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Great Britain Stamps & Postal History continued...

THE MICHAEL LOCKTON COLLECTION OF EXETER continued...

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Catalog No.

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1341

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. EARLY 18th CENTURY "EXETER" NAMESTAMPS - BOXED TO BELGIUM, EARLY "EXE/TER" TINY TYPE, ETC.; 1722-82 covers inc. similar cover to previous lot (prepaid 4d to Brussels with London "PD") with partly fine rare boxed "EXETER", fine rare 1736 "EXE/TER" (few known), tiny 1726 type (DN518; only 5 known), c.1745 pair of DN525 marks (only 6 known?), etc. Good lot; almost all are rare marks. (6 covers)Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1342

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. TAUNTON/EXETER/BIDEFORD - RARE 1737 LARGE "T" "TAUNTON", c.1780 "CROSS ROAD" LIST & "BIDDE/FORD"; 1737 EL from "Wiveliscombe" to London with exceptionally fine (and rare) "TAUNTON" mark (SO744; known 1731-46 only) on the reverse, unusual 1783 free E from Bideford ("BIDDE/FORD") to Wales via Exeter ("EXETER"), and a page from a (P.O.??) ledger with list of "Crofs Road" mileages from "Exeter to Chester" and "Portsmouth to Bath & Bristol". (3 items) Cross Reference: SOMERSET (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1343

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. EXETER 1st-TYPE MILEAGE MARKS (2 TYPES) - INC. RARE "JANUARY" LONDON EXPERIMENTAL BISHOP MARK; 1786-88 covers (7) all with the rare large "EXETER/176" 1st-Type mileages (DN554+557) - mostly fair to fine only as usual - inc. one with a mainly very fine 18 Jan. 1787 2-ring "JANUARY 18/G" Experimental Bishop Mark. (7 covers)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1344

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. EXETER S. LINE + 1st-TYPE MILEAGES - PREPAID TO PHILADELPHIA BY FALMOUTH PACKETS; 1785/7/8 ELs trio (family contents) from Exeter to the same addressee in "Philadelphia"; the first with v. fine s. line "EXETER" on the front (with partly fine red London "POST/PAID" in a circle), the others each with a remarkable fine (for these) 1st-Type "EXETER/176" mileage mark on the front (one with toning and weak interior folds). They were prepaid at the 1s-6d (2) or 3s-0d (double) Packet rate, but their US arrival charges show different New York & Philadelphia currency rates; 1/- + 2, 1/10 + 4, and 9 + 18. It is rare to find 1st-Type Mileages on transatlantic covers. (3 covers) Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1345

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. RARE ORIGINAL c.1790 P.O. "EXETER TO LONDON TIME-BILL" SHOWING ALL STOPS & TIMES, ETC.; c.1790 fine (9 x 14½ inches) printed "General Poft Office Exeter to London Time-bill" issued in the name of "C. BONNOR, DEP[uty]." which was intended to be completed with times along the way at each transit P.O. from Honiton/Axminster/Dorchester through to Bagshot/Staines/Gloucester Coffee-House Piccadilly. Possibly the only example to have survived. Ex the Baron Walsingham Joint PMG's reference volume. [Ex Martin Willcocks; Cavendish/Messengers 30 Sep. 1999 auction, lot 2481, realised £280+BP.] Cross Reference: COACHING, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, COFFEE HOUSES (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1346

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. IMPORTANT 1801 P.O. RATES ACT, PAID OF OLD NEWSPAPERS (ONE POSTED), & c.1832 COLOURED MAP (+ REPORT); Fine 8-page Mar. 1801 "Act for repealing ht Rates & Duties of Poftage...", 1817 issue of "Trewman''s Flying Post" (coach ads, etc.), c.1832 10-page Exeter Municipal boundaries report (slight stains) with hand-coloured street/wards map, and 1857 'Western Times' (some wear & dusting) addressed on the front page (and so presumably posted) beside the red 1d Tax stamps. Curious group. (4 items)Cross Reference: POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES, NEWSPAPER MAIL, MAPS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £50.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1347

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. LATER EXETER PRESTAMP PERIOD - SERPENTINES/HORSESHOES/BOXED & LATER MILEAGES, ETC.; 1787-1839 covers/front inc. 1790s s. lines pair (one Free), 1792/3 scarce Serpentines (4 inc. "3/4" rate & a Free), Horseshoes (4; 3 types inc. one with dot), 1799/1800 scarce s. lines pair (DN573/574), 3 boxed & 4 lines mileages, mileage cds, a few free fronts & unusual local Nov. 1839 envelope franked by "[Lord] Rolle" (with red cds) to "Mamhead" (9 miles away). Good lot. (21 covers + 4 fronts) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1348

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. 1d POST FORERUNNERS, 1d TOWN POSTS, SERPENTINE "MORETON/HAMPSTEAD" (3), "HONITON/Penny Post", ETC.: 1769-c.1838 mail ex "CHUDLEIGH" or Moreton (3) with fair-v.fine serpentine marks; Honiton or Otterton both with v. fine or fair 1d Post handstamps; "LYMPSTONE" (2 - semi-circle, fair); diverse selection ex or via Exeter (12) with a variety of s/l or circular hs's, 1d Post marks (inc. in red), mileages, ds's, etc. (20 covers + 1 front) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1349

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. FRAMED & UNFRAMED R.H. NOs. 1-5 INC. PENNY POST MARKS, FREE, PREPAID & 4d POST: Diverse 1812-38 group to/from Exeter with fair-superb Receiving House marks 1 through 5 with fine examples present for each. Inc. 23 Aug. 1812 EL with early examples of boxed "EXETER/PENNY POST" & "No 1" hs's. Good variety throughout. (31 covers) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1350

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. R.H. NOs. 6-12 INC. FREE, RARE DISTINCTIVE BOXED "NO 9", "HONITON PennyPost.", ETC.: 1814-39 group with mostly "NO 12" RH marks; a few majority fine marks of other RH nos. inc. rare skinny "No 9" hs (v.fine; one of only 2 known examples); some with "TOO LATE" or "More to pay" hs or endorsement; etc. Attractive mixture. (28 covers) Cross Reference: TOO LATE MARKS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1351

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. R.H. NOs. 13-19 INC. "ABOVE WEIGHT" COVER, "OTTERY.13", "13.OTTERY" (2, inc. "HONITON-Penny Post"), ETC.: 1824-38 group, somewhat more "No 13" marks than others. Inc. fine rare "No 16" (2, only 3 recorded) or "No 19" marks for Stoke Canon or Whimple villages. (18 covers) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

Starting at £ 180

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1352

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. RARE UNFRAMED R.H. NOs. 20-29: 1830-39 group of E/ELs with Receiving House numbers: "21", "22" (2), "23", "24" (2), "26" (2), & "29" (2, one in red); great majority fine to v. fine. Rare examples, less than 10 known for most. (13 items) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1353

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. EXETER 2d POSTS COLLECTION PART 1 - INC. FRAMED/UNFRAMED R.H. NOs., "13.OTTERY" OR "OTTERY.13" MARKS, ETC.: 1822-36 group of the short-lived 2d Provincial Post of Exeter inc. marks of RH numbers 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 (inc. 2 "OTTERY" type marks), 14, 16, 17, 18 and the rare 20 & 22 (only 4 recorded examples; remarkably clear) hs's. Some v.fine/superb examples within. Also inc. 25 Aug. 1836 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post newspaper with article titled "PENNY POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS" (24 items) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 200

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1354

NAMESTAMPS, 1700-1839. EXETER 2d POSTS COLLECTION PART 2 - INC. FRAMED/UNFRAMED R.H. NOs., RARE 3d RATE, ETC.: 1822-39 group inc. marks of RH numbers 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, and the rare 22 (2); 9 Sep. 1839 EL (repaired) from Exeter to Crediton with "EXETER/PY POST" ds & rare ms "3" rate; 1822 EL pair with "OTTERY." hs's (one underlined); etc. (c.25 covers) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Starting at £ 160

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1355

SHIP & INDIA LETTER MARKINGS, 1775-1834. RARE "EXETER/SHIP LRE" ON COVER EX JAMAICA TO LONDON "P. [SHIP] MARY"; Very fine 8 Sep. 1775 EL ("Duplicate" headed contents ref. sugar estate sales/needs) ex "Jamaica" to William Perrin in London (ex the Fitzherbert Correspondence) endorsed "P. [Ship] Mary, Capt. Smith" and charged "5[d]" with a very fine rare "EXETER/SHIP LRE" (Rob.S1; 1768-92) nicely placed on the front, an having a very fine "27/NO" London arrival Bishop Mark on the side-flap. Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish 'Fitzherbert' auction, 8 Apr. 1989; lot 113, realised £503.]Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, JAMAICA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 500

SOLD for £900.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1356

SHIP & INDIA LETTER MARKINGS, 1775-1834. 'WAR OF 1812' - RARE OVAL "Ship Letter/[CROWN]/EXETER" ON COVER EX BRITISH P.O.W. IN NEWPORT, RI; Oct. 1813 E from "Newport, Rhode Island" to Dumfries in Scotland charged "1/6" with a very fine large framed Carlisle "Addl/½" on the front beside a mostly fine (inverted) rare oval "Ship Letter/[crown]/EXETER" hs - very few examples have been recorded (almost always much poorer than this). There are two "Newport, Rhode Island" filing endorsements and a contemporary pencil note that it was sent from "Mr. John Grierson Surgeon on board the 'Morgiana' Packet when captured by the 'Saratoga' Privateer Sep. 1813 & carried into Rhode Island; care of Mr. Perry, Newport, Rhode Islands - in absence to be opened by Mrs Perry. Eben Barrie sails for Rio Janeiro in the 'Heywood of Greenock, Capt. McLaine; sails 27 Jany. 1814". The letter (typed transcript) is a brief note to his father from James Grierson, the former surgeon on board the Morgania captured by the American privateer Saratoga the month prior and now a Prisoner of War in Newport; "This will assure that I am well & happy. Mr Gilpin, formerly Consol, now Agent for Prisoners, has been very attentive to Capt. Cunningham & myself...". The Morgiana was a British Post Office Packet Ship en route to Surinam, and her capture was much celebrated in the U.S. at the time. A ballad was printed about it, and Historian Edgar Maclay has described the engagement as "one of the most obstinately contested actions between an American privateer and a British government packet". Extremely rare 'War of 1812' Prisoner of War cover. [Ex John Loraine; Cavendish June 2021 auction, lot 1701, realised £1,800+BP.] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 800

SOLD for £1,200.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1357

SHIP & INDIA LETTER MARKINGS, 1775-1834. RARE OVAL "Ship Letter/[CROWN]/EXETER" EX NEW YORK (REF. MAIL-OPENING IN BLOCKADE, ETC.); 3 May 1806 EL (typed transcript; minor toning) from "New York" to Manchester endorsed "Pr. [Ship] Otis [by] London" but having a mainly very fine (for this) rare oval-framed "Ship Letter/[crown]/EXETER" (Rob.S2; 1804-13, slight toning at left) on the front; very few examples have been recorded - almost always much poorer strikes than this. Also with red London Inspector's Crown changing "1/2" rate to "2/4" to "2/8". Interesting contents ref. cotton trade and the war; "I have examined the letters which are...suspected to have been opened but cannot perceive that they were...there are two frigates off the harbour which fired and killed a man on board of a coasting sloop a few days ago...". Clearly the British Navy was blockading US ports following Napoleon's 1806 Blockade. Rare thus. [Ex Cavendish Oct. 2022 auction; lot 1403, realised £432 inc. BP.] Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 340

SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1358

SHIP & INDIA LETTER MARKINGS, 1775-1834. EXETER/186 MILEAGE ON COVER EX SPAIN WITH GREEN "LISBON/F" FALMOUTH DS; Attractive 14 Oct. 1812 EL from "Salamanca" from the addressee's son touring the battlefields with long interesting 'travelogue' contents; sent to "Ugbrook near Exeter" charged "2/3" with a fine green "LISBON/F" ds (6 Nov.) nicely placed on the front, but Missent to Exeter itself and so with a fine "EXETER/176" lined mileage alongside. The British victory at Salamanca had only taken place a few weeks before (on 22 July), and the writer notes that the Siege of Burgos is still ongoing, etc. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, CORNWALL, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, MISSENT MAIL (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1359

SHIP & INDIA LETTER MARKINGS, 1775-1834. RARE STEP-TYPE "EXETER/SHIP LETTER" ON COVER FROM NEWFOUNDLAND; Small 20 Aug. 1824 E from "Revd. W[illiam]. Tulk" (a Missionary schoolmaster based in Burin, Newfoundland at this date) to the Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in London charged "1/7" with a mainly very fine rare boxed step-type "EXETER/SHIP LETTER" (Rob. S3; 1825-45, though only a few recorded) nicely placed on the front, having a matching fine "EXETER/176" cds (4 Oct.) across the join on the reverse. Exhibition Item and an exceptional port of arrival from North America.Cross Reference: NEWFOUNDLAND, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, SHIP LETTERS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 260

SOLD for £320.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM

1360

SHIP & INDIA LETTER MARKINGS, 1775-1834. RARE BOXED "INDIA LETTER/EXETER" ON N.S.W. COVER POSTED IN MAURITIUS WITH "MAURITIUS/= = =/POST-OFFICE" MARK; Remarkable and attractive 27 Aug. 1828 EL (mentioning two enclosures; a sales account & a Bill of Exchange) from "Sydney, New South Wales" to London "Per Elizabeth" also endorsed "Via Mauritius" and so having a mainly very fine "MAURITIUS/= = =/POST-OFFICE" mark (unrecorded type? - similar to Proud PS3 but longer lines between the words) nicely placed on the front. On the reverse is a very fine rare boxed "INDIA LETTER/EXETER" (one corner across edge but displays well opened out) beside a red 2-ring London arrival cds (25 Mar.). It was charged "3/1" which was the triple 11d inland rate plus the single (under 3oz) India Letter 4d rate. Intriguingly, the letter would have been charged 4s-9d (3 times the 8d Ship Letter rate instead of the 4d IL rate) if it had been sent on a ship directly from Sydney, because Australian mail did not benefit from the lower India Letter rates until 1830. Exhibition Quality and a rare Australia to G.B. via Mauritius routing. Cross Reference: MAURITIUS, INDIA, SHIP LETTERS, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 500

SOLD for £650.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM