LATE QV MIX INC. EARLY PARCEL POSTS: 1886-1903 group inc. la...

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756 - LATE QV MIX INC. EARLY PARCEL POSTS: 1886-1903 group inc. large piece with large label

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£70 - £100

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LATE QV MIX INC. EARLY PARCEL POSTS: 1886-1903 group inc. large piece with large label "BOOKS. WITH CARE" franked block of 6 x 1d lilacs tied by "LONDON" roller cancels with large red boxed "COACH/ROAD BORNE/LB" & "PARCEL [crown] POST/LUDGATE CIRCUS/EC (LOZ)/X LIST DESIGNATION E.C. 18./24 JAN 1896/[??]" hs's; large piece of parcel wrapper ex Switzerland with blurred purple boxed "PARCEL [crown] POST/This parcel has been [?opened??...]" resealed with red wax "PARCEL/V[crown]R/POST/81" seal & string and "SWITZERLAND/No. [ms] 39/FOREIGN/AND/COLONIAL/PARCEL POST." label cancelled by violet double circle "F. & C.P.P. LONDON/PAID/30 AUG 87" cds; 1886 blue paper Ecclesiastical Measures document ex Lincoln to Hull; 1896 ½d embossed p.stat. env. to "The Colonial Secretary" Gambia endorsed "Proof" cancelled by "74/2 6 96/3PM/2" cds, and a similar env. to Russia, both possibly containing printers proofs; plus 1884, 1901 (with "FRAGILE. - WITH CARE" hs) & 1903 (to Switzerland) registered envs. [Ex Gavin Fryer] (9 items) Cross Reference: PARCEL POST LABELS, POSTAL STATIONERY, REGISTERED MAIL

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5th Mar 25 at 11am GMT