Dec 28th Entire to London bearing a fine straight line 'SCILLY' strike, manuscript 1/1 postal charge for a single letter sheet, red (oxidized) receiving cds (31/12/29), complete letter contents. Rare. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
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Lot #9372 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1830
COVER to London bearing a fine straight line 'SCILLY' strike, manuscript 3/- postal charge cancelled by inspectors Crown, uplifted to 4/-, red (oxidized) receiving cds (02/10/30), no letter, bust - red wax seal. Rare. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £220.00)
Lot #9373 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1834
COVER to London from Rev Ian Lane (Pastor of Tresco) bearing a straight line 'SCILLY' strike, manuscript 4/4 postal charge , red (oxidized) receiving cds (04/04/34), no letter, 'I - L' - black wax seal. Rare. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £220.00)
Lot #9374 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1878
O.H.M.S. printed Education Grant, posted London to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, bearing London Paid Official cds red, Penzance & Scilly Transit/receiving cds. {PS} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)
Lot #9375 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1894
½d Postal Stationery Card from Rose Hill, Scilly to Marazion, mis-directed to Penzance, small spike hole. Rare. {PS} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #9376 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1900-2010
SMORGASBORD in a small box. An interesting mixture of used & unused Picture Post cards, covers, stamps tied to small pieces, miniature sheets, letters, Postmarks & more. At a glance, Patrick Moore Signed cover, Triangular postmark group, 150 plus used PPC's (all reigns), 20 plus unused black & white/colour Post cards, 50 plus covers inc FDC, Locals etc and much interesting ephemera. (250+ items) HEAVY/OVERSIZE LOT - OVERSEAS...
Lot #9377 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1902-11
KEVII USED PICTURE POSTCARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'SCILLY' twin ring, cds cancellations. An interesting collection of Monochrome Post cards bearing Views, Landmarks etc, posted chiefly to UK addresses. (35 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £400.00)
Lot #9378 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1902-11
KEVII USED PICTURE POSTCARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'SCILLY' twin ring, cds cancellations. An interesting collection of Coloured Post cards bearing Views, Landmarks & social history. (35 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £400.00)
Lot #9379 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1902-2008
CARDS & COVER COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'St Martin's' cds cancellations. Monochrome or Coloured Post cards of each reign, most posted to UK addresses (one to France) bearing various denomination definitives, 11 items KEVII to KGVI, 18 x QEII. (24 cards & 5 covers) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)
Lot #9380 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1902-50
KEVII TO KGVI PICTURE POST CARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'TRESCO' different type cds cancellations. Monochrome or Coloured Post cards of each reign bearing various denomination definitives. (25 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #9381 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1904-94
CARDS & COVER COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'St Agnes' different type cds cancellations. Monochrome or Coloured Post cards of each reign, most posted to UK addresses (one to France, one to Germany) bearing various denomination definitives, 6 items KEVII to KGVI, 25 x QEII. (23 cards & 8 covers) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £64.00)
Lot #9382 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1908-2006
MARITIME MAIL GROUP. An assembly of used & unused cards & covers with a Nautical theme, inc Posted on board, Trans Atlantic Record attempts, various Ship cachets, Signed covers - Tresco/Bryher Gig Centenary, monochrome PPC 'Lyonnesse' leaving Scilly & more. (24 items) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £80.00)
Lot #9383 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1909
(July 23rd) cover from Saint Michel, France to St Mary's, Scilly bearing an impressive Franking of 15x 1c stamp & a 10c 'Sower', to rear - Penzance receiving cds. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £20.00)
Lot #9384 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1909-11
KEVII USED PICTURE POSTCARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'SCILLY' single ring, cds cancellations. Monochrome & Coloured Post cards (mostly 'Peacock' Series), posted chiefly to UK addresses (one to France) bearing ½d & 1d KEVII denomination definitives. (25 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £300.00)
Lot #9385 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1912-24
KGV USED PICTURE POSTCARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'SCILLY' twin ring, cds cancellations. Monochrome & Coloured Post cards, posted to UK addresses (one to Italy) bearing ½d, 1d & 1½d KGV denomination definitives. (17 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #9386 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1912-24
KGV USED PICTURE POSTCARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'SCILLY' single ring, cds cancellations. Monochrome & Coloured Post cards, posted to UK addresses (one to France) bearing ½d, 1d & 1½d KGV denomination definitives. (11 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #9387 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1915
Monochrome Picture Post Card of German Submarine U29 about to sink the S.S 'Headlands' off Scilly in March 1915 (Submarine later sunk in Atlantic same Month), a C.J.King card. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £20.00)
Lot #9388 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1916-18
CENSORED GROUP of cards & a cover, inbound & outbound from the Isles bearing Naval Censor, Censored & (YMCA cover - FPO cds) passed by Censor cachets. (4 items) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £64.00)
Lot #9389 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1918
(Nov 18th) Reg cover from Forest Gate, London to RN Airship Station, Scilly Isles, bearing 1d & 2½d KGV issues tied by cds, Forest Gate Reg tab, to rear Transit cds & Scilly arrival cds. {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £24.00)
Lot #9390 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1918-94
CARDS & COVER COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected 'BRYHER' cds cancellations. Monochrome & Coloured Post cards of each reign, most posted to UK addresses (two to Australia) bearing various denomination definitives. (17 cards & 7 covers) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #9391 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1920,s-70's
INTERESTING 'SNAPSHOT' & 'PPC' COLLECTION on stock pages. A mostly all different collection of 'Snapshot' Photo packs & Picture Post Card packs, inc Lighthouse, Neptune, Kings View, Dainty, Judges, Salmon, Adams Chemist & various Gibson packs. Dozens of Vintage Photos & Cards of the Isles. (18 packs) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £220.00)
Lot #9392 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1925-36
KGV PICTURE POSTCARD COLLECTION on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected St Mary's twin ring cancellations (Missing Apostrophe in MARYS). USED Monochrome & Coloured Post cards, all posted in St Mary's, chiefly to UK addresses (one to New York) bearing ½d & 1d denomination definitives. (28 cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £280.00)
Lot #9393 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1929-31
KGV PICTURE POSTCARD GROUP on sleeved pages, displayed for the collected St Mary's single ring cds (Missing Apostrophe in MARYS), all posted in St Mary's to UK addresses bearing 1d definitives. (5 cards) {U} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £52.00)
Lot #9394 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1930,s-70's
USED LETTER CARDS COLLECTION on stock pages. A collection of multi-view letter cards, many different, images inc black & white & coloured, bearing an interesting range of views & landmarks. (17 letter cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £72.00)
Lot #9395 - Great Britain - Isle of Scilly 1930's-70's
UNUSED LETTER CARDS COLLECTION on stock pages. A collection of multi-view letter cards, many different, images inc black & white, hand-coloured & coloured, bearing an interesting range of views & landmarks. (34 letter cards) {CC} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £140.00)



