| 3400 | SCOTTISH POSTMARK GROUP - 1960 Five hardbound Handbooks covering Numbered Postmarks (Vol. 1), Post Offices , Dotted Circle Postmarks, Penny Posts of Edinburgh and Mileage Marks. ALCOCK - 1984 Scots Local Cancellations Illustrated 1854 - 1860, p/b. (6 items). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GREAT BRITAIN - WALES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3401 | MISCELLANY in carton including CAERNARVONSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 1963 Transactions Vol. 24., p/b. SCOTT ARCHER - 1970 The Welsh Post Towns Before 1840. COWELL - 1990 Holyhead and the Royal Mail, booklet. MORRIS - 1995 The Postal History of Denbighshire, booklet. THE WELSH PHILATELIC SOCIETY - Complete run of the Newsletter between No. 30 (Dec. '81) and No. 91 (Sept. '02). Also 2 indices and a library listing. (Quantity). | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADVERTISING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3402 | MISCELLANY inc. fine large photograph of child in toy car with a 'Shell Motor Spirit' can, chromo soap adverts inc. Lifebuoy sailor and two unusual die-cut scraps with Russian & Japanese children, four fine unused colour-printed biscuit box labels (1920s) featuring monkeys, pierrots & a desert scene, c1910 4pp leaflet for The London Stereoscopic Co's Goertz-Anschutz camera etc. A good lot. (12 items). *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3403 | 'GREENSMITH'S DERBY DOG BISCUITS' : Large chromo-litho advertising display card depicting a dog jumping through a hoop held by a clown, with other dogs & a clown looking on; the biscuits were manufactured at Hilton Mills near Derby. Repairable corner fault but generally good. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3404 | FRANCE & BELGIUM: 1889 'Cherry Blossom' calendar bookmark featuring a fine engraving of the advertising balloon 'Le Figaro' flown at the French Exhibition; chromo-litho card egg which opens to show a superb illustration of Mr Punch & children - the reverse has an ill'd advertisement for 'Au Bon MarchÈ' with a reference to the 1900 Exhibition; 'Chocolat Senez-Sturbelle' (Brussels) - a strip of 6 chromo 'scraps' featuring a dog, in concertina format inside fine ill'd covers - 'Les Aventures de Sultan', telling a story similar to Old Mother Hubbard's dog. Fine & scarce. (3 items). *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3405 | HOTEL LABELS: c1920-60 Fine collection of 140 unused luggage labels advertising (mainly European) hotels inc. Luxemburg with strength in Scandinavia. Also a group of 23 Railway luggage labels for the Donegal (8) and Isle of Man (14) Railways. (163) *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3406 | LEVER BROTHERS: 1890s Group of 10 chromo-litho advertisements (105 x 165mm) promoting 'Sunlight Soap', 'Lux', 'Vim' & 'Plantol Soap' inc. two signed by Tom Browne & two others in his style. Attractive. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3407 | MAGICIAN - THE GREAT DE LA MANO: c1875 Long (600 x 120mm) advertising bill for this 'French Magician' performing 'The Chinese Paradox'. the 'Hindoo Box Mystery' etc. ill'd with three woodcuts; some lighht foxing but generally fine, mounted on modern linen-backed paper. **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3408 | SOAP ADVERTISEMENTS, c1880-95: Group of (mainly) coloured advertising cards for soap products inc. 'Monkey Brand' soap with unusual mechanical frying pan (small, repairable damage), sepia & chromo cards & a colour printed sheet; other chromo cards inc. 'Maypole', 'Swan', 'Pears' & 'Lifebuoy' soaps. (12 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3409 | SOAP ADVERTISEMENTS: Fine group of 1890s colour-printed advertising fliers for various brands of soap inc. 'Sunlight', 'Plantol', 'Lifebuoy', 'Wright's', 'Lux', 'Monkey Brand' & 'Vim'; some duplication, fine condition. (35 items) *** | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3410 | U.S.A. - Group of attractive chromo-litho advertising trade cards c1865-80 inc. items for stoves, sewing machines, scraps, cologne, celluloid collars, starch, 'Bohsemeem Spices' (3) etc. plus an 1878 calendar card for Donaldson's steam lithographers of New York. A good range of cards in mainly fresh condition. (21 items). *** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUTOGRAPHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3411 | HUGE LEATHER BOUND ALBUM, c1840 with early autograph collection. Bulging folio size scrap album (spine repaired) entitled "Franks & Autographs" with bookplate of Richard Bacon, 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 include George IV, William IV, Wellington, Prince Leopold, Palmerston & Dickens. Also a separate hand-written index volume, c1910 bound in maroon Morocco. A remarkable collection. (100's). | £180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3412 | ARTISTS & DERBYSHIRE ARISTOCRACY: 1875 Short curt letter (irregular surface toning) with fine signature of the artist WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT, two large pieces with very fine autographs of the artists W.P. FRITH & SIR JOHN MILLAIS, 1882 letter to Belper (Derbyshire) signed 'Devonshire', 1889 letter on Chatsworth notepaper mentioning Lord Hartington (the heir to the estate) and signed 'Edward Cavendish', two 1888 letters from Cavendish Square, London or Kedleston signed 'Scarsdale' and 1866 letter from LORD LICHFIELD at Shugborough Hall (Staffordshire). [8 items]. **/*** | £44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3413 | BADEN-POWELL: 1937 Three page letter hand-written on 'Pax Hill' notepaper by Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell concerning Scout matters: "I wish you could have seen the Scouts World Jamboree last month in Holland...The spirit of those lads & their wonderful, joyous comradeship was a moving experience"; fine signature; enclosed in envelope initialled 'BP' (paper-clip mark). Also a 1982 IoM cover signed by General Michael Walsh, the then Chief Scout. (2 items). *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3414 | FREEDMAN, Barnett (Artist): 1950 - Two handwritten letters to an American banker concerning the purchase of a painting, written from The Athenaum (with envelope) & from Cornwall Gardens, both with fine signatures. (2 items). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3415 | GIBBONS, STANLEY: (Stamp dealer) - Menu-card from the NDL's steamship 'K–nig Albert' with fine pencilled signature 'E.Stanley Gibbons / May 26th 1902' with additional 'M.G. Gibbons' and other signatures nearby. Scarce. Some light toning to card. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3416 | GREY, Sir Edward [later Viscount Grey of Falloden] (1862-1933): Statesman & author. Ink signature 'Grey' on small piece of paper attached to a larger mount which also bears a fine woodcut portrait (signed 'Chastain 27'). Fine. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3417 | IRVING, Sir Henry: 1890 Handwritten and signed letter on Lyceum Theatre notepaper with a pencil note on the back "referring to the brawl at Lyceum on production of Ravenswood" accompanied by a typed letter (reduced at top and other faults) from the critic Joseph Hatton describing the fracas on 27th Sept. A complementary and interesting pair of letters. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3418 | POLITICIANS: 1809-1992 group of pieces, pictures & mail from a variety of politicians chiefly 19th Century inc. S.H.Walpole, N.Vansittart, Sir John Gladstone, John Bright, J.B. Balfour, Sir John Nicholl & Norman Fowler. Well researched. (34 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3419 | TERRY, ELLEN: c1905 Sepia photograph of the actress in 18th century dress, on card mount (130 x 205mm) with imprint of The Suffrage Shop and ink signature; one or two tiny nicks otherwise fine. *** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUTOMOBILE EPHEMERA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3420 | MISCELLANY of transport-related material inc. (1956) 70pp B.P. album of caricatures of motor-racing drivers by 'Sallon', 'Famous Milestones' I & II; GWR board game (Chad Valley c1930); 'bus conductor's sprung ticket-holder with range of tickets; 'Tit-Bits' road map c1910; reproduction of (1845) Cheffin's railway map; reproduction set of railway engine cig. cards in frame etc. (Qty). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3421 | 'MOTOR CYCLES & how to manage them' (14th Ed. c1910): (200pp & advertisements) Fine vintage guide to the sport of motor-cycling, complete, if well-thumbed, in pictorial covers (spine worn) with the odd oil-stain evident! Also (70pp) 'Ford Manual' for 1920 - worn, grubby & dog-eared but complete except for back cover. (2 items) */*** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3422 | MOTOR RACING, 1932-37: Attractive programmes with Art Deco coloured covers inc. Brooklands 1932 Easter Race-Card (34pp) with some m/s notes & 1934 British Empire Trophy Race (46pp) plus 1937 Imperial Trophy Race at Crystal Palace (38pp); staples rusting, otherwise fine & scarce. (3 items).*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3423 | MOTOR RACING, 1932-36: Interesting group of vintage programmes wit attractive pictorial covers inc. Brooklands '500 Miles Race' 1932 & regulations for 1936, Brooklands 'International Trophy' 1934 & '35 plus the 1933 'RAC International Tourist Trophy Race' at Belfast. Some staple rusting but scarce material. (5items) **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3424 | MOTOR-RACING: Miscellany of vintage material inc. fine 1933 coloured print of an MG 'Midget' taking a bend, 1934 print of Earl Howe & Louis Fagioli, 1949 Silverstone Grand Prix 4pp programme, 1952 Goodwood 54pp illus. programme, 1951& '53 Motor Club Dinner menus signed by Reg Parker & Mike Hawthorn plus 1934 Motor Cycle Club London-Edinburgh Trial programme. (7 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3425 | MONTE CARLO RALLY: Three superb 'Regulations' handbooks for drivers in the 1934, '36 & '37 Rallies each 52pp with background information, trophies, route maps, advertisements etc. and very fine Art Deco cover designs; a few pencil notes, one cover with the name 'A.H.M.Edney', minimal staple rusting. Also a 1939 letter to Edney referring to the Rally. (4 items). *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3426 | RALLYE INTERNATIONAL DES ALPES, 1949-53: Scarce group of competitors' handbooks, packed with technical detail, requirements, maps plus driver's m/s notes, paper cuttings etc. Two copies of the 1949 issue plus another programme in a different format and certificate awarded for 2nd place in the MG class. Some ageing. (8 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3427 | MONTE CARLO RALLY, 1951: Folder of typewritten notes for competitors (20pp) detailing stages, times etc. plus RAC list of competitors, classes, results list and a couple of letters; also English editions of the drivers' handbooks inc. 1951(2), '54 (2, one in French) & '55 plus an April 1952 issue of 'Top Gear' featuring the '52 Rally. Scarce. (7 items). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3428 | ROLLS ROYCE: H.Nockolds - "The Magic of a Name" (1966) - a very fine copy of this title on the history of the Rolls Royce Company; 284pp, dw. *** | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3429 | SUNBEAM SUPREME: Large format 24pp illus. booklet '203 M.P.H.' - an account of Major Segrave's performance with the Sunbeam in 1927 (inc. 8 plates). Also a 1933 Austin trade catalogue inc. mint condition Austin 7 lubrication chart, superb colour brochure for the Jowett 'Javelin' c1939, 1948 HRG brochure & 4pp road test report etc. (9 items). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BAEDEKER'S TRAVELLERS GUIDES, ETC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3430 | ALBUMS OF VIEWS etc. : c1880 'Royal Album of Aberystwyth' (20 chromo views, concertina-style in boards), similar c1890 fine views of the Isle of Man (20 views & map) plus 2 others (Ilfracombe & Weymouth). Also some paper-covered 20th century examples for London, Ramsgate , Wells & Sydney (NSW). Mixed condition. (9 items). */*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BANKNOTES/COINS AND TOKENS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3431 | MISCELLANY: An unconnected assembly of coins and commemorative medals inc. GB 1971, 1972, 1984, 1985 & 1986 uncirculated sets, a box containing eleven Chinese year symbol medals, 1994 Canada proof silver $1, 1990 Kuala Lumpur 25R 100th anniversary medal, 1990 Marshall Islands Battle of Britain silver $50 proof coin and Singapore 1990 silver coin proof set. (Small Qty.). ***/**** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3432 | JAPAN - Year 28, 36, 37 and 38 (3) silver Japanese $1 and China 1912 $1. Fair only. (7). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3433 | MALAYSIA: 1977 gold 200R coin. Weight 6g and 1977 9th S East Asia games 200R gold coins. Weight 6g. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3434 | MALAYSIA : 1987 $250 gold coin issued to commemorate the XV SEA Games. Some staining. Weight 8g. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3435 | MALAYSIA: 1989 XV South East Asia 250R gold proof coin. weight 8.5g. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3436 | NETHERLANDS: 1935 gold 10g coin. Weight 7g. Also Switzerland 1917 gold 20fr coin. Weight 7g. | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3437 | SINGAPORE: 1987 proof 30th Anniversary of Independence of Malaysia gold $250 (Weight 7 . 43g), $10 Silver and Copper $1. (3 coins). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3438 | USA: 1879, 1882, 1883, 1886, 1889, 1896 (2), 1899, 1900, 1922 & 1987 silver $1 coins. Fair. (11). */*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHRISTMAS CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3439 | EMBOSSED & PAPER LACE CARDS: Fine group of mid-Victorian greetings cards inc. three appliquÈ examples - metallic & coloured cut paper 'lace' with silk flowers, shells or seeds added - two large & one small (minor faults); also a rare envelope (215 x 150 mm) in blue & white embossed & glazed card with floral print inset, a rose-encrusted paper lace card & three small embossed cards, one with 'Happy Christmas' envelope c1855. A choice lot. (8 items). **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3440 | MECHANICAL, NOVELTY CHRISTMAS CARD, PUBLISHED BY CHARLES GOODALL, LONDON (c.1860's) chromo litho, embossed & pierced design 5"x 3", depicting a burning heart and flowers. When a lever is pulled, the card expands revealing dancing children and Christmas greetings. The heart opens to depict a similar message. Delightful, Valentine-like design in fine condition. *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3441 | 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 noticed. Mixed condition, paper adherence where removed from an album, some damp staining etc. (75 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3442 | CHROMO-LITHO CARDS etc. c1880-1900: Three scarce 3-dimensional cards inc. Tuck's Stork & Frog and a Xmas nativity plus an unsigned farmyard group; fine & large Tuck's angel Xmas card, unusual c1880 black card with painted celluloid (?) fan, large padded blue silk lozenge with chromo insert of swans & 'A happy New Year' in original box etc. (8 items). **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3443 | ELEPHANT & CASTLE HOTEL - Fine chromo-litho Christmas card for 1898, the front with souvenir inscription from the proprietor of the Elephant & Castle at Newington, the other 3pp with views of the hotel from 1610-1898; fine & unusual. Also sheets of unused pictorial notepaper (1930s) of the Imperial Hotel, Russell Square plus a 1946 guest's card and a 1916 signed menu card ex Dolphin Hotel, Dublin. (12 items). **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3444 | 1910-29 CARDS: Group of 15 cards with printed inserts inc. a good variety of types with comic, modern, traditional, religious & military subjects noted; mainly fine. An attractive lot. (15 items).*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VALENTINE CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3445 | EXQUISITE HAND-PAINTED VALENTINE c1830: Beautifully executed Valentine letter (110 x 170mm) featuring a circle of flowers painted in extraordinary detail surrounding a folded paper diamond incsribed with 'Love' and two mottoes, with a dove above & a 4-line verse in minute handwriting below; mounted in a more modern gilt frame. Most attractive. *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3446 | FINE EMBOSSED SILK & PAPER LACE 3-D card c1870 depicting 4 purple silk hearts set in a silver & gold frame surrounding flowers & a poem, fine; also two earlier examples with hand-coloured prints surrounded by paper lace frames (one damaged) and two American items - a large, elaborate die-stamped example with singing cupid & flowers and a most unusual c1920 semicircular fold-out pleated paper example with cupid. (5 items). **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIGARETTE/TRADE CARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3447 | CHOCOLATE - CANTALOUP (FRANCE) & NESTLŠ (SWITZERLAND): 1954 hard cover Cantaloup album with superb pictorial cover containing six series of cards incl. 'Life in the Year 2000' (46 - 2 missing), aviation (64), ships (32) and flowers (48); glue stains and pages loosening but otherwise fine. Also three NestlÈ albums 1953/7 entitled 'Les Merveilles du Monde', the second empty but the first & third complete with very fine coloured cards in sets of 12 on a wide range of topics incl. animals, birdsong, Eiffel Tower, foreign travel and insects. (794 cards). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3448 | DOGS: Very attractive cards (130 x 190mm) with colour illustrations based on lively drawings of dogs by R.S.Scholz, produced by the 'Berliner Morgenpost' in 1960, with text in German on reverse; lovely cards in fine condition. (53).*** | £32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3449 | PATRIOTIC TABLECLOTH/BLANKET: c1916 cloth/blanket (4ft x 5ft) made of large (58) & a greater number of small (c200) cigarette silks with the central panel consisting of First World War leaders and the Flags of the allies. The overall colour is fresh but several of the silks have frayed. A most unusual item which would benefit from some restoration. */*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CIVIL AVIATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3450 | THE SCRAPBOOK OF Miss MAI BACON ('LITTLE MISS ARGUS'), ASSISTANT OF HARRY BLACKBURN, 'THE FLYING YORKSHIREMAN': Scrapbook compiled by Mai Bacon, the female passenger of the aviation pioneer Harry Blackburn, inscribed "Book of Aviation Press notices dating from my first flight with Harry Blackburn, Tuesday August 27th 1913, Mai Bacon". The collection commences with a cockpit photograph at Bridlington captioned "My first flight and very nice too" with a news cutting christening her "Sweet Sixteen...the youngest Aviatrix in England". Many captioned photographs & news cuttings of flights over Sheffield, Chesterfield, Harrogate etc. 'Daily Argus' Flying Week silk ribbon (damaged) probably thrown over the side during the first newspaper drop by Miss Bacon, two stuck-down examples of the special Sheffield Aviation Week stamp featuring Blackburn, aerial panoramic photographs etc. A rare group. (49 photographs plus cuttings etc.) **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3451 | EARLY AVIATION MEETINGS: Trio of souvenir programmes inc. 1912 Hendon Aerodrome November Meeting 24pp, spine neatly repaired with cloth tape, otherwise very fine; 1919 Hawker-Grieve Souvenir Programme (Hendon) - 12pp in card covers (covers worn, spine split); 1920 Hendon Aerial Derby programme - 20pp, very fine (staples removed) with a bundle of press cuttings. A fine lot. (3 items).**/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3452 | MISCELLANY: KNILM 1936 folding timetable (punch holes), KLM 1938 & '47 Summer timetables; 1953 Aer Lingus 18pp Summer timetable, 1949 ATAA 'Fact & Fiction regarding the Nation's Airlines' plus 5 pictorial luggage labels. Also a tinted book plate c1800 showing 12 roundels with designs of early balloons. (11 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3453 | MISCELLANY c1933-59: 1933 National Aviation Day (Sir Alan Cobham) a splendid 32pp ill'd programme, fine 1937 RAF Hendon display programme (96pp) and Farnborough Show 1959 programme. Also a 1936 correspondence from B.A.C. Ltd. regarding the purchase of a 'Super Drone' 'plane, Player's cigarette card set of civil aircraft c1935 in printed album and a group of tickets etc. for 1946 BOAC flights to the Far East. (10 items). **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3454 | A.B. AEROTRANSPORT, April - Oct., 1939: The last detailed 30pp. timetable (in Swedish) before the outbreak of WWII with routes covering most of Europe and attractive pictorial cover with name & date written in blue crayon. *** | £46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3455 | AERO-CLUB VON DEUTSCHLAND - RUNDFLUG, 1930: Interesting 60pp illustrated programme (in German) for this remarkable round-Europe race inc. detailed listing of competitors and aeroplanes from 6 countries, views of airfields etc. in pictorial covers; light wear, pencil notes & rusting staples. Scarce. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3456 | 'AERO-ENGINEERING' (nd - c1935): Technical part-work edited by Sq/L H. Nelson; Parts 1-4 in paper covers c112pp of well-illustrated detail plus the four data-sheets for Short 'Singapore' sea-plane, 'Scion Senior', 'Scion Monoplane' & Hawker 'Hart'. Uncommon & full of interest. (4 items) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3457 | AIR FRANCE: Unusual group of 9 different fresh unused colour postcards depicting Air France advertising posters showing various parts of the world served by the Company - issued in 1948; most attractive. (9 cards). *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3458 | AMERICAN OVERSEAS AIRLINES, 1948: Card wallet containing a pack of souvenirs & information for passengers inc. a ticket to London, 2 PPCs, a fine 'plotting chart' in its own pocket, 'ditching procedure' leaflet, questionnaire, 2 further Company brochures, an envelope etc. Also a contemporary BOAC map of the route. Very fine. (10 items). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3459 | BELGIUM - SABENA: 12pp. Summer, 1934 illustrated European timetable and fares brochure wholly in English helpfully incorporating details of other airlines offering services on same routes and with fine art deco front cover bearing faint rubber-stamp of Thomas Cook's Leeds branch. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3460 | B.E.A.: Three publications c1953-55 inc. v.fine card wallet containing 10 publicity sheets, 5 of which have detailed specifications of different 'planes, folding leaflet with cut-away diagram of the 'Elizabethan' plus a similar example showing the 'Viscount' (German text). All fine. (3 items).*** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3461 | BRADSHAW'S INTERNATIONAL AIR GUIDE - No.1 November 1934: 178pp handbook containing 241 air routes, timetables, fares, advertisements etc. plus a large double-sided map in separate pocket - all very fine, in blue card covers (corner crease, some spotting). Seldom seen - an essential reference for the aerophilatelist! *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3462 | CANADIAN PACIFIC AIR LINES "TIME TABLE No. 1" Dec. 1st, 1943: 8pp. Folded booklet of routes and fares with a fine map & advertisements such as 'AIR MAIL Helps Speed the Victory'. Slight staining on back cover but otherwise very fine. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3463 | 'THE APPROACH TOWARDS A SYSTEM OF IMPERIAL AIR COMMUNICATIONS' (1926) - Air Ministry / HMSO: 92pp foolscap report on the contemporary civil aviation situation and plans for the future with an immense amount of fascinating detail inc. the development of airships R33 & R101, Imperial airmail services, experimental routes, development of Croydon Airport, airport technology, air transport of other European countries etc. Numerous folding maps & plans plus map in endpaper pocket. Covers slightly loose but generally very fine; Ministry of Aviation library stamp (officially withdrawn). A scarce and invaluable report. *** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3464 | EMPIRE AIRMAIL SCHEME, 1931-34: Fine GPO 3-colour folding brochure explaining the 3-stage Scheme with 3pp typewritten instructions for handling souvenir mail posted on the IA UK-Africa opening flight (1931); also (May, 1934) issue of 'Air Mail' - the official PO blue-printed 12pp leaflet with all postal rates (staples removed) plus map of IA route throough Africa & India etc. and Nov. '34 Australian service rate table - the last stuck to album sheet. In addition, a 4pp pamphlet of 'Supplementary Regulations' for the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race. (5 items). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3465 | FINNISH AIR LINES: 1948-49 Winter timetable - folding single sheet printed in blue with map, flight diagram, times, fares etc.; v.light wear. *** | £20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3466 | FRANCE - RŠSEAUX AŠRIENS FRAN«AIS: Three examples of this monthly, comprehensive, worldwide aerial timetable (December 1928-February 1929), each 50pp of tables within pictorial covers; generally fine with some paper ageing & light wear - one has some dog-earing. Scarce. (3 items). **/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3467 | FRANCE - "AIR FRANCE": (Summer) 1935 Fine pocket-size 58pp Indicateur GÈnÈral with timetables, tariffs, fine folding map etc. (repaired corner crease); Summer 1937 folding card with fine Art Deco cover & timetable; Spring-Summer 1937 60pp full timetables booklet with card covers (wear/split); 1953 folding colour brochureon the 'Provence' and another on the 'Super-G' (both German). (5 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3468 | IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: 'All Ways by Airways' (1932) 32pp booklet about travel with Imperial, cartoon ills.; staples rusting. 1936 (March) folding 6pp timetable of flights, (October) 8pp 'Imperial Airways Gazette' with ill'd news etc. plus advertising booklet of airmail labels (3 missing). Fine group. (4 items). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3469 | LUFTHANSA: Three route map / timetables: 1) 1934 (Sept/Oct) fold spiltting repaired with music tape; 2) 1937-38 Winter schedule; 3) 1938 Summer schedule - all three are multiple-folding items, with some ageing (the last two with fine coloured covers); also fine 4pp contemporary Aero-Lloyd 'Luftfracht-tarife' giving air-parcel rates for European routes. (4 items). **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3470 | LUGGAGE LABELS: Stockbook containing a collection of vintage luggage labels issued by U.S. airlines c1935-55 with many small companies noted inc. Inter-Island, National Parks, Alaska Coastal, Northwest Airlines etc. Fine. (67 items).*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3471 | NORWEGIAN AIR LINES DNL 20th April -1st June, 1947: 8pp. 'Concertina' folding timetable with green printing in Norwegian and English issued during the last days of DNL and thus a scarce transitional item. Light toning on front page but otherwise fine. **/*** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3472 | U.S.A. - PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SYSTEM: Dec.,1933 20pp. folding timetable featuring a front cover drawing of an S-42 'plane and covering West Indian, Latin & South American routes ("Buenos Aires in Seven Days") with photographs of 'planes & destinations, route maps and details of costs. Light central fold but otherwise fine and attractive. A scarce item. *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3473 | FLY WAGGONS & FLY VANS, BETWEEN GLOUCESTER , BRISTOL & LONDON (1820's) copper engraved, pictorial handbill 8"x 5", issued by the proprietors, Tanner & Bayliss. Headed by attractive vignettes of 8-horse waggon and 4-horse van. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3474 | 'CREST ALBUM' (Stanley Gibbons, 1876): Oblong format album produced by Gibbons in Plymouth and containing 100s of crests & commercial embossed cut-outs of all kinds, many labelled with the owners' names; decorated & gilt blue cloth boards (hinge wear) with gilt clasps. A fine collection in a scacre early album. *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3475 | STATIONER'S SPECIMEN FOLDER c1850: Eight paper panels (100 x 175 mm) printed with specimens of monograms (190 different) intended for use on envelopes, in a remarkable spectrum of colours, laid on linen and folding into cloth boards with marbled endpapers. Fine & most unusual.*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3476 | ALBUM c.1875 containing a fine and varied collection of cut-out cresrs mounted within elaborate hand-drawn frames on 52pp.of an oblong scrap book bound in half leather (spine splitting) with the compiler's card (a Miss Rawlinson of Croydon) pasted on the flyleaf. Better than normal selection of crests incl. aristocracy, clubs, colleges, commercial firms, regiments, royalty and ships. (600+). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3477 | ROLLS ROYCE: Trio of different models (Lledo Vintage series, c1985) on polished wooden base in presentation box with numbered certificate. Also a most impressive mahogany casket housing Matchbox "Models of Yesteryear" group of six vintage cars (1984 limited edition) with all original packing. (9 models). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3478 | AEROPLANES - MOSTLY WWI BIPLANES: A selection of mainly boxed kits inc. examples by Revell (13), Airfix (11, inc nine hanging display types), Matchbox (9), Platikovy (7) and Heller (5) with the majority at 1/72nd scale. All appear to be complete. (60 kits). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3479 | AIRCRAFT: A collection of boxed aircraft kits in scales ranging from 1/24th (Harrier GR Mk 1A) to 1/72nd with examples manufactured by Airfix (7), Matchbox (16) and Revell (5, inc. a 1/32nd scale F-104G/C Starfighter). Some boxes are damaged. (48 kits). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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