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Castlemaine & Maldon Railway - FDC set to commemorate the opening of Muckleford Section. Each cover was carried on the first official train. Not a high value set from 1979, but nonetheless a great piece for the railway enthusiast -
Italy - massive parcel piece from Italy to Mildura "Contains Mineral sample for gift". Contains 7 copies of SG2896 the €2,80 Lace Making Textile stamps, plus 12 x €3,00 SG2742, and a block of 10 of the €0,02 Women in Art issue SG2706. Face Value of stamps is €55,80, cat value is £150. A bit battered, but an impressive high postage value parcel front. -
1d Penny Red from a small selection of letters sent to Fred Huth & Co. Plate 130, cancelled by Bute Docks D57 cancel. Fine and fresh -
Outer 1836 York to London with "1/2" postage rate on front, backstamped by York double rim CDS in red dated NO 20 1836, plus 3 x receiver marks in red dated 22 NO 1836 with Maltese Cross instead of code (notation in pencil suggests Travelling PO?) -
Outer 1861 with 1d red star letters CK with "Posted since 7.20 last night" duplex cancel and 131 roller cancel. Datestamp has large letters EDINr variety (type 1a). Weekday posting -
Outer 1860 with 1d red star letters AC with "Posted since 7 last night" duplex 131 roller cancel. Datestamp has "seriffed letters" variety and EDINr variety (type 1b). Letter posted on a Sunday. Note the pic of reverse with a fantastic wax weal with stunning calligraphy "M and M" monogram (cut to open letter)! -
Outer 1858 with 1d red star letters RD tied by experimental roller cancel third type with lines between numerals. Also has "Posted since 7:20 last night" Edinburgh local stamp dated MY-12-1858. Nice piece, the third type roller cancels were used at the same time as the "Posted Since" handstamps -
Free Front Ixworth to Blandford, Dorset, but not taken as a free letter, so added "To Pay 1d Only" single line boxed mark (1A/19) and Ixworth Penny Post" 2 line boxed mark in black (3/25). Nice piece - SG cat £90 Signed Henry Wilson -
Free Front Shilton to Stowe, Buckingham with crown inside "Apple" type free mark dated JA-31-1804. Also has indistinct Shilton town stamp with mileage marker. SG cat £75 Signed "Carysfort" - John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort, House of Lords -
1d Penny Red from a small selection of letters sent to Fred Huth & Co. Plate 130, cancelled by Manchester 498 cancel and fine intact wax seal. Fine and fresh -
1824 Entire to Edinburgh. Contains double rim double circle datestamp, "2/2" in red and "½" Scottish coach surcharge. Contents translated on reverse, letter regarding Lord Melville, First Lord of the Admiralty -
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 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 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 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 -
Entire 1839 Glasgow to Rothesay with Glasgow Paid town mark boxed in red dated 15 FE 1839. The letter is very sweet, a letter from a little girl to her grandpapa written in quite beautiful writing (letter is grubby, looks like it has been read many times!). My children will never write that neatly! The child was one of the children of James McClelland, one of the founders, and first President of IAAG. Mary Ann, born in 1830, died in 1869 and is buried alongside her father and grandpapa in Glasgow necropolis. A wonderful piece of social history -
Entire 1833 Manchester to Rochdale with "PAID AT MANCHESTER" red CDS (type 3/29 £20) and manuscript postage rate "4", backstamped by Manchester CDS dated MY 10 1833. Addressed to the Agent for the Rochdale Company -
Entire 1842 Westerleigh to Gloucester with part black MX cancel on front (stamp removed!), backstamped by Chippenham double rim CDS dated JY 30 1842, Gloucester double rim dated JY 31 1842 code B and undated Chipping Sodbury CDS (type 3/14 £20). Fascinating letter to the resident physician at a Lunatic Asylum, enquiring on behalf of the husband of a patient there. -
Entire 1798 London local post with manuscript 1 on front and partial Foreign Office double circle stamp in red (outward)code 62. Fabulous contents regarding a purchase of land from Lord Glasgow -
4 outers from Wolverhampton to London, with postage rate 6 on front, backstamped by Wolverhampton CDS in blue and red London arrival stamp. Covers all addressed to Bray & Warren Solicitors, Great Russell St, London. See also CSC-000360 for a cover to the same address Nice set of covers -
Outer 1845 Staines to Hereford with 1d red imperf on blued paper 3.75 margins tied by Staines 741 numerical mark. Backstamped by Staines double rim CDS dated DE 17 1845, Hereford double rim CDS dated DE 18 1845, and also by arrival mark in red dated DE 18 1845 codes GT -
Outer 1846 Cheadle to Beverly with 1d red imperf 3.5 margins tied by Cheadle 175 duplex type 7/14. Backstamped by Cheadle 31 AU 46, Hull double rim CDS dated SE 1 46 code D and Beverly single rim CDS dated SE 1 46 -
Outer 1870 Bangor local post with 2 x ½d bantams plate 3 letters PO QO, tied by Bangor 47 duplex cancel -
Entire 1873 Cambridge local post with ½d bantam plate 4 letters OK tied by Cambridge 158 duplex cancel dated NO 3 73. Contents is a promotional leaflet for the Cambridge University Temperance Union, who are looking for members either as abstainers or non-abstainers! -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Entire 1776 York to Ferrybridge with postage rate 1 crossed out and 2 added, backstamped by single line "FERRYBRIDGE" town mark (type 3/5 £60). Addressed to Sir William Lowther, who was 1st Baronet of Little Preston (1707-1788). Fascinating contents too - "As to the hill ros, I don't know whever Mr Butler wood bea grebell to part with it or not"
