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REVENUES ETC; An unusual selection inc. 1913-18 Australia customs duty mint values to 6d inc. a 2d block of twenty, St. Vincent & St Lucia used revenues. Newfoundland redeemed mortgage documents with caribou revenues. Montserrat 1870 1d Inland Revenue mint block of six. 1946-78 Southern Rhodesia share transfer documents (7). A most interesting group. (120+) PHOTO - see page 2. £120
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WEST INDIES: Two Cartons with the early to modern collection housed in twelve binders. Strength in mint QEII issues. (Qty) £360
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THREE STOCKBOOKS housing the early to modern, mainly used collection (with duplication) of Japan & Lebanon. (Few 100's) £75
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LATIN AMERICA: Large carton with the early to modern collection in sundry binders, stock sheets, on leaves, etc. We note sections of Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras (1940 50th Anniv. mini. sheet noted - mint, but with toning to reverse), Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela, U.S. Possessions inc. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Philippines plus El Salvador, Dominican Republic, etc. (Large Qty.) £180
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LATIN AMERICA: Carton with the early to modern collection in six assorted albums/binders. We note sections of Argentina, brazil, Chile & Paraguay. Some duplication. (Qty.) £120
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LATIN AMERICAN REVENUES; The interesting selection of S. A. revenues inc. Bolivia 1925 1c corner block of thirty. Chile 1914 1p Tobacco label block of twenty (stuck together) and 1917 Consulate 5c block of ten with greatly misplaced perfs. Ecuador 20c sheet of 100 plus corner registration strip of six. El Salvador 1930 10c & 20c sheets of 25. Panama 1923 Perfume Duty .03 sheet of 100 and 1933 Arms issue 40c imperf. pair. (15 items) £120
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LARGE STOCK BOOK with the KGV-QEII mint & used selection inc. 1937 Coronation, 1946 Victory, 1948 RSW (c. 50 sets) inc. Aden, Ascension, Bahamas, Bermuda, Grenada, Jamaica, KUT, Malta, N. Borneo, N. Rhodesia, Pitcairns, Sarawak & Virgin Islands mint, 1949 U.P.U. (c. 70 mint sets)' 1963 FFH, etc. Also a useful range of mint Postage Due sets & odds. (Qty.) £500
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MISCELLANY inc. mint ranges of 1963 Red Cross, 1965 ITU, 1965 ICY, 1965 Churchill (inc. B.A.T. & Hong Kong) etc. (Qty.) £100
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MILITARY COMMEMORATIVE COVER COLLECTION: Four cartons with the chiefly military thematic collection of covers inc. Boer War Campaign, R.A.F. Royal Visit covers (38 Aircrew signed). Plus few British Commonwealth FDC's & four Albums of G.B. 1980-90s FDC's, sundries inc. two school boy albums. (Large Qty) £150
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ROYAL NAVY COMMEMORATIVE COVER COLLECTION: Four R.N. Albums of 20th century signed & unsigned commemorative covers, chiefly of WWII Allied Navel Victories. (Approx. 112 signed & 110 unsigned) £120
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MISCELLANY OF MAINLY GB RELATED TITLES & EARLY G.B. & FOREIGN CATALOGUES inc. 'Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps' Gray (1863), 'A Complete Priced Catalogue of the Postal & Telegraph Adhesives of Great Britain' Hickles, Kirkpatrick & Co (1894) & 'Stanley Gibbons - Foreign Countries (12th edition 1899) all h/b & in mixed condition with ageing to jackets. Also 'The De La Rue History of British Foreign Postage Stamps' John Easton (1958), h/b in good condition, with slight tearing to jacket. Other titles inc. 'The Postmarks of Great Britain & Ireland', Alcock & Holland 1940, (damaged spine), County Catalogues Vols. 1,2,4 & 5, Cary's New Itinerary (11th. edn.) with map but loose binding, plus many other books on GB Rates & Postal History. Inspection recommended. (Approx. 50 items) £180
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TWO CARTONS holding fourteen mostly larger format titles covering a diverse range of subjects inc. 'The Posts of Sevenoaks', 'Perkins Bacon Records', 'British Letters to Overseas Destinations 1840-75' (Moubray), 'Australia NZ UK mails' (Tabeart), 'West African Censorship & Postal Notices', 'Chile 1853-67', 'Postal History of the Ionian Islands' (Zaphiriou), 'Marques Postales de la Grande Armee' (de Frank), etc. Some of these titles are damp affected and viewing is essential. (14 titles) £60
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AUCTION CATALOGUE NAME SALES: Harmer Rooke (London) "William H.Crocker" Collection First, Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh (1938-39) plus a 43 pages s/b book by Fred Melville published by the same firm (1938) about the Collection with some colour illustrations. Scarce group. (6 catalogues) £60
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AUSTRALIA: Two cartons with the collection of B.S.A.P. monographs for the KGV 'Head' issues inc. 1/2d (2), 1d (2), 2d, 3d, 4d & 5d. Also 'Tasmania - The Postal History & Postal Markings' Vols. I & II h/b plus Brusden White Specialised Catalogue to 1999 in 2 binders. (13) £50
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CANADIAN LIBRARY inc. 'Stamps of British North America', Fred Jarrett, 1975 h/b, 'The Postage stamps & Postal History of Canada', Winthrop Boggs, 1974, h/b, 'Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia' Vol 5, h/b, 'The Admiral Issue of Canada', G C Marler, 1982, h/b, 'The Nova Scotia Post', J J MacDonald, 1985, h/b and a selection of titles covering other subjects inc. Railway Postmarks, Squared Circles & Transatlantic mail £60
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CATALOGUES: Carton with a selection of mainly 1990s-2000 Spink catalogues inc., Bill Gross BNA,, Gawaine Bailey GB plus others with an emphasis on Australia & NZ; Also Barefoot's 'British Commonwealth Revenues', 'Commercial Perfins of Australia' by Grant & Matthews, Railway Stamps of Australia, Railway Stamps of Tasmania, NWPI by J.R.W. Purves, Murray Payne KGVI and Unitrade catalogues, etc. (16) £45
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"THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION", John Wilson, Bt. 1953. The definitive work published by Viscount Kemsley. Morocco leather bound, gold tooled, deluxe edition in original slipcase (this showing some signs of wear). £100
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GB POSTMARKS, LETTER RATES, ETC: Five titles, being 'Robson Lowe Encyclopaedia' Vol. 1 , 'British Postmarks', Alcock & Holland, 1977 reprint h/b, 'Robertson Revisited', C.Tabeart, 1997, h/b, 'UK Letter Rates Inland & Overseas 1635-1900', C.Tabeart 2003, s/b and 'British Postal Rates to Europe 1836-1876', G.Oxley, 1992 s/b (5) £50
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MALAYA - 'THE MALAYAN PHILATELIST': Journal of the Malaya Study Group. Apparently complete run of issues from 1 (Apr. 1959) - 235 (Dec. 2006) housed in 17 binders. Heavy lot. £60
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NEW ZEALAND: R.P.S. of N.Z. "The Postage Stamps of New Zealand" volumes I,II,III,IV,VI & VIII. Earlier volumes without dust jackets but all are sound. (6) £300
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NEW ZEALAND: Carton with the collection of books, monographs & catalogues inc. Spink 2009 'Joseph Hackmey Chalons', Gregson 2000 'Yeroc' Chalons & a spiral-bound colour reference guide to the 'Yeroc' collection, 'Airmails of New Zealand' Vols 1 & 3 h/b, 'The Penny Universal' by G.R. Lee, 1953 h/b with dust jacket plus sundry modern catalogues. (11 items) £75
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NEW ZEALAND: 'The History of New Zealand Stamps' by William Jolliffe for P.S.N.Z., 1913 s/b. Spine frayed at top & bottom, but otherwise fine. A rare edition. £45
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PACIFIC ISLANDS: Titles inc. 'The Illustrated Aviation & Air Mail History of Fiji', B.A. Jones 2002 h/b, 'New Hebrides Military Postal History of the US Forces 1942-46', S.C. Jersey 1994 h/b, 'Paquebot Cancellations of the World' R.Hosking 1987 s/b plus a number of monographs of the Pacific Islands Study Circle covering New Hebrides & Solomon Islands. (10 titles) £40
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SHIPS/SHIPPING: 'DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN FIGHTING SHIPS' VOLS. 1-8 (LEATHER BOUND): A set of eight volumes comprising Vol I (1964 reprint), Vol II (1971 reprint), Vol III (1977 reprint), Vol IV (1969), Vol V (1979 reprint) plus Vols VI, VII & VIII. A mine of fascinating information. (8) £150
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SHIPPING DISASTERS: The 'Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the Age of Steam', Vols I & II by Charles Hocking, 1969 h/b. (2) £100
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SHIP WRECKS & U.S.A. NAVAL HISTORY: Three cartons inc. 'Warships of the World' (Cornell & Kafka, Pepperburg, 1946), 'Merchant Ships' by Talbot Booth, 'Janes Fighting Ships of WWI', 'War beneath the Sea' by Padfield, 1995 plus the odd Naval auction catalogue. (30+ items) £90
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** SPANISH AMERICAN WAR: "Leslie's Official History of the Spanish American War", 1899, h/b. (part-cover missing & with some water damage). Plus four pristine color prints of Spanish American War scenes. (5 items) £100
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TRANSATLANTIC MAILS: 3 titles - 'Atlantic Mails', J C Arnell, 1977, h/b, 'North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-75' Hubbard & winter, 1988, h/b and 'The Transatlantic Mail', F Staff, 1980, h/b £45
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SMALL BOX with the chiefly early 20th Century range inc. much Derbyshire interest. We note an 1835 EL with fair "Matlock/Penny Post", a splendid selection of single-ring town/village cancellations, a few skeletons, PPCs etc. (Qty.) £150
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TWO BINDERS with the untidy but extremely interesting range of middle period mail inc. a good selection of WWII period Censored items from Australia, Fiji, Gibraltar, Gold Coast (Censor nos. 7, 8, 19 & 23), India, Iraq, Jamaica, Malaya, Malta, Portuguese Colonies, Spain, Sweden, etc. (Qty.) £200
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CYPRUS, IONIAN IS., COLONIAL AMERICA - PRESTAMP & STAMPLESS MAIL, ACCOUNTANCY MARKS TO GB, FRANCE, ETC: 1767-1872 mixture inc.10 Jun. 1767 EL from New York addressed to 'Secretary to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts at his house in Abingdon Street Westminster', also having a "DOVER/SHIP LRE"; 15 Aug. 1820 EL from Ogdensburg, New York to Edinburgh with v. interesting contents ref. 'The Radicals at Glasgow' & the Cato Street conspiracy; 27 May 1865 EL from Larnaca to Trieste, 1831 EL from Cdr. Swinburne, H.M.S. Rapid , Corfu to family in Newcastle; also 8 Nov 1872 stampless cover from New Orleans to Paris with a v. fine boxed GB 2F Accountancy mark, etc. (7 covers) PHOTO - see page 2. £150
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EARLY LETTER: 1157 deed on vellum from Anselm, the Bishop of Liessies, granting William Abbas Sosinensis the power to choose priests of the Order who shall serve in the Church of Nigella (Nesle, Picardy). Some age spotting. Phillipps manuscript no. 36612 on reverse. [ex Bettini] PHOTO - see page 2. £200
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EARLY DOCUMENT, POPE ALEXANDER IV: 1255 (8 Aug.) deed written in the form of a letter on vellum by Pope Alexander IV to the Chancellor of the Templars' Chapel at Auxerre granting 100 days of 'indulgence'. Alexander IV reigned as Pope from 1254 until 1261 & founded the inquisition in France. Some understandable ageing , but a remarkable survivor. Accompanied by typed research notes. [ex Bettini] PHOTO - see above. £300
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EARLY LETTERS - TURKEY, DALMATIA TO VENETIAN REPUBLIC: 1594-1760 group of five letters in Italian inc. 1594 & 1646 ex Spalato (Split, Croatia), 1745 ex Smyrna endorsed "Con Capt. Zalovich/C.D.C.", 1749 ex Constantinople endorsed "Dispo.Pio.(by first vessel)" and 1760 ex Smyrna endorsed "Con Capt. Filetto/C.D.C." (5) £120
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UNDELIVERED/RETURNED ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY ENV. TO BURMA VIA TENG YUEH: 2 June 1905 env. to L.H. Proud Post Master Teng Yueh, Bhamo, Burma. Franked by a 1d red & tied by a good London 'S.W./44' duplex & boxed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED" h.s. in violet & an obliterated boxed "FOREIGN POSTAGE DUE/THREE ANNAS" & hex. boxed London 'T/L'. Route h.s.'s inc. good 'BHAMO/26 MAY' (R.P.O. h.s.?), 'TENG YUEH/2 JUN', (arriving) 'BHAMO/9 JUN', (returning) 'D.L.O. RANGOON 13 JUN', BOMBAY 24 JUN' - 4 Aug. (arriving) 'LONDON/SEP 4' c.d.s's. An unusual item. £80
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METEOROLOGICAL MAIL - DISPLAY COLLECTION, PART I: The 19th & early 20th century assortment of chiefly G.B. & European mail written up on leaves & divided by themes inc. influential Meteorologists, types of weather & methods of forecast. We note 23 Jan 1871 German Siege of Paris 'Torrecelli' balloon cover to Le Harve franked by a tied 20c blue, arriving 31 Jan, 18 June 1877 circular from Tiflis to the Astrological Society London, franked by a 2k pink & black tied by a good c.d.s., reverse with Metrological Data. Pockets inc. Postcards relating to the Observatory at Kew, MEXICAN/U.S.A. PCs with different weather forecast flag m/c (7) & the odd item of related ephemera. A varied & well formed mixture. (25 covers, 33 PC/PPCs & 16 items) £340
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METEOROLOGICAL MAIL - DISPLAY COLLECTION, PART II: Two Cartons with the 20th century assortment of Worldwide adhesives used & mail with themes inc. influential Meteorologists, types of weather & methods of forecast. A varied mixture with duplicate issues in stockbooks (2). We note the odd useful Proof De Luxe amongst general issues. (Large Qty) £200
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RARE METEOROLOGICAL MAIL TO ST HELENA: 7 Nov. 1844 H.M. Service (m/s) env. from Col. Edward Sabine to the 'Director Magnetic Observatory/St. Helena' arriving 24 Feb 1845 (151/2 weeks in transit) franked by fine Paid London framed Ship Letter date stamp & 'PAID/7 NO 7/1844' crown & circle h.s. (Co. E. Sabine set up many meteorological stations throughout the Empire). An interesting oddity for the St Helena Postal Historian. £200
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PRUSSIA 1st-ISSUE COVER, U.S. CONGRESS PAPERS REF. POSTAGE & ISRAEL SIEGE ISSUE COVERS; Odd mix including fine 2 June 1851 EL with Prussia 1st-Issue 1sgr (4 good to wide margins) tied by very fine Hemer "604" 4-ring Numeral - Exhibition Quality, 1850/73 pair of US Congress 1-sheet printed reports on "reduction of postage" (latter ref. William C. Waddell proposal), and small group of 1948 Jerusalem Siege stamps on covers (10; apparently commercial). Eclectic mix. (13 items) PHOTO - see page 2. £120
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SPAIN - 'KING'S POST': 1620 (10 Nov.) EL written & signed by King Philip III in Madrid to his ambassador in Venice (Don Luis Bravo de Acuna). Scarce early King's Post item. PHOTO - see page 2. £150
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WORLDWIDE MISCELLANY: the selection of worldwide covers inc. 9 Sept. 1840 pre-paid E Ship letter from Aberdeen via Liverpool to the township of Mabik U.S. with m/s 1/- in red & bearing boxed 'ABERDEEN/SEP 9/1840 A' in black & a good 'SHIP-LETTER-LIVERPOOL/11SP11/1840' red to flap, with weak to good paid circle & boxed h.s. near weak 'NEW-YORK/SHIP/OCT/15' red c.d.s. & 'QUEENSTON/OCT16/1840/U.C.' in black. Also 21 Nov. 1935 Dead Letter E Brisbane to England with 2d. red tied by good slogan machine cancelation, near weak to good boxed returned to sender h.s. (2) & good 'DEAD LETTER OFFICE/EXAMINER 1/BRISBANE' (2) in violet, with a pinned English notice of return obscuring the front & reverse with the Brisbane dead letter office label.(21 covers, 5 cards & 3 items) £100
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** JAPANESE SURRENDER ON U.S.S. MISSOURI - RADM, NIMITZ SIGNED: The framed 2 Sept. 1945 photo of the Japanese Surrender on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, singed by the U.S. representative Rear Admiral C.W. Nimitz & Dedicated to 'Lt Comndr Maison Olde, NC, USA.'(an item of conclusion perhaps for a WWII Postal Historian of the Asian theatre?). £800
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2nd RETURN VOYAGE OF THE SIRIUS; July 1838 E to London endorsed 'p Sirius' (British Steamship) and carried on the 2nd return voyage with framed "SHIP LETTER/PLYMOUTH" h.s. and London arrival c.d.s on reverse. Fine and rare example. PHOTO - see page 3. £300
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PHILADELPHIA & BALTIMORE FREIGHT MONEY LETTERS; Group with 1839 E to Liverpool with Philadelphia and N.Y. c.d.s. on face rated '371/2'c, 1838 E to London with Philadelphia and N.Y. c.d.s. on face and framed "LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER" h.s. on reverse, rated '50'c, 1839 El to London with Baltimore and N.Y. c.d.s. on face and framed "PORTSMOUTH/SHIP LETTER" on face, rated '18 3/4'(c) freight money letter and '25'(c) ship letter and 1841 EL to England with Baltimore and N.Y. c.d.s. on face and "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" on face similarly rated. (4 covers) PHOTO - see page 2. £240
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SHIP LETTERS IN THE 4d POST PERIOD ETC; Dec. 1839 E to London with framed "SHIP LETTER/GRAVESEND" h.s. and London arrival c.d.s. both on reverse. The face rated '1/-' (8d ship letter plus 4d uniform postage), 1840 EL to London with Philadelphia c.d.s and framed "PACKET LETTER" on face carried on the 1st return voyage of the 'Arcadia' rated '2/-' double packet rate and 1842 E to London 'pr British Queen' (made three round voyages from Antwerp) with framed "SHIP LETTER" on reverse and rated '8'(d) uniform ship letter rate. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 2. £200
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ALEXANDRIA D.C. FREIGHT MONEY LETTER; 26 June 1840 EL to London with Alexandria D.C. and N.Y. c.d.s. and "BRISTOL/SHIP LETTER" h.s. and "PAID" (2 strikes) on face. Rated '50(c) + 371/2'(c) split rate freight money letter. The only example of a freight money letter from Alexandria D.C. believed to exist. PHOTO - see page 2. £200
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FORWARDING AGENTS GROUP; Range with 1842/43 EL's to England (one entirely printed advertising the service of 'Harden & Co.') and both with agent's handstamp on face, 1842 large-part EL to London with oval "FORWd BY/T.W.WARD/BOSTON" h.s. on face plus a few contemporary prints of Boston and Philadelphia Harbour. (6 items) PHOTO - see page 2. £200
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WRECK COVER CARRIED ON THE 'CALEDONIA'; 27 Jan. 1842 EL to N.Y. with framed "PAID AT/KIRKWALL" and Boston c.d.s. on face. Carried on the 'Caledonia' which was damaged by a hurricane and repaired at Cork, returning to Liverpool where the mail was transferred to the 'Arcadia' (to Halifax) and 'Unicorn' (to Boston) plus a few contemporary harbour prints. (6 items) PHOTO - see page 2. £150
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SALVAGED MAIL FROM THE WRECK OF THE COLUMBIA; 19 June 1843 EL to Southampton with New Orleans c.d.s. and "PAID" h.s. face with Southampton arrival c.d.s. and oval "AMERICA/L" h.s. on reverse. Carried on the Cunard Columbia wrecked near Seal Island, Nova Scotia with mail rescued by the Margaret and delivered to England. PHOTO - see page 2. £150
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GIBRALTAR PAID MARK ON SHIP LETTER TO USA; 1 Apr. 1844 EL datelined at Malaga to Boston, the face with part-framed arched "GIBRALTAR/PAID" and rated '2/11'(d) with Liverpool transit and Boston arched "SHIP/6" h.s. on face. Fine example plus 2 contemporary shipping prints (3 items) PHOTO - see page 2. £150
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