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Auction No 388, Category: Postal History

11 Lots (displaying 1 - 11)

Interesting selection in folder including elaborate 1867 Valentine with original 1d red Cover Stockport to Atherton (MANCHESTER S.T. b/s)

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £74
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Interesting selection in folder including elaborate 1867 Valentine with original 1d red Cover Stockport to Atherton (MANCHESTER S.T. b/s); plus a further Victorian valentine, documents, letters; 1922 St.Luke’s Church, Crosby, Grand Bazaar handbook (134pp, many adverts); business cards including Robert Colling 19th Century engraver of Liverpool; etc. (Qty)

Great Britain PCs & Covers, mostly GV/GVI period; includes useful PPCs with shipping, Weeton Military Camp Blackpool, etc;

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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Great Britain PCs & Covers, mostly GV/GVI period; includes useful PPCs with shipping, Weeton Military Camp Blackpool, etc; plus 1936 EVIII FDC. (Qty)

Foreign subject & topographical cards, largely pre-1940, especially Europe, some with postmark interest;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Foreign subject & topographical cards, largely pre-1940, especially Europe, some with postmark interest; includes Vatican City (2, one PU), Rhine Valley, Faroe Islands, several France, North Africa, Valparaiso Railway Station; postmarks include TPOs of Norway, Bavaria, Spain etc. A few creased, mostly good to fine. (c.145)             

Antarctic Expedition 1901 PPC with special cachet of the S.S. "Discovery", posted to Bury, Lancs, from SIMONSTOWN Cape of Good Hope

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
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Antarctic Expedition 1901 PPC with special cachet of the S.S. Discovery, posted to Bury, Lancs, from SIMONSTOWN Cape of Good Hope and cancelled with hooded circle datestamp for 7th Oct.1901. Tiny crease lower right corner. VG. Wrench “Links of Empire” Series 3, No.2.

Antarctic Expedition 1901 PPC with special cachet of the S.S."Discovery", posted to Bury, Lancs, from New Zealand 24th Dec. 1901.

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
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Antarctic Expedition 1901 PPC with special cachet of the S.S. Discovery, posted to Bury, Lancs, from New Zealand 24th Dec. 1901. The 1d Universal stamp of  NZ is tied by an indistinct squared circle cancel but has a fine CHRISTCHURCH sidestamp of the same date. Faint vertical crease o/w fine. Wrench “Links of Empire” Series 3, No.3.

Undercover Mail 1944 PC from German Occupied Poland addressed to "49 Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, Lisboa, Portugal";

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Undercover Mail 1944 PC from German Occupied Poland addressed to 49 Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, Lisboa, Portugal; censored, tested for secret writing. Small tear and vertical crease. (This Undercover address was used in connection with Polish missing persons).

Maritime covers & cards, 1900s to 1970s, many philatelic but including WWI & WW2 Naval mail; interest in Paquebots, Censored,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Maritime covers & cards, 1900s to 1970s, many philatelic but including WWI & WW2 Naval mail; interest in Paquebots, Censored, Ships’ Cachets etc. Some unusual items noted. Mixed condition. (97) Also Various pieces.

Album of mainly used postal stationery cards and some used PPCs; chief interest in late-19th & early-20th Century Sweden,

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Album of mainly used postal stationery cards and some used PPCs; chief interest in late-19th & early-20th Century Sweden, but also useful Ceylon, GB and few others. Good range of cancellations; many fine strikes. Good to VF (130)

Assorted covers, commercial and philatelic, mainly Nepal 1970s/1980s plus some earlier, plus some GB and few others. Mainly VG/VF (86)

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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Assorted covers, commercial and philatelic, mainly Nepal 1970s/1980s plus some earlier, plus some GB and few others. Mainly VG/VF (86)  

Great Britain 1841 EL from Alloa with fine 1d Black, Plate 5, NE, good to large margins, tied by black maltese cross.

Lot: 153

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £140
SOLD £86
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Great Britain 1841 EL from Alloa with fine 1d Black, Plate 5, NE, good to large margins, tied by black maltese cross.

Great Britain 19th Century Covers & ELs from pre-stamp; includes Too Late marks, Durham mileage, 1881 1d Lilac Die I, etc.

Lot: 202

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £66
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Great Britain 19th Century Covers & ELs from pre-stamp; includes Too Late marks, Durham mileage, 1881 1d Lilac Die I, etc. Mixed condition. Also 21 Free fronts (affixed to paper). (44 items)