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Public Auction Sheffield October 2024 - 317

Bids to be received by Wednesday 30th of October 2024 6:00 PM

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Lot 73
POSTAL HISTORY

British Africa: Group of interesting covers addr to Switzerland including SWA 1951 combn airmail, 1937 SWA Coronation set in pairs, 1932 Imperial airways printed env to Egypt bearing 10d airmail, 1925 GV SWA singles 1d & 2d from Windhoek, Transvaal 1905 ½d & 2d EDVII from Pietermaritzbueg, 1944 plain postcard bearing war midgets 3d & 6d PASSED BY CENSOR bilingual h/s in violet with German eagle h/s, 1925 S. Africa 1d P/S card uprated with 3d air, ½d green and S A LUGPOS h/s and airmail etiq. Intr lot (5).

Estimate £ 60.00
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Lot 74
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COVERS and cards, a worldwide group with some interesting including Malta 1970 Balloon flight, France two early stamp PPCs, Tonga 1938 & 1944 long covers, GB 1976 Bristol Morrismen h/s on Cultural Traditions cvr, 1908 The Dairymaids promotional PPC used, Egypt 1930 airmail front with photo of aviator? and 27m stamp in a border of airmail labels, France 1937 Wedding Day cover, 1906 German SWA PPC unstamped Fieldpostcard soldiers mail, 1933 West Country air service 3d label on F/F cvr, Alsace h/s cvr, 1972 Woodford Red Arrows multi signed cover, couple of IOM cards etc, very interesting group (c40).

Estimate £ 120.00
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Lot 75
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CRIMEA WAR: 1855 August. Three page letter from a French soldier (to his mother and brother)camped at Devant, Sebastopol. Mentions army life and is easily readable (in French) with some staining but only to be expected under the conditions the letter was written. Nice Military item.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 76
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CRIMEA WAR: 1855 July. Double sided letter from a French soldier (to his mother and brother) camped at Devant, Sebastopol. Mentions army life and is easily readable (in French) with some peripheral small tears and filing creases. Nice Military item.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 77
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Drift Mail Card: 1954-58 Printed reply cards titled Oil Pollution Investigation dropped in the sea in plastic envelopes by the Nat. Institute of Oceanography, The drift envelope experiment in the North East Atlantic Ocean 1954. Five numbered cards completed and returned from Norway, Ireland, France, Spain, or UK. Interesting group. (5).

Estimate £ 60.00
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Lot 78
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Finland: Useful group of circa 1900 covers including printed envelopes, multi combination covers, registered to Helsinki etc noted Warde 1m20 combn, UUSIMAA PORVOOSSA ptd env from Borga, Helsingfors St. P.Burg 20p rate, Cvr Kaukjarvi 20p orange P/S envelope, Cvr Kristinestad / Kristina 40p combn, very mixed but intr group. (9).

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 79
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KOREAN WAR: Group of around 50 letters mainly from the an original correspondence, many with original envelopes, includes both Canadian Camps and overseas, then some 1950s letters from the same soldier to his mother from London Ontario Wolseley Barracks, with some mixed condition but overall fine, making a fascinating read.

Estimate £ 500.00
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Lot 80
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Rattlesnake Island: 1968-69 USA, four covers bearing local post triangle stamps tied special diamond dated handstamps, cacheted covers sent via local post. One is toned, others fine.

Estimate £ 20.00
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Lot 81
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Russia: 1868-1922 Useful group of covers including printed envelopes, multi combination covers, registered etc noted 1922 Printed American Relief Administration (ARA card, philatelic use) sent from Chaux de Fonds (Switzerland) used with combination of Russia Science and Arts imperfs, 1896 7k blue P/S env uprated on reverse, 1905 printed regd cvr to Switzerland bearing combination of 1904 War Orphans adhs from St Petersburg, similar cover to same address, very mixed but intr group. (5).

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 82
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South & Central America: Group of 18 commercial mainly airmail covers addr to Switzerland including Costa Rica 1949 with Special Delivery form affixed, El Salvador 1938 combn postcard, Uruguay 1946 regd combn, Chile 1930 airmail combn 1p & 5p, 1996 Isla De Pascua, Paraguay 1951 Congress ovpt on blk of 4, Bolivia 1891 10c orange P/S env (redirected), Honduras 1931 combn, Cuba 1908 PPC used with 2c red on obverse, 1943 Peru censored to Red Cross Ginebra etc. Intr lot (18).

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 83
REVENUES & CINDERELLA

1946/7 Cannes Film Festival Group of covers all bearing special Festival Vignettes comprising two dated 22nd Sept bearing 150F green sent to Denmark and Yugoslavia respectively showing cameraman filming 3 aircraft tied with boxed 'Cannes Film Festival H/S in black and special numbered Air vignette in green ; both have been returned. Then another dated the same with different vignette and a 1947 13th Sept card with the same green 150F vignette overprinted 'Rallye Aerien 13, 14, 15 September 1947' tied with red Aeroplane H/S. All very fine and attractive and rarely seen (4).

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 84
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France: 1939 1st Flight Airpost La Baule 2F surcharge in red on Club Mermoz Meeting labels in red. Fine bottom right marginal U/M block of 4, with date imprint.

Estimate £ 24.00
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