Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. Sale

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Great Britain - June 2024 continued...

OFFICIALS - INLAND REVENUE

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1061

I.R. OFFICIAL - mostly used range on hingeless pages, inc. QV 1882 6d grey plate 18 SG £180, 1885 2½d lilac (toned), 1885 1/- green (heavy cancel, faded colour; SG £1900), 1889 dull green apparently unused (rusting, faded; SG £1000), 1901 6d purple/rose SG £150, and 1901 1/- green & carmine SG £1800; KEVII 2½d ultramarine SG £275 (heavy cancel) and 1/- green & carmine SG £900. Very high SG. (16) (Image)

Starting at £ 75

SOLD for £80.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

REVENUES

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1062

QV-KGVI RANGES ON STOCK SHEETS: Includes good QV selection on 3 sides of stock sheets inc, Telegraphs & Postal Fiscals, etc. with scarcer issues. (c.97 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL FISCALS (Image)

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Starting at £ 28

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Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

CINDERELLAS

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1063

GB SMALL ISLAND CINDERELLAS - MINT/USED SETS, BLOCKS, PROOFS, SHEETS, ETC.: Carton with a binder & stockbook of mainly mint 1960s/70s sets/ranges, blocks & FDCs for Herm, Sanda, Davaar, Gairsay islands and the Calf of Man plus another binder and large, well-filled stockbook mainly 1929-2010s Lundy Island inc. imperf proofs for the 1929 ½ & 1 Puffin & 1930 9 Puffin values as well as mint minisheets (1940s onwards) with a great completeness after 1950 with many mint/used sets, blocks. With annotations & notes using prices & catalogue numbers from "Stamps and Postal History of Lundy Island" by Aitchison which is included along with 1998 'Stamps of Lundy Island' by Puffin Stamps. Complete sheets (1950s/60s focussed), FDCs, postcards & 2000s pres packs also for Lundy Island. (V. many 100s of stamps + 2 catalogues) Cross Reference: LUNDY ISLAND, FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Starting at £ 180

SOLD for £800.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

CHANNEL ISLANDS STAMPS

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1064

MOSTLY USED CHANNEL ISLANDS & ISLE OF MAN COLLECTION: Two cartons with 9 binders/stockbooks plus 2 half-sized binders. Inc. Jersey & Guernsey SG 1941/8-1990s binders with printed pages (3) along with stockbooks (3) mostly well-filled with duplicated sets/range, minisheets etc. of Chan Is. & IOM & 2 half-sized binders of mainly 1960s-90s FDCs for both. Also inc. binder with QV-QEII collection of cds's, squared-circles and other postmarks on pieces or covers for Chan. Is. inc. 7 April 1941 FDCs (2, one toned) with ½d Green (2) both having Guernsey cds's with inverted "1" in "1941". (Few 1,000s, 100-200 covers) Cross Reference: ISLE OF MAN STAMPS, GUERNSEY STAMPS, JERSEY STAMPS, FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Starting at £ 130

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Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

GUERNSEY STAMPS

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1065

GUERNSEY & ALDERNEY EXCLUSIVELY MINT COLLECTION: Carton & small box with Stanley Gibbons binders with printed pages with an incomplete but large mint collection of sets, minisheets and some prestige booklets of 1941-2007 Guernsey (4 binders) & 1983-2007 Alderney (2 binders). Includes occupation issues (inc. 1942 issues on blue French banknote paper), postage dues, etc. Also, small box with a mix of common FDCs plus a range of empty 1980s/90s presentation packs. (v. many 100s) Cross Reference: FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Starting at £ 180

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ISLE OF MAN STAMPS

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1066

BOOKLETS;c1975-85 group of booklets (70) from ( 10p to £2.40p. Also Jersey (25). 30p to £1 40p. Mostly fine. (Image)

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Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £50.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS

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1067

B.P.O - SUEZ: 1856 wrapper ex Suez to Bombay; page displaying two QV 4d, type 14 no corner letters and type 27 uncoloured corner letters, each cancelled B02; 1871 env. ex Suez to Bombay by steamer franked QV 4d with clear strike of Suez FE 23 74. (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 120

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1068

SUEZ & ALEXANDRIA: 1868 telegram envelope (piece missing) from Suez to Colombo with a green 1/- cancelled with "B02" and also bearing a single ring SUEZ cds; single 4d vermilion, SG 94, Pl. 13, franked "SUEZ" cds JA 17 74 with RPSL Cert. (1998); 1864 cover with pair 6d cancelled "B02"; also 4 covers on leaf with Alexandria ds. Cross Reference: EGYPT (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £100.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1069

ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO & SUEZ: Display page of 17 QV stamps (two on piece) from 1d red (perf.) to 5/- with either BO1 or BO2 cancellation. Both of the 5/- are 1867-83 issue, pl. 1, (varieties, close cut perfs at top). (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS

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1070

COFFEE HOUSE MAIL, PENNY POST, FREES, ETC.: 1681-1842 selection with fine 1681 EL privately carried from Kent to Saffron Walden; 1734 EL Amsterdam to London "to be left ar bridges's Coffee House" with fine Bishop ds etc; 1768 EL Lisbon to London "at the Jamaica Coffee House"; 1828 E to Francis Freeling at the GPO with fine TAUNTON / Penny Post hs; 1835 E to Exeter with fine reddish Otterton / Py Post hs; 1836 EL Marlborough to Cirencester with fine boxed PAID AT / MARLBOROUGH hs; 1809 EL to London with FARINGDON / 75 hs with Inspector red crown and rerated as a double letter; 1830 EL Paris to Edinburgh with fine boxed ½d. Scottish Wheel tax hs, Paris hs, etc. (20 items) Cross Reference: KENT, COFFEE HOUSES, NETHERLANDS, WILTSHIRE (Image)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £420.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1071

MAINLY PRESTAMP LOT INC. 1782 "IAMAICA", 1811 "MONEY LETTER", 1799 EX. INDIA, 1837/44 "Wilton" PAIR, G+A PKT., ETC.: 1782-1937 group inc. 1782 EL from Scrogieshall, Jamaica to Daventry with Bishop mark & "IAMAICA" (mostly fine) on reverse informing the author's daughter "has a negroe I gave her and others bought by a legacy left her by my uncle. She now has ten negroes young & old which is all she can expect till my death", 1837 or 1844 pair of ELs from Wilton to Winchester (skeleton ds on reverse) or London both having "Wilton" hs (fine-v. fine), 1799 EL from Thomas Byam Martin, Bombay (later a key naval reformer & Admiral of the Fleet) to John Thistleton, London (possibly Superintendent of Bombay Marine), 26 Jan. 1937 KEVIII env. with "Found open..." seal, 1850 EL London to Mauritius with crowned G.P.O ds, plus some modern reproductions of stationery, permits, etc. (7 covers, 11 reproductions) Cross Reference: JAMAICA, SLAVES AND SLAVERY (Image)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1072

1786-1850 COLLECTION OF COMPLETE 1786-1850 (MAINLY COUNTRY) NEWSPAPERS WITH TAX STAMPS, STAMFORD MERCURY STORY, 1786 P.O. NOTICE REF. JOHN PALMER, MAILCOACH ROUTES, ETC.: Includes Feb. or March 1862/64 pair of price currents to the same address in Beith both with superb strikes of the 1d "PRICE CURRENT/OF LEATHER/NEWSPAPER" tax stamps, 11 Aug. 1798 issue of The Times with "TWO HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD" for the capture of an armed mailcoach highwayman, 28 Feb. 1786 issue of The English Chronicle with article on Palmer's Mail coaches, 11 Mar. 1932 local edition of 'The Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury' sent to Bournemouth with 2x½d Greens then having 2x"2d/742" hs's & a 2d Black postage due applied, etc. Large attractive & mostly well-preserved qty. (c.42 newspapers + 14 pieces + 2 stationery sheets with hooded "STAMFORD MERCURY" cancels) Cross Reference: PRINTED MATTER, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1073

1795-1856 RANGE PLUS PARIS BALLON MONTE LETTER SHEET: Selection inc. six Es/ELs dated between 1795-1820, three of these with oval time stamps and "TwoPy Post/Unpaid/Lombard St" marks. Also some Yorkshire interest with 22 Aug. 1830 EL redirected to Prescott having fine Kirby Lonsdale UDC, 1836 EL to Driffield with fine Hull double-arc ds, 1841 EL Doncaster to Snaith with Selby & Doncaster double-arc cancels and Nov. 1842 EL Beverley to Driffield with superb hs "1", etc., 1843 EL from Leeds to Barnsley with MX cancelled 1d red imperf & Castleford UDC. Also, 22 Oct. 1870 example of the printed "Lettre-Journal de Paris" inscribed "PAR BALLON MONTE" addressed to Somme with a 10 Dec. 1870 Montmartre cancel (stamp removed). (16 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, YORKSHIRE (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £55.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1074

EXCLUSIVELY QV & KGVI MIXTURE: Shoebox with 1847-1945 group of mainly QV covers. Inc. section of 1943-45 airmails from London (8) or Kent to Sao Paulo all with censor marks/labels & franked by 2/6 Green + 1/- Brown issues. Rest mostly 1d Red internal mail to 1884 with a broad sampling of duplex or numeral cancels. (9 KGVI, 25 QV covers)Cross Reference: BRAZIL, AIRMAILS, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1075

THE DAVID TRAPNELL COLLECTION OF CRAZY QEII MACHIN POSTCARDS - INC. A SHIRT, A TIE, SHORTS, A 'BRICK', PITTA BREAD, ETC.: 1983-93 group of extremely unusual items (all clearly marked "POST CARD" as per regulations) with mainly Machin frankings (with cds or manuscript cancels - almost all tied) genuinely and successfully sent through the post as postcards to test the patience (and sense of humour) of the Post Office. Mainly sent to/from London and rural Gloucestershire. They include a large 1983 folded paper napkin (12½p commem.), 1983 gents tie & cotton-reel (each with 12½p Machin & ms cancel), 1984 4cm-thick PC-sized piece of polystyrene (12½p Machin with cds), 1991 complete gent's shirt (franked on collar with Machin 4p+10p beside 20p P. Dues pair), 1993 2.65kg (!) "HEAVY POST CARD" sent 1st Class with Machin 50p + Castles £1+£5 (all tied by cds's), 1993 intact oval pitta bread with Machin "2nd" tied by cds, 1992/3 quartet each with Machin 18p (3) or 2nd Class tied by ds to Bonio dog biscuit, small hedgehog-shaped hairbrush, small empty oval box and complete wind-up furry mouse (!!); plus 1995 pair of ladies denim shorts endorsed "ZIPPA EXPRESS POST CARD" with 1p Machin + 41p + 25p commems all tied by oval ds (with 25p P. Due label). Also 2014 single large bubble-pack unit endorsed "AERATED POSTCARD" with "2nd" Machin (uncancelled), and silver glue sachet "LIQUID POSTCARD" (same stamp - ms cancel). Along with the piece de resistance - a 1993 certificate of posting (with Machin 18p tied by cds) for "one INVISIBLE POST CARD" along with David's 1994 letter of complaint to the P.O. about its non-delivery and the P.O.'s official reply asking for a photocopy of the lost item to enable them to look into the matter... Exceptional lot several items of which have won the legendary SPH 'Eggcup Competition'. Arguably, David was the latter-day Reginald Bray. Unique lot - 2nd chance in a lifetime to own it! [Sold in our Sept. 2021 auction for £400]. (17 items)Cross Reference: GLOUCESTERSHIRE, PICTURE POSTCARDS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £480.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

CANCELLATIONS

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1076

A VERY RARE COVER WITH BRADFORD CDS USED AS A CANCELLATION: 26 Aug 1843 printed EL from Brighouse to Bradford with a fine "BRIGHOUSE" UDC and a four margined 1d plate 36 MJ tied by a clear strike of the "BRADFORD YORKS" cds. Not recorded without MX cancellation in Jackson. Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £1,100.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1077

1856-60 INTERESTING GROUP OF CANCELLATIONS with 22 Jan 1856 E from Glasgow to Kilwinning with LC14 1d tied by a fine "PORTLAND/STREET" hs. 6 May 1858 & 28 March 1859 EL with LC14 1d reds tied by Charles Rideout duplex numbers 1 & 2 respectively 22 Oct 1859 E with LC14 1d tied by a fine "POSTED SINCE 7 20 LAST NIGHT" duplex of Edinburgh. 1858 E from Edinburgh to London bearing LC14 1d tied by a fine "131" roller cancellation. 1854 env. from London to Austria bearing seven haphazardly placed SC16 1d reds. (7 covers). (Image)

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Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1078

EAST, SOUTH EAST & SOUTH WEST SQUARE CIRCLES: 1881-1925 better than average strikes mainly on PPCs with some envs. & a few PCs, very little duplication; Well represented are Cornwall (32), Devon (28), Essex (23) & Norfolk (18). Quite a few smaller villages represented. (c.200) Cross Reference: CORNWALL, DEVON, ESSEX, NORFOLK (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 95

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1079

SQUARED CIRCLE COVERING, MIDLANDS, NORTH & WALES: 1881-1911 better than average strikes mainly on PPCs with some envs. & a few PCs, very little duplication; Yorkshire (50), Lancashire (35), Wales (12), Bristol and Gloucestershire (12); Also represented; Cheshire, Derbyshire, Co. Durham, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, etc. A few neat perfin items noted. (c.180) Cross Reference: PERFINS, YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE (Image) (Image2)

Starting at £ 80

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Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM

1080

SQUARED CIRCLE CANCELLATIONS - CENTRAL & DISTRICT OFFICES: 1891-1909 Selection on PPCs and env. with better than average marks, appear to be all different. (66) Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

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Starting at £ 65

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Closing..Jun-05, 03:00 AM