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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

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number	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

Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.

Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.

Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.

Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500

Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th century

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.

Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.

Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.

Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.

Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026

Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Sotheby’s
Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
Collection Georgette J. Salles
Open for bidding 8-29 April

Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.

Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.

Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.

Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.