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Auction No 379, Category: Postal History

22 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Box of postcards, covers, letters, photos and ephemera; the PPCs include several LNWR Officials, WWI Silks (2)

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £58
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Box of postcards, covers, letters, photos and ephemera; the PPCs include several LNWR Officials, WWI Silks (2), several Norway RPs, Lelant RPs (2) and Tuck Oilettes; the correspondence comprises several 1945 letters from a serviceman in North Africa, some in original envelopes; also noted 1900 PC of British Guiana with T.P.O. RAILWAY /B. GUIANA cds. Very mixed condition. (Qty)

A WWI correspondence of PPCs from a British Serviceman to his daughter in Bristol, 1915-1919, mostly from France

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £86
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A WWI correspondence of PPCs from a British Serviceman to his daughter in Bristol, 1915-1919, mostly from France (a few from Italy) with British F.P.O. cancels; notably Emile Dupuis glamour (12) and military studies (21); Butterfly Girls (8) and other glamour; French patriotic & greetings; many of children including Spurgin and A.A.Nash; map card of Trieste district; etc. Mixed condition (156)

Assorted covers including 1920s/30s Covers of Malaya (4, roughly opened) all charged Postage Due,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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Assorted covers including 1920s/30s Covers of Malaya (4, roughly opened) all charged Postage Due, three with FMS P.Due adhesives; others mostly British Commonwealth with some military interest. Mixed condition. (30)

Mainly GVI covers & cards including 1944 from South Georgia to UK; 1939 Tristan Da Cunha PPCs (2) to UK

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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Mainly GVI covers & cards including 1944 from South Georgia to UK; 1939 Tristan Da Cunha PPCs (2) to UK both with VF Type VI cachets tying GB 1d; plus 1962 NPY 3d used 6th November at NOTTING HILL on small commercial cover to Bristol – 8 days before first day of issue. VG/VF (7)

            

Covers & Cards in album, from pre-stamp to 1952, with main interest in France & North Africa

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
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Covers & Cards in album, from pre-stamp to 1952, with main interest in France & North Africa including several railway convoyeur, WWI military, and few Lebanon & Indo China; Germany notably Third Reich with special h/s, and range of used & unused postal stationery from 19th Century; plus some items from Benelux countries. Fair to VF (166)

Covers and cards especially Norway and Sweden, late-19th to mid-20th Century, plus Iceland philatelic mail

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £15
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Covers and cards especially Norway and Sweden, late-19th to mid-20th Century, plus Iceland philatelic mail, Switzerland, and others. Includes used postal stationery. Fair to VF (371)

Denmark and Finland covers & cards in album from 1861, including many better mid-period frankings;

Lot: 180

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £20
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Denmark and Finland covers & cards in album from 1861, including many better mid-period frankings; the Denmark include 1910 & 1916 PPCs with Christmas seals, 1966 Parcel Ferry waybill with pair 1kr cancelled NORDBY-FANO ferry oval d.s, plus registered, airmail etc; the Finland mainly mid-period Lions paying various rates but including some better illustrated FDCs of the 1940s/50s. Good to VF. (119)

India QV to 1950s collection of Covers & cards (26) and 100s of pieces and adhesives assembled for cancellations,

Lot: 204

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £82
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India QV to 1950s collection of Covers & cards (26) and 100s of pieces and adhesives assembled for cancellations, all written up for display, including Government buildings, Newspaper offices, un-official Used Abroad, Sorting Offices, Post Office counter cancels, Forwarding Agents, private company security chops and many perfins. The collection is illustrated with modern photographs. (Several 100s)

India postmark collection QV-GVI nicely presented in album with towns & cities, hotels, palaces, sub-offices etc,

Lot: 205

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
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India postmark collection QV-GVI nicely presented in album with towns & cities, hotels, palaces, sub-offices etc, comprising many 100s of stamps & pieces and 8 covers/cards. All periods well represented. VG/VF

India Postal History collection in 3 albums; chiefly QV covers & cards (56) plus many 100s of adhesives and pieces

Lot: 206

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £250
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India Postal History collection in 3 albums; chiefly QV covers & cards (56) plus many 100s of adhesives and pieces illustrating Early Indian Cancellations as listed by Jal Cooper; in addition is a section on Experimental Post Office Cancellations including 20th Century. All written up. Varied condition.

India Postal History collection in album comprising QV/GVI Covers & Cards nicely written up for display,

Lot: 207

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £145
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India Postal History collection in album comprising QV/GVI Covers & Cards nicely written up for display, with all periods represented though chiefly 19th Century to 1920s. Fair to VF (67 covers/cards)

India Military postal history collection in album, with 15 covers & cards plus 100s of adhesives & pieces;

Lot: 208

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £195
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India Military postal history collection in album, with 15 covers & cards plus 100s of adhesives & pieces;  chief interest in Indian Expeditionary Force, plus Military Camps, WW2, Field Post Offices etc, QV to GVI. Written up for display. Fair-VF

                                    

India Used Abroad collection in album, QV/GVI with much 19th Century to 1920s, with 100s of adhesives and pieces,

Lot: 209

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £165
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India Used Abroad collection in album, QV/GVI with much 19th Century to 1920s, with 100s of adhesives and pieces, plus some covers and cards, written up for display; with interest in Aden, French possessions, Nepal, Persia and Iraq, Singapore, Zanzibar and various others. Good to VF

Indian Railway Cancellations collection in 3 albums, written up for display, chiefly QV/GV, comprising 125 covers/cards

Lot: 210

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £200
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Indian Railway Cancellations collection in 3 albums, written up for display, chiefly QV/GV, comprising 125 covers/cards and many pieces & adhesives, with interest in TPOs, Railway Mail Services, Mail Agents and others; also some Sea Post Office items. Much QV noted. Fair to VF

India Air Mail covers, a collection in 2 boxed albums including 1920 BOMBAY AIR POST to Karachi,

Lot: 211

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £110
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India Air Mail covers, a collection in 2 boxed albums including 1920 BOMBAY AIR POST to Karachi, 1932 Karachi-Madras and Madras-Karachi First Flights (33, various legs), 1931 First Flights (13) to Greece, Haifa or UK, and several other pre-WW2 first flights; plus WW2 Censored airmail, and few 19th Century items. (84 covers, plus few pieces). Good to VF

Italy & States – Sardinia 1861 ELs (2) to Malta, one with good pair 20c adhesives, the other with 20c & 40c

Lot: 220

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Italy & States – Sardinia 1861 ELs (2) to Malta, one with good pair 20c adhesives, the other with 20c & 40c (small faults), despatch and arrival marks; plus a small representative collection of Italy early to 1948 on three album leaves.

Norway Postal Stationery selection in album from c.1880 to 1980s, used and unused,

Lot: 240

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £15
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Norway Postal Stationery selection in album from c.1880 to 1980s, used and unused, a few of the used with Sea or Railway T.P.O. Marks. STC 640 Euros. Mainly VG/VF (131)

Swedish Malmo Ferry Boat covers & cards (10) 1883-1904, with items from Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Lot: 258

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £10
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Swedish Malmo Ferry Boat covers & cards (10) 1883-1904, with items from Denmark, Norway and Sweden all showing various MALMO / POST numbered datestamps, plus part cancels on 6 adhesives. Also PPC of one of the ferries. All written up. One card with foxing o/w VG/VF 

Sweden postal stationery collection, used & unused, 1870s to 1970s and mostly pre-1930; comprises chiefly PCs & envelopes.

Lot: 260

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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Sweden postal stationery collection, used & unused, 1870s to 1970s and mostly pre-1930; comprises chiefly PCs & envelopes. Some uprated with additional adhesives. Used predominate. VG to VF (166)

Sweden 1929-1981 flown covers, commercial and philatelic, mostly pre-1950 with 44 pre-1940;

Lot: 261

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Oct 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Sweden 1929-1981 flown covers, commercial and philatelic, mostly pre-1950 with 44 pre-1940; includes 40 First Flight or special flight covers. Fair to VF. Also 1920 Airmail set mint. (89 + stamps)