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Tennants Auctioneers: Stamps, Postcards and Postal History

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Auction Name	Stamps, Postcards and Postal History	Total Sales (GBP)	40,881.12
Auction Date	October 29, 2025 - October 29, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	18,280.00
Sale Number	#14269	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	24,560.00
Total Lots	56
Sold Lots	54.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	18,880.00
% of Lots Sold	96.43%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	25,460.00
Unsold Lots	2	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	160.57%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
23	Great Britain. The first album of a specialist collector		GBP 2,500.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 8,372.00
53	Great Britain. Decimal period booklets collection		GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,606.40
15	Great Britain. Sunderland and South Shields postal history hoard		GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 3,348.80
26	Great Britain. Specialist's balance of line-engraved stamps plus postal history from stampless onwards in several volumes		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,447.20
22	Great Britain. The 'British Islands' album from the estate of an Irish banker and whiskey heir collecting up to the 1920s		GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,674.40
72	Australia Postal History. A fascinating collection/accumulation of postal history on album pages and in a binder		GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 1,674.40
18	Great Britain. Interesting postal history		GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,416.80
24	Great Britain. Four volumes of penny reds from a specialist collector		GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 1,416.80
17	Great Britain. Correspondence to a Sunderland solicitors company		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,030.40
127	Worldwide Maritime Postal History. Wonderful accumulation of about 67 items of which 57 are pre-1900	pre-1900	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,030.40
81	Austria. Large balance of the estate of an Austria specialist		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 966.00
16	Great Britain. 1820s-1840s correspondence of 40+ letters (mostly the earlier years of that range) to a lady member of the Mason family at Burradon	1820s-1840s	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 708.40
66	Great Britain etc.. Three clear containers		GBP 70.00 - 90.00	GBP 644.00
99	St. Helena. Mint collection highly complete on Hagner pages in a binder		GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 579.60
106	Switzerland. Accumulation of over 2000 mint and used stamps from classics to modern in 13 club circuit-books		GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 579.60
125	Worldwide Postal History. Accumulation of interesting covers and cards from a philatelic estate		GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 540.96
126	Worldwide Postal History. Hundreds of 19th century to mid-20th century covers in a carton	19th century to mid-20th century	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 540.96
161	Assorted Postcards, two albums and loose		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 540.96
98	Portugal and Colonies. An album from the estate of an Irish banker and whiskey heir		GBP 250.00 - 300.00	GBP 515.20
124	Worldwide Postal History. Collection in four binders and small carton of loose		GBP 200.00 - 250.00	GBP 515.20
171	Mixed Postcards. A large collection of mixed postcards.		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 515.20
128	Worldwide Airmail Postal History. Collection of over 100 items of worldwide aerophilately written-up on pages or in sleeves in a binder		GBP 400.00 - 500.00	GBP 489.44
80	Austria. Special cancels in three volumes with'Tag Der Briefmarke' starting from 1935 Austrian leaders set first day		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 450.80
92	Ireland. Collection to 2000s mostly MNH or superb used to 2000s in three loose-leaf albums		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 450.80
70	Aden, Somaliland, etc.. Collection of Gulf protectorates in three binders and a stockbook		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 386.40

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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