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Auction No 422, Category: Postal History

18 Lots (displaying 1 - 18)

Album of PPCs, plus some covers and few items of ephemera; the PPCs include much GB topography, Harry Payne rural (3), some foreign,

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Album of PPCs, plus some covers and few items of ephemera; the PPCs include much GB topography, Harry Payne rural (3), some foreign, postmark interest including WWI Malta censor, Mabel Lucie Attwell (14) and various others. Fair to fine. (198)

Undercover Mail. 1942 PC from German Occupied Poland addressed to 49 Rua da Fonseca, Lisboa, Portugal; censored, various markings. VG

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Undercover Mail. 1942 PC from German Occupied Poland addressed to 49 Rua da Fonseca, Lisboa, Portugal; censored, various markings. VG (This Undercover address was used in connection with Polish missing persons).

WW2 Undercover Mail 1943 PC from Krakau to ‘R. Aleksandre Herculano, Lisboa, Portugal’; and August 1945 PC from Murnau POW Camp, Poland, to Torun,

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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WW2 Undercover Mail 1943 PC from Krakau to ‘R. Aleksandre Herculano, Lisboa, Portugal'; and August 1945 PC from Murnau POW Camp, Poland, to Torun, with Official cachets including the Polish Red Cross. Fine (2)

Crash Cover, 19th Dec.,1962, Germany to Poland, salvaged from Viscount 804 which crashed on landing in Poland with 33 killed,

Lot: 195

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Crash Cover, 19th Dec., 1962, Germany to Poland, salvaged from Viscount 804 which crashed on landing in Poland with 33 killed, explanatory label on reverse applied at Warsaw; together with other covers & cards, pre-stamp to 1990s, mostly Poland, some Germany, including 1915 Polish local posts cover, and 1945 Polish POW Camp ‘March of Death' Souvenir sheet signed by the designer. Good to fine. (34)

World Covers & Cards from pre-stamp to modern, mostly USA, British C/Wealth and GB with FDCs and aerogrammes; commercial & philatelic,

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £82
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World Covers & Cards from pre-stamp to modern, mostly USA, British C/Wealth and GB with FDCs and aerogrammes; commercial & philatelic, including unused postal stationery. (216)

Assorted covers, 1880s to 1930s, including 1887 Germany & Austria registered, 1898 Canada PPC with pair 2c Map stamps, & many 1930s GB & C/Wealth

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Assorted covers, 1880s to 1930s, including 1887 Germany & Austria registered, 1898 Canada PPC with pair 2c Map stamps, & many 1930s GB & C/Wealth including Paquebot marks (16), EVIII FDCs (8, including a display cover), and 1937 Coronation FDCs for Sth.Africa and SWA. Fair to fine. (41)

Box of 20th Century Covers with much commercial mail, especially GB; main interest in 1930s with used postal stationery, meter mail,

Lot: 204

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £155
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Box of 20th Century Covers with much commercial mail, especially GB; main interest in 1930s with used postal stationery, meter mail, WW2 including Polish forces (3), 1941 Uruguay to UK with DAMAGED BY SEA / WATER, and 1939 PASSED CENSOR / 1 / CYPRUS; also fine 1940 GB Centenary FDC with Red Cross h/s, and two better Third Reich sets. (over 300)

British C/Wealth Covers with many 1930s; interest in India (16), Canada (12), Australia (12), Swaziland (4) & Basutoland (5);

Lot: 205

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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British C/Wealth Covers with many 1930s; interest in India (16), Canada (12), Australia (12), Swaziland (4) & Basutoland (5); includes many flown covers. Good to VF (51)

Foreign Covers & Cards from l880s with much 1930s/40s; chiefly commercial mail plus few First Flights; main interest in Latin America, plus USA,

Lot: 206

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Foreign Covers & Cards from l880s with much 1930s/40s; chiefly commercial mail plus few First Flights; main interest in Latin America, plus USA, Germany and Switzerland. Fair to fine. (53)

World covers in five albums & loose, mostly 1960s/80s and mainly philatelic, including 52 RAF Museum covers all pilot signed.

Lot: 211

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
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World covers in five albums & loose, mostly 1960s/80s and mainly philatelic, including 52 RAF Museum covers all pilot signed. Also assorted stamps and modern aviation PPCs. Fine (Qty.)

GB 19th Century Post Office handstamps for Dove Holes / Stockport and Atherton (Manchester) for use on wax seals in connection with Registered Mail,

Lot: 213

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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GB 19th Century Post Office handstamps for Dove Holes / Stockport and Atherton (Manchester) for use on wax seals in connection with Registered Mail, together with impressions of the handstamps, and a selection of wax seals, unrelated.

Great Britain EVII/GVI Covers & PPCs including 23 with fair to VF Skeleton cancels, 1920s with poor to VF HENLOW CAMP cds (16)

Lot: 215

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Great Britain EVII/GVI Covers & PPCs including 23 with fair to VF Skeleton cancels, 1920s with poor to VF HENLOW CAMP cds (16) and three WW2 flown covers to India. (46)

France 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War, photographic miniature of "The Times" newspaper carried by Carrier Pigeon post from Bordeaux to Paris

Lot: 221

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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France 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War, photographic miniature of The Times newspaper carried as a negatve by Carrier Pigeon post from Bordeaux to Paris during the Siege. Laid down on card, written up for display

Germany 1937 Cover from Jena University with rare Anti-Jewish letter-seal label on reverse; and 1940 ‘Feldpost’ PCs depicting Churchill & Chamberlain

Lot: 222

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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Germany 1937 Cover from Jena University with rare Anti-Jewish letter-seal label on reverse; and 1940 ‘Feldpost' PCs depicting Churchill & Chamberlain, the latter postally used from Berlin. VG. A scarce group. Also 1943 cover with lengthy personal letter enclosed from a Nazi official in Dresden. (4)  

Germany 1938 certificate issued by the German Post Office in recognition of the work of the postmaster at the Hanover office from 1924 to 1938,

Lot: 223

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Germany 1938 certificate issued by the German Post Office in recognition of the work of the postmaster at the Hanover office from 1924 to 1938, signed by several officials. 41 x 29.5cm. Torn in several places, but no loss. Archival tape repairs on reverse.

Germany WW2 Official Luftwaffe metal handstamp ‘Luftwaffenkommando 3’ used on military mail, with wooden handle. A unique item.

Lot: 224

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £58
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Germany WW2 Official Luftwaffe metal handstamp ‘Luftwaffenkommando 3' used on military mail, with wooden handle. A unique item. Also two impressions of the stamp.

Iceland 1944 Covers from an RAF serviceman to his parents in Belfast, all cancelled good to very fine R.A.F. POST OFFICE / 001, most with RAF Censors

Lot: 227

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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Iceland 1944 Covers from an RAF serviceman to his parents in Belfast, all cancelled good to very fine R.A.F. POST OFFICE / 001, most with RAF Censor 33 cachets, three with RAF Censor 114; seven opened and resealed with Army ‘Opened by Censor' labels overstruck with red PASSED BY R.A.F. BASE CENSOR No.4, seven others resealed with various Examiner labels. Good condition. (22)

United States Civil War Covers including three with Confederate stamps posted from Charleston, Danville and Macon, one franked on reverse;

Lot: 239

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £100
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United States Civil War Covers including three with Confederate stamps posted from Charleston, Danville and Macon, one franked on reverse; two with address panels faded o/w VG. The Federal cover is addressed to an Assistant Surgeon at the 14th Regt., Naval Battery, Maryland Heights. (4)