G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS
561 CARTON containing a substantial accumulation of covers & cards c1841-1900 inc. very good range of imperf./perf. 1d Reds, two 1845-46 covers with single & double 1842 2d Blue frankings, registered mail inc. Parliamentary Notices (1865 & 1899), ‡d bantams (4), 4d covers to Malta & France, cancellation interest inc. Hoster machines (4) & 1857 Edinburgh roller, stationery etc. Requires careful inspection. (approx. 120 items). £220
562 CARTON containing the interesting early to modern miscellany of covers & cards with much of merit inc. Penny Posts, UDC's inc. UPPINGHAM, Mileage marks inc. first type "BIGGLES/WADE", several early 20th Century skeletons & rubbers, 1754 two-line "LEVER/POOL", 1784 s/l "CAXTON", 1850 Salisbury skeleton d.s., 1859 env. with m/s "Mifsent/to" preceding USK arrival mark (on reverse), etc. (Qty.). £200
563 CARTON containing the varied accumulation of covers & cards. Particular interest in postcards with a good range of machine cancellations in evidence. (Large Qty.). £100
564 MISCELLANY: Small carton of mainly pre-1960 covers & cards with much of interest inc. registered & airmail items, inverted/sideways watermarks, shades, postmarks inc. TPOs & small POs, censored, advertising items etc. A useful lot, well worth inspection. (approx. 200 items). £180
565 MISCELLANY: 1823-76 Group of covers with scarce 1845 small "TOO LATE" of Abergavenny on 1d franked cover to Bristol, fine "COATE BRIDGE" 1855 c.d.s. on 1d stars cover to Paisley, surface printed covers to USA 3d rose (1876), Naples, 6d violet (1868), Bombay, 6d violet (1865), Messina, 6d violet (1871), Paris from Dublin with duplex tying 4d lge.garter(cover defective), a strip of 4 x 1d pl.94 tied Bristol duplex to Paris (one stamp defective), 2 x 1d pl.170 & ‡d pl.10 to Bohemia from Leeds, 1874 1‡d line-engraved with London cancel on internal cover, Long Sutton / Penny Post on 1845 1d franked cover to London plus three stampless covers incl. "Liverpool/India Ship Lr" on 1823 entire from Calcutta & 1843 boxed "PAID/1d extra" on "Paid at Edinr" cover to Falkirk, etc. Poor to fine (14 items). £160
566 MISCELLANY: 1782-1844 selection of stampless covers (28) with a variety of h.s. inc. 1782 "Partington", 1800 "BINGHAM", 1807 "PRESTON/217" in red, 1808 CHELMSFORD /29", 1822 "SHERBORNE/119", c1820 "BUXTON/166", 1839 HUNTINGDON" UDC, 1838 boxed "Millbridge/Penny Post" and 1844 "YOXALL" UDC. Some fine strikes are included. £150
567 MISCELLANY of predominantly 19th century Es and ELs with a good range of marks and a distinctly Norfolk bias incl. s/l YARMOUTH.N on 1797 EL, very fine "Stalham/Penny Post" on 1843 EL, oval red "PAID/at/LEEDS", blue "BERWICK PENNY POST" plus additional ‡d mark on 1833 front, Leather Lane 2d penny post, North Walsham 131 circular mileage mark, 1923 env. from Canada to Devon with both Canadian & British postage due marks and much besides. (37 covers). £120
568 MISCELLANY OF Es, ELs, SKELETONS & RUBBERS incl. 1768 EL with s/l "PENRYN", 1833 E with s/l "LONGTOWN", 1833 & '37 ELs with UDCs of Chudleigh and Kirkby Lonsdale respectively, 1836 E with circular "STONEHAVEN" and group of PPCs franked with KEVII & KGV ‡d stamps cancelled by mainly fine "skeletons" incl. Enfield, Hednesford, Southam (Warwickshire), Sutton Benger (Wiltshire) & Thrapston and violet "rubbers" of Brushford & Litton (Somerset) and Knowbury (Shropshire). (25 items). £120
569 MISCELLANY of mostly pre-stamp E/EL's with Gloucestershire & Oxfordshire interest inc. 1765 "GLOUCES/TER", E rated "4" in m/s with two-line "CIREN/CESTER", 1782 EL's (2) with s/l "OXFORD", 1795-98 EL's (2) with curved "OXFORD", 1830 EL with boxed "PAID AT/OXFORD", 1831-35 EL's (2) with s/l "Paid at Stroud", etc. (13 items). £120
570 MISCELLANY of E/EL's, etc. with a good range of postal markings inc. 1743 s/l "LOUTH", 1744 "ROYS/TON", 1802 "Two-Penny/Pt. Paid/Hoxton", 1820 EL with two-line "STAINES/Penny Post", 1828 circular mileage of Walsingham, 1833 EL ex Macclesfield to Henley-in-Arden with scarce "Too Late" on reverse, 1878 registered env. (opened out for display) from Rugby to Wellesbourne, redirected to London, bearing Line-engraved 1d & 2d and showing h.s. "1" of Warwick, 1902 O.H.M.S. env. ex Bath to Chippenham bearing KEVII "IR" 1d reds (3). An interesting group. (20 items). £120
** 571 MISCELLANY - RARE LOCAL LONDON MONEY LETTER: 1839 EL originally encl. a cheque to a sack maker at London Bridge with dated endorsement 'Money Letter', mainly fine 'T.P./Harrow' & h.s. '3'; also a 1747 Free wrapper with Dublin Bishop Mark on reverse & a fine1808 issue of 'The Independent Whig' with 3‡d revenue stamp (letter to Wellesley, rumour of peace with France etc.).(3 items). £120
572 MISCELLANY: 1789 Free E (Lord Sheffield) to London with v.fine strike of the rare 1st type mileage '30 EAST/GRINSTED' in red; unrecorded 23mm italic 'Prepaid ' struck in red on 1843 EL to Edinburgh with Dublin boxed 'PAID' d.s. nearby; fine strike of the boxed 'MISSENT/TO/EDINBURGH' next to a s/l 'SHIP LETTER' mark on 1849 E ex Cape Town to London etc. (9 items). £120
573 MISCELLANY c1787-1850: Mainly fine strike of the scarce 'SHERBORNE/Poft Office' on the reverse of a 1784 Free EL from West Camel, fine boxed 'SHAFTESBURY/5th CL.POST' (1828) with RH 'No 3' (Wincanton) on local EL, 1839 (7 Dec.) Uniform 4d Post Period EL ex London with boxed 'PUT IN AFTER/7 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT', 1848 damaged part wrapper with superb strike of the crowned framed 'The Party to whom this Letter/is Addressed cannot be FOUND/29JA1848' partly overstruck by c.d.s., 1840 (Jan.) E with fine blue YORK c.d.s. & red 'Pd.1' both on front plus a similar 1842 EL to Beverley with red 'Pd.2', s/l 'YORK' (1781) etc. Also a bundle (74) of Sunday Free fronts. (85 items). £100
574 MISCELLANY inc. scarce Prepaid "P4" (in m/s) of Sheffield on "TOO LATE" cover (c.d.s.'s of both 5th & 6th of January 1840) plus a range of UPP h.s. 1d & 2d markings inc. 1840 (Sunday 10 May) E ex Leeds to Bradford with h.s. "2d", 1840 pair of EL's with red "PAID AT" marks of Bradford & Leeds, 1843 EL ex Winsor to London with red curved "PAID/1", 1850 EL ex Aberystwyth to Hayle (Cornwall) with "Shield" type "PAID/1d", etc. (11 items). £85
575 c1790-1868 Selection of pre-stamp covers inc. handstruck 1d (7) & 2d (4) marks, official 'PAID' d.s. (8), good range of s/l & mileage marks, daters, sub-offices, Frees, London & Scottish marks noted. (102 items). £150
G.B. CANCELLATIONS
576 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS: A complete set of numbers cancelling 1d reds; good to fine strikes but adhesives in mixed condition. (12). £80
577 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS: 1843 EL's (6) franked with 1d reds (cut into or stained) tied by good to very fine strikes of numbers 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 in Maltese cross respectively. (6 covers). £160
G.B. 1911 CORONATION AERIAL POST
578 MISCELLANY of Postcards (10) to a variety of destinations (inc. Belgium & France) in dark green (3), brown (4) & reddish-brown (3). £150
** 579 MISCELLANY: London to Windsor carmine, dark green and deep purple (stained) envs. plus a red brown card from the same correspondence to Cromer, flown on the 9th Sept. and cancelled with Die 3 c.d.s. of London. Also a purple brown env. from the same correspondence but addressed to India. Some faults. (5 items). £100
580 CARDS FLOWN FROM LONDON: 1911 Olive green (5), red brown (2) and dark brown (3) cards flown from London to Windsor addressed to UK destinations. The c.d.s Dies comprse 1 (9 Sept.), 2 (9 & 15 Sept.), 3 (9 (2), 12 & 13 Sept.), 4 (9 Sept.) and 5 (2, both 9 Sept.). Mostly fine. £180
581 ENVELOPE TO CANADA: 1911 (9 Sept.) bright green env. to Canada flown from London to Windsor, franked with KGV 1d tied by an almost complete Die 5 c.d.s. A few cover faults but a scarce destination. PHOTO - £100
582 TWO ADVERTISING CARDS: Olive green card flown from London addresses to Yeovil franked with ‡d tied by Die 4, on reverse is an advertisement for The Financial Outlook". Also a similar card to Liverpool franked with ‡d tied by a Die 2 c.d.s. with printed Molassine Company advertisement. Both are dated 9 Sept. Small faults on second. £100
583 A COMPLETE SET OF DIE NUMBERS ON LONDON CARDS: Red brown (3) and deep brown (3) cards flown from London to Windsor franked with ‡d adhesives tied by Dies 1 to 6 dated 9th Sept. (40, and 12 Sept. (Die 4). Mostly fine. £100
584 FOUR ENVELOPES FROM LONDON INCLUDING AN EMBOSSED EXAMPLE: Bright green env. unused, scarlet env. to Pitlochry with Die 3 cancellation of 12 Sept. Purple brown env. cancelled with Die 2 of 9th Sept. and an olove green embossed env. with Die 3 c.d.s. of 12 Sept. Some faults but presentable examples. £100
585 FOUR ENVELOPES FLOWN FROM LONDON: Bright green (2) and Purple brown (2) envelopes dated 9 Sept (3) & 12 Sept. flown from London to Windsor, all franked with 1d adhesives with 2 to 4 (2) represented. Mainly fine. £80
G.B. MARITIME
586 INDIA SHIP LETTERS: Group of E/EL's, etc. with 1829 EL ex Calcutta to Cornwall with scarce boxed "INDIA LETTER/COWES" (across the flap on reverse), 1834 EL ex Calcutta to London with red boxed "DARTMOUTH/INDIA LETTER" (on reverse, tear through mark made on opening) and a good range of other such marks inc. "INDIA LETTER/DOVER", "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" (in red), "INDIA LETTER/SOUTHAMPTON", etc. (10 items). £120
G.B. SHIP LETTERS
** 587 HULL - THE VERY RARE "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER" ON COVER TO USA DURING THE SHORT LIVED USA WAR RATE: 1815 part E from Hull "p the Ship Friends Capt Broderick for New York" to "?Bath on the river, Kenebeck, D. Maine, America" with on the reverse across the join a readable strike of the scarce "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/Crown/HULL" c.d.s. On the front red "SHIP" h.s. m/s "P9" & "32" plus a "NEW-YORK" c.d.s. The Act relating to the PPWSL h.s. stated "Persons who may be desirous of forwarding their letters themselves, may do so, by any vessel not being a packet boat, upon payment of a third of the packet rate, and having postage so paid marked upon them by an officer of the Post Office, but thjis can only be done at the Post Offgice in London, or at the outport post offices". This special rate was only available from October 1814 until July 1815. The British 9d prepaid rate comprised one third of the Hull to the USA via Falmouth packet, comprising 1/3d packet rate from Falmouth, plus 1/2d inland Hull to Falmouth abated by 1d, for a total of 2/4d, one third of which was rounded down to 9d. The US charges of 32c, comprised 2c incoming ship letter fee, 20c inland 200 - 300 miles increased to 30c for the short lived War Rate (1st Feb 1815 until 30 March 1816). A very rare h.s. in combination with two very short lived rates. Very few examples recorded. PHOTO - £1500
588 LEITH: 1892 5a Iceland postal stationery postcard (fault at right) uprated with 5a green adhesive cancelled by two strikes of single ring Reykjavik c.d.s. for 26 July (no year shown), addressed to Lancashire and with two superb strikes (one well away from other marks and the adhesive) of very small single ring "LEITH SHIP LETTER/JY31/92". PHOTO - £120
** 589 LONDON - "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER" LAST WEEK OF USAGE: 1815 (29 July) EL from London "P L Ayle(?) Cap Parish" to Madeira with red m/s "10" and, on reverse a good strike of the "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/Crown/London" c.d.s. of 29 July 1815, the last week of usage - believed to be the latest date known so far. Only c25 examples recorded. PHOTO - £300
G.B. RAILWAY/T.P.O. MAIL
590 MISCELLANY of QV-QEII covers & cards incl. small env. franked with 1d red cancelled by Farnborough duplex in 1864, uprated postal stationery letter card sent express via Bangor-Crewe T.P.O., 1904 PPC with "CARNFORTH & WHITEHAVEN T.P.O." duplex, PPCs showing outsides and insides of T.P.O.s, PPC franked with Jubilee ‡d cancelled by small "SEDBERGH R.S.O." duplex, 1904 Normanton Station duplex, superb 1906 double-ring c.d.s. of Brdlington Station Office etc., etc. Also 1851 cover franked with three margined embossed 1/- green adhesive (cut along frameline at foot) from Bath "via Southampton " to India with blue "HARLEY ST" on reverse. (27 items). £100
591 SMALL BOX containing the extensive modern accumulation of railway related covers inc. c130 illustrated covers with special cancels, c70 special event plain covers & c100 modern TPO covers. (Approx. 300 items). £75
592 1836 EL from London to Edinburgh ordering two "Steam Carriages" with fascinating contents inc. "Understanding you have two or more Steam Carriages built by Russel for sale. If you send them to London by a Steam vefsel I have no dought that ypu will get 500 each for them. A Steam Carriage some time ago was sold for 450 and another without boiler or steaming apparatus for a considerable sum. I would advise you to send them to some auction as soon as possible while the Steam Carraiges are run on the road from Paddington to the City". On reverse m.s "Not known by Mr. Hamilton Steam Boat Offices of Waterloo Place". Very early reference to a Steam Carriage. £75
G.B. OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
593 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1878 Env. from Highclere Castle, Newbury, Berkshire to "Saul Solomon Esq.,/ Cape Town" franked with 6 x 1d red plate 197 cancelled by several Newbury duplexes and with large part "CAPE TOWN/CAPE COLONY" arrival mark; some staining but an unusual item addressed to printer of the famous triangular "woodblock" issues of Cape of Good Hope. £60
594 FRANCE/INDIA/ITALY/USA: 1866-80 selection of covers (three are opened out) franked with various surface printed issues inc. 1867 EL from Manchester to Paris franked with 1d & 4d plate 9. 1866 E from London to Genoa franked with 2d & 6d. 1878 opened out env. from London to Muttra franked with 8d orange. 1885 opened out env. from Manchester to Honolulu franked with 4d green (cover faults). 1870 env. addressed to Hon J Davis at Memphis franked with a fair 3d. Some cover faults but an interesting group. (16 items). £150
595 INDIA - 1/- EMBOSSED FRANKING: 1855 EL to Major Clarke in the Punjab (letter number 6 of the Clarke correspondence) endorsed "Via Southampton" bearing cut-to-shape 1/- Embossed. Backstamped with "WHITESTONE" UDC & Exeter c.d.s. of 16 March. Sealed by a tiny grey & white "Coat of Arms" type wafer. A most attractive item. PHOTO - £150
596 INDIA - 10d & 1/- EMBOSSED MIXED FRANKING COVER: 1855 EL to Major Clarke in the Punjab (letter number three of the Clarke correspondence) bearing cut-to-shape 10d & 1/- Embossed. Backstamped with "WHITESTONE" UDC & Exeter c.d.s. of 23 January. PHOTO - £100
597 RŠUNION: 1867 Part EL from Leeds to RÈunion franked with surface-printed 6d (minor faults) cancelled by fine Leeds duplex with "4d‡" and "P.D." both in red on the front and London & Mauritius transit marks plus fine "RÉUNION/ST. ANDRÉ" arrival mark on flaps. We have never previously seen a cover to Réunion bearing a surface-printed stamp; rare thus. PHOTO - £150
598 THAILAND: 1931 Env. from Glasgow (4 fine double-ring c.d.s's) to Bangkok franked with 1/- bistre-brown & horizontal strip of 3 x 5/- "Sea Horses", bearing early airmail etiquette and typewritten endorsement "French Air Mail via/Paris-Syria-Indo-China" with (on back) fine "MARSEILLE GARE-AVION" transit & Bangkok arrival marks. Fine and scarce early commercial airmail cover at a particularly high rate. PHOTO - see plate no. £120
599 TRIESTE: Group of covers to Trieste, each franked with a different combination of surface-printed adhesives with 1867 ex Gateshead bearing 6d (wing margined example), 1878 ex London bearing 4d sage-green plus 1d red, 1882 ex London bearing 4d brown plus 1d lilac, 1882 ex London with 1‡d plus 6d grey, 1883 ex London with 5d indigo and 1883 ex London with ‡d green, 2d red & 5d indigo. A very attractive group. (6 items). £120
600 URUGUAY AND FRANCE: Selection incl. 1860 E from Liverpool endorsed in m/s "p Brazil Mail" to Monte Video franked with wing margin 6d, 1860 EL from London to France franked with large garter 4d, 1869 EL from London to Paris franked with 1d & 1/- and 1874 E (a liitle stained) from Constantinople to London franked with 4d orange tied by "C" in bars. (5 covers). £60
601 WORLDWIDE: The interesting predominantly 19th Century accumulation of E/EL's, etc. mostly with varied surface-printed frankings and with a wide range of destinations noted. Some useful covers included such as 1864 E ex London to Switzerland bearing wing-margined 1/- (some foxing around perfs.) & 1d "Stars", tatty 1869 cover ex Plymouth to Venice bearing 6d (large white corner letters) and with two-line "INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED" in black, etc. (45 items). £100
602 WORLDWIDE: The small selection of stampless mail to overseas destinations inc. 1815 EL ex Edinburgh to Germany with large red circular "PAID/EDINR/JUN 3 1815", 1844 EL ex JERSEY to France with red "JERSEY" d.s. of 20 March & circular red Channel Islands entry mark of 3 April, 1854 E exd Glasgow to Malta, etc. (13 items). £85
EXHIBITIONS
603 CARTON containing a duplicated accumulation of souvenir sheets & covers from British philatelic Exhibitions, the majority being c1950-90 but with a few earlier noted inc. 1890 Jubilee envs. plus regional events & less common items. (263 items). £60
FREE MAIL
604 1798 EL ex Abingdon (fair downward curved s/l mark) to Thomas Everitt, MP at Andover with London's red boxed "Above Privileged/Number" struck in error & subsequently crossed through in m/s; plus 1811 EL to Hitchin with Biggleswade & Welwyn mileages, endorsed "put in on Saturday" in m/s. An unusual pair. £75
605 1829 OHMS printed Free cover to Falkirk with "Free", "F.Freeling" & "Returned Letter Office" printed on front, red crowned "Free 16 NO 16/1829" at left, usual file folds, otherwise fine. PHOTO - £100
PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN
606 GROTESQUE IMPS: 1868 Front addressed to London & franked with 1d Red (Pl.72 MI) cancelled by Cahir duplex; the design, in blue ink & watercolour, depicts a signpost bearing the address and a group of fantastic imps swarming up, dangling from & falling off it and the stamp. Ink smudge & slight corner thin barely detract. £80
607 FINE INK DRAWING OF FATHER TIME c1870: Front addressed to Clonmel with 1d Red (Pl.94 OF) cancelled by Irish numeral 305 (Lismore) - the c.d.s. struck off cover; the design takes up the whole front and depicts a weary Father Time followed by Mr Punch in 18th Century military uniform measuring his strides with a pair of dividers, the address minutely inscribed on a finger post. Most attractive. PHOTO - £100
608 HORSE-RIDING (POINT-TO-POINT): c1870 Front addressed to Clonmel with 1d Red (Pl.76 JH) cancelled by 305 numeral of Lismore; fine ink drawing of a lady on horseback about to jump a hedge with a casualty in the background! Address in tiny lettering at the foot. £100
POSTAGE DUE MARKS
** 609 THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR PERIOD BRINDISI ROUTE - BOXED 'd3' MARK: Envelope (flap missing) addressed to London franked with damaged 10d stamp tied by Sydney duplex (4 Nov.); diverted via Italy with very fine strike of the boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID/FOR BRINDISI ROUTE/DEFICIENT POSTAGE/d3' mark of the London Foreign Branch. A fine example of this very scarce, short-lived mark. PHOTO - £400
610 1901-61 Group of covers & cards displaying a good variety of due marks inc. large FB & IS marks on incoming mail, 1d numeral h.s., red 2d, various due stamps inc. 1918-19 1d & 2d, boxed instructional marks inc. 'GONE AWAY' & 'NOT TO BE FOUND' etc. A useful lot which deserves careful viewing. (48 items). £75
POSTAL STATIONERY
611 BINDER containing an extensive unused and used range of postal stationery (some of the used examples being uprated) from QV to QEII but with especial strength in KGV & KGVI incl. scarcer types plus a QEII 2‡d red Letter Card with diagonal 'SPECIMEN' ovpt. in violet. Retail price c.£900. (Approx. 100). £260
612 MISCELLANY inc. twelve (mostly unused) KGV types with four 1‡d Wembley envs., one unused & the other used from each year, useful range of KGVI inc. EP75 unused (June, 1940 1d red) & various privately printed types, QEII 1/3d and 23p unused registered envs. so under-inked as to be (respectively) albino or virtually so and sundry other QEII items with printing faults, under-inking, further albino variety etc. An unusual and scarce group. (Approx 70 items). £240
613 Group of unused & used (incl. uprated and "better" cancellations/slogans) KGVI & QEII postcards and reply cards incl. scarcer types such as CP101a & 101d unused & bundle wrappers. Among the used reply cards are several correctly posted from abroad (e.g. Italy, Malta & Switzerland) without being taxed. (50). £180
614 KGVI & QEII unused and used (incl. uprated, registered & express) group of postal stationery envelopes nearly all identified by catalogue numbers. Mainly fine. (30 items). £70
615 1881-1960 Selection of mainly used examples with emphasis on QV-KGV registered envs. used to foreign destinations inc. 3 QV with Belgian reg'n labels and 5 others to Germany & Austria plus similar uprated ranges for KEVII (6) & KGV (5); disallowed 1d Pink cut-out on 1894 env. plus further items of uprated stationery with 4 QEII envs. (43 items). £100
616 Group of KEVII unused and used postcards & reply cards with a retail value of £300+. (38 items). £120
617 UNUSED MILITARY POSTCARDS showing an interesting progression of WWI "FIELD (royal coat of arms) SERVICE/POST CARD" code A.F.A. 2042 from one bearing no printed stamp impression to three later versions each bearing an impressed KGV stamp in red (H&G FCP1, 2 & 3) and 2 WWII "PRISONER OF WAR POST/SERVICE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE" cards, one (complete with damaged bundle wrapper) impressed with a 3d KGVI stamp in violet (CP102) intended for the Far East and the equivalent 1‡d brown (CP103) for European destinations. Very fine condition. (6 cards). £70
POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V.
618 RING BINDER with an interesting unused & used range of QV postal stationery with 'better' items noted incl. unused CP11b and 12, CP14a reply half used with fine Hereford duplex, CP17a both unused and used with very fine Falmouth c.d.s. of 20 April, 1900, used CP25 and much besides. Retail prices would total £900+. (Approx. 90 items). £300
** 619 FIRST DAY USAGE OF ‡d POSTCARD "BY BYCICLE POST": Large format ‡d violet postcard (light foxing) with message dated on reverse '1st Octr 1870', addressed to a rectory in Kimbolton; not postmarked but endorsed by the sender "By Bycicle [sic] Post" - a private local delivery! Most unusual. PHOTO - £150
POSTAL STATIONERY, K.G.VI
620 KGVI 2d Orange postcard CP100a uprated by 1d stamp with Derby machine cancellation for 28 NOV 1942 and bearing official Derby s/l "AIR MAIL" h.s. (used because of wartime label shortage) addressed to a major in the Bulawayo Detachment of the Southern Rhodesia Military & Air Force Police and bearing Bulawayo arrival mark for 17 MAR 1943. Also 1‡d + 1‡d brown reply card CP98 (scarce) in pristine mint condition. An interesting and scarce pair. £90
REGISTERED MAIL
** 621 THE RARE 'REGISTERED-LONDON/FROM/HAMBURG' MARK: 1868 Paid E to London with fine red 'HAMBURG/F' c.d.s., boxed 'Recommandirt' and m/s '7' & '45' charge marks; very fine strike in red of the rare large oval 'REGISTERED-LONDON/FROM /HAMBURG' d.s. of 24 December 1868. A fresh, attractive exhibition item. PHOTO - £400
** 622 THE VERY RARE OVAL 'FROM SWITZERLAND' MARK: 1871 Swiss 30c postal stationery envelope uprated with two 30c stamps (light perf. staining) for registration to London with Basel c.d.s. (7 July), boxed 'CHARGÉ' mark & 'PD'; mainly fine strike in red of the very rare oval 'REGISTERED-LONDON/FROM /SWITZERLAND' mark - only 3 other examples recorded, that in the Willcocks Collection was a piece only. Wax seals on reverse plus 'REGISTERED/W.C.D.O.' c.d.s. Despite very light toning, a very fine exhibition piece. PHOTO - £500
** 623 'REGISTERED-LONDON/FROM/PRUSSIA': 1871 EL to Scotland franked with ‡gr & 2gr (2 - one with perf faults where folded over edge of cover, the second with light crease) cancelled with boxed d.s. of Stettin, boxed 'Recommandirt' & 'P.D.' and blue crayon '111' nearby; very fine strike in black of the large oval d.s. 'REGISTERED-LONDON/FROM/PRUSSIA' (14 AU 1871) just touched by filing crease, otherwise fine & attractive. PHOTO - £100
** 624 UNDERCOVER MAIL - RARE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR REGISTERED LETTER ROUTED VIA LONDON: 1870 (29 Nov.) EL ex Antwerp to Nantes sent via London to circumvent the Prussian blockade along the Belgian border; franked with GB 3d rose (wing margin) & 4d orange stamps, cancelled by barred 'R' obliterator, with Lombard Street registered c.d.s. alongside; French TPO entry, s/l 'CHARGÉ' & cachet descriptif on reverse. Filing crease/slight staining. Registered undercover mail is rare - especially routed via London, most travelling overland through Switzerland: an exhibition item. PHOTO - £340
ROYALTY
625 1831 Free Frank EL from Edinburgh to Ireland via Bristol but with "Unclaimed" endorsement - enclosing a printed invitation to King William IV's Coronation - signed by the king ("William R") inside. An amazing item. PHOTO - see plate no. £200
LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
626 CARTON containing the QV-KGV accumulation of covers & cards with a wide range of postal markings. A few better items noted inc. 1732 EL addressed to the Duchess of Norfolk "at her house in St.James's Square, London", endorsed "par La Holande" and with Bishop Mark of 19 January struck across the flap and 1821 E's (2) ex Hamburg with "1‡ Oz at 6s/8d/per Oz." & "2Oz at 6s/8d/per Oz" respectively. (Approx. 200 items). £150
627 BOX containing the extensive selection of E/EL's etc. showing a wide range of RECEIVING HOUSE namestamps. Chiefly pre-stamp (including 1d Mulready wrapper - Stereo A14 with boxed black "PRINCES ST.") or stampless and mostly with very fine strikes. A very wide range of marks are included. (Approx. 75 items). £150
628 RARE 1662 TRANSIT USE OF LONDON BISHOP MARK: 1662 EL ex Chesilborough (Dorset?) addressed to "New Sarum" (Salisbury) with m/s "3" (3d paid) and subsequent "forward 2[d to pay]" endorsement applied in transit. Tear at base made on opening but a most unusual item. PHOTO - £400
629 1664 (March) EL from Sir John Boys, Governor of Fort Duncannon, to an address in Covent Garden, charged "6" with very fine early London "AP/4" arrival Bishop Mark. Rare pre-1666. PHOTO - £240
** 630 ORIGINAL 1681 PENNY POST ADVERTISEMENT ILLUSTRATING THE NEW DOCKWRA HANDSTAMPS: 29 March 1681 one sheet issue of 'The Protestant (Domestick) Intelligence' (No 109 - ironed-out folds, trivial wear, pinhole), most of the second side taken up with 'ADVICE from th UNDERTAKERS of The Penny-Post' regarding complaints about deliveries & the introduction of time-marks, with full-size woodcuts of the morning & afternoon marks plus the triangular 'PAID' h.s. (printed at a slight angle from the horizontal) in the margin. Superb condition: an important document relating to this pioneer system. PHOTO - see plate no. £400
** 631 TWOPENNY POST - RARE ALL-IN-ONE "In All 4" MARK: 1803 E (side-flap removed) with fine unpaid mark of the Lombard St. office with rare BLACK strike of the datestamp on reverse, the '2' h.s. deleted and replaced by a v.fine strike of the rare "In All 4" mark struck very slightly off the edge of the address panel. PHOTO - £100
** 632 THE RARE SMALL HANDSTAMPED '6': 1839 Part wrapper (side flaps removed), twice redirected within London, ending up at the DLO, with boxed 'SKINNER ST' & '3' charge deleted by h.s. and replaced by a v.fine small '6' - filing crease affects mark, but rare. PHOTO - £100
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
633 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY PRESTAMP COLLECTION, PART ONE: 1736-1831 collection of E/EL's showing an almost complete run of these marks, which formed the basis of the County Catalogue classification. The lot includes a 1736 (November) EL to London with a good strike of the two-line "CAM/BRIDGE" (CB 11, only two known, this being the earlier), 1741 EL to London with a good strike of the CB 14 two-line type (overstruck by London Bishop Mark of 16 Feb.), 1748 EL with a good strike of the CB 16 two-line type, 1752 E with a fair strike of the CB 18 two-line type, 1767-1781 E/EL's (4) with examples of s/l types CB 24, CB26, CB28 and CB30, 1787 EL with first type mileage (CB 31) with interesting contents re the Turnpike keeper at the "Setch Gate" taking 1‡d more from the driver of a chaise than was necessary, 1793 EL with curved "CAMBRIDGE", 1801 EL with scarce last-type s/l marking (CB 34), 1805 EL with scarce RED mileage (CB 37) & splendid range of E/EL's with examples of later mileages (CB 38, 39, 39a, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46 , 47, 48, 49, 50 & 51 in both red & black). An excellent lot which would prove extremely difficult to replicate. (28 items). £240
634 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY PRESTAMP COLLECTION, PART TWO: 1701-1839 collection of E/EL's inc. amazing 1701 EL from Cambridge to London (Bishop Mark of 1 August), initially charged "3" then subsequently amended to "IIII" (4) with fascinating contents including "We had a report here as if the king had miraculously escap'd being murder'd by a French Officer who snap't a pistol at him which did not strike fire", 1739 E with a good strike of the rare two-line "CAM/BRIDGE" (Willcocks type CB11 - only two examples known), 1778 EL with two-line "CAM/BRIDGE" plus "In all" h.s. of London, 1799 EL with curved "CAMBRIDGE" (CB 33), 1809 EL ex Andover to Cambs. with s/l mark of Weymouth and Cambridge mileage mark (CB 39A) preceded by red "Mifst to", 1823 EL with CB 47 mileage preceded by red "Redirected from", 1836 EL with DATE ERROR (1839 for 1836) and a good selection of E/EL's showing examples of CB types 41, 44, 47 & 50. An excellent companion to the former lot. (20 items). £200
635 CAMBRIDGE CITY - PENNY POST MARKINGS: 1835-38 group comprising 1835 (18 June) EL from Cambridge to Little Shelford, endorsed "8" in m/s with black boxed "Cambridge/Penny Post" (latest known strike), 1838 env. (early) from London to Cambridge sent Free (red Crowned "FREE" mark of 6 June) with a good example of the second-type black boxed "Cambridge/Penny Post" marking (unique for the whole country in having a hyphen between "Penny" & "Post"), 1838 Free fronts (2) with further examples of the second-type mark (one with two strikes indicating that the 1d charge had to be paid twice), two pieces with further examples of same and an 1838 EL sent within the City from Trinity College outside the Penny Post but with m/s "1". (2 covers, 3 fronts & 2 pieces). £100
636 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY DATESTAMP COLLECTION: The magnificent collection of E/EL's, covers & cards with a very good range of Cambridge datestamps, 1840-1916 including 1840 (12 Feb.) EL to Dorking with Cambridge double-arc d.s. (early date) with interesting contents regarding the writer's Final Examinations being delayed a day due to the Royal Wedding, 1840 (9 Feb.) EL to Oxford with double-ring arc d.s. with contents referring to "New Postage" errors, 1844 printed circular from Cambridge to London regarding the Reclamation of Land from the Sea, 1846 EL from London to Cambridge with interesting contents inc. "The 1 doz. of old port came safely to hand but the crust was all shaken off. This we attribute to the Railway transit - which is of such a very vibrating character.... perhaps you may be able to inform us of any one waggon that there may be remaining that travels the whole distance by road" plus a good range of later types inc. blue, green & red Code letter types, etc., etc. (89 plus a few pieces). £150
637 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY DUPLEX COLLECTION: 1855-1906 collection on leaves inc. 1856-57 envs. with "A" & "B" code sideways duplexes, 1858 (25 Dec.) env. with "A" code sideways duplex with upright numeral, 1859 env. with a late use of same, 1857 env. with "C" code example of same, 1859 Front ex India bearing damaged 4a adhesive overstruck by 1d red (boxed red "INDIA/PAID" at lower left), 1859 (3 March) 1d pink postal stationery envelope with three-bar circular duplex cancellation (first recorded day of use), later three-bar duplexes (codes A, A inverted, B, C, D & E), four-bar vertical oval duplexes (various codes), three-bar vertical oblong duplexex (various codes), 1894-1902 "Number below the date" duplexes (nos. 1-4), 1895 2d postal stat. env. to France with Cambridge three-bar vertical oblong duplex cancellation, French Tax mark and 50c black P.Due adhesive, etc. (82 covers/cards plus various pieces). £180
638 THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COLLECTION OF POSTAGE DUE/INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, ETC.: 1881-1979 collection of covers, cards, etc. inc. 1860 1d postal stat. envelope to France with two-line "INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID", 1862 env. from Gloucs. to Cambridge thence redirected to Liverpool with red boxed "REDIRECTED/POSTAGE UNPAID" mark (scarce), 1881 env. to Weston-super-Mare bearing 1d adhesive (insufficiently prepaid) plus boxed "More to pay", spectacular 1920 cover to London bearing ‡d adhesive tied by Great Shelford d.s. with black boxed "Imitation Typewriting/Posted out of course/158", "1D/TO PAY/158" & 1d P.Due adhesive (tied by West Norwood d.s.), 1936 cover bearing half of a 1‡d brown adhesive (!), m/s "mutilated stamp", "3D/TO PAY/158" and pen-cancelled 3d P.Due adhesive, 1940 cover sent locally within Cambridge with violet boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" and "NOT KNOWN AT CAMBRIDGE", plus a good range of later instructional marks. (37 covers/cards plus sundry pieces). PHOTO - £200
639 CAMBRIDGE CITY: 1912 Registered cover to Manchester bearing 3d red postal stationery cut-out tied by "REGISTERED/CAMBRIDGE" oval d.s. of 25 April and additionally cancelled with "TRUMPINGTON ST." d.s. plus Cambridge blue/white Registration label and h.s. "REGISTERED 2d/FRAGILE WITH CARE". The reverse shows a black/white label reading "This packet has been diverted from the usual route as it appeared to be unsuitable for transfer by the Mail apparatus" cancelled by Cambridge "REGISTERED" oval d.s. Most unusual. £100
640 CAMBRIDGE SUB-OFFICE AND VILLAGE R.H. MARKS: The extensive and extremely interesting collection of these marks on covers, cards, parcel post labels, pieces & loose adhesives, all neatly mounted on leaves and arranged alphabetically from Arbury Road to Willingham. Better items include Parcel Post labels of Cherry Hinton Road (1903), Chesterton Road (1916), Fitzroy Street (1903/13), Trinity Street (1901) & Trumpington (1907), all without stamps, 1901 Parcel Post label of Regent Street bearing 1d lilac (torn) & 6d Jubilee adhesives; 1907/13 Parcel Post labels of Balsham bearing KEVII 3d & KGV 4d (2) adhesives respectively (both are foxed), 1911 Parcel Post label of Bottisham (stampless), 1899 Parcel Post label of Boxworth bearing 4d Jubilee, 1904 Parcel Post label of Rampton (stampless) with large violet single-ring rubber struck in violet ink, etc. (Qty.). £180
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81-160
161-240
241-320
321-400
401-480
481-560
561-640
641-720
721-800
801-880
881-930
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