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19. THE DISTINCTIVE M.C. OF BRIGHTON. 1841 1d pink envelope Brighton to Gosport cancelled good to fine strike for this M.C. in black. On reverse 'W' within circle local receiver (SX 249) and backstamped Brighton OC/7/1841. This M.C. on 1d red cats. £750.00 on cover. (*) (Ref 57397) £275.00 |
20. LEICESTERSHIRE. 1842 envelope Loughborough to Cheam, Surrey with three margined 1d imperf (SG 8) tied Loughborough M.C. with Loughborough datestamp JA/4/1842. On reverse very fine strike of the 'Mountsorrel' distinctive-type large double-ringed handstamp (LC 165) in black. (*) (Ref 59554) £90.00 |
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21. THE BLUE MALTESE CROSS OF TRURO (Spec. B1sc). 1842 wrapper (side flaps removed) Truro to Falmouth with 1d imperf lettered ME (SG 8), touched at upper right, tied good blue M.C. with matching Truro datestamp AP/8/1842 on front and Falmouth receiver on reverse AP/9/1842. (*) (Ref 59494) £150.00 |
22. IRELAND - LETTERKENNY M.C. 1842 wrapper (side flaps removed) Letterkenny to Dublin with four margined 1d (SG 8) plate 24 lettered LE cancelled SUPERB MALTESE CROSS OF LETTERKENNY - just tied at right and also tied by filing folds! Backstamped Letterkenny JY/30/1842. (Ref 57964) £45.00 |
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23. 'POST MAGAZINE' POSTALLY USED. A fine example of this attractive printed Journal from London to Worcester. On front 'London.Road/1d Paid' and London Tombstone handstamps both lightly struck in red. Backstamped Worcester DE.10.1842. Very Scarce usage. (*) (Ref 59408) £800.00 |
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24. ADDITIONAL STRIKE OF MALTESE CROSS ON COVER. 1843 letter Worcester to Newport, Salop bearing three margined 1d (SG 8) plate 28 lettered CB tied black M.C. with additional strike of M.C. on front of entire. Backstamped FE/2/1843. Unusual and fine usage. (*) (Ref 35028) £55.00 |
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25. CROSS POST. 1843 letter Brighton to Rye with manuscript 'X POST' on front. Backstamped Brighton FE/28/1843 and Rye MR/1/1843. On front Brighton 'PD1' handstamp in red of the Uniform Penny Post (SK 226) in red. The 'X POST' referring to the coast route & not via London. Filing folds. (*) (Ref 59300) £85.00 |
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26. LANCASHIRE. 1843 entire Colne to Halifax with four margined 1d imperf (SG 8) lettered QF plate 28 tied black M.C. On front fine 'Colne' udc in blue (LA 388). Backstamped Manchester JU/13/1843. (*) (Ref 56072) £55.00 |
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27. THE SEMI-DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF GALASHIELS. 1843 entire Galashiels to Edinburgh with four margined 1d imperf plate 28 lettered JK cancelled fine strike of this attractive M.C. Backstamped Galashiels AU/2/1843. (*) (Ref 59498) £125.00 |
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28. PERTH MALTESE CROSS (Spec. B1tt Cat. £700.00). 1843 entire Perth to London bearing four margined 1d plate 21 (SG 8) lettered EA tied fine complete strike. Envelope a little grubby, on reverse 'South Methven Street RH' udc and Perth backstamp OC/1/1843. (*) (Ref 59497) £250.00 |
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29. THE DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF DUBLIN USED ON COVER (Spec. B1tf). 1843 wrapper Dublin to Wick (Scotland) - inter-banking correspondence - with fine 1d red, four margins, lettered RF cancelled very fine strike. (not tied but clearly belongs when viewed from reverse) Backstamped Dublin NO/4/43. Very clean usage. (*) (Ref 59338) £175.00 |
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30. STRIKE OF MALTESE CROSS ON 1844 UNPAID ENVELOPE. 1844 Mourning envelope, used locally in London, endorsed 'Prepaid' but with '2' handstamp in black postal charge and fine strike of a black M.C. at upper right. Backstamped JA/25/1844. Very fine and very scarce usage of the M.C. on unpaid mail. (*) (Ref 59421) £775.00 |
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31. SCOTTISH MALTESE CROSS TYPE II (large centre) (Spec. B1ty). 1844 entire Edinburgh to Dundee with very fine 1d imperf plate 33 lettered OD with four close to good margins tied very fine Scottish M.C. Letter dated FE/7/1844. Vertical filing fold clear of stamp. (*) (Ref 49878) £75.00 |
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32. LONDON NUMBER '3' IN MALTESE CROSS/1d PINK. 1844 1d pink London to Derby cancelled very fine to superb upright strike. Backstamped FE/15/1844. Stray ink on front well clear of cancellation. (*) (Ref 55478) £175.00 |
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33. BLACKBURN UNIFORM 1d POST 'PAID 1' HANDSTAMP. 1846 wrapper (lower flap missing) Blackburn to Carnarvon with fair strike of this scarcer handstamp (LA 106) with Blackburn datestamp 1/JU/1846. (*) (Ref 59440) £30.00 |
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34. THE BLUE '583' NUMERAL OF NOTTINGHAM. 1847 1d pink envelope Nottingham to Bakewell, Derbyshire cancelled superb strike of the Nottingham '583' in blue with matching backstamp FE/26/1847. Not a rare coloured cancel but of the highest quality and most attractive. (*) (Ref 59574) £250.00 |
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35. 1d IMPERF ON ENVELOPE TO ROME. 1847 envelope from Hexham (Northumberland) to Rome with three margined 1d tied '360' of Hexham in black and two transit marks in red. Also on front red oval 'PD', Italian instructional mark and various manuscript postal charges. Scarce usage. (*) (Ref 59557) £125.00 |
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36. BLUE '68' NUMERAL OF BEWDLEY (Worcs) ON COVER (Spec. B1xb). Cat. £225.00. Fine clean envelope Bewdley to Henley-in-Arden with four margined 1d imperf plate 92 lettered QK (SG 8) tied very fine strike of the coloured numeral, backstamped Bewdley MY/3/1850 . (*) (Ref 43287) £140.00 |
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