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Lot 6202

Balance of postal history collection, 1850s/1910s, replete with desirable items, noting multiple stampless examples to France, mostly via the British Post Office, one with forwarding agent mark, United States 10c brown Bank Note 1870 single franking from St. Thomas to Baltimore, French frankings with 1fr olive on 1877 cover from Bordeaux to Veracruz, another on 1878 cover from La Guaira to Bordeaux,  two 80c Napoleon imperforate pairs of France on 1858 cover from Dax to Mexico via St. Thomas (ex Hogensborg), examples from the British Post Office including multiple 4d vermilion frankings, one 1sh plus 3d on 1869 cover from St. Thomas to Copenhagen, range of Arms issues including 4c bisects, 5c single franking on 1880 cover to Mexico, 3c single frankings on postcards to France and Denmark, 8c on 10c surcharge on 1889 cover to Copenhagen, 12c single franking on 1879 cover front to Sweden, 1c uprated 2c stationery cover 1895 domestic rate usage to St. Thomas, 3c and 5c uprating 2c stationery cover 1891 usage to Hamburg, 1905 Christian IX multi-franking part cover with ship CROATIA straight-line, 10bit single franking on 1906 postcard to Germany, fresh 50bit grey & yellow single franking on 1917 registered cover to Denmark, 1907-8 Frederik VII issues with choice 10bit red single franking postcard to New Jersey, 5bit uprated 5bit postal stationery card to Germany, some scarcer used stationery including postally used 1 CENT 1901 overprints on 3c stationery cards, one with attached reply card, 1891-5 Type 3c red stationery cover used from St. Jan to St. Croix, 1910-11 “Dansk Vestinden / Julien” labels on cover, incoming registered mail from Austria and Peru, 1915-16 Christian X frankings on parcel cards, and much more, varied condition as expected, but many fine items in this powerful holding, approximately 70 items, a superb opportunity to begin a study of this challenging but popular area.