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YORKSHIRE continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2021   imageYORK SUB/DISTRICT PO - HUNTINGTON TO WIGGINGTON: 1845-1970 with 1854 env. to Kent with fine blue NABURN UDC; 1852 env. to Sheffield with good blue SKELTON UDC; 1850 EL to Pocklington with fine blue STAMFORD BRIDGE UDC; 1848 1d pink P. Stat. env. to Sheffield with v. fine SUTTON-ON-DERWENT UDC; 1847 E to Darlington with good blue WHITWELL UDC; 1849 env. to Kirbymoorside with good blue WIGGINGTON UDC; range of chiefly PPC with cds's of Huntington, Kexby, Melbourne, New Earswick, Ouseburn, Rufforth, Sand Hutton, Shipton, Strensall inc Camp & Whitwell. Good selection. (31 items & 8 PPCs) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2022   imageYORK - REGISTERED MAILS: 1848-1968 with 1848 EL to Macclesfield franked tied 1d red with red ms Registered P6 alongside; 1850 EL to Rotherham franked tied 1d red with fine red framed REGISTERED / YORK 6d. hs; 1869 1d pink P. Stat. env. (faults) to Beverley franked tied 4d orange Pl.10 BJ with red ms Registered at / Sand Hutton; 1888 Registered P. Stat. env. H&B RP15) to Birmingham with additional blue cross endorsed Fragile; 1935 OHMS Post Office Registered black P. Stat. env. to Scarborough with fine scalloped REGISTERED/YORK oval ds; 1912 Registered P. Stat. env. uprated to Cuba; etc. Good variety. (22 items) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, CUBA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2023   imageYORK BALANCE INC. POSTAGE DUE, RAILWAY, MISSENT, ETC.: c.1820-c.1930 inc. c.1820 E Pocklington to Beverley with POCKLINGTON / 210 hs and below a near fine MISSENT / TO YORK hs (W&J YK3372); 1825 EL London to Westerdale with ms Try Guisbro and Misdirected to York; 1844 EL Douglas, IOM to Wath with fine blue boxed MIS-SENT/TO/YORK hs; 1847 EL London to Hull with fine blue Missent to /York hs (W&J YK3376); 1834-6 trio E with three different TOO LATE hs; 1855 EL to Clitheroe with Postage Due "2D" in circle hs (W&J YK3359); 1867 env. to Scarborough with S.W./YORK cds applied on Sorting Carriage; 1846 EL to Dewsbury with fine York "RW" in oval hs; etc. (44 items) Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL, RAILWAY MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
ALDERNEY POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2024   imageRARE "965" NUMERAL WITH MATCHING "A"-CODE BACKSTAMP ON 1d RED 'STARS' COVER TO CORNWALL; Fine 13[?] July 1861 mourning env. to Launceston with a 1d Red 'stars' tied by light but readily legible Alderney "965" numeral having a mainly fine small matching "ALDERNEY/A" cds on the side-flap (which opens out neatly for display) along with a v. fine 17 July "LAUNCESTON/A" arrival cds. The Alderney "965" is one of the most elusive of all British numerals. Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2025   imageSCARCE SMALL "PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LRE" EX GUERNSEY + RARE PRE-1840 VALLE LOCAL COVER; 26 Jan. 1791 letter was sent from Guernsey [gleaned from the contents] to “St. Austell” by private ship (before the opening of the P.O. on the island) and so has the small “PORTSMOUTH SHIP-LRE” mark (Rob. S6; EKD? - known 1791-1829) on the front with a manuscript “7[d]” charge (1d for the Captain + 6d ‘above 150 miles’ inland rate). The addressee(?) has used the blank reverse for pencil drawings of rather unattractive female & male heads! Plus rare local 28 July 1838 EL from St. Peter Port to "Maison de Bas, Vingtaine de l'Epine, Valle" without a postal rate but having a very fine "GUERNSEY" cds on the front. We cannot recall having seen a local pre-1840 Guernsey cover like this before... Plus c.1820 coloured print of St. Peter Port. (3 items)Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2026   imageVERY EARLY CONCAVE "GUERNSEY" ON RARE EARLY FREE COVER FROM THE ISLAND TO (N. SCOTLAND); 10 June 1794 E from “Lt. Col. Alex[ande]r Mackenzie” commander of the Guernsey Garrison’s “78th Regiment” to his name-sake “Lt. Col. F.H. Mackenzie”, the head of the clan (who had raised the 78th himself) in Dingwall endorsed “M.P.” with very early 1st-type Guernsey mark, the concave “GUERNSEY” (introduced in late February of that year). It was allowed as a “FREE” letter in transit through London, because the addressee was the M.P. for Ross-shire. Early free mail from the Channel Isles is rare; the postal rate (per sheet) for this letter would have been 2d+5d+7d+6d=1s-8d! [2d Packet + 5d Weymouth to London + 7d to Edinr. + 6d to Dingwall.] [Ex Grosvenor auction, 20 Nov. 2014; £553 inc. BP.] Exhibition Quality.Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2027   imageEARLY ABUSE OF SOLDIER'S 1d CONCESSION RATE COVER PREPAID TO THE ISLE OF MULL; Very fine 4 Aug. 1797 EL from “Guernsey” to the Isle of Mull (at “Lochbuy, A[u]chnacraig”) correctly accepted at the prepaid 1d Soldier’s Concession Rate because it was addressed to a “[private] soldier [of the] L. F. Regt.”; it has the 1st-Type concave “GUERNSEY” beside a red manuscript “P1” (prepaid 1d) with the London transit “PAID” mark and a faint red Edinburgh transit Bishop Mark (on the reverse). Unusually it was also countersigned at the top by an officer of the Guernsey Garrison. Concession Rate covers prior to 1800 are rare, and especially from the Channel Isles. The contents clearly show this was an abuse of the Soldier’s Privilege rate; the letter was from an officer’s wife in Guernsey to a “Col. Maclaine of Lochbuy”, with the private soldier acting as a kind of poste restante agent, to enable the sender and addressee to avoid the normal (high) postage rate per sheet of 2d+7d+8d+7d=2/-, 24 times the actual 1d paid!! [Ex Brian Brookes, Mar. 2018; £395 inc. BP.] Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, MILITARY - NAPOLEONIC WAR, INNER HEBRIDES, ARRAN, BUTE, ETC., POSTAL REFORMS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2028   imageCORRECT USE OF SOLDIER'S 1d CONCESSION RATE WITH CONTENTS ABOUT THE RULES FOR IT; Remarkable 18 May 1819 EL (interesting family contents) from a Private Soldier of the 33rd Regiment with a mainly fine “GUERNSEY” scroll nicely placed on the front with red manuscript "1[d]" and a fine red London transit "PAID" tombstone ds. It was presumably written from Guernsey Barracks and it has been headed and countersigned for the prepaid 1d Soldier’s Concession Rate. He says; “When you write, do not omit Private on the directions, as the omission of the Rank subjects the letter to [a] full charge of postage”. The rules for this special concession were strict, because - for example - in this case the normal rate would be 3d to Weymouth plus 9d on to Leicester; 1/- in all! No ordinary soldier could have afforded to send letters at full postage rates. [Purchased by the vendor from Bill Bird in 1983.] Plus small c.1840 coloured map of Guernsey & Sark. Exhibition quality. Cross Reference: MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Currently...USD 314.40
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2029   imagePAIR OF RARE "GUERNSEY" SCROLL COVERS TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (BERMUDA & AUSTRIA) AT HIGH RATES; 24 Dec. 1823 EL from “Guernsey” to “H.M. Ship Salisbury, Bermuda via Falmouth” prepaid 2s-3d by the sender (the addressee’s father) with a 2nd-Type “GUERNSEY” scroll-framed namestamp on the flap; the rate was 3d Packet to Weymouth + 9d inland to Falmouth + 1s-3d Packet rate to Bermuda. It went to Halifax (Nova Scotia; 7 Feb.) on the ‘Lady Wellington’ NY Packet and then trans-shipped to a vessel to Bermuda. The letter (very cross-written to save postage) carries Christmas greetings and news of a promotion. [With copy of illustrated record of this cover in the Brit. Caribbean Phil. Soc. mag. of July 1984.] Plus 21 July 1828 EL from “Guernsey” to “Trieste, Autriche” prepaid 2s-10s and is also partly cross-written; it has a 2nd-Type “GUERNSEY” scroll-framed namestamp & a London Foreign Branch cds; the rate was 3d Packet rate to Weymouth + 8d inland to London + 1s-11d to Austria via France. This was a very high rate for a single letter at this date. The letter asks the addressee to arrange the sale of his coach & horses in Trieste because he had now decided not to return there! Only a handful of pre-1840 letters from the Channel Isles to either Bermuda or Austria have been recorded. Exhibition Items. (2 covers) Cross Reference: BERMUDA, AUSTRIA, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2030   imageEMBOSSED 1/- GREEN COVER - UNIQUE(?) SPECIAL EMBOSSED FRAME FOR THE OCTAGONAL STAMP - TO C.G.H.; 13 June 1851 envelope sent from “GUERNSEY” (blue cds on the flap) to “Cape Town” by the General Screw S.S. Company’s ship “Hellespont” at the single Packet rate of 1s-0d, so it has a neatly ‘cut-to-shape’ Embossed 1s-0d Green cancelled by a partly fine “324” Guernsey Numeral, being charged “4[d]” ingoing C.G.H. Ship Letter rate on delivery. Of equal interest is the specially embossed octagonal frame beneath the stamp (just showing around the right-hand edges of the stamp; with enlarged scan of the inside of the envelope showing the octagon pencilled over). This envelope was clearly made specially for letters requiring the 10d or 1s-0d Embossed stamps and the embossing was applied before the envelopes were folded and pre-gummed to be sold. Thomas de la Rue was born in Guernsey, and it may be that these envelopes were made by his firm (one of the largest producers of commercial envelopes in Britain in the 1850s). This appears to be the only recorded example of a special embossed-frame envelope. [Ex John Dickson, 2020.] Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2031   imageUNDERPAID 1/- RATE COVER TO HONG KONG WITH “EXCG/[½]/OZ./DEFICIENT POSTAGE [1-9]/BRITISH SHARE OF FINE [6]”, ETC.; 8 Aug. 1861 env. (minor edge wear) from Guernsey to the Commanding Officer of the “Royal Engineers, Hong Kong, China” and three 4d Rose-Carmines were tied by the “GUERNSEY/324” duplex. It was correctly prepaid for the “Via Southampton” rate (1/- above ½oz & up to ¾oz), but it was clearly endorsed “Via Marseilles” and so should have been prepaid at the much higher rate of 2s-9d (above ½oz & up to ¾oz). This error was noticed in transit through London and so there is a manuscript “2/3” Postage Due charge on the front, along with the boxed red London “EXCG/[½]/OZ./DEFICIENT POSTAGE [1-9]/BRITISH SHARE OF FINE [6]” mark as well plus the red London hs “2” indicating that 2d was to be credited to the Hong Kong Post Office from the prepaid 1/- postage. There is a 21 Sept. “HONG KONG” arrival backstamp showing that this letter was carried from Marseilles. The total journey time was 44 days. Spectacular Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, HONG KONG, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
HERM & SARK POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2032   imageJETHOU - THE VERY RARE PURPLE DATED "JETHOU ISLAND/+ CHAN. ISLES. +" CACHET ON KEVII PC OF THE ISLAND; Very fine 6 Sept. 1909 PPC (b/w Tozers no. 130; showing Edwardian tourists landing on Jethou from the steamer in a rowing boat with Herm in the background) to Westbury, Wilts., with KEVII ½d tied by a fine "GUERNSEY/+" 2-ring cds, but also having a superb purple "JETHOU ISLAND/+ CHAN. ISLES. +" of the same date alongside. The message reads; Dad & Self here for today. All well & happy...". Only a handful of this Jethou datestamp (this example illustrated in Newport, p.198, fig.13.16). Plus a small coloured c.1840 map of the islands showing (but not naming) Jethou close to Herm. Only a handful of this spectacular small island marking have been recorded with the date in the centre. [Illustrated in CISS Magazine, Dec. 2013.] This is the only example that Cavendish have seen in almost 40 years. [Ex Cavendish 9 Mar. 2007 auction; lot 1438, realised £600+BP.] (2 items) Cross Reference: GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2033   imageSARK - VERY EARLY PRESTAMP COVER TO GUERNSEY ENDORSED "TO BE DELIVERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"; 19 June 1828 EL (folds neatly to show internal heading alongside address; closed seal tear affects address panel at top) sent “to be delivered as soon as possible” from “Sark” to “Upper Clifton [St. Peter Port] Guernsey” by retired militia officer Captain P[eter] Grut (1771-1855) to his married daughter. The contents reveal that it was sent along with a “Tin Box containing Collings Carre’s hat papers - History of Man - Paints & Brush” by “Capt. Massey” - in the regular inter-island vessel The Jane. Very few prestamp covers from Sark have been recorded, and this is one of the earliest in private hands. Cross Reference: GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2034   imageSARK - RARE UNPAID MAY 1840 "P.pd" COVER CHARGED "2[d]" TO OXFORD WITH "SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP-LETTER"; 14 May 1840 EL from a guest of Sark’s 16th Seigneur at the “Seigneurie Serk” [the island’s principal Manor house], to her brother in Oxford, which was probably carried by the regular bi-weekly S.S. Lady de Saumarez to Southampton. It was endorsed “P[ostage]. [1d] p[ai]d” (perhaps for the local fisherman to take it to Guernsey?) - there were no postage stamps available on Sark at this date - but that was crossed out and the unpaid “2[d]” rate applied with a “SOUTHAMPTON/SHIP LETTER” on the top flap. Just a year before this, the postal rate would have been 1s-4d; 8d Ship Letter rate plus 8d inland to Oxford (50-80 miles)! Exhibition Quality, and a remarkable place of origin for a May 1840 cover.Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS, HAMPSHIRE (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2035   imageSARK - RARE INGOING PAIR WITH INDIA FRANKINGS - ONE REF. POST-INDIAN MUTINY CAMPAIGN; Diminutive 20 Feb. 1859 env. sent by Captain Thomas Harvey (addressee of the famous 1858 “SARK” UDC cover with QV 6d to India) in “SASSERAM” (India; fair red 2-ring cds on reverse) to “Parsonage Sark” and delivered by the island’s Post Office that first opened on 19 June 1857. It was prepaid for the 6as “via Marseilles” ¼-ounce rate with six India 1a Browns tied by fair Sasseram “170” Numerals. Plus matching 5-12 Apr. 1859 EL from Captain Thomas Harvey in “Camp” at “SASSERAM” (blurred red 2-ring cds on reverse) also addressed to “Parsonage Sark” which was prepaid for the 4as (½-ounce via Southampton) rate with a single India 4as Black tied by a fair Sasseram “170” Numeral. The writer was serving with the British forces that spent over a year trying to ‘mop up’ the remaining rebels after the end of the Indian Mutiny in 1858. The fascinating contents of this second letter include: “…Col. Turner had gone out after the Rebels… returned today with no tidings of the Rebels; they had pursued them ever so far, but the Rebels were too wise to think of fighting… April 12…Tanta Topi has been caught [on 7 April] & 50 rebels have also been taken by a Magistrate. I have got a small wolf cub, an awful savage beast… in the cage formed by my wicker bottomed chair…”. Rare matched pair by the different routes. (2 covers) Cross Reference: INDIA, MILITARY (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2036   imageSARK - PARCEL POST (TO "ZOMBA, B.C.A."!) RECEIPT WITH FINE EARLY "A/SARK" THIMBLE CDS; Very fine 23 Jan. 1900 "FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PARCEL POST" Certificate of Posting for "A Parcel prepaid 3s-0d" (above 3lbs & up to 7lbs rate) that had been addressed to "B.C.A. Gazette Office, Zomba, British Central Africa" with a very fine "A/SARK" cds at lower right. Extremely rare QV-period usage of the Sark cds. Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2037   imageSARK - VERY RARE P.P. LABEL WITH QV 4d TIED BY "GUERNSEY" PARCEL CANCEL BESIDE "A/SARK" THIMBLE CDS; Very fine and rare 22 Apr. 1902 usage of the 1st-Type "SARK" Parcel Post label with a fine QV Jubilee 4d tied by the "GUERNSEY" Parcel cancel and having a very fine "SARK/A" thimble cds alongside as per regulations. [Illustrated in Gurney's Smaller Islands POs book; p.118, fig. SP1.] Thought to be the earliest recorded Sark PP label and of Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, 1887-1892 JUBILEE ISSUES (Image)

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2038   imageHERM - THE RARE POST OFFICE 2-RING DATESTAMP ON KGV 1d ON PPC TO KENT; Fine 19 July 1927 PPC (Guernsey Press photo view of "IsleS of Brechou, Herm and Jethou from Groupe Sark") sent to Rochester with a KGV 1d tied by a 95% strike of the rare P.O. 2-ring "HERM, GUERNSEY/CHANNEL ISLANDS" cds (very slightly over the edge at right). The message includes "Here for the day. Splendid weather". One of the most difficult Channel Islands 20th century markings to find. [Ex Harmers March 1983 auction; realised £127.] (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
JERSEY POSTAL HISTORY
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
2039   imageTHE RARE "Jersey/Penny Post" WITH ST. AUBIN BOXED "No.1" RECEIVING HOUSE MARK ON COVER TO CORNWALL; 27 June 1836 EL (some reinforced folds and small tear in address & close to Penny Post mark; internal toning mainly from long-removed sellotape) from "St. Aubins" to St. Columb charged "1/1" (1d local, 3d Packet to Weymouth & 9d on to Cornwall) with a mainly fine brown boxed St. Aubin "No.1" RH mark nicely placed on the front but also have mainly very fine "Jersey/Penny Post" and "JERSEY" cds marks on the top flap. The contents mention a recent scandal about the vicar of St. Saviours having refused to perform a funeral for a murdered girl. Jersey Penny Post covers are very rarely seen. Exhibition Item. (Image)

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Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM
2040   imageSUPERB "409" NUMERAL ON TIED 1/- EMBOSSED ON COVER TO NEW YORK VIA LONDON; 10 Aug. 1852 EL (ref. cargos etc. inc. the ship 'Queen' having been "by the Steam Tug") from “JERSEY” (blue cds) to “New York” sent via Southampton & London; the 1s-0d rate was prepaid with a cut-square Embossed 1/- Green (almost 4m) cancelled by a superb St. Helier “409” Numeral - it was also tied by the red London “5/CENTS” Accountancy Mark (5c due to the U.S.). It is endorsed as having been received on "26 August” which shows that it was carried by the Cunard S.S. ‘Asia’. [Ex Brian Cropp, 2018.] Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)

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Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 209.60
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM

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