Lots 1-80

Worldwide & Great Britain

Wednesday 29 November 2006

SALE 689

* = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (£1,000 AND OVER)

TWO NEW IMPERIAL ALBUMS containing the valuable QV-KGV used collection. A degree of remaindering has been undertaken but much of note remains inc. strong ranges of GB with 1840 1d (5), a comprehensive selection of 1d plate numbers (less 77!) to 225 (faults), good Surface-printed inc. several with circular datestamps, 1883-84 2/6d, 5/- & 10/-, KEVII to £1, KGV to 10/- (3) and a useful group of Officials, Antigua 1932 Tercentenary set, Australia with 'Roos to 10/-, £1 grey and £2 plus Sydney Bridge 5/- c.t.o., Bahamas 1930 Tercentenary set, Bahrain 1933-35 to 5r, Bermuda, British East Africa 1896 to 5r & 1897 surcharge set, British Solomon Islands 1907 set plus KGV to 10/-, Canada with imperforate 3d Beaver (3) & 6d Prince Albert plus a good selection of later issues, strong Cape of Good Hope with Triangular 1d (5), 4d (10), 6d (5) & 1/- (3) plus an unguaranteed 1d "Woodblock" (faults), a good group of Mafeking Siege issues (9 different), Cayman Islands 1935 Pictorial set to 10/-, strong Ceylon from a useful range of imperfs., Falkland Islands with useful QV & KEVII plus KGV 3/- (2), 5/- red & 5/- maroon, Fiji, Gambia with KEVII values to 3/-, KGV to 4/- & 5/- plus Elephant & Palm set to 10/-, Gibraltar with good QV inc. 1886-87 to 1/-, Gold Coast with QV, KEVII & KGV to 20/-, Grenada, Hong Kong with useful QV, India & States, Ireland with values to 10/-, Jamaica, Leewards, Mauritius inc. 1848 worn impressions 1d & a few other QV items of note, Morocco Agencies, Natal inc. a fair Embossed 3d rose, Nauru KGV Heads to 1/- plus 1924 Ships to 10/-, New Zealand with sundry Chalons inc. useful (mixed condition), North Borneo, Rhodesia inc. Double Heads 5/-, St. Vincent with good QV ranges, Sierra Leone with KGV to £1, South Australia, Swaziland with 1933 set to 10/-, Tasmania inc. a fine 4d "Courier" with margins clear all round, Turks & Caicos with 1900 to 5/- and KGV to 10/-, Zanzibar inc. 1904 Monogram set, etc. A superb lot with much of merit. Viewing very highly recommended. (Many 1,000's).

£5000

TWO NEW IMPERIAL ALBUMS with the mint/unused collection. Some remaindering and rather spares in places but much good clean material left behind including useful ranges of BWI inc. Caymans Justices set to 10/-, Buhire, Ceylon, Falklands, Gambia, Malayan States, strong New Zealand with 1906 Christchurch, 1913 Auckland and 1931 Smiling Bots sets, South Australia and much more. (Very many 100's).

£1000

TWO IDEAL ALBUMS containing the fascinating Foreign collection with particular strength in Europe including good ranges of Spain & Switzerland plus good representative selections of many other European countries, Latin America and a very useful array of U.S.A. Extremely high Catalogue value. (Few 1,000's).

£1500

HEAVY CARTONS, BOXES, ETC.

FOUR CARTONS with an exceedingly diverse accumulation in a variety of albums & stockbooks. Some useful old-time remainder collections noted. Careful viewing highly recommended. (Many 1,000's).

£400

THREE CARTONS with an extremely eclectic World-wide accumulation including a good range of modern British Commonwealth issues. Rather untidy but potentially rewarding. (Many 1,000's).

£240

FOUR CARTONS with the varied early to modern World-wide accumulation in sundry albums, stockbooks, packets, etc. An extremely cosmopolitan lot! (Large Qty.).

£150

FIVE CARTONS with the extremely extensive modern accumulation of covers, cards & stamps including a large quantity of FDC's from GB and Channel Islands, Australia & New Zealand plus unmounted mint issues in packets. A fine lot of popular material. (Large Qty.).

£150

FOUR CARTONS with the extensive early to modern World-wide accumulation of stamps & covers. A wide variety of material noted inc. a group of GB FDC's & Packs (1964 Shakespeare & some £92 of Face value noted) and much, much more. Careful viewing recommended. (Large Qty.).

£150

TWO CARTONS with the early to modern accumulation. Strength in Commonwealth with useful Canada, PNG & modern Australian booklets noted. (Qty.).

£150

TWO CARTONS housing the modern collection in five binders & a small box. We note sundry GB Packs & FDC's, two volumes of WWF maximum cards & covers, a volume dedicated to Flora & Fauna of the world, etc. (Qty.).

£120

THREE CARTONS with a varied accumulation including a useful collection of USA in two Lighthouse albums, various juvenile collections and a quantity of literature (chiefly old Gibbons catalogues). Well worth a look. (Qty.).

£120

THREE CARTONS with the eclectic accumulation of stamps & covers inc. a range of GB FDC's (approx. 70 Benhams noted), a World-wide collection in 4 binders and sundry modern U.S.A. (Qty.).

£100

TWO CARTONS with the interesting and extremely varied World-wide collection in a variety of albums. Much Foreign noted including a fascinating collection of Famous People on stamps and a volume of modern covers depicting Pope John Paul II. (Qty.).

£100

TWO CARTONS with the varied accumulation/collection in a variety of albums and in a quantity of packets/envelopes. An emphasis on Foreign. (Large Qty.).

£100

TWO CARTONS with the varied accumulation of stamps & accessories including a useful collection of pre-decimal QEII definitives in a loose-leaf album (useful mint Wildings inc. graphites/phosphor-graphites noted), a stockbook of Sierra Leone, a watermark detector, various albums/leaves, Hawid strips, etc. (Large Qty.).

£100

TWO CARTONS with miscellany of mainly GB covers, pieces & stamps with interesting earlier items noted inc. part strike of large s/l IRELAND, FDCs, official mail, slogans, philatelic ephemera etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty)

£80

TWO LARGE CARTONS packed with the extensive World-wide accumulation in various binders & loose inc. an interesting group of matchbox labels. (Large Qty.).

£75

LARGE CARTON with the early to modern mint & used collection in 8 albums/binders. We note a useful two volume collection of British Commonwealth, sundry modern Australia, New Zealand, etc. (Many 1,000's).

£150

LARGE CARTON with the interesting early to modern mint & used accumulation on leaves, in packets, etc. Untidy but well worth close inspection. (Some 1,000's).

£100

LARGE CARTON with the World-wide accumulation in stockbooks, on leaves, on paper, etc. A good miscellany - well worth careful examination. (Qty.).

£100

LARGE CARTON with the extremely eclectic accumulation including some 140 modern Australian FDC's, GB duplicates in stockbooks, etc. (Large Qty.).

£75

LARGE CARTON with the varied accumulation of stamps & covers in five assorted binders. Chiefly British Commonwealth with some interest in the Pacific area. (Qty.).

£75

CARTON with a fascinating early to middle period accumulation of predominantly GB and Commonwealth issues on leaves, a stockbook & a remaindered 1935 Silver Jubilee special album. Much of merit including a good range of GB Queen Victoria issues from 1840 1d (2) and a number of other little surprises. Rather untidy but great fun! (Very many 100's).

£400

CARTON with the extensive modern accumulation. We note a range of GB presentation packs and a good variety of Commonwealth issues in packets as received from a New Issue Dealer. (Qty.).

£150

CARTON with the varied accumulation of covers, cards and stamps. A fascinating lot with some interest in airmails, banknotes, (Qty.).

£120

CARTON with the early to modern World-wide collection in seven loose-leaf albums. (Few 1,000's).

£100

CARTON with the interesting accumulation in a variety of albums, stockbooks, etc. Much G.B. noted. (Qty.).

£100

CARTON with the varied modern accumulation inc. useful mint ranges of Alderney, sundry official packs, FDC's, etc. A very eclectic lot. (Qty.).

£75

CARTON with the varied World-wide accumulation in sundry albums, etc. Strength in latin America with an album of Chilean stamps & a volume of modern Chilean mail. Also a little literature, chiefly relating to Chile. (Qty.).

£75

CARTON with the varied World-wide accumulation of stamps, covers, etc. Untidy but worth inspection. (Qty.).

£75

CARTON with the World-wide collection/accumulation in two loose-leaf albums plus a group of largely commercial covers & cards. (Qty.).

£60

CARTON with the early to modern duplicated World-wide accumulation, predominantly housed in approval/club books. (Large Qty.).

£60

FLAT BOX with the extensive early to modern accumulation on stockcards, stockleaves & loose. The latter constitutes a quantity of GB decimal currency used issues on piece whilst the former includes much of merit inc. particularly useful Cayman Islands, Malayan States and Nauru. (Very many 100's).

£240

FLAT BOX with variety of stamps in packets etc inc. GB 'Wedgewood' booklets x 5 plus 'The Times' x 2 , various other GB, stock-card of Wallis & Futuna issues, useful Finland, mint Norway, few covers etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty)

£100

SMALLER CARTONS, BOXES, ETC.

SMALL CARTON with the varied accumulation of Gb and BNA stamps, FDC's & Yearbooks. (Small Qty.).

£75

BISCUIT TIN with the interesting accumulation of stamps in packets. Chiefly early 1970's Commonwealth issues. (Few 100's).

£75

MISCELLANY of Commonwealth/Foreign issues inc. a few PPCs, PHQ cards and accessories, the odd G.B. FDC inc. 1949 U.P.U., a home-made stock book with useful stamps noted, used Belgian Congo, British Africa and India, small album containing used G.B. inc. KEVII values to 2/6d plus mainly used Commonwealth, large album with useful material inc. pre-war mint/used Germany, useful U.S.A. and a binder which includes large interpanneau blocks of South Africa, etc.. (Several 100's).

£100

ALBUMS, STOCKBOOKS, ETC.

VICEROY ALBUM with the early to modern mint & used World-wide accumulation. (Many 100's).

£75

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS

CARTON with the wide ranging accumulation of modern issues in packets as received from a New Issue Dealer. We note useful South Atlantics and much, much more. (Sev. 100's).

£200

TWO IDEAL ALBUMS with the rather sparse mint & used collection. The albums are in fairly decent condition and will represent a good base for expansion. (Sev. 100's).

£150

FOUR STOCKBOOKS with the extensive mint & used accumulation including some useful part sets & sets. Strength in pre 1970 issues. (Many 100's).

£100

NEW IDEAL ALBUM with the predominantly used collection including useful ranges of Canada, GB from 1840, India & States, Malayan States, etc. Some remaindering but much useful material can be encountered throughout. A fine springboard for expansion. (Very many 100's).

£500

KGVI PRINTED ALBUM with the mint & used collection. Some remaindering apparent but still a very useful lot with many better sets, part sets & odd values including several RSW sets. An excellent base for expansion. (Few 1,000's).

£400

IMPERIAL ALBUM with the remaindered mint & used collection. Generally rather sparse but some useful items still to be found and a wonderful base for expansion. (Many 100's).

£300

ALBUM with much of merit inc. used GB Sea horses to 10/-, opts. on GB with values to 5/-, useful Ascension, Australia, Canada from 1897 with much of interest inc. values to $1 both mint & used, many KGVI mint sets to 1/- or equivalent, India values to 10r, Natal, O.F.S., Transvaal, Nyasaland, Swaziland, etc.(Many 100's).

£240

STOCKBOOK with the interesting predominantly mint accumulation of QV-KGV issues including better Australia, BWI, etc. Poor to fine. (Few 100's).

£150

MISCELLANY on leaves and stockleaves with useful ranges of Barbados, Fiji & Rhodesia plus Bechuanaland KGVI to 10/- mounted mint. A useful lot with some better items to be found throughout. (Few 100's).

£100

CANADA/INDIA: Mint & used selection with a presentation book from the Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department issued on the occasion of the 13th UPU Congress at Brussels (1952) including 1948 Gandhi set mint & 1949 defins. to 15r mint plus a small stockbook of QV to QEII Canadian issues. (Small Qty.).

£75

OVERPRINTS ON GREAT BRITAIN: The small mint & used on stockcards inc. Bechuanaland 2/6d, RSW high values for Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco Agencies and Tangier, KGVI 10/- vals. for MEF, Eritrea (2) & Tripolitania (2), etc. (Small Qty.).

£150

ROYAL VISIT TO SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1947 inc. Basutoland & Swaziland commemorated on cover, many of them registered with a variety of etiquettes and rubber stamps inc. fine boxed violet "R/ROYAL VISIT/BECH. PROT. 1947.LOBATSI/No.33823" (latter figures in black) with all 4 stamps tied by very fine "ROYAL VISIT/LOBATSI. BECH. PROT/17APR.. 47" double ring c.d.s., Basutoland KGVI 2/6, 5/- & 10/- on reg. cover with each stamp tied by fine "ROYAL VISIT/BASUTOLAND/11 III 47" double ring c.d.s. (another strike) nearby & a 1936 Johannesburg International Philatelic Exhn. ½d sheetlet cancelled by special large c.d.s. on official env. (13 covers + 24 stamps).

£90

SOUTH ATLANTICS: The early to modern mint & used ranges of Ascension & St. Helena on stockleaves. Strength in the latter with useful representations of all periods. (Approx. 280).

£75

FOREIGN COLLECTIONS

MISCELLANY: Useful basic fine used collection of Sweden 1874-1983 on leaves plus similar range of Finland ; also interesting Turkey on leaves inc. officials 1947-86 plus charity & welfare issues from 1926, largely mint inc. air funds. Also Uruguay 1939 airmail set of 12, fresh mint. Inspection recommended. (1000s)

£120

EUROPE: Selections of Netherlands issues in a stock book and on leaves from early imperfs. to c1960 with better items noted inc. 1867 25c , inter-war charities, a few colonial issues etc. inc. some on album pages. Also a few Luxemburg from c1880s-1950s and Hungary on stock pages from 1871issues inc. 1914 War charity set mint, 1930 air pengo values mint, a few modern m/s etc. (100s)

£160

SCANDINAVIA: Stock book with duplicated ranges of Denmark c1875-1950s with useful material present inc. officials & dues and further ranges 1875-1912 written up on album pages. Also a collection of mint & used Norway 1945-60 with useful items noted. (100s)

£120

OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS

ROYALTY: Carton with the collection of stamps, covers & cards relating to sundry Royal events including Prince Andrew's wedding, the Queen's Ruby wedding & the Queen's 60th Birthday. (Qty.).

£75

THEMATICS

TWO CARTONS with the extensive World-wide collection in a quantity of albums. A good range of themes noted inc. Costumes, Maps & Ships. (Qty.).

£150

TWO CARTONS with the early to modern World-wide collection of stamps, covers, cards & slogans covering a variety of themes. (Qty.).

£120

ART/ARMORIAL: Four albums with the mint & used collection of Art & Coats of Arms on stamps. A wide range of issuing countries noted. (Very many 100's).

£100

BIRDS: Three albums with the mint and used collection including some useful sets and singles. (Few 100's).

£100

BUILDINGS: Four albums containing the interesting collection of World-wide issues depicting a wide range of Buildings. (Few 1,000's).

£100

FAMOUS PEOPLE: Nine albums with the interesting mint & used collection of Famous people on stamps including Explorers, Musicians, Royalty, Statesmen, etc. A useful lot with some better items to be found throughout. (Few 1,000's).

£200

FLORA/FAUNA: Eight albums with the mint & used collection of Animals, Fish, Flowers & Insects. A useful lot with a number of better sets & singles noted. (Few 1,000's).

£150

ROYALTY: Five printed albums with the varied mint collection of modern Royalty omnibus stamps, min. sheets, etc. (Qty.).

£100

MISCELLANEOUS WORLD WIDE POSTAL HISTORY

MISCELLANY in two cover albums with some useful middle period items including sundry airmails. (Approx. 200).

£100

MISCELLANY: Bundle of covers c1860-1990 with emphasis on G.B. and commonwealth items inc. 1863 G.B. -Germany E with 6d franking, 1863 redirected E to Switzerland with 1d (2) & 4d stamps. useful Empire inc. 1926 Reg'd E with Malta set to 6d, 1934 Egypt 1p Postal Seal, WWII censored mail inc. scarce Sudan boxed h.s. and E.Africa red concentric squares '89' etc. (approx. 75 items)

£100

MISCELLANY: Two cartons containing an extensive, worldwide accumulation of covers with emphasis on post-WWII Commonwealth material inc. smaller islands and postal agencies with special cancellations and fine ranges of frankings etc. Some earlier items inc. 1936 'Cygnus' crash cover. Elusive, useful material. Inspection essential. (approx. 1,000 items)

£300

BRITISH EMPIRE: Miscellany inc. WWII Indian Red Cross covers (4) inc. unusual provisional reg'n label of Bombay Secretariat; paquebot Es with Colombo cds (2) & machine types plus two Port Said examples; Morocco Agencies FDCs (1937) etc. Inspection recommended. (14 items)

£50

BRITISH EMPIRE MISCELLANY inc.KGVI Bechuanaland 10/- on 1947 env. with 'Gaberones Village/R 2743 entirely in red m/s, 1947 commercial registered cover ex Kitale in KUT, KGVI Northern Rhodesia 10/- tied by very fine "KITWE" c.d.s. with rubber stamp type registration etiquette with no.in pencil and KGVI Nyasaland 2/-, 2/6d, 5/- &10/- tied by Zomba bridge type c.d.s.'s with matching but very unusual registration label. (18 covers).

£75

DISINFECTED MAIL - EARLY LETTERS: Interesting group of letters showing vinegar or smoke discoloration inc. 1585-89 Corsini Es (2, the later with fine wax seal and cords) plus another Antwerp-London (1600); late 17th century Venturini mail etc. Inspection recommended. (12 items)

£180

DISINFECTED MAIL - AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE: Substantial collection of covers 1816-55 on leaves inc. fumigated, slit & pierced mail, with variety of good strikes of Semlin lazarette cachets, s/l 'Gerauchert vom Contumaz - Amte zu Semlin' dated mark (1833), wax seals inc. fine complete example, unusual 1839 Bill of Exchange with Semlin h.s., Czernowitz rastel-punched E with m/s 'RN 27' batch number (1844), scarce Alt-Orsova lazarette c.d.s. etc. Inspection recommended. ( 26 items)

£500

DISINFECTED MAIL - FRANCE: Useful group of covers 1816-53 written up on leaves inc. two Es treated at Bayonne, 1823-41 ELs ex Martinique or Guadeloupe slit at Le Havre or Nantes, good 'Purifie a Marseille' (2, black, 1833-39), similar Toulon mark (red, 1836), part Ventimiglia h.s. , scarce boxed PURIFIE/FRIOUL (1845) etc. (14 items)

£180

DISINFECTED MAIL - GREECE & ISLANDS: Group of disinfected letters inc. slit mail (3, 1837-40) two with Syra lazarette cachet, rastel-punched EL ex Corfu to UK (1839), slit mail from Constantinople & Turkey, 1848 E to UK with two strikes of the Piraeus office etc. (10 items)

£140

DISINFECTED MAIL - ITALIAN STATES: Interesting group of disinfected covers c1807-55 written up on leaves, in an 'FG' album inc. slit and vinegar-stained items, fine 2-line italic Florence quarantine inspection h.s., boxed cachets of the San Rocco & Bocca del Porto lazarettes at Livorno (two different types of each), fine and attractive small red 'lion' h.s. of the Venice office on 1788 EL ex Cephaloni with fine oval LETTERE/DA MARE/VENEZIA plus later venice marks etc. (17 items)

£200

DISINFECTED MAIL - ITALIAN STATES: Substantial collection written up on leaves, c1806-79 with good range of treatments and cachets inc. different Ancona types (italic 'Ancona Sanita/Netto fuori e dentro' noted), scarce pink paper labels of the Reggio office (2, 1855), two unusual types of Modena h.s., neat oval 'LAZZARETTO/DI/NISIDA' (1879), good strikes of various marks of Bologna, Faenza, Fermo, Ferrara, Fiume, Masserata, Monte Cassino, Naples, Panaro, Primaro, Rome etc. Good lot. (41 items)

£500

DISINFECTED MAIL - SPAIN & PORTUGAL: Group of covers on leaves, 1804-54 to or from Spain or Portugal with vinegar staining or chisel slits inc. incoming EL ex New York (1825) slit at Madeira, Brazil-Lisbon EL (1854) with parallel slits, 1819-22 'Huth' mail from Spain to UK (6, one with inspector's crown) all with single or paired disinfection slits etc. (14 items)

£100

DISINFECTED MAIL - U.K.: Group of disinfected covers 1814-44 inc. Edinburgh-London example with heavy scorching, Portsmouth ship letter mark on incoming letter from Gibraltar (1813) both slit and burned, 1823 EL ex Standgate Creek to Chatham with Queenborough mileage and parallel slits plus (1831) similar E ex Hamburg, E ex Malaga with Falmouth ship letter mark & 1844 incoming E ex Constantinople, both with disinfection slits. (6 items)

£120

DISINFECTED MAIL - U.S.A.: Scarce group of covers inc. (c1878) Boston-Vermont E with printed cachet of Deer island quarantine station, scarce s/l pink 'DISINFECTED' h.s. used on 1909 postcard ex Mont Alto Sanatorium during a smallpox outbreak and 1952 E ex Virginia to a Cunard ship at New York with 'Sent to Quarantine' h.s. on reverse. Scarce group. (3 items) PHOTO.

£100

DISINFECTED MAIL - WWI MILITARY HOSPITALS: Good group of scarce disinfected cards & covers inc. Rothau lazarett paper seal, hand-stamp of Meiningen, s/l red DESINFECTION on 1917 card ex Pardubice,s/l DESINIZIERT on Austrian POW or field post cards, French army Formation Sanitaire CACHETS ETC. (15 ITEMS)

£150

DISINFECTED MAIL - BALANCE: Group of slit and perforated letters inc 1850-51 pair processed at Odessa, trio of 1830s items with perforation holes of Stettin, (fine 'SAN.St.'), Altona and Hamburg plus unusual 1972 postcard used during a smallpox outbreak in Hanover with fine boxed 3-line 'Pockenquaratane' cachet. Also a selection of vintage PPCs showing quarantine stations inc. Aden Steamer Point, Nagasaki & Rat Island, St Lucia. (6 covers & 16 postcards)

£100

DISINFECTED MAIL - NOTICES, PASSPORTS etc: Group of printed documents, mainly early 19th century Italian, concerning disposal of corpses, announcement of a prison sentence imposed for false declaration of health, attractive 1742 poster ex Lucca preventing travel to infected areas, 1657 health passport of Reggio, 1837 itemised announcement of cholera casualties at Malta, 1832 Scottish petition re cholera outbreak, 1815 Venetian health passport for a ship's crew, 1723 m/s passport issued in Silesia, scarce complete 1872 UK vaccination certificate with imprinted ½d stamp etc. (21 items)

£200

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