Liverpool/Manchester. 1867 5/- Rose plate 1 cancelled by the "466" roller of Liverpool, and a 1d red stars cancelled by "498" roller of Manchester, also a c.1950 piece with a proof impression of the "498" roller in violet, two rare cancels. (3). Photo on Page 45.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
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GB the Michael Goodman collections of London & Middlesex plus other fine stamps & postal history.
KUT George VI; Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Italy; GB Postal Stationery featuring Registration Envelopes; China 1894 set on cover; India KGV 1 anna collection and Antarctic.
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Lot #151 - great britain postal history Cancellations - Roller Cancels
Lot #152 - great britain postal history Cancellations - Roller Cancels
Scotland. 1857 Cover and entire letter with 1d reds tied by the "159" roller of Glasgow or the "163" roller of Greenock; covers (3) and stamps (6) with "131" roller cancels of Edinburgh; 1d red stars block of 15 (faults) with "308" roller cancels of Stirling; and the "1" roller cancel of Aberdeen on a 1d red and 4d sage-green (faults), the Aberdeen, Greenock, Glasgow and Stirling cancels all very scarce. (5 covers + 23 stamps).
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Lot #153 - great britain postal history Cancellations - Roller Cancels
Dublin. 1859 Cover to Ballymote with a 1d red block of four tied by the very scarce "186" roller cancels, a Dublin 186 duplex alongside. Also a 1d red block of four with the same roller cancels. (2). Photo on Page 24.
Suggested price: £ 250-300
Lot #154 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1761-1906 Entire letters, covers and cards (15) and a front with Christmas day cancels including 1761 Bishop Mark, free franks (3, one sent in 1839 during the 4d Post period), 1864 cover to Australia bearing ten 1d reds, etc., also three 1963-66 red Reindeerland Postage Paid machine marks. (19).
Suggested price: £ 120-150
Lot #155 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1902 Postcard sent locally within Rochdale with KEVII 1/2d cancelled red oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY / ON / CHRISTMAS DAY / 1902". Also a single KEVII 1/2d with similar cancel, and a KEVII 1/2d on small piece with the very scarce red Norwich duplex, used in 1903 on mail posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day. (3).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #156 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1903 Postcard to Bowdon with KEVII 1/2d tied superb oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY / A.D.J / 1903" in black, used at Altrincham. Only about 6,500 items posted at Altrincham under this advance posting scheme in 1903. Scarce so fine. Photo on Page 24.
Suggested price: £ 250-300
Lot #157 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1903 Picture postcard posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day, bearing KEVII 1/2d tied by "NORWICH / 575" duplex in red with the day and month omitted, the year 03 with the "3" inverted. 28 Towns participated in the Advance Posting scheme in 1903, most being issued with the special oval cancels; however at least two towns, Norwich and Cheltenham, failed to receive these special cancels presumably in error, and therefore used their...
Lot #158 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1903-09 Postcards posted in Manchester in advance for delivery on Christmas day, comprising 1903 and 1904 cards with the oval M.R cancel, 1908 and 1909 cards with the XMAS machine, all very fine. (4).
Suggested price: £ 160-200
Lot #159 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1904 Unsealed cover sent within Leicester with KEVII 1/2d tied by fine oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY / L.E / 1904" in red. Photo on Page 24.
Suggested price: £ 240-280
Lot #160 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1904 Art Nouveau postcard sent locally within Rochdale with KEVII 1/2d cancelled superb oval "POSTED IN ADVANCE / FOR DELIVERY ON XMAS DAY / R.O / 1904" in red, very attractive. Photo on Page 24.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #161 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1905 Picture postcard (a Photo of pigs!) to Great Yarmouth with KEVII 1/2d tied by violet oval "MANCHESTER / ADVANCE POSTED / CHRISTMAS ....", the year not readable in the cancel though the sender has clearly dated the message 1905. A scarce use of this violet datestamp on a postcard and most unusually addressed to Great Yarmouth, the advance posting scheme supposedly only for local mail at this date. Photo on Page 24.
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Lot #162 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1907 Postcard to Rusholme posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day with the XMAS machine applied to the left of the stamp, which has therefore been cancelled by the "MANCHESTER / X / MAS" handstamp, a very unusual combination of marks. Photo on Page 24.
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #163 - great britain postal history Christmas Cancels
1908 Picture postcard sent within Norwich with KEVII 1/2d tied by fine "NORWICH / X / MAS" cancel dated 1908. Photo on Page 24.
Suggested price: £ 200-240
Lot #164 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1857-1980 Covers and cards (16), stamps and pieces (3), Parcel Post labels (3, one on piece) and a C.O.P with cancels of exhibition sites, including Crystal Palace with 1857 straight line, 1860 undated circle and 1903-12 Western entrance datestamps (5, two on parcel labels), also two 1862-67 Crystal Palace Co. envelopes; 1876 Alexandria Palace c.d.s cut to shape (the only recorded example?); Olympia with 1895 c.d.s on registered cover and...
Lot #165 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
Grand Stand Postmarks. 1878-1935 Datestamps comprising 1878 Aintree on a 5/- telegraph stamp, 1887 Brighton on a 2/6 stamp, 1890 Aintree on 1d lilac block of six, other datestamps of Newmarket (2), Sutton Park, Aintree or Manchester on QV stamps, Ascot on KEVII 1d, and datestamps of Aylesbury, Brighton, Nottingham, Warwick or Northampton on stampless pieces. Also Goodwood Grand Stand c.d.s on a 1907 telegram and 1938 (April. 10) cover with...
Lot #166 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1886 1/2d Postcard to Boscombe cancelled by South Kensington duplex with "COLONIAL & INDIAN EXHIBITION / S.W" c.d.s code A on the front, very fine, a scarce datestamp. Photo on Page 28.
Suggested price: £ 200-300
Lot #167 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1888 (June 28) Cover to New Zealand bearing 1887 1/- green cancelled by "GLASGOW & CARLISLE / SORTING TENDER / 159" duplex, backstamped with "EXHIBITION / GLASGOW" c.d.s and upon arrival in New Zealand. A very scarce exhibition datestamp, the cover apparently taken from the exhibition post office and placed on the T.P.O instead of being taken to the Head Office in Glasgow, the stamp therefore cancelled on the Sorting Tender. Small fault...
Lot #168 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1890 (Aug 5) Telegram form to "Ckt Gnd, Bramall Lane, Sheffd" with "CRICKET GROUND / SHEFFIELD" c.d.s, also a piece with 1936 proof impression of Birmingham Cricket Ground c.d.s, very scarce. (2).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #169 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1890-1966 Covers, cards and labels, various cancels including 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee (4 + 1d postal stationery postcard and three caricature envelopes), 1930 London Naval Conference c.d.s on a registered cover, etc. Also unused 1899 Imperial Penny Postage envelope, and a piece bearing 1897 Hospital fund 1/- and 2/6 labels tied by Chale c.d.s. (47).
Suggested price: £ 220-260
Lot #170 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1890-1966 Covers and cards (17) and pieces with exhibition or congress cancels, also a few philatelic congress labels, including 1912 International Stamp Exhibition cover also bearing a 1d exhibition label handstamped "Contrary to Regulations", 1951 Festival of Britain covers bearing the Parcel Post handstamp or the machine cancel with the die missing and the exhibition c.d.s therefore applied in its place, 1956 Pier Pavilion Llandudno...
Lot #171 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1891 3d Empire rate postcard to Germany cancelled by Earls Court duplex with "GERMAN EXHIBITION / S.W" c.d.s (sideways "C" code) and an Altona arrival c.d.s on the front. A scarce genuine use of this exhibition datestamp, which is usually only found cancelled to order on unaddressed cards. Photo on Page 28.
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #172 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1908-14 Picture postcards with London exhibition cancels including 1908 (July 20) card with both Franco British Exhibition and Ballymaclinton Shepherds Bush Exhibition datestamps (a rare combination, the first example we have seen); 1908 Franco British c.d.s with £80£ year, missing time or an unpaid card to France; 1910 (Aug. 6) card with the stamp unusually cancelled Paddington W c.d.s and the Japan-British Exhibition c.d.s alongside; 1911...
Lot #173 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1924 Wembley Exhibition Meter Marks applied at the N.Z Pavilion comprising air mail cover to Switzerland with 1/2d + 2 1/2d + 2 1/2d dies and the slogan all in red; cover with 2 1/2d die in red and the slogan in black; pieces with 1/2d or 1 1/2d dies in red and the slogan in black; and a cover handstamped "Specimen" with 1 1/2d die and slogan dated "21 1 25" both in red, a scarce group. (5). Photo on Page 28.
Suggested price: £ 300-400...
Lot #174 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1924 Covers with the Empire Exhibition machine in red, the die inscribed Paid 1 1/2d (Oct 20), or the "EMPIRE EXHIBITION WEMBLEY PARK / PAID 1 1/2d" double ring c.d.s code 1 in red (May 29), both used on bulk postings, a scarce pair. (2).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #175 - great britain postal history Exhibitions & Special Events
1924-25 Empire Exhibition Wembley Park machines, with a proof impression on piece dated Jan 31 1924, the lion differing from the adopted design; 1925 (May 9) cover posted on the first day of the exhibition with the machine above the 1d stamp which is tied by the exhibition c.d.s; and a postcard with BEE 1d cancelled by July 4th machine with scarce "1925" year date, only used in this format on mail from the final collection on a Saturday. (3...
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