Lot No
Cat No
Description LEBANON
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12288 3 & 5 1924 Cover franked with 1924 3 x 50c on 10c green and 1p on 20c chocolate ‘Sower’ issue with ‘GRAND LIBAN’ overprints (SG 3 & 5) tied by BEYROUTH R.P. cds’s dated 18.3.1924. Addressed to USA. Backflap missing. US4 ........................................................................................ £26
12289 54/57 12290
12291 12292
49
1924 ‘Merson’ issue of France with ‘Gd Liban Avion’ AIRMAIL overprint, the set of four fine cds used. (SG 54/57) Cat. £95 US4 .......................... £41
1924 Cover franked on reverse with single 1924 2p on 40c red & pale blue ‘Merson’ issue overprinted ‘GRAND LIBAN’ (SG 35) tied by BEYROUTH R.P. cds dated 5-8-1924. Addressed to USA. Some small edge faults. US4 ........................................................................................... £15
1924 0.50p on 10c green & yellow green ‘Olympics’ issue of France. A fine mint copy. (SG 49) Cat. £19 US4 ................................................... £9
1924 Cover franked on reverse with 1924 2 x 50c on 10c green ‘Sower’ issue and 2p on 40c red & pale blue ‘Merson’ issue overprinted ‘GRAND LIBAN’ (SG 3 & 10) all tied by TRIPOLI-SYRIE cds’s dated 13-5-1924 with large ½p red & black illustrated ‘Syrian Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Lumiere etc Secours’ charity label on reverse. Addressed to ALEPPO with arrival cds also on reverse. Cover has edge faults & some tone spots. US4 ....... £18
12293 12294
12295
69 65
105
1925 10p plum ‘View of Tripoli’ issue a fine mint copy. (SG 69) Cat. £9 US4 ..................................................................................................... £4
1926 Cover franked with single 1925 2p sepia (SG 65) tied by SAIDA cds with second strike alongside. Addressed to BEYROUTH with arrival cds on reverse. Roughly opened at top. US4 ..................................................... £9
1927 Unsealed cover with ‘IMPRIME’ handstamp on front franked with pair 1927 0.50p yellow green ‘REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE’ overprint issue (SG 105) tied by TRIPOLI MARINE cds dated 10.10.1927. Addressed to SWITZERLAND. US4 ............................................................................. £15
12296 104 & 105 1927 Cover franked with 1927 0.10p violet pair & strip of three and 0.50p yellow green ‘REPUBLIQUE LIBANAISE’ overprint issues (SG 104 & 105) tied by BEYROUTH cds’s dated 9 SEPT 1927. Addressed to USA. Nice franking. US4 ............................................................................... £20
12297 104
1927 0p 10 violet with variety ‘Republique Libanaise’ OVERPRINT DOUBLE. A fine mint copy. (SG 104 variety) US4 ................................... £15
12298 D122/504 1927-55 A very useful balance collection on printed leaves, mint or some unmounted mint, useful sets/part sets, most dues for the period, good range of airs, mainly very fine with some duplication. (250+). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS ....... £100
12299 12300
12301 12302
12303 12304
1928 1p bright claret with variety MISSING R IN REPUBLIQUE in pair with normal. Mint with gum, odd small tone spot. (SG Unlisted) US4 ............ £38
D145
1928 0p 50 brown on yellow ‘Postage Due’ issue with additional ‘Arabic’ overprint. A fine unmounted mint bottom marginal block of twenty. (SG D145) Cat. £55 US4 ............................................................................. £26
1931 4.50p red on grey green postal stationery card (H&G 2). A fine unused example. US4 ........................................................................... £9
175 175
1932 Cover franked with 1930 7.50p deep blue (SG 175) tied by DEIR EL KAMAR cds with second strike alongside. Addressed to USA with BEYROUTH transit cds on reverse. US4 ................................................. £15
1933 Cover franked with 1930 7.50p deep blue (SG 175) tied by BATROUN cds with second strike alongside. Addressed to USA with transit cds on reverse. Cover trimmed at top. US4 ................................. £12 197 1936 AIRMAIL 15P Red, fresh m.m. h/r Cat. £41 US4 ........................... £9
12305 172 & 177a 1937 Registered cover franked with 1930 4.50p carmine and 15p blackish purple (SG 172 & 177a) tied by BEYROUTH cds with straight line ‘Recommandee’ and printed ‘Beyrouth R.P.’ registration label alongside. Addressed to UK. US4 .......................................................................... £9
12306 199-217 1937-40 Set to 100p sepia very fine mint, many are u.m. (15) Cat. £49 US ....................................................................................................... £18
12307 183
1938 Illustrated ‘Airfrance’ publicity postcard showing plane in flight franked on message side with 1930 2p orange AIR issue (SG 183) tied by BEYROUTH cds with nice AIR FRANCE DANS TOUS LES CIELS ‘Flag’ cinderella label alongside. Addressed to FRANCE with arrival cds on front. Scarce. US4 .......................................................................................... £38
12308 176a
1938 Cover franked with 1930 10p deep green (SG 176a) tied by AMYOUN cds with second strike alongside. Addressed to USA with BEYROUTH transit and USA arrival cds’s on reverse. US4 ....................... £15
12309 191-198 1938 Tourist Propaganda set very fine l.m.miint (8) Cat. £180 US PH Plate 31 ........................................................................................ £62
12310 256/257 1942 10p purple & 50p blue green ‘First Anniversary of Proclamation of Independence’ AIR issue in fine cds used blocks of four. (SG 256/257) Cat. £50 US4 ....................................................................................... £24
12311 12312
1942-2008 Flora & Fauna - seln sets & singles - 69 stamps. & 1 m/s all u.m. Cat. £120 US4 ............................................................................. £35
288 12313 280-9
1944 300p grey green ‘First Anniversary of President’s Return to Office’ overprint issue, a fine cds used copy. (SG 288) Cat. £41 US4 ................. £18
1944 President’s Return postage and air set, fine used. (10) Cat. £225 US PH Plate 31 ........................................................................................ £107
12314 280-289 1944 !st Anniversary of President’s Return to Office set of 10 very fine hinged mint Cat. £225 US PH Plate 31 ............................................... £80
12315 165, 173, 20 1945 Cover franked with 1930 0.25p blue and 5p blackish green, 1937 strip of three 0.75p brown, 1938 12½p on 7.50p blue and 1945 50p carmine plus 1945 5p on 30c red brown ‘Lebanese Army’ POSTAL TAX issue (SG 165, 173, 203, 247, 293 & T289) tied by BEYROUTH cds’s dated 15.X.1945. Sent airmail to UK. US4 ............................................ £12
12316 217 & 247 1945 Airmail cover franked with 1937 100p sepia and pair 1938 12½p on 7.50p blue (SG 217 & 247) tied by TRIPOLI LIBAN cds’s. Censored with black on white ‘CONTROLE’ censor strip. Addressed to USA. US4 .......... £15
12317 T289
1945 Postal TX 5p on 30c, centred to bottom, very fresh, unused no gum. Cat. £650 US5 ..................................................................................... £49
12318 298/311 1946 ‘Victory’ issue the set of fourteen fine mint. (SG 298/311) Cat. £43 US4 ..................................................................................................... £20
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Cat No
Description Lebanon - continued
12319 203, 226, 29 1946 Cover franked with 1937 0.75p brown, 4 x 0.50p bright blue, 1946 10p red & purple and 1945 5p on 30c red brown ‘Lebanese Army’ POSTAL TAX issue (SG 203, 226, 299 & T289) tied by ZAHLE cds’s dated 13.11.1946. Addressed internally to FURN EL CHUBBAK with arrival cds on reverse. US4 .................................................................................... £12
12320 320-324 1946 Greay Herons set of 5 very fine mint Cat. £110 US ....................... £36 12321 321-324 1946 Grey Herons airmail quartet very fine u.m. Cat. £85 US ................ £27 12322 338-351 1947 Definitive set with airs all very fine hinged mint. (16) Cat. £250 US PH Plate 31 ........................................................................................ £89
12323 MS388a 1948 UNESCO miniature sheet unmounted mint, fine & scarce Cat. £350 US ....................................................................................................... £133
12324 363-378 1948 Definitive set with airs, very fine mint (16) Cat. £120 US .............. £40 12325 363-378 1948 Postage & Air set of 16 very fine mint, some unmounted (including all the airs) Cat. £120 US ..................................................................... £44
12326 MS393a 1949 UPU miniature sheet very fine u.m. Cat. £90 US ........................... £35 12327 392/393 1949 ‘75th Anniversary of the UPU’ AIR issue, the pair fine mint. (SG 392/393) Cat. £23 US4 ........................................................................ £12
12328 407-415 1950 0p50 to 50p set complete fine mint (9) Cat. £65 US .................... £20 12329 429-443 1951 Postage & Airs set of 15 very fine l.m.mint Cat. £110 US .............. £36 12330 438/443 1951 ‘Crusader Castle, Sidon’ AIR issue, the set of six fine mint. (SG 438/443) Cat. £30.95 US4 ................................................................... £15
12331 447 & 449 1952 Airmail cover franked with 1952 5p rose red and 7 x 10p bright violet (three on front and four on reverse, SG 447 & 449) tied by multiple strikes of BEKASSINE cds. Addressed to MEXICO with BEYROUTH transit mark and MEXICO CITY arrival cds on reverse. US4 ............................... £16
12332 444/453 1952 ‘Cedar of Lebanon & Baalbek’ POSTAGE issue, the set of ten fine mint. (SG 444/453) Cat. £112.25 US4 .................................................. £59
12333 481-500 1954 Pictorial definitives set to 300p l.m.mint or unmounted mint, very fine (20) Cat. £175 ............................................................................... £60
12334 497, 468 & 4 1954 Registered AR airmail cover franked with 1954 50p bronze green on front and 1953 pair 7.50p carmine and 2 x 25p blue on reverse (SG 497, 468 & 477) all tied by DJOUNIE cds’s with printed ‘Arabic’ registration label tied by additional DJOUNIE cds and large ‘AR’ in circle marking in black on front. Addressed to USA with BEYROUTH CHARGEMENTS transit cds on reverse. Roughly opened on one side. US4 ....................... £20
12335 12336
1954 5p black & red pictorial ‘Anti-TB Seal’ showing Woman with torch leading TB sufferer inscribed ‘Societe Anti-Tuberculose du Liban’ and ‘Lumiere et Secours’. A fine used copy. US4 .......................................... £2
1955 Black & white PPC ‘Liban - Les Cedres’ franked on message side with 1954 5p bluish green and 10p deep lilac (SG 484 & 492) tied by AEROPORT INTERNAL BEYROUTH cds with large ½p red & black illustrated ‘Syrian Anti-Tuberculosis Society, Lumiere etc Secours’ charity label alongside. Addressed internally within Lebanon. Very late use of this label. US4 ............................................................................................ £9
12337 553/558 1956 ‘Baalbek International Drama Festival’ issue, the set of six fine IMPERF corner marginal copies. Rare. (SG 553/558) US4 ....................... £49
12338 540-9 1956 Fruits set of 10 u.m. Cat. £54 US4 ............................................... £21 12339
1958 Airmail cover franked with 1957 5p green and 100p deep grey (SG 592 & 600) tied by BEYROUTH cds’s with large red on white ‘Arabic’ OFFICIAL SEAL on reverse. Origin unknown. US4 .................................. £26
12340 12341 597
1958 Registered stampless official cover with ‘Republique Libanaise Ministere des P.T.T. heading with BEYROUTH COLIS POSTAUX cds and additional BEYROUTH cds alongside and black on pink registration label. Sent airmail to USA. US4 ...................................................................... £7
1958 Cover franked with single 1957 35p dull purple (SG 597) tied by BEYROUTH cds with nice illustrated ‘TWA AIR MAIL’ bilingual ‘Airplane’ airmail label alongside. Sent airmail to UK. US4 .................................... £7
12342 588 & T602 1958 Cover franked with 1957 12½p blue plus 1957 2.50p grey green ‘Earthquake Victimes’ TAX stamp (SG 588 & T602) tied by CHOUEIFAT cds’s. Addressed to BEYROUTH with arrival cds on reverse. Two of the side flaps missing on reverse. US4 ............................................................... £16
12343 MS648a 1960 World Refugee Year min sheet, thin and corner crease, fresh m.m. Cat. £55 US ......................................................................................... £7
12344 687 & T729 1961 Cover franked with 1961 15p lake plus 1961 2.50p red brown ‘Earthquake Victimes’ TAX stamp (SG 687 & T729) tied by TRIPOLI LIBAN cds’s. Addressed to BEYROUTH. US4 ..................................................... £14
12345 448-53 1962 Pictorials horiz set of 6 u.m. Cat. £105 US4 ................................. £40 12346
816 12347
1965 Cover franked with pair 1964 10p ‘Flower’ issue (SG 816) tied by fine strike of FIH cds in blue with second strike alongside. Sent airmail to JORDAN with arrival cds on reverse. A scarce origination. US4 ............... £14
1967 Headed ‘Recepisse des objets recommandes ou avec valeur delaree’ registered receipt franked with single 1965 5p magenta ‘Revenue’ issue tied by fine BEYROUTH cds. Addressed in Arabic. US4 ........................... £9
12348 1234 & 1236 1979 Airmail cover franked with 1978 25p ‘Lilies’ and 2 x 50p ‘Iris’ issues all with SECURITY OVERPRINTS (SG 1234 & 1236) all tied by ZAHLE cds’s. Addressed to CANADA. US4 ........................................................ £7
12349 1155 & 1246 1979 Airmail cover franked with 1973 25p ‘Brazilian Independence’ issue and 1978 100p ‘Architecture’ issue with SECURITY OVERPRINT (SG 1155 & 1246) tied by BEYROUTH cds. Addressed to NICARAGUA with MANAGUA arrival mark on reverse. US4 ............................................... £9
12350 1238, 1244, 1980 Colour PPC ‘Ruins of St. Simeon’s Cathedral’ franked with 1978 75p ‘Grapes’, 50p ‘Ornate Arches’, 10p ‘Marquetry’ and 100p ‘Handicrafts Museum’ issues all with SECURITY OVERPRINTS (SG 1238, 1244, 1251 & 1257) all tied by TYR cds’s in blue. Sent airmail to CANADA. US4 ...... £7
12351 1238, 1244, 1980 Colour PPC ‘H.Q. UNIFIL, NAQUOURA, SOUTH LEBANON’ printed by the UN with the UN Emblem at bottom franked with 1978 75p ‘Grapes’, 50p ‘Ornate Arches’, 10p ‘Marquetry’ and 100p ‘Handicrafts Museum’ issues all with SECURITY OVERPRINTS (SG 1238, 1244, 1251 & 1257) all tied by TYR cds’s. Sent airmail to CANADA. US4 .................. £9
12352 1238, 1244, 1980 Colour PPC ‘H.Q. UNIFIL, NAQUOURA, SOUTH LEBANON’ printed by the UN with the UN Emblem at bottom franked with 1978 75p ‘Grapes’, 50p ‘Ornate Arches’, 10p ‘Marquetry’ and 100p ‘Handicrafts Museum’ issues all with SECURITY OVERPRINTS (SG 1238, 1244, 1251 & 1257) all tied by TYR cds’s. Sent airmail to CANADA. US4 .................. £9
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