COMIC - substantial collection of 800 cards within five large albums, good old British humour incl. Quip, Mike-Rex, Bamforth, Cardtoon, Trow, Terry Irvine etc. Although a relatively modern collection, most are probably 50 years old. Worth viewing for a good laugh.
Sale #168
By: Corbitts
Corbitts Sale #168
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COMIC modern album of 380 cards incl. Donald McGill, Thackeray, Bamforth, 1960's, Seaside humour etc.
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EROTICA collection of 336 different repro photographic cards in sepia of Victorian or Edwardian ladies, either nude or in various stages of undress, lingerie, stockings, suspenders etc. A beautiful collection, originals of these are rarely seen. (336)
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FRANCO BRITISH EXHIBITION 1908 two albums of 298 cards, trade stands, London views, birds eye views, flip flap, pavilions etc.
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MILITARY WWI album of 179 cards showing Military Personnel, regiments, silk cards, Bystanders comic, Official War photographs, Bamforths, War Damage, Daily Mail, Battle scenes, war bonds, patriotic etc.
Lot #231 - subject cards
NAVAL nice group of shipping cards incl. several RP's incl. HMS Neptune, Empress of India, Formidable, Bellerophon, Monarch, Indomitable, New Zealand etc. (53)
Lot #232 - subject cards
NAVAL modern album of 144 cards incl. Naval Ships, Barracks, Naval Personnel, Life in the Navy etc.
Lot #233 - subject cards
NAVAL/MARITIME range of 81 cards incl. a good number of RP's incl. HMS Thunderer, Temeraire, Sift, Black Prince, Lord Nelson, Inflexible, Kent, Leviathan, many with stamps used on obverse, generally addressed to Peru, South America.
Lot #234 - world postal history
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH range of covers & postcards (87), noted - Antigua 1951 reg airmail cover to England franked KGVI 10s, Ascension 1935 Jubilee set on reg cover to England, Sierra Leone 'POSTED ON STEAMER' etc. various postcards approx 40 unused & 20 used cards incl. Africa, Gibraltar, Ceylon & more to view.
Lot #235 - world postal history
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH 1835-1937 covers with much of interest incl. stationery, Caribbean, Africa, Australian States etc. See all images on web. (48)
Lot #236 - world postal history
FAR EAST 19th/20thC group of Japanese cards & covers, various type cork cancels, former French Indo-China airmail covers to USA, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand with express marks, Taiwan, Malaysia incl. Kedah, Johore, Kelantan, reg Singapore with police cachet, mother to British Gurkha Depot HQ Nepal, another from Brunei with arrival cachets, early fine Netherlands East Indies postal stationery. (90 items)
Lot #237 - world postal history
ILLUSTRATED HOTEL COVERS 1894-1900 small written up collection, mainly Italian, odd France, Algeria etc. Mixed condition. (21)
Lot #238 - world postal history
MARITIME c1876-1952 covers/postcards (163) all bearing Maritime markings. Noted - section of pre-stamp incl. Cuba, Italy, U.S.A, later with GB, Russian steamship cancels, Paquebots etc. Interesting selection in a cover album.
Lot #239 - world postal history
PACIFIC ISLANDS 20thC covers with British Commonwealth Islands 1946 Fiji Victory pair cover pmkd 'BA,' New Zealand 1940 airmail rated 3/6d, cachet 'N.Z - USA via New Caledonia & Canton Islands,' also Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn, French Polynesia, Tahiti, New Caledonia & New Hebrides, some faults. (50 items)
Lot #240 - world postal history
POSTAL STATIONERY - wrappers, envelopes, cards etc. range from GB (59), British Empire (17) incl. Niger Coast, Tobago, Mashonaland, Cape of Good Hope etc. Foreign (15) incl. Belgium, Germany, Curacao & USA (91 items - no modern).
Lot #241 - world postal history
SCANDINAVIA range of covers neatly written up on leaves incl. WWII censored mail with several to USA via Bermuda, German censored incoming from USA, Danish PAQUEBOT covers & ship mail, carried Danish/German Ferries or Danish Internal Ferries etc. Attractive lot. (96)
Lot #242 - world postal history
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM 1950's-70's collection of 175 flown (mainly first flight) covers neatly presented & written up in a ring binder, various routes, covers mainly with Danish frankings. Attractive lot.
Lot #243 - world postal history
WORLD COVER ASSORTMENT 19th/20thC GB, Colonies incl. Gambia 1930's official paid h/stamp, B.W.I incl. Bahamas outer island pmks, France, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain incl. Esperanto card, South & Central America 1850's EL's to Grequipa, s/line Cuzco, Lima, Yslay in red, Columbia postal stationery card, Fr. Mail octagonal mark, 1920's SCADTA flight covers, various airmails, modern special event/FDC's/RAF etc. (43)
Lot #244 - zeppelin mail
AIRSHIPS/ZEPPELINS collection of stamps (7) & postcards (36) featuring Britain's Baby' airship, Ville de Paris, Patrie, Airship over an English Pier/Helter Skelter, Airships over New York, Zeppelins caught by searchlights over East Coast of England, 1915 card depicts anti aircraft shells bursting around the Zeppelin over London, Zeppelin brought down in flames at Potters Bar, wrecked airship down in sea, more images of airships shot down...
Lot #245 - aden
POSTAL HISTORY album containing a collection of PPC's (72) & covers (50) incl. postcards - Fair Day at Maidan, Village of Sheikh, The Jail, Camel Market, Maalla Village Native Wharf at Lahej, Salt Works, Native Bazaar, launching of Dhow, Arrival of Caravan, Ihsan Hotel, Windmills, Regimental Barracks, Ships in Harbour, Fortune Telling, The Sappers Bay, Native method of crushing Lime etc. Covers incl. censored mail (several), 1910 reg...
Lot #246 - aden
1903 cover addressed to England, franked pair of ½ anna adhesives, tied by two strikes of the 'DTHALI/6 OC 03' c.d.s, ADEN (OCT 8) transit & FARNBOROUGH (OCT 17) arrival b/stamps. On front, m/s 'Jihaf Arabia/5-10/03.' An extraordinary cover with Jebel Jihaf being about four miles NNW of Dthali. Extremely rare and the only letter from Jihaf recorded.
Lot #247 - aden
1917 censored envelope to India with the rare 'Opened by Censor' tape on reverse, cancelled 'BASE OFFICE ADEN/I.E.F/27 MAR 17' violet censor h/stamp on front. Only four examples of this censor tape are recorded.
Lot #248 - aden
1920 stampless 'On Active Service' envelope to Grindley & Co. 'BASE OFFICE ADEN/I.E.F/10 NOV 20' despatch d/stamp on reverse, on the face large circular double ringed 'PASSED CENSOR/No.A203/ADEN' in violet. Very rare, believed only one other example recorded.
Lot #249 - aden
1937 Dhow set to 1r M, SG.1/8, 1939 Defin set, M (heavy hinge remnants), SG.16/27 1949 Wedding & 1951 Surcharge Defin set M, SG.30/1, 36/46 (35) Cat.£385
Lot #250 - aden
1937 Dhow set to 1r, 1939 Defin set, Qu'aiti 1942 set, 1948 Wedding, 1949 UPU, 1951 Currency Change Surch set & 1955-63 set, all M. (62) Cat. £460
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