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Tennants Auctioneers: Stamps, Post Cards, and Postal History

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Auction Name Stamps, Post Cards, and Postal History Total Sales (GBP) 12,261.76
Auction Date March 06, 2026 - March 06, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 0.00
Sale Number #14306 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 0.00
Total Lots 17
Sold Lots 17.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4

Great Britain etc. Collection of mainly 19th century issues written-up in a Senator album and two binders,

19th century Not Available GBP 2,447.20
72

Worldwide Airmail Postal History Collection/accumulation of flight-related covers in two large and two small binders, the large binders with about 300 First Flight covers/cards

 N/A Not Available GBP 1,545.60
73

Worldwide Ancestral accumulation in a leather and canvas suitcase, with vintage albums and loose stamps and postal history,

 19th to very early 20th century Not Available GBP 1,288.00
80

Worldwide The balance of an eclectic philatelist's holding, with stamp and postal history collections by country

pre-1950 Not Available GBP 1,094.80
65

British Commonwealth Collection and accumulation from a couple of generations of a family,

 1840-1935 Not Available GBP 901.60
7

Great Britain: Wales Llandudno Postal History and Postcards A clear container filled with a dedicated accumulation of postal history, postcards and ephemera of Llandudno, Wales,

N/A Not Available GBP 772.80
40

China Interesting postal history and collateral collection of approx. 100 items, covers, cards, old photographs,

 c.1907-1930s Not Available GBP 644.00
5

Great Britain Collection in several assorted volumes including QV and KEVII 10/- values,

N/A Not Available GBP 579.60
87

Two Vintage Postcard Albums, approx. 292 cards

N/A Not Available GBP 515.20
46

France Postal history collection in five assorted binders, interesting and varied range of 180+ covers/cards from pre-stamp to 1950s

 pre-stamp to 1950s Not Available GBP 450.80
21

Great Britain Presentation packs from pre-decimal to 2003 incl. 1998 Diana Welsh inscription, and FDCs from KGVI onwards,

 to 2003 Not Available GBP 412.16
61

Thematics: Birds and Butterflies Extensive collection in 14 volumes,

N/A Not Available GBP 412.16
88

Vintage Postcard Album. Mainly UK topographical cards, heavily focused on the Yorkshire.

N/A Not Available GBP 386.40
8

Great Britain A crate of postal history and FDCs,

N/A Not Available GBP 322.00
47

French Colonies Postal History Collection of 136 covers and cards in two binders,

19th century to 1950 Not Available GBP 257.60
62

USA Postal history accumulation in five assorted binders, 220+ items mainly 1860s to 1960s,

 1860s to 1960s, Not Available GBP 167.44
58

Salvaged Mail: 1937 Cygnus Crash Covers A modest collection of Great Britain and thematics in three albums,

1937 Not Available GBP 64.40
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.