| 81 | MISCELLANY inc. Reich, The Admiral Stamps of 1911 to 1925; Bilesk Plate Block Catalogue (7th Edition; 1937 Melbourne Airmail Exhibition set of four different coloured sheetlets; two cartons of mixed literature inc. New Zealand (10), London Philatelist (1996-9 near complete) etc. Much of interest. (Two cartons). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 82 | MISCELLANY inc. Buckley & Marriott, Stamps of the Orange Free State (3 vols.); Fraser, Panama & What it Means; Pennell, Joseph Pennell's Pictures of the Panama Canal; HMSO, S. Africa Despatches (1901); James, The Savage Wars (1985) plus other related pubs. (11). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 83 | MISCELLANY inc. Mogg, 1822 Paterson's Roads with maps (faults);Collings, The Care & Preservation of Philatelic Material; Phillips, 1942 How to Arrange & Write up a Stamp Collection; two large files with cuttings on PH, letter boxes, birds etc; Van Den Bold, Handbook of Thematic Philately; Watson, Stamp Collecting by Theme etc. (Small qty.). | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 84 | MISCELLANY - Carton containing miscellany inc. British Postmarks (1970); Specialised Machin catalogue (1996); Pitcairn islands PH; Postal Markings of the Canal Zone;Nomenclature des Bureaux de Postes Francais; The Bombay Postal Circle; Stamp Collectors Fortnightly, bound (1926); The T.P.O. of Egypt; Postal cancellations of the Ottoman Empire etc. Good selection. (20+). | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 85 | MISCELLANY inc. Gisburn, Stamps & Posts of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; Gruber, Ballonpost der Oesterreichischen Pro Juventute; Phillips, Stamp Collecting (1947); The Guinness Book of Stamps etc. | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 86 | CANADA MISCELLANY inc. BNA Topics complete 1960-9; Maple Leaves complete Vols. 7 to 27; Boggs, Postage Stamps & PH of Canada (1949); Lowe, Encyclopaedia of British Postage Stamps Vol.5; Whitworth, First Decimal Issues of Canada; Walburn, Canadian Precancel H/book etc. Large quantity. BUYER TO COLLECT | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 87 | EGYPT, AIRMAILS ETC. - Carton with good Egypt variety inc. Balian, Stamps of Egypt; Melville, Egypt (faults); Sears, Airmails of Egypt; c.1920 map of Suez Canal; collection (8) of hardback books all with Egyptian connection; Baldwin, The Airmails of British Africa; Colley, East Africa Airmails etc. (20+). | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 88 | FRANCE; 1817 issue of "The Post Roads in France" original cover, faults & map removed but scarce; Salles, La Poste Maritime Vol. VIII (boxed); Type Sage Issues by both Kelly(2000) & Joany et al(1980); Roberts, French Maritime Mail, etc. (7). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 89 | G.B. INC. RAILWAYS, ETC.; Alcock & Meredith, Brit. Postage Stamp Varieties (1949); Murray, The Post Office (1929); Staff, The Penny Post (1964); Morley, Catalogue of Newspaper Tax Stamps of GB (1912); Churton, The Railway Book of England (1973 reprint); Jackson, The Railway & Airletter Stamps of Brit. Isles (1979); Meyer, The British State telegraphs (1907); P.O., Telephone Valuation Committee (1908), scarce, etc. Fine selection. (15). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 90 | MARITIME; Robertson, A History of the Ship Letters of the British Isles (1955), signed copy No.34 (two vols.) and Salles, La Poste maritime, Vol. VIII. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 91 | MOUNT BROWN - 1862 CATALOGUE OF THE BRITISH, COLONIAL, AND FOREIGN POSTAGE STAMPS; Third edition of this early catalogue with nearly 1,700 varieties - some acheivement by 1862! Inteleaved copy with very minor faults. Scarce and attractive. | £350 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 92 | ROBERTSON - Ship Letters; The Maritime Postal History of the British Isles. 1973 three vol. reprint in cases. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 93 | THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION; The outstanding work by Sir John Wilson; gold tooled, leather bound in original slip case. Good condition. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 94 | WORLDWIDE MISCELLANY inc. Fiscal PS 1916-28 issues (bound facsimile); Staff, The Transatlantic Mail; Tabeart, An Overview of Steam Communications in the 19th Cent.; Winter, 19th century US to France Mails; Kelly, The Type Sage issues; Bacon, Grenada (c.1920); Batten, The Orange Free State, etc. (9). | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 95 | WORLDWIDE MISCELLANY inc. Alcock & Holland, British Postmarks (1977); Johnson, The British TPO; Phillips, Stamp Collecting(1943) plus works on same topic by Armstrong, Chapman, Noble, etc.; Billigs, Phil. h/b's (French) Vols. 5,11& 29; various Netherland pubs.; Poole, Sarawak (1906) etc. Good selection. (20+). | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 96 | WORLDWIDE MISCELLANY inc. Melville, GB - KEVII Stamps (1911), Oil Rivers & Niger Coast (1924) & US Postage Stamps 1847-69 (1915); Easton, Brit. Postage Stamp Design; Boggs & Strange, The Foundations of Philately; Hardy & Bacon, The Stamp Collector (1898); Chapman, Coronation of QEII (complete with omnibus set of stamps); Jordan, The Road to Philately; Todd, Stamps of the Empire (1938); Vallencey, Guide to Philatelic Literature (3rd Edition), etc. (25+). | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 97 | WORLDWIDE MISCELLANY inc. Keeton, Airgraph (1987); Hancock, Australian Telegram Forms & Envelopes (Part I&II,1991); Majumdar, The Imperial PO of Brit. India (Vol.II, 1999); Bennett, Kiribati (1997); Smith, Rhodesia: A Postal History (1967) plus Supp. (7). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 98 | MISCELLANY inc. large family edition of "The Pilgrim's Progress" (c.1860) with colour plates; Encyclopedia of Birds (7 vols. c.1980); Chandler, The Newspaper & Almanac Stamps of GB; Stone, The Inland Post etc. (3 cartons). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 99 | REFERENCE BOOKS - Small collection of reference books inc. 1959 Burkes Peerage; 1882 The Peerage of the British Empire; 1986 Crests of the Families of GB & Ireland; 1889 Dictionary of English History; 1949 Dictionary of National Biography; 1821 Cary's Roads (no map); Welsh selection etc. Condition variable. (15+). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 100 | LARGE CARTON with an extensive early to modern World-wide accumulation of covers & cards. Some useful noted and well worth perserverance. (Large Qty.). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 | LARGE CARTON with an extenssive World-wide early to modern accumulation of covers & cards with some useful items in evidence. Well worth careful examination. (Qty.). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 102 | MISCELLANY of post-WWII covers with particular strength in Antarctica inc. useful early AAT items but with a useful range of FDC's from Greenland & Iceland noted. (Approx. 100 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 103 | MISCELLANY: Small diverse selection of covers inc. 1929 env. to USA franked with Falkland Islands 2‡d blue tied by "SOUTH SHETLANDS" c.d.s. 1942 OHMS env. (faults) registered from Nassaue to USA franked with Landfall ‡d to 3/-. 1945 env. franked with Graham Lands 1d tied by violet c.d.s. with censor h.s. nearby. (18 items). | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 104 | MISCELLANY: Group with a South African flavour inc. COGH 1841 cover with boxed "TO PAY", 1901 COGH censored cover, 1915 SWA censored card, documents c1946-56 with revenue stamps (5 inc. and grant & marriage contracts) plus two Swaziland items, 1772 Batavian funeral invitation, part sheet of KGVI Trinidad & Tobago 12c stamps [SG252a] etc. Inspection necessary. (23 items & 45 stamps). | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 105 | MISCELLANY: Interesting group of stampless paquebot covers ex Levant to France, Italy & Malta 1852-66, inc. boxed PAQUEBOTS/DE LA/MEDITERRANEE (3) & TUNIS-PAR-BONE cds (2); also a quartet of later Corsini letters sent within Italy, 1693-1789, 3 with s/l NAPOLI. Plus (1958) Shanahan's auction catalogue. (13 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 106 | BIZARRE YET FASCINATING MISCELLANY comprising Chile 1925 "PRO RAZA" labels mint (70 - in large multiples), three large pieces bearing NSW adhesives used in Queensland (all with Drayton numeral cancellations), 1879 long cover (faults) from Maryborough to Brisbane bearing 1d vermilion strip of three (one torn) cancelled by neat "96" numerals. Endorsed "Machine Shop Maryborough/OHMS" but seemingly prepaid at the full rate and a useful group of QV Jamaican adhesives with scarce Triple Arc "A", "B", "C" & "E" cancellations (Milk River, Duncans, Laughlands & Bluefields). A highly unususal group! | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 107 | ASIA: Small group of covers inc. Jaipur registered postcard & stationery E, Travancore stamped native covers (2), four attractive Nepal covers with fine seal imprints & two similar items from Tibet. Unusual. (10 items). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 108 | OVERLAND MAIL: 1839-60 group of EL's ex India to France (4) or the UK endorsed for the Overland route inc. two unusual private h.s. "VIA SUEZ & FRANCE" or "Via Suez & Marseille" with oval and boxed red "INDIA" or boxed black "INDIA UNPAID". (5 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 109 | ROUND THE WORLD CARDS EX THE U.K. AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: Remarkable pair of 1888 1d postal stationery cards ex Westgate-on-Sea & Cape Town respectively, both addressed to Mowbray Webber, Post Office, Melbourne, Victoria. The former is uprated by four stamps from different countries (and with a fifth - presumably a NSW 8d - removed in Japan), the latter bears five stamps from different countries (in each case three of the adhesives are faded and virtually every adhesive has some fault or other). A most unusual duo nevertheless. Photo Photo 2 | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 110 | MISCELLANY: Quartet of EL's comprising 1803 ex Jamaica (fumigated at St. Just Pool) conveyed on the "Duke of Marlborough" packet and with m/s rates of "5/6" & "6/6" crossed through & rerated at "7/3", 1824 ex Mexico to Edinburgh with black step-type "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER", 1849 ex Montevideo to Edinburgh rated "8" and with black "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" arrival mark plus 1872 ex the UK (franked with 1/- green) to Buenos Aires per RMS Packets from Southampton. (4). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 111 | MISCELLANY: 1901-36 selection of covers/cards to a wide range of vessels in various European countries inc. 1901 env. with an illustration of an Eastern gentleman to SS "Dewsland", British Consulate Marseilles, 1909 PPC to SS "Derbyshire" at Marseilles redirected to Burma, 1910 env. RMS "Asturias" to Marseilles franked with French P.Dues & returned to Southampton, 1933 env. to SS "Esperance Bay" at Lisbon returned to Southampton, 1936 env. to Orient line "Orion" at Naples, 1936 env. to SS "Benavon" at Sakhalin. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 112 | ADEN: 1904 ‡d card from Bealings (Suffolk) to SS "Manora" at Aden, 1907 Telegram to the P&O "Britannia" at Aden with the printed "ADEN STATION" telegram, 1910 PPC from New Cross to RMS "Mantua" at Aden. (3 items). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | BOER WAR PERIOD MAIL TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE BRITISH TRANSPORT SHIP "FORMOSA": 1900-1901 series of covers (7) & cards (3) to the Captain of the British troop transport ship "Formosa" which was carrying mail on the substitute mail route from Delgoa Bay to Beira for onward transport to Rhodesia. Various h.s. inc. fine "1", sundry FPO's & censor h.s. inc. mail from Natal, Pretoria, De Aar & Lourenco Marques to Southsea with "SOUTHAMPTON/PACKET LETTER" c.d.s. (11 covers). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 114 | BURMA - THE GUNNER LAMACROFT MAIL: 1901 much travelled envelopes (4) franked at the 1d rate from the Gunner Lamacroft correspondence with three (possibly four) addressed to the troop transport "Assaye" at Rangoon with various m/s redirections inc. Barrcakpore, Madras, Rawalpindi & Woolwich. Also a PPC of the "Assaye". | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 115 | 1d RATE SAILORS COVER: 1865 env. (very soiled) headed with m/s "From W. Wigget H.M.S. Bombay S America" to London, countersigned by the commanding officer and franked with a LC14 1d red cancelled in London. Photo | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 116 | ERITREA: 1894 env. from Massaua to "Capn di Fregata Comandante la ra Covazzata Duilio, Spezia" redirected to "Firenze". Note: The "Duilio" was a turret ship laid down in 1873 & one of the most powerful warships of the day. | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 117 | FINLAND LINE: 1926 Letter on headed company notepaper referring to complimentary official PPCs (sadly no longer present!) of the ships 'Oberon', 'v. D–beln', 'Poseidon' and 'Oihonna', two scarce earlier (1910/11) official RP cards of the 'Polaris' & 'Arcturus' and fine 1935 RP card (again of the 'Arcturus' but this time at full steam) bearing postage due h.s & G.B. 1d postage due label. Also 1912 PPC bearing "Fra Sverige" h.s. franked with Swedish adhesive cancelled at Helsingfors and 1921 letter on three sheets of 'Tr”lleborg-Sassnitz Line' headed paper showing S.S. 'Konung Gustaf V'. (10 items). | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 118 | GERMANY/G.B.: Fine chromo-litho card of Eddystone Lighthouse with a liner in the background used to England & put ashore at Colombo (March 1903 - stamp removed) with a partial strike of the Seepost Asiatische h.s. Also chromo-litho card of a liner in Southampton Water with Netley Hospital in the background used to Scotland with fine Aug. 1904 "DEUTSCHE SEEPOST/OST/ASIATISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/b" c.d.s. The cards were designed by Eckenbrecker. Fine. (2 cards). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 119 | GERMANY - HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE: English language versions of 1912 agents timetable (10" x 4" - minor faults) with picture of SS "Imperator" at sea & timetable for all the Lines' Ships & of 1924 booklet (36pp) entitled "PASSAGE/REGULATIONS/FOR/FIRST, SECOND/AND CABIN CLASS/PASSENGERS TO/NORTH AMERICA" & c1930 folded brochure 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". Most attractive. (3). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 120 | GIBRALTAR: 1961 (2 Dec.) EL to Lisbon bearing GB 2d blue tied by "A26" cancellation & with h.s. "C.Est.de N" alongside. At SW corner is a lovely oval h.s. of the senders - "LIVERPOOL & MEDITERRANEAN/CARVER BROTHERS/AGENTS/GIBRALTAR/SCREW STEAMERS". An unusual Exhibition piece. Photo | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 121 | MAIL TO SHIP'S CAPTAIN - SPECIAL "CARE OF CAPTAIN" REGISTERED RATE; 21 Nov. 1891 env. (minor stains) from Stockport (v. fine "REGISTERED/STOCKPORT" oval d.s. on front) addressed "Care of Captain...Cabin Passenger in the Sailing Ship Torrens (for Adelaide), Plymouth. Leaving London Docks, Novem. 21 91.", franked by GB ‡d vermilion pair and 1d lilac pair all tied by partly fine "733" numerals, with a v. fine large black rubber "R" in oval alongside. Rare and unusual; letters for ships' passengers at this date had to be sent Registered and clearly marked c/o the Captain. Photo | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 122 | MIDDLE EAST - PALESTINE/SYRIA/TURKEY: 1861 env. from London to "Frigate Russe Imperial General Admiral Beirut Syria" & "To the care of the Russian Consul at Beirut", 1854 EL from Scarborough franked with 2d pair (other adhesives removed) to HM Transport "Belgravia" No 105 Constantinople or "With the Fleet in the Black Sea", m/s "not called for" & "INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED" in red, 1864 E ex Sunderland to Barque "Scotia's Queen" at Constantinople, 1887 PC ex Hereford to SS "Matthew Cay" at Constantinople, 1894 2d env. ex Sunderland to SS "Castlemore" at Constantinople & much travelled 1899 env. from Langholm to SS "Georgian Prince" at Constantinople, redirected to Jaffa, Alexandria & London. (6 covers). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 123 | PAQUEBOTS: Paquebot cancellations on stamps, pieces & covers, written-up in an album inc. QV GB stamps with French Lozenge & c.d.s. cancellations, France with MB's of London, Jersey & Southampton plus "324" duplexes, s/l "PAQUEBOTS", machines, various shipping companies' cachets, etc. Some useful items noted. (17 covers & numerous stamps/pieces). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 124 | PORTUGAL - PACKET & SHIP LETTER MAIL: 1762/67 Lisbon to Falmouth Packet letters (3), the earliest of which was carried on the 'Hanover' (wrecked the next year), 1798 EL from Madeira with fine large "PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" and 1838/44 pair of ELs ex Santander & Corunna to London. (7 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 125 | PORTUGAL/IBERIAN PENINSULAR: 1842 EL from London to Cadiz endorsed "p.Oriental Str" and prepaid 2/2d; arrival endorsement of Feb. 8th. Ex Kirk. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 126 | PORTUGAL: 1844-46 group of 4 EL's to Oporto & an E to London, all with fine strikes of the circular framed "B..C./CADIZ" h.s. - the Portugal group also with fine blue framed "P.BRITo" & "120" (3) or "240" charge marks, the London cover with m/s "4/4" to pay. (5 items). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 127 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1802-31 trio of EL's from Tappahonnock, Charleston (with fine red step-type "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER") & New York (with black step-type "SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL") to various Scottish addresses. Carried per "Chesterfield", via a private ship & per "Manchester" accordingly. (3). | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 128 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: Quartet of 1833-36 letters comprising 1833 ex St. John's (New Brunswick) to Edinburgh with fine black step-type "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER", 1834 ex Edinburgh to Lower Canada, 1836 EL ex Stow (s/l handstamp) to the same address & 1836 ex Glasgow to Upper Canada, initially carried by coastal steamer to Liverpool & thence by private ship to the Americas. (4). | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 129 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1838/41 pair of EL's from Glasgow to Upper Canada (Oxford & Dundas respectively) with a good selection of endorsements & postal markings. The former with blue undated circle of Oxford, red double-ring d.s. of Quebec and red "FORWARDED", the latter with circular black "SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/LIVERPOOL", circular red "NEW YORK/SHIP/APR/18" & Dundas arrival mark of 26 April. A useful pair. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 130 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1842-99 group of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1842 E ex Edinburgh to New York per Caledonia, 1845 E ex Philadelphia to Scotland with blue encircled "10" & oval "PAID", 1846 EL ex Aberdeen to Ohio with red "ABERDEEN/PAID" & s/l "WHITEHOUSE", 1848 E ex Plattsville to Scotland with Liverpool Ship arrival mark, 1851 E ex Irvine to New York with curved red "PAID" & "5/CENTS" marks, 1852 E ex Irvine to New York bearing Embossed 1/- green (cut into at foot) with similar "PAID" & "5/CENTS" marks, etc. (10). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 131 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1866-88 group of covers inc. 1866 ex Edinburgh to Ottawa per Cunard packet "China", 1868 ex Edinburgh to Ontario bearing 1d & 6d adhesives, 1873 ex Montreal to Edinburgh bearing SQ 3c (2), 1885 ex Montreal to Edinburgh bearing SQ 5c, 1881 ex Glasgow to Ontario bearing ‡d & 2‡d adhesives & 1888 Booxpost wrapper ex Glasgow to New Brunswick bearing ‡d vermilion. (6). | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 132 | U.S.A. - LIVERPOOL/U.S. PACKET H.S.: 1859 EL from Richmond, Va. to England bearing Richmond d.s., New York combined 21c accountancy mark d.s. & (on back) fine black strike of "LIVERPOOL/U.S. PACKET" d.s. and 1882 env. from San Francisco to Bootle franked with 2c orange & 3c green (both with faults) with fine red "PAID/LIVERPOOL/US PACKET" d.s. (2 covers). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 133 | MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE inc. Robertson, Ship Letters, The Maritime PH of the British Isles, reprint in two vols.; Lloyds List repro's for the years 1781/2 & 1783/4 (printed 1969); Norway, History of the PO Packet Service; Hendy, Ship Letters (PHS reprint 1997); Walker, British Warship Names (1959) etc. (10+). | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 134 | JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS; Four issues of this excellent reference work inc. a sound copy of 1920, damaged copies of 1912 & 1918 plus good copy of 1944-45. (3). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 135 | UNITED STATES: "The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" vols. I-VIII. A magnificent, comprehensive work which covers the activities & movements of each vessel in excellent detail. Also "Shipwrecks of the Civil War" by D.G. Shomette & "British Warship Names" by Captain Manning & Commander Walker. (10 volumes). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 136 | ENGLISH CIVIL WAR - Battle of Acton: 1642 8pp newsbook 'A Exact and True RELATION of the BATTEL fought on Saturday laft at ACTON...sent from the Army from one Mafter Bourn an Officer under Colonell Hollis'; disbound, very fine (edges slightly toned) and scarce. Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 137 | WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION - LETTER FROM THE HAGUE AS THE WAR CLOUDS GATHER, ETC.: 1701 (29 Dec.) EL folded distinctively like an envelope from "La Haye" to Edinburgh via London charged "8" then "11" & finally "1s/1d" with v.fine London Foreign Branch Bishop Mark on the lower flap. Contents ref. the shifting alliances on the eve of War with fascinating cynical comment on the French King, etc. Also six 1811-50 Italian States prestamp covers (7). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 138 | GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1829 - FRENCH FORCE: 1829 (7.February) EL addressed to an artillery captain with the French Expeditionary Force at Morea, with fine s/l 'P.115.P./BEAUMONT/DE LOMAGNE' and cds. An unusual item from the little-known French involvement in Greece. Fine. Photo | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 139 | MISCELLANY inc. 1934 postcards (3) from London to Derby apparently refering to the spy Blunt, 1900-01 a series of envs (9) mostly franked with 1d lilacs tied by FPO cancellations of the Boer war. 1945 Minesweeping Forces Christmas card. 1940 env. to Adolf Hitler with "NO SERVICE" h.s. 1944 Jersey Red Cross form and various censor h.s. An interesting lot. (25+ items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 140 | WWI - ANZAC MAIL: 1915-16 censored covers (4), three of which are OHMS envelopes with circular ("MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE/2nd A.N.Z.A.C.") or oval censor marks, the fourth being a plain env. with hexagonal "PASSED/FIELD/CENSOR" mark in pink with "Opened by Censor" tape (one is only a part cover). Scarce quartet. | £75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 141 | WWI/WWII: Small group of covers inc. 1917 PC to GB with scarce "FIELD POST OFFICE/I.L.L" & fine violet circular "COMANDO GRUPPO B1 ARTIGLIERA PESANTE/(Coat of Arms)", 1917 censored PPC to Wales with circular "ARMY POST OFFICE/L1" (only recorded for three days at Base PO Aquata before reverting to APO S101), 1917 PPC ex the Krusha front with FPO 83 & octagonal censor mark, 1946 (July) stampless env. from a female missionary in Rumania to Rome with FPO 577 d.s., etc. (5). | £75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 142 | WWII - EGYPT: Substantial group of covers inc. small & large Army Post 10m frankings plus various Empire forces items with appropriate stamps, POW covers (2), Naval censors, airgraphs, Red Cross messages, railway pass etc. Also a fine group of EGYPT/PREPAID & MPO cancellations on cover in an album and a further selection with RAF censors (28) of various types. A useful lot. (193 items). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 143 | MISCELLANY INC. G.B. 1911 WINDSOR FLIGHTS PRIVILEGE ENVELOPE, HONG KONG FLIGHTS, ETC.; 1842-1950 covers inc. 1842 Canada/USA Cross-Border Transatlantic EL to Scotland, rare 9 Sept. 1911 usage of the GB "AERIAL POST" purple Privilege env. (closed tear & some creasing) with KGV 1d tied by London code "4" c.d.s., 26 Mar. 1936 Hong Kong 1st Flight covers (3) to GB, etc. (14 covers). Photo | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 144 | AVIATION PUBLICATIONS; Miscellany of aviation publications inc. 1875-1906 26 issues of "L'Aeronaute" (incomplete), the French pioneering aviation magazine, bound in one vol.; WWII magazines inc. HMSO booklets "Bomber Command", "Battle of Britain", 1939 issue of "War Illustrated", 1939 "Everything for Aviation Wear", 1937 "Aerobatics Simply Explained" etc. Good varied selection. (12). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ** | 145 | MISCELLANY: Small group of autograph letters, mainly 19th Century, inc. Duchess of Bedford (1814), Palmerston (1821), WH Havereal (1855), Sir Edward Pointer (1881), JH Newman (1890), Prince Borghese (1925), etc. Good selection. (32). | £70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 146 | WAGHORN, Thomas - SIGNED LETTER: c1845 letter on one side of folded sheet (minor wear - no address wrapper) headed "Thursday" & sent to "C.R. Smith Esq." ref. a meeting at Snodland on Saturday, clearly signed "Thonmas Waghorn". Rare autograph letter from this famous pioneer of the Anglo-Indian mail route via Egypt. | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 147 | CARTON with the extensive accumulation of cigarette cards, tea cards, transport tickets, etc. (Qty.). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 148 | POSTER STAMPS: A fine variety of European Poster Stamps inc. attrcative embossed types, various early aviation items, scarce WWII Hungarian Red Cross sheetlet of ten, WWI Patriotic labels from Austria & Belgium in fine blocks of 4, 1914 Russian Patriotic labels (6), etc. (Approx. 300). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 149 | POSTER STAMPS - EXHIBITIONS: Collection on stockleaves - apparently all Belgian inc. a very good range of 1913 Gand Exhibition and much relating to Liege 1905. (Approx. 440). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 150 | POSTER STAMPS: Stockbook housing an interesting miscellany of poster stamps & associated Cinderella material. An emphasis on Switzerland. (Approx. 300). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 151 | POSTER STAMPS: A varied accumulation on stockleaves. Some interest in Dogs, Horses & Sport. (Approx. 280). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 152 | MISCELLANY inc. 1814 large invitation card to Cornhill Centenary dinner with fine engraved blue vignette; White Star SS Baltic menu card with inset of Gibraltar; eight fine colour litho plates of horse drawn transport c.1880; 1920 - "Gloucestershire - The story of successful endeavour in the Task of Reconstruction"; 1848 map of Ipswich (52x68cm), fine; c.1880 Ornance Survey map of Manchester on archival backing; cabinet size photo of Baden Powell in uniform plus 1925 members card for Embassy Club issued to Sir John French;1881 The Cray Fishery, 14pp illus, price list of fishing equipment and 1921 12pp illus. Trout Breeding catalogue etc. Small eclectic group! | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 153 | MISCELLANEOUS ACCUMULATION WITH EPHEMERA INTEREST: The unrelated accumulation of interesting items inc. 1689 Act for "the charging and collecting the duties upon Coffee, Tea and Chocolate at the Cuftom-houfe". 1961 43rd Philatelic Congress printers proof of the envelope artist signed. 1954 remains of an envelope salvaged from the Prestwick air crash. A small booklet containing Esperanto labels. 1846 EL to Copenhagen with framed blue "HULL/SHIP--LETTER" d.s. 1954 BEA presentation book containing 5c to £1 adhesives. 1948 Sweden postal notice for the Gustav V Jubilee issue. 1825-84 fancy vellum documents (5) for the leasing of property in London. An interesting group. (35+ items). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 154 | MISCELLANY inc. 1815 10pp Act regarding the pay, uniforms etc of the Irish Militia; 1874 Lincolnshire will on two vellum sheets with fine embossed seal and two £40 blue Revenue stamps plus similar 1887;1891 Highgate 6pp vellum assignment of property with Revenue stamps; 1901 Battersea vellum grant of burial plot at Morden with revenue stamps; 1921-45 group of conveyances, mortgages etc. with Revenue stamps; 1887 Cunard RMS Aurania Charity Concert programme (divided in two) plus several sheets of headed notepaper; 1879 letter signed by the portrait artist John Chambers, etc. (Small qty.). | £130 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 155 | MISCELLANY inc. 1846 Somerset ms. Grant of Administration on vellum with fine Archdeacon seal; similar with embossed seal of Archbishop of Canterbury plus 1861 Marriage Licence; 1847 copy of The Wye Tour by Revd. Forsbroke (faults); 1852 cheque signed by the bankrupt actor CJ Mathews; pair of 1861 letters signed by Cubitt, Lord Mayor of London or Cornwall Lewis (Home Secretary); 1854 illustrated notepaper with music & words in an embossed surround (crease); 1867 Carlisle vellum Probate certificate granted to the estate of Elizabeth Lowthion of Cockermouth etc. (12 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 156 | MISCELLANY inc. 1799 Paterson's Roads (12th ed.) with 3 maps (faults); WWII books & pamphlets inc. fine copy of Penguin, Warships at Work, several HMSO pubs. etc. quantity of mid 20th Century Science Pulp Fiction (7) and early 20th Century Womens magazines (8) inc. Tit Bits, Woman's Weekly etc. (Small qty.). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 157 | MISCELLANY inc. 1924 illus. prospectus for Barnard Castle School; 1940's Newcastle Playhouse porgrammes (26); cig. card album with variety of Wills sets; 1933 National Aviation Day illus programme, 1937 RAF Hendon display prog.; group of WWII leaflets etc. (Small qty.). | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 158 | MISCELLANY inc. three vellum documents, 1798, 1841 & 1864 all relating to Newcastle Upon Tyne property agreements/conveyancing; RMS TITANIC ppc in mid-ocean faults but scarce; philatelic lit. (6) inc. Hendy, History of Postmarks of the British Isles, Bennett, Philatelic Terms Illustrated etc. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 159 | CHANCERY PAPERS; Bundle of documents 1796-1802, relating to Langham v. Langham, a dispute over the estate of a sister, inc. wills, marriage settlement, inventories etc. Faults but a fascinating collection. (40+ items). | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 160 | CHRISTMAS CARDS ETC.; Miscellany of 1880-1900 Christmas cards(66) inc. floral, birds, children & verse (small faults); 1860's large embossed floral envelope; trio of embossed or paper lace cards c.1870, De La Rue 3D stable scene; 52 fine colour prints of dogs issued by the Berliner Morgenpost in 1960, etc. (128). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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