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Stamp auction - 29 January 2020
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Sale 162 - Postal History
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• "Postal history collections & accumulations, miscellaneous etc."
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1348
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COVER LOT accumulation of pre stamp to QEII material housed in a large carton incl. postal stationery used & unused, advertising, censored, registered, penny reds, etc., many 100s, viewing recommended.
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£400 to 600 |
£880.00
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1349
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1718-97 (mainly Bishop marks) collection of thirty covers neatly displayed & fully transcribed by the vendor incl. 1797 to Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, from Durham bears Edinburgh Bishop Mark & Durham s/line, 1787 Hatton Garden, London to Aylesbury bears '5/FE' Bishop mark, 1786 Legal letter regarding Trespass to Mr Adams at Aylesbury with '23/JA' Bishop mark, 1785 London to Chilham Castle, Canterbury bears '8/JA' Bishop mark, 1787 Stamp Office, Lincolns Inn to Aylesbury bears '13/FE' Bishop mark, several other letters regarding legal matters from London to Aylesbury with Bishop marks, 1781 London to Scarborough with '28/AU' Bishop mark, 1780 London to Margate with '3/OC' Bishop mark, c1718 two part covers bearing indistinct Dockwra marks, etc.
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£120 to 150 |
£195.00
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1350
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Provincial letters 1724 - 95 incl. 1724 London EL to Bath, 1727 ex Alford (Lincs), s/l CAM/BRIDGE (1782) & LINCOLN (1784), curved MARKET-RAISIN (1795), 1772 1/- PAID LETTER EX Topsham to Falmouth. (6)
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£60 to 70 |
£86.00
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1351
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Newspapers etc: issue of 'The World’ (1756) addressed to Birmingham with London Bishop mark; 1793 issue of The London Gazette with red tax mark, 1783-1840 trio of newspapers etc. (8)
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£50 to 60 |
£45.00
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1352
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Ireland & Wales: range of pre-stamp covers incl. s/line Belfast, mileages of Tallaght, Edgeworthtown & Fermoy, Dublin Bishop mark (1766) and later stamped items incl. Crumlin to USA (1850) & Belfast to Prussia (1857); also s/line CARMARTHEN (1771) and boxed mileages of Llanidloes & St Asaph. (18)
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£65 to 90 |
£120.00
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1353
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1785-1861 Scotland & England collection of covers (20), odd front, housed in protectors with detailed transcription of each incl. 1784 legal letter to Alnwick bears '31/JY' Bishop Mark, 1789 s/line Bedford, 1792 s/line Berwick, 1806 Alnwick mileage, 1815 Belford mileage, 1824 Uxbridge mileage, 1837 Downton straight line, 1838 from Lochgilphead Argyllshire with m/s O.H.M.S, bears s/line Lochgilphead, two further covers of 1838/9 bearing s/line Downton, etc.
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£60 to 75 |
£60.00
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1354
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1789-1845 collection of covers (30) neatly displayed in protectors, each accompanied by a detailed transcription incl. 1789 London to Whitechurch for Lord Bagot, bears 'MA.7.89' double circle, 1790 to Stowmarket recommending civil engineer John Pinkerton for the construction of a canal with 'JU.2.90' double circle, Louth s/line & m/s '5', 1795 Boston, lines to Ecclesiastical Lawyer & Lincoln with m/s '5' & Boston s/line, 1815 Printed Union Insurance Office letter Norwich to Falmouth bears s/line 'Falmouth', 1819 Deal to Radnor bears circular Deal mileage mark, further range marks incl. 1824 'Witney' mileage, 1826 St. Austell mileage, 1831 Wareham s/line, 1834 oval 'PAID AT LEEDS', 1838 Stoney Stratford U.C, 1838 circular PAID/AT/MANCHESTER.
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£65 to 80 |
£105.00
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1355
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Provincial letters c1804-38 with s/line Southwell, Sittingbourne, Guildford, Alfreton & Newark, boxed 'Paid at..’ marks of Oxford & Liverpool, circular PAID/AT/MANCHESTER, various early c.d.s etc. (15)
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£50 to 65 |
£60.00
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1356
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Mileage marks: c1805-26 incl. boxed (15) & c.d.s (5) types, all different & mainly on ELs; good range of interesting items - Newport IOW (1823) on redirected letter from prison noted. (21)
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£50 to 70 |
£100.00
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1357
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1818-51 cover selection, noted - London 1d Paid marks, handstruck 1, 2, 3, 1838 fine Colchester/Penny Post, 1818 Bps Stortford/Penny Post - av strike etc. (22)
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£50 to 60 |
£62.00
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1358
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TOO LATE mail etc: range of covers incl. 1819-21 pair with boxed 'Put in after 7 o'clock at night,' square d/stamp (1838), Scots 'Mae West' types in black & red, 'E/NR' loose letter with 1d late fee etc. Also 'more to pay' marks, returned letter wrappers (2) etc. (14)
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£70 to 90 |
£70.00
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1359
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Penny Posts: 1827-38 with DEAL/Penny Post, boxed Alnwick/Penny Post, italic Liverpool & Ironbridge faint marks, boxed Shepton Mallet 5th Clause Post, Congleton UDC etc. (7)
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£60 to 80 |
£50.00
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1360
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Uniform Posts: December 1839 ELs (2) ex London or Steeple Ashton with m/s '4' rates; two different Leeds '1d' marks, nice January 1840 m/s 'P1' EL, m/s & h/s '1' on forwarded cover, North Cave penny post with '1' charge to Beverley etc. (9)
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£50 to 65 |
£50.00
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1361
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1840 Mulready envelope stereo A154 to Hexham cancelled red MC with 'Newcastle on Tyne' c.d.s (painted in) on the back, also unused 2d blue Mulready envelope stereo A196 (a little grubby), 1841cover to Oxford franked 1d black (just touching at top), tied red MC, 1884 cover Farnborough to London franked 1d lilac with pen & ink illustration, 1885 cover from Malta franked 4d Pl.7 tied A25, a further twelve Victorian covers. (17)
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£150 to 200 |
£260.00
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1362
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1840's-1930's range of covers/cards (60) incl. QV 1d stars or plates with duplex cancels incl. sideways duplex's ½d Bantams (3) with Middlesbrough duplexes, Surface Printed 2½d or 3d vals with Sunderland or Newcastle-on-Tyne duplexes, 1910 West Hartlepool key cover franked KEVII 3d, etc.
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£60 to 80 |
£130.00
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1363
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ACCUMULATION 1840's-1940's incl. 1841 1d covers, perf. 1d Reds (mixed grades) N.E. England interest with undated circles of Haltwhistle, Lanchester, Shotley Bridge & Tanfield. Odd 1d lilacs, 1d Edwards, censored, bushpost wrapper 1873 ex Alexandria, none GB postcards etc. (95)
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£100 to 120 |
£220.00
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1364
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c1840's-1980's incl. pre stamp, Liverpool 'Spoon' cancel (1855), imperf (14) & perf 1d red covers, 1d pink envelopes & other stationery, WWII Military covers ex India incl. some contents (10), unused stamped Airgraph sheet, various KGVI covers, Wildings, GPO test cover, Scout mail etc. (130)
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£100 to 150 |
£100.00
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1365
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PAID marks: 1840-49 covers incl. March 1840 London s/line 1d Post with boxed paid mark, single & double-framed circular & 'tombstone' types etc. (8)
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£40 to 55 |
£35.00
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1366
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UNIFORM PENNY POST 1840-46 covers with 1d postmarks of Basingstoke, Romford, Bradford, Halifax, Ipswich & West Bromwich. Nice group. (6)
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£60 to 75 |
£72.00
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1367
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1841-1951 varied range of mainly QV covers (45) incl. 1841 EL Edinburgh to London franked red from black Pl. 5 - four good margins tied from black MC, 1846 Envelope Bristol to Dublin franked 1d red (three margins) cancelled barred oval numeral '134' of Bristol & Temple Cloud undated circle, 1841 1d cover with 'Withington' u.c in blue, 1883 ½d stationery and uprated with ½d green tied by fine H & K Packet double ring datestamp, 1858 Mourning envelope cancelled Doveridge u.c, 1893 envelope bearing embossed advert for Jared T Hunt & Son, Chemical manure works, 1892 1d postcard cancelled B.P.O Constantinople c.d.s, 1861 Turned over London - Plymouth - London, 1904 Castle Eden Colliery c.d.s, 1876 Gloucester Station duplex.
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£250 to 300 |
£380.00
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1368
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Penny Post cancellation: scarce 1851 EL with 1d red cancelled by blue 'PyP/No.15’ and numeral with s/l HANDSWORTH on reverse; also 1841-62 Penny red covers inc. London MC and early numeral cancels, 1856 covers (4) with perf. 16 stamps, Pearson Hill duplex (1863) redirected item etc. (13)
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£100 to 120 |
£130.00
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1369
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1879-1990's registered mail collection in three multi ring albums with overseas destinations incl. Europe, USA, South Africa, OHMS Official mail, censored, post war economy, re-used envelopes etc. (117)
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£150 to 200 |
£260.00
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1370
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1897 2½d S.T.O. Stationery envelope in Belgium cancelled by a Windsor, June 22nd 1897 squared circle alongside a 1s Prince of Wales Charity label also tied, reverse bears receiving c.d.s of Bruges for June 24th.
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£50 to 65 |
£68.00
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1371
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1905 July 31st P.P.C. showing Shakespeare's Grave, obverse franked ½d KEVII defin + 1s Shakespeare label both tied by Stratford-on-Avon double ring c.d.s, corner has minor tones.
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£50 to 65 |
£72.00
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1372
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NORTH EASTERN TEMPORARY DATE STAMPS 1905-20 selection of 13 skeleton or scarcer rubber cancels on PPC's.
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£50 to 65 |
£50.00
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1373
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QV and KEVII covers and postal stationery with several Hoster postmarks, squared circles. QV Jubilee values to 4½d covers with registered. KEVII with both 4d covers, 1906 illustrated ½d covers pen & ink illustrated both sides, good range of postal stationery. To view. (30)
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£70 to 90 |
£190.00
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1374
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GB MISCELLANY 1916 registered 'weekend telegram' E and contents, various PO receipts 1870's-1970 incl. MP's redirected mail label, advertising E's, 1970's official E's, FU 1890 Jubilee E, 1943 censored to Eire etc. (15 plus various receipts).
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£50 to 70 |
N/S
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1375
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COLLECTION (mainly KGV & KGVI) of covers & cards on leaves incl. wmk varieties used on covers, range of c.d.s's and machine cancels, Wembley Exhibition incl. 1924 1d First Day etc, mixed condition. (100+)
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£80 to 100 |
£110.00
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1376
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History of Percy, Herbert and Argyll Families, pair of albums containing a detailed separated history of these noble families, early and later Dukes of Beverley and Northumberland also Herbert family Earls of Pembroke & Powis, also Campbell's of Argyll and military affairs, attractive interesting material incl. illustrations signed Free Franks and many other signatures. Additionally some GB postal history franked items, 1970's strike and Channel Islands WWII covers. A well presented collection to view. (2 albums)
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£80 to 120 |
£155.00
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1377
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FREE FRANKS 1705-1839 range of 'Free' EL's & fronts incl. 1705 'Frank’ EL with fine small Bishop mark, circular, 'cartwheel' & 'apple' FREE marks various crowned c.d.s incl. Irish Type & 'E' coded item etc. (12 letters/34 fronts).
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£80 to 100 |
£80.00
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1378
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FREE FRANK FRONTS 1835 March 20th free front from London to Preston (franked Locke?), charged 3/8 in m/s & initialled, failed free with framed 'ABOVE WEIGHT' h/stamp. Ref LN4. (Galland/Cotton).
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£30 to 45 |
N/S
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1379
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FREE FRANK FRONTS 1840 Jan 9th envelope from Stamford to London franked Lonsdale, posted on the last day, free mark appeared on arrival in London on 10th.
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£40 to 50 |
£40.00
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1380
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FREE FRANK FRONTS 1840 Jan 9th front from Bedale to Windsor, franked 'Cleveland' (last day of free handstamp)
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£70 to 90 |
£70.00
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1381
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FREE FRANK FRONTS Derby/Derbyshire M.P.S incl. straight line 'STONE' handstamp. (16)
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£20 to 30 |
£34.00
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1382
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FREE FRANK FRONTS Bishops - album containing approx. 200 plus 21 letters & 1 deed (non-free), England & Wales W to Y with some Irish, also PPC showing Coats of Arms.
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£100 to 120 |
£210.00
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1383
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FREE FRANK FRONTS Bishops - album containing approx. 200 fronts plus letters (non franking period), unusual to have such a good run of Bishops Franks, some duplication, list of Bishops accompanies.
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£100 to 120 |
£210.00
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1384
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FREE FRANK FRONTS album containing approx. 150 Fronts - Officials A-F (23 identified incl. Black Rod (Clifford) & Baring M.P. (Norfolk banking family) etc. accompanied by copy postmarks list of Gov't Ministers at June 1833, list of identified Officials A-Z, list of PO Secretaries, Irish MP's, Lord of Admiralty etc.
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£80 to 100 |
£170.00
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• England
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1385
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CHESHIRE 1930-74 range of covers incoming or outgoing incl. 1940 unpaid cover from Wallasey Cheshire to London with 5d postage due applied & forwarded to Singapore, censored & Malay Postal Union postage dues attached at Penang bears scarce 'CHARGE NOT COLLECTED' cachet applied then forwarded again to Hong Kong, 1952 to Walton, Liverpool franked 4d defin & G.W.R pre paid parcel labels 10d (2), 1959 COLUMBO Paquebot to Derby via Wallasey, 1940 British India Line censored cover to Rockferry 1½d adhesive tied PAQUEBOT & alongside Post Sudan d/stamp, 1958 Air letter from Mukalla, Hadhramaut contents 'Please send me whatever you have of English papers for the Egyptian newspapers were temporary suspended because of present condition.' 1943 2½d stationery env. cancelled LARTON R.A.F Camp double ring c.d.s etc. Interesting lot, viewing recommended.
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£200 to 250 |
£200.00
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1386
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DERBYSHIRE 1668 EL from Roger Coates in Chesterfield to John Moore in London concerning the lead mining industry; m/s '3’ charge & partly fine 'AU/31' early Bishop mark.
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£70 to 80 |
£155.00
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1387
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DERBYSHIRE collection written up on leaves in several spring back albums, QV-QEII period but predominantly KEVII/KGV incl. double & single ring c.d.s's, rubbers, skeletons, squared circles, machine cancels, slogans etc. many on PPC's incl a few RP's, photographs of post offices, certificates of posting, parcel post labels, items of ephemera, clippings etc. Nice lot, viewing required.
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£150 to 200 |
£360.00
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1388
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DERBYSHIRE 1894-1920 Parcel Post Labels (11) various Derby incl. Rose Hill, Burton Road, Green Lane, Babington Lane all U plus two pieces bearing parcel post cancels.
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£50 to 60 |
£130.00
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1389
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DEVON fine Ashburton '29' in BLUE cancelling 1d red on 1851 cover, 1848 1d cover with very good circular SEATON, Devonport sideways duplex cover plus 1817 EL to Portugal with weak TOTNESS. (4)
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£60 to 80 |
£70.00
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1390
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ISLANDS postmarks collection of covers/cards/pieces all with Island pmks, strength in Scottish incl. Arran, Bute, Ulva, Seil, Gigha, Eigg, Colonsay, Mull, Iona, Skye, Lewis, Harris, Barra, St. Kilda. ENGLAND - Thanet, Canvey, Sheppey, Grain, Hayling, Thorney, Portland, Purbeck, Brownsea, Mullion, Caldey, Holy Island, also a decent range of Anglesey KEVII-QEII mainly written up on leaves. (100's)
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£80 to 100 |
£280.00
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1391
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LEICESTERSHIRE 1672 EL from Packington to London with m/s '3’ charge; fine with attractive seal, weak strike of arrival Bishop mark. Neat & attractive.
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£60 to 70 |
£72.00
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1392
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LINCOLNSHIRE 1770 lengthy personal EL to Tiverton with partly fine strike of the scarce large 'LINCOLN’ handstamp, London Bishop mark transit, deleted '4’ and 'In all 8’ charge; nice example of a 'country’ letter routed via London.
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£50 to 60 |
£45.00
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1393
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LIVERPOOL pre-stamp group incl. boxed PAID AT/LIVERPOOL (2) - one with 'more to pay,' 'PL' late mark, handstruck '2' (two types), Scotland Road RH marks x2. (7)
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£50 to 65 |
£50.00
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1394
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LONDON Early letters: 1681 EL Chesterfield to London endorsed 'post pd 3d’ and 1709 London local EL with '2’ charge - latter with especially fine Bishop mark. Slight faults but attractive & scarce pair. (2)
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£80 to 100 |
£120.00
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1395
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LONDON - Government 'Dockwra' marks: 1712-29 four EL's in mixed condition (sellotape noted) showing largely indistinct strikes of the Dockwra office stamps, two with m/s Receiver’s mark; one with very fine seal of the Vernon family.(4)
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£50 to 70 |
£50.00
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1396
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LONDON Bishop marks etc: 1755-86 EL's to various provincial addresses with good variety of Bishop marks incl. superb '24/DE’, scarce 'In all’ h/stamp, '1N4’ charge to Falmouth, inspector’s crown on much-corrected substantial 'single’ letter, Lincolnshire local delivery charge etc. Interesting lot. (12)
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£120 to 150 |
£125.00
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1397
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LONDON - Government 'Dockwra’ marks: 1773-91 four EL's (one heavily toned) with Dockwra office stamps incl. 'G’ with clear time h/stamp, 'T’ with faint strike of large-format time stamp and two others, less clear, to addresses outside London; two have m/s receiver’s mark. (4)
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£80 to 100 |
£80.00
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1398
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LONDON 1780-1847 range of covers addressed outside the capital with variety of charges and marks incl. early c.d.s, Bishop marks, local charges, 'ounce’ rate item, 'Maltese cross’ d/stamps, 1805-12 'skeleton’ PAID c.d.s incl. one ex Transport Office etc. (20)
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£100 to 120 |
£85.00
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1399
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LONDON 1787 wrapper ex COLNE (Lancs) with good strike of the very scarce London experimental c.d.s. 'JANUARY.18' in use for ten days only, also a good strike of the scarce 'V for 5' c.d.s. on 1802 wrapper. (2)
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£55 to 75 |
£86.00
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1400
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LONDON Penny Posts etc: 1796-1845 range of ELs with (mainly) 2d & 3d post marks and hand-struck charges incl. one corrected charge with zig-zag erasure hand stamp, Brentford single-ring c.d.s etc. Mixed condition but an interesting lot, written-up on leaves. (26)
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£150 to 180 |
£85.00
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1401
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LONDON Penny Posts c1801-43 mainly EL's with various oval & s/line paid & unpaid marks of the Penny & Twopenny Posts with variety of time marks, hand-struck '2’ & '3’ etc. (24)
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£150 to 170 |
£170.00
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1402
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NORTHUMBERLAND - BERWICK UPON TWEED 1743-1883 collection of covers written up & presented in two multi ring albums commencing with 1743 entire from Tweedmouth to Westminster bears h/stamp BER/WICK and overstruck with a London Bishop mark, 1772 'Berwick', 1775 Berwick, 1778 Berwick, 1788 Berwick Mileage, 1796 Circular Type 'BER/WICK', similar for 1784, 1806 'Berwick', 1802 BERWICK/340' MIleage, 1810 boxed mileage, 1812 larger boxed mileage, later incl. circular mileage marks, additional halfpenny h/stamps, Penny Post marks in blue for 1833 & 34, Framed P.P mark for 1839, also duplex marks incl. Berwick Station etc.
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£100 to 130 |
£100.00
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1403
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NORTHUMBERLAND - BERWICK UPON TWEED 1782-1880 collection of covers (24) neatly written up on leaves in a ring binder incl. several s/line marks boxed & circular & boxed mileage marks, Penny Post marks, duplexes incl. Berwick Station, Edinburgh & Berwick Sorting Tender, etc.
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£100 to 130 |
£125.00
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1404
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YORKSHIRE - YARM collection housed in a multi ring album commencing with 1781 s/line YARM, 1796 Yarm to Rochdale charged at 5d, bears fine cancel curved YARM, a selection of mileage marks incl. 1826 small type, later types from 1820's, 1829 boxed Shiffnal/P.Post in blue, ranges of circulr hand stamps, 1851 Yarm to Alnwick franked 1841 2d four margins, Perf 1d red covers, 1d pink stationery from Yarm, duplex cancels, PPC's with Yarm c.d.s's etc. (85 covers) + Yarm Parcel Post Labels, franked 7d Edward tied 'Yarm S.O/YORKS.'
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£80 to 120 |
£220.00
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• Scotland
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1405
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SCOTTISH TWIN - ARC c.d.s's collection of over 500 PPC's, obverse - various scenes of Scotland, all bearing Edward or George V defins, postally used with twin arc c.d.s's, collected for the pmks showing stampers numbers.
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£100 to 150 |
£230.00
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1406
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Edinburgh pre-stamp covers 1776-1847 with various red Bishop marks, circular POST/PAID, c.d.s incl. later 'PAID’ types, 'PENNY POST/PAID’ horseshoe (1830), hand-struck '1’ (2) etc. Interesting lot for the specialist. (22)
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£60 to 75 |
£140.00
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1407
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1790-1848 collection written up on leaves of covers & single fronts (17) incl. 1790 Falkirk to Edinburgh bearing Bishop mark & s/line Falkirk, 1797 Aberdeen to Edinburgh bears Bishop mark & circular ABER/DEEN, 1841 Glasgow to Liverpool with Glasgow dated circular mileage mark, another of 1806 with undated circular mileage mark, 1817 Glasgow to Ayr with boxed Glasgow mileage mark, 1812 Edinburgh to Hamilton & redirected to P.O at Arisaig bears Glasgow Inveraray & Hamilton mileage marks, 1812 Thurso to Inverness with circular Thurso mileage mark (E), other marks incl. 1824 Glasgow/Penny Post, 1836 Inveraray/Penny Post, handstruck '1' & '2' etc.
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£80 to 100 |
£155.00
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1408
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1816-76 pre stamp & later mail incl. a variety of dated town marks, boxed Paid/at/Glasgow (1830), fine Glasgow Penny Post with h/stamp '2' (1833), 1819 Glasgow 'ounce' letter at 4/1½d etc, additional ½d marks displaying an interesting variety of boxed & unboxed 'wheel tax' h/stamps, 1d red covers with MC & 1844 cancels, barred numerals, duplex cancels etc. (70)
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£150 to 200 |
£330.00
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• AIRMAILS - INTERNAL FIRST FLIGHT COVERS
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1409
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1910 Scottish International Aviation Meeting Lanark group of six postcards incl. four used with Lanark Grandstand postmarks (about 30 believed to exist), one with fascinating aviation message posted in Edinburgh and one unused, also the Malcolm booklet on the subject.
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£200 to 250 |
£620.00
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1410
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ISLE OF WIGHT AIRMAILS 1933-34 collection of flown covers & ephemera mainly written up on large display leaves incl. 1934 Aug 3rd experimental F.F. cover Heston to Ryde bears vignette & cachet also pilot signed A.E.Rogenhagen (only 20 carried), timetable for that service accompanies, 1934 first experimental flight Ryde to Portsmouth cover bears blue label & cachet and pilot signed A.W.Whitten (only 20 flown), timetable for the Island ferry accompanies, Portsmouth & I.O.W.A. posters (2) for advertising Ryde's new airport & Portsmouth city airport, also timetable for Portsmouth - Ryde, ticket P.S & I.O.W.A. luggage labels (2), 1934 Railway Air Services cover Cardiff to Comes station, 1934 GPO notice giving despatch times from Cowes RAS timetable of air services etc. Further timetables etc very useful lot. two reference books accompany.
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£350 to 400 |
£390.00
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1411
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1935 July 1st RAF Royal Review Flight, Andover - Feltwell cover flown on first day of service, certified standard size cover, scarce. (1)
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£80 to 100 |
£80.00
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1412
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1935 July 2nd RAF Royal Review Flight, Andover - Feltwell flown 2nd day of service, certified standard size cover, scarce. (1)
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£80 to 100 |
£80.00
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1413
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1937 March 12th Northern & Scottish Airways Emergency flight, Glasgow - Islay company flown cover signed by the pilot & wireless officer, scarce.
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£80 to 100 |
£90.00
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1414
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1939 July 31st Scottish Airways FF cover Kirkwall - North Ronaldsay 'Orcadian' envelope (38 flown), 1948 March 26th BEA flight Scillies - Penzance airway letter service cachet 5d rate 1st day ? scarce, 1951 Sept 19th 2nd issue added manuscript stamps set of three on cover from Liverpool - Belfast.
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£65 to 75 |
£72.00
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1415
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1939 Oct 2nd Scottish Airways first flight cover to Campbeltown official cover flown Glasgow - Campbeltown - Glasgow (1 of only 12 flown), scarce.
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£50 to 60 |
£72.00
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1416
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1942-43 WARTIME AIRMAIL 1942 German Military flight from Jersey to France cover franked Jersey Arms 1d tied Jersey c.d.s & German 1939 10pf, tied feldpost c.d.s, 1942 KGVI 2d stationery cancel with airmail hand stamp (which replaced the p25 label), 1942 railway air service Liverpool to Belfast two censored covers, two further covers from Isles of Scillies to Penzance (this airmail service was introduced due to difficulties in reaching mainland England due to German submarines). (7)
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£60 to 75 |
£82.00
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1417
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1946-70 first flight covers (6) incl. 1964 Dec 2nd Cumbrian Airways - airway letter service first flight Isle of Man - Belfast bears 1s semi official, another for Manchester - Cardiff, 1967 Oct 25th Loganair first flight Kirkwall - Westway posted on arrival (only 6 flown)
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£60 to 75 |
£60.00
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• AIRMAILS - EXTERNAL FIRST FLIGHT COVERS
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1418
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1929 Any 26th first experimental flight Croydon - Galway, reverse bears Galway receiving c.d.s. (only 5 flown), scarce.
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£60 to 75 |
N/S
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1419
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1932 July 2nd War Conversion Notice Bank of Ireland flight cover bearing SPECIAL/AIR cachet, sent London to Kellyville Park, Maryborough, bears boxed 'London/Paris 1½d July 2 1932' mark in red.
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£150 to 200 |
£155.00
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• Illustrated covers
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1420
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1870 printed envelope for 'Manchester Unity of Good Fellows' with Coat of Arms franked 1d red brown Pl.129 sent to Berkhampstead, Herts, reverse bears Watford & Pinner c.d.s's, also receiving c.d.s.
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£100 to 130 |
N/S
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1421
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1872 hand drawn envelope Waltham Cross to Sussex, fine envelope (223 x 95) Waltham Cross (Herts) to 'Mrs Lee, Brownings Grove Blackboys, Sussex' with ½d (2) Bantam (SG.48) Pl.3 lettered EB & EA, tied Waltham Cross/835 duplex SP.8.72, envelope with ink drawings of 'black boys' and images of love.
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£120 to 150 |
£180.00
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1422
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1881 envelope addressed to France showing a pen & ink illustration of a Quay Side view & someone rowing, franked 2½d blue Pl. 21 tied by a fine Teignmouth '782' duplex neat upright strike, below a Paris transit mark, reverse with receiving datestamp.
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£100 to 150 |
£150.00
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1423
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1893 envelope sent locally in London franked 1d lilac tied double ring W.C.D.O. (West Central District Office), bears a fine hand painted comic illustration of four men using a phonograph.
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£150 to 200 |
£180.00
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• Royalty
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1424
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QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER signature 'Elizabeth R' on a folding Christmas card inside right is a black & white photograph depicting the Queen Mother standing in a relaxed pose in her home, signature on opposite side.
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£100 to 130 |
N/S
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1425
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QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER 1963 front portion of a Christmas card showing GOLD Embossed Crown, Christmas Greetings from 1963 & signed from 'Elizabeth R' fine signature, some stains well clear of text & signature.
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£50 to 65 |
N/S
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1426
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CHARLES & DIANA stiff white folding card featuring a colour photograph of the Royal couple together accompanied by baby Prince William, signed from Charles and also by Diana, both in fountain pen ink beneath the printed greeting with gold embossed crests on the front. Some light staining & age wear particularly to the outer corners.
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£250 to 350 |
N/S
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• Mail to or from overseas destinations
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1427
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c1814-1900 with pre-stamp letters to the Continent incl. France (8) - one with 4d stamp), 6d covers to Spain (2) & Berlin, 1911 London 'MB’ c.d.s on PC etc. (23)
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£60 to 75 |
£82.00
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1428
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1905 reg cover from London to New York, franked KEVII 3d, 1s (pair), tied Lombard St. oval registered d/stamps, adhesives with 'LHB' Perfin 'Lombard Hanseatic Bank,' reverse bears New York receiver. (1)
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£60 to 80 |
N/S
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• Postal Stationery
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1429
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1856 1d pink envelope to London cancelled by fine Wrexham spoon code 'C' for Sept 25th 1856, horizontal crease hardly detracts.
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£40 to 50 |
£46.00
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• Railway Stamps & Covers
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1430
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Railway Letter Stamps a collection of 31 2d (green) used examples incl. London & South, North British, Gt Western, London & South Midland & S. Western, Gt Northern, Gt Eastern, Gt South & Western etc.
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£70 to 90 |
N/S
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1431
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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE RAILWAY 1875 cover to Norway via Ostend franked 1d plate 200 (pair) & 2½d mauve Pl.2, each cancelled barred oval 'A16' for Newcastle station, reverse bears Newcastle-on-Tyne station c.d.s. Very scarce, rarely seen postmark.
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£150 to 200 |
£580.00
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1432
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1926 Cover from London to Lausanne, Switzerland franked 2½d KGV + Southern Railway 4d green tied ""British Goods / Are Best"" slogan, scarce usage to Europe.
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£60 to 75 |
£60.00
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