GREAT BRITAIN » POSTAL HISTORY » PRE-ADHESIVE & STAMPLESS continued...
| Lot |
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 31261 |
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 1811 Entire from Liverpool to well known privateer Capt. Thomas Watters in Tortola during the Napoleonic Wars, rated £2 10s for the journey to the island and “1 bit” for local delivery, Liverpool bs, a rare destination and
full of interest
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SOLD for € 340.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31262 |
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 1812 Entire from Glasgow to Portugal, containing two letters from Graham Bell & Co. with reference to trade with Newfoundland during the American Wars, with “PAID / AT / GLASGOW” hs and ds, fine and interesting
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31263 |
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 1814 Entire from London to Portugal with contents regarding captured vessels during the American Wars, London “FOREIGN” bs, fine and interesting historical item
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31264 |
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 AUTOGRAPH: 1825 “FREE” front sent by Fitzroy Somerset (Baron Raglan), who serve on Duke Wellington’s staff in the Peninsular War and fought at Waterloo, scarce
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31265 |
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 1830 Entire to PERKINS & BACON, from a German printer, with great content, stating that Perkins Bacon are “among the best printers in your country,” and enquiring about printers’ ink, a great item for the line-engraved
collector
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31266 |
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 1830 Wrapper from Hamburg to London with superb strike of the “Oz at 6s/8d per Oz” hs, London FPO bs, fine and scarce so fine
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SOLD for € 120.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31267 |
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 1835 Entire from the USA to TENERIFFE, sent via forwarding agent from New York to agent in London (Moses Taylor cachet) and then on to Teneriffe, with Liverpool Ship Letter boxed hs and London cds, a rare destination and
interesting transatlantic item
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31268 |
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 1839 (Dec 4) Entire from London to Leamington sent on the last day of the mileage based rates, ms rate “1/6,” London 4.12.39 bs, fine
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31269 |
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 1839 AUTOGRAPH: Turned “FREE” front signed by Sir Edward Codrington, Commander of HMS Orion at the Battle of Trafalgar, the other side addressed to him, with several s/l hs, a rare autograph
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31270 |
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 1840 (Jan 10) Entire from London to Kirkby Thore sent on the first day of the Uniform Penny Post, with two clear London ds, slightly soiled otherwise fine and scarce
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SOLD for € 180.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31271 |
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 1840 (Mar 12) Lettersheet from Stonehaven to Montrose with distinctive “2” hs of Stonehaven, despatch bs, very fine and early use of this hs
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SOLD for € 80.00
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31272 |
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 1840 (Mar 23) Wrapper from Glasgow to Ayr with very scarce and crisp “V (crown) R” hs used as an inspector’s mark, pre-paid “1”d with Glasgow boxed ds, fine
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31273 |
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 1841 (Oct 1) Stampless printed entire from Bilstone to Shrewsbury with 10 propaganda labels regarding free trade and the corn law, inside with printed contents “The Church of England is the Poor Man’s Chruch,” (a sarcastic
look at the salaries of the clergy), a rare item of early political propaganda
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31274 |
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 1842 (Nov 15) Entire from Upper Ervie to Castle Douglas (Scotland) with black MC struck across the fold at top, possibly to denote that the letter was found open and resealed in transit, with red “NEW / GALLOWAY” hs adjacent,
Castle Douglas bs, a most unusual usage of a MC
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31275 |
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 1847 (Aug 3) Printer “Letter of Acknowledgement” regarding Money Order from the Postmaster of Canterbury, with crown “PAID” cds, Canterbury bs, minor peripheral toning
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31276 |
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 1848 (May 30) Envelope sent unpaid aboard cross-Channel steamer with a superb strike of the “M-B” (Mobile Box) hs of Folkestone (Robertson MB1), London and Folkestone bs, minor soiling, fine and rare
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31277 |
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 1854 AUTOGRAPH: Printed vellum wrapper band for military documents sent from Viscount Hardinge to “Field Marshall / His Royal Highness / Prince Albert” during the Crimean War period, with ms “Osborne” (for Osborne House on the
Isle of Wight), the reverse signed by Albert, some soiling but an important and rare item
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31278 |
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 ca1860 Illustrated envelope with illustrated invitation for tea, decorative
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
| 31279 |
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 1862 (Sep 1) Cover from Paris to Loudun, missent to London with red “IB” circle hs inspector’s marks on obverse, reverse with London and Loudun ds, fine and interesting
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CLOSED
Closing..Sep-19, 12:00 PM |
