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1711/83 BISHOP MARKS 1711 entire with contents with type '2' Bishop mark, charge at 4d from London to Liverpool, 1726 entire with contents London to Ormsby with type '4' Bishop mark, 1746 entire endorsed 'Free Matt Bangor' type '4' sent f
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1715 DOCKWRA (type 3) from Southwark on wrapper from London to Edinburgh, 22/SE bishop hs addr to Commissioners of the Equivalent. Very unusual. £100/£120
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1768 PENNY POST DOCKWRA (General Post Office) entire with contents sent from London to Ardchattan Scotland with '6' manuscript and bishop mark. £50/£60
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1771 ABUSE OF PRIVILEGE 'free franked' entire by E Crewswell contents written by another with 'Free' hs and Gloucester straight line town hs, 'Bishop mark' contents about arriving at Oxford before going on to Blenheim Palace. Interest
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1790 DOCKWRA S Southwark with 7 o'clock time hs on reverse of a fine entire. £70/£80
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1793/93 CONVEX/CONCAVE town handstamps 1793 Leicester to London with Leicester handstamp and double ring date stamp charge at '2d' crossed out and charge at '5d' sent to Parliament Street London, 1793 entire with contents and double line
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1797/98 LONDON penny post entire with contents with manuscript 'Paid 2d' and oval 8 o'clock morn penny post paid hs on the reverse 10 O'clock/97 AF Noon hs sent to Richmond, 1798 entire with contents with Charing Cross/Unpaid/Penny Post h
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1802/13 OHMS entires 1802 entire with large Paid dated hs and manuscript 5 'Potf Paid' sent to Aylesbury, 1813 entire with contents 'Post Paid' with large Paid date stamp contents from office for taxes. £50/£60
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1807/39 LONDON two penny post (5) 1807 entire with Two Penny Post/Unpaid/Lombard St hs, handstruck 3 and oval date and time hs, 1809 entire with scarce Two Penny Post/Unpaid/Sloane St hs '3' handstruck endorsed Two Penny Post with tine an
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1812/40 POSTAGE PAID by sender 1812 entire with single ring town Paid hs and Bury St Edmunds cds sent to Saxmundlham, 1827 entire with contents with scarce handstruck '4' Leicester to Burbage with Leicester dated mileage mark and Too Late
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1813/39 ENTIRES with an interesting range of postal marks 1813 entire with contents London to Charing with Chancery Lane boxed Receiving House hs charge at 8d, 1821 entire with contents London to Torquay with Two Penny Post 'Marchmont Str
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1825 DEAL/SHIP LETTER stepped boxed cachet on fine entire rated 1/4d carried Per Phoenix (ex Alcock). £60/£65
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1826 SHIP LETTER LONDON superb Crown hs (Robertson S23) on reverse of entire with very fine RIGA hs (Latvia) carried via Amsterdam to London. Choice. £60/£70
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1829 DEVIZE horseshoe type town cancel with 1/9d charge rate with contents about a refused letter sent from Stamp Office Devize to Chipenham. £50/£60
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1829 ENDORSED REFUSED entire with contents from London to Chippenham charge at 9d with very fine MY/F16/1829 cds on the reverse. £50/£60
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1831 ENTIRE signed by James Mangles travel and explorer scarce signature. £50/£60
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1838 ROMNEY ship letter (type GA) on a letter from Argentina endorsed 'Per Florence' sent to London with the contents of the letter quoting commodity prices. £80/£90
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1838/39 REFUSED endorsed entires 1838 entire with Postage Not Paid by the Addressee 'Refused' with two different dates Portsmouth cds, 1839 entire with Kenilworth/Penny Post hs and endorsed Refused with two different Warwick cds.
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1839/55 Selected covers 1839 entire with contents sent from Hull to Oldenburg Germany with tombstone paid HS and "10" endorsement, 1859 entire Letters "E J" with narrow "J". 1848 Letter with a pair of Penny Reds "J I-J J" with square foo
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1842 PENZANCE SHIP LETTER (type GA) an entire endorsed 'Belle Pretina' sent from Argentina. £80/£90
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1843 MILFORD HANTS superb UDC on entire franked 4 margin penny red (IF) with Lymington and Devizes cds. A very pretty cover. £40/£50
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1843 VERY SMALL envelope from France to Aberdeen with Paid and Boxed 'PD' on the front, on the reverse Aberdeen cds, 1840 entire with tombstone Paid and Fleet St/2d Paid hs, 1835 entire with contents charged at 6d rate to Rochester, 18
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1854 LIVERPOOL SPOON (code M5) on fine small env to Shrewsbury franked early perforated 1d star on blued paper, pin holes at left well away from stamp. £40/£50
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1856 BRIDGENORTH Spoon cancel on superb small env franked 1d (SG 32) to Shrewsbury (rarity D) choice. £50/£60
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1857 BIRMINGHAM SPOON on fine small wrapper franking 1d star very attractive. £40/£50
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1857 REGISTERED entire with attractive 1d + 1d + 6d combination randomly placed tied 713 duplexes of Sittingbourne, very fine Registered/GPO hs endorsed etc. Very fine. £75/£80
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1865 SUPERB prices current printed lettersheet sent to Providence, Rhode Island franked 1d (plate 89) tied Liverpool duplex. Superb large Rathbone Forward Agent/Liverpool hs on reverse. A most appealing item of postal history.
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1911 REMARKABLE insured letter to Denmark franked QV 4½d Jubilee with Edward 1½d + KGV ½d all neatly cancelled at Leeds. Red Insured label and four back stamps. Unusual tri reign franking. £60/£65
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1931 JOHN KNOX (Scottish Presbyterian Church founder) engraved vignette applied to a cover with 1½d stamp both tied HADDINGTON cds (place of birth) sent to USA, rather superb. £45/£50
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1934 RAILWAY Two unusual covers each franked London and Midland 3d Railway stamps for PRESTON Airmail labels (3) each franked 1½d posted at either Glasgow or Birmingham. £80/£85
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1934/1969 FIRST DAY COVER Collection with better covers. 1934 1½d KGV single franking KE VIII ½d on illustrated FDC, 1936 with the set of 4 cancelled on abdication day, KGVI 1937 ½d, 1d, 2d on illuster FDC, scarce 1941 2d light orange sin
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1937 POACHED EGG coil test stamp on cover with KGV 1d tied Clapton cancel. With original letter re the test. £30/£35
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1939 TOBACCO card VFU from FPO 52 and 1945 RECOVERED POW MAIL hs on German POW card to Reading (2). £30/£35
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1941/44 WWII Red Cross Message Scheme. An exceptional group of 15 diff covers all addr to Switzerland from addressed around the UK, all censored, interesting frankings inc 8d single on regd cover. Exceptional group that will make a fine
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1942 OHMS PARCEL TAG, registered and with tombstone censor hs endorsed censored registered letter mail from HMS RENOWN, for transmission. Superb item. £75/£80
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1943 MILITARY use of KGVI 3d regd env with FPO 612 pmks (North Africa) RAF censor etc. Very fine. £65/£70
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1944 MILITARY use of KGVI 3d regd env with FPO 751 pmks (Italy) censored etc. Very fine. £50/£60
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1952/57 QEII covers neatly presented and typed up on pages with better pickings inc 1953/54 BEA air labels (6), 1953 Mobile Post Office regd env with ½d KGVI and 4d x 2 QEII, 2nd Mobile Office 2 Farnborough hs to Blackpool with KGVI 7d an
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1958/77 FIVE ALBUMS with many interesting covers neatly presented seen 1958 Mobile Post Office 'C', env with No such street in Harrow hs and official sealed label, 1960 inv with St Kilda cds 1961 OHMS env War Office cachet, 1965 covers wi
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1971 POSTAL STRIKE MAIL group of (15) covers mostly to Europe with special Courier from the United Kingdom labels. £45/£50
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1939 (Dec) Returned to Sender/BY the Censor large label on censored cover originally destined to GREECE franked 1d + 1½d at Notting Hill, endorsed. Armenian Xmas cards, unusual. £50/£60
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DERBYSHIRE LOT in a flat box chiefly early postcards selected for their cancel interest with very good BAKEWELL (40+) and CHESTERFIELD (110+) many diff pmks. £80/£90
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EDINBURGH - two old volumes with 110+ QV period covers with many diff duplex cancellations with designs and time codes, many other postal markings, some with imperf frankings 'Posted Since' time duplexes and more. A very good ori
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INTERESTING small postal history lot (5) 1791 straight line COVENTRY on entire, 1822 superb 7 o'clock Night - Two Pence Paid cds on letter sheet (choice!), 1840 'Paid 2 Jan 1840' cds and two others. £60/£80
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KGV/KEVIII/KGVI COVERS AND CARDS with better items typed up on pages seen 1933 GWR 3d airmail stamp on cover (22 May 33) first flight, 1937 KEVIII 1d + poached egg label, 1937 poached egg with ½d KEVIII (x 2) neat env with KGV/KEV
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OFFICIALLY SEALED labels unusual collection of 55 items inc rare Not To Be Opened At Any Post Office tag, 1914 Official Enquiry label (M3) used Transport Difficulties label, Polish Forces Damaged in Transit. Interesting lot.
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Postal Stationery Military inc Honour envelopes note one with boxed bars and ovpted on His Majesty's Service, 2nd with just the privilege side ovpted and War economy/ohms, KGV Postal Card Field Service, KGVI 2½d Prisoner of War Po
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QUEEN VICTORIA unused Telegram Forms 1881 1/- and 1885 5d both in fine condition for their age. Scarce unused. £100/£120
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REGISTERED letter of KGV period 3d (10), inc two uprated and one with 2d postage due, 3½d (19) and 4d from all round the UK with different types used. £50/£60
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ROYALTY - Windsor Castle 1896 printed envelope and matching stationery franked 1d lilac enclosing Windsor Castle engraved BOOK PLATE for a private collector. Unusual. £60/£70
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