| 1441 | OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS: Small group of covers 1824-1906 inc. pre-stamp examples to France & Portugal, 1861 1d franked prices current to Canada with additional 'd1' h.s.. 1880 E to Singapore with 21⁄2d blue pair cancelled with Edinburgh duplex, 1884 E (fault) to Cuba with 4d brown tied by Glasgow-Carlisle TPO duplex etc. (9 items) PHOTO | £140 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1442 | RAILWAY T.P.O. MISCELLANY: Group of covers loose and on leaves featuring cancellations of the Glasgow & Carlisle TPO inc. (1877) ½d & 1d franking with sorting tender duplex plus an 1871 ½d card with v.fine strike of an earlier type and single ring cds cancellation on 1886 ½d newspaper wrapper; also Caledonian Railway 'CR' h.s. in black (3) and red, newspaper label and various marks of the Edinburgh-Carlisle TPO etc. (29 items) | £150 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1443 | TRANSATLANTIC MAIL - BERMUDA: 1850 E (small faults) addressed to a Highland Regiment on Bermuda and franked with a cut-to-shape 1/- embossed cancelled by Lochgilpin numeral with matching boxed d.s. on reverse; also a similar cover to West Point, New York (1854) ex Ayr with additional curved "PAID" and "5/CENTS". Useful pair. (2 items) PHOTO | £120 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1444 | CARDIFF: Useful collection on leaves inc. (1856) redirected E with 1d red (2) ex Greenock plus additional pair used for forwarding from Cardiff; 1890 scarce use of the 3d 'British Empire' stationery used to Belgium; good range of pre-stamp marks from 1782, duplexes, Bute Docks covers inc. 1869 6d E to Germany, PPCs etc. (58 items) | £120 | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1445 | RARE EARLY PRE-POST OFFICE LETTER EX ARMAGH TO SCOTLAND: 1631 EL concerning the theft of horses, written at 'Clancarney neare Armagh' and addressed 'To the right worshipfull the Laird of Duntreath at his house in Breadyland.', carried by private messenger. Attractive and rare. PHOTO | £150 | ||||||||||||||||
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