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Postal Auction January 2025 - 352

Bids to be received by Tuesday 7th of January 2025 1:00 PM

Lots (1107)

Lot 949
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1849 2d blue plate 4 attractive block of 4 (OG-PH) with good margins all round cancelled 36 numeral postmark showing recut sideline on PG, and burr on left of PH, scarce multiple, SG ES14h.

Estimate £ 225.00
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Lot 950
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1854 (18 March) Entire Letter Bristol to Macclesfield bearing 1841 1d red-brown (2 margins unevenly cut into) tied BRISTOL 131 spoon cancellation, arrival backstamp, small faults, scarce.

Estimate £ 150.00
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Lot 951
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 £ 400.00
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Lot 952
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1856 Wmk large Garter 4d rose-carmine & 4d rose both fine used 763 or 183 diamond numeral cancel well centred and very sound, SG 66/66a Cat £300.

Estimate £ 28.00
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Lot 953
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 1d orange-brown pl.144. Very fine used example lettered HK, neatly tied to a clean entire by a superb ARGYLE / STREET type XVIII Scots local cancellation. Addressed to Kilmarnock with Glasgow and Kilmarnock cds's on reverse for JU 3-4 1857, SG Spec. C8 (5).

Estimate £ 175.00
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Lot 954
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 1d red-brown pl.31 (JC). Very fine wrapper sent from Drymen to Edinburgh neatly tied by black DRYMEN Scots local cancellation (Type III). Backstamped by a green Glasgow transit cds and Edinburgh arrival cds. Alock scarcity rating C.

Estimate £ 275.00
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Lot 955
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 2d blue Pl.6 tied to superb wrapper from London to Perth, Scotland bearing 2d blue (OE) showing re-entry, tied by lightly struck London City duplex for 4th August 1858. Backstamped by a Perth arrival cds. Exhibition quality. (SG 35).

Estimate £ 160.00
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Lot 956
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 4d rose fine used right wing margin with neat 131 cancel of Edinburgh. Well centred and good colour. SG 66a.

Estimate £ 30.00
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Lot 957
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1857 Wmk LC P.14 1d rose-red in an attractive block of 4 fine hinged mint, slightly centred left CA-DB, perf splits on bottom pair otherwise good colour, SG 40 Cat £500.

Estimate £ 100.00
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Lot 958
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1860-70 Original Correspondence mostly to India bearing nice surface printed combinations and good range of postmarks and transit or arrival backstamps, noted Tunbridge Wells 6d & 3d combns (2), 1857 with 4d rose pair and 1d star, 1s pl.4 & 1d pl.122, 6d lilac on three covers then 1881 2½d blue on two covers to Canada, very mixed condition but high cat value all the same. (9).

Estimate £ 140.00
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Lot 959
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1862 Isle of Wight - Island registered mail: Very fine registered cover from Ryde Isle of Wight to Aberdeen. Prepaid with 1d rose-red and 6d pale lilac, both neatly tied '666' numerals with RYDE cds below for Feb 14th 1862 alongwith REGISTERED LONDON regd oval alongside (struck twice) and arrival backstamp on reverse.

Estimate £ 225.00
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Lot 960
Great Britain - Queen Victoria

1863-64 An original French correspondence from East London to Paris written in French. 26 Entire Letter folded horizontally across each letter for filing each bearing 4d red (hairlines) tied mainly numeral cancels for LONDON EC 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81 89, 90 (on a pair), 91, 92, E/11, E/12, E/17, S/16. Mainly fine used with French arrival backstamps. Nice original lot, huge cat value of £7800 on cover (Rated £300 each in SG). SG 81/2. (26).

Estimate £ 520.00
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