1920-2017 BANKNOTES: A small group of banknotes including 3 x pristinr GB £5 notes (series E 2002-2017, four used German inflation banknotes between 10,000Mk & 500,000,000MK, in good condition, also USA 10c fractional currency note, India KGVI 1rupee note, 2 x 2s6d & 1 x 5/- Military currency notes, 10 Lire British Military currency for Italy (1943), Egypt 50 piastres, 1934 local Berlin 1mk note(poor), 1944 2 frank military note/coupon. Mixd condition, poor to very fresh/fine (16) {X} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £38.40)

1939 NORTH ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE - First Flight Aerogramme addressed to Scott Stamp & Coin Co, New York from Stanley Gibbons, London with 7d & 8d KGVI defins and machine cancel 'LONDON WC1' on 29th June 1939, received 'NEW YORK NY 24 on July 1st 1939. Returned to Stanley Gibbons with 30c Air stamp (SG A852) and circular date stamp 'NEW YORK N.Y. STATE, W.43RD ST.' on July 5th 1939, received in London on 10th July 1939. No contents / message. Unusual cover. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £32.00)

OTHER FLIGHTS Tanganyikan Government Experimental Service. Daressalaam-Tanga, 30c joined pair (SG98) of Tanganyika tied with Daressalaam 24 Dec 30 Registered cds cancel. On plain cover. Daressalaam registered label top left. Par Avion By Air Mail boxed cachet bottom left. Typed First Direct Air Mail From Daressalaam to Tanga. Addressed to Tanga. On the reverse Daressalaam 24 Dec 30 & Tanga 25 Dec 30 registered receiving. This was the fourth Northbound service with just 70 items of mail carried. Very scarce cover display quality. With notes. {C} [US8] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £45.60) (Image)

1936 QUEEN MARY: First voyage pictorial cover (USA to England), addressed Poste Restante to Paignton, Devon, England (crossed through, with pencil address to Liverpool added). Cachet 'By R.M.S. 'Queen Mary' to the 23rd Philatelic Congress of Gt. Britian' (held in Paignton). 5c postage paid by 2c (1922 Washington) & 3c (1935 Michigan Centenary). Machine cancel 'NEW YORK N.Y. 4', June 4th 1936, B69 (barred oval), special handstamp '23rd Philatelic Congress, Paignton' on 11th June 1936 and backstamped (double ring circle) 'Paignton 11th June 1936'. Pencil annotation on reverse. Clean cover. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £20.00)

1851-52 6k on blue green imperf on-piece, FU with circled 49 cancel, good example. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £28.00)

1850-58 Numeral 18k deep orange-yellow 4 margin, fresh FU withopen mill wheel cancel, signed on the reverse by Alberto Dienna. {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £52.00)

1911-13 Leopold high values fine m.m., 20 M is u.m. but has a missing corner perf (6) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £37.60)

1914-20 Prince Ludwig 5pf & 10pf in tete-beche pairs, both MM & FU. (4 pairs) {MX} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £21.60)

1914-20 King Ludwig: 10mk green, imperf, superb used {U} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £26.40)

1919-20 surch trio imperf, the 1.25M is a corner marginal with sheet edge markings, fresh FU. (3) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £48.00)

1864-5 Perf 9s yellow used, irregular perfs at foot {U} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £67.20) (Image)

1859-71 6 vals Mint or Used mostly with faults, on either Myosotis wmk or un-wmk paper, non are expertised and assumed to be reprints or forgeries but huge c/v if genuine. (6) {MX} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £80.00)

1858-67 Mint or Used range with some typical faults and none expertised, incl 1858 crossed line vals FU, 1861-67 Arms 3pf, 4pf &6pf Unused, 1867 1k U (cts), 6k MM & 9k Used (repaired). (12) {MX} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.00)

1851-67 Used range with some typical mixed condition noted, incl 1851 Arms 3pf (thinned), King Johann vals to 5ngr (5ngr is on-piece). (11) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £64.00)

1872-1923 German Empire to between the Wars mostly Used coln on Davo illus album pages, largely complete though some typical early mixed condition and better vals unexpertised, from 1872 Eagles (15) incl small shield 2k orange-vermillion (faults) & large shield 1k M, 1874 2½g ovpt, 1875-79 Pfennige set with 2 shades of 25pf & both 50pf, 1880-87 & 1889-1900 sets with extra shades, 1900 Reichspost to 3m, 1902 & 1905-21 sets to 5m, Weimar with 1920 Official Bavaria & Wurttemberg ovpt sets, 1920-21 Bavaria ovpt set (single 2½m), 1922-23 Posthorn set, 1922 Charity set, 1922-3 Air vals to 200m, 1923 Rhine & Ruhr ovpt set, etc, useful lot. (350) {U} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £354.40)

1872-1935 Misc sets or vals on small stock cards, from 1872 Eagles, Germania, 1926-31 Air 3m Used, useful early Third Reich incl 1934 Colonisers Used, 1935 Costumes Mint. (120) {CC} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £56.00)

1874 9k surch on 9k chestnut, good Used with clear cds, hint of a thin and centred towards top, a fair example. {U} [US6] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £83.20)

1880-1990 Collections of West Berlin and Germany in a hingeless Lighthouse album and in additional volumes. Berlin in a fine Lighthouse album with 1948 overprints mint (as is), better 1953-54 with Bells and Churches f.u. Then nearly complete u.m. 1955 to 1990, a few fine used. Cat value about £2500. Second volume is a large binder with a fine used extensive collection/stock of West Germany, cat well over £1200. Also a small album of 1880 to 1945 with inflation blocks, Weimar and Reich (cat few £100's) and a binder on hagners with mainly u.m. West Germany mini sheets. Approx. 140 sheets, priced at £250 and cat. approx. £600. Total cat value £4700, much being u.m. (4 volumes) HEAVY/OVERSIZE LOT - OVERSEAS SHIPPING SURCHARGE APPLIES. {MX} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £272.80)

1899-1900 first Germania duplicated used range to 2m on Devon pages, lower vals typically around x 20-30, 1m x 9, 2m x 3, condition generally better than average and with much pmk interest. (240) {U} [US6] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £60.80)

1920-90 Collection/stock of Germany in two hagner display books. Mainly mint with some Reich including 1936 Games sheet (single), Weimar and inflations. Binder of West Germany sets and mini sheets including 1959 Beethoven sheet (2 mint , 1 used), quite extensive 1970's-1990 West sets u.m. and f.u. with definitives and some duplicated commems. Clean lot, with much u.m. HEAVY/OVERSIZE LOT - OVERSEAS SHIPPING SURCHARGE APPLIES. {MX} [US3] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £163.20)

1933 cover with 1932 Welfare surcharge set and 1928-32 Pres Ebert 8pf, Wlfare 12pf is corner marginal, c/v as Used. {C} [US5] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £10.40)

1872 Laqrge shield ¼g to 2½g used odd small faults(nibbled corner perf or small thin), a very presentable group (6) {U} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £17.60)

1872 Eagle with Small Shield ¼g violet Mint, with thin at the top & some light marks on the front, light horiz crease, still a presentable example with good area of (browned) o.g. {MH} [US7] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £11.20)

1926 Airs set to 3 Marks fine u.m. and scarce as such. SG lists these at £160 mint, but Michel 378-84 cat value is 140 Euros, with a very high premium for u.m. of 1200 Euros per set (£1000+) . {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £248.00) (Image)

1926 1926 Portraits set u.m. and scarce as such, except Michel 397 (torn). Michel cat value 1100€ for u.m. {UM} [US1] (Start Price / Minimum Bid) = £213.60)