| 401 | SS 'COLUMBIA' PPC's; 1900-02 Pair of used different chromo litho official cards depicting the ship, one cancelled "DEUTSCH-AMERIK.SEEPOST" on 10pf. to Germany & the other "US GERMAN SEA PO" on US 2c to France. Fine. (2 cards). | £85 | ||
| 402 | MENU CARD 'PRINZESSIN VICTORIA LUISE'; 1904 Menu (4pp. 7"x41/2", part splitting on fold) with chromo litho view from astern of the yacht 'Prinzessin Victoria Luise' with HAPAG shield etc. printed by Muhlmeister & Johler plus 1908 RP card of the vessel in Lisbon harbour. Attractive. (2 items).PHOTO - | £90 | ||
| 403 | SCHNELLDAMPFER "BLUCHER" LUNCH MENU CARD; 9th July 1904 Lunch menu card (8"x5" v. minor faults) with chromo lithographed header of a twin-funnelled liner passing other shipping in the Channel; the HAPAG Company flag to the top left. PHOTO - | £65 | ||
| 404 | OFFICIAL PPC's; c.1905-23 Five chromo litho official cards inc. SS 'Amerika' internal views of the Smoking Room and Ladies Room(used to Lynn Ms.); view of the SS 'President Grant', card posted at sea to Dorset; the SS 'Deutschland' leaving New York and a 1908 'International Ocean Post Card' with detailed map of the North Atlantic posted at Cuxhaven to Austria by a passenger on the SMS 'August-Viktoria. Fine. (5 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 405 | AGENTS TIMETABLE & PASSAGE REGULATIONS; Mar. 1912 Agents timetable (6pp. 10"x4", minor faults) with picture of SS 'Imperator' at sea and timetable for all the Company’s' vessels; 1924 booklet light brown wrapper (36pp. 9"x41/2") 'Passage regulations for First, Second and Cabin passengers to North America'. English language editions. (2 items). | £50 | ||
| 406 | EUROPE TRAVEL BROCHURE; 1913 Edition of the Europe Second Cabin Rates brochure (16pp. 91/2"x81/2") with brown wrapper, giving details inc. many illustrations of the Second Cabin accommodation on various Company vessels. | £40 | ||
| 407 | 'INFORMATION FOLDER WITH RAILWAY MAP OF EUROPE'; c.1930 Folded brochure (91/2"x4" opening to 19"x16", v. minor faults) with front cover colour illustration of a lady with a steam ship & train in the background. The brochure opens to display a detailed map of Europe with the Company's shipping routes and all the railway routes. Detailed information in the text of a variety of tours that can be taken inc. 'Airship Trips by Zeppelin Airships'. A colourful, attractive brochure. PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 408 | BREAKFAST MENU & TIMETABLE; 17th July 1930 Menu (4pp. 9"x41/2", faults) for breakfast on SS 'Deutschland' with colour cover depicting a sundial above a vase of tulips, coffee pot, paper etc. plus April 1932 'Proposed Sailings' folded brochure (6pp. 9"x41/2", minor faults) printed in green with vignette of SS 'New York' on the cover. (2 items). PHOTO - | £70 | ||
| INMAN LINE | ||||
| 409 | US/UK/FRANCE/CUBA MAILS; 1860-67 Five EL inc. 1860 London to New York "Vigo @ Liverpool"; 1862 Consignees EL Liverpool to New York rated double with "6/CENTS" and "48" h.s.'s; 1862 Havana to Edinburgh "via New York" rated ms. 1/21/2; 1865 Havre to N. Y. via L.pool with 80c red & boxed "PD" +"PP", Le Havre & New York d.s. etc. and 1867 Newcastle on Tyne to Boston franked 1/- green (torn) with small red "21/CENTS" h.s. etc. (5 covers). | £75 | ||
| 410 | SCARCE AND UNUSUAL "1S-" HAND STAMP; Jan. 1861 EL New York to Dublin per "Kangaroo" with combined New York date/accountancy h.s. with the unrecorded fine grey-black distinctive "1S-" hand stamp alongside. This unusual "1S-" mark has still to be researched. Scarce. PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 411 | US/UK/CUBA MAILS; 1868-76 Four covers inc. 1868 EL Cuba to London with Escoriaza New York agents blue hand stamp per "City of Baltimore"[Ex Robertson]; 1874 pair E London to New York both franked with 6d grey and 2d blue (one 6d and one 2d filing creased) with boxed red "L2" plus 1876 EL (faults) Cuba to Edinburgh via New York with circled "T" and large distinctive "d6" (Tab. M62) of Liverpool. (4 covers). | £100 | ||
| 412 | ILLUSTRATED TRADE CARD; c.1880 Chromo litho Trade Card (5"x3") with "INMAN LINE" above a scene of the steamship 'City of Rome' in high seas. Printed by Major & Knapp for the agent John Dale of New York. The reverse has details of the Inman steamships. Previously stuck down some detail is missing from the reverse, the front is unaffected. A very attractive card. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 413 | ADVERTISING/TRADE CARD; c.1883 Card (6"x31/2", marginal crease to bottom left) with "INMAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY" on chromo litho view of New York harbour with SS 'City of Chicago'(?) at anchor as the central feature, surrounded by tug boats, yachts etc. Printed by Major & Knapp with list of steamships on the reverse, agents addresses etc. A bright and colourful card. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 414 | ILLUSTRATED "LIST OF SALOON PASSENGERS"; 18th June 1890 List of Saloon Passengers (4pp. 81/2"x41/2", minor repaired fault) for the 'City of Berlin', New York to Liverpool with superb chromo litho cover depicting a steamship, allegorical figures of USA & Britain, Company flags etc.; coloured chart and log on the rear cover. A colourful and outstanding item. PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 415 | 'CITY OF CHICAGO' SAILING NOTICE ETC.; Sailing Notice (11"x9", light folds & repaired tear) for the SS 'City of Chicago' departing for New York from Liverpool on 28 May 1890; "By arrangement with HM Postmaster General, a regular Mail is despatched by the Inman Steamers, via Queenstown" plus four ILN wood engravings of varying size showing 'City of New York' at sea 1861, wrecked of Queenstown 1864 (two different) and 'City of Paris' racing the Cunarder 'Russia'. (5 items). | £50 | ||
| NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA LINE | ||||
| 416 | "POSTER" STYLE PPC's ETC.: 'N.G.I. GENOVA' poster style advertising card with NGI steamer Colombo at sea, seagulls to the foreground!; plus four further official artist drawn cards of the liners 'Palermo', 'Ovilio'(2) and 'Giulio Cesare'. Attractive and colourful. (5 cards.). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE | ||||
| 417 | P.M.G. CONTRACT; Copy of the 1867 House of Commons Blue paper (62pp. 13"x8") for the contracts for the North German Lloyd Line (30th Nov.) for the Southampton & New York route. Plus the Inman Line contracts for the Queenstown & New York/Halifax routes (3/4 Dec.) and the Cunard contract for the Liverpool & New York route (3 Dec.). The North German Lloyd and the Inman contracts were the first they had secured with the British Post Office. | £40 | ||
| 418 | ADVERTISING COVER; May 1883 illustrated advertising env. for Oelrichs & Co. Agents with 3c green used from New York to Ithaca with an engraved view of the fully rigged steamship 'Werra' plus 1873 E London to New York franked with 3d rose Pl. 11(filing crease) carried by 'Deutschland'. (2 covers). | £75 | ||
| 419 | PUBLICITY BROADSHEET; c.1883 German broadsheet (2pp. 11"x8", faults) advertising the Transatlantic liner service, printed in black & red with large wood engraved view of the SS 'Elbe'. It only lists the US agents, Oelrichs of New York and Auer of Milwaukee. | £30 | ||
| 420 | ADVERTISING COVER WITH MATCHING LETTERHEAD SHEET; Attractive 1884 env. with 2c. brown from New York to Michigan showing the fully rigged steamship 'Werra' plus the matching illustrated letterhead sent from Oelrichs & Co. Agents. A fine pair. PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 421 | MENU TOP PPC's; Pair of menu tops; June 1899 card with superb colour vignette of 'Kaiser Friedrich' from astern, at sea, used to New York with two US 2c red + 1c green tied by "US GERMAN SEA POST" duplex plus 28th May 1899 v.fine unused card with picture, in blue & sepia, of a lighthouse and steamship, 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse'. Early and attractive. (2 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. 15 | £100 | ||
| 422 | FOOD & DRINK MENU TOP PPC's ; Two menu top cards with central vignette of steamship surrounded by food and drink inc. 30th June 1900 'Grosser Kurfust' card to Milwaukee with fine s/l "Via Cherbourg" h.s. and franked French 10c tied by Cherbourg d.s. Fine. (2 cards). | £50 | ||
| 423 | INDIA, EGYPT & ORIENT MENU TOP PPC's; Fine trio of menu top cards depicting ladies from different countries in coloured vignettes with views in the background, inc. 27th Aug. 1900 'EMS' card showing a Turkish lady with tray and hookah; Dec. 1900 'Prinz-Regent Luitpold' 'Indien' card with Indian lady holding urn, used internally in the USA plus 6th July 1902 card to London with weak strike of the "DEUTSCHE/SEEPOST/AUSTRALISCHE/HAUPTLINIE" d.s., 'Aegypten' with dhow and lady in early Egyptian costume. Minor corner faults on two but colourful early series. (3 cards). PHOTO - | £90 | ||
| 424 | VIEWS AND SHIPS PPC's; Miscellany of seven cards inc. fine port scenes of Bremerhaven & Port Said, the latter with fine 1900 "OST-ASIATISCHE HAUPTLINIE" c.d.s. plus Aden transit d.s.; ship cards inc. 'Schleswig', 'Bülow', 'Prinz-Regent Luitpold' used at Yokohama in 1907 plus 'Prinz Ludwig' with fine 1910 "OST-ASIATISCHE HAUPTLINIE" c.d.s Also v. colourful artist drawn card of 'Barbarossa' off Ceylon overprinted 'Fremantle, Australia 1907' used as New Year card with weak strike of Seepost Australische Hauptlinie on 10pf. stamp. Minor faults but attractive and useful lot. (7 cards). | £100 | ||
| 425 | 'KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE' MENU TOP PPC; 22nd May 1900 Menu top card with sepia view of the vessel at anchor disembarking passengers used to Konstanz; franked with 10pf tied by fine oval "DEUTSCH-AMERIKANISCHE SEEPOST/BREMEN-NEW YORK/23/5/00/A d.s. Fine. PHOTO - | £80 | ||
| 426 | UNUSED MENU TOP PPC's; Four menu top cards with greenish monochrome card depiciting the flagship 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' and a further 19th Sep. 1905 colour card of the ship but overprinted 'Prinz Eitel Friedrich'. Also 24th June 1900 chromo litho card, 'Kaiserin Maria Theresia' showing a deck scene with a lady and gentleman by a lifeboat plus a blue monochrome card, 4th June 1903, of 'Darmstadt' passing Sicily with Etna in the background. Attractive group. (4 cards). PHOTO - | £150 | ||
| 427 | PRINTED LOG, OFFICIAL PPC's ETC.; Fine group of chromo litho cards (6) inc. 'D. KRONPRINZ WILHELM' with printed Abstract of Log for Feb. 1905 on reverse; 'Kronprinz Wilhelm' and 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' official cards; 'Barbarossa' card used with fine "NEWNHAM" squared circle, etc. (6 cards). | £60 | ||
| 428 | 'FISHERMEN' MENU TOP CARDS; Pair of menu top postcards with fishing theme sepia illustrations inc. family group in a harbour scene used on the 'König Albert' (Feb. 1903), addressed to Shooters Hill, Kent, franked with 10c Italian brown tied by Genova flag cancel; also two fishermen in a rowing boat hauling their nets, used on the 'Barbarossa' (Aug. 1902) with German 10pf stamp from Reinickendorf to USA. PHOTO - | £55 | ||
| 429 | 'SIGNAL FLAG HOIST' SERIES; 1903-12 Sander & Sohn designs featuring mainly vignettes of steamers in both chromo litho and B&W, framed by a signal flag message, inc. 'Bremen', 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse', 'Königin Luise', 'Grosser Kurfurst', 'König Albert', 'Schleswig', 'Roon', 'Gneisenau' & 'Kaiserin Maria Theresia' plus one unnamed ship. Mainly used with US stamps, one addressed to Ireland with fine strike of "AUSTRALISCHE HAUPTLINIE" c.d.s. on 10pf. stamp. Slight corner wear to some but a scarce selection. (10 cards). PHOTO - | £150 | ||
| 430 | RARE COMPLETE MENU CARD POSTALLY USED; 17th Aug. 1903 Breakfast menu card (an amazing variety of food available!) printed onboard 'Hohenzollern' with chromo litho artist drawing of SS 'Kaiserin Maria Theresia' anchored at Gibraltar, with warships in the background. Folded and posted with Gibraltar 1d. carmine red tied by A26 duplex to US via London. Horizontal posting-fold otherwise fine. Rare complete used card. PHOTO - | £110 | ||
| 431 | GIBRALTAR VIEWS ETC.; 2nd Sep. 1903 menu top card with chromo litho view of SS 'Kaiserin Maria Theresia' (same as previous card); plus 'Grosser Kurfurst' steaming past Gibraltar and a card with a general view of Gibraltar harbour. Also an attractive menu top card dated 1898 with sailing ship and steamship behind. All unused; fine and attractive. (4 cards). PHOTO - | £120 | ||
| 432 | PORT VIEW MENU TOP PPC's; Four unused menu top cards with chromo litho van Eckenbrecher designs inc. two cards of 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' leaving Southampton Docks, one overprinted for 'Prinzess Alice' (24th Sep. 1904) and the other 'Prinz-Regent Luitpold' (1st April 1907). Plus two anonymous Channel port scenes with sailing boats etc. one overprinted 'Bremen' (18th Nov. 1903). Fine. (4 cards). PHOTO - | £110 | ||
| 433 | EDDYSTONE LIGHT & NETLEY HOSPITAL PPC's; Fine chromo litho card of Eddystone Lighthouse with liner in the background used to England and put ashore at Colombo (Mar. 1903 stamp removed) with partial strike of the Seepost Asiatische h.s.; also chromo litho card of liner entering Southampton waters with Netley Hospital in the background, used to Scotland with fine Aug. 1904 "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/b" c.d.s. The cards were designed by Eckenbrecher; fine. (2 cards). PHOTO - | £90 | ||
| 434 | 'SCHARNHORST' ETC.; Fine 18th Dec. 1904 Eckenbrecher chromo litho menu top card of 'Scharnhorst' at anchor in Venice harbour, posted to Kent on arrival at Boston, Ma. plus unused card overprinted 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' with Arab dhow, rowing boat etc. in the Bosphorus and a used example (faults) of the same card overprinted 'Kronprinz Wilhelm' addressed to New York. (3 cards). | £65 | ||
| 435 | MONOCHROME MENU TOP CARDS; c.1905 Two menu top cards in sepia and two in blue by Eckenbrecher inc. a steamer among the Dutch herring fleet, steamer & sailing ship passing the Needles, IOW overprinted 21st June 1905 for 'Bremen' and the other two showing a sailing ship and steamer. Minor faults to several corners but nice group. (4 cards). | £110 | ||
| 436 | PICTORIAL ADVERTISING ENVELOPES; 1905/10 pair of envs. from New York to Long Island City with 2c. red frankings and both with fine B&W engraved vignettes, one 'Kronprinzessin Cecilie' the other 'Kaiser Wilhelm II'. V. attractive. (2 envs.). | £60 | ||
| 437 | 'LIFEBUOY' PPC's; The Lifebuoy Series cards printed by Sander & Sohn with chromo litho scene of the named vessel in a lifebuoy surrounded by a variety of National and Company flags, all used 1906-14 inc. 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' to Belgium; 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' (surface faults) to Belgium and cancelled by US German Sea PO c.d.s.; 'Prinz Eitel Friedrich' with 10pf. tied by "OST-ASIATISCHE LINIE" c.d.s.; 'Herzogin Cecilie' to Geelong, Australia and 'Friederich der Grosse' posted at Bremen to Michigan. Very attractive group. (5 cards). PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 438 | COMPLETE MONOCHROME MENU TOP CARD; 2nd July 1906 unused menu top card (minor toning spots) in blue-green monochrome designed by Eckenbrecher, overprinted for the 'Grosser Kurfist' with a twin funnelled steamer anchored off a tropical coastline, whilst disembarking cargo etc. An attractive card. | £90 | ||
| 439 | MENU TOP CARDS WITH HARBOUR VIEWS ETC.; Van Eckenbrecher chromo litho menu top cards inc. fine, unusual view of the Admiralty Building, Algiers overprinted 14th Aug. 1908 'Prinz Eitel Friedrich' addressed to Newcastle on Tyne and posted in Penang (stamp removed); 7 Aug. 1908 Genoa harbour scene overprinted 'Lützow' and posted in Gibraltar (faults & stamp removed). Plus two unused cards with view of Mount Fujiyama and a monochrome beach view overprinted 'Königin Luise'. (4 cards). PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 440 | DINNER MENU CARDS; 2nd, 4th & 7th Apr. 1909 Dinner menu cards (4pp., 41/2"x3") for the 'Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm'. Each has a different, heavily embossed, chromo litho cover design, depicting the arms of the Company, surrounded by mermaids, sea horses, sea monsters, sailing ships, Mercury etc. Slight gum mount traces on reverse but a most attractive group. (3 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 441 | BALANCE OF THE NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE; 1859-1970 collection inc. two early Transatlantic covers, inc. 1867 EL San Francisco to Bordeaux, a range of cards inc. a fine Company 50th Anniversary card, clippings, cancellations etc. giving a good account of the Company. (Small qty.). | £150 | ||
| NEW YORK & HAVRE LINE | ||||
| 442 | SS 'FRANKLIN', 'FULTON' & 'HUMBOLDT'; 1853-60 trio inc. Oct. 1853 env. (with contents) Philadelphia to London with blue Philadelphia d.s., "PAID", "24" & "3" and London tombstone d.s. all in red; Oct. 1853 EL London to Philadelphia with fine "NEW YORK/A. PKT" h.s. plus Jan. 1860 EL London to New York with fine "TOO-LATE/G.P.O." circular h.s. etc. (3 covers). PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| RED STAR LINE | ||||
| 443 | CASSIERS ADVERTISING PPC's; Chromo litho advertising PPC's illustrated by H Cassiers (c.1900-05) with Dutch family watching steamer passing (Series BB-1); vignettes of 'Vaderland' & 'Santa Maria' (BB-5); Red Star liner with rowing boat in the foreground (C-1) plus two later cards of 'Steamer Lapland' and advertising card posted in Le Havre to Anvers (1933) with SS 'Minnewaska' & White Cliffs of Dover. Attractive group. (5 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 444 | Similar collection of Cassier illustrated PPC's inc. 4th May 1903 Vlisbingen to New York with 'Vaderland' & 'Santa Maria' vignettes; 27th June 1905 Dover to Ithaca NY overprinted for the SS 'Vaderland' (Series C3) plus unused advertising card with 'Dutch tile' style monochrome vignette of liner (C-6). (3 cards). | £40 | ||
| 445 | GOFFART & CASSIERS ADVERTISING PPC's; 1905-1935 Group of cards inc. Cassiers 1906 New York to Binche (Belgium) with chromo litho vignette of mother and daughter with binoculars watching liner approach (C-5) plus card of Dutch family with passing liner (BB-1). Superb art deco design depicting sophisticated diners printed by Goffart (Series O.5) plus two later cards showing SS 'Pennland' and SS 'Minnewaska'. Fine group. (5 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 446 | SS 'FINLAND' MENU TOP PPC; 5th July 1910 Luncheon menu card (9"x51/2") with PPC top, printed on SS 'Finland' with square chromo litho Cassiers vignette (Series C-4) of the liner in heavy seas. V. fine. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 447 | MATCHING DINNER MENU CARD; The matching SS 'Finland' Dinner Menu card for 5th July 1920, illustrated by Cassiers (H-4); chromo litho design with tug boat guiding a liner into port. On the reverse is the music programme to accompany the dinner. Fine. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| VANDERBILT LINE | ||||
| 448 | LONDON TO NEW YORK; 2nd Aug. 1859 EL London to New York endorsed "Vanderbilt from Southampton" with "24" & "3/CENTS" accountancy h.s.'s. Fine. | £40 | ||
| WHITE STAR LINE | ||||
| 449 | SCREW STEAMSHIP 'OCEANIC'; c.1871 Very scarce and early Carte-de-visite type card (21/2"x4", minor faults) with a sepia photographic view of the Oceanic at sea. On the reverse is a detailed cabin plan with White Star red pennant above. Probably issued to passengers as a cabin guide; a rare survivor. PHOTO - | £120 | ||
| 450 | COLOURED TRADE ADVERTISING CARD; c.1886 Chromo litho trade card (6"x4", small marginal tear and slight corner creasing) printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, London. To the front is a fine depiction of what appears to be RMS 'Britannic' with sails furled and flying the "Royal Mail" pennant. On the reverse is a detailed description of the passenger accommodation, with a listing of Company vessels around the border. Very attractive and scarce. PHOTO - | £100 | ||
| 451 | 'TEUTONIC' PUBLICITY BROCHURE; Illustrated publicity brochure (4pp. 9"x11", folds) reprinted c. 1895(?) from the "Pictorial World" of Oct. 1889 with woodcut of the 'Teutonic' and five other woodcuts of the vessel plus PO Notice No. 5 dated 19th March 1907 (13"x8", central fold) "Mails for the United States, Canada, &c." stating that the White Star mid week Packet would be a slower vessel and so mails sent by German Packet from Southampton. (2 items). | £40 | ||
| 452 | RMS 'OCEANIC'; 23rd Jan. 1902 PPC to London from RMS 'Celtic' with chromo litho vignette of RMS 'Oceanic' part overstruck with "NEW YORK NY FOR. BCH." d.s. and on the reverse "PAQUEBOT/(N.Y.2D DIV)" (Hosking 2052) tying GB 1d lilac. PHOTO - | £30 | ||
| 453 | RMS 'OCEANIC, 'CEDRIC' & 'CELTIC'; 1902-04 Small group of used chromo litho vignette cards (minor faults) inc. 2nd May 1902 Queenstown to Liverpool from 'Cymric' "We are due in Liverpool either Sunday ...."; 'Cedric' &'Celtic' PPC 12th Mar. 1903 Queenstown to Eastbourne "we are now in Queenstown harbour awaiting the mail..."; 8th Sep. 1904 'Oceanic' card Queenstown to Suffolk etc. (5 cards). | £40 | ||
| 454 | PO NOTICE - TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL OF FAST STEAMER; Feb. 1904 Framed and glazed PO Notice No. 3 (13"x8") giving details of the withdrawal of a White Star "fast steamer" to be replaced by the slower 'Celtic' and the mails to be carried by German Packet 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' (NGL) from Southampton. | £30 | ||
| 455 | PO NOTICE - SUBSTITUTION BY THE 'BALTIC'; Aug. 1904 Framed and glazed PO Notice No. 13 (13"x8") giving details of the employment of the 'Baltic' "one of their slower vessels" from Liverpool; mails will be sent from Southampton by the German Packet 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' unless specifically marked for the 'Baltic'. | £30 | ||
| 456 | RMS 'BALTIC' MENU PPC; 3rd Apr. 1906 2nd Class breakfast menu card (5"x31/2") used to Wrexham with GB 1d red (damaged) tied by v.fine strike of the "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL-6-" d.s. Menu side has Company header in red with menu printed in blue. Scarce. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 457 | SS 'BALTIC' & 'TEUTONIC' PPC's; Trio of official cards of the 'Baltic' all by the same artist of the vessel passing the Liverpool Bar Lightship; coloured printed but by different processes & with different style of caption, one card used locally at Birkenhead (1907) plus 1908 card to Malvern Link (stamp removed) with part strike of "(BRITISH SE)A POST OFFICE/(SOUTH)AMPTON" d.s. with chromo litho picture of 'Teutonic' at the Naval Review Spithead. (4 cards). | £40 | ||
| 458 | INAUGURATION OF THE WHITE STAR AT SOUTHAMPTON PPC ETC; 1905-07 group with 19th June 1907 Southampton to Essex B&W PPC (slight corner crease) issued as a souvenir of the inauguration of the Southampton service showing RMS 'Adriatic' under Company flags, pictures of 'Bargate' and 'Empress Dock'. Also official view of the twin funnelled RMS 'Majestic' with vessel in vignette plus later card of the triple funnelled 'Majestic', card of the SS 'Regina' and a 'Celebrated Liners' series card SS 'Runic' used to Buxton (1905). (5 cards). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 459 | SS 'REPUBLIC', 'ARABIC', & 'MAJESTIC' PPC's; Artist drawn colour printed PPC's inc. 'Republic' leaving Genoa (1905), 'Arabic' leaving Constantinople (1907) and twin funnelled 'Majestic' off Calshot (1909) all posted at Queenstown to variety of addresses plus unused card of the triple funnelled RMS 'Majestic' "The largest steamer in the world", leaving harbour. (4 cards). | £40 | ||
| 460 | SS 'MEGANTIC' SECOND CLASS PASSENGER LIST; 26th Aug. 1909 2nd Class passenger list booklet (20pp. 71/2"x5") with attractive coloured wrapper designed by artist Charles Dixon. Included are the details of sailing schedules and a route chart on the back cover; lists 'Olympic' & 'Titanic' as building. The combined White Star-Dominion Line service operated between Liverpool, Quebec & Montreal. Fine and attractive. PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 461 | SS 'CRETIC', 'MEGANTIC', 'ADRIATIC' & 'OCEANIC' PPC's; c.1905-10 Group of cards all artist impressions of SS 'Cretic' off Gibraltar, SS 'Megantic' & 'Adriatic' with house flag top left, RMS 'Megantic' on White Star-Dominion line advertising card, SS 'Oceanic' on Celebrated Liners card and a different 'Oceanic' card used 1908 Somersham to Baldock. (6 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. 25 | £50 | ||
| 462 | RMS 'ADRIATIC' LETTER CARD; 6th July 1910 Official 3pp. letter card Plymouth to Westfield Ms. with 1d red tied by "PLYMOUTH/PAQUEBOT" d.s. (Hosking 178); perforated edges still intact (minor reinforcement), printed internally with White Star pennant alongside "On board R.M.S. 'ADRIATIC'. | £40 | ||
| 463 | SS. 'TITANIC'; Pair of unused Titanic cards inc. "Nearer My God to thee!" B&W memorial card with picture of Titanic and Captain Smith below plus colour artist card of Titanic at sea. (2 cards). PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 464 | R.M.S. 'OLYMPIC' & 'HOMERIC'; Trio of Official chromo litho cards inc. 'Olympic' entering New York harbour and a further view of her at sea with Pilot vessel in the foreground plus 1932 PPC (minor faults) to Cardiff franked Spanish 25c red with view of 'Homeric' at sea. (3 cards). | £36 | ||
| 465 | R.M.S. 'OLYMPIC' IN TROOP SHIP ROLE; Pair of unused 'Olympic' PPC's inc. scarce official card "Viewed from a Seaplane whilst in War Service" taken from astern with camouflaged hull and funnels, troops on deck etc. plus card showing 'Olympic' entering New York harbour. Fine pair. PHOTO - | £60 | ||
| 466 | R.M.S. 'ADRIATIC', 'CELTIC', 'HAVERFORD' ETC.; Small group (7) of Official PPC's inc. RMS 'Adriatic', 'Celtic' in Phaleron Bay, scarce 'Haverford' at sea card (she only flew the White Star flag for a few months), plus 1905 London to Kent card with 'Cedric' leaving Liverpool scene, etc. Clean selection. (7 cards.). PHOTO - | £50 | ||
| 467 | R.M.S. 'OLYMPIC' & WORLD ROUTE MAP PPC; 30th July 1926 colour lithographed card used locally in Germany with "WHITE STAR LINE/DIENSTE NACH ALLEN TEILEN DER WELT" surrounding a Company route map of the world and Olympic in the bottom right. Printed by the Berlin Lithographic Institute for distribution in Germany. A scarce and attractive card. PHOTO - | £80 | ||
| BRITISH WEST INDIES - DOCUMENTS/EPHEMERA | ||||
| 468 | "DUMMER PACKETS" - EARLY P.O. NOTICE REF. THE SAILING OF THE "FRANKLAND PACKET"; March 1710 "London Gazette" newspaper (7x12 ins.) with paragraph on p.2; "This is to give Notice, That the Frankland Packet-Boat, now at Biddiford, will be ready to proceed, wind and weather permitting, for the West Indies, with the Letters and Packets that shall be ready on Thursday the 29th of this Month". Rare early reference to the first Transatlantic Packets service, known as the Dummer Packets. | £75 | ||
| 469 | P.O. NOTICE REF. THE START OF THE FALMOUTH PACKETS SERVICE TO THE WEST INDIES & U.S.; Complete 8-page fine Jan. 1764 issue of the "London Chronicle" (8x11 ins.) with good p.2 "GENERAL POST OFFICE" Notice; "H.M. P.M.G. having been pleased to establish Three Packet Boats at Falmouth...[for mail to] Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Christopher's, Jamaica, Pensafcola, St. Augustine, Savanna, Charlestown and back to Falmouth...", with details of postal rates, and of routes for mail to other W. Indies islands. Important historical evidence for the early W.I. mails. | £50 | ||
| 470 | NOTICES REF. MAILS TO W. INDIES VIA JAMAICA & REF. QUARANTINE RULES; March 1788 complete 8-page "London Chronicle" (8x11 ins.; minor stains clear of noted paras.) with long "G.P.O." Notice ref. the new dates and routes for the Mail Packets to Jamaica, the Leeward Islands, Barbados, etc.; the changes made after pressure from the "West India Merchants" in London. Plus a long notice ref. the penalties for evading quarantine at British ports; "...If any person shall knowingly or wilfully conceal from the officers of quarantine, or clandestinely convey any letters or goods from a ship under quarantine, or liable to perform it, the penalty is death"!! Much interesting reading. | £50 | ||
| 471 | Similar 4-page March 1788 "London Gazette" with the P.O. Notice ref. the West Indies mails; plus 1812 7-page 1813 printed Parliamentary Report summarising some "Papers relating to the state and condition of H.M. Ships and Vessels on the Coast of America and in the West Indies" in 1812, listing ships, their tonnage, captain, condition, etc. (2 items). | £50 | ||
| 472 | BRITISH VIRGIN IS./GUADELOUPE/LISBON - THE FAMILY LETTERS OF LIEUT. DAVID HOPE; 1809-11 series of 4 EL's (some worn and with other faults) written to his parents/brother by this British naval officer while on the West Indies patrol service and taking Guadeloupe from the French; the first (May 1809) written from "New Exchange Coffee House, Strand, London" (just landed from H.M.S. Powerful after service in India; listed as "sick"); 12th Mar. 1810 from "H.M.S. Freija, Guadeloupe" (with red "FALMOUTH" mark, etc.) mentioning his part in the recent British capture of the island (with p. copy of the Captain's report mentioning Lieut. Hope's heroic part in the attack, and giving Hope's own description of the events); 19th Apr. 1810 EL - fair oval "SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/LIVERPOOL" mark - from "H.M.S. Freija, Tortola" ("...there is no chance of doing anything now as the French have not a single Island in their possession in this Country..." and hoping for better luck on the home station in due course); and battered 4th Mar. 1811 EL (full transcript) from "H.M.S. Macedonian, Lisbon" giving details of a Court Martial, recent French successes, etc. Rare insight into the life of a British Naval Officer on the West Indies service during the Napoleonic Wars. (4 covers). [See also the Hope letter ref. the Siege of Algiers under "Morocco".] | £200 | ||
| 473 | ST. THOMAS - "LEEWARD ISLAND/F" D.S. ON LIEUT. DAVID HOPE COVER; 12th May 1810 EL (some wear and reinforced folds) from "H.M.S. Freija, Island of St. Thomas" to Hope's brother in Scotland with almost very fine green Falmouth "LEEWARD ISLAND/F" datestamp on the front; good contents ref. his prospects for promotion to a Captaincy etc.; "...we are now taking a turn round all the Islands which are under this Admiral's Command; it is rather a pleasant voyage as there are no prizes now to be got in this country...." The French Fleet had been defeated! Rare letter from St. Thomas at this period. PHOTO - | £150 | ||
| 474 | AMERICAN WAR OF 1812 - CAPT. DAVID HOPE LETTERS FROM THE BRITISH BLOCKADE, INC. "AMERICA/F" D.S.; 1813/4 pair of EL's (some dusting & minor faults) from Hope (now a Captain following his heroics at Guadeloupe!; see previous lots) to his brother in Scotland; the first with partly fine green Falmouth "AMERICA/F" datestamp on the front (date error; "AU" for "SE"), and the other posted on arrival at Portsmouth:- headed from H.M.S. Shelburne at "Halifax" (Nova Scotia) and "Cruizing on the Coast of America". Interesting comment on the American War from a British perspective; "...I have therefore taken the Schooner [though badly manned] with a hope of making a little prize money before the American War is over..." and "...[I] was fortunate enough to Capture the American Sloop of War, the Frolic, in Company with the [H.M.S.] Orpheus Frigate, which will make me about £200 prize money should she get safe into port. I am now going to cruize off New Orleans in the Gulf of Mexico....and then return to Bermuda..." Rare letters from this important naval blockade of America. (2 letters). PHOTO - | £240 | ||
| 475 | WEST INDIES PACKET SERVICE NOTICES; Oct. 1834 & April 1840 fine complete issues of the "Morning Post" newspaper with front-page notices ref. the P.O. seeking new "Tenders for Mail Boats" for the West Indies route (1834) and ref. the expansion of the "Royal Mail Steam Packet Co." following their recent (1840) success in obtaining the tender for the W.I. mails contract. (2 papers). | £50 | ||
| 476 | VIRGIN IS./BERMUDA/ETC. - OFFICIAL PRINTED CUNARD CONTRACT FOR THE MAIL SERVICE, ETC.; Fine 2nd Dec. 1867 15-page (8x13 ins.) blue-paper contract between the P.M.G. and Cunard/Boggs/Ford for the Halifax, Bermuda & St. Thomas mail services, published by H.M.S.O. and very scarce. Plus 29th Aug. 1866 printed 4-page (8x13 ins.) Parliamentary Paper detailing the Spanish West India Mail Steam Packet Co.'s contract for mails between Cuba, St. Thomas, etc. Scarce pair. (2 items). | £120 | ||
| 477 | BRITISH P.O. NOTICE REF. A CHANGE IN FRENCH MAIL PACKETS FOR "WEST INDIES & MEXICO"; Large (11x17 ins.) printed 22nd Jan. 1872 P.O. Notice (minor faults) ref. a change in the route for the French "Colon Line", mentioning "Supplementary Mails" etc. Rare and attractive. PHOTO - | £75 | ||
| 478 | WEST INDIES MAIL CONTRACTS; 1874-1900 group of printed (8x13 ins.) Parliamentary Papers giving good detail and texts of R.M.S.P. 1874 contract (2 parts; 10+4 pp.), 1878 44-page Contract plus several applications (massive detail ref. sailings & routes), and 1900 R.M.S.P. Contract (19pp.). Masses of information that is not available elsewhere. Mostly fine but with some dusting. (4 items). | £75 | ||
| 479 | EARLY R.M.S.P. "BILL OF FARE" MENU FOR S.S. "DON"; 28th Mar. 1883 printed sheet (6x10 ins.; some wear/creasing) with fancy R.M.S.P. heading and rope-frame, having the date, name of ship (on the Southampton to West Indies run at this date) and choices of food completed in manuscript, and signed by the Purser. Rare survival and fine page-size item. PHOTO - | £60 | ||
| 480 | DANISH WEST INDIES - R.M.S.P. LOCALS, MINT & WITH RARE "LLOYD'S AGENT" CANCEL; c.1890 small piece with a 10c red tied by a 75%-complete black oval "J.H. KOCK.../ LLOYD'S AGE[NT]/PTO. CABE[LLO]" (Venezuela) mark; plus good unused marginal Block of Four. Rare used. (2 items). PHOTO - | £200 | ||
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