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1858 REGISTERED entire from London to Macclesfield, franked 1855-7 6d lilac and 2d 'stars', posted 1.1.58, clear Macc 2.1.58 arrival mark and fine wax seal on reverse. £45/£60
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1860 REGISTERED entire from London to Macclesfield franked 1855-7 4d and 6d pale lilac, neat item with fine wax seal on reverse. £45/£60
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1903 (Circa) Pen and Ink Drawn Cover of Pony and Trap, Riders with hat blown away etc. Unused. A fine Edwardian period envelope £70/£80
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1906 RAILWAY DISASTER at Elliot Junction Station graphic photo postcard fine used unusual. £40/£50
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1911 SPECTACULAR insured/registered cover to Denmark franked QV 4½d Jubilee, Edward 1½d + KGV ½d opened out to display the many backstamps unusual. £60/£70
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1920 Parcel Piece carried by rail, franked 2d + 2/- Great Western Railway Parcel Stamps, neatly cancelled. Scarce item. £40/£45
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1930 FLIGHT cover from the Isle of Wight to Peria 'APOC' Geological Dept, with 7d franking (5d + 2d) endorsed by Airmail and 'T' hs, backstamped 'Mohanmerah'. A scarce envelope. £60/£70
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1945 HMS DUKE OF YORK/Sept 2nd 1945/TOKYO BAY large violet cachet on 6d cover to South Africa, British Fleet Mail/12 cds, surrender of Japan. Superb cover. £60/£70
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1997 SECURITY FORCE - boxed hs on three covers mail with checked due to bombings in London env from Australia, Japan and the UK to the Bank of England. £50/£60
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BULK MAIL POSTAGE IMPRESSIONS - rarely offered lot of many 1000's diff cut outs housed in six expensive albums plus many loose illustrating the development of impressions and designs. Remarkable! Large carton. £60/£70
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CHARITY POSTS scarce collection of 45+ different private carrier covers of the 1980's (all authorised by PO) and commercial inc Otford Girl Guides Courier Post cachets. The use of private labels inc Morcambe Scout group Christmas
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COVER BOX with a very good accumulation inc 18 pre stamp entires with 'Paid' hs and other postal markings, Bank of England reply envelopes with interesting contents, QEII FPO mails with diff cds and much more. Excellent quality,
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COVER BOX with a very good accumulation of chiefly KGVI usages especially WWII censorship interesting rates to overseas destinations, interesting usages inc 11d, 1/- single frankings, many interesting multiple usages, 2/- rate to
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FIRST FLIGHT COVERS - group of 1934 covers inc three pre paid envs, inscribed London - Liverpool, Glasgow - Liverpool and Plymouth - Liverpool, two covers flown on 29.5.34, Kirkwall - Inverness and Inverness - Orkney, also British
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FORCE overseas registered envelopes uprated used, note 1971 3/- env uprated with ½p + 3½p + 4p use for one month, 1965 1/9d uprated with 3d cancelled FPO 792, 1970 20p env uprated 3p with FPO 1040 (Jufair Garrison) dated 1 July 19
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FORCES MAIL - Korea 1952 env from a officer on active service with 2½d KGVI franking, undated env with QEII 2½d with Post/Office Maritime Mail slogan cancel both covers sent to Nunt, 1955 airmail env with KGVI 1d + 1½d FPO 790 can
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FORCES OVERSEAS REGISTERED envelope unused QEII (23) with values to £1.10p and KGVI 3d green 1944 size 'G' in very fine condition scarce. £100/£120
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KENT entire dated 1809 with Maidstone/38 Mileage mark, sent to Charing 1831 entire with Maidstone/Penny Post handstamp and Receiving House mark and Maidstone No 2 cachet, sent to Margate 1815 entire sent to Charing with 2/5 endors
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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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METER MARKS study circle literature extensive lot of over 100 newsletters 2001/2014 in a carton packed with essential information. £30/£40
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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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POSTMARK SOCIETY journals vast lot for 1990 to 2014 stored in file boxes in large carton. Colossal amount of information on postmarks! £50/£60
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PRISONER OF WAR letter sheets sent from camps in the UK to Germany or Italy with different camp number marks, Camp 23 Sudbury, Campy 25 Leamington, Camp 186 Colchester, Camp 51 Grantham, Camp 46 Kings Fold, Camp 44 Gouthurst, Camp
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PRIVILGE envelopes WWII an interesting group of covers inc 1952 env with His crossed out and endorsed Her from British sector in Germany with Privilege printed side being crossed out and War Economy and Unclassified hs, RAF Privil
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QEII letter card 1955/69 mint and used with special cancels note 1965 2½d with Blood Donors slogan cancel FDI with cat cut-out showing one for sale at £50, with different type of letter card and cancel. A very fine collection of
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QEII letter cards with FDI cancels 1971/82 with a variety of values inc 11½p uprated with ½p for new increase in postage rates and 14p uprated ½p + 1p due to postal increase. A fine collection of 21 cards, seldom seen with FDI ca
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RAILWAY parcel paid stamp labels 1911 piece wit h4d prepaid Metropolitan Railway Mooregate Street, 1936 large piece with 7d Parcel stamp LNER with Owners Risk Rare label nearby and Don't Crush label, 1935 env with 3d London Midlan
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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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RECEIVING HOUSE marks on entires 1844 Pudsey to Gomersal with Pudsey UDC, 1845 entire with Hunslet/Leeds two line hs, 1848 entire with Woodhouse Lane one line hs, 1845 entire with Kirkgate hs, 1844 entire with Quay-side/Newcastle
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SCOTTISH postal history mainly 1840 with a variety of marks 1840 entire with Kircaldy/21 Feb/1840 and handstruck 1 nearby, March 18 with handstruck '2' Aros Dec 14 with box Aros and handstruck 1 nearby, Arbrouth/No 7/1840 with two
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SHIP LETTER from Jamaica to Whitehaven, 1775 without any postage charge presumably carried on the addressees own ship therefore no charge the letter talks about the low price of hams and how expensive sugar is. A superb item and
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SLOGAN CANCELLATIONS of Great Britain 1937/70 with 100's of covers and pieces arranged in date order housed in 13 albums. Many superb early slogans in excellent condition including items sent to special collectors of these issues
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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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WORLD WAR TWO - 1939 envelope with letter sent from Vienna to Kitchener Camp near Sandwich was used to accommodate Jewish refugees, 1940 reused env with OHMS label attached and Prisoners of War/Information Bureau cachet.
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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 an interesting group of 80+ covers/cards chiefly Western Front Forces, Australian Force FPO HO1 sent South Australia with contents, 1916 censor cover with censor label and War ½d seal on the reverse, env with FP
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WWII postal history air graphs seen RAF Squadron in 52, 614, 223, 73, 104, 46 Squadrons, RAF El-Adem Tobruk to UK, excellent contents with over 190 air graphs, seldom seen in this quality superb for study. £450/£500
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1973/81 UNMOUNTED MINT collection in two stock books inc 1973 postage due both sets many sets as gutter pairs, cylinder or traffic blocks. Note 1978 definitive to £2 as cylinder blocks of 4. A fine and very useful collection 230 items,
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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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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
| GREAT BRITAIN - K) USED ABROAD | |
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BRITISH GUIANA - Georgetown 1858-60 6d lilac with 'A03' numeral cancel, SG Z3, few trimmed perfs at base cat £120. £30/£40
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JAMAICA - Kingston 1859/60 6d lilac, SG Z10, fine used 'A01' pmk. £30/£40
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Scarborough Picture Postcard, chiefly pre- 1915. Images of Mere and Olivers Mount, The Valley Bridge and Spa Entrance, Holbeck Gardens, The Castle, The Valley and Brige, a fine selection of 27 each different. £35/£40
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1953 Lundy Coronation postage in complete sheets 1p, 9p and 12p scarce as complete sheets of 120 fresh UM. £120/£140
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1953 Lundy Island coronation air ovpt. In a complete sheet 2p and 4p sheet of 60 fresh UM. Scarce in complete sheets. £50/£60
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ERROR Summer Isles ½p on 1d sheetlet with inverted ovpt and albino ovpt most unusual sheetlet of 25. £30/£35
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ERRORS Summer Isle Mackerel ½p on 1d as sheetlets of 25 inc small '½p' ovpt, albino ovpt, inverted and albino ovpt. A fine lot of 3 sheetlets. £80/£90
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ERRORS/VARIETIES Summer Isles ½p on 1d as sheetlets with albino ovpts, inverted ovpts, small '½p' interesting group of Atlantic Mackerel sheetlets (4). £100/£120
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1969/89 UNMOUTNED MINT in three stock books very complete for the period inc definitives, commemorative many sets as gutter or cylinder blocks, sheetlets and MS note £5 Arm definitive gutter block of 4 (2) with a face value over £390 supe
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