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‘GB POSTAL HISTORY 1643-1796’.

	4. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A fine copy of the 1643 map with mileage distances (130x120mm), ex. Thomas Jenner's - 'A Direction for the English Traviller'. Scarce and attractive item for the County collector. () (Ref 57927) £85.00*	5. BERKSHIRE. 1720 letter Wantage to London (some imperfections) but early use, postal charge of '3'. On reverse very fine strike of the straight line 'Wantage' handstamp in black (BR 431). Rare - this being first year of use. () (Ref 60818) £110.00*

	6. WALES/DENBIGHSHIRE. 1740 letter Wrexham to London with postal charge of '4'. On reverse fair strike of the scarce 'Wrixham' for Wrexham straight line handstamp (W 2397). () (Ref 60851) £65.00*	7. MUIRHEAD'S COFFEE HOUSE EDINBURGH. 1742 entire dated November 14th 1742 addressed to 'James Maxwell? of Barnclougher or left at Muirhead's Coffee House Edinburgh'. Very fine and very scarce early provincial coffee house. () (Ref 55702) £225.00*

	8. CROSS POST (Bodmin to Plymouth road). Undated letter from Bodmin to the Isle of Wight with fair strike of the 'Bodmin' straight line handstamp in black (CO 6 1743-1792). On front manuscript 'X Post' and charge '8'. () (Ref 57567) £110.00*	9. WALES/DENBIGHSHIRE. 1769 letter Wrexham to London with very fine strike of the two-line 'Wrex/ham' handstamp in black (W 2399). () (Ref 60853) £60.00*

	10. WALES. 1782 letter Dolgelly to Wakefield, Yorks dated 20th Feb 1782 with fine to very fine strike of the 'Bala' straight line handstamp (Merrionshire - W153) - used one year earlier than County Catalogue records. () (Ref 60828) £45.00*	11. WALES/CARDIGANSHIRE. 1783 entire from Ystrad to London with fine strike of the two-line 'Lampe/ter' handstamp in black (W 1234) with London Bishopmark '24/SE'. () (Ref 57909) £95.00*

	12. WALES/CARMARTHENSHIRE. 1784 entire Llandillo to Llandovery dated 7th March 1784 with very fine 'Llandillo' straight line handstamp (W 1287), manuscript '1' local charge using local CROSS POST. Envelope slight imperfections otherwise very fine. () (Ref 57879) £75.00*	13. WALES/DENBIGHSHIRE. 1787 entire Wrexham to London. On front good to fine strike of the 'Wrexham' straight line handstamp (W 2401). () (Ref 60855) £45.00*

	14. WALES/DENBIGHSHIRE. 1788 entire Wrexham to London. On front good to fine strike of the 'Wrexham' straight line handstamp (W 2401). () (Ref 60854) £45.00*	15. COFFEE HOUSE/DERBY. Circa. 1788 wrapper from Chesterfield addressed to 'Grecian Coffee House Temple London'. On reverse two line 'Chester/field' handstamp with London Bishopmark '22/AP'. () (Ref 56821) £65.00*

	16. CORNWALL/CROSS POST. 1788 letter Redruth to Sheffield, Yorks dated 26th May 1788 with superb strike of 'Truro' straight line handstamp. On reverse faint 'Bristol' handstamp indicating Cross Post route with postal charge of '6'. () (Ref 60827) £65.00*	17. MONMOUTHSHIRE. 1789 letter Abergavenny to Monmouthshire, slight faults, with good large part strike of the '146 Aber/gavenny' first-type mileage mark (W 138). London backstamp SE/26/89. () (Ref 61852) £80.00*

	18. 'MONMOUTH' FIRST TYPE MILEAGE MARK (W 1602). 1789 letter Monmouth to Gloucester (small repair on reverse) with good to fine strike of the '131 Mon/mouth' handstamp in black. Letter dated 25th Oct 1789. () (Ref 52070) £90.00*	19. SCOTLAND. 1796 letter Mussleburgh to Haddington dated 14th Jan 1796 with very fine strike of the 'MUFSLEBURGH' straight line handstamp in black. () (Ref 57548) £150.00*

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