Welcome to our fourth online timed auction, which sees us se...

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Welcome to our fourth online timed auction, which sees us seriously starting to shift items from our stock as I move towards semi-retirement - there are single items, covers, small collections, some modest wholesale batches, and cheaper lots.

The sale is now live and you can bid on any lots. At 11:00am on Tuesday 3rd May the first lot will end, the next twenty seconds later, another twenty seconds after that, and so on until just after 9:00pm.

To avoid confusion with our live auction, the first lot number in this sale is 1000.

INSTRUCTIONS AND RULES for online bidders;

If you are new to this platform, please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions - both for EasyLive Auction and for ourselves. You must register with EasyLive Auction before you make any online bids. EasyLive Auction charge a fee of 3% + v.a.t. (= 3.6%) on the selling price, which we collect on their behalf (there is no option for the single up-front fee in timed auctions). No bids will be accepted below the lower estimate price.

VIEWING; Due to Covid restrictions, viewing in person is restricted, but can can arranged at our shop by appointment. Extra information about lots is available - all requests will be considered.

TELEPHONES; Our phone lines are only staffed at certain times. In the days preceding this auction this will be Monday 25th to Friday 29th April 10am-11am each day, Saturday 30th April 2-3pm, and Monday 2nd May (date of live auction) 10am to 12 Noon (Tuesday 23rd November to be arranged).

NB some catalogue prices in the lot listings are from older editions, as some of the cataloguing work is done from home without always having latest catalogues to hand.

Our Buyer’s Premium is 14.4% (12% + v.a.t.).

CROSS-REFERENCES
Perfins; see New Zealand (Fiscals)
Thematic; Christmas; see Greenland
Lighthouses; (see Scottish Postal History 1846)
Ships; see French Southern and Antarctic Territories
Sport/Olympics; see Covers (1980), Greece
Cinderellas; see Documents, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Epirus, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italian Colonies, Kenya, Malaya, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago, USA, UK PNCs (1996), UK Cinderellas.
Forgeries; see Canada, Finland, South Africa (Mafeking, Transvaal), UK Covers (1840).
Philatelic Numismatic Covers; see two main section (PNCs, and UK PNCs), plus Gibraltar, Greenland, and Ireland.
Philatelia; see UK Covers (1884-93).
Maps; see Scottish Postal History (1825)
Ephemera; see USA
Postcards; see Covers (paquebot pmks.), China, NZ (1908)
Alaska; see USA
Ceylon; see UK Ship Letters (1847)
Guernsey; see UK FDCs (1946)
India; see UK Postal History (Ship Letters)
Ireland; see UK Postal History (1898)
Poland; see UK Cinderellas
South Africa; see UK (Covers 1897)
USA; see UK Ship Letters (1840)
UK Postal Orders; see Banknotes.

ABBREVIATIONS used in the catalogue;
m./u.m. mounted/unmounted mint
accum. accumulation
l.m.m. lightly mounted mint
colln. collection
g./f.u. good/fine used
unu. unused
v.f.u. very fine used
inc. including
FDC first day cover
cat. catalogue price
lvs. album leaves
bkt. booklet
s.t.c. stated to catalogue (by vendor)
m.s. miniature sheet
S.o.W. “Stamps of the World” catalogue
PNC philatelic numismatic cover
c. circa (usually approximate quantity)
PTSA priced to sell at
c.d.s. circular datestamp
PSB prestige stamp booklet
seln. selection
p.stat. postal stationery
pmk. postmark
Coins/Notes; unc = uncirculated, EF = extremely fine, VF = very fine, F = fine

We have a live auction the day before this one, and will do our best to send purchases from both sales together.