Previous Ephemera Catalogues

MILITARY & AVIATION

1. BOER WAR Folded card 4.5in x 6in with four Everlasting Silver Leaves overprinted ‘To my dear friend with kind regards, Remember me from South Africa’ - the leaves still in good condition. There is a stuck down photograph of ‘The Heroes of Ladysmith, The Meeting of Generals Buller and White’. Published by Hahn of Cape Town. Lovely little item with just a few minor blemishes £12

2. MILITARY CHARACTER AND PARTICULARS OF SERVICE RSM William Green, Royal Engineers, born in Bangalore, enlisted 10th March 1891, bugler, served in South Africa, Kings and Queens, mentioned in despatches 1916. Character states absolutely trustworthy and reliable, has tact and discretion, uses no bad language … etc, etc, signed by Lt Col Peake. Good collectable condition £5

3. AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE 22-page booklet with the lecture given by Major D Chapman-Huston at Larkhill Camp, August 1916 £2

4. INTRIGUES OF THE WAR: STARTLING REVELATIONS HIDDEN UNTIL 1922 44-page booklet by Maj-Gen Sir Frederick Maurice, reprinted from the Westminster Gazette 1922, in which he examines the political conduct of the war by Asquith and later by Lloyd George, the mistake of keeping so many troops in Palestine, the plan to remove Haig and much more. Explosive reading at the time. Good condition £9

5. TIDWORTH TATTOO Augusr 1929 Official Souvenir programme (Southern Command), 32 pages with time table of events, regimental histories, illustrations, adverts etc, attractive coloured cover, good condition £9

6. MILITARY MAPS 5-page leaflet ‘MILITARY CONVENTIONAL SIGNS FOR USE ON MAPS, SKETCHES ETC published by the War Office in 1940. Very detailed, very good condition £6

7. R A F PRIVILEGE ENVELOPE a special active service envelope which could be used to send three letters, fine unused £6
8. WORLD WAR 2 OFFICIAL BOOKLETS Demolitions no.7, War Office July 1940; Camouflage, Military Training Pamphlet, War Office June 1941, many illustrations; Anti-tank Mines R E nos 1 and 2, War Office 1942; Sanitary Services, War Office 1942; Military Hygiene, War Office 1943, well illustrated plus a Q and A booklet. Total of 6 items, mixed condition but a very interesting lot £16

9. A R P WALLCHART OF GASES USED IN WARFARE, WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW TO TREAT THEM 4-coloured chart 15in x 10in published by Memory Charts Ltd giving types of gas (tear, nose, lung, blister), technical names, nature and effect and remedies. Most feared were chlorine, phosgene and mustard gases. Reverse gives further details. Designed to instruct ARP volunteers in the second World War. Two pairs of punch holes, otherwise good condition £10

10. OBSERVER CORP CLUB Folding card of silhouettes of all British, American and German aircraft listed for the Third Grade Test of the Club, plan views and side views, 1941, good condition £5

11. WORLD WAR 2 Soldier’s Service and Pay Book of William Gilbert, War Office identification card for Mechanical Transport Driver Pte Gilbert (backstamped Cockfosters Camp) 1942, Pass to enter Administrative Block, War Department Driving Permits (2) 1945, typed note to be excused wearing gaiters etc. Lot £6

12. MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS OF WAR Identification card of Mr A Farnsworth with photo £3

13. BASIC TRAINING IN AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS Training Manual No.1, first edition HMSO 1941, 85pp with many illustrations showing how to tackle fires, protecting your home, erecting Anderson shelter, how to deal with casualties, first aid etc, good condition £7

14. FUEL EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE BULLETINS Central Heating Plants Control (1943), Control of Air for Combustion (1943), How to look after a Boiler Plant (1945), Installation and Maintenance of Boiler House Instruments (1946), all four in good condition, lot £5

15. BOMBED CHURCHES AS WAR MEMORIALS published by the Architectural Press of Cheam 1945, 48pp with many illustrations and plans detailing suggestions and plans for some of the 17 City of London churches which had been seriously damaged by enemy action. £8

16. OUR BOMBED CHURCHES published for the Victory Thanksgiving Fund by the Baptist Union c1945, 41pp of text and photos of the damage suffered during the Second World War to Baptist churches including a few Continental. Cover rather poor but contents good £5

17. UNITED CHURCHES OF BOURNEMOUTH ‘In the King’s Service’, 32-page hardback of the National Services Club for men and women of H M and Allied Forces at the Queens Hotel Bournemouth 1940-46, well illustrated with some groups (you’ll probably recognise someone if you lived in Bournemouth during the war), good condition £6

18. THE YELLOW NAZIS by Stanton Hope, a Hurricane Sixpenny booklet published by W H Allen 1942, 64pp. A short history of the Japanese people written at the height of the war just after Pearl Harbour, here described as the ‘yellow peril’, the author pulls no punches, good condition £7

19. MOVEMENT INSTRUCTIONS for Sgt Barker RAF, printed sheet requiring him to report with baggage at the UDF Shuttle Service, Pretoria, South Africa, at 07.30 on 24 November 1944. There follows many instructions such as inoculation for yellow fever if going to Middle East or East Africa, no cameras, currency restrictions etc. Interesting item £6

20. VICTORY NUMBER of the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS May 12 1945 with war leaders, some in colour, coloured cover of the victors by Terrence Cuneo, good condition, scarce £10

21. THE TERRITORIAL OFFICERS’ AIDE-MEMOIRE Compiled by Major K H Callow, published by Gale & Polden Ltd 1951, 30pp with 500 reminders of what should be done (Are the men paraded for all meals? How is privy soil disposed of? Is the dartboard properly lit?…. and so on). Good condition £4

22. FIFTY YEARS OF FLYING 84-page programme of the Exhibition and Display at Hendon, July 1951 with photos and details of over a hundred aircraft taking part, events, adverts etc. Very good condition £10

23. 1936 CHRISTMAS CARD of 1st Divisional Signals, Palestine, illustrated with ‘ancient’ and ‘modern’ transport £3

NAVAL & SHIPPING

24. THE ABC OF CLYDE STEAMERS AND LOCH LOMOND FLEETS published by Ian Allan in 1950s, 64pp, illustrated, much detail, very good condition - difficult to find like this £8

25. CHANNEL PILOT Part 1 comprising the Scilly Isles and South Coast of England from Pendeen to Foreness, thirteenth edition 1947, published by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, 352pp. Includes currents, tidal streams, sea levels, signals, cautions, life-saving service, buoyage, measured distances, communications, fuel, dockyards, pilotage, fisheries, quarantine regs, meteorology. There are numerous illustrations and a large index. Cover is stained and soiled but contents very good £8

STAGE & SCREEN

26. FOLIES BERGERE Paris programme c1950 in good condition, many photos, interesting adverts including one from BEA, also programme of STARS AND STRIPS a similar revue at the Vaudeville Theatre London, with adverts etc. Pair in good condition £8

 
AUTOGRAPHS

27. SIGNED PICTURE POSTCARDS OF EARLY 20th CENTURY ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
28. Matheson Lang, Fred Mayne, H B Irving (son of Henry), Isabel Jay, Lewis Waller, Nora Kerin, Alice Crawford, Valli Valli (plain back), Dorothy Jardon, each £5

29. AS ABOVE BUT SIGNED BY COUPLES Frederick Ross and Matheson Lang, Harry Welchman and Clara Evelyn, Sadrene Storrie and George Shurley, Iris Hoey and Lauri de Frece, Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton each £8

30. AS ABOVE BUT MULTIPLE SIGNATURES Walter Passmore, Iris Hoey and Harry Welchman £10; Dorothy Thomas, Matheson Lang and Master Lenton Murray £10; Group of seven models in ‘Oh! Oh! Delphine’ six ladies and one man (Harry Welchman) unusual £15

31. SHIP’S MENU TSS ‘California (Anchor Line) signed by EVELYN LAYE, JACK HOBBS, GILBERT HARDING, CHARLES PRENTICE, FREDA FERNE and others c1950 £20

32. MUSIC Autograph album page with JANET HAMILTON SMITH (singer/actress), JOHN HARGREAVES (baritone), EDITH COATES (soprano), PETER GELHORN (conductor/composer) £9

33. MUSIC Autograph album page with JOHN HARGREAVES (baritone), MURIEL GALE (contralto), ARTHUR SERVENT (tenor), MARY HAMLIN (singer/tutor) £7

34. STAGE, SCREEN, TV Album page with PATRICK BRAWN, DESMOND WALTER ELLIS, JIMMY THOMPSON, JULIAN ORCHARD, MARJORIE DUNKELS £12

35. STAGE, SCREEN, TV Album page with DELIA WILLIAMS, MOYRA FRASER, DAPHNE PERETZ, c1952 £8
36. IDA VALLI actress signed piece June 1906 £5

37. E TEMPLE THURSTON 1880-1933, author/novelist, two-page letter on Kensington notepaper 1905 signed £8

38. GILBERT HARE 1869-1951, actor son of Sir John Hare, signed and inscribed Garrick Theatre notepaper £6

39. JOAN TEMPLE author/actress, 2-page letter from Lawrence Street Chelsea signed 1928 £6

40. TREVOR HOWARD signed ‘Picturegoer’ photographic postcard £6

41. JACK PAYNE AND HIS BAND Publicity black and white photo print 8in x 6in of the band signed by Jack Payne and his wife and eleven members of the Band, creased down centre £16

42. BILLY MERRIN band leader, signed photographic postcard £6

43. MAYERL/MURDOCH Piece with BILLY MAYERL band leader and RICHARD MURDOCH comedian, also MORGAN DAVIES £6

44. CLAUDE DAMPIER inscribed and signed ‘Yours for fun’ on piece with photo, reverse with THE HENDERSON TWINS both signed) £6

45. BILLY DANVERS Music Hall, signed large piece ‘Best wishes’ £3

46. MORRIS AND COWLEY comedy actors, both signed piece £4

47. TURNER LAYTON Singing star, signed piece, reverse with TEDDY KNOX of the Crazy Gang, both obtained March 1943 £5

48. ALBERT SANDLER of Palm Court Orchestra fame, 6in x 8in photo print signed, ‘Very sincerely’ £7

49. DAVID WHITFIELD 1950s singer and recording artist signed publicity card £4

50. MORTON FRASER’S GANG Piece inscribed and signed by Tony Vincent and the rest of the Gang, reverse with HARRY BAILEY comedian £6

51. LARAINE DAY American actress, 5in x 7in photo print, signed and inscribed to Barbara £5

52. HYLDA BAKER ‘She knows you know’, small photo signed on reverse £2

53. LEONARD HENRY ‘I’ll BBCing you’ is his message on large piece. Henry was a music hall comedian in the 1950s £4

54. DANNY LA RUE signed autograph page £5

55. MONTE REY signed ‘Good Luck’ on large piece £2

56. SU POLLARD ‘Hi Di Hi’, signed and inscribed photo to Chris £2

57. ANTHONY ARMSTRONG JONES Sheet ‘To Betty with best wishes from Tony’ followed by a reference to Kensington Palace, all in his hand £8

58. RAINE SPENCER signed message on picture postcard 1997 with envelope addressed in her hand £5

59. (LORD) HAILSHAM OF ST MARYLEBONE signed message on House of Lords notepaper £5

60. SIR DENIS THATCHER Message on his printed card thanking an admirer for the present of chocolates (wonder if he ate them?), signed DT 1952 £6

61. CHERIE BOOTH (BLAIR) signed message on postcard 1995 £3

62. PETER TATCHELL Labour activist ALS £2

63. SAUDI AMBASSADOR Attractive card with heron from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia signed by Ambassador Ghazi A Algosaibi £5

64. HORSE RACING Racecard for August meeting 1989 at Fontwell Park signed by many stars including Paul Edington, Susan Hampshire, Dorothy Tutin, Jan Harvey, Eric Flynn, Peter McEnery, Michael Bulman, Christopher Timothy, Dinah Harris, Alexanda Bastido, Michael James, Susan Catt, Sarah Woodward, Anna Healley, Michael Hanson, Sara Griffiths etc. Unusual item in good condition £20

EPHEMERA

65. EMPIRE DAY 1915 Certificate awarded to Maud Taylor who helped to send comforts to the fighting forces in the Great War, also a certificate awarded to Maud who brought happiness to the schoolchildren of the Empire with Christmas Day gifts. A very colourful pair in excellent condition £3

66. THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH 1937 Official Souvenir Programme 32pp in good condition £5

67. 1953 CORONATION Folding map published jointly by London Transport and the Metropolitan Police showing Processional route, Coronation Area closed to traffic, details how to reach the route, bus routes and all night services, Underground stations staying open etc, very good condition £5

68. QUEEN ELIZABETH II CORONATION 1953 Cadbury’s Chocolate tin with a picture of Her Majesty, attractive and in excellent condition (chocs have been eaten!) £4

69. OUR ROYAL CHILDREN SNAPSHOT ALBUM containing eight snaps of the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and the inevitable Corgis, issued by Woman’s Companion, complete in good condition £4

70. CORONATION CELEBRATIONS AT GOUDHURST KENT 1952 Four 6in x 4in photographs showing large crowds, giant 4-tier cake, illuminated tableau etc £5

71. BIRKET FOSTER Fine 19th century steel engraving ‘A Feast of Cherries’ featuring four young girls, 12.5in x 9in, image 10in x 7in, good condition £8

 
72. LOUIS WAIN ‘The Scientific Cat’, lovely coloured print 8in x 10in showing black and white cat as Professor at the College, solemn, learned and precise wearing starched collar and bow tie and topper to hand, very good condition, would look impressive when framed £30

73. LOUIS WAIN White cat with pink fan, coloured print approx 7in x 8in, corner crease otherwise good £15

74. LOUIS WAIN ‘Mrs Puss Goes Shopping’, coloured print approx 5in x 8in with nine cats mainly well-dressed in shop but things go wrong recorded in an amusing verse (’I'll not shop here again’ she cried, ‘I hope she never will’ says salesman). Very good condition with mount £16

75. LOUIS WAIN ‘Mr Catt Goes Fishing’ black and white print 7in x 10in shows what happens in six amusing episodes, mounted, very good condition £16

76. LOUIS WAIN ‘The End of the Harem-Scarem Skirt’, black and white image 5in x 7in showing scarecrow in a field with birds flying all round and a yapping dog £12

77. LOUIS WAIN Manx cat? Looks like one but what’s this odd tail doing on the ground after a motor car has just passed (motor car shown disappearing in distance). Black and white print , image 6in x 8in, good condition £14

78. LOUIS WAIN ‘Oo-h-h!’ Mr and Mrs Toms in bed, Mr Toms, afraid of burglars is brandishing a gun while Mrs Toms in scared, black and white print, image 6in x 7in, good condition £10

79. LOUIS WAIN Cat making a toast with glass of champagne and two verses, black and white print, image approx 6in x 7in, good condition £10

80. LOUIS WAIN Entitled ‘No 1′, scrawny looking mongrel says ‘There won’t be many cats left when I have got through this Annual’, black and white print, image approx 6in x 7in, good condition £8

81. LOUIS WAIN Two cats in a boat trying to tempt a fish on board, black and white approx 5in x 4in on a page from a book, reverse with a small b&w of cat and a bear, fair condition £5

82. LOUIS WAIN Page from a book c1900 with full page advertisement for the Louis Wain Nursery Book described as ‘a splendid book for children’. With an illustration £10

83. WALT DISNEY Folding Christmas card featuring Mickey and Donald banging the big drum with little pig playing the flute, colourful card by Valentines ‘A day to beat the band’, fine unused £5

84. DANCE PROGRAMME Delightful shaped card printed in gold with 22 dances from the Pacific Swimming Club’s Plain and Fancy Dress Ball at Excelsior Hall, Bethnal Green Road, London, 12 December 1895, still with original pencil attached - 10 dances have been filled in. Very good condition £8

85. FIFTY YEARS OF UNILEVER 1930-1980 by WJ Reader, publ Heinemann 1980, 148pp highly illustrated. One of the world’s greatest conglomerates (Lux, Blue Band, Vim, Walls, Stork, Sunlight and many more). Some illustrations in colour, a fascinating story £5

86. JORDAN’S INCOME TAX GUIDE 1939 - 1940 with new rates and allowances based on the War Budget, good condition £5
87. BIRMINGHAM CITY POLICE Typed letter 28th August 1900 from Inspector Boulton to Inspector Griffin at Sparkhill re Joseph Reeves £3

88. ISLE OF WIGHT ‘Freshwater and Totland Bay’, the Official publication of the Parish Councils, 1915, 42pp illustrated, interesting adverts include Landaulettes and Touring Cars for Hire, shop front views etc, fair/good condition £4
89. HEREFORD 10in x 8in photograph of the Fair occupying several streets, probably 1950s £5

90. YOUR WEATHER SERVICE Prepared by the Meteorological Office and published by HMSO in 1955, 52pp, illustrations include launching a radio sonde, wireless reception at Dunstable, facsimile machines, thunderstorm plotting, forecasting room etc, it’s all changed since then £4

POSTAL & PHILATELIC

91. THE LINE ENGRAVED POSTAGE STAMPS OF GREAT BRITAIN PRINTED BY PERKINS BACON & CO by Edward Denny Bacon, published by Charles Nissen & Co in two volumes 1920, a history of their production during the 40 years 1840-80 compiled from the records of the firm, with 15 plates of collotype and other illustrations including a study of the Essays, Proofs and Specimens of the issued stamps. The story starts with the 1839 Treasury Competition and negotiations between Rowland Hill, Henry Cole and Perkins Bacon. The dies are dealt with in great details, also obliterations for the stamp, colour trials, ’small crown’ watermarked paper, lettering the plates, imprimatur sheets right up to the surface printed issues of 1880. A rare 2-volume work, seldom offered, I have pleasure in offering this for £400

GREAT BRITAIN

92. 1859 small neat envelope with a PAIR of 4d rose tied by two London duplex, addressed to London, Canada West, part of back flap missing. Singles on cover cat £150. Modestly priced at £50

93. 1862 neat envelope with 6d lilac tied by 904 numeral canc, addressed to London, Canada West, backstamped with Wokingham, Milton and London circ date stamps Nov 1862, good average condition, cat £150 on cover £50

94. 1865 envelope with a PAIR of 4d vermilion tied by Bracknell 105 duplex (2) addressed to London, Canada West, backstamped with quartered circle 3/3/6/5 in red and London cds arrival. Rough edges at left where it has been opened, otherwise good. Singles on cover cat £175 £50

95. 1876 envelope with 2 ½d rosy mauve Plate 2 tied by Taunton 776 duplex, addressed to London, Canada West, backstamped with a part strike of quartered circle in red. Two flaps missing, fair, cat £125 on cover £40

96. SPECIAL OFFER All four covers £170

97. OVERLAND MAIL Entire with Prices Current from Bombay 31st December 1842 via Falmouth with Wolverhampton arrival circ date stamp 13th February 1843, a journey of six weeks, good condition £25

98. EXPOS 75 Covers and cards mainly from France, Germany, USA, from various exhibitions 1970s-1990s (a few earlier) with special postmarks, many philatelic, also 35 pieces with Paris philatelic postmarks from the same period, all different. Lot £10

BOOKS

99. HISTORY OF CORNWALL ‘A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall Compiled from the Best Authorities & Corrected and Improved from Actual Survey’, a monumental work published by William Lake in four volumes 1867/1872, 1,637pp plus index. Many family pedigrees, family histories, churches etc, some engravings. Original bindings in fair to good condition, a little foxing £195

100. DOCTOR DOLITTLES CIRCUS by Hugh Lofting, published by Jonathan Cape, 1948 edition, 320pp with 80 black and white illustrations by the author, contents good but some wear to boards, a delightful book at a modest price £7

101. THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MARBLING PAPER by Anne Chambers, published by Thames & Hudson 1986, 88pp hardback with 82 illustrations (54 in colour), with dust wrapper, fine condition £6

102. PAPERBACKS A quantity of popular authors including Plaidy, Herriot, Rhea, Robbins, Herbert, Rendell, Follett, Hailey, Dexter, Le Carre, PD James and others. Over 300 books in average condition £18

PICTURE POSTCARDS

103. HAND ILLUSTRATED COURT CARD Four pen and ink sketches from the sender tells a little story about a Dr Nicola with a p.s ‘Please will Pa bring button hook?’. Postally used with Victorian stamp and HASTINGS STATION OFFICE circ date stamp August 1900 £10

104. 1911 CORONATION SPITHEAD REVIEW Two photographic cards, both showing ‘The Mighty Armada’, one by day, the other illuminated by night - with a little bit of artistic licence of course. This is when we ruled the waves. Very impressive pair in fine unused condition £12

105. 1911 CORONATION Bank of England illuminated, fine unused photographic card by Rotary £3

106. 1911 CORONATION PROCESSION Ten photographic cards by Rotary showing the progress of the procession through London, a fine array, all different, lot for £20

107. RMS LUSITANIA Fine photographic card of the ship postally used in 1907. Message includes ‘I have a permit to view the Campania’ £10

108. SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA Three b&w hand-drawn cards, one showing her by the Irish coast, one ‘To the Boats’, one ‘The Last Plunge’, printed details on backs. Unused but some faults £8

109. RUSSIAN OUTRAGE ON THE HULL FLEET B&w by Valentines, fine unused £4

110. RMS BERENGARIA Interior of the Swimming Bath, photographic by Kingsway, very good unused £4

111. S S BEN-MY-CHREE Fine unused photographic card by Rotary £4

112. P & O OFFICIAL CARD coloured vignette of the Cruising Yacht ‘Vectis’, hand coloured in fine unused condition £12

113. GERMAN TRAINING SHIP SM Schulschiff ‘Carola’, coloured Gruss Aus card, unused with a crease but quite nice £3

114. JAPANESE SHIPPING Four b&w cards, one at Nagasaki with liner being loaded with coal by a large workforce, two views at Yokohama harbour and pier with ships and one card of Kobe harbour with shipping, all unused in very good condition £9

115. TROOPSHIP ‘SOUDAN’ in choppy waters off Southampton, b&w card by Oakley Photo, very good unused, scarce £10

116. ‘C’ CLASS SUBMARINE C22 in coastal waters, b&w card by Gale & Polden, good unused, minor corner crease £4

117. SUBMARINE UC5 in dock, b&w card very good unused £4

118. ‘E’ TYPE SUBMARINE in coastal waters, b&w card by Cribb of Southsea, reverse has advertising logo for Singer Sewing Machines, very small tear at top, unused £3

119. SUBMARINE HMS Orpheus just off coast, photographic by Gale &Polden, fine unused £4

120. EARLY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS Hibernia described on the card having ‘Aero-plane slipway’, real photographic card postally used at Chatham 1912, small corner crease £7

121. HMS FURIOUS Military plane flying over the Furious, good view of decks for planes landing as this is an aerial view, Valentines b&w card, unused, a little creased £4

122. HMS SUTLEJ four funnels, art drawn and coloured by Meade-Gibbs, postally used at Portsmouth 1905, good condition £4
123. HMS TERRIBLE 1st Class cruiser (protected) in harbour, four funnels, b&w card in the Woodbury series, very good unused £4
124. HMS SUPERB battleship, Tucks b&w card postally used 1915, condition just average £2

125. HMS WARSPITE battleship, coloured art drawn card published by Salmon, gives details, very good unused £3

126. HMS SOMALI destroyer, coloured art drawn card published by Salmon, gives details, very good unused £3

127. HMS DRAGON in Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, fine unused photographic card by J Fisher £6

128. EARLY AVIATION Three cards of early planes on ground each with an aviator/s, a plane in large wooden hangar with workman outside with some construction, an aviator standing by early monoplane and a single aviator, latter faded otherwise a fine group of six photographic cards, locations not given but the specialist should be able to identify the planes £50

129. BLERIOT MONOPLANE Advertising card by Raphael Tuck showing plane on display in large room, reverse gives details of size, wingspan, achievements etc stating that full particulars are available from Bleriot Ltd, 53-4 Long Acre, London WC. Good unused £12

130. FIRST AERIAL POST: FRESHFIELD TO SOUTHPORT A very fine strike of this rare handstamp on reverse of picture postcard of Mr Higginbotham in his biplane on the ground. Also has the Southport machine cancel 13 Oct 1911- much scarcer than the London-Windsor flights. One corner crease otherwise good £50

131. ARMY AIRSHIP on ground alongside the new balloon shed, photographic by Gale & Polden, fine unused £8

132. BEAULIEU CAMP real photographic card showing many tents and postally used in 1907 with the scarce skeleton handstamp BEAULIEU CAMP LYMINGTON JY 25 07, fine condition £18

133. ALDERSHOT CAMP Army bandsmen, 28 of them with their instruments, posing for this photo c1909, very fine unused by Chew of Aldershot £6

134. ALDERSHOT TATTOO Two b&w cards by Gale & Polden, one with three scenes: Hail and Farewell, Bannockburn, Royal Scots Fusiliers, the other with the impressive Grand Finale, both good unused, pair £7

135. BLACKDOWN CAMP 2nd Brigade Office with a few uniformed men outside, fair £2

136. ARMY CAMP Hut with humorous title ‘Hotel De Cecil’ painted on outside with a dozen soldiers, some posing with rifles, one being shaved (Shaving Done Here’ notice) etc, real photographic very good unused £8

137. ROYAL INSPECTION King Edward VII and King Alfonso inspecting volunteers at Wolferton, an impressive column of uniformed men, unused photographic in very good condition £6

138. GORDON HIGHLANDERS Church Parade, very impressive with full uniforms, probably at Aldershot, real photographic, a little foxing on back, front clear, good £4

139. MILITARY King taking salute, Massed Bands, Gordon Highlanders (2), HLI, and marching at Edinburgh Castle, photographic and coloured, 6 cards £10

140. MILITARY Two art drawn cards by Conrad Leigh, one showing the Royal Horse Artillery entering Hyde Park, the other of the Changing of the Guard, colourful pair in very good unused condition, pair £5

141. LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY Original watercolour, hand drawn and painted postcard showing train being loaded with a great amount of luggage from Paget and Mason families from ‘Special Truck’ with passengers in reserved coach for Eastbourne looking on. Addressed to ‘Foto Bill’ at Eastbourne. There is something personal here. Postally used at St Johns Wood 1913. A card with a story in fair to good condition £20

142. LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY Exterior view of Ardingly station, coloured card with horse and cart and people outside, used 1906, good condition £18

143. SOUTH EAST AND CHATHAM RAILWAY An interior view of London Victoria station showing main line departure platform and the bookstall, photographic by Kingsway, a little creasing, unused £12

144. LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY Ottery St Mary station interior view showing both platforms with train, station staff and passengers, coloured card by Slee used with Ottery squared circle Dec 1906, very minor scuffing £30

145. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY Melksham station interior view showing both platforms and station staff, buildings, foot bridge etc. B&w card by Jolliffe used with Melksham duplex 1904, very good condition £30

146. CALEDONIAN & LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS Official LNWR card showing the railways’ exhibit at the Scottish National Exhibition 1908, reverse with an advert for their express trains on the West Coast Royal Mail route, very good unused £8

147. LONDON UNDERGROUND Coloured card with black background and individual colours for the nine lines, not a postcard back but an advert for Liverpool Street Hotel for visitors to the Franco-British Exhibition 1908. Printed by Waterlow. Good condition, slight foxing on back £10

148. STEAM TRAIN AT WISBECH with half a dozen coaches and passengers, no station buildings visible, probably not part of the network, postally used at Wisbech c1912, good condition £12

149. ROMNEY HYTHE & DYMCHURCH RAILWAY with people admiring the steam loco, photographic card fine used 1932 £3

150. RAILWAY BAND King’s Lynn L.N.E.R Harmonica band, real photographic card showing the twenty members of the band with instruments, probably 1930s, very fine unused £7

151. CINEMA STARS Now very collectable, I can offer: CHARLIE CHAPLIN, GRETA GARBO, SHIRLEY TEMPLE, MARLENE DIETRICH each £5

152. RENE CLOKE Two lovely coloured cards by this artist published by Valentine of elves and fairies (numbered 341 and 1184), very fine unused, pair £9

153. LAWSON WOOD A ‘Gran Pop’ with monkeys up a tree, one with American Indian feathers, but danger lurking under tree! Very good unused £4

154. LANCE THACKERAY Write-away card ‘I’m afraid I am to blame….’ depicts gentleman in early car, boy holding dead cat and a policeman taking notes. Work it out. Postally used at Breamore in 1907, fair to good £4

155. COMIC ‘The Husband and How to Train It’ coloured card signed CHA showing well dressed man cycling and hanging on to a horse-drawn bus, postally used c1905 but stamp removed, quite good £3

156. COMIC Early write away ‘Should I arrive before you…’ depicts a race between a vintage car and a steam roller, artist VB, Aldine series used 1904, good condition £3

157. THE LAST CAR FROM CHELTENHAM Comic card by Cynicus with dozens still trying to get on the (already over-loaded) vehicle. No destination. Postally used at Cheltenham 1907, very good condition £4

158. BLACK HUMOUR Seven black children in a four poster bed by Gilson captioned ‘Dat You Santa Clause?’, minor crease one side £4

159. MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL Three cards with her cherubic children: little boy as postman, another boy doing cartwheels and a little girl in first class train compartment. Two are used in the 1930s, one has a corner crease, otherwise very good, trio £15

160. MULTI-BABIES Twenty of them on this b&w card used 1903 but stamp removed £2

161. CHILDREN’S BIRTHDAY AGE CARDS Years 1 to 10, all in good condition, 1930s/40s, six are postally used £9

162. CATS Landor b&w photo print of two cats in a basket ‘Twixt Earth and Sky’ with balloon, very good used 1905 £3

163. POLITICAL CARTOON In the Parliamentary Candidates series, ‘A Radical’, printed by the Irish Pictorial Card Co of Cork, coloured caricature of gentleman in topper, red bow tie and smoking cigar, postally used 1906, a few ink marks on face, fair £5

 
164. JOHNNIE WALKER WHISKEY Very large advert in the style of a cricket score board showing the players in the England v Australia series. Players include Hobbs, Duckworth, Larwood, Hammond, Ponsford, Kippax, McCabe and the rest. The board is attached to the St George’s pub, location unknown but the publisher is Sunbeam Photo of Margate. Intriguing but I expect someone will know the location, very good unused £15

165. ADVERTISING Carter’s Seeds b&w showing miniature Trial Grounds at the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908, trade back, very good condition £3

166. THE I.X.L VIEW BOOK CARD On thick bevelled edged card of Southend Pier, opens up to reveal ten b&w views including Westcliff station, clip still holding them in place, has a message but not postally used, 1909. Scarce novelty card £7
167. THE FABIAN SUMMER SCHOOL Held at Dartington Hall Devon, photographic multi-view by Bassett Lowke showing delegates etc. Fine unused, no date, perhaps 1960s £5

168. CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas card postally used with Bournemouth double ring Dec 25 1910, yes and there was a delivery on the day then £4

169. FOUR-LEAF CLOVER French souvenir greetings card, postally used in France 1907 £3

170. MESSINA Ruins and fire in 1908 following the earthquake, good unused b&w photographic £2

BRITISH TOPOGRAPHICAL POSTCARDS

171. LONDON Arding & Hobbs Store at Clapham Junction ‘burnt out with great loss of life’ c1906, a real photographic card taken within the hour according to the caption. Rather dark photo, a little creasing, unused £8

172. LONDON Mary Sumner House at Westminster, sepia card published by the Mother’s Union, plain back, good £2

173. ST ERMINS HOTEL captioned ‘600 apartments and self-contained suites, numerous bedrooms with bathrooms attached’, very impressive coloured card postally used 1911 £3

174. PETTICOAT LANE Tightly packed crowds round busy stalls, four b&w prints in fair to good condition, one postally used 1913, lot £12

175. HIGHGATE AND HAMPSTEAD General view of Highgate, two different of the Old Archway, two different of Waterlow Park, also two Hampstead (Church and The Grove), five are postally used 1904-10, fair to good, 7 cards £10

176. HAMPSTEAD Bull and Bush Hotel imposing buildings in own grounds with several notices including Ind Coope, Billiards, Skittles, Entrance to Terrace and Gardens etc, b&w used 1905, slight postmark offset on face, otherwise good £4

177. WANDSWORTH Bridge Road real photographic showing a dozen or more smartly dressed children posing outside the Home & Colonial Stores. Also shows a few other shops, milk delivery cart and middle distance van. Postally used at Fulham in August 1905, message refers. Lovely and interesting card in very good condition £20

178. DOVERCOURT The Lane, very rural with horse and cart, b&w card used at Sheerness 1911, slight wear at corners, otherwise good £4

179. SANDRINGHAM Scene at the Avenue after the gale on Feb 22 1908 - fallen trees block the road. Real photographic by Ralph of Dersingham, fine unused £9

180. SANDRINGHAM The head gardener’s cottage looking very palatial, also other buildings, real photographic by Amy Purdy of Kings Lynn, used at Sandringham 1908, very good £7

181. STOKESBY, NORFOLK Wind and Water Mill, real photographic, very good unused £9

182. ELY High Street with good shop views, coloured card good used 1906 £6

183. LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY Station Square with an old bus parked by the shops, b&w by Valentines postally used 1920s/30s, message refers to Spirella, fair/good £4

184. READING Broad Street with lots of animation, horse and carts, men with carts, tram, shops and shoppers, very nice real photographic card used at Reading in 1909, excellent £18

185. WOOLHAMPTON, BERKS Village street, the Angel Inn and a shop and other buildings, Righton’s series b&w in good unused condition £5

186. EPSOM DOWNS The Derby with huge crowds, motors and a packed grandstand, b&w photo print by Daniell , postally used at Epsom June 10th 1905, good condition, minor creasing £7

187. LEWES, SUSSEX Fine photographic card by Wiles of Hove showing street with three children in foreground, ancient car in middle distance and large old building on left with TEAS notice outside. Minor creases do not really detract from appearance, unused £10

188. PETWORTH Angel Street showing the Angel Inn, W C Vincent’s premises and others, b&w postally used at the town 1905, good condition £4

189. BEXHILL This card is entitled ‘After the Gale’ and shows a large wrecked building surrounded by scaffolding which apparently happened on 10th Sept 1903, photographic by Payne of Bexhill, very good unused £14

190. LITTLEHAMPTON Shelter and Concert Party, a lively scene with onlookers including ladies in long dresses and lots of straw hats, windmill in background, b&w card postally used in good condition but stamp removed £4

191. EASTERGATE, BOGNOR Village view at crossroads with signpost and a memorial c1906, b&w, good unused £5

192. BOXGROVE, SUSSEX Lovely village scene with about 16 children (girls outnumbering boys) at play, published by The Mezzotint Company of Brighton c1905, very good unused £6

193. WINCHESTER Aerial view with buildings sharp and clear, real photographic, very good unused £4

194. WEST WELLOW (Hampshire ?) Post & Telegraph Office, a large lovely old property with two people in the doorway (staff? - one with cycle, postman?), Barber of Wellow photo, b&w postally used but stamp removed, otherwise very good condition, addressed to Romsey £15

195. SOUTHAMPTON ‘Confectionery Stores’ housed on the corner of a large detached building with lady (owner?) in doorway and man by the shop window display. Sign above the doorway reads: E Hart & Co, 789 Bridge Street, Southampton’. Photographic card in very good condition £24

196. SOUTHAMPTON Marchwood Schools with a large group of pupils and their teacher outside, age group 8 to 12, delightful photographic card by E M of Fawley, 1909, very good unused £18

197. NEW FOREST Meet of hounds at Bolton’s Bench, a coloured card showing a large gathering and very good used at Lyndurst 1911, also a real photographic card of a group of riders and hounds believed to be New Forest, very good unused. Pair £10

198. ISLE OF WIGHT Court card of the Needles published by Postcard Salute Co of Southsea, good unused £6

199. MUDEFORD Derham’s Houseboat advertising their Teas and Luncheons - you get there via a rickety looking jetty, fine unused photographic £5

200. BOURNEMOUTH Christchurch Road Boscombe in snow c1906, a rare sight as it is quite deep with a tram trundling along, not many people about. We never seem to get this now thanks to global warming. B&w by Stanford of Boscombe, very fine unused £12

201. BOURNEMOUTH Southbourne Pier wrecked at both ends, later the whole structure collapsed. B&w card used 1906, fair £6

202. BOURNEMOUTH Talbot Woods, six different views of the interior of the woods, lots of lovely tall trees, five are coloured cards, five are postally used 1903 - 27, fair to good, lot £12

203. BOURNEMOUTH Charabanc tour from Bournemouth to the Isle of Wight in 1931 with a lot of smiling passengers, very good unused £4

204. LULWORTH COVE with a paddle steamer (too shallow for them now), fine photographic by Photochrom, unused £3
205. FONTMELL MAGNA, DORSET View of village cottages but devoid of people, real photographic in the Wessex series, postally used at Shaftesbury 1909 £5

206. EVERLEIGH, WILTS Houses, farm and duck pond, b&w used c1915 in very good condition £4

207. A CORNISH LITANY ‘From Ghoulies and Ghosties….’ with strange looking creatures, b&w card in good condition, used at Polperro 1946 £4

208. BRISTOL The Old Dutch House on High Street showing a few shops and the Wine Tree, very attractive highly tinselled card in very good condition, unused £7

209. WESTON SUPER MARE Anchor Head with a large crowd of people on the sands, all well dressed, no sun bathing, must have been a cold day, very good unused by local photographer S Gale £4

210. SHIPTON OLIFFE, GLOS Group of about a dozen children posing against a background of cottages in this small village, also a view of Powdeswell Railway Viaduct with horse and cart. Both cards are photographic and have been written by the same person to same addressee, both postally used at Andoversford in 1917. A delightful pair £25

211. BIRMINGHAM A fine aerial view from Stephenson Place looking up Corporation Street showing dozens of buildings, b&w used with machine cancel 1926, very good condition £5

212. BIRMINGHAM General Post Office, b&w very good unused £3

213. LEEK, STAFFS Derby Street with shops, people, horse and cart, tinted card by local publisher J Mellor, corner crease and slight scuffing, unused £4

214. MARKET DRAYTON Tyrley Locks with barge about to pass through, Princess series b&w card used c1950 although card probably much earlier, good £5

215. KIBWORTH, LEICS High Street with a few shops and houses and a little boy posing in the road, published by Mrs Jacques of Kibworth, b&w c1906 £6

216. NOTTINGHAM Adams Hill, which I always regarded as the main road to Derby when I lived near there but this coloured card shows a herd of cows plodding down it avoiding a little horse drawn traffic. Postally used 1910, corner scuffs £4
217. TISSINGTON, DERBYS Well Dressing ‘David & Goliath’, a lovely example of this old Derbyshire custom, Colourmaster card used c1970s £3

218. COLSTERWORTH, LINCS Children’s Festival 1913, a joyous occasion with long procession winding through the street with plenty of onlookers, real photographic card used at Grantham 1913, small corner crease, also a photographic print of the village in very good unused condition, pair £15

219. ROTHERHAM Lindum Terrace with Victorian houses on left, a few people about and what appears to be a pillar box on corner, photographic card by Barrett of Rotherham, good unused £5

220. LEEDS The Illuminated Tram with 3000 electric light bulbs, coloured card on the occasion of the King’s visit 1908, a little corner scuffing, used 1908 £4

221. CHESTER Foregate Street with attractive buildings including R Dawson, Pawnbrokers and Jewellers, photographic by Rotary, very good unused £4

222. LIVERPOOL Speke Airport with airport buildings and two planes outside, British European Airways and Aer Lingus, photographic by Mason’s Alpha, good used 1960, small corner crease £3

223. FRODSHAM, WARRINGTON Five real photographic cards comprising Main Street with vintage car outside The Bear’s Paw and a couple of approaching horses and carts, good condition, also a creased card of horse and cart passing the Red Lion, a nice card of Overton from the hill, also two rural views (one damaged) plus a coloured card of Dunsdale Hollow making six cards in total with faults as stated but a very interesting lot, two postally used 1920 £32

224. BLACKPOOL ‘Panorama’ showing sea front South Shore to the Tower, has thermometer and barometer and a little questionaire (already printed in), used 1906, also a photographic card with ‘Greetings From Hornby Road Blackpool’ surcharged with postage due, good pair £5

225. ORMSKIRK Market Day, a busy scene, published by Lilywhite, c1970s, fine unused £2

226. BURNLEY Manchester Road with snow, a wintery scene, good used 1909 £4

227. LAKE DISTRICT Three coaches, each with a team of horses and loaded with passengers descending the precarious Buttermere Hause, makes me giddy looking at it. Abraham photo c1922, fine unused £6

228. DALMUIR Tram number 833 crossing the canal bridge, Valentine’s photo print in very good unused condition £6
229. FOYERS The pier with a steamer at Loch Ness, good used at Inverness 1908 £3

230. ISLE OF MAN Comic card showing train with one coach puffing madly up the gradient and passengers pushing from behind. Caption is ‘The Isle of Man Express’. Used at Douglas 1913, tear at base £4

231. IRELAND - SINN FEIN REBELLION B&w shows corner of Sackville Street Dublin, two views before and after the rebellion with large crowd looking at the ruined buildings, Valentines card in very good unused condition £10

232. ART DRAWN BRITISH TOPO Attractive selection, artists include Borrow, Arthur Payne, Thompson, Trick, Parr, Hassall etc. Publishers mainly Valentines, Tuck and Salmon, over all condition is good, 47 cards only £15

RAIL TRANSPORT

233. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY Invoice for goods Burton to Audlem 1861, 5 sacks of flour from Nuneaton to Uttoxeter 1873, Advice of damaged goods Tunstall 1892, Waybill for one dog to Altrincham 1898, Goods not invoiced Uttoxeter 1872, 5 items £10

234. MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY Parcels Way Bill from Sheffield to Audlem 1879, two Memoranda to Bingham 1870/71, Memo from Worksop 1891, and a ‘Charges Refused’ form from Sheffield to Whitchurch 1891, 5 items £10
235. WIRRAL RAILWAY Details of Season Tickets sent to Birkenhead Docks 1893, Excess Receipts (3), Ticket for one dog from Birkenhead Docks, Consignment Note 1896 and Credit Note 1897 both Birkenhead Docks, Postcard from West Kirby Station 1908. 8 items £15

236. CHESHIRE LINES Parcel Way Bill from Chester Northgate 1897 £2

237. WREXHAM MOLD & CONNAH’S QUAY RAILWAY Miscellaneous Traffic Way Bill from Wrexham Central to Altrincham for one horse 1896 £5

238. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY Parcels Way Bill from Eyemouth to Altrincham 1894 with handstamps of each guard also oval framed handstamp CONVEYED IN MIDLAND TRAINS AND TO BE SO ABSTRACTED. Unusual £5

239. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY General Parcel Way Bill from Aberdeen to Bowden, Cheshire 1891 with three handstamps including guard £3

240. SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY Through Goods invoice from Canterbury West 1922, Consignment Note& Waybill from Charing Cross 1912, Receipt from Waterloo Junction 1917, ‘Useless to Depositor’ slip 1919, 4 items £9

241. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ‘The Cornish Riviera’ by S P B Mais, published by the GWR 1932, 168pp well illustrated, covers poor but contents good £5

242. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY 22 postcard size photographs of GWR locomotives, thirteen of which are named including King George V, Tintern Abbey, Wellington, Wraysbury Hall, Milligan Hall, Eaton Hall, Walter Long, Gardenia, Madras, and others. Fine condition, lot for £20

243. LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Luggage labels to Stirling, Barnham, Cromdale, Humberstone, Luton, Harrogate, a blank, a Collected Luggage and a receipt for parcel for dispatch, 9 items £5

244. LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY A selection of early luggage labels in very good condition including Chichester, Christchurch, Eastbourne, Exeter, Farnboro, Poole, Putney, Totland Bay and others, 20 different £10

245. LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY/SOUTHERN RAILWAY A large collection of photocopies relating to the Southern Railway and its predecessors taken from books, magazines, maps, track diagrams, plans etc over several decades with many illustrations of stations, locomotives, trains etc. I particularly note the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Rly, West and North London Lines, Waterloo Resignalling 1935, Redhill-Reading branch, Wimbledon & West Croydon, West Sussex Rly, Portsmouth-Cardiff, Bisley Branch, Brookwood, Longmoor Military, Woking Station, Volks (Brighton), Mid-Hants, Portsmouth Tramways, an excellent section of Isle of Wight including Ryde-Cowes Line, Southampton Docks, Ringwood, Somerset & Dorset, West Moors Station, Exeter-Okehampton, Bodmin, North Cornwall Line, Wadebridge-Padstow, Holsworthy & Bude, Lynton & Barnstaple, Torrington-Halwill, A feast for the Southern enthusiast, some in binders, some loose. A bulky lot, preference given to buyer who will collect! £75

246. SOUTHERN RAILWAY A selection of early luggage labels in very good condition including Banbury, Boscombe, Southampton West, Swanage, Totland Bay and others. 10 different £5

247. SOUTHERN RAILWAY A selection of early luggage labels in good condition including New Cross, Deal, Charing Cross, Folkestone Central, Clapham Junction, London Bridge, Gillingham (Kent) and others. 12 different £6

248. BOURNEMOUTH DERAILMENT Six postcard size photos showing the scene at Bournemouth station when two locomotives collided and one (number 30485) was derailed. Photos show loco on its side and being re-railed. I think the date was late 1950s but stand to be corrected £15