362 / März 2016

1876, 5 s. yellowish-green with bottom sheet margin with clear central Shanghai cross roads with adjacents double circle "I.J. POSTAL AGENCY SHANGHAI NOV 15" on reverse of small native envelope to Nagasaki with arrival mark; the envelope some termite holes, otherwise fine; a scarce franking, certificate Eichhorn BPP

1876/89, Koban 45 s. rose-red, perf. 10, unused o.g., fine and fresh, certificate Eichhorn BPP (JSCA 76Ca)

45 s. rose-red, perf. 10, used with part of large Yokohama bota, very fine and scarce, certificate Eichhorn BPP

1908, Empress Jingu 10 y., unused o.g., 2 light gum bends, otherwise fine and fresh, certificate Eichhorn BPP

1914, Empress Jingu 5 y. and 10 y., unused o.g., fine and fresh, each certificate Eichhorn BPP

1916, Coronation bonnet 10 s., unused o.g., fine and fresh, certificate Eichhorn BPP

1934, Exhibition souvenier sheet with central first day cancellation, very fine, certificate Eichhorn BPP

1937, Empress Jingu 5 y. and 10 y., unused o.g., fine and fresh, certificate Eichhorn BPP

1927/29, Emir Abdullah 2 m.- 1000 m. and 1930/39, 1 m.- 1 lp., both cpl. sets overprinted resp. perfined "SPECIMEN", unused o.g.

1930, Emir Abdullah essay 5 m. brown printed in reverse on gummed paper, horizontal pair, unmounted mint, very fine

1930/39, perf. 13½:13, 4 m. in block of 6 and 5-20 m. in blocks of 4, 20 m. with plate no., few stamps adhesions, otherwise all unmounted mint, fine and scarce blocks

1951, unissued King Talal 3 f., unused without gum, tiny marginal nick, otherwise fine and fresh, a scarce stamp in this condition

OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE: 1948, 12 m. with overprint in green, block of 4 from the lower right sheet corner with plate-no. 1 " in the lower margin, the margins strengthened by paper, stamps unmounted mint, very scarce, most likely only one sheet printed

1896/1911 (ca.), 8 covers and one postcard with print cds. incl. "DERNAH", double circle "BENGHAZI", "TRIPOLI D'AFRIQUE 3" etc.

1895, Numeral in oval 5 p. and 10 p. red, unused o.g., 5 p. tiny gum spot on front, otherwise very fine and fresh

1858, 1 d. blue, cut into at top, three sides with good to large margins, tied by cds. "TACNA 26.7.59" to folded cover via British P.O. Arica and London and struck with "GB/2 F 87 1/2 c." accountancy marking and French transit postmark and tax handstamp "19" to Chalon sur Savone with arrival mark, fine

1858, 1 d. blue, cut into at left, three sides with small to large margins, tied by cds. "TACNA 26.6.59" to folded cover via British P.O. Arica and London and struck with "GB/2 F 87 1/2 c." accountancy marking and French transit postmark and tax handstamp "19" to Bordeaux with arrival mark, fine

1 peseta rose-red, large margins, used on lettersheet from Iquique 1859 to Lima, fine

1862, 1 d. pale vermilion, touched on left, otherwise good to large margins, tied by cds. "LIMA 27.MAR.66" to envelope via British P.O. in Callao and London and struck with "GB/1 F.90 C." accountancy marking and French transit postmark to Genova with arrival mark, fine

1868, 1 d. green tied by "C38" of British P.O. in Callao to envelope with sender cachet from Lima with manuscript taxe due on front via London to Verviers, Belgium wiht arrival mark, on rerverse with cds. "CALLAO MY 14.72" and transit cancel "ANGLETERRE PAR QUEST I 14.JUIN.", tiny spots, scarce

1906, postal stationery cut out 2 c. carmine and red (8) and 1 c. green and black with value perforation, tied by violet mute cancel to local registered-AR-cover from "SAN SALVADOR 13.SET.1907", cover opened out for display and two tears repaired, otherwise fine

EL ULA: "ELULA MEVKIFI POSTA SUBESI HATTI ALI", fine strike of blue negative seal of Hejaz railway, applied by favour on postcard 20 pa.; some pencil notation on front mostly erased; fine and extremely scarce

1895, definitives 25 c. brown/black with center inverted, together with 5 c. red, tied by "ENCOMIENDAS POSTALES MONTEVIDEO 6 MAY 96" to cut-out of postal formular; 25 c. tiny corner perf crease, otherwise very fine; a scarce stamp

1892, postal stationery card "Uruguay Philatelic Society" with additional franking overprint issue 1892 1 c. green and UN C. on 20 c. orange, used from "MONTEVIDEO 2.FEB.92" with long message, fine

1847, Franklin 5c. red brown, good margins in two sides, touched at the other sides, tied by red grill to folded letter with adjacent cds. "NEW HAVEN 7 JAN" to Birmingham

5 c. red-brown, cancelled by red "5", used on envelope with adjacent blue "BALTIMORE MAY 25" (1851) to Freiwaldau in Austria with several transit and arrival marks, taxed on arrival with "52" kr.; the stamp repaired with portion of margins added at top and left; a scarce transatlantic use of 1847 issue, certificate PF

1851/57, 1 c. blue, type II, horizontal pair with 3 c. dull-red, tied by blue "CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE MAIL ROUTE SEP 17" to small cover via New York and France to Spezzia, Italy, showing on front black "ETAT UNIS PAQ. BRIT. A CALAIS", taxed with "17" decimes on arrival; small faults, very scarce (Scott 7, 11)

1853, 3 c. dull-red (small internal tear at left) tied by clear "NEW-YORK JUN 8" to decorative advertising envelope of a mackerel dealer; certificate PF

3 c. dull-red with 1857, 1 c. blue, type V, 2 single copies, as additional franking on postal stationery envelope 10 c. green from "SAN FRANCISCO APR 20 1858" to France with adjacent red "SHORT PAID" and taxed with "16" decimes on arrival; a fine and attractive envelope, certificate PF (1999) (Scott 11, 24, U16)

3 c. dull-red with cds. "NEW YORK FEB 13 1857" tied to envelope with combination franking Swarts' City Dispatch Post 1849/53, 1 c. red, tied by black marking, to Connecticut; a fine combination cover, certificates PF (1976 and 1999) (Scott 11+136L9)

2 c. dull-red tied by cds. "NEW YORK AUG 30" in combination with Swarts' City Dispatch 1 c. red, used with cork cancel, on cover to Quebec, Canada, treated as unpaid and taxed in manuscript "10" (US-rate to Canada) with adjacent handstamp "6" (pence due); a fine and interesting cover, certificate PF (1999) (Scott 11+136L9)

3 c. dull-red in combination with Swart's City Dispatch Post 1849/53, 1 c. red on bluish, both tied by cds. "NEW-YORK OCT 16" to small embossed lady's cover to Ulster County; 3 c. small faults, still fine and attractive (Scott 11+136L11)

1856, cover from "LOUISVILLE DEC.11." via New York with blue straight line "PAID" and tax mark "5" via London, Aachen and Trier to Luxembourg "pour Bureau de polis", transportation marks and small part of reverse flap missing

1870, A. Hamilton 30 c. black, two single stamps T.Jefferson 10 c. brown and B. Franklin 1 c. blue, tied by dublex "NEW YORK MAY.1.77" to folded cover with handwritten endorsement "St. Avalpulco via Panama" and red crayon "36/3" credit to Lima with postage due stamps 20 c. blue and 10 c. orange (both with faults) with cds. "LIMA 18.MY.77", fine, a scarce and desirable triple-rate combination franking with Peru Postage Due stamps (Sc. 165, 161, 156)

1930, Zeppelin 65 c.-2,60 $, each on Zeppelin flight card/cover, fine

1933, National Recovery Administration 3 c. purple irregular block of nine and single tied by oval cancel to registered cover to the Netherlands, addressed to His Excellency Wilhelm I, NRA cinderellas on front and reverse, purple Los Angeles registered cds. and New York foreign mail cds. on reverse, opened at bottom and left, major vertical crease