Auction Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1864. Stampless envelope to France cancelled by Melbourne duplex routed via London with Anglo-French accountancy GB/1F 62 4/10 in red with French entry cachet and taxed "18" in manuscript on arrival with AIGRE receiver on reverse.

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1871. 5 P. deep green, perf. 10, 2 P. blue and DUTY STAMP 1 P. violet (used as postage stamp) all VF and cancelled with oval M.S.W on envelope sent from SYDNEY MR 18 85 via PARIS ETRANGER 2 MAI 85 to HAMBURG.

✉ AUSTRALIA. 1934 (July 23). MELBOURNE to ALBERTON. AIR MAIL cover sent via PORT MOREBY (Papua) mixed franking AUSTRALIA+PAPUA. Signed by the pilots. Transit cds and arrival on reverse.

✉ BAHRAIN. 1940. BAHRAIN to USA. 1/2 a., 1 a., 2 a. (2) and 1 R. with censor label and arrival on reverse. Rare 1 R. on cover.

✉ BARBADOS. Sg. 23, 25. 1870. BARBADOS to U.S.A. Entire letter franked with (1 p.) blue and (4 p.) rose perf. 14-16, tied by numeral "1" cancel, sent via St. Thomas. SCARCE. Ex. Dale-Lichtenstein.

✉ BARBADOS. Sg. 89, 91, 93. 1885. BARBADOS to U.S.A. 1/2 d. green, 1 d. red and 2 1/2 d. blue. Arrival on reverse.

* BARBADOS. Sg. 170/91. 1912. COMPLETE set. Fine. Stanley Gibbons 130£.

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. 1891. MOMBASA to LONDON. 1 d. black postal stationary card. FINE.

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. 1893 (20.6). (2). Two stat. envelopes of the 'Imperial British East Africa Company.' 2 1/2 a. green used from MOMBASA to ERFURT/GERMANY and the other one optd. BRITISH/EAST/AFRICA used from MOMBASA (23.12) to ZANZIBAR, both with arrival pmks. on reverse. Nice pair.

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. Ed. . 1895. Registered cover bearing 1895 locally surcharged 1 r. carmine, SG 43, tied by MOMBASA squared circle datestamp with ZANZIBAR arrival cds on reverse of attractive and scarce cover.

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. 1902. NAIROBI to LONDON. 1 anna red and redirected to Egypt with GB 1 1/2 d. Unusual combination franking.

✉ AFRICA ORIENTAL BRITANICA. 1943. Prisoner of War Mail. Envelope written from a French Prisoner of War in Kenya back to his wife on the French island of Madagascar endorsed "Chef de Bataillon E.M. Martin P.O.W. 14351 P.O.W. Camp Nº 365 (Kenya) A.P.O. East Africa Command" with circular P.O.W. 365 E.A.F. cachet in violet and boxed P/W EAST AFRICA 007, with double ring P.O.W. EAST AFRICA COMMAND in black, Madagascar opened by censor cachet and TANANARIVE MADAGASCAR arrival on reverse. A rare item of military mail.

✉ 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. Sg. 288/300. 1935. BRITISH GUIANA to CANADA. Complete set on eight registered covers. Arrival on reverse.

✉ HONDURAS BRITANICA. Sg. 43. 1895. BELIZE to GERMANY. Letter card franked with six stamps of "6" on 10 cents. on 4 pence mauve. Light some faults.

✉ HONDURAS BRITANICA. Sg. 50. 1897. BELIZE to PHILADELPHIA. Large envelope O.H.M.S. franked with 15 on 6 on 3 cents blue stamp, tied by BELIZE/BRITISH HONDURAS. Registered cover, flap missing on reverse. A RARE franking. (SG. 700 £).

✉ HONDURAS BRITANICA. 1931 (5 Diciembre). BELIZE to MERIDA (México). FIRST FLIGHT. 3 cts. (6), 2 cts. arrival on reverse. Very rare. Flight only 5 covers carried. (Mu. 15).

✉ BRUNEI. Ed. . 1940. Cover bearing 1924-37 6 c.& 2 c.& 4 c. (see reverse) cancelled by the ´BRUNEI/30/APR/1940´ cds, used to USA showing the framed PASSED BY CENSOR/4 hs. Very scarce commercial censor mail.

✉ BRUNEI. Ed. . 1948. Cover used to ENGLAND bearing 25 c. & 30 c. (SG 87, 88) tied by the KUALA BELAIT/BRUNEI single ring cds. On arrival the cover was re-directed to IRELAND.

✉ BIRMANIA. 1862. RANGOON to GREAT BRITAIN. Envelope franked with India 2 annas and 4 annas stamps tied by B/156, transit from CALCUTA and circular E/NR mark (Evening Midland Railway), rare on cover from Burma. Stamps and cover faults.

✉ BIRMANIA. 1889. RANGOON to SWITZERLAND. 1 anna envelope uprated with 1 anna and 1 anna 6 pies stamps, transit and arrival on reverse.

✉ BIRMANIA. 1897-1906. COLLECTION of 35 covers/card (one fault) all with INDIA QV frankings tied by fine "Bridge-type". Ex. col. D. FILBY (see web).

✉ BIRMANIA. 1940. RANGOON to KUALA LUMPUR (Malaya). Envelope franked with 6 pies blue and 1 anna brown, taxed on arrival with M.P.U. 1 cto. lilac (2) and 4 cts. green stamps. Censored in Rangoon.

* CANADA. Sg. 141/49. 1897-98. COMPLETE set. Fine. Stanley Gibbons 495£.

✉ CANADA. 1825 (Aug 16). Entire letter dateline from MAISONNETTE (New Brunswick) struck on the reverse with italic NEWTON ABBOT/PENNY POST in black, prepaid 2/6d. in red ink and charged in manuscript on front in reis "560+70=630" due. Oval Lisbon arrival in black (28/8) also on front of fine entire. Rare destination at this time.

✉ CANADA. 1862 (May 22). Registered cover to SHARON via Toronto, bearing perf 1859 1 c. rose pair and Beaver 5 c. vermilion vertical pair tied by MONTREAL duplexes. Straight line REGISTERED handstamp above and reverse with SHARON arrival cds. Faults on the 1 c. adhesives but a scarce franking. Scott 14, 15.

✉ CANADA. Sg. 29 (2), 32. 1865. TORONTO. Envelope bearing 1 cent red (2) and 5 cents orange tied by grill cancel and red REGISTERED mark. Flap missing. Fine and attractive cover.

✉ CANADA. 1872 (Dec 21). Cover to Philadelphia franked by pair of Small Queen 1868-90 3c. brown-red tied by dotted cork cancellations in black with Ottawa cds of dispatch below. Reverse with Philadelphia arrival cds. A fresh and fine cover.

✉ CANADA. 1881 (Sept 3). Cover from HAMILTON to LONDON franked by Small Queen 5c. slate grey-green tied by HAMILTON despatch duplex; readdressed on arrival in London to France with 1881 2½d. ultramarine pl. 22 tied by LONDON duplex (Sept 19). A fresh and fine cover. SG 157.

✉ CANADA. 1894. TORONTO a U.S.A. Envelope franked with two 1/2 cent. black and two 2 cents. green. Arrival on reverse.

✉ CANADA. 1894. TORONTO to GERMANY. 1 cent. black postal stationary card uprated with two 1/2 cent. black and 1 cent. yellow stamps.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1800-1830. Four letters (one front) with diverse Prephilatelic marks.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1864. CAPE TOWN to OPORTO (Portugal). Entiere letter, endorsed "P. Montejuma". BARRA/DO/PORTO mark on arrival and taxed with 80 reis.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1883 (Aug 14). Cover to CHARENTE (France) franked by Hope 1882-84 ½d. grey, 1d. rose and 6d. mauve tied by CLAREMONT cds's; split rate '2½d.' in red and CALAIS A PARIS cds of transit on front (Sept 4). A fresh and fine cover. SG 40a., 41,44.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. Sg. 40, 41, 44. 1885. GRAAFREINET to USA. Envelope franked with 1/2 d. black, 1 d. red and 6 d. lilac stamps, arrival on reverse.

✉ CABO DE BUENA ESPERANZA. 1902. CAPE TOWN to GERMANY. 4 d. registered envelope uprated with 1/2 d. green and block of four 3 d. lilac stamps.

✉ CEILAN. Yv. 54+57. 1876 (Feb. 16). Cover to a Ship's Captain care of the French Consul in POINTE DE GALLES (Galle, Ceylon), franked by Ceres 1871/74 10c. brown on rose pair and single 80c. carmine tied by Nantes 2602 gros chiffres. Circular cachet AGENCE CONSULAIRE DE FRANCE / POINTE DE GALLES in blue and sent on to CALCUTTA. Reverse with Galle cds (March 16) and Calcutta arrival (March 25).

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

✉ CEILAN. Sg. 131, 136. 1896. KANDY to USA. 5 cts. blue postal stationary envelope uprated with 5 cents. and 15 cts. stamps sent registered arrival on reverse.

✉ COOK. Sg. 6/10. 1896. COOK to SAN FRANCISCO (Usa). Envelope franked with 1 d., 1 1/2 d., 2 1/2 d., 5 d. and 10 d. stamps, arrival on reverse.

✉ COOK. Sg. 6/10. 1897. RAROTONGA to SAN FRANCISCO. Envelope franked with 1d., 1 1/2d., 2 1/2d., 5d. and 10d. stamps tied by COOK ISLAND cds. Sent registered via Auckland.

✉ COOK. 1903 (April 6). Cover from RAROTONGA to QUETTA (India) franked by horizontal pair 1896-1900 ½d. deep blue tied by neat RAROTONGA cds in black. Reverse with Auckland transit (April 16), Tuticorin (May 15) and Quetta cds's. A fine cover to an unusual destination. SG 11.

✉ 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. 1690. Entire letter datalined "Ca. (Candia) 11 Marzo 1690" to LIVORNO (Italy). Enclosed "via di Marseille". Early cover from the Venturi correspondence.

✉ FALKLAND. Sg. 41. 1898. FALKLAND to USA. O.H.M.S. envelope bearing 2/6 sh. blue stamp, sent registered, arrival on reverse. Rare stamp on cover.

✉ FALKLAND. Sg. 126. 1930. PORT STANLEY to KENT. Envelope sent via Montevideo franked with 1 £ stamp, with neat PORT STANLEY cds. With aimail and registered labels. Montevideo transit on reverse. Fine and rare franking.

✉ FIJI. Sg. 76, 77, 78. 1895 (Oct. 15th). Small, attractive envelope registered from SUVA to LIVERPOOL bearing 1/2d. slate-grey, 1d. black and 2d. pale green perf. 10 (3), with fine D3 cancellations, ms. registration markings and Nov. 28th arrival on reverse.

✉ 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.