g.b postal history - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1636 - g.b postal history maritime mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryFalmouth/Plymouth. 1810 Part letter from an Officer in the Peninsula, with interesting content regarding a British defeat by French soldiers disguised as peasants, carried by Packet to Plymouth with a superb "CADIZ / 13 NO 13 / 1810 / F" datestamp in green. The Falmouth Packets were diverted to Plymouth from November 10th 1810 following a Naval Mutiny at Falmouth, and continued to use Plymouth until January 1811. During this two month period the Falmouth Packet handstamps were taken to Plymouth and used there. Very scarce. Photo on Page 237. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history maritime mail |
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Lot 1740 - g.b postal history registered mail - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryCompulsory Registration. 1914 Cover charged 2d with London R.L.O label explaining that it contained valuables and so was registered upon its return to sender, and an R.L.O cover with similar printed explanation and charge; 1912-30 covers compulsory registered and charged 4d (2) or 6d; and eight ‘Caution’ labels unused or removed from covers. (13). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history registered mail |
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Lot 1652 - g.b postal history mulreadys and caricatures - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1d Mulready reproductions and forgeries including a good reproduction produced by W.T Glasscock & Co, stamp dealers, posted from Bishop Stortford to London in 1883 bearing a 1d lilac; an unused facsimile lettersheet containing an advert for "The Jubilee of the Penny Postage Mulready stationery cabinet" (which was produced by John Dickinson & Co and contained a facsimile of a Mulready envelope in blue and gold); Lord Holland forgery; Whitakers Almanac reproduction postally used (faults), etc. (6). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history mulreadys and caricatures |
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Lot 1572 - g.b postal history - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryParliamentary/Royalty/Official Mail. 1844-1983 Covers and cards including House of Lords or House of Commons datestamps with 1913 registered cover bearing KGV 1d (3) each tied by "HOUSE OF COMMONS S.W" c.d.s and 1928 (Feb 8) 1d stationery envelope cancelled "HOUSE OF COMMONS / S.W" skeleton c.d.s (only the second recorded example, the address unfortunately deleted); Official mail including 1860 Official Paid cover to Richard Cobden M.P in Algiers; royal covers with cypher cachets, Balmoral Castle datestamps (5, one dated ‘90’ in error for the year ‘09’), etc. (c.190). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history |
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Lot 1756 - g.b postal history uniform penny postage - the michael goodman collection of 1d paid handstamps in red and 2d charge marks in black. (also see lots 1163/4). - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryNewcastle Under Lyne. 1843-46 Entire letters all with differing "Pd 1" handstamps, two with skeleton backstamps "NEWCASTLE S" (1844) or "NEWCASTLE / 4 / S" (the date shown as "17/18 6"). (4). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history uniform penny postage - the michael goodman collection of 1d paid handstamps in red and 2d charge marks in black. (also see lots 1163/4). |
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Lot 1668 - g.b postal history postal stationery - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryRed F size formula registration envelope, format RF3 but with the lettering differing to the issued G.B envelopes and the flap on the front, possibly an essay or an Empire issue; QV 2d registration stamp type R3 with florets on piece with two partial "Specimen" overprints (type RU2); KGV 1d STO postcards in an uncut vertical pair with "LAY EDGE" at base and uncut margins; also British Levant 1902 KEVII 40pa on 2d registration envelope size K handstamped type 8 "Specimen". (4). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history Postal stationery |
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Lot 1588 - g.b postal history air mails - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1947 Large registered cover from London bearing 1937-48 KGVI 1/- (4), 5/- and 10/- light blue block of seven all with light c.d.s cancels, a scarce 79/- rate. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history air mails |
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Lot 1684 - g.b postal history railway stamps and letters - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryGreat Eastern. 1915 Censored cover to Holland with G.B 1⁄2d and 1d pair cancelled in manuscript and by a London machine, the 2d letter stamp tied by violet "BRAINTREE AND DOCKING" datestamp, Delft backstamp. Part flap missing, otherwise fine and very unusual; letters addressed abroad were not supposed to be sent as railway letters. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history railway stamps and letters |
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Lot 1604 - g.b postal history christmas - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1909 Cover to Frodsham, posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day, with KEVII 1⁄2d tied by "WARRINGTON / X / MAS" cancel, a little light edge staining. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history christmas |
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Lot 1700 - g.b postal history railway stamps and letters - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryLondon & South Western. 1900 Commercial cover with a 1d lilac and 2d letter stamp (partly folded over the upper edge of the cover) both tied Basingstoke c.d.s, the letter stamp also tied violet "FARNBOROUGH". Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history railway stamps and letters |
