2240 WWI - 'WAR BOND' TYPES: Shoe-box full of postcards, all with Krag 'BUY WAR BONDS' type cancellations - very good range of towns represented; varied quality of strikes. (approx. 450 items) £100
G.B. T.P.O.'S AND STATION MARKS
2241 T.P.O. MISCELLANY: Extensive lot of QEII postal stationery , covers etc. with duplicated ranges of TPO cancellations inc. late fee marks etc. Mainly Midland lines inc. Derby-Bristol, Birmingham-Crewe, Down Special, East Anglian TPO, Midland PO GG North, Caledonia9n TPO UP CW Section, Peterborough-Crewe etc. (100s) £120
INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS
2242 MISCELLANY: Good range of covers c1850-1990s showing a useful variety of instructional marks inc. 1849 E to Cape of Good Hope with Foreign Branch s/l RETURNED/FOR [8d]/POSTAGE plus boxed 'Return'd/for Postage', WWII Naval E with boxed LEFT THE SHIP/RETURN TO SENDER, four PPCs 1906-12 with boxed TOO LATE/SHIP SAILED, TOO LATE FOR SHIP, s/l MISDIRECTED TO and boxed MISDIRECTED/620, various items of express mail, 'UNDELIVERED' cachets etc. (92 items) £140
LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL
2243 MISCELLANY: Interesting, largely QV period miscellany inc. 1841 1d Black cover with fine boxed PAID/1d EXTRA of Edinburgh plus matching (1843) 1d Red cover, rare framed TOO LATE of Colchester (1857), fine strike of the neat TOO LATE/N.P. of Manchester's Night Post (1834), late fee frankings & cancellations, various instructional marks etc. Also a copy of Stitt Dibden's work on Late Fee Mail. Good lot - inspection recommended. (45 items & a book) £200
POSTAGE DUE MARKS
2244 CARTON containing a substantial range of commercial cards & covers c1910-90s with due markings, postage due stamps, instructional marks etc. inc. 4pp PO training sheet used to calculate charges. Bulk is QEII but much of interest. (Qty) £150
2245 COLLECTION housed in two cover albums and loose, with emphasis on 1900-20 period but inc. Free fronts with various MORE TO PAY h.s., few useful QV items, town marks, handstruck '1d', explanatory h.s. etc plus more modern material - 1970 disallowed S.Rhodesia frankings noted. Useful lot - inspection recommended. (300 items) £200
POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTIONS
2246 TWO CARTONS with the extensive collection of unused & used registered envelopes with scarce 1920's KGV uprated (2d & 3d used and 3d & 2d - two sizes mint), blue-lining KGVI RP64F (Pirie Appleton & Co.), Forces types, etc. (Qty.). £240
2247 SMALL CARTON with a somewhat superior accumulation of QV to QEII stationery with an emphasis on earlier item used to Foreign destinations, registered envelopes, embossed E's including private types, etc. (Qty.). £200
2248 MISCELLANY c1902-55: Carton with interesting range of mainly used stationery inc. cards, letter-cards and envelopes with good range of private stampings noted inc. commercial, House of Commons, advertising, newspaper wrappers etc. Inspection recommended. (300 approx.) £150
2249 QEII MISCELLANY: Two boxes with extensive, fine range of stationery types inc. PO and private issues - among the latter are noted Blood Transfusion, Schweppes & PHS cards etc. Inspection recommended. (100s) £150
2250 QEII MISCELLANY: Interesting miscellany of used & unused P.O. issue envelopes, postcards, reply-cards & letter-cards inc. many in original bundles c1960-90s. Inspection recommended. (Qty) £120
2251 COLLECTION OF QV-QEII STAMPED TO ORDER POSTAL STATIONERY ON LEAVES: Carton with an interesting collection with something of an East Anglian flavour. We note 1891 QV ‡d brown card with Eddystone Lighthouse Exhibition cancel, c1895 photographic apparatus label with impressed 3d & 1/- uprated by perfined 1d & 3d. a good group of KGV "Edgar Watson" tete-beche covers (11 different values between ‡d & 1/-), etc. (Approx. 180). £200
2252 ADVERTISING RINGS etc: Specialised collection inc. good group of advertising rings with scarce 'Parkins & Gotto' purple-brown ring on unused 1d Pink E, W.H.Smith wrapper with pink ring (used), piece with rare ring of 'Young & Stockall, Liverpool', set of 11 William Lincoln rings on stamps to 1/- value; also scarce 7‡d Patents Form cards (3), ‡d Vaccination Form, letter-sheets, wrappers, letter-cards etc. Inspection necessary. (142 items) £180
2253 AIR-LETTERS: Three cartons with the extensive, duplicated, used & unused accumulation of GB air-letters c1940s-90s; also further ranges of word-wide air-letters. Inspection recommended. (100s) £150
2254 ENVELOPES: Specialised collection on cards inc. 1d & 2d Mulready Es (unused), extensive 1d Pinks, 2d Blue pair (unused), KGV provisional reduced 2d Es with inspectors' marks (2), 1890 Jubilee inc Furniss & Elliott examples etc. Mixed condition. Substantial lot. (200 approx.) £240
2255 ENVELOPES: Duplicated accumulation of QEII period P.O. issue stationery envelopes with wide range of indicia values and inc. many in original bundles as issued. Inspection recommended. (100s) £120
2256 POSTCARDS: The interesting QV-QEII collection on leaves inc. 1870 first type ‡d cards with type CP1 & CP2 "arrow" perfin cancellations, two unused Inland Revenue "Certifying Stamp" essay cards (ex Huggins) and much, much more. Viewing highly recommended. (Qty.). £150
2257 REGISTERED ENVELOPES: Carton containing an extensive, duplicated range of used and unused registered envelopes c1880s-1990s with unusual types, various sizes, upratings, cancellations etc. inc. a bundle of QV items, unusual large 'R' parcel label on piece etc. Good lot. (100s) £180
ESSEX
2258 CARTON with the varied early to modern accumulation of covers/cards, etc. Particular interest in Chelmsford and Colchester. A good lot for the Essex enthusiast. (Qty.). £150
KENT
2259 TURNPIKE ROADS AND DOVER: Carton containing 3 ring binders, 2 of which are filled with (chiefly photocopied) information on the turnpike roads of Kent with particular reference to the Sandwich to Dover route but also inc. 1829 EL from Ashford, 1839 EL ex Cranbrook to Cheam (Surrey), c.1840 turnpike ticket & various PPCs, and the other binder relating to the history & topography of Dover and district with double ring c.d.s's., early machine cancellations, a few prints, tourist leaflets & guides and many PPCs inc. tram, a few real photos. and Tuck's 'oilette' types. (Scores of items). £75
SUFFOLK
2260 LOWESTOFT: Box file with (1789) '118 LOWE/STOFFE' 1st type mileage (filing crease affects mark), Kissingland UDC (1853), good range of town marks inc. sideways duplex on much-redirected letter to France, 1861 E with 1d Red strip cancelled by both numeral and duplex obliterators etc. through to c1980, Good lot for development. (Qty) £120
SCOTTISH MAINLAND POSTAL HISTORY
2261 CARTON with the extensive early to modern accumulation of covers & cards. Much KEVII/KGV period noted including a wide range of PPC's. (Qty.). £150
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2240-2261
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