Album Postal History WW1 and WW2 collection of around 120 items in cover album. The WW1 covers incl 50 or so Censored Mail items [mostly from France, some Egypt] and others incl from British POW in Switzerland. From WW2 we note Internment Mail, POW incl from Ealing to Formosa, 'Addressee POW', 'Present Address Unknown', Red Cross, Censored and Czech Army. Also, an interesting group of 7 Red Cross forms to Channel Islands. A few other covers incl SG 385a 6d perf 14 in 1920 cover to Germany, plus 1939 2/6d and 10/- dark [perfin] on cover. Useful lot. £400-475
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Folder 1855/83 small range of 22 mint QV on Hagner, all are regummed or without gum, some with perf faults etc. Includes SG 70, 79, 82, 87, 117 pl 4, 163 pl 13 and 169. Cat £18,000 (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Box Quantity (approx 80) mint and used QV postal stationery (stamped), mostly written up and described/priced for re-sale (Ex Mike Holt) £400-500
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Folder Accumlation of GVI material on pages, incl a study of the 1937 Coronation 1 1/2d with flaws etc, the basic issues mint and used with wmk varieties, a page each of 1/2d, 1d, 1 1/2d and 2 1/2d cylinder singles, 8 cyl blocks of 6 of 6d, 1939 high vals set mint and used and some booklet panes. Also, a group of 1935 Jubilee blocks [incl 2 1/2d blk of 8 with retouched panel] EDVIII 1/2d and 1d vertical coil strips of 5. £400-475
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Folder (Photo) (plate 19) 1867 Circular Delivery Company 'Metropolitan' issue neatly arranged and identified on pages, incl 1/4d SG CD38 in mint block of 6 [showing the 6 transfer types] and 2 pairs, 4 examples with the Company oval cancel, various paper types incl 1/2d orange in block of 8 with part 'Cowan and Son' wmk and 1/2d rose blk of 40 with part 'Extra Superfine' reversed wmk [scarce multiples]. Also a group of 44 forgeries [from the 3rd and 4th series] and the scarce 1/4d yellow orange proof. (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Folder (Photo) (plate 19) 1866 Circular Delivery Company 'London and Metropolitan' issues written up and identified on pages, incl imperf 1/4d and 1/2d in blocks of 4, 1/2d dull purple in block of 66, perf 1/4d in blk of 9, 1/2d strip 4 and blk of 6 plus the scarce pin perf 1/2d greenish grey. Also 1867 1/2d blk of 12 with 'Cowan and S' wmk inverted and a small range of the 3rd Forgeries. Cat £2800+ (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Folder 1872/1902 group of 8 used advertising covers [mostly illustrated] on 2 Hagners, with 'Odams Manures' on 1d pink Stationery cover, 3 x 1d lilacs on 'Zobel and Son', 'Kkovah Jellies' and 'Cumins Label Printer and Pens', 1d red plate on 'W. Scupham Picture and Looking Glass Frames', 2 x 2 1/2d Jubilee on 'Midland Grand Hotel' and 'Hotel Previtali' covers with 2d on 'George Townend Edge Tool Manufacturer' envelope. A fine and scarce group. (Ex Mike Holt) £400-475
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Folder 1858/83 small range of 15 mint QV items on Hagner, mostly with toned gum or other issues, 2d pl 8, 12, 13 and 15, 3 x 1/2d, SG 103 pl 5, 104, 117 pl 4 and 6, 122a, 156, 157 and 178. Cat £14,000 £400-475
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Album 1952/2006 mainly mint collection in 3 albums, good run through of commems and defins, vendor states face value in excess of £500 £380-450
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Box Carded up range of EDVII, GV and GVI, mint and used, incl higher vals (used), coils, strips, cylinders etc. Much identified and priced. (Ex Mike Holt) £350-425
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Album 1841/2003 mint and used collection in pre-printed Davo album, strength in GVI to QEII, mainly mint from the 1960's including Phos, face value in excess of £400 £350-425
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Album Large brown A4 stockbook with good run of QV l/engraved 1/2d, 1d reds and 2d blue, a few 1 1/2d), surface printed and Jubilees, incl some 1883 mint/ used to 6d (very mixed condition), various Officials and fiscals, Wembleys, re-engr Seahorses incl 10/- in block 4, GVI incl dupl 1939 and 1951 to £1, QEII with unchecked Wildings, Castles and early commems, some Dues etc. Poor to fine. (100s or 1000s) £350-425
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Album EDVII used accumulation on Hagners in ring binder, sorted by SG Concise (and partially sub-sorted by Spec), appear to be correctly placed (but not guaranteed). Mix of cds and other cancels. Incl 9d x 7, 10d x 17, 2/6d x 8, 5/- x 3, 10/- x 1. High cat value. £350-425
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Folder Various earlier material on pages, QV-GV mostly used, value in QV, also EDVII to 10/- (not bad). Mixed condition. (100s) £300-350
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Folder Range of EDVII postal stationery and postal history, written up, priced and identified. (Approx 30 items). (Ex Mike Holt) £300-375
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Box Range of GV postal stationery and postal history, written up, priced and identified. (Approx 40 items). (Ex Mike Holt) £300-350
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Box 1990/2012 presentaion packs and some Prestige booklets, face value appears to be over £400 £300-350
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Folder 1971/80 (ca) Harrison's photogravure Giant Machin head and background proof in new blue (colour of 4p Machin of the time) on FCP ungummed paper. Attached to similar size colour grading chart for the new blue colour. A few creases and perimeter faults, otherwise fine and rare. (Ex Mike Holt) £275-325
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Folder 1980 (Sept) the Lasergravure System 700 Giant Machin head, printed for Crosfield Electronics Ltd by Harrison and Sons Ltd on FCP ungummed paper. With photocopy of letter to K Scimingeour at Harrisons from Aubrey Walker at Post Office Procurement Executive Quality Assurance stating that "our PHQ staff are quite impressed with the examples," together with other notes concerning this interesting item. Couple of minor faults, but fresh and extremely rare. (Ex Mike Holt) £275-350
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Folder Quantity of circular delivery stamps (genuine and forged) on stockcards, written up and priced for re-sale. (Est 300 items) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Box Large or largish quantity of uncut Machin booklet covers. (few 100s) (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Folder 1867 Circular Delivery Company 'London and District' issue written up on 2 pages, incl 1/2d claret in pair and irregular block of 8 with '1/4d claret error of colour' on 5th row, the same error in additional pair and 3 singles, also the 1/2d and 1/4d in the scarce brown purple shade. (Ex Mike Holt) £250-300
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Box RAF Covers in 8 albums with various special series including RAF(P&P)1-31 which includes 2 Bill Reads signatures, EJA, RAF(75), medal series (small covers), many others signed, well worth checking the other signatures. £250-300
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Box House clearance lot in medium sized box in reasonable QEII mint collection (better Wildings incl graphites and phos-graph, all phos commems [some mounted]), FDC, some Channel Islands and other bits (incl £1 Wedgwood with good 1/2p sbl and a run of non GB). (few 100s) £200-250
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Album QV-1975 (ca) mint and used basic collection in printed Lighthouse hingeless album, sparse QV to 10/-, EDVII and GV incl some better mint, GVI to higher vals, some better early QEII. Uninspired, but it does add up. (few 100s) £200-250
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Folder 1854/61 small stock of 133 used 1d red 'stars' identified and priced up on cards, incl 45 or so blued papers, with several SG 42, a good range of shades, postmarks etc. (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Album 1912 Royal Cypher Controls collection on stocksheets in album, strips of 3, blocks of 4 or 6, some singles, comprises 1/2d x 71, 1d x 35, 1 1/2d x 42 and 2d x 19, some duplication, some plate types, odd better shade etc. (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Album Maroon A4 stockbook incl 2 1d blacks, other QV incl 1883 1/- Specimen, GV with controls and wmk varieties, GVI incl commems varieties (3d Extra Berry mint and on plain FDC), QEII incl many commem minor varieties (incl missing phos). £200-250
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Album Brown A4 stockbook with (mostly) GV mint and used, defins incl wmk variations, mint block 4 24 Wembley and PUC low vals mint, 25 Wembley mint and others. (100s) £200-250
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Folder Semi-specialised ex dealer holding of £sd Machin booklet panes (and similar). All priced and identified. Incl better such as Cook se-tenant (x 5 or so), 1d pane of 6 cyl F1, 1d PVA Head B coil leader code "X 960 stamps" and much else. (100s) (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Folder 1961/89 (ca) collection of dummy booklets neatly set out on pages, with stiched booklets (Wilding and pre-decimal Machin) incl the very scarce 2/- orange, folded 10p and 50p Poached Egg, and electrical and mechanical machine booklets with black bar overprints (incl cyls), blank labels etc. 30 items in total, incl 3 normals. Very fine. (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Box Quantity (few 100s) of defin FDC's, incl a couple of GV and a few GVI, mostly modern, but we note half a dozen (ish) 1/2p side band, several more esoteric such as booklet panes, gum changes and the like as well as more mainstream PO issues. (Ex Mike Holt) £200-250
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Folder A range of 18 different Machin perf shifts, all u/m, from the minor to the almost cut in half. (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Folder Range of GVI postal stationery and postal history, written up, priced and identified. (Approx 40 items). (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Box Box with range of collections in 9 albums or stockbooks, value in modern. (100s or 1000s) £150-175
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Box Selection of albums, early to modern, mixed lot with some covers etc. condition poor to fine, well worth sorting. £150-175
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Folder 1870 1/2d rose stock of over 100 priced up on cards, mostly good to fine used, a few mint and some of the better plates [incl a very poor pl 9]. (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Box Accumulation in box, incl album of Wildings, another with Machin errors and varieties, booklet covers, a small box crammed with pre decimal Machin panes, good lot to sort through. (Ex Mike Holt) £150-190
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Album Ring binder with several Machin and Castle issues in large blocks or complete sheets, incl 2p Questa 2-colour, 8p red Enschede, plus other material. (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Folder 1980 (ca) £2.20 Christmas uncut vertical proof booklet cover strip of 6, each cover showing a different intensity of shading to Mary and Joseph figures. "As this one" in inscribed on 3rd cover (from top) and "as proofed 20.8.80" in same hand in bottom margin. Fresh and extremely rare, probably unique. Ex Walker. (Ex Mike Holt) £150-175
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Box Collection in 4 stockbooks and 5 albums, mainly mint run through from 1952/2000's, many cyl blocks, min sheets, Pres bklts, useful face. £150-175
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Box 1840/1990's 3x Davo, 1x Lighthouse albums and 5x stockbooks, mint and used, good selection of earlies including 1840 1d black x6, good range of QEII. condition poor to fine. £150-175
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Album Postal History; 19 pre-stamp covers, 11 free fronts, 12 line engraved, 3 surface printed, also 7 overseas covers from Papal States, Germany, Belgium, France, etc, nearly all labelled with info about item. £125-150
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Folder Small range of GVI and early QEII illustrated FDC, incl 46 Victory, 48 CI Lib., 49 UPU,61 Parl (2), POSB, Botanical ord (2), Geog ord (2), phos, COMPAC ord (2) and phos, Red X phos (2), (+ 37 Coronation (plain)]. (Ex Mike Holt) £125-150
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Box Accumulation in box, a couple of old albums, some decent mint Commonwealth in envelope, packets of loose, mostly sorted by country [looks a decent mixture, early Ceylon etc noted]. £125-150
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Box Ex Holt, Post office display posters and counter display cards for new issues, many other odd items as well, priced to sell in excess of £2,000 £120-140
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Album QV mint postal stationery, including envelopes, letter sheets, cards, registered, all with ref numbers. (116) £100-120
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Single Small range of u/m imperfs/partial imperfs and perf shifts, incl 15 1/2p mauve Machin (99% imperf), 50p brown Machin imperf with indentations, 16p drab perf jump upwards and downwards and 3 NVI 1st self-adhesives with misplaced perfs. (5 singles and 2 pairs). (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Box Bundle of QEII postal stationery and postal history, mostly written up, priced and identified. (Est 100+ items). (Ex Mike Holt) £100-125
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Album QEII mint collection in 3 albums, value in decimal, some better booklet panes etc. £100-125
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