Bids to be received by Thursday 16th of March 2023 1:00 PM
Lots (1475)
1913 Waterlow 10s indigo-blue sound used incomplete rubber CDS cancel, creases and wrinkles otherwise well centred and sound with nice colour, SG 402 Cat £475.
1915 ARMY POST OFFICE / 2. Printed cream On His Majesty's Service envelope unaddressed bearing FRANCE 10c orange Sower defin tied by the APO 2 CDS, most unusual.
1915 King George V ½d green postcard with Manchester & Crewe S.C. 19 May 1915 cancel.
1916 (3 June) PPC of military soldiers to London sent from HMS Nottingham with ½d green tied dumb barred circle and single line PASSED BY SHIP'S CENSOR in magenta, message states all can do, the ship was torpedoed by German U-boats in August 1916.
1917 (December) PPC of POW sending greetings to ladies in snow going to church, we send you greetings from afar, all doubts in Dyrotz we disarm, before the coming Christmas charm, 1917. sent BY POW to UK with LONDON PAID on arrival. Two censor h/s in violet and hinge mark on obverse.
1918 Bradbury 10s dull grey-blue sound used incomplete CDS cancel, well centred and sound with nice colour, SG 417 Cat £175.
1918 Bradbury 2/6 pale brown Seahorse mounted mint, well centred, small gum spot on right otherwise mainly fine, SG 415a. Cat £175.
1923 Newspaper cutting about letter sent round the world 3 times, (not this one). With KGV 1½d on letter with at least six addresses including Calcutta, reverse has approx. fifteen cds and markings.
1923 Unused scarce full sheet (120) 1d blue Mercury air mail label (Sanabria EAPP $360), sold at 1923 Philatelic Exhibition, previously folded, minor seps in top selvage, F-VF, scarce in such a large sheet.
1924 1d red mounted mint showing watermark inverted variety and CANCELLED SG Spec. Type 33 overprint in black, sound and seldom offered combination, SG 419 var.
1924 (23rd April) British Empire Exhibition 'Wembley' set on plain FDC tied with Special CDS handstamps (Bradbury type 1) addressed with fine company rubber oval handstamp 'F.G. MAYHEW/ BREWER ST, BELGRAVIA' in blue (note not hand addressed) opened neatly at the top. Very nice desirable first GB commemorative FDC
1924 3d violet bottom marginal control M30 (I) single unmounted mint (tone spot) showing right broken 3 variety, short corner otherwise sound, SG N38d. Cat £60 as normal without control.
