| 3120 | ROLLER CANCELLATIONS; Trio of 1867 5/- Rose Pl.1 (Spec. J121 Cat. £550) two are cancelled with 3 Bar Horizontal single roller Parmenter Type X the other with the scarcer 4 bar vertical Oval single roller Type L. Scarce and fine trio. PHOTO - see plate no. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3121 | 1d & 2d MORE TO PAY; Pair of blue envs. 1876 to Ormskirk with tied 1d red and below a v.fine circular "OVER OZ/d1/MORE (D) TO PAY" with ms. "1" inserted plus 1870 Newcastle to Liverpool franked with pair 1d reds with fine "OVER ½ OZ/2d/B/MORE TO PAY" with ½ amended in ms. to "one". Fine and scarce pair. | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3122 | POSTAGE DUES ON INCOMING OVERSEAS MAILS; 1879-1914 Selection of PPC, env. etc. inc. 1879 2f. PS card Budapest to Liverpool with large "T", blue ms. "7½" and "1½" hs.; 1896/7 pair env. USA to Birkenhead/Liverpool both with two circle "T/CENTIMES/15" and "3d" h.s.; 1914 PPC New York to Carlisle franked with tied 1c green with double circle "T/NY/CENTIMES/10", circled "1d/466" and 1d red postage due adhesive; PPC with "3d/466, variety of "2d" due hs., "Liable to Letter Rate" etc. Wide selection of marks. (28 items). | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3123 | THE OVERHEAD RAILWAY AND THE 1913 EXHIBITION; Small collection inc. 1882, 1892, 1888 & 1911 Liverpool Overhead Railway Acts plus a 1895 Share certificate and two oversized PPC Proofs of the railway, etc. 1913 Exhibition ephemera inc. an embroidered hanky with flowers & "Liverpool/Exhibition/T.S.", a Wine List, a pair of advertising labels and PPC's of the General View, Music Court etc. Good selection. (Small qty.). | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3124 | LANDING STAGE LIVERPOOL; 1955 (22 June) registered env. locally used franked with 4d ultramrine, 3x1d blue & 3x½d orange all tied by five v.fine strikes of the scarce "LANDING STAGE B.O./LIVERPOOL" d.s., used on reportedly the last day of use plus the Certificate of Posting and two adhesives with part strikes of the same d.s. Scarce. Photo | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3125 | ATTLEBOROUGH: 1840 (22 May) EL from 'Hingham' to the Bishop's Registry in Norwich with a 2d blue plate 1 CK on the cover cancelled by a red MC with a mainly very fine "Hingham/Penny Post" at the top left and a mainly very fine "ATTLEBOROUGH" UDC at the bottom left all on the front. Also 1840 (15 Oct.) EL (faults) used within London franked with a 1d black plate 5 FH tied by an experimental black MC. (2 covers). Photo | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOMERSET | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3126 | CREWKERNE AND ILMINSTER - 5th CLAUSE POSTS: 1829 & 1835 Pair of E's to Wells and Braintree respectively each bearing a mostly very fine but creased boxed "Crewkerne/5"Cl·Post" on the flap plus a boxed "No.3" mark and Oct., 1839 EL to Chard from 'Hinton' with an almost very fine boxed "Ilminster/5"Cl Post" across the join alongside a very fine boxed "No.3" mark. A scarce matching trio. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3127 | SHEPTON MALLET - 5th CLAUSE POST - DIFFERENT TYPES ON COVERS: Two 1824/5 ELs with mainly very fine strikes of the smaller boxed 'Sheptn Mallet/5" Clause Post' both struck as incoming marks, one (slightly across join) redirected with good scarce boxed 'Castle Cary/Py Post' alongside and c.1827 EL (unusual double red wax seal) bearing very fine large boxed 'SHEPTN MALLET/5th. Clause Post.' across join. A good matching trio. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3128 | WINCANTON: 1833/5 Pair of ELs addressed to Sherborne bearing boxed 'No. 1' & 'No. 2' Receiving House marks and very fine strikes of the framed (just across the join) and unframed 'Wincanton/5" Cl:Post' marks respectively. A good matching pair. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3129 | BRIGHTON - VERY RARE FOUR LINE "BRIGHT/HELM/STONE/SHIP LRE": Mar./Jul., 1795 EL from Boston, U.S.A. to London and thence redirected to St. Mawes (Cornwall) with a very fine (and exceptionally so for this mark) four line "BRIGHT/HELM/STONE/SHIP LRE" well placed on the front. One of the finest recorded examples of this mark and even better than the example in the 'Martlet' collection (Cavendish; Sept., 2001). Photo | £300 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3130 | BRIGHTON - THREE DIFFERENT SHIP LETTER MARKS: 1830/5 Pair of Es from Cuba & U.S.A. (?) with mostly very fine downward (vertical crease) and upward respectively step-type marks plus attractive 1847 E sent 'P. West Lothian' with very fine slanting "SHIP LETTER/BRIGHTON" well placed on the front. A good trio. | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3131 | BRIGHTON - 1d BLACK COVERS WITH RED MALTESE CROSSES: 1 & 27 Sept., 1840 EL and env. (latter stained) respectively both addressed to London franked with plate 7 RE (four good to wide margins) and plate 2 FB (four margins - just - with 1986 R.P.S.L. certificate) cancelled or tied by light red MCs of Brighton. (2 covers). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3132 | EASTBOURNE: 1836 Part E to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missions, London re churches in Hobart, Launceston & Longford endorsed "Per Jane Broudie" with a good strike of the boxed "INDIA LETTER?EASTBOURNE" on reverse. Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3133 | AMBLESIDE: 1840 (11 July0 part EL from Ambleside to Blackburn bearing 1d plate 2, PB cancelled with a red MC. The adhesive shows both letter squares re-cut (top of "P" is rather faint whilst the bottom of the "B" square is double). Scarce thus. Photo | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3134 | MISCELLANY of E/EL's, etc. inc. E with first-type Ramsbury mileage in conjunction with two-line "HUNGER/FORD", c1820 E with "DEVIZES/Penny Post" in conjunction with "NEWBURY/Penny Post", 1840 (July) opened out env. to Clapham bearing defective 1d black and with s/l "RAMSBURY" across the falp on the reverse, large part E with sacrce s/l "ALDBOURN", UDC's of Bedwin & Ramsbury, a range of adhesives (QV to QEII) with Aldbourne & Ramsbury cancellations, etc. (Small Qty.). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3135 | HULL: 1800/04 Group of Es/ELs inc. 1800 (3 July) EL to London bearing scarce 'Packet' type early d.s., two further examples of the same on 1801 ELs to Rochdale & York, 1802 (10 March) EL to London with rare 'Packet' type d.s. but this time with mileage above and 1802 (23 May) E to Wakefield with a further strike of the same mark. (11 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3136 | YORK: 1762-1809 Es & ELs with s/l "YORK" marks inc. 25mm. x 6mm. on 1778 EL also having m/s '2¼ oz' and '2N3' charge, 1762/5 pair bearing different h.s's. and 1800 long EL (faults) from Sheriff Hutton posted in York for a local address with m/s endorsement 'To be forwarded from the York Office with care & despatch'. Sundry faults but an interesting group. (15 covers). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3137 | VERY RARE P.O. 'FROM GUERNSEY' MARKING IN MANUSCRIPT ON COVER TO IRELAND: 11 Dec., 1799 EL (reinforced somewhat at top just clear of marks) from 'Guernsey' to Dublin (charged '9' and then '10') having a partly fine concave "WEYMOUTH" on the front beside a bold P.O. 'from Guernsey' endorsement of which we have recorded only one other example. The better known (but also rare) handstruck version of this routing mark was recorded only from 1810 to 1837. This is one of the rarest of all Channel Islands prestamp marks and on a par with the rarest Jersey/Guernsey Ship Letters. The contents (from a British Army Officer with the Channel Isles 'Defence Force') are also interesting re. the threatened French invasion; "...we had the whole island to ourselves for near three weeks, but have now plenty of troops; 4,000 Russians and two other Regts...." Important exhibition item. Photo | £1200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3138 | COVER MISCELLANY c1670-1870: Interesting group of covers with marks inc. fine s/l 'TURRIFF' (1749), various penny posts (5), m/s 'missent' inc. (1814) 'Mifsent to Stromness' and another from Galashiels, 1828-30 correspondence to General Lord Blantyre at Brussels & Tower of London, 1668 EL to Earl of Lauderdale, 1792 Perth Riots letter, EL referring to enclosed half banknote (1818) etc. (27 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3139 | COVER MISCELLANY c1770-1870: Interesting group of covers inc. fine 'STAGEHALL' (1777), boxed & s/l town marks with Glasgow penny post (2 different), s/l 'LOCHALSH' (1835), Melrose handstruck '1', imperf 1d red block of 4 ex Lochcarron (1845), Greenock MC, 'G(crown)R' inspector's mark (1830), OHMS EL ex Edinburgh GPO with fine blue crowned PAID ds plus other PO items etc. Good lot. (21 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3140 | MISCELLANY: Quantity of covers c1780s-1870s with variety of town marks, Bishop Marks, 1d red frankings, handstruck '1' marks, penny posts, duplexes, various 'PAID' h.s. etc. Inspection essential. (Qty) | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3141 | ADDITIONAL ½d MARKS: Group of stampless covers with various ½d marks inc. some early (1813) examples and with rare 1831 OHMS PO EL (minor faults) ref. payment of tolls for PO coaches; good variety of marks. (27 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3142 | NEW BRUNSWICK MAILS - 6d./8d.1/- RATES; 1860-66 Group of EL (filing creases and minor faults) to Miramichi, New Brunswick inc. 1864 EL from Ayr franked with 4d. orange (faults) and 2d. blue Pl.9 with red "PAID/DERRY/(date)/(COL) PACKET" h.s. (Tab.P1);1860-2 pair of EL from Glasgow each franked with 6d. lilac (SG.69); 1864 EL from Glasgow franked with 6d. lilac (SG.83) and 2d. blue; 1866 EL from Glasgow franked with 1/- green Pl.4 etc. Fine selection. (7 covers). | £140 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3143 | EARLY T.P.O. 'STAR', PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS, 1870's OVERSEAS MAIL etc.: 1847-c.1910 Group inc. rare Bangor & Leeds T.P.O. "B&L" star mark (few known), c.1847/55 pair of unused Pictorial letter sheets of 'Carnarvon' & 'Bettws y Coed', Oct. 1875 group of 3 envs. & 5 fronts to Italy/France with varied 2½d frankings ex Llangollen & Llandudno and c.1910 pretty coloured printed advertising parcel tag (Cardiff paint merchant). [12 items]. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3144 | WREXHAM: Group of covers, two with insolvency connections namely 1881 registered printed Bankruptcy Act notice addressed to Llangollen franked with ½d green & 2d red adhesives to pay the 2½d registered printed matter rate & further 1881 Bankruptcy Act notice again addressed to Llangollen but this time bearing only a ½d green adhesive and fine squared circle cancellations of Wrexham one cancelling a 1d lilac optd. "I.R./OFFICIAL" on cover. Also a small selection of postal service related ephemera some of it with postal order interest. (9 items). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3145 | MISCELLANY: Scarce group of covers inc. OHMS Irish frees with (1827) 'Fisheries of Ireland' cover ex Letterkenny with v.fine square FREE and two Office of Works items 1832-7 with shield & circle types; two fine boxed blue 'PAID AT'GALWAY' (1846-9) and Drogheda '2' (1846). (6 items). | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3146 | BELFAST - SPOON CANCELLATIONS: Pair of 1855 ELs each bearing a 1d red cancelled by English type Spoon cancellations, 1859 (7 Aug.) env. franked with 2d blue tied by superb Irish type Spoon cancellation (with double bars to left of "62") and four pieces having 1d reds tied by various English & Irish Spoons. (7 items). | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3147 | CORK: 1840 (7 Aug.) EL from Galway & Co. of Cork franked with a 1d black NC (the 'C' being high to the left and with a break in the side line of the top right square) tied by a red MC with fine Cork d.s. on the top flap and Dublin double lined square arrival mark in red on the back. Various creases one of which just touches the adhesive. Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3148 | NEW BRUNSWICK MAILS; 1865 EL Dublin to Miramichi, New Brunswick franked with strip of six 1d. red, TA-TF, Pl. 90 (filing crease through TC) tied by Dublin duplex plus 1863 EL Belfast to Miramichi franked with 6d. lilac (SG.83) tied by Belfast duplex. Scarce pair. Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3149 | 1916 UPRISING - RARE O.H.M.S. COVER WITH "FORAGE DEPT./DUBLIN" CACHET; 10 June 1916 long "O.H.M.S./WAR OFFICE" env. (corner fault barely detracts) to "Bow Granary, Stratford" having a mostly very fine purple double-oval "'S' COY., FORAGE DEPT./DUBLIN" cachet on the front. Rare military cover from the Occupation Period. Photo | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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