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Auction Name	Stamps, Postcards and Postal History	Total Sales (GBP)	21,728.20
Auction Date	June 05, 2024 - June 05, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	9,480.00
Sale Number	#14135	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	12,970.00
Total Lots	77
Sold Lots	70	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	11,550.00
% of Lots Sold	90.91%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	15,890.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	136.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
222	Commemorative and Autograph Covers - Sport and Exploration	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	GBP 1,464.00
296	Newcastle and Northumberland Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,220.00
305	Lincolnshire Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,159.00
223	Commemorative and Autographed Covers - Aviation, Space, Maritime, etc.	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,037.00
263	Two Boxes Containing a Shoebox, Eleven Albums and Loose Postcards of Varying Interests.	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 854.00
231	Worldwide -Carton of vintage philatelic material in cigar boxes, envelopes, glassines, approval books, etc, with very interesting postal history	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 793.00
315	Approximately 575 Postards in Plastic Album Sleeves.	GBP 500.00 - 600.00	GBP 793.00
258	A Box Containing Five Traditional Postcard Albums with a Small Cigarette Card Album.	GBP 300.00 - 350.00	GBP 732.00
314	A Shoebox Containing Several Hundred Postcards Predominantly of Naval Theme.	GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 671.00
224	Numismatic/Medallic Covers -Collection in four albums and loose, with two International Society of Postmasters volumes	GBP 500.00 - 750.00	GBP 610.00
287	Nautical Postcards.	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 585.60
257	Four Vintage Postcard Albums.	GBP 350.00 - 400.00	GBP 549.00
313	Seven Albums of Postcards, mostly topographical, including Middlesborough, Whitby and hinterland, other Yorkshire coast	GBP 120.00 - 160.00	GBP 549.00
299	WWI Military Postcards.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 512.40
277	Assorted Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 427.00
297	Silk Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 427.00
302	Social History and Subject Postcards.	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 427.00
220	Commemorative and Autograph Covers - Olympics	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 366.00
260	Singapore and Malaya Postcards.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 366.00
286	Assorted Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 366.00
268	Assorted Postcards.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 305.00
298	Oil Industry Postcards.	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 305.00
304	Assorted Postcards.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 305.00
306	Naval and Ships -A very interesting carton of varied material including French and British naval postmarks on cover/cards,	GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 305.00
208	British Commonwealth -A small clear container of about 380 stockcards with approx.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 268.40

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300

Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
September 11
Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
Sotheby’s
10 September 2024
The Shem Tov Bible
Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000

Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller Auctions
Books & Autographs
18 September 2024

Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000

Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000

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