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 PRINTED ACTS OF PARLIAMENT REF. FREE FRANKING: Collection of disbound original printed 1808, 1809, 1816, 1817 (2 SAME), 1819, 1825,
and 1834 Acts ref. free mail. Good lot. (10 Acts) Cross Reference: PARLIAMENTARY (Image)
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 EARLY FREE MAIL BEFORE LONDON "FREE" MARKS INC. 1705 MS "3d discharg's", NEWSPAPER SENT FREE, ETC.: 22 Sep. 1705 EL used locally in
London to Edward Bagot MP with fine type 2 Bishop mark on reverse and ms "3d discharg's" on the front beside signature; undated (possibly 1690s?) E to Edward Clarke MP in Taunton with v.fine type 2 Bishop mark & circular "GC" across join on reverse;
Feb.-Mar. 1711 edition of The Evening Post sent to "Sir Patrick Murray/at Fouls near/Dundee" endorsed "Frank/Dupplin" with type 2 circular "LL" hs (only recorded for 1713 by Jay) & type 2 Bishop mark on the reverse; etc. (7 covers) Cross
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 1711 NEWSPAPER SENT FREE, CLERK OF THE ROAD RECEIPT FOR PAPERS, LARGE PAR. PRO WRAPPER, ETC.; Fine complete 2-sheet 2-4 Oct. 1711
issue of "The Evening Poft" paper to Perth endorsed "Frank Dupplin" with fine Bishop Mark, fine 1820 "G.P.O./Henry Desborough, Clerk of the North Road" invoice for £2-10s-0d for delivering "News-Papers" for 3 months, and remarkable large open-ended
wrapper franked from London to Alnwick not endorsed "Par. Pro" but clearly having had printed Parliamentary matter inside (and been over the usual 1oz franking limit) because it was franked by "[Viscount] Howick" (1802-94) who was Secretary of State
for War at the time and so had unlimited franking privileges hence no need for him to write "Par. Pro."! Plus 1824/34 pair of free fronts, one signed by "W.E. Gladstone" (future P.M.). Fine and scarce group. (5 items)Cross Reference: NEWSPAPER
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 EARLY LONDON "FREE" IN CIRCLE MARKS INC. BOTH SIZES OF LARGE "F" TYPES, ETC.: 1764/66 pair of ELs (some reinforcing with archival
tape) from Rufford or London to Gloucestershire or Hampshire, both signed & having fine rare red circular "Free" marks with large "F", type 3 Bishop marks & one having fine "MANSFIELD" on reverse. Also 1765-86 group with fine "FREE" marks of various
diameters, receiving houses, fair-fine local marks inc. "READING", "LAN/CASTER", "GATEHOUSE/ofFLEET", etc. (9 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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 RARE 1832 FREELING P.O. NOTICE REF. END OF SESSION + NEWSPAPERS REF. 1784 RULES & FRANKING FORGER; Rare 3 Dec. 1832 P.O. Notice
(easily fits an album-page; some folds and a corner fault not affecting printed text) ref. the Parliamentary Session having just ended and so all "The Franks of this Evening are necessarily charged with Postage...", endorsed in red ref. the letters
having been duly charged. Plus fine complete 21 Aug. 1784 'London Gazette' with long p.2 P.O. Notice ref. the new postal rates and tighter franking rules from 31 Aug. 1784, and fine complete 12 Nov. 1802 'Evening Mail" with page 1 P.O. Reward (£50)
Notice ref. an absconded forger of free franks in Keswick giving a full physical description and his aliases. (3 items)Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES, CUMBERLAND (Image) (Image2)
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 RARE BROWN-BLACK 2-RING "FREE/C" & "FREE/S" MARKS (LATTER WITH "140 STONE") - UNUSUALLY CLEAR STRIKES: Sep. 1788 local London EL
with fine "FREE/C" hs; and 27 Sep. 1787 EL from Lilly Hall to London with v.fine "FREE.S" hs (30mm diameter - noticeably larger than the 27mm recorded by Jay) on the front along with fair "140 STONE" 1st-type mileage. Both "FREE" marks in brown-black
- only recorded seen in red or purple. (2 covers) Cross Reference: FREES (Image) (Image2)
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 1788-1839 ACCUMULATION: A small set of Es, ELs & envs. with red or red-brown "FREE" in double circles (5), "[crown]/FREE" no circle
& 'Apple' type (poor strikes), "[crown]/FREE" double circle (9 + 1 front), "[crown]/FREE" single circle (4). Incs. 1832 EL ex Dublin redirected to London with red "[crown]/FREE" & "[crown] FREE/DUBLIN". Also 1892 & 96 OHMS postage free items; and
1832 front endorsed "Money Letter" with v. fine red "[crown]/FREE" double circle. Some fine hs's. (22 covers + 1 front) (Image)
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| 930 |
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 THE SHORT-LIVED 'LAUREL LEAVES' MARKS - "C"/"P" IN CIRCLES (RED OR BROWN-BLACK) + "A" HOODED TYPE: 1790 E/ELs with fair-fine (3
unusually finely struck) L772 laurel leaf "FREE" marks inc. "P" (4) & "C" (2) types in red (1), black (2, recorded by Jay in only red or purple) and shades of brown-red/brown-black (3); also inc. fine "PLYMOUTH" or "DUMFRIES" s.lines. Plus fair
example of L774 "A" hooded type (red-brown). (7 covers) Cross Reference: FREES (Image) (Image2)
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 3-RING "FREE" CDS's + "FREE AT FOOT" TYPE 'APPLE' CDS's: 1790s + 1800 group fair-v.fine 'Frees' inc. L778 "P" (1, fine), "C" (5,
one particularly well-struck), "A" (1), L780 (3, mostly fine), L782 double ring (mostly fine), L792 'Apple' with "FREE" at bottom (4, fine). (15 covers) Cross Reference: FREES (Image) (Image2)
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 1799 EXPERIMENTAL 'DOTTED' FREE TYPES: 29 Nov. or 17 Dec. 1799 E & EL to Buckinghamshire or east Monkland with fine or mostly fine
L788 crowned "FREE" d.s. plus 27 or 31 Aug. 1799 E & EL to Kent or London local with dotted circle "FREE" (mostly fine, one with crease) with one beside black boxed "Charing/Cross[?]". All in red. (4 covers) Cross Reference: FREES (Image) (Image2)
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| 933 |
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 FREE MAIL WITH INSPECTORS' & 'SUN' MARKS PLUS LOCAL POSTS (PENNY POST, "Bristol/5"ClsPost", ETC.): 1802-39 E/ELs/env. inc. 21 Aug.
1837 EL from London to Liverpool with 2-ring crowned "FREE" cds on front beside fine blue "Halifax/Penny Post" hs; 31 Mar. 1832 E with "FREE" crowned cds, "G:P" transfer hs & fine rare "MS" (Mis-sorted) mark on front; plus small selection of
inspectors' marks, serif 'Sun' marks (6), etc. Diverse lot. (17 covers) Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)
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| 934 |
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 2-RING (8) + 'FANCY CROWN' (5) APPLE FREE MARKS: 1806/7 group of E/ELs with mostly fine L798 'fancy crowns' (8) or L796 apples (5)
in red on the front. Both v. scarce marks. (13 covers) Cross Reference: FREES (Image) (Image2)
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| 935 |
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 OFFICIAL FREE MAIL INC. V. RARE "DEAD LETTER OFFICE/FREELING" IMPRINT, ETC.: 13 Sep. 1806 "Dead Letter-Office" returned letter
wrapper & notice with mostly fine red "FREE" L798 mark on the front from Francis Freeling and with "Printed by H. Teape, Tower-Hill, for His Majesty's Stationary-Office" at foot (exceedingly rare - only one other example recorded in Returned Letter
Offices of G.B. by Snelson & Galland); and 27 Aug. 1812 printed EL circular from Francis Freeling to a Norfolk Reverend with v. rare "F. Freeling./Parish Registers." imprint on the front along with faint red crowned "FREE" cds. Also inc. 1808 E to
Somerton, 1821 E OHMS imprinted "ARMY PAY-OFFICE", and 1839 env. OHMS imprinted "Secretary of}/State's Office.", all with different red "FREE" cds's. (5 covers) Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL, OFFICIAL MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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 "[CROWN]/FREE" CDS WITH V. RARE 'LARGE E', 1st-TYPE 1807 2-RING, ETC. INC. "PAR.PRO." FRONT: 1807-39 E/ELs & envs. inc. 8 Mar. 1838
front endorsed "Parliamentary Proceedings" with 2-ring "FREE" cds on the front; 22 Jan. 1828 EL to the Isle of Wight with v.fine "[crown]/FREE" cds with "CHESTER/JY2/182" ds (year error); etc. A diverse lot. (21 covers + 2 fronts) (Image) (Image2)
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 ROYALTY & V.I.P.s - AUTOGRAPHS & ABUSE OF FRANKING PRIVILEGE - SON & NIECE OF GEORGE III, ETC.; 1815-33 covers (& letters to
Francis Freeling) inc. 1818 letter to Freeling ex Princess Sophia (KG III's niece) asking for "the utility [of] a free intercourse of letters to myself" on charity business, 1815 letter in the third person to a lady friend ex the "Duke of Kent" (KG
III's son) agreeing to frank any letters she cares to send to him, 1815 letter in the third person to Freeling from the "Countess of Portsmouth" (wife of the crazy Earl) ref. her taking "the franking of letters instead of his Lordship", 1833 EL
franked by Earl Carnarvon with "FARRINGDON" UDC but enclosing two letters written by other people, 1817/33 Es to Actress Frances Kelly, and 1838 E franked to the poet Shelley's mother. Intriguing lot. (7 items) [All ex Bob Galland.]Cross
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| 938 |
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 2d-POST "[crown]/To be/delivered/FREE" MARKS ON SOLDIER'S 1d RATE OR P.O. OFFICIAL MAIL: 1837/8 E & front with fine red oval
"[crown]/To be/delivered/FREE" marks (L717) both signed by either "Geo. Louis" or Post Master General "[Lord] Lichfield". Also 1821 E with paid ds & red ms "P 1" beside fine red circular "[crown]/To be/delivered/Free" hs. (2 covers + 1 front) (Image) (Image2)
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| 939 |
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 2d-POST "To be/delivered/FREE" OVAL MARK ON "OVERCHARGED" OR CHELSEA HOSPITAL MAIL (EX GLASTONBURY "No5"): 16 Sep. 1839 EL from
Edinburgh (backstamp) to London with ms "2/2" charge obliterated & replaced by "1/1" plus "Single only overcharged 1/1" and signed "L. Friend/Janet Dunster" on the front, with v.fine oval "[crown]/To be/delivered/FREE", fine "G:P." transfer & fair
"Add./1/2" hs's; 31 Nov. 1838 EL (repaired with archival tape inside) from Glastonbury (v.fine "No. 5" hs & "GLASTONBURY" ds backstamp) to Royal Hospital Chelsea with v.fine "T.P/Rate/2D" hs on the front along with fine oval "[crown]/To
be/delivered/FREE" hs & fine "[crown]/FREE" cds. (2 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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