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1869 May, 4d Vermilion, Plate 11. Entire sent from London to St. Etienne, France dated May 13th 1869. Tied with a London District duplex with a vertical oval and the district initials EC 83 for Upper Edmonton and LONDON 6 MR13 69 (CBP 7/11). The front of the cover also has a Calais transit mark ANGL 14 MARS 69 CALAIS and a red PD mark in a oval (CBP 9/63). The back of the cover has a transit mark for Paris with an octagonal centre PARIS 14MARS 69 GARE DE LION and a St. Etienne receiving mark ST ETIENNE 11 15 MARS (84)
1869 November 6d Mauve, Plate 8. Cover London to Barcelona, Spain dated November 20th 1869. Bearing 6d mauve stamp with a wing margin SG108-9 Plate 8 'no hyphen' (specialised cat J75 (2). Tied London District Post duplex 85 in a vertical oval for Walthamstow and CDDD LONDON EC 5 NO20 69 (CBP 7/11). Obverse paid mark in red in an oval (CBP9/63). The back of the cover has an indistinct receiving mark for Barcelona.
1869 (Sept) 6d Mauve, Horizontal Pair. Envelope from Manchester to Ancona, Italy dated September 3rd 1869. Bearing 6d horizontal pair SG 108-9 Plate 8 'no hyphen' (specialised cat J75(2). Tied 498 for Manchester and the horizontal town cancel 40L MANCHESTER SP3 69 (CBP 7/20). Obverse with paid mark in red in a circle (CBP 9/65). The envelope has 4 pinhole marks where the contents have been checked. Backstamped single ring London transit mark in red LONDON ET4 69 and a CDDD for Ancorna in black ANCONA 6 SET 69 HM. there are several other indistinct transit marks.
1870 1½d rose-red (FJ-JF) plate 1, unused example small part original gum with paper adherence on reverse, centred left and light tones otherwise nice looker, SG 51 Cat £725 mint.
1870 3d Rose, Plate 5 (CD) An entire sent from Liverpool to Le Harvre, France August 1st 1870. Bearing 1868 3d rose stamp SG 102/103 (specialised J30) tied 466 duplex for Liverpool and a horiz. town cancel Z LIVERPOOL 1AU70 36 CBP 7/20). The front has a Calais transit mark ANGL 2 AOUT 68 AMB CALAIS and a red PD mark in a circle (CBP 9/63). Company mark in blue for Leo Schuster Brothers. Reverse has a single ring transit mark for London in red LONDON PG AU2 70. there is a further transit mark for Paris to Le Havre PARIS AU HAVRE 2 AUGT 70 B and a indistinct receiving mark for Le Havre. Leopold Schuster was German but moved to northern England in the early part of the nineteenth century. He setup on a cotton trading company in 1820 which operated in Liverpool and Manchester. The firm continued to operate through the nineteenth century although Leopold himself moved to London in 1855 where he setup a merchant bank cover became the Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway. The contents of the letter to Thomas La Chambre are commercial and concern cotton trade between the two companies.
1870 ½d rose-red run of plates 1 to 20 excl plate 9 and plate 15, mostly CDS cancels, sound for plate 1 & plate 8, good cat value £430+.
1871 (Feb) 3d Rose pl.6 (MF). An env. sent from London to Rome dated February 21st 1871. Bearing 1867 3d rose stamp SG 102-103 (specialised J31) tied along with a pair of 1d red SG 43-44 from plate 117 lettered EA, EB with a London Inland Section duplex with a CDDD and 103 in a diamond in a vertical oval HW LONDON FE21 71 (CBP7/5). Red PD mark in an oval (CBP9/63). & company mark in blue for Munroe and company, 34 Clements Street, London E.C. The back of the cover has a single ring receiving mark in black for Rome ROMA 25 FEB 71 11M.
1871 November 3d Rose plate 6 (OG). An entire sent from London to St. Etienne, France dated November 13th 1871. Bearing 1867 3d rose stamp SG 102-103 (specialised J31) tied with a London District duplex with a vertical oval and numeral 92 and LONDON EC 6 NO13 71 (CBP 7/11) and part Calais transit mark and a red PD oval (CBP 9/63). In addition there is a company mark in blue for C. Sandrini, London. The back of the cover has a Paris double ring transit mark PARIS 14 NOV 71 GARDE DE LYON C and a partial double ring receiving mark for St. Etienne.
1871 Plain env to Peebles with 1d red PL 139 cancel fine Biggar 4 duplex pmk Aug 25, good-fine North West T.P.O Night-down unframed circle on rear for same day partly overstruck by a fine Peebles thimble. Light Horiz and vertical creases and minor soils overall sound.
1872 Wmk Spray of Rose 6d chestnut plate 11 fine used neat 498 cancel of Manchester, well centred and good colour, SG 122a.
1873-79 Wmk Spray of Rose 3d rose complete run of plate numbers 11 to 19 mainly sound average used, few perf faults or heavier cancel, all sound SG 144 Cat £640. (8).
1873-80 3d rose coloured letters, plate 11, IMPERF from imprimatur sheet Wmk Spray superb mint lightly hinged with four margins and beautiful strong colour, superb! SG Spec. J36(var) Cat £2500, extremely rare.
