DE LA RUE "APPROVED" DIE PROOF OF FINAL DESIGN - CLEARED SURROUND BUT FLORETS FOR CODES; 10 Sept. 1870 Die Proof of the completed 1/2d Newspaper Wrapper design in black on glazed card (small marks consistent with a working Proof) with "Sept. 10, 1870." date and showing the outer frame fully cleared but with the date-codes at foot replaced by florets; significantly endorsed "Approved [initials], 12 Sept. '70" at lower right. Rare. PHOTO - see page 45. £160
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SET OF NINE ANNOTATED ANNUAL WORKING MASTER DIE PROOFS, ETC.; 1871-79 set of ten annual cut-down Die Proofs in black on glazed cards (pencil year dates on reverse of each) each on part original archive page annotated with the number of leads taken on the date marked (from 180 to 360); plus separate similar cut-down black Die Proof, cut-out green "SPECIMEN", and issued 1/2d Green cut-out. Attractive group. (12 items) PHOTO - see page 46. £400
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LATE DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF FIRST DESIGN ENDORSED "BEFORE STRIKING" - ROSETTES FOR CODES; 1 Nov. 1880 Die Proof of the 1/2d Newspaper Wrapper original issued design in black on glazed card with manuscript "Nov. 1 - 80" date, initialled "R.K." and unusually endorsed "Before Striking", showing the outer frame fully cleared and the date-codes at foot replaced by florets. Rare and attractive. PHOTO - see page 46. £120
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EARLY DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF THE SECOND DESIGN - PARTLY UNCLEARED SURROUND AND FLORETS FOR DATE CODES; 10 Feb. 1880 Die Proof of the second Die 1/2d Newspaper Wrapper design (with horizontal shading on hair ribbons, etc.) in black on glazed card with blue "10 FEB 80" date and showing the outer frame not fully cleared with the date-codes at foot replaced by florets. Rare and attractive Die Proof of this second Die that was not put into service until 1883. PHOTO - see page 45. £120
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EARLY DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF THE SECOND DESIGN - UNCLEARED SURROUND AND FLORETS FOR DATE CODES; 28 June 1881 Die Proof of the second Die 1/2d Newspaper Wrapper design (with horizontal shading on hair ribbons, etc.; tiny marks as usual) in black on glazed card marked "BEFORE HARDENING" with blue "28 JUN 81" date and showing uncleared outer frame with the date-codes at foot replaced by florets. Rare and attractive Die Proof of this second Die that was not put into service until 1883. Plus piece with this design in Brown and "SPECIMEN" overprint. (2 items) PHOTO - see page 44. £160
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DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF THE SECOND DESIGN - UNCLEARED SURROUND AND FLORETS FOR DATE CODES; 28 June 1881 Die Proof of the second Die 1/2d Newspaper Wrapper design (with horizontal shading on hair ribbons, etc.; tiny marks as usual) in black on glazed card marked "BEFORE HARDENING" with blue "14 MAY 82" date and showing uncleared outer frame with the date-codes at foot replaced by florets. Rare and attractive Die Proof of this second Die that was not put into service until 1883. PHOTO - see page 44. £140
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SET OF FOUR ANNOTATED WORKING MASTER DIE PROOFS, PLUS 1/2d CONTRACT "SAMPLE"; 1872-94 set of four cut-down Die Proofs in black on glazed cards (pencil year dates on reverse of three; the 1894 example dated in red on the front) each on part original archive page annotated with the number of leads taken on the date marked (from 130 to 360); plus separate 24 July 1899 annotated issued complete 1/2d Brown wrapper endorsed "Sample attached to Contract dated July 24th 1899", signed by "T. Andrew de la Rue" & "J.S. Powell". (5 items) PHOTO - see page 44. £200
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ADVERTISING & OTHER PRINTED TEXTS/IMPRINTS ON QV POSTAL STATIONERY; 1843-1901 covers/cards almost all with some printed content inc.1d Pinks (1843 with No.10 in MX - faults), 1877 1/2d Pink COP with "SPECIMEN", 1893 1d PC with GLASGOW & CARLISLE ST c.d.s. cancel, spectaular pictorial advert on 1896 usage of the 1/2d Brown wrapper, gant 1895 env. to Jamaica with s.to. 21/2d+10d, and 6 scarce 1/2d Brown/Green VACCINATION CERTIFICATE complete letter-sheets (addressed but not posted). (c.85 items) [Ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see page 50. £140
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DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF THE COMPLETED 1d WRAPPER DESIGN MARKED "BEFORE HARDENING"; Fine 5 June 1878 Proof of the 1d Die in black on glazed card dated "June. 5 1878" and marked "BEFORE HARDENING". Much scarcer than the 1/2d values' Die Proofs. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 47. £140
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DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF THE COMPLETED 1d WRAPPER DESIGN IN BLACK; c.1878 Proof (undated) of the 1d Die in black on glazed card. Much scarcer than the 1/2d values' Die Proofs. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 47. £140
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DE LA RUE DIE PROOF OF THE COMPLETED 1d WRAPPER DESIGN MARKED "AFTER HARDENING"; Fine 24 Feb. 1880 Proof of the 1d Die in black on glazed card dated "24 FEB 80" and marked "AFTER HARDENING". Much scarcer than the 1/2d values' Die Proofs. Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see page 47. £140
THE CHARLESS HAHN COLLECTION OF 19th CENTURY PRINTED ADVERTISING MATERIAL SENT BY POST, PART 2. |
ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS & SOCIETIES - CIRCULARS BY POST INC. TWO WITH 1d BLACKS; 1802-92 covers inc.1802 Royal Co. of Archers, 1815 Soc. Diffusion of Knowledge upon the Punishment of Death..., 1819 S.P.G., 1`837 E. Cornwall County Club (free to MP), 11 Dec. 1840 Warwicks. Assoc. for Protection of Agriculture (3m 1d Black ex Warwick), 1 Aug. 1840 American Chamber of Commerce with 1d Black ex Liverpool, 1844 Manchester Oddfellows, 1847/87 pair with 1d Reds ex Clothworkers/Apothecaries Guilds, 1847 Freemasons (Grand Lodge imprint by address; with scarce BLANDFORD Skeleton d.s.), 1853 Bath Literary Institution (stamp lost), 1878 Hawick Billiard Club, 1879 "B.A. for Advancement of Science (imprint above address), 1878 S. Newington Mutual Instruction Society (fancy red & black printed contents), 1887 Scottish Rifle Assoc., etc. Good lot. (20 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £300
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AUCTIONS/REWARDS - PRINTED NOTICES & MAPS SENT BY POST INC. 1d RED WITH BLUE NUMERAL, ETC.; 1847-89 covers all with QV stamps inc.1847 Warrington 1-sheet land auction notice with fine map & 1841 2d Blue, 1851 4 fir trees theft £1 Reward Notice (minor faults) with fine 4m 1d Red tied by very fine Wells BLUE "864" Numeral, 1856 Surveyor EL with enclosed hand-coloured printed land map, 1860 pair of giant Hastings Auction Notices apparently sent together - one with uncancelled 1d Red - 1860 Taunton Land Auction Notice, large 1860 folding farm sale particulars with attached detailed map sent with 2 1d Reds ex Yeovil, large folded 1871 Auction Notice with 1/2d Rose-Red tied by Ashbourne Duplex, similar 1877 particulars + map with 1d Red ex Spalding, etc. Scarce group. (10 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £150
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BILLHEADS & INVOICES BY POST - MANY WITH PICTORIAL CONTENTS - PRESTAMP & QV STAMPED; 1784-1879 covers inc.1784 newspaper advert invoice with fair TAUNTON & mainly v. fine rare fancy "SHERBORNE/Poft/Office/*" in circle, 1820 bootmaker, 1827 chain-maker, 1828 toolmaker, 1829 plane-maker, 1829 Stationer (pictorial York Stamp Office heading), 1835/7 wine-dealers, 1837 candle-maker, 1842 Bristol clockmaker (4m 1d Red with Superb black MX), 1848 laceman, 1844 upholsterer, 1848 papermaker (ALTON UDC), 1842/56 druggists (latter with blue MATFEN UDC), 1843 tea merchant (corner margin TL 1d Red), 1847 Glass Works by appointment, 1853 umbrella maker, 1852 Sheffield file works, 1859/61 porcupine combs makers pair to France (each with 4d rose-carmine), 1862 billiard-table maker, etc., etc. Amazingly varied group; the vast majority with fancy/pictorial billheads inside. Plus one 1880s & one KGVI item. (34 covers) PHOTO - see above. £300
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BILLHEADS & INVOICES BY POST - MANY WITH PICTORIAL CONTENTS - PRESTAMP & QV STAMPED; c.1839-80 similar lot of covers with printed billhead contents, mainly pictorial/fancy inc.1811/12/19 bootmaker, grocer & army clothier (fine view of field tents), 1820s (6 inc. lamp maker, knife-maker - shop-front + elephant! - rope-maker with DERBY/Penny Post, nail-makers with DUDLEY UDC, tea man & wax chandler), 1830s (5; wine merchant, 1837 military equipage maker with coach/luggage views, 1838 tea dealer with view of two Chinamen, etc.), 1840s (8 inc. superb large Bolton factory view, 1847 Sheffield stampless to USA, colour-works, jeweller, chemist, engraver or Exeter 1848 importer with fine ships/warehouse view), 1850s (6; Bristol s/ways Duplex pair for rasping machine maker & pawnbroker, etc.), 1861 with 1/- Green to US, 1870 pen-maker (4x1d Reds to France), and 1873/5 pair with 1/2d Rose-Reds. Good lot. (32 covers) PHOTO - see page 16. £300
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CANALS, ROADS & TURNPIKES - NOTICES/CIRCULARS SENT BY POST; 1817-88 covers inc. fine 1817 EL with printed Lancaster Canal AGM report & fine map, 1818 Rochdale Canal (v. fine rare curved "BURY.L./205", 1823 Turnpike Roads books advert, 1824 Turnpike Roads Act sent by post but charged (as not sent by an MP), fine 1825/39 pair of Kennet & Avon or Birmingham & Liverpool Canal circulars, 1845 Regents Canal circular redirected with v. fine scarce black York h.s. "1d", 1846 Coventry Canal circular with fair scarce London "R.L" (Ride Letter) mark, 1867 Congleton Turnpike report, giant 1871 Newton Abbot market tolls poster (1d Red + 1/2d), and 1873/88 pair. Scarce group. (12 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £200
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COMMERCIAL CIRCULARS SENT BY POST INC. 1d BLACK & ADVERTISING ENVELOPES/ CONTENTS; 1815-85 ELs with varied printed contents inc. rare 1815 "WICKES/Commercial Agent...DOVER" notice ref. Forwarding goods (Dover mileage), 1815 Leith wharfingers, fine 1817 pictorial Birmingham "THOMASON'S MANUFACTORY" pictorial heading (early for these), 1826 Edinr./Leith Water Co., 1830s group (inc.1838 Stationer's list, 1837 paper size advert "specimen" & 1835 Bridport druggist - fine shop-front view), 2 Sept. 1840 Blandford wine merchant's circular EL with near 4m 1d Black, 1841 Pickfords a/c, 1855/60 pair with 1d blue/lilac Receipt stamps inside (latter with fine shop-front view), good 1870s group (9 inc. Worcester vinegar-maker headings - huge 1862 Exhibition Medal views - 1882 Sheffield metal-worker's heading with 6 medal views, etc. Plus 15 1857-1908 envs. with mainly spectaular printed advertising contents inc.1857 1d Red env. with large pictorial group of gravestone designs, 1861 red boxed "REDIRECTED/POSTAGE UNPAID", 1870 internal pictorial baking powder advert, 1901 engineering co. pictorial env. & 1908 usage of the JPS Ocean 1d Postage env. Great variety. (42 covers) PHOTO - see page 50. £400
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INSURANCE CO. CIRCULARS, ETC. SENT BY POST - PRESTAMP TO QV LINE ENGRAVED; Mainly 1830s to 1870s but better items inc. unusually early 1799 EL with printed Pelican Life-Office address and scarce concave "NORTH/AMPTON", 1826 Crown Life-Assurance Co. circular unusually franked with HARLOW boxed mileage, several 1803s types (Law Life Assurance with fancy pictorial church heading & turned 1836 EL with v. fine oval cachet of "POST PAID/METROPOLITAN/LIFE/Assurance/SOCIETY", 1r848 circular "ARGUS Life Assurance/Post/PAID/COMPANY" cachet, 1842 1d Red EL with Mulready-like Western Life Ass. Co. text advert inside, superb large Jan. 1840 "County Fire Office" certificate with large Britannia figure as heading and embossed 1/- Tax Stamp, 1843 1d Red env. with spectaular Eagle Life Assurance receipt, 1844 1d Red with "SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM THE USE OF NAPHTHA" contents, 1852 Clergy Mutual A.S.O. EL with blue Numeral and fine blue SHENSTONE UDC, etc. Good lot. (27 covers) PHOTO - see page 165. £200
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LEGAL CIRCULARS INC. BANKRUPTCY & MAIL FROM PRISONS, 1d BLACK, ETC.; 1817-74 covers sent by post with a varied range of printed matter on legal topics; better items inc.1828 Prison P.O. boxed "BELVI/DE/PL/E/S[outhwark]", 1 Jan. 1841 1d Black printed Court Summons EL ex Shrewsbury, 1854 unpaid EL with Carlisle h.s. "2" and letter on printed heading paper of "County Gaol, Carlisle" with rules for letter-writing and letter from a prisoner (initialled inside by Prison Censor), 1854 1d Red env. (unusual blue printed "IMMEDIATE" device on front) with fine printed enclosures of "Lincolns Inn Heraldic Office", Scots Local cancel, good range of 1870s 1/2d Rose-Red covers (inc.1874 Brackley 1d P. Due), etc. (35 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £240
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MEDICAL MATTERS - PRESTAMP, 1d BLACK "INFIRMARY" COVER, LUNATIC REPORTS, ETC.; 1832-63 covers sent by post inc.1832/3/4 trio from "MENTAL DERANGEMENT" Asylum, ref. Herts. "Lunatics & dangerous idiots" list [+ 1841 list] or St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics" invoice; 21 Dec. 1840 EL (clothing request) from Gloucester with 31/2m 1d Black and "GLOUCESTER INFIRMARY" printed heading above the address, 1846 scarce Reading h.s. "2" on "NEW PAUPER COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM" circular, etc. Scarce lot. (8 covers) PHOTO - see page 52. £200
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NEWSPAPERS - SENT BY POST + ADVERTISING INVOICES/CIRCULARS, ETC.; 1712-1884 covers sent by post inc. a good group of complete posted newspapers with "POSTSCRIPT" (1712/4 pair with Bishop Marks sent free), "The World" (1756; free with part Bishop Mark), Skipton "CRAVEN HERALD" (1853 with fair but tied 1d Red), Nenagh Guardian (Irish; 1856 - Tax Stamp for postage), 1858 pair of I.L.N. back pages to France with well tied 1d Red 'Stars', 1865 SCOTSMAN (faults; with 1d Red), Eton Chronicle (1869; 1d Red) and battered front page of 1873 PHONETIC JOURNAL with 1/2d Rose-Red; plus part 1861 Daily Telegraph front page with v. fine rare circular "POSTED IN PILLAR/DETAINED/LETTER BOX"; also range of ELs with Npaper contents with 1d Red to NZ with blue h.s. "VIA SOUTHAMPTON", 30 Oct. 1840 4m 1d Black ex London with stationer's invoice, 1845 Birmingham map, 1851 pictorial school view, an 1870s group with 1/2d Plate Nos., etc. Also a fine 1917 WWI "Stobsiade" POW paper with wrapper. Rare lot. (15 covers, 2 pieces & 14 documents) PHOTO - see page 52. £400
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POST OFFICE PRINTED ITEMS - RETURNED MAIL COVERS - PRESTAMP TO Q.V.; 1804-63 covers inc.1804/18 pair of scarce local London "Two-penny Poft-Office" wrappers with delivery times and P.O.s listed (1804 very early & latter with faults), 1825 wrapper + returned EL (fair Minchinhampton UDC + Stroud mileage endorsed "Not to be found" etc.), 1832 Freeling wrapper, 1830/5 Edinburgh pair (one with original returned EL endorsed "Refused") with "Retd./Dead Letter Office" imprints, 1838 Maberly Dead Letter type, 1848 Edinburgh returned wrapper with contents (1d Pink env. cancelled by BLUE Sanquhar Numerals; endorsed "Not found") - the returned wrapper oddly with "Missent to/London"(!), 1852/63 Maberly/Rowland Hill D.L.O./R.L.B. returned envs. (13 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £150
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POST OFFICE - MONEY ORDER & OTHER O.H.M.S. CORRESPONDENCE; 1845-57 printed ELs from PO officers inc.1847 rare Detained mail EL from London to US ref. 3/- postage due on a held letter, 1845 Maberly holding letter, rare 1845/51 trio of red printed Money Letter acknowledgments (2 Scottish + one London), and 1856/7 pair with "ROWLAND HILL" imprints (holding letter + letter ref. cancelled Money Order); plus 1685/1791/1814 newspapers with P.O. Notices ref. P.O. Monopoly, Clerks of Road and Ship Letters, and a turned regd. 1913 P.O. receipt EL with "WHITBOURNE" date-removed UDC on blue R label. Scarce group. (11 items) PHOTO - see page 51. £200
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PRICES CURRENT - INTERNAL USAGE - PRESTAMP & STAMPED (INC.1d BLACK); 1801-98 covers all with printed Prices Current contents and sent within G.B.; inc.1801 Lpool to Dublin, 1814/7 trio (one ex Antwerp, posted in London), 1816 fine free frank (rare thus), 1830s trio, 1840s cash-paid group (7 inc.boxed MISSENT/TO/EDINBURGH), and a good range of QV stamped examples with 19 June 1840 1d Black (v. near 4m) EL ex London (Riga prices), 5 with 1d Reds (inc."2" in MX, v. fine "SHIP LETTER/LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. - Belfast to Lpool & 1844 blue-green "MARSH LANE/LEEDS"), a good group of 1870s 1/2d Rose-Reds, etc. (29 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £200
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PRICES CURRENT - MAIL TO EUROPE - PRESTAMP & STAMPED; 1820-80 covers from GB to France/Denmark/Italy/ Germany/Sweden inc. fine 1820 EL from Liverpool to Francomont with dated Calais "Jacques LEVEUX" FAC and "L.F.R.I" etc., 1843/58 cash-paid trio, 1855 Newcastle to Magdeburg with 1d Npaper Tax Stamp for postage, 1855 to France with 4x1d Red 'Stars' tied by Liverpool Spoons, 1860/78 quartet with single 1d Reds to France/Germany/Sweden, and 1870s S. Printed group (4). Fine lot. (16 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £150
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PRICES CURRENT - TRANSATLANTIC PRESTAMP/STAMPLESS USAGES TO/FROM THE U.S.; 1807-66 covers with Prices Current contents all sent by post from GB to the US inc.1807 ex Copenhagen but with rare "Peter Maze, Bristol" F. Agent note on flap (the h.s. Maze & Co. FAC is only recorded for 1839 by Willcocks/Jay), 1820 red Boston SHIP, 1828/36 Lpool to US pair, 1 Oct. 1840 & 1842 ELs with scarce red Lpool h.s. "8" and "SHIP LETTER" c.d.s.'s "Per [S.S.] President" or "Gt. Western", 1840 N. Orleans to London with NY FAC, 1857 Lpool Spoon partly off edge, 1856 Lpool POSTED SINCE/8.30 LAST NIGHT c.d.s., etc. (16 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £180
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PRICES CURRENT - EARLY TRANSATLANTIC QV STAMPED USAGES TO THE U.S. & CANADA; 1847-57 covers with Prices Current contents all sent by post from GB to the US (5) or Canada inc.1847 with cut-square 1/- Embossed ex Lpool, 1852 EL (dusting) with 1d Red + 1d Red Tax Stamp (rare combination) ex Lpool to NY, Jan. 1854 London to NY with Imperf. 1d Red (creased), 1856 Lpool with 1d Red to Miramichi (N. Brunswick), rare 1857 2d Blue 'Stars' (crease) to San Francisco (difficult destination for Printed Matter mail), and fine 3-colour printing EL with 1d Red 'Stars' Lpool to Maine with POSTED SINCE/8.30 LAST NIGHT c.d.s. Scarce and attractive lot. (6 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £200
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PRICES CURRENT - LATER TRANSATLANTIC QV STAMPED USAGES TO THE U.S. & CANADA; 1858-96 covers with Prices Current contents all sent by post from GB to Canada (4; 1860/70 each with 1d Red) to the US in 1858/9 (4 with single 1d Reds - all by named ships), 1850s (8 with single 1d Reds), 1870s (7 with single 1d Reds + 3x1d Reds, 2x1d Reds with 1/2d Rose-Red and one with 3d Rose-Red to San Francisco - latter rare destination) and 1894/6 pair at 1/2d rate. (25 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £300
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RAILWAYS - EARLY RAIL COMPANY PROSPECTUS/CIRCULAR PRINTED MATTER COVERS; 1836-81 lot inc.1836 "Edinr., Leith & Newhaven Rly" with PAID/AT/BRISTOL, 1840s (5; Railway Advertiser, London & Birmingham Rly pair, 1846 unpaid Plymouth & N. Cornwall Rly. circular with undated PLYMOUTH/PY POST & GEWR with SALFORD/MANCHESTER), 1850s (13; mainly LNWR but also 1850 N. Staffs Rly Co. Exeter & Exmouth Rly, & Lancaster/Carlisle Rly Co. circulars all with 1d Reds), 1860s (8 inc. v. fine 1862 Shropshire Railway pair of late usage red London h.s. "1" marks), 1870s (11 inc.2 with 1/2d Rose-Reds) and a few later (4 inc.1881 underpaid 1d Venetian-Red to France). Plus 1908/17 pair. (44 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £200
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SCHOOLS - PRINTED C CIRCULARS INC.1d BLACK COVER REF. "LIVERPOOL DANCING CLASS"; 1814-77 covers sent by post inc.1814 Winchester itemised bill, 1817 Maldon (Essex) "Miss Wilmhursts' & Miss Banger's Seminary" advert, 1826 Honiton Laurel House Academy advert/invoice, 1827 Royal Freemasons Charity circular, 18 Sept. 1840 EL (repaired with some loss of text inside) with 4m 1d Black tied by orange-red Lpool MX having laws and text of lengthy public address of "LIVERPOOL DANCING CLASS", and 3 later. Scarce group. (8 covers) PHOTO - see page 51. £150
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SHIPPING - STEAMER/SAILING VESSEL DEPARTURE NOTICES INC. PICTORIAL & COLOURED TYPES; Remarkable 1844-82 postally used covers all with printed notices of vessels' sailing dates inc.1844 Hull SS Neptune & Eclipse, 1853 Leith SS Ivanhoe, 1855 Glasgow Marianne (for Jamaica)1868 blue & red "P. C. Merryman" for B. Ayres (ex Glasgow to US with 6d Mauve), and 1882 SS Glaucus "Liverpool & China Steamer", and similar 1853/59 group of plain type notices for vessels to Antigua/Havana (1857 black & red), and Glasgow 1d Red ELs ref. Demerara (4; one with Madeleine Smith Duplex), Sydney, Melbourne, Geelong& B. AYres, plus red & blue 1859 Leith EL ref. 4 different ships for Victoria/NSW/S. Australia. Scarce lot. (15 covers) PHOTO - see page 52. £200
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SHIPPING - SHIPWRECKED MARINERS "POST MAGAZINE", DOCKS, STEAMER SAILINGS, ETC.; 1840-73 covers sent by post with printed maritime flavour contents inc.1840 trio ref. ERITH BALLAST WHARF (with scarce boxed "T.P./Erith"), delays to "S.S. LIVERPOOL" or (with 3m 1d Black ex Edinburgh) goods shipped by SS Sovereign; plus complete 1843 usage of the 8-page No.141 "POST MAGAZINE" with 3m 1d Red & superb No.7 in MX (contents with superb pictures of Greenwich fete for Shipwrecked Mariners & statue of Lord Howe), 1848 advert for SS Royal Victoria, etc. Good lot. PHOTO - see page 167. £240
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BALANCE OF THE CHARLESS HAHN COLLECTION PART 1 - BANKS, CHURCH, MILITARY, POLITICS & TAX; 1772-1903 covers all but one sent by post inc.1772 advert for the Lottery, 1795 concave HATFIELD on "Defence of the Kingdom" circular, 1785 pictorial funeral notice (privately carried), 1818 OHMS "F. Freeling" signed free, 1849 THORPE-HESLEY UDC (Rotherham), 1841 1d Red on pictorial EL of a new church, v. fine 1855 London h.s. "1" (redirected), 1856 Belfast Spoon, soldiers' effects lists, 1820 Bagshot Military College bill, varied banking & political circulars, 1/2d Rose-Reds, etc. (54 covers) £200
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BALANCE OF THE CHARLESS HAHN COLLECTION PART 2 - PUBLISHING, MANORIAL ETC.; 1698-1908 covers (24) all sent by post inc.1698 Scottish printed ACT (ref. Trade) sent from Edinr. to Banff, other prestamp, 1840 2d Blue (faults) tied by black Lauder MX to part printed weekly Estate Report, 1840 Yorks. beating bounds report with fine 4m 1d Red having v. fine blue HELMSLEY UDC mil.-removed on reverse, 1847 Relief of Irish Poor EL, 1854 16-page book-list with 1d 'Stars' and chamfered square London "38" Duplex, fancy 1868 embossed pierced bereavement card in 1d Red env., 1877 wrapper with 2 copies of John Ruskin's "Letter to Young Girls" leaflet, 1899 1d Lilac env. with fine engraved Xmas card, 1877 illustrated coins list, etc. Plus bundle of equally interesting items that have no postal marks or address-wrappers, inc. newspapers, pictorial writing paper, etc. Fascinating assembly. (23 covers, 14 pieces & 60 documents) PHOTO - see page 51. £300
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NOTICE RATE QV STAMPED COVERS INC. TWO WITH IMPERFS.; 1849/52 pair of Notices ex Fakenham (v. fine) and Romford (minor wear and file-holes at left well clear of stamps address and marks) both endorsed "Notice and franked with a fine 4-Margin Vertical Strip of Three 1d Reds or a 1d Red + 1841 2d Blue (each with margins in places) tied by their respective Numerals, fine 1868 Wokingham Notice with pl.5 3d Rose-Red and 3 1856/70 scarce retained copy Notices (with c.d.s.'s but no stamps). Rare group; these are rare with Imperf. issues. (6 items) [Ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see page 52. £150
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PRINTED PICTORIAL/ADVERTISING COVERS SENT DURING THE 4d-POST PERIOD; 11 Dec. 1839 EL from Manchester to Dundee with m/s "4" charge and v. fine Edinburgh Mae West "TOO LATE" having an unusual pictorial printed advert inside showing smoking chimneys, 10 Dec. 1839 EL with m/s "4" from Marlborough to Bridgwater with printed billhead and advert for a "Cabinet Manufacturer" inside, and a privately carried 11 Dec. 1839 EL to Ireland with a fine engraving of "Menai Bridge" inside. Rare trio. Plus 1828 writing sample EL with fine boxed "Bedale/Py Post". (4 covers) [Ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see page 168. £150
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SCARCE VALENTINE CONTAINING A RING: 1863 (13 Feb) env from Kingstown to Pimlico bearing a LC14 1d HL. An unused fancy embossed envelope and a delightful valentine with pierced silver borders and garlands together with a gilt metal ring. The coded message "HTE" (How Tom Eleanor ?) and "AIUERQ" (AQUIRE ?) inside. The valentine and ring were placed inside the embossed env and then all was placed into the addressed env and sent. Both envs have impressions of the ring. A true romantic item. PHOTO - see page 51. £260
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"DRAYTON" (MIDDX.) - BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN LETTER TO "COUNTESSE OF WARWICKE"; Fine 1 June 1593 EL (part blank flap replaced) in an astonishingly clear hand sent "From Drayton " (Middx.), signed by "George Carey" (later the Baron Hunsdon; see DNB) and addressed "To the right honorable the Countesse of Warwicke geve theis." (presumably in London) sent by private means ("...theis bearers my servantes Charles and William Clough") regarding a land dispute. One of the most beautifully written letters that we can recall ever having seen! [Ex Martin Willcocks & Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see page 9. £200
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VERY EARLY LOCAL LONDON LETTER FROM "THE STRAND"; 30 Mar. 1597 EL (some wear; full transcript ref. an enclosed legal document - no longer present) from "H. Maynard" at "the Strand" and addressed "To my assured good frend Mr Vincent Skinner Esqr." Local London letters are very seldom seen prior to 1600. PHOTO - see page 51. £200
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CIVIL WAR - PARLIAMENTARY LETTER FROM "[SHIP] MERCURY" REF. CAPTAINS' ARREST, ETC.: 17 Aug. 1642 letter (no wrapper but directed "To the house or any other[?] attending this House or his Deputy. to be conveyed to the Earle of Warwick") written by "Jo[hn] Browne, Cleric Parliamentor" (see DNB; c.1608-91; Clerk of the Parliaments from 1638) on board the ship ''Mercury'' ordering the Earl of Warwick, Lord Admiral, to arrest the captains of two ships on guard duty off the coast of Ireland who ''have lately departed that Charge whereby they have opposed his Mats. good subjects in that Kingdome to create danger in this tyme of Rebellion''. Plus 27 July 1642 letter (no wrapper; ?from Kings Lynn) from "Hamon l'Estrange" (1583-1654; see DNB) petitioning the Earl of Manchester on behalf of two men summoned to appear before Parliament on a different matter. Historical pair. (2 items). [Ex Martin Willcocks; Cavendish June 2000, lot 885; realised £276.] £200
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CIVIL WAR LETTER TO LORD FAIRFAX: AT YORK:1644 (2 Jan) EL from Aston? addressed "For the right Hono(ble) the/Lord Fairfax/in his Lords absence to the/Commander in cheefe/humbly present this/in Yorke" and signed by Sir Francis Fane second son of the 1st Earl of Westmorland. The letter is effected by damp and foxing but an interesting item Also 1883 (8 Aug) piece from "The Derby Mercury" with a full transcript of the letter which was then at Melbourne Hall. PHOTO - see page 52. £240
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CIVIL WAR PERIOD LETTER FROM DOVER TO ANTWERP WITH POSTAL CHARGE; 2 May 1646 EL (small split from ink erosion) from "Douvres" (Dover) to "Antwerpen" with clear "1 Sh" (Shilling) charge on the front. Rare example of an overseas letter sent during the English Civil War which caused severe disruption to normal P.O services. £150
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CIVIL WAR PERIOD LETTER SENT BY "CARRIER" FROM "WIMBORNE" TO LONDON; 17 Sept. 1649 EL (some wear; red wax seal) from "Wimborne" addressed "For his most worthy friend Mr. Robert Langford at Grays Inne, London" signed by "Will Kidgett"; with interesting contents about various sums of cash (totalling £175) sent by carrier; "This is the 3d voyage of ye Carrier since your receipt of ye £25. I delivered him at his next [journey] £50 for which he brought me a receipt..." Good evidence that road transport had become secure enough for cash transits (albeit broken down over several trips) a few months after the King was beheaded and during Cromwell's Irish campaign. [Ex Charless Hahn.] PHOTO - see page 9. £300
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COMMONWEALTH PERIOD - CROSS-COUNTRY LETTER FROM DORSET TO NORFOLK; Fine 12 July 1653 EL (unsealed; sent in a parcel?) from "Wimborne" to "Northall Greene" (near East Dereham, Norfolk) with clear address and family contents regarding a proposed property purchase. Attractive [Ex Charless Hahn.] £150
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THE VERY RARE 1654 CROMWELLIAN "ORDINANCE TOUCHING THE OFFICE OF Poftage of Letters" - ORIGINAL BLACK LETTER ACT; Remarkable and important 2 Sept. 1654 Cromwellian Ordinance (15pp., album-page size; some slight toning and slight edge wear but complete and attractive) issued by "Henry Scovell, Clerk of the Council" giving further authority to John Manley to run the Post Office and detailing not only the new inland Postal Rates but also authorising (for the first time) Free Mail for M.P.s and Government officers. We cannot recall having seen another example of this very early Post Office ordinance apart from the second example in Michael Jackson's Large Gold Medal exhibit; much rarer than the 1656/7 P. O. Act. Important Exhibition Item. PHOTO - see above. £750
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THE FIRST (CROMWELLIAN) POST OFFICE ACT - "AN ACT/FOR THE/SETLING/OF THE/POSTAGE/OF ENGLAND/SCOTLAND and IRELAND": 1656/7 'black letter' Act consisting of 8pp. measuring 10" x 61/2" (disbound with minor toning but fits an album-page and attractive) passed by the Cromwellian Parliament to confirm the state postal monopoly and to fix Postal Rates. One of the major documents of British Postal History containing great detail on the whole postal system towards the end of the Commonwealth period. [A similar example of this Act realised £1,150 in Cavendish's Nov. 2001 auction.] PHOTO - see above. £500
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EARLY RESTORATION PERIOD LETTER FROM DERBY REF. PAYING OFF THE CROMWELLIAN ARMY; FINE 12 Oct. 1660 EL (typed transcript) from "Markeaton" (near Derby; ex the High Sheriff of Derbyshire), to "Col. Edward King, a Commissioner for Disbanding the Army [at York]"; he advises that some £3,000 (a fortune in those days) would be available for distribution the next week. The postscript is interesting; "The certainty of this messenger's delivery hereof & ye uncertainty of your return from Yorke into Lincolnshire, and ye feare of miscarriage of uncertaine messengers, hath occasioned some delay of this answer...". Rare and unusual item sent by special messenger in the very early days after the Restoration of the monarchy in England. PHOTO - see page 171. £300
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HENRY BISHOP's ORIGINAL RECEIPT FOR PART OF HIS ANNUAL "RENT" AS "FARMER OF THE POST OFFICE"; Highly significant 4 July 1662 receipt (fine - except for a few minor creases - and album-page size; 168mm x 216mm) for £462-10s-0d signed by "[Sir] Will[iam]. Morice" (1602-76; one of King Charles II's two "Principal Secretaries of State") "Rec[eive]d....of Henry Bishopp Esqr., Farmer of the Post Office, in part of the rent thereof due to his Maj[es]tie. for one quarter of a year...payable unto me quarterly by lres patent dated the first day of December 1660...". Remarkable item being the receipt for part of Henry Bishop's rent of the Post Office that lasted from 1660 to 1663. Bishop paid £21,500 per year in exchange for all the income he could obtain from running the Post Office in Britain, and the deal involved him paying £1,850 each year to each of the King;s Principal Secretaries. Bishop's reforms of the P.O. included the introduction of the world's first datestamp - the 'Bishop Mark' on 19 Jan. 1661. Unique item from Henry Bishop's personal papers. [Ex Michael Jackson's Large Gold Medal exhibit.] PHOTO - see page 10. £1,500
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EARLY BISHOP MARK COVERS - 1667 EX DERBYSHIRE & 1682 EX CARLISLE; 14 Jan. 1667 EL from "Wirksworth" (Derbyshire) to London ("Leave this lre att ye poft house...to be d[elivere]d as above sayd" charged single "3"[d] rate with v. fine "IA/17" London arrival Bishop Mark (small crease) on the lower flap; plus similar 1682 EL from "Carlisle" to London charged "6[d]" double rate changed to "9[d]" triple rate with initials and v. fine "IV/26" Bishop Mark. (2 covers) PHOTO - see page 52. £150
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1st-TYPE BISHOP MARKS ON COVERS EX NORWICH, WESTMORELAND & BRISTOL; Attractive 1672 EL charged "3" (increased to "6" with initials; enclosure mentioned) with a very fine "DE/2" Bishop Mark nicely placed on the top flap, plus 1685/1700 pair ex "Musgrave" (Wmland) or "Bristol" to London (former with some repairs) with mainly v. fine "MY/22" ("3" rate cancelled with initials as addressee an M.P.) or "DE/18" Bishop Marks. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 52. £140
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