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FREE MAIL continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
181   imageTHE RARE 'LARGE E' CODE CROWNED "FREE" DS INC. A UNIQUE "PAR[LIAMENTARY] PRO[CEEDINGS]" USAGE: 13 July 1837 - 20 Nov. 1838 free fronts (7) all with mostly very fine strikes of this rare Evening Duty London crown-in-circle "FREE" ds (Galland 75; only 5 covers known) including a remarkable 17 July 1837 wrapper front endorsed "Par[liamentary] Pro[ceedings]" signed at top by the famous pugilist-gambler "J[ohn]. Gully M.P." with both the 'large E' FREE marks and a matching 2-ring uncoded example (unique thus), the latest known date (30 Nov. 1838; referred to by Galland but not seen by him), and all sent from London. Good lot in unusually fine condition. (7 fronts) Cross Reference: PARLIAMENTARY MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
182   imageLONDON 2-RING "FREE" DS FRONTS OF 9/10/11 JAN. 1840 + DUBLIN 10 JAN. 1840: 10 Jan. front from Ireland with 10 Jan. Dublin Free cds (fine) & London 11 Jan. "+" code London 2-ring Free (fine - day after last official day); plus fine or v. fine 9 or 10 Jan Free marks on fronts ex. London. (3 fronts) Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
183   imageILLUSTRATED ENV. ATTRIBUTED TO LADY EDITH BLAKE: Undated env. (c. late 1860s) addressed to "Miss A. de la Poer, Gurteen, Clonmel, Ireland" franked very poor 1d red tied by Irish Diamond "42[?]" duplex beautifully illustrated in pen on front with a young lady in a classical pose (possibly the artists sister). The back flap (faults) is embossed "Newtown Anner/Clonmel" the home of Edith & Grace Osborne. Edith went on to become an accomplished botanical illustrator, so the drawing has been attributed to her. Included are an article by John Scott FRPSL which appeared in the London Philatelist (Dec. 2024) illustrating this item, and examples of her work in a Country Life article (30 July, 1970). Exhibition item. Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £500.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
PICTORIALS, PRINTED
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
184   imageOCEAN PENNY POSTAGE: Very fine unused 1850 League of Universal Brotherhood env. (minor staining/toning), State 1b (David Turner, Ocean Penny Postage) on grey paper with pink seal on backflap, without "City" added to imprint. Attractive item. Scarce. (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
POSTAGE DUE MARKS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
185   imageFINE ENV. "ABOVE ½ OZ." & "2d." IN CIRCLE POSTAGE DUE HS's: 31 July 1866 fine long blue Court env. (small tears at foot) ex York to Leeds franked 1d. pl. 85 tied by fine "930" duplex cancellation of York, with boxed "ABOVE ½ OZ.", "2d." in circle p. due hs's (probably applied at York) & "MIDLAND CIRCUIT/[cockerel]/COCKBURY" cachet adjacent. An unusual item.Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE (Image)

Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
POSTAL STATIONERY, QV
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
186   image1855 STAMPED TO ORDER POSTAL NOTICE: 16 Nov. 1855 postmaster's notice (140 x 96 mm) with embossed 4d, 6d &1/- overprinted "SPECIMEN" for stamped to order issues. Fine. (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £90.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
187   image1859 STAMPED TO ORDER POSTAL NOTICE: May 1859 stamped to order Postmaster's notice (139 x 98 mm) with embossed 3d overprinted "SPECIMEN". Fine. (Image)

Starting at £ 50

SOLD for £65.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
REGISTERED MAIL
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
188   image1853 RARE NOTICE OF OBJECTION: 24 Aug. 1853 printed Parliamentary Mail Notice of Objection to vote notice addressed to "The overseers of Saint John Hampstead in the County of Middlesex". On the front is a good red boxed "NOTICE 3d" hs. Fine and rare. (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
189   imageLATE USAGE "FREE" DS OF DUBLIN (INC. LAST DAY) & LONDON (INC. 10 JAN. 1840) DURING 4d-POST PERIOD: 9 Dec. 1839 - 8 Jan. 1840 cover + 9 fronts all franked by Peers (Parliament was not sitting during the 4d-Post Period so M.P.s could not frank mail then); 24 Dec. EL to a Rochdale M.P. apparently charged "1/-" though with a v. fine crown-on-top 'small E' code ds, 23 Dec. crown-on-top 'small N' code, 9 Dec.-7 Jan. trio sent cross-country in England and so with no London Free marks, 1 Jan. with hs "2" & rare late usage octagon-framed "TO PAY/2d/ONLY" (with MORTLAKE/EV cds), and 26 Dec. - 8 Jan. quartet all with scarce 4d-Post usages of Dublin's crowned "FREE" ds (uncoded or 3 "M" codes) inc. exceptional 8 Jan. 1840 front ex Monaghan to London with partly fine red 9 Jan. LAST DAY Dublin crowned "FREE" ("N" code) as well as crown-on-top 'small N' code London arrival ds of the First Day of Uniform Penny Postage (Free mail in transit was still free as long as posted on or before 9 Jan.). Remarkable lot; 4d-Post Irish FREE marks are rarely seen. (1 cover + 9 fronts) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, OFFICIAL MAIL, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £120.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
190   imageSCARCE PREPAID 4d-RATE COVERS EX NEWCASTLE on TYNE (REF. SAVING POSTAGE) & BIRMINGHAM: 20/31 Dec. 1839 pair of unusually fine prepaid ELs to London with partly fine red boxed "PAID/AT/BIRMINGHAM" & red ms "4" or just with red ms "P4", both having cds's nicely placed on the flaps. The Newcastle cover unusually having a fine green "R" wafer seal (rare before 1840) and mention of saving postage with the new system where 2 sheets could be sent for the basic ½oz rate; "[I enclose another letter] to your neighbour... A postage will thus be saved to the Missionary Society...". Prepaid 4d-Post Period letters are rare because there no incentive to prepay them and people were still used to sending their letters unpaid. (2 covers) Cross Reference: NORTHUMBERLAND, WARWICKSHIRE - BIRMINGHAM, POSTAL REFORMS (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
VALENTINES
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
191   imageANTI-VALENTINE CARD: A paper 'card' (folds and in need of a clean) produced by MEEK, embossed with lace design with a printed coloured image of a two faced man and the rather unpleasant poem "You double-faced scoundrel, I'll show you your face,/The dirtiest, but yet not the least of your race,/Thou two-sided rascal where-er you go,/One tongue will say Yes,/the other No./J T Wood". No inscription (though perhaps one isn't needed as the card itself expresses deep feelings!). We have not seen one of this design before, and can find no mention of it in popular sources. (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £85.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
LONDON POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
192   imageSCARCE FOREIGN BRANCH PENNY POST TRANSFER HS: Trio inc. 1794 EL Berlin to Mr Lever Coachmaker to HRH Prince of Wales with v.fine PP hs and ms "1"; 1796 E (faults clear of marks) Italy to London with fine large PP / 1796 in circle hs and 1799 EL (rust spots) Gottingen to London with fine FOREIGN OFFICE / 99 cds and alongside a v.fine PP / 1796 in circle hs. Good trio. Cross Reference: GERMANY, ITALY (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £180.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
193   imageVERY RARE "NORTHERN DISTRICT/N" BLUE LABEL ON LOCAL UPRATED 1d PINK STAT. ENV. TO KING'S CROSS: 5 May 1857 1d Pink p.stat. env. affixed with 1d Red cancelled by circled "75" barred duplex & v. fine blue Northern District label plus "CORNHILL" straight line on reverse; V. few of these district labels have been recorded; probably less than 10 on covers. (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £360.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
194   imageSTART OF LONDON POSTCODES - 1857 I.L.N. MAP, INITIALLED UDCs, 'GARTER' INITIALS ON WRITING PAPER, ETC.: 1857-68 section inc. "SIDMOUTH-ST-BRANCH/W.C." and similar 2-lines types for Charing X, Islington, Westminster-Bridge, Pimlico and Cornhill in black or blue plus UDCs for Charing X Paddington or Richmond; also eight 1883-1917 items inc. business or hotel stationery with imprinted or handstruck postcodes. (25 covers, business stationery etc. + Newspaper with 1857 London postal districts map) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES, MAPS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
DERBYSHIRE
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
195   imageOLD CHEQUES WITH EMBOSSED TAX STAMPS FROM VARIOUS DERBY BANKS, ALMOST ALL UNUSED: c.1820-1941 all-different collection of attractively printed Bank Cheques with fine embossed Tax Stamps; "DRAFT" (2) or smaller oval types (albino, orange or blue), almost all being unused and unusually complete with their counterfoils at left. The early examples mostly from "Crompton Newton [or Evans] & Co.", and one dated "182.." (toning) from "Crompton Newton & Co.". Mostly fine. Some with security printing on reverse. [A similar smaller lot in Cavendish's Sept. 2004 auction, lot 1102, realised £160+BP.] Seldom seen. (33) Cross Reference: BANKNOTES, REVENUES (Image)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
WARWICKSHIRE
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
196   imageSTRATFORD ON AVON RP PCs - SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL/PRINCE OF WALES OPENING, PROCESSIONS, ETC.: c.1902-30 collection of unused real photo PCs, almost all lively scenes relating to the Shakespeare Theatre & Festival (merry-go-round, speeches, processions, etc.). Superb lot. Plus a few other Warwicks cards and two photos (one a large on-stage view of actors). Remarkable and rare group inc. some with local publisher imprints on reverse. ( 35 cards + 2 photos) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
YORKSHIRE
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
197   imageBRADFORD/KEIGHLEY 1780 MISSENT (4/- RATE!) + MILL STRIKE POSTER SENT WITH 1841 1d RED: 1780 EL from London to "KIldwick Craven" rated at "1oz½ 2N" but with "BRADFORD/Y" endorsed "MIfsent to" on the front & returned to London with very high ("In all 4N") total charge. Plus 9 Sept. 1846 large folded printed “SHORT TIME” Notice EL with 1d Red ex Halifax to Keighley mill-owner “Robert Clough” (Grove Mill) before being widely circulated to his employees. Local newspapers of the time record that the previous week, the very poorly paid “woolcombers in the employ of Mr. Robert Clough of Keighley” had “struck for advance [pay-rise] of a farthing a pound” (a mere ¼d out of 240d, or 0.1%!), but that “the result is the turning out of all [the mills’] combers, for the purpose of forcing Mr. Clough’s men to go in again”. Unusual pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL, 1841 1d REDS, PRINTED MATTER (Image)

Starting at £ 80

CLOSED
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
EDINBURGH
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
198   imageRARE EDINBURGH "TO BE/DELIVERED/FREE" MARK ON PRINTED UNIVERSITY BUSINESS RE SCHOOL AT TOROSAY, MULL: 25 December 1827 printed EL from "Edinburgh University Chambers" to Auchnacraig, Isle of Mull regarding a new school at Torosay, with a very fine rare Edinburgh "TO BE/ DELIVERED/ FREE" (Auckland ED172b; apparently rare in black; light vertical filing crease) front top right. (Similar sold Cav. Sale 716 Lot 2357 £440+BP) Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, SCOTLAND, INNER HEBRIDES, ARRAN, BUTE, ETC. (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
199   imageCLONMEL - RARE EARLY 10d RATE COVER TO HOLLAND: 1 Sept. 1683 EL (some dusting, minor edge wear and fold clear of marks) from Clonmel to Andrew Russell in Rotterdam endorsed post pd to London 10d with v.fine SE/12 London Bishop ds and red crayon XI (stuyvers) Dutch delivery charge. Rare pre 1700 letter at the 4d to Dublin and 6d onwards to London rate. Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS (Image)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM
200   imageEARLY "CORK" STRAIGHT- LINE COVER TO LIVERPOOL UNUSUALLY ROUTED "VIA CHESTER" & CHARGED 1s-1d: Fine 1 Sept. 1713 EL ex “CORK” (partly fine very early s. line on the front) to Liverpool when the only postal service between Ireland and England was via Dublin and Holyhead at this date. Unusually this letter was endorsed “Via Chester” by its sender to ensure it was not sent via London. The postal rate was the same by either route; this was 4d from Cork to Dublin (above 80 miles) + 6d on via Holyhead to Chester (2d Packet rate + 4d above 80 miles inland) = “10[d]”; that was changed to “1N1” (1s-1d) for the extra 3d (under 80 miles) from Chester to Liverpool. This was almost the highest possible single-sheet postal rate within Britain at this date. Cross Reference: CHESHIRE, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..May-11, 04:00 AM

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