CHESHIRE 1930-74 range of covers incoming or outgoing incl. 1940 unpaid cover from Wallasey Cheshire to London with 5d postage due applied & forwarded to Singapore, censored & Malay Postal Union postage dues attached at Penang bears scarce 'CHARGE NOT COLLECTED' cachet applied then forwarded again to Hong Kong, 1952 to Walton, Liverpool franked 4d defin & G.W.R pre paid parcel labels 10d (2), 1959 COLUMBO Paquebot to Derby via Wallasey, 1940 British India Line censored cover to Rockferry 1½d adhesive tied PAQUEBOT & alongside Post Sudan d/stamp, 1958 Air letter from Mukalla, Hadhramaut contents 'Please send me whatever you have of English papers for the Egyptian newspapers were temporary suspended because of present condition.' 1943 2½d stationery env. cancelled LARTON R.A.F Camp double ring c.d.s etc. Interesting lot, viewing recommended. (Image)

DERBYSHIRE 1668 EL from Roger Coates in Chesterfield to John Moore in London concerning the lead mining industry; m/s '3’ charge & partly fine 'AU/31' early Bishop mark. (Image)

DERBYSHIRE collection written up on leaves in several spring back albums, QV-QEII period but predominantly KEVII/KGV incl. double & single ring c.d.s's, rubbers, skeletons, squared circles, machine cancels, slogans etc. many on PPC's incl a few RP's, photographs of post offices, certificates of posting, parcel post labels, items of ephemera, clippings etc. Nice lot, viewing required. (Image)

DERBYSHIRE 1894-1920 Parcel Post Labels (11) various Derby incl. Rose Hill, Burton Road, Green Lane, Babington Lane all U plus two pieces bearing parcel post cancels. (Image)

DEVON fine Ashburton '29' in BLUE cancelling 1d red on 1851 cover, 1848 1d cover with very good circular SEATON, Devonport sideways duplex cover plus 1817 EL to Portugal with weak TOTNESS. (4) (Image)

ISLANDS postmarks collection of covers/cards/pieces all with Island pmks, strength in Scottish incl. Arran, Bute, Ulva, Seil, Gigha, Eigg, Colonsay, Mull, Iona, Skye, Lewis, Harris, Barra, St. Kilda. ENGLAND - Thanet, Canvey, Sheppey, Grain, Hayling, Thorney, Portland, Purbeck, Brownsea, Mullion, Caldey, Holy Island, also a decent range of Anglesey KEVII-QEII mainly written up on leaves. (100's) (Image)

LEICESTERSHIRE 1672 EL from Packington to London with m/s '3’ charge; fine with attractive seal, weak strike of arrival Bishop mark. Neat & attractive. (Image)

LINCOLNSHIRE 1770 lengthy personal EL to Tiverton with partly fine strike of the scarce large 'LINCOLN’ handstamp, London Bishop mark transit, deleted '4’ and 'In all 8’ charge; nice example of a 'country’ letter routed via London. (Image)

LIVERPOOL pre-stamp group incl. boxed PAID AT/LIVERPOOL (2) - one with 'more to pay,' 'PL' late mark, handstruck '2' (two types), Scotland Road RH marks x2. (7) (Image)

LONDON Early letters: 1681 EL Chesterfield to London endorsed 'post pd 3d’ and 1709 London local EL with '2’ charge - latter with especially fine Bishop mark. Slight faults but attractive & scarce pair. (2) (Image)

LONDON - Government 'Dockwra' marks: 1712-29 four EL's in mixed condition (sellotape noted) showing largely indistinct strikes of the Dockwra office stamps, two with m/s Receiver’s mark; one with very fine seal of the Vernon family.(4) (Image)

LONDON Bishop marks etc: 1755-86 EL's to various provincial addresses with good variety of Bishop marks incl. superb '24/DE’, scarce 'In all’ h/stamp, '1N4’ charge to Falmouth, inspector’s crown on much-corrected substantial 'single’ letter, Lincolnshire local delivery charge etc. Interesting lot. (12) (Image)

LONDON - Government 'Dockwra’ marks: 1773-91 four EL's (one heavily toned) with Dockwra office stamps incl. 'G’ with clear time h/stamp, 'T’ with faint strike of large-format time stamp and two others, less clear, to addresses outside London; two have m/s receiver’s mark. (4) (Image)

LONDON 1780-1847 range of covers addressed outside the capital with variety of charges and marks incl. early c.d.s, Bishop marks, local charges, 'ounce’ rate item, 'Maltese cross’ d/stamps, 1805-12 'skeleton’ PAID c.d.s incl. one ex Transport Office etc. (20) (Image)

LONDON 1787 wrapper ex COLNE (Lancs) with good strike of the very scarce London experimental c.d.s. 'JANUARY.18' in use for ten days only, also a good strike of the scarce 'V for 5' c.d.s. on 1802 wrapper. (2) (Image)

LONDON Penny Posts etc: 1796-1845 range of ELs with (mainly) 2d & 3d post marks and hand-struck charges incl. one corrected charge with zig-zag erasure hand stamp, Brentford single-ring c.d.s etc. Mixed condition but an interesting lot, written-up on leaves. (26) (Image)

LONDON Penny Posts c1801-43 mainly EL's with various oval & s/line paid & unpaid marks of the Penny & Twopenny Posts with variety of time marks, hand-struck '2’ & '3’ etc. (24) (Image)

NORTHUMBERLAND - BERWICK UPON TWEED 1743-1883 collection of covers written up & presented in two multi ring albums commencing with 1743 entire from Tweedmouth to Westminster bears h/stamp BER/WICK and overstruck with a London Bishop mark, 1772 'Berwick', 1775 Berwick, 1778 Berwick, 1788 Berwick Mileage, 1796 Circular Type 'BER/WICK', similar for 1784, 1806 'Berwick', 1802 BERWICK/340' MIleage, 1810 boxed mileage, 1812 larger boxed mileage, later incl. circular mileage marks, additional halfpenny h/stamps, Penny Post marks in blue for 1833 & 34, Framed P.P mark for 1839, also duplex marks incl. Berwick Station etc. (Image)

NORTHUMBERLAND - BERWICK UPON TWEED 1782-1880 collection of covers (24) neatly written up on leaves in a ring binder incl. several s/line marks boxed & circular & boxed mileage marks, Penny Post marks, duplexes incl. Berwick Station, Edinburgh & Berwick Sorting Tender, etc. (Image)

YORKSHIRE - YARM collection housed in a multi ring album commencing with 1781 s/line YARM, 1796 Yarm to Rochdale charged at 5d, bears fine cancel curved YARM, a selection of mileage marks incl. 1826 small type, later types from 1820's, 1829 boxed Shiffnal/P.Post in blue, ranges of circulr hand stamps, 1851 Yarm to Alnwick franked 1841 2d four margins, Perf 1d red covers, 1d pink stationery from Yarm, duplex cancels, PPC's with Yarm c.d.s's etc. (85 covers) + Yarm Parcel Post Labels, franked 7d Edward tied 'Yarm S.O/YORKS.' (Image)