|
1080 |
|
THREE CARTONS containing some 20 new stockbooks, some in their original film wrappers & with many larger types noted. |
£100 |
|
1081 |
|
THREE CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of albums & stockbooks, most as new inc. SG One-country albums for GB, IOM & Jersey, a lovely pair of fancy SG "Windsor" albums in their cases, sundry stockbooks, etc. (20 items). |
£100 |
|
1082 |
|
FOUR CARTONS containing the varied accumulation inc. album leaves, boxes of Showgards, new stockbooks in their original film wrappers, etc., etc. (Large Qty.). |
£90 |
|
1083 |
|
TWO CARTONS containing the varied selection of new albums (3), cover albums (2) & stockbooks (9) plus a quantity of album leaves. (Qty.). |
£75 |
|
1084 |
|
TWELVE BRAND NEW LIGHTHOUSE BINDERS plus a quantity of white "Hagner-style" leaves for use in same. |
£75 |
| LITERATURE - NON PHILATELIC |
|
1085 |
|
ROYALTY: Two cartons with the varied accumulation inc. "The Letters of Queen Victoria" Second Series, 1862-78 volumes I & II, volume I of the First Series of same (1837-1861), "The Queen and Her Empire", "V.R.I., Her Life and Empire" by the Marquis of Lorne, etc. (Qty.). |
£75 |
| WORLD-WIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
|
1086 |
|
TWO LARGE CARTONS containing the extensive collection of post-WWII FDC's from Canada & the USA. (1,000+). |
£200 |
|
1087 |
|
CARTON containing the eclectic collection/accumulation of covers, cards, etc. with an emphasis on GB & with particular interest in maritime. We note an 1856 E per "James Baines" ex Victoria to Edinburgh (the ship caught fire two years later), 1823 E ex Bilbao to London with step-type "GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTER", 1847 E ex Havana to London with step-type "DEAL/SHIP LETTER", sundry ephemera, etc., etc. (Qty.). |
£100 |
|
1088 |
|
CARTON containing a good variety of material inc. 1711 EL ex Dublin to Bruges, 1872 E to Sweden ex London franked with 3d rose & 2d blue with fine red '2‡d' h.s., GB 4d used from Malta (1874) to Portugal, Denmark 1864 imperf. 4s on cover, New South Wales group inc. fine 1851 2d blue on part E & fine 1894 3d reg'd E uprated with ‡d pair, Queensland 2d blue (3) on 1865 Env. (with contents) to Scotland, 1902 Sierra Leone E to Berne with fine 'Via Liverpool' h.s. & 1896 large front ex Freetown to Sherbro with 1884 4d brown plus 1896 1d in pairs, GB 6d telegram form (unused), 1855 Treasury Warrant re mail to Victoria, Belgian Occupation of GEA 1916 E with 25c stamp optd. for Belgian Forces with IFPO c.d.s. & provisional censor strip of Kigoma, 1954 Shannon Airport crash cover, ranges of Russia, Western Australia etc. (Qty.) |
£500 |
|
1089 |
|
MISCELLANY: Cover albumcontaining the interesting early to modern accumulation of covers & cards with an emphasis on Australia & Singapore.The latter includes a good range of 1960's and 1970's FDC's inc. the Founding min. sheet (faults), the former includes a useful range of FDC's plus a range of KGV period letter cards. (Approx. 130 items). |
£180 |
|
1090 |
|
MISCELLANY c1910-70: Covers & cards , the majority addressed to Brighton (Transorma idents noted), many to the curator of the Royal Pavilion inc. 1945 reg'd E ex Sandringham, addressed & initialled by Queen Mary with 'OFFICIAL PAID/SANDRINGHAM' c.d.s. & 'GRVI' cypher; 1960 E with similar Windsor c.d.s. & 'ERII' cypher; 1948 GB Olympic committee FDC; dues inc. fine boxed '1d/75/LIABLE/TO/LETTER/RATE' (1910); 1912 Liverpool paquebot c.d.s.; various censored, airmail, express etc. (114 items). |
£150 |
|
1091 |
|
MISCELLANY of covers with a very high New Zealand content and with much middle period in evidence.inc. airmails, censored mail, maritime interest, etc. (Approx. 70 items). |
£100 |
|
1092 |
|
MISCELLANY, c1830-1900: An interesting range inc. fine 1875 E & letter ex South Australia (6d franking) referring to the wreck of the 'Gothenburg' ex Northern Territory, 1845 PAID letter ex Montreal to Guernsey, 1839 unframed 'LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER' on long personal EL ex Troy (USA), good range of pre-stamp German States covers, France, Italy, 1900 pair of Es ex British Army in S.Africa (one with fine 'H&K PACKET' c.d.s.) etc. Also one or two later items. (43 items). |
£200 |
| ** |
1093 |
|
MISCELLANY of mainly classic period European covers inc. attractive German one-third groschen green brustschild issue tied to 1872 prices realised by unusual Koenigsberg station cancel; 1871 Rumanian registered letter receipt with 5b red tied by v.fine blue Focsani d.s.; Naples 2g on 1859 EL; Spain 1850 6 c. cover & 1865 E to Cuba with 1r green; Portugal pair of imperf. frankings, pre-stamp Mexico etc. (9 items). |
£100 |
|
1094 |
 |
AIRMAILS: 1934 MacRobertson Air Race. Cover carried by Davies & Hill on their Fairey IIIF biplane and signed by them both. Fine and scarce (only 50 carried). Ex Solomon PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£75 |
|
1095 |
|
AIRMAILS: 1938 signed cover carried by Jim Broadbent on his unsuccessful attempt to fly from the UK to Australia, endorsed "Left Lympne 3 a.m. 12th March 1938, Force landed near Waingapu, Dutch East Indies, 16th March 1938. Scarce - only 48 carried. Also a signed postcard of Broadbent dedicated to the well known philatelist "Mr. A. Phillips of Newport". Fine. (2 items). |
£75 |
|
1096 |
|
BRITISH GUIANA/INDIA: The small pre-stamp group inc. 1805 EL ex Berbice to Scotland carried per Ship "Thomas" with oval "SHIP-LETTER/(Crown)/LIVERPOOL", 1819 EL from New Amsterdam to Liverpool thence redirected to Liverpool, "pr Lune" with interesting contents relating to the slave trade, 1834 EL from Demerara to Scotland with black rectangular "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER", four E/EL's with various India Letter Liverpool marks, etc. (8 items). |
£90 |
|
1097 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1892 cover from Philadelphia to London with boxed violet "saved from wreck/of s.s. Eider" cachet. Ex Hardemann-Smith. Also a small piece with a further strike of the violet cachet. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£140 |
|
1098 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1903 cover salvaged from the S.S. "Liban" (sunk in collision with the "Insulaire", a fellow steamship of the Frassinet Company, en route from Marseilles to Bastia). Thirteen bags of mail were salvaged but not until 25 June. |
£70 |
|
1099 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1906 postcard salvaged from a train crash between Altona & Moenchengladbach bearing 5pf Germania and with three-line cachet in blue. Unusual. |
£80 |
|
1100 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL - S.S.'JEBBA': 1907 E (toned & with closed split) franked with Sierra Leone 1d with two strikes of the 2-line 'SALVED FROM/S S JEBBA' (one partially off cover); alsoa fine RP card of the ship leaving harbour and another of the wreck at Hope Cove (Devon). (3 items). PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£100 |
|
1101 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1916 (14 February) somewhat charred cover from Birmingham to Sweden with fine boxed cachet explaining the damage caused by a fire on board the S.S. "Newton" between Sunderland & Stockholm. Arrival mark of 25 February on reverse. PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£120 |
|
1102 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: Charred E ex Washington DC to Tucson with fine 3-line cachet 'DAMAGED IN MAIL PLANE/ACCIDENT AT HURON, OHIO/DEC.20, 1928 6 P.M.'; fragile. PHOTO - |
£90 |
|
1103 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL (USA) : 1930 Charred 'Special Delivery' E ex New York to California with 'DAMAGED BY AIR PLANE WRECK/DECEMBER 22, 1930' h.s.; 1931 water-stained E (no stamp) ex Berkeley (Ca) to Portland with slightly smudged 'DELAY due to AIRMAIL/interruption at/OAKLAND, Ca./SEPT16, 1931' and 1938 immersed E addressed to N.Zealand from the UK with 'RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA'. (3 items). |
£120 |
|
1104 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1935 cover from Ludwigshafen to Potsdam involved in the Frankfurt-Berlin express train crash and with an explanatory label applied at Leipzig. |
£60 |
|
1105 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: Remarkable 1932 South Africa-England FFC franked by 4d Air (3) which was subsequently damaged during an air raid in 1940, after which it received a large violet "DAMAGED BY WATER/AT/CHANCERY LANE SAFE DEPOSIT/DURING AIR RAID/SEPTEMBER 1940". Unusual. |
£60 |
|
1106 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1937-41trio comprising a 1937 flown cover ex Perak to England with fine boxed "TRAIN LETTER" and "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT" (in violet), 1941 cover to England bearing 3d x 6 & 1‡d adhesives from an RAF Flight Lieutenant in Jerusalem with blue hexagonal "R.A.F./CENSOR/3" and rectangular violet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" plus 1941 "ACTIVE SERVICE" envelope to Liverpool (ex Squire collection and described by Hopkins - 3rd edition, p101) with red "DAMAGED AS A RESULT/OF ENEMY ACTION" believed to have been applied at Liverpool in the aftermath of the blitz. (3 covers). |
£100 |
|
1107 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1945 Jewish newspaper sent at the time of issue to Santiago, Chile, with news of the fall of Hitler, recovered and delivered when the S.S. "John Bidwell" was broken up 15 years later and with an arrival d.s. of 25 November 1960! |
£65 |
|
1108 |
|
CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1950 (1 Nov.) registered cover from India to London with label "Salvaged April 1951, from the Air Liner Malabar-Princess which crashed in the Alps, November 1950". London arrival mark of 30 April 1951. Also 1989 Guardian Wekly newspaper wrapper from the UK to Colombia with fine red "Envio Rescatado del Accidente/Avion HK-1803" cachet. (2 covers). |
£120 |
|
1109 |
|
FORWARDING AGENTS: The varied selection of E/EL's etc. with FAC's inc. 1870 EL ex Liverpool to France bearing defective 4d with "CAMUS & CO" FAC of Liverpool, 1844 EL ex the US to Scotland with red "FORWARDED FROM/HARNDEN'S/LETTER OFFICE/BOSTON" cachet & five E/EL's (all with LIverpool Ship Letter markings) with various manuscript endorsements re forwarding. (8 items). |
£90 |
|
1110 |
|
MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR: 1855 EL to the Crimea bearing 1d red on blued (3, one badly torn at upper right) addressed to "George Poyser, Artillery, Turkish Contingent, Kenteh(?), Crimea" - a most unusual address and one that we are unfamiliar with. The first cover addressed to the Turkish Contingent that we have seen. PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£100 |
|
1111 |
|
MILITARY - BOER WAR/BAMBATA REBELLION: Small group of covers/cards comprising eight Boer War items (incl. censored, registered and soldiers') and stampless 1906 PPC with "ESHOWE/NATAL" d.s. of 15 June but no reference to O.A.S. (9 covers). |
£75 |
|
1112 |
|
MILITARY - W.W.I. H.M.S.'IRON DUKE': Superb group of RP postcards & photographs depicting various scenes on board the ship inc. visits of Lloyd George, Lord Kitchener, the Archbishop of York & a cardinal, Admiral Jellicoe, a steam pinnace, racing cutter, Suda Bay, ship's mascots etc. A fine group. (28 items). PHOTO - see plate no. |
£150 |
|
1113 |
|
MILITARY - WWI - NAVAL AIR SERVICE, 1917: Two Es addressed to No.1 Wing, RNAS & franked with KGV 1d stamps, each backstamped with fine strikes (over flap) of the very scarce circular cachet NAVAL AIR SERVICE MAIL OFFICE*LONDON* in grey-blue; also two Church Army OAS envs.with s/l blue CEN/1W/SOR marks & boxed RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP, from the same correspondence. (4 items). PHOTO - see plate no. |
£150 |
|
1114 |
|
MILITARY - POST WWI MAIL: 1920 postcard from a Lieutenant Fazey in Berlin with "ARMY COURIER" cds & scarce green boxed "INTER-ALLIED/AERONAUTICAL/19 JULY 1920/COMMISSION OF CONTROL" cachet. Scarce. PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£90 |
|
1115 |
|
MILITARY - POW MAIL -'UNFORWARDABLE BY 2NZEF' CACHET: 1943 POW card ex Offizierlager VII B addressed to Red Cross in Cairo, endorsed 'LUFTPOST AB KAIRO' and stamped with German 25pf tied by dumb c.d.s.; alongside is a v.fine strike in blue of the scarce boxed 'UNFORWARDABLE BY 2 N.Z.E.F. REP/PRISONERS OF WAR/BUREAU'. Light corner crease otherwise very fine. PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£100 |
| FIRST WORLD WAR - THE SALONICA CAMPAIGN.. |
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The following section contains an extensive, specialised collection of Salonica Campaign postal history including comprehensive ranges of British Forces APOs & FPOs with several rare, short-lived usages, a fine lot of Gallipoli material, items illustrating the involvement of other nationalities in the Balkans (including a particularly interesting Rumanian lot), extensive ranges of picture postcards, ephemera etc.. |
|
|
1116 |
|
SALONICA - STATIONARY OFFICES: A well written-up study of the A.P.O. marks X-SX12 with many sub-types & skeletons inc. reg'd covers from SX2, SX8 & the scarce SX9 with provisional reg'n annotation; all marks carefully selected for clarity. (21 items). |
£120 |
|
1117 |
|
SALONICA - STUDY OF THE 'SX' A.P.O.s: Substantial accumulation of the 'SX' marks, many written-up on leaves, and inc. SX1 (10 inc. reg'd), 2 (2), 3 (with Royal Marines, Imbros cachet), 4 (22), 5 (5), 7 (2), 8 (8), 11 (3), 13 (2), 15 (2) and the scarce 14 (2), 16, 17 & 20 (Hirsova); also 'X'(3), 'GX' (3). Several sub-types & skeletons noted. Mixed condition, mostly fine. (66 items). |
£180 |
|
1118 |
|
SALONICA - F.P.O.s: Accumulation of covers & cards, mostly written-up, showing a good range of the FPOs active in the area inc. numbers 4, 23, 29, 30, 31, 65, 66, 67, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 116, 166, 167, 179, 180X, 181 & 228 plus the scarce skeletons X179 & RX179 of Ekatereni; some duplication with reg'd noted, mixed condition with most fine. A useful lot for further development. (56 items). |
£140 |
|
1119 |
|
SALONICA - A.P.O. 'X' : An interesting group of covers with a variety of marks inc. boxed 'UNABLE TO TRACE/A.P.O.X' - 2 examples, one with further 'PRESENT LOCATION/UNCERTAIN', the other endorsed 'hospital'; unusual oval h.s. 'GREEK POST OFFICE/CHIEF CENSOR'; FPO 'GX' (3 different codes); APO 'X' & APO 'BASE X' skeletons; BAPO 'X' (3 codes). Mainly fine. (13 items). |
£100 |
|
1120 |
|
SALONICA - DOIRAN FRONT F.P.O.s: Covers & cards with v.good to v.fine strikes of elusive D10 (Kirecko), D22 & D26 (2 of each, Doiran & Lembet), D27 (Stavros) & D28 (2 - Lembet & Sarigol); also 3Y (4 inc. reg'd cover) & 8Y - all Doiran. A useful group. (13 items). |
£100 |
|
1121 |
|
SALONICA - SCARCER F.P.O.s: Group of covers & cards, most written-up, with fine strikes of APO 'H12' (Janes x 5), FPO 'H16' skeleton of Struma plus a range of 'T' offices inc. the scarce 'T10', 22, 26, 27, 28 & the very scarce 'T60' skeleton of Snevce (2). (21 items). |
£120 |
|
1122 |
|
SALONICA - RAILHEADS: Selection of covers & cards with British Army railhead cancellations inc. APO 'RX', 'RX16' (the scarce Guvezne x 2), 'R22' skeleton, 'R26' (2 - Janis & Sarigol) & 'R28' (Lahana); good examples of elusive marks. (7 items). |
£90 |
|
1123 |
|
SALONICA - 77th INFANTRY BRIGADE: Collection of postal history, photographs & ephemera assembled by a collector who served with this brigade in Salonica, telling the story of his experience; inc. various APO/FPO marks inc. an FPO 77 cover salvaged from the 'St Louis', a piece of the Zeppelin LZ85 shot down in May 1916, theatrical programme & concert party photograph, Xmas card, scarce 'F' card (poor), reg'd covers (2), PPCs, variety of censors inc. bright green ink (2) etc. Untidy but an unusual opportunity. (82 items). |
£150 |
|
1124 |
|
SALONICA - OCCUPATION OF CHANAK: Scarce group of cards & a cover from the Salonica Force in Turkey inc. FPOs 86 & D28, APO skeleton Y1 and three photographs - one of British sailor with captured Turkish gun. (6 items). |
£90 |
|
1125 |
|
SALONICA - MISCELLANY: Interesting group inc. 1916 PPC posted from Hospital Ship H.M.S. 'Valdivia' with Malta transit c.d.s.; 'honour' env. with FPO 180 skeleton of 9. Feb. 1918, thought to be Jericho; 1915 (27 Dec.) PPC with very large skeleton FPO/A; October 1914 E with cachet of D&CLI battalion office; OAS env. (1916) with Austtralian brigade c.d.s. and two 1919 stamped Es ex Constantinople, one with boxed military censor. (7 items). |
£90 |
|
1126 |
|
SALONICA -ZEPPELIN CRASH: Remarkably fresh souvenir pocket-handkerchief in fine pink cotton with printed view of the crashed zeppelin carcass at the White Tower plus a portrait of General Sarrail within a floral border with inscriptions in French & English. Very unusual and in very fine condition. |
£75 |
|
1127 |
|
SALONICA - Small library comprising: Askew 'The Stricken Land' [Serbia] 1916, Ward Price 'The Story of the Salonika Army' 1917 - both scarce titles in good condition but ex-library with small h.s. Also Kennedy & Crabb 'Postal History of the British Army in WWI', Entwistle 'British Army Postal Services', 'Salonika Memories, 1915-19', 1957 issue of 'The Mosquito' & a 1915 Times map of the Balkans (45x55cm) mounted on card etc. (8 items). |
£50 |
|
1128 |
|
BALKANS - AUSTRIAN FORCES: Three marine feldpost items ex the S.M.S.'Viribus Unitis', 2 (1914-15) with large 'FELDPOST' h.s. in black/violet and 2 different 'Zensuriert' marks, the third an October 1918 card with Pola c.d.s.; 1917 feldpostkarte with fine red cachet of the S.M.S.'Babenberg'; POW cards (3) ex Drosendorf, Kautzen & Knittelfeld Camps plus 4 feldpost items with various unit cachets ex FPOs 204, 301, 521 & Hungarian 19. (12 items). |
£150 |
|
1129 |
|
MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN - BALKANS: Albanian Koritza stamp issue (1917) used; Austrian occupation of Montenegro feldpost cards ex Cetinje & Kolasin; Serbia OAS card with fine cachet of '2nd British FarmersHospital, Posharevats'; Bulgaria POW card with cachet of 'Lady Paget's Hospital' plus another ex Phillipopolis Camp; 1915-17 group of 15 cards from a Croatian soldier to Sambor ex Brcko, Bijejina & Bozen but mainly from field hospital at Lovrana (with translations) etc. (25 items & 12 stamps). |
£120 |
|
1130 |
|
MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN - BRITISH FORCES IN CORFU: FPO 'W2' c.d.s. (code 'A') of the British Adriatic Mission on Corfu - two cards & an env. showing good strikes of this elusive mark , between 30.Dec.1916 & 4.Oct.1917; also a superb strike of the '+' code c.d.s. as arrival on POW card ex Ingoldstadt. (4 items). |
£75 |
|
1131 |
|
MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN - FRENCH FORCES: Useful group of 'Tresor et Postes' c.d.s. inc. 502 (2, one with 'NOUVELLE BASE' cachet on reverse), 503, 505, 506, 509, 510 (3 inc. hospital cachet & reg'd with Serbian stamps), 513 & 517; two items with French censorship, fieldpost cards etc. (17 items). |
£80 |
|
1132 |
|
MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN - FORCES IN ITALY & ITALIAN ARMY IN SALONICA: British Forces cards ex APO L11 (Lake Garda), S100 (3) & S101 and FPO GQ (Lonedo); fine Xmas card ex 7th Division; Italian fieldpost cards (3). Fine. (10 items). |
£60 |
|
1133 |
|
MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN - RUMANIA: 1919 Superb handwritten letter from Queen Marie of Rumania to a British fund-raiser, with personal swastika-type device and very fine strike of the rare 'BRITISH MILITARY MISSION/IN ROUMANIA' cachet in blue-black. Also a group of 3 lengthy letters from the British Military AttachÈ at Rumanian GHQ, Jassy (1917) describing in detail conditions in the area, plus one env.carried by diplomatic courier & a photograph of the writer with two Rumanian officers. Fascinating group. (7 items). PHOTO - see plate no. |
£140 |
|
1134 |
|
MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN - SERBIA: Good group of fieldpost cards etc. inc. 4 from Serbian POWs in German (3) or Italian camps, card ex French medical mission, Serbian FPOs 315, 801 & 999, captured cards used by German troops (2), German pictorial cards (2) used in Skopje, German (4) & Austrian (3) feldpost items, 1915 British OAS env., Albanian field hospital card etc. (29 items). |
£120 |
|
1135 |
|
GALLIPOLI - BRITISH FORCES: Fine, well wrtten-up collection of Army POs inc. BAPO Y (3), APO SZ1, 2, 25, FPO D13, 31, 42, 52, 53, 125, 157, 159, 160 (2), 161, 162, 163 & T10; also fine examples of the scarce FPO HY (2), EY, LY, MH3, SWY2 & NL1. In addition, French TetP 409, 6 original photographs of troops and 7 RP PPCs. A substantial lot. (51 items). |
£240 |
|
1136 |
|
GALLIPOLI - ANZAC FORCES: Small group of items ex ANZAC forces inc. 4th & 6th Australian Infantry Brigades FPOs on cover to UK, NZ Division HQ FPO (2) and unusual PPC showing ANZAC troops landing at Gaba Tepe in April 1915. Scarce material. (5 items). |
£90 |
|
1137 |
|
SALONICA - GREAT FIRE, 1917: Remarkable assembly of (mainly unused) PPCs showing the fire of August 1917 and the devastation caused to the town of Salonica; many fine views, apparently all different, inc. the shell of the Post Office, some with Allied soldiers armed with shovels or cameras. Fine. (36 items). |
£70 |
|
1138 |
|
SALONICA - PICTURE POSTCARDS: Large accumulation of PPCs with better items noted inc. zeppelin wreckage, two of captured German 'planes, General Sarrail, guards outside the Austrian embassy, Alliedofficers with gun, , 3 silk cards (one with fine badge of Royal Berkshires), unusual local characters, street scenes etc. A fine lot. (102 items). |
£140 |
|
1139 |
|
SALONICA FORCE - CHRISTMAS CARDS: An interesting group inc. large mechanical card with a couple dancing the 'Turkey Trot', two cards from Lord Wemyss (Admiral i/c Gallipoli landings) inc. an amusing (watercolour?) cartoon of a German soldier bitten by a red fox, 1916 RP cards of troops (2), two examples from Mesopotamia etc. (13 items). |
£60 |
|
1140 |
|
SALONICA FORCE - MISCELLANY: Photographs (3) inc. field hospital, 2 examples of 'The Balkan News', silk 'In Memoriam' bookmark, beer chits (2) & passes (6), officer's letter referring to zeppelin & air raids, fine PPC of French 'plane & crew, various PPCs etc. (27 items plus some notes etc.). |
£60 |
| ** |
1141 |
|
PACIFIC ISLANDS: Miscellany inc. 1934 E with Gilbert & Ellice 3d ton USA, Nauru 1934 registered ex Pleasant Island with "Century" values to 3d, etc. (10 items). |
£50 |
| ** |
1142 |
|
POLAR FLIGHT: 1926 Signed & numbered printed cover 'VOLO TRANSPOLARE 1926/ AMUNDSEN ELLSWORTH - NOBILE' ex Ciampino with 1,25l stamp & fine coloured label showing the zeppelin 'Norge' with fine large violet cachet nearby; scarce. Also a 1939 PPC of the Faroes with German 15pf stamp cancelled by 'Deutsche Seepost/POLARFAHRT/ Norddeutscher Lloyd' c.d.s. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£100 |
|
1143 |
|
ROYALTY - BRITISH ROYALTY MATERIAL, ETC.; Eclectic lot incl. GB 1871 OHMS telegram + env. from Nottingham P.O. giving form of prayer ref. the recovery of Prince of Wales (future KEVII!), 1903/11 group of letters on "SANDRINGHAM", "WINDSOR CASTLE", "BALMORAL CASTLE", "BUCKINGHAM PALACE" & "MARLBOROUGH HOUSE" paper ref. various Royal travel plans, few 1d Red covers, some ephemera (inc. 1909 Passport with Turkish revenues), KGVI Gibraltar advert PC, etc. (c.30 items). |
£100 |
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1144 |
|
U.S.A. - UNITED FRUIT CO: 1912-14 Three cards/covers with the first three types of U.F.C cancels (Cockrell C1, C2, C3). 1914 card with USA 2c and oval UFC cachet in magenta, transit Kingston Jamaica; c1912 Cover to London franked Colombia 5c pair with blue circular United Fruit Co cancel & 1914 card to New York, USA 1c tied by "United Fruit Steamship "Almirante"" in violet, Kingston Jamaica transit. A fine trio. |
£80 |
| WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY |
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1145 |
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MISCELLANY: Group of Paquebot covers incl. 1901 env. franked with G.B. 1d lilac cancelled by boxed 'PAQUEBOT' with 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 Naples & Smyrna c.d.s.'s. 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 & Constantinople PPC bearing "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP." machine cancellation. (12 items). |
£85 |
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1146 |
|
ATLAS LINE (prior to its sale to HAPAG): Three covers with 1894 USA 5c stat. envelope to Jamaica with "per S.S.Adirondack" handstamp, Browns Town arrival b.s. 1900 Cover from Medellin Colombia to New York, the 10c adhesive tied by barred cancel & red "ATHOS" handstamp, and a 1901 cover to New York with the Colombia 10c only tied by the violet handstamp "ALPS", "Paquebot NY 2nd Div" black handstamp alongside. A nice trio plus some pictures of some of the Atlas ships. |
£120 |
|
1147 |
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BRAZIL/EUROPE: Alfred Booth & Co ships. 1879 Cover from Manchester to Para franked 4d sage green and endorsed "Augustine L'pool priv s.s.", this was Booth's first vessel. Also two Brazil stat. cards, 1898 to Para "Por Hilary" and 1889 to Germany with violet handstamp "Pelo Vapor "Hubert"/Via Lisbon" the ship's name in manuscript. A nice trio. |
£80 |
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1148 |
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BULGARIA: 1904 stat card to Greece with weak but legible "Tulcea-GalatI" fancy ship cancel, also another PPC franked by Bulgaria 10b with weak "Sulina-Galati" ship cancel and handstamp of "S/S Rosemount" in black (J Cory & Sons Cardiff). Also two contemporary pictorial ship postcards. (4 items). |
£75 |
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1149 |
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BULGARIA: 1906 10st stat. card to Germany cancelled by rare "Bureau Ambulant/Silistra-Widdin" c.d.s., very fine. Also a Turkey 1pi with central part of "B.T.P.D. Parohod Boris" oval cancel in blue. |
£75 |
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1150 |
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FRANCE-PERU: 1864 EL to Lima from Lyon, franked Napoleon 40c + 80c, cancelled GC 2145 and with boxed red "P.P.", endorsed "per steamer de Southampton Via Panama" and with black handstamp at top "By S S ALICE" (At this the time the Alice was operated by the Harrison Line - scarce thus). Backstamps Paris-Calais & Lima arrival c.d.s. An attractive cover. |
£70 |
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1151 |
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INDIA/MAURITIUS: 1857 Cover to Mauritius from Calcutta franked 2 x India ‡a blue, endorsed "pr Fort William" (of the soon to be defunct "Linsay Line), Crowned Mauritius GPO arrival mark, also an 1872(Jun 30) cover from Liverpool to La Guayra franked GB 6d and endorsed "Per Ada Wilson" (Preston Shipbuilding Co), manuscript annotation inside of receipt on August 2nd. Latter with central file fold otherwise fine. |
£120 |
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1152 |
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JAPAN: Rare "Ship Box" (Senkan) mark on an 1886 1s stationery card from Yokkaido to Yokohama, some light soiling but an extremely scarce item. PHOTO - see plate no. |
£180 |
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1153 |
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JAPAN: Group of 1910-1916 cards with maritime markings. 1910 Greek card from Corfu to Yokohama with "Inaba-Maru/Sea Post" c.d.s and unused PPC of ship, 1913 Japanese franked card to Germany with "Yokohama-Maru/I.J.Sea Post" c.d.s. in black, 1915 USA uprated stat. envelope from Honolulu to San Francisco cancelled by "Chiyo-Maru/I.J.Sea Post" c.d.s. in violet. 1916 "Shinto-Maru/I.J. Sea Post" violet c.d.s. tying USA 1c pair on card from Honolulu to England (plus photo of ship). A 1906 cover franked Japan 3s with a range of cachets incl. "T.K.K./JUN 4 1906/Nippon Maru" overstruck also in violet by "NOT ON BOARD", two cachets of "*Not on "Siberia" Voy.,18. *" in violet, "NOT ON BOARD/HONG KONG MARU" also in violet plus manuscript "Not on Nippon Maru" & "Not Korea 4/14/06". Also a 1919 South Africa to Argentina cover franked S.A. adhesives with manuscript endorsement "Per Himalaya Maru/(O.S.K.)" & a PPC of the "Canada Maru". A most interesting group for the maritime postal historian. . PHOTO - see plate no.9B |
£200 |
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1154 |
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JAPAN: c1913 PPC to U.S.A. showing the rare Japanese two-line bilingual "PAQUEBOT/Japanese characters" in violet. japan 10s blue tied by Yokohama c.d.s. A couple of tiny corner bends otherwise very fine. (Hoskins rarity DD) PHOTO - see plate no.10A |
£75 |
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1155 |
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PAQUEBOT COVERS: Early to modern covers, cards and the odd piece nearly all with a maritime and/or paquebot connection with a wide range of handstamps & machine cancellations, a few instructional marks, ships' cachets, (improper) tax marks etc., etc. Whilst the material is truly worldwide, much of it has an American bias and is well worth close inspection. (Approx. 175 items). |
£150 |
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1156 |
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PHILLIPINES-USA: "U.S.S. Seapost Trans Pacific No 2/East" datestamp cancelling 4c Phillipine adhesive on 1925 cover (small faults) to San Francisco (Carried by "Admiral Grant" of Admiral Oriental Lines). "U.S.T.P. Seapost/S.S. Pres. Jefferson/North" c.d.s. tying strip of 3 x 2c green Phillipine adhesives on fine 1933 cover to Michigan. (Dollar Line). And a 1929 returned cover from Phillipines to Delaware and back, the USA adhesives cancelled by "U.S.T.P. Seapost/Pres. Taft/West" c.d.s.(this much-travelled & soiled). (3 items). |
£80 |
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1157 |
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SOUTH AMERICA: 1877 EL to Buenos Aires franked Brazil 100r (roulette) and endorsed "pr Kepler", also 1881 6c Argentine stationery card to Vienna with endorsement "por Liebnitz", Southampton Ship Letter transit c.d.s., etc. (Both ships operated by the Lamport & Holt Co - scarce thus). A fine pair. |
£60 |
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1158 |
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TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, 1838-63: Group of covers sent between France & the USA inc. attractive 1863 E ex Paris with 80c franking to New York via Queenstown, 1853 EL ex New Orleans to Marseilles with fine red PAID/5, 1854 E with boxed COLONIES/&c.ART 13 etc. (6 items). |
£60 |
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1159 |
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WEST INDIES: 1896-1917 Group of 9 covers/cards from Barbados, Br. Guiana, Dominica, Grenada, Leeward Is & Trinidad endorsed with ships' names , vendor's notes included. Nice little group. |
£90 |
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