SCOTLAND continued... Glasgow continued... Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 751 Late Fees. 1845-54 Entire letters and entires all with the tiny single arc "GLASGOW" handstamp, three dated, the others all undated, some with a small "L", including 1847 letter to Canada paid 4/8 in cash and 1850 entire to Greece paid 1/3 in cash with a 1d red applied for the late fee, and internal letters franked 1d (3), 2d (9) or 4d (2), the 3d late fee (for posting within 10 minutes of despatch of the mails) very scarce, several with file folds. (16). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 752 Explanatory Handstamps. 1877 (May 12) Wrapper made from an advertising handbill, addressed to Sheffield franked 1d, charged 1d with manuscript "1d, Book Post over 4oz", boxed "EXAMINED / AT / GLASGOW" alongside, light horizontal folds (some splitting at ends) but very unusual and rare. Photo on Page 102. (Image1) Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 753 Explanatory Handstamps. 1858 (Mar 10) Cover from Sydney to Glasgow franked NSW 6d, the reverse with a Glasgow c.d.s and octagonal boxed "RECEIVED OPEN / & RE-SEALED / AT P.O GLASGOW", small part Glasgow P.O wax seal, very unusual. Photo on Page 102. (Image1) Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 754 Returned Letter Office. 1873-1913 Covers (20), labels (3) and a front including undelivered covers with scarce double oval "RETURNED / GLASGOW / LETTER BRANCH" (2), red explanatory handstamps Insufficient Address (2), Insufficiently Addressed (2), No Such Street in Glasgow (3) or Firm Not Known (2), crowned oval Glasgow Returned Letter Branch datestamps (5, two on "Re-issued Free from R.L.O" parcel labels), R.L.B envelopes (6), etc. (24). Est. £160-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 755 1871-1979 Covers, cards and parcel labels, many sub-office datestamps including duplexs from Govan, Hillhead and Partick, registered mail, Parcel Post labels (18), boxed "LATE FEE / PAID" (2) and "MISDIRECTED TO", postage dues, block of six Glasgow Circular Delivery Co. perf 10½ one farthing black stamps, etc. (96). Est. £100-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 756 Christmas - Advance Posting. 1904 Picture postcard posted within Glasgow, a KEVII ½d tied by superb oval Advance Posting cancel code "G.W". 21,423 Items posted in 1904, the only year the scheme operated in Glasgow. Photo on Page 102. (Image1) Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Glasgow - Mail to Overseas Destinations Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 757 Europe. 1824-1901 Entire letters, entires, covers and cards with prestamp and stampless letters to Belgium (2), Denmark, Portugal (2), Russia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland or Malta, stamped covers including 6d rates to Gibraltar, Spain (3) and Sweden (2), 8d to Spain, etc. (32). Est. £160-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 758 France. 1787-1892 Entire letters, covers and a front with prestamp and stampless letters (11), stamped letters franked 4d (11, one underpaid), 8d (3), 1/-, 3d rate cover with 1½d pair, 3d + ½d pair paying a 1d late fee, 1d printed matter rate, etc. (37). Est. £180-220 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 759 Germany/Austria. 1839-1900 Entire letters, covers and cards, including 1839-40 prestamp covers (2), stamped covers franked 6d (5), 1d and 2d printed matter rates, etc. (29). Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 760 Italy. 1831-75 Entire letters and covers comprising prestamp and stampless letters (4), 1860 cover franked 1d + 4d + 6d, other covers franked 6d (3, one with 1d strip of six) or 1/-, and a Book Post wrapper with five 1d reds. (10). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 761 Syria. 1861 Cover to Beyrout "via Marseille pr. French Packet" franked 6d strip of three, an unusual destination. Est. £100-120 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 762 West Indies. 1791-1875 Entire letters comprising prestamp and stampless letters to Grenada or Jamaica (2), 1856 letter to Barbados with 6d embossed (cut square, four margins but may not belong to this letter), and letters franked 1/- to Antigua (2) or Curacao. (7). Est. £140-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 763 U.S.A. 1774-1888 Entire letters and covers, the display collection on 35 pages with prestamp and stampless letters (30, one from U.S.A) including 1848 retaliatory rate cover with tiny circular late fee handstamp and 1849 restored rate, covers franked 1/- (5, one with Madeleine Smith cancel), 1/2½ rate to California (4), 1854 entire with embossed 1/- pair (cut square, touched), etc. (44). Est. £350-450 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 764 Canada. 1836-73 Entire letters and covers, the display collection on 26 pages with prestamp and stampless letters (18, six with boxed Hope Street or Sauchihall handstamps on the front), stamped covers franked 4d, 6d (5), 8d, 1/2, 2/-, 1d printed matter rate, etc. (29). Est. £250-300 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 765 South & Central America. 1866-88 Entire letters, wrappers and a front including 1874 letter to Guatemala franked 1/- cancelled by Glasgow - Carlisle Sorting Tender duplex, 1868 letter to Brazil franked 6d + 1/-, etc. (5). Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 766 Peru. 1852 (Mar 30) Entire letter to Lima franked embossed 1/- pair, cut square, right stamp just touched at right, otherwise unusually fine, Coatebridge, Glasgow and London backstamps. Photo on Page 102. (Image1) Est. £150-200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 767 Asia/Mauritius. 1851-90 Entire letters and covers comprising 1853 stampless letter to Penang prepaid 1/-, 1851-77 stampless letters (2) and cover franked 1/- to Mauritius, 1868-70 covers to Ceylon franked 9d or 1/-, and 1860-90 covers to India franked 6d, 9d or 5d. (9). Est. £150-180 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 768 Australia/New Zealand. 1858-1900 Entire letters and covers to Australia franked 6d (3), 10d, 1/- or 3/-, or to New Zealand franked 6d or 2½d. (8) Est. £120-150 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. THEMATICS THEMATICS Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 769 Cricket. 1904-98 Covers and stamps including a few Edwardian picture postcards; 1916 cover from John Wisden & Co cricketing depot; an album of cricket themed stamps with some minor varieties; "Denis Compton s Cricketing Days Film Strip" in original box; 1970-98 mainly British commemorative covers (117), 98 signed by cricketers including county and international teams with 1995 West Indies touring team (2, just ten covers signed), 1990 New Zealand team, 1982 and 1986 England tours to South Africa, 1992 England and South Africa teams; also other signed photos and cards, ephemera, etc. (100s). Est. £400-500 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 770 Cricket. c.1950-2003 Signed miniature cricket bats, including India 1952, Australia 1956 and Pakistan 2003 teams, the others signed by county teams including Yorkshire (3), Leicestershire (3), Surrey (2), etc, one unsigned. (17). Est. £300-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 771 Black Gold - Oil and Our Society. The superbly written up display collection on 176 pages with numerous stamps, booklets, postcards, meter marks, postal stationery, proofs, advertising envelopes, picture postcards, etc., including 1866 French cover with petrol refinery cachet, 1903 registered picture postcard from the Teheran to London via Baku, Curacao 1942 5c vignette die proof, 1883-88 U.S.A advertising stationery envelopes depicting oil drums, 1840 1d Mulready envelope posted within Edinburgh, Italy lettercard advertising "Lampo" superior Benzine depicting a racing car bearing 40c BLP overprint stamp, China red band envelope with Standard Oil advert, 1936 Hindenburg Zeppelin flown card advertising Tycol lubricant, etc. Also many additional stamps and covers including Calpurnia crash cover with cachet, Afghanistan cover with oval "Shirkat Petrol" cancel, etc. (100s). Est. £500-800 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 772 Eiffel Tower. The thematic collection well written up on approximately 400 pages including early picture postcards, cachets from the summit or various stages of the tower, first flight covers, Concorde flights, labels, German Occupation, etc., also additional postcards and other cards of Versailles or Paris, an attractive collection. (100s). Est. £250-400 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 773 Keeping in Touch. The 80 page collection on the history of communication, well written up, illustrating the spoken, written and printed word, postal methods, telecommunications and the word in war. The collection includes 1884 Witu ½r, Zaire free letter with braille writing, 1947 Kings Flight cachet on cover flown from South Africa to G.B during the royal visit, Mafeking 1d deep blue used (S.G. 18), 1900 Cape postcard carried by camel from Mier, South Africa and India Pigeon Post covers, Austria NDL "Bremen" catapult cover, 1939 Tonga Tin Can Mail cover to Sweden returned due to the war with "NO SERVICE" cachet, G.B 1969 Queen Elizabeth 5d grey omitted, 1840 1d black cover from Worcester, 1941 "L.P.R / 6 AUG 41 / LONDON C.O / MOBILE P.O / No. 1" Blitz P.O c.d.s on registered cover to Argentina (& C.O.P), India 1935 stampless Quetta Earth Quake cover with cachet, 1942 registered cover with Madagascar stamps tied by S.A A.P.O 51 c.d.s, 1943 wreck cover from G.B to South Africa, 1969 Great Bitter Lakes cover from S.S "Talthybius", 1925-37 South Africa railway letters (3), 1934 G.B railway cover sent express, 1888 cover from Balmoral Castle with Caledonian T.P.O c.d.s, 1945 soldiers cover from Texas with "DAMAGED BY FLOOD", 1911 First U.K Aerial Post card, Australia 1940 Flying Doctors flight cover pilot signed, 1969 Concorde Filton to Fairford first flight, 1900 Boer War cover with Army Telegraphs c.d.s, 1870 Paris Pigeon Post messages on celluloid panel, 1900 Japan postcard from China with German Feldpost c.d.s, WW2 cover from British P.O.W in Taiwan, 1940 G.B 2d bisect from St. Martins Guernsey, 1944 V. Mail form "Not Suitable for Filming" so posted to G.B, etc. (100s). Est. £1,000-1,200 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. PHILATELIC HISTORY PHILATELIC HISTORY Lot Symbol Descrip Opening 774 c.1870-1910 Ephemera including three early booklets containing coloured facsimiles of stamps; a French carte de visite depicting U.S stamps with red Stafford Smith and Smith, Bath, label on reverse; a bakelite stamp wallet produced by the New England Stamp Co. with an imitation £5 orange stamp; early trade cards of stamp dealers (6) and other firms depicting stamps (8), etc. (29). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. 775 1879-1995 Ephemera comprising 1896 three page detailed report by W.J.W Miller on the first two meetings of the Plymouth Philatelic Society 1896-97 session; other notes by Miller on the stamps of Greece, Queensland and Austria; 1902-09 letters from Walter Morley (3); 1915 letter signed by Prince Carl of Sweden concerning Red Cross stamps; and various covers and cards from stamp dealers, etc., also a folder of 1980s ephemera collected by Raife and Hilary Wellsted at various exhibitions. (100+). Est. £200-250 Closing..May-07, 02:00 AM EST. Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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