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ITEM
No |
MAKER |
c.DATE |
DETAILS
inc. CONDITION (Mint, EF, VF with
±, Fair, Poor)
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PRICE |
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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 |
|
857 |
Waddington
|
1925 |
Orient
Line to Australia A really lovely early double patience set of
cards in outstanding condition. Not rare, but I haven't seen one as good
as this before. 52+J and 52+J (44x67mm) with bright gold edges.
Non-standard Ace of Spades for the Orient Line. Complete with special
crested box, with advert inside, in excellent condition and gold edged 40
page booklet 'Some patience games' explained by HAH Carson printed by
Waddington in 1924 with back page advert for Orient Line Mail Steamers. An
excellent present for someone.... |
£30 |
|
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 |
|
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. |
£35 |
|
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 |
| 840 |
De La Rue |
1957 |
Port Line. Painting
of the Port Nelson probably entering the Thames with a barge and
sailing vessel nearby. This ship was scrapped in 1972. DLR silhouette duty
Ace. 52 + J + original box VF |
£18 |
|
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. |
£22 |
| 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 |
|
573 |
Russian Maker (GKM) |
1970 |
Morflot
Russian
merchant marine with Slavonic pattern cards 52+2J+2 blank+box. VF |
£12 |
RAILWAYS |
|
776 |
De La Rue
|
1905 |
Railway
Pocket playing
cards These were produced for sale at railway bookstalls. Anonymous
De La Rue Ace of Spades. 2 indices, De La Rue courts in colour printing.
52+box VF. (The telescopic box has been neatly taped in the past with
proper book tape and is complete, lack of pink surfacing to one end flap.)
Unusual item. |
£25 |
|
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.
|
£50 |
| 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 |
| 678 |
Waddington
|
1930 |
Cambridge
Beautiful
Britain series, early edition with dotted line
borders,
monochrome mauves, London and North Eastern Railway Ace. Good
condition. 52 VF with original box (box in good
condition but slightly discoloured and one top flap missing.) |
£25 |
|
493 |
Waddington |
1930 |
London
& North Eastern Railway (LNER) Beautiful Britain series
picture of Tower (of London) and Tower Bridge in
monochrome browns on pale yellow ground, thick and thin
frame lines. LNER Ace of Spades, second type. 52 + blank,
VF with special box (stained patch and with some surface
damage.) |
£24 |
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ROAD
TRANSPORT |
| 842 |
Goodall
|
1920 |
Shell
Aviation Motor Spirit a superb advertising pack for Shell showing an
airfield with bi-plane and a splendid Rolls Royce in the foreground with
its occupants about to board the plane. The two Shell petrol cans and the
four shell symbols are in gold printing. 52 + joker in lovely condition
VF+ |
sold
£60 |
| 866 |
De
La Rue
|
1920 |
Pass &
Joyce motor dealers a good advertising pack for this company with an
illustration signed to AH Pass from Bruce Bairnsfather with a short
verse from Old Bill, Bairnsfather's World War 1 soldier from the trenches.
Pneumatic surfaced cards. There are faults shown in the illustration 6
cards are stained (5 illustrated) and one has a small tear (also shown)
the others are with some creases but perfectly collectable. Rare and
desirable. |
£60 |
| 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 |
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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 |
|
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. |
£10 |
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