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Postal Auction December 2023 - 340

Bids to be received by Thursday 21st of December 2023 1:00 PM

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Lot 1909
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 (Dec 18) Front bearing 6d mauve pl.8 tied by Cambridge cancel addr to Tasmania and two line ADVERTISED / BUT UNCLAIMED handstamp in black. very grubby and torn.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 1910
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 February 4d Vermilion, Plate 10. Wrapper Leeds to Lille Nord, France dated Feb 20th 1869. The cover has a 1865-67 4d vermilion stamp SG94 (specialised J57) from the scarce plate 10 and lettered BK. Tied numeral 447 for Leeds and a horizontal town cancel B LEEDS 20FE69 44 (CBP 7/20). The front of the cover also has a Lille mark ANGL 22 Feb 69 ? LILLE A and a red PD mark in a circle (CBP 9/63). There is also the company cancel for the firm of Fairburn, Kennedy and Naylor, Leeds. The back of the cover has a indistinct single ring transit mark in red for London and a receiving mark for Lille LILLE FE 22 FEVR 69 (57).

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 1911
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 March 6d Mauve, Plate 8. An envelope sent from London to Leipzig, Germany dated March 15th 1869. Bearing a 6d Mauve stamp SG 108-9 Plate 8 (specialised cat J75(1). Tied sideways duplex SW 29 and horizontal oval LONDON S.W 2 MR 15 69 (CBP 7/12). With paid oval mark in red (CBP 9/63) And a hand written mark 'Affranchie' meaning stamped. In addition there is a double ring transit mark in blue FRANCO (AUS ENGLAND PER AACHEN) Dated 16 3 69. The back of the cover has the address for the sender - 5 Lowndes Street in the south west district of London. There is also an indistinct transit mark in black. The cover was sent from London to The Baron Freiher Von Tauchnitz in Leipzig. The Baron developed a business specialising in the publishing of English language books in Germany during the 19th century.

Estimate £ 65.00
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Lot 1912
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 May, 4d Vermilion, Plate 11. Entire sent from London to St. Etienne, France dated May 13th 1869. Tied with a London District duplex with a vertical oval and the district initials EC 83 for Upper Edmonton and LONDON 6 MR13 69 (CBP 7/11). The front of the cover also has a Calais transit mark ANGL 14 MARS 69 CALAIS and a red PD mark in a oval (CBP 9/63). The back of the cover has a transit mark for Paris with an octagonal centre PARIS 14MARS 69 GARE DE LION and a St. Etienne receiving mark ST ETIENNE 11 15 MARS (84)

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 1913
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 November 6d Mauve, Plate 8. Cover London to Barcelona, Spain dated November 20th 1869. Bearing 6d mauve stamp with a wing margin SG108-9 Plate 8 'no hyphen' (specialised cat J75 (2). Tied London District Post duplex 85 in a vertical oval for Walthamstow and CDDD LONDON EC 5 NO20 69 (CBP 7/11). Obverse paid mark in red in an oval (CBP9/63). The back of the cover has an indistinct receiving mark for Barcelona.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 1914
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1869 (Sept) 6d Mauve, Horizontal Pair. Envelope from Manchester to Ancona, Italy dated September 3rd 1869. Bearing 6d horizontal pair SG 108-9 Plate 8 'no hyphen' (specialised cat J75(2). Tied 498 for Manchester and the horizontal town cancel 40L MANCHESTER SP3 69 (CBP 7/20). Obverse with paid mark in red in a circle (CBP 9/65). The envelope has 4 pinhole marks where the contents have been checked. Backstamped single ring London transit mark in red LONDON ET4 69 and a CDDD for Ancorna in black ANCONA 6 SET 69 HM. there are several other indistinct transit marks.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 1915
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1870 1½d rose-red (FJ-JF) plate 1, unused example small part original gum with paper adherence on reverse, centred left and light tones otherwise nice looker, SG 51 Cat £725 mint.

Estimate £ 48.00
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Lot 1916
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1870 1½d rose-red plate 1 (6) and plate 3 (4) fine used examples with both shades shown, mainly sound Cat £960. SG 51/2.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 1917
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1870 3d Rose, Plate 5 (CD) An entire sent from Liverpool to Le Harvre, France August 1st 1870. Bearing 1868 3d rose stamp SG 102/103 (specialised J30) tied 466 duplex for Liverpool and a horiz. town cancel Z LIVERPOOL 1AU70 36 CBP 7/20). The front has a Calais transit mark ANGL 2 AOUT 68 AMB CALAIS and a red PD mark in a circle (CBP 9/63). Company mark in blue for Leo Schuster Brothers. Reverse has a single ring transit mark for London in red LONDON PG AU2 70. there is a further transit mark for Paris to Le Havre PARIS AU HAVRE 2 AUGT 70 B and a indistinct receiving mark for Le Havre. Leopold Schuster was German but moved to northern England in the early part of the nineteenth century. He setup on a cotton trading company in 1820 which operated in Liverpool and Manchester. The firm continued to operate through the nineteenth century although Leopold himself moved to London in 1855 where he setup a merchant bank cover became the Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway. The contents of the letter to Thomas La Chambre are commercial and concern cotton trade between the two companies.

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 1918
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1870 (6 May) Mourning cover to India bearing 9d straw plate 4 (left edge straight) tied by HASTINGS / B cancel and a good array of transit and arrival backstamps in red and black including AGRA, & ALLYGURH 1st DELIVERY dated oval, small part SEA POST OFFICE in black, mainly fine, SG 110 Cat £525 on cover.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 1919
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1871 3d rose plate 7 a hinged mint example with good gum, closed tear at the bottom which can been seen from the front, otherwise lovely colour and good centring, SG 103 Cat £650.

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 1920
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1871 (Feb) 3d Rose pl.6 (MF). An env. sent from London to Rome dated February 21st 1871. Bearing 1867 3d rose stamp SG 102-103 (specialised J31) tied along with a pair of 1d red SG 43-44 from plate 117 lettered EA, EB with a London Inland Section duplex with a CDDD and 103 in a diamond in a vertical oval HW LONDON FE21 71 (CBP7/5). Red PD mark in an oval (CBP9/63). & company mark in blue for Munroe and company, 34 Clements Street, London E.C. The back of the cover has a single ring receiving mark in black for Rome ROMA 25 FEB 71 11M.

Estimate £ 28.00
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