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

AIRMAILS continued...

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1761

PRESTWICK AIRPORT: A collection of covers and cards relating to Prestwick Airport between 1949 and 1992 inc. 1954 env. with "SALVAGED MAIL/AIRCRAFT CRASH/PRESTWICK 25-12-54" cachet, burn damage on left; registered mail; certificate of posting; PPCs showing aircraft and airport environs. Good little study. [ex Ken Norris] (21) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, AYR, SCOTTISH INTEREST (Image)

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Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £75.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

SHIP LETTERS

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1762

1814 TO 1852 SELECTION INC. SLAVERY RELATED: Group inc. 8 Jul. 1814 EL charged 1/3½d to Madeira having superb strike of circular London Paid Ship Letter mark in red, 1826 accounts sheet entitled "Monthly Account of Negroes, Stock, Produce, Receipts & casualties on Cane Grove Estate, St. Vincent, the property of J.W" having v. fine stepped "SHIP LETTER/KINGSBRIDGE" mark in black on front and endorsed "per Enchantress"; 1817 EL from Capetown to Huth, London with reversed step type "SHIP LETTER/DEAL" mark and 1829 wrapper with stepped "DEAL/SHIP LETTER" mark. Other covers with Ship Letter marks of Liverpool, London, Hull, Portsmouth, etc. Also, 1852 stampless EL from British Agency PO, Porto Cabello, Venezuela to France. (8 covers) Cross Reference: ST. VINCENT (Image)

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1763

PLYMOUTH INDIA LETTER WITH SCOTS ADDL. "½" MARK: Two sheet letter charged 3/2d ex Meerut (oval mark in purple), with boxed "INDIA LETTER/PLYMOUTH" mark. GB arrival mark unclear, possibly 1834. Addressed to Inverness, thus receiving Exeter applied small "½" mark.Cross Reference: INDIA, DEVON (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £420.00
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1764

WEYMOUTH - EARLY OVAL "Ship Lre/[Crown]/WEYMOUTH" ON COVER FROM GUERNSEY; 31 May 1801 EL (long family letter in French from the addressee's father) from "Guernsey" to Eastbourne charged "1/-" and then "1/1" with a mainly fine scarce oval-framed "Ship Lre/[Crown]WEYMOUTH" (Rob.S2; filing fold) on the front and London transit backstamp. This is the first year of recorded usage for this Ship Lre mark; it may be the earliest known date.Cross Reference: GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY, DORSET (Image)

Starting at £ 80

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

RAILWAY MAIL

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1765

EARLY WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY PPCs & PRIVATE RAILWAY FDCs/COMMEMORATIVE COVERS ETC.: An album containing a small collection of mainly pre-1920s used or unused cards of stations and views on the West Highland Railway and inc. misperfed pair 1d reds & 'Q.S. Station' handstamp on piece; 1919 Bridge-of-Gaur Rannoch Station pmk stated not recorded by Gowen. Also an album of colourful modern railway covers from a variety of private railways including Alderney; Bluebell; Festiniog; Kent & East Sussex; Ravenglass & Eskdale; Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch; Welshpool & Llanfair; Vale of Rheidol (inc. one delayed by 1971 PO strike) ; Severn Valley; Nene Valley; Conway Valley. An array of different cachets and private labels. There are also a few oddments & a useful selection of books on T.P.O.'s in good condition by Johnson (pub. 2009), Wilson (pub. 1996) and Keith Morris & Mike Dovey (pub. 2016) (c.150 inc. 22 W H Rlwy) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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1766

HIGHLAND RAILWAY: A neatly written up collection of covers and cards with mainly modern Highland TPO's & Aberdeen & Elgin TPO (W830); an env. with Station Hotels cachet; PPCs showing railway stations such as Ardrossan, Dunblane, Kyle of Lochalsh & Munlochy; station hotels at Alness, Aviemore & Wick. Also PPCs showing the station hotels at Maud and Rothes (pmk Rothes) served by the Great North of Scotland Railway. [ex Ken Norris] (41) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, RAILWAYS, RAILWAY MAIL, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 55

SOLD for £65.00
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1767

c1890-1925 COLLECTION OF LETTER/NEWSPAPER & PARCEL STAMPS with a wide range of issues and lines represented inc. Southwold, Southern, Midland, Lancashire, Hull & Barnsley, Port Talbot & Docks, Great Eastern, London Brighton & South Coast, and Midland S.Western letter stamps. Newspaper parcel stamps inc. Manchester Sheffield Lincolnshire values to 3d. Parcel stamps inc. London & N. Western values to 2/6d used. Midland to 4/- and many others. Mixed condition but mostly very collectable. (c280) (Image)

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SOLD for £360.00
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T.P.O.s & STATION MARKS

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1768

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY: A written up collection of 1854-1988 TPO cancellations on cover and other related material. Covers include 'CR' handstamps in black or red with 2 covers ex Belgium and Spain; C/R.P.O./F9 (W644) and CR/P.O (W645) circular hs; and last day cancellation (30th September 1988). Also included are newspaper and parcel labels and PPCs of a range of stations inc. Kirkhill, Larkhall, Lesnahagow & Strathaven, Ephemera includes 1903 printed shareholders letter; 1910 letter on headed notepaper; company & advertising post cards; telegram forms and other official stationery. [ex Ken Norris] (c.65) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, PICTURE POSTCARDS, THEMATICS, SCOTTISH INTEREST (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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1769

1843-1985 COLLECTION OF STATION POSTMARKS inc. 21 Jan 1886 1d pink env. with a v. fine "ASHFORD/STATION OFFICE" cds, and another with the duplex of the same office; 26 Feb. 1899 env. to Crete with "LEWES/STATION OFFICE" double ring cds; 14 Mar. 1879 1d pink env. with "CREWE STATION/" cds; 8 May 1872 & 17 May 1887 covers with "BLETCHLEY STATION" duplexes; 13 Oct. 1897 & 18 March 1900 "DOVER/STATION OFFICE" duplexes; 9th Jan. 1890 with "WORTHING STATION/WORTHING" squared circle; 6 Nov 1869 env. to Canada with "FARNBORO STATION" duplex, and a similar 25 May 1865 env. to New Zealand; 1881 "GLOUCESTER STATION" duplex; 12 Nov 1892 "CHICHESTER/STATION OFFICE squared circle; 19 May 1890 "HASTINGS/STATION OFFICE" duplex; 26 July 1893 "BRIGHTON STATION/R.L." cds; and 1863 "B87" numeral of Weybridge Station. A very interesting lot. (91 covers + a few pieces) (Image)

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SOLD for £280.00
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1770

GLASGOW: A written up collection of railway related covers and cards 1865 - 1937. Glasgow & Carlisle TPO's inc.1865 cover with v. fine C & G/R.P.O. hs ((W718); 1884 cover to Bordeaux with '159' duplex cancelling adhesives perfinned 'XXR/A'; 1889 'Registered Glasgow Sorting Tender' on p.stat registered env. Also a range of PPCs featuring the North British Station and Central Station Hotels; 1918 env. with Caledonian Railway Central Station Hotel crest and other ephemera such as an 1899 letter on headed paper. Also a range of PPCs showing St. Enoch Station Hotel which was closed in 1977 and a selection illustrating the modernisation of the underground in 1979. [ex Ken Norris] (47) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, RAILWAYS, RAILWAY MAIL, LANARKSHIRE - GLASGOW (Image)

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1771

1895-1910 EXCEPTIONAL DISPLAY COLLECTION OF RAILWAY CANCELLATIONS: Collection of postcards mostly franked ½d adhesives cancelled with railway cancellations inc. cds or double ring cds of 1910 Grimsby & Peterborough S.C.; 1904 Caledonian T.P.O. Day UP (6); 1904 Highland Sorting Carriage Night Mail (3); 1895 Glasgow Sorting Tender; 1904 Dublin & Queenstown T.P.O.; 1907, 1911 & 1912 Continental Night Mail; 1904-09 North Eastern T.P.O. up (4) & 1909 North Eastern T.P.O. Going South; 1903 Hull Sorting Tender duplex; 1909 & 1910 Exeter & Torrington S.C.; 1904 Lincoln S.T." & 1905 "Lincoln S.C." squared circles; and 1905 Norwich Sorting tender/UP" cds. A remarkable lot. (47 cards) (Image)

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SOLD for £340.00
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1772

1904-35 COLLECTION OF STATION POSTMARKS _ MOSTLY CANCELLING ½d VALUES ON POSTCARDS inc. cds examples of Ballycarry Station, Bath Station Office, Bridlington Station Office, Carlton Station, Knebworth Station, Hastings Station office, Rugby Station, Castlecary Station, Angmeriino Statio and Northampton Castle Station; L & N W Ry. duplex cancellations inc. Chichester Station Office, Rugby Station, Swindon Station, and Normanton Station. Double ring cds's of Bridlington, Broadstairs Station, Freshwater Station, Congleton Station, Rannoch Station/678, Stafford Station & Red Hill Station. Squared circles of Crewe Station, Chester Station, Chester Station Office, and Chichester Station Office. Three have large "NORTH RODE/CONGLETON" cds's. Mostly fine strikes. (59 cards) (Image)

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1773

1903-20 SELECTION OF SORTING CARRIAGE AND RAILWAY S. O. CANCELLATIONS: The group of postcards mainly bearing ½d adhesives tied by a variety of railway related cancellations inc. "LINCOLN/S.C." squared circle. Sorting carriage cds's inc. Grimsby & Peterborough, Hull, Bristol, Sheringham, Ashburton, Hollywood, Avemore, Newcastle Sorting Tender, Shrewsbury & Aberystwith, Great Western/Night T.P.O., Winsford R.S.O., Carlisle & Ayr sorting carriage, London & Leeds, Hull Leeds Sorting Carriage, and Aberdeen Elgin S.C. Mostly fine strikes. (43 cards) (Image)

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1774

IPSWICH SORTING TENDER CDSs: Study of the Ipswich Sorting Tender inc. 1872-1931 covers/cards almost all with very fine strikes of the cds's inc. IPSWICH/SORTING TENDER backstamps (5 inc. one on regd. env.), thimble "IPSWICH SORTING TENDER" cds's (1894/9 pair as regd. env. backstamps + scarce 1907 PC cancel usage), the similar small "NIGHT DOWN" (4) or "NIGHT UP" (2) types, and the larger 1904/11 "DAY/DOWN" (3), "DAY/UP" (2), "NIGHT/UP" or "NIGHT/DOWN" types; plus similar large "UP/DAY", "DOWN/DAY" (2) and odd DOWN/UP-omitted "DAY" type (1907), and 1929/31 trio with later cds's. (29 cards/covers plus several stamps on piece) Cross Reference: SUFFOLK (Image) (Image2)

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SOLD for £95.00
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RAILWAY EPHEMERA

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1775

RAILWAY MISCELLANY: An extensive range of mainly unused stationery and labels from a variety of train companies. Labels include LNER delivered luggage, livetock; glass, perishables; B.R. parcels (Louth & Bridlington), luggage in advance; Southern- eggs, collected luggage; GWR delivered luggage, delivery not included, cloak room, livestock. Stationery includes BR stores order file card; Southern Goods Delivery Sheet; GWR Missing Luggage form completed; Midland Railway Burton Bonded Warehouse receipt with embossed revenue stamp. Also stocks & shares certificates (some with faults); Brewery invoice with receipt stamp for ale sent by rail; 1947 GWR letter from Station Master re passenger accident. A really eclectic mixture of material that would enhance any railway collection. (c.85) (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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SOLD for £130.00
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RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS

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1776

GLASGOW & SOUTH-WESTERN AND NORTH BRITISH RAILWAYS: A neatly written up collection of covers, cards & ephemera which includes TPO's for Galloway, Carlisle & Ayr, Edinburgh & Newcastle; Edinburgh & Carlisle; Edinburgh & Berwick (W787); PPCs of stations inc. Arbroath, Dalmeny, Eskbank & Maidens. Station Hotels for Ayr & Morar. 1845 env. addressed to Garnkirk Railway. Ephemera includes North British Way Bill; 1863 Kirkcudbright Railway Company Share Call with 1d Revenue; 1854 Ayr & Dalmellington Railway receipt with 1d Receipt; 1889 newspaper wrapper from Dumfries Station bookstall. [ex Ken Norris] (c.68) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, RAILWAYS, RAILWAY MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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1777

IRELAND - MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY - 1891 2d DIE PROOFS IN BLACK - on card of different sizes, the smaller with several hinge remains, the larger lightly hinged. Very scarce. (2) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, IRELAND (Image)

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SOLD for £170.00
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1778

LONDON, BRIGHTON & S. COAST RAILWAY 2d GREEN COVER WITH PURPLE OVAL 'PARCELS OFFICE/SYDENHAM' CANCEL: Attractive 19 Dec.1904 E to Penge franked by KEVII 1d red & LBSC 2d green (light bend) both tied by Annerley cds; the 2d also tied by superb purple oval "L.B.& S.C.R./PARCELS/OFFICE/SYDENHAM" ds. Very attractive. (Image)

Starting at £ 46

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1779

1891-1920 LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COLLECTION inc. unused 4d blocks of six (2), 4d on 3d blocks of six (5) and two panes of twelve. The used inc. 2d (9) with violet "AMBERLEY" cancellations and a pane of twelve (no margins) with ms cancellations. Mostly fine. (125) (Image) (Image2)

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1780

MIDLAND RAILWAY, ETC.: 25 Feb 1901 "EWEN" env. to London bearing Midland Railway 2d green railway letter stamp No 105615 with "ATTERCLIF/ROAD" cancellation and ½d green pair cancelled at Lincoln. Printed "PER RAILWAY/POST ON ARRIVAL AT/Lincoln/No 3922/23 FEB 1901". Fine. Also 24 June 1899 env. used within London franked with London and S. Coast Railway 2d letter stamp and ½d vermilion pair. (2 covers) (Image) (Image2)

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