Lot 185, French Equatorial Africa 1941 Registered Airmail Cover Mayumba to New York, franked with a pair of 2f 25c blue & light blue, 10f dark violet & blue, and 20f dark olive & yellow Governor Victor Liotard definitives, tied by five strikes of “MAYUMBA GABON” double circle cancellations, with violet “REGISTERED” handstamp and black “MAYUMBA” on red registration etiquette on front, Egyptian censorship tape with associated bilingual violet “Postal Censor” handstamp at left, along with “CONTROLE POSTALE COMMISION B AFRIQUE EQUATORIAL FRANCAISE” double circle censor marking and five “B3” in circle on front and back, all tied to brown paper censor tape at right, further marked with “OUVERT PAR LE AUTORITE MILITAIRE” handstamp, violet Honolulu, Hawaii (16 Nov) double circle transit and New York receiver backstamps, creases, closed tear at top, but scarce. (Sc. #67(x2), 71, 77). Sold for C$300.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
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Lot 389, Palestine 1941 WWII censored registered airmail cover Jerusalem to Southbridge, Massachusetts, sold for C$292
Lot 389 Palestine 1941 (November 6), WWII censored registered airmail cover from Jerusalem to Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States, franked with twelve pictorial definitives, each tied by “REHAVIA B.O. JERUSALEM” single circle cancellations, blue on white “JERUSALEM 18” registration label and “BY AIR MAIL” etiquette, violet straight-line “REGISTERED” handstamp, and octagonal “PALESTINE PASSED BY CENSOR 1.33” handstamp on front and back, tying red on white “OPENED BY CENSOR” tape at left, backstamped with oval “REGISTERED JERUSALEM” (6 Nov), single-line “REGISTERED JAFFA” (10 Nov) transit, violet “HONOLULU HAWAII” (27 Nov) transit, and “SOUTHBRIDGE MASS” double-line receiver, some edge faults, else fine. Sold for C$250.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 744, China 1940 Shanghai to New York censored registered airmail cover via Hong Kong, sold for C$497
Lot 744 China 1940 (late December), Shanghai to New York, censored registered airmail cover via Hong Kong, franked with single $5 brown-carmine and $5 Junkers Air Post, tied by black bilingual Shanghai c.d.s., date illegible but almost certainly a few days prior to December 23, when the Japanese occupied Hong Kong, red “G.R. OPENED BY CENSOR HONG KONG” tape at right, Shanghai violet handstamped registration etiquette and violet straight-line REGISTERED handstamp, blue AIR TRANSIT 6 double-circle and red framed AIR MAILS handstamp, reverse with Honolulu (13 Jan), New York (18 Jan and 20 Jan) backstamps, small flaws typical of such mail, fine-very fine. Estimate C$150, sold for C$425.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Lot 823, Worldwide 1840s to modern group of postcards, sold for C$761
Lot 823 Worldwide, 1840s to modern group of more than 300 covers and cards, including a number of better items, with U.S.A. #68 on cover to Canada, 2 Fiji World War II censor covers, a scarce St. Lucia censored post card, Indo-China UPU rate post card from 1902, India #26 postal card to Aden, New Zealand first flights, G.B. Wilding FDCs, Malta FDC with S.G variety #221a, the “extra window” (c.v. £110 mint, not valued as used), strike mail, squared circles, censors, and much more, noting also Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, 103 British Commonwealth, and the balance other worldwide, best viewed to see the range of material, mostly very fine; only photos provide an example of contents. Estimate C$400, sold for C$650.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.