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GREAT BRITAIN COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY continued...

Naval Mail - The Colin Tabeart RDP Collection continued...
Lot Symbol Descrip Opening
401 Free Franks. 1795-1832 Entire letters (3) and an entire posted as free franks to or from naval ships, comprising 1795 (Jan 23) letter from John Graham, cook on H.M.S "Sceptre" at Plymouth, posted from Plymouth Dock to "J. Bedenfield, Paymaster of His Majestys Navy Office, London" requesting payment of money left to Graham in the will of a fellow sailor John Garland; 1798 entire from D.P. Coke in London to "Capt Adam, H.M.S Albatross, Spithead"; 1818 (Nov 8) letter franked by the Bishop of Salisbury, posted from Teignmouth to "Lieut Bridges, H.M.S Tonnant, Cove, Cork", with letters from the Bishop, Bridges sister and other copy letters; 1832 (Nov. 7) part letter from Winthrop Praed in London to "Capt Sir George Young R.N, H.M.S Rover, In the Downs". (4).

Est. £150-200


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
402 1797 (Aug 28) Entire letter from Lt. J.S Smith of the Royal Marines on H.M.S "Monarch" at the Texel, posted at Yarmouth, Norfolk to London charged 1/9. The "Monarch" was the flagship of Admiral Sir Richard Onslow, then blockading the Dutch Fleet in the Texel; on October 11th the British defeated the Dutch at the Battle of Camperdown.

Est. £100-120


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
403 1808-13 Orders all to Robert Mitford, commanding H.M Sloop "Espoir"; comprising 1808 (Oct. 27) order from Admiral Sir Alexander Ball "on the Trident at Malta" ordering Mitford to proceed to Palermo, escort three supply vessels to Port Mahon then rendezvous with Admiral Collingwood; 1809 (June 14) order from Admiral Sir George Martin "on the Canopus in the Gulf of St. Eufemia" ordering Mitford to rendezvous with the "Alceste" and Sicilian frigates and transports near Stromboli, deliver an order to Capt. Maxwell then proceed to Ischia; 1809 (Nov. 15) order from Capt. John West on the "Excellent Palermo Bay" requesting Mitford get his ship repaired at Malta as quickly as possible but if caulkers are otherwise engaged proceed to Palermo Bay; 1810 (Nov 20) order from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton on "San Josef, Mahon" warning against enterprises where ships cannot offer support or where the object to be gained does not justify the risk of lives to be incurred; 1811 (Aug 18) order from Capt. G.H Dundas on H.M.S "Euryalus" to proceed with letters to Toulon then return off Talavera; 1813 (June 25) order from Admiral J.N Linzee on "San Juan Gibraltar" to Mitford on H.M.S "Minstrel" conveying a bag of Admiralty letters to Mitford to be landed at the first port in England; also an 1811 bill of lading for seven boxes containing 19,500 Spanish Pillar Dollars shipped from Gibraltar to Malta in the "Espoir". An interesting lot with some notable signatures. (7).

Est. £350-500


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
404 Frees/Sir Evan Nepean. 1803 (Feb 18) Entire with partly printed heading and address "On His Majesty s Service" and "Out-Pensioner of Greenwich Hospital" with "Admiralty Office, Evan Nepean" in the lower corner, addressed to "Thos Bayne, care of Thos De Saumarez, His Majestys Attorney General, Island of Guernsey" and signed "W. Gimber", red Free datestamp. Also a 1793 Bill of Exchange signed by Nepean, and 1793 receipt for 18/- paid "to Mr Delafontaine going to different Public Houses by order of Mr Nepean to trace out seditious clubs &c 3 days trouble". In 1793 Nepean was Under Secretary of State for the Home Office where one of his responsibilities was to gather intelligence; he was Secretary to the Admiralty 1785-1804 and later Governor of Bombay. (3).

Est. £120-150


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
405 imageBaltic Fleet. 1809 (Oct 2) Entire letter from Presteigne to "Capt. Joseph Baker, H.M.S Tartar, In the Baltic, via Gothenburg", endorsed "Post Paid to Harwich" with 10d postage prepaid, marked "2/2 charged", red London Paid datestamp, carried on the extra packet "Amity" from Harwich. A long interesting letter from Baker s wife and a scarce item to the Baltic fleet; accompanying notes give details of various ships captured by the "Tartar" under Capt. Baker, and the Battle of Anholt where over 550 Danish troops were captured or killed with the Transports captured by "Tartar". Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £150-180


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
406 India. 1812 (June 1) Entire from London to "Dr Roxburgh, Botanist to Hon. Company, Botanic Gardens near Calcutta, p. H.M.S Stirling Castle", sent free of British postage, backstamped boxed "Inld Ptge (15) / Ship Do (8)"; and 1825 (July 21) entire letter from Madras to London "p. H.M.S Tees" with oval "MADRAS / SHIP LETTER" datestamp and red boxed India Letter Portsmouth, file folds. (2).

Est. £150-200


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
407 1814 Entire letters from Lt. I. Brown on H.M.S "Royal George" at Port Mahon, or from H.M.S "Elizabeth" at Gibraltar, both with oval "SHIP LETTER / (crown) / PORTSMOUTH", the Gibraltar letter unusually disinfected with two chisel slits, charged 1/4 to Yorkshire (1/- inland + 4d ship letter, a late use of the 4d rate). (2).

Est. £120-150


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
408 1814-29 Letters including 1816 letter from Cape Town to Scotland "per H.M Brig Julia" hand carried; 1816 letter posted at Teignmouth to "Lt. George Bridges, H.M.S Tonnant, Cove of Cork"; 1825 letter posted at Linlithgow to a Midshipman on H.M.S "Magnificent" at Portsmouth; 1825 letter posted at Bath to a Midshipman on H.M.S "Sappho" at Halifax, Nova Scotia; 1822 letter from George Smith at the Navy Office to James Turtle, Pilot, Gravesend, with red Paid c.d.s; also letters to Capt. John Nash (5 + account) or from Capt. Augustus Brine (14), etc. (27).

Est. £180-220


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
409 Royal Naval Asylum. 1819 (Feb 10) Entire letter posted in London to "Rev. Dr Clarke, Chaplain to the Prince Regent, R.N.A Greenwich" with interesting comments on the Prince Regent; and 1840 (Nov 24) entire letter about a former pupil seeking employment at sea, posted from Birmingham to "Captain Huskisson, Royal Navy Asylum, Greenwich" bearing a 1d black (four margins, crossed by a heavy file fold). (2).

Est. £100-120


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
410 1830-35 Entire letters (6) and an entire carried on or addressed to early naval steam ships, comprising 1833 letter from Minehead to "Charles B. Acland, H.M.S Firebrand, Dublin", twice redirected for free; 1833 Free entire from Maidenhead to "Captain Bastard, H.M.S Flamer, Woolwich"; and letters from Gibraltar (2, arc type "GIBRALTAR" in red or "GIBRALTAR / PAID" in black) or Lisbon (3) carried on H.M.S "Hermes", "Colombia", "Firebrand", "African" or "Tartarus". (7).

Est. £200-250


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
411 Admiral Napier. 1836 (Jan 3) Letter concerning a court action against Napier for money due for the hire of a ship when Napier commanded the Portuguese fleet, signed "Charles Napier, Count of Cape St. Vincent", to the Portuguese Envoy in London, with "Portsmouth / Py Post"; and 1847 order from Napier on H.M.S "St. Vincent" at Lisbon to Capt. Hall, H.M Steam Frigate "Dragon" to receive a Royal Marines Officer and servant from the "America". Napier became Commander of the Portuguese fleet of Queen Maria II in 1833, defeating the larger fleet of Don Miguel off Cape St. Vincent, being made an Admiral in the Portuguese Navy and Count of Cape St. Vincent. He re-entered Royal Navy service in 1840 leading the naval brigade in Egypt and in 1854 commanded the Baltic Fleet during the Crimean War. (2).

Est. £100-150


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
412 1840-52 Entire letters from Malta (3) or Alexandria to G.B or France, or G.B to Malta (2), all carried by Admiralty Mediterranean Packets "Volcano", "Alecto", "Banshee", "Polyphemus", "Merlin" or "Caradoc", another from a clerk in the Admiralty to H.M Ship Revenge, Mediterranean, privately carried on H.M.S "Medea". (7).

Est. £140-160


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
413 Admiral Lord Cochrane. 1842 (Jan 17) Letter from Lord Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald prepaid 1/- from London to "Hon Arthur Cochrane, H.M Ship Benbow, Malta, via Falmouth", concerning sending his sextant to Arthur on a man of war from Portsmouth and warning against getting into debt as his other sons have; and 1856 letter from Rio de Janeiro to Cochrane concerning his ongoing efforts to claim prize money from his time as C-in-C of the Brazilian and Chilean navies during their wars of independence in 1817-25. Also an 1861 letter from Rio de Janeiro to his friend Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell who served alongside Cochrane in the Brazilian navy, with "FR / 2F96c"Anglo-French accountancy mark, also concerning efforts to get paid for his service in Brazil. Cochrane served with distinction in the British, Chilean, Brazilian and Greek navies rising to Admiral in all services, helping to secure the independence of Chile, Peru and Brazil. (3).

Est. £200-240


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
414 Australasia. 1843 (Feb 4) Entire letter from W. McKew in Sydney ordering seeds and bulbs, to Eagle & Henderson, nurserymen, seedsmen and florists in Edinburgh, endorsed "p. H.M.S Favorite" with red "PAID SHIP LETTER / SYDNEY" datestamp and black "SHIP LETTER", carried to Rio de Janeiro where the mails were transferred to H.M.S "Malabar". Also an 1851 front from Melbourne to Auckland "p. Shamrock to Sydney" then carried on H.M.S "Calliope", Sydney Ship Letter and Auckland datestamps, faults. (2).

Est. £100-120


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
415 1847-53 Covers from G.B to Lieut. C.A Pascoe (son of Nelsons Flag Lt. at Trafalgar), comprising stampless 1847 cover from his father at Portsea prepaid 1/- in cash to H.M.S "Vulture", Hong Kong with double arc arrival backstamp; and two 1853 covers from Plymouth franked embossed 1/- (cut to shape) sent to Pascoe as Police Magistrate at Williams Town, Victoria. Pascoe served on H.M.S "Beagle" on a survey of north Australia in 1839, retiring from the navy in 1851 and moving to Victoria. (3).

Est. £180-220


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
416 1847-81 Covers (letters enclosed) to Theophilus Moultrie Kelsall comprising 1847 stampless cover from London to H.M.S President, Cape of Good Hope "By the ship Droanska via Liverpool" prepaid 8d with red "PAID SHIP LETTER / LONDON" datestamp and boxed "TO PAY" of Cape Town, 1857-59 covers all franked 6d from Fareham to H.M.S "Cumberland" at Rio de Janeiro, Devonport to H.M.S "Cumberland", S.E Coast of America, or Braintree to H.M.S "Phoebe" at Naples, also later covers to H.M.S "Cressy" at Sheerness, coastguard at Ramsgate (2) or in Devon. The two covers to South America sent at the 6d Officers concession rate. (8)

Est. £160-180


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
417 1849-81 Covers to naval ships comprising 1849 stampless cover from Worcester to "Charles Sidebottom (late of H.M.S Mutine), H.M.S Ardent, Naples", much redirected, various British and Sardinian handstamps including large "SCARTO"; 1860 cover from Swansea to "Commander W. Cecil de Vere, H.M.S Agamemnon, Naples" with 1d + 4d + 6d paying the 11d rate via Marseille; and 1881 cover from Bromley to "Commander A.A.C Parr, H.M.S Inconstant, Cape of Good Hope" franked 6d, the "Inconstant" diverted from the Falkland Islands to the Cape due to the First Boer War arriving after hostilities had ended. (3).

Est. £120-150


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
418 1851-1900 Covers, cards, letters and ephemera including official Admiralty envelopes to H.M.S "Tiger" or "Blenheim"; 1852 stampless cover with enclosed letter from H.M.S "Prince Regent" at Lisbon charged 1/- with boxed "PACKET LETTER"; 1862 Admiralty envelope signed by the Duke of Somerset, Lord High Admiral; 1871 cover with H.M.S "Lord Warden" crest posted at Gibraltar franked 6d; 1890 cover from Commander G.W Russell with enclosed narrative of the loss of H.M.S "Lily" and his defence at the subsequent Court Martial where he was acquitted (later becoming an Admiral); covers (with letters) to or from Commander Knapton mainly on H.M.S "Firefly" or "Onyx" (20); various other covers to or from naval ships (13); 1856 appointment of Arthur Douglas to rank of retired Captain with the lowest rate of half pay allowed to a Captain, etc. (42).

Est. £200-250


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
419 Sierra Leone. 1850 (Jan 30) Entire from Sierra Leone to London "per H.M.S Cygnet" with boxed "PACKET LETTER", charged 1/-, file fold, otherwise fine and early; also 1894 (Sep. 21) Sierra Leone 1d postcard written from the Gunboat H.M.S "Waterwitch", posted from Freetown to Wales. (2).

Est. £120-150


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
420 Navy Post Office. 1851 (Jan 25) Cover from Portsmouth to Bath franked 1d (crossed by fold) backstamped blue straight line "NAVY-POST-OFFICE"; also a stampless front to Leeds with "NAVY POST OFFICE" undated circle and "2" charge mark scarce. (2).

Est. £100-120


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
421 1855-69 Covers to Capt. The Hon. Arthur Cochrane comprising 1855 cover franked embossed 6d (cut to shape) from Essenden to H.M.S "Warrior" at Lisbon redirected back to Portsmouth with Liverpool and London Ship Letter backstamps, and a cover to Sheerness, also 1845 Admiralty Certificate listing Cochrane s 1839-44 naval service on H.M.S "Benbow", "St. Vincent" and "Salamander". Like his famous father Cochrane went on to become an Admiral, he commanded the first ironclad naval ship H.M.S "Warrior" and was later C-in-C Pacific Fleet. (4).

Est. £120-150


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
422 imageCrimean War - Baltic Fleet. 1854 (Aug 1) Stampless entire letter from N.W Stephen to his mother in Leicester, the address panel endorsed "From the Baltic Fleet" and "via Rajah", charged 6d, the single rate for Officers letters from the Baltic sent by direct means to England. The letter includes "I have to take the letters in twenty minutes on board the steamer "Rajah" ..... they say we shall go home in the winter as the ships rigging has been over her mastheads for 7 years without being looked at. It is my opinion we shall go home and be turned over to a screw liner ..... the cholera is on the decline. We had one man died in 4 hours & a subscription was made for his wife and 3 little children". A scarce rate from the Baltic Fleet with most letters sent overland via Germany or Danzig. Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £300-350


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
423 Crimean War/Hospital Ship. 1855 Stampless cover to London charged 3d with enclosed letter (June 23) from Capt. Michell R.H.A written on the S.S "Hydaspes" (requisitioned by the Admiralty as a Hospital Ship) at Smyrna; and a cover (Admiralty crest) to Sir James Graham (First Lord of the Admiralty) at the Admiralty endorsed "Black Sea Fleet Letter" with 1d red strip of three cancelled in London, "POST OFFICE / A / BRITISH ARMY" (Feb. 12) backstamp. Also a letter (no cover, faults) from the Master at Arms, H.M.S "Firebrand" off Sebastopol, reporting the death of Alexander Dickson from sickness at Balaklava. (3).

Est. £160-200


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
424 imageCrimean War - Pacific Fleet. 1855 (June 16) Cover from London with two embossed 1/- stamps (cut to shape), addressed to "Robert W. Beaumont, H.M.S Naiad", redirected to H.M.S "Trincomalee" at Callao and then to the Pacific. H.M.S "Trincomalee" was one of eight British ships in a joint Anglo-French Squadron blockading the Pacific Coast of Russia during the Crimean War in 1854-55. Very minor edge staining and hinge marks, otherwise fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 64. (Image1)

Est. £200-250


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.
425 Australasia. 1865-81 Covers to England franked 9d, the 1865 cover from H.M.S "Curacoa" with South Australia 9d cancelled at Adelaide, and 1881 cover from H.M.S "Cleopatra" sent by ship s bag with G.B 1d strip of three + 6d cancelled in London. The "Cleopatra" was one of four ships that visited Australia with Princes Albert Victor and George on board, 9d being the rate from Queensland via Brindisi if sent via Melbourne. Both covers with some edge/corner faults but scarce. (2).

Est. £100-120


Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST.

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