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Gavin Fryer Collections - Oct. 2024 continued...

THEMATICS continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1581   imageCOLLECTING HOLES (2): 1877-2006 unusual but interesting collection of perforation related items inc. 4 Jan 1877 Western Australia piece bearing 2d with punched hole; 17 Dec. 1959 env. used in Trinidad with 2c with punched hole; 1951-52 Bermuda 12/6d mint with "scratch in King's head" variety and punched hole; another example without flaw used on 1952 airline ticket; 18 Sept. 1905 parcel tag sent to police in Natal bearing 3x 1d with ms "Offensive Communications"; 1938-51 Antigua 2/6d and British Solomon Islands 5/- both with diagonal "SPECIMEN" perforations; 1876 Japan 1s mint with blind perfs. at right. Well worth viewing. (48 items) (Image)

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Starting at £ 95

Currently...£95.00
Currently...USD 121.60
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1582   imageCOLLECTING HOLES (3): 1881-2016 interesting GB display on twenty six written up pages with some unusual items related to perforations etc. inc. 1881 1d lilac (16 dots) corner example showing the use of the Thomas Peacock perforating machine. 11 June 1947 Peace 2½d cylinder block of ten with "extra porthole" variety (SG Spec. Qcom8a £95); 2008 46p pane of twenty with save our souls morse code horizontal perforations; 2006 Animal Tales mint sheet of thirty with punched holes as issued; 12½p green Machin imperf. mint pair; 1965 UNO 1/6d lower three rows of the sheet with "wild" perforations in margin. (Qty) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1583   imageCOLLECTING HOLES (4): A remarkable well written up collection indicating a wide range of usages of perforations inc. 1921-24 Hungary "harvesters" 50k with punched hole used on illustrated view card from Budapest to Osaka; 1910 env. from Switzerland to Berlin with 5c interpanneau pair with a large hole in the margin to prevent misuse of paper; 1939-45 envs. (6) with special WWII 48 & 60 zeros cancellations; 24 Feb 1926 card cancelled with the "POKO" machine cancellation; 24 April parcel card from Germany to Switzerland with "FH" perfins; 1941 Iraq 3f block of four with a large hole removing clouds in sky error. A most interesting display. (83 items) (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 260

Currently...£260.00
Currently...USD 332.80
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1584   image1937 KGVI CORONATION DISPLAY: A box file containing an attractive display collection mainly of the 1937 GB stamp issue on cover inc. mail posted at the Paddington 'Coronation Camp Post Office'; 'Posted on the High Seas'; Registered & Express mail; ex Lundy Island; airmail to USA, Kenya, India, or Northern Rhodesia; printed paper mail; 1939 (Oct.) censored env. to Norway with label over address "RETURNED TO SENDER/BY THE CENSOR/FOR REASON EXPLAINED IN/MEMORANDUM ENCLOSED/IN THIS COVER" & pink P.C. 80 memo slip attached "The transmission of these [ms Stamps] articles by post to certain destinations is prohibited under Statutory Rules and Orders No. 1084 of 1939"; lower right complete pane of 30 mint stamps; St Helena "Public Notice." along with 6 pages of letters from the Governor or Government Secretary of the Island regarding the issue of Coronation stamps; a complete cigarette card album; 3 press photographs & 6 unused PPCs of the Coronation. A very comprehensive collection. (15 covers & used PPCs + ephemera) Cross Reference: KGVI ISSUES (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1585   imageCOLLECTING FRUIT: A small box containing a 92 page display of 1969-2002 mainly covers (some pages of stamps) franked with stamps depicting fruit. All are commercially used and mainly ex Tonga but also inc. covers from Brazil, Kenya, Poland, Sierra Leone, etc. All fine with mainly fine cancels. (128 mounted covers, 24 loose) Cross Reference: TONGA, BRAZIL, FRUITS & VEGETABLES, KENYA (Image)

Starting at £ 80

Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 102.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1586   imageMUSIC & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: A box file containing a 68 page display of 1990s-early 2000s covers franked with stamps depicting musical instruments. Mainly commercially used (a few FDCs) and mainly ex Brazil but also inc. covers from China, France, Libya, Moldova, Myanmar, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, etc. All fine with mainly fine cancels. (118 covers/PCs) (Image)

Starting at £ 80

Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 102.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1587   imageSTAMP COLLECTING: Two large boxes containing a few hundred beautifully presented display pages (in plastic protectors) on the subject of stamp collecting with sections inc. what stamps to collect (inc. examples of subjects e.g. animals, birds, furniture, cricket, maps, coat of arms, castles, etc.); stamp dealers' terminology; how to handle stamps; how to display stamps; arranging a write-up; research; exhibiting; a section on stamp design; and several society display evening pages. A vast quantity illustrated with worldwide stamps & postal history. An incredible opportunity with a wide range of interesting topics. (1000s) (Image)

Starting at £ 200

Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1588   imageSIGNS OF THE ZODIAC: A box file containing a 77 page display of stamps depicting signs of the Zodiac, mainly on commercial covers from Poland, Romania or the Czech Republic, from 1996-2006, inc. registered envs. Also inc. illustrated with stamps, mini sheets, and FDCs, plus a section on the Chinese Zodiac. (86 covers + stamps, etc.) Cross Reference: POLAND, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, ROMANIA (Image)

Starting at £ 80

Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 102.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1589   imageRARE BURNT POSTMARK, BALLOON MAIL EATEN BY MICE, COMIC PPCs, LLOYD'S OF LONDON WRAPPERS, ETC.: An eclectic mix of cards & covers inc. a rare 1901 2½c Dutch p.stat. PC cancelled by the "Vulcanus" cancelling machine which burned a postmark - only lasted for 45 days!; v. rare 1910 part 5pf p.stat. env. carried by balloon over the town of Springe in Brunswick (only 11 items recorded) subsequently eaten by mice when the mail was dropped into a barley field and lost for 2 months!; 1924 cloth postal tag addressed to London with Registration etiquette for "Stockholm-Postcongressen/Congres Postal Universal" attached to a corresponding postal label joined together with corresponding lead seal; 1894 env. posted in Tunis franked 10c + strip of 5 x 1c perfin "T" with v. large holes for use as p.dues; also 4 Herst's moving comic PPCs, 4 wrappers sent to Lloyd's of London ex Austria (1, 1897) & Japan (3, 1895-1905), and an 11 page display on mounting stamps demonstrating different methods. A wide & varied lot. (14 cards/covers/wrappers + qty stamps) (Image)

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Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1590   imageANTI-TERRORIST MEASURES TO PROTECT RECIPIENTS OF MAIL: A box containing a 1977-2000s display on 102 pages outlining the history of various measures to check the mail during security scares mainly for the 2001 Anthrax scare, but also inc. the 1985 Stock Exchange bombing and other examples of security measures elsewhere (inc. embassies). Inc. a wide variety of hs's (all v. fine); 9 Fruit & Veg. FDC envs., with corresponding stamps, entitled "DR. HANS BLIX PROPAGANDA ENVELOPE" nos. 1-8 (2 x no. 1, though different) depicting caricature 'scenes' relating to the Anthrax Scare; and many press cuttings, etc. Seldom seen material, particularly in quantity! (121 covers/PCs) (Image)

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Starting at £ 200

Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1591   image1900 BOER WAR - CURRENCY CARDS: 6d and scarce 2/6d currency cards signed by H Marshall Hole and with oval "ADMINISTRATORS OFFICE" hs. Faults but scarce. (2 cards) Cross Reference: TRANSVAAL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 50

Currently...£50.00
Currently...USD 64.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
AIRMAILS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1592   imageARMY PIGEON SERVICE MESSAGE FORMS: Two unused forms ex "Army Book 418.". In pristine condition. (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1593   imageMISCELLANY INC. EXPRESS NEWSPAPER EDITOR MAIL: 1925-1938 group of covers letter cards, maps, etc. Inc. 15 May 1925 red express env. produced for Newspaper Editors printed with "CORRESPONDENCE. IMPORTANT./SPECIAL NIGHT BOX", sent from South Africa to GB during Prince Edward's Royal Tour of South Africa, franked 6d pair + 2d pair cancelled by poor "SOUTH AFRICA/ROYAL TOUR" oval ds's, with orange "BY AIR MAIL/PER LUGPOS" label and purple "B. A. AIR MAIL/[date]/S. A. LUGPOS" cds on front; 31 Dec. 1936 Regd env. from Capetown to London sent on a trial flight aboard 'Castor' franked 5d (2d+2d+1d) meter mark, with purple "R Capetown/KAAPSTAD/No. 7491" hs; Great Western Air Services company label proof depicting the company logo, along with Railway Air Services composite map showing a variety of routes; plus other similar items inc. GPO Notices, Air Mail Rate leaflets, etc. (24 items) Cross Reference: AIRMAILS, ROYALTY, EXPRESS MAIL, MAPS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1594   imageSEAHORSE 2s-6d SINGLE-FRANKING ON EXPRESS RAILWAY AIR SERVICES COVER; Attractive 30 Nov. 1934 env. to Wick with KGV Seahorse 2s-6d tied by "WILTON ROAD HUDSONS PLACE/S.W.1" cds and the boxed "RAS/3D PA[ID]" hs, having the Highland Airways 1st Flight label on reverse signed by the Pilot; carried on the first RAS flight from Croydon to Glasgow and then sent on the 1st Inverness to Wick flight. Rare thus; one of only 4 such covers flown. [A similar cover sold in our 24/1/2004 sale 650 lot 1196 for £850 + B.P.] Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL, AIRMAILS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1595   imageKGV FRANKED AIRMAILS TO SOUTH AMERICA: 1936-39 group of covers on written-up display pages inc. 1939 env. (some foxing) to Brazil franked 2/6d Seahorse + 1/- tied by Southampton machine cancel with fine red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/[airplane]/EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA" hs; 1939 printed env. to Chile franked 2/6d Seahorse + 3 x 1/- perfins with faint Deutsche Luftpost hs; plus other high frankings using KGV stamps to Brazil, Argentina, or Bolivia. (8 covers) (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1596   imagePRE- AND POST-WWII GB KGVI AIRMAILS: 1937-52 group containing PC rates, British Islands flights, etc. inc. Dec. 1950 Christmas 'Drop Mail' env. (one of four examples) flown from Kinross to the weather ship 'Weather Explorer' 200 miles south of Iceland, signed by pilot WCom Holgate DFC with purple oval Kinross ds, "1950 XMAS/DROP MAIL/28 DEC 1950" hs & v. fine blue oval "OCEAN WEATHER SERVICE/WEATHER EXPLORER" cachet initialled by Capt. Wilkinson (master of the ship); 2 July 1945 env. sent via British Airmail service from Stornoway to Glasgow (a one-way service) with onward transmission to Waterloo Station with "SCOTTISH AIRWAYS/LIMITED/AIR/LETTER/SERVICE" cachets (2 - one cancelling stamp & another at bottom left); 1 Feb. 1947 commercial env. sent via British European Airways from Stornoway to Glasgow for onward transmission to London, with "SCOTTISH AIRWAYS/LIMITED/AIR/LETTER/SERVICE" cachets (2) overstamped with ""BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS" cachets; and other similar examples. Also inc. 1937 leaflets advertising the locations of 'Blue Boxes' for posting Air Mail; plus 4 booklets detailing the rates for Air Mail from Oct. 1937-Oct. 1938. (24 covers, 6 leaflets + 4 booklets) Cross Reference: AIRMAILS (Image)

Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1597   imageKGVI AIR CRASH MAIL: Scarce 1938-53 group of covers inc. 7 Feb. 1938 env. to Tunisia ex GB franked ½d + two other missing adhesives, with "ACCIDENT D'AVION/Correspondances recueilliesealler/NE PAS TAXER" hs at bottom. This cover was carried on Loire et Olivier F-ANPB 'Ville de Bone' piloted by P Burello - the plane took off in thick fog and was blown off course by strong wind, crashing into a breakwater and catching fire, killing 8 people; 10 Aug. 1939 env. to Switzerland ex GB franked 1d + 1½d, recovered from the wreck of the Imperial Airways 'Super Electra' and forwarded in Ambulance cover from Bern to Lucerne on 15 Aug. with red "Angebrannie Postsendung/Flugzeugunfall" cachet applied; plus other similar examples in Flying Boat crash, etc. (6 covers)Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1598   imageEMPIRE AIRS - TEST & TRIAL FLIGHTS, P.O. LEAFLETS, ETC.: 1937 group of covers & leaflets inc. 5 Jan. printed env. to Australia ex GB between offices of "W.J. Bush & Co. Ltd", franked 2/6d for the 1/3d per oz rate (1/-+1/-+6d) each perfinned by "WJB" initials, with Air Mail label affixed, sent prior to the 'Stage 3' project from London-Paris then by rail to Marseille where 'Castor' (on its return from Alexandria) picked up this mail to be flown by Imperial Airways to Australia; 2 Feb. Air Mail env. to GB ex Egypt franked 28ml (9ml+8ml+7ml+4ml) cancelled by Cairo cds's (3), carried aboard experimental flight on C-Class flying boat 'Castor' on the first 'all the way by air' service between Southampton-Alexandria, with typed ms "By Imperial Airways/First All-air service/from Egypt to England" in blue & red; plus other similar examples inc. carried aboard 'Cassiopea', 'Cygnus', 'Courtier' & 'Coriolanus'; and PO leaflets explaining the introduction of the air mail routes. [Many items ex Mike Shand, purchased in our Dec. 2013 auction] (8 covers, + 6 leaflets) Cross Reference: AIRMAILS, PERFINS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1599   imageEMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 1 TO SOUTH AFRICA: 1937-9 group of covers inc. 26 June 1937 env. to Sudan ex Liverpool franked 1½d, with ms "First flight/of unsurcharged/airmail service" at top left and "June 26 1937/GT BRITAIN TO AFRICA/First unsurcharged airmail" at centre, with purple slogan pmk for Imperial Airways advising all post for east & south Africa now go by air along with map of Africa; 14 June 1937 env. to Sudan ex Wolverhampton franked 3d (1½d+1½d), arriving in Sudan 18-19 June, before the scheme began; and 9 Aug. 1937 env. to Greece ex Christchurch franked 2½d with ms "By first flight/ordinary rate/London - athens" at top left; plus other similar examples inc. P.Due & registered mail, mail send during WWII, and mail carried aboard 'Clio', 'Centurion' and 'Calpurnia'. Also inc. Postal notices/leaflets (2) detailing rates for postage to countries in Africa, plus a P.O. 'Daily List' detailing the change to Air Mail service from surface mail. (36 covers + 3 notices) Cross Reference: SUDAN, AIRMAILS, MILITARY - WWII, P.O. NOTICES (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1600   imageEMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 2 TO MIDDLE-EAST & AFRICA: 1937-8 group of covers & cards inc. 20 Feb. 1938 1½d P.Stat. env. to Bahrain ex Newport, an Intermediate stop on the First Flight from London to Bahrain, bearing slogan pmk publicising the 1½d per ½oz rate on reverse; 1 Mar. 1938 env. to Sutton Coldfield ex Alexandria flown on the first 'All-Up' flight on stage 2 - with very short notice of the flight very few letters were carried (rare thus); plus other similar examples inc. mail carried aboard survey flight 'Clio' and transferred to 'Calypso', June 1938 Government White Paper discussing the extension of the Scheme, and leaflet advertising the extension of the Scheme. (14 covers/cards + 2 leaflets) Cross Reference: BAHRAIN, AIRMAILS, P.O. NOTICES, EGYPT (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM

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