Lot: 181
British Commonwealth Royalty themes in 5 assorted albums, including 1937 Coronation (with Newfoundland long set) & 1953 Coronation complete mint in the original printed albums (all first hinge), and a volume of covers from 1935 to 1981. VG/VF (100s)
Lot: 182
Album of Postal History, mainly UK ELs, some later covers; includes 1786 wrapper to Guernsey carried privately & endorsed Forwd.by Yr.Noble Servt. T.Durell with 1d. charged; 1799 with fair SHREWSBURY horseshoe; 1811 front with fine WINCHESTER dated mileage; 1823 SHREWSBURY dated mileage; 1834 TOO LATE of Shrewsbury; 1934 Official registered cover, Hong Kong to USA with 10c & 20c adhs; 1923 covers (2) China to UK each with four Junk adhs. All written up for display. Varied condition. (20)
Lot: 183
Various Covers & Cards, including 1856 with fine SHREWSBURY spoon; 1895 with fine OXFORD ST.B.O. / SOUTHAMPTON squared circle; WWI POW cards (3); 1934 with Nigeria 6d cancelled VICTORIA –CAMEROONS / UNDER BRITISH MANDATE; 1938 hand-illustrated cover UK to USA; 1998 FDC autographed by Terry Waite; etc. Fair-VF (53)
Lot: 184
Album of flown covers, with many First or Special Flights; including 1920s/30s USA (6) and Canada (4); 1930s/40s Australia (6, one censored); 1970s/80s British Caledonian (7), some RAF Museum types (a few signed). Mainly VG/VF (53) [For other Flight Covers see also items listed under country of origin later in this catalogue]
Lot: 185
Album of Covers & Cards, all written up, including 1934 from LITTLE AMERICA / ANTARCTICA, 1935-36 Tonga Tin-Can Mail (2), 1896 USA 2c Wells Fargo postal stationery envelope used, 1979 Souvenir Cover signed by John Gielgud, and 1840 EL from Private William Lee of the 87th Regt. of Foot to Lieut.Col.James Williamson at the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. VG/VF (7)
Lot: 186
Album of Maritime covers, PPCs and ephemera, all written up; including 1740 EL from Capt. James Stewart, on board HMS Cumberland at Spithead b/s PORTS / MOUTH and very good Bishop Mark; plus range of 20th Century items including PPC of the Lusitania and programme for the 1937 Coronation Naval review at Spithead. (31 items)
Lot: 187
Catapault Flight covers 1930-1932 from the Bremen with cachets of the ship to shore service for Southampton (2) and New York, one with a vertical crease & some foxing, others fine. (3)
Lot: 188
Album of Flown Covers, all written up, mainly first flights, including 1932 Tanganyika to UK with special label; 1932 Imperial Airways to and from South Africa; 1931 F.F. Australia to UK with 6 air adhesives; 1911 scarce First UK Aerial Post cover London to I.O.Wight with two letter sheets enclosed (one unused); 1923 Motor Glider flown cover Lympne to Hastingleigh; and 1939 First Transatlantic Flights from USA (2). VG/VF (13)
Lot: 189
Wilkins-Ellsworth 1931 Trans-Arctic Submarine Expedition Cover postmarked in New York, received in London and forwarded to USA by registered mail. Fine.
Lot: 190
Zeppelin Airmail Covers (10) 1930-1936 all with appropriate cachets comprising covers from Uruguay, Netherlands (3), Hungary, Brazil (4, one with some stamps removed), and Austria. Also 1935 flown commercial cover from UK to Rio de Janeiro with GV 1s & 2s6d, routed via Lufthansa air service; and 10 other items, mostly modern. Fair to fine. (22) [For other Zeppelin flown mail see items under country of origin later in this catalogue].
Lot: 191
World ranges on many album pages, in bags & packets, plus few packs and covers. Varied condition. (1000s)
Lot: 192
Ranges in 13 stockbooks, 2 albums & some stockleaves with much British Commonwealth especially modern Africa, one s/book with UM I.O.Man, two others with all-period M&U Austria. (1000s)
Lot: 193
Good all-period M&U accumulation on many stockleaves, on pages, some FDCs, GB Booklets etc; chief interest in C/W and GB of all periods, including Victorian covers; plus useful Foreign including USA, Philippines, Venezuela, France and others. Varied condition. (1000s)
Lot: 194
Foreign accumulation on many stockleaves & stockcards, early 20th Century to modern, M&U and UM; chiefly Europe, plus French Colonies, some 19th Century Guatemala used and others; includes Collectors' Packs. Wide variety. (1000s)
Lot: 195
Mainly European accumulation in 4 stockbooks, on stockcards etc, mid-period to modern with much mint or UM noted; two of the stockbooks contain many miniature sheets. Varied condition. (Many 100s)
Lot: 196
Mainly GVI/QE2 GB & C/W mix in box file with special packs, FDCs, Booklet Panes, high values etc. VG/VF (Few 100s
Lot: 197
Carton with all-period M&U and UM Commonwealth and GB on leaves, in stockcards, packs etc, plus covers with special postmarks; mostly pre-1970 with useful GV/GVI period noted including Morocco Agencies mint/UM control strips. Also Faroe Islands Christmas Seals in complete sheets. (1000s)
Lot: 198
WW1 to WW2 Forces Mail, including 1919-23 PPCs from French forces in Germany (16) with various POSTES AUX ARMEES cds; and WW2 military & naval from British & South African forces. Also 2 airgraphs and 2 unused airletters. Fair to fine. (41)
Lot: 199
Selection of Aerophilatelic pamphlets, Francis Field publications, including Baldwin Air Mails of Bermuda, 1967, and C.E. Field The British Mails of the Graf Zeppelin, 1987. Two of the others are photocopies. VG/VF (9)
Lot: 200
Worldwide Covers and Cards including GB from 19th Century; interest in Fiji airmails, GV period GB to foreign destinations, GVI Trinidad (6), Latin America especially Haiti, 1971 Todmorden Strike Post (2), 1930 Brussels-London first Night Air Mail, Israel and others. Mixed condition. (298). Also some ephemera relating to the 1961 Philatelic Congress at Blackpool.