6th Jul, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
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Air Force Recipients of Medals and Awards
Eighteen large flown covers for 1980s anniversaries and events, from an ex-RAF serviceman, each relating to a particular award and each with signatures of seven of the chief recipients, with many Marshals and Chief Marshals (incl. 'bomber' Harris) as well as famous aces of WWII both British and German. Most are also signed by the pilots of the commemorative flights. The awards include Victoria Cross, OBE, Iron Cross, Military Medal, Conspicuous Gallantry, Distinguished Flying Medal, Defence Medal, etc. Every cover has contents with biography and portrait photographs of all the recipients. Average limit of 620 each produced.
Sold for £300
Estimated at £150 - £200
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 6th Jul, 2022
261 lots including several exciting original collections fresh to the market. Highlights include a specialised collection of St. Helena stamps and postal history, and a very extensive and impressive holding of Russian postal history with a particular focus on the Post Offices Abroad. The latter collector’s interests also extended through the Baltics to excellent Scandinavian Locals, as well as around the Eastern Mediterranean from the Balkans to Palestine and Egypt.
Amongst the postcards offered in the sale are fantastic albums from a dedicated collector, of high-quality and comprehensively assembled, which include transport related cards of Leeds, Skipton, Lancaster, Teesside and Middlesbrough as well as excellent general Yorkshire cards.
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Tuesday 5 July 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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