Great Britain 1885 5d dull green Cover St. Johns Wood to Thayetmyo Burma
Cover franked with 5d dull green, paying the single rate to Thayetmyo, Burma, endorsed "B. Burmah" at top, postmarked with clar St. Johns Wood "41/B" duplex (May 29), equally crisp receiver strike of Thayetmyo at lower left (July 8), with Sea Post Office transit c.d.s. on reverse (June 4), a choice cover to a desirable destination.
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Great Britain 1885 8d UPU 2x Weight Folded Letter London Buenos Aires Argentina
Folded letter franked with 4d dull green vertical pair, tied by London hooded c.d.s. (17 JA), to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with c.d.s. arrival and sorting office backstamps (FE 17), the 4d pair paying the double UPU rate for mail under 1oz, likely sent via Liverpool in closed mail, a fresh and fine example of this rate.
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Great Britain 1891 Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley Signed Cover & Letter to Canada
O.H.M.S. cover franked with 1d lilac & 1-1/2d Victoria Jubilee issue, tied by Dublin duplex (DE 29), to the Department of State, Ottawa, Canada, signed "Wolseley" in black ink at lower left, printed "Commander of the Forces' Office, Dublin" below, with unsigned contents in a secretarial hand conveying Lord Wolseley's gratitude to the recipient for forwarding an article on military reform, very fine.
A BOLD SIGNATURE OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BRITISH MILITARY LEADERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WHO COMMANDED THE RED RIVER AND ASHANTI EXPEDITIONS AND LED THE NILE EXPEDITION TO RELIEVE GENERAL GORDON IN KHARTOUM.
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Great Britain 1891 Liversedge Yorkshire Mills Advertising Stationery Cover
2&1/2d rose postal stationery cover, with advertising for Cook & Sons & Co, with illustrations of Brussels & Power Kidder Factory, and Spinning Mills of Liversedge, Yorkshire, postmarked with London hooded c.d.s. (8 MY), to Rotterdam, Netherlands, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp, lovely quality.
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Great Britain 1911 First UK Aerial Post Postage Due Postcard to Deccan INDIA
First UK Aerial Post postcard, franked with 1/2d KGV, tied by "First United Kingdom Aerial Post" c.d.s. (Sep 9), to Deccan, India, with T/10 and POSTAGE DUE / ON ANNA boxed due markings, multiple SECUNDERABAD / DECCAN c.d.s. (30/31 Sep), edge wear and corner bumps, but a scarce destination.
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Great Britain 1931 Experimental Flight “CITY OF CAIRO” CRASH Cover Netherlands Indies
Cover franked with 4d and 1/- KGV, tied by London machine cancel (Apr 3), Imperial Airways Experimental Flight to Australia, carried on the DH66 Hercules "City of Cairo", crashed on the leg from Karachi and Koeping in the Netherlands Indies, with mail being forwarded onwards to Darwin by Kingsford-Smith in the "Southern Cross", Darwin c.d.s. backstamp (Ap 31), scarce and fine.
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