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Click here to subscribeHermes. A lady's 18ct white gold mini 'Cape Cod' wristwatch: the signed rectangular mother of pearl dial with Arabic numerals in a case 20mm wide, the reverse with 'Hermes' insignia and inscribed 'CC1.190 1116389' with convention mark and Swiss control marks and brown 'double tour' strap in 'Hermes Paris' box.
General - World : 1865 Moens 'Album du Timbre Postes' with gold clasps in excellent condition containing an all world collection with strength in Europe and America including German States with many better stamps, Austria, Belgium 1849 Epaulettes 10c,20c used, 1849-50 values to 40c used, 1863-65 1c,20c,40c mint with original gum, 1865-66 10c,20c,1Fr mint with original gum, 1866-67 Lion 1c,2c,5c mint, Spain inc 1862 19c red used, 1868 19c brown used, France inc 1849 Ceres 10c,15c,40c used, 1870-71 Bordeaux set to 80c fresh mint, G.B. inc 1d black, Netherlands, India, Cape triangle 1d,6d used, Brazil, good early USA. A lovely old time lot, the mint are partially stuck down, but condition well above average for a collection of this type. HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS
A selection of titles on and by T.E. Lawrence including Seven Pillars of Wisdom (London, Jonathan Cape, 1935) 4th impression, The Mint (London, Jonathan Cape, 1955) 1st Edition, An Essay on Flecker by T.E. Lawrence (run-on copy compete with slipcase) and Philip Knightley and Colin Simpson, The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia (New York, McGraw Hill, 1970)
A GROUP OF FOUR MEDALS relating to 5079 Private W Gainer of the K.R.R. Sea consisting of an India General Service Medal 1854-95 with Samana 1891 and Hazara 1891 bars, an India Medal 1895-1902 with Relief of Chitral 1895 bar, a Queen's South Africa Medal with Belfast, Laing's Nek, Relief of Lady Smith, Orange Free State, Tugela Heights and Cape Colony bars, together with a King's South Africa Medal with 1901 and 1902 bars (4)
Queen Victoria five bar South Africa medal, South Africa 1902, South Africa 1901, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony (no battle bars), third pattern, two loose bars and suspender slightly loose otherwise good condition, awarded to 7404 Private G Isherwood of the Vol Company, East Lancashire Regiment
Kingdon Ward (F.). A Plant Hunter in Tibet, 1st edition, Jonathan Cape, 1934, sixteen black and white plates from photographs (correct as list), folding map, author's autograph pasted onto title page, original publisher's cloth in d.j. (jacket slightly frayed at extremities), 8vo, autographed letter signed from the author to Mrs Cadbury, on Hatton Gore, Middlesex headed paper, dated 20 December 1934 loosely inserted (1)
Cotton (Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney). Nine Years on the North-West Frontier of India, from 1854 to 1863, Richard Bentley, 1868, black and white frontispiece, some scattered spotting, ownership inscription excised from front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contents slightly shaken, original publisher's decorative cloth, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Lawrence (T. E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, Jonathan Cape, 1935, black and white portrait frontispiece, black and white plates and maps, bookplate to front pastedown, original publisher's cloth, few minor marks, slightly scuffed, 4to, plus Ferrier (J. P.), Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan, and Beloochistan, John Murray, 1856, two (of 3) black and white plates, folding map (laid onto linen), some dust-soiling and finger marks, ex library with usual stamps and labels, later half morocco with spine label, 8vo, plus other Middle Eastern, and Indian travel, mainly 19th century (40)
RAF Signed Cover Collection 2 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 25 (approx) covers including rare varieties housed in expensive Importa Blue cover album with slipcase. Covers have a retail price of over £800 including DE1159 1972 112 Squadron Standard Presentation cover, flown in a Canberra of TFF 56 Sqn on an exercise sortie against 112 Sqn. Unidentified signature. RRP £12 DE1161 1970 55th Anniversary of the formation of 204 Sqn. Issued by the Philatelic Club of RAF Ballykelly. Flown on a routine maritime patrol to Ocean Station India and signed by Wg Cdr E P Wildy, OC 204 Sqn. RRP £20 DE1171 1992 King George's Fund for Sailors, 75th Anniversary Covercraft cover with full illustration of HMS Dunraven in 1917. Signed by Vice Admiral Sir John Coward DSO, Captain of HMS Brilliant in the South Atlantic. RRP £40 DE1185 1973 30th Anniversary of the Battle of North Cape HMS Belfast Historic Battles cover. Flown in a Schweizer Teal Amphibious Aircraft from Biggin Hill to HMS Belfast moored on the Thames. Signed by the pilot Lt Cdr T E Sargent. RRP £15 DE1190 Fleet Air Arm Museum flown cover, Royal Navy International Search and Rescue Team, flown in the International Helicopter Rescue Competition in a Wessex Mk1. Signed by the pilot. RRP £25 DE1191 RAF Newhaven Disbandment of 1107 Marine Craft Unit carried on board HM AFV 5012 to sea during trials from Newhaven. Flown in a Chipmunk and signed by the pilot. RRP £10 DE1192 Unusual 1981 Marriage of the Prince of Wales postcard, with Royal Wedding stamp and London postmark. Flown in a Balloon to commemorate the event, with extra balloon stamp and two red Charles and Diana postmarks. Flown cachet and signed by the pilot W/Cmdr Turnbull. RRP £20 DE1202 13 oct 92 BFPS 2336-Single European Market-Flown to the Capital Cities of Europe.Signed.by O.D.No.111(F) Sqn. RRP £7.50 DE1222 SC21 RAF Little Rissington 60th Anniversary of the Central Flying School. Flown in a Varsity Mk 1 on a Training flight. Scarce Muscular Dystrophy variation signed by Flt LKt W E P Johnson AFC, pilot of Gamecock J 8047 which is featured on the cover. He flew in 1929. Limited edition numbered 59 of just 100. RRP £45 DE1231 SC21 RAF Little Rissington 60th Anniversary of the Central Flying School. Flown in a Varsity Mk 1 on a Training flight. Signed by the pilot Flt Lt R N Swan, the Course Member Flt Lt M Hogg and the Supernumary M Plt K T Massey. RRP £20 DE1241 SC23 RAF Pitreavie Castle, 30th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Coastal Command Air and Sea Rescue. Flown in a Whirlwind helicopter from Air Force Vessel No. 1383 to RAF Pitreavie Castle. Scarce Muscular Dystrophy variation signed by Wg.Cdr. Bennett, who flew Walrus W2710 of Middle-East Air Sea Rescue Service. Limited edition numbered 27 of 48. RRP £25 DE1243 SC23 RAF Pitreavie Castle, 30th Anniversary of the Inauguration of Coastal Command Air and Sea Rescue. Flown in a Whirlwind helicopter from Air Force Vessel No. 1383 to RAF Pitreavie Castle. RRP £7.50 DE1248 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Signed by the pilot who flew the covers Sqn Ldr N Lea. Rare variety also signed by Warrant Officer Ernest Folley AFC, known as the man who made the Blenheim safe for the RAF. He crash-landed a Blenheim in 1938, identifying a common engine problem which would then be sorted. RRP £35 DE1249 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Signed by Warrant Officer Ernest Folley AFC, known as the man who made the Blenheim safe for the RAF. He crash-landed a Blenheim in 1938, identifying a common engine problem which would then be sorted. RRP £30 DE1253 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Scarce variation with Belgian and Dutch cancellations, autographed by Lt Col Henon of the French Air Force who was one of the last pilots to land at Vincennes airfield. RRP £20 DE1256 SC24 RAF Andover 60th Anniversary of the 1st Long Distance International Air Race. Flown at 2000 feet in a Devon over the 1911 route. Signed by Battle of Britian veteran Richard Jones, 64 and 19 Sqn. RRP £25 DE1258 SC25 RAF Colerne, 50th Anniversary of No. 2 Squadron RAF Regiment. Flown in a Handley-Page Hastings from Jersey, Channel Islands to RAF Brize Norton. Signed by AVM B P Young who flew Sunderlands with Coastal Command. RRP £18 DE1286 1970 RAF Escaping Society SC28 Westland Lysander RAFES Duke of Yorks cover. 25th Anniversary of the RAFES postmark and flown from Northolt to Wildenrath, Germany. Signed by WWII escaper Group Captain Bill Randle who was shot down over Belgium and escaped with the aid of the Comete Line through France, across the Pyrenees and into Spain. RRP £25 DE1298 1970 RAF Escaping Society SC28 Westland Lysander RAFES Duke of Yorks cover. 25th Anniversary of the RAFES postmark and flown from Northolt to Wildenrath, Germany. RRP £7.50 DE1311 1970 RAF Escaping Society SC28 Westland Lysander RAFES Duke of Yorks cover. 25th Anniversary of the RAFES postmark and flown from Northolt to Wildenrath, Germany. Signed by Hajo Herrmann, the high scoring WWII Luftwaffe pilot who received the coveted Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. RRP £55 DE1345 SC38 RAF Manston 25th Anniversary of the Formation of the RAF Education Branch. Flown on 12th October 1971 from Army Parachute Centre, Netheravon to overhead RAF Manston in a Dominie. RRP £7.50 DE1352 SC38 RAF Manston, 25th Anniversary of the Formation of the RAF Education Branch. Flown on three flights: Manston to Lyneham in a Hercules, on a local flight in a DH89 and Lyneham to Manston in a Dominie. Signed by the pilot of the Dominie A E Rose. RRP £10 DE1376 SC40 RAF Hendon, Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Scarce variation flown on a test flight from the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down in the only remaining Javelin in the world. Signed by MRAF Sir Dermot Boyle who was Chairman of the RAF Museum. RRP £35 DE1377 SC40 1972 Official Silver Wedding FDC Cat RRP £40. RAF Hendon, Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Flown on a Commemorative World Record flight in a Meteor and signed by the pilot. RRP £30 DE1381 SC40 RAF Hendon, Commemorating the Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum. Flown in a Meteor T7, an Andover Mk II and a Whirlwind. Signed by WWII Victoria Cross winner Bill Reid VC. Unusual to see his signature on this cover RRP £45 DE1382 SC19 RAF Cosford First RAF Rocket Mail cover signed by Wing Commander George Harkness OBE AFC who flew the Fury at Northolt before going to the Middle East with 70 Sqn, flying Wellingtons. Post War, he was in Transport Command at the time of the Berlin Airlift. RRP £40 DE1383 SC19 RAF Cosford First RAF Rocket Mail cover. Flown in a single stage mail cargo rocket and delivered to Cosford. RRP £20 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Air Commodore Edward 'Ted' Sismore Letter from one of the RAF's greatest and most decorated Navigators in Bomber Command in WWII. Air Commodore Edward 'Ted' Sismore DSO DFC** AFC. Pictured with highly decorated Mosquito pilot Wing Commander Reg Reynolds DSO* DFC* RAF. After the war Sismore continued his association with the Mosquito. He was selected as the navigator for an attempt to break the record for a flight from London to Cape Town. His pilot was Sqn Ldr “Mickey” Martin, of Dambuster fame. They took off on April 30 1947 and, after refuelling stops in Libya and Kenya, completed the 6,011-mile journey in 21 hours, 31 minutes and 30 seconds to establish a new point-to-point record. They were awarded the Royal Aero Club’s Britannia Trophy. Good condition. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Queen Victoria South African medal with clasp, South Africa 1901, Orange Free State and Cape Colony together with commemorative medal of the 60th year of the reign of Queen Victoria 1897 together with pairs of dress miniatures in velvet lined display case, South African medal marked: Lieutenant The Honorable R. Grosvenor, 21 CO 2/IMPT YEO.
VICTORIAN AND LATER COSTUME INCLUDING LADIES BLACK VELVET AND BEADWORK MOURNING CAPE (A.F.) A WHITE OSTRICH FEATHER SHOULDER CAPE, HAND WORKED TABLE LINENS, A TRIMMED COTTON NIGHT DRESS, LARGE CROCHET WORK PANEL/BED COVER (A.F.) A BLACK THORN WALKING STICK WITH SILVER MOUNT AND TAN SHAPED HORN HANDLE, EBONY WALKING STICK WITH EMBOSSED WHITE METAL POMMEL (CONTENTS OF TWO BOXES)
Large collection of concorde memorabilia to include day trip to Rome (Inaugural flight) 1982 signed flight certificate, ticket, signed postcards, itinerary, B.A. magazine and earphones in-flight entertainment programme, Photographs taken at Coventry Air show 1982, Photographs in Bermuda 1985, Concorde carrier bag, 2 neck ties, Concorde/QE2 1985 World Cruise, Concorde: tickets, 2 in-flight menus, in-flight entertainments guide, 6 flight certificates variously signed by Captain and Crew Mar/Apr 1985, QE2: 2 carrier bags, 4 neckties, chocolate box (empty) menus, entertainment information, writing paper, head scarf, sun hat, luggage tag (metal and leather), fridge magnet, invitation cards in envelopes, tickets and boarding passes, 2 copies "Cape Times", QE2 photos and Concorde/QE2 holdall
A 1970s Christian Dior boutique opera coat or cape with black cotton exterior and faux fur black lining, fitted hood, three rope toggle fastenings to the front, the open sides fastened by a single matching toggle, length 39" together with a 1970s Revillon, Saks Fifth Avenue New York sheeps wool fur coat, length 38", a Leslie Laurence, France faux fur and leather panelled coat and another similar example (4)
A 1960s Barbara Jameson Welsh wool short swing style coat, the russet brown linen wool coat detailed with horizontal lines of gathered brown ribbon, round collar with flared cuffs, length 20", together with a pale tangerine velvet short cape, number to sewn to seam D15 7328. Provenance: Dame Alicia Markova
Three 1970s Yuki for Rembrandt dresses to include a black polyester kaftan style evening dress with concealed belt, a short black evening jacket with accordion pleated ruffle collar against a red lining and a tangerine polyester evening dress with chiffon over shirt and flowing cape, together with a late 1960s to early 1970s Louis Feraud at Rembrandt yellow and gold polyester dress and sleeveless over jacket, label size 14 (7) Provenance: Dame Alicia Markova
Ian Fleming: 'Thunderball', first edition, 8vo, hardcover, published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1961, 15s. net to dust cover, black embossed canvas boards with gilt lettering, original dust cover showing skeletal hand and cards, with plastic covering, stamped for previous use in Surrey County Library.
Arthur Ransome: 'Swallows and Amazons', 1953 Cape edition, with facsimile dust cover, together with a collection of assorted Swallows and Amazon editions, from 1955 to 2003, together with 'Swallowdale', 1935 Cape edition with illustrations by Clifford Webb, 'Old Peter's Russian Tales', 1938, and further volumes. (q)
Arthur Ransome: 'Swallows and Amazons', 1940 edition, 8vo, published by Jonathan Cape, together with eleven other similar titles including 'Swallowdale', 'Peter Duck', and 'Coot Club', 1941, 'The Picts and The Martyrs', 1948 and 'Secret Water', 1951, all with facsimile dust covers, with the original covers included. (12)
Arthur Ransome: 'Swallows and Amazons', 1932, edition, 8vo, hard cover, published by Jonathan Cape, London, December 1932, 7s.6d net to dust cover, dark green canvas boards with gilt lettering, original dust cover with illustrations by Clifford Webb, showing cartouches of scenes upon a light green ground, with plastic covering, the owner written in pre frontis.
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