BEDFORDSHIRE/BUCKINGHAMSHIRE pre-stamp covers with Bedford & Leighton Buzzard mileages (2) plus three later items; Aylesbury, Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Stoney Stratford & Wycombe mileages plus 1850-1943 (7). Mixed strikes. (17) (Image)

BRISTOL village cancels etc: QV-QEII cards & covers with good variety of cancels incl. Bitton, Blagdon, Brislington UDC (2), Chew Magna, Claverham, Clutton, Congressbury, East Harptree, Henbury, Filton, Keynsham, Langford, Olverston, Paulton, Saltford, Sandford, Two Mile Hill, Warmley, Westbury on Trym, Wrington, Yatton etc, plus a handful of river board reply cards with smaller office c.d.s. Useful lot. (42) (Image)

DERBYSHIRE - DERBY 1788-1904 covers & cards incl. good strike of the scarce DERBY/127 on 1788 free front, 1808-09 mileages in red (2), circular mileages 1821-23 (3), fine 1839 free envelope signed ‘Scarsdale’, various duplexes etc. (18) (Image)

DORSET 1793-1839 pre-stamp items with part fine boxed Shaftesbury 5th clause post (1825), Penny Post marks of Blandford (4 incl. RH 1 & 7) & Shaftesbury (3 incl. RH 4 & 8); s/line Shaftesbury of 1793 free, boxed mileages of Bridport, Dorchester, Poole (2 on free fronts), Sherborne (3 plus mileage erased example) & Wareham mileage erased also fine Cranbourn circular mileage. Good group. (19) (Image)

GLOUCESTERSHIRE 1828-1917 miscellany incl. Campden mileage erased (1839), boxed Cheltenham Penny Post arrival mark (1828), Cheltenham circular mileage and c.d.s, Fairford mileage, Gloucester circular mileage (2), Moreton in Marsh arrival c.d.s (1841), Wootton under Edge mileage, Lydney UDC, 1883 1½d cover ex Dursley, various numeral & duplex cancels etc. (30) (Image)

HAMPSHIRE 1790-1851 covers etc. with marks incl. curved Cosham (1809), s/line Gosport (3 fronts), 1836 Southampton Penny Post (No.11), scarce 52 ALTON first-type mileage (1790), boxed mileages of Andover & Basingstoke, circular mileages of Lymington, Portsmouth & Winchester; fine h/struck Basingstoke ‘Pd/1’ (1843), various UPP m/s ‘1’s & ‘2’s etc. Interesting group. (17) (Image)

ISLE OF WIGHT Ship letters 1818 EL ex Philadelphia to London endorsed ‘p.Tontim’ with very fine & late strike of the scarce COWES/SHIP LRE. Mark [S1/ IW151] marginally off-cover; m/s ‘1/5’ charge. Attractive item. (Image)

LEICESTERSHIRE 1815-44 pre-stamp trio incl. Leicester circular mileage and framed PAID/AT/LEICESTER, Market Harborough mileage, 2½d cover to France ex Leicester, Overseal UDC (1854), QV 1857-62 1d covers with Castle Donnington & Loughborough (2) b/stamps, registered covers and a couple of later items. (18) (Image)

LONDON pre-stamp c1770-1842 incl. incoming Amsterdam letter (1781), Frees (7 incl. attractive 1788 item, 1839 two 4d post letters with m/s ‘4’ charges, 1816-17 additional ½d (2) etc. (16) (Image)

LONDON QV 6d frankings group of covers, mainly to Italy 1864-72 with 6d lilac (7), 3d pairs (2) or 1/- (double-rate) frankings, one item (envelope faults) with contents to Mauritius with 4½d accountancy mark on arrival. Mixed condition. (10) (Image)

NORFOLK pre-stamp covers with marks incl. weak ELMHAM horseshoe (1812), Norwich scarce s/line ‘Prepaid’ (1843), s/line SHIPDHAM, scarce first-type mileage of Norwich (c1786), YAR/MOUTH (1801), boxed mileages & mileages-erased, ‘Too Late’ (1838), Aylsham & Coltishall Penny Posts, UDCs Castle-Acre, Dereham, Fakenham, Watton & Wymondham etc. (28) (Image)

NORTHUMBERLAND QV covers incl. (1859) 6d lilac cover to Spain ex Newcastle, 1857-63 Wesleyan ‘turned’ 1d red covers from Alnwick, Berwick, Gateshead, Morpeth, North Shields etc. plus 1904-08 PPC's ex Tyne Docks. (14) (Image)

NORTHUMBERLAND (NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE) first-type mileage - two 1786 EL's with fine/VF strikes of this scarce ‘273’ mark; also fine strike of the modified second type on 1787 letter. Elusive. (3) (Image)

SHROPSHIRE (SHREWSBURY) 1779-1853 stampless covers with range of s/line marks (4), good horseshoe (1793), boxed TOO LATE (2), various c.d.s types etc. (18) (Image)

SHROPSHIRE KEVII-KGV PPC's with skeleton (13) & rubber (18) c.d.s cancellations - mainly clear, complete strikes with better noted. Inspection recommended. (31) (Image)

SHROPSHIRE (LUDLOW) pre-stamp covers 1785-1849 with emphasis on variety of mileage marks incl. 1785-1801 group (4) with weak to good strikes of the first types, range of boxed marks 1804-15 (11) and c.d.s types 1821-29 (8); also (1849) blue ‘skeleton’ etc. (27) (Image)

SOMERSET (TAUNTON) 1776-1840 pre-stamp covers with strength in early s/line marks (10) & horseshoes (9) with various subtypes. Good specialist lot. (23) (Image)

SOMERSET (TAUNTON) mainly QV covers incl. 1d red frankings with MC, numeral & duplex cancellation, squared circle d/stamp on later items etc. Worth inspection. (19) (Image)

SOMERSET QV covers with marks incl. s/line blue AXBRIDGE (2), Glastonbury 1d pink E with boxed ‘No.2’, 1d red covers with range of numerals & duplexes, later incl. registration receipt etc. (32) (Image)

SOMERSET (TAUNTON) c1810-32 mileage marks on cover incl. boxed (2), circular (15) and mileage-erased (6) subtypes, one with TOO LATE mark. (23) (Image)

SUFFOLK stampless covers 1809-37 with marks incl. boxed mileages of Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket & Thwaite (2) plus mileage-erased Brandon (1829); good circular BURY PAID (1848), m/s ‘Missent to Newmarket’ (1818); 1864 long E (fault) with QV 4d ex Ipswich etc. (14) (Image)

WARWICKSHIRE pre-stamp Birmingham marks incl. good strike of the scarce ‘G.O/P.P/UPd’ on TOO LATE cover (1824), boxed PAID, 1826-29 different MISSENT, s/line FIVE=WAYS & Hoddeston, 1828 blue ‘Warwick Penny Post’ with Leamington UDC, good red AULCESTER UDC (1837), Stratford on Avon 1845 c.d.s, 1857-63 ‘turned’ 1d red covers ex various towns etc. (22) (Image)

WILTSHIRE c1787-1863 covers incl. 1787-1807 frees (2), penny posts of Devizes & Ledbury, Upton UDC (1844), fine s/line HIGHWORTH, Mere & Tenbury boxed mileages, circular mileages incl. large Salisbury (1814) & Warminster; also 1840's items with Devizes & Salisbury c.d.s, 1d red covers incl. ‘turned’ items etc. (30) (Image)

1901 hand painted illustrated envelope of a lady minding her geese, sent to South Africa with 1d lilac, tied 'Sydenham' duplex MY.3.01, reverse bears receiver C.G.H MY.25.01. Very attractive. (Image)

1844 entire letter from Belize, British Honduras to Edinburgh, landed at Ryde, Isle of Wight and showing on obverse a RYDE/SHIP LETTER h/stamp in black (Robertson Type S5) rated '8' in m/s, received 11th June 1844. Scarce & attractive cover. (Image)