Lot: 221
International First Flight Covers 1937-1941 from UK (8), Fiji (12), USA (5), New Zealand (8), Canada (2) and Bermuda (3) to various destinations, Duplication. All with arrival marks.VG/VF (38)
Lot: 222
Box of Commonwealth & Foreign Covers and Cards from 19th Century; including Boer War FPOs (2), much 1930s/50s with airmails, censors, military mail etc; with interest in South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Iraq, Egypt and wide range of others. Mixed quality. (344)
Lot: 223
First Flight & Special Flight covers & cards 1960s/1980s, many carried by Lufthansa, world-wide; includes some FDCs and unused aerogrammes. Fine condition. (230). Also bundle of PPCs of Lufthansa aircraft and their timetable for Finland 2002.
Lot: 224
First Flight Covers, 1960s to 1990s, mostly Swissair, worldwide and fine condition, mostly with printed address. (232)
Lot: 225
Great Britain 1816-1861 wrappers & some ELs in binder, opened out for display, mostly franked with 1d Red imperfs plus nine with 1841 2d imperfs (one 4-margined); forty of the 1d imperfs are four-margined. Some better postal markings noted. Mixed quality. (95)
Lot: 226
Great Britain 1840-1921 ranges on old leaves; mainly used including 1d Black ‘NL' and 1d Grey-Black ‘MI' both FU four-margined, the former thinned; 1870 1½d plate 1 mint (toned perfs); 1855 4d carmine on blued VGU cds; 1883-84 4d green FU (good colour); 1887 1½d, 3d (2), 4d, 5d & 9d fresh mint; and many other QV in poor to VG condition; some useful later including 1915 2s6d FU and 1918-19 2s6d fresh mint. (few 100)
Lot: 227
Great Britain 19th Century Covers, Wrappers and ELs mostly with 1d Red frankings; includes forty-eight with 1841-54 1d Reds (some in pairs) with many four-margined, and three with 2d imperfs; 1862 wrapper with 6d lilac; and the remainder with wide range of perforated 1d Stars and Plates. Condition is very mixed but many VG/Fine and enhanced by many useful cancellations including fine Penny Post h/s of Blackpool (2) and Preston, many undated circles, Liverpool Spoon, s/w duplexes etc. (270)
Lot: 228
GB 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet used 1842 to Preston and cancelled with a fine black Maltese Cross. Manuscript endorsements at periphery, piece torn away at left from breaking of seal o/w VG.
Lot: 229
Great Britain QV to GV used collection in album, together with some Ceylon; the GB includes fine 1840 1d Black Pl.5 ‘MJ' (4 close to large margins), range of 1d Red Plates & later QV to GV all in mixed condition including high values, and fine 1933 First Flight covers to Calcutta and Alor Star. The Ceylon include some useful QV & GV high values. (Few 100)
Lot: 230
Great Britain pre-stamp to 1850s ELs and correspondence of the Swainson and Dickson family of Bath, Liverpool and Preston; the ELs (49) include PAID AT / LIVERPOOL (3), Chester / Penny Post with boxed No.6 (2, one poor), PENRITH mileage, PRESTON / Penny Post, COCKERMOUTH udc; and some from abroad including AMERICA/LIVERPOOL cds and VENEZIA/FRANCO. Also 54 other letters/ELs some of which have had stamps removed. Varied condition. (103 items)
Lot: 231
Great Britain 1841-1960 used collection in album, with much QV Line-Engraved including 2d Pl. 9 mint strip of 3 (2 UM), 1841 1d (14, including strip of 5, and 3 covers, seven 4-margined), 1856 1d Star on fine front from Clitheroe, many 1d Red Plates including some covers one with fine HARROGATE s/w duplex and many on piece with complete cancellations; later QV with covers & pieces, EVII mint selection to 6d, many used defintives thereafter including 1933 First Flight cover to Malaya. Mixed condition. (Many 100s)
Lot: 232
Great Britain 1841-1858 Penny Stars in old collector's duplicate book including few covers; comprises Imperfs (105, 30 four-margined), and 98 perforated types some on blued paper. Fair to fine. (203)
Lot: 233
GB Victorian invoices and receipts, mostly 1850s/60s, all bearing 1d postal fiscals with ink cancellations, good variety, a few on printed billheads. Mixed condition. (36)
Lot: 234
GB 19th Century Covers (50) in binder including 38 with 1d Red frankings from 1850s, and 1870 long registered cover with scarce 10d brown & 6d pl.8. Some better duplex cancels noted. Most contain original letters which are separately mounted. Mixed condition. (Qty)
Lot: 235
W.T. Pipe Postmarks of British and Irish Railway Stations 1840-1997, Railway Philatelic Group, c.2001; A4 s/bk, slide binder; protective plastic cover slightly marked o/w VF. A comprehensive work. Many illustrations.
Lot: 236
Great Britain pre-stamp to 1860s Covers & ELs, 34 with 1d Red frankings (18 with imperfs), and wide range of cancellations; includes mileages, undated circles, etc. Very mixed quality, some VG/VF (63)
Lot: 237
GB Covers & Cards from pre-stamp to modern, chiefly 1890s to 1940s; some interest in skeleton & rubber datestamps, postage due frankings, duplexes etc. Mixed condition. (218). Also some ephemera, and few parcel stamps.
Lot: 238
Cumbria Postal History & Ephemera written-up on album leaves, mainly 19th Century to 1940s, including engraved pictorial letterheads, Telegrams, wide range of covers & cards with variety of postal markings, etc. (98 items)
Lot: 239
GB 1864-79 1d Red plates 149, 171, 177 and 212 mint, pl.171 and 212 part o.g. only; and 1d pl.161 on a cover from Garstang 1873. (5)
Lot: 240
Great Britain 1864-1880 Covers & ELs with 1d Red plates, all with duplex cancellations especially Warrington, Runcorn & district. Fair to fine. (49)