| ** |
2320 |
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AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA - HOBART:185 (26 April) env from London "Per Harbinger" to Hobart bearing cut square embossed 10d red-brown Die 2 (shaved at top) and 2d blue plate 4 FC (just touched at top to clear margins) tied by "12" London district cancellation, smudged red "SHIP LETTER/Crown/LONDON" c.d.s. struck nearby. PHOTO. |
£200 |
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2321 |
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AUSTRALIA/USA/FRANCE/SPAIN:1858 (11 Nov) env from Brighton "By the first Steamer" to Melbourne franked with a fine 1856 6d lilac tied by a very fine "BRIGHTON" duplex, on reverse "ST JAMES ST" UDC and red "SHIP LETTER/FREE/VICTORIA" oval d.s. 1859 (4 March) mourning env from Nottingham to Cognac bearing Medium Garter 4d rose tied by "NOTTINGHAM" sideways duplex. 1862 (21 May) EL from London to Philadelphia franked with 1857 1/- (stained around edges) tied by "LONDON E C" duplex with red "21/CENTS" alongside. 1860 E from London to Cadiz franked with 1857 6d deep lilac pair (tear at right). |
£120 |
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2322 |
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AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA/NSW/SOUTH AUSTRALIA:1860 (18 Feb) E from London "Via Marseilles" to Melbourne bearing LC14 1d JJ with "51" numeral cancellation. 1868 (27 Nov) mourning env from Manchester "Via Southampton" to Newcastle franked with 1867-80 6d mauve plate 6 QA.1869 (3 Sept) env from Huntington to Melbourne franked with 1867-70 6d mauve plate 8 HK.1872 (11 July) env (faults) from Huddersfield to S Australia bearing 1867-80 3d plate 7 KF & 1872-73 6d deep chestnut, plate 11 ED. 1874 (26 Feb.) env from Birmingham to Melbourne franked with 1873-80 1/- green plate 8 HJ. 1876 (4 Aug) env from London "Via Brindisi" to Melbourne bearing 2d blue plate 14 IH & 1873-80 6d plate 15 SA. 1881 (24 Feb) mourning env from Dublin "Via Brindisi" to Melbourne bearing 6d plate 17 QJ. 1881 (30 June) mourning env from Cheltenham "Via Brindisi" to Melbourne bearing 6d plate 17 pair FE-FF. A good group. (8 covers). |
£220 |
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2323 |
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AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE:1862 (26 May) env from London "Via Marseilles" to East Melbourne bearing 1857 6d lilac (marginal) and 1862-64 3d carmine TB. PHOTO. |
£120 |
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2324 |
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AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA -HOBART: 1865 (16 January) env from Dublin to Hobart bearing 1862-64 1/- green plate 2 OJ marginal with "One Shilling/per Label" imprint at foot, tied by a very fine "DUBLIN" duplex, framed red "FRAMED SHIP LETTER ???????" d.s. and on reverse triangular framed "SHIP LETTER INWARDS/FREE" d.s. A scarce adhesive on cover. PHOTO. |
£200 |
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2325 |
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AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE:1865 (8 February) env (professionally repaired) from Mallow "Via Southampton" to Melbourne bearing 1862-64 6d RJ & 1865-67 1/- green plate 4 marginal pair JI-JJ tied by "321" numeral of Mallow, red "Crown/REGISTERED" h.s "REGISTERED/LONDON" oval d.s. and "REGISTERED/H/MELBOURNE" c.d.s. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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2326 |
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AUSTRALIA - ROCKINGHAM:1869 (19 May) env (portion of top flap missing) from Antrim to Sydney redirected to Brisbane & Rockingham bearing a marginal 1867-80 10d pale brown GD tied by "23" numeral. PHOTO. |
£150 |
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2327 |
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AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE:1872 (13 June) env from London to Richmond, Victoria bearing 1867-80 9d straw EA (vertical bend) tied by a fine "LONDON W. C" duplex. PHOTO. |
£80 |
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2328 |
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AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA:1875 (22 Jan) env from London "Via Brindisi" to Melbourne Club franked with 1867-80 9d pale straw MK & 1d plate 165 IJ tied by "LONDON S.W." c.d.s. with small red boxed "L1" nearby. Fine. PHOTO. |
£140 |
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2329 |
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AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE:1877 (April) mourning env (some edge wear and a little reduced at top) registered from Dublin "Via Brindisi" to Melbourne bearing 1876 4d vermilion plate 15 EL and 8d orange pair AG-AH tied by "A186" diamond of Dublin with a poor red "DUBLIN/P.L.O./REGISTERED" c.d.s. and "REGISTERED/LONDON" oval c.d.s. A rare item. PHOTO. |
£160 |
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2330 |
|
AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE:1879 (17 Jan) 2d registered env (faults) with contents from London "Via Brindisi" to Melbourne franked with 1867-80 2/- milky blue LK, 1873-80 6d grey plate 16 EI, 1/- green plate 13 CF & 4d sage plate 15 KL. Recipients m/s note on face which crosses the lower left corner of the 2/-, some perf faults at top. Despite faults a rare item of character. PHOTO. |
£260 |
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2331 |
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AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA:1881 (2 November) env from Galway "Via Brindisi" to Sandhurst, Victoria bearing 1881 1/- orange-brown plate 13 JE tied by a fine "GALWAY" duplex. PHOTO. |
£120 |
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2332 |
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AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA:1883 (4 May) env from London "Via Brindisi" to East Melbourne bearing a single 1883 6d on 6d lilac BG tied by "ST JOHNS WOOD/S.W." duplex. PHOTO. |
£80 |
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2333 |
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AUSTRALASIA - MELBOURNE/CANTERBURY NEW ZEALAND:1885 (10 March) mourning env from London to Melbourne bearing 1883-84 6d green GS. Fine. 1885 (30 December) env from Aberdeen "Via San Francisco" to Oxford, Canterbury, NZ franked with a creased & soiled 1883-85 1/- green CD. (2 covers). PHOTO. |
£140 |
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2334 |
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BRITISH HONDURAS - BELIZE:1873 (15 February) EL from London to Belize bearing 1867-80 2/- dull blue OD (marginal) tied by "LONDON" duplex with "BELIZE" c.d.s. and red boxed "L1" nearby. PHOTO. |
£260 |
| ** |
2335 |
|
CHINA - SHANGHAI:1865 (18th March) env from London "via Marsailles" to Shanghai bearing 1862-64 4d red IB (cut straight at top) and 1865-67 1/- green plate 4 NJ, h.s. "1d" in red and blue "SHANGHAI" c.d.s. PHOTO. |
£240 |
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2336 |
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EUROPE - AUSTRIA/FRANCE/ITALY/SWITZERLAND:1860 (16 July) EL from London "Via Ostende" to Paris franked with LC14 1d tied by "51" numeral. 1869 (14 Sept) env from Darlington to Florence bearing 1867-80 3d plate 5 pair TJ-TK (stained). 1870 (10 Sept.) EL from London to Palermo franked with 1867-80 6d mauve plate 8 SK tied by a superb "LONDON-E.C." duplex. 1870 env from London to Paris franked with 1865-67 4d plate 11 pair HH-HG.1875 (16 Feb) env from Liverpool "Vis Belgium" to Switzerland bearing 1873-80 3d plate 16 EB. 1877 (23 Dec) EL from Bute-Docks Cardiff to Austria bearing 1873-80 21/2d rosy mauve plate 9 LH.1885 env from Helensburgh to Switzerland bearing 1880-83 21/2 plate 23 NH. A fine group. (7 covers). |
£200 |
| ** |
2337 |
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FRANCE - COVER BEARING PLATE 9 2d DIVIDED BLOCK OF EIGHT:1861 (28th October) Printed EL from the London Patent Office to Paris bearing 2d plate nine strip of four NH-NK plus four singles MH, MI, MJ & MK which originally formed a block of eight tied by "LONDON-W.C." duplex, red oval framed "PD" and "CALAIS" transit c.d.s. NK with vertical crease. A spectacular item. PHOTO. |
£100 |
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2338 |
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GERMANY - LUBECK: 1855 (10th Nov) env. (flap missing and other faults) used from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Lubeck bearing a strip of four 1855 SC14 plate 4 2d blue strip of four DH-DK (SG Spec. F2) paying the 8d rate by private ship, tied by sideways duplex and oval framed red "P", handstamped "franco" and with "HAMBURG/14 NOV 1855" 'butterfly" d.s. on front. A scarce cover. PHOTO. |
£300 |
| ** |
2339 |
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JAPAN - TOKYO:1886 (26 Nov.) env from London to Tokyo franked with 1883-84 5d green pair BI-BJ. The top flap is a partially missing. PHOTO. |
£100 |
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2340 |
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NEW ZEALAND - WELLINGTON:1863 (24 March) env from Norwich to Wellington bearing 1862-64 9d straw PI (marginal) tied by a fine "NORWICH" duplex with "WANGANUI/NEW ZEALAND" c.d.s. alongside. Adhesive a little creased at top. PHOTO. |
£80 |
| ** |
2341 |
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NEW ZEALAND - DUNEDIN:1869 (8 Oct) env from Glasgow "Via Brindisi" to Dunedin, New Zealand bearing 2d plate 13 QE (centred high) and 1867-80 1/- green plate 4 GA tied by "GLASGOW" duplex. PHOTO. |
£80 |
| ** |
2342 |
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NETHERLANDS - ROTTERDAM - RARE 2/6d FRANKING:1897 (23 August) 2d H size registered env bearing 1883-84 2/6d lilac MC tied by registered oval d.s. of Salisbury. The adhesive is a little creased. Scarce, only 15 covers with this 2/6d are recorded. PHOTO. |
£200 |
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2343 |
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PERU - LIMA:1864 (16 March) E from Nottingham to Lima bearing 1862-64 1/- green plate 2 HG-HH marginal pair with "NOTTINGHAM" duplex cancellations, "PANAMA" transit c.d.s. and oval framed "CONDUCCION/DEL CARTERO/GRATIS" h.s. elusive adhesives on cover. PHOTO. |
£200 |
| ** |
2344 |
|
USA - BOSTON:1854 (5 July) env from London to USA bearing a cut square 1/- green embossed (cut square with three wide margins - cut along frameline at top) tied by London Chief Office numeral and red "5/CENTS", with "BOSTON Br PKT/PAID" red c.d.s. and "L/JY 6/A" green octagonal framed d.s. PHOTO. |
£240 |
| ** |
2345 |
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USA/EL SALVADOR/VENEZUELA/BRAZIL:1874 (15 July) mourning env (faults) from Bath "Via Southampton" to H.M.S. "Peterel" Vancouver Island, Care of the British Consul, San Francisco franked with 1874 6d grey plate 13 CD & ED tied by "BATH" duplex. 1875 (13 Nov.) EL from Belfast "Via Southampton & Panama" to EL Salvador bearing 1873-80 6d grey plate 14 DC and 1/- green plate 12 JC tied by Belfast duplex. 1877 (4 April) EL from Liverpool "Per French Packt Via St. Nazaire" to Caracas franked with 1875 1/- plate 12 CL tied by "EXCHANGE/LIVERPOOL" duplex. 1882 (8 Feb) env from Colchester "Per Mail via Southampton" to Rio de Janeiro franked with 1880 4d grey plate 17 JG tied by a fine "COLCHESTER" squared circle. (4 covers). |
£160 |
| ** |
2346 |
|
USA - CLEVELAND/MASSACHUSETTS:1885 (15 August) env with typed address (early for this) used from Blackpool to Cleveland bearing 1883-84 2½d lilac FR. Fine. 1882 (2 January) env (small faults) from London to Cambridge, Massachusetts bearing a fine 1881 5d indigo. |
£80 |
| ** |
2347 |
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WORLDWIDE:1883-1901 The selection of covers/cards and a wrapper inc. 1890 2d registered "G" size env from London to N Z bearing 1897 2d, 4d & 6d. 1890 1d pink env to Berlin franked with ½d & 1d tied by Hoster Machine cancellation. 1885 1d postcard to Lausanne franked with Hoster cancellation.1894 ½d env from Bute Docks to Germany. 1888 env from Loughborough to Hobart franked with Jubilee 6d. (10 items). |
£80 |
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2348 |
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CRIMEA - COVER TO LONDON AT 3d RATE: 1854 (22nd March) env to London bearing SC16 Die I, Alphabet II on blued paper 1d red brown plate 184 strip of three IJ-IL tied by "*Crown*" numeral with almost complete blue "POST OFFICE/A/BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s. alongside. Richter Cert (1991). PHOTO. |
£400 |
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