Venezuela. 1873 Entire letter from Liverpool to Caracas per S.S "West Indian" bearing 1867-75 1/- plate 7 and 2/- deep blue, an attractive franking paying the rate up to 1½oz. Photo on Page 176. £150-180
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Venezuela. 1881 Entire letter from Liverpool to Caracas per S.S "Legislator" franked at the double U.P.U rate by 1880 4d grey-brown plate 17 pair, fine. £100-120
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Venezuela. 1884 Entire letter from Liverpool to Caracas per S.S "Bernard Hall" franked at the double U.P.U rate by 1884 4d green pair, an attractive franking. Photo on Page 176. £120-150
Scotland |
Leith. 1833 (Jan 12) Entire letter from the Shetland Bank in Lerwick to the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh with green oval "SHIP LETTER / JA 18 1833 / LEITH" (S6), charged 1/5. Light vertical file fold, otherwise a fine and scarce Shetland letter, this ship letter datestamp only recorded in green in 1833. Photo on Page 176. £200-240
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Leith. 1840 (Aug 8) Entire letter from Hamburg to Penicuick "per City of Hamburgh" with Hamburg Schiffs Briefpost c.d.s and blue undated oval "SHIP LETTER / LEITH" (S6), a matching Leith c.d.s on reverse, charged 8d. A fine entire, the latest recorded use of this ship letter handstamp in blue. Photo on Page 176. £160-180
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Leith. 1849 (Nov 10) Entire letter from Hamburg to Edinburgh "pr Leith Steamer" with Hamburg c.d.s and senders cachet, red Leith c.d.s and black undated oval "SHIP LETTER / LEITH" (S7), charged 6d. Light file folds, otherwise fine and scarce, the first recorded year of use of this scarce ship letter handstamp, which has larger lettering than the previous oval type. Photo on Page 176. £180-200
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Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet. 1880-1913 Covers and cards (15), pieces (2) and stamps (5) with G. & A. Packet cancels, also official company picture postcards (6, one signed by the Baggage Officer on the "Columba") and picture postcards of steamers (8), cancellations on cover or card comprising Columba Steamer and Iona Steamer 163 duplexs (both code "B"), Iona Steamer 163 double ring c.d.s code "B", and named double ring datestamps (various types) for the Columba (6, two code "B"), Iona (4, one code "A", three code "B") or Grenadier (2, codes "A" and "B"), one 1913 Columba c.d.s on an illustrated "Glasgow and Highland Royal Mail Steamers" envelope. Also the very scarce Chevalier datestamps on a KEVII 1d stamp or KGV ½d on 1913 piece (both types, both code "B"). An interesting collection, written up on pages. (36). £300-350
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Steamer Cachets. 1903-12 Picture postcards franked ½d, all with steamer cachets in violet comprising oval P.S "Juno" cachet on 1903 card cancelled at Arrochar, circular "King Edward" Turbine Steamer cachet on 1905 card cancelled at Greenock, 1909 oval belted "Lord of the Isles" cachet in 1909 card cancelled at Greenock, and oval "Duchess of Hamilton" cachet on 1912 card cancelled at Gourock, also picture postcards of the four steamers, the King Edward cachet card a little creased, otherwise fine. (8). Photo on Page 176. £240-300
Military & Naval Mail
(Also See Lots 42, 44, 390, 395, 422-613, 712/3, 775, 784/6, 867/8) |
Napoleonic Wars - Prisoners of War. 1813-14 Entire letters posted from Biggar (2) or Penycuick to the Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, the Penycuick letter written from Valleyfield (site of the largest P.O.W Depot in Scotland, 1811-14) by Capt. Andrew Brown R.N regarding prisoners money; the two letters from Biggar (one of 14 Scottish border towns selected for officer P.O.Ws on parole from 1811) sent by Lieut. Peter Despourrins R.N, Agent for Prisoners of War, regarding money to be sent on behalf of H.M Transport Service. Three interesting letters on the financial affairs of French P.O.Ws in Scotland. (3). £180-200
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Crimean War - Baltic Fleet / Danzig. 1855 Covers from Lt. Charles Sidebottom serving on the paddle frigate H.M.S "Retribution", to his fiancée in Bath, both bearing 1d red perf 14 Small Crown strip of three cancelled by London Inland Branch "45" or "47" double numeral obliterators with a "DANZIG" c.d.s alongside, one endorsed "Baltic Fleet Off Cronstadt, 23rd July", one cover with light vertical fold (through one stamp) but otherwise largely fine, the other cover with various edge faults and part reverse missing. Also an 1849 cover from Sidebottom, posted from Devonport to his mother in Worcester, strangely franked at a 3d rate by three imperf 1d reds, possibly paying a late fee. (3). Photo on Page 176. £400-500
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World War One. 1914 (Sep) - 1915 (Jan) Stampless O.A.S covers and cards all sent during the first six months of the war, various single ring (14) or double ring (36) Army Post Office datestamps, most with circular censors, including 1d Field Service postal stationery postcards (7, two cancelled in London), etc. (52). £120-150
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World War One. 1915-19 Stampless O.A.S covers and cards with F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps, including Egypt, Palestine, Dardanelles, Italy, Salonica and Turkey, 1916 A.P.O R.W skeleton c.d.s used by the Western Frontier Force, mail to neutral countries with "S" special censorship cachets (7), parcel post labels (17), 1918 covers from U.S forces with F.P.O 19K (2), N.Z, Australian, Canadian and Indian forces, etc. (149). £350-400
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World War One - Germany. 1918-19 Stampless O.A.S cards with F.P.O or A.P.O datestamps all used in Germany, including scarce A.P.O R.Z used by New Zealand forces, "B.E.F / MAIN LINE T.P.O DOWN" used on the Cologne to Boulogne T.P.O (2 types), etc. (100). £300-350
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Royal Navy. 1922-93 Covers and cards with various "Received From H.M Ships" or "Maritime Mail" handstamps or machine cancels including boxed handstamp of Preston (2), 1927 "Plymouth H.M Ships" c.d.s, violet straight line handstamp, provisional handstamped registration label, also 1946 registration envelope with "Agency 506" registration label and "R.M.C EATON, CHESHIRE" c.d.s, etc. An interesting collections in an F.G album. (92). £180-220
Mulreadys, Caricatures & Pictorial Envelopes
(Also See Lots 1215, 1222, 1242) |
1840 (Aug 12) 1d Mulready lettersheet stereo A69 containing Hallett's Postage Advertiser No. 3 of July 4th 1840, fourteen adverts for various goods including tooth brushes and globes, posted from London to the Canal Office, Braunston, Daventry, with a red Maltese Cross cancel and London backstamp. A little edge and corner wear, otherwise apparently fine, in an old frame between glass displaying both sides. £200-250
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1841 (June 20) 1d Mulready envelope stereo A133, a message written inside the envelope (below the flap) from Driffield Bridge, addressed to Bridlington with a black Maltese Cross and a red "DRIFFIELD" datestamp unusually applied on the front, very fine. Photo on Page 176. £100-120
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1841 (Oct 21) 1d Mulready lettersheet with substituted stereo A31 from forme 1, the letter written from Furnivals Inn, posted from London to Leeds with a superb black Maltese Cross cancel, a Leeds arrival datestamp unusually applied on the front, light vertical file folds, otherwise very fine and attractive. S.G. £600. Photo on Page 182. £120-140
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1840 R.W Hume caricature Comic Envelope No. 1, state 3 with a Chinaman on the left flap and passengers on a ship handing letters to a postman in a dinghy shown on the right flap, the inside with an advert for Laurie & Knight's letter paper and envelopes, "Caricature of the Government Stamped Envelopes" written inside and a small stain on right flap, otherwise very fine and scarce. Photo on Page 178. £300-400
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1840 R.W Hume caricature Comic Envelope No 1, design as state 4b, the left and right flaps depicting a man being driven from a house by a lady with a raised rolling pin, the envelope with inscription and number as state 2b, without any advert printed on the inside (as states 1 & 2), small tear to upper flap, otherwise largely fine and scarce, this state unlisted by Bodily, Jarvis & Hahn. Photo on Page 178. £400-500
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c.1840 Forgeries of Spooner and Southgate Mulready caricature envelopes comprising copies of Southgate envelope No. 1 numbered "3" on the reverse, Spooner envelope No 4 numbered "2" on the reverse and Spooner envelope No 5 numbered "1" on the reverse, a few minor stains but otherwise fine, interesting and uncommon forgeries, probably produced shortly after the originals were printed, described in an accompanying 1977 P.J.G.B article by Charless Hahn. (3). Photo on Page 182. £240-280
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1840 Southgate caricature envelope No. 2 (Ladies School), a few very minor tone marks to upper edge but otherwise fine, and c.1850 James Valentine Universal Brotherhood envelope (state 1) both unused. Also a Deraedemaeker facsimile of Myers Ocean Penny Postage envelope. (3). £150-180
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c.1840s Thackeray Mulready caricature "proof" on India paper, 255x227mm, initialled by Mr Tregaskis and numbered "80", tiny nick at upper right corner, otherwise fine, together with a "proof" printed from the defaced block on white laid paper, 196x164mm. An accompanying copy of a 1937 Charles Nissen advert offers the two proofs at Two Guineas a pair, and states "the original caricature drawn by W.M Thackeray was given to Sir Henry Cole and purchased at the sale of his library by Mr Tregaskis, bookseller of Holborn, who had a line block of the caricature made from which 100 proofs were struck before it was defaced; the original caricature was sold to an American collector, the proofs being initialled and numbered and then sold to Charles Nissen, with the defaced wood block". A fine pair, the India Paper proofs usually found foxed or with faults, this example unusually fine. (2). £200-250
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1840-1925 Hand illustrated covers (4, faults), fronts (5), picture postcards (39, 25 postally used) and a letter, also Spooner Mulready caricature No. 12 postally used (edge faults, stamp removed, laid on card), mixed quality and some faults. (50). £150-200
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c.1860 Unused printed pictorial envelopes, various comic scenes, six with the same artists monogram (EPL?), pictures include a lion painting a man standing on a plinth, a lady posting a letter, matrimony, etc., unusual items not seen by us before. (11). £220-260
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c.1890 Reproduction 2d Mulready envelope and lettersheet unused, and Deraedemaeker facsimiles of Southgate caricature envelopes no 1, 3, 4 (2), 5 and 6. (8). £100-120
Parcel Post
(Also See Lot 1239) |
London. 1885-1936 Parcel Post labels (25, fifteen stamped including 1887 9d, 1/- green (2) and 1900 1/- green & carmine), and pieces with oval Parcel Post datestamps inscribed "Paid" or "Prepaid in Money" (62, also three later pieces) or rectangular framed handstamps (90). Also 1899-1975 labels showing charges due on parcels (12), and 1904 Certificate of Posting for a parcel to Transvaal prepaid 5/- customs duty, with an Elizabeth St. S.W c.d.s. (193). £250-300
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1884-1981 Picture postcards (3), Parcel Post labels (16) and stamps or pieces (57), all with datestamps inscribed "Parcel Office", "Parcel Depot", "PP", "Parcel Post" or similar, three 1885-86 stamps/pieces with scarce 'Parcel Posts' datestamps of Derby or Oxford, an unusual lot. (76). £180-220
Postal Stationery |
QV - QEII Registration envelopes (84), all larger sizes H, H2, I or K, unused or used with some Forces envelopes, including 1878 RP5 size I (9) and 1883 RP13 size K all unused, etc. Also a few unused Empire envelopes including Cape of Good Hope size K envelope, Bechuanaland Protectorate (6), Gambia (2), etc. (95). £180-200
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1939-56 KGVI Unused and used postal stationery including 2d + 2d orange reply card unused, air letters with solid address lines used (4), other air letters with format AF1 unused (10), etc. (46). £150-180
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1950-53 KGVI ½d Orange, 1d blue, 1½d green, 2d brown and 2½d blue Postcard Stamp Die Proofs, in the colours used for stamped to order cards, on wove paper (1d) or thin card, each approximately 150x140mm, fine and scarce. (5). £200-250
Printed Matter Rates |
1852-55 Printed Prices Current (3) with 1d newspaper stamps printed on the outside, two sent stampless to France or Denmark, the third sent from Newcastle to Holland franked by a 1d red (four margins) with triangular "1½c / ROTTERDAM" handstamp. Also printed newspaper stamps on entire newspapers (4) or pieces (c.120) on album pages. £140-160
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c.1868 Long entire from London to Shaftesbury endorsed "Per Book Post", with 1868 3d plate 5 cancelled by "D37" obliterator. English type "D27" to "D56" obliterators were used in London on printed matter, clear examples are uncommon. £80-100
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1884 Printed Prices Current from Glasgow to Triest franked ½d blue, an Austria 2kr newspaper tax stamp applied and cancelled upon arrival at Triest, horizontal fold crossing the G.B stamp, otherwise fine and unusual. £80-100
Registered Mail
(Also See Lots 84, 1002, 1223) |
1740 (Dec 27) Entire letter posted from London to Bristol charged 4d, with "DE/27" Bishop Mark, the letter acknowledging receipt of two halves of two banknotes for £45 (and bills for £167.16); and a Post Office notice illustrating how banknotes should be cut in half and the two halves posted separately, from a newspaper of April 3rd 1790, the 1740 letter a very early reference to halving banknotes. (2). £150-180
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1789 (Jan 20) Post Office notice explaining and illustrating how banknotes should be cut in half and posted in two separate halves, "This specimen will be put up at every Post-Office in the Kingdom" printed at the base, 198x246mm. A very rare original notice for display in a Post Office (and not cut from a newspaper, as are most notices found on this subject). Photo on Page 154. £300-350
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1790 (May 1) London Gazette with a notice on the third page illustrating how banknotes should be cut in half and the two halves posted separately; cutting from a 1792 (Oct 1) newspaper with a G.P.O notice advising that money up to five guineas in value may be handed over at the G.P.O and exchanged for a Post Office Order payable at sight on the Deputy Postmaster of the town where the remittance is required to be paid; and 1837 (July 10) notice sent to Postmasters advising a printed letter of advice must be sent with both halves of cut banknotes when remitted to the G.P.O. (3). £150-180
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1804 (May 16) Entire letter posted from Dundee to the Royal Bank at Edinburgh, originally enclosing £9 in banknotes, endorsed "money" and prepaid 1/-, unusually also endorsed "more to pay 6", with a Dundee backstamp and Edinburgh arrival datestamp. Money letters had to he handed to the Postmaster for checking, a letter accepted underpaid is therefore most unusual. £120-140
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1804 (Oct 3) G.P.O Post Office Notice sent to Postmasters, "A letter is missing containing Bank Notes, which should have been addressed to Charles St. Barbe Esq., Lymington", advising if it is found it should be sent under cover to Francis Freeling at the G.P.O, 160x205mm. Probably a unique surviving example. £120-150
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1811-14 Entire letters originally containing banknotes or valuables, the 1811 letter from the Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh to the bank in Banff containing bills worth £272.12.8; the 1814 letter posted from Liverpool to Lancaster with two banknotes for £35, prepaid 1/2 postage and charged a further 2d on delivery. (2). £80-100
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1823 (Jan 1) G.P.O Post Office Notice illustrating how banknotes should be cut in half and the two halves posted separately, and showing how whole notes should be endorsed with the name and address of the sender and recipient when they could not be cut in half due to the urgency of posting them, also advising sending bills of exchange or bank post bills payable to the person to whom they are sent, coins and valuables posted in London to be handed over to the window clerk at the G.P.O. A very scarce Post Office notice issued by Francis Freeling for displaying in Post Offices, a little stained at the top but otherwise largely fine, 187x300mm. £200-250
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1824 (Apr 12) Act of Parliament allowing packets of banknotes to be received at the G.P.O for conveyance by post to provincial banks in the town or place of issue, also imposing penalties on letters privately conveyed unless sent with goods by carriers or vessels or carried by private friends, and allowing Commissioners enquiring into Revenue in Ireland to send and receive free mail. Also an unused c.1820 Post Office "Form No. 2" for showing the amount claimed for Money letters or missent and redirected letters forwarded by cross post (edge faults, backed on card). (2). £100-120
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1825 (Oct 4) Entire letter from Grahamestown to Edinburgh, sending £43 to correct a bill wrongly entered by his clerk, sent privately by mail guard, endorsed "pr mail 4 Oct. 1825" and "with £43 stg", unusual. £80-100
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Ireland - Money Letter. 1827 Entire letter from Ballymena to Dublin endorsed "Money Letter", prepaid the triple rate of 2/3, handstamped "BALLYMENA / 101" with a red Dublin Paid datestamp. £100-120
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1832 (Oct 4) Entire letter from Harveys & Hudson in Norwich to the security printers Perkins Bacon & Co in London, ordering 600 £5 notes, 5,000 receipts and 7,000 cheques, samples of the £5 notes and receipts originally enclosed, privately carried to London and posted within the London 2d Post. £150-180
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1833-38 Entire letters enclosing banknotes, both unusually endorsed "cash", the first from Woodstock to London sending £6 (towards a £6.5.7½ bill for glass), charged 1/4; the 1838 letter posted prepaid in the London 3d Post, to The Lord Mayor at Mansion House, enclosing "10/- for the distressed person whose case appeared in The Times of today, Sept. 24th". Letters containing banknotes were usually endorsed "Money Letter", this "cash" endorsement unusual. (2). £160-200
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1834-39 Entire letters endorsed "Money Letter", the first from Tanyblwch to Seathwaite near Broughton in Furness enclosing a £20 note, with a Carnarvon datestamp and Penny Post handstamp, charged 2/1; the 1839 letter from Sheffield to Penistone enclosing £31.5.0, marked "1¾oz" and charged 2/4, unusually without any Post Office handstamp. Two good Money Letters, the first very unusual from Wales. (2). £160-200
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1840 Copy (printed for the House of Commons) of the 1839 (Dec 20) G.P.O notice issued to the public and Postmasters announcing that Money Letters will cease at the end of 1839, after which Money Orders should be sent for sums up to £5, or banknotes should be cut in half and the halves posted separately. Also an 1857 stampless O.H.M.S cover with "Mail Office" imprint in the corner, sent from the G.P.O to the Great Northern Railway at Kings Cross endorsed "Money Letter", showing this term still in use on official Post Office mail over 17 years after the Money Letter service for the public use ceased (replaced by the registration system a year later). (2). £140-160
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Certificates of Posting. 1844-1914 C.O.Ps for registered letters, differing types including three used by rural postmen, datestamps include the very scarce 1856 double arc "PICCADILLY" (London) c.d.s. in blue, boxed 1856 Edinburgh datestamp in red, etc. (19). £100-120
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Glasgow. 1845-46 Entire letter to the Reform Club in London and an entire to Edinburgh both endorsed "Registered" with the 1/- registration fee paid in cash, postage paid by a 1d red (four margins) or 2d blue. (2). £100-120
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Glasgow. 1857-76 Entires and covers (4) and fronts (2) franked at 10d, 8d, 7d (2) or 5d (2) rates, five with red boxed "REGISTERED / AT GLASGOW", the final 1876 cover to Edinburgh with red "(crown) / REGISTERED" possibly applied upon arrival, one with part address erased, otherwise fine. (6). £200-240
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