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Liverpool/Manchester. 1867 5/- Rose plate 1 cancelled by the "466" roller of Liverpool, and a 1d red stars cancelled by "498" roller of Manchester, also a c.1950 piece with a proof impression of the "498" roller in violet, two rare cancels. (3). Photo on Page 45. £100-120
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Scotland. 1857 Cover and entire letter with 1d reds tied by the "159" roller of Glasgow or the "163" roller of Greenock; covers (3) and stamps (6) with "131" roller cancels of Edinburgh; 1d red stars block of 15 (faults) with "308" roller cancels of Stirling; and the "1" roller cancel of Aberdeen on a 1d red and 4d sage-green (faults), the Aberdeen, Greenock, Glasgow and Stirling cancels all very scarce. (5 covers + 23 stamps). £200-250
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Dublin. 1859 Cover to Ballymote with a 1d red block of four tied by the very scarce "186" roller cancels, a Dublin 186 duplex alongside. Also a 1d red block of four with the same roller cancels. (2). Photo on Page 24. £250-300
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1761-1906 Entire letters, covers and cards (15) and a front with Christmas day cancels including 1761 Bishop Mark, free franks (3, one sent in 1839 during the 4d Post period), 1864 cover to Australia bearing ten 1d reds, etc., also three 1963-66 red Reindeerland Postage Paid machine marks. (19). £120-150
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1902 Postcard sent locally within Rochdale with KEVII ½d cancelled red oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY / ON / CHRISTMAS DAY / 1902". Also a single KEVII ½d with similar cancel, and a KEVII ½d on small piece with the very scarce red Norwich duplex, used in 1903 on mail posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day. (3). £200-250
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1903 Postcard to Bowdon with KEVII ½d tied superb oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY / A.D.J / 1903" in black, used at Altrincham. Only about 6,500 items posted at Altrincham under this advance posting scheme in 1903. Scarce so fine. Photo on Page 24. £250-300
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1903 Picture postcard posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day, bearing KEVII ½d tied by "NORWICH / 575" duplex in red with the day and month omitted, the year 03 with the "3" inverted. 28 Towns participated in the Advance Posting scheme in 1903, most being issued with the special oval cancels; however at least two towns, Norwich and Cheltenham, failed to receive these special cancels presumably in error, and therefore used their normal datestamps in red ink with the date omitted on mail posted in advance for Christmas day delivery. Very scarce only about four examples recorded. Photo on Page 24. £350-400
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1903-09 Postcards posted in Manchester in advance for delivery on Christmas day, comprising 1903 and 1904 cards with the oval M.R cancel, 1908 and 1909 cards with the XMAS machine, all very fine. (4). £160-200
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1904 Unsealed cover sent within Leicester with KEVII ½d tied by fine oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY / L.E / 1904" in red. Photo on Page 24. £240-280
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1904 Art Nouveau postcard sent locally within Rochdale with KEVII ½d cancelled superb oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY / R.O / 1904" in red, very attractive. Photo on Page 24. £200-250
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1905 Picture postcard (a photo of pigs!) to Great Yarmouth with KEVII ½d tied by violet oval "MANCHESTER / ADVANCE POSTED / CHRISTMAS ....", the year not readable in the cancel though the sender has clearly dated the message 1905. A scarce use of this violet datestamp on a postcard and most unusually addressed to Great Yarmouth, the advance posting scheme supposedly only for local mail at this date. Photo on Page 24. £120-150
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1907 Postcard to Rusholme posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day with the XMAS machine applied to the left of the stamp, which has therefore been cancelled by the "MANCHESTER / X / MAS" handstamp, a very unusual combination of marks. Photo on Page 24. £200-250
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1908 Picture postcard sent within Norwich with KEVII ½d tied by fine "NORWICH / X / MAS" cancel dated 1908. Photo on Page 24. £200-240
| Exhibitions & Special Events | (Also see lots 99, 221, 1012)|
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1857-1980 Covers and cards (16), stamps and pieces (3), Parcel Post labels (3, one on piece) and a C.O.P with cancels of exhibition sites, including Crystal Palace with 1857 straight line, 1860 undated circle and 1903-12 Western entrance datestamps (5, two on parcel labels), also two 1862-67 Crystal Palace Co. envelopes; 1876 Alexandria Palace c.d.s cut to shape (the only recorded example?); Olympia with 1895 c.d.s on registered cover and skeletons on 1931 registered cover and 1933 parcel label; Earls Court; and Richmond Athletic Ground. (24). £250-300
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Grand Stand Postmarks. 1878-1935 Datestamps comprising 1878 Aintree on a 5/- telegraph stamp, 1887 Brighton on a 2/6 stamp, 1890 Aintree on 1d lilac block of six, other datestamps of Newmarket (2), Sutton Park, Aintree or Manchester on QV stamps, Ascot on KEVII 1d, and datestamps of Aylesbury, Brighton, Nottingham, Warwick or Northampton on stampless pieces. Also Goodwood Grand Stand c.d.s on a 1907 telegram and 1938 (April. 10) cover with KGVI ½d and 1d each tied Manchester Grand Stand c.d.s, a scarce group. (21). Photo on Page 45. £280-350
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1886 ½d Postcard to Boscombe cancelled by South Kensington duplex with "COLONIAL & INDIAN EXHIBITION / S.W" c.d.s code A on the front, very fine, a scarce datestamp. Photo on Page 28. £200-300
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1888 (June 28) Cover to New Zealand bearing 1887 1/- green cancelled by "GLASGOW & CARLISLE / SORTING TENDER / 159" duplex, backstamped with "EXHIBITION / GLASGOW" c.d.s and upon arrival in New Zealand. A very scarce exhibition datestamp, the cover apparently taken from the exhibition post office and placed on the T.P.O instead of being taken to the Head Office in Glasgow, the stamp therefore cancelled on the Sorting Tender. Small fault at lower right corner, otherwise largely fine, a rare datestamp on an exceptional cover to New Zealand. Photo on Page 28. £350-450
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1890 (Aug 5) Telegram form to "Ckt Gnd, Bramall Lane, Sheffd" with "CRICKET GROUND / SHEFFIELD" c.d.s, also a piece with 1936 proof impression of Birmingham Cricket Ground c.d.s, very scarce. (2). £200-250
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1890-1966 Covers, cards and labels, various cancels including 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee (4 + 1d postal stationery postcard and three caricature envelopes), 1930 London Naval Conference c.d.s on a registered cover, etc. Also unused 1899 Imperial Penny Postage envelope, and a piece bearing 1897 Hospital fund 1/- and 2/6 labels tied by Chale c.d.s. (47). £220-260
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1890-1966 Covers and cards (17) and pieces with exhibition or congress cancels, also a few philatelic congress labels, including 1912 International Stamp Exhibition cover also bearing a 1d exhibition label handstamped "Contrary to Regulations", 1951 Festival of Britain covers bearing the Parcel Post handstamp or the machine cancel with the die missing and the exhibition c.d.s therefore applied in its place, 1956 Pier Pavilion Llandudno skeleton on registered air letter, and a 1951 Festival of Britain 10d parcel label. (47). £130-160
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1891 3d Empire rate postcard to Germany cancelled by Earls Court duplex with "GERMAN EXHIBITION / S.W" c.d.s (sideways "C" code) and an Altona arrival c.d.s on the front. A scarce genuine use of this exhibition datestamp, which is usually only found cancelled to order on unaddressed cards. Photo on Page 28. £180-220
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1908-14 Picture postcards with London exhibition cancels including 1908 (July 20) card with both Franco British Exhibition and Ballymaclinton Shepherds Bush Exhibition datestamps (a rare combination, the first example we have seen); 1908 Franco British c.d.s with '80' year, missing time or an unpaid card to France; 1910 (Aug. 6) card with the stamp unusually cancelled Paddington W c.d.s and the Japan-British Exhibition c.d.s alongside; 1911 Crystal Palace Festival of Empire flags with codes 1-3 and the very scarce code 4; also 1909 Scottish Village, 1911 Coronation and 1914 Anglo-American datestamps. (14). £250-300
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1924 Wembley Exhibition Meter Marks applied at the N.Z Pavilion comprising air mail cover to Switzerland with ½d + 2½d + 2½d dies and the slogan all in red; cover with 2½d die in red and the slogan in black; pieces with ½d or 1½d dies in red and the slogan in black; and a cover handstamped "Specimen" with 1½d die and slogan dated "21 1 25" both in red, a scarce group. (5). Photo on Page 28. £300-400
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1924 Covers with the Empire Exhibition machine in red, the die inscribed Paid 1½d (Oct 20), or the "EMPIRE EXHIBITION WEMBLEY PARK / PAID 1½d" double ring c.d.s code 1 in red (May 29), both used on bulk postings, a scarce pair. (2). £180-220
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1924-25 Empire Exhibition Wembley Park machines, with a proof impression on piece dated Jan 31 1924, the lion differing from the adopted design; 1925 (May 9) cover posted on the first day of the exhibition with the machine above the 1d stamp which is tied by the exhibition c.d.s; and a postcard with BEE 1d cancelled by July 4th machine with scarce "1925" year date, only used in this format on mail from the final collection on a Saturday. (3). £100-150
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1895-1966 Inland covers and cards written up on pages including stampless 1895 covers with Torquay or London datestamps; 1895 and 1899 covers from London franked 4d with oval Express handstamps, the latter endorsed "Express under service 2"; cover to Bristol with a 1d lilac cancelled by oval "POST OFFICE / EXPRESS / PAID"; 1901 stampless Official Paid cover from the Lord Privy seal; 1896 2d registration envelope franked a further 4d from Liverpool to London with oval Express Paid handstamp; 1897 cover from Cobham with red Express label franked 4d; 1910 picture postcard franked 2d + 3d with oval Express handstamp; stampless cover with violet "ALL CHARGES PAID", etc. (38). £400-500
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1900 and 1906 Covers handstamped oval framed "EXPRESS" and boxed "LATE FEE / PAID", the 1900 cover from Glasgow to Edinburgh franked ½d + 4d; the 1906 cover from Edinburgh to Southport franked KEVII 1½d + 6d. Two fine and unusual express covers with late fees paid. (2). £150-180
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1906 Cover from Dublin to Carnew franked by 1d + three 6d stamps, a red Post Office Express label applied, backstamped at Gorey. Light vertical fold, otherwise fine, an attractive and unusual 1/7 rate express cover sent within Ireland. £100-120
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1907 Cover from Reigate to London endorsed "Express delivery on Sunday", franked 6d + four 1d stamps and bearing a red Post Office Express label. A fine example of the extra 6d charged on a Sunday. £120-150
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1900-63 Express mail from abroad coming into G.B, many with handstamps applied upon arrival, including 1900 cover from Germany, 1906-10 postcards from Belgium and 1911 cover from Italy bearing a 30c express stamp, all four with oval framed "EXPRESS" and boxed "EXPRESS FEE PAID 3d", also three other 1915-17 covers with Italian express stamps, 1920 air mail cover from France, 1920 cover from Belgium with red "AIR MAIL / EXPRESS", etc. An interesting collection on pages. (30). £250-300
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1916-42 Express mail from G.B addressed abroad including 1920 air mail cover to Holland franked 10d, 1929 air mail cover to Paris franked 10½d handstamped "NO FLIGHT / SENT BY / ORDINARY SERVICE", 1926 picture postcard to Germany franked 7½d, 1937 cover to Denmark franked 1/2 with boxed "LATE FEE 2d", etc. (8). £120-150
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1902-84 Unpaid or underpaid express mail with 1902 card from Germany and 1925 cover from Belgium handstamped "EXPRESS FEE NOT PAID", and incoming mail from abroad (8) or internal covers (2) with various Express Fee Partly Paid cachets, a scarce group. (12). £240-280
| Instructional Handstamps | (Also see lots 246, 249-51, 384, 551, 556-7, 1311)|
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1824-1995 Entire letters, covers and cards with explanatory cachets, endorsements or labels including labels requesting the return of covers to the P.O for the purposes of an official enquiry (5), Officially Sealed and Damaged in the Post labels, 1900 bilingual "Received in damaged condition in the Returned Letter Office, London", 1937 Cygnus crash cover with "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" and "Postage stamp lost in transit", 1906 postcard from Brighton to Fernando P.O but sent to the London F.S four weeks later handstamped "MISSENT", 1908 cover from Denmark bearing a Christmas seal returned handstamped "contrary to regulations / F.B", "posted under cover" cachets (10) including 1909 postcard with violet "Posted at (London EC) / under cover to the Postmaster of Scarborough", Open Panels, delayed mail, returned and missent mail, etc. An interesting lot. (100). £350-400
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1844-1953 Covers and cards (17), a front and piece, various handstamps including oval "B.B" (Blind Bag) on an incorrectly addressed and returned cover of 1870, "FOUND-IN-FNO / WITHOUT CONTENTS", also Late Fee or Too Late cachets or cancels, etc. (19). £100-120
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1851-1977 Entire letters, covers and cards all undelivered with various cachets including red crowned and dated "Cannot be Found" handstamp on 1851 entire letter, many types of Not Known and Gone Away handstamps, also No Such Street, Deceased, Firm not known, Firm dissolved, Empty house, etc., an interesting lot with some scarce earlier cachets. (96). £250-300
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Too Late. 1797-1873 Entire letters and covers (59), and fronts (2), also two 1901-02 picture postcards, all with various Too Late handstamps, mostly written up on pages, including tiny 1837 "TOO LATE AT" of Honiton, unusual fancy framed handstamp of Broadway in blue, other boxed handstamps of Margate, Hastings, Tavistock, etc., fancy unframed handstamps, a very unusual circular framed handstamp of Basingstoke, etc. (63). £500-600
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Returned. 1804-43 Entire letters (4), fronts or part letters (5) with superb "RETURND - FROM / BRIGHTON" on 1804 entire letter, similar handstamps for Ipswich, Woodbridge and Colchester (front), boxed "RETURND / FROM BATH" on part cover, "RETURNED FROM" of London (3, two types), also a free front with superb "NOT NEAR / DEVIZES". (9). £220-260
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Sent Back To England Without A Reason For Non Delivery. 1854-1961 Covers all returned to England with eight differing types of cachet, includes 1854 and 1860 covers both originally from Scotland to USA franked 1/-, the first handstamped "Advertised", 1914 (July 31) cover to Russia returned due to the outbreak of the war, etc. (10). £200-250
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Misdirected. 1843-1971 Covers and cards, various Misdirected handstamps (17) including 1843 "Misdirected / Bath"; and 1906-95 covers and cards all with cachets correcting errors in the address or asking for the sender to be informed of the correct address. An unusual lot. (51). £200-250
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Missent to England. 1874 Entire letter from France to Switzerland franked 30c, handstamped "MISSENT / TO / ENGLAND", fine and rare, just two examples believed to have been recorded. Photo on Page 28. £700-800
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Received Open. 1857 Entire bearing six 1d reds (differing shades) tied by Stirling 308 experimental duplexs, backstamped by green octagonal boxed "RECEIVED OPEN / & RE-SEALED / AT THE POST OFFICE / EDINBURGH", with G.P.O Edinburgh impressed wax seal, light folds, scarce. £100-120
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Received Open. 1850-1962 Covers and entire letters (11) and pieces (16), the covers and entire letters including 1850-71 fancy script handstamps "Received open and resealed / at the ......" for General Post Office (2), N. District Office, W.C District Office, W. District Office or G.P.O; curved unframed handstamp of E.C.D.O on 1871 cover; 1884-87 covers with boxed handstamps of E.C or I.B, etc. (27). £280-350
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Found Without Contents/Found Loose. 1893-1976 Covers and cards (16), labels (3) and pieces (19), most with various "Found Without Contents" handstamps, also 1905 postcard with violet "Found Loose in Mount Pleasant Depot, London E.C", etc. (38). £130-160
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Newspaper Branch. 1882 Wrapper with small framed "Found in N.P.B / without contents", 1891 wrapper front from France and 1893 wrapper from Trinidad both with a similar but larger "without contents" handstamp, and 1890 wrapper with "Insufficiently addressed / N.P.B". Also 1904 postcard sent from France without an address and two pieces all with red N.P.B datestamps. (7). £140-160
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No Address/Insufficiently Addressed. 1871-1992 Covers and cards (43) and a piece all with various cachets including 1899 unpaid cover with a Bickerdike machine and red "RECEIVED IN I.B / UNADDRESSED", 1921 cover to "Father Christmas, Fairy Land" with "NOT ADDRESSED", 1873 curved "INSUFFICIENTLY / E.C / ADDRESSED" and oval framed "B.B" (Blind Bag), 1876 registered cover with superb boxed "INSUFFICIENTLY / ADDRESSED E.C", etc. (44). £240-280
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Not Called For. 1829 Entire letter from Leicester to the G.P.O London with red "NOT CALLED FOR" handstamp (Jay 258), fine and scarce. £120-150
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Not Called For. 1848 Cover franked 1d from London to P.O Dublin handstamped "NOT CALLED FOR", a fine and scarce Dublin handstamp. Photo on Page 28. £150-180
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Not Called For/Unclaimed. 1858-1976 Covers and cards including 1858 red "NOT / CALLED FOR" of London, 1859 cover franked 6d to Canada returned with "UNPAID 5" and red "UNCLAIMED", etc. (28). £120-150
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Posted Under Cover. 1866 Stampless cover addressed to "Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of England" handstamped "POSTED AT (Norfolk, U.S) UNDER / COVER TO THE POSTMASTER OF (London)", a second inverted strike above, charged 1/-, with two London datestamps. A few opening tears at upper edge, otherwise fine and a remarkable use of this rare handstamp on a cover to the Queen. Was the 1/- charge collected upon delivery? Photo on Page 28. £250-300
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London. 1841-96 Entire letters and covers with various types of circular "TOO LATE / G.P.O" handstamps (11), similar undated "TOO LATE / I.B" or "TOO LATE / F.B. G.P.O", "Too Late" duplex datestamps from various London districts (6), boxed "TOO LATE / CHARING CROSS" on 1868 cover, or boxed "POSTED TOO LATE" in violet or black. (22). £160-200
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