THE MICHAEL LOCKTON COLLECTION OF EXETER continued...
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. PAIR OF EXETER 1d MULREADY LETTER-SHEET/ENVELOPE WITH RED MX - WITH "PY. POST" DS OR PLAIN CDS;
20/1 Aug. 1840 pair of 1d Mulreadys (stereo A150 or A21) cancelled correctly with pale orange or very fine orange-red MX; the first (letter-sheet; battered reverse and edge wear) with partly fine matching "EXETER/AU 20 1840/PY. POST" on the front and
the other (v. fine envelope) with fine matching "EXETER/AU 1/1840/B" cds on the front. Good pair. (2 covers) Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £180.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. RARE MULREADY 1d LETTER-SHEET WITH RED "EXETER" DATESTAMP AS SOLE CANCELLATION (MALTESE CROSS
OMITTED); Rare 29 Sep. 1840 usage of the Stereo A2 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet (slightly misfolded at top otherwise very fine) to Darlington having Britannia cancelled solely by a part red "EXETER/SE29/1840/B" cds and having a further very fine
strike slightly to the right and below. No sign of any Maltese Cross. Very rare forerunner of the 'Wessex Cancellations'. [SG ME1yb; £9,500.] Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 340
SOLD for £650.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. MULREADY 1d ENVELOPE WITH RED "EXETER/PY POST" DATESTAMP, MATCHING MX & BLACK BOXED "No7"; 12
Oct. 1840 usage of the stereo A148 1d Black Mulready env. to Ireland cancelled by the red Exeter Maltese Cross with a very fine matching "EXETER/PY POST" ds nearby as well as a very fine boxed "No7" of the village Receiving House at Starcross
(possibly the latest recorded date of any Exeter PP RH number. Very scarce and colourful item. [Ex Ron Hake.] Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £200.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1384 |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. LAST DAY OF RED MALTESE CROSS ON 1d MULREADY WITH BOTH RED "EXETER" & BLACK "Fore Street Hill"
PENNY POSTS; 9 Feb. 1841 (last official date of usage of the red MX) usage of the stereo A220 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet (lower corner faults on front & mis-folded top & bottom; commercial letter ordering bundles of merino wool) to London with a
partly fine black "Fore Street Hill/Penny Post" on the front, but with Britannia cancelled by a fine orange-red Exeter Maltese Cross (Last Day Usage in red) and a fine matching red "EXETER/FE 9 1841/PY POST" alongside. Spectacular and are
thus.Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, FIRST DAY COVERS, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1385 |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. MULREADY 1d LETTER-SHEETS PAIR WITH BLACK MX - BROWN "Whimple/Penny Post" MARK OR FROM LEWES;
15 May 1841 usage of the Mulready 1d letter-sheet (stereo beneath red wax seal) to Honiton cancelled by a very fine black Honiton Maltese Cross (Whimple was in the Exeter Penny Post system but equidistant between Exeter and Honiton) with a mainly
very fine brown "Whimple/Penny Post" on the front as well as on the flap. Plus fine 25 July 1841 usage of the stereo A19 letter-sheet to Exeter cancelled by v. fine Lewes black MX with matching (overstruck) "LEWES" mileage-removed cds on the flap. (2
covers)Cross Reference: SUSSEX (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £240.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1386 |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. RARE MULREADY 1d LETTER-SHEET WITH BLACK "EXETER" DATESTAMP AS SOLE CANCELLATION (MALTESE CROSS
OMITTED); Rare 27 Aug. 1841 usage of the Stereo A255 1d Black Mulready letter-sheet (some creases, edge wear & most of the unimportant top flap lost & replaced with thick paper) to Honiton having Britannia cancelled solely by a very fine black
"EXETER/AU27/1841/D" cds and having a mainly very fine "HONITON" arrival cds to the right and below. No sign of any Maltese Cross. Very rare forerunner of the 'Wessex Cancellations'. [SG ME1yb; £9,500.] Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY &
PROPAGANDA COVERS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £650.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. PAIR OF 1d MULREADY LETTER-SHEETS WITH INSURANCE Co. ADVERTS ON REVERSE; 22 Nov. 1841 usage of
the blue-text "Family Endowment... Interest Society" advert (MA 126a) inside stereo A34 1d Mulready (address erased & reinstated messily); plus 21 Mar. 1842 usage of the scarce black "NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY" advert (MA 131a) inside stereo? (lost
with bad thinning of flap) 1d Mulready (some reinforced folds) used to London with fine black MX and matching "EXETER/C" cds on the front. (2 covers)Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1388 |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. RARE 2d BLUE MULREADY ENVELOPE USED WITH 'SMUDGED' EXETER MX PLUS FINE MATCHING CDS; Fine 7
Jan. 1842 local Exeter usage of the stereo a208 2d Mulready env. with Britannia cancelled by the distinctively 'smudged' (or clogged) black Exeter Maltese Cross with a contrastingly very fine matching "EXETER/C" cds alongside (with a second strike of
the cds on the reverse). Rare 2d Mulready usage. The new Exeter MX came into use the next month. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £440.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 MULREADY STATIONERY, 1840-48. RARE 2d BLUE MULREADY LETTER-SHEET USED LATE WITH EXETER "285" NUMERAL CANCEL; Very fine 6 Nov.
1848 late Exeter usage of the stereo a94 2d Mulready letter-sheet (trivial internal corner fault) with Britannia cancelled by a very fine Exeter "285" Numeral, having a black Exeter backstamps beside red or blue London/Newcastle backstamps.
Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 260
SOLD for £550.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. EARLIEST RECORDED(?) EXETER OR DEVON USAGE OF A 1d BLACK ON COVER - 13 MAY 1840; 13 May
1840 EL (filing folds affect address panel but clear of stamp & marks) to London with Plate 1a 1d Black (AL; 4m, close at foot - placed upside down) tied by red MX with matching v. fine "EXETER/MY 13/1840/D" cds alongside. From the "West of England
Insurance Office" showing that they had acquired stocks of stamps by this date, and were not using Mulreadys for their regular correspondence.Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH SOUTH ZEAL "No.8" R.H. MARK + RED "EXETER/PY POST" DS; 4/5 June 1840
EL from "Sticklepath" to Bradford (Yorks.) with an attractive Plate 2 1d Black (PB; 4 good to wide margins) tied by a light red MX and a whisker of the matching fine "EXETER/A" cds; beside the stamp there is also a fair red "EXETER/PY POST" (closed
tear) struck over a mainly fine South Zeal "No.8" Receiving House mark. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER DATED "8th MAY 1840" INSIDE BUT WITH "EXETER/JU 8/1840" CDS; Fine "8th May
1840" EL to Sidmouth (J. Carslake, a veteran of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar) with Plate 2 1d Black (KH; 4 wide margins showing part of next stamp at foot; horiz. bend at top) tied by a light red MX with fine "EXETER/JU 8/1840/C" cds
alongside. It seems more likely that the writer had forgotten that the turn of the month than that the main Exeter P.O. had done so. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH BLACK R.H. "No.5[?]" MARK & RED "EXETER/PY POST" DATESTAMP; 6 Aug.
1840 E (side-flaps removed and top flap reduced; heavy horiz. filing crease at foot well clear of stamp & marks) to Torrington with Plate 2 1d Black (PJ; 4m, close at top left) tied by a fine light red MX with an unclear "No.5[?]" RH mark adjacent,
but also having a fine red "EXETER/PY POST" ds alongside. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH BLACK R.H. "No.5[?]" MARK & RED "EXETER/PY POST" DATESTAMP; 21 Aug.
1840 E (side-flaps reduced and one flap cut to show the Exeter cds complete; horiz. filing crease at foot well clear of stamp) to a local address with Plate 5 1d Black (GC; 4m) tied by a fine light red MX with an unclear "No.5[?]" RH mark below, but
also having a fine red "EXETER/PY POST" ds alongside. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH BLACK R.H. "No.4" MARK & RED "EXETER/PY POST" DATESTAMP; 31 Aug. 1840
E (minor edge wear) to London (1 Sep. backstamp) with Plate 4 1d Black (MB; 4m) lightly tied by indentation of a red MX with a fine "No.4" RH mark and fine red "EXETER/PY POST" ds alongside. Attractive and rare thus. [Ex Adrian Almond, Cavendish 5
Dec. 2012; lot 596 realised £300+BP.] Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. PAIR OF 1d BLACK COVERS WITH RED "EXETER" CDS's BESIDE THE STAMPS; 13 Oct. 1840 env. to
London with Plate 1a 1d Black (MB; 4m) cancelled by a messy red MX (may not belong?) with a fine matching "EXETER" cds alongside; plus a similar 15 Oct. 1840 EL to Sidmouth (J. Carslake, a veteran of HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar) with Plate
4 1d Black (AG; wide margins on 2 sides) cancelled (not tied) by a light red MX with v. fine matching "EXETER" cds alongside. (2 covers) Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH RARE BLACK R.H. "No.26" MARK & RED "EXETER/PY POST" DATESTAMP;
Attractive 17 Oct. 1840 env. to Cambridge (20 Oct. backstamp) with Plate 4 1d Black (JJ; 4 good to wide margins) tied by light red MX with a very fine "No.26" RH mark (probably Christow; only 5 examples recorded) and a partly fine red "EXETER/PY
POST" d.s. alongside. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 110
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH BLACK "Fore Street Hill/Penny Post" & RED "EXETER" DATESTAMP; 16 Nov.
1840 E to Dublin (18 Nov. backstamp) with Plate 6 1d Black (FH; near 4m - touched at top left) tied by fine red MX with a fine red "EXETER/PY POST" ds alongside as well as a partly fine black "Fore Street Hill/Penny Post" (EKD?). Attractive and
unusual. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
SOLD for £140.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH RARE RED "Otterton/Penny Post" & RED "EXETER" DATESTAMP; 14/15 Dec.
1840 EL (overall dusting & some creasing) to Exeter (15 Dec. backstamp) with Plate 7 1d Black (JK; just 4m - close and rough at left) tied by a messy red MX with a fine red "Otterton/Penny Post" (one of only two recorded examples in red) alongside.
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £130.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COVERS, 1840-42. 1d BLACK COVER WITH FINE BLACK "Moreton Hampstead/Penny Post" & RED "EXETER/PY POST"
DATESTAMP; Attractive 24 Dec. 1840 EL (light vertical creases clear of stamp but affecting both Py Post marks) to Bodmin with Plate 1b 1d Black (NB; 4 clear/wide margins - corner crease at top left) tied by a fine red MX with a very fine black
"Moreton Hampstead/Penny Post" nicely placed alongside a mainly fine red "EXETER/PY POST" ds Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
