Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD MISCELLANEOUS

Ex Lot 11 11 C A/B European pre-stamp outers & entires from France (12), Switzerland (11, plus a few later stamped items), Belgium (3), Germany & Holland (5), some very fine postmarks, condition variable. (35 items) 250 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History

Ex Lot 154 154 C Extensive collection of mostly 1950s-1970s postage due markings on covers in 8 volumes, the commercial items being mostly from larger offices, the philatelic covers including many tiny and long-closed offices among which we noted small dateline cds from 'BOORHAMAN/VIC-3678', 'BOLTON/VIC-AUST', 'CLYDESDALE/VIC', 'FOSTERVILLE/VIC-AUST', 'NEWHAVEN/VIC-AUST' (Phillip Island), 'STUARTMILL/VIC', 'WOOLAMAI/VIC-AUST', 'YAMBUK/VIC-3285' etc etc. Terrific basis for expansion. Ex John Webster. (100s) 1,000

Ex Lot 155 155 C/CL Shoebox of decimal covers including 1970s-90s to United Kingdom or Europe with solo frankings including 13c Avocet (on PPC), 25c Broken Bay. 55c Horse Racing, 60c Airmail Anniversary, 1986 90c Christmas & 90c Horses, 63c Robotics (on PPC), multiple frankings including 1984 5c Wattle coil strip of 5; also Overseas Express Delivery, Economy Air, registered, taxed and return to sender covers & PPCs; condition variable. (approx 200) 350

Ex Lot 156 156 CL Two small cartons of 1990s to early-2000s mostly long envelopes selected for rubber datestamps from all States with strength in NSW & Victoria. Wonderful lot for the modern postmark enthusiast. (1500+) 200 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 2 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 157 157 CL - another similar lot in one larger carton. The rarities of tomorrow! (Qty) 200

Lot 158 158 C A- 1907 Tatts cover from Flemington to Hobart with 2d but overweight so 'T4D' h/s applied at Melbourne, Postage Due Blank Tablet 6d vertical pair - very scarce franking: unpriced on cover by the ACSC - for three such items added & with faint Hobart cds. 400

Lot 159 159 C B 1921 commercial cover to Slovakia with 3d Roo tied by Melbourne machine. 150

Lot 160 160 CO C 1939 (Jan 6) large cover (290x127mm) from GB to Perth with WA GPO post office notice re crash of the "Koranga" at Katherine River (NT) affixed to the reverse, some damage & attractive staining on the reverse. 100 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 3 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 161 161 C A 1968 registered airmail to Austria with 20c Weather Watch & 25c Intelsat tied by Hobart cds. 150

Ex Lot 162 162 C TEST MAIL: 1990s Test Mail covers with various handstamps including 'TESTMAIL/09/Toshiba' and 'TEST MAIL' in blue (on 40c aerogramme), also meter cancels for 'TEST MAIL/HQ ENG' & 'NEOPOST/SPECIMEN' x2. (18) 100 NEW SOUTH WALES

Lot 220 220 G A 1860-72 Perf 12 2d blue with Major Retouch SG 136b tied to 1861 cover to the GPO by a poor numeral cancel of 'PORT MACQUARIE' (b/s), superb 'SYDNEY/ A /NSW/ B ' arrival b/s, Cat £400++. A remarkable franking. RPSofV Certificate (2008). 1,000 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History

Lot 233 233 C B 1840 entire to "Club House/Sydney" with an unusually fine strike of the usually ghastly undated 'LIVERPOOL/NSW' handstamp, rated "5" for carriage between 20 & 30 miles, very fine GPO arrival b/s, central fold. 400T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 4 NEW SOUTH WALES - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 234 234 C B 1846 entire to Scotland with good strike of the rounded-boxed 'PAID AT/MAITLAND' h/s unusually in black, endorsed "Per Royal George" amended to "Palastine". 150T

Lot 235 235 C A- 1905 cover with all-over illustrated advertising for Thomas Parkin General Merchant Cowra on the reverse. 100

Lot 236 236 C B 1905 (c.) undated usage of complete 'Inland Parcel Post' label with rare franking of 1/- Kangaroo x2 and 2d blue paying for a parcel weighing up to 4 pounds, tied by parcel cancels, minor faults. 500

Lot 237 237 C B 1905 5d Diadem Commemorative PPC unusually to Canada with Arms 1d only tied by 'ST JAMES HALL/ 5D / JUBILEE/...' cds, shield 'NSW/T/5' h/s & 'MONTREAL/CANADA' arrival cds, minor blemishes. 150T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 5 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD QUEENSLAND

Lot 245 245 L A+ REVENUES: 1895 trial pull (die proof?) of the Crown-&-Flowers device for cancelling the Impressed Duty stamps in turquoise on thick wove paper with part of an elaborate watermark at the base. Superb! A very unusual item of great visual appeal. 500 SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Postal History

Lot 262 262 C B 1857 outer to Adelaide with scarce franking of Adelaide Printing 2d blood-red SG 8 (3½ margins, just shaved at lower-left) tied by '28' cancel of 'KOORINGA' (cds alongside), GPO arrival b/s, ironed-out folds. 400T

Lot 263 263 P A- POSTAL CARDS: 1892 De La Rue's final hand-drawn artwork in India ink & Chinese white incorporating the amendments to Ames' essay, on tracing-paper, endorsed "JULY 12th 92" at upper-right, minor pinholes at left from having been affixed in a records book. An important proof. Ex De La Rue Archives and Martin Walker/NelsonEustis (2003). 2,000

Lot 264 264 PS A POSTAL CARDS: 1909 Scenic issue 1d HG 8 Adelaide Printing with Stop after 'AUSTRALIA.' "STACK OF WHEAT" in purple-black, unused. One of the scarcer views. 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 6 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD TASMANIA - Postal History

Ex Lot 282 282 C Tattersall's mostly early group including two different Tasmanian Government Railways parcel labels on a cover (pseudo-parcel) & large piece from a real parcel (rare), a couple of taxed items including 1955 officially registered with boxed 'SUPPOSED TO CONTAIN/...' h/s, 11 colourful sweepstakes tickets etc, condition variable. (23) 250

Lot 283 283 C B 1851 entire headed "Adelaide May 31 1851" & signed "R Leake" to his brother in Van Dieman's Land, part-Adelaide cds in red, largely fine 'SHIP LETTER/18JU18/1851' boxed h/s in black and a fine strike of the postmaster's private 'C'TOWN/20.JUN.52' datestamp. 1,000

Lot 284 284 C B 1856 cover to England with 'TASMANIA' 6d slate-violet SG 48 (margins just clear to large) tied by BN '60', diamond 'POST OFFICE/LAUNCESTON/..' d/s in red (oxidised), minor blemishes. 200 VICTORIA - Postal History

Lot 331 331 C A 1849 (Oct 17) entire headed "Caniambo" & endorsed "OHMS" to Superintendent La Trobe at Melbourne with a largely fine strike of the rare rounded-boxed 'FREE/SEYMOUR' handstamp in red, fair oval 'SEYMOUR/[crown]/ PORT PHILLIP' b/s. Exceptional quality! Ex Karman. [The similar Max Watson/Brian Peace example sold for $1915 at our auction of 27/7/2009] 1,400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 7 VICTORIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 332 332 C A 1853 part-entire to England "Per Northumberland" with Half-Length 3d SG 11 with Major Transfer Error (Line through 'THREE') and Ham Queen-on-Throne 2d - both bereft of margins - tied by Barred Oval '12' (rated RRR), fine 'MAIDENS PUNT/VICTORIA' d/s & Melbourne transit b/s. [The part-letter unusually from a woman to her mother-in-law (?) states "John is much amused with the blacks. In fact everything here is extremely novel & entertaining to him..."] 500T

Lot 333 333 C (A) 1854 (Aug) OHMS entire to the Supreme Court with Half-Lengths 3d pair SG 24 (large margins except at base where just touched, the left-hand unit affected by an ironed-out filing crease), faint central Barred Oval '72/V' of 'ELPHINSTONE' (fine crowned-oval unusually on the face), superb Melbourne arrival b/s. Exceptional appearance. Ex Purves (May 1981). [The inland postage rate was tripled, from 2d to 6d on 1/5/1854] 600

Lot 334 334 C B 1884 makeshift wrapper to Germany "Via Brindisi" with Bell 1d green & Postal Fiscals 1/- indigo/blue SG 256 (Cat £6½ x20+) tied by BN '2', endorsed on the reverse "13oz" & unusually registered with fine strike of the very scarce 22mm 'REGISTERED/AP21/84/GEELONG' cds, Brindisi transit b/s, superb German 'R' h/s & superb 'BERNBURG' arrival b/s, minor repaired tear & minor soiling. A very unusual item highlighted by the very early authorised usage of the 1/-. [Revenue stamps were authorised for postal use from 1/1/1884] 400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 8 VICTORIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 335 335 CPS 1884-1904 selection of PTPO Envelopes (6) & covers (2) for various municipalities including Shire of Jika, Shire of Seymour, Shire of Warragul (with "belt & buckle" d/s), Shire of Yea & Upper Yarra Shire Council, also a postcard with 'Shire of Shepparton Waterworks Trust' h/s, condition a bit variable. (9) 300

Lot 336 336 C B 1893 commercial cover to "Orphir Floure/Orkney Islands/Scotland" with ½d & 2d tied by Kilmore duplex, minor defects. Terrific destination! 150

Lot 337 337 C A 1894 cover to England with Naish 8d tied by superb '1/W' & equally fine "Belt & Buckle" 'POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE/MARKET ST' d/s & 'R'-in-circle, London d/s in red on the face. Beautiful. 250

Lot 338 338 CL B 1895 cover to GB with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Stamp Duty 3/- drab SG 268 tied by 'MO&SB/NHILL' cds. 300T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 9 VICTORIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 339 339 C A+ 1900 Australian Club cover to Launceston (b/s) with scarce albeit philatelic franking of Boer War Charity pair SG 374-5 (the 2d with exceptional centring) & Melbourne cds of 15.6.00, Cat £250 x3+). Superb! 400

Lot 340 340 PS A 1903 usage of 1½d(+1½d) Reply Card outer-half to "Kirmanschah/Persia/Asia/via Colombo Bombay & Bagdad". 150

Ex Lot 341 341 C B 1905 (c.) envelopes with illustrations "St Kilda Pier" or "RMS Australia on Rocks Port Phillip Heads" Kelly #V5 & V13, minor toning, unused & rare thus. (2) 250

Lot 342 342 C B 1908 commercial cover to "St Antoine/Beau Bassin/Mauritius/Africa", 'BEAU BASSIN' arrival cds on the face, minor peripheral repairs. 150 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 10 VICTORIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 343 343 CPS ADVERTISING: 1883-1907 mostly Tatts covers plus a few postcards all with imprints of various businesses including a few with more extensive messages & a very fine 1894 cover to GB with all-over illustration on the reverse for Ingpen & Co at Casterton, one also with 'CHAMBERLAIN'S TABLETS' label on the reverse, seven registered, postmark interest, condition variable. Good lot. (28) 500

Ex Lot 344 344 C A-/B ADVERTISING: 1900-07 Tatts covers with imprints of various mostly country hotels including two illustrated types, one with Postage Due Blank Tablet 2d, four registered, postmark interest, condition variable. (18) 350 WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History

Lot 380 380 PS A- 1887 usage of Victorian ½d yellow Wrapper to Bendigo with WA 1d added & tied by 'ALBANY - KGS' duplex with mss "1887" inserted. Most unusual. 250

Lot 381 381 PS C 1890 1d Postal Card to Greenough (unframed arrival backstamp) with 12-bars '35' cancel & fine 'NORTHAMPTON/OC27/1890/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds, overall soiling. Not recorded in the Pope & Reynolds numerals census: they record only two items, of 1875 & 1878. 1,000T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 11 WESTERN AUSTRALIA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 382 382 C POSTMARKS: 'ABERDEEN STREET' to 'YORK' datestamps on mostly PPCs (with many WA subjects) with Swan frankings, a few with the associated numerals, minor duplication, condition rather mixed. Noted 'HOFFMANS MILL', 'ISRAELITE BAY' & SB MIDLAND'. The PPCs include "Hospital, Malcolm", "King River Tea Gardens", "Fishing Boats in Fremantle Harbour", "Guinea Pig Castle Perth Zoo", "Municipal Chambers & Anglican Church Kalgoorlie", "Osborne Steps" etc. (160 approx) 500

Lot 383 383 S A A2 POSTMARKS: Perth void-grid remarkably late usage on 1913 ½d Roo! 100 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings The later early period (there's a mind-bender!) - from the 1830s to the 1850s - is one of the strengths of Ted Proud's collection. Many rare and desirable items are included and this is probably the most extensive offering at auction since the "Serendib" sale in 2002. Many items here are addressed to the Government Agent at Kandy (abbreviated to GAK). Oxley's rating system - 'A' = common; 'B' = scarce; 'C' = rare; 'D' = known from archival strike only - is used. For very fine strikes, we have added a "+" to the rating. Refer also to our postmark gradings on page 6.

Lot 425 425 C A A1 AMBEGAMUWA: horseshoe 'AMBEGAMOWE/POST' with manuscript "31st/Jany56/Free" very fine strike on flap of GAK outer. PO ?; renamed Watawala 1/4/1891. One of the rarities of the field, this being the only recorded example. Oxley wasn't even aware of the existence of pre-stamp markings from this office. 750

Lot 426 426 C C B1- BATTICALOA: unframed 'BATTICALOA/("1st/Decbr/1848")/=POST-PAID=' (worn state) largely fine strike on cover to England "via Southampton", rated "1/-", London transit & 'PRESTON' (in blue) arrival b/s, soiled & minor peripheral damage. Rated B. 150 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 12 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 427 427 C COLOMBO: Selection of fronts (4), outers (3) & an entire with all different h/s comprising octagonal 'POST PAID' with Reversed 'S' in black (superb) & in red, 'POST PAID' cds, oval 'POST N PAID' (superb), 'POST-NOT-PAID' cds, recut "shield" 'POST FREE', 'POST-FREE' cds (endorsed "by/Express", faults) & 'STEAMER-LETTER' (on entire to France), generally fine to very fine strikes. (8) 500

Lot 428 428 C B B1 COLOMBO: shield '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST PAID/20FEB20/1838' (Oxley #6; Proud #PD5; LRD) largely fine strike on entire to London "pr Fairy Queen", fine boxed 'DOVER/INDIA LETTER' h/s across the flap & London arrival b/s in red. Rated B. 250

Lot 429 429 C A- C1 COLOMBO: shield 'COLOMBO/POST PAID/9MAY9/1838' (second state; crown removed - Oxley #6a; Proud #PD5.2; ERD) light but obvious strike on entire to the "Judge Advocate General/Calcutta" with fine boxed 'CALCUTTA/18 May/Brg ("2As")' arrival b/s. Rated C; recorded 14 months only. [The lengthy letter is signed "Joseph Dunn Pt Soldier/90th Regt Colombo". He states he is "under the command of Major Nichols...Major General Sir John Wilson KGB commands the forces in this Island" & asks the JAG to arrange a transfer for him to a regiment serving in Calcutta] 400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 13 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 430 430 C B A1 COLOMBO: octagonal '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST PAID/30AP30/1840' with Reversed 'S' (Oxley #7; Proud #PD6) very fine strike on entire to Singapore "pBrig Kate", no arrival marking, ironed-out horizontal filing crease. Rated B+. [Contains a partly printed entire advising of the admission to partnership of Donald Davidson & the renaming of the firm as Gibson Read Davidson & Co and signed by Davidson & Joseph Read] 300

Lot 431 431 C A- A1 COLOMBO: ditto, very fine strike of 4MY4/1842 on outer to France, fair boxed Paquebots h/s in red, Marseilles transit & Bordeaux arrival b/s. 200

Ex Lot 432 432 C B/A- COLOMBO: ditto, almost fine strike of 3DE3/1843 & very fines strike of 16JA16/1845 on lengthy domestic entires from the same correspondence, 'LEEDS' arrival cds in black or blue on the face, both rated "1/-" on arrival. (2) 250

Lot 433 433 C B B1 COLOMBO: oval '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST PAID/16AU16/1843' (Oxley #10; Proud #PD7; ERD) fine strike on entire to France "pHindostan" rated "1/8" with 'POS ANG/MARSEILLES' transit in red, part-'MALTA' transit & Bordeaux arrival b/s, rated "16" (decimes). Rated A. 150 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 14 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 434 434 C B B1 COLOMBO: ditto, largely fine strike of 30NO30/1844 on outer to Calcutta "pNemesis", fine boxed 'CALCUTTA/SHIP LETTER/Bearing ("11a")' b/s, readdressed to Hong Kong "pLarrick" (?), 'HONG-KONG' arrival b/s. 250

Lot 435 435 C A A1 COLOMBO: ditto, very fine b/s of 26NO26/1846 (LRD; the example illustrated by Proud) on GAK outer. 200

Ex Lot 436 436 C B/A- COLOMBO: 'COLOMBO/JA23/1847/=POST-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud #PD8; ERD) superb b/s in black on GAK outer; & very fine - worn state - b/s of MR16/1860 in red on entire to London "Per Overland Mail/via Marseilles" with London arrival b/s. Rated A+ & B+ respectively. (2) 200

Lot 437 437 C B A1 COLOMBO: oval '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST N PAID/30AU30/1844' (= Not Paid; Oxley #10; Proud #UP5) very fine strike on GAK entire. Rated C+. [Letter signed "Francis Hudson" relates to an application to use the Peredeniya Race Course] 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 15 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 438 438 C B A1 COLOMBO: 'COLOMBO/JA21/1847/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud #UP6; ERD) very fine b/s on OHMS GAK outer endorsed "Immediate". Rated A+. 150

Lot 439 439 C A A1- COLOMBO: octagonal '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST FREE/4AUG4/1830' (Oxley #6; Proud #OPD5 original state; his only recorded date) largely superb strike on OHMS GAK front endorsed "Pay Office". Oxley's date range is 1831-33 but this appears likely to be for the second recut ("shield") state recorded by Proud 1833-38. 600

Lot 440 440 C A A1- COLOMBO: ditto, second state ("shield") with recut base (Oxley #6var; Proud #OPD5.2) largely very fine strike of 9NOV9/1835 on GAK front. Rated B+. 450

Lot 441 441 C A A1- COLOMBO: ditto, third state with the crown removed (Oxley #6a; Proud #OPD6 but should be OPD5.3; LRD) largely very fine strike of 28SEP28/1839 on GAK front. Rated C+. [Proud's published LRD is 26JUN26/1839] 500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 16 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 442 442 C A+ A1- COLOMBO: octagonal '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST FREE/14NO14/1842' with Reversed 'S' (Proud #OPD8; the later of only two recorded examples) light but fine strike in red on franked entire to Kandy partly across a very fine colourless embossing of the rare 'CEYLON/[crown]/DIEU ET MON DROIT/GOVERNMENT' device (the earliest of 5 examples recorded). This Free marking doesn't conform to any of Oxley's listings. One of the most important items of the pre-stamp period, and of remarkable quality.

Nothing is known of the origin or purpose of the embossing. However, it is almost certain that the Ceylon authorities would have been aware of the introduction in 1838 of embossed prepaid lettersheets in New South Wales (generally regarded as the world's first issue of postal stationery). This embossing may well have been intended to fulfill the same purpose, though it would have been somewhat redundant on mail marked "FREE". 4,000

Lot 443 443 C A A2 COLOMBO: oval '[crown]/COLOMBO/POST FREE/24JU24/1846' (Oxley #10; Proud #OPD9) largely fine strike on cover to Calcutta, struck just above colourless embossing of the rare 'CEYLON/[crown]/DIEU ET MON DROIT/ GOVERNMENT' device (under close examination, the lower portion is discernible), the cover & the letter signed by the Governor Sir Colin Campbell, small boxed 'G.P.O' arrival b/s in red with boxed 'A.M' h/s alongside. Rated B. [The embossing is one of only five examples recorded]

Fascinating letter headed "Queens House Colombo" refers to "The late events in the Pungaub [= Punjab]...appears no Government or security of Life or Property in that turbulent country...I see you have a considerable Force prepared on the Frontier...many of the Native Troops have been tampered with...Things here go on quietly...our Revenue rapidly increasing & Capital & Population pouring into the Island. I wish a better arrangement was made...for the delivery of our letters. When the Steamer from Suez arrives at Galle she brings no letters for the island and we have to wait their arrival from Bombay, by which we lose ten days or a fortnight & cannot reply to them until the following month ...[signed] CCampbell". 1,000

Lot 444 444 C B A2 COLOMBO: ditto, largely very fine b/s of 24JU24/1846 (LRD) on GAK outer, faint spotting. 250 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 17 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 445 445 C A A1- COLOMBO: 'COLOMBO/AP8/1847/=POST-FREE=' (Oxley #14; Proud #OPD10; ERD) largely very fine b/s on GAK outer. Rated B+. 150

Lot 446 446 C A- A1+ COLOMBO: ditto, superb b/s of MR21/1854 (LRD) on GAK outer. 150

Lot 447 447 C A- A1 COLOMBO: 'COLOMBO/DE16/1845/=STEAMER-LETTER-' very fine b/s on entire to Ireland "via Southampton", London & Dublin transit b/s in red & 'BELFAST' arrival b/s in blue. Rated A+. 200

Lot 448 448 C A- A1+ COLOMBO: ditto, superb b/s of FE26/1846 on entire to Hong Kong "Per Braganza" with 'BRITISH-PACKET/PAID/ POSTAGE' (Oxley #22a; Proud #SL8; ERD) largely very fine strike on the face, fair 'HONG-KONG' arrival b/s. [The letter is signed "Jas Smith" who states "the coffee prospect at home is not encouraging"] 200 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 18 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 449 449 C A- A1 COLOMBO: ditto, very fine b/s of DE26/1846 on a rather similar entire to the same addressee but in "China" endorsed "per Steamer from Galle", poor 'HONG-KONG' arrival b/s. 200

Lot 450 450 C A- A1 GALLE: 32x35mm octagonal '[crown]/GALLE/POST PAID/19OC19/1840' (Oxley #8; Proud #PD5) very fine strike in brownish ink on entire to "Messrs Guthrie & Co/Singapore" endorsed "pGuess", no arrival marking. Rated B+: Oxley states that the d/s used in this period measures 30x35mm. [The brief letter asks for "forwarding of the enclosed letters to China by the first opportunity"] 300

Lot 451 451 C B B1 GALLE: ditto, largely fine strike of 31MY31/1841 on similar entire to Singapore "pRangmallah". [There is a second enclosed entire endorsed per the same ship requesting another enclosure be forwarded to Canton. Very unusual] 250

Lot 452 452 C A B1 GALLE: ditto, light but clear strike of 16JY16/1844 (LRD) in red on lengthy entire to India, light circular 'CALCUTTA/ SHIPLETTER/FREE' arrival b/s in red. [Namedropping letter mentions having requested "Sir Henry Hardinge your newly appointed Governor General" for a position in India. "...I took the liberty to say I was well acquainted with Gen Bushby & with Sir Hugh Gough..."] 250 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 19 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 453 453 C A- A1 GALLE: 'GALLE/JA13/1846/=POST-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud #PD6) very fine strike on entire to India signed "Algernon Stewart", circular 'CALCUTTA/SHIPLETTER/FREE' arrival b/s in red, redirected to Colombo & then to Kandy but without further postal markings. Rated B+. 250

Lot 454 454 C A- A1 GALLE: 'GALLE/NO30/186-/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud #UP3 - no year slug) very fine strike on entire headed "Point de Galle" to France, fine 'POSS ANG V SUEZ/MARSEILLE' transit cds in red on the face & Marseille b/s, rated "18" (decimes). Rated B+. 250

Lot 455 455 C A- A1 GALLE: 'GALLE/SE27/1845/=STEAMER-LETTER=' (Oxley #15; Proud #SL2; ERD) very fine strike on entire headed "Colombo" & "per Lady May Wood" and signed "JWood" to "Hong Kong/China", large-part 'HONG-K[ONG]' arrival b/s. Rated B+. ["...We have suffered a good deal from dry weather that has universally prevailed over the Island. We have had no SW monsoon at all..."] 250

Lot 456 456 C B A1- GALLE: ditto, largely fine b/s of MY25/1850 on entire to "Akyab/Assam" (Burma) endorsed "pr POCC Steamer", largely very fine strike of the chamfered-octagon 'FORWARDED BY/JOHN BLACK/GALLE' h/s (Oxley #26; rated B+; ERD) & part-'BRITISH-PACKET/PAID/=POSTAGE=' h/s on the face, boxed 'CALCUTTA/Bearing ("8")' b/s, no arrival marking, minor staining. 400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 20 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 457 457 C A- B1- GALLE: ditto, almost fine b/s of DE16/1852 on mourning entire to London endorsed "Overland" & "Registered", fine 'BRITISH-PACKET/PAID/=POSTAGE=' h/s (Oxley #22b; Proud #SL6; rated A) on the face, rated "2/6", London arrival cds & '[crown]/REGISTERED' h/s both in red. Very attractive. 400

Lot 458 458 C A- A2 GALLE: 'GALLE/MY29/184/=SHIP-LETTER=' (Oxley #16; Proud #SL3) largely very fine b/s on envelope to Mauritius, part 'MAURITIUS/POST OFFICE' arrival b/s. Rated D - proof book impression only - and the only recorded example. An important pre-stamp cover. 750

Lot 459 459 C A A1- GAMPOLA: horseshoe 'GAMPOLLE/=POST ("PP / 23 Feby/1848")' (Oxley #21; Proud #D1; ERD) largely very fine b/s on GAK outer, endorsed "Paid 1d". Rated B+. 200

Lot 460 460 C A- A1 GAMPOLA: ditto, very fine b/s endorsed "13 Octr/Paid" (no year) on GAK outer. 150 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 21 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 461 461 C A+ A1 GAMPOLA: ditto, very fine b/s endorsed "Free/30March/1848" on OHMS GAK outer. Superb! [While not rated separately by Oxley, "Free" endorsements are much scarcer then "Paid" or "Not Paid" types] 350

Lot 462 462 C A- A1 HAMBANTOTA: 'HAMBANTOTTE/("26 July/59")/=POST-FREE=' (Oxley #20; Proud #OPD1) very fine strike of the worn state in brownish ink on reverse of partly-printed 'REGISTER of DRAFTS...' to "Kornegalle" with almost fine strike of 'COLOMBO/JY23/59/=POST-FREE=' cds (rated B; LRD - Proud's LRD MR21/54) in red. Rated D: believed to be the only recorded date. [This is a remarkable missent item. Hambantota is 148 miles S of Colombo; Kurunegala (Kornegalle) is 58 miles NW of Colombo!] 750

Lot 463 463 C B C2 JAFFNA: straight-line 'JAFFNA' & 'POST PAID' (Oxley #2 & 2pp; Proud #PS1 & PD1) light but largely obvious strikes in red on mission outer to London "Per Overland/Despatch", 'INDIA'-in-oval h/s & London arrival b/s both in red, rated "6/2" (!). Rated B. [Very fine strikes on 1838 outer sold for $US374 at the "Serendib" sale (2002)] 200 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 22 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 464 464 C B B1- JAFFNA: straight-line 'JAFFNA POST PAID' (Oxley #11; Proud #PD3; LRD) light but clear strike in red on entire to "The Duvan of Cochin" (= the Prime Minister) endorsed "Jaffnapatam/November 13 1842/Post paid", boxed 'COCHIN/("23-11-42")/Paid' b/s in red. Rated C. [Recorded by Proud 6/7/1842 - the Oxley & Traill example that sold for £418 (1990) - to 13/11/1842 only & it may be that there are only the two examples recorded] 600

Lot 465 465 C B JAFFNA: 'JAFFNA/MR27/1860/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oxley #13; Proud #UP2; despite it being badly worn, the only recorded example) plus 'JAFFNA/=SHIP-LETTER=' (Oxley #16; Proud #SL1; LRD) oily strike in red in error & crossed-through - which slightly tore the paper - and again in black (a very fine strike) - both with the date in pen over the apparently "frozen" 'JU24/1846' - all on reverse of entire headed "Madras" to Mauritius "Per Nonpareil", '[crown]/MAURITIUS/=GPO=' arrival b/s. An exceptional combination of very rare markings. Ex Traill: sold for £121 (1990).

This appears to have been to Oxley the only known examples of all these markings. It is clear that Steamer Letter markings were used far more often than Ship Letter types. Proud records #SL1 from 1849 but that may be only one additional example. 750

Lot 466 466 C A- A1- JAFFNA: 'JAFFNA/JU4/1848/=STEAMER-LETTER=' (Oxley #15; Proud #SL2) almsot very fine b/s on mission outer to London (b/s), rated "1/-". Rated C. The 1848 example Ex Oxley & Traill sold for £187 (1990), making the previous lot look a real bargain. 500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 23 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 467 467 C A- KANDY: straight-line 'KANDY' & 'POST PAID' h/s (Oxley #2 & 2pp; Proud #PS1 & PD1) good & very fine strikes on 1821 mission outer to London "by the/Alexander", partly over-struck with boxed 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' h/s in red, London arrival b/s in red, docketed on flap "June 8 21/Rev F Browning". Rated C/C+: LRD, recorded in 1820 only. [Kandy was the last Singhalese stronghold & fell to the British only in 1815. The post office opened in 1820, making this one of the very earliest Highlands letters] 500

Lot 468 468 C A- B1 KANDY: 'KANDY/SP3/1846/=POST-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud # PD4; ERD) almost fine b/s on lengthy entire headed "Rangalla 1st September 1846" to Bombay, 'G.P.O/SE21/* A.M *' arrival b/s. Rated B. [Rare up-country letter Including a small sketch showing Wright's Land, Ranwella Ridge & Rangalla - = "gold rock" - where the PO opened 1/7/1873] 250

Lot 469 469 C B B2 KANDY: ditto, good b/s of JA11/1847 on similar lengthy entire from the same correspondence, very fine Bombay GPO arrival b/s, rated "1/-" in red & "12 As", minor toning. [Signed "James Duncan" who speaks of the addressee's (his nephew's) "visit to the island of your fathers" so the Duncans must have very early British arrivals] 175 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 24 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 470 470 C B A1 KANDY: 'KANDY/FE10/1846/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud #UP3; ERD) very fine b/s on GAK outer from Colombo with very fine oval 'POST N PAID' d/s, various rate markings on the face & endorsed at Kandy "Returned/Feb 10 48/not paid/[initials]". Rated C: Oxley recorded for 1848 only, Proud 1846-1852. 500

Lot 471 471 C A- B1 KANDY: ditto, largely fine b/s of NO22/1847 on entire to "Nichola [?] Oya Estate/near Matelle", no arrival b/s. [The similar Matelle cds is recorded in 1848 only & was not seen by Oxley] 200

Lot 472 472 C A- A1 KANDY: octagonal '[crown]/KANDY/POST FREE/24AUG24/1829' (Proud #OPD2) largely superb strike in red on large-part GAK outer to "George Turnour Esq/Rev Com" (= Revenue Commissioner) from "Madawalatene" (endorsed at L/L; in the NW Province; PO opened in 1848). Unrecorded by Oxley; Proud records 10/6/1829 - 6/3/1830. 500

Lot 473 473 C A- A1- KANDY: ditto, largely very fine strike of 6MAR6/1830 (LRD) on front endorsed "Madawalatene March five 1830/[initials]" at top & "EMcPherson/Agents" at base. [Was this an official form of franking?] 400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 25 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 474 474 C A- A1- KANDY: 'KANDY/OC18/1844/=STEAMER-LETTER=' (Oxley #15; Proud #SL1) largely very fine strike in reddish ink (not recorded thus by Oxley) on lengthy cross-written entire to London "Pr Seaforth", rated "3/-" & "1/-" for inwards packet letter, London arrival b/s in red. Rated B+. 300

Lot 475 475 C B A1 KANDY: ditto, very fine b/s of NO14/1847 on lengthy entire headed "Bogandure [?] Mills" to Scotland endorsed "via marseilles" & rated "2/3", London & Edinburgh transits both in red & 'ABERDEEN' arrival b/s. 200

Lot 476 476 C A A1 KEGALLA: 'KAYGALLE/("11/1848/4")/=POST-PAID=' (Oxley #18 - recorded 1855-57 only; Proud #PD1; ERD) very fine strike on GAK outer endorsed "Kaigalle 4th Novr 1848" at top. Rated C+. [Proud misread the date as 11/4/1848] 400

Lot 477 477 C B A1- KEGALLA: ditto, fine b/s with mss "25 Oct/55/pp" on mourning cover to London, 'BRITISH-PACKET/PAID/POSTAGE' (Oxley #22a) on the face partly overstruck with London arrival cds in red, part-flap missing. 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 26 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 478 478 C A B1 KOTMALE: horseshoe 'KOTMALE/POST/("5th June/56/Paid")' (Oxley #21; Proud #D1; ERD) light but clear b/s on unusual yellow GAK outer, rated "11d" in red, endorsed on the flap "opened by mistake/6 5 56" (the date in the American style!). Rated C; recorded by Oxley for 1859 only. 350

Lot 479 479 C B KURUNEGALA: straight-line 'KURUNAGALA' largely very fine & partial 'POST FREE' (Oxley #2 & 2pf; Proud #PS1 & OPD1; LRD) on OHMS front to "The Agent of Government/Kornegalle" & franked by "TEden" at lower-left but endorsed "Returned to Colombo". Rated C. 350

Lot 480 480 C B B1- KURUNEGALA: semi-circle 'KARUNDUGALLE/("12th Oct/55/Paid")' (Oxley #21var; Proud #D1) good b/s on entire headed "Kotmalee 10th Oct 1850" to Scotland "p Steamer from Galle", 'KANDY/=STEAMER-LETTER=' & London transit b/s, boxed 'FORRES' arrival b/s (poor). Rated C. [ Oxley lists this as a separate office, while Proud treats it as an alternate spelling, supported by Kotmale being in the vicinity of Kurunegala] 300

Lot 481 481 C (B) B1 KURUNEGALA: ditto, better b/s with mss "15 November/PNP" (Post Not Paid) & 'KANDY/=STEAMER-LETTER=' b/s on 1855 entire to London "Via Marseilles", reinforced internal faults. Rated C+. 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 27 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 482 482 C B A1+ MADAWALATENNA: semi-circle 'MADEWELLETENNE/("1848/10 Novr/PNP" (= Post Not Paid) ( Oxley #21var; Proud #PS1; ERD) superb b/s on GAK outer (a little aged), rated "2d". Rated B++. Stunning! [Oxley lists this under "Mahawalatenna", the town being renamed c.1899, a change not noted by Proud] 500

Lot 483 483 C A- A1+ MADAWALATENNA: ditto, superb b/s with mss "1849/30 Jun/Free" b/s on GAK entire endorsed "Police Court/Madaweletene" on the face. Rated B++. 500

Lot 484 484 C A- A1+ MATALE: 'MATELLE/("5/1847/30")/=POST-PAID=' (Oxley #18; Proud #PD1) superb b/s on GAK outer, endorsed "1d". Rated C. 400

Lot 485 485 C B B1 MATALE: ditto, largely fine strike of the worn state on GAK outer, rated "d1" in red. 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 28 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 486 486 C B B2 MATALE: 'MATELLE/("13/1848/2")/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oxley #19; Proud #UP2; ERD) largely fine strike of the worn state on flap of GAK outer, endorsed "charged [initials] d2". Rated C+ (Types 19 & 20 are not actually rated by Oxley but that is an omission). 300

Lot 487 487 C A A1 MATALE: 'MATELLE/("5th/Janry/1845")/=POST-FREE=' (Oxley #20; Proud #OPD1; ERD) very fine strike on GAK front. Rated C+. 400

Lot 488 488 C A A1 MATALE: ditto, very fine b/s of "9/1852/13" (LRD) on OHMS GAK outer. [Proud misread the date as 13/9/1862] 400

Lot 489 489 C A- A1- NEGOMBO: 'NEGOMBO/("29th Jun/1855")/POST-FREE' (Oakley #20; Proud #OPD1; ERD) largely very fine strike on face of OHMS GAK mourning outer, also with incongruous 'NEGOMBO/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oakley #19; Proud #UP1; the only recorded example) light strike (B1) with no date entered on the reverse. Rated D [Oxley recorded both markings only from the proof impression books] 750 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 29 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 490 490 C A A1- NUWARA ELIYA: straight-line 'NUWERE ELLIA' & 'POST PAID' h/s (Oakley #2 & 2pp; Proud #PS1 & PD1) largely very fine strikes on face of c.1838 GAK large-part outer. Rated B. The 1844 entire Ex Agabeg & Traill sold for £418 (1990). [Proud rendered #PS1 incorrectly as "Nuwera ellia"] 750

Lot 491 491 C B A1- NUWARA ELIYA: undated 'NUWERA ELLIA/("13 Mar")/=POST-PAID=' (Oakley #18; Proud #PD2) very fine b/s on cover to London, very fine 'COLOMBO/=STEAMER-LETTER=' b/s & 'BRITISH-PACKET/PAID/POSTAGE' on the face, London arrival d/s in red on the face & curious docketting "Tipping George/one £1". Rated D; recorded by Proud 1846-61. 400

Lot 492 492 C B A3 NUWARA ELIYA: ditto, partial b/s on 1854 entire to the Countess of Humdel & Suarez (?) in London (arrival b/s in red), interesting letter apparently from a domestic servant who writes "...how badly off we are here for celebration of Masses in our poor little hut chapels...not more than four or five Catholick families in New Arelia so that this village could not support a priest...a few of the natives...chant the Mass service in Singaleese...". 250

Lot 493 493 C B D1 NUWARA ELIYA: undated 'NUWERA-ELLIA/("23 May (?)")/=POST-NOT-PAID=' (Oxley #19; Proud #UP1; the only recorded example) poor striike of the very worn state on c.1850 large-part GAK outer, rated "3d". Rated D. 150 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 30 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 494 494 C A A1- NUWARA ELIYA: undated 'NUWERA-ELLIA/("25/Apl")/=POST-FREE=' (Oxley #20; Proud #OPD2) largely very fine b/s on c.1848 OHMS GAK outer endorsed on the face "Renter of the Toll at the Top of the Pass". Rated D; recorded by Proud 1846-48. Ex Traill: sold for an insignificant £60 (1990). 400

Lot 495 495 C B A1 PUSSELAWA: horseshoe 'PUSILAWE/("21 Augt 53")/=POST-("Paid")' (Oxley #21; Proud #D2) very fine b/s on GAK outer, faint toning. Rated B+. 200

Lot 496 496 C A- A1+ PUSSELAWA: ditto, superb b/s of "23July56" on cover to Scotland, 'KANDY/JY23/=STEAMER-LETTER=' transit backstamp & 'BRITISH-PACKET/PAID/-POSTAGE' handstamp on the face, London transit on the face & Edinburgh arrival b/s both in red 300

Lot 497 497 C A A1+ PUSSELAWA: ditto, very fine b/s of "2 June/1849" endorsed "Free" on OHMS GAK outer. Rated B++. 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 31 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 498 498 C A A1+ PUSSELAWA: ditto, very fine b/s of "18Feby55" endorsed "Free" on OHMS GAK outer. 300

Lot 499 499 C A A1- RAMBODA: undated 'RAMBODDE/("23/1854/9/PPaid")' (Oxley #21var; Proud D1) very fine b/s on GAK outer, rated "1½d" in red. Rated B+. 300

Lot 500 500 C A- A1 TRINCOMALEE: octagonal '[crown]/TRINCOS/POST PAID/23OC23/182-' (Oxley #8; Proud PD3: second state with frame worn-away) largely very fine strike on face of 1836 mission outer to London "per Algerine", superb large double-oval 'OUT STATION/MADRAS/2NO2/1836/SHIP LETTER' & fine oval 'MADRAS/GPO/SNO2/1836/SHIP LETTER' transit b/s, boxed 'DEAL/INDIA LETTER' & London arrival b/s both in red. Rated B+.

The recording of this & the next marking is sub-standard: Oxley appears to have two entries for the first h/s; Proud has omitted the 'S' of 'TRINCOS', reinstated a frameline that doesn't exist & assigned the marking to 1823, while giving his ERD for PD5 as 23.10.36!! 750 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 32 CEYLON - Pre-Stamp Markings (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 501 501 C A A1+ TRINCOMALEE: octagonal '[crown]/TRINCO/POST PAID/16JUL16/18 4 4' (Oxley #8.3; Proud PD5 second state with frame worn-away) stunning strike on face of entire (dated 4/7/1844) to England, superb 'INDIA'-in-oval h/s in red, London transit & superb 'WAKEFIELD' arrival cds in red, redirected to 'YORK' (arrival b/s in blue). Rated B++. [The lengthy letter has excellent naval content]

Again the recording of this marking is sub-standard: Oxley states it is also inscribed 'TRINCOS'; Proud has omitted the crown. We note that the Serendib example of 24JUN24/1844 - stated to be "the discovery copy" - still has parts of the frame. This appears to be the only recorded example with the frame fully omitted. 1,000

Lot 502 502 C A C1 TRINCOMALEE: 'TRINCOMALEE/2JY/1850/=POST-PAID=' (Oxley #12; Proud #PD8) fine but very worn b/s on GAK outer endorsed "Prepaid/4½d". Rated C. 200 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers

Ex Lot 503 503 PS A-/B 1857-59 Postal Stationery Envelopes 1d to 2/- HG 1-10 complete set Tress Type 1 on 4d 6d 9d & 1/-, the others with Type 2, also 10d HG B12 with Type 5, minor blemishes, Cat $US275 in the Dark Ages. Scarce set. (11) 500

Lot 504 504 C B 1857 small cover to "Caltura" (Kalutara) with Imperf 1d blue SG 2a (cut-close) tied by bars cancel (#K1) of Galle, largely fine 'GALLE/NO6/1857/=POST-PAID=' (#PD6) b/s. Attractive. [The 1d was issued only in August 1857: usages in that year are rarely seen] 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 33 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 505 505 C B 1857 small cover to an officer in the 37th Regiment in India with 1d deep turquoise-blue SG 2 (4, margins, a couple of tiny blemishes) & light but fine 'KAYGALLE/("4Nov/1857")/=POST-PAID=' (#PD1; LRD) b/s, twice redirected & endorsed "To await arrival/at Dinapore", three Indian b/s, minor blemishes. [The stamp has a manuscript cancellation that may be Singhalese characters. Proud records no pre-BN "killer"] 500

Ex Lot 506 506 C B 1860-61 three internal outers with Imperf 1d blue (shades, one oxidised, margins in places) tied by light bars cancels & poor/worn 'POST-PAID' backstamps in red 1) to "District Court/Badulla" from 'NUWERA-ELLIA' (#PD2, with mss date); 2) to Kandy with Colombo (largely fine) & Kandy arrival; & 3) to "Burn Estate/Ambegamoa" with Colombo & Kandy b/s; a few faults. (3) 250

Lot 507 507 PS B 1862 usage of 6d purple-brown Envelope with Tress Type 1 HG B5 to "New Brunswick/Br N America" & endorsed "via Southampton", grid cancel of Kandy (#K1), poor 'KANDY/=POST-PAID=' cds (#PD4) in red & 'KANDY/ =STEAMER-LETTER=' (#SL1) b/s, London transit cds in red on the face, small-part 'FREDERICKTON/NB' arrival b/s, a few very minor blemishes. Unpriced used by Higgins & Gage

One of the great rarities of British Empire Postal Stationery & one of the most important items in the collection, additionally to an exceptional destination. [Joseph Hackmey's example to England - uprated with 1d x3 - sold for $US7344 (2009)] 5,000 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 34 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 508 508 C A- 1862 cover to the wife of the Commanding Officer "3rd Hyderabad Cavalry/Mominabad" endorsed "via Bombay" with Imperf 6d purple-brown SG 6 (close to huge margins except at base where just shaved & a fragment of the adjoining unit above) tied by manuscript lines & overstruck with bars cancel of Kandy, poor strike of the badly worn 'MADEWELLETENNE/("15Jany62")' b/s (#PS1; LRD by 3 years), fair 'KANDY/=POST-PAID=' (#PD4) and 'KANDY/=STEAMER-LETTER=' (#SL1) b/s, largely fine to very fine strike of the rare boxed 'Too Late for the/Steamer of ("17 Jany 62")' h/s (#i6; LRD) on the face, Bombay & 'BARSEE' transits & 'MOMINABAD' arrival b/s in red, a couple of minor blemishes & a minor flap repair in no way detract from this excellent cover. 1,500

Lot 509 509 C A- 1862 cover to Scotland "via Southampton" with Imperf 1/- violet SG 10 (almost full margins, corner fault at upper-left, Cat £200 x4+ on cover) tied by red smudge, fine strike of the badly worn 'PALLAI/("21-7-62")/ =POST-PAID=' b/s (#PD1; the only recorded example) in red & fine 'PERTH' arrival b/s, ironed-out vertical fold. [Norris' two solo frankings - both from Colombo to London via Marseilles - sold for £667 & £690 respectively (2006). NB: Proud's illustration of #PD1 is wrongly inscribed 'PALLA'] 1,500

Ex Lot 510 510 PS 1863-68 group of 1d blue Envelopes (shades) to Colombo from 'HALDUMMULLA' (ERD; printed address of Capper & Sons, & cancelled with initials, stained), 'KANDY' (#PD6) or 'KURNEGALLE' (LRD), and local usages at Colombo (2) & 'PUTLAM' (#PD1; date unclear but only one other example recorded; Tress Type 1), bars cancels & '.../PAID' cds in red, condition variable (6) 600 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 35 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 511 511 C B 1866 (Apr) cover to London "via Marseilles" with very fine 10d vermilion (orange-red?) tied by very fine bars cancel, light 'GALLE/PAID' cds in red, superb London arrival cds in red on the face, minor blemishes. Attractive. 400

Lot 512 512 C B 1866 (July) part-entire to France "Via Suez" with Perf 12½ 2d grey-green - trimmed at top & base - & 6d purple-brown tied by pen cancel overstruck with bars cancels & 'GALLE/PAID' cds (#PD7) in red alongside, French mailboat 'POSS ANGL SUEZ/A MARSEILLE' cds & 'PD' h/s both in red, the address partly "enhanced". 300

Ex Lot 513 513 C A/B 1866-68 covers to "Old Palace/Kandy", "Dambootenne/near Happootelle/To be forwarded with the Governor's letters", or Colombo (very fine mourning cover), all with Perf 14-15½ 1d blue (shades), bars cancels & 'NUWERA-ELIYA/PAID' (#PD3) or 'NUWARA-ELIYA/PAID' (#PD4; ERD by 7 years!) cds, the first with double-boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s (#i5), the second with 'BADULLA/PAID' cds, all these markings in red. [The addressee, FB Templer, was a prominent Highlands settler & dignitary. Dambutenne is prime tea country, & site of one of Sir Thomas Lipton's major plantations] (3) 500

Lot 514 514 C A- 1867 stampless outer to Holland "via Marseilles" with 'GALLE/UNPAID' cds (#UP5), very fine 'POSS AN V SUEZ/P.AN.A.MARS' marine sorter cds in red, 'PARIS/ETRANGER' b/s & rated "110" (decimes), superb 'AMSTERDAM' arrival b/s. [Despite the large "Dutch Burgher" community, mail to the Netherlands is rarely seen] 250 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 36 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 515 515 C C 1868 (March) cover to a Muslim in Mauritius endorsed "Per Steamer/Stamped & Registered/Telegram" with excellent mixed-issue franking of 4d rose-carmine SG 65b pair & De La Rue 3d rose tied by bars cancels, 'GALLE/PAID' & largely fine strike of the scarce oval 'GALLE/REGISTERED' h/s (#R8; ERD) both in red, 'MAURITIUS' arrival b/s & superb '4D/TO PAY' h/s in blue, piece missing at right & some internal repairs still most attractive & opened-out for display. 600

Lot 516 516 C A- 1868 (June) cover to London with 6d deep brown (a couple of faults) & very fine 1/- violet tied by very fine BN '11' (ERD), very fine 'PANADURE/PAID' (#PD2; ERD - recorded for 4 months only), light "Registered" at upper-left in red pencil, oval 'REGISTERED/LONDON' arrival d/s in red. [Pre-1870 registered covers are very scarce: we noted none in Traill & Norris, one in "Serendib", & even Joseph Hackmey had only six!] 1,000

Lot 517 517 C B 1868 (Dec) cover to "Colpetty" (Kollupitiya) with superb horizontal pair of Rough Paper 1d blue SG 28 tied by bars of Kandy, 'KANDY/PAID' & 'COLOMBO/PAID' b/s both in red, minor blemishes. 250

Lot 518 518 C (B) 1868 (Dec) cover - Orient Hotel, Galle emblem on the flap - to Australia with 5d olive-green SG 66b (rounded corner) tied by light 'B'-in-Bars cancel, light 'GALLE/PAID' cds in red at lower-left, Melbourne transit & Horsham arrival b/s, ironed-out creases & repaired tears. Offer Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 37 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 519 519 C B 1869 large-part outer to Colombo with De La Rue 1d blue SG 61 (Cat £11 x15+) tied by very fine 'F'-in-Bars (#K2), very fine 'TRINCOMALIE/PAID' cds (#PD10) & 'COLOMBO/PAID' b/s (#PD10) both in red, minor blemishes. 250

Lot 520 520 C B 1869 outer to Colombo with De La Rue 1d blue SG 61 tied by light but obvious Barred Numeral '9.' (#K2), very fine 'KALUTARA/PAID' b/s (#PD4; ERD) & part arrival b/s both in red, minor blemishes. ['9.' was issued in error but was used for at least 3 years before being replaced with '6.'] 200

Lot 521 521 C B 1871 cover to England "via Brindisi" with scarce franking of De La Rue Perf 14 3d carmine-rose SG 62 x4 (two pairs; some surface damage; Cat £192 x15+) tied by 3 fine to very fine strikes of BN '57', fine 'MANAAR/OC27/71/PAID' cds (#PD3; ERD) in red at lower-left, Colombo & Leeds transit b/s & very fine 'RIPLEY/YORKSHIRE' arrival b/s, a bit soiled. [Rodney Frost has advised that less than twenty Pence issue covers are recorded with Barred Numerals. He also says that this is the only BN Manaar cover known to him] 500

Lot 522 522 C (B) 1871 cover to India with 8d black-brown SG 69b tied by 'A'-in-Bars, 'COLOMBO/PAID' (#PD10) & oval 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' (#R3; LRD) h/s both in red, Indian hexagonal 'CALIMERE POINT' d/s on the face & Bombay arrival b/s, flap missing & a few faults still attractive. 250 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 38 CEYLON - Pence Issues Covers (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 523 523 C A- 1871 entire to Calcutta "per Str China" with scarce franking of De La Rue Perf 14 1d blue single & pair + 3d carmine-rose cancelled with two discernible strikes of the octagonal 'FORWARDED/BY/LL VANDERSPAR & CO' cachet overstruck with poor 'B' cancels & an Indian cancel in blue, faint 'GALLE/PAID' cds & superb double-boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s (#i5; ERD) in red, equally impressive 'STEAMER LETTER/GPO/CALCUTTA' arrival b/s also in red.. [Letter acknowledges telegrams received & states "...rice has not been doing very well"] 750

Lot 524 524 C C 1871 (Dec) flapless cover to Yorkshire "Via Brindisi" with 6d black-brown SG 55c x2 tied by pen cancel & central strike of BN '57', very fine 'MANAAR/PAID' cds (#PD3) in red alongside, redirected to London with GB 1d Plate 129 tied by 'RIPLEY/YORKS' duplex, some peripheral damage still most attractive. 400 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947

Ex Lot 525 525 CPS QV period internal covers & Postal Stationery with good range of markings including 'COLOMBO COURTS/PAID' (2 different), 'COURTS/PAID', 'KATUGASTOTTA' with mss date (LRD), 'DIYATALAWA' on 1902 front to a Boer parolee at Mount Lavinia, 'PEARL FISHERY' arrival b/s on 1903 native cover (faults), 'THE CAMP' on 1902 Letter Card, 'TOO LATE' types (4 diff, one with BN '90' & 'AGRAPATANA/PAID' cds), a few TPOs & 'COLOMBO/KL' (2), etc, condition variable but generally good to very fine. (22) 450 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 39 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 526 526 CPS QV period covers & Postal Stationery to Great Britain including 1864 & 1867 stampless with 'HAPPOOTELLE/PAID' (the only recorded example) or 'GALLE/UNPAID' (#UP5), 1874 with 48c, 1879 4c Envelope uprated 4c grey x7 with BN '34' & 'GAMPOLA/PAID' (#PD2; LRD), 1888 with 'COLOMBO/KL' cds, 1894 with 5c strip 'NANUOYA' (ERD) & 'TOO LATE' h/s in red, 1894 5c Envelope to Ireland uprated 5c x5 with 'PUTTALAM' cds & 'RAHENY' arrival b/s, 1896 16c from Galle, etc, condition rather mixed. (12) 300

Ex Lot 527 527 CPS - another group, to foreign countries including 1898 to Hungary with 'BAMBALAPITIYA/RO' cds, 1894 Compagnie Nantaise de Navigation cover to France with 15c & 'PETTAH' cds, 1900 PPC of Diyatalawa POW Camp to Germany with Camp cds & Censor cachet, 1892 to Italy with 'KOTEHENA' cds (ERD), 1899 to Switzerland with 'INCONNU A L'APPEL' h/s, 'Adresse/ungenügend' label & Colombo RLO cds, five to the USA including from 'KEGALLA' (with 24mm 'RAILWAY POST OFFICE' b/s #D6), 'MANIPAY' & 'MATALE' (double-rate with 2c 3c & 25c) etc, condition variable. (13) 400

Ex Lot 528 528 CPS Eclectic bundle with some better postmarks including 1886 'MARADANA/PAID', 1946 'KAYMANS GATE', 1932 'TELLIPPALAI' & 1933 'VELVETTITURAI', 'PB'-in-triangle of Pettah (?, unlisted) & 'P.B.'-in-capsule of Kandy, 1946-51 Receipt for Telegram x3 different, 1946 telegram with 'KOCHCHIKADE' cds, 1904 Kandy-NEliya with black/green 'LETTER MIS-SENT TO' label & 'GAMPOLA' cds, 1929 Postal Card to Malta (toning), QV Postal Card with advertising,two parcel tags etc, condition variable but generally good to very fine. (52) 500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 40 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 529 529 C 1874-80 group mostly to England at various rates comprising 4c internal with BN '11' & 'PANADURA/PAID' cds; 16c front only with boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s; 24c x2 with 4c grey x6 with poor BN '84' & light 'LEMASTOTA/PAID' cds, or 24c with bold GPO duplex (#KD6); 32c x2 with 8c & 24c 'B' cancel & 'GALLE/PAID' cds in red, or 32c with poor BN '74' & very fine 'LINDOOLA/PAID' cds (#PD1; ERD); and 48c x3 with 24c pair again with poor '74' & very fine 'LINDOOLA/PAID' cds, or 48c x2 (one with bars cancel & 'PERADENIYA' cds (as #D1 but with mss date); condition a bit mixed but generally good to fine. Scarce group. [The two Lindula items with enclosed letters] (9) 800

Lot 530 530 C A 1879 mourning cover to "Old Palace/Kandy" with 4c grey tied by bars cancel (#K1) & largely very fine 'SLAVE ISLAND/AU22/79/COLOMBO' cds (#D1) - both the only recorded examples - and 'COLOMBO/PAID' & 'KANDY/PAID' b/s. 250

Lot 531 531 PS A 1883 2c Wrapper to France "Per French Packet" uprated with 2c brown (folded around the wrapper) with superb strikes of BN '54', 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI/PAID' cds (#PD2; ERD) & boxed 'TOO LATE' h/s (#i4) in red, French 'MODANE A PARIS' TPO cds. 300 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 41 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 532 532 C 1914-18 World War I group comprising cover from GB with first type 'CENSOR/17SEP1914' h/s & readdressed from 'MADULSIMA' (ERD), three stampless POW covers to Switzerland (2) or Germany, from 'MADAMPE OLD TOWN' with light 'PASSED CENSOR/DHANUSHKODI' (site of the only land border between India & Ceylon, 50m in length on an island!), and 1916 to Nairobi with green/white 'OPENED BY CENSOR/UNDER/MARTIAL LAW' label tied by 'PASSED BY/POSTAL CENSOR/MOMBASA' h/s, good to very fine but the last has been roughly opened. (6) 350

Ex Lot 533 533 C AIRMAIL: Packet of KGV-KGVI covers mostly from smaller towns including 1935 to France with 50c Jubilee, 1936 to GB with 4d added for forwarding to Austria, 1938 to Australia, 1938 to Switzerland with 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID...' h/s, 1946 front to Belgium with boxed 'OAT' h/s, 1947 to USA with 2r, 1949 to Switzerland with boxed 'BY AIR UP TO/LONDON ONLY' h/s etc, generally fine to very fine. (33) 500

Ex Lot 534 534 CPS FREE MAIL: 1893-1902 Postal Cards (mostly OHMS types) with boxed 'FREE' h/s of Colombo x2 (to 'DEHIWALA' or Negombo), Galle (##, with 'HAMBANTOTA/FREE' arrival cds; only one other example recorded), Kandy (LRD), Matale (##), Pettah (LRD) & Talawakele (unrecorded); also 1906 long OHMS cover - peripheral faults - from Ratnapura with boxed 'FREE' h/s (##); and 1898 2c Reply Postal Card - soiled - with 'COURTS/FREE' cds (LRD), generally fine to very fine. [## = only recorded example] (9) 500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 42 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 535 535 CPS A/(B) FREE MAIL: Colombo group comprising 1889 long OHMS cover to Mexico! with 'COLOMBO/FREE' cds (#OPD13; ERD), straight-line 'ON POSTAL SERVICE' h/s in red & crowned GPO cachet, a bit knocked-about; boxed 'FREE' h/s (#OPD20) on 1) 1894 OHMS Postal Card (ERD of h/s) & huge Medical Officer cachet in violet; 2) 1898 OHMS cover with RLO cds & crowned GPO cachet; & 3) 1899 stampless cover (LRD of h/s) signed "CWardJackson" & with 'THE QUEEN'S HOUSE/COLOMBO' in red on the flap. (4) 300

Lot 536 536 PS (C) FREE MAIL: 1880 wrapper with printed 'POSTAL/No 287/FREE' at upper-right & 'FROM DEAD LETTER BRANCH/...' imprint at lower-left, endorsed "To be Registered" & with 'COLOMBO/REGISTERED' cds (#R9; the only recorded example) both in red, DLO & GPO wax seals on the reverse, extensively repaired with archival tape. Offer

Ex Lot 537 537 C/PS A-/B REGISTERED MAIL: 1876-89 covers (2) & size G Registration Envelopes (2, with '15 CENTS' or '15/CENTS' Surcharge - one endorsed "Contains blank postcards only" & with clipped corners perhaps to enable inspection) used internally or to Germany (the last) with good to very fine strikes of the scarce/rare oval '.../REGISTERED' h/s of 'GALLE' (#R9; ERD), 'KAIGALLE' (Kegala #R2; ERD), 'KALMUNAI' (#R2; the only recorded example - with 'KALMUNE/PAID' cds), or 'BADULLA' (#R2), a few faults. (4) 600 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 43 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 538 538 CPS REGISTERED MAIL: 1891-99 covers (2), Envelopes (4) & Registration Envelopes (4) all with large wax crown-seals - mostly very fine to superb - on the reverse from 'BOGAWANTALAWA' (oval), 'GALLE' (2), 'JAFFNA' (incoming, with superb 'JAFFNA/REGISTERED' cds (#R4; LRD), 'KANDY' (oval), 'LUNUGALA' (stamps torn from the face), 'MADOOLKELLE' (on badly damaged cover) with 'MADULKELE' cds & boxed 'R' (only recorded example), 'SLAVEISLAND' (one word) & 'VEYANGODA' with boxed 'R' (only recorded example), condition rather mixed. A rare and desirable group. (10) 500

Ex Lot 539 539 CPS B REGISTERED MAIL: 1893-1901 QV group to France with 'DIYATALAWA CAMP' cds & superb boxed 'R' (ERD), to Germany - stamp missing - with superb 'GALLE/[crown]/POST OFFICE' wax seal on reverse & another with 'LIGNE N/PAQ FR No1' d/s, to USA with 'MATALE' cds & boxed 'R' h/s in red (of Colombo?) etc, and Postal Cards - very scarce registered - from Galle to Germany or Montenegro both with 'B'-in-bars & 'R'-in-oval, a few blemishes. (6) 400

Ex Lot 540 540 CPS REGISTERED MAIL: Small box of KGV-KGVI covers & Registration Envelopes from numerous offices all to India with an array of cds & registration markings plus some 'A.R.' types, some also with black/red 'INSURED' labels, noted one with 'RLO/REGISTERED' cds (LRD), condition very mixed but some are good to fine. (39) 250 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 44 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 541 541 CPS REGISTERED MAIL: Packet of KEVII-KGVI covers (16) & Registration Envelopes (6) used internally or to overseas - none to India - with a good range of cds including 1903 'BAGAWANTALAWA' with unframed 'R' (only recordede example), 1934 'BALAPITIYA/MO&SB', 1923 'HABARANA', 1935 'KOCHCHIKADE', 1947 'KURUNEGALA/PARCEL POST', 1935 'PANADURA' with 'PANADURE' label, 1939 'URUGALA', 1929 'WELLAWATTA' etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (22) 500

Ex Lot 542 542 PS B/C REGISTERED MAIL: 1927-43 Avis de Réception cards from India (4) or Malaya with cds of 'BANDARAWELA', 'CHULIPURUM', 'NEGOMBO' (2 different) or 'PETTAH/REGISTERED', all folded a couple heavily; also 1935 from India & still with the registered Postal Card bearing superb 'RLO/REGISTERED' cds (ERD) & boxed 'IN TROUVABLE/NOT TO BE FOUND' h/s (#i38; only one other recorded). (6 items) 250

Ex Lot 543 543 CPS TOO LATE HANDSTAMPS: Mainly QV bundle of Postal Stationery (mostly) & covers with all-different selection of markings with boxed in black from 'HAPUTALE', 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI' & 'RAKWANA' etc, boxed in red from 'HATTON', 'LINDDOLA', 'MANAAR' & 'PANDUL-OYA' etc, unframed in black from 'NUNUOYA' & 'TALAWAKELE' etc, and boxed in red from 'AGRAPATANA' & 'TELLAWAKELLE' etc, some with Barred Numeral cancel or '.../PAID' cds, condition variable but generally good to very fine. (37 items) 500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 45 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 544 544 CPS UNDERPAID MAIL: Bundle with an excellent range of tax markings mostly used at Colombo including 'T' (#UP14; ERD & LRD), various boxed 'T' types, boxed '.../...SHOULD BE PREPAID/20 CENTS FOR EACH ½ OZ' & 1936 TPO cover with oval 'LATE FEE/NOT PAID' etc, 1887 & 1889 Envelopes from 'TALLAWAKELLE' with tiny 'T'-in-circle or 'AVISAWELLA' with large 'T' (both the only recorded examples), mostly internal or to India but also to France, Japan, New Caledonia & Victoria - with Melbourne oval '("1d")/MORE TO PAY' - etc, some airmail covers, condition variable but generally good to very fine. (45 items) 500

Lot 545 545 PS B UNDERPAID MAIL: 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/JAFFNA' (#i4; LRD of only two?) largely fine strike in red on 'FIVE/CENTS' on 4c Envelope to Colombo with 'JAFFNA/UNPAID' (#UP5; ERD) cds in red, endorsed "Key only" so probably overweight, minor blemishes. 400

Lot 546 546 PS A- UNDERPAID MAIL: 'KANDY/INSUFFICIENTLY PAID' (#i6; ERD) very fine strike in red on 4c Envelope (with 'Kandy Club' on the flap) to India also with 'KANDY/PAID' (#PD8) applied in error & overstruck with 'C'-in-Bars (as #K6 but with Round 'C'; ERD), '.../UNPAID' (#UP6; ERD) & 'T'-in-Inverted Triangle (#UP10; the only recorded date), 'GALLE/UNPAID' b/s (#UP6; ERD), Calcutta arrival b/s & 'POSTAGE DUE' h/s, small flap-fault. 600

Lot 547 547 PS (A) UNDERPAID MAIL: 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/KOTMALIE' (#i2; LRD) very fine strike in red on 2c Postal Card to Colombo with 'KOTMALE/UNPAID' (#UP3) cds in red, repaired spikehole. 400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 46 CEYLON - Cents Issues 1872-1947 (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 548 548 C B UNDERPAID MAIL: 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/NUWARAELIYA' (#i2; ERD) superb strike in red on mourning cover to Kandy, 4c grey tied by BN '45', 'NUWARA-ELIYA/UNPAID' cds (#UP3) & similar Kandy b/s - unrecorded type - both in red, ironed-out folds & repaired flap. 400

Lot 549 549 C C UNDERPAID MAIL: 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/("2 cts")/TRINCOMALEE' (#UP5 - just to be inconsistent; LRD) superb strike in red on cover to a dealer in London, also with 'TRINCOMALIE/UNPAID' (#UP6; LRD) & large 'T' h/s (#UP10; the only recorded example), 'TWO' on 4c rosy-mauve x6 & on rose tied to the reverse by BN '70', 'COLOMBO/ W /UNPAID' b/s (#UP10; LRD) in red, a bit soiled & abrasions on the face. 250

Lot 550 550 PS B UNDERPAID MAIL: 1893 (Jan 2) usage of 3c Postal Card to New York with 'TRINCOMALIE' cds (#D2) & superb unframed 'T' h/s (earlier than & different from the type recorded by Proud), London & New York tax h/s & USA Postage Due 2c lake tied by undated 'NEW YORK/PO' cancel, minor blemishes. 400

Ex Lot 551 551 C A UNDERPAID MAIL: 1939 two local underpaid covers to the same address, the first with unrecorded boxed 'REFUSE/REFUSED' h/s, the other with boxed 'INCONNU/NOT KNOWN' h/s (#i37; only one other date recorded), both with Colombo RLO 'RETURNED LETTER' readdressing label - slightly different shades - partly affixed to the face. (2) 400 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 47 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD CEYLON - Barred Letter & Barred Numeral Cancellations With only nine lettered types and 118 numerals, this is an unusually concise collecting field. That having been said, it is a very challenging subject. The Proud collection includes the finest array we have seen of this material, far surpassing Geoff Kellow's collection that Gary Watson sold in the mid-1980s. Neither Proud nor Oxley (the better reference for this subject) provides rarity ratings. In our experience, relative values can be at least approximated by reference to the size or remoteness of the town, and the number of years the office was open. It should also be noted that associated datestamps are usually much scarcer than the cancels: they rarely exist off-cover, whereas many of the cancels are common on loose stamps. Our postmark gradings are explained on page 6.

Ex Lot 552 552 SD P All-different group on Hagners comprising letters 'A' to 'I' with additional types of 'A' (4) 'C' & 'G' plus Numerals '1' to '118' missing only '17' '56' '57' '59 '61' '73' '79' '86' '104' '109' '111' '113' '115' & '116' but with two different of '29' '48' & '118', most strikes are fine to very fine with no "maybes" & a few are superb. A very difficult lot to assemble. (122) 400

Ex Lot 553 553 CPS BARRED LETTERS: All-different group comprising 'A', 'A'-duplex (5), 'B' (2), 'B'-duplex, 'C' (2), 'C1' (very scarce), 'D', 'E', 'F' & 'I' on Postal Cards (11, including to Germany x2 & New York), Letter Card front, Envelopes (2) & covers (2), strikes are fine to superb. (16) 350

Ex Lot 554 554 CPS BARRED NUMERALS: All-different group '1' to '118' on Postal Stationery & thirteen covers, the strikes generally fine to superb. Virtually all have the '.../PAID' cds "ties", many/most of which are much scarcer than their related numerals & including 'BADDEGAMA', 'HAMBANTOTA', 'HICKADUWA' (light), 'MORAWAKA', 'NEGOMBO' & 'PELMADULLA' all in red. Other better items include '29' from both 'DIMBULA' & 'KOTAGALA', '33' & 'FORT MACDONALD', '34' with boxed 'TOO LATE' in red, '54' with 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI' cds & boxed 'TOO LATE' in red, '60' on 5c Envelope front to Corsica uprated with 2c & 24c, '66' on DLR 1d strip of 3 on cover (faults) to India, '84' on cover to GB with 4c grey x6, '96' to Java but uprating removed, '101 on 'FIVE/CENTS' on 4c Envelope with Inverted Surcharge, '106' with unframed 'TOO LATE', '117' on uprated Postal Card registered to Germany etc. Overall condition is generally good to very fine. An exceptional lot representing 78% of all numbers & a high proportion from smaller villages. (93) 2,000 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 48 CEYLON - Barred Letter & Barred Numeral Cancellations (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 555 555 C BARRED NUMERALS: all-different slection on covers (no Postal Stationery) including '6.' with 'KALUTARA/PAID' in red, on mourning cover, '19' with 'BENTOTA/PAID' in red, '23' & 'MATARA/PAID' in red, '28' on 20c on 16c & 'BADULLA/PAID' to USA, '63' & 'VAVUNIYA VELANKALAN/PAID', '74' & 'LINDOOLA' cds in red, 'E' on 5c strip of 5 & 'KURNEGALLE/PAID' to France, etc, three are to to the Governor of Ceylon, strikes & covers are good to very fine. (11) 750

Lot 556 556 PS B BARRED NUMERALS: '7' (#K2; LRD) three light but fine strikes on 5c Envelope - uprated with 3c pair & 4c - to "Army Pay Depot/Malta", 'KAIGALLE/AU2/93/PAID' cds (#PD5; LRD) & 19mm 'RAILWAY/POST OFFICE' b/s (#D2), fine 'MALTA' arrival b/s, a few blemishes. Scarce destination. 200

Lot 557 557 PS A- B1 BARRED NUMERALS: '31' (#K3) two largely very fine strikes tying 4c grey & 8c orange pair to 1878 4c Envelope to England "Via Marseilles", very fine 'DELTOTA/PAID' cds (#PD3), repaired flap faults. Very fresh & attractive. [Norris' similar cover with 8c x4 from the same correspondence sold for £437 (2006)] 400

Ex Lot 558 558 PS A A1+ BARRED NUMERALS: '58' (#K2) superb strike on 1884 8c Postal Card to London with equally stunning 'BOGAWANTALAWA/PAID' cds (#PD3); & 1894 5c Postal Card to England with very fine 'BOGANTALAWA' cds with Reversed 'N' (#D3) (2) 250 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 49 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD CEYLON - Datestamps There are so many rarities in this field that we felt unable to even attempt to sort the wheat from the chaff. Again, rarity is often related to the size and remoteness of an office, and the period for which it was open. Proud provides earliest (ERDs) & latest (LRDs) recorded dates which are very useful but not necessarily indicative of rarity. A 20 year usage period might suggest that a marking is common but may mean that only two examples 20 years apart have been noted. On the other hand, some markings recorded for short periods are readily available. Collecting of KGVI period postmarks has been advanced by the recent publication of David Horry's "Encyclopaedia" on the postmarks of the reign. While an attempt is made at providing rarity ratings, the author's unfortunate methodology of listing markings by "type" makes his book rather difficult to use. However, whichever way one views the situation, it is undeniable that Ceylon datestamps offer the enthusiast boundless opportunities for research and discovery.

Ex Lot 559 559 SD 'ADAMPAN' to 'YOGIYANA' - no Colombo GPO - extensive all-different collection in bulging Hagner album with a few earlies but mainly from the 1890s onwards & with strength in the KGV-KGVI period, many offices - even small ones - represented by multiple types, scarce items including record dates throughout & some the only recorded examples. Also some Money Order & other special use types. As should be expected, the quality of the strikes varies but it is generally fine to very fine with numerous superb examples noted. A high proportion are on large format stamps, multiples or piece. A wonderful basis for expansion. (2000 approx) 2,000

Ex Lot 560 560 C A/B 1959-63 Ceylon Tea Plantations Co postcards to London with a good array of mostly legible cds, some duplication. (80 approx) Offer

Ex Lot 561 561 CPS QUEEN VICTORIA: 'AGARAPATANA' to 'YATIYANTOTA' all-different array on covers & Postal Stationery with no Colombo GPO & many better items including 1888 'AMBEPUSSA', 1903 'CHAVAKACHCHERI', 1902 'COURTS', 1900 'DEVELOPITIYA' in violet, 1898 'GAMMADUA' (superb), 1894 'GINTOTA' (no date), unlisted 1892 'HALDUMULLA', 1885 'HENERATAGODA', 1895 'HORONA', 1891 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI/PAID', 1880 'KURNEGALLE/PAID', 1903 'PEARL FISHERY' (two part-b/s), 1896 'PUNDULU OYA', 1888 'PUTLAM/PAID', 1903 'PUWAKPITIYA', 1894 'THE CAMP' (on flimsy Postal Card front), 1894 'TONACOMBE', 1895 'UNAWATUNE', 1900 'UNDUGODA', 1895 'WELLIMADA', etc, some '.../PAID' types mostly with Barred Numerals, condition a bit variable but both strikes and covers are generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot. (160 approx) 2,000 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 50 CEYLON - Datestamps (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 562 562 CPS QUEEN VICTORIA: '.../PAID' cds all-different 1880s-1890s array mostly on Postal Stationery with no Colombo & including 'DOLOSBAGE', 'JAFFNAKACHCHERI', 'KURNEGALLE' (on 1884 cover to GB with 24c), 'KURUNEGALLE', 'NUWARRA ELLIA', 'PUSSELLAVA', 'SLAVE ISLAND' (3 different), 'TALLAWAKELLE', 'TRINCOMALIE', 'VAVUNIYA VELANKULAN' & 'YATIYANTOTA' etc plus red strikes from 'BADDEGAMA', 'BOGAWANTALAWA' (toned), 'HALDUMMULA' (on 1875 stampless entire), 'NUWARA-ELIYA' (on 1873 4c Envelope to GB uprated with 48c, some spotting) & 'PUSSELLAWA' (b/s - the only recorded example - on 1873 cover to GB with 48c), mostly with the relevant Barred Numeral, condition variable. A highly desirable lot. (69) 2,000

Ex Lot 563 563 PS A/B QUEEN VICTORIA: '.../R.O.' cds on 1891-1908 Postal Stationery from 'ANGULANA' (b/s), 'BAMBALIPITIYA', 'CINNAMONGARDEN', 'GALBODA', 'MAGGONIA', unlisted 'KENDANGAMUWA', superb 'PADIAPALELLLE', 'UKUWALA', 'WADUWA' & 'WATAGODA', good to very fine strikes. Rare Receiving Offices group. (10) 750

Ex Lot 564 564 CPS KING EDWARD VII: 'AGRAPATANA' to 'YATIYANTOTA' all-different array on covers PPCs & Postal Stationery with no Colombo GPO & many better items including 'JAFFNA KACHCHERI' & 'KATTANKUDIYIRUPPU', "bridge" types from 'BAGAWANTALAWA', 'CHAVAKACHCHERI', 'GALAGEDARA' (both), 'HAVELOCK-TOWN' (32mm), 'NAMUNUKULLA', 'SLAVE ISLAND' (30mm) & 'VADDUKODDAI' etc, condition a bit variable but covers and strikes are generally above average. It is difficult to assemble a good representation from this 10 year reign. (80 approx) 1,500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 51 CEYLON - Datestamps (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 565 565 PS A A1- KING EDWARD VII: 'PEARL FISHERY/MR26/06' with 'P' to 'Y' = 11mm (Proud #D3) largely very fine strike on 2c Postal Card to a pearl merchant in Bombay, message headed "Marichikadi Pearl Fishery" states "The Arab is still here. The fishery will last till the 5th of April at the most...The market is very strong here". The post office was open only during the annual pearl season: stated to be the only recorded cover from the 1906 opening. 300

Ex Lot 566 566 CPS KING GEORGE V: 'AMBALANGODA' to 'YATIYANTOTA' all-different array on covers (perhaps 50% or more) & Postal Stationery with no Colombo GPO & many better items including 'AKKARAIPATTU', 'AVISSAWELLA', 'ETALAI', 'GALLE BAZAAR', 'HEDUMMULLA/MO&SB' (faults), 1919 'HINGULA', 'KANDY SUB-OFFICE', 'KANDY B.O.' (registered), 1913 'KELANIYA' (#D4), 'PUTTUR/MO&SB', 'WADDUMUNNAGEDA' (cover dessicated) etc; double-circles including 'BROOKSIDE', 'CHENKALADI', 'HAMBURUPITIYA', 'ILAVALAI', 'KEEMBIELLA' (at base) & 'TONDAMANNA'; "bridge" types including 'CHUNNAKAM' & 'DENIYAYA'. The condition of covers is variable but a high proportion are good to very fine & there are many fine to outstanding strikes throughout. Terrific opportunity to take up a new challenge! (250+) 1,500

Ex Lot 567 567 SD KING GEORGE VI: 'ADAMPAN' to 'YATIYANTOTA' - no Colombo GPO - extensive collection of all-different types & time codes in well-filled Hagner album with strength in the pre-Dominion Period, many offices - even small ones - represented by multiple types, scarce items including record dates throughout & some are the only recorded examples. A good representation of Money Order & other special use types. As should be expected, the quality of the strikes varies but it is generally fine to very fine with numerous superb examples noted. A high proportion are on large format stamps, multiples or piece. A wonderful basis for expansion in this increasingly popular field. (1000+) 1,000 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 52 CEYLON - Datestamps (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 568 568 CPS KING GEORGE VI: 'AMBALANGODA' to 'YATIYANTOTA' all-different array on covers (mostly) & Postal Stationery (some scarce issues noted) with no Colombo GPO & many better items including 'BAGATELLE', 'BULATKOHUPITIYA', 'COLOMBO JETTY' (registered), 'GOTHAMI ROAD' (registered), 'KANDY REGISTERED', 'KANDY B.O.' (2 different), 'KAYMANS GATE' (registered), 'KURUNEGALA/PARCEL POST' (registered), 'MADURANKULI', 'PANWILATENNA', 'THITUKETHEESVARAM TEMPLE' (Horry states not seen in KGVI period), 'TORAYAYA', 'VADDUKODDAI', double-circle 'BELIHULOYA' & 'BINGIRIYA', etc. Some WWII Censor covers & airmails, condition a bit variable but covers and strikes are generally above average. (200 approx+) 1,000

Ex Lot 569 569 SD MONEY ORDER DATESTAMPS: 'AGALAWATTA' to 'YATIYANTOTA' all-different array on five Hagners with a few QV & KEVII types but strength in KGV-KGVI period with many outstanding strikes & record dates (some being the only recorded examples). Just the first page includes 1902 'AGARAPATANA', 'AKKARAIPATTU', 1925 'ANURADHAPURA', 'ATCHUVELY', 'AVISAWELLA', 'BATTICALOA', 'BELIATTA', 1920 & 1924 'BENTOTA', 1901 'BOGAWANTALAWA' & 'BAGAWANTALAWA', 1896 'CHILAW', 'CINNAMON GARDENS', 'COLOMBO COURTS' etc, quality of the strikes is very mixed but many are fine to superb with a good number being on multiples. Very scarce material. (166) 500

Ex Lot 570 570 CPS MONEY ORDER DATESTAMPS: on covers or Postal Stationery including 1899 'AVISAWELLA' on front (##), 1895 'BADULLA' on front (##), 1909 'BALANGODA', 1913 'BALAPITIYA' (ERD), 1899 'BANDARAWELLA' (ERD), 1919 'CINNAMON GARDENS' (registered), 1895 'DICKOYA (LRD), 1926 'NARAMMALA' (ERD), 1947 'NAULA', 1912 'POINT-PEDRO' (##), 1926 'PUTTALAM' (LRD), 1903 'RAKWANA' (##), 1895 'TRINCOMALEE' (##), 1896 'WATAWALA' etc, covers & strikes are generally fine to very fine. Very desirable lot. [## = only example recorded] (24) 1,000 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 53 CEYLON - Datestamps (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 571 571 CPS TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: On-cover selection all-different comprising Main Line Proud #D1, D2 (ERD), D3 (ERD), D4, D5, D6 (to Belgium, with boxerd 'STAMPED/QUEENS HOTEL/KANDY' cachet), D7 b/s, D8, D9, '.../N.S. CEYLON' #D10 (=Night Service ?), 'UP-KANDY-T.P.O' #D13, 'UP B.W. TPO' #D15 & 'UP BANDARAWELA TPO' #D18; Colombo-Jaffna 'JAFFNA T.P.O. UP' #D1 & 'UP JAFFNA T.P.O' #D3; Indo-Ceylon #D2, D7 (LRD), D8 (b/s; ERD), D10 (b/s) & D11 x2 (one is ERD & with oval 'LATE FEE/NOT PAID' Proud #i2); also 'COLOMBO/ W / KL '; condition a bit variable but most of the strikes are very fine to superb. (22) 500

Lot 572 572 C C TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: 1918 cover Colombo to India with typed label "Found in cavity below the/floor of Travelling Post Office box" affixed to the face, a few faults & the label faded, still terrific! [The letter within is dated 7 months before the cover was processed!] Offer 573 SDC COLOMBO: Extensive collection in six matching volumes with a vast duplicated array of datestamps, machine cancellations and instruction handstamps, condition variable with many of the covers being to south India & in the usual dessicated state. Heavy. Offered at a bargain estimate to encourage researchers. (Qty) 500

Lot 574 574 C COLOMBO: small carton with bundles of covers including registereds & a vast array of slogan cancels, very mixed condition. Research opportunity. (must be 1000+) Offer Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 54 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD CEYLON - Inwards Mail

Ex Lot 575 575 C 1860-63 covers from Emgland all at the 6d rate & one with 'VIA/SOUTHAMPTON' ribbon in red, one to "Botanic Gardens/Peredeniya" with 'COLOMBO/=POST-PAID=' cds (#PDB) in red on the face, the others to Francis Templar at "Caltura" (= Kalutara) one forwarded to Colombo & two to Kotmale, two with faint (LRD) or good strikes of 'CALTURA/(mss date)/=POST-PAID=' cds (PD2), two with 'CALTURA/PAID' cds (unrecorded; should be #PD3) these also with 'KOTMALIE/PAID' (unrecorded) or '.../UNPAID' (#UP2; only one other recorded), all but one a bit knocked about but presentable. (5) 500

Ex Lot 576 576 C 1863-89 covers from India with cds including '.../UNPAID' types of 'GALLE' (#UP5 x2; one ERD), 'KANDY' (#UP5 x2; one ERD). 'NUWARA-ELIYA' (#UP3; ERD) & 'SLAVEISLAND' (#UP2 in red), '.../PAID' types of 'KANDY' (#PD6 in red, & #PD10), 'NAVALAPITIYA' (#PD2) & 'TELEDENIYA' (#PD3), the earliest to "Captain Norris/Marion/Colombo" with the rare undated 'COLOMBO/=SHIP-LETTER=' b/s (#SL4; only one other recorded - see Lot 578), 3 are underpaid, good to fine. (6) 400

Ex Lot 577 577 C 1871-84 covers from GB 1) with 1d & 1/- to "Civil Service/Ceylon" (no town) forwarded with 'PANADURE/PAID ' arrival (#PD3; ERD); 2) with 1d & 1/- similarly addressed with 'COLOMBO/PAID (#PD10) & 'PANWILA/PAID' (#PD1; ERD); 3) from Ireland with 1/- tied by 'TEMPLEMOOR - 427' duplex & 'NUWARA-ELIYA/PAID' (#PD4); 4) with 5d indigo with 'COLOMBO/PAID' (#PD12) & 'KANDY/PAID' (#PD8; ERD); & 5) mourning cover from Scotland with 1883-84 2½d pair tied by '417'-in-bars of 'DRECHORN' twice readdressed with 'LINDOOLA/PAID' (#PD2) & 'MASKELIYA/PAID' (#PD2); good to fine. (5) 500 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 55 CEYLON - Inwards Mail (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 578 578 C (B) 1873 OHMS Telegraph Department cover from Calcutta "Per packet post" with 'Service' 2a yellow, light but clear strike of the rare undated 'COLOMBO/=SHIP-LETTER=' (#SL4; later of only two recorded), 'COLOMBO/UNPAID' (#UP8; LRD), 'NUWARA-ELIYA/PAID' (#PD4) in red struck in error overstruck with BN '45' & '.../UNPAID' (#UP3) b/s, repaired fault & slightly reduced at left. Spectacular! 500

Ex Lot 579 579 CPS A/B 1895-1911 group with 'PAQUEBOT' h/s comprising italics #SL9 (front only), 'PAQUBOT' error #SL10 x3 (one on Hong Kong 4c Postal Card to Germany) or sans-serif #SL11 x2 (one wrongly taxed with #UP17; ERD), generally fine to very fine. (6) 300

Lot 580 580 PS A- 1899 5f Postal Card from Hungfary with superb strikes of the boxed 'NON-RECLAME/NOTCLAIMED' (#i33; the only recorded example) & rounded-boxed 'RETOUR' h/s (unrecorded), Colombo RLO cds of FE28/19 (= 1900), superb DLO d/s of Madras & Bombay. 150 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 56 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD CHINA

Ex Lot 583 583 */**WO POSTAL HISTORY: Batch of covers including Chinese Revolution era x30 including illustrated types, also 1930s-50s commercial mail, two 1902 hand-illustrated postcards each with Japan Post Offices 5r tied by Shanghai cds, plus a few modern philatelic covers, mixed condition. (47) 250T COOK ISLANDS

Lot 587 587 C B AITUTAKI: 1902 commercial cover to Sydney with Cook Islands 2d Torea tied by one of two strikes of the scarce undated 'COOK ISLANDS/PO/AITUTAKI' handstamp in violet, Auckland transit b/s of 14AU02, ironed-out vertical fold & opened-out for display. Ex Boulangier - acquired for $1120 at our auction of 5/12/2003 - and J Edgar Williams. [The post office opened in 1891. However, it was no longer recognised after New Zealand's annexation of the Cook Islands in 1901. New Zealand officials deemed that the PO opened only on 1/6/1903. Covers from the 1901-1903 "interim" period are very rarely seen] 1,000 GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History

Ex Lot 651 651 SDC 180+ QV-KEVII London postmarks many on Postal Stationery cutouts including unusual Wrapper cancels, and two albums with 170 PPCs (mostly) all with squared-circles or double-circle cds, condition variable but many strikes are very fine. (100s) 200 Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 57 GREAT BRITAIN - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 652 652 C/L A/B 1878 (Sep 9) cover in the hand of King Edward VII - then Prince of Wales - to "His Excellency/Sir Charles L Wyke KCB/British Legation/Copenhagen" with Line Engraved ½d Plate 14 & 1d Plate 192 pair tied by 'LONDON-SW - SW/48' duplex, initialled "AE" at lower-left & with embossed '[crown]/ AE /HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' crest on the flap, poor Copenhagen arrival b/s, flap fault (clear of the crest) & minor staining. With the enclosed seven-pages letter on matching notepaper with 'Marlborough House/Pall Mall SW' imprint, wholly written/scrawled & signed by "Albert Edward". He states "...Alas! Windhorst & Co have done all the mischief, and it cannot be undone. By the D[uke] of Cumberland acknowledging the German Empire he in no ways gives up his rights to the Crown of Hannover..." Charles Lennox Wyke was British Ambassador to Denmark between 1867 & 1881. 1,000

Ex Lot 653 653 C/L B/C 1943 stampless cover from Wales to a British POW in Germany with 'MACHYNLLETH/MONT' cds, Censor & green/white 'RETURNED TO SENDER/...' label; with the offending letter that states "My great amusement...is listening to William Joyce's [ie Lord Haw-Haw] broadcasts...from Germany. I wonder if you are allowed to listen to it. I wouldn't miss it for anything!", a few blemishes; and the enclosed roneo'd notice "The enemy are always trying to obtain a hearing in this country for their propaganda...", stained. Despite the faults, this is wonderful stuff! [See also Lot 195] (3 items) 300 INDIAN STATES - Feudatory States

Lot 660 660 C A- BAHAWALPUR: 1946 internal cover with embossed Star & Crescent on the flap with 1945 Official Overprints on 2r Panjnad Weir SG O13 tied by "bridge"-type 'BAGHDADULJADID' cds, 'CONTROLLER IN GENERAL/OF PROPERTY' h/s in violet. minor blemishes, I&A #75/76 Cat £2000 on cover. Philatelic Federation of Pakistan (PFP) Certificate (2010). [The unusual mottling on the face is a security device within the paper] 2,500T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 58 INDIAN STATES - Feudatory States (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 661 661 C A+ BAHAWALPUR: 1947 cover with embossed Star & Crescent on the flap & endorsed 'SECRET' to Baghdad-ul-Jadid franked with the rare Star & Crescent handstamp in green on KGV 1a & in blue on KGVI 3p tied by "bridge"-type 'DEH-RAWAL/17SEP47/BAHAWALPUR' cds, typed "Foreign Secretary/..." at lower-left. PFP Certificate (2010) states that the handstamp is in blue & that the KGV 1a "is not recorded by Isani & Abid. A great rarity, in superb condition.

The handstamped issues are unrecorded by Gibbons, and were denounced by Ron Wood as "dubious" and "spurious". However, I&A state at page 191 "This issue was investigated thoroughly in 1990 and found to be genuine...the sources from which the few known copies had emerged were impeccable..." At p220, the KGVI 3p is recorded on cover - Cat £3000 - but with the handstamp in red. 5,000T

Lot 662 662 C A BAHAWALPUR: a similar cover, to Chistian BNR (= Bahawalpur National Railways ??) franked with the rare Star & Crescent handstamp in bright blue on KGV 2a scarlet tied by "bridge"-type 'BAHAWALGARH/2SEP47/BAHAWALPUR' cds, a couple of insignificant blemishes. PFP Certificate (2010) states "This stamp is not recorded by Isani & Abid." Another great rarity. 5,000T

Lot 663 663 C A+ BAHAWALPUR: a similar cover to Baghdad-ul-Jadid franked with the rare Star & Crescent handstamp in green on KGV 'SERVICE' 1r scarlet tied by "bridge"-type 'BAHAWALGARH/2SEP47/BAHAWALPUR' cds, with blue lines but no registration label. PFP Certificate (2010) states "This stamp is not recorded by Isani & Abid." Another great rarity, again in superb condition! 6,000T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 59 INDIAN STATES - Feudatory States (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Lot 664 664 C A+ BAHAWALPUR: 1947 small cover with Star & Crescent Machine Overprints ½a red-purple SG 2 tied by "bridge"-type 'CHOLISTAN PO No 1/16DEC47/BAHAWALPUR' cds, I&A #115 Cat £3000 on cover. PFP Certificate (2010). Superb! [Isanu & Abid state at page 189 "Stamps of this issue have not been confirmed used off cover"] 2,500T

Lot 665 665 C A- BAHAWALPUR: 1948 cover to the Military Surgeon-General with 6a Fort SG 26 tied by light double-circle 'SADIQ-GARH' cds, 'HOME MINISTER/[arms]/BAHAWALPUR' cachet in violet & 'OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICE' cachet on the reverse, minor blemishes, I&A #231 Cat £1000 on cover. PFP Certificate (2010) 800T

Lot 666 666 C A- BAHAWALPUR: 1948 cover with coloured embossed Arms at upper-left to the Special Advisor on Refugee Rehabilitation at Baghdad-ul-Jadid with outstanding franking of Amir 1r violet & brown SG 29 tied by "bridge"-type 'SADIQ-GARH' cds & oval 'BAHAWALPUR/[arms]/GOVT' cachet in red & impressed in wax on the flap, minor blemishes, I&A #249 Cat £3000 on cover: stated by I&A that only one cover is recorded. PFP Certificate (2010) 2,500T

Lot 667 667 C A BAHAWALPUR: 1951 tiny internal cover to Ahnadpur with 1948 Pictorials 3p SG 19 pair tied by double-circle 'BAHAWALGARH' cds, with the even smaller enclosed card, I&A #205 Cat £400+ on cover. PFP Certificate (2010) 300T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 60 Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD NEW ZEALAND - Postal History

Lot 705 705 PS B 1894 (Oct 24) commercial usage of New South Wales 1d Postal Card to New Zealand with a very fine strike of the "bent" sub-type of the 'Saved from wreck of the/WAIRARAPA' handstamp in violet on the face, transit cds of Auckland (3NO94 on the reverse) & Wellington plus 'CARTERTON' arrival cds, minor blemishes. An unusually fine wreck-recovery item. [The "Wairarapa" was wrecked off Great Barrier Island on 29/10/1894 with the loss of 135 lives. Mail recovered by the "Argyll" was delivered to Auckland on 3/11/1894. Most mail had the stamps washed-off but this item had no adhesive stamp in the first place. The wreck highlighted the remoteness of the island group and brought demands for better communications with the mainland. It was as a direct result of the "Wairarapa" tragedy that the Great Barrier Island pigeon mail services were introduced] 500 706 C C 1894 (Sep 14) registered cover front with GB 1d lilac x3 tied by 'COLEMAN ST' cds & fine strike of the 'Saved from wreck of the/WAIRARAPA' h/s in violet, obviously waterlogged at the time but remarkably with the stamps still present albeit defective. Reasonable offers considered. 200

Ex Lot 707 707 C B 1915 makeshift postcard fashioned from a piece from a tabacco carton to Napier, message headed "Dardenelles/23 June 15" states "Sorry I cannot obtain any stationery...this will serve", boxed 'PASSED BY/[crown]/No 2640/CENSOR' cachet in red, corner fault. Rare usage from Gallipoli. [We have seen a number of similar Australian items but this is the first we have seen from a Kiwi. With another Gallipoli postcard from the same soldier, same Censor h/s] (2) 300 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Postal History

Ex Lot 739 739 DC Duplicated array of commercial (including a few registered items), official & philatelic covers mostly with Australian & some PNG frankings & all with 'RAN POST OFFICE/NUMBER 3' cds, also 1952 Pictorials set to £1 on separate pieces similarly cancelled, 1950 stampless with 'PASSED FREE/OF POSTAGE' h/s, and a few with ships' cachets, condition variable. (49 covers) 300T Oct 02, 2010 Prestige Philately - Auction No 158 Page: 61 PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Postal History (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $AUD

Ex Lot 740 740 C Large bundle of album pages with duplicated array of philatelic (mostly) & commercial mail with a variety of 'LORENGAU' cds with scarce modern types including commercial mail, many registered, two telegram envelopes, lovely 1953 inwards cover from Austria redirected to Brisbane where unclaimed, 1955 OHMS with ovoid 'DISTRICT OFFICE/MANUS' cachet, 1959 OHMS with rare 'TELEGRAPH OFFICE/LORENGAU' cds on the reverse, 1972 Messenger Delivery & 1984 Express Courier both to Queensland, etc. (Qty) 200T

Lot 741 741 PS A REGISTRATION ENVELOPES: 1959 1/7d Map locally addressed with Port Moresby cds of 1SP59 being the First Day of Issue. Very scarce. 250 SINGAPORE

Ex Lot 765 765 SDC POSTMARKS: Two albums with a useful collection from QV period to modern starting with the killers, some better stamps in this area & security cancels including huge Katz Brothers type, 1947 'SNIGAPORE' x2 part-strikes, newspaper & parcel types, good range of mostly post-WWII sub-offices & 1930s part-strikes of 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND' & 'COCOS ISLAND'; covers with airmails including 1954 "Belfast" Crash from New Zealand, censors, officials & registereds plus some with scarce slogans; etc, condition variable. (Qty) 400