IRISH AND ENGLISH PRE-ADHESIVE COVERS: Entire letters with 1789, 1796 & 1804 red "BELFAST" h.s. (3 sizes). 1792"L-DERRY" h.s. 1798 London c.d.s. with "A" above, 1800 "DEAL" h.s. 1805 "BRISTOL/122", 1812 above average Dublin "mermaid" d.s. 1815 London inspectors star h.s. 1816 EL "BALLYMENA/101" h.s. 1816 red "BELFAST/80", 1818 "BELFAST" c.d.s. with ornaments and 1830 red "BELFAST c.d.s. with asterisks. Mostly clear strikes. (12 items) £150
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MIRROR WRITTEN LETTER: 1837 (2 Feb) EL from Brighton to Elmsworth with the contents written in mirror writing. Most unusual. PHOTO - see page 49. £80
CANCELLATIONS |
CARTON with the early to modern collection. Line engraved (inc.1d black) and surface printed issues predominate with a range of number, duplex & squared circle types, etc. on cover, pieces & singles. Also a few postmark catalogues. (Qty.) £140
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CARTON with the organised & catalogued collection of mainly QEII slogan postmarks in albums, small boxes, etc. plus few catalogues, monographs, etc. (Qty.) £100
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FOLDER with the collection of mainly line-engraved issues on covers & pieces with representative ranges of number, duplex & straight line cancellations with examples of English, Scottish & Irish (inc. Mitchelstown, Cork number cancel in green). Interesting lot. (Small Qty.) £80
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THREE STOCKBOOKS: The accumulation of mainly LC14 1d reds inc. some on piece mostly with London district numeral or part duplex cancellations, some lower face value later issues are also represented. Also a few provisional sideways duplex cancellation are included, plus a copy of "The Sideways Duplex Cancellations of England and Wales" by Traill & Holland. (Some 100's). £260
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'WESSEX' C.D.S. CANCELLATION OF EXETER ON 1d PINK ENVELOPE; 7 Nov. 1841 local usage of the larger format 1d Pink envelope cancelled solely by a very fine large "EXETER" double-arc c.d.s.; plus matching 10 Sept. 1841 usage of the same size 1d Pink env. to the same address but cancelled by a poor Maltese Cross with the very fine large c.d.s. alongside. Rare and attractive pair. (2 covers) £140
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HANDSWORTH BOXED "PyP/No15" PLUS MC CANCELLING 1d RED ON COVER: 1844 (9 March) EL from Handsworth bearing a 3m 1841-54 1d HF tied by a black MC and a readable boxed blue "PyP/No 15" h.s. with on reverse (across join) a v. fine blue "HANDSWORTH" h.s. SG Spec BIue £4,000. £100
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LONDON DISTRICT CANCELLATIONS: The collection of covers (40), some hundreds of pieces and adhesives off paper (mostly 1d plates) being a study of the various district cancellations arranged by district inc. sections of Eastern, East Central, Northern, North Western, North Eastern, Southern, South Western, West Central, Western & South Eastern. The whole is neatly annotated but some remaindering has taken place. The majority appear to be selected clear strikes. (Some 100's in eleven volumes). £750
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LONDON NUMBERS IN MALTESE CROSS: 1843 (20 Nov) 1d pink env to Hereford with a good number "1" in MC cancellation, horizontal crease. 1844 (29 Jan) EL to Cumberland bearing 1d red ED (shaved at top) tied by a fine "7" in MC cancellation. (2) PHOTO - see page 49. £100
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SLOGANS WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF EXHIBITIONS REPRESENTED:1922-34 The large collection (some on display pages) of mainly pieces but with some covers with a good range of slogan machine cancellations inc.1922 "CABLE TO CANADA/AUSTRALIA &/NEW ZEALAND", 1922 "VISIT THE/BRITISH/INDUSRIES/FAIR 1922", 1926 "JOIN THE KING'S ROLL/AND EMPLOY/WAR DISABLED", 1929 "EXHIBITION/NEWCASTLE ON TYNE/MAY TO OCT", 1931 "VISIT/COTTON SECTION/BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR", 1932-33 "THE TELEPHONE/SAVES /TIME AND MONEY", 1935 BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR/LONDON 18 FEB/ENG & HARDWARE SCEn/BIRMINGHAM" and 1936 "BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR/TEXTILES & FURNITURE/ARE AT/WHITE CITY - LONDON". A very interesting lot which requires further study. (Some 100's). £160
SPOONS & SIDEWAYS DUPLEXES, ETC. |
THE VERY RARE CHELTENHAM SPOON ON 1d RED 'STARS' COVER; Fine 23 Nov. 1857 env. to Bath franked by 1d Red 'Stars' (TL; some cut perfs.) tied by a mainly very fine strike of the very rare "CHELTENHAM/177" Spoon Duplex with code "D" at foot and rare year in full ("1857"). Believed to be the earliest known date for this famously rare mark that was only in use for a couple of months in 1857/8. Plus Sept. 1857 env. to the same address with 1d Reds (2) tied by the "CHELTENHAM/177" Sideways Duplex. Superb Exhibition Item. (2 covers) [With 1978 RPS Certificate of Genuineness.] PHOTO - see page 5. £1,000
G.B. 1911 CORONATION AERIAL POST |
ADVERTISING CARDS FLOWN FROM LONDON TO WINDSOR:A group of dark brown (7) and a red brown card flown from London to Windsor on 9th Sept 1911 the 1st day. All bearing a single 1/2d tied by Die 1 (2), 2, 3 (3), 4 & 5. The dark brown examples with Remington Typewriter Co., J & J Colman, Ltd and Schweppes Ltd (5). Some with faults but very collectable. (8 cards). £180
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ADVERTISING CARDS FROM LONDON: Seven dark brown cards flown from London to Windsor at the 1/2d rate cancelled with various dies and with printed J & J Colman Ltd., Schweppes Ltd. (4), Remington TypewriterCo., and Educational Book Co. (rounded corners) advertisements. Some faults. Also "The Coronation Aerial Post - 1911" by Field & Baldwin author signed. £160
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ADVERTISING CARDS FLOWN FROM LONDON: Five dark brown cards flown from London to Windsor with 1/2d adhesives tied by Dies 1 to 5. All with advertisements comprising Brown Brothers Ltd. (2), J & J Colman Ltd and Schweppes Ltd (2). Some faults but a good lot. (5 cards). £120
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A PROOF CARD FLOWN FROM LONDON TO WINDSOR:A dark brown proof card with Schweppes Ltd advertisement bearing Downey Head 1/2d tied by Die 4 c.d.s. used to Torquay on the 1st day. Proof printings were pressed into use when regular supplies became short. The main difference is the wavy line around the panel inscription. Some printing faults and a little soiled. Scarce. Ex Edwards. PHOTO - see page 49. £120
G.B. SHIP LETTERS |
BRISTOL/AVONMOUTH-LATE USE "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" & SHIP LETTER/AVONMOUTH/ BRISTOL", "SHIP BROKERS" CACHET,ETC.; 1906 PPC (slight toning) from Tahiti to GB with KEVII 1d tied by fine Bristol c.d.s. with mainly very fine rare "BRISTOL/SHIP-LETTER" alongside, 1910 PPC (minor faults on picture side; view of RMS Port Kingston) to GB franked by GB KEVII 1/2d tied by Avonmouth c.d.s. with rare "SHIP LETTER/AVONMOUTH/BRISTOL" (partly overstruck) alongside. 1853 1d imperf. EL addressed to a ship's Captain at Bristol, 1862 unpaid env. to US with fine triple-oval "I.P.SNELL & Co./SHIP-BROKERS/BRISTOL" cachet on the front, etc. (7 items) PHOTO - see page 49. £150
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FALMOUTH - THE UNIQUE (?) GREEN UNDATED "COLUMBIA" FLEURON ON COVER FROM PERU TO G.B. "VIA PANAMA"; Important 27 Nov. 1838 E (overall toning) from "Swayne Reid & Co." (established firm in Lima) to Glasgow "Via Panama" charged "3/4" (Columbia 2s-1d Packet rate + 1s-3d Inland) with a mainly fine oily-green Falmouth "COLUMBIA" Fleuron (Rob. FP11; the only example recorded by him and Tabeart) on the top flap (slightly overstruck by Glasgow arrival d.s. of 21 Feb. 1839) and matching the similarly oily-green very fine boxed Falmouth "1/2" Scottish Mail Tax mark on the front. We cannot recall ever having seen this Fleuron mark before. Most significant Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 5. £1,000
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LONDON - POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER C.D.S. ON COVER TO CANADA; Fine 5 May 1815 E from London to Quebec "Per [Ship] Lord Macdonald" prepaid "81/2[d]" with a mainly very fine scarce 2-ring "POST PAID WITHDRAWN SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LONDON" d.s. across the seal (as per regulations) on the reverse. Rare usage to Canada. PHOTO - see above. £240
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TORQUAY RARE BLUE SHIP LETTER MARK: 1841 (Nov.) EL ex Port Louis, Mauritius to Nantes charged "8 (d)" & then "18 (decimes)" with the mainly fine rare blue "Torquay/SHIP LETTER" (Rob. S1 - only a few known) on the obverse overstruck by an orange. boxed "Colonies/ &C. ART 13" Accountancy mark unusual thus. £120
G.B. OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS |
WORLDWIDE DESTINATIONS INC. U.S. (CHICAGO PACKETS), 10d BROWN, 8d ORANGE, ETC.; 1858-76 covers inc.1854 cut-square 1/- Embossed to US, 1857 cut-to-shape 1/- Embossed to US tied by "409" Numeral of "JERSEY" (v. fine c.d.s.), 1857 env. to Egypt with 4d Rose-Carmine tied by "STOCKBRIDGE" Scots Local (1d Red removed), 1858 E to US with 1/- Green + 3x1d Reds (one torn as wrapped round edge; Experimental 3d Late Fee), 1862/5 trio to US with fine to v. fine scarce red "CHICAGO AM. PKT/24 PAID" c.d.s.'s (one with 3x1d Reds + Small Letters 9d Brown), 1878 8d Orange to India, 1867 front to Zurich with lightly cancelled 10d Brown (scarce destination for this stamp), etc. Plus small selection of (mainly GB) loose stamps/pieces. (19 covers + a few stamps/pieces) [Ex Charless Hahn.] £140
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FRANCE - QV EMBOSSED (6d, 10d's OR 1/-), LINE ENGRAVED OR SURFACE PRINTED COVERS; 1852-79 group inc.1852/3 pair each with single scarce Embossed 10d (cut-to-shape with blue "BURLEY" UDC backstamp, or cut square with 2 clear sides and 2 shaved sides), attractive 1854 EL to Lyons with cut-square Embossed 1/- + 2d Blue + 1d Red, 1855 with cut-to-shape Embossed 6d + 2d Blue, 1858/68 pair with 2x2d Blues, varied 21/2d/3d/4d rates. one 6d to Portugal and unusual 1877 1d Red + 11/2d Plate No. franking. (17 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £240
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FRANCE - INC. VARIED POSTAGE DUE MARKINGS, ETC.; 1880-1962 covers/cards inc.1886 with 21/2d Dull Lilac tied by v. fine "JERSEY" Squared Circle, 1898 ex Egypt forwarded from GB at 21/2d rate, 1895 underpaid to Egypt (with Egypt 2m+4m P.Dues) and on to India, 1897 PC with "WIDNES" skeleton cancels and French 30c P.Due, a good range of KEVII/KGV/KGVI covers with French P. Dues & one QEII. (27 covers/cards) PHOTO - see page 49. £150
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INDIA - EARLY STAMPED COVER WITH 1D REDS (3) + EMBOSSED 1/- GREEN PAIR; 5 Jan. 1850 EL (some wear and minor toning) from Glasgow to Bombay "Via Marseilles" franked for the 2s-3d rate by a cut-square Pair of Embossed 1/- Green (good to wide margins at side, shaved top & bottom) and 1d Reds Pair + single (mainly clear margins; one 1d Red of paid creased) all tied by four "fine "159" Numerals. Fully stamped mail to India is unusual at this early date. [Ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see page 49. £140
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MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS - RARE LONDON "42/B" CANCEL ON 2s-6d RATE COVER TO "CHINA STATION"; 12 June 1873 env. Stanmore, London (small repair at top, dusting & minor edge wear) addressed to "Commander C.E. Buckle R.N., H.M.S. Frolic, Singapore, China Station" and endorsed "via Brindisi" franked by GB 1/- green Pl.7 AD plus single 6d. grey KC and a marginal pair LC-LD Pl.12 tied by the rare low number "42B" numeral cancel for the scarce 2/6d prepaid rate for letters over 1/2oz; Parmenter rates this Stanmore "42/B" cancel as "very rare" on cover. Backstamped with a red Singapore d.s. This letter had to be sent on to Hong Kong as HMS Frolic had already moved there. Most unusual franking and cancellation for mail to the Far East. [Ex Cavendish June 2007 'Osborn' auction, lot 106, realised £300.] PHOTO - see page 9. £150
EXHIBITION & SHOW CANCELLATIONS |
1924/5 BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION - G.B. & EMPIRE COVERS, PC's, P.S. & ADHESIVES: The collection inc.25th July 1924 cover to France bearing the Exhibitions 11/2d. brown, 1d red & 1/2d. green tied by five weak-good 'PALACE OF INDUSTRY' c.d.s's. With a variety of 1924/5 exhibition slogans on cover & piece. Also a trio of 1923 covers from Australia to England with promotional machine slogan cancels for the 1924 exhibition. Plus a similar 12th Oct. 1923 Malacca to India cover (damaged from left side opening) bearing two 3d. carm. issues tied by two oval c.d.s's, the second advertising the 1924 exhibition. We note a varied selection of accompanying British Empire adhesives bearing parts of various promotional exhibition cancels. Plus 1925 Torchlight Tattoo slogans on covers & pieces. (16 covers, 24 PC's, 12 P.S., 13 pieces & 70 adhesives) £200
FREE MAIL |
EARLY OVAL EDINBURGH BISHOP MARK ON O.H.M.S. (CANCELLED RATES) COVER FROM SHIP OFF LEITH; Fine 26 Nov. 1696 EL from the Captain of "[H.M.S.] Nonsuch in the Road of Leith" to the Secretary of War in London having mainly v. fine oval "NO/25" Edinburgh Bishop Mark (4th year of use; rare on naval mail; crease) and London "DE/3" arrival Bishop Mark nicely placed on the top flap; charged "2d" (to Berwick" and then "5" but both cancelled with initials as endorsed "For his Majty's Service". PHOTO - see page 50. £200
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POST OFFICE RULES - ACTS REF. FREE FRANKING PRIVILEGES; 1768-1837 set of mainly very fine printed Parliamentary Acts partly or completely concerning Free mail; 1768/9 ref. Houses of Parliament franks, 1782 ref. C-in-C's franking, 1797 ref. House of Commons Clerk franks, 1807 Receiver General, 1808 Public Accounts/Barracks, 1810 Surveyor General, 1817 Board of Trade and the important 1837 "BILL For regulating the sending and receiving of Letters...free from...Postage". Scarce group. (8 acts) £160
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THE FRANCIS FREELING (SECRETARY TO THE P.O.) CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS WITH POSTAL MARKS; 1790-1826 group of letters from varied correspondents and all addressed to Freeling in his P.O. role and so all sent free (1790-1826 trio by the local post) and only one with a London "FREE" d.s. (fine scarce 1800 "FREE" at foot 'Apple' type - with scarce "CAMBRIDGE" - complaints ref. local charge and 6d Late Fees), other marks inc.1800 SALISBURY (toning; from an actor seeking help with journey to Jersey!), BIRMINGHAM (c.d.s.; 1808 wrapper only), etc. The local trio ref. Colsterworth P.O. (1790), restarting a Lord's franking (1820) or an MP recommending a Mail Coach Guard. Plus a front. Good lot; these letters are seldom seen with postal Marks. (6 covers + 1 front) PHOTO - see page 50. £200
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THE FRANCIS FREELING (SECRETARY TO THE P.O.) CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS ON POSTAL MATTERS; 1798-1814 group of letters (mainly without address wrappers) from varied correspondents and all addressed to Freeling in his P.O. role inc.1798 Scarborough (privately carried EL ref. need for opening some letters in London!), 1801 pair ex "[the Duke of] Queensberry" ref. problems of trembling hands affecting his franking signature, 1804 ex Board of Agriculture (to forward 7 parcels!), 1806 Northallerton Baron ref. mail missent to Thirsk, 1803/7 pair ex Dublin Castle (ex Bishop & Duke of Richmond ref. franking), 1808/14 quartet ex Bishops (request for a wife to frank due to infirmity, sending sermons free as "Parliamentary Proceedings"(!), a letter sent in error to his wife "by a giddy female correspondent" (!!!), etc., 1809 MP recommending a candidate for Abergavenny letter-carrier, 1810 letters overcharged ex Newfoundland, etc. Good group. (14 letters) £200
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O.H.M.S. ADMIRALTY FREE IMPRINT COVERS (ONE TO GUERNSEY), ACTS, ETC.; 1803/18 trio of covers inc.1803 ex Earl 'Northesk' on HMS Britannia at Portsmouth, rare 1804 E franked to Guernsey with printed "O.H.M.S./Greenwich Hospital/Admiralty Office" imprint, and fine 1818 OHMS "Admiralty Office" imprint E; plus 1819 letter (no wrapper) from Rear Admiral Gore on HMS 'Bulwark' at Chatham to Francis Freeling ref. authorising Concession Mail when on shore, and fine 1809 pair of Acts ref. free mail for Treasurer of Navy & Inspectors of Seamen's Wills. Scarce group. (6 items) PHOTO - see page 50. £160
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"F. FREELING" ENDORSED OFFICIAL FREE COVERS - LAND TAX REGISTER O.H.M.S. MAIL; 1803-31 group of fine E/ELs all from the "L.T.R." (some endorsed but several with OHMS imprints) and all endorsed with various versions of the Secretary of the Post Office, Francis Freeling's signature - clearly written in the hands of different officials! Difficult group to assemble. (11 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £150
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RARE FREE FRANK ALLOWED THOUGH HEADED "H.M.S. WARRIOR AT SEA" & POSTED FROM DEAL; Remarkable 7/9 Nov. 1813 E franked to Tunbridge by "[Viscount] Torrington" and most exceptionally headed from "H.M.S. Warrior at Sea" though posted two days later at "DEAL" (fair mileage c.d.s. on the front). We cannot recall having seen a free frank headed from a ship rather than from a port before. PHOTO - see page 50. £140
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THE FRANCIS FREELING (SECRETARY TO THE P.O.) CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS ON POSTAL MATTERS; 1815-34 group of letters (without address wrappers) from varied correspondents and all addressed to Freeling in his P.O. role; from Carmarthen (Bishop wrongly charged postage), Ireland (new MP's letters wrongly charged), Rotherham (franking to the Channel Isles), or London (a Lord's frank wrongly charged as a forgery!), and some ref. redirection, rank changes, Redruth Postmistress, accepting a commission to paint Freeling's portrait for £100+ (1832; C.R. Leslie R.A.), etc. (14 letters) £150
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RARE "FRANCIS FREELING" FREE FRANK COVERS TO FRANCE; 1816/23 pair of ELs (first with one flap & part contents lost - reinforced folds - the other very fine) franked to Paris/Marseilles; 1816 with "F. Freeling" signature (abuse of privilege; letter from someone else on private business!) and v. fine black "ANGLETERRE" and London crowned FREE c.d.s., and 1823 v. fine rare "O.H.M.S./Francis Freeling" imprint on address side with fair red "ANGLETERRE" - the latter with printed contents ref. a Ship Letter held in London awaiting 18s-1d postage to be paid! Rare pair; few officials could frank mail to the Continent. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £200
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RARE P.O. "FREE./F. FREELING/RETURNED LETTER OFFICE" WRAPPER FOR AN UNPAID COVER TO U.S.; Remarkable 10 Aug. 1820 EL from the G.P.O. in London with printed contents about mail to the U.S. having to be prepaid and so originally returning a letter (no longer present) from a Nottingham firm to New York (filing note); the address-panel has the rare imprint for "O.H.M.S./Free./F. Freeling./Returned Letter Office." with a fine crowned "FREE" c.d.s. The contents give good detail of those countries to which mail must be prepaid as they are not "within His Majesty's Dominions"! Very few examples known. [A similar 1829 example in Cavendish's 'Thomson' auction, Mar. 2012, lot 699, realised £552.] PHOTO - see page 9. £300
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RARE "LONDON COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF OF DISTRESSED MANUFACTURERS" IMPRINT "F. FREELING" FREE FRANK; Fine 28 Dec. 1826 EL with printed lengthy contents addressed to Lincolnshire having the "London Committee for Relief of Distressed/Manufacturers." heading and "F. FREELING." imprint on the address panel and a fair red London crowned "FREE" c.d.s. The contents relate mainly to Stockport and Lancashire and detail privations due to unemployment - the result of increasing mechanisation. The first example of this OHMS Free Frank that we can recall having seen. Exhibition item. PHOTO - see page 9. £240
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"HOUSE OF LORDS" - THE VERY RARE "Free,/F. FREELING" DESIGN - PRECURSOR OF THE 1840 ENVELOPES; Fine 3 Jan. 1828 EL with bold printed "HOUSE OF LORDS" heading and "Free,/F. FREELING" imprint at foot addressed (partly printed; very slight edge-wear mainly folded under) to "The Churchwardens and Overseers of the Parish of [Painswick, Gloucester]" entirely without authorising signature. Very rare; the first example of this kind of "HOUSE OF LORDS" wrapper that we can recall having seen, which is so clearly an early precursor of the 1840 Parliamentary Envelopes. Exhibition Item. [The similar "HOUSE OF COMMONS" version of 1820, lot 788, realised £2,070 at our Jan. 2010 auction.] PHOTO - FRONT COVER £750
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FRANCIS FREELING - LETTERS FROM THE MAN HIMSELF OR SENT UNDER HIS NAME; 1831/2 pair of ELs sent free with "O.H.M.S./General Post Office" imprints ref. more details needed about a complaint (mainly fine crowned circular "To be/delivered/Free") or help in claiming an £80+ debt due from the previous Huddersfield Postmaster (!), 1828/33 pair written and signed by Freeling himself (local EL inviting the Secretary of the Mailcoach Office to dinner, or a letter - no wrapper with New Year invitation), 1834 thank-you letter to a newspaper man, and large part 1812 returned letter (no wrapper) with printed Freeling text. (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £160
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RARE PAIR OF COVERS FRANKED TO ITALY VIA FRANCE - ONE DISINFECTED; Jan./Feb. 1833 pair of ELs written and franked by Col. "J. Drinkwater" to his brother (abuse of privilege being on personal business - the sender was the Comptroller of Army Accounts and so one of only a few officials who could frank mail to Europe) headed from London to Naples (the first with vinegar stains and chisel-slits of disinfection, the other not obviously disinfected); each with London inland mail crowned "FREE" c.d.s.'s but also with transit "ANGLETERRE" marks "PONT DE/BEAUVOISIN" and Genoa/Naples marks. Few letters franked to the Italian States have been recorded. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £140
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"HOUSE OF COMMONS" - THE RARE "FREE,/F. FREELING" DESIGN - PRECURSOR OF THE 1840 ENVELOPES; Very fine Aug. 1834 E (originally for "Poor Returns" - filing note) franked from London to Basingstoke with printed "HOUSE OF COMMONS" heading and printed "FREE./F. FREELING" imprint on the front; the first part of the address "To The Overseers of" is also printed and it is entirely without authorising signature. Rare; few examples of this kind of "HOUSE OF COMMONS" wrapper, which is so clearly an early precursor of the 1840 Parliamentary Envelopes, have been recorded. Exhibition Item. [The similar cover of 1820, lot 788, realised £2,070 in Cavendish's Jan. 2010 auction.] [This cover ex Cavendish's Hugh Feldman auction, Oct. 2001, lot 85 - realised £750 - and ex Grace Dove.] PHOTO - see page 4. £400
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"HOUSE OF COMMONS" - THE RARE "FREE,/F. FREELING" DESIGN - PRECURSOR OF THE 1840 ENVELOPES; Fine April 1834 E (originally for "Medical Returns" - filing note) franked from London to Basingstoke with printed "HOUSE OF COMMONS" heading and printed "FREE./F. FREELING" imprint on the front; the first part of the address "To The Overseers of" is also printed and it is entirely without authorising signature. Rare; few examples of this kind of "HOUSE OF COMMONS" wrapper, which is so clearly an early precursor of the 1840 Parliamentary Envelopes, have been recorded. Exhibition Item. [The similar cover of 1820, lot 788, realised £2,070 in Cavendish's Jan. 2010 auction, and the 1834 example in Cavendish's Hugh Feldman auction, Oct. 2001, lot 85 - realised £750.] PHOTO - see page 4. £400
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RARE HANDSTRUCK "free/F. Freeling" MARK ON OFFICIAL "L.T.R." FREE COVER; Very fine 22 Dec. 1835 E (on blued paper) sent from London to Marlborough with "O.H.M.S./L[and]. T[ax]. R[eturn]." heading and part printed address but most exceptionally also with a mainly fine strike of the rare Handstruck "free/F. Freeling" authorisation mark and so sent free with a fair red crowned London "FREE" c.d.s. Very few examples of this Handstruck Freeling mark have been recorded; it seems to have been introduced shortly before Freeling died (10 July 1836). Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 4. £300
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"FREE,/F. FREELING" IMPRINT OFFICIAL FREE COVER FOR PRIVY COUNCIL CIRCULAR; 18 Feb. 1838 E with part printed address; "To The Churchwarden or Churchwardens of the Parish of [Basingstoke]" with rare "FREE,/F. FREELING" imprint at lower left of address and having a partly fine red crowned London "FREE" c.d.s. on the front entirely without authorising signature; the filing note shows that this wrapper originally enclosed a "Privy Council" circular. Rare printed "FREE" stationery. PHOTO - see page 50. £120
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OFFICIAL FREE MAIL WITH RARE "F. Freeling" H.S. OR IMPRINT; 1835 OHMS EL (stains) from London to a "Cerk [sic!] to Commissioners of Taxes" (printed part of address; good early misprint!) at Prescot with crowned FREE d.s. and a fair strike of the very rare black Handstruck "free/F. Freeling" mark at lower left (few known); plus fine turned 1836 EL (address panels fold to show together sent from Norfolk to Attleborough & back with rare "Parochial Return/Sir F. Freeling, Bart." imprint on each address-panel. Rare pair. (2 covers) £120
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PRINTED "PAROCHIAL RETURN, SIR F. FREELING, BART." COVER FRANKED THROUGH THE 1d POST; 11 Jan. 1836 E (half sheet but with complete address-panel & flaps) with partly printed "To the Minister of" address sent via "NORWICH" (fine mileage removed c.d.s. on flap) to Cambridge, having a fine "Downham/Penny Post" mark on the front, but presumably not even charged the 1d rate, because of the most unusual lined imprint at lower left of the address; "Parochial Return,/Sir F. Freeling, Bart.". Most unusual Free mail imprint; the only example recorded? Exhibition Quality. [Ex Cavendish's June 2005 auction, lot 1576; realised £414.] PHOTO - see page 9. £240
PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS |
"WHITE HORSE, FETTER LANE" PARCEL RECEIPT WITH LETTER MENTIONING THE PARCEL; 17 Feb. 1842 El cash-paid from "WYMONDHAM" (Norfolk) to London with a matching brown "WHITE HORSE, FETTER LANE" Parcel receipt (advertising various Railway/coach services to Norfolk etc.) endorsed as having been charged 2s-4d "Carriage/Porterage"; plus separate EL (same date and endorsement as the receipt) mentioning this very parcel; "We hope you received the parcel we sent you last night" (of legal papers); the writer got the date wrong (1841) and the Wymondham c.d.s. has "1824" in error for 1842! Most unusual in many ways. PHOTO - see page 50. £100
POSTAGE DUE MARKS |
VERY RARE CIRCULAR "POSTAGE/d1/STAMP NOT VISIBLE" ON I.L.N. FRONT PAGE WITH ADDRESS; 20 Sept. 1856 front page of "THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS" with address in "Narbeth, Wales" (slightly trimmed) at top right with a mainly very fine strike of this very rare London "POSTAGE/d1/STAMP NOT VISIBLE" mark alongside; there is a fine red Tax Stamp at the foot of the front page. One of the rarest GB Postage Due marks on anything like a complete cover like this. [Ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see above. £150
POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. |
VERY EARLY UNADOPTED DE LA RUE BROMIDE ESSAY DESIGN ENDORSED "APPROVED" & "CANCELLED"; Remarkable 20 May 1870 Bromide Essay of an unadopted design for a 1/2d Wrapper Die attached to Proof-sized card (61x92mm) endorsed "Approved W.H.S." at foot and tied by a fair "INLAND REVENUE/+" c.d.s. but also endorsed (at left) "Cancelled" with a further mainly very fine 25 May 1870 "INLAND REVENUE+" c.d.s. at top. A most attractive Essay from the early stages of work to design the first ever British Newspaper Wrapper design; probably Unique. Important Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see page 46. £320
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EARLY DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF FINAL DESIGN - PARTLY UNCLEARED SURROUND AND TRIPLE "+" CODES; 1 June 1870 "BEFORE HARDENING" Die Proof of the 1/2d Newspaper Wrapper design in black on glazed card with "June. 1. 1870." date and showing the outer frame not fully cleared and the date-codes at foot solid with a single central "+" in each. Rare and attractive. PHOTO - see page 45. £160
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