INNER HEBRIDES, ARRAN, BUTE, ETC. continued...
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| 2101 |
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 MULL'S SMALL ISLANDS - TIREE, 1898 ONWARDS: 1898-1970s group. Mainly QEII period, KEVII/KGV PPCs with "SCARNISH/322", "RUAIG",
"BALEMARITIME", "TIREE R.A.F.P.O./ISLE OF TIREE", etc. cds's. (13 covers + 11 PPCs/PCs + a few pieces, regd labels, photos, etc.) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 131.00
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2102 |
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 GREAT CUMBRAE ISLAND COLLECTION - MILLPORT UDC, GOOD LOCAL PPCs, ETC.: 1851-1970s group; mostly KEVII/KGV PPCs related mainly to
Millport. Small but strong section of QV material inc. 1851/2 env. pair to Edinburgh both with fair "MILLPORT" UDCs; varieties of "MILLPORT" cds's inc. one on 26 June 1900 Parcel Post label charged ms "4"; etc. (18 covers + 52 PPCs/PCs + some pieces,
regd/parcel labels, photos, etc.) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 262.00
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| 2103 |
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 TINY ISLAND OF GIGHA - EARLIEST KNOWN LETTER FROM THE ISLAND - WITH CIRCULAR "TAR/BERT"; 23 Feb. 1802 EL (folds neatly to show
internal dated heading alongside the address panel) ex "Gigha" to "Lunga, Craignish, Inverary" sent 57 years before there was a Post Office on Gigha and so carried privately to Tarbert and posted there with a fair "TAR/BERT" in circle across the
seal/join. It is thought that the next earliest cover recorded from Gigha was dated 1824, (sold in Cavendish's Mar. 2022 auction, lot 842 for £240+BP). This is the earliest known cover by 22 years. [Ex G.B. Horton, 2021.] (Image)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 209.60
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2104 |
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 TINY ISLAND OF GIGHA - ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED PRESTAMP COVERS - ROUTED VIA TARBERT; 11 June 1824 EL (folds neatly to show internal
heading alongside address) from "[Island of] Gigha, Tayinloane, Argyllshire" to Glasgow charged "9[d]" with fine boxed "TARBERT/500-G" mileage mark on the top flap; contents ref. protecting some local foxes for future sport and noting that the delay
to this letter was due to the writer being on the "steam boat [that] sailed early in the morning...". Only one other pre-1840 cover (of 1802) from this tiny island off the coast of Islay has been recorded; its Post Office was not opened until 1859.
[Sold by Cavendish for £240 + BP Mar. 2022, lot 1668] (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2105 |
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ISLE OF GIGHA COLLECTION - INC. V. EARLY COVER: 1847-1970s group; mainly QEII material with 5 KEVII/KGV PPCs with "GIGHA" or "GIGHA
ARGYLL" cds varieties. Main value in 3 July 1847 EL (folds neatly to show internal heading alongside address) from "Island of Gigha, Ardlamey" to Inverary with 1d Red (faults) tied by faint Numeral having a fine blue-black mileage-removed
"TAYINLOANE/....G" mark across the join on the reverse. Only two earlier covers from this tiny island off the coast of Islay have been recorded (dated 1802 & 1824); its Post Office was not opened until 1859. [QV cover sold by Cavendish for £320 + BP
Mar. 2022, lot 1671] (5 covers + 12 by Cavendish PPCs + a few photos) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 180
Currently...£180.00
Currently...USD 235.80
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2106 |
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 ISLAND OF GIGHA - RARE "REGISTERED AT GIGHA" 1d REDS COVER: 14 Nov. 1866 env. (small closed tear at foot of address) "Registered" to
Paisley franked by a Vertical Strip of Four + single 1d Red 'Stars' tied by fair to fine Lochgilphead "232" Numerals but also endorsed "at Gigha" beside "Registered" on the front by this tiny island's P.O. during a period when it had no handstruck
mark at all (its first mark was issued in 1859 but then withdrawn in 1860, so no example has ever been found. The next mark was not issued until 1888 and we have not recorded any mark of Gigha prior to 1900). Only Registered mail was marked as coming
from the island, in the 1860-88 period and only 4 other covers have been reported so far. Exhibition Item. [Ex Bruce Auckland.; sold by Cavendish for £380 + BP Sep. 2012, lot 854] (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 262.00
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2107 |
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 ISLANDS OF SEIL, LISMORE & LUING: 1819-1970s group with strong section of QV covers for Clachan, Easdale & Oban. Also a few
KEVII/KGV PPCs & a few later QEII covers. Inc. 1819-23 trio of covers with boxed "CLACHAN" marks plus trio of 1826-30 ELs with "EASDALE/PENNY POST" (2) or "OBAN/PENNY POST" marks, Oban EL also having s.line "OBAN" hs; etc. (19 covers + 4 PPCs/PCs) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 209.60
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2108 |
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 THE ISLAY VILLAGES A-Z COLLECTION: 1867- 1990s qty. in a box file, majority QEII period mail plus KEVII/KGV PPCs. Strength in Port
Ellen & Kildaton but most areas represented. (26 covers + 63 PPCs/PCs + some pieces, regd labels, photos, etc.) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2109 |
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 JURA COLLECTION - PRESTAMP TO QEII INC. MILEAGE ERROR, ETC.: 1826-1970s group with QV period covers (4) but mainly KEVII/KGV/QEII
PPCs. Inc. 24 May 1852 mourning env. to Edinburgh with rare "JURA/S.O" cds in blue on the reverse; 31 July 1826 EL to Inverary with boxed "JURA/153 - G" mileage error (fine); 12 Nov. 1838 E with "JURA" hs, mileage removed variety; etc. (4 covers + 10
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Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 170.30
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2110 |
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 ISLE OF MULL & ULVA - EARLY PRESTAMP MAIL INC. AUCHNACRAIG & AROSS MILEAGES, ETC.; Fine 1785/1825 ELs(4) inc. 1785 ex "Scallastle"
to Edinr. with "OBAN" (a year before the first P.O. on Mull), 1799 local Scallastle to Lochbuy without rate but having a partly fine "AUCHNA/CRAIG" (?earliest known internal Mull cover with postal mark?), and 1811/25 pair with very fine boxed
"AUCHNA/CRAIG/518 - G" or "AROSS/528 - G" mileage marks - from Kilpatrick to Edinr. or from "[Island of] Ulva" to Holytown. Attractive and rare group. (4 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 131.00
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2111 |
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 ISLAY - 1st-TYPE CIRCULAR "PORTASKAIG" ON COVER EX "BRIDGEND, ISLAY"; 14 Sept. 1801 EL from Bridgend to Campbeltown charged "6[d]"
with a mainly very fine rare 1st-Type "PORTASKAIG" in circle (AR336; recorded only 1801-03) nicely placed on the front (light fold at extreme left). A filing note shows that an additional local ½d charge was added for delivery in Campbeltown. [The
two examples in the Ron Stables collection sold in the SPHS 2010 auctions for £78 & £110.] (Image)
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Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2112 |
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 ISLE OF ARRAN - EXCEPTIONAL STRIKES OF EARLY "ARRAN" & "LAMLASH" ON UNPAID/PREPAID PAIR; 22 June 1818 E to Hamilton with very fine
"ARRAN" nicely placed on the front; plus 17 Dec. 1831 E prepaid to Glasgow with very fine "LAMLASH" nicely placed on the top flap [ex Ron Stables]. Attractive pair of Exhibition Quality. (2 covers) (Image)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2113 |
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 ISLE OF MULL - THE TWO TYPES OF "AROS[S]/PENNY POST" - ONE ENDORSED "Mifsent to Tobermory"; 10 June 1833 E from "CAMPBELTON"
(mileage-removed on reverse) to "Inch By Tobermory" (the tiny island of Inchkenneth just off the west coast of Mull) but changed to "By Aross" in red by the P.O. and endorsed "Mifsent to Tobermory" in the same hand, with a mainly very fine
"AROS/PENNY POS[T]" nearby. Plus 1 Nov. 1838 E from "Ross... of Mull" (nr. Bunessan) to Inverary with v. fine "AROS/PENNY POST" nicely placed on the front with mention of Iona inside. Fine pair of the two spellings in the Penny Post. (2 covers)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2114 |
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 ISLE OF MULL - THE RARE BLUE-GREEN "TOBERMORY/PENNY POST" ON INGOING COVER EX EDINBURGH; Very fine 28 Dec. 1838 EL from Edinburgh
(red cds on reverse) to "Ardnamurchan, Tobermory" with Edinr. "Addl/½" but with the "11" rate changed to "1/-½" in Tobermory (for the extra 1d delivery) and with a very fine blue-green "TOBERMORY/PENNY POST" beautifully placed on the front. The
Tobermory Penny Post is rare, and especially so in this distinctive colour; it is thought that there may only be one other recorded blue-green example. Exhibition Quality. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2115 |
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 ISLE OF SKYE - RARE P.O. LETTER-BILL FOR MAIL SENT TO EDINBURGH WITH BOXED DATESTAMP, ETC.; Very fine and attractive small partly
printed official 8 July 1846 P.O. letter-bill sent along with the day's mail from "Portree" to "EDINBURGH" noting the total day's postage as 1s-8d (with no entry beside "address of Registered letters") with a fine boxed "PORTREE" ds and a very fine
10 July Edinburgh arrival cds and initialled by the Portree Postmaster. Very few of these daily letter-bills have survived from any period and this is the first that we can recall having seen from an offshore island. [Ex James Mackay, 1989.] Cross
Reference: EDINBURGH, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 104.80
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2116 |
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 ISLE OF MULL - BUNESSAN BLUE UDC STRUCK BENEATH 1d RED (APPLIED IN TRANSIT) OR AS BACKSTAMP; 12/21 Nov. 1850 E/env. from
"Knocknefenaig" or "Kilfinichen" each with 1d Red tied by a faint Aros Numeral; the first with a fine blue "BUNESSAN" UDC struck beneath the stamp (NB; 4m) - showing that Bunessan did not have a stock of stamps but had an account with its Head Office
at Aros where the stamp was put on and cancelled. The other cover has a very fine blue "BUNESSAN" UDC on the side-flap (crease) but there is no UDC beneath the stamp (EB; 3m) which was presumably put on by the sender. Wonderful matched pair proving
that stamp were not always available in village P.O.s. [Both ex G.B. Horton, 2021.] (2 covers) Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS
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Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 131.00
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2117 |
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 ISLE OF MULL - TOBERMORY - STRIP OF FIVE 1841 2d BLUES ON COVER WITH "325" NUMERALS; 10 Aug. 1852 long env. (edge wear) to Edinburgh
franked for the 10d (4oz to 5oz) rate with a good strip of five 1841 2d Blues (QH-QL; the 3 middle stamps with 4m) tied by mainly very fine Tobermory "325" numerals with a fair blue-green "TOBERMORY" boxed ds on the reverse beside the red Edinr.
arrival cds. Exceptional franking from an offshore island. Exhibition Item. [Ex G.B. Horton, 2021.] Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 209.60
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2118 |
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 JURA - RARE "JURA/S.O." CDS ON 1/- EMBOSSED COVER PREPAID IN CASH (TO RURAL POSTMAN) EN ROUTE; 12 May 1855 env. (minor dusting & top
flap lost) to "North Carolina...Via Liverpool" with a mainly very fine rare distinctive "JURA/[S].O." cds on the front, franked by a very near 4m cut-square Embossed 1/- Green tied by a fine Lochgilphead "23" numeral and the fair red NY transit cds.
The stamp was placed over a red manuscript "Paid 1/-" endorsement, which shows that the letter was handed to a rural postman rather than being posted at the Jura P.O. and so (as per P.O. regulations) it was prepaid in cash and the postman applied the
stamp at Jura P.O. The stamp was subsequently cancelled in transit at the Head Office at Lochgilphead (part May 12 ds on reverse). The P.O. Instruction No.37 of Nov. 1851 specifically allowed this practice of rural postman cash-payment, but very few
example have been recorded from anywhere in Britain. This example from the Isle of Jura is surely unique. Cross Reference: EMBOSSED ISSUES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS (Image)
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Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 262.00
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2119 |
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 ISLE OF MULL - SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATION COVERS - TYPE III "AUCHNACRAIG" & "BUNESSAN"; Mar. 1857 & Dec. 1858 pair of envs. to
Paisley/Edinburgh with 1d Red 'stars' (filing folds) tied by very fine strikes of the Type III Scots Local cancellations of the Isle of Mull villages "AUCHNACRAIG" or "BUNESSAN". Attractive pair. [Both ex G.B. Horton, 2021.] (2 covers) Cross
Reference: SCOTS LOCAL CANCELLATIONS (Image)
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Starting at £ 110
Currently...£110.00
Currently...USD 144.10
Closing..Mar-05, 04:00 AM |
| 2120 |
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 ISLE OF SKYE - GIANT DISTINCTIVE BLUE-BLACK "KILMUIR" UNDATED CIRCULAR VILLAGE MARK; 8 June 1855 env. (some toning, mainly of
address side) to Edinburgh with 1d Red 'stars' (crease) tied by a fine Portree "289" numeral, but having a spectacular array of all-different backstamp types; a very fine blue-black giant "KILMUIR" UDC (far larger than any standard issue), v. fine
Skye "UIG" & "PORTREE" cds's and an Edinburgh arrival cds with none overlapping. Only a handful of this giant Kilmuir UDC have been recorded. Exhibition Quality. (Image)
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Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.15
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