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Jacobite Rebellion. 1746 (May 3) Entire letter from trooper John Nugent, serving in the English army under the assumed name of John Purquiss in order to disguise his Catholic religion, sent from Uttoxeter to his cousin in co. Meath, backstamped "UTTOX / ETER" and a "5/MA" Bishop Mark. Nugent relates the regiments marches after the Jacobite rebels in the north of England, marching to Durham, Newcastle and Carlisle, and then to the west to prevent the rebels seizing ports or vessels to escape to France. They then pursued rebels from Preston to Lancaster before joining in the siege of Carlisle, which fell after eight days. He reports the enemy in Scotland all killed or dispersed, and gives instruction on how letters should be addressed to him. Tape repair around reverse seal, repairs to folds and a tear to the address panel, but a fascinating letter with unusually good content. £200-250
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1747 (July 15) Entire letter from an English soldier serving with the army in Scotland, who writes "we are upon our march to Fort William to ye Barracks", addressed to York with faint Ft William and Edinburgh backstamps, charged 8d. £80-100
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c.1760 Entire letter from London with a Dockwra backstamp, addressed to a Mr Flower in the Scottish army at Leyden, Holland, charged 12st. The letter is signed A. Temple, and talks of visiting Norway, Mr Flower possibly visiting Italy or The Hague, and Lord Portlands visit to Holland. Most of Bonnie Prince Charlie's army escaped to France after the 1745 Rebellion, and became a mercenary army, taking part in many European wars. An unusual use of a Dockwra on a letter addressed abroad. £150-180
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1762 36 Page pamphlet "The Question relating to a Scots Militia considered", written and first published in 1760, a few cover faults, the contents fine. Scottish Militias were banned after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-46. £60-70
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1907 (Oct 12) Stampless Daily Graphic Balloon Postcard addressed to Ipswich, flown from Crystal Palace to Sweden with a "TOSSE" c.d.s (Oct 14), boxed "T" and "2d / F.B" charge mark of the London Foreign Branch. The balloon crashed at Mellerud scattering cards over a wide area; it then took off again without the aeronauts and flew another 30 miles to Tosse with further cards still on board. A very fine card carried on this further unmanned flight to Tosse. £140-160
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1909 Blackpool Flying Carnival, complimentary Press ticket issued to C.G Grey of the Aero newspaper; and five picture postcards of the event, three posted in Blackpool (one with stamp removed) with messages concerning the aeroplanes seen. (6). £80-1001108 ) 1910 (Aug 17) Blackpool to Southport flight by C. Grahame-White during Blackpool Aviation Week, special postcard with red overprint explaining that it was only flown for seven miles before bad weather caused the flight to be abandoned, then carried to London and posted with a KEVII 1/2d cancelled in London W.C. (Aug 29). A little creased, otherwise fine and a scarce card from the first British Aerial Post. Photo on Page 175. £180-220
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1918 (Sep 16) Stampless O.H.M.S cover from Paris to London flown by R.A.F aircraft, with cachets of "CHEMICAL WARFARE / LIAISON / PARIS", "AVIATION BRITANNIQUE - MINISTERE DES MUNITIONS / PARIS" and "MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS / DEPT OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION". Circular "FOREIGN AIRCRAFT SERVICES / 16 SEP 18 / 3" cachet applied upon arrival in England, then posted with a red London W.C Official Paid c.d.s. Unusual and very scarce. Photo on Page 175. £200-240
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1918-19 "Stamp Collecting Aerial Souvenir" postcards with an imitation Mulready design, flown from Marquise to Lympne in Kent, the first with France 5c pair each tied by Army Post Office S.20 c.d.s (10 Dec 1918, five months later than recorded by Kennedy & Crabb or Proud) with a boxed army censor cachet, the other with a 10c cancelled at Paris (4 March 1919), both fine. (2). £70-80
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1919 (July 28) Long stampless O.H.M.S cover from Paris to the R.A.F Pay Office in London flown by R.A.F air service, with boxed "ROYAL AIR FORCE / A.P.O S.5 / BEF" dated "28/7/19" and circular violet "FOREIGN AIRCRAFT SERVICES / 28 JUL 19 / 3" applied upon arrival in England, fine and very scarce. £200-240
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1919 (Oct. 1) Cover from London to Manchester endorsed "Per Aerial Post", franked 1 1/2d and 1/- pair, flown on the first day of the emergency air mail service during the railway strike, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 175. £200-240
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1919 (Nov 10) Registered cover carried on the first flight from Paris to London franked 3fr50c, with an oval "EXPRESS" cachet and London backstamp (Nov 11), fine and scarce. Photo on Page 175. £140-160
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1921 (Dec 14) W.T Wilson cover from Birmingham to Baghdad bearing a blue By Air Mail label and inscribed "Cairo-Baghdad", franked 2d + 6d, intended for the first despatch at the reduced 6d air fee which was sent from London on 15th December, but posted too late and despatched from London on the 22nd, therefore flown from Cairo on the 7th January flight with a 10 Jan. arrival backstamp. Just two despatches of mail totalling 988 covers were sent at the 6d + 2d imperial letter rate from London, before mail to Iraq became liable to the foreign letter rate of 3d. Also a fine real photo card of an R.A.F plane operating on the Cairo-Baghdad route. (2). £120-140
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1923 (Oct 13) Lympne Motor Glider Meeting cover to London bearing "Carried by / MOTOR GLIDER / from / LYMPNE to HASTINGLEIGH" vignette and a KGV 1 1/2d cancelled at Hastingleigh. Signed by the pilot J. Herbert James. Only 25 flown covers were signed by the pilot. £100-120
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1926 (May 6) Cover from Putney to Mr Robson Lowe in Paris franked 4 1/2d with a blue By Air Mail label applied, flown during the General Strike, supposedly by a French pilot who was paid 2/6 in cash for each letter, this cover illustrated and described in "British External Airmails until 1934" by Alex Newall. An interesting cover, with Robson Lowe's written up album page. £80-100
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1932 (Sep 10) Tie-on parcel tag with a printed address of St. Benets Vicarage in Kentish Town, the reverse with the printed heading "This Balloon was sent off at S. BENET'S GARDEN FETE (in aid of Church Funds) On September 10th 1932". It is then completed with details of the sender (Master Peter Cameron, 66 Lady Margaret Road, N.W.5) and the finder (Achiel Allein Cultivateur a Reninghe, Belgique P.W, on September 13th 1932), and bears a G.B 1d tied by "BOESINGHE" c.d.s (Sep. 14), which has been accepted as valid. A rare and unusual balloon card, the only example we have seen, possibly retained because it was the winning entry having flown across the Channel to Belgium. Photo on Page 160. £120-150
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1934 (May 23) Cover to Surrey franked 4d, tied by a Nottingham machine with a blue By Air Mail label applied, the reverse with the typed inscription "Pioneer Air Service Nottingham to London, 23rd May 1934. This letter is posted with and will accompany the letter sent by the Lord Mayor of Nottingham by air to the Right Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, M.P, His Majesty's Postmaster-General, to mark the pioneer air service between the two cities", signed by the Nottingham Head Postmaster. A little staining on the front but very scarce. £80-100
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Rocket Mail. 1934 Covers bearing Rocket Post vignettes tied by "TRIAL FIRING / SUSSEX DOWNS" cachet and posted from Brighton (2), one signed by Zucker; and cover with Western Isles Rocket Post vignette tied by similar "SCARP HARRIS" cachet, posted from Harris, the reverse with violet "Damaged by first / explosion at / Scarp HARRIS". (3). £100-120
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1911 (Sep 16) Brown London to Windsor postcard printed from the envelope plate with "copyright" vertically to the left of the picture of Windsor Castle, flown in the opposite direction from Windsor to London, scarce. Photo on Page 175. £200-250
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1911 (Sep 9) Red London to Windsor envelope addressed to India, KGV 1d tied by the London code 3 c.d.s, backstamped at Imphal (Oct 5), the enclosed letter including "I am writing my first aerial letter to you at Evans in Oxford St. - it will be posted here in a special box, taken to Hendon, sent from there by aeroplane to Windsor then in the ordinary way". A few tiny edge faults, otherwise fine. Photo on Page 175. £150-180
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1911 (Sep 9) Red-brown postcard written from the Army & Navy Stores, addressed to the USA, only franked 1/2d but delivered without charge; red-brown card without message addressed to Germany bearing two 1/2d stamps (minor faults to reverse); a real photo picture postcard from the "Flying at Hendon" series showing Gustav Hamel in his aeroplane; and a reproduction photo of the Aerial Post mail van. (4). £280-320
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1911 (Sep 12) Brown postcard with a totally plain reverse, addressed to Australia, franked KGV 1/2d (2) cancelled by the London c.d.s. code 3. These plain reverse cards were intended to have adverts printed upon them but a small number were sold to and used by the public. A very scarce use of such a card addressed abroad, small corner crease, otherwise fine. £170-200
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1911 (Sep 9) Green postcard with KGV 1/2d tied by London 4 c.d.s, the reverse with the pictorial advert for F. Hedges Butler, Founder of The Royal Aero Club, celebrating ten years of progress, very fine. £100-120
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1911 (Sep 11) Green postcard with KGV 1/2d tied by London 3 c.d.s, the reverse with The Gramophone Co. Ltd advert illustrating the dog and gramophone symbol of "His Master's Voice" and the pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski, very fine. £100-120
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1911 (Sep 9) Brown postcard with KGV 1/2d tied by London 1 c.d.s, the reverse with the advert for Brown Brothers Ltd, motor and cycle goods, illustrated with pictures of their new motor warehouses and an aeroplane, very fine. £100-120
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1911 Postcards with adverts for the Remington Typewriter Company, green cards sent on Sep. 9 with the Liverpool or Leeds offices addresses, and a red-brown postcard posted on Sep. 12 with the Sheffield office address, all with KGV 1/2d tied by London c.d.s codes 1, 2 or 3, one with 6mm edge tears, otherwise all very fine. (3). £240-280
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1911 (Sep 9) Red-brown card with advert of the General Accident, Fire & Life Assurance corporation Ltd; and a red-brown card with Car & General Insurance Corporation Ltd advert, both with KGV 1/2d tied by London code 1 or 3 c.d.s, both fine. (2). £150-180
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1911 (Sep 9) Green postcard with advert for The Financial Outlook, and brown card with advert for The Financial News, both with KGV 1/2d tied by London code 1 or 4 c.d.s, the second advert badly stained on the reverse, the first very fine. (2). £120-150
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1911 (Sep 9) Green postcard with Molassine dog foods advert on the reverse, the front with the red overprint "Containing 5,000 Communications from The Molassine Company, Ltd", tiny piece missing from lower left corner and crease to upper left corner; and brown cards with advers for J. & J. Colman Limited or Schweppes Limited, both very fine, all with KGV 1/2d tied by London datestamps. (3). £140-180
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1911 (Sep 16) Brown London to Windsor card flown in the opposite direction with KGV 1/2d tied by Windsor 2 c.d.s, the reverse with the J. Frenkel & Co. advert signed in ink by J. Frenkel, some scraping at left edge and lower left corner creased, the reverse with an ink stain at right edge, still a good example of this very scarce advert. £160-200
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1911 (Sep 16) Dark brown London to Windsor postcard with printed message of thanks from the Organising Committee, incorrectly flown in the opposite direction from Windsor to London with code "2" datestamp. Small fault at lower left corner, an unusual use from Windsor. £120-150
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1840 (Dec 13) Entire letter to Ulverstone bearing a fine 1d black, HH plate 3 with four margins, cancelled by a magenta Maltese Cross of Preston and straight line "BROUGHTON" in black, fine and scarce. S.G. £9,000. Photo on Page 175. £2,200-2,600
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1840 (Oct 27) Entire letter to Blackburn bearing a fine 1d black, HH plate 2 with four margins, cancelled by a red Maltese Cross of Preston and two line "Poulton / Penny Post" in black, backstamped at Preston, fine and scarce. S.G. £9,000. Photo on Page 178. £1,700-2,000
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1841 (April 25) Entire (side flaps missing, seal cut out) to London bearing a fine 1d black, EC plate 3 with four margins, cancelled by the distinctive Maltese Cross of Plymouth in black, backstamped at Plymouth and London. With R.P.S certificate (1994). S.G. £13,000. Photo on Page 178. £2,600-3,000
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1841 (Sep 20) Entire (side flaps removed) to Monmouth bearing a 1d red (LI, plate 16, four margins) tied by the distinctive Maltese Cross of Wotton Under Edge in black, a fine Wotton backstamp and Monmouth arrival datestamp on the front. With R.P.S Certificate (1997). S.G. £20,000. Photo on Page 178. £2,800-3,200
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1841 (June 8) 1d Mulready envelope Stereo A136 to the Wesleyan Proprietary School in Sheffield, cancelled by a superb strike of the distinctive Leeds Maltese Cross in black, two line "NORTH ST / LEEDS" on the front, backstamped at Leeds and Sheffield. A couple of light creases, otherwise fine, attractive and very scarce. S.G. £5,800. Photo on Page 178. £1,800-2,000
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1853 Entire from Limerick to Dublin bearing a fine 1d red pair with four good margins, cancelled contrary to regulations by a central "303" numeral, unusual and attractive. Photo on Page 178. £250-280
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c.1700-23 Entire letters (3) and entires (2) addressed to Coffee Houses including entire letter from Aberdeen sent free to an M.P at Old Mans Coffee House with London and Edinburgh Bishop Marks, free frank to an M.P at Richards Coffee House, other items to Squires, Searles or Lloyds Coffee Houses, one with an archival handstamp, otherwise fine and early Coffee House addresses. (5). £300-350
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1722 Entire letter to Mainwarings Coffee House in Fleet Street, upper flap with a good strike of scarce "LEVER / POOLE" (LL13, 20x10mm), backstamped "28/MA" Bishop Mark, charged 4d, very fine. Photo on Page 178. £150-180
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1734-64 Entire letters to London Coffee Houses, two sent from Paris or Amsterdam, town handstamps including 1734 "MAN / CHESTER" (M9), 1735 "WORK / SOP" (NG 295), "B / RIS / TOL" etc., addresses comprise Shropshire, Cocoa Tree, Bridges, Pensilvania, Forrest and Jamaica Coffee Houses, one a little stained, otherwise fine and early Coffee House addresses. (6). £350-400
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1733-1857 Entire letters written from or referring to London Coffee Houses including letters written from Dicks (1833), North Parade (1767) or Jacks (1840), 1798 printed letter headed from Searles, printed letters concerning meetings at Grays Inn (1842) or Jacks (1857), and 1727 letter mentioning Mills Coffee House (with straight line "READING" handstamp, BR307) or Mount (1807), an interesting lot. (7). £170-200
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1773-1800 Entire letters (7) and entires (3) all to London Coffee Houses, comprising Temple, Oxford, Rolls, Wills, Toms, New York, Worcester, Cecile Street, Grecian and Parliament Street Coffee Houses, the entire letter to the New York Coffee House written from New York with a Dover Ship Lre handstamp, the Cecile Street letter with faults, otherwise fine. Also a free front addressed "opposite the Chart Coffee House". (11). £400-500
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1798-99 Entire letters posted within the London Penny Post, unusually sent between Coffee Houses, one written from Holylands Coffee House to Grays Inn Coffee House, the other written from Old Slaughter Coffee House to Joes Coffee House, both very fine. (2). £140-160
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1804-37 Entire letters (11) and entires (2) all to Coffee Houses comprising Millingtons, Sussex, Richards, Guildhall, British, Furnivals Inn, Navy, Piazza, Somerset, Mount, Salopian or Andertons Coffee Houses in London, also an 1804 entire letter (heavy folds) from Bolton to "Coffee House, Carlisle, Cumberland", the letters to London mostly fine. (13). £400-500
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1810 Printed letter concerning the Glocester and Berkeley Canal, from Gloucester to the Chapter Coffee House in London but endorsed "Not Called for" with red circular framed "R" (L200), used on returned letters (recorded 1810-11), light file folds, otherwise fine and unusual. £100-120
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1843-57 Entire letters and covers to London Coffee Houses comprising 1844 entire letter from Lyme, USA to the London Coffee House, 1852 stampless cover with enclosed letter from Rivas to the Jerusalem Coffee House, and covers bearing 1d reds to Old Hummuns, Herald, Wills, Williams, Dicks, Commercial or Camberwell Coffee Houses, one 1d red envelope containing a printed advert for the town of Leamington. (9). £270-320
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1851 and 1855 Entire letters with named Coffee Houses forwarding agents cachets, the 1851 entire letter to Quebec with superb oval "FORWARDED FROM / LONDON / THE JERUSALEM" in blue, and 1855 entire franked 1d to Fox & Sons in Plymouth with blue oval "W.W SIMPSON / LONDON / BALTIC COFFEE HOUSE" on the reverse. The first with vertical fold but otherwise fine, the second with a little paper adhering to reverse and tears to the flap, a small hole resulting in the loss of the last couple of letters in the cachet. Two rare Coffee House F.A.Cs. (2). Photo on Page 178. £250-300
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1868 Entire from the agent of the cancelling machine manufacturer J.C Azemar in London, sent to Hamburg franked 1d + 6d, boxed "L1" and oval "J.C AZEMAR / 42 ST MARY AXE / LONDON" senders cachet, the reverse with boxed "11 / 12 / HAMBURG / 9-10 Vm" machine datestamp. Photo on Page 181. £120-150
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1870-74 1/2d Lilac postcards with sloper machine punch cancels, an unused card with a proof impression of the London arrow cancel, and postally used cards with arrow cancels of London or Liverpool (left two holes missing), or clip cancel of Manchester, the proof cancel scarce and unusual. (4). £80-100
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1871 (Jan 10) 1/2d Lilac postcard cancelled by the rare Azemar machine with "JG / LONDON / 10 JA 71" within a box and numeral "89" within a vertical oval of short bars. This trial machine only used on postcards in January 1871. A fine example of one of the rarest of all G.B machine cancels. Photo on Page 181. £400-500
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1871 1/2d Postcard from Wilmslow to Bishop Auckland cancelled by the Wilmslow C78 duplex, a clip then made in the card by the Sloper machine at Manchester. A very unusual combination of cancels. £100-120
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