Railway Letter Stamps & Word Railway Thematics
These items are numbered for easy reference. Please mention AList2023 + the item number when ordering. In the left panel, there is an index with quick links to the different sections. Sold items have been removed from the page.
Certain items have a footnote about (Paper Heritage) web articles of possible interest. There is another link in the left panel that takes you to the index page for these articles.
office use: file location note: rpg folder A2023
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Items 1-39 : England & Wales Railway Letter Stamps :
Item 1 : Cambrian Railway 2d RLS on 1898 opened out Ewen cover, remains of Llanbrynmair parcels label on back (origin) to Norwood, manuscript posting direction 'at Welshpool' . £75.00
See Paper Heritage web article, GB : GWR & Wales RLS. (Note : Also relevant to Lots 2, 4, 8, 16-21, 26/27, 31-33).
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Item 2 : 1909 Express legal-size Letter (4d paid) PANGBOURNE to OXFORD with manuscript rail routing, GWR opt on Manchester & Milford 2d RLS, some foxing on RLS perfs. M.-No/72 style red EXPRESS label, naming Oxford GWR as handover point to Royal Mail. £85.00
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Item 3 : 1924 (23 Oct) with large 'Urgent Letter' label London S.E. (possibly Forest Hill?) to London E.C. with Southern Railway 4d, LS1, scarce used, especially on cover. £75.00
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Item 5 : RLS Reconstructed Pane (partial) of Sheffield & Midland Railway Committee . Probably the 5th issue, possibly the 6th. 10 of the 12 positions, four of the stamps with no stop after 'COMMITTEE'. (Row 4, 1&2 are lacking). Scarce stamps, an almost impossible lot to duplicate now. Ex Stuart Phillips. £125.00
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Item 6 : FOUR pages of reconstructed panes of Great Eastern Railway 2d RLS in mixed condition (and some of the mint may not have gum). Contents as follows: Page 1 : LS1, probably Pane A, apparently positions 1-15, 13 mint, 2 used. Page 2 : LS1, Pane B, 4 mint, 5 used. Page 3 : LS2, Pane B, 5 mint, 4 used. Page 4 : LS3, 7 used. All ex Stuart Phillips, . £95.00
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Item 7 : THREE mint panes/12 of L&SWR 2d RLS : LS18 5 u/m & 7 m/m, once folded; LS19 9 u/m, 3 m/m, a surface rub in Position 3; LS20 9 u/m, 3 m/m. (minor toning on LS20 pane). Both LS19 and LS20 have the right-hand pane variety 'dot' to left of 'O' of 'SOUTH' in Position 12. £65.00
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Item 8 : 1907 WOOTTON BASSET to FROME GWR 2d RLS cover with GWR cancel. LS4, corner torn off prior to Royal Mail FROME transit cancel. Excellent cover; relatively few GWR stamps received railway company station cancels. £130.00
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Item 9 : 1904 (Dec 9) WILMSLOW to LANCASTER railway letter bearing L&NWR 2d, LS6, cancelled by Wilmslow oval, both stamps tied by each other's cancels. FRONT ONLY with minor staining, but very attractive. £58.00
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Item 10 : 1903 (July 18) railway letter to Norwood via Waterloo bearing L&SWR 2d, handstamp 'CANCELLED' in violet and tied by Royal Mail cancellation. A very clean and fresh cover. £80.00
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Item 12 : Very scarce usage of Great Central & North Staffordshire Ry. Com. 4d manuscript surcharge on 3d (LS6). The cover has been roughly opened but the RLS is fine (bar some foxing) and beautifully cancelled with the ROSE HILL (MARPLE) G.C.& N.S. two-line obliterator, this then repeated on the back (twice) along with the railway company straight line datestamp (9 Nov 1920). RARE. £120.00
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Item 13 : Block/10 (of a pane/12) Great Central & North Staffordshire Ry. Com. 2d RLS (LS1). Just three appear to be hinged, the rest u/m, a superb multiple, ex-Wilson. (Row 1,3 and 2,3 lacking). £135.00
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Item 15 : FOUR full panes/6 of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 3d RLS (LS16), comprising consecutive numbers, 18511-18534 (24v, all u/m). £48.00
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Item 17 : Horizontal pair of Great Western Railway 2d LS3 m/m, the left stamp retaining the tiny dot on the frame towards the top right corner, a feature of the second issue (LS2). A small number of the transfers appear to have included this feature. Scarce as a pair with the two types. £25.00
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Item 20 : Great Western Railway 4d used (11th Issue) with GWR Cardiff cancellation, some moderate thinning at foot. This is one of the examples with a manuscript (ink) control number, here 2941 in blue ink. Scarce. £54.00
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Item 21 : Used on small piece at Paddington, a Great Western Railway 4d (from the scarce 12th Issue) with a variety, possibly constant(?), in the form of a broken vertical bar at top right resembling an exclamation mark. £29.00
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Item 22 : A rather tatty North Eastern Railway 2d, LS 121. Creases, a thin at top and foxing but unpriced in used condition and RARE thus. Cancelled (on the Harrogate-York line) Hammerton / xx JUL 1914 in violet, the stamp also handstamped YORK / 10.30 in black, perhaps a handling timestamp of the NER? £37.50
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Item 27 : Block/4 with left and bottom margin of Cambrian Railways LS1, all values m/m, heavyish crease on top pair. £32.00
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Item 28 : Block/4 with left and bottom margin of Great Central & North Staffs, LS8, 1 x u/m, 3 x m/m, Fresh and attractive. £65.00
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Item 29 : Corner Block/4 with top and right margins of Macclesfield Committee LS3, 2 x u/m, 2 x m/m. Fine, fresh and very scarce. £150.00
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Item 32 : 1892 envelope with Great Western Railway 2d, LS2, the RLS tied by two BIRMINGHAM double-ring cancels (AP 26 1901). Some foxing around the RLS, the envelope a little roughly opened at top. £85.00
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Item 33 : Cambrian Railways 4d, LS10, top marginal, m/m with some gum loss and a small thin. Scarce stamp. £38.00
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Item 35 : Small piece bearing Great Central & Midland Joint Committee 2d from the top right corner of the sheet, tied by a very clear strike reading 'MANCHESTER PARCELS DEPT ... / LONDON ROAD GREAT CENTRAL ...'. Most attractive. £34.00
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Item 36 : Top left corner marginal of Great Central & Midland Joint Committee 4d, LS7, mostly still on paper, fine and fresh with a good partial strike in violet of REDDISH GC & M (which was Reddish North). 31 Dec cancel, year not visible. £30.00
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Item 37 : Battered, but scarce, mint strip/3 with heavy creases of LBSCR 4d/3d, LS47b, with both side margins present. Violet handstamp. Large numbers on back 6099/6103/6107. £35.00
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Item 39 : Fresh top right corner m/m Block/4 IMPERFORATE PROOFS of the NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY, the bottom left stamp with small flaw in 'POST', now partially resembling 'FOST'. A heavy crease just to the right of the two left-hand stamps. RARE. £125.00
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Lots 40-56 : Scotland & Ireland Railway Letter Stamps :
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Items 40-43 sold.
Item 44 : Oct 3 1895 WATERFORD & CENTRAL IRELAND RAILWAY cover (m/s 'Urgent' in corner) bearing LS2, to LIVERPOOL, where back-stamped next day. RLS cancelled by DUBLIN duplex. Some foxing, a RARE example on cover from this railway. £525.00
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Item 45 : Rather tired block/9 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY 2d, LS3a, sketchy gum, heavy reinforcing of perforations and staining, some pin holes and creases, very useful for plating. £38.00
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Item 50 : TWO u/m 4d (red) CAVAN AND LEITRIM RAILWAY RLS, both with the bottom selvedge present. One is normal, one a variety - IMPERFORATE bottom margin. Fine and very scarce. (2) £58.00
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Item 51 : Manuscript railway cancellation (signature?) on a DONEGAL RAILWAY 2d. plus part of two LONDON cds. Still partially on paper. £24.00
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Item 53 : An IMPERFORATE PROOF 2d pair from the GLASGOW, BARRHEAD & KILMARNOCK JOINT RAILWAY, LS7, lower marginal, the margin creased, one stamp u/m, the other perhaps lightly m/m (2). Fine and rare. £95.00
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Item 56 : Mint, virtually no gum, example of the WATERFORD, LIMERICK & WESTERN RAILWAY 2d without stop after the word 'LETTERS', LS4. A scarce issue, very fresh. £45.00
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Lots 57-64 : GB Parcel & Newspaper Stamps :
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Item 59 : Group of THREE LNER & M&GNR Parcel Stamps, mixed condition as usual but very presentable examples. Two are tall red LNER types, a 4d CANCELLED & a £5 mint no gum. The third stamp is a M&GN Joint three-farthings green parcel stamp, mint no gum. £19.00
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Item 60 : Mint (S-E) corner block/4 LBSCR 2d Blue Newspaper Stamps (3 are u/m). Pencil manuscript in margin 29/9/06, perhaps date of purchase? Fine & fresh. £28.00
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Item 62 : Very early (1870s?) LBSCR 4d red Prepaid Parcel stamp, "up to 4 lbs weight, delivery within the usual boundaries". Many faults including a hole, missing corner and nibbled on two edges but a VERY RARE stamp. Serial #A9393. No cancellation. presumed used. £110.00
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Item 63 : Three Newspaper stamps from the RYMNEY RAILWAY , 1d used black-on-yellow with top perfs trimmed off, 2d Green fine used, 3d Violet Mint No Gum (3v.) £17.00
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Item 64 : Two pairs of SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY 1d Newspaper Stamps, one pair with small Black controls m/m and a S-E corner pair with large Red controls, mint no gum. (4v.) £26.00
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Lots 65-84 : GB Modern Railway Letter Stamps
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Item 65 : TALYLLYN RAILWAY 1/6 : Two sheets/10 u/m, #34 Plate 1C & #34a (with T.R. opt) Plate 1A (20v) £20.00
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Item 66 : TALYLLYN RAILWAY 1/1 (1s1d) sheet/10 u/m except for one hinged stamp, Row 3,1 with broken 'y' variety. #28/29 (10v) £16.00
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Item 67 : TALYLLYN RAILWAY 1/2 (1s2d) sheet/10 u/m, Row 3,1 with broken 'y' variety. #30/31 (10v) £17.00
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Item 68 : TALYLLYN RAILWAY 1s1d/1s surcharge in RED sheet/10. Stamps are u/m, hinged in top margin. #26 (10v), RARE. £125.00
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Item 69 : TALYLLYN RAILWAY 10c (reissue in decimal curency) sheet/10 stamps u/m, Plate 1C. #43/44 (10v). £13.00
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Item 72 : BLUEBELL RAILWAY SECR Centenary #36b var. Three Imperforate Progressive Proof sheetlets/4 u/m., one with black only, one with all colours except black, one in all colours (uncut margins) Rare. £52.00
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Item 73 : BLUEBELL RAILWAY SECR Centenary #36 IMPERFORATE, u/m. Scarce. £16.00
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Item 74 : NENE VALLEY RAILWAY Wansford Station Fund, TPO designs, Imperforate Proof sheetlet/4 (uncut margins). #57-60a var. £18.00
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Item 75 : NENE VALLEY RAILWAY Wansford Station Fund : THREE Imperforate Proof sheetlets/4, TPO designs, progressives, one in black only, one in all colours except black, one in issued colours but Imperf and with uncut margins. #57-60a vars. £62.50
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Item 76 : BLUEBELL RAILWAY 'Blue Circle' issue, an IMPERFORATE proof sheetlet/4, #37d/38d each x 2, uncut margins. £16.00
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Item 77 : BLUEBELL RAILWAY 'Blue Circle' issue, THREE Imperforate Progressive Proof sheetlets/4, one in Black only, one in all colours except Black, one in issued colours but Imperforate (uncut margins). #37d/38d vars. £62.00
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Item 78 : BLUEBELL RAILWAY 'Blue Circle' issue, An Imp x Perf Proof sheetlet/4, with uncut margins. #37d/38d var. The sheetlet has all three lines of horizontal perforation but is imperforate vertically. £34.00
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Lots 85-112 : World Locals, War, Poster Stamps, Foreign Railway Parcel Stamps :
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Item 85 : SPAIN CIVIL WAR : Montcada i Reixac uncut sheet of 4 sheetlets with railway trucks at a factory in black & blue, u/m. These uncut sheets provide the three types. Cutting produces three sheetlets/4 headed 'Num' in Black, one of these with a missing accent on the 'u', whilst the fourth sheetlet/4 has the 'Num' (with accent) in the second colour, here blue. Rarely seen in uncut sheets. £67.50
See Paper Heritage web article, Spain Civil War.
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Item 86 : SPAIN CIVIL WAR : Montcada i Reixac uncut sheet of 4 sheetlets with railway tracks by a junction in black & yellow-orange, u/m. These uncut sheets provide the three types. Cutting produces three sheetlets/4 headed 'Num' in Black, one of these with a missing accent on the 'u', whilst the fourth sheetlet/4 has the 'Num' (with accent) in the second colour, here yellow-orange. Rarely seen in uncut sheets. £75.00
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Item 87 : USA Poster Stamps / Cinderellas, with or without gum, 28 stamps, all with railway interest (some only in small detail). Includes scarcer. £24.00
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Item 88 : USA Poster Stamps Hollypex : 1940 u/m set/4 single stamp sheetlets, both Perf & Imperf, small DMU in design, also 1942 Overprints on same 8 sheetlets m/m (16 sheetlets/1). £25.00
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Item 89 : USA Poster Stamps Suburban Collectors' Club : 1935 : Four imperforate sheetlets/4 in different colours (Burlington Zephyr diesel train in station), mint (each sheetlet top two m/m, bottom two u/m). Very attractive. £26.00
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Item 90 : British Columbia Private Courier : 1981/82 (Canada) : Steam Loco & Horse types : Small format (perf) : 1982 75c, 1,50 (two, on dull and bright paper), and a $4.50. Also 1981 Large format : 1oz orange, 3oz Blue; 3oz Pink, 7 vals u/m. Additionally, one used, small format 75c orange. (8) £16.00
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Item 91 : British Columbia Private Courier : ERRORS : 1981/82 (Canada) : Steam Loco & Horse types : Small format : 1982 small 75c horiz. strip/3 imperf vertically; small $4.50 - a horiz Imperf pair. Also 1981 Large 1oz orange Vertical Pair imperf between pair, & 3oz Blue Imperf horiz. pair, all u/m and very scarce. (9) £57.50
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Item 92 : British Columbia Private Courier : 1982 (Canada) : Steam Loco & Horse types : THREE 75c letter sheets(?), 152x189 mms, each with a small format 75c, printed in either Blue, Orange or Pink paper. Rarely seen. £32.00
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Item 93 : Belgian Congo : BCK : Chemin de Fer du Bas-Congo à Katanga Railway Parcel stamps (5), uncancelled on waybill of the BCK. Mixed franking with 3rd Issue 20K/20f vert. pair, 4th Issue 1K/1f single and 4th Issue 3K/3f vertical pair. Fine & rare. £115.00
See SECOND Paper Heritage web article on Belgian Congo.
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Item 94 : Denmark Railway : 22 Mint stamps, all different, from about 12 different railways (22). Varied and attractive group. £11.00
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Item 95 : Australia - Silverton Tramway : Fine, fresh u/m top left corner Blk/6 (3x2) of the 6d (#SS11a). Unusual in larger multiples. £80.00
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Item 96 : Australia - New South Wales : Govt. Rlys RPS 3d Green optd O S , wmk. Crown A (#2.1514), tiny thin but fine appearance with clear 2 B cancel. High cat val. £24.00
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Item 97 : Australia - New South Wales : Govt. Rlys RPS used old currency set 1d - 5s with wmk NSW / R (#2.1341-50) Mostly fine used, some have inverted wmk (NSW-R). 1d,3d,4d,5d,6d,9d Magenta,1s,2s,3s,5s (10), stations are Sydney except Redfern (1d, 1/-, 5/-) and Strathfield (3/-) . £72.50
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Item 98 : Australia - New South Wales : Govt. Rlys RPS $4 Orange optd O S , wmk. GNSW, marginal u/m single - scarce. £32.50
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Item 99 : Australia - New South Wales : Govt. Rlys RPS 80c Olive & $3 Cerise u/m, both optd O S , NO wmk, the $3 marginal (2). £22.00
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Item 100 : Australia - South Australia RPS : 6d Pale Grey-Blue Imperforate Proof c.1886/87, letters VR in corners, with part sheet wmk 'INE' in large letters. Mint no gum, some foxing at top, a RARE stamp. £160.00
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Item 101 : Australia - South Australia RPS : Four 1d Green (V R) issued stamps, used, one a private perfin, WC / R etc., company unidentified. The stamps are in four shades, pale blue-green, blue-green, deep blue-green (the perfin) & greyish-olive, this last stamp pencil-cancelled with date 16/4/(18)91. Condition mostly sound except the perfin (damaged). £17.00
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Item 102 : Australia - Queensland RPS : Decimal rouletted issue with matt gum, m/m, all inscribed for BRISBANE : 5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 50c, $1, $2, $5 (8v) £17.50
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Item 103 : Australia - Queensland RPS : 1927 MOUNT ISA 10/- #QR90 (value in Carmine) fine used, an uncommon stamp, more so without faults. £24.00
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Item 104 : Finland Railway Parcel : Finnish State Railways 1915 revenue stamp for temporary railway tax, winged wheel design, 5M Green, Hellman V6x, fine m/m and very scarce. £27.50
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Item 106 : Swiss Soldier Stamps WW1 : Unlike WW2, there is only one First World War design of railway interest among the soldier stamps. This example is of the 'Two Cab Gauges' type, Sulser #5 Imperf on White Paper. Mint no gum; scarce. £28.00
See penultimate Paper Heritage web article, Switzerland.
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Item 107 : Swiss Soldier Stamps WW1 : As previous lot but Sulser #9 Imperf on Blue-Green paper, mint no gum. £32.00
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Item 108 : Netherlands Poster Stamps : Mining : Three Van Putten & Schwiep coal production / exporting poster stamps, horse with mine truck, overturned mine truck and small trucks by export ship at docks. Large with gold borders, no gum, good condition, a RARE trio. Ex Hopwood. (3) £36.00
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Item 109 : Netherlands Poster Stamps : 1948 Breda National Stamp Exhibition (5) m/m in Red (small hinge thin), Blue, Magenta, Violet & Green; 1939 Rail Centenary steam & emu design in Green m/m minor toning; scarcer c.1930s? Staatsspoorwegen steam loco design with rail map to Groningen overlaid, no gum. (7) £26.00
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Item 110 : Netherlands Railway Parcels : Five 1934 stamps in RED, used, 25c (creases), 30c, 35c, 40c, 50c (one pulled perf). £16.00
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Item 111 : Danube & Black Sea Railway Stamps : Reprints (21) from various printings, including a fine mint Imperf block/6 on Green (with 5 vals u/m). One yellow stamp thinned. 10 imperfs, 11 perf. £45.00
See the very last Paper Heritage web article on Turkey & Romania.
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Item 112 : Argentina Trades Union Dues / Fees : Two pages (double-sided) bearing monthly membership stamps for 1929/30 and 1947/48, with two different steam train designs, 1928/29 printed in Red, 24 stamps cancelled, 1947/48 in Green incomplete subscription, 11 stamps uncancelled. The stamps have different series numbers. Modest duplication, 14 different in Red, 9 different in Green. (35) £52.00
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Lots 113-123 : World Postal Stationery :
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Item 115 : Belgian Congo P.S. Card : Mint : 5c Green - View #6 : Katanga : Sur la Ligne de Sakania a Elizabethville, close up view of steam loco and its mixed train (perhaps being re-railed?!), the most sought-after of all the views. (1) £22.00
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Item 116 : USA P.S. & Odds : 1976 13c PSE (steam train, USPS reprint from 1876 issue) mint; two 1942 poster stamps of the same design from Tulsa (one with date change); advertising card (not a postcard) with steam train for 'The Tone' salon; Mongomery Blair 39c Airletter (steam trains) mint; long mint 5c PSE testing the Hartford Bridge (steam locos) - uncommon!; c,1947 5c Airmail PSE with diesel train, ship etc. mint; 'War Department Signal Service' 3c PSE mint, steam loco next to frank, a 19th century bogus production. (8 items) £20.00
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Item 117 : Canal Zone P.S. Cards Mint : Same design of 'stamp', electric railed 'mule' hauling ship through canal lock, face values : 3c, 3c+1c, 4c, 4c+1c, 5c, 5c+1c, 5c+4c, 4c+2c, 4c+4c, 8c+1c, 8c+2c. (11 items) £27.50
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Item 118 : Czechoslovakia (4 mint items) A 60c letter sheet and an envelope, both with 60h steam train at foundry, a 1k20 psc with cableway (at Vysoke Tatry); a 1967 PSE with 60h 'stamp' of children and toy steam loco. Uncommon items. £16.00
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Item 119 : Mexico - Wells Fargo Frank 'numeral' 10c Red 1491-1892 Emision Colombina (half oz, text pale violet); also 'numeral' 10c Grey-Purple half oz., text deep violet, crease at left (2 mint pse with steam train on frank). £16.00
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Item 120 : Mexico - Wells Fargo Frank 'numeral' 10c Red half oz text in blue, very small); also 'head' 12c Green (half oz. deep violet), the frank uprated from 15c to 20 with deep pink handstamp (H&G10). (2 mint pse with steam train on frank). £17.00
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Item 121 : South Africa PSC View Card Ha'penny PS card, stamps added, used to Durham 1928, corner creases as usual when travelled: View of Tulbagh, Cape Province : Michell's Pass with two railway tracks (reversing station?), issued by the South African Railways Publicity Dept. Eriksson #5, H&G10, view 16 - Very Scarce. £45.00
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Item 122 : Czechoslovakia PSC View Card 30h PSCs (2), highly similar views of providing drinks from platform up to carriage. The same man and child can be seen in both scenes, a curious pair of cards, rarely seen. £12.50
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Item 123 : Germany PSE 1913 Jubilee : SIX mint PS envelopes, all with same illustration including a steam train, for the 25th anniversary of Kaiser Wilhelm II's reign. 3c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 30c, the last two with bi-colour stamps and coloured envelopes. (6) £22.50
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Lots 124-150 : World (post office) Thematics :
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Item 124 : Colombia - Province of Cucuta : Full sheet/28 (7x4) Mint (no gum as ever) 2 Centavos (in blue) on 2c Green, Yvert 35. The sheet includes the 'Cantavos' and 'Centavas' varieties once each. £36.00
See Paper Heritage web article, Colombia (Santander & Cucuta).
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Item 125 : Colombia - Province of Cucuta : Full sheet/28 (7x4) Mint (no gum as ever), crease through first column of stamps, some foxing in lower margin, 2 Cvs (in red) on 5c Blue, Yvert 38. The sheet has all three surcharge types. Sheet has post office security control on back. £40.00
See Paper Heritage web article, Colombia (Santander & Cucuta).
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Item 126 : Philippines 1978 Capex : Sheetlet/4 Perf (SG MS1462) and a second sheetlet Imperf with altered background colours (latter from limited printing and scarce). (2 m/s) £32.50
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Item 127 : Nicaragua 1901 : Post office-produced special printing of the 1901 surcharges to meet a dealer's order, surcharged 'centavos', rather than 'Cent.' 3 m/m, 4 no gum, 1 "used". A 5c/1P (red surch.); 5c/1P (black surcharge) - TWO, one upright surch with 'Centcvos' (for 'Centavos') error, one with invtd surch.; 10c/2P "used"; 10c/2P inv.surch; 10c/2P error '01' for '10'; 10c/2P 'Centcvos' error (8). £37.50
See Paper Heritage web article, Nicaragua Momotombos, for more info on these.
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Item 128 : Nicaragua 1911 Railway 'Ticket' surchs Pane/20 : 5c/5c/2nd, surcharges on front only (SG 328), sheet/20 No Gum as Issued (NGAI). Fiscal surch in Red in Capitals reading Down. £20.00
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Item 129 : Nicaragua 1911 Railway 'Ticket' surchs Pane/20 : 5c/5c/2nd - postal surch on back and inverted. There are about 14 or 15 major surcharge types in the pane/20 (SG320a). Used (favour cancels). Fiscal surcharge in red in small letters, reading Down. £48.00
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Item 130 : Nicaragua Telegraph opts on Momotombos : 1901 10c/3c, 30c/6c. 1907 10c/1c, 10c/2c, 10c/5c, 10c/10c, 15c/3c (defective 'e' in 'Vale' - creases); 15c/2c (8, all used). £24.00
See Paper Heritage web article, Nicaragua Telegraphs.
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Item 131 : Nicaragua 1911 Railway 'Ticket' surchs Pane/20 : 15c/10c/1st - postal surch on back upright. There are about 14 or 15 major surcharge types in the pane/20 (SG322). NGAI. This sheet is one of those showing fire damage (panes/20 are quite often fire 'rescue' stamps), three stamps affected here. £32.50
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Item 132 : 1949 UPU 'Omnibus' : The low value only (streamlined train design) for 62 of the 63 issuing countries (Aden missing) u/m. Saves a lot of effort! (62). £41.50
See brief Paper Heritage web article, UPU 1949, for country list.
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Item 133 : India Train optd. 1937-39 for : Kuwait (SG 42 m/m), Patiala (SG 88 m/m) & Nabha (SG 85 u/m). Also elusive Kuwait 1974 set/3 SG 630-32 u/m (6). £37.50
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Item 134 : Mexico Proof : 1895 Design 1 Peso Train special printing in Black for presentation purposes. (Note : The whole set exists optd. in black). Mint with typical partial & patchy gum, wmk'd with the letter E (from wmk CORREOS EUM wmk). Scarce. (1) £75.00
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Item 135 : Pakistan : Missing Colour : 1961 50 Paisa with 'yellow omitted' m/m (plus normal to compare). SG154 + var. (2). RARE. £125.00
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Item 136 : Mexico 1895 Official : 5 Pesos train handstamped OFICIAL, used, part sheet wmk (an 'E' of CORREOS EUM). From lower margin (imperf at foot), two short perfs at right, fresh and clean. Very scarce. (1). £140.00
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Item 137 : Paraguay 1886 Official : Imperf vertical pair of the 15c Brown steam train, from the First Printing, on ungummed thickish paper, probably a PROOF. Very fine. (2) £60.00
See Paper Heritage web article, Paraguay.
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Item 138 : Ruanda-Urundi : Kigoma Issue : Belgian Congo 1915 50c Steam Train (frame in brown-lake), handstamped with large KIGOMA, m/m (1). Seen by some as a cancellation but listed by Yvert as an overprint, Yvert Kigoma #6. This stamp has full gum. Very rarely offered. (1). £85.00
See FIRST Paper Heritage web article on Belgian Congo.
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Item 139 : Saar : 1926 Burbach Steelworks (4v) m/m and 1934 Volksabstimmung opts on same m/m, top 4 values of the two sets. Tiny railway trucks. Also the 2f official in same design, u/m. SG 118-21, 187-90, O.127 (as SG O.138 but different angle of opt) (9) £28.00
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Item 140 : Saudi Arabia (Nejd) : 1925 (Dec.5th) Capture of Medina set/5 m/m, SG 249-53. The 2pi is stuck down on small piece, the 3pi has a very small thin. Scarce set (SG £600) £240.00
These (and the next lot) are included in the Paper Heritage web article : Hejaz Railway II.
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Item 141 : Saudi Arabia (Nejd) : 1925 (Dec 23rd) Capture of Jeddah set/5, SG 249-53, heavyish m/m. This 2pi is also stuck down on small piece, hint of toning on one or two values. (SG £600). £225.00
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Item 142 : Venezia Guilia Istria 1945/46 : Solkan Viaduct issues : SG 83 (as SG 66 but Perf 12); SG D.73; SG D.87/88/89 m/m (5) Good Lot. £20.00
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Item 143 : Peru Plate Proofs : 1936 80c Railway Tracks in original issue colour of Black (SG 603) Imperforate Plate Proof block/4 u/m, central horizontal crease clear of the stamps. Very Scarce. £68.00
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Item 144 : Uruguay 1895 : GNR 'Stirling Single locomotive' in mint no gum Block/4, imperf vertically, SG 155 var. A classic railway thematic, very fresh. £60.00
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Item 145 : Ghana : Surcharge Variety : Diamond & mine trucks 4d surcharged 3½Np, horiz. corner pair (R1, 5/6), right stamp with surcharge double, one diagonal. Some gum toning but very scarce. SG 446 var. (2) £55.00
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Item 146 : Yugoslav Trieste (Zone B) : 1950 set/4 with VUJA - STT opt u/m and the Imperforate m/s m/m (SG B.33-36 + MS B36aB) (4+m/s) £48.00
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Item 147 : Yugoslavia 1949 Railway : Set/4 u/m and the Imperforate m/s m/m (SG 631-33a + MS 633bB) (4+m/s) High Cat.Val. £57.50
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Item 148 : Spain : 1931 PanAm Congress 4Pts & 10Pts (design has crowded tramcar at centre right), both stamps u/m and perforated SPECIMEN. Fine and RARE. £120.00
See Paper Heritage web article, Spain.
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Item 149 : Nicaragua : 1932 Leon-Sauce Railway Postage set/5 (SG 739-43) in mint (no gum as produced) sheetlets/4 (20 stamps). The first printing was on thick paper. These are all Second Printing on thinner paper. Very fine and Fresh. £320.00
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Item 150 : GB & Brasil Coin Covers : 1977 Brazil SG 1665 on coin cover cancelled 8 July 1977, GB 1975 7p (Locomotion) cancelled Stockton 13 Aug 1974, each cover with circa 1oz. Sterling Silver coins / medallion. Bullion value 2 x £20 approx. £35.00
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