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Auction No 350, Category: Postal History

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Norway May 1940 German Occupation cover to Germany

Lot: 300

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Norway May 1940 German Occupation cover to Germany with 9 adhesives and provisional mute cancels. Reverse shows that this was sent from Feldpost Nr. 10702 (located at Bergen). Philatelic but scarce.

Norway Local Post 1928 Cover of Oslo

Lot: 301

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Norway Local Post 1928 Cover of Oslo, franked with 15 ore adhesive of the KORTEVAREHANDLERNES delivery service tied by oval KRISTIANIA / KORTEVAREHANDLERNES / FORENING handstamp. Original letter enclosed dated dec. 1928.

Norway commercial covers 1940s to 2002

Lot: 302

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £140
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Norway commercial covers 1940s to 2002, widely addressed with a very wide range of cancellations and frankings. Interest in sub-office cancels, slogans, airmail etc. (700 approx.)

Great Britain 1878 printed Illustrated Envelope by "Quiz"

Lot: 303

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Great Britain 1878 printed Illustrated Envelope by "Quiz" used in London with damaged 1d Red tied by London Duplex. The envelope is a little crumpled & shows some toning. 

United States commercial covers & used postal stationery 1900s to 1960s

Lot: 304

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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United States commercial covers & used postal stationery 1900s to 1960s, with wide variety of cancellations, some instructional, registered or special delivery; all periods well represented. About half are long covers. (approx. 400)

WW2 Covers from Egypt (7), India (14), Ceylon and Aden

Lot: 305

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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WW2 Covers from Egypt (7), India (14), Ceylon and Aden, mostly Forces Mail with Censorship incl. RAF; includes Xmas 1943 Forces letter Card to USA, 1940 & 1945 to Geneva Red Cross, etc. (24)

WW2 British Forces Mail with RAF CENSOR cachets and Naval Mail cancels

Lot: 306

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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WW2 British Forces Mail with RAF CENSOR cachets and Naval Mail cancels, all written up, good variety of types. (12)

"St. Martin's-le-Grand: The Post Office Magazine, Volume IV" 1894

Lot: 307

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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St. Martin's-le-Grand: The Post Office Magazine, Volume IV,  1894, cloth-bound volume, gilt, fine; 472pp + b/w plates, with additional illustrations in text. 8 page index. 

Ross-on-Wye Post Office copy letter book 1904-1932

Lot: 308

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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Ross-on-Wye Post Office copy letter book 1904-1932, comprising a manuscript record of correspondence received by the Ross-on-Wye postmaster from the Surveyor of the GPO and other officilas. The entries from 1904 to 1920 are comprehensive but increasingly sketchy and summarised thereafter. The early period provides a fascinating insight into the day to day workings of the postal service in Herefordshire and the management of post office staff. Foolscap, 140pp, plus diary entries thereafter, bound in original boards with OHMS label on front.

"The Mechanical Handling of Mails in Large Sorting Offices" January 1952

Lot: 309

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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The Mechanical Handling of Mails in Large Sorting Offices, January 1952, quarto, cloth-bound, gilt, fine; a report produced by the joint postal administrations of Great Britain, Netherlands and Switzerland. 154pp with many illustrations, plus 22 fold-out Diagrams and charts. Also British Postal Engineering, 1971, proceedings of a conference hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1970, hardback in dustjacket, 390pp, many illustrations.

Printed Contracts of 1874 and 1899 between The Post Office and the Midland Railway and Taff Vale Railway Co respectively

Lot: 310

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Printed Contracts of 1874 and 1899 between The Post Office and the Midland Railway and Taff Vale Railway Co respectively, concerning the Conveyance of Mails, the former lacking front cover. Foolscap, 19pp or 8pp.  (2)

Ilkka Teerijoki "Postivaunun matkassa 1862-1995" Postimuseo, 1999

Lot: 312

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Apr 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Ilkka Teerijoki Postivaunun matkassa 1862-1995, Postimuseo, 1999, hardback, pictorial boards, 354pp. A comprehensive history of the Finnish TPO system