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Lots (2255)
1941 P.14 Line 3c black and deep blue-green mounted mint with hinge remain, fine, SG 387c Cat £150.
1942 P.14 Line 50c black and mauve mounted mint with hinge remains and slight toning otherwise fine, SG 394c Cat £130.
Revenue: 1938 GVI 10R green and orange Revenue Revenue fine used large CDS cancel, Barefoot 8. Superb.
Revenue: 1954 QEII 20r orange, & 100r blue, used, couple of rubs or minor marks, Barefoot 16 & 18.
1857 Entire Letter bearing 10c blue vertical pair with bottom stamp bisected diagonally tied concentric circle cancels with nice SANTIAGO CHILE red cds alongside addr to Valpariso.
Fournier Forgery: 1897 Postage Dues in setenant large sheets of 72 for 20c, 40c, 50c, 60c red on pale yellow plus second sheet of 72 for 100c, 80c & 1p, plus seven postmarks, one surcharge & three P.Due cancels. (155).
1907 (22 Oct) Postcard of Five Story Pagoda bearing Hong Kong EDVII 1c tied nice CANTON B CDS addr to Shanghai with Victoria transit and SHANGHAI / C /BPO arrival cds. Fine.
1911 Incoming postcard from Istanbul The Mosque of St Sophie bearing 10p green tied on obverse by Stamboul cds, addressed to Tientsin sent via SEA POST OFFICE BOMBAY - ADEN cds, and BOMBAY cds with boxed MALDIRIGE denoting miss-sorted to Bombay in error with Shanghai BPO transit and Tien-tsin arrival cds. few marks otherwise fascinating postcard. Late use of the Indian Maldirige recorded in 1893 onwards.
1918 Photo type postcard (a house) from Peking to Paris bearing Junk 1c & 3c tied PEKING cds cancels and BUREAU AMBULANT NO.1 / PEKING - MOUKDEN cds alongside, redirected on arrival in France.
1920 Cover Kiukiang to UK nearing Junk defin 1c orange x 10 for 10c rate tied local cds cancels and part FROM STEAMER LETTER BOX (16) bi-lingual two line handstamp in violet, Shanghai backstamp, damaged flap and vertical fold. Fine strike.
1920s Pehtaiho Beach; Four Registered covers from same correspondence addressed to England bearing various Junk or Farmer defins tied bilingual PEHTAIHO BEACH CDS cancels, manuscript pencil Pehtaiho on each blank registered label sent via Siberia. Each cover has vertical folds and postal creases, scarce group of four items.
1927 (26 March) Cover Shanghai to UK bearing GB GV 1d & pair 1½d tied three cancels of Field Post Office 1 of Shanghai, senders address on reverse. Fine.
