United States The Peter Chadwick Frpsl Gold Medal Exhibit Collec
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Lot No: 1624
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First Day of Uniform Penny Postage. 1840 (Jan 10) Entire letter from London to Tadcaster, written on January 9th but posted the following day, the first day of Uniform Penny Postage, therefore saving 3d postage, prepaid 1d. Handstamped with faint 1d Paid local post handstamp, red JA 10 1840 tombstone datestamp and a red handstruck "1". The first day of the 1d postage rate and therefore the first day of use of the "1" handstamp, very fine and scarce, ex Hugh Feldman collection. Photo on Page 246. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1625
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First Day of Uniform Postage - Liverpool. 1840 (Jan 10) Entire letter from Liverpool to Collooney, Ireland, with superb red Liverpool datestamp and a handstruck "1", Dublin arrival datestamp (Jan 11) also on the front. This letter would have cost 4d to send on the previous day and 1/1 just six week earlier. Liverpool was one of the very few towns to have a "1" handstamp prepared ahead of Uniform Penny Postage. A superb and rare first day use of this "1" handstamp and first day of Uniform Penny Postage. Photo on Page 246. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1627
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London. 1845 Entire from London to Shrewsbury with a tiny handstruck "1" (15mm long) with serifs, unlisted by Jay or Walker and apparently previously unrecorded. Also an 1840 entire with the usual 44mm red "1" handstamp of London. (2). Photo on Page 246. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1629
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London. 1840-48 Entire letters, the first to Penistone near Barnsley with handstruck "1" and a 2d private charge levied by the Postmaster of Barnsley for delivery to Penistone, a very unusual combination. Also letters over ½oz with differing red "2" handstamps, one showing a partial "1" handstamp below the "2", the clerk evidently starting to apply this handstamp before realising his error. (3).
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Lot No: 1632
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Greater London - Barnet. 1847 Entire letter from Barnet to London with red boxed "1d PAID" (HE 61), one of the very few 1d paid marks used by suburban offices in Greater London. A little soiling and pressed folds, but a scarce mark, this type unique to Barnet.
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Lot No: 1634
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Berkshire - Windsor. 1842-44 Cover and entire letter both to London with large red "1" (BR 526) or "PAID / 1" (BR 527), both very fine, the first type only used 1841-42. (2).
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Lot No: 1636
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Buckinghamshire - High Wycombe. 1840-45 Entires handstamped red "H. Wycombe / Paid One Penny" or "PAID / ONE / PENNY", the second with a little light soiling, the first (only recorded in 1840) very fine and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 246. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1637
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Channel Islands. 1843-50 Entire letter from Guernsey to Somerset and an entire from Jersey to London, both with red handstruck "1" (CH 11, 48b), fine and scarce. These handstamps rarely used, most prepaid mail from the islands in the 1840s having the 1d rate shown in manuscript. (2).
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Lot No: 1638
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Cheshire - Chester. 1841-43 Entires with differing red "1d" handstamps, the first British County Catalogue type CH 178, the second with the "1" as type CH 179 (shown without a "d") but this handstamp clearly with an inverted "d" before the numeral, an interesting and rare variant that was recorded by Robson Lowe, perhaps based on this cover. (2). Photo on Page 246. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1639
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Cheshire - Chester. 1840 (May 15) Front to Knutsford with a red handstruck "4" and Chester datestamp, one of the very few "4" handstamps made for mail over 1oz. Only two examples of this "4" are recorded, both on fronts posted on the very same day (the other front from the same sender, but to Warrington). Photo on Page 246. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1640
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Cheshire - Namptwich. 1843-44 Entire letters with red "1" or "1d" handstamps (CH 564/5) and Namptwich datestamps, both very fine. (2). Photo on Page 248. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1641
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Cornwall. 1844 Cover to Liverpool with red handstruck "1" of Falmouth (CO 85), the reverse with initials of an incredible 30 postmen on 15 different delivery rounds who attempted to delivery this cover, finally endorsed "cannot be found" and returned; and 1850 cover from Hayle to Surrey with red handstruck "1" (CO 116, seven years later than recorded), both fine. (2). Photo on Page 248. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1647
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Essex - Romford. 1841 Entires handstamped "P.1d" (EX 405), one in black, the other in red. An unusual pair, black incorrectly used on some occasions in 1840-41. (2).
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Lot No: 1648
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Hampshire - Basingstoke. 1843-51 Entire letters handstamped red "Pd / 1" (HA 186), "Pd / 2" (HA 192) or "Pd / 4" (2 differing types, one HA 195, the other unlisted in the British County Catalogue). A remarkable group, Basingstoke exceptional in having two different "4" handstamps for use on mail over 1oz. (4). Photo on Page 248. (Image 1)(Image 2)(Image1)
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Lot No: 1649
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Hertfordshire - Hertford. 1844 (Dec 14) Entire to London with red circular framed "PAID / HERTFORD / 1d" (HE 238), a further message added by the addressee and the letter turned and reposted from London to Sheffield franked by a 1d red. Folded to show both address panels, an interesting item illustrating prepayment by both cash and stamps.
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Lot No: 1650
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Hertfordshire - Waltham Cross. 1841-43 Entire letter to London with red "Paid 1" (HE 562) and an entire to Royston with similar type "Paid 4" in red (HE 566), used on letters over 1oz. This Paid 4 handstamp only recorded in 1843 and very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 248. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1651
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Hertfordshire / Bedfordshire. 1840 Entire letters with red handstruck "1" of Woburn (not recorded in the British County Catalogue), "Pd 1" of Hertford (HE 236) or "P1" of Buntingford (HE 144), three uncommon 1840 handstamps. (3).
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Lot No: 1653
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Isle of Man. 1840 (Mar 3) Entire letter to Birmingham with red "P1" (IM 65), backstamped at Dublin. A good example of this very scarce P1 handstamp, only recorded in 1840. Photo on Page 250. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1654
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Isle of Man. 1840 (Dec 7) Entire letter (ironmongers bill, with printed heading) to Castletown with red "P1" (IM 66), backstamped at Douglas, left flap removed, the P1 handstamp just touching left edge, otherwise fine and a very scarce handstamp, only recorded 1840-41. Photo on Page 250. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1656
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Kent - Goudhurst / Lamberhurst. 1841-45 Entire to Tenterden and an entire letter to Daventry, the first with "Goudhurst / Penny Post", Lamberhurst c.d.s and red "PAID 1" (KT 637) probably applied at Lamberhurst; the second with a faint Goudhurst undated circle, Cranbrook c.d.s and red "PD 1" applied at Goudhurst or Cranbrook, two fine and uncommon handstamps. (2).
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Lot No: 1659
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Kent - Sevenoaks. 1849 (July 9) Small cover (88x50mm) to Maidstone, a small wafer seal on reverse, with red circular framed "PAID / 1d" (KT 1052), backstamped at Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Maidstone. An attractive cover, the Paid handstamp recorded 1849-50.
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Lot No: 1664
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Lancashire - Besses o' the Barn. 1849 (Aug 18) Entire to Radcliff with circular framed "PAID / 1" (LA 38) and "BESSES-O-THE-BARN" undated circle both in a matching blue-green, Bury c.d.s in blue. A rare use of a handstruck 1d paid mark from such a small office (a sub-office of Bury 1845-55), one of three examples recorded between 1847 and 1849. A couple of pressed creases with a little light staining, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1665
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Lancashire - Bolton. 1849 (Jan 19) Mourning cover to Manchester with red handstruck "BOLTON / PAID 1" (LT 168, Paid 1 within a circle, with Bolton in an arc above), a fine strike of this scarce, highly distinctive and very attractive handstamp. Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1666
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Lancashire - Blackburn. 1847 (Apr 27) Large cover (201x143mm) to Hull, the cover weighing over 2oz with the 6d postage paid in cash, handstamped with red "6" and a Blackburn c.d.s, tear at upper left corner, horizontal fold above and clear of the handstamps and a few minor edge soils, but a remarkable and unique item. Two other towns (Grantham and Norwich) had "6" handstamps to denote payment of registration fees but this is the only recorded "6" handstamp used for prepayment of a heavy letter over 2ozs. An important and unique item of G.B postal history, with R.P.S Certificate (2012). Photo on Inside Back Cover. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1667
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Lancashire - Todmorden. 1840 (May 5) Entire letter to Halifax with red "Todmorden / Penny Post" and large fancy "P2" (unrecorded in the British County Catalogue, this very example illustrated in "Uniform Penny Post Handstruck Paid Stamps" by Walker). Also an 1840 front with the Todmorden Penny Post and "P1" handstamp (LA 1095) clearly made by the same person as the "P2" handstamp. An exceptional 2d handstamp, probably unique. (2). Photo on Page 250. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1668
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Lincolnshire - Grantham. 1849 (May 21) Entire letter to Lichfield with red handstruck "2", red Grantham and London handstamps. An exceptional handstamp used on letters over ½oz, evidently made by the same person as the "6" handstamp used on registered mail (see next lot), unlisted in the British County Catalogue and the only example recorded. Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1669
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Lincolnshire - Grantham. 1848 (Nov 26) Registered cover to Macclesfield franked by a 1d red cancelled "321", the 6d registration fee paid in cash, indicated by the rare red "6" handstamp. Only two offices (Norwich and Grantham) had "6" handstamps for use on registered mail, and just two examples of this Grantham "6" handstamp are recorded. A rare and important item of registered mail. Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1670
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Norfolk - Harleston. 1840-45 Entire letter and entire to Saxmundham both with circular framed "PAID / 1d" (NK 173), the first in red, the second very unusually in black, a fine pair, the black handstamp very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1671
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Norfolk. 1840-47 Entire letters handstamped red "1" of Aylsham (NK 41, only recorded 1840), circular framed "1d" of Thetford (NK 425) or "Paid / 1d" of Attleborough (NK 20), all fine. (3).
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Lot No: 1673
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Northants - Weedon. 1841 (June 11) Entire letter to Daventry with red "P1" (NN 262), a fine strike of this very scarce handstamp. Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1674
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Staffordshire - West Bromwich. 1840 Entires to Burton near Needwood both with a superb red West Bromwich datestamp and oval framed "PAID / ONE / PENNY" (ST 860) or boxed "PAID" (ST 864), this rare boxed handstamp only used for a few weeks early in 1840. A fine exhibition quality pair. (2). Photo on Page 252. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1675
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Staffordshire - Wednesbury. 1840-45 Entire letter with circular partly framed "PAID / 1" (ST 847) or "PAID / 1d" (ST 848) in red, both very fine. (2).
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Lot No: 1676
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Suffolk - Ipswich. 1840 (Aug 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet with R. Hooper & Sons advert advising that Mr T. Fenn will call in a few days (S.G MA 440), posted from Ipswich to Hooper & Sons in London, presumably originally containing an enclosure as it weighed over ½oz, the second 1d paid in cash with a fine circular framed "PAID / 1" at upper right (SK 213) in red, matching the Maltese Cross cancel, a framed London arrival datestamp on the front, backstamped at Ipswich. Two vertical folds and light circular stain, still attractive and very scarce. Photo on Page 254. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1677
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Surrey - Godalming / Guildford. 1840-42 Entire letters from Guildford or Godalming both with similar "P1" handstamps in red with ornate loops to the "P", clearly both made by the same person, the Guildford mark with the "1" 20mm long and 3mm from the "P" (SY 408), the Godalming handstamp with the "1" 16mm long and 5mm from the "P". Three other very similar "P1" handstamps are recorded for Surrey (two used at Godalming and one at Ripley) but this Godalming handstamp is unlisted in the British County Catalogue. (2).
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Lot No: 1678
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Sussex - Brighton. 1841-42 Entire letters to London with oval framed "PD1", one unusually with this crossed out and replaced by "PD2" (SX 226/8). (2).
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Lot No: 1679
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Sussex - Chichester. 1840 (July 28) 1d Mulready lettersheet stereo A36 posted from Wellington, Shropshire, to Chichester and redirected to Newcastle Under Lyne cancelled by a red Maltese Cross with Wellington, Birmingham and London backstamps, handstamped by red double oval "MISSENT / TO / BIRMINGHAM". New postage of 1d paid upon redirection with a red handstruck "1" (SX 360) and a Chichester c.d.s, a red London "Paid" tombstone datestamp applied in transit on the front. A superb Mulready with a very scarce combination of 1d paid and missent handstamps, with David Brandon (1999) and Martin Eichele (2011) Certificates (the Brandon certificate not mentioning the handstruck "1", the Eichele certificate wrongly stating it was because the Mulready was overweight). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1680
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Sussex - Hastings. 1845-49 Entire letters to London handstamped curved "PAID / 1d" (SX 630) or over ½oz with very scarce "2" handstamp (SX 634) both in red. A fine pair, very few examples of the 2d handstamp recorded. (2). Photo on Page 254. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1681
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Sussex - Hastings. 1846 (Apr 23) Cover to France with curved "PAID / 1D" unusually applied in black (SX 630, unrecorded in this colour), the "1d" crossed out with a manuscript endorsement at left showing a prepayment of 10d (5d British postage + 5d to France), red oval framed "P-D" (possibly applied at Dover), datestamps of Hastings and Boulogne. An exceptional use of an altered "Paid 1d" handstamp on mail to abroad prepaid in cash, almost certainly unique from Hastings. Photo on Page 254. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1683
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Sussex - Wadhurst / Ticehurst. 1840 Entire letters to Mayfield with "WADHURST" undated circle and red boxed "P.1d" (SX 1249), Hurst Green and Uckfield transit datestamps; or to Rye with "Ticehurst / Penny Post", red boxed "P1" (SX 1212) and Lamberhurst transit c.d.s, endorsed "More to Pay 2". The Wadhurst handstamp very fine, the Ticehurst mark lightly struck but clear, two scarce handstamps. (2).
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Lot No: 1684
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Sussex - Worthing. 1840 (July 2) 1d Mulready envelope stereo A135 from Bury St. Edmunds to Worthing with red Maltese Cross, and a "Paid" tombstone datestamp on the front applied in transit in London, redirected from Worthing to the Junior United Services Club in London paid 1d in cash, with a fine "1" handstamp with distinctive sloping top (SX 1325, similar to other "1" handstamps used at the Sussex towns of Crawley and Horsham, all probably made by the same person). A fine and rare use of a "1" handstamp in red on a redirected Mulready, probably unique from Worthing. Photo on Page 254. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1687
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Wiltshire - Marlborough. 1840 Entire letters to the same address in Salisbury with large red "PAID / 1" (WL 451) or "PAID / 2" (WL 452), a magnificent pair, both exhibition quality, the 2d handstamp used on letters over ½oz very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 256. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1688
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Wiltshire - Marlborough. 1844 (Nov 8) Entire to France handstamped in error with red "PAID / 1" (WL 454) which was crossed out, a Sunday "Paid" tombstone datestamp applied in transit in London (in error, presumably due to confusion caused by the original Marlborough Paid handstamp), correctly treated as unpaid in France and charged 12 decimes at St. Malo. An unusual and attractive error. Photo on Page 256. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1689
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Wiltshire - Salisbury. 1846-49 Entire letters both with red handstruck "1" (WL 672), Salisbury datestamps in red or black alongside, the 1849 letter with the "1" handstamp altered to "2" in manuscript. An extraordinary alteration, believed to be the only such usage recorded from any English town. (2). Photo on Page 256. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1691
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Yorkshire - York. 1840 (Apr 14) Entire posted within York handstamped red "Pd 1" (YK 3342), redirected the following day to Durham with a further 1d paid, shown by a second strike of the same "Pd 1" handstamp in red. An extraordinary use of two strikes of the same Paid 1d handstamp to indicate separate payments upon posting and redirection. Photo on Page 256. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1693
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Wales - Beaumaris. 1841 (Apr 1) Entire letter to Liverpool with fine red "PAID AT / BEAUMARIS / 1" (W 305), one of the most unusual and distinctive Uniform Penny Post 1d paid marks with the "1" an integral part of a single handstamp. Very scarce so fine. Photo on Page 256. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1694
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Wales - Aberystwyth / Haverford West. 1843-44 Entire letters with distinctive "PAID / 1D" within a shield, struck in red at Aberystwyth (W 125) or Haverford West (W 1082), both handstamps clearly made by the same maker. (2).
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Lot No: 1696
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Scotland - Edinburgh Late Fee. 1840 (July 15) Entire from Edinburgh to Aberdeen franked by an 1840 2d blue (GL, four margins, close at lower left, large margins on other sides) tied by a red Maltese Cross, 1d late fee paid in cash for posting up to one hour after the mailbags for the Aberdeen coach had been closed, shown by red boxed "PAID / 1D EXTRA". Refolded at left with a couple of light creases well away from the stamp, a scarce late fee handstamp on an 1840 2d blue cover. Photo on Page 256. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1698
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Scotland - Falkland. 1844 (Nov 8) Entire to Kirkcaldy endorsed by the sender "Paid at Falkland", with a red Falkland datestamp and two adjacent boxed "1" handstamps indicating a paid charge of 2d, the letter being over ½oz, with a Kettle transit datestamp. This boxed "1" handstamp was issued to the Falkland Penny Post as a receiving house mark but was uniquely used as a paid handstamp from 1840. An exceptional use of two adjacent handstamps to indicate a 2d charge, almost certainly unique. Photo on Page 258. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1699
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Scotland - Galashiels. 1840-41 Entire letters to Melrose with red handstruck "1" or "2" alongside a Galashiels datestamp, also an 1845 unpaid entire letter with a differing "2" handstamp in black (this handstamp originally made in 1838 for the local post). A fine trio, the "1" handstamp the standard type made by Kirkwood, the red "2" an unusual and distinctive locally made type. (3). Photo on Page 258. (Image1)
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Lot No: 1700
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Scotland - Haddington. 1840 (Feb 18) Long entire letter to Edinburgh handstamped red "4" alongside a Haddington c.d.s. A unique use of the "4" handstamp made for the Uniform 4d Post used as a prepaid handstamp in red during the Uniform Penny Post period (this mark also known used in black in 1847 as a postage due mark on an unpaid letter). An important and exceptional item. Photo on Page 258. (Image1)
