Lockdales Auction 172 25-26 January 2020

125 Covers 2585 1942 George VI 2/6d yellow-green SG276b on registered First Day Cover. Prepared by Alcock of Cheltenham. Oval cancel with the dance repeated on the back. Very good, clean condition and a very scarce cover. £200 - £250 2586 Aviation Flight covers, mainly 1950 onwards, inc Commonwealth, USA, Philippines, New Zealand, Europe, BEA, Qantas, Empire Air Service 1938, Sabena, SAS, Trenton 1932, Guam 1941, Lufthansa, AUA, BOAC. (approx 54) £70 - £75 2587 Banana box tray of GB FDC's, tidy lot (approx 350+) Buyer collects £25 - £30 2588 Box of various GB FDC's housed in two albums, a clear folder and loose. Better noted inc KGVI 10 May ½d, 1d and 2½, CEPT Torquay slogan pmk, Geographical with Holiday booklet pane, few unusual pmks from the 1980's. (qty) Buyer collects £35 - £40 2589 Channel Island and I.O.M. Covers from c1969-1991. Good selection of pre decimal regional issues and high value definitives. Nice co-ordinated binders. (approx 430 covers) (Buyer collects) £50 - £55 2590 Collection of FDC's relating to Much Wenlock, Dorando Pietri, Henley Rowing, Duke Kahanemoku, Australia and Canadian sporting Legends, Eire. Together with a collection of Olympic labels inc 1940. (approx 50+ items) £60 - £70 2591 Covers, FDC’s, Presentation Packs, R.A.F., Commemorative Events, Silks, a few Channel Islands, mainly 1960-80’s, a few earlier. (approx 185) £25 - £30 2592 Cover, Postal History, Aviation, Argentina to Coventry 9th May 1930, rare Crash Cover with Accident d’ Aviation/Corresondences recueillies en mer/Ne pas Taxer, the plane crashed 10th May while flying between Buenos Aires and Natal, the mail and one passenger were saved, sent from Albert Herbert Ltd to their Headquarters in Coventry. £50 - £55 2593 Cover, Postal History, Aviation, Bolivia, 26th February 1940, from Cochabamba to Hamburg, Nazi censor label to reverse. £25 - £30 2594 Cover, Postal History, Aviation, Manila to San Francisco First Flight 2nd December 1935, with rubber stamp map, postally used Manila on 7 x Philippines stamps. £30 - £35 2595 GB - largely FDC's by volume in albums upto c2005, later with Bureau pmks. Main value in stockbook of UM modern Commemoratives. Album of mixed m and um decimal stamps. Album of Presentation Packs (x36), m/sheets, prestige booklet etc. Etc etc. Heavy lot (Buyer collects) £150 - £160 2596 GB FDC's in box, early 1970's to c2002. Values to £5. (approx 400 items) Buyer collects £40 - £45 2597 GB FDC's in box, several albums and loose from early 1970's (Post Office & Philart noted) to 1990's. Some Bureau postmarks, several sources. (Qty) Buyer collects £60 - £65 2598 GB FDC's on several albums (approx 30% Channel Is and I.O.M.) Some better eg 1953 Coronation, 1964 Shakespeare - Stratford pmk. Geographical, Botanical, etc, ordinary and phosphor covers. Worth viewing. (Buyer collects) £70 - £80 2599 GB range in 5x cover albums. Besides the normal Commemoratives and comprehensive run of booklet panes, both prestige and counter, likewise for decimal Machins, county and regional issues. Well worth a closer look. Heavy (Buyer collects) £70 - £80 2600 Large and heavy collection of Benham First Day covers (most are Large Silks series) of definitives, booklet panes, phosphor changes, Smiler sheets etc etc. All in special Benham albums. Very high face value of the stamps on the covers, a very attractive lot. (Buyer collects) £100 - £150 2601 Large box of various GB FDC's in albums and loose, wide range of types inc Silks. (Qty) Buyer collects £60 - £65 2602 Large box packed with assorted World FDC's etc. (Qty) Buyer collects £100 - £120 2603 London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, collection of Covers relating to many of the Olympic Sports, The Torch Relay and The Paralympic Games. (approx 70+ items) £40 - £50 2604 Military Mail, envelopes, airmail letters, cards etc., mainly GV onwards, inc. FPO, Censor labels, Egypt, India, Bermuda, Navy, Australia, USA, Nigeria etc. (approx 33) £40 - £45 2605 Railway Covers in red binder, wide range inc Talyllyn, Festiniog, Rheidol, Esklade, Ravenglass, TRPS, Romney & Hythe, etc. many Railway letter labels, some event covers. Plus packet of unused railway letter stamps from various lines. Nice clean lot (approx 65 covers) £24 - £26 2606 World Selection, Covers, FDC, Postal Stationery (11), Postcards, 1890’s to 1990’s, inc. Nazi (3), Nazi occupied Holland (1), Israel, Philippines, Aviation, Bulgaria, Japan, USA, South America, well worth a look. (approx 90) £60 - £65