Argyll Etkin Limited

Due to a police incident at Leicester Square we are not open today, we will resume Tuesday morning

We have two Auctions coming up in October

7th October is Bermuda which is 1 day

And

27th and 28th Postal History which is 2 days

Lot 182 William George Auction

Great Britain - QEII Small profile portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The portraits showing HM Queen Elizabeth looking left wearing a tiara are printers preliminary artwork to show how the head would appear on an essay. After a study by renowned photographer Anthony Buckley the head was used inter alia on: British Virgin Islands 1979 Wildlife Conservation and 1982 Hummingbirds, Cayman Islands 1984 Birds, Gibraltar 1978 25th Anniversary of Coronation and 1982 Aircraft definitives, Gilbert Islands 1978 Christmas, St. Helena 1968 30th anniversary of Tristan da Cunha, Seychelles 1967 International Tourist year, Solomon Islands 1982 Eagles and 1984 Fungi, and Tristan da Cunha 1983 Raphael paintings. £325

Lot 181 William George Auction

G.B. - Royalty 1897 O.H.M.S. Government Telegram (a few faults) from Balmoral to Buckingham Palace, with a good impression of the very uncommon "BALMORAL" c.d.s. £250

Lot 180 William George Auction

Great Britain 1973 Royalty Fine First Day Cover to celebrate the Wedding of Princess Anne to Captain Mark Phillips 14th November 1973, signed by Captain Phillips, unaddressed.
£175

Lot 179 William George Auction

G.B. - Queen Elizabeth II 1977 Preliminary sketch by Patrick Oxenham for the British Wildlife issue, of a squirrel drawn in pencil on tracing paper. Also a PHQ card of the issued 9p stamp showing a squirrel posted on the First Day of Issue and signed by the designer, Patrick Oxenham. A unique piece of artwork. £125

Lot 178 William George Auction

G.B. - Queen Elizabeth II 1977 Preliminary sketch by Patrick Oxenham for the British Wildlife issue, of an otter drawn in pencil on tracing paper. Also a PHQ card of the issue 9p stamp showing an otter posted on the First Day of issue and signed by the designer, Patrick Oxenham. A unique piece of artwork. £125

Lot 177 William George Auction

Great Britain 1978 Two fine First Day Covers to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II issue 31st May 1978, one signed by Prince Edward Duke of Kent and his wife Katherine Duchess of Kent, label addressed. £120

Lot 176 William George Auction

Great Britain - Railways 1918/19 Three Waybills from Maryport & Carlisle Railway for Pigeon Racing comprising: hampers of pigeons from Bulgull to Harrington - (1) 8th May 1918 with hamper costing 8d; (2) 19th April 1919 with hamper costing 1s6d. An interesting group. £225

Lot 175 William George Auction

G.B. - First Day Covers 1911 J.P.S. Coronation Day advertising leaflet bearing King George V 1/2d posted from London to U.S.A. on June 22nd, the First Day of issue of this stamp. £150

Lot 174 William George Auction

G.B. - Ireland 1909 Telegram form (some faults) with message sent by radio to the S. S. "Cedric", bearing KEVII 6d and 1/- blocks of seven and eight, each stamp cancelled by the very scarce "VICE REGAL LODGE" c.d.s. with a further strike on the form. A remarkable item to have survived. £950

Lot 173 William George Auction

Great Britain - Ireland 1922 GB 1d newspaper wrapper with scarce 1922 Irish Free State trial overprint. £950

Lot 172 William George Auction

Great Britain - Ireland 1922 King George V GB 1 1/2d letter card with 1/2d stamp added with scarce 1922 Irish Free State trial overprints. £1100

Lot 171 William George Auction

Ireland 1922 1.1/2d Thorn five line overprint, unmounted mint marginal block of six (upper right stamp torn), the central right stamp with the variety "PENCF" corrected (row 15, stamp 12), the variety fine and scarce. £250

Lot 170 William George Auction

G.b. - Air Mails / World War One / France 1919 (July 28) Stampless O.H.M.S. cover flown by R.A.F., aircraft from Paris to London with cachets "ROYAL AIR FORCE / A.P.O.S.5/ B.E.F." and circular "FOREIGN AIRCRAFT SERVICES / 28 JUL 19 / 3". Very scarce. £350

Lot 169 William George Auction

G.B. - Air Mails 1923 (Oct 13) Lympne Motor Gliding Meeting cover to London bearing the blue vignette "Carried by / MOTOR GLIDER / from / LYMPNE to HASTINGLEIGH" with KGV 1.1/2d cancelled at Hastingleigh, signed by the pilot J. Herbert James. Only 25 flown covers were signed by the pilot. £150

Lot 168 William George Auction

Great Britain - Airletters 1971 5 Pence Machin unissued air letter essay. The address panel is 210 x 100mm, a proposed new size. The essay is printed on blue paper with white clouds, the stamp with handstruck 'CANCELLED' 19 x 2 1/2mm and the air letter handstamped "Essays' in black. Rare and unusual. £325

Lot 167 William George Auction

G.B. Railways 1880/1906 A most useful group of stamps from the Manchester and Milford (Haven) Railway headquartered in Aberystwyth, Wales. Manchester & Milford Railway c.1866 One Newspaper 1/2d red, (4), large prepaid Newspaper Parcel 2c used and 3d mint with controls, 1d (2), 2d (3 green or blue paper), 3d (2) mint without controls, also a 1d stamp attached to a 1906 letter to L'Estrange Ewen. Ewen 1/7. A scarce group. (14) £450

Lot 166 William George Auction

G.B. - Scotland 1881 Christmas Card from the Officers of the Edinburgh Post Office, illustrated with two fine engravings of Holyrood Palace and the G.P.O. at Edinburgh. £250

Lot 165 William George Auction

G.B. - Railways 1895 1/2d Postal stationery postcard written from Magdalen to Lynn, bearing a Great Eastern Railway 2d letter stamp cancelled by violet "MAGDALEN/ROAD" and a manuscript cross, the card and stamp both tied by Kings Lynn squared circle. The card was received at Lynn at 3.15p.m. and informs the addressee that evenings meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. will now be on the following day. A very unusual use of a 1/2d card sent as a railway letter, written up on an album page with a postcard of the G.E.R. Continental Express. £450

Lot 164 William George Auction

G.B. - Railways 1895 (Aug 16) Cover from Ashtead to London endorsed "Railway Letter", bearing a 1d lilac cancelled at London S.E. and a London & South Western Railway 2d letter stamp cancelled by straight line "ASHTEAD" and the date in manuscript, both stamps also cancelled by violet oval "UP PARCEL OFFICE / L & S.W.R. / WATERLOO". An attractive commercial railway letter. £225

Lot 163 William George Auction

G.B. - Railways 1898 Cover to Dunfermline endorsed "Railway Letter to be posted on arrival at Dunfermline", bearing a 1d lilac and 2d North British Railway Co stamp both cancelled by several strikes of straight line violet "INVERKEITHING", the 1d lilac also cancelled by a Dunfermline c.d.s., the reverse bearing the label "North British Railway / PARCEL / FROM" with a further strike of the "INVERKEITHING" handstamp below. A fine railway letter, well written up on an album page with a 1906 postcard posted from Prestonpans to Canada showing a train and railway staff, endorsed by the sender "special train". £475

Lot 162 William George Auction

G.B. - Advertising Envelopes 1899 Coloured advertising envelope for "Carters Big Wheel Fruit Juices, Wilder St, Bristol" depicting a fairground big wheel, posted within Bristol franked 1d. Very fine and attractive. £250

Lot 161 William George Auction

G.B. - Railways 1900 Red New Correspondence envelope sent from Clayton to the editor of the Observer at Bradford bearing Great Northern Railway 2d News Letter stamp. £150

Lot 160 William George Auction

G.B. - Ship Letters - Blyth / Iceland 1903 10aur + 10aur Postal stationery reply card, the outward half used to Germany with scarce "SHIP LETTER / BLYTH NORTHD" handstamp (Rob. S3, the first recorded year of use) and an arrival datestamp pf Brandenburg. £450