Great Britain and British Commonwealth OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1667
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PRESTAMP & QV MAIL TO USA, RUSSIA, CHINA, MAURITIUS, EUROPE, ETC.: Good variety inc. stampless Transatlantic mail (6); 1861-74 group (4) "INSUFFICIENTLY/STAMPED" or "INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID" to France with "PD" marks cancelled in London; 1864 pair of part Es to Russia, underpaid, with blue "4/3"hs's; 1860 env. to "H.M.S. Spitfire/On the West Coast of Africa", bearing QV 6d adhesive cancelled by barred numeral; 1869 piece to "FOOCHOWFOO" (faint cds), bearing 1/- (2 - cancelled by "103" barred numerals) +6d+2d blue adhesives, all cancelled by London cds's; 1894/4 P.Stat. pair (1d+1/- or 3d+1½d) to India or Shanghai; plus many others. A very good lot. (31) Cross Reference: CHINA, INDIA, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1668
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AUSTRALIA - TWO UNCLAIMED ITEMS:1855 mourning env from London to Melbourne bearing 2d plate 4 DD and a cut to shape 10d brown embossed "Per "BOOMERANG" Liverpool" with m/s "Registered Letter", "EDGEWARE Rd".h.s. and a fine "ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED" h.s. 5 Aug 1855 env. from London "Per Royal Mail Steam Ship/James Baines Liverpool/" with a cut to shape embossed 1/- green with London numeral and "ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED" h.s. Interesting items (2 covers) (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1669
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1861-97 INTERESTING ASSEMBLY OF COVERS TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS inc. 10 May 1858 env from London to Calcutta bearing LC14 1d x 3 and 1856 6d.23 July 1859 E from London to Paris with large garter wmk 4d strip of three. 14 Dec 1861 EL from London "via France" to Barcelona with 1856 6d (trimmed). 11 Aug 1864 env. from Hinckley to India with 1862 6d. 23 July 1866 EL from Liverpool via Queenstown to N York with 6d plate 5 pair (creased). 11 Oct 1866 E from Jersey bearing 4d plate 8 tied by a v. fine "JERSEY" duplex 9 April 1864 E from Manchester to Naples with 1862-64 6d pair. 6 Dec 1864 EL from St Thomas to Edinburgh with 1/- green tied by a fine "ST THOMAS/PAID" duplex. 21 Aug 1871 EL from London to Palermo with 6d plate 9. 1872 E from London to Gothenburg with 1d plate number & 4d plate 12. 11 Jan 1867 env from Tiverton to Switzerland bearing 1d Plate 78 & 4d plate 7. A good collectable lot. (38 items) (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1671
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BURMA - TO A SOLDIER:6 July 1878 env (small faults) from Inverary to "Lt Col. A.J. Baldwin/41st Regt. Madras N.I./Tooghoo/Burmah" bearing a single 1876 8d orange SA with part duplex cancellation. (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1673
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SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES ON COVERS TO FRANCE, c.1869-88: Small group of covers with a variety of mostly surface printed frankings inc. a Regd. cover, all but two 1d red plate covers, being addressed to Paris. (15 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1674
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GERMANY - A REGISTERED COVER: 11 July 1898 env. registered from Grand Hotel Buildings Eastbourne to Munich bearing Jubilee ½d & 9d. Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1675
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EMBOSSED FRANKING TO HAITI; 15 July 1854 EL (few peripheral faults) 'per Packet' to Aux Cayes franked 10d & 6d Embossed (both cut-to-shape) & 1d red tied by three strikes of a Brighton duplex. Rear with London transit cds. Very scarce destinationCross Reference: FRENCH COLONIES, EMBOSSED ISSUES, SUSSEX (Image)
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Sale No: 852
Lot No: 1676
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MEXICO - EARLY "ST. NAZAIRE" ROUTE PAIR EX LONDON - 1d LATE FEE PAIR OR "POSTED SINCE" TOO LATE C.D.S.; Attractive 12 June 1862 & 14 Sept. 1863 pair of Es (first with some ink-etching of address) from London to "Vera Cruz" both endorsed "Per French Packet & St. Nazaire" (scarce routing especially this early) franked respectively (for the ½oz or 2oz rates) with 1/- Green (2) or Small Letters 1/- Green Vertical Strip of Four; the 1862 cover also has a 1d Red 'Stars' (for the Late Fee) and the 1863 cover has a mainly fine scarce London "POSTED SINCE/7.30 LAST NIGHT" cds on the front. They also have mainly fine French steamer cds's of the "FLORIDE" (on reverse) or the "LOUISIANE" (on the front). The higher St. Nazaire route rate (8d per ¼oz) only lasted from 13 Apr. 1862 until 31 July 1863, so 1862 examples are seldom seen. Good pair. (2 covers) [Ex Vandervelde] Cross Reference: MEXICO, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, FRANCE (Image)
