| 641 | MISCELLANY inc. a small collection of Exhibition cancellations on stamps/piece inc. 1884 Health Exhibition on 3d lilac, BEE 1924 Singapore duplex on piece, 1938 Glasgow Exhibition parcel post rubber on parcel label etc. Also an album containing a substantial collection of c1946-74 covers with emphasis on QEII stationery & special cancellations and a folder of Rowland Hill ephemera inc. original 'Punch' cartoons. (Qty). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G.B. CANCELLATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 642 | LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATIONS: Four E/EL's bearing imperforate 1d reds tied by London Numbers 2, 6 (2) & 8 in Maltese Cross cancellations. (4 covers). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G.B. MARITIME | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 643 | MISCELLANY of stampless E/EL's inc. 1815 EL ex London to Madeira with a fair strike of the "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP/LETTER" mark of London (some damage on opening of the letter) and a variety of other Liverpool & London Ship Letter and India Letter marks. (14 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 644 | FALMOUTH SHIP LETTERS EX BRAZIL: Trio of Es (filing creases) ex Bahia (2) & Pernambuco by named ships to London, 1842-49, each with a fine/very fine strike in red of the boxed 'FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER' h.s. (3 items). | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 645 | HAMBURG MAILS: 1800-03 Pair of ELs to/from Hamburg & London by Harwich packet, one addressed To the Gentlemen of the secret Room of the Bank of England, with fine red s/l Hamburg d/s; 1815 EL ex Hamburg to Guernsey via Weymouth & 1816 E to London with fine '1‡ Oz. at 6s/8d per Oz.' mark and 10/- charge. Fine. (4 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G.B. SHIP LETTERS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 646 | LIVERPOOL: 1815 EL ex Burslem to Boston (Mass.) addressed via a Forwarding Agent in Liverpool with faintish Newcastle-under-Lyne mileage, charged "8" in m/s with (on reverse) a good strike of the double-ringed "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" of 20th June. Some cover faults but a scarce period for Transatlantic mail and a scarce "PPWSL" for this Port. PHOTO plate no 7B | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 647 | LONDON: 1828 EL ex Aachen (Prussia) to London with red 'PF' and very fine strike in black of the 'SHIP LETTER/(CROWN)/LONDON d.s., prepaid 5sgr and with an '8' ship letter charge. Attractive; displays well. PHOTO - see plate no. | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G.B. RAILWAY/T.P.O. MAIL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 648 | MISCELLANY of covers & cards with 34 items showing large diameter "WHITEHAVEN S.T." on reverse plus 1905 PPC bearing KEVII ‡d tied by "DOVER TO LONDON/F.D.M." cds of 27 December (ex Hosking), 1914 cover with oval "REGISTERED/DAY MAIL UP/LONDON & DOVER S.O." on reverse and a fine coloured PPC of two steam trains emerging from Cannon Street station. (Small Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G.B. OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 649 | AUSTRIAN TYROL: Group of 5 ELs to the same addressee in Bolzano (now Italy), 1795-1805, carried at different rates & by various routes from Leeds, Manchester & London inc. private carriage to London or Hamburg; various marks inc. PAID c.d.s.& 'tombstone', Foreign Office d.s., s/l HAMBURG etc. (5 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 650 | DENMARK, 1805-14: Group of Es to Denmark from Newcastle on Tyne (3) or London illustrating different routes & rates inc. endorsement p Capt. Wm Pinkney/Ship Percy QDC, franco Husum routing, s/l & c.d.s. Newcastle marks & different Foreign Branch d.s. of London.(5 items). | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 651 | FRANCE - OUTBREAK OF WAR, 1793: An interesting pair of ELs written from the UK to France immediately before & after the declaration of war on 1st February 1793: 1) 30 January - to Paris with s/l DUNSHAUGHLIN, calculation of Irish & British postage, Dublin 'POST/PAID/D', London 'PAID' c.d.s. and 20 sols French postage charge; 2)5 February - St Perais (ArdÈche) unpaid EL ex London with s/l D'ANGLETERRE and m/s '30' charge. (2 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 652 | FRANCE - MAIL DURING WARTIME: 1801 Pair of ELs illustrating methods of avoiding the wartime blockade: 1) prix courant ex Manchester to Colmar, endorsed Echantillons de nulle Valeur and pr Adolf v.Zeslin Ottendorff a Bale, privately-carried to Switzerland (s/l BASLE) and forwarded to Colmar with 16 sols charge; 2) E ex Calais to London with oval SHIP (CROWN) LETTER h.s. and 10d postal charge. (2 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 653 | FRANCE - INTER-WAR YEARS, 1802-05: Group of covers to & from France showing resumption of postal traffic following the Peace of Amiens with three 1802 items to France (2) or UK; also 1803-05 covers carried by more circuitous routes after the cessation of the Packet Service on declaration of war inc. two covers ex Boulogne carried by the Helvoetsluis Packet to Harwich and two to France routed via Hamburg with 'R4' or 'R4 HAMBURG' marks. (7 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 654 | FRANCE - POSTWAR MAIL SERVICES: 1814 Es to France (2) with s/l ANGLETERRE of Calais & a third to the UK with paid marks of Vernon & Paris; also an 1814-15 trio inc. ELs from Philadelphia & Lisbon sent through forwarding agents via the UK to Calais where they were struck with red ANGLETERRE/PAR CALAIS entry marks. (6 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 655 | GERMAN STATES: Group of Es to/from Germany, 1800-05, inc. two fine prepaid covers ex London to Minden & Nuremburg by Cuxhaven packet with fine red Foreign Branch d.s.; also an 1804 EL to Ilford from Westphalia with London Twopenny Post transfer marks and 1805 E ex Wurtemburg to Dublin, both with Foreign Branch d.s. (4 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 656 | ITALIAN STATES, 1793-1815: Group of Es to & from Italy during the Napoleonic Wars inc. 1793 EL with wavy-line EXETER sent via London & the Helvoetsluis Packet & 1797 E to London ex Rome with 'MILAN/F' transit; 1815 EL ex Palermo to London with DOVER/SHIP LETTER & inspector's star h.s.. Also two 1802 Es to/from occupied Italian States via Germany & Cuxhaven Packet. (5 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 657 | MADEIRA: The small group of stampless E/EL's ex GB to Madeira with a range of endorsements & postal markings inc. 1769 EL "pr favor of Capt. Lee (of HMS "Aurora"), 1821 E to Funchal with black boxed "Return'd/for Postage", 1829 EL charged "2/7" in m/s with red "POST PAID SHIP LETTER" mark of London, 1853 EL from the Officer's Mess, Cannanore via Southampton on RMSPC Packet "Severn" with blue "Throgmorton St." s/l mark, 1854 EL with a good strike of the blue "SHIP LETTER(Crown)/LIVERPOOL" of 1st August, etc. (11 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 658 | RUSSIA: Group of Es to/from Russia inc. 1799-1816 trio to London(2) or Whitby from Mitau (to the exiled Viscount De Balleroy, Admiral of the Royal French Fleet) or St Petersburg; also three ELs (1807-14) ex Hull (2) or London to Riga or Narva inc. one posted in Holland, showing a variety of postal charges. Fine. (6 items). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 659 | WORLD-WIDE: Small group of covers, mainly QV to Sweden (1874 franked 2‡d x 2 & 1d plate 148), France (1880 with 2‡d pl.16), Germany 1861 & 1862, each with 1856 6d franking, 1870 to Coblenz with 6d pl.19 & 1d pl.119, also a 1938 airmail cover to Argentina franked KGV 1s x 4. Fair to fine and well worth a look. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G.B. SPECIAL POSTAL HISTORY CATEGORIES | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 660 | DELAYED MAIL, 1811: EL ex Paris (4 March 1811) to London detained and eventually forwarded to Dover - m/s de la part de votre trËs humble serviteur CuliÈ de Calais - where it entered the postal system and received the DOVER/72 mileage mark and 8d charge - finally reaching London on 13 July 1814. A fine & scarce example of delayed mail from this period.. PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 661 | FORWARDING AGENTS: 1840 EL ex Paris to Lisbon 'p. Wilberforce steamer' , privately-carried to London and struck with fine blue FAC on flap: FORWARDED BY/DARTHEZ BROTHERS/LONDON. Also an 1838 EL ex Lisbon to Paris with m/s 'Aux soins de Mr G.Show 12 St Helen's Place London'. An interesting pair. (2 items). | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 662 | INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS: 1841 prepaid EL ex London to Paris, the flap smothered in postmen's h.s. in attempts to deliver it; returned and struck with a fine red boxed 'RETURNED FROM' mark. Also an 1841 EL ex Besançon addressed poste restante, to London with a fine boxed 'POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON'. In addition, an 1840 '2/-' prepaid E to Lyons with fine boxed 'Pall Mall'. (3 items). PHOTO plate no 8A | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 663 | PRISONER OF WAR MAIL: c1813 Part E to London struck with a mainly fine example of the oval 'TRANSPORT OFFICE/PRISONERS OF WAR' h.s. with handstruck '2' charge-mark. Also an incoming EL (1807) with v.fine 'P.No.1P/BELLEY' h.s. addressed to a French POW on board a prison hulk at Portsmouth concerning an inheritance he had to collect! A scarce pair. (2 items). PHOTO plate no 8A | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 664 | REGISTERED MAIL: Attractive 1848 EL registered ex London to Reims, prepaid 2/7d and with two clear strikes of the (CROWN/REGISTERED mark. Also an 1847 cover to Paris with fine LIVERPOOL/PAID c.d.s., London transit PAID d.s. and '10' charge. (2 items). PHOTO plate no 7B | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 665 | ANGLO-FRENCH POSTAL CONVENTION, 1836: A pair of ELs ex Paris to the UK illustrating the newly-permitted practices: 16 July (second day of use in France) to London, posted unpaid, with m/s'1ºoz' and '5/10' postage, crediting '50'[decimes] to the French PO; also 19th July cover prepaid '25d' in Paris with a credit of '15' to the British PO, a 'PAID' c.d.s. and a fine strike of the curved-frame 'FOREIGN PAID' h.s. An interesting pair. (2 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 666 | CROSS POSTS: Group of covers, 1835-48, illustrating the arrangements for cross post letters via Dover with covers originating in France inc. mail to Rye & Ireland plus covers ex St Leonards to Bordeaux with Dover 'PD' h.s., Peckham -Paris with 'Shooter's Hill/Penny Post' h.s., fine 'ANGLETERRE/PAR/CALAIS' h.s.on cover to Nantes etc. (8 items). | £130 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 667 | DIPLOMATIC MAIL: 1830 (31 Aug.) EL ex Paris, sent a month after the 'bloodless revolution', with no French marks or charges except an unrecorded, enigmatic 'S.S' h.s. thought to be linked to diplomatic pouch mail; FPO arrival c.d.s. & '3/6' charge. Unusual. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 668 | DOVER-OSTEND PACKET: 1836-49 Group of stampless ELs sent between Belgium and the UK on the Dover-Ostend packet with an interesting range of marks inc. 'FRANCO FRONTIERE' , 'FRANCO OSTENDE' & 'SHIP LETTER (CROWN) LONDON', plus an 1839 EL with fine oval 'PAID/AT/WAKEFIELD'; various rates. An interesting group. (9 items). | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 669 | TUSCANY - PISA, 'PER CONSIGNIA': 1838 Pair of ELs to Sheffield, UK inc. prepaid [8 crazie] cover with fine 'PISA' and '2/3' charge plus a registered cover with similar 'PISA' & fine s/l 'PER CONSEGNA' and 30 crazie prepayment, privately forwarded to the UK. (2 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NEWSPAPER MAIL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 670 | NEWSPAPER BRANCH: Miscellany written up on album leaves with a mixture of wrappers and pieces incl. W.H.Smith pre-cancels, a good range of Q.V. cancellations with many different codes, scarce "Irish" type on 1903 wrapper to Co. Cork, framed "N.P.B." (two types) used as receiving marks, cancellations of inland & foreign branches, small range of newspaper tax stamps, autographed copy of privately produced 'An account of the Newpaper & Book Post Wrappers sold by the Post Office 1870-1938' by Harry Dagnall and various photostats, cut-out articles and notes. A fascinating lot. (Qty.). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PARCEL POST | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 671 | SCOTTISH PARCEL POST LABELS in tiny stock book, mainly turn-of-the-century & used, smaller offices noted include Blairadam (Dunfermline), Coatbridge Woodside St., Ecclefechan, Hawick Sandbed & Hawick Tower Knowe, The Glen (Galashiels), Glenlyon (Aberfeldy), Luss (Helensburgh), Muthill (Crieff), Godream (Aberdeen), a number of Edinburgh area noted, etc. Mixed condition but certainly worth close inspection. (70+) | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| EARLY LETTERS, 1600-1699 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 672 | EARLY FRANCA PER MANTUA COVER SIGNED BY FUTURE MASTER OF POSTS, FILIPPO BURLAMACHI": 1628 (9 Oct.) EL (archival reinforcing of folds) from London to Florence (ex Medici archive) clearly endorsed "franca p mantua" on the front; very rare thus and one of only a handful of outgoing overseas letters from London with postal endorsements pre-1635. The letter is signed by Filippo Burlamachi who was asked by King Charles I to take control of British Inland & Foreign Posts in 1640. An important early letter with an equally significant autograph. [Ex Grace Dove]. PHOTO plate no 8A | £600 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LONDON POSTAL HISTORY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 673 | CARTON containing the four volume collection of North West London postal history housed in four large binders. An interesting lot with some useful parcel post labels, a few pre-1854 items, scarce 1889 Hampstead "4" vertical oval numeral cover, P.Dues, etc. (Qty.). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 674 | LARGE CARTON containing the extensive early to modern collection in five binders. An interesting collection including a few useful parcel post labels, 1849 fine blue "ACTON", 1871 2x 4d to Egypt, 1881 1d lilac (14 dots) wrapper to Canada, sundry Postal Stationery items, etc., etc. (Qty.). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 675 | CHIEF OFFICE DIAMOND NUMERALS: Extensive study on album leaves of London Chief Office inland section horizontal and vertical diamonds containing numerals struck on covers, fronts, pieces and loose adhesives, chiefly 1d reds from 1846 onwards; most strikes are clear and some are superb with many different numerals represented. Also example of Charles Rideout second experimental machine cancellation and a few duplexes incl. one with chamfered corners. (Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 676 | CHIEF & SUBURBAN OFFICES: Binder containing an extensive written up collection of covers, pieces and loose adhesives featuring cancellations of Chief & Suburban Offices (especially the former) incl. 1d blacks (2) with red and black MC cancellations, 1d red with black MC, 1843/4 MCs Nos.1-12 all on 1d reds, early duplex cancellations, squared circles incl. experimental types and usage as late as 1921, machine cancellations, registered, parcel post, foreign branch/section and printed matter handstamps and double- & single-ring cancellations. (Qty.). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 677 | CHIEF AND DISTRICT OFFICE "HIGH NUMBER" 1844-TYPE NUMERALS: Binder containing an extensive collection of covers, many of them franked with 1d reds of various sorts and 1d pink postal stationery envs., pieces and loose 1d reds all cancelled with "high number" 1844-type numerals between 52 & 79. (71 covers, 2 pieces & 59 stamps). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 678 | ORIGINAL 1681 PENNY POST ADVERTISEMENT ILLUSTRATING THE NEW DOCKWRA HANDSTAMPS: April 5, 1681 single sheet issue of "The Proteftant/(Domeftick) Intelligence" (No. 111; ironed out folds and trivial wear) most of the second side being taken up with "ADVICE from the UNDERTAKERS of/The Penny-Poft" regarding complaints about deliveries and the introduction of time marks, with full size wood-cuts of the morning and afternoon marks plus the triangular "PAID" h.s. in the margin. An important document relating to this pioneering system. | £400 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 679 | EXPERIMENTAL OCTAGONAL "POST/PAID" d.s.: Attractive 1794 (19 May) EL from London to "Drywood near Worsley mills to be left at Mr. Thos. Scolfield Salford" with a very fine strike of the short-lived Jay L97 mark well placed on the front. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 680 | CLARET CROWNED "NOT ACCORDING TO THE ACT" AND CRESCENT "MORE TO PAY" MARKS ON SAME FAILED 1d CONCESSION RATE COVER: 1811 E (no side flaps and closed seal tears clear of all marks) pre-paid "P1" from York to Chelsea having an almost very fine strike of the rare & spectacular double-framed "(Crown) NOT ACCORDING/TO THE ACT" marking on the top flap (Jay L255) with matching strike of the fancy crescent-framed "(Crown)/MORE TO/PAY" mark neatly placed on the front. The letter was addressed to a "Late Sergeant in the 38th Regiment.....Chelsea" and endorsed "Soldier's letter" by its sender but charged "9" and endorsed "More to pay" & "Not a Soldier's Letter". A wonderful exhibition item. [Ex Grace Dove]. PHOTO | £3000 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 681 | RARE UNRECORDED "F[oreign]·P[ost]" LONDON 2d POST FOREIGN MAIL TRANSFER MARK: 1830 EL ex Boulogne to London with fine "P.61.P/BOULOGNE/SUR-MER" mark on the front alongside the almost very fine "F·P" mark matching the oval London 2d Post d.s. on the top flap. Few known. PHOTO plate no 8A | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 682 | MIS-SORTED MAIL: Miscellany of London mis-sort die/date-stamps numbers 1-91 inclusive with varieties such as inverted codes & dies along with invaluable research notes and copies of relevant articles. An unusual study which it would now be difficult if not impossible to replicate. (117 covers/cards [31 of them pre-1939] and 264 pieces). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 683 | PARCEL POST, MACHINE CANCELLATIONS & T.P.O.: Binder containing an extensive collection of covers, used postal stationery, pieces & loose adhesives, newspaper/registration/experimental handstamps, inspectors' marks, parcel post labels (incl. "better") and handstamps, QV 1d red (i.e. inland) postal stationery postcard addressed to Belgium with fine and scarce "CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL/*/JA 7 02/D.S" double-ring cancellation, several examples of same d.s. on large piece, early machine cancellations such as 'Hoster' and 'Krag' etc., etc. (Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 684 | SUBURBAN "LOW NUMBER" 1844-TYPE NUMERAL COVERS: 1860ff. covers (3, all franked with 1d reds & sent inland) and uprated ‡d brown postal stationery newspaper wrappers (2, both to Ceylon) bearing these scarce cancellations comprising No.34 of Richmond x 2 (3 bars above & below and 9 side bars), No."21/B" of Rotherhithe (1 bar above & below and 7 bars each side) and No.25 of Sydenham x 2 (2 bars above & below and 4 side bars) the latter type having been issued in 1876 for cancelling large or bulky items of mail. Faults here and there but a scarce group. (5 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| CORNWALL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 685 | FALMOUTH: 1777 EL from Madeira to London via Lisbon & Falmouth, with Forwarding Agents m/s endorsements of Lisbon & Falmouth (the latter being rare so early) with two-line "FAL/MOUTH" and red London Inspector's Crown. Also 1811-37 trio of E/EL's per Falmouth Packet, the latter with red boxed step-type "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" h.s (4 items). PHOTO plate no 8B | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 686 | FALMOUTH: 1790 EL ex Truro to Madeira per Falmouth Packet with rare "FALM:O" mark and endorsed "Pd 1/6 To Pay 1/2". PHOTO plate no 8A | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| DERBYSHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 687 | DERBY RARE 'TOO LATE' etc. 1826 EL from an army pensioner to Chelsea Hospital with fine black 'TOO LATE' (crease) & Derby mileage on reverse, endorsed 'Official' and re-addressed to Whitehall with faint 'FREE' mark; one of only 5 recorded late marks of Derby. Also 9 other covers 1752-1854 and a 1d lilac cover. In addition, a rare internal bundle-label (1807) with NOTTINGHAM/124 mileage mark that accompanied letters to Market Harborough - the only example we have seen with the mileage h.s. (12 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| DEVON | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 688 | DARTMOUTH: 1829 E ex Batavia (? - pencil note) to London with boxed "INDIA LETTER/DARTMOUTH" overstruck with boxed "SHIP LETTER/DARTMOUTH". Rare thus. PHOTO (mono) | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| HEREFORDSHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 689 | HEREFORD - 1840 2d BLUES ON COVER: June, 1841 EL complete with enclosure ex Hereford (almost fine c.d.s. on back) to London franked with pair of nearly four margin 1840 2d blues (FF-FG) tied by two black Maltese crosses. Rare provincial usage of the first 2d blue. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| LANCASHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 690 | MISCELLANY of covers and cards incl. 1815 EL to Rochdale with (across flap) fine black oval-framed 'ARDWICK/MANCHR', 1843 EL to London franked with imperf. 1d red on blued paper cancelled by black MC with very fine small oval-framed "PLe", 1844 stampless E with large blue 'ULVERSTONE' and 'CLITHEROE' d.s.'s on the front & Blackburn mark in black on reverse, 1838 EL to Cartmel with 'Newton/ Penny Post' and 'KENDAL' d.s. (both on the back) and eight other covers or PPCs. (12). | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NORFOLK | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 691 | MISCELLANY of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1843 1d pink postal stationery env. to Cambridge cancelled by distinctive black MC of Norwich and with two-line "ST.STEPHENS/NORWICH", 1805 EL to Wisbech with LYNN "Packet Post" d.s., 1845 EL ex Norwich to London with fancy black "Too Late" mark, etc. (22 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 692 | TUXFORD: c.1710 part EL from Tuxford to Leicester "by way of London" with s/l "TUXFORD" & Bishop mark of 26 Nov. and 1756 EL to London initially charged "4" (subsequently changed to "8" with the alteration authenticated by a black crown) with two line "TUX/FORD". (2 covers). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| SHROPSHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 693 | 28th Dec., 1840 EL from Rev. W.A. Leighton, the noted botanist, franked with a three margined 1d black (ED) tied by a blurred orange-red MC with a very fine Shrewsbury c.d.s. just over the join on the top flap. | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| STAFFORDSHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 694 | MISCELLANY with much Black Country interest including a wide range of postal markings with mileages, straight-line marks, squared circles, etc. Much West Bromwich & Wolverhampton interest and with some useful items noted inc. 1844 EL to Wednesbury with large red circular "PAID/1", 1848 env. with a smaller example of same, 1849 red UDC of "ROWLEY REGIS", etc. (Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| SUSSEX | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 695 | BRIGHTON CORRESPONDENCE etc. c1812-1906 inc. 1828 Brighton Penny Post E with RH No3 of Rottingdean, 1827 letter ex GPO to Brighton Town Hall regarding postal charges, 1839 Receiver's h.s. 'E', 1841-44 sacrce red handstruck '1' of Crawley & Horsham, 1880 pair of LBSCR copy telegrams, one with fine OLD STEINE-BRIGHTON c.d.s. etc. (34 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| THE DENNIS BOYES COLLECTION OF YORKSHIRE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 696 | BARNSLEY: 1758-1904 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1758 EL with two-line "BARNS/LEY", 1811 EL with rare "Too late" mark, Undated circular mileages (2), 1853 EL with early SKELETON of 25 May, a useful range of Parcel Post labels of Barnsley & District (with & without adhesives, the former comprising High Hoyland, Hoyland Common, Monk Bretton, Silkstone & Stairfoot), etc. (14 covers/cards plus 20 parcel post labels). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| THE DENNIS BOYES COLLECTION OF YORKSHIRE POSTAL HISTORY. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The following 54 lots comprise the extremely extensive collection of Yorkshire Postal History formed by the late Dennis Boyes of Leeds. This splendid collection has been well displayed around County Societies and includes many fascinating items with a particularly strong range of Parcel Post labels and very good sections of Bradford, Leeds and York Postal History. Dennis was a long time member of the Otley Philatelic Society and had previously been a member of the Leeds Philatelic Society (where he had been President in 1984-85), a past Editor of the magazine "Yorkshire's Post" and from 1975 to 1984, Secretary of the Yorkshire Philatelic Association. Dennis was always willing to help fellow collectors with his great knowledge of his chosen subject and will be sadly missed by all his friends in the hobby.. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 697 | BAWTRY: 1783-1908 selection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1783 EL with fine s/l "BAWTRY", 1842 E with UDC of Crowle, two fronts with "BAWTRY/Penny Post" handstamps, 1840 EL ex Bawtry to Wath with very scarce handstruck red "P1", 1914 PPC with "MATTERSEY/BAWTRY" rubber, etc. (12 covers/cards & 3 fronts). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 698 | BEDALE: 1788-1914 collection of E/EL's inc. 1788 EL with s/l "BEDALE", 1811/21 pair of EL's with ms "Return'd from Bedale" & "Mifsent" preceding s/l "BEDALE" respectively, 1828 EL with fine Bedale UDC, 1825 EL with boxed "Bedale/Py Post", 1827 E with similar boxed Penny Post mark & boxed "No.3" Receiving House mark of Middleham, 1837 E with "Bedale/Py Post" & boxed "No.4" Receiving House mark of Masham, 1841 E with Bedale double-arc cds & two-line "Leyburn/Penny Post", 1840 "Middleham/Penny Posxt", 1848 env. (opened out for display) with two-line "West Burton/Penny Post", 1841 EL bearing 1d red plate 10 and with Bedale skeleton, "Masham/Penny Post" & UDC of Barnard's Castle, 1846 UDC of Masham on E from Bedale to Leyburn, a good range of Parcel Post labels inc. Bedale (BDW) x 2, Leyburn (LEB), Londonderry (Under Bedale), Masham R.S.O. (Under Bedale) x 5 (two with scarce cork cancellations), Swinton (Under Bedale) and Thornton Watlass (all with adhezsives), various KGV period rubbers inc. Preston under Scaur, Scruton, Snape & Thornton Steward, etc. (38 covers/cards, 26 Parcel Post labels and a few pieces). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 699 | BEVERLEY/GOOLE: 1831-1922 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1831 "BEVERLEY" UDC, 1851 printed circular with contents referring to the York & Beverley Railway with fine blue Beverley double-arc cds & red "1D" of the Uniform Penny Post, 1852 printed circular with scarce s/l "NORTH BAR", sundry Parcel Post labels inc. Etton (under Beverley), Cherry Burton (under Beverley), Leconfield (under Beverley), Airmyn (under Goole), East Cowick (under Goole) & East Cowick/Snaith (under Goole), Hook (under Goole), Rawcliffe (under Goole) & Snaith (under Goole) x 2 with adhesives plus a duplicated quantity of unused types (inc. Adlingfleet x 17!). A good little lot. (Qty.). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 700 | BOROUGHBRIDGE/GUISBOROUGH/NORTHALLERTON, ETC.: The interesting collection of E/EL's, etc. with a good selection of postal markings from various North Yorkshire towns inc. 1750 EL with two-line "BOROUGH/BRIDGE" (scarce so early), 1844 E with Staveley UDC, 1834 EL with boxed "Guisboro/Penny Post", 1835 E with red "GUISBOROUGH" UDC, 1800 EL with s/l of Malton, 1816 EL with Northallerton & Bawtry mileages, 1835/8 E's with Northallerton UDC's, a good selection of Parcel Post labels inc. Guisborough (GFA), Malton (MBF), Malton (Norton) & Newby Wiske with adhesives, etc. (19 covers/cards, 11 Parcel Post labels & a few pieces). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 701 | BRADFORD - PRE-STAMP & QV PERIOD: The interesting collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1795 s/l "BRADFORD", 1802-24 s/l mileages (6), boxed "Bradford Yorks/Py Post" in blue & black (stained), rare boxed 1842 "TOO LATE" (stamp removed), UPP 1d Paid marks (7, incorporating two different types), 1842-44 pair of different early Skeletons, UDC's of Brighouse, Great Horton & Wakefield Road, straight-line Receiving House marks of High St & Westgate, etc. A good lot. (90 covers/cards plus 44 pieces). | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 702 | BRADFORD - THE RARE "BULLET-HOLE" EXPERIMENTAL 1871-72 POSTCARD CANCELS: 1871-72 trio of ‡d postcards with "Sloper" punched cancellations (single hole only). A scarce trio. PHOTO plate no 8A | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 703 | BRADFORD - SQUARED CIRCLES: The remarkable and comprehensive collection showing the many different types and codes covering the whole period of use of these intriguing cancellations. Mostly very fine strikes. (Approx. 190 covers/cards plus a number of pieces). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 704 | BRADFORD - PARCEL POST LABELS: The interesting collection of labels with a wide variety of used types inc. Buttershaw & Sticker Lane (9) with adhesives, "MOUNTAIN/BRADFORD YORKS" Rubbers (2), "MOUNTAIN/BRADFORD" Rubbers (7), "SOUTHFIELD LANE/BRADFORD" Rubber, several boxed "COACH/ROAD-BORNE" marks (Belle Vue Manningham, Bradford City Road, Dracup Road Great Horton, Mountain, Tong Street, Wyke & Wibsey) and a heavily duplicated accumulation of unused labels. A splendid lot. (70 used labels plus a quantity of unused types). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 705 | CATTERICK - FANCY HANDSTRUCK "2" IN BLUE: 1841 E (opened out for display) to Leeds with a magnificent strike of the Catterick h.s. "2" in blue. An Exhibition piece. PHOTO | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 706 | DEWSBURY/BATLEY: The interesting collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. UDC's of Batley, Hepworth & Mirfield , 1864 env. to Mirfield endorsed "Gone to America" with (on reverse) a fine red wax Crown bagseal of Mirfield, a good selection of used parcel Post labels inc. Dewsbury (DW), Dewsbury Halifax Road, Shaw Cross (under Dewsbury), Batley (BCT), Batley (Carlinghow) and Batley (Clark Green) with adhesives and an ordinary Dewsbury (DW) handstamped "Ravensthorpe.DRV" in violet, 1864 env. to Batley (undelivered and with m/s endorsements inc. "Not known") sealed with 6d lilac selvedge, etc. (24 covers/cards, 120 Parcel Post labels and a small number of pieces). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 707 | DONCASTER: 1824-1922 collection of E/EL's. etc. inc. five s/l mileages, 1846 Skeleton, 1846 EL with red "MARR" UDC, 1857 env. with rare Hickleton UDC, a useful selection of used Parcel Post labels inc. Sprotborough (under Doncaster), New Edlington (under Doncaster), Doncaster (DC), Doncaster Balby, Askern (under Doncaster), Everton (under Bawtry), Hooton Pagnell (under Doncaster), Owston Ferry (under Doncaster), Ranskill, Bawtry (RKL), High Street Scunthorpe, Winteringham (under Doncaster) & Winterton (under Doncaster) with adhesives, Rubbers of Warmsworth (3), Haxey & Thorne temporray handstamps, etc. (20 covers/cards, 44 Parcel Post labels & a few pieces). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 708 | FERRYBRIDGE/ILKLEY/KEIGHLEY: 1777-1913 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1777 two-line "FERRY/BRIDGE", 1834 Keighley UDC, Ferrybridge UDC's (4), Knottingley UDC's (3), a good range of Parcel Post labels inc. Ilkley (IK), Ilkley Skipton Road, Cononley (under Leeds), Cross Hills (CPD) & Oakworth (under Keighley) with adhesives, Rubbers of Bradley & Stanbury, Ilkley temporary datestamp, etc. (27 covers/cards, c60 Parcel Post labels & a few pieces). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 709 | HALIFAX - PRE-STAMP, PENNY POSTS, ETC.: 1797-1846 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1829 E with boxed red "Halifax/Py Post", 1834 EL with a poor strike of same, 1837 EL with blue boxed "Brighouse/Penny Post", 1835 EL with red unboxed "Halifax/Penny Post", 1836-38 EL's (4) with blue unboxed "Halifax/Penny Post" marks, 1848 long EL with blue "Elland/Penny Post", 1840 E with red "Hebden Bridge/Penny Post" plus 1d black which does not belong, 1844 EL with an oily red "Hebden Bridge/Penny Post", red "Todmorden/Penny Post" x 2, 1797 EL's (2) with circular blaxk "HALIFAX", 1834 E with oval red "PAID AT HALIFAX", 1840 red "Pd 1" x 2, 1842 EL to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea with black m/s "2d", 1846 EL with circular "PAID/1D", 1842 EL with red h.s "1d", etc. (23 covers/cards plus a couple of fronts). | £220 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 710 | HALIFAX - QV PERIOD SKELETONS, UDC's, PARCEL POST LABELS, ETC.: The interesting collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1847 (12 March) E with fine blue Halifax temporary handstamp, UDC's of Brighouse, Hebden Bridge, Hipperholme, Luddenden Foot & Mytholmroyd (on much travelled 1852 EL, both with m/s "Not for" in centres!), Sowerby Bridge (2) and Triangle, a good selection of Parcel Post labels inc. Halifax Hopwood Lane, Halifax King Cross Street, Halifax St. Albans Road, Stump Cross (under Halifax), Illingworth, Lightcliffe & Ovenden (all under Halifax) with adhesives plus Mount Tabor, Norwood Green & Wainstalls with Rubber cancellations, etc. (35 covers/cards, 44 Parcel Post labels & a few pieces). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 711 | HARROGATE: 1829-1967 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. rare red "TOO LATE" on 1831 front, 1829 EL with red "HARROWGATE" UDC, 1847 EL with blue "LOW HARROGATE" UDC, 1835 EL with m/s "Red(irected) at" preceding red c.d.s., 2d blue pair cancelled with barred numeral "338" (the so called Harrogate error), 1849 E bearing 1d red tied by a further example of same, sundry Parcel Post labels inc. Beckwithshaw (under Harrogate), Harrogate (HG), Kirkby Overblow (under Harrogate), Low Laithe (under Leeds), Markington (MQK), New Park (under Harrogate) & Oatlands Mount (under Harrogate) with adhesives, 1881 env. bearing Postal fiscal 1d tied by Harrogate Squared Circle, a good range of Rubbers inc. Glasshouses/Leeds, Glasshouses/Harrogate, Greenow Hill (2, one on Parcel Post label), Lofthouse (3, one on Parcel Post label), etc. (Qty.). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 712 | HUDDERSFIELD: 1775-c1955 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1775 E to Ferrybridge with a faintish two-line "HUDDERS/FIELD", 1809 EL with "HUTHERSFIELD/212" mileage mark, 1835-39 E/EL's with two-line "Huddersfield/Penny Post" marks (3, one in blue), 1823 "HOLMFIRTH/Penny Post", 1840 EL with red oval "PAID/at/HUDDERSFIELD" and red h/s "1", 1845-47 early Skeletons (2), UDC's of Brighouse, Honley Kirkheaton, Marsden, Oulton & Sheepbridge, 1893-1900 pair of letters signed by Head Postmasters, Rubbers of Lingards Wood & Netherthong, etc. (Qty.). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 713 | HUDDERSFIELD - PARCEL POST LABELS: The magnificent collection of Parcel Post labels including Bird's Edge, Denby Dale, Lockwood (2). Longroyd Bridge, Meltham, Netherton (3), New Mill (2), Newsome (6, three with rare Skeleton rubbers), Paddock, Primrose Hill, Scissett, Shepley, Spring Gardens (5), The Mount & Trinity Gardens with adhesives, Rubbers of Bird's Edge, Cowlersley, Crimble Slaithwaite, Primrose Hill & Town End/Golcar, and many more used examples. (Approx. 300 labels, the majority being used). | £260 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 714 | HULL: 1814-c1940 collection of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1824 E with scarce "CAVE N & S" mileage, four boxed "TOO LATE" marks inc. one in blue (scarce thus), 1840 (July) cover with 3‡ margin 1d black, eight Spoons (one with UDC's of Holympton & Withernsea to reverse), Town Receiving House s/l marks of "Machell Street", "Waverley Street" & "Witham Hull", etc. (Qty.). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 715 | HULL - PARCEL POST LABELS, VILLAGE RUBBERS, SKELETONS & SQUARED CIRCLES: The fascinating collection inc. an excellent range of Parcel Post labels inc. 1886 "Hull" bearing 2d & 2‡d lilacs (very early date), a good selection of other stamped labels inc. Cholmley Street, Fish Market B.O., Leonard Street, Londesborough Street, Newland Avenue, Ocean Place, Pier Street, Prospect Street (2, one with m/s name), South Newington (3), Stepney, Eastrington (under Hull), Gilberdyke (under Hull), Newbegin Hornsea, North Ferriby, Brough, Newport R.S.O. & South Ferriby plus Brantingham Brough, Garden Village & Marfleet with Rubber cancellations; KEVII/KGV PPC's with Rubbers of Barrow Haven, Catwick, Holmpton & Thorngumbald plus temporary datestamps of Barton-on-Humber, Cottingham, Hornsea, Market Weighton, Otringham & Withernsea, etc. A very good lot. (22 covers/cards, 66 Parcel Post labels and a few pieces). PHOTO (mono) | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 716 | LEEDS - PRESTAMP MAIL: 1741-1838 collection of E/EL's with all different name/date stamps inc. 1741 25mm x 6mm s/l "LEEDS", 1759 32mm x 7mm s/l "LEEDS", 1779 EL to France with red circular "POST PAID" & 29mm x 6mm s/l "LEEDS", 1786-87 "LEEDS/193" First-type mileages (3, all different), 1793 curved "LEEDS", 1796 semi-circular "LEEDS", 1801 circular "LEEDS", etc. Chiefly very fine strikes. (21 items). | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 717 | LEEDS - PENNY POSTS: 1833-36 group of E/EL's with a good range (all different) of Penny Post marks inc. Leeds framed & unframed (both in black), framed Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Guisely, Heckmondwike, Horsforth, Kirkstall, Millbridge, Morley (2, one to Italy), Pudsey, Rawden & Yeadon. (14 plus 2 fronts). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 718 | LEEDS - MISSENTS/TOO LATE/PAID/U.P.P. MARKS: The interesting group of E/EL's inc. 1813 E with m/s "Mifsent to" preceding circular dated mileage mark, 1828 red oval "PAID/AT/LEEDS", 1837 black boxed "TOO LATE" (2), 1842 E with red oval "PAID/AT/LEEDS" alongside h.s "2d" (type 1), 1840 E with type 2 "2d" alongside oval "PAID/AT/LEEDS", 1851 printed circular with black h.s. "2" and m/s "2", 1841 EL with black h.s. "2", 1845 Notice of Objection with m/s "3", 1839 E with m/s "4". (17 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 719 | LEEDS - THE PRESTAMP BALANCE COLLECTION:The fascinating group of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1785 EL with First-type mileage (round-topped 3), 1786 EL with First-type mileage (round-topped 3), 1787 EL with First-type mileage (flat-topped 3), 1834 EL with m/s "Mifsent to" preceding Leeds double-arc datestsmp, 1840 red "2d" alongside red oval "PAID/AT/LEEDS", 1840/42 h.s. "2d" in black (2), 1843 Notice of objection with m/s "3", Penny Post marks of Cleckheaton, Gomersal, Horsforth, Millbridge & Morley and much more. A very useful accumulation. (Qty.). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 720 | LEEDS - UNDATED CIRCLES: The magnificent collection of envelopes, etc. with an almost entirely different range of UDC's inc. Armley (in blue), Birstall, Bramley (in blue), Chapel Allerton (in blue), Cleckheaton (3), Farsley (in red), Fulneck, Gildersome (2), Gomersal (2) in blue, one with red UDC of Millbridge alongside!, Gt. Woodhouse, Harewood, Headingley, Heckmondwike, Hyde Park Corner, Kirkstall, Lady Bridge, Low Wortley (in blue), Newtown (in blue), North Street (in blue), Oulton, Pudsey, Roundhay (2) in blue, Sheepscar, Thorner (in blue) and Woodhouse Lane plus scarce small diameter types of Guiseley, Rawdon, Somers Street and Woodhouse Lane. A very good lot. (39 plus a few pieces). | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||
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