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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2450 |
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 POSTMARKS: Edinburgh 'POSTED SINCE' duplex cancels on cover mostly on annotated display pages from '... 7 LAST NIGHT/FE27/1856/ H '
cds without town name (very early usage of first type) backstamp with QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d and another superb April 1856 strike in red-black with Stars 1d tied by 'DUKE STREET' Receiving Office handstamp plus '... 7 LAST NIGHT/AU 19/EDINR/57'
backstamp with Stars 1d tied by very fine 'LEITH WALK' Receiving House handstamp, then an extensive range of the duplex cancels including three examples of '8 LAST NIGHT' (two different types recorded 6.6.1862 to 10.8.1862 only; less than twenty of
each type known), two examples of the scarce '11 LAST NIGHT' on 1873 Letters 1d and on 1881 QV Envelope 1d pink, the rare '11.30 LAST NIGHT' on 1872 large-part cover, and three examples of the very scarce '8.30 LAST NIGHT' Sunday Night/Monday Morning
markings of 1866, 1880 & 1883 (less than ten of each of the four types recorded), many with other Edinburgh District RO markings noted 'PITT STREET/EDINR' 1861 unframed datestamp, etc, condition & quality of strikes generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2451 |
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 POSTMARKS: Edinburgh Receiving Houses group mostly on annotated display pages with many 'Scots Locals' usages to cancel stamps from
a highly-unusual 1855 entire originally posted with QV Line-Engraved Stars tied largely very fine 'CROSS' handstamp redirected with another Stars 1d affixed partly over the top tied by largely very fine 'INDIA STREET' handstamp, also including
'ANTIGUA ST', 'CASTLE/STREET', 'CHARLOTTE/PLACE', 'DUKE STREET', 'ELM ROW' very fine complete on Stars 1d on 1855 outer, 'HANOVER STREET' largely very fine complete on Stars 1d on 1857 envelope, 'INDIA STREET' x2 on Stars 1d x2 on double-weight
entire to Galashiels, 'LAURISTON/PLACE' largely very fine on Stars 1d Blued Paper (very attractive) on 1854 outer, 'LEITH WAL[K]' very fine on Stars 1d on 1855 large-part notice, 'LONDON STREE[T]', 'NICHOLSON/STREET', 'PITT STREET' & 'STOCKBRIDGE'
plus 'GRASSMARKET' 1859 backstamp, also pre-1854 usages as despatch markings 'CASTLE/STREET', 'DUKE/STREET', 'DUKE STREET/LEITH' & 'INDIA/STREET' unframed two-line handstamps and 'BRIDGE/STREET' (blue) & 'QUEEN/STREET' boxed two-line handstamps, etc,
condition & quality of strikes a little variable but most are fine to very fine. For the period 1854-1860, Scottish post offices were officially authorised to use their undated name stamps as cancellations, creating the popular 'Scots Locals'
collecting area.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2452 |
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 POSTMARKS: Glasgow 'POSTED SINCE' duplex cancels on cover group on annotated display pages including '10 15 LAST NIGHT' on 1859
Barony Parochial Board envelope tying QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red-brown (code '6'), 1859 outer type Stars 1d (code '8'), 1860 Envelope QV 1d pink (code '7'), 1860 part-entire tying Stars 1d (code '8') and 1861 outer typing Stars 1d (code '2') plus
non-duplex backstamps on 1857 outer, 1858 Envelope QV 1d pink and 1858 outer with 1d Stars tied by 'Madeleine Smith' duplex; '10 30 LAST NIGHT' on 1864 envelope tying Letters 1d pair (code '2'; light file fold) plus two 1865 strikes on Letters 1d &
Letters 2d blue on pieces; '11 [ ] LAST NIGHT' on 1873 part-entire tying Letters 1d (code '6') and on 1975 part-outer tying ½d Bantam [AX] Imperforate at Right (no code) plus 1872 on Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 1/- green on piece; '11 05 LAST
NIGHT' on 1867 entire tying Letters 1d (code '2') and 1872 Postal Card ½d lilac (code '8'; latest recorded date) plus 1868 on Large Uncoloured Corner Letters 3d rose on piece; and '11 15 LAST NIGHT' 1887 partial strike on Jubilee 6d purple/rose plus
1891 non-duplex datestamp on 1d lilac on part-cover (earliest recorded date), etc, condition & quality of strikes generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 POSTMARKS: Scots Locals Receiving Office postmarks largely annotated collection of undated straight-line cancellations handstamps
on mostly perforated Penny Reds, a good number of large-part/complete strikes on piece and on a few covers plus many hinged to pieces on which a former owner has neatly ‘completed’ the markings. A very attractive collection.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 POSTMARKS: Scots Locals 'ARDENTINNY' boxed handstamp largely very fine strike in blue on QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d red-brown on
1857 envelope, another lesser strike also in blue on Stars 1d on 1857 envelope to Dunoon partly overstruck by Numeral '163' of Greenock in transit, and very fine to superb complete despatch backstamp on 1859 envelope with Stars 1d tied by Greenock
'163' experimental duplex, each with light file folds and/or minor adhesion marks, plus a photograph of the township. Ardentinny in the district of Argyll in Glen Finnart, is located on the western side of Loch Long. Merideth gives the period of use
of this marking as 1857 to 1859 only (twelve examples known, only some of which are on entire). For the period 1854-1860, Scottish post offices were officially authorised to use their undated name stamps as cancellations.
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 POSTMARKS: Scots Locals 'BISHOPTON' undated circular handstamp largely very fine complete strike on QV Line-Engraved Stars 1d pale
red-brown transitional shade on envelope with Greenock 'OC13/1857' transit and Dunoon arrival backstamp of the same day, light horizontal fold just slighty affecting the adhesive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2456 |
S |
 POSTMARKS: Stirling Numeral '308' roller cancel two very fine to superb continuous strikes on QV Line-Engraved Letters 1d red-brown
Plate 101 block of 6 (3x2) [FA-FC/GA-GC], the stamps very fine. Only two dated examples of this scarce experimental roller cancel have been recorded. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
Philatelic Literature
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Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2457 |
L |
 Two cartons with focus on Great Britain Postal History including 'The British County Catalogue of Postal History Midlands Edition'
by the Midland (GB) Postal History Society (2013) hard-bound, 'Great Britain Secured Delivery of Mail 1450-1862 by Holyoake (2012), 'Rates to Reform' by Clark (2009), 'British External Airmails until 1934' by Newall (2008), 'History of British Army
Postal Service Vol I 1882-1902' by Proud (1982) hard-bound, 'The British County Catalogue' volumes 1-5 by Willcocks and Jay (1978) hard-bound, many minor titles and much more. Weighs 21kg.
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2458 |
L |
 Balance of library in two cartons with the focus on postmarks including 'Collect British Postmarks' (2011), 'Brunswick Star
Cancels' and 'English and Welsh Spoon Cancels 1853-70' by Arundel (2012 & 2015), and 'Scotland's Posts' by Mackay (2000), many minor titles and much more. Weighs 27kg.
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2459 |
L |
 Library remainders including 'Stamps of Great Britain' by Phillips (1913), '... Date Impression Books Vols 2 & 3', 'Herewith my
Frank', name sale auction catalogues including Shaida (two sales), Wallace, 'Monarch' and 'Gerald Ellott's Royal Naval Mail', plus many more. Weighs 15kg. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2460 |
L |
 Auction catalogues in three cartons including lots of Phillips and Robson Lowe catalogues, the latter with a 1951-61 run, many name
sales such as 'The unique collection of 1913-34 'Seahorse' issues formed by the late RM Phillips of Brighton' by Robson Lowe (1978), 'Victoriana' and 'Monarch' (in two volumes) by Spink (2007 and 2008), 'Lady Mairi Bury, FRPSL' in two volumes and
'The British Postal Museum and Archive' by Sothesby's (2010 and 2013), and many more. Weighs 41kg.
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Estimate AU$150
Currently Opening at...AU$115.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2461 |
L |
 QV Line-Engraved references in carton including Ascher's 'The Specialised Plating Study', 'Two Pence Blue Plating Guide' by Mike
Jackson (2010), 'The Cancellations of the 1841 Penny Red' by Goldsmith and Danzig (1991) and Allback's '1841 1d on covers arranged chronologically', auction catalogues noted Robson Lowe 'Minimum' 1979 & 1980, Harmers 'GL' (1981) hard bound, etc, and
much more. Weighs 9kg.
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Estimate AU$80
Currently Opening at...AU$60.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2462 |
L |
 'The Plating of the Penny Black Postage Stamp of Great Britain 1840' by Charles Nissen (1922), republished by Stanley Gibbons
(1998), h/b 122pp. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$100
Currently Opening at...AU$75.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2463 |
L |
 'Surface-Printed Postage Stamps 1855-1883 Low Values 2½d to 2/-' by Galland and Louis (2009), 264pp hard-bound with dust jacket,
highly specialised study with extensive references to the Karl Louis card index. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$80
Currently Opening at...AU$60.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2464 |
L |
 'Discovering Seahorses' by Brian Kearsley, 300pp hard-bound with dust jacket, includes illustrations of 160+ varieties, plus
complete plating of the British and overprinted issues. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2465 |
L |
 'The Chartwell Collection' Spink auction catalogues Parts 2 ('Line-Engraved Part I; 29.6.2011), 4 to 9 ('Line-Engraved Part IV;
12.12.2012) and the extraordinary Charles Nissen Penny Black Reconstructions (3.12.2012). An exceptional collection.
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2466 |
L |
 AIRMAILS: 'The Postal History of British Airmails' by Ted Proud (1991), 576pp hard-bound with dust jacket. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2467 |
L |
 POSTAL HISTORY: 'British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840-75' by Jane and Michael Moubray (1992), 644pp hardback.
Generally considered to be a masterwork. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$75
Currently Opening at...AU$60.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2468 |
L |
 POSTAL HISTORY: 'The Maritime Postal History of the British Isles' by Alan Robertson (1955) in three matching peg-binders Number
'288' of 600, the dedication page signed by the author, plus supplements and notices, also 'The Ship Letter Stamps of Liverpool' by the same author, generally very fine. Weighs 9kg.
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
| 2469 |
L |
 POSTAL HISTORY: 'Robertson Revisited: A Study of the Maritime Postal Markings of the British Isles' by Colin Tabeart (1997),
hard-bound with dust jacket. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$50
Currently Opening at...AU$38.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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