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LOT 2593
Great Britain Davo Stamp Album
1840-1970 A.D.
12 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (1.73 kg total, 32.5 x 28.5 cm).
Great Britain (GB), Queen Victoria (QV), quality album in slipcase, 1840-170 unused and used, extensively complete except high values; approximately 653 stamps on 39 album pages of English stamps with 16 stamps absent (S.G. no's not checked), with the majority of the 456 mint stamps unhinged; a chance to acquire an almost complete collection which starts with an example of both the 1840 Penny Black and Two Pence Blue, Embosse Stamps of 1847-1854, Victorian issues through to 1901, plus diffinative and commemorative issues of King Edward VII, King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II.
Scroll to the bottom of the photo reel to see a video of the full album. [653]
Acquired on the UK philately market.
From a private UK collection.
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LOT 2593
Great Britain Davo Stamp Album
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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![Group of Forty [40] Mainly GB First Day Stamp Covers Each with UNC Coin.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/258221-s.jpg)
Group of Forty [40] Mainly GB First Day Stamp Covers Each with UNC Coin.
20th-21st century A.D.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Covers comprising: George Washington 2 Cents stamp with 22ct gold replica; 1996 £1 coin for Northern Ireland; Elizabeth II 70th birthday commemorative crown; a celebration of football £2 (2); a century of British motoring; Decus et Tutamen 1997 £1 (2); Hong Kong 5 dollar coin; Flights of Genius £2; 50th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip £5 (20); Royal beasts £1; NHS 1948-1998 50 pence; The Notting Hill Carnival 50 pence; The National Botanic Garden of Wales £1; The Archers 1951-2001; Northern Ireland £1 (2); extreme endeavours £1; collecting for posterity, 250 years of the British Museum; DNA discoveries £2; exploring the Menai Strairs £1; London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Sports Cover Collection, athletics 50 pence; The City of London £1; a fine day out on the Firth of Fourth, Scotland definitive coin cover £1; Royal Horticultural Society Bicentenary 1804-2004; Spanning the Oceans, From Steamships to Ocean Liners cunard; Classic Locomotives, 200years of British Steam Engines £2; William Wyon Bicentenary Medal; United Nations 1945-1995 £2; 50th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War £2; Commemorating the Centenary of the birth of R.J. Mitchell 1895-1995; True I am to my country £1 coin for Wales; The London 1908 Olympic Games, 100th Anniversary Celebration £2; A Celebration of Aviation Farnborough, from ballooning to the supersonic age; 50th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings 1944-1994 50 pence; The Bank of England 300 Years 1694-1994 £2; No-one Provokes Me with Impunity £1 for Scotland; supplied in a lidded storage box. 1.92 kg total including box, 19 x 11 - 22 x 11 cm
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Early Stamps from India
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Victorian (QV) stamps from india, mostly used with some mint hinged. 33 grams total, 12.5 x 8.5 cm
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain (GB) Postal History, Early 19th Century Pre-Stamp Covers
King George IV-King William IV, 1829-1837 A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Letter on cover sent from Droxford, Hampshire via Alton to Henry B Coles Esq. of Andover, Hampshire on 3rd July 1829, black ALTON stamp, 9d postal rate; letter on cover sent from Vere Street, London to B Coles Esq. of Andover, Hampshire on 10th August 1835, red cross date stamp, with red FREEPOST double ring type 40 stamp signifying EVENING POSTING; letter on cover sent from Andover, Hampshire to Fooks & Goodden of Sherborne, Dorset on 17th December 1835, red ANDOVER date stamp, 8d postal rate; letter on coverabout payment of goods sent from Andover, Hampshire to Chute (local) on 5th August 1837, red ANDOVER date stamp type 179, 1d postal rate. 88 grams total, album page: 28.2 x 25 cm
Acquired on the UK philately market. From a private UK collection.
