1640 1936 - BERLIN: Two fine albums containing 128pp. & 168pp. respectively of printed text with spaces for illustrations all filled with photographs (incl., to their credit, three of Jesse Owens) supplied by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Altona-Bahrenfeld; albums also contain colour plates & a fold-out map of the Olympic village and have decorated blue cloth bindings protected by original pictorial dust-wrappers (tatty but repairable); slight hint of foxing here and there but otherwise very fine and a fascinating pair. (2 albums). **/*** £60
1641 1936 - BERLIN: DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA: SPECIAL OLYMPIC EDITION OF THE AIRLINE'S TIMETABLE (19 April - 3 Oct. 1936) brochure 8"x 4" opening to 23"x 33", incl. European route plan, passenger info. & details of twice-weekly postal & Zeppelin flights to South America. Cover depicting Junkers aircraft & Olympic rings. The Summer Olympics were held in Berlin 1-16 Aug. 1936. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £60
1642 1936 - BERLIN: Album (168 pp) of printed text wuith spaces for illustrations, all filled with black & white photographs supplied by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Altona-Bahrenfeld. Decorated blue cloth binding protected by origianl pictorial dustwrapper (somewhat tattered). Fascinating. *** £30
SPORTING MEMORABILIA - GENERAL
1643 AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of autographs on loose pages & card with emphasis on famous tennis players of the past incl. Maria Bueno, Angela Mortimer, Fred. Perry and Christine Truman but other sporting personalities are also represented, e.g. Ian Botham, Sir 'Bobby' Charlton, 'Mick' McManus, Gary Player and 'Billy' Wright. (11 items). */** £40
1644 SPORTING SCRAPS, c1890: Three chromo-litho scraps inc. v.fine & unusual cricket batsman at stumps with wicket-keeper (212mm) stuck on to modern card mount plus 110mm 'Alf' (footballer) and a pair of footballers with ball (55mm); all fine. (3 items). *** £24
1645 TENNIS - BUXTON LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT (August, 1913): 12pp card-covered "Saturday's Programme" annotated with match results and with pasted-in newspaper pictures of men's and ladies' champions (J.C.Parke & Mrs. Larcombe); spine split and some wear. Also 7 PPCs, 5 of them "action shots" and the other two depicting presentation of trophies by Duke of Devonshire. (8 items). £50
STAMP BOXES
1646 STAMP/VESTA BOXES: c.1890 two plated stamp/vesta boxes in shape of miniature books, one of them engraved "From Mother". Some plate wear. (2 items). ** £40
1647 STAMP/VESTA AND STAMP/COIN PLATED BOXES also c.1890 and again in shape of books. Plate a little rubbed away in places. (2 items). ** £50
1648 ART NOUVEAU SEALING WAX BOX: c1900 green stained wooden box (4" x 2") with hammered pewter top set with red glass(?) "gems" & two long compartments housing green and red (2) sticks of ceiling wax. Unusual. *** £20
1649 C.1900 small (3‡" x 1#") japanned tin stamp box having two hinged compartments with lids. Some wear but unusual. ** £10
1650 ENGRAVED LOCKET STAMP BOXES: Birmingham 1903 silver envelope locket (missing inner clip) engraved with leaves plus Chester 1915 envelope stamp locket (some damage to flap) with engraved foliate designs back and front. (2 items). **/*** £46
1651 ART DECO stamp booklet cover c.1930 consisting of 2 hinged metal leaves finished in chrome with engine -turned decoration and complete with a G.B. KGVI 2/- stamp booklet still containing 2 x ‡d definitives; slight dent but unusual. **/*** £20
1652 SILVER STAMP & VESTA CASE, 1908: Heavy, flip-top vesta case (50mm) with Birmingham hallmarks, striking plate , suspension loop and unusual side compartment for stamps; finely engraved with a roccoco floral pattern. Very little wear evident. *** £50
1653 STAMP CASE, 1908: Slim, silver (Birmingham) two-compartment pocket stamp case with sliding lid decorated with engraved flowers, shield with monogram and green stone button; 'From Dolly' inscribed on reverse. Some slight wear inc. one or two shallow dints on reverse. **/*** £35
1654 STAMP CASE, 1910: Slim pocket stamp case in Birmingham hallmarked silver with unusual sliding lid concealing two stamp compartments; decorated with machined parallel lines and a blank shield, with turquoise securing button. Slight wear. *** £35
THEATRE/BALLET/CONCERT PROGRAMMES
1655 BIRMINGHAM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: Small leather folder containing a range of programmes for Wartime concerts given by the South Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra, mainly in Central Hall c1942-46; also a half-plate contemporary press photograph of the group. In addition, a 1951-52 season 30pp newsletter of the WASPS Rugby FC. (32 items approx.) *** £25
WRITING MATERIALS, ETC.
1656 MISCELLANY - WHISKY, GIANT PEN AND LETTER OPENERS: Miniature bottle of whisky (partly evaporated) issued by Liverpool P.O. in 1992, giant pen by American Pencil Co., three letter openers, brass letter clip, G.P.O. pencil, perpetual calendar etc. (10 items). **/*** £30
1657 BLOTTERS: c1910 pair of Rocking desk blotters inc. small (110mm x 50mm) blotter in oak with poker work decoration and larger (130mm x 85mm) varnished mahogany and oak example with baize cushion. Ink stains. Also c1900 white glazed pottery well (4" x 2‡") with biscuit finish roller; transfer printed "Veteran Series" in black but no maker's mark. Fine & scarce. **/*** £20
1658 INK BOTTLES: c1880-1950 selection of stone ink bottles inc. one made by "LOVATT" & another containing ink(!) with printed "G.P.O./INK BLACK INDELIBLE/FOR USE WITH/INDIA-RUBBER STAMPS/ONLY/S.P.97" printed label. Also a glass bottle with "STEPHEN'S" label. (7 bottles). **/*** £40
1659 INK BOTTLES AND WELLS: Selection of 6 glass ink bottles plus 2 porcelain ink wells. (8 items). */*** £20
1660 INK WELL & STAMP WETTER: c.1930 Metal and glass non-spill ink well in an unusual cannon/snail shell design plus a copper stamp wetter. (2 items). ** £30
1661 NIB & LEAD HOLDERS: 3 small tube-shaped holders c.1880 for nibs, a metal holder for "M. TURNER'S /PATENT/LEAD RESERVE", a metal spill tube and a cardboard tube containing leads. (6 items). **/*** £24
1662 PEN NIB BOX: c.1890 Setten & Durward's 'Beau Ideal' J pen/nib box (5" x 1‡") containing four unused original nibs plus one used. Small chips on edge of box but a scarce item. **/*** £20
1663 PAPER KNIFE & PEN: c.1968 Heavy silver paper knife made by Asprey's of London with seated lion on solid handle inlaid with green agate; fully hallmarked & with Asprey imprint. Also unusual Parker fountain pen of similar vintage with twist siphon action and attractive case with gold-plated & black enamel striped pattern; slight faults. (2 items). ****/*** £40
1664 TWO GLASS PENS c.1890 of simple but decorative design. (2 pens). *** £30
1665 PENS AND PENCILS c.1930-40: Two plated pens/pencils and three plated pencils. (5 items). **/*** £46
1666 PENS, PENCILS etc.: 1944 "Torch" boxed writing set containing three pencils, ruler and pen. Also a boxed Sheaffer fountain pen & three modern commemorative "give away" ball point pens, two of them philatelic! (9 items + 2 boxes). **/*** £24
1667 SILVER-HANDLED SEAL c.1850 probably of French origin with the name "Bollis". **/*** £26
1668 SEALS: c.1870-1920 Selection of wooden handled brass seals incl. examples showing a rose and the initial "R". (6 items). *** £55
1669 TRAVELLING INKWELLS c.1880 in circular brass and leather design with original glass bottle liner plus a similar though square example without the bottle. (2 items). **/*** £40
1670 WRITING CASE: c1910 Heavy leather 'suitcase' type travelling writing case (360 x 230mm) in brown pigskin with patterned green leather interior, the lid being fitted with a range of compartments for paper, pens etc.; the hinge is in need of repair, some surface blemishes etc. but a nice item. **/*** £30
WORLDWIDE GENERAL PHILATELIC
1671 LARGE CARTON containing ROBSON LOWE Postal History auction catalogues between 1972 and 1980 ; THE GEN and THE MAGIC MAGAZINE - approx. 30 copies from the mid-1950's ; and JACK KNIGHT AIR LOG & AFA NEWS - 7 copies covering January 1995 to September 1996. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £10
1672 MISCELLANY inc. fine example of 'The Stamp-Collector's Handbook' (Kissinger, 1894), 1911 'Dictionary of Philatelic Terms' plus items concerning music on stamps, Blom's 'Mozart' and several other general philatelic works. (13 items). £20
1673 MISCELLANY in carton from 1940 onwards including HAMILTON - 1941 The Empire on Stamps. RAY & ROGERS-TILLSTONE - 1953 Background to Philately (an anthology of papers). HAVERBECK - 1955 The Commemorative Stamps of the British Commonwealth. ROBINSON - 1963 Carrying British Mails Overseas. (17 pubs., mostly hardback. £25
1674 MISCELLANY: Carton with a wide variety of UK and US Journals etc., including GSM 1933 - 35 loose copies, 1939-40 and 1951-52, bound vols., Sussex Post 1 - 10, some copies of The Mailcoach 1975 - 81, etc. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £24
1675 MISCELLANY . An assortment of philatelic and non-philatelic books, booklets, journals etc., in carton including useful Australian - OCCLESHAW - 1989 Australian Slogan Cancellations, Vols. 1 & 2 and DAVIDSON & DIX - 1977 Commonwealth of Australia : The George V Threepence. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £21
1676 MISCELLANY including LOWE - 1970 The De La Rue Key Plates, booklet. KING GEORGE VI COLLECTORS SOCIETY - 1975 5 copies of the newsletter Geosix featuring Hong Kong. POTTER - The Printings of King George VI Colonial Stamps : In Table Form, p/b. PLUS four other booklets. (7 items). £15
1677 MISCELLANY including ; PAYNE - 1981 Ethiopia . Cockrill Series Booklets Nos. I, II, III and V. BLEEKER - 1982 Japanese Occupation Issues of the Dutch East Indies (1942 - 45). WILSON & PERKINS - 1984 Angels in Blue Jackets : The Navy at Messina, 1908, d/j. Also p/bs. on Orchid Stamp Collecting, Chapeltown Posts and Christmas Charity Posts. (9 items). £20
1678 BRITISH CARIBBEAN PHILATELIC JOURNAL - 1975 to 1980 Vols. 15 to 20 complete, plus 6 earlier issues. All with punched holes for storage in ring binders. (38 issues). £30
1679 CHAPMAN - 1959 Good Stamp Collecting. Dedicated, signed copy, d/j. CURLE - 1945 Stamp Collecting : A New Handbook, p/b. ARMSTRONG - Stamp Collecting for Beginners, d/j. ALCOCK & MEREDITH - 1949 British Postage Stamp Varieties Illustrated. ANPHILEX '71 - 1971 75th Anniversary Exhibition catalogue. (5 items). £30
1680 THE CINDERELLA PHILATELIST - from 1972 to 2000, clean copies. ATALAYA - 1981 to 1992, Nos. 13 to 34 inc. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £35
1681 CYPRUS STUDY CIRCLE PAPERS - Nos. 2, 5 and 6, plus Newsletters 1997 - 2000. PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF MALTA - 23 Nos. between Vol 13/1 and 29/2. MALTA NEWSLETTER - 8 Nos. from Vol 14 plus four others. MALTS STUDY CIRCLE - Study Paper 4 on POW Mail. (Quantity). £30
1682 EAST AFRICA STUDY CIRCLE - 1987 c.12 Bulletins btween Nos. 25 and 44. CAMEO - 1991 Vol. 4 No. 3 and Vol. 6 Nos. 1-7. POST OFFICE STONE - Nos. 1-3 (reprints), 81-84, 86, 88-91, 93-105, 110 and 112-3. SOUTH AFRICAN PHILATELIST - Vols. 30 and 31, soft bound. FORERUNNERS - 11 Nos. between Jan 1989 and Oct 1993. BELGIAN CONGO STUDY CIRCLE - Bulletins 86 - 96, plus index for 1-90 and several auction lists. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £30
1683 FIRTH - 1897 Postage Stamps and Their Collection. Some cover stains. RAY - 1994 The Stock Exchange Forgery, p/b. PEARSON - 1963 Special Event Postmarks of the U.K., p/b. Also 3 booklets of a general nature. (6 items). £30
1684 GARDINER - 1898 A School Atlas of English History, vgc. GUINESS - 1993 Guiness World Data Book, 2nd edition. KANDAOUROFF - 1973 Collecting Postal History, torn d/j. ANGUS - 1973 Stamps, Posts and Postmarks, d/j. NOVACEK - 1984 Guide to Stamp Collecting of the World, d/j. UPU - 1991 The Universal Postal Union : Its Creation and Development, booklet. (6 items). £24
1685 HARRIS (ed.) - Who's Who in Philately : The International Philatelic Directory. Copies for 1926 (front cover separted) and 1937 (spine missing). BATEMAN - 1960 Stamp Collectors Who's Who. BIERMAN - 1970's? The World's Greatest Stamp Collectors, d/j. (4 pubs.). £30
1686 HERST - 1968 Stories To Collect Stamps By, d/j. Signed copy. CORNELL - 1968 The Tale of the Kicking Mule : a handbook dealing with the famous Kicking Mule cancellation used in several western towns in the "Eighties", p/b. (2 pubs.). £18
1687 HIGGINS & GAGE - 1977 The World Postal Stationary Catalogue, Second edition. Loose leaf, in ring binders, stated to be complete. (9 vols.). £50
1688 INDIA STUDY CIRCLE - 1957 to 1961, some 20 issues of the News Bulletin. INDIA POST - 1967 to 2000, Vols. 1 to 34, complete except for Nos. 4, 23, 57, 59-66, 123 and 140. VERY HEAVY TWO CARTON LOT. BUYER TO ARRANGE COLLECTION FROM OUR PREMISES. £75
1689 JOHNSON - 1944 British Postage Stamps. ZILLIACUS - 1961 From Pillar to Post. MACKAY - 1967 Money in Stamps, d/j. PHILATELIC EXPORTER - 1974 How to Make a Success of Stamp Collecting, ex public library. Plus three booklets. (6 items). £21
1690 MATSON - 1938 Stamps With A Story. HORNUNG - 1970 The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Stamp Collecting. MACKAY - 1976 Encyclopaedia of World Stamps 1945 - 1975. (3 pubs., all with d/j.). £12
1691 THE PHILATELIST : An Illustrated Magazine for Stamp Collectors. Vols. I and II hardbound together, Vols. III and IV hardbound together and Vol. VIII hardbound, but with some illustrations cut out. £150
1692 THE PHILATELIST - Vol. 14 (1947-48) and Vol. 16 (1949-50). Publishers hardback bindings. (2 vols.). £30
1693 THE PHILATELIST - Some 200 copies from 1951 on. Comprising Vol. 18 (less No. 3), then Vols. 19 to 37/3 in a complete run - 29 single copies, the rest are hard bound into single volumes but not professionally. VERY HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO ARRANGE COLLECTION. £200
1694 THE PHILATELIST - A broken run of issues between 1967 and 1976 and also between 1985 and 1992. HEAVY TWO CARTON LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £25
1695 POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY BULLETINS 1938 - 1958 comprising Nos. 7-9, 11, 13, 15, 19-29, 31-77 and 88-98, with an index for 1-54. Missing Nos. 3-6, 10, 12, 14 and 16-18 are present as photocopies. £40
1696 POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY BULLETIN - 130 copies between Nos. 30 and 212, complete except for 33, 125, 144, 152-6, 198 and 204-5. Some loose copies, the rest are in various binders. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £100
1697 POSTAL HISTORY INTERNATIONAL - 1972 to 1980. A complete run Vol. 1/1 to Vol. 9/6, first three in magazine binders, some suffering from damp at some time. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £45
1698 THE PHILATELIC RECORD - Vols. 5, 11 and 31 bound in hard covers, Vols. 17, 25 and 29 (ex # 12) as singles. £50
1699 POST SCRIPT - A Quarterly Journal of Postal History 1977 - 1993. Nos. 1 to 60 complete except for 6, 7, 45, 46 & 48. Nos. 1 - 4 are "official" photocopies. An American journal. £40
1700 ROSSITER & FLOWER - 1989 The Stamp Atlas, d/j. £12
1701 SAMUEL - 1976 Specimen Stamps of the Crown Colonies 1857 - 1948. £36
1702 THE STANLEY GIBBONS Book of Stamps and Stamp Collecting ; revised edition 1990, d/j. THE LONDON PHILATELIST Nos. 1236 - 1265 inc. (1242 missing), 1996 -99. £18
1703 THE STAMP LOVER - About 300 copies, mainly between 1910 and 1946 (with a few later). Vols 2 and 6 have been hard bound, some other Vols are complete (eg. 23, 26 and 27). The scarce war years (Jun 1939 to Feb. 1945) are complete. Mainly good condition for these. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO REMOVE FROM OUR PREMISES. £100
1704 SOCIŠTŠ INTERNATIONALE D'HISTOIRE POSTALE -Bulletins, Nos. 9, 12-17 and 24-25. PRATIQUE - (Disinfected Mail Study Circle) Newsletters Vols. I to VIII, 32 copies (1, 14, 18, 19, 24 and 26 missing). BOLLETINO PREFILATELICO - Nos. 7-13, 15 and 16. IL CORRIERE FILATELICO Nos. 1, 3-15, 17, 18, 22-26 and 28-31. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £24
1705 STANLEY GIBBONS - 1897 (Jubilee year) Priced Catalogue of Envelopes and Wrappers, Post Cards and Letter Cards. Pocket size, slightly soiled, otherwise good condition. £20
1706 WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS - 1967 Rare Stamps, d/j. MACKAY - 1967 Money in Stamps, d/j. (2pubs.). £12
1707 YVERT & TELLIER - CHAMPION - 1925 and 1926 Catalogues of Postage Stamps. £10
FORGERIES, FAKES, ETC.
1708 PUGH - 1977 Reference Manual of BNA Fakes, Forgeries and Counterfeits : Vols. 1 and 3 (Ring binders). SMYTHIES - BNA Fakes and Forgeries, undated p/b. (3 items). £25
LIBRARY CATALOGUES & PHILATELIC LITERATU
1709 BELLARS &DAVIE - 1864 The Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting.Complete but endpapers secured with modern tape. Very scarce copy of an early catalogue. £100
1710 H.J.M.R. - 1971 Priced Guide to Philatelic Literature, second edition, p/b., creased in places. £20
1711 PHILATELIC WRITERS SOCIETY - 1982 to 1995 The Philatelic Quill ; Vol. 1 to Vol. 11, No.2 complete. £20
1712 POPE - 1983 Opinions : Philatelic Expertising - An Inside View, d/j. £12
1713 BRITISH WEST INDIES STUDY CIRCLE BULLETINS in a very lengthy (and almost complete) run between June, 1970 and June, 1996 plus a few other B.W.I.S.C. publications. (107 items). *** £24
AUCTION CATALOGUES
1714 MISCELLANY - 16 Auction catalogues between 1959 and 1991 featuring Falkland Islands material including named collections (Bantham, Mayall, Lovibond, Palmer etc.). £20
1715 MISCELLANY - 18 Illustrated catalogues between 1970 and 2000 with BNA interest, including Leggett, Sissons, Maresch, Laird, Manning etc. £10
1716 MISCELLANY of smaller auction house catalogues from the late 70's to early 80's, neatly bound into 9 assorted volumes ; includes Capital, Lee, Taro, Mercia, Dieter Risch (airmails) and Postacard Auctions. Plus 4 soft cover cats. Very clean condition. (13 items). £20
1717 MISCELLANEOUS Auction catalogues between 1990 and 1996 including Feldman, Christie's, Harmers etc. All world content with some named sales. (25 cats.). HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £25
1718 AFRICA - 21 catalogues from various sources between 1977 and 1994, including the Maria de la Queillerie - Cape of Good Hope, the Col. J.R. Danson - Sudan, Major Harold Criddle - Transvaal, John Robson - Zululand, the "Bonaventure" COGH Tringulars etc., most include p/r. £45
1719 AIR MAILS - 5 catalogues between 1976 and 1995, some with p/rs., including the "Robert Lehman" Air Mail Stamps Part 3 1976, the "Dr. Matejka" Newfoundland Aerophilately Part Two 1980, the "Pegasus" Airmails of the World 1986 and the "Otto Kallir" Aviation History. £15
1000-1079
1080-1159
1160-1239
1240-1319
1320-1399
1400-1479
1480-1559
1560-1639
1640-1719
1720-1799
1800-1879
1880-1959
1960-2039
2040-2064
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