Nineteen British Postal History Items, 1829-1900, very diverse grouping including two stamples one with Irish "Athlone Crowned boxed FREE" other with script h/s "Too Late", six single franked #3 1d adhesives on folded letters and one on envelope, two #3 1d adhesives on registered blue folded letter, #33 plate #209 on front with nice illustration hand drawn by 'Capt A. Nichols', clear boxed "Too Late" at upper left, #5 cut to shape 1/ and five entires uprated for registration, very nice group, F-VF. (see online scans) (Image)

CV. 600-900

Three Shipping Related Items, first with two 1865 #43 4d adhesives tied to 1870 FL, color illustration for the "Atlantic Line of Packets" addressed to Havre, second 1864 #33 1d red tied by Liverpool duplex to small envelope, illustration for the "Warren Line" addressed to Lausanne, last is 1887 #114 2 1/2d adhesive tied by indistinct duplex to illustratedNordcap envelope from the "S.S. Ragnvald Jarl" addressed to the U.S., F-VF. (Image)

CV. 400-500

Great Britain and Related Postal History Group, over 20 items with most having a military connection, APO, Fieldpost, OHMS, areas noticed include from Aden, South Africa, Pakistan, Russia, Australia, KUT, some a few ppcs, most are Fine or better, a great group for research or the EBay lister (see online scans) (Image)

CV. 100-150

1864 Dual-Franking Cover to India and Double Forwarded, franked with 1862 4d, 6d (wing margin trimmed) tied by oval "53" grids with an accompanying Bath DE 3 64 cds, initially addressed to "Chingleputt Madras", ms. "Via Marseille & Bombay" struck out when forwarded to Madras and then redirected to Sydaputt, Indian postal regulations required that relevant Indian domestic postage be paid on incoming letters from overseas that were forwarded - front side of envelope with India 1863 2a Yellow and the back side with 1856 -+a Pale blue strip of four, appropriate transit and arrival cancels, cover extensively repaired/ restored (essentially front side two rejoined halves and the back side attached at bottom), Fine appearance (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 100-150

5, 1847 1/- Green, near four margin copy, tied by 1851 barred grid with '3' to folded letter, contents re:whaling business, addressed to New Bedford Mass., Br Packet Boston/ 24 incoming exchange strike, faults to folded letter not affecting adhesive, about Fine (Scott $1,275; SG 54, -ú1,800) (Image)

CV. 150-200

#7 1854 6d , #10 1854 2d, #16 1855 1d, ot Switzerland, tied to folded letter wrapper by 15 FE 1856 London boxed/barred "20", some toning at bottom, paying 9c rate to Zurich Switerland, Straussburg to Bale transit, Fine. (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 300-500

1850 Folded Letter Glasgow to Philadelphia, 1841 1d, 2d singles tied by black rectangle of bars cancels, accompanying Glasgow PAID NO 15 1850 double circle and "GLASGOW" chief post office thimble postmark, ms. "Per Europa", nice strike of red "BR. PACKET BOSTON 29 NOV PAID" transit cancel, assorted ratings marks incl red "24 Cents", red "5 Cents "red ink ms. "12" which basically boils down to the letter being fully prepaid on dispatch (24c) with 5c due to the US, 3c due to British PO, 16c to shipping company (Cunard) - the "12" being the sum collected from the addressee (2c landing fee, 10c delivery for greater than 300 miles from port of arrival), backstamped with a small Glasgow transit postmark, stamps 3-4 margins, a Fine use (Image)

CV. 300-400

1861 Cover to Hong Kong, small envelope franked with 1d, 4d (2) tied by Norwich JA 22 61 "575" duplex cancels, ms. "Royal Mail Steam via Marseilles", red "1d" handstamp credit to Hong Kong for internal postal services, backstamped Aylsham JA 22, London JA 23 transits and Hong Kong MR 31 arrival, one of the 4d stamps some perf faults, still Fine (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 200-250

1861 Cover Guernsey to Penang and Redirected to Madras, small envelope with 1d (3), 6d tied by Guernsey "324" oval grids with an accompanying MY 9 61 cds, partially struck Penang receiver on face, the "Penang" portion of address crossed out and "Madras" inserted where it received a JY 24 1861 double circle receiving cancel, one of the 1d stamps some perf issues at right due to placement, Fine use; shows proper payment of 9d for 1/4 oz via Marseilles by British packet (Image)

CV. 200-250

1866 Cover Glasgow to Colombo Ceylon, 1d pl 84, 2d pl 9, 4d pl 8 (2) all tied on folded letter sheet by Glasgow SP 25 66 "159" duplex cancels, ms. "Via Marseille", red Colombo OC 22 06 PAID arrival cancel, backstamped London SP 26, couple of selvage mounting remains on back, Fine and attractive 3-color franking; there was no 11d rate to Ceylon during this period with the extra 1d probably a late fee (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 250-300

1871 Cover to India, envelope franked with 1864 1d pl 118 strip of three, 1870 6d pl 9, tied by "357" barred ovals with accompanying Hereford SP 15 71 cds, ms. "Via Southampton", forwarded on arrival in Peshawar to Murree requiring India 1a domestic postage fulfilled by 1865 1a Brown tied by Peshawar duplex, appropriate transit and arrival cancels incl oval "SEA POST OFFICE" date stamp and two different railway sorting handstamps, typical bit of postal wear, portion of backflap missing and a small puncture affecting only the back side of the envelope, Fine use showing the 9d per -+ oz rate via Southampton (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 250-350

1874 Cover to China, envelope franked with 1874 3d pl 15, 1sh pl 9 (wing margin), tied by Lurgan (Northern Ireland) DE 10 74 "316" duplex, ms. "Via Brindisi", backstamped with light strike of HONG-KONG MARINE SORTER/ SINGAPORE-TO HONG-KONG" JA 12/21 75 cancel, repaired/ restored with archival restoration tape incl backflap reattached, Fine appearance, pays proper 1/3d rate per -+ oz via Brindisi (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 150-200

Well Traveled 1879 Cover to Afghanistan, franked with six 1864 1d pl 207 tied by Oswestry OC 30 79 "595" duplex cancels, addressed to "Lieut. H Martin Sandbach/ 1st Battery, 5th Brigade/ Bengal", ms. "Via Brindisi" from whence it went through the Suez Canal to Calcutta and arriving in Sitapur 24 Nov, the cover then began a long journey as it was redirected to Benares, then to "1st Brigade, 2nd Division" at "Camp Pezwan, Kabul" and forwarded again through the Jelalabad Post Office to Gundamak, multitude of backstamps, some expected postal wear from the long jouney and couple of the stamps with edge faults due to placement, a Fine and interesting cover showing proper 6d per -+oz rate to India; the Treaty of Gundamak was signed 26 May 1879 ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. (Image)

CV. 250-300

1891 Uprated Postal Card to Macao, -+d card uprated with 1887 -+d Vermilion and cancelled by London OC 23 91 squared circle postmarks, backstamped "SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG" NO 18 marine sorting cancel and Macau 24 Nov, Very Fine foreign use of the postal card (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 300-400

1902 Cover to USA with Forwarding, GB 1881 1d (Scott 89), 1900 -+d (Scott 89, 125) tied by Penicuik Jan 7 1902 (Scotland) strikes to small envelope addressed to New York with US 2c Carmine (Scott 279B) added for redirection to Lockport NY, Very Fine. (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 100-150

1904 Uprated Wrapper to China, -+d KE VII wrapper uprated with 1887 1-+d and cancelled by Darvel (Scotland) AP 25 02 double circle cancels, addressed to "Mr Finlay Kerr/ c/o Eastern Extension Telegraph Co/ Taku China", backstamped Tangku 7 JUL 02, cleanly slit open at bottom, Fine use paying the 1d printed matter rate; Taku was captured by the Allies in 1900 while enroute to Peking during the Boxer Rebellion (Image 2) (Image)

CV. 300-400

1915 Illustrated Advertising Cover, on left side of scarce 1d KG V PTPO postal stationery envelope from Cambridge to Plymouth, with illustrated advertising from "Clayton & Shuttleworth, Ltd., Engineers, Stamp End Works, Lincoln" showing mecjhanized vehicles and motor, bit of wrinkling at top and light toning, still F-VF (Image)

CV. 100-150

Exhibit Collection of British Forces in Ireland 1920-22, 19 covers, 1 front and and one large piece showing examples of all the military postmarks used on mail sent to, from and within Ireland during the period of the build-up of troops to suppress IRA activities, some of the covers are shown above and all are imaged on the website, includes numerous markings listed as "not known", "not seen" or "possibly not used" by the primary sources on British military mails of this perion (Proud; Kennedy & Crabb) incl FPO 5 (two examples, different types), 6 and 7 with others being one of just a handful recorded (e.g. 9), also includes a "forerunner" cover from member of 10th Lincolnshire Regt with Killenaule/ Thurles 8 NO 20 cds (post WW I fieldpost offices in Ireland not opened until Dec 1920), includes two covers seized by the IRA and subsequently recovered with nice auxiliary markings/ official seal, F-VF, outstanding collection for the specialist (see online scans) (Image)

CV. 2,500-3,500