G R A N D A U C T I O N To be held on Wednesday 10 th April 2019, commencing at 8:00 pm at the Public Hall, Bromley Road, Beckenham (opposite St. George s Church). Lots may be viewed from 7:15 pm prior to the auction. The auctioneer reserves the right to bid on behalf of the purchasers and vendors, but shall not be liable for errors or omissions in executing instructions of bids. Unless otherwise stated, each lot is sold as described by the vendor and neither the society nor the Assistant Auctioneer/Auctioneer accepts responsibility for wrong descriptions. Postal bids will not be treated as starting prices in the auction, but will be used as though you were sitting at the auction and, consequently, all lots purchased at the cheapest price. Postal bids should be sent in using the sheet in this catalogue (page 9) to reach the Auctioneer, Ian Crees, on or before Sunday 7 th April 2019 at the latest. Alternatively, it can be emailed, to the Assistant Auctioneer, as per the details on page 9, to meet the same deadline. This email address can also be used for any queries regards any of the lots. Please do not send email bids to Ian Crees, and do not send any bids of either format to David Rennie, Secretary. The estimates given are meant as a guide only. They are not reserves, but lots will not normally be sold for less than 80% of the estimate. Bidding stages up to 10 in steps of 25p 10-20 " 50p 20 and over " 1 1
1 CANADA 1908 Quebec set of 8 SG188-195 FU cat 375 60 2 GIBRALTAR 1910 KEVII 2/- SG72 mint cat 65 20 3 GOLD COAST 1902 KEVII 20/- SG48 FU perfin cat 225 as normal 40 4 NEW ZEALAND 1930 Health SG545 FU light slogan postmark cat 45 10 5 ST LUCIA 1938 KGVI set of 17 to 1 SG128a-1241 mint (LMM) cat 75 25 6 GB 1840 QV 1d black plate 7 lightly used 3mg 50 7 GB pair QV 4d small corner letters SG80 fine CDS Sept 1862 20 8 GB 1870 QV 6d SG109 plate 9 mint cat 700 (gum crease) 40 9 GB 1876 QV 4d pale vermillion plate 15 SG152 FU cat 525 50 10 GB1918 KGV 10/- Sea horse SG417 lightly used for this issue 30 11 GB1939 KGVI 10/- dark blue SG478 mint (LMM) cat 260 60 12 GB1889 QV 1/- IR official dull green (full colour) SGO15 FU cat 375 50 13 SWEDEN SG7a 1858 9ore fine postmark cat 300 40 14 NORWAY SG6 1856 3s CDS cat 95 12 15 BRUNSWICK SG28-29 & SG32 mint cat 68.50 10 16 LIECHTENSTEIN SG74-76 Prince John set good used 9 17 CANADA SG166 1898 Christmas UM cat 30 9 18 LABUAN SG92a perf 14.5x15 mint cat 65 19 ESTONIA SG43 1923 mint cat 31 5 20 GB 1957 FDC Jubilee Jamboree 5 21 GB 4x booklets with face value 51 35 22 FINLAND SG75 32 pen cat 70 9 23 GB SG72 1856 1/- cat 350 35 24 SWITZERLAND SG10 10R tight margins cat 170 25 25 AUSTRALIA SG35 2d mint cat 50 10 26 AUSTRALIA SG36 2½d mint cat 27 7 27 VATICAN SG57 10c scarce inset and exhibition cancel cat 90 16 28 PENANG SG53 $2 good used cat 22 4 29 AUSTRIA SG47-48 1863 Arms mint cat 630 60 30 MODENA SG3-4 & SG9 cat 218 30 31 GERMANY SG1092 1953 Liebig good used cat 31 5 32 FRANCE SG300 10c Mouchon cheap reserve as off centre mint 5 33 NORTHERN RHODESIA SG61-72 QEII set to 5/- mint cat 44 10 34 ST HELENA SG79 1/- good used cat 35 6 35 GB Forth Road Bridge pair on piece interesting cancel 5 36 LUXEMBOURG SG699-704 1961 UM cat 20 5 37 GB Thomas de la Rue 1793-1866 labels in grey, red or blue, and smaller green label with PRINTERS OF STAMPS SINCE 1855 in UM marginal 15 blocks of 4 (4 items) 38 AUSTRALIA SG360 2 King VFU pair c 150 45 39 AUSTRALIA qty QE period PS Air-letters including Olympics and other special issues, illustrated items (60+ mostly used) 25 2
40 BARBADOS SG179 1912 2s LMM cat 65, a well-centred copy 20 41 BRITISH HONDURAS SGD3bw 4c postage due inverted watermark SGD3bw FU CDS (blunt corner) cat 300 M, unpriced used 30 42 MALTA SG277-280 1956 1/6, 2/-, 2/6, 5/- LMM cat 58 16 43 MUSCAT & OMAN SG110-121 1970 new currency set UM cat 225 60 44 NATAL SG114 1895 Half Penny surcharge M strip 4, 1 has Ealf variety apparently UM, slight separation SG114/e cat 35 10 45 NEW ZEALAND early used including SG250a, 315, 315a 321, 376, 391 cat 8 (12) 20 46 NEW ZEALAND QV with advertisements adsons perf 10 including 2½d & 6d cat 55 (5) 12.50 47 NEW ZEALAND 1936-42 pictorials to 1/- M including DOTS to left of 5 on 5d positional item cat 8 (7) 20 48 PITCAIRN ISLANDS SG23a, 24, 27 & 28 QEII 4d, 6d, 2/-, 2/6 M cat 44 (4) 10 49 QATAR 1969/70 UM sets Military/Police, Oil, Scouts, Flowers SG282-99, 325-33, Michel 379-96 421-6 cat 137 (24) 35 50 ST VINCENT SG91 1904 2/- LMM cat 23 6 51 SIAM SG5 1883 1satay FU well-centred cat 60 15 52 GB 1951 HVs set SG509-12 UM Cat 100 (Rushstamps 45) 35 53 READER S DIGEST Cheques & Banknotes (11 items up the 250,000) 6 54 CHEQUES mostly used, many bounced and annotated, including GB, USA, Japan, Canada, Guernsey etc (approx. 50) 30 55 CEYLON M/U 1935-1951 clean range on leaves including commemorative sets cat 90+ (80+) 12 56 INDIA QV-GVI duplicates used ranges on leaves including commemoratives (approx. 200) 57 MALAYA - JAPANESE OCCUPATION mostly M selection on s/c in J7, J77, J300/4/5/8 cat 70+ (27) 10 58 USA 1979 New American Dollar FDCs for Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco with Susan Anthony leaflet explaining the change of size in folder 5 59 SWITZERLAND 1957-60, 1961, 1962 Pro Patria sets in UM block 4 STC 130+ 14 60 SWITZERLAND 1954-61 Pro Juventute sets in UM blocks 4 STC 270+ (45 blocks) 30 61 AUSTRIA 300+ stamps SG37-1688d mint and used 4 62 TANZANIA 200-300 stamps mostly used 1964-1996 3 63 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA SG141 UM perf 12.5 1 64 IRELAND 100s some duplicates including post & go NR 65 BRITISH HONDURAS & BELIZE mint and used 1938-1984 2 66 BELIZE butterflies 1974 7 values mint and used 2 67 IRELAND & COMMONWEALTH 3x book remains 2 68 ASSORTED COUNTRIES 2x book remains 2 69 GB QEII Decimal Issues catalogue 3 rd edition 1.50 70 GB 1841 1d red black Maltese Cross nearly full close margins 2 71 GB 1939 10/- dark blue used 1.50 72 GB 1951 1 brown used 1.50 3
73 NEW FOUNDLAND 1897-1918 1ct carmine used 1.50 74 NEW FOUNDLAND 1887 2ct orange vermillion Killer postmark used 1 75 BRITISH HONDURAS 1882 1d blue wmk Crown CA perf 14 used 4 76 BRITISH HONDURAS 1891-1901 24ct yellow & blue used 4.50 77 AUSTRALIA 2 1948 used 2.50 78 AUSTRALIA 1/- green wmk Narrow Crown used 1.50 79 CANADA 1922-1931 10ct brown used 1 80 JOHOR 1896-1899 1ct-6ct used 3.50 81 RHODESIA & NYASALAND 1954-1956 2/-, 2/6d and 5/- used 3 82 DOMINICA 1963-1965 $2.40 used 1 83 HONG KONG 1967 $1.30ct SG243 used 1.50 84 CANADA special delivery 1946-1947 10ct mint 2 85 CANADA special delivery 1942-1943 10ct mint 2.50 86 CANADA 1946-1947 17ct grave accent special delivery mint 1 87 ERITREA British occupation postage due 1948 set EO1-5 mint 12 88 BRITISH HONDURAS SG166-171 1949 set mint 1.50 89 ST KITTS NEVIS 1923 tercentenary issue ½d, 1d and 2d mint 1 90 ST CHRISTOPHER SG8 1875-1876 P14 6d green used 3.50 91 IRELAND SG176 1958 Thomas Clarke 1/3- used 1.50 92 PORTUGAL SG1066 1952 3 rd anniversary NATO 3.50ct used 5 93 WORLD off paper in small box, no GB 1 94 CANADA SG325 UnM cat 5 14 95 FALKLAND ISLANDS SG160 UnM cat 60 10 96 FRANCE SG374 (Yv 152) MM cat 225 33 97 FRANCE SG378 (Yv 156) UnM cat 260 52 98 FRANCE SG429 (Yv 206) UnM cat 50 9 99 FRANCE SG452 (Yv 231) UnM cat 170 36 100 FRANCE SG453 (Yv 232) UnM cat 260 52 101 FRANCE SG466-468 (Yv 249-251) MM cat 94 20 102 FRANCE SG553-554 (Yv 320-321) FU cat 135 27 103 FRANCE SG1071a (Yv 841) FU cat 47 9 104 FRANCE SG1172-1177 (Yv 945-950) FU cat 60 12 105 FRANCE SG1215-1220 (Yv 989-994) FU cat 160 28 106 FRANCE SG455-456 (Yv Airmail 1/2) FU cat 440 0 107 FRANCE SG1059 (Yv Airmail 29) UnM cat 145 28 108 GERMANY SG1038 UnM cat 60 12 109 GERMANY SG1042 UnM cat 70 14 110 GERMANY SG1043 UnM cat 52 10 111 GERMANY SG1044 UnM cat 60 12 112 GERMANY BERLIN SG69 UnM cat 8 17 113 GB SG43 (219) GU cat 35 11 4
114 GB SG48 (11) MM cat 120 14 115 GB SG80 on cover to Bordeaux with letter in French cat 300 35 116 GB SG180 FU cat 250 45 117 GB SG461 FDC cat 35 9 LOT 118 SOLD FOR CLUB FUNDS 118 British Philatelic Bulletin 2012-2018, total of 84 bulletins, cost mainly 1.95 each 12 LOTS 119-127 SOLD ON BEHALF OF GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND 119 GB 100s of 1 st, 2 nd & higher values off paper 6 120 COMMONWEALTH 100s in separate countries 6 121 EUROPE 100s in separate countries 6 122 WORLD mixed small bag off paper 2 123 5x telegraph stamps SG T2-T6 M cat 583 30 124 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2x SG MS2641 UM 1982 cat 19 5 125 Large burgundy empty stock book 3 126 Large red empty stock book 3 127 3x small red empty stock books 4 128 Variety of cinderellas 10 129 Variety of cinderellas 10 130 GB variety of FDCs on PHQ cards 1980-1981 12 131 GB & COMMONWEALTH variety of covers 30 132 GB booklets small variety 6 133 GB QV 10x 1p reds on covers (covers creased) 10 134 ERITREA telegraph stamps 2 135 ITALY used definitives on double sided album page 3 136 BELGIUM used definitives on double sided album page 3 137 CHILE & BRAZIL stamps, mainly used definitives, on double sided album page 3 138 GERMANY stamps, used, mainly definitives on double sided album page 5 139 NEW ZEALAND stamps used definitives & commemoratives on double sided album page 4 140 AUSTRALIA stamps used definitives & commemoratives on double sided album page 4 141 SWITZERLAND stamps used definitives & commemoratives on double sided album page 3 142 SLOVAKIA stamps 1939-1940 mint & used on eight sheets including commemoratives, definitives, newspaper, personal delivery and postage due 35 143 SLOVAKIA stamps 1941-1945 mainly used on six sheets including commemoratives, definitives, newspaper and postage due 30 144 CZECHOSLOVAKIA stamps mint definitives on one side of A4 sheet 5 145 COMMONWEALTH 3x A4 sheets used stamps including definitives of Malta 1973 & Zimbabwe 1995, with Bermuda 1994 flowering fruits 9 146 ICELAND 1x A4 sheet of stamps including 1948 Mt Hekla U SG280-284 +286, Red Cross fund M SG287-291 7 5
147 Minkus British Caribbean Albums, 2 illustrated & heavy volumes, to 1980 5 148 NEW ZEALAND 600+ fine used stamps KGV through to 1990 presented in 13 double sided album sleeves 7 149 SOUTH AFRICA 160+ used stamps KGV through to 1980 presented in 6 double sided album sleeves 3 150 NIGERIA approx. 50 used stamps KGVI through to 1980s presented in 2 double sided album sleeves 2 151 THAILAND 270+ used stamps 1920s through to 1980s presented in 10 double sized album sleeves 4 152 ASCENSION SG282A-296A1981-82 flowers set of 15 UM as gutter blocks of 4 cat 17 (x4) 15 153 KUT SG SB6 1954 unused booklet for 1/- cat 3 1 154 KENYA SG SB3 1966 unused booklet for 5/- cat 30 6.50 155 UGANDA SG SB3 1965 unused booklet for 5/- cat 11 2.50 156 SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE SG125-135 1951 KGVI surcharged MH set cat 55 16.50 157 SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE 1937 Coronation cover registered at Bersera 2 RHODESIA & NYASALAND 1962 illustrated BOAC FDC addressed to 158 BOAC London for 30 th anniversary of first London-Rhodesia Airmail Service, 3 stamps of set on cover 5 159 SINGAPORE used on stock card including SG596-601 cat 135 160 GB SG190 Mini reconstruction 79 of 240 on 2x large stock cards 15 161 GB small approval book with 90+ different 1d reds 12 162 ST KITTS bird sets on stock card LMM cat 34 6 163 FRANCE LMM/MNH on 2x stock cards, plus MM in packet 10 164 GB QV used on page, ½d-1/- (42) 10 165 GB QV & KEVII used officials 166 GB QEII pre-decimal 66 sets on stock cards LMM/MNH 12 167 GB 1924-1925 Wembley mint & used, plus KGVI collection on pages, high cat value 24 168 RHODESIA stamps & covers, plus RSA states approval books x3 M & U 169 GB stock card with 2x errors Club flaw block of 4 MM & Missing T block of 6 MNH 170 GB pages with all reigns U 171 GB black 16 page stock book containing all reigns QV-QEII M & U 7 172 USA green album with collection from earlies U with some M 20 173 GB medium sized box containing pre-decimal FDC, plus KGVI slogan covers 12 174 GB QV ½d vermillion block of 4 Army Official stamps 6 175 GB QV ½d blue green block of 4 Army Official stamps 6 176 GB QV 1d lilac block of 4 Army Official stamps 6 177 GB KGVI illustrated FDC 10 th May 1937 7 178 GB QEII 4d World Cup 1966 England winners block of 10 stamps 9 179 GB KEVII Board of Education and Admiralty overprints SGO84, O103-105; total 4 stamps U cat 500 150 6
180 GB QV 1876 2½d rosy mauve plate 4 U; 1884 SG188-189 U; 1887 SG207a UMM (slight crease); total 4 stamps cat 247 90 181 SAMOA 6d bright violet no. 17 M cat 65 30 182 ZULULAND 2/6d green and black, no. 26 UMM (gum crease) cat 90 30 183 GAMBIA 4/- vermilion and purple, no. 159 LMM cat 42 15 184 GOLD COAST QV crown CC set U, nos. 4-8 (including two shades of no. 6); also crown CA no. 10 U and no. 13b M; total 8 stamps cat about 200. 65 185 VICTORIA used stamps: no. 34 (4 margins) cat 200; nos. 73 & 90 cat 25 on piece 90 186 HONG KONG KEVII nos. 62 65 & 67 UMM cat 147 70 187 BRITISH EAST AFRICA nos. 5, 6, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18 & 19 total 9 stamps cat 90 40 188 FALKLAND ISLANDS mint stamps KEVII no. 47; KGV nos. 77,78 (both UMM), 79; KGVI nos. 146, 148, 150 52, 156, 157, 159 (all UMM); total 13 stamps cat 160+. 75 189 GIBRALTAR mint stamps QV no. 25; KEVII nos. 46, 57, 69; KGV nos. 98, 100, 114 117; total 10 stamps cat 160. 70 190 FRANCE art stamps - complete sets, used and mint, from 1961 (nos. 1551 1554) to 1972, & 1976. Mint stamps in all these years, except 1962, 1967 & 1974, are unmounted. Broken sets for 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979 89 and 150 1992 93. 161 stamps in all, in Prestige binder; cat over 200. LOTS 191-197 SOLD FOR CLUB FUNDS 191 ART accumulation c1960s-1980s sets and odds in packets to sell NR 192 BIRDS accumulation c1960s-1980s sets and odds in packets to sell NR 193 MAURITIUS small box containing colourful used accumulation off paper commemoratives/pictorials with values to 10Rs, 15Rs etc 194 WORLD on/off paper, 100s, mostly 20 th century, mish-mash in flat box NR 195 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 60+ commercial covers of 1980s-1990s, mostly airmail with a few registered NR 196 CANADA duplicates KGV/KGVI with cds including many TPOS, RPOS (dozens) NR 197 WORLD commercial covers including military cachets, meter franks, mainly 1940s-1990s crammed into shoebox NR 198 1967 letter from Speaker of House of Commons, Horace King, on official note paper, plus envelope 2 199 GB QEII pre-decimal selection M 4 200 GB part booklet pane 3 stamps GVI 1d blue! 201 Selection of unusual QEII covers: Salvaged from Office Mail Bag 2 202 UV lamp: Teloanalysis lamp detects forgeries, repairs etc 4 203 MILITARY UNIFORMS stock book containing M stamps and a few covers 6 204 MALTA box of 100s, includes several sets 5 205 GERMANY box of 100s, cat over 400 206 CANADA shoebox of 100s, earlies and modern 6 207 FOREIGN glory box 1000s 208 COMMONWEALTH glory box 1000s 209 SWITZERLAND shoebox of 1000s 7
210 OTTOMAN EMPIRE 100s, excellent value 10 211 GB 18?? QV blue envelope with 2x postage four pence imprints, type K.B7B in H&G PTPO pg 79 M 10 212 GB 1960 plain FDC Tercentenary of GLO SG619-620 cancelled Oxford 07/07/1960 cat 65 213 GREECE 1930 10d black SG446 cat 22 MM 6 214 GREECE 1933 5d blue and orange Aeroespresso Coy SG464 MM cat 23 6 215 IRELAND 1940 1/- light blue Sword SG122 cat 18 U 5 216 IRELAND 1950 Holy Year SG 149-151 MM cat 17 4.50 217 ITALY 1953 60l Coin w/m Winged Wheel SG843 MM cat 15 4 218 KENYA 1987 Tourism mini sheet SG MS412 M 3.50 219 MALDIVES 1966 5r Crab plover and seagull SG187 MM cat 22 6 220 NEW FOUNDLAND 1937 Coronation stamps 1c-14c SG257-262 on cover cancelled St John s 14 Oct 1937 NOT FDI 7.50 221 NEW ZEALAND 1899 5d car green Postage Due SGD6 U cat 50 12.50 222 NEW ZEALAND 1934 Trans-Tasman airmail flight cover, 6h crossing in Southern Cross 29/03/1934 223 NEW ZEALAND 1936 1.½d Br. Moari O/P Official SG0116 used cat 40 10 224 NEW ZEALAND 1941 Airmail cover inaugural flight New Zealand to Fiji cancelled Auckland 11 No 41 12 225 NEW ZEALAND 1949 Health 1d + ½d bandaged thumb variety (IL.H stamp) U pr 6 226 NEW ZEALAND 1954 Airmail cover inauguration of new NAC service linking Wanganui with Auckland etc cancelled Auckland 1 No 54 14 227 NEW ZEALAND 1960 QEII Definitives SG781-802 MM cat 60 14 228 PITCAIRN ISLANDS 1998 Flowers set SG535-538 MM cat 12.25 4 229 SPAIN 1955 Centenary of telegraphs SG1245-1247 MM cat 36 9 230 TANZANIA 1953 Botanic gardens of the world sheetlet SG1426-1441 M cat 16 5 231 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 1938 KGVI 4c Memorial Park SG249 MM cat 30 7.50 232 TRISTAN DA CUNHA 1974 Air letter 5p on 9d UPU centenary M 233 FRANCE 1942 cover with 1fr Petain & bisected 1fr Petain cancelled 08/01/1942 7.50 234 FRANCE interesting well-travelled registered cover with 5fr Carcassonne stamp cancelled Paris 10/06/1940, with boxed strikes DETAINED IN FRANCE DURING GERMAN OCCUPATION and RETOUR D'ENVOYEUR and other date stamps etc 26 END OF SALE THANK YOU 8
Grand Auction 2019 Postal Bid Sheet Name... Tel:... Address ALL DETAILS IN BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE Lot Number Maximum Bid Lot Number Maximum Bid Signed... Date Postal bids to: Mr I A Crees, 80 Clock House Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4JT or e-mail to:- Jenny Viggars at jcats@btinternet.com Bids must be received by Sunday 7 th APRIL 2019 at the latest 9