MOSTLY QV-KEVII PC/PPC GROUP - all with Cornish cancels/marks inc. the very rare WASHAWAY squared circle used as a receiver on Feb. 1906 PPC from Transvaal & Aug. 1906 PPC from Bodmin and rare GONDOLPHIN CROSS purple cds on 1910 PPC. (77) Cross Reference : PICTURE POSTCARDS, CANCELLATIONS (Image)

1758- 1830s GROUP OF MAIL - inc. 1801 E to Orford, Suffolk with straight line LISKEARD and red London transit ds; 1824 EL to Plymouth with very scarce LOOE/246 mileage mark on the flap; 1825 E (faults) with rare LOSTWITHIEL/249 on the back; 1828 EL (torn) with blue 'Launceston/Penny Post' and boxed fancy 'No 1' rh mark; 1830 EL to Heligan with scarce CAMELFORD mileage erased mark; and 1833 free EL to The Duke of Northumberland with fine red LAUNCESTON mileage erased on the flap. Also County Catalogue Vol. 2 and Cornwall: Its Postmarks and Postal History by Riding. (13 + 2 books) Cross Reference : SUFFOLK, LITERATURE - PHILATELIC (Image)

1830s/40s GROUP OF STAMPLESS MAIL - inc. 1838 EL to Redruth with rare blue 'Lostwithiel/Penny Post' on the flap; attractive and scarce 1839 EL to St Columb with TRURO cds, circular 'PAID AT TRURO' and boxed 'Truro/Py Post' all in blue; 1840s env. used locally with rare 'Landrake/Penny Post'; 1844 redirected E with rare 'Stoke Climsland/Penny Post' on the front; and 1840/46 pair of Es with Falmouth handstruck '1'. (10) (Image)

LAUNCESTON - 1837 PREPAID COVER TO LONDON - 7 Feb. 1837 E to London with fine blue two-line 'PAID AT/ LAUNCESTON' and blue boxed 'Launceston/Penny Post', prepaid '1/-' and endorsed 'post paid' at the top. A fine and interesting cover. (Image)

LISKEARD (MAINLY) - 1841-52 GROUP OF MAIL - inc. May 1841 EL to Wadebridge franked with 1d red PG plate 9 cancelled with MX and LISKEARD cds below; 1843 1d pink env. (faults) Falmouth to Penzance cancelled with MX; 1849 1d pink env. (creased) to Stroud cancelled with scarce 252 numeral and with matching rare udc of TORPOINT on the back; 2 June 1845 EL with scarce 465 of POLPERRO and with matching rare fleuron type udc on the flap (the numeral is recorded by Parmenter with a current earliest use in 1846); and 1852 EL to Truro with 1d red tied by 463 numeral of Liskeard. (7) (Image)

PENRYN - 1790 PAIR OF COVERS TO SCILLY ISLANDS - 1790 & undated (part of letter missing, prob. also 1790) ELs (faults) to St Mary's from PENRYN (straight line on front; Jay 228b 'E', Riding '5'), each rated four pence and endorsed 'to be left at Mr Lavers's, Penzance'. Scarce island destination. (2) Cross Reference : CORNWALL - SCILLY ISLANDS (Image)