Worldwide & Great Britain THE JULIA MacLEOD COLLECTION OF ST. KILDA POSTCARD
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1674
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ST KILDA - PPCs RELATING TO THE POSTAL SERVICE: RP card, pub. McCallum, Orme & Co. Ltd., cancelled St Kilda 19 Aug. 1930? Card depicts Postmaster's son outside the P.O., image taken from a 1923 film; Possibly earlier, unused card pub. Ferguson, Glasgow & St Kilda, photo by Mather, Edinburgh, showing group of men, a woman and a child outside the post office; unused card, pub. G W Wilson, showing islanders receiving messages by mail boat (a wooden construction attached to a sheep's bladder). Fine. (3 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 600.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1675
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Cat No: Collection
ST KILDA - PPCs SHOWING WOMEN AND CHILDREN: Used B&W card showing group of school children, pub. G W Wilson, cancelled Oban double-ring 30 June 1904; used B&W card showing island women against a stone wall displaying tartan cloth, pub. A W Wilson, Stornoway double-ring cancel 10 May 1904. Fine. (2 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1676
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ST KILDA - MARITIME PPCs SHOWING LOCAL MEN AND ENVIRONS: B&W card showing Soa Rocks, pub. unknown, single-ring cancel St Kilda 14 Aug 1918; B&W card showing curve of beach, pub. D R M, cancelled Dunvegan 17 Aug. 1910; unused B&W card showing three men roped together ready to descend cliffs to collect birds and feathers, pub. D R M; unused B&W card showing St Kildans returning from Borreray ascending steep cliffs, pub. G W Wilson. Very good - fine. (4 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1677
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Cat No: Collection
ST KILDA - GROUPS OF INHABITANTS ON PPCs: Four B&W cards pub D. R. M., one used, showing islanders meeting tourists above the beach, Edinburgh machine cancel 13 June 1908; the others unused, showing islanders with dogs (1) and islanders carrying rolls of tweed waiting for tourists (2); Fifth card pub. Valentines Series, shows islanders seated outside storehouse and church, cancelled St Kilda 7 July 1904; final card shows same group of islanders but apparently not against a St Kilda background, pub. Valentines Series Scottish Studies, double-ring Dunfermline cancellation 8 Apr. 1903. All fine.(6 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 420.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1678
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ST KILDA - STREET VIEWS AND FAIRY CAVE ON PPCs: Four B&W cards by various publishers inc. view of deserted St Kilda main street, pub. D. R. M., single-ring Lochboisdale cancel 25 July 1912; unused B&W view of islanders outside houses 5 and 6, pub. G W Wilson c. 1903; unused B&W card showing four children sitting in a wheelbarrow in the street, pub. unknown; unused B&W card, pub. D. R. M., showing Mr Kenneth Campbell, a St Kildan teacher, seated beside the 'Fairy Cave' an archaeological site. (4 cards)Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 190.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1679
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Cat No: Collection
ST KILDA - PARLIAMENT, BOATS AND GV JUBILEE EXHIBITION PPCs ETC: Unused, colour image of the St Kildan Parliament, pub. G W Wilson c. 1903? reputedly from a coloured lantern slide; group of men mending a boat, B&W, pub. J.R.R.E., single-ring St Kilda cancel 15 Aug 1904; similar image, reputedly pub. Valentine, unused; Also, unused B&W card, pub. unknown, showing demonstration by three islanders, of spinning, carding and weaving, at Glasgow, George V Jubilee Exhibition 1935, together with letter dated 1986 from Donald Gillies, identifying the individuals; unused B&W card depicting artefacts from St Kilda, pub. Alexander Ferguson. All fine. (5 cards and 1 letter)Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 440.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1680
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ST KILDA - PPCs SHOWING ASPECTS OF LIFE : Unused, B&W card showing islanders outside homes in the village c.1905, pub. J Russell, Edinburgh; landing stores, unused B&W, pub. Ferguson from a photo by Mather; unused, RP, B&W PPC, still from 1923 film, pub. McCallum, Orme & Co. Ltd., showing Malcolm McDonald and cow, packing tweeds B&W., pub. unknown, cancelled Lochboisdale, S. Uist 20 June 1934, with Ferguson cachet, showing three generations of the MacDonald family and others packing tweed. All fine. (4 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 420.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1681
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ST KILDA - MULTI-VIEW PPCs, THE MANSE, CHURCH AND SCHOOL: Unused. B&W, multi-view cards (2) pub. unknown, showing a range of views, the first - St Kilda Bay, Boweray, Fishing and Leaving St Kilda, the other - P.O. St Kilda with many people, The Village, School Children and Parliament showing c. 20 men. Also unused B&W card showing the Manse, pub. Cherry Kearton, printing on reverse green, and another B&W showing the Church, School and Manse, pub. D.R.M. Also included is a written-up album sheet with some additional information about the ministry. Minor damage to two corners on the Kearton card, otherwise fine. (4 cards and 1 album sheet) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 650.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1682
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ST KILDA - VILLAGE VIEWS ON PPCS: Range of views by various publishers inc. Parliament (2), one cancelled St Kilda 14 Aug. 1913, fair condition, other unused; Main Street (2) one pub. D.R.M. unused, other RP, McCallum, Orme & Co. Ltd, cancelled Glasgow 27 Aug. 1930; Packing tweed (2 identical), one cancelled St Kilda 2 Aug. 1924, other Glasgow 28 May 1948; The Village (3, unused)) all showing extent of village, two with old village in foreground; The Fairy Cave (2) one pub. Cherry Kearton?, cancelled St Kilda 16 Aug. 1918, other pub. D.R.M. unused; Snapshots envelope, pub. McCallum, Orme & Co. Ltd. with 12 RP photos - the envelope is opened out for display, cancelled Lochmaddy, 25 July 1935 and with rubber stamp cachet. Mostly good - fine. (11 cards, 12 snapshots plus envelope) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 750.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1683
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ST KILDA - COASTAL SCENES ON PPCs: Milton Chromolette PPCs (3, same view) showing yachts "Off St Kilda", one with printed Christmas Greetings, cancelled S.O.N.W. 23 Dec. 1908, rest of pmk indistinct; "St Kilda, Island of Borrera" (2, same view, different publishers) one cancelled Lochmaddy? 29 Aug. 1904, other 30 Jan. 1904 Up Park Camp duplex and Kingston, Jamaica cds!; unused colour-tinted card "On the St Kilda Coast" pub. J.R. Russell, Edinburgh; "Borreray from St Kilda", same publisher, unused; later unused card, same publisher "Island and Hill of Oshival on the West Coast St Kilda"; multi-view card showing St Kilda Bay, Boweray, Fishing and Leaving St Kilda (small boat with passengers), double-ring cancel Stornoway 4 Jul. 1915. Mixed condition but some uncommon views. (9 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 90.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1684
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ST KILDA - ANCHORAGE IN THE BAY ETC. ON PPCS: Steamer at anchor in St Kilda Bay (2, B&W, unused), one pub. Valentine Series, other pub. S.S. "Dunara Castle" series showing the steamer in the bay and villagers carrying bundles of tweed to be loaded; "Village and Bay, St Kilda" (2, unused) showing small boat with passengers rowing away from shore, B&W but different shades, pub. unknown; St Kilda Bay general view and "The Lover's Stone, St Kilda" (corner bend and small crease) both B&W, unused, pub. unknown. Good - Fine. (6 cards) (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1685
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ST KILDA - S.S. HEBRIDES, DUNARA CASTLE ETC.: Cover with picture of steamer "S.S. Hebrides" stuck on, tied by signature of purser, addressed to California, USA, boxed cachet "St Kilda/11 Aug.1936/S.S. Hebrides" cancelled Dunvegan 12 Aug. 1936; PPC "Lover's Stone, St Kilda" bearing Ferguson rubber cachet 26 June 1934, written aboard the S.S. Hebrides but either not posted or sent under cover; B&W PPC showing steamer "Hebrides" at anchor Locheport North Uist, pub. D.R.M.; B&W RP PPC of S.S. "Hebrides" pub. McCallum, Orme & Co. Ltd., cancelled 23 Jul 1931 written by a passenger; 16-page Circular Tours advertising booklet for the "Hebrides" c.1927?, three leaves slightly torn; B&W PPC of S.S. "Dunara Castle" at anchor in St Kilda Bay, cancelled Bunessan 23 Dec. 1904, written and annotated by a passenger; three-fold Circular Tours advertising leaflet for the "Dunara Castle" specifically naming St Kilda; RP PPC "Dunara Castle", sunset at Mallaig pub. Valentines; two other advertising items, (one likely reproduction), plus modern covers RA Range Hebrides (2), one carried By HMS "Ardennes"; and modern cover, and PPC (2, used and unused) relating to M.V. "Columba". (15 items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, MARITIME MAIL, EPHEMERA (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 700.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1686
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ST KILDA - AIRMAIL INTEREST: Cover to Constance, Germany, St Kilda cancel indistinct but reputedly 27 Aug. 1930, cancelled Koln 30 Aug. 1930, boxed cachet "Mit der Flugpost Befördert/Postamt Konstanz", philatelic curiosity with contents, one of two with airmail cachets in a batch of 24 covers prepared by James Dryden of Edinburgh for posting with the last mail sent from St Kilda 27 Aug 1930; Covers (3) with purple, oval "Benbecula - St Kilda/[Date]/Air Mail" cachets 1959, 1960 (2, one incoming from Oslo); cover with 1992 turquoise, oval "St Kilda - Benbecula/[Date]/Air Mail" cachet; 1966 cover and 1960s PPC with different, pink "Benbecula St / Kilda Air Drop" cachets; 1930s? PPC, pub. Tuck, copyright BNBA 5, showing N. Uist from Balivanich, the base for helicopters to St Kilda. (8 items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1687
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ST KILDA - ORNITHOLOGICAL INTEREST: "Puffins on Rocks, St. Kilda", B&W PPC, cancelled Western D.O. Glasgow, 14 July 1910; "Gannet's Nest, St. Kilda" pub. GWW c. 1905; "Fulmars On Doon, St. Kilda" PPC (2), same image but one B&W the other sepia, pub. unknown; "Borrera, Gannet Stack" pub. J. R. Russell, Edinburgh, postally used but stamp removed leaving ink impression St Kilda; 1½d postal stationery envelope cancelled St Kilda 23 July 1927, addressed to the ornithologist C. E. Rhodes who visited frequently and made friends with the islanders and the correspondent Neil Ferguson (Postmaster); roughly-opened envelope, same addressee and correspondent, franked 1½d stamp tied St Kilda 24 July 1927 cds; display page exhibiting contemporary newspaper cutting, Evening Post, Friday August 5, 1927 containing an account by C. E. Rhodes of a recent visit to St Kilda and the birds he saw there, together with another cover addressed to him (not St Kilda related). Lot also contains a RP PPC 1930s? pub. unknown, showing St. Kilda village laid out around the bay. Useful material. (9 items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, BIRDS, EPHEMERA, THEMATICS (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 750.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1688
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ST KILDA - THE EVACUATION: Pages from a written-up display, interspersed with contemporary newspaper cuttings, which chronicle the evacuation of St Kilda, inc. Letter to C. E. Rhodes, naturalist and ornithologist, dated 17 July 1930, signed Neil Ferguson (Postmaster), mentioning the impending evacuation and Capt. Kneeshaw (who oversaw it), together with the envelope it was carried in, cancelled 1½d stamp tied St Kilda 19 July 1930; letter to same addressee by same correspondent, cancelled 1½d stamp tied St Kilda 27 Aug. 1930, in which the writer states "this will be the last mail as we are leaving on the 1 Sept. if weather permits" and "we are all so busy packing at present"; unused RP PPC, pub. and date unknown, showing the old and new village around St Kilda Bay; c. 1902 PPC, pub. unknown, showing seven, male islanders; another, date unknown, showing a group of seven St Kilda women, pub. A MacDougall, Fort William (damaged corner); two B&W PPCs of Loch Aline and Larachbeg, Morven where many of the islanders were settled; and four modern covers and a photograph commemorating the 50th anniversary of the evacuation, two covers signed by surviving inhabitants. A fascinating group. (6 covers, 2 letters, 5 cards, 8 newspaper cuttings) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, BIRDS, AUTOGRAPHS (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 1,400.00
Closed..Mar-03-2022, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 842
Lot No: 1689
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Cat No: Collection
ST KILDA - BALANCE OF COLLECTION: A box packed with a comprehensive, remaindered, well-written display inc. early PPCs (2) one cancelled single-ring St Kilda 1903; research material; modern postcards; numerous reproductions of photographs and postcards inc. a small collection of 'forged' postcards (22); modern ship mail and tin can mail; modern newspaper cuttings; St Kilda club ephemera; material relating to the Gillies family; St Kilda, Australia & St Kilda, New Zealand; and much similar. A very useful resource. (Large qty.) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, EPHEMERA (Image)
