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1871 November 3d Rose plate 6 (OG). An entire sent from London to St. Etienne, France dated November 13th 1871. Bearing 1867 3d rose stamp SG 102-103 (specialised J31) tied with a London District duplex with a vertical oval and numeral 92 and LONDON EC 6 NO13 71 (CBP 7/11) and part Calais transit mark and a red PD oval (CBP 9/63). In addition there is a company mark in blue for C. Sandrini, London. The back of the cover has a Paris double ring transit mark PARIS 14 NOV 71 GARDE DE LYON C and a partial double ring receiving mark for St. Etienne.
1871 Plain env to Peebles with 1d red PL 139 cancel fine Biggar 4 duplex pmk Aug 25, good-fine North West T.P.O Night-down unframed circle on rear for same day partly overstruck by a fine Peebles thimble. Light Horiz and vertical creases and minor soils overall sound.
1873-83 2½d blue useful run of plate numbers from plate 17 (2, one A25 Malta cancel), 19 (2), 20 (2), 1881 plates 21 to 23 mainly sound used one with Jersey squared circle, good catalogue value £970. (20 including extras).
1874 5s pale rose Wmk MX plate 2 cancelled part squared circle cancel, slightly centred upwards, attractive & sound, SG 127 Cat £1500.
1874 Wmk MX 5s rose plate 2 sound used with heavyish 95 duplex cancel with good perfs, mainly sound, SG 126 Cat £1500.
1875 Wrapper London to New York bearing 2½d rosy-mauve plate 2 white paper tied EC 60 duplex type sent via Cork by John Hecan & Co. Vertical filing fold otherwise sound with red PID on reverse.
1876 Wmk Large Garter 8d orange sound used good strike of 820 duplex cancel across the stamp, quite well centered with good perfs, sound, SG 156 Cat £350.
1877 (3 Jan) 2½d Rosy Mauve, Plate 5 (CC). Wrapper sent from London to Lampedusa near Palermo in Sicily dated 3rd 1877. Bearing 2½d rosy mauve SG141 (spec. J5). Tied London Inland District duplex diamond 84 and a circular date stamp DH LONDON JA3 77. Obverse with company mark for Heath and Co. Of London dated 3rd January 1877. Beckstamped many marks including two transit marks for Palermo in single rings in black PALERMO 7? 77, A numeral 6 in a black box, an indistinct receiving mark for Porto Empodocle which is a town on the coast of the strait of Sicily plus the remains of a waiver cancel. The letter was sent from the company of Heath and Company in London to Giovanni Tomasi in Lampedusa. Heath was a manufacturer of scientific instruments.
1878 10s grey-green Wmk MX cancelled part central duplex cancel, well centred, few pulled perfs bottom left and slightly rubbed otherwise sound appearance, SG 128 Cat £3200.
1878 ½d Brown P/S card to Derby cancel fair-good Bletchley Station 025 duplex Ap 6 78. Tiny soils and centre fold, overall sound condition.
1878 Wmk MX 10s greenish grey plate 1 heavily used, perfinned, torn corner missing and thinned example with various faults with indistinct barred oval cancel, nice spacefiller, SG 128 Cat £3200.
1879 (15 Dec) Printed STOW Church and mission rooms, printed minutes sheet for events occurring within the parish, bearing ½d bantam plate 15 neatly tied RETFORD numeral duplex. Few wrinkles otherwise fine.
