Lot: 150
Postal History mix including 1942 Bahrain ‘Active Service ‘ cover to UK censored, with 8as (SG 30) cancelled BASE POST OFFICE; 1930s to 1940 Air Mails from Australia (2), Kedah and S.W. Africa; 1911 UK FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE h/stamp; 1940s Australia Military mail (8) with various cachets; 1914 PPC Russia to Brazil with Russian TPO and censor mark; 1954 ARGENTINE ISLANDS / GRAHAM LAND to UK; and various others. (30)
Lot: 151
World Accumulation in archive box, all-periods, in stockbooks (2), on pages, stockleaves & loose including commercial covers; some better notably New Zealand 1900s pictorials mint, plus UM 1950s/60s Europa sets. Untidy lot, hours of sorting. (1000s)
Lot: 152
Boer War Postal History 1900-02, a selection of covers from members of the Manchester Regiment, one re-directed, with FIELD POST OFFICE 24, 25 and 27 (2), and ARMY POST OFFICE / B / BLOEMFONTEIN. Good to fine. (5)
Lot: 154
Postal History mix from pre-stamp. Main interest in GB with GV/GVI period registered mail and few TPOs. Others include USA from 19th Century, and later British C/W first flights. Mixed quality. (92)
Lot: 155
WW2 period covers (14), plus Channel Islands newspapers (12), stamps, and ephemera, the newspapers in mixed condition.
Lot: 158
Stamps & covers on stockcards and loose, plus few items of ephemera, all-periods, worldwide, some interest in WW2 military correspondence, 1916 Malta censor, and used GVI postal stationery. (100s)
Lot: 178
Transatlantic Mail. 1854-56 Covers from USA to Glasgow, two endorsed ‘Per Steamship Atlantic' or ‘Per Baltic', with various date stamps, all with AMERICA / LIVERPOOL cds, one b/s incomplete BOSTON / BR. PKT. cds. (3)
Lot: 187
Carton with many commercial & philatelic covers, local history publications, post office cards etc. (Large qty.)
Lot: 188
Postal History, mainly Military including 1856 to Lt. Col. Bunbury, 23rd Fusiliers, Crimea; 1899-1900 Boer War (4); 1905 China Expeditionary Force; and WW2 Malta with patriotic label. Fair to fine. (13)
Lot: 217
Great Britain 1841 (August) neat mourning cover Portsmouth to USA with 1d red-brown, four-margins, ‘via Liverpool pr. Boston Steamer', London PAID d.s, BOSTON receiving mark, and a variety of manuscript charge marks. Some browning but very unusual
Lot: 220
Great Britain 1841-54 1d Imperfs, a selection on ELs, Wrappers, Covers and a piece, including nine 4-margined examples. Six have with Maltese Cross cancels including No.6 in cross, and another (4-margined) from Ludlow, clearly cancelled in blue with address deleted. (12)
Lot: 225
Great Britain 1857 Wrapper to Spain franked pair 4d rose, ‘PP' in circle and 4R charge mark; and 1862 Cover to Spain franked 1s & 6d paying the triple rate, and ‘PD' in oval. B/s with transit & arrival marks. VG (2)
Lot: 226
Great Britain 1866 wrapper to Canada carried on the ship ‘S.S. North American' franked pair 6d pl.5; and 1868-80 ELs (4) to Italy franked 6d pl.6 (2), 6d pl.8 or 2½d pl.16. VG (5 items)
Lot: 227
Great Britain 1868-1902 Covers & Wrappers including 1868 to Dublin b/s H. & K. PACT. cds; 1882-84 to India (2) with 5d both b/s SEA POST OFFICE cds; 1877 (2) from the Manchester Guardian with ½d plates; and 1902 with EVII 1d cancelled very good HIGHD.SORTING CARRIAGE / NIGHT MAIL cds. (10)
Lot: 274
Italian States – Sardinia 1857 Cover to Ireland with 20c & 40c imperfs tied by Genoa cds, transit marks of Paris, London, Dublin and Galway arrival mark; together with a M&U range of the issued stamps.
Lot: 275
Japan postal history from 1870s including Cherry Blossoms letter sheets (8, three unused), 1900s with special handstamps (9), 1915 from German POW in Oita camp with censor and camp cachets, early Air Mails (2), 1880s printed matter wrapper complete with letter sheet, used Money Order forms (3), and other better. Includes 23 unused mid-period to 1960s postal stationery cards. Mainly VG to fine. (91 items)
Lot: 288
Malta 1859 EL to Genoa with 4d rose cancelled barred ‘M' with PIROSCAFI / POSTALE / FRANCESI adjacent, b/s MALTA cds. BPA certificate. Together with 1878 wrapper to Livorno franked 2½d pl.10 with MALTA A25 duplex. Fine (2)
Lot: 293
Tristan Da Cunha 1949 cover to Southern Rhodesia with fine SETTLEMENT cachet, CAPE TOWN / PAQUEBOT and charge mark, b/s at SALISBURY. Some red ink-marks on reverse.