CANADIAN FREE POST ENVELOPE circa 1870s -1880s. A white paper envelope, size 5¼" x 3¼" bearing on the back an embossed red stamp, (NY Police Dept shield shaped) with the Dieu et Mon Droit heraldry emblem. lion rampant to the left, unicorn to the right and surmounted by a crown and underneath the words - Crown Lands Canada. The envelope was cleanly slit open along the uppermost edge and was addressed to: Wm White Esq, Secretary, Post Office Dept., Ottawa, Ca. There is a crude rubber stamp marked word in capital italics 6mm high "FREE" above the address just to the left of the position where nowadays a postage stamp would be affixed.
ref : post 40
£8.00

THE POSTAL HISTORY OF LUNDY c1958 by F.W. Gade. 13pp 8½" x 5½" booklet in 8pt Times, tabulated.
ref: post 41
£10.00
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NINETEENTH CENTURY LETTERS:
1) BRADFORD. Black ink on white paper from John Massiage to Benjamin Ecroyd, both Quakers dated 26 March 1842 concerning a vacancy at the Friends Provident Institution at Bradford, Yorkshire. Clear handwriting with flourishes. Folded, unsealed, bearing two postal marks and franked one penny red stamp.
ref: post 42
£12.00

2) LONDON & MARSEILLES. Black ink on blue paper clearly and legibly written in French with a printed Heading "Transports" and an address at 8, Austin Friars London. Dated 10 January 1856. The writer requests details of food costs and mentions three vessels including The City of Manchester and Sea Nymph.
It is addressed to: Messrs Pastié frères, Marseilles. Folded and unsealed. Unstamped bearing six English and French postal marks.
ref: post 43
£12.00

3) HEREFORD, Ross-on-Wye. An informal letter in faded black ink on white paper possibly from a client to his solicitor or a minister dated July 17th 1893.
The recipient was Mr L Winterbottom at Tewkesbury. Concerning a meeting on the following day with instructions on how to arrive due to the Ryeford being impassable.
ref: post 44
£10.00

LETTERHEADS & MEMORANDUM SLIPS dated from 1879 - 1902 from various merchants and tradesmen in Oxfordshire illustrating the variety of text fonts used at this time. Packet of twelve.
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£16.00
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POST OFFICE JUBILEE of UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE 1840-1890 Illustrated card and enclosure printed in light blue.
Condition: very good. 5¼" x 4½".
ref: post 47
£20.00
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German Occupation of Jersey postal and telecommunications Orders

Postally used U.S. Valentine cards 1910-12