| 241 | J SPURLING SAILING SHIP SERIES; 1945 Set of seven different mint PPC's produced by Seven Seas Fine Arts from J Spurling art work inc. 'Aristides', 'Piako', 'Thomas Stephens' etc. Fine. (7 cards). PHOTO - | £45 | ||
| AUSTRIA | ||||
| 242 | DANUBE STEAMSHIPS: Attractive 1866 EL to Braila franked by superb example of the 17k red (perf.12) cancelled by a crisp blue CALAFAT c.d.s; vertical filing crease otherwise v.fine & scarce. Exhibition quality. PHOTO - | £300 | ||
| 243 | DANUBE STEAMSHIPS: 1867 E (fragmentary seal with railway engine) ex Turnu-Magurelle to Vienna with 17k red (perf.12) tied by blue oval AGENTIE/D.D.S.G./T.MAGURELLE, with arrival c.d.s. of Alt-Orsova & Vienna; filing crease & some foxing affecting stamp but a scarce item. | £180 | ||
| 244 | * | DANUBE STEAMSHIPS: 1868 EL to Braila franked by 10k green (Type I) with blue c.d.s. of Galatz over an unusual grid of parallel lines; filing crease well clear of stamp. Attractive. PHOTO - | £180 | |
| 245 | DANUBE STEAMSHIPS: 1872 E ex Silistria to Galatz franked by 10k (Type I) tied by an indistinct blue ship's cancellation (Smyrna?); filing crease and some foxing, slightly affecting the stamp. | £100 | ||
| 246 | MISCELLANY: 1913 Austria-Lloyd env. to Ragusa with 1908 5h pair cancelled by fine FIUME-CATTARO Hungarian Ship c.d.s.; 1915 PPC (Split)to Pola with violet Kriegsmarine c.d.s. of 'Kaiser Karl VI'; c1910 unused Hungarian M.F.T.R. multi-view PPC depicting ships & scenery & a colour PPC (1913) of the 'Dacia' (Rumanian State Line) leaving Constantinople. (4 items). | £90 | ||
| FRANCE | ||||
| 247 | PAQUEBOT 'PASTEUR' - RARE 'ALBINO SURCHARGE' VARIETY: A rare unrecorded variety of the 1941 70c green stamp featuring the ship without the 1f surcharge: the stamp remained unissued when originally printed in 1939 and was only released with the red 1f surcharge in aid of seaman’s families in 1941. This example received an ALBINO surcharge, which has been removed, the stamp being washed, ironed and re-gummed – a state discovered by recently acquired analytical equipment – which calls into question the status of some of the other "missing surcharge" varieties in existence and puts on record a previously unknown variety. A rare stamp in its own right. [Ex Lord Leathers]. [RPSL Cert. 2002]. PHOTO - | £5,000 | ||
| GERMANY | ||||
| 248 | "PRINZESSIN HEINRICH": 1897 scarce chromo-litho PPC depicting the ship and a young lady on a beach, sent from Cuxhaven to Blankenberg with superb strike of the Ship's rubber cachet Auf hoher See/2 SEP 97/An Bord/des/Schnelldampfers/Prinzessin Heinrich. Generally fresh, scarce and attractive. PHOTO - | £90 | ||
| 249 | "HOHENZOLLERN": Superb, fresh unused chromo-litho PPC of the Royal Yacht in harbour with the Royal Launch carrying the Kaiser & Kaiserin ashore during the 1898 visit to Ottoman Turkey; also a b&w RP card of the Yacht used in 1909. In addition , a 1909 RP card of the gunboat "Buzzard" in harbour at East London. (3 items). | £70 | ||
| 250 | "SEQUENS": Very fine early (1899) chromo-litho PPC by Miesler (Berlin) depicting the "Sequens" at sea, used from Swinemunde to Crostwitz; also a 1900 usage of a b&w photographic PPC (Gruss aus Blankensee) showing the "Deutschland", used from Blankensee to Flensburg. In addition, 3 further cards inc. "Prinz Heinrich" (1899 used from Colombo), a very fine unused PPC advertising the River Elbe Steamship Company with paddle-steamer & a 1924 NDL illustrated menu card form the "Seydlitz". A fine group of scarce cards. (5 items). | £120 | ||
| 251 | NAVAL MAIL - WWI: Marine Schiffspost cancellations on PPCs inc. fine patriotic view-card of Danzig, with Ship Numbers 15, 97, 104, 140 & 240. A useful lot. (5 items). PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 252 | NAVAL - WWI - REGISTERED COVER: c1917 Env. (slightly reduced at top) to Hamburg franked by Germania 20pf & 25pf (the former with missing corner) both pen-cancelled with m/s Schiffspost No 87, Marine-/Schiffspost reg'n label & censor cachet; the reverse bears the h/s S.M.S. "Grosser Kurfürst". [Ex Roberts] | £75 | ||
| 253 | DAMPFER "REGINA" S/L CANCELLATION: 1921 Env. to Finland ex Stettin franked by Germania 20pf (corner fault) & 1m, both pen-cancelled, tied by oval cachets of 'RUD. CHRIST. GRIBEL/STETTIN & by s/l ship's cachet D."Regina" in violet; vertical fold but a scarce & attractive item.[Ex Roberts]. PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| RUSSIA | ||||
| 254 | 'V.ANGLIYU' ROUTING MARK: 1900 Env. to the UK, the 10k stamp cancelled by 'BATOUM-ODESSA/2' ship c.d.s., with unusual large violet h.s. 'V.ANGLIYU' (to England); also a 1909 env. with 'PARAKHOD/BATOUM-ODESSA' steamer c.d.s. cancelling the 7k stamp plus three further (different) c.d.s. of this line on PPCs (1903) and 2 unused RP cards of Russian passenger ships. A good lot. (7 items). | £140 | ||
| 255 | LATVIA: 1894 Printed shipping certificate completed in m/s with fine vignette of ship (partly covered by 5k fiscal stamp), recording the 'Teelin Head' transporting barley ex Riga to Scotland; also two fine & scarce used chromo-litho PPCs inc. official card of the St Petersburg Express Line showing the 'Imperatriza Alexandra' (1912) & an 1896 'Gruss aus' type with vignette of the Kremlin etc. (3 items). | £80 | ||
| SCANDINAVIA | ||||
| 256 | FINLAND LINE: 1926 Letter on Company notepaper enclosing a gift of official PPCs of the ships 'Oihonna', 'Arcturus' & 'Poseidon' plus two scarce earlier (1910-11) official RP cards of the 'Polaris' & 'Arcturus' and a further fine 1935 RP card of the 'Arcturus' under full steam (postage due stamp/h.s.). In addition, a 1921 letter on 3 sheets of ill'd 'Trälleborg-Sassnitz Line' notepaper (SS 'Konung Gustaf V') and a 1912 PPC with fine Fra Sverige h.s. with Swedish stamp cancelled at Helsinki. (10 items). | £150 | ||
| SWITZERLAND | ||||
| 257 | LAKE STEAMERS: 1903 PPC with LUZERN-FLUELEN/SCHIFF c.d.s. struck over s/l VITZNAU plus two Italian PPCs with COLICO-COMO/No 2 c.d.s. (1904) or NATANTE COLICO COMO No 1/A squared circle cancellation. Also c1910 colour PPC of the 'Stadt Luzern' steamship, a very fine used example of the scarce 1893 commemorative stationery card showing a lake steamer, diligence etc. and two fine cards with steamers. (7 items). | £100 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| 258 | POSTCARDS etc: A fine range of vintage PPCs depicting ships, ports, landing stages etc. inc. 1902 chromo-litho of Deutz, Orient-Royal Line 'Orotava' at Naples, Christianafjord, Borkum 1901 Budapest quays pair etc. Also a 1929 German Seepost flag cancellation on card, a scarce group (5) of 1898 Belgian 'Excursion au Congo' travel publicity labels showing a s hip on the Congo, a set of 5 WWI artist-drawn cards of Rouen & an 1867 EL ex Rostock to Bordeaux. A useful lot. (29 items). | £140 | ||
| 259 | PAQUEBOT & OTHER SHIP MARKS: Good selection of covers & cards c1949-63 with emphasis on Scandinavian material, showing a variety of s/l paquebot marks, ships' s/l & c.d.s. cachets inc. 'S.S.AMERICAN FARMER/OFFICIAL #247571', 'Trykksak', 'Posted on Board', 'Postagent' etc. Also 1937 Austrian DDSG issue FDC. (45 items). | £100 | ||
| THE ARCTIC, SPITZBERGEN, ETC. | ||||
| 260 | "CAPT PARRY's EXPEDITION" & "THE LAND [FRANKLIN] ARCTIC EXPEDITION" - 1827 COMMENT; Complete 7th Oct. 1827 complete 8-page issue of "BELL's WEEKLY MESSENGER" newspaper (101/2x16 ins.) with two full columns reporting on the journeys of the two recently returned Arctic Explorers. With interesting editorial comment; "In our opinion, the southern hemisphere presents a fare more tempting field"! Mostly very fine. | £50 | ||
| 261 | STEAMER TO ICELAND - PICTORIAL ADVERT; Attractive c.1880 printed (black & red) leaflet (41/2x7 ins.; vignette of steamer at top of first side) advising that the "Leith & Iceland Steam Shipping Co.'s" S.S. "CAMOENS" sailed fortnightly from Granton in Scotland to Iceland, during the summer, with passengers, etc.; complete with cabin-plan and description of the midnight sun, etc. PHOTO - | £30 | ||
| 262 | "NORDENFJELDSKE DAMPSKIBSSELSKAB" STEAMER CARDS EX TRONDHEIM, ETC.; Attractive pair of 1902 official pictorial "S/S Ragnvald" cards for the "NEWCASTLE-TRONDHJEM Tourist Route" to G.B., each franked by Norway 10o red tied by Bergen & Trondheim c.d.s.'s; good pair. Plus 1901 PPC (of fjord & traditional Norwegian dress) from "AALESUND" (fine c.d.s. tying 10o red) to G.B. from a passenger who had just survived a bad storm. (3 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 263 | SPITZBERGEN STEAMER & F. NANSEN CARDS, ETC.; Official 1909 PPC advertising the summer voyages of the "P & O CRUISING YACHT VECTIS" (posted from London), c.1900 fine unused PPC of "Froidtjof Nansen" recording his 1893-6 explorations (rare), and 1903 "TRONDJEIM S.S. KONG HARALD" official card with "NORDCAP" vignette used to Italy (stamp removed). (3 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 264 | SPITZBERGEN LOCAL ON CARD WITH "ADVENT BAY" & "Thalia" CANCELS; Fine July 1909 PPC (of Smeerenburg) to Germany franked by Norway 10o red (tied by partly v. fine 2-ring "[ADVENT BAY]/SPITZBERGEN" cachet only), with very fine rare handstruck "Osterreichische Lloyd-Jacht/Thalia" cachet alongside (partly overstruck by v. fine Hammerfest P.O. 2-ring c.d.s.), and franked in the other corner by the ship's special perf. "SPITZBERGEN" polar bear stamp in purple, which is tied by two tiny "SPITZBERGEN" marks matching a central v. fine strike of the 2-ring Advent Bay cachet. Rare thus and of Exhibition quality. PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 265 | CRUISE-BROCHURE OF THE "STEAM YACHT MIDNIGHT SUN"; Attractive 24-page "Albion Steamship Co." booklet for their "NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE TO NORWAY" cruises, with fine coloured pictorial covers (5x8 ins.; Glasgow agent's cachet on front - rusted staples barely detract) with full details of the cruises, b/w photos and a fine folding map of the fjord routes. Exhibition item. PHOTO - | £40 | ||
| 266 | OFFICIAL MENU-CARD & POSTCARDS OF FJORD STEAMER CRUISES; Attractive coloured 1928 menu-card (41/2x7 ins.; grubby inside) depicting the "Bergenske Dampskibselskab Bergen" at Aandalsnes, signed in pencil on reverse by crew-members & passengers; plus c.1960 set of 3 unused "R.M.S. ATLANTIS CRUISE" PPC's showing the ship & fjords. (4 items). | £50 | ||
| 267 | "LLOYD FLUGPOST" CRUISE MENU-CARD OF THE S.S. LUETZOW's "FIRST NORTH CAPE CRUISE"; 1931 folding card (51/2x8 ins) with coloured cover depicting steamer and Junkers seaplane with N.D.L. logo. Very fine. | £50 | ||
| TRANSATLANTIC - GENERAL 1710-1964 | ||||
| 268 | FIRST BRISTOL TO NEW YORK PACKET ANNOUNCEMENT; 29th Aug. 1710 The Official Notice printed in the London Gazette (2pp 11"x7") announcing the commencement of the monthly mails from Bristol to New York as from 31st Aug. 1710. The 3"x3" Notice states that letters will be taken at the General Post Office, London on the last Thursday of each month; it also gives details of the rates to be charged. Minor faults do not detract. | £75 | ||
| 269 | DOVER & DEAL - EARLY SHIP LETTERS EX-PHILADELPHIA & NEW HAMPSHIRE; Fine Mar. 1767 EL from Philadelphia to London with good "DOVER/SHIP LRE" (Rob. S1a) alongside a fine "7/MA" Bishop mark plus Oct. 1771 EL from New Hampshire to Westminster, London with fine "DEAL/SHIP LRE" (Rob. S1) and fine "30/NO" Bishop mark. Also an Owen print of Dover Castle from the sea and a c.1950 reprint of a 1795 colour chart of the "Downes". [Ex Robertson]. (4 items). | £100 | ||
| 270 | ACTS & NOTICES; May 1784 The London Gazette (7pp 12"x8") with General Post Office notice announcing pre-payment of "Inland and Packet Postage on all Letters ... for North America" etc.; June 1803 Act (10pp 12"x7") "For regulating the Vessels carrying Passengers from the UK to his Majesty's Plantations and Settlements Abroad," etc.; Aug. 1854 Notice (1pp 13"x8") listing the "Names of the Colonies and British Dependencies that have adopted the Uniform Rate of OCEAN POSTAGE.." etc. plus curious 1764 Act (3pp 12"x7") "..for the Encouragement of the Whale Fishery in the Gulph and River of Saint Lawrence..."etc. (4 items). | £50 | ||
| 271 | LIVERPOOL - F.A.C. ON PRINTED NOTICE FROM SWEDEN TO U.S.; V. fine 1825 EL with mainly printed contents ex-"Gothenburg to "Providence" (RI) per "Columbia" with superb brown oval framed "RECD. & FORWARDED/LIVERPOOL/Per./WILLIS LATHAM & GAIR" with ms. "Columbia/Feby 16" in the centre. [Ex Rowe & "Dubois"; Cavendish Apr. 1998 Lot 240; £276] plus 1821 EL London to Boston Ms. via Liverpool & New York with ms. FAC "Liverpool 16 Apr. 1821/Per y.o.s./Thos. H. Evans/Agent" Fine pair. PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 272 | PASSAGE TICKET TO QUEBEC; 4th Aug. 1831 Passage ticket (5"x41/2") headed by vignette of sailing ship, for passage of "James Dougherty & wife and three Children to have passage on the first Sept. next ... on board the Chance bound to Qubec (sic)..." etc. Issued by David Grainger, Donegal Quay, Belfast. Minor faults but an attractive and v. scarce early piece of maritime ephemera. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 273 | SAILING NOTICE - "FOR QUEBEC"; 1st April 1832 Sailing notice (6"x7") with woodcut vignette of a sailing ship; "FOR QUEBEC/TO SAIL ON THE IST OF MAY/The Fine Splendid Copper'd & Copper Fasten'd British Oak Built SHIP/John Pedder,/OF CORK.." etc. A most attractive early advertisement. PHOTO - | £60 | ||
| 274 | GLASGOW TO UPPER CANADA; 1836-41 Fine trio of EL's from Glasgow; Sep. 1836 to Dundas UC endorsed "per Liverpool Steamer/p Orpheus" with red "NEW-YORK/SHIP" d.s. and green "QUEENSTOWN" d.s. rated a total of "1/11" Canadian Currency; Mar. 1838 EL to Oxford UC via Falmouth and Halifax NS rated "5/9" Canadian Currency with fine red "QUEBEC" d.s. plus "FORWARDED" h.s. and ms. dated green "OXFORD" UDC; Mar. 1841 EL to Dundas with fine strikes of octagonal "GLASGOW/PAID" d.s., "SHIP-LETTER/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Rob S15), red "NEW-YORK/SHIP" d.s. and the "DUNDAS" d.s. (3 covers). | £75 | ||
| 275 | SAILING SHIP MAILS; Group of EL/E carried by Black Ball, Red Star, Copes Line etc. inc. 1826 fine EL London to New York with v.fine "SHIP" and "NEW-YORK" d.s. both in red; 1837 EL New York to London with step -down "PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" (Rob. S14); 1839 EL (faults) London to New York with fine red oval "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON/(crown)" d.s. (Rob. S51) [Ex Robertson]; 1840 EL New York to Bordeaux "p Baltimore" (Union Line) with fine red "OUTRE-MER/LE HAVRE" d.s.; 1845 EL Liverpool to New Orleans (filing crease) but re-addressed to New York "p Siddons" with "SHIP" (2) and "NEW-YORK" d.s. both in red and good blue "NEW ORLEANS/LA" d.s. etc. A good selection of rates, lines etc. (18 covers). PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 276 | US EXPRESS COMPANIES; 17 June 1844 Receipt (8"x4", closed filing spike holes) with vignette of sailing ship, steam train crossing bridge and stage-coach passing under the rail arch, issued by "ADAMS & Co's EXPRESS" Philadelphia plus unused orange express parcel label (c.1860 4"x3") "WELLS, FARGO & CO'S" with vignettes of paddle steamers and locomotive. Attractive pair. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 277 | PASSENGER'S CONTRACT TICKET; 28th Mar. 1845 Printed ticket (7"x9") "SAMUEL McCREA'S/AMERICAN PACKET OFFICE/37, WARING STREET, BELFAST". The ticket guarantees a second class berth for "David McKee(?)" for £2.10.0, the full payment for the passage including "Water & Provisions" however he would have had to provide his own bedding and utensils! This was the year of the Irish Potato Famine which saw many leave Ireland for America. A fine and scarce item. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 278 | ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENT OF MAIL SHIP AGENT; 7th Apr. 1853 Signed Admiralty warrant (1pp 121/2"x8" folds) "To Lieutenant Henry Warren Whereas we think fit that you shall be employed as our Agent on board a Merchant Steam Vessel employed by us under Contract in the Conveyance of her Majesty's Mails." etc. with embossed 5/- Revenue Stamp and authorising "LONDON/(crown)" d.s. (Extract from Carrying British Mails Overseas; Robinson p219 giving explanation of Agents enclosed). Scarce. Plus cut and pasted "Daily Packet List" for 9 Jan. 1849 [Ex Robertson]. (2 items). | £60 | ||
| 279 | LIVERPOOL - FANCY STEAMER CACHET OF "EDWARDS, SANDFORD & Co"; 1854 EL with printed heading of the "Transatlantic Express & Shipping Agency" to London with 1d (filing crease) tied by fine Type A "LIVERPOOL" Spoon with a fine double oval "LONDON NEW YORK./FORWARDED BY/(steamer)/EDWARDS, SANDFORD & Co./& LIVERPOOL" cachet (filing fold just touches at right). [Ex Rowe & "Dubois"; Cavendish Apr. 1998 Lot 254; £138]. PHOTO - see plate no. 43 | £100 | ||
| 280 | AN EARLY "JUNK MAIL" ADVERTISING LETTER; Aug. 1855 EL Glasgow to Edinburgh with tied 1d red. Printed on one half with an attractive woodcut vignette of a 3 masted sailing ship at sea with "At Glasgow, for NEW YORK, The First Class American Packet Ship/GLANCE" with outline details of facilities for passengers, freight etc. An attractive "unsolicited" mailing! PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 281 | ILLUSTRATED SHARE CERTIFICATE ETC; Nov. 1856 Share certificate Nos. 143 in the sum of $1,000 (101/2"x61/2", folds) for the "AMERICAN NAUTILUS SUBMARINE COMPANY" with several vignettes inc. a paddle steamer and sailing ship plus a divers boat over an underwater city (Atlantis?). Plus July 1863 Parliamentary Blue Paper (28pp 13"x81/2") "..concerning the application for the conveyance of mails .. by the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company (Galway Line). (2 items). PHOTO - | £85 | ||
| 282 | ILLUSTRATED US CIVIL WAR BALLAD LETTER SHEET; c.1864 Colour illustrated ballad sheet (8"x5") with lines on reverse for a letter printed by Charles Magnus of New York. The central figure of the vignette is a seaman sitting on a gun barrel surrounded by barrels, rope, etc. Below is the ballad "COLUMBIA'S HARDY SEAMEN". Fine and attractive. PHOTO - | £30 | ||
| 283 | LONDON - FANCY "PADDLE STEAMER" CACHET; 1867 London locally used env. with 1d red Plate 79 tied by duplex, having a superb example of the double oval blue cachet "H.STARR & Co/AMERICAN EUROPEAN/(steamer)/EXPRESS/145 CHEAPSIDE LONDON". Spectacular exhibition item. [Ex "Dubois"]. PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 284 | P.O. NOTICE - REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS FOR NEWFOUNDLAND; Dec. 1872 Framed PO Notice No. 38 (17"x11") announcing the reduction of postage as from 1st Jan. 1873, "to three-pence the half-ounce or fraction thereof, provided the postage be, in each case, prepaid." | £40 | ||
| 285 | UK TO US POST-UPU COVERS; 1873-93 Group of 9 covers with a variety of adhesives inc. 1876 env. Edinburgh to San Francisco with 21/2d. Pl. 3 tied by duplex; 1879 EL London to New York with 21/2d. Pl. 11 tied by duplex; 1884 env. Macclesfield to San Francisco with 21/2d. blue Pl. 23 tied by duplex; 1884 env. with contents Edinburgh to San Francisco with 5d green tied by duplex; 1983 S.T.O. 1/2d. Stat. env. London to El Paso uprated with 41/2d. green & carmine, etc. An interesting selection. (9 items). | £80 | ||
| 286 | ADVERTISING CARD - "STATE LINE FOR EUROPE"; c1883 State Line advertising chromo litho card (31/2"x6" minor faults) with a view of a steamship and various other vessels off the Castle Garden, New York. On the reverse is a list of fares for the weekly services to various European ports. Printed by Major & Knapp; very attractive. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 287 | HALIFAX SUMMER CARNIVAL; 30th June 1896 env. Halifax to River Dennis franked with Small Queen 3c tied by a good strike of the first hammer squared circle (bottom right corner lost on opening & repaired). Illustrated with the advertisement for the "SUMMER/CARNIVAL/HALIFAX N.S." and overprinted at the bottom left in maroon " FROM A.J. GRANT & CO.,/Hardware & Carriage Stock ... etc". Scarce. PHOTO - | £300 | ||
| 288 | HALIFAX SUMMER CARNIVAL; Similar illustrated Summer Carnival (no advert) 23rd July 1896 env. Halifax to Yarmouth (some toning to env.) franked with Small Queen 3c tied by fine strike of the first hammer squared circle. PHOTO - | £240 | ||
| 289 | "SHIP LOST AT SEA"; 1898 Postcard from Glasgow to Portland, Oregon addressed to a member of the Ship's Company onboard the barque "Laurelbank". Franked with 1d lilac tied by Glasgow d.s. with "Ship Letter No. 22/Ship Lost at sea" plus boxed "Undelivered for reason stated... etc" both in magenta. On the reverse is a variety of h.s.'s inc. part strike of a triangular "DEAD LETTER" office d.s. A most unusual "wreck" card and scarce thus. PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 290 | GERMAN MERCHANT SHIPS - PICTURE POSTCARDS; c.1898 Six different artist drawn, chromo litho vignettes of German Merchant ships published by Meissner & Buch, Leipzig inc. Nord Lloyd Line "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" leaving New York; Hamburg Amerika Line "Auguste Victoria" leaving Hamburg and "Pennsylvania" passing Sandy Hook lightship, etc. Unused with v. minor faults to two cards; attractive. (6 cards). PHOTO - | £60 | ||
| 291 | DUNFERMLINE TO NEW YORK - STO UPRATED ENVELOPES; 1899-1900 Eight large QV STO envs. (some creasing/faults) from the same correspondence, Dunfermline to New York, with values to 10d. and uprated with a variety of combinations of the QV Jubilee issue to 6d. The STO 10d uprated to 2/31/2d (11 rates!) by 1/2d orange, 21/2d, 4d & strip of three 6d.; 3d uprated to 1/51/2 using 21/2d & vertical strip of three 4d.; 3d uprated to 1/3d by block of four 3d, etc. All carried by different vessels of either the White Star or Cunard Line. (8 covers). PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 292 | Similar STO UPRATED ENVELOPES; 1902-03 Five large QV STO envs. (some creasing /faults) with values to 1/- and uprated with combinations of QV Jubilee and Edward VII adhesives. The 3d STO uprated to 2/11d with Ed VII 1/2d plus two 1/- (scarce on cover); 4d STO uprated to 1/8d with Ed. VII 4d & 1/-; 1/- STO uprated to 1/8d with QV 3d. plus two Ed. VII 21/2d etc. Good lot carried by either Cunard or "American" vessels. (5 covers). PHOTO - | £200 | ||
| 293 | LIVERPOOL - LANDING STAGE ETC. PICTURE POSTCARDS; 1904-26 group of Liverpool PPC's (9) mainly of the Landing Stage with vessels alongside inc. two showing the Landing Stage PO (one damaged/stamp removed); "Celtic", "Campania", White Star ship alongside plus map of River Mersey with inset of "RMS Campania in the Mersey"; Canadian Pacific Line "Motor Charabanc" overhead route map PPC of Liverpool etc. Some minor faults but a good colourful selection. (9 cards). PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 294 | LIVERPOOL - CUNARD & CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE ROUTE POSTCARDS; Pair of c. 1925 colour postcards, both showing overhead route maps for Canadian Pacific Line "Routes traversed in Liverpool by C.P.O.'s Charabancs" and Cunard Line "Tram routes in red". Fine and attractive pair. PHOTO - | £40 | ||
| 295 | PO NOTICE - "MAILS FOR AMERICA"; 16th Sep. 1902 Framed PO Notice No.10 (8"x121/2") giving details of the "LATER DESPATCH FROM LONDON ON WEDNESDAYS of the mails for America via Queenstown. | £30 | ||
| 296 | DUNFERMLINE TO NEW YORK - STO UPRATED ENVELOPE; May 1903 Large QV STO 4d env. (minor creasing) from Dunfermline to New York uprated to 2/11d (14 rates) by KEVII 1d red and a 2/6d lilac. A high rate and difficult combination on cover. PHOTO - | £150 | ||
| 297 | ADVERTISING - "LIFEBUOY SOAP"; c.1905 Chromo litho advertising leaflet (8"x51/2") for "LIFEBUOY/Royal Disinfectant/SOAP" depicting a lady handing soap to a young ship's Officer as his vessel prepares to leave Liverpool. On the reverse the text tells of the "Dangers of the Deep" compared with the infection on the land! Fine and scarce. PHOTO - | £65 | ||
| 298 | JOURNAL DE L'ATLANTIQUE - SS LA PROVENCE; 1906 Ships magazine/newspaper No. 1 (20pp 11"x9" cover separated and re-attached by modern ribbon) with two tone illustrated cover, by Adolphe Cossard, of passengers on deck during the passage; issued onboard the SS La Provence of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. News, adverts and illustrated articles in both English and French. Unusual. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 299 | NEW YORK TO EUROPE - UNITED STATES LINE BROCHURE; c.1910 United States Line glossy brochure (16pp 9"x8") depicting the SS Leviathan, the world's largest ship and also giving details of the other ships of the Line, inc. internal & external views. Map of Europe with ports of call and routes at the rear. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 300 | "EMPRESS" DAILY NEWS; 20th May 1913 Daily newspaper (8pp, 9"x6", minor faults) produced onboard the "Empress of Britain". Articles on the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Home of Sir Walter Scott, etc. with news in the centre pages via "MARCONIGRAMS". Scarce survivor. | £30 | ||
| 301 | OCEAN RECORDS - A POCKET HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELERS(sic); Dec. 1921 second edition (100pp 71/2"x4", some internal repairs) coloured pictorial wrapper depicting an ocean liner with biplane overhead. "Published by World Traveller Magazine" New York it contains a mass of worldwide information for the American steamship passenger. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 302 | NEWFOUNDLAND - PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY; 14th April 1927 Photographic official essay in sunken mount (28mmx34mm) of the 2c SS Caribou (SG 165). This differs from the issued stamp - the ship is steaming to the right and the text is on one line. [Ex Lord Leathers]. Also inc. mint 1928 Publicity issue 1c to 30c (no 9c,12c, 14c or 28c). (1 essay + 11 stamps). | £180 | ||
| 303 | NEWFOUNDLAND - PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY; 14th April 1927 Photographic official essay for the Publicity issue in sunken mount (28mmx34mm) of the 6c SS Newfoundland. This design was not used. PHOTO - | £150 | ||
| 304 | CANADIAN PACIFIC - MONTCALM*MONTROSE*MONTCLARE; July 1927 Publicity brochure (24pp. 5"x7") for the Canadian Pacific Line, Liverpool to Canada & U.S.A. with 20 photo. illustrations, external & internal, of the Transatlantic voyage onboard the three luxury steamers. Superb coloured pictorial card wrapper. V. minor corner damage does not detract from this attractive and scarce brochure. | £40 | ||
| 305 | COOK'S OCEAN PASSAGE TICKETS - PICTURE POSTCARD; 1909 PPC Notice of Steamer's Arrival postally used with B&W poster type vignette of "COOK'S OCEAN PASSAGE TICKETS EVERYWHERE BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL STEAMSHIP LINES". Thomas Cook's Birmingham office, advising a Miss Sternberg that the SS Victorian had arrived safely at Halifax. Unusual and scarce. PHOTO - | £65 | ||
| 306 | ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKETS - PICTURE POSTCARDS; Group of nine official RMSP unused PPC's depicting a variety of steamers inc. five sepia cards of ORBITA(2), ORDUNA(2) & ATLANTIS; New York Service colour cards of OHIO & ORCA; blue tone card of the ARAGUAYA and B&W card of the SEGURA with fine Union Ticket Office hand stamp on the reverse. (9 cards). | £60 | ||
| 307 | "ON THE OCEAN" SERIES - PICTURE POSTCARDS; Four unused colour PPC's from On the Ocean H2 series (minor spotting on reverse) inc. "Deep Sea Sounding", "A swell at sea", "A storm coming up" and "Taking the sun" plus modern PC of SS Etruria surrounded by Flags & Funnels of Transatlantic lines. (5 cards).PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 308 | MOSS STEAMSHIP COMPANY Ltd. - PICTURE POSTCARD; c 1910 Unused B&W advertising PPC of the "SS MENEPTHAH" owned by the Moss Steamship Company Ltd. James Street Liverpool. Fine and scarce. PHOTO - | £30 | ||
| 309 | GERMAN STEAMSHIPS - PICTURE POSTCARDS; 1897-1948 Selection of German related steamship PPC's inc. colour card of "Kaiserin Auguste Victoria/(Handed over to the Shipping Controller)" with two sepia cards of 'Empress of Scotland' as she was subsequently renamed inc. internal shot of 1st Class ballroom PPC cancelled with Southampton Paquebot mark; Oct. 1897 Southampton to Darmstadt with blue vignette of "SS Konigin Louise"; fine 1910 colour card by Christian Rave of Ocean Steam Navigation Company's 'SS Washington', the first mail steamer between US & Germany plus two later sepia cards of Hamburg docks and a sepia print (9"x6") of the German Emperor & the Prince of Wales inspecting the 'Teutonic'. Good group of cards. (7 cards + print). PHOTO - | £80 | ||
| 310 | TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS - PICTURE POSTCARDS; Seven PPC's of steamers etc. inc. scarce mint real photo. card of "The arrival of the Royal Edward at New Passenger Station, Avonmouth Dock, April 29th 1910" prior to her maiden voyage to Quebec & Montreal; B&W card with view of St John's Harbour; B&W card of the SS "St Paul" and colour card of the RMS "Oropesa" all postally used. Unused colour cards of the Royal Line showing the Royal Edward and George plus a card of the "NORMANDIE" (French Line) and a "Tuck" card Series 120 No. 6 "LE HVRE. SORTIE D'UN TRANSATLANTIQUE". (7 cards).. PHOTO - | £6 | ||
| 311 | MENU POSTCARD - THE ADMIRAL LINE; Jan. 1930 Vancouver to Portslade, Sussex, colourful menu postcard (2pp, 11"x7" opened) issued by the Admiral Line, Pacific Steamship Company for use on SS Emma Alexander on passage from San Francisco to Victoria & Seattle. Internally has colour print of Multnomah Falls near Portland, plus menu of the day and a homily about Victoria, Canada, the next port of call. Colour illustration on the front of a lady in bathing suit with a pelican "in tow"! Most attractive and unusual. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 312 | PAQUEBOT/POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS/FIRST VOYAGE COVERS ETC.; 1932-64 large collection of Paquebot, Posted on the High Seas, First Voyage covers etc. inc. 1932 env. with illustrated cachet "First Voyage SS MANHATTAN etc" with "US GER SEA POST" d.s.; 1933 env. with purple cachet "First Voyage SS Washington etc"; 1938 env. with illustrated cachet "SS Pres. POLK/ROUND THE /WORLD/CRUISE"; 1950 env. with Barcelona d.s. cancelling US 3c to Arlington with Purser's cachet for SS Atlantic (Home Lines); 1951 env. with Casablanca d.s. to US with ms "POSTED AT SEA" and cachet of "SS EXTON" etc. Extensive variety; viewing recommended. (39 covers). | £120 | ||
| TRANSATLANTIC - PIONEER STEAMSHIPS & FREIGHT MONEY COVERS | ||||
| 313 | SS LIVERPOOL & BRITANNIA MAIDEN VOYAGES - NEWSPAPER REPORTS; 6 Nov. 1838 complete copy of "The Times" with an extensive "eye-witness" report (14" column) of the outward maiden voyage of the SS Liverpool and the forced return 3 days out due to lack of sufficient coal; small photo. of the Liverpool included. Plus complete copy of "The Morning Post", 27 June 1840 giving details (2" column) of the new service by the British & North American RMS (Cunard) prior to the maiden voyage of the Britannia. Mention is also made of the Unicorn which had gone ahead to carry mails and passengers between Pictou and Quebec as part of the service. A fine interesting pair of reports. (2 newspapers + photo.). | £50 | ||
| 314 | "GREAT WESTERN" COVER PLUS NEWSPAPER REPORTS; 17 Oct. 1839 EL Liverpool to New York on "Transatlantic Steam Ship Company/OFFICE 24 Water street,/Liverpool" headed notepaper endorsed "Great Western - from Bristol" with boxed "PAID AT LIVERPOOL" and Liverpool d.s. both in red; sepia PPC of Great Western also included. Plus two copies of the "Bristol Times and Bath Advocate" Vol. 1 Nos.3 (16 Mar. 1839) with steamship vignette advert for the Great Western and a report (12" column) inside of the arrival of the ship and unloading mails; Vol.1 No.11(11 May 1839) reporting the arrival (12" column) with a log of the voyage & list of passengers. (4 items). | £120 | ||
| 315 | "BRITISH QUEEN" COVER PLUS "THE GREAT RACE" REPORT ETC.; 31 Mar. 1840 E from Philadelphia to Liverpool endorsed "By the British Queen/Steamer via New York" with blue Philadelphia d.s. and "PAID" tablet h.s., charged 371/2c freight Money; on the reverse struck with a red step-down "SHIP LETTER/PORTSMOUTH"(Rob.S15) and London d.s. Plus a complete issue of Bell's Weekly Messenger dated 27 May 1838 giving details (9" column) of the launch of the British Queen and in a further report (2" column) the return of the Great Western & Sirius. Also a copy of the "Railway Magazine & Commercial Journal", Aug. 1839 with a detailed report of "The Great Race Across the Atlantic" between the Great Western & the British Queen. Scarce. (3 items). PHOTO - | £120 | ||
| 316 | "GREAT WESTERN" & SAILING SHIP FREIGHT MONEY COVERS; 30th June 1840 E (light filing creases) Baltimore to London "pr Great Western" with "Ship 50/371/2" Freight Money calculation in red and a fine red-brown "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" (Rob. S8) etc. plus Jan. 1845 E Baltimore to London endorsed "pr London packet of 10th Janry from N.York paid" and red "25/371/2" Freight Money etc. with average "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s. (Rob. S16) on the reverse. Photos. of Royal William & Caledonia included. Fine pair of Freight Money covers. [Ex Robertson]. (2 covers + 2 photos.). PHOTO - | £120 | ||
| TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING LINES ALLAN LINE | ||||
| 317 | LETTER ADDRESSED TO "EDMONSTONE ALLAN & CO"; Dec. 1857 EL Glasgow to Montreal franked 1/- green & 2d blue (filing crease through both) endorsed "per U.S. Packet Arago ..." (Havre Line) with interesting contents on shipping movements inc. "We have been applied to by the Royal Mail West India Co. to offer the 'Indian' from January to April to carry the Australian mails between Southampton & Alexandria..."; 1862 EL London to New York on the "Hibernian" with fine "48" accountancy h.s. & ms "6". [N.B. Edmonstone, Allan & Co. were the Montreal office of the Allan family shipping business; each office was founded and managed by sons of the founder, Alexander Allan. See also Lot 363]. (2 covers). PHOTO - | £120 | ||
| 318 | "BY-CANADIAN PACKET"; 14th Sep. 1858 env. (minor faults) Kirkwall UC to Dumfries with v.fine red tombstone "PKT.LETTER/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Rob. P10) & ms. "Paid 71/2" on the front and a v.fine "BY-CANADIAN/ PACKET" h.s. (Rob.M10). across the join plus Quebec d.s. etc. on the reverse. Scarce.PHOTO - | £180 | ||
| 319 | LIVERPOOL US PACKET HANDSTAMP; Feb. 1859 EL Richmond Va. to Nottingham with Richmond d.s., New York combined 21c accountancy and d.s. and on the reverse a fine strike of the "LIVERPOOL/US PACKET" d.s.; 1882 env. San Francisco to Bootle, Liverpool franked with 2c orange and 3c green (both damaged) with fine red "PAID/LIVERPOOL/US PACKET" d.s. (2 covers). | £75 | ||
| 320 | PAID LIVERPOOL COLONIAL PACKET; 1874 env. Portland ME. to Liverpool franked with two 3c green (one with faults) with fine strike in red of the "PAID/LIVERPOOL/COL.PACKET(date)" d.s. (Rob. P21). Attractive. | £50 | ||
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