388th Auction

1857/58, Indian Rebellion, 4 covers (one weak in the folds) with original contens to Captain Patrick James Orr, all endorsed "On public service". Partly interesting contens about the uprising, one letter with transcription.

1948, Gandhi 1½ r. , 8 copies, tied to reverse of commercial air mail cover from Calcutta to London       

1866, fiscal stamps with overprint "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, 2 a., neatly cancelled, very fine. Signed Pfenninger

1866, fiscal stamps with overprint "SERVICE/POSTAGE" in green, 2 a., neatly cancelled, fine

1937, picture postcard 9 a. with scenes of Kashmir, 3 different, unused, vf (H&G 42)

1933, The Houston Mount Everest Expedition: Survey flight by Air Commodore Fellowes over the Himalayas towards Mount Everest, postmarked PURNEA 8 April 1933, Union Jack label and violet cancel "MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDTN 1933 PAR AVION BY AIR CORREO AEREO" alongside, on reverse arrival mark Calcutta 10 Apr.33 and signed Stephen Hutt Smith, only 87 covers carried on this flight, very fine.

1889, ½ a. black on pink with embossed 'peacock', tied by native cancel, with combination franking India QV ½ a. green, tied by "INDORE CITY" squared circle, on cover to Tellichery with arrival mark on reverse. On cover a rarity.

1817, entire letter from “LIVORNO” via Otranto to Corfu, taxed in transit in Neapel “10” Grana with reverse red “NAP(OLI) 27 MAR.”, slitted and roasted for disinfection, arrival faint circular bluish postmark “ISOLE IONIE” with “18” gazette to pay, fine. An extremely scarce early mail from the British Protectorate period

1818, entire letter endorsed inside “Zante 7 Augusto” to Corfu, faint red circular “IS(OLA) DI (ZANTE)” and framed “FRANCA”, fine, together with a 1819 entire letter from Malta to Corfu, endorsed “P. Osprey” and with faint red circular “ISOLA IONIE” with manuscript "45." gazette to pay, fine, both entires slitted and treated against cholera. A rare and early duo from the British Protectorate period

1923, Turkey 20 para postal stationery reply part, overprinted "IRAQ IN BRITISH OCCUPATION 1 An" cancelled by WESTGATE ON SEA 14/NO/20 KENT c.d.s., hex. postage due “T/20 D.R.” and “OVERLAND POSTAGE DUE A/2” alongside, addressed to "Col. S.G.Leslie Ordnance Base Depot Majil Basra" (written by his sons) and forewarded to Ordnance Advanced Basra by red pen, arrival mark on reverse. A very scarce usage of this reply part from England, no other recorded in PROFI archive

1887, Perak Taiping: 1 c. postal stationery card to Penang, overprint variety 'PAIAK', cancelled by oval of bars, showing fine THAIPENG/PERAK 10/JAN/87´ oval d.s. (Type D4; only known date of use) at left and arrival mark A PENANG JA/11/87 c.d.s., tiny border toned, otherwise fine and very scarce. PROFI Archive listed only two other cards with this Taiping cancellation.

1848/59, Early impression 1 d. orange-vermilion, nice fresh colour, tiny touched, but mostly clear margins,lightly cancelled by boxed handstamp. Small thin and tiny pinhole, but still fine and attractive. Signed Gebr. Senf
 

“Auckland Garrison Artillery Division DEVONPORT ON ACTIVE SERVICE”, clear strike of military postage-free cachet on envelope with adjacent cds. “DEVONPORT 2-NO 14 10-AM N” to Wellington, 

Provenance: Len Jury (2015, Spink)

1926, Malayan Airmails The Air Survey Company, envelope flown on first flight from Sibu to Kuching (18 July), bearing Sarawak 4 c. clearly tied by Sibu cds. marked ´Per Air Mail´ by Mr. Jacques. Rare, about 70 covers flown, shortened at left, otherwise fine. Note: In 1926 the Air Survey Department had a contract with the Sarawak Government to map the Rejang delta. The company made their base at Sibu, and on July 19th, the chief pilot, Mr. R.P.Raynham, had to fly to Kuching to collect some spare parts. With the agreement of the Sibu Postmaster, Mr. E.W.H. Jacques, he carried a small amount of mail.

1878/80, ½ d. to 2 s. set of 7 in top left corner blocks of four, unused no gum, 2 s. with some perf. separation, mostly very fine (SG £2.600+)

1883, Eagle with spread wings 1 s. green, re-issue, horizontal tete-beche block of four, light cancelled PRETORIA, fine and attrcative.

1885, ½ p. on 1 sh. green, tete-beche block of four, stamps mint never hinged, hinge at top margin. The top left stamp with inverted cliche, bright and fresh, very fine, a rare tete-beche pair. (SG £2.000++)

1917/21, G.E.A. on 1 c. – 50 r. including some shades and wm mult. Scipt 12 c. – 5 r., unused o.g., fine and scarce 

1915, 4 h., 7½ h. and 15 h., overprint in reddish violet, mint never hinged, 15 h. gum slightly toned, each opinion Dr. Pauligk (2002)

1917, large format registered stationery letter with overprinted 1 d. with London printing  ½ d. two singles, each tied by cds. “LOME 17. 3. 20” to Hamburg, reverse transit and arrival marks, fine (Higgins & Gage-Nr. 1 + SG-Nr. H47)

1898, Coiling Dragons 1 c. ocher vertical strip of three neatly tied by bilingual cds “SWATOW 24 JUN 01” to postal stationery card 1 c. rose to Bremerhaven, Germany with additional Hong Kong 2c. green vertical pair applied in transit tied by “HONG KONG JU 25 01” and red framed “IPO” (Webb fig. 104, Swatow Type 3). The card with a minor crease running between the Hong Kong adhesive and slight toning on reverse, still fine

1 c. ocher and 2 c. red neatly tied by cds “CANTON OCT 00” to postal stationery card 1 c. rose to Germany, additional franking Hong Kong 4 d. pearlish grey tied in transit by both cds “HONG KONG OC 7 00” and additional framed “I.P.O.” (Webb fig. 104, Canton I, rated “R”), arrival “LICHTENSTEIN” alongside. The Coiling Dragon 1 cent with a torn perf, otherwise fine, very scarce, certificate Haveman BPP (2024)

1 c. ocher vertical pair, 2 c. red and 10 c. green, tied by large cds “SHANGHAI” to registered postcard to Austria with additional Hong Kong 2 c. rose horizontal pair and 10 c. lilac/red tied in transit with small cds “HONG KONG NO 28 98”, handed over to French paquebot with hexagonal “LIGNE N 3 DEC 98” and registration circle handstamp “R” alongside, arrival “MAIDHOFEN 31 12 98”. The card with a vertical crease barely affecting one adhesive, fine. An attractive combination enhanced by the registration status

“DSP OST-ASIATISCHE HAUPTLINIE *g1.1.1886” (D. Nürnberg) zweimal klar auf Hongkong Ganzsachenkarte 1 C. mit Zufrankatur 4 C. grauschiefer und Grußtext nach Berlin mit Ankunftsstempel, in einwandfreier Erhaltung 

1938, “SS FRIDERUN HONKGONG, NEW GUINEA SERVICE”, violetter Bordstempel auf British Solomon Island 1 P. violett und 3 P. mit Stempel “TULAGI BRITISH SOLOMON IDS. 5. MAY 38” auf Brief mit weiterem Abschlag des Bordstempels nach Redlands, USA. Der Umschlag hat links die Unterschrift von H. Reinhardt, den Zahlmeister der SS Friederun

“CONSTANTIA”, violetter L1 auf Jamaica 1879 Ganzsachenkarte 1P. blau mit Zufrankatur Kolumbien 5C. braunrot auf rötlich, datiert “Puerto Columbia 11/05 03”, beide vorschriftsmäßig per Federkreuz entwertet, mit vorder- und rückseitigen Transitstempel “TRANSITO COLON 17 MAY 1903” bzw. “KINGSTON JAMAICA MY 27 03” nach Leipzig mit vorderseitigem Ankunftsstempel, gute Erhaltung

“CROATIA” violetter L1 mit handschriftlichem Datum “27/III.04” auf Ganzsachenkarte 1 P. mit viel Text (datiert “Auf dem D. Craoatia” nach Hamburg mit Ankunftsstempel, kleine Schürftstelle links unten, ansonsten in guter Erhaltung

1927, First Flight Jinja - Kisumu, cover from Jinja addressed to Nairobi with arrival mark, with the special red cachet "AIR MAIL UGANDA * SUDAN 1ST FE 12 27", on reverse red cachet "KENYA-SUDAN 1 ST AIR MAIL FE 12 27" which was applied in Kisumu, the addressee is believed to be G.R. Martin, at that time Assistant Post Master General in Nairobi, with rare Airmail label, tiny ink toned, otherwise fine and very scarce with only four covers flown (Newall 27.05 bl).

EINGEHENDE POST: 1890, Briefkuvert mit gedrucktem Absender "S.SCHMUCK/ ADEN-ARABIA", frankiert mit britisch Indien 2 a. blau, übergeht entwertet durch L2 "Agentur des norddeutschen Lloyd", an die Gebrüder Denhardt in Lamu, mit vorderseitigen Ankunftsstempel des britischen Postamtes sowie dem typischen Eingangsvermerk von Clemens Denhardt. Ein interessantes und seltenes Stück. 

ZANZIBAR: 1891/1901, kleine Sammlung des britischen und des französischen Postamtesim Hinblick auf deutsche Absender bzw. Post nach Deutschland, dabei auch fremde Entwertungen auf deutschen Marken. Insgesamt 10 Belege und 6 Marken/Briefstücke. 

1840/2002 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, Great Britain starting from the Penny Black, noted some modern facial value with Irland, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Gibraltar etc., also Malta, together with a few covers, except for some occasional fault in the early issues mostly in very good condition, neatly housed in 9 stockbooks/large holders

1875/1959 (ca.), around 100 covers and cards, strength before the 1930s, noted an abundance of postal stationeries, some better frankings and usages throughout, in the earlier period noted Jamaica, Victoria, Queensland, Strait Settlements, some reply cards, registered mail, etc., conditions varies, an interesting lot

1879/1976 (ca.), group of over 110 covers and cards, strength before the 1940s, many interesting usages with registered and censored mail, fine combination frankings, noted Nigeria, Gold Coast, Basutoland, Natal, etc., overall in good condition, in one album

1880/2000 (approx.), mint, unused and used collection in 4 stockbooks, including good part Falkland and territories

1978/88 (ca.), West Indies, mnh stock of several thousand cpl. motive sets (ca. 40 different) in sheets and few part sheets, sorted by issues. Mi. over 50.000,-€

1953/77, mint never hinged collection incl. Mi.-Nr. 101-115, in album