![]() ![]() The impressive album included stamps bearing pictures of giant pandas, Mao Tse-Tung, and the 46th anniversary of the Communist party. One of the highest value lots was of an album of stamps from the People’s Republic of China, dating between 19, which sold for £5,720. In the last sale of Militaria, Books and Stamps 14 lots of stamps realised a final price of more than £1,000 each, a great indication that the love of collecting rare stamps remains strong. A flurry of interest from bidders saw the volume reach a final price of £2,860, despite it not having its dust cover and some fire damage to pages and binding. Ordinarily, Tolkien first editions would make much more, however this was an excellent price as it was in exceptionally poor condition. ![]() Tolkien were delighted by a first-edition of The Hobbit, dated 1937, going under the hammer. ![]() The First Edition of The Jungle Book, for sale in Ewbank’s Militaria, Books and Stamps auction on August 20, is in original blue cloth gilt and is dated London: Macmillan & Co., 1894.Īt Ewbank’s last auction of this kind in February , fans of J.R.R. A first edition of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, with a pre-sale guide price of £200 to £300, could be one of the star lots in an upcoming Militaria, Books and Stamps sale in Surrey. ![]()
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