1851 (14 Jan) entire letter to Lancashire bearing 1841 2d Blue with lines (margins touching in places) tied by '7' diamond, straight-line 'Cornhill' in red and Blackburn arrival backstamp
Lot 615
Estimate: $175
Realised Price : $320
1858 (16 Nov) cover to Guildford (Western Australia) at 9d via Marseilles rate bearing 1d, 2d (scarcer Plate 7) and 6d tied by '28' within diamond, backstamped London, attractive and early inwards item to W.A.
Lot 616
Estimate: $60
Realised Price : $60
Official Mail: 1917 and 1937 covers to same addressee, cacheted 'GR' and 'GRI/VI' from Sir E A Bacon, and 1952 mourning envelope from the British Consulate General/Zagreb to South Africa, Foreign Office cachet (3 covers)
Lot 617
Estimate: $100
1938 (22 Nov) stampless 'crash cover' England to Dunedin with cachet in violet 'RECEIVED IN DAMAGED CONDITION/EX FLYING BOAT CALPURN(IA)'