SOLD FOR £80
Estonia Forerunner. Cover. 1866 1k in vertical block of six stamps and 1 x 10k stamp on wrapper, from Reval to London. Addressed to NM Rothschild & Sons. Unusual franking to this destination. Various transit marks including Bus Russland in red, and railway postmark. Reval C.D.S. dated 16.Okt. 1872. Scarce. 2.56. 178.24278 A, together with Greece. Cover. Wrapper from Syros to Trieste bearing 1872/5 5L grey green stamp, 10L orange red and 40L dull reddish brown, in stepped franking cancelled by 2 x Syros C.D.S. Fine clean item. All stamps with full margins. Very attractive. 2.188. 178.24281 A, as purchased from Stanley Gibbons in 1978
SOLD FOR £200
GB Penny Black stamp. Plate 2. A superb example lettered HA used on large piece. The stamp is cancelled with a deep red Maltese cross and the piece bears a Wigan C.D.S. for MY.20.1840 in the same colour. An attractive item of early usage. Scarce. SG 2 Used. 9.01. 178.24221 A, as purchased from Stanley Gibbons in 1978
SOLD FOR £90
Great Britain 1870 1/2d Rose-Red plate 11. A very fine O.G. block of four stamps. (A few split serfs but well centred for this issue with fresh colour). Unused. SG48. 9.03. 178.24348A, as purchased from Stanley Gibbons in 1978
SOLD FOR £740
A 19th Century circular black marble pietra dura table with inlaid Cockatoo, moth, flowers and foliage raised on a gilt metal bamboo frame 46cm h x 89cm w
SOLD FOR £1800
Churchill Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill to include The Collected Works ( 34 vols ) and Collected Essays ( 4 vols ) with rare subscribers uncorrected proof copy of Vol 1 ( 39 vols total ), London Library of Imperial History 1973-76, bound in original gilt and vellum, 8vo, no slipcases, limited edition set of 1750.
SOLD FOR £360
Thatcher Margaret. "The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher", Harper Collins 1997, Limited edition No 25/200, signed by author, bound in blue crushed Morocco with cloth slip case
SOLD FOR £80
Thatcher Margaret, "The Downing Street Years 1993"; "The Path to Power 1995"; "Statecraft 2002", each signed by author (Statecraft pasted card signature), pub. Harper Collins, all with dust jackets, 8vo.
SOLD FOR £1650
Churchill Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965), "My Early Life", First Edition Butterworth 1930, bound by Bayntun Riviere for Asprey in Cosway-style red crushed Morocco and gilt, 8vo, cover inset miniature watercolour portrait of Churchill, red cloth slipcase
SOLD FOR £190
A gentleman's black top hat marked Superfine Made in England London, size 7 1/4, complete with leather carrying case
SOLD FOR £120
A gilt bronze figure of a standing cockerel 31cm x 35cm
SOLD FOR £150
A 19th Century Continental bronze figure of a seated lady and gentleman, raised on a shaped marble base 20cm x 18cm x 10cm
SOLD FOR £180
**Franta Belsky (Czechoslovakian 1921-2000), a bronzed resin figure of Sir Winston Churchill with right foot forward, holding his hat in his left hand, his right arm outstretched (lacking a walking cane) on a plinth base, signed and dated 1976, with copyright mark, 22.5cm ** Please Note - Artists Re-Sale Rights may be payable on this lot
SOLD FOR £1000
Franz Hagenauer (Austrian 1906-1986), a carved wooden figure of a reclining hound with metal collar, raised on a steel base, impressed marks Atelier Hagenauer Wien, stamped WHW, Made in Vienna Austria, 65cm
SOLD FOR £100
A 17th Century double side Map of Sussex by Jodicus Hondius, John Speede and John Norden - "Sussex, described and divided", hand coloured etching with index of rapes verso
SOLD FOR £110
A 19th Century engraving, half length study of Robert Burns, born MDCCLIX died MDCCXCVI, contained in a eglomise mount with thistle corners, inscribed Private plate 1830, contained in a gilt wood frame with shell corners 50cm x 39cm
SOLD FOR £90
Three silver commemorative crowns, commemorating The Queen's Silver Jubilee, a 1947-1972 ditto and a 1977 Jubilee ditto, all cased, 150 grams
SOLD FOR £110
Six commemorative silver proof coins, commemorating the marriage of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer 1981, cased with certificates
SOLD FOR £110
A 20th Century Chinese pottery figure of a seated Bodhisattva on a rectangular plinth, converted to a table lamp 44cm
SOLD FOR £60
A 20th Century Chinese rounded rectangular dish and cover in the form of a nesting chicken 23cm, a ditto of a cockerel 25cm
SOLD FOR £180
A 19th Century Continental octagonal walnut drum table with inlaid octagonal panel to the top with wreath and lyre, fitted 4 long and 4 short drawers, raised on bulbous turned column support with carved dolphin supports 73cm h x 55cm w x 54cm d
SOLD FOR £90
A bottle of 1982 Churchill's Vintage port, Churchill Graham Ltd, Oporto, signed by Margaret Thatcher and with dedication "For Alex Segal" contained in a domed wooden box 19cm h x 36cm w x 15cm d
SOLD FOR £90
Kingnum, a vintage bottle of one half gallon Produce of Scotland blended whisky, blended in Scotland, bottled by Ainsley, Dunn & Company Ltd
SOLD FOR £95
A Georgian cordial with white twist stem 16cm, a ditto 15cm and a flared neck cordial 16cm
SOLD FOR £640
John and Elinor McGuire McGuire/Ebro Furniture, a set of 8 mid century bamboo dining chairs comprising 2 carvers and 6 standard chairs with swab cushions, labelled MAGUIRE EBRO, 92cm x 58cm x 50cm
SOLD FOR £540
A 19th Century William and Mary style Chinese black lacquered cabinet with gilt decoration of landscape, trees, ornamental pheasants and pavilion, raised on bracket feet 76 cm h x 93cm w x 50cm d (the interior later converted for use as a cocktail cabinet)