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De Montfort Stamp Co
PO Box 6
Thurnby Leicester
LE7 9ZU
England

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0116 241 9796
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+ + 44 116 2419796

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Lots 2086-2115
 
2086
Isle of Man - 1973 Two identical typed address Post Office Commemorative Covers for Last Day of the British Postal Services in the Isle of Man bearing decimal 2½p to 7½p SG8/11 tied by Whitehaven Cumberland or Douglas Isle of Man pictorial handstamp 4 July 1973. The 2½p value on one cover missing phosphor SG8y (SG cat £1¬500 mint unpriced used). ()
£45.00
 
 
2087
1843 Entire St Austell to London bearing 1d red (IA) 3 large margins with almost full strike of Maltese Cross cancel which does not tie stamp. St Austell double arc black cds 26 August 1843 on reverse along with red London arrival single ring code L cds 28 August. ()
£4.00
 
 
2088
1855 Unfolded wrapper to Staley Bridge bearing 1d red stars (SF) tied by superb strike of Liverpool 02 spoon 466 duplex cancel dated 27 October 1855 with Manchester double arc cds of same date on reverse. ()
£20.00
 
 
2089
1865 Commercial unfolded entire used Manchester to Lille at 8d rate bearing 4d pale red (Hair lines) plate 4 (AK-AL) horizontal pair SG82 tied by two strikes of Manchester 498 duplex cancel dated 4 May 1865. Two usual red PD in circle marks on front along with Calais transit mark dated 5 May with Lille arrival mark of same date on reverse. ()
£25.00
 
 
2090
1899 Lightly soiled A4 size illustrated 12 page programme for the opening cermonies of the Presbyterian Church of England Westminster College Cambridge 17 October 1899 folded in half and postally used to Willesden London bearing 1d lilac tied by location unclear cds. ()
£4.00
 
 
2091
1909 Colour souvenir post card (light soiling on reverse) for Manchesster Postage Stamp Exhibition & Philatelic Congress at Hume Town Hall February 1909 pencil address to Huddersfield bearing KEVII ½d yellow-green tied by special cds handstamp dated 18 February for Exhibition. ()
£5.00
 
 
2092
1914 Colour postcard used to Hucknall bearing KGV ½d green tied by fine strike of Skegness Lincs large skeleton single ring cds dated 31 August 1914. ()
£2.00
 
 
2093
1921 Small hand addressed cover to Germany bearing Queen Victoria 1d lilac King Edward VII 1d scarlet and King George V 2d orange all tied by single strike of Hoby Leicester rubber distorted shape cds dated 9 September 1921. ()
£3.00
 
 
2094
1927 KGV ½d green postal stationery envelope uprated with KGV 3d both tied by Philatelic Congress Nottingham double ring cds dated 21 June 1927 hand addressed to H Donaldson Abadan Persian Gulf (father of author of The Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia and The Gulf) sent airmail (black on blue label affixed) with red label also affixed having manuscript Specially Despatched from Philatelic Congress added in black ink. Three transit marks on reverse Basrah 30 June 1927 plus two different Arabic cds's dated 1 July 1927. ()
£10.00
 
 
2095
1931 Imperial Airways illustrated typed address air mail cover for First Flight London to Wadi Halfa bearing kGV ½d green bottom left G27 control pair tied by London FS machine cancel plus KGV 4d grey-green tied by London Air Mail cds all dated 27 February 1931 having Wadi Halfa arrival cds dated 6 March on reverse along with undated Imperial Airways undated cds. ()
£7.50
 
 
2096
1936 Special blue on white cover (soiling both sides darker on reverse) for Stamp Exhibition Dorland Hall Lower Regent Street London 17-24 October hand addressed bearing KEVIII 1½d red-brown plus brown and green imperf labels for Exhibition with stamp and green label tied by The Stamp Exhibition London 1936 cds dated 21 October. ()
£4.00
 
 
2097
1936 Two different black & white illustrated typed address covers (one to England other to USA) for First Voyage RMP "Queen Mary" Southampton - New York 27 May 1936 and New York to Southampton 5 June 1936. One with KGV ½d photograuve tied by Southampton machine cancel 27 May 1936 other US Harding 1½c tied by Hud Term Annex NY cds. ()
£7.50
 
 
2098
1937 The Stamp Magazine pictorial black and red colour cover for the Second Annual London Stamp Exhibition hand addressed to Kent bearing KEVIII ½d green & 1d scarlet tied by London SW1 cds dated 22 October 1937. Large red perforated label for the Exhibition plus blue perforated 1937 All Empire Mails by Air label also affixed to front both tied by large blue Exhibition cds handstamp which is also applied to rear. ()
£4.00
 
 
2099
1940 Nice claen reproduction of 1d Mulready envelope for 27th Philatelic Congress of Great Britain rubber stamped Robson Lowe address bearing Centenary of First Adhesive Postage Stamp 1d scarlet SG480 tied by large Congress pictorial cds dated 11 May 1940. York Museum reproduction of 1d black (AB) 4 margin also applied tied by red Maltese Cross. Lot includes three illustrated covers (two hand addressed) for 31st¬ 38th and 43rd Congress bearing stamps tied by Congess pictorial handstamps plus covers for 1950 London Stamp Exhibition and 1965 Stanley Gibbons Centenary with stamps tied by pictorial handstamps. ()
£6.00
 
 
2100
1943 Illustrated Christmas Greetings 1943 airgraph with original envelope sent to a corpral in the signals located in Middle East dated 1 November 1943 having unclear FPO 711 cds of 24 December 1943 on reverse along with purple undated circular cachet plus with framed Last Location At 02E RNAF purple cachet with UK and 24/3/44 added Large framed 4 line Delivered Returned To United Kingdom. Present Address Unkown. Return To Sender. CM purple cachet on front along with PTO capital letter purple cachet. ()
£6.50
 
 
2101
1957 Hand addressed airmail cover from BFPO 170 Christmas Island to Plymouth with QEII 2½d carmine tied by FPO 1063 13 March 1957. Vendor states delivered via Hawaii. ()
£5.50
 
 
2102
1963 Four plain typed address covers to England all having Alaunia ships cachet applied to front and back all bearing Nature Week 3d & 4½d commemoratives tied by different US cancels (one Paquebot) dated 27 May to 10 June 1963. ()
£2.50
 
 
2103
1969 Typed address Post Office Telegram No Charge For Delivery envelope typed address to Beverley with orignal Telegram from Hull printed message 24 November 1969. ()
£3.00
 
 
2104
1970s Illustrated envelope containing six different unused post cards produced by Dalkeith Publising cards number 547-552 each showing full colour reproduction of 1930's posters for train travel to Europe. ()
£3.00
 
 
2105
1970s Illustrated envelope containing six different unused post cards produced by Dalkeith Publising cards number 559-564 each showing full colour reproduction of 1930's posters for products and services available by railway companies. ()
£3.00
 
 
2106
1970s-80s National Postal Museum post cards complete sets of six in special envelopes unused as issued for series 1 to 8 all fine condition. ()
£10.00
 
 
2107
1970 Eight identical illustrated unaddressed covers for the London International Stamp Exhibition eaching bearing 5d stamp featuring a penny black SG361 tied by different date pictorial tri-coloured handstamp for appropriate day of Exhibition. ()
£5.00
 
 
2108
1971 Red printed London address plain cover bearing horizontal pair of London Parcel Delivery Service 5p purple & green label tied by large London single ring cds. ()
£2.00
 
 
2109
1974-80 Five covers all to Nottingham addresses either no stamp affixed or underpaid all having Postage Dues (various values 2p to 20p) affixed tied by Nottingham cds's. ()
£2.00
 
 
2110
1980 circa Eight different unused black & white post cards given away free with Stamp Collecting magazine showing proposed designs for Ocean Penny Postage or Mulready type designs for propoganda subjects. ()
£2.00
 
 
2111
1981-86 National Postal Museum unused post cards eight different colour designs comprising numbers SS/5¬ SS15¬ SS18¬ SS19¬ SS21¬ SS/23¬ SS27 and SS38 all having images of various mainly GB stamps or cards. ()
£3.00
 
 
2112
1981-88 National Postal Museum unused post cards ten different colour designs comprising numbers A/3 3/82¬ A/4 4/83¬ A/6 8/84¬ SS/6¬ SS11¬ H2/5 7/85¬ 87/8¬ 88/4¬ 88/6 and Penny Black all having images of various GB stamps or post boxes. ()
£3.50
 
 
2113
1989 National Postal Museum Postcards H2 unused set of 6 PO Uniforms in envelope. ()
£1.50
 
 
2114
1997 Three different illustrated unaddressed souvenir covers Benham silk cover (D292) for Golden Wedding Anniversary Year bearing 26p & 1st gold Machin number 871 of 1000 The Times commemorative cover for Golden Wedding Anniversary bearing 20p & 26p commemorative SG2011/12 number 0251 of 5000 and The Mail Carried on Board HMY Britannia farwell tour cover with 3 different stamps tied by different dated hand stamps. ()
£5.00
 
 
2115
1997-98 Two different illustrated Benham border printed in gold silk covers for Millennium Countdown (1997 number 82 of 1000 and 1998 number 926 of 1000) bearing various decimal and pre- decimal stamps tied by different pictorial handstamps. Lot includes similar 1999 Bradbury cover with stamp tied by pictorial handstamp. ()
£5.00