Auction Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1887 (June). Woerman Line cover to Reilstein, manuscript "Accra" at upper left in blue, franked by Germany 1885 10pf. rose carmine pair tied by bold "Aus West-Africa / mit / Hamburger Dampfer" in black; reverse with Marbach arrival cds July 18 in black. A fine cover.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1888 (16 Feb.). Envelope to LONDON, bearing 1885 4 d. deep mauve vertical pair affixed sideways and tied by "554" numeral, showing manuscript "8", ACCRA cds and PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET cds in red (16.3) with arrival datestamp on reverse.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1889 (May 23). 2d. postal stationery registered envelope, size G, used to London, endorsed "Containing Sample Beads", up-rated with two 1884 2d. grey tied by rare "SALTPOND", Code C, cds's in black. Liverpool transit June 23 and London arrival on front of fine and scarce cover. SG 13.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1889 (Oct 11). Woerman Line cover endorsed from Quittah to Bremen franked by Germany 1885 20pf. ultramarine tied by framed "AUS / WESTAFRIKA" handstamp in black; reverse with Bremen arrival cds Nov 10. A fresh and fine cover.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1889 (26 Dec.). Envelope to LONDON, bearing 1885 4 d. deep mauve tied by WINNEBAH cds in red with another clear strike alongside, showing red crayon "4", CAPE COAST transit d.s. (28.12) and PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET cds in red (27.1). A neat and attractive franking.

° COSTA DE ORO. 1889-91. Collection with 1/2 penny (9), 1 penny (8), 2 pence (6), 2 1/2 pence (4), 3 pence (1), 4 pence (6), 6 pence (5), 1sh. (10) and 2sh. (4) with different cancels including seals. VERY INTERESTING LOT.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1890 (April 27). Woerman Line cover endorsed from Accra to Hamburg with Germany 1885 20pf. ultramarine tied by bold "Aus West-Africa / mit / Hamburger Dampfer" in black. Ottensen arrival cds on reverse of fine cover.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1893 (Dec 18). Cover to London franked by 1884 ½d. dull green (5) all tied by neat strikes of "Elmina" cds's, Code C, struck well in blue. Red 'Paid / Liverpool / Br. Packet' cds (Jan 13, 1894) below. Reverse with Cape Coast and London cds of receipt. An attractive cover. SG 11a.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1894 (May 8). ½d. green postal stationery card used to Aburi cancelled by two superb strikes of "ABOKOBI" cds's in red. Aburi arrival on front in black May 9. Fine and attractive usage, very rare.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1894 (June 2). OHMS envelope to Geneva, Switzerland franked by 1884 ½d. dull green and 1d. carmine (2) tied by four strikes of "Dix Cove" cds's and 'Paid / Liverpool / Br. Packet' cds in red of transit (July 1). Reverse with Axim transit cds (June 3) and Geneva arrival. SG 11,12a.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1894 (Feb 17). ½d. green postal stationery card used to Aburi cancelled by two superb strikes of "ABOKOBI" cds's in red. Fine and attractive usage, very rare.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1894 (Jan 18). 1d. carmine on buff stationery card used to Germany cancelled by fine strikes of scarce "Akropong" cds's with code letter showing 'U' for 'C' variety. Red 'Paid / Liverpool / Br. Packet' cds at left (Feb 19) and Gera arrival cds.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1896 (May 4). Gold Coast ½d. green stationery card up-rated with ½d. green adhesive used from Quittah and tied by bold strike of oval 'Deutsche Seepost/Linie/Hamburg-Westafrika/IX' in black. Frage arrival (June 4) at left.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1897 (11 June). Double rate envelope registered to PETERBOROUGH, bearing 1884-91 1/2 d., 1 d. pair and 2 1/2 tied by KUMASI/GOLD COAST double ring d.s. and a further 1 d. vertical pair tied by CAPE COAST/GOLD COAST double-ring d.s. on 17th June, showing "R" in oval, REGISTERED LIVERPOOL d.s. (16.7) with, on reverse, CAPE COAST (17.6) and arrival datestamp; the envelope with part flap missing.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1898 (May 2). 2d. blue registered postal stationery envelope, size F, used to London franked by 1884 ½d. dull green (5) all tied by bold strikes of scarce "APPAM" cds's in black (Type D4). SG 11.

COSTA DE ORO. 1899. AXIM to LONDON. 1 d. (3), AXIM cds, arrival on front.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. Sc. 48. 1900 (July 13). Cover endorsed "Per S.S. Maria Woermann" to DRESDEN (Germany) endorsed at upper left "Winnebah 13/7 1900, 7gr." franked by 1888 Germany 10pf. carmine pair tied by framed AUS / WESTAFRIKA handstamp in black. Reverse with arrival cds (11/8) and sender's purple cachet. Rare.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1900 (Dec 4). Registered, stampless OHMS cover to London countersigned at lower left "The Pay & Quartermaster G.C.C., The Cantonments, Accra" struck with oval "Official Paid / G.P.O. Accra / Gold Coast Colony" in black with 'Victoriaborg / Accra' cds alongside with rare 'R' in black at left. Reverse with Accra and London datestamps. Rare cover. Note: The Gold Coast Constabulary (G.C.C.) Suffered heavily in the Ashanti War, losing 5 Officers out of 8 and over 80 men lost with a further 50% of the force wounded. They were stationed in Ashanti and the Northern Territories.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1901. CAPE COAST to LONDON. 1 d. strip of three, arrival on front.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1901 (May 12). 2d. blue registered postal stationery envelope, size G, used with 1898 1d. dull mauve & carmine to Darlington, tied in transit by oval "Registered / Plymouth" datestamp; manuscript "Rec'd with loose letters ex. 'Sokoto', JH." alongside. Darlington arrival on reverse of most unusual cover. SG 27.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1904. ST. LOUIS (U.S.A.) to AXIM (Gold Coast). 2 cents red and 5 cents blue redirected to LIVERPOOL with Gold Coast 2 1/2 d. lilac and blue stamp. Faults but RARE franking combination.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1941 (10 Septiembre). GOLD COAST to LONDON. 1 1/2 d. red on reverse very scarce blue GOLD COAST/SPITFIRES label (small fault at left).

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. 1789. Entire letter from GRENADA to GLASGOW endorsed "pr. Packet" with reverse showing fine impression of GRENADA - CROWN circular handstamp in black with obverse showing two line LIVERPOOL - SHIP in black. Rated 11d. to pay on arrival. A fine and rare early entire.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. Ed. . 1858 (Sept 25). Entire letter to LONDON franked by Great Britain 1856 6 d. lilac tied by bold strike of A15 Grenada obliterator in black with LONDON red arrival cds (Oct 15) on reverse. Scarce entire. SG Z4.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. Ed. . 1892. Registered cover franked with 1883 2 1/2 d., 6 d., and 8 d., plus 1886 1 d. on 4 d. orange (SG 32, 34, 35, 39), all tied by GRENADA cds. Front shows large oval framed"R" and red oval REGISTERED/LONDON datestamp, and reverse bears MEUNCHEN arrival cds. A very rare and colorful cover. 1983 B.P.S. Certificate.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. 1899. GRENADA to U.S.A. 1/2 d. and 1 d. (2) arrival on reverse.

✉ GRANADA. 1912. 1½d. brown on buff stationery card sent registered to PRAGUE and up-rated with 1895-99 ½d. mauve & green, 1d. mauve & carmine tied by Grenada cds's. London registered label of transit and framed POSTED OUT / OF COURSE in black. A most unusual usage. SG 48,49.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. Ed. . 1912. Registered cover used to USA bearing 6 d. TETE BECHE pair SG 34a tied by the GRENADA cds supported by the Registry label.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. 1932. GRENADA to USA. 3 pence registered postal stationary envelope uprated with 1/2 d. (2), 1 1/2 d., 2 1/2 d. and 5 d. taxed on arrival with USA 10 cts. stamp.

✉ GUAYANA BRITANICA. 1905 (May 5). Underpaid cover to Amsterdam franked by contemporarily defective 1c. green and two 2c. black on red tied by Georgetown cds's. Two different 'T' markings on front, Amsterdam arrival on reverse (May 18) and taxed with Postage Due 25c. SG 233,234.

✉ GUAYANA BRITANICA. 1941-45. Two covers, one unfranked and from Great Britain taxed with British Guiana postage due stamps.

✉ HONDURAS BRITANICA. 1897. BELIZE to LONDON. 5 cts. blue (2) with K65 cancel. Fine and rare.

✉ HONDURAS BRITANICA. 1936-55. Front and cover from Jamaica and British Honduras taxed with British Honduras postage due stamps.

(*) HONG KONG. Sg. 7. 1862. 96 cents. grey. Nice colour, tear at the right margin (4 mm). Cat. 3.750 £.

✉ HONG KONG. 1884 (4 Septiembre). HONG KONG a LYON (Francia). Circulada con sello francés de 15 cts. azul (tarifa militar), mat. CORR. D. ARM./PAQ. FR. Nº 6 en azul estampado en Hong Kong a bordo del paquebot "Yangtse" (Salles 1949).

✉ HONG KONG. Ed. . 1892. Registered cover to GB franked by 1882 3x2 c. rose, 5 c. ultramarine and 10 c. violet on red all tied B 62 obliterators with HONG KONG cds in black and LONDON transit also on front of fine cover. Sc 36, 40, 44.

✉ HONG KONG. 1897. Large parcel front sent registered to Milwaukee, USA franked by 1882-96 2c. rose, single and two blocks of four of 5c. pale blue and block of eight 10c. purple on red all tied by Hong Kong cds's. Oustanding franking. SG 33,35,38.

✉ HONG KONG. 1897 (Dec 29). Registered cover with complete original contents, endorsed "per P. & O. Chusan" steamer, mailed to BUSHIRE (Persia) franked by 1891 20c. on 30c. grey green, 1882-96 2c. rose red, 4c. grey, 5c. ultramarine and 10c. purple on red all tied by HONG KONG cds's in black. Reverse with Tuticorin cds and Bushire arrival cds. A remarkable and rare cover. SG 33,34,35,38,48a.

✉ HONG KONG. 1901. Red Band envelope to FRANCE bearing Chinese Imperial Post 10 cents green (SG 113) tied by SWATOW datestamp routed via Hong Kong bearing 10 cents blue (SG 59) tied by boxed SWATOW I.P.O. tie-print in red (Webb Type 3) sent by French paquebot with octagonal LIGNE N PAQ. FR No 5 datestamp with RETIERS arrival in France on reverse. Very fine combination cover.

✉ HONG KONG. 1906. HONG KONG to FRANCE. Ilustrated bamboo envelope with contents franked with 10 cents. stamp.

✉ HONG KONG. 1906. HONG KONG to GERMANY. Postcard sent directly to German ship with 5 pf. green German stamp cancelled S. KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE SCHIFFSPOST, arrival on reverse. RARE.

✉ HONG KONG. Ed. . 1906. Registered cover to WASHINGTON STATE franked by 1903-06 1 c., 2 c., 4 c., 5 c., 8 c. and 10 c. all tied REGISTERED-HONG KONG cds´s with registration cachet alongside, reverse with SEATTLE arrival cds. Colourful and attractive cover.

✉ HONG KONG. 1915. Envelope to France franked KGV 2c(3) + 4c. tied by Amoy date stamp. On reverse, Shanghai Br. P.O.-V transit cds.

✉ HONG KONG. Ed. . 1915. Cover to BIRMINGHAM with HONG KONG single & strip of three 2 c. pale green all tied by bold HANKOW British PO cds´s, code C. Scarce and attractive cover.

✉ HONG KONG. 1915. Registered postal stationary envelope 10 cents violet upgraded with 4 cents red (SG 93) tied by HANKOW datestamp (Webb 144) with boxed hand-struck REGISTERED (Webb Fig 147) routed via Hong Kong with LONDON REGISTERED arrival. Very fine item of Treaty Port mail.

✉ HONG KONG. 1917. BRITISH POST OFFICES. Registered envelope to IRELAND bearing 2 cents green (SG 2), 4 cents red (pair) (SG 3) and 10 cents blue (SG 6) tied by TIENTSIN BR P.O. datestamp with boxed hand-struck REGISTERED TIENTSIN B.P.O. in red, routed via Hong Kong with DUBLIN arrival on reverse. Very fine item of mail.

✉ HONG KONG. Ed. . 1933. Cover to LONDON, readdressed on arrival to ANTWERP franked by 1921-37 2 c. blue green and 10 c. ultramarine tied by rare SAI YING PUNG-HONG KONG cds in black. HONG KONG cds on reverse with SHANGHAI and ANTWERP datestamps. Scarce and fine cover. SG 118, 124.

✉ HONG KONG. 1948. HONG KONG to CANADA. Large part of cover franked with 10 cent. (3) and 50 cts. taxed on arrival with Canadian 2 cents. lilac (8) stamps. Spectacular combinated franking.