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Public Auction Sheffield August 2023 - 312

Bids to be received by Wednesday 30th of August 2023 6:00 PM

Lots (525)

Lot 61
OMNIBUS

Attractive box of collections including 1973 Royal Wedding colln by Rapkin which includes many local Island issues perf and imperf incl M/S, sheetlets, plus foreign countries with Middle East imperfs, 1977 Silver Jubilee collection of FDCs all different from GB & BR. C/W countries, 1980 Queen Mother birthday, 1981 Royal Wedding in four special binders. Colourful lot. Heavy box!

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 62
OMNIBUS

Royalty Collections in sixteen binders incl strength in 1981 Royal Wedding, 1978 Coronation in five binders, includes covers, FDCs, Miniature sheets, U/M sets, self-adhesives, booklets etc, vast lot in two boxes.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 63
POSTAL HISTORY

1986 Space Shuttle Debris Recovery at Cape Canaveral collection of 55 different covers from the marine Johnson-Sea-Link 2 Harbor Branch each cover detailing the Dive number, date, Depth, Pilot, Observer, Divers, Location and mission to locate wreckage from the Challenger space shuttle disaster. Scarce collection, (55).

Estimate £ 200.00
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Lot 64
POSTAL HISTORY

British Commonwealth group interesting covers QV-QEII incl 1898 S. Australia to USA, 1854 Front Montreal PAID incl; 8d & 10d charge h/s in red, 1967 outgoing Tonga tin can mail, Jamaica 1913 1d strip of 6, and pair to UK from Kingston, India 1933 Calendar Manufacturing advertising envelope airmail to London, Hyderabad 1891 P/S env cancelled crescent postmarks, KUT GVI censored & 1945 Duke St Nairobi with Germ Oils advert poster label on reverse, 1962 Br. Virgin Is. 5 surchs on FDI unaddr, Swaziland GVI redirected, Trinidad & Tobago 1938 with typed letter to Canal Zone about Orchids, Zanzibar 1957 PPC to USA, Cyprus 1916 WWII Censor (tatty) cover from Polymedia sent OAS to Newfoundland, Fiji ½d strip of 3 to Canal Zone with South Sea Islands Correspondence Club Natuvu oval h/s in violet. Mixed but intr group (19).

Estimate £ 125.00
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Lot 65
POSTAL HISTORY

British Commonwealth small assembly of covers noted 1933 Burma to England 1st flight, Barbados 1926 to Germany with T h/s as underpaid, Commission in Laos India set of 5 ovptd on cover to Delhi tied FPO No.744, 1934 Airmail cover to Poland with German airmail cachet (2 covers), 1937 Tong tin can mail illus cvr (faults), Ceylon 1908 lettercard, 1940 Br. Guiana censor cvr to Belgium, Mauritius 1922 Postcard of hospital with three adhs on obverse tied CDS's, etc, very mixed, (24).

Estimate £ 105.00
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Lot 66
POSTAL HISTORY

Group of worldwide covers mainly polar Antarctic or Arctic incl better noted Thailand 1963 1st voyage of ship Anton Bruun to India, Fernando Poo 1962 Youth FDC, Germany 1980-83 Submarine covers, 2003 Satellite launches, 1974 Parforex Space Post, USA 1960 Kitty Hawk launch, Spain 1976 Majorca Marine Service, Japan 1977 Submarine Fuyushio, good range of USS ship launches including submarines; 1970 Attack Submarine USS Finback, 1972 USS Drum, 1962 USS Sam Houston, 1940 USS Sailfish illus Deep Dive cover, 1980 Sponge Surveys with submarines, Pisces 3, Honduras 1961 aerogrammes used to UK, Dog sledge mail etc, extensive lot, ideal for breakdown and resale. Approx. 200.

Estimate £ 200.00
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Lot 67
POSTAL HISTORY

MARITIME: An extensive lifetimes collection of worldwide Antarctic, Arctic and polar covers in eleven binders and stockbooks with just over 1400 different covers and cards from middle to modern periods, a huge amount of material some nicely written up on pages in Dutch, also includes some thematic stamp ranges, miniature sheets and more. Noted dozens of operations and expeditions, Italy 1942 marine censor, 1908-32 per Islands Falk, French. Southern & Antarctic Terr. 1965 Adelie Expedition Thala Dan cover incl SG 35 5f (Cat £90), 1960s Aluminaut submarine covers, Russian Expeditions incl signed, Japan Expeditions, 1900 Marine Schiffpost, 1931 SS PLANCIUS Neth. Indies, 1973 Nemo USA Naval Underseas Center group, 1960s-70s Rovers' undersea expeditions, 1905-1925 Danish Biological stations, USS Thresher Nuclear submarine one 1967 cover with Lost at Sea overprint & a cacheted covers, Monaco ranges stamps and covers, dozens of 1960s-1980s in smaller cover albums, an enormous collection of 1400 mainly all different. Incredibly low starting price only £1.45 per cover. Three heavy boxes.

Estimate £ 2800.00
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Lot 68
POSTAL HISTORY

Middle periods accumulation in a shoebox with good range of different countries, airmail rates, civil censors from Germany Zones (good range), S. America flights, India WWII censors (7), some being a correspondence from different countries to USA incl Jordan, Hong Kong, Burma, some earlier incl Japan, Algeria, BMA Malaya, 1954 Suez FPO 514 (18 Aug), Switzerland incl censored, Lebanon 1943 cvr, USA APO / Censored, Iraq, Australia censors (6), Bahamas censor (3), postcards from different countries incl Jamaica, Bahamas, Japan etc, Israel, airmail covers incl Tunisia, Egypt, Bermuda, etc, approx 165+. Useful lot for breakdown.

Estimate £ 750.00
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Lot 69
POSTAL HISTORY

Underwater Maritime Mail: An extensive collection of worldwide countries, covers (c49), & miniature sheets (47) for Antarctic, Arctic and polar covers in well filled written up album (in Dutch) dozens of operations and expeditions, Italy 1942 marine censor, 1908-32 per Islands Falk, French. Southern & Antarctic Terr. 1965 Adelie Expedition Thala Dan cover incl SG 35 5f (Cat £90), 1960s Aluminaut submarine covers, Russian Expeditions incl signed, Japan Expeditions, Sea Floor stations incl Tektite I 1969, 1970 signed, Undersea stations, 1969 Italy Operation Atlandtide multi signed, Helgoland German underwater station, Bahamas 1965 Hydro-lab Ocean floor cvr, 1965 USN Dolphin Mail signed, 2007 Vanuatu underwater post, cinderella labels Gott Straffe, Diamond Reef USA $10 (sample ovpt), etc, fascinating lot

Estimate £ 200.00
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Lot 70
POSTCARDS

ALLOA - Central lowlands of Scotland early 1900s postcards by P. McQueen unused selection of 38 postcards mainly views of the town, the loch, Gartmore Dam with ancient car on the road alongside (20), Ochil Hills, Drysdale St, Liberal Club, Alloa from South (3), Factories (3), odd minor fault otherwise mainly fine. (37).

Estimate £ 16.00
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Lot 71
POSTCARDS

EUROPE - Early to middle periods well filled shoebox of town and village postmarks for France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Gibraltar Paquebot, Belgium, Cape Colony, GB from EDVII onwards with many nice town CDS's, USA, Germany, 1911 Levant, Palestine etc, for approx 570 different PPCs, lots of greetings, Views, topographical etc.

Estimate £ 250.00
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Lot 72
POSTCARDS

Extensive GB and worldwide accumulation of dozens upon dozens of postcards both unused and used, includes Europe WWI-WWII books of cards incl Ypres, worldwide incl India, Crete, Egypt, USA etc, enormous amount of mainly topographical, views, tourism, odd more interesting or macabre incl German soldier shot in Belgium in a open coffin, odd trains, Ships and maritime, humorous series, some EDVII used PPCs, some books on the subject etc, interesting lot, huge qty, many 100s in two heavy boxes.

Estimate £ 40.00
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