Postal History. 1887 ½d vermilion group of items, mostly Controls, all used save one. 1894 cover to New Brighton with very find Seacombe Liverpool squared circle; three Control pieces from the same correspondence (P 'block' of five, Q pair, O block of five with dot in oval under H); another P pair on cover; single uprating a ½d embossed envelope to Paris, twice taxed with two overlapping 30c Dues; front with advert for the Red Cross Night Light, to Dublin; three Control O items used on pieces, plus a mint strip, with and without wear to the jubilee line, and a Control P 'block' used on piece. SG 197 (Image)

Postal History. 1887 Jubilee eight covers, fronts or Parcel tags plus a wrapper. 1889 front to Ladysmith with 2d, 6d and 1/-, Leatherhead duplexes; 1887 postal stationery envelope to Germany, ½d vermilion and 1d lilac pair; 1887 mourning envelope to Anderson's Bay, NZ, pairs of 2½d lilac and ½d vermilion, some delamination; 1894 parcel tag to Geneva with 1/- dull green, Prescot CDS, fine; 1900 parcel tag to Switzerland with ½d blue-green (unoverprinted) and 40p on 2½d, Smyrna CDS; 1901 ½d blue-green unoverprinted on small envelope to Philadelphia, Smyrna CDS (unsealed letter rate); 1900 registered envelope to Philadelphia with nine ½d blue-greens, Albert Square Manchester CDSs; 1902 Queen Victoria In Memoriam card, sent on the day of her burial. The ½d wrapper bearing two additional ½d vermilion (one overlapping the top edge), to Lisbon. A good group (Image)

1887 Jubilee covers (7) plus a front and a piece. The covers all to overseas destinations: 1887 (very early, 26 JA) 2d, 2½d and 5d to Saxony; 1887 6d to Brisbane, again very early, JA 28; 1887 2d + 2½d lilac to Belgium; 1889 2½d to Boston; 1889 2½d x 3 to Pressburg, one stamp with damaged bottom frame, the indicium cut away and reinstated; 1898 4d to Lahore; 1912 4d registered to Alberta (very late indeed). Also blue linen piece with 6d + 1d lilac and 2/6d, to Berlin, and incoming front with Transvaal ½d to 6d VRI overprints plus GB 6d Jubilee to pay postage and registration, British Army S. Africa postmarks (Image)

1887 Jubilees five used items, three Parcel Post labels and two other pieces, The labels with 4½d pair, Thornhill obliterators; 1/- green and carmine pair (one slightly faded), Richmond cancels; another 1/- green and carmine pair plus 4d, indistinct parcel post roller, Upper Baker Street CDS alongside. The pieces with 1/- dull green block of four with Manchester double-ring parcel cancels, and 5d + 9d x 2 + 1/- green and carmine + 5/- rose, London E.C. parcel cancels. Some inevitable faults but a good group (Image)

Postal History. 1887 INLAND REGISTERED POST Certificate of Posting for an insured letter, bearing 2d Jubilee with the duty in the scarlet shade, tied by St George Street Edinburgh CDS of DE 7 87. Neat. RPS Certificate (1985). SG 199 (Image)

Postal History. 1887 INLAND REGISTERED POST Certificate of Posting for an insured letter, bearing 2d Jubilee with the duty in the scarlet shade, tied by St George Street Edinburgh CDS of DE 7 87; the next in sequence to the above. Neat. RPS Certificate (1985). SG 199 (Image)

Postal History. 1887-1901 machine cancels on Jubilees. ½d vermilion vertical pair on piece with fine strike of Hoster machine for March 8th 1887; 1899 ½d vermilion pieces with Bickerdike No. 2 and Boston No. 2 machines, and a cover with Boston No. 2; matched pairs of ½ds vermilion and blue-green with Liverpool Boston Nos. 3 and 4 on pieces; 1900 ½d vermilion (printed rate) cover with Liverpool Bickerdike No. 1, and another printed matter cover (1901) with ½d blue-green, Liverpool Bickerdike No. 1 (Image)

Postal History. 1887 registered postal stationery envelope to Lubeck bearing ½d (deep) vermilion and 2d with the duty shade being scarlet, or close to it. The 2d exhibits a very thick left frameline, matched with a single stamp in the carmine shade with the same variety. The envelope is philatelic in origin (unopened), and the shade is offered on its merits (Image)

1887 registered cover (8¾ x 4") to Southend with two 2d green and scarlet, each tied by oval Registered/WCDO cancel of 31 JA 87. Roughly opened at left and with some peripheral wrinkles. SG 199 (Image)

Postal History. 1887 1/- dull green, three usages on cover or front. 1896 registered front to Braemar. 1/- sole franking, Leek duplex JY 24, minor staining; 1898 Bright & Co printed envelope registered to Graca & Co in Hong Kong (correspondence between stamp dealers) with 1/- and 5d Jubilee, Bournemouth ovals 1 DE, some wrinkling; and sole franking on rather stained blue envelope (8½ x 4") to Greece. SG 214 (Image)

Postal History. 1888 registered envelope to Paris bearing 9d Jubilee, and 1d lilac vertical strip of three, overlapping the edge with two stamps fully on reverse, paying 2d registration plus 10d postage. Gracechurch Street registered cancels of JUL 2. Myerscough business label on reverse. Somewhat soiled and wrinkled but a good usage of the 9d. SG 209 (Image)

Postal History. 1889 registered cover to Copenhagen with ½d and 4d, Bath CDSs of MR 4; the 4d is a full side-marginal example showing no marginal rule, from the second Setting. The selvedge has also had a full CDS applied; unusual on cover. The ½d has a small part of the bottom selvedge at base, showing considerable damage to the jubilee lines. SG 197, 205a (Image)

Postal History. 1889 1d UPU card to Heilbronn with ½d Jubilee (added as a Late Fee charge), with two strikes of the Liverpool Station/Late Box hooded cancel (Die II) of NO 30. Difficult on full card or cover. Light creasing at lower right corner. SG 197 (Image)

Postal History. 1891 philatelic registered cover to Copenhagen bearing ½d and 4d Jubilee, each cancelled by Cardiff squared circle of Fe 9. The 4d is a corner example with full margins, showing continuous jubilee lines from the third Setting. Unusual. SG 197, 205a (Image)

Postal History. 1891 1d pink registered envelope to Bulgaria bearing Jubilee 2d and 3d vertical bisects and 4d (this entire). London registered oval cancels of 17 FE. Possibly with a further adhesive removed to the left of the indicium. The bisects were not challenged. Appropriate backstamps. Some slight staining but very unusual. SG 200, 203, 205 (Image)

Postal History. 1894 private postcard (3½ x 2½") from Usk to Felixstowe with ½d vermilion, tied by Usk duplex of SP 1, the first day on which the use of private postcards was permitted. Felixstowe arrival of SP 3 also on front. Rare. With copy of the relevant passage from the Post Office Circular. SG 197 (Image)

Postal History. 1894 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARCEL POST Certificate of Posting, bearing 2½d Jubilee vertical pair with St John Street Rd CDSs of SE 7, paying the 5d insurance fee to Roseau, Dominica. Minor faults but an unusual survivor, on flimsy paper. SG 201 (Image)

Postal History. 1894 envelope and card to Galesburg, USA and Mainz respectively. The envelope with 2½d cancelled by London hooded circles, MacKay Fig. 1390, Oc 24; the card (printed card + ½d vermilion) with a different Type (not illustrated in MacKay). Neither cancel is common (Image)

Postal History. 1894 cover from Bradford to the Thomas Cook Office in Bergen, Norway bearing ½d and 2d Jubilees, Bradford squared circle of JY 11 94. Several times redirected, presumably following the addressee on a tour, with a splendid range of CDSs front and back, boxed UNCLAIMED, etc, finally being returned to Bradford NO 6 94. SG 197, 200 (Image)

Postal History. 1895 printed cover from Manchester to Switzerland, the postage paid by 2d and 3d Jubilees and a ½d added for the Late Fee. Cancelled by individual strikes of the Late Box hooded datestamp (without year slug and with large space between OC and 19). Zurich arrival of 20 x 95 on reverse. SG 197, 200, 203 (Image)

Postal History. 1895 and 1898 Parcel tags bearing 2d and 4½d Jubilees, used to Dr Joseph Kidd in London. The 2d with Budleigh Salterton CDS and the 4½d with a fancy London datestamp of 1895, each with a little staining. SG 200, 206 (Image)

1900 ½d blue-green block of nine on a registered envelope from Charing Cross to Budapest, cancelled 17 AP 00, the First Day of Issue. The envelope with a crease below the stamps; Budapest arrival on reverse. SG 213 Stated to be the largest multiple of any Queen Victoria stamp used on its day of issue, with the outstanding exception of the famous block of ten 1d blacks used on May 6 1840 (Image)

Postal History. 1900 Size K registered envelope from Liverpool to Leipzig bearing 1/- green and carmine pair, plus ½d blue-green and 3d, tied by Liverpool Exchange datestamps of 17 OC. The envelope opened out for display, folded and with some wear; the 1/- pair with some wrinkles, but good colour. The total franking is 2/5½d indicating that it weighed above 5.5oz. Unusual and scarce multiple on cover and an early date. SG 214 Illustrated by Brauers in his book 'Scarce Victorian Postage Stamps of Great Britain on Cover', page 166 (Image)

Postal History. 1900-1 group of covers/cards with Jubilee stamps to overseas destinations. 1900 ppc (garden at Buckingham Palace) with SG 213 pair to Tokyo; registered envelope to Hamburg with ½d vermilion, 1½d and 2½d pair added, boxed LATE FEE; ½d blue-green pair on postcard to Switzerland, 10c and 20c Dues added; 1901 envelope to Copenhagen, redirected to Bergen, with ½d blue-green and 1d lilac pair, and registered envelope to Angers redirected to Lire with ½d blue-green and 4d (Image)

Postal History. 1901 envelope to The Engineering Magazine, Paris, bearing Jubilee 2d, 6 and 1/- green and carmine, tied by indistinct London duplexes. Backflap mostly missing, faint fold and some reasonable wear, a good cover with the 1/-. SG 200, 208, 214 (Image)