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Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda Pre-philately

Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda

Australia

Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda Pre-philately

Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda

Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda Pre-philately

Lot 601

250.00 CAD

Live

1829 (July 27), Paid at Antigua Crowned Circle, neatly-struck on cover to Wilmot, Nova Scotia, prepaid "4" denoted in red manuscript,

1829 (July 27), Paid at Antigua Crowned Circle, neatly-struck on cover to Wilmot, Nova Scotia, prepaid "4" denoted in red manuscript, reverse with A / Antigua c.d.s (27 Jul), St. Thomas (29 Jul), Halifax (1 Sep) and Wilmot (12 Sep), a fine-very fine and desirable example to an uncommon destination. (S.G. CC1).

Antigua u. Antigua Barbuda

Lot 602

400.00 CAD

Live

1868 (April 27), 1d vermilion on prices current to Nova Scotia, from the Foster correspondence, with printed contents "Antigua Prices

1868 (April 27), 1d vermilion on prices current to Nova Scotia, from the Foster correspondence, with printed contents "Antigua Prices Current / Prepared & Forwarded by / Edward H. Mann & Company", with endorsement at top "PER NORTHERN MAIL", adhesive struck with crisp A02 handstamp, red "A / ANTIGUA / AP 27 / 68" c.d.s., endorsed at lower left "Mail / via / Halifax", handstamped "1" in black with red "1" in manuscript, reverse with neatly-struck St. Thomas transit c.d.s. (29 April), quite scarce, remarkably fresh. (S.G. 7).

Australia

Victoria Revenue stamps

Australia

Lot 603

Scott 218-221

50.00 CAD

Live

1949-50, 5sh dark red to £2 green Arms of Australia, set of four, well centered, never hinged and fresh, fine-very fine.

Victoria Revenue stamps

Austria Pre-philately

Austria Airmail stamps

Victoria Revenue stamps

Lot 604

Barefoot 21/61

50.00 CAD

Live

Victoria, 1925/1960, group of 13 CATTLE overprints on Stamp Duty stamps, used, mostly from the 1927 issue. Victoria, Australia, issued

Victoria, 1925/1960, group of 13 CATTLE overprints on Stamp Duty stamps, used, mostly from the 1927 issue. Victoria, Australia, issued specific "Cattle Duty" or "Cattle Tax" revenue stamps to collect levies on livestock sales, particularly during the mid-20th century, fine or better.

Austria Pre-philately

Austria Airmail stamps

Austria Pre-philately

Lot 605

60.00 CAD

Live

1718 (October 3), folded lettersheet from Ernstbrunn to Lassee, in the Archduchy of Austria, addressed with elaborate calligraphic

1718 (October 3), folded lettersheet from Ernstbrunn to Lassee, in the Archduchy of Austria, addressed with elaborate calligraphic flourishes to Carl Friedrich von Castell, Imperial Count (Reichsgraf) and Major General serving the Polish-Saxon Court, and his wife Dorothea Renata, Countess of Zinzendorf and Pottendorf, manuscript filing note on reverse recording entry into protocol on 5 October, intact red wax seal with clear armorial impression on reverse, typical filing folds, fine-very fine. Written in urgent German Kurrent script, the letter documents a "scandalous" incident involving a local official named Windisch, whose dispute over wine escalated into a public exchange of insults, Windisch accusing the author of lying "to his face" (in faciem), prompting this formal appeal for intervention or legal redress.

Austria Airmail stamps

Lot 606

Scott C54-60

50.00 CAD

Live

1950–1953, 60g to 20s Birds Airmails, set of 7, never hinged, fresh and well-centred throughout, very fine.

Bermuda Islands

British Guiana

Bulgaria

Bermuda Islands

British Guiana

Bermuda Islands

Lot 607

Scott 125Avar

60.00 CAD

Live

1938-1953, 5sh pale green & red on yellow, perforated 14, never hinged, fresh colour, select centring, very fine. (S.G. 118A, £350)

British Guiana

Lot 608

Scott 239a

120.00 CAD

Live

1951, $1 bright violet King George VI, perforated 14 x 13, used, with neatly-struck partial c.d.s., a fine-very fine example of this

Bulgaria

Cape of Good Hope

Bulgaria

Lot 609

70.00 CAD

Live

1892 (February), registered cover from Plovdiv to Constantinople, franked with single 2k and 3k and strip of three 15 on 30k Small Lion,

1892 (February), registered cover from Plovdiv to Constantinople, franked with single 2k and 3k and strip of three 15 on 30k Small Lion, tied by blue Plovdiv c.d.s., registered to the British Post Office in Constantinople, with Austrian Offices in Constantinople c.d.s. backstamp (2 Mar), adhesives with the odd toned perf, attractive.

Cape of Good Hope

Ceylon

Cape of Good Hope

Lot 610

250.00 CAD

Live

1843 (July 30), Prisoner at Robben Island, folded letter to Dundee, struck with clear crowned oval GENERAL POST OFFICE / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

1843 (July 30), Prisoner at Robben Island, folded letter to Dundee, struck with clear crowned oval GENERAL POST OFFICE / CAPE OF GOOD HOPE handstamp (Jurgens Type 11) in black, manuscript "8" (pence) ship letter rate, reverse with unframed SHIP LETTER in black, red October 27 transit and next-day arrival c.d.s., with complete three-page letter by William Thomson, filing fold, else fine. Thomson writes to his sister in Dundee confirming he has secured the "paper of my liberty" and expects release on October 8, 1843. Without explicitly stating his crime, his mention of being 2,027 miles further from home than when in Raleigh and his plan to return to England via Liverpool suggests he was a soldier or sailor sentenced to banishment - a common practice for military prisoners held on the island at this time. An exceptional record of this period of Robben Island's history, predating its use as a leper colony and political prison.

Ceylon

Lot 611

100.00 CAD

Live

1847 (May 24), Calcutta Steam Letter, Kandy to Calcutta, India, via Galle, stampless cross-written folded letter, struck with faint black

1847 (May 24), Calcutta Steam Letter, Kandy to Calcutta, India, via Galle, stampless cross-written folded letter, struck with faint black circular KANDY / POST PAID (May 25) departure datestamp on reverse and clear boxed CALCUTTA / STEAM LETTER / 1847 June 9, addressed to "Frank Dumont Esq." at Eglinton McClure & Co. with manuscript routing "Per Thames via Galle," very fine. Written by James Dumont from the Kandy highlands, the five-page letter provides a granular account of colonial coffee planting in mid-19th century Ceylon. Dumont describes a terrifying encounter with "2 buffaloes" that charged his party, leaving his horseman on the ground and Dumont himself with a "trifling shake" after remounting, details having "130 people lopping, piling, burning, weeding, holing and making roads" to prepare 75 acres for the September harvest, and reports that a neighbour, Dundas, was forced to resign after his salary was cut by £100 following a failure at the "drying barbecues."

Lot 612

30.00 CAD

Live

1902 (March 18), Ragama Camp, Boer War Prisoner of War postcard, depicting a Buddhist Priest,franked with 6c Queen Victoria, tied by Ragama

1902 (March 18), Ragama Camp, Boer War Prisoner of War postcard, depicting a Buddhist Priest,franked with 6c Queen Victoria, tied by Ragama c.d.s., to Heidelberg, Germany, struck with violet oval "RAGAMA CAMP / PASSED / CENSOR" handstamp, with Colombo transit (18 Mar) and Heidelberg receiver (6 Apr), a fine card sent from the camp of Boer "irreconcilables"- prisoners who refused to sign an oath of allegiance to the British Crown, and included dissidents, foreign volunteers, and political agitators transferred from the main camp at Diyatalawa.

Chile

Lot 613

90.00 CAD

Live

1857 (October 22), Curico straight-line on folded cover to Santiago, franked with three-margin 5c red-brown on blue Perkins Bacon Second

1857 (October 22), Curico straight-line on folded cover to Santiago, franked with three-margin 5c red-brown on blue Perkins Bacon Second London Printing, tied by superb strike of CURICO straight-line, with contents pertaining to instructions for the transmission of financial documents via intermediary Santiago Solís, light horizontal filing fold crossing adhesive, otherwise remarkably fresh and attractive.

Lot 614

300.00 CAD

Live

1858 (circa), 10c dark blue Colon bisect with CONSTITN straight-line, adhesive tied to folded cover to Valparaiso by black "CONSTITN"

1858 (circa), 10c dark blue Colon bisect with CONSTITN straight-line, adhesive tied to folded cover to Valparaiso by black "CONSTITN" (Constitucion) straight-line, a desirable example of this rare pre-philatelic cancellation, particularly so tying the adhesive, fresh and fine.

Lot 615

500.00 CAD

Live

1858 (December 20), 10c sky blue Columbus diagonally bisected pair on folded cover to Valparaiso, tied by lovely LINARES straight-line in

1858 (December 20), 10c sky blue Columbus diagonally bisected pair on folded cover to Valparaiso, tied by lovely LINARES straight-line in red, internally docketed 20 December, 1858, light horizontal file fold far from adhesive, a lovely and rare usage; with 1999 J. Maier certificate.

Chile

China

Lot 616

150.00 CAD

Live

1862 (June 18), Santa Rose straight-line on folded letter to Valparaiso, franked with three-margin 1858-61 5c rose red, First Santiago

1862 (June 18), Santa Rose straight-line on folded letter to Valparaiso, franked with three-margin 1858-61 5c rose red, First Santiago Printing, tied by black target handstamp, select strike of SANTA ROSA straight-line at left, quite fresh and attractive, scarce.

China

Lot 617

750.00 CAD

Live

1898 (August 3), advertising mixed franking cover from Peking to Linköping, Sweden, via Hong Kong, franked with 10c Small Dragon, tied by

1898 (August 3), advertising mixed franking cover from Peking to Linköping, Sweden, via Hong Kong, franked with 10c Small Dragon, tied by Peking dollar chop, sent via Shanghai (9 Aug) with dollar chop transit, franked in combination with Hong Kong 5c Queen Victoria horizontal pair, tied by Shanghai B.P.O. c.d.s. (9 Aug), reverse with Hong Kong transit, Sassnitz-Trelleborg sorting strike (11 Sep), arrived Linköping (12 Sep), with "Pray Without Ceasing" religious publication advertising for the firm of E.C. Blanchard in Tabor, Iowa, striking and very fine, a scarce destination.

Lot 618

90.00 CAD

Live

1928 (October 18), Tientsin to Massachusetts, registered military cover via Manchuria, franked with horizontal pair of 10c blue Junk

1928 (October 18), Tientsin to Massachusetts, registered military cover via Manchuria, franked with horizontal pair of 10c blue Junk definitives, tied by Tientsin c.d.s., the sender a member of the 79th Co., 2nd Batt., 6th Marines, scarce Moukden (Fengtien) (21 Oct) transit showing "MOUKDEN" in Latin script and Chinese characters, red-bordered Tientsin registration label with red "Registered" handstamp, reverse with two New York REGY. DIV. (17 Nov) transits and Peabody (19 Nov) arrival backstamps, a scarce registered military cover, very fine.