1915

1937 Selfridge & Co printed address cover bearing Coronation 1a to 3½a set of 3 SG13/15 tied by single central strike of Aden Camp cds dated 10 August 1937. ()

£3.00

 

1916

1960s circa Black and white photographic unused postcard titled Memento of Horatio Nelson. having crease top left corner ()

£1.00

 

1917

1944 ACF cover (central vertical fold and light creasing around edges) hand addressed to South Australia with address included within drawing of an elephant covering the front of the cover bearing KGVI 3d purple-brown SG187 tied by Air Force PO 201 cds dated 4 July 1944¬ on reverse in pencil Milne Bay Papua added. ()

£10.00

 

1918

1957-61 Eight typed and four hand addressed covers (including illustrated FDC's) three with Australian stamps others bearing Australian Antarctic Territory stamps (values to 2/-) tied by Davis¬ MacQuarie¬ Mawson or Wilkes cds cancels between January 1957/December 1961. ()

£8.00

 

1919

1985 Scenes 2c to $1 set of 15 SG63/77 on four illustrated unaddressed covers with Casey¬ Davis¬ MacQuarie or Mawson handstamps. ()

£4.00

 

1920

1957 Front only of 6d red registered envelope hand addressed to Morija uprated with3d pictorial definitive tied by Tsime cds dated 24 September 1957 with Butha Buthe and Morija cds's dated 26 and 30 September also applied. ()

£4.00

 

1921

1941 Typed Colombo address cover at 6c rate bearing 3c on 20c horizontal pair SG399 tied by individual strikes of Ceylon double ring cds dated 2 November 1941. ()

£3.00

 

1922

1957 Typed address trilingual airmail cover to England bearing Wilding 3d tied by fine strike of B.F.P.O. Christmas Island single ring cds dated 8 June 1957 having blue bird carrying an anchor and red Trial First British Megaton 1957 circular cachets applied to front. ()

£5.00

 

1923

Antigua - 1985 Illustrated unaddressed FDC's for 300th Birth Anniv of Bach one bearing 25c to $3 set of 4 SG960/63 other with $5 miniature sheet SGMS964 all tied by FDI cds's. ()

£2.00

 

1924

Barbuda - 1986 Five illustrated unaddressed FDC's for 300th Birth Anniv of Bach each bearing 25c to $3 set of 4 overprinted Barbuda Mail SG851/54 tied by FDI cds's. ()

£5.00

 

1925

Barbuda - 1986 Six illustrated unaddressed FDC's for 300th Birth Anniv of Bach each bearing $5 miniature sheet overprinted Barbuda Mail SGMS855 tied by FDI cds's. ()

£5.00

 

1926

British Commonwealth - 1985 Illustrated unaddressed FDC's for 300th Birth Anniv of Bach for Antigua¬ Dominica¬ Grenada¬ Grenada Grenadines¬ Maldives¬ Sierra Leone and Turks & Caicos each bearing miniature sheet tied by FDI cds's. ()

£5.00

 

1927

Grenada - 1985 Illustrated unaddressed FDC's for 300th Birth Anniv of Bach one bearing 25c to $3 set of 4 SG1435/38 other with $5 miniature sheet SGMS1459 all tied by FDI cds's. ()

£2.00

 

1928

Malayan Federation - 1957 Illustrated colour hand addressed FDC bearing Independence Day 10c bistre-brown SG5 tied by Penang single ring cds for date of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1929

Malayan Federation - 1958 Illustrated colour hand addressed (erased and small hand addressed label applied) FDC sent airmail to London bearing First Anniv of Independence 10c and 30c (SG8/9) tied by individual strikes of Ipoh single ring cds for date of issue. ()

£2.50

 

1930

Malayan Federation - 1958 Illustrated colour hand addressed FDC to Singapore bearing Tenth Anniv of Declaration of Human Rights 10c and 30c tied by strikes of Ipoh code B single ring cds for date of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1931

New Zealand - 1984 Unaddressed illustrated FDC for Antarctic Research issue 24c to 70c set of 4 SG1327/30 tied by single central strike of Philatelic Bureau FDI cds. ()

£1.50

 

1932

Nyasaland - 1935 Plain typed address cover (a little light creasing not affecting stamps) sent registered to Evan's Colonial Stampmarket England bearing Silver Jubilee 1d to 1/- set of 4 SG123/26 all tied by three strikes of Zomba double ring cds dated 6 May 1935 - date of issue. ()

£15.00

 

1933

Nyasaland - 1951 Illustrated FDC (central vertical fold not affecting stamps) for Diamond Jubilee of Protectorate hand addressed sent registered airmail Zomba to England bearing 2d to 5/- set of 4 issued stamps SG167/70 tied by Nyasaland Diamond Jubilee circular undated handstamp having Zomba cds dated 15 May 1951 (date of issue) alongside. ()

£6.00

 

1934

Nyasaland - 1963 Illustrated unaddressed FDC for Provisional Issue bearing Revenue Stamps ½d to £1 set of 11 issued stamps SG188/98 tied by four strikes of Blantyre double ring cds dated 1 November 1963 - date of issue. ()

£8.00

 

1935

South Africa - 1999 Illustrated unaddressed FDC for JOPEX 99 Philatelic Exhibition bearing issued miniature sheet SGMS1154 tied by FDI pictorial handstamp. ()

£2.00

 

1936

South Africa - 1999 Illustrated unaddressed FDC for China 99 World Philatelic Exhibition bearing issued miniature sheet SGMS1153 tied by FDI pictorial handstamp. ()

£2.00

 

1937

South Africa - 1999 Illustrated unaddressed FDC for 900th Anniversary of The Order of St John bearing issued miniature sheet SGMS1132 tied by FDI pictorial handstamp. ()

£2.00

 

1938

South West Africa - 1962 Ace Cover Service illustrated FDC (light stain over address at base) hand addressed to Bloemhof bearing 3c Greater Flamingo's & Swakopmund Lighthouse SG176 tied by Windhoek cds dated 1 October 1962 date of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1939

South West Africa - 1964 Ace Covers illustrated FDC for Official Opening of New Assembly Hall sent airmail having typed Johannesburg address bearing 3c ultramarine & salmon issued stamp SG195 tied by Windhoek cds dated 14 October 1964 - date of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1940

South West Africa - 1972 Unaddressed airmail cover typed endorsement 'Day of issue' bearing BBV SPCA 5c Cat commemorative SG234 tied by Gochas SWA cds dated 19 September 1972 - date of issue. ()

£2.50

 

1941

South West Africa - 1979 Gemstones and 1981 Saltworks illustrated unaddressed FDC's for both issues bearing sets of 4 stamps tied by pictorial FDI handstamps. ()

£2.00

 

1942

1941 Plain hand addressed cover bearing ½d pale green single and block of 4 SG485 tied by two strikes of Greenfield cds for date of issue. ()

£4.00

 

1943

1942 Plain hand addressed cover bearing 1½d pale red-brown block of 4 SG487 tied by two strikes of Manchester cds for date of issue. ()

£6.50

 

1944

1949 Plain hand addressed cover sent registered within Edinburgh bearing Olympic Games set of 4 SG495/98 tied by two strikes of Edinburgh cds for date of issue. ()

£2.00

 

1945

1949 Plain hand addressed cover sent registered Golders Green to Willsden bearing Olympic Games set of 4 SG495/98 tied by single central strike of cds for date of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1946

1949 Plain hand addressed cover sent registered within Hornsey bearing 75th Anniv of UPU set of 4 SG499/502 tied by two strikes of Hornsey single ring cds for date of issue. ()

£3.00

 

1947

1951 Plain hand addressed cover used registered within Leicester bearing 2d pale red-brown block of 4 SG506 tied by Evington Road Leicester single ring cds for date of issue. ()

£2.00

 

1948

1952 Illustrated typed address cover plus plain hand addressed cover both bearing 1½d green & 2½d carmine-red definitives SG517 & 519 tied by London cds or Colne Lancs machine cancel dated 5 December 1952 date of issue. ()

£1.00

 

1949

1953 Plain hand addressed cover bearing 5d brown 8d magenta and 1/- bistre-brown SG522 525 and 529 tied by Colne Lancs machine cancel dated 6 July 1953 date of issue. ()

£1.50

 

1950

1953 Plain hand addressed cover bearing 5d brown and 1/- bistre-brown SG522 and 529 tied by Kensington W 8 machine cancel dated 6 July 1953 date of issue. ()

£1.00

 

1951

1957 Plain typed address cover endorsed 'First Day Issue of the 3d Postage 1st October 1957' bearing 3d deep lilac watermark inverted SG545Wi tied by Sutton Surrey Civil Defense Join Now machine slogan cancel for date of issue. ()

£1.50

 

1952

1972 General Anniversaries 3p Tutankhamun commemorative tied to International Rectifier illustrated oversize postcard tyed English address by London FDI cds dated 26 April 1972 with large red boxed Explosives Research and Development Establishment Waltham Abbey red cachet dated 1 May 1972 alongside. ()

£5.00

 

1953

1977 Royal Mail typed address FDC bearing £1 £2 and £5 set of 3 SG1026/1028 tied by two strikes of Edinburgh Philatelic Bureau pictorial FDI handstamp. £5 value has retouched 'Scratch across cheek' variety cylinder 1A dot row 1/3 SG Specialised cat SGU507b. ()

£7.50

 

1954

1977 Plain hand address cover bearing £5 salmon & chalky blue block of 4 SG1028 tied by two strikes of Edinburgh Philatelic Bureau pictorial FDI handstamp. ()

£5.00

 

1955

1993 Royal Mail illustrated typed address cover bearing £10 Britannia SG1658 tied by Windsor pictorial FDI handstamp. ()

£3.00

 

1956

2002 Bletchley Park illustrated small printed address cover (number 259 of 300 issued) for British Coastlines issue set of 10 SG2265/74 split into two se-tenant strips of 5 all tied by Coastline Signals Bletchley Park pictorial handstamp for date of issue. ()

£7.50

 

1957

2005 Privately produced plain unaddressed white envelope having black and white picture of Prince Charles on horseback with horse having face of Camilla Parker Bowles superimposed applied at left with four stamps and bottom selvedge from miniature sheet SGMS2531 affixed tied by Reading Berks cds dated 9 April 2005 - date of issue. A most irrevent item stated by vendor to be one of only three produced. ()

£5.00

 

1958

2005 Homemade illustrated small printed label address cover bearing Castles £3 miniature sheet SGMS2530 plus Marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles miniature sheet SGMS2531 both tied by pictorial handstamp for dates of issue. ()

£5.00

 

1959

1937 Selfridge & Co printed address cover bearing Coronation 1d to 3d set of 3 SG117/19 tied by individual strikes of Kumasi cds's dated 20 September 1937. ()

£5.00

 

1960

1845-52 Twenty five entires/wrappers and three fronts (condition a little mixed) all bearing imperf 1d red (mixed margins) mainly tied by barred oval or Scottish cancels plus nine covers 1858-66 all bearing 1d red stars tied by Scottish cancels. ()

£20.00

 

1961

1849 Hand addressed cover to Brislington bearing 1d red (CI) no margins all four corners trimmed having 53 barred oval cancel. Fine three line unframed Missent to Bristol' instructional mark on front with Bath and Bristol double arc cds's dated 12 or 13 August on reverse. Unclear faint cds on front. ()

£4.00

 

1962

1861 Unfranked commercial entire (central vertical crease) London to Nice on thin paper with contents showing through all sides having red crayon '4' mark and location unclear 'Paid' single ring cds dated 13 September 1861 on front along with usual French red 'PD' in oval transit mark plus Paris and Nice cds's dated 14 and 16 September on reverse. ()

£5.00

 

1963

1869-76 Three hand addressed covers bearing 1d red plates (one missing most of back) with one at 2d rate and one used in Ireland Cork to Bristol. ()

£4.00

 

1964

1874 Long hand addressed cover (creasing around edges with some contemporary writing on front at left) Liverpool to Chorley at 1½d rate bearing 1d red (IL) plate 152 and ½d red (FK) plate 10 tied by Liverpool barred oval cancel dated 10 October 1874 with Chorley arrival backstamp dated 12 October on reverse. ()

£5.00

 

1965

1900s Three different unused Pitman Ideal Food Series colour postcards (all with light tone marks) all having brown or green imprinted stamps (design similar to KEVII ½d stamp with King's head and values removed replaced with 'bunch of grapes and Pimans Birmingham) comprising series 1 (1) and (6) printed in brown plus series 2 (1) printed in green. The imprinted stamps have 'Halfpenny Stamp to be placed here' overpint¬ the GPO banned the use of the imprinted "stamp". ()

£5.00

 

1966

1901 Undivided back black & white postcard showing view of Cecil and Savoy Hotels from the Thames with lengthy message sent to France at 1d rate bearing Jubilee ½d green vertical pair tied by Herne Hill cds's 3 June 1901. Monnt Lucon Allier cds 4 June also on reverse. ()

£1.50

 

1967

1907 Real photographic black & white postcard of Beech Avenue (Just trees and forest track no buildings) sent to Huddersfield (no message) bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by Ollerton Newark single ring cds 24 September 1907. ()

£3.50

 

1968

1907 Colour postcard (lightly soiled) showing view of Irish National Exhibition Dublin 1907 (one creased corner) used within Ireland bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by Dublin double ring timed cds dated 23 April 1907. ()

£3.00

 

1969

1908 Real photographic black & white postcard of Cloister Court Newstead Abbey sent to St Ives bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by Hucknall Torkard single ring cds 4 March 1908. ()

£3.00

 

1970

1908 Valentine colour postcard showing City of Paris Pavilion Franco-British Exhibition London 1908 used to Edinburgh bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by South Kensington SW8 double ring timed cds dated 29 September 1908. ()

£4.00

 

1971

1908 Colour post card showing Lady on Beach with four 'Peeping Toms' sent to Wisbech bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by large Skegness SO code B skeleton single ring cds dated 22 October 1908. ()

£3.50

 

1972

1912 Colour postcard of Tower Bridge set to India at 1d rate bearing KGV Mackennal ½d green horizontal pair SG322 tied by South Kensington machine cancel 4 January 1912 with good strike of Sea Post Office Bombay Aden code C single ring cds 16 January 1912. ()

£6.00

 

1973

1914-15 Album page displaying 15 red crowned censor marks (ten different). ()

£3.00

 

1974

1914-18 Seven black and white unstamped postcards to same person and London address from France six with various censor cachets other after war had ended. ()

£3.50

 

1975

1920s Unused sepia postcard showing car on Dean Steep¬ Nr Lynton¬ Gradiant 1 in 7. ()

£3.00

 

1976

1922-31 Two typed address and one hand addressed stampless covers each having ½d or 2d Paid oblong marks paying postage. ()

£1.50

 

1977

1923 Printed address plain postcard (no message) bearing KGV ½d green tied by fine individual strikes of code A London International Stamp Exhibition cds dated 6 May 1923. ()

£2.50

 

1978

1931 Three typed address wrappers for The Local Government Chronicle to same address in Brighton each having red London 1d Paid cds applied. ()

£1.50

 

1979

1942-44 Seven airgraphs (including 3 with envelopes) all addressed to locations in Wales from Iraq (one typed from British Consulate) or MEF having appropriate censor marks. ()

£6.00

 

1980

1945 Hand addressed 'On Active Service' cover to England from BAOR having fine strike of Army Post Office 692 machine cancel dated 20 October 1945. ()

£2.00

 

1981

1950 Eight illustrated typed address covers for London International Stamp Exhibition 6 to 13 May 1950 dates 6 to 9 with 2½d to 1/- individual stamp from 75th Anniv of UPU plus dates 10 to 13 with 2½d to 1/- individual stamp from Olympic Games each tied by London International Stamp Exhibition 1950 numbered Maltese Cross cancel 6 to 13 May 1950.. ()

£7.50

 

1982

1950 Seven illustrated typed address covers for London International Stamp Exhibition 6 to 13 May 1950 each bearing KGVI 2½d definitive tied by London International Stamp Exhibition numbered Maltese Cross cancel 7/13 May 1950. Lot includes illustrated unaddressed cover for N W Stampex 1965 bearing QEII 4d tied by pictorial handstamp 28 August 1965. ()

£7.50

 

1983

1951 Illustrated Philatelic Trader's Society Festival of Britain hand addressed cover sent registered to South Shields bearing issued 2½d and 4d stamps tied by Festival of Britain pictorial handstamp dated 4 May 1951 (not first day of issue). ()

£2.00

 

1984

1960s circa Printed address plain cover bearing 1/- bistre bisceted diagonally one placed each side of cover tied by date unclear Bournmouth cds. Typed cachet 'Another that got through' applied bottom left corner. ()

£4.00

 

1985

1964 Typed address plain cover to British European Airways Austria with black oblong BEA Trident First Flight cachet applied bearing 6d tied by London cds 4 November 1964. Lot includes similar typed address cover from Austria and Italy to British European Airways London with same cachet applied along with appropriate stamps and postmarks.. ()

£5.00

 

1986

1964 Forty Post Office Overseas Telegram or Radiotelegram forms number A29 all used to various contries throughout the world having mostly Castles high values to £1 attached tied by various London locations cds cancels dated between July to December 1964. Condition mainly fine with a few stamps having punch holes and or partially covered by tickertape. ()

£15.00

 

1987

1965 Hand addressed cover at 4d rate bearing 2d biscet to make 1d and 3d Scottish regional tied by Birmingham machine cancel dated 1 July 1965. ()

£3.00

 

1988

1987 British Post Office Exhibition card 1 one in English one in French having 31p & 34p flower commemoratives affixed tied by Edinburgh cds dated 13 June 1987. ()

£2.00

 

1989

1993-95 Four hand addressed covers to Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Town Hall bearing 24p chestnut Machin forgery tied by slogan cancels dated between 14 October 1993 and 19 March 1995 (one uncancelled). Lot includes some details re forgeries. ()

£7.50

 

1990

2019 Hand addressed plain cover at 61p 2nd class rate bearing Machin 5p plus 1979 Christmas 8p x seven SG1104 of which six show clear misplacing of black¬ blue and gold printing and one shows dull gold printing of Queen's head and other gold items tied to cover by cds's dated 17 June 2019 with additional slogan cancel dated 18 June added. Colour shifts are all shown in 38th edition of Stoneham catalogue page 191. ()

£10.00

 

1991

1923 Incoming hand addressed cover from France redirected three times on arrival bearing Sower 50c blue (damaged) tied by unclear maybe paquebot cds having five different Indian cds's on reverse including one railway cds all relating to redirection. ()

£5.00

 

1992

1930 Typed address cover to Switzerland at 6a rate bearing Winged Cherub from Assyan Wall Sculpture 1½a lake block of 4 SG43 tied by three strikes of Baghdad cds 5 February 1930. Vienna transit cds on front 11 February plus Davos arrival cds 12 February on rear. ()

£4.00

 

1993

1950 British Philatelic Association illustrated fdc for 75th Anniv of UPU sent registered airmail to J Hannaney Stamp Dealer Baghdad Iraq bearing 50d and 2p 50 issued stamps SG935/36 tied by Tehran bilingual cds 1 April 1950 with 50d & 3r definitives on rear tied by same cds with Obligatory tax label tied by blue ink. Bilingual Baghdad cds 5 April also on rear. ()

£20.00

 

1994

1906 Colour lightly creased postcard showing Phylae inundated by the Nile hand addressed to England bearing GB KEVII 1d scarlet tied by Valetta Malta oval cancel dated 9 March 1906 having fair strike of straight line 'Paquebot' cachet alongside. ()

£4.00

 

1995

1942 Hand addressed airmail cover to London at 4d rate bearing GB unoverprinted KGVI 2d orange x 2 tied by single strike of British Post Office Tangier double ring cds dated 30 April 1942. Opened and sealed at left with black on white PC90 Examiner 635 tape. ()

£2.50

 

1996

1937 Typed address Pan American Airways Company long cover to Texas having large black framed oblong cachet 'First Air Mail Flight¬ Pan American Airways New Zealand to United States of America' at 4s 6d rate bearing Coronation 6d red-orange SG601 and Captain Cook 2/- olive-green SG589 x 2 tied by two strikes of Auckland cds dated 29 December 1937. ()

£7.50

 

1997

1978 Four small printed label address silk Bay Stamps covers for Air New Zealand Special Antarctic Flights each bearing 10c commemorative tied by Auckland cds's dated 7¬ 14¬ 11 or 28 November 1978 with additional brown on yellow or green on blue pictorial label applied. Air New Zealand Traffic Manager or Traffic Office cachets on reverse for matching dates. ()

£8.00

 

1998

1982 Hand addressed airmail cover sent registered to England bearing Airplanes 30c¬ 50c¬ 60c x 2¬ 80c and $1 SG244 & 246/49 tied by Norfolk Island single ring cds 9 June 1982. ()

£3.00

 

1999

1981 Hand addressed unstamped plain cover sent air mail to Natal having unframed three line On Postal Service boxed Official Paid and oval Post Office St Helena with crown black cachets applied along with code C St Helena single ring cds dated 24 April 1981. ()

£2.50

 

2000

1964 Small plain typed address cover to England bearing 15c definitive SG198 tied by fine strike of Coëtivy Island single ring cds 8 December 1964¬ additional strike alongside. ()

£3.00

 

2001

1980 Illustrated unaddressed bilingual cover for GEBEKS 80 National Philatelic Exhibition bearing bilingual miniature sheet for Exhibition showing 1925 Air stamps in different colours with 5c stamp also affixed tied by GEBEKS 80 pictorial hand stamp dated 7 October 1980. ()

£2.00