| MULREADIES & POSTAL HISTORY |
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| | 74268 | Postal History 1792 – 1896 small bundle of mainly covers and entires with the occasional front or large piece. Incl. 6 x pre-stamp entires; 6 x 1d imperf (incl 2 with Maltese cross); 7 x 1d ‘stars’; 18 x 1d plate nos incl one with additional stamp for late fee; 2d blue Pl 9 on cover; ½d bantam pair and single on front and ½d & 1d plate nos together on mourning cover; 2 x 1d pink embossed envelopes. Total of 42 items. Very mixed condition throughout but well worth a closer look. | £105.00 |  |
| | 74269 | Mid 1830’s-mid 1840’s Postal history small lot of entires consisting largely of a Portsmouth solicitior’s correspondence to and from various destinations. Large range of ms charge marks and handstruck ‘1’ ‘s . nice Crown circle Paid and a few single line ‘receivers’ and Chancery Lane 1d paid and Holborn BO 1d paid both in blue . Worth a good ‘peruse’ and seems very reasonable at vendors price. 50 items (£8 00 P&P) | £110.00 | |
 | 74270 | 1837 Dickinson’s Essay for the 1d Letter Sheet in Yellow with silk threads, inscribed “London District Post 1d up to 1oz”, very fine and fresh, Spec Page 5, Cat from £950, rare. | £685.00 | |
 | 74271 | 1840 Cover with “Newport Isle of Wight” cds in red on front. On back red MX addressed to Mr. Pinckard Life Assurance Office, London. Scarce piece of Postal history. | £235.00 | |
 | 74272 | 1855-1864 Early QV surface-printed covers – small & attractive range, including 4d rose (strip of 3) and the 3d, 4d, 6d, 9d & 1/- small letters with pairs of the 4d and 6d mainly fine to very fine, total Cat £3585, very reasonably priced by vendor. | £465.00 | |
 | 74273 | Postal Stationery. 1857 envelope with 1855 1d. red-brown, L.C., Perf.14 (S.G. 29) tied by BISHOPTON (Renfrew) Scottish Local Cancel type XX in GREEN, with similar used as back stamp, this the only recorded cover with this cancel in green. Also back stamped 'PAISLEY/B/ FE11/1857' C.D.S. in black. | £575.00 | |
 | 74274 | 1860’s Valentine Envelope. Very attractive Lace-effect envelope with floral design. Addressed to Woking, Surrey. Bearing 1858 1d Red, Plate 85. Small faults, inc. fault to one flap – but scarce item. | £110.00 | |
 | 74275 | 1866 Maritime “Distributor of Sea Policy Stamps – London-Delivered” oval handstamp. Proof handstamp (Ex DLR archived) on small piece annotated alongside, most unusual and very scarce. | £48.00 | |
 | 74276 | 1879 Macquodale Essay in Pale Rose (IA-IA), ungummed, superb imperforate pair, scarce. | £50.00 | |
 | 74277 | 1879 Colour Trial in Rose-Carmine for 1879 Tender for 1d on watermarked paper, superb u/m (see Page 408 of SG Spec), rare item, Cat from £250. | £140.00 | |
 | 74278 | 1879 1d Carmine plate proof on Cream card, by McCorquodale, imperf with part adjoining stamp at right, scarce. | £30.00 | |
 | 74279 | 1893 Bradford-Holland cover franked with embossed ½d vermilion cancelled with Bradford squared circle with handstamp alongside ‘Found in FNO without contents’ Scarce marking | £35.00 | |
 | 74280 | 1893 Delightful Advertising Envelope for the Carrow Company illustrating “The Beetonette” cooking range. Q.V. ½d Vermilion embossed impression cancelled with London c.d.s. | £125.00 | |
 | 74281 | 1895 mixed franking USA-GB – superb printed London and Boston Tailor’s advertising card on UPU postcard cancelled in London and sent to Cambridge Mass USA. Then redirected to California and a 1c US stamp added cancelled Cambridge Boston Mass | £69.00 | |
 | 74282 | 1902 PPC of Innerleithen Church, to Walkerburn Post Office, franked KE7 ½d blue-green, brilliant “Walkerburn” CDS, and Mailbag Seal – most unusual and rare, very late use. | £95.00 | |
 | 74283 | 1934 Rocket Post Cover ‘Damaged by first explosion’ franked with GV 1½d block cypher and Western Isles Rocket Post label in red. Stamp cancelled with Harris, Isle of Harris CDS Label cancelled with ‘Trial Firing Scarp Harris’ dated 28-VII-34. On reverse ‘Damaged by first explosion at Scarp – Harris’ – far scarcer than the regular Rocket covers. | £125.00 | |
 | 74285 | Franco British Exhibition Covers (2), very fine each with Trial ‘For Testing Purposes Only’ labels, covers in Grey scarce. | £45.00 | |
 | 74286 | 1971 Southampton Strike Post. Superb u/m set of 6 vals (1/- - 7/6) in marginal blocks of four ovptd, ‘Southampton Strike Post 1971’ on Herm Island issue by Harrison & Sons Ltd. Beautifully printed set depicting Ships from Viking Longboat to Modern Motor Launch (24 stamps). | £25.00 | |
 | 74287 | 1984 Frama Label, superb u/m, is blank, apart from wavy lined background, ie undenominated, scarce. | £30.00 | |
 | 74288 | 1870 (Circa) Advertising Ring. 1d. Pink Embossed envelope with Parkins & Gotto collar in deep purple/brown & embossed crest on flap, Very Fine unused and scarce thus | £175.00 | |
 | 74289 | 1893 QV Private Postal Stationery envelope 1½d chrome yellow very fine mint with date slug for 27-3-93 | £15.00 | |
 | 74290 | 1840 1d Mulready envelope, Stereo A133, good used, tied Red Maltese Cross with wax seal, used to Hambledon, Hants, small oil stain at left, but in well above-average condition, scarce. | £110.00 | |
 | 74291 | Mulready 1d lettersheet (A1) dated July 6th 1840 VFU example Bristol to London cancelled with a superb red Maltese cross | £195.00 | |
 | 74292 | Spec ME2 1d Mulready Envelope, Stereo A149, very fine mint, Cat £325, very fresh and scarce so fine. | £95.00 | |
 | 74293 | Mulready 2d lettersheet (a95) average mint example partially reinforced along one seam. Cat £375 | £75.00 | |
