CALEDONIAN RAILWAY: ‘C.R.’ marks incl. 1848 type on small piece of wrapper with imperf 1d red strip of four, 1855-58 pair of covers (one ex France) showing the 1854 h/stamp; also ‘CR/F’ on cover (1860), scarce ‘X’ cancel on single 1d red stamp [Wilson 639] and later TPO cancellations on cover & pieces. (7 covers & some pieces) (Image)

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY: Unusual 1918 PPC to Newcastle with KGV 1½d stamp and CR 2d green letter stamp cancelled by ink lines and Glasgow machine; also 1937 business envelope with KGVI 1½d stamp and LMS 3d parcel stamp cancelled by oval ‘GLASGOW CENTRAL/ENQUIRY OFFICE’ d/stamp. (2) (Image)

CHESTER & CREWE: scarce s/line ‘RAILWAY-STATION’ on reverse of Chester cover (1853), Chester Station Office squared c.d.s (8) & QV 1s on small piece with station parcel cancellation; Crewe Station c.d.s (1859) plus squared c.d.s (1906) and c.d.s types. (15 & pieces) (Image)

EDINBURGH: 1858-85 covers showing Edinburgh-Carlisle SC coded d/stamps (10) duplex (2) and b/stamps (3); also Edinburgh-Newcastle ST c.d.s (1870) on cover (crease) and some pieces. (16 & 2 pieces) (Image)

EDINBURGH: 1866-1911 Edinburgh-Newcastle ST d/stamps used as b/stamps (7) or cancellation (2), one with scarce ‘S-T’-coded ‘131’ obliterator; attractive registered cover (1873) with Edinburgh-Berwick ST c.d.s, Edinburgh-Carstairs ST (1885-6) plus a few modern pieces. (13 plus a few pieces) (Image)

ENGLISH STATIONS: substantial group of mainly c.d.s cancellations c1884-1910 incl. Broadstairs (4), Chichester (4), Dover duplex (2), Farnborough (4), Hastings (5), Lewes, Meopham, St Leonards inc. Gensing, Swanley Junction (scarce 1915 skeleton noted), Tonbridge incl. 1898 Express item, Weybridge, Woking etc. Worth inspection. (46 & some pieces) (Image)

GLASGOW: 1857-80 covers with Glasgow-related TPO marks inc (1866) good ‘C&G/RPO’, Glasgow-Carlisle ST duplex (2) & Glasgow c.d.s (1858), Glasgow ST c.d.s (2), scarce Edinr-Glasgow sorting tender duplex (1870) and a few pieces. Also (1858) fine illustrated letterhead. (9 & few pieces) (Image)

GLOUCESTER STATION: h/stamps incl. large double-arc types 1842-46 (5) one with SOUTHGATE RH mark, smaller c.d.s (1849) & 1853 in red, single-ring (1869) and duplex 1875-82 (4). Also Micheldever Station duplex (1870) & Hereford Station registered d/stamp on (1956) parcel receipt. (14) (Image)

GRAND NORTHERN RAILWAY: ‘Loose letter’ marks - 1842-43 precursor pair of letters struck with London departure marks showing a ‘cross pattée’ code, pre-dating the circular h/stamps; also two attractive 1846 covers showing the Type 1 ‘M/NR’ & ‘E/NR’ in red or black. Interesting group. (4) (Image)

GRAND NORTHERN RAILWAY: ‘Loose letter’ marks - 1845-62 covers incl. 2d blue pair (fault) and 1d covers with black ‘E/NR’ plus similar strike on 1852 stampless item with boxed late fee mark; also 1862 official EL with small type ‘E/NR. (4) (Image)

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: large printed ‘NEWS-IMMEDIATE’ envelope (unused) with GWR 3d green newspaper stamp; also (1943) SOUTHERN RAILWAY ‘News Dispatch’ envelope with 4d newspaper stamp used from Alton station to Winchester. (2) (Image)

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY: 1900 large red press envelope to Bradford ex Halifax with uncancelled 2d red parcel stamp; also similar c1920 item from Mirfield station with 2d stamp pencil-cancelled. Also (1918) uncommon milk traffic waybill ex Helmshore with ½d & 6d parcel stamps for carriage of a churn to Crumpsall. (3) (Image)

LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER RAILWAY: 1834-39 ELs from Brazil & London with Liverpool transit c.d.s & rare red ‘4’ or ‘5’ bundle-marks indicating railway transport; also 1868-80 cover trio with Manchester sorting tender d/stamps. (5) (Image)

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: unusual 1934 postcard with KGV 1d stamp cancelled on arrival at Cromer and King’s Cross 3d meter stamp affixed; also 1943 cover (creased) to Rhyl with ‘RICHMOND’ h/stamp, KGVI 2½d and L.N.E.R. 4d parcel stamps both with crayon cancellation. (2) (Image)

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: 1924 Newspaper stamps - specialised study on leaves with 1924 vals to 6d, 3d stamp on unused red press envelope; Parcel stamps from 1927 to 4s incl. printed station names, Scarborough parcel piece with 8d & 2s vals, 1937 parcel tag with 1d & 2s stamps cancelled at Piershill, unused examples of £1 & £5 vals etc. Ripe for development. (3 items & 42 stamps) (Image)

LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: Study of unused luggage and parcel labels with routing and station details, some coloured examples noted, incl. two ‘Luggage in Advance’ items etc. (33) (Image)

LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY: 1882 Parcel address panel with fine yellow L&NWR ‘Parcel via EUSTON’ label to Cumberland; attractive item that displays well. (Image)

LONDON STATIONS: Euston Square c.d.s 1849-51 (2) plus 3 later (1880-1919), London Bridge cancellations 1915-28 (2), Paddington telegram (1965), S. Kensington 1945-67 (2), Victoria 1929-56 (2), Waterloo registered d/stamp (1939) & parcel cancel piece (1964) etc. (13 & some pieces) (Image)

MIDLAND DISTRICT SORTING CARRIAGE: 1868 long envelope (folds) with irregular block of four 1d reds plus two singles ex Bedale for Basingstoke; mainly fine strike of the scarce small ‘MIDLAND/DIST.S.C.’ (Image)

MIDLAND RAILWAY: 1855-56 covers (2) with mainly good strikes of the very scarce s/line MISSENT-TO/MIDLAND-R-P-O-UP (or DOWN); also 1853 1d red cover with T.1 ‘E/MR’ loose letter mark and Harle UDC. (3) (Image)

NORTH EAST ENGLAND STATIONS: c1854-1959 cancellations on covers & cards with Aysgarth, nice Bardon Mill (1854), Beal, Bedlington, Brampton, Castle Eden (1855), Prudhoe (1859) with good Ovingham UDC, Washington & Whitley Bay etc with additional QEII items. Also RSO c.d.s on KEVII cards (11) inc Lintz Colliery & Dinnington Colliery etc. (40 & some pieces) (Image)

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: Ephemera incl. 1859 tender for turntables, ticket for a dog (1879), 1895 mail contract, waybill, wagon ticket, dividend statement, perfins, LNER savings bank, ‘Silver Jubilee’ letter, NER airmail item (1938) etc. (27) (Image)

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY - TPOs: 1906-84 examples of TPO marks on covers & cards incl. Newcastle on Tyne ST (1906-08), NETPO incl. ‘going south’ (2), ‘up’ (7), plus QEII period examples on cover and piece, 1984 waybill etc. (16 plus pieces) (Image)

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: 2d vermillion stamp on cover to Hull with QV 1d lilac, both pen- cancelled, endorsed ‘To Ryehill Station’; also 4 further examples of the 2d vermillion, one with Hull c.d.s (1896). Additionally, 1896 Darlington-Sheffield cover (crease) with 1d lilac & pen-cancelled 2d NER stamp ‘By 11.5 Train to Sheffield’, plus 6 further 2d green stamps. (2 covers & 10 stamps) (Image)

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY: 1905-09 pair of L’Estrange Ewen printed covers addressed to London, posted at York or Corbridge stations - each with KEVII 1d stamp plus N.E.R. 2d green letter stamp cancelled by crayon or s/line ‘CORBRIDGE’. Attractive pair. (2) (Image)