1642 Entire letter from London to Antwerp with fine 1 Scheling charge, an attractive Civil War period letter.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
The Martin Lynes Collections of Forces Mail, Postal Mechanisation and Holy Land; British Post Offices Abroad from the Mike Kitson Collection; USA, Canada & West Indies Wreck Mail from the Collection of Robin Gwynn, RDP; Boer War; fine Antarctica; Worldwide Postal History from a retiring dealers stock; KUT Polish Camp Mail; Extensive G.B and Irish Postal History with Registered Mail, Railway Letters, Uniform Penny Post and Irish T.P.Os.
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Lot #1820 - county and town postal history london
Lot #1821 - county and town postal history london
c.1655-1838 Entire letters (10) and letters without address panels (2) including c.1655 letter (no outer address) apparently from a sailor in the Navy with details of possible war against Spain and an attack on Cuba; circular "PD" or "POST / PAID" (3), 1774 Dockwra, Ship Letters (2), 1787 (April 5) experimental Bishop Mark (L4d), etc. (12).
Suggested price: £ 120-140
Lot #1822 - county and town postal history london
1701 Entire posted within London, to St. Clements Church Yard in the Strand, backstamped with fine Westminster Office Dockwra (L361a) and circular "W/M/9" time handstamp (L365a), the letter well repaired, scarce and attractive.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #1823 - county and town postal history london
1794 (July 10) Entire letter apparently written in France but posted within London, handstamped "B-GATE / WN2" and circular "(crown) / POST / PAID" in purple (L410), a very scarce handstamp only used June to October 1794 following the reform of the London Penny Post. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 280-350
Lot #1824 - county and town postal history london
1799 Entire to Old Windsor, posted into the London Penny Post with a Maddox St. Unpaid handstamp and red triangular "Penny / Post / Not Paid" (L6746), used on unpaid letters transferred to the General Post, fine and attractive.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #1825 - county and town postal history london
Sunday Explanatory Handstamps. 1798-1827 Entire letters with large boxed "To be Delivered / by 10 o’Clock / on Sund. Morn." (2) or similar smaller boxed or circular (2) handstamps, or with the unframed oval datestamp "To be Delivered before / 10 Sund. Morn. / Two Py Post Unpd" (2, one with the date simply shown as 1810) all in red, a fine group. Jay L.708/711. (7).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #1826 - county and town postal history london
Sunday Datestamps. 1803-69 Entire letters and covers with various Sunday datestamps including scalloped types in various sizes, Paid types, Frees, encircled "C" (6), "L" or "V"(2), etc. An interesting collection on album pages. (32).
Suggested price: £ 400-500
Lot #1827 - county and town postal history london
Hamburg Paid. 1825 Entire letter from Hamburg to Porto sent "via England" with the scarce curved "Hamburg Paid" (Jay L1081) applied in the London Foreign Branch, black datestamps of London and Lisbon, charged 490 reis. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 300-400
Lot #1828 - county and town postal history london
Hamburg Paid. 1831 Entire letter, similar to the above letter, the "Hamburg Paid" handstamp a little clearer, the Lisbon datestamp in red, charged 420 reis. Photo on Page 259.
Suggested price: £ 350-450
Lot #1829 - county and town postal history london
Rebate Letter. 1839 Entire letter from Vigo to Huth & Co in London originally charged 6/6, subsequently returned to the Post Office for a refund of 2/2, the rate reduced to 4/4 and endorsed on the reverse "Only Double, Fred. Huth & Co. 2/2". Backstamped in the London Foreign Branch (Sep 15), the front with the very scarce "REBATE / (crown) / 12 OC 12 / 1839 / F.B.O" (Jay L298c, only recorded used for a 4 week period, 12th Oct - 8th...
Lot #1830 - county and town postal history london
Rebate Letter. 1839 Entire letter from Vienna to Huth & Co in London with red "Wien / 16 NOV" and "Franco", originally charged 4/-, subsequently returned to the Post Office for a refund of 2/8, the rate reduced to 1/4 and endorsed on the reverse "Only double, Fred. Huth & Co" and "2/8". Backstamped in the London Foreign Branch (Nov 26), the front with the very scarce red "REBATE / (crown) / 26 NO 26 / 1839 / FOREIGN-OFFICE" (Jay...
Lot #1831 - county and town postal history london
1839 (April 23) Entire letter written and signed by the Astronomer Royal Sir George Airy from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, addressed to W. Mann at Shooters Hill, sent as a bye letter with scarce flat topped "3" charge mark, red "T.P / Greenwich" and a Greenwich country office type c.d.s. The letter concerns a meeting with Mr Simms, a renowned mathematical instrument maker, to compare Cape Bars.
Suggested price: £ 240-280
Lot #1832 - county and town postal history london
1863 Cover sent locally within Carshalton with 1d red cancelled by the scarce "30" numeral, only used on local mail.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
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