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Tue. 15 July 2025 at 11.00am
Philatelic Literature Plus Worldwide &
Great Britain Collections
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- Lots 1-113 Cartons & boxes; albums & stockbooks; British Commonwealth, foreign, omnibus, thematic, and exhibition collections; albums, philatelic accoutrements, etc.; worldwide, maritime, military, and airmail postal history; autographs, cigarette cards, cinderellas, ephemera, maps, picture postcards, letter scales, and royalty.
- Lots 114-376 Countries from Aden to Venezuela, as well as Great Britain boxed collections inc. mint GB collections & special FDCs, KGVI & QEII Issues, Presentation Packs, railway mail, Channel Islands stamps & Postal History, etc.
- Lots 377-659 Philatelic literature offerings from the British West Indies Study Circle & Royal Philatelic Society London libraries, and several private libraries, with award winning publications inc. stamp & auction catalogues, philatelic journals, and publications on forgeries, maritime & military mail, airmail, foreign & commonwealth countries, and Great Britain stamps, postmarks, postal history, post office & parliamentary reports, etc.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR VIEWING & AUCTION DAYS
| CAVENDISH HOUSE, DERBY | ||
| Monday 7 to Friday 11 July | - | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
| Monday 14 July | - | 9.30am - 4.30pm |
| Tuesday 15 July (AUCTION DAY) | - | NO VIEWING |
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BIDDING
- BIDDING IN THE ROOM - Places are limited so please contact us as soon as possible to book;
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- You can bid using Auction Agents (details in catalogue);
- Telephone bidding will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis;
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Live Internet Bidding Available
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Consignments are now being accepted
for future auctions
Properties for the December 2025 auction may be accepted until 8 October 2025. Please contact us to ensure that we have sufficient space and describing time.
Future auctions will feature:
- The Steve Ellis FRPSL collections of Military & Maritime Postal History, etc.;
- The Colin Faers collections of Latin America Airmails, and South West Africa Stamps & Covers;
- The Ray Harris Nigeria collection;
- The Brian Lythgoe Cameroon collection;
- The Peter Maybury FSPH collection of Algeria postal history;
- The John Sussex RDP FRPSL Collection of Machin Period Rates
- The C.R. Willams CBE silver medal winning collections of College Stamps and Local Posts of Morocco. Also Sudan, India, Scandinavia, etc. Unseen for over 50 years;
- An extensive research collection of 1d Lilac stamps;
- Superb Great Britain & foreign stamps, including exceptional British Commonwealth; and
- Fine 19th & 20th century postal history.
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