Eastbourne and South Downs Philatelic Society Auction s1

EASTBOURNE AND SOUTH DOWNS PHILATELIC SOCIETY AUCTION 11th September 2015

After a flurry of entries on the last day (or shortly after in on case), we’ve decided to have a go at 340 lots this time, 20 more than the usual cut-off figure. If it doesn’t work, we’ll just go back to the lower figure next time out, but we already have over 30 lots for next time in hand, so hopefully this larger figure won’t cause too much of a problem.

I was on holiday last week, so unless the late entries were from a country that I have an up-to-date catalogue from, anything that came in late has pretty much been given the description that the Vendor supplied. Thanks again to those of the Vendors who listed their lots in the catalogue order, added stickers etc. That is always a real saving when there isn’t much time available.

As usual, if you cannot get to the auction, we can bid on your behalf, but if possible, bids should be made at least 24 hours before the start of the auction. If possible, please place bids on a book bid form, but if that’s not possible, please give me a ring or send an e-mail. My e-mail address is on the last page of the catalogue.

Also as usual, (and as mentioned above), descriptions are primarily those supplied by the Vendors (except where the auctioneers have expanded them in the interests of clarity or to point out faults which they have found but which were not mentioned by the Vendors).

Please remember that, unless otherwise shown, all prices shown in the last column are reserves, the lowest price at which the lot will be sold.

Bidding steps:- These are at the discretion of the auctioneer, but the normal steps will be:- Up to £2 – in steps of 10p £2 to £5 – in steps of 20p £5 to £10 – in steps of 50p £11 to £50 – in steps of £1 £50 to £100 – in steps of £2 £100 upwards – in steps of £5 or at the auctioneers discretion T9

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A – Box Lots Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 1 Cigarette cards in Scottish Shortbread tin – over 50 of them are silk cards cat £10.00 £4 each 2 Hotter shoebox full of empty bags etc. Ideal lot for dealer or for club books. £2.00 3 Bigger, flatter box with similar-ish content to the last lot. £2.00 4 Clarks shoe box well filled with Commonwealth commemoratives - thousands. £2.00 5 Boston Garter box containing selection of larger stamps. £1.50 6 Carte d’or ice cream tub with mixed stamps on and off paper. £1.50 7 World – On paper in shoebox. £1.00 8 PC Games box crammed full with foreign stamps. £1.00 9 BT box of all world on paper. Some decent cat among the dross. £1.00 10 GB – (Mainly) recent covers, most with stamps in a clear plastic bag. (Not in a £1.00 box, but it’s big). 11 World - Cath Kidston Box with hundreds of stamps mainly on paper. £1.00 12 Commonwealth – Lindt Chocolate Box with hundreds of stamps mainly on paper. £1.00 13 GB – (mainly) on paper in white box. 100’s £1.00 B – Country Lots “A – G” Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 14 Abu Dhabi – Commonwealth issue. SG 67 Sheik with Mosque unmounted mint. £13.00 Cat £65 15 Alderney – 16 duplicated early commemorative sets. A bargain at this reserve. £10.00 16 Andorra (French) – The 1970 Europa pair unmounted mint. SG F 222/3. Cat £5.00 £30.50. 17 Andorra (French) – The 1971 Europa pair unmounted mint. SG F 231/2. Cat £5.00 £33.50. 18 Andorra (French) – The 1972 Europa pair unmounted mint. SG F 236/7. Cat £6.00 £37.00. 19 Andorra (French) – 1985 Postage Dues Fruits SG FD 371/380 unmounted mint £4.50 set of 10. Cat £21.00. 20 Angola – 1948 unmounted mint set SG 424/433 Cat £50. £6.00 21 Antigua (variety) – 1977 10th Anniversary of Statehood stamp SG566 but in an £5.00 imperforate strip of 3. Unmounted mint. Not listed in SG in 2002 22 Argentina - 1998 “ESPAMER 98” Stamp Exhibition self-adhesive booklet SG £2.00 2615-8 23 Argentina – 2001 Antarctic Institute 50th Anniversary Mini-sheet Unmounted £1.00 mint. SG MS 2830 24 Australia – Stocksheet with selection of unmounted mint sets from the 1960’s £10.00 and 1970’s. Good cat value. 25 Australia – 2005 Booklet “Australia at War” – Australian forces at Gallipoli. Cat £3.00 £19. 26 Australia - 2005 aviation items: special pilot-signed cover for 50th £1.50 anniversary of Adelaide Airport with write-up and pictures; 2 different special covers from Goolwa Great Air Spectacular, each signed by pilot; official programme for Australian International Airshow 2005 27 Australian Antarctic Territory – 1966 $1 definitive SG 18 u/m. Cat £19. £4.00 28 Australian Antarctic Territory – Packet of 39 different 1970’s to 1990’s FDC’s. £8.00 29 Australian Antarctic Territory – Packet of 40 different 1970’s to 1990’s FDC’s. £10.00 30 Austria – Used collection to 1937 in Britannia printed album. Cat £1400+. £60.00 31 Bavaria - Collection on leaves from 1911. 50+ stamps, some higher values. £2.00 32 Belgian Congo - Mainly used on pages with slight duplication. Cat £185+ £18.00 (by the old catalogue, so probably more now) 33 Belgian Congo – mint and used in packets £2.00 34 Belgian Congo – SG 251/269A mint set of 19 oil palms, leopards etc. Cat £55. £6.00 35 Belgium – 1956 Mozart anniversary set of three, mounted mint. SG1575- £2.00 1577. Cat £16.00p 36 Belgium – 1961 Animals of Antwerp Zoo set of 6, mounted mint. SG 1778- £1.50.00 1783. Cat £12.50p 37 Belgium – 1959 Royal Library of Belgium Fund set of six. Mounted mint. £2.00 SG1689-1694. Cat. £16.00 38 Belgium – 1960 World Refugee Year miniature sheet SG MS1719. Mounted £7.00 mint. Cat £120 39 Belgium – 1958 Cultural Relief Funds set SG 1661-1666. Mounted mint. Cat £2.00 £14.50p 40 Belgium - mainly um in packets and loose £2.00 41 Belgium – Telegraph stamps OBP TG 11/17 set of 7 (not fully) shaded £2.60 background in a mixture of unmounted and mounted mint. Cat €22,50 approx. 42 Belgium – 1930 Pub set of 4 OBP PU1/4 mint (one is unmounted). Cat €35,00. £4.00 43 Belgium – 8 unmounted mint Pub stamps from the Lion series, OBP PU6, 9, 16, £15.00 20, 25, 31, 32, 49 and 54. Cat €138 (of which the nicely centered PU54 – 75 Chevron - accounts for €54). 44 Belgium – 1936/37 Pub stamp set OBP PU74/95 unmounted mint of 22. Cat £5.00 €42. 45 Belgium Railways - 1960 Parcel issue SG P1722/1725 in used set of 4 with thick £18.00 railway-type cancels. Cat £130. 46 Belgian Occupation (Eupen) – Postage Due set D1/5 used. Cat £41. £6.00 47 Belgian Occupation (Malmedy) – Postage Due set D6/10 used. Cat £55. £7.00 48 Belgian Occupation (Eupen) – 1920 used set of 17 SG 25/41 used. Cat £250. £32.00 49 Belgian Occupation (Malmedy) – 1920 used set of 17 SG 42/58 used. Cat £32.00 £250. 50 Belgian Occupation (Eupen and Malmedy) – 1920 used set of 7 joint issue £8.00 overprints SG 18/24 used on piece. Cat £65. 51 Belgium Railways/Back of Book – Davo Luxe album for Airs, Railways, officials, £110.00 telegraphs, with used (mainly) collection. Contents cat £900 (including complete newspaper stamps), but the album retails more than the reserve. 52 Belgium Railways – 1999-2000 Spoorwegvignette (the stamps) TRV 14/16 £1.00 unmounted mint. Cat €7,50. 53 Belgium Railways – 2002 Spoorwegvignette TRV BL4 minisheet. Cat €20,00. £3.00 54 Belgium – 1936 Charleroi Philatelic Exhibition stamp from Mini-sheet. OBP 437 £6.50 used cat €45. 55 Belgium – 1930 Antwerp City Arms Mini-sheet MS 568 mint with hinge remains £40.00 on the back (but the stamp is u/m). Cat £350 in 2010. 56 Belgium Railways – 1923/31 issue – 22 mint stamps from the set from between £4.00 P375 and P404. 57 Brazil – 1937 Lufthansa cover sent to Hamburg with SG 602 and 2x SG 6905. £4.20 Clean item. Stamps cat £37.30 and priced as such. 58 Brazil – 1930 Inter-bank cover sent from Banco Hollandez da America do Sul, £1.50 Santos to Lloyds of London. The legible cancel, though, is from Bordeaux “Gare St. Jean” (a railway station). 59 British Antarctic Territory – 2008 Explorers and Ships mini-sheet. SG MS 743 £3.00 unmounted mint. 60 British Antarctic Territory – 2008 Penguins sheetlet (third series). SG MS 474a £3.00 unmounted mint. 61 British Antarctic Territory – 6 x unmounted sets from the 1980’s. Cat £15. £3.00 62 British Indian Ocean Territory – 1975 Birds set of 15. SG MS 67/76 mounted £4.50 mint. 63 Caldey Island – Set of 4 cinderellas. £1.00 64 Cameroon/Central African Republic - 1981 um mint Prince Charles and £1.00 Diana set with MS perf and imperf 65 Canada – 1897 50 cent Jubilee fine used. Cat £110 but two short perfs. £5.00 66 Canada – 1992 Prestige Booklet – 75 years of the National Hockey League. – £3.00 “Lightning on Ice”. There’s a couple of pictures of The Great One, but not on the stamps. 67 Ceylon – 1947 New Constitution set on registered cover. £2.00 68 Cocos (Keeling) Islands – 1969 Decimal Currency Issue “set” in a £2.00 presentation pack. 69 Cocos (Keeling) Islands – 2006 Coral Ref sheet of 20 unmounted mint. SG £4.00 410/429. Cat £21. 70 Curacao – 1889 Numerals set of 5 mounted mint. SG 37/41. Cat £50. £7.00 71 Czechoslovakia – 2 stamps from Mini-sheet MS 334A (carton paper) used. £10.00 72 Czechoslovakia – 2 stamps from Mini-sheet MS 334A (carton paper) unused. £5.00 73 Czechoslovakia – Album with extensive collection 1918 to 1992. Many £10.00 hundreds of stamps 74 Danzig – 1935 Air set of 5, mixture of unmounted and mounted mint. SG £4.00 233/237. Centering unusually decent for this set. Cat £23. 75 Danzig – 1932 International Air Post Exhibition set of 5 (the overprint set), £11.00 mixture of unmounted and mounted mint. SG 221/225 Cat £65. 76 Danzig – 1924 Air set of 5, mixture of unmounted and mounted mint. SG 195/199 £17.00 Cat £100. 77 Danzig (Port Gdansk) – 5 used values, SG R4, R18, R24, R28 and R32. Cat £5.20 £52.25. 78 Dominican Republic – Packet of 20 airmail covers, mainly from the early 1950’s £5.00 well before the country started issuing Disney (and other) rubbish. Nice (can’t remember typing that about Dominica before) and unusual offering. 79 Epirus – 1914 SG 39/46 used set in mixed condition. Cat £27. £2.20 80 Eritrea – 1928 45th Anniversary of the Italian-African Society SG 133/136 used. £7.00 Cat £63. 81 Eritrea – 1926 Colonial Propaganda SG 107/112 used. Cat £48. £5.50 82 Eritrea – 1929 Second National Defence SG 137/140 used. Ragged perfs on £15.00 some stamps. Cat £162. 83 Estonia – 1939 Mini-sheet SG 151A mint. Cat £30. £3.40 84 Falkland Islands – 2007 25th Anniversary of Liberation “Lest We Forget” 2 £7.00 (different) sheets unmounted mint. SG1077. 85 Falkland Islands – 2008 Aircraft Definitive set of 12 unmounted mint. £12.50 SG1096/1107. 86 Falkland Islands – 1952 KGVI £1 definitive used. SG 185. £6.00 87 Finland – 1993 Bird stamp booklet containing SG 1333-7 (it’s a MS) Cat £11.50 £2.00 as singles. 88 France (St. Pierre et Miquelon) – 5 mini-sheets showing ships 1994-2006 £5.00 unmounted mint. 89 France – 1968 Silk First Day Cover for the 40th Anniversary of a flight from St £1.00 Nazaire to Paris. SG 1800 90 France – 1964 “Philatec 1964” 1 Franc air stamp marginal u/m mint (with the £5.00 label). SG 1651. Cat £29. 91 France – Small 1830 entire sent internally. Various markings including a 1D in a £2.20 circle and a backstamp. 92 French Antarctic Territory – 4 x First Day Covers 1979-1981. £3.00 93 French Antarctic Territory – 1983 Madonna stamp in unmounted mint block of £2.00 10 from the lower part of the sheet with all the selvedge remaining intact. SG 171. Cat £12. 94 French Antarctic Territory – 1962 Pitando Petrels (Bird) SG 28 fine used. Cat £12.00 £65. 95 French Antarctic Territory – 1963 Year of the Quiet Sun 20F, SG 36 unmounted £9.00 mint. Cat £55. 96 French Antarctic Territory – 1965 Adelie Land Centenary 50F, SG 38 £16.00 unmounted mint. Cat £90. 97 French Antarctic Territory – 1973 Ship set of 4 in mixture of £6.00 mounted/unmounted mint. SG 85/88. Cat £36. 98 French Antarctic Territory – 1977 Albatross SG 124 in unmounted mint block of £3.00 4. Cat £16. 99 French Antarctic Territory – 1977 Snow Petrel SG 197 in unmounted block of 4 £3.00 with huge selvedge. Cat £16.00 100 French Antarctic Territory – 1977 Wildlife SG 196, 198 and 199 in unmounted £3.50 pairs some with huge selvedge. Cat £23 101 French Antarctic Territory – 1983 Pintail Duck pair in whole unmounted mint £4.20 blocks of 10 with selvedge from the left hand side of the sheet. SG 172/3. Cat £24. 102 Gambia – 1966 Birds part set in unmounted blocks of 4. Cat £14.80. £2.00 103 Georgia – 1922 overprint issues SG 28/32 used. £5.00 104 Germany (West) – 1951-52 complete definitive set – SG 1045-1060. Cat £53 £4.00 105 Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) – 5 x special postcards for the 1947/8 definitive £4.00 issue with stamps affixed. 106 Germany – 1954 President Heuss. 20 fine used issues 2pf – 3DM part set. Cat £3.00 £26+. 107 Germany – 350 (approx) 3rd Reich and earlier including better on 4 stocksheets £2.00 with some duplication. 108 Germany - (mainly West) 1951-2001 on leaves with some better values and £5.00 some duplication. 109 Germany (West) – 1954 mint set of heads SG 1126/29. Cat £60 but with £8.00 minor faults. 110 Germany (West) – 1952 Telephone Service SG 1087 vfu, cat £21. £3.00 111 Germany (Brit/Allied Zone) – 1946 Numeral definitives. 19 values on paper with £8.00 special cancels, cat £79.50. 112 Germany – 1923 Registered Luftpost cover. Various cancels/markings, one red £4.00 in a box but barely legible. Stamps: 3 x 25 brown/yellow SG 228, 3x 100m green/rose SG 229 1 x 5m orange-red SG 269 and 3 x 10m purple SG 270 with total cat £185.00. Some browning, unfortunately. 113 Germany – 1923 Luftpost card. The various cancels etc seem to have been £5.00 applied in Munich, Berlin and Hamburg. Stamps: 4 x 25 brown SG 271 and 3 x 200m violet blue SG 273 with total cat £229.00. Has some sort of pricelist on the back. Some browning on edges of some of the stamps, unfortunately. 114 Germany (Berlin) – 1949 UPU B55/58 part set. Cat £140+ £10.00 115 Germany (Berlin) – 1949/54 Buildings. 17 stamps out of the set of 21 including £6.00 the 4 large values. Cat in excess of £60 116 Germany (Berlin) – 1952/3 Famous Berliners SG B91/100 (excluding SG93). £5.00 Cat £53+ 117 Germany (Berlin) – 1954 Fine used selection on stockcard SG B112/B116. Cat £3.00 £30.50. 118 Germany (Berlin) – 1953 Freedom Bells SG B101/105 Clappers in the middle £7.00 fine used set. Cat £65. 119 Germany (Berlin) – 1951 Freedom Bells SG B82/86 Clappers to the right mint £15.00 set. Cat £150 120 Germany (Berlin) – 1952 Beethoven Death Anniversary stamp SG B87 used. £5.00 Cat £39. 121 Germany (Berlin) – 1955 Liners SG B123/124 mint. Cat £13.50 £1.50 122 Germany (Berlin) – 1953 Uprising pair SG B110/111 fine used. Cat £51.50 £5.00 123 German States - Saxony – 1855 King Johann I issues for ½, 1, 2 and 3 n.gr. SG £9.00 17, 18, 21 and 23 (probably) with pretty good margins all round. Cat £81. 124 German States (North German Confederation) – 1871 cover sent from £3.00 Stralsund to Leith with two Northern District stamps, probably SG 23 (or 24) and 28. Stamps cat £9, but the cancels look out of the ordinary. 125 German States (Hanover) – 1854 cover sent from Bremen to Norden (a smallish £3.00 town quite near the Dutch North Sea Coast). 126 Thule (Greenland) – 1935 fine used set of 5. Facit T1/5. Cat £30+. £5.00 127 Thule (Greenland) – 1935 fine unmounted mint set of 5. Facit T1/5. Cat £32+. £5.00 128 GB – PHQ cards (3 sets) , 2 singles, unposted. £1.00 129 GB – Rolls Razor embossed King George V 1920’s card, unposted. £1.00 130 GB – Letter from Ormskirk dated 1825 with 220 Mileage mark. £5.00 131 GB – HMS Victory cover. 200 years of service. £2.00 132 GB – Viscount Nelson postcard posted on board. £1.00 133 GB – Postcard Nelson postcard posted 1906. Scarce card. (foxed) £5.00 134 GB – 6 x Royal Mail postcards. 1981 (set). £1.00 135 GB – Envelope to Denmark 1909. Nice condition. £1.00 136 GB – 1971 letter from London to Alloa “Gone away. Return to Sender” S93. £1.60 137 GB – Camp Bird postcard re Shein (?) Mines Oct 1990. £1.00 138 GB – Envelope Nov 1943 by Sea Bag from USA. £1.00 139 GB – Envelope from Kilburn 1965 to Cornwall 4d stamp cut in half and marked £2.00 “No 4p available”. 140 GB – 8 self adhesive stamps of the Royal Family. 2 sets with total face £5.46. £4.00 141 GB – Packet of 40 Victorian and Edwardian envelopes. £3.00 142 GB – Packet of 50 George VI and early Elizabethan envelopes. £2.00 143 GB – Two Brighton Illustrated envelopes, the Brighton Centre and Brighton £1.00 Racecourse. 144 GB – A pair of entires from 1834 and 1841. £1.00 145 GB – Bereavement cover dated 25.7.1884 with clear sharp cancel. £1.00 146 GB – Sealed note Folkingham to Salisbury via Peterborough. £1.00 147 GB – 1832 2 page entire posted from London. £1.00 148 GB – SG 196 1s green cat £300 perfin but missing parts (cut perfs). A space £1.00 Filler , really. 149 GB – Cookbook pane unmounted mint. Cat £11. £1.00 150 GB – 1985 FDC (bee). Stated to be the “First Polythene bag First Day Cover £1.00 mailing”. Probably the last too. 151 GB – 2000 Minisheet for Queen Mothers birthday NS 2161 Unmounted mint. Cat £1.00 £11. Face £1.08. 152 GB – 3 tatty illustrated covers “Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society”, £1.00 Eastbourne. 153 GB – SG 1859/1867 booklet pane on home made FDC. Cat £11. £1.00 154 GB – Large blue 24-sided stockbook crammed with GB. NB Many high values £5.00 duplicated but unchecked. QE2. Probably £500+ face but these are used (??) PLEASE TAKE CARE as some seem to fall out of the stockbook. 155 GB(Scotland) – 10 covers with Scottish interest. £1.00 156 GB – Six envelopes/packets of unchecked used 2d blues and ½d bantams. £5.00 157 GB – Benham silks in a special album. 80 silks from 1982/1983. £10.00 158 GB – Eminent Britons PHQ card set mint. £2.00 159 GB – Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday presentation pack. £2.00 160 GB – 2003 Coronation set of 10 on a FDC signed by John Suchet. £4.00 161 GB – 2004 Classic locomotives mini-sheet unmounted mint. SG MS2423. Cat £3.00 £25. 162 GB – A very poor 1d black space-filler, the worst the Vendor has seen. £1.00 163 GB Error – Image Shift – 1966 Christmas 3d (SG 713) Whole of bottom writing £5.00 missing (ie “T Shemba & Harrison and Sons. Ltd”). Enlarged copies for comparison. 164 GB Error – Christmas 1974 4½p (SG 967) Listed Variety “Reversed Q for 0” in £5.00 date “1480”. Enlarged copies for comparison. 165 GB Error – Christmas 1976 11p (SG 1020) Listed Variety “Magenta hook on “3” £5.00 of “1320””. Enlarged copies for comparison. 166 GB Error – 1979 Police 10p value (SG 1100). Listed variety. “Extra Cloud under £5.00 Queen’s silhouette”. Enlarged copy for comparison. 167 GB Error – Christmas 1979 8p (SG 1104) Listed variety. “Black dot over tassels £5.00 of Blanket”. Enlarged copy for comparison. 168 GB Error – 1986 Halley’s Comet (SG 1312) Listed variety. “Short tail to “7””. £5.00 Enlarged copy for comparison. 169 GB Error – 1987 Isaac Newton 22p value (SG 1352) Listed variety. “White patch £5.00 on Jupiter”. Enlarged copy for comparison. 170 GB Postal Forgery – 1993 24p chestnut Machin (X 969). No phosphor, wrong £6.00 perfs etc. Enlarged copies for comparison. 171 GB – Four old covers, three of which are back stamped with arrival dates. £1.00 172 GB – SIX complete sets from FDC’s 2001-2003 – Greetings (SG 2182/86), Cats £2.00 and Dogs (SG 2187/96), Greetings (SG 2260/64), Peter Pan (SG 2304/8), Classic Toys (SG 2397/2401) and Christmas (SG240/5). Total Cat value £48.75. 173 GB Strike Post – Exeter Emergency Delivery Service penny post cover with £3.00 Specimen mark on rear and cachet on front that appears to have been sent to Topsham. 174 GB Strike Post – Exeter Emergency Delivery Service 2 1/2p, 10p and 15p £1.00 stamps in unmounted strips of 3 showing Explorers(?) – Raleigh, Frobisher and Gilbert. 175 GB – 1939 First Flight cover Southampton to Botwood by PAA northern route. £4.00 176 GB – 7 x Special Flight covers for the Falklands Campaign 1982. £3.00 177 GB – Collection of local and Cinderella stamps and mini-sheets mint and used £6.00 plus 3 covers on 7 stockcards. 178 GB – 6 x pre-decimal First Day Covers. Cat £63. £6.00 179 GB – 1883 5/- SG 180 used. Cat £250. (some foxing to a few perfs at top) £10.00 180 GB – 1902 2/6 SG 260 used. Cat £140. £8.00 181 GB – 1823 Stamp Exhibition airmail essay. Unmounted mint. £3.00 182 GB Error – 1993 SG 1662 mint with “Missing Date” error (together with a £5.00 normal used copy for comparison. 183 GB – Smiler sheet “Stamp Show 2000” official cover. Cat £20. £3.00 184 GB – 2015 set of 10 PHQ cards for Alice in Wonderland in sealed pack £2.00 185 GB – Stanley Gibbons New Classic cover album well filled with (mostly) Millenium £10.00 FDC’s. 186 GB – Blue cover album with quantity of GB FDC’s (50). £5.00 187 GB – Tatty old red cover album with a number (21) of covers, mostly First Day. £1.00 188 GB - Tiny 1840 entire from Eastbourne to Wymondham with dated £15.00 Eastbourne Mar 27 on reverse, red PAID Mar 28 on front, and fair Southbourne Penny Post in blue 189 GB – 1976 Collector's Pack. Cat £14, face £2.70+ £2.00 190 GB – Mint PHQ cards 1978-1984. 47 complete sets in an album. Cat £115+ £5.00 191 GB – An 1847 1d red (imperf) entire sent from Hailsham to Battle. Four different £4.00 cancels – which seems quite unnecessary given the distance travelled. There’s a Hailsham cancel, a numeral 823 (presumably also Hailsham), a Battle backstamp and a Hurst Green backstamp. Not sure what it was doing in Hurst Green, but it beats sending it to Gatwick, I guess. 192 GB/TPO – Clean 1937 vicar-post cover sent to Langford Parsonage, Bristol. Both £1.60 stamps have “Great Western TPO” cancel.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Refreshment break~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ B – Country Lots “New Zealand – Z” Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 193 GB-France-India – Lots going on with this one. The cover starts in the UK 1862 £4.00 with the intention of travelling to Calcutta via Marseilles. There’s a “Deficient Postage” stamp on the front showing a fine of 3 (somethings) of which the British share was all 3. On the back there’s a “Calcutta Steam Letter” cachet. 194 GB/Ireland – 1847 1d red (imperf) cover sent from London to County Cork. £3.00 195 GB/Ireland – 1856 1d red (perf) cover sent from to Wexford London. £2.00 196 GB/Mobile Post Office/Egypt – 1937 Edward VIII clean registered cover with all £5.00 sorts of interest. Looks to have originated in Sutton Coldfield and then bears 1 st British Mobile Post Office postmark (quite a few of them) thereafter flown by “Castor” to Alexandria picking up some more markings on the way. Inside is a cute original photo of Mobile Post Office GPO1 taken in 1937. 197 GB/Sport - Covers all with a sporting theme – Everton/Aston Villa League Cup £1.00 Final signed John ??? ‘, Seagulls 18 Aug 79 1st Division Debut, Sussex County Ground 6 June 1972 198 GB - Cover 1981 London Marathon signed by Chris Brasher £1.00 199 GB – Plastic folder with accumulation in green ‘swops’ folder. Contains some £2.00 mint KG VI in part sheets, England Winners block, plus some small loose packets of stamps etc 200 GB – Extreme Endeavours presentation pack SG 2360/5 with First Day Cover. £1.50 201 GB – Cats and Dogs presentation pack SG 2187/96 with First Day Cover. £1.50 202 GB – Stamp world London 1990 International Stamp Exhibition mini-sheet SG MS £1.00 1501. 203 GB – Solar Eclipse Mini-sheet SG MS 2106. £3.00 204 GB – Millenium Timekeeper mini-sheet SG MS2123. £5.00 205 GB – Minisheet MS 2416 Rugby World Cup England winners. £3.00 206 GB – Coin UK Crown celebrating half century of Queens Reign. £4.00 207 GB – 1997 presentation pack for 350th death anniversary of Henry VIII. £1.00 208 GB – 2000 Stamp show presentation pack. £1.50 209 GB – 2000 Queen Mother mini-sheer and document. £2.00 210 GB – 1999 Millenium minisheet SG MS 2123 with document. £2.50 211 GB – 2001 special coin cover “50 years of the Archers” and coin. £1.50 212 GB – 2000 Stamp show minisheet SG MS 2147. £1.00 213 GB – Royal Mail presentation pack “A Perfect Coronation” for Golden Jubilee. £4.00 214 GB – 2000 Royal Mail Jubilee Exhibition Sheetlet. £1.00 215 Grenada - 1968 “set” SG 306–21 mint, missing SG 317a £4.00 216 Greece – 1999 – 4000 years of Greek Culture sheet unmounted mint SG £3.00 2099a x 4. 217 Guadeloupe(French) – 2 x picture postcards used c 1919/1939. £2.00 218 Guernsey – 2007 Battle for the Falklands 25th Anniversary set and mini-sheet £2.50 on 2 x FDC’s. SG 1142/7 and MS 1148. 219 Guernsey – 60th Anniversary of Liberation presentation pack SG 1060/4 with First £1.00 Day Cover. 220 Guernsey – 2008 Touring Cars miniature sheet. Face value £3 £1.00 221 Hong Kong – 1941 Centenary $1 mint. Cat £50.00 but has gum stains. £4.00 222 Hong Kong - Dragon Boat Festival 1985 FDC in special folder and envelope £1.00 223 Hong Kong - 1992 Definitives um mint – 22 stamps to $50 £7.00 224 Hong Kong – Prestige Booklet “China 2001”. The stamps on the 3 x booklet £2.50 panes cat £10+. 225 Ifni - mainly um mint in packet £1.00 226 India – Collection of old covers, registered letters and postal stationary cards £4.00 (with some from Burma, South Australia etc) in black 4-ring binder. About 40 old items, many have contents but in poor condition. 227 India – folder of mint and used stamps £3.00 228 India – Imperf and perf mint Azad Hind stamps. Issued in 1943 in Nazi £4.00 Germany for Subhas Chandra Bose’s Azad Hind (Indian National Army). Mint but with offset colour marks on reverse. 229 India – 1935 Silver Jubilee set SG 240/246 used. Cat £14.30. £1.00 230 Ireland –1960 Europa. 2 different FDC’s with SG 182/3. £5.00 231 Ireland – 1934 clean “Paquebot - Posted at Sea” cover sent from Dun Laoghaire £2.00 to Hornchurch. 232 Eire – 1953 Emmet commemoration set. SG156/7. Fine used. Cat £10 £1.00 233 Ireland – 2 Hagner cards with um mint selection from 2000/2001, generally in £9.00 complete sets. Similar to last time (that sold for £17.50 face €33.80) but without the pre-Euro sets. Cat £44.40, €22.37 face. 234 Italy – Castle Series in two presentation pack-type issues. One has SG 1679a and £4.30 1679b unmounted mint. The other has a concertina type display of 26 different castles. Cat (as stamps) £26.85. 235 Italy – 1984 Racehorse pair SG 1843/4 in unmounted mint block of 4. Cat £3.20 £21.80. 236 Italy – 1981 Flower set of 4 SG 1708/1710 in unmounted mint marginal blocks of £1.40 4. Cat £8. 237 Italy – 1983 Flower set of 4 SG 1797/1799 in unmounted mint corner blocks of 4. £3.00 Cat £16. 238 Italy – 1983 Holy Year set of 4 SG 1788/1791 in unmounted mint corner blocks of £2.50 4. Cat £15. 239 Italy – 1983 Pope Pius XII SG 1787 in unmounted mint corner block of 4. Cat £3.20 £17. 240 Italy – 1983 Europa Pair SG 1800/1 in unmounted mint marginal blocks of 4. Cat £15.00 £104. 241 Japan - mint and used in packet £2.00 242 Laos – 1968 World Health Organisation set and Mini-sheet, unmounted mint. £2.00 SG 237/241 and MS 242. 243 Leeward Islands Varieties – 3 x errors/varieties on QEII 2c green SG . £4.00 “Spur on U” Row 5 stamp 2 in a block of 4 and in a corner block of 8 “Flaw in Crown” and the third stated to be “Loop Flaw” in Row 2 stamp 2. 244 Liechtenstein – 1920 Postage Dues mint/used D 43/50 plus and extra shade of £1.00 the 30H. Cat £7.55 245 Morocco Agencies – 1937 Edward VIII cover sent from BPO Larache to London £3.00 with SG 160/163 on (contrary to the pencil markings). 246 Nauru – 8 x Presentation Packs 1981-1984 period. Stamps cat £20+ £4.00 247 Newfoundland – 1937 Coronation set of 11 mounted mint. SG 257/267. Cat £9.00 £60.00. 248 Newfoundland - SG 26, 29 31 and 33 used on stockcard. Reasonable copies £10.00 stc £398 if perfect. 249 Netherlands– 1917 registered censor cover sent from Rotterdam to Plymouth. £2.00 Unfortunately the censor strip has covered up most of the stamps, and the cover itself is “tropisched” otherwise it would be worth 10 times the estimate. 250 New Zealand – 7 Health stamp FDC’s for 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1074 £3.00 and 1975. 5 x unaddressed and 2 with handwritten addresses. 251 New Zealand - 3 x NZ First Day covers, two from the 1930’s £1.00 252 Norway – 1910-1918 SG155a-158 used. Cat. £10.90p £1.00 253 Pitcairn Islands/Paquebot – 1937 cover sent to Hornchurch with a “PAQUEBOT £2.00 POSTED AT SEA” (or most of it, as three letters have fallen off the right hand side). Cancel is “Pitcairn Island – NZ Postal Agency” on a 1d New Zealand Emu. 254 Poland – 1921 Tabromik mint pair. Not listed in SG but are in Michel as Mi Fa I £2.00 and Fa II. Cat €29 (about £21). One has the label beneath, the other doesn’t. 255 Portugal – 1911 used postage dues – Vasco de Gama overprinted Republica. Cat £20.00 £217.75. SG D 442/3/5 and D451/3. 256 Portugal – 600 approx on album pages from 1876-1993. Includes some colonies. £3.00 257 Portuguese Colonies – Issues for African Colonies and Overseas Territories from £4.40 1898, SG 1/8 mint. Cat £42. 258 Ross Dependency – 2003 Marine Life unmounted mint set SG 84/8, also the £3.00 same set on cover all in a special presentation stamp pack. Cat £20 259 St. Helena – 1953 definitive set of 13 (Cat £85) mounted mint. SG 153/65. £12.00 260 San Marino – 2001 1700th Anniversary of San Marino Presentation Booklet. Cat £3.00 £23. 261 Singapore – 1948 Royal Silver Wedding set (Cat £110.00) unmounted mint. £20.00 SG 31/2. 262 Singapore – 1955 definitive set of 15 (Cat £130.00) mounted mint. SG 38/52. £14.00 Boats etc. 263 Singapore – 1962-6 definitive set of 16 (Cat £55.00) unmounted mint. SG £8.00 63/77. Fauna. 264 Singapore – 1968 definitive set of 15 (Cat £60.00) unmounted mint. SG £8.00 101/115. Culture. 265 Singapore – 1949 UPU set of 4 unmounted mint. SG 33/6 £3.50 266 South Georgia – 2009 Shackleton commemoration definitive set of 12 £12.50 unmounted mint. SG 467/478. 267 South Georgia – 2008 International Polar Year set of 4 unmounted mint. SG £3.50 445/448. 268 Sudan – 1951 Definitive set of 17 mounted mint. SG 123/139. Cat £90. £7.50 269 Sweden – 3 x covers (2 registered) 1938-9 addressed to France. £2.00 270 Switzerland – 1959 PTT (overprinted) conference set on FDC and in special £4.00 folder. 271 Switzerland - 2012 Pro Patria set unmounted mint. SG1935-1938. Cat. £19 £3.00 272 Timor – 1898 mint set SG 58/65 - 40th Anniversary of Vasco de Gama. Cat £35. £3.60 273 Trieste (Italian) – 1947 Air pair SG 25/26 used. Cat £66. £7.00 274 Trinidad and Tobago – 1983 Flower definitives on 3 x FDC’. Stamps cat £26.65. £4.00 275 Tripolitania – 1934 Second International Colonial Exhibition SG 204/15 mint. Cat £8.00 £75. 276 Turkey – 19 earlies on an album page. Vendor has no idea of cat value. (Looks to £1.00 include a few aliens from Thessaly). 277 USA – Packet of 150 or so unmounted mint stamps mainly 1970’s and 80’s £4.00 278 USA – Four mint miniature sheets 1976 American Revolution Centennial. Cat £5.00 £31.75p 279 USA – 1934 Army Emergency Service cover sent air mail to Orlando from £2.00 Jacksonville. 2 back stamps, and some info relating to the service comes with it. 280 USA – 1947 Helicopter Air Mail cover sent within New Jersey. Cancel on the back £2.00 “Air Mail Field” looks interesting. 281 USA – Packet of 6 covers/cards etc, one of which is a 1929 First Day cover which £1.40 it is suggested cats $50 prepared for the “Ohio River Dedication Cruise”. 282 USA – 2013 block of 16 stamps celebrating Four hundred years of Florida. £2.00 283 Venda (South Africa) – Duplicated unmounted mint sets in an envelope. Dozens £3.00 of sets. 284 Yugoslavia - Mint and used collection on 50+ pages written-up and £15.00 specialized in places. High cat and includes some Croatia. 285 Zambezia – 1911 set of 15 overprinted “Republica” mint. SG 64/78. Cat £24. £2.20

C – Mixed Country Lots Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 286 World - 1901-1920 world collection in huge International album. Many £30.00 hundreds of stamps, mostly used. High cat. 287 Club books – 8 previously circulated (not in Eastbourne) club books. NZ, £10.00 India, Commonwealth. Heavily picked but still contains good stamps 288 Commonwealth – Stockbook with 10 pages of very mixed material, mostly early £8.00 stopping after some early QEII. Mint and used, there’s a fair bit of Canada and Australia, Newfoundland, Australian States at the front, and lots of other material in the second half. Looks to be some good stuff in here. 289 Foreign - 12 x circulated club books (not Eastbourne). £6.00 290 Foreign - 10 x circulated club books (not Eastbourne). £5.00 291 World - Blue stockbook of world stamps mainly used but nice Austria 1987 £5.00 and 1990 mint in pairs and some mint Norway and Switzerland 292 Commonwealth - 8 x circulated club books (not Eastbourne). £4.00 293 Yachts and Dinghies - Thematic collection of yachts and dinghies - stamps £4.00 and miniature sheets on 29 leaves 294 Americas Air Mail – Packet of 17 airmail covers, mainly from South America £3.20 including unusual countries such as Ecuador and Peru. Mixture of early and late material, some looking better than others. 295 Trains – 6 sides of stockcard with locomotives, rolling stock, past and present £3.20 from around the world. The second part of a lot sold earlier, but 50% more of it this time (by volume), and still basically unchecked for value. 296 Lighthouses - Thematic collection of lighthouses – 19 leaves with collection £3.00 of stamps, covers, mini-sheet and booklet 297 Space – Apollo/Soyuz space pack from 1975 with a proof coin £2.00 298 World – Pack of 14 covers with no particular connection. A GB perfin cover, £2.00 France, Norway, Isle of Man QEII £2 FDC, an Alexandrian Airmail, Tristan survey cover, Chile. 299 Commonwealth – Selection of 14 covers. £2.00 300 Foreign – Selection of 14 covers. £2.00 301 Forces – 7 covers all with links to armed forces – 3 signed £1.00 302 Middle East (Syria, Egypt etc) in packet £1.00 303 World – Off paper mixture in packet, mixed, 100’s £1.00 304 World - Mixed world stamps in bag £1.00 305 South American – Various South American countries mint in packets £1.00 306 Foreign – Folder of album sheets and loose stamps from an estate. Thousands £1.00 of stamps.

D – Accessories, Catalogues and Non-Stamp Material Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 307 Murray Payne King George VI Catalogue – 19th edition – 2008. Hardback and £10.00 good condition. * (Reduced Price) 308 Royal Mail boxed blue presentation pack album. £4.00 309 Royal Mail boxed blue presentation pack album. £4.00 310 Murray Payne King George VI catalogue – 2000 edition £3.00 311 “ Collect Motor Vehicles” on stamps. 2004 catalogue in good condition. Cost £3.00 £22.95 312 Royal Mail brown presentation pack album. £3.00 313 Postcard Album – Red 4-ring Davo album containing 30 polypockets to hold £3.00 240 cards 314 Postcard Album – Dark Green 2-ring album containing 51 polypockets to hold £3.00 204 cards 315 “Collect Railways” on stamps. 1999 catalogue in good condition. Cost £19.95 £2.00 316 A brown Quality four ring binder £2.00 317 A green SG Avon stamp album in very good condition. £2.00 318 SG Catalogue – Part 22 (USA) 6th edition - 2005. £1.00 319 SG Catalogue – Australia 5th edition - 2009. £1.00 320 SG GB Concise catalogue. 2012 edition. £1.00 321 “GB” anti-EU stickers in sheets. Unused. £1.00 322 “The British Spy Manual” Hardback book. 272 pages (with instructions on how to £1.00 make incendiary devices and a nice picture of Hitler that wouldn’t look out of place in the previous lot). 323 SG GB CONCISE catalogue. 2012 edition in good condition. £1.00 324 Older green good quality stamp album with blank pages. Shows it’s age but still £1.00 very serviceable. Unusual mechanism for removing pages. The last page or two have hinge marks. 325 The Stanley Gibbons book of stamps and stamp collecting £1.00

E – Postcards and Cigarette Cards etc. Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 326 3 x WWI embroidered pictures sent by Private Cook to Reighton, York. £6.00 327 5 x Judges picture notes of Sussex with envelopes. £1.00 328 Cigarette cards. Coronation of KG VI 1937 in album. Good condition and £1.00 complete. Cards stuck in. 329 1997 RAC centenary postcard with “stamps” £1.00

F – Lots of less than £1 Lot Ven Description Reserve Sale 330 Bahamas – 4 x mint stamps. 60p 331 GB – 17 x high value used QE2 definitives, duplication. 60p 332 GB – 1950 telegram from Banstead. 60p 333 GB – Postcard to Holland Mar 1922. Nice London cancel. 60p 334 GB – 100th year anniversary of Queen Mother presentation pack SG MS 2161 75p 335 GB – Presentation Pack inserts. 50p 336 Guernsey – 60th Anniversary of Liberation presentation pack SG 1078/9 with First 80p Day Cover. 6 337 Jamaica – Part cover with Jamaica (Half-Way Tree) and Cuba cancels. 60p 338 South Georgia – 3 mint stamps. 2013 60p 339 Lindner FDC album 50p 340 Three stockcards with Austria, Hungary, Sweden, Netherlands 60p

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Additional notes. a) Auction material can still be handed to one of the auction organizers at Thursday meetings. The existing form can be used (although see (b) below). Material needs to be handed to Bill France, Richard Robbins or Tim Griffiths, one of whom will, baring disaster, be present at the usual 7.15-7.30 time. b) For those that would prefer to type their lists for sale rather than handwrite them, this will be actively encouraged. Tim can send you an e-mailable form that will be in the same layout as the auction catalogue. This will save him having to type it too! The list, when returned, needs to be sent to [email protected] . The material can be handed over in the normal way. c) Material can also by arrangement be handed to one of the organizers elsewhere on request. d) Packet-type material should not be sealed so as to deny inspection, please. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next Auction 29th October 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Closing date for lots: 8th October 2015.

List of abbreviations (sometimes) used:-

cat catalogue value cds circular date stamp (or part of one) cto cancelled to order ptsa priced (by some former owner) to sell at FD(C) First Day (Cover) SG Stanley Gibbons Mi Michel catalogue sbv stated by Vendor NVPH Dutch specialised cat. slc slight crease/fold OBP Belgian specialised cat. stc stated (by the Seller) to have cat value of.… perf perforation Mm or m/m (or *) mounted mint perfin perforated initials umm or u/m (or **) unmounted mint