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RETURNED MAIL - RETURNED & REFUSED MAIL; 1887-1983 range of incoming mail from overseas inc. 1887 Netherlands 5c PC to Hull with framed "NOT KNOWN" h.s. on front, 1905 PPC to London franked Switzerland 10c with hexagonal "T/15" and "3D" h.s. on front and mss. 'refused' above, 1921 env. to London franked USA 2c & 10c with reg. cachet and 'Undeliverable' explanatory h.s. on front, 1933 env. to Hull franked NZ KGV 1d with official repair tape, step-type "Not to be Found/383", NZ circular "T/20/CENTIMES" h.s. and pair of NZ 1d p.dues applied and other similar examples (28 covers/cards)
Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, REGISTERED MAIL
£130
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RETURNED MAIL - UNDELIVERABLE & RETURNED MAIL; 1874-1989 Range of internal mail inc. 1874 ½d QV newspaper wrapper endorsed 'Not Known' on rear, 1890 firms wrapper used within London (and redirected locally) franked QV ½d Vermilion with framed "Undelivered for reason stated....." and oval "½D/G.22" h.s. on front, 1936 unfranked and unaddressed env. with Great Yarmouth machine cancel at top, endorsed 'no address' and with framed "UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED....." h.s. on front, 1941 env. to 'S.S.Oneida' with "Cannot trace Ship/of this Name" h.s. on front and several other similar or related examples. (47 items)
Cross Reference: INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V., MARITIME MAIL
£150
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RETURNED MAIL - OVERSEAS UNDELIVERABLE MAIL; Range inc. July 1870 OHMS wrapper to Hamburg from RLO returned on account 'exceeding the limits of weight allowed for samples....', 1901 env. to Basel franked 1d Lilac, underpaid and taxed 10c + 20c p.dues with matched OHMS Returned env. to Weymouth, 1906 PPC to Toronto franked KEVII ½d (2) with "NOT FOUND" h.s. on front, 1917 unfranked 'Active Service' env. to France with framed "INSUFFICIENTLY ADDRESSED/NUMBER OF/BATALLION REQUIRED" h.s. on front, 1930 printed matter to Berlin franked KGV ½d, taxed with pair 2d p.dues applied and returned 'unknown' and other similar or related examples (51)
Cross Reference: OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, SWITZERLAND, PRINTED MATTER, POSTAGE DUE MARKS
£140
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RETURNED MAIL - 20TH CENTURY OVERSEAS RETURNED MAIL; Range inc. 1939 airmail env. to Colombo franked KGVI 9d + 6d with censor tape at left and framed "RETOUR" h.s. on front, 1941 KGVI 2½d embossed env. to Sarawak with framed "NO SERVICE/RETURNED TO SENDER" h.s. on front, 1942 censored airmail env. to the M.E.F with framed ".........COULD NOT BE DELIVERED BECAUSE THE/ADDRESSEE IS REPORTED/PRISONER OF WAR" h.s., 1973 unfranked airmail env. to Malaysia taxed with 20c (2) p.dues on rear and returned, 1994 airmail env. to Iraq franked pair £1.50 Castle + 41p + 1p Machins with reg. label at left and two strikes of the framed "RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE" h.s. on front and other similar examples (68)
Cross Reference: MILITARY - WWII, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, AIR MAIL COVERS, MALAYA/MALAYSIA
£140
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ROYALTY - GEORGE IV fine/very fine signature on 1825 Commission, on vellum, appointing Sir Robert Ker Porter as Consul in Caracas, Colombia - also signed by GEORGE CANNING, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (later, Prime Minister). £1/15s duty paid by embossed stamp and impressed seal at top left (some cracking). Fine item. Also the lower half of a passport dated 1822 with another signature of George Canning and 1831 EL, no postmarks, to Consul of Caracas, Sir Robert Ker Porter. (3 items)
Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS
£200
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ROYALTY - GROUP of DOCUMENTS/PASSPORTS, many relating to Sir Robert Ker Porter, with various signatures inc. 1709 EARL of GODOLPHIN, 1801 LORD MINTO, 1814 Viscount CASTLEREAGH, 1820 Ambassador to Turkey ROBERT LISTON, 1824 TSAR ALEXANDER I of RUSSIA document (not a signature), 1844 ROBERT PEEL. Also a range of South American 19th C documents (5, inc 1844 Argentine passport). Plus leaf from c1477 "Commentum Super Quarto Sententiarum" by Christophorus Arnoldus, printed with hand coloured rubications, fine. (14 items)
Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS
£150
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STRIKE MAIL - 1971 STRIKE MAIL COLLECTION; Large accumulation in box from services across the UK inc. Bannockburn, Bishop's Stortford, Blackpool, Exeter, Harrogate, Norwich, Paisley, Penzance, Preston, Southampton, etc. plus numerous services in and around London. Also inc. circa 50 envs. to Europe & USA via "Special Courier Mail", P. Stationery FDCs (9) with various cachets explaining posting delay. Well worth inspection. (Qty)
£200
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UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD - BRIGHTON - UNIFORM 4D-POST (INC. "Penny Post" RATES) + UNIFORM 1d-POST INC. 6th MAY 1840 "PD1" + LATER "PD2" MARKS; Large blue ring-clip album containing a remarkable range of Dec. 1839 Brighton 4d-Post Period covers (6; inc. two with "Brighton/Penny Post" - charged "1" or "P4" - one "FREE", red m/s "P4" and two black m/s "4") plus a detailed study of the notoriously faint oval-framed Brighton "PD1" (34 in 5 types) and "PD2" (7 inc. some mainly v. fine) marks including several unusually clear strikes (rare thus) and one mainly very fine "PD1" in oval of 6 May 1840 on EL to Colchester. Plus a study of 1829-31 covers with Brighton cds's and a few fronts. Probably the most detailed study of Brighton 4d/UPP-Post covers ever formed. (90 items)
Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD, SUSSEX, POSTAL REFORMS, 1840 1d BLACKS
£200
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - MISCELLANY IN BOX QV to mainly KGV, with pre-stamp, 1d pink, later QV stationery, PC/PPCs etc ranges. Also some KGVI registered items. (c200)
Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY COLLECTIONS
£170
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - BISHOP MARK GROUP mainly EL or Es 1670-c1800 incl. 19 Apr. 1736 EL to Grantham apparently being a copy of a document to Lord Talbot the then Lord Chancellor. Good lot. (21 items)
£200
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - UNIQUE PAIR - FOREIGN BRANCH MANUSCRIPT "BRITISH/PORT" + INSPECTOR'S "CROWN" IN WAX; 1803 E (probably from Brazil) to GB with fair "CORo. MARITIMO" and matching Lisbon "120" on the front but also with fair British Packet Office "LISBON" and unique (?) Manuscript "British 4s-4d/Port[uguese]. 8[d]/5/-" rate as well as rare FB "T.P/1803" on reverse; plus 1838 EL rom "HENLEY ON THAMES" (fine UDC) to London sent accidentally unsealed and so sealed with an 80% red wax seal with an impression of the London Inspector's "[Crown]", and a matching cover without the wax seal. Both Unique in our experience. (3 covers)
Cross Reference: PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, INSPECTORS' MARKS, POSTAGE DUE MARKS
£150
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - RECEIVING HOUSE GROUP: 1813-52 mostly EL or E with pre-stamp selection, good range of different marks incl. Blandford St, Lombard St, Ludgate Hill, Rl. Arcade etc (92); plus stampless range. (110)
£200
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - SMALL GROUP OF OVERSEAS MAIL incl. 3 Aug. 1877 E (side and bottom flaps missing) to Bombay franked two examples 1876 8d. (7 items)
£100
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CHESHIRE - 1779 TO QEII MISCELLANY with the group of pre-stamp mail (13), then later QV & range to QEII incl. PPCs, stationery etc. (120+)
£100
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CORNWALL - SMALL RANGE OF PRE-STAMP/STAMPLESS MAIL with Truro etc. interest (21), then the mixed late QV to mainly KGVI assortment with PPCs, squared circles etc. (c150 items)
£120
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CORNWALL - SCILLY ISLANDS - ST. MARTINS - 2nd-EARLIEST KNOWN(?) COVER - WITH ST. MARY'S "SCILLY" MARK TO LONDON; 10 Mar. 1828 EL (folds neatly to display internal heading beside address-panel) from "George Nance" in "St. Martin's Island, Scilly" to S.P.C.K. in London charged "1/1" with a mainly fine St. Mary's "SCILLY" namestamp nicely placed on the top flap beside a fine red London arrival cds (21 Mar.); interesting contents requesting a small salary for the preacher on St. Martins and the inability of the islanders to pay for one. We have only recorded one earlier cover (1827) from this tiny island. Important Scilly Isles Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish Sept. 2011 auction, lot 777; realised £1,000.]
£750
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CUMBERLAND - BRAITHWAITE, CARLISLE & HIGH HARRINGTON - RAILWAY LETTER/PARCEL STAMPS COVERS, ETC.; Fine 1906/07 pair of Ewen envs. to London with KEVII 1d's plus 2d Green Railway Letter stamps of "CLEATOR & WORKINGTON/JUNCTION RAILWAY" or "COCKERMOUTH, KESWICK/& PENRITH RAILWAY" all tied by London machine or Penrith cds; the first with v. fine purple "HIGH HARRINGTON" Station mark beside the stamps, the other endorsed as being from "Braithwaite [STATION]"; rare pair - commercial examples of these stamps on cover are almost unknown. Plus 1938/43 pair of commercial envs. to Silloth/London with KGVI 1½d Meter Mark or 2d+½d, having fine LMS 3d Orange "CARLISLE" Parcel Stamp or damaged 4d Orange "KESWICK" Parcel Stamp respectively (neither tied). (4 covers)
Cross Reference: RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS, WESTMORLAND, KGVI ISSUES, KEVII ISSUES
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - ALFRETON/ILKESTON AREA - RARE "PEACOCK-INN" HORSESHOE, SHORT-LIVED "BUTTERLEY" S. LINE, ETC.; 4 Nov. 1797 EL (a will) from "Aldercar [Hall]" to Leek charged "8[d]" with v. fine rare "PEACOCK-INN" Horseshoe (earliest known? - only a handful recorded) nicely placed on the front, 24 Mar. 1829 EL charged "6[d]" to Leicester with a mainly fine "BUTTERLEY" (one of only 4 recorded examples) on the side-flap, 1846/57 RIPLEY/SANDIACRE UDCs in red/blue, 4 1904/10 PCs with skeletons inc. HEANOR (small) and MARLPOOL, and 1919/52 PP labels (latter rubber h.s. with KGVI Festival 10/- on piece. Very scarce lot including two of the rarest of all Derbyshire prestamp marks. (12 items)
£240
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DERBYSHIRE - ALFRETON - MISSENT, LOCAL RATE ON TASMANIA COVER, UDCs, REDIRECTED NOTICE-RATE, ETC.; 1834-1905 covers/cards inc. 1839 EL privately carried from Canada to London but redirected with both "Missent to Derby" & "Mifnt to Alfreton" in red m/s, 1834 fine local EL to the Iron Works with s.line but no rate, 1843 EL ex Tasmania with red oval Hobart d.s. charged "8" but then "9d" to Greenhill Lane (rare local 1d), mainly v. fine UDCs of BUTTERLEY (blue or red - latter on cover to India) or IRONVILLE, rare redirected 1891 3d Notice-rate EL with m/s "1d" charge, 1877 to Germany with 2d Blue + ½d Rose-red, 1901 PP Label with QV 3d, 1898 skeleton, and 1903/5 trio of PPCs with cork cancels on KEVII ½d's (of Ironville?). Good lot. (14 items)
Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE DUE MARKS, MISSENT MAIL, TASMANIA
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - ASHBOURNE - EARLY PRESTAMP MAIL INC. COFFEE HOUSE COVERS, 1771 1d-POST, ETC.; 1681-1807 covers inc. 1681 EL privately carried to Nottingham with "A Christmas cheese", 1771 EL from "CHESTER/FIELD" to "Mayfield" endorsed on flap as having been paid an extra 1d (rare early local rate) for delivery, 1797/1800 pair with different size "ASHBOURN" marks addressed to London Coffee Houses - "Wills Coffee House" (receipt endorsement on flap) or "George's" (rare), and 1804/7 pair with different boxed mileages; "ASHBORN" & "ASHBOURN" (latter incl.; "for [Matlock] 'tis so Cross a Post [that] nothing comes certain there..."!). All are rare. (6 covers)
Cross Reference: COFFEE HOUSES
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - ASHBOURNE - UNUSUAL QV CANCELLATIONS INC. BLUE NUMERAL, C.D.S., ETC. + SUDBURY UDC COVER; 1841-72 covers/cards inc. 1841/50 trio with 1d Imperfs. tied by MX, MX with part oddly undated cds or rare blue "28" Numeral, 1848 m/s "2" unpaid EL, 1858 env. with 1d Red tied by scarce Sudbury "829" Numeral with v. fine UDC alongside, 1870 with 1d Red tied by cds, 1881 ½d PC with rare tall "28", and a few superb later Duplexes. Good lot. (12 covers/cards)
Cross Reference: 1840s CANCELLATIONS, 1841 1d REDS
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - BAKEWELL - PRESTAMP, QV, ETC. - RARE 1st-TYPE SKELETON D.S., BASLOW 1d RED WITH MX WITH UDC, ETC.; 1832-1924 covers/card inc. v. fine (rare thus) red 1832 UDC, Jan. 1840 mileage-removed, pair of June/July 1841 letters (no envs.) from the P.O. Surveyor in Derby to the Bakewell Postmaster giving details of the new mail services for Castleton, Tideswell, Stoney Middleton, etc., Mar. 1840 cash-paid E + Mar. 1847 1d Red E with fair black serif or mainly very fine blue sanserif 1st-Type "BAKEWELL" Skeleton cds's (codes "+" or "2" - both very rare if not Unique), 1843 1d Red EL with v. fine Baslow MX and matching UDC backstamp, 1875 PO Telegram with Duplex cancelled by "41" Numeral, etc. Good lot. (12 items)
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - BUXTON - PRESTAMP TO QV INCL. 1st-TYPE BLUE SKELETON, REGD. COVERS WITH 4x2d BLUES OR 10d EMBOSSED, ETC.; 1793-1853 covers inc. 1793 Free with "BUXTON" (good contents), 1845 cash-paid EL with v. fine rare blue 1st-Type Skeleton, 1852/53 pair of regd. covers with cut-to-shape 10d Embossed ("2581" date error cds) or 1841 2d Blue single + Strip of Three, and 1841 1d Red EL being a folded large printed Auction Poster for woods at King Sterndale; plus 1912-57 group inc. rare 1912 "Telephone Express Letter", 1924 Millers Dale skeleton, 1931 Flagg rubber, and 1957 env. with PO Official "Please return this cover" label. Good lot. (9 covers)
Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, FREE MAIL, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, PRINTED MATTER
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - CASTLETON/CHAPEL EN LE FRITH (+ BRADWELL) - PRESTAMP TO QV GROUP, ETC.; 1838 EL/E with very fine rare black "CHAPEL LE FRITH" (with Buxton UDC; endorsed "Refused") or very fine rare tiny "CASTLETON" (few known - an unusual prestamp type)1843 EL with Chapel UDC & MX (creased 1d Red), 1859 1d Red EL with very fine rare orange "BRADWELL" UDC + rare tiny encircled "HOPE" UDC (part lost with seal), and c.1938 KEVIII ½d on env. tied by Chapel "CES" triangle. Scarce group. (5 covers)
Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - CHESTERFIELD - 17th CENTURY COVER TO SCOTLAND, 1d BLACK COVER WITH 1st-TYPE SKELETON, ETC.; 23 Apr. 1692 EL (some dusting) from "Chesterfield" to Edinburgh "By London" charged "3", "4" & "in all 7" with London Bishop Mark, 1800 EL with mainly fine very rare short-lived small letters s. line, 1834 rare local E charged "1" to "Ringwood Hall", 9/10 Jan. 1840 free front with v. fine posthumous "0"-code London "FREE" d.s., and 12 Apr. 1841 E with 4-margin 1d Black (HH; plate 6) tied by Nottingham MX with large part very fine very rare red "CHESTERFIELD" 1st-Type Skeleton cds (the only one known?) right alongside. Unusual group of rare items. (4 covers + 1 front)
Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, EARLY LETTERS, SCOTLAND, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - CHESTERFIELD - PICTORIAL SHEET, UDCs, 1841 2d BLUES, V. EARLY PPC (1897), QEII STAMP AS POSTAGE DUE, ETC.; 1843/54 pair of UDCs (WHITWELL & red BRIMINGTON), fine c.1843 unused sheet of pictorial paper showing "HIGH STREET", 1851 env. with 1841 2d Blue Strip of Three, extraordinary 30 Oct. 1897 small PPC of High Tor (earliest known dated Derbyshire PPC?) used as a label with Jubilee 2½d to Belgium (endorsed "Specimens not valuable" - sample post?), Renishaw/Barlborough skeletons, M. Handley rubber, much travelled env. endorsed "Where posted for disposal" 1903 cds endorsed "Missent", 1956 underpaid window env. with Wilding 1d used as Postage Due, and 1982 charred env. with PO "Fire in Letter Box" label. Interesting lot. (11 items)
Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, PICTORIALS, PRINTED, POSTAGE DUES, POSTAGE DUE MARKS
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - CHESTERFIELD - LD&EC RAILWAY LETTER STAMP COVERS EX CHESTERFIELD & BOLSOVER STATIONS; Oct. 1898/Dec. 1906 pair of philatelic envs. to London/Stoke (Ewen/Graham) with "287" LD&EC 2d Green (corner lost) with 1d Lilac both tied by rare oval "CHESTERFIELD/STATION/L.D. & E.C. RY." mark, or with "1797" 2d Green tied by v. fine purple double-oval "BOLSOVER" station cancel with KEVII ½d pair tied by Cfield cds's. Fine early pair. (2 covers)
Cross Reference: RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS
£140
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DERBYSHIRE - DERBY - PRESTAMP MAIL - EARLY MARK, NEWSPAPER, "TOO LATE", V. EARLY LOCAL MAIL, 4d-POST FREE, ETC.; 1741-1840 covers inc. 1741 EL (some wear) with fine very early "DERBY" and high "1N8" rate, 1788/92 s. line ELs posted in Derby within the town or to Melbourne without rates (presumably unofficial 1d rates; rare so early), c.1801/37 lot at local 1d/2d rates (5 inc. c.1801 EL with poison pen letter contents), 1828 with fine rare "TOO LATE" (few known; EKD?), 23/12/1839 franked E with London "T.P/Rate/2d" during the 4d-Post Period, etc. Plus Jan. 1786 'Morning Post' with PO Notice ref. mailcoach to Manchester via Derby. (11 covers + 1 paper)
Cross Reference: UNIFORM 4d POSTAGE PERIOD, NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - DERBY - PAIR OF 1d BLACK COVERS (INC. PRINTED BILLHEAD) + 1d MULREADY - ALL WITH RED M.X.s; 24 June/10 Sept. 1840 E/EL from Derby each with 1d Black (v. near 4m pl.3 KD, or 2m BE) tied by fine or fair red Derby MXs (latter also with fine Markeaton "MANUFACTURER OF TOBACCO & SNUFFS" billhead inside), each with mainly fine red "DERBY" cds, different sizes, on the front; plus 8 Dec. 1840 usage of the 1d Black Mulready (stereo no. under seal) with letter from Walter Evans & Co. about forwarding a shipment of cotton reels - just despatched to Liverpool by canal boat - to Trieste. (3 covers)
Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, PRINTED MATTER
£300
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DERBYSHIRE - DERBY - BLUE MALTESE CROSS COVERS WITH TWO 4-MARGIN 1841 2d BLUES OR SINGLE 4-MARGIN 1d RED; 21 Aug./17 Nov. 1842 E/long env. to Melbourne/London with 4-margin 1d Red (with overstruck "DUFFIELD-DERBY" UDC on flap) or two 4-margin (just) 1841 2d Blues all tied by the distinctive Blue-black smudgy Derby Maltese Crosses; each with matching blue Derby backstamp. Particularly rare on 2d Blues. (2 covers)
Cross Reference: 1841 2d BLUES, 1841 1d REDS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - DERBY - "242" NUMERALS/DUPLEXES - EARLY USAGE, REGISTERED, 4d-RATES, ETC.; 1844-95 covers/cards inc. 11/13 May 1844 turned EL with 2m or 4m 1d Red tied by early use Derby/Leicester Numerals, 1851 E with v. fine Plate 94 Strip of Four 1d Reds (AH-AK)1848 E with 1841 2d (crease) endorsed "Registered/6", unusual 1866 blue paper env. with two cut-out 1d Pink Embossed stamps successfully used, 1860 E with 2d 'Stars' Pair, 1864 env. with oval "MIDLAND/DERBY/HOTEL" cachet endorsed "Not called for", 1851 returned env. with matching "ROWLAND HILL" imprint PO env., and a few hand-picked Duplex covers with superb strikes. (12 covers)
Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V.
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - DERBY - LATE QV TO QEII - POSTAGE DUE, INSTRUCTIONAL & OTHER SPECIAL PURPOSE MARKS; 1880-1989 covers/cards with unusual marks/destinations inc. 1880 1d Vermilion env. with v. fine "1D" in circle + boxed "More to pay...242", 1892 3d Jubilee single regd. franking, 1897 Midland railway parcel way-bill with 3 different purple Guards h.s., KEVII PPCs to India/Jamaica, 1903 boxed "Not to be found/242", 1904 env. with KEVII 1d "I.R./OFFICIAL", printed matter (inc. 1931 "24" triangle machine, 1947/51 KGVI pair with "1D" and/or "½D" 242 marks, and a scarce range of better QEII covers (1960/1 part parcel wrappers with purple boxed "Posted out of Course/242" or "FRAGILE" label with 2d P. Dues Block of Eighteen, 1968 Belgian P. Dues, 1958 to Russia, 1987 to Papua, etc. Useful collection. (27 covers/cards/fronts/receipt)
Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, RAILWAY EPHEMERA
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - DERBY/GRAND-STAND C.D.S. CANCEL ON QV 2s-6d LILAC + P.O. CIRCULAR REF. DERBY RACE MEETING; 14 Nov. 1882 P.O. Circular page ref. "Special Events" with telegraph services for the month mentioning 17 Nov. "Derby Autumn Race Meeting", plus off-cover QV 2s-6d Lilac Postage stamp with very fine small 12 Nov. 1890 100% complete very rare "DERBY/GRAND-STAND" cds (which must have come from a PO Telegram form at the similar 1890 Races event). Good matched pair. (2 items)
Cross Reference: SURFACE-PRINTED ISSUES, EXHIBITION & SHOW CANCELLATIONS
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - HOPTON/WIRKSWORTH - WILLIAM GELL, POET & FRIEND OF LORD BYRON - TRIO OF PERSONAL LETTERS; Sept./Oct./Nov. trio of ELs from Hopton Hall (Derbys.) to "Lady Charlotte Lindsay" (addressed in the letter as "Lindaraxa" in whimsical style, written and signed by William Gell (also a noted archaeologist and traveller) as "Anacharsis" (one being co-written by Keppel Richard Craven) inc. a small but clear sketch of the summer house he is building; one carried privately, the other two franked by "P. Gell" (William's father) with fair/fine "WIRKSWORTH/139" mileage marks (one redirected in London with "In all 5" charge. Most of this fascinating correspondence is in the British Library. (3 covers)
Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, FREE MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN
£140
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DERBYSHIRE - 1d BLACK FRONT WITH "Overseal/Penny Post" + REGD. PART Es WITH 2d BLUES OR 1/- EMBOSSED ; 1841 front to Nottingham with attractive 1d Black (KA; pl.6?, v. near 4m) tied by v. fine black MX with v. fine scarce "Overseal/Penny Post" alongside; plus part 1846/50 Es pair regd. to Wirksworth with 1841 2d Blues (4; varied margins) tied by Derby Numerals with "P1/-" fee paid in cash or single 1/- Embossed (clear margins but corner cut across at top right) tied by light Chesterfield Numeral (latter all paid by the stamp; 6d fee + 6d postage). Rare trio. Plus neatly mounted & written up collection of covers/souvenirs of 1968 Buxton Philatelic Congress, etc. (33 items)
Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, EMBOSSED ISSUES, REGISTERED MAIL
£150
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DERBYSHIRE - GLOSSOP & N. DERBYS. - 1d BLACK COVER WITH RARE "GLOSSOP/P.P", BLUE UDC, REGD. ENVS., ETC.; 1840-1903 covers/cards inc. 5 Sept. 1840 E with 1d Black (4m, pl.1b OC; just touched top right corner point) tied by fine red MXs with mainly v. fine very rare "GLOSSOP/P.P" alongside, v. fine blue 1843 GLOSSOP UDC, 1884/86 pair of regd. envs. ex Marple Bridge with scarce "733" Numerals (one endorsed "Registered at Marple Bridge" - before cds was issued - the other with v. fine cds), 1914 stampless Glossop PP label, and 1903 PPC with scarce Glossop "1D/499" mark. Scarce group. (5 covers + 1 label)
Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS, REGISTERED MAIL
£160
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DERBYSHIRE - GLOSSOP/STRINES - RARE LNER/GCRC RAILWAY LETTER STAMP COVERS WITH STATION CANCELS; Mar./Sept. 1925 pair of Wilson envs. to Manchester with KGV 1½d postage but also with 3d Green Great Central Railway Co. letter stamps - with m/s "4" or with black "4" o.p. plus purple "L.N.E.R." o.p. - tied by "G.C. & M. STRINES" or "GLOSSOP (Central)" purple Station marks; the first also with purple double-oval "GREAT CENTRAL & MIDLAND JOINT COMMITTEE/STRINES" marks back & front, the other with purple "L.N.E.R./GLOSSOP (Central)/LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY" mark on the KGV stamp. Rare pair. (2 covers)
Cross Reference: RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS & COVERS
£240
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DERBYSHIRE - HATHERSAGE/STONEY MIDDLETON/N. DERBYS. - LATE USE HORSESHOE, BLACK/BLUE "Hathersage", UDCs, ETC.; 1841-1919 covers/cards inc. rare 1844 m/s "2" EL with v. late usage 1790s "STONEY MIDDLETON" Horseshoe, fine 1844/5 pair of 4m 1d Red ELs with v. fine "Hathersage" (Penny Post removed) in black (rare) or blue, UDCs of "NORTON-SHEFFIELD" (red), NORTON, BEIGHTON & HACKENTHORPE, c.1860 Eyam pictorial notepaper, PP labels of Dore, Unstone & Woodseats, 1919 Belgian P Due env. ex Eyam, etc. Scarce lot. (14 items)
Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - MATLOCK/BATH/BRIDGE/VILLAGE - MISSENT, UDC, PP LABELS, "B86" NUMERAL, CROMFORD DUPLEX, ETC.; 1840-1919 covers/cards inc. May 1840 EL with red m/s "Mifsent to" beside M Bath cds, giant printed 1845 James Smith plantsman price-list EL with fine red MATLOCK VILLAGE UDC (crease), 1849 unused pictorial letter-sheet of Matlock, fine Duplexes (inc. rare 1879 CROMFORD/313 on 1d Red cover, 1880 regd. env., Tansley skeleton, and 8 Parcel Post labels (mainly villages). Scarce group. (15 covers/cards + 8 PP labels)
Cross Reference: PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, MISSENT MAIL, PICTORIALS, PRINTED, BOTANY/FLOWERS
£160
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DERBYSHIRE - SHARDLOW, TICKNALL, MEASHAM, & S. DERBYS. VILLAGES - UDCs, SKELETONS, RARE MILEAGE, ETC.; 1834-1909 covers/cards from these smaller villages incl. 1834 EL with v. fine rare "SHARDLOW/109" boxed mileage (1d rate to Derby), 1840 cash-paid EL (toning) with v. fine rare "Measham/Penny Post", UDCs (mainly v. fine) of TICKNALL, SHARDLOW, OVERSEAL & DUFFIELD, mainly v. fine 1902/9 skeletons of REPTON, ALVASTON, ASTON ON TRENT, BRAILSFORD, BORROWASH, DUFFIELD & SWADLINCOTE, 11 scarce unstamped Parcel Post labels, etc. Fine group. (16 covers/cards + 11 PP labels)
Cross Reference: LEICESTERSHIRE, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS
£240
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DERBYSHIRE - STONEY MIDDLETON/TIDESWELL - 18th CENTURY MAIL - 2-LINE + HORSESHOE - TO SCOTLAND; Rare 1744 EL from "Cast[leton]." to Aberdeen with a very fine rare early "TIDDES/WELL" on the flap; plus 1799 fine EL from the same correspondence (50 years later!) from "Foolow" to Aberdeen with mainly very fine large "STONEY MIDDLETON" Horseshoe (early usage; light fold) nicely placed on the front. Two very rare early N. Derbyshire covers; the first endorsed "By way of York". (2 covers)
Cross Reference: SCOTLAND
£140
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DERBYSHIRE - TIDESWELL - RARE DISTINCTIVE TRIPLE-ARCS "(((44)))" SANSERIF NUMERAL (LKD?) ON PERF. 1d RED COVER; 1 June 1856 mourning env. (flap opened to display backstamp) to Ilfracombe with 1d Red 'Stars' (one rounded corner perf.) tied by a very fine Distinctive triple-arcs "(((44)))" Tideswell Numeral with fine blue-green backstamp; we cannot recall having seen this "44" Numeral on a perforated 1d Red cover before - this may be the only recorded example, and may be the latest recorded date for this rare locally produced Numeral.
Cross Reference: 1854-65 1d REDS, 1840s CANCELLATIONS
£200
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DERBYSHIRE - WIRKSWORTH - EARLY COVERS BY CARRIERS OR BY POST (CONFUSED CANCELLED/REINSTATED RATE), ETC.; Fine 1674/83 pair of ELs to be left "at the Blackmoore's Head in Nottingham" - "By Cozen Greatrax" or "with a Booke in a case" - and remarkable 1678 EL (some creasing) by post to London (fine Bishop Mark) charged "3" then cancelled as a free letter and then charged "3d" (with initials) again! The latter was due to the addressee having previously been an M.P.; plus 1816 EL with fine mileages of both Chesterfield & Wirksworth, 1877 Duplex, 1893 Squared Circle on regd. env., etc. (7 covers/card)
Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, FREE MAIL, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS, EARLY LETTERS
£150
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DEVON - MIXED ASSORTMENT QV-KGVI & some QEII, with the range of pre-stamp/stampless mail with Axminster, Exeter & Newton Abbott etc interest (c60). Also later range of mail & PPCs. (c150 items)
£300
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DORSET - SELECTION OF MAIL 1812 to QEII with the good pre-stamp range (32), then later QV to QEII incl. 1904-28 group of skeletons (6). (64 items)
£130
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DURHAM - SELECTION OF MAIL 1796 TO QEII with the pre-stamp range (15) incl. 1803? EL to Durham detailing the family tree of John, 1st Viscount Barrington. Then small group LE items (6) & later mixed range to QEII. (53 items)
£100
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ESSEX - 1819 TO QEII MIXTURE with the range of pre-stamp EL & E (35), then assortment to QEII with PPCs, envs., some stationery etc. (c125)
£100
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BRISTOL - THE RARE "½" SCOTTISH MAIL TAX MARK - PAIR OF COVERS INC. RARE GLASGOW "V[Crown]R" INSPECTOR's MARK; 19 Oct. 1837 & 15 May 1839 E/EL pair each with mainly very fine rare distinctive Bristol "½" Additional Scottish Mail Tax marks on the front; the first ex "BRISTOL" (v. fine cds on top flap), the other ex "DEVONPORT" (fair red backstamp) and showing the postal rate changed from "1/3" to "2/6" (double) with a very fine rare red Glasgow "V[Crown]R" Inspector's Mark (much rarer than the Edinburgh types; seldom seen). Good pair. (2 covers) [Ex Ike Owen.]
Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, DEVON, INSPECTORS' MARKS
£150
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE - 1768-QEII MISCELLANY with range of pre-stamp (29) incl. 26 Oct. 1835 EL to Wales bearing the scarce 'Bristol/5thClsPost'. Then range of later mail to QEII. (100+)
£150
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HAMPSHIRE - 1787 to QEII MISCELLANY with the prestamp range of EL & E (32), small UPP selection (6) & four line-engraved items. Then the mixed accumulation to QEII incl. PPCs & some stationery etc. (c150)
£120
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