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Italian Switzerland; on front of passport page (numbered 5 & 6) 3 large Italian 50 lire red revenue stamps 'Concessioni Governative atti Amministrativi' cancelled s/r 'Questura di Sondrio' & cachet 'Commissariato di Confine Campocologno'; on reverse a further 50 lire + 100 lire 'Atti Esteri Passaporti'; dated 15.8.47 & 14.8.48; pages from a passport used as visas; colourful & unusual Reference: 422 |
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Praha 1 star-shaped meter mark on envelope with bilingual Airmail etiquette, to St Louis USA 9 April 1948: on reverse a neat grey-blue 'Sokol' publicity label XI 1948 sealing the flap Reference: 313 |
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6d violet & red Foreign Bill revenue stamp on reverse of £30 bill of exchange from Adelaide, Australia to Halifax, Yorkshire, 10 October 1870; small faults to document, stamp fine and very scarce use thus Reference: 298 |
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Liechtenstein pictorials (SG 380, 381) in pairs with marginal text, on envelope from Schann 5 August 1963 to Scarborough; with poster stamp of the 'First Glasgow Group Boy Scouts Liechtenstein Camp 1963', with similar Liechtenstein commemorative cancellation: also with similar cachet on the reverse & one for the Feldkirch Austria Camp 1963 Reference: 287 |
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GB 3d Wilding + 2 commemorative labels of the event, cancelled with slogan d/s 'Ship through the Port of London' 2 August 1967 & special cachet, on PPC of the landing on HMS Furious 2 August 1917 Reference: 279 |
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A Swiss Army stamp 'Festung Sargans' on field post envelope, cancelled Arbeits KP 421 Feldpost plus cachet ARMEEFILMSIENST A-Kdo.Sektion Heer und H..; re-addressed to another feldpost unit; backstamped Feldpost/Poste de Campagne 17, 14 VIII 41, a rare correct use of the feldpost system and its propaganda labels Reference: 252 |
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KUT KGVI pictorail issues 5/-, 2/-, 1/- affixed to a visa page torn from a passport, cancelled with a large oval cachet 'British Passport Control / Colony & Protectorate of Kenya' in violet, with MS date 8 September 1941; on reverse are visa handstamps of November 1936 & June 1939. The values used are the early printings with the scarcer perforations: the 5/- had a corner fault when used. A rare survival of such a useage Reference: 229 |
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1960 Tercentenary of the General Letter Office 1/3 stamp (SG 620) on registered envelope from the London International Stamp Exhibition 1960 with illustration and special cachets (front and back), to Redhill: plus the certificate of posting for this cover, a rare combination and a fine exhibition item. Reference: 165 |
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US 2c purple-brown Inter Rev Bank Check Revenue stamp on Bank of New-York cheque for 100 dollars dated 25 October 1864, signed, clean & unfolded Reference: 148 |
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1961 cover with an ILFRACOMBE DEVON 3d paid meter mark dated 28.VIII.61 and the Lundy Millenary Issue cancelled by LUNDY MILLENARY 30.AUG.61 Reference: 220H |
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1953 first day cover with overprinted stamps cancelled by partial special postmarks dated 2.JUNE.1953. Reference: 199H |