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Auction No 408, Category: Postal History

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

WW2 Censored Mail with interest in UK to Ireland and Netherlands; West Africa with Gold Coast, Nigeria & Sierra Leone; Denmark 1945;

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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WW2 Censored Mail with interest in UK to Ireland and Netherlands; West Africa with Gold Coast, Nigeria & Sierra Leone; Denmark 1945; and German Censorship of Dutch mail. Good variety of labels and cachets. Good/Fine (116)

First Flight Covers 1929-1970, mostly pre-1950, chiefly Canada and USA, plus 1950s/60s B.O.A.C. from various countries.

Lot: 138

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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First Flight Covers 1929-1970, mostly pre-1950, chiefly Canada and USA, plus 1950s/60s B.O.A.C. from various countries. 14 of the 1930s Canada are signed by the pilots. VG/VF (46)           

Postal Stationery 1890s to 1950s, 66 postally used, some with added adhesives, notably Sweden, the Levant, Dutch Indies & Canada,

Lot: 139

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £52
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Postal Stationery 1890s to 1950s, 66 postally used, some with added adhesives, notably Sweden, the Levant, Dutch Indies & Canada, plus unused Nepal & Norway. Good to VF (115)

WW2 POW mail, 1943-44, with GB POW Letter Sheets (5) to a Sergeant in camps in Italy & Germany, and PCs & Letter Sheets from him (32)

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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WW2 POW mail, 1943-44, with GB POW Letter Sheets (5) to a Sergeant in camps in Italy & Germany, and PCs & Letter Sheets from him (32) while held in camps in Germany. Good to fine. (37)

Covers & Cards 1865 to 1980s, chiefly foreign with early 20th Century used PPCs, plus later air, registered and express mail.

Lot: 141

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Covers & Cards 1865 to 1980s, chiefly foreign with early 20th Century used PPCs, plus later air, registered and express mail. Interest in Tenerife, Sweden, Denmark, Dutch Indies, Belgium, The Levant, and various others. Mixed condition. (136)               

Box of 20th Century Covers & PCs, mostly British C/wealth, GB WW1 & 1940s Forces Air-letters etc; philatelic, military and commercial;

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £160
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Box of 20th Century Covers & PCs, mostly British C/wealth, GB WW1 & 1940s Forces Air-letters etc; philatelic, military and commercial; with much Singapore and Hong Kong, South Atlantic with expedition mail, WW2 Airgraphs, Pacific Islands, Malaya and others. Fair to VF (203). Also P&O pamphlet on the port of Colombo; and eight Hong Kong fiscal items. Mixed condition but many useful. (212 items)

World ranges on stockleaves & packets, 1930s to 1980s; much UM or VFU including RSW sets for Swaziland and Gilbert & Ellice Is, Aden States in sets,

Lot: 143

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £180 - £220
SOLD £130
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World ranges on stockleaves & packets, 1930s to 1980s; much UM or VFU including RSW sets for Swaziland and Gilbert & Ellice Is, Aden States in sets, Postage Due sets of C/W and GB, Tangier Castles sets, China, Czechoslovakia, AAT, France, St. Lucia GV 10s, Ireland, Muscat, Kiribati, Gilbert & Ellice to £1, Gambia 1963 Birds to £1, Bahawalpur, Pakistan and others. Also some German States in pocket stockbook. Mostly VG/VF (100s)  

Great Britain 1770s wrappers posted in London, one with fine Dockwra of the General Post Office, other with fair Dockwra of the Westminster office

Lot: 146

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Great Britain 1770s wrappers posted in London, one with fine Dockwra of the General Post Office, the other with fair Dockwra of the Westminster office and time mark, some soiling to flaps and first item cut down. Scarce (2)

Great Britain pre-stamp to 1870s Entires & Covers with range of postal markings; includes mileages of Daventry & Northampton,fine “P1d” of Northampton

Lot: 147

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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Great Britain pre-stamp to 1870s Entires & Covers with range of postal markings; includes mileages of Daventry & Northampton, fine “P1d” of Northampton (Feb.1840), 1786 EL with fine 6/JU Bishop mark on flap, fine SHEPTON MALLET cds in blue (1841) and black (1846) etc. Very mixed quality. Also 3 letters. (31)

Ceylon WW2 Censored mail, mostly military, two with GV adhesives, wide range of Censor cachets and sealing tapes.

Lot: 181

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £62
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Ceylon WW2 Censored mail, mostly military, two with GV adhesives, wide range of Censor cachets and sealing tapes. One has a stamp removed, another is a front only, o/w VG/Fine (20) 

Egypt WWI PPCs & few Covers, mostly military mail with various Field Post Office/APO cancels including Indian Expeditionary Force,

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £64
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Egypt WWI PPCs & few Covers, mostly military mail with various Field Post Office/APO cancels including Indian Expeditionary Force, and some civilian with civil censorship. Fair to fine. (44)

Egypt 1889-1950s Covers & Cards with wide range of frankings and cancels, including air mail and paquebot; mixed quality.

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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Egypt 1889-1950s Covers & Cards with wide range of frankings and cancels, including air mail and paquebot; mixed quality. Includes used postal stationery. Mostly pre-WW2. (77)

Egypt 1930s/1950s military & commercial mail, most showing censor cachets, much WW2 period. Good variety, some mixed quality.

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £66
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Egypt 1930s/1950s military & commercial mail, most showing censor cachets, much WW2 period. Good variety, some mixed quality. Includes some inward covers. (78)  

Germany Covers & Cards from pre-stamp(6) to 1950s with much 19th Century including Saxony (3) and North German Confederation (23)

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £155
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Germany Covers & Cards from pre-stamp(6) to 1950s with much 19th Century including Saxony (3) and North German Confederation (23) plus 8 assorted Bavarian parcel cards unused; cancellations include Railway TPOs and Seepost, plus few post-WW2 Airmails and several philatelic Third Reich period with special h/s. Fair to fine with many useful. (93)       

Gibraltar 1951 official “Gift from H.M. Forces” Cover to UK, correctly franked at 8d paying registration fee; corner faults but scarce;

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Gibraltar 1951 official “Gift from H.M. Forces” Cover to UK, correctly franked at 8d paying registration fee; corner faults but scarce; together with 1953 Forces Letter sheet to Singapore with boxed MISLAID MAIL / DELAY REGRETTED cachet. (2)

Jamaica postal history interest with 20th Century Covers (abt. 350) showing a wide range of postal markings; a collection of QV stamps (92) on leaves

Lot: 202

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £90
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Jamaica postal history interest with 20th Century Covers (abt. 350) showing a wide range of postal markings; a collection of QV stamps (92) on leaves assembled for cancellations; and literature comprising The Postal Markings of Jamaica 1996, edited Ian Potter, cloth bound, 424pp; Foster Jamaica, the Postal History 1662-1860, 1968, in d/jkt; and a Postilion Publications reprint of Jamaica: Its Postal History, Postage Stamps and Postmarks (first published 1928). VG lot. (Qty) 

United States 1892-1974 Covers & Cards including 1918 U.S. Soldier in Germany, several 1929/40s Air Mail covers, and 1973/74 Coin covers.

Lot: 220

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Apr 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
UNSOLD
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United States 1892-1974 Covers & Cards including 1918 U.S. Soldier in Germany, several 1929/40s Air Mail covers, and 1973/74 Coin covers. Good to fine. (20)