postal mechanisation - Stamp Auctions
Lot 710 - postal mechanisation great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryBrighton Transormas. 1935 (Sep 19 - Oct 4) Covers and cards from or to Brighton sorted during the trial period with idents 8, D (2), J, S or W. Also six other October 1935 transormas from the first month of use, one sent on Oct 8th, the second official day of use. A scarce group. (12). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation Great Britain |
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Lot 726 - postal mechanisation other countries - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryNetherlands/Belgium. 1932 - Recent Dutch covers and cards with transormas including Rotterdam first type BBBB, later types with single idents, two close or widely spaced idents, three close idents, two pairs of close or widely spaced idents, also later bar codes or magnetic coding including trials and test mail, and a box of Belgium covers with transormas or coding bars. An extensive lot in five shoeboxes. (Many 100s). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation other countries |
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Lot 721 - postal mechanisation other countries - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryFrance. 1960-79 Display collection written up on 44 pages showing various sorting machines, including trials and dummy mail. (72). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation other countries |
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Lot 716 - postal mechanisation great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryLondon F.S. 1970-73 Incoming mail with circular coding dots of the London F.S, most also with black idents (27), and 1977-84 covers and cards with large red SPLSM idents (32), most on outgoing mail to overseas but five examples strangely used on internal letters. Also 1968 cover with circular coding dots and A indent of London W1. (60). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation Great Britain |
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Lot 711 - postal mechanisation great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryBrighton Transormas. 1935-68 Covers and cards in a box with many differing idents, several showing multiple idents, missorts, inverted and albino idents, etc. (c.600). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation Great Britain |
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Lot 727 - postal mechanisation other countries - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryUSA/Canada. c.1957 - Recent covers including Silver Spring transormas FDC and commercial covers (4), yellow coding bars of Canada, some test mail, also a few earlier machine cancels and mailomat meters. (100s). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation other countries |
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 Lot 706 - postal mechanisation great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryThe exceptional written up display collection showing the development of postal districts and full post codes, and the sorting of post coded letters including 1704 entire letter showing the detailed address "Burrell Massingberd Esq att his lodgings in Fleet Street right agst St. Dunstans Church att the Signe of the Diall One. Mr Streets a watch maker on one side and a powder shop on the other"; 1857 P.O letter from the G.P.O to the East Yell Postmaster forwarding notices about the introduction of postal districts in London and 1861 1d pink envelope with "W.C" embossed as part of the address; 1959 Norwich post code publicity cards (4), sheet of labels and a label on card; 1952-54 Mount Pleasant sorting machine trials with red SPLSM idents comprising sideways roman numerals I, II, V, VI from April 1952 or II, III, IV (2) from 1954; red SPLSM II ident used at 1956 Radio Show or at Southampton in 1957 (stamp removed); 1958 London EC SPLSM ident 5 in violet; Norwich SPLSM idents with 1959-60 violet 8 or 16, black 16 or 31; Luton 1959 red 2 or k; Norwich 1964 impressed uninked 32; coding dots with Luton 1960-63 vertical square dots (4) or horizontal square dots; Dollis Hill 1963 booklet and air letter with trial coding bars; Norwich 1965 staff information booklet, sample tape, 1966 rectangular dots, raised white dots and a sample on paper, waxy dots (2), dummy mail with second type waxy dots (2), 1968 rectangular dots with ident E, double destacking stripes in blue and yellow, similar on dummy mail (2); 1968 London W1 black idents A or B; 1969 Wiesbaden comparison trial cover; 1970 London E.C ident A, circular coding dots (2), ident ?, upper and lower position coding dot experiment with ident K (2); 1977-84 London FS idents (3); also various photos, booklets, etc. A fine lot with many exceptionally scarce items, many from short lived trials. (75 items on 48 pages). Photo on Page 115. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation Great Britain |
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Lot 722 - postal mechanisation other countries - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryFrance. 1960s to Recent covers all showing coding bars or idents, including dummy mail, a large quantity in four shoeboxes. (1,000s). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation other countries |
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Lot 717 - postal mechanisation great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryTrials - Southampton/Dundee, etc. Southampton ‘Dollis Hill’ machine trial covers bearing a half or quarter stamp used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the scanner, or unstamped with undated ‘Specimen’ machine cancel; other unstamped test envelopes with rectangular dots and ident L (2) or circular dots and ident T all believed to be from Southampton; 1969 Wiesbaden comparison trial cover with undated Southampton 37 slogan; a rare Dundee demonstration cover with rectangular dots; and 1980 (March 26) cover from Guildford with scarce ink-jet printer trial. (9). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation Great Britain |
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Lot 712 - postal mechanisation great britain - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryBrighton Transormas. The enormous quantity on covers and cards sorted by ident, the majority from one correspondence of c.1953-58, a few earlier or later, in fifteen shoeboxes. (1,000s). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historypostal mechanisation Great Britain |
