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* = 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 |
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HEAVY CARTONS, BOXES, ETC. |
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1000 |
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FIVE CARTONS with the extensive early to modern World-wide range of covers, cards & stamps. (Huge Qty.). |
£120 |
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1001 |
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CARTON with the varied early to modern accumulation of Canada, BNA & USA. Rather untidy but well worth careful inspection as some useful items are to be located throughout. (Qty.). |
£200 |
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1002 |
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CARTON with the interesting early to modern duplicated accumulation of Asia in three stockbooks & on a small range of covers. Main interest in Malayan States, North Borneo & Sarawak but with a sprinkling of China noted. Also a small group of chiefly China related literature. (Qty.). |
£120 |
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1003 |
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CARTON with the eclectic early to modern World-wide accumulation in 8 albums & stockbooks. (Qty.). |
£100 |
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1004 |
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CARTON: miscellany inc. small collection of 1920s-'40s Syria on leaves inc. 1942 Free French m/s perf & imperf, PPCs of London's Royal Exchange (16) inc. early court-size chromo (fault), Royalty-themed stamps & covers on leaves plus various other covers & cards inc. 1916 German-occupied Poland etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty) |
£100 |
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1005 |
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CARTON containing a substantial accumulation of off-paper worldwide stamps plus a few covers & cards and four binders with duplicated ranges of France, GB, Poland & Germany. Useful for shade and postmark varieties. Good sorter for the dark days of Winter! (1000s) |
£90 |
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1006 |
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CARTON with an eclectic World-wide accumulation. Careful viewing recommended. (Qty.). |
£75 |
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1007 |
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CARTON with the miscellaneous accumulation of stamps & covers with an emphasis on GB FDCs. (Qty.). |
£75 |
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1008 |
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CARTON with the miscellaneous accumulation of chiefly modern stamps & covers. Strength in GB Presentation Packs. (Qty.). |
£75 |
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1009 |
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CARTON with a somewhat catholic accumulation inc. a range of PPCs (some interest in Burton-upon-Trent), sundry cigarette cards stuck into albums and two defective but presentable GB 1840 1d blacks. (Qty.). |
£75 |
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SMALLER CARTONS, BOXES, ETC. |
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1010 |
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SMALL CARTON with the early to modern World-wide accumulation in a quantity of circulated club books. Some emphasis on France & Colonies. (Very many 100s). |
£120 |
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1011 |
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SMALL CARTON with the untidy assortment inc New Zealand 1906 Exhibition ½d to 3d mint 1910 Brussels Exhibition labels x 5, Waterlow advertising labels for the B. E. Exhibition x 6 plus six publicity labels depicting St. Pauls. An album containing mainly low value British Empire adhesives plus a small group of Channel Island items. (Few 100s). |
£70 |
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1012 |
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SMALL BOX with the fascinating early to middle period mint & used duplicated accumulation in old exercise books & in envelopes with particular interest in GB used 1924 & mint 1925 Wembleys. (Qty.). |
£120 |
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1013 |
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SMALL BOX with the highly eclectic World-wide accumulation with something of an emphasis on GB with a small group of Benham silks, sundry FDCs with special cancellations, 1851 EL with UDC of "SHAW", etc. (Small Qty.). |
£75 |
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ALBUMS, STOCKBOOKS, ETC. |
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1014 |
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IDEAL ALBUM with the mint & used "old-time" collection (very few post-1912 items are included). Some surprises to be found! (Approx. 1,500). |
£150 |
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1015 |
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SMALL STOCKBOOK with an extremely eclectic assembly inc. 11 mint high values of the 1948 RSW omnibus issue (with Cyprus, KUT, Mauritius, Nyasaland & Sierra Leone noted), PNG Definitive set to £1 Fisherman and sundry Middle East modern types with various thematic appeal. (71 plus 3 covers).. |
£100 |
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1016 |
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SMALL BOX with the mint & used early to modern ranges on leaves. Strength in BWI with useful Caymans, Dominica & Grenada. (Very many 100s). |
£120 |
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1017 |
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TWO BINDERS with the early to modern collection of mint & used issues including useful ranges of Canada & Malta. (Many 100s). |
£100 |
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1018 |
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KGVI PRINTED ALBUM with the mint & used collection including some useful higher values. A fine base for expansion. (Many 100s). |
£200 |
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1019 |
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IMPERIAL ALBUM with the mint & used KGV collection. A fair amount of remaindering is in evidence but much useful material is noted inc. better Australia & New Zealand. (Sev. 100s). |
£200 |
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1020 |
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ALBUM with mint (chiefly unmounted) & used stamps plus a few min. sheets from Botswana, Kuwait & Pitcairn Islands (both from KGVI and the latter inc. values to 8/-/R10 and blocks), Seychelles with all reigns from KEVII, extensive South Africa from 1910 with values to R20 mint & R5 used, Tuvalu and Vanuatu with masses of thematic interest throughout. (Several 100's). |
£180 |
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1021 |
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ALBUM crammed with mint (mainly unmounted) & some used stamps plus mint min. sheets from Bahrain (KGV to 2004), FID/South Georgia with values to £3, Fiji from KEVII (but chiefly modern), Gambia from KGV (ditto), Ghana inc. QEII opts. in plate blocks with values to 5/-, Guernsey/Jersey (values to £5) and Jordan. Huge thematic interest throughout. (Many 100's). |
£150 |
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1022 |
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ALBUM with the predominantly unmounted mint collection of modern issues including useful Aitutaki, Ascension, Gibraltar & South African Homelands. (Very many 100s). |
£150 |
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1023 |
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ALBUM with the chiefly mint early to modern collection. Strength in modern mint Falklands issues. (Few 100s). |
£100 |
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1024 |
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STOCKBOOK with the interesting early to modern mint & used ranges inc. a number of "better" items. (Small Qty.). |
£100 |
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1025 |
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ALBUM with the mint & used collection including useful British Virgin Islands, Brunei & Tonga. (Sev. 100s). |
£100 |
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1026 |
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ALBUM with the somewhat duplicated QV to early QEII predominantly used collection with some shade and cancellation interest throughout. Worth careful inspection. (Many 100s). |
£100 |
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1027 |
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ALBUM with the mint & used collection of chiefly British Africa/Asia with a good selection of modern unmounted mint issues. (Many 100s). |
£75 |
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1028 |
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MISCELLANY: Binder with British Empire miscellany on Hagner pages with better items noted inc. Tasmania to 1/- (2), South Australia early issues inc. roulettes, Western australia 'swans' inc. fine example of the scarce litho. 6d grey [SG 19], NZ Chalon heads with better noted, useful ranges of KEVII/KGV/KGVI inc. short sets, QEII Tristan pictorials to 10/- etc. Useful lot. Inspection recommended. (100s) |
£400 |
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1029 |
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SMALL MINT & USED MISCELLANY on seven stockcards inc. AUSTRALIA with two examples of SG.106a. (unmounted mint but some creasing), CANADA QV & KEVII definitives in very mixed condition and NORFOLK ISLAND. Also a highly catalogued but damaged German stamp. (49 stamps, 2 panes + 1 miniature sheet). |
£100 |
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1030 |
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BRITISH AFRICA: The extensive early to modern mint & used collection on album leaves. Rather untidy but a very interesting lot with much potential. (Very many 100s). |
£300 |
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1031 |
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BRITISH ASIA: The early to modern mint & used collection on leaves inc. useful ranges of Brunei, Burma, India & States and Pakistan. (Very many 100s). |
£240 |
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1032 |
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MIDDLE EAST: The early to modern collection on leaves inc. useful ranges of Aden, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & Qatar. A useful lot with some interesting items throughout. (Very many 100s). |
£240 |
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1033 |
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MIDDLE EAST: The mint & used selection on leaves & stockcards with particular strength in Aden. (Sev. 100s). |
£150 |
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1034 |
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PACIFIC ISLANDS: The mint & used collection on leaves inc. better sections of Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands and Solomon Islands. (Many 100s). |
£200 |
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1035 |
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SOUTH ATLANTICS: The mint & used collection on leaves with useful Ascension, St. Helena & Tristan but with particular strength in Falklands & Dependencies inc. KGVI 1938 to 2/6d, 5/- & 10/- mint, 1952 vals. to £1 mint & 1960 Birds to £1 mint, FID Maps & Ships to £1 mint, etc. (Few 100s). |
£200 |
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1036 |
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WEST INDIES: The QV to QEII mint & used accumulation on a quantity of album leaves including many useful definitives from the KGVI/early QEII period. A good lot with much potential. (Very many 100s). |
£400 |
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1037 |
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WEST INDIES: Black album crammed with an extensive collection of mint & used stamps and mint miniature sheets inc. ANTIGUA with & without BARBUDA, strong QEII BAHAMAS with unmounted mint values to £1 and $5, BARBADOS from KEVII with KGV mint values to 3/- plus strong QEII with mint values to $5 and TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS from KEVII and with QEII values to $5. Also useful BERMUDA from KEVII with QEII values to $5. Masses of thematic interest throughout. (Several 100's). |
£90 |
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FOREIGN COLLECTIONS |
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1038 |
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SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION: Six large 'Devon' albums packed with an extensive mint & used worldwide foreign collection, mainly middle period material with better early France & Colonies and Belgium noted amongst others. Inspection necessary. (1000s) |
£200 |
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1039 |
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EUROPE - Belgium 1934 Anti-TB & 1949 UPU sets fine mint plus Albania Air set mint. (26). |
£75 |
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1040 |
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PERFINS: Enormous, worldwide collection of mainly middle period stamps in four large binders and two boxes, arranged alphabetically with in country with good ranges from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Rumania, Spain & Sweden plus smaller groups from a wider area; one volume is entirely British Empire from QV inc. Canada, CGH, Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Mauritius etc. Various in packets, plus covers etc. inc. (1931) S.Rhodesia £1 x 4 on legal document. Inspection necessary. (Many 1000s) |
£300 |
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1041 |
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1935 SILVER JUBILEE: An almost complete mint (apparently all unmounted) set on Hagner leaves including the scarce Egypt seal but lacking the Australia set, the Barbados 2½d & 1/-, the Gambia 1½d & the St. Helena 1d & 1½d. (242). |
£360 |
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1042 |
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1948 ROYAL SILVER WEDDING: A complete unmounted mint set on Hagner leaves. (138). |
£600 |
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THEMATICS |
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1043 |
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ANTARCTICA: The mint & used range on leaves & stockcards inc. useful Falklands Dependencies, with Map sets, RSW pair and twelve values of the QEII Ships set to the £1 mint, South Georgia 1963-69 to £1 (both), a good range of surcharges with values to 50p (2), etc. Clean & popular material. (Approx. 220). |
£120 |
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1044 |
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ANTARCTICA: The selection of covers & cards bearing adhesives of Ascension, New Zealand/Ross Dependency, St. Helena, South Africa and Tristan da Cunha. A very useful lot which warrants careful inspection. (Approx. 60). |
£120 |
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1045 |
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ARCTIC/ANTARCTIC - UNITED STATES EXPEDITIONS: Fascinating and extensive lot of Arctic/Antarctic covers c1931-80 inc. 1931 Wilkins Expedition, 1934 Byrd inc. scarce set of 15 RP cards with SS'Bear' cachets, mailed from Antarctica, various cacheted and signed covers inc. many 'Operation Deep Freeze', Arctic Surveys, Alaska, ships' cancellations etc. Inspection necessary to appreciate the range of this lot. (Approx.300 items) |
£240 |
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1046 |
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ARCTIC/ANTARCTIC: Accumulation of covers from Arctic/Antarctic expeditions, mainly from the 1950s & '60s inc. material from Argentina, Chile, Japan, Belgium, Russia, Norway etc. inc. fine variety of cacheted covers with many better items noted inc. Belgium 1958 issues on cover (4), 1956-57 Japan miniature sheets (4), ranges of 1957-58 International Geophysical Year items inc. Russian sheetlet on cover, pictorial cancellations etc. Fine lot - inspection recommended. (Approx. 200 items) |
£200 |
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1047 |
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CAPTAIN COOK: Thematic display well-presented on sheets, illustrating Cook's career with various modern stamps, cancellations and special covers from the UK, Cook Islands, N.Zealand, Australia etc. Useful material. (29 covers, 33 stamps etc.) |
£70 |
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1048 |
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OLYMPIC GAMES: Carton containing album with collection of Olympic stamps and covers etc. 1896-1960 inc. Greece 1896 set fine used (less 5d) & 1906 mixed mint & used (less 3d) plus a few varieties, 1906 PPC (Athens stadium) with Stadium cds on 5l, plus another view during medal presentation; representation of most Games to 1960 with strength in 1936 Berlin Olympics with range of PPCs, stamp issues and cancellations inc. Winter Games at Garmisch-Partenkirchen - fine publicity card noted. Also some loose covers,/ a run of the Olympic journal 'Torch Bearer' and a few other related titles. (Qty) |
£460 |
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1049 |
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RADIO: Stockbook of mint & used stamps and many covers from scores of different countries all on the theme of radio with numerous countries and some sub-themes represented such as Marconi and broadcasting. Also a group of unrelated G.B. covers (mainly FDCs) and two more stockbooks containing G.B. stamps from KGV to QEII inc. scores of high values to £10, all commercially used and thus with some postmark interest, plus mint & used stamps from many other countries inc. French high values. (Several 100's). |
£75 |
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1050 |
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CARTON with the fascinating accumulation of largely post-WWII (chiefly 1940s-60s) commercial mail. A wide variety of covers from an impressive range of countries. (Approx. 200). |
£150 |
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1051 |
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MISCELLANY of early to modern covers & cards in a small box. A good variety of countries noted. Well worth a look. (Qty.). |
£60 |
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1052 |
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MISCELLANY: Interesting bundle of worldwide covers & cards c1850-1930s inc. Wurttemburg (1868) and other early German items, 1874 E to UK ex USA with 6c stamp, early PPCs ex Japan (1897) & Persia (1908), useful early Spanish frankings, 1924 Iraq reg'd much redirected around India with DLO d.s., 1935 British Forces in Egypt 1p letter seal, 1868 stampless E to UK ex Batavia with unusual red '1.1½' charge h.s. etc. Inspection recommended. (Approx. 100 items) |
£150 |
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1053 |
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MISCELLANY: Worldwide selection, early-middle period material inc. (1919) reg'd E ex Italian PO on Calimnos (Aegean), 1915 use of 10pf German Cameroun stamp on E ex Duala to Lagos, 1936 Egypt Army Post 3m (large) franking to UK military inc. WWI field post, censored mail, maritime cancellations etc. Inspection recommended. (91 items) |
£100 |
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1054 |
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MISCELLANY: Uncommon pictorial E front (faults) c1880 with vignette of paddle-steamer and printed address in Burmese characters to Rangoon (faults); also France 1869 E to UK with 20c stamps (2) - underfranked and with '1/-' due h.s. plus 1869 E to Constantinople under-franked at 40c (anchor cancellation) and with m/s '8' due mark. (3 items) PHOTO |
£100 |
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1055 |
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MISCELLANY inc 1945 covers (4) from Tel Aviv to Barbados inc one censored example with a fair "MISSENT TO BAHAMAS" h.s.1938-42 envs (3) from Jamaica inc one with censor label used to Barbados. Also a small piece bearing a diagonally bisected Barbados 1d. Very mixed condition (30 items). |
£70 |
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1056 |
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MISCELLANY: Box-file with worldwide miscellany inc. 1950-53 two different 'A.V.2' marks plus 1946 boxed 'O.A.T.' of Bergen, 1907 Canada reg'd cover with scarce single use of KEVII 7c, 1898-99 'AR' covers of Peru & Mexico plus a 1961 Hong Kong example, 1896 pair of Es with scarce oval reg'd d.s. of the Aden-Bombay Sea PO, scarce boxed 'Aus Jerusalem/Deutsche Post' (1905), small display of express mail etc. Inspection required. (Qty) |
£200 |
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1057 |
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MISCELLANY: Carton with worldwide mix of 20th century covers inc. good bundle of instructional marks/postage dues inc. useful G.B., good variety of commercial mail inc. registered, airmail etc. Inspection recommended. (100s) |
£150 |
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1058 |
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MISCELLANY: Mainly early - mid-20th century lot inc. 1901-02 CGH items with Kimberley censors (4, 2 types), 1918 Belgian POW cover ex Switzerland, fine unused example of the KGVI GB 2½d POW air-letter, Indian interest QV-KGVI inc. 1924 Everest Expedition card, 1930s airmail and WWII censored mail etc. (50+ items) |
£120 |
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1059 |
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MIXED COVERS INC. MARITIME, PAQUEBOTS, ETC.; c.1866-1944 covers/cards inc. 1866 env. (worn) with CGH 1/- green and v. fine red "PAID/DEVONPORT/CAPE PACKET" c.d.s., worn 1900 usage of Canada "Wilson" Union Jack env., 1903 Spain 10c tied by v. fine "PLYMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" c.d.s. with matching "PAQUEBOT" alongside, c.1908 "NG" Nottingham triangle cancel, KEVII Southampton Ship Letters, several other Paquebots, WWI/WWII, Printed matter, etc. Good variety. (76 covers). |
£120 |
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1060 |
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BRITISH EMPIRE MISCELLANY: Group of covers etc. c1860-1930s inc. WWI soldier's E's to UK ex Malta, most with ½d 'War Tax' frankings (7, one with letter, another with 'Opened under Martial law' tape), 1890 usage of the New South Wales 'Jubilee' 3d postcard to UK, unusual 'Overland Mail' cover (1861) ex Batavia etc. (51 items) |
£100 |
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1061 |
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BRITISH EMPIRE MISCELLANY: Interesting group of covers c1860-1930s inc. (1860) stampless cover (corner fault) used from Demerara to Barbados with a variety of local charge marks, 1900 use of Victoria UPU 1½d on 2d provisional postcard, 1920 PC ex Jerusalem with EEF/Palestine opt 4m stamp, 1937 Falkland Islands PPC with KGV 1d stamp, 1935 N.Zealand 6d express delivery stamp on cover, , 1891 use of Sudan 5m stationery E ex Wau, Boxer Rebellion pair of uprated ½a 'CEF' Es ex FPO 2 with Tientsin & Hong Kong Base Office transit cds etc. (57 items) |
£200 |
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1062 |
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CARIBBEAN: Interesting group of covers from Guadeloupe inc. (1888) prices current with 5c Dubois stamp to France, 1899 front with 'Tablet' type franking and six later items with pictorial or French frankings (nice 1962 E ex village PO of Goyave noted). Also a few items from Curacao inc. WWII censored front ex UK plus E to USA wit fine large triangular censor of the Colony. (15 items) |
£100 |
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1063 |
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EARLY LETTERS - CORSINI CORRESPONDENCE: 1586 EL ex Antwerp to a member of the Corsini Family in London plus 1598 EL ex Valencia (Spain) to another member of the Corsini Family in Florence sent via Forwarding Agent (manuscript endorsement at lower left). A good pair. (2). |
£200 |
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1064 |
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MARIANA ISLANDS: Useful bundle of covers etc. inc. (1903) German 10pf card used from Saipan, mainly post-WWII US items inc. (1950) USAPO 246 air-letter and study of cancellations on leaves. (33 items) |
£100 |
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1065 |
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PACIFIC ISLANDS: Box with the small group of philatelic & commercial covers from Cook Islands, Gilberts, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, etc. (Small Qty.). |
£60 |
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1066 |
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RARE TELEGRAM-STOPPED REGISTERED MAIL: 1902 commercial cover (roughly opened) from Germany to Dominican Republic, registered at Hamburg and endorsed 'via Bordeaux' - with red ink 'Reclamee par le bureau d'origine - Telegr. No. 62752 - 18/4 - 12h 41s' and 'Retour Hambourg 11' - noted at Bordeaux. Rare example of mail recalled by use of the telegraph service. PHOTO |
£100 |
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1067 |
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WEST INDIES: 1882-1915 Covers inc 1897 env from Port of Spain to Demerra bearing 1d x 3. 1889 env from Trinidad to British Guyana bearing a single 4d. 1915 (21 Oct) env used within Port of Spain bearing red cross 1d used on day of issue.1900 env registered from Bahamas to Demerara franked with 1d x 2. (11 items). |
£80 |
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1068 |
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MISCELLANY: Liners inc. 'Queen Mary' with various 1936 'first trip' items inc. return trip ex US, 'Queen Elizabeth', 'QEII' etc. , fine card for SS 'Normandie' (1935), US & Dutch ships, paquebot marks inc. Holyhead cds (9), Port Said, Cape Verde etc plus range of special cancellations inc. early stamp shows, 1904 Italian Exhibition, GB due covers etc. (101 items) |
£120 |
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1069 |
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MISCELLANY: 1839 E to Worcestershire with Bromsgrove Penny Post h.s and 2-line LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER; also a substantial range of covers from the early 1970s with different paquebot and ships' marks inc. fine boxed FLAG OFFICER/ROYAL YACHTS etc. (72 items) |
£80 |
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1070 |
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"STEAM YACHT ARGONAUT" COLLECTION - DERBYSHIRE CONNECTIONS; Unusual 1902-07 group of postcards all to members of the Joynes family (several from/to Derby - apparently from/to a member of the ship's crew) from/to various Med. ports (+ Madeira) inc. several with 2-ring "S. Y. ARGONAUT/OF LONDON" datestamps (4 inc. one in red), 1903/7 cards (4; one from Derby) addressed to the ship, amusing PS to one 1907 PPC ex Palermo; "Don't forget to put all the stamp in a box to keep for me for that Derby man."!! - who was he?! (Plus a PPC of the ship, and p.copies of relevant cruise brochures & newspaper reports of the ship's sailings and accidents.) (14 cards). |
£120 |
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"UNITED STATES/SEA P.O." NUMBERED DUPLEXES ON TRANSATLANTIC CARDS TO G.B., ETC.; 1905/10 set of five PPCs to GB addresses from Cherbourg, Plymouth "English Channel" and arrival ports (2), all with US frankings, tied by mostly fine to v. fine "UNITED STATES/SEA P.O." duplexes Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4 & unclear (latter with only a 1c franking and so having a scarce encircled "U.S. SEA P.O./T/1" mark overstruck by London "1D/I.S./B." mark). Plus collection of 9 1907-15 PPCs (mostly used) of Transatlantic liners. Good lot. (14 cards). PHOTO |
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TRANSATLANTIC "U.S. SEA P.O./T/18" STRUCK IN ERROR ON "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/SOUTHAMPTON" CARD; Remarkable 13 Nov. 1907 PPC (of NY) to GB with GB 1⁄2d tied by almost v. fine rare "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/3/SOUTHAMPTON" c.d.s. having an encircled "U.S. SEA P.O./T/18 " mark alongside, but cancelled with two inked cork(?) impressions, due to there being no message and so correctly prepaid. Rare thus. PHOTO |
£150 |
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RARE SOUTHAMPTON ROUTED "TRANSATLANTIC/SEA" P.O. CANCELS ON CARDS & COVER; 1907 PPC ex SS Oceania to London with GB 1⁄2d tied by v. fine "BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE/7(?)/SOUTHAMPTON" c.d.s., similar 1907 PPC (corner chewed off!) with partly fine strike of the "7"-code c.d.s., and unusual 1912 env. regd. to US with KEVII 3d tied by Worthing c.d.s. having v. fine backstamps of "SOUTHAMPTON" (4 June) and "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE/5" (5 June). Scarce lot. (3 covers). PHOTO |
£150 |
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SCARCE "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE" C.D.S.s, CODES 3, 4, 5(2), 6 & 8 ON CARDS WITH G.B. FRANKINGS; 1909-14 group of cards (6) with varied GB KEVII/KGV frankings all but one to GB, and all tied by mostly fine to very fine strikes of these scarce c.d.s.'s, codes "3" (Jamaica PPC with 1914 "POSTED ON THE/HIGH SEAS" oval cachet & NY Paquebot c.d.s., 4 (near Cherbourg; to USA), "5" (2; one - minor wear - ex near Southampton but with superb "PLYMOUTH" c.d.s. alongside, the other ex Cartagena, Colombia with RMSP cachet and NY Paquebot c.d.s.), "6" (slightly grubby Madeira card but written from "Kingstown, Jamaica"), and "8" (scarce; 1909 RMS Adriatic card, sent on departure from GB; "Every cabin taken, about 2,000 passengers"). Scarce lot. (6 cards). PHOTO |
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BRITISH "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE"'s RARE "MISSENT" MARK ON CARD EX GERMANY; Fine and unusual 28 Apr. 1910 - 4 May 1910 PPC to Bristol with Germany 10pf tied by Wiesbaden c.d.s., but having very fine strikes of both "MISSENT TO/NEW YORK" and the "TRANSATLANTIC POST OFFICE/5" c.d.s. with equally fine but much rarer matching "MISSENT" mark alongside. Exhibition quality and a remarkable group of marks all struck clearly. PHOTO |
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PEARL HARBOR: Interesting collection of pre-WWII covers from US Navy ships involved in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, presented as a thematic study on leaves with various modern stamps etc. A remarkable assemblage. Also a range of modern items illustrating later action by the US Pacific Fleet. (39 original Naval covers plus numerous stamps, later items etc.) |
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MISCELLANY: Group of military related mail, c1760-1917 inc. 1760s E with two-line "NOTTING/HAM" & m/s "4" addressed to "Captain Plumbe of ye Royal Lancashire Militia Encamped at Preston" (the said Captain Plumbe's Uniform can be found in the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum and is the oldest most complete British Army Uniform still in existence), 1855 mourning env. to Norfolk endorsed "From the Black Sea Fleet Via Marseilles" with m/s "6" (double rate) and remarkably faint strike of the circular "BRITISH ARMY POST OFFICE", sundry Boer War interest, WWI inc. instructional marks & Naval cancellations, etc.(22). |
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NAPOLEONIC WARS - DISRUPTION TO FALMOUTH MAILS TO/FROM SPAIN, ETC.; Attractive 28 Aug. 1804 EL from "London" to "San Sebastian" charged "9" with a scarce encircled red "*" Inspector's Mark on the front (matching the poor Foreign Branch c.d.s. on the flap) overlapped by a very fine large orange-red "YNGLATERRA" (sic) mark due to disruption to mails via France; plus 1813 pair of ELs from London prepaid to Lisbon/Porto endorsed "Per Pr[ince] Ernest P[acke]t" and "cia Corunna" respectively (the latter a copy of a letter sent via the usual Lisbon route). Good trio. (3 covers). PHOTO |
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NAPOLEONIC WARS - 'MACKINNON' COVER EX PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN WITH FINE "LISBON/F" D.S.; 29 Dec. 1809 - 1 Jan. 1810 EL (two folds reinforced inside; slight singe-marks due to disinfection) from "Condeixa" to Bath (ex Col. H. Mackinnon) with a very fine blue-green "LISBON/JA 13/1810/F" Falmouth mark (distinctive ink of the early usage, and only one day beside month) nicely placed on the front. Good contents about the progress of the Army; "I like General Crawford very much...I was given to understand that he was a perfect Tyger...Tomorrow I go towards Viseu...the Head Quarters are to be at that place and we are to go 14 leagues further on, but I find most of the Army go towards us..." Attractive letter from this well known family correspondence. PHOTO |
£150 |
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