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Lot 1609 - g.b postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1797-1839 Entire letters, entires and covers including 1839 cover from London to Elstree with the red Free datestamp crossed out and charged 8d, handstamped by boxed "ABOVE NUMBER" in brown (Jay L828); 1833 printed O.H.M.S Treasury envelope signed by "Althorp" with enclosed letter written from Downing Street, etc. (15).
Suggested price: £ 140-180

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Lot 1610 - g.b postal history frees -  Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1610 - g.b postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1829 Entire with printed heading "On the business of the WATERLOO SUBSCRIPTION" signed by Freeling, sent to Pontefract with a red Free datestamp. Very unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 227.
Suggested price: £ 120-150

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Lot 1611 - g.b postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1833-34 Entire letters from Haddington both to the Earl of Haddington with blue "HADDINGTON / PENNY POST" and "1" charge marks, one to London with boxed "TO PAY 1d ONLY", the other to Dublin with a Free datestamp applied and the "1" charge mark crossed out. An unusual and attractive pair. (2).
Suggested price: £ 120-150

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Lot 1147 - ireland frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1753-1839 Entire letters and entires (14) and fronts (21) including 1753 "FREE", 1785-94 circular framed "FREE" in magenta (2), Mermaid datestamps (entire + front), crowned "FREE / SUNDAY" datestamp (front), circular framed "TOO / LATE", oval framed "ABOVE / NUMBER / PRIVILEGED" (front, signed Daniel O’Connell) or "POSTAGE / L.C.O / NOT PAID", black "Redirected / at Cork" (front), etc., an interesting lot on pages. (35).
Suggested price: £ 250-300

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Lot 1148 - ireland frees -  Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Lot 1148 - ireland frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1826 Printed letter from the Chelsea Agents Office in Dublin posted to Tullamore with red Free datestamp, address panel with printed instructions from E.S Lees, Secretary of the G.P.O Dublin, that the letter must only be delivered to the addressee, whose identity must be proven to the Postmaster by showing his instructions or certificate of admission to Chelsea or Kilmainham hospitals. Very unusual and scarce. Photo on Page 171.
Suggested price: £ 180-220

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Lot 1608 - g.b postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1772-1834 Entire letters all sent free of postage, most with various London Free handstamps. (31).
Suggested price: £ 100-120

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Lot 902 - g.b. postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

1819-29 Free Entires (2) and a front signed by Lord Morley, the 1829 entire from Plymton addressed and signed in a very shaky hand, the reverse with the explanatory endorsement "This cover was franked by Lord Morley who has hurt his right hand"; and an 1823 letter from Lord Cathcart to Francis Freeling informing him he has recovered from injury and will therefore resume signing his own free franked letters, all written up on pages with copies of associated items. (4).
Suggested price: GBP200-250

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Lot 903 - g.b. postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

1827 Free front from Dublin to Abbeyleix handstamped with a red Crown and framed scroll type "WRONG DATE", charged 1/-, two vertical folds, otherwise fine and attractive. Only three examples of this Dublin handstamp believed to have been recorded, all on fronts. Photo on Page 135.
Suggested price: GBP280-320

Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

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Lot 904 - g.b. postal history frees - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History #33

1834 Envelope signed "Free Wellington", headed from Deal and addressed to London in the Duke of Wellingtonױs handwriting, unusually readdressed to "Post Restante, Calais" with a red inspectors star applied alongside the Free datestamp. Backstamped at Deal and London, with a Foreign Branch c.d.s (Jay 1018a, used on letters addressed abroad) and red wax seal of the Duke. An unusual Free letter addressed overseas, from the Duke of Wellington.
Suggested price: GBP120-140

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