County Philatelic Auctions Sale 211 - Friday 23rd May 2008

Over £300,000 in 6400 lots of Great Britain, British Commonwealth and Foreign Stamps
Bids are accepted until noon (UK time) on the day of the sale.
After that time unsold lots will be available for direct sale at the estimated price

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Catalogue organisation: Collections/Mixed Lots, Accessories, Cinderella, Literature, Topicals, Countries A-Z.

 

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Lot number    Section/date/description                                                                          Estimate (UK Pounds)

1 Collections/Mixed Lots 6d Imperium trial in red & green/yellow pair with shaded and unshaded tablets f mint {photo h}    £400.00

2 French Cols mostly modern um thematic sets, fine lot, a few earlier mint c£1000+.................... £160.00

3 US Dealers stock Germany, Gilbert & Ellice, Gold Coast/Ghana ptsa $1300+ years ago........... £140.00

4 Shoe box full of Interstamps auction lots on cards, useful thematics, reserves were £540+...... £135.00

5 Shoe box full of Interstamps auction lots on cards, useful thematics, reserves were £500+...... £125.00

6 Balance of C/W lot, incl Barbados 1938 4d flying mane variety used............................................. £100.00

7 US Dealers stock Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Nyassa, ptsa $680 years ago................................ £70.00

8 Early QV commonwealth: 35 'used' forgeries - interesting lot.............................................................. £65.00

9 Malta 1978-87 um FV£M52 (~£80) new issues + range f u on 49 reg covers.................................. £65.00

10 Album 1981 R Wedding sets from 22 CW Countries in um gutter blks of 10 - seldom seen [660] £60.00

11 16 C/W & GB Circulated club-books ptsa~£260................................................................................... £50.00

12 1945 EBOUE sets in um marginal blocks 10, Cameroun - St Pierre c~£150 [26]......................... £50.00

13 1978 Coronation comprehensive CW um in 2 albums incl MS, Sheetlets, booklets, etc............. £50.00

14 1999 Railway Collection Benham silk covers incl GB, Jersey, Belgium, USA [17]........................ £50.00

15 3x albums + slipcases 1981 R Wedding um, fairly complete incl m/sheets and booklets........... £50.00

16 SWA/Namibia 1974-95 Complete fu sg269-656 (on illus FDC) c£210+ as used, fine lot........... £45.00

17 1981 R Wedding 35 sets, 31 MS, 5 booklets incl imperfs/gutter pairs/ incl difficult um................ £40.00

18 French Cols 1937 Paris Exposition set of 16 M/sheets (1x gum thin) g-f mint............................... £40.00

19 London80 44 um sheetlets from 11 CW countries um, s/t labels, Concorde etc........................... £36.00

20 Glory box-file, world in packets, stock cards etc, much older material incl 2d blue....................... £35.00

21 Maritime England collection of 26 Benham silk covers in Sp album............................................... £35.00

22 1935 S Jubilee BSI, Ceylon, G&E fu (Ceylon 20c tone spot) c£78................................................... £30.00

23 Austria, Austria - Turkey, Bosnia mint/used early accumulation [~50], value at............................. £30.00

24 1978 Coronation 25th Anniv um complete uncut sheets of 4 sheetlets [21]................................... £25.00

25 Churchill 1974 Range of 34 FDCs Aitutaki - Virgin Is, clean lot......................................................... £25.00

26 Glory box, carton with 1000s World on/off paper, packets leaves etc.............................................. £25.00

27 Glory Box: all world from our usual source............................................................................................ £25.00

28 Glory Box: mostly GB from our usual source........................................................................................ £25.00

29 Silver Jubilee 1977 um collection in 2 printed albums incl booklets/m/sheets/postal stat........... £25.00

30 Album 48x mainly mint GB/CW postal Stationery, much QV GB incl scarcer, varied condition.. £20.00

31 Channel Is/IOM to 1982 mainly fu collection, few mint [100s], cheap at......................................... £20.00

32 GB Glory box, m&u in packets, covers etc, noted Tudor 5d FDC...................................................... £20.00

33 Visit of Pope John Paul 1982, set of 12 Benham silk covers in Sp album...................................... £18.00

34 S Wedding 1948 Falklands Deps, Gold Coast, Grenada, Leewards, Nigeria f mint c£49........... £16.00

35 1948 S Wedding Gold Coast, Solomons g-fu, couple short perfs c£36.......................................... £12.00

36 1978 Coronation Montserrat St V, Grenadines, Tuvalu pres books incl sheetlets + MS................. £8.00

37 Small box World on/off paper, noted several GB high value Commems.......................................... £8.00

38 Accessories 1981 R Wedding 3 SG albums incl Foreign/Commonwealth pages vgc incl 30+ sets\m/sheets       £15.00

39 22-ring cover album vgc (incl 36 GB 1980s FDCs) incl £3 Wedgwood set of 4 panes Barlaston h/s £12.00

40 2x large quality 4-ring binder vgc incl total of 85 Hagner leaves...................................................... £22.00

41 32 side s/book vgc in m&u range 1960s GB, some minor varieties - allow £5................................. £9.00

42 32-side 'block album' (stockbook with 3 deep strips/page), one strip damaged.............................. £7.00

43 3x 22-ring albums with ~24 pocket leaves (suit 50p and £1.30 type booklets) 3x vgc................. £16.00

44 3x SG New Pioneer 2-ring cover album vgc incl 25 leaves............................................................... £10.00

45 Davo Standard album binder vgc.............................................................................................................. £5.00

46 France Lindner Hingeless album 1939-59 vgc incl many sets, much um, about 50% full.......... £50.00

47 Hagner 4-ring binder incl 28 black leaves (also GB 1953 Coronation & 65 BoB sets f mint)...... £10.00

48 Hawid mounts cut to size, various sizes, equivalent 12+ new packs + 2x diff magnifiers........... £10.00

49 Hawid strips 24mm black and 24, 30, 41mm clear [4 new packs].................................................... £10.00

50 Large 48 side stock book, black leaves, vgc............................................................................................ £7.00

51 Large 64 side stock book vgc incl 100s used Machins ½p-£5 & regionals..................................... £12.00

52 Lighthouse 32 side stockbook as new...................................................................................................... £8.00

53 Lighthouse 4-ring booklet album, 80+ 4-strip clear pocket leaves, slipcase - as new.................. £20.00

54 Lighthouse padded GB 1840-1970 hingeless album, odd annotation, vgc, incl range mint, allow £6 £13.00

55 Lindner 18-ring album with 40+ 3-5 strip white stock pages - fine................................................... £20.00

56 Linen tester MLP910 1" 6x aluminium magnifier - as new, normally £15+...................................... £9.00

57 Morley Bright Inst-a-Tector wmk detector................................................................................................. £7.00

58 Prinz clear mounts, various sixes incl large blocks - equivalent ~5 packets................................... £10.00

59 Prinz 'Royal Mauritius' 24 side block album, slight wear, incl few mint GB, allow £5...................... £8.00

60 Range Hawid type black mounts, equivalent 5+ packets of strips.................................................... £10.00

61 Rapkin Byron springback album (similar SG Senator Medium) + 60 new leaves........................... £6.00

62 SG colour Key (fan style) vgc................................................................................................................... £10.00

63 SG Instanta perf gauge - as new also Sherlock Holmes style 3½" magnifier vgc........................... £6.00

64 SG Plymouth album + slipcase, new, with 20 linen hinged, faced, cartridge leaves, usually ~£100 £50.00

65 SG Senator album incl 50 leaves - as new............................................................................................ £12.00

66 SG short wave UV lamp (incl batteries) vgc (working) incl daylight viewer..................................... £10.00

67 SG Tower album incl 60+ new leaves/interleaves............................................................................... £10.00

68 SG Transworld album 135pp illus h/back as new - ideal present for a junior................................... £6.00

69 SG Vario 4-ring stock album incl 4x 7-strip and 6x 4-strip plastic leaves vgc5................................. £5.00

70 SG Windsor Sovereign album vols 3 & 4 + slipcase (1982-99), normally £110+.......................... £50.00

71 Showgard Guillotine 6" blade - ideal for perfect Hawids.................................................................... £12.00

72 Cigarette Cards Ogden's Modern Railways 50/50 - fine................................................................... £45.00

73 Cinderella 1940s French Red X Plane & Parachute dropping parcel in black on red um sheet of 16 £40.00

74 1950's? W Germany 16x mint Poster stamps, diff town views incl 1 on cover............................... £20.00

75 1970's Colour proofs for 2 diff Post Bus Regional cards...................................................................... £4.00

76 Australian 1950 National Phil Exhib labels perf/imperf in ultramarine & red brown f mint......... £20.00

77 Cannes Film Festival 1946 yacht scene labels g-f um block of 25.................................................. £15.00

78 Germany 1880s range of local private post stamps, mostly um [~120]........................................... £30.00

79 Germany 1943 - Azad Hind 1a - 12a perf set Michel 1-6 um + imperf ½a, 1a............................... £12.00

80 MERKHAM Trading Co 'Affix and Count' MULTIPOST label um....................................................... £10.00

81 Strike: Hampshire local post Inland Letter Service set of 5, 6d-5s FDC............................................. £5.00

82 Strike: Inland Letter Service set of 5, 6d-5s ovpt International FDC.................................................... £5.00

83 Strike: Soho Local Post (imperf set 2s, 3s, 5s) illus (nude) FDC......................................................... £5.00

84 Strike: Soho Local Post (nudes imperf set of 3) illus FDC.................................................................... £5.00

85 WENTZ & Co NY & Berlin ornate poster stamps lettered E N and or T um [3]................................ £12.00

86 Coins 2x GB £1 notes, small design 'Newton' BY29 serial - pristine.................................................. £4.00

87 GB 1997 - 2000 £1 Silver proof Piedfort in pres cases [4].................................................................. £85.00

88 GB 1998 50p EEC 25th Anniversary silver Piedfort (needs clean) in pres case............................ £15.00

89 GB 1998 50p NHS silver Piedfort in pres case..................................................................................... £20.00

90 GB 2005 £2 - 50p Silver Piedfort set (4) in pres case.......................................................................... £85.00

91 Ephemera Great Central Railway, 9x receipts/consignment notes dated 1915............................... £5.00

92 Kiloware Attractive tin (200 cigarette size) crammed with GB Commems off paper..................... £5.00

93 County mail clippings, foreign or HV GB Commems etc, no dross, 550 grams............................ £20.00

94 Denmark on paper 300 grams................................................................................................................... £5.00

95 Foreign on paper 1075 grams................................................................................................................. £14.00

96 Foreign on paper 2250 grams, good lot................................................................................................. £25.00

97 Foreign, mostly off paper 470 grams..................................................................................................... £15.00

98 France on paper, seems to be mostly 1970s defins, 500 grams........................................................ £5.00

99 Mainly Wildings on/off paper incl values to 1/6d, some later 1700 grams...................................... £10.00

100 Literature Afinsa 20th Anniv Auction cat 2000 - fabulous material - 248pp colour hard bound £25.00

101 Afinsa auction 1997 - 1st postage stamps of Spain - fabulous 288pp colour h/bound.............. £25.00

102 Army postmarks 1914-1915 8pp hard back, many annotations, rare book.................................. £12.00

103 Australasian Stamp Cat - prices FDCs & stationery incl AAT Norfolk etc 1984.............................. £3.00

104 Belgium Official specialised cat 1999, 620pp colour h/back incl Congo etc.................................. £4.00

105 British postage stamps by Johnson 48pp colour hardback, DJ worn............................................... £5.00

106 Canadian Military Posts vols 1&2 Bailey & Toop Boer War pmks, prices etc............................... £50.00

107 Canadian Orders, Decorations & Medals, 3rd edition, 132pp illus................................................... £5.00

108 Catalogue of Imperial Japanese overprints and issues in occupied British territories 124pp illus £6.00

109 China: JPS catalogue 2004, 268pp colour............................................................................................ £5.00

110 Corinphila Classic Romania The Cornelia Collection part 2 & Duloz Issus of Turkey.................. £8.00

111 English Paper Money, Duggleby 1980 155pp illus.............................................................................. £2.00

112 France & Cols Soc Journal 1984-87 vols 151-166 near complete - mine of info [14].................. £5.00

113 Greece Karamisos cat 2003, vols 1 & 2, 446pp colour in English.................................................... £8.00

114 Guía del Coleccionista de Sellos de Correos de España - Tort, 3 vols h/back, slip case.......... £60.00

115 Japan: 2000 specialised cat of pictorial cancels 715pp illus, was £24............................................ £8.00

116 Japan: JSCA specialised catalogue 2002-3 in 2 volumes................................................................. £8.00

117 Japan: Postmark of Nippon #2 Foreign Mail, partly in English 34pp illus....................................... £5.00

118 Japan: Sakura catalogue 2000 incl varieties, FDCs etc...................................................................... £5.00

119 Korean Postage Stamp Cat incl postal stationery 2000, 162pp illus................................................ £4.00

120 Mail of the Military Postal Agencies on the Thailand-Burma Railway 96pp illus, much in English £8.00

121 Medals: Orders & Decorations of Europe in Colour, 256pp h/back Hieronymussen 1967.......... £4.00

122 Michel Austria specialised cat 2005........................................................................................................ £7.00

123 Michel CEPT catalogue 2003 - all the Europa issues for Europe..................................................... £3.00

124 Michel Europa simplified cat 2007, thick volume, still shrink-wrapped, was 69€........................ £18.00

125 Michel Middle & East Asia 2006, 1805pp illus.................................................................................... £10.00

126 Michel Switzerland/Liechtenstein specialised cat 2006...................................................................... £8.00

127 Patent for Stamp Vending machines 1891, 7 pages + 3 pull-out diagrams - fascinating............ £8.00

128 Pierron 2005 Catalogue of GB Errors & varieties, superb large book, small cover damage, was £49.95              £25.00

129 Plating of the 1d black - Nissen text & box, photos with faults mainly peripheral, ~4 images affected   £325.00

130 Portugal Afinsa Spec Cat incl Azores Madeira, pre-stamp 491pp colour 2003............................. £5.00

131 Registration Post Paid & Meter Marks of the Solomon Is - Hinchcliffe, 12pp illus......................... £3.00

132 Scots Local Cancellations Illustrated 1854 - 1860 by Alcock 124pp illus..................................... £16.00

133 SG 4 Kings spec cat 1970 (incl KG5 plating tables not in later editions) also QV spec 1992...... £6.00

134 SG Collect British Stamps 2007 (was £9.95) - to clear........................................................................ £3.50

135 SG GB Concise catalogue 2007, was £24.95....................................................................................... £9.00

136 SG GB Specialised vol 5 (decimal commems) incl both supplements, leaves only..................... £5.00

137 SG GB Specialised Vol1 Queen Victoria 2006 (current) normally £39.95.................................... £25.00

138 SG Part 1 both volumes A-Z 2002 - the last and therefore current edition.................................... £20.00

139 SG Part 1, 1840-1970 2008 current edition, normally £69.95......................................................... £45.00

140 SG Part 17 China 2006, normally £34.95, cover misprint otherwise v fine.................................. £18.00

141 SG Part 21 South East Asia current edition, tear on back cover otherwise fine, was £29.95.... £14.00

142 SG Part 22 USA 2005, normally £29.95 current edition................................................................... £16.00

143 SG Part 8 Italy/Switzerland current edition, vgc, normally £29.95.................................................. £10.00

144 SG Part 9 Portugal/Spain 2004, normally £29.95 current edition................................................... £15.00

145 SG Parts 17 China (1989) 19 Middle East (1986), 20 S America 1989, 21 SE Asia (1995)........ £6.00

146 SG Parts 2 Austria/H (1986) 4 Benelux (1988) 8 Italy/Swiss (1993) 9 Port/Spain (1996)............. £8.00

147 SG Parts 3 Balkans (1987) 6 France (1993), 11 Scandinavia (1994).............................................. £6.00

148 SG Spec cat vol 4 (£p defins) ring binder 2000 version, well used, useful annotations............... £5.00

149 SG Stamps of the World 2007, 5 volumes as new normally megabucks..................................... £50.00

150 SG Stamps of the World 2008, (current) 5 volumes as new normally £200+............................ £100.00

151 SG Yellow sectional Australia 2005 and Hong Kong 2004.............................................................. £10.00

152 SG Yellow sectional Bangladesh Pakistan Ski Lanka 2005, also Ireland 2004, Falklands 2004 £10.00

153 SG Yellow sectional Canada 2005, ditto Ireland 2006...................................................................... £10.00

154 SG Yellow sectional Central Africa 2005, was £14.95........................................................................ £5.00

155 SG Yellow sectional Cyprus Gibraltar Malta 2004, was £14.95......................................................... £5.00

156 SG Yellow sectional Ireland 2006, was £12.95..................................................................................... £5.00

157 SG Yellow sectional Northern Caribbean Bahamas Bermuda 2006............................................... £7.00

158 South African stamps colour cat 1997 incl SWA etc, lists varieties, etc 288pp............................... £4.00

159 Stamp Collecting 25Jan and Feb 1st 1919 incl forged pmks on German cols.............................. £5.00

160 Stamp collector's Who's Who, Bateman 1960, 112pp hard back g-f, lists famous collectors..... £4.00

161 Switzerland spec Standing Helvetia 1882-1907 by Rüttimann (in German - photocopy)............ £2.00

162 Tasmania stamps and postal history - Tinsley 191pp h/back, 1 page creased........................... £25.00

163 The 2nd type Postage Due Stamps of NZ by Samuel 41pp illus g-f, shows varieties etc............ £8.00

164 The 3c postal stationery card of N Borneo by Parsbro 24pp colour, details varieties etc............. £4.00

165 The 6d illus cat of postage stamps, Stafford Smith & Co 1868, worn covers, 1d black at 1d!.. £20.00

166 The British Season 1994 Cook/Duncan, R Mail 157pp h/back incl Summertime set................... £7.00

167 The Japanese Military Burma-Thailand Railroad 1942-5, 58pp illus, POW mail etc.................... £8.00

168 The Postal History of British Malaya vol 1 - Proud 362pp h/back, illus pmks etc normally £55 £42.00

169 The Postal History of British Palestine 1918-1948 by Proud 305pp, prices pmks, etc............... £24.00

170 The Postal History of the Korean War 1950-63, 144pp illus.............................................................. £8.00

171 The Postal Organisation of the Kingdom of Siam, Lancaster 31pp colour, bound copy.............. £5.00

172 Transvaal Gold to England Registered post in the 1890s by Batten 22pp...................................... £4.00

173 Unificato - Italy Area cat 2006, incl S Marino, Vatican etc................................................................... £8.00

174 Unitrade Canada specialised 2007, back cover & couple non-essential pages damaged......... £6.00

175 Yvert France 2003, 614pp colour............................................................................................................. £5.00

176 Thematic Animals: Albania 1962 deer M/sheets perf & imperf mint, line on imperf c650DM. £15.00

177 Animals: British Indian Ocean 1971 Nature Reserve sg36-9 um c£19............................................ £8.00

178 Animals: Kenya 1966 2s50 - 20s sg32-5 vfu c£18.............................................................................. £6.00

179 Animals: New Hebrides 1975 10f Bull sgF213 um c£35................................................................. £13.00

180 Animals: Rumania 1956 2L - 4.25L Key values incl bird sg2432-4 f mint c£84.......................... £18.00

181 Balloons: Hamburg 1888 Private Post 1M perf 11½ vfu Mi16........................................................ £10.00

182 Birds: 1956 Northern Countries Day 5x FDC Swans sets (sg407-8 Denmark, etc) c£14............. £4.00

183 Birds: Abu Dhabi 1965 Falcons sg12-14 um c£56............................................................................ £24.00

184 Birds: Anguilla 1985 5c - $10 sg659-75 um c£50.............................................................................. £25.00

185 Birds: Antigua 1995 75c Local Birds sg2140-63 um c£24............................................................... £12.00

186 Birds: Ascension 1963 1d - £1 sg70-83 vf mint c£60........................................................................ £20.00

187 Birds: Ascension 1963 sg70-83 um c£60............................................................................................ £28.00

188 Birds: Australia 1990-4 Wetlands Conservation Duck stamps um................................................. £20.00

189 Birds: Australia 1993 $40 Wetlands Conservation m/sheet HK '94 ovpt in red um..................... £15.00

190 Birds: Australia 1993 $40 Wetlands Conservation m/sheet um...................................................... £15.00

191 Birds: Australia 1994 $40 Wetlands Conservation m/sheet um...................................................... £15.00

192 Birds: Australia 1996 $60 Nature Conservation Agency m/sheets um (value in blue & yellow) [2] £40.00

193 Birds: Austria 1950 5s Common Buzzard sg1219 fu, slightly short corner c£85......................... £38.00

194 Birds: Austria 1950 5s Common Buzzard sg1219 g-f mint, some gum disturbance c£120..... £30.00

195 Birds: Barbados 1979 $5 Kingfisher, $10 Moorhen sg637-8 fu c£23