Great Britain 1884 5d+1d Folded Letter London Modena Italy 2x Weight + Late Fee
Folded letter, with commercial contents, franked with 5d dull green (S.G. 193) and 1d lilac, Die II (S.G.172), postmarked Gracechurch Street, London, paying the 5d double UPU rate (1/2-1oz) plus the 1d fee for acceptance of delivery between 6:00pm and 7:00pm, the duplex being used only on foreign and colonial mail delivered in the late fee period, Modena c.d.s. arrival backstamp, a scarce usage.
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Great Britain 1885 10d Rate Cover Helston to Hong Kong & Returned to Sender
Cover franked with 3 lilac (pair and single) and 1d lilac (Die II) paying the rate for the second weight group (1/2 - 1oz) to Hong Kong, likely sent via Brindisi, Hong Kong receiver (SP 7), address crossed-out and readdressed to Cornwall, where it was returned to sender, Hong Kong despatch c.d.s. struck on front (SP 7), Holston receiver backstamp (DE 21), light edge creasing and some pieces removed from back flap, a desirable example.
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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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