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Lots (1085)
Steamer & Packet Mail Services: Small group of covers and pieces QV-EDVII including 1881 IONA STEAMER tying 1d lilac on cover, 1883 COLUMBA STEAMER / B cds on tatty cover (both to The Inspector of the poor), 1899 COLUMBA STEAMER on pretty printed postcard of the boat (stains on reverse), 1911 EDVII 1d red tied very fine GK & ARDRISHAIG PACKET / A / COLUMBA cds on illus David MacBrayne postcard. 5 small pieces with similar type cancels. Useful group.
Government Parcels: 1883 9d green heavily used example with reasonable colour and part barred CDS cancel, few wrinkles otherwise neat example, sound, SG O63 Cat £1200.
Panama: 1877 4d sage-green plate 16 fine used sideways C35 cancel. Fine SG Z87.
1948 3rd Anniv. of Liberation 2½d top left marginal blk of 4 with crown flaw, and bottom right marginal blk of 6 showing broken wheel variety, all fine mint / unmounted mint (2 blocks).
Large accumulation mint and used in mainly albums, leaves and includes dozens of mint sets to modern periods with useful face, Jersey, Guernsey etc, heavy lot crammed into a box. Ideal to price for resale at good profit.
1849 (17 Sept) Entire Letter Thornhill to Douglas manuscript Paid & '2' charge mark with Ramsey / Isle of Man single undated handstamp in blue alongside DOUGLAS ISLE OF MAN dated double arc in blue mainly fine and decent strikes of the IOM cancels.
Modern unmounted mint collections in original brand new year books mainly still on stockpages for each year, noted 2005-2015 with large amount of complete sets and face value in excess of £550+.
Registered postal stationery envelopes large and medium sizes with uprated cancels 1975 CTO including G (2), H (2) & K sizes Uprated 6p & 12½p in violet. Fine (5).
1941 Arms ½d green and 1d red both in imperf panes of 25 unmounted mint on white paper, attractive forgeries. (50). Cat £225 a pair as genuine.
1942 Wartime Arms ½d bright green in a superb unmounted mint complete sheet of 60 with EVENING POST imprint in bottom margin, and sheet number 6807 along the top, few minor margin faults and light tones at the bottom otherwise very fine, seldom seen in sheets. SG 1 Cat £480.
Registered postal stationery envelopes large and medium sizes with uprated cancels 1975 CTO including K size Uprated 6p & 12½p in violet (2), Official uprated 28½p plus 11½p, G Size uprated 17½p on 22½p (2), plus 3 ordinary unused. Fine (8).
1953 B.E.A. 6d label affixed for Guernsey Town Air Letter Service label to London and second cover from Jersey sent locally, nice duo.
