Subasta Stamps and Covers of the World

✉ 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. Sg. 118/21, 122/42. 1922. COMPLETE sets. Fine. Stanley Gibbons 375£.

✉ GAMBIA. 1941 (11 Dic.). FIRST FLIGHT AMERICAN-AFRICAN FERRY. BATHURST to MIAMI. 6 covers to LAGOS (Nigeria), LEOPOLDVILLE (Congo), BELEM (Brazil), PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), SAN JUAN (Puerto Rico) and MIAMI (U.S.A.). Arrivals on back. (Mu. 11/16).

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

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1826. GIBRALTAR a GÉNOVA (Italia). Marcas D. GIBA/S. ROQUE y S. ROQUE/FRANCA circulada por tierra vía Perpignan y Niza.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1827. CHICLANA (Cádiz, Spain) to MALTA. Entire letter sent via the British Consulate at Cadiz. B.C./CADIZ mark and fine red GIBRALTAR arc. At this time Cadiz was blockaded by French Ships, the British Packets could not call at Cadiz to collect mail. Instead it was courriered to Gibraltar for onward transmission. Charged "6" on arrival. A VERY RARE cover, only two known with both marks.

✉ GIBRALTAR. Ed. . 1851(April 25). Entire letter to Genoa, prepaid 4d in red manuscript, with superb strike of three line dated GIBRALTAR-SHIP LETTER handstamp in blue, red ´Via Di Mare(E)´ applied on arrival and charged 15c due. Superb quality and very scarce thus.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1852. GIBRALTAR to GENOVA. Entire letter with blue GIBRALTAR/SHIP LETTER mark, in arrival taxed "15 cmi".

✉ GIBRALTAR. Ed. 48 (5). 1858. GIBRALTAR a CÁDIZ. 4 cuartos rojo (5). Mat. R.C. 63 de San Roque. Precioso y MUY RARO franqueo. Cert. COMEX.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1861. GIBRALTAR to LISBON. Entire letter franked with two GB 2 d. blue stamp, cancelled with A26, endorsed "pr. Ville de Paris" (french ship letter). Oval C. EST de N. and 160 reis marks on arrival.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1861 (March 6). Mixed franking. Entire letter from Gibraltar to Jerez la Frontera endorsed 'por Adriano' with manuscript '2' (pence) Ship Letter charge in red prepaid on departure and franked by Spain 4c. orange on green tied by circular '3' numeral of Cadiz. A fine and scarce entire.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1869. GIBRALTAR to NEW YORK. 3d. rose and 4d. orange (2) tied by A26 cancel, GIBRALTAR cds., charged 2 cents. on arrival.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1873 (Nov 22). Cover to CAPE OF GOOD HOPE with three colour franking of Great Britain 1d. red pl.117, 4d. vermilion pl. 13 and 1sh. green pl. 8 all tied by GIBRALTAR-A26 duplexes. London transit cds in red (Dec 1) and Cape Town/Cape Colony cds of receipt (Dec 31) both on obverse of cover, alongside handstruck 1d. Captain's fee marking. Some toning but a charming 1/5d. rate cover. SG Z19,Z37,Z64.

✉ GIBRALTAR. 1889. GIBRALTAR to PORT SAID (Egypt). 50 cts. on 6 d. lilac. Registered cover rare destination, arrival cds on reverse.

✉ GIBRALTAR. Sg. 22 (3), 23 (2), 27. 1895. GIBRALTAR to GERMANY. 20 cts. red registered envelope (Size G) uprated by 5 cts. green (3), 10 cts. rose (2) and 40 cts. red brown stamps, arrival on reverse. Fine and rare franking.

✉ GIBRALTAR. Sg. 58, 60, 62. 1905. GIBRALTAR to GERMANY. 2 d. red, registered envelope uprated with 2 d., 6 d. and 2 sh. arrival on reverse. Rare franking.

✉ GILBERT Y ELLICE. (1930 CA.). TIBUTEUA to U.S.A. 3 cents US reply card uprated with 1 d. carmine cancelled by violet GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY/P.O. TABITEUEA. Some stains and folds. A very rare item.

✉ GILBERT Y ELLICE. Sg. 12, 13 (4). 1940. ABEMANA to ENGLAND. Fine franking with stamps with plate number on registered cover, arrival on reverse.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1843 (Jan 30). Entire letter from Cape Coast Castle, written by B. Watkins to London (in copper-plate writing hand); rated 8d. for ½ ounce rate, struck on reverse with framed "HASTINGS / SHIP LETTER" in black (Robertson S3) and London cds of arrival in red April 14. A fine and rare entire, unlisted by Sacher. Interesting content describing the journey South on the "Medora" and the storms in the Bay of Biscay and being becalmed at Cape Verde, meeting Mr. Brooking who had just returned from Kumasi. "T. B. Freeman has been some time absent from home on a visit to Badagry.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1855 (July 10). Entire letter written from "Keta" (Kwitta) addressed to Bremen "care of Charles Young Esq., 8 High Street, Islington, London" with long letter in German carried privately to London. Forwarded Sept 19 in London and endorsed by the Agent "Via Ostend", charged 10½d. in sterling to pay and 48gr. in red on receipt. Only 3 entire letters have been recorded by Sacher, this letter listed on page 87. Extremely rare and fine entire of great rarity to both Gold Coast and Bremen philately.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1871 (Nov 5). Envelope, embossed seal 'Spero' on reverse addressed from D. Patrick Chalmers to Edinburgh with superb "CAPE COAST CASTLE" code A (Macrae 7), datestamp in black of despatch. Rated "5" pence in red manuscript due to G.P.O. for ½ ounce rate. 'Paid / Liverpool / Br. Packet' cds in red of transit (Nov 29) and reverse with Edinburgh arrival cds. Very scarce: the datestamp in black was used on prepaid letters until Nov. 1871 only; thereafter on unpaid letters. Biro marks at left, nevertheless rare and attractive cover, unlisted by Sacher.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. 1872 (Nov 10). Envelope, crested 'Spero' on reverse, addressed from Cape Coast Castle to Edinburgh by D. Patrick Chalmers, with superb "PAID AT CAPE COAST CASTLE" double ring cds in red (Macrae 8). Rated "5" pence in red manuscript due to G.P.O. for ½ ounce rate and "1" penny inland. 'Paid / Liverpool / Br. Packet' cds in red of transit (Dec 2) and reverse with Edinburgh arrival cds. Very scarce: the datestamp was issued to the Colony in October 1871. Biro marks at left, nevertheless rare and attractive cover.

✉ COSTA DE ORO. Sc. 39. 1887 (Nov. 10). Cover to REILSTEIN (Germany) from the "Basel Mission Factory" in ADDAH (Gold Coast), with cachet on reverse and manuscript "Addah Nov 10, 1887" at upper left, struck with framed AUS / WESTAFRIKA in black and franked by 1880 Germany 10pf. rose red strip of four all tied by transit datestamps of Hamburg (Dec 8). A rare and appealing cover.

✉ 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. 1899. AXIM to LONDON. 1 d. (3), AXIM cds, arrival on front.

* GRANADA. Sg. 67/76. COMPLETE set plus some varieties. Fine. Stanley Gibbons +450£.

✉ GRENADA: GRENADINAS. Sg. 33 (2). 1895. ST. GEORGE'S to USA. Envelope franked with two 4 d. green stamps, arrival on reverse.

✉ 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.

✉ HONG KONG. 1850 (Jan 30). Entire letter from HONG KONG to PARIS via Marseille, reverse with HONG KONG cds in black and obverse with good strike of PAID AT HONG KONG Crown Circle in red. Prepaid 1sh. in manuscript and charged 10 decimes due on receipt (March 21).

✉ HONG KONG. 1863. Cover with manuscript endorsement on front from HONG KONG, struck on reverse with HONG KONG single ring datestamp (July 11) in black. Framed GB/1F 62 4/10 Anglo-French accountancy handstamp in black with Marseille entry mark (Aug 26) in red. Bolsuard arrival cds in red on reverse of a fine cover.

✉ 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.

* INDIA. Sg. 6. 1854. 1/2 anna. Die II. Marginal stamps. Very fine.

✉ INDIA. 1857. HYDERABAD to ANNAN (Scotland). An open out envelope franked with block of twelve of 1/2 anna blue tied by numeral "96" of Bombay and redirected with Great Britain 1d. red. Espectacular and RARE redirected franking.

✉ INDIA. Sg. 15,45. 1859 (July 28). Small envelope to CHIPPENHAM (UK) franked by 1850 1a. carmine (2, both with four margins) used in combination with 1856 4a. black on white paper tied in black with framed INDIA PAID alongside in red. Reverse with unclear framed despatch, Bombay transit cds in red and Chippenham arrival cds (July 22) in black.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1864. CALLIAM to ENGLAND. Envelope franked with 2 annas yellow, 4 annas grey and 8 pies purple stamps tied by CALLIAM cds.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. Sg. 51,62,69. 1867 (July 1). Cover to NEATH (Wales) endorsed 'via Marseilles' franked by scarce 1860 8p. mauve on blued, 1865 2a. orange and 1866 4a. green all tied by '224' numeral obliterators with MURREE cds below. Framed INDIA/PAID in red and reverse with Lahore transit in red (July 3), Bombay cds and Neath arrival cds (Aug 21). A fine and scarce cover.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. Sg. 71. 1879. Cover to PARIS franked by single 1866-1878 4a. green tied by NUMERAL OBLITERATOR and manuscript, underpaid with circular "T" mark in black (an adhesive was applied and had dropped off). The "T" mark erased in red crayon and reverse with SEA POST OFFICE-B cds and Paris arrival. Manuscript PAID 60 cts. at lower left of an unusual cover.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1880. NAINITAL to LONDON. 1/2 anna blue postal stationary envelope uprated with four 2 annas orange stamps (two on each side of the envelope). A nice registered cover.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1880. MADRAS to U.S.A. 1 anna Postal Stationery envelope with full contents uprated with 1/2 an. blue and 8 pies lilac (2) stamps. Unusual and fine franking.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1881. SIALKOT to PARIS. 1/2 anna blue and 4 annas grey green, on back local stamp of KASHMIR 1 anna red. Rare combination franking on cover to overseas.

✉ INDIA. 1886. KASHMIR to AMRITSAR. 1 anna brown and 2 annas orange with three local stamps of KASHMIR on REGISTERED cover. RARE mixed franking.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1895. KATLICHERRA to GERMANY. 1 anna. Postal stationary envelope uprated with 1/2 an. and two 1 am. 6 pi. sent registered.

✉ INDIA INGLESA. 1909. INDIA to AUSTRIA. 1/4 an. Postal Stationery card uprated with 1/2 an. stamp. Taxed on arrival with Austrian 10 fi. red stamp.