Number of results: 53
1663
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: An accumulation in a box file incl. 1855 Post Office Notice no. 70 regarding the reduction of rates to Victoria, Australia, 1884 Post Office Notice no. 5 regarding double or reply postcards to Brazil, 1888 Post Office Notice no. 14 'Parcel Post with Ceylon, Straits Settlements, Hong Kong, and Western Australia' various Official mail with a variety of cachets etc. incl. 1867 War Office, 1885 Lord Provoste, 1891 RCJ, 1892 & 1893 Department of Science and Art, 1895 & 1899 Secretary of State for India, 1904 Treasury Solicitor Law Courts, 1904 & 1908 Tower of London, 1906 Home Office, etc., 1894 (July) registered OHMS envelope from Norwich to Kings Lynn with I.R. 1d. lilac strip of four1895 Postal Stores Department, G.P.O. London, Parcel Post label with Govt Parcels 1887–90 11/2d. & 1/-, etc., condition varies. Price Realised £300 |
1664
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: A collection of covers etc. with a good range of pre-adhesive markings incl. Penny Posts, mileage marks, 1841 (June) entire to London with cursive framed ''GIBRALTAR'' in black, 1841 1d. RC-RH strip of 6 with good margins on three sides on 1842 (April) cover to Dursley, 1841 2d. (3 singles, 2 pairs and 2 strips) on separate covers, 1872 1/- telegraph card (Huggins TCP1a) unused, etc., condition varies. (135 items). Price Realised £520 |
1665
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1459 (April 21st) letter from London to Venice with Merchants Guild Mark, a superb and extremely early example of this form of mark showing the identity of the sender using the Merchant Post. A most important exhibition item, thought to be the earliest example of a letter carried by the 'Merchant Strangers Post'. Ex Willcocks (illustrated on plate 1 of England's Postal History' - 'it is interesting to note that only about one in fifty seems to be from London') and Michael Jackson. Photo. Price Realised £1750 |
1666
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1513 (June 31st) letter watermarked pot. Demy 4to, from London to Antwerp, addressed to 'Dno. Raffaello de Medici, ptto in Anversa' from 'Giovanni Cavalcanti', with Merchants Guild Mark, endorsed 'pp' (erased) and 'parti per voi soldi' (apparently the addressee was to pay). A most interesting item, the contents are double entry accounts in sterling for 1512, this form of book-keeping had been invented by Medici in 1512 and this is believed to be the earliest known example. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. Price Realised £1500 |
1667
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1574 (October 22nd) entire letter from Carlo Cosimo Martelli, to Filippo Corsini in London, the letter confirms an order for a large quantity of woad, and that Martelli would send on the merchandise ordered from Fieravanti and the bundles from Paris. Ex Folkard. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1668
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1579 (September 6th) letter from Pierantonio Bandini (a banker) in Lyons to Filippo Corsini in London, with ''P'' Guild Mark, the letter asks for a receipt for goods. Photo. Price Realised £190 |
1669
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1584(c.) Elizabethan 'Account for Royal Messenger, for riding with letters from London to the excheters of Buck., Bedf., North(ants), Rut(land), Nottingham, Derby, Yorkshire and Westmorland.' The account of Edward Carpenter, one of the Queen's Messengers for riding in haste for the Lord Treasurer. 'Sum due V £1' signed 'W. Burghley'. A most important and interesting item, believed to be the earliest known. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. Excheters were officers appointed to certify into the Exchequer lapsed lands on the death of an owner without heirs This must date between February 1571, when William Cecil was created Baron Burghley, and 16th September 1593, the death of Robert Petre (who had been Clerk of the Exchequer Receipt, for life, since 1569 - J.C Sainty, Officers of the Exchequer, 1983, p. 207). A modern pencil note on the verso of the sheet states 'cover dated 1584' Price Realised £1200 |
1670
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1585 (April 26th) entire letter from Milan to London (eighteen days in transit, arriving on May 23rd) with lengthy and interesting contents (transcription provided) referring to dealings in various cloths incl. ''Coggeshall cloth''. velvet, etc., whilst cochineal is very expensive as very little has been ''brought by the fleet from New Spain this year.'' Photo. Price Realised £180 |
1671
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1585 (July 26th) Merchant Strangers Post letter from Nicolas & Thomas Channyn in Rouen to 'Bartolomeo Corsini, Londra', endorsed 'd15' charge mark of the Merchant Strangers' Post, and rare thus. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
1672
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1597 (January 1st) letter from Ireland to The Court, 'To the right worshipfull and his very approved good ffrende Sr John Stanhope Knight Tresorer of her Maties Chamber DD', endorsed by Stanhope 'from Captayn Dawtry, for Irelande' - Captain Dawtry offers Stanhope £1,000 if Stanhope secures him The Post for Ireland. This letter illustrates that the advantages of office far exceeded the pension. A most important exhibition item. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. On June 20th 1590 Sir John Stanhope was appointed Master of Messengers & Runners commonly called The Post, with the same pension (£66.13s.4d.) and with all the Profits, Commodities & Advantages in as ampole a manner and forme as Sir John Mason & Thomas Randolf formerly enjoyed in the said office. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1673
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1628 (October 9th) letter from Philippo Burlamachi from London to Florence, endorsed in manuscript by De Quester's office 'franca p manta', requiring the letter to be carried to Florence via Mantua. The letter is addressed to the bankers Lorenzo Segni and Francesco Medici in Florence. Ex Grace Dove. Photo. Philippo Burlamachi, a naturalised foreign merchant was made responsible for both the Inland and Foreign Posts by Charles I in 1640. Burlamachi lost control of the Posts by 1642, when it passed into the hands of Edmond Prideaux. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1674
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1635(c.), Lord Charles Stanhope's fascinating Broadsheet, comprising sixteen pages disputing Witherings appointment as Postmaster General, extremely scarce. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
1675
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1641 (April 12th) letter from Robert Atkinson 'To the right nobell Sr Phillip Musgrave Knight Barronett at the Sign of the Shipp neere Temple Barr in Fleet Street these prsent, London' endorsed in a second hand 'post is paid'. The letter mentions Cumberland, Westmorland and Shap. A rare example showing a pre-payment postal endorsement as required under the Act of 1635, exhibition item. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. The 1635 Proclamation indicated that Postage would be Charged by Distance 'if above 140 miles 6d.', it is evident from this letter that from the appointment of Philippo Bulamarchi in 1640, it became possible to pre-pay letters sent from Provincial England. In 1648, Sir Philip Musgrave secured Carlisle for the King and it became the base for the Scottish Royalist invasion during the Second Civil War Price Realised UNSOLD |
1676
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1642 (April 11th) Civil War campaign letter from the Earl of Warwick on board the 'James, Tillbury, Hope' to his son-in-law, Viscount Mandeville, the Earl of Manchester. A most important letter saying he had lost his fight with Prideaux and the Commons for Control of the Letter Office, and giving latest news of Mr Witherings who set up the Foreign Office in 1642, and the Inland Office 1635–40. A unique and historic exhibition item, ex Willcocks and illustrated on plate 5 of 'England's Postal History'. Photo. Warwick was Admiral of the Parliamentary Navy. In 1642 Philipo Burlmachi was required to relinquish the position of Postmaster General to the Earl of Warwick, although he continued to run a post for the Royalists a little longer. Parliament appointed Edmund Prideaux as Master of the Posts, Couriers and Messengers in 1644, but there is no evidence of a public post until 1653, after the execution of Charles I and the exile to France of his son, by which date Prideaux was Solicitor General. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1677
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1647/8 (January 17th) Commonwealth Post Office (the 'Old Post') letter from John Wryley in Birmingham to 'Mr Richard Persehouse at his house Reynolds hall this nigh Walsall', endorsed in a second hand 'Burmingham. post payde', the first known example of a manuscript namestamp for any town. A most important exhibition item, ex Michael Jackson. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1678
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1656, Commonwealth period, ''AN ACT FOR THE SETTLING OF THE POSTAGE OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND'' printed 8-page act, published in 1657, dealing in detail with postal rates for British Inland and Overseas mails. A highly important text for the Cromwellian and early Post Office services. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
1679
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1657 (October 6th) Commonwealth period letter from London 'To Mr Hubert Ward at Cashelle [Cashel] in Munster', endorsed 'postage paid to Dublin' (6d.) and rated '4d.' from Dublin to Cashel, endorsed as being received on October 15th, indicating a ten day journey to Cashel. A very early example of mail sent under the 1657 Act. Ex Michael Jackson. Photo. The 1657 Act established the first rates of postage in Ireland 'to or from Ireland, for every single Letter, Six pence, and for every Letter a farther distance than fourty Miles (from Dublin) if a single, four pence' Price Realised UNSOLD |
1680
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1660 ''Anno XII. CAROLO II. Regis.'' - the first four pages (129–132) of ''An Act for erecting and establishing a Post-Office'', this important act was to establish a single ''general Letter Office erected and established in some convenient place within the City of London, from whence all Letters and Pacquets whatsoever may be with speed and expedition sent unto any other of His Majesties Dominions, or unto any Kingdome or Countrey beyond the Seas'' and setting the rates ''For the Post of every Letter not exceeding one sheet, to or from any place not exceeding fourscore English miles distant from the place where such Letter shall be received, Two pence; And for the like Post of every Letter not exceeding two sheets, Four Pence; And for the like Post of every Pacquet of Letters proportionably unto the said rates..''. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1681
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1731 (October 2nd) entire letter from Duns to Edinburgh charged '2'(d.) and with the distinctive handstruck ''DUnS'' (Auckland BK84) on the lower flap, this is one of the earliest recorded 'Country' postmarks of Scotland, we know of only one earlier handstruck postmark of any Scottish Post Office, with the exception of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow have no handstamps recorded prior to 1738, and most Scots Post offices did not receive their first marks until 1740 or later. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1682
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1738–1938 collection of Scottish postal history, mostly pre 1900, with a variety of pre-adhesive markings incl. townstamps, mileage marks, penny posts, u.d.c.'s, 1840 1d. (4) on separate covers to Inverary, a few Scots locals incl. a small piece bearing 1d. stars (2) with a clear part strike of type III ''(KILMICHAEL) GLASSARY'' (Alcock rarity G), 1859 (March) envelope with 1d. CF tied by type VIII ''NEWCASTLETON'' in black (rarity F), 1902–04 p.p.c.'s (4) each with KE VII 1/2d. tied by ''GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET'' double circle c.d.s's (one code ''A'' the others ''B''). (90 items). Price Realised £780 |
1683
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1780–1906 collection of covers etc. (87 items) in two cover albums, mostly of Scottish interest with a good range of pre-adhesive markings incl. 1806 (June) cover sent within Edinburgh with oval ''5 O'CLOCK/PP/NIGHT'' in red, etc. Price Realised £300 |
1684
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1787–1953 various mostly covers incl. 1853 (Feb.) entire from Edinburgh to St. Andrews bearing embossed 1d. pink postal stationery cut out, 1855 (June) E. from Glasgow to Marseilles with SC16 2d. plate 4 MD & OL, 1856 (July) registered cover from London to Edinburgh bearing 2/3rds of an embossed 6d. (!) and a 1d. star, 1865 (July) cover to Genoa bearing 1865–67 6d. plate 5 ME tied by type VI Brunswick stars, etc. (11). Price Realised £85 |
1685
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1812 'Two-penny Post-Office.' notice of 'Regulations' for delivery in Town and Country Districts, dated 'June, 1st 1812' with details of delivery times and instructions, a most interesting document, sent 1813 (March) to Hatton Garden originally returning a letter to the sender 'THE enclosed has been opened by the proper Officer, and is returned to you for the Reason assinged thereon.' Price Realised £90 |
1686
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1813 (July 8) a most interesting Peninsula War entire letter written from Tafalla by Mark Johnson, Cornet in the 3rd Dragoons, and addressed to his wife in Pembrokeshire, rated '2/2' and with fair strike of scarce circular ''FALMOUTH PACKET LRE'' in green. The letter describes the preparations for and action during the Battle of Vitoria '.. the 12 and 16 Lt Dragoons charged them and our Reg. prepared to follow - when the Cavalry opened out and shew us a solid square of infantry what a poured a tremendous Volley into us .. a bullet just grazed my cheek .. such a day the British Troops has had.' On June 21st with 75,000 men and 90 guns vanquished the French troops under King Joseph Bonaparte and Marshall Jourdain with some 70,000 men and 152 guns, capturing all the guns together with the ammunition stores, over £1,000,000 in money and even the Marshal's baton. Price Realised £720 |
1687
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1819 (Feb.) entire letter from Dublin to London with Dublin and London ''PAID'' d.s.'s and with a good strike of the scarce crowned ''EXCISE PAID/16 FE'' handstamp in red (A & H 798), some cover faults. Price Realised £95 |
1688
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1825 (April 9th) entire letter written from Buckland to Bruton with a fair strike of the rectangular framed ''SHEPTN. MALLET/5th Clause Post'' (Willcocks 686 - rarity H) on reverse and with boxed ''No. 15'' Receiving House handstamp on front, 1825 (May 9th and June 9th) entire letters to Bruton, with fair and almost fine strikes of the ''Sheptn. Mallet/5th Clause Post'' (Willcocks 684 - rarity H) on reverse, former also with ''HEYTESBURY/118'' circular mileage mark in blue, and latter with ''BATH/109'' mileage c.d.s's dated June 11th & 12th. (3). Photo. Price Realised £190 |
1689
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1833 (June), three Francis Freeling notices relating to the Free Franking privilege, ''No. 3.'' - ''A List of Persons who Frank and receive Letters Free by Virtue of their Offices'', ''No. 4.'' - ''LIST OF PEERS, Who send and receive Letters free by Privilege of Parliament.'', and ''No. 5.'' - ''Alphabetical List of the House of Commons, June, 1833'', the last with small portion missing at foot (not affecting any names), otherwise very fine and remarkable survivors. Price Realised £190 |
1690
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1835 (December 31st) entire to Great Marlborough Street with black handstruck ''2'' and framed ''T•P/Portugal St'' in front and a good impression of the oval framed ''7*NIGHT*7/DE*31/1835'' (Willcocks 458) in red on the last day of use of this mark, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1691
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: The First Day of Uniform 4d. Postage: 1839 (December 5th) entire from Doncaster to Leeds endorsed '4'(d.) in black indicating prepayment, neat double arc ''DONCASTER/DE 5/1839'' c.d.s. in black on reverse. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
1692
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1840–1974 various covers etc. (21) incl. 1840 1d. plate 5 GI with three margins and neat red Maltese Cross on 1840 (Aug.) entire letter (the contents relating to a marriage contract) to Edinburgh, 1856 (May) envelope from Liverpool to Sydney bearing 1847–54 embossed 6d., etc. Price Realised £80 |
1693
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: The First Day of Uniform One Penny Postage: 1840 (Jan. 10th) free front to the House of Commons with crowned ''FREE/10 JA 10/1840'' in red. Price Realised £100 |
1694
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1840 (May 18th) cover addressed on reverse to Newbury and London and with ''NEWBURY/MY 18/1840'' c.d.s. and defective 1840 1d. plate 1a LK, the envelope then addressed on the front to Germany via France rated, '1/4' for 1/4 oz. and with red tombstone ''PAID/19MY19/1840'' d.s. and Calais May 21st transit c.d.s., blue biro mss. on front, an unusual item. Brandon certificate (2003). Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1695
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1842 (Dec.) entire to Edinburgh and 1848 (Nov.) envelope to Strabane, both from Derry and with Uniform Penny Postage ''PAID AT DERRY/1d.'' handstamps types a & b in red. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1696
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1844 (Apr.) entire letter from St. Denis to Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Keating c/o forwarding agent James Mercier & La Fargit Frères, ''C.F.4.R'' (correpondence from France 4th Rayon) to Belgium, charged 35 décimes, an attractive and busy cover. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1697
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: A mainly 1840's correspondence, mostly to the Farie family in Scotland or London, all from abroad incl. France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, interesting range of markings, condition varies. (80 covers). Price Realised £160 |
1698
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1845 (Aug. 30th) registered cover (no side flaps) from Dublin to London, paid 1/- in cash for registration and with 1841 1d. GH (cut into at top) paying postage, Dublin and London ''PAID'' d.s.'s in red on front and with horseshoe ''REGISTERED/No./181/DUBLIN'' in black, rare. Photo. Price Realised £480 |
1699
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1846 Security Wrapper essay (?) with embossed device inscribed ''801/REGISTERED/DLR & Co./AUG 22 1846'' on gummed flap and blue ribbon carefully attached through two slits, it has been suggested that the ''801'' is a Post Office coding and that this is an essay for a Registered Mail wrapper. Ex Angus Parker and Vivien Sussex. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1700
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1848 (May) Post Office Notice 'Instructions, No. 19, 1848' with instructions regarding the payment of postage on registered letters being sent abroad, which from this date could be paid 'in Money or by Means of Postage Stamps....The Registration Fee, however, must be paid in Money, as at present.' some faults but very scarce. Price Realised £50 |
1701
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1850–1901 various covers etc. in a cover album with 1d. stars and plates, 1d. pink envelopes, incl. instructional markings, sideways duplexes incl. Lewes and Reigate, spoons incl. Wrexham (stamp damaged), etc., also a few later items. (149). Price Realised £300 |
1702
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1853 (Aug.) Notice of Objection entire from Brighton to Wivelsfield, the 3d. rate being paid by very fine 1841 1d. FJ and 2d. plate 4 FB tied by neat ''132'' numerals. Two copies of the Notice were taken to the Post Office, one handstamped and retained by the sender, the other sent by post to the person about whom the objection was made. The 3d. fee was made up of 1d. postage and 2d. registration and was often paid in cash rather than by the use of adhesives. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
1703
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1858 (May) small neat registered envelope from Liverpool to France bearing 1855–57 4d. and 1/- and with a variety of markings, also with two intact ''POSTES/CALAIS/A/PARIS'' red wax seals on reverse, very fine. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
1704
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1859 (May 3rd) envelope from Staines with a 1d. star, addressed to 'Rowland Hill Esq, Post Office, London', very fine. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
1705
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1860 (March) entire letter sent registered from Liverpool to Paris with 1855–57 watermark large garter 4d. vertical pair and with a variety of markings, a fine and 'busy' cover. Photo. Price Realised £180 |
1706
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: A black bordered piece (90 x 113mm) with ''HAMPSTEAD N.W.'' crest signed 'Rowland Hill' and inscribed 'Harkwell House, 12th July '64'. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1707
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1867 (February 26th) General Post Office London - ''AUSTRALIAN TIME BILL.'' - ''For the Correspondence between ENGLAND and AUSTRALIA, conveyed through France.'', detailing the mails from England and France to Australia and New Zealand, per the ''Bombay'', together with additional mail collected en route at Alexandria on March 7th (where ''ALEXANDRIA AND SUEZ LOCAL MAIL LIST'' appended), from Malta, Gibraltar, Alexandria and Suez, Aden on March 14th from Ceylon, Calcutta, Bombay and Hong Kong, arriving at Melbourne on April 14th, and Sydney on April 16th where the mails for New Zealand were received by the Commander of the Packet ''Auckland'' proceeding to New Zealand. A fascinating document. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1708
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1872 (July 4th) envelope sent registered from Southport to Berkeley with 1864–79 1d. (folded over edge of envelope) and 1865–67 4d. plate 12 FE (cancellation showing tape gap), with original contents 'I have sent you the other half of the notes. I have trusted you tho you doubted me', unsual. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1709
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1879 (Nov.) a superb pen and ink illustrated envelope depicting chicks and broken eggs, sent from Umballa in India to Shrewsbury, 'VIA BRINDISI', some peripheral cover tears. Ex Ambrose. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
1710
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1893–98 selection of covers (6) incl. 1883 (Sept.) envelope (opened out for display) from Sidmouth to Natal with 1880–83 6d. on 6d. BK (some toning around perfs.), the others bearing 1887-92 'Jubilee' adhesives incl. 1893 (Feb.) registered envelope from Liverpool to U.S.A. with 1/2d., 5d. and 1/- (pair), 1894 (Sept.) s.t.o. 11/2d. envelope sent registered from London to Sierra Leone with 3d., and 1898 (June) 1d. letter card uprated with 1887–92 11/2d. and sent from Manchester to Cambodia, forwarded to Saigon, showing ''PENANG/SINGAPORE/15/JY/98'' AND ''PNOMPENH/CAMODGE'' c.d.s's on front and a further ''PNOMPENH/CAMODGE'' and two strikes of ''SAIGON-CENTRAL/COCHINCHINE'' c.d.s's on reverse, very fine. Price Realised £300 |
1711
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1895 (May) part OHMS cover from the Sheriff Clerk of Lanarkshire, sent from Glasgow to Canada bearing 1883–84 5/- JD (fault at upper left), 1887–92 21/2d., 9d. and 1/- block of four, cancelled rubber ''GLASGOW'' circular handstamps in red and with ''REGISTERED/GLASGOW/1 MY 95'' oval datestamp alongside, unusual. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1712
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1896 (April) envelope sent registered from Wellington, New Zealand, to London, with N.Z. 1882-1900 1/2d., 2d. and 3d., redirected to Nice on arrival in London on May 23rd with 1887-92 2d., arriving in Nice on May 26th, a most attractive and colourful combination. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1713
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1897–99 collection of hand illustrated envelope fronts (90) stuck-down in a scrapbook, all addressed to a 'Miss B. Hurt, Forest Gate' and mostly bearing 1d. lilacs, a good standard of artwork with subjects incl. flora and fauna with elephants, frogs, apes, birds; some of a theatrical bent with a number of pictures of young women, mainly pen and ink but with 8 in colour, mixed condition, the book also includes a number of similar drawings (18) without stamps. Photo. Price Realised £1350 |
1714
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: 1911 First U.K. Aerial Post: An interesting selection of thirteen items, comprising (Sept. 9), envelope in purple-brown to Rangoon, franked 1d. tied die 4 cancellation, postcard in dark brown (2, both with Schweppes adverts), postcard in brown (3, pl. 23 ''Remington Advertising Company'' advertising on reverse, pl. 24 - closing address bracket missing, used to Montreal, Canada, franked 1/2d. (2) with die 3 cancellations, postcard in dark green (''The Financial Outlook'' advertising on reverse) cancelled die 3, postcard in red-brown (2, one plate 23 franked 1d. used to France, the other used with 1/2d. (2, one K.E.VII perfin) to Denmark, (Sept. 11) envelope in red used to Earls Court, franked 1d., with unused enclosed lettersheet, postcard in brown (2) - pl. 12 to Evesham, franked 1/2d., with Wright's Coal Tar Soap advertising message on reverse, pl. 21 cancelled die 2, (Sept. 13) envelope in red-brown, emergency issue, used to Chingford, franked 1d., with die 3 cancellation (unusual ''3''), (Sept. 16) envelope in brown flown Windsor-London contrary to rules, fair to fine. Price Realised £650 |
1715
| Sale number: 16 Postal History and Covers: An extensive selection of mainly WWI and WWII F.P.O. and censored covers, etc., contained in a box file with some pieces, Foreign items, variously originating and addressed, fair to fine. Price Realised UNSOLD |