30th Aug, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
A northern postal historian and exhibitor's collection filling a small carton, with many hundreds of mostly used stamps and much postal history, especially of the line-engraved period, written-up on pages plus a very interesting stack of loose 19th century covers with some unusual postmarks. Includes a series of pages of Victorian 'not found at address' covers (21) from a Sheffield post office, an album on postal history of Barnsley from 1807 to 1970s incl. 1951 typed letter to the collector from Clement Attlee urging coal production, as well as imperf penny reds on pages with many attractive four-margin examples, a page of blue cancels, another with numbers in cross, as well as useful surface-printed, QV revenues, etc, etc.
Sold for £600
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Stamps, Postal History & Postcards, 30th Aug, 2023
The sale, along with many interesting intact collections and accumulations, features the philatelic estate of a British Commonwealth enthusiast with highlights being mint multiples from a major 'provenance' sale and his main collections of Canada and Gibraltar. The Postcards section includes excellent focused albums of local Yorkshire regions, Teesside, Stockton, Norton, etc, as well as colourful and unusual specialised collections on themes of Golf and Billiards.
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Tuesday 29 August 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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