| 3480 | HELICOPTERS - MILITARY: Ten mainly 1/72nd scale kits of military helicopters inc. six by Italeri. All in original boxes. (10 kits). | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3481 | MILITARY VEHICLES - TANKS/GUNS/SOLDIER'S/ETC: A collection of 1/35th scale models Tamiya, inc. tanks, tank destroyers, soldiers, equipment and misile launchers. Three appear to have been started, all in original boxes. (28 kits). | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3482 | MILITARY VEHICLES - TANKS/SELF PROPELLED GUNS/COMMANDO CARS AND WEAPONS: A collection of 1/35th scale models by Italeri, inc. tanks, self propelled guns, commando cars and weapons. All in original bo0xes. (28 kits). | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3483 | MILITARY MISCELLANY: A selection of kits by various manusfacturers to a wide ranmge of scales inc. weapons, a patriot missile launcher, mechnical mule, soldiers and a patriot antenna mast. Also kits for a lesser spotted woodpecker, gravel plant and Vostock I. All are boxed. (50+ kits). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3484 | MILITARY VEHICLES - ARMOURED CARS/MISSILE LAUNCHERS/HOWITZER/GUNS ETC: A group of kits by various manufacturesrs inc. Evezda, Airfix, Gragon, and Arii, mainly in 1/35th scale inc. armoured cars, missile launchers and guns. All are boxed. (28 kits). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3485 | MILITARY TRACKED VEHICLES: A most interesting assembly of mostly 1/35th scale tracked vehicle kits inc. tanks, personnel carriers and a tank destroyer. All are boxed. (36 kits). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3486 | BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION (1924) - CUNARD LINE SOUVENIR: Large format (460 x 190 mm) souvenir booklet (32pp) celebrating 80 years of the Cunard Line with many fine illustrations inc. a magnificent tipped-in monochrome plate of the 'Maretania' plus 4-colour endpaper designs of 3 different ships etc. in grey card covers (some edge wear). Contents fine. Unusual. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3487 | FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE, 1911: Two RP postcards ('Wat Tyler's Men' & 'Australian Woodman's Cottage') with fine strikes of the Crystal Palace duplex cancellation (code 'I') on KEVII ‡d stamps - the latter card (with corner creasing) addressed to Australia & redirected; also two pieces - one with KGV 1d & QV ‡d cancelled by the same duplex, the other with KEVII 2d cancelled by large double-ring c.d.s. with registered oval d.s. below and a QV 1d red on piece. (5 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3488 | THE LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION; Small collection of memorabilia from the 1913 Liverpool Exhbition inc. embroidered handkerchief(stained) with flowers and "Liverpool/Exhibition/T.S." probably produced as a momento at the Arts & Crafts centre, a Wine List (10pp, 8"x5", some beer stains!), pair of advertising labels and PPC's of The General View, Music Court and the Restaurant. Nice group. (7 items).**/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3489 | WEMBLEY, 1924 : B.E.E. Official Guide 128pp inc. fold-out plan & further map in pocket ; spine tear, rusting staples & a few spots but mainly fine in fresh paper covers. Also 1924 'Pocket Guide' 32pp small guide book highlighting main events; toned cover. A scarce pair. **/*** | £45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3490 | WEMBLEY 1924: Cauldronware China souvenir plates - 220mm diameter heavy white plate with (worn) gilt edge and fine colour transfer-printed design of Britannia & Flags surrounded by Exhibition inscription; fine. Also small blue plate with black edge & transfer/hand painted design of "Lucky Black Cat From British Empire Exhibition, Wembley"; well repaired chip on reverse. Unusual pair. (2 items). *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3491 | 'AIRWEIGH' LETTER BALANCE: Unusual letter balance c1935, designed for airmail leters, in chrome & black japanned metal with 4 chromed weights to 4oz; side label missing but with original ill'd box (worn). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3492 | COOKE & SON BALANCE c1850: Scarce early kidney-shaped brass balance with dial calibrated to 2oz, brass needle & suspension loop and original sprung-steel letter-clip; punched maker's mark:'J.COOKE & SONS/MAKERS LONDON'. *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3493 | COUNTERBALANCE SCALES: Fine German example in japanned steel with brass platform, adjusting screw & counterweight and silvered semi-circular plate calibrated to 8oz in one-eighth of an ounce steps. Also a complicated German 'Bilateral' platform scale with two different weight plates - to 2oz and to 8oz; recent re-painting. (2 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3494 | COUNTERBALANCE PLATFORM SCALES: German design scales (180mm high) with brass frame & platform (printed with postal rates c1900) and brushed-steel scale calibrated to 4oz; also very similar smaller example wighing to 2oz. (2 items) **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3495 | OFFICE BALANCES: Group of large letter-balances with sprung platforms c1950s-'60s inc. two green 'Waymaster' scales calibrated to 24oz - different designs, one with rate plate (1961); also two red tinplate Salter balances - one to 16oz (postal tariff on platform - 1‡d /2oz), the other to 5lb with oblong platform. Also a smallgreen tinplate platform balance weighing up to 1lb. (5 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3496 | SALTER SUSPENSION BALANCES: Interesting group of 19th century balances inc. two different examples (120mm) with brass fronts calibrated up to 16oz with 1d /1oz & 1d / 4oz scales (the former missing hook & loop), unusual 90mm example with silvered plate marked in grammes and a parcel balance (130mm) weighing up tp 16lb - the latter in original GPO tinplate case (rusting); also two scarce weighing pans/letter-holders designed to be suspended from these balances, one with missing clip. (6 items). **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3497 | SALTER LETTER BALANCE No.11: Two different examples from the 1890s inc. fine cast iron scale with brass dial & platform calibrated to 24oz with postal rates plus an unusual variant of this type - a green stove-enamelled scale with white enamel dial (dent) & brass platform, with the same postal rates. (2 items). **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3498 | SALTER SPRING BALANCES: Pair of office postal balances by Salter (No.511 & 514) with postal rates in sterling & decimal currencies c1965-75, finished in mottled stove enamel (to 32oz) or red plastic (to 10lbs). Also Salter balance No 18D weighing to 8oz, grey plastic, and c1930s small balance in japanned & plated case, weighing to 1lb with maker: 'M.H.&S./B'. All operational; dusty.(4 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3499 | SIDDONS' DESKTOP BALANCE: c1890 Shaped oak base (170mm) with brass two-platform balance, one platform inscribed with postal rates from 1d per 1oz; wells for 3 weights - 1oz & 2oz in place (‡oz missing) - the 2oz stamped with 'J.& J. SIDDONS'. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3500 | AFRICA: Attractive, hand-coloured map of Africa c1850, with British spheres of influence outlined in red (230x 150mm & card mount); also c1880 engraving of a cottage on the coast of Tristan da Cunha (210x 160mm & card mount) with later tinting. (2 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3501 | GERMANY: 1800 Postal map of Germany and adjoining countries by Ignaz Heymann, Postmaster of Trieste, and consisting of dissected panels mounted on canvas (three large sections 1.72m. x 1.06m. total size) with coloured boundaries. Some damp staining and loosening of panels but still attractive. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3502 | G.B. - MIDLAND COUNTIES: Three double-sided, hand-coloured pages from a road book c1780 showing strip-map road routes between Hereford & Shrewsbury, Worcester & Presteigne and Hereford & Leicester plus text and fine coloured arms of Droitwich, Worcester, Leominster, Ludlow & Chester. Fine. (3 pages) *** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3503 | G.B. - RICHARDSON'S 'CHART OF THE BRITISH ISLES' (c1910): Fine, colour-printed map of the U.K. (inc. all of Ireland) (100 x 125 cm) dissected & mounted on linen, in cloth boards, showing immense detail inc. railways, shipping routes, canals, distances etc. and with inset panels covering local motor speed limits & registration letters, rail journey times, fares to London, postal rates & letter delivery times etc. with pasted-in booklet listing goods railway delivery routes from Manchester. Also c1860 136pp index to Fullerton's U.K. Atlas (some loose pp.) (2 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3504 | G.B. - SOUTH MIDLANDS COUNTIES: Group inc. album-page size coloured maps of Herefordshire - Dugdale c1840 & Archer c1850 and Worcestershire c1840; also two larger sheets being Weller's North & South sheets of Worcestershire & Gloucestershire c1860. (5 maps).*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3505 | G.B. - STAFFORDSHIRE: Three album-page size county maps inc. 1) Stockdale (1794) hand-coloured (light ink mark), with text page; 2) Cary (1795) hand-coloured; 3) Mackenzie c1880 colour-printed. Fine. (3 items). *** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3506 | G.B. - WARWICKSHIRE: Three album-page size maps inc. 1) Cary 1787 & 1793, both hand-coloured, the later with text page; 2) Mackenzie c1880 colour-printed. Fine. (3 items) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3507 | MALAYSIA: "Eastern Islands of Malay Archipelago" - George Cox, London, 1853 & the "JOINT OPERATIONS GRAPHIC MAP" of the Limburg & Begawan region. Both framed. Fine. ***/**** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3508 | PORTUGAL & PORTUGUESE COLONIES: Coloured 1794 map (c.18" x 25") entitled "CHART/OF THE/A«ORES (HAWKS) ISLANDS,/called also/FLEMISH AND WESTERN ISLANDS/LONDON/ Publifhed 12th. May 1794 by LAURIE & WHITTLE. No.53 Fleet Street."; as well as the islands there are 2 insets of the roads of Porto Pin & Punta Delgada plus an additional small scale chart of the islands. Also 1833 line drawn relief map (c.15" x 12") of "LISBON/(LISBOA)" with colouring to show bank of River Tagus, the 1375 city walls and other features; lower half of sheet has engraved view of city with (at top right) small segment showing "THE ENVIRONS OF LISBON". Slight faults but a very attractive pair. *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3509 | PORTUGUESE COLONIES - CAPE VERDE: Coloured map (c.21‡"x17") probably mid-18th Century entitled "INSULAE DE CABO VERDE/Olim/HESPERIDES/sive/GORGADES/Belgice/DE LOUTE EYSANDEN" & at bottom right "Apud G.VALK et P.SCHENK". Centre fold & light staining but most attractive. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3510 | THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD - MID-CENTURY EDITION, 1955-59: Five large-format volumes (31 x 49 cm) in blue cloth boards, covering the World in high-quality, large-scale maps with linen hinges; light wear, occasional trace of foxing. A fine set. (5 vols.) *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3511 | MISCELLANY: Small group comprising 1893 Royal Wedding (Prince George of Wales) silvered 38mm medallion with advertisement for Palmer, a Strand stamp dealer, on the reverse; 1906 souvenir token of the 1906 Olympia Engineering Exhibition & 1909 silver medal of the North of England Philatelic Society awarded to O.K.Trechmann. Also 1905 silver envelope-shaped stamp locket with floral decoration - badly dented. (4 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3512 | CRUISE SHIP EPHEMERA, 1907-35: White Star Line 28pp illustrated brochure c1935 for the RMS 'Majestic', fine 40pp Art Deco booklet (1932) on the 'Empress of Britain', 1907 passenger lists ex the Cunarder 'Caronia', P&O 'Macedonia' & GNSC 'Minnesota' plus 1920 list for P&O 'Morea'; also a verty attractive colour folding leaflet of Royal Mail Line cruises (1935). Some folds/small faults. (8 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3513 | MISCELLANY c1935-46: Interesting group inc. fine Vickers-Armstrong ticket for the launch of HMS 'King George V' (1939), attractive sepia print c1935 of the P&O ship 'Strathnaver', PPCs (2) of the 'Normandie', one with visitor's ticket attached & 1946 4pp souvenir of the 'Arundel Castle'. (4 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3514 | ALLAN LINE - MENU & PASSENGER LIST; 1883 (1 June) SS Polynesian printed & illus. on pink paper "Bill of Fare" (4pp, 8"x5")completed by hand and then re-printed on an early Gestetner style machine, with Company logo to front and map of Quebec on reverse plus 1893 (12 Oct.) Saloon Passenger list (4pp, 7‡"x4‡") for SS Sardinian. Both with folds and stains but a scarce, early pair. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3515 | ALLAN LINE - PASSENGER LIST CARDS; Trio of Passenger List cards (all with minor faults) inc. pair of illus. 1889 (25 Apr. & 3 Oct.) (4pp approx.7‡"x4‡") "Steamship PARISIAN" Saloon Passenger lists, one on pink the other on grey card plus 1913 (8 Aug.) colour illus. booklet (16pp + cover, 7"x4‡") also for SS Parisian, with Company details, crew & passenger listing, route map etc. (3 items). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3516 | ALLAN LINE - EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF SHIPS; Small collection (6) of early photographs c.1890 and later, mounted on light brown card, inc. Sarmatian, Polynesian, Mongolian, Livonian, Victorian and Waldensian with Sarmatian plus 1905 photo of Ionian mounted on Studio card and dated on reverse. (7 items). PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3517 | ALLAN LINE - ADVERTISING PPC ATTACHED TO TOP OF PRINTED MENU; 1906 (13 July) Menu and attached PPC (8"x5‡", fold & faults at base of menu) with chromo litho scene of Allan Line steamer leaving harbour with heading "ALLAN LINE TO CANADA." plus 1914 Christmas Greeting blue postcard (creased clear of picture) with B&W vignette of R.M.S. Victorian at sea. Despite faults a scarce and attractive pair. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3518 | ALLAN LINE - PASSENGER LIST, SCHEDULE ETC.; 1907(5 July) "Second Cabin Passengers, R.M.S. Virginian" booklet (8pp + cover, 7‡"x4‡") with green cover embossed with silver lettering and white relief ships etc.with colour route map on reverse; 1913 "Proposed Schedule Summer Sailings" (10pp concertina folded, 7"x4‡") printed in balck & red with vignette of two funnelled steamer on cover plus folded notepaper sheet (8"x5") with coloured header "Allan Line .... North and South America" with house flag. Fine and attractive trio. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3519 | ALLAN LINE - ADVERTISING PPC ATTACHED TO PRINTED MENU; 1907 (27 May) Luncheon menu with attached PPC (8"x5º", v. minor faults) with fine chromo litho scene of Allan Line steamer in the river and overprinted "R.M.S. VIRGINIAN". Scarce with attached PPC. PHOTO - see plate no. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3520 | ALLAN LINE - R.M.S. VIRGINIAN MENU CARDS; Trio of R.M.S. Virginian Allan Line menu cards inc. 1907 (25 May) (7"x4‡") breakfast menu with coloured house flag etc.; 1911 (5 May) (6"x4º", slightly grubby) breakfast menu with coloured embossed flag and house emblem plus 1911 (29 June) (4pp 5‡"x4º") dinner menu on card with vignette of steamer below Allan Line emblem etc. (3 items). | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3521 | ALLAN LINE - R.M.S. CORSICAN MENU CARDS; Trio of menu cards from R.M.S. Corsican inc. 1908 (20 Mar.) "2nd Cabin Menu" (5‡"x4") with vignette of R.M.S. Victorian plus pair of 1918 Luncheon and Dinner menus (4pp, 4‡"x3‡") front embossed in gold, with house logo etc. Minort faults do not detract. (3 items). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3522 | ALLAN LINE - SILK WOVEN POSTCARDS; Small group of silk woven PPC's (minor faults/some stains) inc. "HANDS ACROSS THE SEA" printed for R.M.S. Tunisian with crossed flags and joined hands, plus four cards (all used) depicting the individual steamers at sea, namely R.M.S. Lake Erie, Victorian, Hesperian and Calgarian. (5 PPC). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3523 | ALLAN LINE - SILK WOVEN POSTCARDS; Four silk woven PPC's (some staining mainly on card) inc. "HANDS ACROSS THE SEA" with crossed flags and joined hands printed for R.M.S. Corsican, postally used; unused cards for the R.M.S. Virginian and the R.M.S. Tunisian plus a further card but unnamed & only printed "S.S.". Scarce. (4 PPC). PHOTO - see plate no. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3524 | ALLAN LINE - SILK WOVEN POSTCARDS; Five silk woven PPC's (faults and staining) with unused "HANDS ACROSS THE SEA" for S.S.Scandinavian with crossed flags and joined hands plus cards depiciting R.M.S. Corsican, Scotian, Grampian and Southwark (all used). (5 PPC). | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3525 | ALLAN LINE - AGENCY PRINTED PPC's; Fine selection of PPC's with a wide variety of coloured scenes inc. ships at sea, leaving harbour etc. all overprinted on the full reverse with Agency advertising (some when Allan Line carried the Royal Mail) inc. Abbott of Bournemouth, Suttle of Cambridge,Lazenby of Walsall, one in French advertising the Havre & Paris agencies etc. Fine and uncommon. (12 cards). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3526 | ALLAN LINE - ABSTRACT OF LOG PPC's; A pair of PPC's with colour scenes by Rosenvinge, "Allan Line to and from Canada" with printed on the reverse "Abstract of Log" for T.S.S. Grampian dated 22nd Nov. 1909 and (undated) R.M.S. Victorian. Small faults do not detract from a scarce pair of PPC's. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3527 | ALLAN LINE - HAND PAINTED PPC's; Pair of hand painted PPC's, 1906 "Barnard's Sketching Block" series card of R.M.S. Victorian at sea, beautifully finished in watercolours with overlaid initials HEG(?) plus cruder free hand watercolour "Allan Line Intermediate Boat" signed G.Cooper. Minor faults, unused and very unusual. (2 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3528 | ALLAN LINE - REAL PHOTO CARDS; Collection of Allan Line real photograph cards (may be odd card from another line) showing wide variety of vessels inc. Victorian, Tunisisan,Sicilian, Grampian, IonianBavarian etc. Condition generally good. (Approx. 60 cards). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3529 | ALLAN LINE - MENU TOP PPC's; Small group of "Menu Top" cards (3 unused) all with different views, five overprinted for R.M.S. Victorian with alongside and at sea views plus five unnamed cards inc. Dutch couple with Allan Line steamer in the background. Fine to avaerage condition; nice group. (10 cards). | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3530 | ALLAN LINE - MENU TOP PPC's; Nine "Menu Top" cards (2 unused) all with different scenes, two overprinted for R.M.S. Parisian, three for R.M.S. Ionian and four for R.M.S. Bavarian. Fine to good condition. (9 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3531 | ALLAN LINE - MENU TOP ETC. PPC's; Six R.M.S. Tunisian Menu Top cards all with differing scenes both at sea, entering harbour etc. plus menu card written onboard SS Parisian "off Moville" and two fine brillaint coloured chromo litho cards produced by Wm. Strain & Sons Belfast. Fine group. (9 cards). | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3532 | ALLAN LINE - AGENTS CARDS, MENU TOP ETC.; Group of Allan Line PPC's inc. ten cards over-printed by Agents inc. Thos. Cook, Culley, Cuthbert etc.; a few menu cards, earlier Cossiers style cards, Rosevinge artist cards etc. Used and unused; generally fine condition. (60+ cards). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3533 | ALLAN LINE - THE UNUSED PPC COLLECTION; The unused collection of Allan Line steamers (may be a few other Lines), different vessels/scenes to the majority. Condition v.fine to good. (Approx. 250 cards). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3534 | ALLAN LINE - THE USED PPC COLLECTION; The used collection of Allan Line steamers on PPC with wide variety of ships, scenes etc. Condition fine to avaerage; inspection recommended. (300++ cards). | £220 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3535 | BIBBY LINE: Attractive sturdy cardboard advertisement/window card for the Bibby Line depicting a well -dressed lady talking to a couple seated outside a cafÈ; advert. is headed "Continental/Holiday Cruises" and has "BIBBY LINE/APPLY WITHIN" at the foot. **** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3536 | BRITISH EAST AFRICA - STEAMER MENU & CARDS: c.1898 unused PPC of LourenÁo Marques depicting a steamer at Beira, rare 1906 coloured artist-drawn postally used card of S.S. 'Insizwa' of "The/ Aberdeen Line London/to Natal/& East Africa" and three 1925 mementos of a voyage on R.M.S. 'Modasa' from London to Durban via (inter alia) Malta, Port Sudan, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam and Beira, namely attractive illustrated passenger list, Chistmas menu card and P & O guide to Port Sudan. (5 items). *** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3537 | CABLE SHIP AND CRUISE-LINER SHIPS' CARDS: 1906 Real photograph sepia PPC of a cable ship postally used from Bahia (Brazil), c.1910 coloured PPC of Blue Star Line T.S.S. 'Arandora', 1910 postally used coloured PPC of a Houlder Line steamer and 1936 pair (one postally used) of Lamport & Holt Line's T.S.S. 'Vandyck' & 'Voltaire'. (5 cards). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3538 | CUNARD WHITE STAR - "AQUITANIA": 1937 8pp folding booklet showing deck plans & accomodation plus 3 internal views; also two fine embossed & gilt card folders each containing 20pp with the 'Aquitania's' passenger list for January 1938 - one for 'cabin' & another for 'tourist' classes - a tipped-in coloured illustration of the ship plus sailing information etc. Slight 'bloom' form the metal foil otherwise fine. (3 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3539 | 'GREAT CIRCLE SAILING'- J.F.Ruthven (1925) 44pp treatise on navigation with a section on the Indian Navy & indian Ocean routes; fine in boards with R.U.S.I. Library bookplate (withdrawn!). Fine. *** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3540 | EUROPE TRAVEL BROCHURE: 1913 Edition of Hamburg-American Line Europe Second Cabin Rates brochure (16pp. 9‡" x 8‡") giving details with many illustrations of accommodation on various ships. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3541 | FRANCE - S.S. 'LA PROVENCE' - "JOURNAL DE L'ATLANTIQUE": 1906 Ship's magazine No. 1 (20pp. 11" x 9"; cover has become separated but re-attached by modern ribbon) issued on board this ship of the 'Compagnie GÈnÈrale Transatlantique' with 2 tone illustrated cover depicting passengers on deck and with news, advertisements & illustrated articles in English and French. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3542 | GERMANY: 1868 Pair of postal contracts (10pp. & 8pp.; 13" x 8") between the British Postmaster General and Hamburg-American Packet Company for the conveyance of mails to New York "terminable on the same notice as the contracts with the North German Lloyd & the Inman Co.". (2 items). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3543 | GERMANY - NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE MENU TOP PPCs: Six menu top cards incl. central vignette of steamship surrounded by food & drink, 1900 (30th June) 'Grosser Kurfurst' card to Milwaukee franked with French 10c adhesive tied by Cherbourg c.d.s. and also bearing fine s/l "Via Cherbourg" h.s., greenish monochrome card depicting the flagship 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse', 1905 coloured card of same ship but optd. 'Prinz Eitel Friedrich', 1900 chromo-litho card showing a deck scene on 'Kaiserin Maria Theresia' with a lady & gentleman alongside a lifeboat and a blue monochrome 1903 card of 'Darmstadt' passing Sicily with Mount Etna in the background. (6 cards). ***/**** PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3544 | GERMANY: 1904 Menu (4pp.; 7" x 4‡"; partial splitting on fold) with chromo-litho stern view of the Hamburg-Amerika Line yacht 'Prinzessin Victoria Luise' with H.A.P.A.G. shield printed by Muhlmeister & Johler. Also 1908 R.P. card of the same vessel in harbour at Lisbon. (2 items). *** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3545 | GERMANY: 1904 Lunch menu card (8" x 5"; slight faults) from Hamburg-Amerika Line Schnelldampfer 'Blucher' with chromo-lithographed heading of a twin-funnelled liner passing other ships & H.A.P.A.G. flag to the top left. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3546 | GERMANY & HOLLAND - T.S.S. 'POTSDAM' etc.: Group of PPCs of latter ship comprising 1 external view and 3 interior views of first class dining saloon and smoking room (2), three artist drawn colour cards (all from same series) of T.S.S. 'Volendam' leaving Holland, 'Rotterdam' departing New York & 'Rijndam' at sea and 1912 Rotterdam to Arnhem card again showing the 'Rotterdam' but this time at sea. (8 cards). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3547 | GERMANY - HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE: 1930 Breakfast menu (4pp.; 9" x 4‡"; faults) from S.S. 'Deutschland' with attractive coloured cover and 1932 "PROPOSED SAILINGS/TO/NEW YORK" etc. brochure (folded; 6pp.; 9" x 4#"; minor faults) printed in green with vignette of S.S. 'New York' on cover. (2 items). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3548 | GERMANY - 'LLOYD-FLUGPOST' CRUISE MENU CARD: 1931 Folding card (5‡" x 8") of a menu card from the first North Cape Cruise of S.S. 'Luetzow' with coloured cover depicting ship and a Junkers sea-plane bearing N.D.L. logo. Very fine. **** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3549 | HENDERSON LINE: 1938-39 4pp list of sailings between Liverpool & Rangoon plus 4pp brochure of 'Information for Sea-Going Staff'; menu cards for Orient Line S.S.'Orford' (1929) & Coast Lines S.Y.'Killarney' (1932) plus foldoing map of Orient Line cruises for 1929. Mixed condition. (5 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3550 | ARMED INDIAMAN SAILING FRIGATE 'BLENHEIM' - CABIN LAYOUT AND PASSENGERS' NAMES: c. 1852 sheet (wmk. 1851; 13" x 19"; some creasing) with printed diagrams of the cabin layout with passengers' and crew's names added in m/s. A scarce early form of passenger list. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3551 | LAMPORT & HOLT LINE - T.S.S. 'VOLTAIRE': Interesting bundle of ephemera dating from a cruise from Liverpool to Madeira in the autumn of 1933 inc. 2 cruise brochures, large ill'd folding plan of the First Class accomodation areas, cruise programme (2), shore excursions, passenger list (2), menu cards (4) plus 5 more for 3 special dinners, sports programme, Freemasons' on-board meeting card etc. Some staple rusting otherwise fine. (20 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3552 | LUGGAGE LABELS FROM A CRUISE TO THE FAR EAST: c1910 small group of mostly unused & highly colourful luggage labels from Korea, Canton, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shibuzoka, Penang, etc. Rare survivaals and very Exhibitable. (10 labels). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3553 | LUGGAGE LABELS c1935-55: Stockbook containing a collection of fine unused examples of large luggage labels issued by various European & Transatlantic lines inc. Cunard, NGL, US Lines plus several smaller companies inc. Los Angeles SS Co., Swedish American, Dollar & Munson Lines. (34 items).*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3554 | MEDITERRANEAN SEA: 1806 Act for "granting Rates of Postage on the Coveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Gibraltar and the Island of Malta", 1838 Act for "imposing Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters by Packet Boats between places in the Mediterranean and other Parts" (each Act consists of 3pp. & measures 12" x 7") and 1842 EL to London bearing a mainly fine example of the curved h.s. of Gibraltar. (3 items). *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3555 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD: 1898-99 Pair of attractive 4pp menu-cards from the S.S. 'Preussen' & the 'Sachsen' with chromo-litho covers depicting 1) a fishing village with cliffs & frame of geraniums and 2) an unusual design of a German sailor climbing ship's rigging with lighthouse in background; some internal toning and adhesion to back page where removed from an album. (2 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3556 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD - THE 1899 STANLEY GIBBONS CRUISE: Very fine pair of 4pp menu-cards from the S.S. 'Trave' (May 1899) with superb chromo-litho cover designs depicting a ship passing The Needles (Isle of Wight) & a trio of mermaids waving at a 2-funnel steamship plus a scarce 8pp passenger list with fine monchrome cover design - the list contains the names of Mr & Mrs E.Stanley Gibbons - on a cruise following the sale of his stamp business. Mainly fine but some adhesion where removed from a scrap-book. A fine lot. (3 items) *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3557 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD: 1899 Pair of 4pp menu-cards from the S.S.'Trave' & the 'Sachsen' with very fine chromo-litho designs: 1) 3 vignettes inc. the 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' against a dramatic brown & pink background; 2) Liner anchored off Sicily, surrounded by boats; both cards advertise routes to 'Amerika - Asien - Australien'; light internal toning & adhesion where removed from an album. Attractive. **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3558 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD: Pair of attractive 4pp menu-cards inc. (1905) S.S. 'Prinz Heinrich' card with superb chromo-litho cover design by Themistocles van Eckenbrechen showing liner at sea with fine embossed naval portrait & vignette showing launching of a ship at Bremen; also (1907) R-D 'Prinzess Alice' card (pages separated/fold) depicting a lady in fancy dress with champagne plus a vignette of liner & tugs - unusually, this has an advertisement for a German champagne merchant inside. (2 items).**/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3559 | ORIENT-PACIFIC LINE GUIDEBOOK "Pleasure Cruises 1905" being a well illustrated 108pp. guide (fine Egyptian motifs on front cover) about sundry Mediterranean cruises complete with excursion details and background information. Repaired paper covers and pp. 7 & 8 having become loose have been inserted in the wrong place with 'Sellotape'; remaining contents are fine. ** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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