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Tennants Auctioneers: Stamps, Postal History and Postcards

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Auction Name Stamps, Postal History and Postcards Total Sales (GBP) 178,176.00
Auction Date March 15, 2023 - March 15, 2023 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 81,940.00
Sale Number #14017 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 104,930.00
Total Lots 285
Sold Lots 257.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 87,420.00
% of Lots Sold 90.18% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 111,760.00
Unsold Lots 28 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 159.43%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
109

Monumental no-expense-spared commemorative cover collection/accumulation in six cartons/containers, a large proportion signed including Nelson Mandela (2), Margaret Thatcher (2), RAF and Royal Navy covers with lots of signatures (probably 400 signed) incl

GBP 10,000.00 - 12,500.00 GBP 15,600.00
286

An Outstanding Album Containing Quality Topographic Postcards Many of Southern Counties.

GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,000.00
74

1924 and 1925 Wembley British Empire Exhibition sets in never hinged complete sheets of sixty, each set x2 sheets (ie.

1924 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 5,400.00
204

An 1862 edition Lallier album in good condition (one of the two clasps working), very well-filled with several hundred stamps, N.B.

1862 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 5,400.00
87

The 1948 Silver Wedding omnibus set (sans GB) in faultless mint never hinged margin blocks of four, the majority corner marginal including the key Hong Kong, Singapore, Northern Rhodesia (plate block) etc., the lower values in blocks of nine to nicely mat

1948 GBP 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 4,200.00
111

Collections and accumulation in two containers and a large suitcase, with several albums of mint QEII sets as well as occasional KGV short sets, country collections of Hong Kong and Gibraltar (N.B.

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,200.00
80

Another album as the last lot, this time filled with mint never hinged panes and large multiples of the Provisional Govt.

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,600.00
99

One of the principal volumes in the collection, intact as received aside from the Western Ukraine section (see Lot 101).

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 3,600.00
112

Balance accumulation in two containers, including two fat stockbooks stuffed with disorganised country ranges, including much good British Commonwealth, Egypt, China incl.

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
246

A Tan Album Containing Approx. 280 Postcards of Huddersfield and Area including Slaithwaite, Holmfirth, Lindley, Marsden, Kirkheaton, Kirkburton, Bradley, Milnsbridge, Gocar and Meltham

GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,880.00
113

Old-time holding in two suitcases from previous generations of the family, with early albums, tobacco tins, much loose postal history from 1840 2d blue onwards, envelopes within envelopes with thousands of stamps off- and on-paper, noted 1949 UPU mint set

1840 GBP 500.00 - 750.00 GBP 2,640.00
97

Collection to 2002 in three loose-leaf albums, including #1 (unused, faults), a good range of First World War occupation overprints incl.

GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,280.00
120

1840 group with twenty-four penny blacks of which at least fourteen are four-margins (some hidden faults) including two on cover, along with two 2d blues (both three-margins) and a well-preserved unused 1d Mulready envelope (stereo A11).

1840 GBP 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,280.00
162

Wonderful specialised collection on the Post Office Training School overprints, many hundreds of stamps including booklet panes, stationery items, covers, etc.

GBP 500.00 - 750.00 GBP 2,280.00
23

Line-engraved stamps and covers in three old loose-leaf albums, starting with eleven penny blacks incl.

GBP 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,160.00
98

Serious collection in eight volumes, 1857 to 2004, the first volume a KaBe hingeless album with extra printed pages for varieties, many further varieties outside the printed spaces and on blank leaves and back of pages.

1857 GBP 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,160.00
102

Three-volume collection, used 19th century and increasingly mint from mid 20th century, including three penny blacks, each with four margins (though first with small scuff at bottom frame) and two being very appealing examples of the black MX and red MX c

19th century GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,160.00
186

Green Stanley Gibbons King George VI album well-filled with mint stamps and occasional used, many better issues including (mint unless otherwise stated) Bermuda high values complete, Cyprus 1938 set, Hong Kong $10 green and violet used, Northern Rhodesia

1938 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 2,160.00
77

1929 Postal Union Congress control number blocks of eight MNH: ½d K29 x 10, 1d K29 x13 (plus a block of six), 1½d K29 x9, 2½ blue K29 x9 and 2½d pale blue L29.

1929 GBP 500.00 - 750.00 GBP 2,040.00
76

1925 British Empire Exhibition set in full never hinged sheets of sixty, as supplied as new issues from the exhibition.

1925 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 1,920.00
184

Collector's accumulation in several albums, virtually everything pre-1950, with New Ideal album including interesting Indian States, British Africa, Natal 1902 £1.10 mint (SG.143, cat. £600), Nauru and NWPI mint to 10/- with vibrant colours and unchecked

pre-1950 GBP 500.00 - 750.00 GBP 1,920.00
182

Grocer's box and additional small carton of presentation packs to 2019, many with more than one souvenir sheet inserted.

2019 GBP 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,800.00
191

Suitcase (blue) with new ideal albums (3) including Kelantan mint, ?? 10r

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,680.00
216

Interesting collection and accumulation in three large cartons and four smaller boxes, chiefly a collection in seven large binders, the first three with a didactic presentation on stamp collecting and history of the posts with Bishop marks of 1753 and 178

1753 and 1787, 1799 GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,680.00
90

Good balance of the holding in four containers, by volume mainly 1960s-'80s British Commonwealth new issues in card envelopes, however more interesting material includes large Manila envelope of Irish off-paper quantities with many 100s of the overprints,

1960s-'80s GBP 500.00 - 750.00 GBP 1,560.00
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