Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1807
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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)
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1808
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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)
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1809
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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)
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1810
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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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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1811
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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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Lot No: 1812
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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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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1813
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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)
