£110 - £150
BALANCE OF THE SAMPLE/PATTERN POSTS INC. "PATTERN POST" 1d RED, REGD. "SAMPLE POST" ENV., ETC.; 1860 env. ex London with 1d Red but also with unusual handstruck crests "FOR MARKING LINEN" back & front (with their maker's address on front), small PC with ½d rose-red ex London with a hs name only as message, 1870 letter (no env.) with very colourful samples of "Wafer Seals" [illust. in BPPP, p.481], rare 1876 1d Red env. (holes from string at each end) ex Perth to Canada endorsed "Per Pattern Post", c.1890 usage of 1d Brown wrapper with London "FOUND IN F.N.D./WITHOUT CONTENTS" [illust. in BPPP, p.513], and remarkable Jan. 1897 usage of the 2d P. Stat. regd. env. with 1d Lilac from "... STREET/W.C" (part cds's) to Spain with "LETTER" of "REGISTERED LETTER" heading crossed through in red and endorsed correctly in the same ink "Opened here" at left. Rare group. Rare group. (6 items) Cross Reference: 1870 ½d PLATES, SEALS/WAFERS, SCOTLAND, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS
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