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Postal Auction March 2024 - 342

Bids to be received by Thursday 21st of March 2024 1:00 PM

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Lot 37
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1916-18 PRESENT LOCATION UNCERTAIN three WWI covers with three different handstamps in black or violet two to France, 1917 to Dorset with additional UNDELIVERABLE / A.B.P.O. / RETURN TO SENDER and AUSTRALIA violet single line h/s. Interesting trio.

Estimate £ 28.00
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Lot 38
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1936 (14 Aug) DAMAGED BY SEAWATER cover to UK bearing GB 1d red (6) tied PAQUEBOT / SINGAPORE cds's, and boxed two line DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER in black, the flying boat Scipio crashed off the coast of Crete.

Estimate £ 40.00
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Lot 39
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1937 (16 July) Flight over the roof of the world - Plain postcard bearing newspaper article pasted to obverse for trial Moscow to San Francisco mail flight autographed by three Russians (Alexander Beliakoff, Valeri Chekaloff, Goergi Baibukoff) ending in Vancouver Washington due to fog. additional map pasted on reverse and Byrd Atlantic 3c blue tied NY Station wavy line cancel addr to Chicago signed by the three pilots. Some faults but very scarce flight cover.

Estimate £ 125.00
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Lot 40
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1940 (3 Apr) POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURN TO SENDER h/s in violet on Censored cover Willenhall (UK) to Denmark, heavily torn on reverse, good strike.

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 41
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1943 DAMAGED BY SEA WATER violet boxed handstamp on cover Nevada to New York, redirected to London with RETURNED LETTER SECTION / LONDON POSTAL REGION. Interesting unknown wreck cover.

Estimate £ 40.00
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Lot 42
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1950-72 Six balloon covers includes Pan American Berlin-Hamburg-Berlin, 1972 Mali Tombouctou x 3, 1955 Austria Vienna to East Germany and 1954 Vienna to Bernburg DDR.

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 43
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British Commonwealth areas from turn of the 20th century to 1950s commercial rates many to USA incl Canada, India censors, Australia censors (same correspondence), Bahamas censors and postcards, Bermuda, S. Africa, Kedah, Kuwait, Jamaica, Burma, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, etc approx. 65.

Estimate £ 65.00
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Lot 44
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CRIMEA WAR: 1855 August. Four page letter from a French soldier (to his mother and brother)camped at Devant, Sebastopol. Mentions army life and is easily readable (in French) with some peripheral wear and filing creases. Nice Military item.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 45
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CRIMEA WAR: 1855 August. Three page letter from a French soldier (to his mother and brother)camped at Devant, Sebastopol. Mentions army life and is easily readable (in French) with some staining but only to be expected under the conditions the letter was written. Nice Military item.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 46
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CRIMEA WAR: 1855 July. Double sided letter from a French soldier (to his mother and brother) camped at Devant, Sebastopol. Mentions army life and is easily readable (in French) with some peripheral small tears and filing creases. Nice Military item.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 47
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EUROPEAN CENSORS: 1947 PPC from Italy to Germany with 3L strip of 3 all tied with boxed HELD PENDING AUTHORISATION OF SERVICE and MILITARY CENSORSHIP/CIVIL MAILS circular h/s in violet. Difficult marking to find.

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 48
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Fieldpost Postcards used mainly from French, German, Austria or Hungarian soldiers in 1916-17, mostly FELDPOST unstamped but nice range of different handstamps and postmarks many fieldpost numbers, Debreczen Portofrei, incl IV ARMEE, boxed SB . 5 Komp. Rus., Battalion West Pioneer Regt 24, KGL Reserve Lazarett II, KUK Infanterierie Feldpost 228, KUK Platzkomm, red Feldpost label tied, plus dozens more, PPCs mainly topographical, but includes some military groups or related. Approx 330 cards. Low estimate.

Estimate £ 330.00
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