G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

India Letter - Cape of Good Hope. 1818 (Apr 15) Entire letter to "Lieut Colonel Warre, D.Q.M. General, Cape of Good Hope" written by his mother, b...

India. 1831 (Sep 19) Entire letter from E.F Fraser in Scotland to his son, W. Fraser in Delhi, sent under cover to Charles Grant, President of the...

Greenwich Hospital/Gibraltar. 1810 (May 7) Printed Greenwich Hospital lettersheet addressed to Gibraltar with red Free datestamp and Foreign Offic...

Disinfected Mail - Italy. 1833 (Jan 2) Entire letter franked by John Drinkwater (Comptroller of Army Accounts, who had unlimited franking privileg...

1821 (Apr 17) Entire (side flaps removed) "To His Royal Highness the Duke of York Commander in Chief, Horse Guards, London" with fine "JERSEY" scr...

1822 (Dec 4) Printed Admiralty Office J.W Croker O.H.M.S lettersheet to Thomas de Sausmarez, Guernsey, red Free datestamp, with a bill from the Gu...

Isle of Man/Ireland. 1820 (Sep 22 Entire letter from William Ogilvie in Dublin but signed by A. Mangen in the Chief Secretary's Office (a clear ab...

1729 (June 5) Entire letter written and addressed by J. Plumb but signed "Free Tho Brereton" in a differing hand, posted from London to Liverpool,...

1796 (Feb 7) Entire letter from W. Ravenscroft at Purdysburn, posted from Belfast to Londonderry franked by the Bishop of Down, with superb red "B...

1823 (July 19) Entire letter written by Edward O'Maly, with instructions to address any reply to Mr Martin MP, the letter signed and inscribed by ...

Houses of Parliament. 1825 (Mar 10) Entire letter from Tallagh in Ireland to London, apparently sent under cover to an MP and then posted into the...

1839 (Apr 8) Entire letter from W.M Goaler to his wife in Liverpool, sent to William Gladstone (the MP for Newark) with the address details on the...

Coaching Receipts - London. c.1800-60 Printed receipts from London coaching inns for the carriage of parcels, from the Axe Inn, Aldermanbury; Bell...

Coaching/Carrier Receipts - London. c.1830-50 Printed receipts for the carriage of parcels, from Thomas Winkworth, the original Isleworth carrier;...

Tollgate Tickets. c.1810-60 Tollgate tickets including a fine printed ticket from Diddington on the London & Holyhead Road, others from Dashmonden...

Mobile Box - London. 1844-48 Entire letter and entires (2), to London (2) or Liverpool with boxed "M.B", two in red with matching straight line "S...

Mobile Box - Southampton. 1844-46 Entire letter and entire from Le Havre to London, with boxed "M.B" and matching Southampton backstamps in black ...

Mobile Box - Channel Islands. 1909-27 Picture Postcards to Jersey with French stamps cancelled boxed "JERSEY / FRANCE / M.B" datestamps (2, also c...

Unused Mulreadys comprising 1d lettersheet stereo A54 with English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance advert printed in blue, 1d lettersheet...

1840-41 1d Envelopes, stereo A154 used from Coventry to Henley in Arden with boxed "No. 1", and stereo A152 used from Liverpool to Melrose, also 2...

1840 (Aug 8) 1d Envelope, stereo A305 from forme 5 or 6, used from Havant to Portsea with red Maltese Cross and Havant datestamp on the front, min...

Chippenham. 1840 1d Envelope stereo A151 used to Stroud, and a 1d lettersheet to Cirencester, both with red Maltese Cross cancels and a Chippenham...

1840 (Oct 23) 1d Lettersheet, stereo A67, containing a printed advert for "Cheap New Books, now selling at the low prices affixed, for ready money...

1840 Fores Pictorial Envelopes, the complete set of ten envelopes comprising No. 1 - Courting, No. 2 - Musical, No. 3 - Dancing, No. 4 - Hunting, ...

1908 Card panel (14x20cm) with a watercolour illustration of a man holding a bill board, which bears the address, the reverse with a second waterc...

1919 Covers with watercolour illustrations of rabbits flying an aeroplane, pulling a man in a cart, or with a man in a boat all fishing, all poste...

1855-1912 Underpaid covers and cards from abroad including picture postcards deemed liable to letter rate (28), unusual 1½d charge mark on 1881 Au...

Chile. 1869-78 Stampless entire letters (2) and entires (3, one with side portions removed) all from Valparaiso to G.B with differing charge marks...

Invalid Stamps. 1893-1970 Covers and cards including 1895 cover with a disallowed 1d lilac bisect, 1915 postcard with a partial stamp endorsed "mu...

1½d Charges & Due Stamps. 1921-36 Covers and cards with 1½d charges or showing the use of the 1½d brown due stamp, mainly 1921-25 period minimum c...

Customs Charges/Accumulated Charges. 1938-92 Covers or parcel address panels with customs duty or purchases tax charges (14), or accumulated charg...

1839 Leather bound volume "A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the seventh year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fou...

1885 "Report of the Joint Committee on Postage Stamps", formed after the issue of the 1884 lilac and green stamp issue was deemed unsatisfactory a...

1841-1958 QV-KGVI Stationery envelopes (70) and postcards (3), the envelopes all with black printed mourning borders, including 1841 2d blue envel...

1870 (Oct 1) ½d Lilac court size postcard with printed advert for "Edward Wise, manufacturer of superfine and doeskin cloths, Woodchester Mills, S...

QV-QEII Stationery, mainly unused, including KGVI 1939 4½d and 5½d registration envelopes, 1½d Forces Air Letter with solid address lines, 1½d let...

1895-1917 Handpainted picture postcards, most in colour, many very well done, four unused, one on a France 10c postal stationery card used in 1895...

T.P.Os. 1847-1914 Covers and cards with T.P.O cancels or handstamps (44) including 1902 cover to USA with KEVII 2d + 2½d each cancelled "K48" and ...

1904-05 Covers franked KEVII 1d, all bearing 2d railway letter stamps, comprising Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Rly (2), Highland Railway, Midland...

Balmoral Castle. 1894-2002 Covers and cards with circular datestamps of Balmoral Castle (52, some on P.O. forms), Court Post Office Balmoral Castl...

1949 (Mar 3) Pair of official telegram envelopes with "GOVERNMENT TELEGRAM" and the address "His Majesty The King" or "Her Majesty The Queen" all ...

c.1853 Stampless covers with double oval "MORMON ISLAND / CALA" handstamps, one to Granville, Ohio with boxed "10" and "FEB 28" within the handsta...

1849 (Dec 29) Entire letter from San Francisco to Lima, posted at the British Post Office in Panama prepaid 1/-, with red "PAID / AT / PANAMA" cro...

c.1851 Cover posted from Boston to San Francisco with red "BOSTON / 6cts" c.d.s, redirected to Mormon Island and sent by Express with oval "HUNTER...

c.1855 Cover from San Francisco to Jesus Springs, Mormon Island, franked 3c (three margins, corner fault) cancelled in manuscript and with blue ci...

1901 (June 2) Cover from San Francisco to Bonanza P.O, Yukon Territory, franked 2c, backstamped "SKAGWAY, ALASKA / REC'D" (June 29), "FORT CUDAHY ...

1863 (Nov 16) Stampless cover to England with blue oval "POST OFFICE / (arms) / VICTORIA V.I" and a San Francisco c.d.s (Nov. 23), 1/- charge mark...

c.1863 Stampless cover with printed "PAID / DIETZ & NELSON'S / BRITISH COLUMBIA & / VICTORIA / EXPRESS" frank, addressed to 4 Mile House, Douglas ...

c.1864 Stampless cover sent locally in New Westminster, handstamped "UNPAID", fine and scarce. Photo on Page 46.

c.1865 Stampless cover from Cariboo to New Westminster, handstamped circular "BARNARD'S / EXPRESS" and oval framed "COLLECT", fine and scarce. Ex....

c.1865 Cover to P.P Crease Esq., New Westminster, franked 1860 2½d cancelled circular "DIETZ & NELSON'S / EXPRESS / B.C.& V." in blue, the cover s...

1865-66 Stampless O.H.M.S covers, the first with "Governor / British Columbia" printed in the lower left corner, addressed to "His Honor Mr Justic...

c.1866 Cover to "The Hon. H.P.P Crease, Attorney General, Victoria" franked 1865 perf 14 5c tied by "VICTORIA, B.C" c.d.s, recipients filing endor...

1867 (Nov 4) Stampless cover to C.E Pooley Esq., Registrar at New Westminster, headed "O.H.M.S", the enclosed letter written from 150 Mile House, ...

c.1869 USA 10c Postal Stationery envelope with printed "PAID / Wells Fargo & Co" printed frank, to Portland, Oregon, cancelled by blue oval "WELLS...

c.1870 Long stampless cover to "H.P.P Crease Esq., Atty General, New Hampshire" with blue oval "POST OFFICE / (arms) / VICTORIA V.I", a fine offic...

c.1870 Stampless cover headed "O.H.M.S", to "R. Kerr Esq., Audit Office, Westminster", with blue oval "POST OFFICE / (arms) / VICTORIA V.I", a fin...

1871 (May 5) Cover with enclosed letter from Quesnelle to Yale, bearing 1867 3d pale blue pair cancelled circular "BARNARD'S / EXPRESS" with oval ...

1871 (July 15) Mourning cover from Victoria to Yale franked 1869 perf 14 5c pale red cancelled by blue "35" numeral, blue oval "VICTORIA / B.C" da...

c.1876 USA 3c Postal stationery envelope with printed "PAID / Wells, Fargo & Co." from San Francisco to "Lee Yon Dart, Sixcle River", Chinese writ...