Great Britain Stamps & Postal History GREAT BRITAIN - LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1628
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EARLY LONDON CHARGE MARKING 21 Feb. 1575 mainly fine EL to Filippo Corsini in London ex Antwerp and charged 'd3½' in the distinctive London Merchant Strangers' P.O. style. Fine example of the rare pre-1600 London postal charge for incoming overseas mail.Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 400.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:21:09 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1629
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CORSINI CORRESPONDENCE FROM ANTWERP; Pair with 2 Dec. 1590 E (peripheral faults; intact paper wafer seal on rear) to London ex Antwerp endorsed 'G6' on front and 26 Nov. 1598 EL to London ex Antwerp rated 'G7' (7 groats) and endorsed 'pqta' (per questa) on front. Very scarce examples of early postal endorsements at different rates. (2 covers) Cross Reference: BELGIUM, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
Opening GBP 400.00
Sold...GBP 450.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:21:45 EST
Sold For 450
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1630
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Cat No: Collection
MAIL TO CORSINI EX ANTWERP; Pair with 21 Apr. 1590 EL to London rated 'G10½' i.e. 10½ groats with content by Giovanni Fossa '....As to your box that was taken by the men of Dunkirk, this was not ordered. It is being bought before the Admiralty court. Evidence has to be brought from Florence and a memorial prepared with a mention of the letter from the Grand Duke... I have been asked....to be arbiter on your behalf in differences concerning Spanish wines....' and 7 June 1600 EL to London rated 'G4' i.e.4 groats with red wax seal and string tie still attached and with content by Ruggiero Nicola '.....I went to find Lanfranchi....to resolve the differences on behalf of Ximenes....we agreed that of Ximenes should be finished promptly by paying the balance....I await the spectacles at your convenience. Good pair both from the personal collection of R.Lowe (Sep. 1998). (2 covers) Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, BELGIUM, EARLY LETTERS, NETHERLANDS (Image)
Opening GBP 550.00
Sold...GBP 550.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:22:19 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1631
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CORSINI CORRESPONDENCE FROM HOLLAND; 23 Aug. 1590 EL (content in French) to London ex Middleburg endorsed 'G½' (½ groat) and 'Paiez le port' (pay the postage). Rare and early postal charge endorsement. Sold in our Dec. 1997 sale for £300Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, NETHERLANDS, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
Opening GBP 380.00
Sold...GBP 380.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:22:56 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1632
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Cat No: Collection
MAIL TO CORSINI FROM ANTWERP IN THE DUTCH & AUSTRIAN PERIODS; Pair with 24 Mar. 1596 EL to London rated 'G2' (2 groats) on front with content by Giovanni Zanoli confirming receipt of 5 bales sent from Van Salt and 1 Apr. 1599 EL (with string and paper wafer seal on rear) to London and rated 'G16' (bundle of mail?) on rear with content by Ruggiero Nicola '....You must have heard of the safe arrival of the Indies fleet at Cadiz on 20 March. It brings 9 million in silver of which 3% goes to the King and the rest to individuals. Fine pair both from the personal collection of R.Lowe (Sep. 1998) (2 covers) Cross Reference: BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
Opening GBP 480.00
Sold...GBP 480.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:23:48 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1633
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Cat No: Collection
MAIL FROM ANTWERP & MIDDLEBURG TO CORSINI; Pair with 13 Sep. 1600 to London rated 'G8' (8 groats) and concerning business with Brussels and quoting various exchange rate and 18 Oct. 1600 EL to London concerning payment of cloth and rated '9½' on front. Fine pair both ex personal collection of R.Lowe (Sep. 1998). (2 covers) Cross Reference: BELGIUM, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, NETHERLANDS, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
Opening GBP 650.00
Sold...GBP 650.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:24:36 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1634
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VERY RARE "PAY THE POST" ENDORSEMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD; 1st July 1644 EL (minor overall creasing) from "Dover" addressed "To Captaine Collen present this At Sitenbourne [= Sittingbourne, Kent] or else where", redirected in a different hand; "deliver these at the Black Lion against Lincolne's Inn in Chancery Lane. Pay the post". The contents are an invoice for beer. While there was no national postal service during the Civil War Period, it is thought that the "Dover Foot Post" continued to carry mail between London and Kent (for the Parliamentarians especially), so this endorsement indicates that the Captain had gone to London, and the person redirecting the letter chose not to pay the postage, hence the Dover Post was to collect the postage on delivery. Extremely rare; very few postal endorsements of any kind have survived on letters of the 1642-9 period, and this letter was sent at the height of the War; this letter probably reached London on the day the battle that the Battle of Marston Moor was fought (2nd July 1644). Ex Barrie Jay and sold for £1600 in our June 2000 sale. Cross Reference: MILITARY, KENT, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, ROYALTY (Image)
Opening GBP 2,000.00
Sold...GBP 2,000.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:25:21 EST
Sold For 2000
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1635
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RARE GENERAL POST OVAL "WL" WINDOW LETTER MARK; c.1775 EL (light stain and defunct 1930's "BRA/242" archives mark removed from address panel) from London to "Totteridge near Barnet, Middlesex" with a cancelled m/s "1" charge, a very fine "WL" in oval (Jay L203; recorded 1773/77) on the front with Penny Post "OCLOCK/9/T" mark. This letter was wrongly posted at a General Post Window (two Bishop Marks on flaps) instead of the local Penny Post Window. Few known and attractive. Ex Jay and sold in our June 2000 sale for £280 (Image)
Opening GBP 190.00
Sold...GBP 190.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:26:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1636
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CIRCULAR "PENNY POST NOT PAID" MARKS CODED "S", "W", "G" & "T"; 1780/90 range of E/EL's pair with scarce large circular framed "PENNY POST NOT PAID/S" (Southwark) (2 - one multi-redirected), "PENNY POST NOT PAID/W" (Westminster" and "PENNY POST NOT PAID/G" (GPO - on a reduced E) and another with similar smaller circular framed "PENNY POST NOT PAID/T" (Temple) on the front. Jay types 390, 392, 393 & 394. (5 covers)Cross Reference: REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 340.00
Sold...GBP 340.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:26:38 EST
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Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1637
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TO BE DELIVERED BEFORE SUNDAY MORNING MAR.: 15 June 1811 E (small tear) to Fulham with a fine strike of the scarce "To be Delivered before/10. Sund. Morn/1811/TwoPyPoftUnpd" h.s. in red struck on reverse and "3" h.s. on front. Scarce. Ex Jay and sold in our June 2000 sale for £360 (Image)
Opening GBP 460.00
Sold...GBP 460.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:27:29 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1639
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OZ PER OZ MARK FROM NETHERLANDS; Nov. 1815 EL (file folds) to London with s/l "ROTTERDAM" and "Oz. at dS/4D per Oz" h.s. on front unusually struck twice and rated '5/4' in ms. on front. Mostly fineCross Reference: NETHERLANDS, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:28:10 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1640
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OZ PER OZ MARKS ON MAIL FROM GERMAN STATES; Trio with 1816 EL to London with "Oz at 6S/8D per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '1¼' alongside, 1829/30 EL's to London ex Hamburg each with dotted-framed "Oz at 6S/8D per Oz" h.s. on front of each with ms. '1¼' or '2½' alongside and all with London dotted FPO d.s. on rear. (3 covers)Cross Reference: GERMAN STATES, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 240.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:28:40 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1641
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STAMPLESS MIX - NOTORIOUS "JOSEPH ADY" & "PRINCESS OLIVE" LETTERS, EARLY PRINTED MATTER, ETC.; Curious 1817-72 lot inc. 1817 letter (no wrapper) from the Royal Impostor "Olivia Serres" in Prison (an address within the 'bounds' of King's Bench) to Francis Freeling (proposing a man for London P.O. work), 6 Aug. 1846 unpaid local London (black h.s. "2") hand-written "Joseph Ady" letter ref. "...something to your considerable advantage on receipt of 20/-..." (in the 1840s, Ady's notorious junk-mail campaign led directly to the P.O. introducing charges for the senders of undelivered letters!), 1854 EL (stamp removed) with curious printed text inside about the 1d Receipt Stamp not being needed for letters by post, 1855 LNWR "POST-PAID" imprint env. with red London h.s. "1" (late use), 1872 "CORNWALL MINERALS RAILWAY" wrapper with London bulk-post "PAID" cds, small c.1880 comic anti-vegetarianism New Year's card, 2 prints, 5 PPCs and R. Johnson's 1982 pamphlet about GB P. Due marks. (14 items) Cross Reference: CORNWALL, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, RETURNED MAIL, AUTOGRAPHS (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:29:01 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1642
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RARE 10/- OZ. MARK ON MAIL FROM MADEIRA; June 1819 EL (with full contents, minor faults) datelined at Madeira and endorsed 'vai Lisbon' at lower left with "Oz at 10s/- per Oz" h.s. on front and ms. '2' alongside and charged a total of £1 exactly. Rear with superb London FPO dotted d.s.. Important and rare marking. Sold in our Mar. 2009 sale for £750. Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:29:34 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1643
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MULTIPLE HIGH RATE WITH £1/8/0d CHARGE; Apr. 1819 refolded EL to London with s/l "AMSTERDAM" h.s. and "Oz. 5s/4D per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '5¼' alongside and calculated for a total of '£1.8 -' on front. Rear with dotted London FPO d.s. Scarce rate. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, NETHERLANDS (Image)
Opening GBP 380.00
Sold...GBP 380.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:30:13 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1644
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OZ PER OZ MARKS ON MAIL EX SPAIN; 1819 EL to London with s/l "S.SEBASTIAN", "PAR BAYONNE" and "Oz 8s/8d per Oz" h.s. all on front with ms. '1' and '8/8'd total charge also on front and 1829 EL to London ex Rivadeo with "ESPAGNE PAR/ST JEAN-DE-LUZ" h.s. and framed-dotted "Oz at 3s/8d per Oz" with ms. '1¼' alongside (2 covers) Cross Reference: SPAIN, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:30:40 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1645
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OZ PER OZ MARK EX FRANCE; July 1820 EL (small faults) to London ex Bordeaux with "Oz at 4s/8d per Oz" and framed "P.P.P.P." h.s. on front and circular dotted FPO London d.s. on rear. Early use of this marking Cross Reference: FRANCE, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, SHIPS/SHIPPING (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:31:04 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1646
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OZ PER OZ MARK ON MAIL FROM BRAZIL; Sep. 1827 E (file fold, small tears) to London ex Brazil with "Oz at 14s/- per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '1' alongside and rated a total of '14/-' on front. Rear with London dotted FPO d.s. Unusual. Cross Reference: BRAZIL, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:31:34 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1647
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SCARCE OZ PER OZ MARK FROM ITALIAN STATES; Unusual May 1828 refolded E (small piece missing from front) to London with s/l "GENOVA" h.s. on front with scarce "Oz at 7s/8d per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '1¾' alongside and rated a total of '13/5'd also on front. Rear with London dotted FPO d.s. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, ITALIAN STATES (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:31:51 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1648
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IN ALL & LONDON NUMERAL CHARGE MARKS; Pair with Feb. 1806 EL ex The Strand to Carlton House, redirected to Bloomsbury Sq and again to Woburn Abbey) with scarce "In all 4" (Jay type L636) and "2" h.s. erased and charged a total of '10'd, June 1828 printed EL (file fold) to Chelsea (redirected to Kensington then Regents Park) with step-framed "T.P.Coleman St" with "2" h.s. overstruck by erasure mark (Jay type L656) and with "In All" and "6" h.s. applied and Sep. 1829 EL (file fold) to Regent Street (redirected to Cheapside) with step-framed "T.P./223 Holborn" h.s. on front with "2" h.s. overstruck by erasure mark (Jay type L656) and "In All" and "4" (Jay type L624) also on front.(3 covers) Cross Reference: REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:32:22 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1649
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OZ PER OZ MARK EX FRANCE; Jan. 1829 EL (small faults) to London ex Bordeaux with "Oz at 4s/8d per Oz" and "P.32.P/BORDEAUX." h.s. on front and circular dotted FPO London d.s. on rear and July 1831 EL (creased and with extensive notes on front) to London ex Paris with scarce "Oz at 4s/8D per Oz" h.s. on front and London dotted FPO d.s. on rear. (2 covers) Cross Reference: FRANCE, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:32:44 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1650
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OZ PER OZ MARK ON MAIL FROM CUBA; May 1829 EL (repairs & stains) to London with s/l "HABANA" and "Oz at 12s/- per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '1' and rated '12/-' on front. Rear with London dotted FPO d.s. Very scarce. Ex Harper. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, CUBA, SPANISH COLONIES (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:33:09 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1651
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OZ PER OZ MARK ON MAIL FROM BRAZIL; Apr. 1830 E (datelined at Rio) to London with scarce & fine dotted-framed "Oz at 14s/- per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '1' alongside and rated a total of '14/-' on front. Rear with dotted London FPO d.s. Cross Reference: BRAZIL, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 340.00
Sold...GBP 340.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:33:44 EST
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Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1652
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SCARCE DOTTED OZ PER OZ MARK; 7 Sep. 1830 EL to London with "ANTWERPEN" d.s on front and scarce dotted-framed "Oz at 5S/4D per Oz" h.s. on front with ms. '1¾' alongside and charged a total of '9/4'd on front and London dotted FPO d.s. on rear. Cross Reference: BELGIUM, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 70.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:34:05 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1655
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Cat No: Collection
LONDON DISTRICT POST GROUP INC. SCARCE/RARE EARLY NUMBERS - covers inc. 1849 env. to Havant with two margin 1d red tied by scarce E-rated "38" of Kensington, stamps inc. F-rated "34" of Richmond & "51" of Reg. Clerk, plus rare H-rated "18" of Deptford on 2d blue imperf two margin strip of three (must be very rare on this). Mixed condition. (3 covers, 16 + strip of three stamps/pieces) (Image)
Opening GBP 360.00
Sold...GBP 360.00
Closed..Jun-03-2021, 11:35:16 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 836
Lot No: 1656
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FIRST EDITION LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS MAP; Dec. 1856 'MAP OF LONDON....NEW POSTAL DISTRICTS WITH THE POST OFFICE LIST OF PRINCIPAL STREETS AND PLACES.....BY COMMAND of the POSTMASTER-GENERAL.' gate fold with printed pamphlet list on left and fold out canvas-lined map. Some cover wear but internally mostly fine. Cross Reference: P.O. NOTICES, MAPS (Image)
