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Lot 213 |
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![]() Sudan, 1951, Pictorials, 1m to 50pi complete (SG 123/139. Scott 98-114), set of 17, o.g., lightly hinged, mostly Very Fine. SG £120 ($150). Scott $61. Estimate $30 - 40. View details and enlarged photos | Realized $28 |
Lot 214 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Swaziland, 1938, King George VI, ½d to 10s complete (SG 28/38a. Scott 27-37), set of 11, o.g., lightly hinged or never hinged (10s high value with hinge remnant), Fine to Very Fine. SG £95 ($120). Scott $54. Estimate $30 - 40. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 215 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Swaziland, 1956, Queen Elizabeth II Pictorials, ½d to £1 complete (SG 53/64. Scott 55-66), set of 12, o.g., mostly never hinged including the high value, Very Fine. SG £120 ($150). Scott $110. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 216 |
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![]() Togo, 1914, "Anglo-French Occupation" on German Togo, 1st (Wide) Setting, 1d on 5pf green, thin "y" in "penny" (SG H13a. Scott 34a), o.g., hinge remnants, Very Fine. SG £400 ($500). Scott $400. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 217 |
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![]() Togo, 1915, "ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION" on Gold Coast, Accra overprint, 20s purple & black on red (SG H46. Scott 76), beautifully well centered, o.g., lightly hinged, Very Fine. SG £180 ($220). Scott $150. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $60 |
Lot 218 |
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![]() Togo, 1916, "ANGLO-FRENCH OCCUPATION" on Gold Coast, London overprint, 5s and 10s (SG H56, H56a, H57, H57a. Scott 89-90, vars.), set of 4, including color varieties, o.g., lightly hinged, Fine to Very Fine. SG £145 ($180). Scott $116. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $65 |
Lot 219 |
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![]() Tonga, 1934-40, Tin Can Mail covers to various destinations, 14 covers with numerous interesting cancels and cachets; a great lot for the tin can mail specialist, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400 Tin Can Mail originated in the Niuafo'ou island of Tonga whereby islanders would use native mulberry poles that were buoyant to assist them in swimming to passing ships holding the mail wrapped in oilcloth and tied onto these spears. The packet was tied to the line and hauled up to the ship and placed in the mailstream at the next port of call. The purser on the ship would place incoming mail to the islands into an empty kerosene or cracker can and toss it overboard for the swimmers to retrieve. Around 1920 a German trader named Walter George Quesell, who worked for Burns Philp and Co., began rubber-stamping his outgoing mail with the mesage "Tin Can Mail". It didn't take long for stamp collectors and tourists to catch on and it became a phenomenon to witness. One fateful day in 1931 or 1932, one of the swimmers was bitten by a shark. The wound was fatal, and, as a result, the Tongan government decreed that swimming for the mail was prohibited. Thereafter, the mail could only be taken to and from ships in outrigger canoes. This, too, was hazardous because of the turgid waters that surround the island of Niuafo'ou (Tin Can Island). But thereafter, the mail was marked "Tin Can-Canoe Mail." It was still a novelty, eagerly sought by stamp collectors all over the world. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $300 |
Lot 220 |
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![]() Trinidad & Tobago, 1914, "Britannia", £1 gray green & carmine (SG 156. Scott 11), Multiple Crown CA watermark, fresh and nicely centered, o.g., lightly hinged, almost Very Fine. SG £275 ($340). Scott $260. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $100 |
Lot 221 |
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![]() Trinidad & Tobago, 1921, "Britannia", £1 deep purple & purple (SG 215. Scott 20), Multiple Script CA watermark, fresh and nicely centered, o.g., lightly hinged, Fine to Very Fine. SG £180 ($220). Scott $260. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $75 |
Lot 222 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Trinidad & Tobago, 1938-44, King George VI Pictorials, 1¢ to $4.80 complete (SG 246/256. Scott 50-61), set of 14, o.g., lightly hinged or never hinged (1d low value is without gum), Fine to Very Fine. SG £130 ($160). Scott $81. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 223 |
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![]() Turks & Caicos, 1938-45, King George VI Pictorials, ¼d to 10s complete (SG 194/205. Scott 78-89), set of 14, o.g., mostly very lightly hinged including the high values, Fine to Very Fine. SG £130 for n.h. ($160). Scott $98 for hinged. Estimate $35 - 50. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
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