Multifranking of 18 stamps on 1 envelope from Tananarive-Antanimena to Windhoek, 1954: on the front: 2c (SG54), 20c (SG 59), 45c (SG 99), 45c (SG 100), 60c (SG103), 25c on 2f (SG 111), 15f (SG 173), 25f Eboué (SG 280); on the reverse 8 x 50c (SG 299), 20f (SG 267), 3f (SG 160); a very attractive and spectacular franking
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Mixed franking Gibraltar & US Warship 1954
Gibraltar QE2 3d pictorial + US 8d Liberty definitive, cancelled USS Salem warship 21 May 1954; also with USS Saratoga cachet; on reverse 2 line h/s Algiers/North Africa and New York slogan d/s; probably sent during the production of ‘The Battle of the River Plate‘, when USS Salem played the Graf Spee in the film
GB Crimean War 1854
Stampless envelope with unclear m/s charge mark 6(?), m/s “Army in the Crimea”, 28th November (1854); to Dublin “via Marseilles”; on front faint blue arrival cds Kingstown 28 December; on reverse faint transit mark (London) 18 December; ex Reg Hindley Russia collection
Egypt 1954 to Bradford, censored
Egypt 20 mils soldier, 30 mils pictorial, 2 mils blocked Farouk’s head, on lightweight airmail envelope from Cairo to Bradford, cancelled with bi-lingual cds 3 December 1954; Arabic censor tape sealed with Arabic cachet, under and over tape; no arrival b/s; era of the conflict with Israel
Salvador Airmail to Grimsby 1954
40c pictorial on airmail envelope cancelled with La Union barred cds; tri-lingual handstamp “Air Mail only to New Orleans LA…” in blue-back; m/s on reverse ‘From Mexico’; to Grimsby, 18 February 1954; b/s Salvador 20 February 1954
UN Geneva Office 1954
European Office of the UN, Geneva, 5c 10c 15c 20c 60c 70c (SG LU1-4, 10-11) all overprinted for the UN European Office, to the WHO in New York; cancelled GENEVE 10 / NATIONS UNIES 1 November 1954; h/s boxed ‘ECOV’ (what does this mean?); no b/s
UN Office Geneva 1954
European Office of the UN Geneva 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c, 50c (SG LU5-LU9) all overprinted for the UN European Office; cancelled GENEVE 10 / Nations Unies 1 November 1954; airmail to WHO, New York; h/s boxed ‘ECOV’ |(meaning?) no b/s;
Rothesay to New York, long letter 1854, returned
Stampless entire, single arc cds Rothesay, h/s 24 & 3 cents; unclear red h/s ‘…est’?, on reverse Liverpool d/r cds 4 March 1854 & oval d/s L MR 5 A, with very clear red h/s “Sent back to England without a reason for non-delivery”. Very long letter, clearly written, scarce attractive Scottish item
Germany Frankfurt Fair 1954
6 September 1954 Frankfurt to Krefeld, Frankfurt ‘multi flag’ International Fair card, franked with 3 Berlin issues (SG Berlin B94, B106, B36c) with special fair cancel: card used and posted with 10pfg President Heuss (SG 1109) & blue Berlin “Notopfer” label
GB UNDATED CDS ON COVER EXETER AREA TO HELSTON 1854
GB 1d stars on blue paper cancelled 285 Exeter, in transit; on front a twin arc cds Helston 2 August 1854 arrival d/s in red; on reverse an incomplete undated d/r cds in blue stated to be Great Shelhay (I cannot trace this); also b/s Exeter 1 August 1854