Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History

Postal History and Covers: 1596 merchants entire from Daniel Saracini of Dunkerque to Bartholomew Corsini in London, endorsed “p q 7”, with wax seal and part of the cord, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]

Postal History and Covers: 1687 (Oct. 13th) small entire letter, without postal markings, a love letter sent by a Mr. Philip Williams to his future wife, addressed “To ye honoured Mdam Elizabeth Nalson at Ely”, the daughter of John Nalson, rector of Doddington, small piece of entire missing but the message complete, a rare early miniature cover, with a colour copy of the message. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]

Postal History and Covers: 1784 to 1847 group of entire letters and 1d. stationery envelopes incl. Westminster Dockwras (2), 1786 “57OXFORD” first type Mileage, selection of Berkshire Mileages and u.d.c’s, 1818 “NEWBURY/Penny Post”, 1839 Edinburgh handstruck “4”, 1840 Abergavenny “P 1” in red, 1847 embossed “TUESDAY” envelope from London to Norwich, etc., fine group. (20)
[Proposed price: £300-350]

Postal History and Covers: 1815 entire letter with two enclosures from Belfast to London, readdressed to Uxbridge, endorsed “1 oz”, deleted and replaced by “Above 1 oz”, and red “BELFAST/80”, with very rare “Above Privilege” in red, and black “Above Weight”, unrecorded in black, a rare combination. Photo.
[Proposed price: £500-600]

Postal History and Covers: 1838 (July 24th) entire from Dum Dum to Co. Westmeath, Ireland, from Gunner John Keegan, 1st Battalion Artillery, addressed according to regulation and countersigned by Major J. Manfield commanding officer of the battalion, handstamped with very fine strike of “INDIA SOLDIERS/LIVERPOOL/3”, backstamped Dum Dum despatch, Calcutta transit, with contents, some damage to front possible due to disinfection, an interesting...

Postal History and Covers: 1841 1d. selection on covers or large pieces with distinctive Maltese Cross cancellations incl. Brighton, Castle Douglas, Cork, Coventry, Stirling, etc., mixed condition, poor to good strikes. (7)
[Proposed price: £150-200]
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Postal History and Covers: 1845 to 1872 group of three covers with 1845 (Jan. 23rd) entire letter from London to Newtown, Montgomeryshire, bearing 1841 1d. with a fine strike of the “ARGUS Life Assurance/COMPANY/Post/PAID” handstamp below and “Moorgate St.” alongside, 1848 (Feb. 29th) entire letter used within Birmingham bearing 1841 1d. pair with “Smethwick/PY.POST” alongside, and 1872 (Sept. 25th) entire from London to Stockholm franked...

Postal History and Covers: 1858 (May 24th) envelope to Australia, bearing “LONDON/PAID” c.d.s., and three line “SENT BACK TO ENGLAND/WITHOUT A REASON/FOR NON-DELIVERY” both in red, Hamburg transit mark, faint unframed oval “ADVERTISED/AND/UNCLAIMED”, on reverse has Melbourne c.d..s., few cover faults. Photo.
[Proposed price: £350-400]

Postal History and Covers: 1881 to 1907 collection of covers addressed to Lord Amherst of Hakney, the Egyptologist and bibliophile who was one of the patrons of Howard Carters expeditions, frankings include 1873-80 1s. orange brown (plate 13), 1887-92 ‘Jubilee’ 1s. green, K.E.VII values to 10d., mixed condition, and interesting group. (12)
[Proposed price: £80-100]

Postal History and Covers: Brighton: 1797 (Mar. 24th) and 1812 (Apr. 11th) entire letters from Ireland to London, both re-addressed to Brighton and then to Uxbridge, the first showing curved “BRIGHTON”, and the second with scarce “RETURNED FROM/BRIGHTON”, filing folds.
[Proposed price: £100-120]

Postal History and Covers: Cuba: 1854 (Feb. 23) entire to Veracruz, Mexico, with a fair strike of “PAID/AT/HAVANA” crowned circle and double arc “HAVANA” on reverse, split fold across front, also 1844 (July 19th) wrapper to London with neat “ST.JAGO-DE-CUBA/JU19/1844” double arc handstamp on flap, forwarding agents mark alongside, with filing creases.
[Proposed price: £100-150]