MISCELLANEOUS ACCUMULATION of approx. 180 covers from pre stamp, stationery, penny red covers, surface printed covers, KGVI period incl. War time, Guernsey bisect etc. (Image)

1800-51 ALBUM OF STAMPLESS COVERS, all fully transcribed, neatly displayed in protectors incl. 1808 EL from Newcastle to Essex regarding an unpaid bill, bearing Newcastle on Tyne mileage mark, 1815 EL with Durham mileage mark, 1816 EL from Tilsley Place, Surrey to Kings Lynn with 'Godstone' mileage mark, 1817 EL from Gargrave to Settle bears 'Gargrave' mileage mark, 1847 EL from Newcastle to Cognac, France from Joshua Shield & Co ship insurance brokers sent to James Hennessy & Co brandy experts etc. (31 EL's) (Image)

1800-51 ALBUM OF STAMPLESS COVERS all fully transcribed and neatly displayed in protectors incl. 1807 EL regarding the sale of property belonging to Naval Captain Sir Philip Yorke from Southampton to Gosport with Southampton mileage mark charged at 5d. 1815 EL from Broadhampton to Shaftsbury showing extensive accounts bearing Newton Abbot straight line, 1815 EL from Woolwich to Gloucester from a soldier to his mother regarding his accident and assuring her 'the horse was not much hurt, it is a beautiful creature and has no fault but too much spirit...' He died in 1841 of fever caused by sleeping in wet clothes after the battle of Medjez, further extensive transcribed EL's marks incl. 1824 Morpeth mileage, 1825 Rugby mileage, 1826 Newcastle/5th clause post, 1828 Tavestock u.c, 1832 Christ/Church, 1835 To Pay/2d/only, 1839 EL bearing penny post marks of Twickenham & Hounslow etc. (26) (Image)

QV - KEVII cover miscellany incl. stationery, fiscals on receipts, foreign mail, cancellation interest, few pre-stamp etc. Needs inspection. (70) (Image)

KGV interesting study of postal rates on cover inc reg’d, express, underpaid, printed matter, foreign etc. Plus further bundle with cancellation interest. (82) (Image)

KEVII covers - interesting mix of rates inc. uncommon express airmail item, air to Nepal, single uses etc. Unusual lot. (37) (Image)

FREE FRANK FRONTS c1830's collection of approx. 560 in a display album signatories N-R, mainly 1830's but also noted harder to find 1808-18, noted sunday marks, 2 Prime Ministers Peel/Russell, 2 to Earl Marshal, some MP's (10 identified). Good lot for further research into family connections etc. (Image)

FREE FRANK FRONTS approx. 67 unidentified apart from one initialled by the Duke of Wellington (used only on correspondence to family & friends) (Image)

FREE FRANK FRONTS collection housed in three small photo albums, approx. 175 fronts in all, 1 - C-H many Irish incl. scarce code 'E', 2 - H-L good Irish with Mid Day Mail, To Pay 2d only, Irish spade types, univ 4d etc. 3 - L-O noted some Irish, Sundays, Henley on Thames u.c, House of Commons Passed, Morgan Connell, univ 4d proof period etc. (Image)

FREE FRANK FRONTS collection of approx. 350 housed in 3 display albums 'L-M' incl. album 'L' - Irish (12), money letter, 'Glasgow/Penny Post/No 15/1839, Sunday, pre 1820 (3), Liverpool, Leeds, Lansdowne, Lichfield, Limerick, Londonderry etc. 'M' - Irish (5), Scottish 'To Pay 1d', Dumbarton 1d post, pre 1820's, Earl of Munster, Methuen (2), Manvers (8), Melbourne (P.M) etc. N-P noted Nelson (5), Newcastle (8), Norfolk (3),m Northumberland (9), Northampton (2), Scotland-Portland, also seen Napier, Normanby, Ponsonby, Queensbury, Irish (5), pre 1820 (2), order of Coronation service etc. (Image)

FREE FRANK FRONTS collection of approx. 400 franks housed in two display albums letters A, I, J & K, approx. 50 are identified mainly 1830's but range of pre 1820's seen, noted album 'A', Anson (15 items) - Lichfield family, Addington (not PM), range pre 1920, Sunday etc. Album I, J & K, pre 1920, Sunday, Penny Posts, To Pay 1d only, 4d uniform post etc. (Image)

FREE FRANK FRONTS used in January 1840 (6) dated 1st, 3rd (2) incl. flat topped '3', 4th, 6th & 7th, fine strikes, scarce group. (Image)

HAMPSHIRE 1785-1945 collection written up on leaves mainly written from Titchfield incl. 1785 78 FARE/HAM, 1795 s/line FAREHAM, 1799 FAREHAM horseshoe, 1802 & 1804 FAREHAM/73 mileage mark, 1821 FAREHAM/Penny Post, Titchfield Receiving Office No.1. h/stamps in black for 1822, 1824 & 1838, Titchfield undated circles in black 1848 & 1850, and in red 1852. 1857 envelope to Toulon bears u.c of Stubbington, 1898 Parcel Post label of STUBBINGTON, later c.d.s, rubbers, skeletons, 1924 envelope posted to Titchfield from Shanghai endorsed 'via Siberia', reverse franked 1c Junk block of six & four. (31) (Image)

LONDON 1801-38 Album of stampless covers to or from or through London, all are fully transcribed and neatly displayed in protectors incl 1805 letter from Chelmsford regarding the affairs of Charterhouse school from Robert Tindal (great grandson of the historian, Nicholas Tindal) with fine Chelmsford mileage mark, 1813 EL to Oxford from London Coffee House with Free Frank handstamp, 1833 EL London to Ben Nevis by way of Glasgow in error instead of Fort William with m/s 'Not to be found' forwarded to Ben Nevis with ½d wheel tax & Fort William/Penny Post, various mileage marks, numerous London marks etc. Viewing recommended. (4) (Image)

LONDON 1801-48 Album of stampless covers to or from or through London, all fully transcribed in protectors incl. 1805 letter from solicitors regarding the sale of Lord Yarborough's trees for £17,000, 1828 printed three page Thames & Medway canal proceedings with red 'Lombard St/3py p.paid', various other marks, 1805 Twickenham/3py p.paid, large oval '7 oclock Night two penny p.paid', 1809 Newcastle U.T mileage, 1830 Inspectors crown in red, 1840 'Putney SO/1py p.paid', etc. (28) (Image)

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 1852-98 range of 55 items of mail from or to Newcastle incl. 1841 1d covers, Perf Line Engraved, 1d pinks, surface printed on covers to Europe & USA, duplex cancels incl. Newcastle sideways, Newcastle Quayside, Sunderland, South Shields etc. (Image)

YORKSHIRE 1760-65 group of letters mainly to Yorkshire addresses, five with straight-line 'YORK' marks including two 'ounce rate' items, one to the Races Office at Wakefield (1764), London redirected etc. (6) (Image)

YORKSHIRE 1786-1811 mileage marks of York incl. a part strike of the scarce first type 'YORK/196'; also later lined & unlined examples, one on revenue-stamped paper. (5) (Image)

YORKSHIRE 1826-49 covers incl. single-ring mileage marks (7) - one at the 1oz rate, single and double arc c.d.s in red or blue, corrected rate, railway shares document & circular 'YORK 1D PAID' item. (11) (Image)

1709 entire from London to Tynemouth addressed to Her Majesty's Ship 'Squirrel' riding at Tinnmouth (Tynemouth), bears London Bishop Mark of 17th Feb, received at North Shields on 20th Feb with message written from Richard Pinkin and then carried to Edinburgh. 1784 entire from the Low Lights, North Shields to Newcastle, rated 'I' struck on reverse (56 x 7mm) 'N.SHIELDS' weak strike. (2) (Image)

1780 entire from Sir John Hassey Deleval at Seaton Deleval on 22nd Aug to Barnard Castle, Durham rated 3d, reverse bears (56x7mm) strike of N.SHIELDS, 1782 entire from Chirton to Darlington rated 9d, reverse bears (53x6mm) strike of N.SHIELDS, 1782 another entire from Chirton to Darlington showing damage to the cancel - missing the final 'S' of Shields, rated 3d, 1788 entire to Newcastle rated 2d bears on reverse (50x88mm) N.SHIELDS. Scarce group. (4) (Image)

1866-1901 North Shields to Norway range of covers (6) incl. 1869 letter to Norway via Belgium, Prussia & Denmark, rated 8d (6d Pl.9 & 1d reds Pl.111), tied N.Shields duplexes, large red '5' accountancy mark, 1877 entire to Grimstad rated 5d, franked 2½d rosy mauve Pl.7, pair tied N.Shields duplex, 1906 triple weight cover to Skien from S.S. Havilde docked in N.Shields, franked pair + single KEVII 2½d, tied N.S c.d.s's for Aug 16th, reverse Skien arrival on 19th Aug. (6) (Image)

1796 entire to Newcastle rated 2d, bearing undated circular (Horseshoe Type 614) NORTH SHIELDS. 1798 entire to Newcastle with undated circular cancel (Type 615) rated 3d, 1799 entire to Birmingham bearing the same cancel used one year later showing excessive wear to the cancel, rated 8d, 1798 entire 'Missent to North Shields' sent to Newcastle, Durham bearing undated circular cancel of North Shields with 'Missent to' in red ink in the centre rated 8d. (4) (Image)

1801 entire to Northallerton bearing s/line NORTH.SHIELDS (dot between North & Shields) rated 6d, 1801 another entire from Monkseaton to Alnwick shows the cancel without a dot, rated 5d, 1802 entire to Alnwick bearing SHIELDS.N/286 (35x11mm) rated 5d, 1806 entire to Alnwick bearing N.SHIELDS/283 (36.5 x 4.5mm) endorsed Post Paid & Not Paid, rated 6d, 1808 entire to Alnwick bearing mileage mark N-SHIELDS/283 (40x4.5mm) the underlining only runs across the top of 283 and not underneath, rated 6d and endorsed Post Paid, a further entire to London showing the same strike rated one shilling. (6) (Image)

1811-25 North Shields circular mileage marks on entires of 1811 to Hereford rated 1 shilling, 1814 from General Orde at Tynemouth to Alnwick (Type 619), a similar entire from General Orde at Tynemouth to Alnwick with (Type 619), 1816 entire to Union Insurance in Norwich with (Type 620) rated 3/3d, 1820 front to Newcastle with (Type 621) mark rated 2d, 1823 entire from Tynemouth to Alnwick with (Type 622), mark struck on reverse also bears N.Shields 'Too Late' h/stamp, 1825 entire to London with (Type 623) 'Post Paid' 1/-.(7) (Image)