Postal Auction May 2024 - 344

Bids to be received by Thursday 2nd of May 2024 1:00 PM

Lots (1150)

Lot 97
ANTIGUA

1886 1s mauve fine used CDS showing broken top triangle variety, heavy thinning but does not detract too much, scarce stamp, SG 30a, Cat £2000.

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 98
ANTIGUA

1932 (28 Nov) 4d purple on yellow adhs tied by DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / HAMBURG / NEW YORK cds cancel with two line Thanksgiving Day Cruise / M.S. ST LOUIS h/s in violet vertically applied on the left, minor smudge, very fine and scarce usage.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 99
ANTIGUA

1945 OHMS wrinkled cover to USA bearing Antigua 1d red and Leeward Is. 6d tied ST JOHN's cds cancels sent to the Money Order Dept.

Estimate £ 20.00
Lot 100
ANTIGUA

1953-1978 Unmounted mint collection of sets and miniature sheets on stockpages with useful including 1970 long set to $5 (Cat £40), 1976 long set, many nice thematics etc, clean lot. Approx 370.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 101
ANTIGUA

Useful collection from QV onwards with better early to middle periods all fine used laid out on stockpages in date order many items of note including 1882 ½d green, 4d blue, 1884 1d carmine-red, 1903-07 seven vals to 1s (Cat £195), 1908-17 seven vals to 1s (Cat £210), 1921-29 6 vals to 5s (Cat £185), MSCA 16 vals to 4s (Cat £370), 1935 SJ set, etc, superb lot for an Imperial album. Approx 180.

Estimate £ 375.00
Lot 102
Arctic

1925 British Arctic Expedition Specimen Algarsson Airship Flight label on printed cover. Blue label tied by vertical SPECIMEN handstamp in violet numbered 60. The expedition was led jointly by Frank Worsley & Grettir Algarsson to sail to Spitzbergen and Algarsson would fly to the Pole by plane or small airship, crash the plane and sledge back. Lack of funds forced them to abandon the idea of the conquest by air. Labels were produced for a proposed trial flight by dirigible from London to Liverpool and this is one of approx. 100 covers produced. Very scarce. AA #PP38a.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 103
Argentina

Collection of many 100s early to modern mint & used stamps on large old time ledger pages unpicked with good range of different issues including issues from 1858-1980s dozens of defins and commems, Buenos Aires imperfs (8, taken 'as is'), few Corrientes, Rivadavia 5c red (2), 1890s defins to 1p, 1911 Ploughman to 1p, few officials etc. Ideal to fill those gaps. 100s.

Estimate £ 85.00
Lot 104
Argentina

Extensive accumulation jumbled on leaves, on manilla stockpages and others in an overfull binder, over 3200 stamps mint and mainly used, better earlier mint on manilla pages, huge variety, some heavy duplication of mainstream defins and commems, ideal for starter lot, approx 3200+.

Estimate £ 110.00
Lot 105
Armenia

Perf and imperf small collection on old time ledger pages including Prepared but not issued Mount Ararat, Women Spinning, 1922 unissued imperfs unsurcharged 1923 unissued unsurcharges, (c100), Azerbaijan 1919-21 imperfs mint (c49).

Estimate £ 15.00
Lot 106
ASCENSION

1922 3s black and violet very fine used part cds, sound stamp, SG 8.

Estimate £ 65.00
Lot 107
ASCENSION

1924-33 1d grey black and deep blue green, re inforced pair mounted mint, with right hand stamp showing torn flag variety SG11b.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 108
ASCENSION

1924-33 3d blue mounted mint pair with right hand stamp showing torn flag variety, SG14b.

Estimate £ 80.00

Lots (1150)