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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 10th November 2011 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited: Until Wednesday 2nd November - By Appointment Monday 7th November - Wednesday 9th November - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
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Packet Letters. 1830 Twenty Second Report of the Commissioners of Revenue enquiry into Post Office revenues, 781 detailed pages dealing with "Packet Establishments - Home Stations" with much detailed information on the receipt and despatch of mails by packet ship including the mails to and from Ireland and the use of private ships to carry ship letters. A potential goldmine of information, in one large hardbound volume. £150-180Air Mails |
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| 202 | |||
| Airports, etc. Various airport cancellations including "THE LONDON AIRPORT, FELTHAM / MIDDX" and "AIRPORT PRESTWICK / AYRSHIRE" c.d.s (1947/8 registered covers), airport bag labels, various special cancels and first flights, 1938 slogans giving empire air rates on incoming covers (4), WW2 covers transferred to surface mail with "Air Mail fee s. d. / refunded" or "NO AIR MAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE / AIR FEE HAS BEEN REFUNDED", etc. (150+). £130-150 |
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| 203 | |||
1909-38 Covers and cards including 1911 First U.K Aerial Post cards (4), two of these with Sept 9 datestamps but redirected on Sep 13th or 15th so presumably flown on the 12th and 14th respectively; 1929 cover with "CALSHOT AERODROME / SO'TON" skeleton c.d.s used at the Schneider trophy air races; 1931 card to Brussels bearing "SCHNEIDER CUP / BEST VIEW OF RACE / GOSPORT" label; 1929 (June 25) First Flight covers to Brussels and India; 1935 First Flight to Belgian Congo by SABENA with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s, etc. Also West Country Air Service 3d die proof. (14). £180-220Internal Flights |
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| 204 | |||
| Printed menu for a "Dinner given by Mr Claude Grahame-White to the Directors, Managers, Pilot Aviators & Employees of the Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd on the occasion of his marriage, 27th June 1912, Alexandra Rooms, Trocadero" with various signatures including Claude Grahame-White, pilots Pierre Vervier and Charles Hubert, etc., central horizontal fold. Also a picture postcard of Grahame-White. (2). £100-120 |
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| 205 | |||
| 1911 (Sep 9) London to Windsor First U.K Aerial Post privilege envelope in purple franked Downey Head 1d tied by the special London Aerial Post c.d.s code "1". A little roughly opened with piece replaced above the stamp, otherwise fine and attractive, the envelope colour very bright. Photo on page 29. £300-350 |
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| 206 | |||
| 1919 (Oct 3) Railway Strike emergency aerial post, cover to Tyne Docks flown from London to Newcastle franked 11/2d and 1/- pair, endorsed "aerial post", small tear at top edge, otherwise fine. A scarce commercial cover, just 49 letters flown to Newcastle on this date. Photo on page 29. £350-400 |
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| 207 | |||
| Railway Air Services. 1933-42 Covers and cards including 1933 first flight and other covers bearing G.W.R 3d newspaper parcel stamp or 3d Air Mail stamps (4), 1934 first flight covers with Belgium acceptance cover flown from London to the Isle of Man, Isle of Man to London flight, business reply envelope flown London to Liverpool, last flight covers with 1934 Cardiff to Birmingham cover bearing L.M.S 3d parcel stamp, also commercial postcard from London to Belfast, 1941-42 wartime covers flown to or from Belfast on first flights (5), two 1934 mail lists, and a 1934 winter timetable. (35). £250-300 |
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| 208 | |||
| B.E.A/G.W.&S. Airlines/Provincial Airways. 1933-5 Covers with 1933 Provincial Airways first flight covers bearing 3d air service stamps (2); 1943-44 covers flown in both directions between Penzance and St. Marys, Isles of Scilly, with boxed "Letter by G.W.&S. / AIR LINES / Paid (4d)" cachets; and covers flown by B.E.A (12) including 1948 first flight in both directions between Inverness and Stornoway (one signed by the pilot), Glasgow to Islay, Glasgow to Tiree (2, both directions), helicopter flights, etc. (16). £160-200 |
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| 209 | |||
| Aberdeen Airways/Northern & Scottish Airways. 1937 (Jan 20) Picture postcard from Co. Durham to Lerwick flown by Aberdeen Airways emergency flight, bearing the Airlines vignette (guaranteed by F. Field), and Nov. 23rd covers carried on the first official flight from Aberdeen to Lerwick (2) or Lerwick to Aberdeen (5), two bearing the vignettes. Also 1937 (Mar 14) cover flown by Northern & Scottish Airways from Glasgow to Campbeltown due to an accident to the Islay mail boat, signed by the pilots. A good lot, the two emergency flight covers scarce. (9). £120-150 |
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| 210 | |||
| Highland Airways. 1934 (May 29) First flight covers carried without an air surcharge from Kirkwall to Inverness (5, one registered) or Inverness to Kirkwall, July 27th flown cover to Kirkwall with first day use of the new Air Mail label, and December 1st covers flown by the first regular flight from Kirkwall to Wick (3), Wick to Inverness (3) or Kirkwall (2), or Inverness to Wick (4), five covers with the airline's vignette. Also a letter concerning the first flight. (20). £120-150 |
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| 211 | |||
| Highland Airways/Allied Airways. 1937 (Jan 25) Commercial covers and cards from Westray, Rousay or Sanday all to Kirkwall, Kirkwall to Westray, or England to Shetland, all flown by emergency air service due to gales preventing the mail boat reaching the islands. Also November 23rd registered cover from Aberdeen to Lerwick and covers from Kirkwall to Lerwick all signed by the pilot E. A. Starling with cachet "CHIEF PILOT, ALLIED AIRWAYS (GANDAR DOWER) LTD", the two covers from Kirkwall also signed by C. B. Wilson with "Pilot, Highland Airways Ltd." cachets. Also a contemporary newspaper cutting on the January emergency flights. (9). £160-200 |
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| 212 | |||
Scottish Airways. 1938 (Dec 16) Commercial cover from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay with cachet "FIRST AIR MAIL TO NORTH / RONALDSAY / EMERGENCY FLIGHT / 17th DECEMBER, 1938" and signed by the pilot J.A. Hankins, with a contemporary newspaper article about the flight from "The Orcadian", illustrated in "British Air Mails" by Baldwin, who states "only about 16 covers with cachet believed to exist, a result of the stamps being torn off and given to the Kirkwall Hospital extension stamp fund before the significance of the covers was realised". Also 1938 first flight covers from Orkney to Inverness or Wick to London, 1939 first regular service covers flown in both directions between Glasgow and Campbeltown or Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay, 1943-44 covers flown from Glasgow to Tiree (2, Henlow Camp to Stornoway), Benbecula or Tiree to Glasgow, etc. (13). Photo on page 29. £200-240External Flights |
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| 213 | |||
| France and Belgium. 1920-36 Covers including 1920 cover from London franked 41/2d and 1923 cover from Glasgow franked 1/- both handstamped unframed "AIR MAIL"; 1921 cover franked 41/2d and 1924 cover to Gibraltar via Paris franked 31/2d both with boxed "NO FLIGHT / SENT BY / ORDINARY SERVICE"; 1925 (July 1) experimental flying boat flight from London postcard franked 31/2d and 1926 (Feb 18) cover franked 41/2d both with "WADDON AERODROME / CROYDON" c.d.s; 1930 (June 1) first day of 4d rate; 1936 (Jan 1) cover with first day of use of "CROYDON SURREY / AIR MAIL" c.d.s. Also 1929 (Oct 1) postcard carried by first experimental night flight to Belgium and 1930 (Apr 14) first regular night flight cover to Belgium. (10). £140-160 |
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| 214 | |||
| Europe. 1924-40 Covers and cards with 1928 registered cover franked 71/2d to Germany with "NO FLIGHT / SENT BY / ORDINARY SERVICE" cachet; 1932 (Aug 9) first flight to Germany sent at 21/2d postcard rate; 1935 (Apr 1) first flights from London to Budapest, Vienna or Prague to London; 1928 (June 20/22) first flight cover flown in both directions between London and Stockholm; 1924 (June 16) first flight from London to Rome (flown as far as Zurich); 1940 (May 31) first wartime flight to Lisbon; and other covers to Austria, Italy (2), Germany, Denmark, or from Italy. (15). £220-260 |
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| 215 | |||
| Europe/Middle East. 1929-32 First flight covers flown between intermediate stages on the Imperial Airways route between England and India, comprising 1929 covers from London to Beyrout, Nuremburg, Salonica or Gaza, or Athens to London, 1931 Corfu or Crete to London, and 1932 Athens (2) or London to Cyprus, also a contemporary newspaper cutting on the new service to Cyprus. (10). £130-160 |
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| 216 | |||
| Iraq/Persia/Persian Gulf. 1922-39 Covers with 1929-32 Imperial Airways first flight covers comprising 1929 (Mar 28) commercial cover flown from London to Baghdad franked 41/2d with Baghdad Due handstamp, other 1929 covers from Jask to London, Bushire to Alexandria, Baghdad to Karachi, and 1932 flights from London to Baghdad, Sharjah or Bahrain. Also 1929 cover intended for the first flight from Baghdad to Cairo but with newspaper cutting explaining that the Imperial Airways plane departed early without the mails, 1922 cover from Basrah to London franked 9a, 1929 cover from UK to Hinaidi franked 21/2d with "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / FOR AIR MAIL TRANSMISSION" cachet, and 1939 cover carried on the first flight to Kuwait without an additional air fee. A good lot. (11). Photo on page 36. £250-350 |
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| 217 | |||
| India/Burma/Tibet. 1921-38 Covers including 1929-34 Imperial Airways first flights comprising 1929 London to Bombay (3), Calcutta (3), Nilgiris, Madras, Mandalay or Jodhpur (3), and Karachi or Rangoon to London; 1931 London to Rangoon; 1932 Karachi to Madras first flights from London or Ireland; 1933 London to Calcutta (2), Jodhpur or Akyab (2), two covers with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s; 1934 London to Sukkur. Also 1938 first "All-up" covers to India (3) or Tibet; 1921 cover to Karachi franked 4d and endorsed "By Air Mail", other commercial covers from G.B (6, one franked by 1/2 Health & Pensions Insurance stamp) or India, 1929 Imperial Airways letter concerning the first flights, and a postcard of an Imperial Airways "Heracles" aircraft at Croydon. (37). £320-380 |
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| 218 | |||
| Hong Kong. 1935-46 Covers including 1935 cover from G.B to H.M.S "Tamar" diverted to surface mail due to the war in Abyssinia with violet boxed "Diverted to Ordinary Mail / Air Mail Fee will be refunded by / British Post Office on application"; 1936 cover from London by air mail via Siberia with scarce boxed violet "TRANSMISSION BY AIR / MAIL BEYOND LENINGRAD / AND MOSCOW NOT REQUIRED"; 1936 (Mar) first flight cover and card from London; 1946 B.O.A.C first flight from London (2); 1937 commercial covers to or from Hong Kong, and 1938 leaflet advising of the extension of the empire air mail scheme to Hong Kong. (9). £170-200 |
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| 219 | |||
| Malaya/Siam/N.E.I. 1931-41 Covers with 1931 first flight by Kingsford-Smith to Kuala Lumpur or Singapore; 1933 Imperial Airways first flight from London to Singapore or Bandon; 1935-37 commercial covers flown by KLM (2) or Imperial Airways from Singapore; 1933 commercial covers from Scotland to Siam flown by KLM (2) or Air France; 1941 cover to Java handstamped boxed "SERVICE SUSPENDED / RETURNED TO SENDER" and "POSTAGE REFUNDED"; and 1934 "Postjager" flight from Batavia. (12). £100-120 |
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| 220 | |||
| Egypt/North Africa. 1925-44 Covers and cards including 1929 first flights from London to Cairo (2), Alexandria, Kantara or Tunis, Athens to Cairo or Cairo to Belgrade, also 1931 test letter, 1926 cover from Ireland to Alexandria, 1936 cover from USA to Port Said paid for S.S "Bremen" catapult service to Southampton and air mail from London to Egypt, 1943-44 covers to Cairo diverted to surface mail with "NO AIR MAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE / AIR FEE HAS BEEN REFUNDED" or "PLEASE INFORM SENDER / AIR MAIL SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE", etc. (16). £120-150 |
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| 221 | |||
| East Africa. 1931-41 Covers and cards including 1931 first flights from London to Mbeya, Mwanza, or Jinja, 1932 to Entebbe, 1934 to Madagascar and 1937 from Beira to London, 1938 first accelerated service to Khartoum, 1937-38 first all-up rate covers to Sudan and Seychelles, and commercial covers to Kenya (9) or Tanganyika. (19). £160-200 |
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| 222 | |||
| South Africa. 1925-45 Covers including 1925 registered cover from London to Durban carried by first temporary air service from Cape Town, 1929 first acceptances from G.B and Ireland for regular internal air service from Cape Town to Durban or Pretoria, 1931 first flights from London to Cape Town (2) or Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, 1932 first regular Imperial Airways service from London to Cape Town (2, one with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s), 1933 and 1934 first accelerated services from London, 1935 first direct flights to Cape Town or Port Elizabeth, 1937 first all-up rates to Natal or Basutoland, 1937 first flying boat flight from Southampton to Durban, 1945 first reopened post-war direct service, etc. (20). £180-240 |
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| 223 | |||
| West Africa. 1926-36 Covers from England comprising 1926 cover to Gambia carried on the first flight from Toulouse to Dakar, 1936 first flights to Kano via Khartoum, air extension to Lagos and Sabena service to Brazaville, 1937 first Air France service from Dakar to Dahomey, 1938 first all air acceptance to Freetown via Gambia by German air service, and the first official acceptance from G.B to Freetown. (7). Photo on page 36. £200-240 |
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| 224 | |||
| Australia/New Zealand. 1929-39 Covers including 1929 G.B acceptance for first Perth to Adelaide air service (2); 1929 cover flown around the world, via India, New Zealand and Canada; 1931 Imperial Airways first flight (6, one from Belgium with mixed Belgium/G.B franking, two addressed to New Zealand, another signed by G.V Allan and Kingsford Smith); 1932 (Jan) "Southern Star" flight (3, one with Croydon Aerodrome c.d.s); 1934 first regular service (3); 1938 first flying boat service from Southampton and first empire all-up rate flights; 1940 first New Zealand - Australia - England flight; also commercial covers from G.B (2), Australia or New Guinea, and a 1931 Imperial Airways letter regarding the first experimental flight. (23). £240-280 |
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| 225 | |||
| USA/Canada. 1926-42 Covers including 1926 (Nov 26) cover flown from the S.S "Homeric" to New York by Alan Cobham, initialled by him and bearing U.S 2c tied by New York duplex and G.B 11/2d cancelled "HOMERIC / 25 NOV 26", also 1939 Imperial Airways first flight from Southampton by the flying boat "Caribou" (4), etc. (9). £100-120 |
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| 226 | |||
South & Central America. 1926-48 Covers to Argentina (2), British Honduras, Brazil (3), Chile (6), Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru or Uruguay (3), many commercial covers with items sent by German, French or British air services, eight covers bearing Seahorse issues with rates up to 12/-; also 1926 G.B acceptance for SCADTA service from Barranquilla to Manizales; 1928 G.B acceptance for San Ramos, Mexico to Iquitos, Peru air service; 1929 first French air service to Chile; 1934 card flown by Railway air servicesfrom Birmingham, then carried to Uruguay by German air service; and 1946 first B.S.A.A flight to Uruguay. (18). £260-320 |
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| 227 | |||
Brazil-Zeppelin Mail. 1933 Long commercial cover from London to Rio de Janeiro franked £2.2.10 comprising 4d, 6d, 1/- (2) and 10/- (4), carried by Graf Zeppelin with two differing cachets of the 6th South American Flight of 1933, in red and black, backstamped in Berlin and Rio. Photo on page 36. £200-250Christmas - Advance Posting Scheme Cancellations |
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| 228 | |||
| Altrincham. 1903 Picture postcard to Timperley franked 1/2d, cancelled by a good strike of the oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / A.D.J / 1903 / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY" cancel in black. Scarce, about 6,500 items posted in advance for Christmas delivery at Altrincham in 1903. Photo on page 36. £150-180 |
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| 229 | |||
| Birkenhead/Liverpool. 1906 and 1907 Picture postcards posted within Liverpool franked 1/2d both with fine "LIVERPOOL / X / MAS" cancellations, and 1908 picture postcard to Wrexham franked 1/2d cancelled by "BIRKENHEAD / X / MAS" cancellation, the letters "ENHE" just off the card, otherwise very fine. (3). £120-140 |
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| 230 | |||
| Leicester. 1904 Picture postcard sent within Leicester franked 1/2d cancelled by superb oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / L.E. / 1904 / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY" in red, 14,605 such items posted in Leicester in 1904. An exhibition quality cancel, scarce in red. Photo on page 36. £200-250 |
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| Manchester. 1903 Unaddressed Post Office O.H.M.S envelope with a fine proof strike of the oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / M.R. / 1903 / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY", very unusual. £100-120 |
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| 232 | |||
| Manchester. 1905 Stampless cover to Germany with superb oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / M.R. / 1905 / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY", boxed "Porto" and a 40pf postage due charge shown in blue crayon, backstamped at Hamburg (Dec 22). Mail posted under this advance posting scheme had to be locally addressed at this date, an overseas address clearly being contrary to regulations. We have recorded just two other items posted abroad with advance posting for Christmas cancels, whilst just two or three such items are known posted unpaid and charged postage due, this unpaid use to Germany almost certainly unique. The Dec. 22nd arrival backstamp shows it was despatched from Manchester well before Christmas. A remarkable use of this cancel. Photo Inside Front Cover. £400-450 |
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| 233 | |||
| Norwich. 1907 Picture postcard sent within Norwich franked 1/2d, cancelled by a superb "NORWICH / X / MAS" cancel. Exhibition quality and scarce, just 6,650 such items posted at Norwich in 1907. Photo on page 36. £200-250 |
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| 234 | |||
Norwich. 1908 Picture postcard sent within Norwich franked 1/2d, cancelled by a very fine "NORWICH / X / MAS" cancel. 14,905 such items posted at Norwich in 1908. Photo on page 36. £150-180Exhibitions and Special Events |
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| 235 | |||
| 1873-1951 Covers, labels and ephemera including 1873 small poster for the "International Exhibition, Foresters Fete at the Crystal Palace, day trip to London by Midland Railway", 1885 International Inventions Exhibition invitation to the opening ceremony, 1890 London Philatelic Exhibition label tied to cover, 1912 North Borneo postcard bearing 1/2d Downey Head cancelled to order by "ROYAL HORTICULTURAL EX / SW" skeleton datestamp, etc. (29). £100-120 |
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| 236 | |||
| 1911 KEVII 3d Postal stationery envelope sent registered to Belfast cancelled by double ring "FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE / CRYSTAL / PALACE / 25 JY 11 / 7 / IMPERIAL EXHIBITION" c.d.s with a Registered Norwood datestamp alongside, bearing Norwood 10 registration label, the reverse sealed by 1/4d King Edward National Memorial Charity label. A scarce cancel, only used on registered mail. Photo on page 39. £160-180 |
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| 237 | |||
1934 (Nov 2) Cover bearing 1934 11/2d tied by the London machine cancel with slogan "OPENING OF MOUNT / PLEASANT SORTING / OFFICE BY T.R.H THE / DUKE & DUCHESS OF YORK". Enclosed is a card showing the Mount Pleasant Sorting Office, the reverse with an explanation that the card was passed through the stamp cancelling machine by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of York on the occasion of the opening of the reconstructed Sorting Office. Very fine and scarce. (2). Photo on page 39. £160-200British Empire Exhibition |
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| 238 | |||
| British Honduras. 1924 (July 4) Cover from Belize to New York franked 4c, with violet boxed "VISIT / BRITISH HONDURAS / COURT / BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION" slogan handstamp, a little light toning, otherwise fine. An uncommon slogan. £60-80 |
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| 239 | |||
| Malaya-Johore. 1923-24 Registered cover to Italy franked 4c, 25c and cover to England franked 6c, both cancelled by circular "BRITISH EMPIRE / (Lion) / EXHIBITION 1924" slogan handstamp with Johore c.d.s alongside, the 1923 cover also with boxed "R / JOHORE" registration handstamp, both fine. £80-100 |
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| 240 | |||
| 1924 Exhibition. 1924 (Oct 6) Card written and signed by the B.E.E. Postmaster H. Wood giving details of the exhibition post offices and how to order stamps, posted from the exhibition franked 1924 1d. Also a card with 1924 1d tied by the exhibition c.d.s, and covers or cards with slogan cancels from Penang, Malacca, Singapore, Calcutta (2) or Jamaica, some faults. (8). £120-150 |
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| 241 | |||
| 1924 (Apr 23) First Day Cover to Alfreton bearing B.E.E 11/2d in the upper right corner tied by the exhibition machine cancel and B.E.E 1d in the lower left corner tied by the exhibition c.d.s. A fine clean F.D.C of the stamps and exhibition, most unusual with both stamps and both the regular exhibition cancellations. Photo on page 39. £200-250 |
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| 242 | |||
| 1924 (Apr 23) First Day Covers comprising covers to the same London address bearing a single 1d or 11/2d and an unusual air mail cover to Paris bearing 11/2d strip of three, all tied by the exhibition machine cancel, the last cover with a few faults, otherwise fine. Also the two stamps on an unaddressed cover with fake First Day datestamps of Rhyl. (4). £180-220 |
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| 243 | |||
| Exhibition Cancellations. 1924 Picture postcards (and a few covers) posted at the exhibition with the exhibition machine cancel, a few with the exhibition c.d.s, nearly all franked by B.E.E stamps, an attempt to get a card posted on each day of the exhibition from April 23rd until November 1st, virtually complete with just a few dates missing. An exceptional lot, which includes an April 23rd First Day card with B.E.E 1d. (150). £400-500 |
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| 244 | |||
| Palace of Engineering - First Day. 1924 Registered cover to Croydon franked 6d tied by the Palace of Engineering c.d.s with a further strike on the reverse, bearing B.E.E registration label No. 20 (sub-office "1"), folded, otherwise fine and a good example of the Palace of Engineering datestamp on the first day of the exhibition, April 23rd. £80-100 |
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| 245 | |||
| Palace of Industry. 1924 Registered cover to Latvia flown by air mail "via Berlin - Konigsberg - Riga" franked 1/2d, 5d, B.E.E 11/2d pair tied by Palace of Industry datestamps (Oct 31) with a further strike on reverse, bearing B.E.E registration label and a blue By Air Mail label. A scarce cover to Latvia, posted on the penultimate day of the exhibition. £120-150 |
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| 246 | |||
| Exhibition Cancels. 1925 Covers and cards including unusual Imperial Airways postcard to Canada bearing B.E.E 1d (2) + 11/2d tied by the exhibition c.d.s (July 21) with violet boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL"; and items with the exhibition machine cancel (7) comprising envelope franked 1/2d with May 9 cancel (first day of the exhibition), 11/2d B.E.E envelope, postcards bearing B.E.E 1d (2) or 11/2d (2, to Belgium or New Zealand) and 11/2d envelope sent by air mail to Paris uprated by three B.E.E 1d stamps. (8). £130-160 |
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| 247 | |||
| Exhibition Cancels. 1925 Picture postcards with exhibition machine cancels all from different days of the exhibition with cards from over half the days, the vast majority with B.E.E stamps including B.E.E 1d tied by May 9th cancel, the first day of the exhibition and first day of issue of the B.E.E stamps. (77). £350-400 |
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| 248 | |||
| Reply Coupon. 1925 (May 9) 3d International Reply Coupon with the Empire Exhibition c.d.s, dated on the first day of the exhibition. Very scarce. Photo on page 39. £150-180 |
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| 249 | |||
| Perfins. Used stamps with perfins comprising 1924 1d (2) and 11/2d (21), 1925 1d and 11/2d (5), also 1925 11/2d with "ABC" perfin used on cover with printed flap of "The Aerated Bread Co. Ltd". A good lot which includes 1924 11/2d perfin "DM" in a block of four, largely different, mainly fine. (Cover + 29 stamps). £130-£160 |
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| 250 | |||
| Airmails. 1924-34 First flight or special flight covers bearing B.E.E stamps comprising 1924 London to Berlin flight covers addressed to Czechoslovakia (Aug 21) or China (Aug 24); 1925 (May 8) first G.B to USA flight; 1928 (Sep 24) Belfast to Liverpool flying boat first flight; 1931 (Aug 11) first flight from London to Casablanca; 1931 (Dec 8) Imperial Airways first flight covers from London to South Africa, addressed to Cape Town or Windhoek; 1933 (June 30) Imperial Airways first regular air mail service from London to Calcutta, covers addressed to Delhi or Calcutta; and 1934 (Dec 6) first regular U.K to Australia air mail service cover to Adelaide. A fine lot, six covers bearing 1924 B.E.E stamps and four covers bearing 1925 B.E.E stamps. (10). £230-260 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 10th November 2011 | Time: | 12:30PM |
| Details: | Viewing At the Offices of Argyll Etkin Limited: Until Wednesday 2nd November - By Appointment Monday 7th November - Wednesday 9th November - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please contact Argyll Etkin for further viewing options |
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