| 1285 | VERY RARE "CLACKMANAN" UDC-CANCEL IN BLUE (UNDER ALLOA); c.1858 off-cover 1d Red "stars" cancelled by a partial sanserif "CL[ACKMANAN]" UDC in blue; Alcock maximum rarity G (only recorded for 1855; we have not seen a cover). Plus proving Aug. 1858 env. with a very fine strike of the same "CLACKMANAN" UDC in black on the reverse (the stamp cancelled by "7" numeral). (2 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1286 | VERY RARE "DUNTOCHER" UDC-CANCEL ON COVER (GLASGOW); Attractive 13 Nov. 1856 EL to Glasgow with 1d "stars" tied by very fine and very rare sanserif "DUNTOCHER" UDC (Alcock rarity F; few known). Exhibition Quality and a Very Rare cancel. PHOTO PLATE D | £400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1287 | UNRECORDED "GRANTS-HOUSE" SANSERIF UDC-CANCEL (EDINBURGH); c.1857 off-cover 1d Red "stars" cancelled solely by two slightly overlapping mostly fine strikes of a black Type XX "GRANT[S]-HOU[SE]" UDC. This small Edinburgh Receiving House's UDC is recorded (but rare) as a backstamp from 1856 to 1857, but this is the only known example of its use as a cancellation. Arguably the rarest of all Scots Local Cancellations. Not recorded by Meredith or Alcock, and never seen before by us. PHOTO | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1288 | VERY RARE "INNERWICK" UDC-CANCEL & BACKSTAMPS (HADDINGTON); c.1856 1d Red "stars" cancelled by a 75%-complete very fine dark blue strike of the sanserif "INNERWICK" UDC (Alcock maximum rarity G as a cancellation); plus 1846/57 pair of covers with very fine strikes of this same "INNERWICK" UDC in dark blue & pale blue as backstamps, with 1d Reds cancelled by "111" numerals. Good trio. (3 items). PHOTO | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1289 | ISLE OF BUTE - VERY RARE "KINGARTH" UDC-CANCEL; c.1856 1d Red "stars" cancelled by a partial very fine sanserif "KINGARTH" UDC (Alcock rarity F; very few knwon - we cannot recall ever having seen this cancel on cover). Rare Inner Hebrides item. PHOTO | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1290 | MATCHED PAIR OF "MONKTON" UDC-CANCEL ON COVER WITH TYPE VIII SMALL BOXED "MONKTON" CANCEL ON COVER (AYRSHIRE): Attractive pair of 1d Red "stars" envs; 23 Mar. 1855 to Paisley with 1d "stars" tied by very fine UDC-cancel (Alcock rarity D), and 20 June 1857 to Edinburgh with 1d "stars" tied by mostly very fine small boxed "MONKTON" (Alcock rarity B, but much scarcer than that in our view; this cover ex Meredith). Both covers have mostly very fine strikes of the same Monkton cancels as backstamps. Rare pair. (2 covers). PHOTO | £400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1291 | VERY RARE BLUE "NEWTON" UDC-CANCEL ON COVER (GLASGOW); 15 Jan. 1856 E to Glasgow with 1d "stars" tied by a fine to very fine blue sanserif "NEWTON [MEARNS]2" UDC (Alcock rarity F; few known on cover). Attractive usage. PHOTO | £260 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1292 | "RUTHERGLEN" UDC-CANCEL ON COVER (GLASGOW); 26 Jan. 1856 E to Neilston with 1d "stars" tied by a mostly very fine sanserif "RUTHERGLEN" UDC (Alcock rarity C). Attractive. PHOTO | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1293 | MATCHED PAIR OF "STEVENSTON" UDC-CANCEL ON COVER WITH TYPE III LARGE LINED "STEVENSTON" CANCEL ON COVER (GLASGOW); Attractive pair of 1d Red covers with very fine strikes of the two Stevenston marks; 22 Oct. 1855 1d "stars" with very fine UDC-cancel (Alcock rarity C), and 28 Dec. 1857 1d "stars" env. with very fine large lined Type III mark (Alcock rarity C). Excellent pair. (2 covers). PHOTO | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1294 | VERY RARE "UDDINGSTON" UDC-CANCEL ON COVER (LANARK, UNDER HAMILTON); 24 Oct. 1856 env. to Hamilton Palace franked by a fine 1d "stars" tied by an almost very fine sanserif "UDDINGSTON" UDC (Alcock maximum rarity G; very few known and only one or two examples known on covers). Exhibition Quality. PHOTO | £400 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SCOTS DATED RECEIVING HOUSE CANCELS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1295 | RARE LARGE "CALTON/GLASGOW" DATESTAMP CANCEL ON COVER; 1 Jan. 1858 env. (reduced at left, but endorsed "Shut" on reverse, which is no surprise - it was Hogmanay after all!) to "Barony Parish" with 1d Red "stars" tied by a very fine "CALTON/GLASGOW" c.d.s. with unclear year-date. As scarce as many Scots Local cancels and attractive. Plus a print. (2 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1296 | RARE LARGE "POLLOCKSHAWS" DATESTAMP CANCEL ON COVER, ETC. (GLASGOW); 2 Nov. 1856 env. to Paisley with 1d Red "stars" tied by mostly fine scarce large "POLLOCKSHAWS" c.d.s.; first cousin to the Scots Locals, because this R.H. used a Type VIII Scots Local cancel 1854-6. Plus 1855 off-cover 1d "stars" with large part, v. fine hexagonal "GLASGOW" d.s. cancel, and 1860/1 pair of off-cover 1d "stars" cancelled by large part v. fine "GATEHOUSE" & "LINLITHGOW" c.d.s.'s. All scarce. (4 items). PHOTO | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WELSH POSTAL HISTORY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 1297 | RARE BRECKNOCK "L" MARK ON E TO LONDON: 1798 E to Brick Court, Temple, London with a good strike of the circular "BRECKNOCK/L" mark. Light vertical filing crease (through mark) barely detracts PHOTO | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1298 | EARLY U.P.U. RATES TO EUROPE, PICTORIAL LETTER-SHEETS, ETC.; Unusual mix with 1847/c.1850 pair of fine unused Pictorial letter-sheets of "Carnarvon" (lovely view with castle/harbour/coach-and-four) & "Bettws-y-Coed", attractive c.1915 Cardiff coloured printed parcel-tag advertising "WATER PAINT", and Oct. 1875 correspondence of 3 covers + 5 fronts from Llangollen/Llandudno to France & Italy with varied frankings for the 2‡d/3d rate (one front to Paris with 2‡d rosy-mauve but underpaid and so charged because France did not join the UPU unitl 1 Jan. 1876 and the 3d rate still applied at this time). Good variety. (11 items). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1299 | NEWPORT (PEMBROKESHIRE): 1840 (26 Oct.) EL to the Secretary of the Royal National Institution for the preservation of Life from Shipwreck, Austin Friars, London, bearing a four-margined 1d black, TE and with fascinating contents re the wreck of the "Jenny" bound for Milford Haven to Cardigan, off Newport (Pembs.). Boxed "No.2" Receiving House mark in black on the front & London General Post datestamp on reverse along with "HAVERFORDWEST" d.s. (both in red). Most unusual. PHOTO | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1300 | A Similar entire bearing 1d, GH to the same addessee and again with contents pertaining to the wreck of the "Jenny" off the Pembrokeshire coast. PHOTO | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISLE OF MAN POSTAL HISTORY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1301 | BOXED PEELTOWN/RAMSEY VILLAGE MARKS & RAMSEY UDC.; 1844-9 trio of 1d Red covers with near fine boxed "Peeltown/Isle of Man", fine boxed "Ramsy/Isle of Man" (stamp removed) and fine (although overstruck) blue "RAMSEY-ISLE-OF-MAN" UDC. Scarce group. (3 covers). [All ex Champness.] | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1302 | RARE "CASTLETOWN-ISLE-OF-LAN" UDC COVERS (BLACK + BLUE); 1844/50 pair of 1d Pink envs. (latter with toning and tear) cancelled by "407" numerals having very fine black & partly very fine blue strikes of this rare serif UDC on their side-flaps. Seldom seen. Plus a print of the harbour. (2 covers). [Ex Champness.] PHOTO | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1303 | INTERNAL COVER WITH RARE "PORT-ST-MARY" UNDATED CIRCLE; 3 Sep. 1853 E to Douglas with fine 4m 1d Red tied by unclear "407" numeral, having a mostly very fine red "PORT-ST-MARY" UDC on the reverse, slightly across the join. Very rare; few examples known. [Ex Champness.] PHOTO | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1304 | THE RARE DOUGLAS "UNION-MILLS" UDC ON COVER TO ENGLAND VIA LIVERPOOL; 26 Oct. 1858 env. (some staining mostly on front) to Leicester franked by 1d Red "stars" just tied by a v. fine Liverpool "466" numeral, having a very fine "UNION-MILLS" UDC on the flap. Rare example of an I.O.M. village mark used on mail sorted and cancelled at Liverpool. PHOTO | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1305 | RARE SMALL "SHORE-RD." UDC ON DOUGLAS SIDEWAYS DUPLEX COVER; 5 Sep. 1859 envv. to London franked by 1d Red "stars" tieed by very fine Douglas "ISLE OF MAN/407" Sidewats Duplex, having a very fine (though slightly overstruck) small blue-black "SHORE-RD." UDC (Onchan, Douglas) nicely placed on the side-flap. Attractive and rare thus. [Ex Champness.] PHOTO | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRISH POSTAL HISTORY - PRE 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1306 | SCROLL-TYPE "POST PAID" ON 1834 BANKING LETTER TO COLERAINE: 1834 EL with banking contents from Belfast to Coleraine, rated "4" in red m/s and showing an Exhibition quality strike of the elaborate scroll-type "POST PAID" and with undated Ballymoney double-arc on reverse. Fine & rare. PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1307 | RARE DUBLIN "186-186-186" ROLLER CANCEL ON 1d REDS + STAMPLESS COVERS TO GIBRALTAR/U.S.; Rare off-cover Strip of Four 1d Red "stars" cancelled by mostly very fine "186-186-186" Roller-cancel (few examples known, even on loose stamps; extremely rare on covers); plus 1840/50 pair of prepaid stampless EL's from Derry/Spike Island (Co. Cork) to New York and Gibraltar, both at the 1/- rate - the 1840 cover with very fine red boxed "PAID AT/DERRY" (crease). Rare trio. (3 items). PHOTO | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 1308 | 1/- RATE COVER TO THE U.S.A.: 1859 env. ex Banbridge to South Pittsburgh bearing a strip of 2d blues (all cut into to some degree but the overall impression is reasonable) and with red "5/CENTS" mark beneath. Also an 1848 EL from Cape of Good to London with black "GENERAL POST OFFICE/(Crown)/CAPE TOWN" & various m/s endorsements. (2). PHOTO - see plate no. | £150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1309 | RAILWAYS - DUBLIN & QUEENSTOWN T.P.O.: 1896 E from the US Consulate at Queenstown (eagle emblem on flap) to the House of Representatives, Washington, franked by QV ‡d orange (5) cancelled by 4 fine strikes of the DUBLIN & QUEENSTOWN/T.P.O./2 skeleton d.s.; one or two surface marks but an unusual item. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRELAND - SPOON CANCELS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1310 | BELFAST: The small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by various Belfast Spoon cancellations comprising types RA10, 11(6 - one on 1d pink envelope), 12 (3) & 13 (3). A useful group, one of which bears two 1d adhesives and another of which is additionally cancelled by "616" numeral cancel in transit. (13). | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1311 | CORK: 1856 trio of envelopes to various destinations, each bearing 1d red adhesive tied by type RA18 "E" code English-type Spoon cancellations of Cork. (3). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1312 | DERRY: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by various Spoon cancellations of Derry - namely types RA22 (English-type) x 4 & RA23 (Irish type) x 1. (5). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1313 | DROGHEDA: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by RA25 (Irish-type) Spoon cancellations of Drogheda (various codes). Condition mixed. (8). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1314 | LIMERICK: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by English-type (RA38) x 2 & Irish type (RA39) x 2 Spoon cancellations. A useful quartet. (4). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1315 | MULLINGAR: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by Irish-type Spoon cancellations of Mullingar (Code "A" x 3, "B" & "C"). A good group. (5). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1316 | WATERFORD: Trio of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by Irish-type Spoon cancellations of Waterford (Codes "C", "D" & "F"). One is additionally cancelled by "45" numeral in transit. (3). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1317 | MISCELLANY of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by various Spoon cancellations inc. Ballinasole, Clonmel, Newry, Tullamore (2) & Werstport. A good little group. (8). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IRELAND - DUBLIN DIAMOND SPOON CANCELS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1318 | MISCELLANY: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by various (all different) Dublin Diamond Spoon cancellations. Hand-picked strikes, all fine to very fine. (14). | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1319 | A similar (but smaller) group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by different types of Dublin Diamond Spoon cancellation. (8). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1320 | A further group of covers bearing 1d reds tied by different types of Dublin Diamond Spoon cancellations. (7). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1321 | CODES 1-7: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by Codes 1-7 Dublin Diamond Spoon cancellations. (8). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1322 | CODE "5" TYPES; Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by Code "5" type Dublin Diamond Spoon cancellations. (9). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1323 | CODE "8" TYPES: Small group of covers bearing 1d red adhesives tied by Code "8" Dublin Diamond Spoon cancellations inc. seven "PAID REMOVED" types. (10 plus large piece of 1d pink postal stationery envelope with stamp removed). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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