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Auction No 402, Category: Great Britain

46 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Ranges in two stockbooks, in Liberty album, and small box; including Booklets (18), UM Guernsey with 1969 Definitives (including 10s Perf 13)

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Ranges in two stockbooks, in Liberty album, and small box; including Booklets (18), UM Guernsey with 1969 Definitives (including 10s Perf 13) and 1st Postage Dues, WW2 period Lundy used (8), early Austria etc. Many stamps in the Liberty album stuck down. (Several 100s)

All-period assortment in stockbook, various albums, on leaves & loose; interest in GB including some pre-stamp ELs, Israel from 1950s UM (with tabs),

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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All-period assortment in stockbook, various albums, on leaves & loose; interest in GB including some pre-stamp ELs, Israel from 1950s UM (with tabs), USA from 1890s, Switzerland FU, FDCs including few coin covers, etc. Varied condition. (1000s)

World covers & cards in carton, philatelic & commercial, much GB & Channel Islands and USA, plus Switzerland, Denmark & others;

Lot: 166

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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World covers & cards in carton, philatelic & commercial, much GB & Channel Islands and USA, plus Switzerland, Denmark & others; many FDCs noted, mostly 1950s/80s. Much duplication in places. Fair to fine. (c.1500)

World accumulation in carton with main interest in Great Britain including Prestige Booklets (10) notably 1972 Wedgwood £1

Lot: 168

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £84
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World accumulation in carton with main interest in Great Britain including Prestige Booklets (10) notably 1972 Wedgwood £1 (½p side-band with superb perfs), plus some presentation packs & MS, phosphor graphites (less 2d) UM, and other useful; the balance with some interest in Poland. Fair to fine. (Many 100s) 

Stockbook with largely UM ranges of Great Britain and Foreign issues 1940s to 1980s; chief value in GB with commem sets, definitives & regionals,

Lot: 173

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Stockbook with largely UM ranges of Great Britain and Foreign issues 1940s to 1980s; chief value in GB with commem sets, definitives & regionals, many in blocks of 4 or larger; plus Spain, Paraguay & various others. Fine/VF (100s)  

World collection in 3 albums and loose; including 1840 1d Black VGU 4-margins (small thin); some better 1920s/40s mint European sets;

Lot: 175

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £70
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World collection in 3 albums and loose; including 1840 1d Black VGU 4-margins (small thin); some better 1920s/40s mint European sets; plus selection of 1970s/80s UK Pres Packs & FDCs. Varied condition. (Some 100s)

Assorted covers etc from 19th Century; including 1840 Ambleside to Bowness with "Pd.1" in manuscript;

Lot: 177

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £72
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Assorted covers etc from 19th Century; including 1840 Ambleside to Bowness with "Pd.1" in manuscript; 1840 Usworth to Kendal marked “pre-paid” but charged ‘2' with Usworth / Penny Post and GATESHEAD cds; 1901 Newfoundland to UK registered; 1901 (front only) from Russian Post Office in China to Dublin with mixed franking; and various others. Varied condition. (25)

Album of Postal History, mainly UK ELs, some later covers; includes 1786 wrapper to Guernsey carried privately

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £82
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Album of Postal History, mainly UK ELs, some later covers; includes 1786 wrapper to Guernsey carried privately & endorsed Forwd.by Yr.Noble Servt. T.Durell with 1d. charged; 1799 with fair SHREWSBURY horseshoe; 1811 front with fine WINCHESTER dated mileage; 1823 SHREWSBURY dated mileage; 1834 TOO LATE of Shrewsbury; 1934 Official registered cover, Hong Kong to USA with 10c & 20c adhs; 1923 covers (2) China to UK each with four Junk adhs. All written up for display. Varied condition. (20)                

Various Covers & Cards, including 1856 with fine SHREWSBURY spoon; 1895 with fine OXFORD ST.B.O. / SOUTHAMPTON squared circle;

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Various Covers & Cards, including 1856 with fine SHREWSBURY spoon; 1895 with fine OXFORD ST.B.O. / SOUTHAMPTON squared circle; WWI POW cards (3); 1934 with Nigeria 6d cancelled VICTORIA –CAMEROONS / UNDER BRITISH MANDATE; 1938 hand-illustrated cover UK to USA; 1998 FDC autographed by Terry Waite; etc. Fair-VF (53)

Album of flown covers, with many First or Special Flights; including 1920s/30s USA (6) and Canada (4); 1930s/40s Australia (6, one censored);

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Album of flown covers, with many First or Special Flights; including 1920s/30s USA (6) and Canada (4); 1930s/40s Australia (6, one censored); 1970s/80s British Caledonian (7), some RAF Museum types (a few signed). Mainly VG/VF (53)  [For other Flight Covers see also items listed under country of origin later in this catalogue]              

Album of Covers & Cards, all written up, including 1934 from LITTLE AMERICA / ANTARCTICA, 1935-36 Tonga Tin-Can Mail (2),

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Album of Covers & Cards, all written up, including 1934 from LITTLE AMERICA / ANTARCTICA, 1935-36 Tonga Tin-Can Mail (2), 1896 USA 2c Wells Fargo postal stationery envelope used, 1979 Souvenir Cover signed by John Gielgud, and 1840 EL from Private William Lee of the 87th Regt. of Foot to Lieut.Col.James Williamson at the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. VG/VF (7) 

Album of Maritime covers, PPCs and ephemera, all written up; including 1740 EL from Capt. James Stewart, on board HMS Cumberland at Spithead

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £36
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Album of Maritime covers, PPCs and ephemera, all written up; including 1740 EL from Capt. James Stewart, on board HMS Cumberland at Spithead b/s PORTS / MOUTH and very good Bishop Mark; plus range of 20th Century items including PPC of the Lusitania and programme for the 1937 Coronation Naval review at Spithead. (31 items)

Album of Flown Covers, all written up, mainly first flights, including 1932 Tanganyika to UK with special label;

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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Album of Flown Covers, all written up, mainly first flights, including 1932 Tanganyika to UK with special label; 1932 Imperial Airways to and from South Africa; 1931 F.F. Australia to UK with 6 air adhesives; 1911 scarce First UK Aerial Post cover London to I.O.Wight with two letter sheets enclosed (one unused); 1923 Motor Glider flown cover Lympne to Hastingleigh; and 1939 First Transatlantic Flights from USA (2). VG/VF (13)

Good all-period M&U accumulation on many stockleaves, on pages, some FDCs, GB Booklets etc; chief interest in C/W and GB of all periods,

Lot: 193

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £140 - £170
SOLD £185
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Good all-period M&U accumulation on many stockleaves, on pages, some FDCs, GB Booklets etc; chief interest in C/W and GB of all periods, including Victorian covers; plus useful Foreign including USA, Philippines, Venezuela, France and others. Varied condition. (1000s)

Mainly GVI/QE2 GB & C/W mix in box file with special packs, FDCs, Booklet Panes, high values etc. VG/VF (Few 100s

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Mainly GVI/QE2 GB & C/W mix in box file with special packs, FDCs, Booklet Panes, high values etc. VG/VF (Few 100s

Carton with all-period M&U and UM Commonwealth and GB on leaves, in stockcards, packs etc, plus covers with special postmarks;

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £130
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Carton with all-period M&U and UM Commonwealth and GB on leaves, in stockcards, packs etc, plus covers with special postmarks; mostly pre-1970 with useful GV/GVI period noted including Morocco Agencies mint/UM control strips. Also Faroe Islands Christmas Seals in complete sheets. (1000s)

Selection of Aerophilatelic pamphlets, Francis Field publications, including Baldwin "Air Mails of Bermuda", 1967,

Lot: 199

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Selection of Aerophilatelic pamphlets, Francis Field publications, including Baldwin Air Mails of Bermuda, 1967, and C.E. Field The British Mails of the Graf Zeppelin, 1987. Two of the others are photocopies. VG/VF (9)     

Worldwide Covers and Cards including GB from 19th Century; interest in Fiji airmails, GV period GB to foreign destinations, GVI Trinidad (6),

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £96
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Worldwide Covers and Cards including GB from 19th Century; interest in Fiji airmails, GV period GB to foreign destinations, GVI Trinidad (6), Latin America especially Haiti, 1971 Todmorden Strike Post (2), 1930 Brussels-London first Night Air Mail, Israel and others. Mixed condition. (298). Also some ephemera relating to the 1961 Philatelic Congress at Blackpool.

Great Britain 1712 fine EL to London from Capt. Blakiston, written on board HMS Newark at Chatham, b/s with VG second type Bishop Mark.

Lot: 209

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
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Great Britain 1712 fine EL to London from Capt. Blakiston, written on board HMS Newark at Chatham, b/s with VG second type Bishop Mark. Charge mark in manuscript. The Newark was involved in a number of naval actions including the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. 

Great Britain Jan. 1841 printed letter sheet from Tipton to Dudley with fine 1d Black cancelled with a light Maltese Cross in red, s/l TIPTON at left

Lot: 210

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £100
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Great Britain Jan. 1841 printed letter sheet from Tipton to Dudley with fine 1d Black cancelled with a light Maltese Cross in red, s/l TIPTON at left and b/s TIPTON cds. The letter concerns the proposal for a new road from Sedgley to Tividale via Tipton, Staffordshire. The stamp is near four-margined, just touching upper left corner. Letter sheet has a few internal repairs.