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A Japanese ivory okimono of a Bijin, carrying a small boy on her back who dangles a puppet in the form of a Sambasso dancer in front of her, holding a fan in her lefty hand, wearing an O-sade with elaborately engraved decoration, signed to base Minyoshi (?), 17.7cm high, Meiji period; and a Chinese ivory draughtsman and three other ivory carvings
Lagos 1904 10/- green and brown, watermark Crown CA, used with part of the scarce (J)ebu O(de) CDS Proud D3. No question of authenticity here; Jebu Ode (or Ijebu Ode) was under Lagos administration until April 1906) but there is a greasemark (?) at top which may be treatable. A rare stamp properly used. SG 53 (£900)
English Hammered silver, Edwardian silver pence, first of London, holed, second of Canterbury the mint reading `CANTOR` seems to exhibit a die sinker`s error `O` over `R`/ the `R` possibly over something as well?, GF, plus 2 x Elizabeth I silver halfgroats and a ditto but a sixpence of 1575, full and round, GF [5]
Maurice MARINOT (1881-1960), Flacon, Epreuve en verre transparent bleu nuit modelé à chaud, le corps orné de quatre anses en verre étiré, petit bouchon rond, Signée Marinot sous la base et porte une étiquette ancienne numérotée 2314, Hauteur : 11,5 cm - Largeur : 13 cm, (Accident au bouchon), Ce lot est vendu avec une copie du certificat d`authenticité de Florence Marinot daté du 28 avril 2000, Provenance : Collection Madame Georges Huë, (épouse du musicien-compositeur), Bibliographie : O. Gabet, Un marchand entre deux Empires - Elie Fabius et le monde de l`art, Paris, 2011, reproduit p. 153
#65, 3c Rose, single tied to cover by a scarce Adamstown, B. & O. R.R./FEB 28, 1862 oval route agent`s datestamp, addressed to Boston, Mass., includes original enclosure datelined Poolsville, Md. and mentions we have no idea whether to aid in opening the Baltimore and Ohio R.R. which is in direct reference to the railroad being out of service due to Confederate raids from Harper`s Ferry, Va. at this time, fine-very fine; a scarce route agent handstamp with fascinating historical reference. View Terms & Conditions
#159-63, 1900-01 5l on 1D to 2D on 10D Olympic games surcharges cplt. in blocks of four, three of them being marginal blocks, the 2D with three wide O varieties, fresh colors throughout, o.g., all never hinged, one 40l with spot on gum, fine-very fine; any blocks of this set are scarce, but to find a set in this impressive never hinged condition is nearly impossible; 5D signed A. Diena and Champion, plus 40l. 5D and 10D accompanied by 1973 Hellas certificates (Hellas #165-69). View Terms & Conditions
Suzuki Goro (Japanese, b.1941)Pair of tall Shino CupsStoneware, rough cylindrical form, thick white glaze over dark painted designs, one cup with looping O motif, incised maker`s marks. Together with a signed wooden Box with painted crows to the inside of the lid.H 12cm, D 7.5cmPROVENANCE: The T.F.G Jones Collection of Japanese Ceramics.BIOGRAPHY: Suzuki Goro has developed a unique way of expressing himself through ceramics, basing his work on traditional styles from the Mino tradition: Shino, Oribe, yellow and black Seto and the Karatsu tradition. His works, which have a strong sense of individualism, include tea bowls with colorful painted imagery from contemporary life inspired by a visit to Los Angeles. He is also known for his life size chairs as well as being a master of more traditional pieces. In 2002, Suzuki Goro received the prestigious Japan Ceramic Society Prize.CONDITION: Perfect condition with no damage or restoration
ARR William Marshall (British, 1923-2007)Tall Vase, circa 1980Porcelain, pale celadon glaze with cobalt blue painted and iron dotted flowering stem leaf motif repeated front and back, the rim with mottled iron glaze, impressed WM sealH 48.5cm, D 24cmPROVENANCE: The Berkeley Collection. Acquired from O`Cassey Craft Gallery, London, 1981CONDITION: Perfect condition with no damage or restoration
*Flying Log Books. A group of three Royal Air Force Observer`s and Pilot`s Flying Log Books for No. 536991 W/O John E. Price, recording his extensive flying career 1939-1946. First flight as a Wireless Operator on 28-12-39 flying on Lockheed `Electra` G-AEPO, Capt. Marsh as pilot from Hendon-Amiens, flying continues during the `phoney war` on civil `Electra`s` and D.H.89s, many trips to France as far south as Marseilles, airborne most days of January, February and March, now with 24 Squadron, R.A.F. extensive flying, probably linked to the evacuation of the B.E.F. from France, on 20.4.40 six flights all to and within France, similar flights continue, without incident as far afield as Montpellier in DH89A aircraft, some airframe numbers recorded, frequent flights to Jersey and Guernsey 17/18.6.40, pilot P/O Bowie, communications flights continue on D.H.89A Avro `Anson` 3440 and 3438 now in use, based at Hendon most tasks finish there at the end of the days flying, on 13.8.40 the Bristol `Bombay` L5855 in use, on 9.9.40 takes Lord Beaverbrook from Andover to Castle Bromwich, many airfields recorded now mere history, on 20.12.40 de Havilland `Flamingo` AE444 in use, other `new` types include Airspeed `Oxford` and H.P. `Heyford`, Vickers `Virginia` and others, Log Book No. 1 records total hours of 552 hrs 20 mins, Log Book No. 2, Price now Corporal begins Elementary Pilot training on D.H. `Tiger Moth` aircraft at No. 21 E.F.T.S. Booker, 1st solo on R7091 after 11 hrs 45 mins, Log Book endorsed with typed declaration `An aircraft crashed or damaged through your carelessness or disobedience will divert workers from building fighters & bombers to repair training aircraft`. Training continues on `Tiger Moth` aircraft, no untoward incidents recorded, Price leaves 21 E.F.T.S. on 19.7.41 joins 2 Squadron 2 F.T.S. flying the Airspeed `Oxford`, P/O Miller as instructor, multi-engine training continues, 1st solo after 5 hrs 55 mins on type, begins night flying, 2.11.41 while at Kemble begins `Blenheim` flying on 1139, 4.1.42 endorsement in red `Accident, Gross Carelessness Taxiing`, signed by Wing Commander Commanding F.T.U., at Honeybourne, February 1942 solo on Miles Master III then solo on Hawker Hurricane 3148, 1.5.42 now at Takoradi flying `Master`s` and `Hurricane`s`, now as ferry pilot flies Hurricane BP319 in stages from 22.6.42-29.2.42 Takoradi to Luxor and Kilo 8, returns to Takoradi in a `Bombay` and DC.3 (serials unrecorded), next ferry flight to Egypt in Hurricane BP324, returns to Takoradi in Junkers Ju 52 00-AUF (?SAAF), more ferry flights undertaken, other types flown in including Armstrong Whitworth `Ensign` G-ADSW from Fort Lamy - Lagos, 3.3.43 joins No. 1 M.E.T.S. at El Ballah, more ferry flights, starts delivering Supermarine `Spitfires` on 11.5.43, total flying time now 338 hrs 30 mins, somewhere over the past 2-3 yrs promotion to Flt/Sgt. Log Book No. 3 ferrying continues, other aircraft flown in include `Hudson`, `Dakota`, and `Bisley`, flying continues with No. 3A.D.U. delivering `Spitfire` EP538 to Corsica (Ajaccio) from Setif 2.10.43, new types flown include `Warhawk` `Kittyhawk` and `Wellington` later `Boston` and `Mosquito`, 10-6-44 endorsement reads `Assessment of ability as Ferry Pilot - `above the average`, July 13th 1944 joins No. 17 S.F.T.S. at R.A.F. Cranwell flying the `Oxford`, 9.9.44 commences flying as 2nd Pilot on Consolidated `Liberator`, now a W/O, further postings and more `Oxford` flying other types include Vickers `Wellington` no entries other than certificates after 2.1.46, together with a Royal Air Force Service and Release Book signed off on 16.6.46, a very blunt end to a memorable service career WW2 medals comprising 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence & War Medals, plus R.A.F. brass wings. (3)
Pioneer Aviation - `London Aerodrome First Annual Dinner`. A rare original Souvenir dinner-menu dated March 30th 1914, copiously detailing the activities, achievements and successes of the Hendon Aerodrome and Grahame-White Flying School, including the first Aerial Loop-the-Loop in Britain; profusely autographed and signed by fifty VIPs and leading aviators of the day including Gustav Hamel, B.C. Hucks, Claude Grahame-White, A.V. Roe, Thomas Sopwith, Harry Delacombe, Gordon Bell, CC Grey, Julius Nardini, Dessoutter, Strange, Norman C. Spratt, Charles Rumney Samson RN, Marcus Manton, H. Thornton Rutter, Mervyn O`Gorman, Pierre Verrier, Sidney Pickles, Arthur DuCros (Dunlop), FN Shorland, Clement Fernel, William Birchenough RN, George Beatty (Beatty-Wright Aircraft), AG Reynolds (official timekeeper), W. Joynson-Hicks (MP), Hon Arthur Stanley (MP),and many others including Cyrus Cuneo, who`s tipped-in artwork colour illustration is featured within the programme; 14pp, soft-covers, well illustrated with high-quality monotone photographs, circuit map two pages of autographs, and including entertainments guest-list including Harry Tate, Ethel Harvey and Hetty King, leading Vaudeville stars of the day (1)
*RAF. A pre-war wooden propeller-blade souvenir, c. 1938, grey-painted and decorated with Squadron badge emblem and inscribed A-Flight 104 Squadron and motto `Strike Hard` , and crew-members listing including Pilot-Officer Lynch-Blosse in whose possession it had remained until donated to museum collection now disbanded, 54in (137cm). P/o Lynch-Blosse entered RAF College Cranwell in 1935, graduating and Passing-out in 1937 to various squadrons 104, 110 and 40, whence he was shot down in 1941 and remained interned PoW for the duration. (1)
Michelin. The Bibendum Sketch Book. Illustrations by: Cousyn, Grand Aigle, Hautot, C. King, O`Galop, Ortiz, etc., [1923], 16 pp., printed in blue and black throughout, early ownership inscription to verso of upper wrapper, orig. printed wrappers, stapled as issued, lightly soiled (generally in good condition), sim oblong 4to. A commemorative booklet produced by Michelin to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the invention of the Michelin Man logo in 1898. (1)
*North Eastern Railway. Issued 3rd Class singles from Coldstream to Glanton, Glaisdale to Egton Bridge (renamed 2/1892), Glanton (closed 22/9/1930) to Chathill (light crease), Goathland to Grosmont (2 examples of same print), Hinderwell to Kettleness (2 slightly different), Levisham to Goathland, Newcastle to Morpeth (2 - 1 is Revised fare), Sandsend to Whitby West Cliff (2 examples of same print), Scarborough to Whitby West Cliff (creased), Sleights to Goathland, Staithes to Hinderwell, Whitby to Doncaster GN and Egton Bridge, and Whitby West Cliff to Sandsend. The lot also includes a Bicycle Insurance single from Whitby, a Cycle Check Ticket from Scarborough to West Cliff Whitby, and 11 severed halves (6 o/h from Glanton, r/h Glanton to Alnmouth and Alnwick, r/h Edlingham and Morpeth to Whittingham, and r/h Kelso to Alnmouth) (31)
*Africa. An issued selection from the first three decades of the 20th century comprising Algeria (1st and 3rd Class single from the Est Algerien); Kenya (one 1st and three 2nd Class singles from the Uganda Railway; two 2nd Class singles and a platform ticket from the Kenya & Uganda Railway); Mozambique (a 1st Class single from the C. de F. Louren?o Marques); Rhodesia (a Beira & Mashonaland & Rhodesia Railways Victoria Falls Bridge Toll; crease); Nigeria (a Nigerian Railway 1st Class single), Sudan (four 1st Class and three 3rd Class singles from the Sudan Government Railway - two on Government Service); and Tunisia (a 1st Class single from the C. de. F de Bone a Guelma). The lot also includes severed halves from the Congo, Kenya (2 Uganda Railway), Rhodesia (2 B&M&RR) and Tunisia (26)
*Overseas selection. Issued Edmondsons, mainly from the early years of the 20th century, comprising 3 Argentina (Buenos Aires Province), 3 Australia (Victoria; 1 creased), 2 Brazil (Sao Paulo Railway), 2 Burma, 1 Ceylon, 1 Egypt, 1 Hong Kong (Hong Kong High Level Tramways Company), 3 India (EIR, ISR), 1 Japan (text in both English and Japanese), 1 Java, 2 Middle East (CIOB and Ottoman (Aidin) Railway), 1 Mozambique (C. de F. Louren?o Marques) 1 New Zealand (Cook`s Tour), 1 South Africa (Cape Government Railway; light crease), and 1 Sudan. The lot also includes a small Pullman Company Passenger Check paper ticket from New York and 10 severed halves - 3 Australia (1 creased) 1 Congo, 1 Kenya (Uganda Railway), 2 New Zealand, and 3 South Africa (Cape Government Railway) (35)
*Pre-Grouping severed halves. comprising 1 CLC, 1 CK&PR, 11 IofWR, 2 Jersey Eastern, 3 Jt. Railway Steamers (1 with pencil endorsement about a collision), 3 NLR (from the 1870s), 1 Southwold, 2 S-upon-A&MJR, 1 East London, 1 GE & LB&SCR, 4 GW & GC Joint, 1 LB&SC & L&SWR, 2 LB&SC & L&NWR, 1 LB&SC & SER, 1 LB&SC & SE&CR, 1 L&NW & LB&SCR, 1 L&SW & BSt&WR, 3 L&SW & SER, 1 Met & GC Jt., 3 M&GN Jt., 2 Mid. LT&S & NP Steamers, 1 N&S Jt., 3 S&D Jt., 1 SE&C & ELR, 2 SE & L&SWR, 1 L&YR, 1 LC&DR, 3 SE&C&DR, 4 L&SWR, 8 LB&SCR-C&O Line, 10 SER, 1 D&A Jt., 5 NER, 5 GNR, 6 GER, 6 GCR, 9 GWR, and 2 Cambrian. Includes a variety of types and stations, a number of which are closed (114)
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