481 SWEDEN - MAIL TO FINLAND c1881-1932: Interesting group of covers & cards with Finnish arrival marks etc. inc. scarce Mariehamn (Aland) FRAN UTLANDET, similar mark used at Abo to cancel 10 ore card and on cover to Wasa (1905), [ship]/POSTI*POST h.s. (2), fine pictorial ship c.d.s. cancellations of TURKU -ABO (3, 1913-28, one with bilingual inscription), various paquebot types etc. (23 items). £240
MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
482 MISCELLANY: Interesting group of covers inc. WWI scarce skeleton 'APO / SAM' (2, Egypt- Western FF), 1916 Field PC to Newfoundland, 1939 BEF Xmas card, 1943-4 air-letters ex Malta (4), various WWII US forces covers from the UK etc. (26 items). £90
483 FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS - BRITISH SOLDIERS' MAIL EX FRANCE: 1 April, 1794 EL (minor faults) from 'Montague near St. Amand' to Scotland (with almost fine "LONDON/SHIP LRE" mark on the front) from a British soldier with the allied forces who writes 'We are to take the field soon; the Enemy attacked our out-posts two days ago. They were beat back, left sevl. hundreds dead and 5 cannon. We have got into a fine open country and if the French come from the enclosed and broken ground, I make no doubt but our cavalry will act their part well'. Also 15th June, 1795 EL ex Stade again to Scotland bearing London Bishop marks and having interesting contents inc. 'I suppose we shall soon join the Austrian Army'. Rare campaign letters from the British involvement in the allied Austro- Hanoverian battles with the French during the War of the First Coalition. (2 covers). [Ex Martin Willcocks]. £180
484 NAPOLEONIC WARS - BRITISH OCCUPATION OF MARTINIQUE - RARE INGOING COVER FROM G.B.; Very fine 4 Sept. 1794 EL from "Canon Hill" to "Right Honourable Lord Sinclair, 15th Regiment, Martinico, Pr. Packet", prepaid 1d (local London Post) charged "2/-" with very scarce 'Experimental' London Local Post marks "TOOTING/-3-" (mostly v. fine; on the front) and indented-frame black "7 o'Clock/SE·4/94 EVEN" (unusually clear; nicely placed on the top flap). Martinique had only been occupied by the British in March 1794; this letter encourages the addressee to apply to General Sir Charles Grey, who commanded the Occupation, ref. the addressee's application for leave. Rare letter to the British Occupation Force. PHOTO. £200
485 PENINSULAR WAR - THE 'GEORGE MORSE' CORRESPONDENCE: 1809-11 ELs (minor faults & wear) from Morse (a British officer) to his wife back in Portsmouth from 'Salvatoria ('April' - 1809?) referring to his life as a military surgeon (inspecting 'the Two Portuguese Hospitals .....a Troop of the 13th Dragoons is coming here in a few days to teach our men the Sword Exercise...') with fine "LISBON" mark, Sept. 1809 ex Elvas (hopes of Portuguese promotion, leave etc.), June 1810 from Estremos with fine blue-green "LISBON/F" d.s. (mentioning a lost letter and a box sent home), July 1810 ex Montalvao ('....we have been marching about considerably for this last week...[to join] the Spaniards at Badajos & entering Spain to attack the French....we were suddenly ordered to retreat....active operations will soon commence....') and April 1811 from Lisbon ('....it would be impossible to take you up to the Army of Lord W. where my Brigade now is...'). Good reading! (5 covers). [Ex Martin Willcocks]. Photo £300
486 INDIA, PAKISTAN & BURMA, c1904-45: Good selection of covers inc. Russo-Japanese war card ex Rangoon, 1916 'Field Force/Postage Free', much WWII material inc. very good variety of censors, Indian Red Cross message cover, scarce use of 8a pink service E to Polish undercover address, IFPOs in Burma, RAF (India Command) etc. Also ranges of censored civilian mail from WWII, FFCs etc. (99 items). £220
487 RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: Remarkable group of anti-Russian Japanese propaganda postcards (unused) printed in colour & depicting various incidents and personalities in cartoon style inc. Admiral Makaroff in hell, involvement of Korea, bombardment of Vladivostok, etc.; four have staining. Also two RP cards depicting Baron Rosen's embassy to Japan. Scarce cards. (35 items). £180
488 WWI - AFRICA: Useful group inc. 1917 OAS reg'd Ex Marienthal, 1d SA letter-card with oval GERMAN WAR/PRINCE ALFRED'S GUARD/OFFICIAL FREE cachet (1914), POW envelope to Germany from the Parole Camp, Ahmednagar, 1920 cover to Switzerland with 3-colour GEA opt franking (affected by censor tape) with s/l censor h.s., two 1916 provisional 1 rupie notes etc. (7 items). £120
489 WWI - 'SUSPENDED SERVICE' MAIL: Group of covers inc. WWI censored Es (2) ex UK to Russia with different types of 'SERVICE SUSPENDED' cachets; WWII pair USA-Europe with 2-line 'RETURNED TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED', boxed 'NO SERVICE' on UK mail to Sumatra, Denmark or Greece (2) etc. God group. (8 items). £75
490 WWI - U.S. FORCES: Interesting group of military mail inc. scarce 3-line 'Soldier's Mail/Mail Censor/U.S.Army Base', 1919 Third Army APO710 'Marine's Mail' plus a good variety of censored items. Inspection recommended. (18 items) £60
491 WWII - ROYAL NAVY & R.A.F. MAIL: Useful selection of covers inc. scarce '*CENSORED*' mark used at Largs (1942), 'AFRICA STATION' h.s., circular 'CENSORED ON BOARD H.M.SHIPS', 'VIA NORTH ATLANTIC' routing mark on E addressed to WREN on board ship etc. Also good range of RAF censors inc. Belvedere Camp, Rhodesia (1943), 1949 reg'd E ex Grazeley Camp, Reading to MEF, 'Honour' E ex Malta etc. (71 items). £150
492 WWII - NORTH AFRICA: Useful group inc. Australian FPOs at El Alamein & Tobruk, British forces in Libya & Tunisia, MEF, Egypt inc. U.S. plus 1936 Army Seal on cover, POW mail, 1950 KGVI franked E ex Asmara etc. (34 items). £100
493 WWII - U.S. FORCES: Good group of covers etc. inc. POW letter-sheets (2), V-Mail ex Hawaii, variety of censored APO covers inc. Naval, from the Pacific, S.America, India, China, Egypt, Australia, New Hebrides etc. Inspection recommended. (72 items). £100
494 WWII - EAST AFRICA: Good group of censored covers with variety of EA/FPO censor marks inc. RAF, framed PASSED/BY MILITARY/CENSOR (9), boxed bilingual numbered marks (8), P/W MIDDLE/EAST (2) etc. (34 items). £100
495 WWII - GERMAN LUFTWAFFE MAIL: Selection of covers with fine variety of luftfeldpost marks from Poland, Holland, France, Austria, various training schools etc. Also 8 splendid colour PPCs of 'planes & personnel issued for the Junkers-Kampflugzeuge 1940-41. (21 items). £80
496 WWII - USA/AUSTRALIAN FORCES - PAPUA- NEW GUINEA:1942-44 collection of covers (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). £150
497 WWII P.O.W. MAIL-OFLAG & STALAG: Group of cards, letter sheets etc. to or from a variety of German-run camps inc. mail from Belgian, British, Norwegian, Polish and Serbian prisoners with sundry camp censor marks, instructional marks such as "Zuruck! In die Heimat enlassen" etc. Fascinating group. (52 items). £120
498 WWII - UNDERCOVER MAIL - THOMAS COOK'S AGENCY, LISBON: 1943 E (top edge with slight faults) franked with Italian 1,25L stamp and addressed to P.O.Box 506, Lisbon and processed fully by Thomas Cook in London: franked with a 'TC' perfinned GB 2½d stamp with a yellow re-addressing label and fine oval Cook's Agency h.s.; censored in both Italy & UK. Unusual origin. £75
499 WWII - FORCES' AIR LETTERS: Binder with a 1943-46 correspondence from a soldier attached to a dental unit, serving in N.Africa and Italy, to his mother in Leeds; well-written and informative, with some variety of FPO & IFPO cds plus 4 airgraphs in envelopes. (100+) £75
500 MISCELLANY c1940-70: Group of WWII Scandinavia military covers inc. Finnish, Swedish & norwegian fieldpost, used & unused faltbrief Es, kentapost frankings etc. Also post-WWII British military mail inc. items from forces in Cyprus 1959-70 (13), Christmas Island (2), BAOR, SHAPE & NATO, Ghana 1961, Malaya, Pakistan, Aden, Falklands plus Australian forces in Vietnam etc. (92 items). £140
WORLD-WIDE AIRMAILS
501 EARLY AIRMAILS: Collection in four albums showing the early development of world wide airmail with many useful covers noted to late 1930s inc. scarce 1919 French military post cover (address partly removed) with boxed ARMEES ALLIEES EN ORIENT/POSTE AERIENNE', (1920) Hungary commercial cover, 1927 Switzerland scarce NHORA 35c E, 1930 EURASIA pictorial FFC Hong Kong - Peiping, 1934 TRANS-TASMAN 7d cover plus much Europe, USA & S.America. Also a good variety of contemporary photographs, PPCs, labels, timetables etc. Inspection essential. (62 covers plus other material). £500
502 MISCELLANY INC. LONDON TO WINDSOR/LATIN AMERICAN FLIGHT COVERS: 1911 (9 Sept) olive card flown from London to Windsor with printed advertisement on front for The Molassine Company, franked with ½d tied by Die 1 c.d.s. 1911 (11 Sept) red brown card flown from London to Windsor franked with ½d tied by Die 5 c.d.s. 1928 covers (5) carried on experimental flights from Santiagio to Buenos Aires, Lima to La Paz, Bueno Aires to Montivideo, La Paz to Santiago and Montevidao to Rio De Janeiro. 1929 env. carried on the 1st flight from Cristobel Canal Zone to Mollendo, Peru. A fine lot. (7 covers). £150
503 MISCELLANY: Interesting group of flown covers plus a few fronts inc.WWII censored Es from Eastern Europe (10), plus various worldwide items c1930-50 inc. a range of instructional marks with better KGVI frankings noted (W.Indies, Cyprus, Burma) & S.America, Korea etc. Inspection recommended. (55 items) £120
504 AFRICAN AIRMAILS: 1931 env. carried on the 1st flight of Wilson Airways from Nairobi to Kisumu. 1931 (14 Dec) env. carried on the first experimental flight from Kampala to Cape Town. and two others. (4 covers). £80
505 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). £75
506 G.B. - FIRST FLIGHTS, 1934-39: Useful group of covers inc. 1934 Railway Air Services items (15, different), Liverpool Airport cachet on 1935 cover ex IOM, Scottish Islands' flights, unusual use of early Business Reply Envelope on Teignmouth-Liverpool flight, NEA, Guernsey Airways , BEA boxed 'PAID' cancellation etc. (31 items). £80
507 HUNGARY: Useful group of early Hungarian air covers, 1920-36, inc.(1920) newspaper sent by air under wrapper to Szombathely with 3k air franking, PPCs (2) franked with 8k air opt inc.(8.Nov.) first regular flight Budapest-Szombatheley; also 1927 reg'd E with scarce BUDAPEST-KOLN h.s., s/l 'Par avion de Budapest a [Medan]' 91936 plus mail to Crete, Greece, Norway & Sweden. (9 items). £120
508 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS COVERS inc. 30 March, 1929 official env. from London to Calcutta carried on first England-India airmail, cover from Delhi to Buckinghamshire bearing "AIR MAIL(aeroplane)/DELHI-KARACHI /(aeroplane) FIRST FLIGHT" cachet, 1931 F.F. envs. from Mwanza & Kisumu (both Kenya) to England, long env. from London to Brisbane franked with 2 x 4d + 2 x 1/- KGV adhesives cancelled in London on 3 April, 1931 carried on the first England to Australia airmail flight by Imperial Airways and illustrating the fifth stage (Australian internal) complete with interesting enclosure and complementary env. from Calcutta to Rangoon intermediate posting stage of same flight, 1931 commercial cover from South Indian Railway Co. Ltd.,Trichinopoly to London franked with Indian 8a air stamp with encircled "BY/AIR" cachet flown from Karachi to London, other commercial covers flown from India to England in 1931, four envs. in December the same year from the first England to South Africa airmail flight, one bearing KGV 1/- adhesive cancelled by scarce Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s., 16 April, 1932 F.F. cover from London to Cyprus, 1933 cover from the first return flight of the extension of Indian service to Rangoon and much besides. (35 items). £150
509 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). £75
510 LINDBERGH FLIGHTS, 1926-30: Collection of Charles Lindbergh items inc. 20 flown covers (USA / Central America) plus scarce contemporary ephemera inc.1928 NY-Paris flight 'WELCOME LINDBERGH' pennant and newspapers. Also US commemorative covers for the Wright Brothers (Kitty Hawk, 1928) and Amelia Earhart (Lansing, 1933) and a few other items. Good lot. (28 covers plus ephemera). £240
511 PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS / T.W.A.: Three binders containing a range of covers (120) flown by PanAm between 1927-68 inc. 1927 FFC Cuba-USA, 1929 Peru and Florida-Honduras, Trans-Pacific & Trans-Atlantic mail, post-WWII FFCs etc. plus various pieces of ephemera inc. PPCs & timetables. Also a binder containing a similar selection of covers (58) carried by TWA aeroplanes with 15 PPCs and other related material. Substantial lot. (178 covers plus other material) £260
512 SWITZERLAND: Useful group of (mainly) 1930s air covers inc. (1930) 40c air franking on PPC to UK, unusual boxed red routing cachet 'VIA.....LIGNE....', 1933 Zurich airport postage due h.s. plus similar from Basle & Geneva etc. (9 items). £75
513 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.) £180
514 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). £100
515 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). £75
516 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). £75
517 ZEPPELIN MAIL - 'GRAF ZEPPELIN': 1929-31 Group of covers inc. card flown from USA to Germany (1929), 1930 Swiss & Spanish acceptances for different legs of the South America flight and 1931 USA round-flight cover. (4 items) £80
518 ZEPPELINS - GRAF ZEPPELIN - 1ST EUROPE PAN - AMERICA ROUND FLIGHT: 1930 (6 May) env. from New York and return franked with Graf Zeppelin $2 60c and flown on the 1st Europe Pan-America Round Flight, relevant violet, red and green cachets. Fine. Photo £360
519 ZEPPELINS - GRAF ZEPPELIN - 1ST EUROPE PAN AMERICAN FLIGHT: 1930 (6 May) PPC (damaged on view side) from New York to Brooklyn franked with Graf Zeppelin $1 30 and carried on the 1st Europe Pan-American Round Flight with relevant red, violet and green cachets. Scarce. Photo £200
520 ZEPPELINS - GRAF ZEPPELIN 1ST EUROPE PAN-AMERICA FLIGHT: 1930 (2 June) PPC from New York to Berlin bearing 65c Graf Zeppelin stamp, flown on the 1st Europe Pan-American Round Flight from Lakehurst to Friedricshafen with special violet and red cachets. Fine. Photo £140
AUTOGRAPHS
521 BRUNEL, ISAMBARD KINGDOM: Trio of 2 or 3pp letters written by the celebrated Victorian engineer Brunel in January & February 1852 to Moulton & Co rubber manufacturers in Bradford (Wilts) concerning cushioning bars & buffer rings for railway carriages; each is headed '18 Duke St. Westmr.', written in Brunel's speedy scrawl and ending with a fine signature. One with spike hole otherwise fine and scarce. (3 items). PHOTO. £500
522 ROYALTY - MILITARY COMMISSIONS: Four commissions inc. 1918 RAF temporary (attached officer) commission, similar 1940 document (Army) both with facsimile signatures of George V & VI; 1954 RAF commission with ink signature of the present Queen (faded) plus unusual 1951 commission of Canadian Army officer with signature of the Governor-General .Also (1901) Royal Military College disciplinary report form signed by Prince Arthur of Connaught (grandson of the Queen) as duty officer and a 1954 award of the OBE with facsimile signatures of QEII and Prince Philip. Minor faults. (5 items). £120
523 ROYALTY - QUEEN ELIZABETH & PRINCE PHILIP: Large printed certificate of the award of an O.B.E. (1954) with fine embossed seal of the Order and two fine signatures of 'Elizabeth R' and 'Philip' £75
EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.
524 MISCELLANY: Part of an original business archive from the 1850s-60s inc. remarkable vast folded advertising sheet from The Liverpool Chronicle with fine green 'HUYTON' UDC, Birmingham interest inc.Watt & Co items (fine s/l 'HANDSWORTH' noted), , printed letter-heads, advertisements inc. 1864 handbill for Archer's Rotary Washing Machine, fine 1860 pictorial letter-head with portable steam engine, other machinery, letter from iron foundries, colleries etc.An interesting picture of Victorian industrial history. (Approx.100 items) £140
525 MISCELLANY:Carton with an interesting miscellany inc. fine hand-coloured map of the Isle of Man (1801), 1850 lengthy poem 'The Funeral of Lord Nelson' (24pp pamphlet), 1926 French paquebot 'Formose' certificate for 'crossing the line', 1909 Henley Regatta programme, 1887 John Lewis's pass-book, railway interest inc.Bedford & Cambridge Railway Act (1864), GNR land purchase in Enfield, GER guide to the 'Rivers & Broads' c1880 with 1890 timetable sheet, 1939 ABA programme etc. (Qty) £120
526 BANKING, INSURANCE ETC.: Interesting group c1780s-1960s inc. insurance receipts & policies, tax receipts (several good revenues noted, going back to 1789), banking material inc. travellers' cheque specimens, cheques, 1804 Chatham Bank £1 note, Bradbury, Wilkinson banknote package etc. (100 items approx.) £100
527 BILLHEADS c1820s-1950s: Substantial group of attractive billheads for a wide variety of businesses across the UK with some early examples inc. 1765-86 pair of London items with Royal Warrants, mounted for framing, other examples of Warrant-holders inc. uniform & boot-makers,bowyers, hairdressers etc., 1870 proof on card of Bluck's Tailor's with no less than 10 warrants, seedsman, scales maker, optician etc. Good lot. (200+ items). £100
528 CERTIFICATES etc.: Good group of certificates c1870s-1940s inc.1850 Gretna Green marriage certificate, Bemrose proof invitation for the 1929 Guildhall Banquet, various chromo-litho certificates inc. Band of Hope, school attendance plus fine large Long Service award from Truman's Brewery (1944), 1929 Freemason's induction etc. (17 items). £90
529 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, 1876-1915: Fine and scarce example of 'Rimmel's Comic Fan Almanac' for 1876, the six double-sided 'blades' with chromo-litho designs depicting seasonal sports, complete with silk tassel; 1892 use of earlier (c1870) fine embossed letter-sheet with chromo robin & greeting, with original embossed envelope (faults); unusual 1901 New Year/Century 'card' printed with a fine, personalised engraving (Sir John Curdey, Nottingham) on leather; two WWI French silk, lace-trimmed & embroidered handkerchiefs, one with 'Merry Christmas' message. (5 items). £100
530 DESKTOP LETTER BALANCE c.1900 in brass on shaped oak base (damaged corner) with wells holding up to 8oz. and letter platform engraved with postage rates; mechanism is basically sound but loose and needs slight attention. Also c.1870 Gladstone election medallion in white metal pierced for suspension. (2 items). £75
531 ENGRAVINGS, SOUVENIR PAPER NAPKINS etc.: Carton containing an extensive accumulation of prints & engravings c1700-1900 plus more modern examples - all suitable for framing, some in mounts. Also a group of scarce souvenir printed paper napkins c1910-37 inc. fine & scarce WWI example with print of early tank & various Royal occasions inc. 1937 Coronation of KEVIII. (Qty). HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO ARRANGE REMOVAL FROM OUR PREMISES. £120
532 EVE, GEORGE: Two splendid etched sepia proofs for invitations designed by the artist responsible for the early KGV stamps, in his fine, heraldic style: 1) 1910 Guildhall Banquet with vignettes of London buildings; 2) 1911 Investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle with superb Royal Arms and Celtic interlacing. Very fine and increasingly scarce. (2 items). £100
533 INDENTURES, 1690-1884: Interesting group inc. (1690) attractive vellum indenture leasing fields in Gamlinghay (Cambs.) from a Willington (Beds) landowner, with three fine signatures and seals; large vellum sheet (1760) with fine portrait of George III, being the purchase of a cottage in Gamlinghay from Sir Roger Burgoyne of Sutton Park, fine armorial seal and 1/6d tax stamp; 1857 leases (2) of property in Prince Albert's Road, London from the Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition with £2/5/- and 5/- revenues; 1884 8pp transfer document with six embossed revenues totalling £21/5/-. (5 items). £100
534 LETTERHEADS: Good group of Victorian engraved letters & bills from a wide variety of tradesmen & manufacturers c1835-80 inc. a number of Birmingham items (James Watt & Co noted), 1864 printing machinery (Varty & Co, London), fascinating group 1837-52 concerning extensive repairs to carriages with ill'd headings, trio of 1850s trade cards, 1848 New York forwarding agent's bill, various factories etc. (52 items). £100
535 MILITARY EPHEMERA c1780-1950: Interesting miscellany of documents inc. 1780 letter from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea from Lord Arran mentioning his appointment as PMG, also a group of out-pensioners' papers from the 1840s, an 1825 EL ex Chatham Barracks referring to embarkation for India, 1909 TA Commission with Royal Seal, 1867 Admiralty retirement warrant, various WWI /WWII items inc. unusual etc. (37 items). £120
536 NEWSPAPERS: Carton of newspapers & magazines inc. 1701 London Gazette, The London Evening Post, 1796 (2 issues, much on France), early regional newspapers inc. Irish, 1837-40 issues of The Times (12) plus three later issues, The Wellington Gazette 1857 (2 with reports of the Mutiny), 1898 Comic Cuts, Bow Bells (1869) etc. (Qty) HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO REMOVE FROM OUR PREMISES £100
537 POSTER STAMPS: Two stockbooks with a good selection of poster stamps inc. much military related material and a good variety of other themes inc. Advertising, Fairs, Tourism, etc. (Approx. 600). £150
538 POST OFFICE: Interesting group inc. 1765 London Chronicle with item on illegal collections & deliveries in the City (and the birth of a baby at the GPO!), two letters (1860) from the P.O. Directory Office signed by 'W.Kelly' of Directories fame, plus 1850s items inc. fine used example of Waterlow's 'Self-Sealing Envelope Paper', envelopes with embossed advertising seals (7), a 2d rate sample letter with original contents, 1853 pocket-book listing expenses inc. parcels, foreign letters etc. (13 items). £100
539 RAILWAYS - EARLY EPHEMERA: Remarkable original archive inc. letters, receipts, bills of lading, orders, memos etc. of the 1850s & '60s from a number of local railway companies with emphasis on the West Country inc. Somerset & Dorset, Bristol & Exeter, Shrewsbury & Hereford, Monmouthshire Railway & Canal co., NER, LNWR, Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire etc. Also items from the Railway Officers' & Servants' Association & Railway Benevolent Institution, Wolverhampton carrier's advert (1852) plus a few Belgian railways items. (Approx. 100 items). £200
540 ROYALTY - 1838 CORONATION etc.: Fine example of the gold-printed 4pp Coronation issue of 'The Sun' with engraved portrait medallion and tax stamp; two issues of the satirical 'Figaro in London' (1837-8) with woodcuts & articles on the new Queen; hand-coloured concertina panorama of the Coronation procession (incomplete); prints of the queen's visit to The City etc. Elusive material. (9 items). £120
541 ROYALTY - QUEEN VICTORIA: Interesting group of prints etc. inc. (1890) finely-printed/embossed Buckingham Palace concert programme, correspondence concerning design for Victoria Memorial in The Mall (1901), Diamond Jubilee Procession maps (2) & advertising sheet offering display images for shops, 1868 journal with article 'Will She Abdicate?', 1889 Dress Regulations, early (August 1837) grant of Royal Warrant etc. (22 items). £140
542 ROYALTY - PRINCESS ALICE, DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER: 1937-62 Group of letters etc. inc. two written & signed by the Duchess (1937-9), correspondence relating to her will inc. Garrard's & solicitor, list of jewellery & furs, several draft and copy wills etc. Unusual. (Qty). £100
PICTURE POSTCARDS
543 CARTON containing a fascinating collection with much of Derbyshire, Staffordshire, coastal and musical interest inc. several of the (in)famous Ashbourne Shrove Tuesday 'football game' (more like an annual pitched battle which continues annually to this day!), other Ashbourne cards, Bolsover, Brassington, Buxton, Darley Dale, Matlock, Matlock Bath & Tideswell, 1910 PPC entitled "Souvenir from Burton on Trent" depicting an edition of the 'Burton Daily Mail' and a bottle of ale, Bamforth's song & hymn cards inc. a full set of 'The Volunteer Organist', a KEVII memorial card and 'Cabinet' style & other real photographs. Also a group of cigarette cards in a separate album. (Scores). £120
544 GREAT BRITAIN: The extensive collection of early to modern cards with particular interest in Norfolk (views & cancellations). A few rp types noted in this extensive and fascinating group. (Some 100's). £150
545 GREAT BRITAIN: Album with a good range of cards depicting early 20th Century views of Broxbourne, Cheshunt, High Barnet, Waltham Cross & Wormley. Some useful photographic types inc.three spectacular cards of floods at Waltham Cross. The majority of the cards (c60) are of Waltham Cross. (96). £150
AFGHANISTAN
546 COLLECTION, 1871-1977 on printed Minkus leaves in a binder with a number of early issues and a good variety of mint & used stamps inc more elusive issues from the 1940s & '50s plus 1960s 'Agency Issue' sets & miniature sheets uncatalogued by SG; seldom offered. Inspection recommended. (100s) £100
ALBANIA
547 COLLECTION, 1913-76: 'Minkus' printed album containing a substantial collection of mint & used stamp issues with strength in elusive middle period sets to 1960s issues inc. imperfs and miniature sheets etc. Seldom offered: high catalogue value. Inspection recommended. (Many 100s). £340
ANTIGUA
548 EARLY "ANTIGUA" MARK ON COVER TO G.B. "P. PACKET FROM ST. KITTS" DUE TO FRENCH DISRUPTION OF PACKETS SERVICE; Remarkable 8 May 1797 EL (wax offset-stain affects address but well clear of Antigua mark & Packet endorsement) from "Antigua" to London with very fine "ANTIGUA" (36x5mm) nicely placed on the front, originally endorsed "p. Packet from St. Kitts" (crossed through upon local redirection in London) charged "1/8" (and then a further "1"[d] for London redirection) having 13 June London arrival backstamps. The contents reveal the reason for the St. Kitts endorsement:- "The unfortunate Capture of our first February Packet, and the loss of all the Letters, and no Account as yet of the second February Mail i the se seas, gives reason to suppose she has shared the same fate as the first Packet of that month, The first February Packet [the Falmouth Packet ship, the 'Swallow'] has been retaken & carried into St. Kitts, and purchased there by the President, on Behalf of Government, to proceed to England from that Island with letters; therefore I am desirous of taking the chance of a few lines reaching you from this island". Rare postmark and extremely unusual routing and contents. Important Antigua/St. Kitts item. Photo £300
549 DATED ANTIGUA STRAIGHT-LINE WITH VARIED TYPE-SIZES ON COVER TO G.B.; Very fine 19 June 1802 EL from "Antigua" to Somerset "By Packet" with mostly v. fine "ANTIGUA/JUN19 802" mark on the front showing the unusual variety small "2" in "802". Charged "1/8" and then "3/4". Rare thus. Photo £200
550 INGOING PRESTAMP MAIL FROM ENGLAND & SCOTLAND; Fine 1808/21 pair of EL's to "High Point, Antigua" and "Golden Green, Antigua", each rated "2/5" (but made up of different charges, and one with additional ½d), with fine mileage marks of "STAINES" & "GATEHOUSE" respectively. Such early ingoing mail is seldom seen. (2 covers). £100
551 LARGE YEAR-REMOVED "ANTIGUA" FLEURON ON COVER TO G.B.; Very fine 29 July 1813 EL from "Parham House [Estate], Antigua" to Somerset "p. Packet" charged "2/-" with a mostly very fine large "ANTIGUA/JUL29" fleuron c.d.s. (no year date) nicely placed on the front. [Almost identical (dated just one day earlier) to the cover sold in Cavendish's Nov. 2004 'Culford Collection' auction - lot 474, realised £322.] Photo £200
552 DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF A THRASHING GIVEN TO THE LOCAL PAPER's EDITOR & SUBSEQUENT MOB-RIOTS OF NEGROES, ETC. IN SMALL FLEURON COVER TO G.B.; Remarkable and fine 6 June 1831 EL (partly cross-written in red ink) from "Betty's Hope" to Bath "P. Packet" charged "2/1" with a very fine small "ANTIGUA/JU6/1831" small fleuron d.s. nicely placed on the lower flap. The writer gives a long, detailed and alarming account of his recent problems with a disrespectful local newspaper editor (who he thrashed publicly with a horse-whip bought for the purpose!), following his brother's having caught negro arsonists at work in their cane fields, that then led to several riots by mobs of freed slaves intent upon murdering the writer; with the Governor involved, writs flying, warning shots fired, a bottle thrown at the writer, some wounds inflicted by friends' sabres on the Mob, summonses & writs flying, and the final intervention of the 62nd Regiment. Amazing historical letter from the unrest following the emancipation of the slaves on the island. Photo £150
AUSTRALIA
553 FOUR CARTONS containing the extensive and valuable early to modern collection. All periods represented but strength in QEII with an extremely comprehensive range including FDC's, Year packs, etc. The main collection is housed in four albums and must be seen to be properly appreciated. This is one of the most impressive collections of modern Australia we have ever handled. Very high Catalogue value. (Many 1,000's). £1000
554 FLAT BOX with the early to modern mint & used accumulation on leaves, stockcards, etc. Some States and a few non Australian items noted. (Qty.). £100
555 TWO S.G. PRINTED ALBUMS containing an extensive used collection (with only a few c.t.o.) starting with 'roos of various issues with values to 5/-, continuing with KGV heads inc. values to 1/4d, commemoratives mainly in full sets, the odd perf. variety & KGVI values to £2 and ending with a strong representation of QEII issues to 1989 with a good degree of completeness inc. definitives with values to 10/-/$10, booklet stamps (some with labels attached), coil stamps, commemoratives, the odd miniature sheet, postmark interest throughout and much for the thematic collector inc. aircraft, birds, exploration, flora & fauna, marine life, Olympics, paintings and sport generally. Mixed condition in the early stages. (Several 100's). £120
556 ALBUM with the early to modern mint collection including much of merit. We note a good selection of 'Roos and Heads, the former including ½d marginal block of 6, 1d marginal blocks of 4 (2), 2/- single & 5/- single plus 1931-36 "SPECIMEN" set of three, the latter includes ½d marginal blocks of 15 & 4 (2),1½d & 2d Ash imprint gutter blocks of 4 & 4d inverted wmk.1928 3d Exhibition sheet (some creasing), Robes to £1, Arms to £2, Navigators to £2 inc. white paper 10/- & £1 and an extensive range of commemorative issues. A clean & attractive collection. (Many 100's). £500
557 1915 5/- grey & yellow marginal mint (pencil annotations on margin) with wmk. inverted SG.30w, Cat. £650. £150
558 FIRST DAY COVERS, many of them unaddressed, in five medium to huge cover albums inc. commemoratives, postal stationery, definitives with values to $10, miniature sheets, one coin cover, various special or relevant cancellations and lots of thematic interest inc. aircraft, animals, birds & sport. (Approx. 560 covers). £150
AUSTRALIAN STATES COLLECTIONS
559 STOCKBOOK with the predominantly used ranges. Condition mixed but an interesting lot nevertheless. (Few 100's). £100
560 COLLECTION of QV used issues with S. Australia, Queensland with values to 1/-, and Tasmania. Also 1859 env. from Geelong to Sydney franked with a Queen on Throne 6d pair (faults). Very mixed condition. (180+). £240