| OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS |
|
1090 |
|
CARTON containing the varied accumulation of modern omnibus issues in nine albums/stockbooks & loose. Chiefly Royal interest but with some Churchill noted. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1091 |
|
1935 Silver Jubilee. Binder containing the largely complete mint collection including the Egypt seal and the South Africa set in horizontal mint pairs. (Approx. 240). |
£300 |
|
1092 |
|
ROYAL EVENTS, ETC.: Two large cartons housing the extremely extensive World-wide collection housed in seven printed albums. A very good lot which includes stamps, min. sheets, sheetlets, booklets, etc. (Large Qty.). |
£150 |
|
1093 |
|
1981 Royal Wedding. Four boxed albums containing the extensive World-wide collection of stamps, min. sheets & sheetlets. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1094 |
|
1982 21st Birthday & Royal Baby. Five printed albums containing the extensive mint collection inc. gutter pairs, min. sheets and sheetlets. (Qty.). |
£100 |
| THEMATICS |
|
1095 |
|
BIRDS: Four albums containing the mint & used World-wide collection. Some useful noted. (Very many 100's). |
£60 |
|
1096 |
|
BIRDS - Two albums with the mint collection of modern sets & part sets. Extremely colourful lot. (Qty.). |
£50 |
|
1097 |
|
MUSIC collection, written up in nine loose-leaf volumes, sorted into Composers, Singers, Native Musical Instruments, etc. Some covers, many min. sheets. World-wide representation, condition mainly very fresh & fine. A fantastic lot on which to build an award winning collection. (100's). |
£240 |
|
1098 |
|
OVERPRINTS/SURCHARGES ON STAMPS: Two stockbooks containing the fascinating collection of postage stamps with overprints or surcharges. A very cosmopolitan lot with many different countries represented. (Many 100's). |
£100 |
|
1099 |
|
ROYALTY: Carton containing the extensive accumulation of Royalty related issues housed in five printed albums. Much Princess Diana & Queen Mother noted. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1100 |
|
ROYALTY: Carton with four special Royal Events binders containing stamps, covers, booklets and min. sheets. (Qty.). |
£50 |
| ALBUMS/PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS |
|
1101 |
|
THREE CARTONS containing the varied accumulation inc. a large stockbook, a boxed cover album, a Hawid cutting machine, sundry Hawid mounts, leaves, tweezers, etc. (Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT. |
£30 |
|
1102 |
|
ALBUMS: Two cartons containing two boxed FG Warwick Majors, four boxed FG Warwicks, three unboxed FG Warwicks & one boxed FG Deluxe. (10). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT. |
£75 |
| HEAVY LOTS - BUYERS MUST COLLECT |
| Due to the bulky nature of the lots in the Literature sections, we regret that they are sold subject to the purchaser being responsible for their prompt removal from our premises. |
| LITERATURE - PHILATELIC |
| ** |
1103 |
|
FOUR CARTONS with the extensive and eclectic mix of literature inc. early proof pages for possible congress book, R.Lowe Encyclopaedia volumes III & V, various Billig's handbooks inc. vols. 36, 37, 41, 42, etc, 1896 SG Philatelic handbook for Barbados, various NZ interest, etc. (Qty.). |
£50 |
|
1104 |
|
TWO CARTONS crammed with an eclectic mix of reading material inc. "The P.O. at Nottingham" by Hall, "Army P.O.'s and Philately" by Virk, "Local Posts of London" by Brumell, "The Blitz on Grimsby" by Smith, various auction catalogues with Zeppelin interest and a good range of Cavendish catalogues with significant specialised sections. Much fascinating reading. (Qty.). |
£30 |
|
1105 |
|
AUCTION CATALOGUES: Three cartons containing the extensive accumulation of auction catalogues with some better named types inc. Ishikawa USA, Desai India, Midas New Zealand & Feldman's Mauritius sale of 1993. (Large Qty.). |
£50 |
| LITERATURE - NON PHILATELIC |
|
1106 |
|
MISCELLANY: 1923-36 group of guide books of the 1920s inc. Ward Lock's Channel Islands & Isle of Man, Carisbrooke Castle and several publications on the Isle of Wight; trio of items relating to woodworking & building tools and other illustrated tool catalogues plus a fine copy of the ILN special Silver Jubilee supplement (85pp). (13 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£40 |
| WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
|
1107 |
|
CARTON containing the interesting early to modern accumulation of covers, cards & postal stationery with several useful items noted. A particularly eclectic mixture which warrants careful examination. (Qty.). |
£150 |
|
1108 |
|
CARTON containing the mostly modern accumulation of World-wide FDC's. (Qty.). |
£50 |
|
1109 |
|
CARTON containing the extensive accumulation of modern commercial mail with something of an emphasis on Australia & USA. (Qty.). |
£50 |
|
1110 |
|
MISCELLANY inc. c1642 EL from the Earl of Manchester, from his brother, William Montague, concerning a missent letter & requesting permission to return to England from the Netherlands, 1840 wrapper to Liverpool with mainly fine strike of the "PENZANCE/SHIP LETTER" and filing endorsement "Macao" deleted and replaced with "Tong Koo"; repaired tear but scarce early mail from China, c1840 E (faults but spectacular wax seal) from Rembang to Samarang, 1862 EL with large "CHERIBON" oval h.s. to Batavia, 1929 SCADTA cover with posthumous use of the 20c grey with "GB" (black) & "R" (red) opts., sundry US registered items from the late 19th & early 20th Century, etc. (Small Qty.). [Ex Willcocks]. |
£150 |
|
1111 |
|
MISCELLANY: c1870-1960 group of covers & p. stationery cards etc. 0with good selection of 19th Century and later India & States inc. two unusual advertising cards & an 1889 _a Bombay Official PC, a small range of Australian States covers in mixed condition inc. 1858 EL to Glasgow franked with Victoria 3d blue (crease through stamp), p.stationery cards from a range of British Empire countries with better items noted, various GB PPCs with unusual postmarks, 1936 Brazil cover with 'CONDOR/ZEPPELIN/LUFTHANSA' cachet etc. Mixed condition. (94 items). |
£120 |
|
1112 |
|
MISCELLANY: Fine group of WWII 'Official Paid' marks on cover & pieces inc. OHMS adhesive labels (plain & registered), covers with various departmental h.s. plus London 'OFFICIAL PAID' c.d.s. inc. a fine sequence of SW1 rubber d.s. with indices 1 - 24 virtually complete, machine cancellations, regional varieties etc. Also a pair of forces covers, 1974-76, from N. Ireland showing single-ring 'BELFAST' c.d.s. and a group of PPCs inc. London & Scottish interest - fine set (10) of Tuck's ''Inns of Court'' & an RP card of Epsom Furniture Warehouse c1900 noted. (73 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£60 |
|
1113 |
 |
AIRMAILS: The small group of flown covers from the 1930's & 1940's. Particular interest in Zeppelin mail with five covers to Buenos Aires, each bearing 4/- worth ofadhesives and "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA" pictorial cachets. Other items of interest include 1937 cover ex Argentina to London with boxed black "DAMAGED BY SEA/WATER" cachet and three-line "Courrier sinistrê/reconstituê par les soins du/Bureau de Casablanca", (27 covers/cards plus a few pieces). |
£120 |
|
1114 |
|
AIRMAILS - ROCKET MAIL: 1934-35 selection of 17 Indian flight items with cachets and labels of Sikkim, Saugor Island and "Livestock" flights, most signed by Stephen Smith, two Netherlands items of the Poolster flights with cachets and labels. Also a trio of 1934 Indian Earthquake Relief covers with labels, a first parachute mail cover and a pair of Pigeongram covers. Fair to mainly fine (25). |
£130 |
|
1115 |
|
BELGIUM/HOLLAND: 1799-1960 range of covers & cards inc. stampless covers with a variety of origin & transit marks, 1917 registered cover ex the Belgian Government in Exile at St. Adresse, 1936 Queen Astrid set on express cover to UK, 1913 Netherlands 3 Centenary values on cover used before official issue date, registered & airmail items etc. Needs inspection. (41 items). |
£80 |
|
1116 |
|
CRASH & WRECK MAIL: Collection of salvaged airmail covers inc. items from the 1938 'Calpurnia' & 1939 'Centurion' crashes and several examples from the 1950s inc. Singapore Airport (3), Hollywood, Rome 1954 & '55 the former with fine label, Prestwick (2) plus two 1961 covers with Israeli damage notification cachets etc. (15 items). |
£120 |
|
1117 |
|
EARLY LETTERS - "DOVE SARA" COVER, FORERUNNER OF REGISTERED MAIL; 15th Jan. 1591 EL (fine large triangular wafer-seal) from "Civita Ducale" addressed to the "Duca Alessandria de Parma et Piancenza", and clearly sent by special messenger who had to find the man himself because of the unusual endorsement "Dove sara" [= wherever he may be] on the front. Good example of the early method of ensuring secure delivery. PHOTO - see plate no. 20 |
£150 |
|
1118 |
|
EUROPEAN PRESTAMP MIX; 1724 Leipzig to Florence EL with m/s "Fr[anc]o p Tr[ent]o", 1787 boxed "MILAN/F" with v. fine "V:Augsburg" mark, rare early 1797 "LISBON" mark, and spectacular 1837 double-headed eagle official cachet of "TEOLO". Exhibition quality items. (4 covers). |
£100 |
| * |
1119 |
|
EUROPE: 1826-1932 miscellany of covers inc. interesting 1856 registered item ex Copenhagen via Rostock to London with a plethora of charge & transit marks inc. boxed 'Aus Daenemarck/d. Mecklenburg' & fine '(Crown)/REGISTERED', 1826 Corfu local letter, c1850 cover from the Bishop of Warsaw, 'B.C./CADIZ' h.s. on 1847 packet letter to London, two or three S.American cards etc. Mixed condition but an interesting lot. (17 items). |
£75 |
| * |
1120 |
|
FAR EAST: 1849 EL (creased) ex Batavia to London with mainly fine boxed 'SINGAPORE' bearing mark, 1849 cover to Copenhagen from the Danish Consulate in Calcutta with boxed 'INDIA', 1942 censored env. ex Bandoeng to Timor with 'POST.VERBROKEN' (service suspended) h.s., fine 1908 Siam p.stat. card plus two Egyptian items: an 1844 Cairo - Alexandria EL & an 1845 part-printed bill of lading for a Neapolitan ship leaving Alexandria for Malta (disinfection chisel marks). (8 items). |
£100 |
|
1121 |
|
JEWISH REFUGEE EPHEMERA: 1933-48 Diverse collection of material incl. passport of a Dresden lady who emigrated to Jaffa in 1933, letter dated 1938 from an Austrian Jew requesting a job in British India, printed form for declaration of property value and 2 documents concerning the enforced closure of a shop in Breslau and payment of 30% of its value in "tax" before the family was allowed to emigrate, 1945 Belgian p.s. card giving a summary of family news to a Dr. Fuss in New York and Jewish Refugee Committee letters. (22 items).[Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
|
1122 |
|
MARITIME: Old-time collection in Swing-O-Ring album, majority of British interest with Paquebot marks from many of our ports on covers franked with a variety of adhesives including Iceland, Belgium, Spain, Norway, South Australia & India. We note German Seepost marks including on a 1935 cover from Gambia to Scotland with postage due applied on arrival, French & Belgian marks on adhesives and covers, "H & K Pact" marks on 6 items, etc. A few very nice PPC's are included, notably a silk card of the "RMS Oceanic" used in 1906. A lovely lot for the specialist. (92 covers/cards + Qty. of adhesives/pieces). |
£300 |
|
1123 |
|
MARITIME & ROYAL AIR FORCE - WWII to 1960's: Small selection of airmail letter-cards (7) used by naval personnel, 4 with "tombstones" censor markings, 2 x 1942 covers from the R.A.F. base in Belfast with purple or black circular R.A.F. Base Censor markings, 18 covers from F.P.O.'s in Northern Ireland and selection of Royal Mail incl. 2 covers with "BRITISH FLEET MAIL" handstamps, 2 x 1963 covers carried on H.M.S. Oxfordshire (the last troop ship to sail) with special cachets and many 1960's items such as Western Fleet Review covers. (Small Qty.). [Ex Crabb]. |
£60 |
|
1124 |
|
MILITARY - SEVEN YEARS WAR COVER ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH RESERVE ARMY NEAR ALSACE; 24th May 1760 EL (no postal marks; with clear gossipy contents mentioning a visit to see the King at Versailles, etc.) addressed to "M. le marquis de Noyes, Lieutenant d'Armées du Roy, inspecteur de la Reserve du bas Rhin", who was presumably on manoeuvres along the German border during the build-up for invasion. Rare early military item. |
£100 |
|
1125 |
|
MILITARY - LIEUTENANT LEE (QLD), 1787-92: Correspondence to Lt. Lee of the Queen's Light Dragoons while serving in France, Germany & Austria from two French paramours and a brother officer in Switzerland, largely concerning their sexual exploits and relationships; postal markings inc. a boxed 'BESANCON' (3), Paris triangles & red 'NORWICH', one EL has been forwarded. Translations accompany. An unusual lot! (9 ELs). [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
|
1126 |
|
MILITARY MISCELLANY - OFFICIAL MILITARY FREES, AUTOGRAPHS, CONCESSION RATE & PARAGUAYAN WARS, etc.: Large 1805 "O.H.M.S. War Office" partly printed E franked to Wells, similar m/s 1788 O.H.M.S. franked front, 1794 receipt signed by the Mayor of Ryde, IOW for costs incurred for Hessian troops billeted on the island, pair of 1811/12 War Office letters signed "Palmerston", 1812 commission on vellum for a captain with the Nottingham County Militia, 1818 EL from Hull (mileage c.d.s.) to London with red m/s "P1" addressed to a private soldier, Tallow/Ballina 1824/5 ELs (one with Sellotape stains) to Chelsea Hospital with "FREE" d.s.'s, unused c.1865 "EXERCITO/EM OPERACOES/CONTRA/O PARAGUAY" labels presumably produced by the Brazilian authorities for use on soldiers' letters sent home from the Paraguayan Wars the labels being printed in black on green (2 shades), purple, yellow and blue papers along with supporting article. (16 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£75 |
| * |
1127 |
|
MILITARY - FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR: 1871 (23 Apr.) Envelope (faults) containing 3pp letter written to a French POW in Camp de Wittenberg with Magdeburg c.d.s. & (smudged) blue 'PORTO FREI' cachet also another (Jan. 1871) env. with fine seal of the Wurttemburg War Ministry and Stuttgart c.d.s., addressed to 'Lt.Colonel de Gancourt, Prisonnier de Guerre, Mayence' and endorsed 'portofr. Gefangenen Correspondenz'. Also two German feldpost cards, one written from Rambouillet (31.10.70) and an unused Wurttemburg feldpost envelope. An interesting group. (5 items). |
£80 |
|
1128 |
|
MILITARY - THE CHITRAL RELIEF FORCE, G.B. ARMY OFFICIALS, etc.: Miscellany incl. 16th/19th Sept., 1895 usage of the India _a. green news wrapper (faults) from Fatehgarh and addressed to "Field Post Office No. 5, Chitral Relief Force Camp..." with a very fine and scarce "F.P.O. I. No.5A" arrival c.d.s. on the back, 1890 env. (faults) sent to G.B. at the concessionary rate bearing an India 9p. tied by "CHOPALHAKA" squared circle, 1893 usage of blue Ceylon O.H.M.S. postcard with very fine boxed "FREE" mark, good selection of KEVII "ARMY OFFICIAL" stamps (mostly off cover with study of cancellations), 1901 stampless G.B. env. with scarce oval "WAR DEPARTMENT/TOWER" (of London) cachet, pair of 1904 envs. with Mauritius 6c tied by "PILLAR BOX/PORT LOUIS" c.d.s.'s and 1909 cover/PC with scarce "ARMY POST OFFICE/10" c.d.s.'s. (12 covers and c.60 stamps).[Ex Crabb].]. |
£90 |
|
1129 |
|
MILITARY - BOER WAR: MAFEKING SIEGE BANKNOTES, INVASION OF NATAL & CANADIAN CONTINGENT: Capt. Greener 10/- green bank note (creased), fine unfolded 2/- currency voucher, similar though creased 1/- voucher, 1899 (31st Dec.) env. with addressee's name partly cut out to Pretoria with Transvaal 1d (2) tied by very fine "DUNDEE/NATAL" occupied P.O. c.d.s.'s , 18 pre-Boer PPC's., 1901 F.P.O.3 c.d.s. (Wolverhoek ORC) env. with GB 1d lilacs regd. to Toronto and 2 J.C.Wilson Patriotic PC's (Union Jack type from Niagara Falls to France plus unused but endorsed Bulldog type) and other similar Boer War material. (27 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£90 |
|
1130 |
|
MILITARY - BOER WAR: 12 June 1901 pair of envs. with superb & v.fine fancy oval "BURGHER CAMP/MIDDELBURG" d.s.'s, both addressed to a Pretoria POW but redirected to "Bermuda" and both with "Not Morgans/Darrells/Burtts" annotations, mostly fine 1901 oval "BURGHER CAMP/KRUGERSDORP" d.s., similar fair 1902 "IRENE" camp d.s. & Potchefstroom Camp cover". Some cover faults but a scarce group. (5). [Ex Crabb]. |
£120 |
|
1131 |
|
MILITARY - BOER WAR: Miscellany inc. 1900/2 covers with much travelled O.H.M.S. env. to Dublin with "1D" charge, F.P.O. cancellations, reg. 1900 "STATION PAYMASTER" env. via Cape Town to England, censor marks, 1902 soldier's letter to U.S.A. and covers/cards with late use F.P.O. cancellations, PPCs, stereoscope photographs and other useful ephemera such as Krugersdorp "Coronation Concert" programme (faults), printed tissue paper memento of the City of London Imperial Volunteers, toned Black Watch Sept./Dec. 1902 dinner programmes, etc.(45 items). [Ex Crabb] |
£90 |
|
1132 |
|
MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1900 (5 July) copy of the "People's Friend" (Vol. 1 no. 9) containing military news and a report of the Paris Exhibition (!) etc. addressed to the editor of the "Mid-Sussex Times" franked with damaged 1d cancelled by fine British Army FPO 31 c.d.s.; folds & some wear but an unusual Boer War item. |
£60 |
|
1133 |
|
MILITARY - 1902 (May-July) trio of covers from a private in the Leicestershire Regiment stationed in Egypt, all addressed to Melton Mowbray, two bearing 5m "Pyramids" adhesives, the third (the earliest date of the three) strangely bearing two of same. Two of the covers have Alexandria postmarks, the third is ex Sidi Gaber. A useful trio. |
£75 |
|
1134 |
|
MILITARY - RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: Miscellany of material incl. 1905 stampless env. from Liatung (F.P.O.No.1) to Darien with Japan 3s. tied by clear c.d.s. (scarce and attractive), similar 1906 (1st Nov.) stampless usage of the special printed red Japanese soldier's letter-card from Manchuria (with mention of Port Arthur) to Tokyo (spectacular and rare), similar 1906 (22nd July) fancy floral letter-sheet (fault at top) sent from "22 Troop" to "Great Northern River" with somewhat unclear c.d.s.'s, Japanese soldier's pictorial blue letter-sheet sent from Manchuria with 2 photo-views inside of the Occupation and Russian 1905 O.A.S. env. & 2 PPCs with regimental cachets in blue (Nikolaistad) and purple (ex the Urals? & Vladivostock); a fascinating and unrepeatable lot. (Small Qty.). [Ex Crabb]. |
£150 |
|
1135 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: Vimy Ridge Memorial collection of covers, cards, etc. linked with the opening of the Canadian War Memorial inc. Canadian Legion env. with pilgrimage "tin hat" h.s., Thos. Cook printed itinerary, membership certificate, range of special commem. covers with House of Assembly cancel, special ship h.s., Le Havre & Paquebot marks, French covers with special cancels, PPC's and a few modern photographs. (32 covers/cards & 11 photos). |
£240 |
|
1136 |
|
MILITARY - WWI BRITISH POW CAMPS: Collection of covers, letter-sheets & cards originating with or addressed to German prisoners held in Camps at Newbury, Holyport, Alton, Gosport, Towcester & Frimley with a wide range of cachets & censor h.s., London ''POSTAGE PAID/POW'' marks, PPCs (2) of prisoners, etc. A scarce lot. (26 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£200 |
|
1137 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: Collection of covers and cards on leaves with FPO cancels of Dardanelles(2) & Salonika(11) Campaigns, Malta (2), Palestine, Egypt. POW cards/letters, French Hospital marks (2), April 1918 Censored cover from Rhodesia franked 2_d overprint Rhodesia, 1917 Rabaul censor mark on NWPI cover to Queensland(Cover fault), 1916 Togo occupation covers(4) with censor cachets, each with a variety on the overprint. Maritime marks & censors. Also a couple of 1930's Egyptian British Forces Seals on covers. An interesting selection, mixed condition, much very fine. (50+ covers & cards plus fragments.). |
£200 |
|
1138 |
|
MILITARY - WW I: EPHEMERA & CENSOR MARKS: Miscellany incl. 1915 real photos of "ACTON AVIATOR'S WEDDING", 1916 Alien's Registration Certificate (with photo), Identity Card for a Greek citizen in London, various insurance items such as 1917 war risks certificate with KGV 6d & 1/- tied by Hastings c.d.s.'s, group of original flags and pins for P.O.W.’s, wounded soldiers, etc., 1914/15 stampless PC's (5) with Southampton red "ARMY LETTER FREE" or "ON ACTIVE SERVICE" marks, battered 1915 env. from Spain to the B.E.F. with large "THIS LETTER IS DELAYED OWING TO THE ADDRESS BEING WRONGLY WRITTEN" label on reverse with Liverpool "PAQUEBOT" mark on front and 1917 pair of covers with scarce R.N.A.S. triangle in hexagon "PASSED/NAVAL/CENSOR" marks in blue (one nearly & the other very fine), 1917 (Aug.) PPC with mostly very fine and rare 2 ring "NAVAL AIR SERVICE MAIL OFFICE/LONDON" d.s. and other censored items. (Small qty.) [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
|
1139 |
|
MILITARY -WWI: Accumulation of mainly WWI fieldpost & POW material inc. an original group concerning Rifleman Percy Odell's internment at Cassel & Chemnitz during April-November 1918 (13 items), a quantity of German & Austrian cards with unit, FPO & Camp marks, a few WWII items inc. items from Oflag IIC (3) and a non-military miscellany of German covers etc. c1840-1955 some with stamps removed but inc. the 1931 Zeppelin 1m red used on a front. An interesting lot. (75 items). |
£100 |
|
1140 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: Miscellany inc. fine range (27) of Occupied Belgium covers inc. several St Adresse Government in Exile items, German overprint covers etc; US Army in Russia covers (2) inc. fine Obozerskaya FPO ''PB66'' mark on cover to UK (1919) & a similar undated env. to the USA with oval ''PE/C 20'' censor endorsed ''AEF in Russia'' but with no FPO mark & a group of scarce covers sent to POWs at Ruhleben Camp with various censors inc. a fine violet double-ring ''FREIGEGEBEN*RUHLEBEN'', British ''PC'' types etc. (34 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
|
1141 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: The small selection with five covers/cards from the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (various cachets/postal markings inc. "N.Z./EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" violet d.s., "1st AUST. DIV. FIELD P.O." c.d.s. & "A.I.F. INTER BASE P.O./CAIRO" c.d.s.) plus 1919 MOSUL cover (opened out for display) addressed to GB franked by IEF opt. 3a & _a tied by Registered d.s. of 6 June and a few Mosul adhesives on/off piece. (Small Qty.). [Ex Crabb]. |
£75 |
|
1142 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: 1915 cover to Llandudno bearing 1d red tied by a good strike of the "CANADIAN OVERSEAS/EXPEDITIONARY FORCE" FPO cancel. Slight cover faults. |
£50 |
|
1143 |
|
MILITARY - WWI: Three postcards of German Battleships, being an unused real photo type of the Flagship "Baden und Bayern", one being an unused Tuck's coloured postcard of the SMS "Kaiser Friedrich III" and the third being a wonderful b/w card of an angel clasping a sword & a shield inscribed with the German eagle watching over the German fleet used to Kiel with a good strike of the "KAIS DEUTSCHE/MARINE/SCHIFFSPOST/No.9" d.s. (3). |
£30 |
| * |
1144 |
|
MILITARY - WWI POW MAIL, 1915-45: Group of covers & cards to/from POWs inc. two WWI letter-cards to Germany from St Clement's Camp, Malta with oval censor cachets, 1945 cover ex Singapore to Bangkok with fine scarce oval 'SIME ROAD/TRANSIT CAMP' cachet also a (fragile) 1945 Japanese POW card from Saigon to the UK and a range of items from N.Africa, Tientsin and an unusual cover to a civilian prisoner in Santo Tomas Camp on the Philippines with both US & Japanese censor labels (sellotape reinforcement). Mixed condition but a most interesting group. (15 items). |
£100 |
| * |
1145 |
|
MILITARY - BELGIAN TROOPS IN SIBERIA, 1919: Japanese PPC addressed to Belgium with fine Belgian Naval cachet 'BATTALION COLONIAL SIBERIEN/LE VAQUEMESTRE' in violet and dated 'Harbin 22/XI/19. Corner fold but rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 20 |
£100 |
|
1146 |
|
MILITARY - 1920-37: British Forces in Palestine - range of covers 1936-37 with Regimental cachets (2) & FPO c.d.s. 12, 16, 20, 25 & 26 (also a range of FPOs on small pieces). Also a fine group of c1930 photographs of Royal Navy ships featuring a remarkable series taken on board HMS 'Courageous', showing the take-off, crash & salvage of the biplane 'Dart', with a further range showing the burial at sea of the pilot. In addition, a small selection of Polish items inc. a scarce 1920 Russo-Polish War card with hospital cachet & censor. An interesting lot. (28 covers & 10 pieces). [Ex Crabb]. PHOTO - see plate no. 20 |
£120 |
|
1147 |
|
MILITARY - WWII: The outstanding collection of covers and cards in an old Swing-O-Ring album. All GB and Commonwealth related covers with GB including returned envelope with Censor's note inside (PC110), Service Suspended covers to Europe & Far East, 3d Formula registered envelopes (3 used), POW covers with one from Philippines Internment Camp No 2, OAS stampless covers from Iceland (2), stamped or OAS covers from many areas including Allied Forces in Egypt, Palestine, Tripoli (incl. MEF dues on philatelic cover), Eritrea, Libya, Sierra Leone, Sudan, North Borneo(3), Malaya, Ceylon, Somaliland, East Africa, Bermuda, Saudi Arabia (2 AV2 covers to Leeds), etc. Also a section of Polish Forces & Czech Military postmarks on covers and pieces bearing GB adhesives. Condition is rather mixed but many very fine covers. A wonderful lot which will form the base for a new collection for you (138 covers/cards + fragments). |
£750 |
|
1148 |
|
MILITARY - WWII ITALIAN CAMPAIGN: Selection of covers etc. inc. German 'Feldpost' items with a cover from an Italian unit serving with the German Army, another from a Naples field hospital, 'luftfeldpost' etc.; a scarce Luftwaffe identity/service record book of a gunner in a 'flak' battery at Rome and a group of air-dropped propaganda leaflets in German, Italian & English, all dropped on troops in Italy. Also a substantial group (17) of POW covers & cards, 1942-43, from/to British servicemen inc. items from Camps 52, 65 & 70, transfer & registration cards, three cards from an Italian POW at Spandau two more from Egyptian Camps etc. - an interesting variety. Additionally, a group of 18 half-plate Press Photographs inc. Allied Generals, German POWs working on a railway, captured German paratrooper, Naples RAF radio HQ etc. A fascinating accumulation. (60 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£240 |
|
1149 |
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MILITARY - WWII - ALLIED TROOPS IN FRANCE, 1939-45: Substantial, well-written up collection of covers etc. on leaves inc. pre-War items, early BEF FPO covers (1939-40), scarce Dieppe Raid propaganda leaflet & contemporary photographs, mail returned to sender during the Allied Landings, Armistice souvenirs, Red Cross material, US Forces telegram form, Liberation stamp issues on cover inc. some scarcer items etc. A fascinating lot. (65 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£180 |
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1150 |
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MILITARY - WWII OCCUPIED EUROPE: Ranges of covers & cards inc. two scarce items from the British Military Mission to Albania with FPO 172 or 80; 1944-45 Allied Liberation of Belgium material inc. scarce Belgian Military Mission card, range of FPO & RAF censored covers etc.; service record book of a German soldier killed at Narvik plus scarce Norwegian Internee mail (FP 01104C). Also a group of covers & documents from the Polish Air Force in the UK (15) and a study of Swedish army frank envs. plus a group of Swedish items with German or British censorship. Much unusual material. (86 items).[Ex Crabb]. |
£180 |
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1151 |
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MILITARY - WWII: Selection of covers from various theatres of war inc. Nigeria 1943 OAS cover ex FPO 46 (Oshodi), censored cover from a detainee at Beau Bassin Camp, Mauritius addressed to MEF and a group of items from Palestine inc. Australian Forces' covers (12) and four ex British Forces inc. a fine illustrated Xmas Air-Letter. Also an interesting range of US Forces covers inc. FPOs at Port Moresby, Guadalcanal, China, N.Africa etc. plus a range of British material inc. a study of 'privilege' envs. A fascinating lot. (172 items).[Ex Crabb]. |
£170 |
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1152 |
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MILITARY - WWII - JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF MANCHURIA: 1939-40 substantial group of Japanese soldiers' concession postcards, mainly coloured propaganda PPC types, used with a range of different censor seals; most are fine. Unusual & scarce. (49 cards). |
£150 |
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1153 |
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MILITARY - WWII PROPAGANDA AIR-DROPS: Collection of scarce air-dropped leaflets targeted at the Allied Forces inc. 'secret' (hold-to-light) pictures, unusual maple-leaf protest against Churchill, RAF 'Courier de l'Air' satirising Hitler's advance on Moscow, 1944 'De Vliegende Hollande' with news of the Normandy Landings, two items offering repatriation to Indian troops, good anti-US items etc. Also a pair of scarce leaflets dropped on British civilians inc. a translation of Hitler's Reichstag speech dropped on Bridgewater and another from Southampton stating 'The Battle for the Atlantic is being Lost!'. (17 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£120 |
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1154 |
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MILITARY - WWII: An interesting group of covers & cards inc. NSDAP special 'Schwabische/Hitler-Jugend-Lager 'Markelfingen' '' cachet on 1934 card, 1938 entry ticket for Party function, Linz group 1938-42 Party membership card etc. Also German Red Cross ID card, Hanover Police cover, July 1939 card from Halberstadt Air Base, feldpost items (3), Hoffmann-bild of Hitler at the 1934 Bückeberg Rally. In addition a 1940 Greek cover with Italian & Greek censors, 1944 Portland Naval Base ID card etc. A good lot. (17 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
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1155 |
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MILITARY - WWII SCANDINAVIAN VOLUNTEER LEGIONS: Selection of covers & cards relating to the Scandinavian Volunteer Legions inc. two covers from the Legion, seven addressed to a Legionnaire & two post-war items from soldiers imprisoned at Trondheim Camp plus Swedish (4), Finnish (4) and Danish (3) Legion covers. Elusive material. (22 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£200 |
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1156 |
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MILITARY - WWII: British Forces in Norway selection inc. envelope from FPO 126, a cover with the boxed censor 1590 & London arrival and an env. addressed to an officer with the NWEF, a rare item from the French contingent involved in the operation, four aerial reconnaissance photos of Norway, "Service Suspended" mail (2), etc. Scarce material. (16 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£150 |
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1157 |
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MILITARY - WWII FRENCH POWs & GERMAN FELDPOST IN FRANCE: Camp de Laghouat (Algeria) covers (2), a letter to Beroughia Camp, fine & scarce Pétain 'Salon du Prisonnier' 5f card used from Bordeaux to Stalag VIJ (Krefeld) with fine Camp censor plus covers to Ilag VIII & Stalag XVIIB and three more from a British prisoner at St Hippolyte du Fort & Fort de la Revere Camps. Also a range of German feldpost covers inc. 5 from the 1940 Invasion Force. (26 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£140 |
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1158 |
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MILITARY - WWII ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA: Fine group of Allied leaflets air-dropped over German troops & towns, 1941-44, satirising Hitler, pointing out the decline in the German economy, losses among the army, RAF bombing successes etc. Also four issues of 'Luftpost' listing German casualties & prisoners and a copy of the 'Wolkiger Beobachter' which has the 'news' that the 'Graf Spee' had been sold for scrap! Some small faults. (17 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£120 |
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1159 |
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MILITARY - WWII ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA: Selection of Soviet air-dropped leaflets inc. a fine group caricaturing Hitler & Goebbels, others using the deterrent of the Russian Winter, encouraging the surrender of German troops, creating suspicion of the SS etc, all with safe-conduct passes on the reverse. A fine group of scarce material. (17 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£120 |
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1160 |
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MILITARY - WWII - BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE IN JULY & AUGUST 1944: Well written up and profusely illustrated collection of F.P.O. covers from troops in Northern France incl. scarcer numbers, a variety of censor markings, regd., official & signals covers, etc., and ephemera such as aerial photographs and contemporary British newspapers. Also a well presented range of F.P.O. and signals covers from the Allied invasion of Germany in January-May, 1945 incl. regd. items, censor marks, press photographs depicting scenes such as the surrender of Doenitz, Jodl & Speer, the capture of Gestapo officers, U-boat crews at Wilhelmshaven and Chuchill's V.E. broadcast and 2 aerial pictures of Stalag XIID. Fascinating material which it would be almost impossible to replicate. (127 items).[Ex Crabb]. |
£200 |
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1161 |
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MILITARY - WWII - COASTAL ZONE CENSORSHIP: January-June, 1944 covers from those British coastal zones in which postal security was enforced before D-Day, many with dumb machine cancellations or handstamps, incl. different R.A.F. (14) or crowned shield type censor marks plus a fine photograph of Montgomery on an official visit within the zone. (37 covers). [Ex Crabb]. |
£75 |
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1162 |
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MILITARY - WWII: c1944 blue env. (somewhat reduced at right) from 'Control Internment Camp.....British India' by air mail to Hamburg, Germany bearing KGV India 8a stamp cancelled by black oval censorship mark with "PRISONERS OF WAR POST" and "DHN/S" in violet, black British and blue-black German censor marks, resealed with German censor's sealing strip incorporating Imperial eagle and "Geöffnet" and tied by 2 strikes of corresponding red censor marks. Two punched filing holes at left well away from all marks and overall an unusual and scarce cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 20 |
£75 |
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1163 |
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MILITARY - WWII CENSORED MAIL: 1944 Hotel printed envelope addressed to Vancouver bearing Newfoundland 7c Airmail tied by fair Gander rubber of 15 Dec. and with a superb circular "CENSORED BY/RAFTC/5" in black and censor's signature. Good condition & scarce thus. |
£50 |
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1164 |
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MILITARY - RUSSIA IN WORLD WAR II: Group of cards and a cover from Austrian P.O.Ws. in Russia with Camp & Allied Occupation censors and 2 additionally franked with Austrian stamps (as an airmail supplement?), 1948 cover from a Rumanian prisoner in a "gulag", range of covers and cards bearing German feldpost marks of various infantry and artillery regiments engaged in Russia along with censors, official express cover and luftfeldpost frankings and finally cards and covers connected with the siege of Leningrad incl. scarce Russian patriotic types (mainly unused) with Partisan leader, smiling servicemen, etc., and censored military items and triangular letters; a fascinating miscellany. (Small qty.). [Ex Crabb]. |
£150 |
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1165 |
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MILITARY - B.F.P.O. MISCELLANY: Accumulation of covers & cards, 1945-60 with an interesting range of FPO cancels & cachets; strength in registered & OHMS items. Needs careful inspection. (130 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£50 |
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1166 |
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NAVAL MAIL: 1914-45 Group of covers & cards with a variety of marks with dumb cancels, various censors inc. scarce 'Passed by Censor/No stamps Obtainable/HMS Macedonia' h.s., redirected mail, red circular 'MARITIME MAIL/POST OFFICE', Portland Harbour privilege env. with 5d p.due h.s., 1945 returned cover with boxed 'NO TRACE/AT/FLEET OFFICE/OR HMS LANKA' overstruck by 'TO BE RETURNED...IN VIEW OF TIME ELAPSED SINCE LETTER WAS WRITTEN'. Also a group of WWI RP cards of ships and a few modern covers. (49 items). [Ex Crabb].- |
£70 |
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1167 |
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POSTAL STATIONERY: Carton with the varied accumulation of unused & used stationery inc. much West Germany. (Qty.). |
£50 |
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1168 |
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SOUTH AFRICA: 1917 & 1918 Pair of larger KGV 4d regd. envs. (some faults) used to S.W.Africa & Cape Town ex "Camp 1, Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg" with boxed trilingual P.O.W. cachets and violet & black (respectively) "PASSED BY CENSOR" marks, c.1915 stampless envs. to London & Switzerland with purple boxed trilingual P.O.W. marks, June 1917 env. (minor faults) & June 1918 front both to London, headed "O.A.S." with fine Nairobi c.d.s.'s, one signed by a captain and the other separately censored with signature. (6 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
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1169 |
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ZEPPELIN COVERS: 1931 (18 July) Russian Polar Flight card with 30k & 1r (imperf) cancelled by 'Malygin' anchor c.d.s., with Graf Zeppelin cachets (2), registration h.s. and air label; also the perf.12_ set used on registered cover to Switzerland with Moscow c.d.s. In addition, a 1914 German PPC of the 'Sachsen', unused but with oval d.s. 'LUFTPOST/HANSA' and a 1912 German RP card (Grand-Ducal family) flown to Mainz from Darmstadt with 10pf yellow air label tied by 'Rhein am Mainz' c.d.s. (4 items). |
£100 |
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1170 |
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THREE BINDERS with the extensive accumulation of Free Fronts, letters and cuttings showing a wide range of signatures of 19th & early 20th Century personalities. We note Major General E.S. Brooke, Willoughby de Broke, Sir Edmund Elton, AW Thorold (Bishop of London), the Bishop of the Falkland Islands (1901 piece), Lord Roberts, William Wilberforce, Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley, Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, and many, many more. Careful viewing highly recommended. (Sev. 100 items). |
£75 |
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1171 |
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ENTERTAINERS: 'Schnozzle' Durante signed photograph in mount, c1980s signed photographs of Laurence Olivier, Ringo Starr & Ian McCallum. Also similar autographed photographs of Sophia Loren, Francesca Annis, Princess Caroline of Monaco and the model Marie Helvin. In addition a group of vintage cinema & entertainment material inc. 1926 'Picture Show' supplement for Valentino's ''Son of the Sheik'' plus PPCs of the star (2) and further PPCs & photographs of British & US entertainers of the period etc. (26 items). |
£90 |
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