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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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