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Free Front 1819 London to Bristol but uprated "To Pay 2d Only" framed in black (type 1A/18 £30), "TP Brompton Row" 2 line in red (type 2/22 £12), "2" charge mark added (type 2/32 £8). Nice piece! -
Free Front 1837 London to Dunse but overweight per regulations. "Above 1oz" written top left, and "Above Weight" framed (type 1A/24 £300), also "1/2" Scottish surcharge (type 4/77 £15). As it was over weight, "4½" postage rate added to front. Signed Hugh Hume-Campbell. A great front! -
Free Cover (undated) with "FREE" in circle in red (type 1/2 £50) and faint Bishop Mark on reverse (type 1/4 £40). Addressed to Mr Browne, Chappell Town nr Sheffield. Repaired but still visibly a fine early piece -
Free front 1833 London to Brewton, but uprated. "To Pay 2d Only" framed (type 1/18 £30), "TP Heath SE" 2 line in red (type 2/22 £15), and charge mark "2" added (type 2/32 £8). Fresh and clean! -
Free outer 1836 Ravenglass to London. "To Pay 1d Only" unframed in black (type 1A/20 £200). On reverse, Ravenglass Penny Post in red (type 3/26 £60), and rec mark in red dated AU 24 1836 Code G type 1/10. Signed E Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who was later a 3 time UK A rare and valuable piece of history -
Free Front 1835 Chippenham to London. "No.3" local office mark and "To Pay 1D Only" boxed in black (type 1A/19 £50). Signed Jos Neeld, MP for Chippenham -
Free Front 1837 London to Dunse. Free mark crown inside double rim (evening) with Maltese Cross under year dated MAY 31 1837 (type 1A/13 £75). Signed Hugh Hume-Campbell -
Free Front 1837 London to Dunse. Free mark crown inside double rim (evening) dated MAY 30 1837 (type 1A/11 £15). Signed Hugh Hume-Campbell -
Free Front 1838 Dublin to Manchester, addressed to Lt Col Whittaker, 4th Dragoon Guards, Manchester. Irish Free mark crown inside in red Code A afternoon (type 1A/41 £50) -
Free front 1838 Dublin to London dated Jan 25 1838. Irish Free Mark crown inside in red dated JAN 25 1838 code E evening below year (type 1A/41 £50) and London Free Mark dated JA 29 1838 (type 1A/11 £15). Fresh and clean -
Free front 1838 London to Dunse, addressed to Lady Monson, Dunse Castle dated FEB 26 1838. Single rim with Maltese Cross below year (type 1A/13 £75). Signed Clarendon, George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon -
Free front 1831 London to Isle of Wight with Free mark with crown dated 25 MY 1831 (type 1A/11 £15) and "TP Ebury St Pimo" boxed 2 line in black (type 2/22 £7). Signed Vernon, George Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon. Nice piece -
Card with signatures of 2 British Prime Minsters - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister 1812-1827, and Frederick Robinson, The Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl of Ripon, Prime Minister 1827-28. Fantastic piece of history, nearly 200 years old -
1860 letter Chamonix to Horsham, Sussex then redirected to Westminster. MS Angleterre in top left, 2 very crisp "Chamonix 22 Juin 60" code C over France 40c orange (SG64 £24), PD boxed in red. Receivers mark Horsham JU 25 1860 and London BX rec mark in red dated JU. A stunning little piece of postal history, very attractive -
1810 outer Newbattle to Edinburgh, with "Dalkeith PPO 396" CDS in black and red circular arr mark dated SEP 8 1810 codes RA. Black ms "2" postage rate. Letter is from William Kerr, 3rd Marquess of Lothian re coal. Nice piece -
1728 letter to Newcastle upon Tyne, with super clear Bishop Mark "2 AP" on reverse. Type 1/4 £40 -
Entire 1841 Dunfermline to Leith with Dunfermline single rim CDS in red dated 1 JAN 1841, arrival mark in red dated JAN 2 1841 codes Z M, and Leith arrival mark in red dated JAN 2 1841. Letter regarding the debt issues of a glazier named Robert Watson, who wants to avoid his estate being sold to pay off a small percentage of his debts -
Entire 1811 North Berwick to Haddington, with indistinct Haddington mark on front, backstamped by North Berwick SO CDS in black. Can't find any reference to this mark in my literature -
Entire 1816 London to Wolverhampton with double rim free mark in red dated 17 MAY 1816, and signed by the MP bottom left. Backstamped by 3 figures double rim datestamp in black dated MY 17 816. Signed G Brooke-Pechell, George Brooke-Pechell, MP for Brighton -
Outer 1796 to East Malting with postage rate "4/-" and 2 digit year double rim datestamp in black dated JY 30 96 -
Entire 1842 Boness to Worcester, with boxed Boness receivers mark in black dated AP 2 1842, a branch office receivers mark in red dated APR 3 1842 codes G M, and finally a Worcester CDS in black dated AP 5 1842. Letter regarding the request for a birth certificate -
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?"
