81 WWI INTERNEE MAIL: Mail from allied or civilian internees held in Holland, Belgium, France & India, scarce cover to German prisoner held at Kurume with Japanese censor and unusual oval 'WAR/OFFICE/POSTAL/CENSOR'. Also 1901 Ceylon E toS.Africa with large oval censor h.s. Interesting group. (17 items). £100
82 WWI/WWII - BALKANS: Covers & cards inc. WWI censored & field-post mail from Serbia, Albania & Bosnia-Herzegovina plus WWII items inc. Yugoslav Partisan 'Field Courier item, German POW camp letters , Italian forces in Montenegro & Albania, 1947 FPO 782 (Prevesa), 1990s French & German UN forces covers plus a few non-military covers etc. (32 items) £120
83 WWII - CONCENTRATION CAMP MAIL: Three printed covers ex Polish prisoners in Dachau, Sachsenhausen card to Czech Protectorate (stamp removed) plus two further cards from Oranienburg, printed E from Buchenwald and Flossenburg card. Mixed condition. (8 items). £120
84 WWII POW CAMPS IN U.K.: Useful group of covers & letter-sheets to Germany or Italy from Penleigh (Wells), Weston on Trent, Oswestry and Thirsk; also a 1945 letter-sheet with 'P.O.W. Working Company/No.582' cachet. (11 items). £100
85 WWII - SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Good selection of covers from a variety of areas inc. WWII British forces in Burma, Malaya & Occupied Japan, NZ troops in PNG, Bouganville New Caledonia & Tonga, US troops in China, DEI & Philippines plus Korean & Vietnam Wars items etc. Inspection recommended. (47 items). £220
86 WWII POW MAIL FROM ALLIED CAMPS: Group of cards & covers from Axis POWs held in India, Russia, Germany, USA, Egypt, Kenya, S.Africa, France& Yugoslavia; also (1976) special E ex SS Major Reder imprisoned in Gaeta (Italy). (36 items). £140
87 WWII INTERNEE MAIL: Interesting group of covers & cards, largely from civilian internees inc French Camps (Recebedou noted), Biberach, Regensburg, Andalusia (S.Africa), India, Germany, Switzerland, Jamaica, Canada & Rumania plus two 1970s covers addressed to a prisoner in Long Kesh, N.Ireland. (32 items). £180
88 WWII ALLIED POWs: Interesting group inc. scarce 1942 Vatican Enquiry Scheme group, covers to POWs held in Japanese camps at Sumatra & Singapore, scarce trio of Japanese PPCs in special folder commemorating surrender of British Forces in Hong Kong, two items of Polish Woldenberg Camp mail etc. (18 items). £160
89 WWII - USA/AUSTRALIAN FORCES - PAPUA- NEW GUINEA:1942-44 The collection of cover (inc some USA 6c) and a few pieces inc. USA APO's 40, 322, 503, 928, 929 and airgraphs from APO 159, 713, a selection of Australian FPO's inc. 170, 53, 503 24 and 159. Mostly fine items (49 items). £200
90 WWII POW MAIL - STALAG & OFLAG MAIL: Quantity of cards & letter-sheets etc. from or to a good variety of German-run camps inc. mail from British,Polish, Belgian, Norwegian and Serbian prisoners with various camp censor marks and instructional marks inc. 'Zuruck! In die Heimat enlassen'. Good group. (52 items). £180
91 WWII - BRITISH P.O.W. IN SWISS INTERNMENT CAMPS: 1944-45 Correspondence to / from soldier held in Switzerland inc. 8 covers addressed to St Peterzell inc. 2½d POW letter-sheet, all with various redirection /instructional cachets inc. rapatrié & SERVICE SUSPENDED, plus 10 covers from Switzerland inc. feldpost E from Olten, items from St Peterzell, Gossau & Wil camps and a few other pieces inc. (unrelated) German parcel cards. (29 items). £120
92 WWII PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS: Box of high-quality reproductions of WWII propaganda posters and postcards in postcard format, based on a range of European originals inc. French, Italian, German & Russian designs. Mint condition. Fine illustrations for a WWII military collection. (300 approx.) £90
93 MODERN F.P.O.'s: The extensive accumulation of modern covers (chiefly 1970's & 1980's) with FPO cancellations. (Approx. 300). £75
WORLD-WIDE AIRMAILS
94 CARTON with five albums inc.a collection of worldwide airmail stamps with useful items noted plus ranges of covers and exploded stamp booklets showing the use of airmail etiquettes in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; some unusual material. (100s) £180
95 CARTON with a substantial range of air covers etc.c1945-90, mainly British in origin inc. BOAC, BEA, British Caledonian, Anglia, BIA, hovercraft, RAF covers, qty of PPCs etc. Inspection recommended. (Approx. 260 items) £150
96 CARTON containing a large quantity of World-wide covers inc. extensive USA c1929-60, QANTAS covers, Lufthansa & various other European airlines, BOAC FFCs, etc.Inspection recommended. (400+ items) £150
97 MISCELLANY: An interesting group of flown covers from a diversity of countries including 1929 cover ex the USA to London bearing 2c "Light bulb" with pictorial green/white "AIRMAIL-KARLSRUHE-GALWAY" label and printed "Via Airplane from Galway to London", 1931 ½d green postal stationery envelope ex London to Canada uprated with ½d & 1½d adhesives with large blue "MONTREAL/MAY 16 1931/General Delivery/Poste Restante" cachet, 1931 card per "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN ENGLANDFAHRT" bearing GB 1½d (uncancelled) & German 1Rm red Zeppelin adhesive (tied by c.d..s in black plus violet pictorial (Tower Bridge) cachet, 1934 Autogiro card with special red "APEX 1934" pictorial cachet, 1937 First Regular "All-AIR" Empire Service cover ex England-Alexandria per R.M.A. "Castor", 1941 First Transpacific Air Mail cover ex Suva to the USA, 1952 First Direct Flying Boat Service to the Falkland Islands bearing GB 1/- brown tied by Gosport c.d.s., etc. (24). £150
98 MISCELLANY of more unusual flown covers inc. 1911 First UK Aerial Post green env. along with real photo PPC of the pilot Gustav Hamel, 1920 London-Copenhagen-Malmo First Flight (18/9/1920) flown on the London-Copenhagen leg, 1928 First Experimental London-Stockholm overnight service cover endorsed "Special Night Flight to Malmo" and with official commemorative pictorial cachet, 1928 cover to Baghdad bearing GB 3d adhesive tied by "LONDON STAMP EXHIBITION/21 NOV 28/EC4/LONDON" cancellation, 1931 First Indian Service via Cyprus cover to Palestine bearing GB 1d, 2½d & 3d adhesives, 1932 registered cover ex Cyprus to Cornwall bearing ½pi, 1pi & 4½pi adhesives with black/blue "BY AIR MAIL/PAR AVION" and a First Flight cover from Teheran to Bushire. (8). £120
99 MISCELLANY: Useful group of vintage airmail items inc. Australia 1931 reg'd England flight, 1938 8d cover to PNG/return & 1941 CALIFORNIA CLIPPER E to UK with 5/- franking; also Dutch East Indies commemorative covers (8) inc. Pelikaan (2) Es and fine Pander Postjager advertising card; three OAT covers; German WWII cards etc. (37 items). £140
100 MISCELLANY: Album with collection of worldwide flown covers c1933-90 inc. Air France Concorde items, CAA, AUA, Lufthansa, SAA etc. inc a few better earlier items such as 1953 Seychelles FFC, 1930s FFCs inc. Rhodesia, Philippines, B.Honduras, SWA, Grenada etc. Well worth inspection. (73 items). £120
101 MISCELLANY: Interesting group of covers c1917-52 with strength in European material inc. Belgium (6 inc. 4 attractive SABENA FFCs), 1917 Turin-Rome experimental flight card with opt'd stamp, 1945 Stockholm-Moscow FFC with Russian censor, 1948 Luxemburg-Paris special FF card and further items from Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, Vatican etc. (20 items). £120
102 AFRICA: Miscellany of covers with interest in Egypt, South Africa & Sudan. We note 1925 cover ex Liverpool to Mossel Bay & back endorsed "First Trip Cape Town to Mossel Bay", 1925 cover ex Hunstanton to Durban bearing GB 9d & 10d adhesives flown via the First Air Mail Service from Cape Town to Durban, 1929 cover bearing GB PUC low value set of four (½d with London c.d.s. & the remainder with rectangular boxed "EXHIBITION/NEWCASTLE ON TYNE/MAY TO OCTOBER 29" cancellation flown to Bloemfontein per "SOUTH AFRICAN/AIR MAIL FROM/CAPETOWN", 1931 First Flight cover from Assouan to London, 1932 Imperial Airways First Air Post cover ex South Africa to the UK, 1932 cover ex Broken Hill to England bearing N.Rhodesia 3d & 6d plus GB 2d Due applied at Ibstock, a selection of Imperial Airways covers, etc. (28). £150
103 AUSTRALASIA: Group of covers (1930's-1950's) inc. 1931 Imperial Airways First England-Australia Air Mail "long" covers (4, one roughly opened and damaged on reverse but with various instructional markings inc. "UNKNOWN BY LETTER CARRIER", "UNCLAIMED" & circular "DEAD LETTER OFFICE" mark) bearing various GB adhesives, 1934/35 cover Per First Regular Air Mail from Tunbridge Wells to Melbourne, 1940 New Zealand-Australia-England Inaugural Flight of the Through Air Mail service cover, 1947 Qantas Airways 25th Anniversary pilot signed cover ex London to Sydney bearing 3d & 1/.- adhesives, etc. (17). £100
104 AUSTRALIA, 1929-37: Attractive group of earlier flown covers all well written-up on leaves, inc. 1929 Perth-Adelaide FFC signed Brearley, 1931 Australia-UK flights inc. 1st Experimental and Xmas, 1934 Trans-Tasman, 'Faith in Australia' covers, Ulm 1934 New Guinea, 1934 Air Race cover signed Roscoe Turner etc. Interesting group. (15 items) £150
105 AUSTRALIA - QANTAS 1929-92: Two albums containing an extensive range of covers inc. fine 1929 Brisbane-Charleville inaugural flight, 1934 Australia-UK FFC and return, extensive 1950s commemorative FFCs inc. Coronation covers, Boeing 707, international flights etc. Also a few modern commemorative items. (129 items) £150
106 BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Interesting group of KGV British Empire airmail covers inc. UK Railway Airmail, Imperial Airways items to India & Australia, 1925 S.Africa trio, 1931 Australia-UK FFC with 6d 'OS' pair, UK-Europe flights, Hillman covers inc. signed last flight item, Empire Air Mail tariff leaflet etc. (58 items). £150
107 CHICHESTER, FRANCIS - 1931 AUSTRALIA-JAPAN FLIGHT SIGNED COVER: Philippines 4c env. uprated with 2c & 10c LOF air stamps and addressed to Captain Chichester t Greenland - with commemorative cachet autographed by Francis Chichester. Scarce. £75
108 CONCORDE: Useful group of covers, 1969-82 with many special flight items inc.1976 Bahrain-London, 1977 N.York-Paris & London-Barbados FFCs, Silver Jubilee Royal flight, London 1980', RAF covers (9) inc. one pilot-signed etc. (52 items). £100
109 CRASH MAIL: Group of crash covers (4) 1918-52 inc. WWII OAS Naval cover with boxed 'DAMAGED BY SEA-WATER' and 1952 KLM crash Brazil-Holland item with fire scorching and explanatory label in Dutch; also ranges of balloon & rocket mail (nice 1934 German item noted) plus a few helicopter items and space thematic covers. (90 items). £120
110 G.B.- BRIAN TRUBSHAW SIGNED COVER: 1969 (9 April) Concorde First Flight cover signed by Brian Trubshaw and with special Filton, Bristol First Flight cancellation. £75
111 G.B./BRITISH AIRLINES c1948-90: Substantial collection well written-up in two KA-BE albums inc. extensive ranges of BOAC / BEA FFCs, Concorde covers (16), helicopter and hovercraft mail plus regional airlines inc. Air Anglia, British Caledonian, British Island Airways, United Airways, Dan-Air, Severn etc. (127 items). £150
112 GERMANY: Interesting group of flown covers from the 1930s inc. catapult mail from the 'Bremen' (4 inc. two reg'd, one to Switzerland via Southampton and another with the air label cancelled by barred red box h.s.) & 'Europa' (2, different cachets); also two zeppelin, two Condor-Zeppelin and 2 other covers from Germany to America. (12 items). £120
113 HONG KONG: 1937 (29 April) env. from Hong Kong to Philadelphia franked with 30c, 50c and $2, carried on the 1st Hong Kong to San Francisco F.A.M. 14 flight. Also 1935 (22 Nov) env. to N York carried on the 1st San Francisco to Honolulu P.A.M. flight with relevant green cachet. (2 covers). £90
114 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS, 1931-39: Well written-up collection of covers inc. FFCs to / from Africa, India & Australia, Xmas mail, Wilson 'feeder' cover, various Empire Air Mail items inc. rate leaflet (1937) etc. inspection recommended. (38 covers & 3 pieces of ephemera). £150
115 INDIA: Group of flown covers inc. 1929 cover to London bearing 2a & 6a adhesives endorsed "By Air Mail/via Karachi" with large blue/white "AIR MAIL" etiuquette tied by circular "BY AIR", 1931 Second Experimental Flight per "City of Karachi" from England to Australia flown on the Allahabad-Calcutta route (37 flown), 1931 illustrated "TATA SONS LTD." Karachi-Madras & Madras-Karachi First Air Mail covers, 1935 Bombay-Calcutta Demonstration Flight cover, 1936 Indo-Ceylon Special Xmas Flight cover with relevant cachets, etc. (13). £100
116 NEW GUINEA: 1933 (20 March) pair of registered flown covers to England bearing Bird of Paradise 3d & 6d plus 5d & 9d air mail opts. respectively. Both are endorsed "Wau-Salamaua" and are backstamped "POST OFFICE/SALAMAUA". A neat & attractive pair. (2 covers). £50
117 NEW GUINEA: Collection of flown covers?cards a a few first and special flights inc. 1938 1st return flight from Rabaul to Sydney by Carpenter Airways. 1937 1st flight from Port Moresby to Wau. 1934 Faith in Australia env. to USA. A a good range of later flights. (40+ covers) A small selection of modern covers. £100
118 NEW ZEALAND, 1932-70s: KA-BE album containing a well-annotated collection of flown covers inc. 1932 FFCs (11) with 5d on 3d air stamps and other early international flights, 1937 USA flight fine registered postcard, 1950 TEAL FFC, Air NZ FFCs etc. inspection recommended. (35 items). £100
119 SCADTA & OTHER SOUTH AMERICA: Interesting bundle of covers inc. 1923-27 group of SCADTA covers (6) with Company stamps inc. scarce incoming cover ex Germany with additional green label Barranquilla - Neiva; also 1931-43 air covers inc. Brazil-USA 1st DOX flight, Condor-Lati , Panair & Panagra items etc. (19 items). £120
120 SCADTA 'COLOMBIA' LABEL: 1932 Fine cover from Curacao franked with 15c stamp, addressed to Medellin; SCADTA SERVICIO BOLIVIARANO 30c stamp added and cancelled at Barranquilla where a very fine example of the scarce green quadrilingual label Por Correo Aereo en Colombia was affixed. Attractive and scarce. Photo £90
121 SOUTH AFRICA: 1918 (26 Oct.) "Make Your Sixpence Fly" card to Cape Town flown from Wynberg to Green Point, franked with 1d tied by a fine "AERIAL POST/SOUTH/AFRICA" c.d.s. Minor corner creases. £90
122 U.S.A. - ACCUMULATION OF COMMEMORATIVE COVERS, 1926-49: Two cartons, one containing an extensive, lightly duplicated range of approx. 550 FFCs and other commemorative items with pictorial cachets, mostly pre-WWII with a few later covers; the second box contains a mammoth, duplicated accumulation of 1968 50th anniversary of US Airmail covers in several types - around 800 pieces. (1,400 items approx.) £240
123 U.S.A., 1929-80: Substantial collection of flown covers well presented in two KA-BE albums inc. domestic & foreign flights with extensive FFCs / cachets and inc. helicopter, Pacific Coast, Hawaii, jet mail, Polar flights etc. Inspection recommended. (103 items). £150
124 U.S.A. - AIRMAIL ETIQUETTE STUDY: Three albums containing a well-presented study of the development of the air label in the USA c1929-90 with many scarce items in panes, booklets and on cover inc. small internal lines and hotel labels etc. A difficult lot to replicate - inspection recommended. (59 covers and large qty labels) £140
125 U.S.A. - EARLY FLIGHTS: Collection of covers, 1929-48, well written-up in an album with emphasis on earlier FFCs, mainly internal flights with attractive cachets and some better frankings. Also a study of the 1947-48 AM84 Los Angeles helicopter flights (14). Inspection recommended. (54 items). £100
126 U.S.A.: 1929-37 trio of "outsize" covers comprising 1929 "Pittsburgh & Cleveland Air Mail and Express Line" large pictorial card to New Hampshire bearing 5c Air mail adhesive and with black boxed "FIRST AIR MAIL/FROM/PITTSBURGH-GREENSBURG/AIRPORT/GREENSBURG,PA./DEDICATION/SEPT.20-21 1929/MAIN AERONAUTICS CO." & signed by the pilot, E.Couples; 1937 Anglo-American Goodwill Coronation Flight cover bearing GB 1½d plus US 2c & 6c adhesives with relevant cachets and pilot signed (Dick Merrill); 1937 First Flight China Clipper China-USA cover with relevant cachets. A useful trio. (3). £100
127 WORLDWIDE AIRMAIL ETIQUETTES ON COVER: Very substantial collection housed in 10 albums and comprising an A-Z collection of air covers collected and written-up for the variety of air mail etiquettes; mostly post-WWII up to 1990s but better early items noted. Well worth inspection. Also a further pair of stock-books crammed with loose airmail labels. (100s) £360
128 ZEPPELIN MAIL: Good group of covers flown to South America by zeppelin, 1932-34 inc. scarce reg'd cover to Chile from the 1st S.America flight (4/3d rate) plus 'normal' 3/6d cover from same flight, 1932 4th flight E to Paraguay, scarce 5th crossing cover to Brazil etc. Fine items - inspection recommended. (6 items). Photo £340
129 ZEPPELIN & AIRMAIL: 1934 Graf Zeppelin Xmas flight to Brazil - scarce cover from London with KGV 2/6d & 1/-, similar franking on Condor-Zeppelin catapult cover plus a third item with anniversary cachet; 1937 9d franking to Gambia via Lufthansa plus 1936 Rio-London cover. (5 items). £150
AUTOGRAPHS
130 SCOTT, WALTER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER etc: 1812 2pp EL to the Procurator Fiscal of Selkirk, carried by a constable accompanying a prisoner, caught up in the weavers' wages dispute, signed by Scott as Sheriff of Selkirk; also an 1825 EL addressed to Scott at Abbotsford and c1825 small 'parcel letter' from the writer's publisher James Ballantyne, sent by hand with a small basket. (3 items). £120
131 TELFORD, THOMAS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER: 1816 EL (filing fold) written from Capel Curig where Telford was working on the London-Holyhead road, to Glasgow, regarding an estimate for the construction of a road between Hamilton & Glasgow, asking for a reply to be directed to the Old Salopian Coffee House in Charing Cross; fine s/l red LANGOLLEN and '1/1' charge plus &Mac189;d wheel-tax mark. Fine & rare. Photo £120
CIGARETTE CARDS
132 CARTON with the extensive accumulation of cigarette & trade cards in various albums & loose. An interesting lot which covers a wide range of topics. (Some 100's). £75
133 OGDENS: Two old albums (c1905), one being a special album with places for 200 cards (damaged towards the back but lacks only no.131 - John Calvin) with an interesting range of photographic cards depicting a wide variety of topics. (Approx. 330 cards). £50
EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.
134 CARTON with the extensive accumulation of trade cards (chiefly modern "tea" cards), postcards, etc. The main interest is the postcards which include a useful group of early Railway cards (with Tuck's types, RP's, etc.). Well worth careful perusal. (Qty.) £75
135 EPHEMERA ETC. REFERRING TO SCOTTISH EDUCATION & MEDICINE: 1862 Surgery class attendance card signed by the pioneer of antisepsis, Joseph Lister, and another with signature of Dr W.T.Gairdner, Glasgow MHO; 1642 minute of the election of the Marquis of Hamilton as Chancellor of Glasgow University, 1789-1800 lecture tickets for Aberdeen University (7), 1868 vaccination certificate and two letters documenting student life in Cambridge & Dublin, 1813-23 etc. (18 items). Photo £150
136 SCOTTISH POLITICS : Interesting group of items inc. fine 1737 printed circular regarding the Porteous Riots in Edinburgh, 1695 m/s Scottish Parliament Roll, 1811 EL re the death of Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, 1834 EL describing election riots in Irvine and other items linked to the reform Bill etc. (10 items). £120
137 SCOTTISH INTEREST:Miscellany inc. 1822 Printed circular for the Celtic Society posted Edinburgh-Stirling, 1830 EL from David Roberts RA to Miss McDougall of Lunga, Lottery communication, tax demands. Glasgow Bank material etc. Inspection recommended. (21 items). £120
PICTURE POSTCARDS
138 MARKET PLACES/MARKET SQUARES: Remarkable and very extensive collection of postcards portraying a wide range of British market places, open-air markets etc. housed in a quantity of cover albums, arranged alphabetically by town; many better items inc. RP types (190 noted).An extremely comprehensive collection , virtually impossible to replicate today. A wonderful opportunity. (1,100 items approx.) £2000
ASCENSION
139 TWO PRINTED ALBUMS with the early to modern mint & used collection inc. 1924 to 1/- mint, 1934 Pictorials mint, 1938-53 set to 10/- (2) mint inc. ½d "Radio Mast" flaw & Malformed "E" in pair with normal, 1½d "Davit" flaw and extensive ranges of QEII to 2000. A good lot of clean & popular material. (Sev. 100's). £300
140 STOCKBOOK with the KGV-QEII mint collection inc. 1922 set to 3/-, 1924 set to 3/- (2/- poor), 1934 Pictorial set, 1938-53 set to 10/- inc. several "extras" (2/6d, 5/-, etc.), 1956 set to 10/-, 1963 Birds set, 1976 Birds set, 1986 Ships set, 1991 Fishes, 1996 Birds and a good range of commemorative issues. (Few 100's). £240
AUSTRALIA
141 CARTON with the extensive accumulation of FDC's (predominantly from the 1980's & 1990's) housed in ten binders. (Approx. 350). £100
142 GLORY BOX with a varied accumulation of stamps in packets and on cover. We note 15 fair to good used examples of the £1 Robes and sundry other useful odds & ends. (Few 100's). £75
143 ALBUM with the mint & used collection with useful 'Roos & KGV Heads inc. 1932 10/- mint & 1915 "O.S." perfin used and a good representative collection of later issues to around 1990. Fair to mostly fine. (Many 100's). £150
144 STOCKBOOK with the mint & used ranges inc. useful mint KGVI, two "Famous Australians" booklets and two "Prime Ministers" booklets.. (Small Qty.). £80
145 SCOUTS AND GUIDES COVERS etc. dated between 1960 & 1985 inc. meter marks and all different. (34 items). £50
146 1926 1d sage-green perf. 14 (SG.86) in a complete unmounted mint right hand pane of sixty showing 'damaged lower right frame' (stamp 30) and 'break in the top left frame' (stamp 31); slight foxing in the top row and in a few places elsewhere but otherwise fine. £60
147 1927 Canberra 1½d brownish-lake (SG.105) in an unmounted mint marginal block of forty-eight (one faulty), 1929 Centenary of Western Australia 1½d dull scarlet (SG.116) in an unmounted mint block of 54 (odd small fault) and 1949 U.P.U. 3½d ultramarine (SG.232) in two complete fine unmounted mint sheets of 84, one sheet with & the other without 'pips' flaw. (270). £50
148 BOOKLET: 1915 2/- red on pink booklet with pink interleaving and containing a block of twelve ½d adhesives (6 x 2) which has been split centrally and a block of eighteen 1d adhesives (3 x 6) from the left of the sheet. The booklet has been 'exploded' and one ½d stamp has a small spot of toning. SG.SB3; Cat. £2,000. £360
BAHAMAS
** 149 SELECTION on dealer's cards inc. a useful range of 1863-82 types with 1d (6), 4d (12) & 6d (4), KGVI £1 defin. mint, Landfall set mint, etc. Condition mixed but a useful group. (Approx. 80). £200
BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND
150 RANGE on album leaf inc. 1865 10c blue (SG.12) used (reasonable appearance but repaired) and a useful range of 1868-71 surcharges with values to $1 unused. Condition mixed but a high Catalogue value. (20). £300
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
151 F.G.'WARWICK' ALBUM containing an article giving the background to the 'creation' of the territory back in 1965, a handwritten comment in 1967 from the Postmaster of the Seychelles and an extensive collection of commercial covers, a few FDCs, mint & used/c.t.o. stamps between SG1 & 84 with many blocks of four (some with sheet or plate numbers or imprint), a few varieties, miniature sheet, T.P.O. and Paquebot covers, cancellations from island postal agencies, postage due cover addressed to the Seychelles, covers illustrating postal rates and generally much of interest. An excellent basis for still further expansion. (Several 100's). £200
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
152 MINT COLLECTION on leaves with strength in QEII inc. several defin. sets, min. sheets, etc. (Approx. 530). £75
BRUNEI
153 1906 Overprints on Labuan. A complete mint set. Some foxing, notably on the 25c & $1 (one defective perf. at top) but generally of fresh appearance. SG. Cat. £475. (12). £90
154 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Mint & used range on leaves inc. 15 different vals. to 41 mint, a defective example of the 5c retouch mint and three used types (5c, 8c & 15c). Poor to fine. (19). £75
BURMA
155 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Mint collection on leaves with much of merit inc. Myaungmya opts. to 1r & 2r., a good range of Henzada opts. inc. 6p with clear opt. on back & front, "Yon Thon" 8a myrtle with 5mm & 8mm bases to Peacock, a good range of 1942 (Sept.) opts. on Japan inc, elusive types, 4a on 4+2s green & red (perf. faults), 1942 (Oct.) to 20c on 8a on 8s, 1942 Decimal currency issue to 20c on 8s, a good selection of "Farmer" types inc. 15c unused block of 6 showing "inverted C" variety, 1943 Shan States set, etc. Some forgeries noted but much useful throughout. (Approx.130). £400
CANADA
156 TWO CARTONS with the extremely extensive QV-QEII off-paper accumulation including a reasonable amount of QV to KGV issues. (Vast Quantity). £200
157 TWO CARTONS with the extensive accumulation in sundry stockbooks, binders, etc. An emphasis on modern issues with Yearbooks/packs, etc. (Qty.). £100
158 BOX with the early to modern accumulation inc. useful Newfoundland, Small Queen cancellation interest, booklet panes, etc. Well worth careful examination. (Small Qty.). £100
159 THREE ALBUMS with the early to modern mint & used collection. (Many 100's). £150
160 PRINTED ALBUM containing a valuable QV to QEII mint & used collection with much of merit throughout including a useful range of earlies with four margined used examples of the 1851-59 6d & 10d (thinned), 1859-64 types inc. mint 5c & 10c, good ranges of Large & Small Queens with scarcer shades noted (inc. useful mint/unused), 1897 to 10c mint, 1898 to 20c mint, 1903-08 to 50c mint (mixed condition in all of the three aforementioned sets), 1915 War Tax opt. set mint, good ranges of Admirals inc. coils/imperfs., 1928-29 to $1 mint, 1930-32 to $1 mint, strong KGVI inc. booklets/coils, etc., QEII ranges to 1969 and a very useful "Back of the Book" section inc. Dues, Special Deliveries, Officials & Registration stamps. Mixed condition but a highly Catalogued collection with much potential. (Sev. 100's). £1500
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81-160
161-240
241-320
321-400
401-480
481-560
561-624
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