THE MICHAEL LOCKTON COLLECTION OF EXETER continued...
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. ½d PC FIRST DAY OF ISSUE: 1 Oct. 1870 first day PC (larger, scarcer type) from
Torquay to Exeter with message written in 'code' [ex. SG retail c.2010 for £395]. Also inc. 11 Feb. 1873 PC (smaller type) from London to Exeter with London sloper arrow machine cancel and endorsed & signed "Gone away" in red. (2)Cross
Reference: FIRST DAY/SPECIAL EVENT COVERS, CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
SOLD for £170.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1442 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. VERY RARE BOXED "EXETER" SCOTS-LOCAL-LIKE CANCEL ON OFF-COVER 2d BLUE 'STARS';
c.Aug./Sept. 1855 off-cover 2d Blue 'Stars' (5 inc. one pair) cancelled purely by very fine rare boxed "EXETER" marks. This distinctive Exeter cancel resembles the contemporary Scots Local cancels, but only 7 covers and a few pieces/stamps have been
recorded with it, all dated between 13 Aug. and 9 Sep. 1855. The usual Exeter Sideways Duplex continued in regular use throughout this period, so it seems that this mysterious cancellation must have been used for an Experiment of some kind. Cross
Reference: 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1443 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. FOUR-COLOUR FRANKING ON HIGH RATED WRAPPER: 6 Apr. 1871 large part-wrapper of
packet (cleanly reinforced inside) sent Regd from Exeter to London franked 2/- blue, 9d straw, 4d orange and 2d blue, all cancelled by "K/EXETER" duplexes; scarcely seen on internal mail. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, SURFACE-PRINTED
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £160.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1444 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. VERY RARE BOXED "EXETER" SCOTS-LOCAL-LIKE CANCEL ON 1d RED 'STARS' ON PIECE;
c.Aug./Sept. 1855 piece with 1d Red 'Stars' (crease) tied purely by a very fine rare boxed "EXETER" mark. This distinctive Exeter cancel resembles the contemporary Scots Local cancels, but only 7 covers and a few pieces/stamps have been recorded with
it, all dated between 13 Aug. and 9 Sep. 1855. The usual Exeter Sideways Duplex continued in regular use throughout this period, so it seems that this mysterious cancellation must have been used for an Experiment of some kind. [Ex RL 19 Nov. 1974
"Victoria Collection" auction; lot 490, realised £80.] Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £120.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1445 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. c.1866-79 GROUP: Attractive mixture inc. 11 Nov. 1867 EL from a Clerk in Exeter to
Major Eldridge stationed at Plymouth who helped quell the Exeter Bread Riots (1854); pair of Oct. 1870 OHMS envs. imprinted "FREE./JOHN TILLEY/Post Office." (PO Sec. after Rowland Hill); 18 Sep. 186(?) "Book Post" ex Exeter to Whimple. Postmark
variety inc. 1866 env. with mostly fine "L&E" Star hs plus 1875/89 pair with "L&E.T.R.O" TPOs "FROM THE WEST" or "FROM THE EAST"; 1857/66 examples of the 'Creswell Duplex' (3); etc. (28 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
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Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1446 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. BLOCK OF FOUR 2d BLUES ON LONG ENV: 7 June 1855 cloth env. from Exeter to Bath
franked block of four 2d blues with only two "285" Exeter barred numeral cancels. Also inc. used block of 4 1d reds with same pmk. (2 items) Cross Reference: 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
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Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1447 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. VERY RARE "EXETER STATION" CDS - THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE - ON 1855 1/- EMBOSSED
COVER TO INDIA; Fine 16 Aug. 1855 EL (date inside is 21 July) from the "Major Clarke Correspondence" sent from "PETROCKSTOW" (fair UDC on flap) to Punjab in India with a cut-to-shape 1/- Green just tied by an unclear Numeral with boxed
"BOMBAY/Bearing [2]" transit mark alongside, but also having a fine "Beaford/Penny Post" mark on the flap along with the only recorded example of the sanserif EXETER STATION" cds (16 June) which is partly fine and readily legible. This Station mark
was issued by the P.O. on 25 June 1855, but clearly had very little usage. Important G.B. Stations and Devonshire cover. [Ex Ron Hake and Bill Pipe.] Cross Reference: RAILWAY MAIL, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, EMBOSSED ISSUES, INDIA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £260.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1448 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. LATE QV MIX - SQUARED CIRCLES, OPTD ISSUES, ETC: 1880-93 group with a large
section of mainly 1d franked covers cancelled "EXETER" cds's, squared circles or duplexes inc. some optd "ARMY/OFFICIAL" or "I.R./OFFICIAL". Inc. 14 Apr. 1890 printed lettings advert for Winkleigh sent at the ½d printed matter rate, however endorsed
"Refused" in red and superbly struck with a remarkably clear boxed "Contains a communication.of the nature of a Letter/285" plus "1D/285" hs charge; c.1890 "Newspaper Despatch" env. with 5d London & South Western Railway railway newspaper label (not
listed by H. L'Estrange Ewen); 10 Sep. 1887 edition of "THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS" concerning the "BURNING OF THE NEW THEATRE AT EXETER"; etc. (28 items) Cross Reference: RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS, CANCELLATIONS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £150.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1449 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. 2d RAILWAY STAMP ON PRINTED PROPAGANDA COVER: 3 May 1900 env. used locally in
Exeter printed with "INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES" propaganda, franked 1d revenue cancelled by Exeter duplex + 2d green Great Western railway stamp cancelled by faint purple "STOKE CANNON" hs. Cross Reference: RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS &
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Starting at £ 100
SOLD for £110.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1450 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. VERY LATE USE OF "MISSENT/TO/EXETER" HS - 25+ YEARS AFTER LRD: 7 Aug. 1858 EL from
Stratton ("441" barred numeral) to Chard with 9 Aug. Chard & Exeter backstamps. V.finely struck "MISSENT/TO/EXETER" on front - recorded used in 1827-34 only. Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1451 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. SPECTACULAR 1/- EMBOSSED COVER TO U.S. WITH EXETER S/WAYS DUPLEX & LONDON "SENT
BACK TO ENGLAND..." MARK; 17 July 1855 env. (corner fault at top left & other minor wear; opened out for display) to New York with a cut-square Embossed 1/- Green (huge margins at left and top; almost clear on other sides - with two neatly ironed
creases) tied by a very fine "EXETER/285" Sideways Duplex with a red "5/CENTS" accountancy mark alongside as well as a 30 July NY red arrival cds. The addressee could not be found; there is a very fine oval-framed "NEW YORK POST OFFICE/ADVERTISED"
mark on the front and a very fine red London "SENT BACK TO ENGLAND/WITHOUT A REASON/FOR NON-DELIVERY" on the lower flap which opens up to show it the right way up below the address panel. Amazing and attractive Exhibition Piece for any USA, Devon,
Transatlantic or Sideways Duplexes Collection. Holcombe Cert. (1981). Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £280.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1452 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. LATER QV POSTAL STATIONERY USAGES INC. RARE O.H.M.S. TYPES (VACCINATION, ETC.):
1880s-c.1901 group of P.Stat. to 2½d (great majority ½d or 1d) ex. Exeter. Inc. 1897/1902 vaccination certificates with brown or green ½d imprints; c.1900 stamped-to-order ½d wrapper to London; very rare used 1901 Board of Agriculture printed letter
with return part unused inside; etc. (12 covers + 7 PCs) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, PRINTED MATTER (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
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Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1453 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES ON COVER INC. P.STAT.: 1855-58 group virtually all with fair-v.
fine Exeter s/ways duplexes. Mostly 1d red covers but also inc. 1d pink P.Stat. envs., mourning or imprinted envs., plus cutouts 2d blue to 1/-, etc. Inc. 19 Dec. 1855 env. from Exeter to Van Diemen's Land with 6d embossed cutout cancelled by s/ways
Exeter duplex & also having v.scarce "SOUTH-ST" hs on sideflap plus red diamond "SHIP-LETTER - INWARDS FREE"; 15 June 1855 env. from Exeter to London franked 2d blue (ERD for the s/ways duplex); etc. (21 covers) Cross Reference: TASMANIA,
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Starting at £ 160
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1454 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. EXETER - VERY EARLY PPCS & PHOTOGRAPHS: A small 1884-1904 group of cards inc. 1898
Court cards (2); c.1901 Tuck embossed heraldic designs with (2) and without (1) images of the city; 1899 card from rlwy vending machine with fine 1900 Ottery-St.Mary duplex (377) with time in full; early views of Exeter, pmk 1901 (3); and Exeter
local publishers (2) both postally used 1898-1900. Cabinet photos showing Exeter Telegraph Staff as vignettes, 1884 & 1885 plus a larger image (faults) of Exeter GPO Band likely 1870s-80s. A most unusual group of rare items generally in fine
condition. (11 PPCs + 3 photos) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RELIGION (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
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Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1455 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. EXETER & TOWNS SUB-OFFICES, QV-KEVII PARCEL POST LABELS, ETC.: 1893-1920 group,
majority varieties of KGV pre-war & unfranked (all but 8) parcel post labels with "EXETER" cds's or dumb cancels inc. c.1895 custom printed parcel post label "From the Exeter & County Toilet Club" to Belgium franked 2x6d vertical pair & 3d single; 11
Sep. 1913 unappropriated PP label with ms "Exeter Eqs/Queen Street"; etc. Also inc. The Parcel Post Labels of Great Britain Part 3 by Arkell. (2 wrapper pieces + 62 parcel post labels) Cross Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, LITERATURE -
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Starting at £ 260
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1456 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. MAIL TO AUSTRALIA & INDIA EX EXETER: 1859-63 group of envs. from Exeter to
Melbourne (2 - franked 6x1d reds or 6d) or Oude (3 - 1860, franked 6d singles or 3x1d reds + 6d). (5 covers) Cross Reference: INDIA, AUSTRALIA
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £300.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1457 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. EXETER VILLAGES PARCEL POST LABEL COLLECTION PART 1 - A-S: 1895-1916 group of PP
labels (17 franked), great majority KGV period (some KEVII & QV). Mixture of local cds's; few dumb cancels of Exeter. (32 labels) Cross Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1458 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. EXETER VILLAGES PARCEL POST LABEL COLLECTION PART 2 - S-U: 1900-19 group (plus one
1933) of PP labels (11 franked), good balance of QV, KEVII & KGV. Mixture of local cds's, few dumb cancels of Exeter. (26 labels) Cross Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
SOLD for £220.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
| 1459 |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. 1852-64 MIX - MISSENT MARKS, CHARGE HS's, STREET HS's, ETC.: Group of mainly 1d
red covers plus some P.Stat., imprinted mail, etc. from Exeter inc. some scarcer marks (missents, charges, street hs's, etc.); rates and others inc. 26 Feb./7 Mar. 1864 identical pair of printed circulars ex Tiverton or Exeter to Exeter with
remarkably clear strikes of the scarce Alphabet IV duplex; 8 Apr. 1861 vaccination cert. ex Cullompton to the Registar in Bradnich imprinted "UNPAID." therefore struck with superb distinctive "2" charge; 25 Feb. 1856 env. ex Falmouth to Aylesbury
with extremely rare faint "MISSENT TO/LONDON & EXETER R.P.O" hs double-struck on sideflap (only 3 recorded examples, this being latest known); etc. Worthwhile lot. (17 covers) Cross Reference: RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS, RAILWAYS, MISSENT
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Starting at £ 130
SOLD for £360.00
Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
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 PERFORATED QV ISSUES & PARCEL POST LABELS. EXETER 'CRESWELL' CANCELS: 1858/66 1d P.Stat. env. or 1d red franked env. with
incredibly fine strikes of "H" or "K" code Creswell duplexes; plus 29 Oct. 1857 or 1863 env./E with "A" code cds backstamps (Creswell first recorded used 30 Sep. 1857 to 1868). (4 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
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Closing..Dec-04, 04:00 AM |
