377th Auction

1 d. black, plate 1, LG, good to large margins, tied by red MC to small piece, very fine

1840, 1 d. black, plate 1A, DG, good to large margins, neatly cancelled by red MC, very fine, sign. Georg Bühler

1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 1b,PJ, inverted watermark, fresh colour and good to wide margins with small part of adjoining stamp at upper right, used with clear red MC, a very fine copy of this scarce stamp

1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 2, MB, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, used with clearly struck black MC, fine, certificate Louis BPP (2004)

1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 7, JA, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, used with clearly struck black MC, fine, certificate Louis BPP (2004)

1840, 1 d. black, plate 3, SL, good even margins, tied by nice clear red MC to piece, very fine

1840, Victoria 1d. black, plate 1b, QD, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around tied by red MC with "GLASGOW FEB 11 1841" on reverse to folded letter via Belfast to Cookstown, Ireland, transit- and arrival mark on reverse, a late use of the red Maltese cross a few days before the official change to black stamp ink, certificate Louis BPP (2003)

MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS: London Numeral 1-12 struck on twelve 1d. red imperforated, mostly nice and good strikes, some stamps with faults, certificate Pröschold BPP (1988)

1857, Transitional Issue 1d. pale-red, strip of three, two pairs and single tied by numeral "15" to small cover to Paris, some perfs slightly blunted as affixed on the edge, a little roughly opened, a scarce and attractive cover

1864/79, 1 d. lake-red, tied by clear "HELENSBURGH FE 13 1869" to small embossed Valentine's cover sent locally with arrival mark on reverse; very attractive

1854, Embossed 6d. dull lilac in combination with 1856 4d. carmine on highly glazed paper, tied by numeral "19" to folded letter to Bilbao, embossed slightly touched at bottom, otherwise a fine and rare combination of embossed and surface printed stamps, only 15 combinations recorded by Simpson & Louis

1867/83, 10 sh. greenish-grey, GG, fresh colour and good perforation, used, fine
 

1940, 23.5 and 21.6., two cards with Victoria/George 2d. orange tied by wavy line machine cancel to card to Thorshavn with boxed violet resp. red boxed "T.80" and "O.37" censor mark alongside, fine

1940, 3.11, George VI. 2½. blue tied by wavy line machine cancel "11 MAR 1940" to cover with routing "Per S.S. BARANDA" to Kvivig, censored in England and closed with "PC 66 2168" strip, in addition similar cover with content sent 9th October 1939 to the same adress without any censorship, very rare with only two recorded entires showing the "PC 66" censor strip from Britain to Faroe Islands

1941, 12.1., George VI. 3d violett with pencil cross and tied by boxed "Paquebot" to cover to Thorshavn with adjacent arrival mark "THORSHAVN 1.12.41". The letter was delivered directly to the "Security Control Office" in open condition, so that time could be saved, and it could be censored immediately, reverse with "PC90 Opened By Examiner 1672" censor label, fine

1941, 18.2. and 7.5., George VI. ½ and 1d. tied by violet cachet to "sample post" tag with censor label "PC 90 4721" on reverse, and meter mark 2½d. on cover from "GREENFORD 7 V 41" to Thorshavn with brown closure strip and red boxed "PASSED T.123" alongside, fine

1941, 24.12., ½d. and 2½d. meter mark from "GLASGOW 24 XII 41" to Thorshavn, censored in England with new type of continuous closing strip "PC90 Opened By Examiner 543 51-1563", some ageing and little roughly opened 

1944, 2.3., George VI. 3d. violett tied by machine cancel "LONDON 3 FEB 1944" to cover sent from the "Red Cross Message Bureau 201" to Thorshavn, censored in England and closed with "P.C.90 5404" label, minor transportation wear

1944, 6.4 and 24.4., two covers cancelled with undated cancel respectively "Post Office, Maritime Mail" and "Rhomb cancel". Probably sent from a soldier. Content dated respectively 6. April and 24. April 1944. Civil censorship in England and closed with a" P.C.90 4448 51-851-W.H.H. Ltd." labels

1941/45, very interesting collection with 26 covers including double-censored, sent Directly to Security Office, meter marks, straight-line "WAR OFFICE PERMIT No. C7", all written up

1942/43, four covers, three censored, all addressed to Thorshavn. Many friendships were made between the Faroese and "The Lovat Scouts" who were in the Faroe Islands at the beginning of the war. As these were replaced by forces from the 12th Battalion "The Cameronians" on 10 June 1942, there is some correspondence known subsequently - typically sent from Perth, Nairn and Glasgow.

1943/44, registered postal stationery envelope with additional franking, the cover was handed over to B.P.A. which after study has approved the shipment thus oval "Passed by the British Philatelic Association Ltd" with signature of Miss Winifred Worsall and serial number applied. And cover with George VI. 3d. tied by machine cancel "LONDON 3 NOV 1944" to cover with special permit address label "POSTED UNDER CENSOR'S PERMIT No. E 15271" to Thorshavn, minor transportation wear, a scarce and interesting group

1942/43, group of four covers, three franked and one with meter mark, including "Permit C7", "Permit C1", "BPA censor and War office Permit C7" and "Permit mail no. B.226", interesting and mostly written up

1942/44, Letter concerning the consul's radio talks concerning the Faroe Islands, sent by Christmas Møller, member of the Danish Council in London, franked with George VI. ½ and 2d. from "LONDON 8 OCT 1942" to Faroe Islands and cover from "FUGLEFJORD" to the "Danish House" in London, censored in England, some minor imperfection, both written up  

GREAT BRITAIN-IONIAN ISLANDS, 1856, Lettersheet with part of contents from "PRESCOT DE 30 1856" to Cephalonia, franked with embossed issued 1 shilling green in vertical pair and line engraved 1 penny red-brown on bluish, tied by numeral "626" and partly by red "AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN FRANCO". In Germany marked with "3¼" in blue ink and "3" silbergroschen in red crayon, indicating that the letter fell into first German and second British weight class. A fine letter with scarce destination. Certificate Brandon (1987) (SG 54, 29)