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Auction No 425, Category: Postal History

30 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

World postal stationery, 19th Century to c.1910, used (61) and unused, with interest in Japan, Canada, Switzerland and various others.

Lot: 142

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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World postal stationery, 19th Century to c.1910, used (61) and unused, with interest in Japan, Canada, Switzerland and various others. Mixed condition. (129). Also two 1960s covers.

Covers & Cards including Spanish Civil War censored (5, one from Spanish Morocco); 1944 PC from an Italian POW in Germany;

Lot: 154

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
UNSOLD
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Covers & Cards including Spanish Civil War censored (5, one from Spanish Morocco); 1944 PC from an Italian POW in Germany; 1915 with Hungarian civil censorship; and other military & censored mail. Fair to fine. (31)

Telegrams, British and Foreign, a collection from 1883 to 1960s, chiefly GB Post Office (70, various types), plus pictorial greetings telegrams

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Telegrams, British and Foreign, a collection from 1883 to 1960s, chiefly GB Post Office (70, various types), plus pictorial greetings telegrams of Denmark (23), Hungary (31), Sweden (24), Switzerland (7) and few other countries, plus Imperial Wireless Services, Commercial Cables (2) and other private companies. Some with original delivery envelopes. Fair to VF (181)

Holocaust Mail. 1943 rare PC from the Children’s Prison Camp (K-L-V. Lager) at Rotschkowitz bei Brunn to Muhldorf with camp cachet;

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Holocaust Mail. 1943 rare PC from the Children's Prison Camp (K-L-V. Lager) at Rotschkowitz bei Brunn to Muhldorf with camp cachet; and PC from the Theresienstadt Ghetto to Prossnitz acknowledging receipt of a parcel. (2)

Holocaust Mail. 1942 PC and 1943 Cover both from prisoners in Buchenwald Concentration Camp; the stamp on the cover partially torn away by the censor

Lot: 157

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £44
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Holocaust Mail. 1942 PC and 1943 Cover both from prisoners in Buchenwald Concentration Camp; the stamp on the cover partially torn away by the censor (checking for a concealed message) with censor's handstamp adjacent. (2)

Holocaust Mail. 1944 Letter Sheet from a prisoner at Gusen Concentration Camp, Sankt George, to Schildberg, with camp censor mark,

Lot: 158

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £36
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Holocaust Mail. 1944 Letter Sheet from a prisoner at Gusen Concentration Camp, Sankt George, to Schildberg, with camp censor mark, also bearing the scarce cachet “1x im Monat Postempfang' (the restriction of one letter per month). Few small tears (but no loss)

Holocaust Mail. 1944 PC from Sangerhausen Labour Camp, used to produce V2 missiles in the late months of the war. Posted by a Czech forced labourer

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £42
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Holocaust Mail. 1944 PC from Sangerhausen Labour Camp, used to produce V2 missiles in the late months of the war. Posted by a Czech forced labourer to his wife in Bohemia. Small piece missing at right.    

Holocaust Mail. 1943 Letter Sheets (2) from prisoners at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, one to the Litzmannstadt ghetto;

Lot: 160

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £70
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Holocaust Mail. 1943 Letter Sheets (2) from prisoners at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, one to the Litzmannstadt ghetto; together with a counterfoil for money deposited at Bromberg into the account of an Auschwitz prisoner in 1942. One Letter Sheet in fair condition only with an archival tape repair. (3) 

Latin America, 1884-1942 postal history mix with Brazil 1884-1901 (7, including 6 PS cards), and many later airmail covers to Europe,

Lot: 161

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Latin America, 1884-1942 postal history mix with Brazil 1884-1901 (7, including 6 PS cards), and many later airmail covers to Europe, several carried by Air France, some WW2 censored. Mixed condition. (38)

First Flight covers, 1930s/60s, with many B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. Comet flights, Fiji 1942 (3), and Dutch flights (2). Also 18 aviation PPCs. VG/VF (42)

Lot: 162

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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First Flight covers, 1930s/60s, with many B.O.A.C. and B.E.A. Comet flights, Fiji 1942 (3), and Dutch flights (2). Also 18 aviation PPCs. VG/VF (42)   

Commonwealth & Foreign covers & cards from 1880s, chiefly 20th Century with some interest in Pacific Islands, Burma, India, Iraq WW2 censored,

Lot: 163

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £105
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Commonwealth & Foreign covers & cards from 1880s, chiefly 20th Century with some interest in Pacific Islands, Burma, India, Iraq WW2 censored, 1917 S.W. Africa censored, 1921 French P.O. in Syria, various GVI FDCs, etc. Includes some postal stationery overprinted SPECIMEN. Mixed condition. (184)     

Great Britain Covers & Cards from pre-stamp to 1980s in two folders, on pages and loose; with much 20th Century military & censored mail.

Lot: 168

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £88
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Great Britain Covers & Cards from pre-stamp to 1980s in two folders, on pages and loose; with much 20th Century military & censored mail. Includes 1915 PPC with scarce CUTBUSH / CURRAGH CAMP rubber cds; 1944 telegram with oval PASSED BY / No.20 / CENSOR / TELEGRAPH CENSORSHIP; 1943 Red Cross letter sheet from Guernsey to Manchester; 1938 Covers (2) with TIDWORTH PERRINGS CAMP / ANDOVER cds; and many other items including airletters, and much 1970s/80s undelivered mail with various cachets. (Qty.)

Ralph Allen (1693-1764, city of Bath postmaster and founder of the ‘Cross Post' system): 1755 cut-down wrapper to London endorsed Free, R. Allen' with

Lot: 169

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £50
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Ralph Allen (1693-1764, city of Bath postmaster and founder of the ‘Cross Post' system): 1755 cut-down wrapper to London endorsed Free, R. Allen' with faint s/line BATH and Bishop mark on flap. Together with a modern PPC. [A note applied by a 19th (?) Century collector reads From Dr: afterwards Bishop Warburton, and dated from Bath June 28.1755.,W.V., and will have referred to the original letter enclosed,as it would appear that the address panel has been written and signed by Ralph Allen on the Bishop's behalf],

John Palmer (1741-1818, founder of the UK Mail Coach system): 1805 wrapper from Bath to Brighton signed by Palmer lower left, with large FREE cds

Lot: 170

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £50
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John Palmer (1741-1818, founder of the UK Mail Coach system): 1805 wrapper from Bath to Brighton signed by Palmer lower left, with large FREE datestamp  and s/line BATH. Together with a related cigarette card. [Palmer was M.P. for the city of Bath at this time].  

Great Britain 1939-40 covers from a corporal with the B.E.F. in France to his wife in Bolton, all with letters enclosed, various FPO & censor marks.

Lot: 175

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Great Britain 1939-40 covers from a corporal with the B.E.F. in France to his wife in Bolton, all with letters enclosed, various FPO & censor marks.  Also two War Permit covers of 1942 to Belfast. Fair to fine. (33)     

France 1840-1907 Covers & ELs, mostly 1850s/70s with Napoleon adhesives, good range of cancels. Mainly Good/Fine (50)

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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France 1840-1907 Covers & ELs, mostly 1850s/70s with Napoleon adhesives, good range of cancels. Mainly Good/Fine (50)

France 1850-1970 Covers & Cards with several 19th Century and many 1940s/50s maxi-cards. Mostly good to VF (51)

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £28
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France 1850-1970 Covers & Cards with several 19th Century and many 1940s/50s maxi-cards. Mostly good to VF (51)

Germany 1859-1942 postal history mix, twelve 19th Century including Schleswig-Holstein (3), Thurn & Taxis, Saxony and Prussia;

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £62
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Germany 1859-1942 postal history mix, twelve 19th Century including Schleswig-Holstein (3), Thurn & Taxis, Saxony and Prussia; later mainly Third Reich but including unusual 1922 PC from Gleiwitz with adhesives of Upper Silesia. Fair to Fine. (28)

Germany 1875-1988 Covers & Cards, mostly pre-1960 with much pre- WW2, including 1898 Seepost to N.York, 1895-1901 Wurtemberg (2),

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £62
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Germany 1875-1988 Covers & Cards, mostly pre-1960 with much pre-WW2, including 1898 Seepost to N.York, 1895-1901 Wurtemberg (2), 1922-23 inflation meter mail (12), 1920-24 Express covers (2), 1925 flown PC, 1937 with Hitler mini-sheet, 1950s DDR (14) and others. Fair to VF (65). Also 1909-48 Czech Post Office ‘New Year' pamphlets (10) in good to fine condition.

Germany Military & Occupation mail, mainly WWI Belgium & Poland but including WW2 letters to and from Knockaloe Internment Camp, Isle of Man.

Lot: 201

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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Germany Military & Occupation mail, mainly WWI Belgium & Poland but including WW2 letters to and from Knockaloe Internment Camp, Isle of Man. Mainly fine. (20)