Cinderellas: Gauthier Frères et Cie, 1856-57 red stamp with blue G.F.&C. monogram, design cut into, thins and surface rubs but very rare. R.P.S. certificate (2014). A rarity of the Shipping Company stamps of the world, one of only eight recorded examples of this stamp. Photo.
[Proposed price: £400-500]
Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Jun 03, 2015 Europe/London
Grosvenor Auctions Auction of British Empire and Foreign Countries Postage Stamps and Postal History
Wednesday Jun 03, 2015 08:30 Europe/London
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Wednesday Jun 03, 2015 07:00 Europe/London
A specialised auction of nearly 1,500 lots, including the fine collection formed by the late Dennis Clarke, the balance of the collection formed by the late Michael Ensor, the Graham Winters FRPSL collection of Queen Victoria period Ceylon with scarce covers from the decimal period 1872–1904, the fascinating collection of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 formed by Dr Guy Leroux, the W.E.J. ‘John’ Major collection of Hong Kong, and rarities from Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha and other countries
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Lot #101 - miscellaneous and mixed lots cinderellas
Lot #102 - miscellaneous and mixed lots colonial proofs and essays
Colonial Proofs and Essays: De La Rue “AFRICA” 21/2d. essay with head of Minerva and ornamental frames, four pairs in green and violet, green and carmine, green and orange-brown also purple and violet, on gummed unwatermarked paper, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £250-300]
Lot #103 - miscellaneous and mixed lots colonial proofs and essays
Colonial Proofs and Essays: 1920s(ca.) Die proof of head of the young Prince of Wales, on thick brown card (45 x 54mm), some defects but rare and unusual. Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #104 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: “The Royal Philatelic Collection” by Sir John Wilson, leather bound, very good condition with slipcase in good condition.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #105 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Auction Catalogues: An accumulation of mainly named auction catalogues, incl. Glassco Great Britain used abroad, Gibb Rhodesia Double Heads and Admirals, Burrus Switzerland, Ludington Bermuda, Ishkawa U.S.A., etc.
[Proposed price: £60-70]
Lot #106 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: A carton of sale catalogues, price lists and exhibition brochures incl. “Brasil: The Santos Collection”, “Subasta Filatelica Gran Coleccion Argentina”, London 1990 exhibition catalogue and exhibition guide, etc.
[Proposed price: £50-60]
Lot #107 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Great Britain: “British Letter Mail to Overseas Destinations 1840-1875”, by Jane and Michael Moubray, very fine, scarce publication.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #108 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Great Britain: “The Reform of the Post Office in the Victorian Era and Its Impact on Economic and Social Activity” volumes 1 and 2, by Fryer and Akerman (eds.), fine.
[Proposed price: £200-250]
Lot #109 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Hong Kong: “The Philatelic and Postal History of Hong Kong and the Treaty Ports of China and Japan” by Webb, a few pages at the front with a little foxing otherwise very fine.
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #110 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Jamaica: A carton of literature mainly relating to Jamaica incl. “Jamaica: Its Postal History, Postage Stamps & Postmarks” (1928), “The Military Mail of Jamaica A Philatelic History” and “West Indian Civil Censorship Devices in World War II” by Sutcliffe, “The Postal History of Jamaica 1662-1860” by Foster, a few journals and catalogues, etc., varied condition.
[Proposed price: £40-50]
Lot #111 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Romania: “The Bull's Heads of Moldavia 1852-1862” by Heimbuchler, fine new copy in slipcase.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #112 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
South Atlantic Islands, Selection in a carton incl. duplicated range of Tristan da Cunha Taylor monographs nos. 1 to 19 (less, 9-11 but with additional 2, 3, 5, 8 and 19), South Atlantic Chronicle, also "Ascension: The Stamps and Postal History" by Attwood, "The History and postage stamps of Ascension Island" by Ford, St. Helena with "St. Helena Postal Markings 1815 - 2000" by Mabbett, Antarctica, "Cameo" journals between 2002 and 2013, "...
Lot #113 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Stamp Catalogues, 1892 Catalogue Prix-Courant de Timbres-Poste, a few faults but a scarce item.
[Proposed price: £60-80]
Lot #114 - miscellaneous and mixed lots literature
Literature: Turkey, a selection of mainly Turkish interest, incl. “Postal Cancellations of the Ottoman Empire” Parts 1 to 4 by Coles and Walker, range of “Opal” magazines, etc.
[Proposed price: £100-150]
Lot #115 - miscellaneous and mixed lots omnibus issues
Omnibus Issues: 1935 to 1948 mint collection in a stockbook with 1935 Silver Jubilee (49 different sets), 1937 Coronation, etc. (few 100s)
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #116 - miscellaneous and mixed lots omnibus issues
Omnibus Issues: 1935 Silver Jubilee sets complete mint (less British Forces in Egypt), mainly good to fine. (249)
[Proposed price: £400-450]
Lot #117 - miscellaneous and mixed lots omnibus issues
Omnibus Issues: 1948-49 Silver Wedding sets for Gold Coast, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, Somaliland and Zanzibar (2), each in unmounted mint marginal blocks of four, the high value in each with imprint, also Hong Kong $10 used on piece (creased) and a few other items.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #118 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: An all World accumulation in a carton, from 1824 to 1978, incl. Great Britain, Europe with classics, Germany W.W.II, Japan, Japanese Occupation of Malaya, etc., mixed condition. (100s)
[Proposed price: £200-300]
Lot #119 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: An all World accumulation of covers and cards from 1841 to around 1966 incl. stampless, airmails, postal stationery, p.p.c’s, Persia, Palestine, Portuguese Colonies, Austrian Levant, Bavaria, Netherlands early 1950s f.d.c’s, etc. (180+)
[Proposed price: £600-700]
Lot #120 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: 1844 to 1866, a selection of disinfected mail, incl. Czernowitz, Semlin, Jassy, range of cachets and transit marks, etc. (13 items)
[Proposed price: £150-200]
Lot #121 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A selection of stampless covers, incl. 1849 entire from H.M.S. “Apollo” in Madeira to Ireland, with manuscript “2/2” rate mark and boxed “PACKET LETTER”, France with 1844 covers (2) both to Egypt, etc. (18 items)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #122 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: Transatlantic Mail, 1856 to 1866, twenty-four stampless covers, well written-up on leaves, with a good range of rate marks, transit and receiving marks, etc. (24 items)
[Proposed price: £300-350]
Lot #123 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: 1860 to 1953 accumulation of British Africa covers and postal stationery incl. Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, etc., mixed condition. (60)
[Proposed price: £240-280]
Lot #124 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: A selection of covers and cards from 1883 to 1929, all to U.K. from various countries, all with tax markings. (18)
[Proposed price: £120-140]
Lot #125 - miscellaneous and mixed lots postal history and covers
Postal History and Covers: 1887 to 1969 group of covers and used postal stationery from the Middle East incl. India 1887 (Sept. 13) 11/2a. blue postal stationery postcard cancelled by Aden squared circle datestamp with “SEA/POST OFFICE/E” c.d.s. below, Bahrain 1953 (Dec. 24) registered airmail envelope bearing 6a. (2), to London with oval registered cancellation, second strike on reverse, British Levant, Kuwait incl. 1965 (Dec. 4) 25f....
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