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Madagascar multifranking registered airmail 1954

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

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

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 1954 to Bradford

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

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

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

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

Rothesay to New York

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

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 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