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KEVII-QEII Stamps in a box and stockbooks including a range of KEVII and KGV shades used, a large quantity of KGV and KGVI low values with inverted or sideways watermarks, a few Seahorses including Waterlow 5/- used with c.d.s (a few short perfs), a few controls and booklets, etc. (Many 100s). £150-180
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c.1913 Harrison & Sons dummy stamps in pale brown overprinted with diagonal green bars, in a booklet pane of six, fine mint, unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 9. £200-240
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1912 KGV 1d, 2d, 2½d and 3d each handstamped violet "COLONIAS", affixed to pieces of ledger paper. Applied at Lisbon to stamps received as Specimens from the U.P.U at Berne for distribution to the Portuguese Colonies. Minor staining, a scarce group, Colonias handstamps rarely seen on G.B. (4). Photo on Page 45. £180-220
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1912 KGV 2d Intense bright orange, watermark simple cypher, superb used with Oulart c.d.s. With R.P.S Certificate (1996). S.G. N19 (9), £475. Photo on Page 6. £300-350
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1915 De La Rue 10/- deep blue fine used. S.G. 411, £1,000. Photo on Page 6. £260-300
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1924 British Empire Exhibition 1d and 1½d each overprinted type 28 "CANCELLED", the 1d lightly mounted, the 1½d unmounted, very fine and scarce. S.G. £1,800+. (2). Photo on Page 6. £900-1,000
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1929 PUC 1d, L29 and K29 control blocks of six, both with the broken wreath variety on the upper right stamp, L29 lightly mounted on the upper centre stamp only leaving the variety unmounted, K29 unmounted mint, two fine blocks. (2). Photo on Page 9. £300-350
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1929 PUC £1 Unmounted mint, small gum tone, otherwise superb. S.G. 438, £1,100. Photo on Page 9. £350-400
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1931-37 Air mail covers from London to Australia, one registered bearing ½d, 5d and 1918-19 2/6, the others with 1934 re-engraved 2/6 and 5/- or 1934 re-engraved 2/6 and 5/- + 1934-36 3d and 1/-, a few faults, three high frankings. (3). £100-120
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1934 Re-engraved 2/6 - 10/- superb unmounted, the 2/6 and 10/- with side margin, the 5/- a lower right corner marginal stamp. S.G. £1,000+. (3). Photo on Page 6. £550-600
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1935 Piece from a parcel of cine film sent by air mail from London to Australia, franked 3d, 1/- and 1934 re-engraved 2/6 and 10/- (8, with three pairs), most stamps with faults, nevertheless a very unusual £4.3.9 rate. £240-280
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1940-51 Covers and fronts franked at rates of 2/6 or more, with 1940 cover to Argentina franked 1939 2/6 (2); 1944 registered front to a soldier in West Africa bearing 1937-48 3d, 5/- and 10/- ultramarine pair; 1949 fronts to Morocco bearing 1937-48 1/-, 2/6 and 5/-, or 10/- ultramarine; and 1951 cover to Nyasaland franked 1951 Festival of Britain 2/6. (5). £100-120
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QV and KEVII Mainly used official overprints in a small stockbook including I.R Official 1882 6d, 1885 2½d and 1901 6d on piece; O.W Official 1896 ½d, 1d lilac mint (faults), 1902 KEVII ½d and 1d; Govt Parcels 1883 9d (with 2014 B.P.A Certificate), 1/- orange-brown, 1890 1/- green mint (corner creased), 1902 KEVII 1d mint, 9d and 1/-; RH Official ½d and 1d; Admiralty Official "narrow M" 3d, etc. A few faults and some probable forgeries, three other stamps with B.P.A Certificates as forgeries. (55). Photo on Page 6. £400-500
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Inland Revenue. 1857-2011 Covers written up on pages, earlier items including Paid datestamps, QV 1d lilac (5, 3 posted) or KEVII 1d with I.R Official overprints, KEVII 1d O.H.M.S postal stationery envelopes used and unused, etc. (64). £120-150
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I.R. Official, 1892 £1 green, GA used with oval Account Branch, P.O Glasgow datestamp, crossed by a light blue crayon mark, an attractive stamp with fine colour and centreing. S.G. O16, £2,500. Photo on Page 6. £450-550
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1894 O.H.M.S Cover from London to the British Consul-General in Berlin bearing I.R Official 2½d purple on blue, an uncommon stamp on cover. £150-180
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O.W Official, 1903 KEVII 10d, fine used on small piece, with B.P.A Certificate (1999). S.G. O40, £7,000. Photo on Page 6. £3,200-3,600
| G.B Used Abroad | (Also see lots 626, 751-776, 1073, 1115, 1403)|
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Mexico/Cuba. 1845-69 Stampless entires to London (2) or France (2) with double arc datestamps of "TAMPICO" in red, "VERA-CRUZ" (with oval Vera Cruz Mexico P.O datestamp) or "HAVANA", or a Havana c.d.s, four fine British Post Office entires. (4). £100-120
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Colombia-Carthagena. 1876 4d Vermilion plate 15 cancelled by scarce "C65" vertical obliterator, issued to Carthagena in error for C56. Corner fault at lower right, otherwise fine, an attractive example of this plate 15 4d which is very scarce used in Carthagena. S.G. Z30, £300. Photo on Page 6. £130-150
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Mailboats. 1856 6d with fine "A81" numeral cancel, used on the Mediterranean Packets, very fine. S.G. Z8, £160. Photo on Page 6. £70-90
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Oxford College postal stationery comprising Keble College postcard in red and envelopes in two sizes with an albino stamp embossed on the flap; Hertford College postcards in blue (3) and envelopes in four sizes in mauve (8), two with printed "College Notice" heading, some faults. (14). £140-180
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1865 "Lady's Circular" envelope bearing Edinburgh & Leith Parcel Delivery Co. 1865 rouletted ¼d yellowish-green (CD15, fault at left) cancelled "RB&Co" monogram, the envelope endorsed by the recipient "Delivered at my house 2 Windsor Street on the 13th December 1865 closed & fastened. G. Young, 4 Decemr 1865". A rare use of the Circular Delivery Co. stamp on cover, especially with the monogram cancel. The recipients inscription suggests this was almost certainly one of the envelopes collected by the Post Office and used as evidence in their case against the Circular Delivery Companies, who were found guilty of operating an illegal postal service. Photo on Page 12. £1,600-1,800
| PICTURE POSTCARDS | (Also see lot 20)|
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c.1902-1930 Picture postcards in an album and boxes, mostly British topographical cards, a few real photos, villages and street scenes noted. (c.1450). £200-250
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c.1905-20 Topographical postcards, virtually all real photos, a selected lot in an album with street scenes, villages, events, post offices, public houses, markets, royalty, the aviator Col. Cody, etc. (86). £100-150
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Comic cards in an album including Louis Wain cats (3), Lance Thackeray (19), E.P. Kinsella (6), advertising cards, oilettes, etc. Also trade cards comprising Turf Cigarettes horse racing (12), Suchard Chocolate (14) and Liebig's (12), a fine lot. (88). £150-180
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Scilly Islands. 1903-66 Picture postcards in an album (the majority KEVII or KGV period) including real photo cards of the visit of the Prince of Wales (3) and children's May Day celebrations (3, one showing dancing around the May pole), street scenes, Scilly Post Office, wreck of the S.S "King Cadwallon", the boatman Jim Lethbridge, etc., many used with Scilly or St. Mary's single or double ring datestamps, also a few covers. (102). £200-240
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Elizabethan Letter. 1590 (Dec 27) Entire letter headed "By the Queene" and signed by Thomas Berry requesting the loan for one year of twenty pounds to help pay for the defence of the realm, the money to be paid to the collector for the Manor of Richmond appointed by the Privy Council. A footnote has been added on January 23rd by Alderman George Bond to say he has received twenty pounds from Thomas Wheler, with a further note signed by Thomas Wheler at Baynardscastle Warde, London (June 21 1592) to say the money has been prepaid to him. Addressed "To our trusty and well beloved Thomas Wheler, London", a few small insect holes, otherwise fine and a rare Elizabethan letter sent just two years after the Armada. Sir George Bond had been Lord Mayor of London in 1587. Photo on Page 12. £2,000-2,400
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c.1780-1850 Prestamp and stampless entire letters in a box, many Scottish with a large number sent within the Edinburgh Penny Post, also free franks, Harleston handstruck "1", some printed contents, etc., and a quantity of free fronts. (100s). £250-300
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c.1841-74 Entire letters and covers bearing 1d reds or 2d blues, many imperf stamps, some very fine, cancels include sideways duplexes (16), Maltese Crosses, etc. (c170). £200-250
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1841-93 Covers comprising 1841 1d Mulready lettersheet with Scottish Provident advert, posted from Dundee to Glasgow, 1840-41 entires bearing 1d blacks (both four margins, one crossed by a heavy file fold), and three 1893 covers posted within Manchester all franked by ½d orange and a bisected 1d lilac all accepted as being paid at the 1d letter rate. (6). £150-180
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QV-QEII Covers and cards in a box, many QV covers with 1d reds, some multiples, also picture postcards, postal stationery, postage due covers, F.P.Os, some ephemera, etc. (100s.). £200-300
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Joseph Ady. 1828-46 Entire letters from the notorious fraudster Joseph Ady, the first handwritten, the other two printed, also a letter from James Ames (possibly a pseudonym for Ady) requesting a pension payment. Ady's activities led to a change in the law, making it an offence to refuse to pay postage due charges on unpaid mail that was undelivered and returned to the sender. (4). £120-150
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Freeling Correspondence. 1819-34 Letters to Francis Freeling, the Post Office Secretary, including 1834 letter from the Home Secretary requesting the franking privilege for Edward John Stanley who had been appointed one of his secretaries; another 1834 letter from the Earl of Haddington, newly appointed as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, asking if he can frank letters anywhere in Great Britain and whether the franking privilege extends to his secretary (with a copy of Freeling's reply); a request to appoint Miss Jane Grylls Postmistress of Redruth instead of her mother, etc. (5). £100-120
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Canal Posts. 1846-47 Entire letters to William Moseley or Thomas Pointon at Middlewich all carried by boat on the Trent and Mersey Canal, contents concerning the workings of the canal, many sent with goods. Several have the address panels endorsed "Boat", some from or carried by the carriers "Sutton & Co." or "Pickford & Co.". A scarce and fascinating lot on album pages with the 1989 Lancashire & Yorkshire Postal History Society publication "The Middlewich Letters. Carriers on the Trent & Mersey Canal in 1846" by Graham Moss. (58). Photo on Page 16. £850-1,000
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Sunday Observance. 1878 Cover from Bath to a missionary in India franked by 1d red pair and block of four and a 1903 postcard from Borth both bearing different "NOT TO BE / DELIVERED / ON / SUNDAY" labels, very unusual (2). Photo on Page 16 £140-180
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Paid Handstamps. 1808-52 Entire letters and entires with various Paid marks, all mounted on album pages, including scarce oval framed "PAID" of Guildford (2, one with faults), scroll type for Tavistock, straight line marks of Devizes, Frome, Congleton, circular handstamp of Gloucester used during the 4d Post period, also private handstamps of Metropolitan Life Assurance Society, T. Richardson & Son, Law Life Assurance Society and the Bank of Scotland Office at Aberdeen. (29). £240-280
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Paid Handstamps - Rochford. 1839-40 Entires with "ROCHFORD" undated circles and "PAID" handstamps, the 1839 entire also with "Southend / Penny Post", the "PAID" handstamp (16x7mm in black) unrecorded in the British County Catalogue; the 1840 handstamp in red (20x8mm, BCC 367) used with handstruck "1" (BCC 369), a fine and scarce pair. (2). £120-150
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Receiving Houses. 1842-59 Entire letters and covers with straight line receiving house handstamps including "PARK RD No 2" of Liverpool, superb italic type "ADELAIDE PLACE", various types in green, red or blue, also green oval framed "R.W" of York Station, mainly very fine. (18). £150-200
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Receiving Houses. c.1840-60 Entire letters and covers all with receiving office handstamps, mostly undated types including Woore fleuron handstamp, Neston 202 mileage mark, double arc undated circles with "Cape of Good Hope", "Wooden-Box", "The Trumpet", "Waterhead Mill", "Robin Hoods Well", etc., Hibberstone horseshoe type, single ring undated circles of George St., Ballymore, Wollaston and Cross in Hand, single ring undated circles with the name across the handstamp from Chorley, Tything R.O, Frant, Idle and Hove, distinctive Mountsorrel double ring, tiny Cresswell type for Shirley, Small Heath, Moseley, Spark Brook, Yardley, London double arc datestamps, etc. (32). £300-350
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Datestamps. 1831-72 Entire letters and covers showing unusual type datestamps including Scottish type single ring c.d.s used at Droitwich and Wednesbury; distinctive Birmingham types with small double arc types (3, possibly Cresswell's), double circle with serifed lettering or san-serif double circle with inner arc split by the year date and single ring serif types; small Manchester double circles; split bar types of Bristol, Shrewsbury and Dundee; Bristol IN types; Dundee double arcs containing Paid, etc. Also 1904-17 postcards with Scottish type double circles used at Haswell, Murton Colliery or South Hetton with the office numbers K34-K36 at base. (54). £350-400
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1884 Printed prices current from Glasgow to Triest franked ½d blue, an Austrian 2kr newspaper tax applied and cancelled at Triest. Horizontal fold crosses the G.B stamp, otherwise fine and unusual. £80-100
| Air Mails | (Also see lots 1144, 1155-59)|
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1911-61 Internal flight covers and cards including 1911 First UK Aerial Post postcards (2, one from Windsor) and London emergency printing envelope, 1935-36 "BY AIR MAIL" cachets of Glasgow (8) including examples of the rare handstamp with the blank centre symbol intended for use on registered mail only (2, one incorrectly used on an ordinary letter) and the very rare machine mark incorporating the Glasgow datestamp, etc. (21). £200-240
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1919 (Oct 1) 1½d Postal stationery envelope bearing KGV 1/- pair all cancelled at Haddington, inscribed "via air service" and addressed to London, flown from Glasgow to London on the 2nd October, the first day of the emergency air service from Glasgow, which operated for six days during the national railway strike. A couple of small opening faults at upper edge, otherwise fine and a scarce commercial cover. Photo on Page 16. £180-240
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1919 (Oct 6) Cover from Bristol to London franked KGV 1½d and 1/- pair, inscribed "Per Air Service" and bearing a red Express label, flown on the last day of the emergency air service which operated for six days during the national railway strike. The Bristol service was the least used of all the air post services during the strike; a very scarce commercial cover, unusual with an Express label. Photo on Page 16. £350-450
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1920-37 Postcards sent by air mail to Europe comprising cards to Germany franked 2½d (4), 3½d, 4d, 4½d or 5d; to Austria franked 2½d, 4½d or 5½d; to Denmark franked 2½d or 4d (Paquebot c.d.s), or franked 2½d to Roumania, Italy or Belgium (2), 3d to Hungary, 4d to France or Switzerland (a very early use of the first Air Mail label on 19 Aug. 1920), 4½d to Sweden or Holland, or sent express delivery to Czechoslovakia franked 8½d. Also a 1923 card franked 3½d to Poland handstamped "NO FLIGHT / SENT BY / ORDINARY SERVICE". An unusual lot, sent by various airlines, the 1935 card to Hungary with London-Budapest first flight cachet, comparatively few postcards sent by air mail. (24). Photo on Page 16. £400-500
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1927-38 Postcards sent by air mail comprising cards to Chile franked 1/4 (via USA) or 2/- (German air service), to Argentina by German air service franked 2/-, to India franked 1/-, to Australia franked 4½d or 5½d or to New Guinea at the 1d empire all-in rate, to Nyasaland or South Africa franked 5d, or franked 3d to USA, Tanganyika, South Africa (2), Burma or Syria. Also 1932 leaflet "Air Mail, Reduced Rates for Postcards" and 1933 leaflet of Air Mail rates with an enclosed supplement showing the route and giving the rates and times for the air mails to Africa and India. A very unusual and scarce lot, comparatively few postcards sent by air mail. (18). £320-380
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1924-82 Covers and cards (55) and pieces or stamps (7) with various Air Mail cancels or cachets including boxed cachets on incoming 1938-39 covers giving the correct air mail postage rates (14, five differing types, one unusually in red), boxed "MINIMUM LETTER POSTAGE / UK TO PALESTINE 3d" applied at Jerusalem, WW2 "Air Service Not Available" cachets (4), 1924 6d cover to Berlin with "NO FLIGHT / SENT BY / ORDINARY SERVICE", 1930 cover to Penang with "NO AIR MAIL SERVICE / Please ask your correspondents to / see Air Mail leaflet", 1931 cover from Teheran "RECEIVED TOO LATE / FOR INCLUSION IN AIR DESPATCH", 1929 covers from Galway with invalid GB stamps and "Too Late for Air Mail" (2), 1934 cover to H.M.S "Medway" with "INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED FOR / TRANSMISSION BY AIR MAIL / SPECIAL FEE REFUNDED BY BRITISH / POST OFFICE ON APPLICATION", etc. (62). £300-350
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Airport Cancels. 1925-84 Covers (49, some flown on first flights), pieces (11) and certificates of posting (22) with various airport cancels including Croydon, Waddon, Prestwick, Feltham, Hemswell, Gatwick, Digby, etc., all on album pages. (82). £200-250
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1931-35 Covers with Aerodrome skeleton cancels used at special events comprising registered covers with datestamps of Calshot (12 AU 31, used during the Schneider Trophy race) or Mildenhall (20 OC 34, used at the Robertson Air Race), and 1935 (JY 6) skeleton of Duxford used during the Silver Jubilee review (unrecorded by Pearson). (3). £120-150
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1911 (Sep 9) Brown London to Windsor postcard franked KGV ½d, the reverse with the printed advert for Old Orkney Whisky from the Stromness Distillery. Tiny tear at top, otherwise very fine and a scarce advert. Photo on Page 16. £160-200
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