Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 439, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025
Page Size: 295 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
252

Pre-stamp to 1960s Covers & Cards including 1828 with Wakefield dated mileage; 1908 PC from Austrian P.O. in Vathy; several French Morocco and Algeria

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 48.30
253

George VI Commonwealth definitive sets, largely mint, comprising Aden & States, Northern Rhodesia (both mint and FU), Gambia, Nyasaland and Mauritius

GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 166.75
254

George VI Commonwealth mint selection on stockcards including definitive sets of Pitcairn, St. Lucia, British Guiana, Solomon Is, Cayman Is,

GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 115.00
255

George VI Commonwealth mint selection on stockcards including definitive sets of Indore, Virgin Is, Turks & Caicos, Tripolitania (SG T1/11 and TD6/10

GBP 130.00 - 160.00 GBP 115.00
256

British C/Wealth M&U ranges in four stockbooks, chiefly QE2 with many UM and FU sets and mini-sheets notably Antigua, Sudan, Seychelles

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 87.40
257

QE2 Commonwealth M&U ranges in New Age album countries M to Z, for issues to 1963 but with later stamps added. Includes sets & high values

1963 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 59.80
258

British C/Wealth M&U ranges on stockleaves with many QV issues in very mixed condition and useful 1950s/60s mint;

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 29.90
259

Ranges in King George VI album and on two stockleaves, M&U, the album remaindered but still containing over 1000 stamps.

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 41.40
260

All-period accumulation in carton with much duplicated late-19th & early-20th Century British C/Wealth on pages & in packets, especially West Indies

late-19th & early-20th Century GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 75.90
261

All-period British C/Wealth ranges in album and three stockbooks with particular interest in Malta and Cyprus. Used predominate.(Many 100s)

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
262

Assortment in carton with several UM Royalty collections in special albums, bundle of GB FDCs many with better h/s,

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 29.90
263

British C/Wealth GVI/QE2 fine mint collection in binder, largely QE2 UM to 1991 with some better sets notably Falkland Is, Fiji, Gibraltar, St.Helena

1991 GBP 130.00 - 150.00 GBP 212.75
264

Mainly 1950s/80s UM or LM Mint ranges on stockleaves with many sets, plus few FU; main interest in Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Egypt, Cook Is,

1950s/80s GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 59.80
265

British C/Wealth & GB ranges in three albums & stockbook with main interest in GVI/QE2 issues FU and UM. (100s)

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
266

King's Cup Air Race 1972, a group of pilot signed flown covers, plus a duplicate unsigned cover, in a special binder, number 47 of 350 produced.

1972 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 46.00
267

Commemorative covers in box-file, mostly GB, including 24 autographed, and 5 coin covers. Also five autographed photos of TV celebrities. (Qty.)

GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 48.30
268

Assortment in storage box with main interest in GB, Germany and China. The GB includes pre-decimal booklets, and modern covers and packs

GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 94.30
269

Postal ephemera including a Victorian postman's hat, a postman's whistle and letter pouch, postal order and parcel receipts, etc;

GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 66.70
270

Telegrams 1890s-1950s, including illustrated Greetings Telegrams of Belgium (10), Norway (2), Hungary (3) and Czechoslovakia (3), all different. (40)

1890s-1950s GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 62.10
271

Royalty theme collection in three albums, with UM sets & mini-sheets, and illustrated FDCs; two albums devoted to the Queen Mother.

GBP 10.00 - 15.00 GBP 6.90
272

Maritime Heritage UM collection in printed album, largely Columbus themes, including 65 mini-sheets. Fine

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 25.30
273

Great Britain pre-stamp to 1855 Entires, wrappers and a front; including Colchester / Penny Post

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 43.70
274

Scottish pre-stamp Entires & Wrappers, including 1767 EL with Bishop mark; s/line TOBERMORAY, ARRAN, and TARBERT; circular INVERARAY (1804);

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 46.00
275

Great Britain 1834-1891 Court Documents, five with adhesive Revenue stamps; together with two unrelated items.

1834-1891 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
276

Great Britain 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet used (May 1841) in London with printed advertisements for John Richards, Law Booksellers, Fleet Street.

1840 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 78.20
  • Books & Autographs
    Wednesday 25 March
    Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.
    Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000
    Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.