Togo: Anglo-French Occupation: British Issues: A selection of covers on leaves incl. 1916 (Sept. 16) registered ‘Wettler’ cover to Zurich bearing 1914 (Sept.) First Setting 40pf. black and carmine, cancelled by “LOME/TOGO” c.d.s., used (2) and unused (2) postcards, etc. (7)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of nearly 1,500 lots, including the fine collection formed by the late Dennis Clarke, the balance of the collection formed by the late Michael Ensor, the Graham Winters FRPSL collection of Queen Victoria period Ceylon with scarce covers from the decimal period 1872–1904, the fascinating collection of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 formed by Dr Guy Leroux, the W.E.J. ‘John’ Major collection of Hong Kong, and rarities from Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha and other countries
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Lot #1429 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: Anglo-French Occupation: British Issues - Cancellations and Covers
Lot #1430 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: Anglo-French Occupation: French Issues - Regular Issues
Togo: Anglo-French Occupation: French Issues: 1914 05. on 3pf. (8), 10 on 5pf. (12), incl. multiples and surcharge varieties, 20pf. (2), 25pf., 30pf., 40pf. upper marginal example on piece, 80pf. on piece, mainly fine used. (17 items)
[Proposed price: £450-500]
Lot #1431 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: Anglo-French Occupation: French Issues - Regular Issues
Togo: Anglo-French Occupation: French Issues: 1915 (Jan.) 5pf. green, 10pf. carmine, 20 pf. ultramarine, lightly used, 5pf. with B.P.A. certificate (1983), the 20pf. with overall toning, otherwise fine. S.G. 9-11, cat. £2,300. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]
Lot #1432 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: British Administration - Collections
Togo: British Administration: A mint and used collection on leaves and loose, used incl. 1915 (May) to 20s., 1916-20 to 20s. (2), 1/2d. green with variety “CUPATION” [R. 5/3], fine used, mint plate number pieces incl. 1915 1/2d. plate “1” block of eighteen containing an example of “CCUPATON” variety, 1916-20 2s.6d. plate “6” lower left corner block of four, 10s. plate “6” upper right corner pair with sheet no. “26”, mainly good to fine....
Lot #1433 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: British Administration - Cancellations and Covers
Togo: British Administration: A comprehensive collection of postmarks on singles, piece and cover from the British Zone incl. 1915 (Apr. 8) registered ‘Firth’ cover to Bradford bearing 1915 3d. purple/yellow tied by Lome c.d.s. with “Passed by Censor/at/Lome (Togo)” handstamp alongside and signed “W.B.”, selection of philatelic covers with values to 2s.6d., Madame Joseph cancellations (4), etc., mixed condition. (75)
[Proposed price: £...
Lot #1434 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: British Administration - Cancellations and Covers
Togo: British Administration: A mainly used collection in an album incl. un-overprinted Gold Coast to 10s., philatelic covers and postal stationery (8), 1916 (Apr.) Second overprints 2s.6d. and 5s. plate “5” used on separate registered philatelic covers, censored covers (2), also a few used postcards, fair to fine.
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1435 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: French Administration - Collections
Togo: French Administration: 1916 to 1944 used collection incl. unoverprinted stamps of Dahomey used in Togo 4c., 5c., 10c., 25c., 2f., also ‘Jazzar’ cover with values to 25c. (2), 1915 10c.+5c. used on unaddressed postcard cancelled by Sansane-Mangu c.d.s., 1916 ‘Paris’ overprints to 5f. on chalk surfaced and ordinary paper, 1921 to 5f. and postage dues to 1f., a few covers, commemoratives, etc. mainly good to fine. (100s)
[Proposed...
Lot #1436 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: French Administration - Collections
Togo: French Administration: 1939 to 1957 used collection incl. World War II censored covers with a variety of mixed frankings and examples of the Gold Coast censor handstamp, incoming censored mail from Nigeria, G.B. and Gold Coast, A.O.F. stamps used in Togo to 15f., with covers and mixed frankings with Togo 1947 issue, later issues, registered covers, airmail, etc., mixed condition. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1437 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: French Administration - Postal Stationery
Togo: French Administration: A mainly used collection of postal stationery incl. 1916 Dahomey overprinted 10c. rose and orange-red envelope uprated with 1c black and violet, 4c. brown and black, cancelled by Alecho c.d.s., rare, mainly good to fine. (7)
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #1438 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: French Administration - Cancellations and Covers
Togo: French Administration: A comprehensive collection of postmarks from the French zone (excluding Lome) in two albums incl. 1922 (Nov. 3) commercial front to Huddersfield bearing 1921 50c. blue cancelled by “AGOME PALIME/-3 NOV22 8AM/TOGO” c.d.s., range of ex German and British date stamps used in French zone, strong range of covers, fronts and postcards, a few registered, t.p.o’s, railway markings, airmails, transit marks via Gold Coast,...
Lot #1439 - british empire and foreign countries Togo: French Administration - Cancellations and Covers
Togo: French Administration: A collection of postmarks of Lome in an album, mainly on cover front or postcard incl. German and British date stamps, French colonial c.d.s’s., registered, airmails, later machine cancellations, etc., mixed condition. (70)
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #1440 - british empire and foreign countries trinidad and tobago - regular issues
Trinidad and Tobago: 1935 Silver Jubilee 2c. to 24c. in mint marginal blocks of four displaying ‘extra flagstaff’ variety, also set perforated “SPECIMEN”, fine. S.G. 239a-242a, s, cat. £415+.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1441 - british empire and foreign countries Trinidad and Tobago - Collections
Trinidad and Tobago: A mint and used collection on Imperial leaves, from 1851 to 1935, incl. Trinidad range of Britannias to 1s. mint and used, also a few high values with fiscal cancellations, etc., mixed condition. (approx. 200)
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #1442 - british empire and foreign countries Trinidad and Tobago - Collections
Trinidad and Tobago: A mint collection on leaves, apparently complete from 1935 Silver Jubilee to 1969 Parliamentary Association Conference sets, incl. 1938-44 to $4.80 with a range of shades, mostly fine. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1443 - british empire and foreign countries Trinidad and Tobago - Collections
Trinidad and Tobago: Q.V. to K.G.V mint collection on Hagner pages incl. Trinidad 1851-55 (1d.) brownish red (faults), 1863-80 (1d.), 6d., 1896-1906 to 1s. incl. 1d. dull purple and rose type 2, 1894 5s. maroon, 1901-06 to 1s., 1904-07 to 1s., Tobago 1885-96 to both 1s., Trinidad and Tobago 1913-23 to 5s., Red Cross and War Tax issues, 1921-22 to 5s., 1922-28 to 5s., postage dues, etc., also a map of Trinidad, mainly good to fine. (181)...
Lot #1444 - british empire and foreign countries Trinidad and Tobago - Collections
Trinidad and Tobago: Q.V. to K.G.V used collection on Hagner pages incl. Trinidad 1851-55 (1d.) brick-red, 1854-57 (1d.) (2), 1859 (Sept.) (1d.) rose-red, 4d., 6d., 1869 5s. rose-lake, Tobago fiscals, Trinidad and Tobago, with officials incl. 1909 1d. rose-red with overprint inverted, War Tax incl. 1917 (May) 1d. red overprint double, 1918 (Feb.-Dec) 1d. overprint double, postage dues, etc., fair to fine. (103)
[Proposed price: £180-200...
Lot #1445 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - postal history
Tristan da Cunha: 1908 postcard written by J.C. Keytel, supplier of the first cachet, to Cape Town, bearing a superb strike of the type I cachet in deep violet, a very fine strike of the “1D” charge mark applied at Cape Town, and an arrival c.d.s. of Dec. 25th 1908, signed at foot by Keytel, a fine and important item, only two examples of this first use are known. S.G. C1. Photo.
[Proposed price: £4000-4500]
Lot #1446 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - postal history
Tristan da Cunha: 1920 early commercial usage of type II cachet, two strikes in violet tying Great Britain 1/2d. pair and single, the adhesives crossed by name of addressee, Mrs. Percy Creaghe at Dawlish, Devon, whose husband had donated this cachet, and additionally tied one of two South Georgia “JU 4/20” code C transit c.d.s., carried on the whaler “Pentam” which had called at Tristan on May 25. An exceptional item. Photo
[Proposed...
Lot #1447 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - postal history
Tristan da Cunha: Selection of nine covers with a range of cachet types etc., incl. type III in blue-black on envelope addressed to Edward, son of Rev. Henry Rogers, in Leicestershire (Edward was born on the island in 1922 and his father had died in 1926 shortly after the family’s return to England), type V in blue on 1932 cover to Cape Town with S.A. 2d. postage due and enclosed concluding page of letter requesting a pair of boots and signed...
Lot #1448 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - postal history
Tristan da Cunha: 1928, two strikes of type IV cachet, both dated “1928” in ms. and one signed by Philip Lindsay, assistant to the Rev. Robert Pooley, tying South Africa 1/2d. and 1d. to envelope to Mrs. Margaret Warner in Cheshire with interesting enclosed two page letter dated “Feb. 14th 1928” offering thanks for an earlier parcel and recommending the Fred Swain family, “very clean and hard working people”, for future donations and...
Lot #1449 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - postal history
Tristan da Cunha: 1929, Canadian Pacific Steamships envelope to Sussex bearing Great Britain 11/2d. tied by fine strike of type IV cachet in red and London F.S. Paquebot Mar. 1929 machine cancellation, with enclosed slip clipped from R.M.S. “Duchess of Atholl” letterhead with typed endorsement “NEARING TRISTAN DA CUNHA/Cruise to South America/Africa” dated Feb. 22 1929. Photo.
[Proposed price: £700-800]
Lot #1450 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - postal history
Tristan da Cunha: 1934 commercial envelope to Edinburgh bearing G.B. 11/2d. cancelled by boxed “PAQUEBOT”, overstriking a very fine type III cachet in black. S.G. C3. Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1451 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - regular issues
Tristan da Cunha: 1986 Queen’s Birthday 25p. variety silver (cypher and logo) omitted, fine unmounted mint from the right of the sheet, with normal for comparison. S.G. 408a, cat. £325, EC TS816MCa, circa 100 mint. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1452 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - collections
Tristan da Cunha: An unmounted mint collection in a boxed album, largely complete from 1952 to 1998, incl. 1952, 1954 and 1960 to 10s., 1961 to 1r., etc., also range of varieties with 1963 Settlement 3d. showing black printed double, inverted watermarks with 1976 Postage Due 10p., 1978 Svensson 20p., 1978 Coronation sheetlet, 1981 Island Rail 10p. marginal strip of four, 1982 Sharks 5p., 1988 Handicrafts set, 1988 Whaling 10p., booklets with...
Lot #1453 - british empire and foreign countries tristan da cunha - collections
Tristan da Cunha: A lightly duplicated mainly mint accumulation in a stockbook, incl. type I, II, IV (2) and V cachets on piece, 1952, 1954 and 1960 to 10s., 1963 to 10s. in upper marginal blocks of four, 1963 to 10s. and 5s. showing variety watermark inverted (4), etc., also a few proofs, mostly fine. (100s)
[Proposed price: £500-600]
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