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  • Lot# : 1400 Great Britain

    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 3, lettered EG, a fine used example with large margins all round and portions of adjoining stamps at right and at base, on 1843 entire letter from Barge Yard Chambers, London to Wymondham, Suffolk tied by London "No. 3 in Maltese Cross" in black. Reverse with despatch cds and Wymondham double arc arrival cds in black. Superb and rare entire Gi ES11vc = £ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 850 CHF

    Lot# : 1401 Great Britain

    1841: 2 d. blue, plate 4, imperforate, used on covers (2) and a front, and 2 d. blue pl. 4, perf. 16 covers (5), all fair to very fine Gi = £ 1'750+.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1402 Great Britain

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    1864/79: 1 d. red, plate 109, lettered QH, variety "Imperforate", a fine used example with good margins cancelled by Irish "142" numeral obliterator of Clonmel in black. Merest trace of diagonal bend but an exceptionally rare and seldom seen stamp. Just two covers and four single examples from this plate recorded in the Karl Louis card Index. Cert. BPA (1988) Gi = £ 3'200.rnProvenance: Harmers, London, 5-6 March 1973, lot 161; Collection "K.M.", Spink, 6 June 2007, lot 456.
    Starting bid : 1,750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1403 Great Britain

    1867: Paris Exhibition Proof for the 2 d. value, Imperforate example from plate 9, lettered BH, printed on soft white card paper, ample margins all round, slight rub on 'B' square mentioned for accuracy and not detracting from the appearance. A fine and scarce Proof Gi DP49 = £ 4'000.rnProvenance: Collection Sugden, Robson Lowe, London, 27 July 1951, lot 220; Collection "Yorkshire", Christies, London, 27 Jan 1981, lot 149; Collection "Windsor", Harmeers, London, 24 Feb 2003, lot 2619.
    Starting bid : 650 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1404 Great Britain

    1867: Paris Exhibition Proof for the 2 d. value, an Imperforate horizontal strip of four from plate 9 (State II following the 1866 repair), lettered DI-DL with sheet margin at right, printed on soft white card paper, the first three Proofs with large margins all round, DL touched at base. A fine and extremely rare multiple Gi DP49 = £ 12'000+.rnProvenance: This strip adjoins the corner marginal block of nine (AJ-AL / CJ-CL) in the collection of His Majesty King Charles III. The Royal multiple first appeared in a Puttick & Simpson sale of October 1907.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1405 Great Britain

    1870 (Oct 1): Bantam ½ d. rose-red, plate 9, lettered BL, a fine unused example of this, the rarest plate; fresh colour, fine large part og. Gi = £ 5'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1406 Great Britain

    1870: 1½ d. rose-red, plate 1, lettered CK-CL / DK-DL, a used block of four, lightly cancelled by "Peterborough" circular datestamps (16 August 1872) in black. Charming and scarce Gi = £ 750+.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1407 Great Britain

    1847/54: Embossed 6 d. purple, a used example with large margins all round, lightly cancelled by London numeral obliterator in black . Small corner crease at upper right not touching design, an attractive stamp. Gi = £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1408 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.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 480 CHF

    Lot# : 1409 Great Britain

    1867/80: 6 d. mauve, wmk. Spray, plate 9, lettered QC-QD / SC-SD, a used block of six, neatly cancelled by "Manchester / York St." cds's (6 Feb 1872) in black. A scarce and most attractive multiple Gi J77 = £ 750.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 220 CHF

    Lot# : 1410 Great Britain

    1867: 9 d. straw, wmk. Spray, plate 4, lettered EB, an unused example of rich colour, marginal from base of sheet with "Ninepence / per Label" imprint, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Type 9) in black, unmounted og. Choice and scarce Gi J96t = £ 425.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1411 Great Britain

    1867: 9 d. straw, plate 4, lettered CF/EF, a vertical strip of three with part marginal inscription at base, all cancelled by "Seething Lane" cds's (21 June 1872) in black. Scarce and most attractive Gi = £ 975+.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1412 Great Britain

    1867/80: 1 s. green, wmk. Spray, plate 5, lettered AA-AB / BA-BB, a used block of four, variety "Watermark Inverted", neatly cancelled by "Dundee" cds's (5 Jan 1872) in black. Extremely rare as a multiple - the first and only multiple recorded in the Karl Louis card Index with the watermark variety Gi J104c = £ 720+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,400 CHF

    Lot# : 1413 Great Britain

    1872: Stock Exchange Forgery, 1 s. green, plate 5, lettered KK, used on small piece cancelled "STOCK EXCHANGE" cds (July 26) in black. Rare Gi = £ 850.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1414 Great Britain

    1872: 6 d. chestnut, wmk. Spray, plate 11, lettered NC-ND / OC-OD, a used block of four of fine fresh colour, neatly but somewhat heavily cancelled by "The Exchange / Sunderland" circular datestamps (10 Aug 1872) in black. Scarce Gi J79 = £ 425
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1415 Great Britain

    1867 (July 1): 5 s. pale rose, plate 1, wmk. Maltese Cross, lettered CB-CC / DB-DC, a used block of four, well centred, each cancelled by "Fenchurch St. / E.C." cds's (Jan 1, 1872) in black, protective hinge at top otherwise very fine, a rare and most appealing multiple of great scarcity Gi J121(2) = £ 4'000.
    Starting bid : 800 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1416 Great Britain

    1878 (Sept 26): 10 s. greenish-grey on white paper, wmk. Maltese Cross, plate 1, lettered EC-EE, a used horizontal strip of three, cancelled by unclear but possibly "Manchester / Market" datestamps (18 October 1882) in black. Small imperfections including first stamp with horizontal crease at top not detracting from the appearance of an extremely rare multiple - one of just two used strips of three recorded in the Karl Louis card Index. Signed Bartels Gi = £ 9'600+.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 8 Feb 1972, lot 237; Phillips, London, 13 Dec 1991, lot 832.rn                   
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1417 Great Britain

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    1876: Abnormal 4 d. vermilion, wmk. Garter, plate 16, lettered BF, an Imperforate Imprimatur of the "abnormal" plate 16, of excellent fresh colour, large even margins all round, gum wrinkles on reverse not affecting the frontal appearance, large part og. Extremely rare. Cert. RPSL (2008) Gi J63= £ 15'000.rnProvenance: Ex collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Spink, London, 3 Dec 2008, lot 269.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1418 Great Britain

    1876: De La Rue Die Proof for the 8 d. value, printed in black on glazed white card in vertical format, without Plate Number and Corner letters. Fine and very rare Gi = £ 2'250.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1419 Great Britain

    1876: 8 d. brown-orange, wmk. Large Garter, plate 1, lettered AG, an Imperforate Colour Trial from the corner of the pane, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black (Type 11), of fine colour, large part og. Scarce Gi = £ 425.rnProvenance: Robson Lowe, London, 5-6 May 1971, ex lot 2186.
    Starting bid : 140 CHF
    Hammer price : 140 CHF

    Lot# : 1420 Great Britain

    1876: 8 d. yellow, wmk. Large Garter, plate 1, lettered MG-MH / NG-NH, an Imperforate Colour Trial block of four, overprinted "SPECIMEN" diagonally in black (Type 11), of fine colour, large part og. with lower pair unmounted og., the Specimen overprint heavy on the "S" of the lower left stamp. Rare Gi = £ 1'300+.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1421 Great Britain

    1880 (Oct 14): 1 s. orange-brown, wmk. Spray of Rose, plate 13, lettered QC, an unused example of good colour, variety "Watermark Inverted", some gum disturbance at top with pencil mark and rub on reverse, part og. An exceedingly rare stamp - just four unused examples are recorded with this variety in the Karl Louis card Index, three from the same multiple (QB, QC and RB) Gi = £ 11'000.rnProvenance: Cavendish, Derby, 10 Sept 2008, lot 858.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1422 Great Britain

    1883: 3 d. on 3 d. lilac and 6 d- on 6 d. lilac, used on registered 1883 double rate cover to Cöln, Germany (+ 2 d. Late Fee) lightly tied by London numeral obliterators with oval "R" in black at left and private REGISTERED handstamp in violet. Lombard Street despatch at lower left (April 24) and reverse, seal removed, with Cöln arrival cds of the following day. The Karl Louis card Index records just two covers with this unusual franking and one Parcel Post receipt. Rare.rnProvenance: Collection "Severn", DF, Geneva, 13 April 2010, lot 20296.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1423 Great Britain

    1880: 4 d. grey-brown, wmk. Crown, plate 18, lettered MG-MI / NG-NI, an unused block of six of good centering and colour, lower right stamp with corner fault, large part og. with one stamp (NH) unmounted og. Scarce Gi J69 = £ 3'000 for a block of four and a single.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1424 Great Britain

    1883: Lilac & Green - the set of nine Imperforate Imprimaturs on watermarked paper from 1½ d. lilac to 1 s. green, with Plate 1 examples of 1½ d., 2 d., 3 d., 4 d. and 6 d.; plate 2 examples of 2½ d. and 1 s., and plate 3 examples of the 5 d. and 9 d.values; all of superb fresh colour, the 5 d. with minor aging not affecting appearance, large part or unmounted og. Rare and splendid set Gi = £ 8'875.
    Starting bid : 3,250 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,250 CHF

    Lot# : 1425 Great Britain

    1884 (April 1): £ 1 brown-lilac, wmk. Crowns, lettered JC, a well centred used example from platze 2 showing "Frame Broken" variety lightly cancelled in black leaving the three of the breaks clear. Small imperfections with ironed vertical crease not affecting the appearance, a fine example of a very rare stamp Gi K15a = £ 5'000.
    Starting bid : 850 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1426 Great Britain

    1887: Jubilee Essay for the 1½ d. value, imperforate Frame and head-plate only Essay, marginal from left of sheet, without wreath and Duty Plate, printed in bright ultramarine on watermarked white wove paper. Fresh and fine appearance, some wrinkles on unmounted og. Rare.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1427 Great Britain

    1911: Somerset House 1 s. green & scarlet, an unused example, marginal from right of sheet, variety "Watermark Inverted", fresh and very fine, unmounted og. Scarce Gi = £ 240.
    Starting bid : 120 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1428 Great Britain

    1911: Somerset House 5 s. carmine, a used block of four of fine colour, individually cancelled by "Guernsey" cds's (3 Sept 1912) in black. A choice and scarce multiple Gi M52(2)= £ 1'000.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 1429 Great Britain

    1911 (Sept 3): Somerset House £ 1 deep green, a used example of fine colour, centrally cancelled by "ALDERNEY / CHANNEL ISLANDS" circular handstamp in black faint age toning at lower left, but a very unusual channel Island usage on ALDERNEY. Rare thus Gi = £ 750+.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1430 Great Britain

    1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (37 x 41 mm.), small head design, endorsed "W/2" (Winstone) in ink manuscript, printed in dark and pale pink. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1431 Great Britain

    1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (37 x 39 mm.), large head design, printed in dark and pale violet. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1432 Great Britain

    1910: Hentschel 3d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (31 x 43 mm.), the small head design, endorsed "SP/1" (Slater & Palmer), printed in reddish-brown. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1433 Great Britain

    1910: Hentschel 3 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (36 x 49 mm.), large head design, endorsed "W/5" (Winstone) in ink manuscript, printed in dark and pale blue. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350+.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1434 Great Britain

    1911: Hentschel zinc block Colour Essay for proposed 5 d. value, printed on cream wove paper (47 x 41 mm.), barely noticeable slight crease, with manuscript "Special Ruby Black" notation below in ink. Scarce Gi = £ 900.
    Starting bid : 220 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1435 Great Britain

    1910: Hentschel 7 d. half-tone George V Essay on smooth surfaced card (35 x 40 mm.), large head design, printed in dark and pale drab. Scarce and very fine Gi = £ 350.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 160 CHF

    Lot# : 1436 Great Britain

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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# : 1466 Foreign P.O.'s

    1855 (February 22): Stampless envelope endorsed "OHMS" and "From the British Army in the Crimea" sent to Meigle in Scottland, reverse very fair strike of the departure circular "POST-OFFICE BRITISH ARMY 5P22 1855", charged "3" and arrival cds. on front, fine and scarce mail from the Crimean War.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1467 Great Britain

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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# : 1479 Literature

    Great Britain: "Two Pence Blue Studies of Plates 1-15" by Osborne (1946), "The Line Engraved Two Pence Postage Stamps of GB" by Marshall (1929), "May Dates" by Mike Jackson (1999), three important handbooks plus 13 additional publications/handbooks, mainly related to postmarks (Willcocks, Alcock & Holland, Brumell, et.). Condition varies.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1480 Literature

    "British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations" by J. & M. Moubray (1992) and "United Kingdon Letter Rates 1635-1900" by Colin Tabeart. Slight wear, mainly well preserved.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 180 CHF

    Lot# : 1481 Literature

    Great Britain & Commonwealth: "The Encyclopaedia of British Empire Postage Stamps" Vol. I-IV (GB, Africa, Asia, Australasia), some wear mainly to binding.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1481A Collections/lots Europe

    European Exhibition medals 1948/59: Selection nine exhibitions medals from international stamp exhibitions in Europe, all dedicated to FIP president Robert Lullin from Geneva, incl. Lausanne 1955 (gold '750' 64 gram), Interposta Hamburg 1959 (gold '585' 112 gram), seven other medals in silver and other metals from 1948 IMABA Basel, 1949 BEPITEC Belgium with LEOPOLD PREMIER ROI DES BELGES - Kings head facing left surrounded by legend, 1953 'Esposizione Filatelica Europea Venezia 1953', 1956 Zagreb, 1959 'Giornata del Francobollo' Milano, 1960 Monaco 'Grand Prix de l'art Philatelique International', sowie Liechtensteinische Briefmarken-Ausstellung.
    Starting bid : 5,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1482 Collections/lots Europe

    1850/1990ca: Lot containing a Schaubekbinder with pre-printed pages of a 'Youth Album' + stock-book pages with a large number of different stamps to about 1950, apparently no rarities, plus a box containing numerous lose modern souvenir sheets from European countries used and unused.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : 100 CHF

    Lot# : 1483 Collections/lots Europe

    1935/2000ca. Remainders - 2 boxes with presentation folders from Great Britain (about ¾ of the volume) and FDCs (about ¼ of the volume) 1970-90ca., added to this mix a sheet of a 7-Oere 'V' Stamp from Norway 1944, a bunch of unmounted souvenir sheets from the 'most serious postal agencies of Africa' and a few souvenirs Czechoslovakia 'Masaryk' topic and similar.
    Starting bid : 100 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1484 Collections/lots Europe

    1865/1980: Collection of mainly Balkan countries in fifteen volumes, with a few better values and sets, a good range Yugoslavia and some Austria.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1485 Collections/lots Europe

    1945/2000ca.: Mixed lot with mainly modern issues and part collections used/unused of Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Vatican in one box.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 1486 Collections/lots Europe

    1950/2000: Lot some hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition, incl. single items, full sets and souvenir sheets, mostly representing various topics as Animals, Flowers, Religious events, Churches etc. countries notroworthy to be mentioned are Benelux, France, Germany, GB and Channel Islands, Hungary, Sweden etc., neattly arranged in seven stockbooks.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1487 Collections/lots Europe

    1938ca. Five large paper sheets, each with souvenir sheet "Historic Monuments" from Spain, issued in 1938, printed on the right side (originally printed in multicolour-rotogravure), while on the left side there are prints or illustrations of four non adopted stamps, first for a 2 Lepta stamps for Greece, second a 2 D(inar) stamp for Yugoslavia, evoking Montenegro issue 1910, third a portrait of King Albert from Belgium and fourth and last a portrait of Kemal Ataturk. Theses sheets are said to originate from the archives of Orell Füssli, long-established printer in Zurich, printer of the first stamps of Switzerland Zurich 4 and Zurich 6 in 1843 and also valued printer for bank notes etc. and, who indeed was also the printer of the aforesaid souvenir sheet. The paper is thin un-gummed and of bright-greenish colour. Sold as is.rn 
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 1488 Collections/lots Europe

    1915/1977: Collection of Belgium in a stockbook with many sets and better singles, in the beginning (1915) most often unused with hinged traces, later more unmounted than mounted, but still mixed, to the end of the book a few used material, while the value is in the unused material. In addition a collection of France 1944/1977 apparently everything unmounted og.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1489 Collections/lots Europe

    1855/1955: Accumulation of mostly older stamps from Scandinavian countries including 5 Norway number one and a nice selection of Groenland bears. mixed condition.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 650 CHF

    Lot# : 1490 Collections/lots Europe

    1851/1950ca.: Mixed lot with sheets or part of sheets of Austria, Albania 1928, German Reich Inflation period, Stadtpost Aschaffenburg, German Democratic Republic and Romania, further Switzerland with a compl. set of 1945 PAX with first day cancellation May 9, each value with compl. cancel on small pieces.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1491 Collections/lots Europe

    1920/80: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition from Greenland, Liechtenstein with some better values, Iceland, San Marino and Trieste Zone A with parcel stamps, in addition plenty of used duplicates from various European countries, furthermore a group of covers and FDC's, housed in four stockboocks and in six booklets.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 280 CHF

    Lot# : 1492 Collections/lots Europe

    1849/2000ca. Remainder with 4 Schaubek-Albums, most countries up to ca. 1938, Belgium and the Netherlands, which are the best developed countries (Netherlands are contained twice); added a small stock-book Malta, a large stock book Italy a part collection from the Netherlands plus 3 small albums for covers containing covers from the Netherlands including full sets.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 460 CHF

    Lot# : 1493 Collections/lots Europe

    1872/1960ca. Unchecked family collection in total 13 Albums, as the story goes, father and daughter had collected together, so there are two very similar collections of France, two of almost the same kind of Germany, Netherlands etc. etc. Mostly European countries up to middle level. Some boxes with glassines full of unchecked, very varied stamps have been added to this. All this directly from the screed.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 900 CHF

    Lot# : 1494 Collections/lots Europe

    1852/1965: Collection of BENELUX countries all beginning with line engraved issues, the Netherlands with an 1854 letter from HEERENVEEN to Amsterdam, Luxemburg with three first isse Stamps and Belgium with an 'Epaulettes' proof reprint in sepia. Later there are over fifty 'ORVAL' miniature sheets and some specialites such as a pli d'accordeon.The condition is largely good to fine.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1495 Collections/lots Europe

    Skandinavia 1852/1945: Varied collection of Scandinavia with a strong section of local stamps from AALBORG, BRAEKSTAD, BERGEN, TRONDHEIM, SPITSBERGEN, HORSENS and others, as well as a section of back of the book items from Finland. Naturally the collection also contains many stamp issues from all countries with values lying mainly in the mid range. The quality is as always mixed. 
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1496 Collections/lots Europe

    1850/1960: Lot mostly classics from different European countries, much of Austria, but also from Luxembourg, Belgium the Netherlands; there is a Poland number 1, Finland Spain and Greece including specialities and some doubtful.rnrn 
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1497 Collections/lots Europe

    1840/2000ca.: Convolute  consisting of 51 large size stock books filled with material from many different European countries, most often beginning in the classic period up to recent issues. Older stamps are generally in mixed condition, interesting for cancels and variants, in the semi classic period often with a few better issues, high values etc., e.g.  "Birds" from Austria, "Renoir" set France, etc.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,900 CHF

    Lot# : 1498 Collections/lots Europe

    1855/1990: Lovely collection with several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition covering Scandiavian countries, noteworthy modern Denmark from 1945 up, stamps for postal services with Ferry boats, booklets as well as stamp issued for the  Faroe islands, Norway with Nr. 1 and better early sets, officials and postage dues, Sweden with few better single items, full sets, pairs, souvenir sheets and a larger number of booklets, these arranged in a Schaubek and in a KA-BE album, in addition an office file containing cards, picture postcards, postal stationery items, modern FDC's and business mail, also a small stockbbook with duplicats, packed in a box owner's cat = appr. € 9'000.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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