Postal Auction November 2023 - 339

Bids to be received by Monday 6th of November 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2165)

Lot 229
ANTIGUA

1863-1918 Old time page with useful QV-GV noted 1863 1d rosy mauve unused and fine used (2 Cat £160), 1d dull rose unused, 1d vermilion unused (2), 6d green used, 1872 6d blue-green, 1882 4d blue mint part og. (SG 23 Cat £275), 1913 5s mint ovptd Specimen (toned, cat £90), 1916-8 War Stamp set of 3 ovptd Specimen (tones, Cat £130), useful group. (16).

Estimate £ 125.00
Lot 230
ANTIGUA

1863-1953 Ex-estate lot from a lifetimes British Empire collection totally unpicked and intact, attractive and clean mint (mainly) and fine used assembly noted 1863 1d SG (5), 6d SG (10). 1884 6d SG (29) mounted mint, 1903 mint set SG (31/40), 1908 mint set SG (41/50, 1938 used £1 SG (109). Interesting lot. Approx (120).

Estimate £ 700.00
Lot 231
ANTIGUA

1886 1s mauve fine used CDS showing broken top triangle variety, heavy thinning but does not detract too much, scarce stamp, SG 30a, Cat £2000.

Estimate £ 100.00
Lot 232
ANTIGUA

1921-QEII Mint and mainly used assembly on album pages unpicked as received with better content including 1921-29 15 vals to 2/6 used (Cat £130), 1932 Tercent. set to 2/6 used (Cat £180), 1935 SJ set used, 1938 set 12 used (Cat £140), 1949 RSW set used, 1953 set used (Cat £55), 1966 set used (Cat £45). (Approx 190).

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 233
ANTIGUA

1932 (28 Nov) 4d purple on yellow adhs tied by DEUTSCHE SEEPOST / LINIE / HAMBURG / NEW YORK cds cancel with two line Thanksgiving Day Cruise / M.S. ST LOUIS h/s in violet vertically applied on the left, minor smudge, very fine and scarce usage.

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 234
ANTIGUA

1953-1978 Unmounted mint collection of sets and miniature sheets on stockpages with useful including 1970 long set to $5 (Cat £40), 1976 long set, many nice thematics etc, clean lot. Approx 370.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 235
ANTIGUA

Mint & used Queen Victoria to 1935 on old time printed leaves unpicked as dissected from a huge well filled Imperial album approx 40 different incl QV 1d, 6d, later QV to 4d, Badge of Colony to 3d, GV to 1s, 1935 SJ set mint. Ideal to fill those gaps.

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 236
ANTIGUA

Useful collection from QV onwards with better early to middle periods all fine used laid out on stockpages in date order many items of note including 1882 ½d green, 4d blue, 1884 1d carmine-red, 1903-07 seven vals to 1s (Cat £195), 1908-17 seven vals to 1s (Cat £210), 1921-29 6 vals to 5s (Cat £185), MSCA 16 vals to 4s (Cat £370), 1935 SJ set, etc, superb lot for an Imperial album. Approx 180.

Estimate £ 375.00
Lot 237
Arctic

1895 Swedish 8o red postal stationery envelope SNEKKERSTEN to Copenhagen to Hr. A Gamel a diligent benefactor in connection with expeditions to the arctic regions from Professor Matias Saxthorp.

Estimate £ 24.00
Lot 238
Arctic

1899 (26 Oct) Printed wrapper (very fine) to Zoologisk Museum Copenhagen bearing Norway 5o green pair tied CHRISTIANIA CDS's as a receipt from the Reception Danish Ingolf Expedition signed Fridhjof Nansen (1861-1930) the Norwegian polar explorer known for the Fram expedition and expeditions to Greenland.

Estimate £ 45.00
Lot 239
Arctic

1909 Prince Albert I of Monaco original series of twenty four different postcards of the Prince on a Arctic expedition on the SS Princess Alice ship. Mostly photos of different experiments including surveillance balloon, Sharks hanging from the ship, Science laboratory on the ship, high atmosphere surveys, etc, very fine. (24).

Estimate £ 125.00
Lot 240
Arctic

1918-24 Amundsen Arctic Drift expedition postcard carried by the Fram (later by The Maud) with an illustration of the ship, bears 5o green defin tied POLHAVET (polar seas) illus ship cancels 4th August 1924 (marking the end of the expedition which was trying to prove the ship would drift over the North Pole). Fine.

Estimate £ 35.00

Lots (2165)