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www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction The Association of Great Britain First Day Cover G B Collectors www.gbfdc.co.uk GB First Day Cover Auction Postal Auction No. 25 - Closing Date for Bids th Thursday 12 June 2014 317 1165 201 88 63 257 Don’t miss out on the covers you want, pay in installments! NO BUYER’S PREMIUM 01403 241825 before 10pm. Email: [email protected] Richard Park, GBFDC Auction, 2 Chaffinch Close, Horsham, West Sussex. RH12 5HA. U.K. GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] GBFDC Postal Auction 25 1173 556 94 845 1195 677 419 1053 187 241 www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction 2 GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] GBFDC Postal Auction 25 59 154 96 170 829 256 208 114 558 803 www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction 3 GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] GBFDC Postal Auction 25 206 517 1365 1021 840 618 846 851 918 177 www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction 4 GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] Welcome To GBFDC Auction 25 Many Rare Covers are on offer including Official Covers, cds, Meter Marks, Definitive and Booklet First Day Covers. Estimates have been lowered on some unsold lots from previous auctions. Over 1400 lots Estimates from £3 to over £5,500 View more images on GBFDC website at www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction Overseas bidders can pay by PayPal, subject to a transaction fee GBFDC current members can pay by instalments, maximum of 4 months, if spend at least £100 on Successful Bids, including Unsold Lots Unsold Lots offered at reserve prices, which in most cases is the estimate, for up to 4 weeks after the auction closing date. After that any reasonable offers will be considered, subject to the vendor’s consent. View Unsold Lots List online at www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction or request a copy by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the auctioneer. please see GBFDC Auction Guide & Conditions of Sale enter lot numbers & bids correctly, or you will purchase the wrong covers once Vendors have been paid, no lots will be accepted back for ANY reason Next GBFDC Auction October 2014 Please contact the auctioneer before sending any material you would like considered for inclusion in the next auction Non related FDI or Philatelic Bureau Postmarks are not accepted, unless on special covers No handwritten or damaged covers, unless very scarce Minimum lot value £5.00 Deadline for material 31st August 2014 Send your bids in early, as in the case of two bids the same, the one received first will win the Cover! You can e-mail your bids to [email protected] Richard Park Hon. GBFDC Chairman & Auctioneer 5 GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] GBFDC AUCTION GUIDE & CONDITIONS OF SALE All Illustrated First Day Covers with a complete set of stamps postmarked on the First Day of Issue, unless otherwise stated. Prices quoted from current FDC catalogues. No viewing facilities, colour photocopies on request by sending stamped addressed envelope, clearly quoting lot number(s) and enclosing a 2nd Class stamp per lot, or free colour scans by email. Abbreviations used to describe lots: AL Address Label FDI First Date of Issue AP Address Printed cds Circular Date Stamp AT Address Typed M/C Wavyline Machine Cancellation HW Hand Written ORD Ordinary set of stamps UA Unaddressed PHOS Phosphor set of stamps ML Missing Label Off Official Cover RM Royal Mail FS Full Set MM Meter Mark H/S Special Hand Stamp PB Prestige Book RB Retail Booklet CB Centre Band RLS Railway Letter Stamp Bidding - each lot sold at one bid step above 2nd highest bid, or at estimate price if only one bid received. So no bidder will pay more than necessary to purchase a lot. If two identical bids received, preference given to the bid received first. Bids must be received by post, email or telephone before 10pm on the Last Day of the Auction, email bids by Midnight. Bidding Steps increase as follows: up to £10 by £1 steps, £10 to £50 by £2 steps, £50 to £100 by £5 steps, £100 to £500 by £10 steps, £500 to £1000 by £25 steps, £1000 to £2000 by £50 steps, £2000 to £5000 by £100 steps & over £5000 by £200 steps. Reserves generally 10% below estimate, for some lots the estimate is also the reserve. Bids below 20% of estimate are unlikely to be successful. Satisfaction Lots sold subject to purchaser's satisfaction & can be returned in the same condition as received, within 7 days of receipt with a reason for the return. Purchases by mistake eg bids on the wrong lot or duplicate covers, are not acceptable reasons for return. Payment by Sterling cheques only, overseas bidders by PayPal, subject to transaction fee. For quicker dispatch of your lots, pay by crossed blank cheque payable to GBFDC marked "not to exceed £.…." allowing for postage & packing. Alternatively you will be sent a statement of successful bids. Pay within 7 days, or at our discretion lots maybe offered to the 2nd highest bidder. Payments not received within 28 days of Statement, will be subject to a 5% interest charge per month. Lots will not be sent until payment is received. Pay by instalments for GBFDC current members only, maximum 4 months, if spend at least £100 on successful bids, including unsold lots. Terms agreed before sending any cheques, with the auctioneer, who reserves the right to refuse payment by credit to any bidder. Postage & Packing Up to £100, £2.00. Over £100, Special Delivery from £8.00. Large packages at cost. Overseas Air Mail packages from £4.00. International Tracked & Signed from £10.00. Postage prices subject to change without prior notice. Unsold Lots List available on request with a stamped addressed envelope. Or view online at www.gbfdc.co.uk/auction a few days after the auction has finished. Commission Rates for Vendors 1) Fully paid up members of GBFDC only charged 15% commission 2) Non Members charged 25% commission to sell their covers Contact Auctioneer before sending any material for the auction, minimum lot value £5. 6 GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] Lot Year Issue Description Estimate COMMEMORATIVE FIRST DAY COVERS 1 1924 Wembley Plain W.T Wilson FDC.1d Only Empire Exhib. £50 Wembley Slogan. AT 2 1929 PUC Reg.Plain. Low values. London cds.Flap missing.Cat £350. £60 HW 3 1935 Silver Juliee Plain FDC.London SW1 cds.Stamps Placed Vertical.Cat £60 £150. HW 4 1937 Coronation Reg.Display FDC Preston cds+ stamps from previous £75 Reigns. AT. 5 1946 Victory Flags & V Illust.FDC.Mill Hill Cancel.Scarce Illus.Cat £35 £47.50. UA 6 1946 Victory Geniality FDC.Don't Waste Bread Slogan.Cat £75. AT £40 7 1946 Victory Plain FDC (Made of an Old Map)Normandy Guildford cds. £45 Unlisted.HW 8 1948 Silver Wedding Illustrated FDC. Modbury Ivbridge Devon cds.Cat £350. £180 Neat HW 9 1948 Silver Wedding Plain FDC Warminster cds. Neatly Open.Vert.Crease £22 stamps OK. HW 10 1948 Silver Wedding House of Commons Env.2½d Only House of Commons £15 cds. AT 11 1948 Olympics Reg.Illus.FDC Morocco Agenciest.British Forces Tetuan £25 cds.Cat £28. AP 12 1948 Liberation Green Illus.FDC.Guernsey Wavyline Cancel. Cat £25. AT £15 13 1949 UPU BPA/PTS Illus.FDC.Whitley Bay cds. Cat £70 Neat HW £35 14 1953 Coronation Illus.FDC Long Live the Queen Slogan Uckfield Sussex.Cat £35 £65. UA 15 1953 Coronation Reg.Illus.FDC. Arundel Sussex cds.Cat £200. AT £150 16 1953 Coronation Illus.FDC. Windsor Double Ring cds.Cat £250. AT £125 17 1953 Coronation Qantas FDC 1/6d Long Live the Queen Slogan.Australia £11 Cachet.£25.AT 18 1953 Coronation Qantas FDC 1/3d Long Live the Queen Slo.Singapore £11 Cachet.£25.AT 19 1953 Coronation Qantas FDC 1/3d Long Live the Queen Slogan.Karachi £11 Cachet.£25.AT 20 1953 Coronation Qantas FDC 1/3d Long Live the Queen Slogan.Ceylon £11 Cachet.£25.AT 21 1953 Coronation Qantas FDC 1/3d Long Live the Queen Slo.Mauritius £11 Cachet.£25.AT 22 1963 Coronation Clacton Lifeboat FDC.1/3d Only Long Live the Queen £10 Slogan.HW. 23 1957 Scouts Francis Field FDC.Jubilee Jamboree Slogan. Cover £35 overprinted Royal Visit Aug 3rd. NOT FDC. Booth Cat £47.50 . AT Scarce. 24 1958 Comm.Games Reg.Plain FDC.Empire Games Village Barry Hooded £60 cds.Cat £75. Neat HW 25 1958 Comm.Games PTS FDC.British Empire & Comm.Games Slogan £50 Llanberis.Cat £90. AT 26 1960 Europa French Illus.FDC. Childs Hill Cricklewood cds.Scarce £25 Illust.Cat £35 27 1960 Europa Reg.Illus.FDC.Westminster Bridge Rd.SE1 cds.Unlisted £80 relevant cds. AP 7 GBFDC Auction 25 Closing Date for Bids 12st June 2014 Email your bids to [email protected] 28 1961 POSB Exp.Del.Illus.FDC.Bythe Road West Kensington cds.Cat £150 £300. AT 29 1961 CEPT Illus.FDC.Conference Slogan+ Torquay cds.Cat £40. AP £25 30 1961 CEPT Horst Hamann FDC.European Conference Torquay £8 Slogan.Cat £15 AP 31 1961 Parliament Reg.Ilus.FDC.Gresham House EC2 cds.Booth Cat £80.