Lockdales Auction 160 17-18 November 2018

103 2159 GB Christmas Card 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee Christmas Card, marking the culmination of the Penny Postage Jubilee celebrations recognising 50 years since the introduction of penny post. £85 - £95 2160 GB Christmas Card 1891 produced for GPO London, commemorating late Cecil Raikes Postmaster-General and establishment of uniform foreign letter rate in 1891, ornate design. £85 - £95 2161 GB Christmas Card circa 1875 produced for Sorting Staff of Newspaper Branch GPO London, ornate design with picture of boats on Thames and Tower of London, name of recipient added. £30 - £35 2162 GB collection 1881-1924 period, with heavy duplication, noted Seahorses 2s6d (49), 5s (4), housed in a 64pp stockbook. £75 - £80 2163 GB collection QV through to E2 Wilding, noted QV 2s6d, 5s, 10s, E7 2s6d, 5s, 10s, Seahorses 2s6d, 5s, 10s, 1924 & 1925 Wembley sets both mint and used, all G6 hvs inc block 10s dark blue, some duplication low values inc postmark interest, housed in a 64pp luxury stockbook. £75 - £80 2164 GB Harrison printer publicity presentation pack cards & folders. Unusual collection from 1953 (first defs), 1958 Regionals, CEPT, NPY, Shakespeare, Churchill & range of different sets to 1970 (each pack containing UM stamps), also mailing covers used by Harrisons. Private limited production by the stamp printers as company publicity editions (approx 31 packs) £140 - £160 2165 GB Harrison printer publicity presentation pack cards & folders. Unusual collection range of different sets between 1971-81 (each pack containing UM stamps), 10 with original compliments slips, also mailing covers, Harrisons letter sent to St Lucia, Private limited production by the stamp printers as company publicity editions (approx 28 packs) £60 - £65 2166 GB Northumberland covers and postcards, Prudhoe 1846, much from 1881 (36 being to an Edinburgh company), Berwick, Gosforth, a few more to 1950s, old-time collection with extensive write-up (album) £35 - £40 2167 GB Officials Government Parcels 1887 1½d no dot in used pair, SG.O65a, cat £150. £25 - £30 2168 GB Officials Government Parcels 1s dull green, SG.O68 with distinctive Menstrie Scotland postmark, cat £275. £30 - £35 2169 GB Officials IR Official 1s green, SG.O15, washed colour, cat £375. £20 - £25 2170 GB Officials stamp group Government Parcels QV 2d,4½d, 6d, 9d and 1s (latter with corner damage), SG.O70, O71, O66, O67, O68, total cat £795 (5 stamps) £25 - £30 2171 GB Postal history, c1841-70s, inc 1847 EL with red London 'sunburst' mark on front; 1841 1d pairs (2) & 1846 EL with two pairs; 1852 much redirected with London, Brighton, Drem (2), Edinburgh (2), Noblehouse & Atholstoneford marks on back; 1854 env with strip of 3 1d red perf (1 stamp missing), with encl. hand-drawn diagram re railway incline; 1863 legal env (creased) with block of 8 1857 1d red; 1844-74 2d blue cover range (7); 1865 much redirected EL with small 'circular 'L&E/R.P.O.'. etc (approx 100) £500 - £550 2172 GB pre-stamp 1796-1846 valuable collection of London Penny, Two Penny & Three Penny entire / entire letters presented in a modern album, including 1801 with "Gt Rufsel St.B / Unpaid / Penny Poft" (2), 1801 with "Theobald’s Road / Unpaid / Penny Poft", 1802 "Two-Penny / POST / Lamb’s Cdt St.", 1807 "Two-Penny / POST / Pimlico", 1819 with red "Two Py Poft / Unpaid / May-Fair", etc. Amazing postal history study of London postal experiments prior to the universal 1d postage introduction, many rare (approx 8 £1000 - £1100 2173 GB pre-stamp entires 1773 to early 19th century, interesting postal history group, noted mourning, mileage marks, Twopenny Post, Paid handstamps, etc (approx 40 items) £30 - £35 2174 GB QV postal stationery - 1841-97 1d Pink selection neatly written up for display inc with MX cancel (6), with Parmenter "G" rated 587 numeral of Oakham & "F" rated numerals 273 of Eccleshall & 654 of Ross, 1847 env Weymouth to Romford with red Examiner’s mark, uprated examples with 1845 to Harrogate uprated in cash with red circular York UPP mark, with 1d red (4), 1870 ½d or 1887 ½d adhesives. Also 1852 env uprated with pair 1841 2d blue (approx 60 items) £230 - £240