ARMY PIGEON SERVICE MESSAGE FORMS: Two unused forms ex "Army Book 418.". In pristine condition.
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MISCELLANY INC. EXPRESS NEWSPAPER EDITOR MAIL: 1925-1938 group of covers letter cards, maps, etc. Inc. 15 May 1925 red express env. produced for Newspaper Editors printed with "CORRESPONDENCE. IMPORTANT./SPECIAL NIGHT BOX", sent from South Africa to GB during Prince Edward's Royal Tour of South Afri
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SEAHORSE 2s-6d SINGLE-FRANKING ON EXPRESS RAILWAY AIR SERVICES COVER; Attractive 30 Nov. 1934 env. to Wick with KGV Seahorse 2s-6d tied by "WILTON ROAD HUDSONS PLACE/S.W.1" cds and the boxed "RAS/3D PA[ID]" hs, having the Highland Airways 1st Flight label on reverse signed by the Pilot; carried on t
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KGV FRANKED AIRMAILS TO SOUTH AMERICA: 1936-39 group of covers on written-up display pages inc. 1939 env. (some foxing) to Brazil franked 2/6d Seahorse + 1/- tied by Southampton machine cancel with fine red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST/[airplane]/EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA" hs; 1939 printed env. to Chile franked 2/6d
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PRE- AND POST-WWII GB KGVI AIRMAILS: 1937-52 group containing PC rates, British Islands flights, etc. inc. Dec. 1950 Christmas 'Drop Mail' env. (one of four examples) flown from Kinross to the weather ship 'Weather Explorer' 200 miles south of Iceland, signed by pilot WCom Holgate DFC with purple ov
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KGVI AIR CRASH MAIL: Scarce 1938-53 group of covers inc. 7 Feb. 1938 env. to Tunisia ex GB franked ½d + two other missing adhesives, with "ACCIDENT D'AVION/Correspondances recueilliesealler/NE PAS TAXER" hs at bottom. This cover was carried on Loire et Olivier F-ANPB 'Ville de Bone' piloted by P Bur
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EMPIRE AIRS - TEST & TRIAL FLIGHTS, P.O. LEAFLETS, ETC.: 1937 group of covers & leaflets inc. 5 Jan. printed env. to Australia ex GB between offices of "W.J. Bush & Co. Ltd", franked 2/6d for the 1/3d per oz rate (1/-+1/-+6d) each perfinned by "WJB" initials, with Air Mail label affixed, sent prior
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EMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 1 TO SOUTH AFRICA: 1937-9 group of covers inc. 26 June 1937 env. to Sudan ex Liverpool franked 1½d, with ms "First flight/of unsurcharged/airmail service" at top left and "June 26 1937/GT BRITAIN TO AFRICA/First unsurcharged airmail" at centre, with purple slogan pmk for Imperial
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EMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 2 TO MIDDLE-EAST & AFRICA: 1937-8 group of covers & cards inc. 20 Feb. 1938 1½d P.Stat. env. to Bahrain ex Newport, an Intermediate stop on the First Flight from London to Bahrain, bearing slogan pmk publicising the 1½d per ½oz rate on reverse; 1 Mar. 1938 env. to Sutton Coldfiel
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EMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 2 TO/FROM SMALLER COUNTRIES INC. CEYLON, TIBET, SEYCHELLES, CHINA, HONG KONG, ETC.: 1938 group of covers inc. 19 Feb. env. ex Sutton Coldfield to Ceylon redirected to Kolahina flown aboard the first 'All-Up' flight to Ceylon, with typed "First "All-Up"/Empire Air Mail Scheme/and
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EMPIRE AIRS - STAGE 2 TO INDIA & MALAY STATES: 1938-9 group inc. 30 Aug. 1939 1½d P.Stat. env. to India ex Seaford, sent shortly before the outbreak of WWII (possibly the last flight to reach its destination at 1½d per ½oz rate), with censor tape applied to top and purple triangle "PASSED/CENSOR/4/K
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EMPIRE AIRS STAGE 3 - PACIFIC ISLANDS, PERAK, IRAQ, KUWAIT, ETC.: 1937-9 group of covers inc. 28 July 1938 first flight envs. to New Hebrides/Banks Islands with typed "PER FIRST ENGLAND AUSTRALIA AIR-MAIL/AT THREE HALFPENCE" at top right, each with boxed "RETOUR/A L'ENVOYEUR" hs's & New Hebrides rec
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EMPIRE AIRS STAGE 3 - AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND: 1938/9 group of covers & PCs inc. 26 June 1938 env. to Malvern, Australia ex GB franked 10d + 5d, with ms "ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA/FIRST SERVICE BY FLYING BOAT/ALL THE WAY" in ink with accompanying newspaper clipping about the flight; another env. carried abo
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1850 2d VIOLET BLUE - LATE IMPRESSION wide margined horizontal pair [8-9] with "81" numeral cancellations. Rare so fine.
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1850-51 3d DEEP YELLOW GREEN BLUISH PAPER: A horizontal used pair [1 - 2] neatly cancelled with oval barred cancellations, close to large margins. Sound. [Ex Spink 2004].
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1882 PROVISIONAL ISSUE ON COVER: 3 Nov 1886 env. (faults) from Demerara to "Cooeroo Demerara River", bearing 1882 type-set 1c magenta pair(SG type 26, one stamp defective at right), each cancelled with a double ring ds with ms "Please do not/attempt to remove/Stamps" at top left. Marked in blue "sta
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1882 1c MAGENTA VARIETY: A mint 1882 1c magenta with "SPECIMEN" double inverted, both are incomplete strikes. Also a used normal example. Fine SG 162 var. (2) Cross Reference: PERFINS, SPECIMENS
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1860-63 NO WATERMARK - IMPRIMATURS, ETC.: 6d green and 1/- buff, close to good margined imprimaturs; also 9d dull purple overprinted "CANCELLED", thinned. [Ex Jaffe]. (3)
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1863-72 CROWN CC WATERMARK - IMPRIMATURS: 1d brown, 4d rose, 6d dull violet, 9d yellow-green, 1/- orange, and 5/- mauve. Fine. Also 4d rose overprinted "SPECIMEN". A scarce group. [Ex Jaffe]. (7)
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1899-1915 SMALL SELECTION: 1899 5/- vertical pair with punched holes used on Publican's application for a licence. A pair with repaired holes cancelled in ms (partially cleaned to give the appearance as mint) and a single with fiscal cancellation. 1899 Waterlow 3d, 6d & 1/- used plus a similar trio
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1980 OFFICIALS - SPECIALISED USED COLLECTION OF TWO PRINTERS inc. Bradbury Wilkinson 10c to 80 c vertical pairs, 50c block of 17 on piece, 1/- block of nine, 2/- block of six and 5/- pair. Waddingtons 50c block of eight and strip of three, 1/- block of six, 1s 50 control block of six, 2/- block of s
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1841 IMPERFS. & MISCELLANY OF LATER LINE-ENGRAVED: 1843-73 set of ELs & envs. inc. a block of 4 + pair of 1d reds on piece tied by MXs and a pair of 2d blues on piece tied by diamond "17" barred numerals with slits cut between the stamps for easy separation; 1843 EL ex Killucan to Dublin franked 1d
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LATE QV MIX INC. EARLY PARCEL POSTS: 1886-1903 group inc. large piece with large label "BOOKS. WITH CARE" franked block of 6 x 1d lilacs tied by "LONDON" roller cancels with large red boxed "COACH/ROAD BORNE/LB" & "PARCEL [crown] POST/LUDGATE CIRCUS/EC (LOZ)/X LIST DESIGNATION E.C. 18./24 JAN 1896/[
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c1911 RARE EXPERIMENTAL PERFORATIONS: A piece of Crown sideways watermarked gummed paper (5½" x 11") headed "Experimental Perforations/of watermarked paper for Postage Stamps/"Gauge of Perforation 16/Diameter .. .. .. .032"/Direction Vertical". A small number of divided perforations and a little
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1912 BROMIDE OF MACKENNAL'S LAUREL & OAK LEAF DESIGN: A bromide (62 x 67 mm) of the Mackennal laurel and oak leaf design with the centre removed to allow different heads to be inserted, eventually the correct proportions of head to frame were achieved using this "push me, pull you" model. Rare.
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1912 1d COIL STAMPS: 11 March 1929 env. from Avonmouth to Denmark bearing ½d green and two vertical Kermode vending machine coil 1d reds (both off centre, and with jagged perfs. at top). Scarce.
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1948 £1 BROWN COMPLETE SHEET: £1 'Arms' type umm sheet of 40. Vertical crease through middle perforations, else very fine. SG 478c £1000.
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1948 £1 ROYAL SILVER WEDDING SHEET: £1 blue umm complete sheet of 20. Very fine. SG 494 £800.
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1948 £1 ROYAL SILVER WEDDING OPTD "CANCELLED" WITH PUNCHED HOLES: £1 blue umm overprinted "CANCELLED" (type 34, SG Qcom11t) with three 5mm punched holes, plus ordinary marginal stamp for comparison.
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1951 £1 BROWN COMPLETE SHEET WITH RE-ENTRY: £1 'FESTIVAL' type (SG 512) umm sheet of 40 with re-entry of "DIEU" in R5.1 & R5.4 (SG Spec. Q38a), plus other unlisted re-entries. Horizontal crease through middle perforations, else very fine. SG £2010+.
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c1870-1937 SMALL GROUP inc. 1d plate number (7, inc. a pair) with small punched holes of various shapes. 1869 2d plate 13 strip of four OG-OJ with diagonal "TRAVERS" perfins. 25 April 1879 ½d postcard from Hull to Antwerp with "T. W. S/& Co" perfin of Thos Wilson, Sons & Co. 1937 1½d block of four w
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1980 STEPHENSON'S ROCKET COVER: 23 April 1980 env. from S. Kensington carried on the vehicle carrying Stevenson's Rocket when it went from the science museum London to Liverpool in commemoration of the Rainhill trials of 1830. Only 3 or 4 examples carried.
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TRIO TO CRIMEA, FINLAND & P.E.I.: 1856 env. addressed to "Lieut Col J Miller Adye CB" (later Governor of Gibraltar) in the Royal Artillery in the Crimea franked 1d red tied by fine diamond "38" Too Late duplex with fine red boxed "Return'd for/[ms] 3 Postage" hs adjacent; 1856 EL to Finland charged
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THREE INTERESTING COVERS: 26 March 1903 printed "Anglo-Swiss Cond. Milk Co" 1d stationery env. uprated with 2½d "A S C M C" perfin and used from London to Basle. 13 Feb. 1903 illustrated People newspaper env. bearing ½d & 1d "PEOPLE" perfins used from London to Sleaford. 2 Oct. 1925 printed EL with
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VERY RARE RED 'HONOUR' ENVELOPES USED FROM F.P.O.s 152 & D.32 IN FRANCE: 28 June & 12 Dec. 1915 usage of the rare long red "A.F. A. 2043" Honour envelope (addressed & countersigned) to Woolwich or London with very fine 2-ring "FIELD POST OFFICE/152" (51st Highland Division) or "FIELD POST OFFICE/D.3
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VERY SCARCE EXPRESS MAIL, PLUS REPLY PAID CARDS, ETC.: 1875-1901 set of P. Stat. PCs inc. 1901 ½d green PC uprated 2½d Jubilee sent Express locally in Lowestoft, underpaid by ½d which may have been recorded on the P.O. E.E. form, fine & scarce item; pair of ½d + ½d printed Reply Paid PCs (inland use
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COACH ROUTE ACROSS ULVERSTON SANDS, RETURNED MAIL, ETC.: A small set of 1807-46 mail on display pages inc. 1807 or 1835 ELs carried by coach across Ulverston Sands, 1807 EL with "ULVERSTONE" mileage mark, along with modern colour print of coach & map of route and contemporary engraving of coach; 184
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KEVII & KGV FRANKED MIX: 1903-36 accumulation of display pages of items franked with KEVII or KGV stamps inc. 1903 'AR' form posted in Manchester to the Imperial German Consulate; a fascinating underpaid 1903 env. to Japan with 9 'Advertising' notes attached as the addressee could not be found (with
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