1699-1907 Entire letters, covers with enclosed letters, documents and a postcard all collected for their contents, virtually all postally used, contents regarding court cases, bankruptcy, invoices, publications, adverts, etc., including 1827 entire letter concerning the discharge of a debtor from prison with boxed "BELVIRE PLE / S" handstamp of the Kings Bench Prison receiving house, 1839 (Dec 27) Uniform 4d Post period letter posted within Edinburgh charged 1d, 1884 Notice of Objection to Voting Rights with 1884 3d tied by Oswestry c.d.s, 1885 Jurors Citation with 1884 3d tied by "Registered Edinburgh" c.d.s, 1876 postcard with a printed match list for the Old Harrovians Football Club with a request to send team names to R.C. Ponsonby at St. James Palace, etc. (23).

1798-1927 Entire letters, entires and covers, many to the Royds family in Rochdale or Lady Parker in Scotland, also Somerset covers (44, many from Bath) with prestamp letters, including 1840-41 entire letter and an entire from Leamington to Rochdale both bearing 1d blacks (faults, 2/3 margins), 1841 entire from Scotland to Rochdale bearing an 1840 2d blue (3 margins, torn into at right), etc. (139).

1826-27 Entire letters from Glasgow to Edinburgh marked "2½oz" and charged 5/10½, or "5oz" and charged 11/8½ (2), one with Glasgow 405-E datestamp error. Also 1825 entire letter from Glasgow to Liverpool marked "1¾oz" and charged 6/5½, and an 1836 entire letter from London to Edinburgh marked "1¾oz" and charged 7/7½. Five unusually heavy letters showing high postal rates. (5).

1841-1945 Covers, stamps, etc., including 1841 1d Mulready lettersheet with "County of Fife, Land and Assessed Taxes" advert posted within Newburgh (vertical fold); 1874 registered cover from New Galloway franked 1d + 4d; surface printed covers franked 4d to France (2) or 6d to Spain; 1847 "Knowle Somerset / Penny Post"; WW2 covers including 1945 Reoccupation of Channel Islands Official Paid postcard commercially used from St. Heliers (May 16); 1d reds; WW2 German propaganda forgeries comprising KGVI ½d, "This is a Jewish War" ½d in the design of the 1935 Silver Jubilee stamp and "Teheran 23.11.1943" in the design of the 1937 1½d Coronation stamp, etc. Also a few Gibraltar and Pitcairn Island stamps.

1845-1902 Covers with various QV stamps, mainly London or provincial numeral or duplex cancels. (53).

1870-85 Covers to Brazil, all showing differing rates or routes, comprising 1/-, 9d (6d + 3d) or 4d (1883 4d green) rates via Southampton, or 1/- rate via Liverpool, an unusual group. (4).

Returned Letter Office. 1831-c.1950 Returned letter envelopes or lettersheets from London, Glasgow or Edinburgh (10) including 1880 Edinburgh "Returned Redirected letter" envelope with printed 1d charge, and various returned covers mainly from Edinburgh or Glasgow with explanatory cachets or R.L.O datestamps. Also proof impressions of all explanatory handstamps held at Glasgow in 1978. (40+).

Diplomatic Bag Mail. 1867 Entire letter from Haddington franked 1d, endorsed from "J.C Brown, late Colonial Botanist" to "R. Southey, Colonial Secretary, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, care of Colonial Office, London". Also 1889 cover from Wimbledon franked 1½d to "Hampden Willis, Under Colonial Secretary, Colonial Office, Cape Town, c/o Colonial Office, Downing Street, London S.W" and endorsed "For Cape Colonial Office Bag", the enclosed letter mentions laying the submarine cable direct to Cape Town and enclosed a note for someone in Mowbray, and another cover to be posted in the Cape (for which he does not know the address, and for which he enclosed English stamps!). Two unusual covers sent to South Africa by diplomatic bag and therefore with postage paid at the G.B. inland rate only. (2).

France - Prussian War. 1870 (Mar 29) Entire letter from Antwerp to Nantes, posted in London in order to avoid the Prussian blockade along the Belgian border. Registered, franked 3d plate 5 and 4d plate 12 tied by "R" obliterator with red "REGISTERED / LOMBARD ST" c.d.s, "CHARGE" and backstamps of Paris A La Rochelle, Bur. Ambulants Sud-Ouest and Paris A Nantes T.P.Os, light folds. Also an 1870 (Dec 30) cover franked 3d from Southampton to a French Lt. Colonel held prisoner of war in the Grand Hotel at Wiesbaden. Two very unusual covers. (2). Photo on Page 160. (Image1)

Postal Mechanisation. 1935-66 Covers and cards with Brighton Transormas, idents a-z (some in capitals) and 2-36, mainly different, several with two idents, includes 1935 (Sep 20) experimental period indent "2", scarce 1963 indent "36", etc. (90).