721 WEST COUNTRY GROUP: Trio of fine covers inc. very fine strike of the scarce distinctive circular 'SHERBORNE/Poft/Office' on part E to Winslow with 'In all' h.s. and '7' charge; 1827 ex Wincanton (RH 'No.3) to Sturminster with v.fine boxed 'SHAFTESBURY/5th.Cl.POST' and (1825) E (re-used) from Petrockstow (part RH No.5) to Exmouth with v.fine strike of the boxed 'Okehampton/5th Clause Post'. (3 items) PHOTO. £150
CANCELLATIONS
722 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS:Numbers 2, 3, 5 (2), 6 (3), 8 (3), 9 (2), 11 & 12 (4) cancelling generally poor 1841 1d reds. Also numbers 1, 5, 6, 8 & 12 (2) cancelling three margined 1841 2d blues. The majority a clear part strikes. (23). £140
723 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS:1843 (4 Oct) E to High Wycombe bearing 1d JA (shaved at right) cancelled with a central "10" in MC. 1843 (5 April) piece bearing 1d KE (touched on two sides) tied by a fine "3" in MC. £80
724 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS: A selection of numbers 1, 2 (2), 4 to 9 (2) and 10 to 12 in MC cancelling 1d reds, some are cut into but all are readable part strikes. £100
725 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS: A complete set of numbers 1 to 12 cancelling 1841 1d reds (numbers 5, 8 & 11 are poor adhesives). Mostly clear part strikes, some adhesives with faults. £80
726 LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS - THE SCARCE NUMBER 4:1843 (18 April) 1d pink env to Ludlow cancelled with a fine number "4" in MC. PHOTO. £140
G.B. AIRMAILS
727 AIRMAIL MISCELLANY 1952-70: Large quantity of covers, mainly commercial but with some BOAC FFCs noted, to destinations outside Europe inc.USA, China, Aden, Australia, N.Zealand and various Commonwealth countries inc. postcards and showing a wide range of frankings, mainly QEII Wildings but KGVI and one KGV!. Inspection recommended. (130 items) £120
728 MISCELLANY INC. CHINA, HONG KONG & MALAYA etc: Unusual group of commercial air covers c1932-45 inc. items to China (1938), Hong Kong (3, 1933-38), Java (1932), Philippines (1937), Malaya (4, 1934-47), Bermuda, Trinidad, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Libya etc. Inspection recommended. (32 items) £120
729 SCOTTISH AIRMAILS: 1934-77 The exceptional collection of Scottish (mostly island services) airmails with many 1st or special flights, the covers where relevant bear the correct vignette. Includes 1934 Highland Airways 1st Inverness to Kirkwall (pilot signed), 1934 Kirkwall to Thurso, 1934 Railway Air Service 1st flight covers inc London to Renfrew, Glasgow to Douglas IOM, Glasgow to London, Glasgow to Manchester & Belfast to Glasgow, Highland Airways Inverness to Wick. Hillman Airways Glasgow to London, Stapleford to Glasgow, 1938 Exhibition Service from Glasgow to London, N.E. Airways Perth to London, 1937 1st through service from Kirkwall to Lerwick (pilot signed), 1937 Aberdeen airways emergency service from Ipswich via Lerwick to Scalloway. 1937 1st regular service by Allied Airways from Lerwick . 1954 Prestwick crash cover and a good range of later Logan Air flights etc. Well worth examination. The whole collection is neatly annotated with photos and press cut outs for display purposes. (113 covers) PHOTO. £1300
730 AFRICA: Interesting bundle of airmail covers to British Africa inc. South Africa 1929-36 (18), Kenya 1931-40 (10), Uganda 1933-41 (7) & Tanganyika 1929-41 (7). Also single items to N.Nigeria (1934) & Belgian Congo (1935). (44 items) £120
731 AUSTRALIA & N. ZEALAND: Good group of flown covers c1929-46 to Australia, the majority with KGV frankings inc. 2/6d 'Seahorse' (1937); also five items to New Zealand 1934-40 inc. one with KGV 2/6d double rate franking. Inspection recommended. (33 items) £100
732 EUROPE - KGV FRANKINGS c.1928-36: Interesting bundle of covers & cards flown to European destinations inc. Belgium, France, Germany (scarce 1931 Express cover noted), Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Poland etc. Good variety of rates and frankings. (54 items) £150
733 EUROPE, c1938-60s: Large bundle of commercial covers to a wide range of European destinations, the majority with KGVI frankings inc. censored items and postcards; inspection recommended. (93 items) £140
734 INDIA, CEYLON & BURMA: 1929-46 Range of flown covers, the majority with KGV frankings at various rates (11 items from 1929 noted), first Madras flight 1932, extensive 6d & 1/- rates etc. plus (1929) cover to Burma at 6˝d and another to Ceylon (1934) at the 8d rate. (48 items) £120
735 NORTH AMERICA: Useful variety of covers airmailed to North America inc. to USA 1929-46 (37) inc. three with KGVI 2/6d brown frankings inc. pair, WWII censored mail etc, with range of colourful frankings; also similar range to Canada 1936-43 (24) and 1939 E to Newfoundland with mixed franking. Inspection recommended. (62 items) £150
736 SPANISH AMERICA, etc.: Useful group of commercial covers c1930-42 inc. items to Brazil (7 inc. KGV 2/6d x 4 covers plus 5/- noted), Argentina inc. 4 at 4/- rate, Chile (1935), Nicaragua (using KGV 9d), Cuba (1929), KGVI frankings to Panama, Paraguay & Uruguay plus 5 covers to Demerara at the 2/9d rate (1944). Unusual lot. (23 items) £120
737 WORLDWIDE DESTINATIONS - KGVI FRANKINGS, 1947-52: Bundle of airmail covers with good variety of KGVI frankings inc. heavier rates to countries inc. USA, Canada, Egypt, Australia, N.Zealand, S.America, India, E.Africa, Malaya etc. Inspection recommended. (59 items) £120
G.B. 1911 CORONATION AERIAL POST
738 ADVERTISING - MOLASSINE COMPANY: 1911 First Aerial Post card (reddish-brown) to Ireland with an advertisement for Molassine Meal (for Army Horses) on the reverse. £100
BALLOON MAIL
739 1903 LIFEBOAT SATURDAY CARD: 1903 (5 Sept) A special lifeboat Saturday postcard from Ongar to "---Henderson Esq, Director Victoria Pier Blackpool/Somewhere in Lancashire" the message is headed "Sky by the Sea". A very fine example. PHOTO. £1700
SCOTTISH MARITIME MAIL
740 S.S. COLUMBA - VERY EARLY USAGE OF THE FIRST SHIP-NAME DUPLEX ON 1d RED COVER: 1879 (20 Aug.) env. (small faults) to Dunoon franked by 1d red (plate 201) tied by mostly very fine strike of the "B" code "COLUMBA STEAMER/B/GREENOCK/163" duplex (GAP 4); the earliest recorded example of this mark (the first to include a ship's name) is 11 Aug. 1879 (Ecosse lot 758). Rare thus - seldom seen on a 1d red cover. Plus 1907 official Macbrayne colour PPC of the ship. £150
741 S.S. GRENADIER - EARLIEST KNOWN C.D.S. & RARE QV FRANKING ON CARD: 1901 (4 Dec.) PPC of Tighnabruaich to Johnstone franked by QV ˝d blue-green tied by almost very fine large "B" code "GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/+" c.d.s. (GAP 7 - 4 days earlier than recorded by Robertson/Tabeart). Very seldom seen cancelling QV stamps. £100
G.B. SHIP LETTERS
742 COASTAL STEAMER CONCESSION RATE: 1839 EL(filing fold) ex London to Edinburgh endorsed 'per Steamer' and with red '1/4' double letter charge under the coastal ship letter concession rate of 1835-40; fine PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON d.s. Scarce and attractive. PHOTO. £120
743 FALMOUTH - RARE EARLY FORERUNNER SHIP LETTER: 1713 (23 Oct.) EL ex Madeira to London initially rated at 1d (ship letter charge introduced on 1st June 1711), subsequently amended to 5d by "NB" to include the 4d inland charge for over 80 miles with interesting contents including "This is going by a small vessel belonging to Falmo (sic) & returns", the grain trade, wine & fish trade with the Americas and the safe arrival at Lisbon of a convoy from Brazil. PHOTO. £150
744 FALMOUTH - DOUBLE LINE SHIP LETTER HANDSTAMP: 1778 EL with double-line Ship Letter h.s. type 1b (narrow "A") "FALMOUTH/SHIP LRE" ex Kingston, Jamaica to London, being a copy letter reading "This or the purport of this you have received already by the Grantham Pacquete Capth Bull" together with news updates "John Jackson Esqr. arrived in the Ship Golden Grove Captn. Watson well found and fitted and feared no Americans or any others".PHOTO. £120
745 FALMOUTH - OVAL SHIP LETTER HANDSTAMP: 1809 (16 March) EL ex Cadiz to Manchester with oval "SHIP LETTER/(Crown)/FALMOUTH" (type 2b with pointed crown), rated "1/1" in manuscript. Commercial correspondence with contents including "My last to you was the 6th Inst pr a Brig of War for Falmouth...Within these three weeks back a Person might as well have offered Stones for sale as woollen cloths.....We have now 7 or 8 Sail of the Line British in the Bay and three of them 3 deckers" PHOTO. £120
746 FALMOUTH - OVAL SHIP LETTER HANDSTAMP: 1809 (21 Jan.) EL ex Philadelphia to London with oval type 2a "SHIP LETTER/(crown)/FALMOUTH" (applied upside down), rated "1/3" in manuscript & additionally inscribed "Ship Pacific". Note: The contents refer to the sale of land to repay a debt. It contains a copy of a communication on the same subject originally sent on 28th October 1808. According to the regulations an enclosure should have attracted double rate postage but the authorities appear to have been unaware of the additional contents. PHOTO. £100
747 FALMOUTH - RARE POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER MARK: 1815 (April) EL ex London to Madeira via Falmouth with large red circular "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER" mark & "p HMS Warrior" & "Pd 7" manuscript endorsements. Note: A scheme was introduced in October 1814 where a writer could take a letter to the Post Office, pay one third of the packet rate & then receive the letter back stamped accordingly to forward legally by any ship of the writer's choice. This scheme was unpopular & abandoned the following August. Evasion was rife and as a result, covers bearing evidence of official handling are extremely scarce. Just four examples of the Falmouth handstamp are known. PHOTO. £300
748 FALMOUTH - RED "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" ON EL EX CALCUTTA TO SHROPSHIRE: 1819 (12 July) EL ex Calcutta to Shrewsbury "pr Triumph", endorsed "1/5" in m/s and with boxed red "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" & black circular double-circle "CALCUTTA/POST NOT PAID". Note: On 12th July 1819, a special landing charge of 4d was introduced for letters arriving from India, which was half the usual ship letter rate. This entire must therefore have been one of the first letters to enter Britain under the new regulations. To distinguish Indian correspondence from other overseas mail, special handstamps were progressively issued to ports. The colour of this early Falmouth impression is worthy of note. It was previously thought that initially the port used only black ink and that red did not make an appearance until 1826. PHOTO. £150
749 FALMOUTH - BLACK IRREGULAR TYPE 1a BOXED INDIA LETTER MARK: 1824 (March) EL ex Hyderabad to Devon thence forwarded to Launceston with black boxed "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" (type 1a - irregular frame) & similar "MISSENT TO/LONDON" in conjunction with "MADRAS/GPO/3 MR 3/1824/SHIP LETTER" . Note: This India Letter stamp is something of an enigma - recorded only in 1824 and is seldom seen. Why it should have been introduced is uncertain - it is believed that it may well have been a duplicate held in London to stamp letters that were not processed properly in Falmouth. PHOTO. £160
750 FALMOUTH -BOXED RED "INDIA LETETR/FALMOUTH" IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOXED RED STEP-TYPE "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" ON EL EX BATAVIA TO ABERDEEN: 1827 (May) EL ex Batavia to Aberdeen with "1/9" manuscript endorsement and examples of both the aforementioned boxed red Falmouth Maritime marks. This letter emanated at Batavia in the Dutch East Indies and did not hence qualify for the 4d India rate but was mistakenly stamped as an India Letter. The clerk realised his error and re-stamped the letter with a standard ship mark and applied the correct postage. PHOTO. £120
751 FALMOUTH: 1832-43 trio comprising 1832 (1 Nov.) EL ex Bareilly Camp (near Delhi) to Scotland with scarce large boxed red "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH", 1832 EL ex Madras to Launceston with boxed black step-type "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" & "MADRAS/GPO/SHIP LETTER" marks (both on reverse) & fascinating contents re the hunting of wild dogs plus 1842 EL ex Port Louis to Bordeaux with red boxed "COLONIES/& c. ART 12" & step-type "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" in red. (3). £120
752 FALMOUTH - CONSIGNEE'S LETTER: 1834 (November) EL ex Lima to London via Falmouth "P. Wm. Rushton" endorsed "Consignees of Property on Board" with step-type boxed red "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" sent at the quintuple (5/-) rate. Note: Letters accompanying a consignment of goods were exempt from all ship letter charges but were subject to inland postage upon arrival except when addressed to the port at which they were landed. In such instances they were delivered totally free of charge. This practice was first enacted in 1710. Mail had to be endorsed "Consignee's letter" with the name of the ship, while the consignee's name had to appear on the ship's manifest and a declaration of consignees had to be made by the ship's captain upon entering port. £120
753 FALMOUTH: 1835-51 group of E/ELs with step-type Falmouth Ship Letter marks inc. 1835 "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" in red, 1840 EL ex New York to Liverpool with a further strike of same plus red "A" code Liverpool octagonal lozenge, 1840 EL ex Toronto to London via Cross Border mail with a further example in red, 1840 E ex New York to London with oval "FORWARDED THROUGH/GILPIN'S EXCHANGE/READING ROOM AND/FOREIGN LETTER OFFICE/N.YORK" with step-type Ship Letter mark in red, 1847 EL from Rio to London with m/s "NOT to go p Seagull" & red step-type mark, 1850 E ex Cape Hayti to Bordeaux with similar step-type mark in blue & 1851 EL ex Melbourne to Edinburgh with a futher strike in blue. (7). £160
754 FALMOUTH - BOXED RED "INDIA LETTER/FALMOUTH" OVERSTRIKING BOXED RED STEP-TYPE "FALMOUTH/SHIP LETTER": 1847 (Feb.) E from Rio Grante (Brazil) to Le Havre with boxed red "COLONIES/& c. ART. 13", double-ring circular ""ANGL./CALAIS", black arrival mark of Le Havre and the two aforementioned red boxed Falmouth Maritime marks. Note: In common with most South American countries, Brazil never qualified for the concessionary India Letter postage rate. The clerk at Falmouth applied the mark in error and so to remedy his faux-pas he overstruck the offending handstamp with the correct Ship Letter mark.PHOTO. £150
G.B. T.P.O.'S AND STATION MARKS
755 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAYS, 1838: Pair of ELs to Bristol ex a Company shareholder in London regarding the GWR with interesting content: "I came to Maidenhead ...at a rate of 20 miles / hour with abt 50 passengers in 6 carriages at Slough we took in abt 20 passengers ...at Drayton we took in between 20 & 30 more and proceeded onward at a speed of from 7 to 10 miles / hour and I feel assured that if we had taken ...more the engine could not have moved forward." and "We met the Bristol & Bath Railway Coaches a little before ...Reading, ˝ an hour behind time occasioned...by the bursting of the tubes of the engine boiler but happily no lives were lost...and much other content about staffing, siting of a new station, wear on rails, rebuilding a bridge etc. Fascinating contemporary account. (2 items) £120
756 EXTREMELY EARLY EXAMPLE OF THE "MISSENT TO RUGBY AND NEWCASTLE RWPO": 1845 (21 July) stampless EL ex Leicester to Ashby-de-la-Zouch with a good (if somewhat smudged) example of the two-line "Missent to Rugby/and Newcastle RWPO" handstamp in black. Interesting contents re the recipient needing to obtain George Stephenson's advice regarding the disposal of the Coleorton Railway. Purportedly the earliest known date of this scarce mark.PHOTO. £240
757 MISSENT TO DERBY R.O. MARK IN BLUE-GREEN ON COVER EX NEWCASTLR UNDER LYME: 1848 (6 Oct.) env. (flap removed and other small faults) with blue "NEWCASTLE-STAFFS" c.d.s. and two-line "Missent to/Derby R.O." in addition to red tombstone "PAID" & red "1" in manuscript. £75
758 EARLY USE OF "MISSENT TO/MIDLAND R.P.O. UP" MARK IN CONJUNCTION WITH "MISSENT TO/BIRMINGHAM" ON 1855 COVER TO ULVERSTON: 1855 (11 Dec.) EL to Ulverston bearing 1d red on blued (7) with two strikes of the two-line "MISSENT TO/MIDLAND R.P.O. UP" (one not very clear) in conjunction with the two-line "MISSENT TO/BIRMINGHAM" . The earliest recorded mark of this scarce Wilson type 208. Ex Mackenzie-Smith. PHOTO. £200
759 MIDLAND DISTRICT SORTING CARRIAGE: 1860 (2 Nov.) EL ex London to Daventry bearing 1d red tied by W.C. duplex and with two-line "MIDL(AND added in pencil)/DIST. S.O." (the "O" reinforced in pencil) and Examiner's mark (A&H 1822) alongside. Backstamped Weedon & Daventry. Ex Mackenzie-Smith. PHOTO. £100
760 MIDLAND T.P.O. - ENCIRCLED "E/MR" ON REDIRECTED ENVELOPE: 1865 (Feb. 17) env. with Charing Cross datestamp on reverse bearing 1d red tied by numeral cancellation and with a fine black encircled "E/MR" to the left of the adhesive alongside a faintish "MID RY NIGHT" Star. The former was the first and the latter the second regular cancellation of the Midland T.P.O. Also an off-cover 1d with a fine large part strike of the "Star" cancellation. (1 cover, 1 adhesive). Ex Mackenzie-Smith. PHOTO. £100
761 GLOUCESTER STATION C.D.S. ON PART NOTICE OF OBJECTION: 1875 (18 Aug.) part printed Notice of Objection addressed to a Mr. John Coleman of Coleford concerning his place on the List of Voters for the Newland Division of the County of Gloucestershire bearing 3d tied by Gloucester Station duplex and with Coleford arrival mark on reverse. £75
762 LLANDYSSIL SORTING TENDER: 1878 (28 June) env. (cover faults) to Llangranog Factory, Cardiganshire bearing 1d plate 191 tied by Stroud duplex cancel carried per Llandyssil Tender backstamped "NEWCASTLE EMLYN", "LLANDYSSIL SORTING TENDER", "LLANDYSSIL" & "LLANGRANOG". Also a piece bearing 1d adhesive tied by "CARMATHEN & NEWCASTLE EMLYN S.O." & another piece bearing a small portion of a 1d adhesive tied by "LLANDYSSIL SORTING TENDER" d.s. of 25 Aug. 1882. (3 items). £75
763 LONDON & BRISTOL SORTING CARRIAGE - "DOWN DAY MAIL" C.D.S. CANCEL IN CONJUNCTION WITH UNRECORDED BOXED "Posted Without Late Fee" MARK: 1908 (12 Feb.) PPC to Ledbury (probably posted at Paddington) bearing KEVII 1⁄2d tied by large part circular "LONDON & BRISTOL (S.C.)/DOWN DAY MA(IL)" c.d.s. (Wilson 367, code **) with fine matching boxed "Posted without Late Fee" mark & m/s "1d/to pay" endorsement alongside. Rare thus. PHOTO. £300
764 MODERN T.P.O.'s: Group of long envelopes, all dated May 1994, six of which commemorate the last trip of the York-Cardiff T.P.O. (all with different postmarks - not applied on the train), six of which commemorate the last trip of the Derby/Bristol/Penzance T.P.O. (all with different postmarks - not applied on the train) & four of which commemorate the first trip of the Bristol-Penzance & Crewe-Cardiff T.P.O. A scarce group. (16). £75
G.B. - RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS
765 LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY: 1914 (20 Nov.) cover to Manchester bearing KGV 1d in conjunction with Lynton & Barnstaple 2d black/blue adhesive (faults). The latter is tied by wavy lines and has additional violet oval "LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY/CANCELLED". Endorsed "To be posted at Manchester" in m/s. Also a coloured PPC depicting an intermediate station on the line bearing KEVII 1d cancelled by "GREAT WESTERN T.P.O./UP NIGHT" cds of 21 Aug. 1905. (2). £100
766 SOMERSET & DORSET JOINT LINE: 1917 (22 Dec.) registered express letter from Shepton Mallet to Bristol bearing KGV 1d, 2d & 6d (all tied by "SHEPTON MALLET/M.D. & S.O." c.d.s.) in conjunction with "SO WEST & MID RLY CO./SOM & DOR JOINT LINE" 2d green label (not tied). Red/white Express label with m/s "Temple Meads". £100
767 SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY: 1860 group of five South Eastern Railway Electric Telegraph stamps comprising 1/- yellow, 1/2d black 1/6d grey, 2/3d brown & 2/9d green. All are defective to some degree but an unusual quintet nevertheless. (5). £60
G.B. OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
768 MISCELLANY of surface printed frankings inc. 1d red+ 6d on 1858 cover to Italy, 1859 part env. ex Guernsey franked with 2d blue & 6d lilac to an officer in Hong Kong, 6d lilac pair on 1859 E to Bilbao, 4d carmine used to Paris also in 1859, 1860 E (faults) with 6d franking to Melbourne, 1869 cover to U.S.A. franked with 6d lilac, 1871 env. to Ceylon bearing 1/- green, five covers to France 1860-85 and a few inland G.B. items all to or from solicitors in Hinckley (Leicestershire) such as Inland Revenue 1d pair on large 1881 env. Mixed condition but much of interest. (21 items). £150
769 MISCELLANY: Bundle of QV-KGV covers to foreign destinations inc. attractive & fresh E to Nova Scotia with KEVII 9d + 1d cancelled with fine NORWICH/BER STREET cds, QV to Mexico (1885), 1⁄2dEs to Norway (3, 1887-96), KGV airmail inc. Malaya, India & E.Africa etc. (29 items) PHOTO. £120
770 ALGERIA: Three covers ex Liverpool or Birmingham (2) to Mostaganem and paid at the 4d rate with 1d reds or 2d blue pairs (2) some creasing to stamps, one with an ink splash; also a double-rate cover with 2d & 6d stamps (last with damaged corner). (4 items) £90
771 BELGIUM, ITALY & SWITZERLAND - 1870's COVERS WITH DIFFERENT FRANKINGS INC. "L1" TYPES: 1870-75 Group of covers (all bar one having a 2d blue in the franking) inc. 1870/75 pair from London to Belgium or Switzerland 'Via Belgium' with very fine boxed "L1" marks of quite different sizes, unusual 1875 mourning env. to Geneva with cancelled "PD" mark, trio of 2d blues prepaying 6d rate to Italy etc. (6 covers). £120
772 EGYPT: 1874 (18 Feb) env from Bakewell "Via Brindisi" to Cairo bearing 4d plate 13 FB & 6d chestnut plate 11 KI both tied by "BAKEWELL" duplex. Also a similar env sent a week later from the same correspondence franked with 4d plate 13 SD and 6d grey plate 12 JL. A little soiled but a most interesting pair. £80
773 EUROPE - FRANCE/ITALY/BELGIUM ETC: 1858-86 The small group of covers (8) and a front inc 1858 E from London to Paris bearing large garter wmk. 4d. 1872 E from London to Gand bearing 3d plate 7. 1868 E from London to Naples franked with a 6d plate 6. (clipped at left). 1867 env to Frankfurt bearing 6d plate 6. 1863 E from Bradford to Italy franked with 6d plate 5 & 1/- plate 4. Mixed condition. (9 covers + 1 front). £100
774 FRANCE: Pre-stamp covers c1819-55 - good range of British origins with various ANGLETERRE entry marks and postal charges, paid and unpaid inc. 'not paid' cover ex Hull and 4 items to Italy. Mixed condition. (44 items) £150
775 FRANCE/CANADA/SOUTH AFRICA AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1851-87 The selection of covers inc 1855 mourning env to Perth, WA bearing a cut square 6d purple (shaved at foot) with blue English type "spoon" of Kingstown (smudged).1851 E to France bearing a cut square 10d embossed (cut into at foot). 1887 env (damaged at top) from London ton Kimberley diamond field bearing 1884 6d. 1876 (28 Nov) EL to Canada bearing 2˝d plate 4 CC perfin. 1878 covers (2) to France each franked with 2˝d plate 12. 1882 (4 Feb) E from Smyrna to London franked with 2˝d plate 23. (9 covers). £120
776 GRENADA:1881 (1 Aug.) env from Waltham Cross to St George's Grenada bearing 1/- orange brown plate 13 DB . 1883 env (top flap partially torn away) from the same correspondence franked with 4d grey brown plate 18 KB. A good pair.PHOTO. £160
777 HAITI - JACMEL: 1853 (1 Feb) env (some faults) from London to Jacmel, Haiti franked with a cut to shape 10d and a partially cut to shape 1/- green Die 2 pair. Also STO 1/- stationery piece bearing 1902-10 4d (2) & 5d (3). £100
778 HONG KONG - POSTCARD FROM WALES WITH "SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG C.D.S.: 1905 (28 June) PPC from Swansea addressed to 'H.M.Naval Dock Extension/Hong Kong' franked with 2 x ˝d adhesives (one damaged) with a fine strike of the scarce "SINGAPORE·TO·HONG·KONG/C/JY 21/05" c.d.s. at lower left. £80
779 INDIA/ST. LUCIA:1871 (15 March) env from Biggleswade via Southampton to Rappootana, India bearing 1862-64 9d AC. 1880 EL from London via Brindisi to Bombay bearing 6d grey plate 16 vertical pair QH-RH (cut straight at right). 1867 (1 Oct) E from London to St. Lucia franked with 1/- plate 4 QB. arrival c.d.s. on reverse. (3 covers). PHOTO. £100
780 ITALY: 1878 long env. registered to Milan thence redirected to London bearing 11⁄2d & 8d adhesives.A most unusual combination. PHOTO. £150
781 MADAGASCAR: 1885 Long registered E addressed to Fianarantsoa, Madagascar and franked for the quadruple rate of 1/10d with 1883 5d & 6d green pairs (slight faults) cancelled by the squared circle d.s. of Chepstow, with oval reg'd mail d.s. of London and rare red oval 'REGISTERED/No. /MAURITIUS' nearby with blue crayon '2d'. Remarkable - exhibition piece. PHOTO. £700
782 NEW ZEALAND/SPAIN:1887 (31 March) env (top flap partly missing and torn) from The Archbishop of Canterbury Frederick Temple at Lambeth Palace to The Bishop of Wellington, New Zealand bearing 1884 6d green, CC. 1885 E from London to Spain bearing 1884 5d green ME. (2 covers). PHOTO. £100
783 SCANDINAVIA: 1865 cover ex Hull to Copenhagen bearing 9d adhesive tied by Hull duplex, 1867 E ex Manchester to Christiana bearing pair of 4d adhesives (faults) and showing handstruck "5" accountancy mark in red plus 1869 E ex London to Christiana bearing 4d x 2 (applied upside down). A useful trio. (3). £120
784 USA - 1/6d RATE COVER TO NEW YORK:1856 (1 April) E from Euston Square Station "Baltic from Liverpool" to New York bearing cut square (touched in places) 6d and 1/- embossed tied by "964" numeral cancellations, red "21/CENTS" and curved "PAID" h.s. nearby. PHOTO. £200
CRASH/WRECK MAIL
785 POSTCARD RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE "DOUGLAS":1923 (15 Aug) A multi view photographic postcard from Leicester to Douglas, Isle of Man with m/s "This card went to the bottom of the sea on the marine steamer "Douglas" on August 15th 1923 12pm" and a good violet "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" h.s. The card is without adhesive and badly damaged as is expected. Very rare rated "A" in Hogarth & Gwynn. The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. steamer "Douglas" was sailing from Liverpool to Douglas, I.O.M. when she collided with the Artemisia in the river Mersey. It was reported on 18th Aug. that one bag of mail had been washed up and restored to the postal authorities. PHOTO. £300
786 POSTCARD FROM THE SAME CORRESPONDENCE AS THE PREVIOUS LOT RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE "DOUGLAS":1923 (15 Aug) picture postcard (badly damaged) from Leicester to Douglas, I.O.M. without adhesive (an adhesive is stuck face down on the view side), with m/s "This card went to the bottom of the Sea on the Manx Steamer "Douglas" was sunk" and Received Friday/August 19th 1923". This card does not have any handstamp, nevertheless a scarce item. PHOTO. £200
787 COVER RECOVERED FROM THE IMPERIAL AIRWAYS "COURTIER" CRASH: 1937 (30 Nov) env from Cairo to Leeds bearing on reverse (re-affixed) a vertical strip of Egyptian 5m and on front a clear strike of the boxed "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER/IN AIRPLANE/ACCIDENT" violet h.s (Sand ford type f). Some cover faults as expected. £60
EXHIBITIONS
788 1924/1925 WEMBLEY: The small group of PPC's bearing 1924 1d (18) or 1925 1d (9) Wembley Exhibition adhesives, many with special Exhibition cancellations. (27). £100
789 LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE/MONETRY & ECONOMIC CONFERENCE:1930 (12 March) env registered to Moorgate bearing 1d, 1˝d & 2d tied by "LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE" c.d.s. 1933 (12 June) env registered within London with PUC 2˝d block of four tied by "MONETRY & ECONOMIC CONFERENCE/LONDON" c.d.s. The special registration label is a little damaged, otherwise fine. (2 items). £120
790 ROYAL SHOW CANCELLATIONS:1928-38 Covers (3) registered to G.J. King with various adesives tied by c.d.s. of 1928 "REDHILL/SURREY SHOW", 1938 "ROYAL CO. SHOW/BOURNEMOUTH" and 1952 "ROYAL SHOW/NEWTON ABBOT". Fine. £70
791 SHEPHERD'S BUSH/PLOUGH GREEN EXHIBITIONS ETC:1927-50 env (3) registered to G J King with c.d.s. of 1927 "SHEPHERD'S BUSH/EXHIBITION", 1942 "PLOUGH GREEN/WORCESTER" and "INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION/GLOUCESTER" Mostly fine. £70
EXPRESS
792 MISCELLANY@ Bundle of earlier Express items c1897-1910 inc. trio of QV covers with s/l EXPRESS or red labels, 1909 E to Jersey with KEVII 2d x 2, 1905-10 stampless pair etc. Useful lot. (9 items) £100
FREE MAIL
793 SMALL 'FREE' IN CIRCLE, 1765: E ex Edinburgh (v.fine armorial seal) to London with Edinburgh and London Bishop Marks on reverse and very fine strike of the scarce small encircled 'FREE' in red [Jay 2170] in use 1764-66. [Ex Jay] PHOTO. £260
794 FIRST TYPE INITIALLED HAND STAMP, 1788: E to Margate dated from London with fine strike in black of the scarce 27mm circular FREE with inspector's initial 'C' in centre, used 1787-89. [Ex Born] PHOTO. £100
795 'LARGE E' CODED CROWNED DATE STAMPS: 1837-38 Pair of free fronts ex London to Norfolk or Bedford, each with a fine strike of the rare crowned FREE d.s. coded 'E' - used on irregular deliveries 1837-39. (2 items) PHOTO. £120
JUBILEE OF 1890
796 1890 G.P.O. CHRISTMAS CARD: Fine, unused example of the large chromo card produced for the London G.P.O. with portraits of the Queen, Rowland Hill, the Duke & Duchess of Edinburgh, vignettes of the Guildhall, commemorative cancellations etc. A little light dusting in the margins, mount marks on the reverse otherwise a fine example of this attractive card. £120
LOCAL STAMP COVERS
797 SCOUT POSTS - DERBY & SHEFFIELD: Stock-book with extensive range of Derby Scouts Xmas Post labels used on piece with a range of types c1984-2003 with variously-coloured cancellations inc. 4 covers; also a small number of Sheffield Scout Post items. (220 approx.) £80
NEWSPAPERS
798 MISCELLANY: Collection on pages inc. a few red tax stamps, the majority various newspaper wrappers inc. private and overprinted types inc. QV perfin stationery wrappers (2) and several others uprated with perfins, STO types, pictorial 'Church Army' example (1920) etc. (36 items) £100
PARCEL POST
799 AN EARLY PARCEL TICKET/FANCY PARCEL POSTCARD ETC: 1827 A printed ticket for a parcel sent to a solicitor in Beccles setting out the terms, issued by Joseph Hearn. c1890 mechanical (tab broken) card depicting a Parcel Post horse drawn cart. Some creasing but very attractive. c 1950 OHMS Official parcel post label used to Lowestoft. PHOTO. £100
800 PARCELS POST LABEL USED DURING FIRST WEEK OF USE: 1883 (7 Aug) "PARCELS Crown POST/EMPINGHAM/(UNDER STAMFORD)" label on small fragment franked by 3d on 3d JE with central "EMPINGHAM" c.d.s. Some soiling but a scarce early use of the service. PHOTO. £200
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81-160
161-240
241-320
321-400
401-480
481-560
561-640
641-720
721-800
801-880
881-925
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