1882 10/- greenish grey, wmk "ANCHOR", lettered 'BH', cancelled by indistinct Scottish type, heavy vertical creasing (Gi = £ 4'000). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1882: £5 orange on white paper, lettered 'BD', centrally cancelled "THREADNEEDLE ST ", scuff marks and odd short perforation, scarce stamp (Gi = £ 3'500). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1888 £1 brown lilac, wmk "ORB", lettered 'OC', cancelled by two strikes "REGISTERED GRACECHURCH ST EC 27 JY 89", light scuff marks and re-perfed top right corner with corner crease (Gi = £4'500). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1891 £1 green, wmk "CROWN", lettered 'CC', cancelled by "LONDON CHIEF OFFICE", and a faint further mark,well centred copy and 1902 £ 1 green, KEVII, cancelled "GUERNSEY", very fresh copy (Gi = £ 1'625). (Image 1) (Image)

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Lot No:229
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Great War 1914/18: Collection with range of covers/cards (51 used + further cards) including early usages from the B.E.F. in September 1914, 1914 defence of Antwerp card mailed at Brugge and another (Oct 15, 1914) from Zonnebeke, Camp Postmarks with 1917 'Curragh Camp' card, 1916 'Bovingon Camp' cover, 'Morn Hill Camp / Winchester' cover, 1917 card from 'Sand Hill Camp /& Wilts.', 1916 illustrated Christmas card from POW held in "Ruhleben bei Spandau", 1917 Field Service card with "FIELD POST OFFICE / T.W.3" cds used by the Australian Division Train, 1915 card from German POW to another German POW on HMT Manitoba (off Ryde) with oval "Alien's Detention Camp / Douglas I.O.M." cachet and arrival of "HMT Lake Manitoba" in red; cards with cachets "Britsh Red Cross & Order of St. John" (three different), Propaganda leaflets dropped over German lines by Balloon (2) etc. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image)

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Lot No:230
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Gallipoli Campaign / Royal Navy 1915/16: The two volume collection with covers/cards sent stampless or with GB adhesives from ships serving in the Dardanelles, many of which were damaged or sunk, with Censored covers from the following ships: HMS Albion (2), Amethyst (3), Bacchante (3), Ben-My-Chree, Beryl, Blenheim, Dartmouth (2), Earl of Peterborough, Edgar, Europa (2), Exmouth, Gloucester, Gloucester Castle, Hannibal, Hector, Hibernia, Indomitable, Inflexible (2), London, Lord Nelson (2), Majestic (4, one is registered), Manica, Minotaur, Oruba, Pincher (2), Prince of Wales (2), Queen, Queen Elizabeth (5), Raglan, Swiftsure, Sydney, Triumph and New Zealand ship HMNS Philomel, the whole with postcards of the ships concerned, relevant press cuttings and items yet to be researched. An outstanding and fascinating lot. Ex collection Keith Tranmer. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image)

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Lot No:232
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Royal Navy in the Great War 1914/18: The collection of Royal Navy covers primarily bearing British adhesives (but even a Zanzibar usage) with covers linked to postcards of the ship concerned, with variety of handstamps and Censor cachets including the following ships: HMS (or HMHS) Agadir, Agincourt, Amazon, Assistance, Attentive, Barham, Benbow, Birkenhead, Blonde, Broke, Calliope, Campania, Canada, Chester, Collosus, Commonwealth, Conqueror, Crescent, Cumberland, Curacoa, Cyclops, Daffodil, Donegal, Edinburgh Castle, Emperor of India, Empress, Forth, Hecla, Hercules, Hindustan, Illustrious, Imperieuse (2), Inconstant, Iron Duke, Ivernia, King Edward VII, King George V, Laconia, Lion (4), Liverpool, Lucia, Lurcher, Malaya, Manners, Menelaus, Natal, Neptune, Nomad, Nottingham, Oak, Powerful, Princes Royal, Queen Mary, Repulse, Royal Oak (2), St. Vincent (3), Satellite, Superb, Takada, Thames, Tempest, Thunderer, Tiger (2), Valiant (2), Vanguard, Vindex, Vulcan (an Express cover), Warspite, Yarmouth, Zetland, Hospital Ship HMHS Gascon with oval violet cachet, Shore Depot at Crystal Palace cover, Recruiting Offices in Leicester and Newcastle covers, cover from Plymouth Naval Hospital, 1915 cover with 1 d. red from Ryde with "PRISONERS OF WAR / H.M.T. LAKE MANITOBA" cachet. The whole with myriad photographs and cards, relevant press cuttings, an excellent lot. Ex collection Keith Tranmer. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image 18) (Image 19) (Image 20) (Image 21) (Image 22) (Image 23) (Image 24) (Image 25) (Image 26) (Image 27) (Image 28) (Image 29) (Image 30) (Image 31) (Image 32) (Image 33) (Image 34) (Image 35) (Image 36) (Image 37) (Image 38) (Image 39) (Image 40) (Image)

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Lot No:234
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British Military Mission to Siberia 1920: Printed POW / Red Cross concessionary card used from Vladivostock to Vienna from POW in West Barracks, British Military Mission, cancelled by bold strike of rare "FIELD POST OFFICE / 201" in black (March 1), the latest recorded date of use (see E.B. Proud 'History of the British Army Postal Service, Vol. II, page 108). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

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Lot No:236
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1916/34: Collection with original photographs taken by S.G. Hudson, a mechanic with the Royal Flying Corps (together with his two Medals and RFC badge) in the Great War and later for Instone Airlines and Imperial Airways, with 1922 opening Flight photo for the initial London-Brussels-Cöln flight, photograph of interior of the R34 Airship (1919) and further rare Instone photographs (7), 1926 photographs with Handle-Page (5) and 1927 'City of Birmingham' Argosy at Croydon, 1934 England - Australia Air Race cover with 1 d. red tied by "Mildenhall A'dme / Bury St. E." mailed on day the race started (Oct 20), photo of winners signed by C.W.A. Scott and T. Campbell Black; 1934 cover signed by Col. Roscoe Turner (who came third in the race), covers from 1929 to 1934 with Australian frankings (8) etc. An historical lot with relevant press-cuttings throughout. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13) (Image 14) (Image 15) (Image 16) (Image 17) (Image)