Lot: 161
Latin America, 1884-1942 postal history mix with Brazil 1884-1901 (7, including 6 PS cards), and many later airmail covers to Europe, several carried by Air France, some WW2 censored. Mixed condition. (38)
Lot: 162
First Flight covers, 1930s/60s, with many B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. Comet flights, Fiji 1942 (3), and Dutch flights (2). Also 18 aviation PPCs. VG/VF (42)
Lot: 163
Commonwealth & Foreign covers & cards from 1880s, chiefly 20th Century with some interest in Pacific Islands, Burma, India, Iraq WW2 censored, 1917 S.W. Africa censored, 1921 French P.O. in Syria, various GVI FDCs, etc. Includes some postal stationery overprinted SPECIMEN. Mixed condition. (184)
Lot: 164
Wholesale quantity in UM sheets and part-sheets of 1945 Austrian definitives and postage dues, and issues of Allied Military Govt. of Germany, stored in folders. VG condition. (approx.38,000)
Lot: 165
Carton with GB Presentation Packs (65, mainly 1970s), numerous cigarette & trade cards, early 20th Century stereoscopic PPCs, and various PHQ cards. (Large qty)
Lot: 166
World Wildlife Fund collection in three special albums, comprising 190 covers & maxi-cards plus related UM sets. Fine
Lot: 167
GB Post Office ephemera & literature including 19th Century engraving publicising J. Young's Post Office at Malvern Link, a late-Victorian glass hold-to-light cartoon in wooden frame, 1938 Report on Northern Ireland Postal Services, and public notices of 1890, 1960 & 1967. Also some stamp booklets, Beaumont & Stanton's The Postage Stamps of Great Britain, Part Four: The Issues of George V, pamphlets, etc. The Malvern Link engraving frayed along top edge o/w VG/VF. (Qty.)
Lot: 168
Great Britain Covers & Cards from pre-stamp to 1980s in two folders, on pages and loose; with much 20th Century military & censored mail. Includes 1915 PPC with scarce CUTBUSH / CURRAGH CAMP rubber cds; 1944 telegram with oval PASSED BY / No.20 / CENSOR / TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP; 1943 Red Cross letter sheet from Guernsey to Manchester; 1938 Covers (2) with TIDWORTH PERRINGS CAMP / ANDOVER cds; and many other items including airletters, and much 1970s/80s undelivered mail with various cachets. (Qty.)
Lot: 169
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: 170
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: 171
Great Britain 1840 2d Blue, ‘KK', fine used with clear MX, four margins, just touching at two corners. Slightly rubbed lower right.
Lot: 172
Stockbook of Great Britain 1840 to 1960s, with 1840 2d blue (4 margins), 1d black (poor), some QV Jubilee issues (two mint) and GVI 1951 High Values FU; plus world ranges in ‘Swiftsure' album. (100s)
Lot: 173
Great Britain GV to QE2 ranges in binder, M&U and UM; with GVI high values used, QE2 Castles sets both UM & used, and much UM Decimal to £5 (3) with many commemorative sets and some presentation packs. Face value of mint decimal £180+ (100s)
Lot: 174
Great Britain GVI & QE2 mint & used accumulation in binder, mainly to 1980s but with some more recent. Face value of the mint decimal £125+. Mixed quality. (Many 100s)
Lot: 175
Great Britain 1939-40 covers from a corporal with the B.E.F. in France to his wife in Bolton, all with letters enclosed, various FPO & censor marks. Also two War Permit covers of 1942 to Belfast. Fair to fine. (33)
Lot: 176
Great Britain presentation packs (34) plus many stitched booklets; largely pre-decimal but includes 1972 Wedgwood booklets (2), one with excellent perfs on the ½p s/band. The booklets include some Channel Islands. (Qty)
Lot: 177
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: 178
Great Britain late-1970s to mid-1990s UM commemorative sets, most in gutter blocks of four, stored in binder. Face value £638. (Large qty.)
Lot: 179
Great Britain 1985-2005 collection of Benham ‘Large Silk' FDCs (85), including 1988 Castles high values, plus some small silks, and Mercury FDCs. Includes 14 Coin Covers with values to £5. In four albums. VF.
Lot: 180
Great Britain 1989 to 2002 collection of Presentation Packs in album, face value £245.30