Postal Auction November 2021. 323: Catalogue

Army: 1896-1901 1d lilac mint original gum with hinges and toning showing OFFICIAI for OFFICIAL variety, few blunt perfs along top otherwise sound, SG O43a Cat £240.

Army Official: 1880 1d lilac fine mint bottom control V margin single, 1887 ½d vermilion P control single, both nice positional items. SG O41 & O43.

Collection on Hagner page of used for different departments including Inland Revenue; QV ½d (4 diff), 2½d (2), 6d grey pl.18, 1887 6d, Government Parcels; 1s orange-brown pl.13 with hooded cancel (Cat £300), 9d dull green with hooded cancel and colour not too bad (Cat £1200), 1½d lilac (Cat £100), 1887 vals to 1s (both 1s good colour cat £550), EDVII 9d & 1s (good colour Cat £475), Office of Works; EDVII ½d used (Cat £180), Admiralty etc, some mixed but huge cat value in excess of £4600 (48).

Government Parcels: 1883 9d dull green(short corner) heavy used with duplex type killer cancel SG O63 Cat £1200.

Government Parcels: 1886 1½d lilac used with duplex type numeral cancel SG O61 Cat £100.

Government Parcels: 1887-90 'set' of four sound used examples 1½d, 6d, 9d & 1s dull green with excellent colour, odd tone otherwise sound, SG O65/68 Cat £498.

Govt Parcels: 1887 1½d dull purple and green. Very fine used block of 4 with Bridgwater CDS's, sound, SG 065. Cat £120.

Inland Revenue: 1902 EDVII 2½d ultramarine fine mint looks almost unmounted, no certificate so taken 'as is', SG O22 Cat £1000 as genuine overprint.

Inland Revenue: 1902 EDVII 2½d ultramarine heavy used with duplex cancel SG O22 Cat £280.

1943-48 Plain First Day Covers for Views set on 5 covers and 1948 Liberation set on printed FDC, mainly fine, Rated £110.

2003 (9 May) 100 Years of Powered flight superb silver proof coin cover signed John Cochrane co-pilot of 1st Concorde test flight in 1969, limited edition of 500. High retail.

Prestige booklets and new issues 2000-2001, useful group of different booklets with good face values noted Mann at War, Lighthouses, Owls, Dogs, Postman Pat, Electric Railway, Xmas, Mountain Railway, Golf, then 1999 Legends of Music sheetlets, 2000 Nature sheetlets of 10 set, etc, face value approx £160.

Regionals: 1968-69 4d olive-sepia & 4d bright vermilion (Centre Band) & 5d royal blue (2 Bands) each in a complete sheet of 240 unmounted mint. Fine SG 5/7. Cat £276.

Regionals: 1968-69 4d olive-sepia & 4d bright vermilion (Centre Band) & 5d royal blue (2 Bands) each in a complete sheet of 240 unmounted mint. Fine SG 12/14. Cat £108.

1941 (8 Feb) PPC of Candie Gardens to Guernsey bearing 1940 Centenary 2d orange bisected and tied COBO CDS cancel of Guernsey. Nice philatelic item.

Regionals: 1968-69 4d olive-sepia & 4d bright vermilion (Centre Band) & 5d royal blue (2 Bands) each in a complete sheet of 240 unmounted mint. Fine SG 10/12. Cat £144.

LUNDY: Extensive collection in two 22 ring binders with a useful mint and used collection of covers, complete sets 1950s to modern including Lundy puffin set to 100p, nice FDCs incl 1994 Marisco Castle, 1988 Santa's Grotto on Puffin Island, 1975 Heritage FDC setenant blk 4, 1993 booklet cto, 1985 First Balloon post from Lundy, 1991 defins FDC, 1930 PPC used with cachet, 1933 HMS Montague landing in rough seas photo PPC (no sign of the ship!), 1939 LACAL airlines label on FDC, 1942 Victory ovpts (3), 1943 surcharges (2), 1951 surcharges, 1953 Coronation FDC with set of 7 different values, 1954 Pictorials in complete mint sheets of 20 (3 diff vals), 1954 Airmail FDC, 1967 save birds from oil FDC and gutter block of 8, plus much more, approx 55 FDCs and commercial covers, approx 415 stamps. Attractive and very useful collection.