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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 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
