LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. NOTICES OF OBJECTION - FORERUNNERS + UNRECORDED 1845 MANCHESTER UNFRAMED "NOTICE/3D"; 1832/May 1840 pair from Melrose before the PO service started in 1843; unpaid local 1d rate & red UPP "1". Plus 1841 EL with 4m 1d Red having printed Renfrew "State of the Poll" figures [illust. in BPPP, pp.292/3], rare 232 Aug. 1845 part printed "NOTICE OF OBJECTION" form sent by post (v. early date) from Manchester with unframed red Manchester "NOTICE/3D" [not previously recorded; illust. in BPPP, p.299], and 1846/7 pair of ms endorsed "Notice" ELs from London/Beverley at the "3[d]" rate (early examples) endorsed "Not known..." or "Gone - not known where" [the one from London illust. in BPPP, p.300]. Rare group. (6 covers) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, LANCASHIRE - MANCHESTER, YORKSHIRE, SCOTLAND (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. MANCHESTER - VERY RARE TRIANGULAR-FRAMED RED "NOTICE/3D" MARK; Complete 24 Aug. 1849 partly printed "NOTICE OF OBJECTION" form with v. fine blue "MANCHESTER" cds inside (as usual), also having a mainly fine strike of the very rare red Manchester "NOTICE/3D" mark (3d Notice rate paid in cash) in an inverted triangular frame (Mackay fig.3373) on the address side. Only a handful of handstruck Notice rate 3d marks are recorded used outside London. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.319 - detail.] Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. MANCHESTER - VERY RARE TRIANGULAR-FRAMED RED "NOTICE/3D" MARK; Complete 22 Aug. 1849 partly printed "NOTICE OF OBJECTION" form with v. fine blue "MANCHESTER" cds inside (as usual), also having a mainly fine strike of the very rare red Manchester "NOTICE/3D" mark (3d Notice rate paid in cash) in an inverted triangular frame (Mackay fig.3373) on the address side. Only a handful of handstruck Notice rate 3d marks are recorded used outside London. Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. HEREFS. - NOTICE RATE COVER WITH RARE IMPERF. 1d FRANKING - ATTRACTIVE STRIP OF THREE; 23 Aug. 1852 complete Notice EL sent from Ledbury (v. fine green cds inside) to Surrey endorsed "Notice" in red with Strip of Three 1d Reds (v. near 4m; crease between BJ & BK) tied by fine "446" numerals. Notice rate covers with Imperf. issues are rare. Exhibition Item. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.304.]Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, HEREFORDSHIRE, 1841 1d REDS (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. LONDON - FANCY RED HANDSTRUCK "3" MARKS (2 TYPES) - ONE WITH LARGE BOXED "NOTICE" MARK; 24 Aug. 1859 local London Notice EL with mainly v. fine large red boxed "NOTICE" and matching 'curly' Handstruck "3" in red (of Charing Cross; 3d Notice rate prepaid in cash clear of pin holes) on the front. Plus similar smaller 24 Aug. 1860 Notice EL sent from London to Tenterden (blue backstamp with faint Staplehurst cds alongside on flap) with mainly v. fine red 'curly' Handstruck "3" (of London E.C. office; different to the previous cover) alone on the front. Fine pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. BRIGHTON - VERY FINE "Notice" 3d-RATE COVER WITH RARE IMPERF. 1d RED + 2d BLUE FRANKING; Attractive 24 Aug. 1853 complete Notice EL sent from "BRIGHTON" to "LEWES" (v. fine red-brown cds of both on top flap) at the 3d "Notice" rate most unusually franked with fine 4m 1841 2d Blue and fine 4m 1841 1d Red both tied by v. fine small Brighton "132" numerals. Very Rare Franking of Exceptional Quality. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.305; BPA Cert. (1996)] [Ex the famous Christies RL 8 Oct. 1992 'Daisy' auction; lot 624, realised £632 inc. BP.] Cross Reference: SUSSEX, 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. LIVERPOOL & PRESTON - SMALL 'CURLY' HS "3" + UNRECORDED(?) RED HS "NOTICE" (REDIRECTED WITH HS "1"); Neat 23 Aug. 1851 local Liverpool front (ms "Notice" partly lost at top) with v. fine red Liverpool hs "3" (rare) and matching v. fine "LIVERPOOL/PAID" cds. Plus 22 Aug. 1854 complete Notice EL sent from "PRESTON" (v. fine cds on the front) to London with 1d Red 'stars' strip of 3 (creases) cancelled by "628" Preston numerals but also having a fine red Handstruck "NOTICE" alongside which was presumably also struck in Preston but has not been recorded before; redirected to Ilfracombe with a fine black London hs "1". Pre-1860 redirected Notice rate covers are rare. (2 items) Cross Reference: LANCASHIRE, LANCASHIRE - LIVERPOOL, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. LONDON - THE VERY RARE 'ALL-IN-ONE' LARGE BOXED "NOTICE 3d" MARK OF CHARING CROSS B.O.; 25 Aug. 1855 complete large "NOTICE OF OBJECTION" EL sent locally in London with v. fine and very rare large red boxed all-in-one "NOTICE 3d" mark (Mackay fig. 3375) nicely placed on the front with a matching "PAID/C +" MX-framed ds (Charing Cross Branch Office) alongside. Very few examples of this 3d-rate marking have been recorded. Exhibition Item. [Illustrated in BPPP, p.319; detail.] Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. SPOON/SIDEWAYS DUPLEX CANCELS ON 3d NOTICE-RATE COVERS - ONE WITH 1d+2d - ETC.; Unusual 232 Aug. 1856 "Notice" (red ms) EL to Bath (missent to London endorsed "Unknown" with 12 sets of postmen's initials on the flap!) with 1d Red 'stars' strip of three (one creased) tied by mainly fine "GLOUCESTER/312" Spoon duplexes; plus fine large 24 Aug. 1857 Notice EL (endorsed "Notice" in red) unusually and attractively franked by 2d Blue 'stars' & 1d Red 'stars' both tied by v. fine large "BRIGHTON/132" s/ways duplexes. Also a 21 July 1859 Scottish voter objection EL with 1d 'stars' tied by Glasgow duplex [illustrated in BPPP, p.308], and 1856 pair of retained (not posted) copy Notices (one with Penrith cds inside; illustrated in BPPP, p.306). (5 covers) Cross Reference: SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC., GLOUCESTERSHIRE, SUSSEX, 1854-61 2d BLUES (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. WORCS. GROUP OF NOTICES WITH 3x1d RED 'STARS' + LONDON 2d BLUE COVER ENDORSED "ONLY A KEY..."; 24 Aug. 1861 group of 5 "Notice" ELs sent on the same day from Worcester each with a strip of three 1d Red 'stars' tied/cancelled by mainly v. fine "816" numerals; one apparently delivered, but the other 4 endorsed "Deceased" or "Gone no address". Plus a curious 22 Nov. 1867 partly printed "LIST OF PERSONS OBJECTED TO..." EL sent from London to York endorsed "only a Key enclosed" on the front and so above weight and prepaid for the regular 2d letter rate with a 2d Blue pl.9) tied by a fine duplex. (6 covers)Cross Reference: WORCESTERSHIRE, REGISTERED MAIL, 1858-69 2d PLATES (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. LATER QV "NOTICE" RATE COVERS - WITH SURFACE PRINTED 3d FRANKINGS, ETC.; 1864 EL with Small Letters 3d (crease) tied by Reading duplex, 1869/78 trio ex Langport/Shrewsbury/Swindon each with 3d rose-red (pl. 4, 5 or 19), 1885 EL ex Ledbury with 3d Dull Lilac, and 1902 Notice EL registered at the new 1½d rate with KEVII 1½d tied by Cambridge cds. Also an 1870 retained copy Notice with "GLOSTER" cds. Scarce group. (7 covers) Cross Reference: SOMERSET, SHROPSHIRE, WILTSHIRE, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. DERBY PRINTED 'PENNY DREADFULS' - "HORRID MURDER AT DERBY", "WICKED HARLOT", "COURTSHIP", ETC.; Unusual 1818-21 group of thin paper handbills (ideal sizes for an album page; some toning but a rare lot), inc. two with "J. Plant, Derby" imprint, and one of "S. Mason, Belper" (latter priced at 1d), and all with sensational news stories on one side; "HORRID MURDER AT DERBY", "Shocking Discovery... Wicked Harlot... Cruel Husband", "Humphrey Gubbin's COURTSHIP", "Highway Robbery...MURDER", "Dreadful Accident... Colliery... SHEFFIELD PARK", and "...in Derby Gaol... for the Murder of her Infant". The original 'Penny Dreadfuls' and very rare survivors. (6 items) [All ex Cavendish June 2019, lot 1510; realised £480+BP for these six items.] Cross Reference: DERBYSHIRE (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. DORSET - "108 POOL D" 1st-TYPE MILEAGE + "FREE/A/[LAURELS]" ON COVER REF. CONVICTS' SENTENCES; 25 Oct. 1790 EL franked from "Corfe Castle" to Evan Nepean (Under Secretary of State for the Home Office and friend of the 1st Governor of N.S.W., Arthur Philip) in London with a mainly fine rare "108 POOL D" 1st-Type Mileage and a fine strike of the equally rare brown encircled "FREE/A/[laurel leaves]" mark on the front. The contents regard some local gaol prisoners who had been sentenced to transportation (to N.S.W.) but for whom a change of sentence was sought to enable them to work on local Dorset projects. Fascinating and rare item. [Ex Bill Pipe auction; 28/11/2018 lot 438; realised £550.]Cross Reference: DORSET, FREE MAIL, PRISONS & PRISONERS, NEW SOUTH WALES (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. PRISONS, DEBTORS, ETC. - INC. "BELVIDERE PLACE" PRISON MARK, YORK "Pd2" ON "GAOL DELIVERY" LIST, ETC.; 1817-45 group of covers and documents concerning prisons, sentences, etc. with 1828 EL with the London boxed "BELVI/DE/PL/E/S" Debtor's Prison PO mark, 1841 EL with scarce red York h.s. "Pd2" UPP mark having long and detailed printed list of the "General Gaol Delivery" (listing prisoners, sentences, etc.; illustrated in BPPP, p.584), trio of 1840/1 circulars advocating the abolition of the death penalty, 1823 York "TOO LATE", 1832 small "LEEK" UDC, etc. Good variety of mostly printed items. (13 items)Cross Reference: PRISONS & PRISONERS, YORKSHIRE, UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. PRISONS, PRISONERS, ETC. - INC. 1846/54 PAIR EX PRISONERS IN GAOL (YORK & CARLISLE), RELEASE WRITS, ETC.; 1846-72 covers (mainly) inc. 1846 EL with tied 1d Red ex "York Castle" from a debtor in Ward 8, rare 1854 EL (printed heading inside with rules about prisoners letters, etc.) with fine Carlisle U.P.P. black hs "2" due mark with "COUNTY GAOL/Carlisle" imprint on front and contents from a sad prisoner [illust. in BPP, p.545], 1848/50 pair of ELs with circular "YORK/1D/PAID" U.P.P. marks with printed writs of release, 1857 EL ref bankrupt with 1d 'stars' tied by mainly very fine scarce Glasgow "GORDON STREET" Scots Local cancel, an 1859 1d Red EL with part printed physical description of female prisoner [illust. in BPP, p.543], etc. (12 items) Cross Reference: CUMBERLAND, YORKSHIRE, PRISONS & PRISONERS (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. GUERNSEY - 'ANTI-GRAHAM' PROPAGANDA COVER WITH 1d RED TIED BY "GUERNSEY/324" DUPLEX; 27 Dec. 1869 small env. (some wear; part flap lost) addressed to Plymouth with a 1d Red (pl.110) tied by a partly fine Guernsey duplex having a remarkable printed propaganda text on the front in French which translates as "PENAL CODE, BOOK III, TIT. I, ART. 187. All suppression, or opening, of letters consigned to the Post... by... the postal administration, will be punished by a fine from 16 francs to 300 francs...". Reminiscent of the Anti-Graham campaign of 1844 aimed at the London Secret PO. The only example of this propaganda envelope that we have recorded. [Ex Spink 10 July 2018 auction, lot 2282 realised £272.] Cross Reference: GUERNSEY POSTAL HISTORY, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, PRISONS & PRISONERS, FRANCE (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. LATER QV PRISONS/PRISONERS MAIL ETC. INC. 1d RED EL EX LEEDS GAOL (WITH PRINTED RULES), ½d PLATE Nos., ETC.; 1862-77 covers inc. rare 1862 EL from a prisoner in "LEEDS BOROUGH GAOL" (printed rules on letters etc. as page one) with 1d Red, rare 1862 part printed EL with "ORDER OF REMOVAL" imprint above the address with 1d 'stars' pair tied by London duplexes [illust. in BPPP, p.366], several circulars with ½d rose-red frankings (inc. 1873 tied by superb Glasgow cds, and others ex Sherborne, Chester, Hertford, Barnsley or Lichfield), 1876 York Summer Assizes summons with 1d Red, etc. (10 covers)Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, PRISONS & PRISONERS, SCOTLAND (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. RARE EARLY JURY SUMMONS's INC. TWO WITH QV LINE ENGRAVED FRANKINGS SENT AT SPECIAL 3d RATE; Small 1808 vellum partly printed Jury Summons with 5s/- orange embossed Tax Stamp stapled in place; plus 1870/71 pair of similar QV ELs (latter with creases) with "JURY SUMMONS" imprints on the front sent from Middleham (Yorks.) with 1d Reds strip of three tied by "962" numerals or with 2d Blue (pl.13) & 1d Red tied by Warwick duplexes [illust. in BPPP, p.315]. Line Engraved frankings on Jury Summons 3d-rate covers are seldom seen. (3 items) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, REVENUES (Image)

LEGAL, PRISONS, ETC.. EARLY JURY SUMMONS'S INC. THREE WITH QV LINE ENGRAVED FRANKINGS SENT AT 2½d, 3d OR 5d RATES; 1872/76 trio of similar QV ELs (from England, Wales or Scotland) with "JURY SUMMONS" imprints (2) or endorsement on the front sent from Haddington (1d Red + 4d Vermilion tied by v. fine scarce "*131*" numerals (3d Summons rate + extra 2d registered fee) [illust. in BPPP, p.315], Carmarthen (½d rose-red + 2d Blue (p.14) tied by duplex for the 2½d rate [illust. in BPPP, p.316], and Preston (3 1d Reds tied by fine duplexes) [illust. in BPPP, p.316 & on the back cover]. Plus similar unusual 1876 "JURY SUMMONS" EL but with only a ½d rose-red and so endorsed "Contrary to Act of Parliament" and charged "5d" [illust. in BPPP, p.317], and 1880/93 regd. trio with 3d rose-red (redirected with ms "1d") or 3d Jubilee (2) ex Edinr., Aberdeen or Hamilton (returned "Gone no address"). Line Engraved frankings on Jury Summons 3d-rate covers are seldom seen. Good lot. (7 covers) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, KENT, LANCASHIRE (Image)