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Outer 1874 Chorley to Manchester with 2 x ½d bantams plate 4 letters GL and plate 6 letters HU tied by Chorley 198 duplex cancel dated 19 JA 74. Backstamped by Manchester CDS dated 20 JA 74 codes UI. Interesting and unusual to see 2 different plates used on the same letter -
Outer 1874 Edinburgh local post with 1d red Star plate 152 letter CG tied by 3-3 machine cancel Edinburgh 131 with dotted line CDS dated OC 20 74 codes 14 Y -
Piece with 8 x ½d bantams plate 14 including strip of 5 JB-JF, pr HD-HE and single HF. All cancelled by B16 being the TPO for the Plymouth to Bristol line for Foreign Mails. Backstamp is a portion of a PLYMOUTH CDS dated SP 12 codes M I. The cheapest cancel on the list says £125, so total cat min £1560. So wish it was complete, but nonetheless a rare and valuable piece -
Outer 1877 London to Queens Villas Windsor, with 1d red Star plate 185 letter DL tied by London W duplex cancel W56 of Isleworth. Backstamped by Windsor arrival mark in black dated JA 8 77 code D. The Queens Villas were leased from Queen Victoria by employees of the Castle and Estate -
Mourning envelope 1870 Southport to Manchester with 1d red Star plate 123 letters AB tied by Southport 594 duplex cancel dated JA 13 70. Backstamped by Manchester receivers mark in black dated 13 JA 70. See also CSC-000316 sent day after by the same person! -
Entire 1857 Nottingham to Melbourne Derbyshire, with 1d red Star tied by Nottingham 583 sideways duplex cancel dated OC 6 1857, as well as Melbourne CDS in blue OC 7 1857. Backstamped by double rim Derby CDS dated OC 7 1857 -
Outer 1870 Mourning envelope Southport to Manchester with 1d red Star plate 123 letters AE tied by Southport 594 duplex cancel. Backstamped by Manchester receivers mark in black dated 14 JA 70 codes 41. See also CSC-000318 sent day before by the same person! -
Entire 1845 Tain to Edinburgh with 1d red imperf 2½ margins tied by Tain 320 machine cancel. Backstamped by Tain double rim CDS dated MR 9 1845 and Edinburgh arrival mark in red dated MAR 10 45 codes G N -
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. -
Postcard 1944 Censor Mail London to Paris with 2½d light ultramarine SG489 tied by machine cancel and CDS dated 15 DEC 44, and "Passed P.73" purple censor mail mark -
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
