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Auction No 423, Category: Ephemera

14 Lots (displaying 1 - 14)

Accumulation in carton with 100s of carte-de-visite & cabinet photos, chiefly portraits, some topographical; bundle of 19th Century engravings;

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £135
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Accumulation in carton with 100s of carte-de-visite & cabinet photos, chiefly portraits, some topographical; bundle of 19th Century engravings; plus greetings cards, few small books, 1940s/70s covers & airletters, assorted programmes, few autographed photos, and sundry other items. (Many 100s) (approx. 9 kilos)

Assortment in carton including fine group of 1960s 10x8” Photos of buildings in the University area of Manchester (47 in all), plus large folding plan

Lot: 4

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £110
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Assortment in carton including fine group of 1960s 10x8” Photos of buildings in the University area of Manchester (47 in all), plus large folding plan; sundry Manchester related ephemera from 19th Century including pamphlets, programmes, billheads, and correspondence; souvenir napkin for the opening of the New Library 1934; and other items including 1787 Entire Letter with good MANCHES / TER handstamp. (Large qty)

An 1840s Valentine letter-sheet 'Star of Constancy', hand-coloured engraving, addressed to Miss Agnes Andersen in the parish of Inverkeithny,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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An 1840s Valentine letter-sheet 'Star of Constancy', hand-coloured engraving, addressed to Miss Agnes Andersen in the parish of Inverkeithny, 25 x 19cm, in an elaborate gilt frame, double-glazed, overall 34 x 29cm. Fine. A rare early Valentine.

WW2 German Propaganda Air-Drop leaflet, employed for use over Russian occupied areas. Single sheet, 15 x 10cm, text both sides.

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £22
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WW2 German Propaganda Air-Drop leaflet, employed for use over Russian occupied areas. Single sheet, 15 x 10cm, text both sides.

WW2 Forced Labour Camps, pair of Work Permits issued to two Polish citizens, Juljan Kaczmarek and Bruno Kudlinski, in 1940 & 1942 respectively,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £56
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WW2 Forced Labour Camps, pair of Work Permits issued to two Polish citizens, Juljan Kaczmarek and Bruno Kudlinski, in 1940 & 1942 respectively, heavily creased, one with tape repairs. Also a PC posted by a civilian in Warsaw, 1941. (3)     

WW2 German Relationship Declaration, 10/2/1943, with added typed text "Bin weder mit einer Judin noch einem Mischling verheiratet"

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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WW2 German Relationship Declaration, 10/2/1943, with added typed text Bin weder mit einer Judin noch einem Mischling verheiratet. (“I am neither married to a Jew nor to a person of mixed race”). Issued in Berlin, signed in pencil. Central fold, o/w fine.

Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1944 notice announcing the availability of clothing, coffee, perfume and other items from 1st to 10th September

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £58
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Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1944 notice announcing the availability of clothing, coffee, perfume and other items from 1st to 10th September at specific locations. Single sheet, 11.5 x 8”, text both sides, some peripheral faults with slight loss at one corner.

Red Cross Armband from Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp, Silesia, with incomplete camp handstamp dated 1944.

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Red Cross Armband from Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp, Silesia, with incomplete camp handstamp dated 1944.

Auschwitz Concentration Camp Armband for prisoners on work detail with stitched cloth triangle and camp handstamp; and a Kapo Armband

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £175
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Auschwitz Concentration Camp Armband for prisoners on work detail with stitched cloth triangle and camp handstamp; and a Kapo Armband with indistinct handstamp, worn by a ‘prisoner functionary'. The pink triangle used for the prisoner on work detail was used to denote homosexuals.   (2)

Third Reich period Armbands issued to Jews in Ghettos and Concentration Camps, one from Buchenwald Camp with a green triangle

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £300
SOLD £320
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Third Reich period Armbands issued to Jews in Ghettos and Concentration Camps, one from Buchenwald Camp with a green triangle used to denote a professional criminal; an armband inscribed “Jaad” of Dutch origin also bears the handstamp of the Villiampole Ghetto in Lithuania and is unlikely to be genuine, and another with OST sewn patch is of doubtful authenticity. (5)

Woven Silk by W.H. Grant of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. In original card mount, complete with descriptive back, c.1901. VG

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £18
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Woven Silk by W.H. Grant of Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. In original card mount, complete with descriptive back, c.1901. VG    

Enamelled sign "Mail Porters Retiring Room", 1950s, said to have come from Normanton Railway Station. Some wear

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £130
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Enamelled sign Mail Porters Retiring Room, 1950s, said to have come from Normanton Railway Station. Some wear. 7 x 28cm

Various Holocaust related items, philatelic and ephemeral; including 1943 parcel card from the Litzmannstadt Ghetto;

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Various Holocaust related items, philatelic and ephemeral; including 1943 parcel card from the Litzmannstadt Ghetto; rare Permit dated Sept. 1945 by the American officer in charge of Dachau Camp to one Henryk Czolnik to leave main gate and proceed to Security H.Q. on the date specified below only. 26 June.; a PPC dated 29/4/1945 commemorating the liberation of Dachau by the Americans; and a range of post-1950 commemorative items, mostly Poland and East Germany. Mixed condition.

Post Office memorabilia, 1930s, including postman’s hat, armband and letter pouch, and letter openers in wood or metal showing postal rates.

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Post Office memorabilia, 1930s, including postman's hat, armband and letter pouch, and letter openers in wood or metal showing postal rates.