Great Britain and British Commonwealth County Postal History Cornwall
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 332
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Cornwall. Newquay. 1871 Mourning envelopes to Galle, Ceylon, franked 3d + 9d straw or 1/- plate 5 both cancelled by horizontal oval "C22" obliterator, the 1/- cover with a few opening tears, otherwise fine. Parmenter states "no dated copies known" of this C22 obliterator. (2).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 333
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Padstow. 1840-45 Entires (5) and a large piece all with "PADSTOW" undated circles, with 1840 entire prepaid 2d from Camelford to Wadebridge, readdressed "at one of the Inns, Helston" and put back into the post at Padstow charged 2d due, Camelford and Padstow undated circles both in red; 1841 large piece bearing 1d black AF plate 1b (four margins, very close to enormous) with Maltese Cross cancel, also 1d red covers cancelled by Maltese Crosses (2) or "90" of Bodmin and a 1d pink lettersheet cancelled "90", these five with undated circles in black. (6).
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Hampshire
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 334
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Hampshire. Havant. 1832-33 Entire letters with straight line "Havant · Paid" in red, the 1833 letter written from Hayling Island to London prepaid 1/4 but charged a further 8d with black circular "MORE / TO / PAY". Very scarce, this Paid handstamp not recorded in the County Catalogue. (2).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 335
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Hayling Island. 1838 (Sep. 28) Entire letter from Westfield Lodge, Hayling to London prepaid 9d, with red "Hayling Island / Penny Post" and circular undated "Havant". The earliest recorded Hayling Island handstamp, only listed in the County Catalogue in red ink in 1843. Fine and very scarce.
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 336
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Hayling Island. 1844-1976 Entire letters, covers, picture postcards, C.O.Ps and a front, various Hayling Island cancels (33) including undated circles (3, one a front), 1900 registered cover to Russia, 1921 and 1927 skeletons, 1944 censored registered cover, also sub-office datestamps with Manor Road (2), Cable Head (10), Stoke (2), West Town (5, including 1907 skeleton), Eastoke (2, rubbers), etc. (67).
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Isle of Man
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 337
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Isle of Man. 1915 Stampless Prisoners of War envelope to the Swiss Legation in London with violet oval "KNOCKALOE ALIENS CAMP / 30 AUG 1915 / ISLE OF MAN" and red London E.C Official Paid c.d.s, a superb example of this scarce Knockaloe cachet. Photo on Page 44. (Image1)
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Lancashire
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 338
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Lancashire. Manchester. 1855 (Mar. 1) Sub-Postmasters or Messengers Bill recording the inward and outward mails between Fallowfield and Manchester (34 letters despatched to Fallowfield, 14 letters received from Fallowfield), with a "FALLOWFIELD" undated circle and Manchester datestamp, fine and rare.
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London
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 340
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London. 1779-93 Entire letters (2) and an entire, two with triangular Dockwra type Penny Post handstamps from the Westminster or General offices. (3).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 341
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1851-74 Covers (2) and an entire all sealed by the Post Office, bearing red wax seals impressed with mailbag seals, comprising "GENL POST OFFICE", "EASTERN DISTRICT POST OFFICE" or "FOREIGN DIVISION G.P.O", one 1858 cover with two line "Received open and resealed / at the General Post Office", some faults, unusual. (3).
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Scotland
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 355
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Scotland. 1813-55 Entire letters all bearing red wax seals impressed with mailbag seals, comprising "LANG / TOWN", "BUCKIE P.O", "POST OFFICE / GR / STRANRAER" or "STIRLING P.O", the last with a second wax seal impressed with arms and "DEAD LETTER OFFICE", an unusual and scarce group. (4).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 356
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Edinburgh. 1848 Entire from Wishaw to Edinburgh bearing for 1d reds, backstamped superb octagonal boxed "RECEIVED OPEN / & RE-SEALED / AT THE POST OFFICE / EDINBURGH" with a red wax seal impressed "GENERAL POST OFFICE / V.R / EDINBURGH", tear to flap, otherwise largely fine and scarce.
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Suffolk
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 345
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Bury St. Edmunds - Parcel Post. 1887-1925 Parcel Post labels for Bury St Edmunds main office (12, seven with M.O.O datestamps), town sub-offices (15) or village sub-offices (29), two applied to parcel tags, twenty bearing stamps, seven with rubber datestamps, also the hardbound book "Parcel Post Service in Norfolk and Suffolk" by J. Dahl & V. Sussex. (56 + book).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 346
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Bury St. Edmunds - Sub offices. 1800-1924 Entire letters, covers and cards with prestamp handstamps of Mildenhall, Woolpit (4) and Ixworth Penny Post (2), 1843-58 undated circles (15, from eight offices, including Horringer on cover to Newfoundland franked 6d), rubber cancels (35), real Photo picture postcard of Culford Post Office etc. (73). (Image1)
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Wiltshire
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 347
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Wiltshire. Chippenham. 1706 (Mar. 30) Entire letter to London backstamped "CHIP.NHAM", a little overinked but quite readable, "AP/1" Bishop Mark; and 1750 (Aug. 10) entire letter to Bristol backstamped fine "CHIPP / ENHAM", the first very early, a very scarce pair. BCC 127/130. (2).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 348
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Chippenham. 1744-45 Entire letters from Ezekiah Dickinson at Monks, to his brother Caleb in Bristol, both backstamped "CHIPP / ENHAM" (BCC 130), charged 3d, both fine, a scarce early handstamp. (2).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 349
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Chippenham. 1778-1839 Entire letters (28), entires (3) and a front, including 1767 "CHIPPENHAM" (BCC 133), 1778 "CHIPPEN / HAM" (BCC 135), various two line or circular mileage marks, circular mileage erased type, "Chippenham" (3, BCC 160), etc., one 1814 letter to Richards Coffee House in London. (32).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 350
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Chippenham. 1840 (Sep. 19) Entire to London bearing a 1d black, DI plate 3, four margins, tied by a red Maltese Cross, fine.
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 351
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Chippenham. 1841 (Feb. 16) Entire letter to Portsmouth bearing a 1d black, KJ plate 9, four margins, tied by a black Maltese Cross, fine.
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 352
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Chippenham. 1841-88 Entire letters, covers and cards including 1841 letter bearing a 1d black (GK plate 6, three margins) tied by a black Maltese Cross, 1850"Missent to / Chippenham", undated circles of Marshfield, Crosshands, Gidea-Hall, etc, also 1931 Show Ground Chippenham skeleton on large piece, a few faults. (11).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 353
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Cat No: Collection
Chippenham - Penny Posts. 1816-44 Entire letters (13), entires (6) and fronts (4) with Chippenham Penny Post handstamps (20, five types) and/or receiving house handstamps with numbers 1-6, 8, 9 and 11, a good group. (23).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 354
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Corsham. 1832-37 Entire letters from Neston Park or Pickwick both with "CORSHAM" fleuron backstamps, file folds, otherwise fine. (2).
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World War Two Red Cross Message Scheme
Sale No: 53
Lot No: 308
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World War Two Red Cross Message Scheme. Unused British message forms (5, three types); Instructions for sending messages (5, four types, one issued by the British Legion Office in Aberdeen); and "Instructions for Reply" (32, eight types), very unusual. (42).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 309
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1940-43 Forms, selected items including form signed in manuscript by George Bradshaw, "TIMBRE-REPONSE" cachets (3), Isle of Man Red Cross Message Bureau cachets (2), etc. (40).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 310
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Cat No: Collection
German Red Cross Form Errors. 1942-44 Forms from Guernsey all with errors, with the address details printed on both sides (the answer details therefore omitted), red printing omitted (3) and red printing misplaced (7, five miscut as a result), a very unusual group. (11).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 311
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1941-44 British or German forms to or from Jersey (22) or Guernsey (53) all with large circular "BRITISH RED CROSS AND ST. JOHN WAR ORGANISATION" cachets with a central Red Cross, various cachet types, all fine. (75).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 312
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1942-45 Forms comprising 1943 German forms from Guernsey with return message received in September handstamped unframed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / 14 SEP 1943"; 1942-44 German forms from Guernsey with replies sent in 1945 (Feb. 26/Mar. 1) and a 1945 (Feb. 24) British form to Guernsey all delivered several months after the war with unframed "Recu au Comite International / Croix - Rouge Geneve, le" with separate "10 DEC 1945". Two rare cachets, both only recorded on one single date. (4).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 313
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1942-44 Forms to or from Guernsey (24) or Jersey (5) all with parts of the message deleted or excised, eighteen with attached P.C.11 British Postal Censorship slips "The British Examiner is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter", seven differing formats with some on blue paper, very unusual. (29).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 314
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1941-45 German forms from Guernsey (43) or Jersey (9) to members of the British forces, including forms to T.D Luscombe on H.M.T Welland c/o G.P.O London (21, also four forms to Luscombe at R.C.M.B 201, St. James's, London), 28 with cachets on reverse explaining that the form was not to be used for a reply (in two types, four or six lines), unusual. (52).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 315
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German Censorship. 1943-44 Forms to or from Guernsey (61) or Jersey (3), all censored in Berlin with censor cachets in black applied by the Gestapo (38) or Wehrmacht (26), four of these sent between June 29th and July 1st 1944 with additional boxed "833" censor. (64).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 316
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Fortress Period. 1944 Red Cross Message Bureau forms each with a typed "Summary of Civilian Message in suspense at Lisbon, Portugal. Destined for the Channel Islands", all sent to Guernsey with a typed address on reverse, the original forms dated 1st-29th March. Carried to Guernsey on the Red Cross Ship S.S "Vega" (after normal communications were severed after the capture of St. Malo in August). (8).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 317
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1940-41 Swiss Red Cross forms (84, dated 6 Nov. 1940 - 23 Jan. 1941) and British Red Cross forms (32, Dec. 3-30 1940, the first probably the earliest recorded use) from G.B. to Guernsey, all with replies on reverse sent in early 1941, ten signed in manuscript by George Bradshaw. (116).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 318
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Canada. 1941-43 German forms from Jersey (6) or Guernsey (18) all to Canada, all censored upon arrival, 23 with replies on reverse. (24).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 320
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Ceylon. 1941-44 Forms (3) comprising very scarce Swiss Red Cross enquiry form (number 189) sent to Alice Fuller (via the Red Cross office in Paris) on behalf of her husband Gunner F.D Fuller with reply on the reverse dated 21 June 1941, and two German forms sent by Alice Fuller to her husband, a 1943 (Apr. 5) form sent c/o R.C.M Bureau 35 in London, a 1944 (Jan. 10) form sent to R.C Office, Ceylon Branch, Colombo. Also a 1943 3c postal stationery postcard to L/Bdr Fuller, 23rd Lt. A.A Regt, Base Post Office, Colombo, from the Red Cross Office in Colombo with printed message acknowledging receipt of a Red Cross Message for despatch to enemy occupied territory. A scarce and unusual correspondence. (4).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 325
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Ireland. 1942-44 German forms from J.B Thuillier in Jersey (3) or Guernsey (2) to his mother in Kinsale, the first three forms sent from Jersey in 1942 all with replies on the reverse, the forms all with cachets of the Irish Red Cross Society on reverse, four types of cachet comprising unframed bilingual three line handstamps with address of 20 Merrion Square, 21 St Stephen's Green or without address, or circular bilingual cachets without address (2). Also two summary forms for messages from Mrs Thuillier sent on 8th May 1944, held in suspense at Lisbon. A very scarce correspondence. (7).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 327
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Switzerland. 1941-43 Swiss Red Cross form "61" apparently from Hove to Guernsey but with the cachet "Mission Catholique Swisse / en favour / des prisonniers de guerre / FRIBOURG (Suisse), believed to be from an escaped P.O.W in Switzerland; and Swiss Red Cross enquiry forms numbered "958" sent from Geneva to the German Red Cross in Paris seeking news of named individuals in Guernsey, two sent on behalf of an enquirer in Canada and three sent on behalf of the British Red Cross, four forms with replies from Guernsey. (6).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 328
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Cat No: Collection
USA. 1941-44 American Red Cross forms to Guernsey or Jersey, and German forms from Guernsey (22) or Jersey (5) to the USA, 24 with replies on the reverse, various German, Swiss and U.S Red Cross cachets, one with an accompanying American Red Cross envelope and letter, one form incorrectly addressed and returned to Guernsey with an attached "Retour Postaux" slip. Also a 1944 summary message form for a letter from the USA to Guernsey held in suspense at Lisbon. A scarce group. (30).
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Sale No: 53
Lot No: 329
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USA. 1941-44 German forms all from Alice, Laura or Julia la Ray in Guernsey to relatives in the USA, all (except one) with replies on the reverse, eleven with dated American Red Cross cachets. (22).
