| SHETLAND'S SMALLER ISLANDS P.H. |
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78 |
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THE SMALL ISLANDS OF BRESSAY, FAIR ISLE, FETLAR, FOULA, PAPA STOUR & [OUT] SKERRIES; c.1904-95 Collection incl. Bressay (stampless 1901 PP label, 3 KEVII thimbles, 1912 PPC ex Russia, etc.), Fair Isle (1912 thimble cancel, rare c.1916 env. - stains - with the rare triangular "CENSORED/FAIR SILE/DIVISIONAL OFFICER" mark, 1937 First Flight cover, 1942 regd. env., etc.), Fetlar (1917/31 thimbles, etc.), Foula (1951-80), Papa Stour (1954-70) and Out Skerries (rare 1936 drift-card, etc.). Very difficult lot to assemble. (55 covers + 15 pieces). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£150 |
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79 |
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FETLAR - EARLY PRE-P.O. LETTERS WITH "LINKSHOUSE" (ISLE OF YELL) MARKS; 1848/50 pair of EL's ex the small northern island of "Fetlar" to Lerwick & "Burgh Lodge", each with red m/s "1" marks and near fine "LINKSHOUSE" marks in blue and in black, as well as boxed "LERWICK" datestamps. Rare pair from this island which had no P.O. until 1858 and no postal mark until 1895. (2 covers). |
£75 |
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80 |
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THE TINY ISLAND OF PAPA STOUR - EARLY INGOING TRANSATLANTIC MAIL; 1840/3 pair of prepaid stampless EL's (first with minor faults) from Quebec addressed to "Papa Stour" (the first via an Agent in Lerwick) rated "2/4 Stg 2/8 Cy" and "1/2 1/4"; the latter with mostly fine red "PAID/AT/QUEBEC" Crowned Circle. Rare early mail connected with this tiny westerly island that had no P.O. until 1880. (2 covers). |
£100 |
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81 |
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THE ISLAND OF UNST - PRESTAMP PRE-P.O. MAIL VIA PETERHEAD, ETC.; 1829 EL from "Balta Sound, Island of Unst" (weak folds but v. interesting contents about a voyage around the small islands) to London with v. fine boxed "LERWICK/778-E" mileage and fine rare tiny boxed London "1/2" mark; plus 1836 pair of EL's from "Belmont" (Unst) to Edinburgh, each with fair/fine boxed Lerwick mileage and fair/fine "PETERHEAD" c.d.s. (scarce routings). Good trio from the island which had no P.O. before 1839 and no postmarks before 1843. (3 covers). |
£100 |
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82 |
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UNST - RARE EARLY "BALTASOUND" MARK; 10th/12th April 1843 EL from "Hammer" to Lerwick with 3m 1d Red cancelled by black Maltese Cross, having a very fine (light crease) black "BALTASOUND" mark (not recorded until recently; ZE1 - few examples known) on the top flap. This mark was only issued in Feb. 1843. Rare and attractive. [Ernest paid £252 for this in Cavendish's Sept.1991 auction; lot 525.] PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£150 |
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83 |
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UNST - THE BOXED "BALTASOUND" SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATION; 11th Dec. 1857 large piece with 1d Red "stars" (transitional shade) tied by a superb Type VIII boxed "BALTASOUND" (Alcock rarity "F"; we cannot recall having seen an example on cover) with faint "LERWICK" c.d.s. on the top flap. Few known. PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£120 |
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84 |
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UNST - THE BALANCE OF THE BALTASOUND COLLECTION; 1842 "Dead Letter Office" EL (internal faults) from London to "Baltasound", attractive 1887 env. regd. to East Yell with 1d lilacs (3) tied by Lerwick duplexes with "BALTASOUND" c.d.s. alongside, off-cover 3d Jubilee cancelled by the "BALTASOUND/P.O" intaglio Bagseal, much travelled and worn 1902 env. from Canada with m/s "Not found" and fine "BALTASOUND" c.d.s., 1906 usage of the KEVII regd. env. to Germany with thimble cancels, 1905/19 pair of attractive stamped Parcel Post labels, two 1906 PPC's to Danzig with different c.d.s.'s, other thimbles, 1910 env. to USA, and 10 post-War covers/cards. Good lot. Plus 9 pieces. (24 covers, 9 pieces & 2 PP labels). |
£100 |
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85 |
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UNST - THE SOLE RECORDED "WYEASOUND" ERROR ; 1st May 1843 EL from "Uyeasound" to Lerwick with 1d Red (margins clear except in 2 corners) just tied by black Maltese Cross, having a mostly very fine "WYEASOUND" mark (light crease) nicely placed on the top flap beside the "LERWICK" arrival d.s. This "W" for "U" error was replaced by the correct "UYEASOUND" mark (see next lot) within a few months, and it had not been recorded until the discovery of this cover a few years ago. Important and Unique () Shetlands Exhibition item. [Ernest has never forgotten the £522 that he paid for this cover - lot 530 - in Cavendish's Sept. 1991 auction!] PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£300 |
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86 |
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UNST - THE CORRECTLY SPELLED BLUE "UYEASOUND" MARK; Feb. 1848 E to Lerwick with 1d Red (4m; crease) tied by v. fine "223" numeral, having a fine (though over-written & slightly overstruck) impression of this rare mark (ZE86) on the top flap in blue. Rare. |
£75 |
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87 |
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UNST - RARE "UYEASOUND" SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATION COVER WITH RARE LERWICK "MORE/TO PAY" AND "2" MARKS ; Remarkable 2nd/4th March 1857 E from "Uyeasound" to Lerwick with a 1d Red "stars" (creased) tied by a partly very fine strike of the very rare Type VIII boxed "UYEA[SO]UND" Scots Local (Alcock highest rarity "G") with very fine green "LERWICK" c.d.s., black "2" and blue-black "MORE/TO PAY" marks alongside. Exceptional; Lerwick was one of few smaller P.O.'s to have a More to Pay mark as early as this. An exceptional Scots Local cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 2 |
£300 |
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88 |
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UNST - EARLY NON-CANCELLATION USAGE OF THE "UYEASOUND" SCOTS LOCAL MARK; 9th March 1860 E to Lerwick with 1d Red "stars" tied by a fair "223" numeral with a very fine blue boxed "UYEASOUND" mark (in use as a cancellation until a few days before this letter was posted; the official notification of the end of cancellation usage was sent out from Edinburgh on 18th Feb. 1860) on the lower flap. Few known. PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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89 |
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UNST - THE BALANCE OF THE HAROLDSWICK & UYEASOUND COLLECTIONS; 1847-c.1985 covers/cards incl. fine & rare 1847 "HAROLDSWICK" (across the join of m/s "1" E to Edinr., with light crease but clear; Britain's most northerly P.O. then and since), poor 1848 strike of the same mark, poor 1851 blue "UYEASOUND" (1d Red E to Edinr.), off-cover 1d Red perf. (faults) with part rare Type VIII "[HAROL]DSWIC[K]" Scots Local cancel, 1903 Baltasound letter with receipted KEVII 1d, 1893/1901 pair of PP labels of Uyeasound (stamped) & Haroldswick (stampless but with m/s date), 1914 "HAROLDSWICK/SHETLAND" rubbers (2), similar 1917 "HAROLDSWICK/LERWICK" rubber, range of pre-1914 thimbles, WWII censor, etc. Good lot. (50 covers, 2 letters, 2 PP labels & 6 pieces). |
£200 |
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90 |
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THE ISLANDS OF WEST BURRA & WHALSAY; 1904-84 West Burra covers/cards incl. regd. 1932 cover to Whalsay with "BURRA" regd. label, c.1905 stampless PP label, 1904/10 "HAMNAVOE" thimbles, and some QEII items. Plus Whalsay lot incl. fine stamped 1904 PP label, 8 1903-17 thimble PC's, 1936 "BROUGH" double ring c.d.s. on P.O. FDC (opened on 1st July), Australian PAQUEBOT 1935 ingoing redirected env., 1941 regd. env. usage and WWII censor. Good lot. (36 covers, 10 pieces & 2 PP labels). |
£100 |
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91 |
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THE ISLAND OF YELL - EARLY "BURRAVOE" STRAIGHT-LINE COVERS; July 1844 E (cut and opened for display) to Edinburgh with v. fine brown-black "BURRAVOE" (ZE8; very rare) across the join (slightly affected by overstruck d.s. and filing note) with fine 4-margin 1d Red tied by very fine "223" numeral [ex Michael Champness]. Plus July 1846 E to East Yell (stamp removed) with v. fine blue-green "BURRAVOE" (crease) slightly across the join on the reverse. Rare in any condition; Auckland/Stables record only a single 1845 example. (2 covers). |
£100 |
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92 |
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YELL - EARLY "CULLEVOE" ERROR ON COVER; 21st Nov. 1850 E from Cullivoe to Edinr. with 1d Red (crease) tied by "223" numeral, having a very fine blue-green "CULLEVOE" (ZE12a/b; few examples known, only 1846 or 1848) across the join on the reverse. Rarely seen. PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£120 |
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93 |
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YELL - THE CORRECTLY SPELLED BOXED "CULLIVOE" SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATION; Small c.1858 piece with 1d Red "stars" tied by a superb complete strike of the very rare Type VIII boxed "CULLIVOE" Scots Local in black (Alcock rarity "F"). Few examples known on or off cover. PHOTO – BACK COVER |
£150 |
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94 |
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YELL - "ROWLAND HILL" P.O. CIRCULAR WITH BOXED "EAST YELL" MARK; Album-page-sized 24th Oct. 1856 "NOTICES ON EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA" printed P.O. circular from Hill with v. fine green 20th Nov. 1856 "LERWICK" c.d.s. and superb black boxed "EAST YELL" mark (rare) at the top. The circular tells Postmasters to destroy the "Notice headed Government Emigration to Australia". [With p.copy indicating that Argyll Etkin had recently marketed this item at £350+VAT.] Plus 1853 E (stamp removed) to Liverpool with fine scarce blue "EAST YELL" UDC on the flap. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£150 |
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95 |
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YELL - MANUSCRIPT P.O. "EAST YELL" MARKS ON REGISTERED & PARCEL POST RECEIPTS; Attractive 1888 Insured Parcel receipt with 1d lilac tied by fine MANUSCRIPT "East Yell 22/12/88" mark. Plus 1885 regd. receipt with MANUSCRIPT "East Yell" where an "Office Stamp" is required. Rare pair; this P.O. had no handstruck mark from 1860 until 1904. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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96 |
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YELL - "LINKSHOUSE" COVER WITH "WALLS" MARK; Unusual 16th March 1846 EL (neatly closed tear across address panel clear of stamps and marks) from the (presumably) aptly named "Howl, Mid-Yell" addressed to "Walls" with 1d red tied by v. fine "223" Lerwick numeral, having a light but very clear "LINKSHOUSE" (Yell) mark (ZE60a) across the join on the reverse next to a fine watery "WALLS" (west Shetland "mainland") mark (ZE94). Rare combination of marks on an inter-island letter. PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£150 |
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97 |
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YELL - "Mifsent to Linksh[ous]e" COVER; 2nd June 1848 ingoing cover to "The Inspector of Poor of Mid & South Yell" with 1d Red tied by Lerwick "223" numeral, endorsed "Mifsent to Linkshe." on the front with mostly fine "[LI]NKSHOUSE" mark across the join on the reverse. Very rare village Missent marking. PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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98 |
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YELL - EARLY "LINKSHOUSE" MARKS IN BLUE & BLACK; Ingoing March 1854 1d Red imperf E (small fault) from Leith to Mid Yell with a fine (though slightly overinked) bright blue "LINKSHOUSE" mark (ZE60b; late date) across the join; plus Jan. 1846 E (stamps mostly removed) to Edinr. with fine & near fine strikes of the same "LINKSHOUSE" mark in black (ZE60a) across the join, and a later piece with a red wax "MID YELL/P.O" Bagseal (Linkshouse P.O. was renamed Mid Yell in 1881). (3 items). |
£100 |
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99 |
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YELL - PLAIN & BOXED "LINKSHOUSE" BACKSTAMPS; Oct. 1844 local E to "East Yell" with 1d Red (almost 4m) cancelled by black Maltese Cross (late date) with v. fine black "LINKSHOUSE" (ZE60a) across the join; plus Oct. 1858 EL (rather grubby) from Lerwick to "Reafirth, Mid Yell" with 1d Red "stars" (creased) tied by "223" numeral, having a very fine boxed (Type VIII) "LINKSHOSE" mark just across the join on the reverse. Scarce pair. (2 covers). |
£100 |
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100 |
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ISLE OF YELL - THE UNRECORDED BOXED "ULSTA" SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATION; c.1859 small piece with 1d Red "stars" tied by superb complete Type VIII boxed "ULSTA" mark of the small P.O. on the southern end of the island of Yell. Neither Meredith, Alcock or Mackay record this mark as a cancellation, although it is known to have been issued in Sept. 1856. The rarest of all Shetland Scots Locals ; believed to be unique with no example known on cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 6 |
£200 |
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101 |
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YELL - THE BALANCE OF THE ULSTA COLLECTION; 1890-2 pair of regd. envs. plus pair of plain envs. all ex Ulsta with 1d lilacs (all cancelled at Lerwick), and all with very fine small "ULSTA" thimble c.d.s.'s on fronts or backs, fine and attractive pair of 1917 Parcel Post labels (2 types; with KGV 6d pair or 4d+5d), 3 QEII covers & 2 pieces. Rare lot. (9 covers & 2 pieces). |
£100 |
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102 |
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THE NORTHERLY ISLAND OF YELL - THE BALANCE OF THE COLLECTION; 1879-c.1985 covers/cards incl. 1879 1d Red env. to Edinr. with v. fine "LINKSHOUSE" c.d.s., grubby 1884 local printed matter EL with scarce 1/2d green tied by the "MID YELL" c.d.s. of that year, unusual 1880 local env. endorsed "Open Bag" with 1d Venetian Red (fault) tied by near fine "LINKSHOUSE" thimble c.d.s., c.1900 local 1d lilac env. with "CULLIVOE" thimble cancel, damaged 1906 "WEST SANDWICK" PP label with KEVII 5d, fine 1915 & c.1915 pair of attractive stamped "CULLIVOE" Parcel Post labels (latter with the rare Skeleton c.d.s. cancel), v. fine 1912 "DALSETTER" rubber & fine pair of 1915/8 "EAST YELL" rubbers, a good range of pre-1914 thimbles, and some QEII covers. Plus 8 pieces, 88 Regd. labels (not all Yell), and 53 1978 pieces of daily pmk. impression-books (again not all Yell). (55 covers, 3 PP labels & 149 pieces). |
£150 |
| SHETLAND AIRMAILS, MILITARY MAIL, ETC. |
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103 |
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AIR MAILS - FIRST FLIGHT COVERS; 25th March 1935 "1st Air Mail between Lerwick and Glasgow" cover, 23rd/24th Nov. 1937 FF covers (15; 3 pilot-signed, 2 with labels, one special env., etc.) to/from Aberdeen, and 7 later covers. Useful lot. (23 covers). |
£150 |
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104 |
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CRASH & WRECK MAIL - AIR-CRASH COVERS EX LERWICK; 23rd Dec. 1935 env. (one stamp washed off) to N.Z. with Sydney ambulance env. and Sydney P.O. printed letter ref. the "City of Khartoum" crash; plus 21st Nov. 1938 env. (water-stains slightly affect address) with KGVI 11/2d and v. fine purple "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURNIA" cachet on the front. Good pair. (4 items). |
£100 |
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105 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR I NAVAL MAIL; 1916 PC with KGV 1d tied by "MID YELL" c.d.s. with fine green boxed "H.M. YACHT MINGARY/PASSED CENSOR" d.s. alongside, Aug. 1918 stampless "O.A.S." PC ex "Shetland" with 2-ring "K.B.S./K.B.S./CENSORED" mark of the King's Ballon Ship beside "RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED", and stampless Aug. 1919 "Sailor's Mail" PPC (of "Mousa, Shetland") to USA with fine purple "U.S. NAVY" duplex (apparently from a US ship en route back from North Russia). Rare trio. (3 cards). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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106 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR I CENSORED MAIL WITH DEFACED LERWICK "223" CANCELS; c.1914-8 covers all with KGV frankings tied by defaced 1844-type Lerwick "223" numerals; censor marks incl. boxed "S.N.O." (Senior Naval Officer) marks (2), bold blue/purple "PASSED BY CENSOR" types (2), 3-ring purple "PASSED BY/CENSOR", H.M.S. Brilliant small boxed type, and manuscript "Censored A.G.A.". Scarce lot. Plus 1 piece. (7 covers + 1 piece). |
£150 |
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107 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR I NAVAL MAIL WITH BOXED "S.N.O." [SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER] CENSOR MARKS; c.1914-8 cover/cards with varied anonymous cancels ("XXXX" machines, defaced "223", solid "O", & "F.P.O.a" machine) all with mostly very fine scarce boxed "CENSORED/S.N.O." marks; plus Aug. 1918 letter (no env.) ex the Sec. to the S.N.O. at Lerwick. Good lot. (5 covers + 1 letter). |
£120 |
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108 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR I NAVAL CENSOR MAIL INCL. SCARCE HILLSWICK MARK, ETC.; 5th March 1916 PPC with KGV 1/2d tied by "HILLSWICK" c.d.s. with v. fine purple boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR/Rank" d.s. alongside, plain purple boxed "CENSORED", 3-ring "PASSED BY CENSOR/R.M.G.S.", mystery "00" cancel on local PC, and long stampless April 1918 O.H.M.S. env. with "FLEET POST OFFICE" c.d.s. and v. fine blue "ADMIRAL COMMANDING/ORKNEYS AND SHETLANDS" cachet. Plus 1918 "Supply Note" ref. telescopes etc. with fine oval "SHETLAND SECTION/ORDERLY ROOM/POYAL NAVAL RESERVE" d.s. (5 covers + 1 note). |
£100 |
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109 |
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Similar c.1914-8 lot of covers/cards incl. v. fine Hillswick March 1916 boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR/Rank" d.s., plain "PASSED/BY CENSOR", stampless O.H.M.S. local env. with v. fine oval "RECRUITING OFFICE/LERWICK/SUB AREA/75TH RECRUITING" cachet, and 3 local 1915/6 PPC's addressed to "R.N.R. Guns Crew, Sanwick, Shetland". Plus local Supply Demand note ex "O.C. Shetland Section R.N.R., Fort Charlotte, Lerwick". Scarce lot. (6 covers + 1 note). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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110 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR II R.A.F./ARMY/NAVY CENSORS OF SHETLAND; 1941 env. regd. to Slough with Army triangular "2596" censor mark, c.1944 stampless env. with red H.M.S. Fox naval censor mark, pair of 1944 envs. regd. to Birmingham with RAF censors and "SULLOMVOE R.A.F. P.O." regd. labels, similar Feb. 1945 RAF Sullom Voe c.d.s. (redirected), 1944 "Forces to Forces" env. from N. Ireland to Sullom Voe RAF, similar ingoing battered S. Africa 3d Air Letter, and 7 1941/4 RAF censored envs. with "FIELD POST OFFICE/No.676" machine cancels. Scarce lot. (14 covers). |
£150 |
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111 |
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MILITARY - WORLD WAR II CIVIL CENSORED MAIL INCL. LARGE "THANKS" LABEL; 1940-4 covers (2 regd.) ex Lerwick to Mainland Britain all censored with censor labels or marks; incl. attractive large blue & red printed label on reverse of Nov. 1941 env. censored to Chatham reading "Carried by Sea/thanks to THE SEAMEN OF SHETLAND AND OF BRITAIN". Scarce study. (29 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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112 |
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OCEANOGRAPHY - DRIFT CARDS LANDED AT SHETLAND VILLAGES; Remarkable 1954-5 group of commercial "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY" stampless reply-paid PC's dropped into the sea at various points to study tides and posted back to the Institute for rewards; with mostly v. fine c.d.s.'s of a whole range of Shetland villages incl. GOTT, ESHANESS, HEYLOR, QUARFF, SKELLISTER, VIRKIE, FETLAR, PAPA STOUR (2), BROUGH, SYMBISTER, etc., etc. Scarce commercial mail of this period. (36 cards). |
£100 |
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113 |
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THE BALANCE OF THE ERNEST STERNE SHETLAND ISLANDS COLLECTION: Carton with the eclectic mix of Shetland related material, principally modern commercial mail but with some better earlier noted inc. KEVII period postcard with "SUMBURGH" c.d.s., 1938 cover from Lerwick to N.Z. with "RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING CALPURNIA" cachet, 7d Carriage label of the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company, etc. Also a small amount of reading material inc. James Mackay's work on the Shetlands and a copy of James Grimwood Taylor's "The Post in Scotland" with a signed dedication dated 2nd January 1991. (Qty.). |
£60 |
| END OF THE ERNEST STERNE COLLECTION |
| Lots with the symbol ## at the end of the description contain postally valid mint stamps. Should the hammer price exceed the face value (stated at the end of each lot) then the differential between face value and hammer price is subject to VAT at 17.5%. |
| CARTONS AND BOXES |
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114 |
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LARGE CARTON containing the extensive collection of QEII FDC's inc. a selection of Channel Islands. (Some 100's). |
£120 |
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115 |
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CARTON with the very fine mint & used KGVI to QEII(pre decimal) collection, written up in 7 loose-leaf volumes. Useful KGVI to £1 (2) mint, QEII with many multiples incl. blocks of 4 early phosphors mint, good early FDC's, phos-graphites, many minor varieties noted on QEII commems, good Regionals, some dues, etc. Much completion for the period, well worth a serious look. Heavy Lot. Buyer to Remove from our premises. |
£800 |
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116 |
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CARTON containing two boxed printed albums housing a mint collection (chiefly commems.) of decimal issues. Face value £149. (Qty.). ## |
£120 |
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117 |
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CARTON with an extensive accumulation of R.A.F. 616 Squadron re-union pictures and menus, other R.A.F. items such as wall plaque and serviette ring, Hobbies magazines (some containing plans) and a book of 250 views of Edinburgh. Mainly poor condition but nevertheless an interesting selection. (Qty.). |
£30 |
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118 |
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BOX with the extensive accumulation of commems. in large multiples from 1929 to 1970 including many useful phosphors. Trade price for the complete sets is £470 but a large amount of odd values/unsorted stamps are included. (Qty.). |
£500 |
| ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS |
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119 |
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TWO PRINTED ALBUMS containing the QV to QEII mint and used collection. (Few 100's). |
£50 |
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120 |
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BOXED PRINTED ALBUM containing the mostly mint pre-decimal currency collection. Strength in QEII with 1959-68 Castles to £1 (2), 1959 phosphor-graphites and all the better phosphor commem. sets including much unmounted. (Sev. 100's). |
£200 |
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121 |
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PRINTED ALBUM containing the KGV-QEII mint collection to 1970. Much of merit inc. 1924 & 1925 Wembley sets, 1938-49 high value set, 1948 RSW set, 1951 Festival high value set, a good range of Wildings, Castles to £1 (2), P.Dues to £1, etc. (Few 100's). |
£150 |
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122 |
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ALBUM containing the QV-KGV mint & used collection from 1840 1d (3, fair only) inc. a reasonable spacefiller of the 1840 2d, later line-engraved inc. a useful range of 1d plate numbers to 220, 1880-81 5d fine used, 1881 14 dot 1d lilac mint, lilac & greens to 1/- (the greens being "washed"), good mint ranges of KGV defins. inc. control strips & singles (1912-22 7d x 2, 8d, 10d, etc.), Re-engraved Sea Horse set used, etc. (Few 100's). |
£150 |
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123 |
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ALBUM with the KEVIII-QEII mint & used collection of definitive issues inc. 1937 dark colours mint, 1939-48 high values mint, 1941 pale colours sideways wmk. mint, 1951 Festival high vals. mint, etc. (Few 100's). |
£100 |
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124 |
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ALBUM containing the mint & used KGV-QEII collection of commemorative issues, 1924-67 inc. 1924 & 1925 Wembleys mint, 1948 RSW £1 marginal mint, useful phosphor commem. sets inc. Lifeboat & Red Cross, etc. (Few 100's). |
£100 |
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125 |
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WINDSOR ALBUM containing the QV to (predominantly) QEII mint & used collection including a good range of unmounted mint QEII decimal material in packets. Face value £98. (Few 100's). ## |
£80 |
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126 |
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STOCKBOOK containing the extensive duplicated accumulation (mostly used) of high value definitives from 1939 to the 1990's. (Few 100's). |
£70 |
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127 |
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ALBUM containing the small used collection with surface printed values to 5/- (poor) and 1911-13 values to 10d. Generally fair only. (100+). |
£50 |
| SMALLER COLLECTIONS |
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128 |
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MISCELLANY on stockleaves with much useful noted inc. line-engraved ranges, a good selection of Surface-printed issues (mixed condition) including 4d vermilion, 4d sage (2), 8d (2 - faults), 10d (2, one poor), 1/- orange-brown, 2/- blue & 2/6d (2); KEVII 1/2d perf. 15 x 14 pair on cover to Kendal (Cat. £90), useful KGV inc. mint, KGVI mint high values inc. Festival set & 1948 £1 block of 4, a good range of mint Castles, etc., etc. Rather untidy but worth careful examination. (Few 100's). |
£1500 |
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129 |
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QV MISCELLANY on stockcard inc. 1840 2d blue fine used but cut into at right, imperforate 1d red & 2d blue with white lines added (2, both cut into) with large part gum, 1841-51 2d blue used strips of 3 (2), Embossed 10d (2, both thinned) & 1/- used, etc. High Catalogue value but mixed condition. (29). |
£300 |
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130 |
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SELECTION on Lighthouse leaves, 1948-70 with much unmounted in evidence. A good degree of completion (no Castles high values) inc. a good range of Wilding defins. with watermark varieties, graphites & phosphor-graphites and a splendid assembly of commems. inc. all the good early phosphor sets. (Few 100's). |
£180 |
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131 |
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MINT SELECTION with 1841 1d pair, NI-NJ, 1870 11/2d plate 3 TK, 1887-92 1/2d to 1/- (some creasing), 1902 -13 1/2d (4), 1d (2), 11/2d, 2d (2), 21/2d (2), 3d, 4d orange (2), 4d green & brown (2), 5d (2), 6d (2), 9d to 2/6d and perf. 15 x 14 3d. Mostly fine. Also an unused Deraedemaeker reprint of Menzies Mulready caricature. |
£150 |
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132 |
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MISCELLANY on leaves with KEVII 2/6d (3), 5/- (2) and 10/- used, KGV 10/- used (faults), PUC low values in plate blocks of 4 and horizontal strips of 3, 1924 & 1925 Wembley sets unmounted mint and 1951 Festival set unmounted mint. (48). |
£150 |
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133 |
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MISCELLANY with 1855 2d Blue perf. 14 (SG.23) with light cancellation; 1862 1/- green (SG.90 pl.2) with Brunswick Star obliteration and KGV 5/- red (SG.451) vertical pair with registration oval d.s. (faults). (4). |
£60 |
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EARLY & LATER POSTAL REFORMS: Miscellany incl. 1795 E with new London Abchurch Lane P.O. "C-O" mark in red, 1833 env. franked from Brandon by "R. Peel", 1845 (23 Aug.) "PICTORIAL TIMES" of London with illustration of the first U.S. stamp, 1858 & 1863 letters (no envs.) written and signed by Elihu Burritt and various items connected with the 1940 Centenary such as P.H.S. souvenir 1d black & 1d blue proofs and rare unused invitation to the 10th Jan., 1940 P.H.S. dinner. (43 items).[Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
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EARLY P.O. NOTICE (ITALIAN) SHOWING POSTAGE CHARGES BY DISTANCE & PER SHEET; c.1815 (wmk. "1814") large sheet (minor faults; folded to fit album-page) with coat-of-arms (Naples) at top, showing postage charged locally, up to 50 miles, 50-100 miles & over 100 miles - for single, 11/2-sheet (!) and double letters - both in Napolitan money and in Sicilian money. Good example of other European countries using this complex system so despised by Rowland Hill and other Postal Reformers. Dating from just after the end of Napoleonic influence in the area. Rare. |
£120 |
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UNIFORM POSTAGE HANDSTRUCK "4" & "PAID/1" MARKS; Attractive 7th Dec. 1839 EL to Selkirk with v. fine black Edinburgh handstruck "4" mark (light crease) of the 3rd day of the 5-week 4d-Post Period; plus attractive 10th May 1840 E (of the First Sunday after stamps had been introduced) with a superb cash-paid red "PAID/1" mark of Marlborough on the front. Fine pair. (2 covers). |
£100 |
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THE INTRODUCTION OF UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE - OFFICIAL P.O. LETTER REF. NEED TO PREPAY O.H.M.S. MAIL "FROM THE TENTH OF JANUARY [1840]"; Remarkable 6th Jan. 1840 EL (side-flaps removed but with full printed contents) addressed (partly printed) to "The Postmaster of Uttoxeter" and signed as "O.H.M.S." by "B. Churchill", the Surveyor of the Midland District at the time; sent Free and without postal markings because sent between P.O. staff within the country area. The printed letter reads as follows: "CIRCULAR. Sir, As all Letters posted at your Office on and from the tenth of January will be liable to the Postage Rate under the New Regulations, I must beg that in all cases when you have occasion to write to me, or to transmit Time Bills or any other Official Papers, you will be careful to put them under Cover, as I shall be required to produce such Covers, and transmit them to the General Post Office. I am, Yours truly, B. CHURCHILL ". Clearly the end of the Franking System caused unique problems for the P.O. themselves; this reference to recording postal charges with outer wrappers is new to us. An Important document (unique as far as we know) from the dawn of Uniform Penny Postage. PHOTO - ABOVE |
£500 |
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THE INTRODUCTION OF UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE - BIG BUSINESS PLANS TO AVOID POSTAGE DUE FINES; Attractive 6th Jan. 1840 EL (printed contents from the Head Office of the "National Bank of Scotland" addressed to all bank branches) addressed to "Stromness" [Orkney Isles], endorsed "Under 1/2 Ounce" by the sender, with a superb Edinburgh Handstruck "4" on the front and a very fine 6th Jan. 1840 Edinburgh c.d.s. on the top flap; the letter has been cleverly folded for display, to show the dated heading inside alongside the address and postal marks. |
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The letter reads (in part); "In consequence of the reduction which takes place on the 10th instant in the Rates of Postage, I am requested by the Directors to communicate to you the following instructions, to be strictly observed at all the Bank's Branches ..." There follow 5 points; 1. "Weighing Machines" [i.e. letter-scales!] will be sent to all branches, so all letters should be made as light as possible, and all letters to other branches must be prepaid in future. 2. other business mail may be prepaid, but "when (as is anticipated) it becomes imperative to pay all Postages " all postage must be recorded and recovered from debtors where possible. 3. With Cheap Postage, all weekly returns etc. must in future be sent by Post (instead of "by Coach Parcels which are consequently to be discontinued "). 4. No private letters may be sent within Bank letters. 5.Inland Bills will from 10th Jan. 1840 be charged 1d (if discounted) or 2d (if a "Bill and Protest"). The letter is signed by the Bank's Secretary. Very rare insight into the effects of Cheap Postage on business, and a rare suggestion that prepayment was still expected to become compulsory! PHOTO - see plate no. 2 |
£500 |
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MARCH/MAY 1840 ANTI-SUNDAY P.O. WORKING CIRCULAR; 1840 EL turned and re-used - from Edinr. (18th Mar. 1840) to Mid-Calder and back (8th May 1840; still no stamps available in Scotland!), each time with a red Handstruck "1" cash-paid mark - which is still intact with both address panels. The long printed contents are a series of questions from the "Scottish Society for promoting the due observance of the Lord's day", including 3 questions (nos. 8, 9 &10) regarding local P.O. practices on Sundays (with manuscript replies). Rare evidence of continuing attempts after 1839 to further reform P.O. practices. [This cover was featured in Gavin Fryer's recent book on Rowland Hill's diaries.] |
£100 |
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An example of the Charles Whiting "For Protection Against Forgery" sheet printed by the Congreve and embossed methods. Some small faults but fine for this. PHOTO - see plate no. 11 |
£120 |
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BOOKLET FORERUNNER - "THANKS TO ROWLAND HILL/FOR THE PENNY POSTAGE" STAMP-FOLDER; Unusual c.1845 embossed card folding stamp-folder (some toning), embroidered with these poignant words back & front in green cotton, having the original paper slip inside where stamps could be secured beneath a paper fastener, and a green ribbon at the hinge. Ideal Page One Item for any booklet collector and an unusual souvenir of Hill's Postal Reforms. PHOTO - see plate no. 11 |
£100 |
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RARE O.H.M.S. "ROWLAND HILL" SIGNATURE; 31st Oct. 1862 stampless front (with seal-device and backstamp cut-outs beside contemporary notes affixed to reverse) addressed and signed by "Rowland Hill" himself with very fine (understandably!) red "OFFICIAL-PAID/LONDON N.W." c.d.s. above the address; "Alan Maclean, G.P.O., [London], W.C." Rare thus; few Rowland Hill O.H.M.S. signed items have survived. PHOTO - see plate no. 11 |
£75 |
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ONE PENNY LETTER SHEET UPRATED WITH 1840 PENNY: A 1d letter sheet with Stereo number removed on removal of seal, used from Newport, Mon. to Ferry Side, Carmarthen uprated with a four margined 1840 1d plate 4 BH, cancelled with a red MC. Contains the scarce Dring & Fage's Hydrometer/Saccharometer advertisement. (Spec. MA9a). PHOTO – INSIDE FRONT COVER |
£1000 |
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1d Letter sheets, Stereos A6, A17, A23 and A76, plus 1d env. A177. Mostly fine unused. |
£100 |
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1d Letter sheet Stereo A16, used from London to Salisbury, cancelled with a fine red MC. Also Stereo A232 used from Oswestry to London cancelled with a black MC., vertical fold. |
£120 |
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1d Letter Sheet Stereo A23, used within London (14 Oct. 1840), cancelled with a fine experimental black MC., on reverse is a m/s "Not known as Directed". The sheet contains a printed English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance advertisement. Some faults. |
£140 |
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1d Letter sheet, Stereo A76 unused, contains printed Clerical, Medical, and General Assurance advertisement with unrecorded S.B. Chapman agent Corn Hill, Ipswich imprint. Light vertical crease. |
£70 |
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LATE SCOTTISH PRINTED TAX OFFICE USAGE ALTERED TO "DOG TAX" CLAIM; 1st July 1842 usage of the A251 1d black Mulready EL (minor creasing) to Linlithgow cancelled by a fine black Falkirk Maltese Cross; the contents are a printed 8th March 1842 tax reminder headed "Stamp and Tax Office, Falkirk", but this has been crossed out and replaced with a manuscript reminder for the "reduced" Dog Tax of 8s-9d! Proof of the ignominious fate of the unpopular Mulready letter-sheets which even Government Tax Offices found hard to use up! Rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no. 10 |
£100 |
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1d envelope Stereo A172 used from Sudbury to King's College, Strand, cancelled with a very fine red MC. A small portion of the flaps are missing. |
£65 |
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1d envelope, Stereo A 181 with side flaps missing with "House of Commons wax seal on lower flap and m/s "6 oc House Adjourned" on top flap, used to Truro. 1d letter sheet Stereo A70 used from Loughborough to Leicester. Stained and thinned. Also a large 1861 fancy embossed env. (damaged) with valentine used to Brampton. |
£70 |
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2d Letter Sheet Stereo a95 and 2d env. a199, both unused with faults. 1d env. Stereo a196 addressed but without cancels. used to London and another front to Sheffield cancelled in red. Some faults. (4 items). |
£100 |
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2d BLUE MULREADY ENVELOPE WITH INSPECTOR's "a" MARK; c.1840 usage of the Stereo a209 2d envelope (one flap with faults) to Daventry cancelled by a superb black Maltese Cross (London - Experimental Period); oddly there is only a hint of the red Maltese-Cross-framed London Branch Office d.s. on the reverse plus a fine strike of the scarce matching red "a" Inspector's mark. Very attractive. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£150 |
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A selection of Mulready reprints inc. Deraedemaeker reprints of Southgates no. 1 & 2, Menzies, a "used" letter sheet, Stereo A21, an unused 2d Stereo A25 facsimile and a similar 1d facsimile produced by Senf. Mostly fine. (10 items). |
£100 |
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1915 Reproductions in black and blue of the Mulready env. used from Lytham to Aylesbury. Small faults. |
£80 |
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