QV Stamps (11, including 2 1/2d Cyprus overprint) and KEVII stamps (11) cancelled in Alexandria by the diamond shaped retta of dots (18) or the very scarce small rectangular retta of dots (4), applied to mail posted at sea and received uncancelled in Egypt. A fine and scarce group. (22). Photo on Page 141.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
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We are delighted to announce our Spring Auction which includes:
INDIA exceptional AIR MAILS
BUSHIRE a fine collection of stamps & covers.
CYPRUS the important William Frew collection.
GB the Michael Goodman collections of London & Middlesex plus other fine stamps & postal history.
KUT George VI; Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Italy; GB Postal Stationery featuring Registration Envelopes; China 1894 set on cover; India KGV 1 anna collection and Antarctic.
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Lot #1001 - Cyprus maritime mail
Lot #1002 - Cyprus maritime mail
QV-KGVI Stamps (63) and pieces (7) with various maritime cancels including Austrian Lloyd c.d.s on QV or KEVII stamps (4, one "ORANO / OE LLOYD"), oval "COL VAP DA / BERUTTI", double ring Sea Post Office Cyprus c.d.s (10, two on Egypt), various Khedival Mail Line cachets, QV 1/2pi with oval Greek cachet of the £Cypriot Steamship Co£ and QV 1pi on piece with superb £Knotts Prince Line Larnaca Agency£ cancel with a central flag (these two...
Lot #1003 - Cyprus maritime mail
1909 G.B 1d Postal stationery envelope from London to Cyprus backstamped with a superb "SEA POST OFFICE / CYPRUS" double ring c.d.s (May 5), an early use of this scarce datestamp.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1004 - Cyprus maritime mail
1929-30 Covers bearing Cyprus stamps (4 covers) or Egypt stamps (5 covers) cancelled by "SEA P.O / CYPRUS" (7) or "SEA POST OFFICE / CYPRUS" (2) single ring datestamps, all with cachets of the S.S Roda, Belkas or Bilbeis. Also a cover with forged Sea Post Office c.d.s. (10).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #1005 - Cyprus maritime mail
c.1930-37 Covers including commercial cover to Candia with 2 1/2pi cancelled by oval £Lloyd Triestino Agenzia Candia£ cachet, 1932 cover with 1924-28 1£4pi cancelled "PFO PILSNA / LLOYD TRIESTINO" c.d.s and handstamped violet "PAQUEBOT" at Jaffa, and covers cancelled by Khedival Mail Line cachets (11, three with Egypt stamps) for the S.S Fouadien, Rashid, Taif, Boulac or Bilbeis, most of these philatelic but a 1930 "Bilbeis" cover franked 1 1...
Lot #1006 - Cyprus maritime mail
1942 Cover to Alexandria per S.S "Fouadieh" franked 2pi cancelled blue circular "CUSTOMS / FAMAGUSTA" containing the royal arms, the reverse with two further strikes and a handstamp of the Collector of Customs certifying the envelope contained shipping documents relating to the cargo and crew of the "Fouadieh". Also the reverse of a 1941 envelope with 1 1/2pi and 2 1/2pi pair cancelled by similar "CUSTOMS / LIMASSOL" cachets and endorsed "...
Lot #1007 - Cyprus maritime mail
Paquebots. 1927-65 Covers and cards with Paquebot handstamps of Limassol (4), Larnaca (3) or Famagusta (5), undated postcard of S.S "Lamartine" with 1924-28 1pi cancelled "PAQUEBOT" of Beirut, 1927 cover with 1924-28 3£4pi pair tied by Port Said Paquebot datestamps, and 1938 postcard of the R.M.S "Letitia" with Coronation 3£4pi pair cancelled by Toulon Paquebot datestamp. Also a 1937 "Cyprus Mail" with a P.O notice giving sailing dates from...
Lot #1008 - Cyprus air mails
1929 (May 25) Cover from Famagusta to USA franked 4pi endorsed "via Avion Postale a Cherbourg"; 1929 (May 30) Stockholm to London first flight cover addressed to Limassol; 1929 covers franked 1pi to Sweden, inscribed to go by air from Constantinople to Stockholm via Vienna, Berlin, Stettin and Kalmar, posted July 19 with special air post arrival c.d.s of July 29, or posted August 30 (2 covers) with Sep. 7 arrival c.d.s; and 1930 Jamaica to...
Lot #1009 - Cyprus air mails
1930 (Aug 7) Cover from Limassol to Sweden franked 2 1/2pi, taken by sea to Alexandria and then flown by Imperial Airways, the first official air mail from Cyprus, just 36 covers carried; and 1930 (Sep. 25 and Oct. 16) covers franked 2 1/2pi from Limassol to England flown on the second and fourth experimental flights from Famagusta to Haifa and Alexandria. Just five experimental flights directly from Famagusta occurred in 1930; no mail was...
Lot #1010 - Cyprus air mails
1932 (April) Imperial Airways first direct service to Cyprus, first flight covers from Cyprus to England (6), Amman, Madras, Colombo, Athens (4), Karachi (2), Calcutta, Port Said, Basrah, Jaffa, Brindisi (2), Rhodes, Tiberias or Paris, also three covers from London to Larnaca, Nicosia or Famagusta, a fine group. (27).
Suggested price: £ 600-700
Lot #1011 - Cyprus air mails
1933-60 Covers including 1933 first flights to Rangoon, Alor Star and Singapore; 1934 first flight to Brunette Downs, Northern Territory; 1935 first flights to Lydda and Cairo (3); 1936 MISR first flight to Cairo; 1938 commercial flight by Ala Littoria via Rome; 1940 commercial first flight to UK by P.A.A service from Hong Kong; also a booklet of Cyprus Airways Air Mail labels, 1936 telegraph regarding flying boat arrangements, etc. (15)....
Lot #1012 - Cyprus air mails
1934 (Oct 19) Cover to Australia franked G.B 1/2d + 4d tied "MILDENHALL A£DME / BURY ST. E" skeletons and Cyprus 1 1/2pi cancelled at Nicosia (Nov 13), backstamped at Port Said and Melbourne (Dec 18). Carried on the MacRobertson air race plane G/AABY piloted by Flying Officers Davies and Hill; their plane broke down in Cyprus and the few letters they were carrying were then posted at Nicosia.
Suggested price: £ 130-160
Lot #1013 - Cyprus air mails
1937-39 Covers on pages flown by MISR Airways or Imperial Airways including 1937 Troodos Air Mail c.d.s on registered cover to Egypt, and 1938 (June 16) First Flight covers from Larnaca to Cairo (2) or Baghdad on the resumed MISR service all with Limassol Air Mail datestamps, just 12 covers flown on each of these two first flights. (15).
Suggested price: £ 200-240
Lot #1014 - Cyprus air mails
1945-56 Commercial Air Mail covers from (55) or to (2) Cyprus all bearing KGVI stamps, the written up study of rates and destinations including postcards (with 2pi postcard to Italy uprated 4pi), registered mail, printed matter and commercial papers rates, Nicosia Air Mail datestamps (2), also 1946 first flight cover from Tunis to Nicosia. (58).
Suggested price: £ 400-500
Lot #1015 - Cyprus air mails
1944-48 Covers with Air Mail markings or labels deleted by various barred handstamps (5), handstamped "X / BY SURFACE ROUTE", or with bilingual "Weight over .... oz / Insufficiently prepaid for transmission by Air Mail", all then diverted to surface mail. (7).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1016 - Cyprus air mails
AV2 Mail. 1941-45 Covers from Cyprus handstamped "A.V.2" (7, two types) or with "A.V.2" in manuscript (6), all censored, various destinations include Gold Coast, South Africa, Sudan and Trinidad, one cover from Prodhromos franked 45pi to USA. A scarce group, ex Cruttwell. (13). Photo on Page 125.
Suggested price: £ 450-550
Lot #1017 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1919 Stampless On Active Service covers to England, both from the same soldier, one with "LIMASSOL / OFFICIAL PAID" c.d.s (Oct. 26), the other with a "FAMAGUSTA" double ring datestamp. An unusual pair, possibly from a guard at the Russian Refugee Camp at Famagusta. (2).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #1018 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1932 Cover franked 3£4pi from Famagusta to Ayios Theodoros with superb circular "POSTAL CENSOR / G.R. / CYPRUS", censored due to civil unrest on the island.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1019 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1939-45 WW2 Censored mail with boxed "PASSED / CENSOR" (5), circular numbered "PASSED CENSOR / CYPRUS" (15, two with boxed "EXCHANGE CONTROL"), octagonal "PASSED / M / 3" (2 pieces cut from airgraphs) or "M/5", "M" numbered "Opened by Examiner" seals (17), one endorsed "AV2". (40).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #1020 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1939-44 Covers censored in Cyprus with boxed "PASSED / CENSOR", circular numbered cachets (6) or "M" seals (4), and a 1943 cover from Pedoulas to the Red Cross at Nicosia, probably from a refugee. Also 1948-51 Cyprus covers censored in Egypt with censor seals or cachets (5). (17).
Suggested price: £ 140-160
Lot #1021 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1940-45 Forces mail, various F.P.O cancels including local cover from F.P.O 139 with "Opened by Examiner M/24" seal, air mail cover from F.P.O 146 to USA franked 10d with cachet "By Air Mail to South Africa", 1940 local cover posted at Limassol franked 3£4pi with boxed army censor cachet, 1941 OHMS cover to Limassol with Army Signals c.d.s, 1943 cover from USA with boxed "R.A.F H.Q / ME", stampless cover from Famagusta with London "Maritime...
Lot #1022 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1941-45 Covers and cards with Indian F.P.O datestamps, stampless or bearing India or G.B stamps (16).
Suggested price: £ 160-200
Lot #1023 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1943 Covers from refugees at Pedoulas, five to the Red Cross in Nicosia, one registered to Chile franked 17pi. Also a 1948 cover franked 9pi to Germany from the German Evacuees Camp "Golden Sands" at Famagusta. (7).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1024 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1943 Stampless card to the P.O.W Bureau in Nicosia with red circular cachet "BRITISH WAR ORGANISATION / (Red Cross) / CYPRUS" and cachet of the Hon. Sec. P.O.W Bureau, British Red Cross Cyprus. Also 1944 P.O.W lettersheet from Limassol to a Cypriot P.O.W in Stalag IIID, redirected to Stalag IVB but handstamped "Nicht Stalag IV/B". (2). Photo on Page 125.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1025 - Cyprus Forces Mail - P.O.W Mail and Censorship
1946 Picture postcard to Portugal franked KGVI 1 1/2pi cancelled by red "POST OFFICE / MARITIME MAIL" machine of London, and a c.1946 cover to Sweden bearing KGVI 1£4pi - 9pi cancelled by both large and small "POST / OFFICE / MARITIME / MAIL" handstamps in red, probably in London. Two unusual items of Naval mail, ex Cruttwell. (2).
Suggested price: £ 120-140
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