DOCKWRAS, 1711 'EVENING POST', 1d RED COVERS (SHIP LETTER EX JERSEY + TO ROYAL YACHT TENDER), ETC.; 1767/74 pair of ELs with mainly fine "G/TH" or "G/FR" Government 'Dockwra' "PENNY POST PAID" triangular marks with research notes proving their dates & that they were sent from Walthamstow (both written by antiquary Edward Forster (see DNB), complete 17 Feb. 1711 'Evening Poft' newspaper sent Free to Scotland, 1840 EL with Worthing UPP "1", May 1844 early Scottish usage of 1d Pink EL, 1845 EL ex Jersey to Yorks with 1d Red and "SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP -LETTER", 1845 ETON UDC E (fine cat wafer seal) to "Fairy Yacht, R.Y.S., Portsmouth" (tender to the V&A Royal Yacht) and c.1845 print of Grace Darling's tomb. Scarce group. (7 covers + 1 print)Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY, NEWSPAPER MAIL, SEALS/WAFERS (Image)

PRE-STAMP MIX - MILEAGE MARKS, YORKSHIRE & WELSH INTEREST, EXAMINER'S/INSPECTOR'S MARKS, ETC: 1741-1839 group inc. 1741 EL from Leeds to London with fine Crown mark in black cancelling old ms charge, Feb. 1828 Money Letter to Edinburgh with superb strike of Dublin "Sunday" mark in red, 19 Feb. 1808 Edinburgh local wrapper with unusual "½PAST 12" time mark in red, 1817 EL charged 1/- from Pwllheli to London with s/l "PULHELY" mark. Range of other early town marks inc. Leeds (1742), Ripon (1794), Skipton (1790), Shrewsbury (1796), Wrexham (1801), etc; range of mileage marks inc. "CHESTER/190", "WARRINGTON/188", "NESTON/201", "FRODSHAM/200", "MACHYNLETH/207", "PONTEFRACT/181", etc. Also of interest 1821 & 1831 ELs with '4 star' Inspector's marks and 1839 E from Coruna to London with superb crown mark in red cancelling incorrect charge. An excellent lot, fine to v. fine throughout. (20 covers) Cross Reference: INSPECTORS MARKS, YORKSHIRE, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

PRESTAMP POSTAGE DUES INC. RARE "Oz at 5s/4d per Oz", EARLY BOXED "MORE TO PAY", UPP 1d MARKS, ETC.; 1819 EL ex Amsterdam with rare London FB "Oz at 5s/4d per Oz" mark, 1809 East Ham to Cornwall prepaid EL with v. fine scarce boxed London "MORE TO PAY", 1828/31 pair with fine/v. fine 2-ring London "MORE/TO/PAY", 16 Jan. 1840 Dingle (Ireland) m/s "2" charge (1st week of UPP), and Mar./Dec. 1840 pair with Galashiels h.s. "1" or Arbroath boxed red "PAID". (9 covers)Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, SCOTLAND, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

1819-80 THE DIVERSE ACCUMULATION OF COVERS inc a good selection of pre-adhesive items with fifteen from the same correspondence from an Oxford University student to his father in Colchester with some interesting content including a gruesome account of tooth removal in 1823. A group of twenty one covers bearing imperf. 1d reds inc. plate 11 OD & PC with MX cancellations. The remainder bearing perforated 1d reds with cancellations inc. sideways duplex of Brighton, Cheltenham and Stamford. Very mixed condition. (99 items) (Image)

PRESTAMP TO 1950s - CARRIERS PARCEL LETTERS, S.S. 'GREAT BRITAIN' COVERS, BIRKENHEAD XMAS "X", ETC.; 1820/35 fine trio of Scottish carrier-endorsed ELs ("Per Crieff Carrier with a parcel", "With £40" - also endorsed "Letters from that Knave & Horse Dealer..." - or "With 2 coils white rope...Paid to Carneyhill"), 7/8 May 1846 EL/E from Liverpool/London to NY "[Per] Gt. Britain" or "P. Steamer Great Britain" (with "SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LIVERPOOL" or red oval "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" d.s. (Rare pair from this post-refit sailing; a similar single cover realised £340+BP in Cavendish's June 2019 auction), 1906 PC with v. fine "BIRKENHEAD/19X06/MAS" cancel, 1936 real photo PPC of airman "EW Bonar" (signed by him), 9 1940s/1950s French Equ. Africa Airmail envs., etc. (17 items)Cross Reference: CHRISTMAS INCLUDING CANCELLATIONS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SCOTLAND, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image)

MISCELLANY INC. EXAMINER'S/INSPECTOR'S MARKS, STAMPED TO ORDER, SUNDAY POST, ETC: QV to KGVI selection inc. 23 Aug. 1844 EL from Charing Cross to Wakefield having red "C" in circle of Charing Cross and fine 'Sunday' hs in red; range of Examiner's marks inc. Jan 1872 env. with Edinburgh 'asterisk/star' type in black, Oct. 1861 London env. with small red "IB" in circle (mis-sorted to Inland Branch), other London letters with red letters or numbers in circles, 1898 London to Lagos env. with 'quartered circle' mark in black. Range of 'Stamped to Order' envs. inc 3 uprated QV envs. to Canada and a range of scarce KGVI stamped to order items inc. W.H.Smith printed to order stamped stationery, used and unused examples in a variety of values. (34 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, INSPECTORS MARKS (Image)

1850-98 INTERESTING GROUP OF COVERS/CARDS WITH SOME RAILWAY INTEREST inc. 23 July 1877 printed receipt from Vauxhall Colliery from Ruabon to Wem with ½d plate no. 20 April 1885 printed EL from N.E. Railway York to Rotherham at ½d rate.16 Dec 1861 Cannock Railway Extension printed EL from Walsall to Rugeley with LC14 1d plate 39 PI. 24 Dec 1849 Caledonian Railway EL from Edinburgh to London. 26 Sept 1850 printed Wharfedale Railway Co EL from Derby to Skipton. 16 May 1851 env. from Wilanecote to Burton bearing 1d with blue "297" numeral of Fazeley. (27 items) (Image)

INTERESTING GROUP OF SURFACE PRINTED COVERS: 1866-80 covers (7) inc. 15 Dec 1866 E from Ardrossan to Paris bearing 1866 4d plate 8 pair (soiled). 28 Aug 1869 E from London to Genoa franked with a divided block of four QG-QH/RG-RH 3d rose plate 5. 22 Jan 1874 env. (torn) from Edinburgh "per Canadian steamer" to Toronto with a single 3d plate 12 and on reverse "I B/LIVERPOOL/P.L.O." cds. 25 Aug 1875 env from London to N York bearing ½d plate 6, 4d plate 14 and 3d plate 17. 15 July 1880 1d pink E from London to Vienna uprated with ½d plate 15 and 1d Venetian red. (Image)

1880-1926 INTERESTING GROUP OF COVERS with 30 Sept 1880 printed "GLASGOW BRANCH/SCOTTISH WORKMEN'S UNITED ASSOCIATION/for the Abolition of the foreign Sugar Bounties" env. used within Glasgow with 1d Venetian red. 12 April 1881 env from Edinburgh to Birmingham bearing a damaged 1d Venetian red with the value inserted by m/s. 17 April 1892 env. (poor) from Southend with a rhyming address. 8 Nov 1879 a local Manchester postcard bearing a diagonal y bisected 1d lilac and "CONTRARY TO/REGULATIONS" h.s. 27 Feb 1900 large env to N York bearing 1d lilac x 7 and a ½d vermilion. 20 Jan 1926 postcard from Norfolk to London with 2d P.Due, m/s "Obsolete/Stamp" and "2D/E.C." hs. (6 items) (Image)

1903-35 MAINLY KGV GROUP OF COVERS/CARDS inc. an interesting group of large skeleton cds with examples of Borrowash, Alvaston, Repton, Aston on trent and Swadlincote; 20 Aug 1928 card from Tamworth to Saltire with 2d p. due and "2D/774" h.s.; 1924 card to Switzerland bearing Wembley 1d plus 1½d strip of three, similar 1925 item; 7 Aug. 1929 env. bearing 1929 PUC ½d to 2½d flown on the 1st flight from Capetown to Johannesburg. Also St Vincent card/covers (4) bearing single KGV 1d & 1½d with two tied by boxed "Posted/on Board" hs and with oval R.M.S. "LADY NELSON/MAILED/AT SEA" hs. (34 items) (Image)

KGVI/QEII HIGH VALUE POSTAGE FRANKINGS + DAVID TRAPNELL 'CRAZY QEII COVERS'; 1950/1 envs. ex Gibraltar/NZ with 2/6 + 1/- (Customs) or single 2/6 Postage Due franking (overweight), 1957/70 E with 2d+2/6 (multiple printed matter charges) or Parcel Section PO tag with £1+5/-+1/-+6d+1d Postage Dues, 1951/61 PO memo sheets with 16x2/6 (!) tied by purple Coventry cds's or 2/6+1/-+2dx2 P Dues, and piece with tied decimal £5x6+£1x8+50px16+5p+1p P Dues; plus D. Trapnell 'crazy mail' PCs (2; 1967 with only Machin Queen's head or only the 3d value tablet(!) successfully used for postage, an unaddressed 1983 env. which had only a £5 note inside but which the PO delivered, and one other. Curious lot. (11 items)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, POSTAGE DUES, NEW ZEALAND, GIBRALTAR (Image)

1954-2016 - SNAIL DAMAGED MAIL: A group of five envs. with various cachets and ms notes from the P.O. indicating the items had been damaged by snails. Examples from Billericay, Dorchester, Exeter and Blithbury are represented. (Image)