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Trinidad. 1941 (July 7) German form from Stanley Ogier in Guernsey to Thomas Ogier in Port of Spain, reverse with reply sent back on 5th February 1942, Swiss Red Cross cachets and boxed "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz / Eing.: 24 JUIL 1941 / Ausg.: 25 JUIL 1941", with an accompanying slip "With the Compliments of the British Red Cross Society Trinidad and Tobago Branch" and a printed Red Cross. A very rare destination and origin. £150-180
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USA. 1941-44 German forms from Jersey to USA (5, all with replies) and a 1944 (Mar 27) American Red Cross form to Jersey all with Swiss Red Cross cachets, three with German Red Cross cachets, one form with unusual "DISASTER / FOREIGN WAR RELIEF", two with boxed American Red Cross Inquiry Unit dated handstamps. (6). £280-320
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USA. 1942-44 German forms from Guernsey to USA (4, one with reply on reverse) and 1944 (July 31) American Red Cross form to Guernsey all with Swiss Red Cross cachets, two forms to T.S Tourtell in Florida, one of these with accompanying American Red Cross letter and envelope, and two forms to Mrs L. Tabb in California, one incorrectly addressed and returned with attached "Retour Postaux" slip bearing a Swiss Red Cross cachet, three forms with American Red Cross Inquiry Unit dated handstamps. Also a summary message form for a letter from USA to Guernsey held in suspense at Lisbon. An unusual group. (8). £350-400
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USA. 1941-44 German forms from Guernsey to USA all with replies on the reverse, Swiss and German Red Cross cachets, three with German censors, five with dated American Red Cross handstamps. A scarce large group. (18). £600-700
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USA. 1941-44 German forms all from Alice, Laura or Julia la Ray in Guernsey to relatives in the USA, all (except one) with replies on the reverse, eleven with American Red Cross dated handstamps. (22). £650-750
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USA. 1944 (Aug 8) and 1945 (June 1) American Red Cross forms (two types) to Alma or Laura la Ray in Guernsey, and a summary of civilian message in suspension at Lisbon form for a letter of 23 March 1944 from Mrs P.B Loomis in the USA to Mrs J.J la Ray. Also notepaper with American Red Cross cachet and typed note "10/10/45 Regular mail service should be used from now on. Red Cross message service ceased with hostilities" used for a letter from Elizabeth Loomis to Laura la Ray. An unusual group. (4). £250-300
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Hoylake. 1715-1933 Covers and postcards including 1715 entire letter from Hoylake to Liverpool privately carried, 1796 entire letter from Steyning to Derby redirected to Hoylake, 1910-21 skeleton datestamps (21), etc. (82). £100-120
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Devon/Talland. 1689-90 Entire letters to John Morth, High Sheriff, two addressed to Talland, one written and signed by the Bishop of Exeter, others from Ashburton, Plymouth or Plympton, the last with a "2" charge. Fine early letters from Devon to Cornwall. (4). £300-350
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1689-90 Entire letters written and signed by Sidney Godolphin from Menabilly House near Fowey, or John Carew from Antony House near Torpoint, both to John Morth, High Sheriff of Cornwall. Sidney Godolphin was M.P for Helston and served as Lord High Treasurer on four occasions between 1684 and 1710. John Carew was M.P for Cornwall in 1689 and became M.P for Saltash in 1690; Antony House is now owned by the National Trust. Two fine early Cornwall letters from prominent figures. (2). £180-220
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London/Talland. 1689-c.1700 Entire letters from London to John Morth, High Sheriff of Cornwall at Talland near Looe, both with Bishop Marks and receiver handstamps, the first charged 3d, the second from John Waddon, M.P for Plymouth, therefore sent free of charge, signed "Frank, John Waddon". (2). £140-160
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1d Reds. 1841-43 Cover and entires (2) with 1d reds tied by black Maltese Crosses, 1841 items from Plympton to Place House, Fowey with 1d black plate 9 (four margins) or St. Agnes to Hoyle with "No. 1" and blue Truro datestamp bearing 1d black plate 11 (four large to enormous margins, a superb stamp), also 1843 entire from Penzance to Hayle. S.G. £725+. (3). £150-180
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Camborne/Penzance - Chile. 1872-74 Covers addressed to "Henry Vivian, Coquimbo Railway, Coquimbo, Chile", the first franked 6d pale chestnut plate 11 + 1/- plate 6, the 6d cancelled by Camborne 815 duplex and the 1/- unusually cancelled by the "815" vertical obliterator (not recorded in use by Parmenter); the second franked 6d grey plate 13 + 1/- plate 9 cancelled by Penzance 609 duplexs. (2). £140-160
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Newquay. 1871 Mourning envelopes to Galle, Ceylon, franked 3d + 9d straw or 1/- plate 5 both cancelled by horizontal oval "C22" obliterator, the 1/- cover with a few opening tears, otherwise fine. Parmenter states "no dated copies known" of this C22 obliterator. (2). £140-160
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Padstow. 1840-45 Entires (5) and a large piece all with "PADSTOW" undated circles, with 1840 entire prepaid 2d from Camelford to Wadebridge, readdressed "at one of the Inns, Helston" and put back into the post at Padstow charged 2d due, Camelford and Padstow undated circles both in red; 1841 large piece bearing 1d black AF plate 1b (four margins, very close to enormous) with Maltese Cross cancel, also 1d red covers cancelled by Maltese Crosses (2) or "90" of Bodmin and a 1d pink lettersheet cancelled "90", these five with undated circles in black. (6). £180-200
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Penzance. 1869-73 Covers bearing Surface Printed issues tied by Penzance 609 duplexs (3 types), comprising 1869 4d vermilion plate 11 to France or 6d mauve plate 8 to Canada, 1873 6d grey plate 12 (S.G. 125, £375) to Italy or 3d rose plate 12 to France. (4). £160-180
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St Columb. 1849 Entire to Place House, Fowey, bearing 1d red CB-QC block of six with small to large margins on all sides, each cancelled "678", a blue St Columb c.d.s below. An unusual franking, also a print of Place House. £150-180
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St. Mawes. 1871 Stampless cover to Sweden with St Mawes c.d.s, Grampound five bar duplex and black "4d"; endorsed "Losen 60 ore", upper left corner torn away, the enclosed letter from Falmouth written in Swedish on notepaper with a fine engraving of "Falmouth, St. Mawes Castle &c". Very attractive notepaper. £80-100
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Torpoint. 1841 (Nov 3) Entire to the Admiralty in London, written by Lord Lisle who asks for his son William to be appointed volunteer first class to the "Alfred" Capt. Penross, bearing a 1d red (four margins) cancelled by the "No. 2" penny post receiver (3 strikes) and by a manuscript pen stroke, a further "No. 2" handstamp on the front, backstamped at Devonport. The only recorded example of this "No. 2" of Torpoint used as a cancellation. Photo on Page 124. £500-600
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Torpoint. 1840-58 Entire letters (2), entires (2) and covers (2) comprising 1840 letter prepaid 1d in cash with "No. 2" and red Devonport Penny Post; 1840 cover franked 1d black, GF plate 1b with four good to large margins tied by a black Maltese Cross, "No. 2" alongside; 1843 entire franked 1841 2d (four margins) tied by black Maltese Cross (3 strikes) with "No.2"; 1848 letter (faults) bearing 1841 2d pair and 1850 1d pink envelope both cancelled "252" with "TORPOINT" undated circles; and 1858 cover to USA franked 1/- cancelled "252" with Torpoint backstamps. (6). £240-280
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Torpoint. 1852 (Oct 6) Registered cover to Okehampton, 1d postage + 6d registration paid by seven 1d reds (three singles + strip of four) each cancelled "252", an uncommon provincial registered cover. Photo on Page 124. £120-150
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Truro. 1853 Cover to Switzerland bearing a 1d red (three margins) and embossed 10d (cut square, touched on three sides) each cancelled "814", "PD" and datestamps of Truro, London, Calais and Geneva. A scarce provincial use of the embossed 10d. Photo on Page 124. £200-240
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1847 Printed letter from James Wilcocks, Colonial Passenger & Emigration Office in Plymouth, a handwritten letter requesting £9.8.0 for passage on the commissioner's ship "Athenian" to the Cape of Good Hope, posted from Plymouth to Kingsbridge prepaid 1d in cash; and 1853 entire from London to Melbourne "p Medway" with fine oval "FORWARDED BY / J.B. WILCOCKS / SHIPPING & EMIGRATION / AGENT / PLYMOUTH" F.A.C, red "SHIP LETTER / MELBOURNE" backstamp, charged 3d. (2). Photo on Page 124. £240-280
| London
(Also see lots 21, 393, 395/6, 427/9, 447/77, 595, 605, 614/27) | |
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1662 (Sep 27) Entire letter from Dublin to "Mr John Morris at the flying horse in Cornehill, London", charged 4d, a superb "OC/10" Bishop Mark on reverse. A rare second year of use Bishop Mark, exhibition quality. Photo on Page 124. £650-750
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Penny Posts / Dockwras. 1756-1801 Entire letters or entires (13), fronts or pieces (5) including triangular Dockwra type "Peny Post Paid" handstamps (13), receiver handstamps for Martin, Mason, Owen and Cade, superb triangular "Penny / Post / Not Paid" in red on 1801 entire letter (ex. Jay Collection), etc., quality a little mixed with some faults. (18). £260-300
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1794 Entire letters prepaid from London to Dumfries with experimental Paid datestamps, boxed "POSTAGE / PAID" type (Mar. 20, Jay 96, only used in March 1794) or "PAID" c.d.s (Oct 14, Jay 98, used August-December 1794), fine strikes, a good pair. (2). Photo on Page 124. £250-300
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Twopenny Posts. 1805-56 Entire letters, entires and covers (also a few fronts), the collection written up on pages with various datestamps, paid and unpaid receiving house handstamps, erasure marks, "T.P / Rate / 2", red circular "To Be Delivered / by 10 / Sund / Morn", country sorting office datestamps, red "Chief Office / Paid" (Jay 485) on 1844 letter prepaid 4d, Frees, etc. A few faults though most are fine, ex. Forrestier-Smith. (89). £400-500
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Foreign Office. 1819-22 Entire letters to Frederick Huth & Co in London with unframed rate handstamps, comprising "oz at 5/4 per oz" on a letter from Amsterdam charged 5/4, "oz at 6/8 per oz" on two letters from Hamburg charged 10/- or 15/-, "oz at 8/8 per oz" on a disinfected letter from Santiago, Spain, charged 8/8, light file folds, otherwise fine. (4). £260-300
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Foreign Office. 1825-28 Entire letters from Buenos Ayres to Frederick Huth & Co in London both with unframed "oz at 14/- per oz", the first endorsed by the "Countess of Chichester", the second by the "Kingfisher", both charged 17/6. Both with heavy file folds, the second with closed tear through part of the address panel, nevertheless fine strikes of an uncommon handstamp. (2). £120-150
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Foreign Office. 1829-30 Entire letters from Leipzig or Bremen (2) to Frederick Huth & Co in London, endorsed via Ostende (2) or Holland, all with "oz at 6/8 per oz" handstamp within a dotted frame, charged 10/- (2) or 11/8, file folds (two light), otherwise fine. (3). £180-220
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Foreign Office. 1831 Entire letter from Stettin to Frederick Huth & Co., initially handstamped with dotted framed "oz at 5/4 per oz" (intended for use on letters from Belgium and Holland) and charged 5/4, the error quickly noticed and the incorrect handstamp apparently deliberately smudged and replaced by the correct similar type "oz at 6/8 per oz", the rate altered with the original rate deleted by a large inspectors crown. Vertical file fold at right, otherwise fine and exceptional, the only example of these rate handstamps applied in error and corrected that we have seen. Photo on Page 124. £250-300
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1861 (Oct 29) Entire from Jersey to the USA franked 1/-, red "INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" applied in error and deleted with "FOREIGN DIVISION / (crown) / G.P.O" intaglio mailbag handstamp. Light file folds, an unusual and spectacular cover, the only example of this mailbag handstamp we have recorded. Photo on Page 132. £380-420
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1651 (Sep 1) Entire letter from William Dilke addressed "for his most honoured Grandfather Sr David Bagot at Fielde Hall in Staffordshire", a reply written inside on October 6th from Field (Hall). A fine civil war period letter. £180-200
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1848-c.1990 Entire letters, covers, cards and ephemera (214), also stamps and pieces (32), including 1850 "97" numeral in blue, 1851 "TOO LATE" in blue, 1837 registered 1d pink envelope franked 6d, 1865-75 registered covers franked 5d, 1851 registered letter C.O.P, 1897 cover franked 1d + 2d Great Eastern Railway letter stamp, KEVII 6d strip of three with oval G.E.R station cancels, WW2 covers and cards from German P.O.Ws in Camp 186 or 260 (2), pre-decimal postal orders (16), Dog Licences (2), various QV receipts with 1d stamps, woven Stevengraphs depicting a mail coach ("The Good Old Days") or steam train ("The Present Time"), etc. Also four books on G.B postal history. (250). £250-300
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1731-63 Entire letters (3) and an entire with differing straight line "Bury" handstamps, comprising BCC type 72 in red on 1731 letter to the Black Boy in London (first recorded year of use, seven years earlier than the first listing in red, the letter stained); type 73 in purple on 1742 entire to the Master of Christ's College Cambridge; unrecorded 20x7mm handstamp in purple on 1748 letter; and type 75 on 1763 letter to the Augmentation Office in London. (4). £250-300
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1784-1803 Prestamp and stampless entire letters and entires (27) and fronts (2), various Bury St Edmunds handstamps include first type mileage marks (3), "BURY ST EDMDS / Penny Post" (2), "Bury / St. Edmunds / Penny Post", red "BURY / 1 / PAID" (7), etc., some free franks, also 1794 ½d (2) and 1d (2) copper tokens issued by Philip Deck, with "Payable at P. Decks Post Office Bury" around the side. (29 + 4 tokens). £380-450
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1810 Entire letter with a Bury mileage mark, addressed "To the Treasurer of the Eastern Division of the County of Essex", with a fine red "RETURND - FROM / COLCHESTER", endorsed "try Chelmsford". £100-120
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Naval Mail - Carlist War. 1837-38 Entire letters written by Lt. M.H Bunbury from H.M.S "Minden" at Lisbon (4) or H.M.S "Castor" at Barcelona (2), the long interesting letters (with full transcripts) detailing the wars in Portugal and Spain, to his father in Bury St. Edmunds, one with red Falmouth Ship Letter. (6). £300-400
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1d Blacks. 1840-41 Entire letters to London bearing 1d blacks, CF plate 1b or PB plate 8 with red or black Maltese Crosses, some letter faults, the stamps fine. Also 1840 front (with upper flap) bearing 1d black AB plate 2 (three margins), and 1842 entire bearing a 1d red. (4) £220-260
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Mulreadys. 1840-41 1d Mulready lettersheets, both stereo A233, with red or black Maltese Cross cancels and matching Bury backstamps, the first addressed to "The Earl of Surrey, Windsor Castle" and signed "Fitzalan". The 1841 Mulready with pressed file folds, the 1840 Mulready with one horizontal fold but otherwise fine and attractive, a good matched pair from the same stereo. (2). £150-180
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1849-56 Stampless covers to New York with differing Bury datestamps on the front, both prepaid in cash, the first endorsed "Private Ship" so prepaid 8d with red Ship Letter London and Ship Letter Liverpool datestamps and a 6c charge, the second prepaid at the 1/- packet rate. A good pair. (2). £80-100
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1857-97 Entire letter and covers (9) from Bury St Edmunds to Europe comprising stampless entire to Switzerland charged 2/2; cover franked 4d to Switzerland with "INSUFFICIENTLY / STAMPED" and oval "F. / 27"; covers only franked 1d to France or Switzerland with "INSUFFICIENTLY / STAMPED" or "INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID"; covers to France (3, one from Ipswich) or Prussia franked 4d or 3d (3); 1876 cover to Italy bearing ½d strip of five (address partly erased); and 1897 cover from London to Bury franked 1d, readdressed to Switzerland with ½d + 1d pair applied but overweight so charged 15c single rate deficiency with 2c and 3c postage due strips of three. (10). £180-200
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India. 1855-77 Covers comprising 1855-56 covers franked 4d strip of three or embossed 1/- (cut square, two good margins) cancelled "97", both to G.P Witt on board the ship "Genghis Khan" at Calcutta (edge faults); 1877 cover to the wife of James Napier, 10th Royal Hussars, at Muttra, franked 8d, Woolpit backstamp; and 1875-77 covers from Napier in India franked 8a, all to Clopton Hall at Woolpit with arrival backstamps of Woolpit, one redirected with a 1d red. (6). £150-180
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1868-93 Covers addressed abroad, comprising 1868 cover franked 6d to New Zealand, 1869 cover franked 9d to Ceylon and 1879 cover franked 6d to Transvaal (all three with cover faults); 1885 covers franked 6d green to South Australia or 2½d lilac to USA both with fine squared circle cancels; 1893 covers franked 2½d to Up Park Camp, Jamaica (2); and 1893 ½d envelope franked ½d, 3d and 1d postal fiscal addressed to Hong Kong, with Singapore To Hong Kong backstamp. (8). £150-180
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1880 Printed advertising envelope for "C.H Nunn, Stamp Importer" depicting an 1869 U.S 10c stamp, addressed to New York franked ½d, 1d pair and 2½d. Also 1872 3d envelopes addressed to the noted philatelist W.A.S Westoby in Brussels (2), 1880 ½d postcard franked ½d to Bavaria with message offering to swap "2 used Mulready envelopes and one unused black Mulready for 50,000 assorted continentals", and other 1893-94 postcards with messages concerning philately. (6). £100-120
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Registered Mail/Postal Stationery. 1889 Large size I 2d registration envelopes with adhesive compensation labels on reverse (one with label altered in manuscript, another with a label of new rates applied over the old rate label), all posted to Marple franked 2d, 4d, 4½d or 5d, all four marked "Fragile with Care" with diagonal blue lines. (4). £120-140
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Parcel Post. 1887-1925 Parcel Post labels for Bury St Edmunds main office (12, seven with M.O.O datestamps), town sub-offices (15) or village sub-offices (29), two applied to parcel tags, twenty bearing stamps, seven with rubber datestamps, also a real photo picture postcard of Culford Post Office, and the hardbound book "Parcel Post Service in Norfolk and Suffolk" by J. Dahl & V. Sussex. £250-300
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Sub-Offices. 1800-1924 Entire letters, covers and cards, including prestamp items with handstamps of Mildenhall, Woolpit (4, BCC types 419, 420, 423) and Ixworth Penny Post (2); 1843-58 undated circles of Ixworth (5, one with red "P1"), Stanton, Long Melford, Bradwell-Ash, Horringer (franked 6d to Newfoundland), Woolpit (4), Walsham or Felsham; later datestamps, etc. (37). £250-300
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Sub-Offices - Rubber Datestamps. 1904-24 Picture postcards with rubber cancels, including Gt. Saxham rubber skeleton, one card missent to Barningham, mixed quality. (35). £80-100
| Scotland
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Isle of Bute. 1840-41 Entire letters (3, two part letters) and entires (3) to Norman Stewart, all bearing 1d blacks, sent from Rothesay to Glasgow or London, or from London or Glasgow to Rothesay (one redirected from Glasgow), also two entires from London to Glasgow. Five 1d Blacks with four margins (one other with three margins), Maltese Cross cancels in red (5) or black, one entire stained, otherwise fine. (6). £1,000-1,200
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Island of Jura. 1859 Stampless cover (letter enclosed) to USA prepaid 1/- in cash, backstamped with "JURA / S.O" datestamp and at Greenock and Liverpool, Lochgilphead c.d.s, red "5 / CENTS" and "BOSTON 24 BR PKT / PAID" c.d.s on the front. An unusual cover to America. £100-120
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