Great Britain and British Commonwealth LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1513
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18th/19th CENTURY MAIL; Range with 1704 EL to Lady Urssey Johnson at her Houfe in the Pall-Mall over against the Royal Jelly houfe London rated '3'(d) and with London Bishop mark on rear, 1776 EL to London ex Edinburgh with Bishop marks for both on rear and the front rerated alongside an Inspectors Crown mark, 1825 EL to London ex Scotland rated '1/3½'(d) with Inspectors star mark alongside, 1833 EL to London ex Dudley with framed "POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON" hs on front and redirected to Wales, 2 Jan. 1840 EL to Brighton ex London rated '4'(d) during the 4d Uniform Post period and other related examples. (54 covers/fronts) Cross Reference: INSPECTORS' MARKS, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, FREE MAIL, UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Oct-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1514
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OVAL "TRANSPORT OFFICE..." MARK EX FRANCE; 10 Nov. 1798 EL from "St. Malo" (from the addressee's sister and brother - who was himself about to embark on a privateer - with family news etc.) to "Joseph Cor, French Officer, Prisoner of War, Mill Prison Hospital, Plymouth, Devonshire" with a faint "34/PORT MALO" on the front and a mainly very fine London double oval "TRANSPORT OFFICE/[Crown]/G.R./PRISONERS OF WAR" mark (overstruck by the London 21 Dec. cds) nicely placed on the side-flap. Charged "8[d]" inland rate with prepaid French "11" rate on the flap. Cor had been captured on the privateer 'Le Triton' (on 17 July 1798 by the British frigate Melpomene in the English Channel). A very early Revolutionary War POW cover.Cross Reference: MEDICAL, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, DEVON (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 380.00
Closed..Oct-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1515
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Cat No: Collection
MOSTLY 1840s-1900 MIXED GROUP OF INSTRUCTIONAL, NEWSPAPER ETC MARKS - covers and pieces on pages - c1900 quartet of wrappers to Europe with FB cancels; three pages with QV postage due marks inc. Foreign Branch range to 10d, Returned Letter Office range to 3d, "Contrary to regulations/65" and "OF THE NATURE/OF A LETTER/62"; 1881 official env. with 'CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS/OF KNIGHTHOOD' cachet; 1d red plate (trimmed perfs) cancelled solely by part "TOO-LATE for/Eveng Dispatch W.C"; etc. Also 1889/1901 trio of PCs with different LIVERPOOL hooded circle cancels. (c110 items) Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL (Image)
Opening GBP 55.00
Sold...GBP 60.00
Closed..Oct-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1516
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1858/59 LONDON RECEIVING HOUSE MARKS - collection on pages, all 1d red frankings with rh marks on the back or on an opened out flap, "CLAPHAM/OLD.TOWN.S.", CAMDEN/PRINCESS TERR.", "HIGHGATE", "CURZON-ST", "FLEET ST-No 107", "FLEET ST-No 207", "KING-WILLIAM-ST", "LITTLE-KNIGHT-RIDER-ST", "MINORIES", "WATLING ST", "FORE-STREET", "WHITECHAPEL- No 129", "BROMPTON ROW", "NEW-KING'S-ROAD/S.W.", "SLOANE-ST-No 179", "WESTMINSTER/BROADWAY", "LAMBETH/MOUNT ST", "CLAPHAM-COMMON", "MOORGATE-ST", "BAYSWATER GROVE TER", "NEW -BOND-ST", and "HARROW". Also 1905 PPC real photo of Northern District PO Islington. Interesting group. (23 items) (Image)
Opening GBP 75.00
Sold...GBP 80.00
Closed..Oct-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1517
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1859-61 EXPERIMENTAL MACHINE CANCEL GROUP - 1857 C10 with part Pearson Hill 2nd type cancel, June 1858 E with 3PHT3, Feb./May 1860 Es with 3PHT7, 1860 pieces with C10 1d reds tied by PHT13/14 type cancels, and 1861-63 set of PH2 duplexes numbered 1 to 6, 87 & 93 and PH3 Nos. 90 & 92; plus Jan./Aug. 1859 envs. to Hull or Edinburgh with C10 1d reds tied by Rideout R1B or R2A exper. duplex. (18 items) Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS, MACHINE CANCELLATIONS (Image)
Opening GBP 65.00
Sold...GBP 120.00
Closed..Oct-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1518
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1879 COVER WITH UNUSUAL "W" CANCELS - Mar. 1879 local env. with 1d red plate 174 (2) tied by crude "W" between bars cancels, London cds (2) on the back. Rare. Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS (Image)
Opening GBP 70.00
Sold...GBP 100.00
Closed..Oct-13-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 847
Lot No: 1519
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MOSTLY LATE QV-KGV CANCEL RANGE WITH TIME CODE CDS - covers and pieces, some on pages - 1897 ½d brown STO wrapper with 'FAUDEL, PHILLIPS & SONS' advert, 1901 ½d vermilion STO env. with 'THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY' imprint and fine matching embossed flap, and 1902 1d red env. with fine embossed flap 'BANK OF ENGLAND' with seated Britannia; 1906/7 pair of PPCs with missorted cds "LONDON/4" or "LONDON/60" tried and rejected at Hampstead or Kilburn, plus similar missort sorts marks of Brixton and Stockwell on the same 1912 PPC; etc. (c210 items) Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS, ADVERTISING COVERS (Image)
