Auction Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ CEILAN. Sg. 123 (6). 1884. KAMDY to DUBLIN. 4 cents. (6) mauve. Arrival cds. on back.

✉ CEILAN. 1884. DICKOY to SCOTLAND. Envelope franked with strip of six 4 cents. purple arrival on reverse.

✉ CEILAN. 1889. COLOMBO a LONDRES. 5 cts. lila (3) y 28 cts. gris carta certificada. Magnífico franqueo.

✉ CEILAN. 1896. CEYLON to ENGLAND. 5 cents. postal stationary envelope uprated with five 5 cents. stamps, arrival cds on reverse.

✉ CEILAN. 1900. COLOMBO to ALEMANIA. 5 cents. postal stationary envelope uprated with 4 cents. and 6 cents. stamps.

✉ GRAN BRETAÑA. 1840. CANNEL ISLANDS. JERSEY a COGNAC. Fechador de entrada OUTRE-MER/ST. MALO (Salles 138). Muy raro en negro.

✉ COOK. Ed. . 1898. Registered cover to SWITZERLAND with 1898 2x 2 d. brown, 6 d. purple, and 1 s. red (SG 15, 18, 20) all tied large circle COOK ISLANDS/RAROTONGA cds´s, with AUCKLAND transit and BERNE cds of receipt on reverse of scarce cover.

✉ COOK. Ed. . 1936. Cover to FRANCE bearing France Briand 30 c. turquoise and Cook Island 2 d. black and brown (SG 108) both tied by ´MARINE POST OFFICE/NZ/RMS MAKURA´ cds, with PARIS arrival on reverse of unusual cover.

* CHIPRE. Sg. 16/22. 1882-88. Complete set, fresh colours. 2 piastre light thin. Cat. 800£.

✉ CHIPRE. 1896. LARNACA a FRANCIA. Entero Postal de certificados de 2 pi. azul con franqueo complementario de 1/2 pi. y 30 pa. (2). MAGNIFICO.

✉ CHIPRE. 1915 (April 18). Mourning cover to Paris Plage franked on reverse with 1912 10pa. orange & green pair, ½pi. Green & red and marginal 1pi. red & blue all tied by Larnaca squared circle datestamp. Sg 74,75,77.

* DOMINICA. Sg. 27/36. 1903. COMPLETE set, hinged. Stanley Gibbons 225£.

✉ DOMINICA. 1867 (29 Oct.). DOMINICA a ESCOCIA. Marca PAID/AT/DOMINICA y tarifa manuscrita ´1/-´.

✉ FALKLAND. Ed. . 1897. 1 d. Postal stationery card used to GERMANY cancelled by the FALKLAND ISLANDS cds.

✉ FIJI. Sg. 77, 81, 85, 98. 1895 (May 17th). Envelope registered unusually from SUVA to RAROTONGA (Cook Islands), bearing 1d. black perf. 10, 2d. dull green perf. 11 3/4, 5d. ultramarine perf. 11 x 10 and on the reverse, 1/2d. stale-grey perf. 11 x 10 (2), with D3 cancellations, "R" in oval (R10), Auckland May 27th transit on reverse.

✉ FIJI. Ed. . 1899. Registered cover to SCOTLAND franked by 1891-1899 per ff 1 d. rosy mauve and 2x 2 d. pale green tied by GPO SUVA cds´s with registration cachet at lower left in black. Red LONDON, and black GLASGOW and ARDROSSAN datestamps on front and reverse of cover.

✉ FIJI. Sg. 40, 55, 56, 99, 103. 1902. FIJI to SWITZERLAND. 1/2 p. grey, 2 p. green, 2 1/2 p. brown, 4 p. lilac and 6 p. rose. Registered cover, arrival cds on back.

✉ FIJI. 1911. LABASA to U.S.A. 1 p. red, taxed on arrival with three U.S. 2 cents stamps.

✉ FIJI. 1930. TOUVA to LONDON. 2 d. grey redirected to BRIGHTON with British 1 1/2 d. brown stamp.

✉ GAMBIA. Sg. 21/35. 1896. BATHURST to ENGLAND. Complete set on registered cover. Fine and RARE. Arrival on back.

✉ GAMBIA. Sg. 21/35. 1897. BATHURST to SWITZERLAND. Complete set on cover. Arrival on back.

✉ GAMBIA. 1929. SASSANDRA (Ivory Coast) to GERMANY. Gambia Postal Stationery card of 1 p. red uprated 1/2 r. green tied by oval german maritime cancel DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/LINIE/HAMBURG/WESTAFRIKA.

* GIBRALTAR. 1903. 8 sh. dull purple and black, hinged. 160£.

* GIBRALTAR. Sg. 54. 1903. 8 sh. dull purple and black, light hinged. Stanley Gibbons 160£.

* GIBRALTAR. Sg. 55. 1903. 1 pound dull purple and black. Light hinged. Stanley Gibbons 600£.

* GIBRALTAR. Sg. 62/62a. 1904-08. 2 sh. green and blue, 2 stamps light hinged. Stanley Gibbons 220£.

* GIBRALTAR. Sg. 64. 1904-08. 1 pound dull purple and black. Light hinged. Stanley Gibbons 600£.

* GIBRALTAR. 1906. 2 sh. purple and blue. Light hinged. 60£.

(*) GIBRALTAR. Sg. 5. 1886. 1 sh. bistre, without gum. Cat. 425£.

✉ GIBRALTAR. (1727 CA.). Carta firmada por LORD PORTMORE (Gobernador de Gibraltar) dirigida a la Reina de Inglaterra dando cuenta del movimento de la Flota Francesa al mando de M. de Tourvile. INTERESANTE. (Ver texto completo en web).

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1734. GIBRALTAR to WOOLWICH. Entire letter with London BISHOP mark, charged "7". A very early Ship Letter.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1734. GIBRALTAR to WOOLWICH. Entire letter with London BISHOP mark. Charge "9" and Crown London Inspector's mark. Very early Ship Letter.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1801. GIBRALTAR to GREAT BRITAIN. Entire with double-oval SHIP LRE/PORTSMOUTH, charged "10" (4d. Ship Letter rate + 6d. Inland rate).

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1805. GIBRALTAR to BATH. Entire letter charged "1/8" Packet rate, sent via Portugal. LISBON mark. VERY RARE on letter from Gibraltar, this is the only known letter with this mark.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1807. GIBRALTAR to LONDON. Charged "5/4" (double Packet rate) with London FOREIGN backstamp but no GIBRALTAR marks. Very UNUSUAL.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1808. GIBRALTAR to PALERMO (Italy). Entire letter with red GIBRALTAR/PAID mark. Fine and RARE in this colour.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1808. GIBRALTAR to MADEIRA. Entire letter sent via London with red GIBRALTAR arc mark. Fine and early mark.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1811 (Jan 24). Entire letter to London addressed to General Alex Hoper in London, mailed on 'H.M.S. Topaz' and landed at Portsmouth with very fine strike of oval framed “SHIP-LETTER-Crown-PORTSMOUTH” in black on front panel. Charged 2/8d. to London + 2d. to Ship's Captain.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1821 (March 22). GRIBALTAR to FRANCE. ECIJA ROUTE during the Cholera Epidemic in Cádiz. Entire letter with ANDALUCIA/ALTA y EZIXA/FRANQUEADA marks and desinfection cuts.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1830. LISBON to MALTA. Forwarded letter to GIBRALTAR with unrecorded Gibraltar "Samuel Tassis" Forwarding Agent endorsement. Red GIBRALTAR arc struck and charged "6" on arrival.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1830-31. THREE covers from GIBRALTAR to GREAT BRITAIN. Overland route with the Spanish Mail.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1834. GIBRALTAR to MALTA. Entire letter with black GIBRALTAR/PAID struck in error and so with "PAID" crossed through. Charged "6" on arrival. VERY RARE, this is the sole recorded erroneous used of the PAID mark in this period.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1834 (April 24). Entire letter from Gibraltar to Copenhagen with faint red 'Gib/S.Roque/And. Baxa.', slitted for Disinfection and thence via St. Jean De Luz and Hamburg Thurn & Taxis Post Office. An interesting entire that displays well, an unusual destination at this date.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1834-37. FOUR covers from GIBRALTAR to MALTA with black GIBRALTAR arc mark with different rates "6d", "1/-" and "2/-" and other from the Tuscan Consul in Gibraltar with GIBRALTAR arc mark and part red wax Malta LAZZARETO seal.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1834-38. TWO entire letters to LONDON and MALTA with black GIBRALTAR arc mark.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1837. GIBRALTAR to LONDON. Entire letter with black GIBRALTAR/PAID. Fine.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1838. GIBRALTAR to ATHENS. Wrapper (side flap removed) to "Captain Sir Edmund Lyons..." (the name has been crossed through but has been cleverly restored), with GIBRALTAR/PAID mark and "8" manuscript rate. Endorsed "To the care of the British Consul, Patras". A VERY RARE destination at this time.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1839. GIBRALTAR to NOVA SCOTIA. Entire letter sent via England. On front HALIFAX/NOVA SCOTIA cds. A RARE destination at this time.