Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1593
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Cat No: Collection
MISCELLANY 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)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1594
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SEAHORSE 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)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 360.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1595
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KGV 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)
Opening GBP 110.00
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1596
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Cat No: Collection
PRE- 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)
Opening GBP 110.00
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1597
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Cat No: Collection
KGVI 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)
Opening GBP 140.00
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Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1598
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EMPIRE 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)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1602
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Cat No: Collection
EMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 2 TO INDIA & MALAY STATES: 1938-9 group inc. 30 Aug. 1939 1½d P.Stat. env. to India ex Seaford, sent shortly before the outbreak of WWII (possibly the last flight to reach its destination at 1½d per ½oz rate), with censor tape applied to top and purple triangle "PASSED/CENSOR/4/KARACHI" cachet on front; 22 Feb. 1938 env. to Allahabad ex Kankroli sent via a new route aboard flying boat 'Coogie' from Karachi to Calcutta via Udaipur, Gwalior and Allahabad with typed "1st Flight: Udaipur-Allahabad./per Flying-Boat "Coogie"" and purple First Flight pictorial hs; plus other similar examples inc. mail carried aboard 'Camilla' & 'Coogie" Flying Boat services, Regd mail, and Feb. 1938 British Government White Paper setting out the particulars for the preliminary operation of the Scheme between GB & Malaya. (14 covers + 2 leaflets) Cross Reference: AIRMAILS, INDIA, P.O. NOTICES, PARLIAMENTARY (Image)
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1604
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Cat No: Collection
EMPIRE AIRS STAGE 3 - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: 1938/9 group of covers & PCs inc. 26 June 1938 env. to Malvern, Australia ex GB franked 10d + 5d, with ms "ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA/FIRST SERVICE BY FLYING BOAT/ALL THE WAY" in ink with accompanying newspaper clipping about the flight; another env. carried aboard the same flight to Queensland via Rome ex Stockport with ms "1st 1½ Air Mail" in pencil, along with accompanying newspaper clipping about the transport of letters from KGVI to the Governor-General of Australia; 12 June 1939 env. to GB ex Adelaide via Darwin & Singapore carried aboard the 'Centurion' which crashed in the Hoogly River, with red "SALVAGED A L/EX CENTURIA" hs on front and GPO Returned Letter resealing label on reverse; plus other similar examples. (26 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, RETURNED MAIL, AIRMAILS (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
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Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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GB MIXED POSTAL HISTORY
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1667
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COACH ROUTE ACROSS ULVERSTON SANDS, RETURNED MAIL, ETC.: A small set of 1807-46 mail on display pages inc. 1807 or 1835 ELs carried by coach across Ulverston Sands, 1807 EL with "ULVERSTONE" mileage mark, along with modern colour print of coach & map of route and contemporary engraving of coach; 1846 EL ex Liverpool to Spain with several postmarks or hs's inc. red boxed "Return'd for/[ms] 10 Postage" hs on front & larger red boxed "Return'd/for Postage" hs on back; 1846 EL ex New Orleans (Consul for the King of Sardinia) to Turin (Minister of Foreign Affairs) expressing concern for the state of war between the USA & Mexico with several postmarks or hs's inc. red boxed "No. [ms] 1286/Detained for Postage" hs; 1838 EL posted inland Brazil with fish shaped hs of "SANTOS". All v. fine. (5 covers)Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, LANCASHIRE, BRAZIL (Image)
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KGV ISSUES
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1640
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1912 BROMIDE OF MACKENNAL'S LAUREL & OAK LEAF DESIGN: A bromide (62 x 67 mm) of the Mackennal laurel and oak leaf design with the centre removed to allow different heads to be inserted, eventually the correct proportions of head to frame were achieved using this "push me, pull you" model. Rare. (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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KGVI ISSUES
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1642
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1948 £1 BROWN COMPLETE SHEET: £1 'Arms' type umm sheet of 40. Vertical crease through middle perforations, else very fine. SG 478c £1000. (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
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Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1643
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1948 £1 ROYAL SILVER WEDDING SHEET: £1 blue umm complete sheet of 20. Very fine. SG 494 £800. (Image)
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MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1664
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VERY RARE RED 'HONOUR' ENVELOPES USED FROM F.P.O.s 152 & D.32 IN FRANCE: 28 June & 12 Dec. 1915 usage of the rare long red "A.F. A. 2043" Honour envelope (addressed & countersigned) to Woolwich or London with very fine 2-ring "FIELD POST OFFICE/152" (51st Highland Division) or "FIELD POST OFFICE/D.32" cds's on the front (both in Somme area). Only a handful of these spectacular envelopes have been recorded, and these examples are in exceptionally fine condition. Exhibition Quality. [the env. to Woolwich sold in our David Cornelius Nov. 2005 auction for £240 + B.P.] (Image)
Opening GBP 340.00
Sold...GBP 360.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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NEW SOUTH WALES
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1611
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1850 2d VIOLET BLUE - LATE IMPRESSION wide margined horizontal pair [8-9] with "81" numeral cancellations. Rare so fine. (Image)
Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 440.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1612
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1850-51 3d DEEP YELLOW GREEN BLUISH PAPER: A horizontal used pair [1 - 2] neatly cancelled with oval barred cancellations, close to large margins. Sound. [Ex Spink 2004]. (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 340.00
Closed..Oct-30-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1650
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TRIO TO CRIMEA, FINLAND & P.E.I.: 1856 env. addressed to "Lieut Col J Miller Adye CB" (later Governor of Gibraltar) in the Royal Artillery in the Crimea franked 1d red tied by fine diamond "38" Too Late duplex with fine red boxed "Return'd for/[ms] 3 Postage" hs adjacent; 1856 EL to Finland charged red "7½d" & oval "P" hs's franked 1/- green tied by fine diamond "12" barred numeral, Finland receiving cds on back; and 1868 EL regarding insurance for the "Brig British Lady" ex Lloyds of London to Prince Edward Island franked 3 x 2d blues tied by indistinct oval cancels. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
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POSTAL STATIONERY, QV
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1666
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VERY SCARCE EXPRESS MAIL, PLUS REPLY PAID CARDS, ETC.: 1875-1901 set of P. Stat. PCs inc. 1901 ½d green PC uprated 2½d Jubilee sent Express locally in Lowestoft, underpaid by ½d which may have been recorded on the P.O. E.E. form, fine & scarce item; pair of ½d + ½d printed Reply Paid PCs (inland use) for an engineering firm (1889) or the Free Church of Scotland (1886); trio of 1d + 1d Reply Paid PCs (overseas use) reply portions from Denmark or Finland (both 1890) and used to UK address with unused reply attached (1888); trio of ¼d Foreign Post Cards used from Malta or to Turkey (1877) or to Malta (1878). (10 items) Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
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QUEEN VICTORIA STAMP COLLECTIONS
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1637
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1841 IMPERFS. & MISCELLANY OF LATER LINE-ENGRAVED: 1843-73 set of ELs & envs. inc. a block of 4 + pair of 1d reds on piece tied by MXs and a pair of 2d blues on piece tied by diamond "17" barred numerals with slits cut between the stamps for easy separation; 1843 EL ex Killucan to Dublin franked 1d red tied by partial MX affixed using sealing wax; an example of successful fraud 1859 env. with part 1d red tied by fine London NE/18 duplex; also 1854 or 1864 ELs to Antwerp or Paris, c. 1850 & 1871 telegraph envs. with contents, etc. (10 items) (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 360.00
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RAILWAY MAIL
Sale No: 864
Lot No: 1649
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1980 STEPHENSON'S ROCKET COVER: 23 April 1980 env. from S. Kensington carried on the vehicle carrying Stevenson's Rocket when it went from the science museum London to Liverpool in commemoration of the Rainhill trials of 1830. Only 3 or 4 examples carried. (Image)
