PARCEL POST EPHEMERA: A collection of receipts & advertising flyers for coaching services in Sussex, London, Kent, etc. inc. a receipt for carriage & porterage from the "White Horse/Fetter Lane" attached to an 1840 covering letter of a parcel carried by this service ex Wymondham to London; a flyer for the "Coach and Steam Packet Office/.../Brighton" outlining sailings from London to Calais & Boulogne and fares for coaches & ferries; etc. All with minor faults only (commensurate with age). A great addition to a postal history collection. (14 items)Cross Reference: SUSSEX, NORFOLK, PARCEL POST LABELS, COACHING (Image)

PARCEL POST - FIRST DAY, ANONYMOUS LABEL, PRIVATE LABELS: A part wrapper used on the first day of a new service, 1st August 1883, ex Wymondham to Canterbury franked 3d surcharge on 3d lilac (SG159) tied by a fine oval barred obliterator (rare item); a rare anonymous type C label franked 9d (SG209) tied by fine "LEIGHTON BUZZARD/F/OC 6/85" cds with "85" inverted; type F "HENLOW/(Under Biggleswade)" franked three 1½d stamps (SG187) tied with oval barred obliterators dated with a "HENLOW/A/S 14/87" cds; plus a private "J. DUCKER, Florist, HAXLEY" label to Edinburgh franked 5d tied by a blurred rubber cancel & a fine tag addressed to London franked 6d + 1d stamps tied by "BIRMINGHAM" rubber cancels. (5 items) Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS, BEDFORDSHIRE, NORFOLK, PARCEL POST LABELS (Image)

PARCEL POST - INC. EARLY LONDON P.P.L.s: 1885-1909 collection of Parcel Post labels showing different types / designs inc. type C rare anonymous label franked 6d dull-green (SG194) tied & dated with "191 OXFORD ST./C/OC 3/85/NR. PANTHEON W" cds; type D "Edgeware Road South" label franked 6d dull-green (SG194) tied & dated with "EDGEWARE RD. SOUTH B.O./OC 1/86/W" cds; 3 rare orange labels - type G "Bedford St., Covent Garden" label charged 3d unfranked dated with a fine cds, type H "52, WESTBOURNE GROVE" label franked 1½d tied & dated with fine cds's, and type I "DORKING" label charged ½d unfranked with a fine boxed "COACH/ROAD-BORNE" hs & fine cds; a type H "89, CHANCERY LANE" blue label franked 1/- + 1½d QV Jubilee stamps tied by "CHANCERY LANE/EC/OC17/94/W.C." cds's; plus type S green New Cross Station, type B London G.P.O. & type F St. Martin's-le-Grand labels. All in fine condition. (9) Cross Reference: PARCEL POST LABELS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

POST OFFICE FORMS: A binder containing a large accumulation of despatch receipts, certificates of posting, Parcel Force despatch certificates, Registered Postal Packet certificates of posting, and Redirection Service forms, all used between 1978 and 2011. Inc. 2 May 1978 certificate of posting used for 10 parcels with various compensation rates franked £1 large Machin + 20p & 9p Machins, cancelled by "ST. CLARE STREET PENZANCE/CORNWALL" cds's. Also inc. 2 AR Forms used in 1961. A fine lot. (c. 110 items) (Image)