Great Britain Stamps & Postal History - Dec. 2024 continued...
THE PETER CHADWICK HANDSTRUCK "4" CHARGEMARKS continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 881 |
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 WIGTOWN HANDSTRUCK "4": 6 Jan. 1840 EL to London, fine "4" hs just running over the edge of the cover & poor "WIGTOWN/PENNY POST".
ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, WIGTOWNSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 650
SOLD for £2,200.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 882 |
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 MANUSCRIPT PREPAID COVER & FRONT: 26 Dec. 1839 EL ex Leeds to Dunfermline, and 27 Dec. 1839 ex Stirling to Dundee (front only),
both with red ms "4" on front. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, STIRLINGSHIRE, YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 883 |
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 LONDON HANDSTRUCK RED "1": 6 Dec. 1839 EL posted locally with ms "Paid" and red "1" hs. During Uniform 4d Post a 1d rate applied in
London for prepaid mail. This was normally manuscript; a handstruck red "1" was very rare: this is the only one recorded, and MAY be the only one. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £1,300.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 884 |
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 LONDON RED "1" FOR SOLDIERS' MAIL: 23 Dec. 1839 E ex Woolwich to Portsmouth, no 4d charge so possibly soldier's or sailor's mail:
the only one recorded with a fine handstruck "1" (red) in the Uniform 4d Post (may be the only one). Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
(Image)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £850.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 885 |
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 LONDON "Over weight" HANDSTAMP: 17 Dec. 1839 E posted locally with "OVER/WEIGHT" hs & faint blue inverted "Up Baker St/2d PAID". One
of only two recorded and the only one in the Uniform 4d Post, also with a handstruck black "1", again the only recorded example in the Uniform 4d Post. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £2,000.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 886 |
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 LONDON "2" & "3" HANDSTAMPS on two ELs (insurance forms, 30 Dec. 1839 or 1 Jan. 1840) showing that the London District Post (if
unprepaid) was operating exactly as before the Uniform 4d Post, both v. fine hs's. Also, "2" & "TO PAY/2d/ONLY" on 27 Dec. 1839 front. (3 items)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 887 |
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 LONDON "6": 3 Dec. 1839 EL forwarded within London during the Uniform 4d Post. Originally charged 3d (L619) then forwarded (on 6
Dec.) and charged 6d (like L635c); the only use known to Chadwick (and unrecorded in Jay) of this charge within the Uniform 4d Post. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £1,900.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 888 |
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 POSTMASTER LOCAL POST STILL CHARGED DURING UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD: 7 Jan. 1840 EL from London to Penistone, showing the ms "4"
from London to Barnsley, then ms "6" to include the postmaster local charge from Barnsley to Penistone. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 50
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 889 |
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 RARE FIFTH CLAUSE POST: 18 Dec. 1839 E ex Laugharne to London charged ms "4", with blurred boxed "Laugharne/5" Clause Post" hs,
indicating 1d charged from Laugharne to the Pembroke road. This is the only time a "5th clause" mark used in the Uniform 4d Post has been seen by Chadwick. Cross Reference: WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, CARMARTHENSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £400.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 890 |
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 1 & "2" LOCAL POST CHARGES: 21 Dec 1839 EL with fine "1" hs for local rate in Melrose, and 18 Dec. 1839 E with fine "2" hs for
"eight mile rate" between Selkirk and Galashiels. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, SELKIRK, ROXBURGH (Image)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 891 |
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 Above 1/2 oz EDINBURGH HANDSTAMP wide setting ED189a (very fine) on front of 5 Jan. 1840 E ex Fraserburgh to Edinburgh, and the
rarer narrow setting ED188a (very fine) on front of 3 Jan. 1840 E ex Edinburgh to Paisley. A most attractive pair, both "J" rarity within the Uniform 4d Post. Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, ABERDEEN, EDINBURGH (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £700.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 892 |
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 RATE FROM AMERICA: 22 Nov. 1839 EL (creased across front) ex New York to London, arriving 22 Dec. 1839, charged 8d ship letter
(Dover Ship Letter) + 4d Uniform 4d Post rate. Incoming mail was charged 4d domestically. Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MARITIME MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 893 |
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 RATE TO EUROPE: 4 Mar. 1839 or 22 Dec. 1839 ELs ex Wetherby to Rome both showing a total ms postal charge of 2/4d, of which the
inland charge within Britain was 11d. Outgoing mail was charged the pre-Uniform 4d Post rate domestically. Both badly toned overall, possibly disinfected (?). Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 894 |
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 LAST DAY HANDSTRUCK "1" OF EDINBURGH: 9 Jan. 1840 E with fine "1" charge for local penny post delivery on front. The following day,
the same letter would have cost 1d prepaid, but 2d unprepaid. This was "the rate which increased". Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH
(Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 895 |
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 LAST DAY CONFUSION: 9 Jan. 1840 EL from Edinburgh to Bruntisland by steam packet. Fine Edinburgh handstruck "4" & "Above 1/2 oz"
(wide setting) on front. At the time of posting, the rate should have been 8d (2 x 4d). At the time of delivery, the postage due charge should have been 4d (2 x 2 x 1d). Is this a Last Day Cover of the Uniform 4d Post, or a First Day Cover of the
Uniform Penny Post (with a 4d postage due mark)? Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH (Image)
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Starting at £ 190
SOLD for £750.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
THE PETER CHADWICK COLLECTION OF "UNPAID" MARKS
| Lot |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 896 |
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 EDINBURGH "Above ½ oz": 2 Jan. 1853 1d pink p.stat. env. (flap faults) ex Pendleton, Manchester to Edinburgh, found on arrival in
Edinburgh to have an enclosure with fine "Above ½ oz" & "MORE TO PAY" hs's, 2d payable on delivery shown in manuscript. The "Above ½ oz" handstamp is unique to Edinburgh, found in no other town in GB. (Page 94 of Chadwick, Auckland cat. ED189 rarity
F). Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH (Image)
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Starting at £ 38
SOLD for £95.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 897 |
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 UNRECORDED EDINBURGH "Above authorized weight": 20 July 1840 piece ex Edinburgh (no address) with fine red "Above authorized weight"
hs (applied to MPs mail if overweight), and charged ms "4" postage due (on back). This is a rare hs occasionally found in black (rarity K) but previously unrecorded in red by Chadwick. Known only from Edinburgh. (Page 94 of Chadwick, Auckland cat.
ED170 rarity K in black, unlisted in red). Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 898 |
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 UNRECORDED "1" OF OLD MELDRUM: 25 Dec 1855 printed EL ex Aberdeen to Old Meldrum, prepaid with 1d red, then forwarded with fine "1"
hs of Old Meldrum. Only known example of the "1" handstamp of Old Meldrum used as a Postage Due mark. ex Bruce Auckland. (Page 98 of Chadwick, unlisted in Auckland). Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, ABERDEEN (Image)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 899 |
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 RARE "2" OF BONAW USED AS POSTAGE DUE: 23 Feb. 1843 EL (faults & stained) ex Bonaw to Ardentallen Priory, posted unpaid with "2"
charge mark of Bonaw, previously unrecorded and only known example used as a p. due. With partial boxed "BONAW"/FE 23/1843" ds. (page 97 of Chadwick & page 902 of Grimwood-Taylor, unlisted in Auckland). Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, ARGYLL,
POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
| 900 |
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 UNRECORDED "1" OF STRONTIAN: 24 May 1862 E ex Edinburgh to Kinloch Moidart, prepaid with 4 margined 1d red, but with a fine "1" hs
in black, the charge from Strontian (post town) to Kinloch Moidart. This is a postmaster's private post charge for local delivery. (Page 97 of Chadwick, Auckland cat. AR372 rarity E in red, unlisted in black). Cross Reference: SCOTLAND,
EDINBURGH, ARGYLL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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