353 / März 2013

1930,  1 1/2 d proof meter mark from "CASTLEREAGH ST NSW 4.VII" with slogan "The railways are yours - mind your own business" on piece with cancel  "SPECIMEN", fine scarce

1932, Souvenir Telegram and cover "Sydney Harbour Bridge" plus registered airmail cover with special registered lasbel "Sydney Harbour Bridge N.E.PYLON", all used with same cancel "SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE 19.MR.", scarce

1860, 1 d. carmine-rose, good to mostly large margins and good colour, unused o.g., a fine copy of this rare stamp

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1899, handdrawn essay 1/2 d. blue issue 1899 with allegory design and part of steam engine, fine and scarce

1853, Sailer 4 d. blue, wide margin all round, used, very fine, certificate RPSL (1965)

1852/57, 3 d. red and brown-red, used, fine

1906/12, 1 £ purple and black on red, copy from the lower right sheet corner, unused o.g., very fine (SG £ 300,-)

1869/72, issue without wm. 4 d. brown, good to large margins and fresh colour, unused o.g.

1874, 4 d. brown and 6 d. blue, both with wide margins and neatly cancelled, very fine

1904, 1 £. deep purple and black/red, mint, fine, ex collection Severin

1884/91, ½ d. green, 1 d. rose-carmine and 2. grey, tied by oval of bars to small envelope to adjacent "ACCRA NO 22 94" and straight line "TOO-LATE" to England, showing on front red "PAID LIVERPOOL BR. PACKET"; ½ d. small corner fault, otherwise fine

Hong Kong, Branch Offices: clear cds. "HONG KONG SAI YING PUN 21 FEB 20" with index "B"  (type B) on KG V1½ c. postal stationary, fine

1948, Ghandi 1½ a.-10 r. together with other sets (all unmounted mint) in UPU presentation booklet for the 13th UPU Congress in Bruxelles 1952, fine and scarce

1½ a.-10 r., used

1975, XV. Conference Taurus-Baghdad, 36 progressive plates proofs in black or different colours, unmounted mint, fine

JOHORE: 1904/10, 1 c. and 3 c.-50 c. and 1896, coronation issue 4 c. and 6 c., each in pair, all tied by "JOHORE BAHRU" to Straits Settlements registered envelope 10 c. with adjacent boxed red register mark to Germany

1848, 1 d. dull-vermilion, early intermediate impression, fresh colour and large margins, neatly cancelled by numeral "3" of Pamplemousses; an extremely fine stamp, certificates Georg Bühler (1981) and BPA (2012)

1879, 2,50 r. brown-purple used on registered envelope 8 c. from "MAURITIUS JY 21 95" to Switzerland, showing clear strike of rare "A.R.", red "REGISTERED MAURITIUS" and French paquebot mark "LA REUNION A MARSEILLE L.V.No.4", also on reverse large red seal cancel "GENERAL POST OFFICE MAURITIUS" and arrival mark; a rare stamp on cover and earliest recorded use of th "A.R." marking Provenance: Peter Jaffé (2007)

Miscellaneous items: 8 handpainted images of Post Office, Post Paid, Lapirot and Sherwin in original sizes, mounted on card in glass frame

1915, Australia "OS" 1 d., bisect in pair with complete stamp and further stamp, tied by cds. "MADANG 23 OC 15" to envelope from Finschhafen Missionary to Queensland with censor label at left and censor mark on front, usual transportation marks, little soiled; thought to be the only commercial bisect cover of New Guinea, certificate RPS (2005)

POSTAL STATIONERY: 1943, POW-Airmail letter sheet 1 sh. used from "DARGAVILLE 3 AU 41" to a POW in Germany, M-Stammlager VIIIB, with British and German censor marks (H+G 2)

1908, 1£ purple and black on red, tied by clear "FORT JOHNSTON M.O.B. FE 26 1913" to adress lable, still sticking on original board of wood; a rare and very fine usage

1892/93, 5 £ sage-green and 10 £ brown, unused without gum, certificate Enzo Diena

1898/1908, 5 £ deep-blue and 10 £ lilac, unused without gum, certificate Enzo Diena

OCEAN POST OFFICES: "UNION OF S. AFRICA OCEAN P.O. 9/11 JUN. 12" on letter with mixed franking Transvaal/CGH to Spain and "UNITED KINGDOM & S. AFRICA SEA P.O. 9 / FE 9 14" on mixed franking Transvaal/Union on cover to British Guiana with arrival mark; the first cover somewhat reduced in size, the second one opened out for display

1884, ½ d. rose as horizontal pair and 4 d. grey with clear cds. "TRINIDAD JU 27" on registered cover to Halifax, fine

1932, 40 pl., 60 pl., 1 a., 2 a. and 3 a. as proof sheet 3x4 stamps on chalky, ungummed paper, fine (see Afghan Philetely by Cecil Ueyehara p. 148)  

National Assembly, 60 pl. violet as proof sheet 4X3 stamps on chalky, ungummed paper, fine (see Afghan Philately by Cecil Uyehara p. 148)

1 a. black as proof sheet 3X4 stamps on chalky, ungummed paper, fine (see Afghan Philately by Cecil Uyehara p. 148)

1867/74, 4 c. brown and 2 pairs 1880, 8 c. lake, all cancelled by cds. "BELGRANO (B.A.) / AG 17 83" to registered envelope to Italy, showing on front and reverse 5 strikes of boxed red "CERTIFICADO", small imperfections; believed to be the only cover with the red register handstamp Provenance: Carlos Chaves (2009)

1995, ATM 0,05 p., unhinged mint, light finger print (Mi. 550,-)

1843, Bull's eye 60 r. black, fine print, large margins, used, very fine

1943, Petropolis 40c. with wm.17, block of 4, unmounted mint (Mi. 5.200,-)

1920, local official cover "Caja de Retiros y de Prevision Social de Los" from "SANTIAGO 15.MAR.", fine

1897, coiling dragon ½ c. as vertical pair and 2 c. as horizontal pair tied with somewhat illegible tomb stone to postcard, with senders handwritten remark "YANGTSUN" to  Löthen, fine

1941, Sun Yatsen ½-50 c., each with red overprint "SPECIMEN" and punchhole through right numeral, mint never hinged, fine