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1913-50 KGV ½d - 1/- P.T.P.O Envelopes, parcel labels and lettersheets unused (20) or used (14), including unused 9d brown, 9d green, 10d, 1/- and the very scarce 4d blue struck in 1950, also the 1½d Bank of England envelope used. (34). £200-250
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1913 KGV P.T.P.O ½d Green, proof on piece overprinted "SPECIMEN" type SU4, 49x50mm, very fine. Photo on Page 45. £100-120
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1939-57 KGVI ½d - 1/- P.T.P.O Envelopes, lettersheets and parcel labels unused (20) or used (26) including 2d orange parcel label used and envelope used, 2½d albino impression, etc. (46). £150-180
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1954-61 Pre-decimal QEII P.T.P.O ½d - 1/- Envelopes unused (20) or used (16) including the very scarce 9d olive-green used (ES83), also the rare Embossed Literature for the Blind parcel label with embossed 1d blue (ES77, the special blind 1d rate) used, and three P.T.P.O 1977 Silver Jubilee postcards unused. (40). £100-120
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QV-QEII Newspaper wrappers all with P.T.P.O embossed dies, many on W.H Smith wrappers, comprising QV unused (2) and used (6); KEVII unused or used (4); KGV unused or used (6, with scarce 6d wrapper); KGVI unused (5) or used (4) and QEII pre-decimal 6d and 9d both used and unused (ES82/3, the latter scarce used). (33). £150-180
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1874 1d Lettersheet, the stamp dated "18 6 74", published by Pettitt & Co. of Soho and headed "The Farthing Patent Advertising Lettersheet", containing 42 adverts for companies in London. Adverts include The London International Exhibition, meat extract, The Royal Polytechnic, pens, tea, sherry, The Crystal Palace Bazaar, Royal Exeter Hotel, safes, hair restorer, umbrellas, freezing machines, watches, monograms, a piano school, galvanised chain bands, song sheets, pills, whisky, cutlery, safes, lino, books, pianos, chocolate, painless dentistry with laughing gas, The Daily News, an Eastbourne boarding house, Crystal Palace Royal Hotel, Balmoral Hotel, ship passage to South Africa, sewing machines, etc. Fine and scarce. Also another 1899 1d lettersheet (undated stamp) published by the London branch of the Anglo-Colonial Letter Co. Ltd. containing 18 adverts for London companies, a piece unfortunately torn from the lower left corner of the address panel also affecting one internal advert, otherwise largely fine. (2). £250-300
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c.1877 1d Lettersheet no. 2 issued by The Advertising Stamped Envelope Company, the 1d stamp dated "1 11 77", containing 32 commercial adverts and an advert for the lettersheet publishers. Most adverts are for Birmingham companies and include medicines, couches, cutlery, a veterinary surgeon, engines, cables and anchors, mangles, bedsheets, sulphur water, stove grates, wire, etc., a few adverts for London companies included. Fine unused, scarce. £200-250
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c.1883 1d Lettersheet with undated stamp, published by William Hickey of 19a Mary St. Dublin, the Irish agent for The Half-Penny Letter Co. Ltd. of London, containing 27 adverts for Dublin companies including soda water, the Gaiety hair salon, the new Vienna portrait, the Torpedo Washer, hair colour restorer, wedding rings, musical instruments, men's hosiery, shirts, hats, baby carriages, tea and Irish whisky, sponges, iron roofing, picture frames, etc. A few light tone spots, otherwise fine unused, a scarce Irish advertising lettersheet. £300-350
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1893 ½d Lettersheet with printed address of W.H Smith & Son, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, published by The International Envelope Co. of London, containing 13 various adverts including The Morning newspaper, a Rye jewellers, a Blackburn organ works, the Manchester agent for Dutch yeast and spirits, Scottish Tweed from Hawick, a supplier of vocalists and bands, electric lighting, anti-pain medicine, bloaters from Great Yarmouth, etc, fine unused. A very scarce ½d advertising lettersheet, with a patent number and the date "10/93" on the flap. £250-300
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1865 1d, 2d and 3d Wrappers with advert rings of "The Home News, Grindlay & Co. London", and 1870 1d envelope with advertising ring in violet for "Parkins & Gotto. 24 Oxford St. W. Samples of Stationery, Post Free", all fine unused. Also pieces cut square (11) including 4d Young & Stockall, 1d George Farmiloe used, etc, or cut to shape (7) with 1d Wm. Stock & Co., etc. (4 covers + 18 pieces). £220-260
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1869 1d Pink envelope with pink "George Farmiloe & Sons, London" advert ring, used from London to Tunbridge, some edge staining but still a scarce advertising ring. £180-220
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c.1877 1d Pink wrapper with pink "The Home News, Grindlay & Co London" advert ring, used from London to Ceylon cancelled by "K" within three divided rings, a precancel of Henry S. King & Co. Very fine and scarce used, this advert ring usually only seen on unused stationery. Photo on Page 50. £200-250
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1888 1d Pink envelope with blue "Alldays & Onions Ltd Birmingham" advert ring, used from Birmingham to London. Light staining and a couple of tears to upper edge, a very reasonable example of this scarce advertising ring. £160-200
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1878 First issue 2d envelopes with "Registered" in serifed lettering, cartouche above the embossed stamp, size F in indigo or greenish blue (2), and size G, all unused, the size G envelope very scarce. RP1, £650. (4). £150-200
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1878 2d Envelope format RF2, scalloped edge to the flap, size I, the embossed 2d stamp on the flap obliterated by a circle of diamonds in order to convert the envelope to an ordinary unregistered envelope for internal Post Office use, superb unused and scarce. £100-120
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1878-81 2d Envelopes with dated stamps, the fine Specimen (5), unused (25) and used (14) collection with all types and sizes including large size I (6) and K (7), a scarce lot. RP2-8. (45). £300-400
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1878 Envelope format RF3 with a plain edge to the flap, missing the embossed 2d stamp, probably a proof or a printers sample, a very minor stain to the front, otherwise fine and rare. Photo on Page 50. £150-200
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1882-1901 QV 2d Envelopes with undated stamps, the fine Specimen (13), unused (75) and used (43) collection with virtually every type and size represented, includes large sizes I (13) and K (32), compensation levels altered in manuscript or with labels applied, better frankings with 1884 6d lilac and 1887 10d or 1/-, differing Specimen handstamps, etc. A fine lot with some scarce items. (131). £500-800
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1893 Undated 2d registration stamp, proofs in grey on two pieces (33x30mm, crossed by a heavy fold, or 28x27mm, just touched at left but otherwise fine), and two impressions of the same stamp in the issued colour of blue on piece (46x99mm) with 12 impressions of "SPECIMEN" type SU2. Also 1883 2d blue stamp with nine florets on piece, 30x32mm, with two impressions of the type SU2 "SPECIMEN" overprint. (4). Photo on Page 45. £120-150
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1900 2d K Size envelope (RP22K) used from London to Holland, bearing 1887 1½d, 9d and 1900 1/- carmine and green cancelled by "BALHAM No. 92A HIGH ROAD B.O S.W" single ring datestamps, a scarce use of the 1900 1/- which is rarely found on cover. £200-250
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1920-37 KGV 4d, 5d and 4½d rate envelopes, the used (48) and unused (42) collection including 4d K size used and unused, 2d + 2d (5), 3d + 1d (7), 3½d +½d (5), 5d size K unused, 2d + 3d used and unused, 3d + 2d size F unused and used and size G unused with both flaps types, 4d + 1d used and unused, 4½d with size K envelopes unused (4) and used (3) and 1934 blue lined envelope unused (2) and used. A fine lot with most differing envelopes including the scarce uprated 5d issues. RP30-45. (90). £700-900
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1939-53 KGVI Envelopes, the fine display collection on pages with at least one example of every printing, many scarce large size envelopes and all the WW2 provisional issues from smaller printers. Unused (48) and used (48) envelopes including scarce RP47H, H2, K, 49H, 50H2, 51H2, 52H2, 53H2, K, 57, 58, 60, 65 all unused and RP47H, 56, 57, 58, 60, 65 all used, the very scarce RP65 unused and used both unpriced by Huggins/Baker. An unusual opportunity to acquire many scarce envelopes, the result of many years of collecting and study. H/B £5,420. (96). £2,000-2,500
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1947 F Size envelope by De La Rue, proof without the embossed stamp, handstamped violet "SPECIMEN", a couple of insignificant marks on the flap, otherwise fine and very scarce. RP61proof. Photo on Page 50. £150-200
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1942 KGVI 5½d stamped to order registration envelope, used from London to South Africa with oval "Passed by British Philatelic Assn. Ltd" cachet and octagonal "PASSED / PER 84" censor cachet, Millsite arrival backstamp. Very scarce. RS3. £100-120
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1870-81 1/- Telegraph forms comprising TPI overprinted specimen, TP4 (2, both with red "PRIORITY" overprint), 7b (2), 10 (2) and 38 (for Stock Exchange use) all unused, also 6d form type 11b and a 1/- telegraph card TCP16, a few faults, six very fine. (10). £120-150
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1915 KGV 6d Telegraph forms with a 3d postage stamp added at the left in a complete booklet of twenty with interleaving between each form, the printed cover with the price altered from 10s.2d to 15s.2d in manuscript. A fine and very scarce complete booklet. TP19. £200-250
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1915-40 KGV Telegraph forms comprising 6d types TP19 (2, one with a 3d stamp added), TP25a, 25c, and 9d forms from booklets types TP21aa (6d at left altered to '9d' with a violet rubber handstamp), TP21ba, bc, ca, cb, all fine. (9). £150-180
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1915-27 KGV Stock Exchange telegraph forms comprising 9d + 3d type TP47a (2, differing imprints) or 1/- olive-brown type TP49cb, fine and scarce. (3). £100-150
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1916 (May 16) KEVII 10d Brown telegraph form type TP59c cancelled by Stockwell c.d.s, small faults but an unusual cancelled form. £80-100
| Railway Letters & T.P.Os | (Also see lots 1313, 1329)|
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1846-85 Letters bearing railway parcel stamps, comprising 1846 entire from London to Cheltenham with blue GWR stamp, 1875 cover from Darton to Wakefield with pink Lancashire & Yorkshire stamp, and 1885 cover from Rhewl to Llangollen with pink L.N.W.R stamp, three scarce early covers sent as railway parcels. (3). £300-350
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1892-99 Commercial covers, the first with a 1d lilac and L.S.W.R 2d letter stamp both cancelled by London S.W squared circles and light oval Sway Station handstamps; the second with 1d lilac and Midland Railway 2d letter stamp both cancelled by Kettering squared circles. (2). £120-150
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1903-34 Railway letters bearing 2d or 3d letter or parcel stamps from Great Central, Great Central & Midland Joint Committee, GWR (2), Great Western & Great Central Joint Committee, Lancashire Derbyshire & East Coast (2), LNWR, LSWR (3) or Southern Railways (2), some philatelic but seven apparently commercial. Also mainly unused stamps (52) with some 3d and 4d surcharges. (13 covers + 52 stamps). £650-750
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1916 1d Postal stationery envelope to Rugeley Camp bearing a ½d stamp and G.W.R 2d letter stamp each cancelled by violet boxed G.W.R Carbis Bay datestamp, the two postage stamps also cancelled Great Western T.P.O Going East datestamps, light seal stain, otherwise fine and a scarce railway letter cancelled on a T.P.O. £100-120
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c.1905 Post Office O.H.M.S cover to "The Supt. Engineer, Post Office Telegraphs, Liverpool" with violet cachet "NOT TO BE DELIVERED / BY APPARATUS", a very rare cachet only used on fragile official Post Office mail, only three examples recorded. Photo on Page 50. £300-350
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T.P.Os. 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). £1,200-1,500
| Registered, Insured & AR Mail | (Also see lots 119, 144, 305-7, 364-74, 626, 1324-27)|
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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. £200-240
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1853 Registered entire from Liverpool to London bearing 1841 2d blue strip of four each cancelled "466", the right stamp very close at base, otherwise very fine with margins on all sides. Photo on Page 50. £380-420
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1859 Cover to Como, Lombardy, franked 1d, 2d and four 4d stamps each cancelled "75", Birmingham italic lettering c.d.s on the front and reverse with red "(crown) / REGISTERED" and "CHARGE", backstamps include "BUREAU FRANCAIS A BALE". Seal cut away and repaired tear at base, still an attractive and unusual 1/7 rate cover. £100-120
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1879 Registered bankruptcy form from Truro to Falmouth franked 2½d rosy mauve plate 12, paying the ½d printed matter rate + 2d registration, charged ½d upon redirection to Helston, with the very scarce "(crown) / REGISTERED" handstamp of Truro in blue. A very unusual and scarce cover, from the Vivien Sussex collection. £120-150
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1910 KEVII 2d Size F registration envelope from Bradford to Germany bearing KEVII 7d and 1/-, endorsed "Insured for ninety pounds £90" with a red Insured label applied, an unusual high insured rate and a scarce use of the 7d and 1/- values. Photo on Page 50. £200-250
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1918 KGV 2d Size H registration envelope from London E.C to Switzerland inscribed "Fee 5/10 paid. Ins. for £400" and "10,000 Fcs, 81grs" with a red Insured label applied, franked by ½d (3), 1d, 10d and De La Rue 5/-. Censored with an Opened by Examiner seal and two wax seals (one over part of the 5/- stamp) each impressed "WAR OFFICE / POSTAL CENSOR", the London E.C registration label with "E.C" crossed out and replaced by handstruck "PC", presumably by the War Office censor. An unusually high insured rate franking. £160-200
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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). £80-100
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AR Mail. 1910-74 Registered covers handstamped "AR" (7) and "AR" forms or cards (11) including 1897 form sent within Ireland, other forms bearing KEVII stamps (2) or KGV stamps (2), etc. (18). £180-220
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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. £180-220
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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). £160-220
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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). £80-100
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Northampton. 1840-46 Entire letters with "P1", "P1D" (2 types) or "PD1" (2 types), all superb, an attractive group. (5). £100-120
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Tonbridge/Tunbridge Wells. 1840-49 Entire letters from Tonbridge with red "PD 1D" (3 types) or "P.1D" (2 types), or from Tunbridge Wells with "PAID 1d" (2 types), all superb, two letters with printed contents, a fine group. (7). £100-120
| LONDON | The Michael Goodman Collection of Postmarks and Postal History(Also see lots 121, 124-6, 128-9, 137, 144, 147-8, 166, 171-5, 182-224, 229, 234, 240, 256, 386, 394)|
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Receiving Offices. 1844-59 Entire letters with receiving office handstamps comprising undated straight line types (45), single circles (3), circular single or double arc (3) or dated double arc datestamp of Deptford. (52). £200-250
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1846 1d Pink envelope to Dumbarton, cancelled solely by straight line "King William St" receiving office handstamp, a red London c.d.s and Dumbarton datestamp on the reverse. A few minor edge creases, otherwise fine, very scarce and unusual. Photo on Page 50. £180-240
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