Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

Postal Stationery - 1979 Sir Rowland Hill death centenary, original artwork by Clive Abbot comprising initial ink sketches on three pages, pencil ...

Postal Stationery - 1971-c.2012 Definitive and pictorial issue air letters, a large quantity in two boxes, many in folders sorted by issue, with S...

Postal Stationery - Guernsey. 1980 Douglas Gumbley birth centenary, uncut proofs of the brown printing only, blue printing only and the issued des...

Railways - 1905 (March) Great Western Railway poster postcards, the "Pictorial poster facsimile G.W Series No. 3" issued by Andrew Reed; the compl...

Railways - East London Railway. 1898 (April) 2d Red stamps from the second printing, all used, comprising type I (3) and type II (4 + cover), canc...

Railways - Ireland. 1891 Midland Great Western Railway 2d Die Proof in black on card, 75x38mm, very fine.

Railways - Ireland. 1891 Midland Great Western Railway 2d Die Proof in black on card (91x60mm) with "DUBLIN WICKLOW & WEXFORD RAILWAY" printed abo...

Railways - Ireland. The fine mint and used collection in two stockbooks with 2d stamps from Ballycastle (13, five in blue); Belfast & County Down ...

Railways - Midland & Great Western Railway. 1877 1/-, 1/3, 1/9 and 2/6 Set of four superb mint, the 1/9 marginal, very scarce. (4). Photo on Page ...

Railways - 1897 Cover to "Editor, Daily Mail, London" endorsed "News Important, Early Delivery, Per 1.20 train Jany 9/97" bearing a GWR 2d prepaid...

Railways - Barry Railway. 1895 Newspaper Parcel 1d single with serial number below and pair with serial number above, 3d block of nine (Ewen 1, 3)...

Railways - Bishops Castle Railway. c.1904 Newspaper Parcel ½d (4) and 1d (4), Ewen 1/2; and unlisted 2d black on yellow and large 4d black on gree...

Railways - Brecon & Merthyr Railway. c.1863 Newspaper Parcel 6d (2, Ewen 5); similar 3d on rose with "At Owners Risk" below (Ewen 6); smaller seco...

Railways - Cambrian Railways. Unissued 6d Prepaid Parcel stamps, imperf plate proof blocks comprising corner block of four on gummed paper and blo...

Railways - Cambrian Railways. c.1865 Imperf Newspaper and Book stamp (unlisted Ewen); large type Newspaper Parcel imperf 1½d, 3d, rouletted ½d pai...

Railways - Cleator & Workington Junction Railway. 1900 ½d and 1d in singles (2 of each) and blocks of four, fine mint. Ewen 1/2. (12). ...[more]

Railways - Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway. c.1875 "One Newspaper only" ½d (6, various papers), Newspaper Parcels and Letters die I 1d bl...

Railways - Colne Valley Railway. c.1884 One Newspaper ½d single and pair, Ewen 1; Parcels Service 1d (6, two used), 2d (2), 4d (3, one used), 6d (...

Railways - Corris Railway. 1895 Newspaper Parcel stamps ½d (5), 1d (6) and 2d (4) without control numbers, ½d - 2d with manuscript controls compri...

Railways - Furness Railways. c.1860 Newspaper Parcel ½d and 1d blue (corner fault), unlisted by Ewen, possibly unique; c.1865 rouletted 2d (2) and...

Railways - Great Central Railway. c.1910 Parcel stamps depicting the front of a steam train, comprising 2d (2), 3d (2), 4d (4, one on a parcel fro...

Railways - Great Central Railway. 1897 Blue Newspaper Parcel stamps with M.S & L Ry comprising ½d (3), 1d (3), 2d (3), 3d (3), 4d (2) and 6d, Ewen...

Railways - Great Western Railway. 1874 Cover to Aylesbury "immediate Per G.W Rail" bearing a GWR Thame to Aylesbury Paid parcel stamp on the rever...

Railways - Great Western Railway. Collection in a stockbook and on pages with c.1860 3lb - 48lb issues in green and blue (12, Ewen 1-10); similar ...

Railways - Great Western & Great Central Joint Committee. G.W.R Issues handstamped "G.W. & G.C. JT" comprising c.1900 Newspaper Parcel 1d (6, with...

Railways - Hull & Barnsley Railway. c.1885 Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway & Dock Co. 1½lb, 3lb and 6lb (corner fault) stamps in blu...

Railways - Lambourn Valley Railway. 1898 1d (3) and 2d Red stamps mint, and GWR large size 2d and 3d Newspaper Parcel stamps perfined "LVS", used,...

Railways - Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway. 1896 ½d, 1d, 2d and 3d Newspaper Parcel stamps in imperforate plate proof blocks of four o...

Railways - Llanelly Railway & Dock Company. 1889 ½d Mint, two examples, minor soiling, one of the rarest of all railway parcel issues, Ewen 1. (2)...

Railways - London & North Eastern Railway. Various Newspaper Parcel issues with North British Railway 6d Scotland to England overprinted London & ...

Railways - London & North Western Railway. The collection in a stockbook with c.1860 first type Newspaper Parcel 2d - 6d (10, Ewen 2/5) and simila...

Railways - London & South Western Railway. 1855 Newspaper ticket imperf 1d (3), 2d (3), 4d (3) all mint and 3d used on blue paper, 1d pair and 1/-...

Railways - Manchester & Milford Railway. c.1866 One Newspaper ½d red (4), large prepaid Newspaper Parcel 2d used and 3d mint with controls, 1d (2)...

Railways - Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway. c.1855 Prepaid Newspaper Parcel 1d - 4d blue stamps with vertical controls, apex of trian...

Railways - Maryport & Carlisle Railway. c.1865 Newspaper Parcel 2d and 3d without controls; similar with controls comprising 1d pair, 3d (4) mint,...

Railways - Midland Railway. Collection in a stockbook with Newspaper Parcel c.1855 1d - 1/- orange (10, Ewen 1/7); similar 2d - 4d Newspaper Parce...

Railways - Midland & South Western Junction Railway. First issue 1d stamp inscribed Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway; similar M & S.W.J. R...

Railways - Monmouth Railway & Canal Co. 1870 1d Rose, 2d and 3d, two examples of each value, fine mint. Ewen 2/4. (6). Photo on Page 177.

Railways - Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway. c.1866 Large size 1 Newspaper stamp mint (2), smaller size imperf plate proof pair, mint single...

Railways - North Eastern Railway. Collection in a stockbook with c.1855 3lb (4, Ewen 2); 1½lb - 48lb with "LOCAL" overprint and similar re-drawn t...

Railways - North London Railway. 1898-1901 1d - 2/6 Used all with fine station cancels, also similar L.N.W.R 2d stamp with North London Railway ca...

Railways - North Staffordshire Railway. 1875 1d (2), 2d (2), 3d and 4d (Ewen 1/3, the 4d unlisted); 1890 similar type with "At Owners Risk" added,...

Railways - North Staffordshire Railway. c.1917 1d - 10/- Red on white prepaid parcel ticket type stamps with named stations, scarce. (29).

Railways - Pembroke & Tenby Railway. 1866 Rouletted One Newspaper or Two Newspapers each in a block of four, c.1890 Newspaper Parcel 1d and 2d wit...

Railways - Preston & Wyre Railway. c.1880 Small size ½d in a reconstructed sheet of 30, larger size 1d (eight, with a block of four), 2d complete ...

Railways - Rhymney Railway. 1870 2d Blue (2), 2d grey (unrecorded Ewen) and 3d violet (3); 1870 smaller 2d with control, 1890 ½d, 1d (2), 2d (2), ...

Railways - Sirhowy Railway. 1868 1/6 (8, with a reconstructed corner block of six), 2/6 (2) and 3/6 (2), fine mint, scarce. (12). Photo on Page 17...

Railways - Somerset & Dorset Joint Line. c.1894 Diamond shaped Newspaper Parcel stamps, ½d (22, with blocks of six and nine, one used), 1d (26 wit...

Railways - South Eastern & Chatham Railway. 1899 1d Blue without control (4), 1d blue with black control (9), ½d - 4d blue with small controls in ...

Railways - Taff Vale Railway. c.1865-1900 Collection with issues bearing the names of various company secretaries comprising H. Clarke ½d, 1d, 2d,...

Railways - West Lancashire Railway. c.1890 Prepaid Newspaper Parcel small size ½d (torn, unlisted by Ewen), larger size ½d, 1d and 2d. Also 1891 2...

Railways - Caledonian Railway. The collection in a stockbook with Newspaper Parcel Dundee and Perth 'North' under 5lb (2, Ewen 1) and 5lbs and abo...

Railways - Dundee & Arbroath Joint Railway. 1880 One Newspaper and Special Contract Newspaper Parcel ½d, 1d, 2d and 3d, all five stamps endorsed "...

Railways - North British Railway. Collection in a stockbook with Newspaper Parcel Western Section 1d - 6d (4, Ewen 1/5); Scottish Central Section ...

Registered Mail - 1856 1d Pink envelope bearing a 1d red and 1854 6d all cancelled by "131" roller, twice handstamped red "Registered / EDINBURGH"...

Registered Mail - 1863 Printed two page "Regulations relating to the Registration of Post letters", including the reduction in the registration fe...

Registered Mail - 1903 London Returned Letter Office envelope with a printed 2d charge, for returning a compulsory registered letter found to cont...

Travelling Post Offices - 1891-1903 Registered covers from the French P.O at Constantinople, France, Tunisia or Roumania (2) with oval "REGISTERED...

Travelling Post Offices - 1909 and 1925 Express covers from Paris to London, the first franked 55c with boxed "EXPRESS FEE PAID 3D", oval framed "...

Uniform 4d Post - Blackburn. 1839 (Dec 24) Entire to Settle with a Blackburn backstamp and a fine strike of the very rare "4" of Blackburn. Strang...