Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Bird
1880 (Dic 3) small local cover used within Guatemala City bearing single franking 1879 ¼r. green and brown ‘Quetzal’ cancelled with full star handstamp, red octagonal date stamp bottom right; fine and attractive.
£795
Panama
Covers and stamps / Great Britain Used Abroad / Panama / Bird
(British Post Offices) 1878 (Oct 6) envelope to Plymouth franked Great Britain 1864 1d., plate 191, SE-SF tied by PANAMA C35 duplex. endorsed at top “from J. Frost Stoker/ H.M.S. Pelican”. Arrival backstamp. Some slight damage at top left of left-hand stamp but an extremely rare concessionary usage (rate of 1d. for Panama transit charge and 1d. for Sailor’s rate) Only a few cover recorded. Ex Charles Warren, Andre Bollen and H. Wood.
£1275
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird
(New South Wales) 1896 (JA 13) long multi franked cover to Auckland, New Zealand, the franking including surcharges with 9d. on 10d. vertical strip of three and 1891 7½d. on 6d. and 12½d. on 1s. pairs and a single, 1893 10d., 188-89 8d Lyrebird horizontal strip of three. Vertical filing crease, arrival backstamp. A striking cover.
£275
Uruguay
Covers and stamps / Uruguay / Bird / Picture Stationery
(Picture Stationery) 1890s 2c. blue card with brownish photographic image on front of fields with Chickens and Cockerill, fine unused.
£125
Netherland East Indies
Covers and stamps / Netherland East Indies / Bird / Picture Stationery
(Picture Stationery) c.1890 7½c. postal stationery card with blue image of Geese in garden (the building no longer visible at centre); fresh unused.
£75
Paraguay
Covers and stamps / Paraguay / Bird / Picture Stationery
(Picture Stationery) Late 1890s 4c. card with on front fine blue image of couple feeding Chickens; fresh unused.
£115
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australia / Bird / Picture Stationery
(Picture Stationery) 1924 ‘THREE/ HALFPENCE’ on 2d. letter card with image in red of Flamingos entitled ‘Zoo, Adelaide, SA’, the image a little shifted to right, unclear despatch from Victoria
£65
Paraguay
Covers and stamps / Paraguay / Bird / Picture Stationery
(Picture Stationery) Late 1890s 4c. 'Rivarola' card with on front a blue image of farming couple with baby feeding their chickens. Ironed-out vertical crease.
£75
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird / Picture Stationery / Squared circles
(South - Picture Stationery) 1912 1d. lilac picture postal stationery card titled ‘Kookaburra’ with a group of four birds, to Hannover and uprated with New South Wales ½d. tied by two Fudunda S.A. square circle date stamps.
£75
Australian States
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird / Picture Stationery
(South – Picture Stationery) 1900s 1d. dark brown stationery card with illustration of four Kookaburra; some slight toning on reverse and at edges.
£55
Australian States
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird / Picture Stationery
(South – Picture Stationery) 1900s 1d. olive-green stationery card with illustration of four Kookaburra; some slight toning on reverse and at edges.
£55
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird / Picture Stationery
(South – Picture Stationery) 1900s 1d. black stationery card with illustration of ‘Poultry Farm’ fine unused.
£95
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird / Picture Stationery
(South – Picture Stationery) 1900s 1d. brown stationery card with illustration of four Kookaburra; some slight toning on reverse and at edges.
£55
Australia
Covers and stamps / Australian States / Bird / Picture Stationery
(Tasmania) 1898 2½d. red violet postal stationery envelope with black printed image entitled ‘Lake Crescent and the Old Man’s Head’; a Post Office issued envelope cto with Hobart DE 8 98 cds, fine condition. Only 312 being produced and these arrived in Tasmania on Dec 4th 1897, so this date of DE 8 must be one of the earliest known dates.
£125
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Hamburg / Bird
1883 (Set 20) cover to Hamburg franked 1881 10c. Quetzal single and vertical pair cancelled by blue-violet four pointed handstamp, Correos Quetzaltenango cd in same colour, reverse with octagonal Guatemala transit, London transit and framed arrival. Thick envelope opened on three sides with separation between layers.
£425
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Bird / Stamp Dealers
1884 (Apr 20) cover to Birmingham, franked 1881 1c. Quetzal (2) each with heavy central segmented cork cancel and left hand stamp tied by CORREOS DE GUATEMALA date stamp, Sparbrook arrival backstamp; damaged bottom right corner, rare.
£675
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Bird
1885 (Ene 12) envelope to Leipzig, Germany franked 1881 10c. tied by cork cancel with at bottom right violet scallop edged CORREOS GUATEMALA cds, reverse with London transit and arrival cds; fine clean condition.
£245
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Switzerland Incoming Mail / Bird
1886 (May 16) cover to Zurich, Switzerland endorsed “via Panama y New York” and franked 1881 5c. (4) and a 10c. Quetzal, all cancelled with cork handstamps and also by CORREOS GUATEMALA ‘star’ duplex, Calais A Paris tpo bottom left, reverse Zurich and Neumunster arrival cds.
£765
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Bird
1886 (May 18) cover to Zurich, Switzerland endorsed “via Livingston y New Orleans” and franked four 1881 5c. Quetzal, three cancelled with cork handstamp and one by CORREOS GUATEMALA ‘star’ duplex, reverse with New Orleans and New York transits, Neumunster arrival cds.
£675
Guatemala
Covers and stamps / Guatemala / Bird / Official Mail
1895 Official stampless envelope with very fine coloured illustration of national Arms of Quetzal, alongside is ornate violet Posta Local date stamp; light horizontal creasing towards base, rare.