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Auction No 395, Category: Postal History

28 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Kishtwar 1985 Himalayan Mountaineering Expedition PPC to UK with special Base Camp handstamp, autographed by 9 expedition members.

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Kishtwar 1985 Himalayan Mountaineering Expedition PPC to UK with special Base Camp handstamp, autographed by 9 expedition members. VG condition.

Covers & Cards, few fronts, c.1860 to modern, with main interest in GB including 1881 London ‘Hoster’ cancel, 1849 CASTLE STREET local,

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Covers & Cards, few fronts, c.1860 to modern, with main interest in GB including 1881 London ‘Hoster’ cancel, 1849 CASTLE STREET local, 1903 MALPAS / CHESHIRE skeleton, and 1902 RAMSEY / ISLE OF MAN parcel post label with pair EVII adhs. Mixed quality. (66)

Covers & Cards in box with many 20th Century used GB PPCs; some interest in village cancels, many Brighton Transorma marks,

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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Covers & Cards in box with many 20th Century used GB PPCs; some interest in village cancels, many Brighton Transorma marks, plus duplexes, foreign commercial mail, 1945 Belgian censored, etc. Varied condition. (250)

World covers & cards from late-19th Century; chiefly QE2 period philatelic mail of GB & Commonwealth. Varied condition. (310)

Lot: 187

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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World covers & cards from late-19th Century; chiefly QE2 period philatelic mail of GB & Commonwealth. Varied condition. (310) Also some stamps.

Worldwide 20th Century covers, commercial and commemorative including FDI from 1930s.

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Worldwide 20th Century covers, commercial and commemorative including FDI from 1930s. Includes approx 140 New Zealand window envelopes with Returned to Sender cachets & other instructional marks. Varied condition. (approx. 440)

WW2 Airgraphs including 19 with original envelopes; also 3 V-Mails, two addressed to USA. VG/Fine (49)

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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WW2 Airgraphs including 19 with original envelopes; also 3 V-Mails, two addressed to USA. VG/Fine (49)

British Forces covers & cards from early 20th Century, mostly WWI & WW2, with good variety of FPOs/APOs and Censor cachets.

Lot: 193

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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British Forces covers & cards from early 20th Century, mostly WWI & WW2, with good variety of FPOs/APOs and Censor cachets. Includes few POW items, Naval & RAF. Mixed quality. (99

British West Indies Covers & Cards, QV to 1990s, with much GV to early QE2 period, with interest in Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, Bermuda,

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £72
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British West Indies Covers & Cards, QV to 1990s, with much GV to early QE2 period, with interest in Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, with registered, censored, air mail etc; includes some unused postal stationery. Fair to VF (121)

Latin America covers & cards with interest in early to mid-period PPCs (29, some unused), plus mid-period airmails etc;

Lot: 195

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Latin America covers & cards with interest in early to mid-period PPCs (29, some unused), plus mid-period airmails etc; emphasis on Chile, Brazil, Ecuador and Argentina, plus good variety of others. Fair to fine (61)                      

British Africa Covers & Cards from late-19th Century to modern with chief interest in Rhodesia and South Africa,

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £72
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British Africa Covers & Cards from late-19th Century to modern with chief interest in Rhodesia and South Africa, plus good selection of Sierra Leone, Nyasaland and various others; chief interest in 1930s to 1960s including WW2. Includes unused postal stationery. (219) Also Southern Rhodesia 1953 set to £1 FU on stockcard. Mixed condition.

British Commonwealth Covers & Cards 1900s to modern with main interest in New Zealand and Gibraltar, plus Seychelles, Gilbert & Ellice Is

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £40
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British Commonwealth Covers & Cards 1900s to modern with main interest in New Zealand and Gibraltar, plus Seychelles, Gilbert & Ellice Is and various others. Much GVI/QE2 period. Varied condition. (110)

World covers & cards chiefly commercial, some with censor cachets; interest in France from pre-stamp, India, Belgium & Belgian Congo,

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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World covers & cards chiefly commercial, some with censor cachets; interest in France from pre-stamp, India, Belgium & Belgian Congo, Spain, Switzerland, Norway, Dutch East Indies and others; includes 1937-38 Parcel Cards (6) from Germany to Zagreb via Hungary franked with Yugoslavia revenue stamps and postage dues on arrival, and 1916 France to Basle opened and officially sealed by Swiss Military censor. Varied condition. (267)

Great Britain covers & cards, mainly 20th Century with much pre- 1945 (many with original letters enclosed);

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Great Britain covers & cards, mainly 20th Century with much pre-1945 (many with original letters enclosed); includes used PPCs of Isle of Man with SUMMIT cachets of 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1970 and 1972; some WW2 Censored; some FDCs, etc. Fair to VF (185)

Great Britain 1903 PPC to Didsbury with VG oval POSTED IN ADVANCE / M.R. / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY

Lot: 201

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £78
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Great Britain 1903 PPC to Didsbury with VG oval POSTED IN ADVANCE / M.R. / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY of Manchester. Light toning & slight crease. 

Great Britain Postage Due covers & cards, Edwardian to 1970s, several from overseas, with many PPCs; 47 have postage due adhesives;

Lot: 202

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Great Britain Postage Due covers & cards, Edwardian to 1970s, several from overseas, with many PPCs; 47 have postage due adhesives; most are pre-1940. Fair to fine. (84)  

Channel Islands covers & cards plus related ephemera, with covers from 1879; includes WW2 items, Postage Due,

Lot: 208

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £78
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Channel Islands covers & cards plus related ephemera, with covers from 1879; includes WW2 items, Postage Due, many Recorded Delivery receipts with sub-office cancels, Telegrams, many billheads with revenue stamps affixed, few old newspapers etc. (Large qty)   

Channel Islands WW2 and Liberation Covers & Cards (19) three with Hitler adhesives in mixed frankings; plus various Arms stamps,

Lot: 209

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Channel Islands WW2 and Liberation Covers & Cards (19) three with Hitler adhesives in mixed frankings; plus various Arms stamps, and 1943 Air-Drop Newspaper L’Amerique en Guerre in VG condition. Fair to fine. 

Austria pre-stamp to 1950s Covers & PPCs, including fine 1840 EL from Wien to Tropppau, Austrian Levant (5), WWI & post-WW2 censors,

Lot: 220

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £48
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Austria pre-stamp to 1950s Covers & PPCs, including fine 1840 EL from Wien to Tropppau, Austrian Levant (5), WWI & post-WW2 censors, 1950s Airmails, late-1940s maxi-cards, early PPCs, etc. Mainly good to fine. (39)

Canada 1914-61 Covers & PPCs, mostly GV/GVI, including 1929/37 First Flights (12) and commercial air mail. Varied condition. (39)

Lot: 228

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
SOLD £30
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Canada 1914-61 Covers & PPCs, mostly GV/GVI, including 1929/37 First Flights (12) and commercial air mail. Varied condition. (39)     

Egypt covers &cards 1900s to 1967, including 1902 PS Reply Card used from the Austrian P.O. in Constantinople (small faults),

Lot: 231

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Egypt covers &cards 1900s to 1967, including 1902 PS Reply Card used from the Austrian P.O. in Constantinople (small faults), later censored, registered, Paquebots etc. Mixed condition. (30)