Trafford Books: Trafford Book Sale, 439, Manchester

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Page Size: 295 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
277	Great Britain QV to 2000 largely mint collection, with main interest in QE2, in three printed albums and a folder.	2000	GBP 70.00 - 80.00	GBP 46.00
278	Great Britain GV to QE2 collection in several albums, stockbook and loose. Main interest in QE2 with 1990s Benham large silk FDCs (110)		GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 50.60
279	Great Britain ranges in albums & stockbooks, chiefly UM QE2 including 1968-81 Presentation Packs (118) plus few special packs, an album of FDCs		GBP 60.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
280	Great Britain 1966-81 collection of Presentation Packs (96), plus some later FDCs.	1966-81	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	Not Sold
281	Great Britain 1978 Castles mini-sheets UM (100) and 1979 Rowland Hill mini-sheets (135) UM, all in the issued packs; plus London 1980 50p UM (11),	1978	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 27.60
282	Great Britain Decimal Machins UM, an accumulation with many Cylinder blocks, high values and assorted booklets; plus Castles to PS5		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 138.00
283	Great Britain late-1980s and 1990s Commemoratives in blocks of 4 etc, all UM. Face value PS322.80.	late-1980s and 1990s	GBP 100.00 - 130.00	GBP 166.75
284	Great Britain 1990s/2000s Commemoratives in sheets and part- sheets, mainly 1st Class stamps. Includes seven Smiler sheets notably SG LS2 & LS3.	1990s/2000s	GBP 180.00 - 220.00	GBP 172.50
285	Guernsey and Alderney 1948-2011 UM collection in four hingeless albums, apparently complete including first Guernsey postage dues and some varieties.	1948-2011	GBP 220.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
286	Jersey 1958-2011 UM collection in four hingeless albums, virtually complete including first postage dues.	1958-2011	GBP 220.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
287	Isle of Man 1958-2011 UM collection in three hingeless albums, apparently complete including first postage dues.	1958-2011	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 69.00
288	China 1930s to 1990s M&U collection in albums, year books (2) and stockbook (2), the 1930s/60s issues mainly used, the 1980s/90s in UM sets	1930s to 1990s	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 155.25
289	Germany 1900s/1990s in albums, stockbooks etc with good 1920s postally used inflation issues, better M&U 1930s/40s, and UM collection of West Germany	1900s/1990s	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 69.00
290	Germany - French Zone late 1940s M&U duplicated accumulation in stockbook, the mint largely UM, including issues for Saar. Some in blocks of 4. Fine	late 1940s	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 34.50
291	Germany post-WW2 issues in four stockbooks, largely UM with much 1970s & 1980s but with some better earlier. Includes DDR and West Berlin.	1970s & 1980s	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	GBP 46.00
292	Germany 1990-1998 fine UM collection in hingeless album, virtually complete including miniature sheets.	1990-1998	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
293	West Germany 1949-60 a mainly FU collection with many sets but with some UM including 1948 Parliament & Stamp Centenary sets and 1954 Heuss to 3mks.	1949-60	GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 57.50
294	Gibraltar collection in binder, largely UM in sets including definitives of 1967, 1971, 1982, and 1992, plus some Europa sheetlets.	1967, 1971, 1982, and 1992,	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
295	Malta 1938-1988 fine collection in album virtually all UM from 1957 including 1965 definitives to PS1, fairly comprehensive for 1957-88.	1938-1988	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	Not Sold
296	Pitcairn Islands 1940-1981 UM collection in binder with 1940-51 set, RSW set, UPU set, 1957-63 set, and later issues, fairly comprehensive (203 + 10MS	1940-1981	GBP 50.00 - 60.00	GBP 41.40

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.