FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark duplicated selection of day of issue envelopes arranged in one volume, including illustrated on the same envelope with ½d, 1d, 2d (6), 1½d, 2½d (4), 3d, 6d, 7d (3), 4d, 1s3d, 1s6d (4) and 9d, 10d, 11d (4); also postal stationery (6) all used on the first day. Condition mixed with some fine. (49 | Estimate - £400-£500 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark set of seventeen used on six day of issue matching illustrated envelopes. Very Fine. SG 515/31 | Estimate - £200-£250 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark set of seventeen used on six day of issue similar matching illustrated envelopes. Very Fine. SG 515/31 | Estimate - £200-£250 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark set of seventeen used on six day of issue similar matching illustrated envelopes. Very Fine. SG 515/31 | Estimate - £200-£250 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark set of seventeen used on six day of issue illustrated envelopes. Very Fine. SG 515/31 | Estimate - £180-£220 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark set of seventeen used on six day of issue illustrated envelopes. Very Fine. SG 515/31 | Estimate - £180-£220 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark selection with values to 11d, all in blocks of four used on the day of issue illustrated envelopes (except one 10d block); also similar selection of cylinder blocks of six with values to 1s6d used on day of issue, some illustrated. Mostly good to fine. (32) | Estimate - £250-£300 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1952-54 Tudor Crown watermark selection to 1s6d, range of first day envelopes with additional values, some blocks and also matching KGVI stamps where relevant. All the envelopes with matching illustrations. Mostly good to fine. (36) | Estimate - £200-£250 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVER: 1953 (3 June) Coronation set of four franked on illustrated envelope, registered, cancelled by 'WINDSOR CASTLE' cds on the day of issue. Fine and rare. SG532/5 | Estimate - £300-£400 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1959 (9 Feb) 4½d chestnut used on four day of issue envelopes, all with different illustrations, very fine. SG 577 | Estimate - £250-£300 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1959 (9 Feb) 4½d chestnut used on four day of issue envelopes, all with different illustrations, one hand-illustrated and another with additional Queen Victoria 'Jubilee' 4½d. Very fine. SG 577 | Estimate - £250-£300 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1973 (15 Aug) Inigo Jones bearing 'Third International Orthodontic Congress, London' special handstamp on the official envelope. Very fine and scarce | Estimate - £400-£500 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERs: 1967-72 commemorative and definitive selection of more interesting issues, contained in a carton, including 1971 Ulster Paintings with Ballymena and Philatelic Congress Norwich cancels, mostly fine; also a range of world stamps and envelopes with condition variable. (hundreds) | Estimate - £150-£200 (Image)

COIN COVERS: Collection of commemorative covers arranged in four albums, contained in a carton, including ten different gold sovereign and a quarter sovereign, one silver sovereign and range different proof designs with Post Office issues. Very fine | Estimate - £3000-£3500 (Image)

COIN COVERS: 2000 Queen Mother hand-painted first day cover with miniature sheet and five pounds special commemorative proof gold coin in presentation wallet. Very fine | Estimate - £1200-£1500 (Image)

COIN COVERS: Collection of modern Royal Mint/Post Offices issues arranged in four albums, contained in a carton, including 2002 Commonwealth Games and 2009 Kew Gardens. Good to fine. (66) | Estimate - £500-£600 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1979 selection of better postmarks including Birds (7) with 'Queen's School, Rheindahlen BFPO 1671' (Queen's School) (2, one with vertical fold), 'Salvation Army 100, Harwich' (Harwich Citadel), 'Wintertime, London' (BL14), Liverpool & Manchester Railway (8) with 'Earlestown, Merseyside' (Newton150), 'Austro-Hungarian Collection' (W&W), 'Wintertime, London' (BL16), London Landmarks (5) with 'Parish Church, Hampton-in-Arden' (H-i-A Church), Famous Authoresses (6) with George Eliot, Nuneaton' (David Fletcher, 'Knutsford' (GPO) slogan postmark, Queen Mother (9) with 'St Marys Church, Ware' (St Mary's), 'Greenwich Mean Time, London' (GMT), 'British Chess Federation, Brighton' (Chess Federation)(2), British Conductors (9) with 'Bedford Music Club' (BMC), 'Sir Geoffrey De Havilland, Hatfield' (Mosquito Museum), 'Moorlands Festival, Leek' (Festival), 'From Tom-Tom to Telex, Warwick' (W&W), 'Birthplace Sir Thomas Beecham', St Helens' (Thomas Beecham), Sporting Anniversary (5) and Christmas (3) with 'Salvation Army, Bramhope' (Historic Relics). Mostly fine to very fine. (52) | Estimate - £450-£500 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1979 selection of better postmarks including Dogs (3) with 'Gold of Eldorado, London' (Pilgrim), British Flowers (5) with 'Europe's Floral City' (Cotswold) slogan postmark, EEC (9) with 'Entente Cordial, Stowmarket' (Stowmarket Twinning), 'Lions Holiday 79, Hayling Island' (Lions), Horse Racing 'Derby Fiesta' (Mercury) and 'Racing at Great Yarmouth' (GPO) slogan postmarks, International Year of the Child (9) with 'British Library, London (BL10), 'New Park Boy's School, Leicester' (NPBS), Sir Rowland Hill (3) with 'SKIRRID Energy Drive, London' (SKIRRID), Police (6) with 'Port of London Police' (Port of London), 'Bolton and Bury' FDI (Manchester Police), 'Field Post Office 999' (North Yorkshire Police), 'Warrington' FDI (Cheshire Constabulary) and Christmas (2) with 'Milton Keynes' (Philart) slogan postmark. Mostly fine to very fine. (45) | Estimate - £400-£500 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1981 selection of better postmarks including Folklore (2) with 'Valentine's, London' (BL25), International Year of the Disabled (11) with 'Oaklands PH School, Salford' (Oaklands), 'St Loyes College, Exeter' slogan postmark (Philart), Butterflies (10) with 'National Butterfly Museum, Bramber(SP), 'Philatelic Displays, London' (BL26), 'National Butterfly Museum' slogan postmark (PPS), National Trusts (9) with June Philatelic Displays, London' (BL 27), Royal Wedding (9) with 'First prince of Wales, Lincoln' (Lincoln Cathedral), 'Greetings from Watton-at-Stone, Hertford' (Watton Church)(2), 'Congratulations, Todd Scales, Cambridge' (Todd Scales), 'Gredington Jamboree, Whitchurch' (Jamboree), 'Royal Pageant, Hagley Hall' slogan postmark (Philart), Duke of Edinburgh's Award (10), Fishing (3) and Christmas (4). Mostly fine to very fine. (56) | Estimate - £400-£500 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1989-2002 selection of better postmarks including 1989 Games and Toys 'Lewis Carroll, Oxford' (Zanders), 1990 'Penny Black Anniversary, Carlisle' (Carlisle PO), Christmas 'Christmas 1990, Cambridge' (Cambridge SC). 1991 Roses 'Hampton Court Palace' (CoverCraft), Christmas 'Christmas 1991, Cambridge' (Cambridge SC), 1992 Europa 'King George's Fund, London' (CoverCraft), and 1993 Inland waterways 'Royal Tournament, Earls Court' (Forces). Mostly fine to very fine. (53) | Estimate - £350-£400 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1974 selection of better postmarks including Fire with Cambridge Fire and Rescue Service (3, Cambridge CC and two Philart) slight bend at top, Lansing Bagnall (GPO), Binns Philatelic Exhibition, Sunderland (GPO), Avon County Fire Brigade (Philart), UPU with NPM on official cover, Great Britons with Royal Tournament, British Forces (National Trust for Scotland), Churchill with Tunbridge Wells FDI with Chartwell hs (GPO), Churchill, Bristol and Oxford registered covers (Both GPO), Churchill Centenary Exhibition (Somerset House), Christmas with Salvation Army, Tunbridge Wells (2, GPO and Philart). Mostly fine to very fine. (37) | Estimate - £350-£400 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1978 selection of better postmarks including Energy (2), Historic Buildings (5, with one miniature sheet) with 'Northwest Genius' (GPO), Coronation (16) with 'Lewis's Celebrate 21st Year in Bristol' (Lewis's), 'Philatelic Congress, Worthing' (BPF), 'Gatwick Park Hotel, Horley' (G Park Hotel), 'Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Freeman Hospital), creased, Shire Horse Society (3) with 'World Dressage Championship, Goodwood' (World Dressage), 'Sutton-on-Trent School' (Sutton School), Cycling Centenary (9) with '1953 Coronation, London' (BL7), 'Driver - Mind That Bike' slogan postmark (2, Philart and Mercury) and Christmas (9) with 'Gold of Eldorado, London' (Pilgrim), '50 Years of Rotary, Clacton' (Rotary)(2, one signed). Mostly fine to very fine. (45) | Estimate - £350-£400 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1982 selection of better postmarks including Charles Darwin Centenary (3), Youth Organisations (9) with 'Four Marks Jubilee, Alton' (Four Marks PO), 'Opening of First Motorway, Sub-Post Office' (Rank M6), British Theatre (4), Maritime Heritage (6) with 'Spectacular Tall Ships' (Philart) slogan postmark, British Textiles (8) with 'Coldharbour Mill, Uffculme' (Coldharbour Mill), 'Textile Design, Huddersfield' (Huddersfield Polytechnic), signed by designer of 29p stamp, 'Leek Centre of Textile Industry (Staffs CC), Information Technology (6) with 'Trishaw Marathon, Dartford' (Kent FB), 'Computertown, Croydon' (Croydon Library), British Motor Cars (9) and Christmas (3) with 'HMS Brilliant, Tunbridge Wells' (HR). Mostly fine to very fine. (48) | Estimate - £350-£400 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1977 selection of better postmarks including Racket Sports with 'Squash Rackets Association, Harrow' postmark on Philart envelope, Chemistry (3), Silver Jubilee (11 May)(12) with 'St Martins-in-the-Fields' (Historic Relics), 'Hayling Island Philatelic Society' (HI Philatelic Society), 'Croydon Celebrities' (Croydon Celebrities), 'Weymouth and Portland Exhibition' (W & P Exhibition), 'Milton Keynes Festival' (MK Festival), 'Tenth Conference Dixieme Congress' (ICTWO) and British Wildlife with 'Badger Beer' (Hall and Woodhouse), single stamp as issued. Mostly fine to very fine. (17) | Estimate - £300-£400 (Image)

FIRST DAY COVERS: 1983 selection of better postmarks including British River Fish 'Izaak Walton Tercentenary, Stafford' (Stafford museum), Commonwealth Day (5) with 'Dunsmore boys School, Rugby' (Dunsmore School), 'Association of Cricket umpire' (ACU), 'William Wilberforce, Hull' (Wilberforce Council), Engineering Achievements (7), British Army (13) with 'Rheindahlen Allied Marches' (Forces), 'Richard III, Middleham' (Richard III Society), 'Llangollen International Eisteddfod' (Eisteddfod), 'Telecom Technology Showcase, EC4' (British Telecom), British Gardens (8) with 'Bicentenary Hornchurch CC' (HCC), 'Capability Brown, Claremont' (Arlington), British Fairs (8) with 'Showman's Guild, Staines' (Showman's Guild), 'Boys Brigade, Cardiff' (BB Wales) and Christmas (3). Mostly fine to very fine. (44) | Estimate - £300-£400 (Image)