Great Britain and British Commonwealth G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS
Sale No: 838
Lot No: 961
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17TH-20TH CENTURY GROUP; Range in small carton with 1674 EL to London ex Verdon rated '3'(d) on front and with London Bishop mark on rear, 1771 EL ex Scotland with London triangular "PENNY POST PAID" d.s. on rear, 1766 EL to London with "COLCHES/TER" h.s. and London Bishop mark on rear, 1831 EL to Dorset with double-circular "MORE/TO/PAY" h.s. on front, 1838 EL to London with "Tewkesbury/Penny Post" and Inspectors Crown h.s. on front, 1838 EL to Falkirk datelined at Havering Grange (Essex) with London Crown Free d.s. on front, 1878 unfranked env. to Devon ex London with circular "2D" h.s. on front, 1882 heavy card photo holder to London franked 1d Lilac, redirected three times with two further 1d Lilacs and another 1d cash-paid, 1903/05 Book Post half-size PC's each franked ½d, 1905 PPC to Cheshire ex Derby franked KEVII ½d with framed "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS/EXCEEDS LIMIT OF SIZE/485" h.s. on front, 1905 tinsel decorated PPC to Wigan franked KEVII ½d with "CONTRARY TO/REGULATIONS" h.s. on front and other related examples. (c100 items) Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, INSPECTORS' MARKS, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, FREE MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 360.00
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:26:38 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 963
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1822-44 GROUP OF PENNY POST HANDSTAMPS INC. SCARCE TYPES: 1822 WIRKSWORTH Jay DY263, 1835 Spilsby Jay LI958 & udc on the top flap, 1836 STOCKPORT Jay CH786, 1838 Birstal Jay YK382, 1840 Yealand Conyers, 1840 Hebden Bridge Jay YK1331 on printed Todmorden Turnpike Notice, 1840 Carnforth Jay LA309, and 1844 Gisburne Jay YK1040. (8) Cross Reference: LINCOLNSHIRE, LANCASHIRE, YORKSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE (Image)
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:27:20 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 964
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1825-97 GROUP OF INTERESTING COVERS inc. "PAID AT" group of handstamps with 1836 red boxed LIVERPOOL, 1838 TRURO in blue, 1841 red boxed HOWDEN, and 1842 red boxed KIRKWALL; udc range inc. scarce with 1835 blue BROYNTLIS & BRECON, 1838 ST ASAPH, 1841 WHITTLESEA and rare 1841 WIVENHOE; 1825 EL to Wymondham with boxed "HOLKHAM" partially across the flap, 1831 EL Sheffield to Falkirk with red boxed "TOO/LATE" on the top flap & blue "Addl/½" on the front, 1838 E with fine red stepped "SHIP LETTER /WEYMOUTH", 1840 E with Manchester red oval "PL", 1842 ex 'Haugh' [of Urr] to Castle Douglas with boxed "5" at upper right, 1846 printed advertisement (poor) for Milners' fire resistant cabinets from Liverpool to Bury St Edmunds, 1897 1d pink env. to Belgium apparently never leaving GB readdressed to BUCKFASTLEIGH (dotted circle cds on the front) then to Paignton. Also unused Deraedemaeker reprints of Valentine Industry of All Nations and Southgate No 1 env. (20 items) Cross Reference: REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, MULREADY CARICATURES ETC (Image)
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 965
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1828-40 MISCELLANY INC. PENNY POST MARKS - SUFFOLK, NORFOLK, COVENTRY, CATTERICK ETC: 1828 E to Carshalton with fine blue boxed 'Coventry/Py Post'; 1830 EL to Florence datelined 'Tylehurst' and Beauvoisin transit mark; 1838 E used within Suffolk with 'Woodbridge/Penny/Post'; 1840 Free env. Catterick to London; and 1840 EL to Wymondham with fine 'Hingham/Penny Post' and 'ATTLEBOROUGH' udc. (5) Cross Reference: SUFFOLK, NORFOLK, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, PENNY POST MARKS (Image)
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:28:06 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 967
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1940-45 WWII CENSORED/INTERRUPTED MAIL neatly arranged for display on 12 pages, inc. June 1940 env. to Swiss internment camp returned by censor due to mention of 'Air Raids', Oct. 1940 env. to US returned due to mention of '..air raid, damage & casualties', Jan. 1945 env. to California returned due to mention (incredibly!) of 'rockets & location of military units'; 1939-45 group of envs. with censor slips 'The British Censorship is not responsible for the mutilation of this letter' or similar (5, inc. from Brazil or Switzerland); 1941/44 pair of envs. returned as the destination country does not allow use of 'gummed slips' for env. re-use; and 1941/44 pair of envs. returned by censor due to enclosed photos etc. A very attractive group. (12) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:29:32 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 968
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COACHING - TOLL TICKETS/RULES/NOTICES, ROAD-MAPS, WELSH TURNPIKE MAIL, ETC.; 1731-1866 varied group of items and covers relating to roads, toll tickets, etc.; inc. 1731 pair of original Owen's Chesh./Staffs. road strip-maps, similar 1781 pair ex Bowes (Hunts.), original 1751/2 40-page Act ref. York/Scarbro' toll-road repairs, 1807 letter (no wrapper) from Sir Charles Bunbury (ex "Great Barton" Suffolk) to the P.M.G. complaining that mailcoaches go too fast so that the Huntingdonshire roads are damaged (!), rare 8-page pamphlet produced in "BEITH" (Ayrshire) ref. Scottish Road-toll exemptions including the details about the Post Office having some exemptions etc., pair of 1837 Excise Office circulars ref. Toll Tickets & Post Horse Duty, 1846/7 pair of Glamorganshire Turnpike ELs with details of labour costs (Bridgend cds or blurred UDC), and 1866 pair of used Toll-gate Tickets (gates near Bath). Scarce group. (14 items) Cross Reference: SOMERSET, SCOTLAND, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, SUFFOLK (Image)
Opening GBP 360.00
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:29:52 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 969
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COACHING - COACH POSTER, NEWSPAPERS (INC. REWARD NOTICE), PPCs, CIG. CARDS, TICKET, ETC.; 1757- 1905 group of coaching-related items inc. 1757 complete 'London Chronicle' with PO Reward Notice ref. robbery of Worcester Mail, 1832 'Liverpool Mercury" with front-page adverts for coaches, similar 1821/3 pair of cuttings, 1811 EL with "WITNEY/72" ref. coach-journey, rare 1821 EL to Lauder "Per Dunse Coach" (smudged "10"), 1836 Free E ref. coach to Darlington, spectacular 1832 hand-bill (8x13 ins.) for "THE TRUTH, A NEW COACH FROM Hull to Lincoln", 1879 N.E.R. "Ticket for Carriages, Horses &c", 4 PPCs of coaches (2 PO Parcel Vans & 1 real photo), 11 Ogdens/Lambert & Butler cig. cards of coaches/highwaymen, 1885 Alcester coach-repair invoice, etc. Plus a group of 19 1950+ souvenir coaching items/photos/covers. Scarce group of ancillary coaching history items. (48 items) Cross Reference: COACHING, LINCOLNSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL (Image)
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 970
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COACHING - EARLY COACH-LICENCE "INSTRUCTIONS", ACT & 1833/92 COACH LICENCES; Fine 1778 12-page printed "INSTRUCTIONS FOR Collectors, Supervisors and Officers FOR THE DUTIES on COACHES &c" (inc. "...carriages be not used by any Postmaster or Deputy Postmaster as post chaises without the King's arms painted theron, and proper marks of distinction..."), fine complete 1826 10-page "Act to make further Regulations relating to the Licensing of Stage Coaches" (fascinating details about licences, renewing/altering them, and rules about number-plates for coaches!), large (folio size) folded part-printed 1833 "Stage Carriage Supplementary Licence" for the Morpeth to Newcastle route, and 1892 £2-2s-0d Carriage Licence with Norbiton P.O. cds. Rare group. (4 items)Cross Reference: COACHING, REVENUES, POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES (Image)
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:30:50 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 971
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RARE P.O. MAILCOACH TIME-BILL FOR KING GEORGE III's SPECIAL EXPRESS WEYMOUTH HOLIDAYS SERVICE; Fine Aug./Sept. c.1792 “General Poft-Office…London to Weymouth Time-Bill” (tall album-page size; 12½x9¾ ins) for King George III's special (summer season only) Mailcoach which ran for a few weeks in most of the years from 1789 to 1805, while the King was convalescing at his brother's house in Weymouth. It has the names of Joint P.M.G.’s "Walsingham" and "Chichester" at the top who only served together from 1790 to 1794, so this Time-Bill must date to 1790/94. It has the times added for each stop (from Weymouth via Windsor etc to London) in manuscript (maybe in John Palmer’s own hand). The only other example recorded is in the Bruce Castle Museum; there was no example in Lord Walsingham’s bound set (which was sold ex Martin Willcocks in 1999). [The B.C.M. copy has a note that “This coach is only for the Season His Majesty is at Weymouth”.] Very rare indeed.Cross Reference: EXPRESS, ROYALTY, COACHING, DORSET (Image)
Opening GBP 420.00
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:31:26 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 972
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COACHING - MAILCOACH TOKENS - SWAN WITH TWO NECKS + THREE 'JOHN PALMER' TYPES, ETC.; 1797 Swan copper/brass ½d token (“PAYABLE AT THE MAIL COACH OFFICE/[swan]/LAD-LANE/LONDON/ W.W” (William Waterhouse) on one side and on the other; “SPEED REGULARITY/[mailcoach & horses]/&/SECURITY"); plus three "J. PALMER" (the Mailcoach King and Postal Reformer) celebratory copper/brass ½d tokens. One with “MAIL COACH HALFPENNY/[mailcoach & horses]/TO TRADE EXPEDITION/& TO PROPERTY/ PROTECTION/PAYABLE IN LONDON” on one side and on the other; “TO/J. PALMER/ESQ./THIS IS INSCRIBED/AS A TOKEN OF/GRATITUDE/FOR BENEFITS RECD./FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT/OF MAIL COACHES/JF” (James Fittler?); and two with “HALFPENNY PAY-/ABLE IN LONDON/TO TRADE EXPEDIN/& TO PROPERTY/PROTECTION” on one side and on the other; “TO J. PALMER ESQ./THIS IS INSCRIBED/AFH” (Anthony Francis Haldimand?). Also 1812 printed govt. account of monies due to John Palmer for his Postal Reforms. (4 tokens + 1 document) Cross Reference: COACHING, TOKENS, POSTAL REFORMS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 973
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COACHING - BILLHEADS (INC. PICTORIAL TYPES) OF COACHING INNS, POSTING HOUSES, ETC.; c.1800-62 group of coaching-period/associated Inn/Tavern invoices mostly with attractive pictorial vignettes; c.1800 King's Head Posting House (Ross, Herefs.), "York Tavern and Hotel, Neat Post Chaise"(2; c.1815), 1819 George Inn Kirkoswald, 1831 m/s funeral lea a/c (£4-2s-6d for "21 Gentlemen" inc. much alcohol & "1 Whisky for [Coach] Driver"), 1837 Hopper Lane Post Chaise (Otley?), 1858 King's Arms Kirkby Stephen, and 1862 Swan Hotel Stafford (vignette of hotel showing its coach outside). Attractive and rare lot, almost all very fine. (9)Cross Reference: COACHING, YORKSHIRE, KENT (Image)
Opening GBP 240.00
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Closed..Sep-09-2021, 11:32:23 EST
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Sale No: 838
Lot No: 974
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COACHING - "LONDON & DUBLIN PARCEL OFFICE" RECEIPT FOR PARCEL "PER P.O. PACKET FROM HOLYHEAD"; Attractive 16 Mar. 1833 printed Dublin receipt (4½x7½ins.; client's name partly obscured) with coach & four horses at top "For Expenses on [A parcel] per Post-Office Packet from Holyhead" listing 1s-4d for "Land Carriage to Holyhead", 1s-0d "Freight to Dublin" & 1s-0d for "Porterage" etc. Also listing the various Mailcoach services from around England via Holyhead and the "Howth Coach". We have only recorded one other example of this receipt. Rare item from the Parcels firm that used special labels on parcels from the early 1820s.Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, COACHING, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS (Image)
