Great Britain and British Commonwealth Falmouth Packets Postage Due Mail
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 561
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1883-2011 Covers and cards, internal mail sent unpaid or underpaid, mainly pre-1971 with charges from 1d to 1/-, also later decimal covers (31), including 1883-93 "IB / 2D" charge marks of the Inland Branch, 1935 1d due cancelled by straight line "KETTERING", printed matter rates; also various novelty postcards (38) all of which had to be sent at letter rates, including mailing cards and cards with tinsel, sand, or cloth attached, and cards that were too large, too thick or an odd shape, most charged with various explanatory handstamps, with a few cards correctly franked at the letter rate or sent at postcard rates but not charged. (154).
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Lot No: 564
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Chile. 1869-72 Stampless entire letter and entire from Valparaiso to G.B, the first with "2/-" charge mark (Tabeart type M73 of Liverpool), the second with "3/-" charge mark and matching London Foreign Branch c.d.s, Valparaiso Unpaid British P.O backstamp, file folds, otherwise fine. (2).
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Lot No: 566
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Chile/Colombia - British P.O. 1871 Entire letter to London with large "CARTHAGENA" British P.O c.d.s (type 4, earliest recorded use) and "1/-" charge mark; and 1880 cover to Scotland bearing an uncancelled Chile 5c pair (paying internal postage) with "PANAMA-TRANSIT" British P.O c.d.s (Oct 31) and the same "1/-" charge mark, an unusually late use of this Panama c.d.s (2).
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Lot No: 567
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Chile. 1873 Stampless entire from Valparaiso to Hamburg sent via Peru, Panama and G.B, with Callao British P.O backstamp, red Valparaiso c.d.s on the front, boxed "UNPAID" and the very scarce "1/5" charge mark applied in London, showing the amount due from the North German Federation postal authorities to the British P.O. Photo on Page 96. (Image1)
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Lot No: 569
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Chile. 1874 Cover from Valparaiso to Hamburg franked 5c, sent via Peru and G.B, with Callao British P.O backstamp, very scarce circular framed "1/5 / UNPAID" applied in London, showing the amount due from the North German Federation postal authorities to the British P.O. Photo on Page 96. (Image1)
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Lot No: 573
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Canada/Americas. 1914-59 Covers and cards with various charges from 1d to 3/-, including Canada covers (8) charged 1½d (3, two with 1½d brown due), 2d, 5d, 1/3, 1/11 or 2/6, Trinidad cover charged 3/-, 1931 Canal Zone cover with violet "INSUFFICIENT POSTAGE FOR DESPATCH / BY AIR MAIL FROM CANAL ZONE" charged 3d, other 2½d and 4½d charges, etc. (22).
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Lot No: 574
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Africa. 1921-67 Covers and cards, all unpaid or underpaid with charges from 1d to 1/9, including use of 1½d brown due (3, one redirected with a second 1½d due), Sudan 5m envelope charged 2½d, other charges of 3½d, 7½d, 10d (2), 11d, 1/6 (2) and 1/9, unpaid cover from G.B to Egypt with 34m in Egypt dues but returned and charged 5d, etc., various countries of origin, also two more recent covers. (25).
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Lot No: 576
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G.B Stamps used in France. 1880-96 Covers (2) and a card from France, comprising 1880 circular franked at the ½d printed matter rate, posted at Lyon with the invalid ½d stamp cancelled in crayon, handstamped "T" with a "3d" charge mark crossed out and replaced by a "4d" charge; 1892 G.B 1d postcard posted at Marseille, handstamped "T" with a 4d charge mark; and 1896 cover posted on the Mobile Box, a G.B 2½d unusually cancelled by a London c.d.s with the "LONDON / M.B" c.d.s alongside, marked as double weight with a 5d charge mark applied. An unusual group; the 1880 letter should have been charged 4½d (twice the letter rate less the ½d stamp), the postcard correctly deemed liable to letter rate. (3). Photo on Page 96. (Image1)
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Lot No: 579
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Bisects. 1885-1954 Covers and cards bearing bisected stamps, all unusually accepted as valid (contrary to P.O regulations) with no charges raised, including 1885 cover posted in London with ½d + bisected 1d lilac, 1901 postcard from Sandown to Newport endorsed "½d stamps not available" with a bisected 1d lilac (written from Apse Heath near Shanklin, message reading "Don't sell stamps out here so had to use 2 halves of a 1d as hadn't any ½d"), etc (6).
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Lot No: 584
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Due Stamps - First Day Cover. 1914 (Apr 20) Large piece bearing ½d (2), 1d, 2d and 5d postage due stamps all tied by Wivenhoe datestamps on the first day of issue. The 5d very scarce used on the first day, the piece probably a unique use of the complete set of four stamps on the first day of issue. Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
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Lot No: 585
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Due Stamps - First Day Cover. 1914 (Apr 20) O.H.M.S Returned Postal Packet envelope from London to Wonersh brickyard with "1d / R.L.S" charge mark, a 1d postage due stamp cancelled at Wonersh on the day of issue. Probably a unique First Day use of a postage due stamp on a Returned Letter Section envelope. Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
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Lot No: 586
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Due Stamps - First Day Covers. 1914 (Apr 20) Unpaid postcard posted within Evesham bearing a 1d postage due stamp; and a piece cut from an undelivered book post rate card posted at Ipswich (Apr 17) franked ½d, returned to the sender at Bungay with a ½d due stamp and charge mark. Also a 1914 (Apr 18) unpaid cover from Cowley to Oxford charged 2d, sent on the last working day before the introduction of postage due stamps. (3). Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
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Lot No: 587
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Bisected Due Stamps. 1957 Cover sent at the 1½d printed matter rate from London to USA, undelivered and returned with violet "NOT AT ADDRESS GIVEN" and "Return to Sender / Collect 2 Cents Postage due", the 1½d single rate return charge on printed matter collected by a diagonally bisected 3d postage due tied by London S.E.1 c.d.s (May 10). Also a 1956 cover to London franked 1½d, charged 1d with a bisected 2d postage due (not tied, offered "as-is"). The 3d due cover fine, commercial, and very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
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Sale No: 52
Lot No: 588
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Postage Stamps used as Dues. 1934-66 Covers, cards and a front with 1934 postcard from Switzerland franked 5c, charged 2½d with 2d due + 1924-36 ½d cancelled at Holywell Green (July 27); 1936 KUT cover franked 50c, charged 7½d, reverse with ½d due block of eight, 1d due and 1934-36 2½d cancelled at Burythorpe, Malton (Oct 9, edge faults with front and reverse of cover glued to thick card, but very scarce); 1952 cover from France franked 25c, charged 1½d with 1951-52 1½d green cancelled at Dunsville, Doncaster (Mar 6); 1951 (June 5) front posted in Sheffield franked 1d, charged 1d with 1951-52 1d tied by triangular cancel; 1956 cover franked ½d to Jersey, charged 4d with 1955-56 4d tied by Jersey c.d.s (Sep 11), etc. (6). Photo on Page 100. (Image1)
