BPP

INTER ISLAND MAIL: 1850 (ca.), Apia to Vaiee, small folded letter from Reverend W. Harbutt to Henry Nisbet, with interesting text "...Tumasaga is going to be neutral - the fleet of Manono are all...with probably 250 or 300 men to intercept...", some brownish spots, otherwise fine, certificate Steuer BPP

1886-1900 PALM TREES AND MALIETOA ISSUE: Die proof 2½d. rose on wove paper, fine

1894-1900 5d. FLAG-ISSUE: Die proof 5d. lilac on wove paper, fine

1921, Samoan house, ½d.-1s. as imperforated plate proofs in blue, without gum, fine

AUSTRALIA: "PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA", strike on postal stationary 1d. red cancelled in "LAUTOJA FIJI 3 APR 17" to Apia, fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA", one green and three violett strikes on 4 covers from Sydney, each franked with KGV 1d., fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 2 G.R.I. SAMOA" green strike on front of cover from New Zealand with meter mark franking to Apia, few folds, otherwise fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 3 G.R.I. SAMOA", green strike on card "APIA 11 JL 19" franked with 1d. red, addressed to Göteborg, fine

"PASSED BY CENSOR 3 G.R.I. SAMOA", one green and two violett strikes on 3 covers from Sydney, each franked with KGV 1d., fine

"Passed by Censor" black strike on front of local cover franked with ½d.-1sh. from "APIA 14 JE. 15", folded horizontally, otherwise fine

 "Passed by Censor" green strike on front of large registered cover, registry etiquette with unusual greenish blue "Apia, Samoa" octagon handstamp, franked with ½d., 2 and 2½d. from "APIA 14.12.14" to Sydney, vertical fold, few stains, otherwise fine, rare

"Passed by Censor" black strike on front of cover franked with 2d. mauve from "APIA 14 JE. 15" to England, fine

"Passed by Censor" over gummed closing label on front and reverse of regsitered cover from Little Falls, N.Y. bearing 5 and 10 c. adhesives, tied by oval cachet, to Apia, very fine and scarce Provenance: 'Floyd W. Fitzpatrick' (1989)

MAIL RETAINED FROM THE CENSORS: 5 unused double and two normal postal stationary cards GRI 1d. on 10 Pfg. addressed to Leipzig with text including "...Since the 29th of August Samoa has been occupied by the New Zealand troops...", very interesting

1917/19, three covers, including one registered, to Netherland, Switzerland and USA, all with censor mark, mostly fine

TONGA: Postal stationary 1d. red from "NUKUALOFA 6 NOV 14" to Apia, with clear censor mark, delivered on July 23rd 1919, fine

BYPASSING OF THE CENSORSHIP: US Postal Stationary 2 C. red from "PAGO PAGO OCT 9 15" to Dobrilugk in Germany, reverse with interesting text "A few days ago we came from Apia...", fine

"APIA 24 11 14" german cds. on picture postcard bearing ½d. green adhesive, with annotation "on active service", addressed to Auckland, as no cards where allowed depicting unused reproductions of stamps all "stamps" on the reverse have also been cancelled, fine and scarce

"APIA 30 10 14" german cds. on cover with annotation "on active service", addressed to Wellington, with full content, small tear and creases at top, otherwise fine, scarce

Picture postcard written by a New Zealand soldier and most likely transported in a cover, with interesting text "....The Germans have near all ran away so we are no just waiting for them to send some soldiers..", fine, scarce

1896, India Soldiers and Seamen's postal stationery envelope 9 p. with additional franking Victoria 1/2 a. green, tied by bilingual cds. "SAWAKIN 21.6." via Suez with "OVERLAND POSTAGE DUE AS 5" to Colaba with arrival marks, fine

1915, Yacht type 7½ Pfg. with reddish violet overprint, block of four, mint never hinged, fine, signed Kilian

1873/79, Victoria 1 sh. lilac, neatly cancelled, very fine, certificate BPA (1984)

1868, Queen Victoria 6 d. green without cancel on cover from "BRISBAINE QUEENSLAND OC.4.69" (on reverse) to London and forwarded with 1 d. red-lac cancelled with dublex "LONDON/W 27 DE.6.69" to Bournemouth with arrival mark, crease and cover with tear at top, otherwise fine combination franking

1840/1999, gestempelte Sammlungen Großbritannien, Irland, Gibraltar und Malta mit mittleren Ausgaben in 3 Borek-Alben

1891/1970 (ca), über 80 Briefe und Ganzsachen inkl. Australien, dabei KGF-Post, Zensuren, Luftpost inkl. vieler Aerogramme, interessanten Stempeln und weiteren Besonderheiten

1850/1915(ca.), sehr interessante und umfangreiche Partie auf alten Auswahlblättern, dabei ein starker Teil Malta dabei Mi.-Nr. 63(2), 79(2) und 80(4) ungebraucht, außerdem Britische Südafrika Gesellschaft Mi.-Nr. 137 ungebraucht, Kap der guten Hoffnung mit 4p. Woodblock, des Weiteren Indien, Leeward Inseln, Natal, außerdem Sierra Leone, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Zanzibar, ​Zypern Mi.-Nr. 82,83, 108-17 ungebraucht, außerdem etwas Australische Staaten, durchweg gute Erhaltung  

1860/1990, postfrischer, ungebrauchter und gestempelter Posten mit Sammlungen, überwiegend Karibik und Ozeanien, meist moderne Ausgaben mit viel Motiven; in 3 großen Kartons

1864/1939, 36 Briefe, Karten und Ganzsachen mit Schwerpunkt bis ca. 1915, dabei u.a. Post aus Ceylon, Nordborneo, Malta und Gibraltar mit interessanten Frankaturen und Stempeln, dazu u.a. frankierer Brief 1865 aus Britisch Guayana, R-GSU Hongkong 1908 und R-Brief aus St. Lucia, Erhaltung zum Teil etwas fehlerhaft

1935/99, postfrische, anfangs auch ungebrauchte Sammlung auf selbstgestalteten Blättern im Album

1853/1944, 50 Briefe und Ganzsachen inkl. etwas Australien, Tonga und Neuseeland, dabei Buntfrankaturen, R-Briefe, Incoming Mail, Nachporto-Belege, GSK mit Bildzudrucken, interessante Stempel usw., Erhaltung von fehlerhaft bis einwandfrei