36. UNIFORM 4d POST. 1839 entire from Edinburgh to Falkirk with very fine strike of the handstamp '4' of Edinburgh, backstamped DE/10/1839. Filing fold clear of handstamp. Very fine. (*) (Ref 49971) £160.00

37. 1839 4d UNIFORM POST. 1839 envelope, and letter, addressed to an MP in Bradford,Yorks and with fine 'FREE' frank 14/DE/39. Under the 4d post system if a cheaper rate was already in existence (in this case the franking system) that established rate took precedence. (*) (Ref 59979) £50.00

38. 1839 UNIFORM 4d POST. 1839 letter from Port Louis, Mauritius to Bordeaux via the UK with good variety of handstamps including 'India letter Liverpool' and London datestamp 17/DEC/1839. On front various chargemarks including '8' which presumably refers to a double rate of the 4d uniform post. Unusual. (*) (Ref 59056) £140.00

39. 1839 UNIFORM 4d POST. A fine wrapper from London to Aberystwyth clearly dated 23rd December 1839 with manuscript '4' in black re postal charge. Indistinct backstamp but a good example from this scarce period of postal reform. (*) (Ref 53532) £45.00

40. 'ARGUS Life Assurance Company/Post Paid' Circular Handstamp. 1840 letter from the Argos Life office in London to their office in New Town, Montgomery (slight staining) with very fine strike of this privately produced handstamp in black. Also on front 'Moorgate St./1d PAID' and London 'Paid' datestamp 23/JU/1840. (*) (Ref 58072) £30.00

41. Fine letter from Montreal dated 6th October 1840 to Dundee via Ireland with Cove backstamp DE/9/1840. On front fine strike of the 'Cove/Ship-letter' handstamp, also Dublin and Scottish datestamps DE/10 and DE/12 1840. Manuscript '8' on front. Fine usage. (*) (Ref 59057) £125.00

42. TOWN CANCELLATION. 1842 large part wrapper Dorchester to Blandford with four margined 1d imperf lettered AF, corner bends and slight surface rubbing, tied very fine strike of the Dorchester 'Wessex-type' town cancellation FE/26/1842 in black. Backstamped Blandford same day (Spec. B1va). In fine condition cats. £2200.00. (A) (Ref 56862) £1100.00

43. THE UNIFORM 1d POST. Two fine letters from Wrexham to Chester, postage prepaid, with Wrexham datestamps JU/29/1842 and JU/6/1843 both with very fine strikes of the Wrexham Uniform 1d Post handstamp '1' in red (W 2426). (*) (Ref 50690) £45.00

44. WAFER SEAL. 1843 wrapper Cheltenham to Essex bearing 1d red very close 4 margins lettered FC (SG 8) tied black M.C., on reverse 'RELIGIOUS WAFER SEAL' in black on yellow 'Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light '. label corner fault but good example of this Victorian practice. Backstamped MR.8.1843. (*) (Ref 38311) £175.00

45. THE DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF YORK (Spec. B1tx). 1843 wrapper York to Settle with very fine pair 1d imperf plate 27 lettered NE/NF tied two very fine to superb strikes. Backstamped York MR/24/1843. Also on front 'Missent to' straight line handstamp with Birmingham datestamp MR/25/1843 alongside. Filing fold well clear of stamps. Exhibition quality. (*) (Ref 59957) £1500.00

46. LONDON NUMBER '12' IN MALTESE CROSS/1841 2d BLUE. 1843 large wrapper London to Stow on the Wold with a strip of 4 2d plate 3 NG-NJ, touched in places, tied four good to fine strikes of the London number '12' in M.C. (Spec. E1vl). Backstamped JU/29/1843. NI affected by filing crease, wrapper with other imperfections but a VERY SCARCE USAGE. Fine single on cover cats. £450.00. (*) (Ref 46922) £300.00

47. THE DISTINCTIVE MALTESE CROSS OF COVENTRY (Spec. B1te). 1843 wrapper, used locally in Coventry, with two very fine 1d imperfs plate 31 lettered RH and QH tied very fine strikes. Backstamped NO/4/1843. Illustrated Danzig page 42 and Jackson page 84. Very fine item. (*) (Ref 59949) £1750.00

48. THE SOLID CENTRE MALTESE CROSS OF IRONBRIDGE. 1844 wrapper (without side flaps) Ironbridge to London with four margined 1d imperf plate 36 tied good to fine strike of this rare M.C. with Ironbridge datestamp AP/13/1844. Illustrated in Jackson plate 130. RPS cert. 200129 states 'Ironbridge Maltese Cross - creased - is genuine. (*) (Ref 59950) £2250.00

49. EDINBURGH - 'MAE WEST' HANDSTAMP. 1845 wrapper (no side flaps) Edinburgh to Oban. On reverse very fine strike of this ornate handstamp. On front Paid at Edinburgh datestamp APR/1/1845. (*) (Ref 60019) £17.50

50. COFFEE HOUSE. 1846 fine printed 'Form of Proxy' from 'The Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company' London to Cheadle with four margined 1d (SG 8) tied London '3' numeral with Cheadle datestamp SP/4/1846 on front. Fine printed content referring to a meeting of the shareholders 'at the British Coffee House Cockspur Street London'. Very fine usage. (*) (Ref 56818) £125.00

51. 'COWES/SHIP-LETTER' (S6) handstamp. 1847 wrapper from Bahia (Brazil) to London with fine strike of this Cowes ship letter in black, overstruck London datestamp JU/9/1847. (*) (Ref 40293) £110.00

52. IRELAND. 1847 envelope Dalkey to Leighlinbridge with fine strike of the straight line 'Dalkey' in blue-green and 'Paid' datestamp SE/27/1847, slight creasing. (*) (Ref 55904) £25.00

53. 'COWES/SHIP LETTER' (S6) handstamp. 1850 wrapper from Bahia (Brazil) with fine strike of this handstamp in blue, backstamped 31/JA/1850. (*) (Ref 40294) £65.00