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Wigan Junction. 1905 Wilson cover to Blackpool with QV ½d tied by Wigan c.d.s and a 2d letter stamp tied violet "LOWER INCE", an uncommon stamp on cover. £80-100
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English and Welsh railway letter stamps, the collection written up in two albums comprising mint or used stamps (256) and covers (22) with scarcer manuscript or handstruck "3" or "4" surcharges, scarce lines with Lynton & Barnstaple, Manchester & Milford, Wrexham Mold & Donnahs Quay, Southwold, Stratford Upon Avon, North Wales & Liverpool Rly Committee, North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard, Neath & Brecon, Pembroke & Tenby, Southern issues in sheets, a few pieces, and covers with South West & Midland Cos, Somerset & Dorset Joint Line, North Staffordshire, Metropolitan (2), Manchester South Junction & Altrincham, Macclesfield Committee, Great Northern & Great Central, etc., some of these manuscript cancelled but all clearly correct, also a Ewen label in the design of a railway letter stamp. A good collection. (279). Photo on Page 216. £1,500-2,000
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Scotland. The collection written up on pages with various mint or used railway stamps (26), and covers (5) from Caledonian (2), Glasgow & South Western (2) or North British, a useful lot. (31). £380-450
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Ireland. The collection written up on pages with various mint or used railway stamps (57) including Ballycastle, Cork Blackrook & Passage, Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties, Tralee & Dingle Lt Rly & Tramway, Waterford & Central Ireland, Waterford Dungarvan & Lismore, Waterford Limerick & Western, Waterford & Tranmore, etc., also Ewen covers (3) from Great Northern Rly Co. of Ireland (the stamp and KEVII 1d both tied by Dublin c.d.s), Great Southern & Western Rly or Midland Rly Northern Counties Committee. (60). £550-650
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Railway related covers, stamps and ephemera written up in two albums including ephemera with letters, luggage labels, waybills, dividend statements, etc., a few T.P.Os, also many modern heritage railway stamps and covers and some thematic stamps. (Approx 200). £100-150
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1846-1983 Covers and an 1846 C.O.P including postal stationery, official mail, 1905 A.R cover, etc. (86). Also 1961-99 Recorded Delivery covers (67), 1961-62 P.O leaflets on the new scheme (2) and a few C.O.Ps. (c.160). £120-150
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1823 Entire from Bartfeld, Hungary to London endorsed "pr Wien, Brussell, Ostende & Harwich" with Bartfeld handstamp and endorsement and three differing "Charge" handstamps, orange "REGISTERED / (Crown)" (Willcocks L.1127) applied upon arrival in London. An early example of the first London Registered handstamp, only mail to or from abroad permitted to be sent by registered mail at this date. Photo on Page 245. £250-300
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1828 Registered entire letter from Steinschonau in Bohemia to Edinburgh with small black "charge" and large blue "CHARGE", charged 2/7½, backstamped with the very scarce "F.O" within a dotted circle (Jay L1049), only found on registered mail from abroad passing through London to other UK destinations, upon which no British 'Crown Registered' handstamps were applied. Fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 245. £500-600
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1835 Entire letter from Birmingham to London charged 2/3 and 1842 unpaid entire from York both endorsed "Money letter", the 1842 letter however treated as an ordinary unpaid letter with a "2" charge mark of York applied. The 1835 entire letter with file folds, otherwise fine, English Money Letters rarely seen. (2). £100-120
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1846 Printed "Plan of the Primitive Methodist Preachers in the Bath Circuit", sent registered from Bath to Shaftesbury, endorsed "over 3oz, Registered, Paid 1/8" with a "BATH" datestamp. An unusual high rate. £100-120
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1848 1d Pink postal stationery envelope registered from London to Chailey with 6d paid in cash, red London Paid datestamp, Lewes c.d.s and a Chailey undated circle all on the front. £100-120
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1852 Cover from Ashford to Thurso, the 7d registered rate paid by 1d red (3 margins) and 1841 2d CJ-CL strip of three (CL cut into at right, huge margins on all other sides), each cancelled "31", the stamps crossed by a light horizontal crease, still a very attractive cover. £150-180
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1854 Entires to Kendal or Rothesay both franked imperf 1d and 2d strip of three to pay the 7d rate, both with superb "REGISTERED AT GLASGOW" undated circle in yellow with the registration number in manuscript within the handstamp. (2). £160-200
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1856 Long cover from Rochester to Kings Lynn bearing perf 14 1d orange-brown pair, 2d (die 1, plate 5) and 6d embossed (cut square, huge margins on two sides, cut into on the other two sides) all cancelled "650", red oval "REGISTERED / G.P.O" datestamp applied in transit. £140-180
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1857-64 Entires and covers from London with 1857 cover bearing 1d and 6d on heavily blued paper (crossed by file fold) with red "REGISTERED / G.P.O" datestamp, the others all with boxed "LOMBARD STREET / REGISTERED LETTER" with letter 'A' (2) or 'C' struck in red, or letter 'B' struck in black, franked 5d, 6d (2) or 1/- (2d + 4d + 6d). (5). £220-260
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1861-69 Entire letters franked 8d to France, 10d to Belgium, 1/- to Germany or 3/10 to India (4d + 6d + 1/- x 3, a little stained but unusual), all with red "(crown) / REGISTERED" handstamps of London (3) or Liverpool. (4). £200-250
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1861-79 Internal covers, entire letters and fronts (2) franked 3d, 5d (3), 6d (3), 7d or 9d, handstamps include boxed "REGISTERED / AT / GLASGOW" and similar dated oval type. (9). £200-240
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1862 Stampless entire to Scotland with a red oval Registered London datestamp, endorsed "Postage 1, registered fee 4, Paid 5d", a very late and unusual example of postage and registration entirely prepaid in cash. £100-120
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1865-71 Entire letters and covers all sent via London with red binoculars type "REGISTERED / PD / LONDON" datestamps applied in transit, franked 8d to Denmark, 10d to Italy, 1/- to Greece (with superb red boxed "SISTHEMON" Greek handstamp, torn across and repaired) or 1/4 to France (2). Also 1867 cover franked 10d to Austria with blue boxed "Recomandirt". (6). £220-280
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1867 Registered cover from London to Northampton franked three 1d red plate 89 pairs paying the 6d rate; and 1874 Parliamentary Notice cover with two enclosed notices on "East Northumberland Water", franked 1d red and 6d grey plate 13. (2). £100-120
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1878-79 Postal stationery registration envelopes comprising type1 envelope with seriffed "Registered", size G used from Warwick to London franked 1d; and type 2 envelopes with san-serif "Registered" and scalloped flap, size F with "Specimen" overprint or used from Ware to London and size G used to London with ½d and 1d both with superb "HORSHAM" single ring c.d.s. The first type envelope extremely scarce. Higgins/Baker RP1G, unpriced used, + RP3F, G. (4). Photo on Page 245. £300-350
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1880-85 Covers franked 3d comprising covers from Southport with three 1d venetian reds cancelled "564", one in blue; covers from Mere with 2d lilac and 1d lilac (2); cover from Dundee with 1d lilac and 2d rose; and 3d rose on cover from Glasgow with dated oval "REGISTERED / No / AT GLASGOW". (6). £160-180
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1883 1d Pink postal stationery envelope with blue William Lincoln advertising ring, used within London uprated with a 1d lilac pair, cancelled by a circle of bars with Registered c.d.s below, scarce used. Photo on Page 245. £200-250
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1884-1937 Covers and cards including Week-End Telegrams (2, with contents), London & Dover S.C Day Mail Up Registered datestamp, Alfred Smith advertising cover, QV 1½d + 3d P.T.P.O envelope used from Jersey with David Place c.d.s on reverse, 1934 cover to Westminster Bank with "HVP" label, 1937 "Registered, Kensington Gardens Camp W2" oval cancel, also unused H.V.P tag and block of four labels. (19). £170-200
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Official Money Letters. 1858-1906 O.H.M.S Envelopes with "Money Letter" printed upon them, comprising 1858 cover with "Registered letter, irregularity fine" imprint sent from Newnham to the Missing Letter Branch, G.P.O London, endorsed "tied with ribbon, W.L.W, 3.9.58" (file folds); 1858 G.P.O Edinburgh entire letter sending a £58.6.3 payment warrant for a Quarters gas supply to Edinburgh & Leith Post Offices; and 1906 cover from Redditch. (3). £150-200
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Official Mail. 1883-1940 Stampless covers including 1904 blue R.L.O envelope, Inland Revenue Postal Stamp Branch and R & A.G.O Registered datestamps, 1940 Windsor Castle cover, etc. Also 1849 R.L.O. lettersheet containing instructions on how to send valuables by post. (8). £110-130
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Notice of Objection. 1853-60 Stampless notices with red boxed "NOTICE 3d" or "3" (3, all different types), one of these also with boxed "NOTICE", a fine and scarce group. (4). Photo on Page 245. £200-250
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Notices/Jury Summons, etc. 1845-69 Notices of objection to voting rights (6), three franked 3d in stamps, two with red handstruck "3" and boxed "NOTICE", and an 1832 Free entire letter from the Secretary of States Office concerning voters lists and objections. Also 1878 and 1910 Jury Summons franked 3d or 2½d; 1872 and 1878 Orders of Removal to a Workhouse franked 5d or 3d (part entire letter only); and two court citation envelopes franked 3d. An unusual group. (13). £300-400
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1870 Post Office Notice, "Extension of the Regulations regarding Inland Coin Letters", extending the 4d charge to such letters. A scarce small notice that displays well on an album page. £100-150
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Compulsory Registration. 1914 Cover charged 2d with London R.L.O label explaining that it contained valuables and so was registered upon its return to sender, and an R.L.O cover with similar printed explanation and charge; 1912-30 covers compulsory registered and charged 4d (2) or 6d; and eight 'Caution' labels unused or removed from covers. (13). £180-220
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Registration Labels. Printed Scottish label "REGISTRATION LABELS / NOT YET SUPPLIED" and a piece bearing a similar manuscript label; various labels (28) including provisional types (7), official labels (7) and 'R Fee Paid' types; also 1846 and 1863 Certificates of Posting, the first with "CERNE" undated circle. (32). £80-100
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1935-75 Greetings Telegrams (77), many with envelopes, the majority are used, includes valentine types, some duplication, fine. (77+). £150-200
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Picture postcards depicting T.P.Os or T.P.O mail apparatus (9) including two superb real photo cards of postmen next to the T.P.O transfer apparatus. Also W.H Smith advertising ring piece with "C68" cancel, and 1904-26 covers and cards with "C68" postage due marks (3) or T.P.O cancels (11) including London & Crewe S.C Down Day Mail, etc. (24). £100-120
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1850-1983 Covers and cards with various T.P.O handstamps or cancels including 1850 "Missent to / G.N Railway Post office / Day"; 1936 Great Western T.P.O with boxed "Posted without Late fee" charged 1d; 1867 "L&E" within star; 1877 "ST. PANCRAS & DERBY S.T." c.d.s; 1870 ½d postcard uprated with two 1d reds all cancelled "CALEDONIAN T.P.O / DAY-UP"; 1939 "UP SPECIAL / T.P.O No. 1" rubber c.d.s; 1929 stampless cover to Germany and 1928 express cover to France franked 1/3 both cancelled "LONDON-NEWHAVEN / R.S.C"; various KEVII or KGV period postcards with datestamps including single ring "BIRMINGHAM & CREWE S.C", "CREWE TO LIVERPOOL S.C / 1", "BRISTOL & PENZANCE T.P.O UP", "BRISTOL, SHREWSBURY & YORK T.P.O / FROM EAST", etc. Also some stamps and pieces and picture postcards of T.P.Os. (141 covers/cards). £300-400
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1901 Picture postcard from Newquay to Newark with superb boxed "L&L / S.T." (Wilson 608), used as a missort mark on the London & Leeds Sorting Tender, the first year of use, very scarce. Also 1900 1d postal stationery postcard to France cancelled superb "NORWICH SORTING TENDER / DOWN" c.d.s (2). £100-120
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c.1905 Picture postcard franked KEVII ½d tied by fine "LIVERPOOL STA. / LATE BOX" hooded circle datestamp (the year omitted), an unusual use of this scarce cancel on a card only franked ½d, with no late fee apparently paid. Also 1856-93 covers with "Missent to Derby R.O", "STOKE-STATION" double arc datestamp or "BRIGHTON STATION / R.L" c.d.s. (4). £70-100
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1930-86 Covers and cards (virtually all pre 1971), the collection mounted in three F.G albums, mainly very fine strikes, many philatelic though some are commercial, includes registered mail with T.P.O datestamps on the blank type registration labels (63), "Posted Without Late Fee" handstamps (172), first and last day services, a few bundle labels, C.O.Ps and some pieces. (Approx 490 covers). £1,500-1,800
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1839 (Dec 11) Entire letter from Glasgow to the Pay Master General of H.M Land Forces, Whitehall, London with "4" charge mark, crossed out in London and a red Free datestamp applied, very unusual and rare. Photo on Page 250. £550-650
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The Michael Goodman Collection of 1d Paid handstamps in red and 2d charge marks in black. (Also see lots 1163/4). | |
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London - First Day of UPP. 1840 Entire letter to Ireland with red "1" and a fine 10 JA Paid datestamp, a fine letter sent prepaid on the First Day of Uniform Penny Postage. Photo on Page 250. £250-300
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Liverpool - First Day of UPP. 1840 Entire letter to Ireland with superb red "1" and JA 10 Liverpool c.d.s, a Dublin Paid arrival c.d.s of JA 11 alongside. A fine and scarce letter sent prepaid on the First Day of Uniform Penny Postage. Photo on Page 250. £300-350
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Basingstoke. 1842-50 Entire letters with red "Pd/1" (2 types), "Pd/2" (2 types, one unrecorded in the BCC) or the very scarce "Pd/4" used on letters weighing over 1oz. (5). £200-250
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Baldock. 1843 Entire letter to Cambridge with superb circular framed "V.R / BALDOCK / ONE 1D PAID", the first year of use, scarce. Photo on Page 250. £100-120
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Harleston/Thetford. 1842 Entire letter to Wymondham with "HARLING" undated circle and scarce small framed "ID" with a Thetford c.d.s. alongside; and 1843 entire to Saxmundham with circular framed "PAID / 1D" unusually struck in black ink with a matching Harleston backstamp. Two scarce Norfolk handstamps. (2). £150-180
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High Wycombe. 1840 Entire with scarce two line "H. WYCOMBE / Paid One Penny" (only recorded used in 1840), and 1849 cover with "PAID / ONE PENNY". (2). £100-120
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Horwich. 1848 Entire letter to Manchester with fancy circular framed "HORWICH / P1D / LANC" and a Bolton datestamp alongside, filing endorsement at left, otherwise fine, one of the scarcest and most spectacular of all UPP handstamps. The enclosed letter is a surgeons bill for one guinea for attending to a guard killed on the Bolton line of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. Photo on Page 250. £140-180
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Newcastle Under Lyne. 1843-46 Entire letters all with differing "Pd 1" handstamps, two with skeleton backstamps "NEWCASTLE S" (1844) or "NEWCASTLE / 4 / S" (the date shown as "17/18 6"). (4). £100-120
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Northampton. 1840-46 Entire letters with "P1", "P1D" (2 types) or "PD1" (2 types), all superb, an attractive group. (5). £120-150
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Otley. 1843 Entire to Tadcaster with superb Otley datestamp in blue and red framed "PAID / 1D" clearly showing "HOLMES" within the "1", one of the most attractive and unusual UPP handstamps, scarce so fine. Photo on Page 250. £120-140
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Selby. 1842 Entire with scarce split "1" handstamp (YK 2550) and 1843 entire letter with "PD/1", both fine. (2). £100-120
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Staplehurst. 1844 Entire letter with "P.1D" struck within red "STAPLEHURST" undated circle, and 1845 entire with a 1d red tied "939" and red "P.1D" handstamp, a second penny presumably paid in cash, unusual. (2). £80-100
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