G.B. - PRINTED PAPERS BY POST
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| 1001 |
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 COMMERCIAL. EARLY PRICES CURRENTS, PORTSMOUTH F.A.C. (TO NY), 4d-POST PERIOD MAIL (INC. EX BELGIUM), ETC.; 1792-1839 covers
inc. Prices Current ELs - 1792 ex London (illustrated in BPPP p.258), 1829/37 ex Liverpool, 1835 London to NY with partly fine rare blue boxed "GARRATT & GIBSON/PORTSMOUTH/AGENTS TO LLOYDS" FAC, and underpaid 1839 4d-Post Period EL ex Malines
(Belgium) to Scotland with London FB "[Crown]" mark (illustrated in BPPP p.270) - plus 1839 "LEEDS...EXHIBITION...OF ART" circular (prepaid to York), and 1838/40 pair of insurance questionnaire ELs used both ways (both address panels of each fold to
display side-by-side & with Insurance Co. cachets), one of which was sent in the 4d-Post Period (prepaid 1d one way but with "2" charge the other way). Scarce prestamp group. (8 covers) Cross Reference: UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD, YORKSHIRE,
TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, HAMPSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1002 |
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 COMMERCIAL. LATER STAMPLESS LOT - 1d TAX STAMPS ON FREE INTERNAL PRICES CURRENT ELs, SHIPWRECK LIFE-SAVERS, ETC.; Feb.
1840-1861 covers inc. Feb. 1840 EL ex Antwerp with London "[Crown]" mark (illustrated in BPPP p.271), 1842/3 ELs with printed Canal Co./land contents with UPP marks of Marlboro & Basingstoke, 1842 EL ex Liverpool with spectacular pictorial contents
depicting a new idea for "Prevention of Shipwreck" (illustrated in BPPP p.563) with rare illustrated 1826 pamphlet ref. "Prevention of Shipwreck" (part illustrated in BPPP p.563), 6 fine 1852/67 P. Current ELs sent free by post in GB with very fine
"NEWSPAPER/ONE/PENNY" Tax stamps (2 with transit cds), etc. Also a Dec. 1854 EL ex East Cowes with ms design inside for raising a shipwreck. Good lot. (15 covers + 1 pamphlet) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD,
ADVERTISING COVERS, NEWSPAPER MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1003 |
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 COMMERCIAL. CRASH & WRECK/WALES - FINE 1d BLACK COVER REF. SHIPWRECK AT NEWPORT (PEMBS.) TO R.N.I.L.S.; 23/24 Oct. 1840 EL
(some toning - mainly internal - inc. a file-fold at foot of address-panel) sent from "Newport Pembrokeshire" and addressed to "the Royal National Institution for the preservation of Life from Shipwreck" in London with a 1d Black (4 close to huge
margins) tied by a lovely red Haverford West MX (part matching cds on flap) alongside a partial framed "No.2" Receiving House mark of Newport (Pembs.; very late usage of the mark used in the 1820s/1830s for H. West Penny Post letters). The contents
report a recent fatal shipwreck off Newport and ask for the local seamen who risked their own lives to help the ship's sailors to be recompensed. Exhibition Quality. [Illustrated in BPPP p.562.] Cross Reference: WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, 1840 1d
BLACKS, CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1004 |
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 COMMERCIAL. MULREADY 1d BLACK LETTER-SHEET WITH J. STRAUSS PRINTED MUSIC INSIDE (CHARLES HALE OF CHELTENHAM); 1d letter sheet
Stereo A 65 unused (some folds and slightly soiled) containing a fancy printed advert for the "Royal Harmonic Institution, PROMENADE HOUSE CHELTENHAM... CHAS. HALE/Music Seller to Her Majesty" in the form of a printed extract of the music from "La
Rosa Walzer" by "J. Strauss". This is thought to be one of only two examples recorded. Spec MA435h. Spectacular and Rare. [Ex Tony Alcock c.2005 & ex Cavendish Sept. 2006 auction; lot 688, realised £550+BP.] [Illustrated in BPPP, p.336.] (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 435.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1005 |
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 COMMERCIAL. MULREADY 1d BLACK LETTER-SHEET WITH J. STRAUSS PRINTED MUSIC INSIDE (CHARLES HALE OF CHELTENHAM); 1d letter sheet
Stereo A237 unused (some folds, thinned top flap of Mulready with remains of old mounts and slightly soiled) containing a fancy printed advert for the "Royal Harmonic Institution, PROMENADE HOUSE CHELTENHAM... CHAS. HALE/Music Seller to Her Majesty"
in the form of a printed extract of the music from "Gabrielen Walzer" by "J. Strauss". This is thought to be the only example recorded. Spec MA435f. Spectacular and Rare. [Ex Bill Barrell; paid £950 retail Feb. 2021.]Cross Reference:
ADVERTISING COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 435.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1006 |
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 COMMERCIAL. RARE USED "Post Magazine" LETTER-SHEET WITH 4m 1d BLACK SENT LOCALLY IN LONDON; Very fine 22 Aug. 1840 usage of a
Post Magazine (unnumbered no.5? - with one of the 3 extra inner pages) with Plate 1b 4m 1d Black (OF) tied by a very fine orange-red London Maltese Cross (matching ds on top flap) with partly fine black "T.P/Whitechapel" alongside. There is a light
horizontal fold across the address, but otherwise in unusually fine condition. The multiple adverts on the second half of the double-width sheet include a Life Insurance Co. advert which has seemingly been ink-boxed by the sender, a Mr. "Thos. D.
Glascott", who invites the addressee to dinner at 5pm the next Wednesday. [RPSL Cert. (2007) which states that "the stamp has been lifted and re-affixed and the obliteration improved at the top [but] is Genuine"]. Exhibition Item. [Illustrated in
BPPP, p.120.] Cross Reference: ADVERTISING COVERS, 1840 1d BLACKS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 435.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1007 |
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 COMMERCIAL. RARE COMPLETE USED "Post Magazine" LETTER-SHEET WITH 1d BLACK SENT FROM LONDON; 26 Sept. 1840 usage of Post
Magazine (19 Sept. 1840 no.9 - with all three extra inner pages) with near 4m 1d Black (JD; touched at top left) seemingly tied by a very fine Experimental black London Maltese Cross (possibly not the original stamp; and so is offered for sale here
'as is' - not subject to return) with partly very fine red "T.P/Greenwich EO" alongside. The address has been erased and re-written (and is rebacked where the erasure thinned the paper); supposedly to a genuine firm in Shaftesbury, but the only
backstamp is the local London mark in red, so the original address was almost certainly within central London. However, it is rare to find the full set of inner pages still complete, and the hand-written letter (from "Greenwich Hospital") asks for
extra time to pay a seemingly sizeable debt.Cross Reference: ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, 1840 1d BLACKS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1008 |
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 COMMERCIAL. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY CIRCULAR WITH FINE 4m 1d BLACK TIED BY RED MX; 7 Oct. 1840 EL (a single very large
sheet with printed Railway Co. Report with long text about the construction of a 1½-mile tunnel etc.) from "MANCHESTER" (red cds on flap) to Rochdale (one word of the address rather clumsily changed from "Canal" to "Company" - as with most of this
well-known correspondence) with 1d Black (Plate 2; OL - 4 good to mostly huge margins and almost clear profile ) tied by a rather unclear red Manchester MX. Rare example of a large single-sheet letter weighing no more than a ½oz, and an attractive 1d
Black. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.122.] Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER, 1840 1d BLACKS, YORKSHIRE, RAILWAY EPHEMERA
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1009 |
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 COMMERCIAL. RARE 1d BLACK COVER WITH PRICES CURRENT PARTLY PRINTED CONTENTS; 28 July 1840 EL (part hand-written and part
printed) "Current Prices of Grain, Flour and Seeds" sent from "BEGBIE & YOUNGS" in London to Havant with a very nearly 4m 1d Black (Plate 2? - TD) tied by a light orange-red London Maltese Cross, having a black London cds on the side-flap. Very few
'Prices Current' letters have survived with 1d Blacks. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.274.]Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, ADVERTISING COVERS
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1010 |
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 COMMERCIAL. 1d BLACK WITH ORANGE-VERMILION MX ON PRINTED MATTER "BRISTOL MISSIONARY SOCIETY" COVER; Attractive 17th Sept.
1840 EL (printed circular ref. a week's Chapel services) franked by a Plate 7 1d Black (AC; 4 clear to wide margins) tied by a heavy but rare Orange-Vermilion Maltese Cross, matching the fine "BRISTOL cds on the top flap. Unusual example of printed
matter sent with a 1d Black and of Exhibition quality. [Ex Ian Warn; also ex Ivor Green, Cavendish May 2002 auction, lot 734, realised £320+BP.] [Illustrated - both sides - in BPPP, p.341.] Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, BRISTOL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1011 |
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 COMMERCIAL. BIRMINGHAM MUSIC FESTIVAL PRINTED CIRCULAR WITH 1d BLACK; Large single-sheet 22(?) Aug. 1840 EL sent from
Birmingham to "Green Bank House" with a good 1d Black (Plate 7, 4 good to wide margins; LC) cancelled by an orange-red MX (not tied but appears to belong); the contents are a detailed 15 Aug. 1840 printed advertisement for a series of charity
concerts ("in aid of the General Hospital") listing the members of the orchestra, the patrons, the programmes, ticket prices (from 5s-0d to £1-1s-0d), etc. Unusually fine condition. [Illustrated, both sides, in BPPP, pp.337/8.]Cross Reference:
WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM, ADVERTISING COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1012 |
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 COMMERCIAL. NEWMARKET RACE MEETING PRINTED REPORT WITH 1d BLACK REDIRECTED IN SCOTLAND; Large single-sheet 30 Sept. 1840 EL
sent from "NEWMARKET" (red cds on the front) to "Perth, N[orth]. B[ritain]." with a good 1d Black (Plate 5, 4 good to huge - at top with part of next stamp - margins; LJ) tied by an orange-red Newmarket MX. It was then redirected to "Crieff" with a
black manuscript "1[d]" charge on the front. The contents are a detailed printed list (priced at 3d!) of a series of horse races listing the horses and jockeys, and the winning horses in each case, the relevant odds, etc. Unusually fine condition.
[Illustrated, both sides, in BPPP, pp.342.] [BPA Cert. (1992)] Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SUFFOLK, 1840 1d BLACKS
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1013 |
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 COMMERCIAL. RARE 1d BLACK COVER WITH MANCHESTER PRICES CURRENT PRINTED CONTENTS; 10 Oct. 1840 EL with "Corn Exchange,
MANCHESTER" lists of grain prices sent from "M. TRUEMAN" in "MANCHESTER" (v. fine cds nicely placed on top flap to St. Ives with a 4m (close to v. wide) 1d Black (Plate 4 - RD) seemingly tied by a messy but light orange-red Manchester Maltese Cross.
Surprisingly few 'Prices Current' letters have survived with 1d Blacks. Exhibition Quality. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.274.]Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE, 1840 1d BLACKS, ADVERTISING COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1014 |
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 COMMERCIAL. VERY RARE 1840 2d BLUE COVER WITH PRINTED CONTENTS - REF. "ROYAL MANCHESTER INSTITUTION" LECTURES; 25 June 1840
EL sent from "MANCHESTER" (fair red cds on top flap) to Bolton franked by a Plate 1 1840 2d Blue (ND; good to wide margins on 3 sides; shaved along LH side) tied by a very fine orange-red Manchester Maltese Cross. The fine printed contents consist of
a syllabus of the upcoming R.M.I. Lecture series on "NATURAL HISTORY" along with a covering printed letter mentioning an enclosed ticket (not present). Presumably the printed card ticket took the weight above the half ounce and so the 2d rate was
needed. We cannot recall having seen an 1840 2d Blue cover with printed contents before. [Illustrated in BPPP, pp.338/9.]Cross Reference: 1840 2d BLUES, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1015 |
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 COMMERCIAL. POST MAGAZINE - COMPLETE LATE USAGE (No.221) WITH 1d RED & SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY CONTENTS; 25/29 May 1844
usage of this multiple-advertising magazine (No.221, dated 25 May 1841; some wear and minor faults, mainly affecting the edges/flap) having the plainer frame to the address-panel, addressed to Scotland (faint red "KIRKCUDBRIGHT" arrival cds on the
front) and franked by a 1d Red (almost 3m) tied by a very fine London "7" diamond numeral with Lombard Street B.O. backstamp (29 May). with almost 4 of the 6 sides of the Magazine being devoted to a lengthy description of the "Sixth Festival Dinner"
of the "SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY" and having the blank sheet (separated) with a covering printed 25 May letter from the S.M.B.S. Secretary in London. Very rare example of the later issues, and especially unusual having the entire
original 8 sides. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.121.] Cross Reference: ADVERTISING COVERS, 1841 1d REDS, CRASH/WRECK MAIL, SCOTLAND
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 435.20
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1016 |
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 COMMERCIAL. SPECTACULAR ANTI-"MALT TAX" PROPAGANDA POSTER SENT FROM RYE TO A LONDON M.P. WITH 1d REDS; Remarkable 23 Mar.
1845 EL (a single very large folded poster; some reinforced folds and edge wear but complete) sent from "RYE" (cds on flap) to an M.P. in London with two 1841 1d Reds (both very near 4m) tied by Rye "667" numerals. The Poster announces the imminent
public meeting on "the REPEAL OF THE MALT DUTY" chaired by "SIR CHARLES LAMB" at Battle. Rare survival of an early QV Propaganda poster sent by post. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.349.]Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, SUSSEX, MULREADY STATIONERY &
PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1017 |
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 COMMERCIAL. CANADA COMPANY EMIGRATION CIRCULAR SENT WITH 181 2d BLUE BUT RETURNED "Not Called for" EX BATH; 22 Sept. 1845
printed E (seemingly the final page of a longer circular) with printed "April 1845" date inside unusually addressed to "M.H.P., Post Office, Bath" with an 1841 2d Blue (4 close to wide margins) tied by a London diamond numeral (with Lombard Street ds
on flap). But after a month it was returned to the senders endorsed "Not Called for" in red. The contents are a circular headed with the large coat of arms of the "CANADA COMPANY" concerning "CANADA WEST. TO EMIGRANTS AND OTHERS" offering subsidised
rents for land by the 100 acres with an option to buy in due course. Rare and attractive. [Ex Spink 12/12/2013; lot 605, realised £375+5%+BP.] [Illustrated in BPPP, p.348.] Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES, RETURNED MAIL, SOMERSET, CANADA (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 166.40
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1018 |
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 COMMERCIAL. FREE TRADE PROPAGANDA SATIRICAL POSTER FROM BIRMINGHAM WITH 1d RED; 21 June 1852 EL (slight faults along some
folds but complete) being a large printed 2 June poster headed "SECOND EDITION. A FIERCE BATTLE ON MORAL, ARITHMETICAL AND COMMERCIAL PRINCIPLES, between MEASTER TAUNTON AND MEASTER PUNCH...Protection and Free Trade are twin brothers..."! Posted from
Birmingham to Bewdley (backstamps of both) with 1d Red (close to huge margins all rounce but shaved on left side) tied by a very fine Birmingham "75" numeral. Rare and spectacular poster sent by mail.Cross Reference: WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM,
1841 1d REDS, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1019 |
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 COMMERCIAL. COMPLETE 12-PAGE AUCTION CATALOGUE SENT BY POST WITH 1841 1d REDS PAIR FROM SOUTHAMPTON; 9 Apr. 1850 12-page
printed and stitched "CATALOGUE OF THE VERY SUPERIOR FURNITURE, CHINA, GLASS AND EFFECTS... of the late Mrs.Buxton" of "Regent's Park, Shirley" in Southampton posted to Marlborough with a vertical pair of 1841 1d Reds (almost 4m) tied by fine
Southampton "723" numerals. Very rare example of a complete auction catalogue sent by post with an Imperf. franking. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.353.]Cross Reference: HAMPSHIRE, 1841 1d REDS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1020 |
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 COMMERCIAL. TRIO OF PRINTED ITEMS WITH 1841 1d RED FRANKINGS INC. "FOREIGN PARCEL MAIL" &, STATIONERS ENV.; 27 May 1850 E
from London to Manchester with near 4m 1d Red and the unusual "FOREIGN PARCEL MAIL" imprint above the address (the sender, "Henry Blake Bourne", appears to have been an American inventor who moved to London in the mid-1840s), 1852 env. with 4m 1d ex
Langport having all-over internal blue printed "NISSEN & PARKER" advert for "LETTER-COPYING MACHINES" (!), and fine 1853 Prices Current EL with fine 4m 1d Red sent from Liverpool to Devon. Fine and scarce trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1841 1d REDS, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, SOMERSET (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
