Lot: 181
Holocaust mail. WW2 Litzmannstadt Ghetto stamps, the set of three, unused, the 10pfg on white paper possibly a reprint; together with an imperf reprint of the Theresienstadt Ghetto stamp. Fine (4)
Lot: 182
Holocaust Mail. March 1945 Red Cross PC from Rabbi Abraham Strassfeld in New York, attempting to communicate with his brother, Rabbi Alexander Lipa Strassfeld, last known as residing in Kozowa, Poland. Small tear upper right.
Lot: 183
Undercover Mail. 1943 Cover from the Warsaw Ghetto to Rua Alexandre Herculano, Lisboa, Portugal (undercover address for the Polish Red Cross, London); and 1944 Cover from India to G.P.O. Box 260/56 (the Polish Army in the UK) with POCZTA POLOWA cds and faint censor cachet. Also 1941 signed letter from General Paszkiewicz (C.O., 1st Polish Rifle Brigade) to Kathleen Smith of Biggar thanking her for her work as an ambulance driver, together with original envelope and some Polish Field Post stamps.
Lot: 184
Military & Censored mail, WWI to 1980s, chiefly British and American, including 1915 PPC with rare CUTBUSH / CURRAGH CAMP rubber cds, British POW mail, civilian censorship etc. Chiefly 1940s. (47). Also photocopies and collector's correspondence.
Lot: 185
British C/Wealth Covers, plus few GB, with interest in GVI Coronation and Victory FDCs, later FDCs of Ireland, and some unused postal stationery with six overprinted SPECIMEN. Varied condition. (79)
Lot: 186
Air Mail stamps and etiquettes 1912/50s, chiefly Austria including essays of unadopted designs (3) and 1950 2s60gr franking label for flight to Brussels; and France 1945 Strasbourg Air Show set in blocks of four. Fine lot.
Lot: 187
Mainly Foreign M&U and UM ranges on many stockcards, duplication in places, mostly mint/UM, mainly 20th Century, with interest in Western Europe and Latin America. Some good sets noted. (Sev. 100s)
Lot: 188
Great Britain pre-stamp to early-QE2 Covers & Cards in album and loose, eight with 1d red imperfs, nine with later line-engraved, 1890 to India franked with 5d Jubilee, and nice range of QV/GVI used postal stationery. Includes fine 1872 Valentine embossed envelope with invitation enclosed, and 1925 Cover with 1½d Wembley and Exhibition slogan. Good to fine. (65)
Lot: 189
GB Post Office ephemera including 19th Century engraving publicising J. Young's Post Office at Malvern Link, a late-Victorian glass hold-to-light cartoon in wooden frame, 1957 Instructions to Head Postmasters, and public notices of 1890 and 1960 on posting arrangements for Christmas. Also proof impressions of slogan cancellations, some stamp booklets, GPO reports, etc. The Malvern Link engraving frayed along top edge o/w VG/VF. (Qty.)
Lot: 190
Great Britain 1840 2d Blue, ‘KK', fine used with clear MX, four margins, just touching at two corners. Slightly rubbed lower right.
Lot: 191
Ralph Allen (1693-1764, city of Bath postmaster and founder of the ‘Cross Post' system): 1755 cut-down wrapper to London endorsed Free, R. Allen' with faint s/line BATH and Bishop mark on flap. Together with a modern PPC. [A note applied by a 19th (?) Century collector reads From Dr: afterwards Bishop Warburton, and dated from Bath June 28.1755.,W.V., and will have referred to the original letter enclosed,as it would appear that the address panel has been written and signed by Ralph Allen on the Bishop's behalf],
Lot: 192
John Palmer (1741-1818, founder of the UK Mail Coach system): 1805 wrapper from Bath to Brighton signed by Palmer lower left, with large FREE datestamp and s/line BATH. Together with a related cigarette card. [Palmer was M.P. for the city of Bath at this time].
Lot: 193
Great Britain QV to QE2 collection in six stockbooks, two cover albums & loose; chief interest in 20th Century issues with much mint decimal to 1995 with values to £5 and numerous commemorative sets, plus many FDCs (typed address). (Many 100s)
Lot: 194
Great Britain 1920s to 1990s Covers & PPCs in seven albums, with many illustrated FDCs including some Channel Islands, the PPCs with many greetings types; also an unused Royal Mail presentation pack album, (100s)
Lot: 195
The Post Office Magazine 1934, complete, twelve issues; plus issues for 1965 (10) and 1966 (9), a few from 1966 with rusted staples o/w fine. All different. Also Post Office Rules books for 1925 and 1936, both with filing hole punches at left. (33)
Lot: 196
Great Britain ranges comprising mainly QE2 mint/UM ranges in two albums with issues to 1980; and a collection of used commems 1924-83 including both Wembley sets. (100s)
Lot: 197
Great Britain 1952-2011 First Day and Commemorative Covers in nine albums and loose, largely hand-addressed pre-1990, typed address thereafter, with some better items noted. Also few FDCs of other countries. (c.630)
Lot: 198
Great Britain decimal commemorative sets in complete UM sheets, mostly 1970s. Face value £355.50
Lot: 199
Great Britain commemorative sets in UM blocks, mostly traffic light blocks of six, with much 1980s. Face value £450.91
Lot: 200
Great Britain decimal presentation packs, plus some booklets and UM decimal oddments, with much 1980s to c.1990. Face value £190+