1850 ATTRACTIVE LEEDS COVER - 19 Dec. 1850 to KENDAL (cds on the front, along with part MANCHESTER transit) franked very fine four margin 1d red, MD plate 71 with superb double letter D, paying the postage, plus 2d blue TG-TI plate 4 strip of three (TH re-entry), shaved along the base, enormous margin at top, all tied by 447 numerals, LEEDS cds on the top flap. Fine cover. Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES (Image)

QV-KEVII REGISTERED LETTERS ENVS., ETC. 1901-1903: A binder containing mail mounted on pages addressed to inland and overseas destinations inc. a very well used ½d Post Office postal stationery post card with variety of QV & KEVII ½d & 1d stamps (15 in total) tied with postmarks (registered & otherwise) for Leamington Spa, Manchester, Leeds, Kelvedon, London (various), Scunthorpe, Birmingham, Luton, and (finally?) Leigh (the last address applied); plus others to Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Sweden, USA, and inland destinations, inc. stamped to order envs. Mainly collected for quality postmarks. (43) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

ADVICE OF DELIVERY FORMS KEVII-QEII: A set of 6 'AR Forms' for letters dated between 1912-1956. All complete but with signs of usage and filing. Inc. a form issued in 1912 at Tiverton with a 2d KEVII stamp affixed, received in Bampton, with fine cds's (hole in top left, some tone spots), and an undamaged (some creases) form issued in Islington in 1943 with two 1½d KGV stamps affixed, delivered to Hatfield. Seldom seen administration documents for the collector of registered post. (Image)

1914-38 RANGE INC. UNUSUAL TYPES - inc. 1920 env. used in London with 'London, F.S.' etiquette (unusual inland use): hotel postmark range with Hotel Cecil & Langham Hotel London types plus 1916 3d brown reg. env. ex Midland Hotel Manchester uprated with 3d violet for express delivery; sample/book post trio of address panels inc. 1928 to Kaiser Wilhelm in exile in Holland with 2d, 5d & 1/- sideface issues; and very unusual 1914/19 trio of cards sent sent reg. inc. to France. Generally good to fine. (30)Cross Reference: EXPRESS, ADVERTISING COVERS, ROYALTY (Image)

KGV TO KGVI REGISTERED MAIL: Range from 1917-55 inc. 1929 4½d Size K env. to Japan via Siberia uprated 5d + 2d; 1949 5½d env. to USA but returned to sender with purple "FRAUDULENT/Mail to this address returned/by order of Postmaster General" and "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER" handstamps; and 1950s 8½d size K env. to England from HMS Glory, uprated 3d + 2½d. Also inc. a small handful of items with censor marks and tape. Mostly internal but with some foreign destinations such as Austria, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, South Africa and USA. (hundreds) (Image)