GREAT BRITAIN: Comprehensive postal history collection beginning with pre-stamp entires from 1722 all the way through line-engraved and surface printed issues, postal stationery and Edward VII to 1908, with strong section of Scottish postal history. Most value is in the line-engraved and surface-printed issues on cover, including many 4-margin 1841's 1d and a full '409' Jersey numeral; a few 1841 alphabet 2; some 1841 2d and 2d star pairs on covers including '2' in MX, also some line-engraved multiples off cover. Other interesting items include a couple of ship letter marks with one on a pre-stamp letter from British Guiana. Covers to overseas destinations include Turkey (Crimean War cover), 9d straw to India and 10d red-brown to Australia, with a nice group of 1864 1d plates on cover (many with Scottish numerals). Enormous SG cat value (GBP12,500 +). Comprises 150+ entires/ covers/cards & 100+ line-engraved stamps off cover. Condition generally good to fine.
Interesting items noted include:
Scotland: 1722 entire, 2d rate, Edinburgh -Dysart; 1730 entire, Edin-Duckray (“Laird of Duckray”);1795 Edin-Haddington, red JA/10 Bishop marks; 1800 London-Edin, NO/22 Bishop mark;1831 2-line Dundas Street & 6 o’clock marks;1844 stampless cover, Greenock-Glasgow;1847 4d rate, Lanark-Glasgow; 1848 Airdrie-Glasgow; ‘Add 1/2d’ x 4 and other 1/2d marks; 1840 (Jan) pre-stamp cover, Glasgow-France (very attractive)
England: Northleech, Southwell and Rumsey town and mileage marks; 1828 double ring cds ‘EFE/6/1828’;1832 Bath Penny Post; 1840 Oxford straight line; 1854 and 1862 stampless covers to France and Switzerland
1840 (Feb) letter from Demerara, British Guiana to London with fine Liverpool/Ship Letter mark and 1840 (Feb) wrapper from Canton, China to London with step-type Deal ship letter mark
1840 1d black (cut into) on tatty front
1841 1d (30 covers, many stamps with 4 margins, of which 8 are with MX), including No 6 and No 9 in MX; 1841 1d (4 margins) used in the Channel Islands on 1845 entire to London with full, upright Jersey '409' numeral and vermilion Jersey double ring back stamp;
LF worn plate 4 margins on cover with MX; LH-LI pair (4m) on cover, Manchester-London;
Four covers with 1841 2d, including 3 margin example on cover, London-Edinburgh, tied by No.2 in MX, and pair with unclear Scottish numerals
2d SG 23 pair on March 1855 cover to France
2d SG 34(?) pair on 1858 local cover
Strip of 3 1d stars on Crimean War cover to British regiment in Turkey
1864 1d plates on cover (34), including plate 131 with neat Scottish Alloa '7' duplex cancel and many other Scottish numerals
1870 1/2d on cover (4), including nice plate 10 on cover Glasgow-Lanark with neat cds
1855 4d rose-carmine on cover to Paris
1862 4d pale red on cover to Paris
1865 4d vermilion pair on mourning cover to Paris
1867 9d pale straw on wrapper to India with oval ‘Sea Post Office’ mark
1867 10d (SG 112) on cover to Australia
Also a few Edward VII including 1/2d and 2 1/d on cover and card to Germany
Postal stationery envelopes and cards (26), unused and used (QV x 24, E7 x 2) including 1/2d and 1d pink envelopes, 1890 Uniform Penny Postage envelopes unused and used, 1890 VR Penny Postage Jubilee envelope and card fine unused.
Line-engraved stamps off cover comprising 1841 1d (9, incl used block of 4 and no.10 in MX on piece; alphabet 2 pair used; SI 4m with MX. Also 1841 2d (7) including used strip of 3 with MX and fine 4m single with MX. Later including 1d and 2d stars, 1870 1 1/2d x 2, and 1864 used 1d plates (80)
Please note, this is a bulky lot.