Great Britain Stamps and Postal History

Great BritainPostal History1636 (24 May) entire letter from William Hurt in Livorno, to his Father, also William Hurt, in London, endorsed "P Ye S...

Great BritainPostal History1744 (11 July) entire letter to Edinburgh with manuscript "4" on the front and on reverse a fine handstruck "dundee" (o...

Great BritainPostal History1745 (31 Oct.) entire letter to London, on reverse and opening well for display, very fine "car/diff" (Willcocks & Jay ...

Great BritainPostal History1761-2014, a collection of Perth (118 items) arranged in an album with 1761 entire to Edinburgh bearing Perth curved ha...

Great BritainPostal History1781 (24 Feb.) entire to London, on reverse, and opening well for display, fine and bold "swanzey" (Willcocks & Jay 221...

Great BritainPostal History1797, John Fairburn hand coloured Valentine, showing an early attempt at paper lace work and applique flowers; some sta...

Great BritainPostal History1797 (13 Dec.) entire letter to Surrey with scarce red "free" treble circle with date and no code letter (S.G. 1A/7) al...

Great BritainPostal History1798 (18 Feb.) entire letter to London, endorsed "Post Pd. 8d" in red, triple ring Free datestamp and with a good strik...

Great BritainPostal History1799 (18 Oct.) entire letter from London to Madeira with a superb strike in red the of "Ship Letter/(Crown)/london" (Ro...

Great BritainPostal History1808 (20 Aug.) entire letter to Dulwich with a very fine strike of the Woburn "6" Provincial charge marking (the only r...

Great BritainPostal History1815-39: Scottish additional Halfpenny Mail tax, seventy-seven entires with a range of different types, most well struc...

Great BritainPostal History1815 entire with red "bangor/248" mileage datestamp and framed "too late" in the same colour; fine intact red wax "dog"...

Great BritainPostal History1817 (3 Dec.) letter in printed script, headed General Post Office, in response to an enquiry about a missing letter, p...

Great BritainPostal History1820-76 mail to and from Scotland, sixteen entires or envelopes, contained in a carton, including 1840 (13 Mar.) 2d. en...

Great BritainPostal History1826 (22 Dec.) entire letter (no right side flap) to Belfast with a superb strike of the red Dublin "More to Pay", with...

Great BritainPostal History1830 (July) entire to London with superb red "Bangor/P.yPost" and blue framed "No.5", red Amlwch arrival datestamp on r...

Great BritainPostal History1831 (6 May) entire letter to London with superb blue framed "Carnarvon/Py Post" and black horseshoe "tanybwlch" alongs...

Great BritainPostal History1833 (12 Sept.) entire letter to Cardiff with, on reverse, pink undated circular "merthyr tydvill" (Willcocks & Jay 153...

Great BritainPostal History1837 (20 Feb.) mourning entire letter addressed to Glamorganshire with red "T.P./Greenwich" and black tombstone "To Pay...

Great BritainPostal History1837 (5 July) entire letter to Coldstream, datelined "H.M.S. Drake St. Iago de Cuba" with, on reverse and opening well ...

Great BritainPostal History1838 (26 March) entire letter to the Edgeware Road, re-directed to Trafalgar Square, with light "Exmouth St/2py P Paid"...

(x) Great BritainPostal History1839 (4 Dec.) entire letter from Southampton to Andover, endorsed "P.Pd" and with red "P7", fair Southampton double...

Great BritainPostal History1840 (25 Jan.) entire to Mumbles with superb Bangor "2" postage due handstamp (Willcocks & Jay 230, first month of use)...

Great BritainPostal History1840 (1 July) printed "Incidental Account.", addressed to "Lieut. Colonel W.L.Maberly, General Post-Office, London". Fr...

Great BritainPostal History1840 (Aug. ) entire letter addressed to Robert Graham, Esq. in Edinburgh, endorsed "free" and "If not there to be forwa...

Great BritainPostal History1844-99, collection of forty entire letters or envelopes to India, including 1850 to Wuzeerabad bearing 1847-54 embosse...

Great BritainPostal History1846 (1 July) entire letter to London with fine orange-red "bangor/1d/paid" (Willcocks & Jay 234) Universal Penny Posta...

Great BritainPostal History1847 (19 April) entire latter to Quebec with fine red framed "PAID at BANGOR" (Willcocks & Jay 241) on the front, on re...

Great BritainPostal History1849 (28 May) entire letter to Angelsey with superb red "paid at/beaumaris/1" (Willcocks & Jay 305) on the front and wi...

Great BritainPostal History1852 (14 April) entire to Dublin bearing 1841-53 1d. (cut into) with Irish "375" cancellation of Portadown, on reverse ...

Great BritainPostal History1854 (10 June), a note (114x 124mm.) headed "G.P.O." and with a brief message "Sir I have much pleasure in complying wi...

Great BritainPostal History1855 (10 Dec.) entire letter franked 1d. cancelled by the rare Dublin duplex cancellation with "7/paid" above date; hor...

Great BritainPostal History1856 (12 March) to Dublin or elsewhere, franked 1854-57 Watermark Large Crown perf. 14 1d., on reverse blue Portadown d...

Great BritainPostal History1856, three entire letters, ex the same correspondence, franked 1d. and with different Dublin duplex cancellations (6 a...

Great BritainPostal History1859 (1 April) a two sided Private letter with embossed "post office", addressed to Thomas Wrigley (a noted Railway Ref...

Great BritainPostal History1944 (16 Sept.) stampless envelope, with enclosure written by Field Marshall B.L. Montgomery from Field Post Office 791...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny EnvelopesA150, dated 1840 (7 May) to Manchester, fine central red Maltese Cross cancellation and with "T.P./Ch...

(x) Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsA15, used from Dublin to London, dated 25 July 1840, red Maltese Cross cancellation, with Dub...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsA23, dated 11 Aug. 1840, to Moira with red Dublin diamond on reverse, on arrival "turned" and fra...

(x) Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsA47, substituted Stereo, printed stationery of Samuel Hanson & Son, London, dated 20 Nov. 184...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsA64, dated 1840 (21 June) to Dorchester, superb central orange-red Maltese Cross cancellation and...

(x) Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsA235, with printed "shaw and sons" advertisement with "remarks" at lower right (S.G. MA476m) ...

(x) Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsA240, cut down and folded to make a smaller envelope, dated 26 June 1840, from Penryth to Edi...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsStereo removed, dated 1840 (3 Oct.) to Bristol, watery red Maltese Cross cancellation; good. Offe...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyOne Penny Letter SheetsStereo missing, to Norwich, crisp black Maltese Cross cancellation and on reverse clear Lombard S...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyTwo Penny Letter SheetsStereo missing, dated 1840 (27 May) to Great Yarmouth, orange-red Maltese Cross cancellation almo...

Great Britain1840 MulreadyTwo Penny Letter SheetsStereo obscured, to Shropshire, unusually with three strikes of the red Maltese Cross cancellatio...

Great BritainPenny Pink Envelopes1844 (28 Feb.) 1d. envelope to London, cancelled by a superb strike of the Kilmarnock distinctive Maltese Cross c...

Great BritainPenny Pink Envelopes1861 (29 March) 1d. envelope to Paris, additionally franked 1856-58 1d. (3) with Irish numeral cancellations and ...

Great BritainPenny Pink Envelopes1861 1d. envelope to Paris, additionally franked 1856-58 1d. KA-KC strip of three, Irish "180" numeral cancellati...

Great BritainMulready Caricatures and other Illustrated EnvelopesFores's comic envelope, No. 1, the large size caricature, hand coloured and prese...

Great BritainMulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes"Ocean Penny Postage" illustrated propaganda envelope, bearing 1841-53 1d. red-br...

Great BritainMulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes1843-1918 collection of fifty-one fronts (twenty-four coloured), twenty-three are...

Great BritainMulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes1861-1911 collection of fifty envelopes (8 coloured), including eight 1884 to Jac...

Great BritainMulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes1901-11 an unusual correspondence of twenty-two envelopes and eight postcards, al...

Great BritainMulready Caricatures and other Illustrated Envelopes1908-13, a collection of fifty-five envelopes, almost all coloured and addressed ...

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IaHI grey-black shade showing moderate plate wear, large balanced margins all round, tied by a superb orang...

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IaLH, small to huge margins, applied at the lower left corner of entire letter (side flaps missing) dated 9...

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IaTB grey-black shade, very worn plate, just touched at lower left, to very large margins, tied by black Ma...

Great Britain1840 One Penny BlackPlate IbAI, intense black shade, part of sheet margin at top and good to large margins other sides, tied to entir...