Lot: 301
Norway Local Post 1928 Cover of Oslo, franked with 15 ore adhesive of the KORTEVAREHANDLERNES delivery service tied by oval KRISTIANIA / KORTEVAREHANDLERNES / FORENING handstamp. Original letter enclosed dated dec. 1928.
Lot: 302
Norway commercial covers 1940s to 2002, widely addressed with a very wide range of cancellations and frankings. Interest in sub-office cancels, slogans, airmail etc. (700 approx.)
Lot: 303
Great Britain 1878 printed Illustrated Envelope by "Quiz" used in London with damaged 1d Red tied by London Duplex. The envelope is a little crumpled & shows some toning.
Lot: 304
United States commercial covers & used postal stationery 1900s to 1960s, with wide variety of cancellations, some instructional, registered or special delivery; all periods well represented. About half are long covers. (approx. 400)
Lot: 305
WW2 Covers from Egypt (7), India (14), Ceylon and Aden, mostly Forces Mail with Censorship incl. RAF; includes Xmas 1943 Forces letter Card to USA, 1940 & 1945 to Geneva Red Cross, etc. (24)
Lot: 306
WW2 British Forces Mail with RAF CENSOR cachets and Naval Mail cancels, all written up, good variety of types. (12)
Lot: 307
St. Martin's-le-Grand: The Post Office Magazine, Volume IV, 1894, cloth-bound volume, gilt, fine; 472pp + b/w plates, with additional illustrations in text. 8 page index.
Lot: 308
Ross-on-Wye Post Office copy letter book 1904-1932, comprising a manuscript record of correspondence received by the Ross-on-Wye postmaster from the Surveyor of the GPO and other officilas. The entries from 1904 to 1920 are comprehensive but increasingly sketchy and summarised thereafter. The early period provides a fascinating insight into the day to day workings of the postal service in Herefordshire and the management of post office staff. Foolscap, 140pp, plus diary entries thereafter, bound in original boards with OHMS label on front.
Lot: 309
The Mechanical Handling of Mails in Large Sorting Offices, January 1952, quarto, cloth-bound, gilt, fine; a report produced by the joint postal administrations of Great Britain, Netherlands and Switzerland. 154pp with many illustrations, plus 22 fold-out Diagrams and charts. Also British Postal Engineering, 1971, proceedings of a conference hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1970, hardback in dustjacket, 390pp, many illustrations.
Lot: 310
Printed Contracts of 1874 and 1899 between The Post Office and the Midland Railway and Taff Vale Railway Co respectively, concerning the Conveyance of Mails, the former lacking front cover. Foolscap, 19pp or 8pp. (2)
Lot: 311
Borre Amundsen Kong Gustav V i Medaljong og Sveriges Portotakster 1910-1920, Tromso, 1981; A5 softback, many illustrations, 80pp
Lot: 312
Ilkka Teerijoki Postivaunun matkassa 1862-1995, Postimuseo, 1999, hardback, pictorial boards, 354pp. A comprehensive history of the Finnish TPO system