1441 FIRST DAY COVERS - 1994 Fiftieth Anniversary of the D-Day Landings: A remarkable accumulation of covers issued on behalf of the Army Benevolent Fund commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings. Fourteen are signed by seven Field Marshals, thirteen are signed by six members of the Army Board and a number of others have been signed by General Sir Brian Kenney. A variety of commemorative postmarks of the various Beaches at which the Landings were undertaken (Gold, Juno, Sword & Utah) in June 1944. (Approx. 90 covers). £180
1442 FIRST DAY COVERS: Seven binders containing an interesting collection of covers emanating from the year 2000, practically all featuring definitive issues inc. booklet panes. A good selection of Cotswold types noted. (Approx. 350). £400
1443 FIRST DAY COVERS: Six cartons with the extensive collection of First Day covers issued in the year 2001 housed in 28 binders. A magnificent collection with many of the covers being Cotswold (c500) or other "specials" with a few signed types in evidence. Topics covered include Buses, Flags & Ensigns (a good number of min. sheets noted), Nobel Prize Winners, Punch & Judy and Submarines (a good number of min. sheets noted), etc. A very comprehensive lot. (Approx. 1,600). £1200
1444 FIRST DAY COVERS all bearing complete panes of self-adhesive N.V.I. 1st class 'Punch and Judy' stamps (2) + bright orange-red definitives (4) [SG. Concise PM3] and all with special/relevant cancellations of Blackpool (6 different), Brighton, Covent Garden (5 different), Eastbourne, Margate & Scarborough. (26 covers). £100
1445 FIRST DAY COVERS AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS: 1968-78 The selection of FDC's (50+) with a good proportion bearing booklet panes, a group of booklet related GPO notices and publicity photos. Also 1992 and 1993 Mauritius year packs etc. (Qty.). £120
1446 PRESENTATION PACKS: Carton with the collection of packs housed in various albums & loose. The collection commences with the 1964 Shakespeare set & continues into the early 21st Century. The Face value of the decimal stamps is around £240. (Qty.). £240
1447 PRESENTATION PACKS in seven special albums containing unmounted mint decimal stamps, chiefly commemoratives but a few miniature sheets, definitives & 'country' stamps and the odd 'Prestige' & 'Greetings' booklet, sometimes with a spare set or miniature sheet loose in the relevant pack, with a combined face value of £392.78. (Several 100's). £320
1448 PRESENTATION PACKS, all in pristine condition, containing low value definitives, one booklet of experimental self-adhesive N.V.I. 1st class stamps, numerous commemoratives, 'Greetings' stamps and a couple of miniature sheets. Face value £138.35. (83 packs). £120
1449 PRESENTATION PACKS containing unmounted mint decimal commemoratives, high values and experimental self-adhesive N.V.I. 1st class stamps all housed in a cover album. Also one 'Prestige' booklet, three miniature sheets, a few unmounted mint high values and unmounted mint decimal Machins, 'country' stamps & commemorative sets on Hagner leaves. Face value £68.81. £60
1450 ROYAL EVENTS: Four cartons containing the extensive collection of covers (plus a few off-cover adhesives) featuring various Royal Events 1970's-1990's). Some more unusual items noted. (400+ covers & a quantity of adhesives). £75
1451 SMILERS' SHEETS: Pair of 2000 Smilers' sheets comprising 19p Christmas robin and N.V.I. 1st Father Christmas unmounted mint but a few minor bends. (2 sheets). £150
1452 SMILERS' SHEETS comprising Stamp Show 2000 (SG.LS1), Occasions 2001 (LS4), Smiles 2001 (LS5), Greetings Cartoons 2001 (LS6), Occasions 2002 (LS7), World Cup 2002 (LS8), Flower Paintings (LS11) and Occasions 2003 (LS12). Very minor faults on a couple of sheets. Cat. £465. (8 sheets). £120
PHQ CARDS
1453 SIX SPECIAL S.G. ALBUMS, five and three quarters of which are replete with PHQ cards to 2002, mainly depicting commemorative stamps but with a few 'Greetings' types and the odd high value to £3, mostly with hand-written addresses and the relevant stamp (chiefly depicting commemoratives but also 'Greetings' types, the odd definitive and high value) on the address side, mostly cancelled with Harrow or Uxbridge F.D.I. d.s's. but latterly with special or relevant cancellations. Also a few FDCs, pre-decimal presentation packs etc. (Approx. 900). £100
REGIONALS
1454 FIRST DAY & SPECIAL COVERS in three albums inc. 'Cotswold' and limited edition 'Pilgrim' covers each bearing a complete set of the 2001 version of (a) English 'country' stamps all with special/relevant cancellations of Bishopswood (Stafford), Buckingham Palace Road (3 different and three covers bearing identical cancellations for 21st April, 2001, i.e. two days before the official release date on St. George's Day), various other London cancellations, Dover, Lancaster, Stratford-upon-Avon (2 different) & Windsor (5 different) and (b) Northern Irish 'country' stamps similarly cancelled inc. Belleek, Bushmills, Giant's Causeway, Lisburn & Newcastle. Also various 29th January, 2001 FDCs bearing the first ever self-adhesive Royal Mail commemorative label (depicting Queen Victoria) + (except in one case) six bright orange-red self-adhesive N.V.I. 1st definitives (with special/relevant cancellations of East Cowes (Isle of Wight - 3 different), London (various) & Windsor (2 different). [154 covers]. £120
BOOKLETS AND BOOKLET PANES
1455 1924 2/- edition 129 containing all panes with inverted watermarks and "KEITH PROWSE" advertisement. Some perforations are trimmed at foot. A scarce booklet. Spec. BB 12Photo £200
1456 QEII PRE-DECIMAL BOOKLETS comprising (a) 2/- SG.N28p, N32p, NP27, NP29, NP33 & NX1, (b) 2/6d SG.A.F1 & E.F58, (c) 3/-.SG.A.L1 x 2, A.M1, (d) 4/6d SG.L70p, L71p x 2, LP45, LP46 x 4, LP47 x 2, LP48, LP49, LP50, LP51, LP52, LP53, LP54, LP55 x 3, LP56, LP57 x 2, LP58 & 59 and (e) 5/- SG.A.H2, H29, H46, H65p & H42. The odd fault here and there but mainly fine with above average perforations. Cat. £431.95. (41 booklets). £120
1457 1952-72 Selection comprising 1952 5/- (Spec.M1, some trimmed perfs. at top), 1952 (July) 5/- with 1d postal rates 15mm high (Spec. M2) and 1953 (Sept.) 2/6d (Spec.F6) plus 1972 £1 Wedgwood essay of the cover & history without stamps or value & a normal example of same with stamps removed. (5). £100
1458 1968-74 Selection with N31p, L70p, N32p (8), L71, NP27 (3), LP45, QP36, XP5, QP38, NP28 (7), LP46, NP29, QP40, QP41, XP5, Np30 (3), XP6 (2), LP47 (2), QP42 (2), QP43, NP32 (30), LP48 (2), HP26 & QP44DN64, DN65 (3), DN66 (5), DN67 (6), DN68 (3), DN69, DN70 (7), DN71 (5), DN72 (3), DN73 (7), DN74 (11), DP2 , DP3 (5), DQ73 (8), DQ74 (3), DS1 (3), DS2 (2), DS2a (3), DT14 (2)m DW1 (3), FA1 (14). Also 1995-97 FB73, FH37, HA10, HA12 (3), HB8, HB9, HB10 (2), HB11, HB12 (3), HB13, HC17 HC18,HD21,HD22,HD25, HD27, HD28, HD41, HD43 & HF1. A few with cylinder numbers. Fine. Face Value £64 ## £100
1459 1969 & 1970 The selection with NP33(6), 34 (3), 35 (2), 36 (2), 37 (3), 38 (2), 39, 40,41 (2), 42 (2), 43 (2), 44 (3), 45 (3), LP49 (2), 50 (2), 51, 52, 53 (2), 54 (2), 55, 57, 58, (2), 59. HP 27 (2), 28 (2), 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (2), 34, 35, 36 (2), 37 (2), 38. QP 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 51, 52 (2), 53, 54 & 55. XP 7 (2), 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12. Also £1 Stamps for Cooks (4). £75
1460 1971-72 The selection with DH 39 (4), 40 (4), 41 (3), 42 (7, inc. two with tear off blind), 43, 44, 45, 47 (2), 48 (3), 49 (2). 50 (3). DN 46 (3), 47, 48 (4), 49 (4), 50 (7), 51 (3), 53 (4), 54 (3), 55 (2), 56 (6), 57 (2). DQ 56 (2), 57, 58 (2), 59, 60 (2), 61, 62 (2, inc. one "AR AGE 54"), 63, 64 (3), 65 (2), 66 & 67 (2). DT 1 (2), 2 (2), 3, 4 (3), 5, 6 (2), 7 & 8 (2). Wedgwood £1 (4). A fine lot. Face value £26.17. ## £100
1461 1973 The selection with DH 51, 52, (2, inc. one missing N in LONDON) DN58, 59, 60, 61 (4), 62 (6) 63 (2). DP1 (3), DT 9, 10 (2), 11, 12 (5), 13 (3). DQ 69 (2), 70, 71 (2, inc. one with cylinder number), 72 (6) and 72a (2, inc. one with cylinder number). Mostly fine. £75
1462 1974 Canada Life 35p x 5 inc. three with labels at top., 1977 90p selvedge at left x 21 inc. cylinder 24 (11) & 24 dot (9) and selvedge at right x 2 and 1990 (Feb) 10 st class sealed smiles packs (Spec KX1). A fine lot. £100
1463 1977 (13 June) 70p selvedge at left x 19 inc. four with miscut panes, triangles (4) and cylinder numbers 11 (7) and 11 dot (3), selvedge at right x 30 inc. sixteen miscuts, nine with triangles and a few with arrows. Face £34 ##. £80
1464 1977 20p. A specialised selection with selvedge at left (45 inc. cylinder 11 dot x14, two of which have black bars and 11 no dot x 26) and selvedge at right (11 inc. 8 miscuts of various types). Face value £39.20 ## £75
1465 1978 70 Horse-shoeing left selvedge 70p x 25 inc one with miscut arrow, cylinder 11 (2) and 11 dot (17). Mostly fine. Face £17.50 ## £100
1466 1978 90p Canals, the specialised study with Grand Union FG2A (8, inc. examples with printers arrows, triangles and cylinder numbers), FG2B (11, inc. examples with printers triangles and arrows), Llangollen FG3A (22, inc. two with printers triangles & fifteen with cylinder numbers), Kennet & Avon FG4A (8 with cylinder numbers) and FG4B (3, inc. examples with printers triangles and arrow). A fine lot. Face Value £46. ## £100
1467 1978 The selection with FA4 (23), 5 (16), 6 (37), 7 (17 inc. two with black bar on covers and two with deeper cover shade),FB3A (5, inc. one with yellow dry printing),FB3B (5, inc. one yellow dry printing),FB4A (3),FB5B (2), FB6A (2), FB6B, FD3B (2), FD4B (2), FD5A (8, inc examples with cylinder numbers) FD5B (2) and FG5A (13, inc. examples with cylinder numbers). A fine lot. Face Value £57. (100+) ## £80
1468 1979-92 The selection of Christmas booklets with 1979 £1 80p x 23 inc. one miscut, and sixteen with cylinder numbers, 1980 £2 20p x 5 inc two with cylinder numbers, 1982 £2 50p x 6 inc. two with cylinder numbers, 1983 £2 20p x 7. 1984 £2 30p x 8 inc one with cylinder number 1990 £3 40p Snowman x 5 inc. one with cylinder number. 1991 £3 60p x 3 inc. one with cylinder number and 1992 £3 60p x 3 with cylinder numbers. A fine lot. £130
1469 1979 The duplicated selection with FA8 (34, inc. two miscuts), FA9 (63), FA10 (80 inc. one miscut), FB7A (2), FB7B, FB8A (2), FB8B (6), FB9A (19), FB9B (21),FB10A (4), FB10B (5),FD6A (6, all with cylinder numbers), FD6B (4, inc. two with printers arrows), FD8A (4, inc. two with cylinder numbers), FD8B (2, inc. one with arrow), FE1A (30 inc. some with cylinder numbers, two with printers triangles) and FE1B (5). Face Value £ 85. Mostly Fine £120
1470 1979 Kedleston Hall 70p with selvedge at left (12, inc. three with printers triangles, three with arrows and three with cylinder numbers), selvedge at right (8, inc. two with printers triangles). 1979 Crich 90p with left selvedge (15, inc. four with printers triangles, two with arrows and three with cylinder numbers) and selvedge at right (9, inc. two with printers triangles). Fine. face Value £35. ## £100
1471 1979 Regents Canal 70p, a small study with selvedge at left (10, six with cylinder numbers, one with printers triangle) & one with selvedge at right. Leeds & Liverpool Canal 90p selvedge at left (24, all except one with cylinder number) and one with selvedge at right. Fine. Face value £29. ## £70
1472 1989 56p & 76p. Five examples of each with round tabs. GB4/GD4. Face value £6.10 (10). ## £60
1473 PRESTIGE BOOKLETS:1980-98 The collection of prestige booklets with 1980 Wedgwood £1 x 3, 1982 SG £4 x 4, 1983 Royal Mint £4 x 3, 1984 £4 Christian Heritage £4 x 4. 1985 Times £5 x 3, 1986 British Rail £5 x 3, 1987 P & O £5 x 3 one with "HAFNIA" overprint 1988 Financial times £5 x 4. 1989 Scots Connection £5 x 2, 1990 london Life £5 x 2, 1991 Agatha Christie £6 x 2, 1992 wales £6 x 2, 1992 Tolkein £6 x 3. 1993 Potter £6 and 1998 Wilding £7.49.A fine lot Face £197 ##. £180
1474 PRESTIGE BOOKLETS issued between 1969 & 2002 in two special printed albums with purpose made 'pockets' for each booklet; all apparently intact and only slight duplication. Also one miniature sheet in a special folder. Face value £168.34. (31 booklets + 1 m/s). ## £150
POSTAL FISCALS
1475 1860 (June) 1d reddish lilac mounted mint. SG.L110, Cat. £325. £75
1476 1860 1d lilac mint block of six, pair & single; 1853 Receipt 1d blue mint, 1855 1d draft stamp mint, 1867 1d purple mint block of 4, 1876 1d Die 2 imprimatur, 1878 1d Die 4 mint block of 6 & 1867 6d lilac mint. Also 1d black proof of the Foreign Bill stamp & 1d Life Policy unused. (Small Qty.). £100
CHANNEL ISLANDS STAMP COLLECTIONS
1477 TWO ALBUMS containing mint and used collections of GUERNSEY (1958-84), JERSEY (1941-84) & ISLE OF MAN (1958-1984) with in each case a few 'regional' stamps and then good ranges of postally independent issues with values to £5, postage due labels, the odd miniature sheet and sheetlet etc. (Several 100's). £75
1478 TWO STOCKBOOKS with the unmounted mint ranges of Guernsey & Jersey. Largely 21st Century issues with a face value over £170. (Small Qty.). £120
1479 ALBUM with the mint & used early to modern collection with sundry WWII period items inc. three GB 2d orange bisects on cover/card, useful ranges of definitives, better early commems. and postage due sets, etc. A clean lot. (Few 100's). £120
GUERNSEY STAMPS
1480 CARTON containing a stockbook and two boxed cover albums with (a) an unmounted mint and very substantially complete collection of GUERNSEY 1971-1990 with a good range of interpanneau pairs inc. values to £5, a few sheetlets & miniature sheets plus postage due labels, five postal stationery aerogrammes, forty-two presentation packs and ten booklets/sachets, (b) unmounted mint ALDERNEY apparently complete 1983-1990 (SG.A1-46) apart from four definitive values (SG.A12b., c., d. & e.), (c) GUERNSEY FDCs apparently complete 1969-1981 except for a few 1971/3 definitives and (d) sundry FDCs bearing Guernsey adhesives but used in ALDERNEY, HERM and SARK. (Several 100's of stamps + scores of covers). £120
1481 STOCKBOOK with the extensive collection of predominantly unmounted mint issues to 2001. Total Face value is in the region of £260. (Few 100's). £180
1482 ALBUM with the predominantly mint collection of Guernsey & Alderney including a few better earlier sets and some £187 worth of mint decimal Face value. (Few 100's). £90
1483 ALBUM containing printed leaves with an extensive collection of used or c.t.o. stamps from a good group of Wartime issues inc. paper varieties and many shades through to 1994 inc. definitives (with 1970 perfs. & values to £5), commemoratives, miniature sheets, sheetlets, postage due labels and lots of thematic interest inc. birds, cars, flowers, paintings & ships. Cat. £389. (Several 100's). £75
1484 ALDERNEY: Stockbook containing a largely complete unmounted mint collection in pristine condition between SG.A 1 in 1983 and 2003 inc. miniature sheets plus an interesting article from 'Stamp Magazine' about Alderney. (Approx. 200). £75
JERSEY STAMPS
1485 ALBUM containing mainly printed leaves with a very extensive collection of used/c.t.o. stamps from Wartime issues through to 1999 inc. definitives with values to £5, commemoratives, miniature sheets (one of which is mint), postage due labels and much thematic interest throughout such as aircraft, birds, butterflies, cats, flowers, mushrooms, ships and vintage cars. The odd fault here and there but mostly fine and Cat. well over £500 (Several 100's). £90
1486 STOCKBOOK containing a very extensive mainly unmounted mint collection starting with Wartime issues, continuing with G.B. 'regional' stamps and concluding with a huge selection of postally independent issues between 1969 & 1999 inc. values to £5, miniature sheets, a few sheetlets & booklet panes, many postage due labels and masses of thematic interest inc. aircraft, birds, ships and vintage cards. Also an interesting article from 'Stamp Magazine'. Slight duplication in places but face value of decimal issues alone = £256.41. (Several 100's). £160
ISLE OF MAN STAMPS
1487 CARTON containing three stockbooks with an extensive mint (chiefly unmounted) collection starting with a few regional stamps but the vast bulk of the value in postally independent issues with definitives (inc. values to £5) & commemoratives (duplication in parts with up to ten of each) inc. singles, pairs, strips, blocks of four (inc. plate and/or 'traffic lights'), interpanneau blocks, miniature sheets (up to seven of each), postage due labels and much of thematic interest inc. dogs & ships. Face value £332.78. (Several 100's). £180
1488 TWO STOCKBOOKS with the extensive collection to 2003 including much unmounted mint. The face value of same is around the £300 mark. (Few 100's). £200
1489 ALBUM with the largely mint collection, the Face value of the decimal issues being £106. (Few 100's). £60
G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS
1490 MISCELLANY: Two cartons containing an extensive accumulation of covers, PPCs etc. inc. Edwardian advertising stationery (nice Crosse & Blackwell ½d wrapper noted), substantial collection on leaves of Royal portrait stamps, modern Cambridge material, shoebox of vintage PPCs etc. (Large qty) £120
1491 MISCELLANY of mainly QEII covers with some Scottish interest inc. 1954 "F" size 8½d registered env. to Petereborough franked with 9d to 11d used on day of issue (8 Feb 1954). 1971 Randall Postal Service covers (5). 1929 PUC ½d to 2½d pairs used on first day pieces. 1889 wrappers (7) from Edinburgh to Norway franked with ½d tied by N.P.B. c.d.s. 1971 Heinz presentation pack and a small selection of Scottish event covers. (55 items) £120
1492 MISCELLANY: 1859-1929 small selection of cover/cards inc. 1878 env. from Liverpool to N York franked with 2½d rosy-mauve plate 8 LA. 1883 (12 Feb) 2d registered env. uprated with 2½d plate 23 IK and used ti Lausanne. 1905 5c Morocco Agencies on Gibraltar wrapper used from Tangier to London. (6 items). PHOTO. £75
1493 MISCELLANY: Small carton of material with a railway bias inc. PPCs with RSO cancellations, railway telegrams & ephemera plus several interesting items inc. (1849) 'Received open and sealed/at the General Post Office', UDCs of Grampound, Docking, Hollyhampton & Withernsea (last two as a pair on 2 covers with Hull spoon cancellations) etc. Inspection recommended. (Qty). £150
1494 MISCELLANY: Nineteenth century covers etc. inc 1837 free front to Queen Adelaide with boxed Atherstone Penny Post, m/s 'over weight' and scarce boxed ABOVE WEIGHT mark, various other free fronts, 1820 EL ex Philadelphia containing bill of exchange, Liverpool handstruck '1', good circular HUNTINGDON (1838), London posts etc. (50 items). £120
1495 MISCELLANY: Useful group inc. (1940) E to Jersey with boxed 'Service suspended' h.s. plus return instruction, 1886 ½d card uprated with 1d lilac to Belgium, 1895 E to San Francisco with violet boxed "POSTED TOO LATE", 1d red Es inc. fine Liverpool 'spoon' , Guernsey squared circle d.s. on PPC's, etc. (50 items) £100
1496 MISCELLANY: Carton with various post-WWII covers inc. official mail, instructional marks, telegrams inc. Victorian examples etc. plus philatelic ephemera, vintage dealers' billheads, Parmenter 'Barred Numeral Cancellations' 1997 update etc. (Qty). £75
1497 CRIMEA/MAIL TO CAPE OF GOOD HOPE: 1854-56 env without adhesives from the Crimea "via Marseilles" to Bristol with m/s "3". and two E's franked with 1d red strips of three used to & from the Crimea , both with London numeral cancellations. Also 1884-1900 envs (3) and a parcel label to Cape of Good hope. the parcel label franked with 1887 1/- green addressed to "H.M.S. Penelope, Simons Bay, COGH. and 1884 mourning env. from Bromley to H.M.S. "Frolic", COGH. (8 items). £100
1498 FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE c1846-81: Accumulated correspondence in original envelopes with 1d red frankings or 1d pink envs. addressed to the Courthope family at Hawkhurst or Hurst Green inc. a correspondence from a son at Eton College, with range of Windsor duplex cancellations. (150+ items) £120
1499 NINETEENTH CENTURY LETTERS: Large bundle of letters (most without envelopes) with much of interest inc. (1869) letter from F.G.Brabazon Ponsonby (early cricketer) and a later item (1925) from the Sultan of Johore, also pre-19th century, items from members of the aristocracy, signatures on piece of Fritdjof Nansen, the Polar explorer, Nellie Melba, Lord Grey etc. An interesting lot. (Approx. 100) £120
1500 PRESTAMP MIXTURE INC. SCARCE NAMESTAMPS, PLUS FEW LATER; c.1700-1903 covers inc. c.1700 EL (stains etc.) from London to Market Harborough by "Towster Bag" (typed transcript), mileages, Penny Posts, scarce 1810 London octagon-framed "TO PAY/ONLY/D/2", many local London "1D-PAID" RH marks, fair "PAID AT DROGHEDA/1d", range of 18th century namestamps with near fine rare claret 1793 "NOTTINGHAM/127" 1st-Type Mileage horseshoe & fair 1793 "UXBRIDGE" serpentine, 1851 m/s "Mifsent to" beside "WESTON-SUPER-MARE" c.d.s., scarce 1903 "JURY SUMMONS" EL with KEVII 3d ex S. Petherton, etc. (139 covers). £140
1501 T.P.O. "B&L" 'STAR', RARE 1840 2d BLUE WITH IRISH 1844-TYPE NUMERAL, WELSH COVERS, ETC.; 1783-1964 newspapers, covers, etc., inc. small group of 1783-1851 newspapers (several with early Balloonist reports), group of unusual printed ephemera, rare off-cover 1840 2d Blue (near 4m) cancelled by black Irish 1844-type diamond numeral (rare thus), 1875 envs. (3) + fronts from Wales to Europe, pictorial letter-paper, etc. Weird lot! (45 items). £100
1502 TRIANGULAR SORT/INSPECTION MARKS: Substantial collection c1900-60s, of triangular handstamps and machine cancellations on covers, stamps and pieces inc. a well-presented study on leaves with telegraphic codes plus another display of missort h.s. plus extensive ranges of material in packets etc. The basis of an interesting collection! (Many 100s). £140
SPECIAL HEADING SEPTEMBER
1503 WILTS./OFFICE OF WORKS/O.H.M.S. PAID/RETURNED MAIL, ETC.; Intriguing 1818-79 collection of OHMS covers & letters relating to the mail inc. fine 1850 long env. London to Wilts. with 4m 1841 2d Blue & "METROPOLITAN POLICE" flap, similar 1857 1d Red env. ('Creswell' duplex) with "WORKS & BUILDINGS" flap, "Money Order Enquiry" double-EL used one-way by Bradford (Wilts.) Postmaster to a local address, PO letters ref. Missent mail etc. (2 signed by "F[rederick]k] Hill"), ref. Beverley (Yorks.) PO opening hours (1879), undelivered telegram to Prague (1870), UNDERPAID LETTER TO us (from Bradford Wilts. P.O., 1850), "Returned Mail" wrappers, etc. Plus small group of unrelated OHMS mail with "INSPECTORS OF FACTORIES" cachets, returned letters. early telegrams, etc. Good mostly original lot. (58 items). £150
1504 UNDATED CIRCLES - UNPLATED 1841 1d USAGES 1841 1d shades on covers with UDC's comprising Albert Place, Albertillery in blue, Epillgwently in blue, Gainsford in blue, Great Bridge x 2 in red, Longsight in red, Milk St., St Phillips x 2 and Widcombe. Also a cover franked with perforated 1d with UDC of Great Bridge. A good lot which includes some fine adhesives. (13 covers). £150
1505 1841 2d BLUE SHADES ON COVER: 1841 2d blue plate 4 GB, HF, HG, HI (2), IL, JF, KK, LA, MH-MI (soiled), NB, NB, NJ, OB, OC, OI-OP, RC (2) & plate 3 CL used on EL's. Mostly three or four margined examples.(19 covers). £120
1506 MULTIPLE 1841 1d RED FRANKINGS ON COVER: An unplated selection on covers with. twenty one bearing pairs and twenty six bearing two singles. 1852 E franked with two pairs and 1850 E franked with a vertical strip of five & a single. Some faults. (50+ covers). £120
1507 1841 2d BLUE COVERS: 1841 2d plate 4 JA with a tiny piece of inscription used on EL from London touched at lower right. LG-LJ a strip of four used on large EL from London LJ cut into at foot, others fine. RB-RE used on EL from Glasgow, cut into on two sides and other faults. (3 covers). £100
1508 UNPLATED 1841 1d REDS WITH NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS: An unplated selection of 1d reds with numeral cancellations used on covers, backstamps inc. UDC's St Phillips, straight line "GIBRALTAR St./SHEFFIELD" in red, "UNION ST" x 2, "HANDSWORTH" x 3, "BERKELEY PLACE" and "SOUTHMOAT ST". Mixed condition. Some are fine. (51 covers) £100
1509 UNPLATED SELECTION OF FOUR MARGINED IMPERFORATE !d RED SHADES ON COVERS The exceptional selection of four margined shades, mostly used on covers A few are a little stained around the adhesive but the majority are fine or better. (116 covers). £500
1510 PERFORATED 1d RED USES WITH SOME ON BLUED PAPER - CANCELLATION INTEREST:1850-78 selection of covers franked with 1d reds (some fine examples on blued paper are included) with a wide range of h.s. and cancellations inc."TOO LATE/G.P.O." UDC's (15), "TOO LATE?LONDON" duplex (2), circular framed"CR/F", "POSTED SINCE 7 LAST NIGHT" duplex of Edinburgh. large red "POSTED AFTER/Crown/7 PM" c.d.s. and "POSTED SINCE/7 30 LAST NIGHT" c.d.s. in red plus a similar example for "7". 1875 "EDINR - CARLISLE SORTING TENDER" c.d.s. Some with faults but some good strikes are included. (34 covers). £150
1511 UNPLATED SELECTION OF IMPERFORATE 1d REDS USED ON COVERS: The accumulation of mostly three margined imperforate 1d red shades used on covers. (102 covers). £140
1512 BLUE "306" NUMERAL OF FROME 1850 (10 Nov) env from Frome franked with a fine 1d LA tied by a fine "306" numeral in blue. Photo £120
1513 BLUE "306" NUMERAL OF FROME: 1850 (3 Dec) env. from Frome franked with a four margined 1d SK tied by a clear blue "306" numeral. Photo £100
1514 BLUE "306" NUMERAL OF FROME: 1850 (17 (Dec) env. from Cockey & Sons, foundry Frome bearing a four margined 1d JJ tied by a good strike of the blue "306" numeral. Photo £100
1515 BLUE NUMERAL "249" OF DEVIZES: 1851 (30 May) env. from Devizes bearing 1841 1d red brown divided pair KD-KE tied by strikes of the indigo blue "249" of Devizes. KE just touched at left, KD fine. A scarce item. SG Spec. Cat. £450+. Photo £150
1516 BLUE "306" NUMERAL OF FROME: 1851 EL from Frome franked with a very fine four margined 1d CI cancelled with a fine "506" numeral of Frome in blue. SG. Spec. B1xb Cat £450. Photo £120
1517 COVER REGISTERED FROM NEATH: 1851 (23 Aug) Vale of Neath Railway env. registered from Neath, franked with a four margined 1d imperf and 2d plate 4 strip of three BD-BF (shaved at right). A little soiled around the adhesives but attractive. Photo £120
1518 BLUE "249" NUMERAL OF DEVIZES: 1851 (10 June) env. from Devizes franked with a four margined imperforate 1d GE tied by a fine "249" numeral in blue. Photo £120
1519 BLUE "306" NUMERAL OF FROME: 1851 (30 March) env. from Frome franked with a three margined 1d red tied by a good blue "306" numeral. £100
1520 BLUE BIRMINGHAM C.D.S. CANCELLING 1d RED ON PRINTED BILL HEAD: 1852 (25 Sept) A printed Gough & Bowen account used from Birmingham franked with a three margined 1d JK tied by three strikes of the "BIRMINGHAM" c.d.s. IN BLUE. The cover is creased clear of the adhesive. Danzig records the date for this c.d.s. on 1d red as 1845 some eight years earlier than this example. SG Spec. B1vb. Cat. £2,500.Photo £600