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 AFRICA - TANGANYIKA - INCOMING MAIL: 1931-2 group of covers inc. four (out of six) 9 Dec. 1931 envs. (three with Croydon Aerodrome
cds's) flown on an experimental Christmas Imperial Airways flight ex GB to Moshi or "c/o The Postmaster" (3), the latter sent on to Mbeya or Dodoma (2) where they were "unclaimed" & returned to sender. (8)Cross Reference: TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA (Image)
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Starting at £ 85
Currently...£85.00
Currently...USD 112.20
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 CAPETOWN TO LONDON REGULAR WEEKLY SERVICE: Group of covers inc. trio dated 23 Jan. 1932 from Limbe, Nyasaland to Nairobi, Dodoma or
England, all carried on the 2nd Cape-London Airmail Service. All 3 are handstamped "FIRST OFFICIAL AIRMAIL SERVICE" having been transferred from the first flight of "City of Basra" which was damaged on take off at Salisbury, to the "City of Baghdad"
leaving Broken Hill, connecting with the flight which left Capetown on 3 Feb. Lot also inc. 3 May 1933 cover from Limbe to Scotland, a specially arranged flight with franking of ½d. (4 covers) Cross Reference: SOUTH AFRICA (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 105.60
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| 203 |
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 RHODESIA & NYASALAND AIRWAYS - INAUGURATION OF SERVICE BETWEEN BETWEEN NYASALAND & SOUTHERN RHODESIA: Group of 5 covers from Zomba
or Blantyre to South Africa (4) or UK, carried on the 8 Mar. 1934 Blantyre to Salisbury first regular Air Mail flight. All with boxed "First Flight" cachets in black, two of these pilot signed. Various frankings. Also 8 Mar. 1934 first flight cover
Salisbury to Blantyre, pilot signed on 'souvenir' cover. (6 covers) Cross Reference: RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE, NYASALAND/MALAWI (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 264.00
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 1934 BLANTYRE TO BEIRA SERVICE, NYASALAND 'FEEDER' SERVICE, ROYAL TRAIN, ETC.: Pair of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Airways covers (Official
& unofficial) dated 5 Aug. 1934 from Blantyre to Beira, Mozambique. Both with boxed "First Flight" cachets in black, one pilot signed. Also 6 Mar. 1934 cover from Mbabane, Swaziland to Limbe, Nyasaland routed by surface to Germiston, but missed the
intended 8 Mar connecting flight of Imperial Airways London flight via Salisbury. With boxed 4-line "Posted too late..." cachet. Lot also inc. 27 Feb. 1934 env. from Bloemfontein to Limbe, Nyasaland. Posted on board the Royal Train and handstamped
"FIRST OFFICIAL AIR MAIL" and "S. RHODESIA NYASALAND" (4 covers) Cross Reference: RHODESIA/ZIMBABWE, NYASALAND/MALAWI, PORTUGUESE COLONIES, SWAZILAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 171.60
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 EAST AFRICA TO AUSTRALIA VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/QANTAS: Dec. 1934 cover from Mpike, Northern Rhodesia to Brisbane, franked 3 x 6d (2d
underpaid) connected on 10 Dec. with Cairo-Singapore service and carried from Karachi to Australia via Qantas & Butler Air Transport Co. to Brisbane, arriving 21 Dec. Also, 24 Nov. 1934 registered (No.1 !) cover from Lushoto, Tanganyika to Brisbane
via Moshi, Nairobi, Cairo and Singapore (inaugural London-Brisbane flight) arriving Brisbane 21 Dec., then returned to London, 2 Feb. 1935 with appropriate cachet. (2 covers) Cross Reference: NORTHERN RHODESIA/ZAMBIA, TANGANYIKA/TANZANIA,
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Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
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 1934 NYASALAND TO MOZAMBIQUE FIRST RETURN FLIGHT: 31 Jul. 1934 cover from Limbe, Nyasaland to Mozambique. Arriving 3 Aug. 1934 via
Blantyre, Salisbury and Broken Hill. Nyasaland mails on the first feeder service to Madagascar are rare. One of only 10 covers known addressed to Mozambique. Cross Reference: NYASALAND/MALAWI, PORTUGUESE COLONIES (Image)
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Currently...USD 85.80
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 GB OVERSEAS AIRMAIL RATES ARGENTINE TO HUNGARY: 1931-53 selection of GB Airmail rates inc. 1943 to Buenos Aires franked KGVI 2/6d +
1/-; Australia 1931-50 (8); Austria; Brazil(3) inc. 1944 to Sao Paulo franked KGVI 2/6d + pair 6d; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde (2); Ceylon 1934 env. IOW to Colombo with pair KGV 4d; Chile (2); Czechoslovakia 1935 & 48; Denmark (2); Egypt; France
1937 & 48; Germany; Gold Coast (3) 1946-50; Greece; Hong Kong(4) 1933-8 inc. 1933 PC Middlesborough to HK redirected to Shanghai; Hungary. Good variety. (35 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 171.60
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 GB OVERSEAS AIRMAIL RATES INDIA TO USA: 1931-65 similar lot with India (7) 1932-41 inc. 1941 env. (creased) London to Bombay via USA
franked KGVI 10/- blue, censor tape & hs; Iraq; Israel; Kenya(3) 1932-65 inc. 1965 env. regd. Liverpool to Nairobi franked KGVI 5/- +QEII 6d; Lebanon; Malaya(2); Malta; Mauritius; Mexico; Monaco; New Zealand(4) 1936-40 inc. 1940 env. London to
Auckland franked KGVI 2/6d + 2x 1/-; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Singapore; S Africa(3) 1939-48 inc. 1939 env. Oxford to Cape Town franked KGVI 2/6d; S Rhodesia (3); Spain; Sudan; Sweden (4) 1940-6 inc. 1944 env. London to Malmo franked KGVI 8d endorsed
"written in german", censor tape, etc.; Switzerland; Syria (2); Thailand; Trinidad (3) 1934-40; Uganda(2); USA (8) 1937-45 inc. 1942 env. Glasgow to New York franked KGVI 2/6d + 2 x 9d, etc. Good range of countries and rates. (46 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 211.20
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 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: 1931-39 selection inc. 3 Apr. 1931 1st Flight env. London to Melbourne with 29 Apr. Melbourne cds on reverse +
copy of Imperial Airways letter re the First Flight; 13 Mar. 1936 PC Swindon to Hong Kong endorsed First Flight London to Hong Kong; 25 June 1937 env. Newport, Mon. to Durban carried on Empire Air Mail scheme first flight; 4 July 1937 env. Durban to
Ibstock carried on return flight; 1938 env. Johannesburg to Rotherham franked 1d underpaid with purple PLEASE ADVISE YOUR CORRESPONDENT... hs; 26 July 1938 Auckland to London on First Flight regular air service from NZ via Australia; 4 Aug. 1939 env.
London to New York on first regular Transatlantic service, etc. Good variety. (31 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 120
Currently...£120.00
Currently...USD 158.40
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EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.
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Catalog No. |
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| 210 |
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 1790 LORD HIGH ADMIRAL (KGIII) WARRANT DIRECTING THE USE OF PRESS GANGS: An extraordinary Warrant (folded, embossed with admiralty
insignia, and a similar red seal on back) dated 21 May 1790 directing officials & press gangs to 'recruit' sailors (possibly in response to the Nootka Sound Crisis in the Pacific Northwest when Spain seized several British fur trading vessels in the
area) with strict instructions on how to treat the men "...We do herby empower and direct you to impress as many Seamen, of strong bodies and good health, as you possibly can procure, giving to each man so impressed One Shilling for Pressed Money.",
in this case sent to "Edward Young Petty Constable of Tynemouth". One of the signatories is "A. Gardner" (Admiral Alan Gardner, 1st) and bizarrely there is an unfolded free E attached to the back of this document signed by the same addressed to
"William Castleton Esq., Royal Navy, Regulating the Impress Service at North Shields" and endorsed "Cork [??] Ireland, December the fourth 1804" with a s/l "CORK" hs and indistinct double circle ds on front. We have never seen such a document. A rare
piece of British history. Cross Reference: NAVAL, FREES, FREE MAIL, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 448.80
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 ROYAL MAIL NEW ISSUE ADVERTISING POSTERS 1980s-c.2000: A filing box containing a large quantity of apparently all-different A4-sized
notices announcing new stamp issues, inc. for Prestige booklets. Edge wear and other faults affecting a small proportion but many in good or fine condition. (c.250) (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 42.24
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 STAMPS OF ROYALTY SET OF SILVER INGOTS: A beautifully-made lockable box (light scuff on lid) with Tunbridge Ware style inlay,
containing a set of twenty-five silver replica stamps, depicting various Kings and Queens of England. Complete with Hallmark Replicas Ltd. documentation, set number 4468. c.480g of silver. (25 ingots) Cross Reference: STAMP BOXES (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 528.00
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 SILVER VESTA CASE MATCH HOLDERS, ETC.: A Victorian silver case (minor dent on reverse from pressure in usage, which does not
detract) made by George Nathan & Ridley Hayes, hallmarked Birmingham 1899, with snap-shut mechanism and busy decoration of flowers and leaves, elaborately engraved "R G" across one corner and with large attached eyelet to suspend from a chain; a
Fraget & Co curved silver case with angled hinged lid and four internal compartments two of which are likely designed to hold stamps, the rest for matches, hallmarked Birmingham 1912-13, richly engraved with flowers and leaves, the central cartouche
bearing the inscription "Jonah/from Milleara/6.8.13"; and a plain silver Sheffield-made (James Deakin & Sons (John & William F Deakin)) curved vesta case (further slightly dented from pressure in use) with snap-shut mechanism and attached eyelet to
suspend from a chain, hallmarked Chester 1909. An attractive trio. (3) Cross Reference: STAMP BOXES (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 264.00
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 VICTORIAN SILVER VESTA CASE MATCH HOLDERS, ETC.: A George Loveridge & Co silver case with elaborate ridged design, snap-shut
closure, attached top-mounted eyelet for suspension from a chain and blank cartouches front and back, hallmarked Birmingham 1890; a Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings (Frank) Shepherd simple ridged case with snap-shut lid and
side-mounted eyelet for suspension, hallmarked Chester 1894; and a somewhat similar white metal case (possibly silver-plated?) of unknown date and maker with swirly ridged design, snap-shut hinged lid and the intertwined initials "IS" elaborately
engraved on both sides. (3) Cross Reference: STAMP BOXES (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 211.20
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 EDWARDIAN SILVER NOVELTY POSTAL SCALES: with silver-fronted pull-out wooden stamp drawer and bone indicator on front with divisions
for different postal rates. Hallmarked Birmingham 1903-4, maker William Harrison Walter(?). Spring mechanism slighty sticky and drawer front loose but essentially in working order. An attractive item. Cross Reference: STAMP BOXES (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 171.60
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| 216 |
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 GEORGIAN/VICTORIAN SILVER BOXES: A KGIII hinged silver box with pretty open-work inlay covering lightly-scented contents (dried out
sponge?), hallmarked London 1817; and a William Simpson(?) KWIV/earlyQV delicate silver box possibly for snuff, with hinged lid and Birmingham hallmark. (2)Cross Reference: STAMP BOXES (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£150.00
Currently...USD 198.00
Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM |
| 217 |
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 SELECTION OF SILVER BOXES: Colen Hewer vesta case in the style of a book with secret hinged lid, hallmarked Birmingham 1875; Garrard
& Co Ltd long thin silver card, booklet (?) or match(?) holder in the style of an envelope hallmarked London 1996; slim but heavy (99g) stamp box (silver 900) with three compartments and indistinct markings on the base; a small slim sterling silver
hinged case with enamelled emblem (damaged) of the Knights of Columbus mounted on one side, and tensioned clips inside on both leaves having makers mark "MFG.CO" engraved thereon; and a white metal box in the design of a book with hinged front and
back covers opening to reveal a double compartment on one side and a single larger one on the other. (5) Cross Reference: STAMP BOXES
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Starting at £ 190
Currently...£190.00
Currently...USD 250.80
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PICTURE POSTCARDS
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Catalog No. |
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| 218 |
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 MINT & USED MISCELLANY: Small box containing various topics inc. shipping with some paquebot cancels, royalty, Niagara Falls,
aviation and more, plus some GB topographicals. Mostly fine. (172) Cross Reference: ROYALTY, SHIPS/SHIPPING, AVIATION (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 105.60
Closing..Dec-01, 03:00 AM |
| 219 |
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 EARLY 20th CENTURY BIRTHDAY CARDS: Collection in 3 box files comprising c.120+ used PPCs and c.160 unused. Includes some Christmas
greetings PPCs. (Image)
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Currently...USD 42.24
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 CHINESE PALACES & GUILIN: A box-file containing a written-up collection of unused Chinese-produced colour cards showing scenic views
in Guilin, exteriors and interiors of cultural spaces in China, etc. All in pristine condition. (88) Cross Reference: CHINA
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