Auction 309-320 - Europe & Overseas Egypt, including the Constantin Kelemenis - Day 4

1918/1948: Old time collection of Palestine and Transjordan, comprising mint and used examples, mounted upon seven album pages with various prints, perforations, watermarks, all nicely described, significant catalogue value.

1864/76: Colour Changes, 4 d. yellow, wmk. Crown CC., perf. 12½, a single and horizontal pair used on 1875 cover to London with manuscript '1/-' in red crayon, tied by smudged strikes of the Castries "A11" obliterator with double arc' ST. LUCIA' datestamp above in red 23 May 1875 and 'London / Paid' cds in red of receipt 14 June, has a Government crest on reverse with part of flap missing and the single stamp just off the edge of cover but a...

1877-80: EXPRESS 1 s. dull yellow, second state perf. 12, the complete sheet of 10 (5 x 2) showing 'line above X not broken' on pos. 1, 6, and 10, full original gum, hinge remnants on four adhesives. A rare and desirable sheet in unusually fine condition.

1886-1900: 2s.6d. deep purple on toned paper, perf. 11, watermark ''NZ'' over Star (7mm spacing), watermark reversed, lower right corner marginal mint block of eight (2 x 4) from the right pane, missing horizontal row of perforations due to misplacement of rotary wheel resulting in centre block of four comprising two vertical pairs imperf. between, minor separation of vertical perfs. at foot, clear of varieties otherwise mainly fine and rare...

Samoa Mixed Frankings, 1894 (Apr. 26): Palm Trees ½ d. yellow-green, 2 d. brown orange, 4 d. blue & 6 d. brown-lake, King Laupepa 2½ d. rose and 'SAMOA POST' 5 d. vermillion on registered combination cover with U.S. 8 c. brown and pair 10 c. green (affected by tears and nick) to Berlin. Samoa stamps tied by "APIA SAMOA APR. 26" double-circle datestamps, U.S. stamps tied by light strikes of San Francisco registry ovals, oval "REG. DIVISION...

Cape of Good Hope Mount Currie Express Labels 1874 perf. 12½ 1d. yellow-green, an unused corner marginal vertical pair from the sheet of twelve, traces of gum, some soiling which is not unusual for this issue.rnNote: In 1874, as there was no postal service in East Griqualand to Harding in Natal, Paramount Chief Adam Kok gave permission to the trading firm of Ballance & Goodliffe to issue stamps and run posts. The mail was carried on a...

1899/1948: Selection of eleven covers comprising early postal stationery cards, picture postcards and envelopes, including 1899 "Soudan" 4 m. overprint on Egypt 5 m., one sent to Switzerland, also a 1908, 3 m. lilac card uprated with 5 m. sent to "The Hague", picture postcards franked wth Sudan 2 m., and a 1948 first day cover franked with block of four 5 m. and 10 m., condition mixed, a scarce assortment of Sudan postage on covers. 

1847, Lady McLeod, 5 c. blue, imperforate, no wmk., good to large margins, very attractive, certificate states "used...has been repaired and painted", however very rare example of the private local post named after the paddle steamer 'Lady McCleod', not often offered for sale. Cert. BPA (1983). Gi = £12'000 for a used example.

1877/1910c: Selection 20 adhesives, primarily unused and five covers incl. British South Africa Company 1892-93 Arms £5 sage-green & £10 brown, 1901 Arms £ 5 blue & £ 10 lilac, all four unused without gum, Johore 1904 $ 100 green & scarlet, Malaysian States Three Elephants $ 25 green orange from Selangor and Federated Malay States (2), Egypt 1926 Inauguration of Port Fouad 50 p., and Malta 1919 St. Paul 10 sh. black used, also...

1946-94: Collections of Gibraltar, Malta and Ireland in 4 Lindner-hingeless albums, Gibraltar 1 album 1943-94, from 1950 on complete, 1 album Malta 1950-94, Ireland 2 albums 1949-94, only unmounted stamps found.

1873-1950: Lot ca. 100 items, stationery and picture postcards from Great Britain and Colonies as Ceylon, Gambia, Old Australian States, New Zealand and Sarawak. Some items addressed to the unusual destination Khartoum in Sudan.