Auction No. 20 Saturday, 29 October 2016 / 2:00 pm start
British Commonwealth 1871-1960 range of covers ...
Realised: $80 plus premium
Category: Collections, Accumulations and Selections > World
Lot Details
British Commonwealth 1871-1960 range of covers & cards noting GB 1d QV 1871 mourning cover, 1897 Sudan 4m on 5m Egypt Postcard unused & 1/8/1935 Paquebot cover with block of 10 Silver Jubilee 1½d GB on reverse tied by Perth "Post Early Each Day" slogan cancel plus "Paquebot Port Said" & "Alexandria" cds's tying the block & addressed to Perth with airmail etiquette affixed hence the 10 x 1½d prepaying postage. Also 1940 censored cover from Johannesburg to Melbourne with s/l "Missent to Mordialloc" & same place cds covering "Passed By Censor" in violet. Some Natal & OFS 1901 uprated &/or unused stationery items plus 1960 British Forces cover to Yorkshire with 3d Wilding tied by crisp BFPO Christmas Island 10JA60 (Pacific Island) & a South Africa 1937 6d booklet with ½d & 1d x2 pairs of each. Most interesting group. (20)