SCILLY ISLANDS QV STAMPED MAIL, 1841-1902 continued...
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Catalog No. |
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Opening |
| 701 |
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 SCILLY SHIPPING AGENT MAILS TO THE US CONSULATE FALMOUTH: 1863 part E (side flaps removed) from Buxtons Shipping Agents to US
Consulate Falmouth franked pair 1d red star (left hand stamp heavy filing fold) tied v.fine "610" hs with Scilly, Penzance & Falmouth cds on reverse plus similar Buxtons mail 1865 part E with 1d red star cancelled at Penzance with strike of US
Consulate cachet across rear join. (2 items)Cross Reference: CORNWALL (Image)
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Starting at £ 120
Currently...£120.00
Currently...USD 162.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 702 |
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 OUTGOING FRANKED MAIL TO FRANCE: Mar. 1865 EL (filing fold clear of stamp and marks) to Nantes via London and Calais, franked 4d red
Pl. 4 SH (SG81) tied by v.fine "610" hs with fine Scilly cds on reverse flap. Cross Reference: FRANCE (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 270.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 703 |
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 CHRISTMAS DAY 1868 TO CAMBRIDGE & 1870 SHIPPING AGENT MAIL: 1868 env. (cut three side for display) to Cambridge redirected to London
franked two 1d red Pl.90 AI & BI (faults) tied by "610" hs with fine Scilly 25 Dec. cds on reverse along with Penzance, Cambridge & London cds plus 1870 E Buxtons Shipping Agents to Huth London franked 1d red Pl.117 PL (vert creasing) tied "610" hs
with fine Scilly, Penzance and London cds on reverse. (2 items) Cross Reference: CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CORNWALL (Image)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 175.50
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 704 |
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 INCOMING MAILS FROM INDIA, GERMANY & WALES: 1860 env. (roughly opened at reverse) Punjab to St Mary's endorsed England Via
Marseille franked tied 2x 4a green + 8p mauve with fine red boxed INDIA/PAID alongside, Scilly and Penzance cds on reverse; 1872 env. (stains/stamp faults) from Capt of the Brigg Seenimphe Hamburg to St Mary with red P.D. hs and on reverse Penzance
cds; 1875 part E Registered Stettin to German Consulate, Scilly with fine Scilly and Penzance cds plus 1875 EL Italian Coal merchant, Cardiff to the Telegraph Hotel(?) Scilly franked tied 1d red with fine Penzance and Scilly cds on reverse. (4 items)
Cross Reference: GERMANY, INDIA, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 270.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 705 |
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 OUTGOING FRANKED MAIL TO ITALY: Nov. 1871 E (light vert central fold) Scilly to Palermo franked 6d mauve Pl.9 RL (SG109) tied by
fine "610" hs with circled red PD hs alongside and Palermo 23 Nov 71 cds on reverse. Scarce outgoing foreign mail. [Illustrated in S.I.P.H., p.17] Cross Reference: ITALY (Image)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 270.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 706 |
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 OUTGOING FRANKED MAIL TO FRANCE: 1873 part E to France franked 3d rose Pl.10 ME tied fine (slightly off side) "610" hs with red
circled PD hs overstruck by Calais Ambulant ds with Scilly & Penzance cds on reverse. [Illustrated in S.I.P.H., p.16] Cross Reference: FRANCE
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 216.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 707 |
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 WRECK OF THE SS SCHILLER - MAIL FROM NORFOLK TO NEW ZEALAND WHERE UNCLAIMED & RETURNED: 23 July 1874 long damaged env. (stamps
floated off) originally sent Registered from Harleston, Norfolk to Wangarei, New Zealand where it received various ms cachets Not called for - Try Wangaroa, etc. Returned to sender, via New York, departing Auckland 14 Mar. 1875. Loaded onto the Eagle
Line SS Schiller departing New York 27 Apr. 1875 bound for Plymouth, but in dense fog Schiller ran aground on the Retarriere Ledge near Bishop Rock with great loss of life. Some mails were picked up by the SS Pommerania and this env. was struck with
a boxed "Saved from the wreck of / the Schiller" hs - this the same hand stamp that had been used previously for the wreck of the Colombo with that ships named excised. A much travelled and rare survivor. [Illustrated in S.I.P.H., p.19] [Argyll Etkin
auction 03/10/2001 realised £3000+ BP.] Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, NORFOLK, NEW ZEALAND, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,300
Currently...£1,300.00
Currently...USD 1,755.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 708 |
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 WRECK OF THE SS SCHILLER - ILN REPORT, MEMORIAL POEM, ETC.: A small selection of ephemera inc. colour engraving of the Schiller;
"Awful Wreck at Scilly, AND LOSS OF 312 LIVES" ship illustrated one page pamphlet with memorial poem; 22 May 1875 front page of the ILN illustrating the Retarriere Ledges, Bishop Rock light, rescuers, etc. (4 items) Cross Reference:
CRASH/WRECK MAIL (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.75
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 709 |
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 OUTGOING SHIPPING AGENT MAIL TO USA: May 1875 env. Scilly to Philadelphia franked 1d red Pl.138 with fine "610" hs and below
INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID hs and blue crayon 11c alongside, with fine Scilly cds on reverse. Uncommon outgoing mail to overseas destination. [Illustrated in S.I.P.H., p.17.] Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 710 |
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 LATER QV MAILS INC. PC TO JAPAN, LETTER CARD, ETC: 1877-1901 group with 1885 PC St Mary's to Birmingham cancelled at Penzance; 1897
1d PC to Kobe Japan with fine Scilly double circle ds [Illustrated in S.I.P.H., p.16]; 1901 PPC of Scilly Isles to Penzance with fine TRESCO cds; 1896 "Budget" Letter Card to Witney with Scilly double circle ds, etc. (9 items) Cross Reference:
JAPAN (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 130
Currently...£130.00
Currently...USD 175.50
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 711 |
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 TRESCO ABBEY GARDENS 1884 PARCEL POST TAG WITH FIRST TYPE PENZANCE PARCELS POST LABEL: 10 Jan. 1884 printed parcel tag from Tresco
Abbey Gardens to Brixton, London franked on address side with 1/- orange-brown Pl.13 JA (SG151) tied by five bar cork cancel and on the other side a first type Penzance Parcels Post label (MW A2) cancelled by fine Penzance cds. Scarce thus. Cross
Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, CORNWALL (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 200
Currently...£200.00
Currently...USD 270.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 712 |
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 ST MARY'S LETTER CARD TO PLYMOUTH WITH SCARCE 610 3VOS: 1893 Letter Card St Mary's to Plymouth with v.fine late use of the scarce
"610" 3VOS and on reverse fine Scilly, Penzance and Plymouth cds. [Ex Alan Huggins] [ex Cavendish sale 19/07/2003 lot 467 sold for £260 + BP.]
(Image)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 713 |
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 EARLY TRESCO CDS ON OUTGOING MAIL: June 1901 env. (roughly opened at reverse partly effecting cds's) to Bradford on Avon franked 1d
lilac tied Penzance 3VOD with fine and early use of the TRESCO cds on the reverse plus three used 1890/4 examples of JH Jenkins "The Stores" Tresco Memorandum "Please send per return of Steamer" "Will you please send on to Charles Jenkins Bill of
May, he is dead & his sister wishes to pay"!, etc. (4 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 80
Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 108.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 714 |
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 QV POSTCARDS FROM ST AGNES, LETTERS ETC: 1893-c.1900 selection with Mar. 1893 PC St Agnes to Marazion cancelled fine SCILLY cds;
1893/4 pair PC St Agnes to Marazion cancelled at Penzance; 1895 trio letters ex St Mary's "Atlantic Hotel. Sir, would you kindly get a servant girl for me a good strong working girl.."; three letters 1891-5 from St Agnes mostly concerning debts to
mainland merchants due to crop failures, etc. (9 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.75
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 715 |
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 ST MARTIN'S - QV POSTCARDS TO MARAZION: 1894 scarce pair 1d PC St Martin's to Marazion cancelled at Penzance plus five letters from
either Samuel Ellis or William Gibson of St Martin's to merchants at Marazion. (7 items) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.75
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 716 |
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 ST MARY'S HAND ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE WITH 610 3VOS, EPHEMERA, ETC.: May 1894 "Isles of Scilly" crested env. to Cranbourne &
redirected to London with 1d lilac tied fine scarce "610" 3VOS (latest recorded date?) with v. fine pen & ink drawing of two gentlemen on the reverse plus Scilly, Penzance, Bath, etc. cds's; 1892-4 quartet of PC inc. two headed "From THE LITTLE
WESTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY Penzance" plus pair of invoices from same company; headed St Mary's; invoices inc. one for a coffin by AJ Trenear, Carpenter & Joiner, etc. (9 items) Cross Reference: EPHEMERA, PICTORIAL ENVELOPES - HAND-DRAWN (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 135.00
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
| 717 |
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 OVERSEAS INCOMING MAILS FROM NICARAGUA OR USA: 1893 env. San Francisco to Tresco Parsonage, Isles of Scilly franked tied 3c green +
2c orange, with Penzance squared circle ds on reverse, plus 1902 env. San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua to London franked tied 10c lilac + 5c blue redirected in London to St Mary's, Scilly at no additional charge with Penzance cds on reverse. (2 items)
Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NICARAGUA (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 87.75
Closing..Nov-04, 04:00 AM |
