Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2013
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BRADFORD 18th/19th CENTURY GROUP; Small range with Jan. 1780 large EL to Yorks. ex London rated '2/-', endorsed 'Missent to' above a "BRADFORD/Y" h.s. and re-rated '4/-', Dec. 1788 EL to Ludlow rated '10'(d) with "BRADFORD/Y" and circular "POST/PAID" h.s. on front, Sep. 1800 EL to Ludlow with s/l "BRADFORD Y" h.s. on front and other related & later marks. (11 covers) Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 55.00
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YORKSHIRE - SHEFFIELD
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2014
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EARLY LETTER TO LONDON AT 3d RATE WITH FINE LONDON "DE/2" BISHOP MARK; Attractive 29 Nov. 1667 EL (folds neatly to show internal dated heading alongside address-panel; ex the John Moore correspondence) from "Hemsworth" (small village on the SE fringe of Sheffield) to London charged "3[d]" on the front with a mainly very fine "DE/2" London arrival Bishop Mark on the top flap. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Frank Thompson, Cavendish, March 2012.]Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2015
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EARLY LETTER TO LONDON AT 3d RATE WITH FINE LONDON "IA/26" BISHOP MARK; Attractive 22 Jan. 1668 EL (folds neatly to show internal dated heading alongside address-panel; ex the John Moore correspondence) from "Hemsworth" (small village on the SE fringe of Sheffield) to London charged "3[d]" on the front with a mainly very fine "IA/26" London arrival Bishop Mark on the top flap. [Ex Frank Thompson, Cavendish, March 2012.]Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2016
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EARLY LETTERS TO LONDON AT 3d RATE WITH LONDON BISHOP MARKS; 4 Aug. 1668 EL (folds to show internal dated heading above address-panel) & 18 May 1672 EL (folds to display dated internal heading alongside address; both ex the John Moore correspondence) from "Sheafield" (sic) or ex "Hasselborow" (the Hall now demolished and under a housing estate near Norton) both to London and each charged "3[d]" on the front with faint or mainly fine "AV/7" or "MA/20" London arrival Bishop Marks. (2 covers)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2017
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EARLY LETTERS TO LONDON AT 3d RATE WITH LONDON BISHOP MARKS; 1678/83 trio of ELs (all folded to show internal dated headings beside address-panels; 1678 pair ex the John Moore correspondence, the other ex Clayton correspondence) from "Sheffeild" (2) or ex "Sheafeild" to London and each charged "3[d]" on the front with faint or mainly fine (2) "OC/4", "NO/30" or "AV/2" London arrival Bishop Marks. (3 covers)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, EARLY LETTERS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2018
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VERY EARLY "SHEF/FEILD" (SPELLING ERROR) ON CANCELLED "1N" RATE FREE COVER TO M.P., ETC.; 29 Jan. 1721 EL from "Sheffield" to London charged the triple rate "1N" on the front but with the rate cancelled (and initialled?) as the addressee was an M.P.; having a mainly fine rare 2nd-Type "SHEF/FEILD" (YO2602; only a handful recorded and only for 1719-26) on the top flap beside a fine "2/FE" seriffed London arrival Bishop Mark; plus 12-16 Mar. 1690 'London Gazette' (toned) with PO Notice of change of route for Sheffield mails, and partly printed small 1703 Conscription Notice for armed men to be provided for military service ref. lands in "Brightside Bierley". (3 items)Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, FREE MAIL, NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2019
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THE 18th CENTURY NAMESTAMPS COLLECTION, PART 1, INCL. "SHEF/FEILD", 1st-TYPE MILEAGES, ETC.; 1721-1799 covers with mainly fine to very fine strikes of the full range of 18th century Sheffield namestamps incl. nearly fine rare 1721 "SHEF/FEILD" ("1N4 1oz" rate to London), 1738/88 2-lines (4; latter a very early local town letter), 1763 newspaper cutting ref. mail robbery, large one-line types (4; 1765-81 - one to Ireland), 1785/90 pair with rare 2-line "160 SHEF/FIELD" or Horseshoe "SHEFFIELD/163" 1st-Type Mileages, rare 1788 red convex type, 1793/5 pair with black or red Horseshoes , etc. Excellent lot with hardly any duplication. (17 covers + 1 cutting) (Image)
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Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2020
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THE 18th CENTURY NAMESTAMPS COLLECTION, PART 2, INCL. EARLY NAMESTAMPS, 1st-TYPE MILEAGE, ETC.; 1734-1800 covers with mainly fine to very fine strikes of the full range of 18th century Sheffield namestamps incl. mainly very fine 1734/47 "SHEF/FIELD" pair ("In all 7" rate via London or 6d to Edinr.), later 2-lines (inc. 1/- rate to Ireland with Dublin Bishop Mark), large one-line types (3; c.1765-82), fine 1790 rare purple Horseshoe "SHEFFIELD/163" 1st-Type Mileage, rare 1788 convex pair (one in rare purple), c.1795 red Horseshoe, red 1799 small 1-line pair, etc. Excellent lot. (21 covers + 2 PPCs) (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2021
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STAMPLESS OVERSEAS MAIL - TO OR FROM EUROPE, AMERICA, AUSTRALIA OR CUBA; 1792-1863 covers to/from Sheffield incl. fine 1782 EL to Brussels with v. fine large "SHEFFIELD" on the front along with fine red London "POST/PAID" in circle, 1833 large part E prepaid 1/- with fine scarce crowned oval "GENERAL POST OFFICE/SYDNEY" d.s., 1840 E with scarce red "INDIA LETTER/PENZANCE" and red oval "POST PAID SHIP LR/[Crown]/SYDNEY", 1839-63 group (5) from/to USA (inc. large red oval 1839 "GILPINS EXCHANGE/...N-YORK" FAC and 1845/7 Lpool Ship Letter cds's, etc.), 1830/32 pair prepaid to Holland/Paris, 1859 ex Santiago de Cuba with Havana FAC, and 1843/7 prepaid pair to Spain or Paris. Difficult lot to assemble for one P.O. (16 covers)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, CUBA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2022
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SHEFFIELD EPHEMERA COLLECTION INC. RARE HAIR POWDER TAX STAMP ON RECEIPT, MILEAGE MAPS, ETC.; 1643- 1952 miscellany inc. fine small 1643 Jenner "Book of Maps" Derbyshire mileage chart/map showing "Sheafeld", rare red Stamp Office cert. for "Hair Powder Annual Duty" with albino embossed 1 guinea "HAIR POWDER DUTY" Tax Stamp, c.1830 pair of street Ballads ref. "the Sheffield Apprentice" etc., and much later PPCs (12), newspaper cuttings, photos, article, etc. (27 items)Cross Reference: EPHEMERA, REVENUES, DERBYSHIRE (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2023
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TONTINE & OTHER SHEFFIELD COACHING INNS - EPHEMERA INC. PICTORIAL BILLHEADS & 1836 P.O. MAIL-TIMES CARD; 1785-1836 group inc. rare 1785 "TONTINE NEW INN" opening card (with m/s meal invoice on reverse), 1832 matching Tontine billhead with "POST ROADS" map printed on reverse, 1788-1823 group of Inn pictorial billheads - 1788/1812 Tontine quartet with different printed landlord names, 1804/12 Angle Inn pair, 1814/26 Tontine trio with different landlord names and 1821 Commercial Inn parcel receipt. Plus 1839 pair of ELs posted from Barnsley to Sheffield with partly printed details of Turnpike meetings, and fine rare June 1836 printed card from "JOSEPH WREAKS, POSTMASTER" giving times of "DELIVERY of LETTERS & DEPARTURES of the MAILS" on one side and a NOTICE" ref. mail closing times etc on the other. Rare and attractive group. (15 items)Cross Reference: EPHEMERA, COACHING (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2024
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THE 19th CENTURY MILEAGES (UNDATED OR DATED) COLLECTION; 1801-39 covers with the full range of mileage marks inc. 1801/5 pair with red London 'Crowns' for rate changes, many red boxed/lined/cds types to 1818, black boxed "TOO/LATE" (1823), a very wide range of rates (from local 1d to "2/6"), and some later black cds's (a few with mileages removed), paid mail, etc. (43 covers) (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2025
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SHEFFIELD PENNY POSTS COLLECTION INC. RARE TINY BOXED RED TYPES, ETC.; 1821-40 covers inc. 1821 local EL with black "SHEFFIELD/Penny Post", 1823 same mark with boxed "TOO LATE" to London, rare 1823 prepaid m/s "P1" local E (cds only), fair scarce 1827 boxed "Sheffield/Py. Post", unpaid 1830s m/s 1/2 covers, curious large part 1830 E to Dorchester with v. fine (though over-written) tiny red boxed "SHEFFIELD/PENNY POST" on the front but also with Birmingham cds (Missent?), 1 Mar. 1837 free front from Pembroke to "F.W. Karstadt" (the PO Surveyor for Sheffield and area) with very fine rare tiny red boxed "SHEFFIELD" which may have indicated exceptional (for a PO Surveyor only pretty much) free transit through the 1d Post (YK2666; “seen on free fronts only"), Apr./Oct. 1840 pair of covers ex Dronfield with mainly fine or mainly very fine strikes of the same tiny SHEFFIELD/PENNY POST boxed mark (one prepaid 4d - due to enclosed coins?), and some local unpaid 1d rates. Scarce group. (13 covers + 1 front) (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2026
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PRESTAMP BALANCE - INC. RARE RED "HOOD*HILL" PAIR, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS, ETC.; 1834/36 E/EL pair with mainly v. fine or exceptionally fine rare red "HOOD*HILL" marks (? the P.O. at a farm on the outskirts of Sheffield?; YO1390 - only a handful recorded, all 1834-7), 1835/41 pair via/ex Sheffield (former with "GLASGOW/PENNY POST" etc.) both endorsed "Mischarged on" in red on the front (rare thus), 1822/36 trio with fine boxed "TOO LATE" in black or red (1830/6), 1833 Returned Letter wrapper, etc. Intriguing and rare group. (9 covers)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SCOTLAND, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2028
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THE RAREST MARK OF SHEFFIELD - THE TINY RED BOXED "SHEFFIELD/TWO-PENNY/POST" MARK; c.1833 small piece with a very fine strike of this famous mark, plus two other pieces (one with 24 June 1833 matching cds) with similarly clear strikes of the matching tiny "SHEFFIELD/PENNYPOST" mark. Only one other example of this very rare "SHEFFIELD/TWO-PENNY/POST" mark has been recorded - also on a piece (photo included; that piece also showed a matching 19 June 1833 Sheffield cds). The other piece was sold in the 16 July 1999 Postage Stamps auction in London for £350 + 15% BP, and until the discovery of this piece we are not aware of any other example having been found. Important Local Posts Exhibition Item. (3 pieces + photographs etc.) (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2029
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POSTAL REFORMS/UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD - LAST-DAY MILEAGE RATES COVER + 4d-POST COVERS; Very fine 4 Dec. 1839 EL (Last Day of Mileage-based postal rates) from London to Sheffield with red "C+" d.s. (Charing Cross) and "19[d]" charge (the next day it would have cost only 4d - and could have had an enclosure!); plus rare 4 Jan. 1840 EL (fine merchants' engraved pictorial heading inside) sent unpaid from Sheffield to Lille charged "10", "18" and then "25" (incl. the old mileage-based 10d rate to London!), 7 Dec. 1839 red m/s "P4" ex Ilchester to Sheffield, and black 7 Jan. 1840 Sheffield m/s "4". (4 covers)Cross Reference: UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, POSTAL REFORMS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2030
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THE MYSTERIOUS 'NO DATESTAMP' 1d BLACK COVER INCORRECTLY DATED 6 FEB. 1840 AT THE TIME; The famous E (see GB Journal Vol. 30, No.5, Nov./Dec. 1992 article by Gilbert Wheat; pcopy included) probably from London (no datestamps back or front) to Sheffield with fine 4m 1d Black (HF; Plate 2) tied by a fine red MX. The only date on the letter (there are no contents) is the recipient's manuscript "London 2nd Mo[nth]. 6th 1840, Richd. Smith" endorsement on the front. This was the Quaker's way of dating things; "2nd Month" meant February; presumably this was an error of year and/or month as there were no 1d Blacks available in February 1840! So it was in fact a 1d Black cover sent on 6 February 1841. At one time it was thought that this letter was actually sent on 6 May 1840, but this was clearly not the case. [A previous 'bad' RPS certificate was disproved by police forensic scientists in 1990/1; included is the 'good' BPA certificate of 12 Feb. 1991.] Plus matching 21 Apr. 1841 1d Red E from the same correspondence similarly but accurately dated and with London and Sheffield backstamps and having a Plate 9 1d Red (3m) cancelled by a fine black MX. (2 covers) Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2031
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UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD MAIL - INCL. UNIQUE(?) DISTINCTIVE "1 PAID" MARK, 2d/4d RATES, ETC.; 1840-51 collection of covers sent unpaid or cash-paid inc. the remarkable 26 Mar. 1840 EL to London with partly very fine Distinctive red Handstruck "1 PAID" mark (YK2668; the only recorded example) on the front slightly overstruck by the Sheffield c.d.s. and both just affected by light fold (ex Cavendish 8 Sept. 2010, lot 1019), 18 Jan. 1840 EL (interesting contents ref. unrest due to Chartist Riots etc.) with manuscript "P1", 14/18/21/24 Jan. 1840 quartet with m/s "1" (red; 2) or "2" (black; 2) rates, many other 1d-paid rates, a 4d prepaid rate and an 1843 ingoing OHMS cover. Jan. 1840 covers are hard to find. (23 COVERS) Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2032
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1d BLACK COVER WITH DIFFERENT SHEFFIELD C.D.S.'s OF CONSECUTIVE DATES - AS 'TOO LATE' USAGE; 19-20 Dec. 1840 EL (filing note across the address)from Sheffield to Chester with a very fine 1d Black (DG, Plate 1b - excellent margins all round) tied by a red Maltese Cross; unusually there are fine strikes in red of the two different sized "SHEFFIELD" double-arc cds's on each flap with different dates; this indicated that the letter had been posted too late for despatch on 19 Dec. and so it was sent off on 20 Dec. Rare thus.Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2033
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QUAKER-DATED 1d BLACK COVER FROM LEEDS TO SHEFFIELD; 1 May 1841 EL from Leeds to Sheffield with 4m 1d Black (OB; Plate 7) tied by a blurred black MX. The date inside the letter is "5 mo. 1 1841" and there is the recipient's manuscript "Leeds 5th Mo[nth]. 1st 1841" endorsement on the front. This was the Quaker's way of dating things; it matches the very fine "LEEDS" cds of 1 May 1841 on the top flap; in this case (see previous lot) there is also a red "SHEFFIELD" arrival cds of 2 May (Sheffield was very inconsistent in date stamping incoming mail; see Wheat article referred to in previous lot).Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image)
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Lot No: 2034
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1d BLACK COVER WITH TINY RED BOXED "SHEFFIELD/PENNY-POST" (ex NORTON - THEN IN DERBYS.); 14 Mar. 1841 EL from "Norton" (then still in Derbyshire) to Sheffield with a 4m 1d Black (MC; plate 9) tied by a fair black MX with fine red "SHEFFIELD" cds across the join on the reverse.Cross Reference: DERBYSHIRE (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2035
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SHEFFIELD 1d BLACK COVER WITH DIFFERENT C.D.S.'s OF CONSECUTIVE DATES ('TOO LATE' USAGE); 19 Dec. 1840 E (some dusting and central crease - clear of marks and stamp) to Leeds with 4m 1d Black (KI; Plate 2 - one corner slightly over edge) tied by unclear red MX with two matching "SHEFFIELD" cds's (different sizes) for 19 & 20 Dec. 1840 on the lower flap. The letter was Too Late for despatch on 19 Dec. and so sent off on 20 Dec. Unusual thus.Cross Reference: LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, 1840 1d BLACKS (Image)
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Lot No: 2036
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SHEFFIELD 1d BLACK COVER (C.D.S.'s OF CONSECUTIVE DATES ('TOO LATE' USAGE) + 1d MULREADY; 15 Feb. 1841 E (one side-flap removed) to Doncaster with 3m 1d Black (CE; Plate 6) tied by unclear red MX with two matching "SHEFFIELD" cds's (different sizes) for 15 & 16 Feb. 1840 on the flaps; the letter was Too Late for despatch on 15 Feb. and so sent off on 16 Feb., and this is a late usage of the red MX. Plus fine 18 July 1840 usage of the Mulready 1d letter-sheet (stereo A27) with orange-red MX matching the mainly fine "SHEFFIELD" cds across the join on the reverse. (2 covers)Cross Reference: LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, 1840 1d BLACKS, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2037
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IMPERF. 1d REDS PERIOD - "700" NUMERALS EARLY SKELETONS, ETC.; 1841-53 covers inc. 21-23 Aug. 1844 trio (one with 1d cash paid, the others with 1d Reds) having very fine rare 1st-Type "SHEFFIELD/+" Skeleton d.s., and a good range of 1841 1d Red frankings with a few 1d Pinks all with Sheffield "700" Numerals of varying sizes/types incl. one with 4 1d Reds. Plus small 1841-5 group of 8 cash-paid covers. (37 covers + 2 pieces)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image)
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Lot No: 2038
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THE EARLY TOWN SUB-OFFICE MARKS - THE SERIF 2-LINE & SANSERIF 1-LINE TYPES; 1841-57 covers incl. serif 2-line "..../SHEFFIELD" types for DUKE ST., GIBRALTER [sic] ST. (red), GLOSSOP RD. (red; creased & stamp may not belong), SOUTH ST. & THE WICKER; plus single-line sanserif ARUNDEL-ST (1851/7 pair in different sizes, both blue), GLOSSOP RD (overstruck), PENISTONE ST (blue; slightly overstruck), PORTMAHON & UPPER ALLEN ST. Also 1851 sanserif blue 2-line SOUTH-ST/SHEFFIELD. Almost all good strikes and all different. Good lot. (12 covers) (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2039
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THE EARLY TOWN SUB-OFFICE MARKS - THE SERIF 2-LINE & SANSERIF 1-LINE TYPES; 1844-56 covers incl. serif 2-line "..../SHEFFIELD" types for DUKE ST., GIBRALTER [sic] ST. (red), GLOSSOP RD., SOUTH ST. & THE WICKER (blue); plus small single-line sanserif ARUNDEL-ST (1852/3 pair - fine black & poor blue), and PENISTONE ST (blue; slightly overstruck). Also 1854/6 pair with sanserif black or blue 2-line SOUTH-ST/SHEFFIELD. Almost all good strikes and all different names or colours; all with 1d Reds. Good lot. (10 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 2040
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UNDATED CIRCLES COLLECTION PART 1 - SERIF & SANSERIF TYPES - ALL DIFFERENT; 1844-59 covers with serif UDCs of ATTERCLIFFE (red), CHAPEL-TOWN-SHEFFIELD, ECCLESFIELD, HANDSWORTH (with s/ways Duplex), HOYLAND or PENISTONE (red); plus sanserif types of BOLSTERTONE (on redirected OHMS EL with serif ECCLESFIELD UDCs on the other side),ECCLESALL (blue), GLOSSOP-RD (fair blue), GRENOSIDE (red), HANDSWORTH.WOODHOUSE (blue; with s/ways Duplex). All mainly very fine and with 1d Reds. (11 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 2041
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UNDATED CIRCLES COLLECTION PART 2 - SERIF & SANSERIF TYPES - ALL DIFFERENT INC. RARE SMALL TYPES; 1851-59 covers with larger sanserif UDCs of INTAKE (s/ways Duplex), PITSMOOR (Blue), PYE-BANK (blue; 1`d Pink), THURGOLAND (larger s/ways Duplex), WADSLEY (blue) or WICKER (blue); plus rare very small ARUNDEL-ST (blue; arc at foot - with s/ways Duplex), DIVISION ST (blue; s/ways Duplex), and GLOSSOP.RD. (s/ways Duplex) & WICKER (s/ways Duplex). Very scarce lot. (10 covers) (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2042
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BALANCE OF THE UNDATED CIRCLES COLLECTION - SERIF & LARGE/SMALL SANSERIF TYPES; 1844-59 covers inc. serif UDCs of ATTERCLIFFE (red; stamp removed) or CHAPEL-TOWN-SHEFFIELD, ECCLESFIELD (2), HOYLAND or PENISTONE (red; 1d Red does not belong - has Manchester 'fish-tail' MX); plus sanserif types of GLOSSOP-RD (blue), GRENOSIDE (red), WADSLEY BRIDGE (fair) or WICKER (blue). Also rare small types of GLOSSOP-RD. or DIVISION.ST.". ( 12 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 2043
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SMALL BOXED "MIS-SENT/TO/SHEFFIELD" MARK IN BLACK OR BLUE ON IMPERF. 1d RED COVERS; 1843/9 E/EL pair each with 3m 1d Red (first creased) tied by MX or Birmingham "75" Numeral; addressed to Hathersage or Shifnal but both also with a very fine boxed "MIS-SENT/TO/SHEFFIELD" nicely placed on the front in black ( 1843) in in blue (1849). Rare and attractive pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL (Image)
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Lot No: 2044
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MISSENT MARKINGS - 1d RED COVERS WITH HANDSTRUCK OR MANUSCRIPT BESIDE SHEFFIELD C.D.S.; 6 Feb. 1857 EL to Shiffnal with 1d 'Stars' (crease) tied by fine Manchester S/ways Duplex but also having a very fine rare sanserif "MISSENT TO/SHEFFIELD" (YO2675; only recorded in 1857 and in blue - very few known); plus 1842/3/4 trio of covers each with 1d Red Imperf. (2 with MX inc. 1842 Manchester Fishtail type) each having a very fine "SHEFFIELD" cds on the front endorsed "Mifsent to" in red. (4 covers)Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER (Image)
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Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2045
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DIFFERENT EMBOSSED ISSUE FRANKINGS FOR 1s-0d RATE TO U.S.A.; 4 Mar. 1852 env. to Boston with Embossed 1/- Green (variety with Misplaced Silk Threads - 20mm apart - see SG spec. cat.; creased) having huge margins on 3 sides just touched on fourth cancelled by mainly fine small "700" Numeral; plus attractive 28 Aug. 1857 env. to the same addressee with unusual Vertical Pair of the Embossed 6d Lilac (cut round at each end) tied by fine "SHEFFIELD/700" Sideways Duplexes. Unusual Pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 340.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2046
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RARE SINGLE-FRANKING INTERNAL 10d EMBOSSED COVER AT REGISTERED RATE; Fine and attractive 19 Mar. 1853 linen-lined env. from Sheffield to Bakewell endorsed "Registered" with a fine cut-square Embossed 10d Brown (virtually clear margins all round) tied by a fine "700" Sheffield Numeral. This was the 4d postage rate (from 1 to 2 oz )plus the 6d fee. [Ex Cavendish's 'Bill Sedgewick' auction, July 1992 lot 731; also ex Cavendish's 'Thompson' auction, 7 Mar. 2012, lot 886.] A good pair to the following lot.Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, EMBOSSED ISSUES (Image)
Opening GBP 360.00
Sold...GBP 1,000.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2047
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RARE INTERNAL 6d + 1/- EMBOSSED COVER AT 1s-6d REGISTERED RATE; Fine and attractive 2 May 1854 linen-lined env. from Sheffield to Bakewell endorsed "Registered" with a fine cut-square Embossed 6d Lilac slightly overlapped by 1/- Green (latter with virtually clear margins all round, the 6d with huge margin at left and touched on the other sides) cancelled by fair "700" Sheffield Numerals. This was the 1s-0d postage rate (from 5 to 6 oz ) plus the 6d fee. [Ex Cavendish's 'Bill Sedgewick' auction, July 1992 lot 731; also ex Cavendish's 'Thompson' auction, 7 Mar. 2012, lot 886.] A good pair to the previous lot, and the only such internal franking that we can recall having seen.Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 1,800.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2048
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QV REGISTERED MAIL - INC. RARE PRINTED MATTER, 4d SAGE-GREEN, STATIONERY, ETC.; 1863-1901 covers inc. rare 1863 local env. with 1d Red tied by Duplex but endorsed "Registered" in red and charged "8d" (being Posted out of Course), 1865 env. regd. from "CASTLETON" (Derbyshire; cds on front) to Chapel en le Frith with Small Letters 4d + 1d Red cancelled in transit by v. fine "700" Numerals with v. fine red "REGISTERED/SHEFFIELD" cds on the front, rare 1876 EL (mainly printed contents) to Leeds with two 1d Red Pairs + ½d Rose-Red all cancelled by blurred tall "700" Numerals with the red cds alongside (rare example of a ½d printed matter rate item sent registered), long 1877 env. regd. to Bolton on Dearne with 1d Red + 4d Sage-Green tied by tall "700" also with "MEXBRO" cds endorsed "Gone no address", and a good range of Jubilee regd. frankings inc. Postal Stationery (with two giant regd. envs.). (19 covers)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, DERBYSHIRE (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2049
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Cat No: Collection
THE SIDEWAYS DUPLEX COLLECTION - ALL 4 TYPES INC. MANY CODES & 1d PINK CUT-OUT ON COVER, ETC.; Excellent study of these attractive marks; 1855-62 covers (almost all with single 1d 'Stars') incl. Type I (3 inc. creased 1d Pink), Type 2 (7 + 2 pieces - inc. 1d Pink + one cover with London red "L" in circle), Type V (3; inc. 1d Pink + 1d Reds Pair) & Type VIII (20 inc. cover with 1d Pink cut-out accepted for postage + 1 piece). Good lot with many Exhibition Quality strikes. (33 covers + 3 pieces)Cross Reference: SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., 1854-65 1d REDS (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 140.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2050
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QV 3-COLOUR FRANKING TO SAN FRANCISCO AT 'IMPOSSIBLE ½d' RATE ROUTED VIA PANAMA; 20 Dec. 1861 env. from Sheffield to San Francisco endorsed "Per Str from Lpool" franked by Pl.9 2d Blue + 1/- green +1d Red 'stars' all slightly overlapped and tied by mainly fine "SHEFFIELD/700" Sideways Duplexes and by a fine red "SAN FRANCISCO CAL/1862/FEB/12/Paid" arrival c.d.s. Scarce example of the 1s-2½d rate via the Panama route, when there was no ½d stamp in existence so stamped covers had to be overpaid by the ½d! Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish Feb. 2018 auction; lot 2257, £300+BP.] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 500.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2051
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Cat No: Collection
QV OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS MAIL INC. S/WAYS DUPLEXES, TRANSATLANTIC, STATIONERY, ETC.; 1861-98 selection of covers and P. Stat. cards (9) all to European countries or to the US with good variety of frankings inc. S/Ways Duplexes on 1861 4d to France & 1862 6d to Germany, 1861 4d+2d to Geneva, 1863/7 Small/Large Letters 1/- pair to NY, 1864/5 Small Letters to France (2), later (and UPU) single-frankings, 1898 ½d Brown Wrapper uprated with 1d Lilacs pair to Russia, 1886-93 regd. envs. (4) inc. cork cancels, etc. Good nucleus for expansion. (20 covers + 9 cards)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2052
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Cat No: Collection
RETURNED MAIL COLLECTION - QV TO QEII STUDY INCL. WIDE RANGE OF HANDSTRUCK MARKS; 1870-c.1984 covers all sent from or to Sheffield but returned to senders for various reasons; strength in 1870s/1880s period and KGVI/QEII period with some later overseas mail. Better items noted include 1870/4 local 1d Red pair endorsed with 20 or 24 sets of postmen's initials, 1872/4 m/s "Gone no address" or "Not Known at Penistone", plus scarce QV boxed step-type "700" marks for "Firm not known" (1883/1900 in black or red), "Gone No address" (1884/9 in black or red), or "Not to be found" (1896/1900 in red). Great variety and worthy of further expansion. (88 covers/cards)Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2053
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Cat No: Collection
POSTAGE DUES COLLECTION - QV-KGVI HANDSTRUCK CHARGE & EXPLANATORY MARKS, ETC.; 1877-1939 covers, cards (& a few fronts) with a wide range of marks and rates incl. remarkable 1877 env. to Eastbourne with ½d Rose-Red used with ½d Violet PC cut-out with latter disallowed and so with early red boxed "[C]ontrary to regulations/700" on the front, similar "...700" mark on 1904/5 PPCs (4), rare 1902 Nottingham RLO env. used in Sheffield with printed boxed "½D/POSTAGE/DUE FOR/RETURN/TO/SENDER" on front and explanatory text on back, 1901 "Of the nature/of a Letter/700" with "1D/700", giant 1890 h.s. "1" on More to pay env. to Birmingham, 1905 boxed "CONTRARY TO/REGULATIONS" and many more. Good lot. (29 covers/cards + 8 fronts)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 320.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2054
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Cat No: Collection
BALANCE OF THE QV COLLECTION - POSTAL FISCAL, HAND-PAINTED FRONT, ½d ROSE-REDS, ADVERT ENVS., ETC.; 1863-1901 covers/cards incl. 1891 front with 1d Lilac having hand-coloured drawing of 4 people reading books as the address, Sept. 1881 env. with fine blued paper 1d Postal Fiscal, 1865 1d Red envs. with imprints of MSL Rly Co or (in red) "SHEFFIELD & ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT" paper, some ½d Rose-red covers, a very through study of th Sheffield Duplex types with 1d Reds, 1d Lilacs & PCs, 1897 env. with ½d Vermilion to Germany tied by scarce "SF" in triangle, etc. (113 covers/cards, 4 fronts & 19 stamps/pieces)Cross Reference: POSTAL FISCALS ON COVERS, PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN, 1870 ½d PLATES (Image)
Opening GBP 130.00
Sold...GBP 420.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2055
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Cat No: Collection
THE COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF SHEFFIELD SQUARED CIRCLES WITH THE MANY TYPES & STUDIES OF CODES; c.1884-1906 covers/cards with a full range of identified types (as per Cohen listings) and codes of the many Squared Circles used in Sheffield Chief Office, the District Offices, and a couple of KIVETON PARK. The majority on QV franked covers/cards but with some KEVII. Some cards to overseas noted inc. 1895 to France with tied 10c P Due, with 1888 env. to Cape Town with 6d Jubilee single franking, etc. The vast majority are hand-picked strikes and about half are mounted & written up to Exhibition standard. A wonderful lot. (75 covers/cards + 1 piece)Cross Reference: SQUARED CIRCLES (Image)
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 220.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2057
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KGV & KEVIII LOT INC. WWI WITH "CANADIAN CONTINGENTS..." D.S. & VERY CENSORED CONTENTS, ETC.; c.1912-38 covers/cards etc. inc. 1918 env. to C.E.F. returned with boxed "CANADIAN CONTINGENTS/RECORD OFFICE" d.s. and m/s "Died Sickness" changed to "Hospital" (!), 1918 env. ex Dore to B.E.F. returned as not known but with contents about manufacturing munitions partly crossed out and endorsed "Not Permitted" (presumably be censor), similar 1915 env. endorsed "Killed in action" with purple oval T.A. Records cachet (m/s "Verified") of "LICHFIELD", 1930 2½d Int. Reply Coupon, 1910/6 P.O. OHMS trio inc. 2 Sheffield oval cachets, 1927 long env. with green h.s. "SPECIMEN." and 7 "M2" Meter frank impressions (½d to 1½d), Sheffield "PAID" cds's, printed matter, etc. (28 covers, 13 pieces & 1 coupon)Cross Reference: METER FRANKS, MILITARY - WWI, CANADA, STAFFORDSHIRE (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2058
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20th CENTURY REGISTERED & POSTAGE DUE MAIL; c.1903-39 covers/cards (38) from/to Sheffield sent registered inc. KEVII/KGV regd. env. usages, 1934 env. with KGV 4d+½d but with m/s "P.O.O.C." and h.s. "3D/TO PAY/700", fine 1904 blue PO "Returned Registered Letter" env.; plus c.1970-80 range of underpaid Postage Due mail (52 covers/cards) with great variety of Machin frankings and explanatory/charge marks. Plus 35 regd. pieces & 75 off-cover "R" labels. (90 covers + 110 pieces/labels)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2059
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KGV TO QEII INSTRUCTIONAL & POSTAGE DUE COVERS; 1924-c.1990 covers (about half being 1970-90) all with Sheffield explanatory markings of some kind incl. 1924 env. ex S. Africa plastered with "GR/FOUND OPEN..." labels tied by Sheffield cds's (from a Wreck?), 1952 env. with separate "1½D/TO PAY/700" struck over the UNDELIVERED..." boxed mark, 1980 sheet with 8x£5 P Dues (with 3x£1 etc) signed by postmaster, 1953/68 trio with boxed "Posted out of Course/700" marks, good range of surcharged foreign mail, Machine covers, unfranked covers, etc. (96 covers + 12 pieces)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 160.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2060
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KGVI/QEII BALANCE - WWII INTERNMENT CAMPS, METER, BALLOONS, EARLY PHOSPHOR DOTS, ETC.; c.1941-1990 covers/cards inc. 1946/7 stampless ELs + PC to Germany with "P.O.W. CAMP/No.17" circular cachets (Lodge Moor Camp), 1951 AR Form with KGVI ½d + 2½d tied by purple "POSTMASTER'S OFFICE/W.D.O. W.1" cds, pair of June 1965 covers with "BALLOON UTRECHT" cachets carried from Oakes Park to Graves Park, a partly mounted bundle of 1942-c.1999 Meter marks (140; the vast majority being 1942-68), and a neatly written up study of 1973-83 covers/part covers (21) with transparent and then blue Auto-sorting phosphor dots. (247 covers/part covers, 64 pieces/labels & 1 leaflet)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, METER FRANKS (Image)
Opening GBP 100.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Jun-23-2022, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 844
Lot No: 2061
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SHEFFIELD - MILITARY 1d CONCESSION RATE COVER WITH CROWNED LONDON "To be/delivered/Free" MARK; Attractive Sept. 1813 E (one side-flap removed) with mainly fine red "SHEFFIELD" lined mileage on the front along with red m/s "P1", London tombstone "PAID" d.s. and very fine scarce red crowned London Local Post "To be/delivered/Free" mark (Jay L715), because the addressee was "Benjamin Parsons, Private Soldier 9th Regt. Foot, Coach & Horses, Jews Row, Chelsea". Exhibition Item from the Napoleonic War period.Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, FREE MAIL, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR (Image)
