| 4120 | OSTEND - DOVER PAQUEBOT ROUTE POSTCARDS: 1899 Pair of Belgian postal stationery cards used from Ostend and London (latter uprated with G.B. adhesives) depicting Paquebot ships, c.1905 unused "5 cent." optd. on 30c postal stationery card and unused b. & w. advertising PPC of S.S. 'Princesse Elisabeth'. A scarce and attractive group. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4121 | SILVERBERG - 1978 Le Courrier des Militaires Belges InternÈs aux Pays-Bas et en Suisse (1914-1919), p/b. | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BELGIAN CONGO/ZAIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4122 | 'CIE. BELGE MARITIME DU CONGO' - OFFICIAL HISTORY & CARDS: c.1900 Cabinet photograph (6‡" x 4‡" mounted on Antwerp photographer's card) depicting the 'Albertville' mail steamer, c.1920 poster type PPC of same ship and advertising the above shipping line and c.1927 88pp. soft-back book (6" x 9"; in French) with coloured covers, many colour illustrations and folding coloured maps being the official history of "LIGNE POSTALE RAPIDE/ANVERS-CONGO". A scarce trio. *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BRITISH EAST AFRICA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4123 | MINNS - 1981 British East Africa : The Stamps and Postal Stationery, d/j., as new. Plus a 1948 information booklet 'Not Just Peanuts'. (2 items). | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4124 | H.M.S.O. - 1896 House of Commons report Africa No. 6 (1896) : Correspondence respecting the recent Rebellion in British East Africa (with a map). 116pp., 8‡ x 13 in., cover wearing in places and along spine. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BRITISH GUIANA/GUYANA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4125 | MISCELLANY: ANON. - 1924 British Guiana. 100pp. book produced for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. Stuck in the back is a 1938 illustrated guide to the Georgetown Botanic Garden. Water damage to cover and bottom left of pages. SCHOMBURGK - (1840) A Description of British Guiana : Geographical and Statistical. This is a 1970 reprint of the original. (2 pubs., both include a map). | £14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BURMA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4126 | MU VALLEY & MOGAUNG RAILWAY SURVEY (1889): 'Report on survey operations north of Kawlin during the cold season of 1888-89' - 30pp foolscap report published at Rangoon giving extremely detailed description of the geography & engineering history behind the project; covers speckled /some wear, contents mainly fine. **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CANADA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4127 | MONTREAL WINTER CARNIVAL, 1884: Fine large (570 x 400mm) chromo-litho print - 'Inauguration of the Ice Palace' - showing crowds watching the firework display & soldiers (?) in snow shoes marching past the Palace. Very fine item for framing. *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4128 | MISCELLANY: WOODHALL - 1964 The Postal History of Yukon Territory, typewritten and bound in soft cover which is damaged at edges and also has water damage, but contents are sound ; the original book. WEBB - 1971 Canada & Newfoundland Postal Stationery Catalogue, p/b. WALBURN - 1959 Official Catalogue of Canada Precancels, p/b. (3 pubs.). | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4129 | MISCELLANY: BOGGS - 1975 The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada. Being a reprint of the 1945 original, torn d/j. STEINHART - 1981 The Admiral Era : A Rate Study 1912-1928, p/b. Also 2 recent Harmer catalogues covering BNA Postal History and Newfoundland Airmails and a 1978 Postal Stationary catalogue. ROBSON LOWE - 1973 The EncyclopÊdia of British Empire Postage Stamps. Vol. V North America. First edition, cased, in two volumes. Case scuffed but books as new save for crease down spine of Part 2. (7 items). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4130 | ALLIS - 1930 The Postage Stamps of the Cape of Good Hope. Cloth bound, some foxing and corner damage to covers. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4131 | HOUSE OF COMMONS - 1873 Select Committee Report on Cape of Good Hope and Zanzibar Mail Contracts. 24pp., 8‡ x 13 in. | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CEYLON/SRI LANKA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4132 | 'THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A CEYLON COFFEE PLANTER' 1880-81, 2 vols in paper covers signed from 'The Author' (80 & 86pp); light foxing to some pages. Also (1764) 'A Supplement to the Narrative of what happened in Bengal in the year 1760' 26pp pamphlet fine in original paper wrapper. (3 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHANNEL ISLANDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4133 | GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY : ADVERTISING RAIL & STEAMER EXCURSION TICKETS VIA WEYMOUTH & SOUTHAMPTON TO GUERNSEY & JERSEY (Aug. 1902) handbill 9" x 6‡" with detailed information on the excursions from Birmingham, Woverhampton and other Midland towns. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4134 | START OF JERSEY POST OFFICE: 1794 ACT TO OPEN THE OFFICE AND INAUGURATING THE PACKET SERVICE TO WEYMOUTH: 1794 Act (4pp. plus title page) "for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and within those Islands". This important Act established the first postal servive to and within Guernsey & Jersey. Fine and rare. *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHILE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4135 | MISCELLANY of p/b. items mainly relating to South America, in particular Chile and including HAWORTH - 1919 Chile : an outline of the postal issues 1766 - 1919. (spine damaged, loose covers). LAVAL - 1970's Chile : Matasellos de Fecha 1853 - 1891. Also a copy of Casa De Moneda De Chile : Memoria 1964 - 1973 which includes some high quality reproductions on thick art paper of issued designs etc. (12 items). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHINA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4136 | IMPERIAL CHINESE NAVY: 1869 Handwritten power of attorney written at Canton by William Cuthill, Chief Engineer in the Imperial Chinese Navy, to a Glasgow clerk, concerning the dispersal of his father's estate, with signature, bilingual 'chop' and witnessed by two other British Naval Officers; some folding /dustiness to outside. Also an unused two-part blue-printed 'Mariner's Register Ticket' c1850 with serial number & signature written in. (2 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CYPRUS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4137 | CASTLE - 1987 Cyprus 1353-1986 : History, Postal History and Postage Stamps. Third edition, d/j., boxed, as new. | £14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4138 | FROM A COLLECTOR'S CYPRUS RELATED LIBRARY - 1950 on. A miscellany of approx. 30 items including 1975 Cyprus Dies Irae in 555 photographs, KESHISHIAN - 1978 Nicosia : capital of Cyprus Then and Now, THUBRON - 1975 Journey into Cyprus, first edition, ELIADES - 1980 The House of Dionysus, first edition, and STORRS - 1945 Orientations. Also includes several philatelic and postal history publications, as well as some maps. HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DENMARK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4139 | BANNERS & FLAGS - UNIQUE DESIGN ARCHIVE: Album of designs produced by Brodrene G¸thler of Copenhagen for tradesmen's guild / union banners c1860-1925, most are in the form of highly-finished ink drawings on sheets of paper pasted into the pattern-book with the odd watercolour sketch, chromo card or photograph noted; a good range of different subjects represented from the Gas-Workers Union (1858) to WWI military banners. Covers worn, contents fine. (81 designs).**/*** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EGYPT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4140 | 1897 Attractive coloured chromo-litho vignettes PPCs of the Suez Canal, the first published by C.O. Hayd of Munich, addressed to Holland & franked with 2m adhesive tied by Port Said d.s. & the other to England bearing 1m & 3m adhesives with an even better strike of the Port Said c.d.s. Also similar c.1906 card issued by "COOK'S/NILE/SERVICE" but printed by Boehme & Anderer of Cairo depicting a paddle steamer & a native boat on the Nile and an unused coloured PPC (faults) of Alexandria. (4 cards). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4141 | PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES : c1920 group of 39 roll folm negatives of an Egyptian Tour inc. various monuments, Arab groups and a tourist cradling parts of a mummy! Contained in original manilla folder from the Belgian Photo Stores, Cairo along with 4 contemporary family photographs - one of a young boy in Jewish prayer shawl - bar mitzvah? Negatives look OK and should be printable. (43 items). **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4142 | WWII - RED ENSIGN 'THANKS' LABELS: c.1942 Complete sheet of 20 perforated and gummed labels showing the Red Ensign and inscribed "WE REALISE IN/EGYPT THAT/THE SAFE ARRIVAL/OF THIS LETTER/IS DUE TO/THE BRITISH NAVY", such labels having been produced for use on wartime Egyptian mail. (1 sheet). ***/**** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4143 | FIREBRACE - 1997 Nineteenth Century Wars in Egypt and the Sudan, p/b., as new. | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4144 | GISBURN & THOMPSON - 1947 Stamps and Posts of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FALKLAND ISLANDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4145 | DAYNES - 1983 The Forces Postal History of the Falkland Islands & the Task Force, spiral bound p/b., as new. DAVIS - 1983? The Falklands War : Postal History and Stamps of the Argentine Occupation 1982, p/b. H.M.S.O. - 1983 The British Army on the Falklands 1982, p/b., 32pp. booklet. (3). | £18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4146 | MAPS: Fine & rare album-page size, early, detailed map (225 x 150mm) c1790 with hand-coloured coastline & border; very fine. Also a pair of Admiralty charts (1919) plotting the Battle of the Falklands, a 1936 linen-backed map showing estate boundaries & farm ownership (some wear/pinholes) plus four engravings ex ILN c1870. A good lot. (8 items). **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4147 | BARNES - 1972 The Postal Service of the Falkland Islands (1980 second printing). BARNES - 1982 The Postal Cancellations of the Falkland Islands, d/j. ANDREWS - 1974 The Cancellations of the Falkland Islands and the Dependencies, d/j. BARTON - 1975 The Falkland Islands Philatelic Digest No. 1. SPAFFORD - 1980 The Falkland Islands Philatelic Digest No. 2. Also a second copy, in p/b. GLASS - 1979 The Falkland Islands : Printings of the Pictorial Issue of 1938 - 1949, 22pp. booklet. (7 items). | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4148 | HEYBURN - 1985 Postcards of the Falkland Islands : A Catalogue 1900 - 1950., d/j., as new. HARVEY PIRIE - 1982 Antarctic Posts, 72pp. booklet. (2 items). | £18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4149 | FROM A COLLECTOR'S FALKLAND ISLANDS RELATED LIBRARY : ANDREWS - 1956 The Cancellations of the F.I. and Dependencies. SPAFFORD - 1950 The 1933 Centenary Issue of the F.I., d/j. stuck on with film. BARNES - 1982 The Postal Cancellations of the F.I., d/j., signed, dedicated copy. DAYNES - The Forces Postal History of the F.I. & The Task Force, p/b. HOWAT - 1989 F.I. Mails : The Kosmos Years 1800 - 1900, signed copy. HEYBURN - 1989 Supplement to Postcards of the F.I. : A catalogue 1900 - 1950, d/j., as new. HEITZ - 2000 Specialised Catalogue of the F.I. & Dependencies including PP & Cancellations 1800 - 2000, as new. BARNES - 2000 F.I. : The Black and Red Postal Franks 1869 - 1878, as new. (16) HEAVY LOT. BUYER TO COLLECT. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRANCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4150 | 'ROUTE DE POSTE' - Modern reproduction of a lithograph c1820 by Carle Vernet, depicting two post-boys on horseback; fine, framed & glazed. *** TO BE COLLECTED - UNSUITABLE FOR POSTING. | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4151 | RAILWAY MAP, 1874: Large colour-tinted map of france with inset of Paris, published by Andriveau-Goujon, mounted on linen and folding inside (worn) cloth boards; map toned & a little dusty with occasional foxing spot. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4152 | BRUNELLESCHI - 'ART DECO' INVITATION CARD, 1914: Superb & rare invitation card to a masked ball at the designer's home in Paris - folding card (150 x 190 mm) with a stunning colour illustration by the artist of an elegant lady in ball gown & cloak; printed invitation inside. Also an illustrated news cutting from the Paris journal 'Commoedia' describing the event. *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4153 | 'GAZETTE DES ARDENNES' (21.March 1916): Scarce 4pp issue of this newspaper produced in German-occupied France and designed to destabilise the local population with anti-British & anti-French propaganda, containing official German announcements, lists of French military casualties & prisoners of war etc.; folded, paper ageing but otherwise fine. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4154 | PROPAGANDA POSTERS - MAINLY WWII PERIOD: Group of 8 large, original wall posters mounted on plywood sheets for display, some with fiscal stamps attached - inc. a triumphal Marianne trampling the Wehrmacht underfoot, recruitment poster featuring a corsair, POWs urged to identify ex Camp guards, 'Message de M/Joseph Darnand', 'Le Maffia a assassinÈ Prince' (1934), falling birth rate, pro-Franco etc. Mixed condition but an unusual lot. (8 items). **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4155 | KELLY - 2000 The Type Sage Issue of France 1876-1900 : A Study of the Postmarks and Postal History. The Society of Postal Historians President's Display April 2000, p/b. | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4156 | SALLES - 1972 EncyclopÈdie de la Poste Maritime FranÁaise Historique et Catalogue. Tome VIII : Les Marques D'Šchange Franco-Britaniques !843 - 1881 etc. P/b., plus several relevant cuttings, articles etc. | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRENCH COLONIES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4157 | EQUATORIAL AFRICA: Group of RP postcards c1910 showing scenes at the PËres Blancs missions inc. groups of natives, workmen, a leper etc. - all overprinted in red with B.E.A. captions. Unusual. (12 items). *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GAMBIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4158 | BLUE BOOK - 1889 Report on the Blue Book for 1888 : No. 61 Gambia. POSTAL REGULATIONS - Leaflets covering 1926, 1928 and 1931. COLONIAL REPORTS - Covering The Gambia in 1901, 1903, 1916 and 1918. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - 1929 Bulletin on The Cultivation of Groundnuts. (Small Qty. of leaflets). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GERMANY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4159 | MÐNCHENER KALENDAR FÐR 1895: Superb example of a German hanging 'book' calendar, colour-printed in Munich on thick, laid paper in mediaeval style with a fine cover illustration of St Michael slaying the dragon and 12 full-page colour designs of German princely armorial achievements and black-letter descriptions; covers a little dusty, contents pristine. *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4160 | ROYALTY: Group of press photographs, c1910-35, inc. later prints, depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II or Kr–nprinz Wilhelm being driven in, driving or tinkering with large motor cars. Also a full plate photograph (1934) of the young Yugoslavian princes Tomislav & Andrae driving a toy car. (6 items). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4161 | ROYALTY - KR÷NPRINZ WILHELM: c1912 Presentation photograph by Bieber of Kaiser Wilhelm II's eldest son in military uniform, with his wife, Kr–nprinzessin Cecilie - the card mount bears their signatures and is enclosed in a fine gilt brass frame with padded silk back; ink slilghtly faded otherwise fine. Most unusual. *** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4162 | HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE: English language versions of 1912 agents' timetable (6pp.; 10" x 4"; minor faults) with picture of S.S. 'Imperator' at sea & timetable for all the Line's ships and of 1924 booklet (36pp.; 9" x 4‡") entitled "PASSAGE/REGULATIONS/FOR/FIRST, SECOND/AND CABIN CLASS/ PASSENGERS TO/NORTH AMERICA". Also c.1930 folded brochure (9‡" x 4" but opening out to 19" x 16"; slight faults) containing a map of Europe with the Line's shipping and all railway routes plus details of available tours such as "Airship Trips by Zeppelin Airships". Colourful and attractive. (3 items). *** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4163 | OTTO BISMARCK: 1915 (March) Special 12pp issue of 'Simplicissimus' commemorating the centenary of Bismarck's birth with four full-page colour illustrations showing the Chancellor in inspirational poses plus further monochrome designs intended to boost national morale during the War; folded centrally for postage, otherwise fine & unusual. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4164 | 'Vergagenheit und Zukunst' - The Past & the Future: New Year's Day 1916 Special 4pp issue of the Frankfurter Zeitung taken up with maps & diagrams showing Germany's plans for geographic & economic expansion contrasted with the limitations on her power proposed by the rest of Europe; an interesting piece of propagandist writing; paper ageing, folded, small split otherwise fine. **/*** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4165 | BERLIN - LOCAL WATCH COMMITTEE: 1918 (13.November) Two printed leaflets (2pp & 4pp) issued by the People's Committee of Berlin-Dahlem, outlining arrangements for volunteer evening guard-duty in the Podbielski District of the City, with divisional contact names etc. This seems to have been due to fear of criminality & political destabilisation following Germany's defeat in WWI; fine & unusual. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4166 | c1929-37 Group of Hofmannbilder - fine black & white propaganda photographs of Third Reich subjects inc. several of Hitler, alone or in posed groups, Hindenberg, Goering, Goebbels, Nuremburg Rallies, the Olympic Bell etc. Also three small, informal photographic 'snaps' taken at a Hitler Youth Camp in the 1930s. Two or three of the larger items with slight faults. (24) **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4167 | G.B. SHAW A NAZI? c.1937 Propaganda card (with reply card attached) featuring a sketch of George Bernard Shaw with the question 'Shaw/Nationalsozialist?'' This was a publicity card for a book by Eitelfritz Scheiner but also mentions Georg Ahlemann's 'Das heilige Nein'. Unused and fine apart from light ageing. *** | £18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4168 | REFUGEES FROM EAST GERMANY: c1952 colour-printed map of post-WWII Germany (360 x 300mm, a couple of faults), the reverse printed with instructions & contact addresses for those wishing to leave the Soviet-controlled area for the West, inc. perforated enquiry postcard. Also a silk square (230mm) printed with an outline of Berlin, the sectors indicated by flags. (2 items) **/*** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4169 | EVA BRAUN'S PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM c1934-36: Rectangular (330 x 230 mm) album with canvas covers stencilled with an Art Deco swastika motif in red & black and containing 73 'snaps', many captioned on the reverse or on the page - none previously published; subjects include informal portraits of Hitler reading papers on the terrace at Berchtesgaden and strolling in the groounds, various views of the mountain retreat, Hitler with crowds outside the gates, groups of stormtroopers, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, a torch-lit meeting, Hitler getting into his car outside the Chancellery, groups of soldiers, the F¸hrer's office, Junkers 'plane with soldier escort party etc. A newspaper cutting from The Daily Mirror (16 July 1945) pasted inside the cover tells the story of the album's discovery in the Berlin bunker after the marriage and suicides of Hitler & Eva Braun and attempts to construct a love-affair between Braun and one of the pictured guards. Eva Braun was assistant to Hitler's photographer, Hoffmann and was responsible with him for the tide of Nazi propaganda photograph material which flooded Germany in the mid-1930s; a distant relative of the F¸hrer, she became his companion and - ultimately - his wife. The album was stored in a South African bank vault for many years before being purchased by the present owner; none of the pictures has been published previously. The album's covers are dusty with two or three tears, interleaving is torn but all photographs are in fine condition (one is creased); there are 73 of the original 74 photographs remaining in the album. A unique item. PHOTO - see plate no. | £10000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4170 | THIRD REICH - N.S.D.A.P.: Brown 4pp ID card issued at K–nigsberg in 1933 with fine photograph, 4pp illus. leaflet showing correct wearing of uniform and an 8pp Christmas carol song-sheet issued by the NSDAP, with attractive coloured woodcut cover. Scarce material from the forerunner of the Nazi movement. (3 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4171 | THIRD REICH - N.S.D.A.P. MANIFESTO, 1934: Large-format (240 x 320mm) 4pp 'programm' finely-printed on cream card, the front cover with fine sepia portrait of Hitler, inside is a 25 point manifesto, quotations from Hitler and three Party songs, a separate loose insert gives career profiles of leading NSDAP figures. Very fine condition. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4172 | THIRD REICH - CIVILIAN I.D. CARDS etc.: Quartet comprising: 1) 1934-35 Nationalsocialistische Frauenschaft membership card (2pp separated); 2) 1936 attractive red card hunting permit with photograph & oak-leaf border; 3) medical treatment card ex the Helmstedt reservelazarett (1944); 4) civilian pass issued in1932 & renewed 1937. Mixed condition. (4 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4173 | THIRD REICH - NAZI PARTY STATIONERY: Group of unused stationery items inc. Kanzlei des F¸hrers der NSDAP envelopes (5), cards with Hitler's emblem in gold, printed with Xmas messages (1942) & facsimile signatures (4), notepaper headed Der Reichsminister f¸r Volksaufkl”rung und Propaganda (25) and a single sheet (creases) from the office of Der Reichsstudentenf¸hrer. Apart from the last, all v.fine. (36 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4174 | THIRD REICH - 1937 DUSSELDORF EXHIBITION - SCHAFFENDES VOLK: Folding guide inc. plan of exhibition site which opens to reveal an extensive diatribe against Hitler & the Nazi Party's drive to war; issued by the German Communist Party. Very fine condition. *** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4175 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1939: Two supplements from 'Film-Kurier' promoting the first two anti-semitic propaganda films produced by the Nazis - 1) 'Leinen aus Irland' directed by Hans Helbig (8pp sepia, two tiny repaired edge tears); 2) 'Robert und Bertram' directed by Hans Zerlett (8pp, sepia). Both very fine. (2) *** | £80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4176 | THIRD REICH - 'The Philatelic Rise & Fall of the Third Reich': A 49pp comb-bound thematic study of the history of the Third Reich, beginning in 1918 and richly illustrated with stamps & covers; among the more interesting items are a 1943 postcard from a French worker with I.G.Farben at Buchenwald Camp 2, various items of censored mail, local surcharges etc. Very well written-up. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4177 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1939: A similar pair but 1) in sea-green with a m/s comment on the film (1940); 2) in black-brown with 4 tiny spine-nibbles; otherwise fine & scarce. (2).*** | £80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4178 | THIRD REICH - SAVINGS BANK BOOKS: Two items in red card covers emblazoned with the Eagle & Swastika inc.a Postsparbuch issued at Dusseldorf in 1940 showing a series of transactions to 1947 with a variety of c.d.s. handstamps; also an unused 1938 R¸ndigungscheine booklet for use at Vienna I following the anschluss. (2 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4179 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1939: Two further examples of the publicity sheets for the same pair of films, in a different format for 'Filmwoche' : smaller, square, folding brochures (6 sides) with stills & text (missing the original souvenir postcards) - 1) deep sepia; 2) sea-green - both with very light central folds. Scarce. (2). *** | £80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4180 | THIRD REICH - PROOF OF ANCESTRY: Unusual hard-cover 84pp record-book, issued at Frankfurt in 1941 with printed pages to record ancestry over 6 generations, presumably to confirm one's genetic inheritance. Partially completed and accompanied by a sheaf of stamped forms with records of the bearer's family to 1788. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4181 | THIRD REICH - WORKERS' ID BOOKS: Two 40pp record books (Arbeitsbuch) - different types issued for German or Foreign workers, the latter issue to a Russian female armaments worker at a clock factory in Pforzheim (1942). An interesting pair. (2 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4182 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Die Rothschilds' - propaganda film claiming that the banking dynasty had exploited the German people at the time of the Napoleonic Wars, directed by Erich Waschenk - 8pp sepia printed brochure for the'Illustrierter Film-Kurier' with stills & text; punched for filing (two holes) otherwise fine. **/*** | £45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4183 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Die Rothschilds' - publicity brochure in different format for 'Filmwoche' - 6-sided, folding sheet, printed in grey-green (less the souvenir postcard); light spine wear otherwise fine. *** | £45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4184 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Die Rothschilds' - small-format 4pp brochure printed in black & white for the 'Illustrierter Film-Kurier' - very fine & unusual. *** | £45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4185 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Jud S¸ss' - the notorious film directed by Veit Harlem: 8pp illustrated brochure printed in green for the'Illustrierter Film-Kurier' packed with stills & text, very fine. ***/**** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4186 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Jud S¸ss' - a similar item, printed in sepia with spine wear. **/*** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4187 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Jud S¸ss' - small-format folding brochure (6 sides) printed in sepia & issued by 'Filmwoche', showing a different selection of stills; missing souvenir postcard, 4cm split along one fold. | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4188 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Jud S¸ss' - a similar brochure produced by 'Filmwoche' in grey-green; missing postcard; slight toning, punched with two filing holes. **/*** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4189 | THIRD REICH - ANTI-SEMITIC PROPAGANDA, 1940: 'Jud S¸ss' - a scarce, complete 20pp issue (27 November 1940) of 'Filmwelt' featuring the newly-released 'Jud S¸ss' - with special illustrated advertisement for the film - and others. Fine.*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4190 | LORDAHL - 2000 German Concentration Camps 1933 - 1945 : History and Inmate Mail. In three p/b. parts comprising Vol. I - History and Vol. II - Prisoner Mail ( in 2 parts A-K and L-Z). As new. (3). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4191 | EAST AFRICA: Bundle of picture postcards c1903-16 inc. 1908 Kassner Expedition pair, the Belgian steamer 'Baron Dhanis' with crew, Wangoni war dance, German administration inc. oficer with native troops, native types, 7 cards with IEF stamps affixed & cancelled by 'Base Office B' c.d.s. etc. (42 items).*** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4192 | PICTURE POSTCARDS: Group of six different cards - most with illustrations of native scenes - used in December 1905 from Dar-es-Salaam with 7‡h 'Yacht' type stamps and addressed to Harar, Abyssinia - each has an Aden transit c.d.s.; also a similar card used to Belgium (1914). (7 items). *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4193 | H.M.S.O. - 1920 Tanganyika (German East Africa). Hardback, as new. Non-philatelic. | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4194 | ENSOR - 1998 The Postal Services of the Gold Coast 1901 - 1957, as new. MARTIN & WALTON - 1993 West African Censorship : World War I and II, p/b. (2 pubs.). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4195 | ENSOR - 1998 The Postal Services of the Gold Coast 1901 - 1957. BEALE & WALTON - 2001 West African GPO Postal Notices of the Nineteenth Century. (2 West Africa Study Circle publications, as new). | £18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4196 | JOHNSON - 1929 Historical Geography of the Gold Coast. Signed copy. BIRTWHISTLE - 1950 Thomas Birch Freeman : West African Pioneer. PLUS a 1949 Gold Coast Survey Department Road Map of the Northern section of the Gold Coast. (3 items). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4197 | POST OFFICE - 1942 The Post Office Handbook. Updated to 1942 with hand written annotations in ink and various cut outs from elsewhere, 68 pp. Plus a second 46pp. handbook which may be slightly earlier (c. 1938) with fewer amendments. There is also a folded map of Africa (14" x 11") said to date from 1840 - there is not much detail in the centre! | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4198 | POST OFFICE - 1956 Post Offices and Agencies in the Gold Coast (including Mail Service Routes). Sellotape reinforcement to cover edges and pencil annotations in one of the listings but a useful source of information. ALSO POST OFFICE Handbooks for 1956 and 1967. (3 pubs., all p/b.). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4199 | GHANA SURVEY DEPARTMENT - 1957 Road Maps of Ghana. One each for Northern and Southern sections. Linen backed. (2 maps). | £12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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