Public Auction Altrincham October 2023 - 369

Bids to be received by Tuesday 17th of October 2023 2:00 PM

Lots (643)

Lot 421
Hong Kong

1880 10c on 12c pale blue fine used neat duplex barred, fine, SG 25.

Estimate £ 18.00
Lot 422
Hong Kong

1891 50th Anniversary overprint on mounted mint example part original gum, hinge remains and thin, showing broken 1 in 1891 variety, SG 51c Cat £950.

Estimate £ 125.00
Lot 423
Hong Kong

1904 Wmk MCCA mint assembly of seven different values mainly multi CA, odd single CA wmk including 1c, 5c, 8c, 20c, 30c, 50c & $1, taken as cheapest, some gum faults but all nice appearance.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 424
Hong Kong

1940 Large printed cover (tones and faults) Kobe, Japan to London bearing 1y & 50s defins tied KOBE CDS, sent airmail Per SS VIA HONG KONG single line h/s in red, and PASSED CENSOR / HONG KONG / 4 censor h/s in violet. Victoria backstamp. Faults but interesting all the same.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 425
Hong Kong

Circa 1904 Postcards from the same correspondence from Victoria HK to Guernsey each with EDVII 4c purple on red tied nice CDS cancel, each postcard showing Japanese related including one with Japanese & Union Jack flags and EDVII shaking hands with a ~Geisha girl, plus one with message on obverse ' I have left the Vengeance and I am now on a torpedo boat destroyer HMS Whiting, slight faults, intr (10).

Estimate £ 250.00
Lot 426
Hong Kong

Treaty Ports Shanghai: Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive used assembly noted S1 duplex cancels or CDS cancels incl 1862 12c blue (S1 blue cancel), 1863 2c brown, 6c lilac, 30c mauve, 28c on 30c (Cat £55), 1877 16c yellow, 1880 10c on 12c, 48c brown (Cat £120), 1885 50c on 48c nice CDS, 1910 EDVII 4c blk of 4 on paper, $1, Postal Fiscal $3 dull violet CDS used (Cat £55), etc. Clean collection but some cancels are only part or small part, good cat value. (c55).

Estimate £ 175.00
Lot 427
India

1854-1945 Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive mint & used assembly noted 1854 ½a blue imperf (3 + pair), 1a red (2), 4a red and blue cut to shape, 2a green four margins used, 1855 4a & 8a, 1856 to 8a red including shades, 1865 to 8a red, 1866 6a purple (SG 66 Cat £150), 1874 to 1r used, 1876 set used, 1895 2r carmine and yellow-brown mint (Cat £100), 3r mint (Cat £85), 5r used CDS, 1902-11 to 15r mainly used, 1911-23 to 25r mainly used, 1926-33 to 25r mainly used, 15r unmounted mint (SG 218w cat £48), 1929 air set mint, 1937-40 10r & 15r mint (Cat £218), 25r used, 1948 1st Anniv. Indep set mint (Cat £425). Clean lot with very high cat value. (c360)

Estimate £ 675.00
Lot 428
India

1855 (27 Jan) Commercial cover bearing ½a blue tied diamond cancel in black on slightly tatty and torn cover, SG 2.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 429
India

1855 4a blue and rose-red, 5th printings Head Die III, Frame Die II superb enormous four margins with neat diamond 1 postal cancellation, superb and fine for these, SG 25. Complete with Brandon 2023 certificate.

Estimate £ 600.00
Lot 430
India

1869 ½a blue postal stationery letter sheet in native language bearing three nice backstamps in red for TOO LATE scroll, MADRAS MY 2?, octagonal / S.P.O.No.7 / 3 MY 69 / 1st DY / MADRAS with the 3 in May date reversed. Attractive.

Estimate £ 48.00
Lot 431
India

1884-1939 Patiala State: Officials; Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive and clean mint and fine used assembly Noted 1884 1a Brown-Purple used SG (2), 1912 set SG (48/62). 1928 set SG ( 63/74), 1937 set to 5r SG (80/94). Interesting lot to sift through.

Estimate £ 340.00
Lot 432
India

1905 China Expeditionary Force Peking picture postcard to Bombay Residency India bearing QV 3p carmine neat used FPO 1 cancel of Peking with BASE OFFICE B cds alongside, then transit TUTIOORIN and KIRKEE cds's on obverse.

Estimate £ 100.00

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