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    1840, 1d. black, plate 1A, EB, early impression without plate wear, tied by red Maltese Cross to entire with 'T.P./ Moorgate St.' receiving house handstamp alongside, showing London 'MY 7 1840" evening duty handstamp on reverse (2nd. day of issue) addressed to "Mrs. Taylor, Gaydon Street, Barnstaple, Devon". Highly interesting content relating to the world's First postage stamp: " London 7th. May 1840, Dear Madam, to show you the new system of postage, I send you a line with one of the new stamps which avoids the trouble of paying. The stamps I understand are at present only available in London, but I hear that you will have them very shortly in the country........(signed) Henry Spring." A wonderful historic document in regard of the issue of the Penny Black the day before (6 May 1840). Illustrated and described in detail in 'May Dates' (1999) by Mike Jackson FRPSL, page 62 & 63. Signed and Certificate Enzo Diena (1995), Certificate Botacci (2021) S.G. = £ 7'500.-rnrnProvenance: rnRobson Lowe 10 Nov. 1948, lot 65rnPhillips Auctions 12 March 1992, lot 229rnrn 
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 5,000 CHF

    Lot# : 214 Great Britain

    RMSP 1866: Registered entire letter from Manchester to Montevideo at double rate endorsed "per Southampton Mail Reg'd", franked by 1858/76 2 d. blue pl. 9 in a horizontal pair, 1865/67 3 d. rose pl. 4 pair, 6 d. lilac pl. 5 single and pair all cancelled by "498" obliterators with oval framed "Registered / Manchester" and London in red (Aug 8 and 9) below. One or two faults to the adhesives but a fine and most unusual registered three colour franking. Illustrated in Edition D'Or 59 on page 123.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 215 Great Britain

    1867/72: Entire letters (2) and a cover, all prepaid from London to Guatemala endorsed "VIA PANAMA" in black, 1870 entire prepaid 1 shilling and taxed "2" reales in red, 1872 cover prepaid 2 s. and taxed "4" reales due in black, and 1867 entire prepaid 6 s. in manuscript and taxed "8" reales due in red. A charming and fine trio.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 216 Great Britain

    1863/64: Covers from London (2) to Lima, Peru each franked by horizontal pairs of 1862/64 1 s. green pl. 1 = pl. 2, earlier cover endorsed "per Tasmanian" with double arc PANAMA cds (Nov 6) in black and oval "CONDUCCION / DEL CARTERO / GRATIS" (free delivery) cachet in blue applied on arrival (early usage of this cachet is in blue-scarlet); 1864 similar cover but with the free delivery cachet applied in black.
    Starting bid : 160 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 217 Great Britain

    1873/80: Covers (2) with 1873 cover to Bogotá, Colombia franked by 1867/80 1 s. green pl. 7 tied by London duplex with oval "SANTA MARTA / DEBE" (unpaid marking) in black applied in transit; 1880 entire letter from Liverpool to Panama with 1873/80 1 s. green pl. 13 endorsed "per Bolivar" struck with superb and scarce "COLON / TRANSIT" on obverse ((Oct 5). A fine pair.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 218 Great Britain

    1882: £ 5 orange on blued paper, wmk Large Anchor, an unused example optd. SPECIMEN in black, of fine colour, large part og. Gi = £ 3'000.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 219 Great Britain

    1882 10/- greenish grey, wmk "ANCHOR", lettered 'BH', cancelled by indistinct Scottish type, heavy vertical creasing (Gi = £ 4'000).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 220 Great Britain

    1882: £5 orange on white paper, lettered 'BD', centrally cancelled "THREADNEEDLE ST ", scuff marks and odd short perforation, scarce stamp (Gi = £ 3'500).
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 221 Great Britain

    1873/76: Covers (2) with one 1876 cover from London to San José, Costa Rica franked by 1873/80 1 s. green pl. 12 tied by London duplex (April 1) via Panama at single rate; and unusual 1873 entire letter from Paris to Santa Ana, Salvador (addressed Costa Rica in error and erased in blue crayon), sent via Forwarding Agent with cachet "ENCAMINADO POR / HOURQUET & POYLO / PANAMA" in blue on obverse and charged "6 rs." (reales) due upon receipt.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 222 Great Britain

    1880/83: 4 d. grey-brown, plate 18, a used example tied to 1 d. pink postal stationery envelope endorsed 'via Brindisi' by "Fulham / 46B" duplexes in black (April 20, 1883). Reverse with "Sea / Post Office / F" cds (April 26) and carried on the "Venetia" from Suez to Bombay (May 8). The envelope with slight trim at right but an unusual combination.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 223 Great Britain

    1888 £1 brown lilac, wmk "ORB", lettered 'OC', cancelled by two strikes "REGISTERED GRACECHURCH  ST EC 27 JY 89", light scuff marks and re-perfed top right corner with corner crease (Gi = £4'500).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 224 Great Britain

    1891 £1 green, wmk "CROWN", lettered 'CC', cancelled by "LONDON CHIEF OFFICE", and a faint further mark,well centred copy and 1902 £ 1 green, KEVII,  cancelled "GUERNSEY", very fresh copy (Gi = £ 1'625).
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 225 Great Britain

    1902: De La Rue £1 dull blue-green, wmk Crowns, a superb unused example of vivid colour, well centred and very good perforations all round, tiny perforation adheres to gum at base, large part og. Gi = £ 2'000.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 550 CHF

    Lot# : 226 Great Britain

    1882: £1 UPU black, large part og. slightly discoloured paper and gum, scarce stamp (Gi = £750).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 227 Great Britain

    Great War 1917 (Oct 27): Cover bearing 2 x ½ d. green used to 2nd. Lt. E.A.G. Coules, Royal Enbgineers 29th Field Co., British Expeditinary Force in France; with "Field Post Office / 106" arrival on reverse (Nov 4). The cover Censored and returned with various cachets and marked "DECEASED" in pencil. Sold together with Buckingham Palace "I join with my grateful people in sending you this memorial of a brave life given for others in the Great War" and stencil signature of George V below; and the envelope to the soldier's father A.H. Coules (Chairman of Reuters) containing a large circular (120 mm.) inscribed memorial Medal "He died for Freedom and Honour".
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 228 Great Britain

    Great War 1914/18: Album of covers/cards (27 used items + further cards) with interesting range of Instructional markings including Xmas Day 1914 cover from "Army Post Office / 33", taxed and Censored and mailed to "Puntas Arenas, Straits of Magellan", stampless 1914 cover with framed "Posted by WOUNDED SOLDIER / 2nd. WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL" in red and another with circular cachet of "2nd. Western Hospital / Manchester / Posted by a Wounded Soldier" in violet, 1916 card to USA with framed "Picture Post-cards addressed to / Neutral countries are returned / by the Censor" in violet, 1915 cover at ½ d. rate to Germany with "UNDELIVERABLE / (ENEMY COUNTRY) / RETURN TO SENDER" in black and another similarly marked to Turkey, 1916 cover to Switzerland with "OPENED BY CENSOR / RETURN TO SENDER" label in blue, covers to Germany and Bulagaria with "UNDELIVERABLE / LPS" handstamps (London Postal Service); 1916 reg'd cover to Switzerland Resealed with "WAR OFFICE / POSTAL CENSOR" in red wax, 1918 cover to Russia with framed "SERVICE SUSPENDED", 1917 cover to British Naval seaman interned in Holland, British POW in Langensalza camp card etc.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 229 Great Britain

    Great War 1914/18: Collection with range of covers/cards (51 used + further cards) including early usages from the B.E.F. in September 1914, 1914 defence of Antwerp card mailed at Brugge and another (Oct 15, 1914) from Zonnebeke, Camp Postmarks with 1917 'Curragh Camp' card, 1916 'Bovingon Camp' cover, 'Morn Hill Camp / Winchester' cover, 1917 card from 'Sand Hill Camp /& Wilts.', 1916 illustrated Christmas card from POW held in "Ruhleben bei Spandau", 1917 Field Service card with "FIELD POST OFFICE / T.W.3" cds used by the Australian Division Train, 1915 card from German POW to another German POW on HMT Manitoba (off Ryde) with oval "Alien's Detention Camp / Douglas I.O.M." cachet and arrival of "HMT Lake Manitoba" in red; cards with cachets "Britsh Red Cross & Order of St. John" (three different), Propaganda leaflets dropped over German lines by Balloon (2) etc.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 230 Great Britain

    Gallipoli Campaign / Royal Navy 1915/16: The two volume collection with covers/cards sent stampless or with GB adhesives from ships serving in the Dardanelles, many of which were damaged or sunk, with Censored covers from the following ships: HMS Albion (2), Amethyst (3), Bacchante (3), Ben-My-Chree, Beryl, Blenheim, Dartmouth (2), Earl of Peterborough, Edgar, Europa (2), Exmouth, Gloucester, Gloucester Castle, Hannibal, Hector, Hibernia, Indomitable, Inflexible (2), London, Lord Nelson (2), Majestic (4, one is registered), Manica, Minotaur, Oruba, Pincher (2), Prince of Wales (2), Queen, Queen Elizabeth (5), Raglan, Swiftsure, Sydney, Triumph and New Zealand ship HMNS Philomel, the whole with postcards of the ships concerned, relevant press cuttings and items yet to be researched. An outstanding and fascinating lot. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 231 Great Britain

    British Forces in Gallipoli, Egytian Western Desert, Jordan & Palestine 1914/19: Correspondence (96 covers / cards) mostly Honour envelopes or Fiueld Service usages, from a Sergeant Basil H.A. Eames of the Dorset Yeomanry, with covers and some contents, incl. photographs from 1912 when a Territorial, cover from Troopship 'Karoa' mailed from Gibraltar and a card from Malta, five cover when Eames was a guard at Maadi POW Camp with unusual framed "FREE" cachets and photo of the Camp, thence to Mudros with cards "APO / SZ 6", Gallipoli with Field Service cards "FPO / D.Y." and "APO / SZ 4" datestamps, Xmas 1915 in Australian Hospital, Mena House, Cairo; thence to the Western Desert with cover showing exceedingly rare "Z AND W TPO / A" datestamp (Proud 250 pts.), covers from Sidi Bashr and Nile Valley with "APO / SZ 17" cds's, Sept 1916 cover with exceedingly rare "ARMY POST OFFICE / SAM" (travelling APO route Samalut-Assiout) unlisted by Proud; covers from "APO / SZ 16" near Suez, Nov 1916 cover with "FPO / 161" cds (Geneffe, Sinai), March 1917 cover with "FPO / 6Y" at El Arish and April cover from Deir El Balah, May 1917 with "6Y" at Abassan el Kebir, June 1917 near El Shauth, Palestine, July 1917 near Marakeb, Aug 1917 with "APO / SZ22" at Port Said for R&R, "FPO / 6Y"  used in Aug 1917 from Tel El Fara, Sept-Oct usages from Marakeb and Shellal, Nov 1917 usage from Jerusalem, Feb 1918 from Gaza, 5 May 1918 envelopes cancelled "FPO / 6Y" in the Jordan Valley near Jericho, Field Post card with same "6.Y." datestamp (June 10) "the squadron has been in the thick of it...we were ambushed and fired on from 10-15 yards range...some wounded, others killed...the enemy were German infantry and the prisoners informed us that they had just arrived from the Russian front"; and June 27 Honour envelope with same "6.Y." cds, two real photo's sent back, then to Gaza (ARMY POST OFFICE / SZ 27), and further covers from Damascus, El Aluzia (F.P.O. / C10) and Alexandria and cover from a comrade now a POW near Damascus sent to Eames. The whole with photographs, copies, pictures, postcards, and a remarkable range of covers of historical interest - the letters recounted believed now to be in a museum: copies are with the University of Leeds [ARCHIVE FILE: LIDDLE/WW1/EP/016].
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 232 Great Britain

    Royal Navy in the Great War 1914/18: The collection of Royal Navy covers primarily bearing British adhesives (but even a Zanzibar usage) with covers linked to postcards of the ship concerned, with variety of handstamps and Censor cachets including the following ships: HMS (or HMHS) Agadir, Agincourt, Amazon, Assistance, Attentive, Barham, Benbow, Birkenhead, Blonde, Broke, Calliope, Campania, Canada, Chester, Collosus, Commonwealth, Conqueror, Crescent, Cumberland, Curacoa, Cyclops, Daffodil, Donegal, Edinburgh Castle, Emperor of India, Empress, Forth, Hecla, Hercules, Hindustan, Illustrious, Imperieuse (2), Inconstant, Iron Duke, Ivernia, King Edward VII, King George V, Laconia, Lion (4), Liverpool, Lucia, Lurcher, Malaya, Manners, Menelaus, Natal, Neptune, Nomad, Nottingham, Oak, Powerful, Princes Royal, Queen Mary, Repulse, Royal Oak (2), St. Vincent (3), Satellite, Superb, Takada, Thames, Tempest,  Thunderer, Tiger (2), Valiant (2), Vanguard, Vindex, Vulcan (an Express cover), Warspite, Yarmouth, Zetland, Hospital Ship HMHS Gascon with oval violet cachet, Shore Depot at Crystal Palace cover, Recruiting Offices in Leicester and Newcastle covers, cover from Plymouth Naval Hospital, 1915 cover with 1 d. red from Ryde with "PRISONERS OF WAR / H.M.T. LAKE MANITOBA" cachet. The whole with myriad photographs and cards, relevant press cuttings, an excellent lot. Ex collection Keith Tranmer.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 233 Great Britain

    British Military Mission to Russia 1919: Cover from the British Forces in Archangel, Russia endorsed "O.A.S." at top sent stampless to W. Lindsay-Everard with good strike of "ARMY POST OFFICE / P.B.2" datestamp (July 23) in black with further strike below "Opened by Censor / 861" Reseal label at right. Circular "Passed By Censor / ♚ / No. 84R" at left. Scarce: the Post Office was housed in the Academy of Music building in Archangel.rnNote: The recipient of the cover, Sir William Lindsay-Everard, would perhaps have preferred a stamped cover - a fine collector of Airmails sold in 1953, he owned an "Inverted Jenny" (position 19) which was exhibited at BPE in South Kensington in December 1947.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 234 Great Britain

    British Military Mission to Siberia 1920: Printed POW / Red Cross concessionary card used from Vladivostock to Vienna from POW in West Barracks, British Military Mission, cancelled by bold strike of rare "FIELD POST OFFICE / 201" in black (March 1), the latest recorded date of use (see E.B. Proud 'History of the British Army Postal Service, Vol. II, page 108).
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : 120 CHF

    Lot# : 235 Great Britain

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 236 Great Britain

    1916/34: Collection with original photographs taken by S.G. Hudson, a mechanic with the Royal Flying Corps (together with his two Medals and RFC badge) in the Great War and later for Instone Airlines and Imperial Airways, with 1922 opening Flight photo for the initial London-Brussels-Cöln flight, photograph of interior of the R34 Airship (1919) and further rare Instone photographs (7), 1926 photographs with Handle-Page (5) and 1927 'City of Birmingham' Argosy at Croydon, 1934 England - Australia Air Race cover with 1 d. red tied by "Mildenhall A'dme / Bury St. E." mailed on day the race started (Oct 20), photo of winners signed by C.W.A. Scott and T. Campbell Black; 1934 cover signed by Col. Roscoe Turner (who came third in the race), covers from 1929 to 1934 with Australian frankings (8) etc. An historical lot with relevant press-cuttings throughout.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 237 Great Britain

    1915/19: Prisoners of War covers (4) with 1915 stampless cover from Werdau (Jan 7) addressed to "Postal Censorship H.C. Branch, Salisbury House" for prisoner "Willy Fuchs, POW Cabine 420, H.M.T. Royal Edward" moored off Southend, with circular "Post Free / P.C. / Prisoner of War" cachet in violet; together with 1915/1919 covers from Great Britain to Germany from POW's, two (one with contents) from "Westcamp, Lofthouse Park, Wakefield" with "Post Free" cachets in black and in red and another from "Prisoner of War Camp in Belgien c/o GPO London".
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 239 Great Britain

    Unfortunately this lot was withdrawn from this auction.

    Lot# : 240 Great Britain

    1840/1980c: Lot hundreds stamps primarily used incl. Penny Black plate 2 lettered FJ, fair to huge margins (hor. fold), 1854 embossed 1 s. green cut-square with good to large margins and two silk threads, and 1867 5 s. rose.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 241 Great Britain

    1840/1952c.: Collection with 1840 1 d. black (6) used, 1867/83 5 s. rose used, range of 1883/84 2 s. 6 d. - 10 s. values used incl. 10 s. cancelled at "Wimbledon Camp", George VI 1937/47 definitives unused inc. wmk. varieties and high values unused incl. the scarce 10 s. slate, RSW £ 1 and some useful covers incl. GB used abroad with two covers from Malta, and a battered album with a useful range of modern postage with high face value.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 242 Great Britain

    1841/1998: Collection in three heavy "Parry" Albums of Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Man, beginning with some early Victorian issues up to 5/- in somewhat mixed condition. The principal value lies with the post decimalisation mint stamps, many of which are attached by hinges. Face value for GB in the region of GBP300, the face value of the islands is over GBP 450.  
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 243 Great Britain

    1840/1965: Fine predominantly used accumulation of Great Britain beginning with 1840 1d black, a fine run of line engraved QV issues including hundreds unplated 1d red and many 2d blue, good range of surface printed QV to 5/- (gi 127 pl 2) including many fine copies, later QV and Edward shilling values, Seahorses to 10/-. Excellent lot.  
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 244 Great Britain

    1840/1985: Fine collection beginning with a four margin 1840 2d blue, 1847 embossed high values, 1867/83  5/- and 10/- both very appealing with clean cds, 1884 10/- on white paper, a decent run of official stamps, an album with noteworthy postal history, including significant QV period letters with many foreign destinations. Later there is a small section of face value. Lovely lot.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 245 Great Britain

    1840/1929: Impressive collection of the primarily unused classical issues of Great Britain, a selection of utmost attractiveness and of very high catalogue value which has to be studied to be fully appreciated, it includes 1840 2 d. blue plate 2, 1841 Penny Red, 2 d. blue, also a splendid used example with enormous margins, 1854 2 d. deep blue plate 4, 1854 Embossed in used condition, pair 6 d. mauve, 10 d. brown & 1 s. green, all cut square with huge margins all round, 1855/57 no corner letters 4 d. carmine on bluish and white paper, 6 d. lilac and 1 s. green, 1862/64 small uncoloured corner letters 4 d. bright red, 6 d. lilac, a left wing marginal example, and 9 d. bistre, 1865/67 large uncoloured corner letters 6 d. lilac, 9 d. straw, and 1 s. green, 1867/80 wmk Spray of Rose 6 d. lilac & dull violet, 9 d. straw, 10 d. red-brown, 1 s. deep-green, a  left winged marginal example, 2 s. deep blue, 2 s. brown used, 6 d. chestnut & pale buff, the high values 5 s., 10 s. & £1 with wmks MC & Large Anchor used, £5 unused, 1873/80 Large coloured corner letters wmk Spray of Rose 1 s. orange, 1883/84 2s.6d. lilac, 5 s. rose, 10 s. ultramarine, 1884/88 £1 brown-lilac, two used exampoles with wmks Three Crowns & Three Orbs, 1897 Jubilee issue to £1 green, KEVII 1902 to £1 green, also later issues incl. Seahorses and 1929 UPU congress £1 black, and Departmental Officials used / unused. 34 certs, primarily from Italian experts Gi = £ 165'000 following the consignor.
    Starting bid : 25,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 36,000 CHF

    Lot# : 248 Great Britain

    1912/2000: Dealer's stock with several hundred booklets in mint condition, starting with KGV 1½ d. of 1912 and two copies Silver Jubilee of 1935, various types KE and some others, nevertheless the majority being a large number showing a broad variety of Machin heads, partly in heavy duplication, in-between some single stamps, pairs and strips as well as booklet panes, booklet covers and a group of covers franked by stamps taken from booklets, all in very good condition, nicely arranged in a total of 13 albums and served in a box.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 249 Great Britain

    1980/2013: Lot several hundred British Framas of various types in mint condition, incl. single values, strips of three and more, FDC's, presentation folders by the Royal Mail etc., partly some heavy duplication, in addition a group of modern mint booklets as well as some KGVI issues from the Fifties, all in good condition and housed in five albums.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 250 Great Britain

    1856/73: Covers (3) with 1856 cover from Manchester to Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela via Forwarding Agent in Demerara, British Guiana franked by 1 d. star and cut round Embossed 1 s. green, unusual 1867 cover by French Packet from Leeds to Buenos Aires, Argentina franked 1865/67 4 d. vermilion pl. 8 and 1 s. green pl. 4; and 1873 cover with faulty 6 d. pale chestnut pl. 11 used from Accrington to Rio de Janeiro with INSUFFICIENTLY / STAMPED in black and fine framed "F / 20" Accountancy marking in blue, charged 350 reis on arrival.
    Starting bid : 450 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 251 Great Britain

    1806/1956: Accumulation of Great Britain, Malta and Gibraltar postal history, including early letters from Glagow to Liverpool, a beautiful surface printed 1872 3d plate 6 lettered EE 'wing margin' copy with Irish lozenge 157 duplex cancellation on very fine letter to Ragusa, an underpaid 1936 letter from Brighton to Italy with postage due, Welsh village postcards and many more appealing items, approximately 80 pieces.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 252 Great Britain

    1860/1908c.: Collection predominantly GB Destination Mail with 1864 covers franked by single 1 s. to Buenos Ayres and another to Bermuda, 1892 cover at 2½ d. rate to Demerara, 1866 cover to Cape of Good Hope at 1/s d. rate and 1871 cover at 4 d. rate; 1873 cover to Norway at 5 d. rate, rare 1873 cover probably ex Ceylon to Devonport franked by 1 d. red (12) cancelled on arrival in London; 1892 1 d. card to Ecuador, 1869 1 s. on cover to Malta, 1865 9 d. rate to Aden, covers/cards to India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Java, Tunis, 1898 reg'd cover at 7 d. rate to Libya, 1861 cover to Mauritius at 9 d. rate with '4½' handstamp in red, 1870 5 d. rate cover to Jassy, Modova; 1871 1 s. rate to Mexico, 1867 cover at 10 d. rate to Karachi, 1869 cover at 9 d. rate to Riga and an 1867 10 d. rate cover to Moscow, 1868/69 1 s. rates to Trinidad and Venezuela, together with incoming to GB usages incl. remarkable 1859 Prussia embossed Ladies envelope with 3 sgr. yellow pair. Condition variable but much of interest.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2040 Great Britain

    Great Britain 1909: The complete set of six used Scouts' cards depicting the diff. skills as there are: 'Camp Fire', 'Standing at Ease', 'An Attack', 'The Ambulance at Work' (two diff.) and 'Weaving a Straw Bed', all issued by 'National Series' and used in 1909 from Alton, Ipswich, Paddington West, Poole and Surbiton. Fine and very early cards.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 2041 Great Britain

    Great Britain 1911 (July 4th): Pictorial 'Scouts' postcards (Series 1069)  "35,000 Boy Scouts Reviewed by King George in Windsor Great Park, the complete unused set of twelve cards with the original envelope, edited  by C.W. Faulkner ç Co., Ltd., London. A fine and rare set.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 2042 Great Britain

    Great Britain International Jamboree Olympia 1920 (July 30th to August 7th): THE BOY SCOUTS' INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE OLYMPIA Programm on a four page leaflet with Message from the Chief Scout Robert Baden Powell and the complete Programme plus the Competitions open to Rovers, Sea Scouts and Wolf Cubs, fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 2043 Great Britain

    Great Britain 1910/20: Group of 16 used picture postcards depicting Scouts skills  and sceneries, incl. 1910 card with interesting text: "What do you think of our boy scouts? Don't they look just fine?" and original photocard with inscript. "La collecte au prophit des orphélins Armeniens, Smyrna 29/1/20' dipatched at "British P.O. Smyrna 2 MR 20" to England, further one shaped BOOK POST double card used from Harrogate 1911 as well as an envelope used from '1913 Scout Exhibition Birmingham' and addressed to the 'Boy Scouts Camp' in Kalo, Denmark. A fine and rare assembly.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 2044 Great Britain

    Great Britain 1908/20 ca.: Assembly of 60 unused picture postcards depicting various Boy Scouts sceneries and skills, incl. complete sets and  part sets, original photocards and humouros cards by Ernest Ibbetson (1910) or 'Wolf Cubs' set by C.S. Chapman as well as a souvenir card with original signature by Mrs. Olave Baden-Powell (1963).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 2080 Great Britain

    General Interest - Indices; Crawford Earl of / Bacon E., 1911; Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Vol VII. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS / General, Special and Periodical forming the LITERATURE of PHILATELY. Divided into Two Parts (1) Authors and Titles (2) Periodicals printed at the Aberdeen University Press 1911, 923 pages hardbound in black rexine, gold tooling on spine and front. The Bible of early Philatelic Literature - 'the Crawford' with spine broken partially on one side, a book which would benefit substantially from rebinding.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2093 Great Britain

    Great Britain, Wright, H.E. & Creeke A.B., 1899; History of the adhesive stamps of the British Isles, hardbound in ¼ leather, gold stamped spine, 263 pages, binding scuffed, the majority of the plates was cut into pieces and the figures were glued at the right position into the text. The basis of the Gibbons Specalised.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2100 Great Britain

    Great Britain & Commonwealth, Lowe, Robson, 1948/91; The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps; issued in six volumes: Vol. 1, Great Britain and the Empire in Europe, 1948, also included the Second edition 1952, Vol. 2, The Empire In Africa, 1949, Vol. 3, The Empire in Asia, 1951, Vol. 4, The Empire in Australasia, 1962, Vol. 5, North America, 1973 in one volume of the ordinary edition, Vol. 6, Leeward Islands, 1991. The magnum opus of Robson Lowe, all volumes in good condition.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 2140 Great Britain

    Periodicals - Great Britain; Alfred Smith & Co. 1863/74: Stamp Collector's Magazine, published by Alfred Smith & Co. in Bath, the first twelve years, twelve volumes Morocco hardbound in green, blue and brown, gold stamped on front and spine, the front with an elaborate sunk design, each with a real used adhesive on it. An eye catcher of this extremely early philatelic journal, the first issue printed only two years after the first catalogue.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 2146 Great Britain

    1881/2000c: Lot 35 books, booklets and catalogues related to UK philately and postal history incl. Nissen - Penny Black Plating, 1998 reprint, Danzig & Goldsmith Cancellations of Penny Red, Westley - Postal Cancellations of London 1840-1890, Jackson - May Dates, Alcock & Holland - Postmarks of Great Britain and Ireland, 1881 Philbrick & Westobey - Postage & Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain, from the Library of Reginald Primrose, 1909 Melville - Stamp Book in two volumes, 1919 de Worms Royal Philatelic Society 1869-1919, 1885 Evans - Philatelic Handbook, twice with different binding, 1865 Lewins - Her Majesty's Mails: History of the post office; 1897 Firth - Postage Stamps and their Collection with some funny advertisements  incl. Mr. Winch from the Winch Brothers swimmimg in a 'Sea of Stamps'. An unusual lot.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF
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