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SCOUTING VIGNETTES (350) British Isl promoting events by a wide variety of Scout groups, inc Jamborees, Gang Shows, Bob a Job Week from 1950's to recent. £100/£125
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STAMPEX philatelic congresses etc. An extensive collection in an album 1959/61 with scarce sheetlets, covers with special cancellations, 1959 Torquay items, 1959 Harrisons & Sons special presentation card with cancellations, 1960 set of promo labels, 1960 GLO issue on special covers and much else. (37 covers alone plus many other items) £200/£220
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TESTING LABELS KGV poached egg strip of 4, KGVI strip of 5, QEII, St Edward, multi-crown, Harrison wmk and gummed paper, 10 items UM. £60/£70
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USEFUL range in a carton inc boot label 1st stamps (12) year books (7), number 3, 4, 7, 13, 14, 15 and 1999 Millennium. £120/£150
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WINDSOR ALBUM with a very good collection of mint (chiefly UM) with strength in better QEII with many 100's different all as complete sets, 1912 Mackennel set of 4, 1912 1/-, 1924/25 exhib sets, 1934 to 1/-, 1937 to 1/-, 1948 £1 wedding, 1951 festival set to £1, numerous wilding sets including 1959 phos graphite sets, 1958 castles sets to £1 (2 diff) commems inc very good phos FFH, lifeboat, red cross, botanical etc, 1967 set to £1 inc booklet panes and additional variety items onGREAT BRITAIN - I) POSTAL HISTORY
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1824 CHESHIRE entire (canal matters) with v/fine boxed ALTRINCHAM/PP. An elusive penny post. £40/£50
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1826 ARDWICK -MANCHR superb and scarce oval town handstamp on entire ex this Manchester suburb. £50/£60
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1831 TOO LATE/NP (night post) boxed cachet on v/fine entire with paid at Manchester CDS etc, scarce. £60/£70
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1840 NORTHERN IRELAND use of penny black (plate 4 II) fine 3¾frac34; margin stamp tied red MC on entire ex Armagh (v/fine CDS) to Moy (v/fine CDS with Monaghan transit. A good entire rated £700. £140/£150
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1840 VERY EARLY ENVELOPE with fine penny black (plate 1A NL - 3½ margin) tied red MC addressed to solicitors in Canterbury with CDS on reverse envelopes from this period are most unusual most attr cat £700. £140/£150
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1841 PENNY BLACK USAGE IN SCOTLAND v/fine wrapper with boxed CUPAR ANGUS HS addr to Blairgowrie. The stamp is v/fine 3½ margin plate 8 KJ tied black MS, scarce plate on cover. £140/£150
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1843 DISTINCTIVE SCOTTISH type MC (small and very solid) on very fine 4 margin 1d on entire to Kirkcaldy, most unusual, cover faults though the cross is exceptional. £60/£70
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1844 Fascinating entire with details f daily journey to USA with illustrations of Iceberg seen off Halifax very interesting read with paid Liverpool handstamp and Boston mark superb and rare maritime entire. £50/£80
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1844 HULL SHIP LETTER (lozenges type Q) in blue on very fine entire ex Hamburg (cds) and with boxed Glasgow arrival cds. £60/£70
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1844 HULL SHIP LETTER (lozenges type Q) in GREEN on very fine entire ex Hamburg (cds). £60/£65
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1845 GISBURNE PENNY POST (type cc) Lancashire v/fine strike of this handstamp on entire to Preston with v/fine Clitheroe cds. £50/£60
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1845 HULL SHIP LETTER (lozenges type Q) in black on very fine entire ex Newcastle (ornate interior) with cds address to Copenhagen agent and other postal markings. £60/£70
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1846 DEVON superb petite envelope franked 4 margin 1D (LD) with Liskhard CDS alongside and v/fine wax seal on reverse of MINING OFFICE (tin mining area) choice. £35/£40
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1851/99 ATTRACTIVE small group of 8 covers all franked pennys inc stars. £40/£50
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1863/64 POSTED SINCE 10 LAST NIGHT/EDINBURGH two covers with different types of this cancel. 1863 code 12 (small format) and 1864 code 2 (large format). £40/£50
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1868 LEAP YEAR (Feb 29) cds of Sunderland franking 6d (SG 109) on neat envelope to Germany attr. £60/£70
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1873 Most attractive cover to Ontario, CANADA franked 3x1D plate 129 neatly cancelled Taunton duplexes, arrival BS so attr. £35/£40
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1905 Christmas post - Manchester v/fine POSTED IN ADVANCE/MR/FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY oval on postcard scarce. £65/£70
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1905 CHRISTMAS POST POSTED IN ADVANCE/MR/FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY oval on v/fine postcard ex Manchester. £60/£70
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1908 FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION LONDON, exceptional two volume study of postcards issued at the exhib written upto a high standard with 144 different cards inc real photo types, special exhib cancels, a superb embossed souvenir card FU and much more. A very fine original lot. £280/£300
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1915 OFFICIAL OVERPRINTS ON KGV ISSUES fine mint. Collection of 34 detailed on ages with specialised UK and local printings, papers, compound perf pairs etc min CV £300 fine lot. £120/£130
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1922 BIRMINGHAM SHIP cds on very fine ppc (depicts Martinique) written aboard HMS Valerian and message states at Santiago, Cuba. Also very fine real photo card depicting this ship whilst at Montreal during 1922. Excellent strike of this scarce postmark. £180/£200
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1965-66 Special postmarks on neat envelopes with record delivery label attached plus certificate of posting label with matching special cancel, interesting group of 21 covers neat handstamped addresses. £50/£60
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BOAC airmails first flight covers 1950/58 the exceptional collection of 220+ different flight covers on pages with many scarce stage and landing covers (all with arrival cancels). This lot includes the original letters from BOAC also the return flights, Northern Rhodesia legs and many more. Rarely offered as comprehensively, many valuable covers. £750/£800
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CHELMSFORD INTEREST - 1874 registered cover ex London to Pease Hall with 3D + 1D (pair) rate & a selection of QV early 1D issues (13) with duplex cancels of the area. £50/£60
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FIRST FLIGHTS 1931/39 good group (7) 1931 9d rate to Rhodesia, 1932 7d to Tanganyika, 1932 5d to Sudan, 1937 1½d to Mauritius, 1938 1½d to Gilbert Isles. Many backstamps. £70/£80
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Interesting group of covers chiefly franked QV penny's (7 items) inc 1855 Liverpool Spoon, 1857 superb electric telegraph co printed envelope with 4x 1D stars to Paris with too late handstamp, 1846 too late HS on imperf cover etc. £100/£110
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KGV registered envelopes in a variety of sizes inc uprated, double impressed, 1935 env from Belfast with fine Donegall pass cds, sent to the USA (36 items) £150/£180
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KGV unused registered envelopes semi-specialist collection with different sizes double values (10), a very fine collection of 40 reg'd env's. £400/£450
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KGVI inland telegram 1/- scarce unused complete sheet with Selvedge. £45/£50
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KING EDWARD 1902 postal cards uprated sent to Germany (2) different, 2½d single franking with fine cds canc, ppc with 1d franking large env with a pair of 2d sent to Germany. £25/£30
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LITERATURE - The British County Catalogue of Postal History Vols 1 and 2 (2nd edition) in very good condition by R M Willcocks and B Jay. £30/£35
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MANCHESTER Xmas Cross a distinctive cancellation on a ppc of Hill Top Wilmslow colour card. £80/£90
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NAVAL INTEREST - WWI collection on pages. Ten items inc Edward 1½d WH Smith newswrapper uprated with 1/- stamp addr to HMS Spartiate X Fleet (rare item), 1916 two real photo postcards of Bishop on Deck of HMS Iron Duke, 1915 cover with Fleet Post Office cds, two censored cards one with unusual censored/mail officer cachet. Very good lot. £200/£240
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NEWSPAPER - very good lot on pages inc two early Newspapers 1772 + 1809 extensive cut outs of diff designs, two QV WH Smith 1½d + 3d newswrappers FU. A very interesting lot (qty). £100/£120
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PARCEL POST LABELS Surrey note 1911 Worcester Park in blue unused with thimble cds, 1903 Nutfield with Coach Road Borne cachet mixed condition 17 labels 5 are stamped. £180/£200 {Photo}
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Postal history 1820 entire with Gloucester cds, USA 1900 cover to UK endorsed RMS majestic, 1914 env address to Winston Churchill, 1935 Jubilee on pd covers FDI, ½d, 2d photograuve FDI interest group, 22 items. £80/£90
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QEII 1955-65 collection of unused lettercards, postal cards and letter sheets, 36 items. £50/£60
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QEII forces overseas reg'd env's 1962 uprated with fine mobile post office cds, 1959 with Catford reg'd label and uprated with 3d franking 1/- uprated with 6d and 3d franking with FPO reg'd label 3 items. £50/£60
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QEII pre-decimal forces printed paper env's letter sheet (2) and card and two size "G" reg'd env's 1/- and 1/6d all unused. 6 items. £50/£60
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QUEEN VICTORIA 1871 1d plate with very fine 466 duplex of Liverpool, 1866 entire 6d single franking sent to Hamburg with arrival handstamp on reverse, 1854 1d postal env sent form Exeter to London. 3 covers. £40/£50
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WOLVERHAMPTON interesting covers 1855/80 (13 items) 1865 env with embossed School Enquire Commission on reverse with official paid hs, Charity Commission OHMS envs (3) each different, postal stationery, env (3), penny red (6), many with fine 905 cancels. £60/£70GREAT BRITAIN - ISLANDS
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1953 Coronation Lundy complete sheets of 1p, 9p and 12p, complete sheets of 120. Seldom seen in complete sheets, scarce. £140/£180
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1953 Lundy Island coronation in complete sheets, scarce 2p and 4p in sheets of 60 fresh UM. £50/£60GREAT BRITAIN - k) ISLE OF MAN
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1917 POW envelope nicely used ex Aliens Detention Camp, Knockaloe to USA. Censored etc. £60/£65
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