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Stamps, Autographs and Ephemera  On 30/03/2023

Stamps, Autographs and Ephemera

30/03/2023

Autographs and ephemera of predominantly royal, aviation and musical interest. Stamps to include penny blacks, usable postage, postal history and more...

Lot 2700

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Vintage ink sig...

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Vintage ink signature ('Victoria Rg') on a manuscript document appointing William Deverson as a bedesman at Canterbury Cathedral; folded single sheet 33 x 40cm blind stamped to top left corner for Secretary of State Home Department; further folded for delivery with remains of blind embossed seal affixed to one edge; together with a manuscript letter from Windsor Castle dated 14th April 1854 acknowledging receipt of two letters advising Queen Victoria of the deaths of a number of high ranking soldiers (2)

B34093

SOLD £320

Lot 2701

Albert (later George VI) and Edward (later Edward VIII) - postcard size full length photograph of th...

Albert (later George VI) and Edward (later Edward VIII) - postcard size full length photograph of the two Princes in Royal Naval College Osborne uniform aged about fifteen and sixteen; marked Kirks Cowes; framed with contemporary mount signed by each brother and dated 1910, 12 x 8cm

9025

SOLD £460

Lot 2702

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - signed 1945 Christmas card with gilt embossed crown to cover, b...

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - signed 1945 Christmas card with gilt embossed crown to cover, black and white photograph to the interior, of The Royal Family waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, on V-E Day Tuesday May 8th 1945, signed 'George R.I. Elizabeth R.'

10008

SOLD £300

Lot 2703

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - the photograph and signatures only from a 1945 Christmas card d...

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - the photograph and signatures only from a 1945 Christmas card depicting The Royal Family waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, on V-E Day Tuesday May 8th 1945, signed 'George R.I. Elizabeth R.'

10008

SOLD £160

Lot 2704

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - signed 1949 Christmas card with gilt embossed crown to cover, b...

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth - signed 1949 Christmas card with gilt embossed crown to cover, black and white photograph to the interior, of The King and Queen riding in an open carriage to their Silver Wedding Celebration, signed 'George R. Elizabeth R.'

10008

SOLD £300

Lot 2705

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - signed 1956 Christmas card with gilt embossed ...

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - signed 1956 Christmas card with gilt embossed crown to cover, black and white photograph of the smiling Royal Couple with Prince Charles and Princess Anne on board Britannia, signed in ink 'Philip 1956 Elizabeth R',

B34093

SOLD £550

Lot 2706

H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, signed 1964 Christmas card with gilt crown to cover, photogra...

H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, signed 1964 Christmas card with gilt crown to cover, photograph of The Queen Mother and her prize winning horse to the interior, handwritten 'Archpoint' over the photograph, signed 'from Elizabeth R'.

9006

SOLD £75

Lot 2707

H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, signed 1967 Christmas card with gilt crown to cover, photogra...

H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, signed 1967 Christmas card with gilt crown to cover, photograph of The Queen Mother on board HMY Britannia 'Off Newfoundland 1967' to the interior, signed 'from Elizabeth R'.

9006

SOLD £65

Lot 2708

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, 1967 Christmas card with two gilt cyphers to fr...

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, 1967 Christmas card with two gilt cyphers to front, tipped-in colour print of the Royal Family standing under an archway in Buckingham Palace, signed Elizabeth R and Philip with manuscript date 1967 below

10008

SOLD £130

Lot 2709

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, signed 1976 Christmas card with twin gilt ...

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, signed 1976 Christmas card with twin gilt Royal cyphers to cover, colour photographic print of the Royal Family to interior, and signatures Elizabeth R and Philip with the manuscript date 1976 below

9070

SOLD £100

Lot 2710

HRH Philip Duke of Edinburgh - typed letter on Edmonton Plaza Hotel Canada headed notepaper dated 5t...

HRH Philip Duke of Edinburgh - typed letter on Edmonton Plaza Hotel Canada headed notepaper dated 5th August 1978 acknowledging receipt of a letter regarding Falklands Islands relics and postponement of an interview; signed 'Yours Sincerely Philip'

9006

SOLD £100

Lot 2711

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, signed 1979 Christmas card with twin gilt cip...

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, signed 1979 Christmas card with twin gilt ciphers to cover, colour photographic print of the Royal family standing in a garden, signed ‘Elizabeth R and Philip’ with manuscript date 1979 below

10008

SOLD £120

Lot 2712

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, signed 1980 Christmas card with twin gilt Roy...

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, signed 1980 Christmas card with twin gilt Royal ciphers to cover and colour photographic print of eleven Royal Family members in Buckingham Palace to the interior; signatures of Elizabeth R and Philip with manuscript date 1980 below

9070

SOLD £110

Lot 2713

The Prince and Princess of Wales (Charles and Diana) - signed Christmas card, inscribed to Mr. Fryer...

The Prince and Princess of Wales (Charles and Diana) - signed Christmas card, inscribed to Mr. Fryer, signed in ink by Charles and Diana; mounted colour photograph depicting Charles and Diana with young Princes William and Harry; gilt crests to upper board; complete with original envelope, postmarked Buckingham Palace, 17 December 1985

9060

SOLD £550

Lot 2714

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - 1987 Christmas card with printed photographi...

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - 1987 Christmas card with printed photographic front of a Royal Family group, the inside with two cyphers and signed Elizabeth R and Philip with manuscript date 1987 below

9006

SOLD £100

Lot 2715

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - signed 1997 Christmas card with two gilt cyphe...

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh - signed 1997 Christmas card with two gilt cyphers to front and colour photographic portrait inside, signed Elizabeth R and Philip with manuscript date 1997 below

9070

SOLD £110

Lot 2716

Programme for The Funeral of Diana Princess of Wales Saturday 6th September 1997 at 11.00am; and a p...

Programme for The Funeral of Diana Princess of Wales Saturday 6th September 1997 at 11.00am; and a photograph of a young Prince Charles meeting aviators of The First Balloon Flight Around the World (2)

B32485

SOLD £50

Lot 2717

HM Elizabeth II - four Christmas gift tags each of a different design and shape but all inscribed to...

HM Elizabeth II - four Christmas gift tags each of a different design and shape but all inscribed to Diane from Elizabeth R with three also inscribed Happy Christmas (4)

10001

SOLD £1600

Lot 2718

Christie Agatha (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. Blue ink signature with inscription 'My respect...

Christie Agatha (1890-1976) English Crime Novelist. Blue ink signature with inscription 'My respects to the Queen Mary'; oblong clipping

10011

SOLD £170

Lot 2719

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British prime min...

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British prime minister 1828-1830, 1834 - autograph letter signed 'Wellington'; folded single sheet written on three sides and dated London April 21 1828; relates to a request from a father for Wellington to influence an application made by his son and starts "I should really be very happy and do everything in my power for your son ......"; 17.5 x 22.5cm; displayed in a double glazed ebonised frame

10008

SOLD £160

Lot 2720

Dame Vera Lynn - collection of six signatures comprising TLS, album page and four colour photographs...

Dame Vera Lynn - collection of six signatures comprising TLS, album page and four colour photographs (including White Cliffs of Dover); signed photograph of John Mills; and signed photographs of film stars each with CoA including Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, Gene Autry, Sound of Music Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer and Joanna Lumley

10008

SOLD £110

Lot 2721

Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) British Field Marshall WWII - Bibby Line H.T. Lancashire Menu Car...

Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) British Field Marshall WWII - Bibby Line H.T. Lancashire Menu Card for January 1st 1934 bearing multiple pencil signatures including Montgomery and his wife Elizabeth; single folded card with decorative covers 21.5 x 24cm

10008

SOLD £120

Lot 2722

1949 England cricket team signatures including Hutton, Compton, Edrich, Laker etc on loose album pag...

1949 England cricket team signatures including Hutton, Compton, Edrich, Laker etc on loose album page; and large quantity of other autographs of predominantly TV Soap Opera stars from Last of the Summer Wine, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Heartbeat etc and other TV/Film personalities; on promotional photographs and clipped fragments of paper etc

10008

SOLD £55

Lot 2723

Amy Mollison (nee Johnson) (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - signature in ink on loose album ag...

Amy Mollison (nee Johnson) (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - signature in ink on loose album age, mounted and framed with a Daily Mail photograph of Amy in flying dress seated on the edge of a cockpit; with CoA; 39 x 29cm

10000

SOLD £100

Lot 2724

Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - signature on small oblong piece of paper folded i...

Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - signature on small oblong piece of paper folded in half; with CoA 13 x 8cm

10000

SOLD £130

Lot 2725

Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - signature on clipped album page; with CoA and pho...

Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - signature on clipped album page; with CoA and photocopied image of 'Jason 1'; 6.5 x 8.5cm

10000

SOLD £80

Lot 2726

Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - pencil signature on album page double mounted wit...

Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English Pioneer Aviatrix - pencil signature on album page double mounted with a photographic print of Amy in flying dress seated in a cockpit; unframed

10000

SOLD £140

Lot 2727

James Mollison (1905-1959) Scottish Pioneer Aviator and husband of Amy Johnson (1903-1941) - ink sig...

James Mollison (1905-1959) Scottish Pioneer Aviator and husband of Amy Johnson (1903-1941) - ink signature on clipped album page 'To Jimmy Sincerely James Mollison', mounted and framed with postcard size photograph of Amy by Vaughan & Freeman which appears to be signed 'Johnson' and dated '5/5/30', contemporary newspaper cutting about James and 'silver' badge of the bi-plane 'Jason' dated 1930 27 x 35cm

10000

SOLD £120

Lot 2728

Amy Johnson - collection of memorabilia and ephemera including Amy Johnson Lone Girl Flyer by Charle...

Amy Johnson - collection of memorabilia and ephemera including Amy Johnson Lone Girl Flyer by Charles Dixon and other books; mounted Punch cartoon 'Johnsoniana'; two boxed Oxford Die-Cast model aircraft; photographs; postcards; First Day Covers etc

9055

SOLD £60

Lot 2729

1960s autographed photographic postcard of The Rolling Stones showing Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keit...

1960s autographed photographic postcard of The Rolling Stones showing Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richard, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts; signed in ink by all five members 13 x 9cm in modern mount and frame; together with a programme for the performance where the signatures were obtained supporting The Everly Brothers presumably at The Doncaster Gaumont as the date of this venue is hand written on the inside.

9060

SOLD £950

Lot 2730

Queen - A Night At The Opera; fabric Stage Pass signed by all four members Freddie Mercury, Brian Ma...

Queen - A Night At The Opera; fabric Stage Pass signed by all four members Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon 14 x 9.5cm; mounted in a modern frame with print of the band during a performance

9013

SOLD £850

Lot 2731

Winged Victory. 1995. Loose mounted signed dedication note and bookplate on the fep from the authors...

Winged Victory. 1995. Loose mounted signed dedication note and bookplate on the fep from the authors Wing Commander P.B. (Laddie) Lucas and Air Vice-Marshall J.E. (Johnnie) Johnson with duplicate signatures on the title page. Unclipped dustjacket.

7013

SOLD £30

Lot 2734

Michael Morpurgo (British 1943-): 'A Song of Gladness', printed poem on A4 signed and dedicated 'For...

Michael Morpurgo (British 1943-): 'A Song of Gladness', printed poem on A4 signed and dedicated 'For Ingrid' in blue ink Provenance: dedicated to the vendor's sister

B15551

SOLD £70

Lot 2740

Victorian scrap album, well stocked with greeting cards and scraps; ten WW1 French embroidered silk ...

Victorian scrap album, well stocked with greeting cards and scraps; ten WW1 French embroidered silk postcards/greeting card including envelope type with greeting card insets; and large quantity of Edwardian and later postcards and greeting cards including maritime, Bonzo, greeting etc

9009

SOLD £170

Lot 2741

Very fine and important collection of over one thousand postcards, predominantly Victorian and Edwar...

Very fine and important collection of over one thousand postcards, predominantly Victorian and Edwardian from 1899-1909, compiled by Nellie Winterschladen, including large quantity of early continental Gruss Aus, chromolithograph and undivided backs, mechanical and envelope type, hold-to-the-light, anthropomorphic, real photographic and printed topographical, advertising, early Christmas and other greeting cards, glamour, actors and actresses including collection of Marie Studholme, European Royalty and aristocracy, ethnic, military, wooden and other novelty cards, comic by Lance Thackeray, Phil May etc; various sizes from double panoramic to bookmark, midget and 'Queens' etc; in single contemporary album

10002

SOLD £600

Lot 2742

Rowland Hill, Lord Hill General Commanding-in-Chief, Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards, and Governor...

Rowland Hill, Lord Hill General Commanding-in-Chief, Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards, and Governor of Plymouth, K.T.S., K.M.T. & K.S.G.; small fragment signed Hill clipped from a letter/document and mounted on card with half length portrait; together with a fragment from a pre-stamp cover addressed to The Lady de Clifford Paget Ramsgate and dated 1833 (2)

10000

SOLD £50

Lot 2743

Three Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamps, two with red and one with black MX cancel...

Three Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamps, two with red and one with black MX cancel

5013

SOLD £110

Lot 2744

Two Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamps, both with red MX cancel...

Two Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamps, both with red MX cancel

7006

SOLD £95

Lot 2745

Great British Queen Victoria and later stamps, including penny reds, half penny bantams, King Edward...

Great British Queen Victoria and later stamps, including penny reds, half penny bantams, King Edward VII used five shillings, King George V seahorses etc, housed in a single album

10020

SOLD £75

Lot 2746

Queen Victoria penny red stamps including imperfs with MX cancel, perf stars and plates, various pos...

Queen Victoria penny red stamps including imperfs with MX cancel, perf stars and plates, various postmarks etc, housed in two stockbooks, on pages and loose

7012

SOLD £85

Lot 2747

Queen Victoria used two penny blue stamps including 1841 imperf strip of three and various perf exam...

Queen Victoria used two penny blue stamps including 1841 imperf strip of three and various perf examples

9070

SOLD £90

Lot 2748

Great Britain Queen Victoria 1891 one pound green stamp, used, previously mounted...

Great Britain Queen Victoria 1891 one pound green stamp, used, previously mounted

10016

SOLD £80

Lot 2749

Great British Queen Victoria and later stamps, including penny black with red MX cancel, various imp...

Great British Queen Victoria and later stamps, including penny black with red MX cancel, various imperf and perf penny reds, 1883 used two shillings sixpence and five shillings, King George V seahorses etc, housed on pages

10021

SOLD £500

Lot 2750

Postal history, including pre stamp letters, Queen Victoria penny reds on covers, mourning covers et...

Postal history, including pre stamp letters, Queen Victoria penny reds on covers, mourning covers etc (30)

9081

SOLD £140

Lot 2751

Postal history including pre stamp covers, Queen Victoria penny lilacs on cover, post cards etc, hou...

Postal history including pre stamp covers, Queen Victoria penny lilacs on cover, post cards etc, housed in a ring binder folder

10017

SOLD £90

Lot 2752

Australian stamps with various Kangaroo issues including used two pounds, King George V Silver Jubil...

Australian stamps with various Kangaroo issues including used two pounds, King George V Silver Jubilee and other issues etc, housed on stockcards

7007

SOLD £300

Lot 2753

Stamps including Queen Victoria and later New Zealand, Official overprints, Great Britain Queen Vict...

Stamps including Queen Victoria and later New Zealand, Official overprints, Great Britain Queen Victoria penny reds, half penny bantams, Malaya etc, a mixed collection housed on various stockcards

10020

SOLD £90

Lot 2754

Stamps including India, Burma, Seychelles, Pitcairn Islands, Ceylon, Qatar, Falkland Islands, South ...

Stamps including India, Burma, Seychelles, Pitcairn Islands, Ceylon, Qatar, Falkland Islands, South Africa, Basutoland, Jamaica, Grenada, Cayman Islands, British Guiana, Antigua, State of North Borneo, Burma overprints on India etc, spanning various Monarchs, with many mint part sets, housed in three stockbooks

5013

SOLD £440

Lot 2755

King George VI Bermuda high values including three one pound stamps, all unused...

King George VI Bermuda high values including three one pound stamps, all unused

5013

SOLD £200

Lot 2756

Single album collection of King George VI stamps, including Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Australia, Bah...

Single album collection of King George VI stamps, including Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Bermuda, British Solomon Islands, Brunei, Burma, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gold Coast, Great Britain 1939-48 set to one pound including ten shilling dark blue, Grenada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, New Zealand etc

5013

SOLD £600

Lot 2757

Stamps including various King George VI 12th May 1937 coronation, various 8th June 1946 Victory, var...

Stamps including various King George VI 12th May 1937 coronation, various 8th June 1946 Victory, various 1923-1948 Silver Wedding, Turks and Caicos Islands 'Raking Salt' mint marginal blocks of four etc, housed in two ring binder folders

1

SOLD £75

Lot 2758

Various King George Vl and Queen Elizabeth 1948 Silver Wedding commemorative commonwealth mint stamp...

Various King George Vl and Queen Elizabeth 1948 Silver Wedding commemorative commonwealth mint stamps including North Borneo ten dollars, Gilbert and Ellice Islands one pound marginal mint block of four, Gambia one pound, British Guiana three dollars, Cyprus one pound, Ascension ten shillings etc, housed on eight stockcards

9070

SOLD £190

Lot 2759

Egypt 1866 and later stamps, including general issues, provisionals, air mail, commemoratives, offic...

Egypt 1866 and later stamps, including general issues, provisionals, air mail, commemoratives, officials, postage dues etc, Suez Canal issues with one cent, five cents, twenty cents and forty cents showing examples of the original, reprints and forgeries with blocks of four, annotated throughout with comments including paper type used, watermarks, printer etc, housed in a 'Miniature Album'

9081

SOLD £260

Lot 2760

King George V 1910-1935 Silver Jubilee stamps, including Antigua, Basutoland, Cayman Islands, Fiji, ...

King George V 1910-1935 Silver Jubilee stamps, including Antigua, Basutoland, Cayman Islands, Fiji, Nyasaland, Jamaica, St Helena, Seychelles, Swaziland, St Lucia, British Guiana etc, housed on pages and stockcards

9070

SOLD £180

Lot 2761

Great Britain King George V 1929 Postal Union Congress one pound stamp, used ...

Great Britain King George V 1929 Postal Union Congress one pound stamp, used

105

SOLD £130

Lot 2762

Great Britain King George V one pound green seahorse stamp, used, previously mounted...

Great Britain King George V one pound green seahorse stamp, used, previously mounted

10021

SOLD £240