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St. Helena: 1934, Centenary ½ d.-10 sh. cpl., unhinged mint, very fine

St. Kitts-Nevis: 1820/22, 1 £ purple and black on red, copy from the top sheet margin, unhinged mint, very fine

St. Vincent: 1880, 5 sh. rose-red, unused o.g., very fine and fresh (SG £ 1.000,-)

Samoa: 3 d. on 25 pfg. vertical strip of three, the right stamp with 3mm shifted downwards surcharge, tied by cds. "APIA -9.9.14" to small piece, fine and interesting variety

9 d. on 80 pfg. block of four, the right stamps with 2mm shifted upwards surcharge, tied by cds. "APIA 12.9.14" to small piece, fine and interesting variety

1 s. on 1 M., unused, very fine, signed Kosack and certificate Brandon ex Dr. Rueger

5 s. on 5 M., unused, fine, signed Köhler, Hoffmann Giesecke and certificate Brandon ex Dr. Rueger

Togo (British): ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION: 1914, Lines 3 mm apart: 40 pfg. with right sheet margin, unhinged mint, fine, copy of certificate Holcombe for a split up block of 32

40 pfg. with right sheet margin, unhinged mint, fine, copy of certificate Holcombe for block of 32 ex Dr. Rueger

50 pfg. tied by clear cds "LOME 29.9.14" to piece (lifted for inspection and replaced with hinged), fine, signed A. Brun and certificate Holcombe

80 pfg. vertical pair, unhined mint, fine, signed Bloch ex Dr. Rueger

1 m. from upper right sheet corner, unused, fine, very scarce, certificate PF and RPSL (1960 resp. 1961) ex Dr. Rueger

1 m. carmine from the lower left sheet corner tied by cds. "LOME 29.9.14" to piece, fine, a very attractive copy of this rare stamp, signed Kosack and certificate Holcombe

2 m. blue with double overprint, tied by clear cds. "LOME 1.10.14" to piece, very fine. This is the right stamp of the pair illustrated in Chales H. Greenwoods Handbook, a major rarity of which only 8 used copies are known, signed Bothe BPP with certificate

1914, 3 pfg., tied by clear cds. "LOME 6.11.14" to piece, little unfresh, otherwise fine and scarce, sign. Holcombe with certificate

40 pfg. tied by clear strike of "LOME 20/10 14" to piece, signed Kilian BPP

50 pfg. tied by clear cds "LOME 29.9.14" to piece, fine, signed A. Diena und certificate PF

80 pfg., used, fine, signed Bothe BPP

1 m. carmine tied by clear cds. "LOME 12.11.14" to piece, fine, certificate Kilian BPP and RPSL

1 m. carmine with 10 other values, each tied by cds. "LOME 13.11.14" to reverse of stationary of the Imperial Government of Togo, folded in the middle otherwise very fine and unusual, certificate Holcombe

1915, 3 pfg. with partial strike of "LOME", fine

10 pfg. without wmk., used, few short perfs at bottom otherwise fine, signed A. Diena

20 pfg., tied by cds. to piece, fine, signed Kosack and certificate PF

1897, cover from the correspondence of Dr. A. R. Cook, on tour with bishop Tucker, endorsed "A.R. Cook c/o Boustead Ridley & Co., Mombasa" and "No stamps available", adressed to London with tax mark "2½ D/F.B."; on reverse dispatch mark "NDII NO 19 97", transit mark of Zanzibar of 23 November and London arrival mark; usual transportation marks, fine and scarce Provenance: Roy Dunstan (1985)

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1864/67, Rivadavia imperforated with watermark: 10 c. green, very fresh with large to enormous margins, unused without gum, extremely fine, sign. Brun and certificate Scheller (Scott no. 9; $ 2.000,-)

10 c. green, nice colour and good to wide margins, lightly cancelled, very fine, certificate Scheller (Scott $ 1.200,-)

1867/72, Rivadavia without watermark: 15 c. blue, good to wide margins and fresh colour, unused without gum, very fine, sign. Calves and certificate Scheller (Scott no. 16; $ 2.000,-)

15 c. blue, good to wide margins and fresh colour, unused without gum, very fine, sign. Calves and certificate Scheller

1868, 5 c. vermilion, tied by mute postmark to entire letter to France with combination franking Napoléon perforated 80 c. rose in horizontal pair; on reverse dispatch mark "BUENOS AYRES JA 28 67" of the British PO, also transit and arrival marks; on front tax stamps "10" and "GB 1 F60C"; a fine and scarce letter, certificate du Vachat

1888, Avellaneda 10 c., die proofs in black and brown, mounted on cards

San Martin 15 c., die proofs of centre and frame, mounted on card

1890, Fleet of Columbus 5 c., essay in red with imprint of the Southamerican Banknote Co., mounted on sunken card, also official notices of issue for both values, 5 c. with stamp inverted

1892/97, Rivadavia, combined proof of ½ c., 1 c., 2 c. and one stamp without value tablets in black on India, also single die 3 c. in black on India

1892/97 (ca.), Belgrano, 6 proofs in red,  all with different value tablets resp. one value without value tablet and one with value "24" lined out, together in block format, mounted on card

1910, Centenary of Revolution, 8 bicoloured essays 'Reading the Constitution' without value tablets, all with frames mounted on the centre, glazed card, mounted in embossed frames, fine and scarce