| 3240 | YORKSHIRE POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY - 1967 on. Eight p/b. books covering Bradford, Bridlington, Doncaster, Harrogate, Leeds, Sheffield, Upper Wharfedale and Wakefield. Mostly good condition. | £32 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL HISTORY OF LONDON | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3241 | WESTLEY - 1950 The Postal Cancellations of London 1840 - 1890, d/j. | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - POSTAL STATIONERY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3242 | DAGNALL - 1985 The Evolution of British Stamped Postcard and Letter Cards : Their History and Documentation, d/j. | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3243 | HUGGINS - 1970 British Postal Stationary, d/j. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3244 | HUGGINS - 1970 British Postal Stationary, d/j., slight soiling. | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - POST OFFICE PUBLICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3245 | "CELEBRATION OF THE JUBILEE OF UNIFORM INLAND PENNY POSTAGE" (1891) official commemorative volume, 331pp. with frontis photo of Rowland Hill and postmark facsimiles. Good copy. *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3246 | GENERAL POST OFFICE - 1912 Staff Rule Book. Walsall s/r datestamp on title page and m/s Mr G.J.Homer on front board cover. | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3247 | POST OFFICE - (1839) Post Office Regulations. This is a modern reproduction of the original. LITCHFIELD - 1979 Guide Lines to the Penny Black, d/j. This is a reprint of the 1949 original. (2 pubs.). | £16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3248 | ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND - 1894 to 1907 inclusive. A complete bound run from Vol. 4 to Vol. 17 (Nos. 13 to 68). Bindings are variable. (14 vols.). HEAVY LOT. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3249 | ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND - 1907 to 1918 Small selection of individual issues comprising Nos. 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 86, 97, 104 and 111. (9 issues). | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3250 | ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND - 1913 Bound copy Vol. XXIII. | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - RAILWAYS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3251 | WILSON - 1996 The Travelling Post Offices of Great Britain & Ireland : Their History and Postmarks. As new. | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - REVENUES | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3252 | BAREFOOT & HALL - 1986 British Commonwealth Revenues, third edition, spiral bound p/b. BAREFOOT - 1989 Great Britain Revenues. MacDONNELL WHYTE - 1991 Stamps of Ireland : Specialised Handbook. Plus the International Stamp Dealers Directory, 1990-91; the ABPS Handbook for 1999; and 1985 Katalogus Postzegel - en Automaatboekjes Nederland by De Rooy-Hali. (6 pubs., all p/b.). | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3253 | BOOTH - 1976 A Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of the UK, IOM and CI, p/b. BAREFOOT et al. - 1981 GB Revenue Compendium, spiral bound p/b. JONES - 1979 United Kingdom Savings Stamps, Labels and Coupons, p/b. CHATFIELD - 1991 Great Britain Commemorative Labels Pre-1950, p/b. GILBERT - 1971 1st Class Markings on Government Official Stationary, p/b. (5 pubs.). | £18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3254 | STANLEY GIBBONS - 1896 Catalogue and Price List of Postage Stamps, Tenth Edition 1895-96. Front cover and spine loose. BOOTH - 1976 A Catalogue of the Adhesive Revenue Stamps of the U.K., I.o.M. and C.I., p/b. Plus a small leaflet on Official Perfins by THORNTON, 1967. (3 items). | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - TELEGRAPHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3255 | GENERAL POST OFFICE - 1913 Instructions Regarding Radiotelegrams ; thick board covers, alternate pages blank. DURHAM - 1959 Telegraphs in Victorian London, d/j. MONROE - 1964 The Law of Stamp Duties, d/j. Ex-public library copy but clean. RUSSELL - 1972 The Atlantic Telegraph, d/j. Reprint of 1865 original. KIEVE - 1973 The Electric Telegraph : A Social and Economic History, d/j. MACKAY - 1981 Telegraphic Codes of the British Isles 1870 - 1924, p/b. Plus a pair of booklets on Telegraph Stamps and Telegraphy on Stamps. (8 items). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - CHANNEL ISLANDS & I.O.M. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3256 | MISCELLANEOUS BUNDLE of books/booklets on CI topics including stamps and postal history, Red Cross mail service, booklet stamps, revenues, Alderney and a couple of historical monographs. (15 items). | £18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3257 | WHITNEY - 1981 Isle of Man : Stamps and Postal History, d/j. | £9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - IRELAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3258 | MERDITH - 1923 Old Irish Postage Stamps and Franks, some cover wear. | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3259 | AUCKLAND - 1978 Postal Markings of Scotland to 1808, d/j. | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3260 | SCOTTISH STAMP NEWS - Vols. II to X complete, 12 issues per year (1972 -1980). Then 28 issues from Vols. XI to XIV. GLASGOW PHILATELIC AUCTIONS - Catalogues No. 1 Nov. 1990 to No. 20 June 2000 (No. 18 missing). | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - USED ABROAD | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3261 | PARAMENTER - 1993 GB Used Abroad : Cancellations and Postal Markings, as new. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3262 | PARMENTER - 1993 GB Used Abroad : Cancellations and Postal Markings, as new. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ADVERTISING | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3263 | TRADE CATALOGUE OF BEE-KEEPERS EQUIPMENT (1880) 32pp. 10"x 6" with pictorial wrapper, pub. by A.I. Root, Medina, Ohio, USA. Finely illustrated with many wood engravings. Attractive. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3264 | 'NEWTOWN' BICYCLES, HUNGERFORD: TRADE CATALOGUE (c.1910) 16pp. 4"x 5" pictorial wrapper. Incl. full-page illustrations of 7 different bicycles, one 'Brown' motor cycle and one 'Albruna' motor car. Attractive. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3265 | TOWER PAVILION, BLACKPOOL: ADVERTISING FAN/ DANCE CARD (1913) die-cut fan 6‡"x 6‡" depicting engraved, vignette views of the tower pavilion. On reverse, the programme of dances in the ballroom. Most attractive. *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3266 | LEATHER GOODS - MASON & SONS OF WALSALL: 1939 illustrated catalogue (60pp) & matching price list (20pp) for equestrian leather goods; Walwers of Glasgow 1939 & 1939-40 illustrated catalogues of overcoats & suits. (14pp & 20pp respectively). *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3267 | STATIONERY - G.J. POORE & Co. OF LIVERPOOL: c1900 well illustrated hardback catalogue of drawing and stationery materials. (80pp) ** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3268 | WEIGHING SCALES - W & T Avery: 1898 hardback catalogue of "Weighing Apparatus Suitable For Engineers, Railways, Docks, Ironworks, Etc.". Illustrated throughout. (70pp). Almost *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| AUTOGRAPHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3269 | HUGE LEATHER-BOUND ALBUM c1840 with early autograph collection: Bulging folio size scrap album (spine repaired) entitled 'Franks & Autographs', with bookplate of Richard Bacon (probably Richard Mackenzie Bacon, the Norwich journalist & political campaigner) and containing a vast collection of free fronts, largely addressed to him, plus cut-out signatures from letters and very many contemporary engravings of pretty girls & European landscapes; signatures inc. George IV, William IV, Wellington, Prince Leopold, Palmerston, Charles Dickens, numerous aristocrats, politicians etc. from 1828-40, many with wax seals removed & affixed on to the front. Also a separate hand-written index volume c1910, bound in maroon morocco. A remarkable collection. (100s). *** | £200 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3270 | ADAMS, John Quincy: 1820 Letter written from the Department of State, Washington - when he was Secretary of State under President Monroe - concerning the appointment of Judge Joseph Selden to the Arkansas Circuit - fine, characteristically neat signature on a generally fine letter with slight edge wearon the left margin. Also five other contemporary letters to the Seldens inc. one to the Judge (1824) from Adams' Secretary, Daniel Brant. (6 items). **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3271 | BANTOCK, Sir Granville: Pair of 1912/13 typed letters headed "Birmingham and Midland Institute/ SCHOOL OF MUSIC" boldly signed by the School's Director, the composer and conductor Granville Bantock, plus a Wills's cigarette card depicting him. (3 items) ***/** | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3272 | CRIPPEN, Dr Hawley Harvey : 1910 (26.May) business letter typed on notepaper headed 'The Aural Remedy Coy.' concerning the trial of a hearing 'outfit', with superb ink signature 'H.H.Crippen'; separating along folds and grubby, lightly stuck to a sheet of backing paper - could be improved. A rare autograph from a period after the murder of Belle Elmore and before his arrest in July 1910. ** PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3273 | DERBYSHIRE ARISTOCRACY: 1882 letter to Belper signed "Devonshire", 1889 letter on Chatsworth notepaper mentioning Lord Hartington & signed "Edward Cavendish", two 1888 letters from Cavendish Square or Kedleston concerning a visit to the Hall by the Belper Philosophical Society signed "Scarsdale" plus an 1866 letter from Lord Lichfield at Shugborough Hall (Staffs.). A useful quintet. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3274 | HOLMAN HUNT, William: 1875 short letter written from Wilton Terrace with a fine signature; irregular surface toning; also two large pieces with v.fine signatures of the artists Sir John Millais & W.P. Frith. (3 items). | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3275 | IRVING, Sir Henry: 1890 autograph letter on Lyceum Theatre notepaper with a pencil note referring to the "brawl at the Lyceum on production of Ravenswood". Also a typed letter from the critic Joseph Hatton describing the fracas at the Lyceum production of 27th September. An interesting pair of letters. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3276 | LOUIS NAPOLŠON: 1844 Letter, written in English, concerning an advertisement placed in 'Saunders' News Letter', signed 'Napoleon', with a copy of the advert. stuck onto the notepaper. Some toning. *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3277 | POLITICIANS: 1809-1992 group of pieces, pictures and mail from a variety of politicians; chiefly 19th Century inc. S.H.Walpole (1876), N.Vansittart (1809), Sir John Gladstone (1823), John Bright (1876 env. & cdv photo), J.B.Balfour (1888), Sir John Nicholl (1839) & Norman Fowler (1992). Also several types of official envs., etc. Well researched. (34 items). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3278 | RUSSELL, General Sir Baker: Short autograph note (1903) on United Services Club notepaper; also a letter from the naturalist F.S.Selous at Cape Town [typewritten annotation], which refers to Cecil Rhodes: 'it is useless asking Mr Rhodes for his patronage as anything in the way of entertainment is quite out of his line.'. In addition, a fine FREE envelope (1835) endorsed by Sir Robert Peel, a front signed Palmerston and a small piece with the signature of the medical pioneer Joseph Lister. (5 items). *** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3279 | RUTLAND: 1888 letter on Belvoir Castle mourning newspaper concerning "Dorothy Vernon's elopement" signed "Rutland"; also the original black-bordered envelope (stamp removed) with fine embossed design of Belvoir Castle on the flap. **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3280 | VON BÐLOW, Hans: Sheet of notepaper with two bars of music signed at Sheffield (4 Dec. 1878)by the famous German conductor & composer. Folds but an unusual & scarec item. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3281 | WOOD, Sir Henry: 1928 Typed letter to a Miss Hale (alto soloist) boldly signed by the famous conductor and founder of the old Queen's Hall Promenade Concerts, Sir Henry Wood. ***/** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3282 | MISCELLANEOUS: Victorian autograph collection on old ledger pages with a good range of letters and signatures from c1875-90 inc. many of public figures accorded much space in the DNB!. We note Charles Kingsley, "Ouida", Mrs. Henry Wood, Rev. Spurgeon, Sankey, Dean Stanley, Joseph Chamberlain, etc. (75 items). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| AUTOMOBILE EPHEMERA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3283 | AFRICA - "AFRICAN THROUGHWAYS" (1939): The official A.A. (S.Africa) guide to roads throughout the Continent with 100 sketch-maps and planned routes with landmarks, pitfalls, etc. A virtually mint example with dust-wrapper & celluloid bookmark in original cardboard box - apparently unused. Most unusual. **** | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3284 | AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (A.A.): Small leather wallet for membership card with gilt embossed "A.A." & member's name, with card for 1952, plus another card for 1954; also annual reports for 1949, 1950 and 1955 plus member's handbook (1949 - splitting to spine). (6 itrems). **/*** | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3285 | "BADGES OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MOTOR CARS" (Danbury Mint c.1980): Collector's edition of 25 hand-enamelled replica badges of famous classic car manufacturers incl. Ferrari, Hispano-Suiza, Lagonda and many others all housed in fitted wooden display case with supporting numbered certificate. Superb. (Case + 25 badges). **** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3286 | MOTOR SHOW - EARL'S COURT: Catalogues for 1951 (450pp.) and 1954 (488pp.) Shows in pictorial paper covers with numerous adverts., folding floor plans and each with a fine R.A.C. patrolman bookmark. Slight wear to spine of earlier guide but generally remarkably fresh and contents almost mint. (2). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3287 | OMNIBUSES: c1910 Group of original full-plate press photographs featuring close-up publicity shots of early London 'buses, possibly intended for a trade catalogue, inc. Allen & Vanguard, LMCC charabanc & another marked 'Brighton, Shoreham & Worthing', a remarkable double-decker with an Arabic inscription along its side, top deck & interior shots, workman fixing destination board etc. Also fine c1930 horse-drawn coal cart. Most unusual. (13) **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3288 | ROLLS ROYCE: 1949 Programme for the unveiling of a WWII memorial window at the Derby HQ, a copy of "The Magic of a Name" (Nockolds) - 285pp h/b company history (torn d/w), various Bulletins from the 1950's, etc. (10). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CHRISTMAS CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3289 | CHROMO-LITHO CARDS c1885-95: An attractive small group inc. fine square example by Tuck (series 1462 - woodland scene), two comic cards by Hildeshimer, Hagelberg comic frogs, large sea scene with icicles etc. Also a 1904 postally-used chromo PC to France with due charge & two other Edwardian cards. (12 items). **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3290 | EARLY CHRISTMAS ILLUSTRATED NOTEPAPER: c1850 Unused folded sheet of notepaper, half of the first page being dominated by a steel-engraved head of a laughing man, tinted in watercolour, with the inscription 'A MERRY CHRISTMAS/AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU'. A fine and very scarce early Christmas commemorative.*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3291 | MISCELLANY c1875-1900 inc. unusual large photographic card c1890 with ship vignette, chromo-litho ferns, mistletoe & flowers, 1893 Holck design of Scandinavian fishermen etc. Some unusual types noted. Mixed condition, paper adherence where removed from an album, some damp staining etc. (75 items). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3292 | HILDESHEIMER & HAGELBERG: Attractive chromo-litho cards produced by S.Hildesheimer & Co. (7), Hildesheimer & Faulkner (6) & three scenic views by W.Hagelberg, Berlin; high-quality printing. Mounting adhesions, occasional small faults but generally fine. (16 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3293 | TUCK CARDS, c1880-1900: A most attractive group of chromo-litho cards produced by Raphael Tuck & Co., mainly floral Christmas cards but inc. birthday & Easter examples also - a good rangee of Tuck's work. Some faults inc. paper adherence from previous mounting & the odd blemish. (25 items). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3294 | EARLIER CARDS c1860-80: Good selection of attractive Christmas & New Year cards, mainly small-format chromo-litho examples with unusual items noted inc. an early Goodall depiction of Geese in a Winter landscape, gilt & embossed serenader, printed on silk, Aesop's fable etc. Some with adherence from previous mounting, generally fine. (63 items). **/*** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3295 | NAMED CARDS c1865-90: An attractive group of early coloured / chromo-litho cards, mainly Christmas & New Year greetings, with publisher's imprint inc. Marcus Ward (10 - 3 'unsigned' but in typical style) - mainly floral/black ground but also a fine (unsigned) Kate Greenway design; Campbell & Tudhope (7); Goodall (2); Yapp & Hawkins (2) plus an Ackermann & a Gurney Arts & Crafts embossed sunflower. Mainly fine. (23 items). **/*** | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||
| VALENTINE CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3296 | HAND-CUT VALENTINE LOVE TOKEN (c.1822) delicately cut, 'heart' design 3"x 3º" with orange paper backing, laid on paper 7"x 5", watermarked "1822". Intricate pattern depicting two figures, bird in a cage and foliage. From 1820's scrap album (similar in style to fig. 23 in "The Valentine & its Origins" by Frank Staff). Minor defects but scarce and attractive. ** PHOTO - see plate no. | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3297 | WINGED, UNIFORMED POSTMAN DELIVERING VALENTINES (1880's) incl. in set of four New Year's greetings cards 2‡"x 4". Most attractive, chromo litho designs, pub. by Marcus Ward. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| OTHER GREETINGS CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3298 | BIRTHDAY CARDS c1870-1900: An attractive group of early cards inc. chromo-litho & hand-painted examples, among items noted are a superb large chromo of ferns & a small 'calling-card' with a hand and posy. Some removed from album with adhesions, occasional light staining etc. (23 items). **/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3299 | EASTER, c1870-1895: Attractive group of cards inc. earlier chromo-litho examples with a set of 5 floral cross cards c1870, an 1891 unusual folded card etc. An interesting group. Some removed from an album, mostly in fine condition, occasional staining/wrinkling. (24 items). **/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3300 | MISCELLANY c1870-1900 with emphasis on floral New Year & Christmas cards with many attractive chromo-litho examples noted; many removed from album with paper adherence, mixed condition, some with damp staining. (83 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CIGARETTE/TRADE CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3301 | CANTALOUP CHOCOLATE (France): 1954 hard-cover album with superb pictorial cover, containing 6 series of cards incl. 'Life in the Year 2000' (46 - 2 missing) showing the future as seen from the sci-fi obsessed early '50s & 'Voyage InterplanÈtaire' (4 large & 32 small) as well as aviation (64), ships (32), flowers (48) etc. Glue-stains, pages loosening otherwise fine. A great period piece! (290 cards).**/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3302 | FRANCE - POLITICIANS: Group of coloured cards issued c1910 by Chocolat Guerin-Boutron depicting international politicians inc. Presidents of the French Third Republic to Loubet, members of the French cabinet, ambassadors, foreign diplomats, etc. (41 items). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3303 | LIEBIG CARDS: Liebig album containing a very fine and attractive collection of earlier cards c.1885-1900 mostly in sets. Nearly all are in fine condition and most of the cards are quite stunning. (1 album with 480 cards). *** | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3304 | NESTLŠ: Three English language albums: 1) 1930 'Wonders of the World' with superb biplane cover with 65 cards only; 2) c1939 'Pictorial World Atlas' complete with 140 cards; 3) c1965 fine Australian hard-cover 72pp album 'Adventure in the Sky' with 119 cards illustrating the history of aviation. Attractive trio. (324 cards).*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3305 | NESTLŠ: Attractive printed album (French) for 1939-40 containing 27 sets of 12 cards - 3 set sare missing [given the date, were they ever produced?] - superb colour illustrations inc. football, cycling, very fine birds, fish, dogs, speed racing, various French dÈpartments etc. Also included are 3 forms for the 'Fip-Fop Club'. Attractive & scarce. (324 cards).*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3306 | NESTLŠ - 'LES MERVEILLES DU MONDE': Three albums for issues 1953-57, the first & third complete, the second empty; very fine coloured cards on a wide range of topics, in sets of 12 inc. birdsong, insects, animals, foreign travel, Eiffel Tower etc. fine. (504 cards).*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CINDERELLA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3307 | ADVERTISING & EXHIBITIONS: Mainly pre-WWI German poster stamps inc. 8 alphabet stamps (Creutznach, Chemnitz), Rehbach's stationery (5), costumes (10), fine tourist designs etc. Colourful & attractive. (157). *** | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3308 | ADVERTISING: c1913 scarce pane of 18 large & colourful poster stamps advertising various types of Dutch biscuit made by van Doesburg of Lindeboom, very attractive & fine. (18) *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3309 | 'THE CHILDERMOTE ALBUM': Small printed album (1909) containing 97 poster stamps issued by a Church Sunday School at Horning (Norfolk) - attractive stamps in various colours with Art Nouveau influenced designs; small spine fault otherwise fine. Unusual. (97) *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3310 | CHILDREN: An irregular pane of 15 German advertising stamps c1910, aimed at children with colourful depictions of birds, games, musical instruments etc. and different companies' names in lower tablets, plus a strip of 4 similar stamps. (19) ***. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3311 | DOGS: Fine group of mixed, mainly German, cinderella material c1905- 20, inc. fine chromo-litho trade cards of Schlinck & Co. (6), PPCs (9 inc. two WWI feldpost items), 8 notgeld and 8 advertising poster stamps all featuring dogs. (31 items). **/*** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3312 | DOGS: Numbered set of 12 fine advertising stamps (Creolin u. Medol) with portraits of different breeds of dog, printed in grey & brown. (12) *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3313 | DRESDEN: Attractive group of large poster stamps advertising products & events linked with the city of Dresden c1898-1928 inc. fine set of 8 depicting various trades produced for the 1915 German Crafts Show, a good range of tourist views, embossed turkey stamp for a Poultry Show etc. (60).*** | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3314 | EXHIBITION - 1912 AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION, BERGEN OP ZOOM: Group of 17 different large poster stamps, printed in sepia, showing views of the Exhibition, inc. a scarce pane of 15 plus 2 single stamps. (17).*** | £48 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3315 | FOOD: Fine selection of pre-WWI German poster stamps advertisng food products inc. 'Garantol' preserved eggs (6), coffee, marmalade, biscuits, hams etc. A colourful lot. (80).*** | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3316 | HORSES: c1905-1920 Group of German & Austrian notgeld depicting horses plus 5 poster stamps inc. a scarce item showing a dismounted monocled rider, produced for B”cker of W¸lfrath. (17 items).*** | £20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3317 | LEIPZIG: Miscellany of poster stamps c 1910-39 advertising exhibitions & businesses in Leipzig inc. fine embossed stamps for the 1913 Exhibition (2) & 1914 Book Fair. Attractive. (40).*** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3318 | MESSINA EARTQUAKE RELIEF, 1908: The attractive bicoloured triangular issue (German currency) showing the volcano & earthquake damage, on watermark II paper in two scarce complete sheets of 50 (5 sets of 10) with full margins, very fine mint. (100). **** | £350 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3319 | MESSINA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF, 1908: Attractive triangular stamps issued to raise funds for the victims of the Messina Earthquake which struck Sicily in December 1908 inc. two fine complete marginal strips of 10 different bicolour designs (Pfennig / Type II watermark), a broken strip of monochrome Type I (pfennig), a complete folded strip of the monochrome Type I US cents plus various other sets/part sets inc. 3 examples of the 25c/25pf high value. A few without gum. (65) **/*** | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||
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