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SHIPPING LINES AND FERRIES |
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De La Rue
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1920 | New Zealand Federal Steamship Companies superb design with Maori chieftain bordered by carvings including tiki faces. DLR pneumatic series F with DLR courts with pinkish faces. 52 good VF with telescopic box in excellent condition. | £55 |
| 729 | De La Rue | 1920 | New Zealand Federal Steamship Companies superb design with Maori chieftain bordered by carvings including tiki faces. DLR pneumatic series F with DLR courts with pinkish faces. 52 good VF with telescopic box in excellent condition. | £55 |
| 510 |
Goodall
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1925 |
Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd Cunard Line Australasian Service. UK-New York-Australia-New Zealand. Ship, company flags and writing, white background. Linette brand wide cards. 52+telescopic box (missing top end of outer case). VF |
£45 |
| 511 | Goodall | 1925 |
Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd Cunard Line Australasian Service. UK-New York-Australia-New Zealand. Ship, company flags and writing, blue background. Linette brand wide cards. 52+telescopic box. VF |
£45 |
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Waddington |
1925 | Shaw Savill & Albion Line Mostly UK-Pacific routes. A good early scarce set, the earliest I've seen for this company for a while showing the company flag in a gold circle on an ornate gold filigree pattern with dark green background. An early Waddington deck with four indices and a seated joker. 52+J with original telescopic box. Traces of gold edges. Cards VF lightly used. |
£36 |
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| 991 |
De La Rue
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1925 | P&O shipping line. A scarce design featuring gold coloured kangaroos on a dark blue background with dominion emblems on a shield. Pneumatic cards, Goodall courts. Special Ace of Spades for P&O. Cards have seen quite a lot of use, slightly grubby, minor tear on 9D. Original telescopic box, both inner and outer missing end sections. 52 VF- | £38 |
| 535 | Goodall | 1930 |
Brocklebanks Cunard Service, Anchor Brocklebank and Well Lines. Double ended garter design with different inscription at either end. List of routes around the edge of the design. Blue white and gold on pink background. 52+box. Used VF |
£35 |
| 280 |
Unknown
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1930 |
French Line, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique. Shipping pack. Coloured flag and ship design on aquamarine background. 52+specially printed telescopic box. VF- (minor creases on a couple of cards). | £35 |
| 517 |
De La Rue
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1950 | Ellerman's City & Hall shipping line. African dancing girls in full colour of silver background with orange and silver border incorporating company flags. Special Ace of Spades. 52 with telescopic box in good condition. | £35 |
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Waddington |
1950 |
Aberdeen & Commonwealth Shipping Line full colour design with Scottie dog on beach. 52+J good VF with telescopic advertising box for the shipping line stating to Australia via Malta, Port Said and Colombo. |
£32 |
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| 994 | Oberg
Sweden
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1955 | Svenska Lloyd shipping a very good advertising deck for this company. Oberg court cards and distinctive pip shapes. 52+J with strong telescopic box (outer case faded). Glazed surfaced cards. Lightly used VF. | £22 |
| 418 | Waddington | 1955 | Shaw Savill Line painting of Southern Cross at sea in front of purple mountains with tug boat approaching. 52+J. Good VF | £20 |
| 633 |
Waddington
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1955 | Shaw Savill Line. The company flag encircling the globe. 52+J with special box in good condition showing world map with company wording. VF | £14 |
| 996 | De
La Rue
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1955 | British Tanker Co. Ltd. good full colour illustration of one of the company's tankers (identifiable but I can't make out the name on the bows) at sea, company flag in top left corner. 52 +j + telescopic box. Lightly used VF (minor tear to edge of QC) | £24 |
| 998 | Alf
Cooke
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1960 | Wilson Line Hull good illustration of a ship which ought to be identifiable. Mainly plying trade between Norway and England. Merged with Ellerman in 1973. A scarce issue for this company. Sealed in cellophane with original box. | £26 |
| 542 | Waddington | 1965 | Shaw Savill Line design with seahorse in back and white on green background. 52+2J+box (missing top flap). Unused EF. | £16 |
| 253 | De La Rue | 1965 | Ellerman shipping line design signed by E.Silas in colours with mauve silhouette of ship and Sydney Harbour Bridge in top left corner. Mint, sealed pack in good telescopic box. | £45 |
| 604 |
De La Rue
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1965 | Ellerman shipping line design signed by E.Silas in colours with mauve silhouette of ship and Sydney Harbour Bridge in top left corner. EF, celophane wrapper has been undone but cards have not been used at all. 52 +2J + complaints slip (D44) in original telescopic box in excellent condition. | £40 |
| 282 | De La Rue | 1965 | Ellerman shipping line design signed by Silas in colours with blue silhouette of ship sailing by Table Mountain. Mint, sealed pack in very clean telescopic box. | £40 |
| 254 |
De La Rue
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1965 | Federal Steam Navigation Co of New Zealand diagonally divided design showing ship’s bridge and funnel with company flag. DLR silhouette AS with white collar, harlequin jokers. Double pack with FSNCo hinge-lidded box. Mauve pack 52+J used VF, apricot pack 52+J unused EF. | £40 |
| 281 |
Waddington
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1965 |
Cunard QE2, photograph of the QE2 ocean liner with a gold coloured border. Amalgamated Playing Card Co Ace of Spades. 52 VF with correctly matching Cunard box. | £25 |
| 735 | Alf
Cooke
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1970 |
P & O Orient Lines a typically 1970s style design depicting a rather jolly looking Neptune with his trident. Yellow and silver on turquoise ground. 52 good VF with original box in excellent condition. | £20 |
RAILWAYS |
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| 334 |
Waddington
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1925 | Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament ‘Beautiful Britain’ series, dotted border, brown photo design on yellow background. (Almost certainly LNER AS) Sealed with tax wrapper in pictorial box in good condition. Fine item. | £40 |
| 546 |
Waddington
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1925 | Loch Long ‘Beautiful Britain’ series, dotted border, monochrome green photo design. (Almost certainly London and North Eastern Railway Ace of Spades) Sealed with tax wrapper in pictorial box in good condition. Fine item. | £48 |
| 726 |
Waddington
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1925 | Caister Castle London and North Eastern Railway pack. 'Beautiful Britain' series, block colour reverse with LNER wording and title. LNER Ace of Spades. 4 indices. One of the more difficult packs to find. 52+ box missing the top flap. Cards VF, good, used condition. | £36 |
| 509 | Waddington | 1925 | Melrose Abbey 'Beautiful Britain' series, dotted line borders. Brown photo design on yellow background. (Probably LNER AS) Sealed with tax wrapper. | £32 |
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ROAD TRANSPORT |
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| 1011 | Waddington
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1950 | Austin A40 Devon/Dorset The Dorset was the two-door version in this popular and long lasting 'A series' of Austin motor cars. This A40 version was in production from 1947 to 1952. Waddington produced this deck in two colourways, red and green. This is the green version. Mint, tax wrapped with original box. | £48 |
| 990 | Waddington
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1950 | Austin A40 Devon/Dorset The Dorset was the two-door version in this popular and long lasting 'A series' of Austin motor cars. This A40 version was in production from 1947 to 1952. Waddington produced this deck in two colourways, red and green. Red version. 52 lightly used, no creases. VF with original box missing top flap | £30 |
| 235 | Waddington | 1955 | Midcyl, Midland Motor Cylinder Co Ltd. Birmid Works Smethwick, makers of cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, compression parts. 52+J with original box missing top flap.VF | £12 |
| 518 |
Alf Cooke
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1955 | Oldham batteries. Attractive lady sitting in open top sports car. Silver border. 52 + 2J + box (excellent). EF |
£25 |
| 550 | Alf Cooke | 1955 | Oldham batteries. Attractive lady sitting in open top sports car. Gold border. Sealed pack, slight tear to seal along bottom edge, with box in very good condition. |
£28 |
| 519 | Alf Cooke | 1955 | Oldham batteries. Simple design with company name and small logo in centre. Dark pink with gold writing. Sealed pack in tax wrapper + box (excellent). |
£15 |
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AIRLINES and AEROPLANES |
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De La Rue |
1955 |
BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation. An advertising pack with a specially commissioned Ace of Spades. The reverse design showing various birds and the BOAC logo on a blue background. 52+J in VF condition. |
£18 |
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De La Rue |
1960 |
BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation. A double advertising deck with a different design from #731 above. Slightly later production, additional wording on the special AS. 52+J and 52+J with original box with BOAC logo in top left corner. Both decks in lightly used condition. A nice set. |
£48 |
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Carta Mundi |
1980 |
British Airways CONCORDE advertising set. Gilded corners to the cards. 52+J+1 in mint condition, with original box which has been repaired with selotape. |
£16 |
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Carta Mundi |
1980 |
QANTAS An advertising pack for the Australian national airline. Unused 52 cards plus 3 jokers and the original box. |
£5 |
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probably Belgium |
1985 |
British Airways History of Passenger Flight A sealed set in original box in mint condition, the box is entirely wrapped inside the seal. (The set contains 52 cards with illustrations of aircraft, 2 unusual jokers and 2 additional cards giving a list of all the illustrations and an order card). Illustration shows the sealed set over a sample of the cards. |
reserved £10 |
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