Bidspirit auctions | Chaucer Auctions Auction Apr 23, 2025
Chaucer Auctions, Apr 23, 2025. 504 lots, estimates 4 - 100 £.
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Lots in this catalog (504)
- Lot 1: F1 50th Anniv 1st flight Spitfire Signed 10 Battle of Britain Pilot Crews WAAF, — £12 - £14
- Lot 2: WW2 Escaping Society Pat Cheramy. Taffy Higginson signed 1979 Pat O'Leary, RAF Escape series cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 3: Nice Jean Batten Signed Cover. Flown London to Rome Bombay Hong Kong Melbourne. — £10 - £14
- Lot 4: WW2 Luftwaffe ace General G. Barkhorn KC signed HASP1d Manfred Von Richthofen ( Red Baron ) cover. — £60 - £80
- Lot 5: 1st Military Operations 1 Oct 1922 by RAF Cover Signed F M F West VC WW1 Pilot. Good condition. — £10 - £14
- Lot 6: Concorde Test Pilot Brian Trubshaw signed scarce JS(CC)60g Closure of RAF Manston official Travellers Tales FDC. — £30 - £40
- Lot 7: Great War Navy veteran signed HMS Glory official cover. RNCC34b HMS Glory E. — £14 - £16
- Lot 8: WW2 Victoria Cross winner Thomas Gould VC signed on his own 1986 Navy cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 9: JSF12a 75th Ann No. 32 sqn multiple Signed 5, Battle of Britain, VC, Pilots etc. 15 Jun 91 BFPS 2293 75th Aniv. — £10 - £14
- Lot 10: WW2 RAF Capt Eric Winkle Brown Ad J Gibson signed rare Navy official cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 11: 75th Ann. 11 Squadron cover Signed by 20 air Crew members 1992 111 Sqn Rare variety JSF16d. — £10 - £14
- Lot 12: WW2 cover 617 Sqn attack on the Antheor Viaduct Signed by J Bell and R Smith. 617 Sqn Crew, raid veterans. — £14 - £16
- Lot 13: WW2 cover 617 Dambuster Sqn Attack on Arbergen Signed by W Gordon and R Blagdon 617 Sqn raid veterans. — £14 - £16
- Lot 14: Rare 1990 Benham Gallantry Full Set FDC Signed 9, 5V C holders, 1 GC Holders, 3 others. — £34 - £40
- Lot 15: WW2 cover La Pallice 617 Squadron Attack U Boat Pens Signed Bates, Carwell both raid veterans. — £14 - £16
- Lot 16: Battle Of Britain WW2 multiple signed RAF cover inc Ulrich Steinhilper, Luftwaffe ace. W. D. David, U Steinhilper, — £14 - £16
- Lot 17: WW2 Dambuster Harold Mick Martin signed RAF Avro Lancaster cover. Good condition. — £30 - £40
- Lot 18: Edgar Mitchell NASA astronaut Apollo 14 moonwalker signed Internetstamps The Future space tourism official 2001 FDC. — £30 - £40
- Lot 19: WW2 Uboat commander Siegfried Koitschka U616 signed 50th ann North Sea Shipping Searches cover. Good condition. — £20 - £30
- Lot 20: Lord Tedder 3 Battle of Britain Pilots signed CMD8b MRAF Lord Tedder cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 21: RARE Surrender of Japanese Forces Signed E Valentine HMS Glory 1945. — £14 - £16
- Lot 22: 5 George Cross holders signed unique Royal Visit RAF cover. RV25a Queen Mother to embark on Royal Yacht Signed. — £10 - £14
- Lot 23: WW2 James Tait DFC Bill Reid VC signed RAF flown bomber cover 1st Flight Halifax. Good condition. — £10 - £14
- Lot 24: WW2 rare Battle of Britain ace Ralph Roberts signed Lord Tedder RAF cover. — £20 - £30
- Lot 25: SC17b RAF Hartland Sir Barnes Wallis bouncing bombs used by 617 Sqn. — £80 - £100
- Lot 26: WW2 SOE Agents Nancy Wake 'The White Mouse' ND Henri Tardivat RARE signed cover. — £30 - £34
- Lot 27: 617 Sqn Dambuster's cover Signed by J H Clay Bomb Aimer Dams Raid 17th May 1943. 17 May 1994 Woodhall Spa 44th Anniv. — £40 - £50
- Lot 28: Rare Battle of Britain pilot M A Birrell signed Navy cover Shooting Down Enemy Aircraft Catapult Ship signed. — £14 - £16
- Lot 29: WW2 Rare Battle of Britain ace G Holder 236 sqn multiple signed RAF cover. CMD11a Sir J. — £14 - £16
- Lot 30: WW2 Rare Battle of Britain ace L Collingridge 66 sqn multiple signed RAF cover. — £14 - £16
- Lot 31: 617 Sqn Cover Flown in Lancaster Signed by 8 Members of 617 Sqn. 31 May 1981 Blackpool Air Pageant 1981. — £30 - £40
- Lot 32: Rare MAM4d Special Signed Cheshire VC, Bateson, R A Chisholm Battle of Britain. — £18 - £20
- Lot 33: WW2 Rare Battle of Britain J Dixon 64sqn, A Mackinnon 804 sqn multiple signed RAF cover. — £14 - £16
- Lot 34: Operation Chastise Signed Basil Feneron and Dudley Heal 617 Sqn on attack on the Sorpe Dam cover. — £30 - £40
- Lot 35: 50th Anniv 1st Flight British Jet Aircraft FDC Signed B Trubshaw, R. P. Beamont. N Duke. — £40 - £50
- Lot 36: RFDC31 44th Anniv of the Battle of Britain Signed J H Lacey Top BOB fighter ace. — £14 - £16
- Lot 37: Grp Capt Douglas Bader DSO DFC signed on his own historic aviators cover. — £50 - £60
- Lot 38: Avm Johnnie Johnson Top WW2 ace signed on his own historic aviators cover scarce. WW2 RAF. Good condition. — £14 - £16
- Lot 39: Bombing of the Kembs Barrage Signed by 9 Pilots Crew of 617 Sqn in WW11. — £30 - £40
- Lot 40: WW2 Lt Gen Ira Eaker signed B24 Liberator bomber cover 1983. General Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896[1] - August 6, — £14 - £16
- Lot 41: WW2 Battle of Britain Alan Deere signed SC30c RAF Uxbridge 31st Anniv Battle of Britain. Flown Spitfire Signed. A. L. — £12 - £14
- Lot 42: Les Munro WW2 Dambuster signed cover RAF Lancaster 617 Sqn Attacking the Mohne Dam. Signed Les Munro Dambuster Pilot. — £14 - £16
- Lot 43: Rare Battle of Britain Paul Brooks Pitcher 1 sqn signed WW2 RAF Spitfire cover. — £20 - £30
- Lot 44: Wg Cdr M Schofield CO Queens Flight signed Royal Visit to China 1986 RAF cover flown with QEII with multiple postmarks. — £8 - £10
- Lot 45: Concorde Capt David Rowland signed 1st Flight Bahrain Perth 2017 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £6 - £8
- Lot 46: COF1d 1st flight of Zeppelin LZ1 cover signed by Wolfgang Von Zeppelin. Senator E. H. Dipilng. — £12 - £14
- Lot 47: WW2 Bill Reid VC 617 sqn signed 50th ann D-day Operation Overlord The Air Forces flown RAF cover JS50/44/4D. — £14 - £16
- Lot 48: WW2 Colditz POW Earl Haig signed Hindenberg Line 1993 Great War Army Communications cover. Good condition. — £12 - £14
- Lot 49: 6RN23 Portsmouth Football Club Signed Sir Stanley Matthews England footballer. — £18 - £20
- Lot 50: ES3c The Biesbosch Signed Three Dutch WW11 operators RAF Escaping Society cover. — £16 - £18
- Lot 51: ES 6c Return to Luxembourg Signed 3 Resistance helpers RAF Escaping Society cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 52: Concorde Capt John Hutchinson signed 1st Flight New Orleans Cologne 2015 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £6 - £8
- Lot 53: HASP10c NASA Space programme Signed A. M. Worden J B Irwin NASA astronauts. — £40 - £50
- Lot 54: WW2 Gunter Jahn U Boat Cdr U596 signed RAF cover. RAF8 Bristol Pegasus aircraft Signed by. — £30 - £40
- Lot 55: Victoria Cross winner Ian Fraser VC signed 2006 HMS Hecla official Navy cover RNC Series 8 no 19b. Good condition. — £10 - £14
- Lot 56: WW2 Dambuster Bouncing bomb inventor Barnes Wallis signed Historic Aviators FDC. Good condition. — £90 - £100
- Lot 57: Victoria Cross winner Sgt Quentin George Murray Smythe VC signed Victory in Europe 50th ann cover. Good condition. — £12 - £14
- Lot 58: Battle of Britain fighter ace Alan Deere signed 1989 RAF FDC Archaeology, 21st ann BOB Museum Hawkinge, — £14 - £16
- Lot 59: WW2 Air Cdre Aland Deere DSO DFC signed on his own historic aviators cover, — £12 - £14
- Lot 60: HA1d. R Mitchell Signed by 3 Spitfire Aces, J E Johnson, A Bader and Stanford Tuck. — £80 - £90
- Lot 61: Victoria Cross winner Norman Jackson VC signed BE2b flown Bomber command series RAF cover. Good condition. — £12 - £14
- Lot 62: EJA(CC)2c Vickers Valiant cover Signed Brian Trubshaw Concorde Test Pilot Sir G. Edwards and J. Bryce. — £30 - £34
- Lot 63: Dick Rutan Pilot signed COF53c Last Major event 20th Century in Atmospheric Flight. — £14 - £16
- Lot 64: Prime Minster Lord Callaghan of Cardiff MP signed 75th Anniv Royal British Legion cover. 1 Jul 76 - l. O. M. — £14 - £16
- Lot 65: JS(CC)50g 80th Anniv of the RAF, Signed by Rt. Hon. Malcolm Rifkind MP. 01 04 98 First Day of Issue. — £8 - £10
- Lot 66: SC31a St Mawgan Signed Reinhart Reche KC Commander U - 255 4 Photos. — £14 - £16
- Lot 67: WW2 rare Battle of Britain ace D Gillam signed RAF cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 68: Concorde Capt Colin Morris signed 1st Flight New Orleans Cologne 2015 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £6 - £8
- Lot 69: WW2 Rare Battle of Britain ace G Stevens 213 sqn signed Portal RAF cover. CMD6 MRAF Viscount Portal of Hungerford. — £10 - £14
- Lot 70: Shooting Down Enemy Aircraft Catapult Ship cover signed M A Birrell rare Battle of Britain and ace Capt G C Baldwin, — £12 - £14
- Lot 71: WW2 Eric Winkle Brown Ad J Gibson signed rare Navy official cover. — £14 - £16
- Lot 72: MRAF Arthur Bomber Harris signed Sopwith Tabloid flown RAF bomber cover. WW1 Pilot. — £30 - £40
- Lot 73: WW2 Battle of Britain Pilot Marshal of the RAF Neil Cameron Signed 33rd Ann Phantom flown RAF cover. — £8 - £10
- Lot 74: WW2 BOB pilot Ben Bennions DFC 41 sqn signed 1987, — £6 - £8
- Lot 75: WW2 BOB pilot Sqn Ldr Benjamin Bowring 600, 111 sqn signed Joint Service fighter cover, — £6 - £8
- Lot 76: Battle of Britain WW2 RAF cover Signed by Jack Rose 232 Sqn Battle of France and Battle of Britain Pilot. — £10 - £14
- Lot 77: C79a 40th Battle of Britain Signed E Adams Battle of Britain pilot 236 Sqn. — £10 - £14
- Lot 78: Rare Battle of Britain Sqn Ldr Joseph Jaske 312 Sqn RAF Duxford signed WW2 RAF cover. No 1 sqn 60th ann FDC. — £14 - £16
- Lot 79: Navy cover 2RN12c 1st Launch Aircraft from Ship Signed The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. — £40 - £50
- Lot 80: Rare 1974 Air Display cover signed by the Royal Swedish SAAB Air force display team. Good condition. — £6 - £8
- Lot 81: Sir Freddie Laker aviation pioneer signed on his own historic aviators cover. DC10 Skytrain UK USA flights. — £8 - £10
- Lot 82: George Robertson Sec State Defence 1998 signed 50th ann Berlin Airlift cover. Scarce only 100 issued. Good condition. — £6 - £8
- Lot 83: AVM Eric Plumtree DFC 53 sqn WW2 RAF Battle of Britain fighter ace signed 1977 53 sqn RAF Short Belfast cover. — £4 - £6
- Lot 84: WW2 Rare Battle of Britain ace D Parker 66 sqn signed MRAF Sykes cover. — £10 - £14
- Lot 85: Lieut General Sir Philip Neame VC signed RE28c 150 Anniv 15 HQ Sqn RE. — £40 - £50
- Lot 86: WW2 40th anniversary of the Battle of Britain cover signed by FIVE RAF fighter aces, Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford Tuck, — £100 - £140
- Lot 87: Concorde Capt John Hutchinson signed 1st Flight London Luton 2016 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £8 - £10
- Lot 88: Concorde Capt Brian Walpole signed 1st Flight Perth Sydney 2016 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £10 - £14
- Lot 89: Concorde Capt John Massie signed 1st Flight Rio De Janeiro London 2015 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £8 - £10
- Lot 90: Concorde 1st Flight cover London - Baltimore 25 Apr 1985 Signed SEO John Stanbridge. 25 Ap 05 Heathrow Postmark. — £10 - £14
- Lot 91: Major General Michael Scott signed Falklands War Internetstamps FDC. — £10 - £14
- Lot 92: DM2 The Award of DFC Signed M Withers DFC John Glenn astronaut WW11 Ace. — £40 - £50
- Lot 93: Concorde Capt Andrew Baillie signed Filton Ann 2015 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £6 - £8
- Lot 94: 50th Ann USAF cover Signed Col J M Fabian astronaut 2 space flights. 18 Sep 1997 Washington 50th Anniv. — £14 - £16
- Lot 95: Concorde Capt John Chorley signed 1st Flight Billund London 2015 British Airways Comm. Cover. Good condition. — £8 - £10
- Lot 96: Concorde Capt John Hutchinson signed 50th ann Anglo French agreement Supersonic flown Cover. — £8 - £10
- Lot 97: WW2 Dambuster Bouncing bomb inventor Barnes Wallis signed Historic Aviators FDC. — £90 - £120
- Lot 98: Operation Chastise Signed Basil Feneron and Dudley Heal 617 Sqn on attack on the Sorpe Dam cover. — £30 - £40
- Lot 99: WW2 SOE Agents Multiple signed Escaping Society cover. — £20 - £30
- Lot 100: Rare Great War fighter ace Phillip Fullard DSO MC signed 12 sqn RAF cover. Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard, CBE, — £20 - £30
- Lot 101: Sir Tom Sopwith aviation pioneer signed 1973 54 Sqn Sopwith Pup flown RAF cover, number 230 of 1250. — £14 - £16
- Lot 102: Rare Battle of Britain ace A J Lauder 264 sqn signed bomber cover. RAF WW2. — £14 - £16
- Lot 103: Mike E Croskell Battle of Britain Pilot 213 Sqn signed Coloured Photo size 7 by 5 inches Got together Taken at RAF — £10 - £14
- Lot 104: Victoria Cross winners Ted Chapman VC Tasker Watkins VC WW2 signed cover. Chapmans Citation was On 2 April 1945, — £40 - £50
- Lot 105: Apollo 15 Astronauts Jim Irwin Al Worden signed NASA Space 10th ann cover. HASP10c NASA Space programme Signed A. M. — £40 - £50
- Lot 106: WW2 RAF Battle of Britain pilots James Sanders DFC 615 sqn and Air Cdr Ronald Berry DSO DFC signed 1992 Classic — £10 - £14
- Lot 107: Rare Battle of Britain ace R S Smith 151 sqn signed bomber cover. RAF WW2. — £14 - £16
- Lot 108: RAF 80th Anniv of Royal Air Force cover Signed Rt Hon Baroness Thatcher 80th Anniv of the RAF Royal / VIP Flying. — £30 - £40
- Lot 109: MRAF Arthur Bomber Harris RAF35c 30th Anniversary of VJ Day signed cover. — £24 - £28
- Lot 110: Red Arrows rare 1998 team signed cover, 80th ann RAF. Good condition. — £14 - £16
- Lot 111: Top Battle of Britain ace James Lacey signed rare 1986 RAF FDC with BFPS2123 postmark. Good condition. — £14 - £16
- Lot 112: SC35 RAF Thorney Island Signed by Alfred Eick U - Boat Cdr U - 510. 13 Au 71 Sydney RAF Thorney island. — £30 - £40
- Lot 113: Concorde test pilot Brian Trubshaw signed rare FAA Museum Navy cover flown in Concorde 002. — £30 - £40
- Lot 114: Rare Multiple signed Red Baron Richthofen cover inc Bill Randle DFM WW2 escaper. — £8 - £10
- Lot 115: Prince George of Denmark signed rare 1976 RAF Escaping Society cover Escape from Denmark, only 49 were signed. — £20 - £30
- Lot 116: C81 40th Anniv Battle of Britain Signed Sailor Benn 219 Sqn Battle of Britain Pilot. — £10 - £14
- Lot 117: WW2 RAF Hartland Point Signed H J L Hallowes 43 Sqn Pilot Battle of Britain. — £30 - £32
- Lot 118: Rare WW2 Battle of Britain cover signed Les Fopp Battle of Britain Pilot. — £8 - £10
- Lot 119: RFDC95c Bromley and District NSPCC Centenary Signed Margaret Thatcher FDC. — £30 - £40
- Lot 120: WW2 BOB pilot ACM Harry Broadhurst signed Avro Lincoln bomber cover WW2 RAF Battle of Britain pilot, — £6 - £8
- Lot 121: Great War fighter aces AVM A Gray MC, Wg Cdr N MacMillan MC AFC, — £14 - £16
- Lot 122: Sc15c RAF Marham London to Singapore Record flight cover Flown Cachet RAF Coningsby Tengah treble Signed. — £10 - £14
- Lot 123: Rare Battle of Britain Wg Cr J Sanders DFC 615 Sqn signed WW2 RAF cover. Numbered on back 1 of 6 issued. — £14 - £16
- Lot 124: Rare Battle of Britain pilots multiple signed cover inc John Cunningham WW2 RAF. — £14 - £16
- Lot 125: Army Air Corps cover Signed by General Mark W Clark Commander US 5th Army during invasion of Italy. — £40 - £50
- Lot 126: Rare Battle of Britain pilot Flt Lt D Anderson 29 sqn signed WW2 RAF cover. Numbered on back 1 of 5 issued. — £14 - £16
- Lot 127: Sc15g RAF Marham London to Singapore Record flight cover Flown Cachet RAF Coningsby Tengah treble Signed. — £8 - £10
- Lot 128: Rare Battle of Britain pilot Flt Lt M Croskell 213 sqn signed WW2 RAF cover. Numbered on back 5 of 5 issued. — £10 - £14
- Lot 129: Seven WW2 pilots signed Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross cover DM2. — £20 - £30
- Lot 130: Letter Signed by Les Munro. Dambuster pilot of Lancaster ED921, 'AJ-W', — £20 - £30
- Lot 131: Rare Battle of Britain pilot J Bentley Beard DFM 249 sqn signed WW2 RAF cover. Numbered on back 1 of 5 issued. — £10 - £14
- Lot 132: 41st Anniv Battle of Britain cover Signed R L Jones 64 and 19 Sqn Battle of Britain pilot. — £8 - £10
- Lot 133: Battle of Britain Grp Capt Frank Carey DFC AFC DFM 43 Sqn signed 50th ann BOB cover WW2 RAF Battle of Britain pilot — £10 - £14
- Lot 134: WW2 Top Allied Ace AVM Johnnie Johnson DSO DFC signed on his own Historic Aviators Cover HA14c. Good condition. — £10 - £14
- Lot 135: AC55b The Homecoming Signed 3 Hostage's J McCarthy Jackie Mann and Terry Waite. — £30 - £40
- Lot 136: 50th Anniv 1st Flight British Jet Aircraft Signed Brian Trubshaw, R. P. Beamont. — £30 - £40
- Lot 137: Rare Battle of Britain pilot Grp Capt James Farmer DFC signed RAF Finningley Hayford Bomber cover. — £40 - £60
- Lot 138: 43rd Anniv of the Sinking of the Tirpitz Signed R Learmouth and H Knilans on the raid. — £12 - £14
- Lot 139: Sinking of the Tirpitz Signed A Hepworth and W Pengelly both on Tirpitz Raid. — £12 - £14
- Lot 140: WW2 Harold Martin cover Signed by W Gordon and L Curtis WW2 with 617 Sqn. — £10 - £14
- Lot 141: Rare Aerobatic Championships cover Signed G. D. R. Pilot Ervin Blaske took part. — £8 - £10
- Lot 142: WW2 Top Us ace signed cover 40 Anniv VE Day Signed CoI. P. S. Gabreski (28) POW L Littey F Gaunt USA Aces. — £10 - £14
- Lot 143: JSF9b 46th Anniv Battle of Britain cover multiple signed BOB pilots. — £8 - £10
- Lot 144: Grp Capt Dennis David DFC AFC 87 sqn BOB 89 Sqn Far East signed Airbourne Forces Tunisia RAF flown cover WW2 RAF — £6 - £8
- Lot 145: 40 Anniv VJ Day Signed Alex Vraciu, and Major Gen C A Bond, O'Kane USA Ace's. 15 Aug 85 Jersey 40th Anniversary VJ Day. — £8 - £10
- Lot 146: Rare Battle of Britain Air Gunner James Pickford 604 sqn signed RAF flown cover. James Thomas Pickford, of Luton, — £20 - £24
- Lot 147: HA38aGB Anniv lifting on Berlin Blockade signed by Willy Brandt Chancellor Germany. — £30 - £40
- Lot 148: AC17c 40th Anniversary of Operation Manna signed Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. — £30 - £40
- Lot 149: RFDC95c Bromley and District NSPCC Centenary Signed Margaret Thatcher FDC. — £30 - £40
- Lot 150: RFDC91 75th Anniv of 30 Sqn. Operation Grandy Gulf War Special Signed 8 Commanders etc. — £30 - £40