Bowdon/Renishaw Postal Auction 5th August 2021. 11: Catalogue

EUROPEAN CENSORS -1947 (3RD May) Allied Occupation PPC Italy to Germany bearing 3l strip of 3 tied Milan CDS and boxed HELD PENDING AUTHORISATION / OF SERVICE in violet with MILITARY CENSORSHIP / CIVIL MAILS 18833 circular h/s. Scarce as this marking only appears to have been used for short period.

BRAZIL: 1962 Disaster Mail long airmail envelope from Sao Paulo to Belgium recovered from Pan-Air Brasil flight which crashed on take off at Rio de Janeiro on 20th August 1962. Two line Aviao Sinistrado / Avion Sinistre handstamp on obverse, repair tape added at Brussels and Antwerp receiving h/s. Usual faults with such an item.

c1931 GPO issue airmail labels in two booklets, Imperial airways two almost complete booklets (one label missing from each), in blue on white glazed card with red handstamp AFRICAN AIR / MAIL LEAVES / ON / WEDNESDAYS containing 3 x airmail labels in panes of 4 with one missing from each book, one book cover is creased and damaged, both have rusting on the staples, scarce.

Italy: 1906 International Exposition Milan two poster stamps for the exhibition both postally used in red or brown depicting Mercury etc. Nice duo.

MARITIME: 1982 Collection of mainly GB Maritime sets or singles on good range of FDI or FDCs or souvenir covers including House of Commons, Captain Cooks Endeavour, Stratford on Avon, Hovercraft Exped., RAF Marine Branch, Axe Valley, Greenwich Museum, Dartmouth, Poole, Cinque Ports, Leicester Sea Cadet, plus a few overseas special event, some signed (10) etc, intr lot. (52).

MONUMENTS: Indonesia 1968 Save Borobudur Monument miniature sheet unmounted mint, SG MS 1190 cat £50.

Railways: Enormous carton with approx 1000 special covers loose all railway related mainly for Great Britain 1960s to 2000s includes many different issuers including nice Benham gold embossed, each with special cancels, many retail £5-£10 easily, local Steam Railway, a sample revealed 2006 First Troops by Rail, History of Steam Locomotion 2005 Benham series, 1992 Carried on Board Royal Train, TPO cancels, 1999 Brackley ltd of 100, opening of stations, Dawn covers 1997 Newcastle St Augustine & St Columbia, City of Lancaster world's oldest working steam loco Liverpool, 1980 special TPO, 2005 Lord Nelson ltd 30 cvrs, 2011 Pubs The Railway ltd to 60 cvrs, 2003 TPO2007 North Star at Shrewsbury ltd to 20 cvrs, plus hundreds more. The original retail must be £1000s as many of these only have a small limited edition. Will be split into smaller boxes for despatch.

Rotary: GB 2005 Stampex Rotary Centenary Smilers sheet of 10 NVI 1st class issued only at Spring Stampex with the Rotary 1905-2005 labels alongside. Fine.

Kathiri State of Seiyun: 1942-1951 GVI Collection hinged mint complete for the period including 1942 set (cat £60), 1949 RSW set (5r U/M), 1951 New Currency set (cat £50, all U/M except 2s on 2r), mainly very fine hinged mint, Cat £128. (27).

Kathiri State of Seiyun: 1949 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 on a 1949 (19 Feb) airmail and registered folded plain reply card to UK tied ADEN CDS cancels, SG 14/15.

Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut: 1949 (12 Apr) Registered airmail cover to USA bearing 1949 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 tied ADEN CAMP CDS cancels, pretty item, SG 14/15.

Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut: 1949 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 on a 1949 (17 Jan) plain registered airmail First Day cover to Kenya tied ADEN CDS cancels, few light soils, SG 129/130.

Qu'Aiti State in Hadhramaut: 1949 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 on a 1949 (17 Jan) printed airmail and registered First Day cover to Baghdad tied ADEN CDS cancels, transit and arrival backstamps, SG 129/130.

Qu'Aiti State in Seiyun: 1949 (12 Apr) Registered airmail cover to USA bearing 1949 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 tied ADEN CAMP CDS cancels, pretty item, SG 14/15.

Quaiti - Hadhramaut 1966 Churchill 15c unmounted mint showing Winston Churchill OVERPRINT INVERTED variety SG 66a. Very fine.

1965 Olympics Games in unmounted mint sheets of 49 (one stamp missing from each sheet), showing Boxing, Judo, Gymnastics, Sailing etc, good thematics lot with high cat value, SG 27/36, set of 10 x 49.

2012 Posten Aland Year pack complete with all stamps for the year unmounted mint, very attractive with two sheetlets & nice thematics. STC £91.

1872-1947 Attractive mainly mint and some used collection on leaves in a binder with useful sets noted 1913 Handstamped set of 5 used (Cat £35), 1913 Skanderbeg set 6 mint (Cat £63), 1914 surch set (Cat £40), 1925 Return of Govt set mint (Cat £73), 1925 Proclamation set set 7 mint (Cat £49), 1925 ovpt set 8 mint (Cat £36), 1925 Pres long set m, 1928 Nat. Assembly set 8 mint (Cat £125), 1937 25th Anniv. set 9 mint (Cat £60+), 1938 RW set, Airs incl 1925 set 7 mint (Cat £70), 1927 ovpt set 7 mint (Cat £100), 1930 set 7 mint (Cat £75), useful clean lot ideal for expansion.

1876 P.14 6d blue-green mint original gum clearly showing watermark inverted variety, couple toned perfs otherwise sound, scarce and SG prices this with a dagger (said not to exist). SG 18w. RRR! Be the first to own this!

1949 (15 Mar) Registered airmail cover to USA bearing 1948 Royal Silver Wedding set of 2 tied ST JOHN'S / ANTIGUA CDS cancels, pretty item, SG 112/113.