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ITEM No   MAKER  c.DATE 

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SHIPPING LINES AND FERRIES

600 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
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

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

1037

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

991 De La Rue

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

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

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

473

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

994 Oberg Sweden

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

334 Waddington

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

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

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

ROAD TRANSPORT

1011 Waddington

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

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

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

AIRLINES and AEROPLANES

731

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

1006

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

732

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

632

Carta Mundi

1980

QANTAS An advertising pack for the Australian national airline. Unused 52 cards plus 3 jokers and the original box.

£5

734

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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