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Peter Cushing (1913-1994) Three Mabel Lucie Attwell colour postcards - each sent at the same time by the actor to his wife Helen, handwritten in pencil, dated '20.vii.52'.The first reads, 'In a café ‘on the front, Worthing, having a HARLICKS!! My dearest dear - thank you ever so much for your lovely letter . . . Cushing advised her he had just finished rehearsing a new scene with Bolling, 'I made them laugh by suggesting that Edith ? should be offered a special wish to play the ? Brown role in Cardiff . . .';The second postcard continues, 'with a Welsh accent! I’ve got a seat for you for the evening performance, darling, on Saturday and I’ve enquired about your trains from Victoria direct to Worthing (Central I think) so you don’t have to change at Brighton. I wasn’t sure if you would like to come earlier so as to have the morning here . . .' Cushing has also listed three Pullman train times departing from Victoria and arriving at Worthing arrival times;The third postcard (with a slight stain at top continues) '. . . it would be lovely to have you here dearest as long as it’s not a BARR FAR MUMMAR' and 'if (she) arrives in the morning I can meet you at the station, if you come in the afternoon will you come along to the theatre . . . Thank you for taking my shoes dear, the pairs I have are not comfy. I loved what Benhams said! All my love xxx', Cushing signs off with a doodle of a dog bone and paw print. (3)Peter Cushing was a prolific writer to his wife whilst they were apart, and frequently used pet names as in this case, and often sent postcards by Mabel Lucie Attwell. He was famously devoted to his wife, Violet Hélène Beck, and in later years Cushing became increasingly reclusive following her death in 1971.Provenance: ex- Peter Cushing Collection: Canterbury Auctions, 2023.

Josef Herman (1911-2000) Watercolour on paper “Man on the Shore”, with copy of the Albany Gallery postcard receipt, 19cm x 23cm From the collection of the late Maurice Costley  Josef Herman was a Polish/British contemporary artist.  Herman was one of the last European expressionists.  He was a figurative artist who painted working people.  He came to Great Britain in 1940 and had his first exhibition in Scotland.  In 1943 he moved to London and had his first London exhibition with L S Lowry.  In 1981 Herman was awarded an OBE and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1990. 

Josef Herman (1911-2000) Watercolour on paper “Two figures”, Albany Gallery label verso, with an Albany Gallery postcard receipt, 23cm x 16cm From the collection of the late Maurice Costley  Josef Herman was a Polish/British contemporary artist.  Herman was one of the last European expressionists.  He was a figurative artist who painted working people.  He came to Great Britain in 1940 and had his first exhibition in Scotland.  In 1943 he moved to London and had his first London exhibition with L S Lowry.  In 1981 Herman was awarded an OBE and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1990. 

Craigie Aitchison CBA RSA (1926-2009) Limited edition artist's proof screenprint “Candy Dead”, signed verso 2002, 30cm x 25cm From the collection of the late Maurice Costley. Maurice and Craigie were acquainted, a postcard from Craigie to Maurice asking after his health (following an operation) is included in lot 74 Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish born painter, who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His work includes still life, portraits and paintings of his Bedlington Terriers. However he is best known for depicting crucifixions, which appeared in his work after he studied in Italy in the early 1950s. His work possesses a poetic use of colour, within simple but vibrant compositions. He had his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1959 and exhibited regularly both internationally and in the UK, including at Marlborough Fine Art. Retrospectives of his work were held at the Serpentine Gallery and Hardwood House and The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He won the Jerwood Prize in 1994 and the Nordstrom Art Prize in 2000. His work is in many private and public collections, including several at the Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and also the National Gallery of Scotland.

Craigie Aitchison CBA RSA (1926-2009) Oil on canvas “Arum Lily”, 2004, with Timothy Taylor Gallery label verso and with Timothy Taylor Gallery receipt dated 2005, 39cm x 30cm From the collection of the late Maurice Costley. Maurice and Craigie were acquainted, a postcard from Craigie to Maurice asking after his health following an operation is included in lot 74 Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish born painter, who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His work includes still life, portraits and paintings of his Bedlington Terriers. However he is best known for depicting crucifixions, which appeared in his work after he studied in Italy in the early 1950s. His work possesses a poetic use of colour, within simple but vibrant compositions. He had his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1959 and exhibited regularly both internationally and in the UK, including at Marlborough Fine Art. Retrospectives of his work were held at the Serpentine Gallery and Hardwood House and The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He won the Jerwood Prize in 1994 and the Nordstrom Art Prize in 2000. His work is in many private and public collections, including several at the Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and also the National Gallery of Scotland. Condition ReportRecto: Very good condition, no signs of dirt/wear and tear. Free mounted. Under UV - Artist's over paint upper right corner.  Frame: Very good condition. Verso:  Back board cut out to reveal canvas and stretcher, both in very good order. Tim Taylor Gallery label lower centre.  

Royal Academy of Art postcard "Craigie Aitchison CBRA", lamb in green field, written and sent to Maurice Costley 'Dear Maurice it is good to hear you are fine after the operation, hope to see you soon if you come to London ..., all best wishes Craigie'  William, Andrew Gibbon "Craigie, the Art of Craigie Aitchison", with inscription for Maurice, best wishes Craigie Aitchison, with dust jacket Haste, Cate "Craigie Aitchison, a Life in Colour", with inscription best wishes, Cate Haste, with dust jacket  Lambirth, Andrew "Craigie Aitchison Out of the Ordinary", Royal Academy of Arts book with dust jacket  "Craigie Aitchison A Private Collection", Waddington Totnes Galleries 2013 catalogue  Craigie Aitchison in Memorium folding programme, private view invitation to Tim Taylor Gallery Exhibition 2006 and another postcard  From the collection of the late Maurice Costley Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish born painter, who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His work includes still life, portraits and paintings of his Bedlington Terriers. However he is best known for depicting crucifixions, which appeared in his work after he studied in Italy in the early 1950s. His work possesses a poetic use of colour, within simple but vibrant compositions. He had his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1959 and exhibited regularly both internationally and in the UK, including at Marlborough Fine Art. Retrospectives of his work were held at the Serpentine Gallery and Hardwood House and The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He won the Jerwood Prize in 1994 and the Nordstrom Art Prize in 2000. His work is in many private and public collections, including several at the Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and also the National Gallery of Scotland.

Craigie Aitchison CBE RSA (1926-2009) Limited edition print Daffodils in vase, 34/75, signed and dated 2001 verso, 29cm x 23.5cm From the collection of the late Maurice Costley. Maurice and Craigie were acquainted, a postcard from Craigie to Maurice asking after his health following an operation is included in lot 74 Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish born painter, who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His work includes still life, portraits and paintings of his Bedlington Terriers. However he is best known for depicting crucifixions, which appeared in his work after he studied in Italy in the early 1950s. His work possesses a poetic use of colour, within simple but vibrant compositions. He had his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1959 and exhibited regularly both internationally and in the UK, including at Marlborough Fine Art. Retrospectives of his work were held at the Serpentine Gallery and Hardwood House and The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He won the Jerwood Prize in 1994 and the Nordstrom Art Prize in 2000. His work is in many private and public collections, including several at the Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and also the National Gallery of Scotland.

Craigie Aitchison CBA RSA (1926-2009) Oil on canvas "Tree with Mountain", 2008, signed verso, Tim Taylor Gallery label verso, 15cm x 12cm From the collection of the late Maurice Costley. Maurice and Craigie were acquainted, a postcard from Craigie to Maurice asking after his health following an operation is included in lot 74 Craigie Aitchison was a Scottish born painter, who studied at the Slade School of Fine Art. His work includes still life, portraits and paintings of his Bedlington Terriers. However he is best known for depicting crucifixions, which appeared in his work after he studied in Italy in the early 1950s. His work possesses a poetic use of colour, within simple but vibrant compositions. He had his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1959 and exhibited regularly both internationally and in the UK, including at Marlborough Fine Art. Retrospectives of his work were held at the Serpentine Gallery and Hardwood House and The Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. He won the Jerwood Prize in 1994 and the Nordstrom Art Prize in 2000. His work is in many private and public collections, including several at the Tate, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and also the National Gallery of Scotland.

A LANDSCAPE VIEW OF THE TOMB OF RACHEL IN BETHLEHEM (ALSO KNOWN AS BILAL BIN RABAH MOSQUE) Atelier des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, early 20th centuryOil on wood, the horizontal landscape view depicting the beloved and revered burial place of the Biblical matriarch, Rachel, in Bethlehem, Holy Land, held in esteem across all monotheistic faiths (Ahl al-kitab: Jews, Christians and Muslims) and built in the traditional style of a maqam (shrine), the view probably dating to the early 1900 (pre-1930, before telegraph posts were installed on site) replicating a famous postcard by Fr Vester & Co, Jerusalem, Palestine, depicting the same scene, the reverse stamped Atelier des Beaux-Arts, Aram H. Haschadour, Jerusalem (Palestine), mounted and framed.35cm x 44.5cm including the frame 35cm x 44.5cm including the frame Qty: 1

ART Biography (SIGNED): Tracey Emin: Strangeland. 2005, 1st. Edn. DW. Signed by author, fine; Maggi Hambling: George Always: Portraits of George Melly. Liverpool, 2009, 1st. Edn. Inscribed & Signed; McEwen, John: JOHN BELLANY. With a Foreword by John Russell. Edinburgh, 1994, 1st. Edn. DW. Inscribed, dated 'Cork Street 1994' and Signed by Bellany. Fine; Turner, Jon Lys: The Visitors' Book. In Francis Bacon's Shadow: 1st. Edn. Dw. Inscribed & signed by author, PLUS a limited edition postcard, with a drawing; Peter Davies: Bratby. 1st. Edn. Signed copy, soft covers; fine; Wood, C: Wiiliam Powell Frith: A Painter and His World. 1st. Edn. DW, Signed, fine; Moynihan, John: Restless Lives: The Bohemian World of Rodrigo and Elinor Moynihan. 1st. Edn. DW, Signed, fine; & Sturgis, M: Walter Sickert: A Life. 1st. Edn. Dw. Inscribed and SIGNED, VG (8)

Thomas Hardy, signed postcard, with Buckingham Covers Certificate of Authenticity

Cartoons (SIGNED): Charles Knevitt: One's Life. SIGNED, Plus a 4 line postcard Signed. Soft covers, fine; Law, Roger: A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image. 1st. Edn. DW, Inscribed & SIGNED BY Law. Fine; Hughes, David: Gilroy was good for Guinness. 2013, 1st. Inscribed, Signed & dated; Caroline G. Bott: The Life and Works of Alfred Bestall illustrator of Rupert Bear. 1st. Edn. Dw. Signed by author, fine; Grin and Blair it! Ten Years of Tony Blair through the Eyes of political Cartoonists. SIGNED by five of the contributors. 4to. Fine; Benson, T S: Butterworth. The Political Cartoons. 2007, 1st. Edn. Signed. Fine; Plus 3 others all Signed: Gerald Scarfe; Bill Tidy; & Michael Cummings. (9)

Football (SIGNED): Walker, Murray: My autobiography: unless I'm very much mistaken. Limited edition #572 of 600 copies, Signed by Murray and Lord March. Slipcase, fine; Baxter & Hewitt: The fashion of football. 1st. Edn. Dw. Signed by Terry O'Neill (photographer), fine; Hunter Davies: Joe Kinnear Still Crazy. 1st. Edn. Dw. Inscribed & signed by Kinnear Plus two others? ALSO loosely inserted a stamped addressed postcard, 9 lines & singed by Hunter Davies, fine; Plus: 5 other football related books, all Signed. (8)

Nine boxing signed photos, including Evander Holyfield, Joe Frazier and Tyson Fury, two on album pages and a Jack Dempsey signed postcard, (12)

ART (SIGNED): Maggi Hambling: Maggi & Henrietta: Drawings of Henrietta Moraes by Maggi Hambling. 2001, 1st. Edn. Signed & dated; PLUS: a seven line Maggi Hambling postcard- lots of love, Maggi x Fine; Ruskin SPEAR: Exhibition at the Fosse Gallery, Gloucestershire, May 1983. Signed by Spear. 12pp + wrappers, illustrated; Ken Howard: An exhibition of 80 recent paintings by professor ken Howard, Inscribed & Signed by Howard. Soft covers, fine; Peter Blake: 1- Vaizey, Marina: Peter Blake. 1st. Edn. Title Inscribed & Signed by Blake, Fine; 2- Peter Blake. Tate Gallery. London, 1983. Signed by Blake. Soft covers, fine; Shepherd, David: 1- A brush with steam, David Shepherd's railway story. 1983, 1st. Edn. Dw, Signed; 2- The man who loves giants. 1983. Dw, Signed; Sandra Fisher: days on the water & other pictures. 23 Nov, to 22 Dec. 1989. Inscribed & Signed. Soft covers. Fine; Kalman & Lambirth: L S Lowry Conversation Pieces. 1st. Edn. DW, Inscribed & Signed by Kalman. Fine. (9)

Two postcard albums of steam locomotives

Two Postcard Albums

BANKSY: A 'KATE' POSTCARD, 2005, limited production made exclusively for the Banksy 'Crude Oils' show in 2005 held in London, available only at the show to attendees, 14.8cm x 10.5cmProvenance: The Bob Cosford Collection of Contemporary and Street Art.

Two Albums of Early XX Century Picture Postcard Albums, to include: thirteen WWI silk cards, comic and greetings.

A postcard album filled with a mixture of postcards including silk, 'The Great European War', popular holiday destinations both UK and European in both colour and black and white, some written on.

Victorian photograph album and two postcard albums - Felix The Cat, South African interest and three antique photographs of mining and farming scenes

Vintage basket with quantity of postcard and photograph albums

A box containing sundry items to include 2 x £5 coins, various other coins, two vintage postcard albums containing various topographical postcards, a World War II RAF bomber morse code key and a small collection of costume jewellery

Early 20th century postcard album containing approx. 150 black and white and coloured postcards, including Ramsgate Military Camp 1905, Clifton Rocks Railway, the Royal Engineers Balloon Section, various steam train and steamboat postcards, etc and a quantity of collectables including a DeVe coffee grinder, carved mahogany oval tray, leather attache case and other items 

A boxed collection of vintage family photos, postcard albums, world stamps albums and vintage prints.

An album of postcards mostly being the Royal Mail Postcard Series examples

Lego - A mixed collection of six boxed factory sealed Lego sets. Sets include Lego #40569 London Postcard; #40519 New York Postcard; #40469 Tuk Tuk and similar. Sets are presumed to be in Mint condition being in factory sealed boxes which appear in Excellent - Mint condition with some minor wear. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

Star Yachts - Pokemon - Lego - Action Man - Others - A mixed group of modern and vintage toys and some miscellaneous collectibles. Lot includes a playworn and incomplete Star Yacht (good for restoration); an unboxed vintage Lego #698 1977 Boeing Aeroplane; a boxed Dinky #561 Blaw Knox Bulldozer (appears Very Good in a Fair box); a small group of unboxed modern Action Man figures; two Pokemon postcard books; an unboxed quantity of vintage Bako and similar. Items appear to range Poor - Good in condition. All items are unchecked for completeness. (3) (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

Lieutenant Colonel Barlow, small arms manual together with a further photographic postcard

ALEXANDER RHYS (BRITISH CONTEMPORARY) 'A JAPANESE POSTCARD', an abstract study with Japanese motifs from his most recent 'Gold' series, signed bottom right, mixed media on canvas, approximate size 100cm x 100cm, frame size 107cm x 107cm, Condition Report: there are marks to the surface of the painting but it is not clear if they are intentional distressing or damage (artist resale rights apply)

Quentin Blake, illustrator and children's writer. A signed official Roald Dahl BFG unused postcard. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Collection of French L'Illustration Journal Universel magazines, a modern postcard album and The Leisure Hour

Two late 19th/ early 20th Century postcard albums, subjects including: birthday greetings, humour, and souvenirs; together with an early 20th Century Swedish souvenir postcard album, each depicting scenes of Stockholm; and two John Player & Sons cigarette card albums. (5)

Steve Harley signed postcard of Walsall town hall. Dedicated. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A mixed group of Royal commemorative ephemera and related, to include a 1951 Festival of Britain guidebook; a set of twelve Cammell Laird shipping postcards; and an 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition postcard.

WORLD WAR I / BLACK WATCH FOOTBALL Original team postcard from World War I of 3/5 Black Watch football team group. Some edge creasing a slight marks. Fair

1905/6 ILFORD Original postcard of Ilford football team group from 1905/6 stamp and franked to the rear. Slight creasing to corners. Generally good

BOLTON WANDERERS Original postcard of Bolton football team group from 1913/4. Some creasing to corners. Fair

Local Interest -a postcard album containing 19th century and later postcards depicting streets and town centres including Iron Gate Derby, Market Head Derby, etc; another, depicting Mansfield, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Hardwick Hall, etc; a quantity of loose postcards including British Beauty series, birthday greetings, satirical, etc (3)

Mallory (George), E.M. Forster, A.E. Housman etc.- Pate (Minnie, of the Cambridge University Typewriting Office, 33 Trinity Street, Cambridge) Album of correspondence to Minnie Pate concerning typing for various people at Cambridge University, including: George Mallory (Autograph Letter signed & 1 Autograph Postcard signed); E.M. Forster (2 Autograph Postcards signed & 1 Typed Letter signed); A.E. Housman (1½ Autograph Letters signed & 1 Autograph Postcard signed); Laurence Housman, John Murray (2); Harold Laski (Autograph note signed); JBS Haldane (Autograph Note signed); AC Benson (2); Constance Jones, head of Girton College, Autograph Postcard signed); Lytton Strachey and numerous others, together c. 360 letters and postcards, folds, most laid down on album ff., a few loose, 3 album ff. loose, original cloth, gilt, letters and postcards, v.s., album folio, 1895-1950.   *** Mallory (George, mountaineer, died while climbing Mount Everest, 1886-1924) Autograph Letter signed to Minnie Pate, 1p., 8vo, Alpes Maritime [France], 10th February 1910, "Dear Miss Pate, Will you please execute your art upon the manuscripts I am sending? They're in rather a mess I'm afraid - but I daresay one of your young ladies will be able to unravel them. There are three little stories in all. I have made a mark like // to mark the end of a paragraph. And could they be sent when finished, if possible at no very distant date, with the manuscripts to C.D. Lumby at Magdalene?"   Minnie Pate joined the Cambridge University Typewriting Office in the 1890s. The Office had been established in 1892 by Marian Marshall (c.1848-1901), a trade unionist and women's suffrage worker. In 1900 she sold the business to Minnie Pate. In October 1950 Minnie Pate became the first woman to become an honorary MA of Cambridge University.

FARJEON ELEANOR.  16 various works incl. 1sts, some in d.w's.; with 3 manuscript letters from Eleanor Farjeon to Michael Harvey, one of six sides (folded, split to fold) with much of theatrical & literary interest, another commenting on (A.A.) Milne, "I wasn`t an out and out admirer of his work". Also a double sided manuscript postcard.

LE BAS (Edward) group of 19 postcards from the artist Edward Le Bas to Nellie Edith Schwabe, his former housekeeper, circa 1950s-60s, mainly from Spain , France and Italy; together with two photographs of Le Bas and a postcard signed from Hector Bolitho

A miscellany of photographs and prints of circus performers and other subjects, some with photographer's stamps including Max Fields, Charles Lea, L.B. Hackett, and Charles Brown, two images depicting a sign for Sandy Powell, two advertising Bernard Savona, and others of clowns and other performers, some signed; with some postcard size images including one of boxer Billy Wood, and many others of a 1930s circus; in a metal box with other ephemera including three copper plates and moving postcards, (qty).

Three old interesting postcard albums. 1x Album about war and mocking cards about wars. 1x Album, mostly children and birth. 1x Among others; Voorburg, Monster, Wassenaar, Zoetermeer et cetera. In good condition.

A large collection of mainly 19th and 20th century coins and paranumismatic items, including a P. Dawe of Kingstown octagonal twopence token, a Victoria one penny model coin, a Taylor & Challen Ltd Engineers Birmingham Minting Machinery advertising token, a George III shilling forgery and a Mersey Tunnel commemorative aluminium medal and associated postcard.

A mixed lot of Lord of the Rings memorabilia and ephemera, to include: - Various first day covers, stamps and postcard sets - Isle of Man post stamp collection bearing the signature of Billy Boyd (Pippin) - First day cover bearing the signature of Ian McKellan (Gandalf) - Korean poster book - The Two Towers sticker sheet - Various limited edition lithographic prints - 2004 Return of the King calendar - Newspaper specials etc

A collection of vintage rugby programmes, to include some All Blacks, together with All Blacks rosette, various ticket stubs and a postcard bearing the signature of Brian Moore

A Pink Floyd holographic postcard, official merchandise purchased onThe Division Bell Tour, Earls Court, October 1994

Edwardian postcard album with much local interest including King Street Stroud, the town from Beeches Green, Gloucester Street, Train Station, Subscription Rooms, The Parade King Street, The Uplands, Ebley Chapel, Randwick Church, Rodborough Tabernacle, Rodborough Fort, The Bear Inn, Amberley, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth Rockness, Birdlip village, Toadsmoor Lake, Thrupp, Avening, Cheltenham busy scene in High Street, concert at Montpellier, Lower Promenade, Gloucester crowded scene at The Market, Southgate Street, a gathering at Berrys Tea Garden Churchdown, Bath & West Show 1906, Bristol Tramway Station, Cerney Lock & Roundhouse, Cirencester Market Place and others include children dressed-up for a performance, approximately 300 cards in decorated brown cloth album (loss of spine cover)

[Postcard interest] Group of seventeen original copper plates for the printing of comic and saucy postcards, mid. 20th century to include designs by Davo, Trow, Dudley and AFR with images including visit to the doctor, policeman talking to a pawnbroker, woman placing a bet at the races, couple drinking at the 'Rompwell Hotel', farmer taking large bull to market, couple discussing a male Stone Age statue, woman stepping out of motorcar, elderly couple at the steam baths, monkey groping a young female while her partner is busy catching butterflies, couple at Sunnybottom Nudist camp etc, each image comprises a set of three separate plates (complete), together with over 200 unused comic cards including Donald McGill, Rex, Bob, AER, Pedro, Jolly and Trow and 18 large uncut printer's sheets with approximately twenty five cards per sheet

[Postcard interest] Group of seventeen original copper plates for the printing of comic and saucy postcards, mid. 20th century to include designs by Davo, Trow, Dudley, Duncan and AFR with images including couple outside cinema with board advertising film 'The Expectant Bride', lifeguard assisting a young woman, elderly gent with young bride at hotel, family visiting doctor of physchiatry, man facing two women captioned “It’s beautiful Miss, tuck it well in until your wedding day!”, couple on beach, dog looking at lamp on wall, couple in aeroplane, females bathing, poultry farm etc, each image comprises a set of three separate plates (complete) together with over 200 unused comic cards including Donald McGill, Rex, Bob, Pedro, AER and Trow and eighteen large uncut printer's sheets with approximately twenty five cards per sheet

[Postcard interest] Group of seventeen original copper plates for the printing of comic and saucy postcards, mid. 20th century to include designs by Davo, Trow, Dudley, Duncan and AFR with images including gent with woman on his lap, man at dry cleaners holding pair of bloomers, man in archaic headbrace with mouth padlocked, couple sunbathing, female leaning over a car, men outside pub, group of women outside factory, woman at hypnotist’s, chickens and parrot, piglets suckling, motorcyclists, man up a ladder in kilt hanging poster on wall as females pass by, male rambler looking at breakfast menu etc, each image comprises a set of three separate plates (complete), together with over 200 unused comic cards including Donald McGill, Rex, Bob, Pedro, Jolly, AER, Trow and eighteen large uncut printer's sheets with approximately twenty five cards per sheet

[Postcard interest] Group of eighteen original copper plates for the printing of comic and saucy postcards, mid. 20th century to include designs by Davo, Trow, Dudley, Tony and AFR, with images including family onboard a cruise ship watching a whale spout water, woman in dentist's chair, newleyweds in hotel room, couple at a bar, two men behind wall at 'Sunview Nudist Colony', woman looking at hanging baskets, old man in rocking chair, men besides a warship as a female passes, man from ACME Hire Purchase Company making a house call, female saying to her partner 'Heaven’s above' he replies 'I know but I haven't the time' etc, each image comprises a set of three separate plates (complete), together with over 200 unused comic cards including Donald McGill, Rex, Bob, Pedro, Jolly, AER and Trow and eighteen large uncut printer's sheets with approximately twenty five cards per sheet

[Postcard interest] Group of eighteen original copper plates for the printing of comic and saucy postcards, mid. 20th century to include designs by Davo, Trow, Dudley, Bashful, Wilding and AFR with images to include a porter reading from S.S. Snoggin Castle welcome letter to guests, ladies discussing young woman with pushchair, men at Honeymoon Hotel, couple at machine dispensing liquid into test tubes, couple in bedroom at Honeymoon Hotel, game of cards, marooned couple on small island, family at a fair, man approaching woman in shop with sign reading 'Nothing over 9d', man finished carving a female statue as another asks has he just done it 'Not likely – it’s solid rock', woman at registry office with three babies, woman hanging washing with mower attached to her apron string etc – each image comprises a set of three separate plates (complete), together with over 200 unused comic cards including Donald McGill, Rex, Bob, Pedro, Jolly, AER and, Trow and eighteen large uncut printer's sheets with approximately 25 cards per sheet

Donald McGill (1875-1962) original watercolour artwork for a comic postcard, image shows two gents passing a female, one raising his hat to acknowledge her, captioned 'She’s an old flame of mine' the other gent responding 'Old flame! Well, she looks a bit hot!!' signed in ink lower left, printed text pasted above image and caption written in ink on reverse, on sketching board approximately 25cm x 17cm

Donald McGill (1875-1962) original watercolour artwork for a comic postcard, showing two females in conversation, and captioned above 'Lazy! He’s so lazy that he even married a widow with three children!!' and with small inset illustration of wife looking at her husband asleep in bed beside her, signed in ink lower left, printed text pasted above image and caption written in ink on reverse, on sketching board approximately 25cm x 17cm

Collection of printer's proofs comprising colour cover designs for a series of cowboy Western books published by Ward Lock (c.1960s) including Man from Wyomin’ by Rod Brannan, Hand of Vengeance by Marc Alexander, Dead Man’s Colt by Russell Kidd, Cheyenne Drums by Lewis B. Patten, The Lawless Border by Allan Vaughan Elston, Wolf Creek Pass by Mike Burrowes, Guns of Judgement Day by Cliff Farrell, Comanche Crossing by John Q. Pickard etc, forty eight designs (a few duplicates) printed four per sheet. Mid 20th century saucy postcard designs by Rex, Pedro, Bob, Trow, AJW, Pip and H. Lime, colour sheets with multiple cards on each. Poster and leaflet designs for The Dowty Group. Multiple flyers for 'Tackle' a medicated gel for pimples and blackheads on young men. 1970s greeting card designs for The Lord Mayor of London etc together with copy of The Audubon Folio, Heron Books text volume and folder with 22 (of 30) colour plates

1908 USA postcard of the Toledo First Passenger Airship Flight, pilot Ralph Knabenshue, September 1908 postmark. UK P&P Group 0 (£6+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

A post-War ‘Civil Division’ B.E.M. awarded to Mr. J. K. Johnson, House Foreman, Kensington House, British Broadcasting Corporation British Empire Medal, (Civil) E.II.R. (John Kimberley Johnson.) in Royal Mint case of issue, and contained in original outer named card transmission box, extremely fine £120-£160 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1965: John Kimberley Johnson, House Foreman, Kensington House, British Broadcasting Corporation (London S.W.9.) Sold with the named Buckingham Palace enclosure; 10 Downing Street letter informing the recipient that he had been awarded the B.E.M., dated 28 December 1964; a large number of congratulator letters from various senior officials at the B.B.C.; a postcard photograph of the recipient; and the recipient’s Royal Artillery Discharge Certificate,, in the rank of Gunner, dated 27 September 1933 (after three years with the Colours, and nine years with the Reserve).

* Jewish playing cards. Artistic Palestine Play-Cards, Jerusalem: Duchifat Press, circa 1920, 51 (of 52, without 6 of menorahs) colour lithographed playing cards, designed by Ze'ev Raban, suits are menorahs, fig leaves, pomegranates, and stars of David, single figure courts depicting named Biblical and other Jewish characters, the acidic cardstock is toned, 7 of pomegranates a trifle stained, square corners, versos green design of zodiac signs, each card 81 x 58 mm, with original wrapper front panel, made from a section of blank postcard (5mm tear to upper corner, ink mark to left figure), 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (54.5 x 39 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Jewish Museum accession number: F 4561.Ze'ev Raban studied in Poland and Germany before moving to Jerusalem in 1912. There he joined the Bezalel Academy where he was an important teacher and prolific artist. This pack was later modified and republished with French suits as Jacob's Bible Cards. The wrapper front panel gives the title and imprint in Hebrew. The missing back panel would have provided the same information in English, including the title given above.