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Outer 1880 Stirling to Dunmore with ½d Bantam plate 12 letters IB tied by number 308 duplex handstamp of Stirling, backstamped by Bannockburn CDS dated JY 27 80, code C -
Outer 1880 Stranraer to Dublin with 1880 1d Venetian Red letters LK tied by Stranraer 312 3-bar duplex cancel code A dated OC 9 80. Backstamp "H&K-PACT" dated OC 10 80, which is the stamp for the packet service by daily sea packet from Hollyhead to Kingston. Type 14/89 from SG Collect British Postmarks 9th Edition. A nice cover -
Outer 1883 Musselburgh to Cumnock with 1881 Penny Lilac die II (16 dots) tied by Musselburgh duplex handstamp number 263 with 2 thick bars with inner ends of both bars shaed to circle ring dated NO 26 83 code C. Backstamped Cumnock NO 27 83 code A in small thimble type. Fresh item with some nice cancels -
Outer Mourning envelope 1884 Kilmarnock to Hurlford with 1881 Penny Lilac die II, with Kilmarnock 2 bar duplex handstamp no 203, code E dated NO 6 84, with Hurlford backstamp code A dated same date -
Outer 1886 with 1d Lilac SG172 (Die II - 16 dots) Edinburgh local post with 2 strikes of EDINBURGH 131 CDS Code 10R dated MR 31 86. Uncommon to see 2 strikes like this. Nice cover -
Outer 1890 to Llangollen with 1d Lilac die II tied by CDS dated AU 19 90. Backstamped by Llangollen CDS dated AU 20 90 code A -
Outer 1894 Hertford to Staines with 1d Lilac die II tied by Hertford squared circle CDS type 1 dated 19 FE 94 -
Outer 1912 Minehead to Kobe Japan with 2½d blue KGV definitive tied by Minehead double circle type CDS dated JY 24 12. Front labelled "Via Siberia". Backstamped by Kobe CDS dated 10.8.12. Inside back flap says "Only enclosures - have not time to write today". -
Outer undated with 1d red Star letters AA addressed to Greenock but unmarked postally. Very fresh -
Part registered outer KEVII 1d + 2d registration, with KEVII set 5d, 4d, 1d and ½d all tied by Skibbereen CDS dated OC 11 06 (one stamp also removed next to 1d Red). Item has 2 wax seals Bank of Ireland Skibbereen. Backstamped "Boston Mass Reg Div. OCT 21 1906". Wish it was a complete envelope, but great markings and very fresh -
1d Penny Red from a small selection of letters sent to Fred Huth & Co. Plate 72, cancelled by Manchester 498 cancel. Fine and fresh -
Piece 1827 Edinburgh to Queensferry with postage rate 4 and "PAID AT EDIN" CDS in red dated JUN 1 1827. Also has 2 wax seal, a large ornate red seal (wording visible says "Scottish Widows" (insurance)) partially covered by a new black wax seal. Reverse of document appears to be a piece of a post mortem declaration by the coroner/surgeon with some rather gruesome questions - "Have you any suspicion of organic affection of the lungs, heart or other organs?"
