Auction #40 Asia / Overseas / Thematics / Europe stamps

1884/1920, France 25 C yellow-brown Sage, single franking on cover with maritime dater LIGNE T / PAQ.FR.No.2, 30.DEC.84, on reverse cds ADEN, 30 DEC 84, to Marseille; Great Britain 1 d red KGV, uncancelled along with circular taxation mark "T" on ppc from ADEN, 6.NOV 1920, to Den Haag in the Netherlands and India 1 A plum together with 1 A 6 P sepia QV on ppc from ADEN, 9.AP.00, to Dresden in Germany. Interesting postal history trio!

1923 Illustrated 'Aden Tobacco Company' cover sent registered to Denmark via London, franked on reverse by India KGV. 2a.(x3) all tied by "ADEN/REG./28 FE/23" cds, red London '12 March' transit cds and Nykj°bing '14.3.23' arrival cds alongside, and with "R 524/ADEN H. O." Reg. label on face. The cover with a small part missing at top right (opened roughly) but still a most attractive envelope and a scarce registered cover to Denmark.

1939-48 KGV. 14a. sepia & light blue, vertical strip of three all perforated SPECIMEN, with lower sheet margin and plate number "1", mint never hinged, very weak toning, fine. THE LARGEST SPECIMEN MULTIPLE THAT CAN EXIST - A GREAT RARITY AMONG ADEN STAMPS.

1966, Sultan Hussein 5c. dark brown with BLACK bilingual overprint 'SOUTH ARABIA 5 FILS' in a block of 18 from lower margin with imprint 'Thomas de la Rue & Company. Limited. London', Mi. € 2.160,-- +

1967, Stamp Exhibition STAMPEX London complete set of seven stamps showing different rare stamps incl. Mauritius, inverted centres etc. IMPERFORATE with missing Sultan printing (in four stamps a mini-foto of the Sultan is affixed) and punch hole affixed into official folder of the printer with violet hs. on reverse, scarce and unusual (T)

1967, Football Championship stamps with INVERTED opt. in green and blue for the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble complete perforated set in blocks of four, mint never hinged and very scarce!

1969, SPACE (Apollo 9+10, Gagarin, White), four souvenir sheets with overprint, each on unaddressed envelope neatly cancelled 1.3.69. Michel states the 1.3.69 as first day for Bl. 139, for all the others the 10.8.69! (T)

1969, 1st Manned Moon Landing, complete set perf./imperf., complete set of three de luxe sheets and souvenir sheet perf./imperf., on six registered airmail covers 10.10.69 (first day cancellation apparently used afterwards) to Germany with arrival marks 26.11.69. (M)

1970, GOLD ISSUE 20r. "FIRST MAN ON MOON", perf./imperf. stamp and the souvenir sheet on registered airmail cover " - MAR 1970" to USA with arrival mark 28.3.1970 on reverse. (M)

1970, Apollo/Gemini, complete set perf./imperf. (se-tenant blocks) on six airmail covers 6.7.70 to USA. (M)

1971, CELEBRITIES - 6 items; collective single die proofs for the set in crossed gutter pairs with gold and black shifted to the right, blue frames, with non-accepted images of Churchill, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Glenn, 24 stamps. (T)