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ORDER OF SALE
Thursday 7th May 2026 - to be sold at 10.00 am Gold Stamp Replicas & Coins, Autographs, Philatelic Literature, Picture Postcards 1 - 29
Valentine Cards, Christmas Cards 30 - 58
Great Britain Stamps 59 - 214
Used Abroad, Officials, Telegraphs, Postage Dues, Revenues & Cinderellas 215 - 244
G.B Postal History - Mixed Lots 245 - 267
QV Embossed & Surface Printed Covers 268 - 321
Air Mails, Cancellations, Exhibitions & Congresses, Express Mail 322 - 341
Maritime Mail, Military & P.O.W 342 - 384
Naval Mail - the Colin Tabeart RDP Collection 385 - 463
Mulreadys & Caricatures, Parcel Post 464 - 477
Pictorial Envelopes 478 - 522
Postage Due Mail, Postal Reform, Postal Stationery 523 - 547
Railways, Registered Mail, Royalty 548 - 580
Channel Is., Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Isle of Wight, Kent 581 - 587
Lancashire, London, Staffordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Yorkshire 588 - 621
Scotland, including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Maritime 622 - 768
Thematics, Philatelic History, Poster Stamps, Wafer Seals, Local Posts 769 - 811
U.P.U, Air Mails, Crash Covers, Wreck Mail 812 - 869
Military, P.O.W & Censors 870 - 882
World & Commonwealth - Mixed Lots & Collections 883 - 943
Aden, Antarctica, Antigua, Argentina, Australia, Austria 944 - 986
Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bechuanaland, Belgium 987 - 1001
GOLD & SILVER STAMP REPLICAS AND COINS |
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1972 Royal Silver Wedding replica stamps in 22k gold and in silver, London 1972 hallmarks, struck at the Royal Mint on behalf of Hallmark Replicas, number 1382 of an edition of 2,000, in a box, the 22k gold replica weighing 26.63g. Photo above. £2,000-2,200
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1973 22k Gold replicas of the 1d Black and £1 Machin, London 1973 hallmarks, struck at the Royal Mint on behalf of Hallmark Replicas, number 1382 of an edition of 3,000, in a box, the two 22k gold replicas with a combined weight of 34.86g. Photo above. £2,500-3,000
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1973 22k Gold replicas of the 1d Black and £1 Machin, London 1973 hallmarks, struck at the Royal Mint on behalf of Hallmark Replicas, number 1369 of an edition of 3,000, in a box, the two 22k gold replicas with a combined weight of 34.86g. £2,500-3,000
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1974 22k Gold replica of the 1929 PUC £1, London 1974 hallmarks, struck at the Royal Mint on behalf of Hallmark Replicas, number 1940 of an edition of 3,000, in a box, weight 36.7g. Photo above. £2,800-3,200
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c.1983 Stamp replicas in silver, produced by the Franklin Mint, all impressed “Solid Sterling Silver”, most with London .925 hallmarks, very well produced replicas of famous or rare QV-KGV stamps from G.B (24) or Commonwealth countries (23), total weight approx. 590g. (47). £650-750
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Austria. 1915 4 Ducat coin struck in 23k gold, a gold mount attached, the coin a little buckled, weight 13.96g (without added mount). £1,100-1,300
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South Africa. 1969 2 Rand coin struck in 22k gold affixed within a gold mount and suspension, weight 7.98g (coin only, without suspension). Also two 1977 Silver Jubilee Crowns. £600-700
| AUTOGRAPHS
(Also see lots 385/93, 411, 413, 432, 436/8, 580, 1338/9, 1352/3, 1358, 1361) | |
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William Henry Fox Talbot, Pioneer of Photography. 1834 (May 29) Entire letter written from 31 Sackville St., “Sir, I enclose you an account of the new Dialytic Telescope, by Baron von Jacquin of Vienna. It is very important & would make an interesting article in your magazine. I regret that I have not time to offer to translate it for you; but if you like to get it translated & any of the technical terms employed should puzzle the translator, I will have great pleasure in offering my assistance to revise the translation, yours very truly H.F Talbot. P.S I should wish the original to be returned to me”, addressed in Talbot’s hand to “R. Taylor Esq., Editor of Phil Magazine, Red Lion Court, Fleet St” and signed “H.F Talbot” in the corner. Posted into the London 2d Post with red “T.P / Brewer St”, “2” charge and oval datestamp on reverse. A fine and scarce letter from Fox Talbot. £300-400
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Artists. c.1820-59 Letters (18), autographs on piece (7) and a couple of minor sketches, including letters written by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema (1894 letter, also signature on card), J.W Waterhouse (2), George Frederick Watts (2), etc, several to the art critic M.H Spielman. (27). £250-300
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Daniel O’Connell. 1847 (Feb 8) Notes for O’Connell’s final speech on three pages, enclosed within an envelope addressed to Mrs R. Wilbraham and inscribed “original notes of the last speech made by Daniel O’Connell and written up by his own hand”. Shortly after giving this speech to the House of Commons O’Connell travelled abroad due to ill health, and died at Genoa. Unique. £150-200
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Duke of Wellington. 1835 (Oct 1) Envelope signed “Free Wellington” and headed from Deal, addressed in Wellington’s hand to W. Booth, Ordnance Office, Dublin, readdressed to Dunkeld, with red Free datestamp, Deal, Dublin and Edinburgh backstamps. £100-120
| PHILATELIC LITERATURE & MAPS
(Also see lots 1253, 1260/1, 1527/8, 1587) | |
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Various books, mainly on postal history, including “British Letter Rates to Overseas Destinations” (2nd Edn) by M. & J. Moubray, “Zanzibar’s Postal History Legacy” by G. Dubro, “U.P.U Taxe Marks” by K. Snelson, “Ethiopia 1867-1936” by R. Sciaky, “Robertson Revisited” and “Admiralty Mediterranean Steam Packets” by C. Tabeart, etc. (30). £100-120
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“The Royal Philatelic Collection” by Sir John Wilson, published by The Dropmore Press, 1952, 568 pages + 72 plates, red leather covers with gold tooling, library label and the slip case broken as usual, otherwise superb. The most sumptuous looking philatelic book ever produced (leading to the bankruptcy of the publishers), winner of the 1953 Crawford medal. £150-200
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Queensland. “The Postage Stamps of Queensland” by A.F Basset Hull, published by The Royal Philatelic Society London, 1930, no. 26 of 200 copies, signed by W. Byam, text with paper covers, 33 plates in a separate envelope. £100-120
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Literature. “Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of The Earl of Crawford” by E.D Bacon, published by The Philatelic Literature Society, 1911, the original edition rebound with a hard cover, small tear to one page, otherwise fine. £100-120
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Library Catalogues. “Catalog of the Bierman Philatelic Library”, no. 30 of 50 printed, 1985, c.300 pages; and “Philately, A Catalog of the Collectors Club Library, New York City”, 1974, 682 pages. Two substantial catalogues of important libraries, both produced in small quantities. (2). £120-150
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G.B - Ship Letters. “Ship Letters - the Maritime Postal History of the British Isles” by Alan Robertson, original edition in three volumes, 1955-64, 1,000+ pages, also index and valuation guide, still the standard work of G.B ship letters and a very useful publication. £100-120
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“Britannia Depicta, or Ogilby Improved, being an actual survey of all the direct and principal cross roads of England and Wales”, compiled by John Owen with road and county maps engraved by Emanuel Bowen, 1764, 273 pages of maps with ten pages of tables and title page, superb dark impressions of maps, one tiny burn mark on page 3, otherwise exceptional condition, leather binding, ex Frank Staff Library (book plate). A rare volume in this quality, signed in pencil by Brian Lillywhite. £750-850
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“Cary’s Travellers Companion, or a delineation of the turnpike roads of England and Wales”, 1840, containing 43 hand coloured county maps on separate pages (Yorkshire a large fold out map), binding loose, otherwise fine; “Remarks on the Present System of Road Making” by J.L. McAdam, Bristol 1916 (32 pages) with two letters signed by James McAdam and a 1890 receipt for two gazetteers; and “The last of the Mail Coach Guards” by M.J Nobbs, 1891 (preface by R.C Tombs). (3 Books + 3 letters). £180-220
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Alfred H. Caspary. H.R Harmer, Catalogues 1-16, 1955-57, each individually hardbound with prices realised, ex J.P.S/N.P.S Library. An important series of auctions sold in New York (sale 15 in London), the collection covering all areas of the world. (16). £250-300
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Arthur Hind. Charles J. Phillips and William C. Kennet, 1933 catalogue of the U.S.A Collection sold in New York, hardbound, 182 illustrations; and H.R Harmer of London, the British Empire Collections offered in five catalogues in 1934, hardbound in one volume, all ex Bellamy Library with all prices written in by hand, scarce thus, an important series of auctions. (6 catalogues in two volumes). £200-250
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Col. E.H.R Green. 1942-46 Auctions by ten different firms in New York, the complete run of 29 catalogues, numbered parts 1-28 with part 13 divided into two separate auctions, parts 1-27 bound in three volumes, the final catalogue loose. Minor damp stains on the covers and edges of a couple of catalogues, not affecting the contents, a rare and important series of catalogues. The similar set with prices realised sold in the recent Bjaringer Library auction for 2,600 Euros. (29 Catalogues). £700-1,000
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Philippe de Ferrari. M.A Broguelet and M.G Gilbert, 1921-25 auctions held in Paris, sales 3-14 in twelve separate catalogues, sale 3 missing the front cover but bearing handstamp of Tommy Allan with all prices realised written in by hand, the other catalogues all superb, also the “Index to the Ferrari Sale” by G.S.F Napier published by the R.P.S.L. and prices realised for all 14 auctions. A scarce run of catalogues for one of the greatest of all collections, missing catalogues 1 and 2. (12+). £500-600
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt. H.R Harmer, 1946, the two auction catalogues bound together with prices realised, superb leather binding with gold tooling, rarely seen so fine. £120-150
| PICTURE POSTCARDS
(Also see lots 573, 658, 822, 1138) | |
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c.1902-30 Picture postcards of S.E London & North Kent area including Bexley and Bexley Heath, Belvedere, Bromley, Dartford, Sidcup, Erith, Crayford, Chislehurst, Woolwich, Plumstead, Welling, etc., some useful real photo cards noted with street scenes, Welling tram decorated for Victory and Peace in 1918, “Fanny on the Hill” pub at Welling, Dartford Tramway opening ceremony, Yorkshire Dairy delivery carts at Sidcup, etc, in a box and album (c.270); also a second box of cards including real photo of a butchers shop, London dust cart, etc. (520+). £150-180
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c.1902-30 Artist drawn postcards, collection in an album, mainly comic, some WW1 patriotic, including cards by Cynicus, Tom Browne, Lance Thackeray, Phil May, Donald McGill, Fred Spurgin, etc. (271). £120-150
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Novelty shaped postcards. c.1910 Cards with enclosed pull out views, ten with separate address tags attached by string, one golliwog card postally used with a ½d stamp, the others all unused. An unusual lot with cards in the shape of a camera, telescope, car (2), train, lifebuoy, oyster shell, lifeboat, aeroplane, pill box, etc. (14). £160-200
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Silks. 1904-18 Cards with rare 1904 Bradford Exhibition woven silk card which opens up to show two further woven views of the exhibition (one silk on the reverse of another, the third with a plain reverse), and another woven silk “Comin thro’ the Rye”, both cards by W.H Grant of Coventry, also WW1 embroidered silks (11) with various regimental badges. (15). £180-220
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Far East. 1905-06 Picture postcards from the Far East (43), and two Japanese lettersheets containing coloured illustrations, all posted to the same address in Hamburg, including cards from Siam (9), Philippines (6), Singapore (9), etc., three with stamps removed, otherwise fine. Also three souvenir booklets of photographic views of Ceylon, Hong Kong or Shanghai. (48). £180-220
| VALENTINE CARDS | All cards and lettersheets are from Great Britain unless stated.
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c.1720 European devotional valentines with central pictures of Jesus or Saint Elizabeth, superbly hand painted on fine parchment, with fine hand cut designs, early and rare. (2). £150-200
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1806 (Feb 14) Valentine lettersheet with handpainted “Forget Me Not” flowers above a handwritten message, posted from London to Mr Gurwood, Great Paindon near Harlow, Essex, charged 5d, fine and early. £100-150
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c.1810-40 Valentine lettersheets with embossed paperlace borders, the first with a central engraving of a lady with an anchor and ship behind, addressed to “Mr Folkniew Esq, Miles Cort number five, Barth”, handwritten verses inside, hand delivered; also a lettersheet by Kershaw with central mirror, and lettersheet by Dobbs & Co with applied scraps, silk flowers and an envelope containing two plates with knives and forks. Three attractive early cards. (3). £150-200
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1813 (Feb 17) Valentine lettersheet with handpainted images of love and a short rhyming couplet, posted from Dover to “Miss Mary Moxon, Ship Alley, Wellclose Square, London”, charged 8d with Dover 72 mileage mark. Minor creasing, otherwise fine, early and attractive. £150-200
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1836 (Feb 23) Lettersheet with handwritten valentine verses, containing a separate printed and handcoloured valentine lettersheet depicting cupids holding up crossed hearts with the wording “Let us be United in Love”, verses above and below, addressed to “Miss Janet Reid, care of Fanny Reid, Cambusbarron near Stirling”, light Stirling datestamp on reverse, charged 1d. £150-180
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1837 (Feb 13) Dobbs & Co valentine lettersheet with embossed borders and central rose, handwritten verses and symbols in gold, with a blue border, posted from Winchester to “Miss E. Dick, Bellcone Place, Southampton” prepaid 4d, Winchester backstamp, fine and attractive. £180-220
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c.1840-60 Printed lithographic valentine lettersheets with attractive borders containing a verse or romantic scene, a sailor, a ship with stern opening to reveal cupid delivering a valentine to a sailor, or a heart within a maze, all handcoloured, an attractive group. (6). £180-240
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c.1840 Valentine lettersheets produced by Addenbrooke with central handcoloured prints of pretty ladies (3) or scenes from the series entitled “The unrequited love” (2) or “The Despondent lover” (2), surrounded by printed designs and embossed borders with a verse below, one duplicated design, fine and attractive. (7). £240-300
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c.1840-60 Valentines with handwritten verses, one within thick heavily embossed pink card, six others within finely pierced and embossed paperlace borders (one with similar hand addressed envelope, also three unused envelopes), also two others written on plain paper hand delivered in New York in 1845 or posted within London in 1847. (13). £240-300
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c.1840-70 Valentine cards on pages illustrating the principal manufactures, comprising cards by Joseph Mansell (7, also two envelopes), George Kershaw, George Meek (6, also a card commemorating the 1863 marriage of the Prince & Princess of Wales), J.T Wood & Co (2), Jonathon King (postally used in 1860) or John Windsor (3), many fine and attractive cards, many with elaborate embossed and pierced designs. (21). £400-500
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c.1840-60 Cards on pages illustrating various symbolism used in the designs, all with embossed or paperlace borders with centrally applied flowers, books, stockings, a travelling case which opens to reveal a young man in a jewellers shop and a verse, love birds, a ladder, cupids, writing desk with a feather quill pen, apples, a thermometer, a cottage, etc., cards by Dobbs & Co., Mansell & Co., Burke and J.T Wood & Co., one posted in 1865. A attractive group. (13). £280-350
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c.1840-60 Comic Valentines, eight printed handcoloured cards by A. Park showing types of male suitors or anthropomorphic pictures with verses below, four similar but finer cards showing types of men or women suitors, and a handdrawn card showing two young ladies tormenting a bachelor, possibly an original design for a commercially produced card. (13). £150-200
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c.1840-80 Cards including fine paperlace and early lettersheet type cards, one postally used with an 1859 envelope, one card within a finely printed envelope by Marcus Ward bearing Hastings wafer seal, also a large U.S valentine envelope attractively printed in gold. (20). £250-300
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c.1840-90 Valentine cards including early examples by Joseph Mansell with a mirror within a heavily embossed and pierced card or prints within circular pierced cards (2), paperlace card with verse in the form of an advertisement in The Times, mechanical cards with moving parts (7), circular or heart shaped cards, etc., an attractive and unusual lot. (22). £350-400
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1843 (Feb 12) Valentine lettersheet with a picture of two lovers in the Scottish countryside, engraved by J. Fairburn, 110 Minories, hand coloured with a verse below, entitled “The Lass O’Gowrie”. Posted from Norwich to “Master Edward Lubbock, Scottow Vicarage, near North Walsham” bearing a 1d red (just touched at left), reverse with Norwich datestamp and “Too Late”. A fine and attractive valentine which can be folded to display the picture and backstamps. Photo on Page 8. £240-300
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1847 Valentines in the form of banknotes from the Bank of True Love, two very similar valentines on thin pink paper, one published by John Hicks in Glasgow, one in an envelope hand delivered to Miss June Fleming, the other posted from London to Bristol with a 1d red cancelled by crossed lines and “RH” by the sender and just tied by a numeral cancel, redirected to Downend, a wafer seal on reverse. (2). £150-180
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c.1850-90 Valentine cards on pages, various types with embossed and paperlace cards, the use of scraps, miniature cards, etc. (24). £350-400
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c.1850-1990 Valentines with Victorian cards (c.51), also 1936-64 G.P.O Valentine Greetings telegrams (19), postcards, and some more recent cards (mainly addressed to the collector Bobbie Lancaster), many elaborate and attractive earlier cards, some faults. (100+). £200-250
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c.1850-1900 Valentines, many with fine paperlace designs, envelope types, attached scraps, a couple in boxes, a few handpainted, identified makers include Meek, Mansell, Sulman, Mossman, Windsor, Mullord, also a couple of Christmas and New Year cards. (74). £350-400
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1868-73 Embossed valentine envelopes all posted on February 13th with 1d reds, from Redditch, Staplehurst or Tunbridge, two containing attractive embossed cards with central scraps depicting flowers. (5). £120-140
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c.1870-1906 Valentines in the form of telegrams (3), a promissory note from the Lovers Banking Co or a Summons to the Court of True Love, two of the telegram type cards printed by Ernst Nister of Nuremberg probably for the American market, and a “Love’s Telegram” envelope printed by Nister posted in the U.S.A in 1906, also a 1930 valentine postcard depicting a Western Union valentine telegram and envelope. An unusual group. (7). £150-200
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