SELECTION OF MILEAGE, PENNY POST, UDC'S & LATER ITEMS: 1814 v.fine circular mileage "SHREWSBURY/165"; 1832 Free EL with good to fine red sl "MARKET DRAYTON" & red boxed "Potton/Penny Post"; 1841 EL with fine "Westbury Salop/Penny Post" & boxed "No2"; "Ironbridge/Penny Post"; and "SHIFFNALL/Penny Post"; 1849 env. with fine blue "LUDLOW/MY/18/ 1849/3" skeleton; 1843 EL (reused adhesive removed) with two good strikes of the "SHREWSBURY/MY 5/1843/+" skeleton & "WEM" UDC. Also UDCs of "KNIGHTON" and "COALBROOKDALE"; a few 1d red covers, and group of PPCs with better than average single ring marks. (38) Cross Reference: BEDFORDSHIRE, PENNY POST MARKS (Image)

SQUARED CIRCLE CANCELLATIONS: Small group of squared circle cancellations on env. & PC with examples from each of the five Shropshire towns listed by Cohen with Church Stretton (5), 1909 PPC with v. fine "DAWLEY/SALOP" hs; 1907 PPC with fine "HINSTOCK" hs; Shrewsbury (7) and 1887 PC to France with v.fine "WEM" hs. Majority fine examples of the hs. [Ex Mike Boddy] (15 items) (Image)