POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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Opening |
| 1053 |
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 QEII COMMERICAL COVERS with Wilding issues incl. 1966 Special Delivery reg envelope, disallowed 1962 air cover to Fiji, 1959 reg cover ex Butlin's Camp, Ayr with boxed parcel cancellations, 1959 4½d block of four on FDC, trio
of outsize envelopes to Australia with high frankings incl. 1965 £1 (damaged) etc. (14) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1054 |
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 1989-95 collection of 55 illustrated covers (JS50 series) commemorating events in WWII incl. Britain declares war on Germany, Battle of the River Plate, Invasion of Norway, Evacuation from Dunkirk, Fall of France, Sinking of
HMS Prince of Wales, Capitulation of Hong Kong, Battle of the Atlantic, The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III, Operation Overlord, Liberation of Paris, The End of the Extermination Camps etc. (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-70
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
England
| 1055 |
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 BRISTOL sub-offices etc. 1817-36 Bristol Penny Post items (4) ex Hot Wells, Chew Magna & Winterbourne; weak St. Philips UDC (1852), duplex cancels etc. from Clifton (4), Fishponds (5), North St. (3), Redcliffe (3), St. George
skeleton (1919), Woolcot Park c.d.s on 1881 registered envelope (fault) etc. (24) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 70-100
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1056 |
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 BRISTOL QV-QEII mix incl. 1871-87 duplex-cancelled postcards (7), uprated registered cover to Italy, '134' inspector's marks (2), range of machine cancellations etc. Useful lot. (28) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 65-90
Starting Bid £ 65
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1057 |
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 CHESHIRE town cancellations incl. Altrincham (1853), Congleton 1814 mileage & 1843 fine c.d.s, Macclesfield (1882 telegram), Northwich c.d.s (1843), Oxton squared c.d.s (1905), Seacombe c.d.s (1908), Stockport mileage in red
(c1820), Bramhall skeleton (1920) etc. (19) (Image)
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Estimate £ 60-80
Starting Bid £ 60
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1058 |
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 DURHAM incoming registered mail 1905-25, mainly reg envelopes from local offices: Washington Station and Cornsay Colliery noted. Interesting group. (14) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 60-70
Starting Bid £ 60
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1059 |
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 HAMPSHIRE 1817-36 Penny Post covers incl. Alton, Christchurch, Fareham, Lymington (2) & Whitchurch; also UDC's on cover mostly fine incl. Barton Stacey, Marchwood, Petersfield (2) & Southsea. Fine group of scarcer marks.
(11) (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate £ 100-150
Starting Bid £ 100
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1060 |
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 LONDON KGV post office registered envelopes to inland destinations 1912-25 incl. some uprated, useful range of types, labels & cancellations. (20) (Image)
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Estimate £ 50-70
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1061 |
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 LONDON local posts: range of covers with marks of the Penny & Twopenny Posts with various office & time marks incl. uncommon '3' on unpaid Charing Cross letter to Chelsea, Mortlake c.d.s on 2d 'To Pay' free front etc. Some
written up on leaves. (33) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1062 |
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 MANCHESTER pre-stamp marks on cover incl. 1809-20 circular mileages (5), various PAID marks 1817-35, Ashton under Lyne PP (1825), 1840 boxed Oldham penny post, boxed PENNY P. UNPAID (1821), oval Too Late (1829) & fine
'PL'(1848) etc. (15) (Image) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Estimate £ 60-80
Starting Bid £ 60
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1063 |
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 MANCHESTER QV-KGV mix with a good variety of cancellations incl. Stockport Rd sub-office c.d.s on (1884) registered E, further reg'd items, machine cancellations, fine Levenshulme skeleton (1904), 1935-37 large airmail covers
to Argentine or Czechoslovakia etc. Interesting lot. (32) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 50-80
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1064 |
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 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE registered & express incoming mail incl. 1913 pair of printed German covers, one with scarce London & Dover TPO REGISTERED d/stamp, 1916 Malta reg cover with 'Opened under martial law' sealing strip plus
two further express items 1930-36 ex Netherlands or Spain. (5) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 60-80
Starting Bid £ 60
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1065 |
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 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE incoming mail incl. 1937 first flight cover ex Stavanger, Norway, 1938 multi-cacheted cover to Australia and back to Ashford, 1947 cover returned from Denmark, number of FPO items 1952-57 incl. Cyprus,
Singapore & New Zealand etc. (14) (Image)
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Estimate £ 60-80
Starting Bid £ 60
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1066 |
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 NORFOLK KEVII-QEII covers incl. Norwich duplexes & uncommon 'PAID/½d' (1907), KGV rubber c.d.s (7), registered covers (10) plus a few QEII items. (39) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 65-90
Starting Bid £ 65
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1067 |
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 NORTHUMBERLAND (BERWICK UPON TWEED) small collection written up on leaves in protectors. 1772-c1920 incl. 1772 cover to Alnwick showing s/line BERWICK, 1791 cover from Alnwick to Berwick showing fine strike of the s/line
BERWICK (this is the earliest recorded use of this mark), various additional halfpenny marks (one in manuscript), 1836 BERWICK/PENNY POST h/stamp in blue/green, selection of Berwick Sorting Tender h/stamps, also incl. two postcards - one showing a
ship wreck plus a couple of modern covers. (Image)
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Estimate £ 70-80
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1068 |
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 SHROPSHIRE 20thC covers with interest incl. KEVII squared c.d.s & duplex, range of c.d.s types, WW2 items, mainly QEII items incl. FDC's, unusual 'permit' cover, 1904 telegram, photo of Clun PO staff c1910 etc. Worth
examination. (41) (Image)
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Estimate £ 40-60
Starting Bid £ 40
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1069 |
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 SOMERSET (BATH) 1850-1937 with emphasis on PPC's with rubber c.d.s of Emberrow, Kilmington, Leigh on Mendip, Litton, Midford (5, 2 types), South Stoke & West Camel, skeletons of Midsomer Norton & Radstock plus a further eight
cards with sub-office cancels; also a few 1d red covers incl. redirected 1d pink envelope etc. (36) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1070 |
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 SOMERSET (BRIDGEWATER) 1745-1852 covers incl. 1745-96 s/line marks (4), s/line & circular mileages, mileage-erased (1829), s/line penny post h/stamp (1836) etc. Useful group. (13) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 50-70
Starting Bid £ 50
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1071 |
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 SOMERSET (BATH) 1815-29 covers with range of circular mileage d/stamps of various types incl. Frees (3), s/line TOO LATE (2) etc. Good specialist lot. (18) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate £ 70-90
Starting Bid £ 70
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
| 1072 |
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 SOMERSET c1828-50 covers with poor to VF strikes of UDC's incl. Ashcott, Bruton (2), Burnham, Cross, Dulverton (4 incl. 'More to Pay'), Dunster, Freshford, Frome (2), Long Ashton, Sidcote, So. Petherton, Street (3), Washford
& Wiveliscombe. (21) (Image)
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Estimate £ 80-100
Starting Bid £ 80
Closing..Oct-02, 02:00 AM |
