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1823/27 BRISTOL - three very fine entires with interesting postal markings. 1823 boxed Bristol/PP with no 2 receiving house. 1825 BRISTOL 5' CLAUSE POST together with Thornbury Town hs (fine strike of this rare cachet), 1827 Bristol/PP
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1824/36 SOMERSET early postal history - a fine selection on pages with notes (five items) Taunton penny posts (3) with diff types and receiving houses, 1833 superb WINCANTON/FIFTH CLAUSE with number 2 receiving house, 1824 SHEPTON MALLET/
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1825 EASTBOURNE PENNY POST fine hs (type cc) on interesting entire to Scotland together with no 1 receiving house and boxed TO PAY 1d ONLY. £70/£80
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1827 Entire with WARWICK PY POST boxed HS and TOO LATE handstamp on reverse Lemington town udc and Flevron scarce item. £90/£100
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1827 MISSENT OT BIRMINGHAM cachet on entire that has KENDAL PENNY POST cachet on reverse with No 2 receiving house intended to go to Wrexham. Most unusual. £80/£90
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1827 SHAFTESBURY FIFTH CLAUSE POST (Dorset) good strike of this small format on neat entire together with no 3 receiving house hs. £60/£70
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1828 STRATGORD ON A/PENNY POST fine handstamp in red on neat entire. £40/£45
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1831/39 NEWCASTLE (Staffs) five items inc three with 'NEWCASTLE/5TH CLAUSE POST' boxed hs (red and black types), one with receiving house no 3 cachet, interesting collectors notes re charges and distances. £120/£150
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1831/40 LIVERPOOL two better entires 1831 Liverpool/Py post together with boxed Paid at Liverpool and 1840 Aigburth/Penny Post. £60/£70
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1833 NEWARK/PENNY POST (Notts) (type CC) fine strike on interesting entire to Weymouth. £60/£65
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1833 OAKHAMPTON 5TH CLAUSE POST (type FF) fine strike on entire with collectors notes on rates and distances. £70/£80
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1833/35 MARITIME - UK mail carried by PRIVATE SHIP two entires to ISLE OF WIGHT ex Sandwich and New Romney both with postal markings inc penny post both endorsed COAST MAIL very unusual. £100/£120
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1834 GOMERSAL/PENNY POST (Yorks) fine boxed hs (type BB) on neat entire. £45/£50
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1834 PAID AT OXFORD superb boxed hs on entire to Salisbury, exceptional strike. £40/£45
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1835/38 EXETER PY POST - two very fine entires with fine strikes, both local, one with very fine no 6 receiving house. £40/£50
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1836 PAID AT FROME (Somerset) type HH fine strike on entire to Bath charged 4. £60/£65
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1837 IXWORTH PENNY POST (Suffolk) very fine strike on entire with cachet To Pay 1d only. £40/£50
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1839/49 PROVISIONAL RECEIVING HOUSES a most interesting lot of annotated entires on pages (9 items) 1840 entire ex Brighton with circled W hs, 1845 entire ex Leeds with Kirkgate hs, 1844 stampless cover with Quayside/Newcastle hs, 1846 su
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1840/46 PENNY POSTS OF YORKSHIRE a fine collection written up on pages with notes (7 entires) with distinctive penny posts inc Halifax (3 diff!), Huddersfield, Darlington and Hull. A good group. £120/£140
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1841/49 YORK paid handstamps on entires (3) all with diff types penny (2) + two pence. A fine trio. £60/£70
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1841/56 SHEFFIELD POSTAL HISTORY with penny red imperf frankings and many local village cancellations detailed on pages and items related to steel industry inc 1844 Norwood hs, 1856 Eckington UDC, 1846 Chapeltown UDC, 1851 superb env with
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1842 SCOTTISH DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS (type II) fabulous strike on four margin penny red on entire to Cork, Ireland with boxed Dumbarton hs and arrival cds. Remarkable quality. £100/£120
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1842/43 RAMSGATE two entires one with handstruck 1 second with Addington Place handstamp both with Ramsgate cds on reverse, both fine covers. £60/£70
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1842/46 MIDLANDS UNIFORM PENNY POST entires (3) all with distinctive cancels for West Bromwich (2) and Wolverhampton. £45/£50
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1842/52 DERBYSHIRE LEAD MINING and other local postal history most interesting lot of ten entires with collectors notes and photocopies of articles inc 1842 letter from John Taylor (mining) to W M Wyatt, 1852 entire with mining contents,
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1843 MISSENT TO LONDON (unframed italic type) cachet on fine PAID entire from Leicester to Daventry, numerous other postal markings. £50/£60
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1844 ENTIRE with fine strike of Kirk Oswald penny post on obverse 1d franking. £50/£60
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1845 BRIXHAM/SHIP LETTER (slightly enhanced) on sugar process entire ex Brazil to London. Scarce. £75/£80
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1845 MORE TO PAY handstamp on very fine env ex Liverpool to London franked 4 margin penny red choice. £50/£60
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1848 BLACKBURN PENNY POST distinctive handstamp on entire. £50/£60
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1855 DERBY to BAKEWELL fine and early registered entire franked 6d EMBOSSED (cut square) plus 1d star canc 242 duplexes, cds and arrival cancel on reverse the embossed is rated £1900 on cover. £180/£200
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1855 SCOTLAND a redirected envelope ex London franked 2d Star redirected from Kilmarnock with handstruck 2 forwarded to Cardiff Castle, Wales, many pmks and endorsements. Unusual. £80/£90
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1856 MARITIME - AUSTRALIAN PACKET - PAID LIVERPOOL cds (red) on very fine cover ex Melbourne to UK endorsed Per Lightening very fine type 14/66. £120/£140
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1860 Registered mail - v/fine wrapper with 4d + 6d neatly cancelled 21 duplex with registered oval SG 66+70 rated £350 as a franking. £60/£70
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1861 EIGHT PENCE rate on entire to France (?) franked 2 x 4d (SG 66) neatly canc at London, Calais arrival cds etc unusually high double rate (cat £335). £80/£90
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1862-68 Three entires to Germany displaying different rates and franking 1862 1d star + 6d with England to Sachen cachet, 1865 6d single franking with Falmouth duplex and 3d paid HS, 1868 3d pair cancel London 77 duplex a fine trio.
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1863 DESTINATION ROME, ITALY with scarce 11d rate of 2d (plate 9) and rare use of 9d to Europe (SG 86 rated £875 on cover), many cancels, small faults though still attractive rate. £90/£95
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1866 SCOTLAND a wrapper from London franked 2d (plate 9) to Castle Douglas redirected to Newton Stewart showing a very fine handstruck 2, various transit cds cancels. Scarce. £80/£90
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1867 DESTINATION CROATIA - rare entire ex London to Goricza at 8d rate (6d + 1d + 1d) with Austrian and Italian transit cancels and arrival cds, soiled and folds though fine and one of the most unusual destinations we have seen.
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1875 DESTINATION PANAMA - cover to Commander Cookson, HMS Peteral (sloop serving out of West Indies station) care of British Consul, Panama, very fine cover franked pair 6d (pl 14) tied London duplexes. £100/£120
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1900 RAILWAY - Ashford Station office cancelled cover to Kent franked 1d tied duplex and 2d Se and C and D railway stamp pen cancelled, Ashton Station office (diff type) cds on reverse. Scarce item. £100/£110
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1902 RAILWAY - envelope franked 1d lilac tied cds together with 2d MIDLAND railway stamp endorsed to be posted at Leicester. Exceptional. £100/£120
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1904 POSTED IN ADVANCE/FOR DELIVERY OIN XMAS DAY/MR 1904 oval cancel of Manchester on ½d on postcard. £50/£60
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1914/18 WWI MILITARY interesting lot of six items on pages of FREE MILITARY MAIL inc 1914 postcard with Army Letter - Free cachet, 1917 env with Posted by Wounded Solider cachet, 1916 superb postcard with boxed DELAYED/NOT/FRANKED cachet
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1925 RAILWAY - envelope Glasgow TO Fort William with 4d LNER railway stamp and 1½d postage stamp cancelled violet boxed railway cancels, arrival cds. Excellent item. £100/£120
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1931 Imperial airways flight to Australia with an exceptional five stamp 1/4D rate inc use of 1924 WEMBLEY EXHIBITION set plus 2d, 2½d & 9D defins neatly cancelled choice. £75/£80
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1933/71 AIRLINES - privately carried postal history with private stamps inc 1933 West Country air 3d stamp tied to cover, 1951 BEA 6d with Landsend cachet used from Isles of Scilly, 1955 Herm Island flight and more (7 items). £90
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1934 RAILWAY COVERS carried partially by AIRMAIL Glasgow to Liverpool and Birmingham to Southampton both franked 1½d and each with 3d rail stamps, one endorsed rail, no service (2). £100/£120
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1934 SCOTLAND - rocket post trial firing Harris to Scarp cachet on cover with Western Isles Rocket Post label tied. £60/£65
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1936 KGV airmail flight covers with extensive details March first flight to Sweden with Undelivered hs, Dec 6d rate to Nigeria with Lagos cds returned back by sea to the UK. Feb first flight to Kano 6d rate back stamped with Kano cds,
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