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Dublin blue crowned date stamp 1855

Legal document  (a will register) with blue crowned h/s ‘Paid’ cds Dublin 8 Dec 1855; readdressed from Bath to London with d/r cds Bath 10 Dec 1855;  ms 1d paid;  b/s Bath 10 December, London 11 December 1855

GB Crimean War 1855

GB Crimean War 1855

Stampless envelope to Ireland with m/s 3 charge mark (for French packet mail); m/s “from the Army in the Crimea”, “via Marseilles”; on front arrival d/r cds Kingstown in blue 28 Feb 1855; on reverse partial ‘British Army Post Office A 22 Jan 1855’ and transit cds (Dublin?) 2 Feb 1855; ex Reg Hindley Russia collection

Great Britain OHMS Crowned Paid 1852 to Yorkshire

Great Britain OHMS Crowned Paid 1852 to Yorkshire

Inland Revenue Document from London to Penistone, Yorkshire; m/s ‘On HMS’; crowned PAID cds in red 27 September 1852; h/s of A. J. Fearons (Inland Revenue Solicitor General); b/s Barnsley 28 Sept

GB Crimean War 1854

GB Crimean War 1854

Stampless envelope with unclear m/s charge mark 6(?), m/s “Army in the Crimea”, 28th November (1854); to Dublin “via Marseilles”; on front faint blue arrival cds Kingstown 28 December; on reverse faint transit mark (London) 18 December; ex Reg Hindley Russia collection

GB half penny PS card, much travelled, 1885

GB half penny PS card

half penny brown PS card from London to Manchester; much readdressed with forwarded, gone away, insufficiently addressed, returned to sender cachets & m/s endorsements; corner faults, unsurprising owing to the amount of travel; on reverse London Vere St Parcel Post part blue label; an extraordinary combination

Austrian Italy 1856

Austrian Italy 1856

Entire cancelled Bologna 11 January 1856 small s/r cds; m/s charge mark 6 (amount due to Austria in lira); red h/s ‘D.A.d.L’; Austrian Italy currency notation, with m/s ‘4’; b/s small boxed red ‘Arrivo Genova’ 13 Jan 1856

Hamburg ‘Seagull’ 1856

Hamburg 'Seagull' 1856

entire Hamburg to Arnhem, Holland, 25 November 1856; VF strike of ‘Seagull’ d/s; ms rate 30; b/s Arnhem in red 27 November; a fine example of this attractive datestamp

Rothesay to New York, long letter 1854, returned

Rothesay to New York

Stampless entire, single arc cds Rothesay, h/s 24 & 3 cents; unclear red h/s ‘…est’?, on reverse Liverpool d/r cds 4 March 1854 & oval d/s L MR 5 A, with very clear red h/s “Sent back to England without a reason for non-delivery”. Very long letter, clearly written, scarce attractive Scottish item

GB 1856 2 x QV 4d rose on blued paper (SG62) to Hamburg

GB 1856 2 x QV 4d rose on blued paper (SG62) to Hamburg

entire bearing 2 x 4d rose on blued paper (SG 62) (must be Wmk Small Garter as dated before issue of Medium Garter), on glazed blue paper, cancelled London barred lozenge 20(?), MS ‘Via Ostend’; on reverse small m/cross d/s LS 16 Ja 1856 & Hamburg oval arrival d/s St PA 18 Jan 56: minor faults and letter not complete but stamps catalogued 2 x £750 on cover, scarce item

GB UNDATED CDS ON COVER EXETER AREA TO HELSTON 1854

GB UNDATED CDS ON COVER EXETER AREA TO HELSTON 1854

GB 1d stars on blue paper cancelled 285 Exeter, in transit; on front a twin arc cds Helston 2 August 1854 arrival d/s in red; on reverse an incomplete undated d/r cds in blue stated to be Great Shelhay (I cannot trace this); also b/s Exeter 1 August 1854