Lot 940 Netherlands Specialized Collection of the “Pre War Years”, 1924-1940, Part 2 (Balance of the Collection), all neatly displayed and well written up in two albums, with a total of 151 items. We note official free mail, royalty, Court of International Justice (a few stamps and usages), military mail, special stationery, event postmarks (including 1928 Olympiade publicity handstamps), paquebot mail, railways, rocket mail, mobile post offices, balloon post, philatelic events as well as 44 Transorma postal mechanization marks on covers or cards. See scans for a taste of this well researched and extensive collection. Overall fine to very fine. Ex. Liptak collection. Estimate C$400.
Auction #30
May 22-25, 2019
Lot 412, K.U.T. 1938 fifty cent purple and black King George VI, used pair with variety on bottom stamp
Lot 412 Kenya Uganda Tanganyika #144a 1938 50c purple and black King George VI, with “Rope Not Joined to Sail” Variety, on the bottom stamp of a vertical used pair, very fine. From the John Hillson Collections. S.G. CV £250.
Lot 370, British Guiana 1951 one dollar bright violet KGVII, VF c.d.s.
Lot 370 British Guiana #317a 1951 $1 bright violet King George VI, Perforated 14 x 13, used with nice AUG.10.1951 c.d.s. cancel, very fine. From the John Hillson Collections. S.G. CV £600.
Lot 882, Cape of Good Hope 1890 cover addressed to Queen Victoria
Lot 882 Cape of Good Hope 1890 Cover Addressed to “The Highly Honoured and Well Renowned and Famous Queen A. Victoria,” mailed from Robertson, Cape of Good Hope on JAN.21.1890 (free strike of c.d.s.), with four strikes of #25 grid obliterator canceling four 1d stamps (folded over top, and paying the 4d rate in effect from 1888-1890) and addressed 146 Queen Victoria Street, London, England. Back has a Cape Town JA.22 c.d.s. and London FE.10 receiver. According to Charles Verge, former RPSC President, “all covers addressed to Queen Victoria were to be stored with their correspondence unless the Queen gave her Ladies in Waiting special permission to keep them, and very few are in public hands.” Bit of overall toning, still very fine. A rare cover, the first we have handled, and would be a great addition to any royalty or Cape of Good Hope collection. Estimate C$150.
Lot 249, Canada eight cent blue grey Small Queen horizontal imperf pair, VF Mint
Lot 249 Canada #44d 1895 8c blue grey Small Queen Imperforate, a mint hinged horizontal pair, very fine and scarce. ex-John Hillson. Unitrade CV$1,000.