1840: 1d black "Penny Black", letters O-D, four full margins tied by black maltese cross clear strike on entire OHMS letter from "NEWPORT ISLE OF WIGHT 25 FEB 41" to Winchester. The sender - most likely the post master of Newport - orders 25 sheets of postage stamps at 1 (penny) from the Stamp office at Winchester. Certificate Bottacchi. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1840. Envelope (creases, hinges) addressed to Cork bearing SG 1, 1d black (plate 1a) tied by red Maltese Cross with adjacent Lombard Street hand-stamp '11 My 1840’. A very fine early May date One Penny Black cover. Cat 3500 plus plus. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1940, 1 Penny black plate 2 with "H - I" corner letters cancelled with red Maltese cross with large margins. Expertised Louis BPP. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1840, 1 Penny deep black canceled with a soft black maltese cross, all sides full margins and on top a part of the upper stamp (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1840, 2d. blue lettered 'GL' with good margins around used on folded entire with fine red maltese cross and backstamped in red 'SALISBURY JY2/1840', vertical bend through entrie and some tonespots, SG. £ 2.750 (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1855/1856, two printed circulars franked with 2 d Victoria sent from LIVERPOOL with different postmarks to Piemont, Italy. Attractive pair. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1867. Envelope addressed to Bathurst, Gambia bearing Great Britain SG 43, 1d rose (pair) and SG 94, 4d vermilion tied by Liverpool/466 duplex, endorsed 'per Mandingo' with hand-struck 'd 1' accountancy in red on face. Horizontal fold and a little bittoned. Very fine and rare item from Greal Britain into the Gambia. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1869, entire with margin copy 1 Sh, large corner letters aud 1 d red cancelled with duplex "HAWKHURST/427" sent to Dacca, India. Oval ship mark "SEA POST OFFICE C" on back. Attractive item. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1864. Envelope addressed to Algeria, North Africa bearing SG 43, 1d rose (2) and SG 83, 6d deep lilac tied by Birmingham/75 duplex routed via London and Marseille with French entry cachet and Mostaganem/Aigeria receiver on reverse. Very attractive franking and fine destination to North Africa. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1853/1855: A cover and a letter to India both franked by embossed 1847-55 1s. green, cut-to-shape, with 1853 cover to Mangalore via Bombay, the later letter 1855 from Exeter to Major Clarke, Dep. Commissioner, Goojranwala via Bombay. (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1855 Two entire letters from Exeter to "Major Clarke, Dep: Commissioner, Goojranwala, Punjab/Bombay" on his way to Srinagar, both franked with cut-to-shape singles of embossed 1s. green (both Die 2) tied by Exeter-"285" duplex d/s, and both with "BOMBAY/date/Bearing (2As)" h/s and value in m/s, respective transit datestamps on reverse. (Recomm.: Interesting family and history contents.) (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1858, QV 1d perforated, a horizontal strip of three JA-JC with QV 6d tied "620" w. "PLYMOUTH JU 24 1858" alongside to India and returned "Gone to England/to be forwarded by... Army Agents London" (ms. no reverse) with a host of datestamps and instructional markings inc. "INSUFFICENTLY/PREPAID", "INDIA UNPAID", vermilion "POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON" etc. Neatly mounted on page showing all the involved mail ships on the pro and thro trips and sundry details. (M) (Tax Method: Regular Taxation) (Image)

1869/1870, two covers and one cover front bearing QV 10d. red-brown used from Cheltenham, Maldon or Tiverton to Melbourne/Australia with red London transit and black arrival pmks. on reverse, several faults nevertheless an attractive and very scarcetrio (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1880, 2s. brown, lettered H-H, faulty copy, was a wing-margin stamp which has been partially reperforated, appearance as unused but possibly erased postmark. Certificate BPA (pink). As is. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1867, £5 orange, lettered "C-C", fresh colour, well perforated, neatly oblit. by London oval registered mark "...MR 94", small corner crease at lower right. Certificate BPA. SG £4750. An attractive copy of this rare stamp! (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1867, £5 orange, lettered "D-F", fresh colour, normally perforated with a few flat perfs, splendid used copy with a sole clear and full strike "3 K EDINBURGH AP 29 93", certificate RPS (1985). (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1881 ca., Two preprinted "Bookpost" envelopes and postal stationery wrapper with "DAILY MAIL" imprint, all Half Penny rate to Austria, fine trio (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1884, 10 Shilling pale ultramarine on white paper, regumed, fine (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1883, QV 10s ultramarine with oval numeral "498" cancellation, well perforated and fine stamp. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1891, illustrated letter "Beggar on London pavement" from Thornton Heath to Braintree. Mrs Butt correspondence, highly decorative and a very desirable item. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1891, 1 Pound green, well centered and perf, several cancellation. Very fine stamp (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1891, QV 1 £ green, good perforation with oval-registered-cancel +crayon mark, VF, Mi.450,- (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1894. Official mail envelope from the 'Office of the Town Clerk' addressed to Grimsby endorsed 'Express Post' and bearing 'Post Office/Express' label tied by Grimsby/M.O.O. date stamp. Very fine. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1897: Illustrated envelope "Britannia encourages the industry of the world" used in 1900 from Belgium to Denmark, franked Belgium 5c. and 10c.(2) tied by Brussels '1 May 1900' cds, with vignette from the 1897 Exposition in Brussels and Kopenhagen arrival cds on the reverse. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)

1903: 1/2 p green and 2x 1 p red tied by Columbia Machine cancel LONDON E.C. JAN 13 1903 on letter to an British journalist in Cologne (Köln, Germany), redirected to Meran (that times Austrian), Venice & Florence (Italy), Nice (France) & Munich (Bavaria). Nice collection of post marks on the reverse. (Tax Method: Margin System) (Image)