1642 Entire letter from London to Antwerp with fine 1 Scheling charge, an attractive Civil War period letter.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
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Lot #1820 - county and town postal history london
Lot #1821 - county and town postal history london
c.1655-1838 Entire letters (10) and letters without address panels (2) including c.1655 letter (no outer address) apparently from a sailor in the Navy with details of possible war against Spain and an attack on Cuba; circular "PD" or "POST / PAID" (3), 1774 Dockwra, Ship Letters (2), 1787 (April 5) experimental Bishop Mark (L4d), etc. (12).
Suggested price: £ 120-140
Lot #1822 - county and town postal history london
1701 Entire posted within London, to St. Clements Church Yard in the Strand, backstamped with fine Westminster Office Dockwra (L361a) and circular "W/M/9" time handstamp (L365a), the letter well repaired, scarce and attractive.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1823 - county and town postal history london
1794 (July 10) Entire letter apparently written in France but posted within London, handstamped "B-GATE / WN2" and circular "(crown) / POST / PAID" in purple (L410), a very scarce handstamp only used June to October 1794 following the reform of the London Penny Post. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 280-350
Lot #1824 - county and town postal history london
1799 Entire to Old Windsor, posted into the London Penny Post with a Maddox St. Unpaid handstamp and red triangular "Penny / Post / Not Paid" (L6746), used on unpaid letters transferred to the General Post, fine and attractive.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #1825 - county and town postal history london
Sunday Explanatory Handstamps. 1798-1827 Entire letters with large boxed "To be Delivered / by 10 o’Clock / on Sund. Morn." (2) or similar smaller boxed or circular (2) handstamps, or with the unframed oval datestamp "To be Delivered before / 10 Sund. Morn. / Two Py Post Unpd" (2, one with the date simply shown as 1810) all in red, a fine group. Jay L.708/711. (7).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #1826 - county and town postal history london
Sunday Datestamps. 1803-69 Entire letters and covers with various Sunday datestamps including scalloped types in various sizes, Paid types, Frees, encircled "C" (6), "L" or "V"(2), etc. An interesting collection on album pages. (32).
Suggested price: £ 400-500
Lot #1827 - county and town postal history london
Hamburg Paid. 1825 Entire letter from Hamburg to Porto sent "via England" with the scarce curved "Hamburg Paid" (Jay L1081) applied in the London Foreign Branch, black datestamps of London and Lisbon, charged 490 reis. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 300-400
Lot #1828 - county and town postal history london
Hamburg Paid. 1831 Entire letter, similar to the above letter, the "Hamburg Paid" handstamp a little clearer, the Lisbon datestamp in red, charged 420 reis. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 350-450
Lot #1829 - county and town postal history london
Rebate Letter. 1839 Entire letter from Vigo to Huth & Co in London originally charged 6/6, subsequently returned to the Post Office for a refund of 2/2, the rate reduced to 4/4 and endorsed on the reverse "Only Double, Fred. Huth & Co. 2/2". Backstamped in the London Foreign Branch (Sep 15), the front with the very scarce "REBATE / (crown) / 12 OC 12 / 1839 / F.B.O" (Jay L298c, only recorded used for a 4 week period, 12th Oct - 8th...
Lot #1830 - county and town postal history london
Rebate Letter. 1839 Entire letter from Vienna to Huth & Co in London with red "Wien / 16 NOV" and "Franco", originally charged 4/-, subsequently returned to the Post Office for a refund of 2/8, the rate reduced to 1/4 and endorsed on the reverse "Only double, Fred. Huth & Co" and "2/8". Backstamped in the London Foreign Branch (Nov 26), the front with the very scarce red "REBATE / (crown) / 26 NO 26 / 1839 / FOREIGN-OFFICE" (Jay...
Lot #1831 - county and town postal history london
1839 (April 23) Entire letter written and signed by the Astronomer Royal Sir George Airy from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, addressed to W. Mann at Shooters Hill, sent as a bye letter with scarce flat topped "3" charge mark, red "T.P / Greenwich" and a Greenwich country office type c.d.s. The letter concerns a meeting with Mr Simms, a renowned mathematical instrument maker, to compare Cape Bars.
Suggested price: £ 240-280
Lot #1832 - county and town postal history london
1863 Cover sent locally within Carshalton with 1d red cancelled by the scarce "30" numeral, only used on local mail.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #1833 - county and town postal history scilly islands
1944-64 Flight covers and cards with 1944 cover franked 21⁄2d and 1946 cover franked 51⁄2d both cancelled at Penzance with boxed "Letter by G.W. & S. / AIR LINES / Paid (4d)", 1953-57 cover and card to or from Scilly with BEA 8d or 11d letter stamps, and 1964 first helicopter flight covers to and from Scilly. (6).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1834 - county and town postal history scilly islands
Postcards. 1903-66 Picture postcards in an album (the majority KEVII or KGV period) including real Photo cards of the visit of the Prince of Wales (3) and children’s May Day celebrations (3, one showing dancing around the May pole), street scenes, Scilly post office, wreck of the S.S "King Cadwallon", the boatman Jim Lethbridge, etc., many used with Scilly or St. Mary’s single or double ring datestamps, also a few covers. (102).
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Lot #1835 - county and town postal history scotland
1845 (Jan 29) Entire letter sent from Lochgilphead to Inverary weighing over 1oz, prepaid 4d in cash, shown by four strikes of red handstruck "1" applied to form a "4", with despatch and arrival datestamps. A remarkable and unique item. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 1,300-1,500
Lot #1836 - county and town postal history scotland
1857-59 Covers from Edinburgh to Naples, the first franked 1d + 1/- both cancelled "CROSS" Scots local; the other franked 1d + 4d + 6d. An attractive pair, the 1856 1/- very unusual with a Scots local cancel. (2). Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #1837 - county and town postal history scotland
1858 Cover from Glasgow to Wurttemburg bearing 4d rose vertical pair (one with corner fault) tied by superb boxed "OSBORNE / BUILDINGS" Scots local and a red Aachen transit c.d.s, various British and Wurttemburg backstamps. An attractive and unusual use of a Scots local handstamp on surface printed issues.
Suggested price: £ 180-200
Lot #1838 - county and town postal history scotland
Duplexs. 1857-1920 Covers and cards (508) or pieces (57) with duplex cancels, in a box arranged in number order from "1" to "432", all different types or offices with a fine range of differing types from Edinburgh and Glasgow, dotted duplexs from Dundee and Greenock, Scottish type of Carlisle, some islands and late uses, all very fine carefully selected strikes. A good lot. (565).
Suggested price: £ 1,200-1,400
Lot #1839 - county and town postal history sussex
Crowborough. 1894-1990s Covers, cards and pieces with c.1902-30s picture postcards (99) including real Photo views of Rotherfield and Crowborough golf links, also 1914 departure of Rotherfield’s volunteers; skeleton cancels of Crowborough (5), Jarvis Brook (3) or Rotherfield; Town Row and Mark Cross datestamps, etc. (170+).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1840 - county and town postal history sussex
Crowborough Camp. 1906-18 Covers and cards including 1911 Camp Hill skeleton, 1914-18 camp skeleton or A.P.O H.D datestamps (16), cards of the camps (9) and 1917 piece bearing a proof strike of oval "Registered Canadian P.O Crowborough Camp" datestamp. (27).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #1841 - county and town postal history sussex
Picture Postcards. c.1902-30 Picture postcards including post offices at Hooe (faults) and Rustington; stations at Wadhurst, Berwick and Heathfield; real Photo cards of The Rock Robin pub at Wadhurst, wrecked pier at Worthing (2), Lord Mayors procession at St. Leonards, unveiling of Brighton’s memorial to King Edward; street scenes at Steyning, Uckfield and Rye; Eastbourne sea front, etc. (42).
Suggested price: £ 120-150
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