1849, entire letter from a military, dated "Camp Aden 18th August 1849" and sent to England, countersigned on front and charged with "2" d. as double rate letter.
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Lot #1432 - Britisch Commonwealth aden
1849, small envelope with original contents, dated "Aden 29th May 1849", endorsed "Per steamer Oriental via Marseille" (last trip), on reverse transit mark of Alexandria and on front Malta disinfection mark, charged "1/8".
Lot #1433 - Britisch Commonwealth aden
"124" on India DLR, 2 copies 2 a. yellow (some marginal faults) on cover with adjacent red "BOMBAY BPP" to Bombay, on reverse cds. "ADEN JU 8 64", still fine
Lot #1495 - Britisch Commonwealth commonwealth of australia
1913/14, 1£ brown & ultramarine with marginal wm.-line at left, unused with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)
Lot #1496 - Britisch Commonwealth commonwealth of australia
2£ black & rose with marginal wm.-line at foot, unused, with large part original gum, very fine and fresh, certificate BPA (2022)
Lot #1499 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1892, cover to Bushire, franked on reverse with India ½ a. green, tied by squared circle "BAHRAIN OC 6 92", frontside boxed "POSTAGE DUE / ONE ANNA", arrival mark of October 9th next to the stamp; fine and rare, the earliest of 2 recorded entires recorded with this postmark.
Lot #1500 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1893, British India postcard ONE ANNA on 1½ a. blue, dated "Bahrein, Persian Gulf, July 9th 1893" and posted at "BUSRAH JL .. 93" to London with frontside "SEA POST OFFICE JL 28 93"; fine and very scarce early mail
Lot #1501 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1903, British India postcard 1 a. + 1 a. blue, used with text from "BAHRAIN 27 DE 03" via "SEA POST OFFICE JA. 9 04" to Berlin with arrival mark on front. Very fine and rare.
Lot #1502 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1908, British India envelope ONE ANNA on 2 a. 6 p. orange with return address "Mason Memorial Hospital / Bahrein, Persian Gulf" and clear postmark "BAHRAIN 17 OC. 08", to 'Seaman Hospital, Greenwich, S.E.'. The writer expected to benefit of the soldier's concessionary rate, but since the envelope was not countersigned by an officer it was taxed, showing 2 strikes of "T" in circle, struck in Bahrain, plus British "3d/F.B.". The envelope...
Lot #1503 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1912, India, Edward 3 a. orange-brown, tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 18 FE. 12" to reverse of registered envelope with provisional registration label to Bombay with adjacent arrival mark; cover opened on 2 sides, very fine. Rare early registered mail.
Lot #1504 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1933/37, George V. 1 r. with 3 p. (12) and George VI 1 a. (2), used on reverse of airmail cover from "BAHRAIN PERSIAN GULF 27 NOV 39" to Copenhagen, Denmark with white label "OPENED BY CENSOR", fixed with staples and tied by the cds., leaving 4 stamps underneath the label uncancelled. A most attractive and very rare censored letter
Lot #1505 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
2 r., tied by cds. "BAHRAIN 2..AUG 34" to registered airmail cover via Cairo to Germany with transit- and arrival marks. A fine and rare cover.
Lot #1506 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
5 r., horizontal marginal pair tied to commercial airmail cover from "BAHRAIN 17 NOV. 45" to San Francisco with adjacent red "O.A.T." (Onward Air Transport). A very rare usage of this high value and highest recorded franking of this issue
Lot #1507 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1938/39, George VI. ½ a., 4 copies, tied to reverse of cover to Tchahbahar, underpaid by ½ a. and taxed on arrival, franked with 2 copies Iran 1938, 50 d., tied by Tchahbahar cds.; a very rare combination cover
Lot #1508 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
4 a. in combination with India 1945, Victory 1½ a., used on commercial registered airmail cover from Bahrain to Bombay with arrival mark of 16.9.1945. A very scarce usage of the Indian Victory issue at Bahrain; just few covers recorded
Lot #1509 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1948/49, ½ a. (2), 1 a., 1½ a. and 2½ a., tied by 3 strikes of cds. "EXPERIMENTAL P.O. K-121" (Muharraq post office) to airmail cover to England; one ½ a. slight transportation marks, otherwise fine. The experimentals K121-postmark is the rarest postmark of Bahrain, according to Donaldson just one further cover has been reported.
Lot #1510 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
2 r. on 2 s. 6 d., 2 copies with 3 copies 1 a. on 1 d., tied to registered parcel label to Switzerland with adjacent "PASSÉ en DOUANE à Genève"; usual slight transportation marks, still very fine and rare
Lot #1511 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1948, Olympic Games 2½ a. on 2½ d. with variety "surcharge double", unused with original gum and light hinge mark, very fine and rare
Lot #1512 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1952/54, Elizabeth II., ½ ANNA on ½ d. with variety '½ omitted', marginal block of 9 with sheet number, unmounted mint
Lot #1513 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
½ d. with "½" omitted, together with 1 a. on 1 d. tied by cds. "MUHARRAG P.O. BAHRAIN 21 NO 51", locally used; a very fine and rare cover, certificate BPA (1959)
Lot #1514 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1938/41, 3 a. and 3 a. 6 p., each in pair, together with 1 r. and 1942/45, 3 p.-1 a., 2 a., 4 a., 8 a. and 12 a. as additional franking on registered letter George VI 3 a. + 1½ a., as registered airmail cover from "BAHRAIN 24 JLY. 45" via Lagos, Nigeria to the US with several transit marks; fine and remarkable cover with scarce franking
Lot #1515 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1956/57, Elizabeth II. 1 r. with overprint double, lightly used, very fine and rare, certificate BPA (1976), SG 5000£
Lot #1516 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1959, unissued set Petro-Chemicals 25 np. and 50 np., imperforated photo-essais from Bradbury Wilkinson record books
Lot #1517 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1960, Definitives Salman bin Hamed al Chalifa 40 f. , typo die proof in Royal Mail sunken frame, unique
Lot #1518 - Britisch Commonwealth bahrain
1964, Definitives 1 r, and 5 r., imperforated photo-essais in 2 different stages, from Bradbury Wilkinson record books
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