1904

1944 Blue on grey printed address cover (opened out on three sides) to Montgomery Ward Export Department Illinois USA bearing 3d blue SG154a tied by black oval double rimmed Proud D4 TRD (Temporary Date Stamp) dated 15 May 1944. Nassua slogan transit mark dated 17 May 1944 on reverse. ()

£15.00

 

1905

1949 Hand addressed air mail cover to France bearing 75th Anniv of UPU 6a on 6d bright purple SG69 tied by poorish strike of Bahrain double ring cds dated 26 November 1949. Rare stamp used on cover especially as single use. ()

£40.00

 

1906

1919 Illustrated International Schools of Latin America typed address cover sent registered (Barbados blue on white label applied) to New York bearing War Tax overprint on 1d bright red SG197 and 4d black & red SG199 tied by two strikes of Barbados RLO single ring cds dated 8 July dated 8 July 1919. New York transit cancel on reverse. ()

£15.00

 

1907

1922 Hand addressed cover sent registered (Barbados blue on white label applied) to Boston USA bearing 2d grey x 2 SG221 tied by single strike of Barbados RLO single ring cds dated 28 September 1922. New York and Boston transit cancels on reverse. ()

£10.00

 

1908

1941 Typed address merchants commercial cover to USA bearing 1½d orange SG250 tied by Barbados GPO cds dated 30 December 1941 plus Britain Delivers The Goods patriotic label which Edwards does not list used in Barbados. Opened and sealed by green on white Opened by Censor tape having 29 added in pencil. ()

£12.00

 

1909

1941 Hand addressed air mail cover to propaganda radio station in Boston at 1s 7d rate bearing 1d scarlet 6d violet & 1/- olive-green SG249 & 254/55 tied by 2 strikes of Barbados St Philip single ring cds dated 11 June 1941 with another strike alongside. ()

£15.00

 

1910

1948 Hand addressed air mail cover to England at 1s 8d rate bearing Royal Insurance Company Bridgetown 4d x 2 and 1/- red meter marks dated 9 August 1948 which are additional cancelled with Circulation Branch GPO Barbados 10 August 1948. ()

£15.00

 

1911

1887 Scarce receipt for a registered letter having Maseru single ring cds dated 28 July 1887. ()

£30.00

 

1912

1916 Hand addressed cover (Morija Sesuto Book Depot Morija Basutoland printed top left corner) to Tayateyaneng at ½d unsealed envelope printed matter rate with ½d South Africa coil stamp. South Africa administered Basutoland & Swaziland postal systems until 1933. ()

£20.00

 

1913

1937 Three plain lightly soiled hand addressed covers to London each bearing Coronation 1d 2d or 3d value SG15/17 in block of 4 tied by Maseru cds dated 29 or 30 December 1937. 2d and 3d covers sent registered with Maseru mark applied direct to cover. ()

£3.00

 

1914

1937 Purple rubber stamped address lightly soiled cover sent registered (purple mark number 1 applied direct to cover) to England bearing KGV pictorial definitives ½d emerald to 1/- red-orange seven different values SG1/7 (couple values light staining on perfs) each tied by individual strike of Maseru South Africa double ring cds dated 8 December 1937. ()

£3.00

 

1915

1950 Typed address air mail cover from Rev Bagguet Morija to Paris at 2/- rate bearing Victory set of 3 (1d singles 2d & 3d horizontal pairs) plus KGVI 1/- red-orange SG25 & 29/31 all tied by Morija cds's dated 23 October 1950. ()

£3.00

 

1916

1954 Front hand addressed to Bloemfontein at 8d rate bearing KGVI 2d pair and single plus QEII Coronation 2d tied by two strikes of Maseru cds dated 1 March 1954. ()

£2.00

 

1917

1957 Plain cover (central vertical crease) sent registered (mark applied direct to cover) to Cape Town at 9d rate bearing Maletsunyane Falls 4½d indigo & deep ultramarine vertical pair SG47 tied by Maseru Basutoland cds 3 June 1957. ()

£3.00

 

1918

1959 Hand addressed cover to Austria at 1d rate with two 'If not collected kindly return BM/HTOM London WC1 England' purple cachets applied bearing Qiloane ½d grey-black & sepia x 2 SG43 tied by Maseru cds 21 July 1959 with Wien arrival cds 11 August on reverse. Address lined through with black on pink instructional sticker and Wenden red cachet. ()

£3.00

 

1919

1966 Black & white real photograph post card Thaba Li - Mele¬ Moitsupelis Basutoland (local huts in fore ground of mountain range) at 3½c rate bearing 1c & 2½c SG70 & 72 tied by three strikes of Maseru BAS double ring cds dated 10 May 1966. ()

£2.00

 

1920

1947 Typed addressed cover to Shell PO Box in Johannesburg (this altered in blue crayon) bearing 1½d dull blue SG120 tied by Serowe double ring cds dated 10 July 1947. ()

£10.00

 

1921

1941 Hand addressed cover sent registered (Bermuda blue on white label applied having St Georges in red applied at top) to New York bearing 6d carmine-lake & violet SG104 tied by St Georges single ring cds dated 8 September 1941. Opened and sealed by light blue on white BC1 Opened By Examiner tape at left. ()

£18.00

 

1922

1989 Printed label address plain cover to Germany endorsed 'printed matter' bearing 1p Marine Life SG123 and Captain Scott 10p SG155 both tied by British Antarctic Territory Faraday small single ring cds's dated 29 March 1989. ()

£2.00

 

1923

1949 Typed addressed air mail cover to Denmark (unusual destination) at 40c rate with 75th Anniv of UPU 4c 12c & 24c SG324 & 326/27 tied by Georgetown cds's of 6 December 1949. ()

£10.00

 

1924

1940 Hand addressed incoming cover from Australia at 2d rate with Queen Elizabeth 1d green x 2 SG180 tied by Parramatta slogan cancel of 3 May 1940. Opened and sealed at top with crowned black on white Opened By Censor tape which also ties Cairo handstamp of 11 September 1940. Egyptian bilingual censor marks on front along with Passed Censor 3 Cyprus red mark. Nicosia & Kyrenia transit marks on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

1925

1941 Hand addressed cover sent air mail to Poona India at 8a rate with Indian 2a & 6a KGVI definitives tied by individual strikes of FPO 23 cds of 15 November 1941. Purple triangular Passed By Censor crown No 3471 cachet which was based at Larnaca during this period along with many Indian troops. Poona arrivel cancel of 27 November 1941 on reverse. ()

£25.00

 

1926

1942 Hand addressed cover sent air mail to India bearing GB KGVI 9d deep olive-green SG473 tied by Field Post Office 122 (used at Nicosia) double ring cds dated June 1942. Violet Passed By Censor Cyprus censor mark on front along with Indian Crowned Passed DHD/6 6 side Indian censor mark. ()

£15.00

 

1927

1885 Hand addressed cover in Arabic to Cairo bearing 1pi blue SG54 tied by fine strike of bilingual Damiette cds with star and crescent dated 27 March 1885. ()

£15.00

 

1928

1894 Hand addressed cover to Switzerland at 1pi 10m rate bearing 1pi blue SG54 plus 2m green 3m yellow and 5m rose SG54 59 61 & 63 tied by Cairo Continental Hotel bilingual cds's dated 9 February 1894. Eary Hotel cover and attractive 4 colour franking. ()

£15.00

 

1929

1895 5m red postal stationery envelope addressed in Arabic black bilingual registered mark applied uprated with 5m rose SG63a tied by Chebrenk bilingual cds 16 January 1895. ()

£3.00

 

1930

1910 5m carmine postal stationery envelope H&GB6) hand addressed to England having two strikes of Sheperd's Hotel Cairo bilingual cds dated 8 January 1910 applied. Cairo transit cds of same date plus Folkstone arrival cds dated 15 January on reverse¬ priced to sell at £20. ()

£3.00

 

1931

1915 Typed address (partially removed) cover (central vertical crease and lightly soiled) to En Ville bearing 2m green block of 4 SG74 (light soiling around perfs) with fine central strike of 2nd Aust Inf Bde Field PO single ring cds 20 March 1915¬ additional strike alongside. ()

£5.00

 

1932

1933 Specially printed bilingual cover for X Congress Postal Union Congress Commission Local sent registered (black on red Cairo label affixed) typed address to London (rest of address cut from cover) with purple unframed Recommandee and Union Postale Universalle X Congress Le Caire 1934 Commission Local cachets applied plus Cairo bilingual cds. ()

£3.00

 

1933

1934 Six different size lightly soiled covers (including two large OHMS covers plus one with green Congress crest on backflap) all hand addressed to N E Wallis in London England (rest of address cut from each cover) and three part postcards all bearing Tenth Universal Postal Union Congress stamps¬ values between 1m orange to 100m olive-green SG219/29 tied by bilingual X Congress Postal Universal Le Caire cds's with covers having additional purple or red cachets also applied. ()

£12.00

 

1934

1943 Hand addressed unstamped cover with Government crest on backflap from Officer in Cairo to Officer in Nairobi with Army Signals blue cds14 April 1943 on reverse. On front purple E A Command Central Registry oval cachet applied 21 April 1943 along with two line purple "SECRET DRLS" cachet plus mauve pencil MEA 712 mark applied. ()

£15.00

 

1935

1959 Small printed label Swiss address long illustrated first day cover for 7th Anniversary of the Revolution and Transport and Communications Commemoration bearing 10m set of six different plus 50m miniature sheet all tied by pictorial handstamps for date of issue. ()

£4.00

 

1936

Bahamas¬ Barbados¬ British Virgin Islands¬ Fiji and The Gambia - 1984 Illustrated unaddressed FDC for each country for 250th Anniversary of Lloyd's List issue each bearing set of 4 tied by FDI handstamp - some pictorial. ()

£5.00

 

1937

Cayman Islands - 1962 Plain locally hand addressed cover having black First Day of Issue pictorial cachet applied bearing 1d Cat Boat SG166 tied by Hell Grand Cayman oval cancel dated 28 November 1962 - date of issue. ()

£5.00

 

1938

Guernsey - 1981--85 Colorano "Silk" Cachet illustrated FDC's for 1981 Butterflies¬ 1983 Golden Era of Shipping¬ 1984 Dame of Sark plus 1985 Fish issues each bearing single stamp from set tied by pictorial FDI handstamp - 18 covers in total. ()

£6.00

 

1939

Ireland - 1979-81 Seventeen illustrated unaddressed first day covers for different issues all bearing issued stamps tied by pictorial FDI handstamps. ()

£7.00

 

1940

Kenya Uganda Tanganyika - 1937 Hand addressed air mail cover sent registered Kilindini (blue on white label attached) to England at 80c registered air mail rate with Coronation 5c x 4 and 30c x 2 SG128 & 130 tied by Kilindini double rim cds of 12 May 1937 - date of issue. ()

£15.00

 

1941

Leeward Islands - 1937 Typed address special printed cover to England bearing Coronation 1½d yellow-brown block of 4 SG93 (one stamp light stains on perfs) tied by three strikes of St John's Antigua cds for date of issue. ()

£2.50

 

1942

New Zealand - 2000 Threatened Birds illustrated unaddressed first day cover for joint issue with France bearing France 3f (46c) and 5f 20 (79c) SG3692/93 and New Zealand 40c & $1.80 SG2369 & 2375 tied by appropriate pictorial handstamps for date of issue. ()

£2.00

 

1943

Nigeria - 1953 Hand addressed cover sent 1½d surface rate to British Honduras bearing Coronation 1½d black & emerald SG68 tied by Cameroons UKTT cds dated 2 June 1953 - date of issue¬ location unclear British Honduras arrival cds dated 21 June on reverse along with Stann Creek British Honduras cds dated 22 July. ()

£3.00

 

1944

Seychelles - 1978 Unaddressed illustrated FDC for World Wildlife issue bearing 40c to 5r set of 4 SG433/36 tied by Victoria code B cds for date of issue couple of light tone marks on edges of cover not unduly detracting. ()

£2.00

 

1945

South Africa - 1960 Illustrated typed address cover to England for 50th Anniv of Union bearing 4d to 1s 6d set of 4 SG179/82 tied by Johannesburg cds for date of issue. ()

£1.00

 

1946

South Africa - 1969 Illustrated typed address cover used airmail locally for Worlds First Heart Transplant bearing 2½c & 12½c SG280/81 tied by Pretoria cds for date of issue. ()

£1.00

 

1947

South Africa - 1970 Illustrated typed address cover used airmail locally for 150th Anniversary of Bible Society of South Africa bearing 2½c & 12½c SG301/02 tied by CapeTown bilingual pictorial handstamp for date of issue. ()

£1.00

 

1948

South Africa - 1978-83 Six large illustrated unaddressed first day covers each bearing a different miniature sheet tied by a pictorial handstamp for date of issue comprising 1978 Abraham-Volschenk SGMS448 1979 Rose Convention MS470 1980 Pieter Wenning MS476 1981 Orchid Convention MS502 1982 Fossils MS536 plus Tourism Beaches MS553. ()

£4.00

 

1949

South West Africa - 1970 Illustrated typed address cover used airmail to Pretoria for 150th Anniversary of Bible Society of South Africa bearing 2½c & 12½c SG228/29 tied by Windhock pictorial handstamp for date of issue. ()

£1.00

 

1950

1958-2000 Complete apart from 1974 3½p issue range of FDC's for Regional definitives total 98 covers (four 1964 covers hand addressed rest unaddressed or typed address) all illustrated mostly Royal Mail covers with a few Benham including 'silk's' and others. ()

£50.00

 

1951

1963 Hand addressed cover used registered within Bletchley having COMPAC 1s 6d top left corner marginal block of 4 affixed tied by single central strike of cds for date of issue. ()

£1.50

 

1952

1966 Illustrated cover for Robert Burns issue hand addressed to Australia bearing 4d & 1s 3d issued stamps tied by Glasgow That Man to Man The World O'er Shall Brothers Be For A' That pictorial cds for date of issue. ()

£2.00

 

1953

1967 Illustrated rubber stamped address FDC for Christmas issue bearing set of 3 SG756/58 tied by two different dated FDI Southampton cds's 4d 18 October 3d & 1s 6d 27 November. ()

£5.00

 

1954

1969 Printed label address illustrated FDC for 2s 6d to £1 set of 4 tied by two strikes of Wolverhampton FDI cds handstamps couple small light stains on rear. ()

£1.50

 

1955

1973-2015 Two Hundred and one different PHQ cards mostly unused including 1973 PHQ1 County Cricket 2007 Beatles set 2010 London 2010 set 2011 Crown Jewels set 2013 Dr Who set 2015 Alice in Wonderland set and Star Wars set with used having matching stamps on reverse for 1974 Fire 3½p printed label address 1975 Sailing 8p printed label address2002 Regionals unaddressed and 1884 Arms matching stamps on front unaddressed. ()

£20.00

 

1956

1979 Plain limited edition (number 3 of 10) cover having two comedic colour horse related vignettes applied bearing Horse Racing issue 9p to 13p set of 4 SG1087/90 tied by three strikes of East End Cheltenham Glos single ring cds's dated 6 June 1979 - date of issue. Cover has been signed by Ginger McCain (part of signature ties 9p stamp) and Willie Carson ()

£10.00

 

1957

1983-85 Twenty one different Royal Mail unaddressed PHQ cards each having matching stamp affixed to reverse tied by Gloucestershire FDI cds. ()

£2.50

 

1958

1958 Hand addressed cover bearing ½d Independence horizontal pair SG170 tied by Aboso cds 28 November 1958 with 'T over.. oz' mark with '7' added with 1d carmine to 1/- reddish violet postage dues set affixed SGD14/D18 tied by Tarkwa date of issue cds's. ()

£2.00

 

1959

1913 Benzaquen & Co colour postcard Rock from Spanish Territory sent from son on board SS Gerent docked in Gibraltar for a day then off to Copenhagen bearing KGV 1d scarlet tied by Gibraltar double ring cds 16 May 1913. ()

£3.00

 

1960

1937 Scarce Posted on Board Ship hand addressed cover sent air mail to South Africa at 11d rate with 6d bright purple & magenta SG97a plus Rock 2d pale grey & 3d blue SG112/13 tied by two fine strikes of Juilio Cesare Piresanto Postale Italiano cds dated 1 November 1937. Gibraltar slogan continuous machine cancel dated 8 November 1937 on reverse. ()

£25.00

 

1961

1947 Scarcer hand addressed cover to England bearing 5d red-orange SG125c tied by faint Gibraltar slogan continuous machine cancel dated 18 December 1947. Three line "Airmail Gibraltar 18/12/47" applied both sides of cover. ()

£25.00

 

1962

1971 Incoming hand addressed cover from Germany to Gibraltar bearing 5pf stamp tied by Frankfurt cancel dated 14 July 1971. Address erased in blue ink and marked not known with violet straight line Retour on front and blue ink Retour on reverse. Violet framed Taxe mark T 90/50 applied on front with 1d green Postage Due vertical pair SGD1 applied having Gibraltar cds dated 22 January 1971 and black ink manuscript cancels. Gibraltar Gibraltar 8 cds and Gibraltar Sibraltar (incorrect letter plug "S" for "G") 9 double ring cds's both dated 22 January 1971 on reverse. Unusual item with dates not matching. ()

£15.00

 

1963

1916 3d brown size G registered envelope H&G9a hand addressed Winnebah (blue on white label attached) to Accra having good strike of Winnebah cds dated 4 November 1916. ()

£15.00

 

1964

1930 Printed address cover to USA from Rev in Kokofu at 2½d rate bearing ½d green x 3 and 1d chocolate brown SG86/87 all tied by three strikes of Kokofu cds dated 4 January 1930. Bekwai Gold Coast cds of same date on reverse. Scarcer location. ()

£30.00

 

1965

1930 German shipping line printed German address blue cover bearing 3d bright blue SG91 tied by S.S. Amstel-Kerk purple oblong framed handstamp dated 16 November 1930 having black straight line Paquebot cachet alongside. Scarcer markings on cover. ()

£35.00

 

1966

1933 3d brown size G registered envelope H&G11c uprated with 3d definitive hand addressed Tarkwa (blank blue on white label attached with Tarkwa added in black ink) to French Congo with two strikes of Tarkwa oval registered cancels dated 6 November 1933. Same cancel on reverse along with Sierra Leone Libreville Gabon and Pointe Noire Congo transit cancels dated between 8 November 1933 and 1 January 1934. ()

£15.00

 

1967

1847 Commercial unstamped entire London to Lille rated '9' on front along with green straight line unframed 'Newington Butts' mark plus unclear smudged mark and red Angl Calais cds 6 April 1847. B crown T double rim circular mark 5 April and Lille cds 7 April on reverse. ()

£2.00

 

1968

1851 Soiled folded small unstamped cover to madam Mignaly Florence rated '1/3' in red on front having blue straight line Knightsbridge mark applied along with red London cds dated 28 October black Calais cds dated 29 October. Red oval 'PD' on front with poor Florence mark dated 3 November on reverse. Letter mentions award of Order of the Bath at Windsor. ()

£2.00

 

1969

1864-77 A front and three covers (condition mixed) each bearing 1d red tied by duplex cancels including cover with plate 88 used October 1864 year of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1970

1890-91 Uniform Penny Post Jubilee unused GPO Christmas and New Year card in fine uncreased condition having a little light soiling on reverse otherwise fine and scarce. ()

£70.00

 

1971

1891 QV ½d brown unaddressed and no message postal stationery card having superb strike of German Exhibition BO single ring cds 10 October 1891and fine strike of blue Royal Naval Exhibition Eddystone Lighthouse London SW pictorial handstamp 19 October 1891. ()

£10.00

 

1972

1905 Colour postcard couple damaged corners Union Castle Line Royal Mail Steamer 'Kenilworth Castle' at sea addressed to Hull endorsed 'No stamps available' with red T 10cts crayon mark applied with 2d F.B. instructional mark and London cds dated 23 October 1905. ()

£3.00

 

1973

1906 Colour postcard showing HM Submarine No 2 (central surface damage on picture side) used locally bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by Scorriee cds dated 18 August 1906. ()

£4.00

 

1974

1907 Colour unfranked postcard Stone Bridge in Chine¬ Shanklin Isle of Wight to London with Shanklin small squared circle cancel dated 8 September 1907 'Id to Pay' and initials added having London NE thimble cds dated 9 September 1907 on top. ()

£1.00

 

1975

1908 Five different unused colour postcards showing scenes from Franco British Exhibition. ()

£5.00

 

1976

1908 Colour postcard Poet's House Wilford Notts used to Lincoln bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by Doncaster cds 7 October 198 with Burringham cds of same date. ()

£2.00

 

1977

1908 Thirty different post cards for 1908 Franco-British Exhibition London three colour all used plus twenty seven black & white (three used) condition generally fine. ()

£15.00

 

1978

1908 Eight colour (two unused) and ten black & white (five unused) postal cards all different showing views of the London Franco-British Exhibition condition slightly mixed with two used cards having Exhibition cds cancels. ()

£10.00

 

1979

1910s Unused lightly soiled black & white postcard showing Norman Nave looking North West in Carlton-in-Lindrick Notts church. ()

£1.50

 

1980

1910s circa Unused colour postcard of SS Manxman at sea Douglas I.O.M. ()

£2.50

 

1981

1910s circa Unused colour postcard of White Star Line "Oceanic" at sea fine condition. ()

£2.50

 

1982

1911 Colour postcard Wilford Church Nottingham used to Lancs bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by Nottingham machine cancel dated 4 December 1911. ()

£2.00

 

1983

1912 Black & white postcard showing TS King Edward at Inveraray dock unloading passengers used to Glasgow KGV ½d green tied by Inveraray cds 10 August 1912. ()

£4.00

 

1984

1912 Black & white postcard Carnaval de Toulon rounded corners used to England posted on board RMS Orvato bearing GB KGV 1d scarlet tied by Napoli cds 28 December 1912. ()

£3.00

 

1985

1913 Colour postcard (creased corners) of a street scene St Peters Nottingham showing pedestrians¬ shops and Church sent to Lincoln bearing KGV Downey Head ½d green tied by Nottingham machine cancel dated 21 August 1913. ()

£1.50

 

1986

1913-14 Two colour Hands Across the Sea used postcards showing SS Tinisian or RMS Victoria (both Allan Line) addressed to Hull bearing KGV ½d green tied by Liverpool cancels. ()

£3.50

 

1987

1924-25 British Empire Exhibition post card comprising Canadian Pavilion by Night colour unused post card plus thirty one black & white or sepia different post cards (three used¬ one with commemorative stamp and Wembley Park slogan cancel) generally fine. ()

£15.00

 

1988

1929 Printed large Union Postale Universelle Congres de Londres 1929 lightly soiled cover (Crest on backflap) hand addressed to Monsignor N E Wallis (no other details added) with purple single ring Postal Union Congress London single ring cds 10 AM dated 23 May 1929. Lot includes A3 size piece of London Postal Union Congress London 1929 folded vertically to make a folder housing form K227 having two extracts from the Daily Mirror 11 May 1929 attached being black and white pictures showing opening of Congress plus loose black and white picture showing Indian delegation at Congress. ()

£10.00

 

1989

1930s circa Three unused F Frith & Co Ltd Reigate sepia postcards showing scenes in Leighton Buzzard comprising Market Day¬ The Cross and The Globe Inn. ()

£5.00

 

1990

1934 Black & white postcard Epperstone Church from Manor Grounds to Melton Mowbray bearing KGV 1d scarlet (damaged) tied by Nottingham machine cancel 15 August 1934. ()

£2.00

 

1991

1936 Happy Easter colour postcard addressed to France with Silver Jubilee 2½d affixed tied by Nottingham machine cancel dated 8 April 1936. Message on card reads "I saved this stamp for your collection as you cannot get them now". ()

£1.00

 

1992

1940s circa "Photocraft" L W Lewis Park Street Walsall real photograph black and white unused postcard showing bust street scene Corporation Street Birmingham. ()

£2.00

 

1993

1942 Post Office illustrated greetings telegram with typed message having Peterborough Northants purple cds dated 25 December 1942 on reverse. ()

£1.50

 

1994

1950 Hand addressed lightly soiled illustrated cover for London International Stamp Exhibition sent registered to Hornchurch bearing KGVI ½d pale green 1d pale scarlet and 2½d light ultramarine x 2 SG485/86 & 489 tied by London Stamp Exhibition Maltese Cross cancel dated 7 May 1950. ()

£2.00

 

1995

1950 Hand addressed lightly soiled illustrated cover for London International Stamp Exhibition sent registered to Hornchurch bearing KGVI ½d pale green 1d pale scarlet and 2½d light ultramarine x 2 SG485/86 & 489 tied by London Stamp Exhibition Maltese Cross cancel dated 8 May 1950. ()

£2.00

 

1996

1951 Typed address illustrated cover for Festival of Britain (two creased corners lightly soiled) bearing 2½d and 4d issued stamps SG513/14 tied by Festival of Britain special slogan cancel dated 1951¬ day and month unclear. ()

£2.00

 

1997

1957 Hand addressed cover used within Kent bearing World Scout Jubilee Jamboree 2½d carmine-red SG557 bisected vertically so only right hand portion of stamp with ½d value displayed tied by Bromley & Beckenham Kent machine cancel 19 September 1957. ()

£5.00

 

1998

1958 Black & white post card Manor Park Ruddington used within Nottingham bearing 3d lilac tied by Nottingham machine cancel dated 27 August 1958. ()

£1.00

 

1999

1960s Unused colour postcard Market Place Bingham. ()

£2.00

 

2000

1960 Illustrated hand addressed cover for 42nd Philatelic Congress of Great Britain sent registered to Devon bearing GLO 3d and 1s 3d tied by pictorial Congress handstamp 13 July. ()

£2.00

 

2001

1960-88 Seven plain and one illustrated covers (one hand addressed rest typed) bearing various stamps all tied by TPO cds cancels. ()

£4.00

 

2002

1961-80 Two cards and four illustrated printed address covers for islands around England comprising 1961 Lundy Europa cover to London at 3d rate stamps tied by Barnstaple machine cancel 8 December having set of 7 Lundy Europa overprints on reverse tied by three Lundy Europa cds's of same date. 1961-62 Herm Island FDC' both with Guernsey 3d stamp on front and having 1961 set of 6 or 1962 set of 3 Europa stamps on reverse tied by Herm Island cds's. 1962 Isle of Jethou FDC Guernsey 3d on front with 3d & 1s 9d Europa 1962 stamps on reverse tied by Island of Jethou cds. 1969 Colour postcard of Isle of Lihou bearing 4d Guernsey stamp tied by Guernsey machine cancel having additional Lihou 2d label affixed tied by Island of Lihou cds dated 30 September 1969. 1980 unaddressed black & white post card of seven ton cannon at Tombstone battery on Steep Hom bearing 30p label tied by Steep Holm Bristol Channel cds dated 27 September 1980. ()

£7.50

 

2003

1963 Westminster Bank typed address cover to London (no stamp applied) having Billericay Essex machine cancel 9 November 1963. Black 'To Pay Posted Unpaid 6d' mark applied along with 6d postage due SGD63 tied by London cds 11 November. ()

£1.50

 

2004

1964 British United Airways VC10 illustrated typed address airmail covers for First Flight UK-Central Africa November 1964 and return bearing GB Shakespeare 1s 3d or Southern Rhodesia 1s 3d Aloe tied by appropriate cds's dated 4 or 6 November. ()

£3.00

 

2005

1969 Embossed Stuart's unaddressed cover commemorating the Landing on the Moon bearing QEII 4d Wilding tied by First Man on the Moon Southampton cds dated 21 July 1969. ()

£1.00

 

2006

1970s Four different unused black & white postcards in presentation folder produced by Epping Forest District Council showing scenes of Epping circa 1890 to 1930 in fine condition. ()

£2.00

 

2007

1908 Hand addressed colour postcard of Hong Kong scenes to England bearing GB KEVII 1d scarlet tied by good strike of Shanghai BPO code C cds (Webb type J) dated 29 September 1908 having good strike of framed black Paquebot handstamp (Hosking 1594). ()

£45.00

 

2008

1949 Hand addressed cover (single vertical crease away from stamp) to England bearing 75th Anniv of UPU SG174 tied by Hong Kong 4 double ring cds dated 8 November 1949. ()

£10.00

 

2009

1950 Locally hand addressed cover manuscript censor mark at left bearing KGVI 10c reddish lilac SG145a tied by Field Post Office 746 cds dated 4 May 1950. ()

£20.00

 

2010

1950 Locally typed addressed cover bearing GB KGVI 1½d pale red-brown SG487 tied by Field Post Office 385 cds dated 8 May 1950. Kowloon cds transit cds on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

2011

1952 Printed address cover sent registered (Kowloon G blue on white label applied) to USA at 60c rate bearing 30c blue x 2 SG154 tied by Sham Shui PO Hong Kong code C cds dated 16 April 1952. US transit marks dated 19 and 20 May on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

2012

1952 Neat hand addressed cover to Shatin New Territories bearing KGVI 10c reddish violet SG145c tied by fine strike of Hong Kong Un Long cds dated 17 July 1952. ()

£15.00

 

2013

1988-2005 Ninety eight modern large size postcards all postally used one to BFPO Falklands rest to England eight with GB stamps tied by British Forces Hong Kong cds's rest with Hong Kong stamps tied by range of Hong Kong postmarks. ()

£18.00

 

2014

1903 Incoming creased and soiled humorous postal card to India (redirected to Simla on arrival) bearing KEVII ½d blue-green tied by location unclear cds dated 22 May 1903 plus Overland date unclear cds. Sea Post Office cds dated 7 June applied both sides with Simla cds's dated 15 & 16 June Ferozepore cds's dated 18 June plus small green Ferozepore unpaid green oval cancels plus unclear cds and local script notation at top.. ()

£5.00

 

2015

1917-34 Eight commercial covers (four with contents and one in two halves) all bearing Indian KGV stamps tied by Burma cancels in usual condition for region. ()

£9.00

 

2016

1932-34 Four hand addressed covers sent airmail to same company in London at 8½a rate bearing KGV ½a green and Air Mail 4a olive-green x 2 SG202 & 222 tied by Bombay Foreign cds's date between December 1932 and April 1934. ()

£2.00

 

2017

Jaipur - 1939-42 Five preprinted back correspondence cards all uprated with ¼a black & brown messages and addresses in local script tied by Sawai pictorial cds's. ()

£2.50

 

2018

Patiala - 1941 Lightly soiled correspondence postal card printed reverse for B L Dhaun & Sons Dealers in Postage Stamps Desraj Street Patiala typed message and address to a Mr D L Webb in Dum Dum requesting availability of used Indian KGVI stamps in quantity of 100 or 1000. Sent at 9p rate bearing 3p slate vertical strip of 3 SG80 tied by Patiala State cds's 24 March 1941 with Buy Defence Savings Certificates Dum Dum framed slogan. ()

£3.00

 

2019

1900s circa Black on pink small Post Office form (105 x 85mm) 'Paid Letters From Kingston¬ Jamaica BWI for Great Britain (North)' creasing and small tears both sides. ()

£3.00

 

2020

1944 Incoming hand addressed air mail cover to Jamaica bearing GB 6d tied by Leek Staffs slogan cancel dated 12 April 1944. Date unclear Nassau slogan cancel on reverse tied by PC90 Opened By D. /8848 tape at left with black straight line MISSENT TO BAHAMAS cachet on front. Spanish Town Jamaica single ring cancel dated 2 May - no year slug on reverse. Unusual item as clearly addressed. ()

£25.00

 

2021

1946-49 Two typed and one hand addressed cover all bearing New Constitution 2d¬ 3d (block of 4) or 2/- stamps tied by Browns Town¬ Luce or Montego Bay cds's. ()

£3.00

 

2022

1949 Colour postcard of Port Maria sent to England bearing KGVI ½d green horizontal pair tied by Williamsfield Jamaica cds dated 20 December 1949. ()

£1.00

 

2023

1960 Hand addressed cover to Kingston bearing Sugar cane 1d black & emerald SG160 tied by good strike of Runaway Bay Jamaica double ring cds dated 29 December 1960. ()

£1.00

 

2024

1976 Long illustrated cover for New Definitive Issue bearing set of 10 stamps 2c to 1r SG300/09 tied by Maseru FDI handstamps all with light tone marks around perfs of stamps. ()

£2.00

 

2025

1977 10c red size F registered letter uprated with 3c SG301 x 3 hand addressed to Book Depot Morija having Mohlanapeng straight line registered mark applied to cover stamps tied by Mohlanapeng¬ Morija and Qachas cds's dated January 1977. ()

£3.00

 

2026

1977 Typed address cover from Chaplain St Monica Lesotho to Bloemfontein bearing Senquyane River Bridge 4c SG258 tied by fine strike of St Monica cds 22 June 1977. ()

£2.00

 

2027

Kelentan - 1948 Typed address cover to Australia with BMA Malaya overprint on 10c purple SG8 tied by fine strike of Kota Bharu Kelentan single ring cds 5 September 1948. ()

£15.00

 

2028

Negri Sembilan - 1925 Hand addressed cover sent registered (blank blue on white label applied with Paul Street Seremban added in red ink) to South India (usual discolouration soiling) at 18c rate bearing on reverse FMS Tiger 1c 5c & 12c (SG53 61 & 68) tied by two strikes of Serem8an ("8" insert instead of "B") cds dated 11 July 1925. Stamps also tied by Indian arrival cds's. ()

£10.00

 

2029

Negri Sembilan - 1941 Hand addressed airmail cover to Australia bearing Negri Sembilan 25c dull purple & scarlet SG33 tied by nice strike of AIF Field PO N218 (used at Port Dickson) cds dated 10 March 1941. Manuscript censor signature at left. ()

£20.00

 

2030

1939 Typed address commercial cover to Malta at 1½pi rate bearing €pi black & violet x 2 tied by Cyprus cds dated 7 October 1939. Opened and sealed at top with crowned black on white Opened By Censor tape which ties stamps and is tied by red Passed Censor framed cachet having Egyptian red circular censor mark alongside. Valetta and Cairo transit marks dated 20 and 11 October respectively on reverse. ()

£25.00

 

2031

1902 Hand addressed cover sent registered to USA at 42c rate (12c registration + double 15c postage) bearing 6c green & rose-red x 2 SG131 and 15c green & orange x 2 SG149 tied by two strikes of Quatre Bornes code D Thimble cds dated 14 February 1902. Oval registered Mauritius mark of same date on front along with "R" in oval marks. ()

£25.00

 

2032

1934 Eight soiled plain covers two locally hand addressed others unaddressed all bearing KGV 5c grey & carmine SG227 all tied by B53 duplex cancels. Postally used covers have GPO cds and framed Delivery marks both dated 2 February 1934. ()

£2.50

 

2033

1937 Typed address plain cover to Casablanca bearing Coronation French¬ Spanish and Tangier (light tone around perfs) overprints plus Tangier overprint on 1d scarlet SG164¬ 229¬ 244 and 246 tied by British Post Office Tangier cds's dated 15 September 1937. ()

£5.00

 

2034

1937 Typed address plain cover sent registered to stamp Dealers H & A Wallace London bearing Coronation 1½d maroon block of 4 SG244 tied by two strikes of Registered British P O Tangier oval registered cancel dated 16 May 1937 (not FDI)¬ same cancel on rear. ()

£2.50

 

2035

1942 Typed address plain cover opened two sides sent registered to England bearing Tangier overprint on KEVIII ½d green 1d scarlet and 1½d red-brown SG241/43 plus British Overprint on KEVII 2½d bright blue SG76 tied by Registered British P O Tangier oval cancels 22 April 1942 same cancels on reverse. Opened and sealed at left with PC90 Opened By Examiner 1615 black on white tape with two arrival cds's 7 May on reverse. ()

£2.50

 

2036

1946 Printed local address commercial cover sent registered bearing Victory 2½d ultramarine and 3d violet in blocks of 4 SG253/54 each tied by single central strike of Registered British P O Tangier oval cancel 18 July 1946¬ same cancel plus merchants cachet on reverse. ()

£3.00

 

2037

1951 Typed address cover sent registered Tetuan to England bearing Spanish Currency KEVIII5c on ½d 10c on 1d 15c on 1½d x 2 and 25c on 2½d SG160/63 plus KGVI 5d on ½d pale orange 10c on 1d light ultramarine and 15c on 1½d pale green SG182/84 (cat £45 used) all tied by four strikes of Registered British Post Office Tetuan oval cancel dated 26 September 1951 with two strikes of same cancel on reverse along with purple Registered British P O Tangier oval cancel dated 27 September - no year slug shown.. ()

£6.00

 

2038

1955 Typed address Official cover (crest on backflap) to Board of Trade London at 1p 70 rate bearing Morocco Agencies surcharge & overprints in Spanish Currency on GB KGVI 70c on 7d emerald-green & 1p on 10d turquoise-blue SG170/71 (cat £36 from x 8 on cover) tied by British Post Office Tetuan single ring cds dated 7 September 1955 with a further strike alongside. Purple circular British Consulate General Tetuan cachet applied dated 7 September 1955. Scarce and clean cover. ()

£35.00

 

2039

1925 Sepia postcard of Port Vila Post Office to Austria (no message) bearing on front 5c green SGF22 tied by Port Vila New Hebrides cds dated 3 April 1925. ()

£20.00

 

2040

1934 Hand addressed cover to England bearing 5d (50c) ultramarine SG47 tied by Vila New Hebrides single ring cds dated 18 September 1934. ()

£20.00

 

2041

1935 Hand addressed cover to Paris bearing 10c (1d) green SGF43 and 40c (4d) red/yellow SGF47 tied by New Hebrides Vila single ring cds dated 25 February 1935. ()

£20.00

 

2042

1923 KGV 2d blue size H2 postal stationery registered envelope (two vertical creases) hand addressed to London having blue on white provisional registered label applied with Jemaa added in black. Cover uprated with pair of KGV 2d grey tied by Jemaa cds dated 28 April 1923. Same cds applied on reverse which ties 1923 Stamp Exhibition Royal Horticultural Hall 14-26 May brown label also tied by three different London arrival cancels. Jos Nigeria transit cds dated 1 May 1923 also on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

2043

1934 Hand addressed to England lightly soiled plain cover (vertical central crease) sent airmail on First Flight Nyasaland - Southern Rhodesia with framed two line cachet applied bearing 1/- black/emerald SG108 tied by Zomba cds dated 6 March 1934. ()

£6.50

 

2044

1931 Long OHMS manila cover (vertical fold at left) typed address to England bearing 3d blue overprinted type 2 OS SGO25 (cat £10 from x 8 on cover) tied by Rabaul New Guinea cds dated 4 June 1931. A poor strike of The Treasury purple oval cachet applied over franked with Rabaul cds dated 29 May 1931 indicating cover may have been intended to be post free with postage subsequently charged. ()

£30.00

 

2045

1930s circa Illustrated typed address cover to USA signed by direct descendant of Fletcher Christian bearing New Zealand 1d Brown Kiwi SG557 or 578 tied by date unclear Pitcairn Island New Zealand cds. ()

£5.00

 

2046

1958 Hand addressed a little creased airmail cover bearing Rhodesia & Nyasaland 2s 6d black & rose-red SG12 tied by fine strike of Bindura S. Rhodesia cds 23 January 1958. ()

£3.00

 

2047

1936 Typed address plain cover sent registered airmail to London stamp dealers H & A Wallace bearing Silver Jubilee 1d to 1/- set of 4 on front and additional 1½d on reverse SG61/64 tied by individual strikes of St Kitts single ring cds's 4 May 1936. Purple¬ red and black registered printed marks on front with Antigua and US transit cancels on reverse. ()

£7.50

 

2048

Transvaal - 1907 KEVII 4d blue size F registered envelope used Randfontein to Krugersdorp uprated with 1d scarlet having 4 strikes of Randfontein TVL cds dated 7 November 1907 on front with Krugersdorp Transvall cds on reverse of same date.& ()

£15.00

 

2049

1913 Hand addressed cover from Government House Pretoria (crest on backflap) including 4 page letter on Government House printed paper written in Afrikaans to Aliwal North bearing 1d carmine-red SG4a tied by Pretoria cds dated 17 November 1913. ()

£15.00

 

2050

1939 Sepia postcard Lion's Head and Aerial Cableway Station¬ Cape Town sent to Netherlands bearing Gold Mine 1½d English single tied by Cape Town cds 12 June 1939. ()

£3.00

 

2051

1943 Typed address unstamped prisoner of war envelope to Germany having purple unframed bilingual Passed By censor cachet on front. Official Free Internment Camp purple oval cachet on reverse tied by bilingual Opened By Censor UC8 label. ()

£20.00

 

2052

1960 Printed address cover to London bearing SANAE 3d tied by Pretoria machine cancel 23 February 1960. T2d in black circle mark applied with GB 2d agate postage due affixed tied by London cds¬ date and year unclear. ()

£1.50

 

2053

1991 Unfranked window envelope having Bloemfontein cds dated 1 August 1991 applied with Ugie cds dated 6 August on reverse. Form P1/151 Reason For Surcharge applied as no postage was paid and 50c stamp added tied by Ugie cds dated 7 August 1991. ()

£1.00

 

2054

1977-88 Twenty two unaddressed illustrated Date-Stamp cards or covers bearing range of stamps all tied by special pictorial handstamps for event. ()

£5.00

 

2055

1905 Roughly opened on 4 sides (part of backflap missing) and badly toned 5m carmine postal stationery envelope H&GB3 addressed in Arabic having two strikes of Merowi bilingual cds dated 7 May 1906 (year slugs inverted reading 9061). On reverse is location unclear (maybe Syria) Travelling Post Office cds dated 11 May 1905 along with Assouan cds dated 13 May 1905. Unsure why different year dates front and back. ()

£20.00

 

2056

1917 Hand addressed 5m red postal stationery envelope H&GB5 to County Armargh Ireland having two strikes of Singa bilingual double ring cds dated 15 January 1917. Khartoum bilingual single ring cds dated 16 January on reverse along with Tynan RSO Co Armargh double ring cds dated 5 February 1917. Includes contents being a two page letter written on Khartoum Sudan stationery dated 13 January mentions letter "written on a native boat on the Blue Nile" with an sketched illustration of the boat included within the letter. ()

£35.00

 

2057

1936 Typed address cover to NBC Radio City New York USA from Iambi Mission Station Tanganyika (imprint top left corner) at 30c rate bearing KUT KGV 5c x 2 & 30c pictorial definitives tied by two strikes of Kinyangiri cds dated 13 January 1936. Dar Es Salaam transit cds dated 15 January on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

2058

1937 KUT KGV 15c red postal stationery card uprated with KUT 1937 Coronation 20c to cover air mail cost to Germany with long message in German having two strikes of Moshi double ring cds dated 19 July 1937 applied. Purple By Air Mail cachet also applied to front along with pictorial German arrival cancel dated 28 July 1937. ()

£25.00

 

2059

1895 Long scarce On His Tongan Majesty's Service cover (2 vertical folds do not detract) hand addressed to British Vice Counsel Nuku'alofa with illustrated Tonga Government Frank pictorial circular marking plus Nukualofa Tonga small single ring cancel 18 October 1895. ()

£50.00

 

2060

1937 Hand addressed hotel cover to USA sent Air Mail International Forwarding at 26c rate with Coronation 2c & 8c x 3 SG244/45 tied by GPO Port of Spain cds's 1 July 1937. ()

£10.00

 

2061

1943 Hand addressed black & white postcard (rounded corners) of Robinson Crusoe to England from Robinson Crusoe Hotel bearing Trinidad & Tobago 4c tied by Scarborough Tobago cds dated 18 November 1943. Nice strike of IC TRI undated circular censor mark also ties stamp and is a very scarce mark from Tobago. ()

£20.00

 

2062

1948 Incoming hand addressed cover endorsed Air Mail to Port of Spain Trinidad bearing GB KGVI 2½d blue vertical pair tied by date unclear Syston (Leicester England) cds's. Field Post Office 912 double ring cds dated 1 December 1948 (stated to be TPO travelling between Germany & Holland) applied both sides. Two strikes of red 1s 2d I.S.F and black "T" FS instructional marks on front along with two strikes of purple unframed Retour and black Unclaimed cachets on front. GPO Port of Spain cds dated 22 December 1948 on reverse along with superb strike of Returned Letter Branch Trinidad single ring cds in red dated 30 December 1948. A real puzzler needing full study to work out routing etc. ()

£20.00

 

2063

1949 Typed address firms air mail cover to Denmark at 24c rate beraing KGVI 12c horizontal pair tied by GPO Post of Spain cds's dated 10 December 1949. Good strike of To New York By Air Onward By Streamer two line unframed purple cachet on front. ()

£20.00

 

2064

1949 Typed address air mail cover to Denmark at 36c rate with 75th Anniv of UPU 12c & 24c SG263/64 tied by San Fernando single ring cds's of 20 October 1949. ()

£10.00

 

2065

1956-96 Twenty one covers (condition a little mixed couple opened out on three sides) mostly hand addressed seven used to UK rest used within Caribbean all bearing various stamps (values to $5) tied by fine range of different readable cds cancels. ()

£7.50