1d NAVY CONCESSION RATE MAIL WITH STITCH-MARKS FOR AN ATTACHED 1d COIN; Highly unusual 10 Feb. 1835 EL (peripheral faults, light stains with several coin-stitching holes) to Sheerness, headed & From William Walker boy/on board H M Ship Barham and endorsed by a Lieut. below Barham Malta. Rear with circle of small needle-holes where a 1d coin had been sown (and through each layer of the paper) to pay the letter's postage on arrival in England. Fine red London "PAID" cds on the front and dotted FPO cds of the same day on rear. Rare evidence for 1d coins being sent along with Concession Rate mail with remarkable content referring to the practice .......there has been a very serious affair on board here and I have wrote 7 letters but I do not know how many you have received as the penny's have been cut off and the letters thrown away as great numbers have been picked up at sea....... Superb Exhibition item. [Plus a contemporary heavy 1d coin showing that it would have fitted in the space on the front of this letter.] (2 items). Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NAVAL (Image)
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Lot No: 543
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1856-1991 USED COLLECTION WITH GB USAGES AND MUCH CANCELLATION INTEREST inc GB values to 2/- with "A25" numerals, 30 June 1876 E to London with a single 2½d plate 3 tied by a "MALTA A25" duplex. A good range of Malta adhesives (mostly lower values) with c.d.s. cancellations of various towns and villages. A small number of revenues. Also 9 Aug 1890 PPC used from Heligoland to Germany on the last day of British Rule. A fine lot. (c.200 + 13 covers) (Image)
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Lot No: 544
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1860-1981 MOSTLY USED COLLECTION WITH SOME MISSING COLOURS inc. 1860-84 ½d shades (18), 1886 5/-, 1899-1901 2/6d (3, inc. one "SPECIMEN"), 1914-21 ¼d to 5/-, 1935 Jubilee ½d corner block with extra flagstaff variety. 1948 ½d to 2/- and 1925 P. due set. The used inc. 1886 5/- (2, inc. one inverted watermark), 1899 2/6d & 10/-. 1904-14 ¼d to 5/-, 1922 Self Government issues to 10/-, 1922-26 ¼d to £1, 1926 ¼d to 10/-, 1926 ¼d to 3/- plus 10/-, 1928 ¼d to 10/-, 1930 ¼d to £1, 1938 ¼d to 10/-, 1948 ½d to 10/-, 1948 RSW and 1949 UPU sets, 1956 ¼d to £1, 1965-70 ½d to £1 and later issues inc. some missing colours. Mostly fine. (Some 100's) (Image)
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PAID & UNPAID 1d MILITARY CONCESSION RATES; Trio with Dec. 1855 env. to Glasgow from J.B.Carmichael Seaman/On Board H M Ship Rodney Malta with Commanding Officer's endorsement below. Franked 1d red pair with London cancels i.e. the unpaid rate as British stamps were unavailable in Malta at this time and a double rate applied to mail not transmitted by the PO, Mar. 1860 env. to Cardiff franked 1d tied by A25 duplex headed From John Smith on board Her M.S/Neptune Malta with Commanding Officer's endorsement below and 13 Nov. 1861 env. (flap repaired, with enclosure written by Seaman Thomas Demsey six days earlier at Athens) to London and franked by GB 1d red tied by Malta duplex, countersigned by Lieut. Day for the 1d military concession rate. (3 covers) Cross Reference: GREECE, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, NAVAL MAIL (Image)
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GREEN CROSS LABELS ON MAIL; Pair with May 1941 env. (peripheral & flap faults) to Malta franked KGVI 1½d tied by "LONDON F.S." UDC with censor tape at left and v. early use of the plain-type Green Cross label also tied by a Dartford machine cancel and Dec. 1942 env. (small flap faults) to Malta endorsed 'ON ACTIVE SERVICE' with airmail label affixed and franked pair GB KGVI 2½d with printed Green Cross label affixed below and tied by a Waltham Cross (Herts.) machine cancel. Scarce pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)
