Argyll Etkin Ltd Sale

GREAT BRITAIN STAMPS continued...

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Est. £800-1,000

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1915 (Sep.) De La Rue appendix pages, the first headed "Specimens of Printing Inks" with "Italy 6/93-98" in pencil, the two pages bearing fourteen blocks of four and two blocks of three Minerva Head De La Rue dummy stamps all in differing colours, eight blocks in colours used for Italy stamps with values from Cmi 1 to Cmi 30 alongside, one block in the colour of the India 4a stamp with "4 Annas Green" alongside, the other blocks with "Bank Note Black", "Bank Note Buff", "Bank Note Blue", "Aniline Purple", "Geranium Combination", "Maroon" or "Receipt Purple" alongside. The two blocks with one stamp excised both with manuscript "1L Italy 19/3/24". Two unique pages from the De La Rue archives, 184x313mm. (62 stamps on 2 pages).

Est. £800-1,000

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1916 (Nov 1) De La Rue appendix page bearing four imperforate strips of three Minerva Head De La Rue dummy stamps, two strips in red and two in light blue, the stamps all with manuscript "Cancelled 19/10/16" and "Stephens", "Bitrio" or "Fields", one red strip and one blue strip showing unsuccessful attempts to remove the manuscript. Also two pieces attached with part background designs printed in green or purple, both endorsed "Specimen of ink sent to Calgone, offset ink". An interesting and unique page, part of De La Rue's experiments to test inks and the possible removal of cancels and reuse of stamps, 193x328mm.

Est. £300-350

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

GREAT BRITAIN POSTAL HISTORY

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1693 (May 4) Entire letter from the Earl of Westmoreland addressed "for Major Buffkin at Loose near Cocksheath", presumably carried by official messenger. The letter asks Buffkin to "joyne with us in ye servis of their majesties" by joining the Regiment of Foot commanded by Sir Thomas Roberts.

Est. £120-150

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Prestamp to QEII stamps and covers including c.1770 entire to the British Coffee House, 1881 cover franked Foreign Bill 1d, 1868 advertising cover for "The Howe Sewing Machine", 1848 entire franked 1d red and reposted at the 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee celebration at the Guildhall franked 1d lilac, 1855 Leith experimental duplex, 1860 cover to India franked 1d + 4d (2), other surface printed covers, royal covers, KEVIII and KGV covers, etc. Also some ephemera. (c.240).

Est. £200-300

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1745-1888 Post Office Notices (3), newspapers and Parliamentary Returns concerning ship or packet letters, the P.O Notices comprising 1854 Mails to Australia to be sent by the sailing vessel "James Baines" as the Screw Steam Shipping Co is unable to provide a steam vessel to carry the mails in December, 1880 Ship Letter rates to and from G.B, 1884 Brazil and River Plate resumption of regular mail service; also 1745 London Gazette containing a notice on the West Indies packet service, 1859 69 page Parliamentary Return on mails to and from British North America, etc. (13).

Est. £100-120

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Forwarding Agents. 1795-1845 Entire letters from or to G.B sent via forwarding agents, including 1820 letter from Liverpool to Rouen addressed via agents in Dover and Calais, 1811-13 letters from Spain to London both with Plymouth Ship Letter handstamps and endorsed by the Plymouth agents Fox & Sons or Gould & Oloez, 1808 letter to Oporto forwarded by Thomas Heather of Portsmouth, 1845 letter from a German ship in the North Sea forwarded by Edward Iggulden, Bremen Vice Consul in Deal, etc. (7).

Est. £140-160

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

c.1809-1929 Covers and cards, mainly 1d red covers, including 1812 free entire signed by George Canning, 1809 entire letter with red boxed "4PP of the Manchester Penny Post, 1839 4d Post period entire from Petworth to Midhurst prepaid 2d, etc., also a few later covers and some ephemera. (c.200).

Est. £100-150

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Ireland. 1826-57 Entire letters and entires with Paid handstamps (13), Dublin "2" charge mark and "POSTED SINCE 5PM / TN RECR / LAST NIGHT" duplex or Dublin signet ring datestamp, also 1885 card with Cork hooded circle datestamp. (16).

Est. £150-180

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

c.1830-1930 Covers (c.350) and picture postcards (c.600) in two boxes with postal stationery, 1d red covers, c.d.s and machine cancels, etc. (c.950).

Est. £120-150

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1843-55 Small size covers, the largest 12x7cm with some as small as 9½x4cm, all used with imperf 1d reds (15 with four margins), an unusual group. (22).

Est. £200-250

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1845-1970 Covers comprising 1845 G.P.O letter to New York requesting 1/- postage on a letter detained at the Inland Post-Office; 1847 G.P.O Remittance Letter of Acknowledgement posted to Canterbury; 1895 G.P.O letter to the Director of Posts in Montevideo sent with a returned A.R form; 1933 letter posted within London with unusual red unframed "DELAYED THROUGH BEING / POSTED IN A LETTER BOX / FOR "LONDON" LETTERS / PLEASE ADVISE SENDER" (with relevant P.O Notice); and 1970 (Mar 3) cover and letter posted at Stampex, delivered in July with enclosed slip "mail was stolen and has just been returned to us by the police". An interesting group. (6).

Est. £130-150

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Duplex Cancels. 1855-c.1900 Covers (c.125) and pieces, the covers including sideways duplexs (51), Scottish dotted duplexs (18), experimental duplexs (7) and "Posted Since" duplexs (2, also a datestamp), Worcester spoon, also hundreds of pieces in number order stuck into a large album. (100s).

Est. £250-300

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1856-71 Covers and entires (32) and pieces (26) with "Posted Since" duplex cancels or datestamps, the covers with handstamps of Edinburgh (25), Glasgow (2), Liverpool (4) or Dublin, a few faults though most are fine. (32+)

Est. £300-350

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Constantinople. 1859-1909 Entire letters or covers from G.B to Constantinople, the 1859 letter with 1/1 paid in cash and a 1d red applied to pay a late fee with arrival backstamp of the Austrian P.O, the others all with British P.O arrival backstamps, five 1865-71 letters franked 6d or 1/-. (9).

Est. £130-160

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Squared Circles. c.1883-1910 Picture postcards and a few covers all with squared circle cancels, provincial offices sorted alphabetically in a box (c.500), London head, branch and district offices in an album (104), all different, fine strikes with some scarcer offices. (c.600).

Est. £200-240

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1901-76 Returned Letter Office envelopes (24) and a front including 1901 large blue registered envelope with contents from Manchester, 1964 envelope with 1/9 charge for compulsory registration, 1913-16 London R.L.S registered envelopes, etc., also two Irish envelopes and a British R.L.O envelope used in Dominica in 1987, all identified by type from the Snelson and Galland book. (28).

Est. £150-180

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1902-11 Picture postcards with mainly KEVII stamps, all with double ring datestamps, sorted into alphabetical order in four boxes, apparently all different (c.1,650). Also an album with duplexs, squared circles, machines, etc. (c.1,350).

Est. £150-200

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1902-18 Picture postcards, mainly KEVII, all with single ring datestamps, a few rubbers and skeletons noted, in alphabetic order in two boxes, all apparently different. (c.1,000).

Est. £120-150

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Squared Circles. 1902-24 Picture postcards, virtually all KEVII, all with squared circle cancels sorted alphabetically in a box. (c.500).

Est. £100-120

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

c.1902-30 Picture postcards, used and unused (1,000+), also some modern and foreign cards, in five boxes. (1,000+++).

Est. £120-150

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

1902-c.1970 Covers and cards including maritime mail, postage dues, various unusual stamps and frankings, islands, etc. (c.620)

Est. £650-750

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.

Covers, maps and ephemera, including 1890 imitation Mulready Christmas card produced as a souvenir of the Penny Postage Jubilee (corner crease), House of Commons covers and cancels, a good range of antique maps of counties (122, also a few foreign maps), official souvenir book of the Franco-British Exhibition, forces mail in an album, 1891-1924 correspondence from a British army officer including 1920-22 covers from Ireland, etc. (100s).

Est. £200-250

Closing..Apr-09, 11:59 PM EST.