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ORDER OF SALE
Thursday 27th October 2022 - to be sold at 10.30am
Great Britain
Stamps 1 - 82
Booklets 83 - 108
Officials, Circular Delivery Companies, Revenues & Cinderellas 109 - 123
Postal History - Mixed Lots 124 - 137
Air Mails, Cancellations 138 - 155
Christmas - Posted in Advance for Xmas Day, Exhibitions, Express Mail 156 - 195
Frees, Military & Naval, Money Order Office 196 - 224
Mulreadys, Parcel Post, Penny Postage Jubilee, Pictorial Envelopes 225 - 240
Postal Reform, Postal Stationery, Railways & T.P.Os 241 - 253
Registered Mail, Returned Letter Office, Royalty 254 - 264
English County Postal History 265 - 342
Scotland, Wales 343 - 350
Maritime Mail from the Graham Booth Collection
G.B Including Avonmouth & Bristol 351 - 363
Liverpool 364 - 439
Romney 440 - 448
Sussex 449 - 523
Mobile Boxes 524 - 536
Scottish Steamer Mail 537 - 543
Transatlantic, including Pioneer Steam Ships, Inman Line, US/British Sea P.O 544 - 611
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. 612 - 653
Caribbean Shipping Lines 654 - 675
Wreck Mail 676 - 682
Air Mails, including Crash Covers 683 - 698
Forwarding Agents Labels 699 - 704
World War One, including P.O.W Ships, Australian & N.Z Transport & Hospital Ships 705 - 763
1935 Silver Jubilee Issue, including Air Mail & Official Covers 764 - 798
Friday 28th October 2022 - to be sold at 10.30am
World & Commonwealth - Mixed Lots, Proofs 799 - 844
Aden, Afghanistan, Argentina, Ascension, Australia & States 845 - 863
Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Barbuda 864 - 907
Bechuanaland, Belgian Congo, Belgium, British Guiana, British Honduras 908 - 949
British Occupation of Italian Colonies, Burma, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, China 950 - 979
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Danzig, Dominican Rep., Dubai, Ecuador, Ethiopia 980 - 990
Falkland Islands, Finland, France, Gambia, Germany, German Colonies 991 - 1070
Gibraltar, Gilbert & Ellice Is., Gold Coast, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong 1071 - 1102
India, including Air Mail Covers 1103 - 1204
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, KUT, Kuwait, Labuan, Leeward Is., Liberia, Malaya 1205 - 1252
Malta, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nicaragua 1253 - 1271
Nigeria, North Borneo, Palestine, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Persia, Peru 1272 - 1360
Rhodesia, Romania, Russia, St. Helena, St. Lucia, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone 1361 - 1376
South Africa including Boer War, Sudan 1377 - 1463
Swaziland, Sweden, Tanganyika including Mafia Island 1464 - 1542
Thailand, Trinidad, Tristan da Cunha, Uganda, Virgin Islands, Yemen 1543 - 1553
Zanzibar 1554 - 1604
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1840-1902 Mainly QV stamps, the unusual group including 1d blacks RB plate 5 (just touched) and OC plate 1B with four good margins used on a front, 1867 imperforate 1/- plate 4 with type 6 "SPECIMEN" overprint fine mint, 1884 ½d slate-blue imperforate Imprimatur mint, 1883-84 2/6 and 5/- superb used, 1884 9d fine used and 1/- mint, 1887 10d dull purple and deep dull carmine pair (R.P.S Certificate, one stained) and 1/- green block of four both used, G.P.O Stores Dept. Parcel Post label bearing KEVII 2d pair + 3d, etc. (25). Photo on Page 6. £900-1,100
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1840-1936 QV-KGV Used collection in an S.G. Windsor album including 1d blacks (6, four fine with four margins), 1840 2d blues (3, all four margins, two very close), 1d reds with numbers in Maltese Cross (7), Surface Printed with 1880 Large Garter 4d grey-brown, 1882-84 10/-, 1891 £1 green, 1902 KEVII marginal 5/-, 10/-, Seahorses with De La Rue 10/-, 1929 PUC £1, etc. (100s). Photo on Pages 6 & 10. £600-800
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1840-1970 Mint and used collection including 1840 1d black KK plate 1B and JC plate 3 both fine with good margins tied to pieces by red Maltese Crosses, 1840 1d black GF-GH plate 5 strip of three used with black Maltese Crosses (small faults), 1840 2d blue and 2d pale blue both with four margins used with red or black Maltese Crosses, 1864-79 1d plate 169 mint block of four, 1870 ½d plate 9 unused without gum (wing margin removed), 1862-64 3d mint, etc. A useful collection. (100s). Photo on Page 6. £1,000-1,200
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1840-1988 Collection in six albums with 1d blacks (7, one with four margins, another inverted watermark), 1971-88 commemoratives complete mint with many blocks, decimal definitives mint to £5, some Prestige and other booklets, also some prestamp and QV covers, cancels on stamps and pieces, etc., and an album of Scout and charity post stamps used. (7 albums). £300-400
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QV-QEII Stamps and covers in a box including 1d red, 2d blue and Surface Printed covers, F.D.Cs, 1929 PUC mint multiples with 2½d block of 36, Jersey 1941 1d mint corner strip of three with additional diagonal perforations through the two corner stamps, also a 1952-70 mint collection with all commemoratives, a collection of royalty postcards, etc. (100s). £200-300
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QV-QEII Mint and used collection in four albums and loose including two albums of Controls, some booklets, 1967 1/6 Machin block of four variety greenish blue omitted mint, etc. (100s). £250-300
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QV-QEII Extensive mint and used accumulation in stockbooks with 1d blacks (4, faults), embossed issues (29, all but one cut to shape), piece with 1862-64 6d (3) + 1/- pair, KGV Controls, 1929 PUC £1 used, a few KGVI booklet panes, Wilding and Machin Cylinder blocks, predecimal and decimal booklets in several albums, 1961 Parliamentary Conference specialised study, a few covers, etc. (1000s). £400-500
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1864-2006 Collection in 22 albums, the QEII decimal issues complete unmounted mint and used with all definitives, regionals and postage dues, booklets and presentation packs, smiler sheets, gutter pairs and some blocks, also duplicates in five stockbooks, all superb. A large lot, high face value. (27 albums). £1,500-2,000
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1858-2019 Extensive mint and used collection in 30 albums, the mint (mainly unmounted) in twelve albums with QEII period apparently complete including Prestige and ordinary booklets and booklet panes, definitives to the £10 value, multiples, some KGV and KGVI Controls, also used in eighteen albums with QEII probably complete, booklet panes, Post & Go issues, much duplication. A large lot, huge face value. (30 albums). £1,800-2,200
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QV-QEII Used selection with some covers, includes 1d blacks (2, three or four margins) and an entire letter from Market Harborough with a 1d black (2 margins), 1842 1d red cover with "MISSENT TO / LEICESTER / 97" in blue, also a world collection in a Lincoln stamp album and a quantity of Machin booklets. £150-200
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1840 1d Blacks, SI plate 3 with good margins tied to a front, KI plate 8, DA and PK plate 5 all just four margins; and 1840 2d blue RC plate 1 with four margins, small thin, red Maltese Cross. Also 1d Mulready lettersheet stereo A30 fine unused. (6). £320-360
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1840 1d Black and 1841 1d red, LK plate 9, matched pair both fine with good margins, black Maltese Cross cancels. Photo on Page 6. £140-160
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1840 1d Blacks, MF plate 5 on May 8th cover from London to Hereford, three margins, badly torn into at right but an early use; and GF plate 2 fine with four good to large margins used on front + upper flap from Hastings to Wirksworth, an unusually fine stamp. (2). £150-180
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1840 (May 28) Entire letter from Liverpool to London bearing 1d black IH-IK plate 3 strip of four each cancelled by a red Maltese Cross, IH cut into at base and IK cut into at right, II close at base, IJ superb, despatch and arrival backstamps, the entire with some light toning and splitting to a horizontal file fold. Photo on Page 8. £250-350
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1841 (Apr 1) Entire letter from Barnard Castle to Kendal bearing a 1d black, BD plate 11, three large margins, very close or just touched at upper left corner, tied by a black Maltese Cross, dispatch and arrival backstamps. A good example of this scarce plate on cover, with 2017 B.P.A Certificate stating "adhesive lifted and replaced, is genuine". S.G. £16,000. Photo on Page 8. £600-800
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1840 2d Blue, QI-QJ plate 1 pair used with black Maltese Cross cancels, good margins on all sides, trace of a light crease, otherwise fine and attractive. Photo on Page 6. £200-240
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1840 2d Deep blue plate 2, HE with four margins, 2½mm scissor cut into upper right corner square, used with number "12" in Maltese Cross cancel. A scarce cancel on the 1840 2d, an attractive looking stamp. S.G. £9,000. Photo on Page 6. £2,000-2,400
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1840 (July 27) Part entire (large part of reverse cut away) from Yarmouth to Norwich, bearing a 2d blue, RA plate 1 with good margins tied by a red Maltese Cross, despatch and arrival backstamps. A fine stamp. Photo on Page 8. £140-160
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1840 (Oct 30) Entire from Ulverstone to Kendal bearing 2d blue plate 1 DH-DI pair, DH touched at left, otherwise good margins, each tied by a fine deep red Maltese Cross with matching Ulverstone backstamp. A fine and attractive entire. Photo on Page 8. £300-350
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1841 (July 20) Entire (first page missing) from London to Hull bearing 1840 2d blue, GG plate 2 with four margins, close but clear at lower left, tied by a black Maltese Cross, despatch and arrival backstamps, vertical file folds clear of the stamp. £150-180
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1841-52 Imperforate 1d reds, the used selection on stockcards, virtually all four margins, the majority plated with scarcer plates, re-entries and unusual cancels including red Maltese Cross (not guaranteed), numerals in red or blue, Penny Posts, distinctive crosses, numbers in cross (12), etc. An interesting group. (149). Photo on Page 6. £400-500
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1841 Imperforate 2d blues, used selection comprising SJ-TL block of six, piece bearing AA-AF strip of six + single, also strips of three (5), pairs (3) and singles (12), the block with faults, the majority of the others fine with four margins. A good group. (46). £400-500
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1841-72 Covers and entire letters bearing 1d reds, comprising imperf 1d (34, virtually all four margin stamps), 1d stars (85) or 1d plates (9), many better stamps and cancels including Scots Locals, spoons, redirected covers, 1854 letter from Stornoway endorsed "per steamer to Portree", etc. (128). £300-400
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1842-56 Entire letters (2), entire and covers (3) all from abroad, all bearing 1d reds, comprising 1842 entire from Brussels with 1d imperf pair, uncancelled but clearly belongs (one crossed by a file fold), charged 2/8; 1843 cover from Jamaica with "PACKET LETTER" handstamp, 1844 letter from France and 1850 cover returned from Austria all redirected with imperf 1d reds; 1854 letter from USA redirected at Liverpool with 1d stars pair (cover faults); and 1856 cover from the Crimea charged 3d, redirected at Reading with 1d stars pair tied by Reading "635" spoon. An unusual group. (6). £320-380
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1846-52 Entire letters (3) and covers (2) with 1d reds cancelled by numerals in blue, comprising "266" of Dunstable, "509" of Market Deeping, Scottish "195" of Kettle, Irish "157" of Cove or "107" of Castlebar, the stamps with three or four margins. (5). £300-350
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1847-54 Embossed issues, 6d partly cut to shape, touched at top, on a registered 1856 front from Ashbourne franked 4d; 1/- cut square, cut into at left and just touched at top; 1/- cut square with three large to huge margins, just cut into at top, on an 1855 entire from Liverpool franked 1d, another stamp removed; and 1/- cut to shape on 1854 cover to USA tied by Liverpool spoon. (4). £160-180
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1852 (Dec 3) Entire from London to The Directors of the Lower & Middle Rhine Steam Navigation Co. at Dusseldorf bearing embossed 1/- green, an unusually fine stamp cut square with good to large margins on all sides, central numeral cancel with red oval "P" and manuscript "4" alongside, London, Aachen and Dusseldorf backstamps. Photo on Page 8. £180-220
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1853 (Aug 28) Registered entire from London to Macclesfield bearing embossed 1/- deep green with central numeral cancel, an unusually fine stamp cut square with four margins (very large on two sides), London and Macclesfield backstamps. Photo on Page 8. £150-180
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1853 (Nov 23) Cover from London to Lord Henry Lennox in Paris, bearing embossed 10d with central numeral cancel, an unusually fine stamp cut square with four clear margins, red oval "P-D" and Calais c.d.s on the front, backstamped in London and Paris with recipients note "From Lady Palmerston on proposed marriage of Prof. May & Plou Plou". Photo on Page 8. £200-250
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1854 (Nov 1) Entire letter from London to France bearing embossed 10d tied by London numeral cancel "22", an unusually fine stamp cut square, just touched at right, good to enormous margins on the other three sides, red oval "P-D" and a Calais c.d.s on the front, backstamped in London, Paris and Les Batignolles. Photo on Page 8. £200-240
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1854-61 1d Reds, the mainly used accumulation on stockcards and pages, most identified and plated with many better plates, re-entries and varieties, and selected cancellations including town cancels, spoons, OXO (2), Scots Locals, "466" pin cancel, French numerals (5), used in Malta, "RLB" obliterator, coloured cancels in red (3), green, violet or blue, pair with red + black cancels, etc., some multiples and pieces, a few mint stamps, also a few 2d blues including Liverpool experimental pin datestamp. A good lot with many scarce stamps and cancels, worthy of careful study. (c.450). Photo on Pages 6 & 38. £1,200-1,500
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1854-56 Covers to Australia both franked by an embossed 6d, both stamps cut square and just touched on two sides, the 1855 cover from London to Sydney "via Southampton" with fine "SHIP LETTER / SYDNEY" backstamp, the 1856 cover from Yarmouth, Norfolk to Melbourne "per Overland Mail" with "Ship Letter Melbourne Free" arrival datestamp, both with red "1d". (2). £180-220
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1855-1900 QV Surface Printed issues, mint and used selection including 1865 6d plate 5 mint, 1867 5/- rose used, 1887 4½d frame break unmounted, 1887 1/- pair used on piece with "MANCHESTER / GRAND-STAND" datestamps, etc. Also an 1885 cover to India bearing 1884 2d + 3d. A few faults. (78 + cover). £300-350
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1856 (May 1) Cover from Nottingham to Adelaide, South Australia "to be left at the Post Office until called for", bearing embossed 6d, cut square with three margins, touched at top, unusually cancelled by "NOTTINGHAM / 583" sideways duplex in blue and tied by red "1d", "G.P.O / ADELAIDE S.A" datestamp (July 19) below, backstamped in Liverpool. A scarce and unusual coloured cancel on an embossed issue cover. Photo on Page 14. £180-220
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1856-59 Covers with 1d red stars cancelled in blue (2) or green (3), comprising Galway "232" spoon or Kilmarnock "203" duplex in blue, Torquay "805" or Barnstaple "150" sideways duplexs and "58" numeral of Beaumaris in green, the Barnstaple cover with heavy file fold through the 1d red and the Kilmarnock cover with small faults, otherwise all fine coloured cancels. S.G. £4,350. (5). £300-400
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1857 Small cover from London to Wales bearing 1d pale rose (S.G. C9, plate 31) cancelled by the London numeral "44" in red, again cancelled by the same numeral in black, very unusual. Photo on Page 10. £150-200
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1859 (Sep 29) Entire letter from London bearing 1857 Large Garter 4d rose with upper margin showing part inscription, centrally cancelled by oval "PD" in black with a further strike alongside in red, backstamped in London, Paris and Cannes. An unusual and rare use of this "PD" mark as a cancellation. Photo on Page 14. £600-700
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1864-79 Plate numbers comprising ½d mint (2) or used (77) including blocks of six and nine, also three covers; 1d mint (15) or used (45) with used abroad (14, mostly Malta), J. Tyler underprint (clipped perfs at base), etc; 1½d Specimen (faults) or used (2, one Copestake Moore underprint); 2d mint or used (23), some faults. (169). £250-300
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1866 (Apr 13/17) Covers from Liverpool to Shropshire both franked 1d red plate 72, both with double perforations, an unusual variety, both stamps clearly from the same sheet. (2). £100-120
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1867 2/- Dull blue, a complete used pane of twenty, indistinct numeral cancels, CF/DF with small stain, otherwise fine. The only recorded used pane of this stamp, a remarkable multiple paying £2 postage. S.G. 118. Photo on Back Cover. £1,600-1,800
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1870 (Dec 10) Printed "Parliamentary Notice" envelope posted from Edinburgh to Portobello, franked "Spray" 9d pale straw tied by 131 duplex. A scarce single franking, paying 3d postage + 6d registration, ex Vivien Sussex collection. Photo on Page 14. £150-180
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1871 ½d Ormond Hill die proof without corner letters, in dull lilac-rose on thin white wove paper, a few very minor tone marks, otherwise fine and scarce. S.G. DP64b, £15,000. Photo on Page 10. £5,000-6,000
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1871 1/- Green plate 5, watermark "Spray", FG-GH block of four, wing margin at right and upper margin with part inscription, each with a small "HOPE ST GLASGOW" c.d.s, a superb used marginal block. S.G. 117, £225+. Photo on Page 10. £120-150
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1872 1/- Stock Exchange forgery, EH plate 5 with Stock Exchange (June 23) c.d.s, very fine. S.G. £850. Photo on Page 6. £220-260
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1872 (July 16) Part telegraph form bearing 1/- Stock Exchange forgery, plate 5 with impossible lettering "BS", tied by the Stock Exchange c.d.s with a second strike alongside. S.G. £1,500. Photo on Page 38. £400-500
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1873 (May 19) Entire letter from London to Sweden via Belgium, bearing 6d pale buff plate 11, handstamped "PD" (twice), "2½d" and framed "L1" late fee handstamp all in red, T.P.O arrival backstamp, unusually attractive. £100-120
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1876 (Jan 1) Cover with enclosed letter from London to France, sent on the day France joined the G.P.U and therefore the first day of the 2½d rate to France, with datestamps of Calais (Jan 2) and Paris. Minor tear at upper edge, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo on Page 14. £280-320
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1878 £1 Brown-lilac watermark Maltese Cross, used with Glasgow c.d.s, centred to foot, superb colour and unusually fine. S.G. 129, £4,500. Photo on Page 38. £1,600-1,800
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1879 (Jan 17) Unaddressed cover with embossed Post Office flap bearing 1876 6d grey plate 15 overprinted "SPECIMEN", tied by London "1" trial duplex cancel, the horizontal bars thinner than those found in the usual London duplexs, leaving larger gaps. Specimen overprints of the 2½d plate 15, 6d plate 15 and 1/- plate 13 are known on unaddressed covers with this trial cancel (with no more than two of each known); the only other recorded example of this 6d Specimen on cover is in the National Postal Museum. Flap rejoined, otherwise fine and the only example known in private hands. Photo on Page 14. £1,000-1,200
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1879 Tender Essays comprising 1d "Inland Revenue" type by Charles Skipper & East, imperforate (10) or perforated (14); Bradbury, Wilkinson 1d (6), 1½d (3) and 2d (7) essays; McCorquodale 1d dummy stamps (6), all imperforate, in various colours. Also Whiting 1d Treasury Essay reprinted proof on gummed paper. (47). £250-300
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