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Postal Auction November 2023 - 339

Bids to be received by Monday 6th of November 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2165)

Lot 1765
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1854 HULL Spoon cancel on Entire to Rotherham bearing poor misperfed 1d red-brown on blued paper tied very neat 383 cancel (2 Oct / E). Fine.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 1766
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1854-57 1d red-brown stars gross misperfs incl 1d on blued paper massively misperforated, plus white paper pair both postally used, striking!

Estimate £ 65.00
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Lot 1767
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 (11 Apr) Printed OHMS - ROWLAND HILL printed form filling re a missing registered letter to America sent from London to Newton Abbot with PAID red CDS and arrival arc d/s, two printed on GPO Secretary orange embossed paper that,a full inquiry has been made in this country for the missing letter addressed to Mr Richd Tothill (part torn) refereed to in your application without success.... The American Post Office has been written to on the subject and as soon as a reply is received a further communication shall be made to you Rowland Hill (printed) and signed Mr Charles Langley, faults but interesting letter. From 1839 a missing letter branch was formed to investigate missing or stolen letters over 500 indexed cases 1854-56 were recorded, hence the form is acknowledged by the Secretary to the GPO Rowland Hill and must be very scarce.

Estimate £ 450.00
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Lot 1768
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 1d red-brown pl.36. Very fine used example lettered (SI), neatly tied to a clean uncreased cover by a Carlisle '165' type II sideways duplex for 9th August 1856. Addressed to Glasgow with black decagonal datestamp on reverse for the following day. Lovely deep colour. SG Spec c8 (1).

Estimate £ 90.00
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Lot 1769
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 1d red-brown pl.40. Very fine used example (CH), neatly tied to a clean cover by Hull '383' type C/R1 spoon duplex for 27th September 1856. Addressed to Bakewell with blue Chesterfield and Bakewell backstamps. SG Spec. C8 (1).

Estimate £ 70.00
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Lot 1770
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 1d red-brown pl.9 (Wmk LC Perf 14). Very fine used example lettered LK neatly tied to uncreased wrapper by a Manchester '498' type II sideways duplex for 18th October. Addressed to Lancaster with arrival backstamp. SG Spec. C3 (1).

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 1771
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855 (9 Jun) NOTTINGHAM sideways 583 F duplex being a very late date, last issued on 25th Janaury 1858 addr to Nottingham. Fine.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 1772
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855-57 1s green a fine used well centred example with an diamond 62 numeral of Belfast. Fine, SG 72.

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 1773
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855-57 1s pale green sound used example with sock on the nose 74 numeral cancel in circle and duplex oval cancel, good perfs and centering, SG 73 Cat £350.

Estimate £ 28.00
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Lot 1774
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855-57 Written up album page with two 4d examples and nice 1857 cover to Bordeaux bearing 4d rose-carmine (SG 66 cat £225 on cover), 1855 small garter 4d carmine f.u. (signed Engel, SG 62 cat £450), Wmk large garter (SG 66 Cat £150), fine trio.

Estimate £ 160.00
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Lot 1775
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855-67 HOSTER experimental cancellations on ten different covers, a variety of both postal stationery and stamped covers or cards noted Code 5, Whitney type 10/22, 10/22, 10/26, downsloping bars 12, 14 or 15. Includes double rimmed, evening use, small digit in lower left corner, London to Germany, USA, Canada, IOW etc, mixed but mostly good cancels. (10).

Estimate £ 210.00
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Lot 1776
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1855-67 Sideways duplex types on sixteen different covers, each with 1d red star (14), 1d pink P/S env. (2) tied good strikes incl. Tenby, Coventry, Preston, Worcester, Shrewsbury, Norwich, Bristol, Bath, Sunderland, Tunbridge Wells (used as a transit mark), Halifax, Chester, Folkestone etc. Mixed. (16).

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lots (2165)