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Auction No 418, Category: Postal History

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

Mix in carton including Theatre ephemera from early 19th Century; GPO Air Mail brochure for 1936;

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £84
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Mix in carton including Theatre ephemera from early 19th Century; GPO Air Mail brochure for 1936; 19th Century items regarding a proposed Channel Tunnel (in very mixed condition); and wide range of other items.(Qty.) 

Carton of Covers & Cards with main interest in GB from 1840s including 1870s wrappers (7) franked with half-penny bantams,

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £56
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Carton of Covers & Cards with main interest in GB from 1840s including 1870s wrappers (7) franked with half-penny bantams, others with various duplexes and squared circles etc; also late-19th Century to 1930s USA (82) assembled for Flag Cancels; few modern GB Presentation Packs, and modern commercial mail. (Qty)

Paquebot mail 1910-1939, all PPCs with a variety of cachets, eight with POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS with Bermuda adhesives. Fair-VF (20)

Lot: 117

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £22
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Paquebot mail 1910-1939, all PPCs with a variety of cachets, eight with POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS with Bermuda adhesives.Fair-VF (20)

Assortment with C/W & Foreign covers (103) with much GVI/early-QE2 British West Indies and Gold Coast, plus New Zealand, Belgium & others.

Lot: 118

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £92
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Assortment with C/W & Foreign covers (103) with much GVI/early-QE2 British West Indies and Gold Coast, plus New Zealand, Belgium & others. Also Cinderellas with GB Island Locals & Railway Letter stamps, and some ephemera including a 1950 newspaper issued to Dutch forces in Indonesia April 1950. (Qty)

R.A.F. Museum & Escaping Society covers 1969-76, a collection in three albums including 1970 Concorde flown signed by Brian Trubshaw and John Cochrane

Lot: 121

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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R.A.F. Museum & Escaping Society covers 1969-76, a collection in three albums including 1970 Concorde flown signed by Brian Trubshaw and John Cochrane. Also few later covers. Some affected by light foxing but mostly fine. (135)

Great Britain QV/QE2 Covers including WWI Soldiers’ Registered mail (25) with good variety of FPO cancels; WW2 Censored mail to Ulster (24);

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £64
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Great Britain QV/QE2 Covers including WWI Soldiers' Registered mail (25) with good variety of FPO cancels; WW2 Censored mail to Ulster (24); 1946 from a German POW at Hall Camp, Crewe (3); and assorted others. (83)

Germany 1880-1950 Covers & PCs including VG/VF BAHNPOST cancels (20), 1950 East Germany (3), early Bavaria (3), etc. Most are pre-WW2. (37)

Lot: 165

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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Germany 1880-1950 Covers & PCs including VG/VF BAHNPOST cancels (20), 1950 East Germany (3), early Bavaria (3), etc. Most are pre-WW2. (37)

India EVII/GVI period Covers & Cards with main interest in WW2 military mail; includes three WWI from USA with Bombay censor cachets. Fair to fine.

Lot: 170

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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India EVII/GVI period Covers & Cards with main interest in WW2 military mail; includes three WWI from USA with Bombay censor cachets. Fair to fine. (61)      

Papua New Guinea WW2 Covers from Australian Forces, some registered, with good variety of FPO cancels and military censor cachets.

Lot: 177

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £125
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Papua New Guinea WW2 Covers from Australian Forces, some registered, with good variety of FPO cancels and military censor cachets. Also a few from servicemen in Northern Territory, Australia. Fair/fine. (41)

South Africa 1890s to 1980s Covers & PCs, chiefly pre-1950, with interest in Cape of Good Hope, some Boer War period, GV/GVI civilian mail

Lot: 182

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Jun 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £54
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South Africa 1890s to 1980s Covers & PCs, chiefly pre-1950, with interest in Cape of Good Hope, some Boer War period, GV/GVI civilian mail with many WW2 censored, Antarctic bases etc. Includes some South West Africa. Mixed condition but mostly good to fine. (101)