Stamps, Postcards & Postal History - 15 March

STAMPS, POSTCARDS & POSTAL HISTORY

WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2023

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STAMPS, POSTCARDS & POSTAL HISTORY

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STAMPS, POSTAL HISTORY & POSTCARDS

WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2023 AT 10.30AM

AUCTION

The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG

VIEWING

Tuesday 14 March 10.00am to 5.00pm Morning of Sale from 8.00am

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FRONT COVER Lot 100 ex BACK COVER Lots 24 ex and 367 ex

ORDER OF SALE

ESTATE GROUP: MOSTLY GREAT BRITAIN

The following thirty-three lots comprise the estate of an East Sussex collector whose main focus was the postmarks of the line-engraved period on cover 1

Great Britain

Mulready envelopes and letter-sheets, twenty-four 1d types (of which 14 used) and a 2d unused envelope. Four May usages (12th, 14th, 21st and 25th) though condition very mixed. The unused include an uncut 1d letter-sheet pair (Forme 2, stereo A24 and A27) in excellent condition.

£350-400

Great Britain

1840, 12th May Mulready usage with penny black plate 1a tied by neat red Maltese cross and with four good margins. The envelope with sideflaps otherwise a front only, with faults including excised address. As whole envelope cat. £15,000 without consideration of the May date.

£350-500

Great Britain

1840

£400-500

1d black pairs used on cover. Plate 2 horizontal pair in deep shade neatly tied by red MX cancels, the stamps with margins all round save along upper right frame of left stamp. Plate 6 vertical pair with four margins (close but clear at two points), tied by red Maltese crosses from Ennis, Ireland to Petworth, England.

Great Britain

1840 1d black plate 11 (R-J) on cover. The stamp with two good margins, the right margin touching frame at lower corner and the bottom edge cutting in towards the same corner, still a quite attractive example tied by bold black MX strike alongside red Crewkerne JU 18 1841 datestamp, the cover clean and without any fold. Cat. £16,000.

£1,000-1,250

Great Britain

1840 1d black plate 11 (R-E) with four margins (wide at top) tied on May 18th 1841 cover to Cirencester by the usual black Maltese cross, alongside Chalford cds. The stamp with a couple of small disturbances at lower edge and a little yellowed around the edges in general, the cover with tear at left side and small biro strike at bottom, still a relatively clean example of this elusive plate on cover. With 1984 RPS cert. Cat. £16,000.

£1,250-1,500

6

Great Britain

The so-called white (or oxidised pink) Maltese cross of Cirencester, tying three-margins plate 8 penny black to a large part of cover incorporating clearly struck Cirencester Feb. 3rd 1841 datestamp. A good example of this interesting curiosity, accompanied by 1949 Philatelic Adviser with short article arguing for the authenticity of the white cross based on the Cirencester origin, and 1987 RPS certificate with the opposite opinion.

£100-150

7

Great Britain

Handsworth blue ‘Py_P No.15’ framed postmark tying penny black (plate 4, margin along frame at lower left) on cover, the stamp also tied neatly by red MX. With 1985 RPS certificate. Cat. £2,500.

£150-200

8

Great Britain

Haslingden Penny Post cancels tying penny blacks, both four-margins: plate 3 on cover and plate 7 on front, each with additional postmarks. Cat. £10,000.

£500-650

9

Great Britain

‘T.P. Pall Mall’ receiving house cancel tying plate 1a penny black (heavily worn impression) with red MX on cover to Cambridge with red italic ‘Too Late’ postmark. The stamp with margin along frame upper right, nevertheless an appealing cover. Also a very attractive four-margined plate 1b example tied on front by bright vermilion Maltese cross and with Botesdale straight-line.

£250-300

10

Great Britain

London receiving house postmarks: ‘T.P. Portugal St.’ tying four-margin penny black (plate 4) along with red MX on large-part cover; and ‘TP Deptford’ alongside four-margin 1d black (plate 9) on cover with black MX not tying.

£250-300

11

Great Britain

Manchester Maltese crosses on penny blacks: plate 2 with nice margins tied on cover by red cross, plus plate 8 four margins on front with unusual deep shade MX.

£180-220

12

Great Britain

Orkney: a nice pair of covers showing the orange-brown Maltese cross of Kirkwall, the crosses each tying excellent four-margin penny blacks: plate 1b August 1840 to Edinburgh, plate 3 July 1840 to Peebles.

£250-300

13

Great Britain

Penny black (plate 1b) tied on London local cover (13 Nov. 1840) by perfect strike of the black Maltese cross during the experimental period of use, with Chancery Lane receiving house pmk in green alongside, the stamp with four very nice margins. Two further receiving house usages with plate 1a (minimum three margins) on cover and plate 2 (four margins) on front tied by another experimental black MX (6 Oct. 1840).

£250-300

14

Great Britain

Two splendid examples of red Maltese crosses of Scotland: Edinburgh tying plate 5 (four margins, very close along top) on cover of 29th July 1840, and the distinctive Perth cross tying plate 6 (four margins) on cover of 12th August 1840.

£300-350

15

Great Britain

An 1840 family correspondence of eleven covers from October to December: ten penny blacks and one 2d blue. Eight of the blacks four-margins of which six are included in a nice series of seven covers with near-consecutive stamps from the same row of a plate 5 sheet (EA-EC, EE-EG, EK). The 2d blue with small faults and touching margins, also another (twelfth) 1d black cover (Jan 1841) with creases through upper corners. 1840 issue correspondences seldom encountered, particularly with neighbouring plate positions.

£750-1,000

16

16

Great Britain

1840 1d blacks (5) on piece, all tied by red Maltese crosses: plate 1b (JC) 3 margins; plate 2 (HA) 3 margins; plate 4 (HD) 2 margins; plate 4 (HH) four margins, vertical crease, alongside Irish ‘Athboy Penny Post’; plate 7 four margins beside Barnsbury Road, Islington receiving mark.

£250-300

17

Great Britain

Penny black postal history group of nine covers/fronts with unusual postmarks etc. Includes May 23rd 1840 cover to Dublin with worn plate 1a four margins (close but just clear lower edge, possible faults) and neat red double-square ‘Paid MY23M 1840’; Sunday 24th May cover with clear Dudley cds, the tied stamp three-margins (bottom margin with damage slightly into the design) with 1982 RPS cert; double and triple strikes of Maltese crosses on single stamps; Bodmin double-ring cancel solely tying four-margin plate 1b on cover, etc.

£1,000-1,250

18 (detail)

19 (detail)

18

Great Britain

20 (detail)

1840 2d blue plate 2 horizontal pair (only lower margin complete) tied by black Maltese crosses to cover with London croix patée (Nov.19 1841) and Kendal blue cds arrival pmk.

£200-300

19

Great Britain

1840 2d plate 2 vertical pair (three margins, wide at both sides) tied by black Maltese crosses to cover Dumfries (June 19th 1841) to Edinburgh. Relatively attractive pair and clean cover, though with folds.

£250-350

20

Great Britain

1841 2d blue plate 3, tied on large-part cover (top and bottom flaps but no sides) by number 7 in Maltese cross, the cancel clear on four-margined stamp essentially unaffected by foxing at edges of sheet. Cat. £1,200 off cover and £3,250 on cover.

£120-170

Great Britain

Complete numbers in Maltese crosses on cover, nine of the numbers on penny red imperfs including two pairs, the rest of the numbers (‘2’, ‘7’ and ‘8’) on 1d pink postal stationery envelopes. Some margins lacking and other faults, the ‘4’ is nicely upright tying four margins stamp though with vertical crease. Please inspect.

£250-300

22

Great Britain

1858-79 1d red mint inscription multiples: plate 106 top two rows of the sheet with full top margin inscription and circled plate numbers at left and right, though missing stamp AA, some perf issues on lower left stamps and some reinforcement; plate 170 right-hand margin strip of seven FLLL with inscription and ornament. Cat. £2,100 as hinged singles.

£200-250

23

Great Britain

Postal history balance of over 30 stampless items and over 60 line-engraved frankings, with five penny blacks (1 cover and 4 large pieces/fronts) incl. four margins grey-black (plate 1a) on part-cover with 23 or 28 May 1840 arrival mark of Irvine; six 1840 2d blue covers of which three are four-margin stamps, also a front bearing four-margin 1840 2d with multiple strikes of black MX. Then imperf 1d reds starting with two intriguing 1841 covers with stamps bearing red and black cancels, both with 1987 RPS certs, one stating ‘Black and Red M/cross obliterations - committee not prepared to certify Red’ and the second a plate 11 ‘with Black M/cross and Red obliteration - genuine’. Also twelve numbers-in-cross covers in mixed condition, Norwich distinctive crosses to same address, etc.

£1,250-1,500

24

Great Britain

Line-engraved stamps and covers in three old loose-leaf albums, starting with eleven penny blacks incl. four-margins: plate 5 FF, QA and plate 6 JF, QB; 1d red imperfs including one of the larger albums solely this period with well over 100 numbers in cross, just a handful four margins, two neat number ‘4’ examples only just short of four margins, many other varieties incl. four-margin inverted wmk on cover (stamp lifted), ‘Registered Letter’ handstamp in blue on 1852 damaged cover, NB: much haphazard mis-identification as black plate printings in this volume. The other green album has perf ‘stars’ plated on cover including an 1860 correspondence from Lord Brougham with blocks of four etc, though oxidization and faults. Back in the red album corner-letters plates incl. range of mint with blocks of four plates 113, 196, 202, 212, 213, block of six plate 167, etc. Very mixed condition throughout however a very interesting range of material with occasional superb examples. Please inspect.

£1,250-1,500

25

Great Britain

1872-73 6d pale buff, plate 12 (SG.123 var) used on cover to Naples, tied by London duplex 22-MY-73, the nine-bar canceller with centre numeral diamond leaving profile of Queen clear. With 1988 RPS certificate ‘SG.124 6d. Pale Buff’. Unpriced on cover in SG, but approx. £700 by proportion with SG.123.

£70-100

26

Great Britain

Stamped-to-Order postal stationery group, 26 items, mainly a study of the 3d rose type, including ‘Specimen’ overprinted introductory example (date-plug 27.5.59) on centre of single sheet printed with ‘EMBOSSED Postage Stamp to be struck upon Paper and Envelopes - May, 1859’, a scarce item in very nice condition, plus a range of cut-square unused and used with date-plugs and five- or nine-dot florets, the latter incl. on unused envelope.

£70-100

27

Great Britain

1929 PUC set on long Registered cover, 26.Sept.’29, the £1 with some staining/toning particularly at the edge of the perforations, nevertheless a very collectable philatelic cover.

£150-200

28

Great Britain

1969 ‘Stamps for Cooks’ booklet bound with staples, SG.ZP1, in virtually perfect condition, cat. £325.

£70-100

Great Britain

Great Britain

1969 Stamps for Cooks stapled booklets x3, all without faults. Cat. £975. Along with a dozen further booklets either Stamps for Cooks sewn or 1972 Wedgwood types, latter including two with full-perf ½d 1 side band. Total cat. over £1,150. £200-250

Devon album of mint never hinged sets, souvenir sheets and 1st class panes from 1988 to 2005, plus 2007 year pack and a binder of prestige booklets to 2009. Face value well over £1000.

£450-500

27

26 (part)

31

Great Britain

Balance accumulation of several albums, stockbooks etc, eclectic range including 19th century postal history, a decent group of KGVI and early QEII FDCs incl. 2.11.’53 4d, 1/3d and 1/6d on separate matching covers and 18.1.’54 3d, 4d and 7d together, Devon album from 1d black (toned three margins), earlier surface-printed to 2/- blue, better QEII pre-decimal sets mint, commem phosphor sets MNH, etc. Another album has a used £1 PUC with faults. Also a small exhibit on the aviation pioneer “Bennie” Hucks with three photographic cards and three blocks of four (different printings) of the 1913 Sinclair Tobacco ‘First Aerial Delivery’ labels. Please inspect.

£250-300

32

British Commonwealth

Collection of QEII issues in three albums and two binders of stockpages, majority in sets with better including Falklands 1960 birds MNH, South Georgia 1963 mint x2, Gibraltar 1953 superb used, Malta 1956 mint, etc, including some useful varieties. Please inspect.

£250-300

33

Worldwide

Estate Balance in a large carton, thousands of stamps in a variety of volumes (approx. 20) incl. binder of mint airmails with Iceland 1931, Germany Polar and Chicago flight 1mk values (latter Scott #C43, cat. $750), Finland 1930, etc. Also a France collection in two loose-leaf albums with untidy presentation but some better issues, occasional useful British Commonwealth and interesting postal history, please inspect.

£200-250

ESTATE

GROUP: ALL GREAT BRITAIN

The following thirty-six lots represent the collection of a very condition-conscious East-Anglian collector

34

Great Britain

1840 1d grey-black plate 1a (H-L), margins clear at left and large on other sides, with very attractive red Maltese cross.

£100-120

35

Great Britain

1840 1d black plate 1b (R-F) showing recut side-line, SG.Spec.AS5h. Four margins and red MX cancel.

£100-120

36

Great Britain

1840 1d grey-black plate 2 (T-E), a splendid example showing plate wear, with wide and even margins all around and a perfectly central and complete Maltese cross in rich vermilion-red. Light spot of oil in left upper corner of the postmark does not detract from this magnificent stamp.

£160-200

Great Britain

1840 1d grey-black plate 5 (B-G), four decent margins, brownish or oxidised red MX cancel. £100-120

38

Great Britain

1840 1d black plate 5 (P-K), four good margins and very cleanly struck black Maltese cross. A great-looking stamp, no faults. £120-150 39

Great Britain

1840 1d greyish black, plate 6 (M-C), excellent margins all round, somewhat indistinct red MX cancel. Unusually thin paper for this plate. £120-140

Great Britain

1840 1d greyish black plate 7 (K-D) on thinner-than-usual paper, possibly the experimental paper SG.Spec.AS47c, with four margins and red MX. £100-120 41

Great Britain

Penny black trio, all four margins save first stamp with nick just into frame: plate 1b (P-G) showing constant dot on lower ‘O’ (SG.Spec.AS5j); plate 5 (H-G) on thinner paper; plate 5 (P-I) intense black shade. £270-300 42

Great Britain

1840 2d blue plate 2 (O-K), four margins, with the red MX scarcer on this plate, SG.Spec.DS8f. Light thin at the chignon, not affecting appearance. £100-120 43

Great Britain

1841 1d red-brown printings from the black plates, all with four margins: plate 5 (P-C); plate 8 (R-L) third repair example showing original re-entry, SG.Spec.AS55b; plate 11 on very blued paper, and another plate 11 (O-A) showing re-entry SG.Spec.AS74a. Total cat. £830.

£60-80

Great Britain

1841 1d red-brown (plate 16) with beautiful strike of a blue Maltese cross, also showing basal shift. Four margins and without faults. Cat. £650. £70-100

45

Great Britain

1841 1d red-brown (plate 35) four margins with elusive Welshpool distinctive Maltese cross, with 1979 RPS certificate. An extremely fine example. £70-100

46

Great Britain

1841 1d red-brown plate 63 (H-J) superb mint example showing beginnings of plate wear. Four margins, original gum and without fault. £70-90

47

Great Britain

1841 1d pale red-brown plate 63 (R-B) worn plate example, mint with excellent margins. Unobtrusive diagonal crease upper-right, nevertheless a beauty.

£60-80

48

Great Britain

1841 1d pale red-brown plate 74 (A-H), worn plate example, mint with four margins wide at sides, original gum or possibly early re-gumming. £50-70

49

Great Britain

1841 1d red-brown plate 76 (H-I), exceptional mint example with original gum on blued paper, four good to excellent margins, showing recut frames.

£80-120

50

Great Britain

1841 1d red-brown plate 86 (R-J) excellent mint example showing ‘P’ converted to ‘R’, SG.8k, SG.Spec.BS75d, unpriced in either catalogue as mint. Scarce especially in this faultless quality. With 1977 RPS certificate.

£120-160

51

Great Britain

Imperforate 1d reds (138) mostly selected for quality and varieties, starting with excellent four-margin Maltese cross examples incl. a few numbers in crosses, followed by plate 12 pale shade from worn plate, plate 13 basal shift, plate 14, plate 17, plate 18 (faint crease), plate 31 with Dublin cross, a superb ivory head, etc. Plenty more attractive examples in the later numeral-cancelled issues with some better varieties, though generally unplated so still plenty for the specialist to get their teeth into.

£170-200

52

Great Britain

1841 imperf 2d blues (27), generally nice four-margin examples, ten unplated and seventeen plated. Some with wide margins, noted thick paper varieties, etc. Further research to do here.

£150-200

53

Great Britain

Surface-printed range from 1850s onwards, virtually all different plates/shades, incl. 1850s issues with neat numeral cancels, some cds later including on 1867 10d red-brown (SG.112), 1876 8d orange (SG.156) and superb 1881 1/- orange-brown; 3d rose cds pmks include Roches Point, Ireland. Hardly any faults. Approx. cat. at least £4,600.

£300-350

54

Great Britain

1883-’84 2/6d lilac and 10/- ultramarine, both mint with very fresh appearance, each with a light vertical bend not visible from front. Cat. £2,850.

£250-300

55

Great Britain

1887 ½d vermilion MNH side-margin example with ‘Pears’ Soap’ advertising in orange outline letters on reverse. A scarce stamp in such superb quality.

£100-150

56

Great Britain

1887-1900 ‘Jubilee’ set plus varieties, mint in excellent quality, some never hinged, others mostly extremely lightly hinged, the varieties including 2d green and scarlet shades (SG.199) one of which MNH, scarce 3d purple on orange shade (SG.204, lightly hinged), both 1/- types MNH. Cat. well over £2,800.

£250-300

57

Great Britain

1891 £1 green, SG.212, mint. Fairly lightly hinged, a little light gum disturbance mentioned for absolute accuracy. A lovely example. Cat. £3,500. £300-350

58

Great Britain

Edward VII mint group with ½d green St. Andrew’s cross blocks with normal and inverted watermarks, along with undetermined printings of the 2/6d purple and two examples of the 5/- carmine lightly hinged. Min cat. £1,500.

£120-160

59

Great Britain

Beautiful trio of mint KEVII high values, printings undetermined, not heavily hinged and without any fault. Fresh colours. Min. cat. £1,750. £160-200

60

Great Britain

1913 2/6d deep sepia-brown seahorse, Waterlow printing SG.399, MNH side-margin example in immaculate quality. Cat. £850. £100-120

61

Great Britain

1913 Waterlow seahorses mint: 2/6d sepia-brown and 5/- rose-carmine both very lightly mounted (SG.400, 401). Catalogue £925. £80-100

62

Great Britain

1915 De La Rue seahorses mint: four very distinct 2/6d shades all very lightly mounted, plus 5/- pale carmine with spots of gum disturbance yet still very presentable. Approx. minimum cat. £2,400 - a bare minimum as far better shade/s likely.

£250-300

63

Great Britain

1915 De La Rue 10/- deep blue, SG.411, scarce superb used block of four, well-centred with excellent colour, full perfs and no fault aside from a vertical crease through right-hand portraits only faintly detectable once you know where to look. Neat parcel datestamps of London. Cat. £4,000 as singles. With 1974 RPS certificate.

£400-500

64

Great Britain

1918-’19 Bradbury/Wilkinson seahorses mint: five distinct shades of the 2/6d incl. two MNH corner marginal, 5/- rose-red and 10/- dull grey-blue (dark shade). Those that are hinged generally lightly so, with excellent overall quality. Minimum cat. £1,900, again better 2/6d shades likely.

£200-250

65

Great Britain

1919 10/- dull grey-blue seahorse, mint never hinged example from the sheet corner, well-centred and choice. A beauty by any standards. Cat. £850.

£100-120

66

Great Britain

1934 re-engraved seahorses, all very high quality with MNH set and range of cds used incl. 10/- superb single-ring cds and 10/- block of four. Cat. well over £2,000.

£200-250

64

65

67

Great Britain

1948 £1 brown SG.478c full sheet mint never hinged in excellent state of preservation. Cat. £1,000 as singles.

£200-250

68

Great Britain

Mint collection of well over 1000 stamps from Downey head KGV to Wilding head QEII, neatly displayed in a large stockbook, much never hinged, with lots of KGV shades, decent range of control numbers, cylinder blocks and booklet panes, etc. Highlights are 1912 ½d green wmk simple cypher inverted (SG.344Wi), 1924 2d orange block cypher wmk sideways MNH (SG.421b), 1935 photogravure 2d sideways wmk MNH (SG.442b), 1939-48 high values set MNH, through to QEII near-complete all MNH incl. 1951 graphite set and inverted wmks, 2nd De La Rue castles set, 1959 phosphor-graphite set with 2d wmk error, etc. Minimum cat. £7,500 ignoring shades as basic and excluding any mounted KGVI. Where it most counts the quality is generally pristine.

£750-1,000

69

Great Britain

Balance/working collection 1840 to 1950s in a loose-leaf album, including penny blacks (3) one sound four margins close but clear at bottom, over 500 imperf 1d reds incl. unused margin block of four (faults), black plates, distinctive crosses, listed varieties, etc, followed by 1841 2d blues, ½d ‘bantams’ with at least two, possibly three sound plate 9 examples, four-corner-letters 1d reds mint and 2d blues unused, some useful surfaceprinted, through to seahorses, later issues mint, etc. Condition varies. Quite an interesting range, please inspect.

£500-750

ESTATE GROUP: CHIEFLY GREAT BRITAIN AND EARLY IRELAND, PLUS COMMONWEALTH OMNIBUSES

The following twenty-one lots are the holding of a Leyburn family with forebears who were bankers in Belfast with a fortunate instinct for preserving investment purchases of the 1920s to 1940s in prime condition

70

Great Britain

Line-engraved range of 72 stamps originally in old glassine envelopes, now arranged on stockpages, including penny black plate 5 G-L with excellent margins, tiny 0.5mm tear in top margin, very wide right-hand sheet margin, with light and quite full red Maltese cross cancel. Then 1841 1d reds and 2d blues, the latter with some attractive four margins examples incl. two strips of three, plus several good 2d stars issues. Stored ever since lifted from contemporary family mail. Also a somewhat soiled penny black cover (stamp damaged) with Feb 16th 1841 backstamps of Dromore and Belfast addressed to the present owner’s ancestor, enclosing a blue-bordered Valentine’s Day letter sheet with printed poem and colourful telescopic cut-paper illustration.

£150-200

Great Britain

1887-92 Jubilee issues in MNH blocks with strong colours, stored in a glassine envelope for at least a century. ½d (4), 1½d (6), 3d (12), 4d (6), 5d (4), and 9d (4). Minimum cat. as singles and counting the 9d bright blue shade as ordinary blue: £2,000. £350-400

Great Britain

1890 10d Jubilee, SG.210, MNH block of six from the lower-left corner of the upper-right pane, showing the clipped value tablet and cracked plate on the bottom left stamp. A lovely positional block for the variety, with rich colour. Minimum catalogue as singles £600.

£120-170

73

Great Britain

1905 2/6d pale dull purple, SG.261, mint never hinged pair, apparently natural 0.5mm printing blemish above king’s forehead on lower stamp. Cat. as singles £1,350. £200-250

Great Britain

1924 and 1925 Wembley British Empire Exhibition sets in never hinged complete sheets of sixty, each set x2 sheets (ie. 120 sets of each year), folded once along central perfs and sent from the Exhibition (Palace of Industry postmarks on envelope to Belfast), then carefully stored away ever since and in the best possible condition. Catalogue as singles over £14,000. £750-1,000

75

Great Britain

1924 British Empire Exhibition set in full never hinged sheets of sixty as supplied as new issues from the exhibition. Ideal condition. Cat. as singles £1,900.

£150-200

76

1925 British Empire Exhibition set in full never hinged sheets of sixty, as supplied as new issues from the exhibition. Ideal condition. Cat. as singles over £5,000.

£350-450

77

Great Britain

1929 Postal Union Congress control number blocks of eight MNH: ½d K29 x 10, 1d K29 x13 (plus a block of six), 1½d K29 x9, 2½ blue K29 x9 and 2½d pale blue L29. The 1d blocks include two broken wreaths (SG.spec.NCom6d, cat. £200 each as hinged) and seven of the ‘CO’ joined variety (NCom6e, cat. £225 each as hinged). These have remained in a glassine envelope for nearly a century. Three 1½d stamps have a rust spot, otherwise no blemishes. Cat. over £5,400 as hinged control singles, hinged varieties and never hinged basic singles.

£500-750

78

Great Britain

KGV and KGVI Cylinders

Packs of MNH cylinder blocks with good ranges of numbers with and without dots including many better types: 1940 Stamp Centenary incl. four 2½d blocks with flaw (total cat. £1,500), 1946 Victory (total cat. £1,200). Also a sheaf of 1935 Jubilee and other cylinder blocks - some of these have been infected by tone spots from the wrapping of Belfast Postmaster-Surveyor’s Office stationery, therefore not counted, though it appears a majority of the Jubilees are blemish-free.

£300-400

79

Ireland

Charming contemporary collection of mint 1922-’23 issues ingeniously presented by cut slots in the album page to preserve top-quality mint never hinged condition, the otherwise old-fashioned album beautifully written-up in ink in English and Irish, the latter language aesthetically done with the title pages initialled by the artist. The run of issues is comprehensive incl. three seahorse sets, the highlight being the Thom overprints (SG.44/46) as immaculate as the rest, as well as sets of coiljoin pairs, the latter not counted towards the total catalogue as hinged of over £2,350.

£350-450

80

Ireland

Another album as the last lot, this time filled with mint never hinged panes and large multiples of the Provisional Govt. and first Free State ovpts on values to 1/-, in loose glassine envelopes, 47 different issues assembled at the time from the post office, with highlights including a corner block of 24 and further block of 12 of the carmine Dollard ovpt on 4d (SG.6c), 10d turquoise-blue SG.62 corner block of 25, etc. Total cat. as hinged singles and without consideration of the control numbers is over £15,800.

£1,000-1,500

81

Ireland

1925 Bradbury, Wilkinson seahorses set with Free State overprints, SG.83/85, in fresh mint never hinged blocks of four from the corner of the sheet. The 2/6d with bend across lower pair hardly detracting. A beautiful set of corner blocks. Catalogue as hinged singles £900.

£150-200

82

Ireland

1927 Bradbury, Wilkinson wide and narrow date se-tenant pairs set of seahorses high values, SG.83a/85a, mint never hinged in top quality. Catalogue as hinged £1,950.

£400-500

83

Ireland

1927-28 Bradbury, Wilkinson seahorses set in vibrantly fresh mint never hinged corner blocks of four showing the circumflex accent variety on the upper-right stamp of each block. SG.86/88, 86a/88a, cat. £2,660 as hinged singles. A magnificent set of positional blocks for this variety in exceptional condition.

£500-750

84

Ireland

1935 Free State overprints on Waterlow re-engraved seahorses set, SG.99/101, pristine mint never hinged. Cat. as hinged £400.

£80-120

85

Ireland

Seahorses high values sets mint never hinged: Provisional Govt. Dollard overprint SG.17/21, Free State ovpts narrow and wide date sets SG.83/88. Total cat. as hinged £800.

£170-220

86

British Commonwealth

1935 Silver Jubilee

1935 Silver Jubilee omnibus set stored in glassine envelopes since issue, complete in pristine mint never hinged condition. Entirely unchecked by us for flagstaffs, kites, etc. Cat. as hinged set £1,600.

£350-400

87 (part)

87

British Commonwealth

1948 Silver Wedding Omnibus

The 1948 Silver Wedding omnibus set (sans GB) in faultless mint never hinged margin blocks of four, the majority corner marginal including the key Hong Kong, Singapore, Northern Rhodesia (plate block) etc., the lower values in blocks of nine to nicely match the dimensions of the high value blocks. We note Kuwait short bars (SG.75a, cat. £250) and Seychelles ‘line by crown’ and there will probably be other varieties to find. Stored carefully between tissue paper in glassine envelopes ever since received as new issues. Cat. as singles over £9,000.

£1,250-1,500

88

British Commonwealth Omnibuses

1953 coronation omnibus set in mint never hinged margin blocks of four, the main design series looking to be all in plate blocks. Since issue never removed from envelope and pristine. Cat. for four sets of singles £600.

£120-150

89

Postal History

Group of 26 covers gathered from the balance of the estate, mainly 1930s incoming to Ireland from Burma (8) and from Persia 1926-’33 (10), as well as single items from Iraq, China, Japan, Fiji, 1924 Everest Expedition card with label and two 1939 First Flights (cover and card) Ireland to New York. The Persian include 1926 Pahlavi overprints, one of which with interesting further obliterating handstamps.

£100-120

90

Estate Balance

Good balance of the holding in four containers, by volume mainly 1960s-’80s British Commonwealth new issues in card envelopes, however more interesting material includes large Manila envelope of Irish off-paper quantities with many 100s of the overprints, one envelope noted with ‘Free State’ 2/6d seahorses (60 approx.) about half on-piece; a stockbook with MNH 1922 ovpt coil strips plus 1941 anniversary ovpts in corner blocks (SG.126/127, cat. £700+ as singles). Elsewhere noted RAF active service covers (400 approx.), GB KEdVIII and early KGVI FDCs (5, cat. £500+), Canada plate/imprint blocks of the 1950s, Argentine postal markings on a few Falklands covers, etc, etc. Inspection vital.

£500-750

ESTATE GROUP: GREAT BRITAIN, EASTERN EUROPE AND BIRD THEME COLLECTIONS

The following 14 lots are from a local collector who gained a particular interest in Eastern European philately while stationed in Berlin in the 1950s. A real collector's collection full of varieties and written-up in 'Devon' albums, mint unless stated otherwise

91 (part)

91

Baltic States: Latvia and Estonia

A bulging album with many hundreds of stamps from the first independent issues 1918 through to 2002, highlights including Estonia 1923 airmail imperf pair surcharges (SG.46/48), 1923 red-cross charity set perf and imperf (SG.49A/50B, most signed), all the late 1930s souvenir sheets, followed by Estonian locals and occupations incl. 1919 ‘Eesti Post’ with six perf values to 25k MNH signed plus perf 50k (SG.4k, £250) and imperf 1r (SG.4t, £650) used on pieces (latter also with registration handstamp). Then German occ. Dorpat WWI surcharge duo and WWII Pernau ovpts incl. type I values to 30k cto on stationery. The Latvia equally strong with the first issues highly specialised over sixteen pages, 1919 ‘rising sun’ Wolmar provisional 10k tête-bêche gutter block of four MNH (Scott 55a), better sets both perf and imperf incl. comprehensive 1932 and 1933 charity airmail sets, 1933 ‘Latvija-Afrika’ overprint set (SG.235/239, £1,100), etc. Must be viewed to be fully appreciated.

£400-450

92 (part)

92

Lithuania

Excellent collection in one replete volume, highlights including the 1918 typeset issues virtually complete from first Vilnius duo onwards, 1921 1auk airmail imperf block of four MNH (SG.106a; Sc#C5a), 1922 surcharges on White Knight issues incl. 3cts on granite paper set (SG.157, 159, 161, cat. £730; Sc#120/122, $350), 1923 rhomboid set MNH, 1924-’26 charity surcharges incl. gold ovpt set, scarce imperf sets of the 1939 Basketball and 1940 Recovery of Vilnius issues, South Lithuania (Grodno) surcharge set all signed and most MNH (SG.2/9, cat. £880; Sc#L2/L8, $480 as hinged), through to an unusually good representation of the WWII German occupations with 1941 ‘Vilnius’ ovpts set cto on cover (SG.10/18, cat. £1,000; Michel €1,500 for set on cover) and a wonderful range of locals over eight pages, many of the best MNH and signed Krischke BPP. The rare Alsedziai issues however are requiring expertization including on sixteen Agriculture Exhibition issues, though several do have an expert’s mark (would be cat. €80,000 if all genuine). Then at the back of the book the Memel with seventeen pages of surcharges on French issues incl. gutter and ‘millésime’ pairs, followed by a great showing of the Klaipeda issues (eleven pages) incl. May 1923 thick figures 10c on 400m and 15c on 25m, June surcharges on lighthouse set used, December ‘Centai’ surcharges complete, etc.

£750-1,000

93

Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Collection of about 500 mint and used stamps written-up in a loose-leaf album, well-researched on the first independent issues 1919-1923 (some with expertizers’ marks), then MNH sets and souvenir sheets of the post-Soviet years (1990s) for the above countries plus Belarus and Moldova, the Armenia to 2002. Highlights include extensive Armenia monogram handstamps and surcharges to 100r on 7r black and yellow mint (Sc#164, $150) and on a range of 1915-19 war charity issues, through to a dozen pages of 1922 surcharges on perf and imperf issues. The Azerbaijan includes Baku handstamps (2) and numeral surcharges (37), then Georgia with surcharges incl. 1923 10,000r on 7k light blue MNH (Sc#48, $150). Please inspect.

£350-400

94

Czechoslovakia

Collection in three Devon albums, the first book starting with 1918 Scout Post 10h and 20h, the Hradcany castles with over a dozen different perf categories, 1920 airmail surcharges with imperf and perf sets both x2, 1926 Sokol Congress set MNH, 1930s covers with commem cancels, souvenir sheets (1934 National Anthem sheets lower parts only with three stamps each, used), 1939 Bohemia/Moravia ovpts set MNH signed, as well as Slovakia 1939-45, etc. The final volume has Czech Republic issues to 2005.

£250-300

95 Hungary

Collection in four Devon albums, 1871 to 2001, with Franz Josef first issues incl. cds 25kr litho. (SG.7, cat. £500) somewhat rough perfs as usual, 1870s to early 1900s envelope and Turul types with extensive perf and watermark varieties, 1913 flood relief set mint and 1914 overprints set (1k+2f is used), 1919 portraits wmks upright MNH set, 1931 Zeppelin ovpts MNH, 1932 Madonnas used, 1934 Liszt miniature sheet mint and virtually all m/s of the later 1930s incl. 1939 Protestant sheets MNH and used, through to 1945 Reconstruction têtebêche pairs set MNH, 1946 14th Jan inflation surcharges set MNH, Roosevelt m/ss, 1947 Stamp Day m/s MNH, 1948 bridge m/ss MNH (SG.MS1036a/b, cat. £400), 1950 Five Year Plan set MNH (SG.1082A/1095A, cat. £325), 1951 stamp anniversary sheets mint (SG.MS1199a, cat. £400), etc. Also a good Occupations section, mostly mint, incl. French to 10kr (vlh, signed twice), Romanian with some key issues signed, Baranya better date type B incl. on 40f reapers and 40f Zita, etc, etc.

£500-750

96 No Lot

97 Poland

Collection to 2002 in three loose-leaf albums, including #1 (unused, faults), a good range of First World War occupation overprints incl. eagles on Austro-Hungarian types used set, ‘Poczta Polska’ newspaper set (SG.N50/N54, £300), 1919 Gniezno 10pf surcharge (not signed), through to better 1920s sets incl. 1925 National Fund (SG.230/240, £325), ‘28 Exhibition m/s used (SG.MS270, £475), 1938 Exhibition ms/s used (the imperf type postally used with faults), 1938 stratosphere m/s, 1948 Polish Culture m/s used (SG.MS615a, £500, crease in margins at left perf line), etc, as well as a wide range of 1950 currency revaluation ‘Groszy’ handstamps. The third volume is for back-of-the-book, a wonderful survey including insurgency issues not listed in SG, ‘Port Gdansk’ incl. 1933 1z used (SG.R25, cat. £225), rarely seen ODESA ovpts on 20f and 1m (cat. £500 each), Levant ovpts matt set requiring expertization (cat. £1,400) with reprint types for comparison, then 1918 Polish Corps complete with Poczta types all signed incl. 10k on 7k MNH (SG.M5, £900 for hinged) and 70k imperf (SG.M11, £500), the 1942 Polish Army in Russia issue (SG.M16, £300) and presumed reprint tête-bêche sheet ‘used’, followed by an exciting 30+ pages of 1918/19 local overprints etc. mostly unlisted in Gibbons, WWII Polish Forces incl. Dachau miniature sheets, etc, etc.

£750-1,000

97 (part)

Russia

Serious collection in eight volumes, 1857 to 2004, the first volume a KaBe hingeless album with extra printed pages for varieties, many further varieties outside the printed spaces and on blank leaves and back of pages. Highlights in this book are the #1 pen-cancelled, first perforate 10k used, perf 12½ 30k used, 1864 3k used, 1868-79 vertically laid papers nice quality used with all values save 10k (SG.24/26, 28/29, 35/37, total cat. £1,780), 1884 3.50r grey and black without thunderbolts mint (SG.47, £1,100), through to 1915 scarce 15k currency issue imperf pair used on piece (Sc#106a, cat. $200 for far more common mint single), 1921 famine relief 2250r green on pelure paper mint (SG.230c, £225), 1922 surcharges with lots of errors incl. inverts, followed by worker/soldier/peasant types incl. 15k yellow perf 14x14½ used (SG.369, £325), 3r perf 10 used (SG.395, £275), 1926 wmk imperfs set mint, the 3r signed, etc. Continues strongly with the better commems incl. 1933 exhibition ovpts used (SG.606/7, £315), 1935 North Pole flight ovpt mint (SG.706, £750 not expertized), and into the second album with 1947 Moscow centenary mint (cat. £550), 1949 Pushkin mint and used (cat. £400), 1949 Lenin mausoleum perf mint (cat. £550) and Stalin 70th birthday mint on both papers (cat. £600), etc. Our valuation accounts for current market conditions.

£1,250-1,500 99

Russian Area: Civil War and Revolution, Batum, Wenden, Occupations, POs Abroad, etc.

One of the principal volumes in the collection, intact as received aside from the Western Ukraine section (see Lot 101). All pre-1945 issues, several hundred mint and used with lots of errors and unusual material, written-up in detail. Highlights are 1919 Russian occupation of Latvia with complete ovpts on national issues incl. both 10k on blue types signed (SG.23, 34, cat. £425), orthodox cross ‘LP’ surcharges on Russia with 70k on 15k inverted (signed several times, conflicting positions) and imperfs also signed. Then Siberia with inverted surcharges incl. perf 35k (SG.5b) and 1r (SG.8ca) with Ceresa certs, Amur tête-bêche pairs used (SG.17a, 19a, cat. £400), through to a very good range of Far Eastern Republic overprints incl. 10k (SG.23, signed), 20k (SG.26) and later inverts, followed by South Russia with a plethora of errors and varieties, leading on to extensive General Wrangel ovpts over fifteen pages, as well as Czech Legion incl. surcharge set originals (SG.9/17, cat. £350), Batum with over 30 surcharges incl. pointed 50r on perf 5k with 1994 BPA cert (SG.26, cat. £425; Sc#30, $975) and unlisted black on 2k green imperf signed, rounded types near-complete with cat. over £2,500 if genuine. Also 1941 German occ. of Pleskau surcharges on piece (Mi.3/9, €540) and Ljady surcharge MNH (all signed Rommerskirchen BPP), POs in China incl. good Harbin surcharges signed, POs in Crete incl. control marks on type without stars, POs in Turkish Empire with city ovpt errors, and much more. A very impressive album.

£1,500-2,000

99 (part)

100

Ukraine

Excellent collection from 1918-2003 written-up in a loose-leaf album, with several hundred trident overprints, little duplication except in the case of multiples, incl. Odessa IV on 20k and 10r imperfs, Odessa V on good range of perf types incl. 50k and 10r both signed, as well as imperfs incl. 50k, Odessa VI incl. double inverted ovpt on 70k imperf on registered cover front, Kharkiv III on perf 5r and 10r used (small faults), as well as types of Poltava, Podillia, Katerynoslav, plus a few Kherson red tridents with Bulat BPP signatures in various positions. Then field-post courier surcharges incl. 20h on 30sh and 20h on 40sh blocks of four, 1923 famine relief with watermarked set, WWII German Occupation district issues, etc, through to an interesting range of 1992 provisional locals with errors and blocks.

£350-400

101

Western Ukraine

Intriguing collection of the 1918-’19 overprints on Austro-Hungarian types, about 180 stamps written-up on album pages, including (mint unless otherwise stated) 1918 Kolomyia surcharges with 10sot on 6h and 12h (SG.3/4, cat. £5,250; Sc#7/8, $3,400, with expert’s handstamp though we cannot guarantee genuine), Kolomyia 50sot registration stamp used on piece (SG.R6; Sc#F2), Stanislaviv first issue incl. 3hr on 3k mint signed Körner (SG.21b; Sc#24), through to fourth issue incl. 3hr on 3k (SG.63; Sc#97); then Romanian Occupation of Pokutia ‘C.M.T.’ handstamps over seven pages incl. 60h inverted on 20h deep green (Sc#N3a, $3,000) and on 25h blue both with multiple experts’ marks, many others with signatures including probably both genuine and forged Baumgarten monograms. A very good effort on this challenging area.

£250-300

102

Great Britain

Three-volume collection, used 19th century and increasingly mint from mid 20th century, including three penny blacks, each with four margins (though first with small scuff at bottom frame) and two being very appealing examples of the black MX and red MX cancels, then 1840 2d blues (3) two with close to touching lower margin, followed by examples of most line-engraved basic numbers including decent plate 225 1d with slightly shaved perfs at left otherwise sound, the surface-printed to sound 10/- ultramarine with lots of plate numbers though most are bar-cancelled, KEVII to £1 with creases o/w sound, 1920 6d perf 14 MNH (SG.385a), seahorses to 10/- in variable quality, through to useful early QEII incl. booklet panes. Please inspect.

£750-1,000

103

Great Britain

Decimal period MNH collection in six albums to 2007, as well as a bunch of prestige booklets and ‘smiler’ sheets. Many of the sets are in imprint/control strips, and occasional less-usual material with special folded booklets incl. 21st century Christmas first and second class issues. Face value over £2,500.

£1,000-1,250

104

Birds on Stamps

Extensive collection neatly presented by country from Abu-Dhabi to Zimbabwe in fourteen ‘Devon’ albums. Issues to 2016 with lots of souvenir sheets throughout. A very impressive effort, with probably 10,000 different mostly MNH stamps.

£500-750

105

Worldwide

Working balance of the collector’s estate filling two low containers, including two loose-leaf albums with many hundreds of Ukraine and other postSoviet local overprints, three stockbooks with further interesting issues noted, album pages and postal history, etc. requiring close investigation.

£400-500

ESTATE GROUP

The following seven lots represent a local estate, with old trunks of material from previous generations, through to an extraordinary amassing of commemorative covers including many mounted with solid gold coinage

109 (part)

106

Great Britain

Two containers including collection in Windsor album with 1840 2d four margins (scuff in corner), 1841 2d possibly mint with margins all round save just touching lower left corner, penny red plates to 225 mostly in old approval book, the 225 sound and not too heavy postmark, perf 2d blues mint, surface-printed to 2/-, further 19th century in stockbook incl. very good-looking penny black though subtle fault at bottom, and other interesting line-engraved, various officials, mint jubilees to 10d, etc. then booklets from Wildings onwards plus EdVIII 5/- (Ed.17) in three binders (£600+ face value), plus an interesting chaos of small auction lots or items kept aside, including stamps of the calibre of SG.573Wi MNH (cat. £140), pre-decimal German edition presentation packs incl. Concorde, etc.

£750-1,000 107

108

Great Britain

Mint sets, booklets, year packs, etc, from the 1980s to early 2000s, much in gutter pairs and plate blocks of six. Face value over £2,000. £800-1,000

109

Great Britain

Coin and Signed Covers etc.

Monumental no-expense-spared commemorative cover collection/accumulation in six cartons/containers, a large proportion signed including Nelson Mandela (2), Margaret Thatcher (2), RAF and Royal Navy covers with lots of signatures (probably 400 signed) incl. VC and high command, extensive numismatic covers including at least fifteen sovereigns and much other solid gold with Royal Mint coins up to 5x sovereign weight, enormous amounts of solid silver incl. 2003 £1 Pattern proofs (4), £100 in cash seen (incl. 8 consecutive tenners) - it’s that sort of hoard. Impossible to mention all the good items here, an enormously varied lot with items from 19th century onwards noted, thorough inspection recommended.

£10,000-12,500

110

Channel Islands and Isle of Man

Excellent accumulation in three cartons and a wine box stuffed with new issues to early 2010s, a mass of MNH sets, presentation packs, booklets, FDCs and especially lots of numismatic covers, much still in envelopes as sent from the Islands’ post offices. Some earlier items we discovered dispersed among the packs and have gathered in a packet include KEVII 5/- ‘Guernsey’ and 10/- ‘Jersey’ circular pmks, nice range of 1940s philatelic covers incl. bisects, etc. A great lot.

£400-500

111

British Commonwealth

Collections and accumulation in two containers and a large suitcase, with several albums of mint QEII sets as well as occasional KGV short sets, country collections of Hong Kong and Gibraltar (N.B. former not chronological), a shoebox of better items and postal history purchased at auction incl. further Hong Kong QV, Egypt 1935 Jubilee ovpt MNH (SG.A10, cat. £400 for hinged), as well as lots of new issues particularly of Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Canada. A very good range.

£750-1,000

112

Worldwide

Balance accumulation in two containers, including two fat stockbooks stuffed with disorganised country ranges, including much good British Commonwealth, Egypt, China incl. used 3ca red large dragon and 1972 merchant ships set unmounted (SG.2485/2488, cat. £250), South East Asia, Pakistan KGVI high values to 15r MNH, in another volume Bechuanaland KGV high values mint (SG.106/110, cat. £550), an album with early QEII mint sets especially Malaysia, better GB castles set, etc. The second container with a decent range of material from all periods, very disorganised, will be all sorts to discover here.

£750-1,000

113 Worldwide

Old-time holding in two suitcases from previous generations of the family, with early albums, tobacco tins, much loose postal history from 1840 2d blue onwards, envelopes within envelopes with thousands of stamps off- and on-paper, noted 1949 UPU mint set in album, vintage Stanley Gibbons approval books of mint incl. India Native States, a couple of KGV booklets seen, etc. A family-member was manager of a bank in Spennymoor and accumulated correspondence from Middle East, British Africa, Malaysia, etc. also seen pre-decimal banknotes in sequential runs. Seems to have been added to until about the 1950s. Will need a thorough investigation as anything could be here.

£500-750

GREAT BRITAIN: SINGLES & GROUPS

114

Great Britain

1840 1d black with four wide margins, tied on large piece by red Maltese cross postmark, along with cds of January 1841.

£100-120

115

Great Britain

1840 1d black used, plate 2, with four balanced margins and very nice red Maltese cross postmark.

£120-150

116

Great Britain

1840 1d black used, plate 2, four margins and neat red MX cancel. Possible 3mm repair between ‘N’ and ‘Y’ invisible from front.

£80-120

117

Great Britain

1840

£80-120

118

Great Britain

1840

119

Great Britain

1840

120

Great Britain

1840 group with twenty-four penny blacks of which at least fourteen are four-margins (some hidden faults) including two on cover, along with two 2d blues (both three-margins) and a well-preserved unused 1d Mulready envelope (stereo A11).

£1,250-1,500

1d grey-black used, plate 3, four margins with neat pale red Maltese cross postmark. Unobtrusive vertical crease or possible repair, still a handsome stamp.

1d black used, plate 7, with four margins, black Maltese cross postmark. £120-150

1d black, plate 8, fine used with four margins including very large lower margin, pale but neatly struck red Maltese cross cancel. £100-120

121

Great Britain

1840 2d blue plate1 used, four margins including wide margin at top showing partial imprint. Red MX cancel. £140-180

122

Great Britain

1840 2d blue plate 1 used pair, four good to mostly very wide margins, black MX cancels. £200-250

123

Great Britain

1847 1/- green embossed strip of four used, two heavy vertical creases at left of second stamp and centre, latter a possible re-attachment of two pairs. A visually very appealing item and quite scarce. Cat. £4,000 as singles. £250-300

124

Great Britain

1870 1½d lake-red, plate 1, SG.52, very attractive pair with good colour and superb Torquay cds postmarks. Cat. as singles £220. £50-70

125

Great Britain

1860 2½d rosy-mauve unused, with Specimen overprint (type 2), SG.53as, cat. £1,750. Reperfed, nevertheless with attractive fresh colour. £80-120

126

Great Britain

Small group of mostly line-engraved issues (12), including 1864-79 1d red plate 225 used with numeral bar cancel, unobtrusive corner creases etc. Also a trio of embossed issues. £90-120

127

Great Britain

1863 4d bright red (plate 4) with hairlines, SG.81, superb used with neat and horizontal Liverpool cds. Cat. £185. £40-50

128

Great Britain

1867 2/- blue, four used examples in different shades possibly including milky. Generally sound save large thin on T-B (lower left stamp per photo online). Approx. minimum cat. £1,000. £60-80

129

Great Britain

1872 6d chestnut (plate 11), SG.122a, used block of four with Stoneycroft cds postmarks. Cat. as singles £260.

£50-70

130

Great Britain

1882 5/- rose on blued paper, SG.130, with unusual manuscript accounting cancellation. Horizontal and corner creases, otherwise sound with good perfs. Cat. £4,000.

£80-100

131

Great Britain

1867-1883 surface-printed used group all with cds postmarks, including 2/- blue shades. Minimum cat. £740.

£80-100

132

Great Britain

1883-’84 high value set mint, the 5/- with gum imperfection, 10/- minor faults with horizontal crease at bottom hardly showing from front. Min. cat. £3,800.

£270-320

133

Great Britain

1884 5/- rose, SG.180 (cat. £250), used with superb Beaumaris cds postmark, a beauty!

£50-70

134

Great Britain

1884 10/- cobalt on white paper overprinted ‘Specimen’ (type 9), SG.182s, unobtrusive creasing incl. ironed heavy diagonal crease showing on front as slight pale streak, still a highly collectable example of this stamp with good perfs and colour. Cat. £3,400.

£300-350

135

Great Britain

1884 10/- ultramarine, SG.183 (cat. £525), attractive used with fairly neat registration cancel and good colour. £80-100

136

Great Britain

1884 10/- ultramarine on white paper, four cds used examples in various shades, creases from minor to heavy. Minimum cat. £2,100. £140-160

137

Great Britain

1881-’90 mint group with 1d lilac 14-dots in two shades both MNH, ‘lilac and green’ issues incl. 6d green, plus 10d jubilee shades, the carmine MNH. Cat. £1,600 as all hinged.

£140-170

138

Great Britain

1887 jubilee 9d dull purple and bright blue block of six with cds postmarks of Mountmellick, Ireland (ironed vertical creases in left-hand column); 1900 1/- green and carmine cds single and strip of three, latter with rust spots on reverse hardly affecting superb appearance. Total catalogue as singles £850. £70-100

139

Great Britain

1887 2½d purple and blue, deeper shade, with inverted watermark (SG.201Wi) cds used. Cat. £1,400. £140-180

140

Great Britain

1887 2½d purple and blue, pale shade (SG.201Wi var.) very attractive used with neat cds. Cat. £1,400. £140-180

141

Great Britain

1887 9d jubilee, watermark inverted (SG.209Wi) used with neatly struck London hexagonal datestamp. Subtle 1cm wrinkle upper right (lower left in photo) invisible from front. Cat. £2,800.

£250-300

142

Great Britain

Interesting late QV group including 1½d mint block of sixteen (reinforced/re-attached between the two blocks of eight) with c/AN/s perfin, elusive Jubilee inverted watermarks on used 1½d (cat. £500, shaved perfs lower edge) 4d (cat. £650) and 9d (cat. £2,800), the 9d with pulled lower right corner. Also O.W. Official ½d and 1d.

£270-320

143

Great Britain

1912 Edward VII high values trio mint, very thin and faint pencil mark on 5/- from first ‘S’ of ‘Shillings’ to centre, 10/- perhaps with cleaned staining. Cat. £3,600.

£250-300

144

Great Britain

1902 Edward VII high values trio with cds postmarks, SG.262, 263, 265. The 10/- with small hole in heavy part of cancel lower left, still superb appearance. Cat. £930.

£60-80

145

Great Britain

1906 ½d green booklet pane of 5 with St. Andrew’s Cross label, watermarks inverted, MNH with excellent perfs and still in booklet with the cover in very decent condition (BA2 type). Cat. £700.

£60-80

146

Great Britain

Excellent Edwardian range with unmounted mint (8) and used (11), the MNH including 1910 7d deep grey-black corner margin example with RPS certificate, 4d orange margin block of four of unidentified printing but likely the 1911 Harrison bright-orange (cat. £900 as singles), 1/- dark green and scarlet SG.312 (cat. £240), and Royal Household 1d official (cat. £325 as hinged). The used group mainly with superb cds postmarks.

£200-250

147

Great Britain

KEVII Officials used: 1902 Office of Works 2d, two examples (one on piece, badly pulled perfs lower right into frame) both with District Office registration cancels, the off-piece example signed, couple of short perfs bottom centre. Then Admiralty 1903 first type ovpt on two examples of the 3d. In our opinion all genuine, though not guaranteed. Total cat. £1,200.

£60-80

148

Great Britain

KGV mint never hinged range with 1d scarlet-vermilion shade (small central spot of gum disturbance), 1d coil join pair, ‘Cancelled’ ovpts on ½d perf and 1d imperf pair (both creased), plus sideways watermarks on 2d orange (SG.421) and on photogravure set to 2d orange (SG.442b).

£120-140 149

149

Great Britain

1913-1919 KGV seahorses trio with cds postmarks: Waterlow 10/-, Bradbury/Wilkinson 5/- and 10/-, plus three 1934 re-engraved 10/- examples. Clearly select quality despite the odd blunt perf. Total cat. over £1,200.

£100-120

150

Great Britain

KGV seahorses range, 55 cds used examples with several 10/- examples of earlier printings in various shades, through to re-engraved incl. 10/superb block of six. Turkish/Aegean postmarks noted plus scarce Post Office Training School overprints on 2/6d and 10/-. Also 1919 Bradbury/Wilkinson 10/- dull blue seahorse mint pair (SG.417, cat. £950) lightly hinged (once top centre) with good colour, a few pulled perfs lower left and minuscule blemish in lower margin. A very useful array for the seahorses collector.

£300-350

151

Great Britain

A visually very striking parcel piece with franking of KGV issues including re-engraved seahorses and £1 PUC, the latter affected by creases. All with bright purple cds postmarks dated 23.12.36.

£200-250

152

Great Britain

1924 1½d brown complete coil of 480 stamps (Code N), in unopened ‘Harrison & Sons, Contractors’ wrapper, bound with lead-sealed fabric. Uncommon this well-preserved.

£80-120

153

Great Britain

KGVI used or MNH range, the MNH incl. 1937-47 inverted watermarks set to 2½d, 1939 2/6d brown margin block of four and three examples of the 10/- incl. ‘broken stem’.

£120-140

154

Great Britain

Accumulation of early QEII issues on stockcards etc, including 1959 2d brown watermark error (SG.605a, £200) MNH, 5/- castle used with inverted wmk (either SG.596Wi or 596aWi, £600 or £300), 1965 9d Telecommunication MNH corner block of six with shifted black printing emphasised by the traffic lights, as well as several Field Post usage covers, Harrison & Sons promotional card with the 1972 anniversaries set affixed, etc. An interesting range.

£100-120

GREAT BRITAIN: COLLECTIONS

155

Great Britain

Four-volume collection 1840-1990s, the earlier issues in two Oriel albums, the later in two SG hingeless albums. Begins with a small range from the line-engraved period incl. unused 2d Mulready envelope (stereo a199), attractive four-margins penny black (plate 6, N-D) with red Maltese cross, another example on cover three-margins and heavy crease, also a nice set of used ½d ‘bantams’ including plate 9 sound with numeral postmark. The other Oriel album houses a commemorative collection incl. 1925 Exhibition set MNH, comprehensive phosphor sets MNH, etc. The later decimal (SG albums) all MNH including an apparently complete volume for definitive printings.

£400-450

156

Great Britain

Collection of used stamps from 1840-1960s housed in a black Windsor album with slipcase, including 1840 1d black four margins, another in case with two of the margins very close or just touching, 1840 2d blue with margins all round save just touching top left corner, further lineengraved incl. about 100 1d red plates, 2d blues, ½d plates, useful surface-printed to 5/-, KEVII shades and values to 10/- cds, lots of KGV varieties, sound 10/- seahorse (Bradbury/Wilkinson), etc, through to officials. Mixed condition, please inspect.

£250-300

157

Great Britain

Collection in four volumes incl. pair of Windsor albums with used in mixed condition, starting with three penny blacks: L-H four margins save shaving top right corner, with interesting MX; E-B attractive four margins with excellent vermilion MX, heavy horizontal crease; R-F the best with four margins, partial neat red MX and no faults; then other useful line-engraved incl. 1d red plates to 224, surface-printed in very mixed condition to 2/blue shades, KEVII and KGV shades, seahorses to 10/-, etc. Next best book is a binder of postal history with interesting 19th century incl. fourmargin imperf 1d red frankings, 1d ‘stars’ strip, etc., well worth closer investigation. See this family’s other Lots: 184 and 205.

£400-500

158

Great Britain etc.

Accumulation in a long carton with several binders including collections of Machin cylinder blocks and Guernsey booklets (70 different), red binder with several dozen QEII stationery cards with duplication, further mint sets and part-sets in a shoebox of cards with clean MNH quality from KGV photogravure onwards, another shoebox with run of GB folded booklets, etc. A decent range of material.

£80-120

159

Great Britain

Accumulation of KEVIII and KGVI defins in quantity loaded in two stockbooks including large numbers of sideways and inverted watermarks incl. on 1938 2d and 1937 2½d. Approx. 3,000 KEVIII issues and over 10,000 KGVI stamps with values to 6d. Huge catalogue value and good hunting ground for further specialised varieties.

£100-150

160

Great Britain

Collection of booklet panes organised (on the whole) in a binder, with KGV (7), KEVIII (20), KGVI (87) and QEII (150+ Wilding) along with 1967 Guernsey 3d and 4d full sheets, a small collection of decimal booklet panes on album pages and a small group of control blocks. Some better here, with advertising/message labels in all reigns. Unchecked, please inspect.

£100-150

161

Great Britain

Mint collection in eight small albums, issues to at least 2011, with face value over £900.

£400-450

162

Great Britain

Post Office Training School

Wonderful specialised collection on the Post Office Training School overprints, many hundreds of stamps including booklet panes, stationery items, covers, etc. presented in scholarly fashion in four loose-leaf albums from the estate of the collector whose main Great Britain albums we sold last July (Lots 71-80, hammer total just under £20,000). Lots of seldom-seen material here, starting with bar overprints on KGV Exhibition 1924 duo, re-engraved seahorses 2/6d and 5/-, photogravure values to 5d, 1936 KEVIII set, much KGVI to 2/6d incl. many blocks, the QEII period naturally extensive starting with Wilding booklets made-up for the School, booklet panes, an impressive range of ‘SCHOOL SPECIMEN’ overprints including complete 4/6d Wilding booklet and pre-decimal Machin booklets, also on a wonderful range of pre-decimal commemoratives, right through to more recent Machin types. Also postal orders, varied stationery from KGVI onwards, ‘poached egg’ testing label section with covers, vending machine testing booklets, etc, etc. Assembled over a lifetime, highly recommended.

£500-750

163

Great Britain

Crate and box with 16 albums, issues running from 1840 sound penny black (incomplete margins) through to mint QEII with £350+ of nonMachin face value. The bulk of the collection is commemorative covers and FDCs, plenty of the former, some signed including a few of the RAF issues. Please inspect.

£200-250

162 (part)

GREAT BRITAIN: MODERN MINT & FDC COLLECTIONS

164

First Day Cover collection 1980s to 2017 chronologically organised in 25 binders, interspersed with invoices and promotional literature, also frequent PHQ cards, the odd booklet/mint set and numismatic item, etc.

£80-120

165

Great Britain

First Day covers from 1980s to 2014 in eleven neat Royal Mail albums, plus 2012 Olympics special binder with the panes of six FDCs.

£80-120

166

Great Britain

Fifteen year packs from 1980s to 2003, face value approx. £270.

£120-140

167

Great Britain

Two large containers and three grocer’s boxes, with collection of presentation packs and FDCs in 15 binders, the FDCs 1937 to 2021, pres. packs less extensive, plus 2012 Olympics FDC binder with set of mint panes. Then about 14 stockbooks with mostly used run from 1952 to recent. Three further volumes with specialisation on Machins incl. cylinder blocks. Non-Machin face value well over £400.

£200-250

168

Great Britain

Two cartons with two Lighthouse hingeless albums of mint defins and commems, loose presentation packs, year packs and FDC albums. Face value at least £450.

£200-250

169

Great Britain

Box of FDCs from 1940s to 1990s in four small and two larger binders, incl. 3rd May 1951 new colour defins and Festival of Britain combination. Also noted three-margins penny black among sundry loose cards, etc.

£50-70

170

Great Britain

Banker’s box with mint sets to about 2005 in two blue stockbooks, FDCs of same period incl. a separate bunch of the more recent with further mint sets and souvenir sheets included, plus 2012 Olympics 1st class panes (29). Also SG decimal period album unused. Face value at least £460.

£200-250

171

Great Britain

Collection in two cartons: year packs from 1990 to 2006 and FDCs for same period to 2007 in six clean Post Office binders including 55 numismatic/medallic with well over £100 of legal tender. Face value of year packs will be at least £460.

£250-300

172

Great Britain and Jersey

Two binders of Jersey FDCs and presentation packs of the 1980s and 1990s plus a binder of well over 150 Great Britain definitive booklets with face value approx. £240.

£70-100

173

Presentation packs in four binders (three Royal Mail), non-chronological from pre-decimal to 2016. Face value over £1,100.

£550-600

174

Great Britain etc.

Collection in three small cartons with PHQ cards in eight binders (five Royal Mail), plus schoolboy album and presentation packs or cards of mint sets of the 1990s and into 2000s with face value over £550.

£250-300

175

Great Britain etc.

Large box including two Royal Mail presentation pack binders and a shoebox of extra packs to 2010, with face value over £700. The rest of the box is general worldwide loose in envelopes, small albums etc.

£350-400

176

Great Britain etc.

A carton of material including Great Britain mint sets and presentation packs into 2000s with face value over £850, a few other albums, mainly Australia collection with ‘roos to 5/-, also some accessories incl. Post Office binder for presentation packs, Gibbons Part 1 British Commonwealth catalogue 2011, etc.

£400-450

177

Great Britain

Collection of FDCs and presentation packs, 1980s onwards in a carton and container, the mint sets mainly from 2000 to 2012 including Olympics self-adhesives, with face value over £1,000. Also noted five coinage proof packs 1979-’82.

£450-500

178

Great Britain etc.

Neatly-presented accumulation in 30 various volumes filling two large clear containers and a small box, with GB presentation packs and some smiler sheets etc. of at least £450 face value, then FDCs ranging from 1951 to 2022 with a large proportion gutter pair sets, similarly the PHQs here are usually gutter pair first day, plus other commem covers including with signatures, numismatic covers, an album of ten large artist-signed FDCs 2002-2006, elements too of Channels/IoM and worldwide, inspection recommended. Further to all this another box with five smart albums of approx. 350 colourful 21st century Buckingham FDCs to 2021, some signed, including 2016 Olympic gold medallists covers with 34 winners’ signatures incl. Adam Peaty and Andy Murray, the latter being the second of his signatures seen in this collection.

£500-750

179

Great Britain

Three low plastic containers, including three binders of MNH sets, souvenir sheets and smilers sheets, earlier presentation packs incl. a couple of pre-decimal issues in quantity, prestige booklets, etc. also PHQ cards solidly filling one of the containers. Face value alone will be over £1,400.

£600-800

180

Great Britain

Collection of presentation packs (plus the odd numismatic cover etc.) in 11 Royal Mail binders, issues to 2015 with face value well over £1,600.

£700-800

181

Great Britain

A carton with six Post Office binders of presentation packs and approx 70 loose packs, exclusively commemoratives, looking comprehensive to 2018, with face value of at least £2,200.

£1,000-1,250

182

Great Britain

Grocer’s box and additional small carton of presentation packs to 2019, many with more than one souvenir sheet inserted. Also prestige booklets, some ‘smiler’ sheets incl. early Christmas issues, envelope noted with approx. £30-£50 market value of British and Foreign banknotes, etc. Face value will be in excess of £3,000.

£1,250-1,500

183

Channel Islands and Isle of Man

High-quality MNH collection in three thick binders, no 1940s issues though comprehensive thereafter with sets and souvenir sheets through to 2008. Very substantial face value.

£200-250

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: COLLECTIONS & BOXES

184 (part)

184

British Commonwealth Collector’s accumulation in several albums, virtually everything pre-1950, with New Ideal album including interesting Indian States, British Africa, Natal 1902 £1.10 mint (SG.143, cat. £600), Nauru and NWPI mint to 10/- with vibrant colours and unchecked for better types, etc. Also small stockbook with good range incl. Bahamas, Gibraltar, Malta all to high values, Cameroon C.E.F. surcharges used, curious Zululand 4d double ovpt (SG.6 var, with pencil or washed/faded manuscript strike across), binder of 1937 coronation sets on cover, recurring Canada incl. Quebec set mint (disturbed gum), etc. An excellent lot, requiring further investigation. See this family’s other Lots: 157 and 205.

£500-750

185

British Commonwealth etc.

Wine box with accumulation of many KGVI sets and short sets all MNH in old glassines, 1949 UPU set MNH appearing complete and in pristine quality, GB 1936 3/- booklet Edition #321 (Dubarry talcum powder ad pane), etc. plus Strand album. Better varieties very possible.

£100-120

186

British Commonwealth Green Stanley Gibbons King George VI album well-filled with mint stamps and occasional used, many better issues including (mint unless otherwise stated) Bermuda high values complete, Cyprus 1938 set, Hong Kong $10 green and violet used, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1938 sets, Silver Wedding sets, etc. Quality is generally clean despite the odd small fault and some stamps (excluding quoted highlights) requiring a little care to detach due to poor method of hingeing. Please inspect.

£400-600

187

British Commonwealth

Two green KGVI albums, partially remaindered yet still reasonably well-filled with thousands of stamps, overall more used than mint, some better, including Leeward Islands to £1 mint. Along with a loose-leaf third album with a more basic range. Please inspect.

£200-250

188

British Commonwealth

Mint and used collection in a remaindered though still well-filled red SG King George VI album, mixed condition yet plenty of useful issues and sets incl. Silver Wedding and other high values.

£200-250

189

British Commonwealth Mint and used collection in a reasonably well-filled green SG King George VI album, some mixed condition yet on the whole the mint is reasonable quality including frequent Silver Wedding high values.

£200-250

190

British Commonwealth etc.

Two large cartons of sundry albums and loose, including two-volume New Age collection with 100s of mint and used QEII issues, two large stockbooks of mint and used KGVI with plenty of useful material, plus schoolboy albums etc.

£200-250

191

British Commonwealth

Vintage collection in three boxed albums: green New Ideal for the KGV (clean album sparsely filled) and continuing in two red New Age albums for KGVI, majority mint, including 1935 silver jubilee sets either mint or used, most UPU sets mint, etc. Much of the mint KGVI is partially stuck though some will lift easily. Those stuck fortunately do not include the best which is the Kelantan Sultan Ismail $5 (SG.54, cat. £1,000).

£250-300

192

British Commonwealth

Three cartons (plus bag), including a solid run of 1980s to 21st century MNH sets and souvenir sheets in several neat albums along with new issues on loose cards as posted, especially Singapore to 2006, Pitcairn to 2006, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Antarctic Territory, etc. Futher material includes a collection on pages in four large red binders with some useful KGVI and sets of early QEII, plus world FDCs in various small binders, etc. Huge new issue cost here.

£300-350

193

British Commonwealth Collection/accumulation in two albums and two stockbooks, mostly used, with Australia highly complete simplified collection incl. ‘roos to 10/- and Harbour Bridge set, then comprehensive to 2000; South Africa similarly solid on a simplified run, the Cape triangles and early surcharges in mixed condition and the later pictorial high values are singles; Trinidad incl. fiscal cancelled 1896-1906 5/-, 10/- and £1. The stockbooks have a duplicated showing of many hundreds of 19th and early 20th century Trinidad with postmark interest, as well as Australian States, British Africa, GB Kings, etc.

£200-250

COUNTRY & THEMATIC COLLECTIONS ETC

194

France - Art

Collection of about 100 First Day maximum cards on the theme of art, written up on pages in five Plymouth albums, with MNH and used single stamps alongside, issues running from 1961 to the early 2000s.

£50-70

195

Ireland

A hefty binder of MNH sets and souvenir sheets, quite comprehensive from the 1930s onwards. Also loose in sleeves are about a decade of FDCs late 1960s to late ‘70s complete or nearly so, maximum cards, etc. Significant € face value with issues through to 2008.

£150-200

196

Netherlands and Colonies

Collection in five red loose-leaf albums, de-luxe in their day though now mouldy on some covers, with neatly presented issues from classics to 1940s, with useful 19th century range, better early 20th century incl. syncopated perfs, etc, through to a good showing of mid-20th century FDCs. Please inspect.

£200-250

198

Yugoslavia

Collection in two albums, a mix of mint and used, the first album for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, 1940s Serbia etc, incl. Bosnia 1906 pictorial 2kr myrtlegreen perf 12½ and 9½ compound used (SG.200D), 1914 10kr mint (SG.382), etc.

£200-250

199

Aircraft and Flights

Five-volume collection, with two binders of flight covers, the first for Concorde-related covers (47) 1969-2003 incl. several signed, the other binder with 41 general aviation-related and flight covers with about a quarter signed. Then three albums with several hundred different stamps on the theme, along with SG ‘Collect Aircraft on Stamps’.

£70-100

200

British Commonwealth and Great Britain

Seven SG binders, two with GB basic defins and commems from Edward VIII to 1970s with majority of sets both mint and used, the other four volumes each for mainly 1970s royal occasions incl. QEII silver jubilee etc.

£70-100

201

Silver etc.

A large carton of stamps, coins and postcards, including sterling silver Silver Jubilee stamp ingots (3) and other solid silver ingots with current bullion value approx. £140. The coins with about 100 currency and commem with a little silver from 1920s onwards, a few Irish, etc. Stamps in a couple of schoolboy albums and several FDC binders, and about 200 old postcards to inspect.

£100-150

202

Miscellaneous

Small yet very eclectic holding with Queen Victoria and Kings silver ingot collections (approx. 250g = £140 at time of press), 1946 Victory omnibus set MNH in binder, 1897 ½d Diamond Jubilee ‘Commemorative Stamp’ label in full sheet of 120 (framed), 1909 edition of John Hendy’s ‘The History of the Postmarks of the British Isles from 1840 to 1876’ a scarce and still very useful study.

£100-150

203

Scouting and WWI

Three binders of 100s of different stamps on scouting theme in mint sets and m/s, with three volumes of large numismatic covers (17) mostly on First World War commemorative.

£70-100

201

WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS

An 1862 edition Lallier album in good condition (one of the two clasps working), very well-filled with several hundred stamps, N.B. the printed spaces arranged in descending order of denomination. Strong Europe section with German States incl. Wurttemberg 1852 18kr and 1857 18kr, Spain 1851 6r blue mint (SG.13, £4,250; Scott #10, $4,500) and 1854 2cts green on thin bluish paper (SG.32, £2,250; Sc#31b, $2,400), Italian States incl. Papal 50 bajocchi blue unused (SG.27, £19,000 as mint; Sc#10, $3,750) and 1 scudo rose used (SG.29, £4,000; Sc#11, $3,250), strong Sardinia embossed issues incl. 1853 and 1854 40cts rose issues used, Sicily set mint (20gr without gum, 50gr MNH fortunately left in glassine by a later collector), potentially good Tuscany, interesting Swiss cantonal issues, etc. though the Basel dove is certainly a forgery. Then Asia, Africa, America etc, incl. India 4a red and blue cut-square (faults), Cape of Good Hope 4d blue ‘wood-block’ (incomplete margins), Western Australia 1/- swan probably with margins added but good-looking, Sydney ‘harbour views’, Canadian Provinces, USA from 1847 5cts Franklin (faults) onwards, etc. Inevitably with an album of this early date there are many condition problems and repaired stamps, some stuck down, as well as reprints and forgeries. None of the above is guaranteed by us. A challenging collection, nevertheless with much possibility. Inspection strongly recommended.

£1,500-2,000

204 Worldwide Lallier Album

204 (part)

205

Worldwide

A somewhat battered old ‘Improved’ album with thousands of mint/unused and used stamps, with some British Commonwealth incl. India convention ovpts, interesting Persia, Portugal and Colonies, Latin America, USA, etc. A good hunting ground for potential discoveries. Accompanied by several other volumes of various kinds, most focus on Netherlands from classics onwards, please inspect. Also see this family’s other Lots: 184 and 157.

£300-400

206

Worldwide

Unusual collection of sheets and part-sheets filling a binder, quite diverse, including Argentina Confederation 1858 5cts red imperf sheets of 108 being two left-hand panes, written-up on cards showing two different settings; Turkey 1954 nurse and child block of 16 showing missing red in star and perforated only vertically, plus Danish defins and commems of the 1950s mint and c.t.o. (10 sheets), sheaf of USA postage due sheets and large-part-sheets with Kansas City pre-cancels, a few China 1980s, as well as much Germany from 1920s onwards. Please inspect.

£70-100

207

Worldwide

Vintage ‘Lincoln’ album, hundreds of stamps all pre-WWI, with Great Britain incl. space-filler penny black through to officials, China 1ct ‘red revenue’ used and Tientsin 15cts dragon bogus, as well as India, Japan, USA, etc.

£80-120

208

Great Britain and Worldwide

Collection in nine volumes, of which three are the GB, chiefly a Windsor album with a very useful run of issues incl. imperf 1d red superb used pair, another single with Irish MX, perf 2d plate 9 used pair perfectly centred, penny red plates, unused/regummed 1865 4d dull vermilion, later 19th century mint and used, KEVII with decent looking 10/- used, etc. Please inspect.

£150-200

209

Worldwide Triumph album with hundreds of 19th and early 20th century stamps, mainly a basic range of issues but including penny black (sound three margins), also an Adelphi album with a small range of early QEII.

£50-70

210

Worldwide, Czechoslovakia and France.

Four volumes of stamps incl. Czechoslovakia album with range of ‘Posta Ceskoslovenska’ ovpts to high values and other better issues, the rest mainly France incl. 1867 4cts grey unused, ‘peace and commerce’ to 5fr, through to 1950s portrait issues, etc. Mixed condition.

£70-100

211 Worldwide

Mostly used collection in some thirty binders, many thousands of stamps, some with duplication, including Channel Islands issues to 2020 with recent mint Post-and-Go sheetlets, the other countries displayed alphabetically incl. China and extensive USA.

£100-150

213

Worldwide

Carton with four stockbooks and four albums of mostly European country collections, generally used, including on pages: Netherlands with 2.50gld Wilhelm and Goldilocks types, 1913 portraits to 5gld, etc; USA collection with a range of classics, the 90cts Washington and Perry are spacefillers yet some useful lower values incl. 12cts grill, 24cts shades, etc, through to passable 50cts Omaha and Columbus etc; the Scandinavia book with Sweden incl. 1924 UPU sets both to 1kr green (the 2kr Gustav and carrier pigeon are faulty). One of the larger stockbooks is purely German States, several hundred in mixed condition. Please inspect.

£150-200

214

Worldwide

Simplex loose-leaf album of many hundreds mint and used mostly pre1950, starting with a handful of line-engraved GB incl. 2d blues, up to early QEII with castles better printings used, then Australia with 5/kangaroo attractive cds used, Hong Kong, India and States, etc. Along with a folder of later FDCs/covers loose incl. 1967 Tanquary Base Camp, Ellesmere Island expedition card.

£50-80

215

Worldwide

Collection of thousands of mint and used stamps from 1840 onwards (some later covers addressed to the most recent collector of the family) in a very hefty leather-bound ledger-style album. Will need to be viewed page by page, however we note a range of GB line-engraved starting with three penny blacks of which one is sound four-margins, KEVII to 5/- and a group of revenues incl. 6d postal fiscal in dark shade mint, China with a few coiling dragons, Hall of Classics $2 used and advertising labels, Hong Kong KGV to $3 cds used, Tristan da Cunha covers 1955 with Gough Island survey cachets, eclectic scrap-book style. Mixed condition on earlier stamps and covers. Please inspect.

£300-400

WORLDWIDE BOXES

216

Great Britain, Postal History, etc.

Interesting collection and accumulation in three large cartons and four smaller boxes, chiefly a collection in seven large binders, the first three with a didactic presentation on stamp collecting and history of the posts with Bishop marks of 1753 and 1787, red Bishop mark of 1799 beside Canterbury straight-line, Mulready issues incl. unused 2d envelope and letter-sheet, 1840 1d and 2d both with four margins, through to postal stationery which is continued in the next four volumes along with a very good range of First and Second World War postal history incl. PoW mail, a section on airgraphs, etc. Much more of interest also in the loose material with stockcards, covers, literature, etc, a close viewing is recommended.

£750-1,000

217

Worldwide

Box of eight volumes, including decent Bermuda with 1962 set mint and used and the 6d inverted wmk MNH (SG.168w, cat. £275, corner crease not showing badly), mint series of 1960s/’70s Bahrain (incl. 1966 SG.139/150 set), Kuwait, UAR, etc, good range of FDCs of Bermuda, Pakistan early 1960s, Cyprus 1960s, again Bahrain, etc. Also GB collection incl. four-margin penny black presumably washed cancel.

£200-250

218 Worldwide

Accumulation in 12 volumes in two clear tubs, range of 20th century incl. mint sets of France and Russia, thematics, etc, 1960s GB and Ireland FDCs - former incl. unusual cachets. Also 19th century issues on strips cut from ledger-style collection which gives some pizzazz.

£40-60

219

Worldwide

A carton of thousands of stamps in several vintage albums, album page collections and loose on cards, etc, noted US classics especially 12cts and 24cts Washington types, Spain classics, collection of over 100 Second World War soldier stamps, etc. Mixed condition. An eclectic lot for the sorter, please inspect.

£150-200

220

Worldwide

Container with accumulation incl. about 250+ Hong Kong FDCs from early 1960s to 2001, as well as a few schoolboy albums with hundreds of pre-1940 issues, etc.

£60-90

221

Great Britain and Worldwide

Accumulation in seven assorted stockbooks, schoolboy album, etc, eccentric organisation with some better material incl. late QV and KeVII mint ranges, line-engraved in mixed condition, 1936 2/- booklet (Ed.258) in decent condition, etc. Elsewhere noted India 4a cut-toshape otherwise sound.

£250-300

222

Great Britain etc.

Accumulation in four cartons, mostly Great Britain with decent range of mint issues in an SG album and much more from 19th century onwards in envelopes as bought online for generally small sums, a variety of commem covers noted incl. signed RAF, also elements of recent mint including the 29 panes of six for the 2012 Olympics (£165 face), along with the FDCs, binders etc. to form the full collection. A challenging viewing as much is still stored in envelopes, will be things to find here.

£150-200

223

Worldwide

Large carton of stockbook collections and interesting loose cards etc, main volumes are Russia, Bulgaria and other Eastern Europe with plenty of decent material, incl. Russia airmails and 1949 Pushkin souvenir sheet used. Also noted small boxes of GB kings bundles/quantities incl. officials. Please inspect.

£200-250

224

Worldwide

Carton of vintage material incl. two-volume collection of many hundreds pre-1950 with A-Z countries, incl. China, Japan 19th century back of the book, Persia 1907-09 to 50kr cto, USA incl. 1857/’60 12cts (perf faults), etc. plus tins of loose stamps to inspect.

£60-80

225

Worldwide

Sprawling collection of many thousands of stamps in about fifty volumes, untidily presented on mismatched and repurposed album pages etc, making pages easy to miss on a flick, so requiring thorough viewing as there are some decent issues to be found, noted Australia 5/- Harbour Bridge creased and heavy cds, occasional useful mint sets and new issues into the 21st century especially Canada and New Zealand.

£200-300

226

Worldwide

Accumulation of 1000s of stamps in vintage stockbooks plus a Manila file organised by country, with some postal history from 19th century to mid-20th, particularly Scandinavia, incl. Greenland and Iceland, as well as USA, some British Commonwealth, etc. Discovered inside one cover Iceland 1937 King Christian X Jubilee m/s on piece, elusive genuine used (SG.MS223, cat. £275).

£70-100

227

Worldwide

A box with a miscellaneous range, chief being a packet of twelve full sheets of the Northern Ireland 3d deep lilac and 4d ultramarine Wildings 1967-’68, with over £800 cat. of which £250 is in SG specialised listed flaws #XN5a/b. Other material includes an album of international railway-related FDCs etc. some with rust-spots, Falklands and B.A.T. FDCs, etc. Please inspect.

£70-90

228

Worldwide

Large accumulation in long container and two cartons (large and regular size) with at least forty volumes with many thousands of stamps, particularly thematic ranges, component of unexciting Germany, however some better sections here, incl. decent Thailand stockbook with surcharges, Australia perfin collection written-up on pages, Minkus Global album, etc.

£200-250

229

Worldwide

Three cartons including worldwide collection in several albums with generally basic issues, noted fourteen pages of China incl. crysanthemums and peonies (not full sets), many further stamps by country in envelopes, particularly UK and Australia to 2010s, a binder of Australasian FDCs incl. for the different islands of the A.A.T., plus accessories incl. as-new 2014 SG Part 1.

£100-150

230

Worldwide

A carton and container with somewhat scrappy accumulation of thousands of stamps in twenty volumes, mostly stockbooks, incl. several pages of China, Great Britain with a few useful earlier incl. sound penny black just short of four margins, through to presentation packs etc. into early ‘90s with face value approx. £100.

£100-150

231

Great Britain etc.

Carton of quite random material including new issues of Australia, Austria and GB, latter mostly in form of booklets with face value over £400. Also a mint collection of Australia in SG album with some better MNH incl. ANZAC 1/-, etc. European countries also with a few better issues, please inspect.

£200-250

232 Worldwide

Two cover albums and five stockbooks, with over thirty GB Victorian postal history items from stampless onwards incl. 1832 entire with ‘Abergavenny Penny Post’ and circular ‘Pontypool’, in the other album fifty 1937 Coronation omnibus FDCs of various countries. The stockbooks with thousands of stamps including plenty of useful early GB and Commonwealth taken from an old album, incl. two penny blacks (poor margins), lots of mint and used 19th century especially Canada and Provinces, Irish 1922 overprints mint to 5/- seahorse, Jamaica, Lagos, good Tobago incl. mint 1879 issues (the 1/- unused) and surcharges, etc. Also noted some classic USA, Eastern Silesia 20h rose imperf MNH (Scott #26a, cat. $300 as hinged), plus a shoebox of approx. 250 Czech FDCs 1960s and ‘70s. Will be enjoyable to organise this and make finds.

£400-450

233

Worldwide

Collection in four albums and a box file of further pages, with some Polar/Southern Atlantic interest, incl. Tristan da Cunha penguin local block, a few better items of postal history incl. Bouvet Island, US Polar Station cover, also Tierra del Fuego and Easter Island, etc., philatelic covers of St. Kitts, South Georgia and Greenland. Please inspect.

£50-70

234

Worldwide

Large container and additional smaller box with very disorganised mass of albums, album pages, cigar boxes, loose postal history etc, including stockbook of Great Britain KGV mint and another with earlier issues mint and used, QEII minor varieties written-up on pages, also a nice component of revenues noted with multiples on documents incl. Australian bills of exchange (30+) with KGVI Foreign Bill issues with high-value blocks, additional Australian States issues, etc, also a pretty series of unused US cigar revenues. An interesting lot to sort.

£150-200

235

Worldwide

Box of old albums and vintage loose accumulation with commercial correspondence (Hull chemical works) of the 1930s and 1940s with repeated Siam, Mauritius, Malaya, K.U.T., Egypt, etc. incl. cover from China with German censor seal, cover to Perak with ‘Damaged By SeaWater’ and ‘No Service - Return To Sender’ with manuscript note ‘received back autumn 1942’ (a year after posting). Hundreds more stamps of the period on and off-paper in envelopes. A most interesting box to explore.

£150-200

236

Worldwide

Carton of collections incl. Hungary two-volumes starting with an interesting range of engraved and litho Franz Josef issues, USA incl. plate blocks, Commonwealth mainly Australia and New Zealand, also many hundreds on stockcards incl. Fiume revenues, Falklands and Ascension first KGVI sets mint, a small box of Far-East with useful China, Japan classics presumed forged, etc. Please inspect.

£200-250

237 Accessories

Two boxed loose-leaf albums: red leather-bound ‘Oriel’ album (some small scuffs to spine) and a ‘Plymouth’ album in like-new condition, both with perfectly clean pages, along with a small box of other accessories including extra pages for both albums.

£40-50

238

Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

239

Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

240

Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

241 Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

242 Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

243 Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

POSTCARDS

246

A Tan Album Containing Approx. 280 Postcards of Huddersfield and Area including Slaithwaite, Holmfirth, Lindley, Marsden, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton, Bradley, Milnsbridge, Gocar and Meltham. A mix of periods and printed / Real Photographic but many good cards, animated street scenes, trams, football teams (2) mills, Social History etc

£800-1,000

244 Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

245 Worldwide

Unchecked accumulation of albums and stockbooks in five cartons/containers.

£100-150

246 (part)

247

A Red Album Housing Approx. 75 Larger Size Cards Covering the Miners’ Strike of the Early 1980s along with cuttings from the period with typed up notes and opinions on the situation. The album covers right up to 1992 when Michael Heseltine announced the closure of the 31 remaining pits. Hard to value but an advanced collection illustrating the situation at the time.

£40-60

248

A Further Album Containing a Mix of Subjects; Shop Fronts, Aviation & Early Aviators including Huck at Scarborough by Fisher of Filey and other noted aviators such as Le Blow, Cody and Hamel. Also a section of 40 early business correspondence cards from 1872- 6 and further sections with transport, charabancs, street scenes, London LL’s, Early and Religious.

£350-400

249

A Red Album of Approx 250 Cards Of Wakefield, Leeds and Bradford Areas with Airedale, Keighley And Skipton. A mix of printed and Real Photo with some very good.

£500-600

250

A Red Album Containing 45 Cards by Reg Maurice All of a Comic Nature, with a further 80 cards covering multiviews of the U. K. and Map cards from modern times with a further 73 cards on Royalty, mainly British but a little European from Queen Victoria to Elizabeth II.

£60-80

249 (part)

251

A Further Album Containing 118 Comic Cards, some Bamforth from mixed eras. A further 20 cards by Mabel Lucie Attwell, and then 73 comic cards mainly by T. L. Gilson, 9 by Comicus with a further 90 comic cards mainly by Bamforth.

£150-180

252

An Album Holding 60 Comic Cards including a Blackpool Suffragette with a further 150+ cards of USA, Canada and Nova Scotia which are modern

£40-60

253

An Ex Dealer’s Stock From West Yorkshire Who Ceased Trading In The 1990s. Box 1. This Wooden Box Contains Approx 600 Cards Covering Trains, Engines and Other Railway Related Cards. Officials, mainly London & North Western also a few A. R. Quintons, Judges published cards and Lighthouses. Amongst the railway are a few printed Railway Stations.

£200-250

254

Box 2. A Box of Topography sorted in to areas covering Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Scotland and Yorkshire. Many run-of-the-mill including Manchester, Southport and Blackpool but better in West Yorkshire noted including a range of Gomersal, East Bierley Cricket club and Culter Paper Mill in Aberdeenshire.

£250-300

255

Box 3. A Stock of Subject Cards including Embroidered Silks (7), Royalty (10), Filmstars (69) includes 3 Charlie Chaplins, Big Bands (10), Christmas (6) Transport (44) with some good unlocated views, Glamour (9), Trams (75) generally in Street Scenes, Boer War (40) Many shots of WW1 too and Shipping (150) including three Lusitania and one Nearer my God To Thee Titanic Memorial card and in addition Naval (77).

£250-300

256

A Black Binder and Small Red Album Containing Mixed Topo and a Bundle of Comic (44). Some cards of Berlin from the Third Reich era with some Nazi Generals (4) and some printed ephemera along with UK Royalty, USA Topography and Trains

£80-100

257

Two Black Binders Containing Approx 520 Cards. Again a wide mix of topo and subjects. Comic, Dogs, Cats etc with better topo noted of the Durham and Northumberland areas such as St. John’s Chapel, Sunderland, Esh Winning, Haydon Bridge and Dunston among others.

£150-200

258

Two Binders and An Album Containing a Mix of Foreign and USA Cards, also Actresses and Comic. Amongst the British topography, Scotland and Wales noted with the album generally containing York and Yorkshire cards.

£60-80

259

A Vintage Orange Album Containing Approx. 150 Postcards of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Sussex Cards. Mixed eras with printed and Real Photographic examples. All in clean condition.

£60-80

260

A Black Album Full With Around 125 Cards of Durham City and the Wider County. Better include Ryhope, Dunston, Frosterley Station, Shildon, Willington and Crook, Well presented and widely in good order.

£100-120

261

A Modern Orange Album Holding Around 500 Topographic Cards. These include Shropshire (24) including a nice range of Wildings mainly of Burwarton, Somerset (24) including better of Nether Stowey (2), Warwickshire (48), Worcestershire (6), Wiltshire (12) including better of Oare (2), Yorkshire (342) with better of Catterick, Bridlington, Guisborough, Harrogate Shop Front and War Memorial unveiling (3) and Perriots. Mixed quality but overall appear to be clean and in good order.

£200-250

262

An Album Holding Roughly 450 Cards. Starting with Aviation with an attractive page of L.L. published Early Aeroplanes, followed by other highlights such as an Aeroplane Crash at Bramerton Hill and Zeppelin cards (4). A section of Salmon published and other Artist Drawn cards followed by a more modern Transport section (105), then Shipping including the Aquitania Launch (4) and some nice Cunard Line cards, ships and harbours. A large section of Trains follows (142) , some named engines and Officials with some stations, Hartsfield, Alne and Hayling Island all Real Photo with some other printed also, Leeds –Newcastle Express Crash at Felling in 1907 (6) and finally a section on piers (60)

£300-350

263

A Blue Album Containing Mixed Subjects such as Royalty, People, Exhibitions, London, Advertising, Markets, Cats, Agricultural, Scouts and Social History. A wide mix, some repros too and from mixed eras.

£80-100

264

In Excess of 500 Cards In A Brown Album of Mixed Topography. A selection of Redcar and Saltburn cards of the more common seaside views followed by a selection of counties alphabetically arranged between Kent and Sussex. Better include Tankerton, Tunbridge Wells Veterans Association 1912, Heysham, Loughborough, Addiscombe (2), Capel (2) Limpsfield, Oxted (2) and Lancing (3). The remainder are generally fairly “run of the mill.”

£100-150

265

A Red Album with Approx. 380 Cards. A mixed lot with cards of Durham, Model Villages, Fairies (12), Comic, Bonzo, Mabel Lucy Attwell, Bamforths, Large Letters, Social History etc.

£100-120

266

A Yellow Binder of Mixed Topo and Subject Cards. Ranging from early to modern to repro. Sport, Bridges, Canals, Rivers and Animals are all covered with also modern disasters such as the 1987 Hurricane and the 1995 Southend on Sea Pier fire. Better topo including Heighington at back of album but very mixed. In addition also a brown album of mixed modern cards.

£100-120

267

A Yellow Binder Holding a Selection of Embroidered Silks (24) mostly bright and clean including The Salvation Army. Also a selection of Military and Northern France topography, many with censor marks, an interesting set of photographic views of the explosion at Fort de Longin, Belgium, Hitler (8) Easter Uprising of 1916 (5) Battle of Stepney East End Siege (10 and in mixed condition) also Military Hospitals.

£150-180

262 (part)

268

Four Black Photo Albums Holding Approx. 340 Cards All Kept or Sent to His Family in England by Stuart William Buchanan McGregor. Countries covered include France, Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Cuba, Jamaica, USA, Russia, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand including some Real Photographic cards, Cook Islands, Canada and Tahiti. The cards date from 1909 – 1922 with some postally used, those used examples predominantly still having their stamps intact.

£150-200

269

A Further Black Album of Approx 80 Cards Sent or Retained by Stuart William Buchanan McGregor for his family in England of China and the Far East, Amongst the Chinese cards are Hankow / Wuhan, Peking with streets, traditions, Social History, Other areas covered include Shanghai, Hong Kong, Penang, Malaysia and Singapore. Again some postally used with their postage stamps and cancellations intact. Overall in very good order.

£200-300

270

A Black Album and Box of Loose Postcards containing a mixed collection of topographic and subject cards. The topographical cards are northern generally with better cards including Bradford City A.F.C., Whitwell, Aviation and a couple of good Burnley cards by Broughton. Other cards include comic and a selection of Morecambe.

£300-350

271

Two Albums Holding a Collection of South Shields, Tynemouth and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Some Ephemera and some reproductions but generally a good selection of views, some better street scenes and some Real Photographic examples. A small selection of Australia. The second album contains Foreign and Scottish Topography with a selection of Leith and shipping lines that traded from there.

£200-250

272

A Box Containing a Collection of Mixed Subjects and Topography with Shipping, Aviation and Cars all present along with Yorkshire with some better including Stanningley & Farsley Carnival, Frodingham Iron Works, Mirfield, 1st Pudsey Lifeboat Launch, and good Stanningley Street Scenes by the Phototype Co. of Leeds (3), along with others.

£100-150

273

A Brown Album Containing Around 70 Postcards which are corner mounted along with a few paper prints. The cards cover from the South of England to the Lancashire & Yorkshire and right up to the Highland Railway, Trains, Engines Tube (1) and also a Snowplough (1) Nicely presented in the album.

£50-70

272 (part)

274

An Impressive Large Modern Black Album Containing Roughly 260 Postcards, all of subject interest. Mixed subjects but generally all cards of quality, some exceptional. Including; Tuck Oilette Press Outs of Birds (5), Advertising, Heraldic, Early Comic, Art Nouveau including Raphael Kirchner Geisha Girls (2) Silks, woven and embroidered (19) including Kitchener and Regimental, Florence Upton Golliwogs (2), Harry Payne Military (6), Horse Racing, Football, Father Christmas (29), Cats including a large quantity by Louis Wain, 40, yes 40 Louis Wains, 13 Tuck Calendar types, the rest a variety of publishers and subjects including Fortune Telling, Racing, Diablo etc. Glamour – 2 cards by Nerman, Multiple Babies Heads (6), Teddy Bears (6) and German Zeppelin (12). Condition good to very good generally across the album, some with a little corner wear or notated to obverse but very much in the minority. A valuable collection which deserves comprehensive viewing.

£1,000-1,500

275

A Shoebox of Postcards Covering Topography Generally of Yorkshire, Northern England and Norfolk. Many of the Aberford and Stokesley areas with a range of villages in the Fakenham area of Norfolk also. Better cards include Stokesley Show, Garforth and Barwick in Elmet. A nice lot with some interesting scenes.

£200-220

276

Two Small Modern Albums (Black & Green) Of Approx. 95 Postcards of Hartlepool, Seaton Carew and Greatham (2). A mix of Real Photographic and printed, mainly printed, Scarcer items could be York Road (3) and Grange Road. A mix of publishers including W. & A. K. Johnston and Brittain & Wright as well as the national companies.

£100-120

277

Two Black Photographic Albums Containing In Excess of 320 Postcards of the British Royal Family from Queen Victoria upto the Late Queen. The cards include Portraits, Family Groups including those of the wider family including the Lascelles. Memoriam cards. State events such as Coronations and Funerals etc. Also an interesting card featuring the marriage of Edward VIII / Duke of Windsor to Wallace Simpson in France in 1937. In addition a brown scrapbook with a number of modern cards of Charles and Diana etc. Many Real Photographic cards.

£60-80

278

A Bundle of Over 60 Postcards and Also 20 Plain Backed Postcard-Sized Photographs Mainly all of a Shipping/Maritime Theme. Of interest is a Post Disaster card of R.M.S. Titanic, Real Photographic but with a crease to lower right corner area, also a Post Sinking card of the Lusitania, again Photographic by the National Series and is very pleasant. Other cards include a number of Artist Drawn advertising the White Star Line and Cunard amongst others.

£80-100

279

A Vintage Album, Two Modern Albums and Loose. The main album contains a lot of greeting cards with some comic. Topography is limited but is generally better including Bramley, Selby, Barkston Ash and Howden with examples by E. L. Scrivens (4). Also approx. 100 comic cards in a black album of various makers and artists and a quantity of loose including some silk cards (19) of mixed conditions including an East Yorkshire (Regiment) one.

£100-120

280

A Blue Album plus Loose, with mixed subjects including greetings, song cards, Edwardian actresses, plus better with Hull shipping interest incl. four Parrish & Berry, Lampeter, Waldringfield (Suffolk), etc.

£80-100

281

A Black Album Containing 134 Cards All Featuring Thanksgiving Day. A wide selection of greetings around this American special day, some embossed, many featuring a turkey or traditions from the day. Also 12 Large Number year cards, mainly 1908 but also 1909 and 1910 amongst them.

£100-120

282

£800-1,000

283

£200-300

A Black Album Holding a Comprehensive and Advanced Aviation Collection. Around 336 postcards with several views of Croydon Aerodrome and Imperial Airways, A large number published by a Liverpool Photographer for ‘The Aeroplane’ from c. 1930s – 60s from the normal to the downright weird! Lots of different and interesting aeroplane designs shown. Well worth viewing.

A Blue Album with Artist Drawn Military including 13 from the Out for Victory Series, Harry Payne (12), general Military, Embroidered Silks (24) A quantity of pretty girls / glamour, many drawn by A. Mauzan (26) and Frederick Spurgin (12) amongst others.

282 (part)

284

A Red Album Containing Approx. 135 Postcards Published by R. & J. Lea Postcards – Old Pottery & Porcelain Series. Attributed to a local tobacconist anywhere in the country on the reverse it would appear these cards were sold through various tobacconists between c.1910 and 1920. A niche market but certainly of interest.

£100-120

285

A Green Album Holding a Quantity of Cinema Stars (96) followed by a collection of shipping including Cunard Liners RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauritania along with Naval ships including a German Submarine Mine Layer and a little topography including a fine Cabinet Card of Edgware somewhere in the 1880s or 90s.

£80-100

286

An Outstanding Album Containing Quality Topographic Postcards Many of Southern Counties. Animated street scenes, rich in events and social history. The 430 or so cards also include a little shipping, London Stations, Railway Stations and a number of an Ashford Procession (18). Many expensive cards in this lot, every page with new delights.

£1,200-1,500

287

Four Albums and Loose Postcards of Totnes And Following the Course of the River Dart through Sharpham Woods, to Stoke Gabriel and Stoke Fleming down to Dartmouth and Kingsweir with a few of nearby Blackpool Sands too. Also a small selection of Sunbury and Walton on Thames in Surrey. Of the hundreds of Dartmouth cards many are printed and are different examples of popular parts of the town such as the castle and church, Butter Walk, Foss Street and General Views etc. but there are some better photographic examples by regional and local photographers. A mix of eras from Edwardian to 1960.

£500-600

288

A Large Box Containing Two Albums and a Modern Black Binder of Cards with Three Small Plastic Boxes Also. A mix of subjects including Comic cards (170) representing most of the usual publishers and artists, one of the albums contains a quantity of Edwardian Actresses, a small album with British topography including Ashford Floods (3). Loose and plastic boxes include booklets and UK and Foreign views including Australia and several of the Portland Floods in Oregon in 1948 along with a handful of booklets and books about Deltiology.

£150-200

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NEXT STAMPS, POSTAL HISTORY & POSTCARDS SALE

SATURDAY 5 JULY 2023

2023 AUCTION DATES

Saturday 4 March

20th Century Design

Saturday 4 March

Modern & Contemporary Art

Friday 10 March

Antiques & Interiors

Wednesday 15 March

Stamps, Postal History & Postcards

Saturday 18 March

Spring Fine Art Sale

Saturday 18 March

British, European & Sporting Art

Saturday 18 March

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver

Wednesday 22 March Militaria & Ethnographica

Friday 24 March

Antiques & Interiors

Wednesday 5 April

Toys & Collectables

Thursday 6 April

Antiques & Interiors, to include: Beswick & Border Fine Art

Wednesday 19 April

Natural History & Taxidermy