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Great Britain
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2161 cover   image1840 (August 28), 1d. Mulready letter sheet to Willington, struck with red Maltese Cross, without backstamps, some small marks or adhesions on reverse, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2162 cover   image1840 (September 9), Heath near Halifax to Philadelphia, stampless transatlantic letter carried per Great Western from Bristol via New York, red crowned oval SHIP LETTER / PAID / LONDON (11 Sep), red PAID / AT / HALIFAX oval, and red tombstone PAID / 11 / SEP / 1840 datestamp on face, blue broken double-circle HALIFAX (10 Sep) dispatch on reverse, red NEW YORK / SHIP / SEP / 28 arrival, red manuscript "8" indicating the 8d British inland rate from Halifax to Bristol, black "1" (1 shilling) crossed out and replaced by "27" representing 27 cents due in Philadelphia (25 cents inland rate plus 2-cent ship letter fee), very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2163 cover   image1844 (June 16), London to Charleston, South Carolina, transatlantic stampless folded letter, with family contents, struck with red circular BOSTON / MS. / SHIP (3 Jul) transit and matching red circular "27" rate marking representing the 2-cent ship fee plus 25-cent U.S. inland postage for distances exceeding 400 miles from Boston to Charleston, very fine.

The letter provides an account of a father's medical crisis involving his young son Lenox in London, where multiple doctors including Sir James Clark discovered "an enlargement of the heart." The sender writes "Last night was the most awful night I ever spent," describing Lenox's quiet bravery and "most manly" conduct on ship despite "no desire" to see the sights of London due to his failing health. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2164 cover   image1846 (March 16), folded letter from London to Santiago, Cuba, struck with red "Paid / L.S." Maltese Cross datestamp on front, rated "2/3" in manuscript and endorsed "p. West India Pkt", struck with red "2", with Santiago de Cuba c.d.s. arrival backstamp, some typical toning and edge wear not affecting overall presentation, a scarce and desirable transatlantic destination from this period. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
2165 cover   image1848 (June 2), printed merchant prices current from London to Lyon, France, with extensive contents regarding the silk trade, struck with London / Paid departure double split-ring. (2 Jun), red oval PD handstamp, and black Angl. 3 / Boulogne-s-Mer entry nark (3 Jun) on front and reverse, additional faint red manuscript markings on front, reverse with red Paris transit c.d.s. (3 Jun) and black Lyon arrival c.d.s. (5 Jun), very fine.

Interestingly, the letter was mailed during the revolutionary upheaval of June 1848, and the text explicitly notes "ristretto" (restricted) consumption reflecting the disruption to trade. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2166 cover   image1852 (October 22), 1sh Embossed on transatlantic folded letter from London to Grayville, Illinois, franked with a single 1sh green embossed, two clear margins, tied by barred numeral "34" cancel, with red Paid / 24 / N. York Am. Packet entry c.d.s. (10 Nov), reverse with blue Fleet St. W.C. despatch mark and red London Paid c.d.s. (22 Oct), with contents, adhesive toned, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2167 cover   image1853 (August 5), Gold Rush commercial letter with gold dust remittance reference, J. & R. Tennant, Glasgow, to Daniel Gibb & Co., San Francisco, stampless folded letter, noting an "unauthorized" remittance of gold dust, sent "Via United States," orange-yellow octagonal GLASGOW / PAID II (5 Aug 1853) datestamp and black PAID handstamp, green circular Liverpool (6 Aug) backstamps, red manuscript "2/1" packet rate, internally docketed as received per the Str. Winfield Scott on 20 September 1853, carried during its final months of service before its wreck on Anacapa Island, light wear, fine-very fine, a fascinating illustration of the use of raw gold as payment during the early development of the American west. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2168 cover   image1855 (March 23), folded cover from London to the British Army in the Crimea, franked with cut-to-shape 6d red-violet embossed issue, struck by faint "19" numeral cancel, manuscript "Via Marseilles / 23rd March 1855" endorsement at upper left, reverse with black Maltese Cross (Lombard Street, London) (23 Mar), light soiling, toning, and corner and edge wear typical of such campaign mail.

The cover is addressed to Captain Kent of the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment, during the Siege of Sevastopol. The 77th served throughout the Crimean campaign, participating in the battles of Alma and Inkerman and enduring the winter siege conditions before Sevastopol. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2169 cover   image1855 (September 14), London to Montreal, Lower Canada, stampless transatlantic letter, struck with Lombard Street Maltese Cross (14 Sep 1855), manuscript "7" in black ink, endorsed "p. steamer from Liverpool", "10d Cy" currency handstamp struck on face for collection from the recipient in Montreal, carried by Cunard Line steamer America via Liverpool and Boston, reverse with red MONTGOMERIE & GREENHORNE wax seal and double split-ring MONTREAL / L.C. (30 Sep) arrival, 16-day transit, fine-very fine and fresh. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2170 cover   image1857 (February 3), 1sh Queen Victoria on transatlantic cover to New York, adhesive tied by London district duplex, red curved PAID and "21 / CENTS" handstamps alongside, reverse with blue Camden despatch and fine London c.d.s., small piece cut from flap, fine and attractive. (S.G. 73). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2171 cover   image1858 (September 16), folded cover from Louth to Simcoe, Canada West, franked with a horizontal strip of four 2d blue (Plate 5, perf 14) tied by black 477 numeral obliterators and Louth c.d.s. (16 Sep), face with black hexagonal Liverpool transit (17 Sep), reverse with red London transit c.d.s. (17 Sep), addressed to William Revett Esqre, slight grease spot at centre from wax seal on reverse, else very fine; an attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2172 cover   image1860 (December 1), London to Ecuador, stampless transatlantic folded letter via Panama, manuscript rated 2/- in red, postmarked with Lombard Street Paid c.d.s., manuscript “Tasmanian” ship notation at lower left, black Panama double split-ring neatly struck on front (27 Dec), light filing folds, else a very fine transatlantic letter to South America; the Tasmanian left Southampton December 3, but ran aground in thick fog at Totland Bay and returned to Southampton the following day; the letter instead would have been carried via the R.M.S. Oneida, and later the R.M.S. Solen, which sailed between St. Thomas and Colon. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2173 cover   image1861 (April 16), London to Heidelberg, Baden, franked with 6d lilac, tied by London-WC duplex, endorsed "via Calais", with red oval PD. and Calais entry mark on front, reverse with Paris A Strasbourg TPO transit and two framed German receivers, very fine. (S.G. 70). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2174 cover   image1877 (January 11), Rothesay, Scotland, to Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, franked with 6d Queen Victoria, plate 15, lettered OB, tied by Rothesay c.d.s., reverse with Dunedin c.d.s. receiver, a fine cover to an uncommon destination. (S.G. 147). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2175 cover   image1880 (July 16), printed notice from Swaffham to the Kings Lynn, Norfolk, franked with single 3d, plate 20, lettered LL, tied by choice strike of Swaffham c.d.s., to the Overseers of the Parish of Kings Lynn, with contents requesting the sender be included in the List of Voters, crisp next-day Lynn c.d.s. receiver, a very fine and pretty cover. (S.G. 143). (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$180.00
Will close during Public Auction
2176 cover   image1942 (April 27), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to HQ 4th Corps, A.P.O. 1575, undelivered military cover, 2½d blue George VI definitive tied by High Wycombe machine cancel, processed through Field Post Office 550 (16 May) in Cairo before despatch to Iraq, reverse with F.P.O. No. 105 (2 Oct and 1 Nov) serving the 10th Indian Division in Northern Iraq and F.P.O. 214 (30 Nov) in Baghdad, violet boxed "RETURN TO SENDER / UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED" and boxed "NOT TRACEABLE AT HQ 2nd ECHELON (BRITISH)" (17 Jan) instructional markings, resealed with white "OFFICIALLY SEALED IN THE ARMY POST OFFICE" label, violet oval R.L.O. / 31 Jan 1943 datestamp, an impressive and well-traveled cover, which spent over nine months chasing the recipient across the Middle Eastern theatre. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2177 cover   image1943 (December 16), POW cover from Glasgow to Pte. J. Adams, Gordon Highlanders, British North African Force, franked with 1d and ½d King George VI, tied by Glasgow machine cancel, with large purple boxed "It Is Regretted That This Item Could Not Be Delivered Because the Addressee Is Reported Prisoner of War" instructional strike, reverse with "Officially Sealed in the Army Post Office" label and two G.H.Q. 2nd Echelon B.N.A.F. unit strikes defaced with heavy purple ink bars, addressee crossed out and "PTO" written overtop in red, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Great Britain (Offices in the Levant)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2178 cover   image1894 (July 11), uprated postal stationery envelope from Beyrouth to Constantinople, the 40 paras on 2½d blue stationery with inverted "40 PARAS" overprint , additionally franked with a 40 paras on 2½d purple on blue adhesive, both tied by bold British Post Office / Beyrouth c.d.s. (11 Jul), reverse with British Post Office / Constantinople c.d.s. (17 Jul), address label removed from face, a striking error. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
Great Britain (Middle Eastern Forces)
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2179 cover   imageMiddle Eastern Forces, 1947 (March 19), Asmara to Lucerne, Switzerland, cover franked with two 6d and single 3d "M.E.F." overprints, tied by multiple strikes of “Asmara Centro Corrispondenze e Pacchi” c.d.s., corner card of Import/Export firm of Pietro Fontana, without backstamps, small opening tears at top, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
Greece
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2180 cover   image1871 (March 3), stampless folded letter from Syros to Messina, with circular ΣΥΡΑ departure c.d.s. (3 Mar) and boxed Piroscafi Postali Austriaci cachet, manuscript "6" decimi tax marking, and blue elliptical seal with manuscript "1,00" in manuscript and "da sira" written below, 60c orange-red Italian postage due tied by Messina c.d.s. (31 Mar), oval commercial handstamp of Giovanni P. Ralli, reverse with Kerkyra transit, Brindisi transit (29 Mar), and Napoli receiver (30 Mar), filing folds and some toning, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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