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.
Lot 154 - British Commonwealth: Caribbean and Falklands QV-KGV
Sold for £800
Estimated at £500 - £600
Lot 161 - British Commonwealth: Two-Volume New Imperial
Sold for £11,000
Estimated at £6,500 - £8,500
Lot 173 - British Commonwealth KGVI Mint Never Hinged, etc.
Sold for £4,000
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,250
Lot 183 - Atlantic Maritime Postal History, especially R.M.S. 'St. Helena'
Sold for £110
Estimated at £100 - £150