35th International Auction

overseas\asia\brunei:europe\great britain\british protectorate\brunei
1980/1920, Definitives "View on Brunei River", 1c. to $25, 15 values incl. 3c. both dies and 50c. both colours (no. 45 small thinning), fresh colours, mint o.g.

overseas\asia\ceylon
Ceylon, 1859, 9 pence purple-brown, imperforated with full to wide margins all around, VERY FINE and neatly cancelled by oval of bars in BRIGHT RED. This scarce stamp is UNIQUE WITH A RED CANCEL. A very spectacular example of the first issue. Stanley Gibbons Nr. 8. Certificate Kurt Kimmel BPP. The Ceylon stamps of 1857-1871, were all supposed to be cancelled in black, only about 20 such exceptionnal cancellations in...

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1864 (July) envelope from Nuwera Ellia to Dublin, IRELAND marked "Via Southampton", bearing Ceylon 6d. sepia (one short perforation) cancelled by VERY RARE OVAL IN BARS IN RED, showing "NUWERA ELLIA/PAID" and Colombo datestamps in red, arrival c.d.s. (2.9) and, on reverse, "h&k pact" transit datestamp. A RARE RED CANCELLATION OF WHICH KURT KIMMEL ONLY RECORDS THREE COVERS. Certificate Kurt Kimmel BPP. Sc. 53a; S....

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1876 BALAPITIMODARA arrival datestamps on reverse of postal stationery envelope 4c. from Colombo, bearing Colombo '11 May 1876' duplex on front, cancelled by red "BALAPITIMODARA/MY 21/76" cds at arrival which was overstamped by black killer type numeral "18" as it's date was wrong, and getting the correct "BALAPITIMODARA/MY 12/76" cds. A scarce postal history item from the Balapitmodara P.O. which exists up to 1885...

overseas\asia\ceylon
1880, stationery card QV 8 C red-brown on buff, written on bord of "S.S. Nepa..l (?)" with duplex "COLOMBO H DE 5 84 =V=" sent to Berlin with arrival 31.12.84

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1885, 10 C. auf 64 C. rotbraun, gez. 14 : 12 1/2, Plattenrekonstruktion der 12 Typen mit diversen Plattenfehlern, ungebraucht bzw. 1 x gestempelt, Kabinett. (SG 174)

overseas\asia\ceylon
1894 Postal stationery envelope and card from Galle to Germany, i.e. 5c on 4c envelope uprated 5c pair to Hamburg and ps card 5c to Leipzig both with French Paquebot d/s No.6 (env.) and No.10 (card).

overseas\asia\ceylon
1943/1944 AEROGRAMMES: Two illustrated Christmas letter sheets issued by India for the British Royal Air Forces only, one (1943) used from 'Advance Base Office No. 9' (Colombo) at '4 Nov 43' to Edinburgh, Scotland with two diff. Indian censor marks in violet, the second (1944, with multi colour illustration 'They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay' inside) was used to U.K. with additional 20c. adhesive as it...

overseas\asia\ceylon
1944 First aerogramme 40c. blue, used from Nanu Oya (12 JA 45) to Ivanhoe, Vic., Australia (23 Jan 45), redirected to Yarck (24 Jan 45), and redirected to Sandringham, with censor strips and "PASSED/BY/CENSOR/219" diamond h/s in violet, and partially covered (Ceylon) Crown censor mark "PASSED L/6", with related Ivanhoe and Yarck datestamps, minor imperfections, but still good. (ex J. Kasper Collection)

overseas\asia\ceylon
1945 AEROGRAMME: Indian Military Air Letter Sheet used from Ceylon to England, dated '6th June 1945' and bearing a "V" in blue optd. 'War Purposes Contribution - Help Freedom's Fight' 5c. stamp teid by violet 'R.A.F. Ceylon' datestamp, with censor mark at lower left, with a few small patches of scratched surface, but still attractive, and scarce. (ex J. Kasper Collection)

overseas\asia\ceylon\money transfer stamps
1883, "Postal Commission Three cents" in Type II auf 4 C. rotlila, ungebraucht, Kabinett. Eine seltene Marke die für verspätet eingelöste Postal Orders verwendet wurde. Für kurze Zeit war die postalische Verwendung erlaubt (siehe Robson Lowe Seite 107). ˜ 4 c. lilac-rose overprinted "Postal Commission Three cents", mint with original gum, in perfect condition. This stamp was used for the surtax...