WORLD POSTAL HISTORY MIX: 1860-1969 eclectic collection of c...

Hammer

£440

WORLD POSTAL HISTORY MIX: 1860-1969 eclectic collection of cards and covers, mainly written-up, with interesting markings or contents inc. a much travelled 1938 registered cover from Palestine to G.B. with m.s. "POSTED OUT OF COURSE" with 6d. P. Due and redirected, a 1 cent Perak 'Tiger' p. stationery card dated 21 Feb 1895 with a message regarding the raffle of someone's belongings, a 3c Malaya p. stationery card postmarked 14 Mar. 1904 advertising a travelling piano tuner, a New Zealand O.H.M.S. env. to the U.K. with a fine "SALVAGED MAIL / AIRCRAFT CRASH / SINGAPORE 13-3-1954" cachet, a postcard of the steamer Bodensee with postage stamps from 3 countries (Austria, Germany & Switzerland) all tied with "K.W. SCHIFFSPOST" cds dated 3 Aug. 1897, a philatelic "NIUAFOOU-TONGA / TIN CAN MAIL" env. with at least 15 cachets of varying kinds on front and back inc. "LAST-DAY / JUDILEE [sic] COVER / 12, OCTD, 1938.", a fascinating EL from Base Z Antarctica detailing life while setting-up camp in 1968, an airmail env. from Mosul to U.K. dated 23 Apr. 1931 with a boxed "RECEIVED TOO LATE / FOR INCLUSION IN AIR DESPATCH" cachet, an env. with KGVI 1a. 5c. and 8a. 30c. stamps tied with a fine "ADEN CAMP / 29 JA / 10 30 / 53" cds and a large double circle "GOVERNMENT HOUSE / 2 FEB 1953 / HARGEISA" cachet on reverse, plus other cards & covers from Ceylon, Siam, Jamaica, France, Russia, Greece (stamped "H.M. YACHT / VICTORIA & ALBERT"), Cuba, etc. Mainly fine condition. (72)