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1840 (May 25) 1d Lettersheet, stereo A69, used from Manchester to Whitchurch with a 1d black, CB plate 4 with four margins, in the upper corner cancelled by a deep red Maltese Cross, "Britannia" unusually uncancelled, Manchester backstamp. Minor soiling and peripheral faults, two pressed vertical file folds, very scarce. With B.P.A Certificate (2020) which states "adhesive lifted to press filing fold and re-affixed; and Brandon Certificate (2004). S.G. £15,000. Photo on Page 40. £3,000-3,500
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1840 (June 1) 2d Lettersheet, stereo a104, used from London to Bury St. Edmunds, signed in the lower corner by the sender Henry Jermyn, a bright red Maltese Cross applied below Britannia with red "T.P / Putney So" alongside, London c.d.s on reverse. An unusually fine and attractive 2d Mulready. S.G. £2,400. Photo on Page 40. £800-1,000
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1840 (July 31) 1d Envelope, stereo A170, used from Bakewell to Grantham, a red Maltese Cross applied to the right of Britannia with a matching Bakewell datestamp below and a Grantham backstamp. Redirected to "Board of Customs, London" with 1d paid in cash, shown by red manuscript "P1", again redirected to Lewisham Hill, Blackheath with a further 1d paid in cash, an indistinct two line Paid handstamp applied across Britannia with red "PD" datestamp (Aug. 3) alongside, a further tombstone type "PAID" datestamp in red applied upon arrival. A very unusual twice redirected Mulready with six handstamps all in red. Photo on Page 40. £800-1,000
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1840 (Aug. 12) 1d Envelope, stereo A135, contemporarily handpainted in watercolour, very well done with fine subtle colours, posted from Barnes to "Lady Mansel, Wrotham Heath, nr. Wrotham, Kent", with a fine vermilion Maltese Cross, black "T.P / Barnes" on the front, London backstamp. An unusually fine and attractive handcoloured Mulready, with Brandon Certificate (2005). Photo on Page 40. £1,000-1,200
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1840 (Oct. 12) 1d Lettersheet, stereo A7, from Banbridge to Blair Athol, with a 1d black, LK plate 2 (four margins, tiny fault at upper right), the stamp and envelope both with red Maltese Cross cancels, backstamped at Banbridge, Belfast and Edinburgh. The edges a little trimmed (with no loss to the printed wording) and a few flap faults, otherwise fine, an attractive and rare uprated Mulready from Ireland. With Brandon Certificate (2008). S.G. £15,000. Photo on Page 40. £3,500-4,000
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1840 (July 25) Humes Comic Envelope number 1, state 3 with Lawrie and Knight advert inside, used from Edinburgh to Ryde, Isle of Wight, bearing a 1d black, JC plate 4 (three margins) tied by a red Maltese Cross, Edinburgh backstamp. Opened out to display the printed flaps, minor flap faults, attractive and rare. With Brandon Certificate (2018). Photo on Inside Front Cover. £5,000-6,000
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1840 (Aug. 12) Southgate Mulready Caricature envelope number 3 used from Moffat to Lockerbie bearing a 1d black, JJ plate 3 with good to huge margins cancelled by a red Maltese Cross. Seal cut from reverse, some staining, the stamp not tied, with R.P.S Certificate (1974) "is genuine as far as one can say". A scarce envelope, ex. Donald Turner, included in the Bodily/Jarvis/Hahn listing of recorded examples. Photo on Page 40. £1,500-1,800
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1883 Parcels Post official publications, "Rules for Head Postmasters", "Rules for Sub-Postmasters", "Rules for Town Receivers", "Circular Letter to Surveyors dated 1st February 1883", and "Report of the Deputy Postmaster-General to the Right Honourable The Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury, 20th February 1883". Five rare publications produced prior to the introduction of the Parcels Post in August 1883, giving all rules and regulations of the new service with reproductions of the forms and labels to be used. (5). £600-700
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c.1883-1918 Post Office Notices (3) and ephemera with 1891 menu for The Foreign & Colonial Parcel Post Mount Pleasant fourth annual dinner, Parcels Post label and Postal Regulations card with rates, parcel tags with wrapper or cover giving rates, parcel tags with cover advertising parcels sent by the LMS, 1912-15 P.O Notices advertising parcel services to Rhodesia and Belgian Congo (faults), China via Siberia or Gold Coast Colony. (9). £250-300
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Private Parcel Labels/Postal Stationery. c.1896-1933 Labels (6) and parcel tags (2), comprising Thornton Pickard tie-on Parcel Post tags each with two differing embossed QV stamps (one with Parcel Post label on reverse, the other a little shortened at left); Whitfield King parcel labels with embossed KEVII 4d + 4d, 4d + 1/-, 1/- (shortened at base) or KGV 6d; and P.T.P.O Post Office type Parcel Post labels for Marshall & Snelgrove or Pryce Jones Ltd both franked 4d. A few faults but an unusual group. (8). £160-200
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1840-90 Envelopes and lettersheets with Mulready 2d envelope stereo a196 and lettersheet stereo a103 both unused, Deraedemaeker reprints of propaganda envelopes (23) for Ocean Penny Postage, Peace, Anti-slavery, Intemperance, Commerce, etc., all fine. (26). £500-600
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Postal Reform. 1841 (Jan. 13) Entire letter from Huntingdon to Chatteris prepaid 1d in cash, the address panel with a fancy border printed in sliver, with "Edis, Huntingdon" at the base and "Paid" in the lower left corner, red Huntingdon datestamp, tiny fault at upper edge, otherwise fine. Similar 1840-41 printed lettersheets intended for prepaid mail were produced by J.W. Barraclough of Nuneaton (now listed by S.G. in their G.B catalogue) and I.R Taylor in London (recorded used at March and St. Ives); these are described in "British Postal Reform" by J. Grimwood-Taylor (p 630/2) which does not record this lettersheet by Edis. Very rare. Photo on Page 40. £600-800
| Postage Due Mail
(Also see lots 161/4, 168, 180, 246, 288/9, 297, 392, 700/2) | |
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1809-40 Entire letters and entires including letters from Europe handstamped "oz at 5/4 per oz", "oz at 6/8 per oz" (2) or "oz at 8/8 per oz" all applied in the London Foreign Branch, "More To Pay" handstamps (4, one 1840 letter charged single rate deficiency only in error), etc., also Paid handstamps. (12). £250-300
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1831 Entire letter from Stettin to Frederick Huth & Co. in London, 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 "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 40. £200-250
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1855-1912 Underpaid covers and cards from abroad including picture postcards deemed liable to letter rate (28), unusual 1½d charge mark on 1881 Austria 2kr postcard, 1892 USA cover franked 6c with unusual 9d charge mark, 1888 stampless cover from India charged 10d, 1900 Rhodesia postcard franked 1d and charged 6d, etc. (81). £240-280
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c.1897-1943 Covers and cards including registered mail (4), forces mail (6) with an unusual unpaid 1940 cover from the French naval ship "Jules-Verne" at Dundee with a 5d charge mark but bearing 4½d in due stamps, 1927 unpaid cover inscribed "Printed Matter" but endorsed "above 260 grammes" and handstamped "Liable to Letter Rate" with a charge of 3/6½, etc. (13). £150-180
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1914-70 Covers and cards all bearing postage due stamps, including 1915 registered cover posted out of course and unpaid charged 6d with three 2d dues (one D14 control), 1914 stampless official cover from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs located at Le Havre charged 5d, air mail covers from India with charges of 1/1½, 1/5½ or 1/9½, demonetised QV stamps (2), 1924 unpaid cover with 3d charge mark but bearing a 1/- postage due (presumably charges for four covers), registered mail posted out of course (3), dues used in Isle of Man (2), etc. (68). £160-200
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Europe. 1915-68 Covers and cards from Europe, all unpaid or underpaid with charges ranging from 1d to 1/2, including 1½d charges (12, five bearing 1½d brown dues), 2½d charges (10, two with 1d + 1½d brown dues), 3½d charges (5), 4½d, 5½d, 6½d, 7½d, 8½d, five with due stamps applied at ½d less than the charge shown. An interesting lot, all written up on pages. (50). £140-160
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Asia/Australia. 1925-70 Covers and cards from Australia (5), New Zealand (4), India (10), Papua (2), Netherlands Indies (2), Iraq (3), Aden, Sarawak, etc., all unpaid or underpaid with charges ranging from 1d to 5/8, including covers from India charged 9½d (2), 11d (2) or 1/10½ (2), from Persia or Sarawak charged 1/7, from Australia charged 10d, 1/1, 1/8, 3/3, or 5/8, from New Zealand charged 1/4 (2), 2/2, 2/6, from Papua charged 1/1, etc., also a Malaya cover with 1d charge mark but bearing 11d in postage due stamps (probably a bulk charge on several items). A fine and interesting lot with some unusual combinations of dues and uses of 2/6 and 5/- values, all written up on pages. (32). £200-250
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U.S.A. 1915-70 Unpaid covers and cards from USA with charges of 1d (6), 1½d (7, two with Paquebot cancels, two with 1½d brown due), 2d (3), 3d, 4½d (2), 5½d (2), 6d, 10d (strangely with 2d + 8d + 10/- dues, possibly a charge for a bundle of items), 1/2, 1/3½, 1/4½ (2), 1/6, 1/10½ or 2/3, some unusual charges and combination of due stamps. (30). £120-140
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Invalid Stamps. 1893-1970 Covers and cards including 1895 cover with a disallowed 1d lilac bisect, 1915 postcard with a partial stamp endorsed "mutilated stamp" and charged, demonetised stamps, G.B stamps applied abroad (7), 1919 Malta stamp used in G.B, 1920 use of G.E.A overprint stamp in Northern Rhodesia, 1965-70 Southern Rhodesia stamps (8), etc. (29). £220-260
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½d Charges. 1901-53 Covers and cards from abroad all charged ½d, including Canada 1c postcard charged the single deficiency only in error, 1906 Ceylon cover and 1940 KUT cover both sent internally then redirected to G.B charged the single rate difference between the inland and empire rates, 1938 postcard from France with a ½d charge mark but a 1d postage due stamp strangely applied, etc. (24). £100-120
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1½d Charges & Due Stamps. 1921-36 Covers and cards with 1½d charges or showing the use of the 1½d brown due stamp, mainly 1921-25 period minimum charges on mail from abroad, collected with ½d + 1d (6) or 1½d brown (16), one redirected with two 1½d dues, paquebot and naval mail (4), cover from Colombia with a bisected stamp allowed in Colombia but apparently disallowed in G.B, triangular "H.M" cancel or red c.d.s; the use of the 1½d due on higher charges comprising 1½d + 1d (2), 1½d pairs (2) or 1½d + 2d; also 1½d charges on 1931 internal USA cover redirected to G.B and 1936 cover from Tristan da Cunha. (29). £260-320
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High Value Dues. 1950-70 Covers and forms bearing 2/6 - £1 value postage dues, including 1966 O.H.M.S Post Office cover from Rhodesia with the Postage Paid c.d.s disallowed and charged 11/3, 1970 cover from Rhodesia with stamps disallowed and an exceptional £1.5.8 charge, etc. (10). £100-120
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Customs Charges/Accumulated Charges. 1938-92 Covers or parcel address panels with customs duty or purchases tax charges (14), or accumulated charges for several items (18), some large blocks of postage due stamps with charges up to £222.41, a few with mixed postage due stamp issues. (32). £200-240
| Postal Stationery
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1840 (Apr. 13) House of Commons One Penny envelope used to Liverpool with red Paid crowned datestamp, red wax House of Commons Library seal on reverse, light horizontal fold, otherwise fine. S.G. £3,000. Photo on Page 44. £500-600
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1843 (Apr. 22) 2d Blue envelope from London to Worcester cancelled by superb number "4" in Maltese Cross, London backstamp. Refolded at left edge with repaired tear and flap faults, very rare with very few examples recorded on the 2d envelope. S.G. £3,500. Photo on Page 44. £800-1,000
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1878 2d Size K registration envelopes, flap with plain edge, six unused envelopes with the scarce wrapper band (K size, 12 envelopes for 2/10, black on yellow paper), the envelopes all a little damp stained but unusual. RP6 (K). (6 + band). £80-100
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1889 2d Size I 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 from Bury St. Edmunds to Marple franked 2d, 4d, 4½d or 5d, all marked "Fragile with Care" with diagonal blue lines. (4). £100-120
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T.P.Os. 1847-1914 Covers and cards with T.P.O cancels or handstamps (44) including 1902 cover to USA with KEVII 2d + 2½d each cancelled "K48" and "LONDON & HOLLYHEAD / T.P.O / UNITED STATES MAIL" c.d.s below, 1890 cover to Germany with ½d + 1d pair cancelled "PLYMOUTH TO BRISTOL T.P.O" c.d.s, 1895 registration envelope to Germany with "LONDON & DOVER T.P.O / NIGHT MAIL" transit c.d.s on the front, etc. Also a few station and R.S.O cancels. (70). Photo on Page 44. £550-650
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1891 Cover to Manchester with a 1d lilac and South Eastern Railway 2d letter stamp both pen cancelled and tied upon arrival by Manchester 498 duplexs (Aug. 30), violet "WATERLOO / PARCELS OFFICE" in lower left corner, the reverse unusually bearing a large label "South Eastern Railway, Charges To Pay, Booked Through, To Manchester via Wloo". A fine commercial railway letter sent in the first year of the service. Photo on Page 44. £150-180
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1904-05 Covers franked KEVII 1d, all bearing 2d railway letter stamps, comprising Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Rly (2), Highland Railway, Midland Rly, Sheffield & Midland Railways Committee or Garstang & Knot End Railway, four with violet station cancels, all fine. (6). £350-400
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1920-28 Wilson covers to Manchester, franked 1½d and bearing railway letter stamps with 3d surcharges, comprising 1920 Manchester, South Junc. & Altrincham Ry 2d stamp with violet "THREE / PENCE" handstruck surcharge cancelled by violet "STRETFORD", and 1928 manuscript "3" surcharge on Cheshire Lines Committee 4d letter stamp cancelled violet "CHESHIRE LINES RLY. / BAGULEY, PHONE: 459 SALE" and date. Two scarce stamps on cover. (2). £150-180
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c.1841-1969 Covers, cards, etc., in two albums with station cancels, T.P.Os, railway perfins, picture postcards, some ephemera, etc. (c.170). £120-160
| Registered Mail
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1850-79 Registered covers including 1850 cover from London to Otley franked 1d (2) + 2d with 6d registration paid in cash, 1858 cover franked 1d + 3d (3) with red boxed "REGISTERED / AT / GLASGOW", 1858 cover from Durham franked 1d + 6d, 1858-68 covers franked 1d + 2d pair (2 covers), 1879 cover from Linlithgow unusually franked 1½d pair, etc. (9). Photo on Page 44. £500-600
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1907-12 Registered covers addressed abroad, all bearing KEVII stamps, comprising cover to Sweden with boxed "LATE FEE 2d" franked by a single 7d, Express cover from Brighton to France franked 2½d + 5d, insured cover to France franked ½d + 1/-, and two insured 3d registration envelopes to Germany additionally franked by three 1/- stamps (another stamp missing) or ½d + 1d (2) + 1½d + 3d. Five unusual higher frankings. (5). £250-300
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References to envelope and lettersheet types are taken from "The Returned Letter Offices of Great Britain" by J. Snelson and R.B Galland, published by The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2017. | |
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1901-38 Covers and cards all returned to the sender, various cachets including boxed dated "RETURNED TO / POST OFFICE / W.C.D.O", "RETURNED TO / POST OFFICE / UNCLAIMED / E.C.D.O" (or similar N.W.D.O), boxed "Returned to Post Office / LIVERPOOL on ......." or "NOT KNOWN / AT PRESTON, LANCS", WW1 covers (10) with "RETURNED TO SENDER / BY THE CENSOR" label or boxed "Picture Postcards / are returned / by the Censor", also 1918 lettersheet from a P.O.W in Germany with part message deleted and enclosed British Postal Censorship slip, and a 1917-18 correspondence (9, three with Royal Flying Corps flaps). (46). £150-180
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1834 and 1839 O.H.M.S Lettersheets from the General Post Office requesting postage on letters detained at the Foreign Post Office, St Martins-le-Grand, the 1834 letter to Valparaiso requesting 3/11 on a ship letter, the 1839 letter to France requesting 2/6½ postage. Both with red Free datestamps but charged upon delivery, the 1834 lettersheet with Francis Freeling imprint, the 1839 lettersheet with W.L. Maberley imprint, both fine. (2). Photo on Page 44. £200-250
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1896 (Jan. 13) London R.L.O lettersheet, the largely printed letter requesting 2½d postage on an unpaid book packet addressed to Sarawak, Borneo, with red London Official Paid c.d.s and a Singapore backstamp. The latest Detained for Postage lettersheet we have seen, very unusual to Sarawak, one of the few countries still not in the U.P.U at this date, part lower flap missing. £120-150
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1877-1901 London R.L.O lettersheets, unused printed letters concerning undelivered letters disposed of in the R.L.O or letters detained because they contain items liable to injure officers or other mail; 1882 letter "a packet addressed to you containing strawberries from which moisture was escaping, injurious to other correspondence, has this day been destroyed"; and 1901 letter requesting 9d postage if a parcel refused by the addressee is to be returned to the sender. (4). £160-180
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Officially Sealed Labels. c.1880-1950 Returned Letter Office Officially Sealed labels (22, three on covers) mainly from London but including labels of Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle-on-Tyne, also other Officially Sealed labels (43), etc. (65+). £80-100
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London Two-Penny Post. 1828-32 "Returned Letter" wrappers containing regulations of the Two-Penny Post, the Comptroller shown as T.M. Musgrave, posted within London. Types R-III-30 and R-VI, fine and scarce. (2). £200-220
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London. 1830-51 Lettersheets, the first with "Returned Letter" heading and "Returned Letter-Office" in the lower corner, six others sent in 1849-51 with "Returned Paid Letter" heading and "Dead Letter Office" in the lower corner, the 1830 lettersheet with Francis Freeling shown as Secretary, the others with W.L Maberley, these six with printed "Caution to the Public, as to sending Property by Post", one the scarce variety recommending "use of the Money Order Office, where they will incur no hazard". Two with undelivered letters enclosed, one to a passenger on a ship at Southampton endorsed "Sailed". Types 6c, 10f/g. (7+). £240-280
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London. 1839 Lettersheet with "On Her Majesty's Service" heading and "Free. / W.L. Maberley. / Dead Letter Office." in the lower corner, printed message inside referring to "Letters for Foreign Places", used with a red Free datestamp. Also 1848 "Remittance Letter of Acknowledgement" form with red W.L Maberley imprint on the front used with a crowned Paid datestamp, and 1895 lettersheet posted at Leeds with "Free / S.A Blackwood" imprint. A rare R.L.O lettersheet for letters posted unpaid to foreign destinations where prepayment was compulsory. Type Fo-i, one recorded. (3). £120-150
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London. 1852-64 "Returned Paid" letter envelopes, six also with "On Her Majesty's Service" heading, lower corner with "Dead Letter Office" (5), "Returned Letter Branch / Circulation Department", "General Post Office" or "Returned Letter Branch / General Post Office" (5), blue or white paper. All with a printed explanation and caution under the flap, the Secretary shown as W.L Maberley (2), Rowland Hill (9, one with a label over Maberley's name) or John Tilley, three with enclosed letters. (12+). £200-240
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London. 1870-1900 Envelopes with "Returned Letter Office / General Post Office, London" in the lower corner, various papers and headings, three printed registered envelopes on blue paper, three other blue envelopes sent by registered mail, one returning a redirected registered letter charged 1d. (14). £250-300
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Bristol / Postage Due Mail. 1887-1901 "Returned Paid Letter (3) and "Returned Postal Packet" (2) envelopes with "Returned Letter Branch / Post Office, Bristol" in the corner, the 1887 envelope charged 1d with an enclosed ½d newspaper wrapper handstamped "of the nature / of a Letter / 134" and "1d" but refused, another 1901 envelope with boxed "1d" charge mark. (6). £180-200
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Dublin. 1848 "Returned Paid Letter" wrapper with "General Post Office / Dublin" in the lower corner, Aug. Godby shown as the Secretary, used from Dublin to Castletown Delvin, fine and scarce. Type D-G-RP, about three examples recorded. Photo on Page 44. £120-150
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Edinburgh. 1825-48 Lettersheets with "Returned Letter" (7) or "Returned Paid Letter" (2) headings, "Retd Letter Office / Edinburgh" (2) or "Dead Letter Office, Edinburgh" (7) in the lower corner, the Secretary shown as Aug. Godby, Edw. S. Lees (7) or Francis Abbott. Types 16, various formats, one with an enclosed letter. (9). £220-260
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Edinburgh. 1857-1900 "Returned Paid Letter" (13) and "Returned Postal Packet" (2) envelopes, twelve also with "On Her Majesty's Service" heading, "Returned Letter Branch / G.P.O Edinburgh" (6), "Returned Letter Office / Edinburgh" (3), "Returned Letter Office / General Post Office, Edinburgh" (2) or "Returned Letter Office / G.P.O Edinburgh" (4) in the lower corner, various papers. Seven blue envelopes with a printed explanation and caution under the flap, the Secretary shown as Francis Abbott, one with an enclosed letter. (15+). £250-300
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