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SGd BLACKS
1 "GREAT BRITAIN SG1 1840 1d INTENSE BLACK Lettered ""RF"". Superb Used example with Very Fine CRISP BLACK Maltese CROSS. Cat.£275 4 clear Margins. Price £125" £125.00
2 GREAT BRITAIN SG2 1840 1d Black. 4close to clear margins. Black Maltese Cross. A fine example Cat.£190. Price £70 £70.00
3 "GREAT BRITAIN SG3 1840 1d Grey-Black (WORN PLATE) Lettered ""LK"" from PLATE 1A. A very fine example with 4 Clear Margins & a fine CRIMSON-RED Maltese Cross. Cat.£275 Price £95" £95.00
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1d BLACK PLATE 1B
4 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd Black Lettered ""LK"" from PLATE 1B. 3 generous margins, close to clear at the top, with a Red Maltese Cross. Cat.£190 Price £48" £48.00
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1d BLACK PLATE 6
5 "GREAT BRITAIN SG2 1840 1d Black PLATE 6, with the ""FADING PINK"" Maltese Cross of CHELTENHAM Absolutely Huge Margins. Very Distinctive Cross Quite Rare. Price £195" £195.00
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1d BLACK PLATE 8
6 "GREAT BRITAIN SG2 1840 1d. black, plate 8, OE, good to large margins all round, red Maltese Cross cancellation. Fine appearance.Cat.£275. Price £75" £75.00
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SGd BLUE
7 "GREAT BRITAIN 1840 2d DEEP BLUE ""BH"" on a large piece. CRIMSON Red Maltese Cross, with a GLASGOW 1841 datestamp above. Could be ""RUBY"", however, although the stamp is 4 margin, there is some damage to the ""H"" Square. A fine contrast of colour. Cat.£400. Price £80" £80.00
8 "GREAT BRITAIN 1840 2d DEEP FULL BLUE PAIR. Lettered ""JH-JI"". 4 clear margins all round, (horiz. crease thru ""JH"") however ""JI"" is very fine. Deep Red Maltese Cross cancellation-very attractive! Cat.£800. Price £250" £250.00
9 "GREAT BRITAIN SG6 1840 2d Pale Blue (Worn PLATE). Lettered ""EB"" with 2 Huge Margins. Cancelled with a PINKISH-RED Maltese Cross. Unusual but a very attractive contrast of Colour. Scan no. 2364. Price £60" £60.00
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2d BLUE PLATE 1
10 "GREAT BRITAIN SG5 1840 2d Blue. Lettered ""BG"" Fine Used with a distinctively ""DARK SCARLET"" Maltese Cross. 1999 BRANDON Certificate. Cat.£350 with a normal Cross, 4 clear to generous margins, a very attractive stamp. Price £275" £275.00
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SGd RED
11 "GREAT BRITAIN 1841 1d orange-brown on slightly blue paper affixed to past outer with printed address, UNUSED, FINE and FRESH the stamp with good even margins all round. VERY SCARCE. Cat.£300 MINT. Price £60" £60.00
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1d. Reds from Plate 1b.
12 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd Red-Brown from PLATE 1B The Rarest of the Penny Red from Penny Black Plates. Lettered ""LK"" with 4 clear margins minor thin at base. Black Maltese Cross. Cat.£200 Price £60" £60.00
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1841 1d RED WITH A COLOURED CANCEL
13 GREAT BRITAIN SG11 1841 1d red with alph II letters on dated piece with a very scarce GREEN scottish cancel of AUCHTERMUCHTY Price £15 £15.00
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1841 2d BLUE PLATE 3.
14 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd. blue, plate 4, ""DJ"" good colour, large margins at left, neat '204' numeral cancel. Good condition and attractive. Price £28" £28.00
15 "GREAT BRITAIN SG14e 2d blue Plate 3 ""JC"" good to large margins with distinctive ""Ivory head"", used. Abrasion on front otherwise good condition. Price £30" £30.00
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"PERFORATED 1d ""STARS"" "
16 "GREAT BRITAIN 1857 1d Star Cancelled by a Sheffield ""SIDEWAYS SPOON"" datestamp on a small neat envelope to the village of EYAM, Derbyshire. Backstamped with the Broom-Hill un-dated circle despatch handstamp, and Bakewell dated Transit mark. Price £25" £25.00
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"SG43 Id ""PLATES"" "
17 "GREAT BRITAIN 1866 Envelope registered from Bilston to London with fine 1858-79 1d Plate 99 tied by duplex cancels, red oval registered arrival datestamp. FINE. Price £35" £35.00
18 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd Rose-Red ""OB"" from PLATE 192 single, full CDS for ASHFORD/1878 Scarce and desirable KENT cancel. Price £10" £10.00
19 "GREAT BRITAIN SG43 1858 1d Red. ""FD"" from PLATE 163 SINGLE CDS for ""BRIXTON RISE/ S.W./ 1875"" Scarce. Price £10" £10.00
20 "GREAT BRITAIN 1858-79 SG43 1d ROSE-RED PLATE 135 (DL). An unmounted mint single, perfectly centred and scarce thus. Price £40" £40.00
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SG45/7 2d BLUE PLATES 9-15
21 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd blue, plate 8 with large part cds, FINE. Price £25" £25.00
22 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd blue, Plate 8 with large part cds Fine. Price £25" £25.00
23 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd blue, Plate 9 with good & strike of Liverpool cds, good condition. Price £15" £15.00
24 "GRATE BRITAIN SGd blue, Plate 9 with good strike of Leeds cds, good condition. Price £15" £15.00
25 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd blue, PLATE 9 with fine York cds, good condition. Price £16" £16.00
26 GREAT BRITAIN SG46 2d Blue plate 13 PAIR with TORQUAY CDS Cancels. Fine & Fresh. Price £15 £15.00
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SG48/9 1/2d PLATES 1-20
27 "GREAT BRITAIN 1879 SG48 1/2d PLATE 14. VFU on a printed price circular, from Newcastle-on-tyne to Denmark. b/s'd Grenaa. Superb condition. Exhibition Quality. 1879 Price £45" £45.00
28 "GREAT BRITAIN SG48 1870 1/2 rose-red, Plate 11, one piece with good strike of Kirkaldy cds FINE. Price £12" £12.00
29 "GREAT BRITAIN SG48 1870 1/2d rose-red, Plate 4 with neat centralised London cds FINE Price £15" £15.00
30 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/2d rose-red Plate 14, neat centralised London datestamp. Fine. Price £12" £12.00
31 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/2d rose-red, Plate 20, on piece tied by Wolvechampton cds FINE. Price £40" £40.00
32 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/2d, rose-red, Plate 14, with centralised large post Plymouth Squared circel FINE. Price £12" £12.00
33 "GREAT BRITAIN SG48 1870 1/2d group on 14 pieces each with Dublin duplex cancel, a fine group. Price £40" £40.00
34 "GREAT BRITAIN SG49 1870 1/2d rose, Plate 5, meat central cds, FINE. Price £12" £12.00
35 "GREAT BRITAIN SG49 1870 1/2d rose, Plate 10, neat contral FINE. Price £12" £12.00
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SG54-61 THE EMBOSSED ISSUES
36 "GREAT BRITAIN 1853 Envelope to France bearing SG8, 1d Brown and SG57, 10d Brown embossed tied by London obliterantor with Devonshire St. handstamp in blue on reverse, oval PD and French entry cachet. A very fine item of Late Fee Mail in exhibition quality. Price £465" £465.00
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SG62-74. SURFACE PRINTED. NO CORNER LETTERS
37 "GREAT BRITAIN 1855 Mourning envelope to Paris bearing SG62, 4d carmine (on blued paper) tied by Hull 383 spoon duplex with oval P.D. in red, routed via London with French entry cachet and Paris arrival. Scarce and attractive item. Price £195" £195.00
38 "GREAT BRITAIN 1857 Envelope to France bearing SG66, 4d rose tied by London obliterator with oval P.D. in red and instructional Too-Late G.P.O. Very fine. Price £45" £45.00
39 "GB. GLASGOW to THE BALTICS 1860 (AP 27) outer letter sheet to Riga, Latvia bearing single franking 1/- tied by fine Glasgow numeral duplex, red double-ring England Par Aachen datestamp, red ""P"" in oval and endorsed ""via Belgium"", London transit and boxed arrival backstamps, a good example. Price £125" £125.00 3341.jpg
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SG/64 SMALL WHITE CORNER LETTERS
40 "GREAT BRITAIN 1864 Envelope to MESSINA (SICILY) bearing SG90, 1/- green (plate 1) tied by London duplex, oval PD in red, endorsed via Marseille and boxed handstamp PIROSCARI POSTALI FRANCESI in black, with transit and arrival backstamp. Very fine combination. Price £135" £135.00
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SG/67 LARGE WHITE CORNER LETTERS
41 "GREAT BRITAIN 1865 Envelope to MESSINA (SICILY) bearing SG101, 1/- green (plate 4) pair tied by London numeral with matching LOMBARD ST PAID in red, oval PD, endorsed via Marseille and boxed handstamp PIROSCAFI POSTALI FRANCESI in black, with transit and arrival backstamp. Scarce plate on cover paying double rate. Attractive. Price £165" £165.00
42 "GREAT BRITAIN 1866 Envelpoe to France bearing SG95, 4d vermilion (plate 8) tied by Glasgow duplex, charged 12 with P.D. erased and instructional Insufficiently Prepaid in black, routed via London with French entry and arrival cachets. Price £50" £50.00
43 "GREAT BRITAIN 1866 Envelope to MESSINA (SICILY) bearing SG97, 6d lilac (plate 5 with hyphen) and SG101, 1/- green (4) tied by Liverpool duplex, oval PD in red, endorsed by French packet via Marseille and boxed handstamp PIROSCAFI POSTALI FRANCESI in black with transit and arrival backstamp. Scarce combination. Price £135" £135.00
44 "GREAT BRITAIN 1873 Envelope to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG43, 1d red and SG103, 3d rose (plate 10) tied by London duplex with handstruck oval P.D. in red routed via Wien, Zara and Ragusa backstamps. Scarce. Price £80" £80.00
45 "GREAT BRITAIN 1873 Envelope to Regusa (Austria) bearing SG103, 3d rose (plate 10) tied by Liverpool duplex routed via Wien, Triest and Zara with Austrian Post Office Ragusa arrival. Superb quality. Price £55" £55.00
46 "GREAT BRITAIN 1880 A superb example of SG121, 2/- brown (plate 1) cancelled by upright Woolwich circular datestamp. A great rarity in this quality. Catalogue SG £1400 + 75%. Price £1375" " £1,375.00 "
47 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/- DEEP GREEN ""AJ"" from PLATE 5 A superb used top marginal, with a SINGLE CDS for BRADFORD. YORKS/OC 5 1871. Lovely colour, full perfs. Price £20" £20.00
48 "GREAT BRITAN SG/-GREEN ""AK"" from PLATE 7 Ful couple of short perfs but a scarce stamp. Fine light SINGLE CDS for BRADFORD JY 13 1873. Price £25" £25.00
49 "GREAT BRITAIN SG123 6d Buff Plate11. Used PAIR, nibbled perfs at base, but each has a superb full and upright cds for DENTON/1872. Price £25" £25.00
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SG LARGE COLOURED CORNER LETTERS
50 "GREAT BRITAIN 1876 Envelope to TUNIS (NORTH AFRICA) bearing SG152, 4d orange (plate 15) tied by London duplex, sent on French packet via Marseille with Tunis arrival on reverse. A scarce stamp on cover. Price £165" £165.00
51 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd on 3d Lilac. ""FG"" fine used. Full perfs, minor bend. Single cds for STOKE-ON-TRENT/OC 25 1883 (Heavy strike) Cat.£95. Price £25" £25.00
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SG/2d - 5d
52 "GB SG169. 5d INDIGO Mint, with large part O.G. Cat £425 Not bad for... Price £85" £85.00
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SGd LILACS.
53 "GB. GLASGOW N.P.B./ 1d LILAC ""FANCY"" WRAPPER 1882 (MY 6) hand-coloured wrapper to France franked by 1d lilac tied by neat oval Glasgow/N.P.B. datestamp, arrival backstamp, fine and scarce. Price £95" £95.00
54 "GREAT BRITAIN 1885 Registered envelope to Germany bearing SG172, 1d lilac (2) and SG190, 2 1/2d lilac tied by 498 obliterator of Manchester with registered Manchester oval and London registered in red with Konigsberg arrival. Attractive item. Price £80" £80.00
55 "GREAT BRITAIN 1892 Registered postal stationary envelope 2d grey uupgraded with SG172, 1d lilac (pair) tied by oval registered Throgmorton Avenue datestamp with oval registered addressed to France. Attractive. Price £30" £30.00
56 "GB 1900 (OC 6) registered 2d envelope to Forfar with 1d added to make 3d rate for registration of up to five pounds, a fine East indian Railway Company red wax seal at bottom right, fine. Price £85" £85.00
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SG187/96 1883 THE LILAC & GREEN ISSUE.
57 "GREAT BRITAIN 1884 Printed circular mail to France bearing SG187, 1/2d blue tied by Glasgow 159 duplex roted via London with Le Creuzot arrival. Very fine quality. Price £50" £50.00
58 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd Freen Ave. Used. Colour washed, but a Superb ""Socked on the Nose"" single Thimble CDS for ARBROATH 1885. Cat.£175. Price £35" £35.00
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SG JUBILEE ISSUE
59 "GREAT BRITAIN 1892 Destination mail envelope to Rio Pongo, West Africa bearing SG201, 2 1/2d blue tied by Wellridge squared circle with Freetown Sierra Leone transit on reverse. Price £85" £85.00
60 "GREAT BRITAIN 1894 (12th October) Long, blue, registered envelope franked with 6d Jubilee, (very deep) purple on rose-pink paper and 1d Lilac (Die 1) cancelled by Registered date stamps . Also, on front, label with blue ""R"" in oval and the most unusual CDS ""Shepherdess Walk, City Road, oc 1294"", On the back Shepherdess Walk CDS is repeated plus receibing postmark, also very unusual, a purple ""B"" with 10 20 inside the B and 94 below. Attractive and interesting. Price £25" £25.00
61 "GREAT BRITAIN 1898 Registered envelope to France bearing SG201, 2 1/2d blue and SG206, 4 1/2d green and carmine tied by oval registered Gracechurch St. with Annonay arrival. Nice combination. Price £50" £50.00
62 "GREAT BRITAIN 1898 Registered envelope to France bearing SG206, 4 1/2d green and carmine (Pair) tied by oval registered Gracechurch St. with boxed Late Fee 2d handstamp in black. Price £65" £65.00
63 "GREAT BRITAIN 1901 Envelope to France bearing SG201, 2 1/2d blue tied by Corbridge skeleton datestamp, underpaid with Tax handstamp and French postage due Yvert 37, 50 cent purple tied by Sevres double ring on arrival. Very fine. Price £50" £50.00
64 "GREAT BRITAIN QV. 1/- Green and Carmine on Cover SG214 in combination with 10d + 1/2d Blue-Green on large cover (Printed address) to NEW YORK, The 1/- SG214 is one of the scarcest QV stamps on cover. 1/-, 10d, 1/2d a very scarce rate! (file fold minor split) clear of stamps, 1/- has a minor fault. Cat.£275+++ Price £125" £125.00
65 "GREAT BRITAIN SG Jubilee 1/2d vermilion, 110 examples fair to fine used on Hagner with a proliferation of Squared Circles, Triangular slugs & CDS cancels. Price £35" £35.00
66 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd Dull Purple and DEEP BLUE. Superb single cds for ""CHICHESTER/1894"" (minor tone on reverse). Price £25" £25.00
67 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/- Dull green a Scarce USED block of four, cancelled by Throgmorton Street oval registered datestamps. Fine. Cat.£220++. Price £48" £48.00
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THE COLLEGE STAMPS OF OXFORD & CAMBRIDGE.
68 "KEBLE COLLEGE SG(SPEC) CS10c 1882 1/2d ultramarine. Vertical Gutter Pair, the lower Stamp IMPERF between. Superb UNMOUNTED MINT. Price £55" £55.00
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KING EDWARD VII
69 "GREAT BRITAIN Envelope signed ""ER"" from the King to his daughter from Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert-red seal on reverse, carried by messenger to Buckingham Palace, and Then Stamped at Buckingham Palace - August 10th 1905, with 2d & 2 1/2d both cancelled BUCKINGHAM PALACE CDS'S. Whilst a few covers are known used inland without stamps. This is possibly the only example recorded, stamped & going oversea's. Very Fine & Very Rare. Price £1250" " £1,250.00 "
70 "GB/EDWARD 1902 1st 4 Values on REG. PPC 3 days after issue. A very Rare & possibly unique REGISTERED ""COURT"" Postcard (View of SALISBURY), bearing the 1st 4 Edwards, cancelled Jan 4th, with Belgique Reg. Label applied on arrival. Deep Shades on the 1d & 2 1/2d. Price £185" £185.00
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SG215-266 THE DE LA RUE PRINTINGS
71 "GREAT BRITAIN 1902 Registered Credit Lyonnais printed envelope to USA franked by 3d and 4d reatly tied by two oval Registered datestamps fine red wax seal and arrival oval New York datestamp, fine. Price £30" £30.00
72 "GREAT BRITAIN 1905 9d on Thick Chalky paper, U/M. SG215a spec M50 (3) DEEP SLATE & Ultramarine A bottom-marginal example with absolutely superb Fresh colour on face, very minor browning to gum. Price £60" £60.00
73 "GREAT BRITAIN SG254b 1906 10d on THICK CHALKY Paper. U/M SG254b Spec. M43(1) 10d Purple & Carmine. A little ""off-centre"", but in Beautiful condition with extremely fresh colours. Price £60" £60.00
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SG267-286 THE HARRISON PRINTINGS
74 "GREAT BRITAIN 1911 P.P.C. of Bouley Bay, Jersey with 1911 Harrison perf. 14 1d. Rose-Red tied by Faldouet CDS address to Paris. FINE, a rare stamp. Price £75" £75.00
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SG287-320 THE SOMERSET HOUSE ISSUES
75 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd REDDISH PURPLE ""DICKINSON"" Coated paper a very fine used well centred copy with a very light Double - Ring cds cancel. Price £70" £70.00
76 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/6 dull reddish purple, MINT O.G. Slight wrinkle otherwise FINE. Price £90" £90.00
77 "GREAT BRITAIN Somerset House, Superb U/M. SG317, Spec M/6 Dark Purple. A fine MINT example - some overall gum browning does not detract, very fresh colours on face. Price £70" £70.00
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SG321-350 THE DOWNY HEADS.
78 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/2d and 1d ""DOWNEY HEADS"", Set of 10 with Watermark and type changes, UNMOUNTED. O.G. Good to FINE. Price £80" £80.00
79 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/2d Green (Die B), booklet stamp, good perfs all round, UNMOUNTED MINT, Slight crease otherwise fine. Price £15" £15.00
80 "GREAT BRITAIN GEORGE V. PRINTING VARIETY SG341 WMK. Imperial Crown 1d. bright scarlet, small re-printing crease, intense colour, MINT O.G. FINE. Price £25" £25.00
81 "GB/DOWNEY MEAD 1d Varity SG341a 1912 1d wmk Imperial Crown No Cross on Crown variety fresh used, Cat £25. Price £5.75" £5.75
82 "GREAT BRITAIN SG344 1/2d green, strip of three from lower-left of sheet with 'B12' control, complete with amrgin from foot of sheet. UNMOUNTED O.G. FINE. Scarce. Price £40" £40.00
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SG351-398 ROYAL CYPHER
83 "GREAT BRITAIN SG368 2d orange, Die I, strip of three from lower left of sheet with 'P20' control, complete with selvedge from the bottom row loss margina at right. UNMOUNTED O.G. FINE. Price £35" £35.00
84 "GREAT BRITAIN SG368 2d orange, Die I, strip of three from lower left of sheet with 'L18' Control, complete with selvedge from bottom two rows. UNMOUNTED O.G. Slight creases otherwise FINE. Price £42" £42.00
85 "GREAT BRITAIN SG368 2d orange, Die I, strip of three from lower left of sheet woth 'K17' control, complete with selvedge from the bottom two rows. UNMOUNTED O.G. Slight creases otherwise FINE. Price £40" £40.00
86 "GREAT BRITAIN SG379 4d grey-green, strip of three from lower-left of sheet with 'D14' control, complete with bottom sheet margin. UNMOUNTED O.G. FINE. Scarce. Price £45" £45.00
87 "GB/DOWNEY HEAD 1/2D VARIETY SGSPEC N4C 1912 1/2d wmk Imperial Crown variety No Cross on crown and broken frame at top, good used. Price £24.50" £24.50
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SG418-429 BLOCK CYPHER
88 GREAT BRITAIN 1925 2 1/2d + 6d. Block Cypher on an EXPRESS cover from London (MAIDA HILL cds's) to FRENCE. A few perfs missing from the 6d. Otherwise a fine cover. Price £23.50 £23.50
89 "GB ""HOUSE OF COMMONS/FLIGHT"" 1929 (16 MR) cover franked by 1 1/2d, 2d, and 10d tied by House of Commons cds's, typed 'Via Fairey long distance/monoplane from Cranwell' red Manuscript ""Refused"" and red boxed instructional cachet, Sleaford lincs cds at right, fine. Price £125" £125.00
90 GREAT BRITAIN SG418A var. 1924-6 1/2d BLOCK CYPHER wmk sideways attached to part of coil leader. FINE. UNMOUNTED O.G. Price £25 £25.00
91 "GREAT BRITAIN SG418a 1924-6 1/2d WMK. sideway vertical strip of three attached at top to large part coil Leader, Slight bend otherwise FINE. UNMOUNTED O.G. Price £45" £45.00
92 GREAT BRITAIN SG418a var. 1924-6 1/2d BLOCK CYPHER WMK sideways attached to part of coil leader. FINE. UNMOUNTED O.G. Price £25 £25.00
93 GREAT BRITAIN SG418a var. 1924-6 1/2d BLOCK CYPHER WMK aide ways attached to part of coil leader. FINE. UNMOUNTED O.G. Price £25 £25.00
94 "GREAT BRITAIN SG420d /2d booklet pane of four plus two labels, corner crease, the only pane remaining in otherwise complete booklet. Price £60" £60.00
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"SG399-417, 450-2 THE SEAHORSE HIGH VALUES "
95 "GREAT BRITAIN SEAHORSE 1935 3d 1/- and 5/- George V re-engraved Seahorse making up a 6/3d Air Mail rate to WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. From the National Bank of New Zealand, London with the stamps being cancelled by London cds's for 13 DEC 1935. Unusual destination for the 5/- value and on a small envelope also. Very attractive. Price £150" £150.00
96 "GREAT BRITAIN 1915 5/-SEAHORSE. A USED example with a 1916 cds. Minor surface rub, full rich colour. Price £35" £35.00
97 "GREAT BRITAIN SEAHORSES SG/- Dull Blue. A fine used vertical Pair, light cds Cancels. Price £95" £95.00
98 "GREAT BRITAIN Sea Horses 1918-19 Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd. 2/6d, 5/- and 10/- good to fine used, Cat £200. Price £49.50" £49.50
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SG WATERLOW SEAHORSES
99 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/6 DEEP SEPIA BROWN. Has 1 sh. perf. but is superbly cancelled by single Thimble cds for HOVE B.O./ BRIGHTON/ 1914"" Placed clear of the King's HEAD. Very attractive. Price £50" £50.00
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SG462-514 KING GEORGE VI
100 "GREAT BRITAIN ""KING GEORGE THE 6th FDC/FLIGHT COVER"" 1937 1/2d, 1d, 2 1/2d (SG462, 463 466) on FIRST DAY COVER postmarked Liverpool 10 May, airmail to the Isle of Man with red datestamped and West Coast/Air Services Ltd. cachet on reverse. FINE and Scarce. Price £60" £60.00
101 "GREAT BRITAIN /2d red-brown booklet pane of 4 plus two labels, cylinder number in margin, fresh mint. Price £16.50" £16.50
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SG515-840 QUEEN ELIZABETH II (PRE-DECIMAL)
102 "GREAT BRITAIN SG Waterlow hing value set of 4 mint, lightly hinged. Price £45" £45.00
103 GREAT BRITAIN 1966 BIRDS P/PACK Cat £12.00 with original plastic that is not shrunk. Price £5 £5.00
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SGX841 TO DATE. DECIMAL MACHIN ISSUES.
104 GREAT BRITAIN 1987 26p 2 BAND SGX918 SUPERB U/M Price £5 £5.00
105 "GREAT BRITAIN SPEC UMCT variety. 7p/ 1p/ 1p/ 1/2p/ 1/2p FCP DEX. ""G4"" coil on distinctive thicker paper Scarce. Price £60" £60.00
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SG881-TO DATE. Q E II DECIMAL COMMEMORATIVES.
106 "GREAT BRITAIN 1971 STRIKE MAIL. ""SOHO LOCAL POST"" 3 Values on cover, tied by 1971 CDS. Each depicting a ""Soho Lady"" Amusing & scarce. Price £12.50" £12.50
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"ROYALTY, POLITICIANS, PERSONALITIES "
107 GREAT BRITAIN 1907 Photographic p.c. of Queen Alexandra with two dogs addressed to Great Yarmouth with 1902-10 1/2d. tied by Sandringham CDS. A fraction soiled otherwise FINE. SCARCE. Price £45 £45.00
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STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY (W No.'s refer to WHITNEY)
108 "GREAT BRITAIN 1788 DEVON E.L. from Cockington to Dorset with ms. ""10"" rate, fine TOTNES and ""P"" on reverse. Good condition and a good ""West Country"" item. Price £100" £100.00
109 "GREAT BRITAIN 1818 Pre-stamp envelope to France cancelled by Hampstead N.E./12py P.Paid with oval Paid 2/2 and 7 o'clock Noon Two Penny P.P. in red on reverse, charged 2/2 with 12 tax to pay on arrival in France. Interesting item. Price £65" £65.00
110 "GREAT BRITAIN 1829 (Dec.28) Wrapper from Brighton with datestamp on reverse, manuscript '1' charge and two strikes of black boxed ""TO PAY 1d ONLY"" Countermanded by red ""CROWNED FREE"" datestamp on arrival in London, FINE and unusual. Price £90" £90.00
111 "GREAT BRITAIN 1835 ""FOREST OF DEAN"" to Newbury, with a ""ULEY"" U.D.C. Good strike, fresh entire. Price £20" £20.00
112 GREAT BRITAIN 1845 Lady's stampless envelope to Wallingford with red paid datestamp on front and part of arrival cds on reverse. Torn and soiled otherwise a good example of these tiny covers. Very Scarce. Price £15 £15.00
113 "GREAT BRITAIN 1850 Wrapper to Holland with blue boxed Kikkcaldy datestamp and red Paid marks on the same day, red manuscript 1/- mark and blue 'ENGLAND FRANCO' VERY FINE in all respects and colourful. Price £60" £60.00
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MISSENTS/MISDIRECTEDS etc
114 GREAT BRITAIN 1842 Missent to WORCESTER (m/s'd). A rare cover that was MISSENT TO WORCESTER TWICE Actual addressed to Doncaster. Price £50 £50.00
115 "GREAT BRITAIN 1857 ""MISSENT - TO WORCESTER"" Superb Strike. 1d Stars Salisbury SPOON to Broadway. (Worcs) Price £60" £60.00
116 GREAT BRITAIN 1857 MISSENT-TO WORCESTER V. Fine strike 2 line H/S alongside 1d Star tied Manchester Spoon. Price £40 £40.00
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PREPAID/OR STAMPLESS COVERS GOING ABROAD.
117 "GREAT BRITAIN 1854 Unpaid registered envelope to France cancelled by tombstone London Paid, oval P.D. with crown registered, French entry cachet and Bureau Ambulant No. 2 Ligne de Calais wax seal on reverse. Attractive. Price £80" £80.00
118 "GREAT BRITAIN 1857 Stampless E.L. to Tenerifle with scarce use of Liverpool Paid cds in place stamp, red '8r' Spanish mark, blue Plymouth transit and faint arrival cds. Good condition. MOST UNUSUAL. Price £40" £40.00
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1d MULREADY'S.
119 "GREAT BRITAIN MULREADY 1840 1d lettersheet Stereo A223 cancelled by an Orange Maltese Cross of Bristol, - to London. Orange Britisl cds on the reverse for SP 12 1840. A fine presentable example willout to display well. MAGNIFICENT DISTINCTIVE COLOURED CROSS. Price £175" £175.00
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1841 1d REDS ON COVER
120 "GREAT BRITAIN: 1843 Wrapper with 1841 1d. plate 29 (Spec BS 18 sc) tied by dark blue Maltese Cross of Preston, addressed to Hamburg with red boxed 'Returned for Postage' and 'Detained for Postage', Believed to be one of only a few examples of a 1d, red with coloured Cross going abroad. Good condition. A RARITY. with R.P.S. Cert. (1998). Price £4,000" " £4,000.00 "
121 "GREAT BRITAIN 1868 Envelope to France bearing SG43, 1d red (plate 136) tied by Liverpool duplex, charged 7 with handstruck Insufficiently Stamped with Paris arrival. Superb. Price £40" £40.00
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"UNUSUAL CANCELLATIONS, SPOONS ETC "
122 "GREAT BRITAIN 1894 1d Letter Card cancelled unusually by octagenal framed N.P.B. datestamp (most Newspaper Branch cancels undated), red London arrival on reverse. Few slight stains at edges otherwise FINE, Scarce. Price £75" £75.00
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SCOTLAND + LOCALS
123 "GREAT BRITAIN 1835 EL from Leith to Denmark pre-paid 2/ 1/2d, red departure Leith cds, black boxed ""SHIP LETTER/HULL"" across flag, charged 89 rbs. on arrival-an example letter. Folds, but good condition. out to disply well. Price £75" £75.00
124 "IONIAN ISLANDS/""POSTAGE TO EDINBURGH/NOT PAID"" 1840 Outer Letter sheet from Ionian Is. to London with bannered oval despatch datestamp which is overstruck by red boxed ""POSTAGE NOT PAID/TO LONDON"" recieved Oct. 1st 1840, where the cover was redirected to Edinburgh, it was then forwarded to Wick and four-line ""POSTAGE/TO/EDINBURGH/NOT PAID"" applied, various Manuscript marks and backstamps, very fine and unusual to receive to such handstamps. ""3d"" m/s'd in Red. A Rare Double POSTAGE DUE Cover from 1840. A fine forerunner for the Exhibiter. Price £275" £275.00
125 "SCOTLAND 1845 entire with fine red PAID at EDINR. cds., red P.F. handstamp 'PD' with French arrival cachet and backstamp of Florence. Fine Unusual Price £40" £40.00
126 "GREAT BRITAIN 1876 Registered envelope to Edinburgh bearing SG43, 1d red (plate 160) and SG95, 4d vermillion (plate 14) tied by Bridge of Earn duplex, endorsed registered with Edinburgh back stamp. Very fine. Price £45" £45.00
127 "GREAT BRITAIN 1895 SCOTLAND/POSTAL STATIONERY/ DUTCH EAST INDIES. 1d Red U.P.U. POSTCARD, from LONDON to a very small settlement in JAVA, called MALANG. Cancelled DALMUIR Sept. 3rd, then GLASGOW, arriving in D.E.I. at SOERABAJA & WELTEVREDEN Oct. 6th & finally MALANG Destination from a small Scottish Village, to an even smaller INDONIESIAN Village. Price £95" £95.00
128 "GREAT BRITAIN 1858 2d Plae Blue. PLATE 8. A fine STRIP of 3 with GLASGOW CDS'S. (WORN PLATE). ""LJ-LL"". Cat.£75++ Price £45" £45.00
129 "GREAT BRITAIN SG/2d rose-red, Plate 4, central London datestamp. FINE. Price £15" £15.00
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COVERS POSTED TO OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS
130 "GREAT BRITAIN 1856 (19 Dec.) London to Paris franked by 4d Carmine, Wmk Medium Garter (White Paper) SG64 London numeral cancel. On front: red PD in oval and Calais train postmark: Backstamped London and Paris CDS. Cat. £300 on cover Scarce item. Price £75" £75.00
131 "GREAT BRITAIN LONDON TO BRAZIL SG72 1857 entire to Rio De Janeiro, with 1855-7 1/- green wing marginal tied by '40' numeral, contents refer to cost of postage. creased, but interesting. Cat.£190+ Price £40" £40.00
132 "GREAT BRITAIN TO GERMAN STATES. 1858 envelope with 1854-57 2d. plate 5 and 1855-57 6d. pale lilac each tied by Scarce London sideway duplex cancellation, addressed to Germany with red Aachen transit datestamp, red 'p' in oval and Gotha arrival. Good condition. Price £75" £75.00
133 "GREAT BRITAIN 1858 (19th July) Mourning envelope from Penrith to Madras via Southampton franked by 6d Lilac, Plate 1, cancelled by Penrith/606 duplex for ""JY 19 58"" with London transit postmark. Madras receiving postmark on the back for 23rd August, 1858 SG70 on cover Cat.£110 V.fine light cancel. Price £55" £55.00
134 "GREAT BRITAIN 1860 Stampless wrapper to St. Petersburg from Liverpool with blue oval firm's cachet, departure cds and on reverse two red England via Aachen transits, blue m/s rate marks. Good condition. Price £45" £45.00
135 "G.B. LIVERPOOL TO SPAIN. 1861 envelope with 1855-57 6d. pale lilac tied by Liverpool duplex addressed to Spain with red 'PD' in circle and London transit, San Sebastian arrival cds. on reverse. Folded horizontally, FINE. Price £25" £25.00
138 "GREAT BRITAIN 1867 (19 August) HASTINGS to Paris Redirected cover to Paris franked by 4d Vermilion, Plate 9 cancelled by Hastings duplex for AU 1967. On front, red circle with PD and Calais sorting postmark. Backstamped with red London CDS and two Paris receiving postmarks. Superb strike of the HASTINGS duplex. Price £30" £30.00
139 "GREAT BRITAIN 1870 2d BLUE Plate 13 + 1d Red P1? Paying The 3d RATE from MANCHESTER TO FRANCE. RED ""PD"" in a Broken Circle. An attractive Cover. Price £45" £45.00
140 "GREAT BRITAIN 1873 Destination mail, envelope to Yokohama bearing SG95, 4d orange (plate 13) and SG150, 1/- green (plate 8) tied by London duplex routed via Brindisi with British Post Office Yokohama arrival in blue on reverse. Price £165" £165.00
141 "GREAT BRITAIN 1873 Printed matter circular to Ragusa(Austria) bearing SG43, 1d red tied by Leith duplex routed via Wien and Zara with Austrian Post Office Ragusa on arrival. Superb quality. Price £65" £65.00
142 "GREAT BRITAIN 1874 Wrapper with 1873-80 3d. plate 12 tied by Liverpool duplex to PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, a scarce destination, with Charlottetown arrival cds. Vertical fold, but SCARCE. Price £75" £75.00
143 "GREAT BRITAIN 1874 Printed matter circular to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG47, 2d blue (plate 14) tied by Liverpool duplex routed via Wien, Triest and Zara with Austrian Post Office Ragusa arrival. Scarce rate, in superb quality. Price £95" £95.00
144 "GREAT BRITAIN 1875 Stampless envelopt to SAMARANG BATAVIA handstamped by Lombard St Paid CDS m/s 1/3 and charged 12 1/2 cents on arrival, backstamped Samarang. Scarce Far East destination. Price £195" £195.00
145 "GREAT BRITAIN 1876 Envelope to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG43, 1d red and SG139, 2 1/2d mauve (plate 3) tied by London duplex with boxed L1 (Late Fee) in red routed via Wien and Triest with Austrian Post Office Ragusa arrival. Very fine. Price £45" £45.00
146 "GREAT BRITAIN 1878 Envelope to Lim (Peru) bearing SG150, 1/- green plate 13 (3) tied by Liverpool routed via Southampton underpaid, with Peru postage due SGD33, 10 cent orange (pair) tied on reverse by Lima Principal double ring. A scarce combination. Price £385" £385.00
147 "GREAT BRITAIN 1879 Envelope to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG141, 2 1/2d mauve (plate 12) tied octagonal London L1 (Late Fee) with instructional Too Late G.P.O. and Austrian Post Office Ragusa on reverse. Superb. Price £40" £40.00
148 "GREAT BRITAIN SOUTHSEA to BELGIUM 1883 (21 Nov) Envelope from East Southsea to Malines, Belgium via Portsmouth. Franked with 2 1/2d BLUE plate 23 Portsmouth Duplex cancel. Backstamped with East Southsea and Malines CDS. Price £30" £30.00
149 "GB 1884 6d. Green, BIRMINGHAM to NEW ZEALAND. ""Via San Francisco"" Fine lettle cover with Embossed. b/s. Price £60" £60.00
150 "GREAT BRITAIN 1884 Destination mail. Envelope to Liberville, French Gabon bearing SG160, 4d brown (plate 16) tied by Chelsea duplex, routed via Paris with octagonal French paquebot Col. Fr. Paq. Fr. J. No 6 (Salles 1088) datestamp and arrival cachet Cote D'0r Et Gabon/Gabon on reverse. A superb and rare item for the exhibition. Price £795" £795.00
151 GB 1887 LONDON to HELIGOLAND. Postal stationery 1 1/2d Brown with 1d Lilac. Each tied by large double ring experimental LONDON CDS (Code Z). An unusual cover to a Rare Baltic destination. Price £125 £125.00
152 "GREAT BRITAIN: 1888 Foreign office envelope with 'Jubilee' 2 1/2d, tied by 'hooded' London datestamp to Bulgria, Sofia arrival backstamp. FINE. Unusual destination. Price £50" £50.00
153 "GREAT BRITAIN 1889 PADDINGTON to BURMA Double letter rate (2 x 5d Jubilee) to ""Takoko"" Upper Burmah, Army Captain, Subsequently re-directed as troops had just returned to India following the finish of hostilities (3rd Burma War) Backflap missing. Various b/s's. Price £65" £65.00
154 "GREAT BRITAIN 1891 Destination mail Registered envelope to Medan, Sumatra Dutch East Indies bearing SG225, 2d green and vermilion and SG242, 5d purple tied by EC2 duplex with oval London Chief Office registered and N.I. Agent Singapore transit and Medan arrival on reverse. Price £95" £95.00
155 "GREAT BRITAIN 1895 envelope with two 1881 1d. and 1887-92 1/2d tied by Sidmouth Squared circles addressed to Hungary (addressee's home partly excised), Kolozsvar arrival backstamp. Lightly stained. Unusual. Price £25" £25.00
156 "GREAT BRITAIN 1895 Newsband wrapper to Volo Greece bearing SG197, 1/2d orange tied by Bute Docks Cardiff duplex with receiving cachet of the Chemins de Fer de Thessalie. Price £55" £55.00
157 "GREAT BRITAIN: 1896 Envelope to Italy with 1881 1d, 1887-92 1/2d, and three 2 1/2d, all tied by CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL duplexes. violet cachet and Milan arrival on reverse. A scarce cancellation, good condition. Price £90" £90.00
158 "GREAT BRITAIN Postal stationery envelope two pence blue upgraded with SG201, 2 1/2d blue cancelled by Strand cds addressed to Smyrna with registered British Post Office Smyrna oval arrival. Price £45" £45.00
159 "GREAT BRITAIN 1896 Postal stationery envelope2d blue upgraded with SG172, 1d lilac (2) and SG232, 3d purple/yellow tied by Strand cds addressed to Smyrna with registered British Post Office Smyrna oval arrival. Attractive. Price £65" £65.00
160 "GB. LONDON to URUGUAY: 1898 registered envelope with three 1881 1d. and pair of 1887-92 6d. tied by Strand B.O. cds. Sent by Stanley Gibbons Ltd to Monterideo, Uruguay with red wax seal of the Company. Good condition, unusual. Price £65" £65.00
161 "GREAT BRITAIN 1902 STRIP OF THREE X 5d Eward + 2 1/2d to URUGUAY on long Printed Envelope sent via SOUTHAMPTON on the ""S.S. NILE"". A fine, fresh (line) cover. Price £48" £48.00
162 "GREAT BRITAIN POSTAL STATIONERY 3d Empire Queen Victoria Postcard used as payment for a parcel, with Postcard deleted and 'Parcel Post' substituted. Cancelled at Impswich with a Parcel Post rubber to London. Boxed violet cachet on the front 'If no delivered return to Whitfield King & Co, Ipswich'. Most unusual usuage of this scarce card. Very Rare. Price £125" £125.00
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LATE FEE'S & ACCOUNTANCY MARKINGS
163 "GREAT BRITAIN 1871 Envelope to MESSINA (SICILY) bearing SG117, 1/- green (plate 5) tied by London duplex, handstruck oval PD and boxed L2 (Late Fee 2d) in red sent overland via Belgium with arrival cachet on reverse. Attractive. Price £45" £45.00
164 "GREAT BRITAIN 1871 Enveloopt to France bearing SG44, 1d red (plate 117 x 2) and (plate 121 x 2) tied by London duplex, oval PD and boxed L1 (Late Fee 1d) in red. Very attractive item. Price £55" £55.00
165 "GREAT BRITAIN 1871 Late fee envelope to France bearing SG47, 2d blue and SG103, 3d rose (plate 6) tied by London duplex with oval P.D. and boxed L2 (Late Fee) in red with French entry cachet Superb. Price £55" £55.00
166 "GREAT BRITAIN 1873 Envelope to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG43, 1d red and SG95, 4d orange tied by London duplex with handstruck PD and boxed L2 (Late Fee) in red routed via Wien and Triest with Ragusa arrival. Price £55" £55.00
167 "GREAT BRITAIN 1874 Envelope to MESSINA (SICILY) bearing SG147, 6d grey (plate 13) tied London duplex, handstruck oval PD, boxed L1 (Late Fee 1d) in red and instructional TOO LATE G.P.O. CDS Nice combination. Price £55" £55.00
168 "GREAT BRITAIN 1874 Envelope to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG95, 4d orange (plate 13) pair tied by London duplex with oval P.D. and boxed handstruck L2 (Late Fee), routed by Wien and Triest with Austrian Post Office Ragusa arrival. Superb quality. Price £65" £65.00
169 "GREAT BRITAIN 1880 Envelope to Ragusa (Austria) bearing SG142, 2 1/2d blue #(plate 17) tied by octagonal London L1 (Late Fee) with instructional Too Late G.P.O. CDS and Ragusa arrival on reverse. Very fine quality. Price £40" £40.00
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OFFICIAL
170 "GREAT BRITAIN 1877 Official mail to France headed On Her Majesty's Service erased with boxed instructional On Post Office Business in black with London Official Paid cds in red, French entry cachet and Paris arrival. Unusual item. Price £165" £165.00
171 GREAT BRITAIN 1902 Official envelope headed On His Majesty's Service Returned Postal Packet cancelled by London E.C. Official Paid cds in red addressed to Smyrna with British Post Office Smyrna arrival on reverse. Unusual item. Price £80 £80.00
172 "GREAT BRITAIN 1909 ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL MAIL O.H.M.S./ADMIRALTY BLUE envelope with the ""ADMIRALTY/WHITEHALL"" anchor H/S crossed out. Stamps applied for the overseas use EDWARD 7th 3d + 2d & addressed to Norway. b/s'd SKIEN. An unusual & very scarce cover. Price £75" £75.00
173 "GREAT BRITAIN/ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL MAIL 1915 going abroad. O.H.M.S./ADMIRALTY env. addressed to NORWAY with a SKIEN b/s orange ""OFFICIAL/PAID"" meter mark with a pink H/S ""ADMIRALTY/WHITEHALL"" (ANCHOR). Very scarce. Oversea usage. Price £45" £45.00
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"REGISTERED, EXPRESS & INSURED MAIL "
174 "GREAT BRITAIN 1858 Registered envelope to London bearing SG40, 1d red (strip of four) and SG70, 6d lilac tied by Liverpool duplex with oval London registered G.P.O. and Crown Registered handstamp in red. Very attractive cover. Price £240" £240.00
175 "GREAT BRITAIN 1881 (12 April) 2d ""Wormwood St. E.C."" (V. SCARCE CANCEL) registered cover, (Blue P.S.) uprated with 2 1/2d Blue Plate 21 cancelled by duplex for AP 21 81. Addressed to Connecticut. Red oval London Registered New York P.O. Apr. 22 1881. Price £30" £30.00
176 "GREAT BRITAIN 1898 IPSWICH TO JOHANNESBURG Env. Registered bearing a 5d & 4 1/2d Jubilee, tied IPSWICH/REGISTERED/11 JUNE 98, LONDON REG. CDS & large 'R' on front, & Johannesburg receiver on reverse. Very Scarce destination. Price £95" £95.00
177 "GREAT BRITAIN 1902 Registered envelope to Paris bearing pair of 1902-10 1d. and a 2 1/2d. tied by oval Threadneedle Street datestamps, violet sender's cachet and black ""R"" in oval, arrival backstamp. Stain from wax seal otherwise Fine. Price £15" £15.00
178 "GB/GERMANY/BELGIUM/PARCEL POST Two labels, one printed Germany the other Belgium - Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post - affixed to overseas parcels in transit through British Post Offices. Cancelled by violet F & C P P London Paid datestamps for the 2 OCT 96 and 18 May 00 respectively. Scarce. Price £75" £75.00
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POSTAL STATIONERY
179 "GB. 1840 HOUSE OF LORDS The RAREST ITEM of GB. POSTAL STATIONERY. A complete Env. with BPA Certificate, some restoration, but 1 of only a few known complete envelopes. Cat.£10,000 Price £3500" " £3,500.00 "
180 GREAT BRITAIN 1890 1/2d. Postal stationery card with South Kensington Postage Jubilee CDS self-addressed by W. Lincolm with his printed advertisement on the reverse. FINE. Price £15 £15.00
182 GREAT BRITAIN 1905 1/2d. postal stationery card to Belgium underpaid with 10c. postage due tied by Tournai CDS. Slight crease otherwise FINE. Price £25 £25.00
183 "GREAT BRITAIN 1913 stamped to order printed envelope with embossed Edward VII 1 1/2d. and 2d. cancelled by hooded London CDS, endorsed Late Fee to Germany. Good condition. Price £22" £22.00
184 "GREAT BRITAIN 1918 1d postal stationery envelope to Brussels, underpaid and Charged 30c tied by Brussels cds. FINE. Price £30" £30.00
185 "GREAT BRITAIN 1924 Postal stationery envelope 1 1/2d brown cancelled by British Empire Exhibition 1924 slogan addressed to Sweden, underpaid with Tax 50 handstamp and Swedish postage due label and Sweden Yvert 135, 30 cent brown used as postage due on arrival in Stockholm. Attractive combination. Price £80" £80.00
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POSTAL STATIONERY 1d PINKS
186 "GREAT BRITAIN 1895 LONDON to The COOK ISLANDS A very Rare Register Privately Produced Postal Stationery Envelope with 1d PINK & 6d violet Embossed impressions with additional 2 1/2d Jubilee, allcancelled ""CATFORD S.E. ""Reg. ovals AUCKLAND REGISTERED receiver on reverse Extremely Scarce Cover. Price £195" £195.00
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RAILWAY
187 "GB 1864 LIVERPOOL ""N.W.R.P.OFFICE"" code 1. Aug. 1st 1864. RARE DUPLEX on Cover to France, tying 3d Bright carmine-rose (SG76) & 4d Hairlines Bright Orange. (SG81). Red ""PD"" & black calais T.P.O. Very Rare POSTMARK on Cover. Price £225" £225.00 3339.jpg
188 "GREAT BRITAIN 1890 CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL. Env. to Bordeaux bearing a 1d Lilac, 2 1/2d Jubilee, both tied by a duplex, small thimble-type CDS with ""C.S. over 2 "" in the bared side. May 1890 ""Day"" slug is missing. Fine and unusual. Price £75" £75.00
189 "GREAT BRITAIN 1899 ""CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL"". 1d. P.S. LETTERCARD, uprated with 1 1/2d & 4d Jubilee, all tied by 3 superb ""C.N.M."" CDS'S. code ""C.S."" for Cannon ST. Scarce & very attractive. Price £125" £125.00
190 "GREAT BRITAIN 1900. CONTINENTAL HIGHT MAIL 1d Red P.S.U.P.U card, uprated with a 4d Jubilee, both tied by C.N.M. single-type CDS, dated JAN 12 1900 , code C.X. addressed to PARIS. Scarce. Price £65" £65.00
191 "GREAT BRITAIN ""RAILWAY"" 1904 ""CONTINENTAL NIGHT MAIL"" Edward 7th P.S. LETTERCARD, (1d), with additional 1 1/2d & 1d Edwards each tied C.N.M. CDS, code e.x. for CHARING CROSS, to PARIS. Price £95" £95.00
192 "GREAT BRITAIN /- dull green, vertical pair with part two GNR Station cancels plus bars cancels, good colour and appearance. Price £24" £24.00
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MILITARY
193 "GREAT BRITAIN 1909 PPC to China braring a GB EDWARD 1/2d (Leicester Square) from London to a French telegraphist in the 16th Colonial Regt. re-addressed from Peking to Shang Hai Kwan with various CDS Inc., Shanghai (25/7, Peking (30/7), Tientsin-China (1/8) and the scarce PEKIN/CORRES AUX ARMEES (17/8) Price £60" £60.00
194 "GREAT BRITAIN ""World War II"" 1943 British Prisoner of War card from Stalag IV ""C"" camp in Germany addressed to Scotland, violet camp mark, red number and part of cds. Creased otherwise good condition. Price £35" £35.00
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INSTRUCTIONAL MARKINGS/POSTAGE DUE
195 "GREAT BRITAIN 1874 Incoming mail from France bearing Ceras Yvert 56, 30 cent brown tied by Blois lozange addressed to England with boxed instructional Gone Away and Left No Address in red. Scarce. Price £190" £190.00
196 "GREAT BRITAIN 1875 Envelope bearing SG43 (3) plate 137 from Sheffield to Nice, France but mis-sent to Germany then routed through Belgium where boxed REEXPEDIE TAX 40 cent in red has been applied. A scarce mark and most interesting re-directed cover. Price £300" £300.00
197 "GREAT BRITAIN 1904 BRISTOL/TAXED/CEYLON/GB 1/2d. Edward on a PPC to Ceylon. tied BRISTOL. CDS, Dec. 1st. Tax mark with the most unusual boxed ""AMOUNT TO BE/COLLECTED"". Colombo transit & TALAWAKELE rcvg. CDS. Price £85" £85.00
198 "GREAT BRITAIN 1908 4d Edward with DUTCH POSTAGE DUE 4d chalky SG238 tied by LEICESTER cds to the HAGUE HOLLAND. Returned to LUDGATE CIRCUS with a Dutch Postage Due 15c + various tax marks & a purple ""NOT CALLED FOR"" large ""3d/F.B."". The Dutch Postage Due stamp is extramely scarce on cover. Price £40" £40.00
199 "GREAT BRITAIN 1920 Humourous postcard to Birmingham underfranked by 1912-24 1/2d, charged 1d postage due (SGD2) with stamp affixed over the landstamp on arrival. Good condition, scarce as postage due adhesives not always used at this time. Price £30" £30.00
200 "GREAT BRITAIN 1951 envelope to France with 1951 KG 6th 1/2d and 2 1/2d tied by Leeds machine cancel, underpaid and franked by FRENCH 5f AND 10f postage dues on arrival. Good condition. Price £20" £20.00
201 "GREAT BRITAIN 1961 Wcycliffe Hall, Oxford envelope to London sent without stamps, franked by Post Office Savings Bank Slogan, charged 4d. (single postage rate) with two 2d postage due (SGD59) affixed, tied by Notting Hill Gate cds FINE. Price £25" £25.00
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"REDIRECTED, RETURNED & FORWARDED MAIL "
202 "GREAT BRITAIN 1901 1d. postal stationery card from London to Rumania, three attempts made at delivery with different Bucharest postman's numbers, arruval CDS and returned to Landon with violet boxed instructional cachet Return to sender. Red London CDS applied on return. Slight faults but characterful. Price £25" £25.00
203 "U.S.A/GREAT BRITAIN REDIRECTED 1907 U.S.A. 5 cents blue from Norfolk, U.S., OCT 17 1907 to London W.C. Redirected with a 1d Edward VII from London OCT 28th to Manchester. V. Attractive item. Price £90" £90.00
204 "GB/FOUND& OFFICIALLY SECURED 1933 1 1/2d PSE bearing extra 1/2d, 2d, 4d (2), 6d sent reg'd airmail to Calcutta from Hemel Hempstead resealed in London. Price £60" £60.00
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EXHIBITION MATERIAL
205 "GREAT BRITAIN 1912 International Stamp Exhibition 1d label in dark blue, a complete sheet of 240, imperforate on gummed unwatermarked paper. Folded with Splits to soure folds otherwise remarkably good condition. A RARITY. Price £125" £125.00
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TELEGRAMS
206 "GREAT BRITAIN 1936 from the Edward the 8th period (FEB 14th) VALENTINE GREETINGS TELEGRAM. Artist Rex Whistler Early. Unused with 1 file fold, very scarce item. Price £20" £20.00
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ADVERTISING MAIL/THEMATIC COVERS
207 "GREAT BRITAIN 1856 ADVERTISING 1d STARS tied BIRMINGHAM SPOON to CHIPPING NORTON, on a lettersheet which folds out to A3 size. FULLY ILLUSTRATED, advertising ""KILNS"", ""PUDDLING FURNACES"" & cross-sections/elevations of ""FIRE-BARS"" & ""SMOKE CONSUMERS"". A fascinating relic of the Victorian industrial era. Price £60" £60.00
208 "ADVERTISING/WRAPPER 1892. 1/2d Vermillion affixed to a green wrapper for Richard Thurgate, Second-hand bookseller, 51 Fifth Avenue, Queen's Park, London W. Depicts a Greek style urn with plant. Cancelled by a London W c.d.s 29 11 92 to Boston, Mass. Lovely item. Price £95" £95.00
209 GREAT BRITAIN 1894 1d Postal Stationery card with violet ornate handstamp at Wm. BROWN/FOREIGN STAMPS/SALISBURY to Portugal requesting return of one of their albums. Fine. Price £24 £24.00
212 "GREAT BRITAIN 1900 Advertising envelope from Bennett Steamhip CO Goole bearing SG201, 2 1/2d blue tied by Goole double ring addressed to France. Attractive item. Price £55" £55.00
213 "GREAT BRITAIN ""ADVERTISING"" 1902. Stiff! envelope bearing five 1d Edward VII cancelled by London E.C c.d.s's DEC 15 02 to Wurttemberg, Germany. Shows an advert for Macniven & Cameron Ltd, pen manufacturers. Unusual. Price £60" £60.00
214 "GREAT BRITAIN Telephone Slogans Collection of Telephone Slogans on KGV issues, mostly on piece, a good Themalie lot. Price £25" £25.00
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ILLUSTRATED
215 "GREAT BRITAIN 1845 E.L. from Sheffield to Doncaster with fine Masonic Lodge intaglio seal, ""FAVOURITE LODGE/SHEFFIELD/MU 257"" franked 1841 1d tied by numeral cancel. Fine, remarkably early Masonic item. Price £175" £175.00
216 "1882 Illustrated front Mounted on card. Pen and Ink illustration depicts a bearded, BLIND MAN -in a frock coat being led along a pavement by an out of sight dog. The BLIND man has a card round his neck which reads ""BLIND"" and then the address of a Miss A. Hannah in New York. The street name sign in the scene is ""VIA QUEENSTOWN"", bearing a 1 1/2d Venetian Brown. Most Unusual. Price £65" £65.00
217 "GREAT BRITAIN 1883 Printed illustrated envelope signed ""Quis"" depicting a man up a ladder painting the address panel with 1881 1d. lilac (SG172) tied by Croydon duplex to London. Corner missing and tear otherwise good conditon. Price £50" £50.00
218 "GREAT BRITAIN 1883 printed illustrated env. (FRONT) depicting a gardener with heavy Wheelbarrow signed ""Quiz"" with 1881. 1d. lilac from Croydon to Bayswater. Fine and attractive. Price £50" £50.00
219 "GREAT BRITAIN 1884 printed illustrated env. (FRONT) showing a gardening spade sheltering from the rain under a cape, singed ""Quiz"" with 1881. 1d lilac from Croydon to Bayswater. FINE and attractive. Price £50" £50.00
220 "GREAT BRITAIN: 1907 hand-painted card with 1/2d, posted on Boxing Day from Bristol to Taunton. Picture is of a young lady with ""Diablo"" game, finely painted. Stamp damaged otherwise FINE. Price £45" £45.00
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IRISH COVERS AND POSTAL HISTORY
221 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd Plate3 (2) and Plate (Hair lines), 1/-, 1865-67 4d Plate 9 and 6d Plate5, all with Irish diamond of bass duplex cancellations. Good to FINE. (6 STAMPS) (Cat.£390) Price £60" £60.00
222 "GB. 1924 Wembley 1d. COMP. sheet of 60 u/m, some minor perf. splitting and creasing in margins, Cat. £720. Price £235" £235.00
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STAMPS OF GREAT BRITAIN USED IN IRELAND
223 "GREAT BRITAIN SG5 1840 2d Blue. ""GA"" used in IRELAND with an 1844 type IRISH DIAMOND CANCEL ""302"" of LETTERKENNY (Donegal). A fine three margin example. Very scarce used in Ireland. Price £90" £90.00
224 "GREAT BRITAIN SGd ROSE-RED PLATE 205 (TI). A superb used copy with a clear ""CORK"" cds for 18th oct 1858. Price £10" £10.00
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GB USED ABROAD & BRITISH OFFICES
225 GB USED ABROAD SGd rose-red. (1864-79) Plate 93 with A92 used by Cunard mailboats. FINE. SCARCE and unpriced by SG. Price £70 £70.00
226 "GREAT BRITAIN USED ABROAD SGZd rose-red. (1864-79) Plate 89 with ""B03"" used by P&O mailboats. Corner defect otherwise good condition. Unrecorded from this plate. Price £45" £45.00
227 "GREAT BRITAIN USED ABROAD SGZd violet (1867-70) Plate 8 with ""B03"" used by P&O mailboats. Good condition. Unpriced by SG. Price £75" £75.00
228 "GB USED ABROAD SGZd lilac (1856) with ""A91"" used by Cunard mailboats. FINE and scarce. Unpriced by SG. Price £80" £80.00
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C30 Chile Valparaiso
229 "G.B.U.A.-CHILE (VALPARAISO): 1873 cover with 1872-73 6d. buff Plate 11 (SG Z72) to California, Stamp tied by 'C30' duplex, San Francisco arrival, crease otherwise fine. PANAMA Transit, All postmarks on the front, V. attractive. Price £165" £165.00
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C51 Danish West Indies St Thomas
230 "G.B.U.A. St. THOMAS, D.W.I. 1873 Cover with 1865-79 4d. plate 13 tied by St. Thomas duplex to Barbados, blue crayon '1d' (LOCAL BARBADOS DELIVERY) apportioning charges, Barbados arrival, Good condition. SCARCE CARIBBEAN ""INTER-ISLAND COVER"" Price £160" £160.00
231 GREAT BRITAIN SGd VERMILION PLATE 13. Very fine upright cds for ST. THOMAS/ PAID/ 1874 (Code A). Minor Sh.p. & crease. Very fine complete cancel. Price £20 £20.00
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C41 Ecuador Guayaquil
232 "GREAT BRITAIN (BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD) 1867 A superb example of Great Britain SG112, 10d brown cancelled C41 of Guayaquil Ecuador. Price £135" £135.00
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C36 Peru Arica
233 "GREAT BRITAIN (BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD) 1867 A superb example of Great Britain SG127, 5/- pale rose (plate 2) cancelled by C36 of Arica Peru in blue. Very rare. Price £300" £300.00
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C38 Peru Callao
234 GREAT BRITAIN (USED IN PERU) 1853 Receipt of parcel post label cancelled by British Post Office Callao double ring with adjacent crown circle Paid At Callao in red endorsed Account of letters forwarded to Panama by the Bolivia Steam Packet. A superb item for the specialist. Price £600 £600.00
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582 Porto Rico Naguabo
235 "GREAT BRITAIN (BRITISH POST OFFICES ABROAD) 1875 A superb example of Great Britain SG43, 1d rose red cancelled by 582 of Naguabo Porto Rico. Stamp unpriced by Stanley Gibbons with full Royal certificate. A great rarity. Price £825" £825.00
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C61 Porto Rico San Juan
236 "GREAT BRITAIN Used in PORTO RICO (SAN JUAN) SGZ/-Pale Blue with clear 'C61', good condition, scarce in this shade. Price £85" £85.00
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B03-C79 Mail Boat Cancellations
237 "GREAT BRITAIN SGZd Red Plate 81 with 'A81' used by P&O mailboats, stamp with defective corners, unrevved from this plate. Price £50" £50.00
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Gibraltar
238 "GREAT BRITAIN USED ABROAD SGZd rose-red (1857) Die II with 'A83' used by P&O mailboats, fair condition, Scarce. Price £35" £35.00
239 "GREAT BRITAIN Used in abroad SGZd rose-red (1857) Die II with ""A83"" used by P&O mailboats, fair condition, Scarce. Price £35" £35.00
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G06 British Levant Beyrout
240 "BRITISH LEVANT British Currency: (SGL1) 1907 PPC to Netherlands with /2d tied by Beyrouth cds, good condition. Price £25" £25.00
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C British Levant Constantinople
241 "BRITISH LEVANT: 1911 coloured PPC of seaside to France with 1905-12 1d, (SGL2) tied by Constantinople cds, corner crease otherwise FINE. Price £15" £15.00
242 "GB/Constantinopal 1867 10d Deep red-brown used with good strike of ""C"" obliterator, small thin at top otherwise fine appearance, Cat £160. SG114 Price £27.50" £27.50
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British Levant Salonica
243 BRITISH LEVANT -Turkish Currency: 1910 envelope to Leeds with 1910 1 1/4pi on 3d (SG22) tied by Salonica cds Good condition. Price £20 £20.00
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F87 British Levant Smyrna
244 BRITISH LEVANT: 1909 printed envelope to Paris with 1905-8 1pi on 2 1/2d (SG13) tied by Smyrna cds Good condition. Price £40 £40.00
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Russia Army Field Offices in the Crimea
245 "G.B.U.A.- Army Field Offices in Crimea: (SG Zd. RED-BROWN DIE I wmk. Small crown perf. 16 with ""Crown between Stars cancellation"". Good condition. Unpriced by S.G. Price £75" £75.00
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BRITISH P.O. in Smyrna
246 "BRITISH LEVANT Turkish Currency: 1910 envelope to Leeds with 1910 1 1/4pi on 3d tied by Smyrna cds, sender's handstamp. FINE, becoming SCARCE. Price £35" £35.00
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BRITISH P.O. in Constantinople
247 "BRITISH LEVANT 1922 (19 DE) Registered commercial cover to Germany franked by 15pi on 10d tied by fine British Post Office/Constatntinople cds, arrival backstamps, fine. Price £45" £45.00
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MARITIME COVERS
248 "CANARY ISLANDS/PAQUEBOT cancelled in PLYMOUTH, CEVON. 1899 P.P.C. from Gran Canaria with Spain 10c, tied by Plymouth Ship letter cds, black 'PAQUEBOT' alongside, addressed to Germany with Hagenan arrival cds, Tiny corner crease otherwise good condition, Scarce. Price £45" £45.00
249 "GREAT BRITAIN 1912 ""SHANGHAI PAQUEBOT"" 1 1/2d Red-Brown (Royal Cypher) tied SHANGHAI CDS + PAQUEBOT. (BOXED). PPC to USA. Fine SHANGHAI machine cancel. Price £75" £75.00
250 "MARITIME/CEYLON 1916 PPC bearing a GV Royal Cypher 1d, cancelled with a single COLOMBO PAQUEBOT CDS. STEEL Datestamp Type 3, State 4 Fine strick. Price £30" £30.00
251 "GREAT BRITAIN Four 1955 Business reply Cards to the National Insitute of Oceanography, Surrey posted from the Isle of Skye or Norway depending on where found, two with Norway Stamps with notes where found. Due damaged in transit. Most unusual. Price £40" £40.00
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AVIATION-AIRMAILS
252 "GREAT BRITAIN ""FLYING BOAT COVER"" 1928 Experimental Airmail Cover printed in blue for the Liverpool to Belfast flights by THE FLYING BOAT ""Calcutta"" with 1924-6 1/2d and 2d tied Liverpool cds, red flight cachet, Belfast arrival backstamp. FINE a part from a few stains at extreme left. Price £30" £30.00
253 "GREAT BRITAIN ""FIRST AIRMAIL, LONDON TO INDIA, 30/3/29"" 1929 Airmail cover to India with /2d and 6d tied by Walthamstow cds, returned from Bombay with backstamps. Good condition and characterful. Price £30" £30.00
254 GREAT BRITAIN 1932 CHRISTMAS GREETING by FIRST ALL-AUSTRALIAN AIR MAIL from LINTON. DEVON to SYDNEY. Attractive printed envelope. Two covers. two rates. One has a single 5d the other a 3d and 1 1/2d. Price £30 £30.00
255 "GREAT BRITAIN 1932 XMAS GREETINGS. First all-Australian Air Mail. 2 1/2d + 2d from LINTON, DEVON, to Sydney. Price £15" £15.00
256 "GREAT BRITAIN F/F to BAHRAIN 1932 (OCT 1st) envelope with 1924-6 6d (SG426) on flown FIRST FLIGHT cover to Bahrain. Stamp tied by Lee - on - Solent cds, backstamped. Bahrain 7 Oct cds. Fine and scarce. Price £75" £75.00
257 "GREAT BRITAIN Airmail 1935 (April 2) London to Budapest First Flight cover bearing 1924-6 4d (SG424) tied by London F.S./Airmail machine cancel, WIEN/FLUGPOST transit, other backstamps with oval BUCHRESTI/SOSIRE PRIN AVION oval 2 April datestamp. A little soiled otherwise FINE. Price £35" £35.00
258 "AIR MAIL/SAVOY HOTEL Four unused Air Mail envelope in a glycerine packet showing on the front postal rates WORLDWIDE ""SAVOY HOTEL"" Embossed on the backflaps, and on the reverse an advert for Imperial Airways printed in blue. Unusal. Price £50" £50.00
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GEORGE VI
259 "GREAT BRITAIN 1948 REGISTERED Cover to VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA with 2/6 green, 1/2d pale, 1/- Olympic. Fine and Scarce cover. Price £20" £20.00
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EARLY FIRST DAY COVERS/PRESENTATION PACKS
260 "GREAT BRITAIN 1934-6 1/2d (SG439) strip of three, on FIRST DAY COVER flown from Belfast to London tied by Belfast machine cancel of 19 November, green FDC handstamp and typed inscription. FINE and Scarce. Price £50" £50.00
261 "G.B. 1965 CHURCHILL ""Churchill Arch"" postcard with House of Commons cds as well as London FDI postmark, Unusual & Rare. Price £75" £75.00
262 "1974 Churchill. Post Office FDC. House of Commons cds, Fine, Fresh & RARE. Price £95" £95.00
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CHANNEL ISLANDS
263 "CHANNEL ISLANDS-JERSEY/EDWARD THE 8th 1936 envelope with 1936 1 1/2d (SG459) overprinted by typewriter ""JERSEY/C.I."", tied by Jersey cds addressed to Essex. Horizontal crease clear of stamp otherwise FINE and very scarce a few a recorded. Price £100" £100.00
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ISLE OF MAN
264 "ISLE OF MAN. 1857 4d Carmine Large Garter, used on cover to France. Superb strike of the CODE B sideways Duplex for NOV.2.57. Fine & extremely scarce. Price £175" £175.00
265 "ISLE OF MAN 1871 (AU 24) cover from Ramsey to Waterloo, near Liverpool franded 1d, plate 135, tied by fine despatch duplex, with fine illistrated lettersheet depicting a black and white view of ""Ramsey from the South"", the contents a long letter on the sights visited, full of personal detail, a fine item for the Isle of Man postal historian. Price £140" £140.00
266 "HAND COLOURED, ISLE OF MAN 1908 1/2s Edward VII superbly cancelled by a DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN cds JU 2 1908 on a F.G. Lewin Postcard to Liverpool. Shows on the front a cat smoking a cigar which has been hand coloured. Delightful item. Price £40" £40.00
267 "GREAT BRITAIN/POSTAGE DUE 1937 stampless unpaid cover sent locally in Leamington Spa bearing P. Due 3d tied cds and ""Charge Not Collected"" cachet, refused and with Return to Sender cachet. Price £25" £25.00
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ISLE OF WIGHT
268 "GREAT BRITAIN 1864 Envelope fron London to ""BRONTE HOUSE"", the Isle of Wight with 1862-4 6d (corner defect) tied by London duplex, Ryde arrival cds on reverse. Good condition. Price £35" £35.00
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CORNWALL
269 "GREAT BRITAIN/CORNWALL 1895 registered envelope to Wadbridge with /2d amd 3d tied by ""Lincoln's Inn/Portugal St. W.C."" cds's Registered WCDO alongside and violet R in oval Fee paid handstamp. A little creased, good condition. Price £35" £35.00
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BOER WAR
270 "BOER WAR: BRITISH F.P.O.'s 1881 1d Lilac, three singles on piece tied by British Army South Africa cds of 16 Aug. 1901. Some stains, good strikes. Price £20" £20.00
271 "BOER WAR: BRITISH FPO's 1887-92 1/2d vermilion, vertical pair tied to piece by British Army S. Africa cds of 10 March 1900. Fine strikes. Price £15" £15.00
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CHINA; THE COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY.
272 GREAT BRITAIN: 1901 envelope to a naval officer on the China station with 1d. lilac tied by Kensington c.d.s. with year slug inverted. Good condition and scarce. Price £95 £95.00
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EGYPT
273 "EGYPT/MARITIME 1892 Cook's Nile Steamboat Services illustrated cover to London franked 1p. tied by Assiout cds, Alexandria transit and arrival backstamps, attractive. Price £35" £35.00
274 "GREAT BRITAIN 1909 Colour PPC of Suez railway Station with Port-Said despatch cds bearing G.B. 1911 1d (SG282) perf 15x14 tied by boxed PAQUEBOT and London N.W. arrival cds. slight staining, Scarce. Price £20" £20.00
275 "EGYPT 1915 PPC of Woolwich Ferry with G.B. 1912-24 1d. tied by boxed ""PAQUEBOT, Port Tanfiq"" cds alongside, written from S.S. Simla of P & O line at siez. Small corner crease otherwise FINE. Scarce Egyptian Paqnebot. Price £45" £45.00
276 EGYPT 1916 PPC on Active Service addressed to Kent with red trianpular censor mark in place of the stamp. Field Post Office cds. Good condition. Price £30 £30.00
277 "EGYPT 1917 On Active Service registered envelope from Base Army Post Office, M.E.F. franked GB 1912-24 2d., addressed to Port Said with red censor mark, transit cds and arrival backstamp. Good condition. Reg. label ""BASE A.P.O.Z/M.E.F."" Price £45" £45.00
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INDIA
278 INDIA 1897 1/2 anna green postal stationery with 2a blue to CLEVEDON GB 99. LILAC ADDED FOR REDIRECTION to Bath. b/s'd BATH STATION HOUSE. Price £95 £95.00
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IRAQ
279 "SCOTLAND/IRAQ 1924 ""By Overland Mail"" cover from GB bearing 2 1/2d tied Arrochar/430 CDS, On receipt in Baghdad was charged 6 arras per horseshoe Postage Due handstamp. Flap missing and part overwritten on the reverse. Price £16" £16.00
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JAPAN
280 "GREAT BRITAIN 1884 London to TOKIO env. bearing 2 x 2 1/2d Blue PLATE 22, both Tied LONDON. YOKOHAMA b/s & native TOKIO. Endorsement on front in Japanese. A fine cover. Price £75" £75.00
281 "GREAT BRITAIN 1903 DESTINATION MAIL 1/2d. plus 1d. (x2) cancelled by London squared circles MR 6 1903 to a MAIL STEAMER, SUEZ redirected to JAPAN. Very unusual. b/s'd SUEZ (bilingual)_ and YOKOHAMA. Price £95" £95.00
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MALTA
282 "MALTA/PARCEL POST/LIVERPOOL. Two Labels printed MALTA, Foregn and Colonial Parcel Post - affixed to overseas parcels in transit through British Post Offices. One with a F & C P, Liverpool 9 MY 01 detestamp, the other printed 'Road-Bourne' (From Docks to Mt. Pleasant). Scarce. Price £75" £75.00
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Tristan da cunha
283 "TRISTAN DA CUNHA/GB EDWARD 7th. Envelope to London with GB Edward VII 1d. neatly tied by fine Type III cachet first used on 8 Feb. 1921. Light colour crease, FINE. Price £88" £88.00
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PORTUGAL & COLONIES
284 "GREAT BRITAIN to ANGOLA 1904 2 1/2d. grey postal stationery envelope from Malvern to Angola, via Lisbon, backstamped with Lisbon transit c.d.s. Good condition, unusual & RARE destination. Price £75" £75.00
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