Lot: 205
First Day and Commemorative covers in albums and loose, mostly GB, some Netherlands and others, 1960s to modern. Mixed quality. (abt. 430)
Lot: 206
Postal History interest including 1837-39 Free Fronts (3) signed by Thomas Marsland (M.P. for Stockport); 1897-1912 Letters from R.M.S. Mauretania and H.M.S. Majestic, latter in original cover; 1768 EL Harrow to Marlborough with Bishop Mark; WWI Naval covers (3) with improvised security dumb cancels; and various others. Also Gibbard Jackson's From Post Boy to Air Mail in worn d/jkt, and sundry unrelated ephemera.
Lot: 207
World War I Military Mail, chiefly French forces, some British & American. Wide variety of postal markings and military cachets, a few from POWs. Fair to fine. (42)
Lot: 208
Prisoner of War and Internee mail, 1939-47, from and to prisoners mainly in Germany & UK, plus Kenya, Switzerland, Dutch East Indies, Manchuria, Romania, Canada, and France, a few from forced labour camps in Germany. Wide variety of postal markings and camp censor cachets. Also 1973 cover from Walter Reder, war criminal in Gaeta camp, Italy. A few covers with letters enclosed. (68).
Lot: 209
WWI & WW2 Covers, including 1918 Belgian Congo to UK with PASSED BY CENSOR / 1 / SUDAN; 1943 from a Latvian serving with the SS; 1940 PC from a Polish internee in Romania; 1918 insured & censored cover France to Switzerland; WW2 to UK with TRAVELLER CENSORSHIP OFFICE / LONDON; and various others including German Feldpost and US Forces in Alaska. Mostly VG/Fine (24)
Lot: 210
Act of Parliament, August 1839 for the introduction of the Penny Post and the abolition of the parliamentary privileges. Foolscap. 6pp. Some creasing. [This Act paved the way for the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps the following May]
Lot: 211
Great Britain QV accumulation on stockleaves with many 1d Red Plates plus various surface-printed to 2s6d. High catalogue value. Varied condition. (Few 100)
Lot: 212
Great Britain QV to 1990s M&U ranges in large stockbook and Windsor album, with much pre-decimal UM from GV. (Many 100s). Also abt. 150 FDCs.
Lot: 213
Great Britain 1904-82 Covers & PPCs with interest in Skeleton cancels (8) and rubber c.d.s. (4), Registered Forces mail (16), mobile post offices, and some NATO naval mail. Mainly VG/VF (48)
Lot: 214
Great Britain 1911 First United Kingdom Aerial Post commemorative PCs posted September 8th to 13th with special handstamp. The h/s for the 13th poor o/w VG/VF. (5)
Lot: 215
Great Britain Military & Prisoner of War mail, mostly WWI with main interest in covers/cards from POW Camps at Sandgate, Wakefield, Stratford (London), Dorchester, Portsmouth (Prison Ship “S.S. Lake Manitoba”), Newbury, Queensferry (Flintshire), and Islington, most with camp cachets with many fine strikes. Military mail includes forces in the Middle East one with MILITARY CAMP / AERODROME HELIOPOLIS cds. Includes several EVII period PPCs sent from Curragh Camp. (50)
Lot: 216
An early-1930s Roneo ‘Neo-Post' Franking Machine, mounted on wooden base. Mechanism needs attention.
Lot: 217
Great Britain Military mail, WW2 to 1960s, plus few WW2 censored civilian items including two Cable & Wireless telegrams. Includes some American forces and British Naval. 102 are post-WW2 with wide range of Field Post Office cancels including Hong Kong, Malta and elsewhere. Mixed quality. (124)
Lot: 218
Great Britain First Day & Commemorative Covers, including Isle of Man and Channel Islands, 1960s to 2000s, plus some Poland and Czechoslovakia. Mainly typed address or unaddressed. (abt.1,100)
Lot: 219
Great Britain 1953-2007 largely mint ranges including Presentation Packs (28) and 1985 Year Book. Mostly 1980s with many UM sets and Machins. (100s)
Lot: 220
Great Britain 1960s/80s mint ranges in binder with much UM, mostly pre-decimal including Wildings to 1s in blocks, some stamps in sheets. (abt.3000)
Lot: 221
Great Britain 1960s/70s largely UM ranges in binder, including Cylinder Blocks of six (52), mostly pre-decimal Machins to 1s6d, and booklet panes. (Qty.)
Lot: 222
Great Britain 1965-92 Presentation Packs, and few mini-sheets, mostly 1970s/early-1980s, some early issues lacking cellophane wrap. (96)
Lot: 223
Great Britain 1967-72 High Values in UM Plate Blocks of 4, arranged on album pages with values to £1 (4). Fine lot. (64 blocks)
Lot: 224
Great Britain QE2 mint Errors and Varieties including Machins in Imperf pairs (4), various missing phosphors, missing colour (SG 981a), major perf shifts, etc. Largely UM. Cat value exceeds £1100. (43, multiples considered as single items).