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Chaucer Auctions Internet Only . Autograph Auction, Autographs, First Day Covers, Military . Started 12 Jun 2015 10:00 BST United Kingdom Lot Description Donitz & Speer. Great Admiral Karl Donitz who Commanded the U-Boat Fleet and Professor Albert Speer who was a German Architect 1 and Armour Organiser during National Socialism both Signed RAF Viscount Portal FDC. Good condition £40-60 2 Arthur Harris signed on his own historic aviators covers. Good condition £30-40 3 Brian Trubshaw signed 1974 rare Concorde 202 Middle and Far East Development flight cover. Good condition £30-40 James Hunt signed Benham 1982 Motor Cars official FDC, BLS3. Former F1 World Champion Motor Racing driver. Good condition £60- 4 80 5 Sir Tom Sopwith signed on his own test pilot cover. Good condition £30-40 6 Vera Lynn, Ian Fraser VC, Earl Haig signed 2000 Ex-Prisoner of War Association cover. Good condition £20-30 William Hartnell Dr Who Small page taken from an autograph book bearing the dedicated autograph of William Hartnell (1908-1974), 7 who is of course best known for playing the first incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1963-1966. Incredibly rare: we have seen photos for sale for £1500. Good con ...[more] Patrick Troughton Dr Who Small page taken from an autograph book with inset photo, bearing the undedicated autograph of Patrick 8 Troughton (1920-1987), who is of course best known for playing the second incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966-1969. Incredibly rare: we have seen photos for s ...[more] SHELBURNE, 2nd Earl of (1737-1805) 1st Marquess of Lansdowne; British Prime Minister 1782-1783. Long A.L.S., two sides, January 9 1791, explaining a delay in replying to his correspondent's letter as he was making more enquiries to be able to give a character reference for a Mr Parry. He has approache ...[more] NORTH, Lord Frederick (1732-1792) British Prime Minister 1770-1782. Signature to the base of a document 6 x 8, signed as Prime 10 Minister, 1773. Also signed by Lords of the Treasury CHARLES TOWNSHEND (1728-1810) and CHARLES JAMES FOX (1749-1806). Good condition £100-200 RAGLAN, Lord (1788-1855) Field Marshal. Envelope addressed in his hand to Lt.-Gen. Sir John Grey and signed by Raglan in the left 11 corner. Raglan, Fitzroy Somerset, was Military Secretary to the Duke Of Wellington and was responsible for the failure of the Charge of the Light Brigade. Good condition ...[more] BALDWIN, Stanley (1867-1947) British Prime Minister 1923-1929 and 1935-1937 signature on clear piece of paper. Prime Minister 12 between the two World Wars, he is also the only Prime Minister to have served under three monarchs: George V, Edward VIII and George VI. Good condition £20-30 13 Ron Evans Apollo 17 astronaut signed 10 x 8 colour White Space Suit photo, dedicated . Good condition £150-250 14 Wg Cdr W Kolaczkowski DFC Polish WW2 pilot 303 sqn signed 1989 Blitzkrieg cover. Scarce autograph Good condition £20-30 15 Tadeusz Ruman DFC Polish WW2 pilot 305 sqn signed 1989 Blitzkrieg cover. Scarce autograph Good condition £20-30 16 Flt Lt A Jeziorski Polish WW2 pilot 304sqn signed 1989 Blitzkrieg cover. Scarce autograph Good condition £20-30 17 Lt Alicja Kaliniecka Polish WW2 pilot 300 sqn signed 1989 Blitzkrieg cover. Scarce autograph Good condition £20-30 18 Robert Z Peisker KW Polish WW2 pilot 3030 sqn signed 1989 Blitzkrieg cover. Scarce autograph Good condition £20-30 Grp Capt S Wandzilak DFC AFC Polish WW2 pilot 303 sqn signed 1989 Blitzkrieg cover. 308 (City of Krakow) Squadron, stationed at 19 Speke; flew Hurricanes. Also flew with 303 and 315 Squadrons. Shot down 2 FW190s. Scarce autograph Good condition £20-30 20 Sir Matt Busby, George Best, Dennis Law & Bobby Charlton signed 1980 RNLI cover. Good condition £30-40 21 Airey Neave signed 1968 RAF Escaping Society cover, neat hand dress. Good condition £50-70 Sir Douglas Bader DSO DFC signed 1965 Battle of Britain FDC with 1 x 4d, 9d, 1/3s stamps with Biggin Hill CDS postmark. Good 22 condition £30-40 J K Rowling Hardback copy of “The Casual Vacancy”, signed in black ink on the title page by the author J.K. Rowling, with original cloth 23 dust jacket and a printed “Hatchard’s Signed Copy” wraparound band. Good condition Est. £160-200 SEVEN Victoria Cross winners. The Award of the Victoria Cross to Airmen FDC dated 15th August 1984 signed by SEVEN RAF airmen 24 who were awarded the prestigious medal-the highest award for gallantry. Leonard Cheshire VC, John Cruickshank VC, Norman Jackson VC, Rod Learoyd VC, Bill Reid VC, Leonard Tre ...[more] Sir Arthur Harris No 101 Squadron Royal Air Force 30th Anniversary of V-J Day dated 15th August 1975 signed by Arthur T. Harris 25 Good condition £30-40 Collection of Battle of Britain signed prints A complete set of 32 signed lithographic prints. (photos make them look darker than they 26 are). Each print is A3 size and printed onto card. These show Battle of Britain airmen with aircraft they flew in the Battle. Each print is hand signed in pencil by ...[more] Collection of Battle of Britain autographs. Over 30 signed letters, pieces and cards some with first names and initials and many we have 27 not identified including rare Polish BOB pilots. Could well yield some high value items. Autographs include Erich Brown, Desmond Sheen, Billy Drake, Bryan Hitchins ...[more] Gherman Titov 1961 Vostok 2 space cover signed by cosmonaut Gherman Titov (1935-2000) who became the second human to orbit 28 the earth on this space flight Good condition £20-30 29 Charles Conrad Apollo 12 Moonwalker NASA Astronaut signed 1979 Space cover. Good condition £20-30 30 Roger Moore signed hardback book Last Man Standing. Good condition £20-30 Jim Clarke & Graham Hill. An original program (complete) in good condition from the 1963 Dutch Gp and signed on the front by both Jim 31 Clark and Graham Hill in blue biro. Nice combination of signatures. Size 14cm x 22cm. Good condition £400-600 Charles Dickens A 10" x 8" image in a double 3D mount to an overall size of 28cm x 40cm, together with a piece taken from the bottom 32 of a letter signed by Charles Dickens in ink. The mount is computer cut and is made to the very highest standards. Good condition £400- 600 Alfred Hitchcock A 10" x 8" photo in a double 3D mount to an overall size of 28cm x 43cm, together with a genuine signature in ink of 34 Alfred Hitchcock on an album page. The mount is computer cut and is made to the very highest standards. Good condition Est. £200- 300 Bobby Moore A 22cm x 29cm page published by the Westminster Collection, and signed in blue by Geoff Hurst Martin Peters and 35 Bobby Moore. Almost perfect condition and getting harder to find all the time. Good condition Est. £250-350 Everest Multisigned photo A 12" x 8" photo clearly signed by Hillary, Band, Westmacott, Lowe and Wylie, plus an album page signed by 36 John Hunt in biro, a superb set of signatures from this historic moment in time. Good condition Est. £200-300 Boris Karloff A 10" x 8" photo in a double 3D mount to an overall size of 28cm x 42cm, together with a genuine signature in biro of Boris 37 Karloff on a album page. The mount is computer cut and is made to the very highest standards. Good condition Est. £200-300 Jochen Rindt A 22cm x 14cm programme for the Dutch GP at Zandvoort 1966 and clearly signed on the cover by Jochen Rindt in blue 38 biro. Programme is complete with no loose pages, but some pages have various race notations on them. Always a tough signature to find. Good condition Est. £200-300 Muhammad Ali A hard back copy of the book 'His Life and Times' and signed on bookplate on the inside of the book by Muhammad Ali 39 in biro. Please see my article on signed Ali items under Free Autograph Guides for more information on Ali and signed books. Book is in very good condition with only very ...[more] Michael Collins A 25cm x 20cm photo clearly signed by Michael Collins in blue marker. Apollo XI Command Module pilot. Good 40 condition Est. £200-300 Enola Gay Atom Bomb Crew A 10" x 8" b/w litho image of the bomb blast at Hiroshima. Clearly signed by 4 of the crew including Paul 41 Tibbets, Dutch Van Kirk, Tom Ferebee and Dick Nelson in fine blue marker, to which each has added his rank. Good condition Est. £200-300 Buzz Aldrin A 10" x 8" photo clearly signed by Buzz Aldrin in blue marker to which he has added "Apollo XI". Good condition Est. £200- 42 300 Clark Gable A 20cm x 25cm photo double 3D mounted using acid free mountboard, mounted with an authentic signature in black ink of 43 Clark Gable to an overall size of 28cm x 42cm ready for framing. Please do not confuse these mounted item with the many that are offered elsewhere, these are the best and ...[more] Lionel Barrymore A 19cm x 24cm photo signed by Lionel Barrymore with his name alone to a light area in ink. Not often seen in this 44 size, and not in this condition, this is about as good as you will find anywhere. Good condition Est. £150-200 Alf Ramsey A 22cm x 29cm page published by the Westminster Collection, and signed by Alf Ramsey in blue biro.
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