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[SOUTH AFRICA]: Small selection of printed ephemera etc., most relating to the Royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to South Africa, comprising two oblong 12mo printed tickets of admission issued by South African Railways to attend the arrival by train of the King and Queen at Cape Town, 20th April 1947, a 4to printed Souvenir brochure of the Royal Tour 1947, a commemorative mug issued for the visit, a 4to printed brochure entitled Salute to a Great South African, published following the death of Jan Smuts, October 1950, and also including a signed postcard photograph by the film actress Lillian Gish. Some age wear, G to generally VG, 6 £40 - 60
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SYKES FREDERICK: (1877-1954) British Air Vice Marshal of World War I, later a statesman and politician who served as Governor of Bombay 1928-33. A good vintage signed 13 x 11 photograph, the image depicting Sykes and his wife, Isabel, seated in full length poses at the centre of twelve rows of residence and political staff and military guard (including a row of Lancers) in the grounds of the Governor's residence in Bombay. Signed by Sykes in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated October 1933 in his hand, and also signed by Isabel Sykes in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone, also to a clear area at the base of the image. Framed and glazed in the original black wooden frame to an overall size of 14 x 12. A very small area of light foxing to the left edge of the photographer's mount, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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KHAN MUHAMMAD AYUB: (1907-1974) President of Pakistan 1958-69. A good vintage signed 9 x 11.5 photograph of Khan seated in a formal three quarter length pose. Photograph by Mahmood & Co. of Karachi. Signed by Khan in dark fountain pen ink, partially across a darker area of the image, and dated 28th November 1966 in his hand. Framed and glazed in the original solid .950 silver (Britannia standard) frame marked Pakistan 95 silver and bearing an embossed 14 kt gold device to the head, being the seal of Pakistan (crescent moon and star surrounded by laurels). Some light age wear and a few minor surface scratches to the frame, otherwise VG £200 - 300
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HO CHI MINH: (1890-1969) Vietnamese Communist Revolutionary, President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 1945-69. Vintage signed 9 x 6 photograph of Ho Chi Minh and a delegation of other Vietnamese being shown around the library of Vladimir Lenin at the Kremlin. Boldly signed, in English, with his name alone in dark blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Extremely rare. VG £1000 - 1200
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ASIA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some letters etc., by various Asian political and royal leaders including Lee Hong-koo (Korea), Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Philippines), Jejomar C. Binay (Philippines), Abolhassan Banisadr (Iran), Adnan Badran (Jordan), Jigme Y Thinley (Bhutan), Maharaja Puranray Sinh of Sitamau (India), Prince Divyaray Singh of Barwani (India), Sultan Jahcub V Alimuddin of Sulu and North Borneo, Prince Remigius Kanagarajah of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Princess Suradjany Kattygnarath of Laos, Datuk Abdul Latif Hashim, Undang of Naning (Malaysia), Crown Prince Fajar Darma Semara of Denpasar (Indonesia) etc. Most of the images are colour. Generally VG, 16 £100 - 120
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WORLD POLITICS: Small selection of signed cards and pieces etc., by various political leaders including Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Ivan Maisky, Albert Lebrun, Edward Raczynski, Edward Heath (signed hardback edition of Music - A Joy for Life) etc. G to generally VG, 6 £80 - 100
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WORLD LEADERS: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger by a variety of World Leaders including Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter (USA), Desmond Tutu (South Africa), Jamshid Amouzegar (Iran), Ernesto Samper Pizano (Colombia), Malcolm Fraser (Australia), Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi (Samoa), Jean Claude Juncker (Luxembourg), Milos Zeman (Czech Republic), Christian Wulff (Germany), Dervis Eroglu (North Cyprus), Bulend Ulusu (Turkey), Peter Medgyessy (Hungary), Erna Solberg (Norway), Iveta Radicova (Slovakia), Andrus Ansip (Estonia), Waldemar Pawlak (Poland), Valdis Zalters (Latvia), Fredrik Reinfeldt (Sweden), Joseph Muscat (Malta), Alex Salmond (Scotland) etc. Many of
the images are colour. VG to EX, 24 £100 - 150
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WORLD LEADERS: Small, miscellaneous selection of signed photographs by various World leaders and Royalty comprising Franz Jonas (President of Austria; a good signed 7 x 9 photograph, May 1966, in presentation frame), Konrad Adenauer (Chancellor of Germany; signed 4 x 6 photograph with a very faded signature, in a silver frame), Pierre Werner (Prime Minister of Luxembourg; signed 7.5 x 10 photograph inscribed to Brigadier General Sir Geoffrey Macnab), Sarah, Duchess of York (signed colour 8 x 10 photograph), Prince Albert of Monaco (signed colour 8 x 10 photograph), Princess Stephanie of Monaco (signed colour 5 x 8.5 photograph, framed and glazed) and Felix Houphouet-Boigny (First President of the Ivory Coast; vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph, June 1962, photograph by Harcourt of Paris, the signature very faded). G to VG, 7 £150 - 200
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HISTORICAL: Selection of signed Free Front envelope panels, some A.Ls.S., a few signed pieces etc., by various British Prime Ministers and other political figures, nobility etc., including Earl of Derby (signed E G Stanley), Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Melbourne (signed Wm Lamb), Lord Salisbury, Lord John Russell, Charles Greville, Henry Goulburn, Edward Connor, Isaac Gascoyne, Nicholas William Ridley Colborne, Baron Grantley, William Curtis, Henry Willoughby, Adam Sedgwick, John Barrow, Luke Hansard (A.L.S. regarding a hare and agriculture, 1824) etc., largely 1820s - 1830s. Many bear the neat ink annotations and signature of the collector Richard Daniel. Some neatly laid down, G to generally VG, 148 £100 - 120
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HISTORICAL: Selection of A.Ls.S. by various politicians and other historical individuals including the Duke of Wellington (A.L., unsigned, one page, 8vo, January 1845, to Heathcote, briefly referring to Queen Victoria and confirming that eight o'clock 'is generally the hour at which HM dines at Windsor Castle'), George T. Goldie (referring to Lord Elgin and some secret telegrams, 1902), Alfred Austin (regarding 'the fiscal disposition of Canada towards us'), Mrs. Patrick Campbell, George Wyndham, Walter Hely-Hutchinson, John Morley (stating that the House of Commons has no voice on a Royal Commission, 1897), Edward Grey (stating, in part, 'The difficulty could be to get any of the Irish to agree to serve on such a Commission & if they would not take part its conclusions would never be accepted', 1903) etc. Two of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes and many are written to Bernard Holland. G to generally VG, 14 £100 - 150
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HISTORICAL: A small 4to dark green leather bound album containing over 120 clipped signed pieces, A.Ls.S. etc., by various British Politicians, Nobility, Clergyman and other famous individuals including George, Duke of Cambridge, Henry Keppel, Charles Napier, James Graham, Michael Balfe, John Bright (2), Charles Longley (as Archbishop of Canterbury), George Parker Bidder (2; 'the calculating boy'), Viscount Palmerston (signed Free Front envelope panel, and an autograph letter with the signature neatly excised), Robert Peel (2), Maria Edgeworth etc. Most are neatly laid down to pages and a few are loosely inserted. Binding loose at the spine, G £100 - 150
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CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. T.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Air Ministry, Kingsway, 2nd July 1920, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Secretary of State for Air. Churchill states that it was kind of Northcliffe 'to have taken so much trouble over my proposed Air Conference' and adds that his memorandum 'is most valuable and comprehensive'. Churchill further adds that he appointed a committee, with Lord Londonderry as Chairman, to consider where the conference should be held and on what date, remarking 'It is improbable that Parliament will re-assemble before October 15th, and therefore I propose to have the conference in the second week of October…instead of on the dates suggested by the committee.' He concludes 'Your suggestion that all information as to what has been done in the development of civil aviation should be circulated to those invited, should certainly be adopted, and I hope that you will consent to take the Chair on the day allotted for the discussion on Civil Aviation.' With blank integral leaf. A couple of pencil and blue indelible pencil annotations to the left margin. An 8vo typed summary of Churchill's letter is neatly affixed to the upper left corner. Together with two original typed carbon copies of letters to Churchill from Northcliffe, 5th June & 8th July 1920, both directly relating to Churchill's letter. Also including John Moore-Brabazon (1884-1964) English Aviation Pioneer & Politician, the first Englishman to pilot a heavier-than-air machine under power in England, Minister of Transport and Minister of Aircraft Production during World War II. T.L.S., J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, one page, 4to, Kingsway, 29th July 1920, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Air Ministry, regarding the proposed Air Conference and stating 'Mr. Churchill desires me to ask whether you would be so good as to preside on the first day of the Conference, which it is proposed to devote to Civil Aviation' and a second T.L.S., J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon, one page, 4to, Kingsway, 6th August 1920, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Air Ministry, stating that he has shown Northcliffe's letter to Churchill 'and he is much upset', further writing 'He has told me to write you again to see whether you could see your way to alter your decision, as he considers that for you not to preside on the first day would be a calamity and prejudice the whole Conference. He suggested that anything you would have said at the opening could be read out, so as not to tax your throat. I do hope, as a great patron of Aviation, you will try and alter your mind and come, to avoid, so to speak, the performance of Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark'. The letters are accompanied by the original typed carbon copies of the letters to Moore-Brabazon from Northcliffe, 3rd & 12th August 1920. Further including two original typed copies of Northcliffe's Notes for Syllabus, sixteen pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (1920), stating, in part, 'It would seem desirable that members of the Conference, before assembling, should have an opportunity of studying, in the form of circulated abstracts and summaries, what has and is being done in the development of civil aerial transport, not only in this country but in others. It is a short time only since the Armistice. Yet what has already been accomplished is very suggestive as to future progress…The Conference might…quite usefully discuss how best to shorten the period of inertia between the provision of air transport on a comprehensive scale and its general and unhesitating use by the community…in order to obtain greater reliability and safety, pilots require the assistance of a more perfect land organisation. Here, obviously, the Conference will have a fruitful field for inquiry…the factors which…govern the speed of commercial aircraft…the next stages in aircraft design…night-flying…the selection and training of pilots…the use of aeroplanes for urgent business journeys at short notice and in any direction…the sporting and competitive aspects of flying…the general development of European flying…the development of mail services…aerial law, national and international…aerial transport in undeveloped countries…our Cairo-Cape Town route…special types of aircraft, such as flying boats and amphibious machines…the long-distance commercial airship, and its place in the general scheme of aerial transport…the recent progress with the wireless telegraph and wireless telephone, which are being applied already in the direction and control of traffic…meteorology…commercial navigation of the air at great heights…' Also including an original typed Report of the Air Conference Committee, six pages, folio, n.p. (London), n.d. (1920), detailing possible dates and venues for the conference, who should be invited to attend, and a proposed agenda. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Group Captain A. J. L. Scott, Air Secretary to the Secretary of State, one page, 4to, Kingsway, 28th February 1921, to Viscount Northcliffe, on the blind embossed stationery of the Air Ministry, forwarding the Proceedings of the Air Conference with Churchill's compliments 'and his best thanks to you for having done so much towards making the conference a success'. An interesting archive of letters and documents. Some light overall age wear, generally VG, 11 £1000 - 1500
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922) British Newspaper and Publishing Magnate. Northcliffe was a keen aviation enthusiast and between 1907 and 1925 his newspaper, the Daily Mail, awarded numerous prizes for achievements in aviation. The newspaper would stipulate the amount of a prize for the first aviators to perform a particular task in aviation, or to the winner of an aviation race or event. The most famous prizes were the £1,000 for the first cross-channel flight awarded to Louis Bleriot in 1909 and the £10,000 given in 1919 to Alcock and Brown for the first non-stop transatlantic flight between North America and Ireland. Northcliffe's initiative in awarding the prizes is credited with advancing the course of aviation during the early years, with the considerable sums offered becoming a much-coveted goal for the field's pioneers.
Churchill served as Secretary of State for Air from 1919-21.
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RAYNHAM FREDERICK P.: (1893-1954) British Pioneer Aviator and Test Pilot. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Raynham seated in a full length pose in the cockpit of his early aircraft. Signed in fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated 10th August (1913) in his hand. Some very light overall age wear, about VG £80 - 100
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PAGE FREDERICK HANDLEY: (1885-1962) English Pioneer of the Aircraft Industry, known as the father of the heavy bomber. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the oblong 8vo folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of a Hermes V aircraft in flight. Signed ('F Handley Page') beneath a printed greeting, Christmas 1949. With a gold embossed Handley Page logo and address to the cover. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG £80 - 100
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WHITTLE FRANK: (1907-1996) English Royal Air Force Officer, inventor of the jet engine. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Whittle seated in a full length pose in an office, accompanied by four other gentleman whom are all engaged in conversation. The walls of the office feature various framed photographs of aircraft in flight. Signed by Whittle in black ink to a clear area of the image. VG £100 - 120
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WHITTLE FRANK: (1907-1996) English Royal Air Force Officer, inventor of the jet engine. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the first UK Jet flight and featuring a colour image of a Gloster-Whittle aircraft in flight. Post marked at Cranwell, 15th May 1971. Signed by Whittle in black ink with his name alone to a clear area. EX £80 - 100
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WHITTLE FRANK: (1907-1996) English Royal Air Force Officer, inventor of the jet engine. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the first UK Jet flight and featuring a colour image of a Gloster-Whittle aircraft in flight. Post marked at Cranwell, 15th May 1971. Signed by Whittle in black ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with a First Day Cover commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the First Flight of a British Jet Aircraft, 15th May 1941, signed by Air Commodore Edward M. Donaldson (1912-1992) British Flying Ace of World War II, commander of the first operational Gloster Meteor squadron in 1944, and holder of the airspeed world record in 1946. Post marked 15th May 1981. Signed by Donaldson in blue ink to a clear area. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 120
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MESSERSCHMITT WILLY: (1898-1978) German Aircraft Designer & Manufacturer. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the RAF Hospital at Nocton Hall and featuring a colour image of a Vickers Vernon aircraft. Post marked 16th August 1972. Signed by Messerschmitt in black ink with his name alone and also signed by Kurt Tank (1898-1983) German Aeronautical Engineer & Test Pilot. Signed in blue ink with his name alone. Both signatures are to clear areas. About EX £100 - 120
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GERMAN AVIATION: A good First Day Cover issued by the Royal Air Force commemorating the first RAF Rocket Mail and featuring a colour image of a Hawker Fury aircraft in flight, individually signed by Werhner von Braun (1912-1977) German-American Rocket Scientist, Hermann Oberth (1894-1989) German Physicist & Engineer, a founding father of Rocketry, and Willy Messerschmitt (1898-1978) German Aircraft Designer & Manufacturer. Post marked 3rd April 1971. Signed by each of the scientists and designers in bold black and blue inks with their names alone to clear areas. A scarce combination of signatures. About EX £150 - 200
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AVIATION: Selection of individually signed First Day Covers by various pioneer aviators and test pilots etc., including Tom Sopwith, Alan J. Cobham (2), Peter Twiss (2), Francis Chichester, Edward Donaldson, John Cunningham, Neville Duke, Roland Beamont etc. A few are multiple signed and most are Royal Air Force covers and feature different colour designs incorporating aircraft and commemorate various anniversaries etc., including the first UK Jet flight. VG to EX, 12 £100 - 150
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AVIATION: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various famous pilots, pioneer aviators, test pilots etc., including John Cunningham, Leo Sullivan, Paul Millett, Harald Penrose, Karlheinz Kindermann, Jimmy Orrell, Gerhard Nitschke, Duncan Simpson, Ron Gellatly, Edgar Percival, Robert Gilliland, Tom Brooke-Smith, Roland Falk etc. Each of the covers feature colour images of the pilots and various aircraft and all are boldly signed to clear areas. VG, 15 £100 - 120
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COPPENS WILLY: (1892-1986) Belgian Fighter Ace, the champion balloon buster of World War I. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Coppens and featuring a colour image of two aircraft engaged in battle during World War I and with an inset portrait of the pilot. Post marked in Belgium, 30th April 1977. Signed ('Willy Coppens de Houthulst') in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with Pierre Clostermann (1921-2006) French Flying Ace of World War II. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the formation of No. 3 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and featuring a colour design of two aircraft. Post marked 13th May 1972. Signed by Clostermann in black ink with his name alone to a clear area. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 120
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ROYAL AIR FORCE: Selection of individually signed First Day Covers by various Marshals of the Royal Air Force or their close family relatives, including David Craig, Keith Williamson, Michael Beetham, Denis Spotswood, John Grandy, Lord Elworthy, Dermot Boyle, Lady Hazel Douglas of Kirtleside, Therese Harris etc. Each of the covers feature portraits of the Air Marshals and all are boldly signed to clear areas. VG, 22 £80 - 100
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TRUBSHAW BRIAN: (1924-2001) British Test Pilot, the first to fly Concorde, April 1969. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Trubshaw and featuring a colour image of Concorde in flight and with a head and shoulders portrait of the pilot. Post marked 31st May 1980. Signed by Trubshaw in black ink with his name alone across a clear area of the cover. About EX £80 - 100
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TRUBSHAW BRIAN: (1924-2001) British Test Pilot, the first to fly Concorde, April 1969. Signed First Day Cover issued in France and commemorating the first flight of Concorde and featuring an image of the aircraft. Post marked at Toulouse Blagnac, 2nd March 1969. Signed by Trubshaw in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with Mike Bannister (1949- ) British Pilot, Chief Pilot of the British Airways Concorde fleet 1995-2003. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic, 1919, and featuring a colour image of Alcock & Brown's aircraft in flight. Post marked 14th June 1979. Signed by Bannister in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. VG to EX, 2 £80 - 100
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TRUBSHAW BRIAN: (1924-2001) British Test Pilot, the first to fly Concorde, April 1969. An excellent original pencil drawing by an amateur artist on a 4to sheet of art card, the image depicting Trubshaw in a head and shoulders pose holding a trophy, and incorporating an image of Concorde, signed by Trubshaw in black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the drawing. About EX £80 - 100
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KING'S CUP AIR RACE: A set of 42 individually signed First Day Covers issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the King's Cup Air Race, 15th July 1972, and all featuring a colour image of a Gloster Grebe in flight, signed by various participants of the Air Races including Stanley Warwick (winner, 1972), R. A. Blech (winner of Aspenair Trophy), J. A. D. Bradshaw (winner, 1971), F. R. E. Hayter (winner, 1968), Prince William of Gloucester (scarce; died at the age of 30 in a flying accident), J. A. Spiller (winner, 1959), J. Stewart-Wood (winner, 1965), D. M. Hartas (winner, 1964) etc. Unsigned (1). All are loosely and neatly contained in a custom presentation ring binder, limited edition number 342 of 350. VG £100 - 120
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RED ARROWS THE: Selection of multiple signed (5) and individually signed (7) First Day Covers by various members of The Red Arrows aerobatics teams of 1972, 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990 etc., including Bill Aspinall, Pete Day, Brian Hoskins, Tim Curley, Michael Howell, Richard Thomas, Tim Miller, Al Hoy, John Rands, John Newton, Jeff Glover, Steve Johnson, Guy Bancroft-Wilson, Andy Stewart, Paul Rogers, Tony Smith, Martin Cliff etc. A few duplicates. All of the covers feature colour designs and images, some commemorating the 25th Anniversary of The Red Arrows. VG, 12 £80 - 100
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RED ARROWS THE: Selection of multiple signed (4) and individually signed (9) First Day Covers by various members of The Red Arrows aerobatics teams of 1975, 1980, 1986 & 1989 etc., including Dickie Duckett, Mike Phillips, Bob Eccles, Des Sheen, Brian Hoskins, Richard Thomas, Pete Lees, Pete Collins, Dan Findlay, Tim Miller, John Rands, John Newton, Jeff Glover, Steve Johnson, Andy Stewart, Tim Curley, Mel Cornwell etc. All of the covers feature colour designs and images, some commemorating anniversaries of the formation of The Red Arrows etc. VG, 13 £80 - 100
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AVIATION: Miscellaneous selection of signed First Day Covers by various pioneer aviators and other pilots etc., some associated with World War II, including Tom Sopwith (2), L. S. Snaith, S. N. Webster, D. D'Arcy Greig & F. W. Long (all members of various Schneider Trophy teams 1927-31), Erwin Fischer, Gunther Seeger, Wilhelm Johnen, Gerhard Schopfel, Friedrich Lang & two other Knights Cross winners (together on a large 12.5 x 9 multiple signed cover) etc. All but one of the covers are multiple signed and all feature different colour designs. VG to EX, 7 £100 - 120
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AVIATION: Selection of signed cards, a few signed photographs of various sizes, some letters etc., by various Air Marshals, Group Captains and other pilots and aviators, including Guy Bearne, Michael Graydon, Richard Farrimond, Neville Stack, Alastair Mackie, Peter Gooding, Nigel Maynard, Edward Crew, Niall Irving, Brian Stanbridge, Jo Salter, John Grandy, Denis Smallwood, John Nichol, Humphrey Edwardes Jones, Sandy Wilson, Sally Cox, Richard Ayling, The Red Arrows (1995), Brian Stanbridge etc. A little duplication. Each of the cards have neat calligraphic annotations to the head and foot in the hand of a collector. Generally VG, 64 £100 - 120
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AVIATRICES: A multiple signed First Day Cover by two famous German aviatrices, Hanna Reitsch and Elly Beinhorn, and also signed by German pilot Gerd Achgelis. The Royal Air Force cover commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the Central Flying School and features a colour image of a Gloster Gamecock aircraft. Post marked 19th June 1972. Signed by all three pilots in bold blue and black inks with their names alone to clear areas. Together with two First Day Covers individually signed by Jean Batten, the first commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the First Flight from Great Britain to Australia in 1919, signed by Batten in blue ink with the additional annotation in her hand, '1936 Solo Record, 5 Days 21 hrs ET, Percival Gull G-ADPR', and the second commemorating Batten's flight and featuring a colour image of her aircraft and with a small inset portrait. Signed in blue ink with her name alone to a clear area. VG to EX, 3 £100 - 120
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GERMAN AVIATION: A Royal Air Force First Day Cover commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Central Flying School and featuring a colour image of a Gloster Gamecock aircraft, individually signed by six German pioneer aviators comprising Friedrich-Karl Koenig-Warthausen (made the first solo flight around the world 1928-29), Adolf Fischer (crew member of the Hindenburg, 1937), Oskar Fink, Eugen Schauble, Otto Lindpaintner and Bruno Poelke. Post marked 19th June 1972. Signed by each in blue and black inks to clear areas. VG £80 - 100
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GERMAN AVIATION: Selection of individually signed First Day Covers by various famous German aviators and pilots etc., comprising Bruno Poelke, Werner Junck, Otto Lindpaintner, Paul Strahle, Jurgen von Grone, Carl-August von Schoenebeck, Heinz Benz, Hans Baur and Otto Zimmermann. Each of the Royal Air Force covers commemorate various anniversaries and events, including the Battle of Britain, and all feature colour images of different aircraft. All are boldly signed to clear areas. VG, 9 £100 - 120
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VON BRAUN WERNHER: (1912-1977) German-American Rocket Scientist. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the first RAF Rocket Mail and featuring a colour image of a Hawker Fury aircraft in flight. Post marked 3rd April 1971. Signed by Von Braun in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the centre of the cover and also bearing one other signature. A couple of very light, minor surface creases, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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COSMONAUTS: Selection of signed cards (2), signed colour postcard photographs, 8 x 10s etc., by various Russian cosmonauts including Valentina Tereshkova, Gherman Titov, Alexei Leonov, Andrian Nikolayev (2), Konstantin Feoktistov etc. VG, 7 £80 - 100
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AVIATION: Small selection of signed postcard photographs (2), 8 x 10 (1) etc., by various cosmonauts, an astronaut and fighter pilot comprising Alexei Leonov, Alexander Alexandrov, John Glenn and Peter Townsend (T.L.S. making a brief reference to Adolf Galland and Gunter Rall, and the obstacles preventing him writing a book, 1990). Three are accompanied by the original envelopes. VG to EX, 4 £80 - 100
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ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. T.L.S., Neil Armstrong, one page, 4to, Cincinnati, Ohio, 16th April 1979, to Mark Stouffer, on the printed stationery of the University of Cincinnati. Armstrong thanks his correspondent for their letter and invitation to participate in The Higher We Fly, commenting 'In reviewing the Treatment, I find that you have placed me in the "1-6G Atmosphere Chamber". I am not familiar with this facility and never used it for training'. Armstrong further adds that it Stouffer wishes to discuss the project further he should contact his representative, Thomas Stix, for whom he provides an address in New York. A couple of very small, neat tears to the upper edge (neatly repaired to the verso), otherwise VG £600 - 800
Mark Stouffer (1951- ) American Film Director & Producer whose company produced John Denver: The Higher We Fly, an award winning television movie, in 1983.
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APOLLO XI: A good set of three individual signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by the three crew members of Apollo XI (1969) comprising Neil Armstrong (1930-2012 , Commander, the first man to walk on the moon) Signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the official NASA image depicting him standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed in blue ink across a clear area of the image, 'To Buck Rogers, with best of luck, Neil Armstrong'; Buzz Aldrin (1930- , Lunar Module Pilot, the second man to walk on the moon) Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph showing him standing in a half length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo XI in his hand beneath his signature; Michael Collins (1930- , Command Module Pilot) Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph showing the astronaut standing in a half length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed ('Mike Collins') with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG to EX, 3 £2000 - 3000
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ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 11.5 x 15.5 photograph depicting Aldrin standing in a full length pose wearing his spacesuit on the surface of the moon. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo XI in his hand beneath his signature. Matted in black and ivory and framed and glazed in a gold coloured frame to an overall size of 17 x 21. EX £100 - 150
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MOONWALKERS: A good collection of individual signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various American astronauts, all of whom have walked on the moon, comprising Buzz Aldrin (Apollo XI, the second man on the moon), Charles Conrad (Apollo XII, the third man on the moon), Alan Bean (Apollo XII, the fourth man on the moon), Edgar Mitchell (Apollo XIV, the sixth man on the moon), Dave Scott (Apollo XV, the seventh man on the moon), Jim Irwin (Apollo XV, the eighth man on the moon), Charles Duke (Apollo XVI, the tenth man on the moon) and Gene Cernan (Apollo XVII, the eleventh man on the moon). Each of the images depict the astronauts walking on the moon, many saluting the United States stars and stripes flag. Most are boldly signed to clear areas of the images and most have added their mission names, dates or other brief sentiments alongside their signatures. Only one is inscribed. All are individually framed and glazed in plain black frames. Together with a selection of signed postcard photographs and larger, a few signed First Day Covers etc., by various astronauts and cosmonauts, including Valentina Tereshkova, Gherman Titov, Helen Sharman, Anatoly Artsebarsky, Sergei Krikalyov, Nigel Wood, Michael Foale etc. Unisgned photos (5). Individually framed and glazed (8). G to generally VG, 21 £600 - 900
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CLIVE ROBERT: (1725-1774) 1st Baron Clive. British Major General, known as Clive of India, who is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British Crown. D.S., Clive, three pages, folio, n.p., 25th March 1770. The partially printed document is a deed relating to freehold lands purchased by Clive from Corbyn Morris in which he binds himself to pay Elizabeth Albert of Epsom, daughter of Morris, the sum of two thousand pounds, detailing at length a condition of the obligation involving four annuities of 'sums of Four pounds, Seven pounds, Ninety seven pounds and Six pounds….during the lives of….Corbyn Morris and Edmund Morris his brother….the Reverend Bernard Mills now or late of Bury St. Edmunds in the county of Suffolk….Simon Fanshaw now or late of Pall Mall in the City of Westminster…..John Bright the younger son of John Bright of Totterton in the county of Salop….and Richard the son of Richard Marston of Bishops Castle…', also providing dates for the payments. Signed by Clive at the conclusion alongside his red wax seal. A further manuscript clause at the end of the document is signed by Corbyn Morris and Elizabeth Albert. Some very light, minor age wear and a couple of small, neat splits to central folds, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £200 - 300
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NOLAN LOUIS: (1818-1854) British Army officer, an authority on cavalry tactics best known for his controversial role in launching the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava. He was the first casualty of that engagement. Extremely rare A.L.S., L E Nolan, four pages, 8vo, Maidstone, 10th November n.y. [1842, incorrectly dated in pencil in another hand 1835], to 'My dear Sir George' [Berkeley]. Nolan informs his correspondent, 'The mare is at your service. I only hope you will try her well yourself and only keep her if she suits you perfectly.' He continues 'I have ridden her & driven her & tried her with a skirt & she goes perfectly quiet & well all ways. The mare has corns from which she goes tender at first starting but she is in all other respects quite sound…' Nolan further discusses his correspondent's current mare, which he suggests is sent to Tattersalls to be sold by auction, and the arrangements for delivering the new mare, which Nolan 'can send up to the London Bridge station any day you mention & you send your coachman to the station to ride her home.' Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG £400 - 500
General Sir George Berkeley (1785-1857) British Soldier and Politician. Berkeley, a Colonel of the 35th Regiment and a General in the British Army served as the Duke of Wellington's liaison officer at the Prince of Orange's headquarters at the start of the Waterloo Campaign of 1815.
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WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. D.S., Wellington, one page, folio, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 30th January 1828. The partially printed document is a warrant issued to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs and appoints Thomas G. Cole to be a Principal Coast Officer at Sandwich in the port of Ramsgate. Signed by Wellington at the foot and countersigned by William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans (1767-1845) British Diplomat & Politician, Lord of the Admiralty, and one other. With blank integral leaf. Some light contemporary pencil annotations to the margins and some light age wear, VG £150 - 200
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WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., The Duke of Wellington, in the third person, one page, 8vo, London, 6th July 1830, to Mr. Leech (?). Wellington presents his compliments to his correspondent and confirms that he has received his letter. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, VG £80 - 100
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PROBYN DIGHTON: (1833-1924) English General, Victoria Cross winner for his numerous actions during the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58. Later Comptroller and Treasurer to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales 1877-91 and Extra Equerry to King Edward VII 1901-10. A.L.S., D. M. Probyn, two pages, 8vo, Sandringham, Norfolk, 28th October 1889, to Messrs. Bath & Son. Probyn states that he has been sent a letter from his correspondents and asked to deal with it, further confirming acceptance of an estimate of £10.8.0 for repairing a Brougham carriage. With blank integral leaf. Together with a second A.L.S., D. M. Probyn, three pages, 8vo, Sandringham, Norfolk, 24th November 1889, to Mr. Bath. Probyn states that he is pleased to hear that his correspondent has made a good job ('You were right in putting new wheels to it') and in a postscript, signed with his initial D, Probyn explains that Lord Suffield has been appointed Superintendent of the Stables and will write to Bath about a sleigh. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Probyn (FR). Some light age wear, about VG, 2 £100 - 120
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WOOD EVELYN: (1838-1919) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Indian Mutiny, 19th October 1858. A.L.S., Evelyn Wood, one page, 8vo, London, 5th May n.y., to Mrs. Chamberlain, on the blind embossed stationery of the War Office. Wood writes concerning Sir Charles Coldstream and an answer he had received, 'There's nothing in it'. Together with a second A.L.S., Evelyn Wood, two pages, small 8vo, Devonshire Place, 9th July n.y., also to Mrs. Chamberlain, informing her that Ella will write and confirming an appointment, 'I think it is important you should meet him. I think my chances are worse & unless public opinion helps me I shall be defeated'. VG, 2 £80 - 100
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MCCARTHY DOMINIC: Australian Military officer, Victoria Cross winner for his actions near Madam Wood, East of Vermandovillers, France, on 23rd August 1918. Vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of McCarthy standing outdoors in a three quarter length pose wearing an overcoat and military cap. Signed ('L. McCarthy V.C.') in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image, adding the initials of the Australian Imperial Force and date 11th September 1919 in his hand beneath his signature. Laid down to a page contained in an autograph album, the opposite page again signed and inscribed by McCarthy in dark fountain pen ink, 'With tons of Love & Kisses to my own Darling Dob from the Great big Australian Victoria Cross Croix de Guerre avec Palm, L McCarthy VC, 16th Battn. A. I. F.'. Tape stains to the edges of each page, only slightly affecting the base of the photograph and not the signatures or inscription. The album also includes various verses and a few drawings etc., in the hands of family and friends of the collector. A few pages loose. Covers detached and lacking spine. Together with two further autograph albums containing signatures of various servicemen of World War I (most in pencil), Adrian Boult, Mark & Michal Hambourg, John Ireland, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Thomas Armstrong, Isobel Baillie and a few other classical musicians etc. (some on clipped pieces laid down to pages). Generally G, 3 £100 - 150
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KITCHENER EARL: British Field Marshal. Two Ls.S., H H Kitchener, each one page, folio, Cairo (?), 1888 & 1889, to the Head of the Department of Seizure and Coordination, in Arabic. The official manuscript letters of introduction appear to refer to several Egyptian lieutenants under Kitchener's command, named as First Lieutenant Ali and Second Lieutenant Shaaban, and states that they have recently served in the Police warehouse. Kitchener writes to enable the lieutenants to approach a high ranking official, in charge of the department for the seizure of land and assets, most likely in the Sudan. Together with a third Arabic letter (not signed by Kitchener) on the stationery of the office of the Surveyor General at the War Office, Cairo. Some age wear to the edges and one letter with an extensive, although neat, split at the fold. G to about VG, 3 £150 - 200
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HAIG DOUGLAS: (1861-1928) British Field Marshal of World War I. A large 13 x 17.5 print depicting Haig seated in a half length pose wearing his military uniform and overcoat, the image by James Guthrie after a painting by James Bell Anderson, and issued for the benefit of The Earl Haig Fund by permission of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. Signed ('Haig F.M.') by Haig in ink to the lower white border and also signed by Guthrie in pencil with his name alone to the lower border. Matted and framed in the original wooden frame to an overall size of 21 x 26. Some extensive light overall staining and age wear to the matt and some minor scuffing and age wear to the image and borders, G £100 - 120
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