342 WWII - ALGERIA: 1939-44 Trio of French Navy covers inc. POSTE NAVALE/BUREAU No 19 cds ex the 'Aude'; 1944 RAF Base Censor No.2 ex BAPO 5 to Canada with unusual censor tape; Red Cross enquiry form ex Oran to France plus two different types of POW card ex camps at Algiers & Oran. (7 items) £120
343 WWII - BELGIUM, UNDERCOVER MAIL: 1943 Pair of censored postcards ex Brussels addressed to 10 Rua de Lorato, Lisbon (Belgian Embassy, London undercover address); also two unusual WWI covers inc. (1915) E to Denmark from a Red Cross nurse with the Ambulance de l'Ocean at La Panne and stampless 'S.M.' cover to USA (1919) from a Belgian artillery officer, with unusual hexagonal censor/date-stamp of Brussels. (4 items) £100
344 WWII - AUSTRIAN FIELDPOST TO SIEGE OF STALINGRAD: Four stampless Es (Jan/Feb 1943) addressed from Vienna to feldpost 06735B - at the siege of Stalingrad, the undeliverable letters with m/s or h.s. 'return' marks; also1946 UNRRA memo, 1971 censored E ex Innsbruck to the interned SS officer Major Walter Reder in Gaeta Military Prison, Italy. In addition an unusual WWI feldpost card franked with 1h & 6h stamps cancelled by Hungarian FPo 35 cds. (7 items) £100
345 WWII - POLISH FORCES IN SCOTLAND: Interesting study well written up on album leaves of Polish forces mail inc. 1941 env. from London to Perth bearing scarce "POLISH NAVY - OFFICIAL LETTER" cachet, various types of F.P.O. d.s.'s, 2 line purple bi-lingual cachet of F.P.O. 1 on a memo., receipt and docket for registered letters etc. (21 items). £120
346 WWII - ALLIED FORCES IN ICELAND: Well written up study inc. British Forces covers with May 1940 E sent through HOME DEPOT REPS to UK, various FPO items inc. the scarce FPO 89 on reg'd E, 'honour' E ex FPO 306 with s/l SALVED FROM THE SEA, RAFPO 001 & 002 with various censors, HMS 'Baldur' letter & cover, Xmas cards (2), USAPO covers, civilian censored mail etc. Excellent lot for further development. (38 items) PHOTO. £300
347 WWII AND AFTER - BRITISH F.P.O.'s: Extensive group of FPO covers on leaves, arranged by number with some better items noted inc. explanatory cachets, registered etc.; many post-WWII covers with commemorative cancellations. Inspection necessary. (100s) £150
348 WWII AND AFTER - BRITISH F.P.O.'s: Box with extensive accumulation of military cancellations on cover inc. substantial, mainly QEII FPO covers plus commemorative cancellations, OHMS items etc. Inspection recommended - a useful lot. (Approx. 300 items) £100
AIRMAILS
349 SHOEBOX with the interesting and extremely varied accumulation of World-wide flown mail including a number of FFCs. Well worth inspection. (Approx. 300). £150
350 CRASH MAIL: Group of covers inc. scarce ambulance cover with COURRIER ACCIDENTE AU BRESIL/LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1935 plus 3 other French items from te 1930s, 1933 'Postjager' covers (2), 1939 'Centurion' cover, 1955 Hollywood 'plane crash E and a variety of modern items 1969-2001. (16 items) PHOTO. £160
351 HORTEN - HARWICH EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHTS, 1927: E ex Oslo with 1k30o franking with additional special Horten machine cancellation, routed via Cuxhaven & Amsterdam to Harwich; one of 197 items carried on the first flight, well written-up with copies of contemporary newspaper reports. PHOTO. £100
352 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: Interesting group beautifully written up on thick album leaves comprising 1931 illustrated envs. carried on first Imperial Airways flights from London to Kosti (Sudan) and ex Khartoum to Alexandria respectively, 1933 (23 Sept.) illustrated env. carried on the London to Akyab (Burma) leg of the first London to Rangoon airmail service & similar env. carried on the return flight, 1935 (1 Jan.) env. to Rangoon carried on the first twice weekly service from London and 1937 (30 Sept.) env. from Jerusalem to Munich with (on back) printed label & supporting cachet confirming that the env. had been recovered from the 'Courtier' crash. (6 covers). £180
353 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS: 1931 (8 Dec.) 'Springbok' env. from Norwood to Durban carried on the first air mail flight from London to South Africa, 1931 (17 Dec.) 'Springbok' env. ex Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia from the first flight to Cape Town, 1936 (26 March) illustrated env. to Newport (Monmouthshire) franked with KGV Hong Kong 5c, 20c & 25c adhesives each tied by a very fine "HONG-KONG/AIR MAIL" c.d.s. with equally fine boxed violet "FIRST THROUGH FLIGHT/HONG KONG-PENANG-LONDON/VIA IMPERIAL AIRWAYS/27TH MARCH 1936" cachet and 1940 (25 Jan.) illustrated env. from Durban to Eindhoven, Holland carried on the regular flying boat service. (4 covers). £150
354 SWEDEN: Fine group of air covers 1929-45 with emphasis on earlier material especially Night Flights, FFCs (and a last flight cover!) with a range of interesting frankings, cancellations & cachets, some forwarded by German airmail - inc. more interesting destinations such as Talinn, Warsaw & Montevideo. Inspection recommended. (18 items) £100
355 ZEPPELIN MAIL, ETC.: Useful group of Zeppelin covers 1935-39 (19) with a range of flights represented (some duplication) inc. on-board cachets and three S.American items; also a bundle of RP cards of the 'Graf Zeppelin' (10). In addition, a range of airmail covers c1930-50 with emphasis on GB & Commonwealth material but inc. KLM 1934 Xmas flight pair and 1945 Portugal E to Sweden with 'OAT' cachet etc, (53 items) £200
AUTOGRAPHS
356 SIR WALTER SCOTT AUTOGRAPHED LETTER: c.1830 Large part letter signed by the famous Scottish author '[Sir] W[alter] Scott' (1771-1832) in his distinctive handwriting from 'Castle Street' (Edinburgh) to an un-named correspondent (Scott's publisher?) referring (inter alia) to Scott's well known mansion 'Abbotsford'. Autographs of Sir Walter Scott are seldom seen. £80
CIGARETTE CARDS
357 SMALL CARTON with the varied accumulation in albums (some stuck in, others merely "slotted in") & on leaves. Wide thematic appeal inc. Birds, Cricket & Football. (Qty.). £100
EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC.
358 LETTER-BOOK etc. :1821 ledger containing correspondence etc. c1700-1770s of Scots interest - to the Clerk family of Dumfries - with (1700) 18pp journal of a visit to Holland, family pedigree, account of an armed burglary (1692), account of a tour in Iceland (1809) etc. Fascinating. £100
PICTURE POSTCARDS
359 MISCELLANY: Large carton with a quantity of vintage PPCs inc. good ranges of artist-drawn cards, GB topos & British Empire. Also four binders with modern cards. (Approx. 800) £200
360 MISCELLANY: Box containing early to modern mix inc. better vintage items with GB, Canada, Europe (unusual Russia & Latvia noted), RP etc. plus a number of more recent cards. (Approx. 400). £120
361 CHANNEL ISLANDS, ETC.: Shoe-box with ranges of PPCs of Jersey (200) & Guernsey (50) KGV-QEII with emphasis on pre-1950 material, many cancelled; also 400 unused post-WWII cards of Europe with emphasis on Italy. (650) £100
ADEN
362 MINT COLLECTION on stockleaves inc. 1937 Dhow set to 10r, 1939-48 to 10r, 1951 to 10.- on 10r, etc. (68). £240
363 SHIP'S BAG USAGE OF G.B. 6d GREY FROM H.M.S. DAPHNE (AT ADEN) TO G.B.; Feb. 1879 env. (Seagrove & Co. filing endorsement - "Lieut W. S. Goodridge" - affects left hand part of address) to Portsea bearing G.B. 6d Grey (pl.16) tied by a London "F[oreign] B[ranch" mark. Lieut. Goodridge was on HMS Daphne at this date, and the ship's log shows it was docked at Aden from 12 to 18 Feb. 1879. The P&O SS Mongolia left Aden on 16 Feb. for the Med. (via Suez Canal) and reached Southampton on 9 Mar. 1879, which fits in beautifully with the backstamp. Ex Osborne. [Illustrated in Naval Officers' Letters, p.48.] £180
364 QV PERIOD INCOMING COVER EX G.B.: 1881 (7 July) env. ex Devon bearing 5d blue tied by Squared Circle of Sidmouth addressed to the "Reverend N.B. Lodge, H.M.S. Eclipse, Care of the Postmaster, Aden, Arabia" The "Eclipse" was at Trincomalee during early August. Ex Osborne. [Illustrated in Naval Officers' Letters p119]. £120
AFGHANISTAN
365 PERSIAN INVASION - DUKE OF WELLINGTON HIMSELF COMMENTS ON THE SIEGE OF HERAT; Remarkable and very fine Autograph 19 Nov. 1838 Letter Signed, together with original autograph signed franked envelope sent from London to Beaconsfield, both in the Duke of Wellington's distinctive hand and both signed "Wellington" by him. The letter includes brief but very significant comments on Herat; "I hope that Herat will not fall. That may save us." Prophetic words; the Siege had lasted 10 months but was finally lifted when the Persian forces withdrew on 28 Sept. 1838; however, word of the withdrawal had not reached England when the Duke wrote this letter. In the end, as is well known, the saving of Herat did not eventually save Britain from suffering one of her worst ever military disasters in Afghanistan, the Massacre of the Khyber Pass, a couple of years later. Rare personal comment by Britain's most famous military leader and the hero of Waterloo. PHOTO. £150
ANTIGUA
366 ALBUM with the valuable QV to QEII mint & used collection inc. useful 19th Century types to 1/- mint & used, KEVII to 5/- mint & used (latter rather "washed"), 1923 5/- green & violet mint & used, 1921-29 MCA £1 mint & used plus Script values to 4/- mint & used, 1932 Tercentenary to 5/- mint & used, KGVI to £1 mint & used and several useful QEII defin. sets to top value. Fair to chiefly fine. (Few 100s). £600
367 MINT COLLECTION on stockleaves inc. 1921-29 MCA set to £1, 11921-29 Script set to 4/-, 1932 Tercentenary set to 5/-, 1938-51 set to £1, etc. (83). £200
ARGENTINA
368 1870-1878 pair of ELs to France & Switzerland bearing 5c orange (cancelled "ROSARIO DE SANTA FE") & 16c green (cancelled "BUENOS AIRES") adhesives respectively. The former is rated "10" in m/s & has an additional Buenos Aires c.d.s. of 14 September, black boxed "GB.1F60C" & circular "ANGL/AMB CALAIS" d.s. of 18th October. The latter has a red LOndon Paid arrival mark of 31 October. A highly attractive pair. (2).PHOTO £120
AUSTRALIA
369 BOXFILE with the early to modern collection on leaves. Chiefly covers & cards inc. 'Roos to £1 grey used and £2 "SPECIMEN", censored mail, flown mail, maritime mail, instructional marks, postage due covers, etc. A very useful lot - inspection recommended. (Qty.). £200
370 STOCKBOOK with the valuable early to modern mint & used duplicated accumulation inc. used 'Roos to 10/-, 10/-, £1 & £2 single crown wmk. with "SPECIMEN" opts., 1930s commems. inc. ANZAC used, Victoria Centenary mint & Silver Jubilee used, a useful range of Postage Dues, Robes 10/- with "SPECIMEN" opts. plus two mint "normals" & two mint examples of the £1, Arms set mint plus "SPECIMEN" set of three, White paper 5/- Stockman mint, Navigators to £1 & $4 mint plus $1, $2 & $4 with "SPECIMEN" opt., sundry useful QEII commems., etc. Untidy but potentially very rewarding. (Very many 100s). £360
371 MINT COLLECTION on leaves & stockleaves inc. 1928 Melbourne min. sheet, 1929-30 5/- & 10/-, 1931-36 'Roos to £1, 1932 Sydney Bridge 5/-, other useful 1930s commems., Robes to £1, Arms to £1, etc. (Approx. 170). £500
372 POSTAL STATIONERY:1916 1d red Military env with "AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE." One flap torn. Also a similar 1d env on white paper with "A.I.F., ABROAD" text. Small mark on stamp but rare unused examples. PHOTO. £200
373 POSTAL STATIONERY: 1916 1d red Military Env. with "A.I.F., ABROAD" text. Fine unused. PHOTO. £100
AUSTRIA
374 ALBUM with the mint & used collection inc. 1908 set to 5k plus better sets & individual stamps. Worth close inspection. (Some 100s). £75
BAHAMAS
375 BOXFILE with the KGV to (chiefly) QEII collection of stamps, covers & cards on leaves. Strength in QEII with sundry booklets and a good range of covers collected for cancellation interest. (Qty.). £100
376 ALBUM with the valuable collection inc. Staircases to 3/- mint & used, 1912-19 £1 mint, Tercentenary set mint, 1921-37 to £1 mint, 1938-52 to £1 mint, Landfall to £1 mint, Eleuthera to £1 mint or used, etc. Chiefly fine. (Approx. 200). £240
377 MINT COLLECTION on leaves & stockleaves inc. 1926 £1 green & black, 1930 Tercentenary set, 1938 values to £1, Landfall to £1, Eleuthera to £1, etc. (105). £120
** 378 CROWNED CIRCLE HANDSTAMP:1850 (15 Nov) part cover to London with a clear strike of the "Crown/PAID/AT/BAHAMAS" d.s. in red (SG CC1 Cat £2,250) with "D/PAID" tombstone d.s. nearby. Scarce. PHOTO. £300
BAHRAIN
379 MINT COLLECTION on leaves with 1933-37 set to 5r , 1938-41 values to 10r inc. scarce 8a violet, 1942-45 set, 1948-49 set, etc. (82). £200
BARBADOS
380 COLLECTION on leaves inc. 1912 2/- & 3/- used, 1918 3/- green & violet used, Victory to 3/- mint, later values to $2.40, etc. Chiefly fine. (Approx. 200). £120
381 COLLECTION on stockleaves with a small piece bearing fine Crowned "PAID/AT/BARBADOES" h.s., some useful Britannias (very mixed condition), KGV Sea Horse types to 3/- mint & used, Victory to 3/- used, etc. (Approx. 240). £100
BERMUDA
382 COLLECTION on leaves with 1920/1921 Tercentenary set to 1/- mint plus 1921 Tercentenary set to 1/- mint or used, 1918-22 4/-, 5/- & 10/- mint, 1924 10/- mint, KGVI to 12/6d mint & £1 used, etc. Chiefly fine. (Approx. 170). £360
383 1938-53 2/- purple & blue/deep blue marginal plate block of 4 from the SE corner of the sheet incorporating the "Broken lower right scroll" variety. SG.116c/116ce. RPS Cert. (2008) accompanies. £150
384 1938-53 Keyplates. The chiefly mint selection of 2/- & 2/6d values on stockcards inc. 1950 2/- marginal unmounted mint block of four. Also Nyasaland KGVI 2/6d keyplate block of four & a mint single. (23). £120
BURMA
385 MINT COLLECTION on stockleaves inc. KGV to 10r and KGVI to 10r (4). Fine & very fresh. (Approx. 130). £100
CANADA
386 ALBUM (some remaindering in evidence) with the valuable QV-KGVI mint collection inc. Small Queen 1c & 2c mint blocks of four, Jubilee 5c & 8c blocks of four (some faults) and $1 single (thinned), 1897 Maple Leaves set (mixed condition), KEVII 50c (some perf. damage), Quebec set, 1911-22 Admirals set, 1915 War Tax opt. set of three, 1922-31 Admirals set, 1928-29 set (8c foxed), 1930-31 to $1, 1935 to $1, 1937 to $1, War Effort to $1, Peace to $1, etc. Also a range on stockleaves, etc. inc. sundry low values in large multiples. Poor to fine. High Catalogue value. (Approx. 800). £750
387 ALBUM containing 1898 IMPERIAL PENNY POSTAGE 2c shades with mint (10 - very mixed condition but one with part imprint) and used (40 - mainly fine), many with identified minor varieties, plus a substantial specialized collection of KEVII & KGV POSTAL STATIONERY POSTCARDS covering all issues between 1903 & 1933 inc. many sub-types, several bearing advertisements such as unusual 'light bulb' design on one KEVII card and another with pre-cancel. (50 stamps + 102 cards). £170
388 BINDER with the modern collection inc. mint multiples, booklets & FDC's (Qty.). £100
389 KGV-KGVI MINT MISCELLANY on stockcards with a very useful range of Admirals to $1 inc. coils, imperf. pairs & War Tax opts., a good selection of blocks inc. Peace $1 with "G" opt. in a lightly hinged block of 4, an interesting group of P.Dues, etc. Poor to fine. (Small Qty.). £360
390 KGV-QEII MINT COLLECTION on leaves & stockleaves inc. Admirals to $1, 1926 2c Provisionals (both), 1928-29 to $1, 1930 to $1, 1935 to $1, etc. (Approx. 160). £200
391 MISCELLANY of 19th Century issues comprising 1857 3d Beaver very good used (light corner bend), 1859 5c Beaver horiz. pair overprinted "SPECIMEN" in black (one with repaired tear), 1859 5c bright orange-red used showing a major re-entry (few pulled perfs. at foot) & 1864 2c plate proof in green on India paper. (4 items). £150
392 MISCELLANY of stamps & covers on stockleaves and loose with some duplication in evidence. A little untidy but well worth inspection. (Qty.). £120
393 MISCELLANY comprising 1859 PERFORATED 5c red with ten used examples inc. one showing minor re-entry, one piece & one having red "target" cancellation and SMALL QUEENS 1870-88 perf. 12 1c orange-yellow (centred low) & 2c grass green both mounted mint, 6c yellowish brown from position 67 with major re-entry (Unitrade 39ii) and perf. 11¾ x 11¾ 6c yellowish-brown with Victoria crown cancellation. Condition somewhat mixed but a useful group. (14). £100
394 MISCELLANY INC. SMALL QUEENS/REGISTRATION STAMPS, ETC.: 1c bright yellow, mounted mint, natural crease.5c olive unused (no gum). 1889-97 Ottawa printing 2c blue-green, mounted mint. 3c bright vermilion mounted mint (thinned) and another regummed example. 1871 Large Queen 15c slate-violet unused; 1888 2c rose-carmine Registration stamps used (2, one thinned the other slightly oxidised) & 8c blue used. All with RPSL Certs. Good reference space fillers. Plus Weights & Measures KGV to $20 mint (Barefoot & Hall 30-41) & Newfoundland 1862-64 4d rose "used" (2) with RPSL Certificates stating that the cancellations cannot be certified. (23). £150
395 COVER MISCELLANY comprising 1857 (8 May) env. ex Smiths Falls to Potsdam, N.Y. franked with 5c red (SG.31) pair with part target cancellation, 1861 (23 May) E ex Quebec "Per Canadian Mail" to Glasgow bearing 12½c green tied by smudged target cancellation with "GLASGOW PACKET/COL PAID" d.s. alongside (some creasing clear of the adhesive - probably carried per the "Nova Scotian" & 1864 (Nov.) copy of Thomas W. Raphael's printed circular used from Montreal to Peterborough bearing 1c rose tied by a part strike of a target cancellation (also a used off-cover example of the 1c rose showing the "E" flaw. (4 items). £240
396 COVER MISCELLANY: The selection of covers (19), fronts (2) & cards (6) inc. an 1855-61 quartet of Cross Border covers comprising 1855 EL from Union to Canada with m/s "Paid 10", red "PAID" & oval framed red "UNITED/6D/STATES" h.s., 1857 EL ex Portland to Montreal with curved "U STATES" & "3" h.s., 1858 env. from Roxbury to Halifax with curved "U STATES/C" h.s. & 1861 patriotic env. (faults) ex South Waterloo to Bronte with m/s "Due 10" & "UNITED STATES/6D" h.s; 1851 E from St. Jean Baptist to Montreal with m/s "PAID 3", 1868 env. ex Lanark to Ottawa readdressed to Toronto with "FORWARDED" & "UNPAID 7" h.s., 1890 env. to Bournemouth franked with Maple Leaf 2c & 3c tied by fine "BRANDON" Squared Circle, 1899 Winnipeg local env. with a fine "NOT CALLED FOR". (27). £180
397 COVER MISCELLANY: An interesting accumulation of covers/cards inc. Sub-Post Office cancellations, 1904 env. registered from Toronto to the UK franked with SQ 2c & KEVII 1c, 5c & 7c tied by oval framed "R", 1938 env. to Malacca with "PLEASE ADVISE YOUR CORRESPONDENTS THAT/THE LETTER RATE FROM CANADA IS SIX CENTS/PER HALF OUNCE", 1936 env. to the UK with "SHORT PAID FOR AIR CONVEYANCE" h.s, etc. (Approx. 90). £150
398 COVER MISCELLANY: 1871 (19 Jan.) env. ex Quebec per "Ocean Steamer via Portland" to London bearing LQ 6c to pay the single letter rate to the UK by Allan Line (probably per "Prussian"), 1892 (3 March) env. ex Hamilton to Taunton bearing SQ 5c (toned at edges) cancelled with a complete strike of the circular "HAMILTON/PAID" c.d.s., being a forerunner of the Squared Circle plus a piece franked by 5c tied by a similar (part strike) c.d.s. of Seaforth & an 1895 env. from Winnipeg via N.York to London redirected to Berlin bearing SQ 5c tied by Winnipeg Squared Circle. (3 plus a piece). £150
399 COVER MISCELLANY - 3c ROSE-RED & PALE ROSE-RED SMALL QUEEN FRANKINGS: Sextet of complementary 1871 covers each franked with one or more 3c rose-red small Queen adhesives with numeral cancellations such as "45" of Perth & "21" of Goderich and two with fancy cork obliterations plus good group of 1871/3 covers each bearing at least one 3c pale rose- red small Queen all used internally with a wide range of cancellations & arrival marks. Minor faults but useful groups. (20 covers). £130
400 RED "MIFSENT TO MONTREAL" MARKING ON R. QUELLE "FREE" COVER TO QUEBEC; Attractive 16 Mar. 1833 EL (minor faults at foot) to an M.P. at Quebec and so with P.O. manuscript "R[iviere] Q[uelle] Free" mark and red "MONTREAL" c.d.s. on the front, but also with a very fine red manuscript "Mifsent to MontreaL" on the reverse. Canadian prestamp Missent covers are seldom seen. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO. £120
401 EARLY MAIL TO THE U.K.: 1840 (16 June) EL ex Quebec to Gloucester with m/s "8" & boxed "GREENOCK/SHIP LETTER" d.s. & 1851 (11 Dec.) EL (fragile) from Nova Scotia to London with m/s "1/-" & h.s. "2" - probably carried per the Cunard Packet "Asia". (2). £100
402 A CROSS BORDER COVER PAID TO THE LINES WITH QUEBEC CROWNED CIRCLE ETC:1843 (6 Jan) EL from Quebec to New York with a fine "Crown/PAID/AT/QUEBEC" h.s. and "QUEBEC/L.C." c.d.s. 1852 (24 April) EL from Montreal to New York with framed curved "CANADA" h.s. and circular framed "10". 1854 (24 May) EL from Quebec to Montreal with h.s. "3" and "STEAMBOAT-LETTER/QUEBEC" c.d.s. crossed by filing crease. (3 items). PHOTO. £160
403 STEAM BOAT LETTERS: 1850 (23 Sept.) EL ex Quebec to Montreal with m/s "9" & fine red "STEAM-BOAT LETTER/QUEBEC" c.d.s., 1851 (16 July) EL ex Montreal to Quebec with m/s "3" & similar Steam Boat c.d.s. in black (v.fine). An exceptional pair. (2). £120
404 3d SINGLE MONEY LETTER RATE COVER TO COBOURG: 1851 (24 October) EL(fragile with faults) from London to Cobourg bearing a four margined laid paper 3d orange-vermilion tied by a smudgy seven ring target cancellation, m/s "Money" and two strikes (readable) of red "MONEY LETTER" h.s. with a fine "LONDON/U.C. c.d.s. The contents between husband and wife discuss money worries and Beaver hats for the children etc. SG 1a. PHOTO. £300
405 "PAID AT QUEBEC" & TOMBSTONE "PAID 3" MARKS: 1851 (16 Dec.) E from Cananoque to Princeton with red "PAID/3" Tombstone mark plus 1851 (12 Dec.) E ex Quebec to Devon with red "(Crown)/PAID/AT/QUEBEC". Some cover faults but a useful pair. (2). £100
406 3d SINGLE INTERNAL LETTER RATE COVER:1852 (8 Nov) part E from Drummondville to Montreal bearing a four margined laid paper 3d orange-vermilion with central seven ring cancellation. The cover with faults but adhesive fine. SG 1a. PHOTO. £300
407 3d INTERNAL SINGLE RATE COVER BEARING A FINE INDIAN RED:1854 (6 March) env from Quebec to Lennoxville bearing a fine 3d (SG 7 shade) Indian red (re-entry) with central target cancellation. Scarce. PHOTO. £200
408 6d & 10c SINGLE RATE LETTERS TO NEW YORK AND 3d INTERNAL SINGLE RATE COVER: 1854 (4 Aug.) EL from Montreal to New York franked with pair of 3d deep red (SG.6; close to large margins; ironed horizontal crease) with target cancellations & curved red "PAID" nearby, c.1855 (1 Nov.) large part E ex Montreal to Lacey Head (Quebec) bearing fine 3d orange-red (SG.8 shade) tied by a very fine "21" in four concentric circles and 1862 (13 Jan.) env. [faults] from Belleville to New York franked with a single 10c deep purple tied by a blue "BELLEVILLE/C.W." duplex. (3 covers). PHOTO. £180
409 6d SINGLE RATE LETTER TO NEW YORK:1854 (18 Feb) E from Montreal to New York bearing 3d deep red, (SG 6) vertical pair, cancelled with target cancellations, red curved "PAID" h.s. alongside. Fine. £120
410 3d SINGLE INTERNAL LETTER RATE COVER:1857 (3 Nov) env to Bellville bearing a single wove paper 3d orange-red with lightly struck "target" cancellation. One cover flap torn and partially removed, adhesive fine. PHOTO. £240
411 ½d INTERNAL CIRCULAR RATE:1858 (5 June) A printed circular (vertical crease) m/s "Printed Circular"regarding a new edition of the "Provisional Justice" used from Toronto to Ottawa bearing a ½d rose SG (SG17) tied by a complete diamond of bars cancellation. Three wide margins, just shaved at lower left. A good item. £150
412 OFFICER'S 6d CONCESSION RATE COVER TO G.B.: 1860 (Aug.) env. (small faults) to Brighton bearing G.B. 1d Stars (2) & 4d rose-carmine, all tied by fine Liverpool "466" numerals with fine red "PAID/LIVERPOOL/COL.PACKET" c.d.s. alongside. The writer's brother Naval Cadet Francis R. B. Kemp was on board H.M.S. "Ariadne" at the time. The Ship's Log shows that she was at Quebec at this date & the letter was taken from there to Liverpool by the Allan Line S.S. "Canadian". Rare Transatlantic example of the Officer's 6d rate. Ex Osborne. PHOTO. £180
413 5c SINGLE AND 10c DOUBLE INTERNAL RATE COVERS:1860 (14 May) env from London to Orleans County bearing a 5c red pair with a fine "LONDON/C.W." duplex cancellation. 1862 (11 Feb) E (torn) from Montreal to Sherbrooke bearing 5c red with duplex cancellation. (2 covers). £100
414 10c SINGLE RATE LETTER TO USA:1860 (29 August) env from Montreal to Paterson, New Jersey ,bearing 10c brownish-purple centred to lower right. A scarce shade on cover. £100
415 10c LETTER RATE TO USA:1862 (Feb) env from Montreal to Boston bearing a single 10c brown tied by Montreal duplex. PHOTO. £120
416 121⁄2c LETTER RATE VIA ALLAN LINE COVER TO SCOTLAND:1863 (Feb) mourning env from Queenscom to Edinburgh bearing a single 121⁄2c tied by six ring target cancellation. A little soiled. PHOTO. £120
417 1c PRINTED CIRCULAR RATE & 1c UNSEALED ENVELOPE CITY RATE:1865 (13 Sept) Printed "John Dougall & Co Produce Circular" (faults) used from Montreal to Peterboro bearing a single 1c tied by circular "dumb" cancellation. 1864 (18 Nov) env bearing a single 1c used within Hamilton. (2 items). £120
418 121⁄2c LETTER RATE TO U.K., 5c INTERNAL REGISTRATION RATE COVER etc.: 1867 (16 Oct.) env. [small faults] ex Ridgeville to Newcastle-on-Tyne bearing a single 121⁄2c bluish green tied by oval of bars cancellation, 1869 (12 Jan.) env. reg'd. from Quebec to Dunham Flatts franked with 3c red adhesive + 2c orange "registered" stamp each tied by "R" in oval frame and 1869 (27 April) env. to St. George bearing 3c brown-red adhesive (lifted & light crease). [3 covers]. PHOTO. £180
419 ESQUIMAULT, VANCOUVER ISLAND - RARE 7d-RATE OFFICER'S CONCESSION RATE COVER VIA PANAMA TO G.B.; Feb. 1869 env. (flap lost but attractive) ex the 'Cochrane' correspondence to a fellow Naval Officer on "H.M.S. Cumberland" at Sheerness in Kent, significantly franked by GB Large White Letters 6d Mauve (pl.6) and 1d Red (pl.100) for the special 'Via Panama 7d Rate', tied by London Foreign Branch barred "B" cancels, having a partial 30 Mar. 1869 London backstamp. The writer had yet to be identified, but the only suitable British ship beyond Panama at this date was HMS Zealous which was stationed at Esquimault on Vancouver Island at this time. The letter would have been sent down to Panama and crossed the isthmus before catching the RMSP Douro that reached Plymouth (from Colon) on 28 Mar. 1869, hence the backstamps. Rare thus; the 7d rate (see Naval Officers' Letters Introduction, p.3) can only indicate mail from the Pacific beyond Panama at this date. Plus Dec. 1899 env. ex "HMS WARSPITE" (at Esquimault) to Ireland with GB 1d Lilac tied (unusually) by mostly v. fine "PAQUEBOT/LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. Ex Osborne. (2). PHOTO. £400
420 1c INTERNAL CIRCULAR & 3c SINGLE LETTER RATES: c.1869 env. to Ontario bearing a 1c red-brown large Queen adhesive and 1869 (June) H. Shorey & Co. printed clothes trade circular ex Montreal to Sussex, N.B. franked with large Queen 1c orange tied by double ring "1" cancellation in each case pre-paying the internal rate for circulars. Also 1869 (17 July) small neat env. from Toronto to Boudhead bearing 3c red-brown to pay the single letter rate. (3 covers). £150
421 LARGE & SMALL QUEEN COVERS ETC:1869 (26 July) local Quebec env bearing large Queen 3c. 1869 (16 April) env from Halifax to New Glasgow bearing a large Queen 3c. 1869 (3 Feb) env from Hamilton to Berlin, Ontario franked with large Queen 3c pair. 1877 env from Preston to Germany bearing a single small Queen 5c cancelled in blue. 1903 (2 Jan) mourning env from Ottawa to Switzerland franked with numeral 1c, 2c x 2 & 5c to pay the double letter rate. 1904 mourning env from the same correspondence as the previous cover bearing a single KEVII 5c. (6 covers). £120
182-261
262-341
342-421
422-501
502-581
582-661
662-741
742-821
822-901
902-981
982-1061
1062-1141
1142-1221
1222-1255
Index