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GREAT BRITAIN COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY continued...

London - "Royal" Cancels continued...
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
276 image1883-94 Pieces with V.R hooded circle datestamps with codes A-E, 1894 piece bearing 2½d + 5d pair with "A" code datestamps, 1½d with "B" code and 1d lilac pieces with "C", "D" and "E" codes, "D" code rare, the "E" code the only recorded example. (5). Photo on Page 36. (Image1)

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
277 image1882-91 Stamps (35) and pieces (4) with V.R hooded circle cancels, including 1887 2½d pair on large piece (Osborne crest), 1880-83 4d brown plate 18, 1/- orange-brown plate 13 and 14, 1884 4d green, 1887 10d, datestamps with code "A" (7), inverted "A" (2), "B" (21), sideways "B" (5), or "C" (4), eight with month before day, the rest with day before month. (39). Photo on Page 130. (Image1)

Est. £160-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
278 1882 (Nov 21) Large cover to Dunstable with 1d lilac pair each cancelled by V.R hooded circle datestamp code "B", a very early use (the 12th recorded day of use) showing month before day, two light horizontal file folds.

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
279 1883 (Jan 11) Mourning cover from Col. Paul Methuen to his fiancee in Wellington, 1d lilac tied by five V.R hooded circle datestamps with sideways "B" code (day before month), also three single stamps with the sideways "B" code datestamp. (4).

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
280 1883 (Aug 14) Commercial cover from Charles Double Co. to Crewkerne with 1d lilac pair perfined "C.D" (double perfin on left stamp) each cancelled by V.R hooded circle datestamps, code "B", small fault at left corner but unusual. Also code "B" cancels on single 1d lilacs with "I&R/M" perfins (2), and code "C" cancel on 2d with Board of Trade perfin. (4).

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
281 image1883 (Aug 20) 1d Pink envelope to Wales with V.R hooded circle datestamp code "C", unusual on postal stationery, exceptionally fine quality. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
282 1883 War Office envelopes to the Isle of Skye or to Lady Laverton at Woolbeding near Midhurst, both franked 1d with V.R hooded circle datestamps, code "A" or sideways "B", the code "A" cover with minor faults, sideways "B" cover extremely fine. (2).

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
283 1883-84 Long covers all with commercial company names and addresses on the flap, franked 1d (2) or 1½d, all with V.R hooded circle datestamps, code "B". Unusual uses of this datestamp on mail with no official or royal origin. (3).

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
284 1883 (Oct 25) Cover with royal arms and "Government House" embossed on the flap, to Lady Reay in Scotland, 1d lilac cancelled by V.R hooded circle datestamp with sideways "C", scarce.

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
285 1883-84 Covers addressed to Lord or Lady Reay in London (2) or Scotland franked 1d, two with royal arms above "Government House" embossed on the flap in blue, the third cover with royal arms in red (initialled "H.R" by the sender), all with V.R hooded circle cancels, one with unclear code, the others with codes "C" or sideways "C", the last scarce. (3).

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
286 1884 (Aug 23) Long O.H.M.S cover from the Secretary of State's office to Paris franked 5d green, VR hooded circle cancel code "B", unusual on this stamp.

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
287 1884 (Apr 7) Mourning cover with "Marlborough House / Pall Mall S.W" flap franked 1d to C. Dyson, Abbotsroyd, Halifax, cancelled by V.R hooded circle datestamp code "D". The enclosed letter, on Marlborough House notepaper, written by Francis Knollys thanking Dyson for his letter of sympathy and condolence sent to the Prince & Princess of Wales following the death of the Prince's brother Leopold. The "D" code datestamp rare on cover.

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
288 1889 (Mar 2) Cover with "Privy Purse Office / Buckingham Palace" printed flap, signed by Henry Ponsonby, addressed to Brighton franked 1d, V.R hooded circle datestamp code "A". The enclosed letter, from Ponsonby on Privy Purse notepaper, thanks Miss Halsted for her petition to the Queen but regrets Her Majesty is unable to contribute to the fund being raised for St. Georges parochial work at Kemptown.

Est. £100-120

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
289 image1890 (Jan 27) Mourning cover addressed in Queen Victoria's handwriting to "Mrs Drummond, Magginch Castle, Errol, Perthshire, Scotland", signed "The Q" in the corner, a 1d lilac cancelled by VR hooded circle datestamp code "A", flap missing, otherwise a fine cover from The Queen. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
290 image1908 (Jan 29) Cover with "Clarence House / St. James's S.W" printed flap, addressed to "Miss Adam, Alta Chiara, Porto Fino, Genoa, Italy", initialled in the corner, franked KEVII 2½d cancelled "LONDON / E.R" hooded circle code "A". Fine and rare, the latest recorded example of this E.R datestamp of which no more than half a dozen examples are recorded in total. Photo on Inside Front Cover. (Image1)

Est. £1,000-1,500

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
291 image1914 (Apr 17/18) Cover with proof impressions of seven London E.C cancels or handstamps comprising London E.C Krag machine, 1d Paid and Official Paid datestamps in red, "E.C / 2d" charge mark and boxed "Found Loose / at G.P.O., E.C" (2 strikes), and "LONDON / G.R" hooded circle datestamp code "A". This datestamp is recorded in the E.C proof impression book dated 9 August 1910 "for use on The Kings mail" but is not recorded on a postally used cover, this proof strike the only example known to us. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)

Est. £400-500

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
Station "Late Box" Cancels
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
292 1884-1911 Covers (2), pieces (3) and stamps (24) comprising 1900 cover to London with 1d lilac tied by Manchester Sta. 2.15PM cancel and 1902 cover to London with KEVII 1d tied by Liverpool Sta. 2PM cancel, 1898 piece bearing ½d + 1d + 4d + 1/- pair with Liverpool Sta. cancels, 1895 ½d on piece with very scarce Leeds Station cancel, and other stamps and pieces with cancels of Manchester Sta. (12, one on KEVII 5/-), Liverpool Sta. (9) or Bradford Sta. (4), an interesting study. (29).

Est. £200-250

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
293 Liverpool Sta. 1889-90 Cover franked 2½d + 3d (perfin "LFB" of L.F Bahr) and 1d postcard franked ½d, both to Germany, each with two strikes of the Liverpool Sta. Late Box hooded circle cancel. (2).

Est. £150-180

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
294 Liverpool Sta. 1888-99 Covers with Liverpool Sta. Late Box hooded circle cancels, the 1888 cover to Germany franked 2½d + 3d (perfin "LFB" of L. F Bahr), the 1899 cover to London franked 1d, 2PM time shown in the 1899 cancel. (2).

Est. £120-150

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
295 Manchester Sta. 1887-88 6d + 1/- or 4d + 2d P.T.P.O postal stationery envelopes to France or Germany, both cancelled by Manchester Sta. Late Box hooded circle datestamps with a third strike alongside the embossed stamps, some minor faults. (2).

Est. £120-140

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
296 imageManchester Sta. 1901 (Oct 4) 1d postcard franked 1d pair (one with fault) and 2d, to Switzerland, the four stamps each cancelled by Manchester Sta. Late Box hooded circle datestamp with 2.15PM time, an unusual 4d late fee rate. Photo on Page 38. (Image1)

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
London - Late Fees
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
297 London E.C Branch Offices. 1884-1937 Covers and card (63), stamps and pieces (89), the detailed study in an album, the majority with "L1" or "Lld" above the date, others with "L", "LA", "LB or "L½d", comprising cancels from 47 Cannon St. (3 covers + 9 stamps/pieces), Eastcheap (8 covers + 7 stamps/pieces), Fenchurch St. (3 covers + 9 stamps/pieces), Fleet Street (4 covers + piece), 49 Fore St. (cover, scarce), Gracechurch St. (3 covers + 2 stamps), Leadenhall St. (9 covers + 14 stamps/pieces), Ludgate Circus (10 covers + 13 stamps/pieces), Mark Lane (3 covers + 11 stamps/pieces), Threadneedle St. (11 covers + 22 stamps/pieces), Throgmorton Avenue (8 covers + 1/- stamp block), a good lot with stamps to the 5/- value. (152).

Est. £600-700

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
298 London Foreign Section. 1926-36 Covers (20), stamps and pieces (6), various steel or rubber hooded circle datestamps with "L" above the date, some with codes "A" to "D" at base. (26).

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
299 London Foreign Section - W.L.O. 1900-26 Covers and cards with London F.S hooded circle datestamps containing W.L.O, steel single ring datestamps (3 covers/cards + 7 stamps/pieces) or rubber double ring datestamps (cover + 6 stamps/pieces), including 1900 cover to a soldier in South Africa with three 1d lilacs, 1902 cover to Barbados with KEVII ½d block of eight tied by violet rubber datestamps, etc., stamps include QV 2/6 (3) and KEVII 2/6 (2), an uncommon cancel. (17).

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.
London - Parcel Post
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
300 imageG.P.O London. 1884 (June 3) Postal Stores Department first type "Parcels Post" label franked 9d green Govt. Parcels overprint cancelled by the "G.P.O LONDON / PARCELS POST / DEPOT" hooded circle, code "A" above and below the date. Also similar cancel with codes "C" and "E" on a single 1/- orange-brown Govt. Parcels stamp, and 1897 Postal Stores Department parcel label with 6d purple Govt. Parcels tied by the second type "Parcel Post" hooded circle with lower code letter removed. The 1897 label with several faults, 1884 label a little clipped at right corners but otherwise fine and very scarce. (3). Photo on Page 42. (Image1)

Est. £150-200

CLOSED
Closing..Nov-05, 11:59 PM EST.

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