Stamps

Lot 1068    SESSION 4 (4.30PM TUESDAY 2ND APRIL    Stamps

Estimate $50
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $100

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, includes issues for Canada, Great Britain, and Newfoundland featuring the Prince of Wales or proposed King Edward VIII, also noted miniature sheets for New Zealand Tarapex '86 and fantasy issues; a Diamond Anniversary postal medallic cover of Edward VIII's 325 day reign issued by Benham and includes a 1936 Bermuda medallic crown in gilt bronze; a 1994 souvenir telephone card for the Centenary of King Edward VIII; five postcards, all different featuring Edward the Prince of Wales (all except one unused); an invitation to the Investiture of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales named to J.W.Summers, Esq., M.P.; a softcover book titled King Edward VIII, A Study of the Stamps of the Reign of King Edward VII, by A.J.Kirk (2nd Edition), published for the Great Britain Philatelic Society; large booklets produced by travel agencies in anticipation of traveller's needs for attending various coronation events, one titled Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VIII May 12th 1937 and the other, Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth May 12th 1937; a fantasy fifty pounds banknote for the Royal Bank of Windsor featuring various images of Edward VIII. Used - MUH. (lot)

Ex Ian McCutcheon Collection.

James Woolley Summers was a British Liberal Party MP for the seat of Flint Boroughs from 1910 until his death in 1913.