156. HOSTER CANCELLATION. 1891 1d pink envelope, used locally in London, cancelled very fine hoster OC/21/91. (*) (Ref 61438) £25.00

157. HOSTER CANCELLATION. 1892 Q.V. 2½d carmine postal stationery envelope London to Hamburg cancelled fair hoster JA/28/92 with Hamburg receiver on reverse. (*) (Ref 61431) £30.00

158. POSTAL FISCAL POSTALLY USED. 1892 envelope, sent registered mail, London to Cardiff with 3d lilac type L17 (Spec. L113/SG F13) tied neat registered cds JU/23/92. Slight perf imperfections but a very scarce usage which cats. £450.00 on cover. On reverse Cardiff receiver JU/24/92. (*) (Ref 61473) £200.00

159. CIRCULAR DELIVERY LABEL - POSTALLY USED FORGERY. 1893 ½d vermilion postal stationery envelope Angmering (Sussex) to Ryde, Isle of Wight cancelled Angmering 'G72' duplex JU/21/93 with ½d vermilion (SG 197) on reverse same duplex. Placed at upper left Birmingham three farthings buff CDC forgery. Also tied Angmering duplex. Philatelic but very rare - one of three we have seen. (*) (Ref 62966) £400.00

160. LINCOLN SORTING OFFICE MARKS. 11 postcards and 2 letters, 1894-1932, fine selection of Lincoln Railway sorting marks - Lincoln Sorting Tender cds x 3, Lincoln Sorting Carriage x 4, 1903 'Lincoln Tender' cds, 'Lincoln S.C.' squared circles x 3 and 'Tamworth/Lincoln S.O.' datestamps x 2. A fine lot. (*) (Ref 52205) £150.00

161. 1895 envelope with 10d brown embossed postal stationery London to Leipzig uprated with 1d lilac cancelled London 'L1' (late fee) duplex' 8/JY/95. (*) (Ref 61186) £55.00

162. 1897 postcard to Newcastle-on-Tyne with 8 x ½d vermilion (SG 197) cancelled on differing dates and places in Northumberland and Cumbria, corner crease but very unusual and presumably recording various times of visitation? Earliest cancel Felton AP/19/97 latest Stanfordham cds SP/18/97. (*) (Ref 57766) £75.00

163. PRINTED ENVELOPE. 1897 envelope Portsmouth to Romsey with 1d lilac cancelled Portsmouth AP/11/97 with three printed images at left of Chepstow Castle, the Old Toll Gate and Kisimul Castle, Barra. Unusual item. (*) (Ref 62195) £125.00

164. POSTAL STATIONERY/REGISTERED MAIL. 1898 envelope from Bushey Newton (Herts) to Hamburg with 10d embossed uprated with 2 x 1d lilacs (SG 172) cancelled Bushey Newton cds' NO/8/98. London registered datestamp and German receiver on reverse. Slight imperfections but unusual franking. (*) (Ref 59158) £125.00

165. CORNWALL/SQUARED CIRCLE. 1900 envelope from the US to Mawgan, Cornwall with US 5c cancelled MAY/21/1900 REDIRECTED to London with Mawgan squared circle on front JU/-/00. On reverse second strike of squared circle MY/31/00 and other datestamps. Very scarce squared circle. (*) (Ref 59607) £40.00

166. UNIQUE USAGE OF 1884 10/- ULTRAMARINE (SG 183) AND BLOCK OF FOUR 1/- JUBILEE GREEN & CARMINE (SG 214) on large part envelope. Amazing usage London to France, sent registered mail, with additional 4d Jubilee stamps cancelled 21/MY/01. A surface printed rarity. (*) (Ref 60767) £3750.00