Auction Stamps and Covers of the World I Sesión

✉ SEYCHELLES. 1897-1902. 4 covers with diverse frankings.

✉ SIERRA LEONA. 1897 (25 June). Envelope registered to MANCHESTER, bearing 1889 1 1/2 d. pale violet, 1896 2 d. dull mauve and orange and 1897 1 d. dull purple and green, all tied by FREETOWN cds, showing red FREETOWN REGISTERED ds., ´R´ in oval and REGISTERED LIVERPOOL transit d.s. Attractive.

✉ SIERRA LEONA. 1897-1938. 5 covers with diverse frankings.

✉ STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1849. SINGAPORE to CÁDIZ (Spain). Sent via Alexandria, Malta and forwarded to Gibraltar. Boxed TO/PAY and charged 10 pence. On reverse ALEXANDRIA and PURIFIE AT LAZARET/MALTA marks.

✉ STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1875 (28-8). SINGAPORE a GENOVA (Italia).Circulada con sellos franceses de 40 cts. naranja (3), mat. ANCLA, a bordo del buque francés ´PEI-HO´ al lado fechador LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. Nº 4. MUY RARA.

✉ SINGAPUR. 1878. SINGAPUR a FRANCIA. Sobre circulado con sello francés de 30 cts. castaño, mat. LIGNE N/PAQ. FR. Nº 6 en la Escala de SINGAPUR del Paquebot ´Iraouaddy´ procedente de Shanghai.

✉ STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1881. SINGAPORE to MARSEILLE. Envelope franked 35c. Sage, cancelled LIGNE N. PAQ. FR. No.3 cds on board the ss ´Yangtse´ en route Colombo to Singapore. Addressed to MARSEILLE. Off-loaded Singapore and placed aboard the P.O. ´Rosetta´. Transferred at Alexandria to the ´Bangalore´ for Brindisi and thence by rail to destination. On the back SINGAPORE/PAID cds. and MARSEILLE cds. RARE.

✉ STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1900-1940. MALAYA. Collection on 42 covers with POSTAGE DUE mark and stamps.

✉ STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1900-1935. Lot of 36 covers.

✉ SUDAN. 1884. Sailor´s letter cover endorsed from ´M. Sullivan, Skilled Shipwr., HMS Euraylus, Suakim´ franked with Great Britain 1880/81 2d. deep rose (SG. 168a), tied by British numeral obliterator 17 of Birmingham and reverse with Birmingham arrival cds (March 4). Some minor aging but a scarce cover from this famous small correspondence. Signed Todd AIEP.

✉ SUDAN. 1896 (August 7). DONGOLA CAMPAIGN. SARRAS (Sudan) to LONDON. Officer´s envelope with full content addressed to Lord Amherst. Endorsed ON ACTIVE SERVICE NO STAMPS AVAILABLE and signed ´J.F. Brun Murdoch Miralai (Brigadier), Comm. Egyptian Cavalry, Sarras´. Envelope cancelled by WADI-HALFA/CAMP and charged 2 1/2d. Interesting contents for a cholera epidemic.

✉ TOGO. 1915-20. Anglo-French Occupation. 4 covers.

✉ TOGO. Lot of 21 covers.

✉ TONGA. 1899. VAVAU a ALEMANIA. Sobre del Servicio Oficial, marca TONGA GOVERNMENT/VAVAU. Marca ovalada de CERTIFICADO y etiqueta de Arpia. MUY RARA.

✉ TURKS Y CAICOS. 1896-1923. 4 covers, diverse frankings.

✉ TRINIDAD. 1806 (Aug 8). FRENCH OCCUPATION. Entire letter from TRINIDAD during the Napoleonic Wars to BRIGNOLLES, France datelined inside ´Isle de Trinité, 8 Aout 1806´ and struck on arrival with COLONIES PAR/BORDEAUX in black and charged 12 decimes due. A rare and interesting entire. Trinidad was awarded to Britain after the Treaty of Amiens at the end of the War.

✉ TRINIDAD. 1870 (8 Febrero). TRINIDAD to PHILADELPHIA. Folded cover send via St. Thomas with red ´Lamb & Co. St. Thomas W.I´ fowarder´s double oval handstamp (struck on front and back) and US. 10 cts. yellow stamp tied by N. YORK STEAMSHIP circular datestamp. Very fine and rare use from Trinidad to the U.S. via St. Thomas. Cert. PF´2015.

✉ TRINIDAD. 1873 (Aug 26). Cover endorsed ´Via Panama´ addressed to ´Admiral Cochrane, Commander in Chief, Pacific Station´ ( located in Valparaiso) franked by (1d.) carmine and 4d. grey cancelled by Trinidad cds in black. Cover then docketed (at Panama ?) and noted as for ´Ship Repulse´. Reverse with St. Thomas transit cds (Sept 2) and manuscript ´4´ (pence) of split rate. A very rare and appealing cover. Ex collection Sir John Marriott.

✉ TRINIDAD. 1896-1937. 4 covers, diverse frankings.

✉ ISLAS VIRGENES. 1900-1919. 6 covers, diverse frankings.

✉ ZANZIBAR. 1917. MARGAO (Portuguese India) to ZANZIBAR. Unpaid cover, letter endorsed ´P.P´ (Postage Paid) but no stamps. Taxed on arrival ´5 annas´.

✉ ZANZIBAR. Sg. D21. 1933. Underpaid cover from INDIA franked on reverse with 2a. purple tied by BOMBAY FOREIGN cds (Jan 13), front with large ´T.10 Cents´ handstamp in black and taxed on arrival with 1930/33 Postage Due 6c. black on yellow tied by REG. / ZANZIBAR cds (Feb 7) in black. Scarce.

✉ ZANZIBAR. 1913-50. 13 covers, diverse frankings.

✉ GRECIA. 1862 (Abr. 30). Part of Newspaper with 1 l. chocolate superior sheet margin (stamp removed and replaced). Cancellation ´18´ of TRIPOLIS. Very rare.

✉ GRECIA. Ed. VL.17,19. 1862. SYROS a CONSTANTINOPLA.10 l. naranja y 40 l. violeta (Mi. 12II,14II). Al dorso fechador de llegada prefilatélico de Constantinopla.

✉ GRECIA. Ce. 14+16. 1862 (Aug 26). Cover to GENOA franked by 1853 20c. blue (2) and single 40c. vermilion tied by 5095 gros chiffres, with SALONIQUE-TURQUIE dotted datestamp at right. Red PIROSCAFI-POSTALI-FRANCESI alongside and reverse with Les Dardanelles-Turquie transit (27/8) and arrival cds.

✉ GRECIA. 1865. Entire letter to SYROS franked by 1864 perf 9 10 s. blue tied by METELINE AUSTRIAN PO cds in blue; taxed on arrival with four margined 2 nd. Athens 20 L. blue tied by SYROS cds. Transit cds of Lloyd Agency in Smirne on reverse of rare cover.

✉ GRECIA. Vl. 28,30,32. 1867. ARGOSTOLION a KERKYRA. 1 l. chocolate, 5 l. verde y 20 l. azul. (Mi. 16,18,20). PRECIOSA.

✉ GRECIA. 1873 (Jan). Outer letter sheet from Syra to Marseille with attractive three colour franking of 1870-72 10l. orange, 20l. blue and 40l. rosy mauve on blued paper, all tied by ´Syra-67´ cds´s in black. Red ´Grece-Marseille´ entry marking (Feb 5th) alongside. Scott 35,41,42.

✉ GRECIA. 1899. Registered envelope to CONSTANTINOPLE bearing Turkey 20 para lilac (strip of 5) (Yvert 84) tied by bilingual PORT- LAGOS datestamp in violet (Coles & Walker 26) with GALATA arrival. This is one of the rarest cancels from Turkish Post Office in Adrianople.

✉ GRECIA. 1899-1916. Lot of 9 covers and cards, diverse frankings.

✉ GRECIA. 1898-1899. FRENCH MILITARY MAIL. 2 covers.

✉ CRETA. 1900. Cover to CANDIA franked by 1899 10 pa. brown and 20 pa. rose tied by CANDIA Austrian PO cds´s with straight line HERAKLION handstamp in black on reverse. Scarce cover. Sc 4, 5.

✉ GRECIA: ISLAS JONICAS. 1815-65. Lot of 19 covers.

✉ GRECIA: ISLAS JONICAS. 1852 (March 31). Rare registered entire letter from ZANTE to TRIESTE endorsed ´Col Vapore Austriaco Assicurata´ and struck with hooded oval ZANTE datestamp in green and framed FRANCA; reverse with RECOMANDIRT - TRIEST arrival datestamp (April 4) in black. Rare registered cover from Ionian Islands.

✉ GRECIA: ISLAS JONICAS. 1863. Cover from CEFALONIA to PATRAS with oval hooded CEFALONIA despatch, framed FRANCA and oval rate handstamp with ´1´ inserted struck in green; franked by Large Hermes 20l. blue on arrival tied by PATRAS cds for inland rate. Scott 20.

✉ GUATEMALA. 1791 (2 Junio). GUATEMALA a INGLATERRA. Circulada via La Coruña, Bordeaux y Londres. Tasada con 16 sous en Francia y en Inglaterra 1sh. 11p. RARA circulación transatlántica en siglo XVIII.

✉ GUATEMALA. (1800 CA.). ENVUELTA circulada desde ESPAÑA a GUATEMALA. Marca ovalada en negro de la FRANQUICIA REAL y manuscrito POR EL REY, tasada a la llegada con 5 reales.

✉ GUATEMALA. 1814 (16 septiembre). Envuelta circulada a GUATEMALA. Marcas FRANCO EN/GUATEMALA y R. AUDIENCIA/D. GUATEMALA (Tizón nº 10 y 14). RARA.

✉ GUATEMALA. 1855 (May 15). Entire letter written from SAN JOSE (Guatemala, Port of the Pacific Coast) sent unpaid to HOYER in the Duchy of Schleswig, with reverse showing manuscript ´Forwarded Belize, Honduras, 16 June 1855 by your obdient servants N. Wesselhoeft´ and mailed from there via British Post Office with BELIZE double arc cds in black. LONDON transit cds (July 23) in red and Danish P.O in Hamburg transit (July 27) in black. Plethora of rates in manuscript ´10´ (pence) in ink (6 d. to GB + 4 d. to Denmark) = 8 1/2 sgr. + German share of 3 1/2 sgr. = 12 sgr. marked in blue ink. Rounded up to 16 shillinge = 52 skilling + 9 skilling Danish share =61 skilling due to pay (red crayon). A marvellous and extremely rare entire. Probably the earliest cover known from Guatemala to Schleswig-Holstein.

✉ GUATEMALA. Sc. 18. 1881 (Aug. 20). Cover, somewhat tired and with minor corner fault at upper left, used to BRISTOL franked by provisional sucharge 5 c. on 1/2 r. yellow green, slight stain, cancelled by blue fancy handstamp (Goodman CF46) with octogonal CORREOS-GUATEMALA datestamp in violet at left. Reverse with Bristol arrival cds (Sept 26). An extremely rare issue on letter, this rate is only valid from August 1st until October 8th 1881. Cert. CALVES (1976) and FRIEDL (1976).

✉ GUATEMALA. Sc. 17, 19. 1885 (Dec. 11). Cover from GUATEMALA CITY to LISBON (Portugal) endorsed ´via Livingston´ franked by Quetzal 1 ct. on ¼ ct. green & brown and 10 ct. on 1 real black & green tied by target handstamps in violet with octagonal despatch datestamp alongside. An attractive and famous usage. Only three covers recorded with the 10 ct. on 1 r. and in this combination, unique.

✉ GUATEMALA. Sc. 43. 1894. EL PROGRESO a SAN MARCOS. Sobre de 5 cts. azul con franqueo adicional de 1 ctvo. azul y 1/4 de sello de 1 cto. para completar un franqueo de 6 1/4 ctvos. equivalente a 1/2 real, al dorso llegada. MUY RARO.

✉ GUATEMALA. 1897. RETALHULEU a ALEMANIA. Entero Postal de 3 ctvos. con sello alemán de 10 pf. carmín aceptado por el correo de Guatemala para el pago del sobreporte al exterior. MUY RARA.

✉ GUATEMALA. 1888-1930. Lot of 48 covers.

✉ HAITI. 1768-91. Lot of 10 covers.

° HAITI. Sc. 6 (50). 1881. 20 cents. castaño rojo. Reconstrucción de los 50 tipos de la hoja en usado, conteniendo una pareja. Muy rara reconstrucción.

✉ HAITI. Sc. 10 (2). 1882. PORT AU PRINCE a PARÍS. 5 cents. verde (2) pl. II, 1ª Tirada. Mat. PORT-AU-PRINCE/HAITI.