£220 - £300
EARLY QV "BOOK POST" IMPRINTS/ENDORSEMENTS, RARE "DETAINED/POSTED IN PILLAR LETTER BOX", ETC.; 1855-73 covers sent at (or endorsed to go at) Book Post rates; inc. c.1856 "Hansard's Parl. Debates" wrapper with 1d 'stars', c.1864 (2) + c.1873 trio of card Photographs by post wrappers with 1d 'stars' (2) or ½d (latter with 2 enclosed photos), rare Mar. 1866 folded housing estate plans endorsed "Book Post" with 1d Plate No. but also with mainly fine rare circular London "POSTED IN PILLAR/DETAINED/LETTER BOX" mark (few known; BPPP p.420), 1866/7 pair with 1d Reds ex Manchester/Stroud with original strings still in place [illust. in BPPP pp.409+410], 1867 auction cat. back page with 1d tied by Whitehaven duplex [BPPP p.397], large 1872 wrapper with BP imprint and 2d Blue [BPPP p.443], 1871/2/5 trio with ½d Rose-reds (one with ?Private circ. "PER BOOK/PAID/POST" cachet; see BPPP pp.438+443], etc. Very scarce lot worthy of further expansion. (15 items)Cross Reference: SCOTLAND, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, 1870 ½d PLATES
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