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GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1840 1d intense black 'LE' plate 6 state 1, SG 2, used with 4 margins & red MC cancellation.

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Est. £80-120
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1523

GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1840 MATCHED PAIR. 1840 1d black ‘BH’ plate 5 and 1841 1d red-brown ‘BH’ plate 5, the 1d black with creasing.

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Est. £50-60
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1524

GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1840 MATCHED PAIR. 1840 1d black ‘EA’ plate 10 and 1841 1d red-brown ‘EA’ plate 10, both fine used with 3+ margins. Cat £1150.

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Est. £120-150
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GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1840 MAY DATE. 1840 (30 May) EL from Ware to London bearing 1d black 'JF' plate 1a with 4 neat margins tied by 2 strikes of the red Maltese Cross, on reverse Ware cds of 'MY 30 1840'. Very fresh and attractive. Spec A1(2)tj, cat from £2000.

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Est. £300-400
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GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1840/41 PLATE 11 MATCHED PAIR. 1840 1d greyish black 'FA' plate 11 and 1841 1d red-brown 'FA' plate 11, each finely used with 4 margins. The 1d black with pressed crease and the margin partially repaired / enhanced at low-right side (originally just touched the 'A' square), the 1d red-brown with small thin. Karl Louis certificate. Cat £4950.

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Est. £300-400
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GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1841 (18 Apr) ELS to Dundee bearing 1d black 'HC' plate 6 with 4 margins tied by distinctive ARBROATH Maltese Cross, with Abroath date stamp on reverse. Only one other 1d black with this cancellation is recorded (see Rockoff & Jackson).

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Est. £200-250
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GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1841 (28 Apr) 1d Mulready letter sheet sent from London to Baslow, Derbyshire with 1d black plate 10 with 4 close to huge margins tied by very fine black Maltese Cross, another strike cancels the Mulready and a framed 'MISSENT TO / DERBY' hand stamp alongside. Peripheral faults to the cover, cat £15,000 for a normal plate. RPSL certificate.

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Est. £1,500-2,000
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1529

GB.PENNY BLACKS - 1841 (3 Feb) EL from Woolwich to Newcastle on Tyne bearing 1d black ‘CL’ plate 8 with 4 margins just touching the top-left tip tied by upright red Maltese Cross cancellation. Folds and faults to cover.

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Est. £120-150
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GB.PENNY BLACKS - THE PLATING OF THE PENNY BLACK POSTAGE STAMP OF GREAT BRITAIN by Charles Nissen, 2008 republished edition.

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Est. £100-150
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - '1838 Early History of Post Office/gives specimens of early Postmarks' document in the hand of Herbert Joyce, third secretary of the Post Office, offered with a page from his book 'The History of the Post Office' showing examples of early Dockwra handstamps from the Hermitage and Bishopsgate Offices, as well as the time handstamps for 9 p.m. and 12 mid-day on Wednesday. Interestingly Henry Bishop is completely ignored with Dockwra being credited with the first Metropolitan Post. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive.

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Est. £50-70
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1785 – 1858 PRE-PAID COVERS COLLECTION of 12 items on album pages, note 1875 EL with both black and red Bishop marks, 1832 EL with ‘BRIGTON / Penny Post’ and framed ‘TO PAY 1d ONLY’ hand stamps, 1838 London to Sardinia with an array of different markings, 1839 two 4d post covers, much else. Clean.

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Est. £50-100
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1789 (20 Aug) letter from 'Honest' Daniel Braithwaite (the controller of the Post Office Foreign Department) to Lord Walsingham. Lord Walsingham, the Postmaster General had asked Braithwaite about the number of 'Lordships' he would introduce into a single letter. In the present one there are three. Braithwaite advises Walsingham that he has forwarded his letter to 'Mr. Todd' (Anthony Todd, secretary to the Post Office), who cannot come to Town following the death of Lord Lauderdale. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive.

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Est. £150-200
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1789 (5 Oct) letter headed 'General Post Office' from the Secretary of the Post Office, Anthony Todd, to the Postmaster General, Lord Walsingham, includes 'My Lord I am very much obliged to your Lordship for your letter of yesterday, and likewise for what you say of me to honest Braithwaite, and as I must desire to hold you to your kind promise of dining here on Wednesday. I cannot consent to the chop house dinner and have wrote Lord Westmorland accordingly'. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive, several pages of background information accompany.

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Est. £200-250
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1789 (5 Oct) letter from the Comptroller General of the Post Office, John Palmer (instigator of the British system of Mail Coaches), to the Postmaster General, Thomas de Grey, 2nd. Baron Walsingham. A fascinating personal letter commenting on his wife's illness and his children's education. Note: On 11 September 1789 Palmer was appointed surveyor and comptroller-general with a salary of £1,500 a year, his 2½% commission on the nett profit took effect on all revenue of the Post Office over £240,000. An exceptionally rare and important letter from this Postal Reformer. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive, several pages of background information accompany including a full transcript.

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Est. £500-600
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1790 (31 Mar) letter from R. Cumberland at Tunbridge-Wells, to the Postmaster General, Lord Walsingham, asking for the removal of the current postmaster, Mr. Jasper Sprange, to be replaced by William Knight, and giving, in some detail, his reasons including 'Mr Jasper Sprange, our Bookseller & Stationer, is our present postmaster. I have reason to believe his affairs are so circumstanc'd as to render it little likely that he can hold his employ...'. From the Herbert Joyce family archive. Joyce was the third secretary of the Post Office and in his 'The History of the Post Office' mentions James Sprange, the courtly old Postmaster, who up to the date of his last illness might be seen pacing the Pantiles scrupulously dressed in the costume of the reign of George the second, even to the long ruffles'. Several pages of background information accompany includes a full transcript.

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Est. £60-90
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1807 (9 May) letter in hand of Herbert Joyce, C.B, including 'The Mercantile world has long complained of the conduct of the post office… the abuses, the delays, the negligence and the extortions…', including extracts and articles in The Times. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive.

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Est. £30-45
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1820's - 1890's COLLECTION of 70+ covers in a bulging cover album, includes an extensive range of 1820's & 30's EL's with much from Colchester or Exeter, a selection of stampless covers (plus a few fronts), some bearing imperf & perf 1d reds, various paid cachets, Holboro cachet, 'Strand 1d Paid', 'Easdale Penny Post', 'Moorgate St 1d Paid', etc.

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Est. £120-150
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1825 (27 Sept) letter headed 'General Post Office' from Sir Francis Freeling, secretary of the post office & renowned postal reformer, to Freeling senior. Freeling writes a six page letter about a meeting he had with Mark Peacock, solicitor to the post office, concerning a bankrupt called Austin. He tells his father, 'It was a long business, I have bored you with a long statement which after all may be scarcely intelligible.' Later, Freeling writes, 'You will be amused with the enclosed cover from India…'. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive, author 'The history of the Post Office'.

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Est. £50-70
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1834 (20 Mar) letter from Francis Philips to the surveyor and superintendent of Mail Coaches, Charles Johnson. Francis Philips (1771-1850), a wealthy landowner and skilled road builder had built a new bridge over the Mersey, with eleven arches, an interesting letter includes 'I request the favour of your perusal of a pamphlet that I have been driven I may almost say by the very injudicious recommendation of the Lords committee on roads to publish in defence of Turnpike securities…'. Interestingly Johnson had been alongside the Prime Minister, Spencer Percival on 11 May 1812 when he was shot and soon after he died in Francis' arms. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive, author 'The history of the Post Office', much additional information including a full transcript accompanies.

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Est. £70-100
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1863 POSTAL NOTICE FOR REGISTERED MAIL. 'CAUTION. The Post Office cannot undertake the safe transmission of valuable enclosures (Coins, &c.), in unregistered letters. So sent, they are exposed to serious risk, but when registered they are practically safe. / The fee for registration on Inland letters has reduced from 6d to 4d. General Post Office, December, 1863.' Rare, and in nice condition.

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Est. £250-350
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1884 POSTAL STRIKES. 1884 (27 Nov, 5 Dec) two letters on embossed Treasury stationery from Ralph Lingen, 1st. Baron LIngen, to George Lefevre, 1st. Baron Eversley both concerning Postal strikes, with interesting contents including in the first '..I wish you would consider the feasibility of employing Military Pensioners, or even men of the reserve, as letter carriers.' 'We have more than once been threatened with strikes in the great commercial centres,' later 'In making any such proposals as these, the military authorities would have to be previously consulted. In all such schemes, I have found them ready enough for any promises that may tempt men to enlist, but sensitive on the side of tempting the best men out of the service. A reserve man could be kept in training by carrying letters: I never remember to have seen a corpulent postman'. The second letter also included 3 additional confidential letters from the London & North Western Railway. From the Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post Office) family archive, author 'The history of the Post Office', much additional information including a full transcript accompanies.

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Est. £150-200
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1888 four letters dated 24 September, 5 October, 17 and 18 December, from John Parnell, a print and bookseller, to the Postmaster General Henry Cecil Raikes, or to Herbert Joyce, third secretary to the Post Office, regarding prints or engravings of Cromwell's Postmaster General John Thurloe (appointed 1653). From the Herbert Joyce family archive, author 'The history of the Post Office', much additional information including transcripts.

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Est. £70-90
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1889 (22 Mar) letter from a John George Watts to the Secretary General of the Post Office, enquiring as to 'when General Post Letters ceased to be collected by Bell & Bag in the City of London…….', with a draft of the reply, dated 27 March, from Herbert Joyce (third secretary, Post office) saying that letters ceased to be collected by 'Bell & Bag' in 1846. Some interesting contents regarding the letter carriers extending credit to customers short of cash. From the Herbert Joyce family archive, author 'The history of the Post Office', with additional information including transcripts.

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Est. £50-60
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1889 three letters dated 9 May, 27 May and 14 September, from L & J Parnell, bookseller and Publisher, to the Postmaster General, Henry Cecil Raikes, offers various historical documents in his possession relating to the earlier mails including a 1683 printed account of the Penny Post, 1794 Post Office regulations, the Government Penny Post of 1863, etc. From the Herbert Joyce family archive, author 'The history of the Post Office', with additional information including transcripts.

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Est. £50-70
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GB. COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY - 1890 (9 June) letter from J.C. Badcock to Herbert Joyce, on embossed Post Office stationery, advising Joyce that 'Approximately, the number of horse vehicles in daily use for Mail Service on London is 542'. From the Herbert Joyce family archive, the retired 3rd Secretary of the Post Office and author 'The history of the Post Office' pub. 1893.

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Est. £30-40
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