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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 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. -
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 -
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 -
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! -
Entire 1853 to Edinburgh with 1d red imperf cancelled by numerical cancel 131 of Edinburgh. Backstamped by Hanover Street boxed receivers mark x 2 and Edinburgh receival mark dated DEC 16 1853 codes H + -
Entire 1852 to Edinburgh with 1d red imperf cancelled by numerical cancel 131 of Edinburgh. Backstamped by Hanover Street boxed receivers mark and Edinburgh receival mark dated OCT 4 1852 codes Z E -
Outer 1929 Cupar (Fife, Scotland) to Secundarabad India with KGV 6d/1d/½d postage rate and CUPAR CDS 11-AP-29, and backstamped by Secundarabad CDS dated 25-AP-1929. As can be seen from the accompanying info, flights from London to Karachi had only just opened up, so the additional days to get to Secundarabad shows the difficulties in getting postage out to southern India. Nice piece!
