363 / September 2016

"BURGHER CAMP KRUGERSDORP -1. NOV 1901" violet oval censor mark on  reverse of cover with pink censor label and several censor marks via Johannesburg to Peniche, at arrival taxed "T 5 Centimes", fine, in addition a franked cover with same Burgher Camp cachet but with faults

"BURGHER CAMP MIDDELBURG  27 MAY 1902" violet oval censor mark on franked cover with pink censor label to the POW Camp "Umbilo/Natal", missent to India and retourned via Bombay, Calcutta, Umballa and PretoriA to Natal, fine and attractive cover

"REFUGEE CAMP SPRINGFONTEIN PASSED CENSOR" oval violet censor mark on franked cover with pink censor label addressed to a POW camp in Ceylon, a very rare censor mark only recorded for just over 2 weeks, this being the latest known usage, few minor imperfections

BERMUDA: Darrel's Island, 1901, ½d. postal stationery with 1d. additional franking from the POW camp to Rotterdam with blue censor mark "PRISONSERS OF WAR BERMUDA PASSED CENSOR", fine and rare

BURGHER AND REFUGEE CAMPS: 1902, 6 covers including covers to the camps "Bloemfontein",  "Kroonstadt", "Vryburg" and covers from the Burgher camps "Middleburg" and "Irene", some with faults, but mostly good, a interesting group

1899/1900, very interesting collection containg 22 cards and covers and some stamps, spanning from the first british backlash to Treaty of Vereeniging, including censored mail, blockhouse fieldpost, Machadodorp postal stationery, picture postcard Krüger leaving Transvaal and arrriving in Europe, mostly fine

1900, 3d. Major Goodyear and General Baden-Powell, each used with clear cds, the latter slightly discolored, otherwise fine, opinion Holcombe for Goodyear

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

1856/65, 5 c. red, tied to lettersheet with part of contents (one side flap missing), part paid via Panama and London to Hanau near Frankfurt, Germany, in London the letter was charged 2 sh. 4 p., in Germany the total of "33" kr. were charged to the recipient. The letter was before charged by mistake with "94½" kr., but later corrected; slight age wear; a very scarce transatlantic letter, certificate Maier BPP

5 c. red, horizontal pair tied to part paid double rate lettersheet (not quite complete on reverse) via Panama and London to Hanau, charged in London with 2 sh. 4 p. and in Germany with a total of "33" kr.; small faults, a very scarce double rate transatlantic letter, certificate Maier BPP

FISCAL STAMPS USED AS POSTAGE: 1880, 5 c. blue in horizontal pair, tied to cover December1900 to Valparaiso, opinion Maier BPP

1894, 5 ca. orange, used, fine

1898, postcard from "BERLIN 17.4.98" to Peking with front side weak Dollar-chops of Tientsin and Peking and German Tientsin transit mark, card with crease at left upper corner, otherwise fine, a scarce combination!

1901, Coiling Dragon 1 c. and 2 c. tied by large chinese dater "TSINANFU" to postal stationery card via Chefoo and Shanghai with combination franking French PO 10 c. to Tsingtau with German PO "TSINGTAU KIOUTSCHOU 30.11.01", crease and tiny spots

1898, Coiling Dragon 1 c. ochre and 2 c. red (oxidized) tied by blue oval dater "KIACHOW DEC.2.12.1899" to postal stationery card 1 c. rose in combination franking with German Post 5 pf. with cds. "TSINGTAU 4.12.99" and long text (dated Chiangling 27.11.) to Germany with arrival mark, fine

10 c. deep green tied by cds. "KWANGTUNG KIAYINGCHOW" to cover via Chinese and German post office with German postmark "SWATAU 2.2.06" on front to Neuffen, Germany with arrival mark, fine certificate Expert Commitee

1912, Republic of China Provisional Neutrality 1c., 3c. and 7c. unused o.g., fine and fresh, scarce

16 c. and 50 c., unused with large part o.g., very scarce stamps

Statistical department overprints 10 c. blue in strip of 3, tied by Peking cds. to registered cover "AR" to Newark, United States, on reverse arrival mark and partly unclear violet oval "Seepost....R..."

1918, Junk 3 c. (2) and 1 c. (2) tied by cds. "SIYUIZE" to reverse to registered cover to Peking with arrival mark and billingual segmented censor mark "INTERNIERTENLAGER HSI YUE SCHY" in violet on reverse, tiny spots, rare  

1912, Provisional Neutrality ½ c.-30 c. complete, unused, ½ c. and 30 c. no gum, others with small part/ part o.g.; a very scarce set

30 c., used with cds. of 15 Feb. 1912, fine and scarce

POSTA STATIONERY: 1908, Coiling Dragon postcard 1 c., correspondance of 4 cards to the US, one without additional franking, the others with, including one with transit mark "MOUKDEN-S  I.J.P.O."

1917, stationery junk 1½ c. blue used vermilion boxed rural agency Yinfeng, transit "Kwangtung Changlo 10.8.17" arrival bilingual "HINGNINGHSIEN 10.8.18", vertical crease

1750, "Libranza" postal money order "4000 pesos" from Popayan to Quito, a very fine, early and rare entire

"POPAYAN" red straightline cancel on enevelope to Quito with adjacent red "FRANCA", taxed "2" in manuscript, a fine and rare entire

"POPAYAR FRANCA." red boxed cancel on folded letter 1813 to Pasto, taxed 1½, scarce

"POPRIAN" red straightline cancel on large part of official letter to Quito, taxed in manuscript "3", a very scarce cancellation

1926, stamp booklet with 3 panes 10c. and 2 panes 30 c., very fine and scarce

1903, postal stationery envelope with imprinted "Servicio Postal Fluvial" and a steamboat below, with 1902 coat of arms 5c. green imperforated and brown registration label as additional franking as AR cover via Baranquilla to Tanger, reverse with few missing stamps, otherwise fine and rare, depicted in "Histoire Postale des Lacds et de Rivières du Monde, Antonini/Grasset" on page 84

1902, Coat of arms postal stationery enevelope 10c. black on brownish-yellow with additional franking as registered cover from "BOGOTA 1 DIC" via Barranquilla to Rome, the two registered labels defect, otherwise a fine and scarce cover, opinion Holcombe

1902, 10 c. postal stationery envelope with additional franking 20 c. blue, 10 c. black and registered stamp 20 c. blue on bluish as registered cover from "BOGOTA 25.JUL.1903" via Barranquilla and New York with transit registered label to Belgium with arrival mark, slight crease at bottom, otherwise fine, scarce combination

2c. carmine-rose tied by Barranquilla datestamp to First Flight cover to A. Lombardi in Puerto Colombia with arrival mark alongside, a very fine and rare cover

2 c. carmine-rose, position 5, showing the variety "arabic 1 in 6-18-19", tied to piece by Barranquilla datestamp, usual nibbed perfs at bottom, a very fine copy of this rare stamp, signed Calves Note: Valenzuela records only 26 examples of this plate variety extant: 11 unused, 3 used or on piece and 12 on cover

10 c. multicoloured imperforate vignette "Woman and Boy watching Plane" used with "CCNA / Barranquilla" oval cachet, very fine and attractive, certificate RPSL (1996)

10 c. multicoloured imperforate vignette "Clouds and small Biplane" tied by "CCNA / Barranquilla" oval cachet to small piece, fine and scarce, signed A. Diena, Roig a.o.