Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, the Schrader design showing shorter banner and imprint at lower left (state 4), on cover franked with 1854, 1d red brown tied by "251" barred oval handstamp, reverse with clear blue "St. German, Sp 28, 1857" origin and Liskeard receiving cds's, Extremely Fine, a magnificent example of this very rare Ocean Penny Postage design. SG No. 17  Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. According to "British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century" by Bodily, Jarvis & Hahn, this design is the rarest of the series with only a very few being recorded. $0 (Image)

Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, Races of Mankind design with Mitchell imprint and pink embossed hand-in-hand seal of the Brotherhood on backflap (state 1), on cover franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by "38" barred oval handstamp, reverse with brown "Aylesbury, My 3, 1853" origin and Sheffield receiving cds's, Very Fine. SG No. 8  Estimate $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, Britain! Bestow This Boon, and Be in Blessing Blest, allover Myer's & Co. design (state 2), on cover franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by "907" barred oval handstamp, reverse with blue "Woodbridge, Sp 17, 1852" cds and front with Beccles receiving cds; cover with light edge wear at top and small sealed internal hole at right, otherwise Very Fine. SG No. 8  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, Britain! Bestow This Boon, and Be in Blessing Blest, allover Myer's & Co. design on cover front addressed to Windsor, franked with 1d red tied by "Brighton, Ju 8, 63" cds and barred numeral duplex, Very Fine. Estimate  $75 - 100. $0 (Image)

Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, The Worlds Want and Britain's Boon, Bradshaw & Blacklock design (state 2), on cover to Somerset, franked with 1d red tied by barred oval handstamp, reverse with red London "Oc 29, 1853" origin cds and several transit date stamps, Very Fine. SG No. 8  Estimate $750 - 1,000.Complete images: View gallery or Download PDF (292KB) $0 (Image)

Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, The Worlds Want and Britain's Boon, Bradshaw & Blacklock design with imprint at left and two-line verse at lower right (unlisted state), on local London cover addressed by social reform activist Elihu Burritt, franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by bar oval handstamp, reverse with red London origin and "BV, My 28, 1851" receiving cds's; some light cover edge staining, otherwise Very Fine, a Rare Unlisted Design State of the Bradshaw & Blacklock Ocean Penny Postage Envelope; ex Salzer. SG No. 8  Estimate $500 - 750. This design bears the imprint at left and verse at lower right as in state 4 (see Bodily et al "British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century" pages 229-232) but has the message in the sails as in both state 1 & 2. $0 (Image)

Great Britain, (Ocean Penny Postage) Ocean Penny Postage, The Worlds Want and Should Be Britain's Boon, Bradshaw & Blacklock design with imprint at left and two-line verse at lower right (state 4), on cover addressed by social reform activist Elihu Burritt, franked with 1841, 1d red brown tied by "26" bar oval handstamp, reverse with red London origin and "Wisbeach, Au 2, 1852" receiving cds's; accompanied by Burritt's signature on small portion of letter; some cover edge wear and light tone spots, F.-V.F. SG No. 8  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)