Postal Auction April 2026 - 369

Bids to be received by Tuesday 14th of April 2026 1:00 PM

Lots (1067)

Lot 49
POSTAL HISTORY

Missent to British Guiana - Single line h/s in violet on 1960 airmail cover from Guyana to Grenada bearing French 50f adhs tied CAYENNE GUYANE cds, with VICTORIA GRENADA arrival cds alongside.

Estimate £ 45.00
Lot 50
POSTAL HISTORY

OIL Themed covers collection from early to modern from Canada QV onwards with dozens of different oil companies, retail and wholesale, including illustrated and attractive envelopes for Samuel Rogers & Co., The Queen City Oil Co., Imperial Oil Co., Eastern Oil Co., Canadian Oil Co., Enarco, White Rose, etc approx. 200. Beautiful lot being a lifetimes work.

Estimate £ 320.00
Lot 51
POSTAL HISTORY

POLAND - GENERAL GOVERNMENT WWII MAIL under German Occupation. Group of ten censored covers some multi Franked with various General Government Hitler or pictorial issues incl used in Drohobycz (now in Ukraine), Easter Greetings PPC from Diana Tauber Polish Welfare Section, Entertainment Division Polish Forces, Zyrardow regd letter to Switzerland, Warsaw C1 regd, 1943 Lukow to Lisbon 30pf P/S card, 1944 uprated 12pf P/S card to Switzerland, one poor condition (not counted), interesting group.

Estimate £ 325.00
Lot 52
POSTAL HISTORY

POLISH FORCES UNDERCOVER MAIL - 1945 (March / April) Switzerland to London BOX 260 / 125, E.C. 1 used by Polish Forces with POLISH FIELDPOST OFFICE 20 APR 1945 cds alongside, censor 1586 label affixed. Faults.

Estimate £ 75.00
Lot 53
POSTAL HISTORY

ROOM 055A - MI5 War Office censored cover to same sender in Little Hill, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA sent airmail with OPENED BY / EXAMINER 2264 label affixed and 5 x 3d pale violet tied London S.W cds cancel 26th May 1942. Unusual.

Estimate £ 75.00
Lot 54
POSTAL HISTORY

WW2 UNDERCOVER ADDRESS - Riverplate House, London. Two censor covers from Peru (roughly opened) & Nicaragua both addressed to River Plate London Committee, River Plate House, London sealed with OPENED BY EXAMINER labels. This was used as an undercover address for South American volunteers serving with British Forces in WW2. Faults. (2).

Estimate £ 150.00
Lot 55
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1933 (29th August) Zeppelin Round the world flight 4th Anniversary cachet Yonkers USA tied USA 1½c wavy line cancel violet Aug 29 cachet alongside.

Estimate £ 55.00
Lot 56
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1933 (6 Oct) Typed env Miami to Indianapolis bearing 50c Zepp air tied MIAMI wavy line cancel and GRAF ZEPPELIN / CENTURY OF PROGRESS / EXPOSITION / DISPATCHED FROM MIAMI cachet in violet, light gum tones. Sieger 242B.

Estimate £ 85.00
Lot 57
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1936 (23 March) LZ129 plain cover 100pf tied Friedrichschafen cds sent to Hamburg with red Luftschiff LZ129 / befordert h/s. Typed Mit Luftschiff LZ129 top left.

Estimate £ 48.00
Lot 58
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight plain postcard 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds sent locally with good strike of red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graf Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
Lot 59
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN POST

Group of four covers (faults) incl LZ129 1936 Frankfurt to New York with 50pf & 75pf Zepp defins (heavily toned) and cachet, 1929 USA round the world flight (torn corner), 1925 postcard of Leipzig tied with special cancel sent philatelically, 1936 Brazil multi franked cvr for LZ129 Hindenburg regd to Germany with Brazil - Europe cachet (faults). (4).

Estimate £ 50.00
Lot 60
POSTCARDS

Cats: 1940 - 1970 Fantasy kitty cats postcards (8) in nice condition by AFKH illustrators. Unused very fine including "Anthropomorphic cats dancing on the roof ". Nice little set.

Estimate £ 40.00

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