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Receiving Offices. 1857-58 Entire letters and covers with undated straight line receiving office handstamps with the London postal district on the second line, including scarce "SOUTHWARK BRANCH / S.E", "STEPNEY BRANCH / E", "PIMLICO BRANCH / S.W" and "OLD CAVENDISH ST BRANCH /W", etc, also single line "WESTERN D.O". These handstamps issued in 1857 when London was divided into postal districts. (12). £240-280
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1857 Postal District envelope with all the principal places in London and their postal district printed inside the envelope, "POSTAL DISTRICT / S.W" embossed on the flap, posted from Weymouth to London S.W franked 1d. A heavy horizontal fold runs through the stamp, the printed interior however fine and attractive, a scarce cover. £150-200
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1846-57 Entires and covers bearing abbreviated two or three letter handstamps used at London district offices on returned or misdirected mail, comprising "CX" of Charing Cross (2 types), "NR" of North Row (2 types), "S.S" of Sidmouth Street, "SH" of Shoreditch (2 types), "KSN" of Kensington, "O.C.S" of Old Cavendish St (2), "PS" of Portland Street (2 types), "SK" of Southwark, "PB" of Pimlico, "BRN" of Brixton, "P.T" of Park Terrace, "PN" of Paddington, "BW" of Bayswater and "SY" of Stepney. (19) £250-350
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Missent Marks. 1860-94 Covers and cards with quartered circle missent handstamps containing the postal district initials and two other letters, various sizes in red, blue or black, from EC, ED (13), WC (4), SD (5, also one cancelling a single 1d red), ND (10, one with "N" incorrectly in the upper segment), WD (12), SE (15), SW (14), NW (6), NE (4), a fine lot on pages. (85). £500-600
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Ride Letters. 1825-71 Entire letters all handstamped "R.L", seven differing types in red or black. (10). £250-300
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Sunday Datestamps. 1803-69 Entire letters and covers with various Sunday datestamps including scalloped types in various sizes, Paid types, Frees, encircled "C" (6), "L" or "V"(2), etc. An interesting collection on album pages. (32). £300-350
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Post Office Savings Bank. 1850-1967 Covers, cards and entires, and a few pieces, with P.O.S.B datestamps (3, one a strange use on a picture postcard franked KEVII ½d), stationery, Paid datestamps, and a detailed study of the Paid machine marks including slogans, also a 1926 page from a Savings book bearing the two different KGV 1/- savings stamps. A fine study, main strength in the P.O.S.B machine marks and slogans, in an F.G album. (135 covers + 117 pieces). £380-420
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Kings Bench Prison. 1822-57 Entire letters and covers all with Belvedere Place General or Local Post receiving office handstamps, seven differing types of handstamp, a fine lot. (8). £150-180
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1695 Entire backstamped with Dockwra type "B / MON" Payd Peny Post handstamp (Jay 331) of the Bishopsgate office and circular "W / Mor / 10" time handstamp, small piece of flap torn away around the seal and minor soiling, a good example of these uncommon handstamps. £150-180
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1749-88 Entire letters and entires with Dockwra type Penny Post Payd handstamps of Southwark, Westminster (4), Temple (2, one with boxed "HAILSTONE" receiver), or the General Office (2), and another entire letter with poor Dockwra and circular "Stationer / Allen" receivers handstamp. Also 1782 and 1794 entire letters with circular "PENNY POST NOT PAID / G" or similar "W" handstamps, poor to superb. (12). £320-380
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1794 Experimental Period. 1794 Entire letters all prepaid 1d with purple "(crown) / PAID" (Jay 406) or "Penny Post / B / Paid" (Jay 412), or red circular "PENNY POST PAID" datestamp (8 Nov., Jay 414, only known in November), all rather smudged strikes but still very scarce. Also a piece with circular framed "(crown) / P. POST / PAID" (Jay 410). (4). £220-260
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1794 Experimental Period. 1794 Entire letter prepaid 1d with scarce circular purple "(crown) / P. POST / PAID" (Jay 410) and a fine "HOLBN / HILL - 1", the reverse with "8 o'clock / 10 JY 94 / MORN" datestamp (Jay 402), scarce. Photo on Page 57 £160-200
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1794 Experimental Period. 1794 Entire letters with very scarce "7 OCLOCK EVEN W" c.d.s (Jay 400a, only recorded in May), or with the datestamp "2 o'clock / 7 JU 94 / AFN" (Jay 402), the c.d.s with a few letters rather faint though easily readable overall. (2). £150-180
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1794-1800 Entire letters and entires with numbered two line receiving office handstamps comprising "BLOOMS / BY 3", "CHISWELL / ST 3", "W-HALL / ET 1", "FULHAM / 1" (in red), "HOLBN / HILL 3", "MORTLE / 2", "RICHMD / 2", "ST JAMES'S / 2", "WATLING / ST 3" or "TOOTING / 3", mainly fine, a scarce group. (10). £300-350
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1796-1801 Entire letters (19) and a part letter, most with oval unframed Penny Post receiving house handstamps in red or black, Jay types 447 (4), 448 (7), 449 (3) or 450 (3), various offices, most very fine, one with red triangular "Penny / Post / Not Paid" (Jay 674b). Also two 1795 entire letters with red or black MORN or EVEN datestamps (Jay 430, not listed in black), the first also with superb red "C.O", and an entire letter with red Penny Post Paid datestamp but no receiving house mark, apparently charged a further 1d. (20). £280-350
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Transfer Handstamps. 1796 Entire possibly from Italy and 1797 entire letter from Paris, both with fine circular framed "PP/1796" or "PP/1797", used on letters transferred from the Foreign Branch to the London Penny Post for delivery, Jay 1025a/b. (2). £160-200
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1801-55 Entire letters and covers all with London 2d Post receiving office handstamps, many offices, types and colours, including unframed ovals (Jay 499-501c); 4d Post entire letters with red "Cornhill / 1d - PAID" or unpaid charged 2d; red boxed "VIGO LANE" with U.P.P "1" charge; 1846 entire with Bishopsgate St. 1d Paid handstamp crossed out and replaced by a 2d Paid mark; 1840 entire with both "T.P / Gt Marylebone St" and "Gt Marylebone St / 1py P. Paid"; 1839 entire letter with printed address panel "Royal Freemasons Charity for Female Children. Balloting Paper for Election of Children April 11th, 1839. This list must be carefully preserved, as a second one cannot be issued" containing details of nine girls, seven of whom are to be admitted to the Freemasons School based on ballot results, used with green Chancery Lane 3d Paid; 1840 "Grays Inn / PAID" with the value removed, etc. A fine lot on pages. (42). £350-400
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1806-53 Entire letters and covers with datestamps of the 2d Post, the detailed study in an F.G Warwick album, with various reversed or inverted number varieties, receiving office handstamps, Paid datestamps, 1844 cover signed by Robert Peel, etc. (83). £300-350
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Charge Marks. 1820-29 Redirected entire letters and entires with handstruck "5", "3" replaced by "6" (2) or "2" replaced by "4" (2), and a 1780 entire letter with manuscript charges, all six handstamped "In All". Also 1819 part cover from Woburn to London with scarce "7" charge mark. (7). £200-250
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1820-44 Entire letters with boxed country area receiving house handstamps (Jay 503) in black, red or blue. (18). £180-220
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1813 Entire letters, entires and covers with large country sorting office datestamps (Jay 520-523) in black, red or blue, one entire from Woolwich to Chatham sent by cross post with "Shooters Hill / Penny Post", one cover redirected with Ride Letter "R.L" handstamp. A fine collection in an F.G Warwick album. (70). £300-350
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Cross Posts. 1838 Entire letter from Beckenham to Bromley with "T.P / BECKENHAM", large Beckenham country office c.d.s and scarce flat top "3" (Jay 620a) all in red; and an undated entire to Kensington with boxed "Kew", large Brentford country office c.d.s and flat top "3" all in black. (2). £160-200
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1806-37 Entire letters with differing "M.S" handstamps (3, one unframed) possibly used on missent mail, black "WR" (Jay 568) or differing red "G.P" handstamps (4) used on letters transferred between the General and Local Posts. (8). £130-160
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Bishop Marks. 1668-1778 Entire letters all with Bishop marks including superb serif type on a fine 1668 entire letter to Exeter, 1700 entire letter from Bordeaux with Foreign Office Bishop Mark, five letters with handstruck receivers initials. (9). £200-250
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Bishop Mark. 1780 Entire letter to Margate with red circular framed "POST / PAID" and "2/AU" Bishop Mark both in red; very few London Bishop Marks recorded struck in red in error. £150-200
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1746-1801 Entire letters with Paid handstamps including "PD" in blackish purple, "POST / PAID" in red or purple, triple circle datestamp with large "A" outside the circle (Jay 102), datestamp with "Paid" outside the circle (Jay 103), etc. (9). £120-150
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1787-1833 Entire letters, various datestamps, including 1787 experimental datestamps for January 23 (Jay 4, only used for 11 days) or March (Jay 4c); 1790 datestamp in purple (Jay 5b) with matching "POST / PAID"; 1794 entire with datestamps applied on three consecutive days in red (Jay 5a and type 6 with code "E") or black (type 5), etc. (12). £130-150
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1794 Entire letters with experimental Paid datestamps comprising square boxed datestamp (Jay 96) on an entire letter to Holland with Southampton transit mark; octagonal framed datestamp (Jay 97) on an entire letter sent within London; and superb double ring datestamp (Jay 98) on an entire letter to Rochdale, a scarce group. (3). Photo on Page 57. £300-350
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Receivers. 1776-1837 Entire letters with General Post receiver handstamps including 1802 boxed "Charing Cross" with tiny "G. JAMISON" above, 1794 "G.P.O / WAPPING", 1793 "G.P.O / GT SURRY ST / B.F.R", circular G.P.O types from Tottenham Ct. Road and Temple, boxed handstamps from Oxford St. 277 and Farringdon Street, etc. (Jay 71, 76, 76a, 77a, 77c, 86a, 86b, etc). (17). £350-400
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1830-58 Entire letters and covers with Branch Office datestamps, both Paid and unpaid "Maltese Cross" types in red, blue or black from Borough (12), Charing Cross (28), Lombard Street (42, one registered bearing a 1d red with 6d paid in cash), Old Cavendish Street (8) or Vere Street (10), also 1833 entire letters with the scarce red Charing Cross datestamps code "CX" or "C+". A fine detailed study in an F.G Warwick album. Jay types 44-57b, 130-144. (102). £400-500
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1841-58 Entire letters and covers backstamped with various unusual datestamps including codeless crown marks (23) in red or black, similar datestamps with a cross (4) or with a crown and letters below the date (2), small single arc Cresswell types of Lombard St. (2) or Charing Cross (6), etc. (40). £160-200
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1845 Entire letter franked 1d from London to Warwick backstamped with the very unusual double ring handstamp "General / Post Office" with date "24th / March / 1845" in red and the standard MR 24 c.d.s (code R). This peculiar G.P.O datestamp only recorded on this one date; its purpose not known. Photo on Page 57. £200-250
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1845 (Mar 24) Cover franked 1d from Brompton to Alloa backstamped with the same code R c.d.s and red General Post Office datestamp, a little staining, a rare datestamp. £150-200
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1847 Cover franked 1d, sent within London, backstamped with the standard boxed datestamp in red and a peculiar small "GENERAL POST OFFICE" datestamp with the date "FEBRUARY / 20 / 1847" around the inner circle, the only recorded example, its purpose unknown. Photo on Page 57. £200-250
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1874-1957 Covers and cards (75) and pieces (28) all with various unusual London datestamps including very large double circles with or without arcs, double circles with the two rings just 1mm apart, large double ring types from Lombard St., double ring datestamps with F.B, I.B or F.S within the inner circle used on postage due mail, etc., an interesting lot, many on pages. (103). £150-180
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Scroll Datestamps. 1882-1915 Covers and cards (27), stamps and pieces (11) with London EC scroll datestamps, covers including early types with central bars and side arcs containing a code number with "A" above and the date below (5), or with central bars containing the date with a code number or time above (3), etc. (38). £160-180
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Scroll Datestamps/Late Fees. 1888-1939 Covers and cards (53), stamps and pieces (8) with scroll datestamps used on late fee mail, many containing an "L" or the late fee amount from ½d - 3d, some covers with additional late fee handstamps. A fine study on pages with cancels from London (19), London E.C, London W.L.O. F.S (4), London F.S (5), Leadenhall St (5), 47 Cannon St. (2), 49 Fore St., East Cheap (2), Mark Lane, Fenchurch St. (2), Fleet St. (4), Gracechurch St., Ludgate Circus (5), Threadneedle St. (7) or Throgmorton Avenue (2). (61). £400-500
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Scroll Datestamps - Paid & Official Paid. 1890-1961 covers and cards (45, most stampless) and pieces (39) with scroll datestamps inscribed Paid or Official Paid from various London offices, nearly all in red, various departmental cachets and registration labels, 1919 cover with a label asking for the item to be returned for an official enquiry, 1917 cover with red War Office Postal Censor cachet and impressed wax seal and a London P.C registration label, 1916 postcard from a British P.O.W in Switzerland, etc. Also a 1904 cover and a piece with violet "Registered" scroll datestamp. A fine study on pages. (86). £300-400
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1905-06 Covers and cards (9) and pieces (5) with continental hammer type datestamps of London or London E.C numbered from "1" to "6" at the base, also a piece with two proof impressions of the London E.C c.d.s number 2 in violet. (15). £250-280
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1844-63 Inland Office diamond type obliterators numbered from 1 to 75, the very detailed study of types on entire letters and covers (371), stamps and pieces (many 100s) in two F.G Warwick albums, the covers including printed matter addressed abroad franked at the 1d rate (11); registered covers franked by four 1d reds and prepaid 6d or 1/- in cash; red handstamps used to obliterate incorrect "PD" or a Registered datestamp; black handstamps used to obliterate incorrect Paid or Official Paid datestamps, "PD" (2) or a charge on a redirected cover, etc. A fine study. (100s). £1,000-1,200
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1854-66 Covers (20), also a piece and 1d red pairs (2) and a block of four, all with Inland Office double type diamond obliterators numbered 45, 46 or 47, one cover franked 3d, probably from the Crimea. (24). £200-250
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1855 Covers from the Crimea franked at the 3d rate (3), one headed "From Pipe Major Stewart, 19th Highlanders, Crimea" and charged a further 3d, also two 1d strips of three, all cancelled by the Inland Office triple diamond obliterators numbered 48. (5). £150-180
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Late Fee. 1853 (June 29) Cover bearing a 1d red (3 margins, crossed by a horizontal fold) tied by the rare Late Fee "38" duplex with square datestamp, code "C", only recorded for June-August 1853, very few examples known. Also five 1853-57 covers with the similar "38" duplexs with chamfered corners to the datestamp. (6). Photo on Page 57. £400-500
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1864-1905 Entire letters, covers and cards (42) and stamps (9) with single vertical diamond obliterators numbered from 1 to 44, three registered, six printed matter items addressed abroad franked 1d or 2d. (51). £240-280
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1870-82 Covers and cards (17), pieces and stamps (22) with seven bar vertical diamond obliterators (Dubus type 24) numbered from 1 to 24, 41 and 51. (39). £150-200
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1870-73 Covers and cards (20), stamps and pieces (30) with circular barred obliterators containing the numbers 34 to 51 within a diamond (Dubus type 25); also 1873 postcard with a 1d red pair cancelled by a similar handstamp but containing four small diamonds instead of a number; 1871 postcards cancelled by unusual 1 or 42 within similar obliterators without the usual central diamond frame; 1862-66 covers (3) and stamps (3) with similar vertical numerals 13-15. (61). £300-350
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1867-68 Entires all cancelled by the double vertical diamond obliterators numbered 47-50, eight addressed abroad bearing surface printed issues. (9). £120-150
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1875-86 Covers and cards (62) and pieces (5) cancelled by Inland Branch diamond duplexs, mostly Dubus type 19 with very narrow double ring datestamp numbered from 27 to 52, also the scarce large number 8 and 14 duplexs (Dubus type 20, number "8" unrecorded used by Parmenter) and squat number 53 duplex (2, Dubus type 21). A fine study on pages. (67). £300-400
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1844-68 District Post Chief Office numerals numbered from 51 to 95 on entire letters and covers (79), pieces and stamps (64) including number 51 issued to the registration clerk on 1852 registered letter franked 7d and an ordinary 1856 letter franked 1d, number 59 issued to the unpaid letter division on a letter charged 2d, the scarce high numbers 75-95 (8 covers + 9 stamps, with "75" on a registered 1d pink envelope franked 6d), "74" in red obliterating an incorrect backstamp (also a black "74" duplex similarly used), etc. A fine study on pages. (143). £500-700
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1855 Cover and 1858 wrapper both franked 1d, cancelled by the two differing "50" District Post numerals, issued to the Chief Letter Carrier, the first believed to be the only known cover with the larger "50" numeral. (2). £120-150
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