G.B.P.H. COLLECTIONS
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QV POSTAL HISTORY: Two binders with a representative collection of primarily QV period cards & covers, but also a few earlier items.
Includes four 18th C. covers, two of these with Bishop marks, a few pre-stamp covers inc. examples of 'cross-writing', 1863 & 1874 Stamped to Order 1½d brown & 2d blue envs., pair of 1d pink envs. optd. "SPECIMEN" and 1864 1d pink printed env. used,
1880 EL London to Bordeaux franked with 2 x 2½d rose, 1882-99 1½d brown letter card unused, 1841 letter detailing estimate (£95) for building a Coach, trio of used 1d pink envs. inc. one cancelled by "1" in MX and another by Liverpool 'spoon'. Also a
range of used & unused Postal Stationery plus a number of 1d lilac frankings; mail to overseas inc. 1900 Regd. letter to Germany with 2/8d franking, pair of covers to NY each with 2½d Jubilee types having Hoster cancels. Collection is presented on
display pages and mostly fine throughout. (c.71 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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BOOK POST, ETC.: 11 Nov. 1873 a small box env. made of thick card bearing single ½d adhesives used from Leeds, probably for
photographs. Another similar used to London. 22 Sept. 1874 cardboard "BOOK POST" wrapper used from Liverpool to Kendal. 4 Nov. 1875 printed Meteorological Society printed report sent book post from Winchfield to Westminster bearing ½d plate 11 WB. 18
Feb. 1876 ½d wrapper uprated with ½d sent book post from London to Luxemburg. Also a 1d postcard uprated with ½d plate 12 SA used from London to Trinidad. 1872 large auction brochure sent "book post" to Shrewsbury giving details of property auction
in Oswestry with ½d. (7 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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CHESHIRE & STAFFORDSHIRE PRESTAMP MAILS: 1742-c.1825 with 1742 EL to Leek with good CHES / TER hs (CH69); 1743 EL to London with a
fine STAF- / FORD hs and endorsed Free Chetwynd with ms "P"; 1812 EL to Congleton with fine circular WINSFORD hs; 1787 E to Macclesfield with fine CHESTER / 182 hs; 1784 EL to York with v. fine CHESTER hs; 1786 E to Leek with fine MACCLES / FIELD hs;
1799 E to Leek with v. fine concave LICHFIELD hs, etc. Good variety of marks. (26 items) Cross Reference: CHESHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £190.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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PRESTAMP MAILS INC. N.E. & N.W. ENGLAND, MIDLANDS & E. ANGLIA: 1742-1840 mix with 1742 EL Lutterton to London with fine SPALD/ING
hs; 1764 EL Lutton to Battersea with fine WISBICH hs; 1772 EL Newcastle to London with v.fine NEWCASTLE hs; 1786 EL Oxford to London with fine 57OXFORD hs; 1794 EL (faults) Huntingdon to London with fine claret ST.IVES hs; 1797 EL Morpeth to Alnwick
with v.fine horseshoe MORPETH hs; 1801 EL Abingdon to Somerset with v.fine curved ABINGDON hs; 1824 EL Chester le Street to Braintree with v.fine CHESTER LE STREET hs; 1840 E Stratford to London with v.fine red oval PAID AT / A STRATFORD etc. Fine
selection. (32 items) Cross Reference: LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTHUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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MIDLANDS PRESTAMP MAILS: 1743-1836 with 1767 EL to Ludlow with good (slightly overinked in places) scarce concave BEWDLY hs (WO13);
1743 EL to Newbury "by London" with v.fine SALOP. hs (SH582); 1762 E to London with good LEICESTER hs; 1768 EL to Whitchurch with v.fine SALOP. hs (SH596); 1784 EL to London with v.fine 140 LEOMIN / STER hs (HF277); c.1825 EL to Derby with v.fine red
LOUGHBOROUGH / 109 mileage hs; 1836 EL to Macclesfield with v.fine red MARKETDRAYTON hs (SH310), etc. (14 items)Cross Reference: LEICESTERSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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WEST COUNTRY PRESTAMP MAILS; 1762-1839 with 1762 EL to London with good large Bristol "B" hs (BS18); 1771 E to London with v.fine
Bristol "B" hs (BS18); 1781 E to Plymouth with v.fine and scarce SHERBORNE / Post / Office/* hs; 1794 EL to Exeter with v.fine horseshoe HONITON hs (DN750); 1822 large piece to St Ives with v.fine blue TRURO / 260 hs (CO356); 1836 EL to N Shields
with fine blue PAID AT TRURO hs (C0363); 1833 EL to Chard with fine LANGPORT / 140 hs, etc. (20 items) Cross Reference: BRISTOL, DEVON, CORNWALL (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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PRESTAMP MAIL OF THE HOME COUNTIES: 1777-1842 with 1795 EL Reading to London with two strikes of READING hs plus v.fine scarce hand
struck "4"; 1777 EL to London with fine little overinked FARRING / DON hs; 1797 E to London with fine curved KINGSTON hs; 1798 E to Scotland Yard with v.fine curved ISLEWORTH hs; 1814 EL to Norwich with fine SAWBRIDGEWORTH / 26 mileage hs, etc. (11
items)Cross Reference: HERTFORDSHIRE, SURREY, BERKSHIRE, MIDDLESEX (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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UNOFFICIAL LOCAL POSTMARKS 1d OR 2d EXTRA CHARGES INC. YORKS., SHROPS., ESSEX, ETC.: 1780-1844 selection of EL/E illustrating the
extra 1d or 2d charges that were kept by the Postmasters. Many with mileage marks, but inc. 1780 MARGATE hs (extra 2d at Leeds); some Penny Posts; 1841 red ms "Missent" beside HADLEIGH UDC; v.fine MISSENT TO BRISTOL; Barnsley/Penistone 2d charges,
Charing 1d, etc. Excellent variety of charge marks. (30 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, SHROPSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, WILTSHIRE
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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SOUTH COAST PRESTAMP MAILS: 1785-1835 with 1807 E London to Brighton with v.fine and scarce RETURNED FROM / BRIGHTON hs (SX214);
1785 EL to London with good 7s MARGATE hs; 1801 E to London with fine HORSHAM hs redirected to London with Bridge St / Westminster hs on reverse; 1797 E to London with good concave CANTERBURY hs; 1834 E Free to Dublin with Brighton boxed "W" hs for
the Western Office; 1821 EL to London with fine red circular TUNBRIDGE WELLS / 36 hs; 1832 E to Ringwood with fine boxed Stoney Cross hs, etc. (22 items)Cross Reference: DORSET, HAMPSHIRE, SUSSEX, KENT (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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MIDLANDS PENNY POST HS: 1811-38 with 1830 EL to Leominster with fine blue boxed Shiffnal / Py Post hs (SH552) and fine boxed MISSENT
TO / SHREWSBURY hs (SH692); 1811 E to Birmingham with fine boxed P.P.10/ UNPd hs (BM243); 1821 EL Tipton to Rochdale with good PP8/ UNPd hs (BM235); 1823 EL to Wokingham with fine boxed Atherstone / Py Post hs + dotted boxed RH No.3 hs; 1838 E local
Lichfield usage with fine red Lichfield / Penny Post and alongside a fine boxed PyP / No.15 hs; 1838 EL to Northampton with fine Kettering / Penny Post hs, etc. (14 items)Cross Reference: WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM, SHROPSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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YORKSHIRE & LANCASHIRE INC. MANCHESTER PENNY POST HS: 1811-38 selection with 1825 EL to Edinburgh with fine red boxed Austerlands /
P.P. hs (M268); 1838 EL local use with fine tiny red boxed SHEFFIELD / PENNY POST hs; 1821 EL to Manchester with red Oldham / No. 2 HS (M331); undated E to Bury with fine boxed Rawtenstall / Penny Post hs; 1811 EL Ashton to London with boxed red 1PP
hs (M206); 1838 EL to Beverley with fine red boxed Hull / Penny Post hs and on reverse a v.fine boxed RH No.3 hs, etc. Good variety. (20 items) Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE, YORKSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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HOME COUNTIES, S. COAST & WEST COUNTRY PENNY POST HS: 1812-39 group with 1839 Boulogne to Ryde IOW with fine boxed Ryde / Penny Post
hs (IW103); 1839 EL Free Brighton to London with v.fine Brighton / Penny Post hs (SX200); 1831 EL Ashburton to London with fine boxed ASHBURTON / PY P hs (DN21); 1839 EL to London with fine boxed Launceston / Penny Post hs (CO152); 1838 EL to
Abingdon with fine RH No.6 & on reverse a fine boxed Newbury / Penny Post hs; 1838 env. (roughly opened) to London with fine blue/green Croydon / Penny Post hs; 1837 EL to Tunbridge Wells with scarcer boxed Penny Post / Kemp Town hs (SX770); 1812
part EL (one page removed) to Lincolns Inn with fine RYE / Penny Post hs and v.fine boxed RH No.1 hs (SX1073), etc. Good variety. (22 items)Cross Reference: ISLE OF WIGHT, BERKSHIRE, DEVON (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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PRIVATELY CARRIED MAIL INC. KATHERINE'S DOCK HS: c.1822-50 selection inc. 1822 EL London to Brighton "....I write by the 2o'clock
coach ..." and endorsed externally "a shilling extra if delivered before ten tonight"; 1824 EL Grays Inn to Brighton endorsed "By Thursdays mail from the Blossoms"; 1838 EL Cranbrook to Tenterden endorsed "per coach"; 1842 EL London local with boxed
Katherine's Dock hs To be delivered / BY HAND, plus 1850 Dumfries PO Annual Private Bag Fee payment authorised by the Postmaster John Thorburn. (5 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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5TH CLAUSE POST - DORSET & SOMERSET: Trio with 1829 E (addressee deleted) with boxed RH No.3 and on the reverse a fine boxed
SHAFTESBURY / 5TH Cl POST hs; 1824 EL to Castle Cary with fine boxed Shepton Mallet / 5" Clause Post hs (SO684) and WELLINGTON / 168 hs (S)860) on the reverse, plus 1833 EL to Sherborne with boxed RH No.2 and on the reverse a v.fine boxed Wincanton /
5" Cl Post hs (SO1002). Fine and scarce trio. Cross Reference: SOMERSET, DORSET (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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STAMPLESS MAIL WITH INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS: Chiefly QV 1833-49 selection with 1842 EL Bradford Yorks to Dumfries with fine red boxed
Paid / 1D hs and fine boxed TOO LATE hs below; 1833 E Preston to Lancaster with fine red TOO LATE in oval hs; 1846 EL Oswestry to Newtown. Mon. with fine fancy Too Late hs; 1842 EL Yarmouth to Wymondham redirected to Lowestoft with Pre-paid and Too
Late hs's etc; 1849 OHMS EL Edinburgh to London with both London & Edinburgh Paid ds but red boxed POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON hs alongside; 1846 env. London local use with fine "P S" hs; 1845 EL Cullompton to London with various Paid hs overstruck
by Inspectors hs, etc. (13 items) Cross Reference: INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £85.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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POSTAL HISTORY MIXTURE INC. XMAS, INSTRUCTIONAL, SQUARED & GEOMETRIC HS ETC.; c.1840-1920 selection inc. 1893 env. Registered
Manchester to Milan franked 6d Jubilee + 1d lilac tied 498 3VOD hs; 1894 Market Place Kettering fine Parcel Post label with 3d Jubilee; 1895 env. Registered London to The Hague franked 9d + 1½d Jubilee to pay 6d Late Fee; 1905 PPC Monaco to London
redirected with variety of instructional hs; 1906 PPC to Handsworth with ½d tied by Manchester POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY oval ds; 1906 PPC Belgium to London with two different EXPRESS hs and purple EXPRESS FEE PAID 3D hs; 1911 env.
London local with purple EXPRESS hs, etc. Good variety. (97 items) (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |
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INSPECTOR'S & INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS INC. EXEMPT SHIP: 1840-52 group with 1845 E to London (addressee detail deleted) with boxed M.B.
hs and v.fine (crown) EXEMPT. SHIP LR hs (Tab.Ex2 London); 1845 E to London with fine red BRITISH / FOREIGN hs and red quartered circle Inspectors mark above; 1849 EL Sandwich to Brussels prepaid with blue REBUT hs on reverse and on front a boxed red
RE. TRNED FROM hs; 1841 EL London to New York redirected to Philadelphia with red boxed FORWARDED hs and fine octagonal Liverpool L/ Nov. 26 / 1841 ds (Tab. M24), etc; 1841 EL Banbury to France with rate calculation (1/5d), boxed red P.F. and oval
red P-D hs's, etc. (9 items) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, CEYLON/SRI LANKA, BELGIUM (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Dec-05, 03:00 AM |