First Day Covers: Range with various makers, incl 1953 Coronation (4, one to U.S.A. and taxed), 1963 Freedom from Hunger (2) and Red Cross Centenary, 1965 ITU Centenary, ICY (2), World Football Cup, WHO Headquarters, Unesco, 1966 Churchill (3), Tristan Garrison, 1967 Calshot Harbour, Duke of Edinburgh's Visit, 1968 Birds, St Helena Dependency (signed by artist), 1969 Clipper Ships, Gospel Society (signed by artist), 1970 Red Cross Centenary, Crawfish Industry, 6d National Savings Opt, 1971 Shackleton-Rowett Expedition (25)
Lot 1320
Estimate: $150
Range of picture postcards and real photos showing ships associated with Tristan da Cunha, including Caronia, Franconia, Bergensfjord, Sagasfjord, Lindblad Explorer, and British naval ships including Jaguar, Protector, London, Juno, Kent, Eskimo, Arethussa, etc. Excellent collateral material (27)
Lot 1321
Estimate: $400
Ship Mail: 1966-71 range of covers mostly bearing ship cachets, and including 1955 'Caronia' and 1957 'Bergensfjord' world cruises, 1963 MV 'Zeehan'(2), 1963 RMS 'Amazon', 1963 'Bornholm' (2), 1964 and 1965 'Jeanne d'Arc' covers, 1964 HMS 'Jaguar' (3) and HMS 'Protector', 1964 SS 'Brasil' (2), 1967 'Maria Martina', 1967 'Arethusa'1968 'Discoverer' (US Geodetic Survey), 1970 Yacht 'Stormy', 1970 RV 'Vema', 1970 'Lindblad Explorer'(2), 1971 MFV 'Hilary', 1971 'Albatros 2'. Generally very fine and a rarely offered group (33)
Lot 1322
Estimate: $50
Small group of covers, with 1954 6d on unaddressed cover, 1954 2d pair on 1956 unaddressed cover cancelled at Gough Island, 1960 ½d - 9d on unaddressed cover, and ½d - 6d on 1960 cover, 1965 ½d, 1d, 1½d, 1/-, 1/6 and 2/6 on PPC to Hong Kong, and 1971 cover with 6d National Savings opt block of 4 with University of Witwatersrand Medical Research Project cachet, all fine (6)
