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QV-QEII Covers and cards including special event cancels, air mails with 1933 Provincial Airways first flights (7) and commercial covers to South America, 1906 KEVII size K registration envelope franked ½d, 3d, 6d and 1/-, also printed receipts, most bearing revenue stamps. (c.170). £150-200
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c.1850-1950 Cards and covers, selected postmarks mainly on KEVII and KGV picture postcards, many single ring, duplex and squared circle datestamps, a few skeletons, postage dues, maritime, etc. (c.1000). £150-200
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1855-57 Covers to Fulneck, Leeds, one from USA with red "PAID 24" and "PAID IN / AMERICA / LIVERPOOL" datestamp redirected with 1d red cancelled by Leeds sideways duplex; the other cover from Dublin franked 1d, redirected to Saxony, Leeds sideways duplex backstamp. Also two unused pictorial envelopes with comic scenes around a space for the stamp, one with a 1d red. (4). £100-120
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1871-1902 Covers (9) including 1871 mourning envelope from Newquay to Ceylon franked 1867 3d + 9d straw each cancelled by horizontal oval "C22" obliterator (Parmenter rarity H - no dated copies known), 1896 cover franked 1d + 1½d to Madagascar, 1889 registration envelope from Curragh Camp, etc. Also 1877 4d sage-green plate 16 and 1883 3d on 3d (S.G. 153, 159) used. (11). £150-180
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1873 (Sep 4) Cover franked 3d rose plate 10 + 1/- plate 7, from Ambleside to "Commander Claude Buckle R.N, H.M.S Frolic, Hong Kong, China Station, via Brindisi", reverse inscribed "Received, Yokohama, Oct 22nd", flap missing, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo on Page 24. £180-220
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1901-20 Picture postcards and a few covers, mainly KEVII, including Worplesdon mailbag seal used as a cancel, 1909 card posted on the London & Bristol T.P.O charged 1d with boxed "Posted without Late Fee", 1904 card posted from Ascension Island, 1904 Bustard Field P.O Devizes skeleton, cover and card bearing King Edward National Memorial farthing labels (also eight unused labels), exhibition cancels (and a few unused cards), etc. (91 + labels). £200-250
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1901-65 Covers in an album, mainly KGVI first flights and air mails or WW2 censors and forces mail, including 1939 first flight covers from G.B or Ireland to USA or Canada (21), 1942 Stalag IVA P.O.W lettersheet written by "Soichi Teraoka", apparently a British P.O.W working at Konigswartha Lazarett, a few Boer War covers, etc. (92). £120-140
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1936-52 KGVI Covers (46) and used stamps (150+) in an S.G. Devon album including 1938 first all-up air mail covers (8, to Brunei, Bahrain, etc.) and later first flights, commercial flight covers with single 1951 2/6 to Barbados and 5/- to Newfoundland, single 1942 2/6 to USA, Sweden or Australia, 2/6 on registered cover franked 4/- to Palestine, 1941 covers franked 3/6 to Brazil or 4/6 to N.Z, two good hand illustrated covers to USA, commercial use of the uncommon 11d plum (3), 1942 cover franked 5d to a soldier in Malta with green cross label tied by Waltham Cross machine, 1941 flight cover from Scilly, etc. Stamps include 1939-48 10/- dark blue and £1 blocks of four, two 1951 £1 blocks of four, etc. (46+). £400-500
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Post Office Secretaries. 1797-1960 Covers, letters and photos including 1797 (Mar. 10) letter from Anthony Todd at the General Post Office to Daniel Braithwaite concerning the appointment of Francis Freeling as joint Secretary alongside Todd; 1808 letter from Freeling at the G.P.O regarding a submission to the joint Postmasters General; free fronts signed by Freeling or with W.L Maberley handstamp with differing "To be / delivered / Free" handstamps; 1822 O.H.M.S wrapper and 1834 front signed by Freeling and 1829 front signed by Maberley; Returned Letter Office wrappers or envelopes (5); official Post Office envelopes (12); 1858 cover from Stamford Hill franked 2d addressed to "Rowland Hill Esq., Gen. Post Office, St. Martins le Grand"; Rowland Hill signature on piece; S.A Blackwood letter, etc. An interesting collection. (32). £300-400
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Balloons. 1845 Handbills printed by S.G Fairbrother of 31 Bow Street, Covent Garden, the first advertising the night ascent by balloon by Mr Green, the intrepid aeronaut, from Cremorne Gardens, King's Rd, Chelsea; the second that, in consequence of the destruction of Mr Green's balloon and injuries sustained he will no longer attempt night ascents, and his next balloon ascent on August 27th will therefore be at 6pm instead of 10.30pm as previously advertised. Two very rare early ballooning handbills (117x245mm & 128x187mm), the first superbly illustrated with a picture of crowds cheering as Green's balloon ascends into the night. (2). £300-350
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Balloons. 1907 (Oct 12) Daily Graphic balloon postcard flown from Crystal Palace, dropped from the balloon at Mellerud in Sweden, endorsed by the finder A.V Mickow. Posted three months after the flight with Mellerud c.d.s (25 Jan 1908), boxed "T" and unusual blue boxed "25 / cent", a 2d charge mark applied in the London Inland Section. £120-150
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1909 Doncaster Aviation Meeting, Official programme (covers a little stained) with details of the races and eleven competitors, and real photo postcards of competitors in flight (6), three posted at Doncaster with relevant messages. The first aviation meeting held in Britain (the second in the world, after Reims), the programme very scarce. (7). £200-240
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1909 Blackpool Aviation Meeting, picture postcards including a very scarce giant size card (197x284mm, edges very slightly trimmed), twelve cards (including this large card) postally used from Blackpool, several with relevant messages. Also 1909 Post Office Circular showing telegraph offices open at the Blackpool and Doncaster Aviation Meetings. (22). £220-260
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1910 Aviation Meetings, picture postcards of the meetings at Doncaster (7, all real photo cards), Wolverhampton (5) or Burton on Trent (3), fourteen cards posted locally during the meetings, some with good messages about the events. (15). £200-240
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1910 Blackpool Aviation Meeting, complimentary ticket issued to Winstanley of "Aviation World" magazine, and eleven picture postcards of the meeting, seven postally used with relevant messages. (12). £160-200
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1910 Bournemouth Aviation Meeting, including programme for the Bournemouth Centenary Fete (superb coloured cover showing an aeroplane and details of the Aviation meeting, small cover tear), and picture postcards (28, with a fine poster card and 20 real photo cards) including C.S Rolls (3, killed during the meeting), twelve posted from Bournemouth with some relevant messages. (29). £300-350
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1910 (Aug 10) Blackpool to Southport flight by C. Grahame-White, sponsored by "The Empire Illustrated", first Aerial Mail postcard with printed message, a red overprinted message explaining the card was flown for seven miles when the flight was abandoned due to high winds, the card then taken to London by rail, posted with a G.B KEVII ½d tied by London W.C machine (Aug 26). Fine and scarce. Photo on Page 24. £200-250
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1910 (Aug 10) Blackpool to Southport flight by C. Grahame-White, sponsored by "The Empire Illustrated", first Aerial Mail postcard with printed message, a red overprinted message explaining the card was flown for seven miles when the flight was abandoned due to high winds, the card then taken to London by rail, posted with a G.B KEVII ½d (corner fault) tied by London W.C machine (Aug 26). Also a picture postcard of the cards being placed into a special mail bag. (2). £200-250
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1910 London to Manchester Air Race, picture postcards (6, five real photo cards of Grahame-White or Paulham in their aircraft), also a poster type card of a train speeding the Daily Mail at 60mph, and cards of Grahame-White and Paulham (who won the race, and the Daily Mail prize of £10,000). (10). £100-120
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1910-13 Real photo postcards including Robert Loraine's aircraft at Rhos-on-Sea just prior to completing the first flight to Ireland (postally used at Llandudno, with relevant message), Norwegian pilot Lt. Triggue Gran with his monoplane taken at Cruden Bay just prior to completing the first flight from Scotland to Norway, Mr Gilbert at Hove and flying over the Weybridge regatta, and his crashed aircraft at Richmond Park, 1910 Firth & Son flight over Clitheroe (posted at Clitheroe, written by the pilot A. Firth, concerning a possible flight), etc. (10). £160-200
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1911 "Daily Mail" 1000 mile Circuit of Britain, souvenir programme listing the 30 entrants and the route to be raced (folded), and picture postcards (11, eight real photo cards, also a photo) including Breguet crash at Streatly, Cody at Harrogate, etc. (13). £200-240
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1912 (July 15) "Daily Mail" Aeroplane Circuit postcard of B.C Hucks, the reverse with the printed inscription "Carried by Mr B.C HUCKS, / on the "Daily Mail" aeroplane", the message reading "6.40pm, Flying Ground, saw some splendid flights", flown by Hucks from Mansfield to Chesterfield and posted upon arrival franked ½d. Also an unused example of the same postcard but without the printed flight inscription. A rare flown card. (2). Photo on Page 24. £300-350173
1912-13 Handbill for the First Aerial Derby held at the London Aerodrome at Hendon, and 72 page "Flying at Hendon" Official Souvenir of the London Aerodrome, first edition published by The Grahame-White Aviation Co., which includes details of the First Aerial Derby and First Aerial Post. Also 1931 "Guide to the Air Port of London (Croydon)" published by the Air Ministry, and three postcards of the airport. (6). £150-200
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1912-14 Daily Mail air races and tours, picture postcards of the 1912 Circuit of Britain or Waterplane tour (9, two flown postcards, posted at Eastbourne with violet cachet, one with stamp removed, other with faults, also a card with forged cancel), 1913 or 1914 Waterplane tours (7), also a card of H.G Hawker. (17). £200-250
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1913 Lancashire v Yorkshire Air Race organised by The Yorkshire Evening News, picture postcards (9, seven real postcards, one advertising Pratt's Perfection Spirit), also a card of Harold Blackburn after his flight at Altofts Carnival. (10). £100-120
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1919 Covers flown by the R.A.F, comprising June 5 O.H.M.S cover flown from Paris to Folkestone with violet circular "FOREIGN AIRCRAFT SERVICES / 3"; and July 4 O.A.S cover with F.P.O D.C.1 c.d.s of Cologne, endorsed "By Aeroplane Mail", flown from Cologne to Folkestone. The first with minor edge faults but very scarce. (2). £200-250
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1919 (Aug 29) Stampless censored cover to England, signed by Brigadier General Potter and inscribed "By Air Mail", F.P.O H.6 c.d.s of Cologne, flown by R.A.F air service from Cologne to Folkestone, fine and scarce. £100-120
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1919 (Nov 10) London to Paris first flight by A.T.&T., cover franked 4½d registered post + 2/6 air fee all cancelled at the London Chief Office, endorsed "By Aeroplane" and "Express", the 2/6 stamp with a corner fault prior to use, otherwise fine and scarce. This was the first official air mail service to a foreign destination; the plane could not cross the Surrey Hills due to fog and had to return, the mail being flown the following day. Photo on Page 24. £150-200
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Alan Cobham. c.1920-35 Picture postcards (23), covers (2) and ephemera including picture postcard of Cobham signed at Edinburgh in 1920, 1926 covers flown by Cobham from the S.S "Homeric" to New York or over Washington D.C both initialled "AJC", programmes for Cobham's Air Displays (3), postcards of competitors or planes in the National Aviation Day displays (22, five signed by pilots), tickets for flights (5), programme for C.W.A Scott's first flying display. An interesting lot. (34). £300-400
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1921-97 Covers and cards, mainly prewar first flights, including 1936 cover from Harrogate to Cape Town flown by H.L Brook in an 86HP Praga Baby ultra light plane, 1940 cover from New York to an Engineer at British Overseas Airways at Southampton signed by the two pilots of the "Clare", etc., also four 1934-39 Air Mail leaflets, and a few labels or air stamps. (39+). £200-240
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1927 (Aug 27) Fairhaven Sailing Club Annual Regatta, card attached to a balloon released from the regatta, found by George Ickerwood, Gamekeeper, near Simon Seat, Barden Moor, Bolton Abbey and posted from Appletreewick (Sep 6) franked 1d, to the sender of the balloon in Blackpool. Very unusual. £100-120
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Schneider Trophy. 1927-31 Picture postcards (25), 1929 programme (cover faults), 1931 registered cover with "CALSHOT AERODROME / STHMPTN" skeleton datestamps and manuscript registration label, 1931 postcard from Gosport to Italy bearing a Schneider Trophy label, supposedly flown around the circuit prior to posting. (28). £200-250
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Gambia / Germany. 1934 (Dec 7) Commercial cover from London to Bathurst "via Germany", carried on the Lufthansa Christmas flight (LH L43, which connected with the Graf Zeppelin pendulum flight at Bathurst) with the large green cachet "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA / a / WEIHNACHTEN 1934" depicting a plane and Christmas decorations. Backstamped at Berlin (Dec. 14) and Bathurst (Dec. 17), vertical fold, otherwise fine and scarce. £100-120
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1937 Balloon race card flown from Sunninghill, found at Trappes in France and posted back from Paris to Sunninghill franked 15c + 75c, also prefranked with a G.B ½d stamp, very unusual. £80-100
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1952-59 B.O.A.C Flights with 1952 (Apr 23) London to Rome survey flight cover posted upon arrival at Rome, and first flight covers, all different, the survey flight cover very scarce. (23). £100-120
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c.1903-40 Picture postcards of balloons, airships, aeroplanes or pilots, also photos, ephemera, a few covers, cards of Amy Johnson (8), etc. (96). £150-200
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1910-14 Picture postcards of H. Salmet (2), C. Hubert, T. Sopwith or C. Grahame-White all signed by the aviators. Salmet flew mail during the 1912 Daily Mail Tour; Hubert was a pilot for the 1911 London-Windsor Aerial Post but crashed on his first flight. Five good autographs from famous pioneer aviators. (5). £200-240
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Benny Hucks. 1911-13 Picture postcards of Hucks (the first British airman to fly upside down and loop the loop) or his aircraft (13, twelve real photo cards), one card signed by Hucks, also 1913 Robert Sinclair Tobacco Co. first aerial delivery label. (14). £150-180
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1911-13 Picture postcards of army aircraft (10), R.N.A.S hydroplanes on the carrier "H.M.S Hibernia" (2), Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough (2) or Aldershot Wireless Station, also a card of Capt. Bertram Dickson of the Royal Engineers Air Battn. (15). £100-120
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c.1911-18 Picture postcards depicting staff of the Bristol & Colonial Aero Co. outside their hangers, and eight cards of the Whitehead Aircraft Co. showing workers or aircraft production, also 1917 Aircraft Manufacturing Co. share certificate. (10). £80-100
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Airships. 1905-13 Picture postcards of army or navy airships including Beta, Willows, Eta, Gamma, Lebaudy, Mayfly, Delta, Astra Torres and Nulli Secundus, mainly real photo cards including several crashes. (41). £300-350
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Airships. 1919-30 Picture postcards or photos of the R33 (4, one showing damage after a gale), R34 (2), R36, R38 tragedy, R100 (3, one a large press photo) or R101 (11, four showing the destroyed airship, five showing funeral or tomb of victims), also the 24 page booklet "Airship R100" published by the Airship Guarantee Co. who designed and built the airship, and a card with a small piece of airship shaped fabric from the R100 signed below by Barnes Wallis. (24). £200-250
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Ireland. 1924-39 First flight covers including 1928 flights between England and Belfast (4), 1934-35 Railway Air Service flights to or from Belfast (22, two pilot signed), Imperial Airways first flights from Southern Ireland, etc., also two postwar covers. (46). £180-220
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1911 Picture postcards including postmen and officials at the Aerial Post Office, emptying the Aerial Post box at Hendon, Aerial Post officials and pilots (2), Hamil or Greswell in or alongside their aircraft (8, one with Hamil loading a mailbag), also a photo of C. Hubert. A fine group, twelve real photo cards. (13). £350-400
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1911 (Sep 9) Red Invitation card from the Organising Committee to attend the inauguration of the service at London Aerodrome, the vignette used on the envelopes and cards printed at left, numbered 255, named to Sir Walter Campbell and party. Very fine and scarce. Photo on Page 24. £500-600
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London to Windsor postcard proofs in dull olive green, uncut vertical pair with large edge margins, from the single proof sheet of thirty retained by Sir Walter Windham, subsequently divided into ten pairs and ten singles, reverse certified by F.J Field as positions 11 and 16 from the unique proof sheet, creased as was most of this sheet, very scarce. Photo on Page 24. £800-1,000
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London to Windsor envelope proof with enclosed notepaper, both in an unissued green colour, curved flap, a few minor tone spots, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 28. £250-300
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1911 (Sep 16) London to Windsor envelope proof with enclosed notepaper, both in an unissued green colour, curved flap, addressed to France franked KEVII 2½d, flown from Windsor to London with the Windsor code 2 c.d.s, St. Amiens Soult arrival backstamp (Sep 20). Some proofs were sold to the public and postally used when the standard envelopes began to run out, this example flown in the opposite direction to that stated on the envelope. Minor opening tears at upper edge, otherwise fine and very scarce, especially addressed abroad. Photo on Page 28. £400-500
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1911 (Sep 9) London to Windsor envelope proof and enclosed notepaper both in an unissued pale reddish brown colour on pale blue paper, Aerial Post monogram omitted from the flap, a KGV 1d tied by the London Aerial Post c.d.s code 5 used at Hendon Aerodrome, backstamped at Edgware (Sep. 11). A few rare proof envelopes in unusual colours were apparently sold at Hendon on the first day when the regular envelopes began to run out. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 28. £800-1,000
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Unused Windsor to London violet "privilege mail" envelope, much scarcer than the postally used envelopes. Photo on Page 28. £300-400
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1911 (Sep 9) London to Windsor violet "privilege mail" postcard, addressed within London with KGV ½d tied by London Aerial Post c.d.s code 3, fine. £250-300
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1911 (Sep 9) Green London to Windsor postcard franked ½d with London Aerial Post c.d.s, signed on the front by Clement Gresswell, message includes "per G.M.H.H" (Gustav Hamel). A couple of tiny tears at right edge, otherwise fine, an uncommon pilot signed card. Photo on Page 28. £200-240
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