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1836 SOMERSET - Fine entire with PAID AT FROME HS. Charge "4" endorsed free paid. £50/£60
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1840 Spectacular York Minster illustrated life insurance policy (400 x 510 mm) sent through the post to Beverley with YORK CDS. Folds etc most unusual, also 1837 York Assurance Cert used (2) £50/£60
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1842 DISINFECTED MAIL two fine wrappers (extensive contents) with purifications cuts sent from France, various cancels. The lot also comes with the book disinfected mail (Meyer). £100/£120
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1842/71 RAILWAY interest, posted bill boards etc all franked penny reds (perf + imperf) (16 items) inc 1846 Royal Exchange Insurance pictorial letter sheet used from Ireland 1861 pair of penny stars on wrapper to London Royal Exchange, Mi
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1845 GRAND UNION RAILWAY POTTERIES LINE printed letter sheets (2) both pre stamped with mint imperf penny reds (FG + RC) UNUSED with printed addresses for a solicitor in Liverpool. A most unusual matched pair of UNUSED envelopes.
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1845 REMINGTON LINE London and Manchester direct independent railway printed small envelope franked imperf penny red tied London duplex addr to Staffordshire Potteries with Newcastle Under Lyne arrival cds. Attractive and very early r
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1851 MISSENT TO BRISTOL STATION hs on entire from Ottery to London with Exeter and Bristol transit cds franked imperf penny red (poor) tied crisp 377 duplex, faults though a scarce railway instructional hs. £60/£70 {Photo}
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1855 (Jly) Spectacular outsized county of Aberdeen printed lettersheet franked 1d Star Aberdeen CDS and Whitehouse UDC, Endorsed more to pay with handstruck 2 (450 x 570 mm) various folds. £60/£70
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1855 SPECTACULAR four stamp 1/1d rated cover London to Marseille, France franked strip of 3 4d, SG 62 rare first issue rated £1700+ on cover! With penny star neatly cancelled. Various pmks etc. A valuable cover. £180/£200
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1855/76 INTERESTING penny ref usages on small covers (four) 1855 Reading sideways duplex, 1855 Bristol sideways, 1856 CHESTER SPOON and 1876 unusual cover franked 1d tied Southampton, redirected with further 1d this tied Torquay duplex -
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1857 EAST INDIAN RAILWAY COMPANY pictorial wax seal depicting an early steam train on registered cover franked 1d + 4d Weybridge Station bs faults but an impressive pictorial wax seal. £60/£70
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1859 MOST ATTRACTIVE entire London to Paris with pair 4d SG 66 making 8d double rate, neatly cancelled and very fine rated £375. £60/£70
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1867 DESTINATION - VERA CRUZ - MEXICO an attractive wrapper franked 1/- plate 4 tied London duplex agents backstamp endorsed 'Per Aporto'. £75/£80
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1867 DESTINATION AGRAM, CROATIA Extremely rare multi franked cover routed through France franked 6d + 2x 1d making 8d rate with transit and ARRIVAL Postmarks. Very few destination collectors have this one! £120/£150
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1874 UNUSUAL flimsy prices current printed markets sheet folded and with printed label affixed for Rimini, Italy franked 2d (plate 14) tied Manchester duplex arrival cds. £80/£90
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1876 DOUBLE USAGE small env Bristol to Torquay franked 1d tied Bristol duplex REDIRECTED back to Bristol franked 1d tied Torquay duplex. So attr! £35/£40 {Photo}
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1893 TOO LATE FBOPO (foreign branch) cds on penny postal card to Switzerland unusual. £40/£45
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1905 TWO SPECTACULAR cartoon postcards (unused) for West Vale Trams and Elland (both Halifax, Yorkshire) amazing contemporary illustrations with social history contents. Scans highly advised. £80/£90
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1934 AIRMAIL MacRobertson Air Race cover franked both British and Australian stamps special cachet also postcard of aircraft signed by Roscoe Turner. A scarce matched pair (2). £80/£90
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1937 RAILWAY - two superb parcel tags each franked different parcel stamps Swindon Junction 3/- and London and NW 11d + 1/2d, attr (2 tags). £60/£65
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1943 POW cover to British POW, c/o Japanese Red Cross from CREWE censored inc Japanese chop, original letter with censor chop, scarce. £80/£90
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1946 ADDRESS DEFECTIVE/PLEASE ADVISE SENDER violet boxed cachet on a company cover ex Portugal scarce hs. £30/£35
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1969 COVER with 'Leave Vietnam in Peace' label affixed and tied by machine cancel. £25/£30
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AUTHORISED private postal services. A scarce assembly of 64 covers 1980/90's where the PO extended licences to Scout Troops and Charities to charge for delivering mail. All items bear private stamps tied with cancellations. Maj
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BOWNESS 1844 entire with contents Bowness Penny Post hs and 1d cancelled with a fine 412 of Bowness, 1837 entire with number '1' Sorting Office with boxed Kendal/Py Post hs, sent from Bowness 1821 entire with contents with 'No 1'
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COLCHESTER (ESSEX) - THE Frankish correspondence fascinating postal history study in an album with items dating from 1817. 60+ items extensively written up and transcribed inc university matters, some interesting entires with pos
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EARLY machine cancels on covers Edward (2), KEVII (3) KGVI (16), QEII (4) interesting group. £40/£50
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EDWARD - 2½d single franking sent to Germany uprated ½d with ½d postage stamp sent to Germany (2) business env with 2d x 2 sent to Germany, 5 items. £20/£30
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EXHIBITIONS 1910/51 extensive postal history collection written up in an album (55+ items) special cancellations cachets etc inc Japan - British Exhib with postcards and special exhib cancels, international exhib cds 1911 Shepherd
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FOUND OPEN OR DAMAGED AND OFFICIALLY SECURED complete rolls of post office reseal labels (two diff) QEII early issues, one with original twine. Remarkable PO survivors. £80/£90
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HAWKSHEAD 1845 entire with contents Hawkshead Penny Post hs '13' town cancel on a 1d red, Ambleside and Penrith cds on the reverse, 1851 entire with contents, 1d red franking with Hawkshead UDS, Windermere cds and Kirby - Lonsdale
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HAWKSHEAD penny post 1843 entire with 1d red with fine Ambleside MC and Ambleside cds on the reverse, second with similar marks both sent to London. £80/£90
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KENT - RAMSGATE 1842/43 trio of entires all to a cement manufacturer two with distinctive handstruck 1 in red (3). £60/£70
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MACHINE CANCELS inc early town, Buy National War Bonds, Buy War Bond and Feed Gun with War Bonds (21). A good variety of 86 covers and 45 pieces mainly KGV period. £150/£180
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OXFORD College Edward postal envelope (2) endorsed dividend statement 1906 to Bursar Pembroke College 2nd endorsed 1908-09 dividend statements to the same college. £40/£50
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PAQUEBOTS and other maritime items - very extensive old collection in an album featuring 80 covers/cards and many KGV period postmark pieces 1875 cover to Germany franked 3d with very fine Bute Docks duplex, Scottish paquebot canc
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PENRITH Penny Post two entires both with box number '2' Temple Sowerby Receiving House mark 1835 to Kirkby Lonsdale charged t 8d, second sent to Scotland with boxed ½ wheel tax hs both with contents. £60/£70
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS 1937 Folkestone collection of 15 covers/cards variously franked with special cancellations, inserted panels coded cancels, set of four sheetlets in various colours with folder. Good group. £120/£150
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS 1938 Cambridge collection of nine covers/cards with special cancels and various stamp usages, illustrated panels, two sheetlets of labels in different colours. Good group. £80/£90
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS 1947 Birmingham collection of 7 covers, illustrated, special cancellations and various stamp usages inc a superb cover with no stamps applied. £50/£60
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS 1948 Bournemouth - collection of 15 covers on pages, scarce annual dinner menu FU, extensive use of the pictorial env inc defin usages 11d + 1/- etc, wide range of stamp usages, special cancels, set of four spe
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS 1950/54 a collection of 44 covers/cards displayed on pages with many special cancellations for each Congress, special illustrated covers and a wide range of stamp usages. A most interesting assembly.
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PHILATELIC CONGRESS 1955/63 extensive collection of covers for these earlier Congresses in an album (95 items) with wide usages of pictorial envelopes, special cancellations and many diff pmks. An excellent assembly. £25
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PHILATELIC CONGRESSES 1953/80 extensive collection of covers etc housed in three Albums. 200 items - terrific variety strong in 1950's special cancelations very fine condition. £200/£240
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PHILATELIC EXHIBITION London 1950 with Maltese Cross special numbered postmarks and more. Extensive lot of 32 covers with illustrated types, many different cross numbers cover ex the exhibition to Papua etc. Good assembly.
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PHILATELIC EXHIBITIONS ETC 1953/65 very good study of Postal History all with earlier special cancels and illustr covers inc. 1953 Stagecoach illustr postcard, 1954 National Stamp Exhibition items with special envs. 1956/57 Sta
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PHILATIELIC CONGRESS 1940 Bournemouth collection of 7 different covers/cards with special exhibition cancels, stamp centenary set on FDC with special congress cancels (scarce) etc. Good Wartime lot. £100/£110
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PHILATLELIC CONGRESS 1949 Manchester collection of 14 covers on pages, use of diff envs inc Mulready pictorials, special pmks and range of usages. Fine lot. £75/£85
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POSTAL HISTORY in an old album with much interesting and of an earlier nature 55+ items inc superb 1879 Vaccination fold out certificate used from Tavistock, various QV franked covers, very many pre stamp entires with many diff po
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RAF AUTOGRAPHED (P and P series) 1997/2000 an exceptional collection in an album 65 diff (that cost £1300+ at time of purchase) inc multi signed items, much of a premium nature inc W Reid Victoria Cross and many other pilots. All
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