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Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale: 49

Great Britain and British Commonwealth
Posted in Advance for Delivery on Christmas Day
Sale No: 49
Lot No: 524
Symbol:

image Altrincham. 1903 Picture postcard posted within Altrincham with KEVII ½d tied by superb oval Advance Posting cancel, code "A.D.J", very scarce, c.6,500 items posted at Altrincham in 1903. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 220.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 525
Symbol:

image Ashton-Under-Lyne. 1906 Picture postcard to Manchester with KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X/MAS" cancel, very scarce, only 3,100 items posted at Ashton-Under-Lyne in 1906. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 260.00
Sold...GBP 220.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 526
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection

Birkenhead. 1908 Picture postcard (headed "Xmas. 08") with KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, the year date at right clearly omitted in error. Similar year omitted errors are recorded from Eccles, Stalybridge and Stockport. Tiny tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and unusual.

Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 85.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 85

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 527
Symbol:

image Bolton. 1904 Picture postcard posted within Bolton, with KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel, code "B.L.", fine. c.25,000 items posted at Bolton in 1904. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 200.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 528
Symbol:

Bury. 1903 Cover posted within Bury, a KEVII 1d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel code "B.C." in red. Several edge tears, an unusual red cancel on a 1d stamp on cover. The only year this scheme operated at Bury, c.10,000 items posted.

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 529
Symbol:

image Douglas. 1906 Stampless cover to Liverpool with red "DOUGLAS · I·OF·MAN / PAID / ½ / 06 / A" handstamp (with year only, no date shown) and black "XMAS" handstamp. A remarkable combination, the only Christmas advance posting item prepaid in cash we have recorded from any town. 10,200 Items posted at Douglas in 1906. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 800.00
Sold...GBP 1,600.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1600

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 530
Symbol:

image Douglas. 1908 Picture postcard with printed Christmas greetings, to Stalybridge, a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel. 25,000 Items posted in Douglas in 1908. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 250.00
Sold...GBP 210.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 210

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 531
Symbol:

image Dukinfield. 1907 Picture postcard posted within Dukinfield with KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, a few letters partly missing at the upper edge of the card, otherwise superbly struck. Just 700 items posted at Dukinfield in 1907, the smallest posting of any town in that year with only three towns recording smaller postings in any other year of the scheme. Very rare, possibly unique. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 400.00
Sold...GBP 700.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 700

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 532
Symbol:

image Eccles. 1908 Picture postcard to Barton, near Particroft, with a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, 11,609 items posted at Eccles in 1908. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 190.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 533
Symbol:

image Glossop. 1906 Picture postcard sent within Glossop with a KEVII ½d tied by the "X / MAS" cancel, fine and scarce, just 3,600 items posted in Glossop in 1906. Photo on Page 88. (Image1)

Opening GBP 320.00
Sold...GBP 340.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 340

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 534
Symbol:

image Hull. 1903 Picture postcard sent within Hull, a KEVII ½d cancelled by Advance Posting cancel code "H.U." in red. The only year this scheme operated in Hull, 15,635 items posted, cancels rarely seen. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 150.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 537
Symbol:

Leicester. 1908 Picture postcard with printed Christmas greetings posted within Leicester, a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, an unusually fine strike. 50,998 items posted in 1908.

Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 85.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 85

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 538
Symbol:

image Macclesfield. 1903 Picture postcard posted within Macclesfield with KEVII ½d tied by a superb oval Advance Posting cancel code "M.C." in red. Exceptional quality and very scarce, just 2,700 items posted, the only year this scheme operated at Macclesfield. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 480.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 480

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 539
Symbol:

Manchester. 1905 Covers with the oval Advance Posting cancel code "M.R.", one cover to the stamp dealer Charles Nissen in London franked by two QV ½d newspaper wrapper cut-outs each with a fine cancel; the other cover franked KEVII ½d to Altrincham, presumably delivered on Christmas day but then apparently put back into the post, endorsed "Found reposted, 9.0am 27/12/05" with a Dec. 27 (10.15am) Altrincham c.d.s applied on the front, redelivered on that day to the original address. Two unusual covers. (2).

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 540
Symbol:

image Norwich. 1903 Picture postcard with Christmas greetings posted within Norwich, a KEVII ½d tied by Norwich 575 duplex in red, simply containing a "5" and the year date "03" with the "3" inverted, very fine and rare. Norwich and Cheltenham used their ordinary datestamps in red with the date omitted on mail posted in advance for Christmas delivery in 1903. Just 1,414 items posted in Norwich in 1903, this card being the finest of three recorded examples of this red duplex. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 440.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 440

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 541
Symbol:

image Norwich. 1908 Picture postcard to London with KEVII ½d tied by a superb "X / MAS" cancel. 14,905 Items posted at Norwich in 1908. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 543
Symbol:

image Prescot. 1906 Cover to Chester franked KEVII ½d, tied by a very fine "X / MAS" cancel. Very scarce, just 3,200 items posted in 1906. Photo on Page 90. (Image1)

Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 340.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 340

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 544
Symbol:

image Reading. 1908 Picture postcard sent within Reading with a KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X / MAS" cancel. 17,035 Items posted in Reading in 1908. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 100.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 547
Symbol:

image Runcorn. 1908 Picture postcard sent within Runcorn, with KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X / MAS" cancel. Fine and scarce, just 3,900 items posted. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 280.00
Sold...GBP 380.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 548
Symbol:

image St. Helens. 1908 Picture postcard with printed Christmas greetings posted to Southport, a KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X / MAS" cancel, the "08" year set sloping downwards. Fine and scarce, c.3,000 items posted in 1908. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 340.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 340

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 549
Symbol:

image Sale. 1903 Picture postcard sent locally to Brooklands, a KEVII ½d tied by the oval Advance Posting cancel code "S.C.R.", a superb strike, scarce, c.4,000 items posted in 1903. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 190.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 550
Symbol:

image Sale. 1908 Cover to Manchester with KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel, code "S.C.R.", very fine. 26,000 Items posted in 1908. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 130.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 130

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 551
Symbol:

image Stalybridge. 1906 Picture postcard posted within Stalybridge with a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, fine and very scarce, just 2,400 items posted in 1906. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 360.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 360

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 552
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection

image Stockport. 1908 Cover to Disley with a KEVII 1d tied by fine "X / MAS" cancel. c.30,000 Items posted in 1908. Photo on Page 92. (Image1)

Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 110.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 554
Symbol:

image Walsall. 1903 Picture postcard sent locally with KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel code "W.L." in red, superb quality. The only year this scheme operated at Walsall, 11,618 items posted. Photo on Page 94. (Image1)

Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 170.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 170

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 555
Symbol:

image Warrington. 1904 Cover to Five Crosses near Frodsham with KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel, code "W.A.". 8,022 Items posted in 1904. Photo on Page 94. (Image1)

Opening GBP 150.00
Sold...GBP 160.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 160

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 557
Symbol:

image Widnes. 1906 Picture postcard to Salford with a KEVII ½d tied by the "X / MAS" cancel, a couple of letters at the base off the card and repair to lower edge, otherwise fine and very scarce, just 2,200 items posted at Widnes in 1906. Photo on Page 94. (Image1)

Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 150.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 49
Lot No: 558
Symbol:

image Wigan. 1903 (Dec 21) Picture postcard sending Christmas greetings from Hindley Green to Wigan, the KEVII ½d tied by a "HINDLEY GREEN" c.d.s, with oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / W.I. / 1903 / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY" alongside. The only item we have seen posted at an ordinary office not operating the Christmas posting scheme but then transferred to the Christmas delivery scheme by the office of delivery. A remarkable card, exceptionally fine, 9,020 items posted in advance for Christmas day delivery in Wigan in 1903. Photo on Page 94. (Image1)

Opening GBP 500.00
Sold...GBP 600.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 49
Lot No: 559
Symbol:

Wigan. 1909 Cover sent within Widnes, a KEVII ½d tied by the "X / MAS" cancel. 23,800 Items posted in Wigan in 1909.

Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 85.00


Closed..Mar-09-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 85


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