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Outer 1855 Norwich to Derby with 1d red Star tied by sideways duplex cancel of Norwich 575 dated DE 22 1855. Backstamped by DERBY CDS dated DE 24 55, plus ROCKLAND double rim CDS in bluish ink. Rockland appears to be the sending post office, but has then been forwarded to Norwich to be cancelled. Interesting piece, some of the writing on the outside of the envelope seems to refer to parties in a deceased estate -
Entire 1864 Liverpool to Dewsbury with 1d red Star plate 80 tied by Liverpool 466 duplex cancel dated AU 16 64 codes R 4, partial backstamp dated AU 17 64. Contents is a memo from British and American Express Co. -
Cover front 1878 Glasgow to Gibraltar mourning envelope with 5 x ½d bantams plate 13, strip 4 OF-OI plus single OL tied by Glasgow 159 duplex cancel. Letter front says "Per Packet via Southampton". No back unfortunately, but a valuable front nonetheless. Value of stamps on cover cat £350 alone -
Wounded Entire 1861 Southport to Dewsbury, with 1d red Star deep red tied by Southport 594 duplex cancel. Backstamped by Dewsbury arrival mark dated JY 2 61. Letter is no longer complete, but all pieces are in there! -
Outer 1870 Ipswich to Cambridge with 1d red Star plate 108 tied by Ipswich 405 duplex cancel dated FE 18 70 code D. Backstamped by Cambridge CDS in black dated FE 19 70 -
Piece 1878 Larbert to Glasgow with ½d bantam plate 12 tied by Larbert duplex cancel code 409. Receivers mark Glasgow CDS in black dated MY 30 78 codes 8 E -
Outer 1866 Ely to London with 2 1d red stars (plate 73 and 79) tied by Ely 275 duplex dated JA 1 66 code C. Backstamped by London receivers mark in red dated JA 2 66 code A -
Outer 1869 mourning envelope Southport to Manchester, with 1d red star plate 119 tied by Southport 594 duplex cancel. Backstamped by lower part of receivers mark dated 13 DE 69 -
Huge entire 1859 with 1d red Star with Leicester 449 sideways duplex cancel. Backstamped by Castle Donnington CDS in blue. Letter to a solicitor with a statement of account on a half folded A4 sheet of paper -
Cover 1802 to London then redirected to Cheshire. Front has "P PAYE PARIS" in red, plus double rim datestamp dated SE 30 802 code A. Backstamped by single circle Foreign Office datestamp in black (inward) dated SE 29 1802 (type 1/37 £35) -
Cover to Paris with 3/- postage rate in red and black stamped "RN.4". Backstamped by Foreign Office double circle in red (outward) code 97 (type 1/37 £35) and treble circle receivers mark centre code 28 plus an14 -
Outer 1874 Liverpool to Oporto (1/- stamp removed!) with EXCHANGE LIVERPOOL duplex mark dated 24 JY 1874 code A 14, with FRANCA oval in black, and red PD in circle. Cover marked "Via France". Backstamped by Porto arrival mark in black dated 1 AUG 1874. Letter from a company called John Glynn, asking for the enclosed letter to be delivered to a Captain Johnson either at Porto or Vienna, depending on where he drops off his cargo of fish from Newfoundland!
