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1/2d Orange block of eight cancelled by three strikes of the "BA/E" obliterator, used at the Army Post Office tent; and a 1/2d postcard bearing the "BA/E" obliterator and "octagonal star" datestamp without number dated 16 May, unaddressed (minor staining). The block very unusual as the "BA/E" handstamp was not supposed to be applied to stamps. (2). Photo on Inside Front Cover £180-220
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May 16th Guildhall 1d red postal stationery postcards cancelled by "octagonal star" datestamps with number "10", addressed to Cairo or Berlin, both with arrival datestamps on the front, two fine uses to abroad, with messages. (2). £120-150
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Guildhall 1d red postal stationery postcards, selection comprising unused cards (13, including a complete bundle of twelve with wrapper band), postally used cards (3, including card to Germany with number "10" cancel and card to the Guildhall Branch Post Office with number "12" cancel), cancelled to order cards with datestamps without number (2, one addressed but probably C.T.O, the other with violet and black datestamps), and a card cancelled to order with 2 July South Kensington large size c.d.s. (19). £200-240
| London Philatelic Exhibition, Baker St., 19th-26th May 1890 | |
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Advertising notice for the exhibition, unused 1/2d wrapper with printed heading "PHILATELIC EXHIBITION, 1890", and a postally used 1/2d wrapper with printed heading "London Philatelic Exhibition", three uncommon items. (3). £120-140
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May 19th "Menu de Dejeuner" card printed by Maclure & Co, containing the menu and wine list, reverse with a list of the London Philatelic Exhibition Committee members including F.A Philbrick, F.K Tapling, E.D Bacon, M.P Castle and J.A Tilleard, the superb coloured front cover "In Celebration of Fifty Years of Postage, 1840 to 1890" bears an unused 1d black (three margins), imperf 1d red, perforated plate 204 1d red, 1d venetian red and a 1d lilac. Tiny corner crease, otherwise superb, a scarce and stunning looking item. Photo on Inside Front Cover. £800-1,000
| Conversazione at the South Kensington Museum, 2nd July 1890 | |
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Admission card to the Conversazione "To meet their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh", no. 3452; unused G.P.O London form to obtain a rail ticket for the purpose of attending the Conversazione at a special reduced fare; and a printed leaflet headed "The Penny Stamp Jubilee, July 2, 1890" with a poem composed by Mrs Adriana Phillips, the last two with small file hole and minor faults, an interesting and very scarce trio of ephemeral items. (3). Photo on Page 52. £220-260
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1890 Penny Post Jubilee envelope insert card bearing printed thanks from the Post Office Committee for assistance at the South Kensington Museum, named to Mr Steward and signed by the five committee members including F.E Baines and R.C Tombs, superb and very scarce. Photo on Page 52. £200-250
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Spink & Son medal struck to commemorate the Post Office Jubilee of Uniform Penny Postage at South Kensington on 2nd July, ephemera comprising two differing notices in red both sent to Postmasters asking them to display an enclosed notice about the medal, one clearly a proof with manuscript corrections; the coloured notice illustrating the medal with details and prices (five versions available, from white metal at 2/6 to solid silver at £1.15.0); and a notice for sending to agents for the postal medal giving trade terms (which were also available to Post Office employees). The first three with small file holes (probably from the printers archives), the coloured notice with other minor faults, a very rare group, some possibly unique. (4). £300-400
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"Souvenir of the Penny Postage Jubilee Celebration at the South Kensington Museum, July 2nd, 1890", souvenir poster (444x284mm) depicting Thomas Edison and reproducing the first letters sent by "phonogram" at the penny post rates, bearing twelve strikes of six differing South Kensington Penny Post Jubilee handstamps including the 1d and 3d Tube Post types. Unusually fine condition. £100-120
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Strip of paper with proof impressions of the six different handstamps used at South Kensington; Post Office envelope with ten impressions of the large c.d.s; and a sheet of paper with a further three strikes of the large c.d.s. (3). £140-160
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Hand drawn card advertising "R.A Matthews & Co, Foreign and Colonial Stamp Dealers, 14 Aldersgate Street" bearing 19 May Guildhall "octagonal star" datestamp without number and two strikes of the 2 July South Kensington large c.d.s, attractive and unusual. £80-100
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Money Order number 107 for 1d, the order specially prepared for the event with "South Kensington (Penny Postage Jubilee)" printed at the top, bearing the smaller size c.d.s, very fine and scarce, 157 Money Orders sold. Also an unused "Money Order Required" form bearing the large size c.d.s. (2). Photo on Page 48. £150-180
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1840 (May) Entire posted unpaid to "Mr Scott, Chamberlains Office, Guildhall" with "2" charge mark, reposted in 1890 with a 1d lilac cancelled by the large size South Kensington c.d.s, red Hoster arrival backstamp, very unusual (also see lot 295). £100-120
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1d Penny Post Jubilee envelope bearing 1d black (SC plate 3, four margins) and 1840 2d blue KB (3 margins) each cancelled by the larger South Kensington c.d.s. R.C Tombs report on the event noted "many rare stamps were brought ..... amongst them six of the old black stamps". He makes no comment on 1840 2d blues brought along for cancelling but they almost certainly number less than the six 1d blacks so used. An exceptional item. Photo on Page 54. £1,400-1,800
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1d Mulready envelope stereo A279 handstamped with the large size South Kensington c.d.s. Tombs report states that just two original Mulready envelopes were brought to South Kensington for handstamping. Fine and rare. Photo on Page 54. £300-400
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1/2d Postcards both handstamped with the large South Kensington c.d.s, one very unusually applied in red ink contrary to regulations, the other in the usual black ink. (2). Photo on Page 54. £120-150
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Stamped covers (4, two bearing 1870 1/2d pairs) and postal stationery (12) posted at the Conversazione, including 1870 1/2d postcard, 1 1/4d postcard, complete 1/2d and 1d reply cards, 1/2d lilac S.T.O postcard, 1883 2d postcard, 1889 3d postcard, 1841 2d envelope, 2d and 2 1/2d S.T.O envelopes, all with the large South Kensington c.d.s; 1d envelope cancelled by 19 May Guildhall "octagonal star" datestamp number 10 with the large 2 July south Kensington c.d.s alongside; and 1860 (2) or 1867 1d postal fiscals (3, one on an unaddressed cover) all with the South Kensington large c.d.s; also 1d venetian red perfin "B&P" on piece, one 1/2d card with three further handstamps (including "Tube Post 3d Reply") on reverse. (21). £400-500
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope (small tear at top) addressed to Wm Howell in Westminster, with insert card, the envelope and insert card both with large size South Kensington c.d.s which differs from the usual datestamp in several small but noticeable ways, most notably "1840-1890" being larger in size and the date smaller in size (with no dot after "JY"), "VR" in thinner and smaller lettering, the other lettering further from the circle with smaller spaces between the side crosses and wording. We have recorded one other example of this datestamp also on an envelope to Howell (illustrated in the Stamp World 90 handbook, and on the front cover of "Special Event Postmarks of the UK"). (2). Photo on Page 54. £200-250
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes (10) and insert cards (4), unused postal stationery (5, including dated 1.10.70 1/2d wrapper and 1 1/4d postcard), and plain pieces of paper (2) all with various South Kensington handstamps, applied at a charge of 1d per handstamp, several with up to six differing handstamps, eight including the "Tube Post 3d Reply" handstamps, one cover bearing a bisected 1/2d stamp, an interesting selection. (21). £250-300
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Unaddressed 1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope with large South Kensington c.d.s, later also handstamped with the "GERMAN EXHIBITION B.O / S.W" c.d.s (Oct 10) and blue "ROYAL NAVAL EXHIBITION / POST OFFICE / EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE / LONDON S.W" datestamp (Oct 19) with central Anchor. Unusual. £80-100
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes with the large South Kensington c.d.s, addressed to "H.R.H The Prince of Wales, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, W" or to "The Rt Honble Lord Emly, Ex Postmaster-General, Postal Jubilee Conversazione, South Kensington", two notable addresses. (2). £120-150
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope with two 1d stamps on the reverse, registered to "Mr George Pickering, Guildhall", registration number 57, with the registered letter receipt for item 58 also to "Pickering, Guildhall", the cover and receipt both with the large South Kensington c.d.s. 276 Items were registered at the South Kensington Conversazione. (2). £150-180
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes both to Chemnitz, Germany, with large South Kensington datestamps, one uprated 1/2d + 1d (perfined JFW); the other registered uprated 4d, registration number 62. An unusual pair, just 276 items registered in total. (2). £150-180
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope registered to "Senhor E.W Parsone, Cia do Cabo Submarino, Ilha de Sao Thome, West Coast of Africa, via Lisbon", uprated 6d, cancelled by two strikes of the large South Kensington Penny Postage Jubilee c.d.s and oval South Kensington registered datestamps, registration number 88, Lisbon backstamp. Flap missing, otherwise fine and a remarkable destination. Photo on Page 54. £160-180
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope with the large South Kensington c.d.s, registered uprated with two 1d lilacs (perfin JFW), registration number "1", apparently the very first registered letter to be posted at the South Kensington Conversazione (just 276 items registered in total). Photo on Page 54. £150-180
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes with South Kensington large size c.d.s (8) or small size c.d.s, one cover to a soldier at Chatham unusually bearing a 2 1/2d stamp, another cover to "The Stamp News" with additional blue "crown" type datestamp on the front. (9). £120-150
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes all containing insert cards with interesting messages referring to the stationery envelopes, all posted in London, two on July 2nd, one registered to Melbourne on July 4th uprated with 2d and 5d stamps, arrival backstamps, a little staining and tear at upper edge but unusual. (4). £100-120
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope posted within Clifton on July 2nd, endorsed "above 1oz" with circular framed "1d" charge mark and circular framed "CB", unusual. £80-100
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes posted on July 2nd, the first day of issue, from provincial offices with cover from Rainhill to the Captain of the S.S "Chindwara" at Calcutta uprated with two 2d stamps, Sea Post Office backstamp; cover from East Grinstead to Stromness unusually bearing an extra 1d stamp (late fee?); and covers from Gosport (insert card from the Post Office, to Southampton H.P.O), Liverpool, Reading and Moffat; also an insert card posted at Moffat bearing 1d lilac with control "H". (7). £160-180
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelopes unused (3) and used (8) with 2 July first day uses from London (3, one registered uprated 2d), registered cover from Wallingford uprated 1d pair, also gold printed wrapper bands (2), and an insert card with advert for "Alliance Assurance Co. Ltd" printed upon it. (15). £120-150
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1d Uniform Penny Postage envelope franked 2 1/2d and insert card franked 1d, both posted to Bohemia in 1892 with Stafford Station 730 duplex cancels, the card handstamped "T" and charged; and 1d envelope with July 3 1890 Wellington College Station squared circle. (3). £150-180
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1910-51 Uses of the 1d Penny Postage envelopes (15) and insert cards (3) including 1916 registered use franked 2d from Field Post Office 50, 1912 use from the International Jubilee Stamp Exhibition with insert card bearing five 1d stamps from the 1d red to KGV Downey Head and 1d "Ideal Stamp" all with the exhibition c.d.s, 1923 use from London International Stamp Exhibition charged 3d, etc. (18). £110-130
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Insert card posted to New Zealand franked 3d, cancelled by the 2 July South Kensington large c.d.s, handstamped faint boxed "DEFICIENT POSTAGE 1 / FINE 4" showing a charge of 5d, Invercargill arrival c.d.s on the front, very unusual. Photo on Page 54. £160-180
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Insert cards posted from the Conversazione with the large South Kensington c.d.s, comprising a card posted unpaid but not charged, cards franked 1/2d showing a manuscript 1d charge (2, one with corner fold, also a 1d cover posted to the same address as the other card), and cards franked by two 1/2d stamps, 1d, or 1/2d + 1 1/2d. Also a card with South Kensington "GR" and "crown" handstamps applied by favour, then posted in 1907 with KEVII 1/2d. (8). £200-240
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Insert cards postally used comprising unpaid card with 2d charge mark; card franked 1d on the reverse with 2d charge mark applied but crossed out when the stamps were noticed and cancelled; card franked 1/2d, charged 1d with boxed "Of the nature / of a Letter / 75"; cards posted at the Conversazione with large c.d.s franked 1/2d and charged 1d (2, one with the charge crossed out); also a card posted in London on July 2nd only franked 1/2d but not charged. (6). £240-280
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Furniss Caricature envelope and insert card, proofs in black both showing the outline of the printing plate, both signed by Harry Furniss. 100 Copies were printed in black and sold at half a guinea each. Very scarce. (2). Photo on Page 54. £300-350
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Furniss Caricature, advertising letter soliciting further sales of the envelopes, and an insert card signed by Harry Furniss. Also an 1893 letter written and signed by Furniss. (3). £160-180
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1890 Furniss Caricature envelope (with insert card) posted within London, unusually franked by a 1d red plate 215. Photo on Page 58. £140-160
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1890 Furniss Caricature envelope and insert card both posted within London, both franked 1d lilac (perfin DB) and cancelled by a Hoster machine, an unusual pair. (2). £150-180
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1890 Furniss Caricature envelopes posted in London, one to Lancashire franked 1d, the other unusually registered to France franked 1/2d + 4d, the last with addressee's name neatly erased, otherwise both fine. (2). £180-200
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1890 Furniss Caricature envelope posted from London to "The Principal Letter Sorter, Genl. Post Office, Southampton" franked 1d; and insert card posted within London, only franked 1/2d but not charged, both fine. (2). £180-200
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Furniss Caricature envelopes and insert cards, including envelopes (with insert cards) postally used in London in 1898 and 1907 franked 1d; unused envelopes (6, five with insert cards, one within original retailers envelope bearing "John Walker & Co, Publishers" cachet; another with "Presented with the Christmas number of the Stamp Collectors Fortnightly December 15th 1906" printed on reverse); envelope used at London Stampworld 1990; insert card bearing printed menu, toasts and list of artistes at the 1923 Stamp Trade Protection Association annual dinner; also news cuttings showing the envelope (2, one from The Stamp News, 1st Sept. 1890). (12+). £180-200
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Elliot Imitation Jubilee envelope (notepaper enclosed) handstamped with the 2 July South Kensington large c.d.s, fine and scarce. This envelope was declared illegal by the Post Office, and most were destroyed. £100-120
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Elliot Imitation Jubilee envelope (with enclosed notepaper) postally used within Liverpool in 1891, cancelled by hooded circle cancel, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 58. £150-180
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Elliot Imitation Jubilee envelopes unused (5, four with enclosed notepaper) including very scarce advertising copy with "JUBILEE CARD / AND ENVELOPE / ONE PENNY" printed upon it; and envelopes postally used in 1937 (4, two with enclosed notepaper) or at Philympia 1970. (10+). £150-180
| Pictorial Envelopes
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1860-67 Hand illustrated cover and fronts (3) all franked by 1d reds and addressed to Lady Vivian in Bodmin or Malmesbury, the cover showing a guardsman wearing a busbee standing next to a direction marker which incorporates the address, posted at Brecon; another front (with the flaps) with a very well drawn picture of two ladies looking out of a window, posted from Plympton. Also an amusing hand drawn caricature of a Mulready envelope, unfortunately with the stamp removed and a front only. (5). £150-180
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1865 1d Pink postal stationery envelope illustrated in colour with a well drawn and amusing picture of a dentist extracting a man's tooth, posted within Atherstone, addressed to Lady Vivian at Grendon Hall. Flap stuck down, otherwise fine and an unusual illustrated stationery envelope. Photo on Page 58. £200-250
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1868 Cover with "Badminton, Chippenham" printed on the flap, posted from Chippenham to Lady Vivian at Malmesbury franked by a 1d red, illustrated in colour with a lady holding a fan, the background in yellow. Flap stuck down, otherwise fine and very attractive. Photo on Page 58. £150-180
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1893-98 Hand illustrated fronts posted from Cowes (70, two with skeleton datestamps) or Dover Station Office (2) all to Sussex franked 1d, all competently drawn in ink with views, people, animals, etc., all glued down in a leather bound etchings album. (72 fronts in album). £350-400
| Postage Dues
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1871 Entire letter from Rhynie to Ballindalloch franked 1/2d cancelled "296", handstamped "MORE / TO PAY" and "1d" with Rhynie, Huntly and Ballindalloch datestamps, also with a manuscript 1d charge, all marks superb. £80-100
| Postal Reform
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