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The Revenue Society
POSTAL
AUCTION No 9
NOW CLOSED
Closing date: Friday 9th May
2008
Auctioneer: Andrew McClellan
40 South
Park, Sevenoaks, TN13 1EJ, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1732 454221
E: auctionbids@revenuesociety.org.uk
All lots have reserves set by the seller, normally between 70% and 85% of the estimate.
Bids below reserve will be respectfully declined.
Scroll down for pictures of featured stamps
Example: The B to the left of lot 3 indicates there is a picture on photo plate B below
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1980s-2000s group of 26 airport tax stamps/labels, most on ticket stubs, incl Bhutan, Ethiopia, Lesotho, St Vincent |
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Middle period accumulation, noted France, Germany, Spain, Turkey plus GB Contract Note / Foreign Bill, 500+ stamps and a few documents, fair to fine |
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British Commonwealth |
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Printer's sample: small blue portrait type inscribed SPECIMEN, fine unused |
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War Tax: 1918 group of 24 from Cayman Islands, Fiji, Montserrat etc with a range of values and overprints, mint or used |
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Watermark proof: c1921 piece of Crown Agents paper bearing six impressions of script CA and crown, scarce |
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Airport tax – see lots 1, 32, 109, 122, 287, 294, 411, 418, 441, 453, 460, 633, 639, 642, 699, 736, 740, 776 |
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Algeria |
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1907 Tabacs Marianne 1st 12½c, 3rd 3¾c, mint (Duston 39, 66) |
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1936-44 Impôt du Timbre medallion part set of 17 to 10f, good used, the odd fault (Duston 66, 172 etc) |
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1938 Oran Municipal 20c, u/m (Duston 4) |
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1963 Impôt du Timbre 0,20NF, 1964 1,00d, 1980s 0,10d & 0,30d, mint or used, slight faults (Duston 304A, 331A, 343, 345) |
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Antigua |
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1870 5s CC wmk, good used (BF 10) |
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Argentina |
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Tucumán: 1890 bill bearing 2nd issue $2 and $5, fine |
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Australia |
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1950 Nat Phil Exhibition labels both colours in perf and imperf pairs, fine mint |
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Customs Duty: 1907-58 ¼d, ½d x2, ¾d, 1d x2, 2d, 6d, some faults, unused or used (BF 2/6, 10) |
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B |
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NSW Swine Duty: 1928 1s, 5s, 10s, fine used, scarce (BF 1, 3/4) |
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- - 1s block of 6 fine used (BF 1) |
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B |
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- - £1 fine used, scarce (BF 5) |
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- - £1 pair, one creased otherwise fine used (BF 5) |
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- - Cattle Duty: 1951 1s & 2s, f/u (BF 5/6) |
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Tasmania: 1880-82 blind embossed platypus 3d, 6d and 1s on two bills, fine |
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- - 1956-61 part set of 6 to 6d and 1966 part set of 7 to 50c, good to fine used |
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WA Internal Revenue: 1881 wmk CC 1d perf 12½ used, 1d perf 14 2-bar opt used and unused (BF 1,3) |
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Austria |
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Stamp paper (Stempel-Betrag) cutouts: 1872-73 to 1fl (8), 1875-79 to 3fl (8), 1887-8 to 90kr (8), 1890-98 to 8fl (14) plus 3 others, good to fine |
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Bahrain |
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1924 8a perf 9½ used, creased (BF 2) |
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1953 set of 4 to 5r mint or unused, fine (BF 9/12) |
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1961 50p & 1r, 1966 set of 4 to 1d, good used, slight faults (BF 23/4, 29/32) |
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1971 set of 10 to 10d, mostly fine used (BF 35/44) |
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c1980 set of 3 to 500f u/m plus unlisted 1d fine used (BF 50/3+) |
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- - unlisted 10r x2, f/u on passport page |
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1981 traffic safety stamp (seat belt type), u/m (Cooper TL2) |
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Baltic States |
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1920s-30s group of 15 documents, almost all with Estonian or Latvian revenues, some duplication, good to fine |
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Bangladesh |
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1971-2000 slightly duplicated group of 300 revenues, various types, mostly f/u |
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Airline tickets x4 bearing 1982 Airport Tax 5t, 10t, 100t x4 (3 stamps punched) and Excise 1981 15t x2, 25t, 50t, fine (BF AT 1/2, 4, Excise 1, 3, 4) |
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Insurance: c1974 provisional handstamps on Pakistan 2a x2, 3a x4 and 20p x5, used on 2 documents |
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Share Transfer: c1982 5t x4, 10t x2, fine used on 2 certificates (BF 4/5) |
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Vehicle Tax: 1978-79 adhesives (24) on 2 documents, usual soiling and creasing |
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Barbados |
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1916 provisionals: 'Revenue' with stop on 1d, 2d, 6d, 1s, 3s; without stop on 1d, 2d, 3d, 1d/2½d; REVENUE on 1d x2, g-f/u, the odd fault (BF 1, 2, 8/9, 11, 13, 16/18+) |
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- - 'Revenue' with stop on 1d x2 (black and blue opts), 2d, 4d (double opt in gold and silver), 6d, 1s and 2s, good to fine mint, scarce thus (BF 1/3, 7/10)
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- - 'Revenue' without stop on 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d; REVENUE on 1d pair; 'Revenue only' opt on 2d, fine mint (BF 16/19, 22+) |
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- - 'REVENUE ONLY 2s' surch on 3s, mint with small thin and ink mark, similar to BF 21 but whole surch in black, scarce (Bayley R28, 1050 issued) |
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c1966 National Insurance self-employed issue as BF 7/12 but unrecorded 60c, $1.36, $2.40, $3.60, $4.80, $6.00, u/m |
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1977 $250 (key value), unused (BF 73) |
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Basutoland / Lesotho |
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1902 1d, 1922 1d x2 and 1926 1d ship (typo) x2, good used (BF 35, 48, 58) |
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Lesotho: 1978 set of 9 to R10 (no R2), u/m (BF 13/19, 21/22) |
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Batum |
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1918 British Occupation 30k yellow, mint, some creasing (BF 6) |
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Bechuanaland |
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1887 £5 lilac & black, fine used (BF 15) |
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1914 2s6d, good used, crease (BF 17) |
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c1965 Local Government Tax 1r pair, one creased, good used (BF 3) |
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Stellaland: 1886 £5 with JPM monogram, fine mint (BF 18) |
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Tati Concessions: 1896 set of 6, fine mint (BF 1/6) |
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Bermuda |
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Forgery: 1918-22 £1 postage & revenue with fake bridge-style cancel |
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1954 £1 green, mint (BF 20) |
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1970 $5 and $10, fine unused (BF 27/8) |
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1980 Contributory Pensions Insurance $1.93, $2.20, $3.86, fine u/m (BF 2/3, 5) |
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1984 $1, $2, $5 and $10 coin type, u/m (BF 35/8) |
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Bosnia |
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1888 sugar tax stamp, imperf block of 4, fine (BF 1) |
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Brazil |
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Documentaries: 1880s 11 values to 5000r fine used on 4 large pieces |
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Rio Grande do Norte: 1912 Treasury plate proofs of 1000r, 2000r, 5000r blocks of 4 plus 10000r pair (one defective) |
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São Paulo: 1905 200r and 50000r plate proofs, plus 20000r fine used on 1925 departure certificate |
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British Guiana |
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1911 $50 wmk MCA, fine used (BF 47) |
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British Occupation of Italian Colonies (for post-independence issues see Libya) |
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M Erler's book British Occupation of Italian Colonies WWII Revenue Stamps (1980), 21pp, good condition |
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Asmara Municipal: 1946 small type 30c/50c, fine used (BF 1) |
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B |
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- - 1946 long type 5c/10l (scarce) & 5s/25c, fine used (BF 4, 10) |
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B |
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- - Sh 0,10/5c & Sh 20/10l, few short perfs otherwise fine used (BF 14, 19) |
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B |
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Eritrea: 1943 provisionals with bust to right: seriffed opt 1c/5c & 2c/3l; bold sans-serif opt 2c/5l, 80c/20l (pinholes) & 90c/20l; all capitals 2c/3l, good to fine used (BF 1/2, 6/8, 12) |
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B |
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- - bust to left: seriffed opt 2c/3l; bold sans-serif opt 2c/5l, 80c/20l & 1s30c/50l, good to fine used (BF 4b, 9/11) |
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B |
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- - 1943 key type no wmk part set of 9 to 20s (no 40c or 1s), good to fine used, 20s with pinhole and short perfs but scarce (BF 13/6, 18, 20/3) |
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- - 1946 key type wmk letters set of 13 to 4s (no 90c), good to f/u (BF 26/34, 36/40) |
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B |
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- - 1946-50 surcharge set of 8 plus the scarce 2s on 1s30 on 1s25, good to fine used (BF 25, 44/52) |
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Italian East Africa Insurance: 1946 INFPS 2s10/80c/1l, INPS 2s40/10c, 2s40/4l, 2s40/80c (defective), 2s40/80c/1l, used or unused (listed as Somalia Ins BF 2/3, 5/7) |
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B |
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Somalia: 1946 2c, 4c, 20c, 40c, 2s & 4s x2 (with and without wmk), good to fine used (BF 3/4, 10, 14/5, 19/20) |
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Tripolitania: 1948 BMA opt on small type 50c, 1l, 2l, 4l, 5MAL, 10MAL, 20MAL, g/u (listed as BF 9/15 of Italian East Africa) |
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- - 1945 long type 30l blue & rose opt BMA, fine used and extremely scarce (listed as BF 1 of Somalia) |
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- - 40l blue & green opt BMA, fine used and scarce (listed as BF 2 of Somalia) |
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- - 1950 opt on Cyrenaica 1MAL, 5MAL, 10MAL, fine mint (BF 13/4, 16) |
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Burma |
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C |
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Court Fee (Japanese Occupation): c1943 5c, 50c, 1r pale blue, unused without gum as issued (BF 1, 3, 5) |
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- - 1r purple, unused (BF 4) |
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