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

Large carton with excellent all-period accumulation in many packets, on leaves, in large stockbook, and many approval sheets; with GB from QV,

Great Britain 2015 (April) to 2019 (March) collection in three albums comprising Illustr.FDCs, Prestige Booklets (2 of each), Miniature Sheets

"Ellerby & Cheetham’s Manchester District Railway Time Table", January 1858 to December 1859, the 24 issues complete, all with original wraps,

Collection of 1870s Political Autographs, all Members of Parliament, either loose (150) or laid down (120) in old ledger;

"China, in a series of Views, displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits

Great Britain 2010 British Postal Museum facsimile colour trial of the 1929 PUC £1 in a block of four laid down in a sunken mount,

Victorian autograph album, oblong quarto, bound in half-leather, gilt, some wear at corners, containing cut-signatures, some complete letters,

A large format 19th Century Scrapbook of American origin, with bas-relief cover, containing chromo-litho Advertising ephemera and scraps,

GB Topography 1900s/1950s & few subject cards in modern album including RP street scenes of Knott End, Claygate, Barnoldswick (2),

Germany 1932 PPC carried by Graf Zeppelin to Rio de Janeiro with red flight cachet, franked with rare 4Mk Zeppelin adhesive ovpt. POLAR- FAHRT 1931.

"Sport-Dresses No.2, Summer 1925", large format (33 x 19.5cm), original printed wraps, string bound, complete with 30 fine hand-coloured plates.

Germany - Allied Occupation 1945-48 collection in binder, M&U; with VG range of the Allied Military Post issues, various perfs, many postally used,

EVII to GVI period ranges in modern album with many street scenes including Builth Wells (RP), Preston, Kenilworth (RP), Islington (RP), Derby (RP),

GB topography & few subject cards in modern album; including North Staffs Rly. Officials (5); street scenes of Oldham, Wigan (2 RPs), Rochdale,

Great Britain First Class folding Booklets 1992-1999, a collection, complete with the Machin booklet panes. Face value £285. (31)

British Commonwealth mint collection neatly arranged in binder, largely UM and mostly QE2 to 1992 but with useful GV/GVI issues, many in sets;

West Germany 1949-1953 fine mint collection in album, either LM Mint or UM, very largely in sets including the scarce Posthorn definitives

"The Bath Rose", Joseph Myers & Co, 1860s, a fold-out multi-vignette novelty with illustrations both sides, complete with its original packet;

"Art - Gout - Beaute, Feuillets de l’Elegance Feminine", issues for Christmas 1922, March and November 1926 and September 1927;

Germany 1860s-1960s Covers & Cards with much Third Reich period; interest in Feldpost, censors, POW, Bahnpost, better frankings,

UK views & subjects, 1900s/30s, with some social history interest; includes useful RPs including 'The Weldbank Bachelors' (Chorley),

Mainly 1920s/60s ranges in modern album with interest in GB views, British royal family, Winston Churchill (3, including 1948 visit to Holland),

British Commonwealth ranges on 100s of approval sheets, neatly stored in envelopes, mostly used 20th Century with some earlier;

Raphael Tuck accumulation in storage box, with topography and subject cards of wide variety, some better greetings types etc. Mixed condition. (c.392)

"Art - Gout - Beaute, Feuillets de l’Elegance Feminine", issues for Christmas 1922, July 1923, and April & July 1926; all in the original wraps