81

BOX containing the extensive and valuable early to modern accumulation on stockcards. Countries comprise Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Switzerland. A very interesting and highly Catalogued miscellany. (Qty.).

£1000

82

BOX with the interesting early to modern accumulation on stockcards including useful ranges of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Latin America, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg & Monaco. (Qty.).

£400

83

BOX containing the fascinating accumulation of early to modern mint & used issues on dealers' cards. Strength in Europe with particularly useful German Group and the Far East with good Japan & modern mint China. (Qty.).

£300

84

ACCUMULATION of old album leaves etc. with extensive ranges of early to middle period issues from a variety of countries with good representation of Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Turkey, French Colonies, Indian Native States, South America etc. Some remaindering and mixed condition but much of interest noted. (Qty.)

£150

85

EUROPE: Carton containing a large accumulation of commercial mail, c1900-1955 with a fine variety of frankings & rates, much being overseas; the range of countries represented inc. Belgium, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain & Switzerland. Careful inspection recommended. (Some 100's).

£200

86

EUROPE: Miscellaneous collection in two albums, one of which houses an extensive collection of Greece with strength in fine used modern issues but inc. 1896 & 1906 Olympics sets to 1l, 1930 Independence to very fine used 50dr etc. The second contains duplicated ranges of (mainly) post-WWII stamps of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy etc. (Many 100s).

£70

87

EUROPE: Accumulation of covers c1870s-1990s from a range of countries with strength in middle period frankings inc. Spain (HAPAG ill'd env.), France, Switzerland (dues on cover), Russia (1930s reg'd/express covers), Germany (1937 birthday MS), Japan, Ethiopia, Austria, cover addressedfrom Germany to Slobodan Milosevic with Presidential receipt h.s. etc. An interesting lot. (120 items).

£60

88

BINDER with the extensive duplicated collection of Bolivia, Coata Rica & Mexico. Strength in earlier issues with some postmark interest. (Very many 100's).

£120

89

PORTUGAL/SPAIN: Two albums containing the early to middle period mint and used collections inc. Spain 1958 Philatelic Exhibition min. sheets (2) mint. (Many 100's).

£75

90

SCANDINAVIA: Box with the interesting accumulation of modern yearpacks, FDC's & the like with something of an emphasis on Sweden. (Qty.).

£75

91

WORLD-WIDE MISCELLANY: Carton containing a large accumulation of commercial mail in mixed condition but with much of interest inc. airmails, registered mail, interesting frankings & cancellations, etc. Strength in USA & Latin America but with useful China, Persia & Thailand noted.; (Some 100's).

£150

THEMATICS

92

MISCELLANY: Small box containing mint sets & MS from a range of countries c1960-90 on 146 stockcards, displaying various thematic subjects inc. birds, flowers, ships, aircraft, sports, paintings etc. All seem to be very fine unmounted mint. (Qty.).

£120

93

BIRDS: Japan 1875 bird set (forgeries) & 1949 Postal Week 8y Geese (mint with light gum crease); also fine-looking 1950 Austria airmail set (heavily mounted mint) & Iceland 1930 10aur gyrfalcon air, mint. Attractive stamps. (12).

£120

94

BIRDS & ANIMALS: Stockbook containing the attractive, unmounted mint collection of Hungarian issues c1959-90 featuring fine illustrations of birds & animals inc. more elusive sets, sheetlets, MS plus a few Russian issues etc. A useful lot. (100s).

£100

95

SHIPS: Carton containing the four volume collection of Ships on stamps, plus a fifth volume with sundry Railway thematic content. (Qty.).

£100

96

SPACE: Collection of mint stamps of Hungary & Russia from the 1960s & '70s, depicting various aspects of space exploration; attractive material in very fine condition. (Qty.).

£90

97

SPORT: An unmounted mint collection of Hungarian stamps featuring a wide variety of sports from the 1956 Olympic set onwards, housed in a stockbook & inc. numerous miniature sheets. A good lot. (100s).

£90

98

U.P.U.: The small selection comprising Israel SG.27a/28a mint tete-beche pair plus SG.27/28 each in tete-beche gutter pairs mounted on the margin & Poland Sg.652/54 in black proof strip. (4 items).

£60

CLUB BOOKS

99

WORLD-WIDE: Ten circulated books with the varied mint & used accumulation. (Small Qty.).

£30

ALBUMS/PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS

100

THREE CARTONS containing 50 Rapkin "Stamp Album No.513" spring back albums (no leaves). All in blue and in good condition. (50 albums).

£75

101

THREE CARTONS containing some 20 empty albums/cover albums & stockbooks (4). A useful accumulation. (Qty.).

£30

102

LINDNER de-luxe ring album binders (5) in slip cases, Lindner 1963-89 hingeless album for South West Africa plus a few blank leaves. Very good/as new condition.

£50

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

103

BURMA/INDIA: Carton containing the small selection of Burma & Indian related literature inc. "Burma Postal History" by Davis & Martin, "Indian Post Offices in the Second World War", "Army Post Offices & Philately" and "Indian Army Post Offices Locations and movements, 1939-1947", etc. (8).

£30

LITERATURE - NON PHILATELIC

104

DEVON: Two cartons containing a selection of books & pamphlets inc. a fine copy of Worth's 'History of Plymouth' (1871), Kelly's Directory of Devonshire & Cornwall (1926), Pevsner's Buildings of Devon (2nd ed.) and various other titles on railways, WWII, maritime etc. Also a fine map of Plymouth c1870, a 1772 Act of Parliament for the 'Paving, Lighting and Watching' of Plymouth, an 1830 map of Cornwall and an 1884 issue of 'The Western Morning News'. (33 items).

£70

105

TELEGRAPHS & TELEPHONES: Four cartons containing an extensive library of mainly non-philatelic titles inc. a number of telegraphy manuals & codebooks, 'Reminiscences of the Cape Government Telegraph' (Bennett c1900 ), 'Fifty Years of Via Eastern' (1922 limited ed. vellum bound but with two tipped-in ills. removed), Gachot's 'Le Telegraphe Optique', three booklets on British Greetings Telegrams etc. (80 items).

£60

WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY

106

BOX with the interesting early to modern range of covers & cards from Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Turkey, etc. (42).

£80

107

SMALL BOX containing postal stationery, both mint, used and one 'SPECIMEN', with a West Indies bias and strength in British Guiana and Trinidad but also incl. unused Burma PPC's, various WWI stampless censored PPC's with Army P.O. cancellations sent by British soldiers serving abroad, and much besides. Well worth close inspection. (40).

£120

108

MISCELLANY of early to modern covers, cards, etc. from a great diversity of countries including 1823 EL from Basle to Turin, 1865 cover from Exeter to Ashbourne to Exeter bearing 1d tied by "Creswell" duplex, 1907 coloured PPC of The Manx Electric Railway (Laxey) bearing KEVII ½d tied by Douglas dc.s. & with diamond shaped "SNAEFELL SUMMIT/I.oM./JU 17/07", 1931 registered cover ex Macao to Switzerland with tred/white registration label of Macao, etc., etc. (Approx. 40).

£100

109

MISCELLANY of early to middle period covers inc. scarce & fine example of US British International Postal Order 'certificate' issued in Mitchell (Ind.) in 1876, small range of US Wells Fargo stamps & reprints, 1912 Orange River Colony legacy receipt with KEVII 2/- fiscally used, Afghanistan 1876 1 shahi black with 1923 RPSL certificate of genuineness signed by E. Denny Bacon, forgery of Uruguay 1856 60c on cover with certificate etc. An interesting lot. (20 items).

£100

110

MISCELLANY of covers and cards with an Australasian flavour incl. 1905 advertising cover for Brown & Broad Ltd. (saw millers and timber merchants) franked with Queensland 1d tied by octagonal "X/P 4 B/ BRISBANE/NO 22/85" d.s., 1951 O.H.M.S. cover from Pitcairn Island to the U.S.A. with 2 good strikes of the circular "PITCAIRN ISLAND/POST OFFICE" d.s. plus covers from Fiji, Mauritius, New Zealand, Seychelles, etc. (18).

£70

111

MISCELLANY comprising a useful range of US PPC's, envelopes & pieces (1902-16) with a varied selection of machine cancellations plus 1918 South African "MAKE YOUR SIXPENCE FLY" aerial wing design postcard to Cape Town carried on the First Flight bearing ½d adhesive cancelled by superb double-ring c.d.s. "AERIAL POST/SOUTH/-7.OCT.D18/AFRICA". Small faults but a fine & scarce item. (23 covers/cards & 2 pieces).

£60

112

MISCELLANY in cover album & loose with something of an emphasis on airmail covers (chiefly BOAC, KLM & Qantas covers from the 1950's & 1960's). An interesting little lot. (Approx. 100).

£60

113

MISCELLANY of covers and cards from a variety of countries but with an emphasis on Canada and Malta incl. (from the latter) a selection of chiefly unused PPCs & a couple of WWI items and from the former a WWII censored cover to the Red Cross in Geneva. (Approx. 40).

£42

114

MISCELLANY: 1840-1968 selection inc. Austrian Italy EL to military address in Pavia (1840), WWI/WWII covers with Greek, Italian & Ottoman censorship, Portugal 1861 cover with fine 25r franking and a group of US items inc. 1861 3c pink env., FFCs, advertising covers (5) etc. A useful lot. (28 items).

£50

115

MISCELLANY of covers and cards c.1897-1975 from Austria, Belgium incl. attractive 1862 cover to Baden with 10c & 40c stamps (faults), Belgian Congo, France, Italy, a good range of Luxemburg incl. 2 German occupation covers, Mexico, Spain, Turkish Cyprus, etc. (42 items).

£65

116

ADVERTISING COVERS - TYRE-MAKERS TYPES EX USA, CANADA, CURACAO, S. AMERICA, ETC.; 1899-1946 covers & card incl. excellent motor car designs (front or all-over back) etc.; 1899 usage of US 2c red env. with coach & tyres in claret-red print, 1899 Canada PC, 1916 US 1c env. with pictoirial "AUTO BED CO." design (amazing!!), 1918 coloured tyres type ex Mexico, pretty coloured 1918 US Tyres env., 1919 US all-over back Car design covers, Brazil, Bahamas, etc. Also 1914/7 US pair with interesting ephemera enclosures. Good lot. (14 covers).

£150

117

ADVERTISING COVERS - TYRE-MAKERS TYPES EX FIJI, CYPRUS, BURMA, THAILAND, ETC., ETC.; 1905-68 lot (all but two pre-1945) incl. 1905 Swiss, 1919 Australia multi-coloured "Firestone" design on KGV 1½d brown env. (creases), 1920s types (ex Kenya, Fiji & Australia), 1930s designs (ex Cyprus, Thailand, Dutch East Indies, N. Rhodesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Indo-China, etc.), & 1940s types (Burma, Finland, Thailand, etc.). Attractive & fascinating lot. (21 covers).

£150

118

AIRMAILS: Cover album containing the interesting accumulation of flown mail inc. 1931 Christmas Greetings Australian National Airways cover from London to Melbourne, 1934 MacRobertson Air Race covers (3) comprising "ZK-ACO" cover signed by C.Kay, P.H.A.J.U. "Uiver" cover and Roscoe Turner cover, a useful selection of 1930's Imperial Airways covers, 1934 "Trans-Tasman" cover, 1937 First Flight via P.A.A. from Hong Kong to Chicago, four useful 1930's Newfoundland items, sundry South Africa, etc. Well worth careful inspection. (52).

£200

119

AIRMAILS - LATIN AMERICA: 1927-37 accumulation of airmail covers inc. 1927 Havana-Florida FFC, Columbia 'Mancomun' covers plus items from Haiti, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil etc. Also a small group of covers with bisected stmps and a few earlier items. Most seem to be genuine commercial usages; 5 or 6 have stamps missing. (154 items).

£300

120

AIRMAILS - PANAM TEST FLIGHTS, 1946: Group of covers inc. some illustrated or with patriotic stickers etc. flown on the post-war test flights run by PANAM Airlines to various Caribbean or Latin American destinations, returned to sender with frankings/postal markings of the country concerned. All different. (24 covers).

£100

121

AUSTRALASIA - OFFICIAL FRANKS: Group of covers c1885-1905 inc. Fiji Government Frank OHMS wrappers (3 different), one addressed to the German Consul in Samoa; N.Zealand 'Public Service Only' wrapper from the Printing & Stationery Dept. with frank stamp (1905) plus an 1899 wrapper to UK with fine 'WELLINGTON/OFFICIAL/PAID' h.s.; a trio of Victoria items with franks of the Treasurer's (2) or Chief Secretary's Dept. on 'Parliamentary Papers' or 'Victoria Police Gazette' wrappers or an Income Tax Office reg'd env. and a Queensland stationery wrapper with rubber-stamped 'OHMS' and oval cachet of the Government Statistician. Unusual material. (9 items).

£100

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122

BRITISH AFRICA - CANCELLATIONS, c1900-40: Group of Arms & Double Heads issues of BSA / Rhodesia selected for cancellation interest inc. Cape series numeral 859 of Fort Rosebery on 1910 1d, almost complete 'KASAMA' c.d.s. (1901) on 2/- vermillion [SG 5] etc. Also a range of BCA / Nyasaland issues c1895-1930s with alphabetic killers, squared circle & c.d.s. cancellations inc. fine, complete strikes of the Fort Anderson c.d.s. (1899) on an 1897 1d opt. & Fort Johnson squared circle cancelling a KEVII 1d on piece etc. In addition, KGV E.Africa / Tanganyika /Somaliland issues with a variety of c.d.s. & oval cancellations inc, fine 'SHEIKH' (1936) cancelling 2a on piece. A fine specialist lot. (116 items).

£100

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123

CANCELLATIONS, c1860-1920: Miscellany of stamps selected for cancellation interest inc. Chile 18611c lemon yellow strip of three with 'CANCELLED' obliteration, TPOs, Costa Rica 5c pair with blue s/l 'Guadalupe * Tarrazu * ', Cuba 25c with Southampton '723' obliteration, Nicaragua 3c tied to piece by large violet 'United Fruit Company' ship c.d.s. various paquebot, s/l and oranmental cancellations etc. Also a range of (mainly) 1930s Palestine issues with a variety of cancellations inc. (1925) piece with 5p, 9p & 10p opt. values tied with fine strikes of 'JERUSALEM/PARCEL POST' c.d.s. etc. An interesting lot. (122 items).

£70

124

CRASH/WRECK MAIL: Stampless 1930 cover from Australia ex the P. & O. steamer S.S. 'Cormorin' addressed to London and with a good strike of violet boxed cachet "DAMAGED BY FIRE/ON/S.S. CORMORIN" plus a coloured PPC depicting the vessel. (2 items).

£60

125

CRASH MAIL: 1955 (17 Dec.) Long envelope addressed to Florida, the stamp lost but with New York machine cancellation of 16 Dec. plus two line cachet 'DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH/HOLLYWOOD, S.C. 12/17/55'; creased & stained as would be expected, with contemporary cutting about the crash.

£75

126

EARLY LETTERS - CORSINI CORRESPONDENCE: EL (1571) from Calais to "Mageo Domo Filippo Cossiny in Londra" and endorsed "pq" plus a further EL this time dated 1604 from Aquila to "A Bartolomeo Corsini In Firenze". (2 covers).

£70

127

EXHIBITIONS - BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, 1924: 16 Sept. Cover franked with Bermuda 2½d green cancelled by continuous advertising slogan machine cancellation with B.E.E. logo; also British Guiana cover (ink stain on corner) franked 2c (2) with scarce village c.d.s. of BARTICA and circular h.s. advertising the Exhibition. An attractive pair. (2 covers).

£60

128

FIELD POST OFFICES: Three WWII maritime censored covers and a small selection of post-WWII covers emanating from British forces serving abroad showing a good range of markings with several better items such as 1947 B.A.O.R. Friends' Relief Service env. and sundry other B.A.O.R. items from the late 1940's. (25).

£42

129

MIDDLE & FAR EAST: Wide range of covers from Aden, Burma (incl. a 1945 "DAY OF SURRENDER" cover franked with 4 different "MILY ADMN" ovptd. stamps and later covers with a range of frankings), Ceylon covers (2) to Geneva (one of which is also registered) with a good variety of stamps but with especial strength in India from 1899 and incl. airmail, censored and registered covers (the latter with a variety of registration labels), postage due marks, postal stationeryt and illustrations of many different rates. (36 covers).

£55

130

MILITARY - WWI HUNGARIAN ARMY: Group of PPCs & envs. from c1915-18, most with fieldpost marks, unit cachets & censor h.s. of various kinds inc. hospital cachets. Mixed condition but much of interest in this unusual group. (100 items).

£80

131

MILITARY & NAVAL MAIL, c1915-45: An interesting group of censored covers inc. WWI POW items from Darmstadt, Osnabruck & Switzerland plus a further selection of material from Finland, France & Italy. Also a 1925-26 correspondence from a sailor on HMS 'Repulse' cruising around Africa and S. America, most covers with 'RECEIVED FROM/H.M.SHIPS' machine cancellation. (27 items).

£50

132

MILITARY - POST-WWI OCCUPATION OF GERMANY: Group of PPC's, covers & pieces with cancellations of British Occupation Forces (c1919-28) inc. APO S40 large c.d.s. (3) & machine (5) types plus scarce single-ring APO S40A (2, 1923-28), S40B, a 75% strike of the rare S40C & an unusual S40/4 (on cover with "INTER-ALLIED RHINELAND HIGH COMMISSION" cachet) and six pieces with KGV adhesives with APO S40D c.d.s. (19 items).

£90

133

MILITARY - WWII UNDERCOVER MAIL: 1940 (4 Nov.) Env. (roughly opened & grubby) addressed from the Netherlands to 'Post Box 506/ Lissabon'; German censor tape and numbered h.s. plus British PC 90 censor label.

£50

134

MILITARY - WW II POW MAIL: 1945 (25 March) POW card (faults) ex Stalag IVG with Camp censor and dumb c.d.s. of 6.4.45 overstruck by the scarce unboxed 4-line h.s. "RECOVERED P.O.W. MAIL.FROM EUROPE/RECENTLY RECEIVED/BY BRITISH P.O." Also a 1944 cover from Bangalore to RAF Calcutta re-used with Indian Red Cross & St John economy label tied by RAF P.O. c.d.s. An interesting pair. (2 items).

£90

135

NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS, c1890-1950: Miscellany of used wrappers on leaves from a wide range of countries inc. Argentina, Egypt, Sudan (inc. WWI censored), Malta (1943 FPO 188, censored), pretty Morocco Agencies 1900 5c wrapper with printed label to Germany, France, Germany, Denmark, India, 1894 Shanghai Local Post etc. (67 items).

£150

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136

PACIFIC ISLANDS CANCELLATIONS, c1895-1930: Stockcard of stamps selected for postmark interest inc. Tonga with barred cancellations of Vavau, Keppels & Niuafoou, Solomon Islands with various s/l ship cancellations of Kulambangra & Opolu, Samoa with 1/- bisect tied to piece by 1895 Apia c.d.s. and village c.d.s. of Papua on lakatoi issues. A useful lot. (29 items).

£100

137

SOUTH ATLANTIC COVERS: Fine selection of 1931-59 covers incl. Ascension with 5 values of KGV definitives on 1951 registered cover to Switzerland, covers each bearing a complete set of Falkland Islands Dependencies Trans-Antarctic Expedition issue of 1956 with fine "HOPE BAY/*/JA 31/56/GRAHAM LAND" and "ARGENTINE ISLANDS/*/31 MR/58/GRAHAM LAND" c.d.s.'s respectively plus a range from St. Helena such as KGV 1½d, 2d & 6d on 1936 registered cover to U.S.A. opened and re-sealed by U.S.Customs, 1938 env. to U.K. bearing KGVI 3d ultramarine, 6d & 1/- and a 1950 stampless O.H.M.S. cover with black "OFFICIAL/PAID" mark and violet despatch cachet. (11 covers).

£75

138

TELEGRAMS: 1853-1940 accumulation of used telegram forms from a range of (mainly) European countries inc. Eastern Telegraph forms from Malta, Pera, Spain and the UK, group of Swiss telegrams with envs. plus items from Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, France & Germany etc. and a few PPCs related to the topic. Mixed condition but an interesting lot. (127 items). [Ex Peter Gray Collection].

£140

139

TELEGRAMS: c1929-80 fine, large accumulation of used (53) & unused (33) greetings telegram forms from a range of European countries with emphasis on Belgian & Scandinavian issues, the former with very attractive and varied designs. An unusual lot of interesting material in very fine condition. (86 items). [Ex Peter Gray Collection ].

£100

140

TELEGRAMS - AFRICA & PALESTINE: 1899-1945 scarce examples of used telegram forms inc. 1921-30 pair used in Palestine (Haifa/Jerusalem), 1952 pair of Italian forms used at Asmara with KGVI 5/- & 10/- stamps optd. 'ERITREA', a significant group of scarce WWII E.Africa items with APO d.s. plus various S.African & Egyptian examples. A good lot. (23 items). [Ex Peter Gray Collection].

£100

141

TELEGRAMS - FAR EAST: Scarce group inc. 1905 Imperial Japanese telegram ex Chugushi toYokohama plus three others of similar date, one showing 17 different postal seals; also a small group of Chinese forms, 1920-40 with messages received at Shanghai from Siam, Kobe & Bombay and a 1949 birth announcement sent within Penang by Cable & Wireless with env. (8 items). [Ex Peter Gray Collection].

£50

142

TELEGRAMS - INDIA & CEYLON: 1877-1953 collection of (mainly) used telegram forms, receipts, cancelled telegraph stamps on piece, advertising forms, greetings telegrams etc. Also two examples of Nepalese telegrams & envs. (1947). An interesting, varied lot; mixed condition. (68 items & 19 stamps). [Ex Peter Gray Collection].

£70

143

TELEGRAMS - NORTH AMERICA: 1870-1945 interesting range of (mainly) used telegram forms and envelopes inc. a 1940 UK telegram addressed to Huyton (Liverpool) Aliens' Camp and forwarded to Canada (fine censor); 1880 US House of Representatives letter enclosing tickertape message; forms from various Telegraph Companies, CPR Telegraph testimonial for operator etc. (41 items). [Ex Peter Gray Collection].

£70

144

TELEGRAMS - SOUTH AMERICA: 1895-1951 group of used telegram forms issued by various companies in Argentina during the 1890s plus two Western & Brazilian / Western Company forms, 1877-1951 and a couple of Chilean items. Unusual. (30 items). [Ex Peter Gray Collection].

£50

145

WEST INDIES: Cover album with an extensive selection mainly consisting of West Indies mint postal stationery with the odd 'SPECIMEN' and strength in Bermuda, British Guiana (incl. ovpts.), Dominica, Grenada, Leeward Islands, Tobago and Trinidad. (62 items).

£50

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146

WEST INDIES - CANCELLATIONS, c1863-1960: Ranges of stamp issues from various islands selected for cancellation interest inc. Antigua, St Kitts-Nevis (inc. damaged QV 1d with crowned 'PAID/AT/NEVIS'), Anguilla, Leeward Islands, Montserrat, St Vincent, St Lucia, Trinidad etc. with fine variety of village cancellations noted. (163 items).

£100

147

WEST INDIES/ISLANDS: Group of covers inc. 1935 commercial cover ex Kingston, Jamaica with fineBlue Lagoon vignette, Tristan da Cunha 1937 env. with type VI cachet, 1941-42 pair of ref'd covers ex B.Guiana to US /Canada and an illustrated env. from the Bahamas (1940) with fine oval SEA FLOOR cachet. (5 items).

£60

148

WORLD-WIDE MISCELLANY of covers and cards, predominantly G.B. & Commonwealth and incl. an interesting range of airgraphs, QV-KGV postal stationery, stampless WWI censored mail, Scottish additional ½ mark, Yorkshire postal history, 1923 Nigeria postal stationery registered env. with additional adhesives & 'LATE FEE' instructional mark and much besides. (Scores).

£120

149

ZEPPELINS: An interesting trio comprising two 1931 covers ex Brazil to th UK or Germany, both with 'p.''Graf Zeppelin'' ' endorsements and s/l VIA CONDOR-ZEPPELIN & oval SERVICIO AEREO/TRANSATLANTICO h.s. Also a PPC addressed to Germany from New York with 20c Zeppelin pair franking, elaborate Lakehurst cachet and Frankfurt 'MIT LUFTSCHIFF / HINDENBERG / BEFÖRDERT' c.d.s. (3 items).

£50

CINDERELLA

150

MISCELLANY, c1890-1970: Stockbook containing ranges of uncommon poster stamps, Exhibition labels etc. mainly from Eastern Europe with emphasis on Hungary & Czechoslovakia inc. 1890 Budapest Exhibition, 1912 Stockholm Olympics, various stamp exhibitions, set of railway engines c1965 (36), charity / fund-raising stamps etc. Many post-WWII. An unusual lot. (378).

£180

151

MISCELLANY, c1910-68: Ranges of poster stamps, charity labels, etc. on stock-leaves inc. good representation of Swiss Trade Fair stamps from 1920, items from less common countries inc. Czechoslovakia, Netherlands & USA, a few matchbox labels etc. An interesting mix. (325).

£150

152

ADVERTISING, c1904-25: Attractive range of poster stamps advertising various products inc. safes, hair-dryers, chocolate, clothes, pianos, typewriters, sewing thread etc. (25).

£140

153

ADVERTISING, c1905-30: Fine range of (mainly German) poster stamps inc. better items with 'before & after' toothache cure, Harnasch designs for liquer (2), US China charity stamp plus others advertising typewriters, harmonicas, coffee, tea, noodles, shoe polish, Gabriel's amusement park (4) etc. (46).

£300

154

ADVERTISING, c1905-25: A fine selection of German poster stamps advertising a wide range of products inc. beer, coffee, music, hats, workwear, cosmetics, books, clocks, exhibitions, tourism etc. Also an unusual 1898 South African patriotic label. (60).

£280

155

ARTISTS, etc. 1899-1930: Variety of poster stamps inc. many by named artists inc. Hohenstein (1899 Como Exhibition), Hohlwein, Araca, Baumberger, Dietz etc. Also 1910 Odessa Exhibition pair, a small group (5) of circus-related designs, advertising stamps etc. (37).

£180

156

ARTISTS c1910-22: Attractive German poster stamps inc. very scarce Erdt design for Barscari cigarettes, Erich Gruner Leipzig Fair (1913), von Suchodolski 'Maltzym' label, Gipkens 'Die Mode der Dame', Paul Neu comical design for 'Enzianlikör' etc. (14).

£150

157

AVIATION MISCELLANY c1905-25: A fine group of poster stamps from the classic period of aviation with many scarce & attractive examples inc. fine 1911 Crevsot meeting label, 1914 Ostmarkenflug, unusual early German aviatrix c1910, small group of the colourful Gerner Brewery labels (4), Berger chocolate being loaded onto a biplane, various shows & advertising labels etc. A good lot. (39).

£300

158

AVIATION, c1910-32: Attractive German poster stamps inc. scarce 1924 set (6) commemorating Columbus & showing airships, three different Zeppelin-Spende' stamps, Oskar Bider portrait, Reims Meetings labels etc. (26).

£150

159

AVIATION, c1912-17: Small group of scarce early labels inc. a fine example of the rare H.R.Erdt aviator stamp c1912, a quartet of Delamare 'Squadron' stamps plus three fine labels for the Palermo experimental airmail flight of 1917, one with Red Cross surcharge. A fine group. (8).

£200

160

BALLOONS & AIRSHIPS, 1898-1922: Group of attractive & scarce poster stamps inc. 5 different examples of the wonderful Munich Gerner Brewery ballooning series, a fine group of embossed labels for the 1912 Stuttgart Gordon Bennett Race (6), 1898 Dijon Exhibition labels (5) depicting balloons, six zeppelin labels from the German 'Flugsport-Serie' etc. (27).

£240