Postmarks on stamps and pieces, a large accumulation in a stockbook, unusual items noted including London Foreign Branch quartered Packet Letter datestamp with central letter on 4d, 1891 late use of Otley double arc datestamp, 1d reds with Official Paid c.d.s or Norwegian numeral "103", QV 1/- green stamps with fine c.d.s cancels, 1917 Australian Imperial Forces parcel post label, Edinburgh & Leigh Circular Delivery Co. 1/4d used with "BR&Co" cancel (thinned), National Telephone Co. 1/- bisect on piece with Dundee cancel, various P.O labels, etc. (100s). Photo on Page 34. (Image1)

1841 1d Red-brown, IG on piece tied by blue-black Preston Maltese Cross and black "Poulton / Penny Post"; and AD cancelled by an Irish numeral in blue and English numeral in black, both fine with four margins. (2). Photo on Page 34. (Image1)

1841 Imperf 1d reds with various unusual cancels, some on piece, including Exeter skeleton datestamp, Honiton and Dorchester datestamps, Chippenham datestamp in blue, Maltese Cross + "131" numeral of Edinburgh, boxed "1" receiver handstamp (also an entire showing similar "1" of Dundee), blue Maltese Cross (2), solid centre Maltese Cross, Norwich and Greenock Crosses, pair on piece with boxed Kelso datestamps, piece with Cheltenham Penny Post, etc., condition a little mixed though several stamps fine with four margins, an unusual group. (20 + cover). Photo on Page 34. (Image1)

1842 Entire letters or entires with imperf 1d reds cancelled by "LYME", "HONITON" or "DORCHESTER" town handstamps, the stamp with very close but just clear margins on the Lyme cover, the other two stamps cut into, the datestamps all clear. S.G. å£9,000. (3). Photo on Page 32. (Image1)

Penny Posts. 1842 Entire letters with 1d reds (3 or 4 margins, some close) cancelled by blue-green boxed "Py P / No 15" and a black Maltese Cross, both with matching blue-green "HANDSWORTH" backstamps. S.G. å£3,600. (2). Photo on Page 36. (Image1)

1846 Entire letter from Carke to Cartmell with Flookboro undated circle, bearing a very crudely torn out 1d red cancelled by a large ink splodge, possibly disallowed as the letter has a manuscript "1"; 1853 entire letter from Chepstow to Usk with an imperf 1d tied by a strange (but unreadable) boxed cancel; and 1869 cover to Stroud with 1d red plate 118 cancelled by manuscript cross, backstamped at Broadway, Campden and Stroud. (3).

1854-70 Perforated 1d reds with unusual cancels comprising 1d red "stars" strips of three (2) with Crimean War "OXO" cancels in blue or black, pair with "3176" lozenge cancels of St. Malo and single with boxed "Exeter"; 1d plate number 149 block of six with intaglio mailbag seal cancels, etc. (17 stamps). Photo on Page 34. (Image1)

1854-57 1d Red-brown, perf 16 Small Crown with red numeral cancel "4" of Wantage (2001 B.P.A Certificate), and perf 14 Large Crown with violet "131" numeral cancel of Edinburgh, one pulled perf at top, otherwise both fine and scarce. S.G. å£3,250. (2). Photo on Page 34. (Image1)

Duplexs. 1881 Cover with 1d postal fiscal tied by Easingwold 931 duplex error of type, with horizontal bars at the sides. Also 1867 cover with 1d red tied Kibworth Harcourt B66 duplex with error of number (instead of "797"). (2).

Squared Circles - Sussex. 1881-1913 Display collection on 49 pages, covers and cards (68), pieces or stamps (97) from 26 differing offices, entires include Arundel on 1893 telegram, Billingshurst (1882 cover, rate "450" by Cohen with only 4-5 recorded), Bognor 1899 card with Barnham Junction c.d.s, Brighton offices comprising H.P.O (two 1893 covers franked 1/2d I.R Official both with Brighton Station R.L c.d.s), Cannon Place (2, scarce, earliest & latest known uses, Cohen "375"), College Road (2, Cohen "325"), Kemp Town (1889 cover, very scarce, Cohen "425" with 4-5 recorded), Old Steine (3) and Western Rd (4, one a parcel label), Etchingham (Cohen "375"), Gensing Station Rd Hastings, Heathfield (3, pieces only), Lindfield (2), Newhaven with scarce first type (3, one on underpaid 1/2d card redirected to Denmark, another on registered cover to Denmark franked 2d + 21/2d), Polegate, Robertsbridge, etc. A good lot showing the various new and recut hammer types, many highly rated by Cohen. (165).

Newspaper Branch. 1874 (Oct 1) Printed Prices Current from London to Christinestadt, Russia with 1d plate 159 vertical pair cancelled by circular unframed, quartered "N/P/B/9", boxed "ANK 10/10" transit handstamp and St. Petersburg arrival backstamp. An attractive Newspaper branch cancel, this type usually only found on stationery wrappers and unusual cancelling stamps. Photo on Page 36. (Image1)

Newspaper Branch. c.1870-1904 Covers, cards and wrappers with various Newspaper Branch cancels of London (58) including datestamps with the district code letters or number at the top, various "NPB" types, etc. Also N.P.B cancels of Edinburgh (4) or Glasgow, and an 1891 cover sent at the 1/2d Book Post rate but handstamped "CLOSED CONTRARY / TO REGULATIONS" and charged 1d. (64).

Hooded Circles - London. 1884-1902 Covers and cards, and a front, with hooded circle datestamps of London, London E.C or Threadneedle St., includes 1d late fee type, Registered London datestamp, and London "V.R" type code A on Marborough House cover initialled by the Prince of Wales or code B on a front. (46).

Hooded Circles. 1883-97 Covers and cards and a front with hooded circle datestamps including scarce "MANCHESTER STA / LATE BOX" on 1889 postcard to Germany, also Liverpool (10), Liverpool S (2) or Low Hill Liverpool (3), Cork, Londonderry or British Post Office Beyrout. (19).

Dumb Cancels. 1878-91 Covers (4, three registered), a piece and a Book Post packet from Oldham containing a photo, all with dumb cancels composed of bars or squares. Also 1880 1/2d green cancelled by two "S" in circle inspectors marks, and 1883 5/- crimson with large star cancel. (8).