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| 1741 |
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 SPAIN - 1/8d RATE TO MADRID: 24 Mar. 1856 E (small internal repair, hinge remnants) to Spain, mounted on page with notes, franked 5x
4d carmine singles (SG 62, highly glazed blue paper, small garter wmk, various centrings, one with short perf.) cancelled by multiple fine to poor "7" barred numerals of London with blue "8 R." hs & Calais transit cds on front, and London "B[crown]U"
double ring & blue Madrid cds's on back. SG c.£4000 on cover. Attractive exhibition item. [Ex Henry C. Gibson collection, with owner's sm. blue hs on back.] Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES, SPAIN (Image)
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Currently...£500.00
Currently...USD 660.00
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| 1742 |
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 SPAIN - 1/- PALE GREEN ON COVER: 20 Oct. 1860 E to Spain franked 1/- pale green tied by fine "81" duplex of London E.C. with red
oval "PD" hs & black oval Cadiz receiving ds adjacent. SG Spec. J100(3) £425 on cover. Cross Reference: SPAIN, SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
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| 1743 |
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 SPAIN - 18/- RATE MULTIPLE FRANKING ENV. TO MADRID: 1 Apr. 1862 large blue linen lined env. (corner damage) to Madrid franked 18x
1/- green as block of 12 + block of 6 tied by multiple "76" duplexes of London E.C. with red oval "PD" on front, and faint Madrid cds on back. Spectacular & attractive exhibition item. SG 71 £7650+ on cover. Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED
ISSUES, SPAIN (Image)
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Starting at £ 1,200
Currently...£1,200.00
Currently...USD 1,584.00
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1744 |
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 SPAIN - 1/- GREEN ON COVER: 3 June 1862 E to Spain endorsed "via France" franked 1/- green tied by fine "159" Pearson Hill duplex of
Glasgow with red circular "PD" hs adjacent, and red London transit & black Madrid receiving cds on back. SG Spec. J100(2) £425 on cover. Cross Reference: SPAIN, SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1745 |
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 SWITZERLAND - 2½d ROSY-MAUVE INV. WMK ON COVER: 13 Feb. 1877 EL to Switzerland franked 2½d (pl. 5) inverted small anchor wmk
(checked) tied by fine "96" duplex of London with Wohlen receiving cds on back. SG 141Wi c.£375 on cover. Cross Reference: SWITZERLAND, SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1746 |
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 U.S.A. - STAMPLESS, 1/- EMBOSSED, SURFACE PRINTED COVERS - MISSENT, RED H.S. "1/-" PAIR, PICTORIAL ADVERT, ETC.: 1825-75 group ex.
GB to the USA inc. missent and redirected examples with instructional or inspectors marks, etc. Some attractive examples inc. 26 Nov. 1824 EL from London to New York struck with fine red oval "MISSENT/TO/BIRMINGHAM" and red New York "SHIP"; 1836 EL
ex. London to New York with cut-to-size embossed 1/- franking, etc. (23 covers) Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 160
Currently...£160.00
Currently...USD 211.20
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1747 |
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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 21 May 1853 EL from Marseilles via Liverpool to Boston bearing an added 6d lilac embossed pair. On reverse
is a readable "LIVERPOOL/F.R.H." cds. With large red "N YORK ??? PKT/PD 24" cds and red "5/CENTS" hs. Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 95
Currently...£95.00
Currently...USD 125.40
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1748 |
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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - REMARKABLE FRANKING OF A DIVIDED BLOCK OF EIGHT - 6d LILAC PLATE 5: 30 Dec. 1865 EL from Dundee "Via
Cork" to Andover, Massachusetts bearing two blocks of four (originally a block of eight) emblems watermark 6d lilac HA-IB and HC-ID (marginal) with "DUNDEE/114" duplex cancellations. A very rare item.Cross Reference: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 340
Currently...£340.00
Currently...USD 448.80
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1749 |
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 UNITED STATES - 1/8d RATE MULTIPLE FRANKING ON ENV.: 30 June 1899 large printed 4d STO P.Stat. env. (ES23) to New York endorsed "Per
S.S. Campania" uprated with pair 6d deep purple on rose red paper (SG Spec. K37(2)) + 4d green & purple brown (SG Spec. K33(1)) Jubilee issues tied by fine "DUNFERMLINE/113" twin arc ds's, and various receiving cds's on back; and similar 7 Jan. 1900
6d env. (ES24a/b) endorsed "Per S.S. Etruria" uprated with 4d green & chocolate brown (SG Spec. K33(3)) similarly cancelled. Attractive items in fine condition. (2 covers) Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1750 |
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 GB DISPATCH NOTICE TO YUGOSLAVIA: 1937 part form with rare red boxed "SUBSTITUTE PREPARED AT/LONDON PARCEL SECTION" cachet, and
arrival franking inc. fiscals to reverse. Rare surviving documentation. Cross Reference: INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, FISCALS, YUGOSLAVIA
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
FREE MAIL
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1751 |
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 EARLY FREE MAIL INC. 1713 EL TO A POST OFFICE OFFICIAL REF. SENDING NEWSPAPERS: 1711-66 Free mail group mainly E's to London or
Lincolnshire, four with red circular "FREE" marks (one ms obliterated). Inc. 1713 EL to an official at the "Post Office" for advice on newspaper charges. (7 covers) (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 132.00
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1752 |
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 FREE ENTIRES & FRONTS INC. SCOTTISH ADDITIONAL HALF: 1806-39 selection inc. 1806 EL Longtown to Edinburgh; 1814 EL Wigton to Castle
Douglas signed Galloway boxed WIGTON/400-D hs; 1818 EL Harrogate to Helensburgh with fine HARROGATE/200 hs, Glasgow ds, etc.; 1826 EL Glasgow to Wilson MP at Whitby with Glasgow additional ½ hs ms deleted; 1828 EL Glasgow to London with additional ½
hs redirected & Free hs deleted; 1831 EL to London with fine CAVENDISH BRIDGE mileage hs alongside fine FREE ds; 1836 E Edinburgh to London with additional ½ hs ms deleted, FREE ds; 1838 front London to Portsmouth Free ds and v.fine scalloped Sunday
ds, etc. Good variety. (35 items) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
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INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL
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Catalog No. |
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Opening |
| 1753 |
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 VERY RARE "HAMBURG/[crown]/REGISTERED" STRUCK IN ERROR (?) ON COVER TO LONDON: 30 April 1860 E Registered (ms "Recommended") from ??
to London with v. fine red "Charge" hs, fine red "HAMBURG/PAID/30 APRIL/1860" transit cds & OVAL "R[EGISTE]RED/A/2 MY 60/LONDON" ds, but also having a superb rare red London Foreign Branch "HAMBURG/[crown]/REGISTERED" mark (Van der Linden 1690)
nicely placed on the front. Few examples are known of this Hamburg mark (there was no example in the Willcocks Collection), and we have only seen 2 other examples of these marks on covers ex Denmark. Exhibition Item. (Image)
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Starting at £ 400
Currently...£400.00
Currently...USD 528.00
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
MISSENT MAIL
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1754 |
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 MISSENT MAILS STAINES & WITNEY: 1833 EL to Witney Court, Herefordshire with bold red ms Missent to Witney Oxfordshire with Witney &
Biggleswade UDC on reverse, plus 1839 Free front Wimborne to Reading with v.fine & scarce Missent to / Staines hs (MX286). (2 items) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, BEDFORDSHIRE, DORSET, HEREFORDSHIRE (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 63.36
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
NEWSPAPER MAIL
| Lot |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1755 |
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 NEWSPAPERS SENT BY POST: A small box containing a 1756-1929 set of newspapers with postal markings, etc. inc. disbound 24 June 1756
issue of "The World" with 2 indistinct Bishop marks and a (receiver's mark?) "RG" in circle; various publications with duty hs's (1838, 1843, 1856, 1858); 1866 "Manchester Observer" franked 1d red, 1888 "The Berwickshire News" franked ½d Jubilee, and
1929 "The Newmarket Journal" (fragile paper) franked ½d KGV + 1d p.due. Mainly in excellent condition with fine strikes. (11) Cross Reference: EPHEMERA (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 132.00
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1756 |
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 KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE & WIGTOWNSHIRE: 1895-15 group of all different, mainly used Kirkcudbrightshire & Wigtownshire parcel post labels
inc. 1909 unappropriated label franked 6d & used Castle Douglas with CSE telegraph triangle; 1901-4 pair used at Glasserton with ms Glasserton (under Newton Stewart), etc; 1915 unappropriated label with lilac STRANRAER hs franked 4d, etc. Fine group.
(12 franked 18 unfranked) Cross Reference: KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE, WIGTOWNSHIRE, SCOTLAND (Image)
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Starting at £ 48
Currently...£48.00
Currently...USD 63.36
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
PENNY POST MARKS
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1757 |
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 PENNY POST HANDSTAMPS INC. RED KENDAL, STRATFORD, BLACKWATER, ETC.: 1821-48 selection inc 1821 E to London with fine red
STRATFORD/Penny Post hs with STRATFORD ON AVON/99 hs alongside; 1828 EL to Ulverston with fine (over-inked) red KENDAL/ Penny Post hs (WE101); 1843 front/large piece to London franked 1d red cancelled MX with red Blackwater/Penny Post hs (SY61)
opposite; 1834 EL to Barnstaple with fine boxed EXETER / Py P. hs (DN627); 1844 EL to Beccles with 2 x 1d red (vert. crease through LH stamp) tied fine MX with fine Southwold/Penny Post hs opposite and 1848 env. to Marlborough (stamp removed) with
fine uncommon Woking/Penny Post hs (SY633). (6 items) Cross Reference: SURREY, SUFFOLK, LANCASHIRE, WESTMORLAND (Image) (Image2)
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Currently...£80.00
Currently...USD 105.60
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
| 1758 |
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 UNIFORM 1d POST IPSWICH, HODDESDON, HERTFORD, ETC.: 1840-51 selection inc. 1840 piece Hoddesdon to London with fine & uncommon dark
red circled Pd1 hs (HE284); 1847 half E to Chelsea with fine red circled PAID/HERTFORD/1D hs (HE238); 26 Jan. 1840 EL to Shaftesbury with fine & early use Havant / Penny Paid hs (HA564); 1851 EL Basingstoke to Bagshot with fine red Pd over 1 hs
(HA188); 1843 E to Weymouth with fine red circled IPSWICH/ 1D/ PAID hs; 1840 EL Guildford to London with fancy red P1 hs (SY410), etc. Good group. (10 items) Cross Reference: HAMPSHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SUFFOLK (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 100
Currently...£100.00
Currently...USD 132.00
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PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 1759 |
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 1892 HAND-PAINTED ENV. FROM NEWCASTLE TO UPPINGHAM: Superb coloured painting of a blenny (unique item for a fish thematic!?) on an
envelope with two addressees associated with Uppingham School, Rutland. These are F H Sheppee (soldier, marksman and founder of Sheppee Motor Company) and the Rev. W Constable (a schoolmaster). Franked with 1d lilac. A collection of similar painted
envs. all addressed to Sheppee appeared, to much acclaim, on an October 2003 episode of BBC Antiques Roadshow. (Image)
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Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
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| 1760 |
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 TRIO WWII ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPES: 1939-40 trio large env. all from Burgess Hill to either Swanage or Redhill illustrated in pen & ink
or sepia watercolour cleverly incorporating the addressee name, Sylvia Knight with harbour and street scenes. Fine. (3 items) Cross Reference: SUSSEX (Image) (Image2)
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Starting at £ 65
Currently...£65.00
Currently...USD 85.80
Closing..Dec-02, 03:00 AM |
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