Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1878 (Aug. 4) hand illustrated front showing soldiers playing cricket with walking sticks and umbrellas, bearing 1864-79 1d. reds (2) tied Blackpool duplexes, some light creasing, otherwise fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
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Grosvenor Auctions Auction of Great Britain Postage Stamps and Postal History
A specialised auction of over 1,200 lots, the property of 125 vendors, featuring an award-winning collection of Liverpool Postal History; the collection of Great Britain formed by the late Dennis Clarke; very fine line engraved and Seahorses; an excellent section of QEII commemorative errors including many great rarities; and one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of 1966 ‘Birds’ ever assembled.
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Lot #1277 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Lot #1278 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1879 (Oct. 12th) printed illustrated envelope from Exmouth to London, depicting a stagecoach crash, bearing 1d. plate 207 JH cancelled Exmouth duplex, part of back flap missing otherwise fine and scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
Lot #1279 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1879 (Oct. 29th) printed illustrated envelope from Exmouth to London, depicting a foxhunt, bearing 1d. plate 204 KL cancelled “286” Exmouth numeral, fine and scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
Lot #1280 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1898 three hand illustrated postcards, one coloured, all from Glasgow to the same address in Abington, also a fancy lace Valentine card, some small tears and creases, otherwise fine (4)
[Proposed price: £50-70]
Lot #1281 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed envelopes: 1901-13 group of hand illustrated covers showing sporting scenes, comprising 1901 postcard to Nuneaton with a cricket theme, 1908 postcard to Richmond with bowling theme, 1908 postcard to Nuneaton with angling theme and 1913 postcard to London showing man in running gear, mostly fine. (4). Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1282 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1902-06 group of hand illustrated covers showing boats and sea views, incl. 1906 cover to London showing a lighthouse in a rough sea, fine. (4). Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1283 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1902-06 group of hand illustrated covers showing animals, fine. (5)
[Proposed price: £70-80]
Lot #1284 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1902-16 group of hand illustrated covers and postcards showing people, incl. 1909 envelope to Kent showing circus performers’ heads, 1903 cover to Grantham showing a gentleman in a top hat and 1908 postcard to London showing a city gent with a cane, few minor impefections. (8). Photo.
[Proposed price: £180-200]
Lot #1285 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1902-26 group of hand illustrated covers all showing military scenes, incl. 1918 envelope to Harlesdon with a drawing of a tank and 1919 envelope to Stroud with a watercolour of a battleship sailing the ocean, varied condition. (4). Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1286 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1902-26 group of hand illustrated covers showing women, incl. 1909 envelope to Streatham showing a colourful lady with hat and earrings, etc., varied condition. (5). Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1287 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1902-26 group of hand illustrated covers with the addresses in calligraphy or with a decorative vignette, varied condition. (6)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1288 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1903-09 group of political hand illustrated envelopes, comprising 1903 cover to Grantham showing parody of “St George and Ye Dragon”, 1906 postcard to Nuneaton showing cartoon of various political issues, 1908 postcard to Nuneaton showing parody of Empire Day and 1909 postcard showing caricature of Jack Tar defending the country, fine. (4). Photo.
[Proposed price: £200-220]
Lot #1289 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1903-09 group of hand illustrated covers all showing people travelling, comprising 1903 postcard to Windsor showing a young couple with a travel chest, 1904 envelope showing a man walking along the pavement, 1903 envelope showing a couple in a carriage and 1909 postcard showing skating cartoons, mostly fine. (4). Photo.
[Proposed price: £120-150]
Lot #1290 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1903-12 group of humorous hand illustrated envelopes comprising 1903 postcard to Middlesborough showing characters with big noses, 1906 postcard to Germany showing colourful “Modern Santa Claus” and 1912 postcard to Fulham showing a man at a piano entitled “Light Opera & Low Comedy”, fine. (3). Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1291 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1903-36 group of hand illustrated envelopes, incl. 1909 envelope to London showing drawing of black minstrel boy in costume, 1905 cover to Dewsbury showing a pixie embracing a rabbit lady, etc., varied condition. (6)
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1292 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1904-13 group of hand illustrated covers all showing dogs, fine. (3)
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1293 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1905-08 group of hand illustrated envelopes relating to Irish issues, fine. (3). Photo.
[Proposed price: £150-180]
Lot #1294 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1905-09 group of hand illustrated covers showing cats, comprising 1905 cover to Weymouth showing two cats carrying a chest, 1907 cover to London showing a man and his cat beside a fire and 1909 cover to London with a cat asking permission to play in your yard, varied condition. (3). Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1295 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1905-11 group of hand illustrated covers all showing drawings of flowers, fine. (3).
[Proposed price: £50-60]
Lot #1296 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1912 postcard to Ilford with black and white drawing of Beethoven, fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £80-100]
Lot #1297 - Great Britain hand illustrated and later printed envelopes
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1918 group of hand illustrated covers to the same address in Middlesex, all showing the address in colourful calligraphy, mostly fine. (8)
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1298 - Great Britain cancellations
An accumulation of cancellations in five binders, mostly on line engraved, incl. wide range of barred, duplex, squared circle, Maltese Cross, London fancy geometric, dumb, hooded, machine (with Azemar) and railway cancellations, 1840 Mulready 1d. lettersheet mint and used, 1840 1d. black on cover, etc., mostly written up, mixed condition. (100s)
[Proposed price: £600-700]
Lot #1299 - Great Britain cancellations
Cancellations: 1864-79 1d. NA-OB block used on piece, heavily cancelled by “S” in barred ovals, for Foreign Branch special use, scarce. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
Lot #1300 - Great Britain cancellations
Machine Cancellations: 1911 picture postcard from London to Paris, bearing 1d. red cancelled Hey-Dolphin “LONDON E.C./DEC 5/6-PM/1911” in black, some peripheral faults otherwise fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £50-60]
Lot #1301 - Great Britain cancellations
Cancellations: Machine Cancellations: Azemar: 1872 (Aug. 23) cover to the Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh with 1d. plate tied by a strike of the five section Azemar cancellation with c.d.s. level with bars, fine, also 1858 (Nov. 19) envelope bearing 1858 1d. star overprinted O.U.S reading upwards, S.G. Spec. PP148, stained on reverse, otherwise fine. Photo.
[Proposed price: £100-120]
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