Trafford Books: Books, Ephemera, Autographs, Photographs, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History. , 424, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 06, 2024 - March 06, 2024
Page Size: 213 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
180

Winston Churchill 1960s/80s covers, miniature sheets, post cards, and few other items, neatly displayed in album. VG/VF (51 items).

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 29.90
181

Holocaust mail. WW2 Litzmannstadt Ghetto stamps, the set of three, unused, the 10pfg on white paper possibly a reprint;

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 64.40
182

Holocaust Mail. March 1945 Red Cross PC from Rabbi Abraham Strassfeld in New York, attempting to communicate with his brother,

1945 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 52.90
183

Undercover Mail. 1943 Cover from the Warsaw Ghetto to Rua Alexandre Herculano, Lisboa, Portugal (undercover address for the Polish Red Cross, London);

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 57.50
184

Military & Censored mail, WWI to 1980s

WWI to 1980s GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
185

British C/Wealth Covers, plus few GB, with interest in GVI Coronation and Victory FDCs, later FDCs of Ireland, and some unused postal stationery

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
186

Air Mail stamps and etiquettes 1912/50s

1912/50s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 23.00
187

Mainly Foreign M&U and UM ranges on many stockcards, duplication in places, mostly mint/UM, mainly 20th Century, with interest in Western Europe

20th Century GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 36.80
188

Great Britain pre-stamp to early-QE2 Covers & Cards in album and loose, eight with 1d red imperfs, nine with later line-engraved,

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 110.40
189

GB Post Office ephemera including 19th Century engraving publicising J. Young's Post Office at Malvern Link,

GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
190

Great Britain 1840 2d Blue, 'KK', fine used with clear MX, four margins, just touching at two corners. Slightly rubbed lower right.

1840 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
191 Ralph Allen

Ralph Allen (1693-1764, city of Bath postmaster and founder of the 'Cross Post' system): 1755 cut-down wrapper to London endorsed Free, R. Allen'

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
192 John Palmer

John Palmer (1741-1818, founder of the UK Mail Coach system): 1805 wrapper from Bath to Brighton signed by Palmer

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
193

Great Britain QV to QE2 collection in six stockbooks, two cover albums & loose

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 172.50
194

Great Britain 1920s to 1990s Covers & PPCs in seven albums, with many illustrated FDCs including some Channel Islands,

1920s to 1990s GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
195

The Post Office Magazine 1934

1934 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
196

Great Britain ranges comprising mainly QE2 mint/UM ranges in two albums with issues to 1980

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 34.50
197

Great Britain 1952-2011 First Day and Commemorative Covers in nine albums and loose, largely hand-addressed pre-1990

1952-2011 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
198

Great Britain decimal commemorative sets in complete UM sheets, mostly 1970s. Face value PS355.50

1970s GBP 130.00 - 150.00 GBP 155.25
199

Great Britain commemorative sets in UM blocks, mostly traffic light blocks of six, with much 1980s. Face value PS450.91

1980s GBP 170.00 - 200.00 GBP 253.00
200

Great Britain decimal presentation packs, plus some booklets and UM decimal oddments, with much 1980s to c.1990. Face value PS190+

1980s to c.1990. GBP 70.00 - 80.00 GBP 98.90
201

Great Britain QE2 collection comprising two albums of Illustrated FDCs 1964-85 including definitives with some better items, typed address;

1964-85 GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 29.90
202

Great Britain 1999-2010 illustrated FDCs, a collection including the miniature sheets, all typed address, fine. (272)

1999-2010 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 32.20
203

Channel Is WW2 period covers (18) comprising German military mail, commercial and philatelic items

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 71.30
204

Isle of Man 1973-1992 UM collection on hingeless leaves, fairly complete including miniature sheets, together with UM ranges of Jersey 1970/81.

1970/81. GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
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    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
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    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
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    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
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    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
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    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
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    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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