1951 Festival 2½d and 4d, 1953 Coronation and 1957 Scouts (unaddressed) on illust. FDCs, typed addresses. {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £38.40)

1952-54 (8 Feb 54) Tudor 9d, 10d and 11d on single illust. FDC, BRIGHTON & HOVE machine cancel, typed address. Scarce. {C} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £52.80) (Image)

1953 Coronation - set of 4v on illustrated registered cover, cds 'GRESHAM HOUSE B.O. EC2' on FDI 3rd June 1953. Handwritten address. A few surface marks. Cover specialist cat value £30. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £12.00)

1957 Pair of matching first day covers for Naphthadag Automatic Sorting Machine, red cachet illustration, ½d to 3d (6v), cds & wavy line cancellation 'SOUTHAMPTON S' on 19th December 1957. Neatly typed address. With Buckingham covers certificate of authenticity 7th November 2013. Current retail price c£125. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

1957 First day cover for 'Naphtha-dag Experiment', red cachet illustration, lower marginal ½d to 3d (6v), cds cancellation 'SOUTHAMPTON 3' on 19th November 1957. Rubber stamped address. Cachet in blue on reverse 'First Day Cover, Naphthadag Experimental issue, Southampton area only, 19th November 1957'. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £48.00) (Image)

1957 Parliament 4d on illust. FDC, typed address. Scarce. {C} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £46.40)

1958 Commonwealth Games - set of 3v on illustrated cover (City Hall Cardiff), slogan postmark 'Vith BRITISH EMPIRE & COMMONWEALTH GAMES ' with cds for 'CARDIFF' on 18th July 1958. Typed address. Creased SW corner. Retail price c£60. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £16.00)

1960 General Letter Office -3d (single value) on Newlands Road Philatelic Society illustrated cover with slogan postmark 'INTERNATIONAL POSTAL CONFERENCE, EASTBOURNE' on FDI 7th July 1960. Handwritten address. Cover specialist cat value £200. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00) (Image)

1960 Pair of matching first day covers for Phosphor Line Sorting Machine, blue cachet illustration, ½d to 1s.3d (9v), cds & wavy line cancellation 'SOUTHAMPTON S' on 6th July 1960. Neatly typed address. Light corner bend on one cover. Retail price c£200. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £76.00) (Image)

1963 Red Cross Centenary - set of 3v (non phosphor) on plain cover with slogan postmark 'BOURNEMOUTH, THE RESORT FOR SUN, SEA, SNADS & GLORIOUS GARDENS' on FDI, cds 'Bournemouth - Poole, 15th August 1963'. Typed address. Cover specialist cat value £40. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £16.00)

1963 Nature Week & Paris Postal Conference on single air mail cover to Canada. Single values plus additional 4½d Nature Week for 1s.5½d postage. Slogan postmark 'SOUTHAMPTON T - wavy line cancel. Neatly opened at top. Cover specialist cat val £80 for separate covers. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £20.00)

1963 Paris Postal Conference - 6d, both non phosphor and phosphor on plain cover with slogan postmark 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' on FDI, cds 'London SW1, 7th May 1963'. Handwritten address, neatly opened at top. Cover specialist cat value £50. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £20.00)

1963 Paris Postal Conference - 6d (non phosphor) on illustrated cover (ICPA), special handstamp 'POST OFFICE TERCENTENARY, DOVER PACKET SERVICE', on FDI 7th May 1963. Handwritten address. Cover specialist cat value £30. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £12.00)

1964 Shakepeare Festival - 3d (single value, non phosphor) on illustrated cover with slogan postmark 'SHAKESPEARE ANNIVERSARY YEAR, STRATFORD UPON AVON' with cds 'Stratford upon Avon' on FDI 23rd April 1964. Doubled with 1st class red with special handstamp 'MEN OF LETTERS, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE' on 9th March 1999. Handwritten address. A few marks and opened at base. Cover specialist cat value £975. Rare slogan. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £80.00) (Image)

1964 Shakepeare Festival, GPO FDC with rare 2s.6d black shade, possibly from proof sheet, and only issued in Stratford-upon-Avon. Cover has ordinary FDI postmark for STRATFORD-UPON-AVON for 23rd April 1964. Neat, typed address. Slight ageing along top of envelope. Retail price c£200. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £112.00) (Image)

1964 Botanical Congress - blocks of 4 of each value on 4 matching illustrated covers (1 block per cover) with cds 'SOUTH EASTERN TPO UP 2' on FDI 5th August 1964. Typed address. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £14.40)

1964 Shakespeare Festival on pictorial Royal Mail cover with a 'FIELD POST OFFICE 1050' handstamp for FDI, 23rd April 1964. Phosphor cover, unaddressed. 'Ph' in manuscript at LHS. Retail price c£75. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £32.00)

1965 All 9 issues for 1965 on single illustrated cover, all cancelled on FDI. Churchill - Bladon, Oxford; 700th Anniv of Parliament - Evesham, Worcs; Salvation Army - Nottingham; Lister - Stratford-upon Avon; Commonwealth Arts - Stratford-Upon-Avon; Battle of Britain - Birmingham; PO Tower - London WC; UN & Int Co-operation Year - London WC; Int Comms - Birmingham. Indivicual covers has retail price c£300. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

1965 Battle of Britain - set of 8v (non-phosphor) on Connoiseur official cover, cds postmark 'BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, KENT' on FDI 13th September 1965. Small pre-printed address. Single brown spot on front. Cover specialist cat value £100. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £36.00)

1966 Football World Cup- set of 4 plain covers with slogan postmarks for 'SUNDERLAND CO DURHAM, WORLD CUP SUNDERLAND COMPETITION JULY 13-23' with cds 1 June 1966. Also World Cup Winners special slogan for 'ROKER & SEABURN SUNDERLAND'S TWIN RESORTS' cds 18th August 1966. Addressed label to chemist in Sunderland. 2017 Certificate of Authenticity from Buckingham Covers. Cover specialist cat val £280. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £112.00)

1966 900th Anniv of Battle of Hastings - large privately produced card attached to envelope with full set of 9v (phosphor), cds 'HAROLD HILL, ROMFORD, ESSEX' on FDI 14th October 1966. Cachet 'The Doomsday (sic) Book of 1086 states: 'Earl Harold held Havering in 1066'. Harold Hill was named in honour of King Harold, it lies within the Royal Liberty of Havering and encompasses part of the ancient hunting grounds of the Saxon King'. Excellent condition, unaddresssed. Cover specialist cat val £400. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £180.00) (Image)

1966 Battle of Hastings, set of 8v on Connoiseur cover with cds 'NORMANDY, GUILDFORD, SURREY' on FDI 14th October 1966. Both top corners dog-earred and bend along top of cover. Neatly written address. Cover specialist cat val £400. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00) (Image)

1966 British Birds - set of 4v (non phosphor) on GPO cover, ordinary FDI postmark (purple ink) 'GPO PHILATELIC BUREAU' on FDI 8th August 1966. Typed address. Cover specialist cat value £30. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £12.00)

1967 Bisected 1½d green on illustrated cover. Illegal postage rate (¾d!), machine cancelled 'East Dulwich SE22' on 6th June 1967. Clean cover, unaddressed. Unusual. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £16.00)

1968 British Bridges - 4d Tarr Steps on PhilArt cover, cds 'DULVERTON SOMERSET' on FDI 29th April 1968. Unaddressed. Cover specialist cat val £250. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £100.00) (Image)