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1860s Covers (2), fronts (2) and pieces (2) with boxed "TOO LATE for / Eveng Dispatch" without district initials (2, one on a 2d Mulready front, faults) or incorporating the district initials W, E.C, W.C or S.W. (6). £100-120
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1836-85 Entire letters, covers and cards with encircled "L" (3), encircled dated "L" (2) or unframed "L" (4), one also with oval framed "NOT / FULLY ADDRESSED", four also with circular "TOO LATE / G.P.O", a scarce group. (9). £130-160
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1875-1909 Entire letters, covers and cards with boxed "L1" in red (13) or black (7), or "L2" in red (5), five also with circular "TOO LATE / G.P.O", various types and sizes of handstamp. (25). £250-300
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1869 Entire to Messina franked 4d + three 6d stamps tied by two strikes of the double "50" obliterator with the rare red boxed "L4" Late Fee handstamp, very few recorded. Photo on Page 28. £600-800
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1876-94 Postcards (8) and an entire all with hexagonal framed duplex cancels of London with L1 (5, numbers 75, 78-81) or L2 number 76, Gracechurch Street with L1, Ludgate Circus with L1 or Fleet Street with L2, four cards uprated with 1d or 2d in stamps, two also with circular "TOO LATE / G.P.O" or "TOO LATE / F.B G.P.O". (9). £120-150
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1890-1939 Covers and cards (32) and a Certificate of Posting all with straight line "LATE FEE" or "LATE FEE PAID" handstamps, some incorporating the fee of 2d, 4d, 6d or 1/-, virtually all from London but including 1914 1d postcard franked 2d with "LONDON & FOLKESTONE S.C" datestamps and 1909 1d cover franked 5d with "CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL / C.S" c.d.s. (33). £350-400
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1903-40 Covers with provincial Late Fee datestamps or cachets with items from Dundee, Preston, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Aberdeen or Cardiff, also Aberdeen Station and Up Special G T.P.O cancels. (20). £200-240
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Liverpool. 1856 Stampless cover to Denmark with fine "POSTED SINCE / LIVERPOOL / 8.30. LAST NIGHT" datestamp on the front, and 1862 cover backstamped with similar "9.30" datestamp. (2). £100-120
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Liverpool. 1895-1965 Late Fee datestamps on covers and cards (7), stamps or pieces (4) including hexagonal "EXCHANGE / LIVERPOOL" on 1908 cover franked 3d to India, single ring Liverpool Late Fee c.d.s on QV 5/-, 1895 ½d wrapper uprated ½d and 1902 cover to Uruguay franked 8d, double ring Liverpool Late (LX) Fee c.d.s on 1897 card to Holland franked 1½d, etc. (11). £160-180
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1855-1926 Covers and cards (46) including 1872 Azemar, 1859 Rideout, Hosters (23, also a Hamburg Hoster), Liverpool Sloper, Bickerdikes, Bostons, etc. Also pieces (5) including 1887 Charing Cross Hoster and 1897 Bickerdike VR trial, and the circular "683/E" Salisbury/London trial cancel on a 1d red and 6d chestnut. (53). £300-350
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1859-71 Covers or entire letters with Pearson Hill Parallel Motion machines numbered 1-6 (10, one on an entire to France franked 4d, also a piece), other Inland Branch machine trial duplexs numbered 87-101 (27, also 5 pieces) or Azemars with first trial of 1869 showing dropped dater die with code "Y1" (2) or second trial of 1871 with code "BB" (2), mainly fine. (47). £350-400
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1886 (Dec 20) Cover with 1d lilac tied by Ethridge machine, trialed in London from October 1886 until early 1887, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 31. £200-240
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1893 (Sep 2) Cover with 1d lilac tied by International machine with time "5-6", trialed in London for just 23 days in August and September, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 31. £200-240
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1893-98 Pieces with embossed 1d pink stamps (2) or a 1d lilac cancelled by trial machines comprising 1893 (Sep. 1) International, 1897 (Nov. 24) Bickerdike with san-serif "VR" and no number, or 1898 (Sep 13) Boston, all fine strikes. (3). £150-180
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1885-91 Covers and cards with Hoster cancels (16) and 1893 (Aug. 30) ½d envelope front with International machine, a few stain spots but scarce, only trialed for 23 days in August and September. (17). £100-120
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1917-18 "Buy National War Bonds Now" and "Buy National War Bonds" slogans, the specialised collection in a F.G Warwick album with many London and provincial offices, single and continuous machines, triangular dies, Paid and Official Paid machines in red including incorrect uses cancelling stamps, "War Bonds" single Universal machine with single ring die (only recorded date) and single Columbia machines from Hull and Dunfermline, etc. A fine lot on covers or cards (124) or pieces (154). (278). £300-400
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1922-23 "Cable to Canada Australia & New Zealand via Imperial" slogans on covers and cards (5) or pieces (46), various offices and types including the very scarce London F.S type on a 1½d postcard and piece, continuous machine of Leicester on cover and with triangular LE code on piece, etc. (51). £150-180
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1922-50 Mainly KGV slogans, the fine collection in a F.G Warwick Major album, many offices, types and differing slogans, single and continuous dies, red Paid or Official Paid machines, triangular dies, etc., including Post Early in the Day with scarce 1937 re-use at Leith (cover + piece), Post Early For Christmas, Join the Kings Roll, Exhibition Newcastle on Tyne and the various Telephone slogans with 1936-40 reuses of "Every Home Needs a Phone" (cover + 3 pieces), etc. A fine lot on covers and cards (48) or pieces (461). Also a poster, G.P.O letter and news cuttings concerning the campaign to prevent slogans being introduced and a Mackintosh Toffee advertising cover which covered the slogan area and so was banned by the Post Office. (509+). £300-350
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1922-39 British Industries Fair slogans, the specialised collection in a F.G Warwick album, many types and offices, triangular dies and Paid types in red, a fine collection on covers and cards (28) and pieces (547). (575). £200-250
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1925-28 "British Goods" slogans on covers and cards (13) and pieces (49) including the scarce handstruck London FS "Buy British Made Goods" on four complete 1926-28 wrappers, private handstruck slogans, and "British Goods Are Best" machines including London N.W.1 continuous Paid machine in red on piece and a front, small boxed type with Paid die in red on cover, etc. (62). £160-200
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1934 (Nov 2) Cover to the Prime Minister J. Ramsay Macdonald at 10 Downing St., with KGV 1½d tied by the slogan "OPENING OF MOUNT / PLEASANT SORTING / OFFICE BY T.R.H THE / DUKE & DUCHESS OF YORK" with square date die inscribed "½d Paid", containing the original insert showing the sorting office with the printed explanation "this card was passed through the postage stamp cancelling machine by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York .....", also a photo of the royal couple putting a letter through the machine. Only about 400 items were sent with this slogan, all to V.I.Ps; a very small number of these had the square Paid die included in error, this item being the first such example we have seen. A rare slogan and card. Photo on Page 31 £350-400
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1937-63 KGVI and QEII Slogans on covers (135) or pieces (235) in a F.G Warwick album, also 1939-45 trials on unaddressed covers (6). A fine collection including 1945 Victory Bells with early uses on cover on 7 May (London W1) and 8 May (London WC) and in red with Postage Paid die on 31 Aug., 1947 Royal Wedding early uses at Hounslow on 19 Nov. pieces (2, one with slogan obliterated), 1957 covers with Stalybridge Centenary or Douglas T.T Races, many Paid machines in red, etc. (376). £200-250
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1945-46 "RECOVERED P.O.W MAIL / FROM EUROPE / RECENTLY RECEIVED / BY BRITISH P.O" slogan, proof impression on an unaddressed envelope, a correct use on a 1945 card from Oflag 79 and a very scarce incorrect 1946 (Sep. 11) use with London die cancelling a 2½d stamp on cover, also R.C Alcock letters regarding this cover. (3). Photo on Page 31. £100-120
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1946 "PLEASE ADVISE / SENDER TO ADDRESS / c/o SHIP-OWNER / NOT c/o G.P.O" slogans, a correct use on the reverse of a cover to the M.V Isipingo, and very scarce incorrect 1946 uses with London dies cancelling 1d stamps on piece (July 15) or cover (July 17). (3). Photo on Page 31. £120-150
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1960 (Jan 9) Window cover with World Refugee Year slogan used at Halifax, the hand erased from the machine leaving a black square, very scarce. Also examples of the original slogan with the hand and the redrawn design. £80-100
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Meter Marks. 1920s-70s Meter marks on cover, a large quantity in a box with a reasonable number of pre-1940 covers. £100-150
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Paquebots. 1902-2005 Covers and cards with various Paquebots, the majority mounted in an F.G Warwick album, useful earlier items noted from Cardiff, Greenock and Plymouth, most however post WW2, many philatelic. (120). £180-240
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Hull. 1847 Entire letter from Leeds to Hull prepaid 2d in cash, a Leeds datestamp on the front, backstamped upon arrival with blue-green "HULL / SHIP LETTER / A 10 JY 1847" deleted by a cloth covered "383" numeral and replaced by a Hull c.d.s. An exceptional use of a Ship Letter datestamp applied in error to an inland letter, similar to the London Packet Letter error in the following lot. Photo on Page 31. £300-350
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London. 1845 Entire letter from Lynn to London posted unpaid and charged 2d, a boxed "PACKET LETTER" (Rob. P4) applied in error and obliterated by the London numeral "5" in diamond and horizontal oval of bars, datestamps of Lynn and London. An extraordinary error, the only Packet Letter applied in error to an inland letter we have recorded, although a couple of similar Ship Letter errors are known (see lot above). Photo on Page 31. £400-500
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Plymouth. 1820-1858 Entire letters and entires including 1858 entire letter with Madeira British P.O double arc datestamp, "PLYMOUTH / PACKET LETTER" datestamp "GB and 1F", and other ship letters or India letters. (8). £100-120
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1865-96 Stamped covers from the USA (5) including 1865 cover from Detroit bearing a fine 24c grey, 1874 cover with 6c pink pair and 1880 cover with 1c + 3c + 6c, or covers from G.B to the USA (6), various surface printed issues, also an 1895 postcard franked 1d with a pair of US 3c postage dues applied. (12). £180-220
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Forwarding Agents. 1819-36 Entire letters from London or Belfast handstamped boxed "FORWARDED BY / T&W. EARLE & Co / LIVERPOOL" (with red New York c.d.s and "SHIP", charged 27c) or boxed "Forwarded by / MALCOMSON BELL & Co / LIVERPOOL" (charged 6c, no datestamps), both fine. £100-120
| Military & Naval Mail | (Also see lots 297, 550-69, 1017, 1025, 1057, 1108, 1386-90, 1405, 1447, 1454)|
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1814 Printed certificate from Fort Monckton, certifying that Daniel Propert is serving as a Private in Captain Roch's Company of the Royal Cardigan Regt. of Militia, being a substitute for David Edwards, balloted man for the parish of Llandewibrevy, and has served for over 11 years. Headed from Private Propert and countersigned, sent from Gosport to Deal prepaid at the 1d soldiers rate. £80-100
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1838 Receipt for £15 with an embossed 6d receipt stamp, folded to just 67x63mm, headed "From Wm Mallinder Corp. 1st Bn G. Gds" and posted from London to Whittington, Derbyshire, prepaid at the 1d soldiers rate, the reverse with boxed "BROADWAY / WESTMINSTER". A fine small letter. £100-120
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1848-52 Entires and a cover (part flap missing) from Portsmouth franked 1d, the first with black "NAVY POST OFFICE" (38x4mm) on the front, the others backstamped with similarly worded undated circle or straight line handstamp (39x3mm) in green. (3). £140-160
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1856-1957 Covers and cards with camp cancels including 1856 Aldershot sideways duplex, Hampton Court skeletons of 1911 and 1919, East Down double ring c.d.s of 1900, Bagshot Moor skeleton on registered 1939 covers (3), also 1909-57 Duke of Yorks School, Dover c.d.s (3), R.H.M School Dublin on 1912 Parcel Post label, and 1943-44 Hawthorn machine and c.d.s used at the Royal Ordnance Factory in Wiltshire. (34). £250-300
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1864-1950 Covers and cards including 1937 KGVI Coronation F.D.C tied by violet Hampton Court Camp rubber c.d.s with a further strike on the registration label; other camp cancels (22); 1915 parcel address label with London Official Paid c.d.s, violet oval "CONCENTRATION CAMP / ALTON ABBEY / HANTS / ALIEN SEAMEN" and a Post Free P.C Prisoners of War cachet; WW2 F.P.Os, etc. (45). £110-140
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1873 (Aug 20) Cover with 1d red tied by the very scarce "DARTMOOR / F.P.O / G17" duplex, the reverse with arrival datestamps and manuscript "Too Late For Post". A few small stain spots and opening tears at upper edge with a small piece torn away at upper left. Also single 1d reds cancelled "G17" or "G19" (Cannock Chase F.P.O), used during army manoeuvres in August and September 1873, very few examples known on cover. (3). Photo on Page 36. £250-300
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1873-74 Officers letters to Boston, Lincolnshire, the first bearing 6d pale buff pair each cancelled "466" at Liverpool with a red "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET" c.d.s on the front; the second with a single 6d pale buff cancelled in manuscript with a "6d" charge, the stamps further cancelled "466", backstamped with a "LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET" c.d.s in black. Opening tears, still an unusual pair, possibly from West Africa. (2). £150-180
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1878 Cover with H.M.S "Shannon" crest bearing 1d red strip of three tied "28" numerals, and a c.1882 cover "via Brindisi" with 2½d blue tied "7" numeral, both Officers letters from Lt. H. Hay; a similar 1882 cover sent by Hay from Egypt illustrated in "Naval Officers Letters" by G. Osborn (page 55). (2). £100-120
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1897-1914 Covers and cards (20) and pieces (10) with Field Post Office datestamps from named camps, covers include double ring datestamps of Aldershot (1897), Bulford Camp (1900 and 1902), West Down Camp (1899 and 1900), Salisbury (1898) and single ring c.d.s of Wareham (1898). (30). £250-300
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1905-54 Covers and cards (5), pieces (3) and a 1944 postal order all with Admiralty datestamps or registration labels, including 1912 OHMS cover with KGV ½d pair each tied by Admiralty c.d.s, etc. (9). £150-180
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1854 Cover from Paris franked 20c (four margins) to Lieut J.G Harkness, 55th Regiment, Armee Anglaise, Turkey" with arrival backstamps "ARMEE D'ORIENT / BAU C" and "ARMEE D'ORIENT / QUART GAL", the cover turned and reposted back to England charged 3d, backstamped "POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY" c.d.s, very unusual. £250-300
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1854 (June 2) - 1855 (Jan 1) Entire letters from Veterinary Surgeon Mathew John Harpley of the Royal Horse Artillery, the first two from Malta or written at sea detailing the voyage from England, others from Camp Ghurickler, Balaclava Camp or Camp before Sebastopol (5) include news of cholera and sickness, the capture of Russian spies, skirmishes with the enemy in which prisoners and supplies were captured, the Battle of Balaclava, the loss of ships in a hurricane, the appalling waste of provisions, the escape of a British Officer captured by the Russians, the appalling postal arrangements, attacks by the Russians, Christmas dinner, the appalling state of Eupatoria, the distribution of French medals, etc. Two letters bear three 1d reds tied by Crown between Star cancels, two others have stamps cancelled in London (one with a stamp removed), the other five are without envelopes or addresses. An interesting correspondence, all with typed transcriptions. (9 letters). £1,800-2,200
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1855 Cover to England bearing a 1d red strip of three (the right stamp with faults) each cancelled by a superb "OXO" obliterator, charged 1d upon redirection from Liskeard to Torpoint, a little edge staining. The enclosed letter written on the Alma Steam Ship off Stamboul. £140-160
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1914-19 "Service Suspended" covers and cards from G.B all returned to the senders, various cachets include "UNDELIVERABLE/ ENEMY COUNTRY / RETURN TO SENDER (3, two types), "UNDELIVERABLE / L.P.S" (3, two types), "UNDELIVERABLE / RETURN / TO SENDER FREE", "SERVICE SUSPENDED" (4), "MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED" or "CANNOT BE / FORWARDED", three with return cachets applied abroad. Destinations include Poland, Russia (5), Greece (2), Turkey, Palestine, Bulgaria, Belgium and Germany (2), an interesting lot. (14). £280-320
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1915-20 Covers and cards (13), pieces (15) and P.O forms (4) with datestamps applied in London by the Army Postal Service including R.E (P.S) Home Depot, Army Letter Office London, R.E Postal Section, Army Post Office London, DALO London, Home Depot Army Postal Service or Royal Engineers Postal Section F.S. Also explanatory cachets or labels applied at the Home Depot on covers (6) or pieces (32, many proof strikes), and an Official Paid cover from a U.S soldier in London with an A.E.F censor cachet. (71). £250-300
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1914-19 Covers and cards from wounded soldiers in hospital in G.B all with cachets (21) including Welsh Metropolitan Hospital at Whitchurch, Exeter War Hospitals, King Alberts Hospital in London, Hampstead Military Hospital, 3rd Western General Hospital at Neath, Norfolk War Hospital at Thorpe (also with No. 7 Ambulance Train cachet), Scottish General Hospital at Stobhill, Birch Hill Auxiliary Hospital at Dearnley, and hospitals at Bristol, Eastleigh, Birmingham, Salisbury, and Manchester. Also associated picture postcards, a Christmas card and notification of admittance cards, and 1919 Bangour War Hospital c.d.s. (43). £500-600
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1918 Cover from London to New York franked 1d and 2/6 (torn corner), the extra 2/6 fee for express censorship, handstamped "LATE / FEE", scarce and attractive. Photo on Page 36. £120-150
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1915 (Aug 16) Cover from Kristiana to Liverpool backstamped "Delayed by German / submarine". Probably from the "Haakon VII" which was boarded by the Germans on August 19th and the letter mail seized. An unusual and scarce cachet. Photo on Page 36. £120-150
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