371st Auction

1924/33, Badge of St. Helena ½ d.-3 sh. cpl., unused o.g., fine (SG £ 350,-)

1919, Kangaroo and map 2 £ black and rose, die II with overprint "SPECIMEN" in subtype 1a (damaged S and C), unused without gum, one pulled perf at top, otherwise fine; a very scarce variety

1920, The 25 and 50r. surcharges on the Tree-type issue, 50r. on 50k. yellow, marginal block of four, mint never hinged, fine

1915, 1 t. black, violet and gold with black surcharge, unused with original gum, fine, only 170 issued, signed Bloch (SG £ 1.400,-)

1855/63, Perkins Bacon 1 d. deeprose-red, nice fresh colour and good margins, unused without gum, otherwise very fine

1855/63, 4 d. blue on white paper, block of 4, ample to large margins and fresh colour, lightly cancelled, some minor staining, sign. Knopke BPP

1855/63, Perkins Bacon 6 d. palerose-lilac with good to large margins, tied by triangle to cover from "CAPETOWN FE 2 1860" to Ireland with frontside "PAID DEVONPORT CAPE-PACKET", envelope little stained, otherwise fine

6 d. pale rose-lilac and deep rose-lilac, both with ample to large margins and quite lightly cancelled, fine, sign. Dr. Knopke resp. Starauschek and Drahn

6 d. slate-lilac on blued paper, good to large margins and lightly cancelled, very fine

1 sh. deep dark green, ample to mostly large margins and neatly cancelled, small natural paper flaw, very fine

1863/64, DelaRue 6d.bright mauve, pair with large margins and fresh colour, cancelled by barred oval, vf, certificate BPA (2019)

1 sh. deep dark green, good to large margins, cancelled, very slightly soiled, certificate RPSL (2016)

AIRMAIL: 1925, Calcutta-Risalpur Demonstration Flight, endorsed cover to Nowshera with arrival mark

1926, First flight Calcutta-Rangoon by Spanish army aeroplanes; arrival mark on reverse, very fine and scarce

OFFICIAL: 1914/41, ½ a. indigo, inscription type B, Benns setting 21, sheet of 4, all stamps overprinted with type O1 on reverse instead of front, unused without gum as issued; interesting variety of philatelic status, certificate BPA (2019)

1929, Landscape postcards 3 p. and 3 p.+3 p. blue on buff, unused, very fine (H&G 1-2)

Japanese Occupation of Malacca: 1942, handstamp over blocks of 4: 2c. and 3c. each in block of 4 cancelled "MALACCA 11 6 2602"

1885/90, ½ d. green, 1 d. carmine in horizontal pair and 2½ d. ultramarine, tied by 5line "MALTA" to register envelope 2 d. blue 1901 to Germany with transit and arrival marks

"FREDERICTON MR 14 1853" on complete receipt for a registered letter to St. John

"GAGETOWN N.B. PAID" and inside "PAID 3 D", both in red on small envelope from Gagetown to Fredericton, fine and scarce

1859, Envelope with red "SHEDIAC N.W. PAID / AU 16 1859" via London and Hamburg to Norway with frontside "BRITISH 5 d CLAIM"; little stained, still fine. The only recorded cover from New Brunswick to Norway

"3" in black on lettersheet endorsed "on Service" 1851 from Fredericton to Robert D. Wilmot, Surveyor General of New Brunswick, filing creases

3 d. dull-red, clear to good margins, neatly cancelled by grill "1" of St. John, very fine

3 d. dull-red, 2 copies, one with plate scratch in left "3", the other one with scarce centron express mail cds., both with small faults

1851/60, 3 d. blue, horizontal pair, tied to small envelope (one side flap missing) 1856 to England, short paid by 1½ d. currency, showing on front due hand stamp "5" and red "SHIPLETTER PAID LIVERPOOL"; the right stamp with diagonal tear; a scarce cover, certificate Greene (2004)

3 d. blue, 5 copies incl. different shades, one copy cancelled by pen cross (certificate Greene), all with good to partly enormous margins, some with small thins

6 d. yellow-green in pair, clear to wide margins and very lightly cancelled, the left stamp with faint broken crease, otherwise very fine, certificate Greene (1999)

6 d. dark green, diagonal bisect, just touched in the corner tip, otherwise large margins, tied by oval grill to lettersheet from "HALIFAX MY 6 1860" to Dorchester, New Brunswick; slight paperbreaks in the cover folds and stamp with light corner crease, otherwise fine and attractive; certificate Friedl Expert Committee (1978)   Provenance: Wilkinson (2011), Joseph Hackmey

1 sh. purple, clear to good margins, lightly cancelled, somewhat thinned, otherwise fine

1905/18, ½ d. grey-green, 2 copies tied by duplex "ST. KITTS AP 28 10" to register envelope 2 d. ultramarine to Basse Terre

REVENUES: 1885, 1 d.-1 sh. from the upper sheet margin, all with short "t in SAINT", unmounted mint, also a normal used set and mint copy of 5 sh. which was not used for postage

TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: 1869, Postage due 20pa. yellow-brown/red-brown, used with clear strike of blue arabic "BATUM" cancel, a very scarce cancellation with only a few items known Provenence: ex Platinga collection

TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: 1918, Russian military postcard franked with Turkey Pictorials 10-20pa. and tied by illegible all arabic cds. with the number and city name Batum not readable, send to Pangalti Istanbul with censor and arrival mark, at left side endorsed "Batumdan Mulazimi Sani" (from Batum by Lieutenant), a very interesting item

TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: "BATUM 1" violet all arabic cds. on franked cover to censored cover with arrival mark, a fine and scarce entire

TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: "BATUM 4" all arabic cds., two partial strikes on picture postcard "Hotel d'Orient Tiflis" to Constantinople with light boxed Istanbul censor mark, arrival mark Istanbul on reverse and Kadiköy on front, heavily toned, stamps missing with one 1pia. stamp added later, vertical crease, a great cancellation rarity of Batum with only 2 known (Isfila no.6, RRR*), certificate Nakri (2011) depicted in "BATUM UNDER OCCUPATION the years 1917 – 1921", page 21 (by Hans G. Grigoleit & Edward Klempka)

TURKISH POSTAL SERVICES IN BATUM: 1918, "SAHRA POSTASI 57" all arabic fieldpost cancellation on franked parcel card with adjacent all arabic ova "Görülmüştür = has been checked", sent from the 6th Army Corps Headquarter on the 29th of June 1918 by an officer when the unit was located in "BATUM" area to Eskişehir with bilingual arrival mark on reverse, a fine, attractive and very rare entire being one of only 5 recorded showing the "FPO 57" cancellation used in the Georgia area, detailed certificiate Nakri (2015) depicted in "BATUM UNDER OCCUPATION the years 1917 – 1921", page 23 (by Hans G. Grigoleit & Edward Klempka)