James Bendon
Lot 520
1904 telegraph form with KEVII 10d embossed handstamped SPECIMEN type ...more
1904 telegraph form with KEVII 10d embossed handstamped SPECIMEN type GB26 ex stapled packet ~ distributed by the UPU not as an example of a telegraph form but as an example of an item from which a cut-out was authorised to be used to pay postage ~ Huggins TP59s (ID:GBZTP59)
James Bendon
Lot 519
1904 telegraph form with KEVII 6d embossed handstamped SPECIMEN type ...more
1904 telegraph form with KEVII 6d embossed handstamped SPECIMEN type GB26 ex stapled packet ~ distributed by the UPU not as an example of a telegraph form but as an example of an item from which a cut-out was authorised to be used to pay postage ~ Huggins TP17s (ID:GBZTP17)
James Bendon
Lot 301 (D)
1935 Silver Jubilee 10 centimos block of 18 from the TR corner of the ...more
1935 Silver Jubilee 10 centimos block of 18 from the TR corner of the sheet – R. 5/4 shows the error CENTIMES for CENTIMOS – a superb positional piece – SG150a (£1700 for the variety in a pair with normal) (ID:MORA150a)
James Bendon
Lot 302 (D)
1948 Silver Wedding 45 pesetas on £1 showing dramatically shifted ...more
1948 Silver Wedding 45 pesetas on £1 showing dramatically shifted overprint – the unique lower left corner block showing cylinder number '1 dot' – ex Kiddle – SG177v (ID:MORA177)
James Bendon
Lot 303 (D)
Tangier 1949 75th Anniversary of the UPU set of four handstamped ...more
Tangier 1949 75th Anniversary of the UPU set of four handstamped SPECIMEN in black or in red by an unidentified postal authority (ID:MORA1949)
James Bendon
Lot 305 (D)
1907 1s and 2s6d KEVII optd SPECIMEN Type GB17 [UPU] [OG] SG37, 38 ...more
1907 1s and 2s6d KEVII optd SPECIMEN Type GB17 [UPU] [OG] SG37, 38 cat £140 (ID:MORA31)
James Bendon
Lot 526
1949 GB 8½d reg env size G overprinted TANGIER – extremely fine ...more
1949 GB 8½d reg env size G overprinted TANGIER – extremely fine unused (ID:MORAMR18)
James Bendon
Lot 525
1949 GB 6½d reg env size G overprinted TANGIER – extremely fine ...more
1949 GB 6½d reg env size G overprinted TANGIER – extremely fine unused (ID:MORAMR14)
James Bendon
Lot 524
H&G
C1b
1949 GB 5½d reg env size F overprinted TANGIER – extremely fine ...more
1949 GB 5½d reg env size F overprinted TANGIER – extremely fine unused (ID:MORAMR10)
James Bendon
Lot 296 (D)
1899 to 1905 part of page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office ...more
1899 to 1905 part of page from the Royal Swedish General Post Office UPU Collection
with QV London overprint set of 8 and KEVII set of 7 overprinted SPECIMEN type D12 — total SG cat £450 (ID:0MAG479a)
with QV London overprint set of 8 and KEVII set of 7 overprinted SPECIMEN type D12 — total SG cat £450 (ID:0MAG479a)
James Bendon
Lot 298 (D)
British currency 1925–35 wmk Block Cypher 2d, 2½d and 1s ...more
British currency 1925–35 wmk Block Cypher 2d, 2½d and 1s (overprinted SPECIMEN type GB23) all in strips of 3 affixed to parts of archive page from the Madagascar UPU reference collection handstamped POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE ~ SG57, 58, 61s (ID:MORA057)
James Bendon
Lot 297 (D)
British currency 1914–24 wmk Simple Cypher ½d, 1d, 1½d, 3d and 1s ...more
British currency 1914–24 wmk Simple Cypher ½d, 1d, 1½d, 3d and 1s (overprinted SPECIMEN type GB23) all in strips of 3 affixed to parts of archive page from the Madagascar UPU reference collection handstamped POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE ~ SG42–44, 46, 49s (ID:MORA042)
James Bendon
Lot 300 (D)
Spanish currency 1914–24 wmk Simple Cypher 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c and ...more
Spanish currency 1914–24 wmk Simple Cypher 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c and 1p all in strips of 3 affixed to parts of archive page from the Madagascar UPU reference collection handstamped POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE ~ SG130–133, 135 (ID:MORA130)
James Bendon
Lot 304 (D)
French currency 1925 wmk Block Cypher 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c, 40c, 50c, ...more
French currency 1925 wmk Block Cypher 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c, 40c, 50c, 75c and 1f all in strips of 3 affixed to parts of archive page from the Madagascar UPU reference collection handstamped POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE ~ SG202–208, 210 (ID:MORA202)
James Bendon
Lot 299
Spanish currency 1912 wmk Imperial Crown 5c and 10c both in strips of ...more
Spanish currency 1912 wmk Imperial Crown 5c and 10c both in strips of 3 affixed to parts of archive page from the Madagascar UPU reference collection handstamped POSTES ET TÉLÉGRAPHES MADAGASCAR COLLECTION DE BERNE ~ SG126, 127 (ID:MORA126)
James Bendon
Lot 68 (D)
SG
3as
1888 Great Britain 2s6d on WHITE PAPER handstamped SPECIMEN type GB15 ...more
1888 Great Britain 2s6d on WHITE PAPER handstamped SPECIMEN type GB15 ~ a superb and apparently unmounted example ~ a rare record copy made by the Inland Revenue ~ SG 3as (ID:BRL003a)
James Bendon
Lot 508
1893 - '40 PARAS' on GB ½d vermilion in a block of four - a rare ...more
1893 - '40 PARAS' on GB ½d vermilion in a block of four - a rare stamp in unused condition and the only known block - upper stamps with large part , lower with full original gum - signed Herbert Bloch, Fiecchi photo cert (1953), BPA photo cert (2020) - SG7 (ID:BRL007X)
James Bendon
Lot 72
1913-14 30pa on 1½d to 4pi on 10d (SG35-39) lightly affixed to ...more
1913-14 30pa on 1½d to 4pi on 10d (SG35-39) lightly affixed to two
parts of an album page each handstamped SPECIMEN in semi-bold
sans-serif caps (12.8×2.6mm) in violet - applied by the Tunisian
Postal Authority - BPA cert (2015) for the whole page
James Bendon
Lot 74
SC
MR1
SG
231
1911-13 'LEVANT' on Wmk Royal Cypher ½d & 1d (SGL16-L17) ...more
1911-13 'LEVANT' on Wmk Royal Cypher ½d & 1d (SGL16-L17) lightly
affixed to two parts of an album page each handstamped SPECIMEN in
semi-bold sans-serif caps (12.8×2.6mm) in violet - applied by the
Tunisian Postal Authority - BPA cert (2015) for the whole page
James Bendon
Lot 75
SG
3as
Album page, headed 'Constantinople (Post Office Britannique)' ...more
Album page, headed 'Constantinople (Post Office Britannique)' and
numbered '120' in green at top left, from the Tunisia Post Office
archive, bearing 1893 Provisional '40 PARAS' on GB QV Jubilee ½d
vermilion and 1896 '4 PIASTRES' on GB QV Jubilee 10d dull purple &
carmine, each handstamped SPECIMEN type TUN1 in semi-bold
sans-serif caps (12.8×2.6mm) applied by the Tunisian Receiving
Authority. This is the only recorded example of the Constantinople
Provisional with any form of specimen marking. BPA cert (2015)
James Bendon
Lot 69
SG
7
1893 '40 PARAS' on GB QV Jubilee ½d vermilion ~ 'the ...more
1893 '40 PARAS' on GB QV Jubilee ½d vermilion ~ 'the Constantinople
provisional' ~ a fine unused copy showing the broken 'S' with some
original gum. This example was sent via the UPU as a 'specimen' to
the Royal Swedish General Post Office. Unused copies of this stamp
are extremely scarce and under-catalogued. SG 7 (£425)
James Bendon
Lot 76
H&G
14b
Album page, headed 'Bureaux du Levant' and numbered '119' in ...more
Album page, headed 'Bureaux du Levant' and numbered '119' in green,
from Tunisia Post Office archive, bearing 22 stamps - 1902-05 80pa
on 5d, 4pi on 10d and 12pi on 2s6d (SG9-11) and 1909 (OR...1911-13)
5pi on 1s (SG21), each overprinted SPECIMEN (Samuel Type GB17),
with 1902-05 40pa on 2½d (SG8), 1909 set 30pa on 1½d to 2pi20pa on
6d (SG16-20), 1910 set 1¼pi on 3d to 2½pi on 6d (SG22-24), 1913-14
30pa on 1½d to 4pi on 10d (SG35-39), and 1911-13 'LEVANT' re-drawn
½d & 1d (SGL14-15) and Sideface ½d & 1d (SGL16-17) - each
handstamped SPECIMEN in semi-bold sans-serif caps (12.8×2.6mm) -
applied by the Tunisian Receiving Authority, with manuscript
annotations '23' in left margin. BPA cert (2015)
James Bendon
Lot 73
SC
81
SG
160
1911-13 'LEVANT' on Wmk Crown ½d & 1d (SGL14-L15) lightly affixed
to ...more 1911-13 'LEVANT' on Wmk Crown ½d & 1d (SGL14-L15) lightly affixed to part of album page each handstamped SPECIMEN in semi-bold sans-serif caps (12.8×2.6mm) in violet - applied by the Tunisian Postal Authority - BPA cert (2015) for the whole page
to ...more 1911-13 'LEVANT' on Wmk Crown ½d & 1d (SGL14-L15) lightly affixed to part of album page each handstamped SPECIMEN in semi-bold sans-serif caps (12.8×2.6mm) in violet - applied by the Tunisian Postal Authority - BPA cert (2015) for the whole page
James Bendon
Lot 70
SC
480-483
1893 - '40 PARAS' on GB ½d vermilion in a block of four - a ...more
1893 - '40 PARAS' on GB ½d vermilion in a block of four - a rare
stamp in unused condition and the only known block - upper stamps
with large part, lower with full original gum - signed Herbert
Bloch, Fiecchi photo cert (1953), BPA photo cert (2020) - SG7
James Bendon
Lot 71
SC
496-498
1909 5pi on 1s (SG21) overprinted SPECIMEN lightly affixed to part
of ...more 1909 5pi on 1s (SG21) overprinted SPECIMEN lightly affixed to part of an album page (Samuel Type GB17)
of ...more 1909 5pi on 1s (SG21) overprinted SPECIMEN lightly affixed to part of an album page (Samuel Type GB17)
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