1795 to MODERN MIXTURE: A small box containing mostly pre-1900 with stampless group inc. 1795 E Carlisle to Temple Sowerby, 1838 EL Canterbury to London with fine red "G:P." (Jay L682), and 1844 env. datelined 'Treasury' from Secretary to the Edinburgh Post Office; Feb. 1841 EL with 1d black heavily damaged; 1840s-70s line-engraved franked covers, mostly (17) 1d red imperf; 1870 E to Sweden with 6d lilac plate 8 and 1892 10d brown stat. env. to Leipzig; group of mostly KEVII period PPCs, etc. (c105 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V., OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, LINE-ENGRAVED ISSUES (Image)

c1790 TO MOSTLY 1850s PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS GROUP: A small box containing a good range with scarcer marks inc. 1827 EL with "Warwick/P.y Post" and "TOO LATE both in blue plus "LEAMINGTON" fleuron udc, 1829 twice-redirected E with large red "Postage to London/Not Paid" boxed "½" and red inspector's star, 1835 E to London with boxed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER" on the flap, 1835 EL to Leith with "LEVEN" on the flap, 1838 London E redirected to Hertford with red inspector's star, 1839 EL London to Ireland containing a jewellery collection inventory, 1841 EL with private circular "ARGUS Life Assurance/[Post PAID]/COMPANY", 1861 env. to Leicester containing the death certificate of Joseph Noble MP, etc. (c110 items) Cross Reference: INSPECTORS' MARKS, REDIRECTED AND TURNED MAIL, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)

QV-QEII MOSTLY POSTAGE DUE COVERS: A small box containing an accumulation inc. 1898 PC to Spain with 1881 1d lilac taxed/refused/returned to Oldham, 1907 PPC to Vancouver with small black 'NOT CALLED FOR' returned to Walton-on-Thames, 1922 PPC to Zurich with 25c Swiss tax stamp, 1938 use of stamped-to-order QV 1d pink env. to London with KGVI ½d and 2d black postage due stamp alongside. (c250) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUES, RETURNED MAIL (Image)

QV-QEII MOSTLY POSTAGE DUE COVERS: A small box containing an accumulation inc. 1826 env. with boxed 'UNPAID' plus '3d' and scarce pair of 1½d chestnut PD stamps; 1931 env. to Edin. sent with 3d violet PD stamp tied with large purple boxed 'CHARGE NOT COLLECTED/[X]/FRESH LABEL REQUIRED', '3d/TO PAY' and 1d red PD stamps (3) at left, 1932 novelty fold-out 'sole-themed' Dartmouth PPC with KGV ½d green taxed 1d, and 1945 reused env. sent with no stamps to Aberdeen and with 5d yellow-brown PD stamp. (c250) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUES, RETURNED MAIL (Image)

QV-QEII MIXED MAIL GROUP: A box file containing a pre-stamp range (18) inc. 1808 EL Cuparangus to London, 1830 pair of ELs Dublin to Reading, and 1834 EL Plymouth to London; stamped inc. 1866 env. to Germany with 6d lilac plate 5 tied by London duplex and blue Frankfurt cds, 1875 env. to Bordeaux with 3d rose plate 16 tied by London duplex; plus mixed KGV-KGVI and a few early QEII covers inc. PPCs. Mixed condition. (c120) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

c1800-80 MIXED GROUP OF MAIL in a shoebox. Pre-stamp (c30) includes 1817 returned letter wrapper, 1831 EL from Rome to Peckham and a few free fronts; then a range of line-engraved franked mail inc. 1855 EL to France with C1 1d reds (4) tied by Sevenoaks numerals and 1856? piece London to Leeds with block of four C6 scarce plate 18 (IE-JF, creased). Mixed condition. (c120) Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)

1839-1920s MIXED GROUP OF MAIL - inc. 1839/40 group (7) of mail to the same addressee in London or Bath, 1867 env. to Denmark franked with 4d vermilion plate 8 tied by NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE duplex, 1898 env. used in London with 2d green railway stamp & 1881 1d lilac both tied by squared circles, group (5) of Wembley cards/covers, etc. Also 1819 indenture for apprentice grocer and 1839 Annuity certificate. (23 items)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)

PICTORIAL ITEMS, 1698 DISINFECTED COVER, WWII PICTORIAL AIRGRAPH SHEET, ETC.; 1698 EL (disinfection toning but sound) from London to "Livorno" charged "24", c.1830 small watercolour (19x11 cms.; overall toning) of the new (1829) St. Martins le Grand with pedestrians and coach, scarce 1819/30 prints (toning) of "General Post Office Dublin" (26x17 cms), GPOs of Edinburgh (18x12 cms) and London (22x18 cms; busy street-scene); plus comic letter-inserts (3 inc. Harwoods "I have just time to save the post"), large folded page covered c.1905 stamps-montage (1d Reds/Lilacs, French, Indian, Norwegian and German, 1932 env. to USA with KGV 1½d on applied printed Robin Hood scene tied by Nottingham cds, and 1943 used RAF Airgraph form (unused KGVI 3d on back) with hand-drawn cartoon of British and US soldiers. etc. Curious mix. ( 13 items) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, PICTORIALS, PRINTED, DISINFECTED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)

1804-63 MIXED GROUP - much with Derby interest - clean 1804 EL to Daventry rated "3" and with superb E-rated "NHAMPTON/66", 1855 E Coventry to Derby with fine 1d red C2 QA plate R5, 1856 env. to Ashby with 1d red tied by Nottingham s/ways, 1856 piece C8 1d reds TD plate 38 & SE-SG plate 24 strip tied by Wakefield s/ways duplexes, 1858 env. from Cambridge to Fife endorsed 'above ½oz 2' and with "MORE/TO/PAY" circle tying the C10 stamp, 1860 env. with 1d red tied by "BURTON UPON TRENT" spoon, 1862 env. sent reg. to Derby with 1d red and 4d red plate 3, and 1863 duo of legal sized E (faults) to Derby franked with 2d plate 9 rejoined block of four plus a 1d red or sent registered with 2d plate 9 (5 inc. a vert. strip of four) and 4d red plate 3. Fine lot. (9 items)Cross Reference: DERBYSHIRE, 1854-65 1d REDS, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

c1820s-40s 'PENNY POST' MARKS FINE GROUP OF MAIL - on stampless covers with many scarce/rare and fine examples inc. 1825 Altrincham, 1826 BAWTRY, 1840 Bowness, 1834 Bradford Yorks, 1838 Cleckheaton, 1835 Colnbrook, 1843 Gainford, 1834 Gomersal, 1841 Gosberton, 1837 Halifax in blue, 1828 Harrogate in red, 1832 HERTFORD in red, 1840 Houghton le Spring, 1836 Kemp Town, 1833 Kidderminster, 1839 KINGSTON, 1836 KIRKCALDY, 1840 Middlesboro', 1832 Newton Abbot, 1836 Peter/-borough, 1838 Pudsey in blue, c1835 rare plain-boxed 'Penny Post' of Rochford, 1842 Seaton, 1825/7 "SHAFTESBURY/5th Clause Post" or "Shaftesbury/PyP.", 1840 Shildon, 1839 STRONTIAN, 1828 SUDBURY, 1823 SUTTERTON, 1831 Teignmouth, 1827 TIVERTON. Very fine group. (58) Cross Reference: PENNY POST MARKS (Image)

1835-50s GROUP OF UPP OR POST PAID MARKED MAIL - inc. circular "CARLISLE/1/PAID", "YORK/1D/PAID" (2), shield-framed "PAID/1d" of Aberystwith, red "d1" of Chester, Bradford Yorks group with circular "PAID/O?/PE??Y" (2) or boxed "Paid/1d." (10). Plus paid marks of Huddersfield (1835), Liverpool (1836), Manchester (1839), Howden (1844) and Bradford (3, 1835-40). (28)Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image)

1855-58 SPOON CANCEL GROUP - inc. Mar. 1858 E to Plymouth with scarce C11 pair tied by scarce BIRMINGHAM, July 1863 env. to Notts. with uncommon NORTHAMPTON R1, LIVERPOOL group (9) inc. 6 Mar. 1858 E to London with scarce type B8, and 1860/62 pair of envs. with uncommon WORCESTER R1/R2 types. Mixed condition. (15) Cross Reference: WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, WORCESTERSHIRE, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC. (Image)

QV REGISTERED MAIL - mostly registered stationery, inc. 1881 reg. env. used in London with 1d venetian red tied by rare G-rated "S.W/2", 1882 reg. env. to Wiesbaden with 2½d blue plate 23 pair tied by oval "REGISTERED/MARK LANE" cancels plus another alongside all struck in blue, 1887 reg. env. to Vienna with 2½d jubilee issue and with the 2d reg. embossing in very pale blue indeed (almost albino), and 1901 env. to Germany with STO 3d pale carmine and 2d lake plus 1881 1d lilac pair paying the reg. fee. (16) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. (Image)

KEVII REGISTERED MAIL - mostly registered stationery or stamped to order envs. inc. group to Leipzig variously STO with 6d lilac or 1½d purple + 3d brown etc. plus 1921 env. with 1½d purple, 4d vermilion plus ½d green stamp paying a late fee; 1907 env. STO ½d yellow-green + 4d vermilion to Frankfurt from 'Transvaal Gold Mining Estates Ltd'; 1910 env. STO ½d yellow-green + 4d vermilion to Stuttgart; 1913/4 envs. (2) STO 1½d purple + 3d brown to Wurttemberg or to Paris redirected to Somme. (35)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, K.E.VII, REGISTERED MAIL, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)

KGV REGISTERED/EXPRESS MAIL - mostly registered stationery, inc. 1920 3½d blue + ½d green reg. env. uprated with ½d stamp to Berlin, 1923 env. STO with KEVII 1½d purple & 2d lake and uprated with 1½d & 2d stamps to Leipzig, 1923 4½d puce reg. env. uprated with ½d green pair to Butzow (and with wax seals (3) impressed using Greek 10 lepta coin, unusual), 1924 4½d puce reg. env. uprated to Hamburg Police Dept (with boxed "Kriminalpolizei" receipt handstamp on the back), 1926 4½d reg. env. to Germany with 2d late fee paid, 1929 env. to Switzerland with 2½d meter mark and 34d adhesive cancelled by oval "REGISTERED/CENTRAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE", and 1935 env. to Liverpool with 2½d & 3d stamps tied by House of Commons cds. Also 1917/1922 reg. envs. (2) to Somerset or Dresden both censored and 1922/27 envs. (2) sent reg and express to Switzerland or Germany. (39) Cross Reference: EXPRESS, REGISTERED MAIL, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

c1914-c45 WWI & WWII GROUP OF MIXED MAIL - WWI inc. undated envs. (2) with mute cancels and purple or blue boxed "CENSORED", WWII inc. 1941 censored env. (torn) to NY from Belfast sent airmail with 3d violet and 1/- bistre-brown, and a group of mail with foreign stamps mostly posted to GB inc. 1942 censored env. to Ilkeston with Nigeria KGVI 3d blue and 6d violet (2) values and 1945 env. from Lebanon to Mansfield with 25p blue on the front and 5p on 30c army tax stamp on the back. Also 1908 PPC with ½d green stamp tied by "BURDON CAMP" cds, 1917 PPC with drop-out views of Tenbury Wells and a group of 20 WWII airgraphs. (c90 items)Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

KGVI REGISTERED MAIL - mostly registered stationery, inc. censored group (4) inc. 1943/44 3d green reg. envs. to London or Jerusalem with Field PO reg labels, plus 1951 6½d reg. env. uprated with 1½ green stamp to British Zone Germany, and 1940 stamp centenary & 1951 light colours defins. FDCs. (28)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, K.G.VI, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

QEII REGISTERED/STATIONERY/EXPRESS ETC GROUP - inc. 1960 1/3 grey reg. env. uprated with 1/- bistre Wilding and 5/- red castle to Baltimore, 1953 pair of env. with mix of KGV/QEII issues sent express to Newcastle or Germany US Zone, 1958/c1972 pair of env. to Germany both opened for PO inspection and resealed with buff tape tid by red 'LONDON POSTAL/CUSTOMS'. Also a bundle of used 1980s Scottish green 'Letter Bill' forms. (35 covers + c200 letter bills)Cross Reference: EXPRESS, POSTAL STATIONERY - QEII, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)