Postal Auction March 2021. 318: Catalogue

1991 The Natural History Museum Dinosaurs first day cover signed by esteemed author N.R. Chalmers Director The Natural History Museum limited edition number 53 of 110.

1949 Universal Postal Union: Attractive extensive collection of British Commonwealth and foreign countries in a Dutch printed springback album with a mainly mint / unmounted mint collection, huge range of countries noted Br. C/W sets (65+ complete sets), then A to Z foreign countries incl Luxembourg, West Berlin 1949 75th Anniv. set of 7 unmounted mint (Cat £1000), Italy 75th Anniv. 50l hinged mint (Cat £120), Trieste Zone B 1949 & 1952 sets, San Marino incl 1949 200l imperf (Cat £55), Vatican City 1949 Air mint (Cat £240), Hungary 1949 Perf & Imperf Miniature sheets mint (disturbed gun, Cat £750 each), French Colonies, Spanish Colonies, Portuguese Colonies, Lebanon 1949 75th Anniv. Miniature sheet imperf mint (Cat £110), S & C Americas, Asia, etc, lovely lot with high cat value.

1960 World Refugee: Attractive collection on 26 printed leaves in a binder for worldwide countries Afghanistan to Somalia mainly mint / unmounted mint collection incl miniature sheets, Bolivia long set, China, Dominican Rep long set plus M/S perf & imperf, etc.

A selection of 30 photographs connected to towns and cities in plastic covers. Included are Piccadilly Manchester, Talbot Road Old Trafford, photos of Bristol and Brighton.

A selection of approx. 40 varied photographs in plastic covers circa 1950's. Included are Unknown Hockey team, small photos of soldiers, 1905 child's rocking horse, 1936 20 photos of Oban and area and postcard of Steve Merrick accordion player. Interesting social history.

1913-31 Five Post Office Telegraphs from various English south coast towns plus King George VI one shilling on unused inland telegram.

1925-33 Ten shipping slips from various countries including France and Czechoslovakia with various hand stamp cancels.

1969-75 Fourteen space covers from various countries. Includes 1969 USA first man on the moon cover, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz co-operation manned space flight and 1970 Apollo XIII.

1972-1975 Four Yachting and Sailing covers with famous autographs of Sir Alec Rose, Chay Blyth and John Fairfax with various stamps.

1975 Five European Architectural Heritage Year covers with famous autographs of cities Mayors includes Jack Kane Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

A selection of twenty-seven world-wide Anti-Semitic postcards from 1904 until 1950's. A mixture of posted and unused. Includes 1941 postcard with Hitler head from Austria. Very interesting social history although would be termed offensive today.

Selection of approx. thirty-three postal stationery postcards from various countries includes five GB QEII 2d unused with wrapper, Norway 10 ore unused, Italian cards circa 1904 and Stuttgart cancels on 1904 cards.

1933 2nd South America Flight - Yugoslavia (29 May) Berlin connecting flight on Yugoslavia 75n postal stationery card uprated with additional 75n green an 20d adhs tied triangular ZAGREB PAR AVION datestamps in blue cacheted with 2nd flight in green and large red cachet for 2nd flight, ZEMUN triangular 31st May datestamp alongside and Pernambuco arrival on obverse. Signed Sieger on reverse. Scarce.

1934 Air mail from Brazil with green Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa cachet on types cover to England. various cancels on reverse includes Stuttgart cds. Note vertical fold down centre.

1956 Four original Swedish postcards of the young Tommy Steele a British music icon. With his history detailed in Swedish.

Approx. eighty postcards includes about forty of Malta also colour p/c of the Harbour Isle of Man, Fingal's cave, Isle of Staffa and High St Tonbridge also a number of circa 1910 greeting cards.

C1907 In The Open Tucks Cricket series of six different all unused with slight minor faults like grubbiness, but includes W Armstrong (A Catch at Mid-off), J Tunnicliffe (A clever catch in the slips), A. Fielder, Jam Saheb of Nawanagar (The leg glance), G Hirst, T Hayward (a forward drive) etc. Current retail over £50 per card.

1986 World Cup Football, an extensive stock many in brand new packs of MAXI cards each cancelled with stamp on the front by special handstamps mainly St Vincent & Bequia in enormous quantity in two very heavy boxes. Hundreds, ideal for dealer to breakdown.

500 YEARS OF POST - A German printed album with an interesting assembly items early to modern written up in German with original purchase list in 1990 for singles up to DM 16.50 each, noted East & West Postak special event cards and postmarks, Lubeck 1978 M/S, etc, intr lot.

AIRMAILS - Spain 1930 Spanish-American Exhibition Air 1p purple unmounted mint SG 649 cat £160. Very fine.