Postal Auction March 2026 - 368

Bids to be received by Monday 23rd of March 2026 1:00 PM

Lots (2058)

Lot 1297
Mauritius

1938-49 1r grey-brown ordinary paper with the battered A variety (right pane R 6/1), fine mint, scarce. SG 260ba.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 1298
Mauritius

Collection on leaves mint and used including useful content noted Mauritius 1965 Birds set m, 1953 set to R10 fine used, set to R10 mint, 1953 Coronation in DLR imprint strip 4 m, plate 1B 2B & 1a 2A m & u blks of 4, 1950 vals to R10 f.u., 1946 Victory set on FDC, 1938 to R10 used, 1937 Coronation set on FDC, 1935 SJ set m, few earlier QV plus facsimiles of the scarce imperfs (6). Useful ranges mainly fine.

Estimate £ 120.00
Lot 1299
Mauritius

Five covers incl 1927 10c tied CUREPIPE CDS, 1952 GVI 2c tied CHAMAREL, 1954-55 CREVE COEUR (2), 1955 CHAMAREL. Nice group.

Estimate £ 30.00
Lot 1300
Mauritius

Queen Victoria Postal Stationery embossed envelope 9d brown-purple on bluish paper with CANCELLED overprint as made by De La Rue & Co. Scarce, few white age marks.

Estimate £ 38.00
Lot 1301
Mauritius

SPECIMEN Overprints on Queen Victoria, EDVII, GV (2), postal stationery cards & envelopes. Includes Arms 6c, 10c, 12c, 12c red registered P/S env., GV 3c lilac, 20c blue registered P/S env., few tones otherwise nice group of 6 items.

Estimate £ 75.00
Lot 1302
Memel

1921 (20 Feb) Typed cover Memel to Weidendamm (light tones) bearing 1920 40c on 20c brown-red tied MEMEL d/r cds. Plus second 1921 cover with similar stamp tied d/r cds with trade h/s. SG 19.

Estimate £ 50.00
Lot 1303
Mexico

1852 (24 Aug) Entire Letter Zacatecas to Bayonne France bearing multi franked postmarks including boxed ZACATECAS / AGOSTO 24 two line h/s in black, sent per el packet Ingles via London where 4 h/s charge mark applied for cost to France along with FRANCO EF, Colonies &c ART boxed charge mark in red, and VERA CRUZ double arc b/s in transit to London. Lovely example of continental mail Central America to France.

Estimate £ 125.00
Lot 1304
Mexico

1861 (1 April) Entire Letter Veracruz to Bordeaux sent per steamer via Southampton with 8 charge mark and oval VERCRUZ 1 ABRIL 1861 on reverse in black alongside double arc VERA CRUZ in black on the same day. GB accountancy mark and Calais transit CDS with Bordeaux arrival b/s. Horiz. filing fold and age marks otherwise fine.

Estimate £ 65.00
Lot 1305
Mexico

British P.O. Abroad: Tampico Pre stamp entire letter 1854 (2 Nov) Stampless E.L from Mexico to France with TAMPICO double arc d/s on reverse in red, 90 h/s chargemark, COLONIES ART boxed h/s in red on obverse with a range of other transit and arrival marks incl FRANCO SANTA ANNA DE TAMAUL incomplete cancel in black.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 1306
Monaco

1885 5f carmine on green very fine mounted mint large part original gum example, centred left, scarce top value, SG 10.

Estimate £ 850.00
Lot 1307
Monaco

1885-1936 Original collection on unpicked New Ideal printed pages from first issues to 1936 with a nice mint and used range of approximately 108 different incl 1885 1c-15c & 40c mint (cat £933), 1891 to 1f m & u, 1924 to 10f m & u, 1933 vals to 20f used (cat £450), 1933 air surch etc, etc. Useful lot mainly sound and fine, ideal to fill those gaps. (c108). High cat value.

Estimate £ 240.00
Lot 1308
Monaco

1935 5fr blue-green single franking on printed airmail envelope to UK sent registered from Monte Carlo via Cannes. Attractive cover.

Estimate £ 35.00

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