PRE-STAMP & STAMPLESS MAIL INC. NAPOLEONIC PERIOD; Range on leaves inc. 1666 Merchant's EL to Antwerp ex Amsterdam with Isaac Manwich 'IM/of A' merchant's symbol on front, 1797 EL to Schiedam endorsed 'Per Schuit van 3 uren' (by the barge of 3 hours), 1812 E to Hoeven with "93/BREDA" h.s. on front, 1813 E to Vorrburg with (119/ROTTERDAM" h.s. on front, 1825 EL to London with "AMST/*ER/*DAM" star h.s. on front, 1843 E to Rotterdam with "Na Posttych" (Too Late), 1862 env. to Winkel with framed "ARNHEM." h.s. and "N.R.SPOORWEG" (TPO) d.s. on front and other related items. (21 covers) Cross Reference: SHIPS/SHIPPING, TOO LATE MARKS, TRAVELLING POST OFFICES, EARLY LETTERS (Image)

17TH/18TH CENTURY 3 STUIVERS MARKS; Trio with 25 Dec. 1687 EL to Amsterdam ex The Hague with "[Posthorn]/R/3S" h.s. on front, 1702 EL to Amsterdam ex Rotterdam with "[Posthorn]/R/3S" h.s. on front and 1783 EL to Amsterdam ex The Hague with "'s Haage" h.s. on rear and two strikes of the "[Posthorn]/H/3S" h.s. on front to indicate the double rate and scarce thus. (3 covers) Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, CHRISTMAS/RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS (Image)

18th/19th CENTURY PRE-STAMP MAIL; Range on leaves in binder inc. 1726 EL (merchant's letter with embossed wafer seal on rear) to Lucca ex Amsterdam, 1734 EL to Leyden ex Copenhagen rated '7' on front, 1770 EL to Bordeaux ex Amsterdam with "D'HOLLANDE" h.s. on front, 1788 EL to Murgon ex Ghent with circular "G" h.s. on front, 1821 E to Haarlem with "UTRECHT" h.s. on front and "NA POSTTYD/den" h.s. (Too Late) on rear, 1825 EL to Oporto with "AMSTERDAM" (stars under "T" and "R") and "P.P." h.s. on front, 1831 EL to Morlaix ex Bassilie with "ARMEE DU NORD/QUARTIER GAL" h.s. on front with Pothion (Paris) expertising mark on rear and other related examples. (47 covers) Cross Reference: LATE FEE MAIL, BELGIUM (Image)

19th CENTURY MAIL BY CANAL & STEAM BOATS; Quartet with Mar. 1780 E to Haarlem ex Delft endorsed 'Post Paid to Leiden' 'With the Barge of Half Past One from Delft', 1786 EL to Overeen ex Amsterdam endorsed to travel on the 3pm barge, 1842 E to The Hague ex Rotterdam endorsed to travel on the barge of 1.30pm and a c1840 folded E in the form of an env. to the Hague with printed 'Spoorweg en Stoomboot'/EXPEDITIE/KOENS/S'HAGE' label affixed to rear. (4 covers) Cross Reference: HORSES, SHIPS/SHIPPING (Image)

SCARCE VOC MARKING ON MAIL TO BATAVIA; c1800 (undated) E (part red wax seal on rear) to Batavia ex Amsterdam?, endorsed on rear 'J.H.P.Manner/Haarlem' with fancy circular "VOC/6(stuivers)" marking of the Verenigde Oostind Compagnie on front. Fine example. Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS COLONIES, INDONESIA (Image)

1852-63 USED GROUP OF VALUES - various plates and shades, with 5c blue (6 plus a pair and on 1861 E used locally in Amsterdam), 10c carmine (10 and on 1861 E Roermond to Amsterdam) and 15c yellow-orange (5 plus a pair), generally fine four-margin examples. Attractive lot; minimum SG £2200+. (25 items) (Image)

1864-71 USED COLLECTION INC. COVERS - neatly presented on pages, with 1864 group of values inc. 10c rose pair on 1864 E to Vienna & 15c orange (2), 1867-71 die I values complete to 25c purple & 50c gold and die II various perfs. to 20c green plus a group of covers inc. 1871 E to Bordeaux franked with 20c green. (53 items) (Image)