Scarce but creased, hence low price

Scarce backstamp on neat cover

Scarce seriffed circular undated

Interesting handstamp on entire

Scarce Northumberland undated circular

Neat 'skeleton' of dispatch backstamp

Very fine 166 numeral

Interesting error/missent

Fine example

Scarce item

Nice item - bid now!

Fine strike

Good condition

Double set of SPECIMEN meter mark impressions

Scarce mark on Yarmouth cover to Sussex

Scarce seriffed udc

Very clear error/substitution of 4 for A in WEALDSTONE skeleton on 1909 PPC

Fine scarce Cross Post letter

Very rare usage of the Hounslow datestamp

Fine strike; contemporary overwriting on front

Neat commemorative meter mark on cover

Attractive illustrated meter mark on Pitney Bowes PPC

Scarce item from Habbaniya to Shadwell. Good condition.

Interesting image on a CMF airgraph from a sergeant in the Works Section to Glasgow

Scarce airgraph from the CMF to Glasgow, with image of Italian gates/architecture.

Nice example of a Rushton cartoon depicting an English soldier driving a jeep, casting the shadow of a valiant knight of old on his steed.

Neat scarce airgraph with the famous wartime motto below a crest/shield

Nice selection

Scarce skeleton postmark

Good strike of neat udc

Neat seriffed unused label

Neat Lincolnshire Parcel Post label with parcel cancel

Scarce Lincolnshire pre-stamp item

Scarce blue undated circular from Lincolnshire

Very scarce blue 293 error of numeral on part-cover

Scarce Yorkshire udc

Scarce Yorkshire undated circular

Interesting example of the Harrogate 338 error on a postal stationery cover to Hull

Scarce undated circular

Scarce Leicestershire postmark

Scarce POLBATHIE (now Polbathic) udc - fine Cornish item

Scarce blue Cornish undated circular

Fine stamp on a neat small cover with scarce Cornish udc

Scarce pre-stamp entire

Scarce Oxfordshire town mark

Scarce blue numeral of Leek

Fine 780 Stafford error of numeral (should be 730)

Neat udc of Somerset town

Excellent strike and fine stamp

Neat item

Very nice early item

Neat udc alongside WITNEY transit backstamp and faint ABINGDON

Pictorial airletter depicting the atomic tests from 1963

Three good strikes of the handstamp on a very neat cover

Scarce pre-stamp datestamp

Neat entire to Bath with 191 numeral cancel and scarce udc

Neat HAM cud

Long entire with good straight line town marking

Neat cover to Macclesfield

Scarce postal marking - very nice item

FREE with crown and "T.P./Rate 2D" on front; interesting marks on reverse

Interesting long letter about the postal system

Neat picture postcard with scarce squared circle

Excellent strike

Excellent strike of scarce duplex

Long letter to renowned anti-Jacobite soldier at his lodgings in London

Scarce undated circular postmark

Scarce cud

Nice strike

Very nice cover

Rare backstamp

Scarce Hertfordshire mark

Scarce early mark

Excellent strike

Interesting item with sideways duplex

Fine strike of scarce numeral

Scarce Lancashire postal history

Very fine strike, used from Brixworth to Kettering

Very scarce, special item

Exceptional strike of the Wilkinson Postage Paid 1d in slot - first day usage

Excellent strike

Scarce machine cancel with two pairs of vertical bars

Scarce POW cover from Laghouat, Algeria

This is a shield of St George pictorial airgraph entitled "Christmas Greetings from The Eighth Army" with a rousing quote beneath the illustration: "Together, you and I we will see this thing through to the end". A highly appropriate quote from one of the most famous WW2 regiments.

This is a very nice pictorial airgraph sent with SEASON'S GREETINGS from 'Uncle Harry', LAC H. Palmer, who was serving in RAF India, to Skipton, Yorkshire. It features a nice illustration of two Westerners astonished at the Indian Rope Trick.

Sent from Plymouth to Launceston - very neat line-engraved stamp and scarce blue numeral cancel

Scarce blue numeral on cover

Entire - Paid 1d "Speed"

Very good strike - eye-catching item

Very scarce boxed L1 of London SE

Very good strike

Sent December 31 - scarce time format - 6 numeral

Extremely scarce London machine cancel - only 3 known

Neat numeral cancel on 4d surface printed

Good four-margin pair

Excellent strike of the udc

Blue 29 of Ashburton on full cover - catalogued at £750

Scarce stamp on an interesting airmail cover to Sao Paolo

1934 Col. Roscoe Turner flown cover sent from London to Melbourne

Scarce Lympne-Hastingleigh Motor Glider cover.

Special postcard for exhibition at top of Eddystone Lighthouse

Unusual cover with only the local circular datestamp

Entire, containing a long letter written by Mrs Emma Blagg, sent from Brentford with a HOUNSLOW transit mark

This 1923 picture postcard of Bhils in India was addressed to a vicarage in Dalvern and mailed with a King George V one anna red adhesive. It received the three halfpence brown Postage Due - deep shade.

A fine example of the Manchester Clip (punch) cancel with a good strike of the 498 duplex and MANCHESTER H NO 28 1872 43 on a QV 1/2d postcard to Bentham nr Lancaster.

Scarce 5 Bar 723 Duplex of Southampton on cover

Should be 644 - 120 was the numeral for Bridgend Glamorgan

This is a 1797 straight line RINGWOOD. 7d changed to 8d to OXFORD. It's possible 1d was charged for delivery. The item is in very good condition for its age.

This is an 1867 Southampton 5 Bar Duplex on 1/- SP Pl 4 on a 'Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company' envelope to France. High rate, unusual and in very good condition.

This is a 1797 Post Paid outer with straight line LEICESTER sent to a Mr Smith Esq. in Rochdale. There is slight staining, but overall in good condition for its age.

An interesting, scarce 3d rate outer sent from PITTVILLE with blue straight line Office mark, via CHELTENHAM, to London.

A very nice entire with a neat NEWNHAM I skeleton postmark in black - manuscript "Pd". Addressed to Tewkesbury, with arrival mark, and LYDNEY transit mark, on the reverse. Scarce item.

This fascinating item is a stampless envelope - and letter/contents still inside - sent with 1d paid in cash at OXFORD JY 15 1843 C, with manuscript "Paid". It was addressed to Chippenham but missent to CHELTENHAM where it received the fine skeleton marking (illustrated). Very nice item.

A lovely entire (possibly from Orsett) with a fine ROMFORD / PENNY POST in black and a manuscript '5' charge mark. On the reverse is a framed circular Receiving House mark "No 7". Very nice county item.

This QV 1d plate cover features a rare HORNCHURCH cud alongside a green SAFFRON WALDEN SP 3 1855 B. The cover was sent from Romford. Good condition.

A very good strike of HORNCHURCH encircled undated on the reverse of a small pink envelope with a QV 1d plate, addressed to Brentwood. Scarce item.

Letter still within the envelope

An entire from Rev'd John Bell, addressed to Leeds, with the rare "Seaton / Penny Post".

A very nice four margin 1d red imperf on blue paper, cancelled with the blue 80 of Bishops Auckland, in 1849. Wrapper to Darlington. Fine item.

A very neat attractie small envelope with embossed flap "REGISTERED No 507 JULY 31 1845" which features a neat blue TANFIELD circular undated under CHESTER LE STREET AU 22 1849 B, with MORPETH and FENCEHOUSES marks as well. Sent to Morpeth with a 1d red imperf on blue paper (somewhat trimmed). Very nice item.

A neat "Mifst to DURHAM" on an entire to Lincoln, dating from 1783. Excellent condition for its age. Scarce.

A neat "AXMINSTER / Penny Post" and mileage mark to Langport dating from 1816. Good condition, interesting item.

A very nice straight line TIVERTON on a fine entire sent in 1790 to Taunton with detailed contents regarding the pursuit of a debt. The front received a '3' threepence charge. Excellent condition for its age.

An entire addressed to Horbling, Lincolnshire with a QV 1d star imperf on blue paper, featuring a very good strike of the E/NR in circle Great Northern Railway TPO.

A good strike of the IPWICH SORTING CARRIAGE NIGHT DOWN postmark dated DE 31 11. The postcard is a real photograph of the Baptist Chapel, Tunstall Common.

A picture postcard used with a Goerge V halfpenny green, cancelled by a very good strike of the rare FIFE SORTING TENDER DOWN 458 A TPO postmark.

A QV 1d star cover from Manchester to Edinburgh which received the rare Edinburgh Sorting ZM/EDIN_R 2 on MR 18 59. Fair condition but hard to find.

This is an 1896 QV 1 1/2d plus 4d 9 florets registered postal stationery stamped to order envelope used to Germany with two strikes of BUSHEY NEW TOWN (created two years before by the Local Government Act). On the reverse is a block of four additional QV 1d lilacs, also cancelled BUSHEY NEW TOWN, and ZITTAU arrival mark.

A very good strike of the scarce LONGFIELD squared circle on a postcard in the "Christian Names" series (Agnes), used DE 3 07 to Blackheath.

A very nice DEAL convex on the front of an entire sent regarding the claiming of prize money for taking Port Au Prince, Haiti, the two claimants having put their 'X' marks at the bottom in place of signature.

This is a nice example of the scarce (short life) error of numeral cancellation for Eden Bridge - 697 in place of 967. On a small cover to Westerham cancelled MY 12 92, addressed to Blindley Heath, Surrey, with REDHILL STATION OFFICE transit mark on the reverse.

This is a lengthy (three densely-written sides) and interesting correspondence between two brothers regarding what appears to be their import/export business. It was posted to Naples and received the POOL mark and the FOREIGN OFFICE 74 -97- circular cancellation. Good condition.

This is a fine example of a two line DORCHES/TER on an entire sent from London in 1764. Excellent condition for its age.

This is an entire sent in 1826 with WIRKSWORTH PENNY POST on the back and RH No 1 on the front. The content concerns a 'notice of trial' sent from a solicitor's office in Matlock.

This is a 1860 cover with HENSINGHAM udc of arrival nr Whitehaven sent from London with 1d plate 27. It's in very good condition.

A nice straight line ST IVES on an entire to the West of England Insurance Office, Exeter, with 1d Pd and a blue TRURO JY 21 1840 handstamp.

This is a display-quality 1850 cover with a superb strike of the seriffed IVER in red. Used on the reverse of a Queen Victoria 1d imperf under Uxbridge 830.

This is a fine Free Outer with the scarce WENDOVER/46 (boxed) mileage mark. Addressed to Lincolns Inn, London, dated May the Seventh, 1816. Excellent condition for its age.

This is a lovely entire featuring a wealth of postmarks. Sent from Olney to London in 1843, it received an OULNEY udc; a reddish-brown boxed U PAID DE 1843; a "PD 1" in brownish; and a NEWPORT PAGNELL DE 8 1843 transit mark. Fascinating item, also featuring an interesting (and lengthy) legal inquiry letter within. Good condition.

This is a very nice entire dating from 1849 with a HAMBROOK seriffed udc (undated circular postmark) and - on the reverse - a 3-line "BRISTOL / 15 JA 1849 / PY-POST" in blue. The contents are a letter between friends, discussing mutual business. Good condition.

This is a scarce Queen Victoria 1d plate cover cancelled with a BRISTOL 134 postmark struck through cloth. Addressed to Guernsey, it also features a GUERNSEY backstamp. Nice item.

A very pretty mourning envelope with weeping willow design on the reverse flap, featuring a neat circular undated of HAMPSTEAD-ROAD on the reverse (above KIDDERMINSTER arrival mark), and a BIRMINGHAM 75 duplex on a neat Queen Victoria 1d star. Fine condition.

An unusual combination of handstamps: PAID AT BIRMINGHAM in red, framed, across SHIFNAL PD POST, also in red, on an outer to Iron Bridge, Salop. Good strikes and good condition for its age.

This is an 1871 cover with a QV 1d red featuring a late use of the Universal Penny Post Unpaid "2" of ABINGDON, denoting an overweight letter, confirmed by the "Above 1/2oz" in signed manuscript next to the "2". Arrival mark in Bicester the following day. Good condition.

This is a neat READING 'biscuit' duplex used on a QV 1d plate in 1856, on a READING BANK (embossed reverse flap) envelope to the London & County Bank in Ashford. Good condition, scarce item.

This is a fair to good strike of the red boxed POTTON PENNY POST under Biggleswade, on a neat small cover to Chancery Lane, London, sent in 1845 with a 1d plate.

This is a handsome outer to a Mr Hindley, Atty at Law, Baldock, dated, with the First Type Mileage mark 46 BIGGLES/WADE on two lines.

This fascinating item is a King George VI 5 1/2d Registered Letter with an additional KG6 2 1/2d blue adhesive, sent by the Mufti of Jerusalem to the Foreign Office in Downing Street. It was readdressed by label to London SW3. A purple 3d Postage Due was applied along with a boxed POSTED OUT OF COURSE SW3. Very scarce item.

Good condition for its age. Scarce item.

This cover was sent from the Union Bank of Manchester in 1857 to Constantinople, to an Ottoman bank, and it received the very scarce unframed BRITISH POST OFFICE CONSTANTINOPLE PAID handstamp 11 days after posting. Good condition.

This is a 1915 KGV 4d Express envelope with the M55 label from THURSLEY to an engineer at the Taff Vale Railway, Cardiff. Fine scarce item.

This is a neat picture postcard of the Ye Olde Plymouthe Exhibition from 1905, used on 21st November of that year with the incredibly rare special cancellation TRADES EXHIBITION PLYMOUTH on a King Edward VII halfpenny adhesive.

This is an OFFICIAL PAID envelope with a nice embossed seal on the reverse flap. It was signed by W.E. Gladstone and addressed to Lord Houghton. Good condition.

This is a very clean Festival of Britain 1951 special envelope (grey) used with the FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN OFFICE cachet number 1 and a red LONDON OFFICIAL PAID circular datestamp. Attractive item.

This is a French picture postcard with a French cachet of the English Naval Air Service No 3 Wing in place of an adhesive as it was sent by a serving member in France. Arriving in London, it was marked RECEIVED FROM HM SHIP NO CHARGE TO BE RAISED. Also has a censor mark in the same colour as the French cachet.

This is a picture postcard of Admiralty Pier, Dover, posted by a sailor in Calais. The postcard was then sent to London, but as it only had a halfpenny stamp, it was charged an extra 1d (double deficiency) even though it had the violet POSTED ON BOARD SHIP ABROAD boxed cachet. Interesting item.

A Queen Victoria fourpence halfpenny adhesive on a YORK RISE 61, Chetwynd Rd, Kentish Town, London NW Parcel Post label - used in 1896.

A King Edward VII 7d grey-green used in 1913 on a London SNA (Southgate) parcel post label. Very nice stamp.

A King George V 9d agate adhesive on a local delivery London CBS (Camden Town High Street) blue parcel post label. Nice item.

A flown postcard from Nigeria to Belgium with a transit marking of the O.A.T. F.S. boxed cachet applied in London (Onward Air Transmission Foreign Section). Pretty item.

This is a very clean WW2 FPO3 cancel on an envelope to England from Iceland. It has a PASSED BY CENSOR No. 2194.

This is the special AIR MAIL LETTER CARD PRICE: THREE PENCE with the crown OFFICIAL PAID, used from Egypt in 1941. It has a censor mark and is in very good condition.

This is a neat registered cover with the Belfast BAAS skeleton (British Association for the Advancement of Science): three strikes, including one on the registered label.

This is a 1958 advertising slogan for an x-ray program in the Motherwell and Wishaw areas of Scotland. Good strike.

This is an 8th June 1957 slogan used after the Isle of Man TT Races event, and posted under separate cover to the head postmaster with his cachet in the top left corner of the envelope. Good strike.

A Post Office envelope with a FOR TESTING PURPOSES ONLY label cancelled in 1971 with a trial usage of a theatrical advertising slogan for "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Richmond Theatre. Interesting item.

A Hoster machine cancel on a postal stationery postcard from 1884: code 12, December 5th. Unique to the first usages of the Hoster machines, there are no left-hand diagonal corner bars.

This is a 1907 2d plus 1d registered envelope with a boxed LATE FEE 2D in black. There are two additional King Edward VII adhesives: a 2d and a 4d, both with WB CO perfins.

A neat framed L2 late fee, in red, on a surface-printed cover to Germany. The adhesives are: a 3d plate 15, and two 1d plate numbers. Good condition; nice item.

This is a very good strike of the PAQUEBOT CARDIFF datestamp used in 1910 on a King Edward VII penny adhesive on a picture postcard of RMS Campania. Slight defect to the corner of the stamp (see photo) hence low price for this pretty item.

A 1923 PAQUEBOT LIVERPOOL cancel on a P&O ship postcard with an INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID cachet, a "1 1/2d TO PAY 466" charge mark, and a three halfpence postage due applied on arrival in Brighton. The three halfpence to pay with the numeral beneath was only used in very few towns.

An envelope sent in 1963 from Bath, UK to Finland, with a scarce purple boxed RETURN TO SENDER SERVICE SUSPENDED BY FINLAND marking. Trimmed, hence low price.

This is a free envelope from the 4d post period (5th December 1839 to 9th January 1840), featuring a nice crown FREE of 14th December and also a receiving house mark of the South Audley Street SO. The envelope is signed "Langdale" and sent to York. Good condition.

An advertising envelope of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS' ASSURANCE COMPANY dating from 1905, and featuring a King Edward VII 1d stamp and a London MP machine cancel. Slightly rusty, hence low price.

This pictorial airgraph depicting Santa on a camel was sent to Wales from the M.E.F. in October 1941.

This eye-catching pictorial airgraph was sent from RAF India to the UK at Christmas 1943. It features two dancing Santas on a Customs form.

This is a morale-boosting pictorial airgraph sent by the Birmingham Post Office and featuring 21 different signatories of staff to a signalman on HMS Guardian in 1944.

This is a Greetings airgraph sent from the Birmingham Post Office to a naval signalman on HMS Guardian who had previously worked at the Post Office. It features a lithograph view of the building.

This is a pictorial airgraph sent on behalf of the Birmingham Post Office with various signatures of postmen to a serving sergeant in the RAF Indian Command who was presumably a peacetime member of staff. Unusual item.

This is a Christmas Greetings pictorial airgraph sent by a member of the British North Africa Forces to his wife in the UK in 1943 depicting the 96th General Hospital.

A "Salamu" Swahili Christmas Greetings airgraph depicting a member of the East Africa Command, and sent by a Captain in the Forces to Bedford, UK.

This is an RAF India Christmas and New Year Greetings airgraph depicting a large Christmas pudding! Addressed to north London.

This is a Christmas Greetings airgraph sent from RAF India, depicting holly, book and candle, with a long handwritten message.

This is an amusing 1944 RAF India pictorial airgraph depicting a pilot shooting his Axis enemy with the slogan "A Jerry Christmas and a Jappy New Year"!

This is a pictorial airgraph sent from the CMF (Central Mediterranean Forces) to Scotland in 1944, depicting a soldier in the snow "dreaming of a white Christmas!"

This is a 1944 PAI (Persia & Iraq) Force Christmas Greetings pictorial airgraph depicting a desert oasis. Scarce, but has a couple of pinholes above the address.

This is a 1944 Indian Xmas Greetings pictorial airgraph sent from the Indian Pioneer Corps to the UK.

This is a pictorial Christmas Greetings airgraph sent from RAF 523 A.M.E.S. (Air Ministry Experimental Station).

This is an Xmas 1944 pictorial airgraph sending "Greetings from India" and depicting a palm tree and map of the sub-continent.

This amusing pictorial airgraph depicts a figure playing I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas on the pipes whilst flying on a magic carpet over an Indian scene.

This is a South East Asia Command Christmas Greetings airgraph, wishing the recipient a good 1945. It features vignettes of five nationals: America/New Zealand/USA/GB/India.

This 1943 Xmas Greetings pictorial airgraph features planes and palm trees, depicting the life of the RAF in the Middle East Forces. It has the RAF censor mark.

This Season's Greetings pictorial airgraph featuring a camel in silhouette was sent from the MEF to the UK in 1944. Unusually it has the Naval censor mark and was printed on an Egyptian form.

This is a Christmas Greetings airgraph sent from HM Middle East Forces (MEF) to the UK with the sword and crown insignia.

This entertaining pictorial airgraph features a vignette of Santa Claus descending the fakir's Indian rope trick in front of two amazed Brits!

This is a 1944 Xmas Greetings airgraph sent from the Central Mediterranean Forces (CMF) to London, with a picture of a British soldier blowing a dandelion.

This is a 1943 Christmas Greetings airgraph sent by The Aero Field magazine to Mr Jal Cooper, the foremost Indian philatelist of the 20th century, in Bombay. It features six vignettes of airmail cachets.

Interesting cover - good condition.