| 801 | 1/- GREENS ON COVER TO USA; 1857-9 Four covers to USA all with 1/- green (SG.71) inc. 1857 EL Rio de Janeiro then Liverpool to New York, initially carried by "Tyne" and franked with fine tied pair 1/- green at Liverpool by Brown Shipley Forwarding Agents and on reverse flap a fine "LIVERPOOL/F.R.H." d.s. (Tab.FRH1); 1859 env. Leeds to Michigan with 1/- tied by fine Leeds duplex and New York Br. Pkt. date and accountancy h.s.; 1858 EL Glasgow to New York with tied 1/-, fine red "5/CENTS" h.s. alongside etc. (4 covers). PHOTO -PLATE 15A | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 802 | 1860-70'S MAILS TO THE USA; 1860-79 Collection of stamped covers inc. 1863 printed env. Liverpool to New York with 1/- green Pl.1 (SG.89) with marginal inscription "One Pound/per Sheet of 20"; 1868 E Liverpool to Richmond franked with damaged 2d blue KK Pl.9; 1870/1 pair EL Liverpool to Galveston/PEI franked with tied 3d rose and with scarce red "PAID/A" OR "PAID/B" in oval; 1877 env. Glasgow to Brookline Mass. franked with tied pair 1d red Pl.200 and ‡d Pl.11 etc. Variety of backstamps noted inc. quartered circle "bag stamps", Liverpool PLO, etc. A fine selection. (20 covers+front). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 803 | UNDERPAID MAILS TO USA; 1883 env. Canonbie to Cleveland, Ohio franked with 1d lilac(2) & ‡d green with pair 5c brown Postage Due stamps placed around the edge and part covering US "DUE/10/CENTS" h.s. with fine two circle "T" "CENTIMES/25" h.s. of Liverpool plus 1889 env. to Illinois with 1d lilac tied by "BOOTLE.CUM.LINACRE" squared circle and alongside a v.fine hexagonal "T" with "LV" below and "U.S. CHARGE/TO/COLLECT 6 CENTS" h.s. An attractive and scarce pair. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 804 | MAILS TO SOUTH AMERICA ETC; 1849-1914 Group of covers mainly to S America inc. 1874 EL Liverpool to Caracas endorsed "Per Mexican" franked with (creased) 1/- BO Pl.9; 1882 small printed Book Post wrapper to Rio de Janeiro with 1d lilac tied by Liverpool squared circle; 1888 env. to Tucaman, Argentina with 4d green & brown (faults) tied by "BOOTLE.CUM.LINACRE" squared circle; 1872 env. to Mexico franked with irregular block of four 3d rose Pl.9 (faults) etc. (8 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 805 | STAMPED MAIL TO THE WEST INDIES; 1855 env. (faults) franked by single creased 1d Red, porbably Sailors Concession rate, tied by fine Type C Spoon duplex. Addressed to the "Engineer on Board H.M.S. Arrogant, West Indies Station" and re-directed to Jamaica with ms. "5" & "4" charges deleted, then charged "5" again.On the reverse are Kingston and probably Barbadoes d.s. Interesting cover. PHOTO -PLATE 15A | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 806 | WORLWIDE MISCELLANY; 1855-1910 Collection of covers, PC, etc. mainly stamped with wide variety of Liverpool cancellations inc. 1855 EL Liverpool to Wurtemburg with "3‡/GROSCHEN" charge h.s. etc; 1860 EL to Cadiz with tied wing-margin 6d lilac (SG.69); 1867 E to Amsterdam with tied 2d blue Pl.9 and 1d red, "PD" obliterated at London and "INSUFFICENTLY/PREPAID" applied; 1883 env. to Kutch, India with five 1d lilac tied by Liverpool squared circle; 1884 env. to Kingston NJ with two 2‡d lilac (SG.190) tied by squared circle, etc. A good variety of covers etc. (47 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 807 | AUSTRALIAN MAILS; 1840 EL Adelaide to Glasgow via Sydney, endorsed "Canada", rated "3" with good red "PAID SHIP LETTER/(crown,date)/SYDNEY" d.s. (filing crease through centre and on revrse falp a boxed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" (Tab.In4a); charged "8" on arrival in UK as the India Letter rate for Australian letters had been abolished. 1855 env. Adelaide to Bury St Edmunds via Melbourne, carried by the Donald McKay, with fine (overstruck) red "PAID/ADELAIDE" d.s., with large "d5" (Tab.M59) alongside and a v.fine "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/PAID/LIVERPOOL" d.s. all on the front. Attractive pair. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 808 | AUSTRALIA - SS GREAT BRITAIN RETURN MAIDEN VOYAGE; 1853 (3 Jan.) EL Melbourne to Castle Cary (stamp roughly removed) carried on the return Maiden voyage of the SS Great Britain, with fine red "SHIP LETTER/MELBOURNE" d.s. on reverse overstruck by a green "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER" (Tab.S14) and on the front a matching green "8" h.s. (Tab.M65), the only recorded examples of these handstamps in green. Despite faults a scarce cover. | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 809 | AUSTRALIAN MAILS; 1854-56 Group of covers inc. 1854 EL Geelong to Glasgow (faults) with fine "(date)/LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s. on reverse rated "8" etc; 1855(11 Mar.) E Melbourne to London (faults) carried on the James Baines, franked with tied 1/- blue with large "d6" (Tab.M61) and on the reverse a v.fine "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (Tab.P28); 1855 (23 Nov.) EL Geelong to London franked with 6d orange (SG.32) tied by London numeral, small "d5" (Tab. M59) deleted and replaced by ms. "6" with fine "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/LIVERPOOL" d.s. across rear flaps; 1855 (10 Apr.) EL Geelong to London per Lightning with tied 1/- blue and v.fine green "AUSTRALIAN/PACKET/LIVERPOOL" d.s. etc. Good selection weith variety of rates, marks etc. (6 covers +piece). PHOTO -PLATE 15B. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 810 | INDIAN MAILS; 1819-41 Selection of covers inc. 1819 EL Calcutta to Edinburgh with fine double circle "CALCUTTA/POST.NOT.PAID" d.s.and boxed "LIVERPOOL/INDIA SHIP LR" (Tab.In1) etc. with original Bill of Exchange enclosed; 1835 E to London (stained) with scarce "GHAZEEPORE/Pt Pd 11a/19 Augt/1834" h.s. etc.; 1838 E Calcutta to London with fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" (Tab.In4a) etc. (10 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 811 | LARGE ENCIRCLED "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" MARK; 1835 EL Benares to London (faults and a little grubby) from Gunner Ridley 5th Bt. Bengal Arty. headed and signed for the Soldier's Concession rate with good strike of the "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" h.s. (Tab.InSol.4) on the front. On the reverse is the scarce boxed "(BE)NARES/FREE/18" h.s. a Calcutta Ship Letter d.s. and the boxed "LIVERPOOL/(IND)IA SHIP LR" (Tab. In1). PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 812 | BARING BROS. & BLANDIS; 1854 EL Trieste to Boston (tape repair) with v.fine "BOSTON BR PKT" d.s., "19/CENTS" and fine red oval "FORWARDED BY/BARING BRO & CO/LIVERPOOL" plus 1851 EL Mobile to Barcelona with v.fine red "AMERICA/LIVERPOOL/PAID" d.s. (Tab. P6), "PAID", "3", circled "24" etc. and a fine (unrecorded by Rowe) double oval "MANUEL BLANDIS/LIVERPOOL/17 March 1851". Fine pair. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 813 | CARDWELL BROS.; 1834-5 Pair of EL London to New York or Philadlephia with v.fine "FORWARDED BY/CARDWELL BROS./LIVERPOOL" in black and red. (2 covers). | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 814 | CONSULATE OF THE USA FAC; 1830 EL Liverpool to New York addressed to a Mrs Monroe, and on the reverse across the flap a v.fine boxed "FORWARDED/from the/CONSULATE of the U.S.A./LIVERPOOL". Scarce and attractive. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 815 | T&W EARLE & CO.; 1817 EL London to Philadelphia, re-directed to Washington with small red "SHIP" and "NEW YORK" d.s. plus various rates on the front and on the reverse flap a boxed "RECD & FORWD/BY/T&W EARLE & Co.", This type is unrecorded by Rowe. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 816 | T&W EARLE & CO.; 1821 EL Hamburg to Providence RI, carried privately to Liverpool with v.fine red "SHIP" & "NEW-YORK" d.s. on the front a a fine double boxed "FORWARDED BY/T&W EARLE & Co/LIVERPOOL". Very attractive. [Ex-Rowe]. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 817 | FANCY EDWARDS SANDFORD & CO. SHIP CACHET; 1852 env. Liverpool to London franked with ties 1d red with v.fine "LONDON, NEW YORK/FORWARDED BY(ship)/EDWARDS, SANDFORD & CO/LIVERPOOL" h.s. plus 1853 EL also to London franked with 2d. blue Pl.4 (SG.ES14) (lifted & re-affixed, RPSL cert) with v.fine Edwards Sandford h.s. Fine pair. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 818 | HAGARTY & JERDEIN; 1834 EL to Richmond VA. rated "58º" as a triple letter with v.fine "FORWARDED BY/HAGARTY & JERDEIN/LIVERPOOL" h.s. across flap plus 1836 EL also to Richmond with fair strike of the cachet in red. (2 covers). PHOTO - see plate no. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 819 | POSTAGE PAID, HARNDEN, LIVERPOOL; 1846 EL Liverpool to Boston endorsed "pr Caledonia Ap. 4.46" with superb boxed "POSTAGE PAID/TO DESTINATION/BY/HARNDEN & Co./OF/LIVERPOOL" h.s. plus 1848 EL (same correspondence) with fine strike of the same cachet, plus boxed red "PAID AT/LIVERPOOL/(date)" d.s. (Tab. M3) etc. A most attractive pair PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 820 | HARNDEN & CO WATER STREET; 1845 EL Havana to Broadway, Worcs franked with tied 1d red and with superb circled "FORWARDED BY/(ship)/HARNDEN & CO/No 20. WATER ST./LIVERPOOL" h.s. plus 1844 EL to New York "p Liverpool", rated "6" with similar v.fine strike of the cachet. Fine pair. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 821 | CHARLES HUMBERSTON; 1840 EL London to New York endorsed "Oxford" of the Black Ball Line with v.fine "FORWARDED BY/CHARLES HUMBERSTON/LIVERPOOL/No. 54" plus 1848 EL Manchester to Philadelphia carried by the "Helen McGaw" with v.fine blue cachet (filing crease) "No. 1166". | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 822 | PIONEER STEAMSHIP COVER WITH HUMBERSTON CACHET; 1839 EL London to New York endorsed "pr Liverpool/16 Nov. 1839", her final Westbound voyage, with ms. "6" and good "FOR(WAR)DED BY/CHARLES (H)UMBER(STON)/LIVERPOOL/No. 1351" h.s. Scarce pioneer cover. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 823 | JONES FOWLER PLUS KULENKAMP; 1846(?) E to New York endorsed "pr Chaos" with ms. "6" and v.fine blue "FORWARDED BY/W.JONES, FOWLER & CO./LIVERPOOL" plus 1865 EL Antwerp to Ormskirk with v.fine double oval blue "F.KULENKAMP & Co./FORWARDED BY/LIVERPOOL" h.s. (2 covers). | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 824 | MALCOLMSON & CO.; 1836 EL Belfast to New York with v.fine "Forwarded by/MALCOLMSON & COMPY/LIVERPOOL" h.s. (light filing crease through mark) [Ex Rowe] plus 1836 EL Liverpool to New York with fine boxed "Forwarded by/MALCOLMSON BELL & CO/LIVERPOOL" h.s. on reverse flap. (2 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 825 | MAURY & LATHAM PLUS RATHBONE BROS.; 1820 EL London to Plymouth MS. with fine red "BOSTON/MS" d.s., small "SHIP" and ms. "12" and on the reverse flap a fine boxed "Forwarded by Y.O.Sts/Maury & Latham of Liverpool" (lihjt filing crease) plus 1843 E France to Providence RI, readdressed at Liverpool, with fine oval "FORWARDED BY/RATHBONE BRO & CO/No 2623/LIVERPOOL" h.s. across flap (reconstructed by Rowe to show cachet). Fine pair. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 826 | REED IRVING PLUS T.W. SMITH & CO; 1842 EL Liverpool to Cambridge MS. (filing folds) with red "PAID AT LIVERPOOL(date)" d.s. (Tab.M3), early 1/- h.s. and on the reverse flap an oval "FORWARDED/BY/REID IRVING & CO/LIVERPOOL" h.s. (slightly smudged) plus 1837 EL London to New Orleans (toned, repaired filing creases) with v.fine oval "FORWARDED BY/T.W. SMITH & Co/LIVERPOOL" h.s. on reverse flap. (2 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 827 | D & T WILLIS; 1834 EL Sheffield to Philadelphia (filing fold well clear of cachet) with v.fine boxed "RECEIVED &/FORWARDED/BY/D&T WILLIS/LIVERPOOL" h.s. on the reverse flap. [Ex Rowe]. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 828 | WILLIS, LATHAM & GAIR; 1824 EL Bremen to Providence RI with red "BOSTON/MS" d.s. and "SHIP" on the front and a v.fine oval "RECD & FORWARDED/LIVERPOOL/Per Herald/WILLS.LATHAM & GAIR." h.s. PHOTO -PLATE 15B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 829 | DOUBLE FAC - HARNDEN PHILADELPHIA AND WILLMER & SMITH; Striking 1842 EL Philadelphia to Auxerre, France with red (overstruck) "FORWD FROM HARNDEN & CO/FOREIGN/LETTER OFFICE/PHILA" and alongside the small, scarce "Pd.../H" h.s. (Paid Harnden); two strikes of the boxed "PAID AT LIVERPOOL" various rate marks etc. plus in the bottom right corner a superb "FORWARDED THROUGH/WILLMER & SMITH'S/BRITISH & AMERICAN/PACKAGE EXPRESS OFFICE/LIVERPOOL" h.s. A most attractive and scarce cover. PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 830 | THE MANUSCRIPT FAC COLLECTION; 1802-51 Collection of manuscript Forwarding Agents inc. 1802 EL London to Demarara (faults) "Recd & forwd by Jo Bolton" [Ex Willcocks]; 1817 E to Portsmouth NH with red "BOSTON/MS" d.s., "SHIP" endorsed on flap "Recd & forwarded ... A Mesnard & Co/American Commission Shipping Agents"; 1821 EL Greenwich to Quebec, rated "4N7" with "care of Messrs Bolton, Chaffers & Co./Liverpool"; 1841 EL Cayenne French Guiana to Bordeaux (minor faults), on the reverse flap "Forwarded by ...William Maxwell & Co./Liverpool 3 Nov. 1841" etc. (9 covers). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 831 | NEW YORK FAC'S ETC.; 1833-41Group of covers mainly with New York FAC's inc. 1833 EL New York to Copenhagen (minor faults) with red "FORWARDED BY/R AYMAR & CO/NEW YORK" on reverse flap; 1837 EL Vera Cruz to London with ms. "1#oz" and rated "11/5"! with fine "FORWARDED BY/MEYER & HUPEDEN/NEW YORK" etc; 1838 EL New york to London with fine oval "FROWARDED THROUGH/GILPIN'S EXCHANGE/READING ROOM AND/FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE/NEW YORK"; two examples of the Harndens Wall Street cachet etc. Good lot. (7 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 832 | NAPOLEONIC WAR P.O.W. LETTER - TO A GENERAL ON PAROLE AT CHESTERFIELD, WITH VERY FINE "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G·R/PRISONERS OF WAR" MARK; Attractive Sept. 1811 E (clearly originating from France) addressed to "General de Brigade Dufour, prisonnier sur parole a Chesterield", charged "10" (the inland rate from London) with a very fine double-oval Transport Office P.O.W. mail mark on the front and a fair 22nd Sept. 1811 London c.d.s. on the reverse. Rare thus; the senior French POW officers on parole apparently had a pleasant life in the distant parts of England such as Derbyshire! Exhibition Quality. PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 833 | ALFRETON & AREA - THE RARE "PEACOCK-INN" HORSESHOE MARK, ETC.; 1798-1913 covers/cards incl. 1798 EL from "Higham" to Olney with a very fine rare "PEACOCK-INN" horseshoe (struck at the pub at Oakerthorpe that is still in business!), printed 1801 EL (no address wrapper) from the "Promoters of the projected Turnpike Road from Alfreton to Derby", 4 mileage marks, two 1d Reds and two PPC's (one of a Postman with tiny multi-views folded into his portmanteau). Good variety. (10 covers). PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 834 | ASHBOURNE, SUDBURY & AREA; 1799-1922 covers/cards inc. fine 1799 "ASHBOURN", prepaid 1808 mileage to London, scarce 1838 local m/s "1" rate to Mappleton, 1820 "Green Man Inn" coach tickets receipt, 1844 1d pink with near fine "Sudbury…D" mark cancelled by "829" numeral, 1d Reds and PPC's (13), etc. (24 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 835 | BAKEWELL & DISTRICT: Miscellany of covers and cards incl. 1783 EL bearing fine "BAKE/WELL" mark, 1811 mileage mark in red, E addressed to Hathersage with Christmas Day, 1844 arrival/transit mark, 1874 handwritten EL from G.P.O. in London to a complainant in Bakewell with arrival c.d.s., 1957 env. registered to London bearing large "R/44" registration label with "Bakewell/Show" added in m/s + matching "MOBILE POST OFFICE No3" c.d.s.'s. and 86 other items incl. 66 PPCs some of which have related postmarks. (91 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 836 | BUXTON - THE RARE "Missent To/Buxton" MARK ON 1d RED COVER; Small Sept. 1844 env. (fault affects part of address, but well clear of stamp & marks) from Fleetwood to "Burton" with 1d Red tied by "629" numeral, having a very fine black "Missent To/Buxton" mark on the front over a faint red "FLEETWOOD" UDC; endorsed "Try Burton". Seldom seen. PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 837 | BUXTON AND NORTH DERBYSHIRE: The interesting group of covers & cards inc. 1678 El ex Tideswell to London, undated EL ex Eyam to Cambridge with large "STONEY MIDDLETON" Horseshoe type mark, 1817 El to Gloucestershire with blue s/l "CHAPEL LE FRITH", 1832 EL with 23mm undated circular cancellation of Buxton and a very useful group of postcards of Buxton and environs. (Approx. 90 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 838 | CHESTERFIELD: The small range of pre-stamp items including 1667 EL to London (John Moore correspondence) with Bishop Mark of Nov. 18th, 1735 EL with two-line "CHESTER/FEILD" (addressed to the "Shropshire Coffee House" but stained, 1775 two-line "CHESTER/FIELD", 1783 Free EL with two-line spaced "CHESTER/FIELD", four examples of the Chesterfield Horseshoe mark 9one on a front), sundry mileages, etc. (Small Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 839 | CHESTERFIELD: The predominantly 19th Century group of E/EL's, etc. inc. 1692 EL to London with Bishop Mark of Oct. 24th (showing the constant variety caused by a nailhead), 1759 EL to a Coffee House in London with two-line "CHESTER/FIELD", 1768 E to London with two-line "CHESTER/FIELD", 1787 E to London with two-line "CHESTER/FIELD" & experimental Bishop Mark of 29 March, UDC's of Dronfield & Killamarsh (7), etc. (Approx. 65). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 840 | DERBY - THE PRESTAMP COLLECTION, PART 1; 1672-1846 covers incl. fine 1672 EL (ref. lead business) from "Derby" to London charged "3" with a fair Bishop Mark, v. fine 1763 "DERBY", smaller 1767 & c.1780 examples (latter on local EL), fair rare 1788 1st Type Mileage "DERBY/127", fancy 1793 "DERBY", 1796/1801 s. lines, 2d-rate E with "CAVENDISH BRIDGE/109" mileage, two red Derby mileages, 1827/8 pair with lovely strikes of the two Penny Post marks, and later c.d.s.'s. Good lot. (20 covers). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 841 | DERBY - THE PRESTAMP COLECTION, PART 2; 1767-1823 covers incl. v. fine 1767 & 1790 s. lines, fine fancy c.1794 "DERBY", partly fine 1796/8 pair of s. lines, red mileage, pair of "CAVENDISH BRIDGE/109" mileages (charged "1" and "2"), and 6 mileage c.d.s.'s (inc. 2 free and one at 1d rate to Thornhill). Plus c.1830 pair of unissued "Derby & Derbyshire Banking Co." banknotes (£10 & £20), 2 county maps and an 1815 writ. (19 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 842 | DERBY - VERY EARLY STRAIGHT-LINE MARK ON COVER TO LINCS. VIA LONDON; 10th May 1719 EL from "Radbourne" to Horncastle endorsed "By London" having a mostly fine "DERBY" mark (25x5 mm; DY 118) on the side-flap beside a very fine "18/MA" (serif letters variety) Bishop Mark; charged "4" (4d to London) and then "In [A]ll 8" (extra 4d on to Lincs.). Rare thus. PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 843 | DERBY - THE RARE "RAM"-SHAPED "PAID AT" MARK IN PURPLE; Fine 8th Dec. 1824 EL to London (Huth & Co.) with a very fine (for this) claret-purple Ram's-Head-framed "PAID/AT/DERBY" mark nicely placed on the front, having a fine black "DERBY/126" mileage c.d.s. on the lower flap. Few clear examples of this short-lived "PAID AT" mark (DY156; 1823-6) are known. Exhibition Item. PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 844 | DERBY - LATER COVERS; 1841-1970 lot inc. UDC's (4), 1855 env. regd. with creased Block of Six 1d Reds, 1866 pair of envs. with 1d pink cut-outs, scarce 1879/82 trio of T.S.O. c.d.s.'s (Ashbourne Rd., Midland Rd. & Green Lane), 1885 underpaid stamped PC with ‡d blue, 1892 boxed "CHARGED FOR REDIRECTION" with "1d", 1936 Express env. and 1942 PC with scarce "AIR MAIL" mark. Good nucleus. (85 covers + 2 pieces). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 845 | MATLOCK & DISTRICT: Miscellany incl. 1844 part EL franked with imperf. 1d red on blued paper tied by partly fine Matlock Bath duplex with superb Winster UDC nearby, 1846 stampless EL charged "1" in red m/s with superb Matlock Bath c.d.s. alongside very slightly overstruck by fine Bonsall UDC, novelty 'tea-leaf card' containing miniature views of Matlock Bath with attached 'luggage label' franked with KEVII ‡d adhesive tied by 1909 Matlock Bath duplex, 1911 First U.K. Aerial Post official card with matching special postmark addressed to a clergyman at Matlock Bath, opened out/much travelled env. ex Dover to Smedley's Hydro in Matlock which took almost 31 years (sic) to arrive & 144 other items (incl. 129 PPCs of Matlock & district, some of which have local postmarks). [149]. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 846 | WIRKSWORTH & AREA - PRESTAMP COVERS, ETC.; 1667-c.1915 covers/card incl. fine 1667 EL from "Workesworth" to London charged "3" with v. fine "FE/14" Bishop Mark, 1679 EL to London charged "3" with v. fine "DE/4" Bishop, v. fine 1797 "WIRKS/WORTH", near fine 1800 "WIRKSWORTH", v. fine & near fine 1822/33 "WIRKSWORTH/Penny Post" marks, 1848 1d Red with red m/s "Registered P6" alongside, 1871 env. with "895" numeral cancelling wrong c.d.s., 1d Reds, PPC, etc. (19 covers + 1 front). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 847 | DERBYSHIRE 1d BLACK COVERS - INCL. CHESTERFIELD SKELETON C.D.S.; 12th April 1841 EL from "Ilkeston" to Chesterfield, posted from Nottingham franked by a 4m 1d Black (HH; Plate 8?) tied by a black Maltese Cross, with an 80% complete red "[CHE]STERFIELD" Skeleton c.d.s. (rare; not recorded in County Cat.) alongside. Plus Dec. 1840 & April 1841 fronts (latter with address crossed out) with 1d Blacks (3m & 4m) tied by red & black M.C.'s of Matlock Bath & Bakewell. (3 items). PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 848 | DERBYSHIRE MISSENT & TOO LATE MARKS; 1819-49 stampless covers with manuscript "Missent to" marks of Chesterfield, Grantham (ex C. field), Matlock Bath & Ashbourne; plus 1819 EL from Alfreton with red oval-framed "MISSENT/TO/BIRMINGHAM", 1842/50 fair black boxed "MISSENT TO/DERBY" (stamp removed), fine 1858 "Missent to/Derby R.O", and rare red manuscript 1829 Chesterfield "Too Late". Good lot. (8 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 849 | DERBYSHIRE OVERSEAS DESTINATION MAIL; 1847-1911 covers/cards inc. 1847-51 stampless group (5) to France ex Bakewell (two with fair "Hathersage" in blue), 1870 Derby to Ghent with 3x 1d Reds, 1875 Chesterfield to Venice with 6d grey (returned with green "Rebuts" label), 1875 Derby to Russia (faults), 1877 Rowsley to US, 1884 env. (stain) Buxton to India with 4d dull green & 1d lilac, 1878/86 usages of the 1ºd & 1d PC's ex Derby, and 3 KEVII PPC's to France. Scarce group. (17 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 850 | DERBYSHIRE UDC's COLLECTION; 1842-59 covers with ALL DIFFERENT selection of UDC's; ALVASTON, BONSALL, BRAILSFORD (blue), BRAMPTON (blue), CROMFORD (red), DRONFIELD (red), ECKINGTON (blue), GREAT-LONGSTONE (superb in blue; with ASHFORD), HASLAND, HEANOR (red), KILLAMARSH (2 colours), MATLOCK VILLAGE (red), TIBSHELF (blue), TICKNALL (rare), WHALEY BRIDGE (blue), WHITWELL and WINSTER (with pair of 1841 2d Blues). Mostly very fine strikes; very good lot indeed. (18 covers). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 851 | COLCHESTER - VERY EARLY "TWIN" LETTER TO IRELAND; 10th Oct. 1682 EL headed from "Colchester" having two long separate letters written by different people on the one large sheet (to avoid postage; this system of sending a "twin" letter written by more than one person was common practice, but is seldom found so early). The letter is addressed "To Thomas Atherton at the Blew Boot in Patrick Street in Dublin in Ireland; for Benjamin Bangs, Dublin" and endorsed "Ben. Bangs Letters" on the flap; presumably Atherton was a shop-keeper who took delivery of letters for others. There is s mostly very fine London "OC/17" Bishop Mark on the flap and the distinctive manuscript "6" charge (London to Dublin rate) on the front. The letters appear to be from Quaker friends of Mr. Bangs; Solomon Formantell and Stephen Crisp. The former mentioned that; "...it be here with us a very sickly time, & many freindes are visited with the smal pocks..." Rare thus; ingoing mail to Ireland is even rarer than outgoing mail prior to 1700 . PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 852 | THE SCARCE "Chigwell/1 py P Paid" MARK ON REDIRECTED INCOMING TRANSATLANTIC COVER; Unusual May/June 1842 EL (family letter from the addressee's son ref. his recent voyage out via Bermuda) from New York (fair c.d.s. on front) to "Rolls Park, Chigwell, Essex" endorsed "pr. [Steamer] Columbus", having a very fine boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" d.s. on the flap; redirected to London and so with a very fine strike of the scarce black "Chigwell/1 py P Paid" mark on the front. Someone at Rolls Park clearly paid the incoming 8d Ship letter charge and the 1d for forwarding. Unusual and with good contents. PHOTO -PLATE 16A | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 853 | BRISTOL - LETTER POSTED FROM FRANCE TO A FRENCH P.O.W. AT STAPLETON PRISON; 10th Nov. 1806 EL (written in French by the addressee's mother) from Bordeaux to a "M. Louis Bogagnon, pris sur la Fregate La Blonde Moule, prisonnier a Estapleton pres de Bristol, En Angleterre", having a very fine black "P32P/BORDEAUX" and a faint red Paris "PPPP" mark on the front, but no English markings. Apparently carried directly by coach from the English port of arrival to the Prison. A rare item associated with this Napoleonic POWs' prison in Bristol. PHOTO - | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 854 | MISCELLANY of E/EL's, etc. with a wide range of Herefordshire postal markings (nothing from Hereford itself) inc. 1758 EL with s/l "ROSS", 1764 two-line "LEO/MINSTER", 1797 EL from Presteigne to Ludlow via Cross Post with "PRESTEIGN" UDC, sundry mileages inc. Hay, Leominster & Ross (inc. undated E with scarce red 20x11mm type), 1829 EL with red "ROSS" mileage omitted, 1830 EL with "BROMYARD" UDC in green, 1829 E with "LEINTWARDINE" circular mileage, 1834 Free Front with rare "Missent.to" preceding "WORCESTER" d.s. of Feb. 1st, red UDC's of Ledbury (2), 1838 front with rare "Birch/Penny Post" in red, 1838 EL with black boxed "Lea/Penny Post", etc. (Approx. 50 lots). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 855 | MISCELLANY of E/EL's, etc. with a wide range of postal markings (nothing from Hereford itself) inc. 1884 env. (slightly tatty) with scarce "TRAM-INN" d.s. & "H10" numeral, 1877 env. with "SHREWSBURY & TAMWORTH T.P.O.", UDC's of "BIRCH", "BISHOP'S FROME", "CROW HILL", "MITCHELLDEAN", "MUCH MARCLE", "THE TRUMPET" & "WESTON UNDER PENYARD" and much, much more. (Approx. 60 covers & cards plus sundry pieces). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 856 | HEREFORD: The interesting pre-stamp accumulation of E/EL's inc. 1742 EL to London with two-line "HERE/FORD", 1745 E to London with two-line "HERE/FORD", 1746 EL to Leominster with two-line "HERE/FORD", 1748 EL ex London to Morton Court (near London) from Lord Coote to his father (the Earl of Bellomont), 1797 EL to Berrington with m/s "Mifs to Hereford", various s/l marks (inc. scarce short-lived type on 1801 EL ex Hereford to Ludlow) & mileages, 1825 EL to Leintwardine with m/s "Mifsent to Hereford", 1835 EL to Ludlow with boxed "Hereford/Penny Post", 1836 EL ex Ludlow to Letton with boxed "Hereford/Penny Post", 1845 EL with faint "Weobley/Penny Post", etc. (Approx. 40 items). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 857 | HEREFORD: The extensive collection of post-1840 E/EL's, etc. inc. 1853 env. to Ledbury bearing defective 1d red with (on reverse) rare encircled "HEREFORD/10" skeleton c.d.s. in red, 1842 stampless EL to Brighton with handstruck "MISSENT/TO/HEREFORD", a good range of UDC's inc. Bartestree, Credenhill, Eign Street, High Town & Kings-Acre, 1854 env. (opened out for display) from Portway to Gottingen with UDC of Portway (3 miles South of Hereford) overstruck by red "AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN", etc., etc. (Approx. 60 covers/cards plus a few pieces). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 858 | MARITIME - INGOING SHIP LETTERS EX THE U.S.A.: The interesting group of E/EL's, etc., chiefly from the 1840's, many with Ship's names endorsements, showing a wide range of Liverpool Ship Letter markings. Better items include an 1854 pre-paid EL to England "p.steamer via New York" with m/s "Harts Village Sept. 5th Paid 24cts" and very scarce small tombstone "PAID IN/AMERICA/LIVERPOOL" d.s. (45 items inc. a few fronts). | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 859 | MARITIME - INGOING SHIP LETTERS EX THE U.S.A.: The small selection of E/EL's, etc. with a good variety of Liverpool Ship Letter marks. (18 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 860 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL TO CANADA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND & NEWFOUNDLAND; 1858 stamples E to Montreal via NY (SS Europa) with 85% (and very fine) Liverpool Spoon on the front beside unusual handstruck "10d.Cy" arrival charge-mark, 1860/9 pair (printed circular rates) with single 1d Reds to Montreal (with black "d1" arrival charge) and Nova Scotia, 1868/74 covers (4) to P. E. Island with single 6d mauve (2) or 3d rose-red (2) frankings, and 6d brown to Newfoundland with scarce "+" in circle Liverpoool Inspector's Mark on reverse. (8 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 861 | THE RARE "LIVERPOOL/P.S. PACKET" DATESTAMP ON TRANSATLANTIC DEPRECIATED CURRENCY COVER FROM BRAZIL TO U.S.A.; Remarkable stampless unpaid 24th Nov. 1873 env. (stained, faults and opened out for display) to U.S., with overlapping v. fine 2-ring Brazilian and single-ring British P.O. "RIO" c.d.s.'s and a very fine (though slightly overlapped) strike (23rd Dec. 1873) of the very rare Pacific Steamship Co. Mail's special "LIVERPPOL/P.S. PACKET" transit c.d.s. on the back; the letter reached Boston on 6th Jan. 1874 and has a very fine rare Boston handstruck "IN U.S. NOTES" mark on the front with various blue crayon charges. Rare thus. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 862 | 1878 Bankruptcy Act notice registered to Rheydt, Prussia (special "Vom Auslande" registration etiquette affixed upon arrival) franked with 1d red & 2d blue to pay the special and scarce 3d rate (1d printed paper rate + 2d registration fee) with mainly fine oval blue "REGISTERED/A/21AU78/RANELAGH PL. LIVERPOOL" at bottom left and also bearing rare Liverpool P.O. blue lines 'roller' both on the front and back. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 863 | THE RARE EXPERIMENTAL BLUE ROLLER "LINES" ON REGISTERED COVER: 1880 (16 Feb.) small env. (faults & flap lost) to Weymouth franked by 1d red plate 224 (rubbed) & 2d blue plate 15 tied by BLUE "466" numerals with matching blue oval "REGISTERED/LIVERPOOL" d.s. alongside; there are matching blue "etched" lines across the cover, back & front, in the same ink. One of only 8 recorded examples of these Experimental Liverpool Lines. Very rare in any condition. PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 864 | 8d-RATE G.B. "USED ABROAD" INCOMING COVER CANCELLED AT LIVERPOOL; Unusual Sept. 1880 env. from overseas (West Africa or West Indies?) to Bristol, franked by G.B. 6d grey (pl.16), ‡d rose-reds (2) and 1d vermilion (unusual combination) all tied by very fine "466" vertical ovals with a very fine red "PAID/LIVERPOOL/BR. PACKET" c.d.s. alongside. Rare thus. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 865 | MARSDEN: 1841 (29 March) E from Marsden to London franked with 1840 1d plate 7 HA (light crease) cancelled in black. 1841 E from the same correspondence franked with a plate 7 JG cancelled in black. Both covers have "MARSDEN/LANCASHIRE" UDC's on reverse. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 866 | BATH - VERY EARLY "BATH" MARK ON LETTER WRITTEN & FRANKED BY THE 18-YEAR-OLD BATH POSTMASTER, RALPH ALLEN; Remarkable 27th Oct. 1712 EL (very minor internal faults) addressed "To Mr. Oswald Hoskyns at the Black Moor's Head In King's Street nere the Guild Hall In London, Free, R. Allen", having a mostly fine "BATH" mark (SO33) on the lower flap, the Free-mail "squiggle" mark on the front, and a very fine "OC/29" London arrival Bishop Mark on the top flap. The letter starts "By My Master's orders, inclosed I do send you the folllowing Bills, viz." and relates to four Bills totalling £107-5s-0d, including one for £32-5s-0d for "George Wade" (Allen's influential patron of the time). A rare Ralph Allen Postmaster's Free Frank, and one of only a handful of Ralph Allen autographs in private hands. See the detailed discussion of this early period of Allen's career in Martin Willocks' "England's Postal History" (pp.39-42). Important Historical Exhibition Item. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £240 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 867 | CANNOCK CHASE - RARE F.P.O. MARK: 1873 (16 Aug.) cover bearing 1d plate 156 tied by a clear strike of the rare GI9 "CANNOCK CHASE/F.P.O." duplex, used for only a fortnight in 1873 during Army manoeuvres on the Chase. One of the rarest of all British duplex marks. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 868 | EARLY LETTER SENT BY PRIVATE MEANS DURING THE VERY FIRST PERIOD OF THE PUBLIC POSTAL SERVICE; 22nd Sept. 1638 EL from "Ewhurst" (East Sussex; near Battle) to Ralph Buskin at Loose (near Maidstone, Kent) with good address; "To the Wor[shipfu]ll his verie good friend Raph Buskin Esqr. at his house in Loose d[elive]r these, Kent". The contents mention that "I send my man.....for £80" as a loan! This letter was sent in the brief period when the public Postal Service had begun (from 1635 ) but before it closed again during the Civil War (1642+); it demonstrates that most mail continued to be sent by private means at this time. Fine and attractive. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 869 | COVENTRY - RARE EARLY "COUENTRY" NAMESTAMP (EARLIEST RECORDED?); Fine 6th Dec. 1705 EL from "Fillingly" (neatly written by one "Susanna Priest"; lengthy letter giving detailed farming news, spelling Coventry "Couentree" at one point) to London, charged "2"[d] with a fine though overinked "COUENTRY" mark (WA72; recorded 1706-9) nicely placed on the top flap beside a very fine "DE/10" London arrival Bishop Mark. Rare so early. PHOTO - see plate no. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 870 | LEEDS SUB OFFICES: Small group of covers, cards & labels incl. UDCs of Stanningley (2), Thorner and Thorp-Arch, s/l "SOMER-ST." & "WOODHOUSE-LANE" (2 of each), PPC franked with KEVII ‡d cancelled by small c.d.s. of Rawdon, fine PPC of Wakefield Cathedral bearing Woodlesford c.d.s. and 1915 parcel post label franked with KGV 7d tied by "COLTON" rubber. (8 covers, 13 PPCs + 3 parcel post labels). | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 871 | GUERNSEY SCROLL COVER WITH POSTAL RATE ERROR: 1827 (two spike holes barely detract) from Guernsey to Chard charged "1/-" at first but this changed to "10" with initials "JW"(?) having a mostly fine "GUERNSEY" scroll mark on the top flap. Scarce thus. | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 872 | PREPAID JERSEY SCROLL COVER ENDORSED "MORE TO PAY" d10": Unusual June 1829 EL (internal faults & some toning) from St.Helier to Chard with red m/s "P10" on the front as well as a black m/s "More to pay d10"; there is a mostly fine strike of the "Jersey" scroll nicely placed on the lower flap. Jersey P.O. clearly missed the fact that this was a two sheet letter - it had a receipted Bill for £10 enclosed! Rare thus. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 873 | MISCELLANY: The small group of covers including 1877 mourning front ex Kilmarnock to New Zealand bearing 4d vermilion plate 15 horiz. pair (one with perf. faults) and NZ 2d , 1862 cover ex Edinburgh to Hong Kong bearing wing-margin 1/- and an 1870 env. ex Glasgow to India bearing marginal 9d (part inscription "POS", some toning). A good group. (6 items). PHOTO -. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 874 | FORT WILLIAM - THE RARE THISTLE HANDSTAMP: 1773 (8 Nov.) EL from Fort William to Edinburgh rated "4" in m/s with (on reverse) a legible strike of the rare "FORT WILLIAM/Thistle" h.s. Scarce - being one of only four recorded examples of this classic mark. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 875 | GARVALD - THE UNIQUE BAGSEAL: 1860 (20 Jan.) printed EL to Edinburgh with a fine strike of the "GARVALD/P.O." intaglio mailbag seal on reverse together with the "GARVALD" UDC in blue. Believed to be unique. The seal is affected by ink staining. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 876 | KETTLE - RARE GREEN CANCELLATIONS ON EL TO CUPAR: 1849 (4 Oct.) EL from Kettle to Cupar bearing imperforate 1d red (margins clear all round) tied by green cancel and with boxed "KETTLE/OC 4/1814" on reverse in the same colour. Scarce thus. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 877 | STONEHAVEN: 1839 EL to Edinburgh with black boxed "STONEHAVEN/27 DE/1839" on reverse & scarce h.s. "4" of Stonehaven on the obverse (very slightly off the edge at the right). Few known on cover. Ex Martin Willcocks. | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISLE OF MAN POSTAL HISTORY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 878 | VALENTINE CARD VIA THE IOM PACKET SHIP; 1849(14 Feb.) env. Douglas IOM to Anglesea via Liverpool with blue Douglas IOM d.s. and with 4pp paper lace work Valentines Card (lightly folded when placed in env.) with silk bow. A handwritten verse to the front and under the lace work is a message in shorthand! Very attractive. PHOTO -PLATE 16B | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 879 | DUBLIN: 1673 EL from Dublin to London endorsed "6" in m/s with a fine example of the London Bishop mark of 27 Nov. showing the reversed "N" in "November". Scarce thus. PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 880 | DUBLIN - ADDITIONAL HALVES: 1834-38 trio of EL's to Scotland, all with Additional "‡" marks of Dublin. Two are to addresses in Edinburgh, the third to "William Wilson & Son" of Bannockburn. (3). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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