Number of results: 574
1415
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: 1890 Post Office Christmas and New Years Greetings Card which was sold in aid of the Sir Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund, very fine and fresh. Price Realised £65 |
1416
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Acts and Newspapers: Various items incl. 1839 (Aug. 17th) 'Act for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the Fifth Day of October 1848', 1839 (Nov. 18th) edition of 'Aris's Birmingham Gazette' incl a report of the Treasury Minute dated November 12th regarding the reduction in postage (Uniform Fourpenny Postage)1840 (Aug. 10th) 'Act for the Regulation of the duties of Postage', 1868 (July 31st) 'Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs', 1879 (Aug. 29th) edition of 'The Times Weekly Edition' incl. an obituary of Sir Rowland Hill, etc., an interesting group. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1417
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Cinderellas: 1908 Charity issue for the Messina earthquake, 11/2d bicoloured and scarce 21/2d red, both in complete unmounted mint sheets of 50, fine. Price Realised £200 |
1418
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Coil Machines: 1901 HMSO specifications (with plan) for a Patent for a coin fed apparatus for the sale of stamps, submitted by William Wise. Price Realised £40 |
1419
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Ephemera: Breweries 1863–1979 various invoices, letterheads, share certificates etc. (135 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
1420
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Parcel Post: 1883 1/- ''INLAND PARCEL POST'' die proof essay of unadopted design with bold figures in purple, mounted in mica faced sunken frame, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
1421
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Postal Fraud: 1857 (April) OHMS entire (lacking left side-flap) from Blackburn to Somerset House in London bearing horizontal halves of two clearly different 1d. stars (on blued and white papers) joined to form a successful example of postal fraud tied by the Blackburn numeral, extraordinary on an OHMS cover addressed to the Inland Revenue (presumably the sender had a sense of humour and strong nerves!). Photo. Price Realised £480 |
1422
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Registration: 1856 (October 26th) Notice No. 54, regarding the ''DISCONTINUANCE OF GREEN COVERS FOR ENCLOSING REGISTERED LETTERS'' from November 1st 1856, although the notice states ''that all Registered Letters should be securely tied up'' it does not mention using green tape, signed by James Donen, the sub Postmaster at Graet Barford, some imperfections but a very rare notice, there was no example in the Vivien Sussex collection. Price Realised £450 |
1423
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Registration: 1858 (June 12th) Notice No. 25 ''GREEN TAPE TO DISTINGUSIH REGISTERED LETTERS'' with black and green printed illustration of the new Green Tape system for registered letters, a little trimmed at left, otherwise fine and very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
1424
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Telephone Stamps: 1884 National Telephone Co. 1d., 4d. and 1/- in complete sheets of 12 (3 x 4) and 3d. half sheet (3 x 2), mainly fine unused or mint. (42). Price Realised UNSOLD |
1425
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Telephone Stamps: 1884 National Telephone Co. 1/-, a diagonal bisect (6d.) tied to piece by ''NATIONAL TELEPHONE Coy., Ltd./DUNDEE'' handstamp, scarce. Price Realised £30 |
1426
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Underprints: A selection, all on 1d. plates in rather mixed condition, with Boyd (30), Copestake Moore (18), Fore Street Warehouse (2), F.P.W. & Co. (1), G.H.W. & Co. (3), and Vickers (1). (56). Price Realised £140 |
1427
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: Underprints: 1867 (Dec.) and 1874 (Feb.) envelopes franked 1864–79 1d. plates 103 and 164 with ''O U S'' (Oxford Union) overprint and underprint respectively, fine. Price Realised £75 |
1428
| Sale number: 15 Miscellaneous: ''The Wonderland Postage Stamp Case'' together with the booklet 'Eight or nine wise words about Letter-Writing' by Lewis Carroll, two examples together with original envelopes, very fine. Price Realised £280 |
1652
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Coil Machine Testing Labels: A selection incl. 'Poached Egg' watermark block cypher (5 items incl. 3 covers), 'St. Andrew's Cross' on unwatermarked paper (single and pair), etc. (11 items). Price Realised £85 |
1653
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Controls: 1881–1911, a mainly fair to fine mint range of controls comprising 1881 die II 16 dots 1d. (117 items, 194 stamps, with all letters represented), 1887–92 1/2d. (112 items, 207 stamps, all letterings represented incl. controls ''D'' & ''E'' marginal setting 3 corner pairs), 1900 1/2d. (8 items, 12 stamps), 1902–10 De La Rue 1/2d. blue-green (26 items, 43 stamps), 1/2d. yellowish-green (42 items, 73 stamps), 1d. (51 items, 94 stamps), 1911 Harrison perf. 14 1/2d. (5 items, 8 stamps), 1d. (5 items, 21 stamps), perf. 15 x 14 1/2d. (block of six), 1d. (3 items, 6 stamps), condition varies but mostly good to fine appearance. (374 items, 587 stamps). Price Realised £500 |
1654
| Sale number: 16 Military: Field Marshall Garnett Joseph Wolseley, first Viscount (1833-1913): 1877 (Nov. 9) six page autograph letter from the India Office to Lady Paget regarding her nephew's prospects in India. Viscount Wolseley served with distinction during many campaigns including the Second Anglo-Burmese War, Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Anglo-French Expedition to China, Ashanti Wars, and later in Egypt, Sudan and Southern Africa. His actions in modernising the British Army, of which he was Commander in Chief from 1895 to 1900, did much to ensure eventual success in the First World War. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1655
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Paper Folds: 1881 die 2 16 dots 1d. (small faults), 1912–24 watermark Royal cypher 11/2d. (top marginal) mint, and 1902–10 De La Rue 1d. used, each showing dramatic pre-printing paper fold. (3). Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1656
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Parcel Post labels: A mainly Q.V. to K.G.V collection of over 270 labels, most with stamps, presented on leaves and in one album, also some articles and notes, fair to fine. Price Realised £900 |
1657
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: The original manuscript minutes for the Jubilee celebrations, in an exercise book and dating from the first meeting on March 13th 1890 - 'Official arrangements for the celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Penny Postage' complete up to the 35th and final meeting on August 8th 1892, a fascinating document. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1658
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: 'Programme of the Exhibitions of Edison's Phonograph at the Penny Postage Jubilee Celebration, held at the Guildhall, London, on May 16th, 17th, & 19th, 1890', printed in blue and with two strikes of ''B.A/E'' cancellation on front, the programme contents include a 'Phonographic Salutation to memory of Rowland Hill'. Price Realised £60 |
1659
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1893 (Feb.) Government Telegram form with ''OSBORNE/FE 2/93'' c.d.s., the message referring to 'Princes Louis of Battenberg, very fine. Price Realised £100 |
1660
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1897 (May) Government Telegram form with ''BUCKINGHAM PALACE/MY 12/97'' c.d.s., very fine. Price Realised £100 |
1661
| Sale number: 16 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1897 (May) Government Telegram form with ''WINDSOR•CASTLE/MY 15/97'' c.d.s., very fine. Price Realised £100 |
1662
| Sale number: 16 World War II: Airgraphs, a selection of 110 examples incl. many illustrated, also 10 envelopes, an interesting group, mainly fine. Price Realised £230 |
1556
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Cigarette Cards: 'Cigarettes Tocos Alexandrie - Le Caire' album containing 400 photographic cigarette cards of mostly 1930's and 40's film stars. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1557
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Cinderella Stamps and Exhibition Labels: Wildlife Habitat Trust 1991, 1992–93, 1993–94 and 1994–95 £5, four sheets of six overprinted ''SPECIMEN'', fine with full gum, also Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust £3 sheet of eight, fine unmounted mint. (5 sheets) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1558
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Cinderella Stamps and Exhibition Labels: 1916 Lord Roberts Memorial Fund, the complete set of 144 labels in special album. Price Realised £70 |
1559
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Exhibitions: 1862 International Exhibition fancy embossed and multicoloured publicity card and silk embroidered banner (137 x 188mm), a little ''distressed'', scarce pair. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1560
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Exhibitions: 1862 International Exhibition (Sept. 4th) envelope to the Isle of Man bearing 1d. star KC-LC vertical pair tied by ''INTERNATIONAL/EXHIBITION W./2/SP 4/62 - IE/W'' duplexes, scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1561
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Exhibitions: 1862 International Exhibition (Sept. 17th) envelope to Chetenham bearing 1d. star QB tied by ''INTERNATIONAL/EXHIBITION W./2/SP 17/62 - IE/W'' duplex. Photo. Price Realised £65 |
1562
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Exhibitions: Shepherds Bush 1927 (Feb.) 1d. postcard sent registered with 11/2d. pair with booklet pane adverts, cancelled ''SHEPHERDS BUSH/23 FE/27B.O.W'' c.d.s's, also 1/- Postal Order counterfoil with similar c.d.s. (2 items). Price Realised £55 |
1563
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: The Essential Guide to the Great Britain Line Engraved 1d. and 2d. Stars 1840–1864, volumes 1–6, by K.W. Statham, in presentation boxes. Price Realised £220 |
1564
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain by Philbrick and Westoby (1881), and A History of the Adhesive Stamps of the British Isles, by Wright & Creeke (1899), an example with plates bound in. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1565
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: British Line Engraved Stamps, Repaired Impressions, by Osborne (1949), and British Line Engraved Stamps, Repaired Impressions, 1855–1879 1d. die II by Wiggins (1982). Price Realised UNSOLD |
1566
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: The Line Engraved Postage Stamps of Great Britain, vols. I and II by E.D. Bacon, (1920), with plates, attractively bound in blue, some pages with creasing. Price Realised £140 |
1567
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: A selection comprising The Inland Posts 1392–1672, edited by J.W.M. Stone, The Story of the Penny Black and its Contemporaries by Rigo de Righi, The Parcel Posts of the British Isles, Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of England and Wales, and Skeleton Postmarks of England and Wales by Mackay, Collecting Squared Circle Postmarks and Collecting British Squared Circle Postmarks by Cohen, The Undated Straight Line and Numeral Receiving House marks of the Midland Counties 1840–1860, and apparently complete photocopy of London Cancellations, Repairs and Re-Cutting, by Dubus. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1568
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: Two Pence Blue Studies of Plates 1–15, by H. Osborne, (1946). Price Realised £80 |
1569
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: Selection incl. ''Plating of the Penny Black'' by Nissen in two volumes (without plates), also 'British Post Office Numbers' by Brumell and a selection of auction catalogues. Price Realised £60 |
1570
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: Barred Numeral Cancellations of London, Barred Numeral Cancellations vols. 2 B-D, and 3 E-K, by Parmenter. Price Realised £40 |
1571
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Literature: 'The British Postage Stamp of the 19th Century' (Lowe, 1968), 'Specimen Stamps and Stationery of Great Britain' (Samuel & Huggins, 1980) and 'The De La Rue History of British & Foreign Postage Stamps' (Easton, 1958), good condition. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1572
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Philatelic Congress, 1909–75 collection in an album, incl. 1911 proof, later with proofs, miniature sheets and a range of covers and cancellations. (few 100's) Price Realised £420 |
1573
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Philatelic Congress magazines 1912–1914, 1920–1922, mainly fine. (6) Price Realised UNSOLD |
1574
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1842 envelope addressed and signed by Prince Albert, to Marquis Wellesley (the brother of the Duke of Wellington), bearing 1841 1d. DE with black Maltese Cross and additionally tied by ''T.P/St. James' St'', Royal seal on reverse. Price Realised £250 |
1575
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1856 (June 11th) envelope bearing 1856 LC14 1d. plate 30 RK-RL from Beverley, addressed to 'His Royal Highness, Prince Alfred, Buckingham Palace', endorsed by the initials of Ponsonby, Royal Secretary in pencil with mss. comment 'Declined too local', seal has been cut away. Photo. Price Realised £100 |
1576
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1865(c.) envelope wrapper band signed 'The Queen' and addressed to 'The Earl of Clarendon'. Price Realised £110 |
1577
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1876 (March 23rd) mourning envelope signed and addressed by Queen Victoria, to a Mrs. Drummond in Guildford, bearing 1864–79 1d. plate 140, top flap missing, otherwise fine with Royal wax seal in black. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
1578
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Royalty: - a similar mourning envelope signed and addressed by Queen Victoria, to Mrs. Drummond in in Westminster, privately carried, top flap missing, otherwise fine with Royal wax seal in black. Price Realised £150 |
1579
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Valentines: 1840's(c.), a selection of unused multicoloured Valentine's (4) and 'Anti' Valentine's (5), an attractive group. (9). Price Realised £160 |
1580
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Valentines: 1844 (Feb. 13th) attractive lace bordered multicoloured valentine letter sheet, the 2nd page containing a hand written three paragraph poem, used locally in Stirling with cut small 1841 1d. DE. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
1581
| Sale number: 17 Miscellaneous: Watermark Bits: An Orb bit on a piece of Dandy Roller, this watermark was used for both postal and revenue issues, also a perforated block of watermarked paper with six impressions of the Orb. Price Realised £100 |
51
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A collection of items with 1d. blue envelopes (4) used on first day of issue, two with all five South Kensington special handstamps (one of which has an additional impression of the smaller type 2) and with inserts also bearing the handstamps, the other two with Braintree and Wortley c.d.s's, 1d. red card with Guildhall 16th May handstamp, the Post Office Christmas card (crease at foot), seven other items (various frankings incl. 1d. star and 1d. postal fiscal) with the ''PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE/SOUTH KENSINGTON/2.JY.90'' handstamp, 1857 Postal Fiscal 1d. with Guildhall 19th May handstamp on envelope to Brixton Road, also 1/2d. brown postcard with blue ''ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION/EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE/20 AUG/1891'' handstamp. (15 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
52
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A selection of items incl. the Post Office Christmas card, very fine, Furniss ''POST OFFICE JUMBLE'' envelope unused (with insert), 1864–79 1d. plate 191 IF with the ''PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE/SOUTH KENSINGTON/2.JY.90'' handstamp, etc. (12 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
53
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: Philatelic Congress magazines 1912–1914, 1920–1922, mainly fine. (6) Price Realised UNSOLD |
54
| Sale number: 19 Printing Plate: The Regiment: A steel plate (64 x 101mm) with an engraved die for a stamp with inscription ''THE REGIMENT/ONE PENNY/5 SOTHAMPTON STREET/STRAND LONDON'' depicting a drummer wearing a bearskin beneath which is the inscription ''THE TOM TIT'', unusual. Price Realised UNSOLD |
55
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: Prisoner of War: 1943–45 letter sheets (2) and postcards (2) from Italian POW's, also two Airgraphs, an Allied Expeditionary Force 'D.P. Index card' and a Prisoner of War Inex card. Price Realised £55 |
56
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1866 (Dec. 23rd) mourning envelope with embossed seal of Osbourne House and Royal wax seal in black, sent to Bury St. Edmunds with 1858–76 2d. blue plate 9 CH-CI pair, fine. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
57
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1906 (May) registered mourning envelope written addressed to 'His Majesty King Haakon VII, Krisdranin Stat, Norway' in the hand of King Edward VII and with fine black wax seal on reverse, franked with 1902–10 De La Rue 2d., 21/2d. and 6d. (2) tied by ''LONDON & QUEENSBOROUGH S.T./MY 20/06'' c.d.s's and with hooded circle ''REGISTERED'' c.d.s. of the same sorting tender on reverse, unusual. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
58
| Sale number: 19 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1907 (Dec. 5th) p.p.c. of Highcliffe Castle bearing 1/2d. yellowish-green cancelled ''HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE/DE 5/07'' skeleton which was used only during the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II between November 18th and December 9th 1907. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
58
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: 1912 (Apr. 19) printed order of service for ''Memorial Service/FOR/THOSE WHO PERISHED THROUGH THE/FOUNDERING OF THE SS. ''TITANIC''/ON/MONDAY, APRIL 15TH 1912'', held at St. Paul's Cathedral, restapled but scarce. Price Realised £150 |
59
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Acts and Newspapers: Various items incl. 1839 (Aug. 17th) 'Act for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the Fifth Day of October 1848', 1839 (Nov. 18th) edition of 'Aris's Birmingham Gazette' incl a report of the Treasury Minute dated November 12th regarding the reduction in postage (Uniform Fourpenny Postage)1840 (Aug. 10th) 'Act for the Regulation of the duties of Postage', 1868 (July 31st) 'Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs', 1879 (Aug. 29th) edition of 'The Times Weekly Edition' incl. an obituary of Sir Rowland Hill, etc., an interesting group. Price Realised £230 |
60
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Cancelled Overprints: Three pieces of blue-green wove paperfrom the same sheet, bearing 230 impressions of a diagonal 22 x 2mm ''CANCELLED'' overprint, some creasing. Price Realised UNSOLD |
61
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Cinderella Stamps and Exhibition Labels: Norwich Union Fire Office 1897 Centenary labels collection with single labels (28) in various colours and a sheet (5 x 4) in blue, mainly fine. Price Realised £180 |
62
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Ephemera: Breweries 1863–1979 various invoices, letterheads, share certificates etc. (155 items). Price Realised £100 |
63
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Exhibitions: 1862 International Exhibition (Sept. 4th) envelope to the Isle of Man bearing 1d. star KC-LC vertical pair tied by ''INTERNATIONAL/EXHIBITION W./2/SP 4/62 - IE/W'' duplexes, scarce. Price Realised £130 |
64
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Licences: 1826–1950, an accumulation of licences and related ephemera in a binder. (40 items). Price Realised £90 |
65
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: State Lottery: 1695–1826 collection of ephemera relating to lotteries incl. Prospectuses, Advertisements, Hand-Bills, Posters, Tickets, etc., some ex Robson Lowe incl. 1695(c.) Lottery Warrant to the Bank of England, an interesting group. (36 items). Price Realised £400 |
66
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Parcel Post Labels: A QV to KG V accumulation (280) comprising blue (London) (137) and white (143), a good range, a number with adhesives, also various Parcel related handstamps etc. on pieces, condition varies. Price Realised £500 |
67
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Parcel Post Labels: 1893–1942 accumulation (95) incl. a good number with adhesives, condition varies. Price Realised £320 |
68
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A selction incl. 1d. postcard photo-lithographic forgery 'unused', the Post Office Christmas and New Years Greetings Card (some imperfections), the Elliot envelope and Furniss ''POST OFFICE JUMBLE'' envelopes unused (both with insert). Price Realised £110 |
69
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A selection incl. 1d. envelope with all five special handstamps, another with 6 impressions of 4 different special handstamps, Furniss ''Jumble'' envelope and Elliot envelope unused, etc. (18 items). Price Realised £150 |
70
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A collection of items with 1d. blue envelopes (4) used on first day of issue, two with all five South Kensington special handstamps (one of which has an additional impression of the smaller type 2) and with inserts also bearing the handstamps, the other two with Braintree and Wortley c.d.s's, 1d. red card with Guildhall 16th May handstamp, the Post Office Christmas card (crease at foot), seven other items (various frankings incl. 1d. star and 1d. postal fiscal) with the ''PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE/SOUTH KENSINGTON/2.JY.90'' handstamp, 1857 Postal Fiscal 1d. with Guildhall 19th May handstamp on envelope to Brixton Road, also 1/2d. brown postcard with blue ''ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION/EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE/20 AUG/1891'' handstamp. (15 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
71
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A selection of items incl. the Post Office Christmas card, very fine, Furniss ''POST OFFICE JUMBLE'' envelope unused (with insert), 1864–79 1d. plate 191 IF with the ''PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE/SOUTH KENSINGTON/2.JY.90'' handstamp, etc. (12 items). Price Realised £85 |
72
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1722 (May 26th) letter from King George I, at St. James's Palace, to the Elector of Colone at Bonne, concerning European politics, the letter is signed by the King but is not in his hand and has a fine impressed seal. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
73
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1896 (Oct. 14th) envelope from Newmarket, personally addressed by The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, initialled 'AE' by him at lower left and bearing a superb impression of his personal seal in red wax on reverse, bearing pen-cancelled Great Eastern Railway 2d. and 1887–92 1/2d. pair, all cancelled on arrival in London, some staining and soiling Price Realised UNSOLD |
74
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1906 (May) registered mourning envelope written addressed to 'His Majesty King Haakon VII, Krisdranin Stat, Norway' in the hand of King Edward VII and with fine black wax seal on reverse, franked with 1902–10 De La Rue 2d., 21/2d. and 6d. (2) tied by ''LONDON & QUEENSBOROUGH S.T./MY 20/06'' c.d.s's and with hooded circle ''REGISTERED'' c.d.s. of the same sorting tender on reverse, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
75
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Specimens: 1847–92 collection overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' (various types) comprising 1847–54 1s. (cut to shape) and 10d., 1855–57 4d. wmk. medium garter, 1s. (2), 1862–64 3d. (2), 4d. (2), 9d., 1867–80 3d. plate 5, 10d. plate 1 (2), 1s. plate 5, 2s. blue plate 1 (4), 1872–73 6d. plate 11 (2), 6d. grey plate 12, 1867–78 5s. plate 1, 1873–80 21/2d. plates 1, 5, 21/2d. blue plate 17, 3d. plate 19, 1s. green plate 13, 1s. orange-brown plate 13, 4d. plate 15 imperf. colour trials (3), 4d. vermilion plate 15 (3), 4d. sage-green plate 15, 4d. grey-brown plate 17, 1880–83 6d. on 6d., 1880–81 1d., 1881 die 2 1d. (2), 1883–84 3d., 1s., 1887–92 to 9d. (2), 1s., Govt. Parcels 1883–86 1s. plate 13, 1887–1900 2d., 1s. green, Telegraphs 1876–77 1/2d. plate 1 (5 with a block), 3d. plate 2, 4d. plate 1 (block), 1s. green plate 8, 1s. orange-brown plate 10, 3s. imperf. colour trial pair, Army Telegraphs to £1 incl. 1/2d. vermilion, condition varies, mainly fair to fine. (89). Price Realised £1100 |
76
| Sale number: 22 Miscellaneous: Weights: An assortment of about 200 small weights (up to 8 ounces), many with verification marks, from letter scales, coins weights etc., various periods. Price Realised £80 |
513
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: 1797 (July 20th) KG III 'Act to enable the Deputy of the Clerk of the House of Commons, for the Time being, to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage', four elaborate Valentine's cards and two 1938 G.P.O. multicoloured placards nos. 190 & 214 relating to Air Mail. (7 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
514
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Albums: Three boxed albums (all with some leaves), comprising F.G. De Luxe in maroon, blue and F.G. Popular in green, good condition. Price Realised £190 |
515
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Bus Parcel Labels: An interesting neatly presented collection of approximately 525 items in two binders, arranged alphabetically by organisation/company with a range of issues from the 1920's to 1990's, also some postcards depicting the actual services. Price Realised £200 |
516
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Churchill: Various Churchill related items (30) incl. 1965 set on Harrison & Sons folder signed by David Gentleman and Rosalind Dease, etc. Price Realised £160 |
517
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Cinderella Stamps: 1937 (16th Oct.) Stamp Exhibition at Dorling Hall, the four issued colours each in complete sheets of twenty five, very fine and fresh. Ex Norman Williams. Price Realised £150 |
518
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Cinderella Stamps: A neatly written up and illustrated collection of Private Local issues in two volumes incl. Alderney, Herm, etc. Price Realised £95 |
519
| Sale number: 24 Micellaneous: Cinderella Stamps: Rather grubby postally ''used'' label depicting Georgina Weldon and Lunacy Laws Musical Reform and another unused label depicting Robert Smillie, the candidate for the mid Lanark election of 1894 with 1d. value and Mid-Lanark Election Fund bordering his portrait. Both Ex. Norman Williams. Price Realised £65 |
520
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Medals: 1902 ''HERTS PHILATELIC EXHIBITION'' white metal medal (38mm diameter) with a stag on one side and a reproduction of the KE VII 1d. on the other. Price Realised £50 |
521
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: 1890 Uniform Penny Postage Jubilee: A collection of items with 1d. blue envelopes (4) used on first day of issue, two with all five South Kensington special handstamps (one of which has an additional impression of the smaller type 2) and with inserts also bearing the handstamps, the other two with Braintree and Wortley c.d.s's, 1d. red card with Guildhall 16th May handstamp, the Post Office Christmas card (crease at foot), seven other items (various frankings incl. 1d. star and 1d. postal fiscal) with the ''PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE/SOUTH KENSINGTON/2.JY.90'' handstamp, 1857 Postal Fiscal 1d. with Guildhall 19th May handstamp on envelope to Brixton Road, also 1/2d. brown postcard with blue ''ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION/EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE/20 AUG/1891'' handstamp. (15 items). Price Realised £280 |
522
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Perfins: A predominantly QV and KE VII collection in two binders and on stock pages with better types and values, condition varies. (1,000's). Price Realised £1000 |
523
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Perfins: Petroleum Board (''P B''), an accumulation on KG VI values to 1s. (9), scarce. (1,000+). Price Realised UNSOLD |
524
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Post Bus Tickets: 1974–76 collection of Post-Bus tickets and other ephemera in a binder. Price Realised £110 |
525
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Post Office Training Stamps: A selection of eighty five different decimal issues in plate and cylinder blocks with Machins to 50p., Castle high values, Postage Dues, etc. Unusual in blocks. Price Realised £420 |
526
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Post Office Training Stamps: A K.G.VI to Q.E.II collection with both Wilding and Machin issues, high values to £10 (3, different opts.), also some printed ''SCHOOL SPECIMEN'', T.V. and vehicle stamps, and the catalogue pages on the decimal Training stamps from the Machin Collectors club publication. (195 items). Price Realised £170 |
527
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Royalty: 1909 (May 17th) letter written by King George V (when Prince of Wales) from Malrborough House, the letter referring to 'shooting partridges' with privately carried addressed envelope (initialled 'G'), both bearing the three ostrich feathers crest as heir apparent, also 1924 (July 1st) letter written by Queen Mary from Buckingham Palace on paper with embossed ''MARY'' crest. Price Realised £100 |
528
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: The Valentine & Its Origins, by Frank Staff, softbound with dust jacket, scarce. Price Realised UNSOLD |
529
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: 1811 (Feb. 14th) hand painted 'love knot' Valentine with address leaf (soiled) showing ''ROTHERHAM/169'' mileage mark in red, folds reinforced and one side panel with part message missing but attractive and early. Price Realised UNSOLD |
530
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: 1845 (Feb 1st) most attractive concertina Valentine with multicoloured flowers and a butterfly, sent from London to Leeds with 1841 1d. DD (some faults) partly affixed with sealing wax, the concertina a little 'displaced' at left but intact. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
531
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: 1853 (Feb. 14th) envelope embossed with an elaborate floral design, with enclosure, sent in Manchester with full margined 1841 1d. PG (crease at left), the embossing has split a little at top and a small portion of the design is missing at top centre, otherwise fine and very scarce, also a gold printed envelope (with enclosure) addressed to Henley on Thames and privately carried. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
532
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: 1872 (Feb. 17th) and 1876 (Feb. 18th), two rather cruel satirical multicolored printed Valentines, both sent locally in Brough with 1864–79 1ds., the former with envelope somewhat soiled, unusual. Price Realised UNSOLD |
533
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: A selection of 19th and early 20th century Valentine's and Birthday cards, some very ornate. (48). Price Realised UNSOLD |
534
| Sale number: 24 Miscellaneous: Valentine's: Six multicoloured printed satirical Valentine's, two published by Park of London. Price Realised £60 |