| 4560 | EARLY AVIATION CARDS: Good group of scarce RP cards inc. 1910 biplane at Cowes with two Naval pilots (2), airship 'Beta', various Claude Graham-White cards inc. several 1910 Bournemouth meeting plus various other pilots Nardini, Salmet, Bleriot, Rolls etc.), marshals, early hydroplanes, 1913 air crash on Salisbury Plain etc. Almost all pre-WWI. (32). *** PHOTO | £150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4561 | EAST AFRICA: Good selection of vintage cards c1906-30 showing portraits & group scenes of various native types, mostly RP cards and inc. the child king of Uganda, his regents, drummer, officials etc., racial types, village scenes & activities. Scarce material. (88).**/*** | £140 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4562 | EAST AFRICA MISCELLANY. c1905-30: Large accumulation of uncommon cards inc. RP views of Nairobi GPO, a butcher with 'edible rat', Ugandan village market, working bark cloth, Entebbe jail, a leopard trap, street scenes, wildlife etc. (206).**/*** | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4563 | EAST AFRICA MISCELLANY: Good group of cards c1906-30 with views of soldiers, hospital, an officers' club, boys' brigade, PO, cards by Tuck & Valentine, pack of items re. jute industry, Mombasa postman chromo etc. (53). **/*** | £90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4564 | EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA: Group of vintage cards issued by missions inc. fine portrait cards of various bishops & church leaders, German period Weissenvater Mission, Namirembe bible depot, series issued by the Church of Scotand Mission (Kenya) & the Universities' Mission to C.Africa (Zanzibar) showing native scenes etc. (38) *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4565 | EUROPEAN MISCELLANY, c1900-50: Used & unused cards, many with a postal theme inc. French, German & Danish coaches, German New Year 1900, Belgian 'airmail' cartoon, WWI FPO, 1950s cards of postal uniforms (7) etc.; mixed condition. (26 items). | £75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4566 | FORTH BRIDGE, 1899: Fine & scarce court-size card with photographic view of the bridge, posted from Edinburgh to Belgium, June 1899; c1908 Stratford on avon RP card of 'May Queen' tableau on ox-cart with crowd; 1938 RP 'Aberystwyth after the gale' showing substantial damage to houses plus a commercial card of the 1952 Lynmouth flood. (4) *** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4567 | FRENCH MARITIME EPHEMERA & POSTCARDS: 1839 EL from Marseilles office of Service des Paquebots ý Vapeur Napolitains with fine illustrated vignette of the 'FranÁois 1e'and 'Marie Christine' (latter mentioned in contents) and fine company cachet on address panel and seven PPCs namely 1905 P. & O. chromo-litho illustration of a liner with Marseilles c.d.s. & small s/l 'PAQUEBOT', 1911 Bibby Line real photo. sepia card of the S.S. 'Warwickshire' cancelled by Marseilles Paquebot c.d.s., c.1920 unused advertising PPC of 'Edouard Shaki' and four unused sepia cards c.1910-20 all showing ships inc. Bland Line 'Gibel Zerjon', Compagnie Fabre's 'Braga' and 'Sidi Brahim' unloading at Oran. (8 items). *** | £90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4568 | GERMAN STEAMSHIPS: 1897-1948 Group of German related steamship PPCs inc. colour card of 'Kaiserin Auguste Victoria/(Handed over to the Shipping Controller)', two sepia cards of 'Empress of Scotland' (as she was subsequently renamed) inc. PPC depicting First Class Ballroom cancelled by Southampton Paquebot mark, Oct. 1897 card used from Southampton to Darmstadt with blue vignette of S..S. 'K–nigin Louise', fine 1910 colour card of Ocean Steam Navigation Co.'s S.S. 'Washington' (first mail steamer between Germany & U.S.A.), two later sepia cards of Hamburg docks and sepia print (1889; 9" x 6") of German Emperor & Prince of Wales inspecting the 'Teutonic' at Spithead. (7 cards + print). **/*** | £60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4569 | JAPAN - POSTAL SUBJECTS, c1904-25: Group of attractive, scarce cards, some with special cancellations, inc. (1906) opening of the Trans-Pacific telegraph (2), 1906 military review (Field POs), opening of telephone exchanges (3), postmen etc. Very fine. (10 items).*** PHOTO | £80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4570 | MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WARS: Selection of attractive, colour cards c1910-13 showing scenes from the Napoleonic Wars inc. seven from the impressively-drawn series Wereschtschagin - Il y a cent ans'; all fine unused. (9) *** | £32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4571 | MILITARY - WWI ANTI-ALLIES PROPAGANDA: Trio of fine cards inc. Lustigen Bl”tter caricature No 11 showing giant German soldiers using flails to flatten Allied Troops, another shows a comical array of Allies welcoming a simian 'Japan' to their table and the third shows a fresco on the wall of the General Command HQ showing the ludicrous Allies running away. (3) *** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4572 | MILITARY - WWI GERMAN SOLDIERS OFF-DUTY: Set of 12 fine coloured cards depicting German soldiers in embarrassing situations with pretty girls, numbered to 12 and entitled Immer Fachmann, published by Stalling, Oldenburg; all have travelled through the Feldpost and have very slight edge wear. A scarce set. (12) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4573 | MILITARY - WWI GERMAN CARDS: Group of cards, mainly artist-drawn, showng German soldiers in comic or sentimental roles involving pretty girls, fleas, latrines etc. by various publishers; three with FPO usage. Attractive & uncommon.(15) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4574 | MILITARY - WWI GERMAN - TURKISH PROPAGANDA: Pair of scarce cards: 1) RP montage showing sinking HMS 'Hermes' with zeppelins & a U-boat in the Channel; 2) RP of Turkish fleet in the Bosphorous - Die T¸rkei schl”gt los; both fine unused examples . (2) *** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4575 | MILITARY - WWI ANTI-GERMAN PROPAGANDA: Group of 5 very fine cards illustrated with anti-German line-drawn cartoons with acerbic captions; produced by Gallais, Paris and numbered 108-112; very fine, unused. (5) ***/**** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4576 | MILITARY, WWII: Quartet of fine German-produced anti-British propaganda song cards inc. Lied von den L¸genlords featuring colour caricatures of Chamberlain & Churchill, Bomben auf Engelland song cards (2 & 4 - the first stuck onto paper) and a card showing bombers over the South Coast with song lyrics. Unusual types. (4) *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4577 | MILITARY/BALLOONING: Trio of fine RP cards 1) 'Departure of 3rd Mons. from L&NW Station, Aug.5th 1914' view of crowded platform/troop train at Ebbw Vale (?); 2) Motor ambukance with crew c1914 - '1st Sth. Mid. Mtd. Bde. Field Amb.'; 3)' French Aero Club Balloon Race July 1914. M.Dollfus' Balloon Packed in Warren Woods' crowded woodland path with balloon on a cart, Dollfus labelled. (3) *** PHOTO | £60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4578 | NAVAL: Group of fine RP cards featuring scenes of/from HMS "Revenge" in the Mediterranean, 1932-34, mostly captioned on reverse inc. detailed maps of itineraries with dates, Captian Tillard & Admiral Backhouse, various crew photographs, ports, trophies, etc. Also one or two other ships inc. "Coventry". (46 cards). *** | £90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4579 | POSTAL TRANSPORT: Five cards depicting Swiss postal diligences on various rroutes c 1910, African mounted messenger (1909), 1939 ill'd New Year card from the staff of a Dutch TPO (slight staining), three cards showing letter-writing, a couple of modern items etc. (14).**/*** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4580 | POSTMEN (U.K.): Edwardian period British postmen inc. fine tinted RP card (1907) showing a London postman clearing a huge double box outside the Regent Street PO, 1905 RP portrait of a London postman on his round, the Clovelly postman with a donkey, a 1906 cartoon card 'Down with the Picture Postcard' with postman dropping a card down a drain, two novelty cards with mail bags hiding concertina views etc. (7 items). | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4581 | POSTMEN OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE: A fine group of mainly unused cards from this attractive series c1904-10 inc. Night Mail Train, Australia (2), Barbados, British Guiana, Canada, India, Mashonaland, Natal (2) - one or two with corner creases; also a v.fine & scarceTuck's 'Oilette' of an Australian postman emptying a pillar box. (11 items). **/*** PHOTO | £75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4582 | POSTMEN OF THE WORLD, c1905: A substantial group of these scarce cards produced in Paris and depicting chromo-litho scenes featuring postmen, stamps& flags of various countries: apart from France (3) & China (3) there is no further duplication; three different types of back inc. an Italian advertising version. (21 items). PHOTO - see plate no. | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4583 | POSTMEN (EUROPE): Group of mainly pre-WWI cards depicting postmen with mail satchels containing concertina view strips or a message, many are of Dutch or Belgian origin inc. four fine chromo-litho items, a postman clearing a pillar box, others delivering mail etc.; the odd soft corner crease, one with damaged corner. (15 items). **/*** | £60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4584 | POST OFFICES (BRITISH EMPIRE): Fine pre-WWI group inc. splendid RP cards of the 1911 Delhi Durbar PO and a Transvaal mail coach outside a Post Office c1910 plus a 1904 card used from Jo'burg showing 'the Mafeking Coach'; also a fine card of the PO at Dalhousie (India), 3 different chromo cards of 'Postmen of the British Empire' and views of the French POs at Brazzaville & Hanoi. (9 items). *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4585 | J. SPURLING SAILING SHIP SERIES: 1945 Set of seven different unused PPCs produced by Seven Seas Fine Arts from artwork by J. Spurling inc. 'Aristides', 'Piako', 'Thomas Stephens' etc. Fine. (7 cards).*** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4586 | STEAM POWER: Superb RP card c1910 of a traction engine with trailer of planks being off-loaded in front of a railway station; also two RP cards (Chepstow) showing a steam pump on the bank of the River Wye, pumpimg out a coffer dam - 'Dr Owen's search for the Bacon relics in the Wye, 1911' - pioneer archaeology! (3) *** PHOTO | £90 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4587 | RMS 'TITANIC' : White Star Line b&w postcard showing the 'Titanic' in mid-Ocean, with commemorative caption; some surface dust & a couple of tiny corner bumps. Scarce card. **/*** PHOTO | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4588 | U.K. TOPOGRAPHICAL: Edwardian album (faults) containing 280 vintage cards, mostly unused, with emphasis on UK inc. Oilettes, RP of S.Y.'Tern' on Windermere, Wallington, Richmond (Yorks), wreck of the 'Mahratta' on Goodwin Sands etc. (280).**/*** | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4589 | WAIN, Louis: 'Playbox' (1907) - Twelve issues of this scarce children's magazine, disbound, inc. fine illustrations by Louis Wain & Mabel Lucie Atwell (also 'Tiger Tim' cartoons etc.). Mainly fine. (12) *** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4590 | WINDMILLS: Attractive group of unused vintage PPCs depicting windmills, mostly in Kent & Sussex, mainly RP types with captions; many of the mills were in poor repair at the time of photographing. Scarce group. (38) *** | £70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4591 | WORCESTERSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE: Interesting group (both unused and used) inc. RP types of Worcester (both internal & external) and Hereford Cathedrals, Malvern & Pershore Abbeys, The Old Church and other scenes in Broadway, Herefordshire Beacon, the famous old house in Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Symonds Yat etc., etc. (63 cards). *** | £16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4592 | YORKSHIRE: Good lot of mainly pre-WWI cards inc. seaside, villages, RP, Whitby, Wensleydale & Kilburn noted; most used with some useful postmarks noted. (72) **/*** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4593 | YORKSHIRE - SNAINTON: 1910-11 Group of fine RP views of the village of Snainton (N.Riding) inc. a splendid and scarce example showing a pack of foxhounds with huntsman on the village green, good street scene etc. Also a fine, animated RP card of Manchester Road, Tintwistle (Derbys.). All used with Snainton or Tintwistle c.d.s. (6) **/ *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PICTURES AND PAINTINGS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4594 | MISCELLANY: c1850 coloured French lithograph of Tientsing Fort (light foxing), two steel engravings of "Constantinople from above Scutari" and "View of Calcutta from the Esplanade" the latter with an elephant led procession in the foreground & c1770 small engraving of Admiral Pocock. (4 items). **/*** FRAMED AND GLAZED - UNSUITABLE FOR POSTING. | £15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4595 | REINEGEN, Lottie: Four fine detailed cut-paper silhouette pictures, c1920, three of which are mounted against a two-tone lithograph background on art paper in modern card mounts, ready for framing - believed to be by Lottie Reinegen. Designs comprise a fine mailcoach in countryside, deer in a forest, a yacht and a Dutch canal scene (against white background). Most attractive & in very fine condition. (4). *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RAILWAY MEMORABILIA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4596 | TRANSPORT MISCELLANY: 'The Locomotive Today' (1922, ink stains but good title), 1950s Railway Magazines (5) , 1959 ABC Railway Guide, way-bills etc. Also 1950s Ian Allen booklets inc. helicopters, European & US Cars, aircraft boarding cards etc. (Qty). **/*** | £60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4597 | LIBRARY OF RAILWAY BOOKS: Carton with a selection of books inc. Hamilton Ellis "The Lore of the TRain" (1977), Bulleid "Master Builders of Steam" (1863), "The Railway Barons" (1979), van Riemsdijk "Steam Power" (1980), all v.fine in dust wrappers - plus a few paperbacks. (9 items). **/*** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4598 | RAILWAYANA AUCTION CATALOGUES: 1) Sir William McAlpine Collection, Bonham's (1996); 2) I.K.Brunel memorablia, Christie's (1996); 3) Railway Engineers' drawings, Onslow (1987); 4) Paul Edwards Collection, Sheffield Railwayana (1997). All ill'd, fine condition. (4) *** | £25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4599 | HUSKISSON, William MP: c1830 Fine & unusual sepia lithograph (230 x 145mm) in modern card mount depicting Liverpool Cemetery with the grave of William Huskisson MP, the first casualty of the railway system; also a small engraved portrait of the man. (2).*** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4600 | RAILWAY 'MANIA' PROSPECTUS FOR A BOSTON, GRANTHAM, LEICESTER & MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY (1845) 4pp. printed brochure inviting investors to buy shares. One of the many still-born schemes promoted in the 1840's. *** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4601 | SALTASH BRIDGE: Fine group of contemporary photographs of the Royal Albert Bridge, designed by Brunel to carry the GWR line across the Tamar, under construction c1859; good close-up views inc. 7 full-plate images showing the construction of the piers, tubular framework & arches plus a fine view of the completed bridge. Also a large photo of the Chepstow Bridge under construction c1850. Mounted on old pages. (9). **/*** | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4602 | SHREWSBURY STATION - PICTORIAL LETTER-SHEET, 1854: Very unusual small letter-sheet with engraved heading depicting the station with an advertisement for rooms & chop house etc. with a letter written from the Station and carried by private express messenger to Ludlow, endorsed 'paid 9d'. Fine. *** PHOTO | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4603 | L.S.W.R. AND L.B.&S.C.R. AGREEMENT, 1862: 20pp vellum document concluding an agreement between the London & South Western Railway and the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway concerning use of lines with detailed tables of agreed fares etc. Revenue stamps & wax seal of company. *** | £50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4604 | GOLDEN VALLEY RAILWAY (Gloucs.): 1878 £10 Share Certificate printed in orange with vignette engraving of locomotive | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4605 | "HISTORY OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAY" (Williams, 1878): A good working copy of this scarce title - text mainly fine (light foxing to page edges, some thumbing, etc.) - missing title and last page of index, amateur rebinding - nevertheless an opportunity to obtain the otherwise virtually unobtainable. Also facsimile editions of July 1938 edition of Bradshaw's Railway Guide (1969) & 1903 Midland Railway Timetables (c1970 - maps loose). */*** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4606 | GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY: c1895 20pp ill'd brochure 'The Cathedral Route to the Continent' with folding map in fine chromo covers printed by Bradley, Philadelphia; very fine.*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4607 | SEVERN RAILWAY BRIDGE: c1880 Photograph (175 x 110mm) of the bridge in the final stages of construction; mounted on card (foxing) with a German street scene on reverse. Also 3 full-plate photographs of the ship 'War Apple' at an estuarine quayside for refitting/cleaning, dated May 1915. (4).**/*** | £35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4608 | G.N.R./G.N.E.R.: 'The East Coast Route' - 1895 (16pp brochure with large folding map of the London-Thurso route operated by the GNR, GNER & North British Railway, in fine chromo-litho pictorial covers, printed by McCorquodales for a New York agency. Fine.*** PHOTO | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4609 | L.N.W.R. - 1904 St LOUIS EXPOSITION GUIDE: 64pp well-illustrated brochure in pictorial card covers outlining the Company's exhibit at the US exhibition and showing the workings of the LNWR, rolling stock, employees, folding route map etc. - awash with information. Very fine & scarce. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4610 | L..N.W.R.: 1906 18pp brochure 'The Royal Mail Route' with large folding map of lines, boat-train links, transatlantic steamer routes in attractive pictorial covers, printed by McCorquodale, London for US agents Wand of New York with timetables, fares special services etc. Fine. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4611 | MAPS AND BLUEPRINTS: c1910-50 bundle of assorted detailed technical plans of railway stations, cuttings, track intersections, railway engines, rolling stock, etc. Some are ex Waterloo planning department. We note sundry IOW interest and a canvas backed map of the LNER system. (Several dozen). | £75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4612 | JOHNSTON'S RAILWAY MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES (10th edition, c1920): Fine colour-printed map showing the pre-grouping railway system in considerable detail with insert enlargements of some areas. Dissected & mounted on linen. Cover wear, map fine & scarce. *** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4613 | RAILWAY T.P.O. TIME BILLS: Bundle of unused foolscap-size printed time-bills, mostly 1925-30 but with an example from 1901; lines inc. London-Holyhead, several GWR routes, SER, GNER, Edinburgh-York etc. Paper toning, edge fraying & most punched for filing; invaluable for the Railway Mail collector. (43 plus a bundle of photocopies). | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4614 | G.W.R.: 1935 Centenary commemoration 34pp foolscap booklet produced by the Company, printed on fine cream 'parchment', containing numerous tipped-in ills. with cream/brown ribbons at spine & coloured arms on cover; a superior production in fine condition & scarce. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4615 | ABERGAVENNY-MERTHYR LINE (LMS/LNWR): 1958 Last train service - commemorative run organised by The Stephenson Locomotive Society, 6pp ill'd brochure plus 7pp typewritten notes concerning the route; fine. *** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G.P.O. RAILWAY TIME BILLS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The folowing 20 lots are Railway Time Bills issued by the G.P.O. They are headed by the Royal Arms and list each station of call, location of rail bag apparatus and expected times of arrival and departure. Actual times were to be completed in manuscript by the officer in charge with his explanation of any delay or incident.. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4616 | Carlisle to Perth: 'Midnight Mail from London' (April 1896) by Caledonian Railway, via Lockerbie, Carstairs, Stirling, Dunblane, etc. G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4617 | Carlisle to Whitehaven/Whitehaven to Carlisle: 'Night Mail' (Jan. 1897) by Maryport & Carlisle Railway and Whitehaven Junction Railway, via Wigton, Maryport, Workington, etc. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4618 | Doncaster to London: 'London Morning Mail' (Feb. 1898) by Great Northern Railway, via Grantham, Peterboro & King's Cross. G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8", printed in blue. Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4619 | Keith to Aberdeen: 'London Night Mail' (Feb. 1897) by Great North of Scotland Railway, via Inverurie, Kennethmont, etc. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4620 | London to Carlisle/Carlisle to London: 'London Day Mail' (April 1915) by L&NWR, via Euston, Northampton, Rugby, Crewe, Warrington, Lancaster, Penrith, etc. G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8", postmarked 'London Controller's Office'. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4621 | London to Dorchester/Dorchester to London: 'South West T.P.O. Day Mail' (July 1915) by London & South Western Railway, via Waterloo, Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton, Bournemouth, Poole, etc. Used G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8" with times and reasons for delays entered in manuscript and signed by two sorters and overseer. Postmarked 'London Controllers Office' and 'Dorchester'. ** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4622 | London to Dover/Dover to London: 'Foreign Night Mail' (April 1914) by South Eastern & Chatham Railway, via Cannon Street & Dover Admiralty Pier, connecting with the French and Belgian mail packet boats. Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4623 | London to Dover/Dover to London: 'South Eastern T.P.O.' (Aug. 1915) by South Eastern Railway, via London Bridge, Orpington, Sevenoaks, Ashford, Shorncliffe Camp, etc. Used G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡" with times and reasons for delays entered in manuscript and signed by sorter. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4624 | London to Folkestone/Folkestone to London: 'Foreign Night Mail' (April 1914) by South Eastern & Chatham Railway, via Holburn Viaduct, St. Paul's, Herne Hill & Folkestone Pier. G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4625 | London to Perth: '10 p.m. Night Mail' (May 1897) via Euston, Rugby, Stafford, Crewe, Warrington, Carlisle, Carstairs, Stirling, etc. G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4626 | Manchester to Rugby: 'London Day Mail' (Aug. 1897) by L&NWR, via Stockport & Macclesfield.. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡", printed in red. Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4627 | Oxford to Bletchley/Bletchley to Oxford: 'Night Mail' (April 1897) by L&NWR, via Islip, Bicester, Claydon & Winslow. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4628 | Penrith to Keswick/Keswick to Penrith: 'Night Mail' (Feb. 1897) by Cockermouth, Penrith & Keswick Railway. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4629 | Perth to Inverness/Inverness to Perth: 'London Day Mail' (April 1897) by Highland Railway via Forres, Grantown, Blair Atholl, etc. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡", printed in red. Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4630 | Peterborough to Rugby/Rugby to Peterborough: 'Night Mail' (March 1898) by L&NWR, via Wansford, Seaton & Market Harborough. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4631 | Rugby to Birmingham/Birmingham to Rugby: 'London Day Mail' (May 1897) by L&NWR., via Coventry. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡", printed in red. Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4632 | Ryde to Ventnor/ Ventnor to Ryde: 'Night Mail' (July 1915) connecting with the steam boat from Portsmouth and by rail via Brading, Sandown, Shanklin & Wroxall. G.P.O. time bill 13" x 8". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4633 | Stafford to Manchester: 'London Day Mail' (Jan. 1898) by L&NWR, via Stone, Stoke, Macclesfield & Stockport. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡", printed in red. Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4634 | Stockport to Buxton: 'Night Mail' (Feb. 1898) by L&NWR, via Disley, Furness Vale, Whaleybridge & Chapel-en-le-Frith. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4635 | Whitehaven to Carnforth/Carnforth to Whitehaven : 'London Day Mail' (Feb. 1892) by Furness Railway via Millom, Dalton, Ulverston & Grange. G.P.O. time bill 8" x 6‡". Unused. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4636 | EAST AFRICAN RAILWAYS: Fine group of scarce vintage PPCs inc. RP train derailment off bridge at Mkatta c1920, Uganda Railways poster type card, RPs of stations at Itici, Tabora & Dodoma (with troops) c1918, various locos, stations, bridges etc. Also 1938 souvenir folder with 'bus ticket for opening of the Uganda Transport Co. Good lot. (20).**/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4637 | U.S.A. - COLUMBUS, CHICAGO & INDIANA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.: $100 share (1868) finely printed in mauve with superb design of a wood-burning steam locomotive in a station, 25c Fiscal stamp attached; punched holes otherwise fine. Also ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM Co. £10 share certificate finely printed with an embossed seal, issued to Head Pottinger Best of Newbury, Berks. with additional h.s. "A further call of two pounds paid up". (2 items). | £36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4638 | USA - UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY OVERLAND ROUTE: 1895 24pp folding timetable printed on the reverse of a fine coloure map of the system showing all stations, plus adverts inc. one for the Midland Railway. A trifle worn where folded, otherwise fine. *** | £20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4639 | KENT: Small book containing pencil autographs (12) of the 1925 Kent side plus sundry others inc. Bentley Beetham (1926 Everest Expedition) together with an r/p postcard of the 1925 side and another of the 1926 Australians. (3 items). *** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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