PHILATELIC HISTORY continued... PHILATELIC HISTORY continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 776 1898-1940 Poster stamps from various philatelic exhibitions and events, mainly U.S.A but including France, Germany, Italy 1898 label on cover, etc., also some stamp dealers labels with "The Postage Stamp in War by F.J Melville" (10), etc. (c.300). Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. POSTER STAMPS POSTER STAMPS Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 777 c.1880-1970 Poster stamps, the extensive worldwide collection in three large Scott albums including advertising, exhibitions and events, patriotic, fund raising, philatelic exhibitions and congresses, etc., mainly from U.S.A and Europe, many other countries also noted, a good lot. (1000s). Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 778 c.1880-1980 Poster stamps from Belgium, Netherlands, Italy or Austria, mainly sorted into packets by country and year, many from the 1913 Ghent exhibition, etc. (Many 100s). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 779 c.1880-1960 Poster stamps including 1912-15 mainly German stamps in an album, also France, South America, Scandinavia, etc., with advertising, exhibitions, WW1 anti-German propaganda, etc., a good lot. (100s). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 780 1889-1968 Poster stamps for exhibitions and events, most on pages, from U.S.A, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, etc., nearly all pre-1940, a good lot. (Many 100s). Est. £800-1,000 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 781 1900-25 Covers and cards bearing poster stamps, mainly from France including "poste-timbres" showing advertising around the postage stamps (4, for champagne, anti-alcohol or "God Protect France"), aviation meetings (6), exhibitions and festivals. (20). Est. £200-240 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 782 Germany. 1887-1930 Poster stamps for various exhibitions and events, sorted by year into plastic folders, the 1913-30 stamps very extensive, a good lot. (1000s). Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 783 Germany. 1895-1912 Exhibitions and events, poster stamps on Hagner pages in two albums, the extensive lot sorted into date order, much duplication but with hundreds of differing stamps, a good lot. (1000s). Est. £800-1,000 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 784 Germany. c.1896-1950 Poster stamps in a large Scott album and loose, advertising, exhibitions and events, Berlin Local Post, etc., a good lot. (Many 100s). Est. £500-600 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 785 G.B. c.1870-1919 Covers and cards bearing poster stamps including c.1870 cover to the Society of Diplomed Foreign Tutors with stamp of the "Society for Promoting Knowledge in Foreign Languages", 1898 covers with "Norwich Union Fire Office Centenary" or "India Docks London" labels, and WW1 propaganda labels with Red Cross, "Don t Forget the Safe Arrival of this letter is due to the British Navy", etc. (10). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 786 G.B. c.1870-1950 Poster stamps including "Georgina Weldon Lunacy Laws & Musical Reform" (2), "The Regiment" proof in green on card, "The Tomahawk Price Twopence", "George Le Selleur of Jersey Guarantee Stamp" (2), "Dunlop Tyres" (2), "Charles Lyons London Tailor", "Ewarts Lightning Geyser", etc., also later advertising stamps, 1895 letter from N. Lloyd & Co printers illustrated with examples of labels and poster stamps (including Sunlight Soap in 1d lilac design), and booklet from The British Poster Stamp Association. (c.150). Photo on Pages 16 & 18. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (All Images) Est. £200-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 787 G.B. c.1875-90 Advertising labels with designs imitating postage stamps including "The Balloon, The New Farcical Comedy" (block of four), "Delia, Horace Guy s Opera company", "S.F Goss Limited Guarantee label" (2) and "John Gosnell & Co 1d paid for the return of empty receptacles to their London Works" (2) all in designs similar to the 1d lilac, others similar to 1d red or 1½d rose-red stamps, also a larger label for "The Garland, Every Wednesday" and an advert for Sunlight Soap both based on the 1d lilac stamp. A rare group. (17). Photo on Pages 24 & 32. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 788 G.B. 1893 "The Jacobite, 1/6 per annum" stamps issued by The Jacobite Society to advertise their journal, mint block of fifteen and singles (4), and 1893 cover from London to Bedford with 1d lilac (upside down) and Jacobite label both cancelled by London N.W squared circles, the enclosed letter including "I see you only turned one of the stamps on your letter upside down; you should have turned both". The cover with opening tears and upper corner of the Jacobite label torn away but very scarce. (19 + cover). Photo on Page 102. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 789 G.B - Scotland. c.1880-1957 Poster stamps, nearly all pre 1914 including "Dundee Lock Out 1897", "Mid Lanark Election Fund 1894 One Penny" (2), "Hannan Watson & Co of Glasgow", "C.W Wilson & Co of Aberdeen", "Treron et Cie, Sauchihall St Glasgow", exhibitions including Glasgow 1901 (14, with Exhibitor label on cover) and 1911 (13), Electrical Exhibition Glasgow 1913, Edinburgh 1908, etc. (58). Photo on Page 16. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images) Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 790 G.B - Ireland. 1869 (June 14) Cover with embossed Dunville & Co flap, posted from Belfast to Shrewsbury franked 1d tied by Belfast duplex, an advertising stamp for "Dunville s Old Irish Whisky, Belfast, Equal to Brandy" in violet in the upper left corner, also similar unused labels in green and blue, the cover with some staining but very scarce. (3). Photo on Page 16. (Image1) (Image2) (All Images) Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 791 G.B - Ireland. 1907 International Exhibition Dublin, die proof of the type I stamp in black die sunk on laid paper, 59x93mm; also unused type I stamps (3, one overprinted for White Steam Packet Co. Cork) and type II stamps (4, re-engraved with "1907" in fancy script). A rare proof. (8). Photo on Page 30. (Image1) Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 792 U.S.A. 1864 Lincoln Subscription stamps for 2, 3, 4, 10 or 12 cents on differing coloured papers, 3c with some surface loss, a couple of others with minor faults, very scarce. (5). Photo on Page 108. (Image1) Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 793 U.S.A. c.1900-60 Poster stamps in a Scott album and on pages with additional stamps loose, mainly advertising products, some for exhibitions and events, also six Stampkraft story books, many fine and attractive poster stamps. (Many 100s). Photo on Page 108. (Image1) Est. £600-800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. WAFER SEALS WAFER SEALS Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 794 c.1800 Plaster cameos of classical figures and scenes, mounted in two wooden frames, all identified in the main catalogue of James Tassie of Glasgow, one of the principal manufacturers of such cameos, popular collecting items during the period of the "Grand Tour". Very fine. (46). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 795 1837-50 Entire letters or covers bearing wafer seals, posted in G.B (11), Germany or Italy, or on hand delivered U.S.A covers (2), including 1848 "The reason why beans and peas produce flatulence is, not so much in their nature as in the heat, butter, meat, peppers, vinegar, and mashing, and softening, which are added. Dr. Alcott", Cheltenham College, British Geological Association, etc., also five later covers with similar paper seals. (20). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 796 c.1840 Card box (233x100x10mm) with two coloured prints of huntsmen on the lid, the interior divided into sections containing dozens of wafer seals, including mottos, days of the week, etc. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 797 c.1840 Card Wafer Seal boxes (23, two broken), seven boxes apparently with complete or virtually complete contents, the seals with heart or club playing card symbols, mottos, famous buildings or Prince of Wales feathers and motto, nine other boxes with some seals remaining, seven boxes empty. (23 boxes, 100s of seals). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. LOCAL POSTS LOCAL POSTS Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 798 Local stamps including Wenden (10), Great Barrier Island (4), Central American Steamship Co (4), New Hebrides (6), Land Tirol (11), bogus Sedang issues (7), D.&B.S.L.S, various Germany, etc., some forgeries and faults. (c.170). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 799 China. c.1890 Mint and used postal stationery from Chefoo (3), Chinkiang, Shanghai (10); also covers bearing stamps of Chinkiang, Shanghai (2) or Wuhu C.T.O or to Baron de Gunzburg, all fine. (18). Est. £70-80 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 800 China - Wei Hai Wei Courier Post. 1898 2c Black on scarlet used with manuscript cross cancel, and 5c black on scarlet unused, the 2c with a couple of tiny thins, the 5c fine and scarce with just 329 stamps printed. S.G. 1/2, £5,400. (2). Photo on Page 16. (Image1) (Image2) (All Images) Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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