Number of results: 297
148
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: 1861–75 collection of covers to Europe (8, also a piece) and the U.S.A. (2) showing a variety of rates and markings, condition varies. (11 items). Price Realised £75 |
149
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: 1861–86 range of covers to a variety of destinations incl. Argentine 1862 (May) E. with 1855–57 1s., 1864 (Nov.) E.L. with 1862–64 4d. & 1s., Australia (2), Br. Guiana 1870 E. to Demerara with 1867–80 1s., C.O.G.H., Finland, France (2) incl. 1871 (April) envelope bearing 1870 1/2d. plate 4 IN-JP block of six, India (4) with 1878 (July) envelope bearing 1873–80 8d. orange KG (guillotined wing margin), Mexico, Newfoundland (2), New Zealand, Norway 1874 (Dec.) registered E. from Cardiff to Grimstad with 1873–80 3d. plate 15 (3), Peru 1860 & 1862 covers from London to Lima bearing 1855–57 1s. pairs, also 1878 piece with 1s. plate 13 and Ecuador 10c., Russia 1860 (Aug.) to St. Petersburg with 1855–57 1s., Sicily (3) incl. 1865 (Feb.) E. from Hull to Palermo with 1858–76 2d. plate 9 TC-TF strip of 4 and 1862–64 3d. IF, U.S.A., Venezuela, condition varies. (28 items). Price Realised £850 |
150
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: 1862–84 covers (29) to European destinations incl. Amsterdam (11), Bremen (7), Messina (6), etc., range of frankings with better incl. 1862–64 4d. (16 with 6 pairs), 1872–73 6d. grey plate 12 (perfin), 1884 (Nov.) envelope to Prussia with 1883–84 21/2d. and 5d., etc. condition varies. Price Realised £130 |
151
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Antigua: 1852 (Jan. 13th) entire letter from Antigua to London, rated '1/-', readdressed on arrival in London and 1841 1d. plate 127 SG added partly covering the manuscript charge, very fine and a rare example of an early incoming colonial letter with additional adhesive. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
152
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Ceylon: 1845–46 selection of entire letters (7) to the 'Rev J.G. Wenham' in Kandy, sent from Oxford (4), Princes Risborough (2) and Kirkcaldy, all unstamped and prepaid in cash with red ''PAID'' markings, an attractive group. Price Realised £110 |
153
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: China: 1857 (Aug. 3rd) envelope from Bolton to Shanghai bearing 1855–57 watermark large garter 4d. and LC14 2d. LK, ''HONG KONG/19SE/1857'' transit c.d.s. on reverse, some imperfections. Price Realised £60 |
154
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Colombia: 1886 (Nov.) entire from London to Medellin bearing exceptionally fine 1883–84 4d. dull green SE-SF pair with ''LONDON/17/NO 86'' hooded circles. S.G. 192. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
155
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Corfu: 1863 (Aug.) mourning envelope from Kingstown bearing 1862–64 4d. plate 3 OF and 6d. plate 3 OG, attractive, also 1875 (Jan.) entire from London with 1865–67 4d. plate 14 TE-TF pair. Price Realised £100 |
156
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Denmark: 1841 (May 21st) entire (lacking side-flaps) from Liverpool to Copenhagen via Hull bearing 1840 2d. blue plate 2 DD-DF strip of three and LF single paying the 8d private ship rate for 1/4oz. sent from Hull with ''HULL/SHIPLETTER'' on reverse, direct to Copenhagen where 4 skilling shown in red '4' was charged to the addressee for Danish domestic letter rate. Two of the stamps have been expertly remargined to improve the appearance and there is some staining reduced, otherwise fine and a great rarity, one of only two recorded covers to Denmark bearing the 1840 issue. Ex Cooley. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
157
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Denmark: 1848 (Aug.) entire letter from Birmingham via London and by Thames packet for Hamburg to Copenhagen, paid at 1s.8d. combined British and foreigndouble rate for 3/4oz. by 1841 2d. plate 3 MI-ML strip of four and 1847–54 embossed 1s., some faults but very scarce. Photo. Prussia was entitled to half of the 20d. sterling, or 10 schillinge, of which the Danish Post Office took 8 skilling ('8' in red ink) for the double domestic letter rate of 4 skilling, crossing through m/s 10 schillinge Price Realised £210 |
158
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1840 (Dec. 6th) entire letter from Greenock via Calais to Paris, franked with 1840 1d. black plate 2 TA with clear to very large margins virtually all around and tied by neat red Maltese Cross, marked as paid in Greenock with manuscript '10' for 10d. rate to Calais charged under 1836 Convention. Under GPO Notice issued on 2 September 1840 letters posted abroad with stamps of less value than the proper postage, if addressed to places to which pre-payment was not compulsory, i.e. France, must be forwarded charged with the full amount of postage as though no stamps were affixed. Accordingly, the letter was marked '10' for 10d. sterling, below the stamp, being the rate up to 1/2 ounce. It weighed 10-15 grams '10' at top left exceeding the 7.5-10 gram single 10 decimes rate from Great Britain on the French tariff and was therefore charged 20 decimes making a total cost for the letter of 30 decimes. A rare cover to an overseas destinations bearing a 1d. black. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
159
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1842 (Feb. 5th) entire from Greenock to Paris with 1841 1d. plate 11 DK (full margins but some imperfections) tied by the distinctive Greenock Maltese Cross, 10d. paid in cash at Liverpool on letter up to 10g., over 1/4oz., with framed ''PAID AT/LIVERPOOL'' handstamp, sent via Calais where mss. '20' for 20 decimes was charged on the letter for Paris for over 71/2g. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
160
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1843 (April 21st) small envelope from Hartfordbridge, initialled on the front by the Duke of Wellington, bearing very fine 1841 1d. PF with indistinct black Maltese Cross and tied by red ''CALAIS'' transit c.d.s., sent via London and Calais to Paris, charged 10 decimes under the Anglo-French Convention of 1836 together with 10d. single letter rate up to 71/2 grams to be collected for Britain, for a total of 20 decimes, clean neat item. Photo. The 10d. to Calais was reduced to 5d. under the 1843 Convention, effective from June 1st 1843 Price Realised £700 |
161
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1851 (Feb. 13th) envelope from London to Tours via Calais, paid at 1s.3d. rate for 1/2oz. with 1841 1d. AB and 2d. plate 4 GA-GG strip of six overlapping the sides of the envelope and graphically illustrating the need for the embossed issues. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
162
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1852 (Nov.) entire from London to Boulogne bearing 1841 2d. blue plate 4 DA-DE strip of five paying 10d. rate and alphabet II 1d. plate 139 HA paying late fee, clear to large margins except 2d. DA just shaved at left, the adhesives placed upside down and with some pressed creasing, attractive. R.P.S. certificate (2000). Photo. Price Realised £350 |
163
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France/Italy: 1845 (Nov. 16th) entire letter from Liverpool to Paris via London, with 1841 1d. RE (some imperfections), charged 10 decimes, then forwarded to Rome and handled by forwarding agent Torlonia & Co. and charged 22 bajocchi. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
164
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1840 (Aug. 12th) entire from Frankfurt via Thurn and Taxis post ''T.T.'' at 18 kreuzer (south german for 20-25 miles) for France, Saarbrucken, ''FRANCO/GRENZE'', paid to border, then to London via Paris (Forbach); 1s 4d charged for rate via France, forwarded from London to Sligo, in Ireland, with exceptionally fine large margined 1840 1d. black plate 1b IA, making total sterling charges of 1s.5d., also 1842 (June 23rd) entire letter similarly sent and charged from Frankfurt to Stourbridge without forwarding, a most attractive pair, former with B.P.A. certificate (1995). Photo. Price Realised £3500 |
165
| Sale number: 19 1840 Single and Double rates to Berlin This and the following item are believed to be the only recorded covers at this period to Berlin and, taken together, they explain the 'profit' earned by the Prussian post on mail from Britain when postal relations between the two countries were exacerbated by argument Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1841 (Aug. 2nd) entire letter from Banff, via Edinburgh, Hull and Hamburg, to Berlin, paid at 1s.4d. private ship letter for 1/2oz. to 1oz. by 1840 2d. steel-blue plate 1 NA-NB and OE-OF pairs and SE-SH strip of four with margins good to into, "HULL SHIP LETTER" and Hamburg "SCHIFFS BRIEFPOST HAMBURG" on reverse and "HAMBURG/9 AUG'' on front. A spectacular and important franking, believed to be unique. Brandon certificate (1998). Photo. This letter was sent from Hull to Hamburg, assessed to Berlin at 6 sgr. per 3/4 loth but weight indicator at 1 loth indicates 1 to 11/2 loth, or two rates charged 12 sgr. plus a fixed fee for transit across Hannover of 33/4sgr. making 153/4sgr. per m/s. the fixed fee of 33/4sgr. instead of the more usual 31/2sgr. charged by the Prussian post reflected their practice in this period with mail to the Netherlands on which a small profit was gained on each item of mail, the red crayon '4' schillinge for Hamburg was included in the fixed fee. This rate applied to the end of 1857. Price Realised £12000 |
166
| Sale number: 19 1840 Single and Double rates to Berlin This and the previous item are believed to be the only recorded covers at this period to Berlin and, taken together, they explain the 'profit' earned by the Prussian post on mail from Britain when postal relations between the two countries were exacerbated by argument. Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1840 (Aug. 7th) entire letter from Macduff, via Banff, Edinburgh, Hull and Hamburg, to Berlin, paid at 8d. private ship letter up to 1/2oz. by 1840 2d. blue plate 1 JD-JG strip of four (remargined in places) with superb Scots Maltese Crosses in black, "HULL SHIP LETTER" and Hamburg "SCHIFFS BRIEFPOST HAMBURG" on reverse and "HAMBURG/14 AUG'' on front. Ex Dr. Pichai Buranasombati (lot 231). Photo. This letter was assessed by the Prussian post for 30-40 German miles to Berlin at 6 silbergroschen per 3/4 loth but weight indicator at 7/8 loth makes this charge 9sgr. plus a fixed fee for transit across Hanover of 33/4sgr., a total of 123/4 sgr. (ms.). The red crayon '4' schillinge for Hamburg was included in the fixed fee. Price Realised £5000 |
167
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1843 (Jan. 4th) entire letter from Oldham to Lubeck via London and Hamburg, franked 1841 1d. NE (faults), handstamped ''No. 11237/Detained for postage'' and ''Returned for/Postage'' in red, to collect 6d. in cash to meet Prussian insistence that letters be prepaid, at Hamburg the letter was charged '2' sch. transit to Lubeck, the entire split and reinforced at folds and with top flap missing. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
168
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1847 (July 6th) entire from London to Freyburg, Baden, prepaid 9d. in cash for rate up to 1/2oz. and with very large margined 1841 1d. JC paying late fee, British and Prussian rates had been combined from January 1st 1847, very fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
169
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1851 (Aug. 21st) entire from Ramsgate to Hamburg via London, 8d. Thames packet combined rate up to 1/2oz. paid by 1841 2d. plate 4 SA-TB block of four cut into in places, 2sch. retained by Prussia on account of Hamburg transit. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
170
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: India: 1844 (July) entire letter from Bombay, privately carried to London (Forwarding Agent's manuscript endorsement on flap) and sent with 1841 1d. plate 43 NA with full sheet margin showing 'Row of 13 £1...' inscription, cut into elsewhere and crossed by filing fold. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
171
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Italy: 1843 (June 17th) entire letter from Florence to London marked ''TS'' for 'Transit Sarde' via Pont-de-B' (for Beauvoisin) for up to 15 grams ('15' at top left) charged 30 decimes to London where it was forwarded to Wigan with 1841 1d RA cancelled no. ''8'' in Maltese Cross, the adhesive cut into at foot and with small corner fault at lower left, full of character. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
172
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Japan: 1896 (March) linen registered parcel label from London to Tokyo franked at 1s.10d. with 1881 die 2 1d. (pair) 1887–92 1/2d., 11/2d. 3d. (2) and 1s., attractive. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
173
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Madeira: 1858 (Dec. 24th) envelope from London to Funchal via Liverpool on Christmas Day, paid at 1s.10d. 1/2oz. with 1855–57 watermark large garter 4d. block of five and LC14 2d. RD, some imperfections but scarce. Photo. This was sent shortly after the West African packet station had been changed in October 1858 from Plymouth to Liverpool where most of the trading merchants lived. Price Realised £400 |
174
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Malta: 1854(c.) (March) entire from London to the Captain of 'H.M.S. Bellerophon, Malta' bearing 1847–54 embossed 1s. green die 1 with 1841 1d. QL and 2d. GI, the 1s. with good margins virtually all around, 1d. with three margins and 2d. with scissor cut, attractive, also 1854 (March) entire from the same correspondence addressed to Constantinople, similarly franked but the 1d. being SC16, the 1s. with lower left corner margin triangle missing, otherwise fine. (2 items). Photo. Price Realised £290 |
175
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Malta: 1871 (March & July) printed circular and Prices Current, sent from London and Newcastle on Tyne, unusually both sent with 1864–79 1d. plate 120. Price Realised UNSOLD |
176
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Mexico: 1873–80 watermark large garter 4d. grey-brown plate 17 HJ fine on 1880 (Oct.) entire (lacking side flaps) from Manchester to Guadalayara collector's manuscript notes on front, well clear of adhesive and not too obtrusive, a very scarce and underrated stamp on cover. S.G. 151. Photo. Price Realised £110 |
177
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Netherlands: 1849 (Oct. 16th) entire from Manchester to Amsterdam, fine 1847–54 embossed 1/- and 1841 1d. JJ (touched at top) paying 1s. for 1/2oz. rate plus 1d. late fee, stamped ''Engeland/franco'' in blue-green alongside. Holcombe certificate (1995). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
178
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Netherlands: 1851 (June 3rd) entire letter from Manchester to Utrecht with 1841 1d. GA with good to huge margins on three sides, sent via Thames packet and treated as unpaid, charged '60' cents (instead of 1s.) and with ''Engeland/over Rotterdam'' handstamp in red on reverse, attractive. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
179
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: New Zealand: 1891 (Feb. 11) and 1900 (July 26), two covers to New Zealand, the first from London and franked 1887-92 2d. pair, the second with 1887-92 2d. and 1900 1/2d., demonstrating reduction of rate from 4d. to 21/2d. Price Realised £55 |
180
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Norway: 1869 (Aug. 16th) entire from London to Christiana bearing 1858–79 1d. plate 119 CC, 2d. plate 13 ED and 1867–80 9d. plate 4 EK paying 8d. postage by private ship and 4d. late fee, with a fine light strike of the rare boxed ''L4'' late fee handstamp in red and oval ''PD'', most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £850 |
181
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: New South Wales: 1892 (Oct.) envelope from Sydney to Rugby bearing G.B. 1881 die 2 1d. pair and NSW 1892 1/2d. in combination and accepted to pay 21/2d. rate to the U.K., tied by oval framed ''N.S.W.'' and ''SYDNEY/OC 31/92'' c.d.s., some small tone spots and other minor cover imperfections but most unusual and rare. Photo. Price Realised £170 |
182
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: New Zealand: 1861 (June) envelope from Invergordon to Aucland with 1855–57 6d. and 1863 (April) envelope from Farnborough Station to Napier with 1862–64 9d. bistre plate 2 LL, latter with some faults. S.G. 70 & 86, cat. £575. Price Realised UNSOLD |
183
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Peru: 1883 (Sept. 1st) entire letter from London to Tacna bearing very fine 1880–83 4d. plate 18 MG-NG vertical pair with ''LONDON/SP 1 83'' hooded circles. Price Realised £70 |
184
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Queensland: 1878 (Aug. 30th) envelope from London unusually addressed to Brisbane, Queensland, ''via Brindisi and Melbourne'', franked 8d. orange (slight toning at top but strong colour). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
185
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Russia: 1873 (July) 1d. pink envelope uprated to 5d. with 1865–67 4d. plate 13 AE and sent from Malvern to St. Petersburg with Malvern duplexes and the two stamps additionally sharing circular ''PD'' in red and with a further strike at left, fine St. Petersburg arrival c.d.s. on reverse, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £70 |
186
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Singapore: 1868 (Feb 7th) envelope from Shrewsbury to Singapore with 1865–67 4d. and 1867–80 1s., ''SINGAPORE'' arrival c.d.s. on reverse, some edge imperfections. Price Realised UNSOLD |
187
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: South Africa: 1882 (Apr. 20) envelope with enclosure from London to Cape Town, unusually franked by ''DL & Co'' perfin 4d. grey-brown plate 17 AG-AI and AJ-AL strips of three at 2s. rate, arrival backstamp. Price Realised UNSOLD |
188
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Sweden: 1848 (Nov.) part entire from Guernsey via London, Aachen, in Belgium, and Stralsund, in Germany, to Malmö, in Sweden, paid at 1s.10d. combined British and foreign rate up to 1/4oz. by 1841 2d. plate 3 OH-OL strip of five with good margins virtually all around and 1847–54 embossed 1s. (touched at foot), very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
189
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Sweden: 1880 (Nov. 18th) registered envelope (the embossed registered stamp excised) from London to Gothenburg with 1873–80 21/2d. blue plate 20 FF, watermark large garter 4d. grey-brown plate 17 OC and 1880–81 1d. QJ, the 4d. with corner perf. missing but a very scarce and underrated stamp on cover. Price Realised £230 |
190
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: United States of America: 1850(c.) envelope from London to Boston with 1841 2d. plate 3 DG-DI and EG-EI strips of three paying 1s. rate up to 1/2oz., each strip with good margins except right stamp just cut into at right, DI with tear at top. R.P.S. certificate (2001) states 'tie has been enhanced in places'. S.G. Spec. ES11. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
191
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: United States of America: 1850 (Sept.) E. from London to Philadephia most unusually bearing 1841 1d. plate 86 IG-LI block of twelve with just clear to good margins virtually all around except the top row, the block, which was folded (through the margin) over the side of the cover, and tied to the seal (IG was bisected on opening) has been folded out with the flap paper repositioned for display purposes. A striking franking, believed to be unique, all 1s. rates (or multiples thereof) to the U.S.A. that we have seen being paid by muliples of the 2d. or embossed values. Photo. Price Realised £5000 |
192
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: United States of America: 1866 (Mar. 17th) slightly soiled entire from Liverpool to New York ''per ''China''/via Queenstown'', franked 1865-67 1s. DE-DF and DG-DH pairs at quadruple rate up to 2oz (late use, in effect until Apr. 2). Photo. Price Realised £130 |
193
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: United States of America: 1874 (Aug.) registered wrapper (wax seals and string still attached) from Liverpool to New York, sent at the rate of 18s.8d. comprising 2/- dull blue plate 1 JF, 1867–78 5/- pale rose plate 1 FB, GB & HE, 1865–67 4d. vermilion plate 13 AC & TL and 1873–80 1/- green plate 9 AG, endorsed 'per Cunard Stmr' and red ''REGISTERED/13 AU/74/LIVERPOOL'' on front, ''NEW YORK/REGISTERED/AUG/26'' arrival c.d.s. on reverse, some faults as usual with this correspondence, a remarkable franking. R.P.S. certificate (2000). Photo. Price Realised £3000 |
194
| Sale number: 19 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Western Australia: 1879 (Sept. 25th) mourning envelope with enclosed letter unusually addressed to Perth, W. Australia ''via Brindisi'', franked 8d. orange, cancelled fine Dawlish ''239'' duplex. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
750
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Australia: 1855–75 envelopes (6) to Australia incl. 1859 (April) registered envelope from London to Geelong bearing 1855–57 1s. (faults), etc. Price Realised UNSOLD |
751
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Austria: 1852 (July 23rd) small neat uncreased envelope from Windsor via Aachen to Vienna bearing an exceptionally fine used pair of 1847–54 10d. brown die 2 cancelled by clear light ''390'' numerals of Windsor and tied by red ''P.'' in oval at left and by an additional part strike of the numeral at the foot of the right stamp from an overlaid cover. A superb item, exhibition quality. Photo. 1s.8d. was the single rate for up to 71/2 grams via the Belgian route. This rate applied from 1 January 1847 to 31 July 1852 and was made up of 6d: Britain, 2d: Belgium, 4d: Prussia, 5d: Tour & Taxis and Baden, 3d: Austria. Price Realised £2900 |
752
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Austria: 1852 (Sept. 3rd) entire letter from Wolverhampton, via Aachen, to Vienna, bearing 1841 1d. red-brown CL with good to very large margins except just touched at lower left, tied by neat ''905'' numeral, 8d. rate for 1/4oz letter prepaid in cash, the '4' being the Prussian share of 4d., a clean and most attractive overseas use. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
753
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Austria: 1855 (June 5th) entire letter from London to Vienna via Ostende-Aachen, bearing 1847–54 embossed 6d. dull lilac with clear to good margins, and LC14 2d. (clipped at left) paying the 8d. per 1/4oz rate, manuscript red '4' represents a 4sgr. credit to Prussia. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
754
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Austria/Hungary: 1870 (Oct. 18th) entire letter from Liverpool bearing 1858–79 1d. plate 137 AD and 2d. plate 13 EG paying 3d rate for up to 1/2oz letter from Liverpool via London, Aachen and Vienna to Detta in Temes district of Austria, forwarded at registered rate of 9 kreuzer postage plus 6kr. registration fee from Detta via Rustberg to Sosdia, a rare and attractive combination. Photo. Price Realised £3000 |
755
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Belgium: 1844 (August 2nd) entire from London to Ostend bearing 1841 1d. red-brown plate 43 LA-MH block of sixteen with good margins nearly all around (LA-MA just cut into at left) paying the full 1s.4d. rate, charged '6' decimes local postage in Belgium, most attractive and a remarkable franking, believed to be one of only two such frankings known. Ex Daisy. B.P.A. certificate (1996). Photo. Price Realised £11500 |
756
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Denmark: 1841 (May 21st) entire (lacking side-flaps) from Liverpool to Copenhagen via Hull bearing 1840 2d. blue plate 2 DD-DF strip of three and LF single paying the 8d private ship rate for 1/4oz. sent from Hull with ''HULL/SHIP LETTER'' on reverse, direct to Copenhagen where 4 skilling shown in red '4' was charged to the addressee for Danish domestic letter rate. Two of the stamps have been expertly remargined to improve the appearance and there is some staining reduced, otherwise fine and a great rarity, one of only two recorded covers to Denmark bearing the 1840 issue. Ex Cooley. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
757
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Denmark: 1841 (June 22nd) entire letter from Newcastle-on-Tyne via Hull and Cuxhaven to Korsør, bearing 1841 1d. red-brown plate 1b OA-OF strip of six and MA-MB pair with margins virtually all around, paying the 8d. private ship letter rate, endorsed 'p Steamer from Hull to Hamburg', and with ''HULL/SHIP LETTER'' on reverse, some imperfections barely detracting. A great rarity to Denmark and believed to be the largest known multiple use of a 'black plate' on cover, inland or overseas usage. R.P.S. certificate (2000). Photo. 4 schillinge lubske was charged for Hamburg's forwarding fee, equal to 13 Danish rigsbankskilling plus 26 rbs for the rate to Denmark (split shown on back) and 3rbs for the local carrier's fee, total 42 rbs to collect. Price Realised £11500 |
758
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Denmark: 1857 (March 18th) envelope from Rugeley, prepaid by 8d in 1d. stars (some faults), destined for Altona, Denmark, via Thames packet. Returned to sender for postage, ''PART-PAID/ MORE TO PAY''. Assessed on French scale over 1/4oz. at 101/2d, rounded up to 11d via Ostende, Belgium, (Route 3), more costly than by private ship direct of 8d. The letter passed through Stadtpost and Danish post office in Hamburg annotated '4' for 4 schillinge for costs in Hamburg and '61/2' for 61/2d. due from Britain to Hamburg to defray its costs. Examples of mail from Great Britain to Denmark are very unusual. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
759
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1840 (June 1st), the unique entire letter from Manchester, via Calais, to Bordeaux (addressee's surname partly overwritten) with the 10d. rate up to 1/2oz fully prepaid by 1840 1d. black plate 2 QC-QE strip of three QF and QG singles and QH-QL strip of five originally forming QC-QE strip of ten, mainly fine to very fine with good to large margins virtually all around, tied by red Maltese Crosses and four stamps also struck with red ''ANGL/CALAIS/3/JUIN/40'' transit c.d.s., charged '14' decimes for up to 71/2 grams, QC-QE strip with minor imperfections not detracting. A most spectacular 'symmetrical' franking and wonderful exhibition showpiece. Ex Harmers sale Jan. 18th & 19th 1965 (lot 11) and Daisy (lot 795). B.P.A. certificate (1996) & Karl-Albert Louis Provenance Certificate (2005). Photo. Price Realised £55000 |
760
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1840 (Dec. 6th) entire letter from Greenock via Calais to Paris, franked with 1840 1d. black plate 2 FA with clear to very large margins virtually all around (small scuff at upper left corner) and tied by neat red Maltese Cross, marked as paid in Greenock with manuscript '10' for 10d. rate to Calais charged under 1836 Convention. A rare cover to an overseas destinations bearing a 1d. black. B.P.A. certificate (2005). Photo. Under GPO Notice issued on 2 September 1840 letters posted abroad with stamps of less value than the proper postage, if addressed to places to which pre-payment was not compulsory, i.e. France, must be forwarded charged with the full amount of postage as though no stamps were affixed. Accordingly, the letter was marked '10' for 10d. sterling, below the stamp, being the rate up to 1/2 ounce. It weighed 10–15 grams '10' at top left exceeding the 7.5–10 gram single 10 decimes rate from Great Britain on the French tariff and was therefore charged 20 decimes making a total cost for the letter of 30 decimes. Price Realised £2600 |
761
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1841 (Feb. 25th) entire letter from Goole via Calais to Cognac bearing 1840 1d. black plate 8 KJ fine used with good margins and neat black Maltese Cross, endorsed 'Insufficient Postage', manuscript '10' and red ''ANGL/CALAIS/23/FEVR/41'' c.d.s. alongside stamp, tiny imperfections but a very fine and rare cover. Photo. Prepayment to France was not compulsory but partly paid franked mail had to be charged the full rate, hence '10' in manuscript for 10d. rate to Calais plus 14 decimes rate for Calais to Cognac under 1836 Convention for a total of 24 decimes. In contrast with lot ??, this cover shows the treatment of mail that was not prepaid by adhesives Price Realised £4200 |
762
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1845 (May 5th) entire letter from London to Rheims bearing fine full margined 1841 1d. QJ, treated as unpaid and rated '11' (decimes), Calais transit c.d.s. for May 7th on front, backstamped at London (5th), Paris (7th) and Rheims (8th), clean and uncreased. Photo. The rate from GB to anywhere in France for up to 1/4 ounce under 1843 Convention was 10d split equally. French Regulations applied to an unpaid letter; up to 7.5 grams sent 220-300km (Calais to Rheims 250 km) was 6 decimes plus British share of 5d total charge 11 decimes. Price Realised £400 |
763
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1848 (March 11th) envelope from Glasgow to Paris bearing fine full margined 1841 1d. red-brown OA, charged '10' decimes letter rate for up to 1/4oz, handstamped ''Non Reclamée'' in black in Paris on reverse, and with red boxed ''RETURNED FROM'' and Crowned ''The Person to whom this Letter/is Addressed has not Called for it/Apr. 7 1848'' partly crossed by fold but not detracting, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
764
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1850 (May 30th) entire from London to Boulogne bearing 1847–54 embossed 10d. brown die 2 with clear to good margins and tied by slightly oily London Inland Section ''20'' numeral and ''BOULOGNE'' arrival c.d.s., minor cover imperfections. S.G. 57, cat. £1,700. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
765
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1851 (Feb. 13th) envelope from London to Tours via Calais, paid at 1s.3d. rate for 1/2oz. with 1841 1d. AB and 2d. plate 4 GA-GG strip of six overlapping the sides of the envelope and graphically illustrating the need for the embossed issues. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
766
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1853 (April 29th) entire from London to Boulogne bearing 1841 1d. NJ and 2d. plate 4 KC-KG strip of five and KH-KI pair (from a different sheet) paying the 1s.3d. rate up to 1/2oz, three 2d.'s touched or just cut into on one side, otherwise with full margins, four crossed by vertical filing folds. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
767
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1853 (June 21st) long envelope from London to the British Consul in St. Malo, via Calais, bearing 1847–54 embossed 1s. green die 1 strip of three and pair, 10d. brown and 1841 1d., mostly with full margins (some very large) or nearly so, some mainly minor imperfections but a most spectacular and rare franking. B.P.A. certificate (1996). Ex Daisy. Photo. The rate for 21/4oz was incorrectly calculated owing to combination of British and French scales at 5s.10d., 2s.1d. British and 3s.9d. French plus late fee of 1d. The rate should have been 6s.3d. plus late fee, so 5d. due to Britain was 'lost'. Price Realised UNSOLD |
768
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1857 (May 20th) entire from Manchester to Paris bearing a top marginal 1s. pale green die 2 paying the rate up to 3/4oz, tied by superb ''MANCHESTER/MY20/1857'' sideways duplex and red ''PD'' in circle, clear to good margins other sides except shaved and with small repair at left but most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
769
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France: 1861 (Sept. 20th) entire from London to Paris bearing 1855–57 6d. and 1s. with 1858–76 2d. blue plate 9 AH and HK paying 1s.4d. rate for 3/4–1 oz plus 6d. late fee confirmed by London Inland Office boxed datestamp on reverse (hollow corners ex obliterator no 38) used on mail posted after 6pm here levied on mail posted between 7–7.30 pm, a most attractive three colour combination. Photo. Price Realised £360 |
770
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: France/Italy: 1845 (Nov. 16th) entire letter from Liverpool to Paris via London, with 1841 1d. RE (some imperfections), charged 10 decimes, then forwarded to Rome and handled by forwarding agent Torlonia & Co. and charged 33 bajocchi. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
771
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1840 (August 1st) consignment notice sent from Banff, via Hull to Cottbus, bearing 1840 2d. pale blue plate 1 CA-CB pair and CD single (which has at some point been removed on a small piece from the cover and has since been skilfully restored), tied by red Maltese Crosses, the pair is exceptionally fine and additionally tied by ''HAMBURG/8 AUG'' arrival datestamp in black, has ''MACDUFF/PENNY POST'' alongside the pair, endorsed '10' and '3/4', backstamped Edinburgh ''AUG/4/1840'' and ''HULL/SHIP LETTER'' in red and part ''SCHIFFS BRIEFF/(HAMBU)RG/8 AUG/1840'', most attractive and very rare. Photo. The three 2d.'s prepaid the 6d. private ship letter rate for 1/2 oz, at Hamburg 7 sgr was charged for 47 German miles to Cottbus plus fee per letter for transit across Hannover, '3' schillinge at top, converted to 31/2sgr but rounded-up by Prussians to 33/4 sgr making 103/4 sgr per m/s (5.98 grams of silver). Price Realised £7200 |
772
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1841 (March 12th) entire (part of upper flap missing) from Haddington to Lubeck via Edinburgh, London and Hamburg, bearing very fine used 1840 1d. black plate 1b IF (double ''F'' and showing slight plate wear) with good to large margins and superb black Maltese Cross, endorsed 'private ship' and rated '1/4', Edinburgh ''PAID/MAR 12 A/1841'' c.d.s. alongside stamp which is additionally tied by London tombstone ''S/PAID/14MR14/1841'', oval ''SHIP LETTER/LONDON/(CROWN)/13 MR 13/1841'' all in red on front, backstamped at Haddington and Hamburg (March 21st). A magnificent exhibition quality item of great rarity. Ex Wills (lot 113). B.P.A. certificate (1990). Photo. 1s.4d. prepaid private ship letter rate for 3/4 oz from Haddington via London and Hamburg where transit to Lubeck of 4 schillinge (1.67 grams of silver equivalent) was charged, sent on 12 March 1841. British postage was prepaid in cash, the 1d. stamp being insufficient it was ignored. These heavy postal rates were reduced with effect from 6 April 1841. Price Realised £20000 |
773
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1842 (Jan. 26th) entire from Cupar to Lubeck, via Hull, London and Hamburg, bearing very fine full margined 1841 1d. red-brown plate 14 QE-QJ strip of six in a rich shade, tied by black Maltese Crosses, and paying the 6d. prepaid private ship rate for 1/2oz, charged '2' schillinge for transit from Hamburg to Lubeck, light filing folds not detracting, a clean and fresh cover, a very rare multiple usage to an overseas destination of an early plate. B.P.A. certificate (1989). Photo. Price Realised £6500 |
774
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1843 (Jan. 4th) entire letter from Oldham to Lubeck via London and Hamburg, franked 1841 1d. NE (faults), handstamped ''No. 11237/Detained for postage'' and ''Returned for/Postage'' in red, to collect 6d. in cash to meet Prussian insistence that letters be prepaid, at Hamburg the letter was charged '2' sch. transit to Lubeck, the entire split and reinforced at folds and with top flap missing. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
775
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1847 (July 6th) entire from London to Freyburg, Baden, prepaid 9d. in cash for rate up to 1/2oz. and with very large margined 1841 1d. JC paying late fee, British and Prussian rates had been combined from January 1st 1847, very fine. Photo. Price Realised £580 |
776
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1849 (July 5th) spectacular quintuple rate (5s.5d.) entire from Bradford to Leipzig via London, Ostend and Aachen, bearing 1847–54 embossed 10d. deep brown strip of three, pair and single with 1841 2d. blue plate 3 TE single and TF-TG pair, making a total of 5s.6d. including 1d. late fee, good margins in places, some creasing not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine and believed to be the finest of two such frankings known. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
777
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1850 (Nov. 26th) entire letter from Glasgow, via Ostende and Hamburg, to Lubeck, with fair 1841 1d. QJ, the 2s.6d. combined rate prepaid in cash for up to 3/4oz. on letter from London via Ostende to Hamburg and then to Lubeck. The cover was marked with manuscript '1/-' which seems to have been a mistake and should have been deleted, it was also marked with Hamburg 'butterfly' datestamp, ''P.'' in oval and '4' as an accountancy mark for 2 schillings for Hamburg transit and 2 schillings for Lubeck delivery. This rate applied from 1st April 1850 to 31st July 1852. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
778
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1851 (Aug. 21st) entire from Ramsgate to Hamburg via London, 8d. Thames packet combined rate up to 1/2oz. paid by 1841 2d. plate 4 SA-TB block of four cut into in places, 2sch. retained by Prussia on account of Hamburg transit, a very scarce multiple on cover. Photo. Price Realised £240 |
779
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1852 (Oct. 5th) entire letter from London via Calais to Kornthal near Stuttgart, the unusual 11d. rate for 1/4oz prepaid by very fine 1847–54 embossed 10d. brown die 2 with good to large margins and 1841 1d. KH (clipped at right), fine, clean and uncreased cover. B.P.A. certificate (1996). Ex Daisy. Photo. Price Realised £980 |
780
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1854 (June 15th) envelope from London to Cologne bearing 1841 2d. blue plate 4 RA-RD strip of four paying 8d. rate by private ship and tied by red ''P.'' in oval, good margins except RA and RD each touched on one side, marked '4' for 4d. due to Britain from Prussia. B.P.A. certificate (1994). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
781
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1855 (Nov. 10th) envelope from Newcastle-on-Tyne to Lubeck bearing a fine strip of four 1855 SC14 2d. blue plate 4 DH-DK paying the 8d. rate by private ship and tied by sideways duplexes and red ''P.'' in oval, handstamped ''franco'' and with ''HAMBURG/14 NOV 1855'' 'butterfly' arrival datestamp on front, the envelope with some damage (part of upper flap missing) but of fine appearance. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
782
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Germany: 1856 (May 28th) entire from Arbroath via London to Hamburg, the 8d. per 1/4oz letter rate paid by LC14 1d. HF (corner fault) and LC with fine good to large margined 1847–54 embossed 6d. dull lilac. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
783
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Gibraltar: 1855 (March 24th) entire from Eton, via London and Liverpool, to Gibraltar, bearing 1841 2d. blue plate 4 RC-RF strip of four overpaying the 6d. rate per 1/2oz by private ship (the rate having been reduced from 8d. on March 23rd, the sender appeared to be unaware of this), adhesive with good margins except RF just shaved. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
784
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Gibraltar: 1862 (May 6th) envelope from London to Gibraltar via France and Spain showing ''S'' in circle and with Gibraltar arrival c.d.s. for May 13th, franked with 1855–57 6d. paying 1/4oz rate and 1d. star BI paying late fee, address panel with small faults, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
785
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: India: 1860 (April 18th) small envelope (with contents) from London to the 'Gt Indian Peninsula Railway Office, Bombay Green, Bombay' bearing 1841 2d. blue plate 4 IH used in combination with 1857 LC14 1d. BK and 1855–57 6d., neatly cancelled and quite exceptional quality being the finer of two recorded examples of this extraordinary combination of three different issues, an exhibition item. Photo. Price Realised £2900 |
786
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Italy: 1843 (June 17th) entire letter from Florence to London marked ''TS'' for 'Transit Sarde' via Pont-de-B' (for Beauvoisin) for up to 15 grams ('15' at top left) charged 30 decimes to London where it was forwarded to Wigan with 1841 1d RA cancelled no. ''8'' in Maltese Cross, the adhesive cut into at foot and with small corner fault at lower left, full of character. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
787
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Italy: 1845 (Oct.) entire letter from Rome to London (Lord Clifford correspondence) with a variety of rate and transit markings, redirected from London to Chudleigh with 1841 1d. LA, the adhesive touched at left but with clear profile and a most attractive cover. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
788
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Italy: 1846 (April 5th) entire letter from Tadcaster to Rome bearing 1841 1d. red-brown LK tied by numeral c.d.s. and pen-line, prepaid at the 1/2oz rate from Tadcaster via London, Boulogne, Huningue (N of Basle) per ''VIA DI UNINGA''. The sender was required to prepay 5d for 1/2oz to Boulogne plus 1s.8d. = 2s.1d. (11.82 grams of silver) for route through Austria but because the Italian rate of 1s 7d was not prepaid to the final destination a charge of this amount was raised in the Papal States at 38 bajocchi (9.21 grams of silver). A clean uncreased cover from the 'Clifford' correspondence, full of character. Photo. Price Realised £620 |
789
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Italy: 1855 (Oct. 19th) entire from London to Modena, 3s.3d. triple rate at 1s.1d. per 1/4oz via France, Kingdom of Sardinia and Turin, franked by 1847–54 embossed 1s. pale green die 2 pair and single with clear to very large margins except outer frame-lines just shaved in places, and LC14 on blued 1d. JF, QD and RD, fine and most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £2400 |
790
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Italy: 1857–65 collection of covers (10) to Italy with a variety of mainly surface printed frankings incl. 1857 (April 2nd) most attractive envelope from Liverpool to Naples bearing 1855–57 4d. pair and LC14 1d. and 2d., 1860 (Dec. 8th) E. from London to Naples with 1855–57 4d. pair and 1s. strip of four paying 7-times rate, 1862 (Aug. 8th) entire from London to Turin with 4s. rate plus 1d. late fee paid by 1855–57 6d. (2), 1s. (3) and LC14 1d., etc., condition varies in places. Price Realised UNSOLD |
791
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Netherlands: 1849 (Oct. 16th) entire from Manchester to Amsterdam, fine 1847–54 embossed 1/- and 1841 1d. JJ (touched at top) paying 1s. for 1/2oz. rate plus 1d. late fee, stamped ''Engeland/franco'' in blue-green alongside. Holcombe certificate (1995). Photo. Price Realised £300 |
792
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Netherlands: 1851 (June 3rd) entire letter from Manchester to Utrecht with 1841 1d. GA with good to huge margins on three sides, sent via Thames packet and treated as unpaid, charged '60' cents (instead of 1s.) and with ''Engeland/over Rotterdam'' handstamp in red on reverse, attractive. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
793
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Netherlands: 1855 (October 31st) entire from Lombard St. to Amsterdam bearing 1847–54 embossed 6d. mauve with clear to good margins except outer frame-lines just shaved on two sides, and LC14 1d. OJ-OK pair with unusual very rough perfs., paying 8d. per 1/4oz rate and with ''Engeland/Franco'' handstamp on front. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
794
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Norway: 1855 (June 15th) entire from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, via Hull, to Arendal, with 1847–54 embossed 6d. mauve with good to very large margins on three sides, just clipped at top, paying the private ship rate, endorsed 'per Courier via Hull' , framed ''HULL/SHIP-LETTER/JU 16 1855'' datestamp and blue ''CHRISTIANSSAND/4/7/1855'' c.d.s. on reverse, minor cover creasing well clear of adhesive. A most unusual destination. Photo. Price Realised £850 |
795
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Portugal: 1872 (Oct. and Nov.) entires from the same correspondence from London to Oporto, franked at 5s.6d. and 4s. respectively with 1872–73 6d. plate 11's, some imperfections but scarce. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
796
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Kingdom of Sardinia: 1852 (Oct. 25th) entire from London, via Aachen and Paris, to Nice, bearing 1841 2d. blue plate 4 GI-GL strip of four with good margins almost all around, tied by red ''P'' in oval, shows red ''REG. FR'' handstamp on front, clean neat cover. Photo. Price Realised £1800 |
797
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Switzerland: 1841 (July 27th) entire letter (a little affected on the inside) from Rougham to Lucerne, bearing a very fine 1841 1d. red-brown plate 5 HE (double ''H'') tied by black Maltese Cross and additionally by red London tombstone ''D/PAID/28 JY 28/1841'', a variety of manuscript rate marks and red ''A•T•F'' (Angleterre Transit Francaise) handstamp, a very rare use to an overseas destination. Ex Atkinson (lot 171). Photo. The rate markings are explained as follows: 1s.2d. rate for 1/4 ounce from anywhere in the U.K., via Calais to Hunigue on French-Swiss border (6.62 grams of silver). Writer endorsed letter with: 'English Postage Paid' for prepayment of 10d British share to Calais 'Paid 10'. The Swiss post office charged 42 rappen marked in red crayon (2.82 grams of silver) Hunigue to Lucerne, supporting the whole prepaid rate of 1s 10d sent on 27 July 1841. Price Realised £11500 |
798
| Sale number: 24 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: Switzerland: 1849 (Oct. 30th) printed entire letter from the Bank of England to Vevey, via Calais, the unusual 11d. for 1/4oz prepaid by 1847–54 embossed 10d. deep brown die 1, a rich shade with good margins on three sides, outer frame just shaved at foot, and full margined 1841 1d. KF. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
332
| Sale number: 32 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: A collection of mainly 1840's to 1870's covers, mostly to European destinations, all anotated on record cards in a shoebox, incl. Austria (3), Baden (2), Belgium (3), Bohemia (2), France (47), Greece, Hamburg (2), Holland (8), Italy (23), Portugal (7), Prussia (6), Roumania, Saxony (2), Spain (6), Switzerland (22), etc. with unstamped and stamped with an interesting range of frankings etc., a few are non G.B. Price Realised £800 |
333
| Sale number: 32 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: A selection of E's (6) and card, incl. 1859 E. to Cairo, franked 1855-57 6d., 1871 E. to Greece, franked by 1858-69 2d. plate 13 CG and 1867-80 6d. plate 9 PD, etc., fair to fine. (7 items). Price Realised £100 |
334
| Sale number: 32 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: 1861–80 covers to Ceylon (2), India (3) and Mauritius (2), variety of frankings and markings, condition varies. (7). Price Realised £130 |
335
| Sale number: 32 Mail to or from Overseas Destinations: 1871 (March & July) printed circular and Prices Current, sent from London to Malta and Newcastle on Tyne to Naples, unusually both sent with 1864–79 1d. plate 120. Price Realised UNSOLD |