(b) Queen Victoria
30c 'Lauré' cancelled Boulogne 549 lozenge 16 October 1870; red PD, red London Paid cds 17 October; on reverse red London EC & London W 17 October 1870; during the Siege of Paris Reference: 1278 |
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GB 1d lilac 16 dots cancelled FPO BO British South Africa 8 August 1900; s/r cds MODDER RIVER 7 Aug 1900 the d/s of origin; on patriotic Boer War card; a good scarce postmark Reference: 1248 |
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French 10c Sage PS card with Anglo-German political propaganda cartoon, with illustration (mounted on the PS card) depicting Queen Victoria & Bûlow (the German Chancellor), reflecting the Naval Race;  d/r cds St Nicolas du Port and Verneuil, 28 & 29 April 1901; a rare card Reference: 1224 |
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3d lilac and green issue (SG 191) lettered OJ on registered envelope with m/s 'Regd' in red crayon; cancelled VF oval Registered Liverpool; b/s s/r cds Kendal 18 March 1887; cat £180 on envelope Reference: 1112 |
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GB 2½d plate 23 1E cancelled barred oval C and alongside s/r cds in red BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE code C 19 May 1882; on reverse s/r cds Gosport 24 May 1882 Reference: 999 |
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GB 1d plate 199 & three half pence plate 3 on entire (cat £300 on envelope); cancelled (twice) EXCHANGE LIVERPOOL duplex 466 10 April 1879; French cachet d¢entrée ANGL. AMB. CALAIS E in red 11 April 1879; faint Paris b/s 11 April 1879 Reference: 929 |
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OHMS large envelope with 4 x QV 1d lilac overprinted I.R. Official, uncancelled; intended for Barnstaple c 1902, but possibly never posted (or sent by courier?) Reference: 851 |
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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 Reference: 775 |
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GB ½d Jubilee issue on PPC with an advert for a Swiss accident insurance company, cancelled with VF s/r cds CHERINGTON STROUD 20 April 01 in violet Reference: 776 |
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Mourning envelope with 2 x ½d slate-blue cancelled with Irish barred lozenges 359 of NEWTOWNFORBES; on reverse cds of that town and LONGFORD, both 23 December 1884; closed on reverse with crested seal; to the Carlton Club, Pall Mall & forwarded to the St James' Club, Piccadilly; small closed tear to envelope Reference: 773 |
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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 Reference: 557 |
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OHMS brown civil service type envelope No 77, inscribed 'Post Office', cancelled Official Paid London EC in red 10 November 1890, to Birmingham; b/s the same day; signed by RC Tombs the well known PO Official and author of books on the Post Reference: 543 |
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6d violet & red Foreign Bill revenue stamp on reverse of £30 bill of exchange from Adelaide, Australia to Halifax, Yorkshire, 10 October 1870; small faults to document, stamp fine and very scarce use thus Reference: 298 |
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GB 2½d mauve plate 12 (SG 141) on envelope to a hotel in Paris, cancelled with London duplex N2 9 December 1878; French cachet d'entrée 'Angl Amb Calais B' 9 December 1878 in red; on reverse Paris arrival 9 December 1878 Reference: 288 |
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1d red imperf cancelled 131 on folded outer to Halifax, Yorkshire 14 November 1847; on reverse 2 strikes of an undated circle datestamp Stafford Street, with red transit datestamp and blue Halifax arrival the next day; a scarce cover Reference: 250 |
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1870 cover to Torino with a 6d plate 9 stamp cancelled by a LONDON (106) postmark dated 17.SP.70 and an oval PD mark. Reference: 274H |
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1850 cover with pair of stamps cancelled by poor numeral marks. On the reverse there is an official unpaid codeless crown mark dated 29.NO.1850, an Edinburgh cds dated 20.NOV.1850 and a partial boxed MUSSELBURGH postmark in blue dated 30.NO.1850. Reference: 186H |
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1862 cover with a stamp perf 14 and reserve plate 15 cancelled by a MANCHESTER 498 duplex. On the reverse there is a WEDNESBURY postmark. Reference: 178H |
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1867 entire letter to Bordeaux with a 4d vermilion (SG 94 plate 8) cancelled by a partial LONDON EC 74 duplex dated 18.JY.67 and there is a PD mark and an ANGL AMB CALAIS mark. On the reverse two poor BORDEAUX marks. Reference: 177H |
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1869 entire letter to Bordeaux with two 4d bight vermilion (SG 94 plate 11) cancelled by partial LONDON EC 72 duplex postmarks dated 27.SP.69. There is also a partial PD mark, an ANGL AMB CALAIS and on the reverse there are various BORDEAUX postmarks. Reference: 176H |
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1859 entire letter with the stamp die 2 alphabet 3 plate 60 perf.14 cancelled by a MANCHESTER 498 duplex dated 18.MY.59. Reference: 137H |
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1901 2d pale rose stamp on large folded envelope cancelled by a LONDON EC 87 district duplex dated 7.OC.01. Reference: 134H |
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1875 entire letter to Paris. The stamp, SG 143 plate 16, is cancelled by a LONDON 87 district duplex dated 19.JA.76 and there is a partial ANGL. AMB. CAL.? transit mark dated 20.JANV.75, a PD mark and a partial PARIS postmark on the reverse. Reference: 133H |
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1863 penny red Die 2 Alphabet 3 stated to be plate 48, perf.14 cancelled on EDINBURGH 131 duplex on a mourning envelope. Reference: 132H |
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1855 entire with a "107" duplex cancelling the stamp on blued paper (perf. 16)and a partial BRADFORD-YORKS postmark dated 19.JA.1855 and a partial London datestamp dated 20.JA.1855. Reference: 115H |