Lot No
10391
Cat No
Description GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - KEVII
1904 small Book Post Card (real photo of actress Irene Vanbrugh), franked ½d blue-green, but with message in Sender’s address portion, boxed in “Liable to Letter Rate/87” and “N/1d” in circle handstamps, corner crease, fresh ............................................................................... £25
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - KGVI 10392
1937 ½d, 1d, 2½d (2) and 6d, 1941-42 1d, 1950 4d each on individual FDC, plus 1952 1½d and 2½d (on individual and joint FDC’s), 1d and 2d on joint one and 1½d and 4½d on individual FDCs, half are simple generic illustrated covers, the others are plain, eight covers have hand- written addresses. Mixed condition. (12 covers) ..................................... £20
10393 10394 10395
482a 482a
1940 Centenary 2d, bisected on 13 FE 41 real photo postcard on VAZON BAY, tied y COBO cds, very crisp, superb. Cat. £40 .................................. £20
1940 Centenary 2d horizontal pair, each bisected diagonally, tied to GUERNSEY cover by 3 FE 41 cds’s, a few tone spots .............................. £24
1940-41 WWII - Five censored stampless covers from Field Post Office 306 (Iceland), all to UK, 5 different censor cachets, odd cover faults, fine & scarce US .......................................................................................... £44
10396 491-2 1946 Peace on illust FDC, typed address, small faults at edge. Cat. £65 US ....................................................................................................... £14
10397 491-492 1946 Victory, neat illustrated “Let us unite n Peace” and registered FDC with Plymouth cds’s, typed address ........................................................ £20
10398 10400 10401
C1-2 1948 C.I. Liberation set on neat illustrated FDC with Guernsey machine cancel, printed address .......................................................................... £15
10399 499-502 1949 UPU on illust FDC, torn flap on reverse, neat hand-written address. Cat. £80 US ......................................................................................... £20
1951 (3 MAY) pair of matching plain FDC’s, one franked low value defin set to 2½d, the other with Festival 2½d and 4d with 2s6d yellow-green, each with LONDON W.I. machine cancel, neat hand-written addresses, some minor surface damage, one roughly opened ................................. £15
1951 Festival of Britain registered illustrated “Stirling Offices Limited” envelope bearing Festival set, plus new colours ½d to 2½d tied Gracechurch St, London cds’s ................................................................ £20
10402 513-514 1951 Festival of Britain neat illustrated FDC with Bedford St, London cds’s ..................................................................................................... £15
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - QEII
10403 532-535 1953 Coronation set on illustrated FDC, Registered to USA, with “Long Live The Queen” London slogan cancel, neat written address ................. £25
10404 10405
1953 Coronation 2½d (small corner crease) and 4d on special QANTAS Coronation/Elizabeth R 1953 Air Letter Sheet, with special boxed Great Britain - Fiji Coronation Day Air Mail Flight cachet ................................. £10
1953-61 scarce run of illustrated “Stirling Offices Limited” first day covers, with 1953 Coronation, 1957 Scouts (Sutton Coldfield slogan), 1957 Parliamentary (Conference special cancel), 1958 Games (Barry slogan), GLO, Europa (London FS cds), Savings Bank, 1961 CEPT, Parlaiment (Conference slogan), plus Wildings 1952-59 set of eighteen values to 1s 6d, and 1959 4½d, seldom offered. (16 covers) .................. £600
10406 567-569 1958 Commonwealth Games set on neat illustrated FDC, Cardiff Games slogan cancel, handstamped address ..................................................... £40
10407
1958 Commonwealth Games illustrated FDC with Barry Games slogan cancel, hand addressed ......................................................................... £25
10408 619-620 1960 General Letter Office set on neat illustrated FDC, with London machine cancel, typed address .............................................................. £20
10409 621-622 1960 Europa set on neat illustrated FDC with London wavy line machine cancel, typed address ............................................................................ £20
10410 619-20 1960 GLO on plain cacheted FDC, unaddressed, fine. Cat. £65 .............. £15 10411 619-620 1960 General Letter Office set on neat illustrated FDC, with Eastbourne Conference slogan cancel, typed address ............................................... £75
10412 632A-625A 1961 Post Office Savings Bank set on neat illustrated FDC, with London cds’s, typed address .............................................................................. £50
10413
1963 Red Cross phosphor set on illlust. FDC, the 1s6d with contemporary diagonal crease at left and toned perf at right, LONDON W.C. FDI slogan cancel, handstamped address. Cat. £90 ................................................. £18
10414 659-660 1964 Forth Road Bridge set on neat illustrated FDC with South Queensferry special cancel, printed address ........................................... £20
10415 10416 756-8
1965 Battle of Britain on illust. FDC, homemade address label Cat. £25 US4 ..................................................................................................... £4
1967 Christmas set on double-dated illust. FDC, very slight discolouration US4 ..................................................................................................... £3
10417 752-55 1967 Discoveries (2) on different illust. FDCs (GPO and Wessex), with special HMS Discovery and Penicillin handstamp respectively, latter with surface thin where address label roughly removed US4 ......................... £9
10418 10419 10420 10421
10422 10423 10424 949
1968 Christmas illustrated FDC with Selfridge’s Toy Fair special cancels, pencil address ....................................................................................... £15
1969 British Ships illustrated FDC with Cutty Sark, Greenwich special cancels, pencil address .......................................................................... £15
1969 British Ships set of 6 on illustrated cover with Cutty Sark special cancel - unaddressed but minor faults Bradbury (2) Cat. £35 US5 (B) .... £7
1969 Cathedrals set of 6 on illustrated York Minster cover with York Minster special cancel - label address minor faults - Bradbury (3) Cat. £50 US5 (B) ........................................................................................ £8
1973 Cricket, Parliament and 1974 Churchill PHQ cards, stamped on reverse, all used (not First Day) with WARMINSTER cds cancels, fine. Cat £457 as F.D. cards ................................................................................. £40
1973 Royal Wedding on illust. Mercury FDC, SANDHURST/CAMBERLEY cds, peelable address label, a few tiny tone spots at top one of which just touches one perf of 20p ........................................................................ £8
1974 Tree on illust. signed Souvenir cover (25 May) for Avon Scout Jamboree, signatories incl. Baden Powell, fine ........................................ £15
10425 1018-21 1976 Christmas on illust. ‘Official’ Royal Academy FDC, with Pompeii AD79 special handstamp, small address label, fine. Cat (Bradbury) £70 .. £28
10426 1029-32 1977 Chemistry on illust. ‘Official’ FDC, special Institute of Chemistry handstamp, fine unaddressed. Cat (Bradbury) £35 ................................. £14 1658 1993 Britannia £10 u.m. Cat. £40 US2 ................................................. £14
10427 10428
1998 Speed and 1999 Inventor’s and Travellers’ Tales (latter two with special handstamp), v. fine Cat. £23 US4 .............................................. £5
10451 10452 10453
10454 10455 10456 10457 10458
125 O3
1883-84 BOARD OF TRADE 2d lilac, BA, perfin Crown over BT sideways (crown to left), fine used. Very Scarce US3 PH Plate 32 ....................... £123 O64c 1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 1s orange-brown, plate 14, DG,
189 light
horizontal crease, light cds cancels, v.g.u. Cat £1050 incl. premium. US PH Plate 31 ........................................................................................ £125
O64 O61 O63
1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 1s orange-brown, plate 13, GL, centred to NW, h/r, fine m.m. Scarce. Cat. £1650 US PH Plate 31 ................................ £890
1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 1½d lilac, SG, violet circular parcel cancels, g.u. Cat. £100 US ....................................................................................... £21
1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 9d dull green, BJ, well centred, pulled perf at upper right, fair colour, fresh used. Scarce. Cat. £1200 PH Plate 31 ...... £85
O64c 1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 1s orange-brown, plate 14, CL. Fresh colour, heavy postmark at left, fair used. Cat. £600 ........................................... £55 O61 1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 1½d lilac, LA, light cancel, v.g.u. Cat. £100 ..... £27
10459 O61-3 1883-86 GOVT. PARCELS 1½d 6d (fairish colour) and 9d (soiled, trimmed perfs), used. Scarce. Cat. £2400 US ....................................................... £98
10439 10440 10441 10442 10443 10444 10445 10446
O2-4 O2-4 O4 O4
O2-4 O4 O4
167
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Lot No
10429 10430
10431 10432
Cat No
Description Great Britain - Covers - QEII - continued
1999 Berlin Airlift Benham Coin Cover bearing Airlift pane (4 x 1st) with special cancellation plus Airlift Crown (£5 coin) US4 ............................. £8
2007 25th Anniv of Falklands Conflict illustrated unaddressed Buckingham cover #05 bearing Lest We Forget 1st Class stamp plus label with legend with special Conflict cancel - limited edition of 150 US4 .... £9
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - AIRMAILS
1934 (20th August) Railway Air Services printed envelopes for Isle of Wight flights, Birmingham, Southampton and Bristol to Cowes, and Cowes to Bristol, fine. (4 covers) ............................................................ £60
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - ENGLISH COUNTIES
1839-1965 SUSSEX - BRIGHTON POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION OF REGISTERED MAIL a very good informatively written up collection in two albums, with extensive covers and stationery all sent from or to Brighton with a wide range of Registration cancels and markings etc, commencing wih 1839 two “Free Fronts” marked Cash or Money Letter, two 1849 Registered Letter receipt forms, some attractive Line Engraved and Surface Printed frankings incl. to Ireland, 1855 and 1856 with 6d embossed and 1d red combinations, various uprated 1d pink envelopes, 1870 P.O. Registered envelope with 2d blue, 1887 receipt with Jubilee 2d “Kemp-Town” cds, 1889 perforated “Registered” label ex. Stafford Smith on cover to Peru, 1890 1d Inland Revenue 1d lilac strip of three, 1892 large red “R”from Western Rd, 1892 with Jubilee 5d to USA, 1903 to Venezuela, 1904 to Tasmania, 1906 to Brazil, 1909 to Mexico, 1909 to Nova Scotia from Portslade By Sea, 1910 to Barbados, various George V period and few later; also a range of EXPRESS mail, from 1891 and 1902 labels on local covers, later hand stamps, and so on. A painstakingly assembled collection, and very difficult to achieve again. (approx 100 items). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS .........................................................................£1750
GREAT BRITAIN - GUTTER PAIRS
10433 1965-2010 1997 Henry VIII. Religious Annivs. Europa. Aircraft. Horses. PO’s. Enid Blyton. G Wedding. & Christmas sets in gutter pairs (some folded) retail £45 US2 .............................................................................................. £28
10434 2011-68 1998 Gold Wedding. Endangered Species. Diana (folded). Order of Garter. Lighthouses. Comedians. Fantasy Novels. NHS. Europa. Land Speed & Christmas sets in gutter pairs (some folded) retail £51 US2 ................... £33
10435 2178-242 2001 Rights of Child. Occasions. Weather. Submarines. Hats. Europa. Punch & Judy. Nobel Prizes & Christmas sets in gutter pairs (some folded) retail £65 US2 ...................................................................................... £43
10436 2327-77 2003 Birds of Prey. Greetings. DNA. Extreme Endeavours & 50th Anniv Coronation sets in gutter pairs (some folded) retail £65 US2 ................. £38
10437 2424-44 2004 Occasions. Tolkien & N Ireland sets all in gutter pairs (unfolded) retail £32 US2 ...................................................................................... £21
GREAT BRITAIN - LUNDY ISLAND 10438
1982 Puffin 17p green, NW corner marginal block of 8, with DRAMATIC MISPERFORATION on all stamps, fine and fresh, u.m. US ....................... £53
GREAT BRITAIN - OFFICIALS
For more lots, please see the GALLERY section at the front of the catalogue
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE ½d pale green, 1d and 6d, good used. Cat. £181 US2 ............................................................................................ £26
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE ½d pale green, 1d and 6d, fine used. Cat. £181 US PH Plate 29 ......................................................................... £53
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE 6d grey, PA, part o.g. Cat. £580 US PH Plate 29 ........................................................................................ £187
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE 6d grey, block of 4, KE-LF, light oval numeral pmks, v.g.u. Scarce Cat. £1000 US6 ...................................................... £146
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE ½d pale green (blunt corner perf), 1d and 6d, cds cancels, v.g.u. Cat. £172 US7 ......................................................... £15
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE 6d grey, IA, cds cancel, good used. Cat. £140 US4 ..................................................................................................... £16
1880-81 INLAND REVENUE 6d grey, AA, corner perf fault, fair to good used. Cat. £140 US .............................................................................. £16
1880-81 BOARD OF TRADE 1½d Venetian red perfin Crown over BT, very good cds used. Scarce US3 PH Plate 32 .............................................. £96
10447 O2/15 1880-81 INLAND REVENUE ½d pale green, 1d lilac and 6d grey (short corner perf, soiled), 1884-88 ½d slate-blue and 1887-92 ½d and 1s 9washed), fair used. Cat. £603 .............................................................. £40
10448 10449
10450 167
1880-81 BOARD OF TRADE 1½d Venetian red, with perfin Crown over BT, cds cancel, v.g.u. Scarce US3 ................................................................ £89
1882-1901 INLAND REVENUE 1d lilac (block of 4) and ½d vermilion, ARMY 1896-01 ½d (both) and 1d lilac, 1897-90 GOVT. PARCELS 1½d, g.u. Cat. £90 ........................................................................................ £20
O4
1882-1901 Inland Revenue: 6d grey plate 18, a used block of 4 with Manchester 498 numeral cancels. Top right stamp missing a corner, but a rare multiple and useful reference for checking genuine overprints. (SG spec.L5) Cat. £1000 US4 ...................................................................... £46
1882-1901 Inland Revenue: QV 1d lilac with ‘I.R./OFFICIAL’ opts fu inc pair. (28) Cat. £140 US8 ....................................................................... £12
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