Lot: 229
Assortment including 1951 Festival of Britain design competition entries (2) signed by the designers; British C/Wealth 1970s collection in three albums with UK Royal Tour covers; 1900s Japan on pages; and other items. (100s)
Lot: 230
George Lundy Revenue Catalogue, Part I, Great Britain and Colonies, W. Brown 1891, bound with The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain 1891 (complete, with adverts, from Vol.1, No.1). Half-leather, worn, fine internally.
Lot: 232
RAF Museum covers & similar, a 1970s collection in two binders, with 54 signed, including autographs of Arthur T. Harris, Nicholas Monserrat, the Red Arrows team, etc. VG/VF (162)
Lot: 240
World accumulation on leaves, in stockbook & in bags, with useful British C/Wealth, Egypt, GB postage dues, and others. Includes an empty stockbook. (1000s)
Lot: 243
Anglo / Soviet Union Relations WW2: a group of Telegrams 1942-1944 concerning The London Soviet Aid Committee and related matters, most showing UK Telegraphic censorship cachets. (11)
Lot: 244
Covers & PCs, chiefly GB with many 19th Century items, nine with 1d reds, two with ½d plates, another of 1853 with 2d imperf. Includes fine 1849 Cover to Dublin with s/line FOYNES, 1791 wrapper with fair convex GRANTHAM, 1890 Penny Post Jubilee cover used (1892), and 1911 PPC from Delhi with CORONATION DURBAR h/s. Later includes 1949 UPU Illustrated FDC of Hong Kong, and 12 covers posted from the R.M.S. Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth. (59)
Lot: 250
General collection in various albums including 1992 Olympics in two volumes with covers signed by Steve Backley and Chris Boardman & many UM sets, three albums of world stamps, and GB FDCs. (Many 100s)
Lot: 253
Great Britain 1840-1970 collection in two binders; including 1840 1d &2d (spacefillers), and other line-engraved with 1858-70 1d plates near complete; 1847 6d embossed cut square (just into at foot); surface-printed to 10s; mainly mint from 1911 incl. 1912-22 to 1s (9d green UM); 1924-26 set (9d & 1s UM); 1939-48 High Values LM Mint; 1951 High Values (10s & £1 UM); Wildings complete mint incl. Graphites; some UM Phosphor sets incl. Red Cross, NPY and Botanical. Mixed condition. (100s)
Lot: 254
Great Britain 1840 (Dec.) wrapper from Abergavenny to London with 1d Intense Black, plate 2, ‘IF', three good margins, just into lower right corner, cancelled with a superb Maltese Cross in red.
Lot: 255
Great Britain 1840 1d Grey-Black, plate 1a, ‘IC'; and 1841-54 1d and 2d (plate 4); all fine quality with good to large margins.
Lot: 256
Great Britain 1840 (July) 1d Black, plate 3, ‘KL', clear to large margins, tied to cut-down EL, London to Ironbridge, with red Maltese Cross.
Lot: 257
Great Britain 1840 2d Blue Pl. 2, ‘IC', VFU, close to good margins, lightly cancelled in black.
Lot: 258
Great Britain 1840 (Nov.) neat EL London to Lichfield with fine 1d Black, ‘MJ', close to good margins, tied by Maltese Cross in red.
Lot: 259
Great Britain 1840 (June) 1d Mulready Letter Sheet, stereo A25, fine used from London to Leith, with red Maltese Cross.
Lot: 260
Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet, stereo A240, used (June 1841) from Brackley to Aylesbury, fine black Maltese Cross, with dispatch & receiving marks. The letter sheet has been used as intended with a message concerning an unpaid bill. Some toning and small tear to address panel.
Lot: 261
Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheets, stereo A17 and A57, both unused, A17 fine, A57 with some light staining and vertical fold. (2)
Lot: 262
Great Britain 1840 2d Mulready Envelope, stereo a201, unused, small patch inside flap o/w fine.
Lot: 263
Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet used (May 1841) in London with printed advertisements for John Richards, Law Booksellers, Fleet Street. Small area of loss from removal of seal, and central fold. Fine Maltese Cross in black.
Lot: 264
Great Britain 1841 1d (24) and 2d (9), eleven 4-margined. Includes Maltese Cross cancels with Nos. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 11 (2) and 12 in cross. (33) Cat £3550.
Lot: 265
Great Britain 1903 Cover with EVII 1d cancelled good oval POSTED IN ADVANCE / B.C. / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY of Bury. Original greetings card enclosed. Very scarce.