1574-1590 incoming mail selection of three entires to London from the Ex Corsini archive including with merchant guild mark 1574 from Venice and 1585 from Pisa, also a 1590 from Antwerp with pen ink lines, mixed condition (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: 1642-1848 selection of entires/entire letters including 1642 letter from London to Antwerp with manuscript charged "1/8", Fifth Clause Post with examples from Okehampton and Shaftesbury, 1785 (1 Dec) with scarce straight-line "204 LIVER/POOL" hs; also a range of different Free types some on complete entires. Condition mixed

POSTAL HISTORY: Wiltshire 1789-1869 an interesting selection of pre-stamp entires/entire letters including 1789 with two line "WARMIN/STER" and "91CALNE" mileage hs, Amesbury (2) with straight-line hs in blue, Melksham from London dated "Jan 14/1840" (second day of usage), Pewsey (4) with undated circle and mileage mark and Penny Post 1837 and 1838, Salisbury (3), (twenty items) (Image)

POSTAL HISTORY: Somerset 1823-46 selection of ten entires/entire letters including Fifth Clause Post (5) with Bristol, Shepton Mallet (3, two different types) and Wincanton. Generally fair to fine (Image)

1869 (c.) two hand-illustrated Irish fronts to the same addressee both with 1864-79 1d red, one with pen and ink "Lady on a horse" cancelled with part Irish "305" numeral duplex and the other hand-coloured with "People/cats climbing a road sign" tied by Cahir "MY 29/69" sideways duplex; also unused hand-illustrated envelope depicting "Two African men" with uncancelled 1864-79 1d red (vertical crease and tear). Fair to fine (3) (Image)

1840 1d Mulready letter sheet, Stereo A219 from Bridport to Blandford, the front cancelled by black MC and neat Bridport 'AP 16 1841' cds; the reverse with Blandford 'AP 16 1841' cds across backflip, an usual horizontal filing crease otherwise fine. (Image)

1840 Mulready envelope (stereo 189) addressed to Brighton, neatly tied by crisp deep red MC, backstamped with London May 11, 1840 datestamp, minor faults and back flap small part missing. A rare early date, used within the first week of issue. Fine. SG ME2, £1,200++ (Image)

1840 (23 May) 1d Muready envelope, Forme 2, Stereo A146, addressed to Hunmanby, East Yorkshire tied by red MC, the reverse with red London dispatch and black Oxford transit cds; a couple of mounting thins and lower flap torn otherwise fine. ME2 (Image)

1843 (20 Nov.) Mulready 1d lettersheet, Forme 2, (stereo A27) addressed to Plymouth with "Atlas Insurance Company " printed advert inside; neatly cancelled with crisp London No. 6 in MC, reverse with dispatch and arrival (21.11) handstamps; a couple of minor imperfections otherwise most attractive and scarce so fine. SG Spec ME1, £3,000 (Image)

1843 (7 July) Mulready 1d lettersheet, Forme 3, (stereo A63) addressed to Knutsford with "The Economic Life Assurance Society " printed advert inside (believed to be one of thirteen examples known); neatly cancelled with crisp London No. 1 in MC, reverse with dispatch handstamp only; a couple of minor imperfections otherwise most attractive and scarce so fine. SG Spec ME1, £3,000 (Image)

1840 1d Mulready lettersheet, Forme 1,Stereo A7. A very fine used example, London to Sheffield, neatly cancelled by a superb strike of the London no. 7 MC. Backstamped in London and Sheffield for 'JY 1-2 1843'. Fine and scarce (Image)

Plate 1 (SG) four good to large margins, cancelled by a crisp strike from black MC. Fine with intense colour. SG 5 (Image)

Plate 1a (BG-BH) horizontal pair, four clear to large margins, individually cancelled by crisp red MC. Fine SG 2 (Image)

Plate 1a (AC) four close to good margins, lightly cancelled by near complete red MC. SG 2 (Image)

Plate 1a (TF) worn plate, four close to good margins, lightly cancelled by near complete red MC. SG 2 (Image)

Plate 2 (GA), four fine to good margins, used by light black MC, fresh and intense colour (Image)

1840 1d black, Plate 2 (JC), four good to large margins, crisp part red MC. Very fine and most attractive. SG 2 (Image)

Pl.2 (J,G) large to very large four margins, large part original gum, a lovely example. SG 2 RPSL cert. (1977) (Image)

1840 1d black plate 2 (PA), good to large margins, unused being regummed, small faults. Good appearance. BPA Certificate (2018). SG 2, £12,500 (Image)

1840 1d black, Plate 2 (RH) four good to large margins, cancelled neat red MC. Most attractive. SG 2 (Image)

Plate 2 (TL) four good to very large margins, crisply cancelled by complete red MC. SG 2 (Image)

1840 1d Black Pl.2. (BG) four margin example cancelled full red MC with a "TP Guildford St" handstamp alongside. Addressed to Leeds and back-stamped in London for JY.07.1840. Exceptionally fine (Image)

Plate 3 (QH), very fine used good to huge four-margined example, neatly tied upside down to a clean cover by a London No.8 MC. Sent from London to Kendal and backstamped with a London dispatch datestamp for "AP.26.1844'" and a Kendal arrival cds for the following day. Scarce and fine. (Image)

Plate 3 (GI), four close to large margins, neatly cancelled by near complete red MC. SG 2 (Image)

Plate 4 (AK), four close to large margins, neatly cancelled by complete black MC. SG 2