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90046 cover image1881: Surface-Printed 1 penny lilac, die II, Crown wmk., perf. 14, good colour and fine perforations, tied by the barred oval “A01” to an envelope sent to London, with handstamp “4d/F.B.” charge mark in black and alongside small triangle “FLB / 3” in purple. Reverse, an arrival cds "LONDON “W.C. AU 9 01”. A few tone spots, which don't detract. Fine and interesting example of a British stamp used abroad and unaccepted.Note: The “A01” was previously assigned to the British PO in Jamaica, but redeployed to the Foreign Branch in the UK, and used by inspectors from early 1900s. The country of origin did not mark the cover as unpaid, although it had to have been put into the postage due mailbag or wrapper to be noticed and charged at the London Foreign Branch for an improper use of a British stamp abroad. Reference: Illustrated in “Collectors Club Philatelist”, New York, Jan./Febr. 2011 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90047 cover image1881: Surface Printed 1 penny lilac, perfin ‘S&S’, in combination with Netherlands 1870, postage due 5 cents brown on orange and 10 cents violet on blue, in the main good colour and perforations, the former tied by squared circle “READING SP 27 84”, the latter by cds “HAARLEM 28 SEP 84” to an envelope sent to Haarlem, Netherlands, with handstruck “T” in black and manuscript “15”. Tone spots and soiled. Scarce combination of GB with Netherlands first postage dues. Additionally, comes with a Specimen example of the 1883 2 pence brown stationery reply card, with both imprints handstruck with SPECIMEN (H&G15s). Fresh and fine. Reference: The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal card, Worldwide 1869-1975, Volume 1, illustrated pg. 579 (specimen card) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90049 cover imageParcel Post 1884: De La Rue High-Values, 2 shilling 6 pence lilac and 5 shilling rose, in combination with Jubilee 1888, 5 pence dull purple & blue vertical pair and 1887, 1 shilling dull green together with 1888, £1 brown-lilac, Three-Orbs wmk., all of good colour, perforations mainly fine, tied by oval “REGISTERED LONDON 9 NO 88” to the reverse of a “On Her Britannic Majesty's Service” parcel tag, sent to Berlin, Germany, by the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury (signed at top), addressed to “Sir Edward B. Malet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary”. Front, signed “Salisbury", endorsed ”By post registered" and dated “Nov. 9 1888” with Foreign Office wax seal. Soiling and creasing as might be expected, not affecting adhesives. The odd short perforation, and the lower 5 pence has a clipped corner lower left. The 2 shilling 6 pence side is affected by its proximity to the edge of the tag. A most spectacular franking and great rarity of Great Britain philately. A unique piece. Cert. Louis (1997). Note: This Parcel Post Label bearing the £1 watermark “Three Orbs” was a “New Find” by a German collector and is the only known franking of the £1 “Three Orbs” watermark on either cover or parcel tag. Provenance: “SEVERIN”, D. Feldman, 13 April 2010, lot 20321 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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90050 cover imageParcel Post 1884: De La Rue High-Values 2 shilling 6 pence lilac and 5 shilling rose strip of three, in combination with Jubilee 1887, 1 shilling dull green and 1891, £1 green, all of fresh colour and perforations mainly fine, tied by oval “REGISTERED LONDON CHIEF OFFICE 13 JUN 00” to the reverse of a registered “On Her Britannic Majesty's Service” parcel tag, sent to Santiago, Chile, by the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury (signed at top), addressed to Sir T. B. Cusack Smith and c/o British Consulate General, Valparaiso, with handstruck oval “R” in black and an additional “REGISTERED LONDON CHIEF OFFICE 13 JUN 00”. First 5 shilling has a prefix wrinkle south-east corner which doesn't detract. Remarkably well-preserved. Very rare franking, the Queen Victoria £1 green is exceedingly rare, much more so than the KEVII £1 green which is also a rarity. Sent at a Letter Postage rate plus 2d registration of £1.18.06, via the Diplomatic Pouch. Note: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830 to 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years. In office; 23 June 1885 – 28 January 1886, 25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892 and 25 June 1895 – 11 July 1902. Reference: Illustrated in “Collectors Club Philatelist”, New York, Jan./Febr. 2011 Provenance: Spink, 24 May 2002, lot 1055 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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90051 cover imageParcel Post 1884: Surface-Printed 2 shilling 6 pence lilac, used with Jubilee 1887, 4 pence green & brown and 1890, 10 pence dull purple & carmine, all of fresh colour and mainly good perforations, tied by undated circular “LEOMINSTER” to a parcel envelope sent to Rangoon, Burma, with manuscript British parcel number “46” in blue crayon, and an arrival cds in Rangoon (indistinguishable date). In addition, the India PO have removed the envelope from the parcel and applied a Parcel Control Label numbered “125” with “BOMBAY” boxed handstamp in purple. Heavy vertical filing fold through 4 pence and the corners of the envelope repaired from contemporary damage. Rare combination; only recorded example of an Indian “Parcel Control Label” on incoming mail. Note: The UK began its parcel post service on 1 August 1883, three years after signing the Special Convention on Parcel Post (Paris 1880). The British opted for parcel labels glued onto parcels, even though parcels were irregular in shape, being wrapped in brown paper and held together by twine - joined under wax or lead seals. Cardboard boxes at the time were flimsy and rarely used. The British parcel system was modeled on its registry system, negating the need for the double-tracking of parcel envelopes used by most countries and adopted by the UPU. However, when sending parcels abroad, the British PO had to use parcel envelopes within the UPU parcel operating system (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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90052 cover image1902/11: De La Rue, £1 green, vertical strip of five, good colour and perforations mainly fine, tied by hooded circle “LONDON E.C. DE 14 05” to the reverse of a “On His Britannic Majesty's Service” parcel tag, sent registered to ‘The Hague’, Netherlands, endorsed on front “Insured for seventy pounds” with oval “REGISTERED DEC 14 05” alongside and the Foreign Office wax seal. Remarkably well preserved for a parcel tag. Spectacular franking. Rare. Largest recorded multiple of this issue. Note: This amount of postage represents about 6 weeks of an average postal clerk's wages (16 shillings per week) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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90053 cover image1913: George V, ½ penny green, vertical pair, in combination with Transjordan 1923, ½ piaster scarlet overprint Hejaz Saudi in Arabic “Arab Government of the East”, the former tied by oval grid in black and the latter a violet “AMMAN” cds in Arabic dated 17 February 1925, to a postcard sent to Amman, endorsed “Via Palestine”, with “T” mark alongside framed “TO PAY 8 MILLIEMES”. Reverse, additional partial strike of the Amman cds in violet. Small tears top and at base. Rare combination. Comes with a 1923 envelope franked with GV ½ d. and 1 d. (2) in combination with North British Railway Company 4 d. green (Railway Oakley cancel in blue) sent to France, with French postage due 20 c. as ‘Poste restante’ fee. Also, a parcel tag sent from Army PO (A.D.1) to Army, Navy Stores, London during 1916 franked with GV 2 d. Scarce group (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90054 cover image1913: George V, 9 pence agate with Seahorse 1915, 2 shilling 6 pence light brown in combination with USA parcel post postage due 5 cents dark green, good colour, perforations mainly fine, the GB tied by a roller cancel, the Seahorse also tied by star censorship cancel, the US with pre-cancel, to a parcel tag from London, England to New York, USA. Minor imperfections as is usual. Fine and unusual combination. US parcel post postage due genuinely used on parcel matter are scarce. Note: The 5¢ postage due was a handling charge (regardless of weight) permitted by the UPU on individual parcels (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90055 cover image1918: Bradbury Seahorse, 2 shilling 6 pence dull sepia-brown, with 1912/14, 2½ pence blue, good colour, perforations mainly fine, tied by cds “LONDON CHIEF OFFICE E.C. 5 DE 19” to an envelope with handstamp “AIR MAIL EXPRESS” sent to Paris, France, with manuscript “22” in blue crayon and endorsed “arrived Sunday 7th”. Reverse, three Paris arrival cds “PARIS RECETTE PPALE DES POSTES 6 DU 19”, “PARIS DISTRBUTION 6 12 19”. Minor soiling. Seahorse has some dulled perforations across top. Fine. Illustrating the high-price paid for Express delivery, although the cover took 2 days to arrive (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90056 cover image1934: Waterlow re-engraved, Seahorse 2 shilling 6 pence chocolate brown, 5 shilling bright rose-red and 10 shilling indigo horizontal pair, fresh colour perforations mainly fine, tied by cds “LONDON 12 SP 38” to a luggage parcel tag sent to France. 2s 6d has fault left side. High-value rate £1.7.6d. Scarce (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90057 piece imageParcel Post 1887: Official 2 pence green & carmine, 6 pence purple on rose-red and 1 shilling dull green, three singles, of fresh colour and perforations tied by large boxed “PARCEL POST LONDON CHIEF OFFICE E.C” with manuscript “3/8” and undated cds “G.P.O. DEPOT” to the reverse of an “On Her Britannic Majesty's Service” parcel tag, to Samoa, addressed to the Consul. Sent by the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, signed front top right. Creasing to tag and soiling. Stamps well-preserved for use. Rare franking. Provenance: Spink, 24 May 2002, lot 1121 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90058 cover image1915: Malvern Council printed stationery envelope, ½ penny green, with 1914, postage due 1 penny carmine, bisect, fresh colour and good perforations, tied by black cds “MALVERN 17 MY 1915” sent locally, with manuscript “Not known” alongside instructional in violet “Undelivered for reason stated. To be returned to sender at the address shown on cover.”, as well as a framed “Not to be found / 497” and boxed “½d POSTAGE DUE FOR RETURN TO SENDER”. Fine. Scarce postage due bisect (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90059 cover image1877: Telegraph 6 pence grey, plate 1, lettered PD, Spray wmk. sideways, perf. 14, good colour and perforations mostly fine, tied by duplex “HASTINGS JY 24 79” to an envelope sent to Chakrata, India, endorsed “Via Brindisi”. Reverse, transit cds “ORE JY 24 79”, “SEA POST OFFICE AUG 1” and arrival “CHAKRATA 17 AUG”. Minor wrinkling to envelope slightly affecting adhesive and a couple of short perforations at top. Fine and scarce transitional 6 pence India & Far East rate; the use of a Telegraph stamp as postage is uncommon. Note: UK granted a special concession transitional rate of 6d for such mail directed via Brindisi from 1 April 1879 to 31 January 1880. #### ERROR #### Unterschiedliche Eintr ge in den beiden Sprachversionen der Provinienz (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90060 cover image1870: Stationery postal card ½ penny lilac, uprated with 1864, 1 penny red, tied by duplex “583 NOTTINGHAM MY 22 73”, sent to Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France, with instructional boxed rectangular “NOT TRANSMISSIBLE / ABROAD” in red alongside a cds “LONDON MY 23 73”. Reverse, cds “LONDON MY 22 73”. Toning and minor crease. Rare. Earliest known use of this instructional and normally found on the latter 1875 ½ penny brown stationery cards (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90061 cover image1872/78: Group of three stationery examples, comprising two early private commercial post cards 1872 and franked with Line Engraved 1870, ½ penny rose-red, one sent from Leeds to Pontefract, the other from Nottingham to Leeds. Both with printed reverse. Also, a 1877, newspaper wrapper ½ penny green uprated with 1870, ½ penny rose-red sent to Calvados. Mostly fine. Scarce, the private cards surprisingly hard to locate, especially in good condition. (H&G 5)Two private printed cards:-Reference: The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card, Worldwide 1869-1975, Volume 1, illustrated pg. 114 (Leeds) & 114 (Nottingham) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90062 cover image1875: Stationery postal card ½ penny bright lilac, uprated with Line Engraved 1864 1 penny red, two singles and a 1869 ½ penny rose-red (corner fault), all of good colour, some perforation faults, tied by duplex “506 MARGATE AP 10 73” in black, sent to Paris, France, with red oval “PD” and transit cds “CALAISE 11 AP 83. Reverse, cds ”LONDON AP 10 73" and faint arrival “PARIS 11 AP 73”. Creased and soiled. Scarce example illustrating a ‘paid at the letter rate to France’ but despatched contrary to regulations. Note: The card uprated to 3d letter rate to France, whilst violating the regulations against the use of postal cards for foreign destinations, being fully franked at the default rate for all things being sent in the mail, the clerk dispatched it to France. There is a lack of an inspector's mark, so the decision could have been different if this obvious violation had been referred to that officer. Reference: The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card, Worldwide 1869-1975, Volume 1, illustrated pg. 154. Which states Dr Alan Huggins believes there are no more than 10 such usages of foreign destinations before 1 July 1875, when the British Post Office lifted the ban on the use of postal cards to foreign destinations (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90063 cover image1875: Stationery postal card ½ penny lilac on buff, uprated with 1870, ½ penny rose-red, good colour and perforations, the card used with cds “NEWARK DE 14 77” and the adhesive tied by duplex “190 CHICHESTER DE 15 77”, being sent to Chester and redirected to London with arrival cds in red “LONDON E.C. DEC 5 77”. Reverse, a partial transit cds “EDWINS TOWNE DE 1* 77”. Two small corner bends and tiny tear at base. Fine and scarce early example of a forwarded item not free. Additionally, comes with an example of the same card with the SLOPER arrow trial cancel attractively used with red cds in 1875. Reference: The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card, Worldwide 1869-1975, Volume 1, illustrated pg. 268 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90064 cover image1875: Stationery postal card ½ penny brown, uprated with Line-Engraved 1874 ½ penny rose, plate 11, fine colour and perforations, tied by barred duplex “029 WEST HARTLEPOOL 28 JA 78”, sent to Budapest, Hungary, with “LONDON 30 JA 78” cds and instructional boxed rectangular “NOT TRANSMISSIBLE / ABROAD”, both in red, alongside. Faint diagonal crease top left and minor soiling. Very rare survivor of a post card not forwarded abroad as per GPU rules. Normally destroyed by the British Post Office. Note: The domestic ½ penny postal card, uprated with an additional ½ penny, is deficient by a ¼ of a penny for the full GPU rate of 1¼ pence. Although, the UK issued a farthing coin, it did not issue a farthing stamp.Reference: The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card, Worldwide 1869-1975, Volume 1, illustrated pg. 253 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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90065 cover image1875: Foreign stationery postal card 1¼ pence brown, used with duplex “95 LONDON JY 1 75”, sent to Leirvik, Norway on the First Day of issue, endorsed “via mail steamer”. A clean and fresh example. Scarce; one of 12 first ay examples, this with a clear postmark. (H&G 4)Note: This was the first British foreign-rate post card issued specifically for the GPU day. Previously, post cards could not be sent from the UK to foreign destinations even if paid at the letter rate (although five are known). Six of nine founding members had a proper rate post card in time for the GPU day, but had issued them before the Congress of Berne 1874 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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90066 cover image1875: Foreign stationery postal card 1¼ pence brown, used with duplex “466 LIVERPOOL 1 JY 75”, sent to Sveaborg, Finland (then a Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire). Reverse, Saint Petersburg transit mark and a printed commercial message which refers to wheat and maize sales. A well preserved and important First Day use; with a clear postmark. (H&G 4)Note: This card reflects three important ‘First Day’ milestones; 1) First Day of the General Postal Union, 2) First Day of issue of the 1¼ pence brown foreign postal card, and 3) First Day that post cards could be sent from the UK to Foreign destinations. Reference: The Postal History of the Universal Postal Union: The Postal Card, Worldwide 1869-1975, Volume 1, illustrated pg. 241 (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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