Lots 1-80

Worldwide & Great Britain

Thursday 25 January 2007

SALE 690

* = 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

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS

COLLECTION ON PRINTED LEAVES: The interesting accumulation on leaves culled from an Imperial album with better Hong Kong & Newfoundland plus useful Bechuanaland and North Borneo as well as more modest ranges of Iraq, Samoa, Zanzibar and Zululand. (Few 100's).

£200

MISCELLANY on stockcards with much of interest from GB & a wide range of Colonies. All periods represented with a good number of better sets & singles noted inc. useful Ascension, BWI, Christmas Island, Cyprus, St. Helena, etc. Well worth close perusal. Mixed condition but a highly Catalogued group. (Few 100s).

£750

MISCELLANY on stockcards with main interest in Cape of Good Hope with over 30 diverse Triangular types (very mixed condition), Australian States and G.B. plus QV Ceylon 2r50c "SPECIMEN" opt. (Approx. 120).

£200

MISCELLANY on stockcards comprising a fairly ordinary range of QV & KEVII GB plus a useful range of overprints including Morocco Agencies 12p Sea Horse mint (2), Ireland Sea Horse 2/6d, 5/- & 10/-, etc. Poor to fine. (41).

£120

MINIATURE SHEETS chiefly unmounted mint but one mounted and the odd c.t.o. example from a number of countries most notably New Zealand (inc. Health sheets for 1957-69 inclusive) & Singapore and with much thematic interest such as birds, cricket, Easter, scouts & ships. (Approx. 75 m/s's.)

£100

PACIFIC ISLANDS: Mint (nearly all unmounted) stamps from KGV to early/mid QEII plus three miniature sheets on stock cards and in glassine packets with much useful material from BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS, COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS, COOK ISLANDS, FIJI, GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS, NAURU, NEW HEBRIDES and NEW ZEALAND. (Several 100's).

£150

PACIFIC ISLANDS/AUSTRALASIA: The mint collection of KGV-QEII issues on leaves inc. AAT to $1, Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, god PNG inc. first defins. to £1 Fisherman, Pitcairns inc. 1948 RSW set, etc. (Few 100s).

£150

SOUTH ATLANTICS: The mint & used collections of St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha on leaves inc. St. Helena QV to 10d mint, 1903 to 1/- mint and QEII to 10/- Longwood House mint and a good range of mint Tristan inc. KGVI to 10/-, QEII to 10/- Spinning Wheel, Marine Life sets to 10/- and 1r, etc. (Few 100s).

£150

SOUTHERN AFRICA: The early to modern mint & used collection on leaves and on cards with particular interest in South Africa & South West Africa. inc. strong mint KGV period. with SWA horizontal pairs to 5/- (2) & a good selection of commems. (Few 100s).

£200

WEST INDIES: The QV-KGV collection on leaves culled from an Imperial album with useful sections of Leewards, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos. Many useful items to be found throughout. (Few 100s).

£360

FOREIGN COLLECTIONS

OCCUPATION ISSUES etc: Unusual mix on leaves inc. WWI & II German occupation of Poland, British Occupied Transvaal inc. two covers, 1918 Occupied Iraq, Batum, Thessaly, Thrace, E.Karelia, German issues for Rumania, WWII AMG etc. Also a few other stamps on leaves. (Qty)

£80

POST-WWI CENTRAL EUROPE: Box-file with collection on leaves inc. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary with extensive opts., Bosnia-Herzegovina inc. military posts, Austria, a few covers etc. A bit jumbled but worth careful inspection. (Many 100s)

£200

GERMANY, HUNGARY & AUSTRIA: Old stock-book with muddled accumulation of German stamps from early States with useful items noted and inc. value in post-WWII mint issues; also a few middle period Hungary inc. 1949 UPU mint set to 3f perf & imperf plus Austrian issues etc. Careful inspection advised. (100s)

£150

SCANDINAVIA: Stockleaf with a duplicated mint & used range of Danish West Indies (STC £900) & Greenland (only six stamps but Cat. £90 inc. 5k Eider Duck mounted mint. (39).

£100

OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS

1935 SILVER JUBILEE: Collection of covers, stamps & pieces focusing entirely on the non-Windsor Castle issues including Australia set on flown 6th May cover plus 2d mint plate blocks of 4 x 5 (plates 2-6), Canada set on cover registered to Durham, various other Canadian covers, unaddressed FDC of the South African set (singles only), South West Africa set on registered flown cover to England, Samoa set in blocks of four on cover to Australia, Nauru set on cover to the USA, Papua set on registered cover to Selfridges, a good range of covers bearing GB adhesives, various issues from Morocco Agencies on cover, two pieces with Tristan da Cunha postmarks (one bearing GB SJ set of four, the other bearing KEVIII set of four), etc.(Small Qty.).

£300

1935 SILVER JUBILEE: Fine mint set complete apart from Egypt but inc. an extra set of South African bi-lingual pairs expansively and laboriously written up on album leaves. (258).

£200

1935 SILVER JUBILEE: Mint miscellany (some unmounted and a few marginal) on stock & album leaves with some countries missing (most notably Egypt) but inc. eight duplicate sets, a few used stamps and useful extras such as full sets on covers from Cayman Islands & Mauritius, Jamaica 1½d value in mint lower left corner block of four with the top left stamp having the double flagstaff' variety, and a single used Malta 2½d value with the extra flagstaff variety. (191 stamps + 2 covers).

£150

1935 SILVER JUBILEE: Used (chiefly fine) sets from twenty different territories inc. several 'better' sets such as Gibraltar, Jamaica, Sierra Leone & Southern Rhodesia plus thirteen different odd values. (94).

£75

THEMATICS

ROYALTY - 1982 ROYAL BIRTHDAY COLOUR SEPARATION PROOFS: Official folders from Format Security Printers, each containing a series of imperforate progressive colour separation proofs for one value of the commemorative issue inc. Nevis 5c, 75c, $2 & $8 plus St. Vincent 10c, 90c, $2.50 & $8; all signed annotations. (8 items)

£70

MISCELLANEOUS WORLD WIDE POSTAL HISTORY

PRESTAMP MISCELLANY: Interesting group of covers inc. (1845) EL ex Isle of Man to France, 1836 disinfected EL from London to Corfu, curved 2-line PORTS/MOUTH on 1794 E written on the 'Barfleur' at Spithead, 1850 Cuba-France with '15' h.s. plus 1844 EL ex Bordeaux to Cuba via London with red '2' plus trio to France from Mexico or Rio. (10 items)

£120

PRESTAMP MISCELLANY: Small binder with group of pre-stamp letters inc. (1825) EL with weak St Vincent fleuron, mentioning new regulations concerning movement of slaves, 1825-29 pair ex Jamaica, one with. Falmouth green boxed '½', 1808 OHMS EL ex HMS 'Delight' off Italy with enemy shipping report, 1837 Transatlantic E ex Paris (Chambre des Pairs) plus other mail to USA ex UK & Germany, Liverpool & Southampton Ship Letter marks, scarce curved FOREIGN PAID on EL ex France (1837, spike hole), fine 1803 Foreign Office d.s., various continental items etc. (52 items)

£150

PRESTAMP MISCELLANY:Shoe-box with various stampless covers with GB inc. s/l MOULD (1799), a few Penny Posts (mainly fronts), mail to Europe etc. Also fine s/l red AMSTERDAM.FRANCO, Austro-Hungarian official mail, useful Switzerland & Italian States, small, privately-carried correspondence ex Guatemala & Cuba etc. Inspection recommended. (Approx. 100 items)

£150

MISCELLANY: Interesting group of early stamped covers on vintage US auction sheets with Italian States inc. unusual Vatican 4 baj. with pair of 10c dues and h.s. '2', plus Naples 2gr covers (5) and a transatlantic item (stamp damage), 1881 Swiss reg'd cover with 25c & 50c franking, Baden E with Landpost 1k pair (not cancelled), Hamburg City Post 2pf on wrapper, Afghan primitives on cover etc. Inspection recommended. (17 items)

£150

MISCELLANY inc. 1855 small neat env. from Brussels to Edinburgh bearing 20c & 40c adhesives, 1858 cover ex Heidelberg with triangular "FR./1F 76c" accountancy mark, G.B. T.P.O. covers from the 1950's, reply half of uprated G.B. 2d postal stationery card correctly used from Luxemburg to Scotland in 1959 and sundry cancellations on pieces. (12 covers + the said pieces).

£60

MISCELLANY: Useful bundle of middle period covers inc. maritime with various paquebots c1905-67 (16) and 21 PPCs of ships etc. Also 1931-59 air covers inc. censored and better FFCs. Inspection recommended. (59 items)

£120

ASIA: The small group of KGV/KGVI period covers with a pair of covers ex Kedah to the UK bearing 1937 50c (4) & $2 respectively flown "By clipper" via America with "RAF/CENSOR/68" handstamps (adhesives tied by elusive \"S.P. 503" cancellations, a cover commemorating the first anniversary of "DAI TOA SENSO" bearing nine Japanese Occupation of Malayan adhesives, 1917 much travelled linen envelope bearing India KGV 1a & 1r (2, latter on reverse) plus Rawalpindi registration label, 1924 Mount Everest Expedition card with Wembley machine cancellation, OIGS printed envelope with violet "HIGH COMMISSION OF INDIA/1/MAILS", etc. Some cover faults. (11).

£100

FORWARDING AGENTS - RARE WAGHORN AGENCY LETTER TO INDIA - FIRST DISPATCH VIA FALMOUTH & GIBRALTAR AT THE 2s6d RATE: 1837 EL ex London (light edge staining to text; light fold through forwarding mark) to Calcutta, initialled by Waghorn's Falmouth agent, George Wheatley, with '2/6' charge; very fine strike of the 2-line CARE OF MR. WAGHORN/ALEXANDRIA. Carried from Suez on the inaugural return trip of the 'Atalanta', with boxed BOMBAY/STEAM LETTER d.s. (overstruck on erroneous SHIP LETTER mark) and boxed red arrival of Calcutta. Displays well. An important exhibition piece. PHOTO.

£1200

HAMBURG: 1803-11 Quartet of covers to France inc. 1803 EL (with enclosed prices current) with fine s/l HOLLANDE and scarce arrival cds of the Revolutionary calendar Jour Complementaire/6 of Year 11, scarce dated s/l HAMBOURG (1809) plus 1810-11 pair with R.4.HAMBOURG marks. (4 items)

£100

WORLD-WIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY

MISCELLANY of covers & cards inc. 1908 R.M.S.P.C. printed env. bearing KEVII 1d red tied by boxed "RIO DE JANEIRO/PAQUEBOT" and with ornate violet "ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COMPANY/Posted on High Seas" alongside, 1903 PPC bearing KEVII ½d tied by "GK & ARDRISHAIG/B COLUMBA/ PACKET", a useful group of modern GB items with a wealth of cachets, etc. (58).

£100

ADRIA LINE: 1904 PPC to Malta with Italy 5c pair cancelled by double-ring 'ADRIA/UNGARESE' anchor cachet; also very fine strike of a circular 'R.U. SOCIETA ANON. DI NAVIG. MARITT. "ADRIA"/ CARIOLA ' cancelling Malta 1d stamp on PPC with scarce 'AMB. SIRACUSA-MESSINA' TPO cds alongside (1912), similar cachet cancelling Italian stamp on E to Malta and Italian PPC to UK with the TPO cds cancellation. Scarce group. (4 items & PPC)PHOTO.

£120

ADRIATIC LINES: Scarce group of cards carried by Yugoslav ships 1924-35 inc. two with boxed cancellations of the 'Jadran' and the 'Plav', a double-oval cachet of the 'Kraljica Marija' and four examples of the pictorial cds used on the Split-Kotor (2), Split-Bar and Susak-Split lines. Also 1920s cards cancelled on the Istria-Trieste line inc. 'PIROS./QUEITO' cachet (1925) and ship cds of Nesazio, San Giusto & San Giorgio. (11 items)

£120

AUSTRIA - RAGUSEA & DALAMTIA LINES: 1901 PPC ex Trieste with fine oval 'Da Bordo/DUBROVNIK' and similar oval cachet of the 'Petka' cancelling 5h card (1908); fine strikes of the very scarce pictorial cds Trst-Kotor (1912) and Metkovic-Trst (1914) plus unusual bilingual s/l 'Societa anonima austriaca di navigazione a vapore/s/s/ ZARA' on 1915 card ex Zara. (5 items) PHOTO.

£120

COSTIERA & TRIPCOVITCH LINES: V.fine 1923 E to USA with 4-colour franking cancelled by three fine strikes of the scarce large Costiera Line cachet of the 'Moschena' [ex Del Bianco]. Also a substantial group of covers & cards with Tripcovitch Line cancellations inc. 1920s Roma & Venezia (2), Napoli (1894), Principessa Mafalda, Raffaele Rubattino, Singapore, Conte Biancamano, Conte Rosso, Saturnia, Esperia, Regina Margherita, Paraguay, Galileo, Vittoria, Umberto I, Rex, Marco Polo, Elba, Cristoforo Colombo & Argentario plus unusual boxed 'SPAN' cancellation of the Capri (1935) and several PPCs. Good lot. (29 items plus various postcards) PHOTO.

£300

"FALMOUTH/PACKET LETTER" (faint) on EL addressed to Lismore (Ireland) endorsed 'Montejo' in m/s on the front; interesting contents (long typed transcript) inc. 'The peace with Austria renders our leaving Spain certain, but whether Portugal is to be defended is the thing....Two or three days back an Officer of the 39th Regt. cut his throat across with a razor, seized 'tis believed, poor fellow, with Anglomania'.

£75

FALMOUTH PACKET MAIL - DIVERSION OF INCOMING MAIL TO IRELAND: 1840 (26 Oct.) EL per Packet "Skylark" from Havana to London with m/s "2/3"via Cove & Dublin. Due to adverse weather conditions the "Skylark" was forced to land at Cove. Bad weather and adverse winds occasionally forced homecoming Falmouth Packets to unload their mails at Irish ports (two-thirds of these were routed via the port of Cove). PHOTO.

£300

'GREAT WESTERN' & OTHER STEAMER MAIL: 1843-45 Pair of Es ex USA to Paris endorsed 'p.Great Western' with fine stepped BRISTOL/SHIP-LETTER or boxed LIVERPOOL/SHIP d.s, 1845 E ex Paris addressed to a passenger on board the ship at Liverpool. Other Transatlantic mail to France by named steamers, Liverpool mail to Italy with Calais FAC (1829) plus three other items to France. (11 items) PHOTO.

£200

'GREAT WESTERN' SHIP LETTER TO FRANCE: 1839 EL ex Boston to Bordeaux carried from New York by the 'Great Western' with mainly fine 'BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER' and London framed 'Ship Letter'; various charges with final French '32' due at Bordeaux. [Ex Gilbert] PHOTO.

£120

INDIA SHIP LETTERS 1821-32 quartet comprising EL from Penang endorsed 'via Singapore' and 'p. Patriot King' with fine boxed "LIVERPOOL/INDIA SHIP LR." mark (Robertson type 18) re-addressed to Crieff, Scotland from London, another example of the same mark on EL ex Madras to a senior army officer at Flint (eventually re-addressed to Hull with a tangle of charges & good Sittingbourne [Kent] mileage mark) and two covers with Robertson type 20 boxed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" marks. (4 items).

£100

ITALIAN SHIPPING LINES MISCELLANY: Bundle of covers and cards with interesting range of mainly different maritime cancellations c1890-1930s inc. 1915 card with 'requisitioned' cachet of the Mariannina, ships' cancellations of the Ausonia, President Wilson, Europa, Colombo, Capri, Adria, Principe di Napoli, Lazaro Mocenigo, Favignana, Ischia, Flavio Gioia, Conte Menabrea, Pianosa, Gallipoli, Staffetta, Amerigo Vespucci & Augustus plus several naval vessels etc. (33 items plus several pieces)

£150

ITALIAN LINES TO SOUTH AMERICA: Group of covers & cards c1884-1930 carried by the South America line inc. three early covers (1884-91) endorsed with ships' names, later items with cancellations of the Principessa Mafalda, Re Vittorio, Principe di Udine, Duca di Genova, Conte Verde, Orione, Sardegna, Umbria, Giulio Cesare, Sicilia, Colombo, Marco Minghetti, Nord America, Duca di Galliera, Savoia, Indiana, Sardegna, Regina Elena, Duchesse di Genova & Perseo. Good lot. (30 items)

£150

LLOYD-TRIESTINO: Group of covers with scarce double-oval ships' cancellations used in the early 1920s inc. the Asia, Cracovia, Galicia, Deopolis, Duino, Quirinale, Remo, Tirol &Trento plus block of 25 Greek stamps with Palacky h.s. and smaller blocks / pieces with cancellations of Meran, Palatino, Semirame, Cleopatra, Aventino, Graz, Dalmatia etc. Scarce material. [Much ex Del Bianco] (10 covers & 9 pieces) PHOTO.

£200

LLOYD-TRIESTINO: Group of cards with cds cancellations of Lloyd-Triestino ships c1923-37 inc. the Conte Rosso, Conte Verde, Galilea, Pilsna, Stella D'Italia, Victoria & Lesna. (9 items)

£100

"SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG" C.D.S. ON PPC FROM HUNGARY TO TSINGTAU: 1900 (4 Dec.) PPC ex Temesvar to Tsingtau (China) franked with Hungarian 1900-04 1f, 2f, 3f & 4f adhesives each tied by a "TEMESVAR" bridge type c.d.s. with a very good strike of the "SINGAPORE·TO·HONG·KONG/C/DE 30/00" c.d.s. (Webb no. 4) in between and a large part strike of the "SHANGHAI/DEUTSCHE POST" c.d.s. at the right.

£100

"SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG" C.D.S. ON POSTCARD FROM SWITZERLAND TO CHINA: 1907 (1 Oct.) postcard from Berne to 'Kiayingchow via Swatow' with 5c green adhesive just tied by a good strike of the "SINGAPORE·TO·HONG·KONG/B/260C/07" c.d.s. (Webb type 4).

£80

SWEDEN: Interesting group of covers & cards c1880-33 with maritime cancellations inc. (1881) card with fine 'POSTKUPEEXPEDITION'..No.5' cds, Turku-Abo pictorial cds (3, 1913-28), pictorial 'POSTI-POSTI' h.s. (2), types of ''FRAN OUTLANDET' s/l mark/cancellation, 'Laivakirje/Paquebot' (1913-34), scarce 'Ulkomaalta/Fran outlandet' cancellation (1907) etc. Inspection recommended. (24 items)

£120

TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1852 EL ex Paris to Philadelphia endorsed "care of Messrs. Richardson Brothers & Co a Liverpool" franked with 1f carmine (faults) tied by Paris & London c.d.s. Scarce. APS Cert. (1998).

£100

UNGARO-CROATIA LINE: Group of cards with good variety of ship' cancellations c1906-14 inc. scarce 'Abbazia' on 10f letter-card to Zagreb, plus Budapest, Bakar, Cirkvenica, Hrvat, Istriano, Liburnia, Lika, Pannonia, Polp, Sava, Tihany & Velebit plus Villam cds tying 10c bisect to piece. Oval cachets inc. COMMANDO/DANIEL ERNO and a similar MAROS cancellation plus Cattaro-Fiume TENGERI POSTA cancellation on fine card of SS "Godollo" and a few PPCs. Also an Austrian wrapper (1903) with mainly fine strike of the scarce large oval 'COMANDO DEL PFO/GOZOS PARANCSNOKSAGA/"DUNA" '. Good lot. (18 items plus a few PPCs) PHOTO.

£200

MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY

MISCELLANY: Covers on leaves inc. WWI Australian Forces pair, 1923 FPO 14 (Constantinople), WWII items inc.Isle of Man internee cover, NZ forces (N.Africa), 1952 RAAF PO on Cocos island (2), Korea, Christmas Island, scarce St Kilda 1957, Vietnam, Falklands, Gulf etc. plus a few non-military inc. Cocos Island, Tristan cachet (1950), 1922 reg'd E ex Queen Mary etc. (43 items)

£150

SEVEN YEARS' WAR - RECAPTURE OF NEWFOUNDLAND FROM FRENCH FORCES: 1762 (12.October) Long EL(blank section removed) from a London merchant to San Stephano (Genoa) concerning shipping matters, particularly the problems of fruit imports caused by Spanish incursions into Portugal, discussion of an impending peace settlement, British Naval success at Havana and we have this day an Express of the Island of Newfoundland being retaken again & all the French Garrison at St. Johns made prisoners of War. Fine. PHOTO.

£150

NAPOLEONIC WARS - BLOCKADE MAIL: ELs/E to Otard, Dupuy & Co. at Cognac between 1805 & 1814 during British naval blockade of French ports inc. covers bearing s/l marks of "R.4.HAMBURG", "HOLLANDE" and "ANGLETERRE" plus 1807 EL from London which could be a diplomatic bag item as it has no postal markings. (8 ELs + 1 E).

£240

NAPOLEONIC WAR - TRIO OF SOLDIER'S 1d CONCESSION RATE COVERS: 1806-07 trio of Soldiers Concessionary rate EL's to Hull ex the same correspondence with mileages of Brighton, Deal & Sheerness (in red), two allowed and the third disallowed. (3).

£150

NAPOLEONIC WARS - EARLY BLUE-GREEN "LISBON/F" DATESTAMP OF FALMOUTH ON COVER EX ARMY IN SPAIN: 9-15 Dec., 1809 EL (inexpert 1960's 'repairs') addressed to Lismore, Ireland with mostly fine blue-green "LISBON/F" d.s. of Falmouth on the front; interesting contents (cross-written & lengthy) penned initially in 'Merida' but finishing after some days marching back across Spain towards frontier with Portugal inc. 'The Commander in Chief [Wellington] is here still'.

£75

NAPOLEONIC WARS - SECOND BRITISH OCCUPATION OF GUADELOUPE: 1813 (28 May) fine EL (in French re the sugar trade) from Pointe a Pitre to London endorsed "[Per] Surinam Packet", having a mostly very fine & rare "loose-type" straight-line "GUADELOUPE" mark placed neatly on the lower flap. This mark was used during the second period of British Occupation of the island during the Napoleonic War period. Charged "2/2", the letter was redirected locally with a further 2d to pay. Mail from this period is rare. Ex Culford (Cavendish Nov. 2004 - realised £920), Martin Willcocks & Glassco. PHOTO.

£500

CRIMEAN WAR - COVER TO THE UK. 1855 (Jan) env to Norwich franked with LC14 1d strip of the PJ-PL with two clear strikes of the "O*O" cancellation and red "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. on reverse. Some faults on reverse flap. PHOTO.

£100

ABYSSINIAN FIELD FORCE - A VERY RARE COVER SENT AT THE 8A 8P RATE VIA MARSEILLES TO CARDIFF:1868 (21 May) env. from Sooloo "Via Marseilles" to Cardiff bearing India 1866 4a green pair and 1860 8p purple tied by m/s "Stamped" and three strikes of the "FF" in bars cancellation. The reverse has a clear "FIELD FORCE POST OFFICE/ABYSSINIA" c.d.s. of 21 May 1868 and "CARDIFF" arrival c.d.s. of 13 June 1868. With m/s note at left "1868/19=May Sooloo Abyfsinia/rec=19th June -". A very rare cover from this campaign. A section of the Army Post Corps was in operation from January to June 1868. The recorded covers are mostly endorsed with despatch notes. The 6th May and 21st May (this cover) are the only dates recorded for mail from Sooloo by Robson Lowe. PHOTO.

£4000

THE MATABELE WAR - 1893 COVER WITH CONTENTS: 1893 Envelope dated 11 Dec 1893 with contents dated 4 Dec 1893 headed"2nd BATTn THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON's REGT" and m/s "Tati/Matabeli Land". The env to Darlington headed "On Active Service/No Stamps Available with m/s "6" and "6D" h.s. plus "PALAPYE" c.d.s., on reverse are transit "PALAPYE" (8 Dec), "VRYBURG" (18 Dec) & "DARLINGTON" (18 Jan) c.d.s. The contents are a moan regarding lack of mail plus "The Matabeli are licked there is no doubt about it, we raided some cattle the other day but they will not fight. Rhodes will not let us have a try at capturing Loben. I should like to make a bet we could do it, but the Chartered Coy don't want to". The cover and contents are badly water stained and torn, but items in any condition from this short lived campaign are rare. PHOTO.

£300

BOER WAR: The small selection of covers & pieces inc. 1900 cover to Gloucester bearing 1d lilac with "P.O.A. 80" cancellation, 1901 cover ex Kimberley to Gloucester bearing 1d lilac tied by A.P.O. 4 cancel (1st Division S.A.F.F." - Methuen's Force), 1901 cover ex Boksburg to Gloucester with oval "PASSED PRESS CENSOR" cachet and a fascinating group of pieces/off cover adhesives with a diversity of postmarks inc. "NATAL FIELD FORCE" octagonal types (QV 1/- strip of 4 noted) & a block of four 1d lilacs cancelled by violet circular datestamps of Army Post Office, Volksrust. (3 covers, 13 pieces/off cover adhesives).

£120

BOER WAR - WATERVAL CAMP CENSOR MARK: Stampless c.May 1900 env. (overall slight wear; flap lost) to Scotland with a very fine initialled fancy boxed "BRIEVEN CENSUUR/Waterval Krijgsgevangenis" cachet on the front. Scarce.

£75

WWI - FRENCH & U.S. FORCES: Group of censored cards (20) from French POWs held in various German camps; also OAS covers & cards inc. Foreign Legion cover ex Mereda, plus others from N.Africa, items from Belgian forces, US forces in France (12) inc. Bordeaux flag cancellation, THIRD ARMY/APO 927 cds etc. inspection recommended. (52 items)

£150

WWI - RUHLEBEN CAMP: Interesting small collection of Ruhleben material inc. 1915 stamps inc. overprints, dues (2), official and 'EXPRESS DELIVERY' issues, stationery inc. two uprated items; also 1914-17 three different types of POW cards to UK with different types of censor. (16 stamps, 4 postcards and 3 POW cards)

£120

WWI - ITALIAN NAVAL CENSORSHIP: Group of covers & cards 1915-18 with different Naval cancellations and interesting range of Naval Censor cachets inc. boxed and straight-line types. Uncommon material. (9 items)

£100

WWI - U.K. TRAINING CAMPS: Group of PPCs with KGV ½d stamps tied by various Camp cds inc. scarce skeleton SLING PLANTATION CAMP (August 1914), Witley, Stanhope Lines, Marlborough Lines, Crowburgh rubber, Lark Hill (2 different), Catterick, Ballinvonear, Sutton Veny and scarce APO/D3 of Killinghall (Harrogate) etc. (17 items)

£90

WWI - BRITISH HOSPITAL MAIL: covers & cards from British military hospitals inc. scarce & unusual OHMS cover with Mudros hospital cachet, APO/SX3 item from the same island, APO3 items with BASE P.O. cachets plus further items with cachets of Field Ambulance or Stationary Hospital. Also PPCs with a medical theme inc. RP cards showing hospitalised soldiers etc. (25 items)

£90

WWI - GERMAN ARMY: Substantial group of field post cards & covers with cachets of Bavarian Reserve & Landwehr Divisions, Infantry & Landsturm Units etc. Also Bavarian Sixth Army items - good variety of feldpost cancellations, usefully annotated. Good lot - inspection recommended. (83 items)

£130

WWI - GERMAN ARMY: Interesting group of feldpost covers & cards with good variety of unit cachets, field post cancellations etc. with useful addresses and research notes; good range of items inc. patriotic and RP cards of soldiers etc. (87 items).

£130

WWI - GERMAN ARMY: Further, substantial range of cards & covers with field post cds, some with unit cachets of Reserve Divisions, Army Corps, Ersatz Divisions etc. - most with research notes; better cards inc. feldpost types and RP cards of soldiers. (86 items)

£130

WWII - CENSORED MAIL: Tin containing various WWII European covers with coded German censorship cachets inc. circular 'Ak' (Copenhagen), 'Ao' (Oslo), 'Ag'(Vienna) machine plus various tapes with scarcer censor codes, transit mail with censorship in Germany, 'Lb' & 'Lc' cachets, 3-line Danish provisional censor etc. Also a few earlier covers plus 3 airgraphs etc. (47 items)

£150

WWII - OCCUPIED GUERNSEY: Interesting group from same correspondence comprising 1941 Red Cross message from Guernsey, reply sheet plus envelope & instruction sheet also seven letter-sheets/cards from same Guernsey correspondent interned at Biberach during 1944. (13 items)

£150

WWII - EIGHTH ARMY: Group of printed / typewritten sheets 1943-45 inc. message sheets (8) from various commanders inc. Montgomery, Alexander & Clarke, typed memos inc. Polish Corps (message re: bombing errors noted) etc. (23 sheets)

£75

WWII - FRENCH FORCED LABOUR - PARCEL CARDS: Small group of S.N.C.F. parcel cards complemented by customs documents bearing German censor marks, relating to food parcels sent to forced French labourers at Goppingen in 1943 /44. (11 cards + supporting documentation).

£75

AIRMAILS

MISCELLANY of flown mail, apparently all from the 1930s with particular interest in Australia including a few useful types. (35).

£100

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: Cover album with an interesting selection inc. useful 1930's New Zealand inc. three bearing Trans-Tasman 7d adhesives, Australia, Canada inc. 1935 Beauval-Dore Lake Pilot signed FFC, South/South West Africa inc. 1931 Weetmanshoop-Kimberley FFC bearing SWA 3d air pair, India, etc. A useful lot. (53).

£150

FOREIGN: Cover album with the interesting group of flown mail inc. 1916 KLM FFC from Hull to Amsterdam, 1930 Damascus-Baghdad FFC, 1930 Vaduz-St. Gallen FFC, 1933 Hungary-Milan Glider Flight cover, a useful selection of US items from the 1920's & 1930's, etc. (60).

£150

FRENCH AVIATION, 1906-62: Three volume collection of covers, well written-up and inc. early aviator cards (fine chromo of the Farman II noted), 1910 'Port Aviation' cancellation on E, attractive 1910 Reims card with labels, Colonel Cody PPC, pilot signatures 'Bathiat' & 'Marvingt', 1914 Monaco Rally card used from Paris, large photograph of Orville Wright at take-off, various commercial and commemorative flights of the 1920s & '30s, publicity cards, a few post-WWII inaugural flight covers with special labels etc. Inspection recommended. (184 items)

£1500

FRANCE - EARLY MEETINGS etc: 1912 Luneville-Nancy flight cover with label plus a mint example, 1922 Rouen Meeting labels and four unusual proofs, La Baule set to 5f mint plus two overprinted values, fine Montpellier Meeting (1923) cover with set of labels, 1930 Le Bourget cover with special cancellation, 1930 Paris Air Show card, various other labels etc. (5 covers and 26 labels)

£120

VICHY FRANCE - AIRMAIL: Interesting group of censored covers flown from Vichy France to a variety of destinations inc. UK, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Tchad, Japan & China plus returned cover addressed to Senegal with crayon "relations suspendues" endorsement; also inward airmail from Greece, Palestine, Egypt, USA, Mexico & China plus transit mail from Algeria & Morocco and items sent Las Palmas-Dakar, Beirut-Belfast and Tangiers-AEF. (27 items)

£140

GERMANY - "GELBER HUND" FLIGHTS, 1912: Scarce orange card with printed messages franked with 'Germania' 5pf cancelled by the large 'Rhein am Main' cds of 15.June 1912 plus the scarce blue '1M/GELBER HUND' opt. on 10pf air stamp. Also a similar grey-green card for the earlier flight with 5pf green & unoverprinted 10pf stamps. Very fine pair. (2 items) PHOTO.

£120

'O.A.T.' MARKS ON MAIL FROM MOROCCO: Group of nine covers with various Morocco Agencies frankings ex Tangiers to the same USA address, 1947-48 - all struck with the double-oval 'O.A.T.' transit mark; one with small fault. (9 items)

£75

U.S.A.: 1926 (2-3 December) pair of 2c postal stationery envelopes (different designs) headed "COBHAM FIRST UNITED STATES OVERLAND FLIGHT" and with large treble-ring "COBHAM FIRST UNITED STATES OVERLAND FLIGHT/NEW YORK-PHILADELPHIA-WASHINGTON/DEC 2-3/1926" cachets, both with m/s "AJC" (Cobham's initials) at lower left. Scarce pair.

£100

AUTOGRAPHS

CRICKET: The selection of Official signed team sheets (largely from the 1990s) comprising Derbyshire 1999 & 2000, Essex (mid 1990s inc. Mark Waugh), Gloucestershire, Hampshire 1992 & 1996, Lancashire 1996, Leicestershire, Middlesex (early 1990s), Northamptonshire (1996), Somerset (1995) & Warwickshire. A good range of signatures inc. Dominic Cork, Michael Slater, Nasser Hussain, Graham Gooch, Mark Waugh, Courtney Walsh, Jack Russell, David Gower, Michael Atherton, Andrew Flintoff, Mike Gatting, Desmond Haynes, Phil Tufnell, Curtly Ambrose, Marcus Trescothick, Shaun Pollock & Ashley Giles. (12 sheets).

£120

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