GREAT BRITAIN COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY continued... Air Mails continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 326 1931-52 Air Mail covers (35) from G.B showing various types of Air Mail label including unusual tiny blue label on 1932 cover to Uganda, 1934 7½d rate to Persia, Glasgow Air Mail machine marks, 1934 first day use of wings label on cover to Orkney, 1938 cover to New Zealand with the stamps washed off and Calpurnia crash cachet, 1938 first 1½d "all-up" flight cover to Nauru, 1941 5/- rate to India (2), 1943 2/6 to New Zealand, P.O.W 2½d lettersheets with undelivered cachets (2), etc., also some unused labels and Post Office leaflets. (41+). Est. £200-240 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 327 1939-44 Internal wartime flights with 1939 Glasgow to Campbeltown first flight pilot signed, 1941 R.A.S Belfast to Liverpool first flight, 1943-44 R.A.F flights to or from the Western Isles (2), 1939-43 leaflets dropped by the R.A.F (4, 1939 Waste Paper, 1942 Bournemouth War Weapons Week, 1942 Rhyl U.D.C Salvage Dept for waste paper, 1943 Wings for Victory Week), 1940 Pigeongram form from the Wartime Utility Exhibition at London Zoo, 1943 Pigeon Message and typed note flown for Evesham Wings For Victory Week, 1940 Lundy cover with Air Service Suspended cachet, original 1940 R.A.F combat report, etc., also 1946 Ireland cover to Scilly Isles flown from Penzance with G.W.&S. Air Lines cachet. (16). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 328 1936-39 Internal first flight covers comprising 1936 Castletown, Isle of Man to Liverpool (also Ramsey to Liverpool last flight) both pilot signed; 1937 Kirkwall to Lerwick, Kirkwall to Fair Isle, Bowmore to Campbeltown, Aberdeen to Lerwick all pilot signed, Jersey to Southampton, Lerwick to Aberdeen registered cover to Bermuda; 1938 Perth to Leeds pilot signed; 1939 Jersey to Guernsey. (10). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Cancellations Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 329 1856 (May 20) Cover to Tadcaster franked 1d, posted at York railway station with oval framed "R.W" inspectors mark applied in both the upper left corner and cancelling the stamp in the upper right corner, the stamp then just tied by York 930 sideways duplex at the head office. Probably a unique use of the "R.W" handstamp as a cancellation. Photo on Page 46. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 330 1857 (Sep 12) Cover posted within Alford, near Aberdeen, franked Large Crown perf 14 1d red cancelled by "ALFORD" double arc datestamp in green, a further strike on reverse. An unusual cancel, intended for use as a backstamp only but occasionally used as a cancellation on local mail, very scarce in green. S.G. £3,500. Photo on Page 46. (Image1) Est. £700-800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 331 1866 (July 6) Cover posted within Sedbergh franked 1d red cancelled by superb "SEDBERGH / (crown)" intaglio mailbag seal handstamp, a Sedbergh c.d.s on reverse. Intended for impressing into wax seals, these mailbag handstamps were rarely used as cancels or handstamps and when they do occur they are often unreadable. An exceptional cover, almost certainly unique. Photo on Page 46. (Image1) Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 332 Royal Mail - Osborne/Portsmouth Sorting Carriage. 1869 Mourning envelope sent from Osborne with 1d red vertical pair cancelled and tied by four strikes of "POR / S.C" within a star, "PORTSMOUTH / SORTING CARRE" c.d.s on reverse, a scarce cancel, especially on a double rate cover, very fine. Photo on Page 46. (Image1) Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Exhibitions & Special Events Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 333 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee. Sheet of paper with royal arms embossed at top bearing twelve proof impressions of the Guildhall star cancel dated 16 MY 90 with code "12", all in black, fine and unusual. Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 334 1890-1969 Covers and cards, also a few pieces, with Wimbledon (6, 1952-61, most registered), 1948 Olympics Organising Committee envelope, etc., also a few earlier pieces. (115+). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 335 1924 British Empire Exhibition. Souvenir Telegram forms for use at the Post Office Telegraph Exhibit, differing forms printed in red and black, superb unused. A scarce pair, the black form only recorded unused. (2). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 336 1929 London Postal Union Congress registration labels, a complete mint pane of fifty labels numbered 651-700, control "A" in upper margin, minor gum loss to upper two rows and small piece of lower margin missing, otherwise superb unmounted, rare and very unusual. Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Philatelic Congress of Great Britain Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 337 1909-11 Congresses including 1909 cancels on cover, postcard or congress cards (2) and the congress card posted at the 1908 Dutch Congress; 1910 congress labels with sheets of twelve in red and green, imperf label in blue; 1911 labels with die proof in green, blocks of six in four colours, labels with double or inverted vignette; also a die proof of the 1914 label in brown. (66). Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 338 1912 Fourth Congress at Margate, congress postcard and a cover both with congress labels tied by the special datestamp, and a ½d card with two congress labels cancelled to order by the scarce "ROYAL HORTICULTURAL EX / SW" skeleton c.d.s; triangular congress labels imperf or rouletted including imperf sheet of eighteen in green; Queens Highcliffe Hotel labels with perforated sheets of 25 in blue or red (signed in margin), partly perforated sheets in mauve (three labels removed) or blue, imperf singles in six colours, etc. (168). Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 339 1920-40 Congresses, the collection in an album including 1920 and 1924 labels in sheets of twelve (four of each), 1932 sheets of twelve perforated (3, one signed by the printer and designer) or imperforate (2), 1933 imperf set of seven and perforated sheets of twelve (7), similar label sheets from 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939 (four of each), 1940 1d black die proof without inscription, etc. (516). Est. £240-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Express Mail Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 340 1895-1912 Covers comprising a 1d lettercard sent within Exeter with boxed Parcel Post handstamp and oval "POST OFFICE / EXPRESS / PAID"; a cover sent within Bristol with 1d lilac cancelled by oval "POST OFFICE / EXPRESS / PAID" handstamp; 1904-11 internal express covers with KEVII stamps paying the 4d rate (15) or registered 6d rate with oval Express handstamps (5) or red labels (11); and two 1910-12 covers franked 5½d to Germany with red Express labels; also a Parcel Post label franked 3d. (21). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 341 1927-1984 Covers with internal express (89), G.B to abroad (10) or from Europe to G.B (8), various rates, cachets and labels, including stampless covers, Official mail, 1940 censored cover to an Alien Internee at Huyton, 1928 telegram envelope franked 11½d to Austria, 1931-36 air mail covers to Germany (2), etc. Also Express label sheet of forty and blocks, leaflets, Parcel Bills with tiny "EX" labels (2), 1975 Brighton Speedpost F.D.C, etc., (111+) Est. £300-350 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Maritime Mail Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 342 1786-1838 Entire letters and entires from U.S.A to G.B with Ship Letter handstamps, comprising Pool (S1), Portsmouth (S8), Liverpool types S5 and S8 unusually used together on the same letter, and Bristol used on 1838 Freight Money Letter from Baltimore "per Great Western" with "Ship 50" and "37½" rates. (4). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 343 1809-14 Entire letters from G.B to Portugal, Madeira or Spain, also 1810 letter from Cadiz to Samuel Holten (signatory to the U.S Articles of Confederation) in U.S.A forwarded by the U.S Consul in Cadiz, one 1811 (Feb. 12) letter to Madeira sent on the "Swallow" Packet departing from Plymouth due to the mutiny at Falmouth. (44). Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 344 1820-38 Entire letters from Cape Town (2) or Stellenbosch to Scotland, one with Cape Town c.d.s and red boxed India Letter Portsmouth (In3) to Wilson & Co in Bannockburn ordering tartan for the 72nd Regt., others with red boxed India Letter Weymouth (In1) or Ship Letter Cowes (S3). (3). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 345 Domestic Packets. 1807-60 Entire letters illustrating rates and routes to the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Shetland Islands, Wales to Ireland via Milford to Waterford, Holyhead (or Liverpool) to Kingstown, Scotland to Ireland via Port Patrick to Donaghadee, Clyde routes, also act granting postage rates on letters conveyed from Liverpool to the Isle of Man, all well written up on pages. (20). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 346 1847-1980 Covers and cards (c.200), various Paquebot and sea post cancels, the majority with G.B stamps, also 1847 entire from Le Havre with blue boxed "MB" Mobile Box handstamp of Southampton, octagonal "ANGL. B.M / GRANVILLE" (2), Carteret Paquebot, pieces and stamps with mailboat cancels "A91" on a 1d red and "A94" on a 6d pair, etc. (200+). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 347 1864-1969 Covers and cards, various domestic steamer cancels and cachets including Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet first type c.d.s (Columba, code B), second and third type c.d.s (both Iona, code B), cachets for La Marguerite (2, two line and circular types) and Lord of the Isles, also H. & K. Packet, picture postcards, etc. (17). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 348 1902-24 Picture postcards (21) and a cover, all but one with KEVII stamps, including a postcard from Vila, New Hebrides, sent in naval bag and cancelled upon arrival in London, violet circular "POSTED ON / LA MARGUERITE", "SHIP LETTER / NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE", Transatlantic Post Office (2), card with ½d pair cancelled at Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, etc. (22). Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 349 Paquebots. 1898-1990 Covers, cards and a front with Paquebot cancels or handstamps from British or Irish ports, including 1898 front headed from "H.M.S Blonde, W.C of Africa" sent at the 1d sailors rate cancelled by Paid Liverpool Br. Packet c.d.s, 1909 "SWANSEA / SHIP LETTER" c.d.s, also Cardiff, Bristol, Carteret, etc., all with G.B stamps. (179). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 350 Paquebots. 1895-1990 Covers and cards with G.B stamps, various Paquebot cancels or datestamps from overseas ports, many modern philatelic covers, prewar commercial covers including scarcer handstamps from Antwerp, Boston, Fremantle, Halifax, Hamburg, Hammerfest, Kavalla, Kuching, Montreal, Monte Carlo, Nice, Palermo, Point, Quebec, Tallinn, Tanga, Yokahama, etc, in six albums. (604). Also world stamps and pieces with Paquebot cancels in a stockbook. (600+). Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 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