DERBYSHIRE continued...
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Opening |
| 1881 |
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 HAND-PICKED PRESTAMP COVERS OF - MATLOCK, MELBOURNE, BUTTERLEY, SHARDELOW & WIRKSWORTH; 1800-39 covers all with mainly very fine and
mostly rare markings; 1800 "MATLOCK" s. line (only 2 known), 1821/7 pair of v. fine "WIRKSWORTH/Penny Post" (different marks), 1830 "BUTTERLEY" (only 4 known; long & amusing letter written by a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo), 1836 "SHARDELOW/109"
boxed mileage (few known), and v. early "MELBOURNE" UDC (only known pre-1840 usage). Excellent group of fine/rare marks. (6 covers)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1882 |
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 PRE-STAMP & QV COLLECTION: Range of mainly 19th C. covers plus a handful of KEVII/KGV items. Emphasis on covers relevant to Alfreton
& Belper in particular plus the Chesterfield area. Group of ELs inc 1819 EL to Derby with "ALFRETON/140" mileage mark, 1837 ELs with scarce Belper UDC & Matlock Bath UDCs respectively, 1833 EL to Derby having scarce Duffield "N1" Rec. House mark;
also Chesterfield mileage & 'mileage removed' type marks. Selection continues with a range of imperf. & perf. 1d red frankings with MX or numeral cancels and later duplexes, squared circles, etc. (68 cards/covers plus 2 pieces) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1883 |
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 GLOSSOP/MANCHESTER - RARE PAIR OF PRE-1840 PENNY POST COVERS - "Glofsop/ P P" + "GLOSSOP/PP"; 1827/38 pair of ELs both from "Glossop
Hall" to Mottram/Leicester, and so sent via the Manchester Penny Post service (both with red "MANCHESTER" cds backstamps); the first with mainly v. fine framed "Glofsop/P P" and the other with mainly v. fine "GLOSSOP/PP", each mark nicely positioned
at top right. Exhibition Pair of very rare Penny Post marks. (2 covers)Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1884 |
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 ASHBOURNE - "TOO LATE" MARKS (RED + BLACK; ONLY ONES KNOWN) & 1841 2d BLUE COVER WITH BLUE NUMERAL; 1833/43 pair of ELs (latter with
1d Red Imperf.) each with v. fine handstruck "TOO LATE" - 1833 in red & 1843 in black - which are the only examples recorded (DY33); plus remarkable 2 Jan. 1849 E with near 4-margin 1841 2d Blue (RL; filing fold) tied by a mainly fine strike of the
Ashbourne "28" Numeral in a clear BLUE ink matching the fine "ASHBOURNE" cds alongside - 1841 2d Blues with blue cancels are very rare, especially so on cover! Very rare trio. ( 3 covers)Cross Reference: LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, 1840s
CANCELLATIONS, 1841 2d BLUES (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1885 |
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 EARLIEST KNOWN COVER FROM (& TO) DERWENT (DROWNED VILLAGE) + THIMBLE C.D.S. ON PPC; Extraordinary 20 May 1839 E prepaid from London
to "Derwent, Matlock" with fine "MATLOCK BATH" UDC on the front but then correctly addressed to "Hathersage"; it was then turned and sent back unpaid to London from "Darwent" (filing note) with a mainly fine "Hathersage/Penny Post" (filing fold; only
one other pre-1840 usage recorded). The evacuated village of Derwent was 'drowned' under the Ladybower reservoir when it was first filled (in 1943/47). This is the only recorded cover from Derwent prior to 1885, and the only ingoing cover recorded
before 1900! Plus rare 1904 real photo PPC of the Derwent hotel & bank with KEVII ½d tied by v. fine "DERWENT" thimble cds, and unused c.1930 PPC of Ashopton (the other village 'drowned' by the reservoir. (3 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1886 |
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 FIRST DAY OF 1d BLACKS - 6 MAY 1840 CASH-PAID COVER FROM CHESTERFIELD TO LONDON; 6 May 1840 env. (opened out for display) from "
CHESTERFIELD" (faint but readily legible red "MY 6/1840" cds on top flap) with red manuscript "1[d]" (cash prepaid), and also having a very fine red London "10 Fn10/MY 7/18490" arrival cds on the side-flap. Good example of a 6 May 1840 cover (and -
of course much cheaper than one with a stamp). A 6 May 1840 2d Mulready from Chesterfield is in the British Library's Fletcher Col lection, but no 1d Blacks have been recorded used in Derbyshire before 9 May 1840 (ex Derby). (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1887 |
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 DERBY - MULREADY 1d LETTER-SHEET WITH RARE RED BOXED "MISSENT TO/DERBY" MARK; 3 Aug. 1840 usage of the 1d Black Mulready
letter-sheet (stereo A2; vertical crease towards right) from London to "Hathersage, Derbyshire" cancelled well clear of Britannia (contrary to PO regulations!) by a very fine orange-red London MX but also having a mainly fine orange-red boxed
"MISSENT TO/DERBY" mark at left of the address. This is one of only two recorded Derby Missent marks in red, and Mulreadys are very rarely seen with Missent marks of any kind. Exhibition Item. [Ex Christies/RL, 4 Mar. 1993; lot 2249, realised
£130+BP.]Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, MISSENT MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £380.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1888 |
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 BUXTON - MAY-DATE MULREADY 1d LETTER-SHEET WITH RARE RED BOXED "Missent to/Buxton" MARK; 19 May 1840 usage of the 1d Black Mulready
letter-sheet (stereo A54; vertical crease, closed tear at foot, etc.) from London ("T.P./Bayswater" in black cancels Britannia as well as an orange-red MX!; clear cds on flap) to "Burton, Derbyshire" and also having a mainly fine orange-red "Missent
to/Buxton" mark at left of the address, along with cancelled m/s "Buxton" and red m/s "Try Chesterfield". Eventually it was realised that it was intended for Burton on Trent (not in Derbyshire!). This is the only recorded Buxton Missent mark in red,
and Mulreadys are very rarely seen with Missent marks of any kind, especially those used during May 1840.Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, MISSENT MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £270.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1889 |
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 DERBY UNUSUAL LOCAL USAGE OF THE 1d MULREADY ENVELOPE TO NEARBY OSMASTON; 27 Aug. 1841 usage of the 1d Black Mulready env. (stereo
A157) from "DERBY" (mainly fine cds backstamp) cancelled by a fair black Derby MX, addressed to "S[amuel] Fox Esqr., Osmaston Hall, Derby". With a fine red wax "JE NE CHANGE QU'EN MOURANT/[leaf]" seal (I only change when I die), probably of the
Surrey Salvin family. Local Mulready usages are rarely seen.Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1890 |
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 ALFRETON/MATLOCK BATH/WIRKSWORTH - REGISTERED COVERS (1/- OR 6d FEES) WITH IMPERF. 1d REDS; 1844/1845/1849 trio of Es all endorsed
"Registered" and having 1841 1d Red single (Wirksworth, 1849, one fine 4m 1d Red; m/s 6d fee), Pair (1845, Matlock Bath, near-4m - filing crease; m/s 1/- fee) or two singles (1845, Alfreton, 4m + 3m). Rare trio; 1840s covers registered with stamps
are very elusive - for example, there are only a handful of stamped 1/- fee covers recorded from the whole of Derbyshire. (3 covers)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, 1841 1d REDS (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1891 |
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 EXCEPTIONAL UDCs - STAVELEY WITH RARE "187" NUMERAL + SUPERB NORMANTON/MATLOCK VILLAGE/TIBSHELF; 22 June 1844 usage of the 1d Pink
envelope with a very fine red "STAVELEY" UDC nicely placed on the front and the stamp cancelled with a nearly very fine very rare "187" Staveley 1844-Type Numeral (one of only two recorded on cover), the same "187" on off-cover 4m 1d Red, and
1848/52/55 ELs trio with superb strikes in blue of the UDCs of "MATLOCK.VILLAGE", "TIBSHELF" & "NORMANTON" respectively (they could hardly be clearer strikes!). Rare group. (4 covers + 1 stamp)Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image)
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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1892 |
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 DERBY - PAIR OF VERY SHORT-LIVED "2D" IN CIRCLE U.P.P. POSTAGE DUE MARKS IN BLUE OR BLACK; 3 Aug. 1847 mourning env. with a mainly
very fine strike of this unusual "2D" in circle mark (D affected by small repair) in Blue (the only recorded example in this colour and one of only 3 in total) in the 'stamp position'; plus 23 Sept. 1847 E with a mainly fine strike of the same mark
in black (one of only 2 recorded in black) also in the 'stamp position'. Remarkable pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1893 |
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 GLOSSOP - THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE BLUE U.P.P. HANDSTRUCK "2" (UNPAID) MARK; 2 Jan. 1849 unpaid EL from "Charlesworth; near
the Bull Head" to Penistone with a very fine blue "GLOSSOP" UDC nicely placed on the front along with an equally very fine matching blue Handstruck "2" mark. This h.s. "2" was discovered in 1995 but no other example has yet been recorded. Exhibition
Quality. [Ex Michael Jackson, Nov. 1995; £110 retail.]Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER, POSTAGE DUE MARKS
(Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1894 |
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 DERBY - PAIR OF FULLY STAMPED 1850s REGISTERED COVERS - 4x1841 2d BLUES OR 6d EMBOSSED + 1d 'STARS'; Spectacular 29 Aug. 1851 E with
1841 2d Blue single (4m) + Strip of Three (almost 4m) all tied by v. fine Derby "242" Numerals with a matching blue-green cds alongside (a filing fold between the single and strip seems not to affect either); plus 2 May 1855 EL with cut-square
(almost 4m) 6d Embossed + 1d Red 'Stars' (light crease) tied by fine Derby "242" numerals with v. fine blue "DERBY" cds nearby. Attractive pair very suitable for Exhibition. (2 covers)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, 1841 2d BLUES, EMBOSSED
ISSUES (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1895 |
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 MATLOCK BATH - QV PICTORIAL LETTER, 1851 TO INDIA, & SUPERB RUBBERS/SQUARED CIRCLE, ETC.; Fine 1851 unpaid env. to India, 1877 env.
with 2½d to US having superb original printed pictorial contents (Heights of Abraham etc.), 1890 env. with ½d pair tied by superb "MATLOCK BATH" Squared Circle, 1891 env. with 1d Lilac tied by v. fine rare "CROMFORD/313" duplex, and 1895/1906 trio
(regd. env. + 2 PPCs) with exceptionally fine purple Rubbers of Lea (rare on 1895 regd. env.), Alderwasley & High Peak (rare). Most attractive group. (7 covers)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, INDIA, PICTORIALS, PRINTED, REGISTERED
MAIL (Image)
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Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1896 |
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 DERBY - REGISTERED COVER WITH 2d BLUE 'STARS' STRIP OF THREE + 1d RED 'STARS' SINGLE; Colourful 27 Nov. 1854 env. (banker's
imprint/note beneath flap ref. £25 originally enclosed) to Macclesfield with 2d Blue Strip of Three and 1d 'Stars' tied by mainly fine Derby "242" Numerals. A very difficult franking to find; much more elusive than the Imperf. 1d/2d regd.
frankings.Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, 1854-65 1d REDS, 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1897 |
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 DERBY - 1850s MISSENT COVERS - 2d BLUE WITH DERBY+SHEFFIELD MISSENTS & "Missent to/Derby RO" MARK; Spectacular 5 Dec. 1857 env.
(slightly reduced at each end; some dusting and creases) with 2d Blue 'Stars' tied by "DERBY/242" s/ways duplex addressed to Eastwood and twice redirected having very fine blue strikes of both the "MISSENT.TO/DERBY" and "MISSENT TO/SHEFFIELD" marks;
covers with two different h.s. Missent marks are rare, as are 2d Blue covers. [Ex Bill Sedgewick, 1992.] Plus 1 Mar. 1858 1d Red 'Stars' env. ex Stone with mainly fine very late usage "Missent to/Derby.R.O" mark of the Derby Railway Post Office (5
years later than recorded in BCC). Good pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL, YORKSHIRE, 1854-61 2d BLUES, RAILWAY MAIL
(Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1898 |
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 DERBY - SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, RARE TOWN SUB-OFFICE UDCs, & QV M/S "REGISTERED SMITHY HOUSES"; 1857/8 trio of envs. (1d Pink, with 1d
Red 'Stars' or 2d Blue 'Stars') tied by different mainly very fine "DERBY/242" s/ways uncoded duplexes (superb large or mainly v. fine small pair; "8157" error or rare on 2d Blue), 1858/9 pair of 1d Red envs. with mainly v. fine rare "BROOK-ST" or
"GREEN-LANE" UDCs, and the only recorded pre-1900 Smithy Houses cover (1881 regd.) which has 3x½d Green + 2x1d Lilacs tied by scarce tall "242" numerals endorsed in blue crayon "Registered Smithy Houses". Rare group. (5 covers)Cross Reference:
CANCELLATIONS, 1854-61 2d BLUES, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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| 1899 |
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 ASHBOURNE/BUXTON/GLOSSOP - THORPE/TISSINGTON/MAPPLETON UDCs, FRENCH P. DUE, RARE GLOSSOP DUPLEX, ETC.; 1859-1920 covers/card inc.
fine 1859/60 trio of 1d Red envs. with late usage mainly v. fine Ashbourne UDCs (only recorded THORPE, and very scarce MAPPLETON + TISSINGTON), 1872 1d Red env. with mainly v. fine rare "GLOSSOP/499" duplex, 1889 ½d PC with superb 1st-Type "GLOSSOP"
Squared Circle, 1893 underpaid env. ex BUXTON (Squared Circle) to France with 30c P. Due stamp, etc. (7 covers/card)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
| 1900 |
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 CHESTERFIELD/SHEFFIELD - RARE SMALL OLD BRAMPTON/STONEGRAVELS UDCs, SET OF FINE 1898 LICENCES, ETC.; 1859 env/E with mainly v. fine
rare small encircled Chesterfield UDCs of STONEGRAVELS (only known example?) & OLD-BRAMPTON (3 known), v. fine SUTTON SCARSDALE 1911 rubber, and beautiful set of 5 different colour licences issued on the same day (17 Jan. 1898) - for Coach, Horseless
Carriage, Dog, Armorial Bearings & Male Servant - all with v. fine "MEERSBROOK BANK" cds's (in Derbyshire at that date). (8 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Mar-07, 03:00 AM |
