Chiswick Auctions: Stamps and Postal History, 103125, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 31, 2025 - October 31, 2025

Page Size: 98 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	China 1916/1950 Postal History	1916/1950	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 472.32
2	China 1920's Cinderella Relief	1920's	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.60
3	China 1950s unused Mao Zedong envelopes featuring various slogans and illustrations. (35+)	1950s	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 39.36
4	China Military Post Offices 1933-1942	1933-1942	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 3,148.80
5	China 1967 Mao Postcards	1967	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,115.20
6	China Shanghai 1930-1950	1930-1950	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 341.12
7	China, Manchuria Japanese P.O In China	1908	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 131.20
8	China Korean War 1951 Certificate Of Merit	1951	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 157.44
9	China 1958-1971 Commercial Mail	1958-1971	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 223.04
10	China / Japan/ Manchukuo	1946	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.60
11	China North East Army Revolution	1946	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.60
12	China A 19th century scroll with traditional Mandarin text also featuring dragons	19th	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 1,705.60
13	Japan Photographs 1943-44	1943-44	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 13.12
14	Japan Manchukuo 1935c. Officially sealed sheet of 50 with two stamps removed though included loose in the lot.	1935c.	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 78.72
15	Japan /China WW2 Japanese military mail in China on pages, stampless military postcards featuring various illustrated and slogan designs. (11)		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 13.12
16	North Korea 1949-1951 three covers	1949-1951	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 367.36
17	North Korea 1935 Pyongyang revenue sheets comprising 5y (2) and 10y (1). Given by North Korea to U.S.A. Forces as War Booty in Autumn 1950.	1935	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 104.96
18	Korea War China President Nixon Pow John Downey 1973	1973	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 91.84
19	Korea 1964 High-Value Definitives Imperf. A beautiful trio	1964	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 26.24
20	Korea 1946 First issues with varieties	1946	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 249.28
21	Korea US Postal Stationery 1896 New York to Pyongyang		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.60
22	Korea / Korean War / USA A collection of USA forces covers predominantly from Korea with USA frankings or free post,		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 131.20
23	Korea / Korean War / Great Britain Forces Selection of GB forces in Korea covers		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 13.12
24	Philippines / Japanese Occupation A group of covers	1943	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 65.60
25	Asia Mixed Lot Stamps and covers comprising China, Japan, Indo-Chine, Thailand, Republic Of Korea Military mail and more, airmails and postcards noted	1902	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 629.76

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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