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Incoming Mail Overland via Marseilles 1861 (Dec 21): Cover ...more
Incoming Mail Overland via Marseilles 1861 (Dec 21): Cover from
Thizy, France to Sydney, New South Wales bearing 1853 France 20 c.
blue block of four, margins close to large all round and prepaying
80 centimes for a 1⁄2 ounce ship letter to New South Wales.
Endorsed “per Suez” at lower right and with a superb “Thizy”
despatch datestamp. Transit datestamps on the reverse for Lyon,
Marseilles and arrival at Sydney. Very fine condition and a rare
imperforate block on cover to Australia. Signed Goebel. Cert.
Eichele (1999). Route: Departed Thizy 21 Dec 1861 by rail to
Marseilles (22n Dec). P&O Line: Departed Marseilles (28 Dec)
per “Massilia” via Malta (30 Dec) to Alexandria (3 Jan 1862);
overland to Suez; “Simla” (9 Jan) to Galle (24 Jan); “Bombay” (25
Jan) via Mauritius (18 Feb), King Georges Sound (15 March) and
Melbourne to Sydney, arriving 25 March 1862 (94 days). Note: This
voyage was the slowest ever P&O mail to Australia. About 4 days
were lost in the Alexandria - Suez mail transfer. The “Bombay”
broke her shaft on February 2 after leaving Galle, sailing to
Mauritius for repairs (18-24 Feb), before sailing on to the
Australian ports. Provenance: Collection Purves
Lots & Collections 1904/19: Unused Collection with 1904 provisional
4 ...more Lots & Collections 1904/19: Unused Collection with 1904 provisional 4 ö. on 8 ö. in a block of four, 35 ö. on 16 ö. block of four, 35 ö. on 20 ö. grey & carmine in a block of eight, 80 ö. on 12 ö. red-lilac & grey in a strip of three, 1912 surcharges on Officials with multiples (5) incl. 7 ö. on 5 ö. green block of six, 1913/28 Christian X issue with multiples incl. Coil Machine large strips of 7 ö. and numeral 3 ö. (16 pairs), the 8 ö. grey in a marginal block of six and a corner block of twenty-five, 12 ö. olive in blocks of four (ten, plus a block of six), 27 ö. black & red in blocks of four (3) and a block of twenty-four; 50 ö. wine-red in blocks of ten and twelve, 50 ö. grey in blocks of four (2), 60 ö. blue & brown in a corner block of eight, 70 ö. green & brown in a corner block of four, 80 ö. blue-green in a block of four; 1918 Surcharged on Newspaper issue with 27 on 5 ö. blue in blocks of six (3); 27 on 10 kr. in a block of twenty; 1921/27 surcharged multiples; and Postal Ferry Stamps with 1919 10 ö. red in a block of nine with central stamp (position 54) showing "POSFFÆRGE" error; condition generally fine, a useful lot (68 items) Facit = Skr. 95'000+ .
Post Offices of the Fjord - Post Offices established due to ...more
Post Offices of the Fjord - Post Offices established due to new
routes; 1871 (Feb 22): Cover from Sogndal to Red Wing, Minnesota
USA, bearing a block of four of 1863/64 Vapen 4 sk. blue (Facit
14), a fresh multiple cancelled by a single central strike of
"SOGNDAL i SOGN" cds and tied by "CHICAGO PAID ALL DIRECT MAR 21"
transit cds in red, FRANCO handstamp and CHRISTIANIA transit (Feb
25) cds alongside, reverse with "WAMDRUP - FLENSBURG" TPO (March 1)
datestamp. The multiple with some nibbed perfs at left, the cover
with severe corner wear, nevertheless an exceptional franking to
pay the journey with Prussian Closed Mail via Lærdal, Christiania,
Flensburg, Hamburg, Cologne, Aachen, and Chicago to Red Wing. Facit
14, detached block of four = SEK 6'000.
1903, 10 Para, with varnish bars, block of (4), used lilac
AMPHITRITE ...more 1903, 10 Para, with varnish bars, block of (4), used lilac AMPHITRITE OE. LLOYD ship cancel, fresh and desirable, XF! Estimate 400€.
(Ship Mail) 1914 envelope to Finland with 1913 7k Romanov tied ...more
(Ship Mail) 1914 envelope to Finland with 1913 7k Romanov tied by
oval ‘3rd White Sea Steamship’ code ‘a’ cds, which ws used on S.S.
“Koroleva (Queen) Olga Konstantinovna”, a vessel of the
Archangel-Murman Steam Navigation Co., Helsinki-Abo maritime duplex
on reverse, fine, ex Faberge and Dr. Casey
Beirut Quays Office 1909: Turkey 20 pa. rose in a vertical pair
used ...more Beirut Quays Office 1909: Turkey 20 pa. rose in a vertical pair used on 1912 cover from Beirut Harbour to Alexandria tied by "BEYROUTH (QUAIS)" cds in black and second cover with 1908 Turkey 5 pa. ochre in a block of seven, one stamp missing, used on 1910 cover to Cairo cancelled by "BEYROUTH (QUAIS)" cds in struck in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 33, Ziya 1 - rated 'RR') with superb information strike adjacent. Scarce. Note: The 1910 cover is illustrated in the Ziya catalogue 'B' on page 141.
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4 ...more Lots & Collections 1904/19: Unused Collection with 1904 provisional 4 ö. on 8 ö. in a block of four, 35 ö. on 16 ö. block of four, 35 ö. on 20 ö. grey & carmine in a block of eight, 80 ö. on 12 ö. red-lilac & grey in a strip of three, 1912 surcharges on Officials with multiples (5) incl. 7 ö. on 5 ö. green block of six, 1913/28 Christian X issue with multiples incl. Coil Machine large strips of 7 ö. and numeral 3 ö. (16 pairs), the 8 ö. grey in a marginal block of six and a corner block of twenty-five, 12 ö. olive in blocks of four (ten, plus a block of six), 27 ö. black & red in blocks of four (3) and a block of twenty-four; 50 ö. wine-red in blocks of ten and twelve, 50 ö. grey in blocks of four (2), 60 ö. blue & brown in a corner block of eight, 70 ö. green & brown in a corner block of four, 80 ö. blue-green in a block of four; 1918 Surcharged on Newspaper issue with 27 on 5 ö. blue in blocks of six (3); 27 on 10 kr. in a block of twenty; 1921/27 surcharged multiples; and Postal Ferry Stamps with 1919 10 ö. red in a block of nine with central stamp (position 54) showing "POSFFÆRGE" error; condition generally fine, a useful lot (68 items) Facit = Skr. 95'000+ .
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Lot 3828
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43 (4), Lloyd
AMPHITRITE ...more 1903, 10 Para, with varnish bars, block of (4), used lilac AMPHITRITE OE. LLOYD ship cancel, fresh and desirable, XF! Estimate 400€.
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used ...more Beirut Quays Office 1909: Turkey 20 pa. rose in a vertical pair used on 1912 cover from Beirut Harbour to Alexandria tied by "BEYROUTH (QUAIS)" cds in black and second cover with 1908 Turkey 5 pa. ochre in a block of seven, one stamp missing, used on 1910 cover to Cairo cancelled by "BEYROUTH (QUAIS)" cds in struck in blue (Coles & Walker fig. 33, Ziya 1 - rated 'RR') with superb information strike adjacent. Scarce. Note: The 1910 cover is illustrated in the Ziya catalogue 'B' on page 141.
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