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Great Britain Postal History continued...

POSTAL STATIONERY, QV continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2581   image1864 ADVERTISING RING: 2d blue W.H. Smith wrapper (damaged and a little soiled with blue "W.H SMITH & SONS/186 STRAND LONDON" advertising ring. Used to Germany. Scarce. (Image)

Starting at £ 50

CLOSED
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2582   image1875 ADVERTISING RINGS: 1d pink, 1½d brown and 4d vermilion W.H. Smith & Son unused wrappers with "W. H. SMITH & SONS/186 STRAND LONDON" advertising rings in matching colours. Fine unused. (3 items) (Image)

Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2583   imageVERY RARE JUNE 1840 P.O. NOTICE TO POSTMASTERS ETC. REF. DISTRIBUTION OF STAMPS & MULREADYS; "Edinburgh, June 1840" Notice (folds and edge waer, mostly affecting the LH edge, with only a couple of words affected) "To All Postmasters, Sub-Postmasters, and Letter Receivers" advising that "the sale of Postage Label Stamps and Stamped Covers... shall commence as soon as they [Postmasters etc.] can be furnished with the proper License from the Stamp Office....[the necessary license etc.] will be transmitted as early as possible..." and giving the prices at which stamps of each kind should be sold. It also makes it clear that Mulready letter-sheets would be available from P.O.s, but not the Mulready envelopes! This Edinburgh version of the Notice is not recorded by SG(the text is the same as the SGPN7 London Notice, cat. £10,000), and it is unique in having a very fine strike of the boxed Shetland Islands "LERWICK" ds at bottom left. This Notice comes from the P.O. archive discovered in a ruined Shetlands P.O. in the 1970s. Well worthy of careful restoration. RPSL Cert. (2021). Cross Reference: SHETLAND ISLES & FAIR ISLE, 1840 1d BLACKS, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, P.O. NOTICES (Image)

Starting at £ 340

SOLD for £750.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2584   imageRARE [c.1 Feb.] 1841 FOLDING DOUBLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH 1841 1d & 2d + "SPECIMEN" 1d PINKS (2 SIZES) ATTACHED; c.1 Feb. 1841 large folded double-sheet P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and edge-wear and minor fold-splits; stamps & envs. fine) from "G.P.O., Edinburgh" "TO ALL POSTMASTERS" etc. Along the top blank sections of each of the two sheets are gummed an 1841 2d Blue with No Corner Letters (4m; top marginal; ex the 15 Jan. 1841 Trial Sheet; SGDP43), a fine 4m 1841 1d Red (LF) and two different size 1d Pink envs. with the same large red hs "SPECIMEN" marking. It states that "An immediate Alteration is about to be made in the Adhesive Postage Label Stamps, and a new description of Stamped Envelopes, both Penny and Two-Penny... [both] intended to replace those in current use...". It notes that the 1d Pinks (2 sizes) will only be on sale in London initially. The second half of the Notice states that "I enclose you Specimens of the new Labels... [and] Specimens of each of the new Penny Envelopes... When the Two-Penny Envelope is ready, you will receive a Specimen of that also... It is intended, hereafter, to obliterate the Postage Stamps with Black Composition, a supply of which will be forwarded to you as soon as possible, but until you receive this supply you will continue to obliterate the Postage Stamp with Red Composition, as heretofore." Important Notice marking the imminent withdrawal of the 1d Black, the Mulready and the red Maltese Cross. SG Spec. PN8 £7,000. Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES, SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 800

SOLD for £1,600.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2585   imageRARE APR. 1841 FOLDING SINGLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH "SPECIMEN" EMBOSSED 2d ENVELOPE; [c.1] Apr. 1841 large folded P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and edge-wear and minor fold-splits; env. fine) from "G.P.O., Edinburgh" "TO ALL POSTMASTERS" with the original Embossed 2d Blue env. with large red "SPECIMEN" hs (slight toning) that had been tipped in beneath the "E.S. LEES, Secretary" printed signature (the tip of the top flap is still affixed to the Notice and exactly fits the small fault at the end of the top flap of the 2d env.). It states that "I now enclose you Specimens of the New Two-Penny Envelopes[only one was sent], which you will permit to pass [through the Post] at the rate of Postage marked upon them." Again it notes that both 1d & 2d embossed envs. will initially only be on sale in London. Attractive matching pair to the Notice in the previous lot. [SG PN10; cat. £2,250.] Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, SPECIMENS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £440.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2586   image1841 SINGLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH 1841 1d & 2d (NO CORNER LETTERS) + "SPECIMEN" 1d PINKS (2 SIZES): c.1 Feb. 1841 large right-hand half (only; 205mm x 247mm) of the double-sheet P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and neatly rebacked) from Edinburgh G.P.O. "TO ALL POSTMASTERS". Along the top blank section are gummed an 1841 2d Blue with No Corner Letters (2m; LH marginal, mounted on card and glued on - presumably cut from the absent LH page of this Notice - ex the 15 Jan. 1841 Trial Sheet; SGDP43), a near 4-margin 1841 1d Red (RG) and the larger size 1d Pink env. (minor scuffs) with the large red hs "SPECIMEN" marking. The second smaller matching 1d Pink from the LH page (part of the Notice's paper still present on the scuffed flap) had been badly hinged on top of the larger env. but is now separate. The Notice states that there is to be "...an Alteration in the Adhesive Postage Label Stamps and Stamped Envelopes; I enclose you Specimens of the new Labels... [and] Specimens of each of the new Penny Envelopes... When the Two-Penny Envelope is ready, you will receive a Specimen of that also... It is intended, hereafter, to obliterate the Postage Stamps with Black Composition, a supply of which will be forwarded to you as soon as possible, but until you receive this supply you will continue to obliterate the Postage Stamp with Red Composition, as heretofore." The Most important half of this Important Notice marking the imminent withdrawal of the 1d Black, the Mulready and the red Maltese Cross. SG Spec. PN8 £7,000 for complete double-sheet. (2 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES, SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £460.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2587   imageRARE APR. 1841 FOLDING SINGLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH "SPECIMEN" EMBOSSED 2d ENVELOPE; [c.1] Apr. 1841 large folded P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and edge-wear and minor fold-splits, but also some peripheral toning) from "G.P.O., Edinburgh" "TO ALL POSTMASTERS" with the original Embossed 2d Blue env. with large red "SPECIMEN" hs; light toning at foot) that had been tipped in beneath the "E.S. LEES, Secretary" printed signature. It states that "I now enclose you Specimens of the New Two-Penny Envelopes[only one was sent], which you will permit to pass [through the Post] at the rate of Postage marked upon them." Again it notes that both 1d & 2d embossed envs. will initially only be on sale in London. [SG PN10; cat. £2,250.] Plus unrelated unused 19 Nov. 1857 (date plugs) small 1d Pink env. with black "SPECIMEN" overprint (fine address side, light toning on reverse). (2 items) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, P.O. NOTICES, SPECIMENS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 240

SOLD for £440.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2588   imagePAIR OF LARGE 1855 P.O. NOTICES REF. "PARL. NOTICES" OR "POSTAGE STAMPS" IN NAME OF "ROWLAND HILL", ETC.; Pair of large (c.25x40 cms.; folds with some reinforced damage towards centre of each) "NOVEMBER 1855" P.O. "P.M.G." Notices "to all Postmasters" (Nos. 72 & 73), each with "ROWLAND HILL/Secretary" at the foot. The first (tears affect several words) headed "POSTAGE STAMPS" advising that Postmasters can now obtain Stamps from "the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or from any authorized Vendor" as well as from their Head Office P.O.s. The second (text unaffected by faults) concerns the "Service of Parliamentary Notices through the Post Office" (for which there was a special rate and complex procedures); "The Regulations... laid down still continue in force...", etc. Plus 3 Aug. 1849 2-page P.O. "DAILY PACKET LIST" (now separated pages; very toned and with other minor faults) listing the overseas "PACKET BOATS" arrivals, giving a long list of imminent outgoing Ship Letter vessels to be used by the P.O. to a huge range of countries inc. Falkland Isles, St. Helena, varied Australian ports, W. Africa, Hawaii, etc. and listing all overseas Packet rates (to a huge range of countries). Rare group. (3 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, MARITIME MAIL, PARLIAMENTARY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2589   imagePOSTAL NOTICES: 16 Nov. 1855 small notice (143 x 95 mm) with embossed 4d Die 1, 6d Die 2 & 1/- Die 3 overprinted "SPECIMEN". Also another dated May 1859 with a single 3d embossed overprinted "SPECIMEN". Fine. (2 notices) (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 95

SOLD for £100.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
ROYALTY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2590   imageUNIQUE(?) KGV INITIALLED ("G") COVER TO NORWAY WITH UNRECORDED "BALMORAL CASTLE" IN BLUE OF REGD. LABEL; Spectacular 24 Aug. 1910 mourning env. (slightly roughly opened at top) registered in KGV's own hand to (his son-in-law) "H.M. The King of Norway, Christiania, Norway" and intriguingly endorsed "By F.O. Bag" (there are backstamps of Edinburgh & London) franked by KEVII 4d & ½d (the new KGV stamps were not ready until 1911 although KEVII had died on 6 May 1910) tied by very fine scarce "BALMORAL CASTLE/[crown]" cds's with near fine purple "EviiR" Cypher mark at lower left beside the sender's personal "G" initial (the KGV Cypher was not ready yet); but also having a large blue P.O. "R" label precancelled with a very fine blue unrecorded (?) "BALMORAL/CASTLE" 2-line mark. The very fine black wax seal has the "G/[crown]/V" monogram. Stunning example of the new King's personal mail before his Cypher mark or new stamps were ready. Exhibition Quality. [Sold in Cavendish March 2010 auction for £2,880 inc. BP] Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, SCOTLAND, NORWAY, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 650

SOLD for £1,500.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
THE PETER CHADWICK COLLECTION
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2591   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF CASTLE CARY: July 1840 EL to Shaftesbury with a fine heavy "2" of Castle Cary. This is the only known example of this chargemark. Fine Castle Cary UDC on back. Cross Reference: SOMERSET (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 220

SOLD for £240.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2592   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF ASHBURTON: 29 Jan. 1840 part E to Exeter with a lovely clear strike of a "2" hs (inc. hs block edges!). This is the only known example of this chargemark. Fine Ashburton cds on back. Cross Reference: DEVON (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2593   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK RED "2" OF CHESTER: Prepaid double-weight EL to Aberystwyth dated 28 Mar. 1840 with very fine red "2" hs. No ds's. One of very few (less than 6?) towns to use a prepaid red "2".Cross Reference: CHESHIRE (Image)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2594   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF HAYDON BRIDGE: 8 Aug. 1840 EL to the remote Matfen Hall "To be left at Corbridge" (and probably collected by a servant) with mostly fine first style "2" hs on front and partial Haydon Bridge ds on back.Cross Reference: NORTHUMBERLAND (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 100

CLOSED
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2595   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF ABINGDON: 4 Oct. 1841 EL printed insurance form to London with fine "2" hs on front and Abingdon & London ds's on back. Earliest recorded date for this chargemark.Cross Reference: BERKSHIRE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2596   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF YAXLEY: 23(?) June 1842 EL to Norwich endorsed "paid". This is the earliest known handstamp of Yaxley, and the only known example of this handstamp. Cross Reference: CAMBRIDGESHIRE, SUFFOLK (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2597   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF HYTHE: 22 July 1843 OHMS 3-page questionnaire to Royal Hospital Chelsea (filing notes on front do not detract) with fine "2" hs, and Hythe ds on back. This is the only known example of this chargemark. Cross Reference: KENT (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £850.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2598   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF TOTNESS: 9 Dec. 1843 EL to Ashburton endorsed "taken from the box" (??). Fine hs "2" & Totness ds on front & readable Ashburton ds on back. This is the only known example of this chargemark. Cross Reference: DEVON (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £220.00
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2599   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF ELY: 16 Aug. 1843 EL (fold faults which do not detract) "To The Commishoners, Chelsey Collage, London" [sic] from a private in the Coldstream Guards discharged after "ten years and 101 days" inquiring as to the likelihood of a pension payment. Fine hs "2" of Ely on front. Cross Reference: CAMBRIDGESHIRE (Image)

Starting at £ 160

CLOSED
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM
2600   imageHANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF READING: 13 Mar. 1844 EL printed insurance return to London with fine "2" hs on front, and Reading & London ds's on back.Cross Reference: BERKSHIRE (Image) (Image2)

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Starting at £ 130

CLOSED
Closing..May-14, 04:00 AM

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