FAR EAST INC. CEYLON, MALAYSIA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES, ETC: 189...

Hammer

£650

FAR EAST INC. CEYLON, MALAYSIA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES, ETC: 1894-1911 with scarce 1898 PPC Colombo to Austria franked 5c lilac and alongside fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXII" cds and below a fine oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / MARQ.BACQUEHEM" hs; 1899 5k/20 para PC with hand drawn map of the Malacca Straits indicating the ship's position, with three v. fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LXIII" cds and an oval "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / PIROSCAFO / TRIESTE" hs; 1898 PPC Japanese colour scene franked 4sen tied Kobe cds with fine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXIII" cds & on picture side a "Piroscafo / Marq.Bacquehem" hs; 1900 env. (front only) to Barcelona with US 5c blue overprinted PHILIPPINES tied by v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XLVIII" cds of SS Erz. Franz Ferdinand; 1895 1p Letter Card to Berlin with v. fine "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LIV" cds SS Vindobona posted on board on home bound journey from Kobe; 1894 Letter Card to Leipzig with v. ine blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / LII" cds of SS Poseidon which operated on the extended service to Shanghai; 1911 PPC of L.A. hotel at Abbazia franked pair ½c D.E.I. tied Weltevreden, Java; Straits Settlement 8c blue on small piece cancelled with scarce blue "LLOYD AUSTRIACO / XXXIX" of SS Medusa, etc. (16 covers/PPC + stamp) Cross Reference: AUSTRIA, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, JAPAN, PHILIPPINES