Cover Story Ltd

We are specialized in worldwide postal history from prestamp to 1940s'

We also have an extensive, mainly topographical postcard stock that is not yet fully uploaded to the website, scans on request.

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MOROCCO MOROCCO: Gibraltar issues overprinted, 1898 (Oct 3): Envelope to Winfield, USA, bearing single franking 50 c. bright lilac, overprint type I with heavy A26 obliterator with

MOROCCO

Covers and stamps / Morocco

£495

SIERRA LEONE SIERRA LEONE: 1865 (Feb 19): Envelope to Donegal, Ireland franked 1859/74 6 d. dull purple tied by B31 obliterator with red

SIERRA LEONE

Covers and stamps / Sierra Leone

£475

SWEDEN SWEDEN: 1870 (Jan 29): Outer letter sheet to Stockholm franked with strip of four 1862/63 Small Lion 3ö brown, three in type Il and one in type I (Facit 14A+14B), tied by GÖTEBORG datestamp. Very fine and fresh, from the Godenius archive

SWEDEN

Covers and stamps / Sweden

£475

RUSSIAN LEVANT RUSSIAN LEVANT: 1907 (Nov 13): Picture postcard to the USA, franked with 10 PARA on 2 k. tied by violet

RUSSIAN LEVANT

Covers and stamps / Russian Levant

£1275

RUSSIAN LEVANT RUSSIAN LEVANT: 18/4 (June): Entire from Constantinople to Odessa franked with 1872 1 k. brown in two shades and 3k., these on horizontally laid paper and 5 k. on vertically laid paper, CONSTANTINOPLE company cachet at base, the stamps themselves cancelled on arrival only (June 15). Provenance: Collection Cihangir, Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 370.

RUSSIAN LEVANT

Covers and stamps / Russian Levant

£675

CHINA CHINA: 1947 International Reply Coupon imperforate of the London type, a proof block of four fine unused. Unique example in private hands, presented to Eugene Thomas at the 1947 U.P.U. Congress in Paris.

CHINA

Covers and stamps / China

£1985

CHINA CHINA - Kewkiang Local Post: 1895 (April 7): On Her Brittanic Majestys Service cover to H.M.s Consulate General at Shanghai franked at quadruple 4 c. rate with 1894 Pagoda ½ c. black/rose pair and two ½ c. red / yellow and a pair of Kiang 1 c. black, tied by violet double framed oval

CHINA

Covers and stamps / China

£3750

YEMEN YEMEN under Ottoman rule 1894: Advice of Receipt cover to Constantinople franked Turkey 1892 2 pi. brown orange and bisected 2 pi. due to shortage of 1 pi. tied by native cancel with HODEIDA bilingual cos alongside, Stamboul and Galata arrival backstamps. A rare registered usage.

YEMEN

Covers and stamps / Yemen

£1275

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