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Click here to subscribeGB, Victoria, penny red imperfs., comprising horizontal strips of four, `CE` to `CH`, full margins & `QE` to `QH`, third stamp slightly cut into at top & fourth stamp touching at top, otherwise three margins, both strips fine used, with numeric cancels, plus two singles, both with four margins, fine used, with numeric cancels (10)
GB, Victoria to EII, decimal stamp range, inc. Victoria, penny red perfs. & surface printed range & Edward VII & George V accumulation, mainly used, Edward VIII, accumulation, in album, used, quantity of EII pre-decimal commemoratives, in part sheets, blocks etc., u/m & 1997, Diana presentation packs, Welsh (1) & English (1) (lot)
British Commonwealth, stamp range, inc. Barbados & British Guiana, range, inc. early, mint & used, Canada, inc. airs, mint, Leeward Islands, 1938 set to 5/-, mint, Malta, 1926, mint, Morocco Agencies, mint & used, New Zealand, mint & used, Pakistan, 1947 set to 25r, mint & Burma Officials, accumulation, used, etc., on pages & stock cards (lot)
An early 20th Century HMV Oak Cased Table Top Wind Up Gramophone with wooden horn, Registered Design No 555 515, Machine No 3544, with exhibition playing head, retailed by W H Grimwade & Co, Royal Arcade, Norwich; together with a small box containing retailer’s stamp, HMV speed control, needles and a small quantity of 78 records
Edwardian silver and enamel stamp case in the form of a double-sided letter with suspension loop and enamelled 1d and 1/2d (Birmingham 1903) - maker G V & Co, 2.8cm overall, together with a horn snuff box of rectangular form with hinged cover inlaid with tortoiseshell and ivory diamond decoration, 7.7cm overall (2) Further images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com
Edwardian silver desk double stamp box of rectangular form with gadrooned border, sloping hinged cover inset with two stamp mounts, opening to reveal gilded double stamp containers (Birmingham 1909) - maker H Matthews, 6.5cm overall width Further images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com
Good quality Georgian-style rectangular coffee table with satinwood, boxwood and ebonised decoration on square taper column support and four splayed legs bearing cabinet maker`s stamp of Martin Huggett , 79cm x 49cm (to be sold on behalf of Help for Heroes) Further images and condition reports are available at www.reemandansie.com
Flegel, Georg1563 Olmütz - 1638 Frankfurt/Main Breakfast of Grapes, Nuts, Chestnuts and Bread. Oil on oak. 38,7 x 48,6cm. Framed. Verso: panel maker`s stamp. Provenance: Private estate, Stuttgart. Assessment from Dr. Hana Seifertová on November 12th, 2004. Assessment from Dr. Anne-Dore Ketelsen-Volkhardt on January 24th, 2011. "This image of a laid table of snacks belongs to the much admired themes of Georg Flegel, who belongs to the first specialists in still lifes of the 17th Century. He varied the so-called breakfasts or snacks (Dutch Ontbijtje) throughout his oeuvre in different ways and often in many of his editions. It is in this realm that our image of Breakfast with Grapes, Nuts, Chestnuts and Bread belongs to. It represents a small snack, one which only the well-to-do society could enjoy: beside bread and butter on a white and blue decorated plate are the secretly depicted grapes in a silver bowl; white wine in a pitcher, a glass cup produced in Germany, and finally the hazelnuts displayed in an expensive Chinese bowl. Chestnuts and medlars, as well as half of a lemon (an expensive fruit at the time) are displayed in two simple tin cans. Beside the lemon is a knife with an ornamental handle. This entire image can be seen as a representation of the dining at the time." (Dr. Seifertová)."After first glance regarding the painting, the motifs and the composition, as well as the format, the image has large similarities with two other Breakfast still lifes from Georg Flegel 1566 - 1638: Breakfast with Grapes, Crayfish and Bread, oil on wood, 39 x 47cm, Monogrammed on the blade of the knife, Brotmuseum, Ulm; Large Breakfast with Fruit, oil on canvas, 40 x 48cm, private collection. Due to these similarities, it is in my opinion that "Breakfast with Grapes, Nutes and Bread" can be attributed to Georg Flegel." (Dr. Ketelsen-Volkhardt).
WWII – Hitler – Mein Kampf the excessively rare English translation produced by the Nazis. This copy bearing the stamp of the Stalag 357 Prisoner of War Camp. We have been unable to trace another copy of this version of Mein Kampf on the market at the present time. The fact that it has been stamped with the mark of a POW camp could indicate that it was intended as a means of propaganda to turn gullible British POWs towards the Nazi cause. Stalag 357 was famous for the ‘long march’ when in March 1945 after the allies have crossed the Rhine 12 000 POWs were forced to march to a ‘destination unknown’ in columns of 2 000 strong. The men were hungry cold and tired out and Warrant Officer James ‘Dixie’ Deans who had been elected as the POWs leader finally persuaded the German command to let him go to find the allied advancing troops – he eventually reached the allied lines and thus Stalag 357 became one of the first to be liberated – though not before the RAF thinking the columns of men were German troops had opened fire on them killing 60. This particularly edition of Mein Kampf is considered of such rarity that only one other copy is known to exist. Please refer to : www.hitler-library.org/Mein-Kampf-Collectors-Guide.pdf
WWII – Spotlight on the Jew based on L’Auitriche Juive translated and annotated by Cuthbert Reaveley. A photocopy of the complete book with yellow paper wrappers bearing the library stamp of R P Oliver or Urbana Illinois a noted American activist. Although a photo copy this is complete and the book itself is of considerable rarity – we have not been able to trace another copy on the market at present
India – Maharajah Duleep Singh 10 Letters – Fascinating account of the early life of Maharajah Duleep Singh. A group of 10 letters and documents relating to Maharajah Duleep Singh in regards to the discharge of his Sir John Login as the Maharajah’s guardian and retirement from service. Some letters embossed with stamp of East India House include one dated 1st December 1858 states’ I am instructed to inform you in reply that Lord Stanley fully appreciating the very conscientious and efficient manner in which you discharged your duties as the Guardian of the Maharajah Duleep Singh...’ Letter dated 21st April 1858 referring to Duleep Singh’s letter requesting that ‘the sum of CRs 833.5.4 [of Company’s Rupees] may be deducted from the Maharajah’s monthly allowances and paid to your account.’ Another from the Court of Directors permits Login to retire on a pension of £300 annually from Duleep Singh’s service. A letter from and signed by Sir John Login to Secretary to the East India Company Military Department submitting his application for permission to resign his appointment as surgeon in the service of the East India Company on the Bengal Establishment after 26 years. Another from the East India Company to John Login states that the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh’s disbursements in Europe have been examined and satisfactory. An intimate record of the Maharajah’s household and internal affairs during a very early time in his life in England. Also a further 5 documents relating to Duleep Singh’s financial matters. Also includes Duleep Singh proposing an annuity of £1000 according to his guardian John Login and £10000 upon him as executor. The letters states that the Court of Directors does not prohibit this as it’s against the rules of service by an Act of Parliament. A fine letter relates to the arrears of salary as Guardian of H.H. Maharajah Duleep Singh from the Home Treasury’. Letter dated January 1858 states Lord Stanley acknowledgements of the arrears of his salary as guardian and that the sum will be paid by Coutts & Co. Included are also a treasury receipt to Login for the Company’s Rupees of 5886.10 and a memo to John Login from the Civil Auditor. (10) The letters provide a fascinating insight into early life the last Sikh King of the Punjab. Provenance – Login Family
A Dutch Walnut and Floral Marquetry Display Cabinet on Chest, bearing stamp of Edwards & Roberts, richly inlaid with marquetry flowers, birds and urns, the upper section with a domed top above a central glazed door enclosing a velvet lined interior and two adjustable shelves, all between canted corners, the chest of bombé form with wavy shaped top and three graduated drawers, between canted trusses, raised on block feet, 89cm by 50cm by 176cm
* Great Western Railway locomotives at work. A collection of twenty photographs depicting these locomotives with passenger and goods trains in G.W.R. and British Railways livery,fine views of locomotives at speed, track layouts, double heading, and others of similar interest, the largest 9.5 x 7.34 in (24 x 19 cm), each with photo?graphers stamp verso (20)
* Great Western Railway. A collection of twenty iconic photographs of locomotives and railway landscapes,locomotives in steam and on shed include 4-6-0 No. 6026 ñKing Johnî, No. 6001 ñKing Edward VIIî, 2-6-2 `Pararie` tank no. 5572 and 4588 and others, a fine study of I. K. Brunel`s skew-bridge over the River Thames at Moulsford/South Stoke, pannier tank 0-6-0 no. 3720 with side tank 47557 coaled up ready for the working day, and others of similar interest, each approx. 7.25 x 10 in (19 x 25 cm) with photographer`s stamp verso (20)
Commercial Vehicle Brochures. A good collection of approx. 150 manufacturers brochures, c. mid 1950s-60s,including Albion, Atkinson, Austin, Bedford, Commer, ERF, Ford, Guy, Kew Dodge, Land Rover, Leyland, Morris, Scammell, Thornycroft and Volvo, etc., numerous col. illusts., some folding poster-type brochures, some with retailer`s ink stamp and some hole-punched for filing, all G/VG, together with approx. forty English Electric locomotive operating and instruction manuals, late 1960s-70s, illusts. and diags., orig. grey plastic loose leaf files, 8vo, approx. 100 issues of Meccano magazine, c. 1950s-60s, some covers detached, and Land Rover Workshop Manual, Parts 1 & 2, and Parts Catalogues, Series 11 & 11A, 1968-9, numerous illusts. and diags., orig. linen-backed stiff wrappers, soiled and some wear, 4to (3 cartons)
* Opel & Porsche. A collection of manufacturer`s, press, publicity and other photographs of motor vehicles built by these companies 1969-97,numerous images inscribed or with the manufacturer`s official stamp verso, including reproductions from original negatives of Ferdinand Porsche and family, four 35 mm slides and others of technical or historic interest, approx. 105 images (approx. 105)
* A Victorian cut-throat razor, the blade engraved with an exterior view of Crystal Palace, by Joseph Rodgers and Sons, Sheffield, a desk seal with exterior view of Crystal Palace titled London 1851 with turned bone handle, another desk seal, pressed brass, titled `Exhibition of All Nations 1851`, with a similar seal stamp, and a silver coloured metal pressed brooch decorated with an exterior view of Crystal Palace (4)
De RhŽ-Philipe (George William and Irving, Miles). Soldiers of the Raj, pub. London Stamp Exchange Ltd., 1989, port. frontis., orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with Devereux (J. and Sacker, G.), Roll of Honour Land Forces World War 2, 6 vols., 1999-2003, orig. cloth boards in d.j., folio, plus Manchester City Battalions of the 90th & 91st Infantry Brigades Book of Honour, edited Brigadier-General F. Kempster, DSO and Brigadier-General H.C.E. Westropp, 1916, port. frontis., numerous b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, soiled, backstrip detached, thick 4to, and other miscellaneous military history and related, including 36 x Famous Regiments series, edited Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, c. 1970s (3 shelves & a carton)
Laurie (Lt.-Col. George Brenton). History of the Royal Irish Rifles, 1st ed., 1914, portrait frontispiece, colour and b & w plates, folding maps, a few spots, minor insect damage to endpapers, original green cloth, regimental crest stamped in gilt to upper cover, a little rubbed with light stains, 4to, together with The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Being the History of the Regiment from December 1688 to July 1914, Compiled Under the Direction of a Regimental Historical Records Committee, 1928, colour plates and b & w plates, facsimile maps, previous owner inscription, Army Museums Ogilby Trust stamp, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Marcus Cunliffe`s The Royal Irish Fusiliers 1793-1968, 1970 (3)
The Marquis de Ruvigny. The Role of Honour. A Biographical Record of Members of His Majesty`s Naval and Military Forces who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918, 4 parts in 2 vols., n.d., pub. London Stamp Exchange Ltd., c. 1990s, numerous small ports., orig. red mock morocco gilt, 4to (100 copies printed), with others of military interest including numerous Naval & Military Press reprints of Army Lists and Regimental Histories and a quantity of the Military Historical Society Bulletin, c. 1970s-2011 (3 shelves)
* McKie (Helen, 1889-1957). Hitler`s Brown House. A series of sixteen pencil, (and one pen and ink with wash), sketches, made in Hitler`s Brown House in Munich by Helen McKie in 1931, the drawings on large sheets of artist`s sketch paper pasted into a later album, contemp. typed list of contents tipped in at front with a contemp. pencil note by Helen McKie tipped to verso `Sketched in Hitler`s Brown House Munich by special permission of Hitler`s aide-de-camp Bruelenen - I was the only woman ever allowed to sketch here`, most sheets approx. 41 x 26 cm and with perforated left edge, some evidence of a few notes to versos, a little marginal browning, chipping and creasing, bookplate of Mark Dineley, modern buckram, gilt-title spine (incorrectly dated 1918), folio The sketches which largely have pencil captions and annotations by the artist are: 1) Entrance to the Brown House, flanked by two Nazi Guards; 2) Sketch of tablet in centre eagle on Nazi sign (vignette); 3) Sketch portrait of Adolf Hitler from the portrait hanging in the Council Chamber; 4) Sketch of two Nazis with their banner in the HQ, signed by the artist; stamp of The Graphic to verso; 5) A Nazi saluting whilst standing outside the door of the Council Chamber with banner of Munich Contingent visible; 6) Sketch interior of the room of the Committee of Control with three Nazis in conversation; 7) Three smiling Nazis with their beer tankards in the beer hall under the Brown House; 8) Standards of the various sections of the National Socialists in the entrance hall with a standing Nazi, signed Helen McKie; Graphic stamp to verso; 9) As above, but unsigned; 10) Sketch of two helmeted police outside the Brown House controlling a disturbance created by civilians; 11) A Nazi carrying a banner; 12) Sketch of Nazi procession with banners; 13) Sketch of Nazi carrying sidedrum (sheet size cut down); 14) Sketch of two Nazis opening curtain to a civilian; 15) Vignette sketch of the Nazi standard with colours noted; 16) A Berlin sentry with detail to one side of a back view showing belt, button and bayonette; 17) Council Chamber with two Nazis and a civilian, showing the tablet on the wall in sketch 2 (pen, ink and wash drawing). Helen Madeline McKie (1889-2004) was educated at Tiffin Girls School, Kingston on Thames, and Lambeth School of Art, where she studied composition and painting under Philip Connard. She then became an illustrator and permanent member of staff to `Bystander` Magazine from 1915 to 1929. She was also a contributing artist to The Graphic, Sphere, Autocar and Queen publications. McKie became well known for her drawings of military figures during World War One and corresponded with soldiers in active service across the world. In 1931, she paid a visit to the Brown House, Munich, when on the strength of a letter of introduction to Hitler, she was allowed to sketch Nazi officials. During World War II, she was commissioned by Lord Lloyd to make sketches of Navy personnel and warships. In 1943, she painted `The Upper War Room` at Admiralty, Whitehall for presentation to Sir Winston Churchill, who was in the picture. She produced commissioned work for the Southern Railway, mural designs for amongst others, the Ritz Hotel in London, several Butlins holiday camps, Ford motorcars, the French government Tourist Office and Selfridges. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an archive of her papers, drawings, photographs, and ephemera, the gift of John Fraser, her nephew. Among the papers is an illustrated article from The Graphic, concerning McKie`s sketches of Nazi officials (1931) and it seems likely that the two signed drawings here present with Graphic stamps to verso were used for that article. Nonetheless, this remains an extraordinary and unique artistic record of Hitler`s Nazi Party Headquarters by a British woman artist. Provenance: Mark Dineley, well-known arms and armour collector and bibliophile, by descent. (1)
WWII - N.S.D.A.P. Assenpolitisches Schulungshaus der N.S.D.A.P., Reichslietung Berlin - Dahlem, Vorlesungsverzeichnis, Wintersemester 1938/39, 36 pp. with printed greeting by Alfred Rosenberg, an overview of this Third Reich foreign policy training school`s course programme, a long list of lectures to be given including on racial politics, all with names of lecturer, the final ten pages being an alphabetical list of lecturers and their ranks, names including Heinrich Himmler, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Reichsleiter Rosenberg, et al, a few manuscript corrections to title, `strictly confidential` stamp in German to half title, orig. printed upper wrapper with vertical crease and punch holes not affecting text, preserved in modern buckram gilt with bookplate of Mark Dineley to front pastedown, slim 8vo Rare. According to the introduction, this Winter Term course ran from the 1st August 1938 until the 11th February 1939. (1)
* Prussia, Iron Cross 2nd Class, good very fine, together with a Second World War Period German Red Cross Mountain Rescue Badge, red enamel cross bearing Swastika, cream enamelled roundel `Deutsch. Rotes Kreuz., Alp.Rettungsdienst`, reverse `Ges.Gesch`, and a German ammunition box, with Waffen stamp, contains ammunition belt links and starter tab, plus a Soviet DP machine gun, metal ammunition box, contains three deactivated drum magazines (4)
* Junkers J1, 2, 8, 9, EF61, A50 Junior, G24, 38 and others. A good collection from the Junkers and other archives,most inscribed verso, some with stamp from Gert W. Heumann, fine images of the massive G.38, early night flying with the G.24 (Lufthansa photo), the J.1 in Imperial German Air Force markings, some good aircraft portraits showing a variety of markings and early use of the famed corrugated wing and fuselage construction by Hugo Junkers, approx. 50 images contained in a folder (approx. 50)
* Air Reconnaissance. XVI Group Aeroplani, Royal Italian Air Force, 121 Squadron 1918-1919,a fine collection of aerial photographs taken over the mountainous landscape of the Austro-Italian border, numerous military features indicated, including in snow-covered terrain, many images show extensive shell and bomb damage to trench systems, military roads and other features, each image dated with identification reference number, some with inscriptions verso, others with Group stamp identifying Pilot, Observer and Commanding Officer, approx. 105 images, contained in a modern ring binder, some images with signs of minor damp damage (approx. 105)
* Nardi F.N. 305/310a. A collection of original Ingg. Fratelli Nardi company photographs of these attractive sports aeroplanes, c. 1935,built with an in-line Alfa Romeo 115 or Fiat A/70s 7 cylinder radial, photos by Erberto Ruedi, Milan, images with company stamp verso, some with photographer`s stamp, many inscribed in ink, aircraft illustrated include 305 single and two-seaters YR-POP, I-UEBI, racing Nardi 305 I-ABYM, I-CARI, and others, some cockpit details, the wheels-up landing of Fiat A/70s powered F.N.35 flown by Commandante Arturo Ferrarin and others of similar interest, approx. 35 images, together with Nardi F.N.305 descriptive brochure describing and illustrating this aircraft (approx. 35)
Flying Log-Books - Hans-Friedrich Riekert - Chief-Test Pilot for Heinkel Aircraft during the late 1930s. An important and historical pair of pilot`s Flying Log-Books commencing in 1930 and continuing in a second volume until 1940, covering the period of German Third Reich Civil & Military Aviation development and expansion during the inter-war period and also during the annexation of European countries, covering the period of the Spanish Civil War and culminating in outright war with Western Europe in 1939Black cloth hard-covers with embossed inscription frontis. The first book encompasses the period of introduction to flying school by Hans Riekert in 1930, including early dual-instruction, and first solo flights from Bublingen near Stuttgart in 1932. Entries all in hand-written text using short-code ciphers for aircraft types and serial numbers of individual aeroplanes flown by the subject, variously interspersed with wet-stamps and signatures of instructing pilots and officials, qualifying and passed for full solo duties 13th November 1933. At this time aeroplanes flown included types referred to s HD32, Klem L25b-VII, and further stamps confirming 324 flights and 2,456 minutes flying time inscribed ñLuftpolizei LKPAî. Transfers to Hornberg for some test flying and returning to Boblingen in 1934, and further numerous flights on various aircraft given with Type numbers, stamped Luftamt Stuttgart Flughavenlectung Nov. 1934 and Flying School Boblingen April & May 1935. Aircraft including Arado 66, W33 HE, L25,Kl 31,Av 66, FW `Hinylitz`, FW44D, W33, L25 DVII, August 1935 stamp, and then W34, BMW Hornet Motor, AR66 Merkur, Klem L25E VII, HM60R, Heinkel HD32, and during 1936 test-flying Heinkels, FS-16, 1937 He-III and Messerschmitt 108, followed by FW44 & FW58, He 46D/504, E1 HS 123, HS 122, - and new stamp inscribedîRechlinî dated 4th June 1937, then further testing of Ju87, JU87/V, FW58,/1199, & 1635, HE-51, FW58/1634, FW44, followed by various handwritten annotations on many of the types flown, stamped July 1937, signed in pencil. Followed by further tests on Ju86, Ju87, W34, Bramo 32Z, FH104, He-72, FW58, He-50, Ha 137, He-70 BMWVI, Stamped Rechlin August 1937, Me108Bf (108/872), Ar 96, He-112/A01, Ju88-V2, He-45D, Ju87, Jumo, Bf108/877,AR 96, Messerschmitt Bf109/1044 - Showing continued testing and presumed developments with all these type, continuing September 1937 retro-dated stamp with types FWC 30, Bf109/1044 8th October 1937, and FW58, Arado 77, HS-123, Kl36, He-118, Fi/156 (Nove 1937), and further stamped December 1937 and April 1938 continuing with many types including He-111/5005, Bf109, , He-111E, Ju90-Va, (June 1938), He270, Do-17 MV 3, He-45, Ju88-v4, HS-126, He-111L, Do-17, Ju86G (August 1938), Do17-ZV2 and variously stamped through from September 1938 to March 1939 with last entry. The second Volume in hardback black-cloth covers has Eagle & Swastika Luftwaffe crest motif frontis and commences from 1st March 1939, inscribed to flyleaf ñDipl-Ing H-Fr Riekert and continues in the same vein with entries describing various test-flights, including Ju87-V15, Ju88-V10, Do17M, Bf-109E, Ju87-B1, Ju88-V6, Ju52, BK534, Fi/156, , He-111P, Ju52, Ju86E-2, Ju87B-1, Ju87V-15, Stamped 10th May 1939, continues Do217-V2, Ju88 V-10, He-70, Bf-162* and others (August 1939) and many similar with stamps dated August and September through to December 1939. He continued extensive test-flying through the early months of 1940 including Bf-108, He-177-V2, F1/156, Ju52, Ju88A, FH 104, Do-17, (March 1940), then He-177-V2 F1/156, He-177-V3 & V2, Bf-108, FW58 (April 1940), and similar until last entry 24th April 1940, when it is understood he met his death during yet another test-flight. The final stamp signing-off the book effectively is dated 7th May 1940 An outstanding personal flying-record, comprehensively detailing so many types flown over a sustained period of 10 years, in almost every variant of important German aircraft of the decade, leading to their air-superiority at the commencement of the Second World War, which owed much to his dedication, technical expertise and supreme abilities as a pilot - these two books bear witness as a fitting testament to his life given to the air-industry of the Third Reich: his loss must have been incalculable in all respects. (2)
* Hardy (Roger). ñImperial Airways at Croydonî, an original oil painting depicting De Havilland ñAlbatrossî of 1938 above historical aircraft types deployed from Croydon aerodrome by Imperial Airways 1920-1940,oil on canvas, signed by the artist and dated 1988 with wet-stamp monogram lower right, together with another original oil painting by the artist depicting BOAC ñBalmoralî four-engined turbo-propeller ñConstellationî airliner, the 1946 Transatlantic Record-holder in high cloudscape setting (21,000ft), oil on canvas, signed by the artist and dated 1988 with wet-stamp monogram lower right. Each 20 x 30 in (51 x 76 cm) (2)
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