Lot: 63
Matt Busby 1990 signed philatelic cover, Oldham Athletic v Manchester United, F.A. Cup Semi-Final. Fine
Lot: 143
World ranges in 11 albums/folders and loose, including useful collection of France, various GB & C/W FDCs with some coin covers, UM miniature sheets, etc. (Large qty.)
Lot: 147
Carton with all-period world ranges including useful 19th & early-20th Century issues in battered Lincoln album. Includes much GB, some on-paper, with a volume of FDCs. (Many 1000s)
Lot: 149
20th Century ranges in binder with main interest in UM thematic sets, chiefly Fauna & Flora, both C/Wealth and Foreign with better noted. VG/VF (Many 100s)
Lot: 153
Carton of Covers & Cards, mainly GB FDCs 1960s to modern including better types by Bradbury and Benham, plus FDCs of Sweden, West Berlin, West Germany and some other foreign. Also some earlier commercial mail. Some duplication. (c.1,100)
Lot: 155
Telegrams, British and Foreign, a collection from 1883 to 1960s, chiefly GB Post Office (70, various types), plus pictorial greetings telegrams of Denmark (23), Hungary (31), Sweden (24), Switzerland (7) and few other countries, plus Imperial Wireless Services, Commercial Cables (2) and other private companies. Some with original delivery envelopes. Fair to VF (181)
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: 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: 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.)