ex Stanley Gibbons. Registered mail, very fine cover sent from Worcester to Ledbury, bearing a 1d Red-brown (SG 29var Pl.12. Spec. C6), and a horizontal strip of three 2d blue (SG 34's) paying the 6d registration fee. Neatly tied by Worcester '918' numerals and a Worcester dispatch cds alongside for JA.25.1856, additionally endorsed 'Registered' in red manuscript at top. Backstamped by a red Ledbury arrival cds for the following day. A very...
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Lot #32067 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1858
ex STANLEY GIBBONS, Naval Officers Mail. Very fine entire from an officer serving in the 2nd Opium War, routed via Marseille and prepaid with eleven 1d Rose-red Pl.43 each neatly cancelled by London '40' numerals. (The rate at this period was 9d per ¼oz or 1s Per ½oz. 11d per ¼oz was the previous rate, so whether this was an under payment, overpayment or simply confusion as to the then current rate is a mystery.) Addressed to Exmouth with...
Lot #32068 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1860
THREE COLOUR COMBINATION HONITON TO VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
Envelope paying 9d rate with 6d lilac (SG69) (perfs trimmed at right), 2d blue pl.7 (SG45) and SG40 lettered FF tied '376' numerals of Honiton. Backstamped HONITON JU 24 1860. Attractive usage. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £156.00)
Lot #32069 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1861
1d Red (strip of 3) plus 6d lilac on cover, London JY 26 (18)61 cds, addressed to New Zealand, WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND AU27 1861 receiving cancel obverse. Reverse uncancelled. Minor imperfections, good condition. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £32.00)
Lot #32070 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1861
ex Stanley Gibbon, Overseas Mail. Very fine cover to Port Louis, Mauritius bearing six 1d Rose reds tied by Parsonstown '371' numerals with a red '4½d' accountancy handstamp below, Backstamped with Parsonstown, London and Port Louis for AU.18-SP.21.1861. Wonderful endorsement from sender under flap 'I have no sixpenny stamp, so you must excuse singular appearance of this'. Very scarce destination item. (image available) {C} (Start Price /...
Lot #32071 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1862
MAIL TO HONG KONG CHINA/1862 DIE 2 PL.50 (SG42).
Envelope Manchester to 'Mr Joseph Derbyshire, Engineer, H.M.S. Encounter, Hong Kong, China' with 1d pl.50 (SG42) lettered HG GG GH. Also a strip of three 4d bright red (SG79) lettered LC MC & NC tied fine Manchester duplex MY25 1862. Stamps paying the ¼oz rate via Marseilles. Attractive & very scarce franking. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £476.00)
Lot #32072 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1863
ex STANLEY GIBBONS, Missent Transatlantic mail. Very fine envelope sent from Paris and addressed to George Phillips Bond, Director of Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, (America). Bearing a Paris cds at top left for AP.17.1863. and Cambridge transit marks for AP.18-19. 1863. as it was missent to Cambridge (England) it was endorsed in manuscript 'America' at foot, charged '8d' and struck with a boxed 'FIRST POSTAGE NOT-PAID' handstamp and...
Lot #32073 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1865
ex Stanley Gibbons, 1s Green Pl.4. Very fine example lettered NB, accompanied by a 1d Rose-red Pl.98 both tied to a clean entire by crisp Manchester '498' duplexes for JY.06.1865 with a 'PD' (Paid to Destination) handstamp below. Addressed to Constantinople and backstamped accordingly (British Post Office cds) for JY.15.1865 with a London dispatch cds for JY.06.1865. A most attractive and difficult stamp to find on cover. (image available) {C...
Lot #32074 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1866
10th Sept 1866 Melrose-Switzerland, Rated 5d 5 x 1d Plate 98, 4th Jy (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £64.00)
Lot #32075 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1866
1d. Rose-red Pl.99 (HF). Remarkable envelope with the address incorporated into a humorous verse…sent from MOFFAT TO GLASGOW cancelled by the '256' numeral. Reverse with dispatch and arrival c.d.s's for JU.22. 1867. Super item and very rare. (216.04) 'Intelligent postman!…' (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £280.00)
Lot #32076 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1870
½d Red Rose Plate 12 x 2 used on envelope with PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE cancel (1890). UNUSUAL (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £140.00)
Lot #32077 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1881
1d lilac on beautifully illustrated cover used in London dated 24th Dec. '81. A fishing scene…. 'a la Gainsborough' (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £220.00)
Lot #32078 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1863
ADVERTISING COVER ex STANLEY GIBBONS, Advertising. Very attractive cover from 'Alexander Mc Dougall, Manufacturing and Agricultural Chemist', advertising their 'Sheep and Lamb Dipping Composition' with a lovely engraved vignette at top centre depicting a ewe with two lambs. Prepaid by 1d Pale rose pink tied by a Manchester '498' duplex for JY.8.1863, addressed to Ledbury with an arrival cds on reverse for the following day. Scarce. (image...
Lot #32079 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1867
ADVERTISING COVER AUCTION ROOM SCENE: Note 'In 10 minutes to all the Parks/in 5 minutes of all the railways.' Very fine printed illustration. Envelope with closed tears as seen but an ATTRACTIVE & EXTREMELY SCARCE ADVERT. Ex Shaida. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £236.00)
Lot #32080 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1870
ADVERTISING COVER Front only of wine-makers pictorial advertising envelope, printed in purple with fault at lower left & mounted on light card. BEAUTIFUL AND A RARELY SEEN ITEM. (Note that an example of this envelope with stamp removed is illustrated on Page 303 of Bodilly Jarvis & Mann. Fig. 333). (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £156.00)
Lot #32081 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1885
ADVERTISING COVER 1885 MUSICALLY ILLUSTRATED Printed Advertising Envelope. An attractive 1885 Printed Advertising Envelope illustrated with two musical 'hits' by Edward Solomon with notes and favourable Pres comments, franked with an SG172 1d Lilac tied by a London Duplex dated AU 11th 1885 sent to Shrewsbury arrival 12th. Rare. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £316.00)
Lot #32082 - Great Britain - Covers - QV 1890
ADVERTISING COVER ADVERTISING/LEEDS (circa 1890), a very fine envelope addressed in Abroath with 1d lilac affixed but unposted and on front very fine image of a 'Blacking Machine' with imprint alongside 'Joseph Hall and Co., Engineers, LEEDS'. On reverse a further four very fine printed images of various other machines available. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
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