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Sale 154 - your search for 'stamps' found 164 lots
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75
 Used
KGVI COLLECTION 1937-52 of BWI countries U on philatelic leaves with Antigua (31), Barbados (65), British Honduras (32), B.V.I (41), Caymans (47), Dominica (64), Jamaica (52), Leewards (49), Montserrat (49), St. Kitts Nevis (59), St. Lucia (63), St. Vincent (51), Trinidad & Tobago (46) & Turks & Caicos (49), mainly complete or almost complete with better stamps noted; Barbados 1944 2d (extra frame line), Leewards first £1 with indistinct pmk, Trinidad & Tobago 5d, 6d & 1s Dues. A good lot. Cat. £4000+ £700 to 800 £650.00
77
 M
 Used
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Ex-dealer's stock of stamps each on a black display card from British Central Africa (7) incl. 1895 3s VFU, SG.27, 1903 £1 re-perforated cto, B.E.A 1904 3r cto, SG.28, 1907-08 set M, 1921 2r (2) M, K.U.T KGVI vals to £1 cto (3), Mauritius incl. 1921 2r.50 (2) M, 5r M, 10r M, North Borneo 1931 50th Anniv set to $2 M, Rhodesia incl. Admirals 10d & 7/6d M, Double Heads incl. 5d, 6d & 1s M, 2s U, S.W.A incl. 1930 Air set M, 1935 Voortrekker set VFU, several bi-lingual Airs cto etc. £600 to 750 £720.00
86
 M
 Used
SCOTTS INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS x6 volumes containing a world collection. Vol 1 1840-1940, Vol 2-6 1940-1968, general M & U ranges (1000's of stamps) heavy lot in two cartons. £400 to 600 £500.00
90
 M
 Used
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Ex-dealer's stock of stamps each on a black display card (53) incl. Antigua 1903 2s M, Australian States, Bahamas, British Levant, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Mafia Island (3), Malta, Newfoundland, Nyasaland Prot, St. Helena 1903 (SG.55/60), Tanganyika 1921 3r cto incl. several better identified by vendor (not always correct). Viewing recommended. £400 to 500 £460.00
98
 M
 Used
WORLD COLLECTION housed in a bulging Scott International Junior album, 1000's stamps, album a little battered/repaired with tape etc. stamps rather untidy. £300 to 400 £380.00
101
 M
 Used
EUROPE (mainly) in carton incl. Austria collection of M & U, Belgium stamps & covers, France collection of VFU, 1981-98 appears complete in a Merton album, Schaubek album of West Germany 1949-75 VFU incl. early better sets, Greece earlies, postmarks etc, plus a shoe box filled with loose world stamps. £300 to 350 N/S
106
 M
 Used
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH collection of approx 9000 stamps housed in five Prinz binders, the majority are pre QEII. £200 to 300 £980.00
111
 Used
Used (on letter or envelope)
ACCUMULATION in carton incl. New Zealand collection (ST.Cat. £800), GB with duplicated U KEVII & GB locals, New Ideal album of foreign countries fairly sparse, a box containing 100's of loose stamps. China range of modern FDC's, a few GB covers incl. Channel Islands German Occ, Germany - Churchill & Chamberlain propaganda cards etc. £200 to 250 £200.00
122
 M
 Used
ACCUMULATION in carton incl. a box of loose world stamps, album of Australian FDC's, China modern FDC's (32), GB collection in albums, miscellaneous in large & small stock books incl. British Africa, stock book of Belgium, another of Ireland etc. £150 to 200 £280.00
123
 M
AIR STAMPS M or UM in a Prestige album, several better items incl. France 1949 set (Cat. £350), Liechtenstein 1931 set (Cat. £300) & 1936 set (Cat. £124), Tripolitania 1935 set (Cat. £65) & 1933 2nd set (Cat. £52), Paraguay 1934 set (Cat. £27), India 1929 set (Cat. £50), Egypt 1933 set (Cat. £40) etc. (397) £150 to 200 £170.00
132    M
 Used
MISCELLANEOUS ACCUMULATION in carton incl. various British Commonwealth on stock cards, ranges of Thailand in a stock book & on leaves, New Zealand, British Africa in a stock book, loose stamps in a shoe box & sorted into a card index, also a world collection in an Old Victory album, plus Birds Thematics etc. £100 to 200 £330.00
146
 M
 Used
MISCELLANEOUS ACCUMULATION in carton with stock book containing 'back of the book' material incl. Revenues, fiscals etc. various in the old Strand, Lincoln album etc, plus a box of loose stamps (earlies) etc. £100 to 150 £180.00
161
Used (on letter or envelope)
ACCUMULATION in carton incl. GB on black stock cards, a bag of foreign & Commonwealth kiloware, odd items of ephemera incl. early studio photographs, coal mining - 1889-1901 shipping charters from South Hetton Coal Co, WWI Immigration to New Zealand documents, 1943 POW propaganda newspaper 'The Reflector,' Germany Third Reich stamps, Bohemia & Moravia, North East Coast 1929 Exhibition badges & ephemera. Interesting assortment. £80 to 100 £125.00
162
 M
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH chiefly M range (200+ stamps) in a stock book. Noted - Bahamas KGV £1 M (corner crease & toned), Bermuda 1953 set M, Falklands 1892 2/6d M (thinned), KGV to 1s, KGVI to 2/6d M, Gambia, Gibraltar K.U.T 1954 Defin set M, Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1954 Defin set M etc. £80 to 100 £170.00
177
 M
COMMONWEALTH WAR STAMPS collection in album, comprehensive range of most countries, mainly M & with some varieties. (over 260) £50 to 70 £88.00
178
Used (on letter or envelope)
BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA with Rhodesia & Nyasaland 19th/20thC group of reg postal stationery envelopes unused with scarce B.C.A included & some o/p SPECIMEN, earlier items with stamps removed, several attractive Rhodesia & Nyasaland frankings. (24 items) £55 to 65 £84.00
180
 M
 Used
MIDDLE EAST small M & U range of 97 stamps on leaves incl. S. Arabian Fed 1965 set M, Mahra 1967 set M, Qatar 1961 set M etc. (97) ST.Cat. £310 £40 to 55 £40.00
249
 M
1935 Jubilee Omnibus set of 249 stamps (complete excl. Egypt), M hinged into the small printed album. Condition is mixed. £150 to 200 £195.00
261
  IDEAL WORLD POSTAGE STAMP ALBUMS 1840-1936 three volume re-print of the classic album with printed spaces for foreign stamps of the world. Bound in green buckram, each complete with slip case. RRP £352. £120 to 150 £220.00
262
 Literature
AIRMAILS selection of books & pamphlets relating to flights incl. The Ross Smith England - Australia Flight No. 24 signed by Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Official Airmails of Australia by Sparks, Catalogue of German Catapult Flights 1934, Commercial & Historical Atlas of World Airways, The Airmails & Pigeon Posts of New Zealand by Collins, The Specialised Catalogue of Canadian Airmail Stamps by Morgan, First Airmail Flight Across the Andes by Pringle & more. (25+ items) £30 to 60 £72.00
263
 M
 Used
Block larger than four or stamp booklet
CINDERELLAS black page stock book contains approx 820 poster stamps or similar, mainly European incl. product advertising, exhibitions, military themes, also USA etc. Colourful lot. £200 to 250 £200.00
264
 UM
Used (on letter or envelope)
MODERN COLLECTION displayed in 22 albums covering aviation, cars, Disney, dinosaurs, football, Millenium, royalty, railways, space, stars of stage & screen etc. incl. UM stamps/sheetlets, first day & commemorative covers/coin covers/signed etc. Attractive lot. £350 to 450 £410.00
266
  HORSE RACING range of black & white or colour photographs of famous horses/jockeys/trainers etc. with the odd autograph incl. Lester Piggott. Also some stamps & cigarette cards relating to horse racing incl. FDC signed by Willie Carson, lot also includes 1840 1d black, four margins (thinned). £80 to 100 £80.00
299
Used (on letter or envelope)
STAMP CARDS collection of 39 cards (mainly unused) depicting early stamps from various countries with two postally used incl. Australia - NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Gold Coast, Ceylon, Germany, Zanzibar, Trinidad, Obok, USA, Russia etc. Nice clean lot. £80 to 120 £130.00
340
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
1933 9th South America flight franked 5pf Hindenburg, Chicago Zeppelins 1m & 2m (stamps Cat. £900), cover bears Friedrichshafen reg label, red Zeppelin cachet, reverse with Chicago & Boston transits & arrival marks. £100 to 130 £165.00
341
Used (on letter or envelope)
1934 June 19th 2nd South America flight - folded cloth bag (probably contained sample) from The British Drug House Ltd, franked KGV 6d (2) & 1s (2), perfined BDG, with red cachet, obverse also bears Friedrichshafen c.d.s, stamps tied London rubbers, reverse Stuttgart c.d.s. & South American receiver mark. Very unusual & scarce commercial item. £100 to 130 £125.00
359
 M
 Used
1937-55 duplicated M & U range of 600+ stamps on stock leaves incl. 1937 Dhows to 1r, KGVI to 2r, QEII to 20s etc. ST.Cat. £925 £80 to 100 N/S
360
 Used
ADEN & STATES 1937-51 collection U on philatelic leaves, complete basic stamps with a couple of shades (incl. Shihr ½a), 5r Dhow is aniline, mainly fine. (103) Cat. £1401 £400 to 500 £380.00
375
Used (on letter or envelope)
1913 legal size reg cover to New York, franked KGV 5s grey-green & violet, tied St. Johns-Antigua c.d.s. (SG.51), twin folds to cover but stamps not affected. (1 cover) £70 to 100 N/S
393
 M
1860 Plate proof of the 9d value in black on wove paper & three issued stamps (fine M) 1868-79 9d claret SG.75, 1900 9d rose-lilac SG.15, 1901-02 9d claret SG.146. Fine group. Cat. £235 + proof. £80 to 100 £80.00
431
 Used
1937-52 collection U on philatelic leaves with all SG listed Dies & shades, complete less the 1936 Postage Due 6d & any stamps issued after 1952. Also with the coil perf pairs complete (cto) incl. the 1941 2d scarlet. mainly fine with a few odd stamped (mostly insignificant) poor, the 3d white Wattles with slogan cancel & slight colour run, not counted in Cat. £1512. (155) £300 to 400 £300.00
433
Used (on letter or envelope)
B.C.O.F JAPAN 1947 (Sep) reg. cover to NSW - B.C.O.F Japan o/p set of seven to 5s pmk 'AFPO28 - R.A.A.F Japan c.d.s. with AFPO - BOFU reg label (slight tear at top right corner but away from stamps). £100 to 120 £110.00
436
 M
Used (on letter or envelope)
Collection in a Utile album of stamps & covers/cards from the 1850's to 1920's incl. Lombardy Venetia 1850 Imperf 15c (108), 30c (10) and cover of 1851 - mainly postmark interest. Austrian Empire 9k (16) Imperfs, Trieste pmks, 6k incl. cover used Trieste. Austrian PO's abroad in Turkish Empire, a good range of stamps mostly used PO in Crete. Bosnia Herzegovina from set of Imperf M 'Trials' of Arms issue, a few covers & cards. Austrian Forces in Turkey four field postcards U, Military Post 1915 April set to 10k M (6k U), 1915/17 to 80h M and most to 10k FU, also some covers. 1915 (April ) set to 3k Imperf M, 1917-18 range to 10k M, also some issues for Italy, Montenegro, Rumania, Serbia 1916 set to 10k M, Austria 1868 cover with 5k U in Poland etc. Lovely lot, well written up. (many 100's + 61 covers/cards) £170 to 250 £560.00
438
 M
 Used
DANUBE STEAM NAVIGATION CO. SHIP MAIL - a lovely well written up and illustrated collection in album, main value in Danube Steam Navigation Co issues which incl. a set of six insurance stamps, 1877 Revenue set of four, 1884 To Pay 3kr, 10kr unused, 46f & 50f U, Package Additional Payment set of eight M, Parcel Dues set of three M, baggage labels (4), 1866-70 postage stamps 10k lilac (4), green (3), red (4), 17k (4) M, 10k green m/s cancellation on outer letter sheet to Conspoli, another 10h green on card together with Austria 10k (perfin) Trieste - Alexandrien h/stamp, 1901 Shipping document with Hungarian 10f fiscally used, 1910 PPC bearing Austria 5h Danube cancellation & h/stamp Postdampfer Franz Joseph, 1905 Roumana 10b on PPC used with rare pictorial ship cancel Tulcea-Galati on the Danube, also a further 16 mainly more modern DDSG covers & cards. Superb lot. £375 to 500 £520.00
446
 UM
 Block of four
1950 Carinthian Plebiscite in fresh M corner blocks of four (stamps UM), SG.1212/4. Cat. £560+ (12) £70 to 90 £92.00
456
 Used
1937-52 collection U on philatelic leaves, basic stamps complete plus some extras incl. 1938 £1 & Landfall £1 on chalky paper, both good colour, mainly fine. (70) Cat. £686. £220 to 250 N/S
462
 Used
1938-51 collection U on philatelic leaves, complete basic stamps plus the 1950-51 ½a to 4a in blocks of four, a couple not counted due to pmks. (82) Cat. £912 £270 to 320 N/S
523
 UM
 M
1906-18 neatly written up & presented on exhibition leaves with protectors incl. date twice variety with certificate (SG.387a), unlisted, 1913 for 1918 error, paper varieties on newspaper stamps etc. Fine lot. ST.Cat. £500+ £70 to 85 £72.00
533
Used (on letter or envelope)
1890-1972 range of registered stationery envelopes incl. several optd SPECIMEN postally used (11) - some with stamps missing. Mixed condition. £100 to 130 N/S
535
Used on piece or front
1896-1901 CCA set excl. 1r & 2r (16 stamps used on 8 pieces), tied Mombasa c.d.s's, from SG.65/79 plus 1897-1903 1r & 2r, VFU on two pieces, tied by Mombasa c.d.s's & also London hooded reg c.d.s's. (10 pieces/18 stamps) Cat. £415 £120 to 140 N/S
540
Used (on letter or envelope)
1903-04 Parcel Post Customs Declaration labels, both for natural history specimens sent to London, with datestamps of Belfield or Suddie, one endorsed ""Too late"". Both have ""Demerara"" labels applied in London, one with a stamp soaked off, a few minor faults but very scarce. (2) £170 to 220 £230.00
573
 UM
TELEGRAPH STAMPS 1946 Peacock set of seven in UM block of twenty, SG.T1/T7. (140) Cat. £640 £100 to 150 £140.00
590
 Used
1937-51 complete basic issues U on philatelic leaves incl. coil stamps, special deliveries & Officials (the latter incl. 10ct 'missing stop' with c.d.s. & 20ct 'missing stop' with light roller cancel). Mostly machine cancels & a few others not counted on grounds of condition (clearly marked) in SG total of £964, most of the better stamps being fine or better. £220 to 260 N/S
603
 M
 Used
SHANGHAI 1867-93 predominantly M collection on leaves incl. 1866 2c carmine, 1867 1cand yellow, 1cand brown, 1877-88 range of cash vals to 100 cash blue, 1886 surcharges 40 cash on 80 cash, 40 cash on 100 cash yellow, 60 cash on 100 cash yellow, 1888-89 20 cash on 80 cash green, 20 cash on 100 cash blue, later cents vals to 20c brown, 1893 ½c on 15c mauve, 1893 half stamps surcharged ½c on 5c, 1c on 2c green, 1893 Postage Due set etc. (127) Cat. £1200 £350 to 400 £470.00
628
 UM
CHINA & MACAO stock book containing an UM range of 1990's China M/Sheets, UM (Cat. £120) & Macao 1990's duplicated M/Sheets or stamps in blocks/multiples etc. (Cat. £648) £100 to 120 £100.00
660
Used (on letter or envelope)
1929 Stamp Exhibition stationery + card bearing vignette, piece bearing stamps, tied exhibition pmks, 1932 International Philatelic Exhibition items of ephemera incl. entrance ticket, identity card, 1932 July 30th Danzig Zeppelin flight cover Swiss acceptance posted Romanshorn to Friedrichschafen then to Danzig with blue cachet 'Lupesta in Danzig,' cover with multiple frankings of Swiss se-tenant blocks (3) - very attractive, 1937 1st National Philatelic Exhibition Souvenir airmail 10pf card flown to Budapest by Deutsche Lufthansa previously used from Danzig and re-used from exhibition, uprated 25pf adhesive, tied oval commem Daposta 1937 Danzig Luftpost cancel, Budapest receiver, Hungarian cachet in purple & large double ring Danzig Philatelic Exhibition d/stamp. Fine group, viewing recommended. (2 better covers + several items of ephemera). £80 to 100 £250.00
661
 M
 Used
1854-2002 M & U collection of 1071 stamps housed in two Alpha Major albums incl. a few covers. £80 to 120 £70.00
708
 Used
1944-49 collection U on philatelic leaves with all basic stamps plus 6d ochre & 'broken arc' ½d to 1s (less the 1d), fine. Cat. £373 £130 to 150 £130.00
711
 M
South Georgia 1963-2009 M collection housed in a Senator album, appears complete, good thematics especially birds etc. (362 stamps + 21 m/s) ST.Cat. £1557 £170 to 220 N/S
721
 UM
 M
FINLAND & ALAND ISLANDS 1875-1988 M collection in Briefmarken spring back stock book; a few early issues then comprehensive but not complete coverage from 1930, mainly UM. Useful ranges of defins, commems, Red Cross/Anti TB Fund issues, amongst which 1952 Air Surcharge, SG.600 (2 UM). Useful range of booklets & bklt panes up to Finlandia 88, also selection of M/Sheets, Military Feld Post, Parcel Post & machine labels etc. Slight adherence affects a few stamps on the final pages but should respond to careful removal (allowance made in valuation), condition o/w fine, inspection recommended. (1190 + 7 m/s, 39 bklt panes & 33 bklts) ST.Cat. £2800 approx. £280 to 380 N/S
724
 M
 Used
1849-1970's M & U range in two stock books (approx 230 stamps) incl. odd multiples, earlies are in mixed condition, middle period to 1970's are well represented incl. defins, commems, Airs, French Art etc. Nothing of great individual value but lots of mid-range items, some duplication. £100 to 150 N/S
730
 Used
1925 Paris Exhibition M/Sheet, upper right 5f stamp is cancelled by the Exposition c.d.s, the sheet is soiled & creased, the centre block of 5f stamps is fine, SG.MS412a. £100 to 130 £155.00
732
Used (on letter or envelope)
1930's cover & cards incl. 1937 Exhibition set plus PPC with Expo cancel, Czech due on PPC, better stamps on cover, airmail, WWII censorship etc. to c1948 plus the odd later item. (36) £80 to 100 £86.00
734

France/Colonies/Monaco Proofs collection on leaves in protectors housed in a ring binder commencing with 1938 discovery of Radium (colonies issue), artists signed proof, plus the issued stamps from (21 diff colonies), proofs from several colonies many relating to Marie Curie or Pierre Curie, also Monaco incl. 1938 Radium signed proof, 1955 Nautilus signed proof, there are 23 artist's signed proofs + 22 Epreuve de Luxe proofs also incl. non-French proofs. Fine lot . £600 to 700 £760.00
752
Used (on letter or envelope)
20thC - very large & interesting collection of covers, pmks & stamps, many written up on album leaves, early KEVII postcards, cacheted first flight Gambia - England, first flight Trinidad - Bathurst, first flight American - African Ferry, first flight Leopoldville - Bathurst, also from Guinea & Brazil, 1938 first flight Gambia - Sierra Leone, also from Sierra Leone. WWII censors, range of pmks & agencies, T.P.O's, maritime Winchester Castle cachet cover, stamps of later issue with blocks. (116) £300 to 350 £440.00
763
Used (on letter or envelope)
1902-Modern registered stationery envelopes comprising KEVII 2s unused, 2d U (3), added stamps have been removed, KGV 2s unused, 4d SPECIMEN & 2d U to Aden, QEII (7) unused. (14) £40 to 50 N/S
770
 M
 Used
COLLECTION OF M & U on black hagner leaves comprises Prussia range of 29 U stamps & ten items of U postal stationery, THURN & TAXIS range of Northern & Southern Districts stamps (64), also a miscellaneous selection from various stamps (47). Mixed condition, high catalogue value. (140 + 10 covers) £150 to 180 N/S
771
 M
Used (on letter or envelope)
BADEN 1718-1860's fine original lot neatly written up on leaves in protectors housed in three binders, very attractive ranges of covers from pre stamp with a wide selection of single or double lines and circular Town marks, later covers bearing the issued stamps either singles or pairs of imperfs or perf issues, also a selection of Postal stationery. Nice clean lot offered intact, viewing recommended. £800 to 1200 £1650.00
777
Used (on letter or envelope)
POSTAL HISTORY quantity of approx 1700 covers in mixed condition incl. many feldpost items of covers/cards, inflation covers, Third Reich period frankings, paketkartes/slips, stationery, PPC incl. Olympics etc. Mixed condition - careful viewing required. Also approx 95 items written up on leaves, noted - several better Third Reich propaganda cards. St. Georgen Concentration Camp letter, Schleswig items, Bohemia & Moravia, Zara covers (suspect) etc, plus a quantity of pass books, I.D cards, Circular Postal h/stamps from Third Reich period with Swasticas & Eagles, h/stamp of Himmler signature etc. Interesting & unusual lot, viewing strongly recommended. £1000 to 1500 £3600.00
787
 M
 Used
19thC private local posts (c1880's-90's) a well displayed collection of M & FU stamps + a few covers with much information about the company's owners & stamp issues. There are 27 towns represented ranging from Apolda to Wuppertal with stronger ranges of Berlin, Frankfurt & Main, Hannover, Heidelberg, Koln & Strassburg. Some of the towns that issued a very small range of stamps are included. Noted; 3pf of Mannheim Stadt-Brief Verkehr FU with 6.3.94 - an early d/stamp, scarce Frankfurt & Dusseldorf + others. There are three Munchen courier covers, a Hannover cover + a Bahmen-Elberfeld unused 3pf postal stationery card (short corner). An attractive lot. (325 + 5 covers) ST.Cat. £1800 approx. £300 to 400 N/S
790
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
1912 special flight Heidelberg - Mannheim official card, same card for Mannheim - Heidelberg flight, 1914 special flight Dresden - Leipzig special card & pmk, 1922 Bavarian postcard optd Deutsches Reich flown Augsburg - Munich franked 1922 Air stamps. (4) £70 to 90 £70.00
793
 M
 Used
1916-17 Germania combinations with vertical pairs of 5pf + 10pf with Mi.541AB (2) M, Mi.52=42aa shade - 3 items (Cat. 192€), other combinations all M (Cat. 270€) & a section of Coil stamps, both M & FU. (17 combinations) ST.Cat. 604€ £70 to 85 N/S
806
Used (on letter or envelope)
1936 Olympics P.O Counter coloured card advertising the games, reverse bears Olympic set of stamps (8) + 6 more stamps tied by 14 different commemorative postmarks, also bears Olympic vignette & Olympic seal, also 1936 Olympic Zeppelin flight over Berlin card with Olympic vignette tied by red cachet, also 1936 North American flight from the Olympic Village registered Berlin, franked by the Games set with red cachet. Fine & attractive lot. (3 items) £80 to 100 £240.00
826
Used (on letter or envelope)
GUERNSEY 'arms' frankings items incl. ½d, 2d (2) & 2½d stamps, trio of 'Ostland' PPCs & two items from Strasburg incl. attractive registered cover with Hindenberg opt set. (9) £50 to 60 £88.00
833
 M
 Used
Collection housed in four Senator albums incl. M & U stamps, postal stationery, booklets, se-tenants etc. Strength in better sets used on covers incl. 1949 Stamp Centenary, 1950 Bach, 1951 Relief Fund, 1951 Philatelic Exhibition, 1952 Relief Fund, 1953 Transport etc. £200 to 300 £200.00
835
 UM
 Used
1958 President Heuss/Numeral booklet stamps - the 1dm booklet (Mi.MH4xv) complete + an exceptional range of combinations from sheets from which booklet panes were taken. There are many scarce & highly catalogued examples with pairs, strips, wmk variations, 36 UM, 26 FU. (1 bklt, 62 combinations). Total Cat. 3232€ £300 to 350 £249.00
836
Block larger than four or stamp booklet
1972-77 fine range of complete booklets with single pane Accident Prevention stamps 1972 Olympics, further Accident Prevention and Castles & Keeps. All together Mi.MH15, 15d, 17ca, 18a, 18b RLV II, 18b RLV IV, 18c, 19a, 20c 11 OZ, 21b MZ + variety. (13 bklts), Cat. 895€ (Mi. 2013) £100 to 120 £85.00
837
 M
 Used
1948-73 collection written up & housed in a Senator album incl. M & U stamps, se-tenants, coil strips, postal stationery with better frankings incl. several 'Bell' issues on covers, 1935 Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Fund set on cover etc. £150 to 200 £150.00
842
 M
1920-22 collection of 109 different M stamps on printed leaves in mixed condition, SG.1/131, ST.Cat. £400. £40 to 50 £50.00
844
 M
Lithuanian Occupation 1923 - a complete range of M stamps on printed leaves apart from SG.9 & SG.59 (and the 'a' numbers), generally very fine group. (112) ST.Cat. £2260 £200 to 250 £250.00
849
 M
 Used
1886-1997 M & U collection of 452 stamps incl. KGVI to £1 M etc. £120 to 150 N/S
880
Used (on letter or envelope)
1895 (8 Dec) 1d stationery card to Germany, neatly cancelled by 'ABOKOBI/GOLD COAST' c.d.s. in red with another strike in opposite corner, showing Accra (9th Dec) & red 'PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR PACKET' (4th Jan) transit d/stamps & Calw arrival d/stamp, some creases. Provenance: John Sacher, Nov 2009. £80 to 100 N/S
896
 M
 Used
1861-87 Large Hermes Heads, the very fine collection with 1861 Paris printing set of seven U with fine and scarce 10L with large figures, thereafter with specialised study of the issue with 1L unused (possibly of Proof status) & U (5), 2L unused (5) & U (7), 5L unused & U (5), 20L U (7), 40L U (7), 80L U (8) & 10L (2), 1862 1st Athens Provisional printing with 2L U (3), 5L unused & U (5), 10L U (3), 20L U (5, one signed Holcombe), 40L U (3) a few with yellow 'wash', 1st Athens 'Fine' printing with 1L unused (3) & U (4), 2L U (4), 5L U (5), 10L U (4), 20L U (2), 40L U (2) & 80L (4), thereafter with 1862-67 2nd Athens printing with outstanding study (200+), both M & U, with 1L & 2L in M blocks, 20L deep blue on blued unused with o.g, vast range of shades, small plate flaws, cancellation interest on the issue with most stamps being choice examples with four margins. 1867-71 with further fine study incl. 20L in marginal strip of three U, fine pair used in Alexandria, Egypt with '97' numeral,, 1870 'German' printing with 1L M (10) & U, 20L U (14), 1870-71 printing with cleaned plates incl. 40L salmon with rare unused o.g example & U (11), 1872-75 transparent paper printing with 5L green U (30+), 10L U (11 incl. lavender paper example), 20L U (25), 40L with unused in pale olive or bistre on bluish (8) and U (17), 40L mauve on blued U (20+), 1875-80 issue with 5L & 40L buff (7) M & extensive used study of all vals (100+), 1875 Paris & Athens 30L & 60L vals incl. Paris 60L green M (4) & U (6), 1881-87 later printings with blocks of 1L M (3) & U, 2L, 5L 10L in M blocks (2) and extensive U examples. A collection with enormous catalogue value with many superb examples noted, seldom encountered so fine, a wonderful lot. £3000 to 3500 £4600.00
898
 M
 Used
1861-1986 M & U collection of 1161 stamps housed in two Alpha Major albums. £100 to 150 N/S
899   Used (on letter or envelope)
1862-67 Large Hermes 2nd Athens 2L brown, 10L orange on blued, 40L mauve on blue & 80L carmine all overlapped & used to pay Postage Due on incoming unpaid 1867 cover from Paris, france to Syros, tied by 'Syros' d/stamps (July 1). Some creasing but a rare & attractive four colour franking - for a further example see Chauvet page 124. £100 to 120 £50.00
901
Used (on letter or envelope)
1872-75 Large Hermes 40L dull rosy mauve on blued, a fine large margined example used on 1873 cover to Syros, tied by fine strike of 'Thessalonika/(Turquie)' d/stamp in black (Oct 10) with repeated strike at right. Piracus & Syra d/stamps on reverse of an attractive cover, SG.43. £80 to 120 £40.00
902
Used (on letter or envelope)
1872-75 Large Hermes 20L blue, four examples, one touched at right, used on 1874 quadruple rate internal cover from Tripolis to Athens tied by three strikes of 'Tripolis/18' date stamps in black. File folds away from adhesives but scarce usage. £80 to 120 £80.00
916
 M
 Used
1923 'Revolution/1922' overprinted issue on stamps of Greece, Crete & Postage Dues, with complete set (SG.340/402) unused incl. the rarities with outstanding & very rare unissued 10dr on Victory issue, 10dr carmine (Cert BPA) Cat. £1900, 10L on Crete 20L blue-green (signed), 50L on Crete 50L brown, 5dr on Crete 5dr black & olive-green (signed). An extremely rare complete set, largely extremely fresh & fine o.g. SG.340/402, Cat. £4500. £800 to 1200 £1300.00
928
 UM
Used (on letter or envelope)
1954-2004 predominantly UM collection neatly laid out in black mounts on leaves along with a range of covers, cards & booklets, stamps appear to be a fine run through with several better sets incl. 1954 Union of Cyprus set UM (Cat £150), 1955-60 2d.50 Type I corner marginal block of four incl. single Type II (Cat. £105+), 1956 Royal Family set UM (Cat. £120), 1957 Royal Family set UM (Cat. £140), 1958 Ports UM (Cat. £110), 1959 Coins UM (Cat. £50), 1961 Tourist Publicity set UM (Cat. £55), another set bearing black lines for publicity brochure, 1961 Minoan Art set UM (Cat. £40) etc. Lovely clean lot. £300 to 500 £300.00
930
Used on piece or front
EPIRUS 1914 (Feb 10) Chimara 'Skull & Crossbones' issue hand stamped with seal in blue, the imperforate set of four values each used on small piece tied by 'Chimara' date stamps (Feb 11) in black. Scarce & very fine seldom seen genuine set, each signed Holcombe. £150 to 200 £390.00
934
 M
 Used
Used (on letter or envelope)
CRETE (Foreign Post Offices) 1868-1914 collection with Ottoman P.O. adhesives off cover with page of 'Heraklion' octagonal framed cancels on 11 stamps, 'Rethymnon' cancels on 1868-1892 issues, scarce 'Lasithion' on 1892 2pi struck in blue, 'Hania' cancels (16) & d/stamp usages from each town. Austrian P.O. with 1850 & 1855 entire letters to Trieste disinfected & struck with CANEA two line despatch dated in black or blue, 1867-76 10s blue on small cover tied 'Rettimo' c.d.s. & another from Canea, 1876 10s (2) on registered covers (2 - one with large 'Charge' in black), 1878 cover from HMS Sultan to UK with 5s, red (2), postal stationery usages & a range of the Austrian P.O. issues unused. French P.O. with 1902 issue unused & stationery cards or postcards (19); Italian P.O. with 1906 set unused incl. scarce 10c lake & 5L blue & rose, range of stationery cards, British Administration 1898 10pa in block of 16, 20pa blocks of 6 & 12, 1899 10pa brown in blocks of 8 (2), 20pa rose in block of 25 (Cat. £500), also further items shown to be forgeries, Russian Administration 1899 hand stamped on imperf. Eagle issues (14 stamps) with many signed. A generally fine & seldom seen collection. £1000 to 1400 £2100.00
941
 M
 Used
CRETE (Russian Administration) 1899-1900 collection with hand stamped on imperf. Eagle issues (14 stamps) with many signed, with 1m blue, 1m green (4) & 2m rose (2), 2m black (13) with blue or violet control h/stamps all used at Rethymnon (Rettimo); 1899 perforated Trident issue (no stars) with unused or used examples (64 stamps) & a range of annotated forgeries, 1899 Trident issue (with stars) with unused or U examples (52), range of unofficial imperforates & annotated forgeries. A seldom seen near complete collection with many scarce adhesives, SG.R1/R37. £300 to 400 £900.00
942
 M
 Used
Used (on letter or envelope)
British Occupation of the Dodecanese Islands - 1945-47 collection with MEF issues with postmark interest throughout and covers (11), incl. 1946 registered cover to Athens with MEF three colour frankings (2), 11d rate cover and 1s 5d rate cover with green handstamped registration label, 6d rates to UK (2) all from Rhodes, registered airmail cover with 5d and 6d tied 'Symi' datestamps (rare), 1947 Military Government stampless Official cover with Arms handstamp in violet from Rhodes. A scarce collection. £200 to 300 £1050.00
952
 M
Used (on letter or envelope)
Turkey used in Lemnos/Limnos,1912 collection from Greek Occupation in 1912 with two pieces & a cover each bearing Turkish adhesives cancelled by rectangular 'Greece/Lemnos' provisional h/stamps, 1911 engraved issue of Greece with optd, set of 17 M, together with varieties of the overprint (positions 955 & 69 on the sheets) for 20L value in strip of three & others, 'Large S' varieties & 3L block & 5L single with opt, double M, scarce engraved set of 12 vals optd in red, additional drachma vals with varieties, Lithographed issue with further double & triple opt varieties, 1915-17 British Army Campaign covers/cards from Mudros (8) & parcel labels (2), scarce OHMS cover from British Occupation of Thassos & 1921 General Wrangel covers (4) franked by overprinted issues for Ukraine, tied by cyrillic 'Lemnos' d/stamps in blue, one being locally used. A seldom encountered assembly, generally fine. £350 to 450 £1700.00
954
 M
 Used
Used (on letter or envelope)
Turkey used in Macedonia, 1867-1911collection with scarce 1911 Sultan's Visit with 31 stamps M incl. 25 and 50 pi, brown, 80pi yellow, fine Austrian P.O 1882 cover with 5s red pair tied 'Salonicco' to Smirne and further usages from Salonica on cards (7), French P.O in Salonica 1870 cover with laureated 40c to Constantinople, 1909 Russian P.O. in Salonica and Mt. Athos sets M, 1913 Greece used in Salonica from Victory issue incl. fine Patriotic cover, 1916 British Army Campaign covers/cards (12) from Salonica, Monastir and Likovan etc. A fine collection. £230 to 280 £860.00
961
 UM
1991 Exploration of Mars set of four sheets of nine stamps + M/Sheets of three different $6 stamps, SG.2262/97 & MS2298 x 11 sets of each UM, Cat. £670 £80 to 100 N/S
963
 M
 Used
QV-QEII chiefly U QV (28) selection of stamps each on a black display card annotated & identified by the vendor (not all correct) comprises QV (27) incl. 1863 18c lilac SG.13 U, 48c pale rose SG.17 U, 1880 10c on 16c SG.26 U, 1885 $1 on 96c SG.42 U, 1891 14c on 30c SG.44 U, 1891 Surch set SG.45/7 U, 1898 10c on 30c SG.55 U etc. (35) £200 to 250 £200.00
969
 M
 Used
1863-1990 M & U collection of 475 stamps housed in an Alpha Major album. £75 to 100 £60.00
996
 UM
1970's-2006 UM range of sets & M/Sheets on black stock leaves (138 stamps + 22 m/s), minor duplication. ST.Cat. £360 £50 to 70 £52.00
1013
Used (on letter or envelope)
1936 Quetta Earthquake cover to London re-directed to Exeter, no stamps available but m/s 'Quetta Earthquake Service' with OHMS crossed out, no postage dues applied at Exeter. £40 to 50 £66.00
1022
 UM
PATIALA OFFICIALS 1937-39 2r (SG.O67), 1939-44 1r, 2r & 5r (SG.O82/4), each UM corner marginal block of four, usual toned gum, 5r block has horizontal crease affecting two stamps. (16) Cat. £228 £50 to 70 N/S
1025
 Used
KISHANGARH (mainly) approx 30 documents bearing either Revenue or Postage stamps used for Revenue purposes, with single, multiple & mixed frankings, generally 1930's unusual material rarely offered. £100 to 150 £90.00
1028
  1840-47 1d red Newspaper Stamps on The Irish Ecclesiastical Journals (48), two letter bills to the USA from Dublin 1926 & Registered Belfast 1930. Unused & Spoiled Postage Stamp Form. Interesting assembly. £60 to 75 £60.00
1042
Used (on letter or envelope)
P.O's in SALONICA 1913 registered cover bearing the 'Salonica' ovptd set of eight vals with Levant Express vals (2) used on 1913 cover to Paris, tied by 'Salonica' (5/12) d/stamps on black. Registration label at left & arrival c.d.s. on reverse. Barest trace of aging on 2pi but attractive, SG.133/140 +E33+E34. £100 to 150 £115.00
1081
Used (on letter or envelope)
1897 registered envelope to London franked 12c Crocodile & 18c Mount Kinabalu (stamps- minor tones) tied by Labuan cds's, obverse bears oval London ds reverse Tottenham receiver cds. £50 to 65 N/S
1087
Used (on letter or envelope)
Railway cancellations on 1920's-30's postcards with a very good variety of TPO oval date stamps. Fine specialist lot. (16) £50 to 60 £52.00
1126
 UM
JAPANESE OCCUPATION 1942 40c scarlet & dull purple UM top marginal upper five rows of sheet (50 stamps) showing Plate number, UM usual heavily toned gum, SG.J265. Selangor optd 1944 6c on 5c brown full sheet (100 stamps) and half sheet (50 stamps), usual gum toning, SG.J293, Cat. £275 £50 to 65 £82.00
1128
 M
 Used
QV-QEII M & U collection housed in a Crown album commencing with a useful range of GB used in Malta incl. 1871 2d blue Pl.13 pair on cover front, tied A25 duplexes, 1858 wrapper franked 4d Large Garter, tied barred oval 'M,' range of Surface Printed stamps with Malta c.d.s's or A25 duplex marks, then a general range of issued stamps incl. QV to 5s U, KEVII to 1s , 1914 to 2/6d U, later short or part sets incl. 1928 to 3s U, 1930 to 2/6d M, later to 2000. Useful lot. (100's) £200 to 300 £270.00
1167
Used (on letter or envelope)
Collection in album with very a good range of Prince Nicholas issues, also postal stationery cards with some uprated & postal stationery covers uprated + a few registered items. 1898 Monastery issues & two postal stationery cards - one with 'Printer's Waste Stamp' added & genuinely used at Podgoritza. 1902 New Currency incl. complete sheet of 100 1k (no margins), each stamp with two punched holes by printer. 1893 Printing Anniv vals to 25r, 1902 issue Printers Waste, also cards & covers, Constitution ovpts incl. varieties, later issues incl. cards, postmarks etc. 1941 Italian Occ. reg cover Cetinje to Berlin plus German censor b/stamp, unissued stamps. Excellent lot, must be viewed to be appreciated. (many 100's + 52 covers/cards) £300 to 350 £360.00
1181
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
SURINAME/CURACAO 1929-43 first flight covers (8) comprising 1929 PAA Curacao-Cristobal, Canal Zone, another but then to New York, 1929 PAA Paramaribo-San Juan, another then to Ohio USA, 1930 PAA Curacao-Paramaribo, another but reg cover, 1930 PAA Nickerie-Paramaribo, 1943 KLM Aruba-Miami Censored Official cover then Transatlantic to Isle of Wight, various frankings all bear flight cachets & appropriate b/stamps. £50 to 70 N/S
1191
 Literature
LITERATURE - The Postage Stamps of New Zealand published by The RPS of NZ Vol IV & Vol VI, also The Campbell Patterson Catalogue (loose leaf) published 2007. £50 to 80 £62.00
1193
 M
 Used
1855-1967 M & U collection of 1196 stamps in an Alpha Major album, general ranges incl. earlies. £200 to 250 N/S
1197
 Used
1862-1978 collection of good to VFU in a Merton album with a useful range of Chalons incl. 1862 (Feb) 1d, 2d, 6d & 1s, 1862 (Dunedin) 2d (2) & 6d, 1864 with vals to 1s incl. the 4d rose plus a few later issues. Later QV issues are rather sparse but KEVII & KGV defins are well represented. Noted 1906 & 1925 Christchurch & Dunedin Exhibition sets. Health stamps incl. 1931 Smiling Boys (amongst others). KGVI issues are well covered incl. 1936 Pictorial issue with some perf variations. Coverage of other KGVI & QEII issues seem to be virtually complete. Finally a good range of Stamp Duty & Postal Fiscal issues (needs sorting). Also a few Ross Dependency & Tokelau plus the 1906 Victoria Land 1d (minor staining). A good collection which should be viewed. (few 100) ST.Cat. £8000+ £750 to 950 N/S
1206
 M
 Used
KEVII DEFINITIVE COLLECTION on leaves commencing with 1909-16 imperforate Plate Proofs in corner marginal blocks of six, imperforate 4d in green, 8d in indigo & 1s in vermilion, ½d Plate Proof block of four in black, single perforated on chalky paper in black, range of issued stamps either M or U with perf variations incl. M blocks of four ½d, 2d (2), 3d, 4d (3), 5d (2), 6d (2), 8d (2), 1s etc. Plus a selection of Edwardian officials. Fine lot. £500 to 700 £920.00
1234
Used (on letter or envelope)
1900 (27 Jun) envelope reg to Berlin, bearing 1897 ½d, 2½d & 6d, each tied by 'REGISTERED/NEW CALABAR' oval d/stamp & showing on reverse, London & arrival (24.7) d/stamps. £300 to 350 £360.00
1265
Used (on letter or envelope)
1860 cover addressed to Rocks Island, franked with 6d dark green bisected, tied by barred oval h/stamp, b/stamps incl. Halifax Oct. 19. 1860 c.d.s. Cover has repaired tears, nevertheless a rare item, SG.6a with clear 1978 Friedi Cert. Cat. £5000 £800 to 1000 N/S
1272
 Used
1947-51 collection U on philatelic leaves incl. 1947 & 1948 sets and 1947-51 Officials complete (one of each val, two stamps not counted due to pmks) Cat. £875 £300 to 350 N/S
1275
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
1929 first flight covers, PAA FAM 5 Colon/Havana (125 flown), another Colon/Tela, Honduras (139 flown), another Colon/Managua, Nicaragua incl. reg. cachet, all bear appropriate cachets & b/stamps etc. £40 to 50 N/S
1276
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
1929 first flight covers, PAA Colon/Havana (125 Flown), Colon/Tela-Honduras (139 flown), Colon/Managua (176 flown), also Panagra FAM 9 first flight Colon/Esmeraldas-Ecuador 25.5.29 (162 flown) all cacheted with appropriate b/stamps. (4) £45 to 65 N/S
1278
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
1931 first flight covers, National Mail Service by seaplane 28.11.31 Panama/Puerto Armuelles with special receiving cachet, another but Panama/Anton, another but Colon/Panama, another but Bocas Del Toro/Panama, 1946 PAA/Panama/Corpus Christi, Texas official cover, all bear the appropriate cachets & b/stamps etc. £50 to 60 N/S
1347
 Used
1898-1920 multiples U on leaves incl. 1898 ½d blocks of 6, 10 & 11, cancelled KILLARNEY MINZ (double circles) & pair of 1d similarly, pair of 1d Admirals (SG.196) with FELIXBURG cancels (21 items/69 stamps) £45 to 55 £46.00
1354
 UM
 M
1910-13 ½d double heads M range of 14 stamps incl. SG.122 & one stated to be bronze-green, also left marginal strip of three & horizontal marginal pair of the olive green UM, SG.119 . £120 to 150 N/S
1387
Used (on letter or envelope)
1859 Outer letter sheet bearing 1858 10k blue & brown with superb numeral '38' in three concentric circles of dots, has boxed h/stamp Riga/24 Apr 1859 and boxed Pernau arrival d/stamps. Scarce. (1) £50 to 60 £50.00
1394
Used (on letter or envelope)
1909 postcards (4) to England from same correspondence, one with 10b defin & cancelled Sulina Tulea ship cancellation, others with same cancellation but stamps removed leaving partial pmks (one stampless card - corner fault at top). Very scarce. £60 to 75 N/S
1395
 M
 Used
1913-69 extensive M & U collection of 4236 stamps & 82 M/Sheets housed in six albums (3x Godden, 3x Utile), a few better items, generally fine. Nice lot, viewing recommended. Cat. £12,400. £900 to 1200 £1100.00
1467
 UM
 M
1910-88 M or UM collection of 669 stamps & 14 m/sheets housed in a Davo hingeless album incl. 1913 odd vals to 1/3d + 8 vals to to 1s wmk inverted, 1947-54 3d & 2/6d in marginal block of 4, 1954 & 1974 Defin sets etc. good starter collection. £60 to 80 £50.00
1478
 M
OFFICIALS 1935-49 issue M collection with all the basic stamps, some shades & wmk varieties, in horizontal pairs, 1947 2d marginal block of eight with one showing raised 'OFFICIAL,' generally fine, SG.O20-O34, O36-O38, Cat. £1650+ £300 to 400 N/S
1485
 M
 Used
POSTAGE DUES 1923-72 fine M range incl. 1923 II Setting 2d, 3d, 5d set also 2d & 3d without stop, 1923 III Setting ½d, 1d Rouletted, 1d P.14 & 6d, 1924 IV Setting 5d (Transvaal), ½d, 1d, 6d + 6d without stop, 1924 V Setting ½d, 1½d, 3, 5d, 1931 set, 1959 set, 1960 set, 1961 set, 1972 Cylinder blocks, also incl. 1980's More To Pay covers (4). Nice lot. Stamps Cat. approx £1700. (40 items + 4 covers) £250 to 300 £310.00
1497
Block larger than four or stamp booklet
REVENUE STAMPS 1936 'Auxilio de Invierno' (Winter Relief) label in black, unexploded booklet of 50 panes of 40 (2,000 stamps), plain greyish paper cover, stapled at top, some peripheral toning, mostly fine VF. £120 to 150 N/S
1499
Used (on letter or envelope)
1896 - modern selection of covers, ephemera etc. incl. 1903 CCC set of six together registered to King Island, Tasmania (stamps cat. £150 off cover) envelope has some tones, 1931 PPC of Jamestown, franked 1d Badge, 1896 UPU 1d postal stationery card, unused with reply card, 2x early lithographs showing Jamestown & Longwood, miscellaneous local publications & incl. Govt Gazette modern covers etc. £60 to 80 £86.00
1529
Used (on letter or envelope)
1916 range of covers addressed to England, USA & Nova Scotia, all bear KGV frankings incl. OHMS registered envelope to Hull then redirected to Harrogate, franked 1s emblem + 1d War Stamps, cancelled Kingstown c.d.s's, obverse also bears white registration label. Internally used envelope to the 'Registrar of Births & Deaths' at St George, franked KGV 1d plus 1d War Stamp, tied Georgetown c.d.s. Cover to USA franked KGV 2d, 3d & 1d War Stamps single, pair & block, reverse bears white registration label - tied. Reg cover to England, franked 3d + 1d War Stamp block of four, tied Kingstown & bears white registration label. 1919 envelope to Nova Scotia franked KGV 5d + 1d War Stamp, tied Kingstown, bears white reg label. (8) £100 to 130 £100.00
1531
 UM
1980 Stamps Duty Revenues, $5, $10 & $20 each UM BLOCK OF NINE (2 blocks are corner marginals) Barefoot 4/6 Cat. £166+. £60 to 75 N/S
1545
 M
 Used
1856-2000 M & U collection of 5820 stamps & 203 items incl. booklets, panes, M/Sheets etc. Some highlights incl. 1924 UPU set M, another set FU, 1924 50th Anniv set FU, also incl. se-tenants, Officials, postage dues etc. A very comprehensive collection. Viewing recommended. £900 to 1200 £1100.00
1555
 M
 Used
1854-1999 collection of M & U (1417 stamps) + a few covers housed in two Alpha Major albums. £100 to 150 N/S
1572
Used (on letter or envelope)
Anglo-French Occupation covers incl. a trio of censored/registered covers with optd Gold Coast stamps incl. 2d block of four, ½d (6) + 2d & 2d, 6d + 1s, the last with German type registration label & 'Togogebeit' c.d.s, also scarce (unused) optd 1d postcard. (4) £80 to 100 £110.00
1595
Used (on letter or envelope)
1865-73 Turkey Dulos 20pa green & 2pi orange-red, irregular Perf.5-12 used on cover to Salonica, each tied by fine strike of Arabic only circular TRIKHALA (Thessaly) h/stamps. A fresh & fine cover. £70 to 100 £70.00
1621    M
 Used
1929-2004 M & U collection on printed leaves in ring binder, highlights incl. 1929 set plus 2l & 2l50 Express stamps, 1933 Holy Year set M, 1933 (May) set M + extra 2l, 1935 Juridical Congress to 75c M, 1936 Catholic Press Exhibition to 1.25l & 1938 Christian Archaeological Congress set M. Also noted, several Postage Due sets, Express & Airmail issues. Balance of collection has more gaps post 1976, but good base for development. (724 + 3 m/s) ST.Cat. £1700 approx. £150 to 200 £150.00
1630
Used (on letter or envelope)
1895-1940 circa range of 17 registered stationery envelopes in mixed condition, 4 are used (two with stamps missing) still quite elusive. £40 to 60 £40.00
1636
Used (on letter or envelope)
1899 (6 Oct) double rate env from Eshowe to England, bearing 1894 ½d dull mauve & green and Natal ½d green pairs with light double ring d/stamps & 1901 Natal 1d letter card (outer perfs removed) from Melmouth to Devon neatly cancelled by double ring d/stamp. (2) £130 to 160 £100.00
1649
 M
 Used
1840-1935 COLLECTION of 411 stamps on hagner leaves incl. 1840 1d - four margins with red MC, 1841 1d (10) + pairs (2), 1858 1d Plate 71 to 224, 1858 2d Plate (16), small Surface Printed range of vals to 5s, generally fine - VF, 1887 Jubilee set M & U. KEVII set to 1s M, another set FU, also 2/6d & 5s (2) FU, 1912 Royal Cypher (excl. 9d olive) M & U sets, 1924 Block Cypher set M & U , 1924 & 1925 Wembley sets M, 1934 Photogravure set M & U etc. £300 to 400 £360.00
1654
 Used
1840-1970 COLLECTION of 928 stamps U incl. 1840 1d (2), 2d, 1d Pl.225 etc. £300 to 350 £330.00
1670
 M
 Used
QV-KGVI stock of duplicated M stamps in two stock books, strength from KGV incl. 1912 Royal Cypher 5d (2), 7d, 8d, 9d agate, 10d, 1s (4), 1924 Block Cypher 3d (3), 4d (3), 5d (4), 6d (13), 9d (4), 10d (4), 1s (3), 1924 Wembley 1d (8), 1½d (4), 1934 Photogravure set, KGVI is well represented incl. 1937 Dark Colours M & FU ranges incl. some wmk varieties, Silver Wedding £1 UM (3) etc. (100's) £150 to 200 £150.00
1671
 M
 Used
ACCUMULATION in carton incl. quantity of covers & greetings telegrams (incl. some non GB), a few PPC's with later district pmks, QV-QEII ranges of stamps in albums & on hagner leaves. £120 to 160 £120.00
1680
 M
 Used
QV SURFACE PRINTED U stamps on stock leaves, condition is fairly poor throughout but highly catalogued incl. damaged 8d (8), 9d, 10d (3), faded lilac & greens etc. (209) + low value Jubilees etc. Also KGVI 1939 £1 M & UM, 1948 Wedding set M etc. £40 to 50 £40.00
1689
Used on piece or front
PARCEL POST LABELS selection of white stampless London Parcel Post Labels with appropriate c.d.s d/stamps, mainly fine. £80 to 100 N/S
1692
Used on piece or front
Used (on letter or envelope)
SLOGAN POSTMARKS KGV-KGVI period accumulation of covers or stamps cut out on piece, tied by slogan pmks, duplicated ranges of the following - Post Early in the Day, The Telephone Makes Life Easier, Shop by Telephone, The Telephone Saves Time & Money, The Telephone - A Sound Investment, Get the Telephone Habit, Trade Follows the Phone & more. Various frankings, majority are VF. £50 to 70 N/S
1701
Used on piece or front
1894-1918 PARCEL POST LABELS selection of 18 from London bearing various stamps, some duplication, mainly fine. £70 to 90 N/S
1712
Used (on letter or envelope)
LONDON 1794-95 entire letters (4) and a piece all posted into the London Penny Post, the entire letters with ""8 o'clock/Morn"" or ""7 o'clock/Even"" datestamps (L402, only used Jun/July 1794) or the rare unframed ""Penny Post/B/Paid"" in purple (L412), or red oval ""2 o'clock Afn/PENNY POST PAID"" (L438), all reasonable strikes, a scarce group. (5) £130 to 180 N/S
1713
Used (on letter or envelope)
LONDON 1838-43 entire letters & covers carried by the London Cross Post, h/stamps incl. Penny Post marks of Kensington, Hounslow, Turnham Green & Waltham Cross, also a cover from Brompton Rd with Richmond & Hounslow transit d/stamps, a few faults. (5) £100 to 120 N/S
1715
Used (on letter or envelope)
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 1825-47 range of 10 covers neatly written up on leaves incl. 1825 'TOO LATE', 1805 Newcastle upon Tyne/277 boxed mileage mark, 1811 double letter from Newcastle - Edinburgh charged 1/4d bears large circular mileage mark - VF, 1859 uniform 4d post m/s '4' cover, UPP very fine h/stamps '2' in black & 'I' (2 types) in red, sub offices 'WESTGATE' s/lines in oily red & another in blue (10 covers) £100 to 130 £130.00
1720
Block larger than four or stamp booklet
1933 Aug & Sept International Airlines (I.A.L) complete sheet of 20 semi official 3d stamps, hinged at top o/w 17 are UM. Scarce item. £50 to 60 N/S
1726
 Air Mail
Used (on letter or envelope)
1936-37 airmails covers to Buenos Aires (2) - first franked 9d defin (2) & 2/6d Re-engraved, tied London airmail c.d.s., reverse Berlin transit, 2nd franked 1934 Photogravure 4d + 2/6d & 5s Re-engraved Seahorses, tied oval London reg d/stamps, reverse with Argentine arrival marks, both covers bear red flight cachet. £100 to 130 £105.00
1745
Used (on letter or envelope)
FRANCE 1856 cover from Scotland to Bordeaux, franked 4d carmine on highly glazed paper Wmk Small Garter (SG.62), horizontal pair, tied Scottish '61' numeral of Buckie, additionally tied by Ang. Amb. Calais c.d.s. transit, red P.D in circle below, range of transit & arrival d/stamps on reverse. Fine & scarce. BPA Cert. 2007. basic stamps Cat. £900 off cover. £200 to 250 £230.00
1748
Used (on letter or envelope)
UNITED STATES 1905 reg cover from London to New York, franked KEVII 3d, 1s (pair), tied Lombard St. oval registered d/stamps, adhesives with 'LHB' Perfin 'Lombard Hanseatic Bank,' reverse bears New York receiver. (1) £70 to 90 N/S
1750
Used (on letter or envelope)
1855-84 entire letters and covers addressed abroad, most bearing surface printed stamps, incl. 1856 6d to Jamaica, 1862-64 1s to France, 1865-73 6d + 1s on entire letter to Portugal, 1881 5d indigo to India etc. a few faults. (14) £130 to 160 £240.00
1773
Used (on letter or envelope)
1925 Wembley Exhibition unused souvenir telegrams (2). The black form with additional ½d & 1d (2) KGV stamps added, fine. (2) £150 to 200 £210.00
1788
Used (on letter or envelope)
QV-KGV four official postcards to the Comptroller Patent Office each with seven pence patent stamps on reverse, QV ½d die, another overprinted SPECIMEN (scarce) Co2b (c £150 each) Co9 (c £120) & Co12 (c £75), mixed condition. Scarce group. £80 to 100 £130.00
1794
Used (on letter or envelope)
1844-59 1d pink envelopes (90) all are used with English or Scots numerals, a variety of back stamps incl. several undated circles of Ashford etc. £50 to 100 £105.00
1807
 M
 Unused
RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS selection of 186 mainly unused or M, various companies - Great Eastern, North British etc. Some blocks, very mixed condition. £80 to 100 £130.00
1808
 Used
RAILWAY PARCEL STAMPS selection of 124 different from various companies, decent condition for these. £80 to 100 £115.00
1809
 UM
RAILWAY PARCEL STAMPS - Caledonian Railway ¼d newspaper parcel labels, full gum, crease across middle row of a full sheet of twelve. Very scarce. £80 to 100 £80.00
1810
Used (on letter or envelope)
1854-78 six covers bearing strike of 'Gt Northern Railway' mail guard h/stamp in red, 1855 black 'E/GW' in circle (Great Western R.P.O), 1861 black 'E/MR' in circle, 1873 Gloucester Station c.d.s, 1876 Edin & Carlisle Sorting Tender c.d.s, 1878 Edin & Carlisle Sorting Tender. £40 to 50 £92.00
1824

The First (later rejected) Die for the One Penny Stamps. 1902 reprint on cream, wove paper, two impressions in black, very minor tones (mentioned for accuracy) Spec.DP8(6) £4000 to 5000 N/S
1885
Used (on letter or envelope)
1840 Dec 14th entire letter from Cupar Fife to London, franked Pl. 1b JJ large margined example, tied by a boldly struck red MC (with a solid centre), b/stamps for Cupar Fife dispatch on 14th & receiving marks for 16th. Attractive cover. £150 to 200 £520.00
1930
Used (on letter or envelope)
1843 cover from Dublin (April 17th) to Banbridge, franked 1841 1d Plate 33 lett CA, fine four margin example tied by the distinctive Dublin (Type II) Maltese Cross, reverse bears dispatch & arrival d/stamps. Cat. £300 £70 to 90 £70.00
1931
Used (on letter or envelope)
1843 wrapper from Norwich to Ipswich, franked PL.19 GC, clear to large margins, tied by two strikes of the distinctive NORWICH Maltese Cross, back stamps of Norwich Jan 23rd & Ipswich Jan 24th, horizontal fold - well clear of adhesive. Cat. £1800 £250 to 300 N/S
1951
 Used
1870 ½d Bantams set of Plates (excl. 1 & 4), good to VFU incl. Pl.9, SG.48/9, plus six extra stamps with inverted wmk, reverse wmk or inverted & reversed wmk. (19) £150 to 200 £150.00
1964
 Used
1867 Wmk Anchor 5s rose Pl.4, FU with oval registered d/stamps, SG.134. (1) Cat. £4800 £350 to 450 N/S
1975
 UM
1887 Jubilee 2½d UM block of six with marginal pillars at top (hinged in margin) stamps all UM, SG.201, Cat. £270 £40 to 50 £64.00
1982    M
1911 Downey Heads to 1934 Photogravure stock book containing a range of M remaindered items of mixed quality, mainly control singles/pairs/blocks/bottom rows etc. Total of 439 stamps or 168 items, mainly lower denominations. Viewing recommended. £300 to 400 £430.00
1984
 M
1912-35 CONTROLS COLLECTION - two albums of hagner pages housing a stock of Control singles comprising 1912 Royal Cypher ½d (182), 1d (204), 1½d (147), 2d (212), 2½d (103), 3d (175), 4d (72), 5d (53), 6d (92), 7d (27), 8d (20), 9d agate (42), 10d (26), 1s (30), also includes a fair number of none Control stamps & the odd block etc. 1924 Block Cypher comprising ½d (44), 1d (41), 1½d (40), 2d (31), 2½d (24), 3d (11), 5d (5), 6d (31), 9d (11), 10d (6), 7d (5), also a range of 1934 Photogravure in pairs, strips or blocks, a few 1929 PUC & 1935 Jubilees. Mixed condition throughout - viewing recommended. £1000 to 1200 £4300.00
2004
 UM
 M
1934 Photogravure UM (mainly) selection of Control blocks of six comprising ½d, 2d, 2½d (2), 3d, 4d, 5d, 9d (2), 10d, 1s, also Control blocks of four ½d (4), 1d (2), also 1d booklet pane Cyl F7, 2d (2), 3d (3), plus some individual stamps with inverted wmks etc. (53 items/150 stamps), majority are UM with the odd gum crease etc, SG.439/449. £250 to 300 £460.00
2010
 UM
1937 Dark Colours 2½d booklet pane of six, UM with binding margin WMK INVERTED - one stamp has missing perf, SG.466cw, Cat. £350, also part panes of four with binding margins ½d & 2d vals, ½d block has some black print from interleaf affecting one stamp - perfs trimmed at base, SG.462wi & 465wi, also 2½d part pane of three stamps with binding margin, SG.464wi. £100 to 120 £80.00
2048
Used (on letter or envelope)
1858-85 entire letters and covers from Jersey (4) or Guernsey (12) all addressed abroad, one to France with three 1d reds, the others all bearing surface printed stamps incl. 1856 6d on letters to Officers in Hong Kong or 'Gibraltar or elsewhere,' 1865-80 4d pair to France or 9d straw to India (3), 1873-80 3d to USA, 1881 5d indigo to India (2), 1883 5d green to India (2), a scarce group all written up on pages. (16) £300 to 400 £430.00
 
   
       
   
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