Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. Sale

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Great Britain Stamps & Postal History - Mar. 2024 continued...

GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG STEAMERS, ETC. continued...

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2021

COLUMBA STEAMER MAIL: 1896-1911 small group of Columba mails inc. 1895 env. to Thornbury with "COLUMBA STEAMER-GREENOCK-" duplex code B; 1906 PPC (split top left clear of cancel) [TS King Edward approaching the pier] to Port Glasgow with v. fine 29mm "GK&ARDRISHAIG PACKET/B/COLUMBA" ds; 1911 PPC (Fingall's Dog Stone Oban) to Holyhead with fine 26mm "GK&ARDRISHAIG PACKET/B/COLUMBA" ds plus 3 Columba PPCs, etc. (8 items) Cross Reference: GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG STEAMERS, ETC. (Image)

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2022

SCARCE "DUCHESS OF FIFE" OVAL CACHET ON COMMERCIAL CALEDONIAN RAILWAY PARCEL WAY-BILL; 28 July 1926 partly printed "CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ROTHESAY to [Grange Over Sands] Via GOUROCK" "GENERAL PARCELS WAY-BILL" (small faults) with faint purple triple-oval-framed "CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY/P.S./JUL. 1926/DUCHESS OF FIFE//LIMITED" cachet. Remarkable survival being a commercial usage of this scarce ship's cachet [which we have only seen postally used once].Cross Reference: RAILWAY EPHEMERA, MARITIME MAIL (Image)

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2023

RARE 1st-MONTH USAGE OF THE 1st-TYPE UNNAMED "GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/A/163" DUPLEX; 10 July 1879 EL (monthly rainfall report for Ardbeg, Islay) from "PORT ELLEN" (cds on reverse) to London franked by ½d rose-red tied by a remarkably very fine rare GAP1 "A"-code (outward morning voyage) Duplex; the first month of recorded usage. Few known; Important Exhibition Item. [Similar 6 Aug. 1879 cover in Cavendish's 11 Sept. 1999 'Ecosse' auction sold for £632]. (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2024

RARE 1st-MONTH USAGE OF THE 1st-TYPE UNNAMED "GREENOCK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET/B/163" DUPLEX; 9 July 1879 usage of 1d pink embossed p. stat. env. (minor faults not affecting cancel) from "TIGHNABRUAICH" (thimble cds on back) to London (red receiving cds on back) cancelled by remarkably very fine rare GAP1 "B"-code (return afternoon voyage) Duplex; the first month of recorded usage. Few known; Important Exhibition Item. [Similar 6 Aug. 1879 cover in Cavendish's 11 Sept. 1999 'Ecosse' auction sold for £632]. (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2025

DAVID MACBRAYNE DOCUMENTS: 1880-1957 group of receipts & letters (mainly to but some from the company) inc. an 1884 way bill for "1 Horse" carried on the Chevalier & 1900 from the Fusilier, 2 letter headed memos (1900 & 1957), cafe orders (4, 1959), etc. interesting historical items. (14 items) Cross Reference: EPHEMERA (Image) (Image2)

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2026

VERY RARE "STEAMER IONA" HS ON COMMERCIAL WAY-BILL: Printed "To DAVID HUTCHESON & CO., Glasgow" way bill (small faults, slight toning) dated 7 Oct. 1875 franked 1d lilac cancelled by purple s/l "STEAMER "IONA"" hs, for '189 Sheep' from Ardrishaig. We have never seen this Iona hs, and this commercial usage is particularly important. Exhibition item. (Image)

Starting at £ 200

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2027

S.S. IONA - QV ENVS. & KEVII PPCs: 1879-1909 group mounted on pages inc. 1879 or 1880 envs. franked 1d red tied by fair "IONA STEAMER/B/NO 12/79/GREENOCK/163" or "IONA STEAMER/A/JA 13/80/GREENOCK/163" duplexes; 1881 Stamp Society wrapper with fine B code duplex; 1882 2d registered env. uprated 1½d tied front & back with "LOCHGILPHEAD" duplexes (poor to fine) with v. fine "IONA STEAMER" thimble cds on back; plus others with duplex or double ring cds's. Also, 1904 "DAVID MACBRAYNE" PPC (v. fine) of R.M.S. Columba postmarked with partial Iona cds, and similar promotional card postmarked 1909 with no steamer pictured. (13 cards/covers, pieces/stamp) (Image) (Image2)

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SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2028

S.S. KING EDWARD - VERY RARE OVAL PURPLE "TURBINE/.../STEAMER" CACHET ON ADVERTISING PPC: Very fine 9 June 1903 advertising PPC of the ship addressed to Glasgow with KEVII ½d tied by fine Glasgow Combined Datestamp but also having a faint but superb purple 2-ring "TURBINE/"KING EDWARD"/STEAMER" cachet on picture side. [see also Cavendish Philatelic Auctions sale 838, lot 1283, which sold for £720]. Exhibition item.Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, SHIP LETTERS (Image)

Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2029

POSSIBLY UNIQUE "P.S. MARCHIONESS OF LORNE" OVAL CACHET ON COMMERCIAL CALEDONIAN RAILWAY PARCEL WAY-BILL; 24 May 1900 partly printed "CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ROTHESAY to [Altrincham] Via GOUROCK [Carlisle]" "GENERAL PARCELS WAY-BILL" (faults) with faint purple triple-oval-framed "CALEDONIAN STEAM PACKET/P.S. MARCHIONESS OF/LORNE/LIMITED" cachet as well as purple Guards' cachet "JAMES HARRIS/EUSTON.". Remarkable survival being a commercial usage of this rare ship's cachet [which we have never seen postally used - possibly unique].Cross Reference: RAILWAY EPHEMERA, MARITIME MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 85

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

WELSH POSTAL HISTORY

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2030

WALES (SOME IRELAND) PICTURE POSTCARDS: A range of cards showing Welsh towns, scenic views, churches, coastal scenes, landmarks etc. mostly 1920s-1940s (c.170), and Irish scenes 1920s-1960s (c.30 cards and 9 photo-sets/lettercards). The majority are postally unused real photo types with many annotated on the back. Excellent condition, with most cards in plastic protectors. (c.200) Cross Reference: WELSH INTEREST, IRELAND, PICTURE POSTCARDS, ARCHITECTURE & BUILDINGS (Image)

Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

IRISH POSTAL HISTORY

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2031

1805-1991 SMALL SELECTION OF PRESTAMP, PENNY POST, NUMERALS, SINGLE RING, ETC.: 1805 cover to London rated 1/7d with near fine "ATHLONE" endorsed ".. wrote yesterday under a Govt. Frank, the postboy brought it back."; 1841 or 1844 covers with red or blue v. fine boxed "PAID/BALLYMENA" hs's; 1885 fine 1d lilac Inland Revenue used on cover cancelled by "DUBLIN" duplex, scarce use of the adhesive in Ireland. Also, Free front (faults) with fine "Caherciveen/Penny Post" & boxed "TO PAY 1d ONLY" to London; c.1830 six Dublin to England ELs with various rates: 1876 1d red cover with Christmas day Aberdeen arrival mark; and 1920-13 PPCs with single ring cancels (8). (23 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL FISCALS ON COVERS, FREE MAIL, CHRISTMAS INCLUDING CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)

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SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY

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2032

UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "SHIP" MARK WITH MATCHING "WATERFORD" MARK ON COVER EX U.S. TO LONDON; Fine "13th 10th mo[nth; i.e. October]. 1753" E from "Philad[elph]ia" to London and unusually endorsed "Via Ireland" on the front; the ship landed – almost certainly on 28th-31st Dec. 1753 – at "WATERFORD" (straight-line mark on the front) where the matching very rare "SHIP" mark was applied. This "SHIP" mark is larger than Waterford's exceptionally early 1712-17 "SHIP" but also clearly different to its 1772 "SHIP" mark. Only a handful of pre-1780 Waterford "SHIP" marks have been recorded; 3 of the 1st-type 1712-17; the earliest of these is now in London's Postal Museum), this solitary 1753 example, and a solitary 1772 example. The rarity of all Waterford Ship Letter marks is further emphasised by there being only 4 examples of any of the types recorded from 1712 to 1799 now being in private hands! Fine Exhibition Quality cover - a significant addition for any Irish, Transatlantic, or British Maritime PH Collection. [Ex Graham Booth, 2022.]Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SHIP LETTERS (Image)

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Starting at £ 800

SOLD for £1,500.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2033

UNIQUE(?) RED BOXED "PAID at DERRY/S D/British…[0-5]/Foreign…[0-5]/[=] 0-10" MARK ON COVER TO FRANCE; Colourful 29 Nov. 1843 small env. from London/Derry in the north of Ireland to Boulogne with a superb strike of the otherwise unrecorded red framed "PAID at DERRY/S D/British…[0-5]/Foreign…[0-5]/[=] 0-10" Handstruck mark nicely positioned at top left alongside the red oval-framed London "P[aid to the] D[estination]" and tombstone-framed "PAID" datestamp (2 Dec.) which is overlapped by a faint black "ANGL./1 BOULOGNE 1" arrival mark (3 Dec.), There are backstamps of Derry, Belfast and Boulogne. It is most peculiar that this spectacular mark was so little-used; perhaps it was not authorised by Dublin and therefore soon withdrawn. Unique 1840s Handstruck routing and 'split-rates' mark. Superb Exhibition Quality Gem. [Ex Pat Stilwell-Walker, June 2028, lot 708; realised £1,810.]Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, FRANCE (Image)

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SOLD for £2,200.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2034

SPOON CANCELLATIONS - DUBLIN/BELFAST/CLONMEL: Trio of envs. franked 1d red stars - 1855 cancelled with very scarce dark green diamond "186" (type no. 7) with similar ds in opposite corner; 1855 cancelled with Belfast "62" ds (type b); 1857 cancelled uncommon Clonmel "142" (type?). All very fine strikes. (Image)

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SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

2035

RARE IRISH ISLANDS C.D.S.'s - BERE (INC. MTO SKELETON), LITTLE & SHERKIN (EIRE FRANKINGS) ISLANDS; 1895 1d Pink usage + 1907 PPC cancelled with mainly fine "LITTLE ISLAND" (off Cove) cds's (2 types), 1911 PPC with "BERE ISLAND/BANTRY" cds's (one endorsed "Not for" in red), 1916 PPC with v. fine rare "BERE ISLAND/ M T O" Skeleton cds cancel (only one other example recorded) of the short-lived Military Telegraph Office, and fine 1934/62 pair of Eire frankings (PPC + P. Stat. regd. env.) with very fine Gaelic "INIS ARCAAIN/SCIOBAIRIN" rubber or cds of Sherkin Island (latter with English "Sherkin Island" R label). Rare and attractive group. (6 covers/cards) [All ex Michael Goodman.] (Image)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM