RARE COMPLETE GREEN WRAPPER: A "REGISTERED LETTER" wrapper (corner & edge faults) for Postmasters to enclose registered mail with a fine "EAST GRINSTEAD/MR22/1849/A" double arc hs on back flap with similar on form (on reverse of wrapper) along with 2 red London "E1/21MR21/1849" cds's but form not completed. A rare & very attractive item. Cross Reference: SUSSEX (Image)

SUSSEX - RARE REGISTERED 2d BLUE EMBOSSED POSTAL STATIONERY ENVELOPE; Jan. 1849 usage of a large part 2d Blue env. (front plus top flap; very scarce used anyway) from "WOR[THING]" (part c.d.s. on flap) to Godalming cancelled by an unclear "923" numeral with red manuscript "Registered 6" (paid in cash) on the front. The only such 1840s registered 2d envelope usage that we can recall having seen. Rare in any condition. Also 13 Mar. 1869 1d pink env. to London uprated 4d, cancelled by a Worthing 923 Duplex, with "REGISTERED/S.E.D.O." h.s. on front and same mark on rear, stamped on arrival. (2 covers)Cross Reference: SUSSEX, POSTAGE DUE LABELS (Image)

RARE REGISTERED LETTER LABEL; 21 Aug. 1855 EL to London franked 6d Embossed cut-to-shape & 2d Blue with b/n cancels and tied by "REGISTERED/G.P.O" d.s. and with "WHITEHAVEN" double-arc d.s. also on front. Rare printed experimental Cumberland red 'REGISTERED LETTER' label affixed - four examples believed to exist. Important example of registered mail. Ex Sussex. Cross Reference: CUMBERLAND, EMBOSSED ISSUES (Image)

1856 COVER WITH BURTON UPON TRENT SPOON CANCELS - Sep. 1856 legal-sized env. to Brighton franked 2d blue plate 5 LC14 strip of four, AA-AD (AA corner fault), tied by uncommon "BURTON UPON TRENT" spoons and oval "REGISTERED/M/G.P.O." ds, London and BRIGHTON cds on the back.Cross Reference: SUSSEX, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., STAFFORDSHIRE (Image)