Country collections in five volumes, some mixed condition yet also many key issues in very attractive quality. Includes fairly complete mint Malta 1885 to 1960s with 1885 1/- violet MNH and 1886 5/- rose, 1899 10/- small thin, 1902 'Pnney' errors on both shades and in pair with normal, 1904-14 set, 1914-21 to 2/6d with virtually all listed shades to 1/-, 1922 2/-, Self-Government overprints first issue to 5/- MNH though crease, through to KGVI sets to 10/- etc. Then Bermuda album incl. 1918-22 key-plate high values mint to 10/- (5/- and 10/- vlh) and 1924-32 high values incl. 2/6d MNH and 10/- mint, etc. The Bahamas in two vols. (one of which is auxiliary) with another good range of mint incl. KEVII and KGV to 5/-, KGVI complete and QEII with all £1 values MNH. Also Australia and States consisting mainly of the usually encountered issues. Owner's cat. over £7,000 not including the Australia/States. Please inspect.
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A vintage accumulation in over a dozen volumes, the core being five old-fashioned stockbooks of KGVI mint never hinged sets and varieties assembled as new issues between the late 1930s and early '50s, vivid colours, the great majority in top quality despite occasional gum toning on the usual culprits (Bermuda 12/6d, Ascension earlier printings). Highlights (MNH unless otherwise stated) include GB 10/- dark blue and 1937-38 postage dues set, Australia 'robes' set with high values on both paper types, Ascension to 10/- both types, Bahrain, Bermuda with twelve different key-plate high values (one £1 type and a 10/- plate number are hinged), Brunei 1947-51 set to $10, Burma interim govt. official set (SG.O41/O53, cat. £225), Cyprus first set, Falklands first set with shades to 1/-, Leeward Islands set to £1, good range of Malaysian States, etc. The rest of the books are interesting with individual used issues in small stacks in glassines, especially India with rupee values, Malay leaping tigers, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, etc, additional mint incl. Cyprus full sheets of 1951 ½pi violet and 1½pi green (SG.152a, 155ab, cat. £735 as singles), GB £1 Silver Wedding full sheet (MNH, central column creased), Jamaica and Southern Rhodesia booklets (SB10a, SB4 respectively, cat. £435), and earlier mounted on pages incl. KGV 'Burma Service' to 5rs (O1/O13, cat. £425), a range of Newfoundland classics to investigate, a little postal history, etc. Also an as-new green 'Imperial' album for KGVI that the collector fortunately never got round to mounting the stamps in. Offered intact as received aside from the India book (Lot 115).
Collection of several thousand mint and used stamps, mostly of the period from classics to the first issues of QEII, in six loaded stockbooks and a New Ideal album for pre-1920 issues. The latter includes interesting early issues of Antigua, Bahamas (several Chalons and 1/- green), Barbados Britannias from SG.2 onwards imperf and perf, Cape triangles incl. 4d blue mint two margins, Ceylon, Gambia embossed to check, Great Britain line-engraved and 1/- embossed with no obvious faults, 3d surcharge cds and 1884 5d green mint, Grenada Chalons, Ionian Islands used 1d and 2d, Indian Native States to explore, Nova Scotia 3d SG.2 3 margins used, Fiji to 5/-, good Australasia, etc. The stockbooks are also interesting, with lots of classics through to very useful KGVI and QEII, for example the odd MNH 1948 silver wedding high value. Condition on the many earlies of course mixed. Will reward a close viewing.
The 'foreign' section of the core collection from an original estate, offered intact as received except the China volume (Lot 104). Organised by country in nine loose-leaf albums with several thousand stamps from first issues to 1930s. The classics are in very mixed condition (particular culprits Portugal and Scandinavia) however some very interesting early pages here and the later 19th century and 20th century issues have some good-quality mint. Noted particularly Japan with unused dragons with faults, over 80 'syllabics' some mint, presumed mix of genuine and reference, incl. geese, wagtails and goshawks, requiring research, through to dozens of POs in China ovpts, revenues etc. The Switzerland also extensive with 'Rayons', imperf Helvetias and further 19th century to explore. Elsewhere noted 'Fiume' handstamps, interesting Latin America, three pages of Shanghai locals, etc. Please inspect.
Collateral collection in two parts: the first an interesting group of seven documents from a family of ship's masters, from 19th century (c.1860s) to 1940s, incl. certificates and qualifications on parchment with waterproof registration document franked by twenty-one 6d. revenue stamps of two kinds, also a 1901 letter from the General Post Office Secretary's office attached with two QV 'Poundage three half-pence' postal orders for 20/- each, implying that the Captain attempting to claim the sum had been defrauded by a money-changer at Genoa. The second part a range from an ex-postmaster of The Bents office, South Shields (closed in 2003), incl. a wax seal handstamp in brass for 'The Bents - South Shields' with crown in centre and 1926 Post Office issue 'Express Delivery Services' instructions leaflet with extensive amendments annotated in red ink, as well as 10 binders of FDCs, m/s etc. Also a hallmarked silver-gilt Consignia presentation pin for 30 years' service and perspex paper weight encasing the 1989 Lord Mayor's Show strip, originally presented to the vendor's father a head councillor. Please view to appreciate.
Two albums and two boxes containing a mix of Topography and subject cards. The first album and box are a mix of printed and Real Photographic cards countrywide of varying ages and interest. The second album contains approx. 54 cards of Exhibitions with a further 9 bookmark cards and the second box has a selection of Military cards including Lord Kitchener, as well as Social & Rural cards with good family groups, Hop Pickers etc. Better Railway cards including a number of Great Eastern Railway cards and Tourist cachets. Also a range of Irish cards and other mixed foreign topography.
An old-fashioned 'Philatelic Album' from an original estate (see also Lots 49, 54, 104, 151-156, 190 and 206). This containing sheet reconstructions of line-engraved issues in various stages of completion, over a thousand stamps in total, the penny black with 122 examples, quality generally very much above the average (clearly being the source for the excellent first page of this collector's main Great Britain album). The pages for the 1d blacks marked with spaces for twelve plates at each of the 240 positions. Includes varieties such as plate 2 double letter DG four margins and neat red MX (not photographed). Then over 220 imperf 1d reds by sheet position with black plate printings likely, followed by perf 16 small crown Die I reds with the majority of positions, perf 14 large crown 'stars' complete reconstruction, through to the corner letters reds. A fascinating collection for the line-engraved specialist to explore and a wonderful basis for continuation of this quest.
Collection of FDCs and PHQ cards filling four cartons, the PHQs all with stamps and souvenir sheets with first day cancels housed in fourteen albums 1977 to 2011, quite a few sets in gutter pair or traffic light format, the PHQs STC in 2014/15 'Packs and Cards' catalogue over £3,000. Then the FDCs proper in nine volumes by commem, definitive, booklets, etc, pre-decimal to 2003, also with gutter pairs and different cachets, along with three box files of Benham silks. Other commem covers include 38 RAF flights, several with signatures.
TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLES, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY清 青玉童子持蓮鼻煙壺及 瓜形鼻煙壺 一組The first carved as a boy holding a flower vase, with russet inclusion to his back, the second of flattened quatre-lobed form (2)Applied collector’s paper labels, 16.6.26 and 21.4.20The tallest: 5.4cmProvenance: The collection of H. G. Beasley (1881 – 1939), thence by family descentCondition ReportThere is a 5mm bruise to the side of the neck and a minute nick to the rim of the ‘boy’ bottle. The quatre-lobed bottle is in good condition.
TWO LARGE CHINESE ROCK-CRYSTAL CARVED SNUFF BOTTLES, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY清 高士遊園紋及浮雕觀音 水晶鼻煙壺 两件The first carved with a scholar and attendant joining two other bearded scholars picnicking beneath a pine tree, the second bottle carved with Guanyin, lotus and carp (2)Applied collector’s paper labels, dated 22.5.24 and 7.3.22The largest: 8.5cmProvenance: The collection of H. G. Beasley (1881 – 1939), thence by family descentCondition ReportBoth rock-crystal bottles are in good condition.
A CHINESE PORCELAIN IRON-RED AND WHITE WAVE GROUND ‘GOLDFISH’ DISH, XIEZHU ZHUREN ZAO FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, DAOGUANG PERIOD, 1821 – 1850清 道光 釩紅金魚紋大盤《嶰竹主人》款Painted with nine iron-red carp against an incised white enamel ground of waves radiating from the centreDiameter: 23.5cmFrom an English private collectionThe four-character seal mark, Xie zhu zhu ren, may be translated as ‘Master of the Xie Bamboo’. Xie (cutting), is the name of a valley in the Kunlun mountains. There, during the reign of the ‘Yellow Emperor’ Huangdi, it is said the first musical scale was made from varying lengths of cut bamboo.Condition ReportThe dish has a 3mm rim chip and a 7mm wide flake to the rear of the rim and a circa 4x1cm area of slight misfire to the wave ground.
Matthew Rutherford (Art From A Locked-In Mind) Mary Mother and Child signed, acrylic on canvas, 81cm x 102cm Matthew suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash that led to aphasia and a struggle to communicate. Painting helps him to communicate his frustrations in life and allows him to vent his " Locked-In Mind". His first Art Exhibition was at the Brick Lane Gallery in 2020, followed by the Joseph Wright Museum, Derby, in 2021
Matthew Rutherford (Art From A Locked-In Mind) Superbird signed, acrylic on canvas, 81cm x 102cm Matthew suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash that led to aphasia and a struggle to communicate. Painting helps him to communicate his frustrations in life and allows him to vent his " Locked-In Mind". His first Art Exhibition was at the Brick Lane Gallery in 2020, followed by the Joseph Wright Museum, Derby, in 2021
Matthew Rutherford (Art From A Locked-In Mind) Yellow Finch signed, acrylic on canvas, 102cm x 81cm Matthew suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car crash that led to aphasia and a struggle to communicate. Painting helps him to communicate his frustrations in life and allows him to vent his " Locked-In Mind". His first Art Exhibition was at the Brick Lane Gallery in 2020, followed by the Joseph Wright Museum, Derby, in 2021
Guernsey £2 silver Coin First Day Cover D-Day 6th June with Stamps and Postmarks. £2 Guernsey Stamp with 2 D-Day Post Office 6.6.94 Postmark. No 3378. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 German Signature Collection on First Day Covers and Signature cards. Major Heinrich Ruhl Signed 5x3inch Signature card. Adolf Fischer Signed on 70th Anniv of the Formation of the World's First Commercial Airline 16 Nov 1909 FDC. Luftwaffe Fighter Ace Horst Petzschner and Major Walter F Konantz Signed on 40th Anniv of the First Flight by a Jet-Propelled Aircraft FDC. Good Signatures. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
RAF Signed First Day Cover Collection of 7 Covers. All Contain Stamps and Postmarks. Flt Lt WEP Johnson AFC Signed RAF Little Rissington 87 of 100 Issued. Wg Cdr Ian Worby Signed RAF Cosford. Wg Cdr Ian Worby Signed RAF Hartland Point. WSO Randle Signed 60th Anniv of the Opening of the Croydon Airport Terminal FDC. Flt Lt N Tredrey and Coxswain Mr C Williams Signed 70th Anniv of the Formation of No22 Squadron. Finally, Dr John Tanner and Mr J Bruce Signed 70th Anniversary of the Creation of the Royal Flying Corps. Good Collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Master Sgt John D. Kuharek Signed Honouring Molly Pitcher First Day of Issue Card. Master Sgt John D. Kuharek was involved in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Missions. USA 10c Stamp with New Jersey Sept 8, 1978, Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 German Fighter Ace Otto Kuntzner Signed Anthony Fokker First Day Cover. Further Signed by 2 others. 768 of 1278. Nederland Stamp with Postmark. Flown in Fokker VII. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Wg Cdr Tony Spooner Signed Hardback Book Titled Supreme Gallantry- Maltas Role in The Allied Victory 1939-1945. Dedicated. First Edition Book Published in 1996. 358 pages. Good Used Condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Mountbatten of Burma Signed the Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten by John Terraine. An Illustrated Biography. Signed on Title page in black ink. First Edition Hardback Book Published in 1968. 197 pages. Showing Signs of Age. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Dame Vera Lynn Signed RAF Coltishall Official First Day Cover with Stamps and Postmarks. 29 of 65 Special Edition Covers Issued. 5 Military Award Stamps with 11 Sept 1990 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 W O Colin Cole, Wg Cmdr John Bell and Author James Holland Signed Book Titled 'Dambusters- Race to Smash the Dams 1943'. First Edition Hardback book with 437 pages in total. Published in 2012. Fantastic Content. Spine and Dust-Jacket in. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Stephen Darlow Signed First Edition Hardback Book Titled 'D-Day Bombers: The Veterans Story' By the Author Stephen Darlow. Signed on Title Page. 288 Pages. Spine and Dust-Jacket in. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Rear Admiral Godfrey Place VC Signed 'The Shetland Bus' First Edition Hardback Book Published in 1957. Written by David Howarth 228 pages in total. Spine and Dust jacket Showing Signs of Age. Good Content. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
RAF F/O Ray Grayston Signed Training for The Dams First Day Cover. 10 of 25 Covers Issued. British 1st Class Stamp with 6 Apr 08 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Wg Cdr JRC Young AFC (Battle of Britain Pilot) Signed Christmas 1992 First Day Cover. A Special Flown Cover. Flown in a Concorde. 5 of 5 Covers Issued. 4 Jersey Stamps with Jersey Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Flt Lt Bill Reid and 2 others Signed 617 Squadron First Day Cover. Further Signed by Air commodore Bob Allen and Grp Cptn Charles Vasey. JS(CC)40. British Victoria Cross Stamp with 1 May 98 Postmark. Flown in a Tornado GR1. 374 of 400 Covers Issued. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
RAF Grp Cptn Denys Heywood and 5 Others Signed 617 Squadron First Day Cover. Further Signed by Flt Lt Don Exley, F/O Ed Carter, F/O Dick Woodacre, F/O Dave Moore and F/O Ray Newman. George Cross Stamp with 1 May 98 Postmark. JS(CC)40 Code. 73 of 200 Covers Issued. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Jeffrey Quill and 4 Other Signed 50th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Spitfire FDC. 1988 of 2010 Covers Issued. 22p Stamp with 5 Mar 86 Postmark. Further Signed by Alan W Gear, Neville Duke, Avis J Hearn and Hugh Dundas. Great Signatures. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Neville Duke and 6 others signed 50th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Spitfire FDC. Further Signed by John Keatings, Peter Ayerst, Avis J Hearn, Alan W Gear and 2 others. Flown in a Spitfire Mk19. 17p British Stamp with 5 Mar 86 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Grp Cptn Peter Townsend Signed 50th Anniversary of Spitfire's First Flight 5th March 1936 FDC. 20 of 100 Covers Issued, 17p British Stamp with 5 March 1986 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 RAF Grp Cptn Leonard Cheshire Signed First Bomber Command Operation Over Germany 3 September 1939- The First Leaflet Raid FDC. 1172 of 1500 Covers Issued. Jersey Stamp with 3 Sept 83 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Martin Middlebrook Signed Commemorative First Use of 'Window' By RAF Flown FDC. Includes 2 Strips of metal foil successfully Blinded the German Radar System, Ensuring the Safe Return of many allied Aircrew Members. 8p British Stamp with 25th July 78 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Fantastic Coin First Day Cover Collection of 6 Covers with Postmarks and Stamps. Covers included are D-Day Anniversary FDC No 7982. D-Day anniversary FDC No 6036. D-Day Anniversary FDC No 7320. 1944-1994 50th Anniversary of D-Day FDC No 4843. 1944-1994 50th Anniversary of D-Day FDC No 2694. D-Day Anniversary FDC No 4808. Good collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Wg Cdr Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC Signed Douglas Bader Foundation Flown First Day Cover. 32 of 200 Covers Issued. Flown in a Spitfire. 34p Lord Portal Stamp with 9 August 01 Postmark. Image Shows Frank Wootton Artwork Showing Bader Baling out of his jet. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum Signed Isle of Man Post Office Official First Day Cover. Limited Edition 249 of 250 Covers Issued. Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary 1940-2010. Issued 20th April 2010. 6 Battle of Britain German Fighter Jets and British Fighter Jet Stamps with 2 15th Sept 2010 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Sqn Ldr Tony Pickering and F/O Ken Wilkinson Signed Isle of Man Post Office Official First Day Cover. Limited Edition 197 of 250 Covers Issued. Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary 1940-2010. Issued 20th April 2010. 6 Battle of Britain German Fighter Jets and British Fighter Jet Stamps with 2 20th August 2010 Postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Collection of 39 WW2 Related First Day Covers with Fantastic Stamps and Postmarks, Unsigned Collection. Housed in a Red Stanley Gibbons Folder. Lots of Benham Silk Cachet Covers within this lot. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
RAF Grp Cptn Nigel Walpole OBE Signed Swift Justice- The Full Story of the Supermarine Swift Hardback Book by Nigel Walpole. Signed on title page in black ink in the year 2000. First Edition Book, Published in 2000. 182 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Author Stuart McKay Signed Hardback book titled The Tiger Moth- A Tribute by Stuart McKay. First Edition Book Published in 1987. 159 pages. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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