GREAT BRITAIN continued...
Postal History - General & Miscellaneous Lots continued...
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Estimate in AU$'s |
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 KEVII frankings commercial mail including ½d on miniature envelope to France, 1903 covers to France with hooded CDS '47 CANNON ST
BO/L1D' or 'LONDON/L3D' 1907 PPC to Japan with two local redirection labels, 1905 & 1906 redirected covers with 'NICHT ABGEHOLT/NON RECLAME' OR 'UNISERANNT/INCONNU' imperf labels, 1907 ½d solo 'Per Book Post' to NSW, 1905 double rate to France with
5d solo, 1907 marvellous 'Waide & Sons' advertising envelope to Finland with illustrations on both sides. Express covers domestic x2 (both soiled), 1908 to Germany and 1910 express postcard to Belgium (Rare; our vendor paid £150), Franco-British
Exhibition PPC from the exhibition to China, 1903 linen-lined cover to Uruguay with ½d, 2½d pair and 1/- (cat £220+ on cover) paying 2½d x7, '3IMR/30' cover for last day of valid use of KEVII stamps, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very
fine.
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Estimate AU$800
Currently Opening at...AU$600.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 KEVII Registered Mail group including 1902 to Colombia with KEVII 2½d blue plus QV Jubilee 2d green & red and 5d purple & blue,
1904 large envelope to USA with 1/- green & red (SG 257; Cat £175 on cover) solo, 1905 long envelope to USA with 'LATE FEE 4D' boxed handstamp and 2d green & red, 4d green & brown and 5d purple & blue, 1906 to Germany with ½d green and 4d green &
brown and 'R/Fee Paid' blue/white perforated label, 1907 correspondence postcard to Portugal with 1d red x3 tied London 'CHANCERY LANE B.O./W.C.' cds, 1907 with large blue/white blank R label tied by 'LISNARICK/IRVINESTOWN S.O./CO. FERMANAGH' Irish
rubber cds in violet re-directed & returned undeliverable, 1908 & 1911 'Advice of Delivery' forms each with 2d green & red solo, 1909 correspondence postcard to Portugal with 1d red x3, 1909 Wrapper KEVII ½d green to Germany with ½d green, 1d red &
6d violet added, 1909 to Greece with 6d violet solo and Greek blue/white currency censor wafer seal, 1909 to the Netherlands with 7d grey (SG 249; Cat £200 on cover) solo, 1910 to Switzerland with 2½d blue solo for ½d printed matter rate plus 2d
registration fee, 1911 Registration Envelope 3d brown to Germany with ½d green, 1d red and 10d purple & red (SG 254; Cat 225 on cover) added tied 'LEECE ST/LIVERPOOL' cds, 1912 to Iraq with 2d green & red and 2½d blue, 1913 'War Office, London'
picture postcard to Germany with 5d purple & blue solo, etc, condition a little variable but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 KGV Frankings 1918-37 Postal Rates study on annotated display pages from 1918 (June 2) envelope hand-made from pages of 'Ladies
Field' magazine stamped 'Made by Disabled Soldiers' with ½d green pair used on the last day of 1d inland rate, 1918 duplicate registered letter service to USA with 9d agate solo (stated to be one of only 14 examples recorded; closed tears across
face), 1918 'RECEIVED FROM H.M. SHIP/NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED' with ½d green x4 added and forwarded registered, 1918 2d orange paying registration fee only on envelope from Field Post Office 'H.13', 1919 Marconi 'Ocean Letter' registered at Liverpool,
1919 Fermoy, Ireland to London with 1½d for letter rate plus 6d for express fee, 1919 registered to Dundee with '... diverted from the usual route ... unsuitable for transfer by the Mail Apparatus' label, 1921 Registration Envelope 4d blue insured to
Germany with ½d & 1/- added, 1922 express to Germany with 9d agate solo, 1922 to Austria "Poste Restante" with 3d solo for the short-lived 3d foreign letter rate not collected and Postage Due 5kr blue cancelled, 1922 Registration Envelope 4½d red
Glasgow to London with 'POSTED OUT/OF COURSE' handstamp, '3d.' tax cachet and Postage Due 3d affixed, 1923 (Sept) usage of Stamped-to-Order Envelope 3d violet to Germany with inspector's mark indicating ½d over-payment to be refunded, 1924 inwards
registered from India re-directed to France with 1d red added, 1925 Registration Envelope 4½d red insured to Germany with 2d, 1/- & Seahorses 2/6d added, 1925 Registration Envelope 4½d carmine with ½d green, 1½d brown x3 & 4d green pair added to Iraq
endorsed "Per Overland Desert Mail", 1929 SS 'Polonia' multi-coloured lettercard to Denmark with UPU 2½d blue solo plus a few other illustrated advertising envelopes, etc, other destinations include Australia, Canary Islands, Egypt, South Africa,
Sweden, Switzerland & USA many being uprated Postal Stationery usages, also original 'POSTAL RATES' notices x3, condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$600
Currently Opening at...AU$460.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 KGV-period commercial mail with better frankings including booklet stamps with tabs, Wembleys, PUCs including 1½d x5 registered to
Germany, Printed Matter, a few large parcel pieces, Express domestic & to Germany, instructional handstamps, some excellent illustrated advertising, destinations including Ecuador redirected to Chile, Estonia x2, to General Birdwood "Northern
Army/Rawal Pindi", New Hebrides registered, "Kopenhagen Norway"!, Persia x2 (one addressed in Farsi & registered), wrapper to Southern Rhodesia, Turks & Caicos (philatelic), etc, condition variable but most of the better items are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 KEVIII frankings group including Voice Recording packet to USA with 1½d solo, registered from Dundee to London "Posted out of
Course" with 3d Postage Due, postcard to Austria with 1d and 1½d pair from booklet with advertising labels, envelope from El Salvador redirected to France with 1d added, Boosey & Hawkes envelope to Guernsey with 1½d 'B&H' commercial perfin redirected
to Jersey, Thunderstorm Report postcard with 1d solo, KGV 1½d Letter Card airmail to Germany uprated with 2d, other taxed & late fee items, censored mail noted to Spain with 'VIVA ESPANA' handstamp, Canal Zone stationery envelope back to Balboa with
1d affixed over the original value indicium, airmails to Hong Kong with 'ABERYSTWYTH- SHREWSBURY' sorting carriage cds and 'K2' postmen's chop, to Jamaica, to "Brunei, North Borneo" returned undeliverable, and airmail postcards to Australia,
Palestine, Hungary, Italy (taxed with postage due) and Southern Rhodesia, two 1d bisects used to make 1½d local rates one taxed, illustrated advertising envelopes, a couple of Paquebot usages, plus various FDCs & "Abdication Day" envelopes, etc,
condition generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 KGVI frankings mostly commercial mail with several KGVI/KGV combinations, eight with booklet stamps with attached labels, 1938
insured registered manuscipt "AR" to Czechoslovakia with 'CENSUROVANO' cachet, 1938 postcard to Spain with Civil War censor cachet, 1939 registered to Palestine and to Venezuela, 1940 registered to Australia with boxed 'RELEASED BY/CENSOR' cachet,
1940 registered air to Switzerland with light 'NO SERVICE/...' cachet, 1944 registered air to Argentina, 1944 registered from Free Czech Forces, 1946 printed matter to Uganda, five Express items including commercial registered parcel tag, plus three
1960s covers, six illustrated advertising covers, etc, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$750
Currently Opening at...AU$575.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
Postal History - Single Lots & Small Groups
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
Lot Description |
Estimate in AU$'s |
| 2276 |
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 1797 (July 5) entire to "Royal Bank" Edinburgh rated "2/-" with a very fine complete strike of the scarce London 'JULY/5/97' boxed
(first type) late fee paid marking in black on the reverse, Scottish 'JY/6' Bishop Mark arrival in red alongside, light vertical file fold. The rate was triple 8d letter plus 6d late fee paid separately. Graham Hayward states that this is the
earliest recorded date of Britain's first late fee paid marking. Barrie Jay's similar example of 'AUG/9/97' - described as "barely a month after its introduction" - sold in 2000 for £345. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1817 (Dec 27) outer to "His Excellency, The Marquis of Hastings, Calcutta", India with London despatch backstamp rated "1/2"[d]
ship letter rate, largely very fine 'INDIA SHIP LETTER/GPO/LONDON' large crowned double-ring datestamp at upper left and similar strike of the scarce Foreign Office 'PUT IN AFTER 7 oCLOCK/AT NIGHT' scroll handstamp at upper-right with double-lined
star supervisor's mark below on the face, a couple of light folds, minor edge faults & small part of the reverse missing slightly affecting the London despatch cds. Graham Hayward states that this was the only type of late marking employed by the
Foreign Office, and is recorded used 1815-1817 only. A very similar item - the strikes of equivalent quality - sold at a London auction in 2005 for £500+. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1825 (Nov 1) entire from Bruges, Netherlands with light but legible 'BRUGGE' single-line handstamp on the face, to "The Right Rev'd
The Lord Bishop of Norwich, Norfolk" rated "1/11"[d] at upper-left with London Foreign Post Office 'F P O /NO 7/1825' transit on the way to Norfolk, re-directed back to London with large 'A' in black and large 'L' in red on the face both on the face
to advise of re-addressing & delay, largely very fine complete strike of the scarce London 'TOO LATE for/MORNG POST' boxed handstamp and '12.NOON.12/NO.9/1825' double-oval datestamp both in red on the reverse, small piece missing alongside the seal
not affecting the markings and a few minor blemishes. Written up in the London Postal History Group 'Notebook' Number 165, December 2006. [After the Belgian Uprising of 1830, Bruges became part of the newly-formed country of Belgium]. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1830 (Dec 29) entire to "Miss Stewart, care of Major Stewart, Resident Hidrabad, East Indias" with London 'PAID' tombstone cancel
on the face and largely very fine complete 'POST PAID SHIP LT/LONDON' crowned datestamp in red alongside, worn but legible strike of 'MADRAS/11MY11/1831/SHIP LETTER' oval arrival datestamp in black on the reverse, light aging and a few minor edge
faults with non-contemporary "No9" annotation on the face. Interesting contents congratulating the receiver of her father's appointment as Resident, talking of the health of family back in England, even mentioning how her daughter's Hindi is
improving! The Princely State of Hyderabad had signed an agreement for British protection in 1798, and the British East India Company exerted considerable influence through its Resident. Very early mail to a non-British India destination. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1833 (Nov 26) folded entire printed notice from Calcutta, India to London advising suspension of payments including "... it is the
best course for all to place our concerns under the management of the Insolvent Court" with largely fine 'CALCUTTA/G.P.O./SHIP LETTER/8 DE 8/1833' boxed datestamp on the reverse and light but clear 'INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH' boxed handstamp on the
face, redirected to Scotland with the original "2/1"[d] rating crossed out and replaced with "2/4"[d] and largely very fine 'POSTAGE TO LONDON/NOT PAID' boxed handstamp in black on the face, Scottish '½'[d] wheel tax handstamp and largely very fine
'GLASGOW/PENNY POST' two-line handstamp also on the face with '23' boxed cachet in red and '5 MAY/1834' arrival on the reverse, a little light soiling. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (May 14) envelope to Hillsborough, Ireland with QV Line-Engraved 1d grey-black SG 3 Plate 3 [KL] (margins close to large
except cut-into at base; GB Specialised Cat from £3250+ for on-cover usage in the second week of issue of the Penny Black) tied by Maltese Cross cancel in red with very fine 'LIVERPOOL/MY 14/1840/ K ' despatch backstamp in red, largely very fine
'MISSENT/TO/BIRMINGHAM' double-oval handstamp on the face, Birmingham & Dublin transit backstamps in red and superb 'HILLSBORO/MY17/1840' (Sunday) arrival cds in black on the reverse, a few minor blemishes. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (June 1) large-part outer to Norfolk with QV Line-Engraved 1d black SG 2 Plate 3 [EE] (margins close to large; GB Specialised
Cat £1000 on cover) tied by a largely very fine complete Maltese Cross cancel in red and unusually also by a similar strike of 'Too Late' script handstamp in red, London Local Posts 'Cannon St East' single-line handstamp in black at upper-left and
partial London '1 JU [1]/1840' transit backstamp, light horizontal file fold clear of the adhesive & markings. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (June 18) usage of Postal Stationery Mulready 1d black letter sheet sealed with a very fine 'B' embossed wafer in red, to
Ireland with London Local Posts 'Cromer St' single-line handstamp in blue on the face, London Maltese Cross cancel in red on the face & datestamp on the reverse, on arrival very fine to superb 'BELFAST/JU20/1840/LATE' unframed cds in black applied on
the reverse to indicate that the item was received too late for that day's delivery, a couple of very minor blemishes. Graham Hayward states that this is the only example of the 'LATE' datestamp he had seen used on incoming mail (as opposed to its
normal use as a 'too late' marking on outgoing mail). (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (July 7) outer to London with QV Line-Engraved 1d black SG 2 [IB] (margins large to just cut-into at base; Cat £625 on cover)
tied by light Maltese Cross cancel in red with fine 'STOKE' despatch cds in red on the reverse, endorsed "Pd 1d extra" at upper-left with "1"[d] manuscript rating mark in red both on the face indicating payment of the late fee in cash, London
Tombstone arrival of the next day in red unusually applied on the face also tying the stamp, light folds & minor edge faults not affecting the adhesive. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$200
Currently Opening at...AU$150.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (Oct 22) entire to Halifax with QV Line-Engraved 1d black SG 2 [RC] (margins close to large; Cat £625 on cover) tied by light
Maltese Cross cancel in red with very fine 'MANCHESTER' despatch cds in red on the reverse where equally very fine 'PL' ornate oval handstamp in red applied on the face, light horizontal file fold not affecting the adhesive. Graham Hayward states
that the 'PL' handstamps used at Manchester & Liverpool are considered to indicate "Paid Late" (the late fee presumably paid in cash), although no Post Office records detailing their use have survived. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (Oct 23) entire to Walsall, Staffordshire with QV Line-Engraved 1d black SG 2 Plate 3 [CB] (margins close to large; GB
Specialised Cat £1000 on cover) tied by slightly untidy Maltese Cross cancel in red with very fine 'SUTTON/COLDFIELD' two-line handstamp in black alongside, largely very fine 'BIRMINGHAM' semi-circular datestamp in red on reverse, a couple of minor
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Estimate AU$500
Currently Opening at...AU$380.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (Dec 8) folded entire Westminster Review printed notice to Shaftesbury with QV Line-Engraved 1d black SG 2 Plate 6 [LH]
(margins good at top & base, touching at upper-right & cut-into at left; GB Specialised Cat £775 on cover) tied by Maltese Cross cancel in red with London despatch backstamp and superb 'POSTED AFTER 6 OCLOCK AT NIGHT' double-lined boxed handstamp in
red on the face, a couple of minor annotations mostly on the reverse. Graham Hayward states that this is a scarce too late marking, as the closing time for the London mails was changed to 7pm from 1841, with an appropriately-inscribed handstamp
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Estimate AU$300
Currently Opening at...AU$230.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (Dec 16) entire including a Declaration of Bankruptcy to London with QV Line-Engraved 2d bright blue SG Plate 1 [EB] (margins
good to large) tied by very fine Maltese Cross cancel in bright red (GB Specialised Cat £3000 on cover), largely very fine 'STONE/DE16/1840' despatch backstamp and London arrival of the next day alongside, light file fold clear of the adhesive &
markings. Very attractive combination of colours. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$1,000
Currently Opening at...AU$750.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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 1840 (Dec 21) outer to Bardon with QV Line-Engraved 1d -grey-black SG 3 Plate 6 [JA] (margins close to large; GB Specialised Cat
£775 on cover) tied by slightly untidy Maltese Cross cancel in red with 'TAUNTON' despatch cds on the face and fine complete 'TOO LATE' boxed handstamp on the reverse, light file folds clear of the adhesive. Graham Hayward states that this 'Too Late'
marking was issued to Taunton in 1829, and is recorded to 1843; here it shows extensive signs of wear with the frame largely missing.
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Estimate AU$400
Currently Opening at...AU$300.00
Closing..Mar-25, 05:30 PM |
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