Ephemera Autumn 2007
MILITARY & AVIATION
1. FIRE OVER LONDON the story of the London Fire Service 1940 - 1941, published by the LCC, 1941, 32pp. This publication tells the story of one of the most hazardous jobs of the war, baptism by fire. With vivid photographs of the great fire of the City of London 1940, fair condition £6
2. AMERICAN RATION BOOK issued during World War 2 to a Police Magistrate containing approx 160 stamps although a bit tatty. Also approx 200 other stamps for car mileage etc, lot for £20
NAVAL & SHIPPING
3. NEPTUNE Wartime Monthly magazine from Continental Publishers & Distributors Ltd, mainly of the part played by the British and Allied Navies in all theatres of war including the Battle of the Atlantic, convoys, ’Masters of the Med’ etc, very well illustrated, also some military and aviation. Text in four languages, English, French, Norwegian and Dutch, I have eight copies in fair condition. Seldom seen, lot £15
4. SEMPER FIDELIS: THE SAGA OF THE ‘NAVVIES’ 1924 - 1948 by H E Hancock, published by The General Steam Navigation Co, 1949, 140pp, illustrated. The story of London’s oldest steam shipping company (formed 1824). Good coverage of the wartime period, appendix lists decorations and awards to staff, chairmen and secretaries, list of vessels lost during the war, past and present fleet etc. In very good condition £18
5. HINTS ON THE REGISTER TONNAGE OF MERCHANT SHIPS by Ernest W Blocksidge M.Inst.N.A, published by the Journal of Commerce, Liverpool, 1933, 106pp hardback illustrated, good condition £6
6. ELLERMAN’S CITY LINE CRUISE in the cruise ship ‘City of Nagpur’, 14th - 27th July 1934. Daily sheets (14) of the 14-day cruise giving the itinerary including visits to Lisbon, Algiers and Palermo, meals, organised sports and games, community singing, George Hardy’s Melodymakers, fancy dress, chalking the pigs eye, cigarette and tie race etc. My, what fun they had! Good condition £15
7. CLYDE SHIPPING COMPANY Folding map showing routes of the company’s steamers, reverse shows cabin plans of eight of their vessels, c1930s, very good condition £5
8. CLYDE STEAMERS AND SHIPPING EXHIBITION 1962 programme illustrated with paddle steamers including Rotherwick Castle, Waverley III, Ivanhoe, Duchess of Hamilton etc. Good condition £5
9. SAILING DOWN THE CLYDE 1962 folding booklet of maps showing points of interest from Glasgow to the Kyles of Bute, colour including cover which features turbine steamer Queen Mary II passing shipyards, very good condition £5
10. SIGNALS AT SEA DAY AND NIGHT published by John F Shaw & Company c1944, 16-page booklet in full colour £5
11. CUNARD LINE ‘Great World Cruise’ 1956, passenger list with hanging cord, elaborate, January - May 1956, 33,158 miles, fine condition £6
12. CUNARD LINE ‘Programme for Today’, Queen Mary Mediterranean cruise 1966, attractive coloured cover with flags and dancers, Captain Treasure Jones, fine condition £3
13. ROYAL MAIL LINES ‘Atlantis’ Cruises Shore Excursions, Summer 1936, 24-page illustrated brochure including Norwegian Fjords, Northern Capitals, Iceland, Hamburg etc, coloured cover £4
14. ROYAL MAIL LINES ‘Atlantis’ Concert Party programme April 1938, cover illustrated with a clown £3
15. ROYAL MAIL LINES Three Luncheon menus illustrated with bull fight, fox hunting and ski-ing, 1962 Andes cruise. Trio in very good condition £7
16. P & O List of Passengers, cruise 14, Madeira, Teneriffe, Casablanca etc, ss Strathnaver June 1935, also cruise 4, Bizerta, Barcelona, Lisbon etc, ss Strathmore June 1936, EACH £6 or £10 the pair
17. P & O Shore Excursions, cruise number 3, May 1936, ss Strathmore, illustrated booklet in good condition £5
18. P & O Two Luncheon menus 1952 ss Strathmore, both with attractive coloured sketches of St James’ Palace and Trafalgar Square, pair £5
19. P & O Cruising Diary for Arcadia cruise September 1955, 14 days filled in by passenger in pencil, good condition £5
20. P & O Four different Dinner/Luncheon menus, ss Canton Dec 1959, each with a different coloured print of ‘Pepys At Sea’ £7
21. P & O Guest list, programme and table plan for Dinner on board mv Arcadia following her re-naming by the Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP, Speaker of the Commons, 19th December 1997, 20pp including long guest list, also a boarding pass. Fine condition £5
22. CANADIAN PACIFIC ‘Today’s Programme’ on ss Empress of France, July 1959 £3
23. LAMPORT & HOLT LINE Dinner menu on TSS Voltaire 1936, good condition £4
24. M V ACCRA 2-sided menu for breakfast and luncheon, 2nd June 1940. Very elaborate menus (I was never offered lamb’s tongues during the war, only old mutton) £5
25. DANUBE TOURS by Mail Steamers 1935, well illustrated folding brochure £4
26. PORT OF LONDON River and Docks Cruise folding route map in colour 1961 £3
27. KING GEORGE V DRY DOCK SOUTHAMPTON 8-page booklet illustrated with all the facts and figures, rusty staples otherwise good £4
28. SIXTH NATIONAL BOAT SHOW at Earls Court Dec 30 - Jan 9 1960, Official Catalogue, 250 pages of exhibitors and exhibits, advertisements, articles including ‘the new believe it or not vehicle that skims above the surface of water, land, ice or swamp on a cushion of air’ Good condition £5
29. I-SPY SHIPS & HARBOURS published by News Chronicle, 50pp illustrated £2
30. SECRETS OF SHIPS IN BOTTLES by Peter Thorne, published by Argus Books 1971, 62pp illustrated. So that’s how it’s done! £3
RAILWAY
31. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY Photograph 8in x 6in stuck on to printed mount of the station staff at Great Barr (Birmingham) showing six uniformed railway men (all named) holding two shields after winning the Garden Competition in 1911. Unfortunately the mounted is rather badly stained but not affecting the photo £25
32. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY Three General Parcels Way Bills from Euston, Manchester and Liverpool Lime Street, all to Altrincham in the 1890s, also a Newspaper Parcels Way Bill printed in blue to Liverpool Lime Street, 4 items £10
33. MANCHESTER, SOUTH JUNCTION & ALTRINCHAM RAILWAY Three Parcels Way Bills from Manchester (2) and Altrincham & Bowdon 1890s, a Parcels Tranship Way Bill from Manchester London Road and two printed letters from the Parcels Department. 6 items £10
34. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY Three General Parcels Way Bills from Aberdeen (a bit tatty), Edinburgh and Glasgow Central, all to Altrincham 1890s £7
35. LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY Spiral bound book of technical drawings of some of their locomotives, 48 in all, good condition £10
36. LOCOMOTIVES OF THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE AND THE LONDON TILBURY AND SOUTHEND RAILWAYS by M C Allchin 1943 11pp, giving types, building dates, numbers and names, very good condition £6
37. THE ‘KING’ OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES ‘The Book of Britain’s Mightiest Passenger Locomotive For Boys of all Ages’ by W G Chapman, published by the Great Western Railway, 1928, with illustrated coloured paper covers, 152pp, numerous black and white illustrations and folding coloured page of King George V. Some faults to cover but contents good and very collectable £10
38. G W R ENGINES Names, numbers, types and classes published by the Great Western Railway, 1938, 112 pages, numerous illustrations and diagrams, illustrated coloured card covers, small damage to spine, otherwise good, a fine book for the GW enthusiast £10
39. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ‘Twixt Rail & Sea’, a book of docks, seaports and shipping, 148pp illustrated, this is the 1971 reprint of the 1927 publication, fine condition £4
40. LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY Eleven Parcel Way Bills from Southport (2), Blackpool Central, South Shore, Blackburn, Accrington, Bury, Bolton, Halifax, Rochdale and St Annes, mostly to Altrincham or Bowdon in the 1890s, also a Passengers Luggage in Advance from Blackpool, lot for £18
41. NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY Two Parcel Way Bills for York to Altrincham 1890s, Way Bill for meat to Middlesbrough 1928, receipt from Skipton 1893, voucher for Parcel, memos from Howden 1888 and Tynemouth 1896, message from Hawsker 1912. 8 items £15
42. MIDLAND RAILWAY 5 Parcels Way Bills from Armley, Bristol, Bromsgrove, Burton and Cheltenham 1890s to Altrincham or Bowdon, a counterfoil for Way Bill 1895 from Langwith, Excess Luggage Bill 1870 and a cloakroom counterfoil. 8 items £15
43. MIDLAND RAILWAY Dividend statements on Stocks for 1905, 1910 and 1915, also a Parcels Waybill, 4 items £8
44. GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY Four Parcels Way Bills from Sheffield, Marylebone and Guide Bridge (2) £10
45. SOUTHERN RAILWAY its Modern Locomotives and Electric Traction by the Locomotive Publishing Co Ltd 1930s, 34pp illustrated, good condition £4
46. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY by Ben Webb, published by Ian Allan 1946, 88pp well illustrated with portraits, engines and map of the Southern system £7
47. FISHGUARD & ROSSLARE RAILWAYS & HARBOURS COMPANY Four documents relating to shares including a Transfer Certificate 1896-98 £7
48. TRAINS ANNUAL FOR 1959 published by Ian Allan, 96pp hardback well illustrated, minor damage to spine, otherwise good £3
49. TRAIN SPOTTER A collection of railway photographs in album (removable) mainly 3.5in x 2.5in, some a little smaller from the mid-1950s taken by an enthusiastic train spotter whose journeys took him to Cardiff, Cardigan, Corwen, Welshpool, Oswestry, Cleobury, Birmingham and area, Shipston-on-Stour, Bristol, Tal-y-Lyn etc. Predominately LMS and GWR of locos, stations, sheds, a few signal boxes etc, a fascinating and nostalgic work of an amateur. Over 100 railway photos and about 40 trams from various towns and cities £45
STAGE & SCREEN
50. PLAYBILL His Majesty’s Theatre, 26th August 1946, with Dave Willis ‘Scotland’s Favourite Comedian’, also on the bill was Beryl Reid. Very good condition, folded, approx 13in x 24in £5
AUTOGRAPHS - STAGE, SCREEN, TV
51. NORMAN WISDOM signed compliments slip with a message £7
52. SOPHIE TUCKER signed and inscribed b&w photo 5in x 8in £10
53. STRATFORD JOHNS 7in x 9in photo signed ’Very Good Wishes’ £10
54. SPIKE MILLIGAN notepaper signed ‘Spike’ (no photo) £10
55. ERIC SYKES notepaper signed ‘Eric’ with small magazine photo £8
56. IAN RICHARDSON actor, ALS referring to his recent work (‘From Hell’, ‘Murder Rooms’ - four episodes) £7
57. BARBARA WINDSOR signed b&w photo £5
58. BONNIE LANGFORD singer, ALS with reference to her web site £4
59. JOHN NETTLES ‘Bergerac’ signed card with a magazine cutting £3
60. BARBARA HARTWELL actress, ALS, Brookside notepaper £3
61. BILL TARMEY ALS on Coronation Street notepaper £3
62. MICHAEL FISH Weatherman, ALS on Met Office notepaper £4
63. SAMANTHA GILES actress, ALS on Emmerdale notepaper £3
64. JUNE BROWN actress, ALS on East Enders notepaper £3
65. MICHAEL KITCHEN actor, signed notepaper with small coloured photo £3
66. ESTHER RANTZEN ALS typed on BBC notepaper £4
67. COLIN BUCHANAN actor, ALS with small magazine photo £3
68. TOM O’CONNOR comedian, 8in x 10in photographic portrait signed £5
69. JOY BROOK actress, ALS typed on The Bill notepaper £3
70. CLARA SALAMAN actress, ALS typed on The Bill notepaper £3
71. SUZANNE MADDOCK actress, ALS typed on The Bill notepaper £3
72. PAUL ANKA message to his fans on headed notepaper, typed and signed ‘Paul’ with reference to membership of his VIP Fan Club, December 2000 £5
73. CARLY HILLMAN actress, ALS typed, signed Carly, with reference to East Enders £3
74. GARETH MARKS signed message on compliments slip £3
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75. JEREMY BOWEN war correspondent, signed BBC News compliments slip £4
76. DAVID OAKLEY ALS with reference to musicals Kiss Me Kate and Tess, 1999 £3
77. GERALDINE JAMES actress, signed and inscribed compliments slip £3
78. CHRIS CHITTELL actor ‘Evil Eric’, ALS with small photo, 1998 £3
79. JULIET STEVENSON actress, ALS typed, 2000 £3
80. FRAZER HINES ALS typed, quite a lengthy letter with references to his work for BBC and ITV, his summer in Bournemouth (Run for your Wife), his published life story, his horses etc, interesting £5
81. GERARD KELLY ALS, typed, 1999, with photo £3
82. TONY ADAMS ALS, typed, 1999 with small photo, references to Crossroads £3
83. GWEN TAYLOR ALS, hand written with reference to ‘Barbara’ series 2, 2001 £3
84. CLIVE RUSSELL actor, handwritten note signed £2
85. JACKIE WOODBURNE actress, handwritten note signed with reference to Neighbours £2
86. ANNEKA RICE Tv personality, signed message on piece £2
AUTOGRAPHS - SPORTING
87. 1990s FOOTBALLERS coloured football magazine pages (nearly all full page Premiership), each one signed by the player, including DENIS BERGKAMP, DAVID SEAMAN, JOHN BARNES, STAN COLLEYMORE, NIGEL CLOUGH, JURGEN KLINSMANN, STUART PEARCE, CHRIS WADDLE, MATT LE TISSIER and others, 23 in all. They don’t come any bigger than this! Lot £40
88. CRICKET TCCB official postcards, 83 different of which 15 are signed by players including Robin Smith, Graeme Hick, Tom Graveney, David Shepherd, Nixon McClean (West Indies) etc. All in very fine condition, choice lot £30
89. JOHN McCRIRICK horse racing commentator, ALS handwritten amusing comments as one would expect on Channel Four Racing notepaper £4
SPORT
90. CRICKET SCORE CARDS Yorks v Middx, Yorks v MCC (Scarborough Cricket Festival) both 1959, also seven public school matches including Winchester, Harrow, Marlborough, Green Jackets etc, without scores, lot for £6
91. TROON GOLF CLUB Score card filled in in pencil 1910-19 period, faults but collectable £2
92. SOUTHAMPTON SPEEDWAY Two programmes from 1953 with results filled in, pair £9
EPHEMERA & MISCELLANEA
93. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR I have two copies of the NEW YORK TRIBUNE from the Civil War period dated 29 March 1862 and 3 April 1862, each with much war news. Each is of 8 pages, plenty of adverts and in generally good condition. Each £10 or the pair for £18
94. SALEM REGISTER for 3 April 1862 with AMERICAN CIVIL WAR NEWS reporting whether ‘the rebels enlisted Indians who committed unheard of atrocities’. Also plenty of adverts for cure-alls, train times etc, good condition £10
95. DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA Mourning issue of THE TIMES dated 23 January 1901, 20 pages all with black borders. There is a long editorial and articles on her life and reign, also Mail and Shipping Intelligence. There are interesting adverts including a full page for Bovril, ’The dieting triumph of the age’ as well as ’the soldier’s friend’. First page has a little wear, otherwise very good £15
96. THE TIMES 1902 CORONATION ISSUE dated 11 August 1902 with 20 pages. Gives a detailed report on just about every aspect of the crowning of Edward VII and the procession through the streets. There is a full page illustration of the interior of Westminster Abbey. There is the usual ’Latest Intelligence’ and even the cricket scores (gives County matches and Australians batting averages!). Minor wear, very good condition for its age £12
97. THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY for 26 January 1828 with red Tax stamp. Adverts and notices such as the Northampton & Leicester Post Coach leaves the Dolphin Inn every morning except Sunday at 9 o’clock and returns at four o’clock in the afternoon, there is also an ad for a contractor to mend the Kettering & Newport Pagnal Turnpike Road, but I rather fancy the large house and shop to let at Daventry, also a church pew (not sure about that). There is also a report of the birth of five children, all alive, but later died, good condition £12
98. THE SOUTHPORT VISITER (that’s how they spelt it then) for 11 May 1893, a very large format newspaper, 8 pages packed with local and national news and adverts, some tears, about average condition £5
99. THE NORTHWICH CHRONICLE for 14 June 1913, 8 pages of local and national news, trouble on the farm, workers can’t live on 17 shillings a week, plenty of adverts, some faults but collectable £3
100. DAILY MIRROR ‘The Picture Paper’. I have a good selection of this daily newspaper from World War One (1914-18), each with an average of five complete pages of pictures with many vivid scenes, plus news, articles and interesting adverts. I can offer single copies at £4, 3 for £10 or 7 for £20 (if you have any preferences such as military actions, naval, aviation or home front, I will do my best to accommodate your wishes)
101. THE SPHERE for 26 April 1919 ‘Armistice Period’ number with good submarine interest including three pages in colour, also transatlantic flights, American troops returning home, motoring page etc, good condition £5
102. SUNDAY TIMES OF MALTA for 14 January 1945, 12 pages of the latest war news plus the supplement recording the Royal Visit - the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester’s Christmas Day tour en route to Australia. Only average condition (a few tears and stains) but this must be scarce. Must be worth £4
103. CHURCHILLIANA Picture Post for 25 May 1940 with Britain’s new war leader, Illustrated London News for 27 November 1954 Churchill 80th Birthday number and Sunday Mirror for 31 January 1965 Churchill Funeral number. Each issue packed with Churchill interest. Trio £20
104. COUNTRY LIFE CORONATION NUMBER June 1953, a lavish publication of 192 pages, beautifully illustrated, much in colour, interesting articles, contributors include John Betjeman and traitor Anthony Blunt, super adverts. In very fine condition - scarce thus £10
105. 1953 CORONATION 4-page publication from the Metropolitan Police with details of arrangements, duties, control of processions, movements of military, passes, officials, street trading etc, also has a map of the route. ‘This is a confidential publication for use of the police only, good condition £7
106. TROOPING THE COLOUR 1958 20-page programme in colour, very good condition £4
107. MEMORIAL SERVICES for Oliver Leese KCB CBE DSO at the Guards Chapel April 1978 and for Gladwyn Jebb GCMG GCVO CB at St Margaret’s Westminster, both Orders of Service in very good condition £5
108. MANXLANDIA Poems by Harold Gilbert, first impression 1943, 22 poems eulogising the Isle of Man, signed by the poet, front cover loose £4
109. TOWN CLERKSHIP OF THE BOROUGH OF LANCASTER 1896 Application by Charles Thornton for the position of Town Clerk which sets out his very considerable qualifications and experience. This is backed up by references from the Town Clark of Cardiff, the Chairman of Barnoldswick UDC, Mayor and Town Clerk of Nelson. Each item has been printed (not typed). Wonder if he got the job. Interesting to research £10
110. SUMMARY OF ELECTION OFFENCES Printed Notice 8in x 13in listing all corrupt and illegal practices and penalties, possibly 1880s, good condition £5
111. 1885 GENERAL ELECTION in the Wilton Division (South Wilts), a correspondence pertaining to the forthcoming election from W S Jones, Under Sheriff’s Office Malmesbury, concerning appointments of Presiding Officers. 8 handwritten items £8
112. VIRGINIA WATER CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION Duplicated letter from the Chairman 1955 to all members , references to increase in pensions, denationalisation of steel, Christmas without a ration book etc £4
113. THE WONDERS OF WEMBLEY and Souvenir Guide to London 96 pages, almost every page illustrated in black and white produced for the British Empire Exhibition of 1924 showing the pavilions, Palace of Arts etc with some aerial photos. A rare guide, the first one I have ever offered! Good average condition £20
114. BUILDING WORK AT RICKMANSWORTH Estimates, correspondence, invoices, receipts of extensive building work at Moor Lane Cottages, Rickmansworth, 1925, with substantial sums involved. Builders were George Darrell of Chorley Wood, contractors to the War Office and Air Ministry. 22 items £10
115. SUSSEX BY WILFRED BALL Twenty delightful watercolours including Battle village, Midhurst, Amberley, Mayfield, Groombridge, Winchelsea, Rye and others, 20 in all published and bound by A & C Black, first edition 1913. Covers are worn but the prints are in excellent condition £20
116. BOOK PLATES Victorian to modern, many engraved and ornate, including Grammar School prizes, Sunday School, LCC, New Era Publishing, London University, QE2 Ocean Bookshop, Ocean Libraries for Merchant Seamen etc. Approx 75 £24
117. BOOKMARKS Colourful lot, mainly modern, including Bookshops, Religious, Chemists Library, Nelson Library, Everyman Encyclopaedia, National Book Council, Michelin, Hoffmann, Parkinsons Disease, Yuletide, Golden Wedding, Picasso, some leather, 100 plus £18
118. THE WINGED ORDER OF LINE SHOOTERS Colourful certificate with sketches of early planes and balloon to certify that Mrs A Alley has been awarded the order having been airborne over the equator on aircraft RMA, G-ALAO, ’Braemar’ on 20th March 1951, good spoof item £5
POSTAL & PHILATELIC
119. THE POST OFFICE: AN HISTORICAL SUMMARY Published by order of the Postmaster General, HMSO, August 1911, 139pp, complete with six black and white illustrations. Gives details of letters passing through the posts 1839-1910, postal rates, numbers of parcels from UK to USA, official service, registration, insurance, railway letters, rural posts, redirection, TPOs, packet service, overland mails, telegraphs, wireless, telephones, money orders, old age pension payments, savings bank and much more. A desirable item for the keen student of postal history. Covers damaged but contents good £18
120. 1852 LARGE PART LETTER from Doctor’s Commons with KNIGHT RIDER ST handstruck and a fine ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH arrival cds, both in blue £6
121. IRELAND Three neat envelopes, all used in Ireland with 1d Red ‘Stars’/Plates at Trim, Limerick and Ballina (two addressed to Dublin, one to Hertford England) with various cancels including Trim 1858, Killaloe 1873 and Killala 1876. Interesting trio for the Irish collector £12
BOOKS
122. LIFE IN CORNWALL IN THE 19th CENTURY Extracts from the West Briton newspaper selected and edited by Rita M Barton published by Bradford Barton in four volumes, 1970-74. A fascinating insight into the daily lives of the Cornish people. Fine condition with dust wrappers £30
123. WRECK AND RESCUE ROUND THE CORNISH COAST by C Noall and G Farr, published by Bradford Barton Ltd in three volumes 1964-65. The story of Cornish lifeboats, South and North coasts and Lands End. Each with dust wrapper with a little wear, but volumes very good £20..
PICTURE POSTCARDS
124. COAL MINING A small group of six miners (four men, two women) at the Pit Head of Pochin Colliery, Tredegar. A Milton coloured card in the ‘Glazette’ series, postally used at Tredegar 1912, minor scuffs, rare card £30
125. COAL MINING Norton Hill Colliery, Midsomer Norton, Somerset, a superb real photographic card by Chapman of Dawlish showing headstocks, colliery buildings, smoking chimney, man with shovel, railway lines, wagons and great atmosphere. The best colliery card I have ever had. Fine unused £40
126. COAL MINING Nine Mile Point Colliery in the South Wales coalfield, real photographic card with smoking chimneys, headstocks and grimy buildings, you can almost smell the sulphur! Fine used at Newport 1920s £24
127. COAL MINING Valley Pit Hednesford, a hand-tinted card with headstocks, chimneys, colliery buildings, railway lines etc used at Rugeley c1906 with duplex cancel with a small offset on face of card £20
128. THE COLLIER LAD Smiling miner on this b&w card with tearful poem, unused, fault on back where it has been stuck down (not affecting front £3
129. R M S OLYMPIC Coloured art drawn card of the White Star liner with printed caption ‘From the Engineer’ postally used at Southampton 1911, small corner crease and minor scuff £18
130. TITANIC Memorial to the Engineers at Southampton, b&w card good unused £5
131. CUNARD Artist coloured advertisement card showing three of their great liners, Mauretania, Berengaria and Aquitania, ‘Fastest Ocean Service in the World’, fine unused £16
132. BERENGARIA in Southampton Floating Dock, fine used photographic card 1936 £12
133. LANCASTRIA BY SHOESMITH Coloured card of the Cunarder by collected artist Shoesmith, good unused £9
134. LA MARGUERITE Two funnel steamer off Llandudno pier, sepiatone card in nice unused condition £5
135. S S CAESAREA photographic of the vessel at sea, a little faded but a nice card, unused £4
136. JERSEY STEAMERS St Julien, Falaise and Isle of Jersey, all at sea, photographic cards, all very good unused. Trio £9
137. THE ARRIVAL OF THE ST PATRICK AT JERSEY Valentines photographic card very good unused £5
138. SAILING SHIPS Artist selection comprising three by Mortimer (publ Hildesheimer) Wherry on the Bure, At Anchor on the Medway, Gorleston Quay, also Sailing Boats at Sea by Seppings Wright and one unsigned Fishing Boats off to the North Sea. Very attractive lot in good condition, two are used 1905/06 £9
139. SAILING SHIPS Four cards published by Faulkner, three of sailing ships, one of rocky headland, taken from water colours, each card with a frame enhancing their beauty, each postally used in 1908 to same addressee in Kensington SE, delightful group in very good condition £12
140. H M DOCKYARD SHEERNESS b&w vignetted view of the Dockyard in Coles Excelsior series, postally used 1903, fair/good condition £5
141. MEDITERRANEAN & ATLANTIC FLEETS at Pollensa, Majorca in February 1922, a good gathering of warships on this good unused photographic card with pencilled notes on the back £10
142. ‘THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL SUBMARINE IN THE WORLD’ is the caption on this photographic card of HM sub K15, no date, probably first World War period £8
143. GERMAN FLEET ’Deutsche Flotte in Scapa Flow’ is the caption on this photographic card showing a few German warships. This is a plain back card (not postcard) £4
144. LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY Coloured card of the interior of London Victoria station with train in very smart maroon livery about to depart, postally used 1911. Message written on front, good condition £8
145. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY Wrench b&w card of the interior of Euston station with two trains at platforms, postally used at Watford 1909, fair condition £6
146. MIDLAND RAILWAY B&w of the exterior of Leicester Midland station, corner crease, used 1904 £4
147. LIVERPOOL CENTRAL STATION Coloured card of the exterior with the entrance to the Adelphi Hotel, unused in fair to good condition £7
148. EARLY RAILWAY ENGINES Real photographic selection: Lancs & Yorks 2-4-0 number 616 ‘Pegasus’ (F Moore photo) £5; GSWR 4-4-0 number 14375 (Casserley photo) £5; London Brighton South Coast 0-6-2T number 401 £4; London Tilbury & Southend number 40 at Upminster with train £4; Midland Railway 4-4-0 compound number 1031 at Derby £5; London North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 number 5686 £4; 0-6-0 number 2324 (F Moore photo) £4; Southern Railway 2-6-0 number 798 £4; 2-4-0 number 790 ‘Hardwicke’ (F Moore photo) £5; Beyer Peacock 4-4-0 built 1899 (for Dutch railways?) £4. Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Rly 4-6-2 ’Hurricane’ used at Folkestone 1958 £3. All photographic in good condition
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149. FOUR EARLY RAILWAY ENGINES Four coloured cards with South East & Chatham 4-4-0 number 516, Great Eastern 4-4-0 1900 ‘Claude Hamilton’, Great Northern 4-4-2 Atlantic number 1421, and London North Western 0-8-0 mineral engine, all unused in fair to good condition, lot £10
150. ROYAL SCOT VISIT TO AMERICA Real photographic card with a sparkling LMS loco 6100 ‘Royal Scot’ taken at New York Central early 1930s £7
151. ART DECO Lovely silhouette card with some colour of lady with looking glass by renowned artist MANNI GROSZE postally used at Eastbourne 1922 with machine canc and a little offset on front £8
152. ‘PLAY PICTORIAL’ Tucks set of ten ‘Monsieur Beaucaire’ played by Lewis Waller, b&w cards each postally used to the same addressee at Roehampton in May 1903 with a few interesting messages, good condition, nice set £15
153. QUENTON ASHLYN AND THE PURITAN MAIDENS although one of them looks a bit cheeky, probably the one who’s signed ’Mistress Violet’, b&w card used 1904, small corner crease £4
154. DIANA WATTS Set of six cards of the actress in different roles, unused in very fine condition £8
155. FREAKS One giant, one dwarf and two ordinary looking guys, photographic card outside a theatre (stalls a shilling, circle nine pence) very good unused £4
156. DRESSED CATS Four of them at school, each with a bag containing ABC and spelling, Token series coloured card with a crease £2
157. DOG’S CEMETERY Lots of readable gravestones (especially with a magnifying glass) to Nigger and all the other dogs buried here at London’s Hyde Park, good unused photographic card £9
158. ‘FAB’ PATCHWORK CARD by W N Sharpe of Bradford, Floral type in good condition, becoming harder to find now £10
159. WINDMILLS Good selection of windmills, mainly Dutch, photographic and art drawn make an interesting study including a nice photographic Norfolk windmill, mainly early or middle period in good condition. 14 mills at a modest price £18
160. POLITICAL Cartoons including ‘Licking by Servants’ (Insurance Acts), ‘Radical Cheap Loaf’ (Asquith), Protection (John Bull), ‘Fiscal Games’, ‘Free Trade’ and ‘Signs of an Early Peace’. Artists include a Ludovici. Six cards in good condition £20
161. INTER-VARSITY DEBATE Photographic card by Ward of Manchester showing a large group of well-dressed people at the 1913 debate, good unused £5
162. TATTOO SERIES Three cards officially published by Gale & Polden, Musical Drive (photographic), Historical Drill and The Rearguard (both b&w, each unused in good condition £8
163. YANKEES ET PARISIENNES Six cards numbered 1 to 6 by S Meunier each featuring an American soldier and a young French girl, one waving the Stars and Stripes. A lovely set in fine unused condition and rare (single cards of Meunier cat £20 each in IPM) £100
164. INDIAN MILITARY Guard Room of the Royal Berks Regt at Meerut, general view of Barracks in the snow at Chaubuttia Hill and the Military Prison at Trimulgherry, three b&w cards in very good unused condition £9
165. JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBTION Coloured card showing the primitive Aina Home, postally used with the scarce JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION machine cancel - much scarcer than the handstamp. Dated September 21 1910 £8
166. WITH THE BEST OF LUCK FROM SNOWDON Pull-out illustrated with Scottish tartan and lucky heather: did somebody get their geography wrong? Unused Valentines card in good condition £3
BRITISH TOPOGRAPHICAL POSTCARDS
167. COLLECTION OF BRITISH CHURCHES All exterior views (no interiors), photographic, coloured and b&w, nearly all earlies, condition generally good to very good. An ideal lot for dealer, especially one who has customers interested in genealogy who are eager buyers of churches. 300 plus £95
168. WATER MILLS Castle Mill and Boxhill, both at Dorking, Old Water Mill Leatherhead, Hemingford Mill St Ives (Hunts), Town Mill Ramsbury, Town Mill Amersham, Abbey Mill Tewkesbury, Cassiobury Mill Watford and Hawes Mill, all early or middle period, condition is good. A very nice selection, 9 cards for £25
169. BRITISH TOPO BY JOTTER Attractive and colourful selection by this artist including six Derbyshire Peak district with the Ropewalk at Peak Cavern, Eyam Plague House, Dales etc. Also a couple of New Forest, Rye etc, 12 cards in good condition £14
170. LONDON COURT SIZE CARDS Three b&w of these early cards showing Buckingham Palace, Savoy Hotel and Albert Memorial, two are used, one with stamp removed and a little postmark offset, so offered at a very cheap price £12
171. LONDON Coronation Procession with Kitchener in Horse Guards Parade, early undivided back b&w card used to Sweden in 1902 with 1d stamp, good condition £4
172. LONDON The Hotel Cecil, three official ‘Souvenir’ cards c1906, two are exteriors, one interior, all b&w and impressive, one with a small corner crease £6
173. LONDON Interior of the Pantheon, Head Office of W & A Gilbey, b&w of the office with about twenty clerks busy at their desks, good used 1916, unusual card £7
174. HAMPSTEAD Heath Street with good shop views, in particular Hygienic Dairies where their van emblazoned with HYGIENIC BAKERY is parked outside, nice social history, tinted card, slight foxing £8
175. EDGWARE Corner House Tea Rooms at Canons Park, coloured card by Frank Wheeler of the interior and well laid tables awaiting customers, unused, fair £4
176. SHEPHERD’S BUSH TUBE STATION Good exterior with many people and a tram, Beagles b&w card good unused £8
177. CLAPHAM CROSS A busy spot with people, shops, Plough Inn, tram just loading, hand tinted card by Stengal used 1904, very good condition £7
178. MILL HILL The Ridgeway, real photographic used 1948, corner crease £3
179. EALING Castle Bar Road with a child and distant cyclist, real photographic used c1913, crease at top left £4
180. HARLESDEN Craven Park Road with a good row of shops and horse carriage c1905, hand tinted card in good condition £7
181. WOODFORD WELLS, ESSEX The Turnpike with distant horse-drawn vehicles, fine unused photographic card £8
182. WIMBLEDON The Windmill on Wimbledon Common in the snow, Shurey tinted card in good unused condition £4
183. DANBURY, ESSEX Photographic card of Danbury Common, fine unused £3
184. TILLINGHAM Sleepy Essex village although the Feathers Commercial Inn offers ‘Good Stabling’ and is flying a flag. Early b&w card, very good unused £5
185. WATFORD Fire Station, Victorian style architecture, doors closed so no engines on view but quite a scarce card in the Wyndham series, b&w, used but stamp removed and minor faults but a good looking card £5
186. OUTWOOD, SURREY Two windmills side by side make an impressive sight on this coloured card by Shurey, very good unused £8
187. CATERHAM Timbers Hill with families picknicking, coloured Frith card used 1907, a little creased £2
188. REDHILL Market Hall, imposing building with 1930s cars outside, used photographic card with machine cancel 1950, top right corner creases £2
189. REIGATE view from Near Bridge, a rural scene with river, road and a few houses, real photographic card , a little faded, good used 1919 £4
190. EAST MOLESEY REGATTA Very large crowds at this event in 1906 on a real photographic card, a little faded and a little creasing but an interesting card, postally used same year £4
191. MOLESEY Walton Road with good shop views and shoppers, sepia in very good unused condition £6
192. LIMPSFIELD, SURREY General view of the village taken from an elevated position showing a shop (Post Office?) and the village pump, b&w vignetted card at Croydon 1903, good condition £8
193. ASCOT High Street with various shops and distant transport, coloured card in good unused condition £6
194. ASCOT VILLAGE Hand tinted card by Shurey with shops, Beenham House Yearlings sign and a group of cyclists, fine unused £5
195. BEDS ARLESEY b&w of Church End with houses and shop (could be the Post Office) and a coloured card of the Three Counties Asylum, also two BIDDENHAM of cottages and church. All postally used 1906-14, 4 cards for £10
196. HENLOW, BEDS Hartley’s Fruit Farm showing the 50 acre section, ‘A vista of black currant bushes’ as this advertising card puts it. B&w card unused, a little foxing on back £4
197. OXFORD Cherwell Hall showing Milham Ford School and the river with ladies punting, b&w card in very good condition. Interesting message on back, very good condition £5
198. CAMBRIDGE St Andrew’s Street showing horse-drawn traffic and shops, coloured card, unused in very good condition £5
199. HUNTINGDON ST IVES with river scene, Church and Waits, coloured card used 1905, also ST NEOTS High Street by Frith, used 1906, pair in average condition £4
200. IPSWICH The Fire at Kenyon & Trott’s premises showing wrecked building being examined by a man, no date but early. Fine unused photographic card £15
201. IPSWICH Post Office and Town Hall, Tuck’s United Kingdom series card, undivided back with fine embossing, b&w postally used 1903, good condition £5
202. QUEENBOROUGH, KENT Photographic of Rushenden Cottages (a very long line of them), postally used September 1913, two small corner creases £4
203. CHATHAM Darland Banks Windmill, a middle distance view with people promenading c1906, real photographic in the Balmoral series, good unused £8
204. SEVENOAKS, KENT The Seven Oaks with a gypsy caravan in the middle distance, coloured card by Salmon, fair unused £4
205. HAYES COMMON, KENT Two coloured art drawn cards by S Johnson, both attractive Tucks Oilettes, backs with a little foxing, pair £3
206. OFFHAM, KENT Coloured card of The Quintain being inspected by a group of boys, oast house in background, unused, good £4
207. GROOMBRIDGE, KENT Village view showing cottages, this card has been issued by Grey’s Cigarettes (this is number 43), good unused £4
208. PENSHURST Saddler’s Shop, sepia photographic card, very good unused, also ‘The Winding Path at Kingsdown’ (Kent) b&w photographic very good used 1934, pair £5
209. TIN TOWN Photographic card of ‘Arrival of Workmens mail’ showing dozens of men clambering out of open railway wagons. Smaller picture inset shows Tin Town itself - looks like a lot of prefabs. No location or date but the photographer is Jones of Ludgershall (Wilts or Bucks?). Could be first World War period or earlier. Fine unused £10
210. PEVENSEY West Ham Street with old buildings and a cyclist, b&w vignetted type, very good unused £8
211. PATCHAM MILL Good middle distant view on this b&w in The Times ‘Windmill’ series, postally used 1939, good condition £9
212. BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, KENT The Green, b&w good unused £4
213. DYMCHURCH Smith’s Stores and a few village people c1905, b&w very good unused £5
214. NEWHAVEN The Convent, imposing new building, photographic, used 1915, good £5
215. PEGWELL BAY Convalescent Home by the seafront, Frith coloured card used 1913 with two corner faults £2
216. CHESTFIELD, KENT The Barn Tea Rooms, b&w card printed for the proprietress Mrs D Godward (sitting in the garden), unused with a minor indentation, otherwise good £4
217. DITCHLING General view of the village taken from an elevated position, fine unused photographic £4
218. EAST GRINSTEAD High Street with shops and pub, ancient car in middle distance, Frith b&w in very good unused condition £8
219. BARNHAM, SUSSEX Three fine real photographic cards comprising Railway Station showing platform, signal box, signals etc, Barnham Cattle Market with many men examining animals, also a view of the Murrell Arms with horse drawn van and carts outside and a few children in their Sunday best, c1910. A delightful trio in excellent unused condition £50
220. SEAFORD Early tinted card with an excellent view of the golf links taken from an elevated position, town in background, very good unused £9
221. LANCING The Bell Memorial Convalescent Home, Wardell photographic card used 1956, very good £4
222. SHOREHAM, SUSSEX The Bridge, real photographic published by Walker of Fareham, good unused £5
223. BEXHILL ON SEA The Metropolitan Convalescent Home for Women, Sweetman photo used 1956, fine £4
224. BOGNOR REGIS The Stamp House, interior view showing millions of stamps in long strings hanging from the ceiling, real photographic card by local publisher, very minor scuffing £10
225. BOGNOR REGIS The beach at Middleton with families and an artist with an easil set up, b&w card used 1933 with machine cancel ‘The Telephone Saves Time and Money’, good £4
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226. BOGNOR REGIS Bowling Greens in Waterloo Gardens with a few players, very good unused card by Valentines, ‘Valesque’ series £4
227. HAMBLEDON, HANTS The Mill - or what’s left of it. It is minus its top and sails and is described as ‘An old landmark’. Photographic card by Thomas Humphries of Portsmouth in very good condition £7
228. SOUTHAMPTON Two early Tucks United Kingdom series, b&w undivided backs and fine embossing, one of the Bargate postally used on Christmas Eve 1902, other of the Avenue unused with minor stain on back. Nice pair £8
229. SOUTHAMPTON The Bargate with tram emerging, some shops including a large cycle shop, Valentines ‘Photo Brown’ series, good unused £4
230. LYMINGTON Early undivided back b&w vignetted card of Walhampton postally used 1903, good average £4
231. RINGWOOD Two b&w views, one of White House Tea Gardens with board for Teas, Luncheons, Café Open etc, four petrol pumps with attendant, postally used c1935, also a view of the Second Bridge and Fish Inn by the river used 1905, both cards in very good condition. Fine pair £16
232. CHRISTCHURCH Church Street with good shop views including Jerome’s Stationers and Tobacconists, large advertising board for Riverside Tea Gardens, also other shops and Dolphin Inn, b&w card in very good unused condition £7
233. BOURNEMOUTH The Square with tram, horse-drawn cabs, bath chair etc, real photographic used 1918, corner crease £4
234. BOURNEMOUTH AVIATION MEETING 1910 Four separate views of planes on this coloured card by Sydenhams used 1912, small piece missing at base £3
235. BOURNEMOUTH PULL-OUT Large airship lifts up to reveal 12 views of the town, good unused £4
236. BOURNEMOUTH - THE ROYAL BATH HOTEL taking delivery of a huge new boiler by Newlands Haulage, wow, and what a tight sqeeze! Real photographic with a small corner crease £8
237. BOURNEMOUTH The Stream in Branksome Chine in Wade’s ‘Sunny South’ photographic series, fine unused £3
238. WEYMOUTH The Landing Stage with a few people around, early b&w Stengal card postally used but stamp removed, fair £3
239. ABBOTSBURY Rodden Row with a group (mainly children) posing for the photographer and postally used at Weymouth in 1910, also a deserted Market Street c1922, both b&w cards by local publisher J F Gibbons, fair to good, pair £5
240. CHILDE OKEFORD, DORSET The Common with winding lane and cottages, photographic card by local photographer W Diffey c1905, a couple of tiny pinholes but a good collectable card £4
241. SALISBURY The Market with cattle and sheep in their pens, also a large marquee and shops in the background, photographic by J Welch of Portsmouth, used at Salisbury 1912, minor scuffing at corners, otherwise good £5
242. SHREWTON High Street with houses, thatched cottage and vintage double decker bus loaded with passengers in the middle distance, b&w unused, good but for very minor corner crease £6
243. CODFORD ST MARY, WILTS Village view with thatched cottages, Church and river. Message on back reads ‘A street in Codford near our Command Depot (yes, the military were there). B&w card unused in good condition £4
244. WARMINSTER Market Place with shops, pub and cars of the 1920s/30s, photographic card postally used (1932?), in good condition, small scuff at top £6
245. RADSTOCK A general view of this small Somerset town, sepia by Frith, very good unused £3
246. DEVON SELECTION Lustleigh (2, one with Smithy), Honiton (2), Ivybridge (2, one of the Factory Bridge), prison at Princetown (photographic), Lydford Castle, Bray Tor, generally good condition, 9 cards for £9
247. NEWQUAY, CORNWALL Launch of the Lifeboat, Peacock brand coloured card used 1908, some scuffing, fair £4
248. HELSTON ‘The Furry Dance’, sometimes known as the Floral Dance, photographic card with five multi-views showing beautifully attired men, women and children dancing through the streets of this Cornish town, good unused, good unused £6
249. ILFRACOMBE ‘The Only Mounted Town Crier in England’ on his horse in uniform and bell, at the town in 1910, unused with light crease £9
250. ILFRACOMBE Tradesmen’s Holiday at Speedwell Tour Headquarters 1940. B&w card shows the Runnacleave Hotel with parked cars outside (some people could get petrol during the war!). Intriguing card, research needed. Good unused £7
251. ARLEY, WORCS View of the Ferry which is operating, bridge in background, early Valentines b&w card with undivided back used at Bewdley July 1902, good condition £6
252. EAST MOSELEY Cow Common with houses and a pond (is this in the Birmingham area?). B&w used in very good condition £4
253. LOUGHBOROUGH Early b&w undivided back with message on front showing Market Place with shops, postally used at the town November 1902. A few minor faults including a small tear £2
254. MATLOCK, DERBYS B&w of The Square used 1953, coloured of Bank Road showing Crown Hotel used 1928 and a coloured advertising card of Chesterfield House Hydro used 1916. Nice trio £8
255. YORKSHIRE COATS OF ARMS Ja-Ja cards for Barnsley, York and Harrogate, also the famous Yorkshireman’s Arms (May we niver want nowt… etc). 4 cards for £8
256. LEEDS Two photographic views by J F Lawrence at Armley, one of Gotts Park, other of the recreation ground, very good unused pair £6
257. SHEFFIELD Two of Whiteley Woods, one showing the large convalescent home in its own grounds used 1915, other Forge Dam with small boats for hire unused, good condition £6
258. ILKLEY The Grove with horse and cart, shops, Bank, Church, and Hargreaves Toilet Club (what’s that?) postally used 1909 in very good condition £8
259. RIPON Market Place with just a few stalls, early b&w vignetted card, undivided back unused in good condition £6
260. HULL Street scenes at King Edward Street, Spring Bank (2) and Monument, also three other Hull cards, 7 in mixed condition, bargain price £6
261. LANCASHIRE Busy Church Street Liverpool with trams on Valentines ‘Phototone’ card, coloured card of Salford Drill Hall, Bare village with children on a Milton coloured card and five interesting cards of Burnley of which three are modern ‘Collectorcards’. All unused in good condition 8 cards for £13
262. LIVERPOOL Busy Church Street with crowds of shoppers, big shops including Piano and Organ Emporium, b&w very good unused £5
263. BLACKPOOL Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an extensive collection of buildings on the North Shore including Tea Rooms, ‘American Portraits While You Wait’ etc, b&w card in good unused condition £7
264. BLACKPOOL The Alhambra, most impressive building with the big wheel in the background, hand tinted card by JWS, good unused £4
265. CLEVELEYS, LANCS Promenade Terrace, a row of large three storey houses, fine unused photographic £6
266. MILNTHORPE, WESTMORELAND Dallam Tower Avenue, looks like a path through the woods, postally used 1910 in good condition £4
267. NEWCASTLE ON TYNE ‘The New Tyne Bridge’ so presumably just opened, photographic card used at Morpeth August 1931, corner crease £4
268. NEWCASTLE ON TYNE The Sandhill, b&w artist’s impression of the 5-storey building including the firm of J W Newton & Co, good average unused £5
269. BLYTH The Harbour with ships, one a sailing vessel, early b&w undivided back postally used 1902, with Lightcliffe date stamp, good condition £6
270. BLYTH Import Dock with shipping, real photographic by Glen of Leeds, very good unused £4
271. ROTHBURY Early b&w view showing shops, houses and war memorial used 1904 with GO4 duplex cancel, also two photographic cards, one a general view of the village from an elevated position, the other of Lovers Walk. Trio in good condition £9
272. SCOTTISH TRAMS Busy street scenes at Glasgow (3), Ayr, Dunfermline and Kirkaldy, all with trams, good condition, 6 cards for £15
273. ARDROSSAN Glasgow Street with a very long row of houses and a Church, just a few pedestrians, b&w by H Sillen, very good unused £4
274. LOCHEARNHEAD, PERTH The Village with houses and a few villagers, photographic card by Valentines postally used with local single ring cancel, April 1910, good condition £6
WALES
275. ABERGLASLYN, NORTH WALES Three different views of the Pass, one with sheep and cattle in the road, good unused trio £5
276. ABERPORTH General view of the village by the sea, b&w used 1937 with Edward VIII 1d stamp, good £4
277. ABERYSTWYTH Rheidol Valley showing White Stag, b&w card published by Everything Stores, good unused £3
278. BARMOUTH Porkington Terrace, Viaduct with steam train, view from the Island showing boat 1910, various views, also two cards of Arthog, one an early Wrench, the other used 1921, generally good, 8 cards £12
279. BARMOUTH Viaduct with steam train 1906, a later view of the Viaduct Judges card, multi-view including Flying Scotsman with stamp removed, four different views of the town and a quaint Arthog 1906, 8 cards £12
280. BERWYN Horse-shoe Falls and an attractive landscape, both coloured cards, one used 1908, pair £3
281. BRIDGEND Caroline Street with shops, coloured by Valentines, corner fault and stamp removed £2
282. CARDIFF The Sailor’s Home with a group of cloth-capped men lounging round the entrance, fine unused b&w card £6
283. COLWYN BAY Good photographic of Station Road used 1911 (stamp damaged), two of Pier and Pavlion, Hotel Metropole, also a photographic multi-view used 1907 plus heraldic of Rhos-on-sea used 1907, 7 cards £9
284. CONWAY Four views of Castle Street by different publishers, one used to France 1920 plus a coastal scene, all very good condition £10
285. CRAIG-Y-DON Mostyn Avenue looking north, with shops, Tucks real photographic card, fine unused £4
286. DWYGYFYLCHI B&w view of the village from an elevated position, fair to good unused £2
287. FISHGUARD The Bay Hotel ‘Under the Management of the Great Western Railway’ b&w card with GWR official coat of arms on back, very good unused £5
288. GRONANT Coloured card of Upper Gronant showing the inn, very good unused £3
289. LLANBEDR The Plank Bridge, good used b&w card 1904 £3
290. LLANDOVERY Market Hall and town clock. Frith photographic card used 1957 £3
291. LLANDUDNO Happy Valley Entertainers performing on stage with seated crowds watching, real photographic unused and fine £5
292. LLANDYSSUL General view by Frith photographic, good unused £3
293. LLANFAIRFECHAN The village from an elevated position looking up the valley, coloured card in fair to good condition used 1908 £3
294. LLANFAIR…. You know, the one with 57 letters. Two examples, one used 1930 with full translation, the other 1957 with lady in Welsh costume, latter creased, pair £4
295. LLANGOLLEN Two of the Bridge, the Weir, Canal Walk, Church, six cards in generally good condition, one used 1904 with duplex cancel £8
296. LLANON Main Road photographic card by Frith c1957, used, a little corner creasing £3
297. MENAI STRAITS Coloured card showing both bridges and another taken from the Suspension Bridge showing middle distance paddle steamer, also a photographic of the Straits. The trio in fair/good condition £5
298. MONMOUTH Shire Hall with 1930s cars outside, real photographic used 1938, very good £3
299. MORFA NEVIN Two Valentines sepia cards with views of beach, one with buildings at Porthdinnlaen, both good unused, pair £3
300. PEMBROKE DOCK County School with a large number of boys and a master outside, c1910, b&w with a few faults but a collectable card £2
301. PENARTH Street scene with various buildings including Lloyds Bank, tinted card by Stuart & Woolf used 1905 in very fair condition £2
302. PORT TALBOT Photographic aerial view of the docks with shipping interest by Aerofilms Ltd used 1933, very good condition £6
303. PORTHYFELIN Photographic view of this coastal village, good used 1956 £2
304. PRESTATYN High Street with shops and bank c1940s, Tucks coloured card in good unused condition £3
305. RHYADER Two views of the dam, one photographic, the other coloured by Marcus Ward and very nice, also a photographic Suspension Bridge, a view from Gwyn Llyn plus a general view of the town. 5 cards in good unused condition £12
306. RHOS-ON-SEA Rhos Road with shops, shop signs and cars, Tucks unused sepia card in very good condition £4
307. ST FAGANS General view of the village and Castle, very good unused sepia card £2
308. SNOWDON Two cards of the Summit and Railway, one photographic used 1919, the other coloured used 1908 (stamp damaged). Cards in good condition, pair £3
309. WELSH SELECTION Hawarden, Dwygyflchi village, Devil’s Bridge (2), Criccieth, Aberdaron (2), Victoria Bridge Queens Ferry, Bracelet Bay, Beddgelert, Bettws-y-Coed, Thurstaston, Treco Bay, Camp, Menai Straits, Synchnant Pass, Bangor Post Office, Churches at Bodlewyddan, Saundersfoot, Newport etc. 39 cards in generally good condition £20
310. TRADITIONAL WELSH COSTUME Book Post postcard 6in x 8in with Welsh lady in costume by a spinning wheel, fine used at Colwyn Bay 1909, address only so halfpenny stamp September 2007 affixed - had there been a message postage would have been one penny £3
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