Lot 20059 – LONDON POSTAL HISTORY EXHIBITION COLLECTION 166

LONDON POSTAL HISTORY EXHIBITION COLLECTION 1660-1901, Exceptional postal history collection of London beautifully written up on 380+ pages in French, starting with a range of General Post marks with the Bishop ds, PAID cds, s/l hs, instructional hs, Receiving House hs, Sunday ds, Branch Office ds, a range of Free franks, Dokwra, Penny Post and Two Penny Post with many receiving house hs and instructional hs, Foreign Office and mail abroad, Ship Letters, six Coffee House / Hotel covers, mail to and from France during the Revolution, then Mulreadies inc. May 15 & May 18 1840 dates, 1840 1d blacks incl. 2 singles and 5 covers, 1841 1d Reds with number in MC singles and on cover, selection of Embossed on cover, a study of the various numeral and duplex cancels on line engraved and surface printed covers, with Late Fees, Registered, underpaid. Variety of better destination incl. Turks Island, also machine cancels incl. scarcer examples such as N.P.B. Hoster, Boston « zig-zag, » Azemar, etc., plus 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee and so on. A fabulous collection covering the vast range of London cancellations and postmarks, with room for further expansion or great for breaking down for retail Estimate: € 15’000 – € 20’000