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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History (Sale 758 Lots 1-1009) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. | Location: | Derby |
| Contact: | Tel: (01332) 250970 Fax: (01332) 294440 | ||
| Date: | 30th May 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Cavendish House: Tuesday 28th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 29th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 30th May* 9.00 am to 11.45am* Friday 31st May 9.00 am to 11.45am *Please note: Lots from the Friday auction cannot be viewed on the 30th Ma |
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| Auction Lots - Page 1 | |||
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (£1,000 AND OVER) | |||
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BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: KGVI printed album with the valuable used collection inc. many defin. sets to top values & an apparently complete range of 1948 RSW omnibus issues. Better areas inc. Aden & States, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falklands & Deps., G.B., India, Nyasaland, etc. A very good lot of highly popular material. (few 1000s). £2,400BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COLLECTIONS |
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| AFRICA - SMALL GROUP: A small mint and used selection inc. Orange Free State 1868 6d rose marginal block of six, 1882 3d on 4d types a & d. mounted mint. Cape of Good Hope 1879 1d on 1/- used. Vryburgh 1899 1/2d & 1d used. Mostly fine. (19) £140 |
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| ASIA SELECTION:1949-75 A small unmounted mint selection inc 1950-56 1c to $5 less 30c, Selangor 1949-55 1c to $5 less 30c, Selangor 1949-55 1c to $5. Also Hong Kong 1975 Festivals miniature sheet. Fine. (80+) £140 |
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| ALBUM with the mint & used collection of Australian States & New Zealand, strength in the latter inc. useful chalons, pictorial 5/- mint, 1906 Christchurch set mint (some foxing), 1913 Auckland 6d mint, 1926 Dunedin exhibition mint, 1931 Smiling boys, etc. Fair to mostly fine. (Many 100s). £360 |
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1938 Basutoland 1/2d to 10/-. 1939 British Solomon Islands 1/2d to 10/-. Swaziland 1938 5/- grey & 5/- slate and 10/- sepia. South Georgia 1963-69 1/2d to £1 less 1969 £1. Fine mint. (43) £140FOREIGN COLLECTIONS |
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THREE ALBUMS with the used collection of early to modern Worldwide issues. (many 100s). £100LITERATURE - PHILATELIC (See Also lots 1594 - 1619) |
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| RUSSIAN EMPIRE/BATUM/TRANSCAUCASIAN: with "Postmarks of the Russian Empire/ pre-adhesive period" 1993 (Manfred Dobin) h/b in Russian, "Postal Cancellations of the Transcaucasian Railway" 1994 (Ashford) loose pages. Plus "British Occupation of Batum" 1989 (Ashford) bound private publication. (3). £60 |
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| CANADA - LIBRARY: Two cartons, a selection inc. "B.N.A" Lowe (1973) Vol. 5 parts I-IV in slip box h/b, "Canadian re-entries 1852-1953" B.N.A.P.S, (2002) s/b, "The 5c beaver stamp" Geoffrey Whitworth (1985), s/b. With "QV 1898 Numeral Issue" Reiche & Sendbuehler (167 pages in binder), "Airmails of Canada 1925-1939" Arfken & Plomish (2000) s/b and various other books inc. B.N.A.P.S publications (58). £120 |
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GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS AND ITS PHILATELY by Keith Fitchett in three volumes published in ring binder form. Also Philatelic Handbook of the Gilbert & Ellice Islands plus supplements by D.H. Vernon & Pitcairn Islands Postal Markings 1883-2003 compiled by Cy Kitching. All published by PISC of GB. £100WORLDWIDE POSTAL HISTORY |
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| CRASH COVERS:1929-54 Covers (10) with various crash cover cachets inc. 1929 (8 nov.) part charred "window" env. with violet "AIR MAIL/DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH/AT PARK CITY, UT. 8-11-29?O.F. DUTTON ???" h.s. 1930 env. from Toronto to N York with printed notice regarding the plane catching fire half-way over Lake Ontario and being forced to land.1931 env. from Vancouver to USA with violet "Delayed by plane Crash/near Washougal Wn 1 22-31" h.s. 1939 env. flown by Coote airlines from Vancouver to Zeballos B.C. with typed "This envelope was recovered from Seaplane/CF.AUX that crashed into the hillside on Alherni/Canal May 27th 1938 and found on March 9th 1939./The contents were intact" and signed by the postmaster. 1941 charred fragment with violet "RECOVERED FROM PLANE/DAMAGED OCT 30, 1941 AT/SHEDDEN ONT.CANADA". 1944 Army Air letter with violet "SALVAGED FROM? AIR CRASH" h.s. 1954 (April) large env. with on reverse a large "SALVAGED FROM/T.C.A. WRECK" An interesting group. £120 |
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| QV BERMUDA, PRESTAMP GIBRALTAR, KEVII B. LEVANT, ETC.; 1762-1912 covers/cards inc. battered 1762 EL from Gibraltar to an Edinburgh Coffee House, 1891/94 Bermuda 11/2d Red P. Stat. PC & 21/2d Blue on env. to Nova Scotia with scarce "BERMUDA/R.O/13" Duplexes, 1871/96 trio with unusual London "+" in double circle Inspector's Mark, and group of B. Levant covers with 1pi on GB 21/2d Blue frankings (5; one regd. and one to Peru). (11 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 24. £200 |
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| G.B./SPAIN/FRANCE/USA/CHILE - COVERS INC. COFFEE HOUSE MAIL. POSTED NEWSPAPERS, ETC.; 1797-1904 lot inc. 1797/1800 French Revolutionary period "58/NOYON" pair of ELs to Paris Coffee House, 1830s Spain ELs (4) to Madrid Cafe, 1856 env. with badly cut GB 1/- Green Embossed Pair (badly cut) tied by "CHATHAM" S/Ways Duplex to "Union Coffee House, Valparaiso" [all ex Bryant Lillywhite]; plus small group of mail addressed to Utah inc. 1891/1904 trio of newspapers with QV/KEVII stamps (rare thus), etc. (15 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 24. £150 |
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WORLD WIDE MISCELLANY:1862-1957 covers inc 1862 (19 April) E from London to Lyon bearing a single small letters 4d. 1871-72 env. (3) to France at the 3d rate. 1953 Coronation FDC and 1977 env. registered to Shepton Mallet with "MOBILE POST OFFICE/C" c.d.s. as used at Yeovil show. Also items from France and Switzerland. (45 items). £70WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY |
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| WRECK(?) OF S.S. 'ST. PAUL' CARD FROM US TO GB WITH "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" CACHET; 15 June 1897 usage of the US 2c Blue Postal Stat. PC (understandable fading of address and message but attractive) from "JERSEY CITY" (Duplex) to London with mainly very fine purple boxed "DAMAGED BY IMMERSION/IN SEA WATER" on the front (overstruck by red London c.d.s.). The exact nature of this naval accident has yet to be unearthed; see Gwynn/Hoggarth, pp.89/91. Rare wreck item. PHOTO - see page 24. £140 |
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| WEST INDIES MARITIME GROUP INC. GB QV PAIR TO EL SALVADOR VIA PANAMA, PAQUEBOTS, ETC.; 1871-1939 covers/cards with a West Indies flavour inc. 1871/2 pair of ELs to Salvador "VIA SOUTHAMPTON [& Panama]" with QV 1/- Green + 6d Mauve on each, v. fine 1910 "SWANSEA/SHIP LETTER" c.d.s. (rare) tying GB KEVII 1d to PC ex ? to US, phil. 1936 env. with "SHIP LETTER/AVONMOUTH/BRISTOL", some Paquebots, etc. Plus a 1937 booklet on Bermuda & W.I. (13 covers/cards + 1 book) PHOTO - see page 24. £160 |
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| WEST INDIES ETC. - PRESTAMP SHIP LETTERS & SOME LATER; 1792-1902 covers/cards inc. mainly prestamp SHIP LETTER" marks of Liverpool (fine pair of 1792/8 "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" ex Grenada/Jamaica, 7 oval Crown types - red or black - ex US, Barbados, "At Sea", Jamaica & India, step-type & faint -as usual - but rare 1835 "LIVERPOOL/EXEMPT SHIP LR."), Deal (1822 step-type ex Trinidad), Hull (1902 PC ex Norway) or Plymouth (1812 Crown oval ex Spain & 1902 PPC ex Canaries); plus 1841 London "SHIP LETTER" E ex "Antigua". Useful group. (16 covers) £150 |
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| FORWARDING AGENTS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, ETC. IN GB. QV SURFACE PRINTED COVERS, ETC.; 1841-66 covers inc. 1841 EL from GB to US per "Shenandoah" with v. fine scarce oval "CHARLES HUMBERSTON/LIVERPOOL" FAC, 1853 1d Red EL (printed "Transatlantic & Express Shipping Agency" contents) with "EDWARD SANFORD & Co/LIVERPOOL/[sailing ship]" cachet, attractive 1857 env. to US with GB 6d Lilac Pair tied by fine Cardiff S/Ways Duplexes with "SHIP BROKERS" blue oval FAC on the front, and an 1866 E with 2 Pairs of 1/- Greens placed as a Block ex Lpool to NY with "P.L.O." c.d.s. (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 24. £150 |
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| MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE S.S. GREAT BRITAIN "SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LIVERPOOL" COVER TO NEW YORK; Attractive and fine 25 July 1845 EL from "UPPERMILL" (v. fine red UDC on the front) via "MANCHESTER" (v. fine red 25 July c.d.s. on the front) and "LIVERPOOL" (fine crowned Ship Letter c.d.s. & v. fine oval transit d.s.; both for 26 July) on the top flap to "New York" clearly endorsed "Per steamer Great Britain from Liverpool" on the front, having red manuscript "P8" (8d Ship Letter rate prepaid) along with the "6[c]" US Ship Letter arrival charge. With the addressee's filing note "recd. 11th Augt Per Great Britain" confirming that this cover was indeed carried by this famous steamer on her very first voyage. Very few covers from this voyage are recorded; Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 88. £500 |
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| THE RARE BLUE DOUBLE-BOXED PARIS "PAQ. REG." MARK ON USA COVER TO FRANCE; Very fine 14 Aug. 1847 EL from "New York" to Cognac "Par [Steamer] Philadelphia" (scarce ship; of the French Herout & de Handel Line) charged "12" in blue with a very fine double-boxed blue Paris "PAQ. REG." mark nicely placed on the front; very seldom seen. [Salles Fig.1701; "RR" - "Pieces d'amateur"]. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 11. £200 |
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TRANSATLANTIC MAIL FROM G.B. TO US INC. EMBOSSED FRANKINGS, ETC.; 1851-78 covers mainly ex/via Liverpool inc. a few stampless by named ships, 5 with GB 1/- Green Embossed frankings (inc. Birmingham/Manchester Spoons & rare 1854 E with 1/- Green + 4m Strip of 3 1d Reds - minor faults but the rare Experimental 3d Late Fee), 1858 to Canada with GB 4d Roe-Carmine Pair, etc. (17 covers) PHOTO - see page 24. £200WORLDWIDE MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY |
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| CRIMEA:1854 (29 July) env. to Brighton with 1d strip of three tied by London numeral. On reverse is a fine "BRITISH ARMY/POST OFFICE" c.d.s. PHOTO - see page 24. £120 |
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| WARS IN FLANDERS, DEVON MILITIA, COVER/LETTER TO CRIMEA POSTMASTER, ETC.; 1691 manuscript list of Dawlish militia charges, 1696/7 pair of letters (no address panels) ref. forces about to sail for Flanders & the Treaty of Altona, 1697/1701 London Gazette newspapers ref. Peace with France & the Duke of Marlborough becoming C-in-C, 1855 'local' env. from Balaklava to British Army Postmaster, Pera (note under flap ref. forwarding an enclosed EL - still present - from "Balaklava" to "J.H. Keane Esq., Correspondent of the Morng. Advertiser, Pera"; rare local mail courtesy of the Army P.O. and 11 July 1855 letter (no env.) from "Guards Camp" [Balaklava?] to "My dear [Postmaster] Angell" about his trying to "join the Turkish Contingent". (8 items) £240 |
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| BRITISH INVASION OF HOLLAND - VERY RARE "[Crown]/ARMY-BAG" ON LETTER REF. BATTLE OF CASTRICUM; c.10 Oct. 1799 EL (second part of a letter; flap faults) to Scotland (red "OC/28" Edinburgh transit Bishop Mark on the front) with a very fine strike of the very rare British Army's "[Crown]/ARMY-BAG" mark used by the British Army P.O. in Holland for only 2 months during the invasion; the "2/4" final charge apparently deleted because the addressee was an "M.P." The contents include a partial account of a cavalry battle near some sand-dunes, and this must have been the Battle of Castricum which took place on 6 Oct. 1799; "I immediately wheeled around to the right and attacked that column. The Hussars put about and then the poor devils were unmercifully 'jabeed'. I followed them nearly to Egmont op Zee and until I was afraid of being taken in flank by their infantry which was posted in the sandhills... the extreme stupidity of the Russians; they are the greatest devils I ever met with..." Important Page One for any collection of the British Army Post Office. Few known. [The George Crabb cover sold in Cavendish's Oct. 2000 auction, lot 24, for £1,500.] PHOTO - see page 8. £1,000 |
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| FRENCH P.O.W. COVER EX "LIVERPOOL PRISON" WITH "TRANSPORT OFFICE" OVAL MARK; "23 Brumaire 1799" [13 Nov.] EL (part address erased but still attractive and with complete contents; interestingly never sealed) from "Prison de Liverpool" to France with a mainly fine rare double-oval framed "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR" mark on the reverse (rare thus), charged "10" [decimes] in France (no British charge as usual) with a faint "GRAVELINES" town mark on the front. The letter asks for money and sends greetings to the family. A very early example of this POW mark (usually only seen 1804-14) an the first POW item from Liverpool of this period that we can recall having seen. PHOTO - see page 24. £240 |
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| BRITISH P.O.W. COVER EX "GIVET, FRANCE" TO CORNWALL WITH "TRANSPORT OFFICE" OVAL MARK; 20 June 1809 EL (some worn/reinforced folds but complete) from a British POW in "Givet France" to his brother in "Marazion, Cornwall" charged "9[d]" and most unusually having botha mainly fine rare double-oval framed "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R/PRISONERS OF WAR" mark on the front but also a fine red "PLYMOUTH DK/220" mileage c.d.s. (9 Jan. 1810!!) on the flap. The contents give news of a new route for sending letters, mention that the writer has been a POW for 5 years, and describes what amusements the POWs have (learning to play the violin, dancing and arithmetic). Rare thus. PHOTO - see page 20. £300 |
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| CRIMEAN WAR - UNDERPAID "OXO" & "CYPHERS" CANCELLED COVERS, ETC.; 3 Jan. 1856 env. (part flap lost; some edge wear) to Scotland endorsed "British Army Post" franked by s Strip of Three 1d Red 'Stars' (one with corner fault) tied by partly fine "OXO" cancels but also unusually charged "3" (i.e. overweight) with fine red "POST OFFICE/A/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. on reverse, similar 3 Oct. 1854 EL from "Off Sebastopol, Steamship Simla" to Scotland with 2 1d 'Stars' (a third lost) with fair "*[Crown]*" cancel and extra "3" charge, and unpaid 28 Oct. 1854 env. (some edge wear) to the same address endorsed "From the Army in the Crimea" charged "3" with a very fine large blue uncoded "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. across the flaps. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 24. £200 |
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| CRIMEAN WAR - RARE BLUE "O*O" CANCELS ON "ARMY LETTER" WITH TWO 6d EMBOSSED STAMPS; Remarkable large part E (side-flaps removed and short flap reduced) to Leeds endorsed "Army Letter" and "Via Marseilles" most unusually franked for the quadruple rate by two cut-to-shape G.B. 6d Embossed both just tied by mainly very fine rare BLUE "O*O" barred ovals matching the very fine blue "POST OFFICE/A/BRITISH ARMY" double-arc c.d.s. on the reverse. The O*O cancel is rare in blue and Embossed Issue covers are rare front he Crimea. The part contents includes part of a graphic description of soldiers who had died of cholera while at sea (en route "from Balaklava to Stamboul") being thrown overboard, etc. Exceptional item. PHOTO - see page 88. £300 |
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| CRIMEAN WAR - "O*O" & "CROWN/CYPHER" CANCELS ON 6d & 1/- EMBOSSED ISSUES; c.1855 off-cover 6d Embossed (2; both clear 'margins' all round but these have been added to cut-to-shape stamps) with mainly fine "O*O" or *[Crown]*" Cypher barred cancels; plus cut-to-shape 1/- Embossed (thin, etc.) with very fine large part "O*O" barred cancel. Rare trio and exhibitable despite usual faults. (3) PHOTO - see page 27. £300 |
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| CRIMEAN WAR - RARE LOCAL MANUSCRIPT CANCEL, LETTER TO POSTMASTER & 3d-RATES; c.1855 env. "From British Army in Crimea" with GB 1d Red 'Stars' Strip of Three (off-centre with neatly cut perfs.) tied by unusual manuscript cancel and addressed to "Galata, Constantinople" and so without backstamps; rare local destination for a 3d-rate Crimean War cover (hence the special manuscript cancel); plus c.1855 letter (no env.) from British Army Postmaster ref. letters from Greece being held up because they had 8d Postage Due to pay, and May/Oct. 1855 envs. (5) to GB (some faults) with mainly fine or fair different British Army c.d.s.'s on reverse; 4 franked by 1d Red 'Stars' Strips of Three (two with cut perfs.) tied by London Numerals, plus 2 June 1855 unpaid EL (filing notes affect address & edge wear) to Dublin (ref. sending a tailor to the Crimea) with m/s "3" charge and part black "B"-code Army c.d.s. on the reverse. (7 items) PHOTO - see page 24. £300 |
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| CRIMEAN WAR - COVER TO A SENIOR SUPPLY OFFICIAL:1856 (26 Jan) from Baraclava via Marseilles to George Lamb at Bassingstoke bearing Die I, Alphabet II 1d strip of three BA-BC with London cancellation. On reverse is a blue "POST OFFICE/BRITISH ARMY" code "B" c.d.s. The cover has been opened out for display. George Lamb was a senior Commissariat supply official. PHOTO - see page 24. £120 |
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| PANAMA/CHILE - RARE SAILOR's 2d CONCESSION RATE COVER TO G.B. WITH 1d REDS TIED BY "C35" DUPLEX; 6 Dec. (?) 1879 env. (closed tears and somewhat battered) to Devon headed & countersigned for the Concession Rate for Seaman Greenaway "H.M.S. Shannon, Iquique, Via Panama" franked with two GB 1d Reds tied by a light "PANAMA/C35" Duplex, having a Plymouth (23 Dec.?) arrival c.d.s. on the reverse. Good example of the special 2d Concession Rate and rare from Chile/Panama. PHOTO - see page 11. £200 |
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| WWII - POLISH FORCES IN UK:1941-46 The selection of pieces mostly bearing GB 1/2d but nine bearing Polish labels with Polish FPO datestamps used in GB inc numbers 1, 2, 101 to 104, 106, 109, 111 to 115, 118, 121, 122, 124, 125, 127 to 129, 131, 135, 140 & 141. Fine strikes. (45) £80 |
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| THE COLD WAR - NUCLEAR TRIALS:1957 envs (3) at the 3d rate from Christmas Island to UK with "B.F.P.O. /CHRISTMAS ISLAND" c.d.s cancellations of BFPO 151 & 170 (2) One is a printed env. with an illustration of natives around a camp fire. £80 |
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THE WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION - RARE "AB" IN CIRCLE (ARMEE BRITANNIQUE) MARK ON FINE CAMPAIGN LETTER EX "LESSINES CAMP"; Fine 23 June 1745 EL from "Lessines Camp" (now in Belgium) to the "Earl of Loudon" in London charged "8"[d] with a very fine strike of the rare Armee Britannique "AB" in circle mark nicely placed on the front, also having a very fine "IV/19" London Foreign Branch arrival Bishop Mark on the top flap. The first marking connected with the British Army. Good contents inc.; "Tournay capitulated the 19th [June]...the [enemy] Garrison marches out tomorrow; they are not allowed to serve for two years in any manner...every body is enraged against the Dutch; they say they will march out from the Citadel 7,000 strong...This is now the great crisis of the Campaign; there was a report yesterday that 17,000 men were detached to invest Namur...The troops that were with Count Lowendahl upon the Moselle have actually joined the Army here to the number of 12,000. I am just come from the Headquarters..." Rare and historical Campaign letter. PHOTO - see page 8. £500AIRMAILS |
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| AIRMAIL LABEL:c1948 blue "AIR MAIL - URGENT" label bearing 1948 RSW £1 pair and on reverse 1942 5/- & 10/- ultramarine plus 1939 1/- block of four. All tied by large parcel c.d.s. £70 |
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| FIRST NORTH ATLANTIC WESTWARD FLIGHT BY THE "YANKEE CLIPPER" 1939 (28 June) env. registered from Central Telegraph office to Toronto carried on the 1st Westward "Yankee Clipper" (Boeing 314a) flight with relevant labels and postage..PHOTO- see page 24. |
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| MISCELLANEOUS FLIGHTS:1926-55 Covers (23) carried on various flights inc. 1926 1st Seattle to San Francisco. 1927 (15 Jan) env. from Karachi to Montreal carried on the 1st Basra to Cairo flight. 1928 (1 Oct) FAM 1 New York to Montreal flight.1931 (2 Feb) 1st twin cities to Winnipeg. 1937 1st Prince Albert to Stony Rapids flight. 1938 (14 March) 1st FAM 17 USA to Bermuda flight. 1948 (31 Aug) 1st St Pierre Et Miquelon to Canada fight x 2. 1955 1st flight from Thule to Greenland by F--89 Scorpion. Four are pilot signed. £120 |
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| FLIGHTS MOSTLY RELATED TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA:1931-47 Covers (17) inc 1934 (July) 1st New Guinea to Australia x 2 and one Australia to New Guinea. 1938 1st Port Moresby to Salamaua by Carpenter Airlines. 1938 1st Rabaul to Salamaua. 1939 1st Port Moresby to Darwin via Thursday Island. 1947 1st re-opening Qantas flight from Rabaul to Sydney. £80 |
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| U.S. CONTRACT AIR MAIL 1:1926-34 covers mostly flown on the 1st day of service inc. feeder routes inc. 1926 (1 July) Boston to New York. 1931 (1 Aug) Portland Maine to Bangor, Maine. 1928 (15 March) motor cycle feeder service from Holyoke to Hartford. 1932 from Providence Rhode Island 1st flight. 1934 (25 June) 1st Manchester to Vermont flight. All have official cachets, and some are pilot signed. (20 covers). £80 |
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| U.S. CONTRACT AIR MAIL 2:1926-32 C.A.M .2 mail inc 1926 (15 (April) Chicago to St Louise flight. 1st Pretoria to St. Louise. 1926 (27 Aug) special flight from Springfield fairground. 1927 (15 Aug) covers (2) flown by Col. Lindburgh at Springfield. 1928 (20 Feb) "Linburgh flies Again" cover from Springfield to Pittsburgh and 1931 (20 July) env. from Memphis to Dorchester. Also two 1977 covers. All with relevant cachets. (13 covers) £80 |
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| U.S. CONTRACT MAILS 3 to 8:1926-37 covers flown under contract numbers 3 to 8 inc. 1926 (12 May) Chicago to Kansas City (pilot signed), Chicago to Dallas, Chicago to Wichita. Moline to Chicago and Oklahoma to New York. 1926 (17 April) Salt Lake City to Los Angeles.1926 (15 Feb) Detroit to Cleveland and Chicago to Detroit. 1926 (15 Sept) Seattle to Medford, Medford to Oregon. San Francisco to Los Angeles and Seattle to Los Angeles. A good lot with all relevant cachets. (41 covers). £100 |
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U. S. CONTRACT AIR MAILS 9 & 10:1926-31 covers carried on 1st & special flights of C.A.M. 9 & 10 inc.1926 (7 June) Minneapolis to Chicago, Chicago to St Paul. 1928 (15 Dec) Oshkosh to Buffalo, Milwaukee to Green Bay and Fond Du Lac to Chicago. 1930 (8 March) Chicago to Detroit and Rochester to St Paul. 1931 Pembina to Winnipeg and Grand Forks to Winnipeg. 1931 (2 June) Jamestown to Mandan and Mandan to Philadelphia. 1926 (1 April) Jacksonville to Miami and 1928 Atlanta to Miami flats. All with relevant cachets. (36 covers) £100AUTOGRAPHS |
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| A.L.S. (WITH SKETCH) FROM POET WILLIAM GELL (MENTIONS "LD BYRON") + "NELSON & BRONTE" FRONT; Rare 19 Oct. 1813 EL from the poet & archaeologist Sir William Gell (1777-1836; friend of Lord Byron et al - see D.N.B. entry) signed "Anacharsis" to Lady Lindsay in London, franked (illegally) by his M.P. brother "P Gell" with faint "WIRKSWORTH" mileage mark; amusing letter about fishing etc., inc. "I have called on little Moore & asked him here, but he cannot come as he is writing. They say Ld Byron & Rogers are coming to him. I believe it not as his house is too neat [small] a concern... [with tiny sketch of the house]" The rest of this correspondence is in the British Library archives. Plus 1834 free front to Wirksworth signed "Nelson & Bronte" (Lord Nelson's eldest brother who inherited the title in 1805). (2 items) PHOTO - see page 25. £140 |
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WELLINGTON, PIONEER BALLOONIST, I.O.W. LUNATIC, CRIMEAN WAR POSTMASTER LETTERS, ETC.; Diverse 1821-55 group of covers etc. inc. 1833 correspondence of ELs (8; typed transcripts) to the island of Coll ref. a lunatic in the I.O.W. (one with v. fine orange "RYDE" UDC), 1839 free front signed by the Duke of "Wellington", 1855 pair of letters to the Crimean Postmaster at Pera ref. mails, 1821/6 pair of ELs ref. money for a pregnant servant girl, 1842 env. signed "Hill" (1st Viscount, 1772-1842 and commander at Waterloo) with 12d Red to "Sir Rowland Hill" (not the Post Office one), and an 1879 1d Red env. with contents written and signed by the Pioneer Balloonist, Joseph Simmons (1834-88). Fascinating lot. (17 items) PHOTO - see page 24. £150EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC. |
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| FAMOUS PUNCH CARTOON OF THE PENNY LETTER POST "ADVANCE, AUSTRALIA": 1905 print (Slight fold to center & right) With the symbol of Australia refusing the penny post from Hermes. PHOTO - see inside back cover. £80 |
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PALMERSTON/GLADSTONE AUTOGRAPHS, "POSTMAN'S POLKA" MUSIC, TRADE CARDS, ETC.; 1677-1920 mix inc. 1746 EL addressed to a Salisbury pub, 1833 "Dawes's Original FLY WAGGONS" receipt for parcels, 1677/87 pair of London Gazette newspapers, 1683/1718 pair of documents with original straws attached, 3 fancy embossed 1840s tickets, "FALCON INN, WALTHAM CROSS" trade card, 1831 mole-catcher's invoice, 1853 folio printed coloured "POSTMAN'S POLKA" score, and varied autographs (inc. Palmerston 1862 env., 1888 autograph PC signed by Gladstone, etc. Great variety. (31 items) PHOTO - see page 24. £150ANTIGUA |
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ALBUM with the QV-QEII mint collection inc. useful QV, "Badge" types to 2/6d, KGV to 5/- (2, one faded), 1932 Tercentenary to 5/-. KGVI to £1 & good ranges of QEII. (Few 100's), £180NEW SOUTH WALES |
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| EARLY INGOING COVER FROM G.B. WITH BLUE-GREEN "SYDNEY/NSW" ARRIVAL C.D.S.; 16 Apr. 1830 EL from Liverpool to "Mr Robert Foster, Messrs. Aspinall Browne & Co., Sydney" (a merchant firm with an office in Liverpool G.B. as well) endorsed "P [Ship] Juno"; there is a small manuscript "4" arrival Ship Letter charge on the front along with a partly fine blue-green "SYDNEY/NSW/N 30/1830" c.d.s. with part frame. The letter, most unusually, has been cross-written in black and red inks - so as to save paper and postage. Ingoing mail to Sydney at this early date is seldom seen. Not previously offered for sale; from a new 'find'. [Later in Browne's career (1832) he was involved in an acrimonious libel case with the bad-tempered Postmaster of Bong-Bong, N.S.W.!] PHOTO - see page 24. £150 |
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| PAIR OF FALMOUTH & LIVERPOOL "INDIA LETTER" COVERS TO G.B.; 10 Dec. 1834 & 22 Apr. 1835 pair of ELs to the same London address endorsed "P. B[ritish] Sovereign" or "P. Coboten" (?), having fair red boxed "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" or very fine black boxed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" marks on the flaps. Both letters are signed by the well-known Sydney merchant "Richard Jones" (1786-1852; see Aust. DNB) who was one of the city's richest whaling merchants. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 25 £140 |
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| EARLY "DEAL/INDIA LETTER" & "PER FAVOUR" COVERS TO G.B.; 30 Sept. 1834 & 24 May 1837 pair of ELs from Sydney to the same London address; the first prepaid 4d Ship Letter rate with a mainly fine red oval "POST PAID SHIP LR/SYDNEY" d.s. on the front and an overstruck red boxed "DEAL/INDIA LETTER" on the flap, the other endorsed "Per favour Capt John Kean" and apparently carried the whole way (breaking the strict Ship Letter rules) by a ship's Captain. Both are written by the wife of Australia's first lunatic, James Birnie (1762-1844; see Aust. DNB); one asks for a "comfortable [post] chaise" to be sent from England, and the other describes a box of seeds and plants that the writer has sent over from Sydney to London. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 26. £120 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History (Sale 758 Lots 1-1009) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. | Location: | Derby |
| Contact: | Tel: (01332) 250970 Fax: (01332) 294440 | ||
| Date: | 30th May 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Cavendish House: Tuesday 28th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 29th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 30th May* 9.00 am to 11.45am* Friday 31st May 9.00 am to 11.45am *Please note: Lots from the Friday auction cannot be viewed on the 30th Ma |
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