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ALGERIA

 

1151

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1869 (30 Apr). Oran - USA / Indiana. Envelope frkd 20c blue (x4). "5051" cds. Via NY / paid all. VF + appealing transatlantic crossing this early being franked.

£250

 

 

ARGENTINA

 

1152

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1868 (Oct 12). BsAs - USA / NY. Newspaper wrapper front frkd France 20c blue, tied anchor dots, red PP + cds "Buenos Ayres / Paq. Fr k nº1" + straightline "Due 4cts" of partially prepaid mail for printed papers. This item would be carried by the steamer "Aurus" of the annexed French line K to Rio de Janeiro / Brazil, where taken by a ship under the Brazil - US arrangement, for which newspaper this 4cts was due. A fantastic rarity. The only case of this rate usage we´ve seen, being on top in the inter South American - USA area. Probably a unique item.

£1.400

1153

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1876 (25 Sept). BsAs - UK. Env frkd 5c ABN vert pair, cds + "6d" arrival charge. London maritime + Southampton ship letter alongside. XF item, very rare combination of stamps and pmks.

£280

1154

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1881 (18 July). CHIVILCOY - San Pedro. Via San Pedro. Complete envelope frkd. 16c dark green ABN perce STRIP OF THREE, cds + aux marks alongside. Gorgeous exhibition item in fine fresh condition.

£600

 

 

AUSTRIA

 

1155

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1873. TRIEST - Bombay / India. 5 kr stat env + 10 kr + 15 kr x 2. 45 kr rate + "INSUF / AFRANCATURA" overlepped "PD" - Arrival scarce multiple usage.

£400

1156

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1874 (24 Jan). Wien . SOUTH AFRICA / Mowbray. 2 kr yellow complete stationary wrapper + 3kr green coarse adtl, tied cds. Mns red "3" local arrival charge. Extraordinary destination pre UPU.

£300

1157

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1874 (24 Sept). Neustadt - France. Registr stat env 5 kr + on reverse coarses 2 kr (x2), 3 kr (x4), 5 kr and 10 kr (x2) form 45 kr rate. Displays beautiful. A lovely overseas colorful usage from this town.

£1.600

1158

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1879. TRIEST - Calcutta / INDIA. EL fkd 10 kr fine beard pair oval ds. Arrival on reverse. Displays excellent.

£450

 

 

Austrian Levant

 

1159

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1851 (30 June). Smyrne - Netherlands. EL doble line SMYRNA. Via Triest, Berlin, German railway, on wards to destination. Red boxed "AUS OESTERREICH" (xxx). 9 diff charges. Extraordinary rare destination mail + routing + markings combination. Displays gorgeous.

£1.200

1160

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1871. Kios - Athens. EL. Austral 10 sld, cds + Greece 20l blue full margins cds. VF quality combination.

£300

1161

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1872. Constantinople to Germany / Leipzig. Env fkd 15 sld x 3, tied cds. Scarce high rate.

£450

1162

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1874. Trebizonda to Triest. E. Fkd / 5 sld, tied blue cds. XF.

£325

1163

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1880. Trebizond to Constantinople. EL. Fkd 10 sld, tied cds (xxx). XF. Beauty.

£250

1164

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1905 (29 Dec). Offices in GREECE. Salonique - East Siberia / Station Jaanin East China side. Registered DRGM frkd color ilustrated card 2 piaster, with label. Several railway transits on reverse. Displays excellent. Rare destination usage.

£400-500

 

 

BELGIUM

 

1165

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1849 (27 Sept). Namur / Mettet. EL fkd 10c (nº1) full margins, grill 85, red cds alongside + hexagonal "B" box. VF appealing usage.

£275

1166

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1862. Gand - Algerie / Oran. Stampless EL, boxed Gand via France, taxed. Appealing rare destination mail at this time.

£250

1167

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1864. Sn. Crislain - France. EL frkd 10c brown vert strip of 4, tied dots nr cds alongside. VF condition.

£140

 

 

Belgian Congo

 

1168

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1895. Matadi - Natal / South Africa. Via Las Palmas. Env frkd 50c, blue cds, via Matachi, Madeira, Durban, Verulam. Superb missionary destinations usage.

£250

 

 

BOLIVIA

 

1169

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EARLIEST RECORDED MARITIME COMPLETE LETTER TO BOLIVIA BY POST. 1790 (8 Nov). Pontevedra / Spain - La Paz / Bolivia. EL frkd full contain, red "GALICIA" straightline - "ESPAÑA" of Canary Islands. Routed via Coruña - Tenerife - Buenos Ayres, inwards the South Continent up to La Paz. Extraordinary early complete letter circulated by post showing the complete route, which was so unreliable. Upon its Independence mail to / from Bolivia was carried by the West Pacific Coast Valparaiso or Arica.

£2.800

1170

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1876. Tarati - France. Stampless env with "TARATI / Franca" sun ilustr negative seal (xxx/RR) via Arica BPO on front and Tacna / Peru on reverse. Proper charges, transits etc incl. "T/1-70". Outstanding exhibition rarity. Rare combination of diff mails.

£2.200

1171

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1878. Tarija - France. Stampless env oval "FRANCA / TARIJA" (xx). Via COBIJA. British Post Office. London transit. Very interesting different postal administration combination cover. Exhibition item.

£1.400

1172

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1878. Cochabamba - France. Stampless env blue cachet "Admon. Gral. de Correos / Cochabba." with seal (xxx/RR), via ARIZA British PO in black cds on front, blue Tacna / Peru on reverse. London transit. Lovely exhibition item. Rare combination of mails.

£1.800

1173

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1894. Potosi - Hungary. Registrd 10c stat env + 2 adtls incl. 20c proper aux marks + Callao and London transits. VF + scarce.

£300

1174

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1910. Santa Cruz - Alemania. Registered 20c stat env - 10 adtls, oval violet cachet + aux marks + label. VF, attractive rare item.

£160

 

 

CAMBODIA

 

1175

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1902. NON RECLAME aux postal marking Pnom - Penh. Port Said / Egypt to Cambodie, missent to Cambridge / UK, via Penang / Singapore, French Saigon upon destination + fwded. Frkd PPC. Very rare usage mark.

£400-500

 

 

CANADA

 

1176

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1820 (Jan 19). Quebec - UK / Worcestershire. EL Quebec fleuron (Jan 20 / 20" on reverse, on front "Quebec / PAID" doble strike, both modified by hand, "PAID" crossed out, 18 1/2 and 1N. Endorsed. JW Morr / NY + "America / MAY 10 / 1820 / F" of Falmouth in grey-green shade. 2sh / 2d arrival charge. VF scarce usage of this mark on Canadian mail plus. Exhibits well.

£600-800

1177

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1840 (14 Sept). Chatham / Western District / North C(olumbia) - Scotland. EL with "Raleigh / 18 Sept 1840" date mns cancel. Endorsed Sterling 1/2 unpaid + via NY / Liverpool per Pkt (but crossed out). Finally doble ring "AMERICA / L" of Liverpool (xxx) + Arrival Edimburgh (16 Oct). This mark on Canadian mail is very rare.

£600

1178

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CANADA - USA - UK. 1873. West Coast / British Columbia. USA Wells Fargo 6c stat env frkd adtl. Canada small head 6a brown, blue doble line "For Great Britain / and Ireland". Red NY March 20 cds + London (27 March) paid. Via Olympia. Scarce transcontinental + transatlantic usage.

£650

 

 

CHILE

 

1179

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c.1780. Cover wrapper (front and part back) from Spain to Argentina. S/line ESPAÑA in red and s/line CHILE on the flap. This item would have travelled to Chile onwards to destination - the España pmk is from Bs As, and the Chile mark on reverse denotes transit - either by using the wrong route to the Pacific first, or by the Northern / Middle Continental transit. In any case , an extraordinary XVIII doble continental + South transatlantic crossing.

£375

1180

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1852 (May 31). Coquimbo - UK. EL with full text carried to London, (19 July) where posted with GB 1d + 2d, tied "10" diamond grills on way to Swansea (20 July 52) blue cds on reverse. A lovely bicolor usage on Chilean mail, this might be the earliest frkd mail item on it way to final destination. An excellent collection heading.

£1.200

1181

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1857 (1 Dec). Valparaiso - PERU. Lettersheet fkd 5c color BLOCK OF FOUR, complete margins, just touches one stamp at right, tied red Valp cds departure. Horiz file crease very rare blocks other than strips used on cover are very rare

£250

1182

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1864 (16 Aug). Copiapo - UK. EL multifrkd 5c orange red Estancos tied grill, red cds. Via Panama BPO, London (Sept 28) on reverse. Mns maritime charge 2sh. Very scarce overseas frkd env.

£260

1183

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1865. BRITISH POST OFFICES. Coquimbo - UK lettersheet frkd GB 3d horiz pair, plate 4, tied C-40 (Coquimbo) + Panama transit, both BPO. Also "London / Paid / Jy.14.65" red cds alongside. Endorsed. Via Panama & West India Mail steamer. A five usage of this recently found correspondence.

£900

1184

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1871 (2 July). Santiago - France. Env fkd 5c orange engraved issue, tied cork cancel, blue cds alongside. Via BPO Panama (30 July) on front, where handed to French mail, octogonal "Aspinwall / French Pqbt / 1 Aug - 71" on reverse. Arrival charge. Displays very well scarce overseas usage in VF condition for this.

£250

1185

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c.1874. Letter sheet addressed to Santiago, fkd 1c orange engraved issue (x5, tied cork cancels. V nice scarce multiple usage.

£250

1186

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1877 (Dec). Valparaiso - San Thomas / DWI / Caribbe. British Post Office. EL. Fkd GB 6d grey pl 15 x4, C-30, Via Panama. Arrival cds (28,12,77). Displays excellent. V rare usage destination.

£350

1187

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1880 (12 July). Valparaiso - UK. Printed wrapper report front fkd GB 1d (pl 200), tied C-30 BPO. Carried by stimed "Panama". X rare.

£375

 

 

CHINA

 

1188

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CHILE - CHINA - INDONESIA - HONG KONG - SINGAPORE. Pacific mail. 1846. CANTON. EL from Valparaiso with ms "1/-" rating to Canton endorsed "Via Batavia" and carried by Danish Gunboat (Christian) to Java. Oval ZEE BRIEF / FRANCO, boxd SINGAPORE and HONG KONG transit b / stamps 1sh due red. Most unusual outstanding exhibition transited postal history item combination of 5 diff mails this early. Displays excellent opened.

£1.200

1189

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1870 (12 May). French Post Office. Shanghai - France. Env frkd 40c orange pair, tied "5140" dots + cds "Shanghai / Bau Francais". Also red PD, manuscript "Messageries Imperiales + Paid". VF attractive usage.

£220

1190

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1887 (31 March). San Cheung Tan - USA. Hg Kg 3c card USED in mainland China. Cancelled at Hg Kg in transit on "18 Apr 87 / B / Hong Kong" cds - Arrival cds alongside. A very rare early forerunner.

£900

1191

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1897. French Post Office. Shanghai - Saigon / Indochina. Registered multifrkd ovptd China Sage issue. French octagonal pqbt embossed Per "Salazie". Interesting intrasian French maritime mail transportation. VF + colorful comercial usage.

£220

1192

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1898 (Apr 3). Shanghai Local Post. 1/2c local Post stat wrapper cds on reverse, marked "TO PAY" (xxx). VF.

£220

1193

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1899. Wenchow - France. Small envelope frkd China 2c, tied bilingual cds + Hong Kong 2c, boxed "IPO" + Shanghai cds of the BPO. Beautiful and rare usage of printed matter RATE. Prestige condition. On reverse Shanghai bilingual cds.

£500

1194

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1903. RUSSIAN offices. Shanghai - France. Registered PPC fkd 7k x 2, red ovpt. Labels + aux marks alongside. VF.

£200

1195

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1904. British Post Office in Shanghai. Official service envelope OHMPSO local usage british PO cds + Chinese Local Post cds on reverse. Most unusual.

£400

1196

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1908. JAPANESE OFFICES. PEKIN / IJPO to UK. Via Shanhai Kwan and "Changchun - s / IJPO" (xxx). 10sen overprinted, tied cds. Lovely envelope.

£250

1197

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1910. French office. TIENTSIN - Germany. Registr MILITARY frkd env. 20c + 30c ovptd sage type violet cachet / The Comander. VF + scarce stamp values on cover.

£250

1198

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RED CROSS - NETHERLANDS - CHINA - WWI - POW mail. 1919. Wan-Chu-sze / Peking. POW mail. Austrian interneeon Pekin card bilingual camp mark. Carried by Dutch Red Cross. Via Gravenhage with special cachet. Very rare item.

£200

1199

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1920. JAPANESE OFFICES. Amoy - USA. Multifkd env fkd Japan some China ovpt 1c, 2c x2 and 4s x3. 17 sen rate, AMOY / IJPO cds. Fine scarce multiple usage.