Great Britain Specialised
153-157 London Rd, Derby DE1 2SY, UK
| Lot | OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2551 | EXPERIMENTAL BLACK MALTESE CROSS: 11 Nov. 1840 E used within London bearing a close to good margined 1840 1d plate 5 RH tied by a fine experimental black MX. with a lightly struck "T. P/Moorgate St." at left. |  | $110 |
| 2552 | BLUE NUMERAL OF WILTON: 14 Oct. 1852 printed "Agenda Paper/For The/Wilts Michaelmas Quarter Sessions" used from Wilton to Salisbury bearing a four margined 1841 1d plate 139 RI-RJ pair with two strikes in blue of the Wilton "685" numeral. Fine. |  | $110 |
| 2553 | DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF CORK: c.1841 small piece bearing a fine 1841 1d OH with a very fine upright Cork MX cancellation. SG £400. Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY |  | $65 |
| 2554 | MANCHESTER DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS - CANCELLING 1840 2d BLUE PAIR: 1840 2d blue, plate 1 LD-LE pair with clear strikes in black of the distinctive Manchester MX. Good margins and colour. Scarce SG Spec. D1ve £3,500. |  | $400 |
| 2555 | RED PLUS BLACK MALTESE CROSS: 1840 1d black plate 2 HL with close to good margins cancelled with part red and black MX cancellations. Small central rub. Rare SG £2,600. |  | $340 |
| 2556 | SIDEWAYS DUPLEX CANCELLATIONS ON COVERS: 1854-69 interesting collection of covers, mostly bearing LC14 1d reds inc., some transitional shade 2d blues (3) and 1d pink envs. (5) with an exceptional range of sideways duplex cancellations. Includes examples of Abingdon, Bangor, Bedford, Birkenhead, Brighton (19, various types) Bristol (2), Canterbury (2), Chatham, Colchester, Devizes, Dorking, Manchester (5), Newport, Nottingham, Poole, Ramsgate, Sheffield, Wakefield, and York. A good lot. (100 covers) |  6 | $260 |
| 2557 | STONEHAVEN: 1840 1d black plate 2 CG with central strike of the distinctive MX of Stonehaven. Fine. SG Spec. A1uf £4,500. BPA Cert. (1983). |  | $500 |
| 2558 | NUMBER 1, 2 & 9: Inc. No. "1" cancelling a close margined 1841 1d RG on 16 June 1843 John Shaw printed account to Usk. Another example cancelling 1841 1d plate 34 EK on env. to Limerick with "T.P/Great Marylebone St" hs nearby. A very fine No. "2" cancelling a good 1d red FI. No. "9" cancelling 1d LD on 13 Jan. 1844 env. to Wakefield. Fine. Also an unused printed EL with printed address to Westminster with an unused 1d NL. (5 items) |  2 | $95 |
| 2559 | NUMBERS 1 & 4: 1841 2d blue plates 3 LI & MB cancelled with large part numbers "1" and "4" in MX cancellations. Fine. SG Spec. E1 vb & vd. £1,400. |  | $80 |
| 2560 | AUSTRIA - MUCH TRAVELLED UNDERPAID COVER: 6 Sep. 1860 neat env. from London to Austria bearing 2d plate 8 RG and Large Garter 4d rose. with struck below a red "PD" in oval cancelled with a matching red "50" in oval of bars and "INSUFFICIENTLY /PREPAID" hs. The cover was redirected and returned to London. Very attractive. |  | $110 |
| Lot | POSTAL STATIONERY, QV | Estimate | |
| 2561 | AUSTRALIA: 15 Jan. 1862 neat mourning env. from Tiverton "via Marseilles" to Melbourne bearing a fine 1862 9d bistre plate 2 LL tied by a Tiverton duplex. Well centred and fine. SG 86 £1,200. |  | $160 |
| 2562 | FRANCE - RARE FRANKING: 1853 E from London to Boulogne bearing 1841 1d red AG and 1841 2d blue plate 4 strip of six, AG-AL and a single DF. All tied by London "29" numerals of the Inland Office. The stamps are cut into in paces and crossed by filing folds. On the front in a v. fine oval framed "PD" in red and "BOULOGNE" cds. The adhesives pay the ½oz rate via direct packet. A rare franking. |  | $340 |
| 2563 | RARE ENCIRCLED "FREE/P/[laurel leaves]" MARK (EARLIEST RECORDED DATE OF USE) IN BROWN-BLACK INK: 14/16 Dec. 1789 E Franked by the 20-year-old “[Lord] Hay” (William Hay, 1772-1819, 7 Earl of Errol from 1798) with “DONCASTER” straight-line mark on the flap and a fine rare brown-black strike of John Palmer’s encircled “FREE/P/[laurel leaves]” mark (Galland LF4P, EKD of only 10 recorded in this colour) nicely placed on the front. The filing note reveals that it was sent by the Curate of the small village of “Marr”! Lord Hay saved the impecunious curate of Marr 1s-0d (2 sheets of paper at 6d). [Ex Eric Gough; Cavendish Sept. 2018, lot 1473; realised £320 + BP.] Exhibition Quality. Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, YORKSHIRE |  | $130 |
| 2564 | ORIGIN OF LONDON's "0"-CODE CROWN-ON-TOP "FREE" DS - THE GENUINE UNCODED/"+"-CODES SHOWING FRAME BREAKS: 10 Oct. to 4 Nov. 1839 strikes (all uncoded except for four "+"-code 29 Oct.-4 Nov. examples) of this late-usage crown-on-top "FREE" ds, that was subsequently (posthumously, probably in 1852) used outside the P.O. to enhance free front collections with a special non-postal "0" code. This remarkable group shows the outer-frame damage that links this mark to the "0"-codes; 10 Oct. 1839 pair of fronts with the complete outer-rim, 19 Oct. 1839 pair of fronts showing only the 2 o'clock rim break, plus 22-29 Oct. 1839 fronts (5) with the 2 & 10 o'clock breaks, and 31 Oct. - 4 Nov. 1839 fronts (3) + rare env. all showing the "+"-code type which have the final 3-rim-breaks (as per all the "0"-code - 'posthumous' - usages). Remarkable story covering less than a month; see the John Colton section in the Galland book. (1 cover + 12 fronts) Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY |  | $200 |
| 2565 | 1886 ADVERTISING RING;: 1 Apr. 1886 1d pink env. with matching "W & T AVERY/BIRMINGHAM" advertising ring used from Birmingham to Kidderminster with a superb "BIRMINGHAM" squared circle cancellation. Fine. |  | $160 |
| 2566 | A SMALL GROUP inc. 1d pink on lettersheet silk thread paper (230 x 185 mm) x 2, each with large red "SPECIMEN", (Huggins Page 131). A piece of notepaper with engraving of Houses of Parliament. 1854 embossed piece of paper with written message. (Small Qty) |  2 | $65 |
| 2567 | 1841-83 1d & 2d ENVS. inc. 1d pink unused on various papers plus shades (7) and 2d blue (4, inc one on Dickinson's silk thread paper). Used 1d pink envs. (8, inc. four with MX cancellations) and an 1844 1d pink letter sheet. Mostly fine. (22 items) |  2 | $80 |
| 2568 | 1894 COLOUR STANDARDS: A large env. (260 x 140 mm) with embossed impressions of dies in current use with date plugs replaced by florets comprising values from ½d to 1/-. Env. flap a little soiled but impressions fine. |  | $110 |
| 2569 | 1868 ADVERTISING RING: 17 Oct. 1d pink env. from London to Tunbridge with an off centre pink "GEORGE FORMILOE & SONS/LONDON E C" advertising ring with 7 Jan. 1868 date plugs. Cancelled with a very fine "71" London duplex. Fine. |  | $160 |
| 2570 | INTERESTING GROUP inc. 1904 STO 3d carmine OHMS env. from Derby to Manchester with date slugs replaced by florets and "HER" changed in ms to "HIS". A large 3d embossed env. with ms "SPECIMEN". Also STO 2½d + 3d used from Manchester to Germany. Fine. (7 items) |  2 | $80 |
| 2571 | 1870 NEWSPAPER WRAPPER PROOF: 1870 ½d brown proof of a newspaper wrapper mounted on card (72 x 105 mm) in a similar design to the ½d green. With ms "last proof" at lower left. Scarce. |  | $95 |
| 2572 | NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS: An interesting group inc. unused 1879 Clerks to the Guardians ½d brown and ½d green vaccination certificates. 1880 ½d green wrapper uprated with ½d used from London to Germany. c.1880 ½d stamped to order ½d wrapper with "Lipscombe Water Filter" advertisement used to Germany. c.1880 ½d brown "Overtime Report" wrapper unused. 1875 ½d green wrapper overprinted "SPECIMEN". A fine lot. (12 items) |  | $80 |
| 2573 | 1869 ADVERTISING RINGS: 2 Apr. 1869 1d pink env. with green "PARKINS & GOTTO 24. OXFORD ST W/SAMPLES OF STATIONERY POST FREE" advertising ring. Fine unused. Also four pieces, each with 1d pink embossed impressions surrounded by advertising rings in green, purple, and pink (2). Fine. (5 items) |  2 | $95 |
| 2574 | 1870 ADVERTISING RING: 7 July 1870 unused 1d pink envelope with purple "PARKINS & GOTTO 24 OXFORD ST W/SAMPLES OF STATIONERY POST FREE" advertising ring and a further printed advertisement inside the top flap. Fine |  | $80 |
| 2575 | 1870 ADVERTISING RING: 7 July 1870 unused 1d pink envelope with purple "PARKINS & GOTTO 24 OXFORD ST W/SAMPLES OF STATIONERY POST FREE" advertising ring, and inside flap with a further printed advertisement. |  | $80 |
| 2576 | 1878 ADVERTISING RING: 30 May 1884 1d pink envelope (portion torn away at top) with matching coloured "OFFICE OF THE PHILATELIC QUARTERLY/BRIGHTON" advertising ring uprated with ½d + 1d used from Brighton to Holland. Scarce. |  | $80 |
| 2577 | 1841-60 EMBOSSED PROOFS: 1841-82 group of embossed proofs with c.1841 small size 1d embossed env. with large red "SPECIMEN". 1855-59 1d pink embossed proofs on different coloured papers on piece (3). 1855-81 6d & 1/- embossed STO 6d & 1/- (3) overprinted "SPECIMEN". Fine. (8 items) |  2 | $80 |
| 2578 | 1870 ADVERTISING RINGS: 3 Feb. 1870 1d pink envelope used within Brighton with purple "PUBLISHERS OF THE PERMANENT STAMP ALBUM" deep purple advertising ring. Fine. |  | $130 |
| 2579 | REGISTERED ENVELOPES - LARGE SIZES, ETC.: 1878 group of registered envs. with sizes from F to K overprinted "SPECIMEN" Fine. (6 items) |  2 | $110 |
| 2580 | 1898 ADVERTISING RING: 1898 ½d vermilion Die 6 embossed env. with privately printed "SAVORY AND MOORE/LONDON" advertising ring. Fine. Huggins AR 132. |  | $80 |
| Lot | THE PETER CHADWICK COLLECTION | Estimate | |
| 2581 | 1864 ADVERTISING RING: 2d blue W.H. Smith wrapper (damaged and a little soiled with blue "W.H SMITH & SONS/186 STRAND LONDON" advertising ring. Used to Germany. Scarce. |  | $50 |
| 2582 | 1875 ADVERTISING RINGS: 1d pink, 1½d brown and 4d vermilion W.H. Smith & Son unused wrappers with "W. H. SMITH & SONS/186 STRAND LONDON" advertising rings in matching colours. Fine unused. (3 items) |  | $200 |
| 2583 | VERY RARE JUNE 1840 P.O. NOTICE TO POSTMASTERS ETC. REF. DISTRIBUTION OF STAMPS & MULREADYS; "Edinburgh, June 1840" Notice (folds and edge waer, mostly affecting the LH edge, with only a couple of words affected) "To All Postmasters, Sub-Postmasters, and Letter Receivers" advising that "the sale of Postage Label Stamps and Stamped Covers... shall commence as soon as they [Postmasters etc.] can be furnished with the proper License from the Stamp Office....[the necessary license etc.] will be transmitted as early as possible..." and giving the prices at which stamps of each kind should be sold. It also makes it clear that Mulready letter-sheets would be available from P.O.s, but not the Mulready envelopes! This Edinburgh version of the Notice is not recorded by SG(the text is the same as the SGPN7 London Notice, cat. £10,000), and it is unique in having a very fine strike of the boxed Shetland Islands "LERWICK" ds at bottom left. This Notice comes from the P.O. archive discovered in a ruined Shetlands P.O. in the 1970s. Well worthy of careful restoration. RPSL Cert. (2021). Cross Reference: SHETLAND ISLES & FAIR ISLE, 1840 1d BLACKS, MULREADY STATIONERY & PROPAGANDA COVERS, P.O. NOTICES |  | $340 |
| 2584 | RARE [c.1 Feb.] 1841 FOLDING DOUBLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH 1841 1d & 2d + "SPECIMEN" 1d PINKS (2 SIZES) ATTACHED; c.1 Feb. 1841 large folded double-sheet P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and edge-wear and minor fold-splits; stamps & envs. fine) from "G.P.O., Edinburgh" "TO ALL POSTMASTERS" etc. Along the top blank sections of each of the two sheets are gummed an 1841 2d Blue with No Corner Letters (4m; top marginal; ex the 15 Jan. 1841 Trial Sheet; SGDP43), a fine 4m 1841 1d Red (LF) and two different size 1d Pink envs. with the same large red hs "SPECIMEN" marking. It states that "An immediate Alteration is about to be made in the Adhesive Postage Label Stamps, and a new description of Stamped Envelopes, both Penny and Two-Penny... [both] intended to replace those in current use...". It notes that the 1d Pinks (2 sizes) will only be on sale in London initially. The second half of the Notice states that "I enclose you Specimens of the new Labels... [and] Specimens of each of the new Penny Envelopes... When the Two-Penny Envelope is ready, you will receive a Specimen of that also... It is intended, hereafter, to obliterate the Postage Stamps with Black Composition, a supply of which will be forwarded to you as soon as possible, but until you receive this supply you will continue to obliterate the Postage Stamp with Red Composition, as heretofore." Important Notice marking the imminent withdrawal of the 1d Black, the Mulready and the red Maltese Cross. SG Spec. PN8 £7,000. Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES, SCOTLAND |  2 | $800 |
| 2585 | RARE APR. 1841 FOLDING SINGLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH "SPECIMEN" EMBOSSED 2d ENVELOPE; [c.1] Apr. 1841 large folded P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and edge-wear and minor fold-splits; env. fine) from "G.P.O., Edinburgh" "TO ALL POSTMASTERS" with the original Embossed 2d Blue env. with large red "SPECIMEN" hs (slight toning) that had been tipped in beneath the "E.S. LEES, Secretary" printed signature (the tip of the top flap is still affixed to the Notice and exactly fits the small fault at the end of the top flap of the 2d env.). It states that "I now enclose you Specimens of the New Two-Penny Envelopes[only one was sent], which you will permit to pass [through the Post] at the rate of Postage marked upon them." Again it notes that both 1d & 2d embossed envs. will initially only be on sale in London. Attractive matching pair to the Notice in the previous lot. [SG PN10; cat. £2,250.] Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, SPECIMENS |  4 | $260 |
| 2586 | 1841 SINGLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH 1841 1d & 2d (NO CORNER LETTERS) + "SPECIMEN" 1d PINKS (2 SIZES): c.1 Feb. 1841 large right-hand half (only; 205mm x 247mm) of the double-sheet P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and neatly rebacked) from Edinburgh G.P.O. "TO ALL POSTMASTERS". Along the top blank section are gummed an 1841 2d Blue with No Corner Letters (2m; LH marginal, mounted on card and glued on - presumably cut from the absent LH page of this Notice - ex the 15 Jan. 1841 Trial Sheet; SGDP43), a near 4-margin 1841 1d Red (RG) and the larger size 1d Pink env. (minor scuffs) with the large red hs "SPECIMEN" marking. The second smaller matching 1d Pink from the LH page (part of the Notice's paper still present on the scuffed flap) had been badly hinged on top of the larger env. but is now separate. The Notice states that there is to be "...an Alteration in the Adhesive Postage Label Stamps and Stamped Envelopes; I enclose you Specimens of the new Labels... [and] Specimens of each of the new Penny Envelopes... When the Two-Penny Envelope is ready, you will receive a Specimen of that also... It is intended, hereafter, to obliterate the Postage Stamps with Black Composition, a supply of which will be forwarded to you as soon as possible, but until you receive this supply you will continue to obliterate the Postage Stamp with Red Composition, as heretofore." The Most important half of this Important Notice marking the imminent withdrawal of the 1d Black, the Mulready and the red Maltese Cross. SG Spec. PN8 £7,000 for complete double-sheet. (2 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, 1841 1d REDS, 1841 2d BLUES, SCOTLAND |  2 | $260 |
| 2587 | RARE APR. 1841 FOLDING SINGLE-SHEET P.O. NOTICE WITH "SPECIMEN" EMBOSSED 2d ENVELOPE; [c.1] Apr. 1841 large folded P.O. Notice (usual horiz. folds and edge-wear and minor fold-splits, but also some peripheral toning) from "G.P.O., Edinburgh" "TO ALL POSTMASTERS" with the original Embossed 2d Blue env. with large red "SPECIMEN" hs; light toning at foot) that had been tipped in beneath the "E.S. LEES, Secretary" printed signature. It states that "I now enclose you Specimens of the New Two-Penny Envelopes[only one was sent], which you will permit to pass [through the Post] at the rate of Postage marked upon them." Again it notes that both 1d & 2d embossed envs. will initially only be on sale in London. [SG PN10; cat. £2,250.] Plus unrelated unused 19 Nov. 1857 (date plugs) small 1d Pink env. with black "SPECIMEN" overprint (fine address side, light toning on reverse). (2 items) Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, POSTAL STATIONERY, QV, P.O. NOTICES, SPECIMENS |  4 | $240 |
| 2588 | PAIR OF LARGE 1855 P.O. NOTICES REF. "PARL. NOTICES" OR "POSTAGE STAMPS" IN NAME OF "ROWLAND HILL", ETC.; Pair of large (c.25x40 cms.; folds with some reinforced damage towards centre of each) "NOVEMBER 1855" P.O. "P.M.G." Notices "to all Postmasters" (Nos. 72 & 73), each with "ROWLAND HILL/Secretary" at the foot. The first (tears affect several words) headed "POSTAGE STAMPS" advising that Postmasters can now obtain Stamps from "the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or from any authorized Vendor" as well as from their Head Office P.O.s. The second (text unaffected by faults) concerns the "Service of Parliamentary Notices through the Post Office" (for which there was a special rate and complex procedures); "The Regulations... laid down still continue in force...", etc. Plus 3 Aug. 1849 2-page P.O. "DAILY PACKET LIST" (now separated pages; very toned and with other minor faults) listing the overseas "PACKET BOATS" arrivals, giving a long list of imminent outgoing Ship Letter vessels to be used by the P.O. to a huge range of countries inc. Falkland Isles, St. Helena, varied Australian ports, W. Africa, Hawaii, etc. and listing all overseas Packet rates (to a huge range of countries). Rare group. (3 items) Cross Reference: POSTAL REFORMS, MARITIME MAIL, PARLIAMENTARY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL |  4 | $100 |
| 2589 | POSTAL NOTICES: 16 Nov. 1855 small notice (143 x 95 mm) with embossed 4d Die 1, 6d Die 2 & 1/- Die 3 overprinted "SPECIMEN". Also another dated May 1859 with a single 3d embossed overprinted "SPECIMEN". Fine. (2 notices) |  2 | $95 |
| 2590 | UNIQUE(?) KGV INITIALLED ("G") COVER TO NORWAY WITH UNRECORDED "BALMORAL CASTLE" IN BLUE OF REGD. LABEL; Spectacular 24 Aug. 1910 mourning env. (slightly roughly opened at top) registered in KGV's own hand to (his son-in-law) "H.M. The King of Norway, Christiania, Norway" and intriguingly endorsed "By F.O. Bag" (there are backstamps of Edinburgh & London) franked by KEVII 4d & ½d (the new KGV stamps were not ready until 1911 although KEVII had died on 6 May 1910) tied by very fine scarce "BALMORAL CASTLE/[crown]" cds's with near fine purple "EviiR" Cypher mark at lower left beside the sender's personal "G" initial (the KGV Cypher was not ready yet); but also having a large blue P.O. "R" label precancelled with a very fine blue unrecorded (?) "BALMORAL/CASTLE" 2-line mark. The very fine black wax seal has the "G/[crown]/V" monogram. Stunning example of the new King's personal mail before his Cypher mark or new stamps were ready. Exhibition Quality. [Sold in Cavendish March 2010 auction for £2,880 inc. BP] Cross Reference: AUTOGRAPHS, SCOTLAND, NORWAY, REDIRECTED & TURNED MAIL |  2 | $650 |
| 2591 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF CASTLE CARY: July 1840 EL to Shaftesbury with a fine heavy "2" of Castle Cary. This is the only known example of this chargemark. Fine Castle Cary UDC on back. Cross Reference: SOMERSET |  2 | $220 |
| 2592 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF ASHBURTON: 29 Jan. 1840 part E to Exeter with a lovely clear strike of a "2" hs (inc. hs block edges!). This is the only known example of this chargemark. Fine Ashburton cds on back. Cross Reference: DEVON |  2 | $200 |
| 2593 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK RED "2" OF CHESTER: Prepaid double-weight EL to Aberystwyth dated 28 Mar. 1840 with very fine red "2" hs. No ds's. One of very few (less than 6?) towns to use a prepaid red "2".Cross Reference: CHESHIRE |  | $160 |
| 2594 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF HAYDON BRIDGE: 8 Aug. 1840 EL to the remote Matfen Hall "To be left at Corbridge" (and probably collected by a servant) with mostly fine first style "2" hs on front and partial Haydon Bridge ds on back.Cross Reference: NORTHUMBERLAND |  2 | $100 |
| 2595 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF ABINGDON: 4 Oct. 1841 EL printed insurance form to London with fine "2" hs on front and Abingdon & London ds's on back. Earliest recorded date for this chargemark.Cross Reference: BERKSHIRE |  2 | $130 |
| 2596 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF YAXLEY: 23(?) June 1842 EL to Norwich endorsed "paid". This is the earliest known handstamp of Yaxley, and the only known example of this handstamp. Cross Reference: CAMBRIDGESHIRE, SUFFOLK |  2 | $260 |
| 2597 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF HYTHE: 22 July 1843 OHMS 3-page questionnaire to Royal Hospital Chelsea (filing notes on front do not detract) with fine "2" hs, and Hythe ds on back. This is the only known example of this chargemark. Cross Reference: KENT |  2 | $260 |
| 2598 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. UNRECORDED HANDSTRUCK "2" OF TOTNESS: 9 Dec. 1843 EL to Ashburton endorsed "taken from the box" (??). Fine hs "2" & Totness ds on front & readable Ashburton ds on back. This is the only known example of this chargemark. Cross Reference: DEVON |  2 | $200 |
| 2599 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF ELY: 16 Aug. 1843 EL (fold faults which do not detract) "To The Commishoners, Chelsey Collage, London" [sic] from a private in the Coldstream Guards discharged after "ten years and 101 days" inquiring as to the likelihood of a pension payment. Fine hs "2" of Ely on front. Cross Reference: CAMBRIDGESHIRE |  | $160 |
| 2600 | HANDSTRUCK "2" CHARGEMARKS, ETC.. HANDSTRUCK "2" OF READING: 13 Mar. 1844 EL printed insurance return to London with fine "2" hs on front, and Reading & London ds's on back.Cross Reference: BERKSHIRE |  2 | $130 |
