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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 20 | |||
| 953 | |||
| 1883 (Aug 9) First type 'Parcels Post' label for "Longton (Under Stoke-on-Trent)" bearing 1882 4d grey plate 18 and 1d lilac pair tied by "LONGTON / STAFF" datestamps, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 145. £150-180 |
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| 954 | |||
| 1885 (June 5) First type 'Parcels Post' label for "Bath (Grosvenor)" with 1883 6d green tied "GROSVENOR" c.d.s, a little minor staining, otherwise fine and scarce. £120-150 |
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| 955 | |||
| 1884 (Dec 6) G.P.O London E.C second type Parcel Post label with G.P.O London hooded circle datestamp still inscribed "PARCELS POST / DEPOT"; and 1885 (Jan 15) Atlas Assurance Co. address label with printed "PARCELS POST" heading bearing 1883 3d (2) each tied by barred dumb cancel, on piece with small second type Parcel Post label without office name having a Lombard St. c.d.s. Two unusual items showing the change from the plural 'Parcels Post' to 'Parcel Post' in 1884. (2). £100-120 |
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| 956 | |||
| London Parcel Post Labels. 1883-1918 Labels, the study on pages with first type 'Parcels Post' labels on blue paper for Charles Street Haymarket (8 Oct. 83 c.d.s) or without office name bearing a Mark Lane c.d.s; second type large labels on white paper for High St. Peckham, Vere St. (franked 3d) or 21 Regent St. and smaller labels without office name on white paper (2) or blue paper; third type labels with 'Postage Paid' added on white paper (5) or blue paper (2); fourth type labels with 'S.D' on white paper (3); later labels for Mount Pleasant Parcel Office (with printed "P" in the X List column) or Postal Stores Dept.; skeleton and rubber cancels; labels bearing QV 9d, 1/- green (2) or 1/- green and carmine, etc. (55). £450-550 |
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| 957 | |||
| London Parcel Post Labels on orange paper, for use on parcels carried on the London to Brighton coach, first format label for Bedford St. Covent Garden with Bedford St. Strand "P.P" c.d.s and second format label (X List added) for 52 Westbourne Grove franked 1 1/2d, both fine, very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 145. £200-250 |
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| 958 | |||
| London - N.W District. 1891-1925 Parcel Post labels mounted in office order in an album, virtually all differing offices or types, blue and white labels, 73 bearing stamps. (155). £450-550 |
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| 959 | |||
| London - W. District. 1896-1924 Parcel Post labels mounted in office order in an album, all apparently differing offices or types, both blue and white labels, all stampless. (180). £350-400 |
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| 960 | |||
| London - N. District. 1892-1920 Parcel Post labels mounted in office order in an album, virtually all differing offices or types, blue and white labels, 140 bearing stamps. (237). £750-900 |
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| 961 | |||
| London - S.W District. 1891-1919 Parcel Post labels mounted in office order in an album, virtually all differing offices or types, blue and white labels, an extensive collection, 197 bearing stamps. (608). £1,400-1,600 |
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| 962 | |||
| London - E. District. 1894-1918 Parcel Post labels mounted in office order in an album, virtually all differing offices or types, blue and white labels, 43 bearing stamps. (158). £300-400 |
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| 963 | |||
| England and Wales. 1883-1939 Labels, the study on pages with first type 'Parcels Post' labels for Newcastle on Tyne or Compton Gifford (under Plymouth) both used with 1883 3d on 3d, or unused (3); second type label without office name bearing a Wellington squared circle; third type label used (3, one franked 1d + 1 1/2d + 5d) or unused (2); fourth type labels (3); single QV 1/- franking, rubber datestamps, later small labels without office name, a very late 1939 use of the larger label of Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, etc. (61). £400-500 |
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| 964 | |||
| 1892 (Nov 1) Dorking Parcel Post label on orange paper for parcels carried on the London to Brighton coach, second format with "X List" and "Fee Paid on Registration", used with a Dorking c.d.s and boxed "COACH / ROAD - BORNE", fine and scarce. Photo on Page 145. £140-160 |
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| 965 | |||
| Scotland. 1889-1934 Parcel Post labels, the study on pages including small second type label without printed office name having manuscript "Union St. Aberdeen", franked 2d + 2 1/2d; 1900 label of Bellochantry with QV 6d cancelled by the office name and date in manuscript; labels with the town name written by hand (2); 1904 label with KEVII 1/- strip of three cancelled by Edinburgh roller, etc. (25). £200-240 |
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| 966 | |||
| Ireland. c.1883-1934 Parcel Post labels, the study on pages with first type labels unused (2); second type labels of Kilmore Quay or without office name (Belfast c.d.s) both used; third type labels unused (2); later labels with the name written or altered in manuscript (3); others with the place name typed or applied by handstamp (3); manuscript endorsements instead of datestamps (4); rubber datestamps (5, including "KIEL / STRAFFAN STN"); R.S.O datestamps (2); roller cancels (7); Dundrum skeleton; single "380" numeral of Portrush; Postage Paid charges shown by handstamps (3); various frankings including single QV 1/- green and carmine, etc. (65). £500-600 |
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| 967 | |||
| 1895-1901 Parcel Post labels, the first without any town name shown bearing 1887 1 1/2d and 6d each perfined "SUTTON / READING" tied by "READING / PARCEL DEPOT" datestamps; the other for "LLOE", the printed name crossed out and altered in manuscript to "Glanidon", the office stamp box having manuscript "Glan y Don, Sept 2 / 1901" with 1d lilac + 1887 3d pair tied by two unusually large triple ring "HOLYWELL" parcel cancels. Two unusual labels, Glan y Don apparently having no datestamp on this date. (2). £80-100 |
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| 968 | |||
| 1897-1918 Parcel Post labels without any office name shown (12); with the office written in manuscript (6); printed labels with the office name altered in manuscript (5); the office name shown by a straight line handstamp (4), triangular handstamp with telegraphic code (2), c.d.s, undated circle or parcel handstamp. A very unusual group. (32). £250-350 |
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| 969 | |||
| Army Postal Service. 1916-19 Parcel Post labels with various F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps (13, six with apparently faked skeleton datestamps), 1917 boxed A.P.O 55 parcel cancel on piece, "Free" label with boxed "R.E.P.S / 6 FEB 18 / Home Depot / R.L.O", other WW1 and WW2 A.P.O parcel cancels (with two on "Free" labels), etc. (27). £160-180 |
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| 970 | |||
| 1910 Parcel tag posted from Cadbury Bros. at Bourneville to Brighton, the reverse with an illustration of a tin of Bourneville Cocoa and an imitation parcel post label franked KEVII 3d (perfined), vertical creases, still an attractive and very unusual privately printed parcel post label on a parcel tag. £100-120 |
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| 971 | |||
| Privately printed parcel post labels, for Euston Depot printed by James Shoolbred & Co., with QV 6d (perfined) tied by unusual diamond shaped "EUSTON / PARCEL / POST / OFFICE" (21 May 95), fine and scarce; for Berkhampsted printed by William Cooper & Nephews bearing KEVII 1 1/2d (perfined); or an imitation label of Paisley printed in blue with red "PAISLEY / PAID 3d" c.d.s of 1904, a scarce trio. (3). Photo on Page 145. £150-200 |
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| 972 | |||
| Newtown printed to private order parcel post labels of Pryce Jones Ltd, comprising 1900 large horizontal rectangular label in black bearing QV 1d (perfined) and 9d; large vertical format rectangular labels in red with KEVII 6d or 1d + 3d, and the top portion only (the lower address part removed) of a similar label in black bearing KGV 6d. (4). £160-200 |
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| 973 | |||
| c.1890 "Stores Branch, G.P.O, Dublin" small white label bearing Govt. Parcels 1 1/2d and 9d tied by a Dublin roller cancel, scarce and unusual. £120-150 |
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| 974 | |||
| c.1897 "Postal Stores Department, G.P.O, London" large O.H.M.S parcel post label on buff paper to Weymouth, with "G.P.O LONDON / PARCEL POST / DEPOT" hooded circle datestamp, bearing Govt. Parcels 1d and 1 1/2d block of four tied by London roller cancels. A little creased but unusual. £120-150 |
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| 975 | |||
| c.1897 Similar Postal Stores O.H.M.S parcel post label used to Oxford, bearing Govt. Parcels 6d, on piece with boxed "COACH / ROAD - BORNE / M.P" handstamp. £100-120 |
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| 976 | |||
| c.1904-21 Official parcel post labels for the Stores Department at the G.P.O (3, one a little reduced), Northern District Office, Mount Pleasant Parcel Office, or simply inscribed "Stores", all used with stamps of KEVII (5 labels) or KGV. Also label franked KEVII 6d and QEII Official Paid labels (3) from H.M Stationery Office. Two labels with "MOUNT / PLEASANT / PARCEL OFFICE" double ring rubber c.d.s, the 1921 label cancelled by rubber "NORTHERN / PARCEL OFFICE" c.d.s. (10). £200-240 |
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| 977 | |||
| Parcel Post Datestamps. 1884-1978 Datestamps inscribed "Parcel Office", "Parcel Depot", "PP" or similar on parcel post labels (22), stamps or pieces (62) or incorrectly used on picture postcards (5, including violet diamond shaped "SOUTH / EASTERN / PARCEL / OFFICE" on 1912 card), various London and provincial offices and types. A scarce and interesting lot. (89). £300-350 |
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| 978 | |||
| Cancels and handstamps on parcel post labels including M.O & S.B or P.O.S.B datestamps (10, also 14 others on stamps or pieces), "R" registration handstamps (5), diamond shaped Parcel Office datestamps (2), large straight line "CHELSEA", various odd dumb cancels (8), single numeral obliterators (4), rubber datestamps (2), red "FROME / 4d / PAID" c.d.s of 1911, etc. (49). £300-350 |
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| 979 | |||
| Parcel Cancels. QV-QEII Undated circular parcel cancels with the office name between vertical or horizontal bars on parcel post labels (2) and pieces or stamps (99); and boxed dated Parcel Post datestamps on pieces (86), 1894 parcel tags bearing QV 4 1/2d and 1/- (Ilfracombe cancel) and an unusual 1889 Mixenden parcel post label with boxed "PARCEL POST / HALIFAX" datestamp. Also 1885-1957 oval or rectangular Paid datestamps on piece (58), showing the amount of postage paid. (247). £350-450 |
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| 980 | |||
| Coach Road - Borne. 1897-1914 Coach Road - Borne boxed handstamps on parcel post labels (22), pieces (11), KEVII Carters Seeds P.T.P.O 4d postal stationery parcel labels (2) and on a QV 3d P.T.P.O postal stationery wrapper from Jordan & Sons with printed "Parcel Post" heading, some handstamps including initials of various London offices. Also parcel post labels of Gt Victoria St. Belfast and Carron, Falkirk (on a large envelope franked KEVII 4d) both with straight line "ROAD-BORNE" handstamp, and a parcel post label endorsed "Coach". (39). £300-350 |
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| 981 | |||
| Railway Borne. 1898-1913 Parcel Post labels with oval "RAILWAY / BORNE" handstamps, some including office initials, one cancelling KEVII 1/2d and 2 1/2d stamps, one on 1899 front franked 6d. Also a parcel post label endorsed "Rail". (9). £100-120 |
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| 982 | |||
| Explanatory Cachets/Endorsements. 1896-1911 Parcel Post labels with endorsements (13, mostly postage due charges due to redirection, underpayment or posting out of course) or cachets including "POSTAGE / REFUNDED" (2), "FOUND LOOSE IN MOUNT / PLEASANT DEPOT, LONDON, / EC" (also a similar handstamp on piece), "CLOSED", "CANCELLED" (over a "Coach Road - Borne" cachet), etc. (21). £200-250 |
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| 983 | |||
| Postage Due Cachets. 1901-08 Parcel Post labels with violet boxed "POSTED OUT OF COURSE / DEFICIENT POSTAGE / FINE / TOTAL TO PAY" (2) or unusual violet "To Pay for / Redirection". (3). £100-120 |
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| 984 | |||
| 1912 O.H.M.S Bag label to "The Secretary, H.M.P, G.P.O London" with violet cachet "Reissued by the Secretary, Dublin / No postage to be entered on X List", the reverse with boxed Dublin Parcel Post datestamp, unusual. £100-120 |
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| 985 | |||
| 1903 O.H.M.S G.P.O bag label with violet double ring datestamp "LONDON AND EPPING / 10 NOV 03 / MOTOR VAN" endorsed to "Woodford Green / final", the reverse with a Woodford Green squared circle (Nov 7) and endorsed "To Coach I Final", scarce and unusual. Photo on Page 145. £180-240 |
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| 986 | |||
| Charge & Customs Labels. 1899-1975 Labels showing "Charges to be levied on the delivery of this parcel (P.P No. 10)" (3) or later "Charge" labels (21, some with postage due stamps, one on 1961 cover with "Transferred to Parcel Post" cachet), also 1894 R.L.O Docket A with 1d lilac strip of three to pay a 3d charge on a returned parcel, 1914-16 labels showing British customs charges on parcels (2), and 1904 receipt for 5/- customs duty prepaid on a parcel to Transvaal. (28). £140-160 |
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| 987 | |||
| 1895-1914 Parcel Post Customs declaration forms, from Canada (4), New Zealand, Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope (franked KEVII 3d, 6d), Queensland or New South Wales, seven bearing British parcel labels showing the country of origin and postage paid. Also two G.B Customs declaration forms for parcels from Guernsey. Some faults. (11). £140-160 |
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| 988 | |||
| Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post labels, used at London, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Dublin, Newcastle or Plymouth on incoming parcels to show the origin and postage paid, including labels for Hong Kong, Zanzibar, Berbera, W. Coast of Africa, Rangoon, Iceland, Pretoria, Barbados, etc., some for insured parcels. (88). £300-350 |
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| 989 | |||
The remainder of the Parcel Post collection in an F.G album including an 1880 letter signed by Henry Fawcett, the blind Postmaster General responsible for introducing the Parcel Post service; various forms and dockets; green "EXPORTED ON DRAWBACK" label; various Certificates of Posting (with 1898 C.O.P franked 5d and 1889 C.O.P franked 1d); covers with "C.O.D" labels (4); "Found without address" or "Insufficient address" labels (6); "Undelivered Parcel Returned to Sender Free" labels (5) and similar "Re-issued Free from R.L.O" labels (5, one on green paper); smaller "Free" labels (8); Customs Examination labels; "Undelivered for Reason Stated" labels (5); 1947-69 meter stamps including trials (19), etc. An interesting collection. (140). £400-500Parliamentary Mail |
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| 990 | |||
| 1819 Entire with printed address panel "HOUSE OF COMMONS / To the Revd (Saml Sharp) / Officiating Minister / of (Wakefield, Yorkshire) / Free / F. FREELING." all enclosed within a black printed border, used with a red Free datestamp. A few edge faults, otherwise fine and very unusual. £100-120 |
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| 991 | |||
| c.1820-30 Free fronts both posted within the London Local Post with red "H.P" of the Houses of Parliament receiving office, the first with the smaller handstamp (Jay 560), the second with the scarcer larger handstamp (Jay 560a). (2). £150-180 |
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| 992 | |||
| 1826 Entire letter from Lord Cork, posted within the London 2d Post with small red "H.P" handstamp (Jay 560) used at the receiving office at the Houses of Parliament, horizontal file fold, otherwise fine and scarce. £280-320 |
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| 993 | |||
| 1830-31 Wrapper headed "Parliamentary Pro." and a printed notice "House of Commons - this house will not receive any petition for private bills after 17th February, no private bill will be read the first time after March 26", the address panel headed "Par. Pro., Honble J.H Foley MP", both with red Free datestamps. (2). £150-180 |
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| 994 | |||
| 1834 (Apr 12) Entire with printed address panel "HOUSE OF COMMONS / To / The Overseers of (Rothwell, Leeds) / FREE. / F. FREELING" with a red Free datestamp, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 142. £200-250 |
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| 995 | |||
| 1840 (Jan 23) Houses of Parliament 1d envelope front used to Scotland with red Paid c.d.s, watermarked sideways with Britannia in crowned circle, scarce and attractive. S.G. PE2c (£18,000 as an envelope). Photo on Page 145. £500-600 |
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| 996 | |||
| 1840 (Feb 7) House of Commons 1d envelope front with lower flap attached, used to Gateshead with red Paid c.d.s and "Whickham / Penny Post", minor soiling and a light horizontal fold at base, unusual with a Penny Post handstamp. S.G. PE9 (£6,000 as an envelope). £150-200 |
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| 997 | |||
| 1854-93 Wrappers, the 1854 and 1873 wrappers with printed heading "Par. Pro / To be Posted at the House of Commons only. / POST PAID", the 1893 wrapper with printed "Par. Pro" heading and oval "VOTE OFFICE / HOUSE OF COMMONS" cachet, all with red Paid datestamps. (3). £120-150 |
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| 998 | |||
| c.1858-59 Covers with 1d reds tied by scarce "H.P/1" obliterator of the Houses of Parliament (one very fine, the other poor and the stamp damaged) both backstamped "HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT / S.W" c.d.s, one in red and the other in black, an unusual pair. (2). Photo on Page 145. £300-350 |
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| 999 | |||
| 1859-c.1865 Fronts with the printed heading "To be Posted at the House of Commons only / POST PAID", one bearing 1865 3d rose plate 4, the other prepaid 1d in cash with a red Official Paid c.d.s. (2). £100-120 |
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| 1000 | |||
| Postal Stationery. QV 1/2d Green newspaper wrapper with printed heading and address "Parliamentary Proceedings. / The Mayor, / Town Clerk, / or Clerk to the Local Board of Health / (or other Local Governing Body), / IMMEDIATE.", addressed to Newton Abbot but not posted. A rare official parliamentary wrapper, not recorded in "Collect British Postal Stationery" by Huggins & Baker. £140-180 |
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| 1001 | |||
| Postal Stationery. c.1898-1968 QV-QEII Predecimal envelopes (12) and postcards (3) all with "House of Commons" embossed on reverse including QV 1d envelopes mint and used, KEVII 1d envelopes mint and used, KGV long size (225x96mm) 1/2d and 1 1/2d envelopes mint, QV 1/2d brown postcard and KEVII 1/2d postcard both used. Also KGVI 2 1/2d envelope with "House of Commons" printed on the reverse and QEII 4d red envelope with "House of Lords" embossed on reverse. (17). £200-250 |
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| 1002 | |||
| 1928 (Feb) Cover (flap missing) with KGV 1 1/2d tied "HOUSE OF COMMONS / SW1" skeleton datestamp, the only example of this skeleton c.d.s so far recorded. Photo on Page 145. £160-200 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Worldwide Stamps and Postal History (Auction Number 33) | |||
| Auctioneer: | Argyll Etkin Limited | Location: | London |
| Contact: | Tel: 0207 930 6100 Fax: 0207 930 6109 | ||
| Date: | 28th February 2013 | Time: | 11:30AM |
| Details: | Viewing: At Stampex: Wednesday 19th-Saturday 22nd February At Argyll Etkin: Until Monday 17th February by appointment Monday 24th to Thursday 27th February 9 am to 4.30 pm and at The Regus Conference Centre: Friday 28th February 9.30 am to 11.30 am |
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