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Lot 145
Leeds United Elland Road First Day Cover Signed By Legends Mick Bates, Alan Clarke, Mick Jones & Terry Yorath £10-12. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 184
Isenthal Vivian, An Archive of School, Travel, Domestic & War Diaries, Isenthal, Vivian. An Archive of travel diaries, notebooks, letters & drawings documenting her life, comprising thirteen extensively written diaries, the diaries are not a complete run, the first is dated July 3dr 1924 – August 1927 and covers her years at secondary school, giving details of academia, social life and family life, The rest are a comprehensively written number of diaries covering April 1930 to June 39 along with a separate travel diary covering Switzerland, the diaries cover all sorts of day to day topics of family life but become very interesting after the start of the second world war, along with a packet of handwritten letters and correspondence amongst family members and friends some based in Mosel Germany, (Qty: a small carton)
Lot 411
A large collection of Judaica items, comprising: Four Israeli lithographic advertising posters for coffee, fruit juice etc. Largest 41.5 cm. x 32 cm. An Israeli poster advertising the Soldiers' Raffle, 1962, with ten cars to be won, artist R. Dayan. 39.5x70cm together with Four children's drinks related posters & four others, a group of 19 modern postcards, reproduced from old photos of the Lodz Ghetto in WWII, includes Jewish Ghetto Police, Jewish types, officials of the Judenrat and German police together with Seven press photos of Jews in Eastern Europe, in ghettos, German occupation etc. (26)- Nine vintage French advertising cards for oil, mustard, soap, cake-mix etc. and eight German examples, Fromms Gummi-Schwamme, Tenaer Glas and Schnellglanz Ofenol Together with two issues of French magazine “Le Rire”, a “journal humoristique” with coloured covers, 28 December 1895 and 14 November 1896; also a French news sheet “L’Eclipse” no. 378 , 23 January, 1876, with coloured cover (12)- A Hebrew language advertising print for Mickey Mouse, 24 cm x 17.5 cm. Together with A group of eleven Israeli prints aimed at children 19 cm x 22.5 cm. (12)- Judaica:- two German 3-D effect chromolithographic Jewish New Year cards, early 20th century, 27 cm. and 25 cm. wide, one depicting Aaron the High Priest standing on a boat of flowers, the other depicting a rabbi and two congregants in top hats and prayer shawls on a platform reading a scroll under the canopy of a coach decked in flowers. First one in good overall condition, second one with minor losses to corners of base and ends of coach. Together with thirty-seven German lithographic cut-outs, circa 1906, depicting religious life, festivals and New Year greetings, also one depicting a windmill in rural setting. (40)- Judaica. A collection of eight children's posters for JNF (Jewish National Fund) approx. 33 cm x 47 cm.- Israel interest:-A group of 17 small coloured prints of Old Testament characters by Ze'ev Raban of the Bezalel School, ,15 cm. x 10.9 cm. and 3 posters for Israeli Independence Day, 35 cm. x 25 cm. depicting Israeli army cap badges, medal ribbons and portraits of Theodore Herzl and Israeli political and military leaders including Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan. (20). Small tear on left edge of one poster otherwise in overall good condition. Two Books. One an anti-Israel selection of cartoons published in Tel-Aviv July 1967. Second called ''Israel 1951-1952''. Together with an Israeli poster for the Synagogue ‘Hagra’ at 42 Hayarkon St., Tel Aviv, circa 1960, 33 cm. x 25 cm. (23)
Lot 104
William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011)Kelly's Mound (1964)Oil on canvas, 76 x 75cm (30 x 29½'')Exhibited: London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, 'Recent Paintings', September 1964, no.23, illustrated in colour on front cover of catalogue.William Crozier was born in Glasgow in 1930, son to a Co Antrim father and a Scottish mother. He was brought up in Troon, Ayrshire but returned to Glasgow to study at the school of art there from 1949 to 1953. He had his first exhibition in 1951 at the Carnegie Library and on graduating travelled to Paris for a time before moving to London. During the mid 1950s Crozier, not a stranger to Ireland, spent time living in Dublin and formed friendships with many of the literary set of the time. Back in London his reputation grew and by 1957 he had exhibited at the Parton and Drian galleries and at the Institute of Contemporary Art. He recalled his early London days: "I was on easy speaking terms with William Scott .... Eduardo Paolozzi and William Turnbull, simply because I was exhibiting, and took part in the social art world of the time. The social life of artists and writers in the London of the 1950s centred on the clubs and pubs of Hampstead, Chelsea and Soho. In a long day it was possible to meet almost everyone in the art world, and easy friendships were established and abandoned. My relations with Francis Bacon were typical. We inhabited the same small world, spoke frequently, were never close friends and moved in different circles." During this period he also held exhibitions in Milan, Paris, London and Washington. William Laffan writing in 2010 noted that 'By 1961 Crozier was widely seen as one of the most exciting artists in London. This position was acknowledged in that year by the French critic Michel Ragon who described him as "one of the best young painters beyond the channel". Laffan noted that 'For Crozier, whether in Essex, Crystal Palace, Wiltshire - or indeed West Cork - landscape has only ever been a springboard. Nature observed provides the catalyst, or even excuse, for an increasingly wide vocabulary of abstract gestures and marks.' The artist himself articulated "Landscape was a vehicle through which I could say anything. I could do it in any amount of colour, turn it upside down, make it have moods, make it carry different meaning. Landscape is not the subject; it is the vehicle through which I can express intangible things. Things which have no narrative. Loss, memory - all can be done through the language of landscape. The landscape almost takes no part, as if an actor."By 1963 Crozier had moved to Spain where he shared a house with Anthony Cronin near Malaga. He found the experience of living and working in Picasso's birthplace profound and during his stay he delighted in the Andalusian culture, the light and atmosphere. Kelly's Mound was painted the following year and exhibited at Tooth's in 1964, illustrating the cover of the exhibition catalogue. Crozier's work from this Spanish period and beyond was described thus by William Laffan - 'The group of paintings produced in, and inspired by, Spain is perhaps the most glorious and radiant in the artist's entire oeuvre - though not without a certain menace lurking in the background.'We acknowledge William Laffan whose writings formed the basis of this note.
Lot 160
Charley Pride (1934 2020) was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid1970s, when he was the bestselling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley, a signed Robert Johnson First Day stamp cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 161
Fats Domino (1928 2017) was an American pianist and singersongwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 hits, a signed Baltimore Fort Henry Colorano Silk Cachet First Day stamp cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 211
Ingrid Pitt (1937 2010) was a PolishBritish actress, author and writer best known for her work in Hammer Horror and Carry On films of the 1960s and 1970s. A signed Autographed Edition First Day Stamp Cover 2008, approximately 10 inches x 7 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 212
Tony Hart (1925 2009) was an English artist, best known for his work in educating children in art through his role as a children's television presenter. Hart initially worked as an officer in a Gurkha regiment until the start of Indian independence. A signed Autographed Edition First Day Stamp Cover 2006, approximately 10 inches x 7 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 213
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC (1921 2018) was a British fighter pilot and author, best known for his participation in the Battle of Britain. Born an only child in Walthamstow, Essex, Wellum was educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook before serving in the RAF. A signed Autographed Edition First Day Stamp Cover 2008, approximately 10 inches x 7 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 214
Terry Jones (1942 2020) was a Welsh actor, writer, comedian, screenwriter, film director, historian, and member of the Monty Python comedy team. A signed Autographed Edition First Day Stamp Cover 2004, approximately 10 inches x 7 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 215
A multi signed Comedians 1998 Bumper Autographed First Day Cover signed by five famous comedians namely Frank Carson (19262012), Griff Rhys Jones (b.1953), Mike Yarwood (b.1941), Dawn French (b.1957) and Roy Walker (b.1940), approximately 10 inches x 7 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 217
Sally Thomsett (b.1950) is an English actress who starred as Phyllis in the film The Railway Children (1970) and played Jo in the TV sitcom Man About the House (19731976). She also appeared as Janice in the film Straw Dogs (1971). An Autographed Edition First Day Stamp Cover 1998 signed by Sally Thomsett and one other taken to be Brenda Collins, a comedian and wellknown Cilla Black impersonator, approximately 8.5 inches x 4.5 inches. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 287
Pat Jennings (b.1945) is a Northern Irish former footballer. He played 119 international matches for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years. A signed Mexico 86 Official First day Cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 299
14 Members of The Australian 1989 Ashes Touring Cricket Team all cosigned on an Australian Bicentenary Royal Mail First Day Cover. Signed by Mark Taylor, Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Steve Waugh, Merv Hughes, Ian Healy, Trevor Hohns, Geoff Lawson, Carl Rackemann, Tim May, Tom Moody, Mike Veletta and Tim Zoehrer. Also included is a copy of a letter dated September 1989 explaining about how hard it was getting the players to sign Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 718
Commemorative memorabilia honoring Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Features a portrait of FDR in top left and a Frist Day Cover secured in the center of the paper. Envelope reads "F.D.R DIES" signed by Frank L. Teixeira. A first day of issue cover or first day cover is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. Issued: 1945Dimensions: 8.5"W x 11"HManufacturer: US Army Postal ServiceCountry of Origin: USACondition: Good
Lot 728
Modern silver proof issues,silver proof issues, Morocco, al-Hassan II, proof set 1975-76, silver 50-Dirhams 1975 (2) (KM 65, 67), 1976 (KM 68), in Royal Mint case of issue; Isle of Man, silver proof set 1979, Crowns (5), in case of issue, United Kingdom, , Silver Jubilee 1977, large silver proof replica 10-Pence stamp, cased with first day cover and certificate, Twelve Days of Christmas sterling silver medallion, cased with certificate and stamp first day cover. About as issued. (Lot)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 405
Secret Army TV series multiple Signed First Day Cover. Was actually flown in the RAF Lysander, as pictured. The cast had a reunion for the signing to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Formation of the first Secret Army, 31st May 1980. Signed by Clifford Rose, Kessler, Bernard Hepton, Albert Foiret, , Terrence Hardiman, Major Reinhardt, , Ron Pember, Alain Muny, Angela Richards, Monique Duchamps, Bill Randle DFM. G Glaister DFC. . Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4. 99, EU from £6. 99, Rest of World from £8. 99.
Lot 212
A good quantity of British and world stamps, loose and in two albums: an Ajax album containing a complete set of c. 1944 (13 x 3 to 30 pfennigs) unstamped Grossdeutsches Reich, Deutsches Reich examples (19 x Adolf Hitler right profile 1 to 80 pfennigs), other Nazi stamps, and a 1910-1935 Silver Jubilee first day cover with Hamilton (Canada) hand-stamps
Lot 489
COLLECTION OF FIRST DAY COVERS, comprising examples ranging from 1990s- 2012, covering various themes including Christmas, the Royal Family, literature, World Cup Winners, the Beatles, Harry Potter, James Bond, the Olympics and many more, along with two First Day Cover collectors books including The Booth Catalogue, also including The Royal Mail Millennium Presentation case in box
Lot 122
Autographed Stoke City 1972 League Cup Final First Day Cover, Dated 4th March 1972, Commemorating Stoke City´S 2-1 Victory Over Chelsea, Signed In Blue Biro Pen By Banks, Greenhoff, Smith And Conroy. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 88
WW2 D-day Arlette Gondree signed Historic March of Piper Bill Millin cover; she was the first Child Liberated on D-day. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 370
Viking 1The first colour photograph taken on the surface of Mars21 July 1976Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), with THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK watermarks and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory caption numbered "Viking 1-54" on the versoFootnotes:Launched on August 20, 1975, Viking 1 became the first unmanned spacecraft to land successfully on Mars eleven months later on July 20, 1976. [NASA caption:] this colour picture of Mars was taken July 21--the day following Viking 1's successful landing on the planet.The local time on Mars is approximately noon. The view is southeast from the Viking. Orange-red surface materials cover most of the surface, apparently forming a thin veneer over darker bedrock exposed in patches, as in the lower right. The reddish surface materials may be limonite (hydrated ferric oxide). Such weathering products form on Earth in the presence of water and an oxidizing atmosphere. The sky has a reddish cast, probably due to scattering and reflection from reddish sediment suspended in the lower atmosphere. The scene was scanned three times by the spacecraft's camera number 2, through a different colour filter each time. To assist in balancing the colours, a second picture was taken of z test chart mounted on the rear of the spacecraft. Colour data for these patches were adjusted until the patches were an appropriate colour of grey. The same calibration was then used for the entire scene.
Lot 520
TWO A4 BINDERS OF GB AND WORLD FIRST DAY COVERS INCLUDING 1938 GERMAN 1ST DAY COVER, QUEENS CORONATION 1953, MANS 1ST LANDING ON THE MOON WASHINGTON 1969, CONCORD 1ST FLIGHT 1969, WINSTON CHURCHIL GIBRALTER 1ST DAY COVER, WORLD CUP 1966 1ST DAY COVER, RMS QUEEN MARY 1ST VOYAGE 1936, AND MORE
Lot 4
The important and unique West Africa 1899 C.M.G. and Defence of Legations group of four awarded to Doctor Wordsworth Poole, Principal Medical Officer in Central Africa 1895-97 and West Africa, 1897-99, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his services as Physician to the British Legation during the Siege at Peking The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s breast badge, gold and enamels, with integral gold ribbon buckle, some small chips to the enamel of both centres; Central Africa 1891-98, straight bar suspension, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (Wordsworth Poole, P. M. O), officially engraved in upright serif capitals; East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (Dr. Wordsworth Poole, W.A.F.F.), officially impressed naming; China 1900, 1 clasp, Defence of Legations (Wordsworth Poole, M.B., C.M.G., Legation), officially engraved in sloping serif letters, the usual style for officers, the group mounted on a contemporary wearing bar, toned and unless otherwise described, nearly extremely fine (4) £20,000-£26,000 --- Provenance: A. A. Upfill-Brown Collection, Buckland Dix & Wood, December 1991; Dr. A. L. Lloyd Collection, Bonhams, March 2013. C.M.G. London Gazette 2 January 1900: ‘For services as Principal Medical Officer of the West African Frontier Force on the Niger.’ Wordsworth Poole, who was born into a medical family at St. Paul's Cray, Kent, on 7 December 1867, was the son of Samuel Wordsworth Poole, an M.D. of Aberdeen and, later, vicar of St. Mark’s, Cambridge, and the grandson of Richard Poole, an eminent physician, psychiatrist and phrenologist, who practised in Edinburgh. He was educated at St. Olave’s School, London, where he won several scholarships and then proceeded to St. Catherine's College, Cambridge where he entered the medical faculty. Completing his training at Guy's Hospital, and qualifying as an M.B. and B.C.H., he was unimpressed with the humdrum prospects of a provincial G.P., and Wordsworth Poole, after a short time as house surgeon, went forth to play his part in Empire, later jotting: ‘There was a young Cambridge M.B. Said I won't be a Cambridge G.P. But to Africa's shore I'll stick ever more And now he's a K.C.M.G.’ Fortunately for posterity’s sake, during his time in Central Africa, Poole kept a journal and wrote many letters to members of his family. Edited and published circa 1960 by Michael Gelfand under the title ‘Doctor on Lake Nyasa - Being the Journal and Letters of Dr. Wordsworth Poole (1895-1897)’ these writings, often quoted below, provide a rare insight into an important period of British rule in Central Africa, dealing as they do with the final overthrow of the armed forces of the African chiefs and Arab leaders who conducted a huge traffic in slaves around and beyond the shores of Lake Nyasa. They also contain much of interest from a medical perspective and many references to the life led by the early Europeans in the protectorate. British Central Africa On 5 January 1895, Poole was appointed to the Administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate as second Medical Officer. Bidding farewell to his brother, Francis, at Cairo on 19 February 1895 he embarked for Zomba, via Suez, Zanzibar and Mozambique, arriving on 17 April. Upon arrival, he observed in a letter to his Aunt Mary that there was a great mixture of nationalities in the tiny community of Zomba: ‘There are British, Yaos, Atongas, Arabs, Hindi, Goanese, Zanzibaris, Makua from Mozambique, Persians, a jJew, Zulus, Angoni - all speaking different languages’. As was to be expected, Poole at once commenced to treat the sick, one of his first calls was to make an African a wooden leg, his leg having been bitten off by a crocodile. Promotion was swift and, following the resignation of the incumbent, Dr. Rendall, by October he held the post of Principal Medical Officer, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, Sir Harry Johnston, who said of him, he had 'shown himself to be a most capable man and he can stand the climate and likes the country.' Wordsworth’s job was not an easy one, however, involving as it did, leaving his post at a moment’s notice to attend to members of the administration. Malaria and its complication, blackwater fever, were the most serious disadvantages of the country. The mortality rate amongst the officials and settlers must have been one of the highest in the world with an overall annual death rate of around 10 percent. The death rate among officials was particularly high. In 1897-98 there were 81 officials, of whom one-fifth were always on leave. Out of the total of 65 in the country there were 12 deaths (18 per cent), practically all in the prime of their life. Although conditions for the handful of Europeans in the capital were harsh, Poole discovered he could get by set apart from fair-skinned females; his military neighbours, on the other hand, he found rather trying. 'Take them all round,' he wrote, 'soldiers are about the most uninteresting men out - Their calling seems to wash anything original out of them and they become exasperating bores.' However, he enthusiastically entered the social life of the place, becoming secretary of the sports club and building a tennis court. Being of literary interests, he was also the prime mover in establishing a library. In September 1895, Wordsworth Poole took part in the first of several expeditions to suppress slavery on the southern shores of Lake Nyasa. As the expedition approached Chief Matipwiri's village, he was conscious of the ever present dangers ‘It was difficult to get rid of an uncomfortable feeling that some of the enemy lurking in the grass might loose off a gun at you, trusting for his chance of getting away in the long grass, in which they dodge about like hares. This did actually happen, for just as we were setting about to bivouac, three of the enemy fired from the bush, hitting no one but one of them got dropped by two bullets’. Contemplating the forthcoming battle 'I had been thinking all day what I should do when the action commenced,' he imagined himself treating the casualties, with his, 'boy carrying my Winchester to be handy’ in case he should be attacked when attending to the wounded. The reality, however, was somewhat different. The enemy evaporated and, ‘various parties went out burning villages and killing a few folk.’ The following month, enabled by an absence of sickness in Zomba, Poole was thrilled to join Major C. E. Edwards on his campaign against Zirafi, a powerful chief living on a steep and impregnable hill covered with boulders of rock, ‘with people potting at you from good cover.’ The skirmishing en-route was described by Poole in a letter to his mother ‘I and my hospital carriers were passing a clearing when about 70 yards away from us two guns blazed off from behind rocks. The porters threw down their loads and hooked. My boy ran up to me with my rifle, and I was trying to catch sight of someone to fire at (I’m fairly steady with the rifle now) when I saw a flash and some smoke, followed by another, and a bullet fell near my feet, knocking up dust into my face’. They pushed on, intent on punishing the naughty Zirafi, but, on finding the enemy's town abandoned, embarked upon the next stage of the campaign against the wicked Mponda, who in turn gave himself up in fear of the oncoming white men. Poole, meanwhile, was busy in his hospital and had been performing several operations, ‘Last Saturday I took off a man’s hand. He had been shot through the wrist by one of Zirafi’s men about six week’s ago. Since then he has had Tetanus, but recovered at Fort Johnston. He is...
Lot 570
The interesting Indian Mutiny Medal awarded to Assistant-Surgeon P. O’Brien, Bengal Medical Establishment, who served a total of 45 years in India, rising from Hospital Apprentice to full Surgeon; he was present in the First Burma war of 1824-25 with the Subordinate Medical Department, with whom he served for 32 years, and served a further 13 years in the Indian Medical Service. He was the oldest Assistant Surgeon in the Indian Mutiny and saved the lives of the Europeans at Lullutpore, where he was not only in medical charge of the District but was also the Joint Magistrate. Subsequently captured by the Mutineers he was imprisoned by the Rajah of Shahghur from 2 July to 12 September 1857 Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Asst. Surgn. P. O’Brien, Benl. Medical. Dept.) small edge bruise, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,200 --- Peter Joseph O’Brien was born in Galway, Ireland, on 19 September 1806, and would have arrived in India as the young son of a serving H.M. Regimental N.C.O. or soldier. His first mention in the record can be found in the Delhi archives which hold the documents of the Subordinate Medical Department (S.M.D.) covering the period from 1818 until 1858. It shows that Peter O’Brien was placed to do duty with the newly arrived H.M. 38th Regiment as an Assistant Apothecary, 24 May 1822, being promoted from Apprentice, and on 25 January 1825, O’Brien was posted to do duty with the 38th Regiment at the Military Field Hospital at Rangoon during the First Burmese War. It was here that he came into direct contact with Surgeon James Ranald Martin, who was later to become the Senior Medical Officer of the East India Company. Martin took him under his wing and they became lifelong friends. For his services in Rangoon, O’Brien was awarded the Army of India medal with clasp Ava. In 1826 he returned to Calcutta on the ship Hero of Malown with returning troops and on arrival worked in the General Calcutta Hospital. In 1831 O’Brien was appointed Assistant Dispenser in Simla. He worked in other stations, including Meerut, before returning to Calcutta where he was first, Apothecary at the General Hospital and second, Head Apothecary of the Calcutta Native Hospital. While in Calcutta O’Brien studied at the Calcutta Medical College and became a Doctor. In 1842 he was allowed to retire after 21 year service on a pension of 60 pounds per annum. Taking advice from his friend and mentor James R. Martin, he sailed for England to study at St George’s Medical School, and qualified as a Surgeon in late 1842, receiving his M.R.C.S. diploma in 1843. He returned to Calcutta on the ship Bangalore where he was the Surgeon in medical charge of the troops aboard. Appointed him to do duty with the newly formed Gwalior Contingent, as an Uncovenanted Sub-Assistant-Surgeon, in March 1844, he served for 9 years being in many minor affairs with both the infantry and cavalry units of the Contingent, before being commissioned Assistant-Surgeon on 20 November 1853. At the outbreak of the Great Sepoy Mutiny, O’Brien, now aged 51, was serving with the 6th Regiment Gwalior Contingent at Lullutpore. On top of his military and civil medical duties he was also Acting Joint-Magistrate of the District, a unique roll for a medical officer. Writing in 1860, O’Brien requested that his 9 years spent with the Gwalior Contingent as an Uncovenanted Surgeon should be allowed to count towards his pension. Among the papers are letters that cover the events at Lullitpore, extracts from which are listed below: ‘... you thus served uninterruptedly without being one day absent from regimental duties and that you discharged the duties of Surgeon to the Brigade Staff whilst with the regiment stationed at the Head Quarters, Gwalior. That in 1856 you were exchanged from the 4th to the 6th Regiment G.C stationed at Lullutpore where the Rebellion broke out and the latter Regiment mutinied in June 1857. Through your influence with the Rajah of Baupore you enabled to effect the rescue of all the Europeans at the station but subsequently you and the rest of the party were imprisoned from the 2 July to 12 September by the Rajah of Shahghur in a Fort where you suffered many privations and your health gave way. Eventually the whole party was sent to Saugor where you did garrison duties until February 1858 … I am convinced that the preservation not only of your own life but of all the Europeans who accompanied you from Lullutpore was mainly owing to the love and respect the natives had for you and which gave you the influence you had over the Baupore Rajah and his followers during these perilous times. Colonel W. Maule Ramsey late Brigadier Commanding Gwalior Contingent … The only information I obtained was from Dr. O’Brien who had resided for some years at Lullutpore where he acted as Joint-Magistrate and consequently was well acquainted with the District and people ... Captain Sale and Dr. O’Brien had gone on a little ahead of the remainder of us as we proceeded towards the Saugor Road. At the end of the Bazaar we were surrounded and taken prisoners by a party of the Rajah's men who took us towards Mussoorah near which place we were met by Doolaree Lal with a paper guaranteeing us protection which had been procured by Doctor O’Brien’ O’Brien’s services in Ubique are given thus: ‘Arrived Saugor, 14 September 1857. Engaged with the rebels at Tendkhera, 12 January 1858. In medical charge of detachment under the command of Captain Sale 9th Native Infantry. Served with the Central India Field Force commanded by Sir Huge Rose from 18 February to 29 May 1858 with the 3rd Bombay Europeans. Present at the battle of Muddenpore and the battle of Betwa, the siege, storming and capture of Jhansi. In medical charge of the left wing at the battle of Koonch, the storm and capture of Loharee and the various actions before Calpee and the capture of that place. Disabled by sunstroke at Calpee. Thanked in the despatch of Colonel Gall H.M.’s 14th Light Dragoons, commanding at the storm of Loharee. Medal and Clasp.’ O’Brien was appointed F.R.C.S. in 1859 and was advanced to Surgeon on 15 November 1864. He retired from the service on 6 July 1866, and died at St. Helier, Jersey, on 24 March 1882. Sold with two very comprehensive files of research.
Lot 158
Five: Acting Bombardier S. E. Davies, Royal Marine Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches and decorated for services with the Naval Mission to Serbia at the defence of Belgrade and subsequent retreat of the Serbian Army in 1915 1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 12733. Gr. S. E. Davies.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (R.M.A. 12733 Act. Bomb. S. E. Davies; Serbia, Kingdom, Silver Oblitch Bravery Medal; Serbia, Kingdom, Silver Medal for Military Virtue, generally good very fine and rare (5) £600-£800 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 21 January 1916: ‘For services with the British Naval Mission in Serbia.’ [2 officers and 2 ratings Royal Navy; 2 officers and 2 other ranks R.M.L.I., and 6 Gunners R.M.A.] Samuel Eber Davies was born at Netherton, near Dudley, Worcestershire, on 18 February 1894, and enlisted into the Royal Marine Artillery at Birmingham on 20 October 1894, aged 17 years 8 months. He was promoted to Gunner in January 1913, and was appointed Acting Bombardier in September 1916, after which he was embarked aboard H.M.S. Repulse for the remainder of the war. He was discharged from the Royal Marine Artillery on 5 July 1922. The purpose of the Naval Mission to Serbia was to prevent the Austrian monitors and patrol launches from using the Danube. As the Serbians had no floating forces and were weak in artillery, the Austrian monitors were free to bombard Serbian positions at will. Directly after the re-occupation of Belgrade by the Serbians in December 1914, a party of R.M.L.I. and seamen were sent hither from Malta. This mission was strengthened in February 1915 by the arrival from England of eight 4.7-in, guns, accompanied by eight R.M.A. ratings under Sergeant C. A. Pearce. The eight 4.7's were organised in four batteries of two guns each, the R.M.A. providing the higher numbers of No. 1 Battery, and seamen those of the remainder. The 4.7 batteries were widely separated to command the rivers, only the R.M.A. No. 1 Battery, under Sergeant Pearce, being close to Belgrade itself, its position being on Veliki Vrachar Hill, on the south-east of the city. By 1 October the Austro-Germans had effected a great concentration opposite Belgrade, and on the morning of the 3rd a terrible bombardment was opened. It was estimated that in the first 24 hours some forty-eight thousand shells fell upon the doomed city. No one had better cause to appreciate the magnitude of Belgrade's bombardment than the occupants of No. 1 Battery on Veliki Vrachar Hill. Commanded by a Serbian artillery officer, with another Serbian officer as second-in command, the battery was composed of Sergeant Pearce with a Corporal and four gunners of the Royal Marines, and a small crew of Serbian soldiers to assist with the heavy work. Of the latter Sergeant Pearce said he could not speak too highly. For the first four days the battery reserved its fire, waiting for the first sign of the enemy to attempt to cross the river. On the 7th they could wait no longer, but opened fire on the batteries along the river front, and for the rest of that day carried on an engagement with no less than 24 Austrian guns. The inevitable happened. As soon as the battery opened fire the aeroplanes corrected the range, and the enemy shells, instead of passing overhead, began to fall upon it, slightly wounding Gunners Carter and Davies. They managed to keep up the unequal contest all day long, and most of the next day, until those two guns were all that was left of Belgrade's defences, and nearly the whole of the Austrian artillery was concentrated upon them. Inevitably, on the night of the 7th, the No. 1 gun was put out of action, and on the following day the No. 2 gun suffered a similar fate. In face of heavy fire, the breech blocks and carriers of both guns were stripped, and under cover of darkness the gun detachments retired to a small village a few miles from Belgrade. In all two were killed and fourteen wounded, these remarkably small casualties being attributed to the excellent construction of the battery. Sergeant Pearce and his gallant little team now joined the rapid retreat of the Serbian army which began on the 12th November, in the face of the advancing Austrians and Bulgarians. Reaching Ipek in Montenegro in late November the most difficult part of the journey remained to be made. The way was across the mountains of Albania to Scutari. Winter had set in, the tracks were so bad and so congested with the debris of the Serbian army that all wheeled transport had to be abandoned, and there was in consequence a great shortage of food. On 13 December the men of the batteries reached Podgaritza, on the 15th Scutari, and on the 19th San Giovanni di Medua. Sergeant Pearce was by now ill with dysentery but the remainder of the party were embarked on H.M.S. Dartmouth and proceeded to England, where they arrived on 29 February 1916. Sergeant Pearce and Corporal A. H. Turner were each awarded the D.S.M., and the four Gunners R.M.A. Gunners of No. 1 Battery (including Davies) were all mentioned in despatches for the battle of Belgrade. Pearce was uniquely awarded the Gold Medal for Bravery and the Gold Medal for Military Virtue, the other members of the battery between them being awarded a further 14 Serbian decorations, probably making them the most highly decorated battery in the history of the Royal Marine Artillery. It is interesting to note that on 1 May 1915, a unit of the Scottish Women’s Hospital was attached to the mission, and that, on 21 December 1916, Samuel Davies married a Scottish lass, Williamina Trail, in Glasgow. Sold with research, including copied record of service and copied extracts from Britain’s Sea Soldiers 1914-1918 - Royal Marines in Serbia, both of which confirm the two Serbian awards.
Lot 749
CRICKET EPHEMERA ETC, comprising cigarette cards by John Player, framed full sets of fifty cricketers, 1930, 1934 and 1938, set of twenty five Kent Test cricketers by County Print Services, photograph of Essex County Team, signed to the mount 2002, reproduction photographic print of Don Bradman, three cricket prints, together with Battle of Britain First Day Cover stamps and Gillingham Football Club photographs
Lot 21
A LARGE MAINLY MINT GB COLLECTION in five boxes including mainly mint collection of GB in five Lighthouse albums, Sparse pre 1952 mint includes 1948 RSW, 1952 Tudor crowns, better graphites and early phosphors - good run of decimal face value to 2013 (not complete), also noted sixteen x R M cover albums with GB First Day covers from 1981 - 2013 including a few coin covers, also noted an album of GB prestige booklets and counter booklets, an interesting older collection of Worldwide in old ledger, a fine lot
Lot 3304
A 1966 World Cup Special Commemorative Issue First Day Cover, signed by Geoff Hurst, Ray Wilson, Gordon Banks, George Cohen, Martin Peters, Nobby Stiles, Roger Hunt and two others; together with a First Day Cover signed by Charlie George, another by Roy McFarland and one other, unsigned. (4)
Lot 3363
Comics & ephemera: Peter Pan Escape from the Planet of the Apes book & record set 1974, Superheroes comic 1980, Marvel The Titans issue no.1 1975, Thundercats, Puck 2 comic 1925, three Beatles Monthly magazines, Snooker Characters Book, Esso football medals FA cup centenary , Esso, 1972, Star Trek first day cover stamp collection.
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