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1899-1902 Printed pictorial envelopes depicting a mail coach or children fishing, both posted from Dukinfield to Blackpool franked 1d. Also printed pictorial "Facts and Fiction Illustrated" envelope used 1877 (faults), "Independent Order of Good Templars" front used 1889 and 1892 cover with heading of "The London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination". (5). £100-150
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(Also see lots 1142, 1164, 1175, 1540, 1735, 1739-40, 1763/9) | |
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c.1844-1990 Covers and cards with various postage due stamps and handstamps, including "2" charge marks, redirected mail, 'charge' parcel tags, postcards charged because they have photos or paper attached, G.B stamps disallowed abroad, 1844 1d pink envelope to Belgium with "Returned for Postage" cachets (faults), 1906 card bearing a mutilated stamp, 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee envelope insert card posted within London and charged 2d, etc. (100s). £200-250
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1847 Entire letter from Dublin to Edinburgh with "2" charge mark, crossed out and increased to 3d upon redirection with "POSTAGE / TO / EDINBURGH / NOT PAID" handstamp; and 1887 ½d wrapper to Ardrossan redirected to Glasgow with unusual "½" charge mark. (2). £100-120
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1870 (Oct 27) Cover with enclosed letter from Edinburgh to India franked 1/- and 1d, with boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID / FOR BRINDISI ROUTE / DEFICIENT POSTAGE 3d" and circular framed "St. BG / As 2". The 3d charge mark used on mail transferred to the more expensive Brindisi route when the Marseille route was suspended during the Franco-Prussian War. Small corner repair and a large closed tear, nevertheless a good looking example of this scarce handstamp which is very unusual on outgoing mail, the majority of examples occurring on incoming mail from India or Australia. Photo on Page 240. £600-700
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1874 Cover from Croydon to the Ordnance Survey office in London franked 1d, endorsed "Registered, coin letter" and charged 8d, the reverse bearing an explanatory "Caution" label; and 1901 registered cover to Paris franked 6d + 1d late fee with boxed "POSTED OUT / OF COURSE". (2). £100-120
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1922 Picture postcard from France to Hurst Green, Sussex, charged 1½d, the charge collected by a 1d postage due + ½d postage stamp each tied by a parcel cancel. An unusual early use of a postage stamp in lieu of a due. £70-100
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1927 Cover from Brussels franked 4F75, handstamped "TRAM" and "T" with boxed "EXPRESS FEE PARTLY PAID/ Charge of 1d to be / Collected on Delivery", a 1d postage due stamp tied by Hoddesdon skeleton. Light folds and flap missing but an unusual charged express letter. £60-70
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(Also see lots 273, 785, 1202, 1731, 1733) | |
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Red F size formula registration envelope, format RF3 but with the lettering differing to the issued G.B envelopes and the flap on the front, possibly an essay or an Empire issue; QV 2d registration stamp type R3 with florets on piece with two partial "Specimen" overprints (type RU2); KGV 1d STO postcards in an uncut vertical pair with "LAY EDGE" at base and uncut margins; also British Levant 1902 KEVII 40pa on 2d registration envelope size K handstamped type 8 "Specimen". (4). £120-140
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De La Rue appendix pages headed Appendix "B" - Appendix "E" and dated "Jany 31.87", pages B and E bearing 1d pink envelopes with or without dated stamp dies each in small and large sizes, pages C and D bearing ½d and 1d postcards and reply cards. (8 items on 4 pages). £400-500
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c.1841-2007 Used and unused postal stationery, a large quantity in boxes and cover albums including P.T.P.O envelopes, parcel labels and wrappers, some with multiple dies; QV K size registration envelopes used; 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee 1d postcard used and unused; QV ½d - 1/- dies (14) on a single sheet of paper each overprinted "SPECIMEN" (a few faults); ½d envelope with "Savory & Moore" advertising ring unused; other cut-out advertising rings including W.B Fordham (2); KGVI P.O.W postcard and lettersheets; 1893 1d O.H.M.S Corn Return lettersheet, etc. (100s). £200-300
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1893 ½d Postcard used within London, the reverse headed "The Postcard. The smallest Monthly Journal in the World. Single copies two stamps each. No. 3, May 1893", with printed adverts, results of puzzles and competitions, and chapter II of the serial story "A Silent Woman". Most unusual. £80-100
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1894 Piece (195x104mm) bearing the ten ½d - 1/- envelope stamp dies, the 1½d, 2d, 2½d, 3d, 4d and 1/- stamps with florets, the ½d, 1d, 6d and 10d stamps without dates or florets, fine and attractive. £120-150
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1903 Admiralty Official KEVII 3d registration envelope unused, light horizontal crease, otherwise fine and scarce. £200-250
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1953 Coronation 6d air letter, the stamp printed on the reverse in error, central vertical fold and a light corner crease on the front, otherwise fine, a striking and scarce major error. £80-100
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1870-82 QV 1/- Telegraph forms comprising Stock Exchange types TP35c and TP38, and public forms types TP3 (3, one with red "PRIORITY" handstamp above the 1/- stamp, another with type 10 'Specimen' overprint), TP5 with the 'Specimen' overprint type 10, TP7a, 7ba, 7bb, 10b. Also 1/- postal telegraph cards types TCP1a and TCP1b and an unstamped card, and various 6d, 10d or 1/- stamps on pieces (8) torn from forms with various 'Specimen' overprints (types 8, 10 or 13). (13 forms/cards + 8 pieces). £350-400
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1915 KGV 6d Telegraph forms with a 3d postage stamp added at the left in a complete booklet of twenty with interleaving between each form, the printed cover with the price altered from 10s.2d. to 15s.2d in manuscript. A fine and very scarce complete booklet. TP19. £350-400
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1915-40 KGV Telegraph forms comprising 6d types TP19 (2, one with a 3d stamp added), TP25a, 25c, and 9d forms from booklets types TP21aa (6d at left altered to '9d' with a violet rubber handstamp), TP21ba, bc, ca, cb, all fine. (9). £220-260
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1915-27 KGV Stock Exchange telegraph forms comprising 9d + 3d type TP47a (2, differing imprints) or 1/- olive-brown type TP49cb, fine and scarce. (3). £180-220
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1898-1970 Covers with 1898 1d pink envelope to London endorsed "To Bolsover Station, to be posted on arrival" cancelled fine oval "CHESTERFIELD / STATION / L.D & E.C RY", a railway stamp tragically removed from the opposite corner; 1906 stampless "On Clearing House Service" cover to the Goods Agent, Cheshire Lines Committee Ry, Hough Green with oval dated cachet "RAILWAY CLEARING / HOUSE"; and 1937-70 railway letters bearing G.W.R, L.N.E.R or British Rail parcel stamps, three sent express delivery. Also 1937 P.O pamphlet "Railex Service". (9). £100-120
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Cleator & Workington Junction. 1920 Wilson cover franked 2d, bearing 2d letter stamp with "3" surcharge in manuscript, the postage and railway stamps both unusually cancelled "UP SPECIAL / T.P.O" c.d.s. £100-120
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Great Central. 1900 Commercial cover to Sheffield with 2d letter stamp tied by oval station handstamp (Penistone?) and a 1d lilac cancelled upon arrival by Sheffield 701 duplex. £120-150
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Great Eastern. 1900 Commercial cover to Hertford with a 1d lilac and 2d letter stamp both cancelled by two strikes of violet straight line "STANDON", the letter stamp also tied by a Hertford c.d.s, fine and attractive. Photo on Page 240. £130-160
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Great Eastern. 1891-1905 Covers all with 2d letter stamps comprising an early commercial 1891 cover to London with the letter stamp and 1d lilac both cancelled in manuscript; a commercial 1903 cover to Ludgershall with the letter stamp and KEVII 1d both cancelled by London E.C c.d.s and in manuscript; and three 1905 Ewen covers all with London machines, the letter stamps cancelled by circular violet datestamps of "CLAYDON", "KENNETT" or "SWAINTHORPE", all fine. (5). £250-300
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Great Eastern. 1915 Censored cover to Holland with G.B ½d and 1d pair cancelled in manuscript and by a London machine, the 2d letter stamp tied by violet "BRAINTREE AND DOCKING" datestamp, Delft backstamp. Part flap missing, otherwise fine and very unusual; letters addressed abroad were not supposed to be sent as railway letters. £100-120
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Great Northern. 1916 Picture postcard of Boston sent to Disley with KGV 1d and a 2d red parcel stamp both cancelled by a manuscript cross and Manchester machine. A very unusual commercial use of a parcel stamp on a picture postcard. £120-150
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Great Western. 1846 Entire sent from London to Cheltenham by rail, the reverse with a large blue parcel stamp. The entire then readdressed back to Woods Hotel in London and posted at Cheltenham prepaid 2d in cash. A very unusual and scarce early railway letter, carried as a parcel. £150-180
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Great Western. c.1870 Cover to Cullompton, the reverse with a large GWR parcel label, Hemyock to Cullompton Paid, torn through upon opening but complete. £100-120
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Great Western. 1891 (Apr 27) Cover to London bearing a 1d lilac and 2d letter stamp, both cancelled by a "BRISTOL" squared circle, a fine early railway letter. Also a similarly franked cover to "Post Office, Kington, to be posted", both stamps cancelled in manuscript. (2). £100-120
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Great Western. 1906 KEVII 1d Postal stationery envelope to London bearing a 2d blue parcel stamp, the envelope and parcel stamp both cancelled by boxed G.W.R Oxford datestamp, the envelope then cancelled by a Paddington squared circle. A scarce use of a parcel stamp instead of a letter stamp on a commercial cover. £120-140
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Great Western. 1924 Picture postcard of Hereford sent to Brighton franked by British Empire Exhibition 1d and a 4d letter stamp cancelled by violet oval Hereford datestamp and a Paddington machine. A very unusual use of a picture postcard sent as a railway letter, with an Empire Exhibition stamp. £120-140
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Great Western/G.W & G.C Joint Committee. 1906 Commercial cover to the Oxford Union Society with GWR 2d stamp (corner fault) and KEVII 1d each cancelled oval violet "CAMPDEN" station handstamp and an Oxford c.d.s; and 1915 cover to Miss Crouch in Aylesbury with KGV 1d tied Aylesbury c.d.s and G.W & G.C.J.C 2d stamp tied by a boxed station datestamp in violet. (2). £170-200
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Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast. 1904 Cover to Professor Napier in Oxford (the renowned college stamp collector) with 2d letter stamp and KEVII 1d both tied by a Sheffield c.d.s; and 1906 Ewen cover with the 2d letter stamp cancelled violet "CATCLIFFE", both stamps tied by Sheffield c.d.s. (2). £140-160
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Lancashire & Yorkshire. 1875 Cover to Wakefield, the reverse bearing a large pink parcel label with manuscript "Darton to Wakefield, Paid". The parcel stamp with a few edge faults, the printed wording intact, very scarce. Photo on Page 240. £180-220
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Lancashire & Yorkshire. 1921 Wilson cover with 3d letter stamp surcharged "Fourpence" in violet, cancelled "KEARSLEY L&Y", with a 2d postage stamp tied by Manchester machine; and 1932 commercial cover with 1½d stamp and 3d letter stamp tied London NW 'Telephone Habit' slogan. (2). £140-160
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London, Brighton & South Coast. 1893 Mourning envelope to London bearing a 1d lilac on the front and 2d letter stamp on the reverse, both stamps tied by fine oval "GROOMBRIDGE / STATION / L.B & S.C.RY", the 1d lilac additionally cancelled upon arrival by London S.E squared circles. £100-120
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London, Brighton & South Coast. 1903-05 Covers comprising a commercial cover to Angmering to be posted upon arrival with KEVII 1d and 2d letter stamp cancelled in manuscript and an "ANGMERING STATION" c.d.s; and Ewen cover with 2d letter stamp tied oval "ROTHERFIELD" station handstamp and KEVII 1d tied Anerley c.d.s, or 2d letter stamp tied oval "KINGSCOTE" station handstamp with an East Grinstead c.d.s tying the letter stamp and 1d postage stamp. (3). £180-240
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London & North Western. 1885 Cover to Llangollen endorsed "Carriage paid, per 12.0 from Rhewl, 4 July 1885", the reverse bearing a pink label "L&N.W Rly - Paid, Parcel from Rhewl". A scarce early railway letter carried as a parcel. £160-200
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London & North Western. 1904 1d Postal stationery envelope to London with a 2d letter stamp, both tied by violet oval "CHESTER" handstamp and a London N.W duplex. £80-100
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London & South Western. 1903-14 Covers comprising 1903 Marsh cover with KEVII 1d and 2d letter stamp tied London SE c.d.s, the letter stamp also cancelled oval "SUNBURY" station handstamp; 1908 commercial cover with KEVII 1d cancelled upon arrival and a 2d letter stamp on reverse tied violet "WOKINGHAM"; and 1914 commercial 1d postal stationery envelope with 2d letter stamp both tied by London SE machine, the railway stamp also with a violet station datestamp. (3). £180-220
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London & South Western. 1900 Commercial cover with a 1d lilac and 2d letter stamp (partly folded over the upper edge of the cover) both tied Basingstoke c.d.s, the letter stamp also tied violet "FARNBOROUGH". £100-120
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London, Tilbury & Southend. 1907-08 Ewen covers with KEVII 1d and a 2d letter stamp, the first with both cancelled violet circular "FENCHURCH / STREET" datestamp with a London E.C duplex below; the other with both stamps tied by violet "WOODGRANGE PARK" and a London N.W machine. (2). £150-180
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Midland. 1905-06 Ewen covers all with KEVII 1d and a 2d letter stamp with both stamps tied by London N.W machine (3, one with "BAILDON" station handstamp at upper left) or by a Birmingham c.d.s, another with the 2d letter stamp cancelled violet "SCOTBY" with the KEVII 1d tied Carlisle c.d.s. (5). £160-200
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Midland. 1920 Commercial cover with KGV ½d, 1d and a 3d parcel stamp all tied by boxed violet "UPMINSTER" datestamps and a London E.C machine, a fine and unusual use of a parcel stamp on a railway letter. Photo on Page 245. £100-120
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Midland & Great Northern Joint Committee. 1921 Commercial cover to India bearing a 2d letter stamp surcharged "3" in red and again surcharged "4" in black tied by a violet station handstamp and KGV 1d pair with manuscript cancel, all stamps then cancelled by a London E.C machine, arrival backstamp of Karachi. A scarce stamp on a commercial cover and a very unusual use to India; letters addressed abroad were not supposed to be accepted as railway letters. Photo on Page 245. £160-200
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North Eastern. 1898 Commercial cover to Pontefract with 1d lilac tied by Normanton Station Office 048 duplex and violet "BURTON SALMON, the reverse with a 2d letter stamp also tied by the Burton Salmon cachet and a c.d.s. The front with opening tear at upper edge, the reverse fine, an attractive cover. £80-100
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North Eastern. 1905 Commercial cover to Pontefract with KEVII 1d and 2d letter stamp both tied violet oval "HECK" station handstamp, the KEVII 1d also tied by a Doncaster c.d.s, a fine cover. £100-120
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North Eastern. 1905-10 Ewen covers with KEVII 1d and 2d letter stamps both tied by a London NW machine, Hull machine or London N. c.d.s, one with the railway stamp tied by crossed violet "CASTLEFORD" handstamp, another with violet "COPMANTHORPE" in the upper left corner. (3). £100-140
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North London. 1905 Ewen cover from Crystal Palace with KEVII 1d and a 2d letter stamp each cancelled circular violet "N.L.R / C.P.2" and by a Norwood c.d.s, an attractive cover. £80-100
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Sheffield & Midland Rlys Committee. 1906 KEVII 1d postal stationery envelope with a 2d letter stamp both tied by a Nottingham machine, backstamped at Newark. £80-100
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Southern. 1926 Cover to Watford with three 1½d stamps tied by London datestamps, the reverse with a 4d letter stamp tied violet "BROMLEY SOUTH / PARCELS DEPT."; and a long 1934 cover to Bideford "per 11.50am train from Queen St. Exeter" bearing a Exeter (Queen St.) 3d parcel stamp endorsed "1 letter" and a KGV 1½d tied straight line "EXETER CENTRAL". Two fine commercial covers. (2). £140-180
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