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Auction No 431, Category: Great Britain

60 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

C/Wealth & Foreign Covers, 1950s/90s, mostly addressed to the UK, very many registered, some with British diamond census marks. On album leaves. (55)

Lot: 212

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £15
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C/Wealth & Foreign Covers, 1950s/90s, mostly addressed to the UK, very many registered, some with British diamond census marks. On album leaves. (55)

All-period mix in carton including many mint GB commem sets in large s/book, used ranges in several exercise books, modern UM miniature sheets

Lot: 213

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £105
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All-period mix in carton including many mint GB commem sets in large s/book, used ranges in several exercise books, modern UM miniature sheets notably New Zealand (38), GB, Sri Lanka & Thailand, sundry covers etc. (1000s)

Commonwealth & GB accumulation in seven stockbooks and few stockcards, all periods with interest in Mauritius, Hong Kong, Ceylon, Malaya

Lot: 218

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £145
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Commonwealth & GB accumulation in seven stockbooks and few stockcards, all periods with interest in Mauritius, Hong Kong, Ceylon, Malaya and many others. M&U and UM. (1000s) 

World M&U accumulation in many old albums, plus sundry covers, duplicates in small boxes etc, with much mid-period; some modern GB also noted. (1000s)

Lot: 231

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £48
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World M&U accumulation in many old albums, plus sundry covers, duplicates in small boxes etc, with much mid-period; some modern GB also noted. (1000s)

Zeppelin Mail, a selection comprising 1924 Friedrichshaffen to USA carried on the Airship Z.R.3; 1932 Rio de Janeiro to Recife via LZ-127;

Lot: 239

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £62
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Zeppelin Mail, a selection comprising 1924 Friedrichshaffen to USA carried on the Airship Z.R.3; 1932 Rio de Janeiro to Recife via LZ-127; 1934 scarce UK acceptance by Graf Zeppelin to Brazil; and 1936 Hindenburg flights (2). Also an official photo of the Graf Zeppelin in flight. Fine (6)

Undercover Mail. 1941-44 Covers (9) from UK to Erlinsbach, Switzerland, five endorsed on reverse "P.O. Box 218, London", (the Belgian Army in Exile),

Lot: 243

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £68
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Undercover Mail. 1941-44 Covers (9) from UK to Erlinsbach, Switzerland, five endorsed on reverse P.O. Box 218, London, (the Belgian Army in Exile), all subjected to various forms of censorship including five with datestamp origin inked out, five additionally showing German censorship on reverse. Also various unrelated items including 1934 First Flight cover Nyasaland to Southern Rhodesia. (44)  

Assortment in carton with main interest in Coin Covers (37) in album & loose, plus M&U and UM ranges in various albums, on leaves etc,

Lot: 245

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £60
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Assortment in carton with main interest in Coin Covers (37) in album & loose, plus M&U and UM ranges in various albums, on leaves etc, including a collection of tropical fish stamps in sets, plus sundry PPCs with some useful earlier, Vatican City in duplicated sheets (Cat £940), and various other items.

WWI PPCs, mostly Western Front, comprising 120 with military cancels, censor marks etc including from military hospitals;

Lot: 246

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £62
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WWI PPCs, mostly Western Front, comprising 120 with military cancels, censor marks etc including from military hospitals; a further 56 with soldiers' messages, but without postal markings, and 250 others depicting War Damage. Mixed quality. (426)

All-period ranges in three small stockbooks including some fine mint early-20th Century Switzerland, some GB 1d Reds, and others.

Lot: 247

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
UNSOLD
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All-period ranges in three small stockbooks including some fine mint early-20th Century Switzerland, some GB 1d Reds, and others. Also Robson Lowe The British Postage Stamp of the Nineteenth Century in d/jkt. (few 100)

The Post Office Magazine "St. Martin’s Le Grand", 1907-1909, issued quarterly, complete in three bound volumes, gilt cloth. VG (3)

Lot: 248

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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The Post Office Magazine St. Martin's Le Grand, 1907-1909, issued quarterly, complete in three bound volumes, gilt cloth. VG (3)

Philatelic Literature including Mackay "Registered Mail of the British Isles", 1982, A4 s/bk, 395pp; Hilary Wellsted "Express Service 1891-1971", 1986

Lot: 252

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Philatelic Literature including Mackay Registered Mail of the British Isles, 1982, A4 s/bk, 395pp; Hilary Wellsted Express Service 1891-1971, 1986; Hendy The History of the Postmarks of the British Isles, 1909, many illustrations; Alcock & Holland Maltese Cross Cancellations, 1959, many plates; and a variety of others. Also a fine 1929 First Flight cover Teheran to Meched. Includes pamphlets. (25 items) 

World ranges on stockleaves, in stockbooks & loose, mostly 20th Century M&U and UM, plus covers; interest in Israel from early issues, Isle of Man,

Lot: 261

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
UNSOLD
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World ranges on stockleaves, in stockbooks & loose, mostly 20th Century M&U and UM, plus covers; interest in Israel from early issues, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Monaco, Poland and many others. Untidy lot. (Many 1000s)

First Day & Commemorative Covers, mostly GB, Isle of Man and Channel Islands, 1960s to 2000s, mainly typed address or unaddressed.

Lot: 262

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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First Day & Commemorative Covers, mostly GB, Isle of Man and Channel Islands, 1960s to 2000s, mainly typed address or unaddressed. Also some postcards, mini-sheets etc. (abt. 550)

British Forces mail 1941-66 from Libya (12) and Aden (4), with different FIELD POST OFFICE cancels, six WW2 period with censor cachets, good to fine.

Lot: 263

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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British Forces mail 1941-66 from Libya (12) and Aden (4), with different FIELD POST OFFICE cancels, six WW2 period with censor cachets, good to fine. (16)

World War I Military Mail, chiefly French forces, some British & American. Wide variety of postal markings and military cachets, a few from POWs.

Lot: 264

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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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)              

Prisoner of War and Internee mail, 1939-47, from and to prisoners mainly in Germany & UK, plus Kenya, Switzerland, Dutch East Indies, Manchuria,

Lot: 265

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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).

First Day and Commemorative covers in albums and loose, mostly GB, some Netherlands and others, 1960s to modern. Mixed quality. (abt. 430)

Lot: 266

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
UNSOLD
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First Day and Commemorative covers in albums and loose, mostly GB, some Netherlands and others, 1960s to modern. Mixed quality. (abt. 430)

Great Britain 1840-2006 used collection in four hingeless albums including 1d Black VFU four margins, and some other useful QV; EVII to 1s FU;

Lot: 267

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £260
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Great Britain 1840-2006 used collection in four hingeless albums including 1d Black VFU four margins, and some other useful QV; EVII to 1s FU; GV to 10s good/fine used; GVI to £1 (3) FU; and many QE2 issues with Castles to £1, some better phosphors, many FU Decimal sets and mini-sheets, machins, etc. Also an album of FDCs and few postal strike covers. (Some 100s)

Great Britain pre-stamp to 1952 covers & cards; including 1817 EL Demerara to Belfast with LIVERPOOL / SHIP LETTER;

Lot: 268

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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Great Britain pre-stamp to 1952 covers & cards; including 1817 EL Demerara to Belfast with LIVERPOOL / SHIP LETTER; 1900 to Australia pmkd. CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL cds; 1932-34 covers (2) with LMS Railway Letter Stamps; 1936 Esperanto Congress, Manchester; 1934-35 Special Flights (3) including first flight Inverness-Wick; 1934 Rocket Posts (3) plus a photo of G. Zucker and a related print; and various others. Mainly VG/Fine. (26).

Great Britain QV to QE2 Covers & Cards, mostly QE2 with Field Post Office cancels of wide variety including some Hong Kong. Mostly good to fine. (82)

Lot: 269

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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Great Britain QV to QE2 Covers & Cards, mostly QE2 with Field Post Office cancels of wide variety including some Hong Kong. Mostly good to fine. (82). Also some items on piece.