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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY continued...
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| 1781 |
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 LONDON FOREIGN BRANCH/SECTION: c.1885-2000 extensive collection of London Foreign Section/Branch cancellations on both incoming and
outgoing overseas mail inc. Newspaper/printed matter wrappers, Postage Due accountancy hs & stamps, Instructional hs, Registered mails, a few censored etc. A wide variety of destinations inc. India, Persia, Palestine, Singapore, etc. (320+ items)
Cross Reference: ITALY, GERMANY, EGYPT, KENYA (Image) (Image2)
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| 1782 |
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 INLAND SECTION POSTAGE DUE MAILS FROM OVERSEAS: 1903-65 selection of incoming mail from overseas with Inland Section Postage Due ½d
to 3d hand stamps and many with P.Due adhesives. Inc. 1939 PPC Germany to London with ½d green P.Due with v.fine "½d/I.S./G" hs; pair of 1913 PPCs Paris to Purley franked Italian 10c red with bold blue ms "T" & fine "1D/I.S./B" or "2D/I.S./K" hs's;
c.1903 PPC Melbourne, Vic. to Belfast with octagonal "T/5C" hs plus "1D/1.S./L." hs; 1907 PPC Switzerland to Sidcup franked 20c brown and below "1½dD/I.S./C." hs and 1d red+½d green P.Due; 1923 PPC Vincennes to Richmond franked 10c green, redirected
twice with "2D/I.S./F." hs & 2d P.Due applied twice; 1838 env. India to Co. Durham franked 1a red with "2½d/I.S./G." hs and 2d brown+½d green P.Due; 1910 PPC Rouen to Kinver franked 10c red with "LIABLE TO LETTER RATE/I.S." hs and below v.fine
"3D/I.S./B." hs; etc. Good variety of countries etc. (140+ items) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, ITALY
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| 1783 |
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 INLAND SECTION POSTAGE DUE MAILS FROM OVERSEAS: 1919-c.1990 selection of incoming mail from overseas with Inland Section Postage Due
3½d to 2/6d handstamps, a good number with P.Due adhesives, plus several with instructional hs's. Inc. 1955 env. Oslo to Bath underpaid with blue circled "T25 cts" hs, "3½d/I.S./C." hs and 3d violet+½d orange P.Due stamps; 1924 oversize PPC Germany
to Hampton with Liable to Letter Rate IS & Exceeds Limits of Size IS hs's, "3½d/I.S./F." hs + 3x1d red P.Due stamps; c.1950 airmail env. Malta to Twickenham with red "INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID FOR TRANSMISSION BY AIRMAIL" & "3½d/I.S./E." hs's and 4d
blue P.Due stamp; 1946(?) PPC Holland to Feltham with green "5½d/I.S./Q." hs and 5d brown+½d green P.Due stamps; 1955 env. Iraq to England with Liable to Letter Rate IS hs and "7½d/I.S./T." hs; 1932 env. Peshawar to Leighton Buzzard with "9d/I.S./B."
+ "½d I.S." hs alongside plus 3x3d violet+½d green P.Due stamps; 1967 env. Australia to Watford with green boxed "TO PAY/ 1/11 /I.S." hs and 1/- brown, 6d purple and 5d brown P.Due stamps; etc. Fine range of countries, rates etc. (120+ items)
Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, MALTA, IRAQ, INDIA (Image) (Image2)
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| 1784 |
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 LONDON DISTRICT OFFICES SQUARED CIRCLE CANCELLATIONS: c.1880-1905 research collection of Squared Circle cancellations on cover & PPC
with examples from the North, East, West, South East and West, West Central and North West offices. Mainly fine examples. (275+ items)Cross Reference: SQUARED CIRCLES (Image)
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| 1785 |
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 LONDON SUBURBAN OFFICE CANCELS: c.1880-1950s large accumulation of covers & PPCs with examples of the various district suburban
office cancels inc. some squared circles, duplex, skeleton ds, instructional hs, etc. (450+ items) (Image)
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GB MIXED POSTAL HISTORY
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| 1786 |
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 PRESTAMP TO QEII ACCUMULATION: c.1803-2000 selection inc. York/Yorkshire PH, registered, postage due, instructional, etc. (170+
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| 1787 |
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 PRESTAMP TO KGVI WITH SOME STRENGTH IN SHROPSHIRE: "Lighthouse binder holding a range of 17 prestamp covers mostly to/from
Shropshire inc. Shrewsbury & Shifnal mileage marks, Ironbridge Penny Post, Broseley UDC, etc; 16 imperf. 1d red frankings inc. Scots & Shropshire cancels and 22 perf. 1d red frankings; 16 KEVII PPCs with Shropshire frankings inc. RSOs. KGVI section
includes a number of FDCs, also noting set of 10 'dark' colour defins. to 1/- across 2 covers cancelled Addis Abeba Jan. 1942. (101 items)
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| 1788 |
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 ENGLISH POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1840-1920s: Two cartons housing 5 binders with a 'representative' range of covers displaying a
variety of frankings and cancellations. Great majority is from the QV period and includes 2 collection of family correspondence, one from 1850s-70s period and the other from 1890s. Fairly basic material throughout with the occasional interesting
item, eg. 1856 (late) Penzance ship letter. Also two bundles of loose early covers inc. Welsh & Scottish types. (c.200 items) (Image) (Image2)
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE
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| 1789 |
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 CAXTON TO MANCHESTER VIA "FERRY BRIDGE BAGG": 1748 EL (a little staining) written at Chatteris addressed "... near Manchester By
Caxton and from thence by Ferry Bridge Bagg" rated ms "4" with a good CAXTON hs (W&J CB64) on the reverse. Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER (Image)
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| 1790 |
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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE - EARLY MAIL INC. COFFEE HOUSE ADDRESS, PAIR EX. SWITZERLAND/GERMANY, TOWN MARKS, ETC.: 1705-78 group all with
attractive fine Bishop mark varieties, trio struck with "OXFORD" (2, fine) or "TETS/WORTH" (mostly fine) marks; 1705 EL from Cambridge to London Coffee House, etc. (6 covers) Cross Reference: CAMBRIDGESHIRE, GERMAN STATES, SWITZERLAND, COFFEE
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CHESHIRE
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| 1791 |
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 1940-60 MILITARY SELECTION: Group of covers in generally good to v.fine condition. Inc. 1946 Regd letter from Royal Naval College,
Eaton Hall to Hydrographic Dept. London with v.fine large "1946/13 Jan./R.N.C. EATON, CHESTER" cds & very unusual dated "AGENCY 506" Registration label; similar mark on receipt to The Hydrographer General in Taunton dated "1946/10/FEB"; PPC of Eaton
Hall; 1944 US Army env. ex Oulton Park; 1943 E & 1944 RAF part-env. both with "SEALAND/R.A.F.P.O./CHESTER" cds's & "SEALAND R.A.F., PO., CHESTER" Registration labels; 1946 env. (some creases & soiling) to Officer Commanding 191 POW Camp at Crewe
Hall; 1953 envs. (2) with fine "HAWARDEN/R.A.F.P.O." cds's, one Regd with Station label; and 1960 OHMS env. with boxed purple "STATION CHAPLAIN/SAIGHTON CAMP CHESTER" cachet. (11)Cross Reference: MILITARY - CAMPS, ETC. IN G.B., MILITARY -
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 SEACOMBE - RARE "SEACOMBE" FLEURON UDCs ON TRIO OF "Liverpool/Py. Post" COVERS; 1828/1830/1834 E/ELs from Seacombe all with fair
boxed "Liverpool/Py. Post" marks on the front (one in red) to Congleton (free frank so charged 1d), Worcester (fair red boxed P. Post as well) or Congleton (charged 8d); each with mainly very fine rare "SEACOMBE" Fleuron UDC on the flap with varying
amounts of the fleurons clear. Good trio. (3 covers)Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, CHESHIRE (Image)
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| 1793 |
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 UPTON - RARE "UPTON" FLEURON UDC (MINIATURE FLEURONS) WITH RED BOXED "Liverpool/Py Post" MARK; Fine 12 June 1827 E (insurance
qaire.) to Liverpool charged "2" but with a fine red boxed "Liverpool/Py Post" on the front, and also having a mainly very fine "UPTON" Fleuron UDC on the flap showing its very tiny fleurons at the foot. A very elusive and distinctive mark.Cross
Reference: LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, CHESHIRE (Image)
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| 1794 |
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 WOODSIDE - RARE "WOODSIDE" FLEURON UDCs (3) + FLEURON-REMOVED TYPE; 1826 trio of ELs with mainly very fine 1st-Type "WOODSIDE"
Fleuron UDCs, plus 1831 E (side-flap removed) with the Fleuron-removed type as well as red boxed "PAID AT/LIVERPOOL"; two also with the black boxed "Liverpool/Py Post" mark. Nice group. (4 covers)Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL,
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CORNWALL
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| 1795 |
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 FALMOUTH GREEN "BUENOS AYRES/o" UDC (NAME TOO LONG FOR FLEURON) ON COVER TO BATH; 12 June + 13 July 1827 EL from "Buenos Ayres" to
Bath "P. Duke of York Packet" charged "3/5" (2s-7d Packet rate + 10d Falmouth to Bath) having a light but clear and legible green Falmouth "BUENOS AYRES/o" mark (CO420) nicely placed on the top flap. An attractive example of this scarce mark that
would have had the full fleuron but there was not enough room, given the unusual length of the place name. An early example.Cross Reference: CORNWALL, SHIP LETTERS, ARGENTINA, GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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| 1796 |
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 LAUNCESTON - VERY RARE 7 YEARS WAR - CENSORED P.O.W. CAMP COVER TO FRANCE JUST AFTER PEACE TREATY; 24 Nov. 1762 EL (some reinforced
wear to corners etc.) from "Jacques Picon Desorme" in "Launceston" and described in the legal contents (a Power of Attorney with tax stamps) as "detained as a Prisoner in England" to his family in Bordeaux with rare Censor marking of the local POW
Agent - "Ex[amined]. J. Tymwell" on the flap. Also with faint "LAN/CESTON" and v. fine 'reversed N' London transit Bishop Mark on the reverse; having a faint Paris "ANGLETERRE" on the front with a smudged black London "PD" in circle and "30" arrival
charge. Sent just 3 weeks after the 1762 Treaty of Paris (which was not ratified until December 1762). A very rare 7 Years War Censored cover; only a handful of pre-1794 letters from British POW Camps have been recorded.Cross Reference:
MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, FRANCE (Image) (Image2)
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DERBYSHIRE
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| 1797 |
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 1674-QEII PERIOD MELBOURNE POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION: Binder containing mainly QV/earlier covers & KEVII/KGV PPCs with v.fine
"MELBOURNE" UDCs from 1840, Maltese Crosses, and later hs varieties on covers/cards. Overwhelming majority ex Melbourne. Inc. 1908 PPC ex Portobello missent to Melbourne, Australia with oval "NOT KNOWN BY/LETTER CARRIER/MELBOURNE" hs & redirected to
"England", etc. (50) Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWI, AUSTRALIA (Image) (Image2)
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| 1798 |
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 EARLY DERBY TOWN PRESTAMP COLLECTION: 1704-1801 group, all but one with "DERBY" s/line hs's (majority) or mileage marks. Inc. 1785
ELs (2) to Staffordshire, both with poor rare "127 DERBY" hs's, etc. Also inc. History of the Post in Derby 1635-1941 by Wilson, and The Local Posts of the Midland Counties to 1840 pubd. by the MPHS. (17 covers + 2 books) Cross Reference:
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| 1799 |
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 DERBYSHIRE RELATED FREE MAIL COLLECTION INC. MPs/LORDs AUTOGRAPHS: Well-filled binder containing 1798-c.1839 Free Fronts (mostly) &
Covers to/from Derby organised by autograph. Inc. some with local marks, mileages, instructional marks, etc. (161) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, FREES (Image)
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 1802-72 DERBY TOWN POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION: Binder containing 1802-72 cover collection plus a few QV-QEII single used stamps.
Great variety of Derby ds's, mileages, Penny Post marks, cds's, etc. Inc. a section of 1840 1d Red franked covers; a few missent ELs, one with boxed "MISSENT TO/DERBY" and charged an official rate of "1/-"; 1900 philatelic env. ex. Canada, etc. (c.53
covers + 2 fronts + a few dozen used stamps) Cross Reference: CANADA, MISSENT MAIL (Image) (Image2)
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