EASTBOURNE AND SOUTH DOWNS PHILATELIC SOCIETY AUCTION
3rd March 2016
Back to normal this time, with the auction reverting to a 7.30 kick-off and a more usual 320 lots.
As usual:a)
if you cannot get to the auction, or may get there late, we can bid on your behalf, but if possible, bids should
be made at least 24 hours before the start of the auction. Please place bids on a book bid form, but if that’s not
possible, please give me a ring or send an e-mail. My e-mail address is on the last page of the catalogue.
b)
descriptions are primarily those supplied by the Vendors (except where the auctioneers have expanded
them in the interests of clarity or to point out faults which they have found but which were not mentioned by the
Vendors).
Please remember that, unless otherwise shown, all prices shown in the last column are reserves, the lowest price
at which the lot will be sold.
Bidding steps:These are at the discretion of the auctioneer, but the normal steps will be:Up to £2 – in steps of 10p
£2 to £5 – in steps of 20p
£5 to £10 – in steps of 50p
£11 to £50 – in steps of £1
£50 to £100 – in steps of £2
£100 upwards – in steps of £5 or at the auctioneers discretion
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A – Box Lots
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Description
Germany – Box of assorted Germany, being the last parts of the collection of the
late Bill Hobbs. Proceeds to go to his family.
White box with stamops, sheets, singles, minisheets, etc.
Christmas card box with pre-used mounts.
Falkland Islands – Wine box of Specialist magazines called the “Upland Goose”,
seemingly from (possibly) the first issue in the mid - 1970’s. Lots of interesting
and useful articles.
World – Orange shoe box with volume of stamps on paper.
World – Airfoot shoebox full of stamps on and off paper and in packets etc.
“The Aero Field” – Small box of Specialist magazines for the collector of Aero
covers, helicopter mail and such like from the late 1960’s to mid - 1970’s.
Sussex - Shoebox with a number of issues of “Sussex Archaeological
Collections” from the 1970’s and 3 x hardback editions from the 1940’s. Either
dead interesting or dead nerdish…….
France - Box of Specialist magazines from the French and Colonies Philatelic
Society circa 1970’s including a nice green binder.
Four large white presentation-type 2-ring-binders in a box
Forces – Box with 8 wooden shields representing different branches of various
forces. Look like they have come from an old drill hall or something. Unusual.
World – Nokia box of world stamps on and off paper.
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World – Chocolate box with 400+ larger pictorial/thematic-type issues from all
over.
East Germany – Raspberry Pavlova tub full of East Germany off paper.
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B – Country Lots “A – N”
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Albania – Two mounted mint stamps – SG 599 (Gagarin) and SG690. Cat £14+.
Andorra (Spanish) – 1975 and 1976 Europa unmounted mint pairs SG 92/3 and
97/8. Cat £12.35
Andorra (Spanish) – 1972 Costume set of 6 unmounted mint, SG 74/79. Cat
£6.75
Andorra (French) – 1932 set Michel 24/47b in a mixture of mixture of mounted
and unmounted mint. (S. Gibbons has muddled up 2/3 sets and then doesn’t give
a set price anyway). Includes both 47a and 47b + the extra “A40” Cat £627.10.
Andorra (French) – Hagner-type card with an unmounted mint selection of Sport
stamps from 1968-1982. 12 x single issue stamps. Total cat £34.45.
Andorra (French) – The 1967 Europa pair unmounted mint. SG F199/200. Cat
£15.00.
Andorra (French) – The 1968 Europa pair unmounted mint with huge selvedge.
SG F208/9. Cat £25.00.
Andorra (French) – The 1976 Europa pair unmounted mint. SG F272/3. Cat
£20.25.
Andorra (French) – The 1977 Europa pair unmounted mint with huge selvedge.
SG F280/1. Cat £25.00.
Andorra (French) – 1955 SG F162 – 75F top value of the set of views. Very fine
used. Cat £90.00.
Anguilla – Mint and used collection on album pages from 1967-1970. Cat in
excess of £42.
Antigua/Leeward Islands – 1951 University College of the West Indies cover
with Antigua pair SG 118/9 and Leeward pair SG 123/4 together on Registered
FDC. Stamps cat £8.50.
Argentina – 8 Postal Stationary items.
Australia – Very old club book pages with mainly early heads and Roos. Priced
in pre-decimals. Over 60 stamps – reserve based at 4p each.
Australia – 1998 joint territories issue “Species at Risk” with mini-sheet and a
strip of 5 unmounted mint. SG 3247/51 + MS 3252. Cat £21.
Australia – 1940 Imperial Forces set SG 106-199 fine used.. Cat £45.
Australia – 1993 Yearbook with mint stamps. Includes Australian Antarctic
Territory. Cat £49.
Australia – 1996 “Nature of Australia” stamp book, unopened. Retailed £14.95.
Issued by Australia Post – but it doesn’t actually say what is inside it.
Australia – “Australian World Heritage” book, unopened. Retailed £14.95. It
doesn’t say what is inside this one either.
Austria – Album pages with stamps from early to 1970. Muddled, and mixed
condition. Mint and used.
Austria – 1950 Birds set + extra 20S paper variety fine used. STC £460.00
Bavaria – Selection on album pages. Condition mixed (as usual for Bavaria). Mint
and used. * (reduced price – 50% off)
Belgium – Folder with elderly assortment of stamps in packets and on pages.
Includes a few covers and cancels. Interesting material. A few Dutch bits also.
Belgium – Mint stamps on Hagners. 1893-1935. Cat £1275 2 years ago.
Brazil – 1934 Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa cover sent to London. Green cachet on
the front – and there are quite a few markings on the reverse. Looks to be
genuine commercial use sent to an insurance company.
British Honduras – 1884 1d blue fine mint, SG17. Cat £75
British Honduras – 1888 “Two” on 50c on 1/- grey mint (gum as seen). Cat £60.
British Levant – 1903-5 12 & 24 Piastres fine used on piece
British Occupation of Italian Cols. - BA Eritrea – 1950 2/6 &10/-, SG E23 &25
fine used. Cat £75.
British Occupation of Italian Cols. - BMA Somalia – 1948 Short set to 2/6, SG
S10-19 superb used. Cat £70
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Canada – 1939 Jubilee issue in unmounted strips of 3. Cat £27.50.
Canada – 1955 booklet pane cover with “Toronto Ont. A.M.S. postmarks. Looks
to have been priced £2.50 be a dealer many years ago.
Chile – 1941 SG 285-289 mint set of 5. Cat £9.50.
Chile – 1936 SG 256-267 mint set of 12. Cat £38.00.
China – 1988 Mount Tashan Views unmounted mint set of 4 SG 3574/7. Cat
£4.25.
China – 1988 “Literature” unmounted mint set of 4 SG 3584/7. Cat £4.25.
China – 2 x 1988 unmounted mint sets. SG 3570/3 “Construction” and SG 3592/5
“Orchids”. Cat £5.25.
China – 2 x 1989 unmounted mint sets. SG 3623/6 “Mount Huashan” and SG
3627/9 “Contemporary Art”. Cat £5.05.
China/Pagodas – 4 x 1990’s unmounted mint sets on a Hagner card. SG 4191/4,
4205/10, 4227/30, and 4232/5. Cat £7.05.
Danzig – 1937 Air miniature sheet MS 252 (the blue one). Hinge remains in
corners. Mounted Mint.
Denmark – 1962 map postcard sent from Nordseeland to Essex. Failed to get a
reduced postcard rate (maybe because of the size/weight? And has a green
“Liable to Letter Rate” mark, with a 5D (presumably a to pay mark) and a purple
boxed “T.21c”.
Denmark – 1854 2skilling blue fine used 4 margin. SG 8, cat £85.
Egypt – 1893 hotel cover sent to Cairo with a picture of the Mena House Hotel,
Cairo with the Pyramids as a backdrop. Special “Pyramids” cancels on the front.
Nice item.
Egypt - Cover with F.P.O. 1 cancel 15/12/52
France – Selection of covers and cards in a packet.
France - SG 115a – both types. Unchecked for varieties. Multiples of them STC
£350-£490 depending on which ones they are.
France – 1926 Overprinted Postage Dues SG D433/6 mint set of 4. Cat £60.
The cheapest value (D 433 cat £4.50) has no gum, but the other 3 if catalogued
individually come to more than the original £60……..
France – 5 early mint Postage Dues for 1908-1931 period. SG D348, D353,
D456, D457 and D459. Cat £41.80.
France – 1917 Overprinted Postage Due pair SG 378/379 mint: 20c on 30c and
40c on 50c. Cat £60.
France and Colonies – Inpriinted Yvert album with France, French
AntarcticTerritory and French Colonies. Cat £4,300+ (in 2010).
French Colonies – Eight 1c black stamps for different colonies. Mint.
French Antarctic Territory/Miscellaneous – 4 x PHQ-type cards. SG F232,
F248 and F252/3. Stamps cat £19.50
French Antarctic Territory/Ships – 1986 Jean Charcot PHQ-type cards. SG
F214 a (horizontal strip). Stamps cat £23.00
French Antarctic Territory/Plants – 2 x Plant sets on PHQ-type cards. SG
F216/7 and F221/2. Stamps cat £22.50
French Antarctic Territory – The 1989 “Flora and Fauna set on PHQ-type
cards. SG F244/7. Stamps cat £16.00
Germany – Stamp booklet – Probably SB5 (May 1913) incomplete (only two
stamps still attached). Cat £4,000 if complete and in good condition.
Germany – Third Reich minisheet MS 635 mint no gum. Stained at bottom and
has a crease. Would cat £29 if immaculate.
Germany – 4 part booklets (1 empty) 2 Full sheets – SG 456A Cat £140 (mixed
condition) and SG 770A Cat £18.
Germany – 1956 Cover with West Germany SG1160/6 and Berlin SG B129/31.
Stamps cat £40.
Germany (Württemberg) – FW 47/8 fine used pair – Centenary of Christian
Institution 1949. Cat £34.
Germany (Württemberg) – FW 51/2 fine used pair – UPU. Cat £27.
Germany – 1920 Deutches Reich overprint 1.50mark on 1m brown SG138.
Looks genuine useage. Cat £11.
Germany (Wurttemberg) – 1920 Deutches Reich overprint set of 8 officials –
(the bigger set). SG O160/O167. Cat £42.
Germany (Wurttemberg) – 1920 Deutches Reich overprint set of 5 officials –
(the smaller set). SG O155/O159. Cat £55.
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Gibraltar – 1995 Gibraltar Island Games Stamp Booklet SG SB10. Looks to be a
prestige-type affair. Cat £11. Face £4.68.
Gibraltar – 1995 Orchid First Day Cover with SG749a (the set in a strip of 5) Cat
£7.25.
Gibraltar – 1991 Endangered Birds First Day Cover with SG 655/658. Cat £5.75
Gibraltar – Bag containing 29 x First Day Covers from 1980’s. Lots of thematics.
Stamps cat £125.25 (in old catalogue).
GB – 2 x 40th Anniversary of the Post Office Underground Railway covers with
different cachets from Dec 1967.
GB – 1845 entire sent to a John Kitson of Norwich. Stamps from Whittlesey,
Peterborough and Norwich applied.
GB – 1904 registered cover sent from Leeds to Uruguay. Lots of backstamps.
Envelope started as 1d pre-paid but has two extra stamps totalling 3½d.
GB – 1881 QV cover bearing SG 166. All corner letters are “I”.
GB – Displaced Persons Mail cover sent to Essex. Censor stamp and strip
applied. “Displaced Persons Mail” cachet applied. There is no year given – just
two dates : Monday 23 Sep and Monday 7 Oct on the back along with the name
of a Nurse Henryka Sielska from Camp Chicago, Kreis Peine. That seems to be
an internment camp between Hanover and Brunswick.
GB – Royal Mail Special Stamps 19 (2002). 11 sets and 2 Minisheets. Face
£38, cat. £100.
GB – Mint coil strips on a hagner page.
GB – WEII pre-decimal mint in packet.
GB – Presentation Pack – “150 years of the Victoria Cross”.
GB – Presentation Pack – “Modern Architecture”.
GB – Presentation Pack – “Sounds of Britain”.
GB – Presentation Pack – “Christmas 2006”.
GB – Presentation Pack – “Lest We Forget”.
GB – Presentation Pack – “Celebrating Scotland”.
GB – Presentation Pack – “Beside the Seaside”.
GB – Postal Stationary cut-outs. Lots.
GB – Postal History. 17 items in a packet from 1820.
GB – Brown stockbook with GB stamps QV - 1997.
GB – Stanley Gibbons GB album for QEII with many stamps.
GB – £3 book of stamps – “Story of Wedgewood”. DX2. Cat £8.
GB – May 1846 registered cover pre-paid
GB – The Vendor describes this as “1832 Entire”, but it isn’t. It looks like the front
of an 1832 entire glued to the front of an 1815 one. Both sides are clean and
need viewing.
GB – 2 early envelopes to a Mrs. Barnett of Herefordshire from the turn of the
century.
GB – Edward VIII set on FDC. Cat £170.
GB – Registered FDC of 1946 Victory issue from Dagenham. Cat £65.
GB – London 1872 Bereavement Letter.
GB – 1950’s/1960’s mint/um mint on 4 Hagner pages.
GB – 1974 Fire PHQ card first day of issue, cat £150.
GB/Cinderellas – 1967 Francis Chichester sheet of 12 unmounted mint.
GB – QEII Castles – 16 stamps of 2/6, 20 stamps of 5s, 1 stamp of 10s. Plus
Perfins – 20 stamps of 10s and 10 of £1. All on two double-sided stocksheets
and not checked.
GB – 1977 Large Definitives on 4 x FDC’s.
GB – 1974 Churchill SG 962/5 in unmounted mint blocks of 4.
GB – Queen Victoria 6d Grey SG125 plate 12 fine used. Cat approx £300.
GB/Railways – Ravenglass and Erskdale Railway First Day Cover from
3/6/70.
GB/Egypt – 1915 Forces Mail cover sent from Cairo to a Colonel Burge in
Hampshire.
GB – Victorian cut-outs on a Hagner sheet.
GB – 1944 cover which looks to have been sent by the Philatelic Magazine to
Essex. The interesting part is that the envelope is made out of an old Tate and
Lyle sugar packet (see reverse) – presumably at a time when paper was scarce.
GB –George VI registered envelope posted in Catford 28/4/51
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GB –1960’s envelope to Ealing with nice “3d To Pay” 358 cancel
GB –6 High Value Castle stamps
GB –Gypsy Moth FDC 24th July 1965
GB – Used Registered Envelope posted London 15/7/62
GB – Buckingham envelope posted 1966
GB – York Shrewsbury TPO cancel 3/9/1965
GB – 2 fronts, the first from Thetford, 1846, the second from Basingstoke 25 Dec
1866
Guernsey – 1969 ½d sheet of 30 unmounted mint with white patch flaw R4/2.
Guernsey – Bisected 2d orange on a 1941 cover sent internally to St. Sampsons.
Handwritten, clean.
Hong Kong – 1961 First Day Cover “Seacom”.
Hong Kong – 1962 First Day Cover “Human Rights”.
Hong Kong – 1973 First Day Cover “Satellite Earth Station”.
Hong Kong – 1966 First Day Cover “Hong Kong Centenary”.
Hong Kong – 1968 Two First Day Covers - “Silver Jubilee” and “Princess
Anne’s Wedding”.
India – Pack of 5 x covers in a bag including FDC.
India – Album pages with 100’s of India stamps (plus 1 page of Pakistan)
from QV to KG. Not checked
Indian States – 100’s of stamps on many old album pages Not checked.
Iraq – 1918 British Occupation set of 14, SG 1-14 mostly fine mint. Small thin on
the 5R. Cat £140.
Iraq – 1923 5R SG O64 Official fine used with telegraphic cancel.
Italy – 1977/8 Shipbuilding sets 1 and 2 (SG 1525a and 1552a) in unmounted
blocks of 4 (blocks). Cat £21.
Italy – 1979 Europa Pair SG 1605/6 in unmounted mint blocks of 4. Cat £20.60.
Japan – 1953 New Year stamp SG 699 unmounted mint. Cat £9.50.
Japan – 1952 Athletics joined pair SG 688a unmounted mint pair. Cat £21.
Jersey – Registered 1935 cover sent internally to Le Cocq bearing SG 443 and
444. Handwritten, clean and with a backstamp (that looks the same as the ones
on front).
Jersey – Jersey Airways Ltd. First Flight cover dated 1st June 1937 for the
Southampton – Jersey route.
Jersey – 1825 entire. Can’t read the majority of the handwritten content.
Possibly sent to Oporto?
Jersey – 2000 Millenium £10 unmounted mint. SG 927. Cat £20.00.
Kuwait – 1929-37 5R SG 27, fine mint. Cat £120.
Kuwait – 1923 3a SG6 but with Overprint Inverted. Fine mint.
Liechtenstein – SG O126 used. Cat £80.
Liechtenstein – Mint and used in a green stockbook including 70th Anniversary of
John II. Total Cat £5,500.
Liechtenstein -1936 Philatelic Exhibition MS unmounted mint SG MS 153. Cat
£24.00
Malaya and thereabouts – Pack of 5 x early-ish covers including 3 x airmails, a
Straits Settlement Coronation cover. Not checked this.
Malaysia/Selangor – Clean Registered cover sent from the District Police HQ in
Klang, Selangor to London in 1957. Selangor 123/4 and Malayan Federation SG5
in a pair used. Various back stamps applied in Klang and Kuala Lumpur.
Malta –George V registered cover sent from Valetta to Newcastle with SG 160
1½ d chestnut on the front. There’s another two applied on the rear, cancelled
the same day, and a “B442” in pencil.
Mauritius – 1937 Coronation registered FDC with SG 249/251. Nice and clean.
Malta – A mint and used selection on double-sided stock page.
Monaco – Mainly mint stamps on a stockcard.
Morocco Agencies – 2/6 De la Rue Seahorse SG51c with one short perf. Mint
Cat £50.
Morocco Agencies – Edward VIII 1937 cover with a 5 green and 15 red-brown
Morocco Agencies stamps SG 160 and 162. Cancelled “British Post Office
Casablanca” (probably).
Netherlands – Amsterdam ship letter sent to London in 1825. Has a big crease,
unfortunately.
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Netherlands Antilles – 1955 Flowers set of 5. Mixture of unmounted/mounted
mint. SG345/349. Cat £30.00. Good centreage – a bit unusual for this issue.
Netherlands Antilles – 1958 Birds set of 5 unmounted mint. SG368/371. Cat
£8.25.
New Brunswick – 1860 12½ cent fine used, SG 18. Cat £42.00
Newfoundland – 1865 24 cent good to fine used, SG 30. Cat £38.00
Newfoundland – Collection of unusual markings on a small stockcard. Two sets
of three stamps overprinted “Come by Chance” and dated – with different
typescripts. A Pair with Paquebot cancel and a single stamp with (probably) part
of a “come by chance” but the stamp isn’t big enough for the whole lot.
New Hebrides – 1924 set of 3 provisionals, SG40-42 fine mint.
New Hebrides – 1908 French set of 5, SG F1-5 rather heavily mounted mint (cat
£50)
New Zealand – Cover with 2 x SG 552 Health stamps in vertical pair. Cat £60.
New Zealand – 5 x First Day Covers and 1 cover posted on a ship all in 1935.
New Zealand – 2 Covers sent to Holland, but have been “refuse” on back of each
and then returned to New Zealand with Dutch Postage Dues applied.
Northern Rhodesia – 2 x 1952/3 covers to Kitwe, one with the 9d George VI SG
39 (cat £12 each) in 2 x blocks of 4, the other with SG 26a (perf 12½ x 14) in 2 x
blocks of 4. Stamps cat total of £120. Fold on both covers which doesn’t effect
the stamps.
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B – Country Lots “P – Z”
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Palestine - Cover with F.P.O. 258 cancel 3/7/56
Portugal – 1944 minisheet SG MS 968a – Avellar Brotero Bicentenary
unmounted mint. Cat £85.
Portugal – 1958 Queen Leonora unmounted mint set of 4. SG 1158/1161. Cat
£17.
Portugal – 1947 Regional Costumes mint set of 8. SG 1002/1009. Cat £225.
Portugal – 1947 Regional Costumes used set of 8. SG 1002/1009. Cat £25.
Portugal – 1940 Portuguese Centenaries Mini-sheet SG 919a mint with faults on
the back. Cat £325. Stamps cat £60. Good space filler.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland – 1960 Air Mail cover sent to Chicago with 2 x SG25
Kariba Dam 1’/3 on. Stamps cat £7. Nice clean item
Ross Dependency – SG 22 Ring Binder with unmounted mint material between
1967 and 2010. Has been picked but still cats £160+.
San Marino – 1961 Europa 500 lira unmounted mint. SG640, cat £50.
South Africa – 1998 booklet with SG 1089/1093 x 2. Kwazulu-Natal. Cat £8.
South Africa – 6 booklet panes on 2 x Hagner cards unmounted mint from the
1990’s. Stamps cat £39.50. Includes birds.
South Africa – Selection of control blocks and 1960’s blocks or pairs unmounted
mint. Cat £25+.
Spain – Two early covers, one from 1896, the other 1884 (maybe). Both have
“Congreso” cancels/marks. Could be unusual.
Surinam – Mint selection on stockcards including mini-sheets. Cat £80+. 140
stamps and 4 mini-sheets.
Surf Islands – 7 minisheets with a variety of thematic content. 6 look different –
possibly 7 if the second toadstool one is really a different brown.
Swaziland – King George VI mint on a stockcard. 11 stamps including shades to
1/-, mainly perf 13½ x 14. Cat £53.
Swaziland – King George VI used on a stockcard. 7 values to 1/-, mainly perf
13½ x 14. Cat £21.
Sweden – 1887 ship letter. Actually, it’s a card. Nice clear letter stamp cancel,
the item regrettably having a hole right in the middle.
Sweden – 2 x 1982 u/m mint stamp booklets. SG SB357 “Europa” and SB 360
“Living Together”. Cat £20.50.
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Sweden – 2 x 1982 u/m mint stamp booklets. SG SB359 “Buoys” and SB 361
“Christmas”. Cat £17.
Sweden – 2010 u/m mint stamp booklet “Snow Crystals” SB 650 Cat £25.
Switzerland – 1995 Basel Anniversary coin and phone cover.
Switzerland – PTT booklet with good back of book including 1960 UNO in
mm/um and fine used blocks of 4 (cat £62).
Switzerland – UPU delegates booklet including 1949 Landscapes set
unmounted mint (cat £36.40) and many other good unmounted mint sets.
Switzerland – Censor Cover sent to the USA. Looks like the censor was in
Bermuda. Grange-Canal cancel.
Tasmania – 1857 4d blue fine used 2 margins SG 39. Cat £85.
Tasmania – 1857 2d dull emerald green 2 margins SG 30. Cat £130.
Touva – Duplicated used triangles on a Hagner card. 19 different and 32
stamps.
Transkei – Stockcard of 8 sets unmounted mint from 1979-1986.
Turks and Caicos – 1953 -1977 mint and used collection on album pages with
values to £1 and $5. Cat £149.
Tuvalu – Ka-Be hingeless pages complete from 1976-2003 (145+pages). No
stamps.
Tuvalu – A fine used collection in a good 22-ring binder.
Tuvalu - 1984 Cars set in 4 pairs (1c shows Morris Minor) in progressive
proofs in 4 special folders with signed-off approvals, number 44 of 250; also
similar $3.50 stamp from Vaitupu-Tuvalu (!) for the Queen's 60th birthday
Uganda/Elephants – 1983 African Elephant SG 406-9 mint and used and covers
in assorted forms. Cat (as stamps) £21.75.
USA – 1937 “Paquebot Posted at Sea” letter sent to London and dispatched from
Vancouver. The envelope is a hotel issue from Honolulu (see rear).
Wallis and Fortuna – 1973 Explorers set fine mint. SG 221/224. Cat £65.00
Yemen – Cto whole sheet pf SG61. Cat £156.
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
£2.70
£4.00
£3.00
£12.00
£12.00
£1.00
£5.00
£10.00
£2.40
£2.00
£16.00
£15.00
£6.00
£5.00
£3.00
£1.60
£8.00
£2.00
C – Mixed Country Lots
Lot
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
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Description
World – New Age album with stamps from Aden to Nauru. Sparse, but still with
some good pickings. Some of the used stamps are not very good quality, and a
couple of the mint are stuck down, but much of the content is ok or better than ok,
Catalogue value is high – around £600.
Middle East – Club book with Bahrain, Morocco, Qatar (and a few others
including Switzerland) .
WWI – Forces Mail in a packet. Looks to be mainly from Italy to the UK. 4
Envelopes and 13 postcards.
Europe – Collection of cancels on 11 old album pages. Netherlands, Danzig,
Switzerland, France and Iceland represented. Includes some ship cancels,
Langestempels and lots more.
Middle East – Aden, Bahrain, Kuwait etc fine used on double-sided stock page
with values to 10/- or 2 Rupees.
World/Churchill thematic – Blue 4-ring binder with “Churchill” collection.
Commonwealth - Black ring binder with mint and (mostly) used Canada, India,
Burma and Pakistan. * (reduced price – 50% off)
Baltics etc. – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine in a club book – priced
to sell at about £20.
World – Red Strand album sparsely filled. Reserve is based on GVI content and
GB.
Europe – Switzerland, Italy and Spain on old album pages. There are some
Papal States and Italian States amongst, and a couple of Swiss Strubels.
Condition a bit mixed – but as the pages look a good 40 years old, this is possibly
a genuine accumulation.
Commonwealth – Old red stockbook full of Commonwealth stamps. QV to
QEII mint and used.
Canada and Caymans – Mint and used on double-sided stock page.
Foreign – Stockbook with 131 Foreign stamps.
Reserve
£25.00
£12.00
£12.00
£8.00
£6.00
£5.00
£5.00
£5.00
£5.00
£4.00
£3.00
£3.00
£2.00
Sale
World – Pelham loose leaf album with world A-Z. Looks as though stamps have
been picked or moved elsewhere (possibly into one of the other lots of this
Vendor), but the China remains intact, and that bit is probably worth the estimate
alone. Loose Stamps! Please take care. *(Reduced estimate)
Commonwealth – Old album pages with many hundreds from QV to QEII –
not checked.
Maritime – 8 covers posted at sea referring to the Kiel Canal (so the stamps are
all German/Berlin).
War Tax/Commonwealth – 124 examples of War Tax overprints on various
issues mint and used on 2 Hagner cards
Tristan da Cunha 2 mint stamps and 3 South Georgia mint stamps (at a
reduced price from last time)
World – Old Olympic world stamp album.
World – Two “schoolboy” stamp albums and a packet of stamps.
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£1.50
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
D – Accessories, Catalogues and Non-Stamp Material
Lot
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
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Description
Book – “Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Volume III” - Robson
Lowe 1951 (British Asia)
Book – “Encyclopedia of British Empire Postage Stamps Volume I” - Robson
Lowe 1948 (GB & Europe)
A Hagner First Day Cover album with pages. Appears to be new.
Red Royal Mail stockbook, as new. 32 page (64 sides) would retail about £20.
Has stuff in it, but it has been ignored this time in the estimate
Netherlands – Non-stamp wartime material in an envelope.
Literature,
propaganda leaflets, some pro-German, some pro-allies. There may be reprints
amongst, but I’m guessing that a fair bit is genuine.
Green Cigarette Card album with a full compliment of polypockets
Brown Cigarette Card album with a full compliment of polypockets
Book/Sussex – “Historic Hastings”. Interesting tome.
Large stockcards – 100 of 3 to 5 strips each.
Manila stockcards – 18 large and 50 small in good condition.
A 32-sided black page stockbook in blue.
Stanley Gibbons Pre-printed Windsor Loose-leaf album for GB Volume 1
NVPH Catalogue – 2015 hardback edition of the Netherlands + Colonies
catalogue. As new (except the blue-print isn’t with it).
Postcard Album – Red 4-ring Davo album containing 19 polypockets to hold
152 cards
Bank notes - Rothman “Cambridge Collection of Rare Banknotes.” Special
Folder, this lot with 7 notes – two more than the lot in the last auction!
Senator Green album with approximately 80 (as new) leaves.
Blue 10 page stockbook. 20 sides.
A Wessex Paragon 16-sided stockbook in blue.
Cinderella’s – packet of miscellaneous items.
Cover Album – Blue album containing 50 polypockets to hold 100 covers.
A new album box in brown.
SG Catalogue - Part 1 Commonwealth & Empire stamps 1840-1970. 2014
edition. This time it really exists.
Antarctic – Book “Postcards of Antarctic Expeditions.
A Catalogue: 1898 –
1958 compiled by Margery Wharton. Hardback, complete with the reproduction
postcard that came with it, and 270 odd pages of material.
Small brown cover album. Odd 4-ring arrangement but has pockets in it to fit.
Red 8-page, 16 sided stockbook.
Advertisement wrapper for E. Funnel Grocer of 33 High Street, Hastings.
A3+ sized black and white poster advertising a curtain sale at Plummer
Roddis Tyrel, Hastings Branch.
Advertisement leaflet – 8 pages extolling the virtues of “Wakelee’s Camelline”
including an advertisement in red for “The Sussex Co-operative Drug
Company” at 10 Robertson Street Hastings.
Reserve
£20.00
£8.00
£7.00
£6.00
£5.00
£5.00
£5.00
£5.00
£5.00
£4.00
£4.00
£4.00
£3.00
£3.00
£3.00
£3.00
£3.00
£2.60
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
Sale
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
21-ring binder in red
Another 21-ring binder in red
21-ring binder in blue
21-ring binder in white
Stanley Gibbons cover album (boxed and with pockets).
Book – “Postal History of Great Britain and Ireland” R.M.Willcocks 1972
Catalogue –London International Stamp Exhibition 1950
Auction Catalogue – British Post Offices Abroad “Glassco” Robson Lowe. 2527 November 1969 (with prices realised)
Green 12 page stockbook. 24 sides. Vendor says “Fair condition apart from a
few cut-down pages (!?)
Green 8 black page stockbook. 16 sides.
Navy 4-ring binder full of transparent pages
GB –Scottish Banknote book. (No banknotes in it)
“The Stamp Collectors Magazine 1866” – Bound hardback book which shows
no obvious sign of it being a re-pro. Even has an old Brazil stamp stuck on the
front.
SG Catalogue – 2013 Stamps of the World part 1 A-Charkhari.
Catalogue – SG Specialised GB Vol 1 (1963), 2 (1967) and 3 (1970) &
Woodstock 1968 (4 Catalogues)
Auction Catalogue – Arabia “Harry Hibbert” Harmers March 10/11/1987
Auction Catalogue Malta – “George Coates” 7/11/90 and “George Camillery”
14/5/91, 2 Christies Catalogues
300+ Showgard mounts – mint and used in different sizes.
300+ Showgard mounts – mint and used in different sizes.
SG Catalogue – Part 1 – Commonwealth and British Empire 1840-1970 2008
edition.
“East Sussex within living memory” – Softback book produced by East
Sussex Federation of Women’s Institutes. 250 pages of material including some
pictures. Produced in 1995, so some of this isn’t “within living memory” any
more……..
“The Stamp Lover Magazine Volume I 1908/9” – From Volume I Issue I,
magazines soft-bound with metal sprags. Interesting historical work. “One sees
from the sales the high prices that stamps fetch. I believe that recently £1500
was given for a “Post Office” Mauritius stamp”. I’ll have 3 of those, please……
Books – Four recent paperback books in a carrier bag, including two (different)
of “the Railway Detective”.
Falkland Islands (sort of) – Framed picture of a Falklands Island penguin
belonging to a former Falklands Island collector.
GB – Presentation pack inserts (the typed picture bits not the hagner-type cards).
Red Pioneer cover album with pages.
A second Red Pioneer cover album with pages……..
………and a third Red Pioneer cover album with pages.
Stanley Gibbons Four Kings catalogue – Volume 2 – 1967 first edition.
SG Catalogue – St Helena and Dependencies. 2005 second edition.
Hawid Strips – Pack with 2 x packets of old clear strips and 2 small bundles
of pre-cut black mounts.
Australia – 14 Australian Stamp Bulletins from 1983-1985.
SG Catalogue – Part 6 – France and Colonies. 7th edition - 2010
SG Catalogue – Part 11 – Scandinavia. 6th edition - 2008
SG Catalogue – Part 1 – Commonwealth and British Empire 1840-1970 2012
edition.
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£2.00
£1.50
£1.20
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
50p
50p
50p
E – Postcards and Cigarette Cards etc.
Lot
293
294
295
296
297
Ven
Description
Germany – Several dozen old German mint postcards.
GB –1924 Postcard of Blackpool with Jersey St. Martins cancel
GB –Postcard of Pevensey posted Eastbourne 1905
GB –1924 Postcard of Battersea with Triangle BFH cancel
Album (fairly) full of Art postcards
Reserve
£5.00
£1.50
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
Sale
Book – “The Encyclopedia of Antique Postcards” by Susan Brown Nicholson.
Softback with 270+ A4 sized pages.
GB – 6 unused postcards of British Unofficial Essays 1910-1912.
6 x Royal Mail comic postcards.
298
299
300
£1.00
£1.00
£1.00
F – Lots of less than £1
Lot
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
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Description
Australia – Plastic bag with off paper mixture.
GB – 1969 P.O. Technology Communication in unmounted mint blocks. SG
808/11.
GB – 1969 Anniversary Events in unmounted mint blocks. SG 791/95.
GB – 1967 Wild Flowers in mint blocks. SG 717/20.
GB – 1970 Penny Black Commemoration in mint blocks of 4 and 6. SG 835.
GB – 1967 British Rural Architecture in unmounted mint blocks. SG 815/18.
GB – 1970 Dickens Death Centenary in unmounted mint blocks. SG 824/28.
New Zealand – 2 Lettercards, 4 inland postcards and 2 others
White empty stamp folder.
Country Life tub with mainly GB on paper – Good for club books (after
soaking). 100’s of stamps.
Anchor tub with mainly GB on paper – Good for club books (after soaking).
100’s of stamps.
Anchor tub with mainly GB and Isle of Man on paper – Good for club books
(after soaking). 100’s of stamps.
4 ring binder with a picture of £1 Machin on the front.
Brown Stock book with 16 sides.
Another brown Stock book with 16 sides.
Red medium Stock book with 32 sides.
A Bear – Large-ish, brown, definitely not from Peru, but in dire need of not being
taken to the skip. He says that he is house trained and in good condition, and
hopes to find a loving home even if it’s not Christmas. Please help him.
World. – Doctor Who gift set box full of on-paper clippings, mainly GB and mainly
Machins. Sold for Club Funds
World – Black box with world stamps off paper. Lots.
Large box containing 5 binders and 4 flip photo albums.
Reserve
50p
75p
Sale
75p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
50p
£1.00
nil
50p
50p
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ End of Room Auction~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If members are unable to attend the auction, they may forward book bids to the auctioneer. Please complete the
Book Bid form available on the viewing night. Please ensure that your bids are received at least 24 hours before
the auction to be certain that they are entered.
Payments may be made in cash (right money appreciated) or by cheque to made payable to Eastbourne and
South Downs P. S. or if you’d prefer just to E.& SDPS
The club generally holds 7 auctions a year, so we are always in need of material for sale. Guidance in putting
together lots appears in the Society’s handbook. Would all Vendors please check this. In particular, Vendors
are reminded:a) of the necessity to use the proper forms (or something very similar to it) when submitting lots.
b) to try and give a genuine and accurate description of the lot – including details of flaws, rusting, corners missing,
lack of gum on a mint stamp etc.
c) to ensure that each lot submitted has a panel or cover which would allow a lot number to be affixed
without damaging the lot, and
d) to submit lots which are not overflowing (boxes), likely to shed material (loose in albums) etc, etc.
e) that there is a 50p minimum and that lots of less than £1 may not make the cut but could be held over to a
subsequent auction
f) that packet-type material should not be sealed so as to deny inspection.
If you require further advice, please speak to one of the auction organisers/helpers
Additional notes.
a)
Auction material can still be handed to one of the auction organizers at Thursday meetings. The existing
form can be used (although see (b) below). Material needs to be handed to Bill France, Richard Robbins or
Tim Griffiths, one of whom will, baring disaster, be present at the usual 7.15-7.30 time.
b)
For those that would prefer to type their lists for sale rather than handwrite them, this will be actively
encouraged. Tim can send you an e-mailable form that will be in the same layout as the auction catalogue.
This will save him having to type it too! The list, when returned, needs to be sent to
tgriffiths@mayowynnebaxter.co.uk . The material can be handed over in the normal way.
c)
Material can also by arrangement be handed to one of the organizers elsewhere on request.
d)
Packet-type material should not be sealed so as to deny inspection, please.
e)
There is a reminder below for Vendors re payment and collection of unsold material
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next Auction 21st April 2016 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Closing date for lots: 7th April 2016 – again, not a long gap this time. .
List of abbreviations (sometimes) used:cat
cto
FD(C)
Mi
NVPH
OBP
perf
perfin
catalogue value
cancelled to order
First Day (Cover)
Michel catalogue
Dutch specialised cat.
Belgian specialised cat.
perforation
perforated initials
cds
circular date stamp (or part of one)
ptsa
priced (by some former owner) to sell at
SG
Stanley Gibbons
sbv
stated by Vendor
slc
slight crease/fold
stc
stated (by the Seller) to have cat value of.…
Mm or m/m (or *) mounted mint
umm or u/m (or **) unmounted mint
Notes for Vendors (pretty much as last time)
1. Payment for Sales by cheque
Those of you that are due a payment by cheque, (which will apply to all that have sold lots for a sum in excess of
£50 and others that are used to being paid by cheque or are unable to collect cash payments) should please note
that payments will usually now be made three weeks from the date of the auction to allow the auction cashier to get
cheques to the bank and for them to be cleared into the society bank account.
We are sorry if this means a delay, but the bigger the proceeds of sales have become, the more difficult it has
becomes to process the payments without resorting to some sort of cash-flow subsidy, and it is not fair to expect the
club (or any of the auction organisers) to make that type of arrangement each auction.
2. Collection of cheques and cash for Sales
Cheques will normally be brought to the club the third Thursday after the auction for collection, or sooner if that
proves possible. Those of you that collect payments in cash (for smaller sales) can, on most occasions, still
receive payment the week following the auction. However, it is not practical for Richard to bring the “till” and
cashbox to every club night. If you cannot collect your money by the third Thursday after the auction, please
contact Richard to make alternative arrangements for collection. We are happy to hold the cash back in an
envelope for collection at the next auction night/viewing night if that is easier.
3. Delivery of lots in an appropriate container (different)
Thank you all for the improvement this time in the quality of carrier bags used. Not one fell to bits this time
before the auction had been put together. However, we are still getting items where there is nowhere sensible
to put a sticker without damaging the item. Tempting though it may be to write on the item in a big black pen,
that probably won’t do the item any good. Repeat offenders may have their lots returned in future as I don’t
see quite why I should have to provide the accessories myself. Thanks. Tim.