PRIVATELY CARRIED INGOING/OUTGOING MAIL & LOCAL MAILS: 1760s to 1829 selection inc. 1764 EL ex Amsterdam, (no postal markings), 1764 commercial letter from Madeira to New York, plus several other 18th C. privately carried letters from overseas and internal mails mostly to or from wine merchants, inc mail from Jamaica. (18 covers) (Image)

PRE-STAMP MAIL INGOING TO MADEIRA, EX BR. GUIANA, DENMARK, GIBRALTAR, ETC. (NO GB): 1802-1857 group inc. 1827 EL ex Demerara to Madeira via London charged 10/4d, 1849 GPO London advice note requesting payment addressed to a Madeira wine merchant, 1825 heavy EL from Gibraltar to Madeira with ms "200" Postage due, three further letters from Gibraltar, one showing disinfection slit, 1806 EL from Copenhagen to Madeira via London with Foreign Office mark in black, etc., 1857 EL ex India from the mess Secretary of the 7th Madras Cavalry requesting "two pipes of your best old Madeira". (9) Cross Reference: DENMARK, GIBRALTAR (Image)

PRE-STAMP GROUP TO PORTUGAL: Includes 1814 EL to Lisbon with fair strike of first type "MADEIRA" s/l mark, 1834 E to Lisbon with v. fine 3rd type s/l mark, 1844 EL to London via Lisbon having s/l "MADEIRA" in an oval alongside British Postal Agency s/l "LISBON" mark; three further examples of Madeira in oval mark on 1849, 1852 & 1858 letters, the earliest also having scarce "PAGO/OPORTE" in double oval mark, etc. (6)Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image)

PRE-STAMP MAIL INGOING TO MADEIRA, MOSTLY EX GB, SOME HIGH RATES, ETC: c.1781-1860s range inc. group of six 1824 letters, all with pre-paid rates of over 10/-, 1841 EL from Leicester to Funchal with boxed "Returned for/Postage" mark and charged 1/10d, 1804 E from London with good double circle "FOREIGN OFFICE/84/1804" mark in red plus s/l "LISBOA" mark. Much wine related correspondence and a wide range of charge marks in evidence. (28 covers) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image)

PRE-STAMP MAIL TO FRANCE & GB: 1817-1866 group inc. 1817 EL to Lambeth with boxed "PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" mark (no Madeira marks), 1855 E to Le Havre having British PO double arc Madeira mark and boxed "COLONIES/De ART.13" mark in red, 1858 EL with very late example of British PO "PLYMOUTH PACKET LETTER" cds dated 8 Feb. 1858 plus several other letters displaying London "SHIP-LETTER" marks & accountancy marks type "GB/1F" (13 covers)Cross Reference: ACCOUNTANCY MARKS (Image)

1869-80 STAMPED COVER GROUP: Selection of covers to various destinations inc. Portugal, Spain, GB & USA. Frankings with various denominations of Portuguese issues optd. for Madeira. Includes 1869 env. bearing 25c rose to Cadiz, 25c on c.1873 env. to Lisbon, 50c blue on 1880 env. to New York & London, the latter cover with "Miles' Hotel" forwarding mark and two 1876 covers to London each franked with 50c green (one with faults). (6 covers) (Image)

LATE 19th C. MAIL INC. PROVISIONAL USE OF PORTUGUESE ISSUES, ETC: 1879-1896 selection inc. 1897 env. Funchal to London franked with Portugal 50c blue (due to a shortage of the optd. issues), 1881 env. Funchal to New York & 1883 env. to Denmark both franked 50r, 1890 env. to Cologne, 1894 env. to Berlin. Incoming mail from Portugal inc. 100r bisect on 1896 cover, etc. Attractive range of frankings. (23 covers) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image)

EARLY 20th C. MAIL COLLECTION INC. REGISTERED, VILLAGE CANCELS, ETC: 1892-1938 selection inc. 1934 env. Funchal to London with combined Cape Verde & Azores franking, Feb. 1926 cover from Machico to Br. Guiana (33 day transit), examples of local mail with village frankings inc. Calheta, Santa Cruz, etc. Also many examples of printed commercial envs., Regd. envs. Paquebots, etc., noting 1892 env. franked 2 x 2½d from London to Funchal & redirected back to London having boxed "SHIP SAILED PRIOR/TO RECEIPT" cachet in violet. (c.36) (Image)

EARLY PICTURE POSTCARDS WITH MARITIME OR HOTEL MARKINGS, ETC: c.1897-1950s range of PPCs, mostly used, many with ship cancels or hotel cachets inc. 1897 card with Wm. Reid "NEW HOTEL" cachet. Various "Posted on the High Seas" type & Paquebot cancels in evidence, several cards posted at final destination e.g. Capetown, Southampton, rc. (c.72) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

'MOUCHON' ISSUES ON OVERSEAS MAIL: A range of c.1899-1910 covers displaying a wide range of rates & frankings inc. Regd. Selection inc.1903 printed env. to London bearing 300r & 20r values, Dec. 1900 cover to Johannesburg franked with 5 different values and carrying a pink Boer War censor label; 1899 Regd env. to Berlin via Liverpool, 1904 cover to Berlin bearing 65r value cancelled by oval German West Africa Sea Post cancel and s/l "Adolph Woermann" mark in violet, large 1909 Regd. letter to London with 300r franking, etc. Very attractive assembly. (c.33) (Image)

EARLY PICTURE POSTCARDS: c.1900-1938 range of predominantly used PPCs to many different foreign destinations. Range inc. a number of village cancellations plus a few Hotel & Cruise cachets. Also unusually a Regd. PPC. Wide variety of frankings. Attractive lot. (94) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS (Image)

WWI & WWII PERIOD CENSORED MAIL; Range of censored cards & covers ex Madeira. WWI (12 items) inc. Jan. 1915 PPC from HMS 'Donegal' (coaling in Madeira?) with fleet censor mark & 1917 PPC to Italy with early (9 Mar. 1917) example of Madeira first type oval censor mark in violet. Several other examples of the Madeira censor mark and examples of the later circular censor mark in red used on cards dated 1919. WWII group (c.49) inc. various Madeira censor marks in different colours. Also examples of triply censored mail eg. Madeira - Lisbon - London. Lot inc. Sep. 1939 letter Funchal to Br. Guiana with Trinidad Paquebot mark on front and Trinidad Censor no. 2 mark on front. (c.61 cards/covers) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

MODERN STAMPS & COVERS: Carton housing an accumulation of cards & covers plus mint sets of stamps, mini. sheets & booklets. Date range spans 1940s to 2015 but far from complete for the period. Stamps mostly 1980s onwards. (Few 100s cards/covers) Cross Reference: PORTUGAL (Image)

POSTAGE DUE COVERS: 1905-1938 range of incoming underpaid cards & covers. Inc. examples from GB (5), S. Africa, Canada, Portugal and a local cover. (9 items) Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)