Worldwide Stamps & Postal History WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY
Sale No: 838
Lot No: 130
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GB, COMMONWEALTH & FOREIGN CARDS, COVERS, ETC.: Three cartons with the worldwide collection of cards & covers inc. 1936 env. (with contents) air mail 'via K.L.M' to UK franked Palestine 5m & 10m, (15 Apr.) 1940 1½d p.stat env. uprated with 1d ex Huddersfield to Norway opened and resealed at left with censor label with fine strike of "POSTAL SERVICE SUSPENDED/RETURN TO SENDER" h.s. in purple [Germany having invaded Norway on the 9th], (11 July) 1946 POW PC from Knaresborough camp to Germany with fine "P.O.W. CAMP/No. 12/GREAT BRITAIN" cachet in purple & (6 Feb.) 1947 POW Letter Sheet ex Sheffield camp to Germany with "No. 17" camp cachet, 1955 air mail env regd Barbados to England with mixed reign franking KGV 24c & QEII 5c(2) & 12c, 1963 env franked Red Cross Congress 1/3d tied Lombard Street cds with white on green "POST OFFICE/SPECIAL/DELIVERY" label top left, 'not known' with boxed "RETURN TO SENDER" cachet tied Walthamstow cds, 1982 env. (with contents) air mail Peking to UK underpaid with "T" tax mark & "27 NOV 1982 31P TO PAY" h.s. in red and 10p (v. strip of 3) & 1p to pay labels applied on arrival tied Shoreham-By-Sea regd h.s.'s, etc. (large qty)Cross Reference: GB MIXED POSTAL HISTORY, AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - SERVICE SUSPENDED (Image)
Opening GBP 400.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Sep-08-2021, 09:10:37 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 838
Lot No: 131
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AIRSHIP, ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC, SPANISH CIVIL WAR, DIEPPE, ETC.: Carton with a worldwide collection of P.H. inc. France - binder with a written-up collection of mainly used 19th & early 20th Century Dieppe related PPCs in B&W & colour inc some panoramic & some real photo (40+ cards), South Africa - large format album with 1970s-2006 used Aerogramme study of printings, rates, etc. Plus albums of assorted inc. Early 1906 comic PPC featuring an airship, pair of Spanish Civil War period envs ex Puerto de Santa Maria to Gibraltar franked Spain 15c (pair) or 30c tied Cadiz cds opened and resealed with Puerto de Santa Maria censor tape at left and latter with fine strike "CENSURA MILITAR/PUERTO DE SANTA-MARIA" h.s. in red, Arctic - 1931 printed env. for "WILKINS-ELLSWORTH TRANS-ARCTIC SUBMARINE EXPEDITION" (with contents) franked Norway 30o tied Bergen cds with fine strike "LONDON TO NORTH POLE" h.s. in purple, Antarctic - 1967 printed British Cerro Torre Expedition env. ex Argentina to England & signed by four members of the expedition, Australia - 1954 airmail cover to London franked Australia 2/- tied Melbourne wavy line cds showing burn marks and red boxed cachet "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/SINGAPORE 13.3.1954", etc. An interesting mix (qty) Cross Reference: MILITARY - SPANISH CIVIL WAR, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, ANTARCTIC COVERS, ARCTIC COVERS (Image)
Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 300.00
Closed..Sep-08-2021, 09:11:15 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 838
Lot No: 132
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MOSTLY 20th CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE & COMMERCIAL MAIL; Extensive range in cartons (2) inc. 1849/50 unfranked envs. to Corfu ex France, 1902 Sweden 5ore PC to India uprated 5ore, 1934 airmail env. to London franked Palestine 10p pair + 6p with Tel Aviv reg. label on front, 1937 airmail env. to Brussels franked Spain 1p with censor mark & tape at left, 1937 meter-franked env. to London ex Barcelona with two 10c Poster stamps affixed to front, 1943 censored airmail env. to London franked Argentina 50c, 20c & 1p, 1949 airmail env. to Kuala Lumpur franked S. Africa 6d, 1½d (4) & 3d and redirected to Singapore, 1951 airmail env. to London franked Rhodesia KGVI 2/- pair, 1966 OHMS env. to Quebec franked Australia 25c with reg. label on front, 1968 Express env. to London franked Ireland 9p pair + 5p, 1977 Cyprus 35m reg. env. surcharged 50m to West Germany franked 50m + 500m with airmail, express & Limassol reg. labels on front and many others. (large qty) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, SWEDEN, AIR MAIL COVERS, MILITARY - SPANISH CIVIL WAR
Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 280.00
Closed..Sep-08-2021, 09:11:38 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 838
Lot No: 133
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MISCELLANY; a small untidy accumulation of items inc. a 1915-44 range of OAS covers (10, including one from the USA to London, one from Italy to London, and one from India to London). Also Bechuanaland KGV £1 (1) & KGVI 10/- (1), 5/- (1) and 1/- (4) on piece, all tied with "MASTER'S OFFICE/BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE" oval cancels; a block of 6 Gold Coast KGVI Black & Red-orange 1/-, tied with "REGISTERED/ACCRA GOLD COAST" oval cancels. (16 items) (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 85.00
Closed..Sep-08-2021, 09:12:07 EST
Sold For 85
Sale No: 838
Lot No: 135
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NEWSPAPERS: A collection of worldwide Newspaper related stamps & ephemera with Poster stamps, Railway Newspaper Parcel stamps, private carrier stamps/labels, etc. inc. rare (2 Mar.) 1912 printed "from.../The Times'" env. addressed to THE TIMES SUPPLY AGENCY, Printing House Square, E.C. with "LONDON E.C./172" cds "LONDON. E.C./1d/POSTAGE PAID/[crown]" h.s. both in red and "MAR 2 P.M. 1912/[clockface]" & boxed "RECEIVED/3-MAR.12-9-" cachets both in purple plus photo of (presumably) the time stamping machine. An extensive range (qty) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS, CANCELLATIONS, THEMATICS (Image)
