321 STOCKBOOK containing the predominantly modern mint collection of Australia. Also a range on stockcards including useful Ascension. (Few 100's). £90
322 STOCKBOOK containing the mint & used early to modern accumulation from a wide range of countries. (Some 100's). £60
323 MISCELLANY on leaves with much of merit inc. Bahamas Eleuthera set mint, Cayman Islands KGVI sets to 10/- mint plus the first two QEII sets to £1 mint, Falkland Islands 1960-63 Birds set used, 1968-71 Flowers set used & Dependencies Ships set used, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Island, St. Vincent, Seychelles inc. KGVI to 1r green mint, Sierra Leone, strong Tristan da Cunha with the first four definitive sets mint, etc. (Few 100's). £360
324 MISCELLANY inc. small range of stamp booklets with Bahamas 1961 3/- & 6/-, S.Africa SB 11, 18 & 19, Rhodesia & Nyasaland SB1 & 2, Tristan da Cunha SB3 & N.Z. SB20; all fine. Also 71 covers (1968-70) with village c.d.s. of the Bahamas & a further 27 (1958) of St Lucia villages. In addition, a 1915 E (address inked out) to Holland ex Togo with 2‡d Gold Coast opt. & 3-line 'Passed by Censor/at/Lome (Togo)'. (110 items). £120
325 EUROPE: Album containing BRITISH LEVANT (mainly used) from QV incl. values to 12p & postmarks of Beyrout, Constantinople, Salonica, Smyrna and Stamboul, CYPRUS QV to early QEII both mint & used (postmark interest among latter) incl. values to 45p, GIBRALTAR QV used between SG.1 & 45 plus a good array of mint & used KGV with values to 1/-,"better" KGVI perfs. & early QEII, MALTA mint (latterly unmounted) and used from QV to early QEII with values to £1, postage dues & postmark interest and MOROCCO AGENCIES with Casablanca, Fez, Laraiche, Marrakesh, Mazagan, Mequinez, Rabat, Safi & Tangier cancellations and all reigns represented incl. values to 2/6d, 3f & 1p. (Several 100's). £180
326 NEW ZEALAND & SOUTH AFRICA: Album leaves with a duplicated lightly mounted mint collection of mint NEW ZEALAND KGVI stamps with identifeid varieties, opts., blocks of up to ten, values to 3/- and an almost complete unmounted mint sheet of the "TENPENCE" on 1‡d surcharge (SG.662) and a fine stockbook containig a heavily duplicated but fascinating range of unmounted or very lightly mounted mint early QEII SOUTH AFRICA with many blocks incl. positional, plate & sheet numbers, identified varieties and printings, values to 5/- & 1r and generally much of interest for the specialist. (Several 100's). £80
327 STAMP BOOKLETS: Selection incl. Antigua, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, Falkland Islands (latter comprising SG. SB2-5 & 8-10), Malta, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Rhodesia & Nyasaland, St. Helena (latter comprising SG. SB1-5), South West Africa and Southern Rhodesia. Total cat. c.£700. (48 booklets). £200
FOREIGN COLLECTIONS
328 TWO CARTONS containing the extremely extensive World-wide accumulation inc. useful Belgium, China, Denmark, Greece & Latin America. (Large Qty.). £100
329 TWO CARTONS containing the extensive early to modern accumulation /collection in a quantity of stockbooks & cover albums. Strength in modern Switzerland with useful ranges of FDC's & PTT official presentation cards. Also three empty stpockbooks/binders. (Qty.). £75
330 CARTON containing the extensive early to modern collection in various albums, etc. with good ranges of Belgium, E.Germany, Iceland, Spain & United Nations plus sundry Aland and Philppines. (Large Qty.). £200
331 TWO STOCKBOOKS crammed with the extensive mint & used collection inc. much middle period. (Few 1,000's). £75
332 STOCKBOOK with the extensive early to modern accumulation, STC £1,200. (Qty.). £100
333 MISCELLANY: Group of pre-WWII Belgian M/S in mixed condition inc. 1930 Antwerp & 1931 Soldiers' Fund (both creased), 1936 Charleroi M/S on Exhibition cover etc.; 1944 Polish General Gouvernment 1zl & 1zl brown in imperf marginal pair; 1930 Spanish-American flight issue 10c green & 50c black in imperf. panes of 25 & 10 respectively; Morocco Agencies 1934 air cover with French currency set to 5/-; various Indian stamps & covers inc. 1965 10r printed on the gummed side etc. (Qty). £140
334 BOOKLETS, 1906-49: Small group of stamp booklets in fine condition inc. 1906 Roumania charity (2, c.t.o.), 1910 Sweden Fa H9 (inverted panes) & H10, Poland 1937-38 pair of 2,20 zl. (different covers, slight adherence in one), 1937 Japan (Togo 4s x 20 - interleaving adhering) & Switzerland 1945-49 CHF4,50 & 5,00 [Z37 & Z41]. (9 items). £150
335 MIDDLE EAST: Fine large stockbook containing an extensive duplicated mint & used accumulation of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujeira, Ras-al-Khaima, Sharjah, Trucial States and U.A.E. with particular strength in the latter and much of thematic interest throughout incl. Churchill, football & J.F.Kennedy. (Many 100's). £60
336 MINIATURE SHEETS: The interesting range of mint & used sheets inc. useful Belgium, Poland, Portugal & Rumania. (Small Qty.). £90
THEMATICS
337 EUROPA/TRANSPORT & TELECOMMUNICATION: The attractive collection of FDC's, min. sheets & sheetlets for the 1988 EUROPA issue for a variety of countries. (Small Qty.). £50
338 PENGUINS: Attractive group of covers & cards, 1951-93, from Antarctic territories depicting various penguins on stamps, postmarks or as part of the cover design inc. 1951 ANARE Heard Island , 1957 TAE Scott Base, items from TAAF (9), BAT (1979), AAT (1971& 1993 stamps plus maxi-cards), Falklands (2), Russia, Poland & S.Africa. A useful lot. (31 items & 14 stamps). £80
ALBUMS, PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.
339 FIVE CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of albums/binders, stockbooks and other accoutrements inc. blank leaves, watermark detectors, hinges, etc. (Qty.). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES. £30
340 TWO CARTONS containing 19 album binders, stockbooks & pocket books. Mixesd quality. (19 items). £30
341 TWO CARTONS containing empty binders inc. SG Exeter (14), Plymouth (2), German spring-backs (5), etc. No leaves or slipcases. (24). £30
LITERATURE - PHILATELIC
342 EXHIBITION CATALOGUES, 1960-93: Two cartons with a duplicated accumulartion of International Exhibition catalogues inc. London 1960, Philympia 1970, London 1980, Stamp World 1990 plus Amphilex '67, Hafnia '76, PRAGA '78, Norwex '80, WIPA '81, Bangkok '83, Ausipex & Espana 1984, Finlandia '88, Philexfrance '89 (Pt2), Philanippon '91, Granada '92 & Polska '93; all are in good condition, many accompanied by palmares, invitation cards, presentation packs, menus etc. (Qty). £75
WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY
343 CARTON containing the particularly diverse early to modern accumulation of covers and cards from a wide range of countries and covering a wide range of themes. (Large Qty.). £150
344 CARTON containing the varied accumulation of covers & cards (many maximum cards noted) from a variety of countries inc. Austria, Finland, Russia & Yugoslavia plus a binder with Maritime related special event covers. (Qty.). £120
** 345 CARTON containing the varied World-wide range of covers & cards with an emphasis on GB & Commonwealth. Worth careful inspection. (Qty.). £100
346 CARTON containing the chiefly modern accumulation of covers with a large number of FDC's (GB, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, etc.). Worth careful inspection. (Qty.). £100
347 CARTON containing the extensive World-wide accumulation of commercial & philatelic covers. (Qty.). £75
348 SHOEBOX containing the varied World-wide accumulation inc. early Germany, GB QEII period FDC's, Swiss FDC's, etc. (Qty.). £60
349 CARTON containing the extensive accumulation of covers. Chiefly modern British Commonwealth inc. many FDC's. (Large Qty.). £60
350 CARTON containing the modern accumulation of British Commonwealth covers. (Large Qty.). £60
351 MISCELLANY of covers & cards with a strong East African flavour inc. 1906 env. (opened out) from Aden to Lamu with scarce hatched circle arrival mark of Lamu, 1909 East Africa ‡a green postal stationery card to Germany uprated with ‡a adhesive cancelled at Taveta, 1909 PPC to England bearing 3c green (2) cancelled with Mombasa skeleton, nine 1930's period Air mail covers to/from East or Southern Africa, various Mombasa Paquebot items, etc. (19 covers/cards plus 3 pieces). £150
352 MISCELLANY with emphasis on 19th century Austro-Hungarian covers in mixed condition (11) inc. 1841 EL to Italy with s/l STATI/EREDITARI AUSTRIACI entry, others ex Hungarian POs or Trieste, 1855 reg'd (faults) etc. Also a small group of Maltese items inc. 1843 EL ex Alexandria, slit for disinfection with a very good strike of the circular PURIFIE AU LAZARET/MALTE, 1931 FFC to UK via Genoa & some vintage PPCs. (23 items). £100
** 353 MISCELLANY of QEII period covers from Pitcairn Islands & Tristan da Cunha inc. 1953 reg. cover ex Pitcairns to the USA bearing KGVI 4d & 1/- pictorials, 1955 cover to Canada with Gough Island Scientific Survey cachet, 1968 "WIRELESS STATION/TRISTAN DA CUNHA" cachet on cover to the UK, etc. (17 items). £75
354 AIRMAIL MISCELLANY, 1911-37: 1911 UK Aerial Post E (red, insert) & card (brown, stain); 1929 Zeppelin 1st US flight with 4m franking, s/l interruption h.s. & original letter referring to flight; 1931 Danzig acceptance for the 2nd S.America flight with fine franking & cachet plus two other Zeppelin Es ex Brazil & Bolivia, 1932-33. 1934 KLM 'Snip' Xmas flight cover & 1937 London-Sao Paulo commercial cover with 1/- & 2/6d franking. (8 items). £100
355 AIRMAIL - EAST AFRICA, 1930-39: Fine selection of covers, most franked with Tanganyika or KUT stamps, inc. 1930 (2 Dec.) Tanga-Dar-es-Salaam with provisional air h.s., Mombasa-Zanzibar FFC (22.10.31), Kilindi-UK (27.12.31), Oct.'31 feeder service FFC group (6), 1931-33 attractive group (6) with 'FEEDER /SERVICE' h.s. or m/s inc. OHMS covers (2) etc. Also two Zanzibar items & a pair of inward-flown covers ex UK. Mainly KGV material with good number of commercial covers. A good lot. (38 items). £250
356 BRITISH EMPIRE: Useful group inc. 1858 E to Wales ex Melbourne with Victoria 6d orange tied by neat '1' obliterator; 1881 E ex Ballarat to the UK with 6d (3, one damaged); 1878 reg'd E to London ex Bangalore franked 4a & 6a; 1865 E with India 4a black; 1886 use of 2‡d lilac to France; Tristan da Cunha 1937 E to S.Africa ex 'Visit of HMS 'Carlisle' with cachet VII, large '1D.' h.s. & 1d due; two fine Lundy Island Es (1937); HMS 'Blake' Es of teh 1890s ex Canada & Bermuda (faults) etc. (21 items). £120
357 CHINA/HONG KONG: The small selection with 1888 GB ‡d brown postal stationery card to Shanghai uprated with 1d lilac tied by Glasgow duplex, 1914 PPC of Valletta bearing (on picture side) KEVII 1d red and addressed to China, 1925 long cover from Canton to Wiltshire bearing 7 different airmail adhesives and with two strikes of the boxed violet "AIR MAIL SERVICE POSTPONED/FORWARDED BY STEAMER TO/SINGAPORE FOR ONWARD TRANS/MISSION BY AIR", 1936 cover ex Hong Kong to Shansi Province bearing 5c & 30c adhesives carried on the inaugural flight of the China National Airways Corporation and 1937 illustrated cover bearing Hong Kong 5c & 30c defins. carried on the First Flight between Hong Kong & Peiping by Eurasia Aviation Corporation. (5 items). £120
358 EUROPE: 1871-95 group of envs. with original letters from the same correspondence to London or Versailles inc. three from Italy, 1883-95 with different frankings, one with Lake Steamer cancellation plus a group from Germany with 20pf frankings inc. a hotel cover from Metz & an 1871 German Feldpost cover. Also a delightful 1873 env. bearing defective 1g adhesive addressed in verse form to a "Miss A.Stamer, the loveliest lady I know, the prettiest flower among all flowers........." in Berlin. An interesting little group. (10 items). £75
359 FOREIGN MISCELLANY: 1859 EL ex Papal States with fine 2 baj blue-green & s/l 'FANO'; Hanover group inc. c1852 two Es with 1851 1ggr (two shades), 1859 EL (ink-discoloured front) with 1gr rose & 1gr stationery Es (2 left/1 right) with different cancellations. Also a large part reg'd E ex Baku (1923) with corner marginal pair of Azerbaijan 5,000r on reverse (others removed?). (8 items). £75
360 MARITIME: Carton containing the extensive modern accumulation of navy connected special event covers/ship cachet covers with a good number of signed examples in evidence. (Approx. 240 covers plus sundry relevant supporting notes). £150
361 MARITIME (PAQUEBOTS) & MILITARY (WWII - MIDDLE EAST): Group of Paquebot covers incl. 1901 env. franked with GB 1d lilac cancelled by boxed 'PAQUEBOT' with fine Suez c.d.s. alongside, larger type on 1906 Port Said card & 1920 Port Said circular type, small s/l 'PAQUEBOT' on 1923 Syrian cover with Alexandria c.d.s. and two 1905 G.B. KEVII 1d cards with cancellations of Smyrna. Also censored commercial env. to Baghdad from 'IEF BAPO No.8' (Shaibah) franked with 2 x 6f adhesives, R.A.F. 939 censor h.s. on 1944 O.A.S. env. with F.P.O. 242 c.d.s., three examples of 'EGYPT/POSTAGE/PREPAID' c.d.s.'s and Constantinople PPC bearing 'RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP' machine cancellation. (12 items). £85
362 MARITIME: Useful range of PAQUEBOT marks inc. 1909 s/l Port Said example on Sudan 2m/3m card, 1903 small s/l Marseille PAQUEBOT on Gibraltar PPC with GB 1d stamp, 1912 PPC with fine Liverpool 'POSTED AT SEA' c.d.s. etc. Also NZ Marine P.O./R.M.S. 'Makupa' c.d.s., 1939 'Centurion' wreck cover to UK with 2-line error 'SALVAGED A L /EX CENTURIA' & London PO paper seal plus 1935 Tin Can Mail cover. (11 items). £75
363 MILITARY - CRIMEAN/BOER WARS: The small selection inc. two Crimean War "Black Sea Fleet" covers with m/s "3" charges to Great Britain & a group of Boer War items inc. 1900 (July) env. (faults) with 1d lilac adhesive & scarce purple oval "CANADIAN CONTINGENT/SOUTH AFRICA" d.s. (14 items). £100
364 MILITARY - CAMP CANCELLATIONS: 1868-c1920 collection of GB & Irish camp cancellations on various covers/cards with several scarce & unusual types in evidence inc. seven skeletons. Better strikes include "COOLMONEY CAMP", "CLANDE BOYE CAMP", "LOVESGROVE CAMP" & "THE CAMP/SEAFORD SUSSEX". (Qty.). £100
365 MILITARY - 1882 ARABI REBELLION: 1882 env. (faults) to Hampshire bearing 2‡d blue tied by rare "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE/EGYPT" c.d.s. of 13th September. Somewhat tatty but extremely scarce. PHOTO - £200
366 MILITARY - NILE EXPEDITION, 1898: Env. to England (bottom edge faults) with fine BERBER c.d.s. (14.IV.98) transferred to HALFA (20.IV.98 c.d.s.) where a pair of the 5m 'SOUDAN' provisionals were affixed. At a later point (Alexandria? - backstamp) three boxed 'T' marks were struck as the 'new' stamps were not recognised although the charge was subsequently deleted. A scarce item from this Expedition with the added attraction of the postage due error and a fine exhibition piece. £200
367 MILITARY : 1901 Boxer Rebellion feldpost use of China 1c card ex Peking to Germany with unusual oval bilingual d.s., Feldpoststation No2 d.s. & fine cachet of the KOMMANDO DES 1.SEEBATAILLONS. Also an unusual returned reg'd E (1916) to a member of the R.N.R. forwarded to Salonika, Egypt & Ceylon, with unusual quartered circle inspection mark & typewritten receipt of the GSO (Ceylon) still attached, identifying the addressee as a crew member of the S.S.'Argyllshire'. In addition, a 1915 PPC ex IFPO No25 (Kenya) with s/l mark & boxed censor & 1916 card ex China. (4 items). £100
368 MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1902 pair of covers to Boer POW's on St.Helena ex London & Holland respectively, both with triangular censor marks of St.Helena, the former Deadwood Camp, the latter Head Office. A useful pair. £100
369 MILITARY MAIL, 1902-19: An interesting group inc. v.fine card with patriotic portrait of Buller, posted in London in 1902, Xmas 1914 Royal portrait card with original E postmarked APO 14, French FM cards (4 different) used at various locations inc. Salonica plus an unusual French patented letter-sheet 'Le Pratique' used with seal; German feldpost letter-sheet & card - the latter with 1917 FELDPOST/ALEPPO c.d.s., Austrian E from Sarajevo, Italian card ex PM37, unusual 1010 card with Polish stamp & cachet of the Polish Army in France, 1917 Xmas card ex Baghdad with its censored OAS env. etc. (17 items) £100
370 MILITARY - BOER WAR/BAMBATA REBELLION: The small group of covers/cards comprising 8 Boer War items and 1906 PPC with "ESHOWE/NATAL" d.s. of 15 June (no O.A.S. annotation). PHOTO - see plate no. £100
371 MILITARY - WWI: The extensive collection of PPC's, ephemera, APO/FPO cancellations, Registered mail, POW mail, Red Cross mail, Naval Mail, Security cancels, Ruhleben Camp items, etc. A very useful lot covering a wide range of topics and with several better item noted inc. cover to Auxerre bearing coloured "37 Regiment d'Infanterie/3 Battalion" label, Polish Legion Field Post card, 1916 (Feb.) War Risks Insurance Certificate bearing 9d agate x 2 and much, much more. A lovely lot - viewing highly recommended. (Qty.). £300
372 MILITARY - WWI: Covers incl. field post items from Austrian and German forces in the LEVANT with bilingual cachets of German feldpost in Constantinople (7, several with stated naval origin) & 2 PPCs with Marine Schiffspost c.d.s. No. 14, ANZACS interest incl. 3 PPCs of Egypt one of which has 4m adhesive cancelled by mainly v. fine violet "N.Z.MILITARY POST OFF[ICE]/DEC 9 1914/EXP[EDITIONARY FOR]CE" from Heliopolis, 5 scarce items from French forces in Egypt incl. three PPCs with fine strikes of "CORR. D'ARMEES/ALEXANDRIE FR." c.d.s. and 4 'skeleton' A.P.O. c.d.s.'s incl. fine strike of scarce SZ6 (Lemnos) on 1915 PPC (faults) to N.Z., censored postal stationery card and much besides. (25 items). £240
373 MILITARY - WWI: PPC of Alexandria sent to England with no postal markings, beraing violet "H.M.H.S. VALDIVIA/136.743/LONDON/T. 4835 N./H.P. 7500"cachet. Presumably posted in the Mediterranean. Slight foxing. PHOTO - £100
374 MILITARY - WWI: The small selection of PPC's (6) depicting Zeppelins and Zeppelin wreckage (three of which relate to the Zeppelin shot down by Lt. Leefe Robinson at Cuffley) plus an official Red Cross packet containing a piece of wire guaranteed to have emanated from the wreckage of same and a letter mentioning the incident, the contents of which include "Did you see anything of the Potters Bar Zep? The Moulds drove over directly it was hit and helped carry the toasted Germans out of the way, when they came back they smelled (sic) awful". A useful group. (8 items). £80
375 MILITARY - WWI: 1915 PPC of Olmutz sent from the emergency hospital set up in the German Grammar School there, with red cross "K.u.K Notspital Deutschland Gymnasium/Olmutz", "Militarpflege", "Desinfiziert" (disinfected), etc., 1916 wrapper bearing Greek adhesives with two-line "PART OF A MAIL CAPTURED/BY GERMANS AND DELAYED", etc. (7 items). PHOTO - £120
376 MILITARY - BRITISH MILITARY MISSION IN SOUTH RUSSIA: 1920 unstamped PPC to Cornwall ex "Theodosia" with scarce "ARMY POST OFFICE B.M.S.R." c.d.s. of 3 April 1920. Note: The mission was established in 1919 to provide aid & advisers to General Denikin and his Cossack Forces and was withdrawn to Sebastopol in March 1920 following his defeat. PHOTO - see plate no. £120
377 MILITARY - 1940-68: An interesting group of covers inc. 1940 French Cameroun censored air cover to London, 1940 UK-Denmark E with s/l POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER, 1942 Red Cross message form to Guernsey, 1944 censored S.Africa card to USA, 1954 SHAPE cover ex Paris, 1960 UN E ex Congo etc. (8 items). £75
378 SEALS & STICKERS - ITALIAN STATES: Attractive 1839 gold-printed letter-sheet addressed to the Duchessa di Casigliano with fine large oval armorial seal wafer embossed in silver (oxidised); 1 or 2 light marks but otherwise fine & rare. Also 1847 printed Kent Railway shareholders' notice returned from Rome to London closed with a pair of octagonal paper seals bearing the initial 'T' and printed in gold & silver respectively. (2 items). £75
379 ZEPPELIN MAIL: 1928 (28 Oct.) 'Graf Zeppelin' FFC to Switzerland (readdressed); 1929 (7 Aug.) uprated US 1c card to London (redirected) with 'Round-the-World-Flight' cachet; 1931(10 June) Liechtenstein 2fr Zeppelin stamp on cover to Switzerland, scarce but badly water-damaged; 1933 (26 Oct.) 'Century of Progress' Exposition cover with green 50c zeppelin stamp, ex Chicago to Frierichshafen with green machine arrival mark. ( 4 items). £70
380 ZEPPELIN - IRAQ ACCEPTANCE OF 1933 S. AMERICA FLIGHT: Fine reg'd E ex Baghdad (10.8.33) to Brazil with VIA ZEPPELIN/FRIEDRICHSHAFEN label, flown to London (KGV 10d cancelled 15.8.33); fine red octagonal Anschussflug zur 5. Südamerikafahrt cachet & matching parrot cachet. Most attractive & unusual thus. PHOTO - £130
CIGARETTE/TRADE CARDS
381 ALBUM containing the small range of cards with a good number of more unusual types inc. a good selection of Scissors (Wills) "Britain's Defenders), Scissor's "Dancing Girls" (16), five black & white Hill's cards depicting Japanese Soldiers, etc. Poor to fine. (Approx. 120). £90
382 TWO OLD ALBUMS containing a useful selection of earlier cards inc. Player's "Wild Animals of the World" (51 cards) & Wills "Kings and Queens" (52 cards). Condition poor to fine. Also an old Improved album with a very sparse collection. (Approx.140 cards/1 sparsey filled stamp album). OFFERED ON BEHALF OF OXFAM - PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY. £75
CINDERELLA
383 ADVERTISING: Poster stamps issued by the Dresden department store Herzfeld, each advertising a different product inc. clothes, toys, food, pets, books etc. and incorporating their punning trade-mark of a heart; mainly in blocks & strips. (34) £120
384 ADVERTISING: German poster stamps c1912 in scarce large panes inc. Fischer Kugel-Fabrik motoring series in a pane of 12 plus 3 scarce marginal labels with explanatory text; pane of 21 colourful stamps issued by the Franz Clauss store in Reichenbach plus a scarce pane (12) of large stamps advertising 'Sunlight Soap' & 'Vim'. (45). £150
** 385 AIRCRAFT: Selection of poster stamps commemorating air shows etc. c 1912-37 inc. duplicated colourful embossed issues for the 1912 Prague Technology show, featuring an early biplane (38), 1913 Darmstadt Model Aircraft Show (12), 1931 Lyon Air Fete M/S (3) etc. (124). £380
** 386 AIRSHIPS: Fine group of embossed poster stamps in various colours, featuring balloons & a zeppelin, produced for the 1912 'Gordon Bennett' race at Stuttgart (23) also a similar range of embossed stamps for the Brno Patent Show of 1913, in two different languages, featuring a zeppelin and printed in various colours (62). A fine lot. (85). £280
** 387 ANIMALS: Fine, duplicated range of poster stamps c1910-35, featuring various animals inc. rabbits (39), horses (31), Australian animals & birds in a scarce pane of 20, plus various other creatures inc. 1924 German National Poultry Exhibition sheetlets (3) etc. (235). £750
** 388 AQUARIUM EXHIBITIONS, 1932-36: Unusual coloured publicity labels for exhibitions held at Linz depicting tropical fish, a lizard or a seahorse; unusual. Also 3 very attractivstamps issued 1933-34 for the Lausanne Aquarium Show illustrated with a goldfish or an octopus. (88). £250
389 AVIATION, 1910-39: An attractive range of large poster stamps promoting various aviation events with strength in pre-WWI flights inc. 1912 Suddeutscher Flug & Nuremburg's Flugwoche, 1913 Ostpreussiscer Rundflug, scarce Oskar Bider Alpenflug portrait label, 1913 Darmstadt model aircraft show, Florence 1911 Air Circuit (10), Delandre etc. Also unusual Swedish set (4) for the 1923 Gothenburg Aero Exhibition etc. (65). £180
390 AVIATION - Selection (11) of large (55 x 85mm) German poster stamps promoting the 1912 S¸ddeutscher Flug & with photographic illustrations of early aircraft, a zeppelin (the 'Viktoria-Luise'), pilot,Prince Georg of Bavaria etc. within attractive frames. A scarce group. (11). £100
391 BREWERIANA: The fascinating collection of Brewery related items inc. many stamped receipts, afew Brewer's Licences, fine Billheads, some advertising covers/cards, sundry ephemera, etc. More unusual items include Fuller, Smith & Turner QV ‡d postal stationery cards (4) with price lists on reverse. A very useful lot. (Qty.). £120
392 CHILDREN'S BOOKS: Unusual, complete set (48) of large, colourful poster stamps issued c1912 by the Deutsche Jugendb¸cherei, each with an illustration from a children's book, many by named artists. Most attractive. (48). £150
** 393 EMBOSSED STAMPS: Fine range of attractive embossed labels, mainly German in origin although some unusual Ljubljana 1927 items noted (24), c1897-1930 inc. fine examples of the 1897 Berlin Agricultural Show stamps (9), 1910 Weiden 400th anniversary (29), gold & silver foil examples inc. Vienna Grillparzerverein issues etc. (380). £1000
** 394 EMBOSSED POSTER STAMPS: An attractive selection with similar designs in a variety of colours inc. 1899 Frankfurt Agricultural Show (19), 1908 Munich Industrial exhibition (51), Konigsberg Automobile Show, 1909 (91), 1910 Baden Show (19), 1910 Liegnitz Exhibition (22), 1911 Oschatz Exhibition (23), 1912 Graz 10) & 1913 Leipzig Memorial (18). (253). £750
395 EXHIBITIONS, 1896-1932: A fine selection of worldwide poster stamps publicising national & regional exhibitions inc. a number of early shows from the 1890s with Dresden, Budapest, Leipzig, Hanover, Stuttgart, Riva & (unusually) Stockholm noted as well as extensive pre-WWI coverage with a number of fine embossed items in evidence. A good range of uncommon material. (262). £800
** 396 EXHIBITIONS - GREAT BRITAIN, c1913-38: An unusually wide range of poster stamps issued in the inter-war years to promote British exhibitions with many small regional shows noted, starting with the 1913 Liverpool Exhibition (6) and inc. shows at Olympia, Crystal Palace & Royal Agricultural Hall, Plymouth Navy Weeks, Welsh Shows, textile, dairy & industrial exhibitions etc. A good lot. (260). £750
397 HUMOUR: Group of large German poster stamps c1905-14 with humorous advertisements with cartoon-style designs inc. Klepperbein's groceries (5), 'Kavalier' boot-polish, an unusual embossed 'topsy-turvy' head etc. (30). £90
398 LEIPZIG - Exhibitions & advertising c1909-59: Attractive group inc. embossed Kornblumentag stamps (4) & 1909 Exhibition gold foil medal, 11 large tourist publicity stamps, a skunk advertising fur coats (!) plus another of a polar bear etc. (40). £120
399 LOTTERY ADVERTISING: Group of large German poster stamps c1912 promoting lottery campaigns (12); also a group of unusual advertising stamps, depicting a dwarf & a banner, for various 'PuG' groceries. (28). £90
** 400 MILITARY - WWI: Substantial group of German & Austrian patriotic & propaganda stamps inc. attractive coloured, embossed examples, good range of embossed maetallic portraits of Emperor Karl, die-cut stampsfeaturing helmets, bombs & flags, slogans etc. A useful lot with many uncommon stamps. (430). £1200
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81-160
161-240
241-320
321-400
401-480
481-560
561-640
641-720
721-800
801-880
881-960
961-1040
1041-1120
1121-1200
1201-1280
1281-1359
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