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Inventory on this page last updated on 06 May 2012
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| Item | IMAGE | Description | Price (£) |
| CC2 |   | Plate 56 - JG (showing [the more dramatic part] of the bold JG-KG re-entry just below the 'G' square.) Sent from Echt (ECHT PENNY POST) to Aberdeen on 24th Feb 1846, and cancelled by Maltese Cross - extremely late use. Some sealing wax staining verso, but an exceptionally rare and intersting combination. | 350.00 |
| CC3 |  | Fine unfolded envelope carrying plate 119[DI], from the Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge, to his daughter, HRH the Grand duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 90.00 |
| CC6 |    | Amazing 'poetic address' on fine small envelope from London to Herefordshire - with wonderful wafer seal verso. | 250.00 |
| CC7 |   | Historic letter by a Scottish Presbyterian minister to his superior, describing his travels to Kintyre, and the islands of Jura and Colonsay in pursuit of the church's aims there, and recounting much of the abject poverty in those remote parts. Full transcript of the 4-page letter. | 135.00 |
| CC10 |  | Madeleine Smith. 2d blue plate 5 HK-HL pair (HK small perf fault ) on cover from Glasgow to Paris, 31 Dec 1856. Very scarce usage of the Madeleine Smith postmark on overseas mail. (French entry cds further ties the pair). Ex Lady Mairi Bury | 195.00 |
 |  | 11 in MX. Brilliant unfolded cover from London to Warwick, 9 Feb 1844 (small closed tear top centre), with superb 4-margined plate 37 FE tied by very fine upright strike of 11 in MX to leave a totally clear profile. Exceptional quality. | 225.00 |
| CC14 |  | Indian Mutiny. Superb tri-colour cover from Upper Deal (udc), 22nd Dec 1858, addressed to Captain Hales Wilkie in Lucknow. ( Hales Wilkie was Educated at Oxford. He purchased a commission in the 97th Foot (The Earl of Ulster's Regiment) as Ensign in 1854. Served with the regiment in Crimea in1855, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol.He served in the Indian campaign of 1857-58, and was present at the siege and capture of Lucknow. Retired as a Major-General.) | 235.00 |
| CC15 |  | Type I Cork Maltese Cross (Rockoff and Jackson p 81) tying 4-margined plate 32 BI (missing imprimatur) to a TINY 28th August 1843 entire from Cork to Bangor. | 85.00 |
| CC16 |  | Two very fine stikes of the Edinburgh Type 5 Special Maltese Cross ying plate 24 FK and JL (both 4 margin) to a 24th August 1843 entire from Edinburgh to Falkirk. | 195.00 |
| CC17 |  | Archer - plate 101 NL tied to 8th March 1854 envelope from Odiham to Hurley. (Horiz. Filing crease through the stamp, but the light strike of the 590 of Odiham leves vitually a clear profile.) Cat £2,000.00 | 325.00 |
| CC18 |  | Very fine upright strike of the 1 in MX , tying a 4-margin plate 35 IJ ('clear water' at the base)to 28th Sept 1843 entire from London to St Albans . Cat £425.00 | 195.00 |
| CC19 |  | Two strikes of the 2 in MX, tying two unplated 1d reds (both 4 margin, rhs stamp close SW and NE) to a 1 May 1843 cover from London to Dunmow. Cat £425 for one on cover | 195.00 |
| CC20 |  | Extremely fine strike of the Greenock special MX tying a 4-margined plate 22 DC to a very fine and exceptionally fresh 2 Jun 1843 cover from Greenock to Edinburgh.Cat £450.00 | 195.00 |
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