ORKNEY ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY, 1687-1917 continued...
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| 561 |
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 EARLY LOCAL COVER EX MAINLAND VILLAGE OF AIKERNESS: 24 July 1711 EL privately carried from Aikerness to "David Traill, Dean of Guild
in Kirkwall" charged ms "(3)". (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 108.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 562 |
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 EARLY LETTER ACCOMPANYING GOODS EX STROMNESS TO KIRKWALL SENT BY SEA: Small 30 Aug. 1712 EL ex Stromness to "Kerkwall [sic]" sent
accompanying goods. The letter reads "I sent it with this boat". (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 563 |
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 EARLY INTER-ISLAND LETTER FROM GAIRSAY TO KIRKWALL: 21 Feb. 1715 EL ex Gairsay (tiny island; 1841 population of 71) privately
carried to Kirkwall. Contents ref. addressee bringing a boat to Gairsay to take c.17 barrels (of butter & beef) to Leith. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 108.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 564 |
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 EARLY INTER-ISLAND LETTER FROM EGILSAY TO KIRKWALL: 23 Aug. 1718 EL ex Egilsay (a tiny island) privately carried to Kirkwall. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 108.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 565 |
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 VERY EARLY MAIL TO EDINBURGH - 4d COVER EX KIRKWALL & 1d COVER EX WESTRAY: 5 Dec. 1752 EL to Edinburgh ex Kirkwall charged "4",
contents ref. an enclosed item (thus double rate?), oddly not struck with Bishop marks of Orkney or Edinburgh. Also 6 July 1751 EL to Edinburgh ex Westray, endorsed "Payed Peney" on reverse. (2) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 566 |
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 KIRK/WALL HS ON COVER EX PAPA WESTRAY & LOCAL COVER TO WESTRAY: 7 Oct. 1785 EL to Edinburgh ex Papa Westray charged "6" with mostly
fine "KIRK/WALL" hs on flap; and 2 Apr. 1784 cover ex Kirkwall privately carried to Westray, asking for a political favour. (2) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 567 |
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 PRESTAMP MAIL COLLECTION EX JAMAICA, IRELAND OR FLOTTA: 1790-1839 group inc. 16 Nov. 1839 EL used locally on the small island of
Flotta; 1790/91/92 trio to Walls or Kirkwall (2) ex Liverpool, all with "LIVERPOOL" s/line hs's; 1798 EL to Kirkwall ex Londonderry charged "2/4" with poor "LONDONDERRY" s/line hs; 23 Apr. 1807 EL to Papa Westray ex Jamaica endorsed "p packet" &
charged "2/9"; etc. Also inc. 1833 engraving of Kirkwall. (9 items)Cross Reference: SHIPS/SHIPPING, JAMAICA, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, IRELAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 95
Currently...£95.00
Currently...USD 128.25
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 568 |
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 LATER UNPAID PRESTAMP MAIL - KIRKWALL & STROMNESS MARKS: 1796-1839 group inc. 14 June 1796 EL to Edinburgh ex Kirkwall with late use
of "KIRK/WALL" hs on fold; plus circular "KIRK/WALL" types (4), "KIRKWALL/810/E" marks (3), and "KIRKWALL" s/line mark. Also inc. 7 Jan. 1839 EL to Aberdeen ex Stromness with "KIRKWALL" & "THURSO" ds's on front and boxed "STROMNESS/818-E" mileage
mark on reverse; plus another usage of the same mileage mark. (11) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 175.50
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 569 |
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 PREPAID MAIL INC. SHIP LETTER TO USA: 1800-37 group all but one to Edinburgh with "KIRK/WALL" circular hs's or "KIRKWALL" (3) or
"THURSO" mileages. Also inc. attractive 11 Dec. 1837 EL to New York ex Kirkwall via Liverpool endorsed "Paid 1/4½", with v. fine "KIRKWALL" s/line hs on front and "SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" & "LIVERPOOL" ds's across join on reverse. (5)Cross
Reference: SHIP LETTERS (Image)
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Starting at £ 95
Currently...£95.00
Currently...USD 128.25
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 570 |
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 FINE RARE "STMARGTHOPE" S/LINE HS - EARLY USAGE: 22 July 1830 EL to Inverness ex South Ronaldsay with fine boxed "HUNA" hs beside
"STMARGTHOPE" s/line hs (extremely rare mark - only a handful known of which this is the 2nd earliest usage). Charged "10½". (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 108.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 571 |
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 RARE BOXED "SHIP LETTER/KIRKWALL" HS ON COVER CARRIED BY SS SOVEREIGN: 10 Aug. 1836 EL to Edinburgh ex Kirkwall endorsed "per
Sovereign Steamer", charged "9" with attractive strikes of "SHIP LETTER/KIRKWALL", blue "LEITH" cds, and other ds's on reverse. Very few ship letter marks are know for Kirkwall.Cross Reference: SHIP LETTERS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 175.50
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 572 |
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 TWICE-POSTED COVER EX KIRKWALL ON LAST DAY BEFORE INTRODUCTION OF STAMPS: Printed questionnaire ref. Post Office employees working
on the Sabbath posted cash-paid in Edinburgh to Kirkwall on 7 Apr. 1840, then seemingly returned to Edinburgh with application of fine red Kirkwall UPP hs "1" applied on 5 May 1840, with fine red boxed ds alongside.Cross Reference: PRINTED
MATTER BY POST, PENNY POST MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 573 |
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 KIRKWALL - UPP HANDSTRUCK "1" or "2" ON COVERS: 1841-50 group inc. 22 Mar. 1841 EL ex Kirkwall with rare mostly fine boxed Kirkwall
"PAID" & "1" hs's; 31 Aug. 1843 printed circular ex Kirkwall informing investors of developments at Morningside Asylum in Orkney; etc. (8 covers)Cross Reference: PENNY POST MARKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 175.50
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 574 |
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 OTHER STAMPLESS MAIL - SANDAY & WESTRAY PENNY POSTS, KIRKWALL "2" HS, ETC.: 1842-50 group inc. 1848 ELs (2) to Kirkwall with oily
"SANDAY/PENNY POST" or mostly fine "WESTRAY/PENNY POST" marks; 1842 ELs (2) to Edinburgh or New York with rare boxed "PAID AT/KIRKWALL" hs's; 1850 EL to Kirkwall ex Wisconsin; 12 Jan. 1848 E to Paisley ex Finstown with fine blue "FINSTOWN" UDC struck
on reverse join; etc. (7) Cross Reference: PENNY POST MARKS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 175.50
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 575 |
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 ONLY RECORDED (?) 1d BLACK COVER SENT FROM THE ORKNEY ISLANDS TO THE SHETLAND ISLANDS: 25 July 1840 EL ex "Bank of Scotland,
Kirkwall" to a banker in Lerwick endorsed "P Steamer", franked by attractive 4-margin 1d black (light filing fold) tied by fine orange-red Kirkwall MX, with matching mainly fine boxed "KIRKWALL" ds on top flap (part frame lost with seal). Believed to
be the only recorded 1d black cover sent between the Orkneys & the Shetlands, and is a rare 1d black 'steamer' letter. Only a handful of 1d black covers have been recorded from the Orkneys. [Ex Cavendish Auctions 20/6/2012, lot 937; realised
£1300+BP]Cross Reference: SHETLAND ISLANDS POSTAL HISTORY, 1666-1943, 1840 1d BLACKS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 459.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 576 |
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 UNIQUE USAGE OF 1d BLACK FROM THE ISLE OF ROUSAY: 24 Mar. 1841 E from Rousay to Edinburgh with fine 4-margin 1d black (seemingly
Pl.3; light filing fold) cancelled by black Kirkwall MX. Rare usage of a 1d black from such a small island. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 270.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 577 |
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 KIRKWALL - UNDERPAID 2d MULREADY ENV. WITH "4" HS: 6 Oct. 1840 2d Mulready env. (stains & internal faults) to London ex Stromness
finely struck with the only known Kirkwall "4" hs originally used in the Uniform 4d Post period (one of only three recorded uses after the 4d Post period), with faint red boxed "KIRKWALL" ds & boxed "STROMNESS/818 - E" mileage on reverse.
Extraordinary & probably unique. [Ex Peter Chadwick]Cross Reference: MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD
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Starting at £ 1,000
Currently...£1,000.00
Currently...USD 1,350.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 578 |
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 SANDAY - LATE USE OF MX ON "SANDAY/PENNY POST" COVER: 5 Apr. 1845 env. to Lanark ex Isle of Sanday franked by fine 4-margin 1d red
cancelled by both a fine MX & fine (somewhat oily) "207" Kirkwall numeral, with fine "SANDAY/PENNY POST" hs alongside. Exhibition quality.Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS, MALTA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 270.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 579 |
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 IN- & OUTBOUND MAIL INC. UDCs, IMPERF. 1d REDS, 2d BLUES, ETC.: 1841-54 group inc. 1847 or 1850 covers both with green or black "ST
MARGARATS HOPE" UDCs (with "A" instead of "E" error); 1852 E to Kirkwall with rare "EVIE" UDC on reverse; etc. (6)Cross Reference: 1841 1d REDS (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 580 |
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 ISLE OF HOY - RARE EARLY CLARET-PURPLE "LONGHOPE" VILLAGE MARK: 31 Dec. 1845 EL from "Longhope" to "Wick" franked by a near 4-margin
1d red (file fold) tied by rare "238" Longhope numeral with a mainly very fine tiny claret-purple "LONGHOPE" straight line mark (few recorded & none recorded in this colour) on the lower flap. (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 108.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
