1815-39 Coach Mail, three different stampless FLs, first two used in Edinburgh and Glasgow, latter from Lubeck to Scotland, each with "Addl 1/2" charge hs, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$300

1838 (Nov) FL from Bedford to Paris, France, with Paid and "P D" in red, oval "missent to Birmingham" and London datestamp on back and framed "Paid to Oxford," fine and well traveled cover (Image)

Est.$150

1840 1p black, lettered "F-J", South Kensington Exhibition (Feb 1872) imperf. plate proof in black on thick white card, v.f., rare (with the permission of the Exhibition, the company Perkins, Bacon prepared one such sheet from Die II, plate 27. The printer retained the sheet until 1935 when the firm was liquidated and the sheet was sold and subsequently broken up) cat. £2500 (Cat No. SG Spec. DP36) (Image)

Cat. £2500, Est.$2,000

1847 Embossed, 1sh green, horizontal pair, reasonable margins to just in or touching at left, tied by "466" duplex pmks on outer FL from Liverpool (Dec 11, 1852) to Philadelphia, endorsed "Canada" , with "5 Cents" and "Boston Packet Dec 26" arrival pmks, filing folds away from the stamps, fine (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Est.$300

1847 1sh pale green, full to large margins all around, showing portions of adjoining stamps on three sides, used on cover from Liverpool to USA, tied by black grid and red Boston Paid cds, with matching red "Paid" handstamp alongside, transits on reverse, part of backflap missing and small marginal fault in adjoining stamp at bottom, still v.f. (SG 54) cat. £1900 (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Cat. £1900, Est.$500

1847 Embossed, 1sh pale green and 10p red brown, the former right sheet margin example, large margins other sides, the latter just in at top, with portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, duplex cancels on outer FL from Liverpool (7 March 1853) to Calcutta, 15th April docketing, transit and arrival markings on back, fine usage (catalogue value for 10p on cover, SG 57) cat. £3200 (Cat No. 5,6) (Image)

Cat. £3200, Est.$750

1847 Embossed, 1sh green, large margins all around, duplex cancel on small mourning cover to Philadelphia, with red FEB 2 Br.Packet "5 Cents" on arrival, endorsed "By Steamer Liverpool" at bottom, Jan 17 and "Ja 18" departure datestamps, fine and extraordinary cover (SG 54) cat. £1900 (Cat No. 5a) (Image)

Cat. £1900, Est.$400

1854 Embossed, 6d dull purple, bottom sheet margin single, ample at top, with small scissors cut at upper left, well outside design, portion of adjoining stamp at right, duplex cancel and circular "D", used in 1855 (2 May) on small cover (with letter of contents) from Knotsford to Bombay, India, with departure pmk, along with red August 5 arrival datestamps on back, fine (SG 59) cat. £1900 (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Cat. £1900, Est.$250

1854 Embossed, 6p red violet, large margins all around, including portion of adjoining stamp at left, tied by "583" and Nottingham March 12, 1855 pmk on outer FL to "Portland Canada", endorsed "Via Liverpool by Canadian Mail Packet", red "Paid" and Portland, Maine 11 April arrival pmk (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.$500

1855 2p blue, spectacular perf. shift resulting in "Two Pence" at the top of the stamp, used, v.f. and striking variety, with 1997 Caffaz certificate (Cat No. 13var) (Image)

Est.$200

1855 1p red brown, complete reconstruction of 240 used singles, mounted on pages in Alphabetical order, some minor faults possible, scarce, cat. $5040 (Cat No. 16) (Image)

Cat. $5040, Est.$500

1855-61 correspondence of 13 FLs to Rangoon, Burma, variety of frankings incl. Embossed 6p, 10p and 1sh, all cut to shape, also cover franked with 20x1p red, another with single 1p red, diff. transit & arrival markings, usual faults, mostly fine (Image)

Est.$1,500

1856 1p rose red, 2p blue and pair of 1sh green, tied by numeral "159" and Glasgow 31.12.57 duplex pmks on FL sent via London to Mexico, with "2" (reales) due marking, filing fold well away from the stamps, fresh and attractive three-color franking to Mexico, with 2007 BPA certificate (SG 35,40,72) (Cat No. 20,21,28) (Image)

Est.$500

1856 4d rose horizontal pair and single 1d rose red, tied by "171" barred numerals on cover used in 1857 from Haddington (24 Aug) to Colombo, sent "via Marseilles" and Suez, per "Valetta" and "Bentinct" steamers (arriving on 25th September), some backflap mending, otherwise a fine cover to Ceylon (Cat No. 20,25) (Image)

Est.$150

1856 4p rose, tied by "80" duplex and London July 8, 61 departure pmk on FL to France, red "Insufficiently Prepaid" and barred "50" (amount paid) handstamps, also "Calais a Paris", Paris, Marseilles transit and Millau arrival pmks, charged "19" (decimes), filing fold and cover tears away from the stamp, fine (Cat No. 25) (Image)

Est.$150

1856 1sh green, horizontal pair (right stamp with wing margin), tied by "159" and Glasgow departure March 5, 1862 cds on complete FL sent via London, Marseilles and Smyrna to Beirut, Syria, endorsed "pr French Packet", some filing folds, fine cover to uncommon destination (Cat No. 28) (Image)

Est.$200

1856 1sh green, single tied by "12" numeral cancel on outer FL from London, November 8, 1860 to Buenos Aires, charged "2" in red crayon, endorsed "p. Magdalena", fine usage to Argentina (SG 72) (Cat No. 28) (Image)

Est.$200

1856 1sh green, single tied by barred oval "10" on cover from London, via Marseille to Calcutta, with Charing Cross departure and red arrival pmks on back, fine cover to India (routed via Channel Packet to Calais and Express Train to Marseilles, from there via Packet to Alexandria, then by train to Suez and another Packet to Bombay, from there by train to destination) (Cat No. 28a) (Image)

Est.$250

1857 (8 Aug) small cover from London to Sydney, New South Wales, franked with 6p violet, tied by barred "51" diamond, with red departure and Ship Letter Sydney Oct 18 arrival datestamp on back, fine cover to Australia, ex-Arthur White (Image)

Est.$150

1857 4p rose, bright shade, with wing margin at right, tied by "17" in grid on FL used in 1859 from London to France, various transit and arrival pmks, fine (SG 66a) cat. £225 (Cat No. 26) (Image)

Cat. £225, Est.$100

1858 (12 Jan) cover to Geelong, Australia, franked with single 6p violet, tied by Torquay departure, sent via London and P & O Lines packet from Southampton to Alexandria and train to Suez, from there by another P & O packet to Geelong, with red "Ship Letter/Free/Geelong/Victoria" arrival on May 11th (Image)

Est.$150

1864 (29 Mar) FL from London to Malta, franked with single 1sh green (plate 1), tied by duplex cancel, sent via Marseille, with 6 April Malta arrival pmk on back, fine (Image)

Est.$150

1865 (9 Sep) FL from London to Pernambuco, franked with single 1sh green, canceled "75" and departure cds alongside, fine usage to Brazil (Image)

Est.$150

1865 1sh green, Plate 4, used in combination with 1p (plate 94) and 6p (plate 5), on complete FL from London (October 17, 65) to Madrid, with departure and arrival pmks on back, fine three-color franking to Spain (SG 44,97,101) (Cat No. 33b,45,48) (Image)

Est.$200

1865 9p straw, Plate 4, tied by "E.C. 73" duplex, with London June 1, 67 cds alongside, on cover "via Belgium" to St. Petersburg, "Aus England Per Aachen" on front and "Eydtkuhnen" transit on back, various charge markings and endorsements, filing folds away from the stamp, scarce single franking to Russia, with arrival pmk (SG 98) (Cat No. 46) (Image)

Est.$300