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Gavin Fryer Collections - Oct. 2024 continued...

G.B. - PRINTED PAPERS BY POST continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1101   imageOTHER CATEGORIES. RARE FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE LARGE FORMAT ½d LILAC POSTCARD - EX YORK TO POCKLINGTON; 1 Oct. 1870 usage of the larger format ½d P. Stat. PC (light overall toning) which is thought to be the rarer of the two sizes used on the First Day; sent to Pocklington (fine arrival cds's of both Sat. 1 Oct. & Mon. 3 Oct. on reverse) cancelled by a superb First Day "C/YORK" cds. Interesting message; "Dearest Polly, My heart's sad at parting with you/When shall we meet again/I long for the time when I shall again/be cheered by the light of your eyes. J.H.H.". Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS, FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, YORKSHIRE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1102   imageOTHER CATEGORIES. HYMN CARD WITH 1841 1d RED, P. DUE MARKS, PARL. REPORTS (REF. R. HILL OR "OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS"), ETC.; 1847-77 group inc. folded hymn-card posted from Durham with 1d Red tied by "267" numeral (a very early form of Postcard! - illust. in BPPP, p.351), 1859 EL (mis-perfed. 1d 'stars') with "YORKSHIRE UNION HUNT CLUB" rules, 1859/77 Parl. reports (not posted) ref. Rowland Hill's new proposal for compulsory prepayment or the rules for stopping "Indecent or Obscene Publications", 1871/7 ½d rose-red covers (6) inc. one endorsed "Nature of a letter" + others with hs "½d" or red Brighton "GONE AWAY..." marks, 1873 env. with ½d+2d (rare inland 4-6oz letter rate), 1874/84 pair of used (but not posted) rare ½d Green or Brown "VACCINATION CERTIFICATE" P. Stat. ELs, 1905/10 pair of giant folded "PANORAMIC LETTER CARD" PCs (charged 1d extra or with skeleton), etc. Great mix. (19 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, 1841 1d REDS (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
G.B. - NEWSPAPERS BY POST
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1103   imageVERY RARE CIRCULAR "POSTAGE/d1/STAMP NOT VISIBLE" ON I.L.N. FRONT PAGE WITH ADDRESS; 20 Sept. 1856 front page of "THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS" (folds neatly to fit an album page) sent from London to "Parcglas, Narbeth, Wales" (a gentleman's residence near Narbeth; presumably the addressee's name lost when slightly trimmed) at top right with a mainly very fine strike of this very rare London "POSTAGE/d1/STAMP NOT VISIBLE" mark alongside; there is a fine red Tax Stamp at the foot of the front page, which must have been folded inside when posted. This is one of the rarest GB Postage Due marks on anything like a complete cover such as this. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.141.] [Ex Charless Hahn, Cavendish Mar. 2014, lot 1516; realised £360+BP.] Plus 22 May 1860 front page of the Journal of Gas Lighting addressed to Amsterdam with a 2d Blue that does not belong. (2 items)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, NEWSPAPER MAIL, NETHERLANDS (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1104   imageEARLY NEWSPAPERS, CLERKS OF THE ROADS RECEIPTS (INC. 1833 MS LIST) & POST-1840 AGENCY RECEIPTS; 1684-1851 lot inc. fine 1684 issue of "THE OBSERVATOR" (pre-Tax stamps), 1718 "Evening Post" with part Tax Stamp (sent Free to an MP with Bishop Mark), 1776-1830 partly printed Clerk of the Road receipts (4; North x2, Chester or Dover roads) [1830 illust. in BPPP, p.82], 1833 ms list of amounts due from Bridgnorth's Postmaster for newspapers ex "[Daniel] Stow, G.P.O.", 1846 1d Red EL with circular of a "NEWS AGENCY", and 1851 receipt for newspapers supplied by "MARY WALLER... Near the New P.O." (London). Good lot. (10 items) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPER MAIL, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1105   imageTRANSATLANTIC USAGE OF 'THE TIMES' WITH 1841 2d BLUE EX LONDON TO PROVIDENCE, R.I.; Fine complete 8-page 3 June 1844 issue of 'The Times' addressed to "Providence, Rhode Island, U.S." (folds to fit an album page; addressee's name trimmed off at top) and endorsed "Pr. [Steamer] Acadia" and franked for the special 2d rate with an 1841 2d Blue (AK; just 4m - v. tight at right) with clear profile tied by an unclear London diamond numeral. Very few newspapers that were posted with Imperf. issues have been recorded. Exhibition Quality. [Illustrated in BPP, p.127.]Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEWSPAPER MAIL, 1841 2d BLUES (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1106   imageTRANSATLANTIC UNPAID USAGE OF 'THE TIMES' TO CANADA WITH HS "1d" & "MEIKLEOUR" VILLAGE UDC; Remarkable usage of the 23 Feb. 1852 'Times' (the first large sheet; folded to fit album-page; slight toning and edge wear) from Scotland to "P. Wallace Esq., Coburg, Canada West" with a fine blue-green "MEIKLEOUR" UDC (Perthshire) beside the address, also having a very fine Handstruck "1d" in black nearby (probably struck in Liverpool). Rare example of a newspaper sent from a village PO and at the 1d Transatlantic rate. Exhibition Item. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.130.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, SCOTLAND, CANADA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1107   imageUNPAID/FREE NEWSPAPER RATES - COMPLETE PAPERS SENT TO PRUSSIA & TO WESTMORLAND; Fine complete 22 Sept. 1855 4-page "London Gazette Extraordinary" (with news of the final capture of Sebastopol) sent from London to Prussia without prepayment (the new rules of Aug. 1855 allowed this to Prussia) but having a ms "1" delivery charge as well as a very fine red 2-ring "Aus ENGLAND/Per AACHEN" ds (23 Sept.) at the top, and oddly having the 1d Tax Stamp at the foot cancelled by the Prussian "AUSG./24/9" arrival cds. Plus complete 28 Mar. 1857 folded issue of the "Saturday Review" in a specially printed wrapper addressed to the "[Election] Committee"... [Appleby, Westmoreland]" with the 1d Tax Stamp visible at right as per PO regulations. Good pair showing the free transmission of papers within GB; each neatly fits on an album page. (2 papers) [The first illustrated in BPPP, p.144.] Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, GERMAN STATES, WESTMORLAND, NEWSPAPER MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1108   image'PUNCH' & 'THE TIMES' POSTED WITHIN G.B. (WITH 1d 'STARS' EX BRISTOL OR 2d PLATE No. EX LONDON) ETC.; Jan./Nov. 1862 pair of front pages of 'Punch' (some edge faults) and 'The Times' (wrinkle across address but otherwise very fine) respectively; the first with 1d Red 'stars' tied by a very fine Bristol "134" numeral (to nearby Chew Stoke), the second with 2d Blue (pl.9) tied by v. fine London "69" barred oval (fully addressed to Whitby); rare and attractive pair. Plus page from 31 Aug. 1844 'Punch' with spoof letter from a "Suspended Postman" ref. Sir James Graham and opening letters in transit (!), and unposted 22+29 Sept. 1855 complete issues of Illustrated London News (fine illustrations of Crimean War scenes), and a few pages form a pair of 1862/8 issues of Punch. (7 items)Cross Reference: NEWSPAPER MAIL, BRISTOL, 1854-65 1d REDS, 1858-69 2d PLATES (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1109   imageTRANSATLANTIC USAGE OF THE 'DAILY NEWS' FROM LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK WITH 2d BLUE PLATE No.; Fine & complete 19 Dec. 1863 8-page issue of 'The Daily News' (folds neatly to fit an album page) addressed to "Messrs. Brown Bros. & Co., New York" at the top of page one with a 2d Blue (pl.9) tied by a light Liverpool (?) "466" numeral alongside. Rare and attractive usage. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.180.]Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1858-69 2d PLATES, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1110   image'LONDON GAZETTE' EXCEPTIONALLY SENT AT LETTER RATE WITH 2d BLUE +1d RED +1/- GREEN FOR THE 6oz-7oz RATE; 16 Sept. 1864 front/back pages of 'The London Gazette' (some stains etc., but attractive and with complete address, having v. fine red 1d Tax Stamp at foot of front page; folded to show Tax Stamp beside postal franking) to "Much Wenlock, Salop". Endorsed "Letter Rate" because the extra 1s-2d was necessary to speed up delivery (there is a 17 Sept. arrival cds) whereas the usual 2d newspaper rate (1d Red + the 1d Tax Stamp) would not have been nearly so rapid. Franked by 2d Blue (pl.9), 1d Red (pl.80?) and 1/- green (pl.1) all tied by fine London diamond "2" vertical ovals. It is very rare to find a newspaper fully stamped for the letter rate. [Ex Steph Stobbs; Cavendish July 1989, lot 579. Also ex Robert Johnson, Cavendish June 2006; lots 1222, realised £300+BP.] [Illustrated in BPPP, p.180.] Cross Reference: NEWSPAPER MAIL, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS, SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £340.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1111   imageNEWSPAPERS SENT WITHIN G.B. WITH SINGLE 1d RED PLATE No. FRANKINGS EX LONDON; 1866/7/8 part or complete issues of 'Fun', 'Punch' or the 'Commercial Private & Confidential List" [of bankrupts etc.] all fully addressed and each with a single 1d Red Plate No. tied by scarce "W/9", "W/27" OR "EC/8" barred numerals. Two addressed on the paper itself, but the Confidential List (a 16-page publication but printed on very large uncut sheet) folded down into a small addressed wrapper [illust. in BPPP, p.125]. Each fits an album page. (3 items)Cross Reference: NEWSPAPER MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1112   imagePERIODICALS WITH 1d RED, 2d BLUE OR ½d ROSE-RED SINGLE FRANKINGS EX WINDSOR/LONDON/GODALMING; 1869/70/74 trio being 'Eton College Chronicle' (complete) to Brighton with 1d Red tied by Windsor duplex, 'London Gazette' to Wath with 2d Blue (pl.13) tied by London "WC" numeral, and 'Illustrated London News' to Oxford with ½d Rose-red tied by Godalming "318" numeral. Good set showing different inland printed matter rates. (3 items) [First 2 illustrated in BPPP, p. 370 or p.195.]Cross Reference: BERKSHIRE, SURREY (Image)

Starting at £ 95

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1113   imageDIFFERENT PAPERS TO CANADA (PAIR WITH 2d BLUES), CHINA STATION (1½d RATE) OR NOVA SCOTIA (1d RED); 1874/78 pair of front pages of the I.L.N. or Graphic sent from London to Ontario (parts of addresses trimmed off) each with 2d Blue tied by unclear numeral [both illust. in BPPP, p.208]; plus first page of 1884 'Weekly Times' to "HMS Curacoa, China Station" with 1d Lilac + ½d Green tied by fine BEXLEY HEATH cds, and 1877 masthead of 'Liverpool Mercury' addressed to Nova Scotia with 1d Red tied by fair Southport duplex. Rare group. (4 items) Cross Reference: CANADA, CHINA, KENT, LANCASHIRE (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1114   imageQV NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS COLLECTION - TO PARAGUAY, GUATEMALA, N.Z., BRAZIL, AUSTRALIA, ETC.; 1871-98 group inc. 1871 local Birmingham ½d Green usage with unusual "REFUGES FOR THE FALLEN" text printed on reverse, c.1880 usage of 1d Brown to Melbourne, c.1882 usage of 1d Brown uprated with 1d to Paraguay, 1879 ½d Green usage uprated with ½d to France, 1882 plain wrapper to Rio with 1d Lilac tied by Lpool squared circle [illust. in BPPP, p.214], 1894? usage of ½d Brown to Scotland uprated with ½d Jubilee having unusual red "TWO REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS" imprint [illust. in BPPP, p.212], 1894 ½d Brown regd. to Germany with Jubilee 2d, c.1897 ½d Brown usage to Guatemala, etc. Plus c.1895 bundle of c.15 unused unstamped "Walkden Newspaper Wrappers" with printed wrapper, etc. (17 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY, GUATEMALA (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 120

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
G.B. - BOOK POST
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1115   imageEARLY QV "BOOK POST" IMPRINTS/ENDORSEMENTS, RARE "DETAINED/POSTED IN PILLAR LETTER BOX", ETC.; 1855-73 covers sent at (or endorsed to go at) Book Post rates; inc. c.1856 "Hansard's Parl. Debates" wrapper with 1d 'stars', c.1864 (2) + c.1873 trio of card Photographs by post wrappers with 1d 'stars' (2) or ½d (latter with 2 enclosed photos), rare Mar. 1866 folded housing estate plans endorsed "Book Post" with 1d Plate No. but also with mainly fine rare circular London "POSTED IN PILLAR/DETAINED/LETTER BOX" mark (few known; BPPP p.420), 1866/7 pair with 1d Reds ex Manchester/Stroud with original strings still in place [illust. in BPPP pp.409+410], 1867 auction cat. back page with 1d tied by Whitehaven duplex [BPPP p.397], large 1872 wrapper with BP imprint and 2d Blue [BPPP p.443], 1871/2/5 trio with ½d Rose-reds (one with ?Private circ. "PER BOOK/PAID/POST" cachet; see BPPP pp.438+443], etc. Very scarce lot worthy of further expansion. (15 items)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, 1870 ½d PLATES (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £650.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1116   imageLATER QV MAIL - PHOTO CARDS, RARE REGD. COVER, ½d ROSE-RED BLOCK, UNDERPAID WITH 4d SAGE-GREEN, ETC.; 1874-88 covers/cards inc. group of photographers' special card wrapper fronts (6 inc. unusual large 1878 type sent from Plymouth with red imprints and ½d Rose-red Block of Four tied by Plymouth duplexes but turned & redirected with 1d Red tied by "EDINR/N.P.B." cds; see BPPP p.444), 1874 "Queen's Album' photo wrapper with indent at right & 2d Blue, 1876 "PER BOOK POST" wrapper (faults) unusually registered from Bristol with 2d Blues (2)+½d Rose-red, Aug. 1880 wrapper with scarce 4d Sage Green (rare on inland mail; pl.16) tied by v. fine EXETER duplex but charged "1d" extra with v. fine Exeter boxed "More to pay/above [16] oz" [illust. in BPPP, p.378], Dec. 1882 parcel tag endorsed "P. Post" (prior to Parcel Post) with 2d Venetian Red tied by Sheffield cds, etc. Scarce group. (13 items) Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, REGISTERED MAIL, DEVON (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1117   imageVERY RARE INTERNAL USAGE OF THE 8d ORANGE ON "Sketches only by Book Post" LOCAL LONDON PARCEL TAG; Remarkable 16 Oct. 1880 complete linen parcel tag (with brass 'eye' ring at left) sent within London endorsed "Sketches only by Book Post" on the front and franked by a single 8d Orange (pl.1) tied by a light London cds and two red "LONDON" backstamps. One of only a handful of recorded inland usages of this scarce 8d value. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.422.] Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
G.B. - PATTERN & SAMPLE POST
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1118   imagePRESTAMP SAMPLE POST COVERS INC. 1789 CLARET "NORWICH" + 1841 1d RED COVER (TRACING PAPER SAMPLES); 1789 EL prepaid from Columbine & Sons of Norwich to Bolzano, endorsed "Echantillons de nulle valeur" (samples of no value) and originally containing pieces of patterned fabric, with fair claret NORWICH and London circular POST/PAID which may be the earliest recorded 'Sample Post' endorsement on mail ex GB? [illust in BPPP, p.475; ex Cavendish Sept. 2006 auction; lot 1264, realised £240+BP]; plus similar 1830 EL from Antwerp (faint red cds) to London also endorsed "Sample of Seed", 1830 EL from Greenock to Edinr. endorsed "Sample of Sugar" [illust. in BPPP, p.478] - all seemingly charged at letter rates. Plus 1843 local London env. with fine 4m 1d Red tied by v. fine MX with its original contents incl. a monogrammed sample of E.G.'s Tracing Paper plus matching printed circular. Early G.B. Sample Post covers are very rare. (4 covers)Cross Reference: NORFOLK, BELGIUM, 1841 1d REDS (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1119   imageFREE FRONT WITH SPECTACULAR PRINTED DECORATION - SENT FROM "FOOTSCRAY" TO WINDSOR CASTLE; 6 Oct. 1839 free front (cleverly attached to the flapped reverse of a small c.1850 envelope) headed & signed by "[Viscount] Sydney" (1805-90) from "FOOTSCRAY" (fine cds; the Sydney family mansion, Frognal House, was there) addressed to "The Countess of Sandwich, Windsor Castle" with a fine red London crowned "FREE" transit cds. There is a superb floral/avian design printed (in black with a couple of gold highlights) as a frame to the address (intriguingly the envelope was used upside down by Sydney!) which would perhaps have done better than the Mulready if it had been used by the Post Office! Sydney was a member of the Royal Household for many years as well as being a politician. Only a handful of postally used pre-1841 fancy envelope/wrapper designs have been recorded, most of which are in the Fryer Collection (see following lots). Exhibition Quality. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.25.]Cross Reference: KENT, FREE MAIL, PICTORIALS, PRINTED (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £360.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM
1120   imageFREE FRONT WITH SPECTACULAR PRINTED DECORATION - SENT FROM "CHIPPENHAM" TO LONDON TO DOVER; 1 Dec. 1839 free front with a most attractive floral/shells design printed in an unusual gold/purple shade franked by the "[Duke of] Beaufort" (1792-1853) from "Chippenham" to "Lord Willoughby de Eresby" (1782-1865; Lord Chamberlain at the time) in London with a mainly fine scarce "Chippenham/Penny Post" at top left and manuscript "1" charge, both of which were crossed through when the 1d was paid and the letter redirected to Dover with a very fine red 2-ring crowned London "FREE" cds, though the faint London "To Pay 1d only " mark not crossed out. Printed pictorial covers of any kind are extremely rare prior to 1840. What a pity this design was not chosen instead of the Mulready; it certainly rivals the later 'Buchanan' envelopes that sell for £000's! Only a handful of postally used pre-1841 fancy envelope/wrapper designs have been recorded, most of which are in the Fryer Collection (see previous & following lots). Exhibition Quality. [Ex Frank Bottomley; Cavendish Jan. 2010; lot 860, realised £280+BP.]Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, WILTSHIRE, PICTORIALS, PRINTED (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Oct-30, 03:00 AM

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