Keeton Reference Collection
Part Seven: "The Book"
Postal Auction - deadline for bids: 24th September 2002
 
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Lot Description: Note all lots are photographic airgraphs, unless described as original forms Reserve
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AG948 Original form. Xmas pictorial print on form GB/12. Hz fold £20
AG949 Original form. Xmas pictorial print on form GB/14. Shows cat by log-fire. Also lucky `horse-shoe` top left £20
AG950 1943.11.1 `First British Official Christmas Airgraph design despatched on Day of Issue.` Francis Field to Canada [P.62NE] £30
AG951 1944.11.20 Standard GPO Xmas pictorial to P.O. R/M/ Hut A3 Box1/H.M.S `Garuda` [P.62NW] £20
AG952 1945.2. Bournemouth War Services Org. Three views by Eustace Nash incl Church and pier [p.62SW] £25
AG953 1945.3 BWSO `Springtime in Bournemouth` with view of Gardens and inset The Undercliff Drive at Boscombe by Eustace Nash [P62SE] £25
AG954 Open Letter for Paris. Francis Field's pictorial showing parallel with micrographic messages sent by pigeon during 1870 siege of Paris - to Canada [P63NW] £30
AG955 1943 Xmas Aero Field's special showing Xmas cachets incl Zeppelin flight to Egypt with special AIRGRAPH b/stamp and Egyptian sealing tape [P.63NE] £25
AG956 Aero Field special showing bomber dropping aerial propaganda leaflets - to New Zealand [P.63SW] £30
AG957 Last day Aero Field special of 'Monty' page from Crabtree collection sent on 31 July 1945 - to S Africa [P63SE] £30
AG958 1943.2.24 Happy Memories from V Pinnegar GPO Birmingham to old workmate Spr A H Asbury 50th Divn Postal Unit MEF and signed by on receipt! [P.64NW] £35
AG959 1943.11 Birmingham P O Special with Acorn & leaves & flowers in border to Canada - b/s KINGSTON MPO314 arr cds - also blue AIRGRAPH Postage Paid mark on back (to save envelopes) [P.64SW] £35
AG960 Xmas Greetings block-print showing Birmingham Head PO from Pinnegar to Rly Tel OP section Signals PAI Force [P.64SE] £35
AG961 Xmas Greetings 1944 Birmingham Staff blockprint showing clock on bridge to BNAF - [P64SE] £35
AG962 1943 Monty caricature addressed to `Monty` - distributed to VIP visitors to Kodak Processing station [P.66NE] £20
AG963 1943 advert for Ladies hair curlers - addressed to India - intended for publicity use to show commercial potential of Airgraph service [P.66SW] £15
AG964 1945.3.25 Advert for Raleigh Bicycles - to Istanbul - produced for publicity purposes [P.66SE] £75
AG965 V-mail type Eagle anchor and Shield for USNVR used by Norman Hill to RAF/ CMF - pmk ROTHERHAM cds - very scarce use [P.80] £40
AG966 Another Vmail by TW Warren USNR showing barrage balloons over London sky-line incl Tower Bridge - from Norman Hill to RAF/ CMF [P.81NW] £40
AG967 Vmail from 427th Bomb Squadron Somewhere in England. showing two bombers with fighter escort - to San Francisco £20
AG968 Polish Forces. Pictorial type with mermaid but unusually with US flag top left - `52` Polish Censor - to Scotland - [P.83] £40
AG969 1944.5.28 Polish Forces. 4th Anniversary of Narvik - map of Norway with machine-gunners - from PF P.70G to Lt Godfrey c/o East Africa Cmd, Nairobi [P.84NW] - edges trimmed £25
AG970 1945.2.24 Polish Forces. Monte Cassino showing Union and Polish flags - from CMF to Stocki London [P.84NE] £25
AG971 1944.11.25 Polish Forces. Warsaw uprising - Polish censor `107` - to Stocki London [P.84SW] £25
AG972 Polish Forces. Paratrooper. Polish eagle. from Glasgow to RAF Durban/ S Africa [P.84SE] £30
AG973 1945.12.18 Polish Forces Xmas Greetings from Edinburgh to Canada [P.85NW] £25
AG974 Polish Forces. 1944.11.15 Standard Xmas pictorial from Edinburgh to PF 101 CMF [P.85NE] £25
AG975 1945.6 Polish Forces Standard Easter Greetings from LAC WestwoodCMF to Norman Hill [P.85SW] £25
AG976 1945 Polish Forces Easter Greetings from CMF to Edinburgh [P.85NE] £25
AG977 1944.11.28 Polish Forces design from Perth to Cadet Officer Polish Forces 613 CMF [P.86NW] £25
AG978 1944.11.11 Polish Forces. Xmas Greetings from Edinburgh to RNAS Alexandria [P.86NE] £25
AG979 1945 Polish Forces Easter Greetings from Pte Steel 2NZEF CMF to Edinburgh [P.86SW] £28
AG980 1944 Polish Forces Special print Falaise Ypres Breda on GPO Xmas Form from Perth to P Forces CMF [P.87SW] £45
AG981 1944.11.6 Polish Forces from Edinburgh to PF 424 CMF [P.87NW] £25
AG982 1944.10 Polish Forces from Lt Stocki P70 London to Lt Godfrey Nairobi [P87NE] £30
AG983 1945.2.24 Polish Forces from CMF 423 to Stocki P70 London - Polish Navy - hand drawn - scarcer [P.87SW] £60
AG984 Polish Forces Hand drawn from Polish Forces 132 CMF to Polish Arny League New Zealand [P.87SE] £85
AG985 1945 Polish Forces. Easter Greetings. Perth to CMF [P.88] £25
AG986 G.B. 1944 Horace Dear hand-drawn showing V1 or doodle-bugs heading for London SCARRED BUT NEVER SCARED rocket thematic [P.89NW] £175
AG987 G.B. 1944 Horace Dear hand-drawn showing warship “Here comes your Relief” - to Sardinia [P89SE] £50
AG988 GB 1944.2.14 Horace Dear hand-drawn Valentine Greetings showing Galleon to MEF [P90NW] £40
AG989 GB 1945.5.8 Horace Dear hand-drawn VE day showing toy soldiers - to Greece! [P90NE] £35
AG990 GB 1944 Easter Greetings Horace Dear hand-drawn showing cottage scene inset to MEF [P90SE] £20
AG991 1943.11.24 Special Qantas Christmas Greetings from Land of the Kangaroo - to England [P94NW] £80
AG992 Australia 1945.7.27 Hand drawn on AU/4 device of South Australia Piping Shrike [P94NE] - bird thematic £40
AG993 Australia 1945.7.27 Hand-drawn on AU/1 Device of New South Wales incl Lion in design £30
AG994 Australia 1945.7.27 Hand-drawn on AU/3 Device of Queensland incl Maltese Cross and Crown in design £30
AG995 Australia 1945.7.30 Hand-drawn on AU/6 Arms of Australia incl lion, black swan , shrike £45
AG996 Australia 1945.7.27 Hand-drawn on AU/2 Arms of Victoria incl Southern Cross £30
AG997 Australia 1945.7.27 Hand-drawn on AU/6 Tasmania Device of Lion in design £35
AG998 1944.12 Australia Hand-drawn from Brisbane Airgraph Section to Bombay section - koalas, rabbit, pipe-smoking [P96] £40
AG999 1943 BNAF Xmas from Free French Forces! - Cross of Lorraine `Transit` cachet from M. Cambaceres to London[P102NW] v scarce usage by French £50
AG1000 1943 BNAF Xmas from FPO 706 to Rochdale [P102NE] £5
AG1001 BNAF standard type with goat and pipe-player by palm-tree - to RNTAG School c/o FMO Nova Scotia [P102SW] £16
AG1002 1943 BNAF Happy Landings. Plane cactus from 31 Sqn RAF - to Belfast N Ireland [P102SE] £40
AG1003 1943 BNAF Xmas from 11 L of C Postal Unit to V Pinnegar Birmingham [P103NW] £35
AG1004 BNAF YMCA Xmas from AA Operations Room No.19 to London [P103NE] £25
AG1005 1943 BNAF Xmas from North Irish Horse with Mermaid on Harp and four tanks - to Surrey [P103SE] £40
AG1006 1943 Ceylon Greetings from Ceylon Command - Field Censor #58 - addresses scribbled out - [P168NE] £80
AG1007 1943 Ceylon Greetings from RM force Overt Ceylon Command - Field Censor #59 - to South Wales [P168SW] £95
AG1008 1942.10.30 Ceylon Royal Marines Xmas Trunk Call with elephant [P168SE] £120
AG1009 Standard RAF Greetings type Ceylon - circular censor - to Cardiff [P113SE] £40
AG1010 1944 Standard Xmas type but from ML HQ Albania! pmk FPO 577 cds [P120NE] £30
AG1011 CMF Standard type from REME to Bolton [P121 NW] £16
AG1012 1943 CMF Standard 8th Army type from 8th Army to The Tough SchoolHarton Moor Golf Club South Shields:Get some practice in you'll need it.Golf![P121NE] £75
AG1013 CMF Standard type from HQ No.8 Polindep Unit - to London [P121SE] £15
AG1014 CMF Standard type - thistle and rose - [P122NE] £20
AG1015 CMF Standard type to Belfast N Ireland [P122SW] £22
AG1016 CMF 1944 Special Greetings from 581 Lof C Stores Convoy Unit RAOCS fine ship design [[P122ANW] £50
AG1017 CMF 1944 Special Greetings from 6th Royal Tank Regt to V Pinnegar GPO Birmingham [P122ANE] £32
AG1018 CMF Special Greetings from 13 Corps Field Survey Coy RE to Stockport [P122ASW] staple holes £35
AG1019 CMF Special Greetings from 1 Adv B. Wksp REME Repairing Santa's Sleigh to Pressed Steel Cowley £35
AG1020 1944.11.27 CMF Special Xmas Greetings from 110 RSU RAF - Censor `80` to Leeds [P122BNW] £20
AG1021 CMF Special Xmas Greetings from 15 HQ Signals Cy [telegraph pole] - to Dorset [P122BNE] £30
AG1022 1944.11 CMF Special Seasons Greetings from 1st KDG - to Scarborough [P122BSW] £35
AG1023 1944 CMF Special from MACAF [Med Allied Coastal Air Force in Italy] with bomber and galleon - to Lancs [P122BSE] £45
AG1024 1942 Canada Special Greetings from Duke of Connaught Royal Canadian Hussars, Montreal to England £30
AG1025 1943 CA/8 with hand-drawn gremlin on plane wing. `This is my Gremlin, I call him Wun Wing Hi... a chinese gremlin` from 24 EFTS Abbotsford B C Canada - to Miss in Womens Land Army £35
AG1026 1945.7. Cartoon with Allied leaders in boat World Security incl: Churchill, Truman, Stalin and De Gaulle [CA/9] to Ceylon £50
AG1027 Canadian Forces: Europe. Printed pictorial original form GB/24(1) from Canadian Section GHQ 1st Echelon 21st Army Group - pmk FPO/ SC756 cds - GB 3d pale violet on back pmk - to Sussex - some wear £150
AG1028 1943 East Africa. Original formDREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS on S African form SA/4 (2) hz fold £65
AG1029 1943 East Africa. Original form DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS on E African form EA/8 (2) hz fold and typed description in address panel £55
AG1030 1943.12 East Africa . DREAMING from Lt Godfrey, Nairobi to Norman Hill [P133W] £50
AG1031 1944 Xmas East Africa. Standard `Salamu` Greetings Type to Bridgewater Somerset £24
AG1032 1944 Xmas East Africa. Standard `Salamu` Greetings Type from Mombasa Fortress Signals to Lincolnshire - with delivery envelope £26
AG1033 1944 Xmas East Africa. Standard `Salamu` Greetings Type from RAF Station Eastleigh to Worthing - with delivery envelope £26
AG1034 1944 Xmas Madagsacar. Standard `Salamu` Greetings Type from H Q Fortress Diego to Yorkshire £45
AG1035 East Africa Standard Middle East #41/2B from BAO Eldoret Kenya [Keeton not seen] to London £30
AG1036 East Africa Greetings from LAC Hanley RAF Kisumu to Selby £40
AG1037 East Africa Standard HM Forces Middle East type from Capt Godfrey E A Command to Norman Hill Rotherham £25
AG1038 East Africa 1942 Christmas Greetings from BAO RAF Eldoret Kenya magnificent African elephant - censor 753 £120
AG1039 1944.3.13 East Africa Greetings from EA AA Arty Depot & Trg Centre showing Lion and Zebra - hand-drawn £50
AG1040 1942.11 East Africa “Here is the roof of Kenya” - to Cumberland - little rust stain £45
AG1041 1944.11 East Africa from Lt Godfrey Civil Affairs Branch EAC to F Field England - with original dely env £40
AG1042 1944.11.9 East African Forces in India. Xmas Greetings to Wales - with orig dely env £30
AG1043 1945.7.31 East Africa Last day of use from Capt Godfrey to Norman Hill Rotherham £45
AG1044 1944 India Standard Greetings map inset with sailboat - small hand to Ruislip [P161NW] £16
AG1045 1944 India Standard Greetings map inset with sailboat - large hand to Monmouth [P161NE] £16
AG1046 1943 India Standard magic carpet type from 62 Sqn RAF India [P161SW] £22
AG1047 1944 India Customs declaration RAF type - Field Censor 137 [P161SE] £22
AG1048 India Standard RAF Rope trick from 22 AASC [P162SW] £22
AG1049 1944 India Standard `Just a line ` in rope - to Surrey [P162SE] £18
AG1050 1944 SEAC Standard type from 53 Cof EAASC GT to London [P167NW] £15
AG1051 1942.11 India Special Greetings from 202 HAA Battery RA elephant hauling artillery gun [P167NE] £60
AG1052 1943 India Xmas Greetings from 2nd East Lancs Reg to Nelson Lancs [P167SE] £32
AG1053 India 1944.12 Special Greetings from 32 ASP [Santa driving jeep] on Burma Front to Portadown N Ireland [P167A NW] £32
AG1054 1943 India Special Christmas Greetings from HMS Roebuck - Admiralty Censor - to Liverpool [P167ANE] £45
AG1055 1944 India Special from Deolali carpet seller - to Birmingham [P167ASE] £35
AG1056 1943.10 Iraq (PAIForce) Standard type from RAOC to London - Censor 5425 [P174SE] £15
AG1057 1944.10 Iraq (PAIForce) Standard `Elephant & Oasis` type from RASC Att 58 Ind BSD - to Lancs [P174SE] £35
AG1058 1943.11 Madagascar Standard type from Diego Suarez (Naval base) to RNAS/ 830 Sqn/ c/o GPO London [P.180SW] £50
AG1059 MEF Standard `cracker` type from 4(ME) ARU RAF to Newport Mon [P.200SW] £8
AG1060 Gold Coast 1941Xmas Standard MEF RAF type from RAF Takoradi - censor 169 - to Cleethorpes [P.200NE] £60
AG1061 1943.11 MEf Standard RAF type from RAF Hospital Tripoli - Censor 719 - to Glasgow [P200SE] £15
AG1062 1941.10 MEF Standard Greetings from HQ Lydda Area - to Blackpool [P204NW] £30
AG1063 1941.11 Standard Eastern Med RN from HMS Canopus to Portsmouth [P.204NE] £35
AG1064 1941 MEF Special for 660 General Reconstruction Coy Royal Engineers - to Notts - [P204SE] £32
AG1065 1941.10 MEF 4 Lof C Royal Signals special Greetings type - to West Brom [P204ANW] £35
AG1066 1941.10 MEF Special for KRRC Rangers - to Cambridge [P.204ANE] £32
AG1067 1941.11 MEF Special from 25th HY AA Bty comparing guns 1941 and cannon 1688 - to Londonderry, N Ireland [P.204ASW] £35
AG1068 1941 Xmas Greetings from General Staff Intelligence GHQ to London - Lion & Unicorn in arms - ]P.204ASE] £40
AG1069 1941 Standard `Convoy` greetings type from RNAS Dekheila to Lincs [P.205NW] £40
AG1070 1941.11 Royal Navy standard from HMS Hotspur - note seahorses in border! [P205NE] £95
AG1071 1941.11 MEF Special from 50th Divisional Signals - to Rotherham - [P.205SE] £35
AG1072 1942 PAIForce Standard type from 244 Squadron RAF - arrow top left [P.206NW] £28
AG1073 1942 PAIForce Standard type from HQ 215 group - hand top left [P.206NE] £32
AG1074 1942.11 Bahrain Standard Paiforce greetings type with censor 752 - address given as `Bahrain Islands` - to Hereford [P.206SE] £100
AG1075 1943.11 hand-drawn Xmas Greetings from SSC Supply depot SDF 19 Area - Sudan Defence Force in Eritrea [P.207NW] £45
AG1076 1944.12 MEF: Indian Army Overseas from Capt Holmes RE to Portadown N Ireland [P.207NE] £35
AG1077 1944.11 Standard MEf Naval greetings type from H M Dockyard Surgery/ Alexandria [P.207SE] £32
AG1078 1943 Palestine Greetings Jerusalem Church of Holy Sepulchre type PA/9 from Govt Printer to Linotype and Machinery Ltd london form impressed 40mil [P.227NW] £55
AG1079 Palestine Greetings Little Town of Bethlehem type PA/10 MN PP type - to Norman Hill Rotherham - addressee rubbed out [P.227NE] £60
AG1080 1944 Palestine Greetings Jerusalem The Citadel type PA/15 form impressed 25mil -to F Field Sutton Coldfield P.227SW] £40
AG1081 1944 New Zealand NZ/G2 unused original form Greetings with kiwi in border - three horiz creases £30
AG1082 1943.11.10 New Zealand Greetings NZ/G1 pmk TIMARU cds to England - flowers and explanation of Maori symbolism- with original dely env £20
AG1083 1944 Xmas N Z Forces in Italy Special for 2NZEF with orig NZ dely envelope £40
AG1084 1943.10 NZ/1 `Illegal` news-cuttings re Airgraph Service from New Zealand to Mr. Baldwin /England [P.214NW] £20
AG1085 1945.5 NZ/2 Illegal newspaper cartoon re: Berchtesgaden -Twilight of the gods - to England [P.214NE] £18
AG1086 1943.11.26 New Zealand Greetings NZ/G1 pmk AUCKLAND cds to HMNS Flores/ Royal Netherlands Navy/ c/o GPO London [P.214SW] £30
AG1087 1944.10 New Zealand Greetings NZ/G2 to Lt Godfrey Nairobi Kenya - edges trimmed £20
AG1088 1945.5 NZ Newspaper cartoon by Low depicting Berlin in Ruins: Echoes of the Past £15
AG1089 1945.7.31 GB Aerofield Souvenir of last day showing Monty page from Crabtree Collection - to Carterton NZ £30
AG1090 1945 NZ Cartoon showing Mars as War Criminal escorted by British, American and Russian troops £20
AG1091 1945 NZ Cartoon showing Civil war : Greece tangled up with left and right wing forces . Tommy: Take it easy pal I'm here to help £25
AG1092 1945 NZ Cartoon showing surrender of German troops to Americans: They hang out their own washing now £20
AG1093 1945 NZ Cartoon showing Goebbels: To end the bulletin here are the headaches again £20
AG1094 1945 NZ Cartoon showing British [Anthony Eden] knocking on door of New France [New Belgium next door] : time to get acquainted with our new neighbours £25
AG1095 1945 NZ Cartoon showing Hitler as the Last Man: They'll never get me You shall all die first! £20
AG1096 1945 NZ Cartoon showing TOKYO TRIUMPH - scarcer depictingJapanese £25
AG1097 1944.11 S African Naval type showing cat on sleeping man in hammock - from HMS Pathfinder [P.237NW] £75
AG1098 1944 S Africa Standard Naval Xmas type with sailor, cat. parrot, on cart pulled by turtle from HMS Swiftsure [P.237NE ] £120
AG1099 1944.11 S Africa Xmas Greetings from HMS Illustrious - to Dartmouth [P.237SW] £35
AG1100 1943.11 S African type Special Greetings from HMS Danae - to Yorkshire [P.237SE] £32
AG1101 1944.11 Bechuanaland South Africa Standard Greetings SA/X1A pmk FRANCISTOWN cds - ex L Creasy to Rotherham [P.238NW] £50
AG1102 1942.11 Standard Greetings type SA/X2 to Isle of Wight [[P.238NE] £8
AG1103 1944.Xmas Standard Greetings type SA/X3 from No.44 Air School to Sutton Coldfield [P.238SW] £12
AG1104 1944 Ceylon. South African type used from Naval HQ Colombo [P.238SW] £42
AG1105 South Africa [ Special Greetings from 41 Air School - to S Norwood P.239NW] £35
AG1106 S Africa Merry Xmas from Cape Town to Surrey with orig dely envelope - shows mermaid, octopus etc in border £45
AG1107 South Africa Greetings from 23 Air School, Waterkloof, PO Lyttletown Camp - to Edinburgh £22
AG1108 1943.11 S Africa Special Greetings from No.1 APRD Durban showing Zulu silhouettes - to Postmaster Birmingham £35
AG1109 1942.11 S Africa Greetings showing Army Postal worker buried in mail bags from No.1 APRD Durban to V Pinnegar GPO Birmingham £25
AG1110 1944 South Africa. Hand-drawn cartoon of giant hand holding Japanese soldier - to Sussex £15
AG1111 South Africa.. Xmas Greetings shows soldier beer mug in hand in desert under palm tree with cactus - to Newport £32
AG1112 1942 South Africa Xmas Greetings with Wood-pecker in arms Belli Dura Despicio - to Cornwall £40
AG1113 British Liberation Army Xmas greetings HQ21 Army Group to Major Creasy Bulawayo - with orig S Rhodesia dely envelope pmk BULAWAYO cds £32
AG1114 1944.5 Polish Forces,. Special Narvik Anniv to Major Creasy Bulawayo - with orig Southern Rhodesia dely env pmk BULAWAYO cds £35
AG1115 1942.11 S Rhodesia Standard greetings type from Major Creasy to Francis Field - with org dely envelope £25
AG1116 1942 S Rhodesia. Major Creasy's original form with personal greetings signed in ink by him top right with his cachet £45
AG1117 1942.11 Major Creasy's personal greetings type pmk SALISBURY to Godfrey c/o Norman Hill/ Yorks - with orig dely env £25
AG1118 1942.11 GB Paris Pigeon Post type to Major Creasy Bulawayo - with orig S African bilingual env pmk BULAWAYO cds - scarce £45
AG1119 1943 S Rhodesia Standard Post Office Greetings original unused form with small printed Post Office notice re: issue - on back 2x pennyhalfpenny Rhodes £50