Sale #151

1852-1970's M & U collection on leaves commencing with ranges of Italian States, Italy from 1862 to 1970's with several highly catalogued sets & singles incl. 1879 30c brown U (Cat. \xA32500), 1884 Parcel Post 6 vals (Cat. \xA3700), 1889 45c M (Cat. \xA32500), 1890 Surcharge set SG.44/6 M (Cat. \xA31000), 1890 Dues set M (Cat. \xA32500), 1891 5c green M - pair (Cat. \xA31500), 1903 Dues (Cat. \xA3190), 1910 Garibaldi set VFU (Cat. \...

Circa 1940 Chamberlain\x92s State Visit to Italy, three fine photo cards by Fotorapida E.P.O Rome. Rarely seen. (3)
Estimated Price: £45.00 - 60.00

1926-30 Pittorica set to L1 Perf 11 No Wmk, fine M (the 50c val is VFU), SG.47a/58a, Sass 58/65. (8) Cat. \xA32870
Estimated Price: £200.00 - 250.00

1934 Air Official 50c, 75c, 80c, 1l & 2l unofficial proofs with '11 Nov 1934 XIII/SERVIZIO AEREO/SPECIALE' overprints, fine M (some minor tones), 'BRAVA/1934' and Sanabria hand stamps on reverse & accompanied by a full RPS Cert. 2009. Very scarce.
Estimated Price: £400.00 - 550.00

1860-1952 M (few U) collection on leaves incl. 1860 4d Wmk Pineapple, few missing perfs, 1883-97 to 5s, 1890 2\xBDd on 4d 'PFNNY' error FU, 1905 vals to 5s, 1905 QV Types vals to 2s, 1912-20 vals to 1s, ranges of War Stamps, 1919-21 set (excl. 1d) + extra 2\xBDd & 3s shades, 1921-29 values to 1s, 1923 Child Welfare set, 1938 KGVI Defin set + extra shades incl. several UM, also 1s repaired 'chimney' variety FU, 1945 set, 1948 Wedding set...

1860-2000 mainly U collection on album pages incl. 1860 QV 1d U, 1870 \xBDd (2), 2d (2) & 1s (2) U, 1883 with vals to 1s U, 1889 1d (2), 2d & 2\xBDd U, 1903 \xBDd, 1d & 2\xBDd, 1905 \xBDd (2), 1d (2) SG.39, 1d (SG.40) & 2\xBDd (2) U, 1912 KGV with vals to 2s U, various War Stamps, 1919 range to 2s (2x 1s), 1935 Jubilee set U, 1938 KGVI set U, 1948 Silver Wedding set U, 1956 QEII set U, then good but not complete coverage to...

Collection on leaves incl. 1860-63 1d (4), 2d (2), 3d, 4d, 6d (3), 1s (4) U incl. 1s '$ for S,' 1870 to 1s (2) U, also 2s M, 1883-97 3d to 5s M, 1903 Arms to 5d (pair) M, 1905-11 Arms incl. 5s M incl. 5d M & U, QV to 1s, 1912 to 1s (2) M or U, many War Stamps, 1919 to 1s M or U, 2s to 10s M, 1923 Welfare M, 1921-29 6d to 10s M incl. 5s (3), 1932 Pictorial set M & U, Silver Jubilee M, 1938 to \xA31 M or U, 1948 Silver Wedding M, later...

1930-49 range first flight cacheted covers (5) incl. P.A.A 1930 Kingston - Miami, another but onto London, another but Kingston - Colon British Caribbean Airways 1949 Kingston - Miami.
Estimated Price: £35.00 - 45.00

SHANGHAI LOCAL POST 1893 postal stationery card 2s olive, cancelled by 'Yokohama Japan/Meiji' double ring addressed to the 'Chinese Recorder, Shanghai' with 'I.J.P.O Shanghai/Meiji' receiver & 'Shanghai/Local Post/J' arrival in blue. Nice item of incoming mail to the Local Post.
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 60.00

1899 reg envelope to France bearing Koban 20s orange/brown (Yv 83), tied by Tokyo vernacular d/stamp with adjacent Tokyo c.d.s. and registered label with boxed native instructional in red & Paris arrival on reverse.
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 100.00

1900 postal stationery card 1\xBDs pale blue upgraded with Koban 2s rose (SG.114) mixed with Chrysanthemum \xBDr grey (SG.132), tied by vernacular d/stamp routed via Yokohama addressed to Miss Bennett, Grimsby. Nice mixed franking.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00