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1856-96 Stamped covers and cards from G.B to Canada (71) including covers franked 1d (2) + embossed 6d or 2d + embossed 1/- (stamps cut to shape), 1862 registered cover franked 1/-, etc., also covers from Canada to G.B (3), and five other G.B covers. (79). £400-500
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Postage Due Mail. 1857-70 Underpaid covers with handstruck charges showing the deficiency in sterling and due amount in Canadian Currency, 1871 cover with manuscript charges and "NOT-CALLED-FOR", also an 1856 wrapper franked at the 1d printed matter rate with black handstruck "1d". (6). £120-140
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1859 (Dec 16) Entire letter from Edinburgh to Kingston C.W, franked 2d plate 8 + 1856 6d and 1/- pair, an unusual franking for the 2/8 quadruple rate by British packet via the USA, sent on Cunard "Canada". Photo on Page 52. £200-250
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1869 (Aug 27) Cover from East Grinstead to St. John's Newfoundland, franked 1869 6d plate 8 single + pair paying the triple rate via Halifax, tear at left edge, otherwise fine and unusual. £120-150
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1839 (Dec 5) Entire letter from Edinburgh to Perth with handstruck "4" in black, clear Dec. 5 backstamp, the letter folded to display the place and date written alongside the address panel. A rare use of the handstruck "4" on the first day of the 4d rate, very few recorded. Photo on Page 54. £2,000-2,400
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1804-1953 Covers and cards, maps, prints, printed notepaper and ephemera, with many 1d red covers, picture postcards, duplexs and numeral obliterators, squared circles, skeletons, rubbers (some on pieces), 1804 free entire from Alnwich to "W. St. Aubin of the late King George Packet, Falmouth", 1836 Quicksilver Royal Mail share bill from the Royal Hotel, Truro, etc. (220+). £150-200
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Exeter & District. 1782-1880 Entire letters, entires and covers including Penny Posts of Exeter (5), Kenford (2), Fore Street Hill, Kenton, Saint Thomas, Saint Davids Hill, also undated circles (2), etc. (18). £100-120
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1815-75 Entire letters, entires and covers including Penny Posts (8), undated circles (6), Okehampton 5" Clause Post on letter with Hatherley mileage mark, manuscript "Too Late" of Topsham, etc. (20). £120-150
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1808 (Nov 10) Entire to London backstamped "ISLE OF MAN" (IM4, first recorded year of use), charged 1/3, very fine. £150-200
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1840 (Apr 7) Entire to Cockermouth prepaid 1d with fine red "P1" (IM66), Isle of Man backstamp, very scarce so fine. Photo on Page 54. £300-350
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The fine collection, featuring ship letters, forwarding agents, royal mail, town and village handstamps.
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1777-1840 Entire letters comprising 1777 letters from Newchurch or Wolverton sent free to London, both with details of the number of inhabitants in the parish; 1835 letter written on the "Mermaid" and taken ashore by pilot, posted at Bembridge with boxed "No. 1" of the Ryde Penny Post; 1837 letter posted at Brading with boxed "No. 2" of the Ryde Penny Post; and 1836-40 letters written to or from (2) Samuel Wilberforce (rural Dean of Isle of Wight, later Chaplain to Prince Albert, Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Oxford) at Brightstone, the letter to Wilberforce posted free during the 4d Post Period with "To Pay 1d Only" of London. (7). £120-140
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1793-1823 Letters, mainly concerning the military on the island, comprising 1793 free letter from London to "Captain Popham or Commanding Officer, Isle of Wight Company", 1797 letter from Lord Seymour at Norris with light "ISLE OF / WIGHT" handstamp, 1815 letters from soldiers at Newport (4), also two 1794 documents for payments made by Brigadier-General Doyle as Quarter-Master-General of the Army at Newport (not posted), and two 1766-71 Acts. (10). £100-120
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c.1866-1955 Covers and cards, pieces, stamps, Parcel Post labels, etc., from various smaller Isle of Wight offices, on pages, from Alverstone to Wroxall, including numeral and duplex cancels, circular datestamps and squared circles, Parcel Post labels for Bembridge (5), St. Helens (3), St. Lawrence (2), Shorwell, Totland Bay (3), Wootton Bridge (2) and Wroxall, skeleton datestamps from St. Helens (6, 1909 or 1916), Shorwell (2, 1905) and Wootton Bridge (3, 1906, 1914 & 1922), 1909 registered cover with blank type registration label bearing St Helens c.d.s, etc. An extensive and interesting lot. (100s). £400-500
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1898-1928 Picture postcards (73) and Parcel Post labels (4) all with rubber datestamps comprising Blackwater (12), Chale Green (7), Chillerton (7), Nettlestone (10, one on 1911 parcel label franked 4d pair), Newbridge (4), Newchurch (4), Norton (1898 parcel label franked 1d + 3d pair), Porchfield (19, two on 1899 and 1910 parcel labels, the first franked 4d), Rookley (13), some offices with several differing datestamps. (77). £280-320
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Post Office Postcards. c1900-18 Real photo picture postcards of Post Offices or postmen comprising Brading High Street with two postmen in front of a bus (which has a post box on the side), Post Office staff at Newport (2), Post Office Christmas breakfast at Ryde, Seaview Post Office showing arrival of mail cart with Postmaster and staff (reverse inscribed by Postmaster), Sandown Post Office with staff outside (signed and inscribed by the Postmaster), East Cowes Post Office with the Postmaster and telegraph boys outside, and Norton Post Office. A superb lot, carefully selected cards. (8). Photo on Page 54. £150-180
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Postal Stationery. 1889 1d Lettersheet produced by The Half-Price Closed Letter Co. Ltd., containing approximately 75 adverts, two large adverts for Bird's Custard Powder and "The Copper Washer" with illustrations, a letter written on the attached blank page, posted from Wroxall to Shaftsbury, small repair to the flap, otherwise fine. The first example we have seen of this multiple advertising lettersheet which was sold for ½d, unusually fine condition. £300-350
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Pictorial Envelopes. 1873-90 Illustrated covers (2) and fronts (2) posted from Ventnor or Ryde, a front hand illustrated with a lady swimming in the sea, printed covers showing an acrobat and children (faults) or playing cards (the Queen of Hearts dated "1837-1887" for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee), and a printed front with an artists easel and country scene. Also 1905 postcard sent within Cowes, addressed with drawings. (5). £100-120
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Express Mail. 1896-99 Covers franked 4d from Ryde to Southampton or Ventnor to London redirected within London by express delivery with a further 3d stamp, red Express labels, the 1899 redirected cover a little toned but very unusual. (2). £100-120
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Carisbrooke. 1846-1931 Covers and cards (43), Parcel Post labels (3), also C.O.Ps and pieces, including 1846-59 undated circles (6, five in red), 1906 skeletons (3), etc. (46+). £160-200
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Cowes. 1770-97 Entire letters handstamped "ISLE / OF WIGHT" or "ISLE OF / WIGHT" (3), Mackay types 2, 3, 4 (2), one 1797 letter written by William Arnold, Customs Officer and Deputy Postmaster for the Isle of Wight, initialled and sent free to Newport. (4). £150-200
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Cowes. 1792-1992 Covers and cards (c.170), Parcel Post labels (24), also many pieces, fronts, C.O.Ps, etc, in two albums, including some prestamp, duplexs, squared circles, surface printed covers (3), skeleton postmarks of 1896 (3), 1902, 1920 (4) and a red Paid ½d skeleton, postage dues, undelivered mails, a few sub-offices, etc. (200+). £200-250
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Cowes. 1841 (July 22) Entire letter to London franked by a 1d black LC plate 7, four margins, tied by a black Maltese Cross, a fine Cowes datestamp on upper flap. £100-120
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Cowes. 1841-46 Entire letters from Mrs Ann Roach, Postmistress and Distributor of Stamps in Cowes, all posted from Cowes to W.T Graeme, Stamp Office, Winchester, franked 1d cancelled by a Maltese Cross (3, all 1841) or "225". Two letters acknowledge the receipt of stamps (one for 12 sheets of penny postage labels), one requests stamps to be forwarded as soon as possible being in want of notarials, the other advises that the stamps ordered have still not arrived. Four interesting letters from the Winchester Stamp Office correspondence (found on the Winchester rubbish dump in 1944). (4). £150-200
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Cowes Regatta. 1920 (Aug 3/4) Picture postcards franked 1d cancelled by "COWES / REGATTA" skeleton datestamps, also an Aug 12 card with the skeleton datestamp with ‘Regatta' removed, minor faults, scarce. (3). £160-200
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East Cowes. 1844-1984 Covers and cards (58), Parcel Post labels (7), also many pieces, stamps (with two 1d R.H Official overprints) and C.O.Ps, including undated circles in red (2, one part entire) or blue (with enclosed watercolour of Millfield House), 1917 skeletons (3), Osborne, etc. (65+). £130-160
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Freshwater. 1840-1963 Covers and cards (86), Parcel Post labels (10), and many pieces and C.O.Ps, including School Green c.d.s and duplex (2), Freshwater Station skeletons for 1923 or 1927 (3, also 1904 piece) and parcel labels (4), 1840 entire cover to Freshwater Post Office, Freshwater Bay with 1908 skeleton, 1905 Parcel Post label from Church with scarce "CHURCH / FRESHWATER STN R.S.O I OF W" c.d.s, etc. (100+). £200-240
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Godshill. 1840 (Sep 6) 1d Mulready envelope stereo A142 to Lowestoft cancelled by a red Maltese Cross, large purple "No 2" and red Newport datestamp both on the front, backstamped in London, very fine. Photo on Page 54. £160-200
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Godshill. 1840-1998 Covers and cards (32), pieces and stamps including 1840 1d Mulready envelope (corner faults, part flap missing) and cover prepaid 1d in cash both with "No 2", cover with "No 2" and large undated circle (stamp missing), smaller undated circles (2), "C52" numeral (2), duplexs with very late 1930 use, etc. (32+). £180-220
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Newport. c.1759-98 Entire letters (3), entire and part entire, handstamps comprise first type "NEWPORT / ISLE OF / WIGHT" (2, c.1759 entire and 1760 front + lower flap, fine strikes), "N. ISLE OF / WIGHT 97" (2) or "N. ISLE OF / WIGHT", this last letter from Lt. Col. Robert Long, embarking from Newport to Spain on military service. (5). £150-180
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Newport. 1784-1843 Entire letters or entires (20) and a front, handstamps include 1790 "N. ISLE OF / WIGHT" (free front), "100" and "105" mileage marks, 1838 entire letter from Scotland to Ventnor with scarce "Newport Isle of Wight / Penny Post", 1839 (Dec 16) 4d Post entire, 1840 entire with scarce circular "PREPAID / WH" used by William Hearne, 1843 entire with late use of 1d black (CJ plate 10, faults) tied by black Maltese Cross, several cross post letters to or from the English mainland, etc. (21). £180-220
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Newport - Frees. 1790-92 Entire letter and a front from Governors of the Isle of Wight, the 1790 front from Sir Richard Worsley sent free to Portsmouth Dockyard with "N. ISLE OF / WIGHT 97", the 1792 entire letter from Thomas Orde to London with "N. ISLE OF / WIGHT" and red "FREE / P" datestamp. Orde asks for a turtle of 50 or 60 pounds to be delivered in two or three weeks. Two fine early Newport handstamps. (2). £100-120
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Newport. 1797 Entire letter from Newport to Belfast, redirected to Dublin, again to London, finally returned unknown to Newport, a red wax seal impressed "G.P.O / INSPECTOR OF / RETURN'D LETTERS". Handstamped "N. ISLE OF / WIGHT", red "IRELAND" and "BELFAST", various datestamps and rates, unusual. £100-120
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Newport. 1802 Entire letters to Thomas D'Saumarez in Guernsey or from St. Boniface to Col. Campbell in Dresden prepaid 3/10, both with straight line "ISLE OF WIGHT. N", fine, a scarce handstamp. (2). £150-200
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Newport. 1840 (Sep 4) 1d Mulready lettersheet stereo A44 addressed to W.T Graeme, Stamp Office, Winchester", endorsed "O.H.M.S", with red Maltese Cross and Newport datestamp (year shown as "1804") on the front, from W. Yelf, stamp distributor for Newport, concerning non payment of coach duty, light file folds, otherwise fine. Also 1860 stamp requisition form, completed by Edward Upward with various revenue stamps and documents urgently needed in Newport, sent to the Winchester Stamp Office franked 1d. Two interesting items from the Winchester Stamp Office find. (2) £100-120
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Newport. 1840-1994 Covers and cards, stamps, pieces, C.O.Ps, Parcel Post labels (11), etc., the extensive lot including 1882 entire letter sent to Newport in the Isle of Wight, Monmouthshire and Shropshire, 1856 cover to the Crimea with 1d strip of three, duplexs, single and double ring datestamps, skeletons for 1916 (11), 1919 (5), 1920 (9) and 1966 (5, all C.O.Ps), machines, F.D.Cs, postage due and undelivered mail, etc. (100s). £300-350
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Newport - Sub-Offices. 1890-1988 Covers and cards (24), Parcel Post labels (9), C.O.Ps (45), licences (9), also stamps, pieces and forms (with 1941 Savings Bank book), including Shide rubber datestamps on cards (7) and a Parcel Post label, also cancels of Castle Rd., Coppins Bridge, Hunny Hill, Pan, Parkhurst, St. James St., Upper St., James St. and Whitepit Lane. (88+). £150-200
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Niton. 1857-1993 Covers and cards (57), Parcel Post labels (4), stamps and pieces, cancels of Niton or Niton Undercliff, two 1857-58 covers with "GODSHILL" undated circles applied in transit, 1920 postal order (faults), picture postcards of Niton Post Office (2), 1973 Niton Radio Station rubber datestamp on official Post Office cover, etc. (62+). £120-150
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Ryde. 1794-1840 Entire letters, entires and covers (26) and a front, handstamps include "1794 R. ISLE OF / WIGHT", 1810-11 straight line "RYDE", various mileage marks, datestamps and 1832 undated circle in red, also frees, cross post mail, etc. (27). £180-220
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Ryde. 1805 Entire letter to Scotland and an 1801 front (faults) both with straight line "ISLE OF WIGHT R", a scarce handstamp not recorded by Mackay or the British County Catalogue (similar to the Newport handstamp IW64, a photocopy of a third example recorded). (2). £100-120
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Ryde Penny Post. 1836-38 Entire letters (2), entire and a free front to Sandown (2), Bembridge or Nettlestone, all with boxed "Ryde / Penny Post", one letter from Samuel Wilberforce. (4). £120-150
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Ryde. 1841 Entire letters from Philip Hellyer, Postmaster and Distributor of Stamps in Ryde, all to the Stamp Office in Winchester prepaid 1d in cash (4) or bearing a 1d red. The letters order 25 sheets of 1d postage labels (2, 5 April & 26 April), various revenue stamps or documents (2), or request licences to sell stamps for named individuals in Sea View, St. Helens, Bembridge, Brading and Sandown (April 13). Five interesting letters from the Winchester Stamp Office correspondence (found on Winchester rubbish dump in 1944). (5). £150-200
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Ryde. 1843 (Sep 10) Entire letter written from ship "Queen" off the Isle of Wight, probably taken ashore by the pilot, prepaid 1d from Ryde to London, with superb "RYDE ISLE WHIT" skeleton datestamp, just two examples of this lop-sided and misspelt handstamp recorded. Photo on Page 54. £150-180
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Ryde. 1843-45 Covers with Ryde skeleton datestamps on reverse, 1843 (Sep 18-30) 32mm c.d.s (3) or 1845 (Oct 15) unframed type, the last with a few faults on the front, scarce. (4). £120-140
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Ryde. 1844-1992 Covers and cards (c.290), Parcel Post labels (16), also stamps, pieces, C.O.Ps, etc., including "666" numerals and duplexs, squared circles, circular datestamps, postage dues, machines, etc. (300+). £180-220
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Ryde. 1861-67 Covers from Ryde franked 1d, both over ½oz with distinctive "2" charge mark applied at Ryde. (2). £100-120
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Ryde Sub-Offices. 1858-1970 Covers and cards (21), Parcel Post labels (14), gun and dog licences (3), also stamps, pieces and C.O.Ps, including 1858 "BINSTEAD" undated circle, other cancels of Binstead, Elmfield, George St., Haylands, High St., Oakfield, Pier St., Strand, Upper West St. or West St. (38+). £120-150
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Sandown. 1844-1982 Covers and cards (116), Parcel Post labels (14), also stamps, pieces, C.O.Ps, etc., including 1844 covers with "No. 5" handstamp of the Ryde Penny Post (3), 1848 "SANDOWN" undated circle in red, "B83" numerals (5), squared circles, circular datestamps, skeletons of 1913 (8) and 1922 (2), postage dues, machines, also Avenue Rd., Station Avenue and Lake (with rubber c.d.s on parcel label), 1854 illustrated bill for the Sandown Hotel, 1912 cover bearing a Charles Dickens Centenary label, etc. (130+). £250-300
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Seaview. 1841-1997 Covers and cards (63), Parcel Post labels (4), stamps and pieces, including 1841 boxed "No. 1" of the Ryde Penny Post, undated circles in blue (2), skeletons of 1904 (5), 1907 (5), 1918, 1921 (7, two types), etc. (67+). £120-150
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Shanklin. 1844-1973 Covers and cards (151), Parcel Post labels (16), stamps and pieces, a few telegrams, etc., including undated circles in black (2), red or blue, squared circles, circular datestamps, 1904 Shanklin R.S.O skeletons (7), 1927 skeleton, postage dues, Atherley Road, Regent St., Hope Rd., Wilton Park Road, etc. (167+). £180-220
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Ventnor. 1840-1994 Covers and cards (166), Parcel Post labels (20), stamps and pieces, etc., including "971" numerals and duplexs, 1872 cover to India franked 1/-, 1896 skeletons (3), 1892 registration envelope with unusual curved "REGD / 2D" handstamp, circular datestamps, postage dues, machines, also Bonchurch, Madeira Rd, etc. (186+). £240-300
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