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[LAWRENCE T. E.]: (1888-1935) British Lieutenant-Colonel, known as Lawrence of Arabia in recognition of his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule 1916-18. THOMAS LOWELL (1892-1981) American Writer & Broadcaster, responsible for making T. E. Lawrence famous through his dramatic film With Allenby in Palestine and Lawrence in Arabia (1919) and associated lectures. A good book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of With Lawrence in Arabia, First American Edition published by The Century Co., New York, 1924. Signed in bold black ink by Thomas to the front free endpaper with a lengthy inscription, in full, 'Dear Mr. Baker, If you are interested in far off corners of the earth I hope that you will find time to join my caravan and spend an evening in Arabia with Colonel Lawrence whom you were partly responsible for making a famous man. With best wishes from your envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to out of the way corners of the globe. Very sincerely yours, Lowell Thomas'. Bound in the original attractive pictorial cloth cover in black, turquoise and ochre. Lacking the dust jacket. A rare and remarkable association copy of the book which established Thomas's career and introduced the world to Lawrence of Arabia despite its inaccuracies and the fact that Lawrence loathed it. VG £200 - 300
Newton D. Baker (1871-1937) American Politician, United States Secretary of War 1916-21.
Thomas makes special reference to Baker in his foreword to the present book, thanking him for his assistance in enabling Thomas to be successfully attached to various Allied armies, thus enabling him to obtain material for the book.
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[NEY MICHEL]: (1769-1815) French Military Commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Marshal of France. Aglaé Louise Auguie (1782-1854) Wife of Ney. A.L.S., as Princess de la Moskowa, one page, 8vo, n.p., 3rd July 1838, to a gentleman, in French, regarding obtaining a passport for herself, a servant and chamber maid, in order to visit the north of Italy. Together with two further A.Ls.S. by Joseph Napoleon Ney (1803-1857) 2nd Prince de la Moskowa, eldest son of Ney and Auguie, four pages (total), 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. The first letter also concerns obtaining a passport for his mother and the second relates to a draft sent to Laffitte's bank. Accompanied by contemporary English translations. All three letters are neatly mounted at the upper edges alongside each other and below notes in the hand of a collector and a printed description from an old French catalogue. Also including an A.L.S. by Alessandro Gavazzi (1809-1889) Italian Patriot, one page, 4to, n.p., 18th October 1854, in Italian although with the concluding line in English, 'May God bless my dear Italy with the blessing of the Bible'. Some age wear and minor faults, G, 4 £80 - 100
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JERVIS JOHN: (1735-1823) 1st Earl of St Vincent. British Admiral of the Fleet. A.L.S., St Vincent, one page, oblong 8vo, Portsmouth, 24th April 1800, to a gentleman. St Vincent thanks his correspondent for their attentive letter and remarks 'I agree with you in opinion that in justice to myself I ought to have continued a month longer ashore at least'. In a postscript, signed with his initials, St Vincent informs his correspondent 'I have this moment recd. Mr Baird's Warrant, a further proof of your attention to me'. Lightly mounted to a page removed from an album and with two small areas of paper loss to the upper corners, G £100 - 150
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MONTGOMERY B. L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and featuring an attractive colour design. Post marked at Southampton, 8th May 1970. Signed ('Montgomery of Alamein') in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area. About EX £80 - 100
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MONTGOMERY B. L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and featuring an attractive colour design. Post marked at Southampton, 8th May 1970. Signed ('Montgomery of Alamein') in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of V-J Day and featuring a colour image of an aircraft in flight. Post marked 25th August 1970. Signed ('Mountbatten of Burma, Hon. Air Marshal') in bold black fountain pen ink. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150
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[MONTGOMERY B.L]: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. A large uniface cast bronze sculptured portrait medal by A. Jaeger, the relief image depicting Montgomery bust left wearing his beret and two badges and uniform, with the names of some of his military successes, including El Alamein, to the edges in two lines. Mounted within a green felt matt and framed and glazed to an overall size of 9.5 x 9.5. With a dark patination. VG £80 - 100
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MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. T.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, one page, 8vo, Romsey, Hampshire, 10th January 1955, to Mr. Hurford. Mountbatten thanks his correspondent for their letter and states 'You may certainly reproduce my speech on "The Role of the Navy" and I agree that you should start on page 30 of "Brassy's Annual" but presume the start is line 5 and not line 6.' In concluding he asks to be sent a copy when it appears. Some extremely light, minor age wear, VG £80 - 100
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DOWDING HUGH: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. Blue fountain pen ink signature ('A.C.M. Lord Dowding'; in the third person) on an extremely small slightly irregularly clipped piece, neatly laid down. Together with a small selection of other signed pieces by various individuals associated with World War II comprising Louis Mountbatten, Edwina Mountbatten and John Glubb. Generally G, 4 £100 - 150
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PARK KEITH: (1892-1975) New Zealand Air Chief Marshal of World War II, played a significant role during the Battle of Britain. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 31st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and featuring a colour image of a Spitfire aircraft in flight. Post marked 18th September 1971. Signed ('K R Park') in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with a First Day Cover commemorating Park and featuring a colour image of various Battle of Britain aircraft and with an inset portrait of the Air Marshal. Post marked on the 38th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 16th September 1978. Signed by Ian Park, son of Keith Park, and one other individual. VG to EX, 2 £150 - 200
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AIR MARSHALS: Selection of individually signed First Day Covers by various British Air Marshals of World War II including Arthur T. Harris, Charles Portal (signed 'Portal of Hungerford'), Basil Embry, John Slessor, Dermot Boyle, Desmond Hughes, William Dickson and one other. Most are Royal Air Force covers and commemorate various anniversaries and events and all feature colour images of various aircraft. All are boldly signed to clear areas, most adding their ranks beneath their signatures. VG, 8 £100 - 150
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BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and featuring a colour image of various Spitfire aircraft in flight. Post marked at Biggin Hill, 13th September 1965. Signed by Bader in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. Together with Adolf Galland (1912-1996) German Fighter Pilot of World War II. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and featuring a colour image of a Hawker Hurricane aircraft. Post marked 19th September 1970. Signed by Galland in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 120
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BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Signed First Day Cover featuring an attractive colour design commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Signed by Bader in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. Post marked at Farnham, Hampshire, 13th September 1965. VG £80 - 100
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BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Fight For the Sky - The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane, First Edition published by Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd., 1973. Signed by Bader in blue ink to the title page and dated 15th August 1976 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a colour 14 x 20 print entitled The Dambusters by artist John Young, signed in blue ink to the lower border by actor Richard Todd who portrayed Guy Gibson in the film The Dam Busters. Rolled (1), VG, 2 £80 - 120
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Two identical First Day Covers issued by the Royal Air Force and commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, 20th September 1969, each featuring a colour image of a Sopwith Camel aircraft in flight, post marked 20th September 1969 and stamped as being flown on Special Anniversary Flights from RAF Coltishall to RAF Biggin Hill in a Spitfire, one cover signed by Douglas Bader (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain, and the other cover signed by Adolf Galland (1912-1996) German Fighter Pilot of World War II. Both have signed with their names alone to clear areas. VG, 2 £100 - 120
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A First Day Cover issued to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, multiple signed by various British fighter pilots of World War II comprising Douglas Bader, Robert Stanford Tuck, James Lacey, John Cunningham and Johnnie Johnson. Post marked at Biggin Hill, 5th October 1980. Signed by each pilot in bold blue inks with their names alone to clear areas. About EX £100 - 120
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various fighter pilots of World War II, all of whom participated in the Battle of Britain, including Peter Townsend, Alan Deere, Giles Turberville, Denis Crowley-Milling, Harbourne Stephen, Pete Brothers, Bronislaw Malinowski, Robert Stanford Tuck, Brian Kingcome etc. Each of the covers commemorate various anniversaries of the Battle of Britain (mainly 30th & 31st) and all feature colour images of various aircraft in flight. All are boldly signed to clear areas, some adding their squadrons beneath their signatures. VG, 11 £100 - 120
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Small selection of multiple signed First Day Covers by various fighter pilots of World War II, all of whom participated in the Battle of Britain, including Douglas Bader & Adolf Galland, Stanislaw Skalski, Witold Lokuciewski & Tadeusz Nowierski, Alan Deere, Desmond Sheen & Bertie Wootton, Bob Foster, Robert Doe, Dudley Gibbins, Terence Kane etc. Each of the covers feature colour images of aircraft and most commemorate the Battle of Britain. All are signed to clear areas. VG, 4 £100 - 150
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BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various fighter pilots of World War II, all of whom participated in the Battle of Britain, including Frank Carey, Dennis David, Bunny Currant, George Unwin, Roderick Learoyd VC, Paddy Barthropp, Robert Doe, Harold Bird-Wilson, Tom Gleave, Desmond Hughes etc. Each of the covers commemorate the Battle of Britain and feature different colour designs of aircraft. All are boldly signed to clear areas. VG, 11 £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: A First Day Cover commemorating R.J. Mitchell and the first flight of the Supermarine Spitfire, featuring an image of the aircraft and with an inset portrait of the designer, individually signed by three British fighter pilots of World War II, Douglas Bader, Johnnie Johnson and Robert Stanford Tuck. Post marked on the 40th Anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire, Southampton, 5th March 1976. Signed by each pilot in bold blue inks with their names alone to clear areas. VG £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: Small selection of individually signed First Day Covers by various British fighter pilots of World War II comprising Douglas Bader, Denis Crowley-Milling, Peter Townsend and Johnnie Johnson. Each of the Royal Air Force covers feature different colour designs incorporating aircraft and commemorate various anniversaries including the Battle of Britain. VG to EX, 4 £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various fighter pilots etc., of World War II, many associated with the Battle of Britain, including Douglas Bader, Ben Bennions, George Unwin, Hamish Mahaddie, Laddie Lucas, John Worrall, Frank Carey, Bobby Oxspring, Taffy Higginson etc. Multiple signed (2). All of the covers feature different colour designs, many commemorating various anniversaries of the Battle of Britain. VG to EX, 8 £100 - 150
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WORLD WAR II: Small selection of First Day Covers signed by various British and German fighter pilots and Air Marshals, all associated with World War II, including Adolf Galland, Josef Kammhuber, Charles Portal (signed 'Portal of Hungerford'), Arthur T. Harris, Johnnie Johnson, Don Bennett etc. Multiple signed (1). Each feature different colour images, most of aircraft in flight, and all are boldly signed to clear areas. VG to EX, 4 £100 - 120
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AVIATION: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some A.Ls.S. etc., by various RAF pilots, many associated with World War II and the Battle of Britain, including Robert Stanford-Tuck, R. C. 'Wilky' Wilkinson, Frederick Rosier, Neil Wheeler, Roland Beamont, Derek Hodgkinson, Roland Lees, Denis Crowley-Milling, Wallace Kyle (2), Geoffrey Tuttle (2), Christopher Foxley Norris, Donald Attlee, Robert Craven etc. Most are crudely laminated with tape and have ink annotations etc., in the hand of a collector and some are laid down. P to generally about FR, 20 £80 - 100
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AVIATION: A large colour 28 x 24 print entitled The Last Halifax (1981) by artist Terence Cuneo, individually signed to the lower white border in bold pencil by Terence Cuneo and over twenty RAF Marshals and pilots of World War II including Arthur T. Harris, Michael Beetham, Bill Farquharson, Tony Iveson, Benny Goodman, Harry Hughes, Reg Lewis, Edward Stocker, Gordon Mellor, Frank Wolfston, Laurie Godfrey, Tom Austin, John Cox, John Carrington, Ken Johnson, Ian Hunter etc. All have signed in bold pencil, each adding their ranks or squadrons etc., beneath their signatures. Limited edition number 677 of 850. Matted in white and framed and glazed in a gold coloured frame to an overall size of 37 x 32. VG £200 - 300
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WORLD WAR II: Signed colour 27 x 20 print entitled Alone at Dawn, by artist Gerald Coulson, signed in pencil by Coulson and ten other World War II pilots including Bill North, D M Strong, Michael Beetham, Lewis Hodges, Basil Fish, Larry Curtis, Drane Lowe, Jimmy James, Stan Bradford, Alex Henshaw etc. Double matted in olive green, framed and glazed to an overall size of 34 x 30. VG £80 - 100
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BISMARCK: A First Day Cover issued to commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the Sighting of the Bismarck, 26th May 1941, individually signed by fifteen surviving members of the crew of the Bismarck, comprising Hermann Budich, Hans Hellwig, Fritz Helms, Fritz Mathes, Burkhard Frhr. v. Mullenheim-Rechberg, Werner Nagel, Otto Peters, Richard Raven, Rudolf Romer, Heinz Steeg, Werner Torbahn, Willi Treinies, Herbert Walter, Bruno Zickelbein and Hans Zimmermann. Post marked at Jersey, 26th May 1976. All have signed with their names alone in various coloured inks to largely clear areas. VG £100 - 120
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WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of V-E Day and featuring a colour image of a Douglas Dakota aircraft in flight. Post marked 8th May 1970. Signed by Wallis in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone. EX £100 - 120
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WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating the Dambusters and 617 Squadron and featuring a colour image of an Avro Lancaster in flight. Post marked 3rd December 1970. Signed by Wallis in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area. About EX £100 - 120
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WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Signed First Day Cover, the Royal Air Force cover commemorating an International Air Day and featuring a colour image of a British Bulldog aircraft. Post marked 7th August 1971. Signed by Wallis in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area and also signed by a pilot. EX £100 - 120
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DAMBUSTERS THE: A good First Day Cover individually signed by Barnes Wallis (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943, Leonard Cheshire (1917-1992) British RAF Pilot of World War II, Victoria Cross winner for his aerial actions during World War II and Commander of 617 Squadron in September 1943 and Geoff Rice (1917-1981) British Pilot Officer with 617 Squadron during The Dambusters Raid, May 1943. The cover commemorates the 617 Squadron Association reunion in Toronto and the opening of a Cheshire Home in Toronto and features a colour image of two aircraft in flight. Post marked 21st June 1972. Signed by all three in bold blue inks with their names alone to clear areas. Number 20 of a Limited Edition of 25. About EX £100 - 150
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DAMBUSTERS THE: Small selection of individual signed First Day Covers by various members of 617 Squadron comprising James B. Tait (2), Leonard Cheshire VC, William Reid VC and Mick Martin. Most of the covers are issued by the Royal Air Force and commemorate 617 Squadron and the Dam Busters etc., and all feature various colour images of aircraft. VG to EX, 5 £80 - 100
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[DAM BUSTERS THE]: COATES ERIC (1886-1957) English Composer, composed the famous main title march of the film score to The Dam Busters (1954). T.L.S., Eric Coates, one page, oblong 8vo, Mayfair, 19th May 1953, to Goldilocks. Coates announces 'I am so pleased to hear that you enjoyed the broadcast' and continues to remark 'Yes, I am very busy just now, having completed a new march for the Halle Orchestra to play at the closing night of the Central Africa Rhodes Centenary Exhibition in Buluwayo this July and I am now at work on something else'. Coates further adds 'Writing music and looking after it is an all-time job and I'm afraid much of my private correspondence has to "go by the board" in consequence'. VG £100 - 150
Coates composed the march Rhodesia in 1953 and his next march, most likely the work to which he refers in the present letter, was The Dam Busters March.
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SQUADRONAIRES THE: An autograph album containing a page individually signed by seven members of The Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra Band of World War II, known as The Squadronaires, including Jimmy Miller (leader), Tommy McQuater (trumpet), Ronnie Aldrich (piano), Sid Colin (guitar), Jock Cummings (drums), Andy McDevitt (saxophone) and one other. All of the signatures are in bold fountain pen ink. Annotated and dated in the hand of a collector at the base of the page, Ritz, Sunday, 29th August 1943. No other authentic signatures are contained in the album. About VG £80 - 100
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RYDER ROBERT: (1908-1986) British Royal Navy officer of World War II, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the St. Nazaire Raid on 28th March 1942. Signed First Day Cover issued by the St. Nazaire Society to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Operation Chariot, the St. Nazaire Raid. Post marked 22nd April 1982. Signed ('R E D Ryder') in black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the cover. About EX £80 - 100
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VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various Victoria Cross winners comprising John Cruickshank (2), Hughie Edwards, Leonard Cheshire, William Reid, Richard Annand, Ferdinand West and Roderick Learoyd. Most are Royal Air Force covers and all feature different colour images, most of aircraft, and commemorate various events and anniversaries including V-J Day, The Dam Busters etc. All are boldly signed to clear areas. VG to EX, 8 £80 - 100
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D-DAY LANDINGS: A set of 25 First Day Covers issued by the Westminster Collection to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, 6th June 2004, twelve of which are signed by various British servicemen and women who participated in or are associated with the Normandy Campaign, including Joan Valentine (code breaker at Bletchley Park), Jack Culshaw, Bob Shrimpton, Maureen Gara, Denis Edwards, Eddie Hannath, Jim Wallwork, Paddy Byrne etc. The unsigned covers commemorate various other individuals including Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, B. L. Montgomery, Miles Dempsey, Arthur Tedder, Omar Bradley etc. All are neatly and loosely inserted into a custom presentation ring binder alongside biographies, various postage stamps and informative printed text entitled 24 Hours of D-Day etc. VG to EX £80 - 100
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ISMAY HASTINGS: (1887-1965) British Indian Army officer & Diplomat, served as Winston Churchill's Chief Military Assistant during World War II. Later the first Secretary General of NATO 1952-57. A good vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 photograph, being a reproduction of the painting of Ismay by Oswald Birley, depicting the General seated in a half length pose in uniform at his desk. Signed in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To Geoff Macnab, with my affectionate regards, Ismay'. Framed and glazed in the original dark brown leather presentation frame. 9 x 12 overall. Some extremely light, minor age wear, VG £100 - 150
Geoffrey Macnab - Brigadier General of World War II who later served as a military attaché to several British Embassies in Europe.
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CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Vintage signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Churchill seated in a half length pose at his desk. Signed ('W S Churchill') in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount. Some light silvering to the edges of the image and some light overall foxing to the photographer's mount. Professionally and attractively float matted in several shades of brown above a printed biography and framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 14 x 22.5 overall. About VG £1000 - 1500
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[SZABO VIOLETTE]: (1921-1945) French-British Secret Agent of World War II. MARKS LEO (1920-2001) English Cryptographer, author of the poem The Life That I Have, issued by Marks to Szabo as a poem code during World War II. A 4to printed souvenir copy of the poem The Life That I Have, beginning The life that I have, Is all that I have, And the life that I have, Is yours', also featuring a brief printed biography of Szabo, signed by Marks in bold black ink with his name alone at the conclusion. Rare. EX £600 - 800
The poem The Life That I Have was made famous by its inclusion in the film Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) about the life of Violette Szabo.
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WAKE NANCY: (1912-2011) British Agent with the Special Operations Executive during World War II, the Gestapo's most wanted person in 1943. An excellent original pencil drawing by an amateur artist on a 4to piece of art card, the image depicting Wake in a head and shoulders pose wearing her beret and uniform, and with an additional drawing of her medals at the base. Signed in blue ink by Wake to a clear area at the base of the drawing. Together with two A.Ls.S., Nancy Forward and Nancy Wake, each one page, 4to, New South Wales, 31st January & 16th February 1995, both to Mr. Pritchard, agreeing to sign the drawing and complementing her correspondent on the sketch, as well as referring to memorabilia. Also including a printed card signed by Wake, accompanied by a First Day Cover, and further including a printed 8vo page signed by Odette Hallowes, being an extract from The London Gazette announcing the award of the George Cross to Odette on 20th August 1946. VG, 5 £80 - 100
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SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various individuals associated with the Special Operations Executive during World War II comprising Maurice Buckmaster (2), Odette Hallowes, Peter Churchill, Lewis Hodges, Prince Varananda Dhavaj ('Nicky'), Prince Karawik Chakrabandhu ('Rasmi'), Vera Atkins, Pat O'Leary, Nancy Wake and Henri Tardivat. Some of the covers are multiple signed and most are RAF covers commemorating various events and anniversaries including the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society. VG, 9 £100 - 120
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COMET LINE THE: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various individuals associated with The Comet Line resistance group during World War II including Andree de Jongh, Elvire de Greef ('Tante Go'), Micheline Dumon ('Michou'), Peggy van Lier, Jimmy Langley, Yvonne Lapeyre, Lucienne Dassie, Len Barnes, Florentino Goicoechea, Kattalin Aguirre, Donald Darling etc. Some of the covers are multiple signed and most were issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society and feature various colour designs. VG, 8 £80 - 100
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COLDITZ: Three identical First Day Covers issued in aid of The Red Cross and featuring colour images of Colditz, each signed by various Prisoners of War held at Colditz during World War II comprising Pat Reid, Douglas Bader and Charles Upham VC. All are signed in blue inks with their names alone (Upham's signature is a little light although legible) to clear areas. Post marked at Colditz, 16th April 1980. VG to EX, 3 £100 - 150
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COLDITZ: Selection of signed First Day Covers (some multiple signed) by various Prisoners of War and other individuals of World War II, all of whom are associated with Colditz Castle, including Pat Reid, Airey Neave (two individually signed covers and another signed by both), Dominic Bruce, Jack Best, Reinhold Eggers (Chief of Security at Colditz), Walter Teichmann, actor Edward Hardwicke (who portrayed Captain Pat Grant, a character based on Pat Reid, in the 1970s British television series Colditz) etc. Each of the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society covers feature identical colour designs and images of Colditz Castle. VG, 9 £100 - 150
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STALAG LUFT III: A multiple signed First Day Cover by thirteen Prisoners-of-War of World War II including Robert Stanford Tuck, Ian Campbell, Anthony Ffrench-Mullen, Alfred Beazley-Long, Allan McSweyn, Derek Hodgkinson, Witold Lokuciewski, Donald Pleasence (held in Stalag Luft I, later starred in The Great Escape), Bob Ramsey, Bill Woodruff etc. The Royal Air Forces Escaping Society cover features a colour image of Stalag Luft III and is post marked 20th July 1973. All have signed in blue and black inks to clear areas of the cover. VG £100 - 150
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WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various escapees and members of resistance movements associated with World War II including Eric Williams & Oliver Philpot, Edward Howell, Sandra Poumpoura, Anastassias Neslihanidis, Anastassias Zafiropoulos, Dimitrios Karapas, Tassouda Samara, William Townsend, Airey Neave, William Goodbrand, Alan Day, Mary Lindell, Hortense Daman Clews, Boza Lazarevic etc. Many of the covers are multiple signed and most were issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society and feature various colour designs. VG, 12 £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various escapees and members of resistance movements associated with World War II including Joseph Le Jeune, Hans Wisburn, Paul Ph. Veerman, E. H. J. Aan de Stegge, Taffy Higginson, Pat Cheramy, Airey Neave, Michel Donnet, Cyril Rofe, Mary Lindell, Elefteria Saridakis, Vasili Bakakis etc. Some of the covers are multiple signed and most were issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society and feature various colour designs. VG, 12 £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various escapees and members of resistance movements associated with World War II including Odette Hallowes, Anne Brusselmans, Lewis Hodges, Oliver Philpot, Airey Neave, Elvire de Greef ('Tante Go'), Charles McCormac, Pat O'Leary, Baron J. A. Bentinck, Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman etc. A few of the covers are multiple signed and most were issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society and feature various colour designs. VG, 13 £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various escapees and members of resistance movements associated with World War II including Harry King, Oliver Philpot, William Brazill, Charles Douw Van Der Krap, Marius Villedieu, Charles Weir, Gordon Hand, Denis Pepall, Maurice Collins, Sydney Wingham, Bill Waudby, Rowland Williams, Arnold Mott, Lewis Hodges etc. A few of the covers are multiple signed and most were issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society and feature various colour designs, many as a tribute to the Resistance Organisations of Belgium 1940-45. VG, 18 £100 - 120
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WORLD WAR II: Small selection of signed First Day Covers by various American pilots of World War II comprising Paul Tibbets, James Doolittle and Curtis LeMay. Each of the covers feature colour images of aircraft and all are signed to clear areas. VG, 3 £80 - 100
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