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    1910: Hentschel 7d. half-tone George V Essay on card (30 x 39 mm.), small head design, endorsed "W/22" (Winstone), printed in bright emerald green. Scarce and very fine Gi =£ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1437 Great Britain

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    1911: George V Die Proof for the ½ d. value without Duty Plates, Die 1A, cut down and printed on smooth surfaced rose-pink wove paper (31 x 60 mm.) with white reverse; showing reversed "2" also in white at top. An attractive and scarce Proof Gi = £ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1438 Great Britain

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    1916: Colour Trial for the ½ d. value, wmk. Simple Cypher, perf. 15 x 14, printed in a cloudy grey-green shade, centred to top, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Type 24) in black. Fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Rare. Cert. RPSL (1983) Spec cat = £ 550.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1439 Great Britain

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    1913 (Aug): ½ d. bright green, wmk. Multiple Cypher, an unused example, variety "Watermark Inverted", fresh and fine, large part og. A very rare stamp Gi N15c / 397wi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1440 Great Britain

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    1912/24: 1½ d. red-brown, wmk. Royal Cypher, an unused example, marginal from right of sheet, variety "PENCF" for PENCE, (Row 15, stamp 12 from plate 12), fresh and fine, superb large part og. Gi N18e = £ 300.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1441 Great Britain

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    1912/24: 1½ d. chestnut, wmk. Royal Cypher, an unused horizontal strip of three, marginal from right of sheet, variety "PENCF" for PENCE now repaired, (Row 15, stamp 12 from plate 29), fresh and fine, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi N18h = £ 450+.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1442 Great Britain

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    1924/26: 1½ d. red-brown, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused horizontal pair, variety "Tête-Bêche", fresh and fine, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 500.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1443 Great Britain

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    1913: Waterlow Seahorse 5 s. rose-carmine, an unused example of rich colour, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 26) in black, large part og. Scarce Gi N66s = £ 750.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1444 Great Britain

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    1913: Waterlow Seahorse 10 s. indigo-blue, an unused example of rich deep colour, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 26) in black, fine large part og. Scarce Gi N69(1)t = £ 1'100.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1445 Great Britain

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    1915: De La Rue Colour Trial for Seahorse 2 s. 6 d., Imperforate and printed in pale sepia-brown (stamp size 38.7 x 22.1 mm.), on watermarked (W17) gummed paper. Thin in top margin at rightnot touching design, but very rare Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1446 Great Britain

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    1918: Bradbury Wilkinson Seahorse 2 s. 6 d. dull sepia-brown, an unused example of excellent centering and colour, overprinted "CANCELLED" (Type 33) in black, superb unmounted og. Rare Gi N65(2)zd = £ 1'500+.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1447 Great Britain

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    1924/26: 10 d. turquoise-blue, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused block of four, variety "Imperforate" and overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 23) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi N44t = £ 600+.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 175 CHF

    Lot# : 1448 Great Britain

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    1924/26: 1 s. bistre-brown, wmk. Block Cypher, an unused block of four, variety "Imperforate" and overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 23) in black, fresh and very fine, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og. Scarce and most attractive Gi N45t = £ 600+.
    Starting bid : 175 CHF
    Hammer price : 175 CHF

    Lot# : 1449 Great Britain

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    1934: Photogravure Colour Trials for the 1½ d. value, wmk. Block Cypher, three horizontal imperforate pairs: one in dull grey-green, one in bright scarlet and a third in deep ultramarine, fresh and fine, unmounted og. Rare.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1450 Great Britain

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    Winston Churchill Autograph 1955: Letter written and signed from 10, Downing Strreet, Whitehall "I am so much obliged to you for your very kind token of goodwill on my birthday. Winston S. Chruchill", with envelope backstamped "Britisdh Embassy / Berne" and sent to Winterthur with 20 r. adhesive. Rare.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1451 Great Britain

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    Used Abroad / Crown Circles 1846/77: The selection of Crowned Circles with 1846/49 covers (3) each with superb "♚ / PAID AT QUEBEC" struck in red, 1849 entire with "♚ / PAID AT BAHAMAS" in red (and a Great Britain 1855/57 off cover 4 d. carmine cancelled "A05" - cert. RPSL); 1852 cover from USA to Chile with fine "♚ / PAID AT PANAMA" in red, 1853 cover with "♚ / PAID AT SANTA MATHA" in red, 1854 cover to USA with "♚ / PAID AT BARBADOES" in red, 1861 entire to Jamaica with superb "♚ / PAID AT ST. THOMAS" in red, 1863 cover with French Colonies 1859/65 5 c. and strip of thrtee 40 c. used ex Guadeloupe via British P.O. with "♚ / PAID AT GUADELOUPE" in red (cert. RPSL), 1859 entire with GB 1855/57 4 d. carmine tied by fine "A59" obliterator of Morant Bay, 1863 entire with superb "♚ / PAID AT RIO DE JANEIRO" in black, 1877 cover from Haiti with GB 4 d. sage green tied by Port au Prince "E53" obliterator etc. A generally fine to very fine lot of high catalogue value, with viewing recommended (13 covers and one loose stamp). 
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,800 CHF

    Lot# : 1452 Great Britain

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    Catalogue# : Gi. Z3
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    Used Abroad; Mexico: 1864, 4d vermillion, pl. 13, FJ, cancelled "C63" TAMPICO, used in combination with Mexico 1872, Hidalgo 25c. red overprinted "TAMPICO", "40" and "73" cancelled with oval Tampico handstamp on 27 Aug. 1873 lettersheet to Mexico. Extremely rare combination, just one other cover with this combination franking recorded, also from the "Graham Phillips y Cia" correspondence and dated 28 December 1873, a major rarity. K. Louis BPP certificate (2023).
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1453 Great Britain

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    1875: De La Rue Die Proof for Telegraphs 3 d. value printed in black on glazed white card, without corner letters, endorsed "BEFORE HARDENING" and dated "July 14, 1875" in black. Superb and scarce Gi = £ 800.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1454 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor Priviledge Mail 1911 (Sept. 9): Purple card written at 'Shillelagh Camp Co. Carlow' franked with King Edward ½ d. yellow-green cancelled by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON SP 9" to London and re-directed with "Curragh Camp 5 P.M. SP 11 - 11" (Ireland). Small corner creased at lower left, but scarce usage and destination.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1455 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor Priviledge Mail 1911 (Sept. 9): Violet envelope endorsed 'Via Windsor' franked with King George V 1d. carmine-red cancelled by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON SP 9" to Ireland with Dublin SP 10 3.30 p.m" arrival mark on reverse. Three vertical filing bends with little soiling, A scarce usage to Ireland. Ex The 'D.D' Edwards Collection, Phillips Oct. 8th, 1998, lot 21.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1456 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor Priviledge Mail 1911 (Sept. 9): Violet envelope with lettersheet sent from Sir Alexander King K.C.B. Secretary to the Post Office to his niece in Wales, franked with King Edward 1d. rose-red cancelled by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON SP 9" with "Belfast SP 11" on reverse and "Bangor Co. Down SP 11 2.30 p.m" arrival mark on front. Fine and scarce usage.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1457 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor 1911 (Sept. 9): Pilot signed purple brown envelope of Clement Greswell to Kingstown Ireland, franked with King George V 1d.  carmine-red cancelled by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON SP 9" with adjacent "Old Windsor Sept. 13" transit on front and "Kingstown Sept. 14" arrival mark on reverse, used together with matching Letter Sheet headed 'First United Aerial Post' dated 'Sep. 9th 1911' in manuscript. Fine and rare.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1458 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor Trade Advertisements 1911 (Sept. 9): Dark brown card (first printing, plate 23) without imprint on revrse, franked with King George V ½ d. green cancelled by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST LONDON SP 9" to Belfast. Plain back as to be sold for advertisement spaces, used here for private message.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1459 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor 1911 (Sept.9): Envelope with full content written by Capt. J.W. Ruttledge (Sept. 16) sending an eyewitness report to his nephew in Limerick,: ".... Strange today it went by the first and only bag that left London for Windsor which contained almost only letter to the King and high officials. There were a lot ready to fly and take all the bags, only arnone fellow had the luck to start and he could take only one bag..... the other letters did not leave for two days."  Fine and scarce document.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1460 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post Windsor - London 1911 (Sept. 16): Olive-green postcard and matching envelope to Armagh (Ireland), card franked with King Edward VII ½ d. green and envelope with 1d. rose-red, each tied by "FIRST UNITED KINGDOM/AERIAL POST WINDSOR SP 16" Die 2 cachet, envelope with Cricklewood transit and "Armagh SP 19-11" arrival mark on reverse. Further olive-green card 'From the Irish Stores' addressed to 'J.P. Boland Esq.M.P.' (1870-1958) Irish Nationalist Politician and Minister of Parliament to 'Normanhurst Birchington Bay Kent', in fine condition.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 320 CHF

    Lot# : 1461 Great Britain

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    First UK Aerial Post London-Windsor Trade Advertisements 1911 (Sept. 9): Group of four advertisement cards, including  'SCHWEPPES LIMITED' on a dark brown card, 'THE FINANCIAL OUTLOOK' on olive-green card tied by Die 2 to Belfast as well astow cards to Ireland with 'J. & J. COLMAN, LIMITED' on a dark brown card cancelled with Die 5 cachet to Monkstown and dark brown card 'WRIGHTS COAL TAR SOAP' without imprint on address side to Dublin.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1462 Great Britain

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    Airship 'R34' Transatlantic flight 1919 (July 2 - 13): 1 US-dollar banknote carried on board by Flight Lt. Durrant, inscribed and signed:" Carried by air from New York to London on R34, R.F. Durrant Lieut" with attached confirmation note, pictorial sheet with map and signed by 12 crew members as well as two original photos 'R34' at Pulham Norfolk, with handwritten annotations and signed by crewmember 'J. Reid' (July 1919). Only very few mail carried on board of 'R34', the hereby offered 1 Dollar bill of a crew member is probably unique.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 1463 Great Britain

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    Airship 'R34' Transatlantic flight 1919 (July 2 - 13): Menue and programm booklet of the musical banquet held August 5, 1919 at Fishmongers Hall London signed by Brig. Gen. E.M Maitland (Commanding Officer) and Major G.H.Scott (Captain) inside the back cover, further two original press photos of the airship.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1464 Great Britain

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    RAILEX Airmail Service Belfast - Liverpool/London 1934 (November 1/30): Group of five envelopes, all franked with Seahorses 2/6 d. brown, incl. first and last flights with one envelope addressed to Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 'The Hon. James Craig, Stormont Castle', one Express usage and small leaflet promoting RAILEX Service: ".... more quickly than is usually possible by ordinary Express Service".
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1465 Great Britain

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    1935/70: Ladies in the Sky - Lot with original photographs of Mrs. Jean Batten - 'The Garbo of the Skies', the only woman to have flown from England to Australia and back to England with a Gypsy aeroplane - Original photograph of the unique meeting taken at the De Havilland Aerodrome at Hartfield, dated May 3 1935 as well as hand drawn postcard and illustrated envelope carried by Mabel and Sheila Glass -The 'Glass Sisters' - at the Manx Air Race 1939 held on Ilse of Man (May 27/29), fine and unusual.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1467 Great Britain

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    A circular stamp-roll dispenser with slit to side, marked 'Sterling' at base and with hinged lid surmounted with an 'upright standing poodle' on top, probably German. Fine.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1468 Great Britain

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    1786/1952c.: Collection with some useful early pre-stamp incl. 1786 entire from London to Genoa, 1820 entire from London via Chambery to Pesaro, 1840 1 d. black used (5) with three cancelled in red and two in black; 1840 2 d. blue used with black MC, 1841 1 d. red imperf. used (14), 1862 cover to France with 1862 4 d. tied by Sheffield sideways duplex, 1865 4 d. vermilion used on 1870 cover from Malta, 3 d. rose on covers (4), rare 1877 Telegraphs £ 1 brown-lilac cds used (Gi = £ 950), 1909 card with ½ d. green pair used from Barbados, 1902/10 values to 5 s. used and some Officials, range of Paquebot covers incl. GB/Cape Verde mixed franking, useful 1925 Wembley Issue covers (5), 1932 Zeppelin 3rd South America flight covers (2) etc.
    Starting bid : 1,200 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1469 Great Britain

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    1840/1968: Collection in used and unused condition beginning with a 1d black Mulready envelope Form Number A132 used from PONTEFRACT (MY13 1840) to York, being a good early use, an 1840 2d blue, an 1841 1d red unused, a good margined cut close just at top 1848 embossed  10d brown, also 6d and 1/- normal margined copies. The 1883 'Lilac and Green' issue is complete unused and the 1891 £1 green is good used. The KEVII includes unused high values to 10/- and a used upper marginal £1 used. Sea Horses include the £1 green both unused and used as well as the Bradbury & Wilkinsonto 10/- unused. Later stamps include the £1 UPU and most other better values. There is also a small range of commonwealth issues such as Ionian Is, Some better British Occupational issues and many other good issues. The condition needs to be checked, but the collection contains many very fine stamps worthy of appreciation.
    Starting bid : 7,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1470 Great Britain

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    1840/1995c.: Postal History collection in two albums with 1840 1 d. black on entire from Newcastle to the Post Office in Hull, some fine Surface Printed covers with 1861 cover 1/4 d. rate to Naples, 1864 registered cover to Paris, 1867 Printed Circular at 3 d. rate to Egypt, 1868 8 d. rate to Switzerland, 1875 2 s. rate to Mexico, 1911 Windsor flight card, 1924 Wembley covers (2) each registered to Amsterdam with "British Empire Exhibition" reg's labels, 1929 Philatelic Congress cover with PUC set of four, 1935 "Saar Force" cover from XIIth Lancers, Airmails and Rocket Post covers, useful postal stationery etc. (150+ items).
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1471 Great Britain

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    1840/1900: Accumulation of older material in three small folders, beginning with a just touched 1840 1d black pl.9 lettered LD on entire from BEDALE to LONDON tied by black MC, an 1847 1/- cut square, various incomplete collections of 1d red in very mixed quality. Furthermore some higher catalogue value items France and a few from other countries. In all the quality needs close inspection, but may yield some finds. 
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1472 Great Britain

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    1840/1960: Accumulation of stamps from Great Britian and British Colonies, put on stock cards, but not yet finely sorted, including 5 'Penny Black' and many other better, quite mixed condition, but containig also stamps in perfect condition, ideal for study - very high catalog value.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1473 Great Britain

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    1840/1981 (ca.): Used and unused collection in one stockbook, better items with Great Britain 1840 1 d. black, very fine used with red Maltese Cross, some multiples, also a stockbook with North Korea Princess Diana souvenir sheets, fine to very fine.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1474 Great Britain

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    1841/1960: Lot of covers beginning with large part of a letter with Penny Black, very clean folded letter with 1 SHILLING 1869 from LONDON to CADIZ, front from LONDON to St. Petersburg TWO PENCE + NINE PENCE, mourning cover from Glasgow registered with 1 SHILLING to Brunswick (Braunschweig), small cover 1869 from EDINBURGH to Geneva franked TWO + THREE PENCE; further on 20th century with picture postcards, FDCs and several envelopes from Ireland.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1475 Great Britain

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    1849/1879: Conglomerate of twenty-three letters and four pieces, mostly from correspondeces to Italy. The letters include six early perfin examples from Huth (5) and Brand. Among the letters is an 1870 letter, bearing a surface printed 1867 3d rose (PE) pl. 5 wing margin example, cancelled Lozenge '157' of 'Queenstown', Ireland to Ragusa. Varied Lot.  
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 600 CHF

    Lot# : 1476 Great Britain

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    1898/1907: Grey album with range of delightful covers with original contents, many with GB Jubilee 1887 ½ d., 2½ d. or 5 d. frankings and some Edward VII, mostly from Bolton and environs to Switzerland or Sicily, featuring early Christmas cards and illustrated message cards, 1897 letter written on board "RMS Cuzco" with Jubilee 2½ d. cancelled at Naples etc. A charming original correspondence.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1477 Great Britain

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    1940/1946: Collection of sixty-seven World-War II items ranging from censored items including returned by censor, field post interruption of service and other similar items. Interesting and varied lot.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1478 Great Britain

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    Scottish Terriers on picture postcards and envelopes 1900/80ca.: Fine collection of 500 picture postcards used/unused in two large albums, including b/w photocards, colourful Greetings- and Birthday cards with many humoristic topics, some in sets, as well as portrait cards with one of Joan Crawford with her Scottish Terrier, further a Topic collection  depicting 'Scotties' on stamps and covers / cards with K.L.M advertising leaflet 'Ship your Dogs by K.L.M.' together with a compl. set of playing cards showing 'Scotties at the Beach' on reverse of cards including the original box, issued for Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line Service' between England and Australia as well as two 'Black & White - It's the Scotch' advertising envelopes used from Jersey (1943). All in choice condition. Viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 2016 Great Britain

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    Napoleonic Wars 1797/1805: Correspondence (7 entires), most letters in English, some in French, between a Scot (MacDonald) and a Frenchman (Chevalier du Vau), with 1797 entires (3) written from Dresden, Berlin (on the ladies of Berlin "sans modestie et sans mouchoir") and Leipzig to Weimar in French or English, fascinating 26 June 1804 entire to Leipzig via Hamburg prepaid at "2/4d." in red manuscript with curved "Amstruther" despatch in black "imputing my silence due to the disorder occasioned by this horrid and tedious War" and "Talking of War - I really do not see any prospect of its ceasing between our Nations. We are now in a most powerful posture with an Armed force of upwards of 800'000 men and all of them mad with a desire of trying their strength with the vaunted veterans of Buonaparte"; and the letter goes on to say that 8-12 year olds are forming battalions and that if Bonaparte crossed the Channel he would not advance 50 miles. Entires from Dresden (22 Oct. 1804 and 19 March 1805) to Geneva via Hamburg in English and (8 Sept. 1805) from Vienna to Geneva "for some days everything has changed here and assumed a decidely warlike form". A fascinating group.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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