19th Feb, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
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Manchester Postcards. A large modern album of approximately 1000 postcards of Manchester, as well as some of surrounding areas, including Stockport, Altrincham and Woodley. Covering Picadilly, Market Street, Manchester Cathedral, Oxford Road, Old Shambles, Town Hall, Rylands Library, Alexandra Park, Boggart Hole Clough, Heaton Park, Moss Side, etc., views include trams and horses. Mostly printed, many Edwardian, corner-mounted and nicely present.
Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £400
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 19th Feb, 2025
Highlights feature an intact estate of a specialist collector (Lots 18-31) with particularly impressive penny red 'stars' extensively plated, well-covered 19th century surface-printed issues including inverted watermarks, through to unusual 20th century errors and varieties. Also classic British high values in select condition from a separate estate, attractive British Commonwealth mint collections including George VI sets and varieties largely uncatalogued (Lot 72), 1935 Silver Jubilee complete mint never hinged (Lot 74), interesting postal history with written-up collections of Germany (Lot 60) and USA with much pre-stamp period (Lot 65), as well as many vintage and original mixed lots.
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