1840s TO KGVI MIX - a small box containing a mostly Staffs. 1840s to KGVI mixture, inc. useful QV PCs with a good range of duplexes, a few pages with QV-KGV parcel labels etc. The non Staffordshire includes a small group of Wembley covers and a group of KGVI airmail covers. (Qty.) (Image)

LANE-DELPH, COBRIDGE & GREAT HAYWOOD - 1848/55/90 RARE NUMERAL TRIO - 17 Feb. 1848 E to Macclesfield franked with poor 1d red cancelled with 552 numeral of Lane-Delph; 4 Sep. 1855 E to Newcastle Staffs franked with 2d blue plate 5 pair cancelled with 550 numerals of Cobridge (Parmenter notes earliest currently as 7 May 1858); and 11 Oct. 1890 ½d PC (spike hole) cancelled with C.20 3VOS of Great Haywood. All rated G or H by Parmenter. (3)Cross Reference: CANCELLATIONS (Image)

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME - 1709-1839 group of mail inc. Jan. 1709/10 EL to Liverpool endorsed 'Post pd 2d' and with fine and rare 'N.CASTLE UL', 1748 E to London with fine and rare 3-line 'NEW/CASTLE/UNDER', 1766? E to London with 'NEWCASTLE/UNDER LINE' & Bishop mark, 1804 EL to Lincs with good 'UNDER LINE/NEWCASTLE' type E, etc. (32) (Image)

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME - 1781-1857 group of E/ELs inc. 1805 EL with scarce boxed mileage, 1813 E to Edinburgh with red circular "TOO LATE", 1813 EL to Edinburgh carried on the last mailcoach before the introduction of the Additional ½ Tax, 1817-38 group of 5th Clause mail (7), 1835 EL from Rathowen via Dublin to Cheadle with rare red "MISSENT TO/NEWCASTLE.U.L", 1843/47 Es with different Pd1 UPP marks & 1845/47 Es with different '2' marks, etc. Good lot. (44 items)Cross Reference: LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL, FREE MAIL, MISSENT MAIL (Image)

STOKE & LANE END/LONGTON - 1840s-90s GROUP ON PAGES - Stoke inc. 1858 env. (faults) to Newcastle Staffs franked with 1857 1d reds (2) cancelled with Stoke spoons, undated ½d wrapper cancelled with rare 547 3VOS (H* rated by Parmenter) and range of various duplexes inc. 1885/90 pair of ½d PCs cancelled with unlisted (by Parmenter) 547 duplex with double side arcs at left and single at right. Oct. 1847 env. to Macclesfield franked with 1d red cancelled with 553 numeral of Long End (E rated) and later group of 553 Longton mail and pieces. (29 + 19 pieces)Cross Reference: SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., CANCELLATIONS (Image)