EXHIBITIONS
881 FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION, 1908: The collection of unused & used cards in two cover albums & on album leaves. A good range of views & postmarks noted. (Approx. 100). £75
INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS
882 MISCELLANY: Box containing a large quantity of commercial mail c1890s-1990s showing a variety of instructional h.s. and annotations inc. 'GONE AWAY', 'NOT TO BE FOUND', 'DEMOLISHED', 'NO SUCH STREET IN...' etc.returned letter envelopes, early blue label 'To secure due Delivery of Letters for Lodgers...', items damaged by fire, officially sealed etc. Inspection necessary. Good lot. (Approx 200 items). £120
883 'POSTED IN PILLAR BOX':1870 Printed report of the S.E. Railway Co., originally posted under wrapper, with superb strike of the rare circular POSTED IN PILLAR BOX/DETAINED/S.E.D.O. plus two further, less clear strikes; fine strike of a rare instructional mark. £120
LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL
884 LATE MAIL - SUPERB STRIKE OF THE VERY RARE LONDON SHIP LETTER OFFICE SCROLL: 1817 EL to Bombay (text trimmed) endorsed 'P.Surat Castle' with fine strike of the INDIA SHIP LETTER/LONDON cds with superb matching strike of the rare scroll PUT IN AFTER 7 0'CLOCK/AT NIGHT; light central filing fold well away from marks. Most attractive and rare exhibition piece - only 3 or 4 examples are recorded. PHOTO. £600
PARCEL POST
885 MISCELLANY: Interesting bundle of mainly modern parcel post material inc. WWI re-used packaging ex France to 'Blighty' with 2/7d in stamps and attached OHMS env. with ARMY POST OFFICE/LONDON cds , trio of 1960s 'VERY URGENT' Es to Edgbaston Cricket Ground with 2/- Midland Red Parcels Express bus tickets, tiny parcel post label with 1923 cds of Bishop's Waltham, parcel packaging inc. customs labels, postage due stamps to £5 etc. Unusual lot. (Qty). £80
886 NOTICES OF OFFICIAL P.O. PARCEL RATES & RATE CHANGES: 1887 (Jan.) large card printed in red and black (c. 11" x 9"; some edge/corner wear) setting out tables of "POSTAL RATES" (covering letters, parcels, postal orders/stationery etc.), similar (again 1887 but May) large folded paper sheet (13½" x 12") also printed in red & black headed "FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARCEL POST." listing all rates & times of posting, 1885/6 trio of smaller black and white P.O. notices concerning reductions in rates & increases in weight/insurance cover for parcels and small 1914 P.O. notice regarding the packing of (inter alia) butter, eggs, fish, flowers, fruit, game, hat boxes, glass, liquids, meat, paint, sharp instruments & umbrellas!. A scarce group and mainly very fine. (6 items). [Ex 'Ebor' collection]. £200
PENNY POST MARKS
887 MISCELLANY: Trio of better marks on cover inc. (1846) weak 'Paid 1' of New Cross on letter re: a drowning, black 'PD1D' of Carnarvon (1847) and odd bicolour strike in red/blue of the 'YORK/1D/PAID' mark (1850). (3 items). £150
PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN
888 HAND-DRAWN/COLOURED POSTCARDS INC. POSTAL STATIONERY, ETC.; Fine 1903 pair of usages of the KEVII ½d PC's with coloured drawings of deer on their reverses, 1908 PPC with daisy created from circuitous words, 1906 drawing of a goat attacking a scarecrow, pair of cut-stamp silhouette cards, 2 different printed Ottmar Zieher cards depicting KEVII stamps from ½d to £5, similar Staerck card, 1911 PC with scarce Coronation label, two 'Language of Stamps' PC's, and 3 flowery Zeppelin Greetings PPC's. Also scarce 1909 1d+1d red KEVII P. Stat. PC's pair with Lloyds of London texts used from London (one way only). Good lot. (8 cards). £100
889 ANGLING: 1842 EL (superb marginal 1d red FL) with s/l 'Fenchurch St.' - the letter with fine ink drawing of an angler on a rural riverbank - containing a 4pp illustrated newsletter with a second ink drawing of two anglers under a tree with a poem on the same subject, grotesque smokers etc. by George Cowell of the Albion Brewery. Fine. £300
890 BALLOONING: 1842 EL to Chelmsford with decorated borders enclosing an additional 4pp of ink drawings, jokes and rhymes inc. a superb depiction of a hot-air balloon over a sunset landscape, and (on a separate page) a paddle-steamer with sea-sick passengers etc. drawn by George Cowell of the Albion Brewery, London. A wonderful addition to a ballooning collection. PHOTO. £400
891 BREWING: 1842 EL to Chelmsford with 1d red and s/l 'Fenchurch St.', the letter, which mentions having a portrait photograph taken, with fine ink drawing of a paddle-steamer coming in to port, enclosing a 4pp 'newsletter' with jokes and 'Alphabetical Oddities' inc. a fine ink drawing of a brewery mash tun with comments on brewing, a post-coach racing a railway train etc. drawn by George Cowell of the Albion Brewery, London. Fine and attractive. £300
892 LONDON TRANSPORT: 1841 4pp Letter (no postal wrapper) featuring fine ink drawings, jokes and comment by George Cowell, the front page a mass of illustration featuring two barrels, 'Albion Brewery', an out-of-control gig and a fine Shillibeer Omnibus ('Mile End') - with another 'bus - 'The Black Boy' -illustrated inside; the last page has a fine sketch of London 'Night Soil Men' carrying off a bucket of 'Odds & Ends'; occasional light toning but a superb item. PHOTO. £120
893 HOUSE OF COMMONS: 1842 EL (blotch on address panel) with 1d red and boxed Whitechapel mark to Chelmsford; decorated letter with 4pp enclosure featuring comment and ink drawings inc. tavern scene with posters relating to Corn Laws, Peel etc and hot debate going on - entitled 'The House of Commons' - with various MPs ('the Mighty Proud'), another full-page drawing of a coachload of passengers passing through an archway and an anti-Semitic sketch etc. all drawn by George Cowell of the Albion Brewery, London. Fine. PHOTO. £340
894 PEELER (POLICEMAN): 1842 EL (1d red with very oily MC) from George Cowell to his brother in Chelmsford with ink-drawn frame inc. rural scene and enclosing a 4pp illustrated news letter inc. jokes, bubble-blowing, 'June Jokes' featuring a sketch of a top-hatted 'Peeler' with a dark-lantern ("We do not fear to meet the Collarer (Cholera)") and two others on the reverse of the page. Fine. £300
895 PUNCH & JUDY: 1842 EL (light staining) to Chelmsford (1d red with MC cancellation) with ink drawing of a railway train crossing a viaduct, enclosing a 4pp illustrated newsletter drawn by George Cowell of the Albion Brewery and featuring 'Alphabetical Oddities - P' with a small ink drawing of a crowd watching a Punch & Judy show plus a joke piece on a London earthquake, strange elongated figures etc. Fine. £300
896 BRITANNIA: 1854 Small 1d Pink E ex Stamford with watercolour illustration of a strident Britannia grasping the initial letter of the address, also in watercolour: 'G.Watts, Post Office, Weymouth', with Stamford and Weymouth cds ob=n reverse. Unusual use of stationery envelope. PHOTO. £200
897 ARTIST'S APPRENTICE: 1873 1d Red cover from Twickenham to Whitehall, the address panel illustrated with a humorous ink sketch of an artist berating an errant apprentice for altering his painting, the address appears on the 'canvas' itself. Attractive. PHOTO. £180
898 FLORAL ADDRESS PANELS: Trio of 1d Pink Es used from Huddersfield to the same addressee at Crosland Moor 1883-84, each address with a different, exquisitely-drawn panel of ink lettering and leaves. Most attractive. (3 items) PHOTO. £240
899 HERALDIC: 1891 E to Bournemouth with 1d Lilac cancelled at Southampton, the whole of the front covered with a superb pen and ink drawn shield, mantled helm and sword with a decorative monogram in the corner; very accomplished and attractive. PHOTO. £200
900 JAPANESE PERFORMERS: 1895 Remarkable E made out of 'jean' cloth and illustrated with an ink design of a Japanese opera, sent from Notting Hill to Hayes with 1d & 1⁄2d stamps, enclosing another piece of cloth on which is written a pictogram / rebus letter referring to the material itself. Very unusual and attractive. PHOTO. £300
901 DEVON - W.F. THOMAS (ALLY SLOPER ARTIST) COMIC PICTORIAL COVERS TO MISS O'BRIEN IN KENT: 1909 group of 15 covers (six cut down at top) bearing KEVII 1d reds with Exmouth c.d.s.'s depicting cartoon portraits of various gents (12), a totem pole of four men's heads, a bonneted woman & a boy . All believed to have been drawn by Ally Sloper artist, W.F. Thomas and are all addressed to a Miss P. O'Brien in South East London. (15). £400
902 DORSET/GLOS./WORCS. - GROUP OF "W.F. THOMAS" (Attrib.) COMIC PICTORIAL COVERS TO MISS O'BRIEN; Nov./Dec. 1909 group of covers all to the same Miss O'Brien in Kent, and all with KEVII 1d's tied by Gloucester (2), Cheltenham, Stourbridge, Dorchester & ?Brighton c.d.s.'s; varied condition, with two cut down at top - one affecting stamp. Amusing portraits - in 'wrap-around' style - of 2 boys, 2 gents, a woman and a pile of balding heads! Good lot. (6 covers). £150
903 SIMILAR TRIO OF COVERS DRAWN BY W.F. THOMAS EX CAERNARVON & LLANDUDNO TO MISS O'BRIEN: Group of Nov. 1909 envelopes to the same addressee as the previous lot but with KEVII 1d reds tied by Caernarvon or Llandudno datestamps (slight faults) depicting a man, a woman & a child (with toy train) in the same wrap-around style. (3). £100
904 COVER WITH ATTRACTIVE WATERCOLOUR DEPICTING A CHURCH (WINDERMERE AREA); 5 Aug. 1911 env. addressed to "Lake View, Bowness, Windermere"; faint backstamp) with KEVII 1d tied by fine 2-ring "EXMOUTH" c.d.s. Rare and attractive. PHOTO. £160
905 Similar watercolour cover depicting a figure by a moorland stream; 30 June 1909 env. from the same correspondence (but to Weston super Mare; fine backstamp) with KEVII 1d tied by v. fine 2-ring "EXMOUTH" c.d.s. Spectacular cover. PHOTO. £160
PICTORIALS, PRINTED
906 20thCENTURY PRINTED ADVERTISING COVERS Etc.: Interesting group inc. c1900 (unused) example of a Bingley 'steam cabinet works' with engraving of shop-front on reverse of env., others featuring a kitchen range (1904), ladders, flour, coloured advert for olive oil on reverse of Spanish E etc. plus 1890 ill'd letterhead 'From Lord Hampden's Dairy' (Lewes).(9 items) £75
POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V.
907 1890 GOLDEN JUBILEE OF UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE ten special 1d envelopes (slight foxing) printed in blue plus ten matching correspondence cards complete with original band (various faults but scarce). [21 items]. £60
POSTAL STATIONERY, K.G.V
908 ALBINO IMPRESSION OF 1½d DIE ON STO ENVELOPE: 1928 Long manila window envelope with imprint of a Waltham Cross company and fine impression of the 1½d die embossed blind; Waltham Cross cds and pasted-on label concerning the return of the cover to the postmaster of Waltham Cross for the purpose of an Official inquiry. A little roughly opened otherwise fine. £100
909 REGISTERED ENVELOPE - RARE STAMPED TO ORDER 41⁄2d ENVELOPE: c1930 Unused long (240 x 116mm) cream envelope printed with REGISTERED and crossed lines in blue, with crisp imprint of the KGV 41⁄2d die used for registered Es; one or two light marks along bottom edge otherwise very fine and fresh. A rare item. PHOTO. £150
POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTIONS
910 ENVELOPES:1902-65 The unused and used collection of envelopes with some better sizes and types represented, inc a good range of uprated examples. 1924 1½d (2, inc one uprated with a 1924 1d and used to Belgium) & 1925 1½d unused. (174 items). £200
911 REGISTERED ENVELOPES:1939-52 Interesting unused and used collection of KGVI registered envs. inc a good range of large sizes and rate change items. Mostly fine. (66 items). £180
912 REGISTERED ENVELOPES: 1952-82 The used and unused collection of QEII registered envs. inc a good range of sizes, uprated and rate change examples. The quality is above average for such a lot. (205 items). £260
REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL
913 BLACK PLATE 1d RED ON REDIRECTED COVER EX TARBERT: Neat E addressed to Edinburgh and franked with a 4-margin example of Black PLate 11 1d Red on blued paper tied by crisp MC, with boxed Tarbert d.s. on reverse; redirected in red ink to Leamington with m/s '1' charge. Attractive. £80
REGISTERED MAIL
914 RING BINDER containing an extensive selection of QV-QEII registered covers inc. QV postal stationery registered envelopes of various sizes and types all but one optd. 'SPECIMEN', mixed reign franking, KGVI covers inc. high values & commemoratives on registered envs. to Uganda, Field and Mobile Post Office c.d.s.'s, envs. bearing different kinds of registration labels inc. anonymous, small village, towns & cities, uprated QEII postal stationery registered envs. of various sizes and generally much of interest. (78 covers + 1 piece). £200
915 UNUSUAL & VERY LARGE POST OFFICE 'STAMPS' ENVELOPE, 1900: Brown E (350x200mm) printed in blue OHMS THIS ENVELOPE CONTAINS/STAMPS, coded No.115 with 1900 cds of HEXHAM/M.B.&S.O., addressed to Alston; also a quantity of GB reg'd covers inc. 1921 use of KGV WWI 2d black E uprated with embossed 2d orange and 1d stamps (2) to Paris,1954 compulsorily reg'd cover with explanatory label, 1939 OHMS cover with P.O.Stores oval d.s. and fine wax seal and much modern material. (Qty) £150
ROYALTY
916 ADVERTISING/PICTORIAL COVERS RELATING TO THE KEVII, ETC.; Intriguing lot inc. rare 1910 coloured advertising cover of Spratt's Dog Biscuits (by Appointment to KEVII) with KEVII 1d (perfin) tied by London cancel, 1905 PPC from the Royal Yacht with KEVII 1d tied by corner of "London" c.d.s. (used on ships' mail from abroad), 1904 PPC with scarce "WINDSOR CASTLE" c.d.s. (on picture side), 1907 PPC to Paris with KEVII 1d tied by v. fine scarce "BALMORAL-CASTLE/[Crown]" c.d.s.July 1902 coloured printed pictorial env. with KEVII 1d and small portraits of the "Ye Seven Edwards", Mar. 1902 front with black "ER/VIII" Cypher, 1904 env. with similar purple Cypher, 12 PPC's, and group of 6 Victorian engravings of the Royal children (4 by Corbould). (26 items). £140
VALENTINES
917 RARE POSTALLY-USED EARLY 'BEEHIVE' VALENTINE: 1819 Embossed sheet ('DOBBS PATENT') with cut concertina 'beehive' in the centre with charming watercolour of a pair of Goldfinches nesting, surrounded by handwritten doggerel, a poem to 'Maria' inside; addressed to West Smithfield with Cheapside 2d Post mark plus 15th February '7 o'Clock Night' h.s. Most attractive and rare so early. PHOTO. £300
918 'PAPER-LACE' CARD IN ORIGINAL ENVELOPE: 1870 Large (170x115mm) and attractive card - 'The Casket' - with 21 flaps concealing messages, surrounded by an elaborate 'lace' border stamped 'MEEK', enclosed in original embossed envelope (some splitting and small loss; light foxing) stamped with 1d Red (2) cancelled by London duplex for 14th February 1870. Unusual. £75
WAFER SEALS
919 EARLIEST USE OF WAFER SEAL? Attractive pink E addressed to Crawley and dated clearly on the address panel '1836 Reigate July four', signed 'E.H.Morton', with no indication of a postal charge but with REIGATE UDC on flap, the last bing secured by a pretty oval wafer seal embossed in pink, gold and white with the initial 'D'; this predates the earliest-recorded use by Champness & Trapnell (June 1837) of a wafer seal. Most attractive. PHOTO. £150
LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
920 BISHOP MARKS: Collection of Es c1735-86 from or to London with a good variety of Bishop Marks, at least one example for each month of the year; 1740 'FREE' & 1778 EL ex Switzerland noted. (25 items). £120
921 RECEIVING HOUSE - 'Gr. KNIGHT-RIDER St./Crick-/itt': 1790 EL to Lincoln with v.fine strike of the rare circular mark of Crickitt at Great Knight-Rider Street with fine cds SE/30/90 alongside and '5' charge; very fine, displays well. PHOTO. £200
922 G.P.O. NOTICE, 1794 - REFORM OF LONDON PENNY POST: 1794 (30.September) Complete 4pp issue of 'The General Evening Post', the front page entirely taken up with a PO notice concerning the London Penny Post reforms, postal charges and a list of collection times from Receiving Houses; edge wear and folding otherwise fine. £100
923 RECEIVING HOUSE - 'DEW/BLACKMOOR ST.': 1795 Printed summons for bastardy issued at Christchurch, Surrey (address faded) with mainly fine strike of the rare Receiver's mark 'DEW/BLACKMOOR ST.', in use 1795-96 only; despite faults, a rare item. £120
924 RARE 'MORE-TO-PAY' OF LONDON SHIP LETTER OFFICE: 1816 Lengthy EL to Bengal from Aberdeen with circular PAID overstruck by crowned INDIA PACKET LETTER/LONDON d.s. and with fine strike in black of the rare MORE-TO-PAY mark used at the London Ship letter Office with '1/3' alongside plus 'S' coded PAID 'tombstone' ds. Filing crease away from significant marks. Interesting and rare. PHOTO. £150
925 THE RARE ALL IN ONE "4 In All" CHARGE MARK: 1820 (30 May) E redirected in London with "2" mark replaced by a fine black "4 In All" mark. and boxed "T.P./Guildford St" h.s. Very attractive. PHOTO. £160
926 HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT 'H:P' COVER: 1821 EL (light filing crease to one side) ex the Parliamentary Office to Lincoln's Inn with a superb strike in red of the rare 'H:P' mark [Jay L560] used at the Houses of Parliament P.O. 1820-26, with Twopenny Post '2' alongside. PHOTO. £300
ENGLISH COUNTIES MIXED POSTAL HISTORY
927 UNDATED CIRCLES: c.1832-58 group having a wide variety of UDCs inc. BERKSHIRE with Binfield on 1848 env., CHESHIRE represented by Neston, CORNWALL with Padstow, CUMBERLAND namely Armathwaite on 1854 EL and Hensingham, DORSET represented by Shaftesbury, HERTFORDSHIRE Amwell and Stanstead, KENT represented by Riverhead, Tunbridge (sic) & Walmer, NORFOLK with Acle, Hemsby, Litcham (in red) and Long Stratton, SHROPSHIRE inc. both small Cressage & larger Condover on the same 1859 env. to London, Diddlebury, Hodnet on 1845 E and Whitchurch, SUSSEX with Staple Cross (1848), White Rock Place (Hastings - 1858) and fine large Winchelsea (1845), WILTSHIRE represented by Warminster in both black & blue and YORKSHIRE (Gomersal). (33 covers). £220
CHESHIRE
928 STOCKPORT: Interesting group of marks on cover inc. v.fine brown-red STOCKPORT scroll (1798) on cover (closed hole away from mark) to Warrington, 1793 E with curved frame magenta mark plus another strike on a front, various types of mileage mark inc. rare 'horse-shoe' (1789), 'inverted 179' etc. plus mainly fine 'STOCKPORT/penny post'. Good lot. (14 items). PHOTO. £260
DERBYSHIRE
929 CHESTERFIELD - RARE LATE USAGE OF 2d BLUE MULREADY LETTER-SHEET: 1848 (7 May) usage of 2d blue Mulready letter-sheet (stereo number obscured, some overall toning & various creases) addressed to London cancelled by a partly fine "186" numeral and having a partial "CHESTERFIELD" c.d.s. in orange-red on the top flap. Note: late usages of 2d Mulreadies are scarce and examples from Derbyshire are very seldom seen. [Ex Harold Wilson]. £240
930 DERBY - LAST DAY OF MILEAGE-BASED POSTAL RATES COVER; 4 Dec. 1839 EL (toned reinforced crease affects address, but clear of postal marks) to Beverley with a partly fine "DERBY/DE 4/1839" c.d.s. on the top flap, charged "9[d]"; if posted the next day this letter would have only been charged 4d (Uniform 4d Post Period). Letters posted on 4 Dec. 1839 are hard to find. PHOTO. £100
931 DERBY - 1840-41 PENNY BLACK COVER AND FRONT TO LEICESTER AND HATHERSAGE:1840 (28 Sept.) front to Leicester bearing two-margined 1d, DC tied by red MC plus 1841 (13 March) EL to Hathersage bearing three-margined 1d (fault at foot), QE cancelled with black MC and with black Derby double-arc c.d.s. alongside. (2). [Ex Harold Wilson]. £75
932 DERBY: 1841 Pair of Es to London or Derby, each franked with a fine example of the scarce 1d Red plate 11 on blued paper (the second example lettered RD with the D showing doubling) cancelled by MCs; an elusive stamp on cover. (2 items) £100
DEVON
933 OKEHAMPTON - 5th CLAUSE POST COVERS; 1824/33 pair of E's with mostly very fine strikes of the boxed "Okehampton/5" Clause Post" mark (one with a fold, the other partly overstruck); the first also having a near fine " /204" mileage mark. Scarce pair. (2 covers). £100
BRISTOL
934 RARE OUTGOING "BRISTOL/5" Clause Post" COVER TO FRANCE; Remarkable 17 Mar. 1830 EL to "Montvilliers, France" with a very fine "THORNBURY" on the front and two almost fine strikes of the rare "BRISTOL/5" Clause Post" mark. Fifth Clause Post covers to foreign destinations are rare. PHOTO. £100
935 REDIRECTED 1d BLACK COVER WITH TWO BRISTOL MC CANCELLATIONS: 1840 (2.July) EL to Chepstow franked with 1d Black (LC, Pl.6) tied by two strikes of a MC in watery orange-red; redirected to Pontypool with m/s '1' charge. Attractive and unusual. PHOTO. £200
936 'GREAT WESTERN' - TRANSATLANTIC MAIL: 1840 Attractive E to Paris ex New York endorsed 'Great Western' and with fine orange BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER part overstruck by Calais entry mark; '1/6' British charge plus '28'[décimes] total charge; also an 1838 FREE front addressed to Claxton, 'Great Western' Agent, at the Company's office in Trinity Street Bristol. (2 items) PHOTO. £100
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
937 THORNBURY: 1817 EL ex Kington with v.fine s/l THORNBURY and Bristol mileage back-stamp, prepaid to a Major Maclaine with the 57th Regiment at Valenciennes, France, with m/s '1/10' and London PAID d.s. some surface toning but an interesting address. PHOTO. £120
HAMPSHIRE
938 PRE-STAMP MISCELLANY: Good range of covers, most well written-up on leaves inc. (1790) Alton 1st type mileage (sellotape stain behind), s/l "ODIAM" (1821), scarce red 'Andover/Penny Post' (1839), 1836 E with 'Stockbridge/Penny Post' RH 'No.2', 1828 Newport (IOW) cds, good range of mileages etc. (Approx. 50) £150
939 MISCELLANY c1839-1914: 1839 (11.December) EL ex Stockbridge with fine Broughton /Penny Post and 'P3' endorsement under Uniform 4d Post regulations, similar 1840 (7.Jan) E ex Whitchurch with 'Pd2', 1880 stampless E with fine '2' of Winchester Penny Post - 20 years later than latest recorded use, 1839 Stockbridge Penny Post front with 'To Pay 1d only' h.s., range of Winchester & Basingstoke duplexes on cover, Isle of Wight items etc. plus a few later items etc. (approx 100 items) £150
940 SHIP LETTERS & PENNY POSTS: Interesting mix inc. mainly fine stepped SHIP LETTER/COWES on 1844 EL ex Batavia, 1802 E ex India with oval SHIP LETTER/(CROWN)/PORTSMOUTH, fine strikes of the Penny Post marks of Broughton, Longparish, Broughton, Hurstbourne (2), St Mary Bourne & Stockbridge plus various other ship letter marks. (21 items) £180
941 SOUTHAMPTON: 1907 trio of PPC's to GB/US with KEVII 1d (2) or ½d pair tied by mostly v.fine strikes of these scarce marks, apparently used on board SS Teutonic, Adriatic & Majestic with separate PPC's of two of the ships. These Southampton marks were short lived & surprisingly hard to find. (5 cards). £120
KENT
942 19th CENTURY MIX INC. SCARCE "44 STONE/CROUCH" 1st-TYPE MILEAGE, PENNY POSTS, ETC.; 1778-1850 covers inc. mostly v. fine scarce 1787 "44 STONE/CROUCH", Hawkhurst mileages (inc. Uniform 4d Post m/s "4"), Margate July 1840 red handstruck "1", 1845/9 trio of fine to v. fine "Wittersham/Penny Post" marks (with UDC's of ROLVENDEN or PEASMARSH), toned 1850 env. with unrecorded (?) red "PD." and fair "Penshurst/Penny Post" (with v. fine red Tunbridge "P 1D"), scarce 1841 "HITHE" (sic) Skeleton d.s., and fine "TICEHURST" UDC. Good lot. (16 covers). £150
943 BIDDENDEN & GOUDHURST - PENNY POSTS, UPP MARKS, BLUE NUMERAL ON 2d BLUE, ETC.; 1763-75 trio of covers addressed to Biddenden (one with Bishop mark; the others carried illegally by carriers), rare (being pre-1840) v. fine blue "Goodhurst/Penny Post" (ERROR of Spelling; part E), 1841 EL showing a v. fine strike of the same mark in blue but having had the erroneous "o" cut to be a "u" along with scarce small red "PAID 1" mark (of Lamberhurst; KT637), 1844/5 pair with faint or creased scarce small red Goudhurst "PD.1" marks both with mostly v. fine "GOUDHURST" UDC's (one creased), and a small piece with a 3m 1841 2d Blue (small cut at top right) tied by a very fine BLUE Biddenden "227" numeral (huge catalogue value even off cover!). Good variety. (8 covers + 1 piece). PHOTO. £160
944 CRANBROOK - EARLY 19th CENTURY COVERS INC. 1d POSTS, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE MARKS, ETC.; 1825-50 lot inc. mileages, rare (being pre-1840) July 1839 "Cranbrook/Penny Post", 1840/1 fine pair of red "1 PAID" marks, rare distinctive circular unframed red "PAID/:1D:" mark, v. fine blue 1850 Skeleton d.s., 1844 1d Red with "Smarden/Penny Post" alongside, etc. Good lot. (11 covers). £140
945 DOVER: 1647/8 EL to Jacobus de Bruyne, merchant, at Antwerp with elaborate 'per questa' monogram and '1S' charge; written in Flemish from Dover (docketted 'Douvres'); fine armorial seal with initials 'IB.G'. A scarce early item. PHOTO. £240
946 LAMBERHURST + HURST GREEN (SUSSEX) COLLECTION; 1804-53 covers inc. 1804/6 Hurst Green/Lamberhurst mileages (latter stained), 1832/9 pair with different types of blue Lamberhurst Penny Posts, July 1839 EL with mostly v. fine rare "Hurst Green" mark (only recorded for 1838), 1843 cash-paid pair with fair blue "Goudhurst/Penny Post" and scarce small red "PAID" or fair "Burwash/Penny Post", 1842/53 pair with mostly v. fine black & blue "NEWENDEN" UDC's, and 1848 scarce red curved UPP "PAID/1D" mark. Good lot. (10 covers). £120
947 ROLVENDEN, STAPLEHURST & TENTERDEN - EARLY 19th CENTURY COVERS, ETC.; 1813-60 lot inc. 1813/27 black/red Tenterden/Sandhurst mileages, 1836 pair with near fine boxed "Maidstone/Penny Post" marks (one with Cranbrook mileage), 9 Dec. 1849 black Uniform 4d Post Period m/s "4" of Tenterden, v. fine scarce 1845 small red UPP "P.1D." mark, 1841/8 trio of UDC's (MARDEN, SANDHURST KENT & red STAPLEHURST), AND 1D rEDS. pLUS A 1D LILAC ENV. sCARCE GROUP. (20 COVERS). £120
948 ROMNEY & LYDD - EARLY 19th CENTURY COVERS COLLECTION; 1803-51 lot inc. 1803 pair of 2-line "NEW/ROMNEY" marks, 1813 boxed mileage, 1828/32 pair with mileage/erased marks but both also with v. fine scarce "LYDD/92" boxed mileages, 1837/9 trio with mostly v. fine scarce Penny Post" marks (all different RH marks), 1840/2 pair with nearly fine different red "PAID 1" UPP marks, 1d Reds (RH marks or "BROOKLAND" UDC), and scarce 1851 env. to France with 1/- Green Embossed tied by poor numeral having red Dover "P-D" on the front and v. fine "LYDD" UDC on reverse. Good lot. (14 covers). £150
LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL
949 RARE ENCIRCLED "INDIA SOLDIERS &c/3/LIVERPOOL" MARK ON COVER EX INDIA; 12 May 1832 E (poor condition; tear across address closed with neat sowing (probably over 150 years ago!) from Dinapore (India; partly fine boxed d.s. on flap) to Ireland headed & countersigned for a gunner, having a mostly very fine encircled "INDIA SOLDIER &c/3/LIVERPOOL" mark (clear of faults) on the front matching the v. fine boxed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" on the flap. Contents mention unrest among the local kings. [With typed transcript of the content.] PHOTO. £120
950 1d BLACK COVER WITH WAFER SEAL: 1840 EL to Cockermouth (toned mark on address panel) franked with fine, 4-margin 1d Black (QG, Pl.6) cancelled but not tied by pale red MC; sealed with embossed pink wafer with cross and 'MY HOPE' motto, red Liverpool cds alongside. Attractive. £90
951 RARE "ART - 5/B. R. PKT" ACCOUNTANCY MARK ON 4s-10d RATE COVER EX U.S.; Unpaid Oct. 1856 long env. (grubby and with faults) to Scotland charged "4/10" on the front, having a very fine strike of the rare "art - 5/B. R. PKT" mark beside a matching v. fine "AMERICA/LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. on the reverse. Seldom seen and an unusual rate. PHOTO. £120
LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER
952 PRE-STAMP MARKS: Collection c1784-1830s inc. fine curved MANCHES/TER c1787, 1817-19 Es (2) with mainly fine or very fine 'Manr./PAID', partly fine strike of the rare boxed 'Austerlands/P.P' (1838), fine boxed 'Delph/P P' etc. Also a copy of the Calvert handbook. (27 items plus a book) £120
953 MANCHESTER PENNY POSTS, AL - AR: Scarce Penny Post marks on cover inc. v.fine boxed 'Altrincham/P.P.' (1829), oval 'ARDWICK/MANCHR' (1823), scarce red '1/PP' of Ashton under Lyne (1815) plus four more Ashton covers with boxed marks inc. '....under L' in red & black (1824) and 'under Line' in red (with boxed 'TO PAY 1d ONLY') & black (1826-29), the last with repair. (7 items) £120
954 MANCHESTER PENNY POSTS, C - G: Group of scarce marks on cover inc. s/l black ' CHEETHAM HILL PP' with m/s red 'PP1' (1840), 1834 EL (repaired) with black 'Delph/PP' redirected with boxed POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON, good boxed 'Didsbury' (1829), fine red 'Dobcross' (1832), 1827 very fine black 'Glossop' (stained filing crease), weakish 'Greenacres' (1829). (6 items) £120
955 MANCHESTER PENNY POSTS, H - M: Group of covers 1828-40 with good variety of Penny Post marks inc. scarce boxed 'Middleton/P.P.' (1828) on local cover plus 1833 example to Overseal, 'Hollinwood' in black (1829) & purple (1839) - the former with additional red PAID/AT/MANCHESTER - 1840 EL to the House of Commons (referring to the Rochdale Riots) with purple 'Hyde/Penny Post' plus another fine strike in black (1838) and a v.fine purple 'Lees' example on '2d' rated cover to Manchester. Good lot of elusive marks. (7 items0 £200
956 MANCHESTER PENNY POSTS - OLDHAM: Useful group of marks inc. fine red 'OLDHAM N2' (1818), oval 'OLDHAM/No.2' on slightly grubby E to Tideswell plus a better strike on 'ABOVE/NUMBER' FREE cover (both 1819), two examples of the boxed 'Oldham/P.P.' in red (1826-39). (5 items) £140
957 MANCHESTER PENNY POSTS, R - W: Good range of marks on cover inc. black boxed 'Rawtenstall' (1839), 2 examples of the scarce oval 'Salford/MANCHR' (1812-21) the earlier a paid letter to London, v.fine boxed '5PP' of Stalybridge (1810) plus boxed 'Staley Bridge/Penny Post' (1832) and s/l 'STALEYBRIDGE' (1836), s/l red 'STRETFORD PP' (1837), boxed 'Upper Mill' mark (1840) and v.fine red UDC on front of attractive Transatlantic EL (1848) plus boxed 'Wilmslow' (1825). (10 items) £160
958 MANCHESTER PENNY POSTS - BALANCE: Remainder of the collection with duplication of useful and elusive items inc. boxed marks of Altrincham, Ashton under Line, Delph, Dobcross, Mottram, Oldham & Wilmslow plus single example of the s/l red 'ECCLES PP'. Inspection recommended. (30 items) £200
LANCASHIRE
959 BOLTON: Fine group of marks on cover inc. fine & scarce s/l BOLTON (1777), 1782-92 trio of Es with v.fine BOLTON/LE-MOORS, fine s/l mileage (1802) plus cds types in red & blue, 1796 PAID EL to Naples etc. (24 items) £120
NORFOLK
960 NORWICH - DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS: 1843 E to Doncaster (filing crease) franked with attractive 3-margin 1d Red from Black plate 28 tied by a fine strike of the distinctive MC used at Norwich. £90
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