Lot No
9499
9500 9501 9502
Cat No
48
49 49 49
Description Great Britain - Covers - QV - continued
1870 ½d rose-red, plate 1, NC, on 1872 EL (Wynedge Colliery weighbridge receipt) to Glasgow, tied by WISHAW thimble cds cancels, horizontal fold passes UNDER the stamp corner, Scarce. US4 ................. £41
1870 ½d rose, plate 13, NC, centred to SW, on 1879 Entire from COLDSTREAM (crisp cds) to Edinburgh, vertical fold at left. US4 ............ £24
1870 ½d rose, plate 10, IC, well centred, an Edinburgh Newspaper Branch cds tied to local 1877 Court of Session EL, vertical fold. US4 ...... £28
1870 1d rose, PLATE 9, KP, tied to part London Brighton and South west Railway, Locomotive and Carriage Department printed wrapper (contents neatly crossed out) by Brighton duplex and used to South Shields. The plate numbers are quite clear. Very scarce. US5 (image available online only) ....................................................................................... £174
9503
9504 9505
9506 9507
9508 9509 9510 9511 9512
9513 9514 9515
9516 9517
9518 9519 9520
9521 9522
9523 9524 9525 9526
9527 9528 9529 9530 9531 9532 9533
222 48 48/9
1870 ½d rose, plate 9, BS, centred to left, tied by GLASGOW cds to 1872 EL to PORTREE (Isle of Skye), extremely scarce. BPA Cert (1993). US4 (image available online only) ......................................................... £586
1871 (April) envelope bearing 1d red plate 106, tied by fine Edinburgh ‘Posted since 10.30 last night’ 131 duplex. US2 .................................... £19
103
122a 123
143
1872 Entire from London to BORDEAUX, franked 3d rose, plate 7, vertical strip of 3, MB-OB, with ANGL./AMB. CALAIS transit on obverse, PARIS transit on reverse, light horizontal fold. Scarce. Cat. £250 US ................. £53
1872 (Jan) entire to Sicily, bearing 6d chestnut plate 11, tied London ‘96’ duplex, arrival cds on reverse. US2 ........................................................ £47
1873 (May) neat entire letter, Manchester to Lisbon, Portugal, bearing 6d pale buff, tied ‘498’ duplex, circular ‘PD’ in red, and oval ‘FRANCA’, arival cds on reverse. US2 (image available online only) .......................... £70
1874 Entire from London to LYON, franked 3d rose plate 14, BK, usual markings, with LACROIX COUSINS & CO/LONDON cachet on front, horizontal fold. Clean. Cat. £120 US ..................................................... £30
1875 (Jan) entire London via St Petersburg to FINLAND, bearing 2d blue plate14 and 3d rose plate 16 tied ‘97’ duplex, red ‘PD’ and ‘FRANCO’, black boxed ‘ANK 28/1’, St Petersburg cds on reverse. US2 .................... £47
1877 (Feb) printed General Assurance Co envelope, registered London to Edinburgh, bearing 1d red plate 183 (2) and 187 (3) tied oval barred ‘R’ cancels, and oval Registered EastCheap E.C. in red alongside US2 ......... £19
1878 part Entire franked ½d rose-red, plate 10, FP, centred to NW, used locally in Glasgow with small neat cds, vertical fold at left. Clean. Cat. £70 US ................................................................................................ £18
47,141 1879 mixed franking Registered Entire from London to Genoa, franked 2d blue plate 15 (AF) and 2½d rosy mauve plate 14 EC (rubbed at top right), with blue ‘R’ postmarks, light horizontal fold. US4 ...................... £28
141 166
1879 (Feb) neat envelope London to Gotheborg, Sweden, bearing single 2½d rosy-mauve plate 12, tied ‘92’ duplex, arrival cds on reverse. US2 .. £35
1880 1d Venetian red, SE, on MR 4 80 cover from Dumfries to Whitehaven, National Bank of Scotland crest on flap. US ....................... £11
1880 cover from Sunderland to STUTTGART, franked 1d red plate 204, horizontal pair (JK-JL) and ½d rose plate 20 (MU), very light duplex cancels, all three SUNDERLAND cds cancels are prominent, some tone spotting. US ......................................................................................... £25 1881 1d lilac die I, on neat cover 25/8/81 London S.E. 8 duplex. US ...... £18
164/6 157
1881 cover from Huddersfield to New York, franked 1880 ½d pale green and 1d Venetian red (pair), fine. US ....................................................... £16
1883 (July) 2d registered envelope to Germany, bearing 2½d blue plate 22 pair, tied London Throgmorton Avenue Registered oval cancels, arrival mark on reverse. US2 ........................................................................... £19
1890 Pair of 1890 Penny Post Jubilee covers, one unused together with insert, the other with a very fine and clear South Kensington Exhibition postmark. US3 ..................................................................................... £34
1890 1890 Penny Post Jubillee Cover - different design and 2 inserts. One insert of the usual design, with Leicester Square postmark, normal 2nd insert, plus the outer cover, but without the usual portrait of QV. US3 .... £30
1890 50 Year Anniv. Of Penny Post cover, used with South Kensington exhibition postmark, together with the Roland Hill insert. US3 .............. £28
1890 Post Office Jubilee 1d envelope, with Penny Postage Jubilee, South Kensington Museum, and Post Office South Kensington handstamps, unaddressed. US .................................................................................. £18
1891 cover franked damaged 1d lilac and used from Southampton to Isle of Wight, with superbly drawn ink image of a kestrel in flight, carrying the address label in its beak. Roughly opened causing cover faults but beautifully executed. US4 ..................................................................... £58
H+G25 1898 Postal Card 1d carmine used to OFTRINGEN in Switzerland, from Manchester, written in German, fine. US ............................................... £5
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - KEVII
1904 small Book Post Card (real photo of actress Irene Vanbrugh), franked ½d blue-green, but with message in Sender’s address portion, boxed in ‘Liable to Letter Rate/87’ and ‘N/1d’ in circle handstamps, corner crease, fresh. US4 ................................................................................. £15
1905 1d pink QV envelope with EVII 1½d from Liverpool to Castagnola, Switzerland, also 1890 and 1895 commercial postcards to Basle, fine .... £20
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - KGV
1911 First UK Aerial Mail card to Dr Nabarro in West Hampstead with SP 9 1911 special cancel. Small corner scuffing, fine. PH Plate 61 ............. £50
1914 1d red on grey GV ‘Downey Head’ Military Field Service postal stationery card (H&G I2a). A fine unused example. US4 ......................... £9
1914 1d red on grey GV ‘Downey Head’ Military Field Service postal stationery card (H&G I2a). A fine unused example. US4 ......................... £9
1914 1d red on grey GV ‘Downey Head’ Military Field Service postal stationery card (H&G I2a). A fine unused example. US4 ......................... £9
1914 1d red on grey GV ‘Downey Head’ Military Field Service postal stationery card (H&G I2a). A fine unused example. US4 ......................... £9
1914 1d red on grey GV ‘Downey Head’ Military Field Service postal stationery card (H&G I2a). A fine unused example. US4 ......................... £9
1914 1d red on grey GV ‘Downey Head’ Military Field Service postal stationery card (H&G I2a). A fine unused example. US4 ......................... £9
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9561 9562
9563 9559 9560
9552 9553
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9541 9542
9543 9544 9545 9546 9547
9548 9549
9550 9551 476 9540
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9535 9536
Cat No
Description Great Britain - Covers - KGV - continued
1923 (May) neat 1½d stationery envelope registered with additional; 1d, 2d and 3d tied ‘INTERNATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION LONDON’ special cds’s, sent by air to Belgium. US2 ......................................................... £16
1924 Wembley set on envelope tied Empire Exhibition 10th July slogan, small faults. US .................................................................................... £22
430-1 1924 Wembley 1d (2) and 1½d (vertical pair) on plain FDC of 23-4-24, with 1d and both 1½d cancelled by Wembley Park slogan postmark and the other 1d cancelled by the Empire Exhibition special handstamp, a few very faint tone patches, a couple of hinge marks on reverse, fine unopened, neat hand-written address. SCARCE. PH Plate 61 ............... £400
9537
9538 9539
424
1924-25 Wembley sets on two covers to Denmark, 1924 cancelled 28/7/24, the 1925 5/12/25 by W. Brompton machine cancels, light age marks clear of stamps. (2 covers) US ..................................................... £67 1925 Wembley 1d and 1½d postal cards, fresh unused. (2) US2 ............ £19
1931 airmail cover from London to Mannheim, Germany, franked 4d (‘LONDON/AIRMAIL’ cds), on arrival additionally stamped with Hindenburg 4pf cancelled at Berlin, on reverse is red boxed ‘Mit Luftpost befordert/Flugstamt/Bestamt 2 Mannheim’ handstamp. Unusual dual franking. US ......................................................................................... £18
1931 (8 Dec) illust. First Fight ‘Springbok’ cover to South Africa (flown onwards to Keetmanshoop in S.W. Africa), correctly franked at 1s, part of typed endorsement scratched out, handstamped address. South West Africa destination are much scarcer. US ................................................. £36
1932 Registered Express airmail cover from Beckford to Switzerland, franked 1924-26 set to 4d, small part of back flap missing. US .............. £12
1932 EMPRESS OF BRITAIN printed air cover bearing KGV ½d, 1½d pair and 2½d tied Montreal cds’s, violet ‘Posted on Board the British Ship Empress of Britain on the high seas’, black ‘Paquebot Posted at sea’, Ottawa machine cancel on reverse. US2 ................................................ £39
1932 (Jan) envelope to Cape Town, bearing GB ½d, 1½d and 10d tied London machine cancel, plus SOUTHERN RAILWAY Gosport 3d Parcel Paid stamp, arrival marks on reverse. US ............................................... £67
1936 (26th May) printed First Trip S.S. Queen Mary illustrated cover, London to USA, bearing 1½d stamp. US ............................................... £18
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - KGVI
1937 (22 Nov) printed illust. FF cover ABERDEEN - LERWICK, franked 1½d brown which was torn and separated before affixing both pieces onto envelope (wavy line cancel on top of tear). Unusual. US ................. £13
1938 (24th July) Airmail to Papua ‘First Despatch of unsurcharged Australian airmail’, bearing five reigns ½d stamps tied West Kirby cds’s, Port Moresby arrival cds on reverse. US2 ............................................... £32
1939 illust. First Flight cover LONDON - USA, by Pan A, carried on London to MONCTON (Canada) stage, large blue circle cachet, handstamped address. US .......................................................................................... £11
1940 (May) air cover to Chile, bearing 2s 6d brown, and Centenary 3d tied London machine cancel, Censor reseal label. US2 ........................... £39
1940 Great Britain Court Post - large size 1940 envelope (11 x 7’’) with a fine strike of Buckingham Palace SW1/Crown GR/Paid handstamp. Originally contained letter to Family housing evacuees. With original sale details ex Murray Payne. US2 ................................................................ £55
1941 Cover franked with 1937 1/3 black & lake ‘Health & Pensions Insurance’ REVENUE issue tied by NAIRN cds. Sent airmail to EGYPT with manuscript received endorsement on reverse. Not censored. US4 .......... £29
1941-46 POLISH FORCES IN THE UK a wondeful collection written up on pages, with stamps, covers and stamps on pieces incl. 1944 Monte Casisino set in unmounted mint blocks of four, and set on cover, 1941-44 issues on covers with Land Forces or Merchant Navy cancels; then letter seals, postage due issue, GB KGVI stamps with Field Post Office cancels from a wide range of Units & numbers etc. (15 covers and approx 88 stamps/pieces) US ................................................................................ £445
1949 attractive printed envelope with large real photo of bull and calf used from Bristol to Canada. US2 ......................................................... £10
1951 (13th March) pair of covers BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS Irish Sea Night flight, Manchester to Belfast, and return. Each bearing BEA 6d Air Letter stamp and Olympic or Wedding 2½d stamps, violet cachets, and terminus cancels on reverse. (2 covers) US ............................................ £22
GREAT BRITAIN - COVERS - QEII
9554 9555 9556 9557
9558
1954 (18th Jan) printed ‘Stirling Offices Ltd’ FDC for Wilding 3d, 6d and 7d tied Lombard Stret cds’s, small peripheral faults, still scarce. US ........ £22
1958 Commonwealth Games illustrated FDC, bearing set tied Cardiff Games slogan, typed address. US .......................................................... £40
619-20 1960 GLO on illust. Commemorative cover from London International Stamp Exhibition, special slogan cancel, handstamped address. US ........ £7
596a
1965 Printed ‘Telegram’ form franked with 1959 5/- red QE2 ‘Castles’ issue (SG 596a) tied by SLOUGH cds. Addressed to BORROWASH, DERBY. Bottom corner clipped. US4 .................................................................. £6
1973 Cricket, Parliament and 1974 Churchill PHQ cards, stamped on reverse, all used (not First Day) with WARMINSTER cds cancels, fine. Cat £457 as F.D. cards. US4 ........................................................................ £24
1979 HORSE RACING set, on illustrated 200th Anniv. of Derby, Rotary Club special First Day Cover. ‘Carried by/Racecourse (horse ?) to Epson’ cachet. Superb, neatly typed. US2 ......................................................... £11
1979 CHRISTMAS set on Rotary Club of Swansea-Rotary International illustrated First Day Cover, with special Diamond Jubilee cancel. very clean with hand-written address. US2 ............................................................ £16
1988 Castle high values sets, on matching Royal Mail FDC’s from Bureau and Windsor special hand stamp, typed address. US .............................. £18
MS2123 1999/2000 ‘Millennium Monument’ official Royal Mint/Royal Mail Coin cover with Timekeeper min sheet and special £5 Crown, special cancels, in special wallet. US ............................................................................. £11
1999-2009 superb run of Royal Mail first day covers, the beauty of this priod is that they do not have peoples addresses on !, includes Millenium issues, Greetings Panes, miniature shets, regionals and definitives to £5 (3 different) etc, pristine ! (220+ covers). HEAVY LOT - OVERSEAS BIDDERS PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR SHIPPING COSTS ................................................ £350
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