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Auction No 430, Category: Postal History

33 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

All-period mix in carton, with some useful British C/Wealth and much Foreign, M&U and UM. Includes 1849 wrapper Warsaw to Trieste, and sundry other

Lot: 172

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £44
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All-period mix in carton, with some useful British C/Wealth and much Foreign, M&U and UM. Includes 1849 wrapper Warsaw to Trieste, and sundry other mostly modern covers. (Many 100s)

Mountaineering interest with covers/cards (32) from 1924 with 15 signed by expedition members including Chris Bonnington, Doug Scott

Lot: 173

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £76
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Mountaineering interest with covers/cards (32) from 1924 with 15 signed by expedition members including Chris Bonnington, Doug Scott and Edmund Hillary. Also related stamps, few unused PPCs and collector's research notes.     

Postal History mix, pre-stamp to modern, mainly 1890s to 1950s, commercial, military and philatelic; interest in India QV/GVI (abt. 90 items),

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Postal History mix, pre-stamp to modern, mainly 1890s to 1950s, commercial, military and philatelic; interest in India QV/GVI (abt. 90 items), Egypt, GB, 1933 OHMS cover from Papua, and various others. Includes few telegrams. Mixed quality. (348)

Foreign Covers & Cards from 1823, with interest in Germany, France, Greece 1940s censored (3), and wide range of 1960s/80s covers,

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £84
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Foreign Covers & Cards from 1823, with interest in Germany, France, Greece 1940s censored (3), and wide range of 1960s/80s covers, philatelic & commercial, much of naval interest; on album leaves & loose. (339)   

British C/Wealth Covers & PCs, 1894 to 1980s, with interest in Falkland Is, Tonga, Gibraltar, and ships’ mail from a wide range of countries.

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £58
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British C/Wealth Covers & PCs, 1894 to 1980s, with interest in Falkland Is, Tonga, Gibraltar, and ships' mail from a wide range of countries. Mainly philatelic. (89)

Boer War 1900-02 British Forces covers & cards with good range of Field and Army Post Office cancels, sixteen pre-1902. Fair to fine. (22)

Lot: 199

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Boer War 1900-02 British Forces covers & cards with good range of Field and Army Post Office cancels, sixteen pre-1902. Fair to fine. (22)  Also two stereographic photos. (24)

WWI to 1925 British Naval mail comprising PPCs (6), Covers (8) and a front, most with dumb cancels, including PASSED BY CENSOR cachets

Lot: 200

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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WWI to 1925 British Naval mail comprising PPCs (6), Covers (8) and a front, most with dumb cancels, including PASSED BY CENSOR cachets of H.M.S. Cyclops and H.M.S. Orotava, one PPC depicting a ship's crew. Also unused PPC of H.M.S. Prometheus. Mixed condition. (16)

British Forces mail 1941-66 from Libya (12) and Aden (4), with different FIELD POST OFFICE cancels, six WW2 period with censor cachets, good to fine.

Lot: 201

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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British Forces mail 1941-66 from Libya (12) and Aden (4), with different FIELD POST OFFICE cancels, six WW2 period with censor cachets, good to fine. (16)

Postal History mix including GB 1841-44 (3) with 1d imperfs cancelled ‘2’ and ‘7’ in Maltese Cross, the other with fine MX of Perth;

Lot: 202

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £86
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Postal History mix including GB 1841-44 (3) with 1d imperfs cancelled ‘2' and ‘7' in Maltese Cross, the other with fine MX of Perth; Boer War military mail (4); Netherlands air mails 1931-50 (5); 1938-39 Spanish censors (2); 1946 German POW in France to Russian Zone Germany; and others. Mixed quality. (38)

Aviation theme covers, late-1960s to 1990s, with many RAF Museum and similar, some FDCs, with many signed. VG/VF (approx. 320).

Lot: 203

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Aviation theme covers, late-1960s to 1990s, with many RAF Museum and similar, some FDCs, with many signed. VG/VF (approx.320). Also some unused postcards & photos.

Postal History interest including 1837-39 Free Fronts (3) signed by Thomas Marsland (M.P. for Stockport); 1897-1912 Letters from R.M.S. Mauretania

Lot: 206

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £24
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Postal History interest including 1837-39 Free Fronts (3) signed by Thomas Marsland (M.P. for Stockport); 1897-1912 Letters from R.M.S. Mauretania and H.M.S. Majestic, latter in original cover; 1768 EL Harrow to Marlborough with Bishop Mark; WWI Naval covers (3) with improvised security dumb cancels; and various others. Also Gibbard Jackson's From Post Boy to Air Mail in worn d/jkt, and sundry unrelated ephemera.

World War I Military Mail, chiefly French forces, some British & American. Wide variety of postal markings and military cachets, a few from POWs.

Lot: 207

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £70
UNSOLD
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World War I Military Mail, chiefly French forces, some British & American. Wide variety of postal markings and military cachets, a few from POWs. Fair to fine. (42)              

Prisoner of War and Internee mail, 1939-47, from and to prisoners mainly in Germany & UK, plus Kenya, Switzerland, Dutch East Indies, Manchuria,

Lot: 208

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
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Prisoner of War and Internee mail, 1939-47, from and to prisoners mainly in Germany & UK, plus Kenya, Switzerland, Dutch East Indies, Manchuria, Romania, Canada, and France, a few from forced labour camps in Germany. Wide variety of postal markings and camp censor cachets. Also 1973 cover from Walter Reder, war criminal in Gaeta camp, Italy. A few covers with letters enclosed. (68).

WWI & WW2 Covers, including 1918 Belgian Congo to UK with PASSED BY CENSOR / 1 / SUDAN; 1943 from a Latvian serving with the SS;

Lot: 209

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £70
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WWI & WW2 Covers, including 1918 Belgian Congo to UK with PASSED BY CENSOR / 1 / SUDAN; 1943 from a Latvian serving with the SS; 1940 PC from a Polish internee in Romania; 1918 insured & censored cover France to Switzerland; WW2 to UK with TRAVELLER CENSORSHIP OFFICE / LONDON; and various others including German Feldpost and US Forces in Alaska. Mostly VG/Fine (24)       

Act of Parliament, August 1839 for the introduction of the Penny Post and the abolition of the parliamentary privileges. Foolscap. 6pp.

Lot: 210

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £58
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Act of Parliament, August 1839 for the introduction of the Penny Post and the abolition of the parliamentary privileges. Foolscap. 6pp. Some creasing. [This Act paved the way for the introduction of the first adhesive postage stamps the following May]

Great Britain 1904-82 Covers & PPCs with interest in Skeleton cancels (8) and rubber c.d.s. (4), Registered Forces mail (16), mobile post offices,

Lot: 213

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £36
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Great Britain 1904-82 Covers & PPCs with interest in Skeleton cancels (8) and rubber c.d.s. (4), Registered Forces mail (16), mobile post offices, and some NATO naval mail. Mainly VG/VF (48)

Great Britain 1911 First United Kingdom Aerial Post commemorative PCs posted September 8th to 13th with special handstamp.

Lot: 214

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Great Britain 1911 First United Kingdom Aerial Post commemorative PCs posted September 8th to 13th with special handstamp. The h/s for the 13th poor o/w VG/VF. (5)

Great Britain Military & Prisoner of War mail, mostly WWI with main interest in covers/cards from POW Camps at Sandgate, Wakefield,

Lot: 215

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Great Britain Military & Prisoner of War mail, mostly WWI with main interest in covers/cards from POW Camps at Sandgate, Wakefield, Stratford (London), Dorchester, Portsmouth (Prison Ship “S.S. Lake Manitoba”), Newbury, Queensferry (Flintshire), and Islington, most with camp cachets with many fine strikes. Military mail includes forces in the Middle East one with MILITARY CAMP / AERODROME HELIOPOLIS cds. Includes several EVII period PPCs sent from Curragh Camp. (50)

An early-1930s Roneo ‘Neo-Post’ Franking Machine, mounted on wooden base. Mechanism needs attention.

Lot: 216

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
UNSOLD
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An early-1930s Roneo ‘Neo-Post' Franking Machine, mounted on wooden base. Mechanism needs attention.   

Great Britain Military mail, WW2 to 1960s, plus few WW2 censored civilian items including two Cable & Wireless telegrams.

Lot: 217

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Great Britain Military mail, WW2 to 1960s, plus few WW2 censored civilian items including two Cable & Wireless telegrams. Includes some American forces and British Naval. 102 are post-WW2 with wide range of Field Post Office cancels including Hong Kong, Malta and elsewhere. Mixed quality. (124)