G.B. - PRINTED PAPERS BY POST continued...
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| 1081 |
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 POST OFFICE. IMPORTANT 1840 POST OFFICE NOTICE REF. THE START OF THE G.B. REGISTERED MAIL SYSTEM; Fine example of the very
rare "December, 1840" Post Office Notice (215x342 mm; a few light filing folds with a couple of small reinforced places) headed "Registration of Letters" in the name of "W.L. MABERLY" announcing that "ON and after the 6th January next a System of
Registration will be adopted to all descriptions of Letters without distinction, whether they contain Coin or Articles of Value or not. The Fee for Registration will be One Shilling...". Previously there had been no system for registering internal
G.B. mail. There is a contemporary pencil endorsement on the reverse; "Post Office Regulations about Money". Only a handful of this Important P.O. Notice have survived. [This example is in far better condition than the one in the Holyoake Collection
(Spink, 6 Oct. 2021, lot 1) which realised £800+BP.]Cross Reference: POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES, REGISTERED MAIL, 1840 1d BLACKS, POSTAL REFORMS
(Image)
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| 1082 |
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 POST OFFICE. POST OFFICE NOTICES - REF. FREE PETITIONS (1844), BOOK POST (1854) & EXPRESS MAIL (1902); Apr. 1844 very large
"Instructions No.14" 2-sheet printed "LIST OF PEERS Entitled to Receive Petitions Free by Privilege of Parliament..." (with some contemporary pencil annotations; some filing creases); May 1854 "Instructions No.28" large single-sheet Notice (staining;
rebacked professionally) ref. "INLAND BOOK POST" requiring full prepayment in stamps (or being liable to letter rate) with v. fine green boxed "LERWICK" (Shetland Is.) ds; and rare very fine folded Nov. 1902 "POST OFFICE EXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICE
NOTICE..." spelling out the principal regulations ref. Railway, Sunday, Christmas & Telephone service, etc. (3 items) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, SHETLAND ISLES & FAIR ISLE, EXPRESS MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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| 1083 |
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 POST OFFICE. NEWSPAPER MAIL DELIVERY PROBLEMS - P.O. CIRCULAR & HAND-WRITTEN LETTER; Small 8/9 Sept. 1847 printed Post Office
apology slip with pair of different London cds's ref. the possible muddles of certain newspapers sent via the post due to their having "escaped from their covers in the Newspaper Office..."; plus 5 May 1849 EL from the London GPO to Aylesbury ref.
newspapers that had been sent to "Port Philip" (Australia) with red crowned "PAID" cds endorsed "G.P.O." and "O.H.M.S." on the front. Rare pair. (2 covers) [The 1847 slip illust. in BPPP, p.131.] Cross Reference: NEWSPAPER MAIL, OFFICIAL MAIL,
VICTORIA (Image)
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| 1084 |
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 POST OFFICE. LONDON - UNIQUE(?) ORIGINAL PAIR OF "The Party to whom..." DS COVER WITH "Returned Letter" ACTS OF PARLIAMENT
WRAPPER; 18 Dec. 1847 unpaid local London EL charged with hs "2[d]" beside "T.P/Gt. Marylebone St" but endorsed "Not Known as Directed" on the flap and so with partly fine rare large red crowned boxed "LONDON/The Party to whom this letter/is
Addressed cannot be FOUND" ds on the front. Together with its original PO "Returned Letter/Dead Letter Office" wrapper with the rare "Under the 3rd & 4th Vict. Cap.96...the party to whom this Cover is addressed...is liable to the Postage charged
below" with hs "2[d]" postage due mark. Intriguingly this wrapper has also been endorsed on the flap; "Refused to pay the Postage. R. Prior.". So was the addressee eventually persuaded that the law meant that he had to pay the 2d? These Acts and the
boxed explanatory returned mail marks were introduced to prevent the junk mail of people like Joseph Ady. We cannot recall having seen any other cover with this large dated type of explanatory mark together with its Returned Mail wrapper like this.
(2 covers) [The pair ex Grosvenor, Jan 2007 auction, lot 238; realised £950+BP.] [Both illustrated in BPPP, pp.575/576.] Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, OFFICIAL MAIL, RETURNED MAIL, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)
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| 1085 |
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 POST OFFICE. EDINBURGH "Dead Letter Office" RETURNED PAID/UNPAID LETTER PAIR OF ENVELOPES WITH "FRANCIS ABBOTT" IMPRINTS;
Remarkable pair of May 1854 PO returned mail "Dead Letter Office Edinburgh" envelopes delivered to the same Glasgow address on the very same day; one with "Returned Letter" imprint and ms "2" charge but also having the very rare lengthy explanatory
text above the address quoting the Acts of Parliament that authorised the PO to collect "the Postage charged below" in full from senders of unpaid letters. The other with "Returned Paid Letter" imprint and no text. Both have the lengthy printed
explanation and "CAUTION" text under their flaps. Possibly unique matched pair. (2 covers) [The pair ex Grosvenor, Jan 2007 auction, lot 243; realised £780+BP.] [Both illustrated in BPPP, p.578.] Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, RETURNED MAIL,
OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1086 |
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 POST OFFICE. RARE RED & BLACK NOTICE REF. COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF "LETTERS marked REGISTERED"; Large Oct. 1856 Notice
unusually printed partly in red and partly in black (some folds and light reinforcing; 11½x17½ ins.) headed "LETTERS marked REGISTERED Not to be Deposited in Letter Boxes. CAUTION AGAINST SENDING VALUABLE LETTERS BY THE POST" stating that letters
marked Registered but not posted over the counter would - from 1 Nov. 1856 - be charged the full 1/- fee on delivery if only prepaid the postage. We cannot recall having seen this Important Notice before. Very rare and attractive.Cross
Reference: POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1087 |
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 POST OFFICE. RARE "POSTAL DISTRICT ENVELOPE" WITH "SW" EMBOSSED FLAP USED FROM WEYMOUTH TO LONDON; 25 May 1857 early usage of
"T.R.P. & Co's POSTAL DISTRICT ENVELOPE" (some creasing etc.; opened out for display) with printed list inside of London "Principal Places" and their new Postal District initials, franked by 1d Stars (rubbed & heavy crease) tied by Weymouth s/ways
duplex and addressed to Knightsbridge; there is an embossed pink oval "POSTAL DISTRICT/SW" device on the top flap. We have only recorded 3 other examples of this District initials envelope - advertising the very first attempt at postcodes - but this
is the only pre-1858 example that we have seen. [Another example sold as lot 857 in Cavendish's 11 Apr. 2003 auction for £408 inc. BP.] Plus a trimmed 17 Jan. 1857 page from the ILN with an album-page sized "MAP OF THE LONDON POSTAL DISTRICT WITH ITS
SUBDIVISIONS". (2 items) Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, DORSET (Image) (Image2)
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| 1088 |
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 POST OFFICE. ORDER FOR "50 SHEETS" OF 1d REDS SENT FROM BASINGSTOKE BY POST; 21 Nov. 1861 EL with printed "OHMS" above
address and POSTAGE LABELS" at foot of address, sent from Basingstoke to the "Stamp Office, [Winchester]" with 1d Red 'Stars' tied by a "52" numeral; the contents are a printed form headed "POSTAGE STAMPS/REQUISITION" from the "Distributor [of
stamps] for Basingstoke" listing available sheets of 1d, 2d, 4d, 6d, 10d or 1/- "Labels" but only ordering "50 Sheets" (240 each) of "1d. Labels". Rare example of an order for stamps posted with one of the very same stamps! Exhibition Item. Plus 1
Dec. 1880 EL with 1d Venetian Red tied by Forfar duplex advising that a parcel of stamps (£69-19s-5d total value) has been sent by "rail" and addressed to Brechin. Fine pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS, HAMPSHIRE, OFFICIAL
MAIL, SCOTLAND (Image)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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| 1089 |
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 POST OFFICE. O.H.M.S. MAIL EX THE P.O. (ONE REGISTERED), GROUP OF "OF THE NATURE OF A LETTER" MARKS, ETC.; 1868-88 covers
inc. 1868 EL ref. lost letter, 1873 "OHMS/Money Order Office" blue env. with unusual red "REGISTERED." imprint on the front and red oval M.O.O./REGISTERED ds, and 1873/88 quartet each with ½d rose-red (3) or ½d brown wrapper but found not to be
printed matter and so all charged 1d Postage Due with all-different very fine London (3) or Newport Mon. "OF THE NATURE OF A LETTER" (3) or "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS" boxed marks. Plus Mar./Apr. 1871 printed Parliamentary Return ref. proposed new
inland rates (all kinds of mail). (7 items) Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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| 1090 |
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 POST OFFICE. KGVI PERIOD MULREADY CARICATURE BY "J.K. SIDEBOTTOM" - ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN ARTWORK + USED & UNSUED EXAMPLES;
Remarkable and most attractive large ink-drawn 1946 artwork on think art paper (tiny stain does not detract) for a 2½d "AFTER W. MULREADY R.A. 1840" design incorporating a number of designs taken from issued postage stamps, but all echoing the
original design (elephants, soldiers, Britannia on throne with lion at her feet, etc.). Plus unused and used examples of the printed letter-sheet (on thick card but folded and with faked coloured 'silks!); the latter with KGVI 2½d tied by
"HORSFORTH/LEEDS" 2-ring cds and addressed locally to "Lieut. Thomas Waghorn" (at the artist's house?!). Sidebottom was a noted pioneer Postal Historian and the author of "The Overland Mail" in 1948 which dealt with Waghorn's mail system and its
markings in detail. We cannot recall having seen this design before. Unique lot! (3 items)Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, MULREADY CARICATURES ETC, KGVI ISSUES, YORKSHIRE (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 256.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1091 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. OFFICIAL FREE FRANKS, FRANKING ABUSE, U.P.P. MAIL, INSURANCE "BONUS LETTER" WITH UDC, ETC.; 1819 Covent
Garden play poster (not posted), plus group of prestamp/stampless printed covers; 1829 cyclostyled Cambridge University Election circular EL (franking abuse), Apr. 1834 Parliamentary Return ref. PO thefts of money in transit (ref. query from Postal
Reformer "Robert Wallace", 1838/9 Free Es with "TITHE COMMISSIONERS" headings (one illust. in BPPP p.552 & one ref. giant packets going by "Coach or Van"), Feb. 1840 EL ref Queen's marriage with UPP hs "1", Dec 1840 EL ref. £872 in banknotes sent by
post, 1840/4 OHMS trio (inc. Tithe/Poor Law Commissioners headings), 1845/8 pair ref. Solicitors, and 1848 redirected Insurance Co. EL with very fine STURMINSTER UDC. (13 items) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, OFFICIAL MAIL, DORSET (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...USD 128.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1092 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. BARTON ON HUMBER 1d BLACK COVER WITH PRINTED "COURSING CLUB" RULES & MEETING NOTICE; Fine 20th Nov. 1840 EL
(minor seal tears) from Barton to Spittal with 1d Black (PE; almost 4m) tied by unusually light orange-red MX matching the fine scarce large "BARTON ON HUMBER" cds nicely placed on the top flap. The contents are a spectacular and attractive circular
from the "BARTON-ON-HUMBER COURSING CLUB" with the new rules for 1841 and the next Prize Meeting to be run in Feb. 1841 with 32 dogs each paying the £10-10s-0d entry fee. Rare thus. [Illustrated fully in BPPP, p.340.]Cross Reference:
LINCOLNSHIRE, 1840 1d BLACKS (Image)
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Currently...USD 204.80
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1093 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. BRIGHTON COURT OF REQUESTS CACHET ON 1d BLACK COVER REF. SMALL CLAIM COURT PAY-OUT; 20 Nov. 1840 E (some
dusting and slight edge wear) sent locally in Brighton with Plate 4 1d Black (AB, just 4m) just tied by very fight orange-red MX matching the partial "[BRIGH]TON" cds on the top flap; most unusually there is a also a mainly very fine fancy 2-ring
"BRIGHTON/COURT OF REQUESTS" armorial cachet at top left of the address. The mainly printed contents advise that a claim for £2-8s-10½d is ready to be paid out. [BPA Cert. (2011)] [Illustrated in BPPP, p.340.] Cross Reference: SUSSEX, 1840 1d
BLACKS (Image)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1094 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. SHREWSBURY COURT SUMMONS WITH 1d BLACK HAVING "CLERK OF THE PEACE & JUSTICE/SALOP" CACHET INSIDE; 1 Jan.
1841 EL (some dusting and wrinkling) from Shrewsbury to Ironbridge with 1d Black (JB just 4m; tiny scuff at top right) tied by a messy orange-red MX but also having a very fine black "SHREWSBURY/D" cds nicely placed on the top flap. The contents are
a mostly printed Summons to attend Court on 5 Jan. 1841 on behalf of the prosecution, and they have a faint strike of a 2-ring armorial "CLERK OF THE PEACE & JUSTICE/SALOP" cachet at top left. Very rare example of a Jury Summons with a 1d Black.
[Illustrated in BPPP, pp.312/3.]Cross Reference: SHROPSHIRE, 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1095 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. SPECTACULAR 1d BLACK COVER - PRINTED INVITATION TO BECOME A FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES; 19 Feb.
1841 EL (single large sheet; some creasing) sent from London (cds on top flap) to "Henry Godwin, Newbury, Berks." with 4m 1d Black (GG; filing crease) tied b very fine black London MX. The contents are a very attractive advice of FSA-ship (£8-8s-0d
entry fee plus £4-4s-0d pa) with a printed version of the Society's armorial seal inside, signed by "Nichs. Carlisle". Remarkable contents for a 1d Black cover! [Illustrated fully in BPPP, p.343.]Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, BERKSHIRE (Image)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1096 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. BLUE LLANELLY NUMERAL ON 4m 1d RED FORWARDING COLOURFUL O.H.M.S. CIRCULAR REF. "SMUGGLING" & "RUMMAGING";
Very attractive 15/18 Apr. 1845 E (one flap slightly reduced barely affecting contents; filing folds clear of stamp) initially sent OHMS with London crowned "PAID" cds to Llanelly ("On the Service of the Customs" heading) and then redirected to
Carmarthen with a fine 4m 1d Red (QG) tied by a fine rare BLUE Llanelly "695" numeral. The printed contents concern "great laxity" in the inspections of coasting vessels resulting in "extensive smuggling transactions", and asks "that Officers of the
Waterguard be strictly enjoined to rummage" them! Exhibition Quality. [Ex SG retail, June 2018; £675.]Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, OFFICIAL MAIL (Image)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1097 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. EARLY 1d RED COVERS WITH PRINTED CONTENTS - HERALDIC, RAILWAY, TITHES, MILITARY, ETC.; 1841-54 covers with
variety of contents incl. spectacular July 1854 env. with blue garter "IMMEDIATE" imprint on the front (1d 'stars', creased ex London) with 2 cards with fine armorial designs plus covering letter ref. £75-10s-0d fees! [illust. in BPPP, p.355], 1848
EL ex Edinr. (3m 1d Red) with printed "IMPORTANT - RELATIVE TO THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY" heading above address (with Half-yearly Report contents), 3 stampless OHMS covers, etc. (8 covers)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, OFFICIAL MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL,
1841 1d REDS (Image)
(Image2)
(Image3)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1098 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. UNIQUE(?) COVER RECOVERED FROM THE SEA IN A CANISTER (A BOTTLE?) - FROM AN OFFICIAL TIDAL FLOW EXPERIMENT;
14 Aug. 1858 EL headed "On Public Service" and addressed to the Naval Academy London with contents headed "High water, 2.30 pm 1858 - Flood just made/Re Harbour Ramsgate Northwest. 1 pm/August 14h 3 miles distant/Any persons finding this, be pleased
to/write down the time when and place/where and forward it to its address by/Post or to nearest consuls Office, as it/is intended to show the Setts of the tides/for the benifit of navigation generally" signed by the Ramsgate Harbour Master. The
letter also has a later addition; "Neiport/Near Ostend /28 Aug 1858 /Sir/The enclosed has just/been brought to me 6 P.M. /having been picked up in/the course of the afternoon at the/same place, or very near thereby" and signed by "Lloyd's Vice
Agent". The letter was then resealed and sent to London, has a fine "NIEUPORT" cds and smudged examples on face and reverse of the Nieuport Consular intaglio seal. It was charged "8[d]" incoming Ship Letter rate and has an uncancelled 1d Red 'stars'
(understandable wrinkling) which was to pay the return postage if the letter was found on a UK beach. It is believed that the navy used this method to trace tidal flow and the letter was placed in a cylinder (a glass bottle?) before being dropped in
the sea. A most interesting story - it was in the sea for 2 weeks - and the only example that we have seen. Probably the earliest surviving tide-experiment letter in existence. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.564.] [Ex Cavendish Sept. 2015 auction; lot 1843,
realised £1,800+BP.] Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS, BELGIUM, KENT, G.B. USED ABROAD STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
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Currently...USD 832.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1099 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. CHESTER SPOONS ON PAIR OF 2d BLUE 'STARS' COVERS WITH PRINTED CHURCH CONTENTS REF. PROVING WILLS;
Remarkable 30 Apr./13 May 1857 pair of ELs (light toning) sent to vicars in Ormskirk (changed to "Lpool" before posting) or Congleton each with a 2d Blue 'stars' tied by partly fine "CHESTER" Spoon duplexes (codes "D" or "E"); both give notice of the
Archdeacon's impending visit to hold a "Court of Visitation" for proving wills and the like - they were to be affixed "to the principal Door of your Church" (which would explain the toning) and so it is surprising that they have survived. Remarkable
pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: 1854-61 2d BLUES, CHESHIRE, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC. (Image)
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Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM |
| 1100 |
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 OTHER CATEGORIES. FIRST DAY OF USAGE ½d PLATE NUMBER (PL.11) ON PRINTED MATTER RATE COVER EX LONDON; Fine 1 Oct. 1870 EL (a
couple of light vertical crease well clear of stamp) with printed contents and printed heading above the address "British Asylum for Deaf & Dumb Females" (being a voting form for their Committee); franked by a Plate 11 ½d Rose-Red (LM; slightly
off-centre as usual) tied by a very fine small "LONDON N W/C 12/OC 1/70" cds. Used on the First Day of Usage of the British ½d stamp and the First Day of the Printed Matter rate. Attractive Exhibition Item.Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS,
1870 ½d PLATES, FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS (Image)
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