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Lot 1626 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyc.1899-1980s Covers and cards including a written up display of various KEVII and KGV types, missorts, triangular dies, "specimens", 1914 New Cross S.E Alma trial, meter marks including a box of c.1938-40 covers, also some foreign and a few pieces, a large quantity in five boxes. (Many 100s). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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Lot 1621 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySlopers. 1870-82 1⁄2d Postcards with sloper punch cancels including clips of Manchester (5), unusual ‘pliers cut’ of Manchester, clip apparently used in London in 1882, arrows of Liverpool (8, with missing pins varieties, one an inverted cancel in the lower left corner), arrows of London (5, one with a double cancel), circular punch hole of Bradford (3) or Liverpool (3, one a very early use on 8 October 1870), also examples of the arrow cancel taken at 1950 P.H.S meeting (2), and c.1920 sloper advertising card bearing three perforated stamp size labels showing overprints (2) or a perfin. An unusual collection on pages. (29). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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Lot 1632 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistoryMeter Marks. 1922-67 Covers and pieces with various ‘Specimen’ meters on covers (37), covers and cards posted with meters (57, mainly 1922-30) including rare vertical type with value die above the London E.C date portion (3), letters from Roneo Neopost with illustrations of British or foreign meters (3), and a book containing many hundreds of pieces sorted by type, many early and scarce items included. (94 covers + 100s of pieces). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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Lot 1627 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1910 Post Office O.H.M.S envelope bearing a proof impression of a continuous Krag machine with the place name omitted, one die with the time and date "11.45 AM / 7 MAR 10", the other die simply with the time 11.45 AM and a cross below, thick vertical bars at either side of each die head. The upper left corner torn where the cover has been removed from an archive, otherwise fine and unusual, marked "Trial - No Place Name". Also proof impressions on separate pieces of the continuous Krags from London E.C (Nov 26 10) and London F.S (Nov 23 10) both endorsed with notes, and a cover bearing the London F.S Krag. (4). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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 Lot 1622 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySloper. 1870 (Nov 7) 1⁄2d Postcard with inverted orb punch cancel of London, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 235. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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 Lot 1628 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1912 (Jan 29) Picture postcard to France with red "LONDON E.C / 1d POSTAGE PAID" applied by the experimental Wilkinson 1d in the Slot machine with the London E.C 172 c.d.s (2.15PM), the machine mark only valid on internal mail, a 1d stamp therefore added and tied by London E.C 161 c.d.s (2.30PM). The message in French explains the need for a stamp, suggesting the overseas address was noted at the time of posting and the sender informed and asked to purchase a stamp. An unusual first day of use of this machine, very few stamped examples addressed abroad recorded. Photo on Page 235. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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 Lot 1623 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySloper. 1872 (Feb 16) 1⁄2d Postcard with inverted orb punch cancel of London, the only recorded example of this very scarce sloper cancel used after 1870, fine and very scarce. Photo on Page 235. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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Lot 1618 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1858-1912 Covers and cards comprising 1858 Rideout number "1", code "HS"; Pearson Hill parallel motion machines (2); 1⁄2d postcards with sloper punch cancels (4); 1888 Hoster unusually tying a 1d postal fiscal; 1909 Manchester X/MAS machine used on mail posted in advance for delivery on Christmas day; and 1912 cover with red London E.C 1d Postage Paid frank produced by the Wilkinson "Penny in the Slot" machine, the last with horizontal fold, otherwise mainly fine. (10). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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Lot 1629 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal HistorySlogans. 1917-70s Covers, cards and pieces, some mounted on pages or in albums, including many KGV period covers and cards, also some foreign. (Many 100s). Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
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 Lot 1624 - g.b postal history machines - Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History1886 (Oct 30) 1d Postal stationery postcard to Amsterdam cancelled by the scarce Ethridge machine, trialed in London from October 1886 until early 1887. The card has an unobtrusive central vertical fold, otherwise fine and an attractive example of this scarce machine trial. Photo on Page 235. Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal Historyg.b postal history machines |
