GREAT BRITAIN POSTAL HISTORY Great Britain Postal History
Sale No: 48
Lot No: 352
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Prestamp to QEII entires, covers and cards, mainly QV period, including 1896 postcard posted within Coventry simply addressed to "Dan, Coventry" with a pencil sketch of a man; postcards with message in mirror writing or pictures; 1874-75 "split" duplex cancels of London W29 or London SE12; small (100x45mm) 1864 cover, etc., also a few foreign covers. (c.280).
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Lot No: 353
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1639-1990 Covers, cards and ephemera mainly from the North West of England, also some railway related items, including 1839 entire letter from London to Melling, Lancaster, endorsed "Missent to Maghull" with three boxed "Maghull" handstamps; 1913 postcard to Settle endorsed "To be posted at Giggleswick" bearing Furness Railway 2d stamp (pen cancelled) and KGV ½d tied by Settle c.d.s; 1907 postcard from London to Constantinople with "ORIENT EXPRESS" cachet on reverse; 1857-68 receipts from the Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal and Milnthorpe Turnpike Road for road repairs (2), etc. (17).
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Lot No: 354
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1670-1797 Entire letters all collected for their content including 1670 letter from Yarmouth to Thomas Pengelly in London concerning fishing and shipping; 1717 letter from Yorkshire to London with Crown Inspectors handstamp (L154); 1780 letter from Aylesbury describing the Gordon "No Popery" riots; 1797 bill for cloth bought from Robert Peel by John Thomas, etc. (9).
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Lot No: 356
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1719-1869 Prestamp and stampless entire letters and covers addressed abroad, including 1719 letter from Exeter prepaid 4d with 6 sols charged upon delivery, 1790 letter prepaid 1/6 from Leeds to Saxony, other letters prepaid to Spain (5), Portugal, Prussia, Egypt or Argentina, or unpaid to France, Prussia (3), Canada (2) or USA (2), also two letters from Switzerland to G.B (2), all written up on pages. (21).
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Lot No: 357
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1683-1833 Entire letters sent by coach or carriers, comprising 1683 letter from Ashbourne addressed to The Black Mans Head in Nottingham "with a parcel", sent with a 32lb Christmas cheese, also mentioning the rebellious tin miners at Brassington; 1796 letter from Inverness with interesting content "I would have writ before but I waited for the carriers departure .... we had a mob here this week about the grain that is sent out of the country but our volunteers soon dispersed them .... not without being obliged to fire, they wounded several but none very ill but one man was shot in the head but is alive"; 1811 letter from Berwick to the East Lothian Bank in Dunbar endorsed "P. Union Coach carriage paid"; and 1833 letter from Rugeley to Henley in Arden endorsed "per True Blue". (4).
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Lot No: 358
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1740-46 Bonds with embossed revenue stamps (3); 1814 (June 14) Printed "General Order" from the Commander in Chief ordering an announcement to be made that all letters from N.C.Os or soldiers presented to officers for 1d rate postage must be written by the soldiers themselves and not by other people; and 1874 (Mar 7) printed four page pamphlet advertising mines, minerals and mining rights under the Swinedough Estate (with a map of the Estate) to be sold by auction, posted at Bolton franked 1d. (5).
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Lot No: 359
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1803-1900 Letters (also two more recent items) in an album, all collected for their content, including letters regarding debts, death and the poor law; letter on behalf of the Prince of Wales to his whip maker; 1843 Quarters bill from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; 1859 letter from Boulogne posted at Folkestone with oval "FAULKNERS / CONTINENTAL PARCEL OFFICE / FOLKSTONE" F.A.C; 1837 letter from the wife of Baron Lyons in Athens to her son in Dresden redirected to London; letters from "H.G.D" to his wife "Miss Munchen" all to and from differing addresses (con artists / illegally married?); 1841 letter from Exeter bearing a 1d black (corner fault); 1820 letter to Keeper of Warwick Gaol regarding the reprieve of John Cooper who was due to be executed; 1827 letter from a man who has absconded with his uncles money, etc. All postally used, cancels include sideways duplexs (6, with Aldershot Camp), Maltese Crosses, etc. (50).
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Lot No: 360
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Emigration. 1804 Printed letter from the Australian, New Zealand, Indian, Canadian & General Passenger, Emigration, Shipping & Insurance Office advertising rates for ships to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India or the Cape, with testimonials from colonial settlers, posted from London to Suffolk; and 1853 printed letter from the Scottish Australian Emigration Society advertising berths on the Barque "Eleutheria" to Port Philip for only £15 or £16, for which a deposit of £7.10.00 is required, franked 1d from Glasgow to Saltcoats. (2).
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Lot No: 361
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c.1809-1960 Covers and cards including postal stationery, paquebots, postage dues, a few Greetings Telegrams, also some foreign. (c.250).
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Lot No: 362
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QV-QEII Covers in a box including postage due covers, 1907 cover to Sweden bearing pictorial "Prince Albert Cachous" adverting label on the front, 1909 1d envelope to Sark cancelled in manuscript, WW2 covers from Canadian and other allied forces in G.B, 1938 cover with Lundy ½ Puffin + ½d Atlantic Coast Air Services stamp, 1935 cover to Colombia franked 9d pair + 2/6 with "By Airmail from New York via P.A.A & Scadta" label, also modern covers commemorating WW2 events with various signatures including T.W Gould V.C, etc. (100s).
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 363
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1839 Pamphlet "Post Office, Sunday Delivery of Letters", containing copies of memorials to the Treasury or PMG (46 pages); and an 1840 questionnaire on the observance of the Lords day posted from Edinburgh to Mid Calder, completed and posted back to the Scottish Society for Promoting the due observance of the Lords day; also 1857 notice "Females Eligible for Appointments in Country Offices"; 1869-97 Post Office Telegraph Acts (3); 1908 Post Office Act (46 pages); and 1904 note signed by the PMG Lord Stanley. (8).
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Lot No: 364
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1858-60 Covers bearing 1855-57 issue stamps, comprising 1/- on 1858 cover from Bolton to Shanghai (central "92" cancel, not tied but with "BOLTON / 92" sideways duplex on reverse) or 1860 cover from Linlithgow to Happootelle, Ceylon; and two 6d stamps on cover from London ("Little Ilford" undated circle) to New York "to be forwarded to St. Jago de Cuba". (3).
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Lot No: 365
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1859-80 Entires or covers bearing Surface Printed stamps, various rates to France (9), Germany (4), Italy (3), Belgium or Spain (8), also a part entire to Canada, and 1859 inland letter franked 4d. (27).
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Lot No: 366
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1866-81 Covers addressed abroad, comprising 1866 registered cover from Plymouth to France franked 2d pair + 6d; 1868 cover from Kendal to Melbourne "via Panama" franked 6d with oval "6d / MORE TO PAY"; 1880 entire from Liverpool to Venezuela franked 4d sage-green; and 1881 cover from London to Cape Town "Per Balmoral Castle" franked 1d late fee + 6d grey strip of three (all perfined DL&Co) with Lombard St. Late Fee duplex cancels. (4).
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 367
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1881-1901 Covers (26), cards (6), fronts (3), etc., all bearing 1d lilacs, various uses of the stamp written up on pages, including Paquebots of Kingston, Largs Bay, Aden, Port Said, Lisbon and Rio; Boer War use in South Africa (4); invalid use in Malta (faults); Telegram envelope; underpaid mail to abroad; 1898 (Dec 29) early use of 1d rate to India (2); internal use redirected to France with added 5d; Sample Post and Book Post rates to Europe; used from Lokoja, Niger Coast (front) or Malta; Late Fees; internal redirection; 1895 cover from Transvaal to Glasgow franked 2½d redirected to Norway with G.B ½d + 1d pair added; 1886 ½d postcard to Germany franked ½d + four 1d stamps with "Continental Night Mail C.X1" duplex cancels (minor staining), etc. Also Parcel Post Certificates of Posting franked 1d or 2d (2), P.O.S.B Savings Slip bearing ten 1d stamps, fiscal uses and a few pieces. An interesting lot. (50).
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 368
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1889-1900 Covers (20), a card and a front addressed abroad, all bearing 1887 Jubilee issue stamps, various rates and destinations including 4d to Sierra Leone, 5d or 8d to Vera Cruz, registration envelope franked 4d to Bahamas, 6d to New Zealand or Victoria, 5d to Algeria, registration envelope franked 5d to Queensland, registered covers to Switzerland franked 2d + 2½d + 1/- (faults) or 3d + 4d, covers franked 2½d to Fiji or to USA with "PAQUEBOT" and "DUBLIN & QUEENSTOWN / T.P.O" c.d.s; front franked 6d to Angola with "REFUGO" handstamp and c.d.s, etc. (22).
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Lot No: 370
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1891-1908 Covers and cards with unusual cancels or explanatory handstamps, comprising 1897 Eason & Son Ltd ½d newspaper wrapper with special "5" code precancel used by W.H Smith in London on wrappers for Irish newspapers; 1891 Royal Naval Exhibition ½d postcard with the "Post Office, Eddystone Lighthouse" exhibition cancel; 1897 cover to USA returned with violet bilingual "Returned to England without a reason for non-delivery"; 1899 cover with two wax seals impressed "BIRMINGHAM / (crown)" and boxed "Found open and / resealed at Birmingham"; 1908 covers with "MANCHESTER / X / MAS" machine cancels (2 types) or "LIVERPOOL / X / MAS" cancel. (7).
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Lot No: 374
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Damaged Mail - Suffragettes. 1913 (Jan 31) Cover posted within Leicester, redirected to Glenfield and back to Leicester, stained by black ink, endorsed "Caused by fluid deposited in Letter Box at Leicester"; and a 1913 (Mar 8) cover from Kensington to Lower Clapton severely oil stained, both probably damaged by suffragettes putting ink or oil in post boxes. (2). Photo on Page 42. (Image1)
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Lot No: 375
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1924-37 KGV Covers and cards and some revenue documents including uses of the 1929 PUC issue, 1934 Photogravure issue including air mails, Brighton transormas, various overseas rates, etc., mostly written up on pages. (71).
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Sale No: 48
Lot No: 376
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Damaged Mail. 1945 (Sep 6) Covers from G.B to British forces in Germany both handstamped "DAMAGED BY FIRE" (2); also c.1947 cover to Nottingham with "HQ BTE, MELF 14" (Moascar) return address franked 2½d, handstamped "ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE". (3).
