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India. 1931 (Jan 19) Indian Round-Table Conference notepaper bearing KGV 1924-26 ½d - 1/- and Bradbury Wilkinson 2/6, 5/- and 10/- each cancelled by "INDIAN ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE" c.d.s on the final day of the conference. This was the first of three conferences held in London in 1930-32 to try to achieve constitutional reform in India. Fine and rare with all G.B stamps then on sale. Photo on Page 42. £600-800
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1933 (July 4) Printed "League of Nations. Monetary and Economic Conference" envelope registered from the conference, bearing the conference registration label and franked 5d tied by the sing ring conference c.d.s, enclosed note bearing the double ring conference datestamp. Fine, the single ring c.d.s only used on registered mail. (2). £100-120
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1847-1980 Covers and cards (c.200), various Paquebot and Sea Post cancels, the majority with G.B stamps, also 1847 entire from Le Havre with blue boxed "MB" Mobile Box handstamp of Southampton, octagonal "ANGL. B.M / GRANVILLE" (2), Carteret Paquebot, pieces and stamps with mailboat cancels "A91" on a 1d red and "A94" on a 6d pair, etc. (200+). £150-200
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c.1900-88 Covers and cards, mainly Paquebot handstamps, also Sea Post Office, Mobile Box and Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet datestamps, most with G.B stamps including 1911 card bearing KEVII 1d aniline pink cancelled by Cardiff Paquebot machine. (184). £100-150
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Transatlantic Mail. 1816-47 Entire letters and entires from G.B to U.S.A (9) or U.S.A to G.B (18) all well written up with the ships identified, several with Ship Letter handstamps, eleven letters sent between Quaker emigrants in the U.S.A and their relatives in England with long family letters. (27). £400-500
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Glasgow - Packet Letters. 1861-90 Covers from Canada with dated unframed "GLASGOW PACKET / COL. PAID" in blue or "GLASGOW PACKET / PAID" (3), oval "PACKET LETTER / GLASGOW" datestamp (2, one from U.S.A) or "PAID / GLASGOW / PACKET" c.d.s, also three later Glasgow or Grangemouth Paquebots. (10). £80-100
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Gravesend. 1821-22 Long entire letters from Wilmington, both written by a Quaker, R. Hurward to his sister Elizabeth Clark in Essex, the first inscribed on reverse "To be left at Coach Office till called for by J.J Suretan, Kennington Common", the second endorsed "Per Ship Moss Capt. Turley", handstamped "GRAVESEND / SHIP LETTER" (S5) or "SHIP LETTER / GRAVESEND" (S6), both very fine. (2). £150-200
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Greenock. 1828-31 Entire letters with "GREENOCK / SHIP LETTER" (S12), the first from a Missionary in Berbice to London "per the Guiana via Glasgow", the second from Jamaica to Glasgow "p. ship Eliza Capt J. Cameron". (2). £100-120
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Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet - Grenadier. 1901-15 Cover and picture postcards, the cover with double ring "GRENADIER STEAMER / 666" backstamp (code A); cards cancelled by large Gk & Ardrishaig Packet c.d.s, similar smaller c.d.s (2) or Greenock & Ardrishaig Pkt c.d.s (all code B), also postcards of ship, the 1901 cover with faults, otherwise fine. (8). £120-150
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London. 1835 (Sep 26) Entire from Edinburgh to London endorsed "Steam Boat letter p. Soho 26 Sept. 1835" with red oval "PAID SHIP LETTER / LONDON" datestamp applied in error, cancelled with a red crutched cross and in manuscript, backstamped with the correct "SHIP LETTER / LONDON" datestamp with datestamps of Edinburgh (Sep 26) and London (Sep 29), charged 2/-. The part letter includes "this is the first letter I have sent by the steam vessels - a treble letter which will only cost 2/- which is cheaper than a parcel of the smallest size". File fold at left, otherwise fine, the first crutched cross error we have seen on an inland ship letter. Photo on Page 40. £200-250
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Romney. 1835 Entire to London endorsed "P. Ada Capt. P. Simpson, 6 June 1835" with "ROMNEY / SHIP LETTER" (S3) applied to both the front and reverse, red London arrival c.d.s (Aug 7), marked as weighing 7¼oz and charged an incredible £2.1.1 postage (calculated as £1.19.8 + 1/5), filing endorsement "cover of the parcel of the accounts & letter dated 22 May 1835". Photo on Page 40. £150-200
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Romney. 1845 Entire letter from Mauritius to Bordeaux "pr Thomas Blyth", red Mauritius Post Office c.d.s on reverse, with black boxed "NEW ROMNEY / INDIA LETTER" (In3). £100-120
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Southampton - Mobile Box. 1893 (May 25) France 10c postcard from St. Malo to the L&N.W.R goods dept. at Leicester, cancelled by boxed "SOUTHAMPTON / FRANCE / MB" datestamp, fine. £80-100
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1863-71 Officers covers from abroad, comprising 1863 stampless cover to Scotland endorsed "Officers Letter" and charged 6d with enclosed letterhead "Jan 2nd 1863, H.M.S Mutine, Benado Island near Mazatlan, Mexico" (cover & letterhead with identical embossed crest); 1868 cover to Ireland endorsed "Officers Letter" with G.B 6d cancelled "466" at Liverpool, red "PAID / LIVERPOOL / BR. PACKET" c.d.s on the front; and 1871 cover to Kent "via Southampton" with 1d red block of nine cancelled by London Inland Branch "11" numerals, the 9d rate indicating a Far East or Australasia origin. (3). Photo on Page 40. £300-350
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1854 (Dec 18) Cover headed "From H.M.S Queen, Black Sea Fleet" and inscribed "Dec 18th 54, Beicos Bay", to England bearing 1841 imperf 1d single and vertical pair cancelled by two unusually clear strikes of the Crown between Stars obliterator, London backstamps (Dec. 30). A rare use of 1841 imperf stamps in the Crimea, especially with this scarce obliterator, ex. Capt. Holland Collection. Photo on Page 44. £1,000-1,200
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1855 Covers to the Crimea franked 1d red perf 14 strips of three, one from Rostrevor to "The Reverend J.A Crozier, Chaplain H.M Forces, Balaklava, Crimea, By British Army Mail"; the others from Wolverhampton to "Capt Seegrave, 12 Regt. Foot, Staff, British Barracks, Scutari" redirected to Abydos and then back to Wolverhampton, part reverse missing. (2). £150-200
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1856 (Mar 19) Stampless patriotic cover with crossed French and British flags and "May They Ever Remain United" embossed on the flap, the flags handcoloured, posted from Malta to England with Malta double arc backstamp, charged 1/-, fine and scarce. Photo on Page 44. £300-350
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1856 (Apr 19) Cover to England endorsed "Officers letter Crimea via Marseille" with 1841 imperf 1d red vertical strip of three (PK-RK, QK and RK touched at right, RK creased) each cancelled by "46" numerals in London, "POST OFFICE / BRITISH ARMY" (code B) and arrival backstamps. A rare use of the imperf 1d in the Crimea. Photo on Page 44. £350-400
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1914-19 Covers and cards from the ships "Assaye", "Asturias", "China", "Devanha", "Magic", "Oxfordshire", "St. Margaret of Scotland", "Somali", "Stad Antwerpen" "Syria", "Valdivia" or "Vasna", 35 with named cachets or distinctive censors, also ephemera and cards. (80). Photo on Page 44. £800-1,000
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1916-19 Covers and cards, cachets including "PASSED BY CENSOR / HOSPITAL SHIP E 0126", circular "AMBULANCE TRANSPORT / P.C / 8 / R.A.M.C" or similar numbered "3", "14", "20" or "28", "CENSORED / H.M.T.E 826", "CENSORED / MASTER" and "TRANSPORT No. 6812", or triangular "CENSORED / BY MASTER / H.M.T.G 1260", etc., circular P.C 3 used on the "Glengorm Castle" and P.C 8 on the "Kalyan", the others not yet identified. (16). £200-250
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1914-19 Covers and cards from various ships (13) including the "Morea", "Delta", "Copenhagen", "Rewa", "St. George", "Plassey" etc., and picture postcards of ships (66, thirty four written from the ships or hospitals), also a Christmas card from the "Maine" and two 1937 covers from Spain to the "Maine" when employed evacuating refugees during the Spanish Civil War. (82). £350-500
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1916-17 Covers (6) and postcards (2) all with named oval framed cachets with "PANAMA" on a cover from Southampton franked 1d, the others all stampless, "HEREFORDSHIRE" and "GLENGORM CASTLE" on cover or card with London Received From H.M Ship machine, "GLENART CASTLE", "DOVER CASTLE" and "WANDILLA" on covers posted at Alexandria, "ABERDONIAN" and "ST. GEORGE" on cover or card posted at Rouen or Boulogne. Also postcards of the "Herefordshire", "Glenart Castle", "St. George" and "Wandilla". (12). Photo on Page 44. £250-300
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1941 (Sep - Dec) Covers from London to China, Hong Kong (6), Thailand (3), Singapore (8) or Batavia (3) all with "NO SERVICE / RETURN TO SENDER" cachets, thirteen with 1942 (Mar - June) London backstamps, all with one or two file holes away from the stamps and postal markings. (21). £120-150
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Hospital Ships. 1940-46 Covers and cards, airletters, an airgraph, photos and ephemera, including covers from the "Prague" (2), "Vita", "Aba", "Dorsetshire", "Oxfordshire", "Batavier II" (also a card of the ship) and "Karapara" (also a card of the ship), airgraph from the "Llandovery Castle", and covers to the "Maine", "Oxfordshire" (Sydney to the ship at Neutral Bay, with ship's cachet applied upon arrival) or the "Toscana" (4). Also tie-on Army Form W3118A (used to hold the patients medical card) with cachet of H.S "Atlantis", photo of the "St Helier" with ship's cachet on reverse, five large press photos, claim form for goods lost on the H.C "Paris" sunk off Dunkirk in 1940, etc. (30). £200-250
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1939-45 Covers including mail to troops but undelivered and returned with various cachets (13), mail from forces in the Middle East including 1940 Egypt cover with boxed "PASSED BY CENSOR / (crown) No. 1222" (Colley A101) crossed out and replaced by boxed "PASSED / BY / UNIT / CENSOR / 183" (A300), etc. (62). £120-150
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1941 (Aug 6) Registered cover with related C.O.P both with "L.P.R / LONDON C.O / MOBILE P.O / No. 1" c.d.s, used on this one day only at Shoreditch after the Post Office was damaged by a bomb; also a registered cover from Bournemouth to London with boxed "UNDELIVERABLE / OWING TO / ENEMY / ACTION" (this cover not guaranteed and offered "as-is"). £100-120
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Censorship. 1941-45 Covers (6) and censorship slips (7) including G.B covers returned by the censor (3), two with enclosed slips ("memorial cards" enclosed contrary to regulations, or an attempt to communicate with enemy territory in a letter to neutral Sweden); cover from Argentina with attached label "This cover was open when it reached the censorship"; British Censorship slips (3, picture postcard enclosed, communication with enemy territory, request for goods to be sent to writer); "Postage Refunded" slips (2); also a cover returned by the U.S censor with attached slip, and 1944 (Mar. 4) stampless British O.A.S cover to Argentina detained by the U.S censor until 1945 with arrival machine (26 Aug 1945) and "THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN HELD / BY THE OFFICE OF CENSORSHIP". (13). £150-180
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1737-1840 Letters and documents including 1737 letter concerning H.M Sloop "Otter" sent to Boston, Lincolnshire, to seize smuggling vessels; 1762 letter from Capt. Affleck of H.M.S "Baleine" to Capt. Tinker on H.M.S "Medway" requesting a survey of damaged stores; 1788 letter from Rear Admiral Faulkner to the Navy Pay Office; 1819 and 1840 letters to the Royal Naval Asylum at Greenwich (the last with a 1d black, four margins but crossed by file fold); 1832 free letter from Admiral Sir George Martin, etc. (7). £160-200
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1771-1852 Entire letters and entires carried by naval ships including 1771 entire from Jamaica "by H.M.S Dunkirk" with Portsmouth Ship Letter (S2), 1840-52 entire letters from or to Malta (6) or Alexandria endorsed by Admiralty Packets "Volcano", "Alecto", "Banshee", "Polyphemus", "Merlin" or "Caradoc", 1843 letter from Sydney "p. H.M.S Favorite", 1847 entire from Havana "p. Vindictive H.M Man of War", etc. (12). £200-250
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1795-1812 Entire letters from naval ships, all posted at British ports, comprising 1795 (May 14) letter from an unknown ship windbound at St. Helens posted at Portsmouth; 1795 (June 11) letter from Lt. James Cornich on H.M.S "Trusty" posted at Portsmouth; 1798 (July 5) letter from H.M.S "Leopard" at Spithead posted at Portsmouth; 1809 (Apr. 16) letter from Capt. William Selby of H.M.S "Owen Glendower" at The Nore posted at Sheerness; 1810 (Oct. 5) letter from Lt. Williams Jones on H.M.S "Scipion" at Cawsand Bay posted at Plymouth Dock; 1812 (Feb 7) letter from Lt. Edmund Lockyer on H.M.S "Armide" concerning prize money posted at Falmouth. (6). £120-150
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1847-84 Covers from G.B to naval ships, eight to T.M Kelsall on H.M.S "President" at Cape of Good Hope (prepaid 8d in cash with London Paid Ship Letter datestamp and boxed "TO PAY"), H.M.S "Cumberland" at Rio de Janeiro or S.E Coast of America (both franked at 6d Officers concession rate), H.M.S "Phoebe" at Naples, H.M.S "Cressy" or H.M Coastguard, 1849 stampless cover to H.M.S "Ardent" at Naples much redirected; 1860 cover to H.M.S "Agamemnon" at Naples franked 1d + 4d + 6d; 1881-82 covers to H.M.S "Inconstant" at Cape of Good Hope or Alexandria; also 1884 cover from H.M.S "Decoy" at Port Said. (13). £200-240
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1855-69 Covers to Capt. The Hon. Arthur Cochrane comprising 1855 cover franked embossed 6d (cut to shape) from Essenden to H.M.S "Horatio" in Malta and 1863 cover franked 1/- from London to H.M.S "Warrior" at Lisbon redirected back to Portsmouth with Liverpool and London Ship Letter backstamps, and a cover to Sheerness, also 1845 Admiralty Certificate listing Cochrane's 1839-44 naval service on H.M.S "Benbow", "St. Vincent" and "Salamander". Like his famous father Cochrane went on to become an Admiral, he commanded the first ironclad naval ship H.M.S "Warrior" and was later C-in-C Pacific Fleet. (4). £100-150
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1851-71 Covers (2) and a front comprising 1851 cover franked 1d and a stampless front with straight line or circular undated "NAVY POST OFFICE", and 1871 cover to Scotland endorsed "Pd 1/-" with a red London Paid c.d.s, the enclosed letter written on H.M.S "Crocodile" by an officer en route to India. (3). £100-120
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1d Concession Rate. 1863-76 Covers headed from sailors and countersigned with a G.B 1d red paying the penny concession rate, cancelled in London (2) or Devonport, the covers headed from H.M.S "Euryalus" (1863, the ship then at Hong Kong), H.M.S "Prince Royal" at Madeira (1864, cover torn and repaired), or H.M.S "Resistance" at Lisbon (1876, an unusual printed heading, stamp with corner fault). (3). £160-200
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Officers Concession Rate. 1868 Cover endorsed "Topaze, Panama 21/4/68" and "Officers Letter" with crest of the "Topaze" on the flap, franked 1d (2) + 6d pair paying the double concession rate of 1/2 (1/- + 2d transit fee across Panama), all cancelled upon arrival in London, May 12 arrival backstamps. The cover opened out and a little trimmed on three sides (the reverse reduced by a further 1cm at base), the flap separated and rejoined with hinges, nevertheless very rare, the only double 7d concession rate cover we have seen. £100-150
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1d Concession rate - Mailboat Cancel. 1867 Cover headed "From John Devereux seaman on H.M.S Cruizer, Alexandrietta" and countersigned, a 1d red (corner faults) cancelled by "A81" mailboat numeral applied on the P&O S.S "Tanjore", the cancel overinked but quite readable and very scarce. Photo on Page 44. £180-220
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1873-86 Covers to or from naval ships in the Pacific comprising 1873 cover with enclosed letter from H.M.S "Iron Duke" at Nagasaki privately carried and posted at Hull franked 1d; 1874-75 covers to H.M.S "Peterel" c/o British Consulate at San Francisco (2, one to Vancouver Island) or Hawaii; 1882 cover from H.M.S "Champion" posted within Yokohama; 1883 cover to H.M.S "Swiftsure" c/o British Consulate at San Francisco; 1884 cover from H.M.S "Pelican" with 1d block of four cancelled in London; 1886 cover to H.M.S "Hyacinth", Pacific Station. (8). £240-300
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Admiral Sir Arthur Limpus. 1884-1915 Covers and letters to or from Limpus including letters from Limpus on H.M.S "Cambridge" (1891), "Terrible" (2, 1898), "Gibraltar" (1909, letter only about the Russo-Japanese War, with a map), covers to Limpus on H.M.S "Empress of India", "Jupiter", "Gibraltar", "Albion" or "Prince George", 1914 (July 15) cover to "Admiral Limpus Pasha, The British Embassy, Constantinople" (when seconded to the Turkish navy, resigned 14 Sept. 1914) franked 2d with a London F.B 1d charge mark, 1897 telegram with "DOCKYARD B.O / CHATHAM" c.d.s, etc. (14 covers, c.60 letters). £150-180
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Admiral Lord Beresford. 1886-1915 Letters (18, twelve with envelopes, also two other covers), most to A. Alexander who ran a gymnasium in Liverpool, one to George Egerton on H.M.S "Vernon" arranging a transfer between two officers, also a 1905 signed picture postcard with accompanying letter. Beresford became C-in-C. of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1905 and Channel Fleet in 1907. (20+). £150-180
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1900-36 Covers and postcards comprising mail from Australasian Squadron ships with G.B stamps cancelled in London (12, one with a Java stamp disallowed and charged 2d); cards with messages shown by printed flag hoists or written in code, morse, semaphore, shorthand or Hindustani (12); 1924-36 covers to (30) or from (3) Commander Tuffnel in Australia, Chile, the Mediterranean, Far East, Egypt or Palestine; and 1928-29 handcoloured Japanese postcards from H.M.S "Berwick" (7), an unusual group. (64). £200-240
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Naval Bag Mail. 1901-07 Covers and cards from naval ships abroad (27), sent by ships bag to London with G.B stamps cancelled upon arrival, various distinctive types of London datestamp including octagonal type (4), includes 1901 Royal Visit "Links of Empire" cards from Malta, Suez and Colombo, other cards from Australia, New Zealand, Tetuan, Danzig, Corfu, etc. Also six other items with similar datestamps used on Paquebot or internal mail. (33). £150-180
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1939-80 World War Two and postwar covers including 1940 and 1943 covers from Admiral Sir James Somerville at Oran or Delhi sent by bag to London; stampless cover with violet oval "FLEET MAIL OFFICE / BATAVIA"; 1947 printed "Royal Tour - H.M.S Vanguard - Ship Shore Mail via H.M.S Nigeria" cover with "H.M.S Vanguard Mail Office" cachet; 1949 "H.M.S Vengeance in the Arctic" printed envelopes produced on the ship (3, two used, also a related letter), etc. (90). £180-220
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1840 (Aug 12) 1d lettersheet stereo A17 used from London to Cheltenham, Britannia cancelled contrary to regulations with the "T.P / Highgate" receiving office handstamp, the red Maltese Cross then applied to the right of Britannia, Cheltenham arrival c.d.s on the front and London c.d.s on reverse, minor soiling, very unusual. Photo on Page 50. £180-220
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1841 (Apr 21) 1d lettersheet to London with red Maltese Cross cancel and "Coltishall / Penny Post" below, Norwich and London backstamps, pressed file folds, otherwise fine and attractive. £120-150
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Ackworth School. 1841 (Jan 27) 1d Mulready lettersheet containing the printed notice "Ackworth School (1st) Month (27th) 1840 [altered to 1841], To (William France), Thy application for the name of (Esther Beardmore) to be entered on the List for Admission into this School, has been received, and is entered accordingly. A vacancy for the child will probably occur (in about 2 or 3 months...), Thy Friend, Thomas Pumphrey", used with red Maltese Cross, Pontefract backstamp (JY 28), stereo number removed upon opening and tiny file hole, otherwise fine and scarce. Also 1843 (Oct 31) letter from Ackworth School written and signed by Thomas Pumphrey, bearing a 1d red with "ACKWORTH" undated circle on the front. Ackworth was a well known Quaker School. S.G MA401a. (2). £200-250
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Ackworth School. 1841-42 1d Mulready lettersheets containing a printed Quarterly Report of Conduct and Class-work, stereo A57 with report for William Wormall headed "MONITORIAL SCHOOL" posted to Mould Green, Huddersfield, dated 7th April 1841; and stereo A77 with report for Henry Taylor headed "UPPER SCHOOL (3rd) CLASS" dated 2nd August 1842 posted to Malton, both with black Maltese Crosses and Pontefract backstamps. The first with small corner faults and a couple of small tears to lower edge, otherwise fine and scarce adverts from this well known Quaker School. S.G MA401e,f. (2). £350-400
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1886 (Mar 11) 2d Mulready envelope stereo a203 addressed to "Mr J.W Palmer, 281 Strand, W.C" with London W.C C.X squared circle datestamp at lower right. The stamp dealer J.W Palmer posted several original 1d and 2d Mulreadys to himself in 1886, most of which were incorrectly charged 2d, the charges later cancelled after he complained to the Post Office; unusually this envelope never received such a charge. A fine and scarce late use of this 2d envelope. With Philatelic Foundation Certificate (1976) incorrectly stating "cancelled by favour" - these Mulreadys were correctly posted and undoubtedly passed through the post. Photo on Page 50. £600-700
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c.1860 Thackeray Mulready Caricature, proof from the defaced plate on laid paper. Also c.1844-46 newspaper cuttings about the secret opening of letters (c.35) which led to production of Punch's "Anti-Graham" Mulready caricature, and free franks signed by Graham (2). 120 Proofs of the Thackeray caricature were produced, with a similar number then taken from the defaced plate. (c.38). £100-120
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1840 (June 16) Cover with "Pre Paid / 1840" within a foliate oval frame embossed on the front, the reverse with an embossed comic scene of a piper leading two dogs entitled "WHIGS AWA'" and the publishers name "Westwood", posted from Oxford to London prepaid 1d in cash, despatch and arrival datestamps on the front. A rare and unusual envelope, the reverse presumably with a political message, the first example we have seen. £180-220
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c.1840 Fores Courting Envelope and Dancing Envelope forgeries, negative proof impressions with black surround of both envelopes on a single piece of paper, a pencil note on reverse stating just two proof pulls of each envelope taken, the others in the collection of Major B (Major Evans?). Rare and unusual. (2). £150-200
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