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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY 1850/60 A remarkable lot of printed notices etc. Taken from a guard book of that time giving an insight into the organisation and protocol of the line 48+ items inc circulars etc. Feet warmers for first clas
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HAWKSHEAD 1845 letter with fine Hawkshead Penny Post, 1d red with 13 duplex on the reverse Ambleside and Penrith cds. 1851 letter 1d red franking with Hawkshead udc, Windermere and Kirby Lonsdale cds on the reverse. KGV two ppc
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HAWKSHEAD Penny Post two entire with Hawkshead Penny Post handstamps sent to Preston 1st with Ambleside cds on the reverse 2nd with "p2" Manuscript, Ambleside cds "1841" and Hawkshead Penny Post handstamp with Preston cds on the r
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HAWKSHEAD Penny Post. 1843 entire with fine Hawkshead Penny Post 1d red franking cancelled with a fine MC on the reverse Ambleside udc, 2nd entire with Hawkshead Penny Post 1d red cancelled with a fine mc and Ambleside cds on the
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INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID - range of 1951/3 covers all variously marked by cachet that they are under franked for transmission by airmail (11 covers). £50/£70
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KENDAL 1797 letter to Penrith with Kendal straight line letter relates to a case tried in 1783 taking of peat by the tenants of Grasmere. Interesting. £30/£40
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KENDAL PENNY POST 1815 letter from Ambleside to Penrith with Kendal Penny Post handstamp charged at 7d with receiving house No2 Ambleside on the reverse, superb strike. £40/£50
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KING EDWARD mail to Germany ½d postal card uprated with ½d to Wuerzburg (1902) with a fine 51 inspectors mark, 1904 business ½d card uprated with a superb Wuerzburg cds, 1906 2½d single franking, ppc Canterbury Cathedral with Hano
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KIRKBY LONSDALE 1748 entire with two line Kirkby Lonsdale and Bishop mark on the reverse sent from Dent to Westminster. 1790 entire letter with Kirkby Lonsdale two line sent to Leigh with manuscript 6d, letter from Lupton to Buck
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KIRKBY LONSDALE CUMBRIA interest 16 Victorian period envelopes inwards/outwards 1845 penny pink env ex Blackburn with '98' duplex, 1856 superb early penny star on entire (blued paper), 1856 strip 4 1d stars on env to France with N
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KIRKBY LONSDALE CUMBRIA interest. 16 Victorian period entires chiefly inward with arrival cachets, locally posted inc 1840 penny black on wrapper ex Lancaster, imperf reds inc 1844 Hawes usage, 1830 entire with Preston penny post
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KOREAN WAR 1952 on active service air envs (2) with Maritime mail cachet, 1955 force mail with FPO 790 cds, 1962 air env with fine FPO 740 cds, 1977 env from British Embassy with FPO 1006 cds. A fine selection of 5 covers.
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LONDON BOMBINGS - SECURITY FORCE handstamps on covers 1997 Jan airmail env from Australia to Bank of England, env Aug from Japan, Public Enquiries Group HO-G boxed cachet with security force boxed hs in red (3 covers). £5
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MAIDSTONE 1809 entire with Maidstone/38 mileage hs charge at 2d rate, 1831 Maidstone/Penny Post hs and Maidstone No 2 cds with Receiving House hs, entire from London to Charing charge at 2/5d rate quadruple the rate for the distan
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MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY - AN ARMY OFFICERS MAIL 1817-1839 exceptionally presented exhibit collection of over 20 items detailed on pages (plus transcripts) selected pre stamped mails related to a Lovell Badcock and his career in t
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MOST UNUSUAL QEII pre-decimal reply cards sent to the UK from Africa chiefly 4d cards uprated from such places as Chad, Morocco, Dahomey, Central African Rep, Ivory Coast, Niger Republic to name a few 27 cards. £80/£90
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NAVAL POSTAL HISTORY featuring a superb lot of early real photo postcards of fighting ships and submarines and more. Over 200 items the cards depict many important warships, also includes a good range of censored covers/cards. A
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NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY stamps two large fragments of parcel tags form 'The Prospect Hotel, Harrogate' franked on reverse with black on white (and one black on yellow) NE Railway Company parcel stamps, inc 1d, 2d, 1s, 1s 3d and 2s v
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PRE-STAMP entires (10) 1827 entire with Birmingham Too Late/Mileage hs on the reverse, 1814 entire with fine Bolton mileage mark, 1805 entire with Ashbourn and 139 Box hs, 1823 entire with superb Bath mileage mark with stars, 1851
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PROVISIONAL RECEIVING HOUSES 1839/49 very interesting group of entires 1840 Brighton with 'W' hs, 1839 entire with 'E' hs, 1844 Newcastle with Quay-side/Newcastle hs, Pudsey UDS, 1849 The Wicker/Sheffield hs on an entire sent to L
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RAILWAY - An interesting lot of 8 items of postal history all bearing early Railway Fee Stamps detailed on pages inc. 1916 4d Moorgate Street, large piece with Don't Crush Label and 7d Edinburgh Rail Stamp. Glasgow 1938 7d + 11d
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RAILWAY - early English and Welsh postal history, selected covers/cards written up on pages in album 65+ items with many better cancellations. A very good lot all pre 1940 inc 1904 Newcastle Sorting Tender, Hull Tenders, 1902 Gri
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RAILWAY POSTAL HISTORY with very good early items arranged in an album 65+ items many interesting cds pmks applied to Victorian covers during transit 1907 paquebot cover to USA with Dublin and Queenstown TPO cds, 1860's covers to
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RAILWAY POSTAL HISTORY. A substantial collection in an album of Carlisle upwards to Edinburgh postal markings on selected covers/cards, 50+ items written up. A very good range of early postal markings inc 1850 government act. 1
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RAMSGATE - two stampless entires both marked 'Paid' with large red '1' on front, dated 1842 and 1843 clean and fine (2). £60/£70
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SCOTTISH AIRMAIL FLIGHTS AND POSTAL HISTORY collection on pages (18 items) 1951 BEA 6d flight stamp tied on cover to Edinburgh, a selection of genuine used BEA flight stamps to 2/2d used on pieces, 1966 various Glasgow Airport spe
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SCOTTISH postal history penny post and distinctive handstamps 1840 entire wit ha fine strike of Kirkcaldy hs and 1 both in red, 2nd entire with fine 2 due hs in green, entire from Aros to Edinburgh with 1d paid and boxed Aros cds,
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SHAP TO UNITED STATES 1853 cover with 1d red imperfs (2) and scarce 10d embossed SG57 (Cat £3200 on cover) cut to shape with "48" "above o2" "38 cents" and packet Boston all on the front on the reverse Shap udc. Very scarce item
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STRIKE POST 1971 collection of 45+ different carrier contents franked a variety of private carrier stamps inc Outer Island Agents, Poste Haste, Loyal Mail Harrogate, 50p Oxford Post via France etc. Good lot. £120/£150
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STRIKE POST 1971 collection of 45+ different carrier covers franked may different private issues inc a couple of overseas usages. £90/£95
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STRIKE POST 1971 collection of 50 different carrier covers franked a variety of private carrier stamps (all these lots are different) with interest in overseas usages with courier flag stamp usages, Urchinpost combination cover ex
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STRIKE POST 1971 collection of 50 different carrier covers franked a variety of private carrier stamps inc BMTH/Life Guard Corp/Post hs, Cleveland, items sent from France, Speedy Letter Service 2/- tied to cover, Exeter Penny Post
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STRIKE POST 1971 collection of 50 different carrier covers franked a variety of private carrier stamps. Some interesting items here inc overseas usages, Dorset village 20p bisect cover, Dutch cover with Europost label etc. Good
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STRIKE POST 1971 file box containing a collection of 170+ mostly all different strike post covers all franked local strike stamps including overseas frankings Margate Chamber of Commerce cachet on local cover and much else. Will
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STRIKE POST 1971 Four unusual apparently commercial covers with Strike Stamps affixed to and from USA. £30/£40
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TWO BINDERS with an interesting collection of 19th century CROSS WRITTEN entires (30+ items) some work already undertaken to establish contents. Many interesting postal markings, several are franked imperf penny red. Very divers
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WWI NAVAL GROUP Detailed on pages with postcards of Ships etc. 1911 Newspaper front addressed to HMS Juno with card, 3 items Re HMS Iron Duke inc. Censored, two cards ex HMS Marlborough with censor cachets and dumb cancels etc (1
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WWI POSTAL HISTORY 85+ items, superior quality with useful notes re APO's and locations, a most interesting original lot, many diff base cancels, censors, Western Front group, early ppc of Guard of Honour for Lord Buxton and much
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WWII - POW postal history with many interesting and unusual, especially censor cachets, 50+ diff items, superior quality with useful notes inc Internment cards of prisoners held at diff camps, civilian camp, French POW, very scarc
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WWII AIRGRAPHS - the extensive collection of airgraphs used form many different War Theatres (excellent contents for the historian) 190+ (inc mini correspondence), locations identified inc Beau fighter Squadron, RAF Hurricane Base
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WWII HONOUR ENVELOPES (Active Service and other special stationery) collection of 28, many with useful information and some with contents inc scarce War Economy ovpt issue, good variety of RAF censors and locations inc Iraq and Si
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WWII INTACT MILITARY CORRESPONDENCE Detailed in an album (40+ items) 1941/45 re an Army Sergeant held as POW in Italy and later Germany with many POW cards with different cachets and censors, airgraphs with envelopes, regretted -
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WWII POSTAL HISTORY 80+ items, superior quality with much interesting and with useful notes inc Polish Forces in UK use of registered envelope, press censor label, military airletters with censors, a good variety of identified FPO
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WWII RAF POSTAL HISTORY - fascinating lot of 80+ diff items, much useful information re units and locations, extensive variety of RAF censors both types and locations inc RAF Post 307 (Malaya), 603 Squadron North Africa, good Indi
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1973 25P Royal Wedding in plate 1b block of 4 on fluoresant paper, stated only one plate block was cancelled. £20/£25
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1973 Never hinged mint postage dues in large blocks (printing) with "A" added. 48 sets and independence in complete sheets of 50 (10) total catalogue £350. £50/£60
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1973/2003 TOTALLY complete superb used housed in two luxury Lindner boxed hingless albums, an exceptional complete collection noting both 1973 defin sets, every defin set to £5, MS, sheetlets and more. Huge CV. £300/£360
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HINGED mint loose and in a Simplex album with a face value over £110 with many sets to 1991 superb lot. £70/£80
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REVENUES - 1966 £5 and 1975 set ovpted 'Revenue' Barefoot 86, 91/6 UM (7). £25/£30
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STRIKE MAIL LABELS 1971 private courier stamps, various designs inc Legs of Man, outline of island and two with motorcycle in TT Race all UM (6 items). £100/£120
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