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PORTUGUESE COLONIES continued...

Portuguese Colonies continued...

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1441

TIMOR: 1959 (Mar 10) Servico Meteorologico cover by air to London with 24a Map, 40a Brussels Expo (torn before being affixed) and 1pt Orchid tied by 'ESTACAO/DILI' cds, the reverse with Lisbon airmail transit & boxed 'LAVRADO BOLETIM/CEVERIFICACAO' handstamp (which Google translates as "Prepared Verification Bulletin"], minor blemishes.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Russia

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1442

Ex-dealers four retail display books of 1961 to 1993 issues including various minisheets, all written up with catalogue numbers and priced ready to sell plus three bulging binders of backup stock, perfect oppurtunity for a show or retail dealer as all the hard work has been done. Mostly cheaper material but plenty of it. Weighs 12kg. (1000s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1443

POSTAL HISTORY: 1927-28 batch of PPCs mostly from Tomsk (Siberia) to Victoria with a range of adhesives & Cyrilic datestamps, one apparently missent to Malaya with 'IPOH' cds & large bilingual 'PROTECTOR OF CHINESE/PERAK' cachet, several with full Esperanto messages, PPC interest including a group of indigenes & their enormous 'wigwam'-like house, some soiling. (24)

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Spain

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1444

Mostly 19th century collection with 1679 outer Cadiz to Livorno and 1833 Madrid to London with 'ESPAGNE PAR/ST JEAN DE-LUZ' handstamp, 1853 Madrid Local Post 3c in black of unknown status, many attractive imperfs including 1864 19c lilac/lilac (unused) & 1r yellow-brown/green, 1865 19c pale rose & brown and Perf 14 2r purple, pickings in the later issues including 1879 10p olive-brown, then mostly low value issues to the 1930s including a selection of Civil War stamps plus issues for the Colonies, early stamps with remainder bars-cancels and high denominations with telegraph punctures have been ignored for our estimate. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$800.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1445

1850-65 Classic Issues virtually complete with many scarce to rare stamps mostly in fine to very fine condition including 1850 set to 10r (vendor paid $1000 for the 10r; all with guarantee handstamps), 1851 set to 10r (pen-cancelled on small piece; the 2r on Pelure Paper, with almost full margins), 1852 set to 6r (ex the 2r, see the next lot), 1853 set to 6r (the 2r a bit cut-into; Bergua Certificate; vendor paid $2100), 1854 Arms to 2r, 1855 Fancy Wmk 2c on Blue Paper, 1856 Lattice Wmk 2c on White Paper, 1860-61 set to 2r (the 19c very attractive but thinned; vendor paid $600), 1862 19c two shades (both mint), 1864 19c (small faults), 1865 Imperf to 2r x6 including a pair (the 19c with guarantee handstamp) and Perf 14 to 1r, and a few others, Michel Cat €40,000+. Except as noted, nothing has been expertised. (85) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$3,000

SOLD for AU$2,300.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1446

1852 Isabella Facing Left 2r pale orange Mi 14, margins just clear - at upper-right - to good, bars-in-oval cancel, Cat €5500. Certificates by Alfredo Fiecchi (1972), COMEX (1975) & Pablo Esteban Paredes (2013), the last of which states (translated) "without hidden defects or repairs". A very fine example of this rare stamp.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$1,500

SOLD for AU$1,150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1447

1965-89 Issues in Lighthouse album, appears complete including M/Ss and some booklets, unmounted; also a range of earlier used material. (100s)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Thailand

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1448

POSTAL HISTORY: 1902 usage of J Antonio (Bangkok) Undivided Back PPC with thirteen tiny vignettes including two of the Royal Family, to Germany endorsed on the face by a sailor aboard the German ship SMS 'Tiger' and with the message in German headed "Bangkok 26.12.02" (Boxing Day), Charlottenburg arrival cds on the face. Beautiful. The illustration is above Lot 1446.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Tibet

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1449

POSTAL HISTORY: circa 1945 native-paper internal official cover (185x123mm) addressed in at least two languages with manuscript registration (?) "cachet", Imperf ½t yellow-orange Scott 14 & huge (41x41mm) Official 1 1/3t olive Scott O4 - both marginal examples - tied to the reverse by superb strikes of the decorative '.../LHASA' cds (Chazen & Wong typeT42), two lines of elaborate monastic (?) script suggest a priestly origin, possibly even from the Dalai Lama, minor soiling. An enigmatic but beautifully compelling cover of which there is nothing remotely like it in 'Tibet Stamps & Postal History' by Steve Chazen & Danny Wong.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Turkey

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1450

Extensive pre-1930 collection beginning with a superb 1781 letter to "Constantinopoli" (no postal markings), undated outer to Egypt with 'POSTA EUROPEA/TANTA' cachet in blue, imperf Tughras x4, a bewildering array of Overprints from before during & after World War I including Newspaper & Postage Due types, array of issues for Foreign Post Offices in the Levant with some better values (the Polish set are reprints), also issues for Thrace & Cilicia, plus a few Ottoman stamps cancelled at Mecca or Djeddah, condition variable & many (most?) of the unused stamps have no gum. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1451

Duplicated array of pre-WWI issues in packets & loose with potential for discovery. Ex Ron Lloyd-Smith & off the market for 50+ years. See our website for a purely random selection. (2000+ (?)) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1452

1920-23 selection of singles with various overprints or handstamps in Arabic script on postage or revenue issues Michel 712 716 721 726 & 781, plus four items with Perforation Errors, very fine lightly mounted or unmounted. A very scarce & desirable group. (9 items)

Grade A/A+ (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$500.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

United States Of America

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1453

Collection with sparse earlies, 1893 Columbus to 15c used (ex 4c), 1920 Pilgrim 5c *, 1924 Huguenot set *, then reasonably complete mostly mint from 1927 onwards including 1932 Washington Bicentennial, 1933 APS imperf M/Ss, 1934 Byrd M/S, Prexies to $1 plus $5 used, Famous Americans complete mostly *, later issues mostly unmounted se-tenant blocks & strips, M/Ss, booklet panes, 1987 Flowers complete sheet, etc, also Airmails noted 1933 50c Baby Zeppelin * & Transports ** and later issues with values to $10.75, some Special Delivery & Postage Dues, a little light duplication, lots of thematic interest & substantial face value, condition generally fine to very fine, stated Cat £3500+. Weighs 5kg. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$525.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1454

1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004 Commemorative Stamps Yearbooks. Weighs 5½kg. (7 books) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1455

Plate Block collection from late-1930s to 1960 in four Minkus speciality albums including 1932 Washington 6c, 1934 National Parks set plus 1935 imperf set, 1938 Prexies to 50c, 1940 Famous Americans complete, 1943-44 Overrun Countries 'Name' blocks, 1954 Liberty Series complete with $5 Moore, also Airmails to 1989 including 1941-44 Transports set, Postage Dues 1959 complete set including $1 & $5, etc, condition apparently very fine with the majority unmounted (but the diabolical Minkus mounts make it impossible to check them all), stated retail US$2500+. (few 100) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1456

HUNTING PERMIT STAMPS - FEDERAL: 1935 Canvasback Ducks Taking Flight $1 rose lake Scott RW2, unmounted, Cat US$700. PSE Certificate (2004) "genuine unused, o.g. [original gum], never hinged".

Grade A C1 (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1457

HUNTING PERMIT STAMPS - FEDERAL: 1943 Baldpate Ducks $1 violet brown Scott RW9 marginal single from the base of the sheet with Plate Number '149599', unmounted, Cat US$225+. APEX Certificate (2007) states "full original gum, never hinged, genuine".

Grade A B1 (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

1458

POSTAL HISTORY: 1863 lengthy stampless entire in French headed "New York 16 Juin 1863 and signed "A Iselin et Cie", to France "p Persia" and improperly endorsed "Printed Circular", very fine '3 ETATS-UNIS 3/29/JUIN/63/SERV BRIT CALAIS' cds in red, Lyon arrival backstamp of 30/JUIN and with '15c' (decimes) handstamp (unusually with the 'c') in red. 'Persia' departed New York 16.6.1863. Built in 1856, it was Cunard's first iron-hulled paddle-steamer. On an early voyage, it set record times in both directions, winning the famed Blue Riband. She was sold for scrap in 1872. With translation of the contents including "...The invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the Confederate Armies, the news of which has reached us this morning, will probably stop trading entirely..." But then follows a glowing report of a booming stock exchange and "...Gold has been almost entirely neglected by speculators..." [Plus stampless entires1847 NY-Edinburgh per 'Arcadia' with '1/-' handstamp, & 1860 London-NY per "Africa Via Queentown" rated "38" with very fine '48' handstamp] (3)

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Feb-21, 06:00 PM

Militaria & Military History

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2001

Accumulation including German helmet impressed 'M-1943'; black beret RCAC (Royal Canadian Armoured Corps); Vietnam-era ground sheet; water bottles, belt, pen-knife, spurs; plus wooden box ex WWI Driver William Anderson with photographs (60) including 4th Battery AIF, letters (80), passports (4), ephemera re 1928 Australian Scottish Delegation, family history & correspondence, mainly Fair/Fine. Ex Alan & Ian Davidson collections. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Feb-22, 06:00 PM

2002

Group including American type M1 helmet with spade symbol on side; German helmet with 'VQ' symbol; side caps for RAAF (2), Germany (3) & USSR; Queensland Police caps (2); other caps (8) including berets & Donegal tweed cap; Air Force blazer; grey jacket; books published by Australian War Memorial (17), mainly Fair/Fine. (37) (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Feb-22, 06:00 PM

PORTUGUESE COLONIES continued...

RUSSIA

SPAIN

THAILAND

TIBET

TURKEY

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MILITARIA & MILITARY HISTORY