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MILITARY - CAMPS, ETC. IN G.B. - WWI PRISONER-OF-WAR MAIL: Trio of covers being 1915 (19 Mar.) env from prisoner on 'H.M.T. Ascania' with Ryde 19 Mar 1915 cds & "PASSED CENSOR." s/l handstamp in red, 1915 (8 Apr.) env from Germany to prisoner on 'H.M.T. Ascania' with "POST FREE/P.C./PRISONERS OF WAR" cachet and env from prisoner on 'H.M.T. Lake Manitoba' (at Portsmouth) to Austria plus used PPCs of 'H.M.T. Saxonia' and 'H.M.T. Ascania'. (5 items) Cross Reference: ISLE OF WIGHT, PRISONS & PRISONERS, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL £150
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - THREE ALBUMS with the range of newspaper tax stamps from distinctive dies of the 1837 first series & 1855 second series. Also a range of wrappers documenting the evolution of the special "Stamford Mercury" postmark to 1973; also wrappers/postal stationery for "Northern Chronicle", "Daily Graphic", "Punch", etc. Second album contains a study of pre-1870 Newspaper Branch obliterators mainly on 1d red perfs. and a study of Book Post cancels & pre-cancels for wrappers & printed matter. Third album dedicated to post-1870 'killer' marks of the London Newspaper Branch. (Few 100s stamps plus c.80 covers/wrappers) £150
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - TWO ALBUMS with the collection of newspaper & Book Post wrapper cancels. One album contains a study of London Chief P.O. Inland Section marks, Foreign Branch marks, London District killer marks, etc. Some rae experimental marks noted. Second album contains a miscellany of 18th. Century newspaper tax marks & triangular cancels on cover. (Approx 250 stamps/tax stamps plus 40 covers/wrappers) £100
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - EDINBURGH & GLAGOW PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER BRANCH CANCELS: Album with the study of single & double circle, and oval handstamps of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Newspaper Branches from 1870s onwards. We note very rare Edinburgh experimental cancel - recorded by Stitt-Dibden as killer mark type 64. Many good examples of the Glasgow "Union Jack oval". (Few 100s plus c.28 wrappers/covers) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND £90
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - EARLY SCOTTISH NEWSPAPERS: Accumulation of complete newspapers from the 1860s, noting the 'North British Advertiser' (24 without tax stamps, 11 with red tax stamps), 'Edinburgh Evening Courant' (11 - without tax stamps). Also single copies of 'Aberdeen Herald', 'Peebleshire Advertiser', 'Dundee Advertiser', 'Edinburgh Gazette' & 'Glasgow Herald' from the same period. Interesting contents throughout incl. Cattle Plague (Rinderpest), Railways & Stations, etc. (c.39 newspapers) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS, SCOTLAND £240
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - EARLY SCOTTISH NEWSPAPERS: Large display boards with a range of mainly Scottish provincial newspapers, 1713-1850s showing the evolution of the newspaper tax stamp. Newspapers incl. 1713 'Evening Post', 1798 'Edinburgh Advertiser', 1802 'Edinburgh Gazette', etc. and some later editions of the 'Illustrated London News'. (Approx. 16 complete or substantially complete papers) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS, REVENUES £240
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - SCOTTISH NEWSPAPERS: The collection of 19th. Century Scottish newspapers on large display board format, demonstrating a variety of newspaper tax stamps. We note 1855 'Stirling Describer', 1863 'Inverness Courier', 1863 'Aberdeen Herald', 1863 & 1864 'Glasgow Herald', 1865 & 1867 'North British Advertiser', 1866 'Edinburgh Evening Courant', 1867 Aberdeen Journal, 1868 'Dumfrieshire & Galloway Herald & Register' and 'Peebles Advertiser', etc. Many Postal related notifications throughout. (15 complete newspapers) Cross Reference: NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS, REVENUES, SCOTLANDFALSE £150
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, NEWSPAPER TAX STAMPS, PRE-PAID WRAPPERS, ETC: Collection of 19th. Century newspapers on display boards, showing a variety of black newspaper tax stamps (1853-70). Publications incl. 1860 & 1862 'Illustrated London News' containing reports on American Civil War, 1864 'Times', 1861 'Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury', etc. Also a range of QV-KGV printed newspaper wrappers demonstrating a variety of different pre-cancels. (c.6 newspapers & 11 wrappers/lettersheet) Cross Reference: REVENUES, NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER STAMPS £100
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NEWSPAPER MAIL - ALBUM with the collection of wrappers/printed envs. demonstrating a variety of pre-paid Newspaper Branch cancels. Covers incl. a range of business circulars, tradesmans' invoices, commercial information, society notices, company reports, etc. (c.44 wrappers/envs.) £90
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PARLIAMENTARY MAIL - RARE HOUSE OF COMMONS USAGE OF QV REGD. ENVELOPE + RARE "HP/1" CANCEL 1d RED COVER, ETC.; 26 July 1859 env. to Broadway with 1d Red tied by a mainly fine rare "HP/1" Numeral with matching rare "HOUSE-OF-PARLIAMENT/S.W" cds on the side-flap, remarkable 18 Mar. 1879 usage of the small QV 2d Regd. env. to Edinburgh with 1d Red tied by unclear Numeral but also having a mainly fine rare "HOUSE OF COMMONS" cds (rare on registered mail) on the reverse, 1865 Official Paid env. to France & 1877 local Guernsey 1d Red env. with "BUREAU DES ETATS GUERNSEY" flap. We can recall having seen only one other House of Commons cds on a QV regd. envelope. (4 covers) £160
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POSTAGE DUE MARKS - 20th CENTURY POSTAGE DUE MAIL; Extensive range in carton inc. 1912 PPC to Malta franked KGV ½d with tax marks on front, 1920 unfranked front ex Antwerp with 1d p.dues (6) affixed, 1934 unfranked to returned and taxed with 1d p.due 1949 airmail env. to England franked Norway 25 ore pair with 1d & 5d dues on front, 1961 env. to London franked GB 3d with "3d/TO PAY/LIABLE TO/LETTER RATE" h.s. with 3d due affixed, 1968 large wrapper to Poland franked QEII £1 & 10/- Castles & 1/- Wilding, returned and taxed with 10/-, 5/-, 1/- & 6d p.dues, 1969 env. to Malta franked 4d Machin with tax mark on front, 1976 env. to Belgium franked 6½p Machin with tax marks and return to sender labels on front and many other related examples (hundreds) Cross Reference: QEII ISSUES, POSTAGE DUES £150
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POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. - UNIQUE PRE-FIRST DAY USAGE OF THE FIRST BRITISH POSTCARD - 30th Sept. 1870 CARD CHARGED "2D" FROM YORK; Extraordinary 30 Sept. 1870 local York usage of the large format 1870 ½d Lilac Postal Stationery Postcard to one "Geo. Wyndham Binns, Mrs. Allen's, 7 St. Leonards Place, York", cancelled by a superb small "YORK" cds of "SP 30/70" but also having a superb matching York encircled "2D" Postage Due mark alongside, because these cards, although available for purchase just prior to the 1st Oct. 1870, were not allowed to be used until the official 1st October 1870 date of issue! The 2d charge was for the fully unpaid letter rate (no ½d rate existed until the following day). The message appears to be entirely commercial: "Don't forget your Samples. W.W.A.". The only such pre-issue usage of this card of which we are aware. [With 1990 RPS certificate.] [Provenance: Phillips Stamp Auction, April 1990, lot 148; realised £3,030.] Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, FIRST DAY COVERS, YORKSHIREFALSE £1,500
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POSTAL STATIONERY, Q.V. - FIRST DAY OF STAMPED POSTCARDS IN BRITAIN - 1st Sept. 1894 - FANCY OWLS POSTCARD WITH JUBILEE ½d VERMILION; Superb 1 Sept. 1894 privately produced grey court-size Postcard (with fancy embossed white "ENTRE NOUS" device depicting two amorous owls on a twig at top left on the front) sent locally with QV Jubilee ½D Vermilion tied by a superb "EALING/1/SP 1/94/W." cds; the beautifully written message reads thus: "Just a line to let you know that the post office has sanctioned the use of private postcards with adhesive halfpenny stamps. This will probably be the first one through. Chas. Crowe. Augt. 31/84". We have only recorded 3 such first day stamped cards of 1 Sept. 1894, and this is by far the finest and most unusual. Marvellous Page One for any Picture Postcards Collection. [Ex Cavendish March 2004 auction; lot 1397, realised £2,823.] Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS, 1887-1892 JUBILEE ISSUES, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, PICTURE POSTCARDS £1,200
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - SMALL BOX with the c.1736-1973 accumulation of ELs, covers, cards, etc. incl. 'Bishop' marks (5), 'Crown' "FREE"s (3), "PAID" marks, Inspectors' stars (2), 1839 4d post, handstamped "2" & "3", 2d Post Paid, "TOO LATE/GPO" (3), "More to Pat" mark, straight line & circular Receiving House marks, 1846 EL to Milan, redirected & missent, KEVII/KGV postcards with charge marks, Regd. letters, Express, etc. (c.91 items) £120
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LONDON POSTAL HISTORY - THE RARE "REBATE/[Crown]/F.B.O." OVAL POSTAGE DUE REFUND D.S. ON COVER EX RUSSIA; 28 Oct. - 18 Nov. 1839 EL from "St. Petersburg" to London "Via Hamburg & London Steamer" with various manuscript rates culminating in a "5/-" charge (triple rate) but endorsed "Only double, Fred Huth & Co." on the flap and so having a very fine rare black oval "REBATE/[Crown]/F.B.O." d.s. (Jay L298c; 23 Nov.) upside down (as usual for this) on the front; a refund of 1s-8d would have been given. Very rare thus; this "F.B.O." mark was only recorded in use for 3 weeks (12 Oct. - 8 Nov., but this example extends the period of known use) and very few are known. [Rather finer than the 'Harper Collection' cover; CPA, 19/3/2009, lot 2015; sold for £690.] Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: RUSSIA, GERMAN STATES, POSTAGE DUE MARKSFALSE £400
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - EARLY WILTSHIRE COUNTY MAPS - RARE 1627 VAN DEN KEERE & 1673 BLAUE; Very small, rare, hand-coloured 1627 Van den Keere (143x105 mm), and a larger 1673 hand-coloured Richard Blaue (282x348 mm; slight edge faults and some toning; central fold as usual). Very attractive documents. (2 items) Cross Reference: MAPS £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - WILTSHIRE COUNTY MAPS COLLECTION; 1731-1837 maps (they mostly fit album pages and are mostly very fine) inc. small 1731 hand-coloured Owen & Bowen, finer c.1769 T. Kitchin, 1776 John Sellar, 1787 Francis Grose, c.1800 simplified small map, 1810 small J. Wallis, c.1831 + 1837 Lewis pair, and 1840 Joshua Archer. Plus scarce 1845 "List of Parishes & Places" pamphlet (Shaw & Sons). Good lot ideal for illustrating a PH collection. (10 items) Cross Reference: MAPS £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - THE WILTSHIRE ROAD-MAPS, TOWN MAPS, MOON-RAKER POSTCARDS, ETC.; 1731-1844 group of mainly very fine and hand-coloured maps inc. 1731 Owen & Bowen pair (Marlborough/Calne & Amesbury/Warminster), 1808 Edward Mogg Warminster strip-map, 1832 album-page size Dawson early town-maps pair (Wilton/Malmesbury + Chippenham/Calne), foolscap c.1831 hand-coloured Wilton boundary map (with Govt. report pages; usual folds), 1837 Lewis quad-maps page of Salisbury/Devizes/Marlbro'/Westbury, fine page-size 1844 Frustfield Hundred map, Bacon's folding cyclists county map/guide, and group of PPCs (17) of the Moonrakers etc. (26 items) Cross Reference: MAPS, PICTURE POSTCARDS £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - BRADFORD-ON-AVON - THE POSTAL HISTORY INC. 1d BLACK, ETC.; 1799-1943 covers/cards inc. 1799 E (toned filing folds) with mainly fine rare "BRADFORD W" reversed horseshoe (only known 1799), 1834 EL (dusty file folds) from London with fine "BRADFORD W" UDC endorsed "Not" in centre and "try York" alongside, 2 Apr. 1841 E (lower flap lost with cds) from "Bradford W" to Salisbury with near-4m 1d Black (Plate 5; RA, shaved at foot) tied by fine black MX (offset of blue backstamp on front), 1841 OHMS EL Missent with "BRADFORD YORKS" cdc, 1842 Overseers Names Poster (not posted), 1d Reds, ingoing 1860 2d Blue EL, 1862 auction poster sent with 1d Red from Scotland, 1914 skeleton and 5 c.1820 prints. Scarce town to collect. (13 covers/cards, 1 poster & 4 prints) Cross Reference: YORKSHIRE, 1840 1d BLACKS, SCOTLANDFALSE £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - BRADFORD-ON-AVON + VILLAGES -M THE PICTURE POSTCARDS COLLECTION; c.1902-30 cards with a wide range of street-scenes and village views inc. 1904 used PC of Limpley Stoke Station, c.1907 PC of Farleigh Wick (with early motor bus), 1941 real photo PC of Queen Mary & South Wraxall schoolboys, large houses, etc. Plus range of ephemera inc. a rare 1870 circular written by Canon W.H. Jones raising funds to renovate a Saxon church, a rare 1907 Rev. WH Jones History of BA book, 1784 Act ref. Bradford W overseer, 1967 estate agent's auction catalogue particulars for part of S Wraxall. (62 PPCs, 1 book & 5 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £150
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CALNE - PH COLLECTION INC. RARE 1840 2d BLUES COVER, PRESTAMP, MAP, ETC.; 1814-1930 covers/cards inc. boxed mileages, mileage removed types, 1836 large part E with v. fine "CALNE" UDC with red m/s "Mis/directed" in centre, pair of CALNE UDC ELs, long 1843 E endorsed "O.H.M.S. P[aid" to Chippenham with rare Pair of 1840 2d Blues (AK/AL; 4 clear margins all round - horiz. filing crease) tied by fine black Calne MXs with matching fine cds alongside, 1d Reds, 1d Pink, 1884 Squared Circle on ½d Green Pair, 1904 skeleton, etc. Plus fine coloured 1837 parish map with govt. report, and 1831 print. Unusual and scarce group. A very good lot. (19 covers/cards + 3 other items) Cross Reference: 1840 2d BLUES £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CALNE (BOWOOD HOUSE) - FAMOUS IRISH POET THOMAS MOORE - AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, ETC.; 15 Dec. 1829 EL (fine letter with toned outer wrapper) written and signed by "Thomas Moore" at "Bowood" to Sir James Wedderburn in London (franked and so addressed illegally by "[Lord] Auckland" with "CALNE" mileage removed mark and red London "FREE" cds; "Dear Sir James, As I have been for some time absent from Sloperton, your pamphlet has unluckily not yet reached me - Mrs. Moore having opened your packet and sent me most tantalizingly only the letter. Though from what you sat, I rather fear I may not agree with your views, I have no doubt that I shall find them enforced with your usual ability... Yours truly Thomas Moore." Plus undated c.1830 note (closed tears well clear of signature; ex-album paper adhering to reverse) also written & signed by Moore; "Dear Young, I was told on my arrival of your wish to see me, but was too late to pay you a visit. However, come to the Aneureoulic [??] Dinner tomorrow, and we can talk together (to accompaniment if you wish it). I have been authorized by the President & Stewards not only to invite you but to express their most anxious wishes that you will come. I cannot say much for the President's pens! Yrs ever, Thomas Moore.". Plus 10 related PPCs/prints, Irish FDC of the Moore issue (and unused pair) & a battered leaflet ref. Bowood. Rare letters from Lord Byron's famous friend. (16 items) Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, FREE MAIL, LITERATURE - NON PHILATELIC £260
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CALNE - THE PICTURE POSTCARDS INC. SUPERB REAL PHOTOS - ROYAL VISIT, FLOODS, TRAINS, FOOTBALL, ETC.; Excellent c.1902-30 collection of PPCs (many real photos) - mainly very fine - of Calne and events there inc. 1907 Royal Visit (6), 1905 Football Team, c.1930 procession + milk dray with horse, 1908/c.1905 Railway Station pair, 1920 Floods real photo pair (one used in 1965!), comic 'Last Train' card, real photo Empire Day & church congregation groups (6), and a wealth of detailed and varied street scenes (a few post-1930). Remarkable lot that has taken many years to assemble. (75 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, ROYALTYFALSE £280
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CALNE - VILLAGES + C&T HARRIS BACON CURERS - PH, PPCs & RELATED EPHEMERA; 1833-c.1930 collection of Bowood/villages PH (inc. CALNE mil. removed & UDC + 5 village rubbers) inc. 1833 EL from the Marquis of Lansdowne while he was Home Secretary (and signed by same) & PPCs (two of POs, 2 c.1925 real photo shop views of Malcolm's grandparents, 1907 real photo of electric cables gang, Bowood game-keepers, and good range of village views); plus the CT Harris Ltd story (inc. 1909/10 KEVII P. Stat. ½d wrapper advertising pair specially printed by CT Harris, bill-heads, history booklet, and factory PPCs, etc.). Good lot. (62 covers/cards + 26 billheads/etc.) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, K.E.VII, ADVERTISING ENVELOPES, PICTURE POSTCARDSFALSE £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CHIPPENHAM - RARE CROMWELLIAN PERIOD INGOING LETTER (REF. "PLAGUE", ETC.) FROM LONDON; Fine 14 May 1655 EL privately carried from "London" addressed "To my Moste Deare Sister Mrs. Mary Harris These present in Chippenham" with family contents (full typed transcript) inc. "I thinke our City [of London] was never freer from the Disease of the plague than at this time...". Rare early letter from the Commonwealth Period. [Ex Barrie Hampton, Cavendish July 2001 part lot 458.] Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MEDICALFALSE £150
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CHIPPENHAM - THE POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION INC. 18th CENTURY MARKS, MISSENT, PENNY POSTS, ETC.; 1752-1885 covers/cards inc. 1752 EL ex "Monks" with v. fine small rare "CHIPP/ENHAM" (late use), 1785 EL with fair "122 BRISTOL" to Maidenhead endorsed "Mifsent to Chippenham" in red, mainly fine rare 1788 "97 CHIPPEN/HAM", v. fine rare 1838 "Chippenham" (WL160; seldom seen - large part E), a good range of Penny Post marks (5 in all showing mainly very fine examples of 4 different types), several 1d Reds, etc. Plus useful range of ephemera inc. fine 1793 print, later prints (3), 1880/88 trio of "SWINE FEVER" posters, pew receipts, billheads, the Williamson PH booklet, a fine 1765 Act ref. local debts, and a range of photos (inc. several of the Moonraker himself with a choir & some 1953 Coronation school-groups). (23 covers, 2 fronts & 31 other items) Cross Reference: BRISTOL £300
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CHIPPENHAM - THE B&W PICTURE POSTCARDS INC. SUPERB REAL PHOTOS - ROYAL VISIT, FLOODS, TRAINS, ETC.; Excellent c.1902-30 collection of PPCs (many real photos) - mainly very fine - of Chippenham and events there inc. 1907 Royal Visit (4), GWR Train exchanging mail bags on the track-side apparatus "at Chippenham" (used 1905 to Belgium), shop-fronts (Stationer + Library), PO + new sorting office (both used 1906), Saxby & Farmer employees (2), Salvation Army band (2; 1905 & c.1910), the Hunt (2 real photos of Angel Hotel + hounds), 1926 Flood (real photo), c.1949 RP of bus outing, early motor cars at Angel Hotel (2), and a wide range of (mainly RP) lively street scenes. Very good collection. (46 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS, ROYALTYFALSE £300
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CHIPPENHAM - PICTURE POSTCARDS PART 2 - MAINLY COLOURED KEVII CARDS INC. GOOD STREET SCENES, ETC.; c.1902-52 collection of PPCs (mainly very fine; mostly coloured) of Chippenham Street Scenes, many lively inc. vehicles outside milk factory, many horse-drawn vehicles in the streets, bridges, a few c.1935/52 with cars (inc. real photos), shop fronts, busy cattle market, hospital, Railway Station (used 1906), etc. (76 PPCs) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CHIPPENHAM - THE VILLAGES PH & EPHEMERA - INC. UDCs, PENNY POST, P.O. POSTCARDS, ETC.; 1819-1931 covers/cards inc. 1846/50 pair of 1d Red (one 4m) ELs with v. fine BRINKWORTH or LUCKINGTON UDCs, 1819 mileage ex Lyneham, partly fine scarce "Chippenham/Penny Post" on Apr. 1839 EL ex N. Wraxall, 1858 1d Red env. with fine grey BRINKWORTH UDC, 1897 1d Lilac env. with G Somerford Squared Circle, 1905/c.1905 PPCs of Post Offices at G. Somerford/Ford, 1904/8 Yatton Keynell or Sutton Benger skeletons, 5 rubbers, & useful thimble cancels. Plus range of ephemera inc. 6 topog. prints, 1838 G. Somerford deed with £1 blue tax stamp, 1900 billhead, and small real photo of c.1930 Castle PO. (30 covers/cards + 11 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CHIPPENHAM - THE VILLAGES PICTURE POSTCARDS COLLECTION - RAILWAY STATION, REAL PHOTOS, ETC.; c.1902-30 cards with a good range of views of the rural/remote villages of the area inc. fine c.1910 coloured card of GWR Station at Hullavington, real photo 1912 Ford "Gospel Caravan Group", 1905 hunt at Ford, real photos of Badminton hounds, ponds, stately homes, Luckington village & Thornend Farm (C. Malford), 1913 DAUNTSEY rubber, etc., etc. Good lot. (96 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £280
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CORSHAM & VILLAGES - THE POSTAL HISTORY, PPCs & EPHEMERA COLLECTION; 1696-1946 covers/cards inc. 1696 trio of ELs from "Hartham" or "Corsham" (2) to London charged "2"/"3" with mainly fine to v. fine Bishop Marks, 1727 pair of ELs (some wear) from London to Corsham both endorsed "By Chippenham Poft" charged "4" with Bishop Marks, 3 1829/334 with CHIPPENHAM mileage/removed types, scarce 1837 "Chippenham/Penny Post" (ex Corsham), near fine 1850 CORSHAM UDC, 1d Red envs., Box/Colerne real photo Post Office cards, Box 1913 skeleton, purple BOX HILL rubber, thimbles, P. Due, etc. Plus group of early prints, 3 modern reprints of early photos, 1941/48 pair of Agents particulars (+ map) for Pickwick properties, 1852 Act ref. Bowden Park & 5 modern covers. (58 covers/cards, 1 front & 13 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY £300
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CORSHAM - THE RARE 'FLEURON' MARKING ON PRESTAMP COVER TO LONDON; 23 April 1825 EL (typed transcript) from "Pickwick" to London with a very fine "CORSHAM/[fleuron]" undated marking (crossed by filing fold) on the top flap. Exhibition Item. [Ex Cavendish Jan. 2001 auction, lot 864; realised £160.] £150
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CORSHAM - THE RARE 'FLEURON' MARKING ON 1d BLACK COVER WITH RED MALTESE CROSS; Remarkable 25 Jan. 1841 EL from "Gingers, nr. Pickwick" to Southampton (via London) with 4-margin 1d Black (FJ, plate 6; tiny corner fault) tied by a superb red Maltese Cross (of Chippenham?) with various backstamps including a light but readily recognisable "CORSHAM[fleuron]" undated marking on the top flap. Fleuron covers with 1d Blacks are Rare. Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: 1840 1d BLACKS £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CORSHAM - THE PICTURE POSTCARDS COLLECTION - INC. RAILWAY/STATION, QUARRY, ETC.; c.1902-30 cards (many real photo types and almost all very fine) covering the small town of Corsham and area, inc. c.1910 rare pair of Corsham Quarry Station, pair showing loco coming through Box Tunnel, 1914 RP of Hospital wounded+nurses, 2 general views of the quarry, 1917 used PC of the main Railway Station platforms, RP school pupil groups, c.1915 RP of group in charabanc, and a very good range of village/street scenes. Difficult lot to assemble. Also 3 modern letter-cards. (73 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £300
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - CORSHAM AREA - THE VILLAGES PPCs COLLECTION INC. RARE 1907 RAIL CRASH PAIR, STATIONS, ETC.; c.1902-30 collection of PPCs inc. 1907 used pair of rare cards showing the over-turned loco and wagons of the "Accident at Thringley Junction", c.1910 pair of Railway Stations at Lacock & Box, , Box tunnel, c.1910 RP Colerne Brass Band, c.1920 view of Box Station, 1920 RP of Bowden Hill War Memorial dedication, Lacock Pageant characters (3), Biddestone Hunt, stately homes, and an excellent range of scarce village street-scenes (some RP). Good lot. (73 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - DEVIZES - PRESTAMP MAIL - PENNY POSTS, "Dead Many Years", "PAID AT", NAMESTAMPS, ETC.; 1794-1846 covers inc. many hand-picked strikes with 1794/6 s. lines, boxed/lined/circ. mileages (5), 1828 EL ex Salisbury endorsed "Dead Many Years" in red (!), mil. removed, scarce Penny Post marks (boxed No.1, No.4 & No.6 village RH marks), 1837 with v. fine distinctive lined "PAID AT/DEVIZES" mark, etc. Plus large Ackermann print of the Town Hall. Ideal lot for further expansion. (14 covers + 1 print) Cross Reference: RETURNED MAIL £150
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - DEVIZES - STAMPED MAIL INC. RARE 1840 2d BLUE COVER, ETC.; 1841-1920 covers/cards inc. attractive 7 Mar. 1842 E to Hungerford with 1840 2d Blue (AK; good to wide margins on 3 sides, slightly into at right) tied by a fine black MX matching the v. fine "DEVIZES" cds alongside, 1843 ingoing EL with 4m 1d Red having v. fine red "BRISTOL/PY POST" d.s. on top flap and mainly fine STAPLETON-ROAD UDC on the front, later 1d Reds (inc. 1856 env. with 1d 'Stars' for each journey), S/ways Duplex, and a few 20th century inc. 1913 skeletons pair. (19 covers/cards + 1 telegram) Cross Reference: 1840 2d BLUES, BRISTOL £200
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - DEVIZES - PICTURE POSTCARDS - SHOP FRONTS, LIVELY STREET-SCENES, RAILWAY, TOWN-CRIERS, ETC.; c.1902-30 collection of (mainly very fine) PPCs of Devizes (many real photo types) inc. 1912 Town Criers contest, fine shop fronts (2), GWR Station, train alongside United Dairies, 1911 Coronation pub decorations, 2 canal locks views, Barracks (2), and an excellent range of street scenes (lively 1909+1930s RP Market Place etc.) Plus a few bill-heads & other ephemera. (56 cards + 6 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £150
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - DEVIZES - THE VILLAGES - PH & EPHEMERA INC. FINE POST OFFICE PICTURE POSTCARDS; 1799-1935 covers/cards from the villages around Devizes inc. 1799 EL with fair "DEVIZES" ex Wedhampton, 1812/33 trio to/from the Lavingtons (inc. fair "Devizes/Py Post" with v. fine dotted-box "No.6" and lined mileage), a very good range of KEVII/KGV PCs (inc. PPCs of various village POs with superb real photo of Littleton Pannell PO decked out for the 1911 Coronation - corner crease - and PO views of Rowde, Potterne, B. Cannings, Bromham & Easterton), 1920 M. Lavington usage of KGV 1½d Letter Card with m/s "1d to Pay" (½d P. Dues pair tied by Devizes cds), a skeleton & a rubber. Plus 3 1830s prints, 1811 Act ref. land in Bromham, 1821 'Devizes Gazette" paper, large 1877 land auction poster ref. Worton, etc. (27 covers/cards, 1 piece & 13 other items/prints) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £150
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - DEVIZES - THE VILLAGES - THE PICTURE POSTCARDS COLLECTION - FOOTBALL/CRICKET TEAMS, RP STATIONS, ETC.; c.1902-30 PPCs inc. excellent real photo types of Patney/Chirton or Market Lavington (2) Stations, 1922 Easterton Carnival characters, W Lavington c.1915 Football & Cricket teams, Dauntsey School cricket match (+ one coloured type), Dauntsey School group photos (2) and some street scenes; plus a wide range of coloured cards. Good lot. (72 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, CRICKET, FOOTBALL, RAILWAYS £300
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - DOWNTON + VILLAGES - P.H., PPCs & PRINTS - INC. FINE POST OFFICE PPCs, "Downton" S. LINES, ETC.; 1797-1939 covers/cards inc. Postal History range with 1797 SALISBURY (ex Bemerton, signed by the Rural Dean of Salisbury), group of scarce "Downton" marks (6; inc. 2 rare pre-140 usage and 2 with v. fine or fine LANDFORD UDCs), Apr. 1840 "SALISBURY/PENNY POST" (late use; ex Chilmark), Salisbury S/Ways Duplex and 3 rubbers; plus fine matching range of PPCs inc. Post Office views of Bemerton, Berwick St John, Ebbesbourne Wake & Winterslow (RP), Railway Stations of Downton/West Dean, and a very good collection of other village views. Plus 3 local c.1830 prints & an 1880 letter signed by the Earl of Radnor. A very good lot. (64 covers/cards + 4 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - HIGHWORTH, CRICKLADE & VILLAGES - P.H. INC. EARLY "HIGH/WORTH", 1st-TYPE MILEAGE, "Refused", ETC.; 1734-1927 covers/cards inc. rare 1734 EL (minor faults) ex Hannington to Aylesbury with fine "HIGH/WORTH" (1st-Type; previously known only 1715-23 - probably only 3 known in total), 1791 rare fine "80 HIGH/WORTH" 1st-Type Mileage (slightly dust-affected), prestamp ingoing mail, fine June 1839 EL with red m/s "Refused" beside "CRICKLADE" mil. removed mark, 1816/34 CRICKLADE/89 boxed mileage & mil. removed, 1d Reds (inc. scarce 1878 Shrivenham Duplex), Cricklade PO PPC, etc. Plus small group of ephemera inc. 1784/1816 corrupt election/enclosures Acts, 1803 Blunsdon bond, two c.1800 prints, & very rare Cricklade 1812 stained election poster. (28 covers/cards, 2 fronts & 8 other items) £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - HIGHWORTH & AREA - PICTURE POSTCARDS COLLECTION INC. HOUSE FIRE, OUTINGS, RAILWAY, ETC.; c.1902-30 PPCs of Highworth (24 inc. real photo aerial view, varied street scenes, comic, large houses, etc.) and the local villages - latter inc. c.1905 Bishopstones children's outing, Hannington c.1945 RP bus outing group, Cricklade river baptism group, rare 1904 view of fire-engine at lake in front of Blunsdon Abbey (on fire?!), Purton Station, 1910 Purton RP Moonrakers group, Comic Purton types, and an excellent range of village scenes. Plus a rare copper token for the Purton village shop. (72 cards + 1 token) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MALMESBURY & VILLAGES - PRESTAMP MARKS, RANGE OF PPCs (STATIONS, ETC.) & EPHEMERA; 1808-c.1935 covers/cards inc. rare 1808 "MALMESBURY" boxed mileage, 1816/29 "MALMSBURY" s. lines (5), v. fine 1831/40 UDCs (4), 1851 env. with 1d Reds Strop of 3 + single, 1921 skeleton, 1 rubber, and a fine range of PPCs of town & villages inc. 1906 pair of Railway Station, pubs, hectic market scene, good streets, several of the Abbey, etc. Plus 6 early prints & a fine 1837 coloured map. (72 covers/cards + 8 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, RAILWAYS £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MARLBOROUGH PRESTAMP MAIL COLLECTION - 1st-TYPE MILEAGE, MISSENT, EARLY "PAID/1", ETC.; 1784-1840 covers inc. v. fine rare Oct. 1784 "78 MARL/BOROUGH" 1st-Type Mileage (only recorded for 1785 - wrongly listed with "79" - previously), mainly fine scarce 1796 2-line Serpentine, 1794 "PLYMOUTH/DOCK" (ingoing), later mileages, April 1839 free front with v. fine rare "MISSENT/TO MARLBORO" (EKD?), 15 Jan. 1840 EL (toned filing folds; one affecting mark) with very early use of the UPP large red "PAID/1" mark (EKD for this?), 1810/21 Kennet & Avon Canal circulars (first printed without address wrapper, the other m/s with mileage), and 2 early prints. (11 covers, 2 fronts & 3 other items) £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MARLBOROUGH - EARLY COACH PARCEL RECEIPTS - WILTSHIRE'S FLYER & GROBERTY STAGE-WAGON; 27 Mar. 1782 part printed "Per WILTSHIRE'S Flyer-from White-Swan, Holborn-Bridge, London" receipt for 3s-8d for a weight of 2qrs 7lbs (3s-5d carriage + 3d portage); plus "BENJN. GROBERTY'S....STAGE-WAGGONS" receipt (with picture of a covered cart drawn by 6 horses) for "1 Cask" (weighing 3cwt 1qr 0lb) for 13s-0d carriage. Fine and unusual pair. Plus small c.1830 print of Marlbro'. (3 items) Cross Reference: COACHING, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS £120
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MARLBOROUGH - 3 DIFFERENT PRESTAMP "PAID" MARKS INC. UNRECORDED "Paid at Marlborough" TYPE; 9 Feb. 1831 E to London with very fine black small-type "Paid at Marlborough" mark (crossed between words by light filing crease; one other example known?) - entirely unrecorded by Siggers or Willcocks - plus fine 1831/6 pair of ELs with the boxed "PAID AT/MARLBOROUGH" mark in red (rare; horiz. crease just affect top line of frame) or black (showing bent frame at right). Unique set and all very attractive. (3 covers) £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MARLBOROUGH - POST-1840 P.H. - UPP H.S. "PAID/1" TYPES, 3-LINE PENNY POST, EARLY SKELETON, ETC.; 1842-1930 covers/cards inc. 1842/44 trio with v. fine to superb large(2) or small UPP red "PAID/1" marks, 1844 local EL (1d Red) ex Burbage with v. fine rare 3-line "Marl-/borough/Penny Post" on the reverse (across the join), 1849 EL (+ separate piece) with v. fine rare sanserif "MARLBOROUGH/4" Skeleton cds's, other 1d Red covers, 1d Pinks, 1854 regd. receipt, 1855 2d Blue, Squared Circles, pair of ingoing hand-made PPCs (one charged 1d as a calling card glued on), and 7 items of ephemera (inc. 1848 Act & 1922 cert. of the College & 1 print). (34 covers/cards, 7 other items, 1 receipt, 1 piece & 1 stamp) Cross Reference: UNIFORM 1d POSTAGE PERIOD £240
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MARLBOROUGH - THE PPCs COLLECTION - 1910/11 EMPIRE DAY/KGV PROCLAMATION, GWR MOTOR BUS, ETC.; c.1902-53 cards (many real photo and almost all fine) with all-different range of Marlborough views inc. c.1912 + c.1930 RP pair of GWR Motor Bus (with inaugural staff or later passengers), 1910 RP of Proclamation of KGV at Town Hall & of Empire Day troops, 1913 RP of Nightingale Girls group, c.1915 RP of Marlborough & District Pipe Band (of Victoria, Australia!), 1915/53 RP pair showing military trucks or civilian cars in the High Street, an excellent range of streets (many lively), 1910 College Founders Day RP card, student group photos (4), 1905 RP of "Liberal Meeting", 1914 Town Crier champion, 1934 RP of Carnival Procession, etc. Very good lot. (76 cards) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, VICTORIA £300
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THE MALCOLM WATTS WILTSHIRE COLLECTION, 1627-1930 - MARLBOROUGH VILLAGES - THE P.H. COLLECTION INC. PRESTAMP, UDCs, P.O. POSTCARD, PRINTS, ETC.; 1773-1915 covers/cards inc. 1773 EL ex London ref. Ogbourne meeting, 1810 to Avebury, 1815 Marlbro' mileage (ex W Overton), 1836/41 "RAMSBURY" (4), 1845 Marlbro' small "PAID/1" (ex W. Overton), UDCs of AVEBURY (2;one superb) & FROXFIELD, c.1930 PPC of Ogbourne PO, Axford/Ogbourne rubbers, etc; plus 5 early prints, c.1900 fine illustrated Ramsbury merchant brushes price-list & 1919 letter ex Kennett Brewery. Good lot. (21 covers/cards, 1 piece & 7 other items) Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS £180
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