Lot: 202
Norman Hill "The Royal Tour Trains: Their Postal History and Postmarks", Harry Hayes, 1977; 24pp pamphlet. Fine.
Lot: 214
Carton with mainly 19th Century to 1950s accumulation including many commercial covers & cards, especially GB plus Western Europe, with some useful cancellations, few advertising covers, Spanish Censors etc; ranges in two old Strand albums (one heavily remaindered); on/off-paper world in boxes with some interest in GV period Cyprus & Malaya; receipts with 1d lilacs; etc. (Many 100
Lot: 220
British Military Mail 1915-1919 including six PPCs from Egypt (three with APO SZ5 skeleton cancels), and group of five 1919 covers all with original letters written on Queen Victoria's Rifles notepaper. Fair to fine (12 + letters)
Lot: 221
International First Flight Covers 1937-1941 from UK (8), Fiji (12), USA (5), New Zealand (8), Canada (2) and Bermuda (3) to various destinations, Duplication. All with arrival marks.VG/VF (38)
Lot: 222
Box of Commonwealth & Foreign Covers and Cards from 19th Century; including Boer War FPOs (2), much 1930s/50s with airmails, censors, military mail etc; with interest in South Africa, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, Iraq, Egypt and wide range of others. Mixed quality. (344)
Lot: 223
First Flight & Special Flight covers & cards 1960s/1980s, many carried by Lufthansa, world-wide; includes some FDCs and unused aerogrammes. Fine condition. (230). Also bundle of PPCs of Lufthansa aircraft and their timetable for Finland 2002.
Lot: 224
First Flight Covers, 1960s to 1990s, mostly Swissair, worldwide and fine condition, mostly with printed address. (232)
Lot: 225
Great Britain 1816-1861 wrappers & some ELs in binder, opened out for display, mostly franked with 1d Red imperfs plus nine with 1841 2d imperfs (one 4-margined); forty of the 1d imperfs are four-margined. Some better postal markings noted. Mixed quality. (95)
Lot: 227
Great Britain 19th Century Covers, Wrappers and ELs mostly with 1d Red frankings; includes forty-eight with 1841-54 1d Reds (some in pairs) with many four-margined, and three with 2d imperfs; 1862 wrapper with 6d lilac; and the remainder with wide range of perforated 1d Stars and Plates. Condition is very mixed but many VG/Fine and enhanced by many useful cancellations including fine Penny Post h/s of Blackpool (2) and Preston, many undated circles, Liverpool Spoon, s/w duplexes etc. (270)
Lot: 228
GB 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet used 1842 to Preston and cancelled with a fine black Maltese Cross. Manuscript endorsements at periphery, piece torn away at left from breaking of seal o/w VG.
Lot: 230
Great Britain pre-stamp to 1850s ELs and correspondence of the Swainson and Dickson family of Bath, Liverpool and Preston; the ELs (49) include PAID AT / LIVERPOOL (3), Chester / Penny Post with boxed No.6 (2, one poor), PENRITH mileage, PRESTON / Penny Post, COCKERMOUTH udc; and some from abroad including AMERICA/LIVERPOOL cds and VENEZIA/FRANCO. Also 54 other letters/ELs some of which have had stamps removed. Varied condition. (103 items)
Lot: 234
GB 19th Century Covers (50) in binder including 38 with 1d Red frankings from 1850s, and 1870 long registered cover with scarce 10d brown & 6d pl.8. Some better duplex cancels noted. Most contain original letters which are separately mounted. Mixed condition. (Qty)
Lot: 235
W.T. Pipe Postmarks of British and Irish Railway Stations 1840-1997, Railway Philatelic Group, c.2001; A4 s/bk, slide binder; protective plastic cover slightly marked o/w VF. A comprehensive work. Many illustrations.
Lot: 236
Great Britain pre-stamp to 1860s Covers & ELs, 34 with 1d Red frankings (18 with imperfs), and wide range of cancellations; includes mileages, undated circles, etc. Very mixed quality, some VG/VF (63)
Lot: 238
Cumbria Postal History & Ephemera written-up on album leaves, mainly 19th Century to 1940s, including engraved pictorial letterheads, Telegrams, wide range of covers & cards with variety of postal markings, etc. (98 items)
Lot: 240
Great Britain 1864-1880 Covers & ELs with 1d Red plates, all with duplex cancellations especially Warrington, Runcorn & district. Fair to fine. (49)
Lot: 242
Great Britain EVII/QE2 assortment including 1934 First Flight Doncaster-Amsterdam & many covers & cards; several QE2 booklets with Training School overprints, and two Sample Booklets; phosphor varieties; presentation packs etc. (Qty)
Lot: 243
Great Britain 1907 PPC posted locally with near-fine NORWICH / X / MAS cds. Very scarce
Lot: 244
Great Britain 1908 PPC with superb LEICESTER / X / MAS cds, sent by a boy to his godmother in Oakham. Corners a little worn and some fading. Rare
Lot: 245
Great Britain 1909 PPC to Liverpool with VG/Fine BIRKENHEAD / X / MAS cds. Very scarce