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Postal History

LotNo.

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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1997

Two cartons of mostly pre-stamp entires outers & fronts largely mounted with fairly simple annotation, strength in Shropshire x160+ with good Welsh content, Northumberland & Newcastle-on-Tyne with numerous straight-line, mileage & other markings and many from the 18th Century also with Bishop Marks, some Official & Unofficial Local Posts, Free & Missent mail, 1839 Cumbrian entire with 'LONGTOWN' h/s & folded to a triangle, etc, also three early maps & some other ephemera. The condition is very mixed but enough are fine to very fine to make this a desirable lot. [Also includes an 1811-20 correspondence Berwick to Dunbar with heavy duplication of the postal markings, & a pile of reference material, none of which has been included in our estimate] Ex Ed Druce. (few 100) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$1,450.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

1998

Pre-stamp group comprising 1706 tiny entire to "Mr Gordon att yr Right Hand the...forr house Chelsey" with a largely legible Dockwra backstamp; 1729 brief entire to "Southampton Street/Covent Garden" (which still exists) with poor Dockwra backstamp; 1790 & 1798 Welsh entires with straight-line 'PRESTEIGN' or 'ABERST/WITH' handstamps; undated front to "Carlisle/Cumberland" endorsed "by Cross/Post" with partial 'ROCHESTER' (?) & rated "1/4"; 1828 outer from Hamburg rated "2/-"; 1827 Free front from Ireland with fine 'CAPPOQUIN/ 122 ' mileage mark; and 1814-1834 quartet with different Scottish '½' markings, one with superb 'KESWICK/ 298 ' mileage backstamp; condition variable but all are presentable. (11) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

1999

Oddments with Mulready front (with printing on the reverse) with very fine Maltese Cross in red & 1860 usage of what appears to be a Mulready facsimile (front only), 1850s covers to Ireland with 'BOYLE' arrivals & 1863 Boyle-Dublin, 1863 with Scottish numeral '264' of 'NAIRN' (b/s), a couple of others, condition very mixed; also two 1855 covers both apparently self-censored "Crimea/ADB" at lower-left, the first to 'GOSPORT' (b/s) with part 'PO[ST OFFICE]/=BRITISH-ARMY=' b/s, a few faults, the other quite fine with the British Army cds overstruck with Southampton arrival, both with Penny Stars strip of 3 with '19' or '48' cancels of the GPO London. (16) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2000

PSE

Selection including 1852 stampless trans-Atlantic entire with '48' & '38/CENTS' handstamps, 1855 lettesheet with unusual London (?) duplex, 1881 complete 24pp quarto Christian paper 'Word and Work' to Cape of Good Hope with 1d lilac (a bit fragile with minor faults), 1891 ½d Postal Card for Royal Naval Exhibition with Eddystone Lighthouse illustration & cds, 1897 Eason & Son ½d Wrapper with unusual cds used on newspapers to Ireland, 1899 with boxed 'Found open and/resealed at Birmingham' handstamp, 1906 1d Postal Card to Constantinople with 'ORIENT EXPRESS' handstamp on the reverse, 1908 Post Early for Christmas Liverpool cds & two different Manchester machines, etc, generally fine to very fine. (22 + a few modern) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2001

1633 Scottish entire simply-addressed to "Esq [? French ?] George Woode", the letter difficult to decipher but dated "Musselburgh/11 July/1633" (or possibly "1603") & perhaps referring to a debt owed, the whole reversed & addressed to "The right honbl son &...belovit/brother in the Lord Mr Patrick/...Minist of Christs Eban/gell at Selkirk" with a further undecipherable letter, two scraps of musical notations in the margins and "In my defence/God me defend", extensive ironed-out creasing & the panels rejoined, one side with some heavy soiling still a presentable & intriguing relic.

Grade (C) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2002

1658 (Christmas Eve) Scottish letter headed "St Ninians Decr 24 1658" listing members of the "prbzie [= "presbytery?] of Stirling", several of whom were intimitely involved in the trials that year of the twelve so-called Witches of Alloa, extensive ironed-out creasing & an internal repair. [St Ninian introduced Christianity to Scotland in the 5th century] From the 1560s, James VI (laterJames I of England) launched persecutions of witches. The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597, resulted in some 400 prosecutions & more than 200 deaths. Much of the persecution was undertaken by the Calvinist (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland, that emerged in the 1560s. It is notable that the infamous Salem Witch Trials in America took place only in 1692-1693.

Grade (C) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$950.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2003

L/D

1685 Somerset entire headed "North Moor Jun 28th 85" & signed "H Bryce", addressed "These for Sr Edmond WarCupp/att Mrs [Baffs ?] In Crown Court In Chancery Lane London", rated "2" & with light but clear 'IV/30' Bishop Mark arrival backstamp, part of the reverse missing, despite extensive ironed-out creasing & significant internal repairs the contents remain wholly legible. The letter refers to the Monmouth Rebellion: "...this rogueish rebellion allarunduss wch God grant be suddenly ruined...I purpose...to put my selfe in a posture to serve ye King, & repaire to my Ld Duke of Beaufort..." A rebellion against James II, a Catholic, lead by his illegitimate nephew James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, began 11.6.1685 & ended in defeat on 6.7.1685. A very fine copy of the 2pp 'Act to Attaint James Duke of Monmouth of High Treason' is included: he was beheaded on 15.7.1685. Edmund Warcup was a lawyer & magistrate, and an anti-Catholic zealot. The lot also includes a 1681 6pp anti-Papist tract (minor staining) '...The History of Popery' published by Langley Curtis towards the end of the fictitious conspiracy known as the Popish Plot. (3 items)

Grade (B)-A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2004

1686 Oxfordshire entire headed "woodstock Decemr ye 9 1685" and signed "Jonathan Hubbald", to his brother "These for/Mr Edward Hubballe/Clarke in the Tower/with Care/London", the letter refers to Edward financially supporting Jonathan & their mother, requesting that he "...send to my mother 30s [= 30/-] by wooley of hamton...[and]...I will pay you againe before Easter" & refers to the ancient hotel "...ye blue bell in holburn" [= the 'Blue Bell Inn' at Holborn, later the 'Old Bell'], some soiling but wholly legible. [Hubbald/Hubballe/Hubble is not listed as a Keeper of the Records at the Tower of London. However, he may have filled the position during the transfer of the role from Algernon May to Robert Brady in 1686]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2005

1687 provincial legal letter (from Devon?) headed "March 22th 87" & signed "Bourchier Wrey" addressed "To Mr Charles Orchard att his Chamber in Lyons Inn near the Temple London", rated "3" with light but fine Bishop Mark 'MR/25' arrival backstamp, quite fine with only minor soiling. [Sir Bouchier Wrey from North Devon was an MP & noted duellist who nearly died after a duel in 1694, lingering for another two years. Founded in 1583, Lyons Inn of Chancery was one of the smallest Inns. According to Wikipedia, "By the time it was dissolved in 1863, it was inhabited by only the worst lawyers"!]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2006

1695 provincial entire dated "march 24th 94/5" !? & signed "John Medz", addressed "These for Mr William Crossfeild att his House in Clouthe Fayre [= cloth fair] in Smythfeild London", rated "2" with large-part Bishop's Mark arrival backstamp of 'MR/25', the letter relates to monies owing & states "...I hope About midsomers to pay you all ye Interest dew..." [Cloth Fair, in early times a drapers' market, is a minor street in Smithfield, home to the oldest house in the City of London]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2007

1703 mercantile entire headed "Amsterdm 25 Aug 1703" & signed "Jacobus van cassell" addressed "Ffor Mr John Aylward/Merchant/London" rated "8" & endorsed "PPd" at lower-left, largely superb Bishop Mark of 'SE/4' arrival backstamp, the letter in English but a rough hand, accounting on the reverse for "freight" "carryadge" "celleradge" & a fee "for changeing from ship to ship", ironed-out filing fold & some soiling. Bishop Marks on mail from overseas are scarce. [The addressee is probably the merchant John Aylward, a batch of whom early 18th century letters are held at Arundel Castle]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2008

1708 tiny legal entire headed "Ego [= Edingboro] 19 May 1708" & signed "SS Veitche" (?), to "The Lord of Barnelongr [??]/.../Dumfries", rated "2" but without any postal markings, the letter apparently in Scottish English is difficult to decipher, quite fine. [The Illustration is above lot 2006]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2009

1915-18 WWI covers with 'Censored/KARAPARA' cachet in violet overstruck with London slogan, or superb 'HOSPITAL SHIP KARAPARA' h/s in blue, opened a little roughly, also 20.9.1915 cover to Victoria with Egyptian stamp & enclosed letter from an Aussie medic on the ship.at Lemnos; and a reproduction photo of the ship. [The letter praises the facilities on the ship but finishes "...We despise Tommies and Frenchmen. They have let us down on more than one occasion..."] (5 items)

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

Hong Kong

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2010

Useful range to QEII noted 1876 28c on 30c SG 21, 1880 5c on 8c SG 23, 1891 Postal Fiscals $5 on $10 SG F9, 1904 KEVII $2 SG 87, 1912 KGV $10 SG 116, condition is mixed, plus 1997 Yearbook. Also New Zealand 2004 & 2005 Yearbooks and Lord of the Rings "The Trilogy Collection". Weighs 4kg. (140+ book) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2011

1997-2008 unmounted mint collection all inscribed 'HongKong, China' reasonably complete with a little minor duplication, includes sheetlets & M/Ss, Lunar New Year issues, definitives, show issues, values to HK$50, lots of thematic interest, condition very fine, stated Cat £1275. (few 100s)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$360.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2012

1935 Silver Jubilee 3c ultramarine & grey-black with Lightning Conductor on Chapel Roof SG 133c, well centred, hinge remainder, Cat £375.

Grade A- B1 (Image1) (Image2)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

2013

REVENUES: Stamp Duty including 1867 3c 50c & $1, KEVII to $1.50 including 'FIVE CENTS' on 10c & KGV to $5; and Bill of Exchange array with various 'B of E' Handstamps & Overprints including KGV to $3 & KGVI to $25, generally fine to very fine. Very colourful. (92)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

Hungary

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2014

Extensive collection to 2005 with 1871 set of 6 to 25k dull lilac, many other early issues including complete sets, 1931 Graf Zeppelin duo used, 1932 Madonna & Child set of 4 used plus 1933 Airs set mint, various imperf issues through the 1950s-60s plus some mini-sheets, and the usual CTO material, from 1985 onwards appears to be mainly unmounted mint. (1000s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

India

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2015

O/D

REVENUES: Mounted collection of mostly KGV to KGVI issues plus four unused Provisional Surcharges on QV to 12a on 20r, some post-Independence material, noted values to 20r with some overprinted for use in specific States, also a bundle of Revenue Printed Paper including 'GOVERNMENT OF BURMA' KGV 8a 1r 2r 5r & 10r, some of the documents written in native script including one with a series of thumb-prints in lieu of signatures, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Fascinating material. (100s) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

FEUDATORY STATES

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2016

O/D

Mounted collection of mostly Court Fee stamps from a multitude of States from the grand to the insignificant (including the unintentionally humorous Drohl State) including some overprinted for use in other Statelings, numerous Rupees types with denominations to 100r, mostly locally produced with some very crude emissions but also some impressively large & elaborate types and a veritable pantheon of rulers from wizened old grandees to children barely out of jewel-encrusted nappies, the odd handstamped issue including several humungous ones; also a bundle of Revenue Printed Paper including some with very impressive headers; condition variable but generally above-average for this class of material, massive Koeppel & Manners catalogue value. A marvellous lot from one of those collecting fields that offers tremendous scope for modest outlays. (1500+ ?) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45)

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Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$1,900.00
Closing..Sep-20, 08:00 PM

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