| CANCELLATIONS |
|
620 |
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MISCELLANY: 1842-79 selection of covers (11) and a card inc. 1842 EL from Littlehampton to Ashburton franked with a poor 1d tied by a "TOTNESS" c.d.s. 1842 env to London franked with a three margined 1d tied by a fine large type "DORCHESTER" c.d.s. 1866 E to Paris with 4d plate 7 tied by a fine "P" in bars cancel. 1868 & 1877 covers with fine examples of the cloth covered duplex of Northampton and Bute Docks respectively. An interesting group. |
£140 |
|
621 |
|
BLACK 1844 NUMERAL CANCELLATION: 1840 1d plate 5 PE with a part strike of a black numeral cancel. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 |
£100 |
|
622 |
|
BLUE MALTESE CROSS: 1841 2d blue plate 3 DE with almost complete blue MC cancel. SG. Cat. £1,000. PHOTO - see plate no. 12 |
£140 |
|
623 |
|
BLUE MALTESE CROSSES: 1841 1d reds cancelled with blue (3) and grey blue (4, inc. one on piece with "Blyth/Penny Post" h.s. MC cancels. Also forged red MC cancelling 1d reds inc. one on cover and one on small piece. |
£100 |
|
624 |
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BLUE MALTESE CROSSES: 18411d, SE fine on small piece with central blue MC cancel. Also a three margined 1d on small piece with a blue MC of Preston. |
£60 |
|
625 |
|
BLUE MALTESE CROSSES OF SLEAFORD AND TRURO ETC: 1842 E to Folkingham franked with a fair 1d red tied by an upright blue MC of Sleaford, 1843 E to Hayle bearing 1 poor 1d red tied by a fine blue MC of Truro. 1843 E with boxed "MISSENT/TO/EDINBURGH". 1843 E to Shaftesbury with a fine "Lytchet/Penny Post" h.s. 1850 small EL from Florence to London and redirected within London with a good 1d red. (5 items). |
£100 |
|
626 |
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BLUE NUMERALS: A selection of 1d reds with blue numeral cancels inc. "41" (Bakewell), "68" Bewdley, "164" Cardigan, "129" Brigg, "26" Accrington, "237" Dartmouth, "516" Marlborough, "298" Felton, "873" Weymouth, "864" Wells, "340" Harwich, "383" Hull, "404" Wickford, "678" St. Columb and "29" Ashburton". Mostly fine part strikes. (36). |
£400 |
|
627 |
|
BLUE NUMERALS OF IRELAND: 1841 1d reds cancelled with blue numerals of Cashel "106", Castlebar "107", Mountmellick "338" and Rathkeale "391". Fine part strikes on three or four margined adhesives. |
£60 |
|
628 |
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BLUE NUMERALS OF BRISTOL, PRESTON, TENBY & FROME: 1848 E to Manchester franked with a three margined 1d tied by a fair blue "628" of Preston. 1850 E to Monmouth franked with 1d tied by a blue "306" of Frome. 1851 EL to Abergavenny franked with a fine 1d cancelled with a deep blue "134" of Bristol. Also an 1850 cover registered to Bristol from which four 1d have been removed used to Bristol and the two remaining stamps tied by blue "784" cancels of Tenby. |
£70 |
|
629 |
|
BLUE NUMERAL OF HORNDEAN: 1850 (30 Nov) env. from Horndean to Warwickshire franked with a four margined 1d RA cancelled with a very fine watery blue "380" of Horndean. |
£60 |
|
630 |
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BLUE NUMERALS OF BEWDLEY, STEVENAGE AND LYNMOUTH: 1851 E to Hereford franked with a cut into 1d red with a superb dark blue "68" of Bewdley cancellation. 1850 env. to London franked with a four margined 1d with a fine blue "748" of Stevenage cancellation. 1854 opened out env. to Maidstone franked with a four margined 1d lightly cancelled with a blue "970" of Lynmouth. A good trio. |
£100 |
|
631 |
|
BLUE NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS OF SOUTH PETHERTON & MARKET DRAYTON: 1851(11 Feb) E to Stone franked with a three margined 1d cancelled with a fine blue "509" of Market Drayton. 1852 (25 Feb) env. to Charmouth franked with a three margin 1d pair cancelled with blue "724" of South Petherton. |
£60 |
|
632 |
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BLUE NUMERALS OF LYNMOUTH, PLYMOUTH & WEYMOUTH: 1852 env. to S.Molton with 1d imperf. tied by smudged blue '970' with good blue Lynmouth UDC nearby; 1852 Plymouth local env. with 1d imperf. tied by blue '620'. Also an 1849 cover from Weymouth to Evershot with crisp blue '873' cancelling the 1d red imperf. (3 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£50 |
|
633 |
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COLOURED NUMERALS AND CDS: 1841 1d reds inc. five on covers with various coloured numerals inc. greenish blue "50" of Bogroy on env. dark green "210" Colchester, "548" Tunstall & "685" Wilton and a good blue "331" of Turriff. Mostly fair strikes only. (16). |
£240 |
|
634 |
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EXPERIMENTAL BLACK MALTESE CROSS: 1840 (27 Oct.) local London env. franked with a three margined 1d plate 7NG cancelled by a fine experimental black MC with "T.P./Old Broad St" h.s. alongside. A little soiled. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£120 |
|
635 |
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EXPERIMENTAL BLACK MALTESE CROSS: 1840 (5 Dec.) A neat env. used from London to Harrow on the Hill franked with 1d plate 8HD with an almost complete experimental black MC cancellation. Good even margins. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£120 |
|
636 |
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EXPERIMENTAL BLACK MALTESE CROSS: 1840 (14 Oct) part cover used within London franked with a clear to wide margined 1d cancelled with a very fine experimental black MC with "T.P/Cornhill" struck alongside. |
£80 |
|
637 |
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EXPERIMENTAL MACHINE CANCELLATIONS - "MR. VAILE'S STAMPING MACHINE": Unstamped c.March/April 1878 envelope (hand-written address; A.Websel Esq., Karangeahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand") with a superb strike of the two-bar type Vaile continuous machine cancellation - the c.d.s. dated "NZ/AUCKLAND/SE 2/74" in addition to albino impressions of three horizontal bars towards the bottom of the cover. A similar cover with a three-bar strike of this cancellation realised £2,600 in the Cavendish auction of 31 May 2000. The cover is accompanied by a photocopy of an article on Vaile's stamping machine by Maurice Barette, entitled "An abortive slogan of one hundred years ago" which appeared in November 1982 (London P.H. Group notebook). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£1000 |
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638 |
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LONDON NUMBERS IN MC.: A complete set of numbers 1 to 12 cancelling mainly three/four margined 1d reds on covers. Mostly fine complete strikes. A good set. |
£400 |
|
639 |
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NUMERAL AND DUPLEX CANCELLATIONS, ETC.: Album containing the extensive collection of mostly QV 1d reds showing a wide range of cancellations inc. numerals/duplexes, Station postmarks inc. scarce Newcastle type, TPO's inc. scarcer types, Cheltenham 169 error, Channel Is., Scillies, Gibraltar, Malta, etc. (1,100+). |
£120 |
|
640 |
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NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS: 1843-44 Covers franked with three and four margined 1841 1d reds cancelled with mainly fine numbers 2 to 12 in MC. A few cover faults. |
£350 |
|
641 |
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NUMBERS 3 AND 12 IN MALTESE CROSS: 1843 front and part back to Birmingham franked with a three margined 1d QI cancelled with a fine upright "3" in MC. c1842 A large piece franked with 1d red strip of four, HA-HD shaved at lower right, cancelled with "12" in MC cancels. |
£100 |
|
642 |
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P.D. IN RED CANCELLING AN ADHESIVE ON COVER TO ITALY: 1874 (22 May) EL from London to Genoa franked with a well centred 6d grey plate 14 ML tied by a fine red "P.D" in oval. Alongside is a fine London Inland Branch duplex cancel which was originally struck to cancel the adhesive. PHOTO – INSIDE FRONT COVER |
£340 |
|
643 |
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RUBY MALTESE CROSS OF ABERDEEN: 1840 (17 July) E from Aberdeen to Edinburgh bearing a three margined 1d plate 2 QH tied by a fine Ruby MC . SG. Cat. £1,500. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£240 |
|
644 |
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SPOON CANCELLATIONS: 1855-66 range of 1d red covers on leaves with mainly fine strikes of different types of spoon inc. Birmingham (7), Bristol (2), Hull (3), Manchester (3), Liverpool (5), Plymouth & Worcester (2 inc. the scarce 5th recut); also several pieces showing further examples. (23 covers & 10 pieces). |
£120 |
|
645 |
|
SPOON CANCELLATIONS: 1857-64 selection of less common spoons on 1d red covers inc. the scarce Leamington (1d x 2 & 'TOO LATE'), Northampton & Walsall marks plus Bridgnorth, Burton on Trent, Oswestry, Shrewsbury (2) & York. All are fine, well above average strikes. (9 covers). |
£160 |
|
646 |
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VIOLET NUMERAL OF DENBIGH: 1841 A four margined 1d ED with central violet "241" of Denbigh. Small pinhole. Scarce. Cat. from £700. PHOTO – BACK COVER |
£140 |
|
647 |
|
WILKINSON MACHINE CANCELLATION: 1912 (2 Feb.) env. with contents to Bury St. Edmunds with a good example of the circular red ''LONDON E.C./1D/POSTAGE PAID/ (Crown)'' Wilkinson machine cancellation. [Ex Crabb]. |
£40 |
| AIRMAILS |
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648 |
 |
ALBUM containing the 1920's to modern collection of flown covers with some very good flights, including first flights to Orkneys (1934 with special flight vignettes (4)), Fair Isle 1937, Shetlands, Scarp-Harris Rocket Mail cover, Hillman Airways flights, Railway Air Services (including the wrongly applied "RAS/3d Paid" cachet used in error twice only in 1936 at Glasgow), rare Hull-Grimsby publicity label on 1934 Liverpool-Plymouth flight cover, 1939 Glasgow-Campbeltown cover with vignette, Channel Is. flights, etc. fair to mainly fine. (76 covers/ cards + few adhesives). |
£440 |
|
649 |
|
1907 (Oct.) specially printed "Daily Graphic" card addressed to Lee-on-Solent, despatched from Crystal Palace on 12th October, carried on the "Mammoth" returned from Tosse (14th October) with framed "T", "2D/IS" h.s. and arrival c.d.s. of Gosport and Lee-on-Solent. |
£90 |
|
650 |
|
1910 "LANARK GRANDSTAND AU 11 10" c.d.s. on PPC of "McArdle Flying at Lanark", nice message - "...this Britisher has made a fine show to-day. The American Dresdel has disappeared in the clouds and there is no word of him yet....". Scarce. |
£80 |
|
651 |
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1911 Coronation Aerial Post olive-green plate 29 card to SAN SALVADOR bearing 1/2d (2) with die "1" cancel of 9th Sept. Rare. Ex Edwards. |
£160 |
|
652 |
|
1911 Programme for the "Daily Mail" £10,000 Flying Race with a detailed listing of machines and competitors (creased horizontally and with some foxing but most unusual); plus sundry contemporary cuttings related to same and five 1909/10 PPC's (four used, one unused) relating to the Blackpool Air Meetings of those years (cards depict Claude Grahame White x 2, a Farman Biplane, McArdle in flight and "aeroplanes at Blackpool". A useful little group. |
£90 |
|
653 |
|
1929-35 Group of five flown covers and one card to India with various frankings, postal markings and cachets incl. "DIRECT AIR MAIL/LONDON-KARACHI", "CANCELLED/BOMBAY/22 FEB. 35" and "KARACHI/CANCELLED/1 OCT.34". (6 items). |
£70 |
|
654 |
|
1929 (22 Nov.) env. (opened out for display) bearing 1/2d and 1d (3 of each) & 11/2d (2) addressed to India and with violet boxed "OVER 1/2OZ. INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID FOR TRANSMISSION/BY DIRECT INDIA AIR MAIL" plus 1930 (5 Dec.) cover ex Watford to India bearing 11/2d & 1/- (2) with black boxed "WEIGHT OVER 1OZ. INSUFFICIENTLY/PAID FOR TRANSMISSION BY DIRECT/INDIA Etc AIR MAIL". (2 covers). |
£60 |
|
655 |
|
1930 (31 Oct.) flown cover from Manchester to New Zealand bearing 4d & 6d (2) with black oval-framed "Too Late" and pencilled initials apparently applied at Manchester; partly as a result the cover was almost six weeks in transit according to a m/s endorsement. |
£40 |
| MARITIME |
|
656 |
|
SS GREAT WESTERN; 1838-1845 Group of 13 EL/E's (several with faults and filing creases) all carried by the SS Great Western inc. Aug. 1838 E from NY carried on 3rd voyage with step type "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER", a "1oz" letter rated "6/-"; Nov. 1838 EL from NY to Bordeaux carried on the 5th voyage; 17 May 1839 EL from London to NY with fine "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" red d.s. and "QUEENSTON" d.s.; Nov. 1839 EL Philadelphia to Edinburgh (faults) at 2oz rate of both "$3.00" and "14/-" etc. plus detailed history, photographs etc. of the ship on several sheets. (13 covers). |
£200 |
|
657 |
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SS GREAT WESTERN STATIONERY: 8 Oct. 1838 letter written at New York on illustrated notepaper (approx. A3 folded) with black and white 21/2"x2" lithographed scene of the Great Western arriving at New York with crowds lining the quayside. Printed by "Baker, 8 Wall St. N.Y." and inscribed "GREAT WESTERN/Steam Ship/Launched at Bristol (England) 19th July 1837 & arrived at New York 23d April 1838". Expected letter folds but otherwise fine and scarce. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£100 |
|
658 |
|
SS GREAT BRITAIN 1843 LAUNCH TOKEN: A brass token (approx. 1" dia.) produced to commemorate the launch of the SS Great Britain, with the ship in full sail on one side plus "THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP/LAUNCHED AT BRISTOL/LENGTH 322FT/BREADTH 50.6/DEPTH 32.6/J. GARDNER" and on the obverse "THIS IRON/STEAM SHIP/WAS LAUNCHED IN/THE PRESENCE OF/H.R.H.PRINCE ALBERT/JULY19.1843...." etc. A scarce and attractive piece of SS Great Britain memorabilia. |
£50 |
|
659 |
|
WRECK OF THE S.S. "GREAT BRITAIN" COVER ; 21st Sept. 1846 EL (central filing fold) from "Greenfield" (near Manchester) addressed to New York and endorsed "per steamer Great Britain from Liverpool" and "Prepaid" on the front; the postal marks comprise a fine red "UPPER MILL" UDC, red m/s "P8" charge, red "MANCHESTER" c.d.s. and v. fine red New York "7" arrival charge-mark all on the front, plus a very fine black "SHIP·LETTER/(crown)/LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. on the top flap. The recipient's filing note is unusually detailed and includes; "Recd. 22nd Octr. Per Great Britain Acadia", showing that this letter was indeed delayed due to the stranding of the famous steamer, the S.S. Great Britain, which was beached at Dundrum (on the east Irish coast) on the night of 23rd Sept. 1846. The crew and passengers were all saved and the mails (including this letter) were taken via Belfast by the ship's surgeon to Liverpool, from where they continued their delayed journeys via various ships including the S.S. Acadia. The S.S. Great Britain was to remain stranded on the beach for 11 months! Only three covers from this Wreck have been recorded - including the example to Montreal which Cavendish auctioned in March 1998 (lot 868; sold for £3,450) - and this is a recently discovered addition to the record. Important and highly exhibitable British Maritime Rarity. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£1500 |
|
660 |
|
SS GREAT BRITAIN: 1853-57 trio (faults) from Australia and carried by the SS Great Britain; 27 Nov. 1853 env. to London with poor "PAID/MELBOURNE" d.s.; 28 Oct. 1854 E to Aberdeen with tied Victoria 1/- blue and red boxed Liverpool Ship d.s.; 18 May 1857 env. to Glasgow with (possibly substituted) Victoria 6d orange and red tombstone Paid Liverpool Ship d.s. plus a selection of modern covers & stamps depicting the SS Great Britain. This lot also includes an extensive history in two box files of the SS Great Britain plus a piece of iron (approx. 3" x 3") taken from the SS Great Britain when she was being overhauled at Bristol Docks. (3 covers + carton). |
£150 |
|
661 |
|
SS GREAT BRITAIN: 19 Oct. 1854 env. from Adelaide to London with "(ADELA)IDE/SOUTH AUSTRALIA" d.s. overstruck by fine red "(date)/LIVERPOOL/SHIP" (Rob. S.16) and orange London Paid d.s.; endorsed "Pr "Great Britain" Steamer via Melbourne....". A fine and attractive cover. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£150 |
|
662 |
|
SS GREAT WESTERN; 13 Feb. 1854 EL from Rio de Janeiro to Bordeaux with fine green hand stamp "PAR GREAT WESTERN" and a fine boxed orange "COLONIES/&c ART.13". A later Great Western cover when she was sailing under the Royal Mail Line flag. Attractive. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£50 |
|
663 |
|
TRANSATLANTIC MAIL SHOWING VERY HIGH U.S. CURRENCY INFLATION; 20th Aug. 1864 EL from Liverpool ("P.L.O." c.d.s. on back) to Boston "p Europa via Queenstown" charged "1.13" beside v. fine "IN U.S. NOTES" mark with superb unrecorded (by US Stampless Cover Cat.) handstruck "48" mark on the front, and matching partial "BOSTON BR. PKT." c.d.s. on flap; inflation rate of 2.35! Plus similar Bremen closed bag 25th July 1864 stampless env. from "SAARBRUCKEN" to USA with fine rare "N.Y. 15 BR PKT/OR U.S. NOTES 38" c.d.s. (the 2.53 inflation rate!) and v. fine "5/10" accountancy mark on the front. Also a July 1864 env. (stamps removed) from Florence to USA showing the rare "BOS21TON/OR U.S. 50 NOTES" c.d.s. (a 2.38 inflation rate). Some of the highest differences recorded between coin and banknote charges; rare trio. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£120 |
|
664 |
|
SOUTHAMPTON PACKET LETTER: 1870-80 Trio of covers ex Argentina to various European destinations, with Southampton transit marks inc. two very fine strikes of the scarce unframed 'SOUTHAMPTON=PACKET.LETTER' (1870) on cover to Holland and fine impressions of the single-ring 'SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP LETTER' c.d.s. (1879/80). An attractive trio. (3 items) |
£100 |
|
665 |
|
SS GREAT EASTERN: 10 Dec. 1874 env. from Edinburgh to "Poste restante, Calcutta". The envelope has been endorsed in ink in a different hand "Great Eastern". The ship had been cable laying in the Indian Ocean in the 1870's before being laid up at Milford Haven. Also included is a history, photographs etc. of the SS Great Eastern on several sheets. (Cover etc.). |
£75 |
| SHIP LETTERS |
|
666 |
|
SMALL GROUP of E/EL's with various Ship Letter markings inc. red step-type "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER", ten EL's with various types of "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER" (step-type, boxed & unboxed, m/s "Mifsent" preceding s/l "GLOCESTER", etc. (23). |
£100 |
|
667 |
|
EARLY SHIP LETTERS, etc.: 1761 EL ex Portsmouth to a ship 'at Spithead', 1778 EL with s/l 'GOSPORT' ex HMS 'Formidable' at St Helens (good contents), 178 Naval Gazette with ref. to battle of the Lizard, 1794 receipt for shipping corn to IOW barracks, 1795 EL (toned) from USA to Essex with near fine 'COWES/SHIP LREs', stained c1803 EL ex USA with fine rare oval 'Ship Lre/(Crown)/ISLE OF WIGHT' & Shrewsbury mileage h.s. (struck as missent) etc. (8 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
|
668 |
|
HASTINGS - "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS" EX SYDNEY, ETC.; April/Sept. 1838 EL (unusually in Spanish) from "Sydney" to London "p. Peter Proctor" with a very fine strike of the boxed "INDIA LETTER/HASTINGS" (Rob.In.1; light fold) nicely placed on the top flap; plus an 1816 EL from "St. Vincent" to London with a very fine step-type boxed "DEAL/SHIP LETTER" nicely placed on the front. Both of Exhibition quality. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£100 |
|
669 |
|
PORTSMOUTH - INDIA LETTER WITH LONDON SHIP LETTER OFFICE "FREE" DATESTAMP; Attractive Jan. 1822 front (from India presumably) to Downing St. (to the Under Sec. of State for War who had unlimited franking privileges at this date) with v. fine red boxed "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" overstruck by near fine early boxed "FREE" d.s. and General Post crowned "FREE" c.d.s. Rare usage. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£100 |
| RAILWAY/T.P.O. MAIL |
|
670 |
|
MISCELLANY inc. 1847 wrapper headed in m/s "Par Pro" used from London to Glasgow with circular framed "E/NR". 1906 PPC's (2) with 1/2d stamps cancelled on the FFrench T.P.O. 1906 "HULL SORTING CARRIAGE" c.d.s. and 1905 "YORK & SCARBOROUGH .S.T." c.d.s. 1912 "REGISTERED/EDINBURGH & FOLKSTONE S.C." d.s. 1856 circular framed "L.C./R". A good lot. (37 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. 17 |
£120 |
|
671 |
|
Bundle of documents, 1861-83, relating to the Greenock & Ayrshire, City of Glasgow Union & East Gloucestershire Railways inc. receipts for shares, stock issues, memoranda, printed letters etc. some fiscals noted. An interesting lot. (approx. 70 items). |
£60 |
|
672 |
|
FARNBOROUGH STATION: Selection of 1d covers, 1855-83, with stamps cancelled by fine strikes of the Station duplex (8) or squared c.d.s. ('ALDERSHOT CAMP' c.d.s. on reverse) or used as arrival / transit d.s. (10 inc. 1855 1d pink env. with c.d.s. in blue). Good range of types / codes. (19 items). |
£75 |
|
673 |
|
GLOUCESTER STATION: 1842-82 Selection of covers showing fine strikes of the Station duplex cancellations (11) plus a range of backstamps inc. scarce early c.d.s. types in red, blue & black, with a good variety of codes & types in evidence. A good lot. (33 items). |
£100 |
|
674 |
|
HASTINGS STATION OFFICE: Group of covers & cards all showing fine strikes of the uncommon Hastings SO duplex or c.d.s. with good variety of letter codes & types. (25 items). |
£90 |
|
675 |
|
PERTH - THE RARE "P" IN STAR HANDSTAMP: 1895 env. from Irvine to Oakley with a very fine strike of the "P" in eight pointed star h.s. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£120 |
|
676 |
|
SCOTTISH T.P.O.'S: 1851-1957 The selection of covers & cards with various TPO c.d.s. and h.s. inc. "CR" in red, Edinburgh & Newcastle ST, Galloway S. T., Highland Sorting Carriage, Registered Glasgow Sorting Tender, Edinburgh & Newcastle Sorting Tender and Glasgow Sorting Tender. Mostly fine. (80+ items). |
£120 |
|
677 |
|
SCOTTISH STATIONS ETC: 1867-1950 The interesting collection of covers/cards and a few pieces with various station c.d.s. inc. Bickley, Balfron, Drymen, Gartmore, Cartness, Polmont, Kippen, Balquhidder & Nigg, other h.s. inc. "GLASGOW & CARLISLE S.C./UP LIMITED" c.d.s. Mostly fine. (50 covers + 4 pieces). |
£100 |
|
678 |
|
STATIONS: Bundle of PPCs & covers, 1865-1927, with v.good to fine cancellations of mostly different stations with unusual examples noted, plus 5 covers 1961-2. An interesting lot requiring careful inspection. (62 items). |
£100 |
| OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS |
|
679 |
|
BELGIUM/FRANCE/MADEIRA - LONDON's "RETURNED FROM" & "DETAINED" MARKS; 1840-9 covers from Leicester to Madeira, from "LISBON" to Madeira via London, from Sandwich to Brussels and to Paris all with fine to very fine red boxed London Foreign Branch "RETURNED FROM" (2), "Returned for/(1/10) Postage", and "No. (15259)/Detained for Postage" marks. Scarce lot. (4 covers). |
£120 |
|
680 |
|
CHINA - SHANGHAI: 1861 (11 Nov.) E from London via. Marseilles & Hong Kong to Shanghai franked with 1856 1/- x 2 tied by "46" cancels with a red "1d" struck below. The E is creased clear of the adhesives. |
£80 |
|
681 |
|
FRANCE: 1857-83 Selection of covers inc. 1859 env. from Edinburgh to Marseilles franked with Large Garter 4d (2, creased), 1861 London - Bordeaux cover with marginal Large Garter 4d, 1865 London - Paris cover with 1862-65 4d (creased), 1868 E to Lyon franked with 4d pl.9 pair and eight further covers with 4d frankings. Entry marks, FAC etc. Mixed condition. (22 covers). |
£120 |
|
682 |
|
FRANCE/INDIA/AUSTRALIA/VENEZUELA/SPAIN: 1885-87 range inc. large env. to Paris franked with 1883-84 1/2d & 2d plus an 1881 1d (late fee), 1885 env. (damaged) from N.Shields to Melbourne with 1883-84 6d, 1887 env. (toned) from London to Barcelona with 1887 21/2d; also 1885 cover from Ayr to Boulogne with 1883-84 21/2d, 1887 env. (damaged) to Bombay with 1883-84 5d & 1887 5d Die I etc. (9 covers). |
£100 |
|
683 |
|
INDIA: 1858-81 range of covers to India inc. 1856 1/- on cover to Calcutta ('LYALL-PLACE' UDC), 1856 marginal 6d & LC14 1d & 2d (pl.8) on cover from Aberdeen to Bombay, 1863 E to Madras with 1856 LC14 1d & 1862-64 9d (trimmed at L), unusual 1868 2/3d franking on front to Calcutta with 1d pl. 119, 6d pl.6 and a marginal pair of 10d with red boxed 'L1' nearby. Also 8d orange franking (1876), 5d indigo (1881) plus an 1882 1d pink env. uprated with 1880 11/2d to Germany. Mixed condition but a most interesting assembly. (13 items). |
£200 |
|
684 |
|
INDIA & ITALY: 1865 front from Manchester "via Marseilles" to Calcutta franked with 1862 9d KB and 1d plate number MC to make the 10d rate. 1866 env. (toned) from Littlehampton to Rome franked with 1865 9d DI (marginal) and 2d plate 9 SJ. 1869 opened out env. (small portion missing and repaired) used from Dublin "via Southampton" to Sholapon franked with a 9d TL. Also used 1862 9d KB & HL shades and 1865 9d QG. Some faults but a good group. |
£120 |
|
685 |
|
ITALY: 1866-73 selection of covers showing various 6d frankings inc. 1865-67 pl.5 on cover to the composer Verdi at Palermo from Liverpool, 1869 pl.8 on cover to Turin and another to Turin (1873) with 6d grey pl.12; also 1870 E from London to Messina franked with 6d pl.8 & 1d pl.117, and another franked with 1867-80 6d & 1/-. Mixed condition. (7 items). |
£60 |
|
686 |
|
MALTA - UNDERPAID COVER WITH EMBOSSED 10d BROWN; Unusual Jan. 1855 EL to Malta "via Marseilles" franked by 10d Embossed (cut square; clear on 2 sides) and 1d "stars" tied by fine "704" numerals of South Shields (c.d.s. on back), with fine red "INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED" beside m/s "2" charge. Presumably the rate was 1/-. Rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£100 |
|
687 |
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NEW ZEALAND: 1856 part E via Liverpool to Canterbury Settlement franked with embossed cut-to-shape 6d showing fancy numeral "2", Wellington transit c.d.s. for "DE 21/1856" & Port Victoria arrival mark five days later; 1859 E from London to Hawke's Bay with wing margin 1/- green; 1865 small, neat env. to Auckland franked with 4d (wing margin) & 6d and 1865 env. from Edinburgh to Wellington bearing 4d (wing margin) & 6d. A useful quartet. |
£75 |
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688 |
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WORLD-WIDE: 1830-75 range of unstamped covers inc. 1851 to Batavia, mainly fine strike of the 'POST PAID SHIP LR./(CROWN)/LONDON' on 1830 EL to Germany, 1854 cover from Prince von Hohenlohe-Langenburg (seal) to Germany with fine 'AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN' transit, single & double-lined 'tombstone' PAID marks on covers to Bavaria & Italy, 1840 EL ex Munich to Dublin with mainly fine diamond '11/A.E./J.F.' transit etc. (13 items). |
£100 |
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689 |
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WORLD-WIDE: 1859-75 range of covers inc. 1864 6d pair (soiled) used to Germany, 1867 cover to Austria with 6d pl.6 franking, 1859 from Kirkcaldy to Amsterdam franked with Large Garter 4d pair, 1878 creased env. to Moscow with 1d & 21/2d rose plus boxed 'L1' and 1875 E from Liverpool to Caracas with 1/- pl.10 etc. An interesting group. (12 covers). |
£60 |
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690 |
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WORLD-WIDE: 1862 EL from London to Cadiz franked with 1856 6d & 1/- pair with 'LONDON EC' cancellations and oval 'CADIZ / FRANCO' in blue-green: faults but scarce usage. Also 1886 env. from London to the Kimberley diamond fields (S.Africa), franked with a fine 1883-84 6d cancelled by a neat London hooded circle d.s. (2 items). |
£90 |
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COLLEGE STAMPS - HERTFORD COLLEGE, OXFORD: The small collection of unused postal stationery items produced on behalf of Hertford College between 1876 & 1897 comprising a small square mauve envelope, a small oblong mauve envelope, a larger mauve oblong envelope inscribed "College Notice", all produced in 1876, a small square mauve envelope & a large mauve oblong envelope produced in 1879, a small square blue envelope (heavily stained), a large blue oblong envelope, a small blue oblong envelope and a small oblong blue postcard (only 1,000 supplied) produced in 1879. Most unusual. (9). |
£150 |
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692 |
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MILITARY - CAMPAIGN LETTER WITH THE "A[RMEE] B[RITANNIQUE]" IN CIRCLE MARK OF THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION; Attractive 25th July 1745 EL headed from "Saventheim Camp" (Belgium) and addressed to the "Earl of Lowdon....London", with a very fine strike of the first British Army marking - the "AB" in circle mark - nicely placed on the front, beside the "10" charge. The interesting contents give a graphic update on the French successes; "I am just come from Head Quarters....Oudenarde surrendered [to the French] yesterday...make no doubt of the Garrison's being Prisoners of War....the next place they attempt will be Dendermonde, which I believe is in no way able to make the least defence, the works being ruinous, & the place besides being destitute of a Garrison & Stores...When they are masters of Dendermonde this Camp will be something more subject to be disturbed [a P.S. notes that "The Head Q's are changed though the Camp is not "]...I am afraid that Brussels must be given up....7,000 Hessians are said to be marching to join us.. ." Excellent up-to-date eye-witness letter from this important Campaign. PHOTO - see plate no. 4 |
£750 |
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MILITARY - SCARCE DARTMOOR F.P.O.: 1873 1/2d postal stationery card addressed to Guernsey with scarce "DARTMOOR/AU 17/B/F.P.O." duplex cancellation. Manoeuvres began on 1 August 1873 involving over 7,000 soldiers, 36 guns, 63 wagons & 1,816 horses. The writer refers to the poor weather which curtailed the manoeuvres to two days in the field and complains of sore feet. PHOTO - see plate no. 17 |
£100 |
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694 |
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MILITARY CAMPS: Mainly early 20th century selection of 31 covers & postcards plus a few adhesives, mainly with Camp Postmarks, including Ireland, some duplication, mainly fine. |
£90 |
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695 |
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MILITARY - WWII: Loose leaf album with the selection of mainly GB covers and cards bearing patriotic slogans, censor marks, Maritime Mail marks, etc. Also some airgraphs, two propaganda postcards & three propaganda leaflets, post war Indian FPO's & Maritime Mail, etc. Poor to very fine. (100+ items). |
£120 |
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696 |
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OFFICIAL MAIL - "CODELESS CROWN" MARKS USED ON PRIVATE MAIL POSTED WITH OFFICIAL PAID MAILS; 1840-58 covers to/from the Houses of Parliament (several with wax seals of the Houses) and to/from other Government Offices that had Official Paid mail services; either sent unpaid and charged normal Postage Due rates (incl. rare Dec. 1840 m/s "3oz 1/4" charge of Bodmin) or franked correctly with 1d Reds; these latter are the letters which were sent on personal business by Government Officials along with their Official Paid mail and so had to be distinguished with special uncoded London c.d.s.'s (very similar to the Official "PAID" c.d.s.'s but with the Crowns within the circles). All the main types are included plus a very fine blue h.s. "2" of Armagh, an 1847 m/s "Mifst to" beside "LEDBURY" c.d.s., an 1848 unpaid env. to Somerset House endorsed "via Ostend" but posted in London, v. fine 1856 boxed "ARDWELL INN", a Colonial Land & Emigration office env., etc. Good lot. [These marks were listed as AH50/1 by Alcock & Holland and shown in Willcocks' "ENGLAND'S POSTAL HISTORY" - Fig.109; this lot is accompanied by the 1989 "Stamps" article on this fascinating subject by James Grimwood-Taylor.] (61 covers). |
£200 |
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697 |
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OFFICIAL MAIL RELATING TO 19th CENTURY FACTORIES: 1840 (July) EL with rare Nottingham boxed "TOO LATE" to John Fielden MP ref. the Act, Inspectors & the "Factory Committee", rare 16-page printed pamphlet on the "Factory Question" sent by post with Bradford "PAID/1D" mark' 1854-55 pair of covers with complaints about Factory inspections, fine 1873 EL from Liverpool with 1/2d plate 8, long 1899 OHMS env. (faults) with "HOME OFFICE" imprint endorsed "Train letter" addressed to "Hadfield Railway Station till called for" with "GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY" 2d green (faults but tied by fine oval "ASHTON P.P" oval d.s.) and 1d lilac (tied by pencil cross) and an amazing lot of c1833-1993 covers & ephemera relating to Factory conditions. (Qty.). |
£180 |
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698 |
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OFFICIAL MAIL: 1900-83 range of covers (mainly OHMS) with official cachets inc. Government Departments with the uncommon 'Ministry of War Transport' & 'Reconstruction Secretariat' (1943), 1917 'Royal Army Clothing Department', 1900 'Secretary of State for India' with Lord Onslow's countersignature, 'Royal Hospital Chelsea', 'Royal Mint' etc. Most are pre-1960. (82 items). |
£80 |
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699 |
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PARLIAMENTARY RELATED MISCELLANY comprising 1891 (3 July) env. ex the House of Commons to South Kensington bearing 1d lilac tied by "HOUSE OF COMMONS/Z/JY 3/91" duplex & with black segmented circular "M/S/W/W" mark alongside, 1854-74 trio of Parliamentary Notices bearing 2d & 6d, 1d (4) and 1d & 6d adhesives respectively (cover faults but a scarce trio) and c1822 cut down wrapper endorsed "Irish() Mifs Society" addressed to the reverend St.George at Ballibay showing a fine example of the red two-line "CHARITY LETTER/POST PAID" mark of Dublin. (5 items). [Ex Willcocks]. |
£150 |
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700 |
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PARLIAMENTARY MAIL - QEII PERIOD: Substantial collection of covers, cards, etc. from the period c.1953-90 incl. rare 1957 6d Postal Order (from reign of KGVI!) and pair of 1958 Reply Coupons all with "HOUSE OF COMMONS" c.d.s.'s, 1968 boxed "URGENT/M.P.'s/MAIL" mark on redirected mail bundle label, 1969 "PAR. PRO." env., other O.H.M.S. material, regd. and recorded mail, 2 different 1988 h.s's. "CLEARED BY SECURITY DEPT.", etc., etc. (Approx. 150 items). [Ex Crabb] |
£50 |
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701 |
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PENNY BLACK - PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS etc. : Autograph letters inc. rare EL from Perkins, Wyon & Heath plus 1829/32 pair addressed to Perkins & Bacon. Also letters from PMGs the Duke of Rutland, Lord Townsend & the Duke of Richmond, an 1821 petition to Francis Freeling, portrait engravings, maps etc. An intriguing lot. (25 items). |
£200 |
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702 |
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RETURNED LETTER SERVICE: An accumulation of 65 envelopes & 20 pieces exhibiting a wide range of Formats, handstamps & postmarks including Registered. |
£75 |
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703 |
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RETURNED MAIL - LONDON's RARE "R" IN CIRCLE MARK ON COVER WITH ORIGINAL "DEAD LETTER OFFICE" WRAPPER; April 1811 E to London with fine "ROCHDALE" mileage mark and v. fine oxidised red large "R" in circle mark (Jay L200; only known 1810-1) on the front; endorsed "Gone away not known where" on the flap; plus the matching June 1811 "Returned Letter/O.H.M.S./Dead Letter-Office" EL in which it was returned to Rochdale. Rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no. 16 |
£140 |
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704 |
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ROYALTY - OSBORNE HOUSE: 1839 () front to Clarence House franked 'The Queen', 1836/39 free fronts signed by Melbourne & Palmerston, c1860 3 letters (2 on Osborne notepaper) written by the Royal Housekeeper, Miss E. Smith, 1854 OHMS env. signed by Palmerston, fine 1863 letter on Osborne paper re. the Staff at the House & env. from Princess Helena addressed to the Duchess of Atholl at Osborne. Also a rare 1849 cover from Aberdeen to Lieut. Col. Phipps at Osborne Cottage with 1d reds (4) , initialled 'A' (Prince Albert) and having a red wax Privy Purse seal; in addition a carte-de-visite photograph of the Prince. (18 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£100 |
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705 |
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ROYALTY - "IMPOSSIBLE" 1841 FREE-FRANK FROM ONE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF WILLIAM IV TO ANOTHER; 26th March 1841 env. (part flaps lost) most oddly headed and countersigned for the franking privilege in "1839" (but clearly dated "1841" by 3 postmarks), signed by the Earl "Munster" (1794-1842; the eldest son of William IV and Mrs. Jordan) who may have suffered from schizophrenia and sadly committed suicide the year after this letter was sent; addressed to his brother (Lord Fitzclarence, 1802-56, the younger some of William IV and Mrs. Jordan) who was the commander of the Royal Yacht at this date. It seems that no-one had told the Earl of Munster that Free-franking had been abolished (or that 1839 had ended!); his secretary presumably prepaid the 2d postage, because there is a faint oval "PD2" of Brighton on the front and a London tombstone "PAID" transit d.s. Remarkable "impossible" free frank! PHOTO - see plate no. 17 |
£150 |
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706 |
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ROYALTY - QUEEN VICTORIA AUTOGRAPH LETTER: 1849 (21 Feb.) 3pp letter on crested mourning notepaper, written from Buckingham Palace & addressed to the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge, with original signed envelope; the contents concern the Royal Box at Covent Garden. A little worn but a scarce early autograph letter from the Queen. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 17 |
£200 |
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707 |
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ROYALTY: 1901-44 Pages of proof signatures (inc. contemporary drawing of the 'ER/VII' cypher h.s.) on 3 foolscap pages from the official P.O. ledgers of Royal Household official mail cachets inc. Francis Knollys, Dighton Probyn, Lord Sefton etc. Unique. (3 pages) |
£200 |
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708 |
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TOKENS OF ROWLAND HILL'S SCHOOL & CELEBRATING COACHES: 1822 'HAZELWOOD' school token (built by Hill's father in Edgbaston, 1819) and two different 'J.Palmer' tokens c1790. (3 items). [Ex Crabb]. |
£50 |
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709 |
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UNIFORM 1d POST: Collection of 1840 covers (several early January) with m/s '1' plus some handstruck marks inc. those of Huddersfield, Ipswich, Liverpool & Haddington also 13 Jan. (4th day) London '1' h.s. on cover to Wales, later 1d marks etc. (30 items). |
£250 |
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