EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.
2080 MISCELLANY: Autographs of various 1930s footballers in small album plus snooker-player Joe Davis, Lupino Lane etc. Three albums of cigarette cards from the 1920s-'30s, large photograph of Rudolph Valentino with facsimile signature, album containing modern PPCs with postal theme etc. (Qty) £80
2081 MISCELLANY: Large carton with interesting variety of material inc. large bundle of full-plate press photographs of WWII Sicilian Campaign inc. aerial bombing, POWs & hospital, WWI battleship sinking, KGV & Prince of Wales plus qty 1960s-'70s RNLI views, 1930s liners etc. Also bundle of vintage cheques inc Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank (1873), St Neots Bank £1 note (1824), 1713 m/s re Ingworth, various spring balances, leather pocket-book with stamp compartments etc etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty) £140
2082 MISCELLANY: Interesting mix inc. (1798) Land Tax documents for Holbeck, Leeds, 1833 vellum transfer regarding Leed South Market, 1843 vellum lease for New Hall and Bank Farms at Smethcote (Salop), 1853 pair of warrants for Commissioner for Oaths at Leamington, 1794 Commission for Deputy Lieutenantship of Perth signed by the Duke of Atholl, pair of U.S. coach way-bills (1843), 1828 4% Annuity dividends (3) plus various receipts, billheads, telegrams etc. (Qty) £75
PICTURE POSTCARDS
2083 MISCELLANY c1904-1930s: Large carton containing a good variety of mainly GB used cards with some worldwide cards with range of types inc. topographical, greetings, comic etc. Cancellation interest. (900+) £80
2084 A similar lot. (Approx. 900) £80
2085 A similar lot. (Approx. 1000) £100
2086 A similar lot in two boxes. (Approx. 1500+) £150
2087 A similar lot. (Approx. 1300) £120
2088 A similar lot. (Approx. 1200) £120
2089 A similar lot. (Approx. 2000+) £180
2090 A similar lot. (Approx. 1200) £120
2091 A similar lot in two boxes inc. earlier KEVII. (Approx. 1200) £120
2092 A similar lot in a large tray. (Approx. 1600) £150
2093 A similar lot in a large tray.(Approx. 1800) £170
2094 CARTON with the varied accumulation of early to modern cards in a battered old album & loose. (Qty.). £90
2095 COUNTRY HOUSES etc: Good group of mainly Edwardian RP cards showing a variety of Country Houses and Halls inc. Addington Palace, Alfreton Hall, Staunton Park, Edmonthorpe, Dinder Manor, Kirklington Hall, Ingleby Hall, Heaton, Sudbury, 1908 Empire Day fete at Wroxton etc. All postally used. Scarce subjects. (70) £180
2096 FOREIGN: Extensive accumulation of mainly pre-WWII period postcards, mainly used, in two boxes; much of interest with unusual noted inc. good vintage Japan. Mostly fine. Good lot. (1000+) £150
2097 HOSPITALS, REST HOMES etc: Good group of mostly used Edwardian RP cards depicting unusual subjects inc.Bromsgrove Sanatorium, Bromley Hospital, Willesden Cottage Hospital, Bolton Orphanage, Cowfold Monastery Guest Houses, Nurses Home at Birmingham University (WWI), Longbridge Austin Works (1915), Winwick Asylum etc. (38) £90
2098 HOUSES: Fascinating group of postally-used Edwardian RP cards all showing domestic houses, farms and hotels etc., many identified by name ; good range of types from all over the UK. Postmarks should give some useful clues! Popular subject. (85) £150
2099 MODERN CARDS: Three large cartons containing an extensive accumulation of used and unused cards c1950s-90s with emphasis on UK subjects inc. nudes, comic, topogrphicals, reproductions, PO issues etc. etc. Inspection essential. (Many 1000s) £200
2100 PEOPLE & ACTIVITIES: Good lot of mainly RP Edwardian & WWI period cards showing a variety of activities inc. 1910 proclamation of KGV at Chipping Norton, fine Lipton store with staff (1912), 'The Chicken Eating Woman', 1911 Army cricket team, 1911 coronation celebrations, medical & school staff, milk lady in pony cart, Trowbridge cricket 1911, 1914 troops on the march, weaver at loom, Scouts (1911), Naval boxing match, various teams, pageants, hop-pickers, ferreting and six fine Hunt cards. Good lot. (108) £250
2101 POST OFFICE: Very large duplicated accumulation of attractive modern cards issued by - or based on the history of - the British Post Office inc.regional post-bus issues, mail coaches, special events etc. Many in original packs or with special cancellations. Inspection recommended. (1000s) £150
2102 SMALL FORMAT CARDS: Three boxes containing an extensive accumulation of used & unused cards c1903-'60s with emphasis on G.B. but good sprinkling of Europe & USA etc. interesting range of topics inc. topographical, comic, greeting, art etc. (1500+) £120
2103 TOPOGRAPHICAL - U.K.: Fine group of Edwardian RP cards with range of views throughout the UK inc. crowd scene at Darlaston, March, Church Stretton, Sudbury High Street, two fine views of Eardisley, Seaforth shop fronts, Warwick Hunt meet at Banbury, many village streets etc. Most postally used with useful cancellations. Inspection essential. (214) £200
2104 TOPOGRAPHICAL: U.K. cards, mainly postally-used Edwardian RP types, with good range of views inc. tram on Tuckton Bridge, Bulkington, Sherburn, wreck of the 'Rhosnieger'(1908), Walsall Camp Ilfracombe, fine street scene Basingstoke, Henley's Telegraph Works Silvertown, Molesworth Dog Cemetery, Accrington, Frenchay Tea Gardens, Dolgarrog Disaster (1925), fine village street at Lower Oddington etc. (169) £180
2105 TOPOGRAPHICAL: Good range of UK topo cards, mostly used Edwardian period items with a number of better RP cards noted; fine Sudbury, factory fire at Nottingham (1905), Langtoft general stores, King's Head Aston Cantlow, Shooter's Hill school, granary at Bromley, Hayes, Wimbledon Common windmill etc. (122) £120
2106 TOPOGRAPHICAL: Good group of UK cards, mainly pre-WWI and used, showing better street and village views inc. Hepple, Lewisham HighStreet, various cards with Trams inc. Lowestoft (2), Derby, Carlisle, Bournemouth, Southampton & Birmingham, cottage at Ashow, Chislehurst, Lewes, Garforth School (and pupils!), Sutton High Street showing 'gallows' sign of The Greyhound, Nottingham Goose Fair 1905 etc. (131) £120
ANDORRA - FRENCH
2107 MINT & USED COLLECTION ON LEAVES: Range of issues c1962-85 with many elusive stamps plus a few earlier; a good starter collection - inspection recommended. STC £600+. (Small qty) £120
TASMANIA
2108 PERFINS: The fascinating collection of perfins, predominantly on off-cover adhesives but with four OHMS envelopes bearing pictorial 1d (2), 2d or Australian 1d 'Roo. A good selection of perfin types with "OS" , "T" & many different sorts of "A" . Also a small postmark study and a little relevant reading material. (Approx. 180). £100
BRAZIL
2109 TWO ALBUMS with the extensive early to modern mint & used collection inc. useful earlies and good middle period mint sets, min. sheets, airs, officials, etc. (Few 1,000's). £300
BURMA
2110 JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Album containing the duplicated mint collection of Farmer types including sundry multiples. (Few 100's). £100
CANADA
2111 COLLECTION in printed album and stockbook with some strength in KGV & KGVI issues. The stockbook is essentially a cancellation study with much of interest. (Sev. 100's). £120
CAYMAN ISLANDS
2112 TWO ALBUMS with the mint & used collection to 2004. Much of merit inc. KEVII 5/- & 10/-, 1912-20 to 10/-, 1921-26 values to 10/- used, 1932 Centenary set to 10/- used, 1935 Pictorials to 10/- used, KGVI defins. to 10/- (4) mint and a vast array of QEII sets with much unmounted mint in evidence. (Very many 100's). £600
CHINA
2113 SMALL CARTON with the extensive early to modern duplicated ranges in packets & envelopes. Much middle period noted. Somewhat untidy but should be great fun to sort! (Very many 100's). £240
2114 BISCUIT TIN with the extensive accumulation of chiefly commercial mail from the 1920's onwards. We note airs, censored, express, etc. A good little lot that should prove great fun to sort. (Approx. 140). £240
CYPRUS
2115 SMALL BOX containing an interesting miscellany of KGVI to Republic cards & covers inc. one WWII censored env., later stampless military types, a few rural postal service marks and much commercial (inc. registered) & social mail to U.K. with a wide range of colourful frankings. Also a smaller range of Turkish Cyprus commercial/social mail & FDC's. (Sev. 100's). £75
2116 BINDER with the early to modern duplicated accumulation incfluding useful 19th Century ranges, KGV pictorials to 45pi mint, 1935 SJ set mint (2), KGVI to £1 mint & used, RSW £1 (2) used, first QEII defins. to £1 (2) mint & used, Republic opt. to £1 mint (2), a useful range of QEII "SPECIMEN" opts. with values to £1 (2). Fair to fine. (Few 100's). £300
EGYPT
2117 TWO CARTONS with the extensive accumulation of predominantly modern covers & stamps housed in four binders and loose. The covers are housed in three albums, whilst the stamps are in a small stockbook. An attractive lot of not too often encountered material. The vendor's father became a good friend of the Egyptian Postmaster General and the lot includes a number of covering notes personally signed by him. (Qty.). £60
FALKLAND ISLANDS
2118 TWO ALBUMS written up throughout together containing an extensive unmounted mint collection largely complete from 1980 to 2004 with virtually every item identified by SG. number inc. commemoratives with values to £2, definitives with imprint varieties and values to £5, sheetlets, surcharged stamps, miniature sheets & twelve booklets with much of thematic interest throughout inc. aircraft, birds, cars, explorers & navigators, fish, flowers, insects, lighthouses, penguins, shells, ships/shipwrecks and whales. A wonderful base for still further expansion. Also small groups of FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES & SOUTH GEORGIA. (Several 100's). £180
2119 ALBUM with the mint KGV-QEII collection inc. 1938-50 to £1, RSW £1, 1952 defins. to £1, 1960 Birds set to £1, 1968, 1971 & 1972 Flowers sets, etc. (Few 100's). £150
FRANCE
2120 FOUR STOCKBOOKS with the extensive duplicated stock to the early 1920's. (Few 1,000's). £75
2121 TWO STOCK-BOOKS with the mainly 20th century duplicated accumulation of mint & used stamps inc. Type Sage 10c mint (7 inc. block - perf splitting), few strips & blocks of the Pasteur issue, later commemoratives, early Colonies general issues, duplicated used definitives etc. Inspection necessary. (Qty) £120
2122 ALBUM with mint & used collection c1963-85 inc. useful unmounted mint commemoratives plus council of Europe issues, large format Art stamps, Red Cross & a few definitives.Good basis for development. (100s) £100
GERMANY
2123 BINDER with the interesting selection of covers & cards (all periods) including a number of useful items. Viewing recommended. (Approx. 55 items). £100
2124 STOCKBOOK with a substantial duplicated accumulation of used stamps inc. Germania issues, extensive Inflation period, early 11930's defins., officials, etc. with interest in shades & cancellations. (Some 100's). £75
2125 MUNSTER POSTAL HISTORY: Binder containing the interesting early to modern collection of covers & cards. Ripe for development. (100+ items). £50
GERMANY - WEST
2126 SCHAUBEK ALBUM with the useful mint & used collection, 1948-1989. (Few 100's). £75
2127 SCHAUBEK ALBUM 1990-2000 with substantial collection of mainly used stamps plus a Sieger printed album for the same period with further ranges, 2 volumes of attractive printed sheets in the '10 Jahre Deutsche Einheit' series with various stamps etc plus a Gode album with a few black-print sheets etc. (Qty) £100
ICELAND
2128 CHOCOLATE BOX with the duplicated modern accumulation in envelopes & packets. A colourful lot with some higher values noted. (Small Qty.). OFFERED ON BEHALF OF CHARITY - PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY. £25
INDIA
2129 THREE LARGE CARTONS with the extensive accumulation of covers, cards & a few off-cover adhesives sorted into packets/envelopes. A fair amount of States material is in evidence. (Large Qty.). £300
2130 TWO LARGE CARTONS crammed with the extensive accumulation of postal stationery cards & envelopes including a reasonable amount of Indian States. (Very many 100's). £200
2131 THREE CARTONS with the extensive early to modern accumulation of stamps, covers, cards, Court Fee stamps, etc. A good proportion of the material is from Convention & Feudatory States. (Large Qty.). £180
2132 LARGE CARTON with the extensive accumulation of covers & postal stationery cards including some States. All periods represented with much pre-WWII in evidence. (Many 100's). £200
2133 LARGE CARTON with the extensive accumulation of adhesives, covers & postal stationery cards including a reasonable amount of Indian States. Well worth careful inspection. (Large Qty..) £150
2134 LARGE CARTON crammed with the extensive early to modern accumulation of covers & cards. (Large Qty.). £100
2135 CARTON with the large accumulation of covers and adhesives mainly mounted on leaves, inc postal stationery, a little pre stamp, military mail . Also a good section of States with covers and cards. (Some 100's). £300
2136 PICTURE POSTCARDS: Shoe-box containing a fine variety of attractive PPCs, mainly c1904-'30s, with street scenes, portrait and 'ethnic' types, topographical etc. Large proportion are used with cancellation interest. (Approx. 400) £75
INDIAN CONVENTION STATES
2137 CARTON with the mint and used accumulation mostly stuffed into envelopes or packets inc a few cards. (Some 100's). £60
INDIAN FEUDATORY STATES
2138 CARTON with the very untidy accumulation of mainly Travancore and Cochin issues culled from a large number of collections, inc many unused sheets or part sheets inc service issues. Mixed condition. (Some 1000's). £200
IRELAND
2139 STOCKBOOK with the useful mint ranges inc. Sea Horses to 10/- and an extensive assembly of commemorative issues to about 1990. (Few 100's). £120
ITALY
2140 STOCKBOOK containing a mainly mint accumulation c1862-1960 with strength in pre-WWII issues inc. commemoratives, definitives, air & pneumatic post values with much useful material noted inc. 1946 100l [SG669] unmounted mint plus a few colonial issues, San Marino & Vatican. Inspection recommended. (100s) £180
KIRIBATI
2141 TWO ALBUMS of unmounted mint definitives (with values to $10 & wmk. varieties), commemoratives (chiefly singles but inc. se-tenant pairs and strip, booklet stamps & sheetlets), 'Official' stamps and miniature sheets almost complete from SG.84 in 1979 until 2004, written up throughout with nearly every item identified by SG. number and with much of thematic interest inc. aircraft, birds, butterflies & moths, fish, flowers, legends, maps, reptiles, Red Cross, scouts and ships. An excellent basis for still further expansion. (Many 100's). £100
LIECHTENSTEIN
2142 MINT COLLECTION on leaves to the early 1980's with much of merit inc. 1912-15 Thick paper 5h, 10h & 25h, 1925 Birthday set, 1928 Flood Relief , 1930 Airs, 1933 Birthday, 1934 Airs, 1936 Zeppelin pair , 1946 Philatelic Exhn. min. sheet, 1948 Air pioneers, 1949 paintings set plus min. sheet, 1951 Agricultural scenes, 1952 Paintings, 1953 Museum, 1954 Football, 1954 Marian Year, 1960 Europa and many more useful sets & singles. A few used types noted but the above are all mint. (Approx. 900). £450
MALAYA/MALAYSIA
2143 BISCUIT TIN with the varied accumulation of early to modern mail including postal stationery and afew North Borneo frankings. A good variety of postal markings, destinations, etc. (Approx. 100). £120
2144 ALBUM with the duplicated mint & used accumulation including much WWII period (Straits, BMA, Japanese Occupation, etc.). Some postmark interest, etc. (Few 100's). £100
2145 AIR MAILS: Small carton containing the predominantly KGVI period accumulation of flown mail, chiefly bearing Straits or BMA opt. adhesives. A few KGV types noted. (Approx. 100). £180
MAURITIUS
2146 BOX with the early to modern accumulation of covers & cards showing a good variety of cancellation interest. Largely QEII period but with some earlier noted including sundry unused postal stationery items. A few non Mauritius items are included. (Approx. 170). £120
2147 SMALL BOX with the interesting range of largely Arms type definitive issues in packets collected for postmark interest. A wide range of offices noted inc. Beau Bassin, Bel Air, Black River, Camp du Masque, Central Flacq, Chemin Grenier, Curepipe/Curepipe Road, Flacq, Forest Side, Grand Bay, Mahebourg, Mapoli, Mare D'Albert, Moka, Montage Longue, Pamplemousse, Phoenix, Pillar Box Port Louis, Quatre Bornes, Reduit, Riviere Dragon, Rose Belle, Rose Hill, St. Pierre, Terre Rouge, Union Vale, Vacaos & Verdun. (Few 100's). £120
MEXICO
2148 SPECIALISED COLLECTION, 1856-1914: Interesting and extensive collection written up in 'Plymouth' album with duplicated ranges of definitive & official stamps inc. shades, district issues and cancellation interest plus useful covers inc. pre-stamp from 1830 etc. Also a collection of used & unused stationery, written up on leaves and a box of covers and stationery covering the same period with a few later items noted. Seldom offered. (Qty) £240
NEW ZEALAND
2149 THREE ALBUMS with the extensive early to modern mint & used collection, 1873-2000 (no Chalons included) inc. QV 5/- Pictorial unused, 1906 Exhibition set used, Smiling Boys mint, useful other KGV/KGVI issues and extensive QEII virtually complete to 2000 (chiefly unmounted mint but with a few being used). A very good representative collection on which to expand. STC c.£4,800. (Some 1,000's). £600
2150 ALBUM with the mainly mint collection of the 1967 Pictorial issue inc. plate blocks to 30c & single 50c, $1 & $2 (both). Also a small range of the 1960 Pictorial issue inc. a 6d block of four without watermark & a vertical strip of three with Chambon perfs. CP Cat. $1,950. (220+). £180
2151 STOCKBOOK with the early to modern mint and used duplicated accumulation with strength in KGV & KGVI issues including some useful mint types. (Few 100's). £150
2152 COLLECTION in printed album with much useful QEII mint in evidence inc. a good range of Health min. sheets. (Sev. 100's). £120
2153 QEII DEFINITIVE ISSUES: 1953-59 mainly mint selection of QEII defins. inc. plate blocks, wmk. varieties, coil pairs & re-entries. Also 4d Official printed on the gum. Mostly unmounted mint. CP $2,600. (250+). £240
RUSSIA
2154 REGISTERED MAIL: Binder with collection of registered covers 1912-17, many to the Governor of Tobolsk from a variety of towns, mainly with 'Arms' frankings; also an 1867 stampless E (fine wax seal) ex Tobolsk to the priest of Obdaren. (34 items) £120
RUSSIA - NEW REPUBLICS
2155 HUGE ACCUMULATION of commercially-used Russian stationery envelopes c1990s in twelve cartons with vast range of provisional overprints and later frankings etc. inc. Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Azerbaijan etc - never offered by us in such quantities before! A few earlier items noted. A superb opportunity to research this interesting period of Russian postal history. (1000s) £500
SIERRA LEONE
2156 CARTON with the extensive accumulation of early to modern covers/cards and adhesives collected for postmark interest. (Approx. 120 covers/cards & several hundred off cover adhesives). £150
2157 REGISTERED MAIL: 1918-32 hoard of KGV "F" size" (100) and "G" size (10) 2d registered envs. mostly uprated with adhesives used to UK. The majority are from Freetown but other offices represented inc., Bo, Pujehun, Mano, Makump, Makene, Bonthe, Hangha and Kennema. Some are a little ragged but many are fine. (110). £240
2158 REGISTERED MAIL: 1952-c60 The assembly of mainly QEII 4d "G" size registered env uprated with KGVI adhesives, mostly addresses to Saxone, Kilmarnock, Scotland from various offices inc Bo, Bothne, Lunsar, Cline Town, Kenema, Yonibana, Port Loko, Pendembu, N'Jala, Magburaka, Mano, Mattru, Tiama and Blama. An interesting group. (105). £120
SOLOMON ISLANDS
2159 CARTON containing three albums with a very extensive written up collection from KGV onwards, virtually every stamp being identified by SG. number, inc. 1922-31 wmk. multiple script CA used values to 10/-, KGVI apparently complete unmounted mint, ditto for QEII issues (definitives, commemoratives - mostly singles but inc. se-tenant pairs and strips, miniature sheets, booklet & sheetlets) and Independent issues until 2004 with values to $50 plus masses of thematic interest throughout inc. birds, butterflies, crabs, flowers, musical instruments, navigators, Olympic games, reptiles, scouts, shells, ships and sport. Cat. £1,500++. (Many 100's). £300
2000-2079
2080-2159
2160-2239
2240-2261
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