1843-1956 Covers and cards, various charge and explanatory marks include "L.C.O / POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON", violet boxed "VALUE OF STAMPS 1d / DEFICIENCY 4d", "MORE TO PAY / OVER OZ", a "2" charge mark on a twice redirected letter, 1/2d rate item disallowed as printed matter and charged 1d, etc. (20).
Suggested price: £ 160-180
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Mar 06, 2015 Europe/London
Argyll Etkin Ltd Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Friday Mar 06, 2015 07:00 Europe/London
We are delighted to announce our Spring Auction which includes:
INDIA exceptional AIR MAILS
BUSHIRE a fine collection of stamps & covers.
CYPRUS the important William Frew collection.
GB the Michael Goodman collections of London & Middlesex plus other fine stamps & postal history.
KUT George VI; Gilbert & Ellice Islands; Italy; GB Postal Stationery featuring Registration Envelopes; China 1894 set on cover; India KGV 1 anna collection and Antarctic.
Viewing of most lots at London Stampex 18th / 21st February or by appointment at our offices or ak for scans.
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Lot #273 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Lot #274 - great britain postal history postage due mail
1874-98 Covers and cards including Reginald Bray cards charged 1/2d for return to the sender or 1d for reposting unpaid; an 1879 cover franked 1d and redirected with a second 1d, an "above 1oz" handstamp and 1d charge mark then applied with a " 1/2d" charge mark applied in error and erased; newspaper wrapper charged 3d; disallowed 1/2d rate printed matter charged 1d (2, one with "Contains a Communication of the Nature of a Letter"); 1875...
Lot #275 - great britain postal history postage due mail
1891-1986 Covers and cards, the majority with postage due stamps, including novelty postcards disallowed at the 1/2d rate, underpaid air mail, disallowed Rhodesia U.D.I stamps (4 covers), RLO envelope with compulsory registration Caution label, etc. Also some mint and used postage due stamps. (58 covers + 86 stamps).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #276 - great britain postal history postage due mail
1905-90 Covers and cards including invalid stamps with an 1892 G.B 1d postcard posted in France and charged 4d, incorrect explanatory handstamps, charge marks used to cancel stamps, redirected cards with two due stamps, 1916 cover with Official Paid c.d.s crossed out and charged 2d, 1941 letter concerning an unpaid registered letter to South Africa, 1934 cover from Singapore with 9 1/2d and 1/3 charge marks, etc. (32).
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Lot #277 - great britain postal history postage due mail
4d Post. 1839 (Dec 11) Unpaid entire letter from Aberdeen with fine "4" charge mark, the reverse with "TOO LATE" handstamp. Also a part entire (some ink smudges) with similar "4" charge mark of Edinburgh. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #278 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Returned Mail. 1814 Entire letter to France with boxed "Return£d / for Postage", and 1856 unpaid entire from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Spain with black "1" charge mark and red boxed "Returned for / Postage" applied in London. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #279 - great britain postal history postage due mail
2d Charge Marks. 1840-61 Entire letters and covers with "2" charge marks including "2" of Darlington on a redirected letter, local Romsey cover with "2" crossed out and apparently delivered free of charge, 1846 entire letter to Italy with Buntingford "2" applied in error, and two covers franked 1d with "2" handstamps of Hastings or Bury St. Edmunds both crossed out, the covers presumably deemed to be under 1/2oz. (6).
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Lot #280 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Charge Marks. 1855-1958 Covers and cards with various 1/2d - 8d provincial or London charge marks including fancy "3" on 1855 cover from the Crimea, 1905 cover with a late use of fancy "8" charge of Liverpool, 1862 "4" charge of London, etc. (58).
Suggested price: £ 280-320
Lot #281 - great britain postal history postage due mail
London F.B/I.S Charge Mark. 1891-1973 Covers and cards with various 1/2d - 1/7 charge marks, also 1/1 charge altered to 1/10, a 2/2 charge made from two strikes of the 2d handstamp, a handdrawn 2/6 I.S charge, etc. (42).
Suggested price: £ 160-200
Lot #282 - great britain postal history postage due mail
1/2d and 1 1/2d Charges. 1914-60 Covers and cards on pages all showing odd 1/2d charges, ranging from 1/2d to 11 1/2d, including August 1914 postcards from the BEF only charged 1/2d (2, the correct charge should have been 1d); WW1 postcards from troops in G.B charged 1/2d (3); 1928 card to H.M Ship abroad paid 1d and charged single 1/2d deficiency; 1918 postcard with a Gibraltar 1/2d War Tax disallowed for postage charged single 1/2d...
Lot #283 - great britain postal history postage due mail
1/2d and 1 1/2d Charges from Tristan da Cunha. 1928 Cover franked G.B 1/2d strip of three tied by Tristan type II cachet, incorrectly charged 1/2d; 1937 unpaid cover with type VI cachet charged 1 1/2d, redirected with a second 1/2d and 1d due applied, handstamped "REFUSED"; and 1938 cover with enclosed letter from Henry Green franked G.B 1d tied by type VII cachet, unusually charged the single 1/2d deficiency. (3).
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Lot #284 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Explanatory Handstamps. 1874-1991 Covers and cards, various handstamps, some incorporating the charge, including Deficient Postage/Fine, Over oz, More To Pay, Postage Due for Return to Sender, Liable to Postcard Rate, Inadmissible at ..... Rate, Insufficiently Paid, Imperfect Meter Franking, Unpaid, To Pay, etc. Noted are 1927 cover from Iraq bearing red "OVERLAND MAIL" label and charged 2 1/2d with "Over 10 grammes" handstamp, WW2 cover...
Lot #285 - great britain postal history postage due mail
1890-1900 Cover, front and a newspaper wrapper from Queensland, with "Over / 1oz" or similar "2oz" or "4oz" handstamps of Edinburgh, all with a "1" charge mark. (3).
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #286 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Printed Matter. 1848 Unpaid newspaper wrappers from France to Scotland with differing " 1/2" charge marks. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #287 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Printed Matter. 1850 Newspaper wrapper from France to Scotland with a red P.D Paris handstamp, a " 1/2" charge mark applied then obliterated by the "1" numeral of Aberdeen. Unusual.
Suggested price: £ 70-80
Lot #288 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Printed Matter. 1855 Circular to Montreal with a 1d newspaper stamp printed on the front and a black "1d" charge mark, and a printed wrapper "Registered at the G.P.O for transmission abroad" sent to Hanover franked 1d, handstamped "INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID" and "2d". (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #289 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Printed Matter. 1871-73 Entire letters franked 1/2d, the first from Belturbet marked "letter" and handstamped "MORE / TO / PAY" and a large "1"; the second with boxed "CONTAINS INFORMATION / OF THE NATURE OF A LETTER" and a circular framed 1d charge mark. (2).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #290 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Printed Matter. 1873-1903 Entire letters and covers franked 1/2d but deemed to be letters so charged 1d, explanatory handstamps include "Of the Nature / of a Letter" (3), "Contains Writing in / the nature of a letter" and a scarce red semi-circular framed "CONTAINS / UNAUTHORISED / WRITING / R.L.O" applied in the Returned Letter Office. (7)
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #291 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Printed Matter. 1871-1958 Entire letters, covers and cards (8) and a piece all franked at the printed matter rate but sealed so charged as letters, including 1871-72 entire letters franked 1/2d with red boxed "CLOSED AGAINST / INSPECTION" or similar black handstamp with "W.C" district initials, and various later "closed" handstamps, one incorrectly used on a postcard. (9).
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #292 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Printed Matter. 1915-55 Covers and cards with various cachets including "Contains a Letter in Typewriting Characters" or similar (8), "Form not appropriately printed", "Posted too late for 1/2d rate" or similar (9) and "Inadmissible at Printed Paper Rate", also 1927 unpaid printed papers cover charged 3/6 1/2, and 1947 entire letter to USA with "Commercial Papers, Insufficient Postage Prepaid" handstamp. (21).
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Lot #293 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Printed Matter/Postcard. 1899 Printed visiting card (76x39mm) with a short message, sent from Westgate on Sea to Camberley franked 1/2d, handstamped "Contrary to regulations / 506" with a 1d charge mark. An unusual item.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #294 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Postcards. 1872-1960 Postcards all charged 1d including 1872 1/2d postal stationery postcard with paper applied to the reverse handstamped boxed "CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS / S.E", 1905 picture postcard from Spain with scarce violet "WORD POSTCARD OMITTED" of Southampton, various locally made "Above Size" or similar handstamps (6), etc. (24).
Suggested price: £ 200-240
Lot #295 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Disallowed Postcard. 1880 Postcard sent locally in Blackrock, Dublin, franked 1870 1/2d, endorsed "Contrary to regulations. Stamp must be impressed" with a circular framed 1d charge mark, very fine.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #296 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Invalid Postcards. 1906-07 Postcards with the message written over the address or into the address half of the card, both charged 1d, one with scarce red "Address contrary to rule / 449" of Leicester; and a picture postcard franked on the picture with "Address contrary to rule / 570" handstamp applied in error, "Address" crossed out, charged 1d. (3).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #297 - great britain postal history postage due mail
Forces Mail. 1905-37 Covers and cards to or from British forces all with postage due charges including August 1914 postcards from the B.E.F charged 1/2d or 1d (2), 1914-17 inland cards from soldiers charged the single 1/2d rate (4, one written from No. 10 Ambulance Train), etc. (13).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
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