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Similar Archival page headed "DD", differing colours to the previous pages. £800-1,000
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Similar Archival page headed "EE", differing colours to the previous pages. £800-1,000
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Similar Archival page headed "FF", differing colours to the previous pages. £800-1,000
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1915 (Sep.) De La Rue appendix pages, the first headed "Specimens of Printing Inks" with "Italy 6/93-98" in pencil, the two pages bearing fourteen blocks of four and two blocks of three Minerva Head De La Rue dummy stamps all in differing colours, eight blocks in colours used for Italy stamps with values from Cmi 1 to Cmi 30 alongside, one block in the colour of the India 4a stamp with "4 Annas Green" alongside, the other blocks with "Bank Note Black", "Bank Note Buff", "Bank Note Blue", "Aniline Purple", "Geranium Combination", "Maroon" or "Receipt Purple" alongside. The two blocks with one stamp excised both with manuscript "1L Italy 19/3/24". Two unique pages from the De La Rue archives, 184x313mm. (62 stamps on 2 pages). £800-1,000
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1916 (Nov 1) De La Rue appendix page bearing four imperforate strips of three Minerva Head De La Rue dummy stamps, two strips in red and two in light blue, the stamps all with manuscript "Cancelled 19/10/16" and "Stephens", "Bitrio" or "Fields", one red strip and one blue strip showing unsuccessful attempts to remove the manuscript. Also two pieces attached with part background designs printed in green or purple, both endorsed "Specimen of ink sent to Calgone, offset ink". An interesting and unique page, part of De La Rue's experiments to test inks and the possible removal of cancels and reuse of stamps, 193x328mm. £300-350
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1693 (May 4) Entire letter from the Earl of Westmoreland addressed "for Major Buffkin at Loose near Cocksheath", presumably carried by official messenger. The letter asks Buffkin to "joyne with us in ye servis of their majesties" by joining the Regiment of Foot commanded by Sir Thomas Roberts. £120-150
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Prestamp to QEII stamps and covers including c.1770 entire to the British Coffee House, 1881 cover franked Foreign Bill 1d, 1868 advertising cover for "The Howe Sewing Machine", 1848 entire franked 1d red and reposted at the 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee celebration at the Guildhall franked 1d lilac, 1855 Leith experimental duplex, 1860 cover to India franked 1d + 4d (2), other surface printed covers, royal covers, KEVIII and KGV covers, etc. Also some ephemera. (c.240). £200-300
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1745-1888 Post Office Notices (3), newspapers and Parliamentary Returns concerning ship or packet letters, the P.O Notices comprising 1854 Mails to Australia to be sent by the sailing vessel "James Baines" as the Screw Steam Shipping Co is unable to provide a steam vessel to carry the mails in December, 1880 Ship Letter rates to and from G.B, 1884 Brazil and River Plate resumption of regular mail service; also 1745 London Gazette containing a notice on the West Indies packet service, 1859 69 page Parliamentary Return on mails to and from British North America, etc. (13). £100-120
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Forwarding Agents. 1795-1845 Entire letters from or to G.B sent via forwarding agents, including 1820 letter from Liverpool to Rouen addressed via agents in Dover and Calais, 1811-13 letters from Spain to London both with Plymouth Ship Letter handstamps and endorsed by the Plymouth agents Fox & Sons or Gould & Oloez, 1808 letter to Oporto forwarded by Thomas Heather of Portsmouth, 1845 letter from a German ship in the North Sea forwarded by Edward Iggulden, Bremen Vice Consul in Deal, etc. (7). £140-160
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c.1809-1929 Covers and cards, mainly 1d red covers, including 1812 free entire signed by George Canning, 1809 entire letter with red boxed "4PP of the Manchester Penny Post, 1839 4d Post period entire from Petworth to Midhurst prepaid 2d, etc., also a few later covers and some ephemera. (c.200). £100-150
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Ireland. 1826-57 Entire letters and entires with Paid handstamps (13), Dublin "2" charge mark and "POSTED SINCE 5PM / TN RECR / LAST NIGHT" duplex or Dublin signet ring datestamp, also 1885 card with Cork hooded circle datestamp. (16). £150-180
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c.1830-1930 Covers (c.350) and picture postcards (c.600) in two boxes with postal stationery, 1d red covers, c.d.s and machine cancels, etc. (c.950). £120-150
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1843-55 Small size covers, the largest 12x7cm with some as small as 9½x4cm, all used with imperf 1d reds (15 with four margins), an unusual group. (22). £200-250
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1845-1970 Covers comprising 1845 G.P.O letter to New York requesting 1/- postage on a letter detained at the Inland Post-Office; 1847 G.P.O Remittance Letter of Acknowledgement posted to Canterbury; 1895 G.P.O letter to the Director of Posts in Montevideo sent with a returned A.R form; 1933 letter posted within London with unusual red unframed "DELAYED THROUGH BEING / POSTED IN A LETTER BOX / FOR "LONDON" LETTERS / PLEASE ADVISE SENDER" (with relevant P.O Notice); and 1970 (Mar 3) cover and letter posted at Stampex, delivered in July with enclosed slip "mail was stolen and has just been returned to us by the police". An interesting group. (6). £130-150
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Duplex Cancels. 1855-c.1900 Covers (c.125) and pieces, the covers including sideways duplexs (51), Scottish dotted duplexs (18), experimental duplexs (7) and "Posted Since" duplexs (2, also a datestamp), Worcester spoon, also hundreds of pieces in number order stuck into a large album. (100s). £250-300
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1856-71 Covers and entires (32) and pieces (26) with "Posted Since" duplex cancels or datestamps, the covers with handstamps of Edinburgh (25), Glasgow (2), Liverpool (4) or Dublin, a few faults though most are fine. (32+) £300-350
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Constantinople. 1859-1909 Entire letters or covers from G.B to Constantinople, the 1859 letter with 1/1 paid in cash and a 1d red applied to pay a late fee with arrival backstamp of the Austrian P.O, the others all with British P.O arrival backstamps, five 1865-71 letters franked 6d or 1/-. (9). £130-160
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Squared Circles. c.1883-1910 Picture postcards and a few covers all with squared circle cancels, provincial offices sorted alphabetically in a box (c.500), London head, branch and district offices in an album (104), all different, fine strikes with some scarcer offices. (c.600). £200-240
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1901-76 Returned Letter Office envelopes (24) and a front including 1901 large blue registered envelope with contents from Manchester, 1964 envelope with 1/9 charge for compulsory registration, 1913-16 London R.L.S registered envelopes, etc., also two Irish envelopes and a British R.L.O envelope used in Dominica in 1987, all identified by type from the Snelson and Galland book. (28). £150-180
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1902-11 Picture postcards with mainly KEVII stamps, all with double ring datestamps, sorted into alphabetical order in four boxes, apparently all different (c.1,650). Also an album with duplexs, squared circles, machines, etc. (c.1,350). £150-200
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1902-18 Picture postcards, mainly KEVII, all with single ring datestamps, a few rubbers and skeletons noted, in alphabetic order in two boxes, all apparently different. (c.1,000). £120-150
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Squared Circles. 1902-24 Picture postcards, virtually all KEVII, all with squared circle cancels sorted alphabetically in a box. (c.500). £100-120
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c.1902-30 Picture postcards, used and unused (1,000+), also some modern and foreign cards, in five boxes. (1,000+++). £120-150
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1902-c.1970 Covers and cards including maritime mail, postage dues, various unusual stamps and frankings, islands, etc. (c.620) £650-750
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Covers, maps and ephemera, including 1890 imitation Mulready Christmas card produced as a souvenir of the Penny Postage Jubilee (corner crease), House of Commons covers and cancels, a good range of antique maps of counties (122, also a few foreign maps), official souvenir book of the Franco-British Exhibition, forces mail in an album, 1891-1924 correspondence from a British army officer including 1920-22 covers from Ireland, etc. (100s). £200-250
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Acts of Parliament. 1684-1840 Acts concerning the posts (26) and newspapers containing postal notices (11), some acts covering many areas of the posts, others specific acts and notices dealing with the franking privilege, London Penny Post, registration on letters to and from abroad, new postal rates, packets between Great Britain and Ireland, mail coaches to be exempt from tolls, ship letters, newspapers and printed papers, etc. Also an 1862 poster announcing future tolls on the Crickley Hill & Campsfield turnpike road to be sold by auction. (38). £250-300
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1887-1901 Covers and entire letters (12), postcards (2) and parcel post labels (6), various inland rates including 2d registration envelope franked 4d with oval "EXPRESS" handstamp, 3d Notice of Objection rate, registered covers sent at 3d, 3½d, 4d or 5d rates, parcel post labels franked 4d, 5d, 6½d, 7d or 11d, etc. (20). £180-220
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1892 (July 8) Printed postcard sent at the ½d rate from Kings Lynn to Derringham, the front headed "North-Western Division of Norfolk Parliamentary Election", with some results of six years of Unionist rule printed on the reverse (120,000 additional allotments for labourers, pensions and votes given to Police, defensive forces increased by 60,000, 112 additional naval ships, peace restored to Egypt, African slave trade checked, two million square miles added to Empire in Africa, etc). The opened card gives details of where to vote and why one should vote for Lord Bentinck with a superb printed picture of Bentinck surrounded by flags, patriotic symbols and pictures of Salisbury, Devonshire, Balfour and Chamberlain. Very unusual and attractive. £100-120
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1892-96 Tie-on parcel tags, two registered from London franked 4d, others from Preston franked 3d + 4d or from London franked 3d block of six both with boxed Parcel Post datestamps, unusual. (4). £100-120
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Postal Fiscals. 1893-94 Size K 2d registration envelope from London to Germany franked 4d + 10d + 1d postal fiscal (type FI2 die I); and 1894 cover from Birmingham to France franked ½d (2) + 4½d + 1d red plate 171 strip of three + 1d postal fiscal (type F8, watermark single lined cabled Anchor). Two unusual frankings, the scarce K size envelope with vertical folds, the 1894 cover a late use of the 1864-79 1d red. (2). £160-200
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T.P.O - Continental Night Mail. 1892-1900 Covers to Russia or Germany, posted in the Continental Night Mail late fee box at Cannon Street franked 10d + 1½d late fee, bearing 1½d + 5d pair (perfin "CL") cancelled by "CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL / C.S / 2" duplexs, or ½d + 1d + 10d (perfin "WB/SCo") cancelled "CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL / C.S" double ring datestamps. (2). £150-180
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1888-1901 Covers to various destinations mainly in Africa including registered cover to Egypt franked ½d + 1d (12) + 4½d, covers to Madagascar (3) franked 2½d, 2½d pair or ½d + 4½d, cover to St. Helena franked 6d (opening faults), also 2½d rate covers to Algeria, Egypt and Syria, registered cover to Constantinople franked 1d + 6d, and 2d registration envelopes franked 2½d to Gibraltar or 2½d pair to Mauritius. (11). £200-240
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1888-98 Covers to the Far East, comprising 1888 cover from Stirling to Hong Kong franked 5d redirected to Ceylon, datestamps of Hong Kong, Singapore to Hong Kong, Colombo and Galkissa; 1891 2d registration envelope franked 1d + 6d pair + 9d (perfin HUTH) all cancelled oval framed "R" to Saigon; and 2½d rates to Japan or Burma. (4). £100-120
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Belgium. 1896-1902 Covers (5) and a postcard to Belgium, four registered including 1896 cover franked 2½d + 4½d + 10d, 1899 2d registration envelope franked 1d (2) + 1½d + 9d + 10d, etc, two with Belgian registration labels, an interesting group with some scarce rates and combinations of stamps. (6). £160-200
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France/Netherlands/Italy. 1887-1900 Covers to France (6), Netherlands (5) or Italy (3), ten registered including 1895 2d registration to Paris franked 10d, 1898 2d registration envelope to France bearing five 3d stamps, 1893 cover to Italy franked ½d + 9d, etc., some unusual rates and stamp combinations. (14). £200-240
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Germany. 1892-1901 Covers (17), postcards (2), lettercard and a wrapper to Germany (20) or Austria, including seven covers from Cooks Tours Office with differing frankings comprising 2d + 6d + 1/-, ½d + 6d pair, 1½d + 3d pair, 5d pair, ½d strip of three + 6d, 1½d + 6d or 5d all with "TC/&S" perfins; also ½d printed matter rates (3, one an adverting envelope for Amiac Paste for Cigar Making), 1900 ½d + 4½d with hexagonal late fee cancels, 1d strip of five + 2½d, ½d wrapper bearing ½d block of five, etc. An unusual group. (21). £300-350
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Germany. 1888-1902 Registered covers to Germany including 1d + 6d and 2½d + 4½d frankings, the others all 2d registration envelopes, franked 4½d, 5d, 3d + 4½d, etc. (14). £150-180
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Germany. 1898-1904 Registered covers to Germany with cover franked 5d + 6d and 2d registration envelope franked 9d both with boxed "LATE FEE 4d", KEVII 3d registration envelope franked QV 4½d + KEVII 1d (4) with boxed "LATE FEE 2d", 2d registration envelopes size H franked 1d (3) + 1/- and size K franked 1½d + 4½d + 9d +10d, the last with a few stamp faults but a scarce high franking, an interesting group. (5). £200-240
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India/Aden. 1888-96 Covers to India (2) franked 1d strip of five + die I 5d, or a single 5d (Dover Station Office duplex), or to Aden (2) franked 5d or 2½d + 10d, the die I 5d uncommon on cover. (4). £200-250
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India-Kashmir. 1888-93 Covers to Capt. A.E Sandbach of the Royal Engineers, the first to Roorkee and redirected to Leh franked die I 5d, others to Srinagar franked die I 5d or to Gilgat franked ½d + 1d (2), all with arrival datestamps, the two 1888 covers also with Kashmir backstamps. A good group, the die I 5d uncommon on cover. (3). £250-300
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New Zealand/Australia/Fiji. 1888-99 Covers (7) and a postcard to New Zealand (3), Australia (4) or Fiji, the covers to New Zealand franked 6d + 1/-, 9d pair or ½d + 2d, also a cover to Australia franked 6d and 2d registration envelope franked 4d + 5d pair, cover to Fiji franked 2½d, etc. (8). £200-250
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Scandinavia/Russia. 1889-1914 Covers (9) and a postcard to Denmark (4), Sweden (3), Finland (2) or Russia, including ½d printed matter rate (2), Foreign Office cover signed by Lord Salisbury franked 2½d pair to Sweden, 1914 registered cover to Sweden with QV 4½d, registered cover to Russia franked 2½d + 3d + 1/-, etc. (10). £180-220
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South Africa. 1890-1901 Covers to the Cape including long covers franked 1/- pair or registered with 2d + 1/- pair, 2d registration envelope franked ½d + 1d + 6d, also a cover from South Africa with ½d pair tied by F.P.O c.d.s., etc. (6). £120-150
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South America. 1891-99 Registered covers to Argentina (2), Uruguay or Chile, one franked ½d + 4d + 1/- (perfin "JHS") with boxed "LATE FEE 2d", 2d registration envelopes franked 1d + 9d, 1/-, or ½d + 3d + 9d, one with a Valparaiso registration label, four unusual frankings. (4). £150-180
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Switzerland. 1891-1913 Covers to Switzerland including 2d registration envelope size H franked 2½d + 10d tied by Budleigh Salterton single ring datestamps, 2d registration envelope franked 1d + 4½d (2), two 1913 registered covers franked QV 4½d with "WEST PART / LEEDS" rubber datestamps, etc. (8). £150-180
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USA. 1892-1900 Covers to the USA including registered cover franked 1d (4) + 4½d block of four, 3d envelope franked ½d + 3d + 6d, registered Whitfield King & Co. 1d + 10d envelope franked 1d and 2½d, 2d registration envelope franked ½d + 1d pair + 10d, also ½d printed matter rate (2), Victoria Hotel Carlisle advertising cover with ½d strip of five, registered cover franked 1d + 2d (3), other covers franked ½d + 4½d, ½d + 2d + 2½d, ½d + 1d + 6d, etc. (13). £200-250
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West Indies. 1889-97 Covers comprising 1889 cover to Demerara franked 4d, 1896 2½d envelope registered to St. Thomas franked 2½d and 4½d, and 1897 2d registration envelope to Turks Island franked 1d + 4d with New York registration label and arrival c.d.s on the front. (3). £100-120
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1905-13 News cuttings on aviation, hundreds of contemporary cuttings pasted into a very large and thick album, including reports of the 1906 Wellman Airship Expedition to the North Pole, airship and balloon races and trials, pioneer aeroplane flights and records, Wright brothers flights, 1906 Zeppelin disaster, Channel crossing by Bleriot, Cody flights, air meetings including Rheims, Le Mans, Glasgow, Blackpool, Lanark and Bournemouth, Daily Mail Circuit, Grahame-White, London to Manchester air race, U.S aviation, Allahabad flight, London to Windsor flights, army manoeuvres, Royal Flying Corps, accidents and deaths, etc. A remarkable record of the pioneer days of aviation. £400-500
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South Africa. 1911 (Sep 9) London to Windsor brown postcard with scarce typed Daily Telegraph advert on reverse, addressed to Cape Town franked KGV ½d + 1d (overpaid by ½d) each tied by the London Aerial Post c.d.s code "2", a Cape Town arrival c.d.s (Oct 6) on the front. A fine and unusual card. Photo on Page 16. £200-250
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1930-38 Mainly commercial covers all bearing KGV Stamps, with 1930 express cover to Germany franked 1/10, 1935 cover to Brazil via Condor Lufthansa franked 6d + Bradbury Wilkinson 10/-, 1938 registered commercial papers to Brazil franked 2/9 or 5/5, 1936 London to Kano first flight, etc., also 1937 cover from Egypt to London carried on first return flight by "Castor". (9). £150-180
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