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Great Britain continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
201 CVR   image1854 (July 14), transatlantic cover from Kirkcaldy, Scotland to San Francisco, California via New York, datelined the previous day and struck with green Kirkcaldy c.d.s. (14 Jul), showing bold red London Foreign Branch Paid (15 Jul) handstamp with matching manuscript 1/2½ rate for the single-letter prepaid rate to California via New York, reverse bearing green Liverpool (15 Jul) and London (16 Jul) transits, manuscript routing “via New York” , carried on Cunard Africa departing Liverpool 15 July and arriving New York 27 July, thence by U.S. Mail Steamship Company George Law leaving 5 August for Chagres and onward by Pacific Mail Steamship Company Sonora departing Panama 18 August and arriving San Francisco 31 August, the inside docket reads “Received pr Str Sonora 1st Sept 1854,” a desirable Gold Rush–era routing, fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
202 CVR 5 image1854 (August 8), 1s green Embossed on folded letter from Glasgow to Baltimore, margins touched on all sides, tied by bold “15” barred square obliterator, red straight-line PAID and red “21 CENTS” Anglo-American accountancy handstamp on front, reverse with fine blue Glasgow (8 Aug) hexagonal datestamp, blue Liverpool (9 Aug) B12 transit, and green London transfer mark the same day, carried by the Collins Line Baltic sailing of 9 August 1854, a scarce and attractive use. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
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203 CVR   image1854 (December 12), stampless folded letter from Jersey to Bordeaux, France, struck on the front with fine black Jersey (12 Dec) double split-ring c.d.s. and red double-circle ALS-C Granville (15 Dec) French exchange office transit marking applied at Granville for Channel Islands mail, reverse showing Nantes à Paris (16 Dec), Paris à Bordeaux (17 Dec), and Bordeaux (17 Dec) receiver, the enclosed commercial contents from Henry Frères discuss customs restrictions on spirit imports and minimum tonnage requirements, an elusive ALS-C exchange marking on Channel Islands correspondence to France, some light edge staining, else fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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204 CVR   image1859 (30 September), stampless folded letter from London to Trujillo, Peru via Panama, prepaid at Lombard Street with red London Paid double-circle c.d.s. (3 Oct) and manuscript 4/- denoting the double rate for transmission to Peru by the Pacific route, showing bold Panama c.d.s. (25 Oct) on front confirming carriage across the isthmus, together with a black manuscript “2” inland due marking applied on arrival in Peru, the letter carried by Royal Mail Steam Packet Company steamer Tasmanian departing Southampton (3 Oct), arriving St Thomas (19 Oct) and forwarded by Solent to Colón, then transferred overland and conveyed south by Pacific Steam Navigation Company vessels to Trujillo, the reverse with largely intact large red wax seal, the original commercial contents from Anto. Gibbs & Hijos discussing street drainage and pavement construction remain enclosed, a fine and attractive pre-UPU letter to an uncommon destination. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for C$80.00
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205 CVR 90 image1863 (January 15), 1sh single franking on transatlantic letter from London to Massachusetts, with contents, adhesive cancelled with bold "12" numeral grid cancel of London, postmarked with red "N. YORK AM PKT / PAID 24" c.d.s. (15 Jan) and struck above with "21 CENTS" due marking, unobtrusive vertical fold, a lovely and fresh entire. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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206 CVR   image1867 (November 23), transatlantic depreciated currency stampless folded letter from Liverpool to Salem, North Carolina, endorsed “p China R.M.S. via Queenstown,” showing on the front a superb strike of the rare large “63 IN U.S. NOTES” depreciated currency exchange marking applied at Portland, Maine, together with bold “38 CENTS” debit and red manuscript “48” credit notation; additionally struck with BOSTON Br. PACKET / 48 / DEC 4 circular exchange datestamp, carried on the Cunard China, which left Queenstown on 24 November and arrived Boston 4 December, the letter handled under the short-lived post-Civil War system in which gold-based international settlements required a U.S. paper-currency surcharge when converted into inland postage, the Portland “63 IN U.S. NOTES” being a scarce depreciated-currency handstamp, the enclosure containing routine commercial correspondence, trivial filing folds, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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207 CVR   image1867 (December 28), transatlantic cover franked with six 4d vermilion, from London to San Francisco, California, paying the double 1s Anglo-American Treaty rate, the stamps tied by multiple strikes of the Southwark “47” numeral cancellations with boxed LONDON / DE 28 / 67 despatch marking on reverse, endorsed “Via New York / per Steamer via Panama,” almost certainly carried on the Cunard Persia sailing from Liverpool the same day, then routed across the United States and onward via the Panama transit steamers, struck on arrival with bold red SAN FRANCISCO / PAID / JAN 29 receiver and red crayon “10” accounting notation, a portion of the reverse excised, else a fine and scarce West Coast destination cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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208 CVR 5, 109 image1869 (July 1), transatlantic folded letter from London to Montreal, franked with perforated 1d red, lettered RG, and wing margin 1867 6d mauve, plate 8, tied by London duplex, endorsed in manuscript "via United States p. Siberian", reverse with split-ring arrival backstamp (14 Jul), light wrinkles, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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209 CVR   image1869 (July 2), 10d red-brown single franking to Corfu, Ionian Islands, the 10d Plate 1 tied by fine strike of the LONDON E.C. “97” duplex, endorsed “Via Belgium & Trieste,” with crisp blue double-circle ENGLAND / PER AACHEN FRANCO (3 Jul) transit and red oval PD on front, manuscript red crayon “1/3”accounting notation, reverse with black oval TRIESTE V.E. transit and clear black double-circle ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ (KERKYRA) (28 Jul) receiver, the Greek arrival marking reflecting the full postal absorption of Corfu following the 1864 cession of the Ionian Islands, light wrinkles, a scarce destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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210 CVR 52 image1870 (February 12), 9d straw Plate 4 on mourning cover from London to Bombay, India, stamp tied by barred oval E/25 duplex, red London / Paid (12 Feb) c.d.s. on front, faint Sea Post Office (27 Feb) transit on reverse, light soiling to upper flap, fine-very fine and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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211 CVR   image1871 (May 18), 12d Allan Line transatlantic cover to Canada, franked with two 6d Victoria (Plate 8), tied by Glasgow duplex, to Montréal, with split-ring arrival backstamp (31 May), carried via the Allan line "Scandinavian" per manuscript endorsement, quite fresh, an attractive and uncommon franking. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
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212 CVR   image1872 (March 9), Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII, writing from Italy, cover franked with 20c definitive, tied by "231" dotted numeral cancel, c.d.s. alongside and Cadenabbia straight-line, addressed in the hand of the Prince, to Dr. G.V. Poore, physician to the Royal Family, initialled "AE" (Albert Edward" at lower left, imprint of the Prince on flap, small opening tears, else a very fine royal cover.

The Prince of Wales had suffered a near-fatal bout of typhoid fever in December, 1871; a thanksgiving service for his recovery was held at St. Paul's Cathedral on February 27, 1872, not even two weeks prior to this cover being sent. The Prince visited Rome later that month. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$550.00
Will close during Public Auction
213 CVR   image1872 (August 9), 1sh green and 6d brown on folded letter from London to Lisbon, Portugal, stamps tied by London “87” duplex, endorsed “via France” in manuscript, struck with black oval “FRANCA” and red oval “PD” alongside, reverse with neatly-struck Lisbon receiver (14 Aug), some light wrinkles typical of this flimsy paper, else fresh and fine-very fine. (Sc #48, Pl. 11, #59, Pl.6) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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214 CVR 150 image1874 (January 5), two 1sh green on folded letter from Manchester to Caracas, with contents, adhesives tied by bold strikes of Manchester 498 duplex, additionally in manuscript, endorsed "per Penelope (S.S.) from Liverpool", backstamped with two Liverpool transit c.d.s. (5/6 Jan), filing folds, one crossing one stamp, some light uniform toning, an uncommon destination. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
215 CVR   image1883 (August 13), ½d postal stationery card, redirected from London to Geneva, initially sent within London, address crossed-out and redirected to Geneva (Hotel National), with c.d.s. receiver (2 Sep), affixed with 5c Swiss postage due, futher tied by Geneva c.d.s., reverse with oval "Forwarded by / Mr. Burr / London" cachet, a striking and attractive card, and late use of a forwarding agent. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
216 CVR   image1901 (March 26), Boer War hand-illustrated "stamp" design field post cover, endorsed "on active service", with hand-drawn stamp design at upper left, likely depicting Earl Roberts (with initials "ER" at upper left), postmarked with Field Post Office c.d..s, red London / Paid c.d.s. alongside (30 Mar) and next-day arrival backstamps, piece torn from flap, else a charming and very fine cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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CLOSED
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217 CVR   image1911 (September 9), First United Kingdom Aerial Post first-day flight cover London–Windsor, the official red Coronation envelope printed with biplane and Windsor Castle vignette, franked with 1d King George V tied by the large circular First United Kingdom Aerial Post / London / SP 9 / 1911 cancellation used exclusively on the inaugural day of the service, carried on the first official Hendon–Windsor flight commemorating the coronation of King George V, the reverse showing the printed red Aerial Post imprint as issued, an attractive and very finr example from the very first day of the world’s first official airmail. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$130.00
Will close during Public Auction
218 CVR   image1911 (September 11), First United Kingdom Aerial Post London cover in bright green, franked with 1d Downey Head, tied by First United Kingdom Aerial Post c.d.s. (Sep 11), to Essex, with
"Aerial Post" imprint on flap, some wrinkling due to moisture, else fine.

The 1911 Coronation First UK Aerial Post marked the world’s first officially sanctioned airmail service, inaugurated as part of the celebrations for King George V’s coronation. Operating between Hendon and Windsor from 9–15 September 1911, it demonstrated the practical potential of aviation for postal transport at a time when powered flight was barely eight years old. Although short-lived, the service became a landmark in global aerophilately and remains one of the most celebrated pioneer airmail events. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
219 CVR   image1911 (September 12), First United Kingdom Aerial Post London postcard in red-brown, franked with ½d Downey Head, tied by First United Kingdom Aerial Post / London c.d.s. (Sep 12), to Christchurch, with text on back "The Honourary Organising Committee of the First United Kingdom Aerial Mail have much pleasure in acknowledging the remittance to the Coronation Serial Post Fund," signed the Secretary's Office, Aldwych, London, some light edge wear, corner crease at upper left, else quite fresh, a fine-very fine example of this popular pioneer flight.

The 1911 Coronation First UK Aerial Post marked the world’s first officially sanctioned airmail service, inaugurated as part of the celebrations for King George V’s coronation. Operating between Hendon and Windsor from 9–15 September 1911, it demonstrated the practical potential of aviation for postal transport at a time when powered flight was barely eight years old. Although short-lived, the service became a landmark in global aerophilately and remains one of the most celebrated pioneer airmail events. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
220 CVR   image1915 (January 28), British home-front broadside “Possible Air-Craft Raid Over Maidstone,” printed poster (approx. 8.5 × 11 in.) headed Possible Air-Craft Raid Over Maidstone / Caution, issued from the Town Hall with printed signature of W. H. Martin, Mayor, giving early-war civil-defence instructions for residents in the event of a Zeppelin or aeroplane raid, including immediate blackout measures, extinguishing all gas lights, taking shelter in cellars, and awaiting the “all clear” signalled by three further bombs, the reverse bearing an archival note dated 16 September 1948 from the Maidstone Museum and Kent County Archives attesting to the authenticity of the original broadside, a fresh and striking survival of this fragile wartime public notice, produced in the opening months of the Zeppelin air-raid campaign. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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