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1807-1911 Entire letters, covers, etc., including 1807 letter with embossed borders and yellow edges, produced by Dobbs, posted from London; 1816 entire posted within London with octagonal framed "To be / delivered / Free"; 1826 letter from the Edinburgh P.M.G to Francis Freeling forwarding a list of distances from Carlisle to post towns in Scotland; Official covers (10) and drawings or proof impressions of official handstamps, from the Post Office Official Correspondence book (30), etc. (47). £280-320
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Prestamp to QEII covers and cards including 1908 (Oct.) J.P.S Penny Postage to the USA envelope used from London to Philadelphia with enclosed J.P.S letter; 1942 (Jan 31) cover with G.B ½d - 6d cancelled at Addis Ababa on first day of the civilian P.O; 1946 cover from Guernsey bearing a ½d + Guernsey 2d revenue, disallowed and charged 4d; large front franked £4.1.0 to Brazil bearing KGVI 6d pair + 10/- pair + £1 irregular strip of three; also postage dues, express mail, paquebots, postal stationery, military, etc. (100s). £500-600
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Prestamp - recent covers and postcards including 1851 Jersey cover with "No 4" penny post receiving house handstamp (flap missing), 2d Mulready lettersheet unused, 1937 Tristan cover, etc. (100s). £150-200
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1840 Life Insurance questionaire forms posted within London all with handstruck "POST PAID / METROPOLITAN / LIFE / ASSURANCE / SOCIETY", red "Cornhill / 1D PAID" and an octagonal Paid datestamp, all completed, turned and posted back to the society, one prepaid with "Regent St / 1py / P. Paid" in black, the others posted unpaid at Gt. Marylebone St. or Mount St. with "2" charge marks. Unusual and superb quality. (3). £180-220
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1841 Entire letter posted within Beith bearing a 1d red (plate 9), reposted in 1892 from Irvine to the same address in Beith franked by a 1d lilac, very unusual. £120-150
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Perfins. 1882-1902 Covers bearing QV stamps with perfins, also two perfined ½d brown newspaper wrappers, many with printed envelopes or cachets identifying the perfin user, 1d lilacs or Jubilee issue stamps to the 6d value. (29). £140-160
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1881-1906 Covers bearing 1d lilacs, the interesting accumulation including parcel tags addressed internally (3, 3d, 7d or 7½d rates) or to Germany or New Zealand (with twelve 1d lilacs cancelled at Rothesay), late fees, explanatory handstamps, Book Post and Printed Matter rates, 1890 Penny Post Jubilee cancels (3), registered ½d wrapper franked 4d to Italy, etc. (70). £240-280
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1887-1904 Covers bearing QV Jubilee issues with values to the 1/-, the majority registered with many addressed abroad, including K size registration envelope, registered covers to France or Germany franked ½d + 1/-, registered cover to Germany with 4½d and fifteen ½d green stamps, also ½d green on ½d wrapper to Ceylon redirected back to England with Ceylon 5c, and ½d green on picture postcard to Belgium charged 10c, folded in half and stuck down with Belgium Post Office seals to prevent the recipient seeing the message prior to paying the postage due charge, etc. (61). £300-350
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1901-11 King Edward VII covers and cards, selected uses and cancels or cachets including 1905 postcard from Dublin to Italy with violet "POSTED AT (Clapton S.O) UNDER / COVER TO THE POSTMASTER OF (Dublin)" and similar 1903 endorsement of Edinburgh; 1908 cover cancelled in crayon with manuscript "found adhering to a similar letter at" alongside a Stratford on Avon c.d.s; Jan. 1st 1902 ½d First Day use; 1907 card torn and repaired with Officially Sealed labels handstamped "Open when received / at the P.O Liverpool" (altered to "Torn"); Sweden 2ore reply postcard used from Douglas, Isle of Man back to Sweden; covers bearing labels of the 1908 Dover Pageant (2) or "Fair Trade", all tied; card addressed with a photo and puzzles and a cover addressed in verse; registered letter AR form franked 2d; London E.C "hammer" datestamps (2); late fees; G.B stamps used in Mexico, South Africa or Southern Nigeria; 1905 (Apr 1) first day of 1d rate to Australia (faults), etc. An interesting group. (56). £350-400
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King Edward VII - Foreign Destinations. 1902-11 Covers and cards to foreign destinations including card to Cook Islands with fine "MANGAIA / NZ" arrival c.d.s; cover to Sudan with red oval "RETURN TO SENDER / 5 VI 10", boxed "UNCLAIMED" and "RETURNED LETTER OFFICE / KHARTOUM" c.d.s; also items to Iceland (with Leith transit c.d.s), Persia, Hawaii, Java, Zanzibar, Grenada, Haiti, Selangor, British Guiana, Danish West Indies, Gold Coast, British Honduras, San Salvador, Chile, Mauritius, etc., all with arrival datestamps, several redirected or returned with explanatory cachets. (42). £280-350
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Redirection - Combination Frankings. 1902-10 Picture postcards (19) and covers (3) all from abroad to G.B and then redirected with G.B KEVII stamps applied, comprising stamps of India (4, two from Aden), Malta (Notabile c.d.s and "T" handstamp), Egypt, USA (3, one with violet "Missent to / Honolulu"), Russia, New Zealand (3), Germany (2), Bavaria, Italy (2), France (2), Belgium or Switzerland. An unusual group. (22). £160-200
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1911-13 Downey Head ½d or 1d, postally used on covers and cards, also postal stationery, the collection in eight ring binders, including ½d first day use (staining), Paquebots, T.P.Os (including Brighton & Hastings Sorting Carriage), islands, exhibitions, many addressed abroad, registered mail, inverted watermarks, newspaper wrappers, some late uses, etc. (c.540). £350-400
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1920-36 KGV Covers including 1929 "ROYAL SHOW B / HARROGATE YK" skeleton datestamp on registered cover, covers with 1929 P.U.C issues, first flights, etc. (22). £120-140
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1948-56 Commercial covers all bearing the KGVI 11d plum (issued at the end of 1947), comprising 1948 air mail covers to France bearing a single 11d or to India franked 1d + 11d pair, 1948 registered air mail cover to USA with 5d + 11d pair, and 1956 8½d registration envelope sent by air to USA bearing KGV 1½d + 11d + 2/6, charged 10c for U.S Customs service. An uncommon stamp on cover. (4). £120-150
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Post Office Notices & Circulars. 1889 (Jan.) Small Post Office Notice (138x217mm) "Inland Letters and Parcels, Rates of Postage"; 1872 P.O Notice "Mail for New Zealand" (faults); various complete of part Post Office Circulars with details of Ship Letters, telegraph offices at special events, 1900 Parcels to P.O.Ws in Boer Camps, etc. (9); and 1927 notice on the official collection of postal packets in London. Also 1922 (Sep 29) Post Office memo concerning the proposed issue of a 1½d postage due label for foreign surcharges, and a part 1922 Post Office Circular announcing a minimum charge of 1½d on underpaid mail from abroad. (14). £160-180
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1846-1902 Covers, cards and wrappers with sideways duplexs, Scottish experimental duplexs, hooded circles, spoons, London N.P.B cancels and printed matter datestamps with the office number or district initials, Scots local cancels, also undated circles on the front or reverse of covers, and blue "AUCHINLECK" Scots local backstamp. (44). £200-250
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1846-52 1d Pink envelopes or lettersheets cancelled by blue English type numerals 108 (Carnarvon) or 725 (South Petherton) or Scottish numeral 295 (Renfrew). Also a 1d pink envelope cancelled 319 of Goole with a blue Leeds arrival datestamp applied over the stamp. (4). £120-140
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Spoons. 1854-63 Entire letters (2) and covers (5) with English spoon cancels including 1854 (Feb 25) Plymouth spoon tying an imperf 1d red to entire (an early use, in first period of use); 1857 Birmingham spoon tying 6d + 1d pair on cover to Germany with "INSUFFICIENTLY / STAMPED"; 1863 Northampton spoon tying 1d + 2d + 6d on cover to New Zealand; 1860 Manchester type B spoon tying 1d red on Prices Current to Switzerland, with red handstruck "5"; also York, Worcester, etc. A fine group with some unusual uses on covers to abroad. (7). £200-250
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Machines. 1859-1906 Covers and cards (23), pieces or stamps (24) with machine cancels, covers including 1859 entire letter franked 4d pair with Pearson Hill Parallel Motion No. 3 duplexs, 1869 Azemer with single "A1" cancel, 1903 Bickerdyke on 1870 ½d violet postcard, also 1897 first type London Bickerdyke and 1899 Liverpool Bickerdyke both on pieces, 1898 Boston trial on piece, etc. (47). £250-300
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Machines. 1889-1905 Printed Patents for automatic machines to cancel stamps, or to apply Paid marks in lieu of an adhesive stamps, including patents by the International Co. of New York (1889), Columbia Co. of the U.S.A (1901) and Nils Krag of Norway (1905) all of whose machines were experimented with or adopted by the British Post Office. (7). £120-150
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Machines. 1912 (Sep 4) KEVII 1d Stationery envelope cancelled by London experimental Columbia machine with eight evenly spaced bars, very scarce. From the collection of Michael Goodman, one of just three examples he had recorded. £100-120
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Duplexs. 1902-11 Picture postcards franked by KEVII stamps all with duplex cancels, many different offices, some duplication. (c.750). £200-250
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1838-1964 Christmas cards, P.O Notices, etc., including 1838 letter with "BRISTOL / 25 DE 1838 / PY POST"; 1891-92 Post Office Notices concerning Christmas season posts (3); 1890 imitation Mulready postcard with verse on reverse given as a Christmas card (corner creases); handpainted Christmas cards (3); unusual Christmas card in the form of an imitation cheque book; 1943 and 1944 Birmingham Post Office Christmas greetings airgraph forms unused, etc. (20). £120-150
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Altrincham. 1903 Picture postcard posted within Altrincham with KEVII ½d tied by superb oval Advance Posting cancel, code "A.D.J", very scarce, c.6,500 items posted at Altrincham in 1903. Photo on Page 88. £220-260
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Ashton-Under-Lyne. 1906 Picture postcard to Manchester with KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X/MAS" cancel, very scarce, only 3,100 items posted at Ashton-Under-Lyne in 1906. Photo on Page 88. £260-320
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Birkenhead. 1908 Picture postcard (headed "Xmas. 08") with KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, the year date at right clearly omitted in error. Similar year omitted errors are recorded from Eccles, Stalybridge and Stockport. Tiny tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and unusual. £100-120
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Bolton. 1904 Picture postcard posted within Bolton, with KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel, code "B.L.", fine. c.25,000 items posted at Bolton in 1904. Photo on Page 88. £120-150
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Bury. 1903 Cover posted within Bury, a KEVII 1d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel code "B.C." in red. Several edge tears, an unusual red cancel on a 1d stamp on cover. The only year this scheme operated at Bury, c.10,000 items posted. £120-150
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Douglas. 1906 Stampless cover to Liverpool with red "DOUGLAS · I·OF·MAN / PAID / ½ / 06 / A" handstamp (with year only, no date shown) and black "XMAS" handstamp. A remarkable combination, the only Christmas advance posting item prepaid in cash we have recorded from any town. 10,200 Items posted at Douglas in 1906. Photo on Page 88. £800-1,000
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Douglas. 1908 Picture postcard with printed Christmas greetings, to Stalybridge, a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel. 25,000 Items posted in Douglas in 1908. Photo on Page 88. £250-300
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Dukinfield. 1907 Picture postcard posted within Dukinfield with KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, a few letters partly missing at the upper edge of the card, otherwise superbly struck. Just 700 items posted at Dukinfield in 1907, the smallest posting of any town in that year with only three towns recording smaller postings in any other year of the scheme. Very rare, possibly unique. Photo on Page 88. £400-500
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Eccles. 1908 Picture postcard to Barton, near Particroft, with a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, 11,609 items posted at Eccles in 1908. Photo on Page 88. £120-150
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Glossop. 1906 Picture postcard sent within Glossop with a KEVII ½d tied by the "X / MAS" cancel, fine and scarce, just 3,600 items posted in Glossop in 1906. Photo on Page 88. £320-380
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Hull. 1903 Picture postcard sent within Hull, a KEVII ½d cancelled by Advance Posting cancel code "H.U." in red. The only year this scheme operated in Hull, 15,635 items posted, cancels rarely seen. Photo on Page 90. £180-220
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Knutsford. 1904 Picture postcard posted within Knutsford, a KEVII ½d tied by the oval Advance Posting cancel, code "K.U.". The four corners of the card clipped, otherwise fine. Neither Kidd or Campbell record the scheme in operation at Knutsford in 1904, although it is recorded in 1903 and 1906-09; this undoubtedly genuine card proves it was operating this year, and it seems likely to have operated in 1905 also. Only 725 items posted at Knutsford in 1903, a similar number likely to have been posted in 1904. A rare unlisted cancel, possibly unique. Photo on Page 90. £700-800
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Leicester. 1904 Cover posted within Leicester franked KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel code "L.E.", in black ink but with a reddish tinge, probably a result of using both colours for the cancel with some mixing of the inks resulting from this. Fine and unusual, 14,605 items posted in 1904. Photo on Page 90. £200-240
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Leicester. 1908 Picture postcard with printed Christmas greetings posted within Leicester, a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, an unusually fine strike. 50,998 items posted in 1908. £100-120
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Macclesfield. 1903 Picture postcard posted within Macclesfield with KEVII ½d tied by a superb oval Advance Posting cancel code "M.C." in red. Exceptional quality and very scarce, just 2,700 items posted, the only year this scheme operated at Macclesfield. Photo on Page 90. £300-350
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Manchester. 1905 Covers with the oval Advance Posting cancel code "M.R.", one cover to the stamp dealer Charles Nissen in London franked by two QV ½d newspaper wrapper cut-outs each with a fine cancel; the other cover franked KEVII ½d to Altrincham, presumably delivered on Christmas day but then apparently put back into the post, endorsed "Found reposted, 9.0am 27/12/05" with a Dec. 27 (10.15am) Altrincham c.d.s applied on the front, redelivered on that day to the original address. Two unusual covers. (2). £120-150
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Norwich. 1903 Picture postcard with Christmas greetings posted within Norwich, a KEVII ½d tied by Norwich 575 duplex in red, simply containing a "5" and the year date "03" with the "3" inverted, very fine and rare. Norwich and Cheltenham used their ordinary datestamps in red with the date omitted on mail posted in advance for Christmas delivery in 1903. Just 1,414 items posted in Norwich in 1903, this card being the finest of three recorded examples of this red duplex. Photo on Page 90. £300-350
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Norwich. 1908 Picture postcard to London with KEVII ½d tied by a superb "X / MAS" cancel. 14,905 Items posted at Norwich in 1908. Photo on Page 90. £120-150
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Ormskirk. 1909 Picture postcard to Handley near Chesterfield, a KEVII ½d tied by "X / MAS" cancel, the final three letters of the town name off the card, otherwise very fine and scarce, 3,900 items posted at Ormskirk in 1909. Photo on Page 90. £180-220
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Prescot. 1906 Cover to Chester franked KEVII ½d, tied by a very fine "X / MAS" cancel. Very scarce, just 3,200 items posted in 1906. Photo on Page 90. £280-320
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Reading. 1908 Picture postcard sent within Reading with a KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X / MAS" cancel. 17,035 Items posted in Reading in 1908. Photo on Page 92. £120-150
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Rochdale. 1903 Cover sent within Rochdale, a KEVII 1d tied by the oval Advance Posting cancel, code "R.O." in black, inverted but otherwise superb. This cancel was applied in red on ½d stamps and black on 1d stamps. c.26,000 Items posted in 1903, comparatively few of these being cancelled in black. With R.P.S Certificate (1984). Photo on Page 92. £200-250
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Rochdale. 1904 Picture postcard posted within Rochdale, a KEVII ½d tied by the oval Advance Posting cancel code "R.O." in red, 21,275 items posted in 1904. £120-150
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Runcorn. 1908 Picture postcard sent within Runcorn, with KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X / MAS" cancel. Fine and scarce, just 3,900 items posted. Photo on Page 92. £280-320
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St. Helens. 1908 Picture postcard with printed Christmas greetings posted to Southport, a KEVII ½d tied by a fine "X / MAS" cancel, the "08" year set sloping downwards. Fine and scarce, c.3,000 items posted in 1908. Photo on Page 92. £300-350
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Sale. 1903 Picture postcard sent locally to Brooklands, a KEVII ½d tied by the oval Advance Posting cancel code "S.C.R.", a superb strike, scarce, c.4,000 items posted in 1903. Photo on Page 92. £200-260
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Sale. 1908 Cover to Manchester with KEVII ½d tied by oval Advance Posting cancel, code "S.C.R.", very fine. 26,000 Items posted in 1908. Photo on Page 92. £150-180
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