Robertson, James -- Base of the Malakoff Tower, Crimea. 1855. Salted paper print. 22,5 x 29,5 cm (26,2 cm x 31,5 cm). Mounted to board, annotated in pencil on mount. Taken by James Robertson during the Crimean War in 1855, this photograph depicts the Malakhov Tower, a crucial Russian fortress during the Siege of Sevastopol. The image shows the imposing structure surrounded by earthworks and artillery batteries, highlighting its strategic importance. Recognized as one of the earliest photographs capturing armed conflict in the history of photography, another print of this image is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection within Major George Harry Smith Willis's Crimean War scrapbook. – Faded first print with two creases on top margin and a small spot in lower margin.
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Kolář, Viktor -- Ostrava. 1967. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 18 x 24 cm. Photographer's stamp, titled and dated in pencil on the verso.Viktor Kolář was born in Ostrava, the son of a self-taught filmmaker and photographer. In 1953, he began taking photographs, and soon familiarized himself with the works of renowned photographers, particularly Henri Cartier-Bresson. From the second half of the 1960s, he decided to devote himself fully to photography. In 1964, Kolář had his first solo exhibition. In October 1968, after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked as an assistant in the Molybdemite mines and as a worker in the nickel smelters in Manitoba. From 1971-1973, he participated in documenting shopping malls in Montreal. In 1973, however, he returned to Czechoslovakia via Paris and London. – Corners minimally bumped, some irregularities to ferrotype surface, otherwise a fine tonal print in good condition.
Vidal, Léon -- "Coffret á Bijoux de la Reine Anne d'Autriche"; "Cassette de Saint Louis 1226-1270". 1872/75. 2 vintage photochromes. Each circa 24 x 35 cm. Each sandwich-mounted in original mat (traces of use, corners slightly bumped, paper peeling) with gilt ornamental frame line, name of the photographer and title printed above/below the image.These prints originate from the publication "Le Trésor Artistique de la France, Musée National du Louvre, Galerie d'Apollon." Vidal's early photochromes are prized for their rarity and historical significance, representing the earliest successful endeavor to reproduce objects in color with a remarkable three-dimensional quality that remained unmatched in subsequent color photography. Notably, they also mark the first instance of color illustrations being used in a photographic book, highlighting their pioneering role in the evolution of photography and publishing. – Both with minimal surface scuffing, one print with craquelure and small bubbles on left side, otherwise in good condition with vibrant colors.Lit.: Helmut Gernsheim. Geschichte der Photographie. Berlin 1983.
Blossfeldt, Karl -- "Urformen der Kunst. Photographische Pflanzenbilder". Edited and with an introduction by Karl Nierendorf. XVII, 1 l. (Text brochure) and 120 loose plates in rotogravure after photographs. 31,5 x 24 cm. Green orig.-canvas portfolio with gilt-stamped spine and cover title (spine rubbed, writing in marker [rubbed] on front cover). Berlin, Ernst Wasmuth, 1929."Urformen der Kunst" ("Art Forms in Nature") is a seminal work by German photographer Karl Blossfeldt, first published in 1928. The book, as well as the portfolio edition offered here, features a collection of close-up photographs of plant forms, displaying their intricate structures and patterns. Blossfeldt meticulously captured botanical specimens, often using a homemade camera with high magnification, revealing the beauty and complexity of nature's designs and presenting them as works of art in their own right. – Some plates with slight edge wear and creases, one with tear in margin, one with stronger vertical crease, a few with light toning/soiling/foxing in margins.Lit.: Heidtmann 14471 and 7293.
Edgerton, Harold -- "Bobby Jones Multiflash Golf Swing". 1938. Vintage gelatin silver press print. 13 x 16,2 cm. Typed German press text label affixed to the verso.Harold Edgerton, known for his pioneering work in stroboscopic photography, revolutionized the way we perceive high-speed events with his invention of the electronic flash. The Atlantic photo agency stamp on the verso indicates that this print was most likely used for its first German publication in 1939. An image from this same series is in the collection of SFMOMA. – Some light surface scratches, otherwise in very good condition.
Ogawa, Kazumasa -- Japanese flower studies. 1890s. 8 collotypes with lithographic overprinting in colour. Each between 24,2 x 22,5 cm and 29,3 x 23,2 cm or vice versa (38 x 29,5 cm). Each accompanied by a sheet stating the flower's name in Latin and Japanese. Kazumasa Ogawa was a Japanese pioneer in photomechanical printing and photography during the Meiji era. He established Tokyo’s first photographic studio in 1884 and Japan’s pioneering collotype business in 1889, while also editing photography journals and being a founding member of the Japan Photographic Society. Renowned for his mastery of flower photography, Ogawa’s exquisite flower collotypes demonstrated his profound appreciation for botanical subjects and particular attention to detail. Some of the images offered here are published in "Some Japanese Flowers. By K. Ogawa". F.R.P.S., Tokyo 1896. – A few handling creases, a few prints slightly faded, otherwise all in good to very good condition.
Siao, Eva -- Images of Lhasa and Potala Palace. 1956/printed 1995. 9 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints on RC paper. Each between 20 x 30 cm and reverse. Each signed by the photographer in black felt-tip pen in lower left/right corner; each annotated in ballpoint pen on the verso.The photographs offered in this and the following six lots are all taken by Eva Siao. Born Eva Sandberg into a Jewish family of doctors, the photographer was forced to flee Germany in the 1930s, and she eventually made her way to China via Sweden and the Soviet Union, where she met her second husband Emi Siao. During the Cultural Revolution, she and her husband were attacked and imprisoned by the Red Guards. Despite this, she remained committed to communist ideology until her death and supplied the agencies in Beijing, Moscow and the GDR with the photographic material they required. She was, however, also a sensitive artist who left behind a large oeuvre of impressive portraits and landscapes, far removed from any official propaganda.In 1956, Eva Siao traveled to Tibet for the first time to photograph the country and its people, just four years after the "liberation" of Tibet from the "imperialist forces" by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. A second trip, this time on an official commission, took place in 1959.The photographs taken on these trips are being offered here for the first time on the art market and are extremely rare. Fortunate circumstances enabled her photos to be exhibited in Berlin in 1995, with Eva Siao present. She herself was involved in this project and signed each of the exhibited photographs. Her entire photographic oeuvre is now in the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation in Cologne. In addition to the famous views of the Potala Palace, this lot also includes a view of the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery from 1956, before its partial destruction by the Red Guards. It was restored in the 1980s with donations from religious Tibetans and the Chinese government. It is the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama. – In very good condition.
Ruge, Willi -- From the series "On the Avus with Caracciola". 1931. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 14 x 20,3 cm (17,9 x 24,2 cm). Typed press text label with Willi Ruge's text and copyright note Fotoaktuell attached to the verso.This rare image shows the Berlin Funkturm taken by Willi Ruge while in a race car with the famous driver Rudolf Caracciola on the Berlin Avus, the first European motor racetrack. This series was titled "On the Avus with Caracciola" published in the same year as his other famous series "I Photograph Myself During a Parachute Jump" for which Ruge actually jumped out of a plane with a parachute. Ruge was known for his photographic essays published in the magazines of the 1920s-30s, and he founded his own picture agency Fotoaktuell. Both a daredevil and photographer, he attempted to place the viewer in the center of the action and thus achieved truly innovative images. Sadly, his archive was destroyed during an air raid on Berlin in 1943, making his photographs very rare. – Corners bumped, creases/buckling throughout, backed tear in right edge and lower right corner. Lit.: Ute Eskildsen. "Willi Ruge and Fotoaktuell: Adventures for the Press" in: Mitra Abbaspour/Lee Ann Daffner/Maria Morris Hambourg. Object: Photo. Modern Photographs. The Thomas Walther Collection 1909-1949, MOMA New York, see pp. 347-357.
Nürnberg, Peter -- Maria Callas. 1959/printed 2013. Gelatin silver print. 38 x 25,7 cm (40,5 x 30,3 cm). Signed and dated by the photographer in pencil and photographer's stamp on the verso.Whether Sophia Loren, Marlene Dietrich, Hildegard Knef or Maria Callas, Peter Nürnberg photographed an array of internationally acclaimed stars. The image offered here was taken during a moment in music history, when Maria Callas gave her first ever solo concert in Germany at the Hamburg Musikhalle, in May 1959. She sang five arias that evening. Perhaps it is the most visually impressive photo of this event, when Peter Nürnberg captured the star soprano on her way to the concert: wrapped in a fur coat, her gaze confident. The cap of the bellboy from the Hotel Atlantic in the background points to the location. – In excellent condition.
Kozman, Myron -- Photogram. Circa 1935. Vintage gelatin silver print. 25 x 20 cm. Annotated in pencil on the verso.Myron Kozman was an abstract painter, sculptor and screen printer. He studied at Grand Rapids Junior College and then in Chicago where he was one of the first five graduates of the Institute of Design (New Bauhaus) in Chicago. Kozman later became a teacher there for twelve years. He worked closely with Moholy-Nagy, teaching him screen printing, and was a WPA (Works Progress Administration) artist. His work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Artists Gallery of Chicago and London Art Gallery in London, England. – Small creases and pinholes in lower corners, some handling dents/creases, some nicks in edges, traces of previous mounting on verso, otherwise in good condition.Provenance: Christie's. Light, Volume and Form: Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection, May 24-June 2, 2016, lot 75.
Zubeida Agha (1922-1997)Untitled (Village Scene) signed and dated 'Zubeida Feb 48' lower leftoil on canvas40.70 x 51cm (16 x 20 1/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty from the family collection, USA.2024 is a momentous year for Agha as she is one of the artists featured in the Venice Biennale. It is only fitting therefore to have this work, Untitled (Village), being offered in this auction as this was painted a year prior to Agha's first solo exhibition in Karachi in 1949. Untitled (Village Scene) resembles other notable works from the period, including Composition, Weavers, and Cotton Pickers, all of which depict rural women at work. This was familiar subject for Agha who was brought up on a farm in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad) and the tranquil mood of the painting possibly reflects a moment of musing. Two women appear to be resting whilst going about their chores. Women in some of the world's poorest communities depended on and continue to depend on donkeys to support them with physically demanding and time consuming tasks such as fetching water and food or agricultural work like ploughing and harvesting. Agha's genius lays in showcasing the various chores women had to undertake and elevating them through her paintings. Possibly inspired by the aesthetic propagated by artists like Jamini Roy and the Shantiniketan stalwarts, who were investigating rural crafts and commentaries for inspiration, Agha combines their subjects with a simplicity of style which hints at her inspiration from European modernism and foreshadows the abstraction that will follow in the decades to come. The figures and animals are outlined in black paint, and there is an economy in the blocks of sombre colours that have been deployed. The three donkeys draw your vision to a vanishing point, giving the painting depth, making the viewer want to see what lays beyond the canvas.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1929-1997)Untitled signed 'Santosh' in Devanagiri lower left, circa late 1960soil on canvas, framed75.6 x 75.6cm (29 3/4 x 29 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty from a private collection, Italy. Gulam Rasool Santosh's career can be divided into four clearly defined segments during which he painted landscapes, figures, abstracts and neo-tantric art. While he is commonly associated with the last, it is not usually equated with his interest in abstraction because of the presence in these works of yogic figures that suggest the creation and effulgence of spiritual awakening. It is in the brief interlude during which he painted abstracts as a precursor to his concern with tantrism, that he combined the academic language of art with his own rising interest in Shaivite philosophy. At first, there might appear little in common between his abstract and tantric phases, but on closer inspection the abstract serves as a direct bridge in that direction. A departure from the cubist figures he was partial to, there is a suggestion in these works of the shapes and forms, the script as it were, of the Harappan inscriptions and the Shaivite symbols that he saw inscribed on a rock in Kashmir, that forms the basis of his new language. In these experimental works, he was still to arrive at his destination - these, then, being markers to that journey.' (Indian Abstracts: An absence of form, Delhi Art Gallery, 2014, pg. 355)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Ahmed Khan (B.1939)Untitled signed and dated 'Ahmed Khan 09' versosilver lead and oil on board, framed121 x 90cm (47 5/8 x 35 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty from a private collection, Pakistan. Note: There is note about Ahmed Khan by Colin David on the reverse. Translations: Part 1: The Arabic phrase 'الله لا إله إلا هو,' La 'iilah 'iilaa allah is 'There is no god but Allah.'Part 2: The complete Kalma: 'لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ,' La ilaha illallah, Muhammadur rasulullah is 'There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.'The other marked parts are repetitions or variations of Part 2, the complete Kalma. Born in Sahjehan Pur, India, Khan was a Lecturer in graphic design at the National College of Arts, Lahore from 1963-1988. Until his recent demise he was considered to be Pakistan's greatest living calligraphic artist. He employed aesthetic conventions that focussed on repurposing and assimilating texts and inscriptions, which he successfully achieved through his crisp compositions as seen in Untitled. He applied the calligraphic forms to the base on the work and then overlaid his designs with silver foil and chemicals which changed the silver into vibrant colours; greens and reds in Untitled. His works often dealt with the Oneness of God and the desire for peace. The light seen emanating from the left corner of Untitled helps to promote the message. He further included the recurrent motif of a seal, seen in the top left corner. He is the recipient of the 1984 National Award by Pakistan's National Council of the Arts, the 1987 Top Honours award at the First Lahore Biennale, and the 1996 Shakir Ali award.To see a similar work sold in these rooms see Bonhams, Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art, London, 22nd November 2022, lot 42.Bonhams extends their gratitude to Mr Muzzumil Ruheel for his assistance with the translations.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A COMPOSITE GROUP OF BLUE AND WHITE TILE FRAGMENTS, UZBEKISTAN, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY underglaze painted red earthenware, decorated with an intricate arabesque design, inscribed with location numbers, drilled with fixing holes, framed, 18.5 x 52.5cm (inside frame)Provenance: Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017)For similar tiles in the Mosque of the Citadel, Khiva, Uzbekistan (1838), see Porter 2002, pp.128-130
A COMPANY SCHOOL PORTRAIT OF A DEWAN, BENGAL, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY watercolour on paper, in the style of Sheikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, wearing white robes and turban, holding a document in his left hand, captioned in English at the bottom, framed, 25 x 18cmProvenance: Private collection, London
A SELJUK MOSAIC TILE FRAGMENT, ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 13TH CENTURY manganese and copper oxide glazed fritware, with fragment of a thuluth inscription, and black border along the top, set in plaster, mounted for wall-hanging, 24 x 15.5cmProvenance: Sir Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017). Christie's London, 13 April 2010, lot 42
LANCELOT RIBEIRO (1933 - 2010) Untitled oil on paper laid on board, framedsigned and dated 'Ribeiro ‘64’ upper left31 x 23.5cmProvenance: This item was donated to an Oxfam shop in southern England in 2023 and is being by them to raise money for the charity. Born in 1933 into a Catholic family in Bombay, Lancelot Ribeiro spent his childhood between Bombay and Goa. He first came to Britain in 1950 and then settled in London in 1962 with his half-brother, the artist Francis Newton Souza. Over the next sixty years, Ribeiro produced a diverse body of work that included expressionist landscapes exemplified by the present lot painted in 1964. Ribeiro’s architectonic landscapes from this period were characterised by tumbling down buildings rendered in bold black outlines heightened with flashes of colour. During the 1970s and 1980s Ribeiro lectured on Indian art and culture at the Commonwealth Institute and was a founder member of the Indian Painters’ Collective, the multicultural Rainbow Art Group and the Indian Artists UK group. Ribeiro exhibited in mixed and solo shows including the Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton (1973), Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (1978), Leicestershire Museum of Art and Culture, Leicester (1986) and Camden Art Centre, London (1987). A major retrospective of the artist’s work Restless Ribeiro was held at Asia House, London in 2013 and from 2016-2017, Retracing Ribeiro was a project devised by the British Museum, Burgh House and the V&A that explored the artist’s legacy.
A PAHARI DEVIMAHATMYA SCENE, NORTH-WESTERN INDIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper, depicting the eight-armed goddess Durga riding her tiger into battle, wielding weapons in each hand agains the asuras, two of whom she has decapitated, black border with yellow bead motifs, framed, 19.5 x 17.2cm
Great Britain etc. Collection written-up in four Devon albums, along with an eclectic accumulation including hundreds of penny reds in mixed condition, through to 21st century GB in the form of year packs (face value approx. £400), as well as postal history with line-engraved from 1840 onwards and some ancestral correspondence including WWII India and South East Asia, etc. Also a couple of large original photographs shot from the tower of Eaton Hall, Cheshire showing gardens and army barracks. The first Devon album is for the line-engraved incl. 9 penny blacks of which 5 are with four margins, over 150 imperf penny reds from black plate printings onwards, apparently all plated, with a page of early plates from 12 onwards in attractive quality, subsequently mixed condition. The perf reds from Archer perf 16 examples through to plate 225 possibly mint though with repair or adhesion. If attributions are correct there will be huge catalogue here. Also 2d blues 1840 (4), 1841 imperf (15), perf blues (36), etc. The 2nd vol. with extensive surface-printed plates and varieties incl. good page of 1855-'57 4d printings, 1877 4d pl.16 and 1879 3d pl.20 unused, 1880 2½d pl.19 mint, etc, through to 1913-'19 seahorses (22) in mixed condition used to £1, PUC £1 used, better Wilding castles high value sets mint, etc, etc. Please inspect.
Antarctica Collections of Australian, British and French Antarctic Territories in three albums. AAT incl. 75 covers, FDCs with postmark variations as well as a few expeditions. BAT looking complete MNH to 1997 incl. 1963-69 first set. FSAT complete 1955-1962 etc. (approx. £700 cat.) lightly hinged mint on album pages.
Commemorative and Autograph Covers Sport and Exploration Neatly organised collection of 138 covers, over 90% signed, in two volumes. The first including Bobby Moore and Alf Ramsey on separate 1966 FDCs both very clean, 2006 40th anniversary signed by the ten surviving members of the '66 team, 1966 FDC signed Pelé, through to Beckham, Messi, etc. A plethora of household names here, through rugby, cricket, tennis, golf, and minor sports for example Torvill and Dean on Copenhagen 1982 skating FDC. In the second book are Olympians and the explorers incl. Heyerdahl, Hillary, Fiennes, Attenborough, Bonnington, etc.
Atlantic Islands: Ascension, St. Helena, Falklands. Mint collection from first issues to early QEII, in mounts on pages in a binder, with highlights including Ascension complete to 1953 except omnibus issues, with first set, 1924-33 ships set SG.10/20, 1934 and 1938 pictorials sets (latter with some MNH incl. 10/-). Falklands incl. QV high values, KEVII complete incl. 1904 5/- MNH, 1912-20 set with superb MNH £1 black on red (SG.69, cat. £550 for hinged), 1921-28 set, 1929 whale and penguins to 5/-, 1933 centenary to 1/-, 1938-50 and 1952 pictorials sets to £1, 1960-66 set MNH, etc. Then St. Helena with SG.1 unused, various surcharges, KEVII complete incl. fresh 1908 set, KGV also complete up to the 10/- ship SG.112, and more. Cat. over £7,000.
Ireland Mint collection in two large and one smaller stockbook, good level of completion including Dollard ovpt seahorse set with both 2/6d shades (SG.17/21), Thom ovpts to 1/-, first Free State ovpts to 5/- (SG.52/65), 1925 Bradbury Wilkinson seahorse narrrow ovpts set and wide dates 2/6d and 5/- (SG.83/87), 1937 first St. Patrick high value set, etc. Looks entirely MNH from late 1940s to 2014.
Great Britain, Channel Islands and Isle of Man Collection in six volumes, with GB in two Davo albums incl. range of earlier issues in mixed condition starting with four margin penny black, the Channel Islands and IoM in three large stockbooks looking comprehensive mint/MNH from first issues through to about 2008.
Great Britain Accumulation in about 20 volumes, with strength in booklets organised in several binders from a few pre-decimal onwards, also early issues in mixed condition from penny black onwards incl. QV and KEVII high values, a very decent binder with 1940s/50s FDCs incl. 1948 Wedding set, 1911 'First UK Aerial Post' illustrated card, 1964 Geographical and Botanical presentation packs, etc, as well as new issues on cards to 2022, much in gutter blocks of 4 or 8, many 1st class se-tenant panes of 10 in blocks of four panes, with face value excluding Machins well over £2,500.
Malaysia: Japanese Occupations of Malaya Fascinating collection of the overprints of the Japanese Occupation, the first of four Lots representing the estate of a former officer in the Royal Military Police in Malaya. Beautifully displayed in a large 'Philatelic' album, approaching 1000 different stamps, the pages arranged for mint as well as used, a majority here mint. An extremely challenging collection as there are many forged overprints cheek-by-jowl with genuine, with plenty of good material here. The stamps likely to be genuine in our opinion include (mint unless otherwise stated) Kedah $5 (SG.J15) and 50cts used, Kelantan Sunagawa seal handstamp 10cts on 6cts (SG.J22) and 40cts on 2cts mint and used, Penang Dai Nippon ovpts to $2 both mint and used (SG.J77/J89), Trengganu 8cts (SG.J126), Selangor 12cts Kanji ovpt with second character sideways in pair with normal (SG.J283a) and the set of seven used, range of fiscal ovpts on Johore issues, Red Cross surcharges mint and used (SG.J311/J317), postage dues with Kanji ovpts incl. inverted surcharges, etc. Immense potential for the specialist with the knowledge of good and evil - especially on the plethora of SG Type I overprints (framed) with nine different genuine sub-types, none of which we have judged or counted. Please examine the photos online. Our estimate reflects a high degree of scepticism.
Southern Rhodesia Contemporary collection assembled in Rhodesia, with several hundred mint and used stamps on quadrille pages in an old binder, with postal history/FDCs with hinges removed and redisplayed in a second binder along with other FDCs. Includes Admiral heads first set mint to 1/6d, 1929 1d rose perf 12½ used, ½d and 1d vertical pairs imperf between lower stamp and gutter, 1931-37 series to 5/- mint with lots of perf varieties (collector has misidentified some) incl. 1½d perf 12 (SG.16c) blocks mint (lower stamps MNH) and used on front, 4d perf 14 used (2), etc, Also 16.12.31 'Experimental Flight' cover, KGV ½d stationery cards and 1d envelopes each unused and used, 1937 coronation FDCs (9), 1940 set FDC, 1953 set on large FDC, also Rhodesia & Nyasaland complete on FDC, 1935 cover with Mozambique Company multiple franking of triangular issues to Bulawayo, silk cigarette cards 'Arms of the British Empire' series (49), etc. Rust on the first page of the stamps, otherwise generally clean.
China: Manchuria: Manchukuo Comprehensive collection on stockpages mostly MNH with a parallel collection in a vintage printed album mostly used, with highlights including first set MNH, 1934 15f rosine wmk wavy lines on granite paper x3 used (SG.30, cat. £800 each), surcharges on 4f complete both MNH and used including the brown print (SG.36a), 1936 12f red-orange MNH (SG.69), 1937 surcharges incl. 13f on 12f SG.106 MNH and used (cat. £1,500), etc. Also several sheets/large multiples of 1940s issues rough around the edges. Total cat. at least £8,700 not including the sheets. The first of 9 Lots constituting the collection of a Russian emigré dental surgeon residing in Harbin, Manchuria in the 1930s and '40s.
Great Britain Mint collection of the Kings and Elizabeth II in mounts on pages, highlights including KEVII De La Rue 5/-, Somerset House £1 with bends and unobtrusive spot upper right, somewhat toned gum (SG.320, cat. £3,000), KGV with 26 different Downey heads printings mostly never hinged, Waterlow seahorses to 10/- latter with 1 short perf (SG.400/402, cat. £1,900), Bradbury/Wilkinson seahorses set,1929 PUC £1, KGVI incl. 1939 2/6d brown and 10/- dark blue both MNH, QEII with first and second De La Rue castles complete MNH, etc.
China North-East China People's Post 1947-1949 surcharges on Mao definitives, 82 mostly unused stamps, mostly two of each kind, excellent Harbin printings with the different colours of the first Guangfa Co. overprints complete, second Guangfa with all colours of $5 on $1 in pairs (SG.NE183/b/c) and $10 on $2 in black and blue in pairs (SG.NE184/a), then Xinsheng Co. with two examples of the $100 on $1 black surcharge (SG.NE217, cat. £500 each) and different sub-printings/paper types not categorised in SG. Total catalogue £5,700.
Approximately 575 Postards in Plastic Album Sleeves. Including a very good collection of Yorkshire/Cumbria topography and other real photographic cards, examples include: collapsed bridge Sandsend, Whitby (2), opening of Ossett town hall and a tram in Ossett (2), coronation festival, Kirkby Stephen (3), Kirkby Stephen funeral procession (following the Ais Gill rail disaster) (2), M. P. Leif Jones in Kirkby Stephen, St Luke's Fair, Kirkby Stephen (4), 'First Passive Resister's Sale' Kirkby Stephen, the hunt in Sherburn, Sedbergh station, others of Sandsend, Staithes and the Yorkshire coast, climbing, other views and social history, etc. With other subject cards, artist drawn, and comic.
China A stockbook of various provincial issues mostly pre-1950, with main strength in Communist China, specifically North-East China People's Post acquired at source as new issues by a doctor working in Manchuria, running through to early PRC. Highlights include 1946 Harbin surcharges in plate number blocks, Kirin and Heilungkiang ovpts on 1928 Chang Tso-lin and 1929 Unification and Sun Yat-sen sets mint (Manchuria SG.21/32), 1947 Tenth Anniversary of Outbreak of War with Japan (NE174/NE177, MSNE178) set in pairs plus the souvenir sheet (faults at top edge), 2nd Anniversary of Japanese Surrender in blocks of four (NE179/182), Anniversary of Republic set (NE199/201), 1949 First Session of Chinese People's Political Conference originals sets x4 (SG.NE257/NE260), scarce World Federation of Trade Unions set in pairs (NE261/NE263, cat £9,600), 1950 Foundation of People's Republic set (NE286/NE289, cat. £1,400), etc. Also excellent Mao definitives incl. 1947 set in pairs (NE189/NE198), 1948 $300 green x2 (NE228), etc. Insignificant small tone spots occasionally and other minor faults, condition generally very clean. Minimum catalogue on that which we could identify is well over £20,000.
Great Britain Collection 1840 to 2023 in four clear containers, some useful earlier issues incl. penny black just four margins, however the main value is in 21st century mint in albums, also with FDCs to 2023 in binders, some more unusual incl. smiler sheet first days. Face value excluding Machins is over £7,000.
Falkland Islands Mint collection of QV to early QEII issues in mounts on pages in an album, with a range of 19th century issues (31) incl. SG.1 very lightly hinged margin example and 1878 6d blue-green SG.3 MNH, through to 1898 2/6d and 5/-, with intervening values to check for better shades/wmks, followed by KEVII complete (tone spots on the two high values), first KGV set complete to £1 with both 5/- (SG.60/69, cat. £1,000), 1929-37 whale and penguins set (SG.116/125, cat. £700), 1933 Centenary to 2/6d lightly hinged though some light gum toning, 1938-50 pictorial set (SG.146/163), 1952 set, to 1960 set MNH and later in a Scott album, plus Dependencies etc. on stockpages incl. 1954 ships set (£1 MNH), etc.
Great Britain 1855-'62 early surface-printed mint/unused group, incl. 1857 4d wmk large garter unused and mint, the latter the thick glazed paper variety (SG.66b), 1855 6d lilac unused (SG.68), 1862 3d pale carmine-rose mint (SG.77), 4d red unused (SG.80), 9d bistre unused (SG.86) and 1/- green mint (SG.90), the latter with rust spots in places at edge. Cat. £22,000. The first of 9 lots constituting a vintage pocket album acquired in the 1940s.
Vatican City Highly complete mint/MNH collection in three Davo hingeless albums plus two further volumes of approx. 350 different FDCs, Papal visits, maximum cards, etc. Aside from the 1934 surcharges, the earlier issues are comprehensive and in never hinged condition, including 1929 first set MNH (SG.1/E15), 1935 Juridical Congress set MNH, 1936 Exposition set MNH, airmails appearing complete incl. 1948 500L ultramarine MNH (SG.138, cat. £1,000) and 1951 Gratianus set MNH (SG.173/174, cat. £550) all three signed Vespermann BPP, as well as postage dues, parcel posts, etc.
Germany & Second World War A binder of over 1000 mostly mint stamps, from WWI occupations and German 1930s issues through to WWII fieldpost, occupations etc. Includes 1933 Wagner set and other better Third Reich, Afrika Korps fieldpost stamps and submarine post stamp unused (as issued) signed, 1944 Southern Ukraine 18pf Dolinksa (Michel 3) and Novo Mirgorod tête-bêche gutter pair (Mi.7, cat. €700+ requiring expertization), Dunkirk provisional ovpt 'Besetztes Gebiet Nordfrankreich' type I on 50cts pair on excellent clean cover (Mi.2, cat. €600), Laibach (Ljubljana) first set complete with good 50L on 1.75L printing (Mi.19b), Zara 1943 50cts+propaganda label set of four MNH (Mi.20 I/IV), Serbia 1941 ovpts on airmail set, France Liberation Committee, Azad Hind, Polish Govt in Exile, etc, etc.
Falkland Islands Used section of the collection, in five boxed binders, much less strong than the mint though still with useful material incl. various QV with 1878 6d and 1891-1902 values to 1/-, KGV to 5/- (with RPS cert), KGVI first pictorials to 10/-, 1948 wedding £1, 1952 pictorials set (2), through to 2020, plus Dependencies incl. 1954 and 1963 sets, etc, again to 2020, and Antarctic Territory from first set to 2020.
Hong Kong 1912-37 mint KGV issues, the first set wmk multiple crown to $2, a few MNH, plus $10 extremely lightly (if at all) hinged. Second set wmk multiple script complete to $5, the $1 with fault, $3 small tone spot on reverse, the $5 MNH. Lovely vibrant colours. Cat. as cheapest shades over £2,150.
Falkland Islands Impressive mint collection housed in six boxed Davo albums, the QV simplified, then highly complete 20th century only missing the 1928 surcharge. Highlights include 1891 ½d surcharge bisect, KEVII set to 5/- (the 2d used), KGV 1912-20 complete with 5/- shades and £1 extremely lightly if at all hinged, 1929-37 penguin set with £1 MNH, 1933 Centenary set very clean and attractive quality (SG.127/138, cat. £4,250), followed by KGVI complete and virtually complete thereafter through to 2023. The later volumes have comprehensive Dependencies and Antarctic Territory from first issues to 2023. Also a binder with miscellanous incl. KGV 5/- and booklets.
Worldwide Accumulation in two cartons (one large) in albums and loose in old tins and envelopes, including a vintage collection written-up in ink with some nice pages incl. Senegambia-Niger navigation and commerce first set mint, China Sinkiang Province 1915 overprints complete to $1 mint, etc. In shoeboxes many thousands of 19th and early 20th century issues of Great Britain and worldwide in old envelopes, far better than the usual, with for example the imperf penny red envelope having majority four-margin examples, lots of perf 1d reds etc, several envelopes of Imperial China incl. dozens of interesting locals and provincial ovpts. French Colonies, Australian States and Latin America also being well represented. Absolute certainty of finds here. Please see the Great Britain album from this estate, Lot 95.
Commemorative and Autographed Covers Aviation, Space, Maritime, etc. Collection of over 240 covers neatly organised and displayed in four volumes, titled 'Flight', 'Maritime & Motorsport', 'Railways' and 'Military', with more than 130 signed, including second man in space Gherman Titov on 1964 Russian FDC, John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo missions, etc, 1911 'First UK Aerial Post' illustrated card (red-brown) with special postmark, helicopter, balloon and rocket mail, 1931 'Nautilus' submarine North Pole expedition cover, hovercraft first flights and much more. Lots of famous names in the autographs here, please inspect.
Great Britain etc. Postal History Interesting small box with well over 100 items from 18th century to c.1940s, some family correspondences, much British incl. red bishop marks of Scotland 1780s/90s (3), one in combination with black bishop, imperf 1d red cover with blue 'Too Late' and blue Limerick cds pmks of AU.7.. and AU.8.1846, strip of four and single penny reds on 1874 registered cover Ballinasloe to Dublin, in fact much Ireland through to 1929 Galway-London first flight. Also a group of 14 1d lilac covers from Gloucester County Asylum 1880s all with 'gone away', 'not known', 'returned' etc manuscripts and/or handstamps, one with extra endorsement 'this person was in the work house...this letter was opened by the master' resealed with stamp selvage. Overseas mail includes 1870 cover from India with ½a blue block of eight plus two pairs, two 1880 covers USA to Ireland each with 1ct Franklin pair plus 3cts Washington, etc. Also various parcel usages etc. incl. piece with Canada $1 KGV block of ten, official paid incl. Churchill pre-printed letter of thanks on 10 Downing Street stationery and envelope, etc.
British Commonwealth Collection of many hundreds of stamps in a late 1920s leather-bound 'Imperial' album, the book itself in very decent condition, not intact, though still with plenty of useful material, particularly British Africa. Includes (used unless otherwise stated) GB 1840 2d blue and Ceylon imperfs with incomplete margins, Iraq first set, Somaliland Protectorate 1921 high values set to 5r, Gambia 1922-29 2/- to 5/- plus 10/- with corner creasing, Kenya & Uganda 1922 10/-, Rhodesia double portraits mint to 4d, Canada KEVII 50cts and mint Quebec set, etc.
Great Britain Specialised QEII mint collection in 12 volumes, five loose-leaf albums and seven complementary stockbooks/binders. Some pre-QEII including depth on KGVI with controls, sideways wmks etc. Then impressive Wildings looking comprehensive incl. phosphor-graphite set in blocks plus 2d wmk error, extensive booklet panes and cylinder numbers from first Wildings through the Machins cylinder blocks and printings to early 21st century, the commems (to early decimal) also in plate/cylinder/traffic-light blocks and many further positional blocks with hundreds of flaws and varieties identified, 1963 red cross phosphor set in cylinder blocks of six, 1967 EFTA 9d green omitted MNH, etc, all the Wilding castles high value sets, Wilding regional cylinders and varieties, Channel Islands incl. Jersey 1941-42 ½d and 1d imperf pairs MNH (cat. £625), postage dues incl. inverted wmks 1960 1/- block of four MNH and 1963 10/- corner block of six MNH, railway stamps (100), etc. Much more to see and discover here, recommended viewing.
British Commonwealth Mint and used collections in eight volumes: Davo albums for Australia, New Zealand and Canada with quite basic ranges from QV onwards; the rest stockbooks with highly complete mint British and Australian Antarctic to 21st century incl. BAT first set MNH, Falklands Dependencies incl. 1954 set mint, 1963 South Georgia set mint, etc.
Leeward Islands Mostly mint collection on stockpages, 1890 to 1954 highly complete and generally vibrant, including (mint unless otherwise stated) first set (5/- with tiny thin spot), 1897 diamond jubilee ovpts to 1/-, 1902 set, 1912-22 issues to 5/-, 1921-32 to 10/-, 1938 set to £1 complete, 1954 set MNH, etc. Minimum catalogue well over £2,000.
India Mint collection in mounts on album pages 1850s to 1950s, with range of four-margin classics incl. ½a blue inscription margin examples of different Dies unused, 1a red Die II used, then solely mint with highlights including 1856-64 2a orange (couple of shaved perfs centre left) and 4a black, 1882-90 set never hinged (some toning), 1895 high value trio MNH, Edward VII to 10r, KGV first series with 15r vlh SG.190, second series complete with top two values never hinged with toning (SG.201/219), KGVI 1937-40 definitive set complete with extremely lightly hinged top values, 1949 temples set MNH, etc.
British Commonwealth Collection of QEII first issue mint sets from Antigua to Virgin Islands, in clear mounts on pages, incl. Cyprus 1955 MNH, Falklands 1960 MNH, Gibraltar 1953 MNH, Hong Kong 1954 defins to $10, etc, as well as a few used sets incl. British Antarctic Territory with both £1 types, etc. Forty-seven sets total.
China North-East China People's Post 1947-49 Communist China group of unused sets incl. 1947 10th Anniversary of Outbreak of War with Japan miniature sheet (SG.MSNE178, faults at top edge), 16th Anniversary of Japanese Attack on Manchuria in pairs (SG.NE185/NE188), 35th Anniversary of Republic through to Li Zhaolin sets (SG.NE199/NE206A, latter in pairs), 1948 Youth Day and Liberation of the North East and 1949 First Session of Chinese People's Political Conference (SG.NE257/NE260). Cat. £2,250.
Great Britain Interesting collection of 1840 material mainly on pages with write-up, including contemporary reprint of Charles Whiting's entry to the Treasury competition to decide the first stamp design, embossed and back-printed as the original, with foxing and faults, then Mulready letter-sheets (4) starting with May.12.1840 usage 1d with red MX (folds), unused 1d with advertising print in blue (additional fold vertically otherwise good), etc, as well as a range of Deraedermaeker reprints of Mulready caricatures including Fores's Christmas, Southgate's, Ackerman's anti-slavery, and Ocean Penny Post.
Ceylon Accumulation of 400 mainly mint stamps housed in a stockbook, a majority in multiple format. Inlcudes imperfs with used SG.2 strip of three and SG.3 shades, perf 9d unused, later QV issues in mint blocks incl. surcharges, KGV plate number blocks, KGVI pictorial set to 2r both colours incl. varieties, through to a couple of first flight covers. Condition varies. Please inspect.
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