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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 9 | |||
| 1411 | |||
| BAKEWELL - THE VILLAGES + CHATSWORTH/MONSAL DALE - ALL-DIFFERENT POSTCARDS COLLECTION; Small box with c.1902-20 collection of very fine all-different PPCs (some used) inc. 39 of Chatsworth, 48 of Haddon Hall, 27 of Edensor, 27 of Monsal Dale (inc. 6 showing steam trains), and 11 of other villages; large numbers of real photo types are included. Good lot. (152 cards) PHOTO - see page 82. £140 |
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| 1412 | |||
| BAKEWELL's SURROUNDING VILLAGES - PRESTAMP TO KGV COLLECTION; 1826-c.1930 covers/cards inc. 1826/35 pair of ELs from Ashford (1d rate to Matlock) or Hathersage (2d rate to Middleton with red BAKEWELL UDC), v. fine UDCs of ASHFORD/HARTINGTON/ROWSLEY, c.1850 pair of unused pictorial letter-sheets of Chatsworth/Haddon, Parcel Post labels (4 inc. 1910 Edensor with KEVII 3d), Hartington/Hassop skeleton/rubber, and a good range of PPCs (c.100; about half unused - useful real photo and/or village scenes, etc.). (Approx. 108 covers/cards) £150 |
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| 1413 | |||
| BASLOW - THE ALL DIFFERENT PICTURE POSTCARDS COLLECTION; Small box with c.1902-20 collection of all-different PPCs of Baslow (some used) with many real photo types, a good rang of busy street scenes, Hydro views, etc. Good lot; difficult to assemble. (c.100 cards) £120 |
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| 1414 | |||
| BELPER, ILKESTON, LONG EATON & RIPLEY AREAS - PRESTAMP TO KGVI COLLECTION; c.1816-1939 covers/cards with a good range of marks inc. 1816 "DERBY/Penny Post" with Belper boxed "No.2", UDCs of RIPLEY (red) & ILKESTON (v. scarce), good range of scarce QV thimble backstamps & Ilkeston/Long Eaton Duplexes, 8 PP labels (inc. Ripley KEVII 7d or 4d + Milford KGV 6d), rubbers (4; inc. 3 purple), 7 different skeletons, 1926/7 returned pair with "Not to be found/242" or "Gone away/242", Belper Squared Circles (redirected QV or 1903 on Accountant advert env.), 1946 Belper "P.O.W. CAMP/No.58" PC to Italy, etc. Plus a few later items inc. 1953 parcel wrapper with KGVI 2s-3d franking plus Long Eaton Customs charge P. Dues totaling 6s-0d, 1980 purple boxed "NOT KNOWN/RIPLEY/DERBY", etc. Good lot. (71 covers/cards.) PHOTO - see page 82. £260 |
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| 1415 | |||
| BUXTON/GREAT HUCKLOW - VERY EARLY LETTER WITH LONDON BISHOP MARK; 19 May 1669 EL from "Hucklow" to London endorsed "poft pd 3d" on the front with a partly fine "MA/24" London arrival Bishop Mark on the flap. Remarkably early item from this part of the world, and unusual being prepaid at this early date. PHOTO - see page 82. £100 |
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| 1416 | |||
| BUXTON - PRESTAMP, QV & LATER MARKINGS, OVERSEAS MAIL + PPCs; 1830-1945 covers/cards inc. a few prestamp, 1d Red with MX, Numerals, c.1850 unused pictorial notepaper, superb Duplexes, 1883 regd. env. with 1/2d Green + 1d Lilac tied by BLUE thimble c.d.s.'s, 1901 1d Lilacs env. endorsed "Posted out of course, to pay 2d", mail to overseas (1881-1913 covers/cards inc. regd.), good range of KEVII PPCs, 1907 skeleton, 1908 orange "Midland Railway - URGENT TRAIN MESSAGE" form, 1900 purple h.s. Parcel Post 'label', 1913/41 Express pair, 1930 h.s. "2d", etc. Plus a few post-WWII items. (c.100 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 82. £150 |
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| 1417 | |||
| BUXTON & NORTH DERBYSHIRE VILLAGES - CASTLETON, CALVER, EDALE, ETC.; Small box containing 1860-1968 covers/cards (almost all pre-1930) inc. c.1860 pictorial letter-paper of Peak Cavern, 1860/81 Castleton c.d.s.'s, 1894 much-travelled 1/2d Brown wrapper (faults) 20+ pmks, 1896/898/1920 PP labels (inc. WORMHILL purple rubber), 1924 Castleton skeleton, 2 rubbers, c.60 thimbles (much duplication), 1940 LMS internal railway env. + contents to Hindlow Station, 1960 6d Postal Order, 1968 underpaid Express env., and a good range of PPCs (c.100 inc. 24 all-different Millers Dale, Castleton Camp, 3 Derwent/Ashopton cards, etc.). (Approx. 172 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 82. £200 |
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| 1418 | |||
| CALVER + CHAPEL EN LE FRITH & AREA - PRESTAMP TO KEVII INC. PPCs COLLECTION; Cigar box containing 1788-c.1930 covers/cards inc. fine tiny 1788 EL with mainly v. fine rare double-P "CHAPPEL/IN FRITH", 1819 EL ex Edale with "CHAPEL LE FRITH", v. fine 1842 "CHAPEL-IN-LE-FRITH" UDC, 1911/3 pair of skeletons, 1895 Chapel Milton Parcel Post label, and a remarkable collection of c.60 all-different PPCs of Calver (many real photos). Scarce lot. (c. 86 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 82. £150 |
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| 1419 | |||
| CHESTERFIELD - PRESTAMP TO 20th CENTURY COLLECTION; 1788-1935 covers/cards inc. 1788/9 ELs with different v. fine "CHESTER/FIELD" marks, 1793 EL ex "Barbadoes" with "LIVERPOOL/SHIP" but endorsed "Supposed near Ashbourn" with large part "CHESTERFIELD" Horseshoe endorsed "Mifst to", 1822/32 EL/front with c.d.s.'s endorsed "Mifst to" or "Mifsent to Chesterfield" in red, 1818 prepaid to Chesterfield, 1829/39 c.d.s's with date errors (4), 1d Red covers (MX, "56" for "65" Duplex error, printed decorative/advertising 1877/8 pair, etc.), early telegrams, 1875 to Germany, 1892 with Squared Circle to Peru, 4 PP labels, scarce KGV P. Dues, etc. Plus a few later instructional mark covers, etc. Good variety. (59 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 82. £200 |
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| 1420 | |||
| CHESTERFIELD's SURROUNDING VILLAGES COLLECTION - UDCs, SKELETONS, RUBBERS, ETC.; c.1845-1938 covers/cards inc. v. fine UDCs of ASHOVER (red; with mainly fine "Missent to/Derby R.O") BARLBOROUGH (red), CLAY CROSS & STAVELEY (red), mainly v. fine skeletons (5) & rubbers (6 inc. purple TUPTON on 1901 PP label + 2 regd. envs.), all-different thimbles (inc. some QV + 1905 Hasland with P. Due), etc. Plus 1943/55 trio inc. regd. env. to Chile with KGVI Festival 2s-6d Green. Very good lot. (Approx. 86 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 82 & 83. £200 |
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| 1421 | |||
| G.N.R. RAILWAY LETTER STAMP COVER WITH PURPLE "SHIREBROOK G.N.R." STATION MARK; 12 July 1905 fine Ewen env. to London with G.N.R. 2d Green (m/s "X" cancel) and KEVII 1d tied by c.d.s.'s with v. fine purple "SHIREBROOK G.N.R." Station mark alongside. Rare thus. PHOTO - see page 83. £120 |
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| 1422 | |||
| DERBY - EARLY PRESTAMP COVERS, RARE LONDON "A/PAID" 3-RING C.D.S., ETC.; 1736-98 covers inc. mainly v. fine rare distinctive 1736 "DERBV", 1752 Etwall manuscript accounts (2 sheets) inc. mention of a book received by Derby carrier and mail sent by "the Gamekeeper" to put in the post at Derby, 1774/97 newspapers with P.O. Notices ref. mail robberies near Derby, 1794 EL from "Philadelphia" redirected with fancy "DERBY" mark and fine "KENDAL", 1790 front & 1798 E with "DERBY" plus mainly v. fine rare "A"-outside London 3-ring "PAID" c.d.s. Scarce group. (8 items) £150 |
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| 1423 | |||
| DERBY - PRESTAMP LONDON INSPECTORS' MARKS INC. RARE "CROWN-IN-CIRCLE" MARK; 26 Sept. 1767 EL (closed tear just clear of address & marks) to London with v. fine "DERBY" on lower flap, m/s "4" changed to "8" with a very fine rare red London encircled Crown (Jay L162; 1765-7 only) on the front [Ex Barrie Jay; Cavendish, June 2000, lot 2219; realised £80.] Plus 1741 EL (toning to address side) with mainly v. fine early "DERBY" on reverse and fair London "Crown", and 1812 EL with red Derby mileage & red London "Crown" on the front. Good trio. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 83. £120 |
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| 1424 | |||
| DERBY - LATER PRESTAMP COLLECTION INC. EARLY/UNOFFICIAL 1d POSTS, "GIBRALTAR", ETC.; 1801-47 covers inc. scarce 1801 wide-spaced "D E R B Y" on 1d-Rate EL, hand-picked mileages (inc. red & missent), local Unofficial 1d-Post covers (6; 1821-39), 1828 EL enclosing sample of yellow silk, "8129" for "1829" c.d.s. error, mysterious very fine tiny 1829 h.s. "2", free's (inc. 1834 front endorsed "Supposed Cash" in red, 1840 EL with mainly v. fine curved-frame "GIBRALTAR" (endorsed "Not called for" at Derby), etc. (c.30 covers) PHOTO - see page 82. £160 |
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| 1425 | |||
| DERBY - PRESTAMP "MISSENT TO" & RARE "TOO LATE" MARKS; 1824/37 pair of ELs with mainly very fine boxed "MISSENT TO/DERBY" marks (scarce so clear) and rare 1832 EL to Loughborough with v. fine "DERBY" c.d.s. on the flap and mainly very fine rare matching "TOO LATE" on the front (very few Derby Too Late covers have been recorded; only three prior to 1840 and only 4 others in the 1840s). (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 83. £150 |
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| 1426 | |||
| DERBY - QV LINE ENGRAVED PERIOD COVERS - PRINTED CONTENTS, MAIL TO OVERSEAS, P. DUES, ETC.; 1843-79 covers inc. v. fine Numerals, early c.d.s. errors, 1845 usage of the 1d Pink EL, 1845 cash-paid pair to Portugal/German States, 1843/45 1d Reds on fine printed billhead ELs (Derby hatters & carver), backstamps study (inc. 1864 cancelled by "242" Numeral & 1869 struck through cloth), turned 1877 EL with 1d Reds each side tied y very different DERBY/242 Duplexes (!), 1856 red m/s "Not called for", 1856 2d 'Stars' env. redirected with 1d 'Stars' (Derby S/Ways Duplex) soc charged "1", 1870/9 pair of v. fine scarce "1D" in circle marks (both redirected), etc. Plus 1845 'Derby Mercury" paper with mention of P.O. clerk stealing £10. (35 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 82. £200 |
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| 1427 | |||
| DERBY - REGISTERED COVERS WITH IMPERF. 1d REDS + PAPER WITH NOTICE REF. MONEY ORDERS; 4 Sept. & 7 Nov. 1849 E/env. to Macclesfield each with an Imperf. 1d Red (just 4m or very near 4m) tied b very fine "242" Numerals both endorsed "Registered 6" in red; plus 1845 complete "Derby Mercury" newspaper with top central front page P.O. Notice about sending coins by post and registered mail. Attractive trio. (2 covers, 1 newspaper) PHOTO - see page 83. £120 |
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| 1428 | |||
| DERBY - QV PRINTED MATTER/BOOK-POST/NEWSPAPER RATES INC. PLATE 9 1/2d ROSE-RED, ETC.; 1857-94 covers inc. 29 Dec. 1871 local OHMS printed EL (toned fold through address well clear of stamp and marks) franked by the rare Plate 9 1/2de Rose-Red tied by a mainly fine Derby Duplex (the only Derby usage of this stamp of which we are aware), 14 Oct. 1870 "BOOK POST" wrapper with 1/2d Rose-Red (1st month of use), 1865 'Derby Mercury' newspaper with 1d Red, 1853/96 telegrams (13 inc. 3 pre-P.O., 2 with P.O. envs., 1876 form with handstruck "DERBY" and 1881 form addressed to a rail passenger!), 1864/74 pair of Rail way-bills (one with N. Staffs. Rly "VIA DERBY" mark), 1894 Derbyshire Advertiser paper with 1/2d Vermilion, and 1900 2-sheet P.O. Circular with mention of Derby races telegraph service. (21 items) PHOTO - see page 83. £200 |
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| 1429 | |||
| DERBY - BLUE-BLACK UNFRAMED "MISSENT.TO/DERBY" COVER; 3 July 1858 E from Grimsby (blue "VICTORIA ST" UDC on reverse; 1d Red tied by fine "323" Numeral) to Bolton oddly having a very fine strike of the rare sanserif unframed "MISSENT.TO/DERBY" mark nicely placed on the front (matching the blue Derby c.d.s. on the reverse). Attractive cover. PHOTO - see page 83. £120 |
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| 1430 | |||
| DERBY - LATER QV MAIL - ADVERT COVERS, OVERSEAS MAIL, DUPLEXES, ETC.; 1861-1901 covers/cards with unusual rates/designs or unusually clear backstamps/duplexes inc. 1861 1d Red E to a Prisoner in Derby Gaol, 1878 1d Red envs. with advert label/Club flap, range of superb Duplexes (mainly on 1/2d Brown PCs), 1887/94 trio to Vancouver/Italy.Switz., 1890 boxed "Gone No address/242" pair (one with 17 different Derby postmen's initials), 1901 boxed "Not to be found/242", Parcel Post pieces (5 inc. off-cover "GOVT./PARCELS" 1/- Green), 1901 regd. usage of giant Inland Revenue 3d Red P. Stat. env.1878 OHMS "Postage Free" EL, 1901 env. with Derby usage of "ARMY/OFFICIAL" 1/2d Blue-Green, and unused c.1900 1d Lilac env. with printed address; "Hon. Sec., Postmen's Angling Club, P.O., Derby"! Great variety. (c.34 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 83. £150 |
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| 1431 | |||
| DERBY - RARE DISTINCTIVE HANDSTRUCK "1D" & "2D" POSTAGE DUE MARKS; Mar./Aug. 1869 pair of 1d Red envs. + 1d Pink env. usage; two endorsed "Redirected" (from Derby) with very fine rare Derby Handstruck "1D" in circles (filing folds) and one endorsed "Above 1/2oz" ex Ashbourne to Derby with v. fine matching Derby "2D" in circle. Attractive and rare group. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 83. £100 |
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| 1432 | |||
| DERBY - KEVII - KEVIII CANCELLATIONS COLLECTION INC. RARE KGV DOWNEY HEADS FIRST DAY COVER; 1902-38 covers/cards with mainly hand-picked c.d.s./machine cancels of Derby, KEVII 'Emergency Xmas' c.d.s. cancels, rare 22 June 1911 First Day env. with the very first KGV stamps - Downey Head 1/2d Green + 1d Red - tied by fine "DERBY" c.d.s.'s, plus a bundle of PPCs (Royal Show x3, etc.). (Approx. 70 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 83. £150 |
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| 1433 | |||
| DERBY - KEVII TO KGV OVERSEAS MAIL, P. DUES, FISCALS, REGD., PRINTED MATTER RATES, ETC.; c.1903-35 covers/cards/etc. with unusual usages inc. 13 to overseas (1903 to Steam Yacht Argonaut in Sweden, returned from Australia with ambulance env., regd. Air Mails, etc.), rare 1914 newspaper posted with KGV 1/2d, printed matter "242" machine triangular dies (2), regd. mail, 1906 regd. receipt with v. fine "DERBY/P.O.S.B." c.d.s., 3d+6d Mid Railway Parcel stamps, 2 PP labels, rare 1915 "London & Derby Night Mail" T.P.O. Time Bill (completed and posted OHMS), 1916 env. with 3x1/2d's tied by "LONDON & DERBY S.C./GOING NORTH" c.d.s.'s, telegrams (inc. "CONFIRMATION" & "Correction" forms), group of fiscal usages on attractive billheads, and Instructional "242" marks on Returned/P. Due mails (inc. "Not to be found" & "Gone Away" marks). Very scarce group of unusual items. (40 covers/cards + 27 bills & 11 telegrams) £150 |
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| 1434 | |||
| DERBY - KGVI COVERS COLLECTION; c.1938-52 mainly commercial covers/cards with a good variety of hand-picked Derby cancellations (with range of all-different early slogans, etc.) plus unusual usages; 1949 DERBY-BRISTOL T.P.O. c.d.s.'s (one with superb boxed "Posted without late fee/1d to pay", 1949 AR form with 1d+3d tie by unusual blue crayon "Derby" cancel, returned mail, Stamp Office Memos (2) with c.d.s., regd. OHMS, 1937 FDC (2x1d + 21/2d), 1949 Silver Wedding FDC (£1 + 21/2d), and a range of unusual Fiscal usages (inc. 2d's with "DERBY/CORPORATION" overprints on receipt ELs), etc. (53 covers/cards) £120 |
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| 1435 | |||
| DERBY- QEII COVERS COLLECTION; c.1953-79 covers/cards (mainly commercial) with a good range of Wilding/Machin frankings and selected cancels (hardly any duplication); P. Dues, Returned Mail (Recorded Delivery etc.; several with ambulance envs.), Overseas Mail, Instructional Marks, study of the earliest white & blue mechanized sorting Phosphor Dots (inc. some FDCs), etc. Good lot. (approx.146 covers/cards) £140 |
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| 1436 | |||
| DERBY - THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES COLLECTION PART 1 - ALLENTON TO MARKEATON; 1852-1930 covers/cards inc. range of marks (very little duplication) of the villages inc. very fine UDCs of BRAILSFORD, KIRK-LANGLEY (blue) & LITTLE-EATON, unused 1855 pair of pictorial sheets of Elvaston notepaper, 1850s/1860s/1870s c.d.s.'s, very rare 30 Apr. 1878 usage of the 1st-Type "REGISTERED" P. Stationery env. (with SERIF boxed "REGISTERED" on the front, faults; few examples known) with 1d Red ex Brailsford, PP labels (2; one with purple Horsley rubber), rubbers (6 different inc. purple ALLEN TOWN), 1951 AR form and 1964/65 5/- & 6d Postal Orders, etc. Good lot. (approx 36 covers/cards) £200 |
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| 1437 | |||
| DERBY - THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES COLLECTION PART 2 - MELBOURNE TO WILLINGTON + THE T.S.O.'s; 1840-1945 covers/cards inc. range of marks (very little duplication) of the villages inc. 1842 pictorial Billhead EL ex Shardlow, very fine UDCs of MELBOURNE (rare Mar. 1840 usage + mainly v. fine 1841 in red - 1d Red E signed "Melbourne"!), MICKLEOVER (blue) & SHARDLOW (blue; uprated 1d Pink env.), Melbourne "243" Numerals (1d Pink env. + 1d Red E), PP labels (3; Spondon Squared Circle & 2 different Repton types), skeleton, rubbers (3 inc. superb purple STANTON-BY-BRIDGE endorsed "Deceased"), 1906 m/s "Dead", 1930 Repton Express, WWI/WWII trio, etc. Plus c.1975 "Dog Loose" (Spondon) env. a& useful range of Town Sub-Office marks (5 PP labels, scarce QV backstamps, regd. envs. & 1970 5/3 Postal Order). Good lot. (56 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 84. £300 |
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| 1438 | |||
| HATHERSAGE & NORTH-WEST DERBYSHIRE; 1828-1945 covers/cards inc. 1828 EL (posted in Sheffield; typed transcript) ref. an accident at Hathersage ("Last night Saml. Higginbottom got drawn into the cog wheels at Corn Mill and was instantly crusht to death..."), Apr. 1840 small red boxed "SHEFFIELD/PENNY POST" (ex Dronfield), 1848 blue "Hathersage", 1853/55 pair of blue HATHERSAGE UDCs (unpaid to Belgium & France), fine printed 1851 billhead for Hathersage needle-makers (unpaid to France), scarce QV backstamps, etc. (22 covers/cards) PHOTO - see below . £140 |
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| 1439 | |||
| MATLOCK/BATH & SURROUNDING VILLAGES; 1840-c.1960 covers/cards (very few are post-1920) inc. 18 Jan. 1840 M. Bath UDC with Matlock boxed "No.1", 1842 1d Red EL (4m stamp tied by MX) with boxed "No1" alongside, useful group of later 1d Red covers, later QV backstamps, off-cover 1902 Matlock usages of "O.W./OFFICIAL" o.p. QV 1/2d+1d & KEVII 1d, Cromford/Two Dales PP labels, HACKNEY rubber, good range of KEVII PPCs, 3 telegram forms (2 with envs. ex Two Dales, and a few QEII items (inc. mangled 1978 PPC ex USA with apology label! (Approx. 87 covers/cards) £140 |
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| 1440 | |||
| STONEY MIDDLETON WITH TIDESWELL, CALVER & EYAM; 1669-1915 covers/cards inc. fine 2 Apr. 1669 EL from "Tydswall" to London endorsed "Poft is p[ai]d" with a mainly very fine London "AP/5" arrival Bishop Mark nicely placed on the side-flap, 1819/20 pair of ELs with mainly very fine rare red "TIDSWELL/185" lined mileages, v. fine 1830 BAKEWELL UDC (2d rate to Eyam), 1834/42/46 trio with mainly very fine rare large "STONEY MIDDLETON" Horseshoes (two with 1d Reds; one with MX & one with poor but VERY rare Stoney Middleton "43" Numeral), 1841 TIDESWELL UDC, v. fine red 1845 EYAM UDC, 1860s backstamps, etc. Plus 3 later items. (17 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 84. £240 |
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| 1441 | |||
| THE WIRKSWORTH COLLECTION - EARLY PRESTAMP COVERS TO QV & EARLY 20th CENTURY MAIL; 1669-1934 covers/cards inc. fine 21 Sept. 1669 EL charged "3"[d] to London with a very fine "SE/24" London arrival Bishop Mark nicely placed on the side-flap, v. fine c.1795 "WIRKS/WORTH", 3 different mileages, a good range of Local Posts (1788 uncharged to Duffield with "WIRKS/WORTH", 1815 2d rate to Matlock, 1825/34 pair prepaid at 1d rate to Matlock, intriguing 1817 pair of ELs ex Matlock to Sheffield both with boxed "No2" but routed via Bakewell at 5d rate or +- at 7d rate & 1833 "WIRKSWORTH/Penny Post"), 1d Reds/1d Pink with "895" Numerals, Duplex, Squared Circles (4) & 1903 PP label. Good lot. (30 items) PHOTO - see page 83. £240 |
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| 1442 | |||
REMOTE DERBYSHIRE - GLOSSOP & THE NORTH-WEST + WOODVILLE & THE SOUTH; 1843-1931 covers/cards inc. 1830 Woodville ELs (3) from/to a prisoner in Leicester Gaol for debt (part typed transcripts; a fascinating story inc. "[we have had] very little but bread and water this fortnite..."), v. fine 1843 GLOSSOP UDC, 1850 GLOSSOP c.d.s. on "Odd Fellows" EL (Printed design inside; to be left at a Castleton pub, "the Nag's Head Inn"), 1863 "WOODVILLE" c.d.s.,1877 EL with 1/2d Rose-Red and "MEASHAM" c.d.s., 1903/6 much-travelled pair of envs. with numerous endorsements inc. "Not Known at Rosliston" or "Not known at Woodville", etc.), HAYFIELD skeleton, and rubbers of BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL & PEAK FOREST. (30 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 83. £140DEVON |
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| 1443 | |||
| SMALL BOX with the QV to KGV group of E/EL'S & PPC's. We note sundry Seaton district interest inc. the three distinctive types of "Seaton No.2" Receiving house marks, Stonehouse (2 in blue) Tamerton (2, one with Spoon duplex), an original correspondence to Kingsbridge & a useful group of PPC's with various cancellation interest inc. Squared Circles, Puddaven Camp Skeleton, etc. (Approx 90). £180 |
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| 1444 | |||
| EXETER - LATE USAGE PENNY POST OR UDC COVERS COLLECTION; c.1841-59 covers all with wither late use italic village-type "Penny Post" marks (14; Broadclist x3 - all red - Crockernwell, Fore Street Hill x2, Kenton, Lympstone x2, Mount Radford - blue - Saint Davids Hill, Saint Thomas, Starcross - stamp removed - and Whimple), straight-line Town Sub-Office marks (ST. THOMAS + SOUTH-ST x3), or Undated Circular marks (blue POLTIMORE, blue BROADCLIST, black CHAGFORD & 4 blue or black FORE-STREET-HILL - latter inc. two part covers). Good collection. (25 items) £200 |
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| 1445 | |||
OTTERY/OTTERTON/HONITON - PENNY POSTS COLLECTION INC. RARE 'POINTING HAND', ETC.; 1827-39 covers all with Penny Post marks inc. 1827 EL with rare partly very fine "[Hand] OTTERTON/PY-POST", 4 with "OTTERY 13" or "13 OTTERY" (inc. v. fine "ABOVE/WEIGHT" & one scarce "HONITON Penny Post"), 1828 boxed "Otterton/Py Post"and 1839 pair with mainly v. fine "Ottery ST. Mary/Penny Post" (with dated EXETER or village-type Honiton PP's as well). Good lot. (9 covers) PHOTO - see page 83. £160DORSET |
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| 1446 | |||
SHAFTESBURY - FULL SET OF THE FOUR DIFFERENT RARE "5th CLAUSE POST" MARKS ON COVERS; 1824-28 E/ELs all with fine to very fine strikes of the 4 different types of Shaftesbury "5th Clause Post" marks; unframed first type (1824; with fair "CASTLE CARY" alongside), boxed "SHAFTESBURY/5th Clause Post" (1825; used at Wincanton with "No.3"), small boxed type (1828; with Wincanton "No.3") and boxed "Shaftesbury/5" Clause Post" (1828; across join with Bruton "No.1"). Rare set. (4 covers) PHOTO - see page 83. £200ESSEX |
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| 1447 | |||
ROCHFORD PENNY POST ON COVER FROM SWITZERLAND; 1837 E (some edge-wear) from Geneva to Southend, thence redirected to Hyde Park, London (endorsed "Gone from South End" in m/s) with a wealth of postal markings inc. rare black two-line "Rochford/Penny Post" on the lower flap (display well) and circular black "POSTAGE TO LONDON NOT PAID", black boxed "No.1", boxed red "SUISSE/PAR FERNEY" all on the front. A very "busy" and desirable cover. PHOTO - see page 84. £150BRISTOL |
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| 1448 | |||
| RARE CROMWELLIAN PERIOD POSTAL RATE "3[d]" COVER FROM "CLIFTON" TO LONDON; 22 July 1657 clearly dates EL (small closed tear in flap) from "Robt Milford" at "Clifton" addressed "To my good fiend Mr. Richard Heydon in Hand court in Holborn neare Turnestile" charged "3[d]" at foot, being the very rare Cromwellian charge for a single letter taken above 80 miles (as per 1653 Broadsheet and confirmed in the June 1657 Act. [Also endorsed "£200" on the front, being the addressee's annotation.] The contents thank the addressee for a "box and Mellons & Artichoake" that he had sent and mentions waiting for "a convenient messenger" to send a vellum deed up to London. The earliest Bristol postal rate that we can recall having seen; the nine 1593-1600 Corsini letters had no postal rates and there are very few other pre-1660 letters recorded from Bristol - none having postal rates. Important Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 23. £750 |
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| 1449 | |||
| EARLY PRESTAMP COVERS INC. TINY "BRIS/TOLL" & PAIR OF "B/RIS/TOL" TYPES; 1700-1802 covers inc. 1700 EL to London (typed transcript) with v. fine London Bishop Mark, 1723 EL to London with partly fine tiny "BRIS/TOLL", 1750/66 pair of ELs from/to Kingsweston with very fine and mainly very fine strikes of two different rare "B" marks with "RIS/TOL" in the loops, 1776/98 quartet of s. lines, fine scarce 1793 Serpentine (crease), very fine or fine rare 1799/1801 2-line datestamps and mainly very fine very rare 16 Oct. 1802 "122/BRISTOL/OCT. 16 1802" dated mileage mark. Good lot. (c.13 covers) PHOTO - see page 84. £200 |
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| 1450 | |||
| EARLY "BRISTOL/SHIP LRE" MARKS - 2 SIZES - EX U.S. & JAMAICA; 7 June 1771 & 25 July 1790 pair of ELs (latter with old sellotape mark at top right corner of address away from markings and writing) from "Phila[delphi]a" or "Westmoreland, Jamaica" to London/Edinburgh with mainly fine strikes of the rare large and later small "BRISTOL/SHIP LRE" marks (former with light fold) nicely placed on the front; endorsed "P. C. Hood via Bristol" or "Per Rodney, Capt. Woodville" respectively. Plus printed 1800 list (laid down on cardboard) of goods exported in one week from "BRISTOL". (2 covers + 1 list) PHOTO - see page 84. £160 |
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| PRESTAMP COLLECTION INC. MISSENT, 1st-TYPE MILEAGE, 4d-POST, ADDITIONAL "1/2" MARK, ETC.; 1784-1853 covers inc. mainly very fine rare Oct. 1784 "122 BRISTOL", red mileage c.d.s.'s, v. fine 1831 "Missent/to/Bristol", fine 29 Dec. 1839 EL with Uniform 4d-Post manuscript "4" and "CHIPPING SODBURY" UDC, fine rare 1838 distinctive Bristol h.s. Additional "1/2d" mark, several black "PAID AT" marks (inc. 1835 m/s "2" rate), scarce dotted mileage c.d.s., framed "OLD-DOWN", m/s "More 1", orange-yellow 1853 "PAID/AT/BRISTOL" marks on cash-paid covers to St. Vincent & France, etc. (c.34 covers) PHOTO - see page 84. £180 |
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| 1452 | |||
| THE RARE EARLY ENCIRCLED PENNY POST "P P/P" MARKS, Nos. "7", "8" & "10"; 30 May 1794, 30 Sept. 1799 & 25 Oct. 1805 EL/Es from Clifton (first two) and unknown origin all with mainly very fine rare encircled Bristol Penny Post "P P/P" marks, Nos. 7 (very early use; first year), "10" and "8" respectively (latter also with rare "BRISTOL/.122" boxed mileage. Good trio. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 23. £150 |
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| THE LATER BRISTOL PENNY POST MARKS COLLECTION; 1817-47 covers with a good range of mainly very fine undated (inc. red) and dated (inc. the rare tiny boxed type), having Receiving House Nos. 25, 68, 2 (inc. two in blue), 1 (inc. oval framed type), 38, 31, 43, 13, 55, 26, 15, 14, 62, 3, 10, 5 and 70. Plus free fronts (2) with Nos. 4 & 28. Good lot. (c.25 covers + 2 fronts) PHOTO - see page 84. £150 |
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| THE TWIN-BOXED STEP-TYPE "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" MARKS ON COVERS EX TRINIDAD & US, ETC.; 1821/38 covers (4) ex "Trinidad", Havana (P Great Western") or New York (2) all with mainly very fine strikes of this distinctive Ship Letter mark on the front (the 1821 EL ex NY with the mark in red); plus unusual 1825 EL from "SCARBOROUGH" (fine mileage c.d.s.) to NY via a Liverpool Agent but with manuscript "Missent to Falmo" and v. fine red "FALMOUTH" mileage c.d.s. on the front. Good lot. (5 covers) PHOTO - see page 84. £160 |
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| 1455 | |||
| RARE "BRISTOL/5"Clause Post", LATER VILLAGE PENNY POSTS, ETC.; c.1815 EL with v. fine "THORNBURY", rare 1828 EL with mainly very fine rare "BRISTOL/5" Clause Post" and fine "THORNBURY" on the front, and 1840-53 quartet with Penny Post marks inc. "Redland" (v. fine 1840), "Westbury on Trym" (poor) & "Knowle Somerset" (partly fine but rare). (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 227. £140 |
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| RARE "PER STEAMER" COVER FROM IRELAND TO ENGLAND WITH "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER"; Most unusual 13 Feb. 1839 E from "Cork" to Gloucester endorsed "Per Steamer" with a mainly very fine twin-boxed "BRISTOL/.SHIP LETTER" on the front and charged "1/3"; was this a Coastal Steamer charge of 8d plus the further 5d inland to Gloucester? Anglo-Irish Ship Letters are rare especially as late as 1839. PHOTO - see page 85. £120 |
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| PAIR OF "GREAT WESTERN" COVERS EX US WITH "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" IN RED OR BLACK; Attractive 1840/41 pair of Es from "NY" (pencil notes as usual for this correspondence) to Rothschild in London, both endorsed "Pr [S.S.] Great Western" and each with a very fine "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" nicely placed on the front in red or black. Attractive pair. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 84. £150 |
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| BRISTOL GREAT WESTERN COVERS INC. SHIP LETTERS & FREIGHT MONEY RATE; 1839/40 pair of ELs from New York to London, one endorsed "Pr [S.S.] Great Western" and each with a very fine "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" nicely placed on the front in red (crease) or black, July 1840 E from "WANDSFORD" Northants.; red c.d.s. on front) to Canada endorsed "Per Great Western...via Bristol..." with red oval "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON" d.s., Sept. 1841 EL from Philadelphia (blue boxed "PAID" & c.d.s. - "371/2[c]" rate inc. 25c Freight Money charge) to London "per Great Western" with mainly fine black "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER", and fine June 1839 issue of the "BRISTOL TIMES" newspaper with front page advert for SS Great Western passage/freight. Good lot. (4 covers + 1 paper) PHOTO - see page 84. £200 |
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| BRISTOL MALTESE CROSS IN RED ON 1d BLACK COVER WITH PRINTED BILLHEAD CONTENTS; 28 Jan. 1841 EL (printed "The Bristol Mirror" advertising invoice contents) to Wells franked by a very near 4m 1d Black (PK - Plate 8? - close to huge margins but just touched at lower right) tied by orange-red Bristol MX matching the fine c.d.s. on the top flap. Folded to display contents and address panel. Unusual. PHOTO - see page 84. £140 |
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| MULREADY ENVELOPE WITH SUPERB BLACK BRISTOL MALTESE CROSS; 29 May 1841 usage of the Stereo "A136" 1d Black Mulready env. to London cancelled by a lovely strike of the black Bristol Maltese Cross having (oddly) a very fine red Bristol c.d.s. on the reverse (apparently dated "1840" but with 1841 London c.d.s. alongside. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 84. £150 |
| 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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