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121

CRIMEAN WAR - BLACK SEA FLEET MAIL TO HMS RODNEY AT KAZATCH BAY: 24 Mar. 1855 env. (a little grubby) Carlisle to The Rev Robt Hine, HMS Rodney, Black Sea Fleet franked five 1d red star cancelled with Carlisle 165 numeral hs. Cross Reference: MILITARY - CRIMEAN WAR, 1854-65 1d REDS (Image)

Starting at £ 48

SOLD for £50.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

122

NAVAL MAIL & SHIPS - EUROPE, JAPAN, RUSSIA, ETC.; A group of covers, PPCs & a few photos, mainly of warships but some naval related & covers mainly with ship cachets, etc. Condition generally good to fine and most in plastic protectors with ship details. Incs. photo of Japanese Naval Review 1933 (111mm x 78mm); c.1948 env. with pair of 2yn stamps said to be from warship "Maya"; 1949 Swedish HMSS Gotland officers letter posted at Aden; Sweden (10) & Norway (2) incs. 1945 cover from "HMNS Glaisdale"; 1914 Russian PPC with v.fine Armoured Cruiser "Riurrik" cachet; GB incs. PPCs (5) - one reads "On way to Murmansk, 21/10/18, ran into these rocks", 25 Oct. 18 PPC with view of Scapa Flow (the ship arrived at Murmansk 3 Dec.). Full transcript of voyage attached. An interesting assortment. (30) Cross Reference: MARITIME MAIL, JAPAN, RUSSIA, SHIPS/SHIPPING (Image)

Starting at £ 65

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123

1688-1777 NAVAL FLEET MAIL, SOME MERCHANT & OTHER ITEMS: A good to fine group of items condition is typical for age, incs. Oct. 1688 two page newsletter from London without wrapper; 1693 EL from HMS Monmouth, Spithead with some staining and slight marginal damage (the letter was probably posted at Portsmouth on the 24th as it received a fine Bishop mark AP/25. It was then sent to "Charles Orchard Esq att ye Customs Office in, Exon") ms "In All 5"; 1705 part EL address panel & text complete, some staining but readable letter From Francis Hope on HMS Torbay to his father Richard in Cranbrook, Kent with "InAll 5"; 1716 EL written "Halfway betwixt Orfordness & Yarmouth" (ailing from Elsinore) with 23/AV Bishop mark partly over written & forwarded to Liverpool. Also ELs from HMS Venus 1761 with sl PLYMOUTH DN 1067; 1766 HMS Fly with similar Plymouth mark & "In All" to Edinburgh;1776 EL from HMS Conquestadoor to Denny NB ex Spanish captured 12/8/1762 at Sheerness (letter from Husband to his wife) with weak PORTS/MOUTH and good 20/FE Bishop mark, rated "In All 9" with on reverse "Pay the boy a shilling"; and 1711 Velum Indenture for lease of land in Yorkshire, signatures and seals are intact. (8) Cross Reference: EPHEMERA, MANUSCRIPTS, ETC., MARITIME MAIL, SCOTTISH INTEREST, EARLY LETTERS (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

124

1708-10 WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION - SHIP P.O.W. DOCUMENTS: Documents in fair to good condition relating to the capture of the French ship "Bon Ami" by English privateers "Princess Sophia" Capt. Ryder and "Johnsons Gallie" Capt. Holman in July 1708, of Buchan Ness south of Peterhead. Consists of 4 documents. A printed form "A List of Prisoners at WAR, received in to Custody, under the Care of...the Treasurer of Banff... at the Port of Banff", "By what ship taken", etc.; "Papers Relating to Privateer that was taken" list of prisoners names; and expenses for taking them to Aberdeen, etc.; List of men taking prisoners to Aberdeen; Letter regarding French prisoners and payments. (ull typed transcripts are included). A rare combination as few ships were captured in Scottish waters. Also included is an offprint of "English Privateering in the war of the Spanish Succession 1702-13". Cross Reference: SCOTTISH INTEREST, NAVAL, MILITARY, EPHEMERA (Image)

Starting at £ 80

SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

125

1718 PRIVATELY CARRIED JACOBITE LETTER FROM NETHERLANDS TO SCOTLAND: A single sheet letter written by Harry Maule 26 July 1718 from Leiden, Holland privately carried to George Lockhart of Cornwarth MP, both prominent Jacobites. Condition is generally fair to good with some splitting on fold around address panel but letter displays well. H.M. had fled to Netherlands in 1716 after the battle of Sheriffmuir. He later returned to live in his castle in Kellie. Full transcript is included. Cross Reference: SCOTTISH INTEREST, NAVAL, NETHERLANDS, MARITIME MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

126

1794-1812 GB NAVAL FLEET & SOME MERCHANTS LETTERS: Condition is generally good to v. fine mainly ELs, and well annotated. 17th Dec. 1794 letter with 2 Jan. 1795 addition. Merchants letter from Smyrna to London Bishop mark MR/12, rated 1s. Go to great length to explain the Royal Navy support & convoy system; 1793 to Commander of East India Man Exeter at Motherbank before her first journey to Bombay & China;. 1795 EL with good PORTSMOUTH arc to London, sender Capt. George Faith expecting to leave that day; 1798 HMS Caesar part Free EL from Edinburgh with red AU-/21 Bishop mark to Plymouth; 1804 Piece with signature of Admiral Richard Hussey Bikerton, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean 2nd in command under Nelson; 1805 EL ex HMS Cerberus at Spithead with PORTSMOUTH/73 boxed mileage rated 6d to Norwich; 1812 HMS Niemen, Basque Roads, full transcript of letter. (7) Cross Reference: MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, SHIPS/SHIPPING, WORLDWIDE MARITIME POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

127

1797-1827 BRITISH NAVAL FLEET LETTERS & DOCUMENTS: 1798 v. fine EL OHMS Free initialled ”RC” from HMS Ville de Paris off Cadiz to Gibraltar requesting Ordnance stores for HMS Prince signed Robert Calder; 1797 fine EL sent from Lisbon where the writer Isaac Coffin was “resident commissioner of the navy at Lisbon” so had franked the letter ”I Coffin”, OHMS to the Earl of St. Vincent KK, HMS La Ville de Paris. The recipient, John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent, was a long-standing friend of Coffin. Includes a contemporary engraving of John Jervis; 1827 Printed naval form sent from H.M.S. Asia at Malta to H.M.Sloop Medina by (previous name crossed out & Sir Edward Codrington K.C.B. inserted) Vice Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of His Majesties Ships....etc requesting inspection of HMS Pelican's chain cables, signed Edw. Codrington. (3) Cross Reference: NAVAL, MARITIME MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 50

SOLD for £65.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

128

ROYAL NAVY MEMORANDA CHIEFLY FROM FLAG OFFICERS INC. ADM. ST. VINCENT, PURVIS, COLLINGWOOD, ETC.: 1798-1813 group of memoranda/directions to Ships Captains, etc. inc. 1798 Ville de Paris off Cadiz to the Captains of Leviathan, Namur & Gibraltar signed by Admiral St Vincent "the men described as pirates..."; 1808 EL R Adm Purvis, Rear Admiral of the White, off Cadiz to Capt Mitford, HM Armed Ship Duchess of Bedfordto sail to Tangier Bay "...bring to the Squadron ..good conditioned live bullocks"!; 1809 EL R.Hon. Collingwood, Vice Admiral of the Red, off Toulon to Mitford, HM Sloop Espoir"..proceed immediately to Ischia..deliver the accompanying despatches.." signed by Collingwood, etc. Good variety of letters during a busy period for the Royal Navy. (9 items) Cross Reference: NAVAL MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

129

1799–1802 FLEET MAIL DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A notable collection of mail items from this period incs. 1800: Letter from La Fortune, a French privateer captured by HMS Ruby less than a year after launch, addressed to Captain Halcrow at Deal. The letter features a crossed-out red "FREE" mark and a manuscript "Sailed." Captain Halcrow received a letter of marque on 9 October 1800 and returned in April 1802 after capturing five prizes; 1801 letter from Captain Sir Edward Berry on HMS Ruby at Yarmouth to Francis Feeling, questioning the Postmaster’s right to charge an additional ½d for ship delivery. Berry went on to be Nelson’s flag captain at the Battle of the Nile and fought at Trafalgar; 1801 Letter from Captain C. Richardson on HMS St. George at Great Yarmouth to his wife in Jersey, bearing a London Bishop mark. The ship had returned two months earlier from the Battle of Copenhagen; 1802 letter from Captain Stair Douglas on HMS Nymphe off Torbay to Lichfield, with a weak but legible BRIXHAM/208 mileage mark and a 10d rate. At the time, HMS Nymphe was patrolling for smugglers in the English Channel. This group represents an interesting selection of naval correspondence from the era. (4) Cross Reference: NAVAL, MARITIME MAIL, FRANCE (Image)

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Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £80.00
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130

FINE EARLY 2-LINE "ANTIGUA/APR25 801" DS ON PACKET LETTER TO GB: 25 Apr. 1801 EL "By the Townshend/Packet" to Tudway in Wells with fine "ANTIGUA/NOV5 801" (first year digit missing) on the front & charged "1/8". [A similar item sold in Cavendish Dec. 2013 auction, lot 181 - realised £280 + BP] Cross Reference: ANTIGUA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 130

SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

131

1804-1815 FLEET MAIL DURING NAPOLEONIC & 1812-15 AMERICAN WARS: A good selection of ships mail from this interesting period. Condition is generally good to fine with interesting rates & routes inc. 1804 EL to a crew member on HMS Amethyst, Nore. The ship had sailed so Nore was crossed out and ms Yarmouth added top left. A v.fine SHEERNESS/51 was applied and a YARMOUTH/124 mileage added, charged 3+9=11d; 1807 EL written by Admiral Duckworth, from HMS Royal George, off Ushant, with good boxed mileage PLYMOUTH DOCK 220 across the flap; 1807 EL from James Blair, Berbice, initially endorsed via Barbados crossed out and ms H.M.S. Helena recd. with s/l smudged PLYMOUTH DOCK to Belfast with London JY/14/1807 ds. Other items inc. mail from 1805 HMS Zealand, 1810 HMS Favourite, 1811 EL HMS Spitfire (Spithead), 1811 HMS Barfleur (Lisbon), 1812 HMS Andromache (off Brest), 1813 HMS Warspite (Basque Roads), HMS Bedford (Nore), HMS Menelaus (Bordeaux), HMS Rhin, and HMS Liffey. (14) Cross Reference: NAVAL, MARITIME MAIL, FRANCE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

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SOLD for £260.00
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132

FIRST CLASS VOLUNTEER WILLIAM ASHBY HMS INVINCIBLE MAIL TO HIS FATHER: 1808-13 with 1808 EL HMS Invincible at the Nore to London "..we are going to cruise off Ferrol. The Brest Fleet are out..."; Apr. 1810 EL Invincible now at Cadiz to London with PLYMOUTH / 218 hs Ashby now in a gunboat off Trocadero describing the blockade and the fighting that took place; Aug. 1810 EL Invincible off Toulon to London with red PLYMOUTH DK / 220 hs the letter discusses the preparation for the action at Cartagena and chasing the French Fleet to Toulon; 1813 EL Invincible at Salou Bay, Catalonia with SHIP LETTER / [crown] / PORTSMOUTH hs (Tab. S10) letter speculates on the implication of Napoleons defeat at Dresden plus 12 page original account by Ashby of the "Taking of Puello" (French fort on the Catalonia coast) probably from Ashby's Midshipman's Journal. Full transcripts of the letters and the Journal included. (5 items) Cross Reference: FRANCE, NAVAL MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 160

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133

1808/13 ANTIGUA PAIR TO USA OR GB: 30 June 1808 EL from Antigua to Albany with red "PHI" d.s. & "SHIP" marks, contents concerning fraud; and Mar. 1813 E to London rated ms "2/2" and with "ANTIGUA" ds on front. (2 covers) Cross Reference: ANTIGUA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

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134

ANTIGUA - EARLY INGOING MAIL FROM ABSENTEE PLANTATION OWNER TO MANAGER - INTERESTING CONTENTS ON SLAVERY, WAR OF 1812, MARKET/PRICE MOVEMENTS, ETC.: 1813-22 EL group all of the same 'Golden Grove' correspondence from Samuel Martin in Balmae, Dumfries "By the Packet" to the manager of Golden Grove, his sugar plantation in Antigua. Contents are clear & concern various affects of geopolitical factors on trade inc. Napoleon, the War of 1812, etc.; plus much talk of the slaves made to work there, their religious inculcation, increasing number of deaths, etc.: "I hope you will find the Ploughman I sent from Liverpool a valuable acquisition [...] I hope in time, to hear of the Negroes there receiving relief from the use of the Plough, for we must now do all in our power (putting humanity out of the question) to ease their labour & keep up our numbers". (5 covers) Cross Reference: ANTIGUA, DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY, SLAVES AND SLAVERY (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £500.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

135

1816 FLEET MAIL BARBARY COAST CONFLICT: 1816 disinfected EL from midshipman to his parents in Staines from "Bay of Algiers, HMS Euphrates" describing the armed standoff while Lord Exmouth went ashore to try to get Christian slaves released. He negotiated a 3-month period to complete the release, which did not happen. Resulting in the August attack on Algiers by the English/Dutch fleet and release of 3,000 prisoners. The letter was disinfected at Motherbank with two vertical slits and vinegar stains, circular dated mileage PORTSMOUTH 24 JU 1816. Scarce conflict mail. Cross Reference: NAVAL MAIL, ALGERIA, MARITIME MAIL, DISINFECTED MAIL (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

136

MADEIRA - 1820-74 PRESTAMP MIXTURE: Inc. 1859-62 trio of Es (2) or EL to France (2) or London with oval framed "MADEIRA" in black or blue (2); 1825 EL or 1874 E with faint framed "SHIP LETTER/DOVER" or "SHIP-LETTER/LONDON" cds; etc. (6 covers) Cross Reference: MADEIRA, SHIP LETTERS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

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137

TRANSATLANTIC MIX - "PACKET.LETTER", ACCOUNTANCY MARKS, ETC.: 1829-c.1863 group virtually all to France or London ex Quebec, Prince Edward Island, USA (2) or Haiti (3 - with fine Art.12/13/18 marks), Denmark. Inc. 1863(?) env. to London with "10" ms charge & no marks other than v.fine "PACKET.LETTER" hs (speculated to be ex Hong Kong). (8 covers) Cross Reference: TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, CANADA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM

138

1817-1829 FLEET MAIL: A good selection of ships mail. Condition is generally good to fine inc. 1817 EL from HMS Impregnable, Plymouth to Exeter. Ship took part in the bombardment of Algiers in August 1816; 1819 HMS Forth various forwarding and rates; 1822 Free front to Capt. Nelson HMS Nimrod; HMS Genoa at Devonport EL to London from Captain William Cumberland; 1824 Letter from Admiralty to Capt. Geo. Price that his brother, C.H.Price had been promoted to Lieutenant on HMS Serahis; 1828 EL to HMS Alligator, Plymouth; 1829 HMS Galatea at Port Royal, Jamaica.On the reverse is a weak, red partial strike of the boxed "PACKET LETTER" PACK having been cut off on opening. In 1829 Galatea was converted to a paddle steamer by the Captain Charles Napier but was not taken up by the Admiralty. (7) Cross Reference: NAVAL, MARITIME MAIL, MILITARY MAIL (Image)

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Starting at £ 46

SOLD for £110.00
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139

DUTCH EAST INDIES TO BATAVIA OR REMBANG: 1840s-50s group of E/ELs inc. trio ex Surabaya with oval black or green "SOURBAYA/ONGEFRANKEERD" (unpaid) or red "SOURABAYA/FRANCO"; plus pair ex Samarang with blue "SAMARANG/FRANCO" or "SAMARANG/ONGEFRANKEERD". (5 covers) Cross Reference: NETHERLANDS COLONIES (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

Starting at £ 100

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140

MEXICO TO LONDON LANDED BY BRITISH CHANNEL COASTAL PILOT: 18 Aug. 1845 part E (reconstructed by Robertson for display as was his fashion) Tabasco to Huth, London endorsed "Capt Roper of the brig Bremen is requested to deliver the letter to an english Pilot in the British Channel" landed at Eastbourne with a v.fine red Sea Houses / Penny Post hs (SX1108) and London receiving cds for 23 October 1845. Eastbourne date stamp has been used rather than a Ship Letter hs. (Ex Robertson, illustrated at Pg. A.32/C)Cross Reference: SUSSEX, MEXICO (Image)

Starting at £ 65

SOLD for £70.00
Closing..Dec-03, 04:00 AM