3560 EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION & SOUTHEND RAILWAY: 1845 4pp printed prospectus plus a similar item from the same year for the Boston, Grantham. Leicester & Midland Counties Junction Railway. Two early prospectuses in fine condition. (2 items). *** £55
3561 DIRECT LONDON & HOLYHEAD & PORT DYNLLAEN RAILWAY: 1845 4pp Share prospectus; Vale of Llangollen Railway printed application to landowners, completed in ink with details of the proposed route across farmland at Maentwrog; Vale of Clwyd Railway (1856) share prospectus. Some creasing/dustiness. (3 items) **/*** £55
3562 BIRMINGHAM & WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY: 1845 4pp Share prospectus plus a similar item issued by the Eastern & Midlands Railway Company (1884) together with a bicoloured map showing proposed development. Slight external dustiness. (2 items). *** £55
3563 THE EAST LOTHIAN CENTRAL RAILWAY: 1845 share propsectus incorporating a form of application, GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 1852 completed declaration made before a JP for a new sealed share certificate & THE FORTH BRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY 1879 share prospectus inc. table of distances & synopsis of Acts of Parliament. (3 items). **/*** £50
3564 THE WHARFDALE RAILWAY COMPANY: 15 share certificate (1846) ornately engraved in black with blue security under-print and depicting a huge bull in front of a ruined church; large red embossed seal incorporating elaborate coat of arms. *** £60
3565 LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER & NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE RAILWAY COMPANY: 20 share certificate (1846) with ornately engraved title, heraldic crest & clear red embossed seal incorporating coat of arms. Slightly trimmed at left but a very scarce item. **/*** £50
3566 THE CORNWALL RAILWAY: 1846 50 Share certificate attractively-printed on green paper with fine embossed seal of the Company. Very fine. **** £40
3567 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: 1847 26pp cyclostyled document (dusty, pencil underlining) discussing plans by Brunel for a system of broad & narrow gauge rails; also an 1842 printed card certificate of membership of the GWR Provident Society completed in ink, toned. (2 items). **/*** £50
3568 THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS concerning railway topics written personally & signed by Lord Chandos (1857 - written from Euston Station), Earl of Radnor, M.P. (1864) and the Duke of Marlborough (1872), the latter ex Blenheim Palace. Some toning but a scarce trio. **/*** £120
3569 EDEN VALLEY RAILWAY: 1858 Printed notice (embossed coat of arms at top left) and programme for sod cutting incorporating "Order of Procession". ** £30
3570 G.N.R. - GREAT NORTHERN PALACE COMPANY (1860): 4pp Prospectus offering 10 shares in 'The Palace of the People' at Muswell Hill (subsequently Alexandra Palace) plus 2 further items; also 1859 prospectus for the Great Northern London Cemetery Company plus a covering letter addressed to shareholders in the GNR. Dusty externally.(5 items). *** £50
3571 STOCKTON & MIDDLESBROUGH WATERWORKS: 1860-67 Pair of share certificates plus another (1873) of the Darlington Iron Company, all with embossed seals; these companies were linked with the Stockton & Darlington Railway . (3 items). *** £35
3572 BRADSHAW'S 'Anglo-German Phrase Book for Travellers & Students': c1860 Small format (80 x 120mm) 100pp of 'useful' phrases plus advertisements for other Bradshaw publications, Adams' passport agency * Gillot's pens. Embossed red cloth, badly water-stained; text split from title-page but mainly fine internally. Unusual. ** £20
3573 FOREST OF DEAN CENTRAL RAILWAY Co.: 1862 10 6% Preference share certificate printed on pink paper with fine embossed Company seal; also 1867 25 share certificate of the Aylesbury & Buckingham Railway issued to Sir Harry Verney of Claydon. (2 items).*** £50
3574 WREXHAM & MINERA RAILWAY CO.: 1868 printed form with Royal crest ex Companies' Registration Agency & Stamp Office re loan capital, THE BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY 1853 share prospectus with map of railway lines & stations covered and MALMESBURY RAILWAY share prospectus (c1872). An interesting trio. *** £50
3575 1876-82 Small archive of letters, bills & receipts concerning the rail journeys of the Wentworths of Wentworth Castle, Barnsley to their estate at Dall in Scotland inc. ink plans of two railway carriages, bills from the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire, the Highland & the Midland Railways plus various letters discussing transport of a carriage, horses, dogs etc. Mixed condition - some items are damaged - but an interesting group. (27 items). */*** £40
3576 GOLDEN VALLEY RAILWAY: 1877-80 Group of 5 printed documents giving notice of compulsory purchase of land in Brecknockshire from various people for the extension of the Railway to Hay, together with relevant hand-drawn maps. Some dustiness. (5 items).*** £35
3577 EAST & WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY: 1882 Report to Stockholders (32pp) of the Managers of the Chancery Division plus 1871-78 pair of single-sheet letters to shareholders. Folds. (3 items). *** £25
3578 SWINDON WORKS, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: APPEAL POSTER FOR THE RICHARD TREVITHICK MEMORIAL FUND (Feb. 1884) letterpress poster 17"x 10", published at the Swindon Works with purple, corner handstamp of the GWR Carriage Dept. The Cornishman was the brilliant precursor of George Stephenson in the building of steam locomotives. *** £100
3579 LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY: 1887 Pair of half-yearly directors' reports plus another for 1898, a group of 4 receipts (1857-60) & 3 memos (1880s) regarding engineering work; also a copy of an 8pp pamplet concerning the1886 Railway & Canal Bill. Slight faults. (13 items) **/*** £30
3580 SNOWDON MOUNTAIN TRAMWAY & HOTEL COMPANY: 1895 4pp Printed shares prospectus, plus separate map, 3 large illustrations & 2 application form. Folded. *** £36
3581 SMITH, Sydney of Nottingham, Inventor of the Steam Gauge (1847): Large (320 x 240mm) photograph on card mount with coloured drawings of the steam gauge & a printed letter from George Stephenson, to whom Smith supplied the gauge etc.; assembled in 1909. Framed & glazed; damp marking at foot. **/*** £50
3582 "FLYING SCOTSMAN": 8pp Foolscap leaflet, giving full technical specification plus 23 fold-out plans, produced by Hammond & Griffith (c1925); lacks front cover, dustiness & dog-earing but an interesting contemporray document. ** £20
3583 LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP: Scarce early folding map (1925) printed in colour by Waterlow & Sons, showing the proposed extension to the 'Ham & High' Line from Clapham Common to Morden; red linen-textured covers. Light wear but generally fine for this. *** £35
3584 COOK'S & WAGONS LITS: 1939 small blue hard-cover folder with gold embossing containing several documents from a journey to Antibes with booklet of SNCF tickets, seat reservation, insurance notice, etc. Also a large colourful oval luggage label (1930's) from the Hotel de la Paix, Nice & a copy of the 1945 Candian Pacific Railway report. (5 items). *** £30
3585 U.S.A. - CHICAGO, DETROIT & CANADA GRAND TRUNK JUNCTION RAILROAD: 1859 4pp Share prospectus, 1920 1,000 share certificate for the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada and a 1905 prospectus for mortgage stock in the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad. (3 items). *** £40
3586 UNITED STATES RAILWAYS: Bundle of 12 different cancelled share certificates, 1894-1969, most with attractive security-printed designs featuring trains inc. 3 different for the Baltimore & Ohio RR, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR, Pennsylvania RR etc. (12 items) *** £30
3587 USA - COLUMBUS, CHICAGO & INDIANA CENTRAL RAILWAY Co.: $100 share (1868) finely printed in mauve with superb design of a wood-burning steam locomotive in a station, 25c fiscal stamp attached; punched holes otherwise very fine. Also ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM Co. 10 share certificate (1860) finely printed with an embossed seal, issued to Head Pottinger Best of Newbury, Berks. with additional h.s. "A further call of two pounds paid up". (2 items). **/*** £60
ROYALTY (EXCLUDING GREAT BRITAIN)
** 3588 1913 GERMAN ROYAL WEDDING: PPC of the wedding ceremony of Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia on the eve of the First World War, attended by King George V & Queen Mary, Tsar Nicholas etc. Postally used. Fine. *** £18
SHARE CERTIFICATES
3589 EARLY SHARE CERTIFICATES: Norfolk Estuary Company (1847), Hornsea Public Rooms Company Ltd. (1869), The Lands Allotment Company Ltd. (1873), Bailbrook House Ltd. (1899) & The Bennett Park Art Club & Studio Company (1901). A useful quintet. *** £36
3590 GOLD MINING: Group of 8 share certificates for various mining companies, c1895-97 inc. Bass & Flinders, Great Oriental Gold Mines, Heidelberg Gold Mines, Umtali Gold Reefs & Caledonian plus an example issued by Abercorn Reefs Ltd. with liquidation certificate. Also a group of insurance documents inc. three policies issued by the Security Mortgage & Trust Co. of Dallas, Texas and an atttractively printed 1889 bond issued by the Jarvis-Conklin Trust with associated papers, a fine example of the first issue of the "Daily Mail" (1896), etc. (Qty.). £55
3591 GOLD MINING - MANHATTAN & NEVADA GOLD MINES: 1906 Certificate for 200 shares, elaborately printed in maroon & black with superb central vignette of a stag; slight discoloration to top edge & 15mm split. ** £20
SPORTING MEMORABILIA - CRICKET
3592 AUTOGRAPHS: Gunn & Moore "COUNTY" bat with the signatures of Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire County teams for the 1971 season. Signatures include Fred Swarbrook, Bob Taylor, Alan Ward & Chris Wilkins (Derbyshire), Hylton Ackerman, Mushtaq Mohammad & Sarfraz Nawaz (Northants.), Brian Bolus & Garfield Sobers (Notts.) and Dennis Amiss, Lance Gibbs & Rohan Kanhai (Warwicks.). Excellent condition with no fading to signatures. **** £40
3593 WISDEN: 1950, 1951 and 1953 soft back editions. (3 volumes). ** £30
3594 WISDEN: 1960, 1965 and 1969 soft back editions, 1966/7 soft back and 1964 & 1970 hard backs, the last four with the odd missing page or photographs cut out. (7 volumes). */** £30
3595 WISDEN: 1971/8 complete; 1976 & '78 are soft backs. A few ink marks but generally good. (8 volumes). **/*** £50
SPORTING MEMORABILIA - FOOTBALL
3596 DERBY COUNTY: Two cartons containing an extensive collection of Derby County home programmes from the 1950's to the present day. Mixed condition. (Approx. 260). */*** £40
3597 DERBY COUNTY: Carton containing a varied assortment of Derby County away programmes, mainly from the 1960's to 1980's but with a few 1950's and 1990's in evidence. Mixed condition. */*** £30
SPORTING MEMORABILIA - GENERAL
3598 BOXING: Jim Driscoll "RINGCRAFT" (c.1911) teach-yourself, boxing manual by the featherweight champion of England. Pub. by 'Boxing' magazine, 94pp. & 21 photos with pictorial boards. *** £30
3599 ILLUSTRATED TRADE CATALOGUE OF CRICKET, FOOTBALL, GOLF, BOXING & TENNIS EQUIPMENT (1908) 80pp. 10"x 6" with pictorial wrapper, issued by Cook's Athletic Co., Beech St., London. Profusely illustrated with engravings of equipment and sportsmen. Detailed and most attractive. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £100
3600 HOCKEY INTERNATIONALS, WEMBLEY, 1952-56: Official programmes for the All England Women's Hockey Association International matches at Wembley against Scotland, Wales, Belgium & Holland, most with tickets, a couple of autographs noted; staples rusting. (5 items).**/*** £40
** 3601 TENNIS: c1910 Set of 6 German RP PPCs depicting two tennis-players in a romantic encounter, illustrating verses of the song "Weisst du noch?"; unused but each has pencilled notes on the message side. (6 items). *** £20
STAMP BOXES
3602 STAMP/VESTA BOXES: c1890 two plated stamp/vesta boxes in the shape of miniature books, one of them engraved "From Mother". Some plate wear. (2 items). £30
TELEGRAMS/TELEGRAPHY
3603 CABLE & WIRELESS Ltd.: 1938 Attractive, colour-printed greetings telegram depicting a galleon in full sail, with message from Australia to Essex, with envelope; some light foxing. Also a WWII (1943) censored telegram from 'oversea' with 'Empire Social Telegraph' d.s. & window envelope. (2 items). **/*** £20
3604 CANADIAN PACIFIC MARCONIGRAM: 1920 Printed summary of International News addressed to R.M.S. 'Scotian' and received through Poldhu Station; some staining but uncommon. ** £15
3605 COLLECTION c1855-1950: Three binders containing the collection of telegrams & envelopes with a good variety of types noted inc. Electric Telegraph Co. form with s/l 'STAFFORD' station h.s. (1853), fine strike of the GUERNSEY scroll mark on 1871 PO Telegram from a ship at Hull, scarce green submarine telegraph form (1874) with message froom Barnard Castle to Paris etc. Also a copy of the Hiscocks catalogue & 12 issues of 'Across the Wire' etc. (Qty.) *** £120
3606 EASTERN TELEGRAPH Co.: 1910 Usage of a red-printed telegram form at Cardiff to send a message from Portugal concerning the departure of the 'Carnbrea' from Lisbon; small split at edge of fold. **/*** £15
3607 ELECTRIC & INTERNATIONAL Co.: 1858 Receipt for telegram sent from Redruth Station together with the printed envelope, addressed to West Bassett Mine, Redruth; similar printed env. but with 'London' printed on address panel. Also an 1866 usage of a printed delivery form at Bath. (4 items). **/*** £40
3608 SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, 1869: Fine printed telegram form used at Rye Station with a message from London. *** £20
3609 WESTERN UNION: 1880 Printed form (lilac) with message received at New York for a passenger on the 'Himalaya' at 'Bermuda Post, New York'. Fine. *** £20
THEATRE/BALLET/CONCERT PROGRAMMES
3610 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. (Approx.32 items). £20
3611 WORCESTER FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY: Programme (plus press cutting and receipt for yearly subscription) for a performance of the 'Dream of Gerontius' by Sir Edward Elgar in Worcester Cathedral on 24 March, 1945 with the famous tenor Heddle Nash as Gerontius and Sir Ivor Atkins conducting the City of Birmingham Orchestra (as it then was). Also pair of 1905/6 PPCs and a Wills's cigarette card depicting the composer, one of the cards sent from someone attending the 1906 Birmingham Festival. (5). *** £30
WRITING MATERIALS, ETC.
3612 BRASS MOUNTED ADJUSTABLE MAGNIFYING GLASS c1900: 70mm lens in brass frame with counterweight attached by adjustable screws to a 250mm column - probably originally used with a dissecting kit but admirably suited for philatelic purposes. *** £50
3613 INK BOTTLES AND WELLS: Selection of six glass ink bottles plus two porcelain ink wells. (8 items). **/*** £15
3614 INK BOTTLES: c.1880-1950 Selection of stone ink bottles incl. one made by "LOVATT", another (still containing ink) with printed label "G.P.O./INK BLACK INDELIBLE/FOR USE WITH/INDIA-RUBBER STAMPS/ONLY/S.P.97" and a glass bottle with "STEPHEN'S" label. (7 bottles). **/*** £30
3615 PENS, PENCILS, ETC.: 1944 "Torch" boxed writing set containing three pencils, ruler & pen. Also a boxed Sheaffer fountain pen & three modern commemorative "give away" ball point pens, two of them philatelic plus three small tube-shaped holders (c1880) for nibs, a metal holder for "M.TURNER'S/PATENT/LEAD RESERVE", a metal spill tube and a cardboard tube containing leads. (17 items). £24
3616 TRAVELLING INKWELLS: c1880 in circular brass and leather design with original glass bottle liner plus a similar though square example without the bottle. (2 items). £24
3617 WRITING CASE: c.1910 Heavy leather 'suitcase' type travelling writing case (14" x 9") in brown pigskin with patterned green leather interior and lid fitted with a range of compartments for paper, pens etc. Hinge is in need of repair and some surface blemishes but nevertheless a good item. **/*** £24
ZEPPELIN MEMORABILIA
3618 COALPORT PLATES: Superb pair of large display plates issued in 1989 in a limited edition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first passnger flight, with very attractive designs based on paintings by Melvyn Buckley and showing the 'Graf Zeppelin' over mountains & the 'R34' flying over a Scottish loch. Both are in mint condition, with original packaging & numbered certificates. (2 items). **** £50
WORLDWIDE GENERAL PHILATELIC
3619 TWO CARTONS containing approx. 25 worldwide catalogues covering most countries, includes SG Specialised, Scott, Facit etc. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £24
3620 MISCELLANY of books, catalogues, periodicals etc., in four cartons including : WILLIAMS - 1939 Philately, torn d/j. HINTON - (undated) Hints on Stamp Collecting : an ABC of Philately, second edition. LINCOLN - (undated) Stamp Collecting Notes, second edition. DORN - (undated) The Forged Stamps of All Countries, p/b. STAFF - 1964 The Penny Post 1680 - 1918, torn d/j. HEINS - 1979 Numeral Cancellations of the British Empire : A Glossary of Abbreviated Handstuck Stamps, p/b. One carton contains THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPDIA OF STAMPS complete in 7 binders. VERY HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £40
3621 MISCELLANY - Two cartons containing a mix of philatelic books and stamp catalogues including : THE PHILATELIC RECORD - 1881 Bound edition comprising Vol. III (Feb. 1881 to Jan. 1882). Front board cover separating and spine damage. GIBBARD JACKSON - 1920's From Post Boy to Airmail. CHALMERS - 1927 The Bills of Exchange Act 1882, fifteenth edition. PHILIPS - 1920's Handy Atlas & Gazetteer of the British Isles, binding faults. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £30
3622 MISCELLANY of 23 books or catalogues in carton including FIRTH - 1897 Postage Stamps and Their Collection ; MELVILLE - 1911 Chats on Postage Stamps ; MELVILLE - 1940 Modern Stamp Collecting ; PHILLIPS - The Splendid Book of Stamps, d/j. ; AUSTEN - 1978 English Provincial Posts. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £75
3623 MISCELLANY in bundle including items on Disinfected Mail (12 issues of Pratique), Leeward Islands (1897 Sexagenary Overprint), Malta Village Postmarks, England and Wales skeleton postmarks, Gold Coast postmarks and Neewfoundland TPO cancellations. £12
3624 MISCELLANY OF STAMP AND POSTCARD CATALOGUES in carton including Stanley Gibbons Part 3 Balkans (4th edition), Part 5 Czechoslovakia & Poland (5th edition), Part 10 Russia (5th edition), Part 17 China (5th edition) and Part 21 South East Asia (3rd edition). Approx. 30 catalogues. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £15
3625 BACON et al. - 1912 A Glossary of Philatelic Terms. 28 pp. booklet. ALSO expanded and updated editions for 1933 and 1951. MEREDITH - 1924 The Postage Stamps of Ireland 1922 - 1923, 16 pp. booklet. (4 items, all ex-Derby Philatelic Society library and marked as such). £15
3626 LA CATASTROPHE - 1995 Complete run (except No. 24) Jan. 1995 to June 2001 (Nos. 1 to 26) of the Quarterly Publication of the Wreck and Crash Mail Society. £24
3627 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). £21
3628 DERBYSHIRE MESSENGER - Derbyshire Postal History Society magazine Vol. 2 No. 4 to Vol. 8 No. 4 (1985 - 2001). £25
3629 FERNBANK - 1997 King George V Key Plates of the Imperium Postage and Revenue Design. A West Africa Study Circle publication, as new. £40
3630 FIRTH - 1897 Postage Stamps and Their Collection, some cover stains. JOHNSON - 1944 British Postage Stamps. ZILLIACUS - 1961 From Pillar To Post. PEARSON - 1963 Special Event Postmarks of the U.K., p/b. MACKAY - 1967 Money in Stamps, d/j. PHILATELIC EXPORTER - 1974 How To Make A Success Of Stamp Collecting, ex-public library. RAY - 1994 The Stock Exchange Forgery, p/b. PLUS sundry other booklets. (13 items). £30
3631 FINDERS KEEPERS - 52 issues between 1980 and 1988, featuring all collectables. Includes various name changes in this period (New Collecting Lines, New Collectors Mart and Collectors Mart). £30
3632 FORCES POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY - Newsletter Vols. 194 to 246 (1987 - 2000) Four issues per year. Plus Auction lists 196 - 246 and a Library list. £50
3633 GIBBONS STAMP WEEKLY - Vol. 1 and Vols. 3 to 11, between 1905 and 1910. Condition very variable (poorly bound, rusting staples, ageing paper etc.) but scarce. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. £75
3634 GIBBONS STAMP MONTHLY - Vols X and XI, 1936-38, bound in one volume. POSTCARD MAIL - Nos. 1 to 22, 1978-80 The complete issue in folder. SYLVESTER & MOBBS -1982 The Cat Fancier, p/b. book on postcards of cats. (3 items). £20
3635 HARRIS (ed.) Who's Who in Philately : The International Philatelic Directory. Copies for 1926 (front cover separated) and 1937 (spine missing). BATEMAN - 1960 Stamp Collectors Who's Who. BIERMAN - 1970's? The World's Greatest Stamp Collectors, d/j. (4 pubs.). £21
3636 HIGGINS & GAGE - 1976 Priced Catalogue of Postal Stationary of the World : for Countries A and B, loose pages still in original packets. £10
3637 LANCS. AND CHESHIRE MAIL - An apparently complete run from Vols. 1 to 30 (1963 - 2001). £50
3638 MELVILLE - 1911 Chats on Postage Stamps. Uncut pages, spine damage. WIGGINS - 1962 The Postage Stamps of Great Britain : Part Two - The Perforated Line-Engraved Issues, d/j. £15
3639 THE PHILATELIC RECORD - Vols. 5, 11 and 31 bound in hard covers, Vols. 17, 25 and 29 (ex # 12) as singles. £35
3000-3079
3080-3159
3160-3239
3240-3319
3320-3399
3400-3479
3480-3559
3560-3639
3640-3719
3720-3799
3800-3879
3880-3957
Index