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Pre-1840, and later stampless on Cover

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Item No. SG/Spec Plate/Letters Description Price Key
PRESTAMP AND UNSTAMPED POSTAL HISTORY (inc. Mulreadies ME1-4)
PR:145
PR:145
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1766 Entire Letter, Falkland (Cupar, Fife) to Edinburgh, dated 30 JULY 1766, with a FINE SCARCE STRAIGHT-LINE 'FALKLAND' on obverse, and manuscript '2'. Tiny legal correspondence. Good condition. Cat.£12+. (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£10.00

PR:151
PR:151
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1794 Entire Letter, London local dated 2 AUGUST 1794, with a nice early DATED CIRCLE 'AU(2)94'. Long and interesting personal letter. Good condition but small re-inforcement. Cat.£12+. (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£10.00

PR:144
PR:144
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1811 Entire Letter, Clements Inn, London to Market Harborough, dated 26 JANUARY 1811, with a nice DATED CIRCLE 'JA(26)1811' and a LOVELY neat double-boxed LONDON LOCAL STRAIGHT-LINE 'HOUGHTON ST' (UNLISTED PIPE), a side-steet off Aldwych, just round the corner from Clements Inn. Legal correspondence. FINE condition. Cat.£5+(for dated circle alone). (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£10.00

PR:154
PR:154

PART CONTENTS
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1823 Entire Letter, London to Blandford, dated 14 MAY 1823, with a nice DATED CIRCLE 'MY(14)1823'. A large, bulky and remarkable Freemasons Charitable Manifesto, including details of charitable giving to a large number of recipients, the amounts expressed in multiples of a guinea (£1 1s). A fascinating document in FINE condition (small part contents illustrated). Cat.£5++(for dated circle alone). (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£20.00

PR:149
PR:149
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1823 Entire Letter, Brighton local, dated 27 MAY 1823, with a nice BRIGHTON TYPE X CIRCULAR DATED MILEAGE, and manuscript '1'. Formulaic medical insurance correspondence. Mostly FINE condition (one edge irregularly torn, possibly from originating office). Cat.£15+ (for dated mileage stamp). (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£15.00

PR:142
PR:142
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1834 Entire Letter, Callington (Cornwall) to Marlborough (Wilts) dated inside 16 DECEMBER 1834, with a FINE SCARCE 'CALLINGTON PENNY POST' and 'No.1' RECEIVING HOUSE stamps on face (nothing on obverse). Long and interesting letter... Cat.£60+ (SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£30.00

PR:143
PR:143
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1835 Letter, flimsy and partial, Guatemala to London between 4 APRIL and 21 AUGUST 1835, with a FINE SCARCE 'DEAl SHIP LETTER' on face. Datestamp, presumably London receiving stamp, on obverse. Delicate and parts missing, but a nice 'Ship Letter' mark... Cat.£50+ (SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£10.00

PR:153
PR:153

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1836 Entire Letter, Stoney Stratford to Daventry, dated 18 AUGUST 1836, with a FINE STONEY STRATFORD UNDATED CIRCLE, TYPE 'M', and a SCARCE MANUSCRIPT '5' charge mark. A legal document architect-to-solicitor, including a beautifully drawn coloured plan (see image). VERY FINE. Cat.£75 (for '5' chargemark alone). (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£25.00

PR:147
PR:147
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1837 Entire Letter, Brighton to Enfield, dated 21 MAY 1837, with a FINE 'T.P.Rate 2d.', and an UNUSUAL unidentifiable MANUSCRIPT '8'. Despatch and transit marks on obverse. FINE. Cat.£8+(for T.P Rate alone). (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£10.00

PR:150
PR:150
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1840 Entire Letter, London to Fakenham, dated 7 FEBRUARY 1840, with a FINE 'Gt Russell St By/1py P Pd ' (Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury/1d Post Paid), and a London 'Tombstone' dated mark. Legal correspondence. VERY FINE. Cat.£7++(for '1d Post Paid' mark alone). (PIPE/SG 'Collect British Postmarks' 2011). New!

£10.00

PR:139
PR:139
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Forme 3

Stereo A155

1840 1d Black Mulready Lettersheet, A flimsy and rather tatty Mulready Lettersheet, Forme 3, Stereo A155, Thetford to Farnham on 20 AUGUST 1840, cancelled with a red Maltese Cross. Partial datestamps, departure and receiving, on obverse. Cat.£575. New!

£50.00

PR:140
PR:140
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Forme 1

Forme 1

Stereo A137

1840 1d Black Mulready Lettersheet, A good used Mulready Lettersheet, Forme 1, Stereo A137, Edinburgh to Thurso sometime in 1840 (reverse datestamp partial and illegible), cancelled with a FINE EDINBURGH TYPE I (LARGE CENTRE) red Maltese Cross. Natural paper-fold incurred during printing. SCARCE... Cat.£1300. New!

£130.00

PR:141
PR:141
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Stereo A202

1840 2d Blue Mulready Envelope, ex STANLEY GIBBONS and MAYFLOWER collection, a VERY FINE USED SCARCE 2d Blue Mulready Envelope, Stereo A202, London to Bath on 6 MAY 1848 (the 8th Anniversary of their issue!), cancelled with a neat LONDON INLAND '8' numeral. Dated backstamps London despatch and Bath arrival. 2d Mulreadies are much SCARCER used, and RARE used so LATE... Cat.£2500+. New!

£950.00

PR:152
PR:152
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1842 'Penny Pink', Embossed Postal Stationery empty envelope, Bristol to Nottingham, dated 3-5 SEPTEMBER 1842, cancelled with a FINE SCARCE black Maltese Cross. Dated despatch and arrival marks on obverse. FINE. Cat.£75 (SG Spec). New!

£25.00

PR:148
PR:148
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1844 Empty Mourning Envelope, London to (presumably the Ship) 'Havannah', dated 10 JULY 1844, cancelled with a FINE Crowned Dated Circle, but also with a MOST UNUSUAL 'RETURNED FROM' instructional mark, for which I can find no reference in Pipe. VERY FINE. Cat.Unlisted Pipe/SG). New!

£15.00

PR:146
PR:146
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1851 Entire Letter, Wolverhampton to Criavari, Genoa, Italy, dated between 17-24 FEBRUARY 1851, written entirely in Italian, cancelled with Wolverhampton despatch datestamp, and numerous transit marks, including 'P.D' ('Paid to Destination'), London dated 'Paid', and Calais dated transit stamp. 'Criavari' arrival mark on obverse. Scruffy, but interesting. New!

£15.00

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