15.9.1947 cover from French Occupied Zone to Switzerland, French contents identified for censor in 2 languages, franked by 75-pf Baden stamp (tab single from sheet bottom) & 5-franc French Zone coat of arms stamp, neatly opened. $12.00 b

    c.1947 cover from French Occupied Zone to Switzerland, franked by 45-pf Baden & 5-franc French Zone coat of arms stamp, stamps tied but cancels mostly indistinct, opened neatly. $7.00 b

    16.2.1948 cover from Villingen i Schwarzwald to Switzerland, franked by 10-pf, 16-pf & 24-pf Baden stamps, neatly opened. $4.75 b

    10.6.1948 EINSCHREIBEN cover from Löffingen to Switzerland, German contents noted for censor on backflap, franked by three different French Occupied Zone coat of arms stamps (1-fr & 3-fr & 30-fr) and five different Baden stamps (2 pf & 3-pf & 15-pf & 84-pf & 1-mark), sealed at three edges with selvedge. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 b

    1948 EINSCHREIBEN small cover from Löffingen to Switzerland, franked by 1-M Baden (showing 30.00 in selvedge) & 8-fr French Occupied Zone coat of arms stamps, both tied neatly, opened neatly, not backstamped. $12.00 (b)

1948 cover from Villinbenischwarzwi to Switzerland, franked by 2-pf & 3-pf & 45-pf Baden stamps, opened neatly. $4.50

1948 cover from Freiburg Breisgau to Switzerland, franked by 2-pf & two 3-pf Baden stamps & 20-franc French Occupied Zone stamps. $9.00

1949 cover from Offenburg to Switzerland franked by two 2-pf & pair of 20-pf & pair of 3-pf stamps, small corner crease not affecting stamps, attractive. $9.00

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Clear NOV 12 1953 NASSAU machine cancel ties 4-c sea garden stamp franking chrome postcard to Mr. & Mrs. W. Zaplital in New York City, captioned "THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOTEL" its shows an exterior with many guests, trivial edge wear. $2.00 b-b NEW / NEU / NUEVO

"GREGORY TOWN and its cove on beautiful Eleuthera / Island in the Bahamas which provided a sheltered / harbour for the pirates which ravaged the Caribbean /. in the 18th century ..." chrome post card mailed in the 1970's with 16-c stamp to Pennsylvania (SOCIAL REVOLUTION / THE BAHAMIAN / SOLUTION slogan cancel). $3.00 b-bh%

15.4.90 clear Lisboa Portugal circular date stamp ties 30-c Bahamas butterfly fish stamp to #6 PAQUEBOT cover to New Jersey from M.V. City of Manchester (Isle of Man registry), unsealed, neatly addressed. $3.00 fbp

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DEC 13 1972 clear fancy Smithsonian Station DC cancel ties 8-c US in space stamp to cover commemorating 100th anniversary of Haenlein's airship (first aircraft propelled by an internal combustion engine, cachet in black shows the ship, neatly typed address. Number 2 in their Milestones of Flight Commemorative Series. Insert (1 of 4 pages shown) reproduces the relevant 1872 letter patent for "Improvement in Balloon-Locomotives". Nice! $25.00 bda

SEP 25 1975 Palestine TX machine cancel ties 8-c US Christmas sleigh stamp to cover for the launch of a scientific balloon (detection of cosmic positrons & antiprotons using superconducting magnets & radiation detectors) from the NASA Johnson Space Center, 2-color cachet, unaddressed, unimportant cancel ink on back. $2.00 bat

    2 MAI 1978 fancy Monaco ballooning cancel neatly ties 4-stamp first day cover (FDC) honoring 150th anniversary of author Jules Verne's birth, multicolored cachet transforms the large greeting-card size cover into a gorgeous piece, neatly typed address, fresh appearance. $1.25 mab

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Beachball', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Dudley', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Free Spirit', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

    SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp (with Mr. Zip tab) tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Misty', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'NGLUB', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'October', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Rainbow's End', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Red Baron', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 11 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'White Castle', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

SEP 12 1982 flown balloon flight cover franked by 20-c Touro Synagogue stamp tied by fancy Marysville Ohio cancel clearly struck, autographed by the pilot of the aerostat 'Sunshine', unaddressed & fresh. $2.75 jb

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PROVISIONAL POSTAL STATIONERY, UNUSED

5-1 / 2-anna registered letter (shown left); 5-1 / 2-anna registered letter handstamped "Stationery Surcharge 20 Paisa'; 8-anna registered letter with no surcharge. Both sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scans in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 each or both for $2.75. b

BETTER PROVISIONAL COVERS

    4 NOV 72 light Srimangal hand cancels of block of twelve Pakistani 3-paisa stamps hand-overprinted in Bengali (wonderful example of the degree to which position varied at the same post office, even on the same sheet) and two unoverprinted Pakistan 2-paisa stamps franking #10 cover to The Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. in Dacca, remnants of two seals near stamps on back, 3 corner creases. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 b

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TEMPORARY POST OFFICES

    18 FEB 72 clear DACCA G.P.O. backstamp on registered #10 cover franked by five 20-p Bangladesh stamps (including block of 4 cancelled lightly) from Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd. in Jessore to its head office in Dacca, black handstamp "TEMPORARY P. O. KLN-248', corner wrinkling, upper left front corner reduced in opening. $12.50 b

LATER COVERS

? OCT 74 fairly clear Philatelic Bureau Dacca G.P.O hand cancel on 60-p Victory Day (doves) & 10-p 25th anniversary stamps franking #10 cover to New York City at 'PRINTED MATTER / BOOK POST' rate. $1.25 b

22 FEB 74 clear Philatelic Bureau Dacca G.P.O. hand cancel on 10-p 25th anniversary & 60-p independence anniversary stamp franking #10 cover to New York City via 'PRINTED MATTER / BOOK POST' rat. $1.25 b

    FEB 22 1994 clear Old Bedford Station of Detroit Michigan backstamp on registered airmail #10 cover (from Habiganj) franked by strip of eight 3 aircraft stamps on backflap & pair of 2 airport stamps on front, Bangladesh cancels light, opened neatly. All aviation topical stamps. [Yellow spot is backflap glue show-through.] $3.75 ba

BANGLADESH PHILATELIC LITERATURE

"Bangladesh Philatelic Journal" Volume No. 1, Issue No. 1 (June 1973), 38 pages plus advertisements. The official organ of the Bangladesh Philatelic Society. Paperbound, low-quality printing, very hard to find. $20.00 b-b*%

"Postal Stationeries of Bangladesh" by Manik Jain, published by Stamp Digest, first edition (November 1972), paperbound, 18 well-illustrated pages, color cover. owner annotations, bends at 2 corners. $9.00 b-b%

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BARBADOS POSTAL HISTORY

    "Laborers Quarters, Cristobal, Canal Zone." color postcard mailed 6 DE 09 in Barbados (pair of half-penny stamps neatly tied) by Rose B. Cobb, fairly fresh with good edges. $8.00 c-b NEW / NEU / NUEVO

MY 14 37 cancels tie complete set of three coronation stamps (all well centered) to registered #6 first day cover (FDC) to London England. $2.00 b

20 DEC 1948 clear BARBADOS with slogan POST EARLY  / FOR CHRISTMAS machine cancel ties 3-d colony seal stamp franking #6 cover to Bridgetown Barbados, unused form enclosure. Cancel struck at a slight angle, but it's all there. $3.75 bc

    3 AP 55 mostly clear AIR MAIL / G.P.O. BARBADOS, W.I. hand cancel ties two 4-c Nelson statue stamps franking greeting-card size cover airmailed to Castries St. Lucia, large & clear violet AIR / MAIL handstamp depicts propeller aircraft, slight curl along top edge, opened neatly. $5.00 b

"The Crane Beach, / Barbados, B.W.I." chrome postcard mailed 22 MAR 1956 (6-c fishing & 12-c flying fish stamps tied by almost complete "BARBADOS FOR / ALL-YEAR-ROUND / SUNSHINE AND SEABATHING' slogan cancel) to England, cancel ink on front, corner crease, corner & edge wear, faint internal crease, as is. $1.00 b-b%

16 JY 57 clear G.P.O. BARBADOS REGISTRATION cancel ties 4-c Nelson statue & 24-c guard garrison stamps to registered #6 airmail cover to Chicago, 3 clear & different backstamps, neatly opened. $4.00 g

21 MAR 1962 clear BARBADOS G.P.O. with SPEND THE WINTER / IN SUNNY BARBADOS machine cancel ties 12-c flying fish stamp franking regular-size postcard to Willoughby Ohio, last letters of slogan off the card, view is "#1 / The Chamberlain Bridge. Bridgetown, Barbados" with one corner multiply creased. $0.75 b-b NEW / NEU / NUEVO

    15 JY 63 clear REGISTRATION BRANCH / G.P.O. BARBADOS, W.I. cancel ties 4-c Nelson statue & 24-c guard garrison stamps to registered #6 cover to Curacao, 2 different backstamps, staple holes in one corner miss everything. $5.00 b

6 MY 64 bold AIR MAIL / G.P.O. BARBADOS tie 3-c public buildings & 12-c flying fish stamps franking air letter to Pittsburg Pennsylvania, opened neatly 3 sides but into 2 pieces. $1.25 b

"Paradise Beach / St. Michael, Barbados" chrome postcard with scalloped edges as issued, mailed 7 APR 1967 (15-c angel fish stamp tied by 'SPEND THE WINTER / IN SUNNY BARBADOS' slogan cancel), trivial wear at 2 bottom corners. $1.25 b-bf NEW / NEU / NUEVO

13 JU 69 clear AIR MAIL / G.P.O. BARBADOS hand stamp ties 4-c horse racing & 6-c butterfly fish stamps franking greeting-card size cover to Castries St. Lucia, recipient's docketing on back one day later. $2.50 b

"DC12 West Coast Beach, Barbados / DA'AGS Cards--Photo by Willie Alleyne Associates" chrome postcard mailed there 25 MAY 1969 (40-c vase sponge & 10-c pink-tipped anemone stamps, clear cancel) to England. $1.25 b-bf NEW / NEU / NUEVO

3 DE 69 somewhat light AIR MAIL / G.P.O. BARBADOS, W.I. hand cancel ties pair of 4-c sea urchin stamps to greeting-card size cover to Kinsale Village Montserrat, slight browning of the paper with age, spot of toning on backflap. $2.50 b

15 DE 69 light ...Church / BARBADOS cancels tie 2-c lobster & 4-c sea urchin stamps to small cover to Kinsale Village Montserrat, neatly opened but reduced a bit away from stamps. $2.50 b

"BARBADOS, WEST INDIES / Entrance to the modern Pelican Village Handicraft Center" chrome with saturated color, mailed ther 7 DEC 1970 (12-c museum stamp tied by 'SPEND THE WINTER / IN SUNNY BARBADOS' slogan cancel) to Florida, brownish paper on back, tiny corner crease. $1.00 b-b NEW / NEU / NUEVO

15 December 1970 Barbados 6-c Windmill stamp tied by slogan SPEND THE WINTER / IN SUNNY BARBADOS slogan cancel, on cover to St. Lucia, neatly opened, corner crease. $2.50 %

18 DE 73 two AIR MAIL / G.P.O. BARBADOS cancels on #6 official ON SERVICE cover from Philatelic Bureau to Ann Arbor Michigan, light wrinkling at corners. $1.50 b

    2 SP 74 light EAGLE HALL  / BARBADOS hand cancels tie two 25-c George Washington House stamps franking registered #6 airmail cover to Los Angeles, four backstamps, slight reduction bottom corner due to opening. $5.00 b

    "BB65 Fishing Nets, Oistins Bay, Barbados, / West Indies" chrome postcard mailed 18.9.74 from St. James (pair  10-c South Point lighthouse stamps, cancel light in spots) to England, minor corner wear. $1.25 bf-lb

1 SP 80 clear REGISTRATION BRANCH / G.P.O. BARBADOS, W.I. hand cancel ties $1 Barbados Regiment & 5-c wood dove stamps franking registered #6 cover to Chicago Illinois, 3 different backstamps, neatly opened. Dove stamp wrinkled when applied by sender. $2.50 b

27 OC 80 mostly legible REGISTRATION BRANCH / G.P.O. BARBADOS hand cancel ties 45-c wood dove & $1 underwater scenery stamps franking registered #6 cover to Chicago, St. John return address, 3 different & clear backstamps. $5.00 b

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15 JA 81 light Brittons Hill Barbados cancel ties 45-c animal-drawn tram & $1 train station stamps franking registered #10 cover to Chicago, 6 backstamps, 3 corners with small bends. $5.00 tb

22 JA 81 bold REGISTRATION BRANCH / G.P.). BARBADOS hand cancels tie 10-c cattle egret & three (two a pair) 45-c animal-drawn tram stamps franking registered #6 airmail cover to Chicago Illinois, Content Land / Saint Thomas return address, 3 different backstamps. $5.00 b

    12 AU 81 somewhat light REGISTRATION BRANCH  / G.P.O. BARBADOS hand cancel ties $1 boat painting & 45-c disabled persons stamps franking registered #6 cover to Chicago Illinois, Britton's Hill return address. 4 clear backstamps (3 different). $5.00 b

30 JY 1982 clear EAGLE HALL hand cancels tie 55-c sailboat & 35-c green-throated carib & $1.20 wedding stamps franking registered airmail #10 cover to Chicago Illinois, 6 clear backstamps (4 different), light wrinkling at corners, slightly reduced at bottom when opened. $5.00 b

10 OC 1983 light ST. PETER / BARBADOS hand cancel ties $2.50 Dodge Four & 15-c blackbird stamps franking registered #6 cover to Chicago Illinois, 5 backstamps (3 different), opened neatly. $5.00 b

11 NO 83 clear St. Peter cancels tie 5-c sparrow & 10-c cattle egret & $2 Needham's Point stamps franking #6 cover to Los Angeles, 4 clear backstamps, printed address, neatly opened. $5.00 b NEW / NEU / NUEVO

15 OCT 1992 faint BARBADOS machine cancel ties 90-c Easter stamp franking #6 cover to Chicago Illinois, Parish Land return address, small US K9 & V1 routing marks on back. $1.50 be

12 JY 1993 light BARBADOS machine cancel ties 90-c herringbone stamp franking #10 airmail cover to Chicago Illinois, small US KC & TA routing marks on back, wrinkling at one corner far from stamp. $1.25 b

BARBADOS COVERS IN LOTS

     
  Lot of 18 airmailed #6 covers, most 1948 - 1983. Neatly opened. Personal  & commercial; nothing philatelic. To US (earliest shown top left), Turks & Caicos Islands (via Nassau, shown bottom), St. Lucia (shown top right), Montserrat & St. Vincent. Good variety of stamps. All 18 for $27.50. b

Lot of 18 business covers (#9, #10 & #12) airmailed to US. Thirteen are registered. Dates for most 1968 to 1992, but the registered run 1980-1983. Shown 2 of the earlier covers: a one-shilling franking to New York (left) & a 1963 to Three of the longest covers have vertical creases, but the rest appear nice. All 18 for $35.00. b

Lot of 13 registered #6 covers to the US, 1971 to 1983. Commercial mail to Chicago Illinois, nothing philatelic. Opened neatly, just a few have recipient's staple holes. Good variety of high-value stamps correctly used. $26.00 b

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    11.III.47 clear ROYAL VISIT / BASUTOLAND hand cancels ties complete set of four Royal Visit stamps franking registered #10 cover to Southampton England, lightly toned back, light wrinkling at 2 corners, internal crease. The date is the first day of the 2-day Royal Visit, but the stamps were issued earlier. $2.25 b

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