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SCOTTISH POSTAL HISTORYfrom the collection of the late David C. JefferiesPostal History Monday 3 October 2005 Postal History

at 7.00pmCatalogue of Scottish Postal History to be sold by Public Auction, within the

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David Jefferies was well known for many things, amongst which were his great knowledge of and enthusiasm for the two subjects we are offering in today’s auctions; Cinderellas and Scottish Postal History.

David was one of the instrumental names in the establishment of Scottish Postal History as a serious area of study. Along with some other well-known names, he founded the Scottish Postmark Group, and their series of publications were very important in laying foundations upon which numerous later collectors built our current thorough knowledge.

This must be one of the best collections of Scottish Postal History to appear at auction in recent years. It is quite different from some others however in that such a wide variety is covered; in areas, in types, in ages, and in values. I am sure that this current offering will give fresh impetus to the hobby, bringing new material into the hands of another generation of collectors. Much that is sold here will appear over the coming months and years in society displays, competitive exhibits, humble collections - and in dealer’s boxes.The Saint Kilda collection is outstanding, and appears as the last section of this catalogue.

We suggest you spend a little time checking the various sections for your interests. For example, the keen Ayrshire collector would be disappointed to miss the interesting items in the Prisoner of War section, or the Western Islands enthusiast might miss the Davaar cover (which is in the “Cachets” section).

SCOTTISH POSTAL HISTORY

Collections and Mixed Lots. This first section forms the main run of the collection; a “simple” collection of postmarks

arranged on pages alphabetically by post office name, housed in file boxes. Everything is included from pre-stamp items, through Queen Victoria, into more modern, and sometimes almost up-to-date. Due to the arrangement it would not be feasible to offer this in town or county sections, so it is simply offered box-by-box. As a random example, we picked box “F” which runs from Fair Isle, Fairlie, and Fairmilehead, through to Furnace, Fushie Bridge, and Fyvie, with Falkirk and Fort William as two of the biggest. This box contains 209 covers or cards, 760 pieces (or identifiable postmarks on stamps), and about 40 other items (mainly photographs of post offices). This is a full box, and all boxes are about equally as full unless mentioned..Condition is generally good to fine, with some here and there either poor or well above average. [Note that lots numbered 1 to 232 make up our Cinderellas auction on the same day.]

233 Abbey St. Bathans to Alyth. .. .. .. .. .. £100.234 Amhuinnsuidh to Ayton. .. .. .. .. .. £100.235 Back to Blantyre. .. .. .. .. .. .. £150.236 Boarhills to Byres Road. .. .. .. .. .. £150.237 Cadham to Colvend (very full box). .. .. .. .. £150.238 Comely Bank to Cushnie. .. .. .. .. .. £100.239 Dailly to Dumgoyne. .. .. .. .. .. £150.240 Dunalastair to Dysart. .. .. .. .. .. £150241 Eaglesfield to Eyemouth, excluding Edinburgh. (about 60% full box). .. £100.242 Edinburgh only (with many duplex marks on pieces with 1d reds, often sorted by type and

code letter). (About 70% full box). .. .. .. .. £150.243 Fair Isle to Fyvie. .. .. .. .. .. .. £200.244 Gailes Camp to Guthrie, excluding Glasgow. .. .. .. £200.245 Glasgow only (about 30% full box). .. .. .. .. 50.246 Haddington to Hyndland. .. .. .. .. .. £200.247 Ibrox to Jura (over-filled box). .. .. .. .. .. £200.248 Kames to Kilwinning. .. .. .. .. .. £150.249 Kinbrace to Kylesku. .. .. .. .. .. £150.

250 Lady to Leadhills. .. .. .. .. .. .. £150.Scottish Postal History, 3 October 2005 Page 3 Estimate .

Collections and Mixed Lots, continued.251 Ledaig to Livingston Station. .. .. .. .. .. £200.252 Loanhead to Lyth. .. .. .. .. .. .. £100.253 Macduff to Mire. .. .. .. .. .. .. £150.254 Mochrum to Mylnefield, and Oakbank to Oykel. .. .. .. £200.255 Nairn to Nunton (very full). .. .. .. .. .. £150.256 Paisley to Pluscarden. .. .. .. .. .. £150.257 Polbeth to Pumpherston. .. .. .. .. .. £100.258 Quarff to Ruthwell. .. .. .. .. .. .. £100.259 Saddell to Sprouston. .. .. .. .. .. £150.260 Stafford Street to Symington. .. .. .. .. .. £150.261 Tain to Tynron. .. .. .. .. .. .. £100.262 Uddingston to Yoker. .. .. .. .. .. £150.

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263 Carton filled with bundles of covers, much of it sorted by type and with notes and comments (but rubber bands breaking up). Most is in 19th century – late pre-stamp period to penny red period. An excellent trade lot, as most are of suitable standard for individual sale. (Many 100s, possibly as many as 2,000). Viewers please handle with care so as to maintain the sorting as far as possible. .. .. .. .. .. £500.

264 A broadly similar lot, maybe about half the quantity. .. .. .. £240.265 Mixture written-up on pages, in LP box. Includes, good selection of different pre-stamp

types, some early (from 1667), nice selection of covers with ms endorsements regarding mail coaches, Brunswick Stars, Abergeldie Castle h/stamp, a poor Peter Williamson mark, various modern Robert Burns (souvenir covers etc.), and many other useful and interesting. £400.

266 Many 100s (probably about three thousand ?) of covers in four file boxes, in large carton. Most are with 1d reds and 1d lilacs (inc. a bundle of the 14-dot variety), and although the common postmarks are here in abundance (for example one box seems to be mainly Glasgow 159 cancels), there are some less common also included. .. .. £400.

267 Flat box with an old stock/accumulation of mixed Scottish covers, mainly pre-stamp plus some with penny reds etc. Includes additional ½s, manuscript/handstruck 1, 2, etc, penny posts, datestamps, etc., etc., and with many Edinburgh. Appears untouched for maybe forty years. (Estimated 500+) .. .. .. .. .. £240.

268 A very large (three large cartons) and heavy (possibly about 100kg) accumulation of odds and remainders, much of which is bulk or modern (e.g. slogan postmarks on cover/piece, bundles of commercial mail), but with odd bits of interest scattered through. Some postal history (mixed periods), many commercial covers (much modern), plus modern special event covers (sometimes written-up on pages), papers, photocopies and articles, etc. A big disorganised sort. .. .. .. .. .. .. £350.

269 1702-1812 useful mixed collection in album. Includes 1702 letter addressed to My Lord St Clair, 1718 London Bishop Mark, 1721 entire addressed …To the care of the postmaster of Dysart, Kirkaldie, a number of other 18th century, some with postal marks. (31) £150.

270 Box of pages in folders, much of which is slogan pmks. on piece, but other types also inc. Victorian. (100s) .. .. .. .. .. 40.

271 Album of special cancels on covers. Mainly quite ordinary, but includes 5 reg. covers from 1959 International Hospitals Federation Congress all with Edinburgh skeleton pmk. Some toning in places. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.

272 A selection of small (modern) cards with sample strikes of various postal markings e.g. Glasgow Parcel Office, NO SUCH STREET IN AYR, FDI Dundee, etc. (20); also six cards with modern sample impressions of wax seals (bag seals of Macmerry, Hill of Menie, Bridge of Don, etc.) .. .. .. .. .. 20.

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Other Categories273 Iceland; fine collection on pages of Icelandic stamps with Scottish postmarks (mainly as

cancels) of Aberdeen (10), Edinburgh (114, 7 covers, plus 3 other cards), Leith (5), and Glasgow (1). Everything included from smudged part pmks on single stamps, to pieces/covers with paquebot marks, and inc. some attractive multiples. .. .. £100.

274 Scandinavia; 1887 Norway p.stat. card cancelled Leith, plus Leith Ship Letter mark (very poor); 1909 Norway 1ø 16-block cancelled Christiania plus one part Edinburgh pmk.; 1933 cover with Denmark 15ø cancelled Edinburgh plus paquebot; and 1940 cover from Faroes with 2 x Denmark 15ø cancelled Edinburgh paquebot c.d.s. (faults). .. 30.

Ephemera275 A Neopost 105 franking machine of 1965 (as supplied to Cleveland Petroleum Co. Ltd).

Seems to be in good condition, but ink is dry so cannot be checked. Also three boxes of gummed strips. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.

Literature (including works with a bearing on Scottish Postal History)276 Cary’s New Itinerary . . .Great Roads . . .England and Wales, With many of the Principal

Roads in Scotland. 4th edition, 1810 (some worm holes but generally very fine, modern binding). .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.

277 Acts of Parliament relating to The Post Office, From 9 Anne to 1 Victoria, 1838 (modern binding). .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.

278 Glasgow Post Office Annual Directory for 1838-39 (modern binding). .. 5.279 Her Majesty’s Mails; An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post Office by

William Lewins, 1864. (Binding repaired with tape.) .. .. .. 5.280 The Royal Mail its Curiosities and Romance by J. Wilson Hyde, 1885 (complete, but pages

made up in wrong order). .. .. .. .. .. 5.281 The Post in Grant and Farm by J. Wilson Hyde, London 1894. .. .. 5.282 On the Track of the Mail-Coach by F.E. Baines, London 1895 (binding worn). 5.283 The History of the Early Postmarks of the British Isles by John G. Hendy (signed by him), 1905. 5.284 Trial of Madeleine Smith edited by F. Tennyson Jesse, 1927, part of Notable British Trials

series. Title page loose. .. .. .. .. .. 6.285 Moffat Early Roads and Coaching Days by Thomas Henderson, Lockerbie 1960. 8.286 The Post Office 1635-1720 edited by W.G. Stitt Dibden, Bath 1960. .. 5.287 The Drove Roads of Scotland by A.R.B. Haldane, Edinburgh 1968. .. 4.288 James Chalmers, Inventor of the Adhesive Postage Stamp by W.J. Smith 1970; also How the

Adhesive Postage Stamp was Born by Leah Chalmers 1939 (foxing); and duplicated Rowland Hill’s famous letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 2 Nov 1839 outlining his plan for the gradual implementation of Postal Reform. .. .. .. 8.

289 Great Britain; Post Roads, Post Towns, and Postal Rates 1635-1839 by Alan Robertson, 1961 (cover water-damaged). .. .. .. .. .. 10.

290 Five different Scottish Postmark Group books (P.Posts of Edin., Numbered Pmks., POs in Scotland, Dotted Circles, Experimental Duplex). .. .. .. 15.

291 Three Centuries of Scottish Posts by A.R.B. Haldane, Edinburgh 1971. .. 5.292 The Postal History of Perth by Neil Blair, 1976. .. .. .. 4.293 Scottish Air Mails1919-1979 by Richard Bieth, 1981 (author-signed). .. 4.294 Royal Mail; The Post Office Since 1840 by M.J. Daunton, 1985. .. .. 5.295 A Scottish Postbag; Eight Centuries of Scottish Letters, edited by Bruce and Scott, 1986. 4.296 For the Port & Carriage of Letters; A Practical Guide to the Inland and Foreign Postage

Rates of the British Isles 1570 to 1840 by David Robinson, 1990. .. .. 8.297 Collections and Recollections by A. Bruce Auckland, 1991. .. .. 4.298 Royal Household Mail by Glenn H. Morgan, 1992. .. .. .. 6. Take care to use the correct bid form for each auction. Don’t buy the wrong lots in error !

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Literature, continued.299 Brunswick Star Cancels by Richard Arundel, 1993. .. .. .. 4.300 Another of the same. .. .. .. .. .. 4.301 The Scots Local Namestamps 1840-1860 by Stephens and Erskine, 1994. .. 8.302 The Paisley Rocketeers by Donald Malcolm, 1997. .. .. .. 2.303 Collect British Postmarks by Whitney (edited Peachey & Crookes), 1997. .. 5.304 Mixed box of books, pamphlets, etc. .. .. .. .. 30.305 Edinburgh Almanacs/Directories; Oliver & Boyd’s New Edinburgh Almanac 1861

(repaired). .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.306 --; Oliver & Boyd’s New Edinburgh Almanac 1874. .. .. .. 4.307 --; Oliver & Boyd’s Edinburgh Almanac 1904. .. .. .. 4.308 --; Oliver & Boyd’s Edinburgh Almanac 1909. .. .. .. 4.309 --; Oliver & Boyd’s Edinburgh Almanac 1932. .. .. .. 4.310 --; Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1948-49. .. .. 4.311 --; Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1972-73. .. .. 4.312 --; Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1974-75. .. .. 4.313 James Mackay Books; Scotland; Scottish Postmarks, 1978. .. .. 4.314 --; --; Scottish Postmarks, 1978. .. .. .. .. .. 4.315 --; --; Scottish Post Offices, 1989. .. .. .. .. 8.316 --; --; Scottish Twin-Arc Postmarks with Stampers’ Numbers 1894-1963, 1983... 4.317 --; --; The Postal History of Glasgow, 1984. .. .. .. .. 5.318 --; --; The Floating Post Offices of the Clyde, 1979. .. .. .. 3.319 --; --; The Circular Name Stamps of Scotland, 1978. .. .. .. 3.320 --; --; Postal History of Dumfries, 1986. .. .. .. .. 4.321 --; --; Machine Cancellations of Scotland, 1986. .. .. .. 4.322 --; --; Sub Office Rubber Datestamps of Scotland, 1985... .. .. 3.323 --; --; Scottish Numeral Postmarks, 1987. .. .. .. .. 4.324 --; --; The Skeleton Postmarks of Scotland, 1978. .. .. .. 4.325 --; --; Islands Postal History Series complete in 10 volumes, 1978-79, plus 1980 Supplement

and Catalogue. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.326 --; United Kingdom; The Parcel Post of the British Isles, 1982. .. .. 5.327 --; --; Surcharged Mail of the British Isles, 1984. .. .. .. 4.328 --; --; Registered Mail of the British Isles, 1982. .. .. .. 5.329 --; --; Official Mail of the British Isles, 1983. .. .. .. 5.330 --; --; Telegraphic Codes of the British Isles 1870-1924, 1981. .. .. 3.331 --; --; British Post Office Numbers 1924-1969, 1981. .. .. .. 3.332 --; --; The Postal History Annual complete run 1979-90. (12) .. .. 15.333 Literature (Wholesale); 60 copies of Penny Posts of Edinburgh and District by Auckland

and Bonar, 1972. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.334 --; 23 copies of the same. .. .. .. .. .. 15.335 --; 13 copies of Dotted Circle Postmarks of Scotland (Scottish Postmark Group). 12.

Catering; There is a bar at the auction venue, that also sells rolls etc., but this will not open until 5pm.

Note that all rules, notes, comments, guidance, and bid steps appearing in our 26 September Stamp Auction relate to this sale also.

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Material Related to Publications and Research336 Large quantity (in two boxes) of papers, photocopies, illustrations of postmarks, lists, and so

on, much of which has been used for research over the years, some directly relating to the early publications of the Scottish Postmark Group. Largely in disorder, and needs much tidying. Also includes things of little consequence (e.g. copies of articles). Little commercial value, but a lot that needs to find a new home. .. .. 50.

337 Six folders with bundles of photocopies. According to file titles, these are Kirkwood’s proof books 1828-1898. .. .. .. .. .. 20.

338 Bundle of pages being the origination for the Scottish Postmark Group’s Penny Posts of Edinburgh and District (1972), now in some disrepair due to deterioration of sticky tape etc., but inc. hand-drawn illustrations, a couple of prints. .. .. 10.

Classified by County339 Arran; fine range in album of covers and pieces representing many small offices as well as

the main POs. Starts with a few pre-stamp, through to about 1960s (a few later). 50.340 Ayrshire; fine collection in five albums, thought to be the remains of the collection formed

by James Douglas. Excludes Ayr and Kilmarnock, and other alphabetical sections also missing – this lot covers Alloway to Cumnock, and Girvan to to Rankinston. Collection has everything from pre-stamp covers through to about 1970 and has a good scattering of scarce marks and popular types such as mileage marks and Scots Locals as b/stamps etc. Also notable are pmks. on piece of many of the smaller post offices seldom seen. Also includes some postcards. Warrants good viewing. (Few hundred items) £350.

341 --; 1776-1978 good collection of Ayr in large album, largely originally James Douglas’ collection, from 1776 curved AIR, 1797-1800 covers with straight-line AIR (5 black, 1 red), a variety of mileage marks, Addl.½s, AYR/PENNY POST (2 black, 1 blue – this with date-stamp and “½” also in blue), 1840 4d post, etc., then through a variety of datestamps to modern slogans, and inc. sub-offices, and 8 1950s TPO covers. (100s of items) £150.

342 --; 1789-1970 food collection of Kilmarnock in two albums, similar in style to the last. £120.343 --; folder of pages with seln. of Ayr postmarks, mainly on 1d reds and 1d lilacs on piece,

a few covers, and inc. a few 2d blues also. (100s) .. .. .. 50.344 --; 1840 cover to Edinburgh with Penny Black RD (2 margins) with smudged red MC,

Ayr backstamp. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.345 Bute; colln. on pages of Rothesay pmks. (plus a few Port Bannatyne) showing a variety of

different types. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22.346 --; 1778 cover with lovely ROTH/SAY, 1814 with boxed mileage, 1832 with ROTHSAY, and

1851 with blue ROTHSAY b/stamp. .. .. .. .. 15.347 Dundee; 1863-95 collection of dotted circle postmarks on covers (17) or pieces (32). Ex-

Douglas, and all identified by type, generally fine quality. .. .. 50.348 East Lothian; 1840 cover to Edinburgh with Penny Black OA (three good margins but

close/touching at foot) tied by red MC. Dunbar datestamp on back join, vertical filing fold through stamp, and some m.s. notes on front. .. .. .. 30.

349 Edinburgh and Leith; 1693 entire Edinburgh to Rotterdam with Edinburgh oval Bishop mark (fine), London Bishop mark, etc. Grubby. .. .. .. 40.

350 --; 1714 entire London to Edinburgh, bearing a curved EDINBURGH mark of unknown back-ground. Also cutting from magazine (1960s ?) about this cover. Our own inclination is to be suspicious, but we cannot prove it to be “wrong”. .. .. .. 20.

351 --; 1805 entire Shetland to Musselburgh with oval Ship Letter/(crown)/LEITH (very faint at foot), ED380a. Scarce. .. .. .. .. .. 20.

352 --; 1834 printed leaflet advertising new Joint Stock Coach service to Newcastle. Some toning at edges. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.

353 --; 1840 local entire with Penny Black OG (fine, with three good margins, roughly trimmed at top, just into design), tied by red MC. .. .. .. .. 35.

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354 Edinburgh and Leith; 1840s-1890s album of “131” and twin-arc cancels, and some others inc. Glasgow, on cover or piece. (c.150) .. .. .. 30.

355 --; 1856-72 good collection of POSTED SINCE marks on covers (24) or pieces (16). 40.356 --; 1857-81 fine collection in album of dotted circle duplex cancels on cover and on piece

(ex-Douglas). Items are nearly all identified by SPG types, and quality is well above the average. (65 covers, 100 pieces).. .. .. .. .. £200.

357 --; small lot of Edinburgh datestamps on stamp or on piece, mainly twin-arc, and arranged by number (1 to 34). (c.200+) .. .. .. .. .. 15.

358 --; Peter Williamson’s Penny Post; 1781 entire from Earlston to Edinburgh with E.PENNY POST NOT PAID on reverse (ED458a) – complete medium strike, over flap, a little grubby. 50.

359 --; --; undated cover with the same mark. Less distinct, but cleaner cover. .. 50.360 --; --; 1790 small entire (toned), with the same strike, recognisable but not good. 30.361 --; --; 1790 entire with moderate strike of wavy NOT PAID, ED460. .. .. 30.362 Fife; approx 1920 twelve Indian KG5 stamps (soaked off, but reconstructed on page) with

1844-type “229” cancels of Leven. .. .. .. .. 10.363 Glasgow; bundle of folders of pages with a wide variety of postmarks, mainly on piece, and

mainly 1860s-1950s. Includes a good range of sub-offices. (100s) .. .. 70.364 Islands; 1787-1883 small box of mixed covers with variety of postmarks inc. 1787

DUNVEGAN, Stornoway, Kirkwall, Broadford, Portree, Isle Ornsay, Stromness, Bowmore, etc. (37) .. .. .. .. .. .. 50.

365 Midlothian; 1840 part cover to Leith with very fine Penny Black TF (four margins, wide at top and at foot) with double strike of red MC, on reverse straight line FISHERROW overstruck by Leith and another datestamps. .. .. .. .. 75.

366 --; 1840 cover to Glasgow with Penny Black TL (but no margins) tied by red MC, also with RATHO/PENNY POST (fine) on front of cover. .. .. .. 30.

367 Orkney; 1848-1972 fine colln. of postmarks on pages, mainly on piece, with 26 POs rep-resented (none of Kirkwall). (54 pieces, 13 covers/cards) .. .. 30.

368 Renfrewshire; 1823 entire Jamaica to Edinburgh with fair strike of SHIP LETTER/GREENOCK RE110. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15.

369 --; 1840-41 two covers Greenock to Paisley; 1841 entire with Penny Black GB (four margins, vertical filing crease) g.u. with black MC (a bit smudged); and 1840 entire with Twopence Blue JL (four margins but very narrow in places) with red MC. .. £150.

370 Roxburghshire; 1834 printed notice offering £20 reward for information leading to the conviction of a horse thief. Posted to Langholm, with poor JEDBURGH straight-line. 20.

371 Shetland; 1883-1969 good range of pmks. on pages, mainly on piece, with 45 different POs represented (105 pieces – only 1 of Lerwick, 19 covers/cards) .. .. 50.

Lot 372Description on next page.


372 Stirlingshire; 1735 cover addressed To/Mr John Thomson Writter/att his house near the

foot/off Carubbers close/Edinburgh, with manuscript postal marking at top Fal/2 (Falkirk two pence). Some faults, but highly scarce. .. .. .. .. 50.

373 --; 1735 cover addressed To/Mr John Thomson Writer in/Carrubbers Close--/Edinburgh, with manuscript postal marking at top Ster/2 (Stirling two pence). Scarce. .. 40.

374 Western Isles; album with a good collection of postmarks on piece or cover and including many smaller offices, of Canna, Coll, Colonsay, Easdale, Eigg, Gigha, Iona, Islay, Jura, Mull, Raasay, Rhum, Scalpay, Seil, Shuna, Skye, Tiree, and Ulva. Mainly good/fine, some with toning. .. .. .. .. .. .. £100.

375 --; Lewis; 1863-1972 good range in album of pmks. mainly on piece representing c.39 different POs. (c.129 pieces, 17 covers/cards, 2 photos) .. .. 40.

376 --; North Uist; 1837 entire to Edinburgh with good strike of UIST to/DUNVEGAN on reverse, plus Addl.½ and datestamp. .. .. .. 50.

377 --; --; mainly 1930s-50s seln. of pmks. on piece comprising Balishore (1), Bayhead (6), Berneray (3), Sollas (5, inc. sample strike of bag seal), and Tigharry (5). Also 4 photos. 7.

378 --; South Uist; similar seln. of Bualdubh, Daliburgh (6), Eochar (6, inc. sample strike of bag seal), Grogary (2), Gramsdale (3), Stoneybridge (inc. sample of bag seal), and W.Grinish (1). Also 10 photos. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12.

Classified by Type379 Allied Forces in Great Britain 1939-45; a fine collection of labels, postmarks, covers, etc.

in album (often with Scottish connections where possible, and just a few post-war also included) comprising Czechoslovakia (15 labels, 6 pieces, 7 covers/cards), France (7, 0, 0), Netherlands (6, 5, 0), Norway (10, 7, 0), Poland (152, 10, 7), USA (0, 5, 5), and Yugoslavia (24, 0, 3). Also (24, 0, 3). Also a copy of Polish Post 7 Years War. .. .. £130.

380 Aviation; 1910 postcard (Flight of Delagrange) with ½d stamp cancelled LANARK/AU 13/10/GRAND·STAND; another card (Cody in Flight) with Lanark c.d.s. .. .. 70.

381 --; 1932-68 seln. in album of first flights, commercial air covers (domestic and foreign), and postcards, inc. several items relating to Prestwick Airport. (52 items) .. 50.

382 --; 1934 first flight cover Kintore to Kirkwall by Highland Airways. ..20.383 --; 1934 (29 May) pair of covers, each with Highland Airways commem. label, for first

flights Inverness to Kirkwall, and return route. .. .. .. 15.384 --; 1934 (29 May) Orcadian cover for first flight from Kirkwall. .. .. 10.385 --; attractive sepia ppc showing “Passenger Plane at Bridgend, Islay” (Highland & Scottish

Air Ferries). Used Port Askaig 1934. .. .. .. .. 8.386 --; 1934 (31 Jul. – 1 Aug.) three souvenir covers for Gerhard Zucker’s Scarp – Harris test

rocket flights, each with label and cachet. Also three loose labels, and items from Sussex Downs experiments (1 cover, 6 fourblocks of labels). .. .. .. 50.

387 --; 1934 (20 Aug.) cover to Bristol, with 1½d stamp cancelled Glasgow, air mail label at corner, by first flight Glasgow to Birmingham. Faulty at top. .. .. 10.

388 --; 1934 (Aug.-Nov.) seln. of 11 Railway Air Services first flight covers, nearly all on their souvenir envelopes, also one last flight. .. .. .. .. 50.

389 --; 1934 (1 Dec.) trio of souvenir covers for Highland Airways first flights Wick to Inverness, Inverness to Wick, and Kirkwall to Wick. .. .. .. .. 15.

390 --; 1937 (25 Jan.) cover Clydebank to Shetland by Aberdeen Airways emergency flight. Faults. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.

391 --; 1937 (23 Nov.) seln. of seven covers (all different in some way) for Highland Airways Orkney and Shetland services. .. .. .. .. .. 40.


392 Aviation; 1939 (31 Jul.) cover (split open for display) by first Scottish Airways service

North Ronaldshay to Kirkwall, with poster-style label (only 100 printed ?) just tied by pmk.20.393 --; 1948 (16 Feb.) printed cover for first all-up BEA service Inverness to Stornoway. Also

ppc multiview of “The Airport, Stronoway”. .. .. .. 15.394 --; 1954 (25 Dec.) cover addressed to Canada, badly charred, with violet cachet SALVAGED

MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54. .. .. .. 30.395 --; 1970-97 album of souvenir covers (some flown) etc. (86); also a few ppcs, and a seln. of

BEA air letter labels. .. .. .. .. .. 30.396 Cachets; 1906 cover (roughly opened) to Blair Atholl with smudged DAVAAR ISLAND

cachet on front, plus better strike on back. Stamp cancelled Campbeltown. Original letter also has reference to Davaar. .. .. .. .. .. 30.

397 --; selection on pages, all on cover/card, inc. 1904 LESLIE/Y.M.C.A./BAZAAR, 1905 SHELL GROTTO, 1907 POSTED AT/ETTRICK BAY, BUTE, some modern. (17) ..

24.398 --; 1971 cover with CARA Is./ARGYLL cachet. .. .. .. 4.399 Exhibitions; 1938 reg. cover to Surrey with four stamps cancelled EXHIBITION P.O.

GLASGOW c.d.s. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.400 Experimental Duplexes; fine collection in album (ex-Douglas) of postmarks on cover or

piece, all arranged by SPG type, with many of the strikes well above average, comprising Aberdeen (5 covers, 56 pieces), Dumfries (2, 4), Dundee (2, 8), Glasgow type 1 (1 piece), Madeleine Smith (4 covers), Greenock (2, 7), Inverness (4, 9), Kilmarnock (1 cover), Leith (1 covers), Paisley (1, 2), Perth (5, 8), Stirling (1, 3). Also a few English (1, 6) £100.

401 Highland Shows; 1843-1978 strong collection (as exhibited to SPHS March 2003) starting with mail to and from Highland & Agricultural Society, and postcards for 1907 and 1922. Covers posted at shows start in 1931 (2, one with probably unofficial show cachet), then there are covers or cards with SHOWYARD, MOBILE POST OFFICE, ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW, or RHAS cancels for 1936, 1938, 1939, 1948, and each year 1950 to 1959, ordinary cancels for 1960-61, interesting seln. of special handstamps from 1962 (which the SPG campaigned for), and some later. Also a few other postcards and labels. (107 items) .. £170.

A U C T I O N P R O G R A M M E 31 October 2005 - General

7 November 2005 – Collectables and Scouting 5 December 2005 - General These dates, though fairly firm, are still provisional. The publication of the auction catalogue is

confirmation of the date.


402 Historical; letter only (no outer cover) signed Polwarth and dated Redbreas Castle, Saturday the 17th Set 1715. In this letter to William Hay of Drumelzier he complains that Hay has failed in his duty to provide troops (to put down the Jacobite Rebellion). (Two months later, Polwarth, the Earl of Marchmont, led three battalions to the Battle of Sheriffmuir.) Pasted at a few points to a backing sheet, and has segments missing from previous mounting. .. .. .. .. .. £100.

Do you have an interest in this type of material, but you are not already a member of the Scottish Postal History Society ? You should certainly get in touch and ask about joining.Telephone Ken Norris on 01698 425120 and he’ll tell you all you need to know.Scottish Postal History, 3 October 2005 Estimate .

403 Instructional, Missent, Redirected, etc.; 1829-1958 interesting colln. on pages of missent marks (inc. Leven, Aberdeen, Wick), Too Late (inc. a “Mae West” on reg. receipt), “Not known at BANKFOOT”, More to Pay, Dead Letter Office ambulance covers, etc. (39 covers, 3 pieces). .. .. .. .. .. .. 65.

404 --; 1830 cover London to Eskbank marked ms Not Musselburgh and Try Dalkeith. Marks

include crowned FREE datestamp, MUSSELBURGH/PENNY POST, TO PAY/ONE PENNY, and handstruck “1”. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.

405 --; entire Selkirk to Edinburgh, redirected to Portobello. Good strike of POSTAGE/TO/EDINBURGH/NOT PAID ED118 in black, other marks. .. .. .. 8.

406 --; 1841 cover to Melrose with ms Missent to followed by Montrose d/stamp. .. 6.407 Parcel Labels; good colln. of MacBrayne, SMT, Highland Omnibuses, Alexanders,

Eastern Scottish, and other services. Mainly single labels (or in units), some on piece etc. Some scarce. (c.180) .. .. .. .. .. 50.

408 --; 1902 North of Scotland & Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company 3d newspaper label, optd. “For Pentland Firth only”. Toned etc. .. .. .. 10 .

409 Prisoner of War Camps in Scotland; 1814 entire to Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, from Agent for Parole Prisoners at Biggar, probably drawing allowance for upkeep of Napoleo-nic prisoners. Biggar boxed mileage. .. .. .. .. 20.

410 --; 1915 cover to London, stamp cancelled Hawick, and with clear violet circular P.O.W. CAMP/P.C./STOBS. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.

411 --; 1915 reg. cover (“Prisoners of War” envelope) to London, stamps cancelled Hawick, with clear black P.O.W. CAMP/P.C./STOBS. .. .. .. 30.

412 --; 1915 cover (“Prisoners of War” envelope) to Liverpool, stamp cancelled Hawick, with red P.O.W. CAMP/P.C./STOBS. Includes original letter. .. .. 20.

413 --; 1915 cover (“Prisoners of War” envelope) to Denmark with partial strike of P.O.W. CAMP/P.C./STOBS. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.

414 --; 1916 cover (“Prisoners of War” envelope) to Liverpool, stamp cancelled Hawick, with smaller lilac P.O.W. CAMP/P.C./STOBS (faint). Includes original letter. .. 15.

415 --; cover (“Prisoners of War” envelope) to Germany, with cachet on back flap NEUE STOBSER ZEITUNG/GEFANGENEN-LAGER STOBS/(SCHOTTLAND), and censor label. 20.

416 --; cover (“Prisoners of War” envelope) to Germany, with and censor label on reverse. 15.417 --; a similar item, dated 1917. .. .. .. .. .. 15.418 --; 1917 P.o.W. letter form used within camp. .. .. .. 15.419 --; 1917 Feld-Paket label on piece of parcel wrapper. Sent from Germany, addressed to

prisoner at Stobs Camp. .. .. .. .. .. 15.420 --; 1917 ppc from Egypt with British ARMY POST OFFICE pmk., addressed to one of camp

staff at Stobs Camp. .. .. .. .. .. 15.421 --; WW1 sepia ppc (unused) showing German Prisoners’ Band at PoW Camp 206, Raasay.

Also a copy of the book The Raasay Iron Mine; Where Enemies Became Friends by L. & P. Draper, 2003. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.

422 --; 1916 interesting cover to Wounded & PoW Committee in Maastricht. 2½d stamp can-celled Largs, and with “P.W.” censor label (for PoWs) but no camps are known in Ayrshire. DCJ conjectures that it may have been a PoW in a military hospital. .. 20.

423 --; small colln. of postcards (various dates) showing Churchill Barriers and Italian Chapel, Orkney, both with connections to Camp 60. (28) No postal/P.o.W. mail. .. 6.

--; the following twelve lots are mainly PoW letter sheets or cards used by prisoners during and after WW2, and are all identified by camp.

424 --; three to Italy, from Camp 12 (Donaldson’s Hospital, Edinburgh) (2), and Camp 105 (Colinton). .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.


425 Prisoner of War Camps in Scotland (continued) ; three from Camp 16 (Gosford House, Longniddry), plus a mail label for mail Germany to the camp, and one from Amisfied, Haddington, plus another OHMS cover from Amisfield with GERMAN PW/WORKING CAMP . . . .cachet. (6 items) .. .. .. .. 40.

426 --; two from Camp 19 (Happendon, Douglas, Lanarkshire), and three from Camp 62 (Thankerton, Biggar). .. .. .. .. .. 30.

427 --; two from Camp 21 (Cultybraggan, Comrie), and three from Camp 63 (Balhary, Alyth) (also two modern covers to farm camp), and one each from Camp 233 (Findo Gask, Dunning), and Camp 274 (Errol, Perthshire). .. .. .. 30.

428 --; two from Camp 64 (Castle Rankine, Denny, Stirlingshire) (one poor), plus one cover from Italy addressed to prisoner there. Also one from Camp 559 (Abbey Craig Park, Stirling). .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.

429 --; four from Camp 66 (Calvine, Blair Atholl). Also three 1958-59 covers (faults) addressed to a Pole at “Calvine Camp”. .. .. .. .. .. 24.

430 --; two from Camp 67 (Craigellachie, Morayshire), and one each from Camps 109 (Brahan Castle Camp, Dingwall), 110 (Stuartfield, Mintlaw), and 111 (Deer Park Camp, Monymusk).30.

431 --; two from Camp 68 (Halmuir, Lockerbie), two from Camp 188 (Johnstone Castle, Ren-frewshire), card from Germany (one stamp missing) addressed to Camp 188, and one each from Camp 293 (Carronbridge North Camp, Dumfriesshire), and Camp 780 (Milton Bridge, Midlothian). (7 items) .. .. .. .. .. 40.

432 --; three from Camp 75 (Laurencekirk). .. .. .. .. 15.433 --; three (one poor) from Camp 77 (Ladybank, Fife), plus cover addressed to local farmer

with P.O.W. MAIL/POSTAGE FREE violet cachet plus Ladybank c.d.s. .. 24.434 --; four from Camp 112 (Kingencleuch, Mauchline) – one of these, addressed to Germany,

has violet cachet 112 P.O.W. CAMP/INTERPRETER/5- SEP 1947/OFFICE/DOONFOOT. Also a camp 3d voucher. (5 items) .. .. .. .. .. 40.

435 --; three from Camp 120 (Sunlaws, Kelso), and one from Camp 123 (Dalmahoy, Midlothian).24. 436 --; a bundle of papers – information about PoW camps, photocopies, etc. .. 5 .

437 R.A.F. Stations; 1943-79 interesting colln. of mainly scarce material, the best being several covers with RAF PO cancels – also cachets, a few cards, etc. (31 items) .. 60.

438 Railway; impressive collection of mainly labels of the railway newspaper, letter, and parcel services. Simply the most comprehensive colln. we have ever handled, with many scarce items, some rare or possibly unique. (137 labels, 15 pieces, 6 covers) .. £300.

439 --; fine and extensive collection in four albums. One album each is taken by Edinburgh & Carlisle, and Edinburgh & Newcastle. The other albums have a much wider range of routes, and inc. early and modern (up to about 1960). (100s) .. .. .. £200.

440 --; 1950s bundle of covers with TPO cancels, some dupl. (42) .. .. 30.441 Registered Mail; 1849-1987 colln. in album, mainly covers (45 items) .. 40.442 Royalty; 1937, 1952, 1964, and 1970 covers with BALMORAL CASTLE c.d.s. cancels, plus

1970 oval REGISTERED/BALMORAL CASTLE, and 1980 OFFICIAL PAID/BALMORAL CASTLE. Some toning on earlier. .. .. .. .. .. 35.

443 --; Holyrood Palace c.d.s. on two KG6 covers (1952 ?), another QE (1953 ?), and on 1971 cover. Some tone spots etc. .. .. .. .. .. 24.

444 --; 1955 and 1965 covers with OFFICIAL PAID/BALLATER red c.d.s., plus EIIR monograms. Tape on reverse. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6.

445 Ship Mail; 1823-1938 (one earlier) seln. of covers, and unused cards. (12) .. 24.446 --; 1879-1911 seln. of Iona steamer pmks; 1879 duplex on piece, another part on piece,

1885 IONA STEAMER c.d.s. as backstamp on cover, 1904 three of GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG PKT/IONA cancels on postcards, and 1911 same on 1d stamp on cover. 5 postcards also. 60.

447 --; 1891-1911 seln. of Columba steamer pmks.; two small 1891-94 pieces with pmk. cut-outs, three 1905-8 GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/COLUMBA cancels on piece, five of the same on postcards, and 1909 same on 1d stamp on cover. Few postcards etc. also. .. 60.


448 Ship Mail; 1895 GRENADIER STEAMER/666 twin-arc pmk. cut-to-shape on piece, but still scarce; GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/GRENADIER duplex on 1908 piece, and an unused postcard of the vessel. .. .. .. .. .. 30.

449 --; 1905 postcard (stamp cancelled Ayr) with GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RLY./P.S./JUNO . . . cachet (only partly legible, but scarce). Also unused postcard of vessel. 15.

450 --; 1958-86 album of covers and cards with cachets of various ferries and similar (42); also a number of matching postcards (23). .. .. .. .. 75.

451 --; 1960s-90s album of covers and cards with ships’ cachets, some paquebot, souvenir covers, unused postcards, etc. (96) .. .. .. .. 50.

452 Simulated Duplexes; eight mixed covers and cards, comprising Torridon 1886, Edunburgh 1849, 1859, 1876 (2), Gilmerton 1904 (2), and Leadburn 1904; also piece for Edinburgh 1866 and similar of Ardrossan 1872. .. .. .. .. 15.

Take care to use the correct bid form for each auction. Don’t buy the wrong lots in error !

SAINT KILDA

Philatelic and Postal History Literature453 St. Kilda – Its Posts and Communications by James Mackay, SPG 1963. .. 10.454 Islands Postal History Series No.1; Harris & St. Kilda by James Mackay, 1978. 5.

Non-Philatelic Literature455 Black Sheep of Windermere; A History of the St. Kilda or Hebridean Sheep by David

Kinsman, Windermere 2001, inscribed by author. .. .. .. 5.456 Island Survivors; The Ecology of the Soay Sheep of St Kilda edited by Jewell, Milner, and

Boyd, 1974. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.457 Soldiering on St Kilda by James Mackay, 2002 (inscribed to DCJ by author). .. 10.458 A Voyage to St. Kilda 1697 by Martin Martin (1986 facsimile edition). .. 5.459 A Last Voyage to St. Kilda by Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, 1931 (partly split). .. 10.460 Island on the Edge of the World by Charles Maclean, 1972. .. .. 5.461 St Kilda by Norman Heathcote (1985 reprint). .. .. .. 5.462 St. Kilda Summer by Henneth Williamson and J. Morton Boyd, 1960. .. 5.463 The St. Kilda Mail nos. 1-24 (April 2000), some of the early editions are copies. 10.464 St. Kilda Portraits by David A. Quine, 1988. .. .. .. 5.465 Another of the same. .. .. .. .. .. 5.466 Last Greetings from St. Kilda by Bob Charnley, 1989, with various manuscript notes and

corrections on pages. .. .. .. .. .. 3.467 Another similar. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3.468 An Isle Called Hirte; History and Culture of the St Kildans to 1930 by Mary Harman, 1997

(author-signed label at front). .. .. .. .. .. 10.469 St Kilda; A portrait of Britain’s remotest island landscape by Colin Baxter and Jim

Crumley, 1988. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.470 Colin Baxter Island Guides; St. Kilda by David Quine, 1995. .. .. 5.471 The same, but the revised edition, 2000. .. .. .. .. 5.472 Voyage to St. Kilda by Monica Weller, 1998. .. .. .. 3.473 A Voyage to St. Kilda by Bob Charnley, 1993. .. .. .. 5.474 Hiort; Far na laigh a’ ghrian by Calum MacFhearghuis, 1995. .. .. 5.475 Buildings of St. Kilda by Geoffrey P. Stell and Mary Harman, RCAHMS, 1988. 5.476 Birds of St. Kilda by M.P. Harris and S. Murray, HMSO, 1989. .. .. 5.


Saint Kilda, continued.Non-Philatelic Literature, continued.

477 St. Kilda; A Photographic Album by Margaret Buchanan, 1983 (signed “N. Gillies” beside a couple of photos). .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.

478 St. Kilda; The Continuing Story of the Islands edited by Meg Buchanan, 1995. 5.479 St. Kilda Revisited by David A Quine, 1982 (signed by author). .. .. 5.

Other St. Kildas

480 Small collection written-up on 27 pages, mainly of the places of that name in Australia (plus just a few NZ). Comprises stamps, pieces, covers, cards, postcards, etc. Includes 1886 cover UK (1883-84 6d stamp) to Australia with MISSENT TO/ST KILDA plus Melbourne c.d.s. superimposed, 1911 local card with UNCLAIMED AT/ST. KILDA (and similar on 1876 piece), etc. (c.60 items) .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.

481 Literature; The History of St. Kilda; from its First Settlement to a City by John Butler Cooper, Melbourne 1931, in two volumes. .. .. .. .. 20.

Postcards (up to about 1930) Market prices for Saint Kilda cards currently seem to vary enormously. We saw one 28 August

1930 used card sell very recently for £770, yet some other unused cards can still be found in dealers’ boxes by the lucky collector for just a few pounds. Rather than spend a great deal of time trying to be more specific about values of individual cards here, we have used fairly arbitrary “starting prices” as our estimates. The auction will set the prices, and we are sure than some will go much higher. However, if bidding is slack on any of these cards, they will be sold at these prices, or even below.

We seem to be fighting a losing battle with our use of the term “real photographic” when applied to postcards. RP should only apply to cards which are printed, directly and individually, by a photographic process, and that have a postcard back, and this is the definition we use. The fact that a card has printed on it “real photograph” does not make it RP ! (However, in the postcard marketplace it seems to be even more common now to call any postcard using a photograph as its subject “RP”, even though they are printed from printing plates.)

482 Multi-view card (PO, Village, Schoolchildren, Parliament) used with 27 AU 30 St. Kilda c.d.s. Small faults. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50.

483 “St. Kilda Bay” b/w unused card, no publisher. .. .. .. 20.484 “Main Street, St. Kilda” b/w unused card, no publisher. .. .. 20.485 Two unused G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson) b/w cards – “Group of St. Kilda

Women”, and “In the Street, St. Kilda”. .. .. .. .. 30.486 G.W.W. b/w “St. Kilda Parliament”, used Enfield 1908. .. .. 15.487 “The St. Kilda Parliament”, from Tuck’s “County”; “Hebrides” series, b/w undivided back,

used Edinburgh 1902. .. .. .. .. .. 20.488 Another of the same card but unused. .. .. .. .. 15.489 Two unused b/w G.W.W. cards – “In the Street, St. Kilda”, and “Group of St. Kilda Women”.30.490 Two used G.W.W. coloured cards – “Members of St. Kilda Parliament” used Stornoway

1905, and “The St. Kilda Parliament” used Tain 1906. .. .. 30.491 B/w card by D.Whyte – “St. Kilda, Island of Borrera” with St. Kilda c.d.s. JY 21 04 c.d.s. 50.492 Another of the same card (a little grubby) used Oban 1903. .. .. 10.493 Un-named undivided back b/w card (Cherry Kearton) of “The Fairy House, St. Kilda”, used

Castlebay 1904. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.494 Two unused G.W.W. cards (one with their logo, one without) of the same scene, but one is

b/w, the other coloured, “Returning from the Fulmar Hunt, St. Kilda”. .. 40.495 Card published by J.R. Russell “The Village. Islanders, St. Kilda” (b/w) used with partly

indistinct St. Kilda c.d.s. JY 5 06; and another b/w card with the same view but published D. Whyte, unused. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.

496 Card (b/w) by J.R. Russell, “Borrera, Gannet Stack” with St. Kilda c.d.s. AU 17 05. 30.Scottish Postal History, 3 October 2005 Estimate .

Saint Kilda, continued.Postcards (up to about 1930), continued.

497 G.W.W. b/w card “In the Street, St. Kilda” used with partial St. Kilda c.d.s. AU 17 05. Also a similar card used Duns 1903. .. .. .. .. .. 30.

498 J.R. Russell b/w card “Island and Hill of Oshival, in the West Coast, St. Kilda”, used with good St. Kilda c.d.s., to Ireland. .. .. .. .. .. 50.

499 Unused undivided back b/w card (Cherry Kearton) “The Lover’s Stone, St. Kilda.” (although actually a view of Stacs). .. .. .. .. 20.

500 G.W.W. coloured card “The St. Kilda Parliament” used with almost complete St. Kilda

c.d.s. AU 18 06, a little toning. .. .. .. .. .. 30.501 Two unused undivided back b/w cards (Cherry Kearton) – “The Village, St. Kilda”, and

“The Fairy House, St. Kilda”. .. .. .. .. .. 30.502 Two unused G.W.W. b/w cards – “Mending a Boat, St. Kilda”, and “The Town and Bay, St.

Kilda”. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.503 Two G.W.W. b/w cards – “Dividing the Catch of Fulmar” (unused), and “Group of St.

Kilda School-Children” (used King Edward, Banff 1903). .. .. 30.504 Kearton unused b/w card “Street View in St. Kilda” (showing children in wheelbarrow),

undivided back, creased. .. .. .. .. .. 15.505 Two unused J.R.Russell coloured cards – “St. Kilda, Island of Borrera”, and “Borrera,

Gannet Stack”. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.506 Two unused J.R. Russell coloured cards – “St. Kilda, from Dun”, and “On the St. Kilda

Coast”. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.507 Two unused J.R. Russell coloured cards – “Island and Hill of Oshival, in the West Coast, St.

Kilda”, and “Mending a Boat, St. Kilda”. .. .. .. .. 30.508 J.R. Russell b/w card “Borrera, Gannet Stack, St. Kilda”, unused. .. .. 15.509 Two examples of the same G.W.W. card “In the Street, St. Kilda” – one unused, the other

used Gairloch 1904. .. .. .. .. .. 30.510 J.R. Russell b/w card “St. Kilda and Stack Lee”, used Oban 1905. .. .. 20.511 Kearton b/w undivided back card “A St. Kilda Spinner”, with fine St. Kilda c.d.s. AU 15 07.50.512 Kearton b/w undivided back card “Some Natives of St. Kilda” with fine St. Kilda c.d.s.

SP 20 08, with message written by Neil Ferguson (postmaster) which refers to the sending of a mail boat by post, and instructions on its use. .. .. .. £100.

513 Neil Ferguson b/w card “Landing Stores at St. Kilda”, unused. .. .. 20.514 Unused b/w card by Charles Beswick “The Lonely Island of St. Kilda. The Landing Slip”. 20.515 G.W.W. b/w card “Burial Ground, St. Kilda”, used Wick 1905, just slightly worn. 20.516 Series of eight different unused b/w cards by “D.R.M.” – groups of people (2 diff.), church,

fairy cave, Dun, beach, street (2 diff.). .. .. .. .. £120.517 Two different D.R.M. b/w cards, both titled “Natives of St. Kilda” (although one is of

mainly tourists). One used Oban 1908 (corner crease), the other used Edinburgh 1908. 40.518 Four different unused D.R.M. b/cards (Main Street, Fowlers, and 2 diff. “Natives”), all with

small ms notes identifying the people. .. .. .. .. 60.519 Two unused D. Whyte b/w cards – “Island and Hill of Oshival in the West Coast, St. Kilda”,

and “Borrera, Gannet Stack”. .. .. .. .. .. 30.520 Milton’s coloured artist’s impression titled “Off St. Kilda”, used South Kensington 1906. 10.521 Kearton undivided back b/w card “The Village of St. Kilda” with partial St. Kilda c.d.s.

8 JY 09, Lochboisdale d/stamp at left (next day). .. .. .. 30.522 Ferguson b/w composite card with partial St. Kilda c.d.s. JY13 13. .. .. 24.523 Another of the same card, used Lochmaddy 1914. .. .. .. 20.524 Unused Valentine’s b/w card “The Bay, St. Kilda”. .. .. .. 15.525 Anonymous sepia unused card “St. Kilda Village” (from above). .. .. 15.526 Unused sepia card by McCallum, Orme & Co “St. Kilda Bay and Island of Dune” (sic). 15.


Saint Kilda, continued.Postcards (up to about 1930), continued.

527 Real photographic sepia card, without title or publisher. Shows Gustav Flick (wireless technician and operator, who left at the outbreak of WW1) at radio, wearing head-phones. Pinhole at one corner. .. 40.

528 Real photographic sepia card titled “St. Kilda. Damage After Bombardment by German Sub’ 1918”, used Altrincham 1939

(part of message says Please excuse card). 40.529 Ferguson unused b/w card “Wreck of

Wireless House by German Submarine, St. Kilda”. .. .. .. 30.

530 Real photographic card, unused, showing Nurse Williamina Barclay (on St. Kilda 1927-30) apparently asleep in a chair. Photograph has deteriorated. .. 30.

531 Ferguson b/w card “Village and Bay, St. Kilda” used with St. Kilda c.d.s. 27 AU 25. .. .. 50.

532 Sepia multi-view card (4 scenes) used with St. Kilda c.d.s. 12 JU 30 (small faults); also another of the same card but unused. 40.

533 McCallum Orme sepia card “Village, St. Kilda” used with fine St. Kilda c.d.s. 19 JU 30. 50.534 McCallum Orme sepia card “Spinning, St. Kilda” used with fine St. Kilda c.d.s. 19 JU 30. 50.535 McCallum Orme sepia card “Village, St. Kilda” used with good St. Kilda c.d.s. 25 AU 30. 50.536 McCallum Orme sepia card “Village, St. Kilda” used with fine St. Kilda c.d.s. 27 AU 30. 50.537 McCallum Orme sepia card “Village, St. Kilda” used with almost complete St. Kilda c.d.s.

27 AU 30. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50.

Postcards (later than about 1930)538 “St. Kildans Spinning and Weaving” sepia card (photo from 1937 Newcastle Exhibition).

Used Glasgow 1937. .. .. .. .. .. 8.539 Another of the same card, but unused. .. .. .. .. 5.540 Collection of modern (mainly 1970s/90s) cards on pages, mainly unused. (58).. 20.

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V I E W I N G A R R A N G E M E N T STuesday 20 to Saturday 24 September; Stamp Auction on view in our shop during normal hours (see front of catalogues). Cinderellas and Scottish Postal History viewing strictly by appointment.Monday 26 September; Stamp Auction on view at venue 3pm to 6.50pm. No viewing for other sales.Tuesday 27 September to Saturday 1 October; Cinderellas and Scottish Postal History on view in our shop during normal hours, or by appointment.Monday 3 October; Viewing at auction venue;

Cinderellas Auction on view 11am to 3.50pmScottish Postal History Auction on view 11am to 6.50pmWe request that, while the Cinderella auction is in progress, anyone viewing the Postal History lots should do so in as near silence as possible.


Saint Kilda, continued.

Covers and Postmarks Evacuation Period

541 21 August 1930 cover to Edinburgh with 1929 ½d and 1d PUC stamps, each with lower marginal control, each stamp tied by St. Kilda c.d.s. .. .. £150.

542 27 August 1930 cover to Germany with defin 4d tied by St. Kilda c.d.s., typed “Per last dispatch from St. Kilda” at corner, strikes of German Mit der Flugpost befördert/Postamt Konstanz cachet in red, another similar for Köln (more faint), and Köln datestamp on front 30.8.30. Also, having been enclosed in envelope, an E.C. Dryden (father of J.Dryden, Edinburgh stamp dealer) business card with St. Kilda c.d.s. on reverse. .. £150.

Post-Evacuation Period543 1931 cover to Edinburgh with rectangular St. Kilda dated cachet, Oban machine mark. 15.544 1934 cover to Ayrshire with rectangular St. Kilda dated cachet, Lochboisdale c.d.s. Includes

original letter from Neil Gillies to the Earl of Dumfries. .. .. 20545 1935 cover with Silver Jubilee 1½d cancelled Lochboisdale, with oval ST. KILDA/18 JUN 1935/

OUTER HEBRIDES. violet cachet to left. (From Col. Rankin’s expedition.) .. 50.546 1936 cover to Glasgow with 1½d stamp cancelled Fleetwood (taken there by trawler) with

HIRTA/ST. KILDA black cachet at corner (upside-down) and on reverse. .. 30.547 1958 two virtually identical covers, each with two stamps, each stamp cancelled with the

original St. Kilda c.d.s. 7 JU 58. .. .. .. .. 20.548 1958 cover (opened out) from Singapore to RAF serviceman in sick quarters, St. Kilda,

redirected to Lancashire with St. Kilda c.d.s. applied to reverse. Faults. .. 15.549 1960 cover from Norway (2 stamps cancelled OSLO-BREVIK c.d.s. (t.p.o.), addressed to St.

Kilda with oval violet BENBECULA-ST. KILDA/13 OCT 1960/AIR MAIL cachet. Couple of small faults. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.

550 1961 cover to Edinburgh, 3d stamp cancelled Oban wavy lines, puffin cachet at left, and red circular POSTED ON THE HIGH SEAS/M/S„METEOR”/PAQUEBOT cachet. .. 8.

551 1961 cover addressed to Edinburgh, 2 x 1½d stamps cancelled St. Kilda c.d.s., puffin cachet to left. Pencil endorsement “Helicopter ?”. .. .. .. .. 4.

552 1961 five “test letters” sent to St. Kilda by Army Postal Service. .. .. 24.553 1961 unofficial St. KILDA overprint on ½d definitive stamp m.m., plus another of the same

along with normal 2½d used on cover with St. Kilda c.d.s.s – said to be the only example used on cover. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20.


Saint Kilda, continued.554 1959-71 varied and interesting collection written-up on pages, starting with the introduction

of the puffin cachets, and with many covers with military connections, other cachets for tin can mail, air mail, etc. (54 pages) .. .. .. .. £150.

555 1975-2003 extensive and varied collection written-up on pages, with commercial and phil-atelic covers, postcards, and other items. Includes souvenir items, examples of various cachets, numerous items despatched by “St. Kilda Mailboats”, and so on. (111 pages) £150.

Ephemera and Mixed Items556 Nice seln. of items relating to McCallum Orme’s steamers comprising broken-down leaflet,

1934 used ppc of Hebrides, cover with 1½d stamp cancelled St. Kilda 27 AU 30 with Per s.s. DUNARA CASTLE/Last dispatch from St.Kilda (tone spots), unused card of Dunara Castle,

sheet of Dunara Castle notepaper with four strikes of ST. KILDA/S.S. DUNARA CASTLE cachet, three ppcs showing same ship (2 at St. Kilda, 1 at Loch Skipport), photo, and label. (10 items) .. .. .. .. .. .. £100.

557 Letter from GPO in Edinburgh 11 July 1930, to George King (postmark collector) stating that a closing date has not yet been fixed for the St. Kilda post office, and giving dates of despatches to the island. Also photograph of last mail to St. Kilda being handed over at Greenock. .. .. .. .. .. .. 30.

558 1968-73 small collection of the National Trust for Scotland “stamps” (57, 11 m.s., 1 cover) 15.559 Three snapshots from evacuation day – scene outside post office, sailor and policeman with

three women visitors at p.o., and Compton MacKenzie on ship. .. .. 20.560 Duplicated script for “St. Kilda” by James Fisher, broadcast on the Scottish Home Service,

6 November 1951. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5.561 Two storage boxes with over 80 photographic slides (thought to be from DCJ’s own visits

on NTS work parties), plus about 90 more from other sources. .. .. 20.562 Two broken clay pipes, and an iron key, said to have come from St. Kilda. .. 5.563 Generally more modern accumulation in carton – duplicated modern postcards, maps, odds

and ends such as stickers, press-cutting, photographs, books, some covers, bundles of loose St. Kilda Mail, and so on. Hours of browsing through this ! .. .. £100.

564 Useful mix on pages, up to 1959 only, inc. pre-evacuation ppcs (14), postcards with St. Kilda c.d.s. (2), some post-evacuation ppcs, other later covers, etc. (c.60 items, excluding a few more modern present for illustration). .. .. .. .. £240.

THE END OF THE SALE© Robert Murray 2005

A Buyer’s Premium of 10% (vat- inclusive) wil l be added to al l sale prices.

Extra abbreviations used in this catalogue

b/stamp = backstampb/w = black and whiteG.W.W. = George Washington Wilson h/stamp = handstampc.d.s. = counter datestampDCJ = David C. Jefferies

ms = manuscriptppc = picture postcardreg. = registeredRP = real photographicS.P.G. = Scottish Postmark GroupS.P.H.S. = Scottish Postal History Society

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