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OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS continued...
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1801   imageTHREE COVERS TO NEW ZEALAND VIA DIFFERENT ROUTES: Jan. 19 1866 env. from London to Auckland endorsed "Via Southampton" 6d (pl. 5) cancelled with neat duplex cancellation; Sep. 26 1866 from Liverpool to Auckland endorsed "Via Marseilles" paid 10d with 3 x 3d (pl. 4) & 1d plates; Sep. 14 1874 env. (small closed tear on opening) from London to Hokitika endorsed "Via Brindisi" paid 9d, 3d (pl. 14) + 6d (pl. 13) undelivered with ms "Left the District" in black and "Gone no address" in red.Various handstamp on the reverse including a scarce "D.L.O. / NEW ZEALAND /JU 7 75", opens out for display. An attractive trio. (3) Cross Reference: NEW ZEALAND (Image)

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1802   imagePORTUGAL - FOREIGN OFFICE HANDSTAMP: 23 Aug. 1862 EL from London to Oporto with ms "6" and an oval "PD" in red cancelled by a clear "TO1" foreign office numeral. Also has "$0" charge mark applied in Portugal. Scarce. (Image)

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1803   imageSWITZERLAND - "F./27" OVAL ON UNDERPAID 4d VERMILION COVER TO GENEVA: 11 Aug. 1866 env. (tear at top clear of stamp & markings) from London to "Coloorex, Pres Geneve" with 4d Vermilion (pl.8) tied by duplex with v. fine scarce oval "F./27" accountancy mark nearby; underpaid & so with "INSUFFICIENTLY/PREPAID" on the front with red oval "PD" cancelled by London inspector's "50" numeral. The black crayon "70" [?] ms charge on the front crosses the "F./27" mark. (Salles 3164) [Ex Vandervelde]Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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1804   imageUNITED STATES - A FINE COVER: 30 June 1864 env. from Portsmouth to Wisconsin bearing a marginal 1862 1/- green plate 2 PD tied by duplex, with red "21/CENTS" hs nearby. Also a used example EJ. Sound. (2 items) (Image)

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1805   image1941 USA - THREE INTERESTING ITEMS: 16 July 1941 part British Board of Film Censors box top used from London to New York (?) bearing 2/6d brown and 10/- dark blue blocks of six, four and singles (3) paying the 106 x 1/3d per ½oz rate. Some creasing to the adhesives. 25 Aug. 1941 registered and censored env. from Hampstead to New York bearing 3d and 3/6d brown paying the double rae plus 3d registration fee. 31 Aug. 1941 censored env. from London to New York bearing 2½d (6) & 2/6d brown paying the triple rate. [Ex Gavin Fryer]Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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1806   imageVANCOUVER ISLAND - RARE EARLY INGOING MAIL - 1/- RATE EX SCOTLAND VIA OVERLAND U.S., ETC.; 22 Mar. 1866 env. at the 1s-0d (up to ½ oz) all-inclusive rate to “Vancouver’s Island” with two 6d Mauves (pl.5) tied by the “ARDGAY/49” duplex and having a partly fine red “PAID/DERRY/COL.PACKET” transit cds (23 Mar.) on the front, showing that it caught the Allan Line S.S. ‘Damascus’ to Portland (Maine; 4 Apr.). It then went by closed bag by rail to St. Louis (Missouri; the end of the railway line at the time), by regular U.S. mail to Atchison (Mo.) and then on by ‘Western Express’ stagecoaches firstly to Salt Lake City (being at risk of attack from Natives on that section), and then to Folsum City (California). It was then taken by the regular post to SF, and on overland by mail to Victoria on Vancouver Island. The total land journey was c.4,282 miles; the filing note shows that it took 78 days. [A similar cover in poorer condition realised $550+BP in Eastern Auctions in Apr. 2025; lot 188.][Ex Graham Booth.] Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

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EXHIBITION & SHOW CANCELLATIONS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1807   imageBRITISH EXHIBITIONS: Collection of PPCs (mostly) & P.Stat. from a variety of exhibitions held in GB. Inc. Ballymaclinton 1908 & 1909 (12 PPCs with exhibition hs's - 9 depicting the Ballymaclinton exhibition; 2 depicting views from elsewhere in the exhibition); Franco-British Exhibition 1908 (17 PPCs with exhibition hs's - 16 depicting views around the exhibition); Japan-British Exhibition 1910 (12 PPCs with exhibition hs's, all depicting views of the exhibition); etc. Also inc. Wembley Exhibition 1924 (2 stamps, 5 P.Stat. items (1 used, the rest mint), & 17 PPCs with exhibition hs's (12 depicting views of the exhibition)); and Wembley Exhibition 1925 (3 mint P.Stat. items & 7 PPCs (2 depicting views around the exhibition with exhibition hs's; 5 general PPCs, 4 with Torchlight Tattoo pmks). (90 items)Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, CANCELLATIONS, EXHIBITIONS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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FREE MAIL
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1808   imageRARE ENCIRCLED FREE/A/[laurel leaves] HS: Oct. 1790 E Portsmouth to Hawick with claret-purple strike of the "FREE/A" (Jay L772) with small "A" with fine PORTS/MOUTH h.s (W&J HA968) on front. Rare Free in use for under a year. [Ex Holyoake]Cross Reference: WIGTOWNSHIRE, SCOTLAND (Image)

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1809   imageBALANCE OF THE FREE MAIL EXPLANATORY MARKS - MISSENT, PENNY POSTS INC. RARE OVAL "SHEFFIELD" MARKS (2), ETC.: Diverse 1796-1838 group inc. 1837 pair of fronts to Sheffield with seldom seen small "SHEFFIELD" in oval; 9 Jan. 1801 E from Chatham to Paisley with "D/PAID" struck in error; 1796 free front from Chichester to Winchester endorsed "X Post" to avoid London; etc. (4 covers + 14 fronts)Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL, YORKSHIRE (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (All Images)

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1810   imageLONDON LOCAL POST OCTAGONAL "TO PAY ONLY 2D" MARKS (INC. 2 RED & 1 BLUE) & OTHER 2d TYPES: 1803-39 collection of fronts inc. "TO PAY/2d/ONLY" in black (12) inc. 2 July 1828 front from London to Southampton with "3" charge struck in error, obliterated by red 'snake' hs & replaced by black "2" charge, red (2) or blue (2), "TO PAY/ONLY/D/2" marks (2) plus "T.P RATE 2" marks on free fronts; 20 Feb. 1839 front with "FREE" cds struck in error, ms blotted out & "3" hs charge applied. Many well above average strikes; good lot. (23 fronts) (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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1811   imageLONDON LOCAL POST - RED "[crown]/To be/delivered/Free" MARKS - THREE TYPES: c.1818-39 group (mainly undated fronts) with the 3 varieties of red "[crown]/To be/delivered/Free" hs inc. 3 fronts + part-front with 1st type circular (LT1), 5 fronts with octagonal LT2 type, 2 fronts + 2 ELs with oval type LT3. Inc. 3 fronts with fine/v. fine LT1 marks all signed by F. Freeling (1) or G.H Freeling (son - 2). (2 covers + 11 fronts)Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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1812   imageRARE DUBLIN RED OVAL "ABOVE/+NUMBER+/PRIVILEGED" ON COVER WITH RARE "KINNETY/74" MARK; 26 Aug. 1828 E franked from the small village of "Kinnety" to Dublin signed by the local M.P. "T[homas]. Bernard" with a fair rare red "KINNETY/74" mileage on the front, but on arrival in Dublin it was found that Bernard had sent more than 10 Free letters that day and so there is a mainly very fine and very rare red oval framed "ABOVE/+NUMBER+/PRIVILEGED" mark (Galland/Colton only recorded 3 examples on cover; this is a fourth) nicely placed on the front and it was charged "8[d]" which was changed to "9" for the extra Dublin Penny Post charge (black oval city 1d Post ds on flap). Two rare markings on one cover. Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, POSTAGE DUE MARKS (Image)

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LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1813   imageTOO LATE MAILS INC. ROBERT WALLACE FREE, NEWTOWN, MON SKELETON, ETC.: Trio inc. 1833 EL Cheltenham to Chippenham as Free signed Robert Wallace with fine boxed TOO LATE hs on reverse; 1835 E Hereford to London with fine TOO LATE hs and 1838 EL to Wenlock with a v. fine and scarce NEWTOWN skeleton (11 Sep.) (W1821), Ironbridge Penny Post hs (SH182) and a ms Too Late at top left. Fine trio.Cross Reference: GLOUCESTERSHIRE, POSTAL REFORMS, FREE MAIL, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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MILITARY - CAMPS, ETC. IN G.B.
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1814   imageFIELD POST OFFICE MAIL: An accumulation of 1943-2005 covers & cards, all with FPO cancels. Majority used inland but some to/from overseas (mainly Germany/France) inc. some endorsed "Forces Air Mail". Inc. pair of c.1943 Air Letters to Leeds franked KGV 3d, both with purple "[crown]/PASSED BY CENSOR" hs's (one circular, the other shield-shaped); 19 Sep. 1969 Forces Air Letter to Singapore franked 4d with v.fine "BERLIN TATTOO/BRITISH FORCES 1096 POSTAL SERVICE" commemorative ds; 24 Aug. 1979 65p Regd Letter env. used locally in London uprated ½p+1p+8½p all cancelled by "B.F.P.O. LONDON" cds's, with "HOME POSTAL/DEPOT RE" Registration label affixed at top left; 7 Mar. 1983 env. to West Germany franked 3p cancelled by FPO "25" Machine Cancel with purple "BRITISH FIELD POST/ERMASSIGTE GEBUHR" hs on front; plus other similar examples. (296)Cross Reference: MILITARY, QEII ISSUES, KGVI ISSUES, AIR MAIL COVERS (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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1815   imagePORT & TRAVELLER CENSORSHIP: 1939-44 group inc. 1943 env. posted at Liverpool to S Africa with lilac [crown] / PASSED / T.C. 3 hs and brown sealing tape on reverse; 1939 MS Polyphemus env. posted at Liverpool to Amsterdam with OPENED BY CENSOR 95 label and fine uncommon oval CENSORED /C.C.S.B. hs (Contraband Control); 1942 env. posted at London (endorsed Egypt) to Rugby with Examiner label and fine blue TRAVELLER CENSORSHIP OFFICE / IMPERIAL HOUSE KINGSWAY, etc.; 1944 env. + long letter posted at London to Chester with fine Traveller Censorship Office hs possibly from Egypt as writer states "some of the sand of the desert in the envelope", etc. Fine selection. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (7 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, KENYA, NETHERLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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1816   imageCENSOR LABELS INC. "CONTROLLER OF ENEMY TRADING": 1939-41 inc. Aug. 1939 window env. Germany to India arriving Nov. 1939 opened and resealed with O.H.M.S. / PASSED BY CONTROLLER OF ENEMY TRADING label; c.1940 env. ex Argentine to Manchester 4 x 5c brown, possibly carried privately stamps not cancelled, with OPENED BY NAVAL CONTROL LIVERPOOL label on reverse; 1941 env. Leuchars, Fife to Edmonton Canada resealed with brown OPENED BY / EXAMINER / 3442 continuous printed tape and 1939 env. London to Amsterdam resealed with OPENED BY CENSOR 381 label with "38" struck through and ms 1130 S Cnr EM added. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (4 items)Cross Reference: INDIA, CANADA, ARGENTINA, NETHERLANDS (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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1817   imageBRITISH CENSORSHIP INC. OVERSEAS, ETC.: 1939-44 group with 1939 PC to Italy Passed by Censor hs with unusually RET. TO SENDER (deleted) SURNAME & ADDRESS REQUIRED hs; May 1940 OHMS PC to New York with interim mutilated PASSED[crown] T.45 only censor hs; 1940 env. BEF to New York cancelled by FPO cds with number obliterated; 1940 PC Liverpool to Sweden with fine red PASSED [crown] P.5 hs, BY CENSOR removed; 1940 PPC Songea (Tanzania) to Switzerland with fine purple boxed PASSED BY CENSOR No. 3, etc.; 1939 KGV 1d PC London to Netherlands with part boxed No 3369 / CENSOR hs, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (18 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITALY, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND (Image) (Image2) (All Images)

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1818   imageNAVAL CENSORS INC. ADMIRALTY CHART OFFICE, CONTRABAND CONTROL, ETC.: 1940-45 inc. Nov. 1940 part wrapper Admiralty Chart Supplies, London to Commissioner of Lighthouses Washington DC franked KGVI 1d for Printed Paper up to 4oz with rare green triangular HYDROLOGICAL ADMIRALTY / SALES BRANCH / 20 Nov. 1940 / Forwarding Office (initials) Censor No. 1489 Packet No 2 hs; 1940 long OHMS env. "Admiralty Service" to Amsterdam with fine boxed BRITISH NAVAL CONTRABAND / CONTROL BASE / 1 Mar. 1940 / THE DOWNS hs; 1944 env. registered Alexandria to Hull with M.M. 992 Registration label, stamps cancelled POST OFFICE / MARITIME MAIL and alongside a purple cachet OFFICIAL SHIPS DOCUMENTS / FOR TRANSMISSION THROUGH / NAVAL CHANNELS; 1945 long OHMS env. Alexandria to London franked 28 x KGVI 3d lilac with PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR hs, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (5 items)Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NETHERLANDS, EGYPT (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (All Images)

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MILITARY - G.B. FORCES OVERSEAS
Lot Catalog No. Descrip Opening
1819   imageACCUMULATION OF MILITARY RELATED MAIL c.1915-79: A box file containing a wealth of covers & PPCs from around the world. Incs. 1915 with FPO3.S.M. hs; 1919 registered cover from Flixecourt with FPOA3 hs; 1941 with RAF censor; 1941 to RAF station with APO1200 hs; 1943 Red Cross message to Channel Islands; WWII Maritime mail cancels; 1943 PPC from Arabia with two different RAF censors; 1945 from India with two different censor hs's; 1945 PPC from Kashmir, cancelled but no stamps; 1947 FPO432 Hamburg machine cancel to Military Nursing Sister; 1960 from BFPO 43 to Stuart Rossiter (of Rossiter Trust); 1979 FPO 3191 hs of BAOR. Also a crisp £1 WWII voucher and some relevant literature inc. a newspaper reproduction for June 1944. A good lot for the Military collector. (large qty) (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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1820   imageCOMMONWEALTH CENSORSHIP, OFFICIAL MAIL, ETC.: 1940-46 inc. 1940 OHMS Money Order Advice grey env. airmail Trinidad GPO to Postmaster New York; 1940 airmail env. Brisbane to Merano Italy with ms Written in Germanand boxed lilac PASSED BY / CENSOR 7 hs; 1943 Registered P.Stat. env. FPO 549 (Sudan) to Devon with PASSED BY CENSOR / 1151 hs; 1942 env. Rotorua to London with "Opened by Censor in New Zealand resealing tape and PASSED BY CENSOR N.Z / 108 hs; 1941 env. Northern Rhodesia to Todmorden with patriotic label "We realise in Rhodesia.... The British Navy"; 1943 env. Johannesburg to London with red patriotic label FOR OUR ALLY / MEDICAL AID FOR RUSSIA, etc. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (13 items) Cross Reference: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (All Images)

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