385th Auction

1811/29, Jersey Scroll, study collection of eighteen, neatly-presented and written-up on pages, illustrating several different postmark types and their distinctive characteristics, variously rated in manuscript and most to London or Guernsey, noting one example to Spain, quality of strikes varies, but many fine examples, rarely offered in this quantity,  an ideal opportunity to acquire a significant holding of these attractive and distinctive markings.

1823 (October 18), folded letter from Jersey to Bern, Switzerland, struck on reverse with fair Jersey Scroll, various manuscript rate and accountancy notations, including “P 2/10", endorsed “Paid” in manuscript and postmarked with London PAID datestamp, an attractive and fine example to an uncommon destionation.

1830/9, Jersey Double Arc datestamps, a study comprising twelve folded entires or covers,  neatly-mounted and annotated, with examples of Type I (3, one to Porto, another including enclosed circular related to a patent for a new method of generating coal gas), Type II (5), Type III (2) and Type IV (1), and one unidentified, two additionally struck with boxed “Jersey / Penny Post”, condition varies somewhat, but mostly fine examples, ideal for the specialist.

1840/53, Jersey Ship Letter group of four folded letters or covers, written-up on pages, comprising an 1840 folded letter from Buenos Aires to London struck on reverse with framed "JERSEY / SHIP LETTER" in black (Robinson S.1), along with three examples bearing the black unframed "JERSEY / SHIP LETTER" (Robinson S.3), including 1846 and 1847 letters from Bahia to London, and an 1853 cover of unknown origin routed via Jersey to Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, generally very good strikes throughout, a scarce and desirable group.

1855/1986(ca.), small group of mostly covers, including a nice range of picture postcards, some WWII material and modern envelopes, good condition

1948/93 (ca.), comprehensive collection with ca. 400 covers, many registered, with some postal stationery, first day covers, machine cancels, aerograms, reply coupons, picture postcards, postal parcel tag from Gorey, etc., neatly housed and described, good condition, in 14 Binders

Jersey, in-depth postmark collection, pre-stamp to modern, a highly specialised study comprising over six hundred covers, postcards, postal forms, and receipts, plus single stamps, representing well over a century of postal history, showcasing the myriad types of cancellations used on the island, including squared circles with foreign destinations or uses as transit marks, a range of Parcel Post cancellations including on £1 Victoria and Edward VII stamps, various instructional markings such as "Too Late", "Undelivered", "Liable to Letter Rate", and "Contrary to Regulations", PAID markings, notably a scarce 1891 violet oval "Post Office / Express / Paid", and a 1943 usage on a newspaper, as well as an oval "PD" on an 1873 folded letter bearing three 1d red stamps to St. Malo, plus single franking covers with 4d stamps from 1859 and 1862 to St. Beziers and St. Brieuc, over 100 examples of slogan and machine cancels, a detailed study of single-circle postmarks, "Boite Mobile" Jersey/France datestamps, including a scarce 1866 usage from Dinan to Jersey via St. Malo, later paquebot postcard usages, rate markings, numeral cancels such as "409" including on a 1s Embossed cover to Naples, duplex cancels, Maltese Cross cancels including an 1840 Penny Black cover to Edinburgh, over 35 examples of double-arc cancellations, registration markings including a rare Crown registered marking on an 1860 cover from Jersey to Great Britain, an extensive study of oval registered cancellations, with scarcer origins incuding First Tower and private postal stationery usages, including 1894 and 1898 registered envelopes to Brussels and Paris, an exceptional and comprehensive study, the product of many years of diligent research and accumulation, offering a wealth of scarce and elusive material, condition somewhat mixed, particularly among earlier covers, but many are fine and highly desirable, a collection worthy of close inspection by the specialist to fully appreciate its scope and significance.

1798/1824, Jersey & Guernsey's postal links with France, group of six folded letters, comprising 1816 to St. Malo with choice strike of “COLONIES PAR / ST MALO”, 1820 to Cognac with bold “COLONIES PAR / ST MALO” and partial strike of scarce “ABONNEMENT” straight-line,1820 and 1821 examples from Guernsey to Nantes both with fine “COLONIES PAR / ST MALO” handstamps, and 1823 from Jersey to Marseille with “GRANDE BRETAGNE / PAR ST MALO” two-line handstamp, as well as a fine 1798 folded letter from Edinburgh to Guernsey to an Officer of the King's Guard (of France) in Guernsey, the odd small flaw but a chiefly fine and attractive group.

JERSEY: 1831/1945, “Chronique de Jersey”, 13.8.1831, 3.1.1835 bis 26.12.1935 sowie 17.2.1941 bis 20.11.1941 und “The Evening Post” 28.6.1940 bis 9.5.1945 sowie ein Einzelexemplar “La Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey” vom 19.11.1859, insgesamt etwas über 1000 Exemplare, die wohl umfangreichste und annähernd bis auf wenige Ausgaben komplette Sammlung der Tageszeitungen der Insel Jersey. Unserer Kenntnis existiert neben dieser Sammlung wohl lediglich eine umfassendere Sammlung, die sich im Besitz der Jersey Public Library befindet. Bis auf teils übliche Lager- und Faltspuren in meist guter bis sehr guter Erhaltung, in 22 Ordnern