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Sparks Auctions Sale: 35

Literature and Supplies
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Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1383
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Cat No: Literature

image Fundamentals of Philately, by L.N. Williams, revised 1990 edition, 862 pages. This is a must have for serious collectors of any country, as it explains many facets of philately and the printing process in great detail, such as different types of printing, perforating, watermarks, embossing, gums, papers, and much more. Gently used, with dust jacket (tears). (Image)

Est $ 50

Opening C$ 90.00
Sold...C$ 90.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:54:16 EST
Sold For 90

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1385
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Cat No: Literature

image Box of 16 Philatelic Books, includes Philatelic Gems complete set consisting of 5 volumes in matching slipcase (Linn's,1989), Stamps & Postal History of Vancouver Island and B.C. (Wellburn,1987), Worlds Greatest Stamp Collections in 2 volumes with matching slipcase, (Bierman,1990), Tales by Mail, with book 1-2, both signed, (Cartier, 2006), Inverted Jenny, Money, Mystery, Mania, (Scott, 1986), The Post, (Vie. Art. Cité, 1974), The Musson Stamp Dictionary (Douglas & Mary Patrick,1972), L'Almanach de la Philatélie Canadienne, Tome 1, (1992), Le Castor de Fleming, (Masse, 1993), Le Livre Guinness des Timbres, (Editions Philippines, 1983). A useful lot, in great condition. (Image)

Est $ 50

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:55:39 EST
Sold For 70

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1386
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Cat No: Literature

image Box of Mostly Philatelic Forgery Related Literature, with a set of "Album Weeds - How to Detect Forged Stamps" (complete volumes I to VIII), "Fundamentals of Philately Series" (sections 3 to 5), "Philatelic Forgers - Their Lives and Work" (Varro E. Tyler), "The Yucatan Affair - The Work of Raoul Ch. de Thuin Philatelic Counterfeiter" (APS) plus other general interest philatelic books, including a group of specialized early German books. (Image)

Est $ 50

Opening C$ 200.00
Sold...C$ 200.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:56:48 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1387
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Cat No: Literature

image Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope, by Robert Goldblatt (1984, 267 pages), covering the 1892 to 1910 period, hard bound with dust jacket, profusely illustrated, very fine (like new). (Image)

Est $ 50

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:57:07 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1388
Symbol:
Cat No: Literature

image History of the East African Army Postal Service, by Stuart Rossiter and Edward Proud (circa 1982, 111 pages), hard bound with dust jacket (tiny tear), well illustrated, very fine. (Image)

Est $ 50

Opening C$ 40.00
Sold...C$ 40.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:57:23 EST
Sold For 40

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1389
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Cat No: Literature

image Group of Interesting and Useful Philatelic Publications, Stanley Gibbons Commonwealth Catalogue (2010), The Admiral issue of Canada (Marler, 1982), Jenny! (1986), Stanley Gibbons Great Britain Concise Catalogue (2015), The British Postage Stamp of the Nineteenth Century (Robson Lowe, 1968), A Canadian Military Postal History Anthology (BNAPS, 1991), Atlantic Mails A History of the Mail Service Between Great Britain and Canada to 1889 (Jack Arnell, 1980), Canadian Military Postal Markings (Bailey and Toop, 1996), The Sandford Fleming 3 Pence Essay (Firby Auctions, 1996), Canadian fancy Cancellations of the Nineteenth Century (Day and Smythies, 1973).Stanley Gibbons Elizabethan Postage Stamp Catalogue (1965), The Erival Collection Catalogue (two volumes, one for United States and one is a lovely 192 page fully colour illustrated history of the collection and its sale at H.R. Harmer in 2019), Altdeutchland Spezial Katalog (volume 5, German States, by Hans Grobe, 1975) and last but not least, The Floyd E. Risvold Collection Catalogues (deluxe hard bound 3-volume set in a slipcase, profusely illustrated in full colour and featuring outstanding early and interesting United States postal history - best coffee-table books, ever). (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 110.00
Sold...C$ 110.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:57:46 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1390
Symbol:
Cat No: Literature

image The Postal History of Iraq, by Patrick C. Pearson and Edward Proud (1996, 262 pages), hard bound with dust jacket, well illustrated, very fine (like new). (Image)

Est $ 50

Opening C$ 40.00
Sold...C$ 40.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:58:14 EST
Sold For 40

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1391
Symbol:
Cat No: Literature

image Group of 5 Scarcer Older Air Mail Books, Théodore Champion "Catalogue historique et descriptif des timbres de la poste aérienne" (Paris, 1928), N.C. Baldwin "Bridging the Atlantic" - A chronological record of all projected, attempted and successful Atlantic flights until the inception of regular services and a priced catalogue of souvenirs (nearly 200 illustrations, 1945, the Aero Field handbook No. 7), Field and Baldwin "The Coronation Aerial Post" (1911, Aero Field handbook No. 3), Lissiuk "The Historical Air Mail Catalogue - an Authoritive catalogue of Air Mail stamps and Historical Covers (1930) and Dalwick and Harmer "Newfoundland Air Mails 1919-1939" (1953). All five are very fine and like-new, and some have clippings or other additional material included. (Image)

Est $ 100

Opening C$ 60.00
Sold...C$ 60.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:58:38 EST
Sold For 60

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1392
Symbol:
Cat No: Literature

image Collection of Zeppelin and Airship Post Literature, with 26 different monographs or catalogues, plus a number of Zeppelin related newsletter runs, and other related ephemera including newspapers, advertising, etc. The monographs are too numerous to list here, but we noted historical accounts, auction catalogues, coffee-table style books, various flight catalogues, a lovely circa 1933 "Zeppelin-Weltfahrten" book loaded with high quality flight photographs, etc. Some of the books are in German, and many specialize in specific flights and are quite advanced, and the newsletters include "Buoyant Flight", "Zeppelin Brief", "The Zeppelin Collector" (the most issues). A great lot for the specialist, see photos for an idea. (Image)

Est $ 200

Opening C$ 130.00
Sold...C$ 170.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 13:59:33 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1393
Symbol:
Cat No: Literature

image Group of 16 Philatelic Reference Books, with Penny Red Stars 1855-1862 (Part I and II), Free French Invasion: The St Pierre & Miquelon Affaire of 1941 (Anglin), Great Britain the Varieties and Characteristics of the 1d Line Engraved Stamps, 1841-1864 (Stanton), British Post Office Numbers 1844-1906 (Brumell), British Army Field Post offices 1939-1950 (Crouch and Hill), Channel Islands Stamps and Postal History (Stanley Gibbons specialized catalogue), Out-Foxing the Fakers (Jean-François Brun), Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps (part II - Canada), The Evolution of British Stamped Postcards & Letter Cards (Dagnall), The British Postage Stamp of the Nineteenth Century (Robson Lowe), and a few other titles, including a complete run of 45 newsletters of the Pitcairn Islands Study Group "The Pitcairn Log" from Sep. 1989 to Dec. 2000. (Image)

Est $ 75

Opening C$ 70.00
Sold...C$ 70.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 14:00:10 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 35
Lot No: 1394
Symbol:
Cat No: Literature

image Group of 28 Philatelic Reference Books and Pamphlets, with The Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland with supplements (Alcock and Holland), three pamphlets on the Hawaiian Grinnell Missionary stamps, A History of British Postage Stamps (Todd), Robson Lowe's The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps - Part III The Maritime Provinces, British Post Offices Abroad - The Glassco Collection (Robson Lowe), Three Centuries of Scottish Posts (Haldane), Scots Local Cancellations Illustrated 1854-1860 (Alcock), Squared Circle Postmarks (Stitt Dibden), London Fancy Geometric Postmarks (Maurice Barette), The Great Britain and Commonwealth Catalogue of Great British Errors (B. Alan Ltd.), and more. (Image)

Est $ 75

Opening C$ 30.00
Sold...C$ 80.00


Closed..Feb-18-2021, 14:00:45 EST
Sold For 80


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