Great Britain and British Commonwealth G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1322
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c1800-70s PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS ACCUMULATION - inc. 1832 E to London with "BOURNE" udc on the back redirected to Crieff with boxed "T.P./Rate/2" crossed through and charged '1/2', c1835 E to Feckenham with red Irish "STRATFORD/Penny Post" and Liverpool double-ring "TOO LATE", 1844 E to Worcestershire with fine "AMERICA/LIVERPOOL" cds (Tab. P5) on the flap, etc. (c70 items)Cross Reference: LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1323
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1854-90s MOSTLY 1d RED FRANKED MAIL: A small box containing a range of covers inc. 1855 env. to Bath with C5 1d red pair (damaged), 1858 part env. to Bradford with 2d blue plate 6 pair, 1875 env. (opened flat) sent regd. to Malton with 4d vermilion (torn) & 1d red plate 170, and c1865 long front with 'PER BOOK POST' at left and 1d red tied by 850 of Wednesbury. Condition is generally fair to poor. (c190 items) (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1324
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1684-1840s STAMPLESS GROUP: A small box containing a 1684 E to London with fine "IA/12" Bishop mark, though strength is in Essex inc. rare H-rated squat-oval "PAID/at/CHELMSFORD" plus "BRENTWOOD/18" on 1828 EL, "Maldon/Penny Post" on 1832 E and oval "PAID/1d/CHELMSFORD" on 1845 env. all D-rated; Yorks. inc. "CATTERICK" on c1780 E to London and Hull boxed "TOO LATE" on 1830 E; Suffolk inc. Ixworth, Woodbridge and Newmarket Penny Post marks on Es. Mixed condition. (100+) (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1325
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LATE QV-KGVI MIXTURE: A small box containing a mix of covers inc. 1890 Jubilee printed cover used to Brighton, 1911 regd. env. to Berlin with ½d KEVII in combination with 2d QV jubilee & 2d QV stat. cut out, KEVII-KGV PPC range, some slogan interest mainly KGV period, KGVI inc. 1940 stamp centenary set FDC (2, inc. 2½d with retouch to neck), etc. Much is of Essex flavour. (100+) Cross Reference: ESSEX (Image)
Opening GBP 60.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1326
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c1880-1900 GROUP OF MAIL - Binder containing mostly 1d lilac or ½d vermilion/blue-green frankings, inc. unusual 1896 ½d brown wrapper to Sunderland uprated to 2d with ½d vermilion (3), a few advert. covers inc. 1897 wrapper from 'F. Hodgson & Son, Leeds' used to Louth, 1899 PC from Switzerland sent unpaid so taxed 2d, etc. (c110 items) Cross Reference: ADVERTISING COVERS (Image)
Opening GBP 60.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1327
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TWO-PENNY POSTMAN & "P.O. SUNDAY TRADING" STREET-BALLADS + 1d RED TIME-CLOCK COVER, ETC.; Pair of rare c.1830 printed ballads (both with "BIRT" printer of London imprints; overall toning) entitled "Mr. WALKER The Two-Penny Postman" ((86x230mm; ref. an amorous newly-wed wife!) or "THE POST OFFICE SUNDAY TRADING" (165x228mm; anti-P.O. Sunday work with woodcut of postman). Plus fine 28 Dec. 1871 env. (opened out for display) ex Portsmouth with 1d Red and a flap with printed blue embossed clock-face with "A.M." and "P.M." either side and "TIME WHEN POSTED" beneath with De La Rue imprint (very few recorded examples) and small 1726 vellum deed with 2s-6d Blue embossed Tax Stamp and early GR Cypher label. (4 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, HAMPSHIRE, REVENUES, PICTORIALS, PRINTED (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 120.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1328
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FREE FRANK ABUSE + QV MIX INC. ½d ON "QUEEN's 1/-" COVER, COMIC XMAS + SAVINGS BANK 1d LILACS; 1833-81 covers inc. 1833 ELs pair franked ex London/Exeter by Charles Buller (famous for his Canadian work in 1838) but written by his wife to his daughter (one ref. sea swimming), 4m 1d Red (pl.42) EL ex Exeter, 1879 usage of regd. env. with 1d Red ex York, 1877 printed Royal Marines EL confirming a recruit's having paid £1-2s-0d to avoid being recruited after he took "the Queen's 1/-", 1879 env. to Canada (contents ref. sea bathing) with 2½d Pair, 1881 PO Savings Bank sheet (stains) with 12 unused 1d Lilacs, and curious 1900 Bright & Son Xmas card with 'dissected' 1d Red above "THE VALUE OF THIS STAMP HAS FALLEN"! Eclectic lot. (8 items) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, MILITARY, SOMERSET (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1329
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RARE ORIGINAL FOLDING 'CIRCULATION OF LETTERS' POSTAL MAP - WYLD'S MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES; c.1836 large folding linen-mounted map (opening out to 900 x 750mm with 15 15x25cms sections; having the original label - some wear - on reverse) showing all the routes of 'Mail Coaches, Riding Work and Foot Posts' marked in the three different colours; plus with small separate inset maps of the Penny Posts of Manchester, Newcastle under Line and Bristol. With contemporary watercolour lines marking out the seven different P.O. Surveyors' areas, with their names written in ink - Messrs. Louis, Stow, Neal, Rideout, Churchill, Karstadt and Fletcher. Very fine & fresh condition showing huge detail of almost every non-metropolitan P.O. and Receiving House in England and Wales. The only copy of this superb map that we can recall having seen. [Ex Cavendish/Messengers auction, 1 Nov. 2000, lot 738; realised £200.]Cross Reference: MAPS, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, BRISTOL, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER (Image)
Opening GBP 950.00
Sold...GBP 1,600.00
Closed..Mar-10-2021, 01:00:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 835
Lot No: 1330
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MAINLY QV LOT INC. LIGHTHOUSE SEAL, UDCs, ACHILL IS. PP LABEL, G&A PKTS (WITH 2 TO FRANCE), ETC.; 1846- 1911 covers/cards inc. 1846 1d Link with distinctive 2-ring "MOUNTSORREL" UDC on back, 1852 E with 1d Red having red wax "CAIRNRYAN LIGHTHOUSE" Keeper's seal (to D & T Stevenson, the lighthouse engineers in Edinr.), 1868 1d Red env. with v. fine "EXETER/285" Creswell Duplex, 1901 1d Lilac env. with v. fine G&A PKT "COLUMBA" cds on back, rare 1903 unstamped Achill Island PP label with "DUGORT" cds, 1907/11 PPCs pair to France both with different types of G&A PKT "COLUMBA" cds cancels, etc. Plus a KGVI/QEII bundle of PPCs ex offshore British islands. (c.52 covers + 1 PP label)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS, CANCELLATIONS (Image)
