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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History (Sale 759 Lots 1010-1754) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. | Location: | Derby |
| Contact: | Tel: (01332) 250970 Fax: (01332) 294440 | ||
| Date: | 31st May 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Cavendish House: Tuesday 28th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 29th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 30th May* 9.00 am to 11.45am* Friday 31st May 9.00 am to 11.45am *Please note: Lots from the Friday auction cannot be viewed on the 30th Ma |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
| 1211 | |||
| PRESTAMP COLLECTION INC. EARLY LETTER, 18th CENTURY NAMESTAMPS, 1d POSTS, ETC. (NO LONDON); 1673-1850 covers inc. 1673 EL with part Bishop Mark from Nottingham, 1750 mm/s "P Cheltenham Bag", rare c.1720 small "GLOUS/TER" (spelling! - earliest known type and struck beside rare wrong-way-up "IV/20" Bishop Mark), 1790 GRANTHAM, 1795/1807 Horseshoe PLYMOUTH/EXMOUTH" (latter to HMS Royal George), good range of mileages (e.g. red BRECKNOCK, mil. rem. CROOK, red UDC TUNBRIDGE WELLS, red CORK, etc), Penny Posts (3), rare prepaid (red m/s "Pd 4" 4d-Post EL ex Hadleigh, v. fine 1841 Ipswich h.s. "2" and fine 1843 red fancy-framed Aberystwith "PAID/1d". Good lot. (c.47 covers) £200 |
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| 1212 | |||
| PRESTAMP TO QV COVERS TO/FROM LONDON CLUBS & COUNTRY INNS/HOTELS; Unusual c.1730-1910 covers/cards (& some ephemera) all relating to Clubs/Pubs/Hotels; better items noted inc. 1837 local London env. addressed to "B. Disraeli", 1796 E with rare Reading Handstruck "4", 1843 EL on "ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE CLUB" printed notepaper, Leamington "TOO LATE", c.1730 pair (one stained) to "Red Lion, Northampton", 1856/76 pair of 1d Red ELs with printed auction particulars inside, etc., etc. Great variety. (91 items) PHOTO - see below. £200 |
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| 1213 | |||
| PRESTAMP/QV - INC. RARE EARLY LINED "KEINTON", "MORTON/IN MARSH" TYPES, JOSEPH ADY COVER, ETC.; 1768-1871 lot inc. v. fine 1768 "KEINTON" between lines, mainly fine rare 1790 "82 MORTON/IN MARSH" 1st-Type Mileage, very fine rare 1794 concave "MORTON/IN MARSH" (filing fold), v. fine 1835 "MORETON IN MARSH" UDC endorsed "Mifsent to" in centre, 1806 boxed "BRIDGNORTH/148" mileage endorsed "Mifsent to", mileages, Penny Post, later OHMS mail, etc. Plus a few Line Engraved =covers inc. 1846 1d Red EL ex the swindler "Joseph Ady" (promising £1,000 for a %age!), 2d Blues, and 1872 EL with 1/2d Rose-Red forwarded with 1d Red. Good lot. (c.17 covers) PHOTO - see page 74. £180 |
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| 1214 | |||
| COFFEE HOUSE COVERS, RARE ADDITIONAL 1/2d MARK, EARLY RAILWAY "4" & "5" MARKS, ETC.; 1779 pair of ELs (one with faint triangular 'Dockwra'; interesting contents ref. a ship's Captain) to "London Coffee House", 1828/35 pair of ELs to/from "Old Slaughters Coffee House" or "Grecian Hotel, Temple" (former with superb rare tiny boxed London "1/2" Scots Mail Tax mark), and 1834/37 pair of ELs (former with stained address but the mark on reverse) with superb h.s. "4" or mainly v. fine h.s. "5" marks associated with the Liverpool/Manchester Railway. Scarce group. (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 74. £120 |
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| 1215 | |||
| COFFEE HOUSE COVERS - JERUSALEM/HUMMUMS COLLECTION; 1791-1854 covers all to/from/referring to the Jerusalem (4 ingoing - 2 with 1d Reds & one to a Ship's Captain - and 1 from the CH) or Old/New Hummums (23 items from/to the CH inc. 1824 DB&B invoice) Coffee Houses; varied postal marks inc. 'Apple' FREE, 1815 boxed "POSTAGE TO LONDON/NOT PAID", May 1840 Northampton red "p 1D", rare 1834 'Tewkesbury manuscript "too late", etc. Good lot. (27 items) PHOTO - see page 74. £240 |
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| 1216 | |||
| PRESTAMP TO WWII LOT - RARE EARLY LATE FEE D.S.'s, AUTOGRAPHS, MACHINES, CENSORS, ETC.; 1798-1946 covers inc. 1798/99 pair of Es with mainly very fine very rare boxed and large circle London Late Fee Paid s.a.'a ("NOV/28/98" & "OCT/7.99"), 1799 EL ex "WEYMOUTH" (concave mark) ref. meeting the Royal Family there on holiday, 1807 Scots "DOUGLAS/MILLN" mark (rare), interesting contents/autographs (Francis Freeling letter ref. a lost letter, long 1813 EL ref. Charity mail costs, 1846 EL ex USA ref. funds for starving Irish, 1850 E with WALMER blue UDC ex Lord Brougham, 1836 EL to the famous Postal Reformer "Henry Cole", some ephemera, a few blocks of NER Railway Letter stamps, some scarce machine cancels on 1890s pieces, etc. Good variety. (c.30 covers) £150 |
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| 1217 | |||
| COFFEE HOUSE COVERS - NEW ENGLAND/LLOYDS COFFEE HOUSES MAIL COLLECTION; 1799-1910 covers all to/from/referring to these two famous Coffee Houses inc. 1813 pair from "New England Coffee House", 1799-1816 group (4) to that CH, 1818 EL ex "Lloyd's Coffee House" and 1819-1910 group (5 + 1 piece) to that CH (4 with 1d Reds and the 1910 item a PO Packet List OHMS env. - faults - with printed address to the CH). Rare group. (13 items) PHOTO - see page 74. £150 |
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| 1218 | |||
| OVERSEAS MAIL - "BRIXHAM/SHIP LETTER" PAIR, QV LINE ENG/S. PRINTED COVERS TO OVERSEAS, ETC.; 1817-1910 covers inc. 1824/41 pair ex Rio/Pernambuco with scarce boxed step-type "BRIXHAM/SHIP LETTER" in red or black, 1867 pair ex Liverpool each with 3x1d Reds to Holland, 1869 to Naples with 6d Mauve ex Hastings, attractive 1869 env. to Germany with 6x 1d Reds ex Banbury, 1901 NZ with London firm's purple "VESSEL SAILED...." cachet crossed out, 1909 env. with 23 identified NZ/Oz marks, etc. Good lot. (44 covers + 1 piece) £240 |
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| 1219 | |||
| WINCANTON/SHEPTON MALLET 5tH CLAUSE POST & HAMPSHIRE 3-LINE PENNY POST COVERS; 1833/35 pair of ELs with mainly very fine unframed or framed "Wincanton/5"Cl:Post" marks, 1824/27 pair of ELs with boxed "Shepton Mallet/5" Clause Post" or large "SHEPTON MALLET/5TH. Clause Post" (latter across join), and 1836/pair of ELs with overstruck or mainly fine rare boxed "Whitchurch/Hants/Penny Post" marks. Scarce group. (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 74. £200 |
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| 1220 | |||
| QV LINE ENGRAVED COVERS COLLECTION PLUS SOME PRESTAMP; Blue Frank Godden album housing a collection of 1832-79 covers/cards/pieces all neatly written up with fine 1839 boxed "MISSENT TO/SHREWSBURY", scarce 1838 Blandford boxed "Too Late", 1843 Bonaw h.s. "2", 1837 red crescent-framed London FB "FOREIGN PAID" (ex France), rare boxed blue 1853 Scots "ALLOWAY", Scots Local cancel, UDCs (5), c.1857 1d Red front addressed and initialled ("D") by Benjamin Disraeli, superb Dublin MX on 1d Red cover, attractive set of off-cover 1d Reds (mainly 3m) with set of London MXs from "1" to scarce "12", "7" in MX 1d Red cover, and a wide range of later 1d Red covers. (c.100 covers + 175 pieces) £200 |
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| 1221 | |||
| ENGLISH PENNY POSTS - 3-LINE TYPES, CHERTSEY "Penny Pd" UPP TYPE, ROCHFORD BOXED MARK, ETC.; 1834-48 covers with good range inc. mainly v. fine 1834 "ROCHFORD" UDC with boxed "Penny Post",, 1837/41 "Bradford Yorks" pair (black & red; latter with 1d Red & MX), distinctive 1837 boxed "Penny Post/Kemp Town" (upside down), rare 3-line marks of "Marl-/borough" (1837/44 v. fine pair), "Gateshead/High Fell" (fair 1840), & "Christ/church" (1836 unframed), as well as later village types of "Appleby Leicester" (May 8 1840) & "Newington Kent" (1848 1d Pink). Also 1840 Chertsey U.P.P. red "Penny Pd" (adapted from Penny Post mark), and 3 pieces/fronts. Good lot of scarcer marks. (14 items) PHOTO - see page 74. £150 |
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| 1222 | |||
| OFFSHORE ISLANDS - ISLE OF MAN + JERSEY QV FRANKING COVERS. 1844-1904 covers/cards all QV except fine 1904 PPC underpaid to Fiji inc. 1844/49 group of 1d Red Imperf. covers (9; some 4m) with "407" Numerals inc. 1849 EL ref. Manx newspapers not being free of postage if sent to England, attractive Nov. 1870 env. to France with 3d Rose-Red tied by very fine "JERSEY" Duplex with matching Jersey "PD" In circle, and 1889 env. to India with Jubilee 21/2d Pair tied by fine "JERSEY" Squared Circles. Good lot. (12 covers) £100 |
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| 1223 | |||
| QV OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, XMAS CANCELS, EXHIBITIONS, ETC.; c.1847-1940 covers/cards/pieces inc. useful QV to overseas group (1858/9 pair to Germany ex Scotland (one underpaid), 4d's to France, 1860 Southampton to Smyrna with 6d Lilac, 1874 1d Red to France, 1871 Greek Hermes Heads cover to GB, P. Dues, etc.; plus useful group of Exhibition/other special cancels inc. 1903/08 pieces with very fine rare red double-oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE/L.E./1903/FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY" or black "LEICESTER/19X08/MAS" (latter on QV 1/2d P.Stat. with 1/2d Jubilee (!), finer 1891 PC with Naval Exhibition cancel, 1890 Jubilee items, and later Exhibitions (inc. a few QEII with Tennis etc.). Plus some pieces etc. Good variety. (c.45 covers/ cards + 24 pieces). £200 |
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| 1224 | |||
| QV POSTAL STATIONERY INC. OVERSEAS REPLY PC USAGES, 1890 JUBILEE, "PENNY POST", ETC.; 1856-1918 covers/cards inc. fine 1856 green "Rainham/Penny Post", 1858 E with scarce C10 1d 'Stars', 1871 1/2d PC with Sloper punched 'Arrow' Machine cancel, tragic 1871 env. (stamp torn off) with rare "SHIP LETTER NEWCASTLE TYNE", 1892 1/2d Brown PC with odd "C" in circle cancel, 1890 Jubilee group (inc. unused Furness Caricature PC + env.), 1886 1d PC cancelled on French TPO, 1897 1d Reply PC from Marseille, 1883 1/2d PC with US 1c P. Dues (2), 1910 PC with marginal KEVII 1/2d with St Andrews Cross, 1911 env. regd. with KEVII 1/2d and 9d, etc. (30 covers/cards + 1 stamp) £150 |
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| 1225 | |||
| VERY EARLY PCs WITH PICTORIAL/CODED MESSAGES + SMALLEST RECORDED (?) QV ENVELOPE, ETC.; Tiny 28 June 1896 env. (44x38mm; some wear - original contents) to London with 1d Lilac (folded round) tied by an "EDINBURGH" c.d.s. ("LONDON S.W." backstamp) believed to be the smallest recorded used GB QV stamped cover. Plus c.1850 piece with Imperf. 1d Red Pair tied by London Numerals, the stamps cut so small that no words or corner letters are visible(!!), c.1875 piece with a tiny corner of a 1/2d Rose-Red tied by London Numeral, and 15 Oct. 1870 - 1878 quartet of 1/2d Violet PC usages from Dundee (15 Oct. 1870), Pontefract 1873), Newbury (1875) & Edinburgh (1878) with odd messages; a single word "yes", a lamp illuminating a pocket-watch, a hand-coloured owl with a mirror-writing message and a human foot with "Jan. first 1878"! (7 items) PHOTO - see page 73. £200 |
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| 1226 | |||
| QV TO QEII CANCELLATIONS COLLECTION - INC. USEFUL PARCEL POST, ETC.; c.1880-1960 covers/cards/pieces with a good range of cancels inc. 1898 London PP Label with Jubilee 9d tied by c.d.s. and red boxed "COACH/ROAD-BORNE", rubber 'label' marks, 1952/63 Parcel "PAID" labels, 1896 1d red PC and KGV Seahorse 5/- pair used in Constantinople, NPB cancels, TPOs, etc. (c.41 covers/cards + 346 pieces). PHOTO - see page 75. £150 |
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| 1227 | |||
| TELEGRAPHIC TRIANGLE CANCELS ON COVERS/CARDS - QV PRINTED MATTER + KGV RE-RATED P. STATIONERY; 1893-1923 covers/cards all with the scarce large triangular undated Telegraphic-coded marks initially reserved for the printed matter rate mail from 1893, but also briefly used for KGV Postal Stationery re-rated due to the 1922 reductions of postal rates; QV group (Postal Stat. etc.) inc. 3 covers + front with the rare St. Martins Place Intaglio types, and provincial "LIZ" (Lpool), "PIG" (Pitlochry!), etc. Plus 1922/3 KGV P. Stat. PC/env. with "GW" or "HJB" for rate reductions. Rare group of these attractive triangular marks. (16 covers/card, 1 front & 7 pieces) PHOTO - see page 74. £160 |
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| 1228 | |||
| KEVII PERIOD P. DUE COVERS INC. DISALLOWED QV 21/2d PAIR, "OF THE NATURE OF A LETTER", ETC.; 1902-6 envs. charged as un/underpaid inc. rare 1903 env. to France with QV 21/2d Blue Paid disallowed and so with French 50c P., Dues (2), underpaid redirected Swiss 2c wrapper with KEVII 1d Red and h.s. "1/2.F.B", and pretty 1902/3 trio with KEVII 1/2d's but also with very fine boxed "Contains writing of the nature of a Letter" marks for "214", "387" & "655" (Cullompton, Huddersfield & Rotherham). (5 covers) PHOTO - see page 74. £150 |
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| 1229 | |||
KEVII MAIL - TO SARAWAK, MALAYA & SINGAPORE + PAQUEBOTS, ETC.; 1902-37 covers/cards with KEVII 21/2d Blues/1d Reds to "Bidi, Sarawak, Borneo" (very rare; a village with an antimony mine on the railway line to Bau), Yokohama (hugely redirected) and Singapore (2 PCs with very fine large 2-ring "PENANG TO SINGAPORE" c.d.s.'s), 1912 with KEVII 21/2d & US 5c Blue tied by scarce "CARDIFF/PAQUEBOT" machine, 1904 ex Chile with 21/2d tied by superb Lisbon "PAQUEBOT", odd 1906 env. with German 20pf Blue used in error ex Nottingham, 1904 use of QV Jubilee 21/2d + KEVII 21/2d tied by London machine cancel to US, etc. Fascinating lot. (11 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 74. £150CANCELLATIONS (see also lots 1745/6) |
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| 1230 | |||
| PLYMOUTH MALTESE CROSS 1d BLACK COVER, EXPERIMENTAL "DOTTED 466" CANCEL ON 1d 'STARS', ETC.; 8 Mar. 1841 EL from "PLYMOUTH" (fine c.d.s. across join with h.s. "A" sub-office mark) to London franked by Plate 9 1d Black (EE; clear to good margins all round except just shaved at bottom left - ironed crease) cancelled by a partly fine distinctive black Plymouth Maltese Cross (2006 RPS cert. of genuineness; states stamp has been ironed and then put back slightly out of place - SG cat. £13,000 on cover!); plus off-cover 1d Red 'Stars' cancelled by a very fine strikes of the rare Liverpool "466" Numeral with pins (like the Salisbury Trial but much rarer), faked Kilmarnock MX on 1d Red, 1d 'Stars' with small blue barred circle cancel, etc. (1 covers + 5 stamps) PHOTO - see page 74. £260 |
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| 1231 | |||
| DERBY MALTESE CROSS COVERS INC. ONE STRIKE IN BLUE INK; 1841/44 covers (4) with Derby Maltese Crosses inc. 3 Oct. 1843 E (repaired at top left clear of stamps and address) with 2 1d Reds (near 4m) tied by one Blue and one Grey Maltese Cross, Mar 1843 1d Red (4m; recut corner) tied by light black MX (clear profile), 1841 1d Pink with black MX, and Feb. 1844 E with v. fine worn MX. Intriguing group. (4 covers) PHOTO - see page 74. £140 |
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| 1232 | |||
| BLUE NUMERAL:1841 2d blue plate 4 TA with central blue numeral cancellation. Three good margins, cut5 into at foot. SG Spec E1wb £1,000 PHOTO - see page 75. £100 |
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| 1233 | |||
| BLUE MALTESE CROSS OF TRURO:1843 (20 Jan) E from Truro to Hayle bearing 1d MI (close at right) tied by a good strike of the Truro blue MC. SG Spec B1sc £1,700 PHOTO - see page 74. £150 |
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| 1234 | |||
| BLUE NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS:1849 (22 Nov) EL from Helions Bumpsted to Billericay franked with 1d GG (cut into at foot) tied by a blue "335" numeral of Haverhill. 1847 (10 Feb) E from Market Drayton to Newcastle Under Lyme bearing 1d II (faults) with a lightly struck blue numeral cancellation. SG Spec B1xb £1,500 PHOTO - see page 74. £140 |
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| 1235 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE AND COLOURED CANCELLATIONS:1841 1d EJ (thinned) with a almost complete strike of the distinctive Perth MC. 1d PH with a good strike of a blue MC. 1d SD with an almost complete "134" (Bristol) cancellation in blue. Four margined (close in places) examples. SG Spec B1 sc, tt & xb £1,150 (3) PHOTO - see page 73. £140 |
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| 1236 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF BRIGHTON:1841 1d plate 35 DG-DH pair cancelled with two clear strikes of the Brighton distinctive MC. SG Spec B1tb £760 PHOTO - see page 75. £120 |
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| 1237 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSSES:1842 (9 Aug) env. with contents from Wick to Thurso bearing a 1d plate 20 EJ tied by a complete MC. 1843 (14 Jan) EL from Manchester to Oldham bearing 1841 1d DB with a complete strike of the normal Manchester MC. 1843 E from Castle Connell to Dublin with a good 1d FD tied by a complete central MC cancellation. £120 |
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| 1238 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSSES OF MANCHESTER & PERTH:1841 1d DI with a complete central strike of the distinctive Perth MC. 1d AD with two part strikes of the distinctive Manchester "fish tail" MC. Four margined adhesives. SG Spec B1tp & tt £600 PHOTO - see page 75. £100 |
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| 1239 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF PERTH:1841 1d plate 23 SE-SH strip of four cancelled with crisp strikes of the distinctive Perth MC. Three wide margins, SE-SF touched at foot. SG Spec BItt £1,000. PHOTO - see page 75. £100 |
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| 1240 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF GREENOCK AND STIRLING:1843 (2 Aug) E to Kirkcaldy bearing 1d plate 32 NE tied by a complete strike of the Stirling MC. 1842 (30 Aug) EL to Liverpool bearing 1d plate 23 PA with distinctive Greenock MC cancellation. Both adhesives touched on one side. SG Spec B1th & tu £1,050 £140 |
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| 1241 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF LEAMINGTON AND DUBLIN:1843 (1 Feb) large piece franked with 1d NI (touched in places) with a complete strike of the distinctive Leamington MC with c.d.s. alongside. 1843 (4 April) EL from Dublin to Mountmellick bearing a three margined 1d HH tied by a very fine distinctive Dublin MC. £100 |
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| 1242 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE SANSERIF TRIPLE SIDE-ARCS "44" NUMERAL ON COVER WITH BLUE "TIDESWELL" UDC; Attractive 4 Feb. 1853 env. (barely noticeable neatly closed spike-hole well clear of stamp and marks) to Bakewell franked by near 4m 1d Red (SB) tied by an excellent strike of this strange (locally made replacement?) "44" Numeral with a very fine blue "TIDESWELL" UDC on the side-flap (opened out for display). Only one example of the original issue Tideswell "44" Numeral (with the usual twin side-arcs) has been recorded, and it is not known when this strange distinctive type was introduced but a handful of covers are recorded all dating from the early 1850s. One of the rarest of all Numerals. Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 21. £200 |
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| 1243 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE SANSERIF TRIPLE SIDE-ARCS "44" NUMERAL ON COVER WITH BLACK "TIDESWELL" UDC; 25 Dec. 1853 env. (barely noticeable neatly closed spike-hole well clear of stamp and marks) to Bakewell franked by 3m 1d Red (LB) tied by a very fine strike of this strange (locally made replacement?) "44" Numeral with a very fine black "TIDESWELL" UDC on the reverse along with a very fine blue-green Christmas Day "BAKEWELL" arrival c.d.s. (opened out for display). Only one example of the original issue Tideswell "44" Numeral (with the usual twin side-arcs) has been recorded, and it is not known when this strange distinctive type was introduced but a handful of covers are recorded all dating from the early 1850s. One of the rarest of all Numerals. Very attractive. PHOTO - see page 19. £150 |
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| 1244 | |||
| DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS - LEEDS: 1841 2d blue plate 3 QG (close to good margins) with a crisp part strike of the distinctive Leeds MC. SG Spec E1ug £2,300. £190 |
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| 1245 | |||
| SCOTTISH MALTESE CROSSES:1841 (Oct) part cover from Kirriemuir to Dundee bearing 1d MH tied by a very fine MC. 1841 (6 Oct) EL from Keith to Musselburgh franked with 1d QF tied by a complete MC. 1843 E from Aberfeldy to Oban bearing 2d QG (small margins) with a complete fine lined MC. (3 covers) £140 |
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| 1246 | |||
SQUARED CIRCLES: The selection of KEVII/KGV period cards with a good range of Squared Circle cancellations. Some more unusual types inc. Andoversford, Aysgarth Station, Fladbury, Kineton, Polegate, Southgate, etc. (Approx. 100). £150MACHINE CANCELLATIONS |
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| 1247 | |||
| PEARSON HILL "OPERA GLASSES" & 2nd-TYPE MACHINE MARKS + SALISBURY "PINS" ON PIECES/STAMPS; Useful 1857-70 group inc. very rare "B"-code Opera Glasses Machine cancel on 1d 'Stars, pair of 1857/8 pieces with complete 2nd-Type "A/A"-code Machines, similar "A/A" marks on 4 loose 1d 'Stars', c.1858 1d 'Stars' with part rare Salisbury "Pins" mark "683/E" (the scarce London usage with pins) and c.1870 pair of 1d Plate Nos. with almost complete strikes of the same "683/E" mark but without pins (as used later at Salisbury P.O.). Good group. (2 pieces + 8 stamps) PHOTO - see page 73. £200 |
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| 1248 | |||
RARE MANCHESTER "498 498 4989" ROLLER ON COVER TO SHANGHAI; 24 Dec. 1864 E (minor wear) to "Shanghai, China" routed "Via Marseilles" and franked for the 1s-4d rate by a 1/- Green & 4s Vermilion tied by two strikes (one very fine) are repeated "498" Manchester Roller Machine cancellation. Very few examples of this Machine (or the similar London, Liverpool & Birmingham Machines; all experimentally introduced in 1856 but little-used thereafter) have ben recorded; exceptional with this destination. PHOTO - see page 18. £200SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC. |
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| 1249 | |||
| QV LINE ENGRAVED CANCELS GROUP INC. SCOTS TYPES, SPOONS, ETC. + LATER STUDIES; c.1854-1960 covers/cards/pieces inc. mainly very fine Rideout/Azemar machines, Spoons (Shrewsbury etc,.), S/Ways Duplexes, Leith 'Monocycle' Edinr. Roller, Brunswick Star Duplex etc all on 1d Reds; plus Sloper perforated 'Arrow' cancel on 1/2d Lilac PC, KEVII & later Machine cancels etc. Attractive study all neatly mounted and written up. (c.28 covers/cards + 116 pieces). £140 |
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| 1250 | |||
| IRISH SPOON COVERS - DROGHEDA, GALWAY, WESTPORT & WEXFORD; 1855-63 1d Red covers [all ex T.E. Field collection] inc. mainly very fine Irish DROGHEDA/179 (3), English GALWAY/232 (3 inc. 1 blue), rare English WESTPORT/447 & Irish WESTPORT/448 (4; one E reduced). Plus a similar front & piece. Elusive group. (9 covers, 1 part E, 1 front & 1 piece) PHOTO - see page 74. £240 |
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| 1251 | |||
CHELTENHAM - THE VERY RARE SPOON ON COVER SHOWING A (UNIQUE?) INVERTED DATE VARIETY; 30 Dec. 1857 env. (minor wear around edges) to Tewkesbury franked by 1d Red 'Stars' (part of adjacent stamp at left) tied by an 80% complete very fine very rare "CHELTENHAM/177" Spoon Duplex with a strange (unique?) variety - the year is above the date, and the date and code "A" are inverted at the foot. An exceptional example of the rarest of all the English Spoon Duplexes. PHOTO - see page 21. £500G.B. 1911 CORONATION AERIAL POST |
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| 1252 | |||
RARE CARD TO CANADA:1911 (15 Sept) dull purple brown card addressed to Victoria Canada flown from London to Canada bearing KGV 1/2d x 2 tied by a fine Die 3 c.d.s. No arrival marks. Small faults. PHOTO - see page 74. £100G.B. SHIP LETTERS |
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| 1253 | |||
| BLYTH - RARE "SHIP LETTER/BLYTH NORTHD." ON ICELAND CARD TO FRANCE, ETC.; 12/14 May 1914 PPC (of Reykjavik) to Paris franked by '2 Kings' 10a Red tied by a fine "REYKJAVIK" 'Bridge' c.d.s. but also unusually having a mainly very fine strike of the rare "SHIP LETTER/BLYTH NORTHD." mark (Rob. S1) alongside, and a large part Dec. 1911 front with Iceland Sigurdsson 4a Blue (5) tied by fine Reykjavik c.d.s.'s but having a mainly very fine "SHIP LETTER/BLYTH NORTHD." (Rob. S6) nearby with fair matching c.d.s. Rare pair. (2 items) PHOTO - see page 76. £200 |
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| 1254 | |||
| EDINBURGH - SMALL OCTAGON-FRAMED "SHIP LETTER" ON FOUR PCs EX ICELAND (TO FRANCE, GB & DENMARK; 1883-91 usages of Iceland 5/8/10a P. Stat. PCs (4 inc. 2 10a; some faults, the 5a with stamp removed and address erased) to GB (2; the 5a & a fine 10a) with v. fine strikes of the Rob.S3 octagon-framed "SHIP LETTER" on the front, to France (toned 8a Lilac) also with v. fine Rob.S3, and to Denmark (10k with file notes and overstruck Rob.S3). Unusual group. (4 cards) PHOTO - see page 76. £160 |
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| FOWEY - THE EARLIEST RECORDED SHIP LETTER - ENDORSED "Ship Letter to" BESIDE "FOWEY" STRAIGHT-LINE; [6 Mar. 1813] E (some wear to corners - folded in - otherwise fine and attractive; wmk. "1812" and dated from an enclosure) from "Demerary" (confirmed from the Lloyds List of 29 June 1813; she reached Plymouth with the fleet on 23 June) - the letter clearly had large enclosures, but only one remains (an affidavit about court proceedings in "Demerary" and dated "6th March 1813") - addressed to London (28 June 1813 red c.d.s. on flap) and endorsed "P. Ship Spectator"; charged "2 oz 10/8" with a mainly very fine "FOWEY" nicely placed on the front and most unusually boldly endorsed "Ship Letter to", also having a very fine oval-framed London "*SHIP*/[Crown]/LETTER" (Rob.S10; scarce) nearby, which was reserved for mail landed at smaller ports without Ship letter marks. Robertson/Tabeart record no Fowey Ship Letter markings before 1820 when the step-type mark appears, but very little mail was ever landed at this tiny Cornish port, so it is no surprise that pre-1820 Fowey Ship Letters have not previously been recorded. Important Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 10. £2,000 |
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| FOWEY (CORNWALL) - RARE STEP-TYPE "SHIP LETTER" MARK ON "Detained for Postage" COVER EX CHILE TO U.S.A.; Remarkable Mar./May 1849 EL from "Ship Panama, 23 Lat. 28 South Long 39" addressed to New York and with mention that the writer intended to post the letter from his next port of call, "Talcuhana Coast, Chile, sea port of Conception"; having mostly fine distinctive orange-red small boxed step-type "FOWEY/SHIP LETTER" (Rob.S3, 1820-49; few examples known and a very late date) on the front along with matching c.d.s. (May 1849), but the latter overstruck by fair London red boxed "No. [23431]/Detained for Postage" and "Returned for/Postage" marks, and so with black "1/4" charge changed to red "1/4" and having London tombstone "PAID" d.s. (29 June 1849) on the front with red "5/CENTS" etc. Rare Ship Letter from this remote port and an exceptional usage on Chile to USA mail! [Ex Charless Hahn; Cavendish March 2007, lot 1171; realised £378.] PHOTO - see page 76. £300 |
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| VERY RARE "GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTERS" MARK ON FIJI MISSIONARY'S COVER FROM N.S.W. TO G.B.; 3 Jan. 1856 E from "Sydney" (filing note) to London with a mainly fine strike of the very rare Plural Rob. S10 sanserif "GRAVESEND/SHIP LETTERS" mark (one of only two recorded examples) across the join on the reverse with a red "SHIP-LETTER/[Crown]/LONDON" c.d.s. (9 Apr.) nearby; charged the "6[d]" Colonial Ship Letter rate on arrival. The contents of this letter have been traced in the London archives (full copy and typed transcript enclosed); it was written by the famous missionary Rev. James Calvert (see Australian DNB; he translated the Bible into Fijian). Calvert was on his was back to England when he sent this letter ahead of him; he in it he note that "Before I left Feejee, Com[mande]r Boutwell had burnt 4 or 5 towns." [This was a US Naval officer who sought to obtain $45,000 compensation for supposed thefts of US citizens' goods ny Fijians!] A very Historical and rare item. PHOTO - see page 23. £300 |
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| LEITH/PETERHEAD - GREEN OVAL-FRAMED "SHIP LETTER/LEITH" D.S. + "PETERHEAD" ROUTE SHETLANDS COVERS; 20 Feb. 1833 EL from "Shetland Bank, Lerwick" to Edinburgh having a very fine rare green oval-framed "SHIP LETTER/FE20 1833/LEITH" datestamp nicely placed on the front, plus 12 Nov. 1836 EL from the same correspondence with v. fine boxed "LERWICK/.778-E" mileage on the reverse unusually beside a mainly fine "PETERHEAD" transit c.d.s. showing an unusual routing (there was no Peterhead Ship Letter mark in use at this date; they are not known from 1829 until 1892). Good pair. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 77. £150 |
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| LEITH - VERY RARE RED STEP-TYPE "LEITH/SHIP LETTER" (IN USE ONE DAY ONLY) ON SHETLANDS COVER; 21 Nov. 1840 EL from Lerwick Bank to Edinburgh prepaid the 1 to 2 ounce rate (red manuscript "P4"; it originally enclosed 8 bank bills) with a mainly fine boxed "LERWICK" d.s. on the top flap, having a very fine red boxed step-type "LEITH/SHIP LETTER" (Rob.S5; only three examples - including this cover - known, and all for this one date, 3 Dec. 1840!) on the front. Good example of the Shetland PO using a private ship to carry mail. Important Exhibition Item and arguably the finest of the three recorded examples [The Ecosse cover realised £747 in Oct. 1999.] [Ex Ernest Sterne.] PHOTO - see page 19. £400 |
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| LIVERPOOL - RARE OVAL DATED "AMERICA" D.S. WITH UNRECORDED (?) "21" ACCOUNTANCY MARK; Attractive 16 Apr. 1850 EL from "AUGUSTA/GA." (fair red c.d.s. on the front) to Belfast endorsed "P Steam Packet from New York to Lpool" charged "24" in Augusta but having a very fine rare Liverpool dated oval "AMERICA" d.s. (P3) on the top flap as well as a very fine large Handstruck "21" mark (presumably applied in Liverpool, but not recorded) on the front (showing 21 cents due from the "1/-" collected on delivery as due to the US). Carried on the Maiden Return Voyage of the SS 'Atlantic'. Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 74. £200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide & G.B. Stamps & Postal History (Sale 759 Lots 1010-1754) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd. | Location: | Derby |
| Contact: | Tel: (01332) 250970 Fax: (01332) 294440 | ||
| Date: | 31st May 2013 | Time: | 1:00PM |
| Details: | Viewing at Cavendish House: Tuesday 28th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 29th May 9.30 am to 4.30 pm Thursday 30th May* 9.00 am to 11.45am* Friday 31st May 9.00 am to 11.45am *Please note: Lots from the Friday auction cannot be viewed on the 30th Ma |
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