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Auction: 15046 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the John Sussex Collection of South West Africa,1880-1928
Lot: 772

(x) Ionian Islands
1661-1964 the collection housed in three large binders contained in a carton. 236 covers or cards and 155 stamps. including Venetian Administration with 1661 and 1715 entires from Corfu to Venice, without postal markings, French Administration with 1797 document with "republique française/municipalite/zante" cachet, Septinsular Republic with 1895 entire from Venice with "posta/corfu/settinsulare" handstamp, French Empire Administration with 1812 entire to Corfu with red framed "L'Ordonnateur les/Iles Ioniennes" cachet, 1812 entire with blue "posta/corfu/settinsulare" and red "paxo", British Military Occupation with 1814 entire with "isole/ionie" and 1815 entire with "isola di santa maura", British Protectorate with a wide range of entires and markings with 1822 entire with "lixuri di cefalonia" with manuscript franca, 1818 entire with "isola di zante", 1823 entire with "isola di cefalonia", 1827 and 1828 entires with "posta kalamou", 1833 entire with "isola di cerigo", scrolls of Cefalonia, Cerigo, Corfu, Itaca, Paxo, Sta. Maura, Zante, disinfected, "posta pagata", Crowned Circles with "paid/at/cephalonia", "paid/at/corfu", "paid/at/zante", 1859 stamps with Perkins, Bacon Die Proof in black, the three values in unused blocks of four, (2d.) pencancelled, incoming mail, Greek Administration with postal frauds, postage due and combination frankings, World War I with Serbian Post Offices in Corfu, "postes serbes", Italian Post Offices with 1923 "Corfu Incident" covers, Air Mails,World War II with Italian Occupation of Cephalonia and Ithaca with 1941 Charity 50L. horizontal and vertical pairs, Corfu and Paxos, German Occupation of Zante 1943 red handstamp 10c. block of four, 1953 Earthquake, etc., informatively written up and chiefly good to fine. A valuable lot and the basis for an award winning collection. Photo

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Estimate
£40,000 to £45,000