Stamps, Postcards & Postal History - 4 March

STAMPS, POSTCARDS & POSTAL HISTORY FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022

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STAMPS, POSTCARDS & POSTAL HISTORY The Stamps, Postcards & Postal History Sales cover the full spectrum of philatelic collecting, and comprise world accumulations, single country or themed lots, single stamps and sets, and specialised collections that can include errors and varieties. British and overseas postal history memorabilia, from pre-stamp to modern times are included, too.

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STAMPS, POSTCARDS & POSTAL HISTORY FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022 AT 10.30AM AUCTION The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG

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FRONT COVER Lots 47 & 226 BACK COVER Lots 146, 18, 59 & 218

Welcome to the March Stamps and Postcards Sale. By a happy coincidence we have the opportunity to offer two impressive yet largely non-overlapping collections (Lots 1-85 and 86-100) that together cover Great Britain booklets and booklet panes of all reigns as well as strong plate blocks. The sale presents items hardly ever seen on the market, highlights being the sealed ‘Memoranda’ booklet of 1891 (Lot 1), a rare George VI slot-machine issue (Lot 61), a Wilding mis-cut booklet (Lot 64) and a wonderful range of specimen overprints and proofs. Both collectors were perfectionists keen on completion and their collections have been very enjoyable and exciting to go through.

Joseph Addison Stamp Consultant

ORDER OF SALE FRIDAY 4 MARCH Booklet Collector’s Collection 1-85 A Lancashire Collection from Pre-Stamp Postal History to Booklet Panes 86-100 Great Britain: Single and Groups 101-112 Great Britain: Collections 113-138 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 139-141 Foreign and British Commonwealth singles and One-Country Collections 142-162 British Commonwealth Collections and Boxes 163-171 Thematic and Omnibus Collections 172-177 Worldwide Collections 178-185 Worldwide Box Lots 186-195 Postal History and Collateral 196-198 Postcards 199-233

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BOOKLET COLLECTOR’S COLLECTION

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Great Britain Queen Victoria Booklet The world’s first postage booklet available to the public, produced for commercial purposes by the Stamp Distribution Syndicate in 1891, sealed intact in cream paper envelope with punch holes and ‘SDS’ perfin tab, the woven cover inscribed ‘Memoranda’. One of the rarest domestic booklets and this certainly one of the finest extant, with just a few small breaks at edge of the fragile wrapper. Cat. £9,000.

£2,000-3,000

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Great Britain Edward VII Trial Booklet 1903 trial booklet for substance of cover, white cover marked “C” and “Quality of cover but the substance to be as pattern marked ‘D’”, containing full complement of Minerva Head labels: one red pane and two green. Hinge remains on reverse lower edge, otherwise as good as it gets for this scarce trial. Cat. £1,600.

£350-450

3 Great Britain Edward VI First Booklet 1904 2/- booklet, BA1 with watermarks inverted, the first booklet officially issued in Great Britain. Very fine quality. Cat. £500.

£120-140 www.tennants.co.uk

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Great Britain King Edward VII 1st Booklet ‘Specimen’ 1904 first issued booklet BA1 with ‘Specimen’ overprint type 16, watermarks inverted. Negligible faults only, excellent quality for this very scarce specimen booklet. Cat. £4,000.

£700-900

5 Great Britain King Edward VII ‘Specimen’ 1d. Pane 1904 1d red pane from booklet BA1, wmk inverted, overprinted with ‘specimen’ type 16 (15½ mm), MB5at. Mint never hinged. Cat. for hinged pane (and as hinged singles) £2,100.

£350-400

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Great Britain King Edward VII Booklet 1906, KEVII 2nd issue, BA2, superb quality for this scarce early booklet. Cat. £2,200.

£350-450

7 Great Britain King Edward VII 2nd Issue, Watermark Variations 1906, two examples of the KEVII 2nd issue booklet BA2, one with the 1d panes wmk inverted and ½d panes wmk upright (pen note on front), the other vice versa (small faults to cover). Cat. £4,400.

£350-450

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Great Britain King Edward VI Interleaf Trial Booklet 1909 trial for printing on the interleaves, the complete booklet with five Minerva panes and six paper interleaves with advertising printed in blue.

Vertical bend on front cover of little consequence as it would be hard to find a better example of this rare trial. Cat. £3,500. Please note: the last online photo for this lot shows colour scans of four out of the total of five advert+Minerva pairs and total of six advert interleaves.

£600-700

9 Great Britain Edward VII Arched ‘Specimen’ Booklet 1909 booklet BA5 edition 5, advertising interleaves, inverted wmks, overprinted ‘Specimen’ type 17. Accompanied by 1977 RPS cert. One of the rarest Edwardian booklets, with only very minor faults around staples from opening and some edges with trimmed perfs. Cat. £6,500. NB: the colour scans shown in the photo online are lacking the ½d pane with Robiallac ad. This booklet is complete.

£1,200-1,500

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Great Britain Edward VII 5th Booklet 1909 BA5, edition 5, watermarks inverted, the front virtually immaculate, rear with unusual watermarked paper adhesion. Cat. £2,700.

£350-500

11 Great Britain Edward VII 5th Issue, Edition 6 1909 booklet BA5, edition 6, watermarks inverted, in pristine quality. A scarce issue in as perfect condition as could be desired. Cat. £2,700.

£600-800 www.tennants.co.uk

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12 Great Britain Edward VII Last Booklet 1911 Harrison printed booklet, BA6, first two 1d. panes inverted wmk, the third 1d pane (displaced clichés) and the ½d panes upright wmks. Very attractive quality overall and decent perfs for this issue. Cat. £2,800 (or £3,200+ as unmounted panes).

£550-650

13 Great Britain Harrison St. Andrew’s Cross Pane 1911 ½d green pane from booklet BA6, watermark upright, with St. Andrew’s cross label. #MB4. Extremely faint sign of hingeing otherwise pristine with very good perfs for this issue. Cat. £800.

£150-200

14 Great Britain Balance of the Collection: Volume 1: King Edward VII Small balance of Edward VII issues with two examples of the first booklet BA1, one very fine with good perfs, the other unusually with Stirling cds First Day cancels ‘MR 16 04’ on the front and inside the front cover. Also two 1d panes MB5a both MNH (cat. £500 for hinged). Total cat. £1,500.

£300-350

15 Great Britain King George V Booklet 1912 #BB3, the 1d panes wmk inverted then two upright, the ½d upright then inverted. A couple of trimmed edges, the cover very fine. Cat. £1,300.

£200-250

16 Great Britain KGV 2/- Exploded Booklet 1912 (September) 2/- booklet BB3, carefully opened, the covers, panes (generally vlh one stamp each) and advertising interleaves all generally in good repair, some trimmed perfs as usual, especially on two 1d. panes. Cat. over £1,500 for the five panes.

£250-300

17 Great Britain KGV Somerset House Plate Block 1912-24 2½d blue corner plate block, the scarce Somerset House printing with distinguishing stop-control J.17, hinge remains on upper stamps only, the catalogue of £850 is as hinged single and here the control stamp is MNH.

£140-180

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18 Great Britain 1913 £1 ‘seahorse’, dull blue-green shade, extremely attractive wing-margin example, mint never hinged. Minute natural gum inclusion. Cat. for hinged £2,800.

£500-650

19 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1918 3/- booklet, BB18, edition 1, first two panes and last pane wmks upright, the 1d panes and first ½d pane inverted. The cover with minor corner wrinkle and losses to the gloss on reverse, still highly collectable quality. Cat. £1,850.

£300-350

20 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1921 3/- experimental booklet, BB20, edition 35, all panes wmk upright. Small surface chips at edge of cover, one pane with perfs trimmed at right, certainly highly desirable quality for this issue. Cat. £2,400.

£400-450

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Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 22. First and second panes wmks inverted. Panes four and five trimmed at base. Very fine quality cover. Cat. £2,400.

£350-450

22 Great Britain KGV 3/- Precancelled Booklet 1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 25, precancelled. Very fine quality. Cat. £850.

£150-200 www.tennants.co.uk

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Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 32, all watermarks upright. Final pane trimmed at top otherwise generally good perfs. Very fine. Cat. £2,400.

£350-500

24 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1922 3/- booklet, BB22, edition 42, first and second panes inverted wmks. Usual trimmed perfs on most panes. Neatly dated in manuscript on front otherwise pristine quality. Cat. £2,400.

£300-400

25 Great Britain KGV 2/- Booklet 1924 BB12, edition number 8, the pane with labels and 4x 1½d with wmk upright, the rest inverted. The two 1½d panes trimmed, the others intact perfs. The cover very fine. Cat. £900.

£150-200

26 Great Britain KGV 2/- Booklet 1924 BB12, edition 12, the ½d pane wmk inverted, the rest upright. Excellent quality with good perfs. Cat. £900.

£150-200

27 Great Britain KGV 2/- Booklet 1924 BB12, edition 38, first 1½d (x4) and the ½d pane wmks inverted. Perfs trimmed to varying degrees on one edge of each pane. The cover in attractive quality. Cat. £900.

£150-200

28 Great Britain KGV 2/- Booklet ‘Cancelled’ 1926, type BB12, edition 47, wth ‘cancelled’ ovpt type 28. All panes wmk inverted. Mostly very good perfs and clean cover, with printed ‘22 NOV 1926’ datestamp as usual. Cat. £900.

£150-200

29 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1924 3/- booklet, BB24, edition 69, first and third panes inverted wmks. Better than usual perfs. Cat. £550.

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30 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1924, BB24, edition 83, all panes inverted wmks. More or less trimmed perfs to several edges, overall very fine. Cat. £550.

£100-150

31 Great Britain KGV 2/- PUC Booklets 1929, a series of four 2/- Postal Union Congress booklets, BB13, edition numbers 103 to 106. Fairly transparent perf remains on back of #104, quality generally excellent. Cat. £2,000.

£400-450

32 Great Britain KGV 3/- PUC Booklets 1929, 3/- Postal Union Congress booklets, BB25, editions 168, 170 and 171, all very fine quality. Cat. £1350.

£280-340

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Great Britain George V Trial Booklet Tête-bêche Block 1934, a spectacular uncut block of four proofs for the 3/- booklet BB26 (edition 276), arranged tête-bêche, incorporating two mostly blank panes of perforated, ungummed labels, plus airmail labels (rouletted) and advertising interleaves. SG states “purpose unknown”, cat. £1,500. Very scarce.

£350-450

34 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1934, 3/- booket, BB26, edition 280, all upright wmks. Average perfs, virtually pristine cover and scarce this nice. Cat. £650.

£100-150

35 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1935 small format type photogravure issue 3/- booklet, BB29, edition 316, third and fifth panes inverted wmks. Trimmed perfs to all panes, fine overall. Cat. £550.

£80-120

36 Great Britain KGV 2/- Booklet 1935 photogravure small format, 3/- booklet, BB17, edition 347. First three of the four panes wmk inverted. Excellent perfs and very fine overall.

Elusive in this quality. Cat. £600.

£100-150 www.tennants.co.uk

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37 Great Britain KGV Silver Jubilee Booklet group 1935, the 2/- and 3/- booklets (BB16 and BB28), editions 294 to 298 and 300 to 304 (ten booklets). Edition 294 with some tone spots mainly on an advert leaf, otherwise very attractive throughout with particularly good perfs and overall quality on numbers 295, 300, 301 and 304. Cat. £900.

£140-190

38 Great Britain KGV 3/- Booklet 1935 3/- booklet, BB27, edition 289, the ½d first pane upright wmk, the rest inverted. Three edges total with trimmed perfs, faint script indentation at top of cover, immaculate quality otherwise and scarce as such. Cat. £2,100.

£350-450

39 Great Britain KGV 5/- Booklet 1935 5/- small format photogravure issue booklet, BB37, edition 15, very decent perfs overall and cover immaculate. Cat. £650.

£120-170

40 Great Britain KGV 5/- Booklet 1935 5/- booklet BB37, edition 15, this time with slightly different shade of cover. Very fine with excellent perfs. Cat. £650.

£120-170

41 Great Britain Balance of the Collection: Volume 2: King George V Substantial balance of the KGV section, with highlights being BB1 AVC precancelled type E, Downey head panes, BB6 precancelled type I (a little surface wear on back), 1912 ½d blue-green pane (NB6a shade var.) MNH with RPS certificate (1986), three PUC 3/- booklets (editions 168 x2, 169), etc, as well as parts of a specialised collection with diagrammatic write-up, including six different types of the ½d small format photogravure incl. cylinder E4 dot perf type P, with good perfs. Total cat. well over £9,000, not counting coil label stamps photogravure ½d to 2d.

£1,000-1,500

42 Great Britain KEVIII 2/- Booklet ‘Cancelled’ 1936 first booklet issue of the reign with cancelled overprints type 33 (unpunched), the rarest Edward VIII booklet, very few examples known, especially in this quality. Dated by handstamp ‘7 DEC 1936’. Additional to the four panes represented by colour scans shown in the photo online, there are a Dubarry Cologne ad in colour on card and the airmail labels pane. Cat. £2,500.

£500-750

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43 Great Britain KEVIII 3/- Booklet ‘Cancelled’ 1936, the 3/- booklet BC3, edition 323, punched and with cancelled overprints type 33P, extremely high quality for this scarce advertiser’s voucher booklet. Officially dated as usual by handstamp ‘16 DEC 1936’. Cat. £1,000. Please note the colour scans shown in the photo online lack the 1d red pane, the booklet itself is complete.

£200-250

44 Great Britain KEVIII 2/- Booklet Series A magnificent run of thirty different editions of the 1936 first Edward VIII booklet, 2/- with blue cover (BC2), editions 354-376, 378, 380-385, ie. only missing two editions for completion. Quality throughout is extremely high, the single minor exception being small script date on number 382.

Cat. £4,200.

£750-1,000

45 Great Britain KEVIII 3/- Booklets Run 1936 3/- booklet BC3, run of 12 editions, numbers 320-323, 325-332. Only missing one edition for completion. Generally exceptional quality throughout. Perfs naturally vary. Tone spot at top of first pane of 327 seems virtually the only fault. Cat. £1,440.

£250-300

46 Great Britain KEVIII 5/- Booklets Complete 1937, both editions (16 and 17) of the 5/- booklet with buff covers, BC4. Edition 16 with near-perfect perfs, 17 some trimmed edges, immaculate covers on both. Cat. £550.

£100-150

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Great Britain King Edward VIII Tête-bêche Imprimatur Strip 1936, rare imperforate strip of four of the 1½d from the National Postal Museum archive, tête-bêche between the central two stamps. Lightly stamped on reverse of each: ‘N P IMPRIMATUR’, unblemished never hinged condition and with ample margins. Cat. £13,500 for tête-bêche pair with no extra stamps either side.

£2,500-3,000

48 Great Britain Balance of the Collection: Volume 3: Edward VIII The KEVIII collection balance, with slot-machine booklets and five different standard-size booklets (one exploded) incl. 5/- edition 16, very fine, as well as single panes including on specialised album page showing production layout. Cat. over £1,400.

£120-160

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Great Britain KGV Cylinders 1934-36 photogravure group of control markings, the chief being a full set of the Z36 types on the 1/- bistre-brown (lightly hinged on one stamp each block), the 10d Y36 with three accounting bars is MNH, the 1½d block has fault so not counted. Also a philatelic cover with the set used by postmarks of different dates incl. first day, and 1929 PUC lower values in large imprint blocks. Catalogue for just the 1934-36 10d and 1/- blocks is £1500.

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50 Great Britain KGVI 2/- Booklet 1937 2/- blue-cover booklet, BD11, edition 391, second and fourth panes inverted, some edges trimmed, very fine. Cat. £1,100.

£200-250

51 Great Britain KGVI 2/- Booklet 1937 2/- blue-cover booklet, BD11, edition 393, first pane inverted, very good perfs, very fine. Cat. £1,100.

£200-250

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52 Great Britain KGVI 3/- Booklet 1938, 3/- scarlet-cover booklet BD22, edition 344, the 1d pane inverted, trimmed perfs as usual with this format, pristine quality. Cat. £1,900.

£400-450

53 Great Britain KGVI 5/- Booklet 1938, 5/- buff-cover booklet BD24, edition 21, first and last panes inverted, trimmed perfs, very fine. Cat. £2,000.

£400-450

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54 Great Britain KGVI 5/- Booklet 1938, 5/- buff-cover booklet BD24, edition 27, all panes inverted wmks, excellent perfs for this issue, very fine. Cat. £2,000.

£450-500

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55 Great Britain King George VI Booklet Cover Proofs A wonderful and scarce set of the three proofs of 1938 for the 2/- (blue), 3/- (red) and 5/- (buff) booklet cover fronts on issued card with plain cream backs. Other than light signs of hingeing on reverse, quality is perfect. Cat. £750 each, total £2,250.

£400-500

56 Great Britain KGVI 2/6d Booklet 1940, 2/6d red-cover booklet, BD13, edition 1, exploded and presented on page in mounts, all MNH, good perfs, partly shaved at top of 1/2d. Very fine. Cat. £1,700.

£300-350

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57 Great Britain KGVI 2/6d Booklet 1940, 2/6d blue-cover booklet, BD14, edition 13, all panes upright, ideal perfs, minor disturbance at rear upper corner of two 2d stamps, overall very fine. Cat. £1,700.

£300-350

58 Great Britain KGVI 2/6d Booklet 1940, 2/6d glazed green cover, BD15, edition 29, all panes upright, good perfs, very fine. Cat. £975.

£170-220

59 Great Britain KGVI 2/6d Booklet 1940, 2/6d glazed green cover, BD15, edition 71, all panes inverted, trimmed top edges on first two panes, small transfer marks in corner of lower middle stamp on each pane. Overall very fine. Cat. £975.

£120-160

60 Great Britain KGVI 2/6d Booklet 1940, 2/6d glazed green cover, BD15, edition 84, all panes inverted, trimmed perfs, tiny scrape on front, fine. Cat. £975.

£100-150

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61 Great Britain KGVI Rare 1/- Booklet 1948 slot-machine 1/- booklet with panes of four in unprinted cream cover, BD6a (margin at bottom), the rarest of the regularly issued booklets of any reign. Accompanied by 1992 RPS certificate, this being presumably one of the finest extant, with no discernible faults save shaved perfs on the 1/2d green pane which is irrelevant in this context. Cat. £9,000.

£2,000-2,500

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Great Britain KGVI 1½d Panes with Advertising Collection of eleven different 1½d panes with advertising labels neatly written-up on pages, all except one are with cylinder numbers, including cylinder G29 printed in error on the label, along with the corrected type. Good perfs on the whole and generally light hinge marks to one stamp and margin of each. Catalogue is over £2,600.

£250-300

63 Great Britain Balance of the Collection: Volumes 4 and 5: George VI Substantial and interesting balance of the KGVI section in two albums, with over sixty booklets (not including exploded examples), incl. BD2 and BD2a, four different dates for BD18, five dates for BD28, etc, plus panes on pages/part-pages with detailed write-up, incl. plating study consisting of nine 1d panes of four (QB11) with two cylinder number panes. Cat. over £9,000.

£800-1,000

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Great Britain QEII Wilding Mis-cut Booklet Spectacular mis-cut example of the first Elizabethan booklet, SG.F1, value 2/6d, dated inside the cover May 1953. The 1d label pane upright, the rest inverted. A rare showpiece.

£500-750 www.tennants.co.uk

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Great Britain QEII Cylinder Pane SG.SB57, 2½d red booklet pane of six, wmk crowns upright, with scarce Cylinder number J13, cat. £600. MNH and perfect perfs.

£120-160

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Great Britain QEII Wilding Part-Perf Pane Error Wilding 3d deep lilac part-perforated pane, SG.92c (wmk upright) in booklet H68 incomplete (2x ½d and 4x 1d remain). Tear at top of upper right stamp, still very scarce and a striking error. Cat. £4,000 for the pane.

£200-250

67 Great Britain QEII Wilding 1/- and 2/- Booklet Collection The intact volume for the 1/- and 2/- Wilding booklets, quite comprehensive with over seventy different including lemon covers phosphor bands series of twelve (only missing the August 1964, N17p, for completion), also an unlisted trial issue with lemon cover “Stamp Book Dummy 2/- Experimental” containing four plain un-gummed panes of Harrison watermarked paper and plain interleaves. Cat. £2,400.

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68 Great Britain QEII Wilding 2/6d Booklet Collection The album for the 2/6d Wilding booklets intact save the mis-cut F1 example (Lot 64), starting with wonderful tête-bêche proofs of the front cover in dull green “minimum foreign letter rate 4d” and emerald green “post early in the day” (both unlisted), plus advertiser voucher copy examples including F17 with printed label pane, then an extensive run of main issues incl. F5 (excellent perfs) and F6 (good perfs), F15 (March ‘54, manuscript date on front), also an F27 booklet with stamps removed except for the ½d orange pane showing double comb of perforations on upper row (necessary reinforcements of two small hinges slightly discoloured) unusual and scarce. Cat. well over £3,500.

£350-400

69 Great Britain QEII Wilding 3/- Booklet Collection The hefty album for the 3/- Wilding booklets, offered intact, with an excellent run of issues, in fact nearing completion with over 120 different, including many good graphite lines and phosphor types, notably the M13 and M14 graphite lines varieties each with three different upright/inverted permutations.

Very high quality throughout. Cat. over £9,500.

£900-1,100

70 Great Britain QEII Wilding 3/9d Booklet Collection Intact album concentrating on the 3/9d booklet, over fifty different G1 to G21, many dates each having three different sub-varieties: all panes upright, all inverted, and all panes with cylinder numbers. Cat. £2,000. Also a Post Office training booklet with two panes of bar-overprinted KGVI 2½d within QEII-type 3/9d covers.

£200-250

71 Great Britain QEII Wilding 4/6d Booklet Collection Substantial collection offered intact, with close to 100 different booklets (incl. about a dozen AVCs), an almost complete run of the ordinary types as well as phosphors and graphite lines varieties including better types. Quality is high throughout. Cat. over £4,700. Also three tête-bêche proof pairs for the advertising interleaves.

£450-500

72 Great Britain QEII 5/- Wilding Pattern Booklet December 1952, scarce pattern booklet for the buff cover 5/-, with six blank perforated panes gummed and with Harrison wmk, the inside covers printed “Space Available for Commercial Advertising”, without handstamp. Written-up on exhibition page. Cat. £600. An extremely elusive item.

£130-180

73 Great Britain QEII Wilding 5/- Blue-Cover Booklet Collection Substantial album with an organised collection of over 70 different booklets, including scarce internal panes, with 8mm single band 2½d SB86b (cat. £500) in H46p green phosphor booklet, 2½d inverted panes SB85a in booklet H39g examples intact (superb pane) and exploded (superb pane MNH) and another trimmed in H46g, among many good graphite lines issues. Collected in depth, for example H54p with phosphor normal and shifted right and left. A great collection, offered intact. Cat. well over £9,000.

£1,000-1,500

74 Great Britain QEII Wilding 5/- Buff-Cover Booklet Collection The QEII 5/- buff-cover Wilding booklets, 37 virtually all different organised in an album, including several with good inverted 2d panes, mixed Tudor/ St. Edward combos, also tête-bêche front cover proof on issued card with London Assurance Co. advertising on reverse (unlisted). Cat. well over £2000.

£200-250

75 Great Britain QEII Wilding 6/- and 10/- Booklet Group Small group of five full booklets and ten AVC issues for the 6/- and 10/- values. The collector didn’t have the chance to progress in the same depth on these final two values, however this group includes the first 10/- booklet X1 in superb quality with very scarce inverted watermark 1d pane (SB79a, cat. £900). Total cat. £1,300+

£140-180 www.tennants.co.uk

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76 Great Britain QEII Wildings Panes etc.

A small binder of mainly Wilding booklet panes, many ½d types up to 3d, the majority Tudor and Edward watermarks, as well as the graphite lines 3/- booklet M13g with all panes inverted (cat. £250), 1961 Sg.S45 block with Cylinder 29 (cat. £300) and 3d tête-bêche pair. All MNH and generally excellent perfs. Minimum cat. approx. £1,800.

£150-200

77 Great Britain QEII Pre-Decimal Cylinder Block Collection An array of Wilding blocks of six and Castle High Value blocks of four and six showing cylinder numbers, organised by printings from St. Edward’s Crown to Crowns phosphors, incl. re-entries on the 2/6d castles etc. All MNH, minimum cat. £2000. Also full sheets of 2½d (S62, cyl.50. and S63a, cyl.50) and 3d (S77/77a, cyl.68) and quarter sheet 4d (S89, cyl.8) with cylinder blocks alone cat. £250. Total cat. at least £8,000.

£150-200

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78 Great Britain QEII Waterlow Castles 1955 Castles high values, Waterlow printing, the set in lower-right corner blocks of four, MNH. Cat. £1,140.

£150-200

79 Great Britain QEII Pre-Decimal Machin Booklet and Cylinder Collection Interesting pre-decimal booklet and cylinder blocks collection in two albums, the booklets in one volume with over 110 from 2/- yellow covers to 10/-, some duplication, noted 2/- grey cover NP31 (cat. £250) and other varieties noted by the collector. The second volume for the cylinder/plate blocks etc, with approaching 200 items, mainly blocks of six and nine to 1/9d, which we leave to the Machin enthusiast to explore.

£150-200

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80 Great Britain QEII Large Format Engraved Machins Collection An impressive in-depth collection of the 1969 pre-decimal high values and 1970 10p to £1 in same format, the pre-decimal incl. presentation pack in German and better sort of FDCs, plate blocks complete MNH (31 different, cat. £370) etc, the decimal issues with an outstanding near-complete run of MNH plate-blocks: at least 170 different (cat. £5,400 in 2008 SG) including the scarce 20p plates 31 (cat. £600) and 31A (cat. £800), 41/41A (Cat. £470), etc, as well as an extensive study (singles) on album leaves plus unlisted material incl. training school ovpts singles and plate blocks, ‘HMSO’ perfins, etc.

A great opportunity for the Machin enthusiast.

£500-750

81 Great Britain QEII Decimal Machin Collection Collection in three albums, the first two volumes with an intensive run of hundreds of plate blocks of six of the small-format Machins, then the third volume focused on the large-format high values of 1977 (£1 to £5) and 1980s (£1.30 to £1.60), with traffic light gutter pairs MNH and on FDCs, plate blocks comprehensive for all values with cat. £2,000 in 2008 SG, as well as plate blocks on FDCs. As is typical with this collector there will be many interesting varieties here to discover for those with knowledge. Face value alone at least £700, not counting volume 1 and other lower values.

£350-500

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Great Britain QEII Decimal High Value Definitives Collection An immense display of the Castles and Britannia high values, methodically organised by value and plate numbers, etc, with over 100 corner plate imprint blocks to £10 (Cyl. 1A x2 and 3A) incl. £1 ‘1A’ superimposed on ‘2B’ and £5 blocks with similar alterations, as well as centre gutter blocks, circular boxed check imprints, and exciting errors including £1 Carrickfergus margin strip of four (horiz.) with progressive loss of transfer and heavy flaw on final stamp, severely shifted perf £1 examples, £1.50 cylinder block with 5mm shift to left and magnificent central gutter block with ‘Caernarfon Castle’ wholely at top on upper pair, at top of gutter labels and absent from lower pair. Also £2 showing diagonal offset of ‘£2 Edinburgh’, £5 block with perfs shifted to left, etc. These are just the easily noticeable items, with many more printing varieties present. Even the FDCs here are excellent, with cylinder block and gutter block sets, and singles set with respective local cds postmarks (latter four over £700 in Booth). Face value alone well over £1200. A wonderful collection.

£750-1,000

83 Great Britain QEII Decimal Definitive Booklets Collection Specialised collection in eight hefty albums, many hundreds of booklets, from the small-format folded types to more recent 1st/2nd class types in depth. We have not ventured into the complex listings at this end of the collection, only estimated the face value on just the better denominations, which will exceed £850. Of course there will be far more to this lot, with scarcer varieties and unusual items very likely, for example we noted 50p dummy booklet of Harrison and Sons test labels and 24th Dec.1971 booklet panes set of four on FDCs cancelled London Chief Office day before issue (23rd December). Close inspection recommended.

£400-500

84 Great Britain KGV to Wilding Booklet Accumulation A hoard of about 500 booklets packed in a tin, including many KGVI 1/- slot-machine booklets still in their original bundles of ten with green printed “10/-” wrappers, as well as ten 1935 Jubilee issues (mostly red covers) in very decent quality, QEII bundles of ten, some larger Wilding booklets with values to 5/-, etc. Discoveries likely, please inspect.

£400-500

85 Great Britain Booklets and Blocks Balance Box. The interesting balance of the collection, comprising anything that did not logically fit with the previous lots, with the remains of specialised collections as bought in auction by the collector, hundreds of booklets from pre-decimal onwards, as well as his own commemorative booklets/panes album. Also includes the Wilding phosphor early presentation pack of 1960, unopened (SPP2, cat. £300), coil strips with leader labels, 1840 1d black spacefiller and 1841 2d block of five, etc. At least £400 of good face value as well. Please inspect.

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A LANCASHIRE COLLECTION FROM PRE-STAMP POSTAL HISTORY TO BOOKLET PANES The following fifteen lots represent an estate from Lancashire, assembled until the late 1970s.

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Great Britain Pre-Stamp Postal History Collection An excellent group of 37 stampless entires, assembled individually on the merits of their postmarks, mainly Lancashire and Manchester area towns and villages, particularly Rochdale incl. circular type (1799), arched Leeds (1795 to Rochdale), curved Blackburn (1797 to Rochdale), further Penny Post strikes of Altrincham, Ashton-under-Line, Cheadle, Delph, Dobcross, Lees, Oldham, Staleybridge, Rawtenstall, Upper Mill, etc. Also long boxed ‘Penny P. Unpaid’ and boxed ‘1PP’ both in red and clear (Manchester-London 1804), oval Ardwick, two-line curved ‘Manches-Ter’, two-line ‘Missent Manchester’, double-frame ‘Put in after 7 o’clock at night’ (1810), etc, etc. A very interesting range with many choice strikes.

£80-100

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87 Great Britain Mulready Envelope Group May 1840, the Mulready penny envelope, three examples: unused in excellent condition, and two used, one very presentable (forme 2) with black MX and fine strike of Stratford-on-Avon cds on reverse, the other with red MX, with faults/heavy folds mostly caused by being affixed to card backing as unusual contemporary method of usage.

£100-140

88 Great Britain Early Usage Penny Black Cover, May 1840 1840 1d black, plate 2, four margins, slight scuff to frame at upper-right extreme corner, tied by superb strike of the red MX on May 25th. The cover with fold and tear at top. Clear strike of large Manchester cds along with octagonal ‘PD MY26 1840’ on reverse.

£70-100

89 Great Britain Penny Red Mint Multiple 1864-79 1d red, plate 86 margin block of four mint never hinged in faultless condition, ideally centred and attractive. Cat. as hinged singles £280.

£60-90

90 Great Britain Penny Red Mint Multiple 1864-79 1d red, plate 130 block of six, JH-KJ, superb mint never hinged. A lovely block in ideal quality. Cat. as hinged singles £450.

£100-150

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91 Great Britain Line-Engraved Balance A group of over 170 1d reds and 2d blues incl. 1840 2d blue with 1844-type cancel though faults (cat. £2,000), ‘6’ in cross MX clear and upright strike on four margined 1841 1d (cat. £160), 1864-79 red plates 71 to 224 used on pages, plate 211 mint block of four (cat. £380) a pinhole in each stamp though still appealing, plate 115 MNH (cat. £130 for hinged), etc.

£60-80

92 Great Britain QV Jubilee Set 1887-92 Jubilee set mint set (SG.197/211, 213/214). Good colour and perfs. Cat. £650.

£70-110

93 Great Britain 19th Century Postal History, Mainly Line-Engraved An interesting group of approx. 125 Victorian postal history items, including a sheaf of twenty imperf 1d red entires 1844/45 from Rochdale all to the same address with attractive Wellington-Somerset arrival postmarks, the sheets folded through the address, at least three quarters of the stamps four margins. The perf 1d reds on cover include ‘stars’ SG.40 plates 15-17 and SG.42 plates 50 and 51, then about 80 different plates from 71 to 204, the latter mostly from the same few Scottish correspondences, 1858-79, some oxidation and usual mixed condition, generally presentable. Also ½d plates 5 and 6 on six annuity stationary letters to Oldham in fine quality, 1876 OHMS accident report stationery detailing a steel worker’s death, plus unusual postmarks incl. Manchester sideways duplex tying ‘stars’ 1d, Manchester spoon cover with Delph single-ring undated pmk on reverse, 1d lilac re-directed and 14 dots covers, etc. Please inspect.

£120-160

94 Great Britain KGV Booklet Panes Collection A stockbook with an organised run of over eighty KGV booklet panes, very little duplication, with catalogue over £17,500, though that figure is for hinged and much of this is never hinged. Includes PUC panes, Silver Jubilee cylinder numbers, a great range of advertising panes on PUC and photogravure 1½d incl. NB25 (perf type P) MNH (cat. £700 for hinged). Good perfs virtually throughout. Much recommended.

£1,250-1,500

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95 Great Britain KEVIII and KGVI Booklet Panes Collection Wonderful collection of Edward VIII and George VI panes, the majority mint never hinged with excellent perfs on the whole, including scarce issues, for example (all ideal perfs) 1d pale ultramarine with ‘inland rate’ labels QB19 (15mm format) variety: spacing corrected, with cylinder F7 dot MNH (cat. £800), QB20 ‘shorthand in 1 week’ labels with cylinders F7 dot and F7 both MNH (cat. £600), etc. Also a great range of the 1½d brown with advertising. Total cat. is over £23,500.

£1,500-2,000

96 Great Britain KGVI Plate Block Collection A magnificent collection of more than 250 corner blocks of six (or occasionally eight) virtually all different cylinder/dot/control combinations, with as far as we can see everything in pristine mint never hinged condition. Values to the 1/- bistre-brown (cyl. 19 dot perf type 5, cat. £150), including great displays of the lighter colour issues with for example 1d pale scarlet perf type 6 cyls. 171 dot and 174-181 (four blocks) all with both dot and no dot varieties. Total catalogue is over £7,700.

£500-750

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97 Great Britain QEII Wilding Booklet Panes Collection Wonderful in-depth study of the Wilding booklet panes in two volumes, running from Tudor Crown watermark to the various phosphor types, with the vast majority in exemplary never hinged condition. We have not had time to properly catalogue this complex section, however it is clear there are many, many panes cataloguing in the £100s, for example 1d ultramarine advice label panes incl. SB23 upright and inverted (cat. £1,000), ‘Please Post Early’ modified setting upright, inverted and cyl. F6 (cat. £540), 2d crowns SB79ac (cat. £950) and SB79 cyl. H6 (cat. £600), SB88a both cream and white paper (cat. £600), SB103/104 cyl. K18 (cat. £345), etc, etc. Hundreds of different panes here with many still in glassines as bought from dealers in the 1970s incl. set of 18 upright/inverted blue phosphors in one envelope. Catalogue will be well into five figures. A great opportunity for the Wilding collector.

£1,000-1,250

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98 Great Britain QEII Wilding Plate Block Collection Stockbook with organised collection of about 170 different plate/cylinder number blocks through to Castles high values and regionals, virtually all mint never hinged, the volume sprinkled with other varieties as well, with mint and used sets/singles incl. 1959 phosphor-graphite sets MNH and used, 1958 1st De La Rue castles set superb used and 1959 2nd set MNH (cat. £195), etc. An interesting lot with good varieties inevitable.

£250-300

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99 Great Britain Early FDCs and Pres. Packs Collection A strong collection in three binders, concentrating exclusively on pre-decimal issues, the packs looking highly complete including 1964 Geographical Congress, Botanical Congress, elusive Forth Road Bridge and so on (cat. on these three alone £550). The FDCs also an excellent range with strength in the earlier period, starting with KGV including an immaculate quality 1935 Silver Jubilee with the set of four (cat. £650), KEVIII with 1d single and other values (cat. £375), much KGVI incl. Silver Wedding £1 single and no doubt better early QEII types. Select quality virtually throughout. Please inspect.

£250-300

100 Great Britain Balance of the Lancashire Holding A diverse accumulation filling a carton, the four principal stockbooks holding an exciting range of booklet panes and plate blocks from KGV Downey head right through to volumes for pre-decimal Machin and commem cylinders, plus a little early decimal incl. high value plate blocks. Highlights include the plate block sections for KGV photogravure through Jubilee and over 40 different EdVIII incl. 1d A36 cyl. 14. Also noted 1939/48 and 1951 high value sets MNH (cat. £525), 1948 Silver Wedding £1 plate block MNH (cat. £200), better Wildings in packets or cards incl. 1958 graphite inverted wmk set MNH, 1960 phosphor wmk inverted set of ten MNH (cat. £340), the commems of course excellent with probably all the better phosphor sets in plate block MNH incl. 1963 Red Cross (cat. £370), as well as unusual large smear of the dark green ink in corner of 1964 Botanical 9d block, etc. The rest of the carton is the odds and ends in manila envelopes etc, from pre-stamp through line-engraved to early QEII, noted 1924/5 Wembley postal stationery group, a small box of booklets incl. Wildings, Wilding Castles sheets incl. £1, etc, etc. Catalogue will be at least several thousand pounds in the stockbooks alone.

£750-1,000

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GREAT BRITAIN: SINGLE AND GROUPS

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101 Great Britain 1840 1d. black, plate 1b, very attractive with four even margins showing frame of adjoining stamp at top, with neat strike of black Maltese cross.

£100-120

102 Great Britain 1840 1d black, a very attractive example on white paper with nice strike of a deep red-brown Maltese cross postmark and good margins all round.

£100-120

103 Great Britain 1840 1d. black, plate 3, four margins, used with light red MX.

£100-120

104 Great Britain Line-engraved group with two three-margin penny blacks, one (plate 7) with cleanly struck rich red MX though with thin, along with 1841 2d. blue pairs incl. one sound four margins.

£60-80

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105 Great Britain 1864-79 1d red plate 225, an excellent example with no faults, well centred and good perfs. Very neat and light duplex postmark. An elusive stamp this nice. Cat. £700.

£120-150

106 Great Britain 1871 3d. rose plate 7, mint, possibly re-gummed, though there is no sign of gum on the upper side of the perfs. SG.103, cat. £650.

£60-80

107 Great Britain 1877 4d. sage-green plate 16, SG.153, re-gummed and with tiny closed cut at lower left, nevertheless attractive. Cat. £1,400.

£50-70

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108 Great Britain 1881 1/- orange-brown plate 13, SG.163, block of four with Cheltenham cds postmarks, a couple of minuscule faults hardly detracting. Cat. £680 as singles.

£140-180

109 Great Britain 1883-84 Lilac and Greens 1883-84 lilac and green set used in select quality, all cds postmarks and good colour, with the 1/- especially fine. SG.187-196, cat.£1600.

£140-160

110 Great Britain 1912 King Edward 1/- green and carmine used block of fifteen with ‘84 Goswell Rd PO’ cds postmarks, faint diagonal crayon line across five stamps otherwise completely without faults. An impressive multiple and scarce this large. Cat. as singles £525.

£140-180

111 Great Britain Over 100 mostly used QV to KGVI on cards and album pages, with 1840 penny black four margins (close but clear upper right) and red MX cancel, 1840 2d blue margin in at top left corner, otherwise sound, then a decent range of later line-engraved, the surface-printed to 5/- incl. 3d on 3d lilac cds, plus KEVII to 2/6d, seahorses, etc.

£120-140

112 Great Britain, early QEII mint selection,…

Great Britain, early QEII mint selection, mint/MNH sets in blocks of 4: 1952-54 Tudor wmk to 1/- (SG.515-29, cat. £390+), £1958 graphite lines (SG.587-94, cat. £440) and 1959 phosphor-graphite to 3d (SG.599-607, cat. £240). Also the Waterlow castles set mint (SG.536-9, cat. £250). Total cat. as cheapest types over £1,300.

£80-120

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GREAT BRITAIN: COLLECTIONS

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113 Great Britain Mint and used collection in two Lighthouse hingeless albums, well-filled from 1840 to the end of the pre-decimal period, including (used unless otherwise stated) five penny blacks in mixed condition, three 1840 2d blue shades all four margins, four margin imperf reds mint and used incl. worn plate, 2d blue ‘lines’ MX cancel, lots of plates on the perf reds and blues, the four letters 1d reds near-complete incl. pl.117 inverted wmk and pl.225 perfin, with further line-engraved incl. mint 1½d and ½d plates, the ½d plate 9 used with pulled corner yet presentable. Surface-printed is extensive with mint/unused to 1/- (orange-brown 1880) though we assume much is regummed, also useful high values incl. 1878 £1 brown-lilac wmk Maltese cross repaired lower-left, 1883/84 5/- mint shades (one on blued paper according to the collector) and superb cds 10/- ultramarine, followed by 1891 £1 green (pinholes), many KEVII types incl. both 10/- printings and Somerset House £1 green as well as mint to 1/-, through to UPU £1, etc, etc.

Huge catalogue, though condition varies considerably.

£1,000-1,250

114 Great Britain Collection in five stockbooks, offered intact save a 1d black and 1d red plate 225 (Lots 102 and 105 in this sale), the 19th century with plenty of interesting stamps incl. two 1d blacks, one four margins though close lower edge and faults, 1841 2d blues incl. ‘12’ in cross three margins, imperf 1d reds incl. mint and blue MX example with good margins all round (cat. £2,700), as well as stated plate 9 (four margins) tied by black MX to cover of June 1841. Then perf 2d blues incl. plate 12, lots of 1d red ‘stars’ in better than usual quality incl. pairs and strip of three and lots of spoon cancels and other pmks on piece, plates incl. 212 former strip of three with Rawtenstall cds pmks, 221 MNH, etc, followed by much surface-printed, some nice cds on usual values, also noted 1862 1/- (SG.90) with ‘defective corner letter ‘A’’ variety (spec.J101e), 1883/84 high values incl. 10/- pale ultramarine Whitby cds, through to EdVII with superb 5/-, useful KGV and KGVI, and a profusion of varieties on the QEII Wilding defins singles and multiples, better phosphors, etc, etc. Later mint issues to 2002 with several 1st class panes. Somewhat rough-and-ready presentation but unusual varieties will lurk here, especially in the classics.

£500-750

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115 Great Britain 1840-2019 used collection in six Stanley Gibbons albums, including three margins 1d black, 1883/84 high values to 10/- (small faults) and 1891 £1 (minor wrinkles and couple of short perfs), a fairly immaculate Edward VII £1 green, the 5/- and 10/- seahorses 1913/19 and £1 UPU also without faults, then virtually complete including the miniature sheets and se-tenants on recent issues. Also includes the supplemental empty pages for 2020 and a further box of various accessories.

£400-500

116 Great Britain Used Collection Five Davo albums containing used stamps 1840 to 2007 (aside from souvenir sheets) and some later to 2009, generally well-filled, the 1d black one margin sound spacefiller, ‘8’ in cross postmark on 1d red imperf, margin just in at corner otherwise all round, perf 2d blue plate 14 unused, 1883/84 high values trio all cds, the 10/- torn however. KeVII with some nice cds postmarks to 5/-, as well as KGV Downey heads, seahorses, etc, the QEII incl. early castles printing set, etc. Please inspect.

£100-150

117 Great Britain and Worldwide Accumulation in five plastic containers, with several schoolboy and vintage albums, a group of postal history from 1d red imperfs onwards incl. field post offices, some GB presentation packs (approx. £60 face), mostly lower value material, however one binder with extensive 19th century GB in mixed condition, including approx. 300 ½d bantams, 1840 penny blacks (2), one with four margins and red MX, vertical crease, also 1841 2d pale blue imperf ‘lines’ unused/part o.g. with three margins (cat. £7,500), and a probably unused 1885 1/- I.R. official SG.O7 (cat. £6,000), light stain and thin, requiring expertisation. Please inspect.

£150-200

118 Great Britain Accumulation in a plastic crate with two albums and loose year/presentation packs. There are issues from 19th century onwards, however the main value is in mint sets 1990s to at least 2004, with over £400 face value. One of the albums is a special binder (cover damaged) of large limited edition First Day lithographs with 34 different for GB and Islands 1980/81.

£200-250

119 Great Britain and Channel Islands Collection/accumulation in 19 volumes, of which about four are Channel Islands collections, the GB with 19th century in mixed condtion incl. 1840 1d black and 2d blue spacefillers, the later line-engraved with some reasonable quality, surface-printed values to 10/- incl. 1855 6d lilac pairs, 1880 2d mint, range of mint KGV incl. control numbers, KGVI incl. training school ovpts, 1948 wedding £1 MNH, QEII castles mint/MNH sets, later mint to 2009 incl. booklets, presentation packs and denominations to £10, with face value at least £800.

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120 Great Britain and Worldwide Two containers of albums and envelopes including a Great Britain collection in seven loose-leaf albums, the first book with four penny blacks, two with margins all round, another with red MX combined with partial black cds though heavy vertical crease, interesting 1d red imperfs incl. numbers in cross cancels, extensive perforate line-engraved incl. 1d reds to plate 224, then cds surface-printed to 2/- blue, plus 1884 5/- examples with unusual postmarks, then lots of KEVII, especially officials with two pages of Admiralty ovpts, KGV with inverted wmks, much duplication through to the later definitives, especially the high values. There is also a book for the mint from QV 1d reds onwards, Kings with control numbers and plate blocks, watermark varieties, much MNH incl. KEVII to 1/- pair and KGVI high values, etc. as well as oddities incl. Earl of Bradford pre-cancel ovpt on QV 1d lilac. Also thousands of stamps in manila envelopes, one with British Commonwealth high values or revenues KGV onwards, some interesting postal history noted with naval/maritime theme, as well as GB booklets and sets in gutter blocks with face value at least £600.

£750-1,000

121 Great Britain and Worldwide Collection/accumulation in stockbooks and loose filling a carton, incl. useful range of 19th century from penny black (three margins, in at top), imperf 2d lines and 1d reds, 1d red plates incl. couple of mint, late double-ring cds (St. Albans), etc., surface-printed to 1/- small letters, large letters and coloured letters, 3d on 3d and 6d on 6d lilac, the latter with hooded ‘V.R.’ cds, 1874 6d and 1880 4d both cds, lilac and greens to 1/-, etc, as well as KEVII to 5/-, lots of early QEII mint with various watermarks etc. Also a Movaleaf album of worldwide and much loose, with literature incl. 2021 SG Collect British Stamps. Please inspect.

£70-100

122 Great Britain Post-decimal mint never hinged collection in seven Post Office albums, apart from the definitive varieties this is close to completion for basic defins, commems and miniature sheets to the end of 2019. Minimum face value £2300.

£900-1,100

123 Great Britain Neatly presented collection in ten Senator albums, the first book with QV to pre-decimal QEII issues incl. useful range of Jubilee and KEVII mint to 1/-, all the KGVI high values mint, etc, the following ten volumes with a solid run of MNH sets, highly complete Machins and regionals, 1st class se-tenant blocks and booklet panes through to 2017. Face value alone will run to well over £3,000.

£1,250-1,500

124 Great Britain Mainly mint collection virtually complete MNH 1970s to 2015, neatly presented in two albums plus special binder for 2012 Olympic panes. Face value at least £1,800.

£850-950

125 Great Britain and Worldwide A small suitcase stuffed-full with mainly GB pre-decimal and early decimal presentation packs assembled as new issues and in pristine condition, in packets by issue with small duplication of each and usually also with traffic-light blocks of the sets. Year packs also present, as well as a well-filled schoolboy album, occasional presentation material from other countries, surprises possible here as we found a small sheaf of paper with mint retail items from several decades ago incl. German Empire 1874 9kr on 9kr mint, Cape of Good Hope 12/- revenue pair, etc. Proceeds to go to the RNLI and Calder Valley Search and Rescue.

£100-150

126 Great Britain Presentation Packs Mostly presentation pack collection in five binders, issues from 1980 to September 2007 (pack 401), with the earlier mint sets from the 1970s onwards in additional stockbooks. Face value will be over £600.

£280-320

127 Great Britain Collection of mint never hinged sets and FDCs, decimal period only, particularly the 2000s assembled on a continuous new issue service, with a solid run incl. booklets and souvenir sheets through to 2019, plus comprehensive FDCs including the numismatic covers. The earlier definitives are in a boxed Windsor Sovereign album accompanied by a carton of accessories. Postal face value is well in excess of £2,500 along with £100+ in coins to £2 denominations and £165 in £5 coins.

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128 Great Britain etc.

Varied accumulation in four plastic tubs including FDCs/commem covers and presentation packs in albums, one of which is for coin covers, two Royal Mail albums with MNH issues to 2000, this collector something of a hoarder of booklets, the face value here approaching £1,200. Also lots of gutter pair sets in packets, two-volume Isle of Man collection in Lindner hingeless albums with no empty spaces to 2001, as well as various worldwide commems and packets/envelopes, noted China 1950 Mao $3,000 original (non-reprint) block of four used. Please inspect.

£500-750

129 Great Britain Collection of mint sets and FDCs from 1960s to 2012 in albums, the mint issues in four stockbooks including the 2012 Olympics medal winners 1st class panes, all filling a large suitcase. Face value over £1,300.

£500-750

130 Great Britain Substantial new issue accumulation assiduously collected as presentation packs and gutter pairs to mid-2021. The gutter blocks, mint sets and used stamps from 19th century onwards are presented in eighteen large stockbooks, with the presentation packs, miniature sheets, booklets, etc. housed in eight boxes filling two cartons. The prestige booklets range from the better Wedgwood type onwards. Face value alone will easily exceed £7,000.

£3,000-3,500

131 Great Britain presentation packs Meaty collection of approx. 1400 to 1500 presentation packs from pre-decimal period right through to 2021 (pack number 600) chronologically housed in 32 binders. For the last thirty years this collector has purchased virtually every pack in triplicate, three of each. Also some earlier year packs, mint blocks, etc. Face value from mid-80s onwards is at least £6,700.

£3,000-3,500

132 Great Britain presentation packs A box of over 200 presentation packs from 1985 to 2013, face value well over £500.

£200-250

133 Great Britain FDCs and New Issues, large…

Great Britain FDCs and New Issues, a carton about half-filled with FDCs bought on a new issue service often with the mint sets stashed inside the covers, including 1st class panes, castles high values etc, face value will be £500++. The rest of the carton is 20th century GB and worldwide on and off paper to sort through.

£200-250

134 Great Britain FDCs and Better PHQs Neat collection in 29 mostly Post Office binders in four cartons. The PHQs in 16 vols complete to 2015 bees and further sets to 2018, including the good early cards incl. cricket, Inigo Jones, Horse Chestnut, fire engines, etc. Cat. £400 for just 1973-’76. The FDCs in 13 albums starting in pre-decimal issues through to 2011, the definitives in a separate volume with alternative pmks noted on high values.

£100-150

135 Great Britain FDC collection in nine mostly Post Office albums, looking fairly complete from 1969 to 2009 with denominations to £10. Also some pre-decimal presentation packs and foreign FDCs/presentation packs accompanying.

£40-50

136 Great Britain and Worldwide An over-filled carton including Great Britain presentation packs looking virtually complete from 2001-2010 (95 packs) with face value over £500, FDCs to 2010 in seven albums, a folder of worldwide new issues for the 1977 silver jubilee with many miniature sheets and booklets, awaiting presentation on as-new commemorative album pages, plus the special album for 1977 FDCs, etc.

£250-300

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137 Great Britain Collection of commem covers and presentation packs housed in seven Royal Mail binders filling a crate, including Stuart FDCs, over 50 Military/RAF special covers, banknotes and a few numismatic covers, plus well over £500 of face value in mint sets.

£250-300

138 GB booklets and Worldwide Diana Commemoratives A stockbook of booklets, mostly 1st class, plus some prestige, with face value at least £320. Grouped with a collection of FDCs and miniature sheets in several albums, the majority related to Princess Diana.

£150-200

CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN 139 Channel Islands and IoM Collections and FDCs Neat collection in 25 volumes incl. eleven Post Office binders and hingeless albums of which six are boxed Davo, with a generally well-filled run of MNH sets into the early 2010s, the FDCs and PHQ cards presumably comparably comprehensive. Three cartons.

£300-400

140 Channel Islands and I.O.M. Collection of 1000s of mint and used stamps housed in five stockbooks with the main strength in MNH sets and miniature sheets of the 2000s, running to about 2011.

£100-150

141 Channel Islands and I.O.M. Collection in five albums of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Isle of Man, with strength in a virtually complete run of mint never hinged sets and souvenir sheets from 1970s to 2015 assembled on a new issue service. Huge face value.

£250-350

FOREIGN AND BRITISH COMMON­WEALTH SINGLES AND ONE-COUNTRY COLLECTIONS

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Albania 1925 President Zogu Error Albania, 1925 President Zogu 10q rose-red, perf 11½ (SG.196a), mint never hinged block of twenty from the top left of the sheet, a very scarce multiple in normal form, this even more unusual with heavily shifted perforation. Extreme right pair affected by crease, insignificant in this context.

Cat. £1,100 for normal hinged singles. A great showpiece. Along with a pristine SG.224 corner plate (Hahn number) block of 12 MNH (cat.£156).

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143 Australia Clean collection in three Davo hingeless albums and four binders, sparse early issues and more solid in 1990s and 2000s to 2009, the majority used, however there is decent face value here in the mint sets and miniature sheets with denominations up to $10, please inspect.

£100-150

144 Australia Mint collection with 1970s to 2015 virtually complete MNH for sets and souvenir sheets, the 21st century assembled on a new issue service, all neatly presented in an album and binder. Face value over $2700 AUD (equivalent to £1,400 at time of press).

£400-500

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145 Austria A group of collections in 21 stockbooks/binders and a few sheaves of old albums pages, including classics with Hermes newspaper types, embossed Franz Josef heads incl. 1858 grey-lilac newspaper imperf mint (possible reprint), 1867 ‘whiskers’ types to 50kr used, etc, through to better 20th century incl. 1908-13 Emperor’s Accession set to 10kr used, 1923 cities set mint and used, 1925/30 airmail set mint (the 3s used), two sets of the 1931 Rotarian Congress ovpts used, 1931 writers set used, 1932 painters mint, 1933 skiers and Catholic congress sets used, 1934 architects used, 1935 Austrian heroes MNH and used, 1936 skiers used, etc. £4,000 catalogue on just the mentioned 20th century sets. Also lots of Bosnia/ Herzegovina with perforation varieties to 5kr, military/occupation issues, Turkish Empire POs, etc.

£300-400

146 British Post Offices in Constantinople 30 Paras Surcharge Inverted 1921 George V ½d green with ‘30 Paras’ surcharge inverted, mint (SG.41a), a most intriguing error as the note in Gibbons states ‘known…but status uncertain’, this example accompanied by extensive research and census and a copy of the BPA certificate for block of four to which this single formerly belonged (upper left stamp). The evidence, especially the uniform positioning on the few known examples, strongly suggests this is at least an officially produced overprint, just yet to be given full SG listing. Rare.

£400-500

147 Canada Mostly mint collection from KGVI onwards with mid-1970s to 2015 virtually complete MNH sets and souvenir sheets, the 21st century assembled on a new issue service, all neatly presented in an album and binder. Face value will exceed $1,600 CND (over £900 equivalent at time of press).

£300-350

148 Canada Collection comprising about 37 year packs from ‘70s to 2009, millenium commem pack, etc, plus boxed Davo hingeless volumes 1 and 2, only a sprinkling of stamps, the albums are practically as-new.

£100-150

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149 France 1853 1fr Napoleon SG.72, sound with four good margins, neatly used, signed A. Brun. Cat. £4,000.

£300-400

150 France One of the better books from the 170-volume worldwide collection (Lot 178), a large stockbook with about 2000 mint and used stamps, starting with the first classics including Ceres 1fr x2 with faults, Napoleon to 5fr (usual thins), Peace and Commerce to 5fr incl. mint 1886 25cts black on rose and 1900 2fr, good postage dues, lots of Mouchons and sowers to explore again with useful mint, war orphans 1917 to 1fr+1fr mint and the 1922 surcharges and 1922-27 new values sets mint, 1918 red-cross MNH and used, sinking funds sets, high values especially the 10fr blue La Rochelle with unusual shades of the type I mint and used, 1936 50fr green airmail and 10fr flying boat used, through to better 1950s relief fund sets mint, etc.

Condition issues, principally tone spots, nevertheless plenty of good items here. Please inspect.

£400-500

151 France Collection in six stockbooks, duplication from the very first issues onwards, the classics in mixed condition as to be expected yet much collectable quality incl. a range of 10cts Napoleon pairs with various postmarks, the 1fr Napoleon a fairly convincing forgery, also useful Bordeaux issues, imperf postage dues, peace and commerce to 5fr, coloured dues with mint top values, early charity issues and surcharges, 1936 10fr flying boat unused and used, 1937 PEXIP m/s mint (small faults), lots of useful 1930s to 1950s sets and high values incl. 1954 portraits set used, 1955 set mint and used, etc, continuing to 2001, the later years less solid. Needs inspection.

£150-200

152 Germany and Area Group of collections in nine volumes, noted WWI occupations incl. Roumania fieldpost ovpts on cover, Danzig, Saar with early 1920s top values, Third Reich with 1930s MNH sets incl. 1939 motor show, British/US Zone 1949 Hannover Fair souvenir sheet c.t.o., Russian Zones incl. Thuringen souvenir sheets, etc, as well as mint Berlin in a well-filled hingeless album, the black and red overprint sets unexpertised, some of the key late ‘40s/early ‘50s issues pristine mint never hinged. Please inspect.

£150-250

153 Gibraltar KGVI and QEII Mint Group Gibraltar, KGVI and QEII pictorial sets to £1 mint, the 1938 set with additional perf varieties on values to 1/-, all attractive quality. Catalogue over £760.

£80-100

154 Hong Kong Mint and used collection housed in a Simplex album, stockbook and cover album, including a useful range of QV and KEVII, KGV to $2 used, ‘China’ ovpts mint to 30cts, then good KGVI with 1941 centenary set MNH, the $10 silver wedding MNH and used plus the set on first day cover, the defins to $10 mint vlh and used, followed by QEII 1954-62 definitive set to $10 MNH and later mint sets to $50. In the stockbook a range of revenues, perfins, 19th century postmarks, etc, late 20th century plate blocks and miniature sheets, plus FDCs from 1965 through to late 1990s. Sold for the benefit of the RSPB.

£200-250

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155 Italy, Italian Post Offices and Fiume Collection of hundreds of mint and used on album pages, with a useful range of Italy proper from Vittorio Emanuele II 1860s to about 1940, the Fiume from early ovpts to Carnaro ovpts and surcharges, however the best is the occupations/POs including Saseno complete mint (Sassone #1/8, cat. €320), Tripoli di Barberia incl. 1L used (#9, cat. €130), Bengasi surcharges 1901 used and 1911 mint, and excellent La Canea with used 10cts red-brown (#6, cat. €450) and 5L blue and rose (#13, cat €800). Please inspect.

£200-250

156 Mauritius 2d Blue ‘Post Paid’ Mauritius, 1859 ‘Post Paid’ 2d blue, intermediate state of the plate, SG.38 (cat.£1,400). Used example with light cancel in UR corner well clear of the profile, nice even margins on upper three sides, lower margin shaving frame at right. Absolutely sound and free of repairs. With 1977 R.P.S. certificate.

£140-160

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157 Morocco French and German Issues German Post Offices in Morocco collection on pages with forty different mint or used incl. 1899 surcharges, with cat. £560+, as well as an excellent range of approx. 250 French Morocco 19th century locals in a stockbook stated to cat. in Yvert over €6,000, with good mint or used sets of Alcazar, Fez-Meknes, Fez-Sefrou, Tanger-Arzila, Tanger-El Ksar, Tanger-Chechouan, Cherifiennes, etc. Some mixed condition but above average generally. An opportunity to acquire some elusive material. Please inspect.

£200-250

158 New Zealand Mint collection with 1970s to 2015 virtually complete MNH for sets and souvenir sheets, the 21st century assembled on a new issue service, all neatly presented in an album and binder. Face value over $2,600 NZD (equivalent to £1,300 at time of press).

£350-400

159 South Africa and Zimbabwe Mostly mint collection with 1970s to 2015 virtually complete MNH, the 21st century assembled on a new issue service and loaded with miniature sheets, all neatly presented in three volumes.

£150-200

160 Switzerland Collection of approx. 2000 mint and used stamps displayed in two Davo hingeless albums, beginning with (used unless otherwise stated) Geneva reference examples, ‘orts-post’ and ten Federal ‘rayon’ issues in varying condition, four with Sismondo certificates, followed by the imperf Helvetias to 1fr grey, 1862 perf Helvetias including 3cts black and 1fr bronze-gold (SG.60, cat. £500), numerals incl. 1894 12cts dull blue mint (SG.131Bd, cat. £425), extensive standing Helvetias with several types to 3fr, good varieties continuing through the early 20th century issues, then 1919/20 first airmail ovpts mint (the 30cts signed), 1936 pro patria m/s MNH and 1945 war relief fund m/s, 1945 PAX set with 2fr and 3fr used and 5fr and 10fr MNH (cat. £600), officials/departments incl. refugee set used, ‘Industrielle Kriegswerkschaft’ ovpts with and without serif sets mint including the good 7½cts type (SG.O299/O300, O302/O315, cat. £1,850), well-filled postage due first page, etc. A decent collector’s collection often with mint/ used and shades stacked in the same space, plus extra pages for varieties. Please inspect.

£450-600

161 Switzerland An accumulation of thousands of mint/MNH and used stamps on album pages and in six stockbooks, including useful 19th century starting with about 30 imperf Helvetias in mixed condition, lots of sitting and standing Helvetias to franc values organised by perforation, etc, through to better 20th century incl. Pro Juventutes virtually complete used to 1930 and mint range from 1914 onwards with 1915 set incl. 5cts boy tête-bêche pair, 1916 set, etc, also 1923 airmail set mint and used, telegraphs, postage dues, postmarks, as well as excellent official sets mint incl. 1918 ‘Industrielle Kriegswirtschaft’ ovpts with serif type signed (SG.O299/O301,O303/O307, cat. £1,200+), departmentals with Health high values MNH (SG.LH23/25 cat. £220), 1950 refugees (SG.LR1/8, cat. £275), etc. This represents several lots bought in auction over the years and would combine well to form a great collection. Please inspect.

£400-600

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162 USA Collection from classics to modern in seven volumes, the main run on quadrille pages in four loose-leaf albums, starting with 1851 3cts imperf on cover, perf 15 issues, 1861/62 incl. nice 5cts dark brown and 10cts green, 24cts shades, etc, a small range of grills, 1869 3cts pair on cover and sound 30cts, followed by the Banknote issues incl. 1870/71 to 90cts, through to Columbus $2 (repaired corner) and sound 30cts and 50cts, 1894/85 $1 Perry, 1910s/’20s to $5, etc. Much back of the book also, with departmentals incl. War 2cts mint and Treasury 15cts pre-printing paper fold, postage dues, parcel posts set to $1, revenues and civil war, airmails section incl. 50cts ‘baby zeppelin’ flight cover, also Possessions with Canal Zone from handstamps onwards, Cuba, Guam, Hawaii incl. ‘provisional govt 1893’ $1 mint, Philippines and Porto/Puerto Rico. Together with a moon-landing collection on covers and collector’s working stockbook with lots of Washington/Franklin heads to $1, precancels etc. Mixed condition.

Please inspect thoroughly. Sold for the benefit of the RSPB.

£300-400

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163 British Commonwealth and Great Britain An intriguing collection of British Commonwealth and Great Britain mainly assembled a couple of generations ago, with thousands of stamps in a dozen volumes, the core being four loose-leaf albums including (mint unless otherwise stated) good Malaysia, notably Straits Settlements KEVII $5 used cds, Federated States early leaping tigers to 50cts plus $1 elephants mint and $5 used (SG.23, 25a, cat. £600), later tigers to $2 and 1926 $2 MNH (mounted on selvage), Kedah 1912 10cts to $5 (SG.6/14, cat. £360), 1921 21cts ‘feather in hat’ flaw used (SG.32a), 1937 Sultan set (SG.60/68, cat. £300), Perak 1900 surcharges set mixed mint and used, interesting 1880s/’90s ovpts and surcharges, 1898 50cts tiger used (SG.75), N.Sembilan ‘Sungei Ujong’ ovpt (SG.32), Pahang ovpt on 25cts tiger used (SG.20, cat. £170), etc. Also good Labuan with 1896 Jubilee ovpt set (SG.83/88, cat. £250), 1902/03 used to 25cts and the set mint incl. 8cts ‘line through B’ (SG.121b, cat. £130), North Borneo 1916 vermilion cross ovpts used 12cts to 24cts (SG.197/200, cat. £490), Sarawak 1888/97 various values to 50cts (cat. £360), 1895 set mint, etc, as well as Barbados 1920/24 MNH, Queensland ‘Half-penny’ used (SG.151, cat. £250), etc. Much more here to investigate, with the Lilliput albums having early reigns British Africa incl. Lagos 1887 2/6d and 5/- used, the GB in two albums from 1840 1d black (four margins though faults) with lots of surface-printed plates, officials, cinderella, QV 5/- Telegraphs x2 used, Australia 4d ‘roo used Singapore, India QV 1r used Aden, etc. Definitely more here to find, thorough viewing recommended.

£750-1,000

164 British Commonwealth Collection of over 10,000 different stamps mint and used, the early issues A-Z by country housed in four loose-leaf albums and the later to 21st century on a thick sheaf of loose album pages, again organised A-Z. Plenty of the good earlier sets here, incl. Bahamas 1954 set to £1 mint, Bechuanaland 1955 set to 10/- mint, Hong Kong 1954 definitives complete to $10 mint and used and the 1962 set to $20 mint (less 15cts), K.U.T. 1954 set to £1, Sarawak 1955 set to $5 mint, Tristan 1955 set MNH, Bahrain 1964 set MNH, etc. Please inspect.

£250-350

165 British Commonwealth Several dozen better items on stockcards, with cat. £1,300, incl. classics of Trinidad, Mauritius, Cook Islands and Canada (to early 20th century, though EdVII 50cts purple is faulty). Also a group of further items unidentified incl. Fiji, Trinidad, etc.

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166 British Commonwealth Hundreds of stamps on cards and cut-down cards in a shoebox, QEII only, with 1950s high values, post-independence India mint range, etc. Partly catalogued at about £750, with much more uncatalogued.

£40-50

167 British Commonwealth Small box of British Commonwealth mint and used singles and groups on 150 cut-down stockcards, plus a group of better items also on cards with cat. £1000+, stockpage of KGV Downey heads used, etc.

£50-60

168 British Commonwealth Collection of several thousand different mint and used stamps mainly concentrating on the reigns of KGV and KGVI, Aden to Zanzibar, with highlights including Ascension 3/- ship used, Bechuanaland 1938 set mint, British Guiana 1938 set mint and used, British Honduras 1938 set MNH, Cayman Islands 1935 set to 10/- mint, Falklands 1938 £1 mint, useful Hong Kong, K.U.T. 1938 set to £1 mint and used with additional 5/- perf 13¼ mint, Leeward Islands 1938 set to £1 mint, BMA Malaya ovpts to $5 mint and used, Malta QV 5/- used and various 10/- types, Mauritius 1938 defins set mint, Nauru to 5/- seahorse mint, Nyasaland KGV £10 (cat. £400 as revenue cancel) and other good British Africa. Occasional small faults however the quality is generally very decent. Please inspect.

£750-1,000

169 British Commonwealth and Great Britain Collection in seven loose-leaf albums (Senator and Simplex), displayed somewhat sparsely, however the general strength is 1940s and 1950s with Ascension 1938 set mint (cat. £250) and QEII long sets, Bahamas 1938 defin set and ‘Landfall’ ovpts both complete to £1 mint and the KGVI and QEII pictorial sets mint, plus a few 1935 silver jubilee sets mint incl. Australia. Also GB incl. penny black (three margins, vertical crease) and the 1942 and ‘51 high value sets mint, ‘48 wedding £1 mint and used, etc. Fresh Colours.

£120-150

170 British Commonwealth and Great Britain A group of good issues on a stockcard, very nice quality, with 1840 2d blue with black MX, margin just touching upper left, Antigua 1907 5/- green and violet on chalk-surfaced paper cds used (SG.40a, cat. £250), Penryhn 1920 6d imperf pair (SG.36 var, unlisted), British Honduras 1913/21 set mint (SG.101/110, cat. £400), etc. No faults.

£140-160

171 British Commonwealth A group of collections in seventeen volumes, chiefly New Zealand, Australia, Canada and India, the New Zealand in three binders with range of perf Chalon heads and later QV mint, 19th century postal fiscals to £1, modern issues mostly used with some mint sets and m/s to 2000s. The Australia in three volumes with used incl. ‘roos to 5/-, the mint incl. 1937/49 ‘robes’ with 10/- and £1 imprint blocks, into 2000s, particularly 2006 incl. m/s.

Then Canada in SG album incl. 1897 50cts jubilee cds used, Quebec set mint, etc, India on album pages with 4a red and blue cut-to-shape, revenues incl. green ‘postage’ ovpt on 6as lilac, KEVII to 10rs, KGV to 10rs mint and 15rs used, CEF ovpt set mint, useful Convention and Native States, Muscat, etc. Also South Africa album incl. SWA 1931 bi-lingual pairs set to 20/- mint, Ireland collection with 1922 first definitive set mint, an album of Omnibus sets incl. a few 1948 silver wedding high values, 1949 UPU, etc.

£250-350

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THEMATIC AND OMNIBUS COLLECTIONS 172 Wildlife Thematic Collection Two stockbooks of birds, butterflies and beasts, with approx. 2000+ mint and used stamps, some duplication on the French Colonies issues, on the whole neatly presented in series. Along with GB gold-plated FDCs album (23). (Qty: 3)

£40-50

173 Omnibus: Elizabeth II Events Large collection in three cartons, neatly displayed in 29 volumes, four are Rowland Hill anniversary, the rest QEII commems in runs of albums for various birthdays and coronation jubilees through to the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, predominantly complete MNH.

£300-350

174 Omnibus: Lady Diana Two cartons with a highly complete collection neatly displayed in fifteen volumes, incl. ten SG albums for 1981 wedding which also has extra binder of large inter-panneau blocks, also three red albums for 1982 royal birth.

£150-200

175 Omnibus: Queen Mother A carton with virtually complete collection neatly displayed in ten special albums covering six birthdays and 2002 memorial.

£100-150

176 Omnibus: Collection Balance Twenty volumes in two cartons covering a good range of themes, cleanly presented collections mostly in respective special albums, incl. 1974 UPU worldwide series incl. China, Mid-East etc, 1979 Year of the Child, WWII in two albums incl. coin covers, etc, etc. Please inspect.

£200-250

177 Worldwide A diverse accumulation in 3 cartons, generally 20th century with many thousands of of stamps and souvenir sheets in stockbooks/albums, on pages and loose, the majority in mint sets including much thematic interest, particularly Olympics with focus on the 1972 Games, signed covers incl. athletes and Hong Kong crew of the Royal Yacht, also noted China 1960 chrysanthemum set used, further chrysanthemums and peonies in another book and later issues, requiring organisation.

£150-200

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Worldwide Somewhat eccentrically organised collection of 10s of 1000s of stamps in over 170 stockbooks large and small, strength in 21st century new issues, especially miniature sheets, into the 2010s, notably China, US, France, New Zealand with year packs to 2013. Also early issues in mixed condition, revenues, etc. We note China 3ca small dragon and bean goose to $2 used, 1980s sets mint and FDC incl. souvenir sheets (2 volumes), Hong Kong incl. KGVI defins to $10 green and violet used, Japan with imperf dragons (possibly forged), Iraq 1949 airmail miniature sheets imperf and perf MNH, Sudan 1935 General Gordon set mint, 1948 set MNH, US with 6cts Columbus mint, 10cts Shanghai surcharge hiding among the pages of pre-cancels, etc. The French area perhaps the best including Monaco with 1885 first issues incl. 5cts and 10cts mint, 1fr used (SG.9, cat. £700), first Prince Albert heads to 5fr mint and used, 1919 war orphans used to 1fr+1fr (SG.31/36, cat. £950) and 1920 surcharges (SG.38/46, cat. £600), etc. Another good book is the French Andorra highly complete (though toning issues) including the first set and first postage dues mint (SG.F1/F23, FD24/FD38, cat. £2,500). Thorough viewing advised.

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179 Worldwide A very well-filled Strand album with many 100s of mint and used stamps, mostly 1920s-’40s including useful mint Balkans/E. Europe, Romania 1906 Jubilee Exhibition issues, France and French Colonies with mint sets to 10fr and 20fr, etc. Please inspect.

£40-50

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180 Worldwide An early Ideal album (1910 edition) with many hundreds of mint and used stamps, especially German States, Canada 10d Cartier imperf (faults), Cape triangles, Ceylon halfpenny lilac mint, China with 3 candarins red dragon, 2cts ‘red revenue’ and other interesting overprints, followed by GB incl. 1d black and 1840 2d blue with variable margins, 6d brown ‘specimen’ (faults), 2/- blue, 1884 1/- green cds, through to revenues and 1d Mulready envelope used with circular Kimbolton arrival and indistinct Penny Post markings, also India from 1855 4a red and blue cut-to-shape, Italy incl. 1890 20cts on 50cts mauve mint (cat.£600), useful New Zealand and Australian States, United States incl. 1867 90cts Washington with grill used (cat. £2,250), etc. Mixed condition as usual for collections of this vintage. Sleepers likely, please inspect thoroughly.

£350-500

181 Worldwide Collection in several old schoolboy albums, variously sparse to well-filled, the latter category including a Movaleaf album with many 100s incl. Italy 1934 football set mint noted (SG.413/417, cat. £175), as well as Malaya Japanese Occupation philatelic cover, GB May 1951 Festival and KGVI defins FDCs, etc. Some stuck-down mostly confined to the French Colonies. Sleepers likely, please inspect.

£50-60

182 Worldwide Collection of well over 10,000 different mint and used stamps from 19th century onwards housed in six loose-leaf albums and a stockbook, organised by country from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia, with useful mint never hinged sets from about 1950s. The ten pages of China with over 300 stamps starting in 1894, also France with 10cts imperf Bordeaux mint with huge margins all round, French Colonies, Latin America, Middle East incl.

Qatar with 1982 defin set MNH, range of Persia from 1880s suns onwards, and much more. Occasional interesting revenues and locals. Some mixed condition on the earlier material, please inspect.

£300-350

183 Worldwide The balance of an accumulation including useful 19th century Great Britain in a small stockbook with 1d black (faults), 1883 5/- rose cds, 1d lilac 14 dots specimen ovpt, various mint Jubilee values to 1/- green and carmine, etc. Also a Simplex album with worldwide pre-1960s issues, a stockbook of Poland and an empty Windsor album clean though with black mounts.

£50-70

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184 Worldwide Five albums with thousands of different mint and used 19th century to mid-20th century stamps, including a well-filled Grafton album with Italy 1927 50cts (SG.216, Sassone 218 var.) wmk inverted used, China incl. Hall of Classics $2 used, useful Persia, etc. Condition varies. Please inspect.

£70-80

185 Worldwide Victorian Lincoln Album etc.

Old-time collection in four books, the Lincoln album with much on-piece from 1920s and 1930s tipped in loose plus Canada 15cts large queen used, Hong Kong 1891 14cts surcharge, South Australia long QV ‘postage and revenue’ to £2, the United States including 90cts violet Perry (natural straight edge, another 90cts Perry has faults), 1893 Columbus with 15cts, 30cts, 50cts, $1 and $3 used, generally sound but affected by heavy tone spots, cat. £2,200, also the 50cts Omaha seen loose (small thin). Another interesting part is a leather ledger-book with over 100 Great Britain 19th century revenues, incl. long red and black Inland Revenue types, railway parcels, Customs, District Audit £ values, 2/- hound licence, etc. Two further albums with 100s more stamps incl. useful range of China. Condition of course varies greatly. Please inspect.

£100-150

WORLDWIDE BOX LOTS 186 Worldwide Collection of many thousands of mint and used stamps from classics onwards, predominantly pre-1950 Europe in 12 volumes, including five large Schaubek albums with Spain, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Italy with POs abroad, Islands and occupations, Greece, France, etc, with lots of decent mint sets. Other vintage albums include a well-filled Centurion (missing spine) incl. China with $2 hall of classics, a couple of Kewkiang, etc, and an oblong clasped Lincoln album. Please inspect thoroughly.

£350-500

187 Worldwide Two-carton accumulation of well over 20,000 stamps in over 25 volumes, including two-volume collection in green Ideal albums for foreign countries to late 1920s incl. Japan with imperf dragons and syllabics, Siam with handful of ‘atts’ incl. large numeral surcharge, etc, a Minkus Supreme Global album with Netherlands and US incl. many plate blocks, collection in three replete Swiftsure loose-leaf albums, three special hingeless albums for Rubens thematic sets and m/s with no empty spaces, etc, etc. Noted Russian area and Latin America, as well as useful British Commonwealth. Also two bonus boxes with a good range of mainly Stanley Gibbons catalogues - about 20 different ‘parts’ - incl. 2012 China.

£350-500

188 Worldwide A small box of foreign issues of all periods on stockcards and cut-down cards, with a group of better items catalogued at £920+, plus many others.

Please inspect.

£50-60

189 Worldwide Accumulation in over twenty volumes and loose in a grocer’s box and jute bag, lots of vintage schoolboy albums of varying standard, pre-war correspondence from Europe, Russia, Sierra Leone, etc, with postage dues, re-directed, much cinderella affixed, also seen group of five essays for Austria prisoner of war relief, good range of mint pre-decimal Great Britain, 21st century face value about £100 mainly in m/s and booklets, a real mixture, needs thorough inspection.

£100-150

190 Worldwide Multi-generation accumulation in three leather cases filling a large carton, with several vintage albums including Oppen’s and two Lincolns, a two-volume collection with GB KGVI control strips and QEII traffic-light/plate blocks, Tasmania Chalons to 1/-, Siam with good range of 19th century incl. large numeral Siamese surcharges and ‘atts’ to 10a, 1899 64a mint, etc. Postal history from 19th century onwards fills one of the cases incl. early-1950s worldwide commercial correspondence, 1924 Everest expedition card (faults) with the label, as well as a couple of ‘salved from the sea’ covers of the Heian Maru (mailed Japan-USA-England, 1940?, one heavily damaged) which was refitted as a naval vessel and sunk in 1944. Also many hundreds of early to mid-20th century stamps on and off-paper in envelopes to delve into.

£250-300

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191 Worldwide Accumulation in sixteen volumes, incl. miscellaneous omnibus and thematic collections and seven large stockbooks of British Commonwealth organised A-Z, thousands of stamps mint and used of all reigns, mostly lower values to shilling. Please inspect.

£100-150

192 Worldwide Balance accumulation from the collector of the Hong Kong and US (Lots 154 and 162), filling two large containers with more than a dozen volumes and loose, thousands of stamps, noted stockbook of later 20th century Gulf States, Iran and Saudi Arabia with many mint sets and blocks, Malaya postmarks page, KGVI coronation omnibus set mint in special album, much birds thematic, solid Guernsey mint collection in three hingeless albums, US and Hong Kong new issues, etc. Sold for the benefit of the RSPB.

£150-200

193 Worldwide An interesting carton of country groups and collections on vintage album pages, noted Portugal and Colonies, Spanish civil war, Liberia, Egypt, Latin America, Asia in loose envelopes incl. China, etc, also a stockpage of high cat. items (cat. for only the securely genuine £3,500+) incl. Greece, Upper Silesia and Greenland. Much more here to explore, please view thoroughly.

£200-250

194 Worldwide Wide-ranging accumulation in two plastic tubs with over a dozen volumes and loose, including useful items and groups in stockbooks and old glassines, noted several China locals of Kewkiang and banknotes incl. Mexico 1 peso (x10) in uncirculated consecutive runs. Collections include good Poland in special album with interesting 1918/19 ovpts incl. some signed, through to WWII Polish Corps issues including the imperf miniature sheet, etc. Then USA binder with ‘blackjacks’, Omaha 50cts olive-green (small faults), Washington/Franklins to $1 and range of pre-cancels, four volumes of France and Colonies incl. stockbook of mint airmails with £1,200+ catalogue, French and Spanish North Africa, British Commonwealth, etc. Please inspect thoroughly.

£200-250

195 Worldwide Tens of thousands of stamps from 19th century to 2020 organised by country in over 45 stockbooks in five boxes, plus further loose stamps, covers, etc, filling two more large cartons. Issues are generally used and with duplication, though with an element of mint including sets and miniature sheets well into the 2000s. Useful British Commonwealth especially Australasia, several hundred China from Imperial issues onwards, US new issues, back of the book, etc. Needs inspection.

£200-250

POSTAL HISTORY AND COLLATERAL 196 Worldwide Postal History An extensive collection of well over 2000 franked postcards and postal stationery items, displayed in fifteen albums, majority late 19th century to WWI period with hardly anything post-1945, originally assembled in Belgium so mostly Belgian material, however at least three of the volumes (well over 300 cards) are for overseas usages with many attractive frankings, especially on the front of the cards, including Egypt, French Middle-East, Turkey incl. 1901 tughras on photo side of Jaffa and Bethlehem views, German POs, Yugoslavia, Italy incl. postage dues, Russia, Japan, India, Ceylon, etc. The postal stationery cards also include Indian States, Belgian Congo, Latin America, etc, etc. A very varied and colourful range of postal history, the postcard interest also strong including war-time scenes, maritime, Expositions, etc. A recommended viewing.

£250-350

197 Post Office Accessories A charming group of vintage Postman’s kit, with wartime infantry-type helmet stencilled ‘GPO’, similarly stencilled ‘CPO’ canvas pouch, along with more civilian postie paraphernalia: twelve ‘Post Office - YO’ (York) numbered enamelled metal badges (6 different numbers), felt belt embroidered ‘Post Office - Postman’ in red, a wonderfully worn wooden postmark handstamp holder with three stamps for Boroughbridge, York in single ring and two formats of double ring, with the metal date slugs in another wooden box incorporating slug rack. Also a metal box for Inland Telegram Forms.

£70-100

198 Post Office Accessories A brass paraffin burner, stamped ‘G.P.O.’ on screw-cap and underside of base, where also stamped ‘Parkinson’. Probably late 19th century. Highly unusual.

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POSTCARDS 199 A Red Bag, containing approx. 900 postcards houses in six albums all of Blackpool. A mix of periods from early to modern, printed and Real Photo. Many many run-of-the-mill cards but better include North Pier Fire, September 1921, Blackpool Tower Circus (13), and Tower Zoo (3), Loos Trenches At Blackpool, Blackpool Carnival, Entertainers, Comic and an A. R. Quinton of The Bath Station Entrance & Café.

£60-80

200 A Large Distressed Red Album, containing approx. 500 cards. Many song cards, sentiment, romance, greetings, rural scenes etc.

Topographical cards of Wandsworth and Peterborough including the New Bridge & Railway Station, Peterborough seen. Many comic cards also including ranges of early Donald McGill and Fred Spurgin (15 including Military subjects) Other artist drawn subjects include Cricket (6), Fishing (4), Cycling (2) and Diablo (2).

£100-150

201 A Box, containing 2 postcard albums and 2 bundles of loose with a mixture of topographical and subject cards including better such as Swiss Cottage Station, North Waltham, Newbury Station, Violet Roberts Military Cat and The Battle of Stepney including Churchill’s visit to the scene (5).

Better RP’s seen of New Buckenham and Windsor along with many castles and abbeys. Also a large album of mounted late Victorian / Edwardian Greeting cards.

£200-250

202 A Small Brown Suitcase of Bundles of Foreign postcards; India (15), Fiji (25), Algers (27). Ceylon (14) Australia (168) including better printed street scenes etc, Egypt (100), Turkey & Jerusalem (41) USA & Canada (39). In addition, there is a box of European postcards including Italy, France, Greece and Hungary and a box of postal covers / greeting cards from the early 1900s mainly unused.

£100-120

203 Two Black Boxes, containing a Valentines published Christmas Card sample album with many other mounted mainly seasonal scraps along with a quantity of postcards both loose and in albums. Better cards include Steamer at North Ronaldsay Pier, Cemaes Bay (Anglesey), Longton, Margate and Henry Seagrave & Miss England II. Also a cigarette card Album and photo album. A widely eclectic mix but some better photographic cards seen.

£120-150

204 A box containing six albums holding an extensive collection of trams throughout the UK. The contents largely include newspaper cuttings, photographs and copy photos but few and far between are some postcards, some mounted. Better cards mainly seem to be of the West Riding area of Yorkshire with some very attractive examples.

£120-150

205 A stunning album containing a superb and valuable collection of Farndale (42) and Rosedale (32). Many of the cards feature events such as Wesleyan Sunday School celebrations, The Visit of Brotton Choir, Farndale Show. Garden Fetes, Cricket Club, Farndale Band, Haytiming etc. Many of the cards published by Hayes cover isolated parts of the dale with a strong theme of agriculture throughout. Rosedale again features with special occasions such as the Rosedale Hill Climb, the Sunday School with many cards of both Rosedale Abbey and the more remote properties such as The Lion Inn (and Rosedale Postman) on Blakey Ridge, Bell End and Thorgill. Predominantly Real Photographic.

£300-350

206 An Album containing 92 postcards of the North Yorkshire / Teesside area. A mix of printed and Real Photographic cards with many by local photographers such as the RSK Series and Brittain & Wright. Areas covered include Osmotherley (34), Yarm (14) Middlesbrough (24) and Stokesley (12). A nice collection.

£150-200

207 A large box containing a Postcard Album holding approx. 100 cards, a mix of subject and topography with ranges of Faversham, Kent and Caistor and area of Lincolnshire. Predominantly printed along with subject cards including Cricket (3) Motoring Comic (1) by such artists as Chas.

Crombie, Lance Thackray and Tom Browne. Also a large quantity of GB stamps in tobacco tins and boxes, a stockbook and an early QEII album along with a reasonable Strand Album. Also a quantity of cigarette and tea cards.

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208 Two albums containing approx. 660 cards of coastal views including Blackpool, Bridlington and other locations including a quantity from the USA. Mixed periods with some printed, Real Photographic and Artist Drawn including 4 ARQ’s of Mablethorpe and six early views of Scarborough.

£80-120

209 An album containing approx. 440 postcards of UK churches, printed and Real Photographic.

£100-150

210 Approx 275 cards of Shipping and maritime interest. Better include a Hand Woven H.M.S. Baltic Silk (mild wear), R.M.S. Olympic (2) R. M. S. Teutonic, The Mauretania on the River Tyne. A mix of foreign but mainly UK with Lightships, Pleasure Steamers, Nelson, Harbours all included.

£100-150

211 Three albums containing a diverse range of cards, approx 300 cards with White Borders; some topographic, some generic scenes with the other two albums containing approx. 330 and 300 cards respectively, mainly greetings, Christmas, Birthday deckle edges cards with some novelty pullouts, Art Topo and some GB topo.

£80-100

212 An album containing approx. 360 cards including Military, Coaching – Harry Payne, Race Horses, Agricultural Equipment – Cultivator Advertisement (2), Sailors, Romance, Novelty Pullouts. Better cards include a Mako Shark caught at Looe in 1959.

£60-80

213 Four albums containing over 1300 mainly foreign cards. Countries include French and Belgium including Ports and Shipping Interest and ruins of Zeebrugge (19), Sunk German submarines, British Torpedo boat, Canada of all eras including Expo 67 (23). Some tartan bordered Scottish Topography and Greetings cards.

£100-150

214 Two albums containing over 500 postcards mainly of GB Topography. Predominantly coloured printed cards with some artist drawn by Tuck and Quinton of Whitby etc. Many Street scenes with trams etc and a number of pier cards also.

£100-150

215 Two albums containing approx. 480 cards. Mainly GB topographical with some artist drawn by Quinton, Valentines etc of Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall. Mainly run of the mill but the odd better card seen.

£100-120

216 A pink album containing 84 silk items, 81 of them postcards. Better designs include “The White Ensign – Great Britain”, East Yorkshire Regimental, Black Cat, a church spire and a Peacock Design along with many other of interest predominantly clean.

£150-200

217 Another pink album containing 44 silk postcards, Souvenir d’Ypres and others with an additional 44 cards of flowers and a selection of handmade cards from scraps of a shipping nature.

£80-100

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A further pink album containing 83 silk postcards and one silk greeting card. 1914 / 15, 1917, 1918 year dates along with better including “Right is Might”, “United we Stand”, “Allies Against The Huns!” and the Army Cyclist Corp.

£150-200

219 Four albums containing a wide mix of postcards, firstly approx. 136 Religious cards; Faith, Hope Charity etc, Biblical Scenes, Lord’s Prayer, Angels etc. Secondly an album of approx. 160 cards of Flowers, a wide mix including Christina Klein (4). A third album with approx. 190 Song Cards

by Bamforth with some Romance cards also and lastly approx. 184 cards of Flowers in the Garden and deckle edged greeting cards.

£50-80

220 Three albums holding a selection of cards of people, Firstly approx. 130 cards of Royalty, mainly GB from Edward VII to the present Queen. Two further albums with approx. 360 cards of people, from historical to modern times, RPs, printed and Artist Drawn, Pretty girls including some by Asti, Actresses to Cinema Stars, Jellicoe to Bronte, Greta Garbo, a Matchbox Collector from Speen, Buckinghamshire and an Irishman at Laggan Locks at Fort William who used to sing and dance to passing boats on the canal. A wide and diverse mix again.

£80-100

221 Two albums filled with approx. 300 postcards of Ireland (80), Isle of Man (60), Channel Islands, Isle of Wight, Scottish Islands, Holy Island and even Barry Island. A wide range of periods from Edwardian to modern, mainly printed with many common views seen. A few better cards of County Mayo / Limerick noted with some Quintons and three Leon & Levy cards of Guernsey.

£100-150

222 Three albums containing British topography, The first two albums each holding approx. 260 and 240 cards respectively of Multiviews mainly from the 1940-1970s, mainly standard sized. A third album of about 310 cards of London, again many common scenes but reasonable coverage of the exhibitions; Franco British 1908, Latin British 1912, British Empire in 1924 – 5 and Festival of Britain 1951.

£60-80

223 Three albums covering another diverse arrangement of some 700 cards. Firstly an album with a large quantity of foreign published Children cards, Parisian Gargoyles and Heraldry. Secondly an album covering France, other European cards and some Indian also and lastly to add to the eclectic mix a Miscellaneous album with Greetings, Large Letter Names etc, Nursey Rhymes, Sayings, Tomb Stones etc and other peculiarities.

£80-100

224 Two albums containing firstly approx. 320 cards of Dogs, Cats, Birds etc. From farm animals to Zoo species, many British, some generic, some located and some Artist Drawn. A large series of foreign published bird studies also. Secondly approx. 170 night scenes / moonlit scenes including Blackpool Illuminations (24), Torquay, Redcar. Morecambe and other coastal locations along with a series of Orcadian sunsets.

£80-100

225 Three albums of British topography. Roughly 670 cards of Lighthouses, Monuments, Gatehouses, Towers, Castles and Bridges; Road, Foot and a few Railway. Printed and Real Photographic, many common views but some better.

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226 Two Blue albums holding a valuable and extensive collection of the life and work of King Edward VIII (1894-1972). One album contains approx. 260 portraits of the King as a child, through being the Prince of Wales, until his short tenure as King. The second album covers an extensive collection of cards relating to his life and many visits both in Great Britain and Worldwide. From portraits of the four generations to White Lodge, Richmond and Frogmore where Edward at some point lived, to his military time, his connections with others and his many visits. Amongst the visits Bootle, Bury, Doncaster (6) and Southampton feature among others and there also his visits to Vimy Ridge, India, Panama and twenty-one Hong Kong cards. Other great items include his investiture at Caernarvon Castle (4) by The Carbonara Co. Liverpool & Williams of Caernarvon in 1911, Edward meeting Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, Cunard, White Star Line Queen Mary at Clydebank being inspected by him in 1936 and his wedding to Mrs Wallis Simpson in 1937. An advanced collection and a delight to view.

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227 An attractive album containing approx. 170 postcards, all of a Military theme. Many Tuck Oilettes / Artist Drawn by such as Harry Payne and others. A good printed range of other Army / Regimental studies and group and a few Real Photographic cards of The 2nd Lincolns, Royal Scot Greys, 3rd Batt. Grenadier Guards etc along with some loose subject cards in envelopes. Also a scrap album containing a collection of Postal History from KGV – Early QEII with some First Day Covers, a small stock book of used stamps, some Royal Event mint stamps and a small cigarette card album.

£180-200

228 Two slim albums each holding approx. 100 cards. The first holding a good selection of Military cards both British and trench scenes from Flanders and the Western Front with Real Photographic, printed any a few artist drawn examples such as Scenes in a Tommy’s Life (3). A selection of Whitby, Staithes topo views, Football, Cricket and Fairies by Margaret Tarrant, Rene Cloke and Constance Symonds. The second album contains Comic, Children including Mabel Lucy Attwell, Greetings, Dogs, Cats and other animals and a little aviation.

£80-100

229 An album containing approx. 410 cards of Menston (26) Guiseley (82), Yeadon (39), Rawdon (107) and Horsforth (137) An advanced collection containing many high value cards including Tramway Openings, Motorbuses, a mill fire etc along with many good photographic street scenes from Edwardian to mid 20th century.

£1,000-1,200

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230 An album containing 100 close-up views of Leeds Shop Fronts predominantly, with some pubs and hotels. The cards are both printed and Real Photographic of businesses in the centre and suburbs of the city. In addition there are smaller selections of Pool in Wharfedale / Arthington (29), Oulston (21) and Ramsgill (11).

£800-1,000

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231 An Album containing some 300 cards of Leeds and the wider area. All were published by The Phototype Co. of Ventnor Street, Leeds, arguably one of Leeds finest photographers. Many Real photo (190) followed by the various printed and bordered series they produced between 1906 and c.1912. Amongst the Real Photographic cards are many gems depicting trams, shops and Social History.

£400-500

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232 An advanced collection of some 500 of the Real Photographic postcards of Chapeltown Photographer H. Burniston of who worked between 1923 and 1932. His numbered series numbers some 600 so a good representation is present here. Many of Leeds but as the series progressed he covered the villages and towns within West Yorkshire and parts of North Yorkshire. Some fairly plain views but many better seen with Railway Stations, Shops and street scenes, all of a good quality.

£1,000-1,200

233 An album containing approx. 475 cards of Leeds by publishers starting with the letters D – G. These include Scarborough based E. T. W. Dennis (175), a range from early to modern almost up to the present, a nice range by E. A. T. of Rawdon and Calverley (17), Excel Series (76) Frith (30 + 5 modern sized) etc. Gaines, a Leeds publisher probably is the highlight of the album with 69 of his cards on display.

£300-400

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Further entries invited

STAMPS, POSTCARDS & POSTAL HISTORY WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 2022

A selection of early highlights to be offered in the next sale

For further information please contact: Joseph Addison stamps1@tennants-ltd.co.uk 01969 623780

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2022 AUCTION DATES Wednesday 16 February

Coins & Banknotes Friday 25 February

Antiques & Interiors Saturday 26 February

20th Century Design Saturday 26 February

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Line, Colour and Form: A Private Collection Friday 4 March

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Antiques & Interiors Friday 18 & Saturday 19 March

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