Trafford Books

Auction No 351, Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST

309 Lots (displaying 301 - 309)

Great Britain 1878 printed Illustrated Envelope by "Quiz"

Lot: 301

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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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 and shows some toning

Norway May 1940 German Occupation cover to Germany

Lot: 302

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Norway May 1940 German Occupation cover to Germany with 9 adhesives and provisional mute cancels. Reverse shows that this was sent from Feldpost Nr.10702 (located at Bergen). Philatelic but scarce.

Norway Local Post 1928 Cover of Oslo

Lot: 303

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Norway Local Post 1928 Cover of Oslo, franked with 15ore adhesive of the KORTEVAREHANDLERES delivery service tied by KRISTIANIA /  KORTEVAREHANDLERES / FORENING handstamp. Original letter enclosed dated Dec. 1928.

Norway commercial Covers 1940s to 2002 (approx. 700)

Lot: 304

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
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Norway commercial covers 1940s to 2002, widely addressed with a very wide range of cancellations and frankings and largely VG/VF. Interest in sub-office cancels, slogans, airmail etc. (700 approx.)

Auction Catalogues of Postage Stamps 1919-1921 issued by "Ostara" of Manchester

Lot: 305

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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Auction Catalogues of Postage Stamps 1919-1921 issued by "Ostara" of 24 Corporation Street, Manchester, two with covers soiled (one detached) others good; 3 with prices realised entered in pencil. (4)

"St. Martin's-le-Grand: The Post Office Magazine, Volume IV" 1894

Lot: 306

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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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. 

Ross-on-Wye Post Office copy letter book 1904-1932

Lot: 307

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £155
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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 officials. 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.

"The Mechanical Handling of Mails in Large Sorting Offices" January 1952

Lot: 308

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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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.

 

Sieger Hingeless Album for Germany 1933-1945, unused

Lot: 309

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £38
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Sieger Hingeless Album for Germany 1933-1945, some pencil marks in margins o/w VG condition