364 / März 2017

1924/28, George V.  5£ unused with o.g. and tiny trace of hinge, very fine

1895/99, ½ d. and 3 d.-1 sh. tied to registered envelope from "ST. GEORGES JA 16 02" to England with transit and arrival marks, ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1858, "PAID AT HONG-KONG", small Crowned Circle handstamp on cover with postmark "HONG-KONG 21.JY.1858" on reverse and endorsement "By Overland Mail via Trieste" via Triest with tax mark "6 1/4" and Berlin to Lyck with arrival mark, fine

1882/96, 4c. grey, tied by cds. "HONG KONG  OC 13 00" and additional boxed "I.P.O" to picture postcard with combination franking China 4c. brown from "AMOY 10 OCT 00" to Hannover, two corner creases, otherwise fine

1885, Victoria 20 on 30c. orange-red tied by barred "B62" to registered cover endorsed "pr. French Mail" with ship mail cancel alongside to Graslitz, little soiled, otherwise fine

1891, Victoria 20c. on 30c. grey-green, locally surcharged, two singles tied by cds. "HONG KONG NO 6 00" as additional franking to registered postal stationery enevelope Victoria 10c. mauve via New Orleans with US registry exchange label (FX-NO1) to Nicaragua, some minor imperfections, a very scarce and attractive entire

1883, Queen Victoria 1 a. brown and two single stamps 3 a. brown-orange, tied by cds. "BESHAWAR 4.DE.93" to reverse to regiestered pre-printing cover via Odessa to Bukhara, Uzbekistan with arrival mark, crease and tiny spots, rare destination

1948, Ghandi 1½a-10r., two unused sets, fine

1839, Entire letter from Korfu to Venice with desinfection marks "NETTO DI FUORI E NETTO DI DENTRO" and "SANITA MARITTIMA IN VENETIA ESPURGO LETTERE" on reverse, very scarce

1848, Entire letter from "BETHLEHEM Pa. SPT. 9" to Jamaica with clear "JAMAICA SHIP LETTER" on front, light crease

1897, Jubilee 5 s. tied to piece, fine, certificate Brandon

1943, Changi Civilian Internee Camp, cover from "MIDLOTHIAN 4.JNE.43" into the camp with handstamp "Censorship passed", enclosed letter with censor mark "Malaya Civilian Internee Camp / Censorship passed"

1865/73, 1 s. green, plate 4, tied by duplex "MALTA FE 27 66" to lettersheet to Rome with adjacent boxed "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANI", charged on arrival for Papal States inland postage, private signatures on front

1 d. orange-vermilion and 2 d. deep-blue, both in fresh colour, used with Souillac cancellation on small piece; both stamps cut-into at most sides and small faults, but still attractive; an extremely rare colour franking of this printing, certificate Brandon (2008), ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

2 d. deep-blue with variety "PENOE", nice colour and good margins, cancelled by central circle of bars, faint vertical crease, otherwise fine, a rare stamp, certificate Brandon (2007), ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

Early impression 1 d. vermilion with vertical and horizontal background lines, fresh colour and clear to good margins, lightly cancelled by numeral "1" of Mahébourg, fine, sign. Senf and certificate RPS (1929), ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1899, "Recovered from wreck of S.S. Labrador Lpool 15/3/99" red manuscript on franked registered cover to Frankfurt with transit- and arrival mark, some later notes, usual wear, scarce, the SS Labrador ran on the Mackenzie Rock, four miles from Skerryvore lighthouse, in the Hebrides, early on the 28th February 1899

1899, "Recovered from wreck of S.S. Labrador Liverpool 15/3/99" red manuscript on franked registered cover to Frankfurt with transit- and arrival mark, some later notes, usual wear, scarce, the SS Labrador ran on the Mackenzie Rock, four miles from Skerryvore lighthouse, in the Hebrides, early on the 28th February 1899

1 sh. yellow-green tied to pink envelope from "NELSON NO 23 1871" to Avignon in France and redirected to England with several transit and arrival marks; the envelope with small tear fixed with tape, the stamp affected by some light creasing; still a fine and interesting cover, ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1894, ½ d. green-2½ d. blue, tied by "REGISTERED OLD CALABAR 12 NO 94" to registered envelope to New York with transit and arrival marks, ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1859, "BRITISH CONSULATE PALESTINE", clear seal on private contract about a property at the 'Route de Naplouse'

"DESTACAMENTO ITALIANO EN PALESTINA", red seal on registered envelope, franked with GB 1912/24, 2 d. orange, tied by cds. "ARMY POST OFFICE SZ47 / 24 JA 19"; on reverse sender's note from Jaffa, transit and arrival marks

1861, 3 d. blue, tied by grid cancel to small envelope from Georgetown in July 1862 via Shediac to Miramichi, New Brunswick, a fine first issue cover, signed Holcombe with certificate, ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1892, Surcharge 8 d. on 1 sh. grey-brown, overprint type 3, used, a very rare stamp in this condition, certificate RPS (2002), ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1867, 1 sh. green, tied to small envelope from Pietermaritzburg June 1869 to London, very fine, ex Sammlung "Frankfurt"

1924, ½ d. blue-green, copy with right sheet margin, imperforated at right, unused o.g., very fine (tiny spot in the margin only)

1871, 1 abasi, vertical strip of 5 of plate C with sheet margin at left, unused,  very fine and scarce multiple

1923, cover from Baku, address panel crossed out, franked with Soviet Socislist Republic values 5r to 3,000r (7) and tied by dispatch cds's. Sc. 17/28 (between)

1922, multifranked cover from Baku to Erivan incl. scarce 5,000r (Sc. 23,27,29)

1922, card to Rostov on Don franked with pair 10,000r surcharged on 1r of Soviet Republic issue tied by Baku cds's. Sc.32

1922, registered cover from Baku to Dresden franked with twenty four 50,000r surcharged on 3,000r., including a block of 6 and 8, tied by dispatch cds's. Sc. 35

1923, cover from Baku to London franked with two blocks of six and three 5,000r surcharged on 2,000r and tied by dispatch cds's. Sc.39

1923, cover from Baku to London franked with block of six 25,000r surcharged on 10k and tied by dispatch cds's. Sc.57

 "CUSTOMS TAKU 1.Nov.86", clear violet marking on front of envelope from "BRAKE 30.8.86" with two single stamps 10 c. red via New York and San Francisco to Taku, one reverse with oval cancel "U.S. POSTAL AGENCEY SHANGHAI 18.OCT.86", fine, very scarce combination

"LOCAL POST AGENCY NANKING", average strike in blue with adjacent "SHANHAI LOCAL POST DE 19 95"  on reverse of cover with front side combination franking German post 20 pfg., tied by cds. "SHANGHAI 19 12 95" to Germany with arrival mark; a very rare combination cover from Nanking

"PEKING" and "TIENTSIN" dollar-chops on  postcard from "BERLIN 17.4.98" to Peking with German post transit mark, crease at upper left corner, otherwise fine, a scarce combination!