RARE 2-RING 1726 "FROM/LONDON" MARK ON COVER FROM LONDON TO SIENA VIA TURIN; Fine 17 Dec. 1725 EL to Siena endorsed "Franco p Turin" with British postal rate on flap obscured b y a very fine (for this) rare 2-ring London Foreign Branch "FROM/LONDON" mark (slightly affected by adjacent filing note). This is Jay L1080 and previously only recorded for 1719-20; few examples known. (Image)

1887-1903 ETHRIDGE & INTERNATIONAL MACHINE CANCELS TRIO - Feb. 1887 env. (filing notes at left) to IOW with 1d lilac cancelled by the rare Ethridge machine (SG 10/32 £500), Aug. 1893 env. to Wales with 1d lilac cancelled by first trial of International machine (cancel angled slightly off the env. at top; SG 10/33 £400), and Feb. 1903 PC cancelled by International machine second trial (SG 10/34 £50). (3) Cross Reference : MACHINE CANCELLATIONS (Image)