GB.PRE - STAMP - 1834 (23rd Dec) a letter of two sheets (previously containing an enclosure), €˜PAID€™ €˜2/-€™ in Canada and charged as a ship letter €˜2/8€™ in UK, from Quebec, Lower Canada, to London, via Portsmouth, carried by private ship €˜Samson€™ of the Red Swallowtail Line from New York to Portsmouth with step-type €˜PORTSMOUTH / SHIP LETTER€™ (Robertson S13). (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1840 (10th March) a letter carried by private ship via the United States to Canada just before the establishment of the Cunard regular packet service, from Perth, Scotland, with boxed €˜PAID PERTH€™ (in red), to Bytown, Upper Canada, via Liverpool and New York. Charged €˜8€™ (also in red) in the UK as a ship letter and showing upright circular dated SHIP LETTER LIVERPOOL, then U.S. and Canada charges totalling €˜2/2€™ (Currency). The Cunard Line rate would be a shilling direct to Canada. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1841 (6th Feb) a letter with (incorrectly) boxed €˜INDIA LETTER / PORTSMOUTH€™ (Robertson In3), with direction €˜p. Alexander€™, from Port Louis, MAURITIUS, to Bordeaux, France, via Portsmouth, 6th February 1841, charged correctly €˜1/4€™ this amended to €˜1/6€™, including the claim against France., (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1843 (19th Dec) a letter with a number of postal markings from Allahabad, INDIA, to Edinburgh, Scotland, via Southampton, 19th December 1843, initially directed €˜Per Overland via Falmouth€™ but this corrected to €˜Southampton€™, marked €˜Paid 10€™, but this also corrected to €˜1/-€™, the packet rate, on arrival. An early example of the P, & O. new regular sailings from Alexandria that commenced only in October 1843. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1846 (27th Dec) a letter with €˜PORTSMOUTH / PACKET LETTER€™ (Robertson P1), directed via HMS €˜Apollo€™ (not an official packet but treated as one) charged €˜1/€™, from CAPE OF GOOD HOPE to London, via Portsmouth, 27th September 1846. Rare exception. (Image1)

Est. £75-85
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1847 (11th March) a letter charged €˜1s/-€™ from Kingston, JAMAICA, to London, via Southampton, following the loss of the RMSP €˜Tweed€™ off the Alicran Reef in February 1847, carried on the revised route by €˜Tay€™ from Jamaica to St. Thomas, thence by €˜Avon€™ to Southampton. Nice story. (Image1)

Est. £50-60
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1849 (12th March) a letter charged €˜2/-€™ from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to London, via Le Havre and Southampton, (not a ship or packet letter, but charged as if by a British packet) carried by a private French ship to Le Havre by €˜Jeune Pauline€™. Most Unusual. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1849 (10th June) a letter with boxed 3-line €˜MADRAS / G.P.O. / 1848 JU 10€™ in red, and framed crescent €˜INDIA PAID€™ also in red, paid €˜2/-€™, from Madras, INDIA, to Edinburgh, Scotland, via Southampton, carried by €˜Bentinck€™ from Madras to Suez, and by Ripon, from Alexandria to Southampton, arriving 29th July 1849. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1850 (16th May) a letter from London to Oporto, via Southampton, rates between a half and one ounce sent registered from Fenchurch Street, paid three shillings and sixpence plus sixpence registration fee, carried by P&O Line €˜Montrose€™ out of Southampton for Oporto. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1851 (24th May) a letter with €˜PORTSMOUTH / SHIP-LETTER€™ (Robertson S16) at first charged €˜8€™ but re-addressed and charged €˜9€™ , from St. Johns, NEWFOUNDLAND, to London, via Portsmouth, rare. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1852 (13th Nov) a letter from Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, to Reims, France, via Southampton, carried by RMSP €˜Teviot€™ to Southampton, marked €˜PACKET LETTER / SOUTHAMPTON€™ (Robertson P1), passed to France via London and charged €˜15€™ (décimes). (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1853 (20th May) a letter from Melbourne, Australia, to Huddersfield, via Southampton, 20th May 1853, paid sixpence (2 x 3d VICTORIA Half Lengths) carried as a ship letter by General Screw Co.. €˜Harbinger€™ via Mauritius. Table Bay, St. Vincent and Southampton. (Image1)

Est. £75-100
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1854 (8th Aug) a letter from Melbourne, Australia, to Paris, Canada West, via Plymouth and Liverpool, with fine Melbourne h/s, charged 2s 0½d (currency) and with €˜1/8€™ debit against Canada, carried by General Screw Co., €˜Argo€™ to Plymouth and Cunard Line €˜Arabia€™ from Liverpool to New York. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1854 (25th Sept) a letter from Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, to London, via Southampton, initially paid sixpence with a further €˜1/-€™ charge, carried by €˜Madras€™, €˜Bengal€™, and €˜Indus€™ via King George€™s Sound, Galle, Suez. (Image1)

Est. £40-50
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1855 (13th Feb) a letter from Liverpool to New Orleans via Southampton, paid a shilling (1/- green Embossed to shape) tied by Liverpool 466 spoon, and with red €˜21 CENTS€™ British credit to United States. Sent on €˜first ship to sail€™ principle to Southampton for New York and Havre Line €˜St. Louis€™ thence to New York and New Orleans. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1855 (5th Aug) envelope from Port Louis, MAURITIUS, to London via Galle and Southampton, directed €˜via Ceylon and Southampton€™ carried by €˜Bentinck€™ from Galle to Suez, and €˜Ava€™ from Alexandria to Southampton, with fine oval €˜SHIP LETTER MAURITIUS€™, charged a shilling. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1857 (26th Jan) a letter prepaid sixpence (Victoria, 6d, cut into, but tied) from Melbourne, Australia, to London via Southampton, directed to the European and Australian Royal Mail Company €˜p. Oneida overland€™ and carried by €˜Oneida€™ and €˜European€™ to Suez and €˜Etna€™ from Alexandria to Southampton. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1857 (31st March) a letter with boxed €˜INDIA UNPAID€™ charged sixpence from Bombay, India, to London, via Southampton, carried by €˜Singapore€™ to Suez and €˜Colombo€™ from Alexandria, directed care of Coutts & Co., re-addressed with a penny red to Coldstream. INDIAN MUTINY PERIOD. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1858 (9th Feb) The remnants of a letter recovered from the WRECK of the P.& O. Company€™s €˜Ava€™ wrecked off Pigeon Island on 16th February 1858, from India to Cheltenham, England, via Southampton and London to Cheltenham, 9th February 1858. With €˜Saved from the wreck of the Ava€™ and recovered by €˜Candia€™ to Suez and from Alexandria by €˜Pera€™ to Southampton. (Image1)

Est. £100-120
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1858 (16th May) a letter prepaid sixpence (Victoria, 6d, orange-yellow, full margins and tied) from Melbourne, Australia, to London, via Southampton, directed €˜per Emeu€™ of the European and Australian Royal Mail Company, sent via King George€™s Sound, and Galle to Suez, then from Alexandria by €˜Benares€™ to Southampton. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1858 (10th Sept) envelope directed €˜via United States€™ from Richibucto, NEW BRUNSWICK, to Hull, England, paid tenpence halfpenny (Currency) with red €˜MORE TO PAY€™ and charged €˜6€™. Directed €˜Via United States€™ and carried Havre Line €˜Fulton€™ from New York to Southampton for New York. Rare for New Brunswick. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1858 (11th Sept) a mourning envelope from Winchester to H.M.S. €˜Princess Royal€™ (ex €˜Prince Albert€™) at Malta, via Southampton, bearing 6d, sent first to London thence to Southampton for European and Australian Line €˜Cambria€™ to Malta. (Image1)

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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1860 (9th Jan) envelope bearing 6d, from Stirling, Scotland to Auckland, New Zealand, carried out of Southampton by P.& O., €˜Delta€™ to Alexandria and from Suez by €˜Emu€™, arriving Sydney on 22nd March 1860. (Image1)

Est. £30-40
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1860 (2nd Oct) envelope (pre-directed €˜VIA SOUTHAMPTON€™ but this erased and m/s €˜Marseilles€™ added) prepaid ninepence for that route (1d, 2 x 4d) from Staplehurst, England to the North-West Provinces, via Marseilles and Bombay. Carried by €˜Euxine€™ from Marseilles to Malta thence to Alexandria; from Suez to Bombay by an unidentified ship. (Image1)

Est. £100-120
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GB.PRE - STAMP - 1860 (2nd Sept) envelope (pre-directed €˜VIA SOUTHAMPTON€™ but this erased and m/s €˜Marseilles€™ added) prepaid ninepence for that route (3 x 1d, 6d) from Staplehurst, England to the North-West Provinces, via Marseilles and Bombay, 2nd October 1860. Likely carried by French packet from Marseilles to Alexandria, and by €˜Orissa€™ from Suez to Bombay on 26th October 1860. (Image1)

Est. £100-120
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