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Auction No 353, Category: Postal History

23 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Assortment in shoebox with many cigarette & trade cards in sets, part-sets and odds, plus assorted PPCs

Lot: 174

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Assortment in shoebox with many cigarette & trade cards in sets, part-sets and odds, plus assorted PPCs, nice 19th Century advertising cover, and other items. (some 100s)

Carton with many Covers and some stamps, chiefly GB, USA and Bermuda;

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £100
SOLD £50
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Carton with many Covers and some stamps, chiefly GB, USA and Bermuda; with some useful late-19th to mid-20th Century but mostly 1950s to 1990s. Includes several GB Prestige Booklets (intact), many philatelic covers, pictorial postal stationery, etc. (Several 100s)

United States WW2 period Covers, with many APOs

Lot: 226

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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United States WW2 period Covers, with many APOs, some US Naval, Military Camps, many War Department covers,many addressed to the Military Review. Many are long envelopes. Clean lot. (abt. 680)

Covers & Cards early 20th century to 1970s, many from the Far East, some written up on leaves

Lot: 227

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £120
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Covers & Cards early 20th century to 1970s, many from the Far East, some written up on leaves; interest in French Forces in Cochin-China, US Forces in Viet-Nam, Korea, WWI POWs in Russia; covers from China, Nepal, Japan, Korea, etc. Includes some unused PPCs. (107)

Canada Postal Mechanisation 1963-1977, a written-up collection of 44 leaves comprising covers, aerogrammes, and stamps

Lot: 228

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £54
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Canada Postal Mechanisation 1963-1977, a written-up collection of 44 leaves comprising covers, aerogrammes, and stamps, together with photographs some illustrating the fluoresent bars etc. (Qty.)

Feldpost Covers and Cards of Germany WWI & WW2, to and from military personnel, many with original letters enclosed

Lot: 229

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £38
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Feldpost Covers and Cards of Germany WWI & WW2, to and from military personnel, many with original letters enclosed; the majority are WW2 with some duplication of origin & destination. (abt. 350)

1896 hand-illustrated Cover from Altrincham to Llandudno

Lot: 230

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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1896 hand-illustrated Cover from Altrincham to Llandudno, franked with 1d Lilac (full perfs), depicting Mercury carrying a letter. Corner creases and flap torn on reverse. Backstamped on arrival. 

F.W. Webb "The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan"

Lot: 231

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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F.W. Webb The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan, James Bendon, 1991, large format hardback, 400pp + 93 plates + 29pp scarcity guide. 

M.H. Ludington "The Postal History and Stamps of Bermuda" Quarterman Publications 1978

Lot: 234

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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M.H. Ludington The Postal History and Stamps of Bermuda Quarterman Publications 1978, fine hardback in torn dustwrapper, 432pp; Baldwin Air Mails of Bermuda, 1967, pamphlet; and a related auction catalogue. (3)

"The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V - North America" Robson Lowe, 1973

Lot: 236

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps, Volume V - North America Robson Lowe, 1973, luxury 2 volume set, leather bound, gilt, VF in slipcase; together with Fred Jarrett Stamps of British North America, 1975 reprint in d/w, VG, 595pp, with excellent postal history content. (3)

Abeb Habib Najjar "The Stamps of Jordan 1920-1965", Sahara Publications, 1998

Lot: 237

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Abeb Habib Najjar The Stamps of Jordan 1920-1965, Sahara Publications, 1998, large format hardback in dustwrapper, No. 96 of 300 printed, signed by the author, lavishly illustrated in colour, 240pp.

John Duggan "Graf Zeppelin Flights to England" 1998, softback, 109pp, and 5 others

Lot: 239

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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John Duggan Graf  Zeppelin Flights to England, 1998, softback, 109pp; The Siemens-Schuckert Airship, 2002, softback, 39pp; and 4 pamphlets on airmails. (6)

Roger Lee "The Postal History of British New Guinea and Papua 1885-1942" Robson Lowe, 1983

Lot: 240

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £22
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Roger Lee The Postal History of British New Guinea and Papua 1885-1942 Robson Lowe, 1983, hardback in dustwrapper, 111pp, well illustrated; together with philatelic pamphlets on Brunei and Sarawak. (3)

Hans Schoenfeld "Cancellations of Hong Kong 1841-1941" 1989, and 3 related

Lot: 242

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £34
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Hans Schoenfeld Cancellations of Hong Kong 1841-1941, 1989, hardback, Cancellations of the Treaty Ports of Hong Kong 1850-1930, 1988, hardback, and Hong Kong Postal Stationery, 1991; plus Ming Tsang Hong Kong Registration Labels, 1993, A4 softback, 146pp. (4)

Gerald Davis & Denys Martin "Burma Postal History" including the 1987 Supplement, Robson Lowe, c.1990

Lot: 243

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Gerald Davis & Denys Martin Burma Postal History including the 1987 Supplement, Robson Lowe, c.1990, hardback in dustwrapper, 241pp. Illustrated

GB Philatelic Literature including Danzig & Goldsmith "The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red" 1991 in d/w;

Lot: 249

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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GB Philatelic Literature including Danzig & Goldsmith The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red 1991 in d/w; plus Mackay The Circular Name Stamps of Scotland, 1978; Newport Stamps and Postal History of the Channel Islands, 1972, in d/w; etc. (10)

West Indies Postal History titles comprising Britnor "The History of the Sailing Packets to the West Indies" 1973, 174pp;

Lot: 250

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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West Indies Postal History titles comprising Britnor The History of the Sailing Packets to the West Indies 1973, 174pp; Julsen & Benders A Postal History of Curacao, 1976, in d/w, 626pp; Ludington The Bahama Islands, 1968; Clarke & Radford Barbados Post Office Markings, 1982; Foster Jamaica: The Postal History 1662-1860, 1968, in d/w; Pierce & Messenger St. Vincent, 1971, in d/w; and four softbacks. (10)

Peter Padget "The Postal Markings of China" China Philatelic Society, 1978, s/back, 111pp

Lot: 251

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Peter Padget China Philatelic Society, 1978, s/back, 111pp; and Sieh & Blackburn Postage Rates of China 1867-1980, Taiwan, 1981, s/back, 62pp. (2)

Arnold Waterfall "The Postal History of Tibet" 1981, 2nd Edition, 188pp

Lot: 252

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Arnold Waterfall The Postal History of Tibet, 1981, 2nd Edition, fine hardback in very good d/w, 188pp, illustrated

Alexander and Kadull "Postal Stationery of China, Imperial and Republic to 1949" China Philatelic Society, 1994

Lot: 253

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £22
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Alexander and Kadull Postal Stationery of China, Imperial and Republic to 1949 China Philatelic Society, 1994, quarto hardback, 176pp, many illustrations; errata slip and price guide in rear pocket.