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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 49
POSTAL HISTORY

Foreign areas from turn of the 20th century to 1950s commercial rates many to USA incl South & Central America, Japan, Israel, Tunisia, odd censor etc approx. 35.

Estimate £ 35.00
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Lot 50
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Maritime: Moveable Box 1906-28 Two postcards and one cover (faults) to UK bearing France adhesives each tied by LONDON / M.B. or SOUTHAMPTON / M B cds cancels. Moveable Boxes (or boite mobile) on board private ships we used through a special agreement between France and Britain for mails since 1856 and the service became so successful that moveable boxes were employed to process the mail carried by private ships at a cost of One Penny. 1928 is late usage. (3).

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 51
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MILITARY MAIL: WWI & WWII selection of covers and cards all from Military personnel with WWI Germany Felpost cards and lettersheet all with different handstamps of the various regiments (10) & Belgian card with Military cds; then two Third Reich items from WWII with Feldpost letter sheet endorsed with Eagle and Swastika cds and a 1939 attractive official looking envelope with cachets/ Handstamps and an attractive Eagle and Swastika seal in red on the reverse (faults). Useful lot ( 13)

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 52
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P.O.W. MAIL:WWI Accumulation of covers sent to Copenhagen,Denmark, ALL stampless with group of small envelopes bearing TOLNA (Hungary) cds and triangular censor marking in purple (18), larger envelopes with 'K.U.K. OFFIZIERSTATION / KRIEGGEFANGENE / THERESIENSTADT' handstamp and triangular censor in shades of purple (8) and another with red censor, group of fronts with Osnabruck (Germany) special cancel (4) and further envelopes with postmarks of PRAGUE (2), LUGOS (Romania), ZYWIEC (Poland) & BUCZACZ (Ukraine)all with censor markings. Very good lot in better than average condition (32, plus 4 fronts)

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 53
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POSTAGE REFUNDED - Violet handstamp on four 1949 Covers Bath to China to same correspondence bearing 1s & 3d adhs tied Bath wavy line machine cancel each addr to different town in China incl Peiping, Nanchang, Tsingan & Igfeng, Some creases, most unusual and interesting group. (4).

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 54
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Russo-Japanese War: 1904 PPC of Druskieniki Niemen to Petrograd and 5th Squadron sumi Hussar Free post cachet in violet, Light age tones otherwise good strike.

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 55
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Russo-Japanese War: 1904 PPC of Kharben Church to Kiev and 10k Mountain East Siberian Regt Military Camp cachet in violet, Kiev TPO part cancel, sound.

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 56
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Russo-Japanese War: 1905 (20 Oct) Native Japanese coloured printed card for Japanese Forces in Siberia showing Military Camp scene from soldier of the Expedition Force, soils, stained and torn badly, creased but scarce use.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 57
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Russo-Japanese War: 1905 PPC of Harbour scene with Russian Military Train / Her Majesty Alekandrova cachet in violet, OSTRANDE KV6 cds of 1906. Mainly fine.

Estimate £ 28.00
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Lot 58
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SCANDINAVIA AIRLINES & LUFTHANSA First Flight covers collection written up on leaves in loose-leaf binder with over 95 different covers from 1954-56 includes mostly German flights to dozens of destinations incl 1954 to Buenos Aires, Frankfurt to Manila, Dusseldorf to Sofia, to Madrid, many internal German flights, to London, Paris, 1955 press flight New York to Hamburg with five special cancels on reverse for Manila, Ramna, Dambulla, Murree & Oslo. Fascinating lot in very fine condition. (Approx 95).

Estimate £ 95.00
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Lot 59
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Scotland Maritime: 1911 Official illustrated MACBRAYNE printed postcard RMS showing Columba paddle steamer used with ½d green tied good strike of GK & ARDISHAIG PACKET / B / COLUMBA cds, very attractive.

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 60
POSTAL HISTORY

Selection of thirty unused postal stationery postcards including a couple of covers. Includes St. Pierre et Miquelon 10c, Tunis 15c, Japan 2 sen, Cuba 2 pesos and Turkey 2 paras.

Estimate £ 15.00
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