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Public Auction Bowdon September 2025 - 378

Bids to be received by Tuesday 30th of September 2025 2:00 PM

Lots (636)

Lot 49
POSTAL HISTORY

1956 Forged Zeppelin cover RSS De Lettonie to Helsinki bearing Russia 1931 Zeppelin Air 35k green imperf, 2r blue perf corner marginal plus 1932 15k black tied 1956 cancels altered to 1936. Impressive looking cover, original flight £100s. SG 585b, 587 & 592.

Estimate £ 36.00
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Lot 50
POSTAL HISTORY

1963-64 USS Thresher Search dive cacheted covers for first and second dive one signed by the commanding officer, plus 1967 Memorium ovptd cover. On 10th April 1963 Submarine Thresher sank in deep diving tests 220 miles off the coast of Massachusetts killing all 129 crew and shipyard personnel on board. It is believed that flooding in the engine room sank the submarine. (4 diff).

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 51
POSTAL HISTORY

A very good worldwide accumulation of loose covers from early to modern with interesting throughout including Iraq WWII censor, France 1951 Red X, Russia, Latvia, P.O. in China 1900 Germany Seapost, Arctic and Antarctic Mail incl nice expedition covers, posted at Sea, Norway, Canada, Japan Philatelic Week, China, New Zealand EDVII PPCs used, 1934 Trans Tasman 7d tied on 1st flight cover, 1937 1st flight to USA, Australia 1935 Relief Flight multi signed cover (toned), Italy pre-stamp mail (5), 1854 NY to Br. Pkt to Paris with 19 h/s chargemark, Rhodesia 1911 1d double head on PPC of a hunters camp posing next to a Lion and Antelopes, Gambia 1938 FDC, Ascension 1938 FDC, mixed condition, useful quantity, ideal for resale.

Estimate £ 250.00
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Lot 52
POSTAL HISTORY

British Post Offices in Turkey: 1894-1900 40pa on 2½d grey GB Postal stationery envelopes used to Germany, mainly Constantinople cds cancels, one with BEYROUT hooded cancel to Cairo, plus two unused surcharges envelopes for the same rate. (8 used, 2 unused). H & G 1.

Estimate £ 225.00
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Lot 53
POSTAL HISTORY

British Post Offices in Turkey: 1899-1901 Four stamped covers and cards three with 40pa on 2½d tied Smyrna, Constantinople, & Beyrout hooded cancel, plus PPC of City with GB ½d green or ½d vermilion both tied Constantinople cds. (5).

Estimate £ 65.00
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Lot 54
POSTAL HISTORY

India and states: Interesting group of native covers and letters in a folder crom circa 1910-15 including Experimental Post Office, Kishengarh prestamp covers (1), Hyderabad incl P/S cards, unused envs incl 1a4p green on buff envs, 6p P/S cards unused Nizims Dominions, etc, intr little lot.

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 55
POSTAL HISTORY

Israel: Large group of commercial covers from 1948 onwards including 1948 (16 May) Coins low value singles to 50m on illus FDC to UK, 1956 PPC 24th Zionist Congress, WWII censor Haifa to UK, 1953-55 incoming postage dues, 1948 provisionals on regd cvr from Jerusalem, 1951 Herzl death illus cvr, 1949 incoming censor from Chile, 1949 outgoing censor to Denmark, 1948 Australia to Jerusalem with Israel censor, 1949 red censor label on reverse, 1950 Austria to Army post office No.475 Israel Army, 1948 Flying Scroll set 5 on FDC (no tab), 1954 Censor Tel Aviv to UK, 1952 Menora with half tav illus FDC, airs on 1954 censor cvr to USA, intr group.

Estimate £ 235.00
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Lot 56
POSTAL HISTORY

OIL Themed covers collection from early to modern from Canada QV onwards with dozens of different oil companies, retail and wholesale, including illustrated and attractive envelopes for Samuel Rogers & Co., The Queen City Oil Co., Imperial Oil Co., Eastern Oil Co., Canadian Oil Co., Enarco, White Rose, etc approx. 200. Beautiful lot being a lifetimes work.

Estimate £ 400.00
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Lot 57
POSTAL HISTORY

Paquebot Postmarks on single stamps and pairs mainly QV onwards incl NSW PACKET POST boxed over two stamps, Leeward Is. Posted on the high seas, Bahamas, Australia loose-letter, Victoria Paquebot, Barbados pair MS Colombia etc, nice little group. (20).

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 58
POSTAL HISTORY

POSTAGE REFUNDED - Violet handstamp on four 1949 Covers Bath to China to same correspondence bearing 1s & 3d adhs tied Bath wavy line machine cancel each addr to different town in China incl Peiping, Nanchang, Tsingan & Igfeng, Some creases, most unusual and interesting group. (4).

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 59
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Zeppelin Forgery: 1935 Argentina impressive multi franked cover with Argentina adhesives tied cds cancels with GRAF ZEPPELIN Eagle 2 h/s in red and forged Zeppelin label, each tied with forged GRAF ZEPPELIN / Z / 10.9.35 / 30. / A cds cancels. Addr to Germany, nice fabricated cover.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 60
REVENUES & CINDERELLA

Victoria: 1886 P.12½ Wmk upright £100 rosine used with pen cancel with rough perfs, Barefoot 31D, SG 288a f.c.

Estimate £ 150.00
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