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

EXHIBITION & SHOW CANCELLATIONS continued...

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1801

1912 JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION 1d POSTCARD used from London to Bavaria bearing special 1d blue advertising label and 1912 1½d brown cancelled with fine large special International Stamp Exhibition cds of 15 Oct 1912 the DAY OF ISSUE of the 1½d adhesive. Scarce. (Image)

Starting at £ 200

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

1802

1924 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION - POSTCARDS: A most interesting collection of unused PPCs depicting views of pavilions and events at the 1924 B.E.E. including sixteen in colour. A fine lot. (83 cards) (Image)

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SOLD for £95.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1803

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924-1925: A neatly presented collection of stamps and cancels in one album, PPCs (112, mainly mint) in a second album, with a third housing supporting research and checklists. Postmarks (46) inc. a good range of types inc. special cds, slogan and machine examples (mostly Krag but inc. a few Hey Dolphin) applied to a mixture of 1924 and 1925 special issue stamps on cover/PPC, on piece and off-paper together with a number of mint examples or KGV definitives on cover, on PPCs, on piece and off-paper. Also Lloyds Bank Limited Exhibition Branch labels (4) for the 1924 exhibition. The album of PPCs contains mainly exterior views of pavilions or general views with a small number of real photo types, the majority published by Fleetway Press but also inc. Tuck's (12) and a few others. The collection provides a good basis for expansion in this centenary year. (51 cancels, 20 mint stamps, 112 PPCs, 4 labels) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, EXHIBITIONS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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

1804

1924 & 1925 WEMBLEY EXHIBITION GROUP inc. 1924 pre-exhibition and exhibition covers/cards/pieces with advertising slogans inc. those used in Kingston Jamaica, Pageant of Empire used in London, Birmingham and Bristol. Machine cancellations advertising the exhibition inc. Belfast and Bournemouth. Also Torchlight Tattoo and Overseas Settlement Gallery guide. 1925 1½d letter cards unused (10 inc. wrapper) and used (2). Torchlight Tattoo programme and Official Guide. Mostly fine. (c70 items) (Image)

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Starting at £ 95

SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

EXPRESS MAIL

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1805

1892-99 FIVE INTERESTING ITEMS with 10 Oct. 1892 3d stationery env. uprated with 1d lilac (3) "H W & Co perfins from Leicester to London with oval framed"EXPRESS" hs; 2 June 1892 printed "EXPRESS DELIVERY" front bearing L.N.W.R. railway letter stamp and 1d lilac (7); 23 Mar. 1899 env. from London to St Leonards on Sea with 1d lilac & 3d and oval framed "EXPRESS" hs; May 1898 env. registered within London with 2d pair and a large red "POST OFFICE/EXPRESS" label; a similar env. registered from Grantham To London bearing 1d lilac & 3d. A good lot. (Image)

Starting at £ 95

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

FREE MAIL

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1806

EARLY LONDON/DUBLIN FREE MARKS INC. LAUREL LEAVES, "FREE/D", 2-RING "S", UNCODED 3-RING, ETC.; 1765-1802 covers with mainly fine to v. fine marks inc. varied London "FREE" in circles (inc. scarce 1787 watery-brown), 1782 claret Dublin "FREE/D" in circle, similar 1788 Dublin "FREE" in circle, 1787 London 2-ring "FREE/S/[dots]" (with Epsom 1st-Type mileage), very scarce 1789/91 trio with London laurel leaves in circle types "FREE/A" (2; large or small "A", brown-black) or "FREE/P" (brown-black), and fine 1798/9 pair with scarce uncoded 3-ring cds types. Plus 6 fronts (2 with 1807 FREE/DUB cds's) and 1802 letter (only) to Freeling ref. authenticity of a free signature. Good lot. (14 covers, 6 fronts & 1 letter)Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, SURREY (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1807

OFFICIAL "L.T.R." (LAND TAX REGISTRY) IMPRINT COVERS + 1793 "EXPRESS" COVER & RELATED EPHEMERA; Most unusual study of these scarce Official Free covers inc. 1814-36 group (14; mostly with printed LTR contents) all with similar "L.T.R." imprint address sides and all ex London with crowned "FREE" cds (one also with red "COLCHESTER/Penny Post"), rare unused pair (one small & one giant!) with the "O.H.M.S./L.T.R." imprints and printed "Francis Freeling, GPO. London" addresses, 1793 EL (m/s address; ref. accompanying "50 Acts" ref. LTR sent "By a Special Messenger" from London to Somerset, 1811/33 E/ELs (6) with m/s LTR and/or OHMS addresses, and an intriguing group of related printed circulars, documents, pamphlet, Acts, etc. Unique lot that has taken years to assemble. (23 covers + 16 other items)Cross Reference: EXPRESS MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1808

CROWNED C.D.S. COLLECTION INC. "LARGE E" TYPES, PETITION, 4d-POST, EARLY ENVS. & FREELING LETTERS; 1807-1840 research collection of (mainly) London crowned "FREE" cds's inc. scarce 1807 'crown on top' (cover + front), later 'crown-on-top' types (N/E/* codes; 2 fronts + 6 covers inc. "Missent to" beside "MARGATE" cds), June/Nov. 1837 trio of fronts with the rare 'large E" code regular cds's, several early envelopes, 4d-Post Period (3 covers inc. 7+9 Jan. 1840 + 1 front), Apr. 1837 EL with both Dublin & London types with printed Petition contents (from Irish Coroners), etc. Plus 12 letters (no wrappers) to Francis Freeling on varied PO matters inc. 15 Oz letter charged postage, MP's refund for letter ex a lunatic(!), new franking signatures, etc. Good lot. (39 covers, 175 fronts & 12 letters)Cross Reference: UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, POSTAL REFORMS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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SOLD for £280.00
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1809

FREELING/MABERLY P.O. "FREE"/"O.H.M.S." PAIR TO FRANCE/SPAIN REF. LETTERS HELD FOR POSTAGE; 1814 printed EL with "O.H.M.S./Francis Freeling" address-side imprint to Paris charged "14[decimes]" on delivery although having no British rate; the contents state that a transit letter with 1s-10d postage owing is held in London - an early usage for this kind of P.O. letter or mark but having h.s. "ANGLETERRE" on the front. Plus similar 1843 EL (different imprints) sent Official Paid to Spain with 'W.L. Maberly' imprint with "[crown]/PAID" cds on the front, demanding 4s-8d postage on a transit letter. Good pair showing the change to the treatment of this P.O. postage-demand mail before & after Cheap Postage. Fewer than 10 of each recorded in Snelson & Galland, The Returned Letter Offices of GB to 1912 & Beyond. (2 covers) ? Cross Reference: SPAIN, FRANCE, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1810

JAMAICA - OUTGOING FREE FRANK (ABUSE OF PRIVILEGE!) FROM LONDON TO "ST. JAMES', JAMAICA"; Fine 4 Nov. 1824 EL (long and interesting letter from the wife of the addressee, [Mrs. "E. Murray") sent from "London" to "Garland Grove, St. James', Jamaica" but franked illegally by "[later Sir] H[enry] Taylor" (1800-86; senior clerk in the Colonial Office at this date) with a very fine red London crowned "FREE" d.s., and with no British or Jamaican charges at all. The Murrays thus avoided 2s-6d Packet postage. Free Franks to the West Indies are rare. [Ex Drs. Harper, Cavendish 19 Mar. 2009, lot 2390; realised £160+BP.]Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, JAMAICA (Image)

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SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1811

THE RARE "W.L. Maberly" HANDSTAMP ON O.H.M.S. LAND TAX REGISTRY COVER; 5 May 1837 EL (printed contents; unnecessary sellotape on one inner fold does not detract) with printed "ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE/L.T.R." heading above the address, sent to Cambridge with a very fine small black handstruck "W.L. Maberly" authorising mark at lower left, as well as the usual red London crown-on-top London "FREE" d.s. on the front. Maberly was the Secretary of th P.O. from 1836 to 1840 and was one of Rowland Hill's bitterest opponents! Rare; very few examples of this Maberly mark have been recorded. [We have recorded only four other covers and one front with this Maberly mark.] Rare usage of a Prestamp handstruck signature on Free mail. [Ex Cavendish April 2003; lot 834, realised £240+BP.] Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, POSTAL REFORMS (Image)

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

1812

THE RARE "W.L. Maberly" HANDSTAMP ON O.H[IS/HER].M.S. LAND TAX REGISTRY COVERS; 1837/8 pair of ELs (printed contents; one with some creasing) with printed "ON HIS [or HER] MAJESTY'S SERVICE/L.T.R." heading above the address, sent to Kingston (Surrey) or Leeds each with a fine small black handstruck "W.L. Maberly" authorising mark (one with filing crease) at lower left, as well as the usual red London crown-on-top London "FREE" d.s.'s on their front. Maberly was the Secretary of th P.O. from 1836 to 1840 and was one of Rowland Hill's bitterest opponents! Rare; very few examples of this Maberly mark have been recorded. [We have recorded only four other covers and one front with this Maberly mark.] Rare usage of a Prestamp handstruck signature on Free mail. [A similar cover was sold in Cavendish, March 2017; lot 1042, realised £300+BP.]Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, POSTAL REFORMS (Image)

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

1813

FRANCE - P.O. "FREE" COVER (REF. LETTER HELD FOR 2s-6½d POSTAGE) ONLY CHARGED FRENCH POSTAGE; 19 Mar. 1839 printed EL with "O.H.M.S./W.L. Maberly" address-side imprint to someone care of the "Poste Restante" in Nice charged "12[decimes]" on delivery although having no British rate and a red crowned London "FREE" d.s.; the contents state that a transit letter to the addressee in Nice with 2s-6½d postage owing is held in London. Much rarer than the equivalent Freeling pre-1840 version, because Maberly only held the office of P.O. Secretary from 1836 to 1839, whereas Freeling was in office from 1798 to 1836. Rare thus.Cross Reference: FRANCE, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS

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1814

CAMPAIGN LETTER FROM THE BRITISH ARMY IN GHENT DURING THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION; Fine and rare Sept. 1742 EL (some faults & repairs) from Philip Browne, an officer in the King's Own Cavalry Regiment, with the British forces in "Ghent" en route to join King George II campaigning on the lower Rhine. The letter to his brother, a merchant in Grace Church Street London, was carried by private means to London and posted there (with Bishop Mark) endorsed "One sheet of paper". The contents inc. information on troops and preparation for battle, but also of business opportunities "...Lord Stairs hath sent order for us to be ready to take the field as soon as possible, and General Honeywood hath issued out orders for all the officers to be provided with baggage Horses by the 7th inst. ... would i sell any of my horses could dispose of them to advantage, they being now as dear again as in England..." and a passage regarding purchasing pistols at too high a price so that he was making too little profit on them! Rare letter from this Campaign. (Image)

Starting at £ 200

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1815

1942 FLEET MAIL OFFICE CANCELLATION: An undated label to Lowestoft with KGVI 1d & 2d tied by the scarce boxed "POSTAGE/PAID/F.M..O." hs which was only in use for 46 days as the 1st cancel at Kenya Mombasa to Kipindini. (Image)

Starting at £ 50

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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1816

MAIL TO P.O.W.s IN JAPAN: A small 1943-45 group of envs. & 2 letters to prisoners held at camps in Burchie, Osaka, Zentsuzi, Hakodate, or Fukuoka. All envs. with British censor tape, and 3 envs. with red or blue Japanese censor hs's. In excellent condition. (5 envs., 2 letters) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, JAPAN (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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1817

MAIL FROM P.O.W.s IN JAPAN: Trio of PCs (creases/wear) 1943/44 ex prisoners held at camps in Osaka, Hakodate, or Omari. All with red octagonal British "PASSED" censor hs's & red or blue Japanese censor hs's/seals. (3 cards)Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, JAPAN (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 110

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

1818

FAR EAST P.O.W. POSTAL STATIONERY POSTCARDS: Four p. stat. PCs (CP102, 3d violet) dated 1944 or 1945 to prisoners held at camps in Zentsyji, Osaka, Hakodate, or Fukuoka. All with red octagonal British "PASSED" censor hs's, and all but one (possibly received after surrender) with red or blue Japanese censor hs's. In excellent condition. (4 cards) Cross Reference: MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, JAPAN, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS

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1819

TWO INTERESTING ITEMS: c1895 part 3d embossed "BOOK POST" wrapper altered to "PARCEL POST" used from London to Bournemouth with a good London roller cancellation. 23 March 1900 Lipton advertising parcel tag from City Rd., London bearing on reverse 1887 3d, 6d & 1/- tied by fine "215 CITY RD/E.C." c.d.s. (2 items) (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM

1820

1892-1901 SELECTION WITH JUBILEE ISSUE ADHESIVES inc. 12 Aug. 1901 Shobdon R.S.O. label with 5d; 24 Oct. 1901 Charlwood (CFD) label with 5d pair; 7 Dec. 1896 "Great Queen St" label with 4½d; 6 Mar. 1896 Torrington (TEH) label with 6d; 2 Nov. 1898 Ashford, Kent (AD) with 10d; and 26 July 1901 Rochdale label with 1/-. A fine lot with clear cancellations. (11 labels) (Image)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £460.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM