Great Britain and British Commonwealth Great Britain Postal History
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 540
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1792-1874 Prestamp and stampless entire letters or entires including Anglo-French accountancy marks on letters to France via G.B (2) or from Italy to G.B, 1852-72 letters prepaid in cash to Latvia or Stockholm (2), and 1792 letter from USA handstamped "LIVERPOOL / SHIP" (Rob. S1). Also two fine printed 1786 coaching inn receipts from "The Boars Head" at Bolton or "The George" at Knutsford. (19).
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 47
Lot No: 541
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Lancashire / Westmoreland / Cumberland. 1803-71 Entire letters including 1803 and 1839 letters to or from Ulverston sent over the sands of Morecombe Bay, 1846 Kirkby Stephen undated circle, 1830 letter from London to Kirkby Moorside with manuscript "Missent to" alongside a Kirkby Lonsdale undated circle, 1832 "KENDAL / Penny Post" in blue, etc. (9).
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100
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Lot No: 543
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1851-78 Covers and entire letters addressed abroad including 1851 cover from Middlesborough to France franked imperf 1d + 2d + embossed 1/- (cut to shape), 1855 cover to "Douglas Wimberley, H.M 20th Regt., Crimea" franked 1d + 2d, letters franked 4d + 1/- to Greece (2), 2d + 4d (2) to Smyrna, 2d + 6d grey to India, etc. (9).
Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 130.00
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Lot No: 544
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1861-1937 Covers and cards including 1908 (Oct 1) Junior Philatelic Society "Penny Postage" pictorial envelope posted from Brixton to the USA on the first day of the 1d rate franked by two KEVII ½d stamps; "Intemperance is the Bane of Society" Deraedemaeker reprint envelope; 1930 Oxford Esperanto Congress c.d.s, etc., also 1912 Inland Revenue document allowing postage and revenue stamps to be sold by George Brown at Granby Street Sub-Post Office in Liverpool. (47).
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
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Lot No: 545
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1882-96 Covers addressed abroad, all to army officers, comprising 1882 cover from London franked 5d indigo and 1886 cover from Chatham bearing 1d lilac strip of five, both to H.M Sandbach in India; 1885 cover with 2½d lilac cancelled "REDHILL / STATION OFFICE" c.d.s, to "Col Caine, Comdg Bengal Artillery, Cairo", directed to "No. 32 Shepherds Hotel"; 1885 cover from Helston to "C.B. Vyvyan, The Buffs, Hong Kong" franked 3d lilac + 1d (2), with "SINGAPORE / TO HONG KONG" backstamp; and 1896 O.H.M.S Commander in Chief cover with War Office cachet and Official Paid c.d.s, initialled "W" by Wolseley and addressed by him to Major General Sir George Wolseley in India. (5).
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
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Lot No: 546
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1890-1990 Covers and cards (c.100), free fronts (43) etc., including 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee envelope with wrapper band; 1842 entire letter from Edinburgh franked 1d with red boxed "PAID / 1d EXTRA"; c.1850 front to Mexico bearing imperf 2d blue strip of three (faults); 1887 5d die 1 on cover; 1902-10 covers with "Found Open & Officially Sealed" labels of G.B (2) or Transvaal; colliery cancels (8); Minehead Camp picture postcards and/or cancels (12); 1906 cover from London to Nassau, Bohemia, readdressed to Nassau, Bahamas; KGVI 4d + 1½d + ½d + QEII 2½d + 2d + 3d P.T.P.O stationery envelope unused, etc. (c.150).
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 400.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Lot No: 547
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Siam / Indo-China. 1894 3d Postal stationery envelope franked 3d, registered from London to Bangkok with fine arrival c.d.s; and 1899 2d registration envelope uprated 2d + 5d (HUTH perfins) to Saigon, arrival c.d.s. Two unusual destinations. (2).
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00
Closed..Mar-17-2021, 23:59:00 EST
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Lot No: 548
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1903-26 Picture postcards and a few covers, various cancels including postage dues, single ring datestamps, squared circles, etc. (78).
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 85.00
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Lot No: 549
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Wilding Issues. 1953-65 Covers and cards bearing Wilding definitives including a study of commercial mail to Eastern Europe (including postage due and returned mail) comprising items to East Germany (2), Czechoslovakia (2, one a registered postcard), Russia (3), Estonia, Yugoslavia (2, one to a British soldier at Skopje), Hungary (2) or Poland; 2d reply card posted back from Russia with Russian stamps; cover from British F.P.O in Libya franked Castles 2/6 + 5/-; 1958 cover to France with scarce "triangle within circle" censor cachet, used in Cyprus during the Eoka Crisis; covers to or from British forces in Korea; other British F.P.O covers from South Australia (Atomic Bomb Test cover), Kenya or Brunei; also registered mail, F.D.Cs, Mobile Post Office and special event cancels, etc. (44). Photo on Page 82. (Image1)
