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Auction Name Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. Total Sales (GBP) 11,058.40
Auction Date July 17, 2024 - July 17, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 9,185.00
Sale Number #427 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 13,040.00
Total Lots 231
Sold Lots 165 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 11,996.00
% of Lots Sold 71.43% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 17,116.00
Unsold Lots 66 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
100 J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Lord of the Rings",

1957 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 943.00
85 Virginia Woolf

"To The Lighthouse",

1927 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 552.00
7

Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures,

1941-1949 GBP 160.00 - 220.00 GBP 356.50
164

British C/Wealth and GB 1902-52 mint & used collection in four binders, mostly GV/GVI issues with better items noted. Interest in Malaya & States,

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 287.50
142

Bolton & district collection; including street scenes of Bolton (51), Farnworth (5), Blackrod, and Horwich; railway station,

GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 218.50
162

George VI Commonwealth accumulation in pocket stockbook with some useful UM to PS1 but mainly FU including approx. 75 UPU sets and other better.

GBP 160.00 - 200.00 GBP 207.00
188

Aviation Covers, mostly special military flights, mainly GB, including 50 Signed mostly by pilots and veteran aviators, notably WW2 veterans

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 184.00
207

Great Britain 2001-2004 UM collection in stockbook including sheetlets and miniature sheets. Face value PS541.47

2001-2004 GBP 220.00 - 250.00 GBP 178.25
215

Australia 1902-37 used collection on leaves with good selection of Postage Dues, 1913-14 to 2s, and later 'Roos to 1s (3) & 2s (4),

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 143.75
195

Great Britain 1784-1810 Acts of Parliament concerning the Postal Service, comprising 1784 re. postage rates (12pp),

1784-1810 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 138.00
33

Trade and Mercantile History, including "Warwickshire Grazier and London Skinner 1532-1555"

1981 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 126.50
3

Ephemera and photographs of all periods; including theatre programmes

19th Century GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 120.75
81 Brissonius

"Barnabae Brissonii regii consistorii consiliarii, amplissimique senatus Parisiensis praesidis, De Formulis Et Sollemnibus Populi Romani

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 120.75
114

Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables for November 1842.

1842 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 120.75
20

Local and Family History pamphlets (120), books (2), photocopied articles, etc, many with annotations. (360+)

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 115.00
206

Great Britain 1988-2000 UM collection of commem sets, plus some pairs and blocks. Face value PS359.72. Also some used items.

1988-2000 GBP 130.00 - 160.00 GBP 115.00
163

Ranges in old stockbook, 'Improved' album and packets with main interest in British C/W and GB especially GVI issues. Includes useful Malaya,

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 105.80
228

Kenya 1942-45 POW Letter Sheets (4) and a cover from Italian prisoners of War, variously addressed, from camps at Nyeri, Eldoret, Mitubiri, Makindu

1942-45 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 96.60
51

Agricultural and rural society history including Wordie "Estate Management in Eighteenth Century England"

1982 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 92.00
116

UK Railway Ephemera from 19th Century with goods and carriage labels, paper tickets, way-bills, letterheads, etc, used & unused,

19th Century GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 92.00
16

The Management of Common Land in North-West Europe, c.1500-1850,

2002 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 89.70
44

Archaeology, a selection including "Geoarchaeology", Duckworth, 1976; Leary & Kador "Moving On in Neolithic Studies"

2016 GBP 100.00 - 130.00 GBP 89.70
75

The Ardwick Cemetery from 1836-1906,

1906 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 87.40
115

British Railways luggage, parcel and goods labels, reservation & carriage window labels and similar, late-1940s/early-1960s, all unused,

late-1940s/early-1960s GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 87.40
143

London suburbs and hinterland, mostly Edwardian; with many street scenes including Ilford (2), Brondesbury, Highgate, Brompton, Kilburn, Denham,

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 87.40
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