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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Sandafayre's Stamps Gallery</div> <div> Great Britain </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/country_170_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/countr"><U><B><IMG SRC="229728c0.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>1840 Penny Black</B></div> <div> © <A HREF="http://www.sandafayre.com/html/home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sandafayre.com/html/home.htm"><U>Sandafayre </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm"><U><B><IMG SRC="2946d8f0.jpg" border=0 width="109" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>1851 1cent Franklin</B></div> <div> ©<A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm"><U> </U></A><A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm"><U>Siegel</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health"><U>Health</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id175.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Steam "><U>Steam </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Freemasonry"><U>Freemasonry</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HRH Prince of Wales Masonic Ceremony at"><U>HRH Prince of Wales & Masonic Ceremony at Truro Cathedral 1880 & 1887</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cartels Prisoners"><U>Cartels & Prisoners</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id115.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lighthouses Navigation"><U>Lighthouses & Navigation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Piracy "><U>Piracy </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smuggling "><U>Smuggling </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Customs Excise"><U>Customs & Excise</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Navy"><U>British Navy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Merchant Convoys"><U>Merchant Convoys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="American Navy"><U>American Navy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="France Navy, Privateers, Convoys"><U>France - Navy, Privateers, Convoys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="French Pacquets"><U>French Pacquets</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id149.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trinity House"><U>Trinity House</U></A>   |   <B>Philatelic </B>   |   <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genealogy"><U>Genealogy</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id158.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dress of the Packet era"><U>Dress of the Packet era</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id117.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sailing (Racing)"><U>Sailing (Racing)</U></A></div> <div> Philatelic </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id38_philatelic_notes__dummer_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Edmund Dummers Packet Service"><U>Of philatelic interest</U></A></FONT> on this site - reference to "A rarity overlooked -<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>a 1711 Dummer Packet' cover<B>.</B>"  By James Grimwood-Taylor.* </div> <div> [*Owner & Managing Director of CAVENDISH Philatelic Auctions, Derby, DE1 2SY.]</div> <div> Extracts from two pages headed "Postal History" (<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >pages 75 & 77)</FONT> - courtesy of the Post Office Archives, Mount Pleasant, London.</div> <bR> <div> Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc.</div> <div> <B>5c Deep Red Brown, 10c Black, Double Transfer Ty. B (1, 2 var).</B> 10c Position 31R <B>major double transfer in "Post Office",</B> mostly ample to full margins, intense shade, used with <B>5c horizontal strip of three,</B> large margins except in one small spot at top right where frameline is touched, vivid color in intense Deep Red Brown shade with lots of orange -- a late printing from the cleaned plate -- insignificant small tear at top of center stamp just touches design, tied by neat single stroke of pen on fresh blue folded letter <B>to Belfast, Ireland,</B> datelined <I>"Augusta 30 November 1850"</I> with sender's route instructions <I>"p[er] Mail Steam Packet to Liverpool, Mail Paid p[er] Stamp",</I> the only US postal marking (other than the cancel) is a red "3" for 3c credit to Great Britain, indicating <B>Collins Line</B> service (American packet), carried on the <I><B>Atlantic</B></I><I>,</I> departing New York City on December 7, 1850, arriving at Liverpool on December 19, red "America Liverpool Paid De 19 A50" transit datestamp, blue "Belfast De 20 1850 M" receiving backstamp </div> <div> EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED COVER WITH THE 1847 ISSUE PAYING THE 24-CENT UNITED STATES-BRITISH TREATY RATE TO IRELAND. A SPECTACULAR FRANKING -- THE 5-CENT STRIP OF THREE IN A DEEP RED BROWN AND THE 10-CENT STAMP SHOWING THE "POST OFFICE" SHIFT. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >From our Sale 358 (Sep. 25-27, 1969) where the distinctive 5c color was described as Brown Orange. An existing P.F. certificate no longer accompanies cover. Ex Kapiloff </FONT><A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/811/y81110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/811/y81110.htm"><U><B><U>(Imag</U></B></U></A><B><U>e)</U></B></div> <div> Realised $ 115,000   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="622"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="622" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 80 WIDTH="622"><div> Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc.</div> <div> 1851 One-Cent Franklin</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 1c 1851 Issue, Type I, Position 7R1E (Scott No. 5)</div> <div> The only position with design complete at top and bottom</div> <div> <I>Realized $60,500 in Siegel Sale 804 (lot 19)</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 261 WIDTH="622"><div> Three new stamps—One, Three and Twelve-cent denominations—were deemed necessary after postage rates were revised by Congress during the Fillmore administration. Effective July 1, 1851, the basic rates became 1c for newspapers and circulars (with a distance escalation until 1852), 1c for drop letters, 3c for domestic letters sent up to 3,000 miles, and 6c for letters sent over 3,000 miles. Prepayment by stamps or stamped envelopes was not compulsory until 1856, but the convenience of stamps and reduction in rates led to a rapid increase in stamp usage and popularity. </div> <div> Under Postmaster General Nathan K. Hall, the contract to print the 1851 Issue was awarded to one of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch &Edson’s competitors, the Philadelphia firm of Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. (Casilear retired in October 1854; his name was included in plate imprints as late as 1857). The firm’s original six-year contract was extended to 1861, during which time stamps of only eight different denominations were issued. However, due to the volume and irregularity of production, as well as the introduction of perforations in 1857, the Scott Catalogue has 44 different major listings, based on color, perforation and design variation (excluding sub-listings and the 1875 Reprints). </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >For further details, </FONT><A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm"><U>please visit the Robert A. Siegel page (</U></A><A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm"><U>above</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/enc/1c51.htm"><U>)</U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.whytes.ie/stamps.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whytes.ie/stamps.htm"><U><B>Whytes</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>PUBLIC AUCTION - 10 OCTOBER 1998, STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY  </B><B> <A NAME="ship_letter___bishopmark"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> Lot 227 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="ZapfDingbats BT" >)</FONT><B> 1775 </B>(Sep. 25) EL Lisbon to London, ms “By the <I>Trimmer,</I> Capt. Wellen, Q.D.C., with ** DOVER/<U>SHIP LETTER</U>, overinked in black, charged 10d, on reverse *** 16/OC <U>Bishopmark</U> of London. £30<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Palatino" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Palatino" >[underlining emphasis by web author]</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/home.htm"><U>Robert A. Siegal Galleries Inc.</U></A>  (Sale 820) </div> <div> <A HREF="http://siegelauctions.com/2000/820/y82013.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://siegelauctions.com/2000/820/y8201"><U>Lot 381</U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Lot Description:  <B>Benjamin Franklin.</B> 1p ALS as President of Pennsylvania, datelined <I>"Philada. </I><I><B>May 11, 1786</B></I><I>"</I>, text reads: </div> <div> <I>"Madam, I have made what Enquiry I could relative to the melancholy News you acquainted me with. I have received English Newspapers down to the Middle of February, in none of which do I find the least mention of such an Accident, and as I understand the Ship was fitted out from England, I should imagine that if the News were true, we should have had it thence. All I have learnt is, that at New York such a Report was brought by the </I><I><B>French Pacquet lately arrived from l'Orient</B></I><I>, but as she left that Post at the beginning of January, there is reason to hope that, the report, not being confirm'd by later Ships from England, may be without Foundation, which I sincerely wish, being with great Regard, Madam, Your most obedient and most humble Servant, B Franklin".</I> Notation at bottom left <I>"Mad. la </I><I><B>Comtesse Beniousky</B></I><I>".</I> </div> <div> Other side is a folded cover addressed to the Countess at <B>Baltimore</B> with ms. "2.14" rating and "II/MA" in circle, folds from cover as would be expected though remarkably well-preserved. </div> <div> AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND POSTALLY USED. A WONDERFUL HISTORICAL ITEM. Very suitable for display. [Price realised $ 16,000]</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> SL 16 Dec.,<B>1824</B>: We have no stamp to distinguish La Guayra, Carthagena & Mexico letters that might be brought in Jamaica & Leeward Isles packets, and the rate of postage is different. </div> <div> SL 20/12/1824: Stamp for Carthagena & La Guayra should be "Columbia" and that for Vera Cruz "Mexico" - unless you think that as the postage is the same, "Columbia" would do for the whole. </div> <div> (Phil A/4/2  qf:Saverland Letters (S.L.)  Post Office Archives, Mount Pleasant, London.)  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Links</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://web1.si.edu/postal/library/library.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://web1.si.edu/postal/library/librar"><U><U>Smithsonian National Postal Museum</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > - USA </FONT></div> <div> With over 40,000 volumes and manuscripts, the museum's new Library Research Center is ... ...open to the public by appointment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.siris.si.edu/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.siris.si.edu/"><U><U>Online access</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > may, or may not, be helpful (from a philatelic point of view), but they have a search facility.. worth trying!</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.stamps.org/aps/DEALERS/MALLLOGO.HTM" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.stamps.org/aps/DEALERS/MALLLO"><U><B><IMG SRC="22ca66a0.png" border=0 width="678" height="106" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> Yonks of Links to DEALERS - very few sites with search engines, and 'packet'  unfortunately means 'a package of stamps' </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gsu.edu/~libpjr/bahlit.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gsu.edu/~libpjr/bahlit.htm"><U><U>Bahamian Philatelic Literature</U></U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Books and other monographs- <I>mainly devoted to Bahamian philately</I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/BCPSG/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages"><U>BRITISH CARIBBEAN PHILATELIC STUDYGROUP</U></A> (BCPSG) <A NAME="bcpsg"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> "The BCPSG is now a well-established organization, and its journal and other publications have received wide attention among philatelists. From fewer than 100 in its first year, its membership has grown to about 450 today, residing in all five continents."</div> <div>  </div> <div> <U>Letters from the past - a history Part 2</U> - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Before the Penny Black</FONT> </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >- a well written introduction to postal history by postal historians Ron and </FONT><A HREF="mailto:ears@gil.com.au" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ears@gil.com.au"><U>Eunice Shanahan</U></A>. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Packet era Bibliography & Sources</B></div> <bR> <div> Philatelic Bibliopole, PO Box 36006, Louisville, KY 40233, USA</div> <div> Fax 502, 459-8538, Phone 502, 451-0317  pbbooks@attglobal.net</div> <bR> <div> <I>Royal Mail Steam Packets to Bermuda and Bahamas</I> by Ludington & Osborn 1971, 24 pages, 11 illustrations, 10 maps..</div> <div> [Philatelic Bibliopole. Search page for "Bahamas" http://pbbooks.com/foreigna.htm ]</div> <bR> <div> <I>Antigua, Codrington Correspondence, 1743-1851</I> by Robson Lowe 1968, 124 pages</div> <bR> <div> <I>Bahamas Early Mail Service and Postal Markings </I>by M. H. Ludington </div> <div> The postal history and postal markings to about 1975. 1982, 210 pages.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Bermuda Mails to 1865: An Inventory of the Postal Markings</I> by Michel Forand and C. Charles Freeland. About 650 entries covering Date stamps, Paid Stamps, Ship Letter and Forwarding Agents from 1820 to 1865. <B>Tables of packet arrival and departure dates for 1827, 1842-50 and 1850-54</B>. A table summarizing postal rates and an overview of the pre 1820 postal history. 1995, 124 pages.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Cyprus 1353-1986</B></I><I>, history, postal history and postage stamps </I>by W. F. Castle.</div> <div>  A major expansion of the previous 1971 edition, much new material on the classic stamps and covers in addition to the recent issues. 1987, 564 pages, cloth.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Postal History of </I><I><B>Gibraltar</B></I><I> 1704 - 1971</I> by R. J. M. Garcia & E. B. Proud 1998, 592 pages, cloth, </div> <bR> <div> Honduras, British, <I>A Postal History of Belize</I> by E. W. King 1981, 98 pages, soft bound  </div> <bR> <div> <I>Early History and Growth of Postal System in </I><I><B>India</B></I><B> </B>by Mohini Lal Majumdar A fine history, in English, written with respect to the postal history and not necessarily the philatelic end, useful and enjoyable a good supplement to Giles. 1995, 263 pages, hard bound. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>India, </B></I><I>Adjmer Postal History 1820-1947</I> by Dhor & Ranjan An excellent listing of the postal markings and historical background. 1989, 82 pages, paper case. </div> <bR> <div> India, <I>Hyderbad Philatelic History </I>by Dr. M. A. Nayeem All facets of Hyderbad philately from 1724 to 1950, a major work. 1980, 276 pages, cloth. </div> <bR> <div> India, <I>Postal History of Zemindari Dawk 1707-1906 </I>by M. Majumdar A detailed history of the District Posts in Bengal and Assay from the origins with the East India Company to the merger with the Imperial Post. 1984, 173 pages, cloth. </div> <bR> <div> <I>The Postal History of the </I><I><B>Ionian Islands </B></I>by D. Zaphiriou 1987, 265 pages text, 298 pages appendix, 3 large plates separate. </div> <bR> <div> <I>The Postal History of </I><I><B>Sicily</B></I><I> from its beginnings to the Introduction of the Postage Stamp</I> by Paolo Vollmeier A magnificent book, in English, much color. 1998, 686 pages + 5 maps & tables in folder, cloth, dj & cloth.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Jamaica,</B></I><I> Postal History 1662-1860 </I>by Thomas Foster An extremely fine work, attractive, scholarly & useful. 1968, 180 pages, cloth. </div> <bR> <div> <I>The Postal Markings of Jamaica</I> by Ian Potter Covers in detail the Post Offices, Railway and Special Sites, a total of 915 offices with all known cancellations from each site listed, nearly 5,000 markings in all. Fourteen chapters covers the markings used from the mid 1740's to the mid 1990's 1996, 476 pages, cloth.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Postal History of </I><I><B>Malta</B></I> by E. B. Proud, 1999, 320 pages, cloth. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Malta, </B></I><I>Postal History and Postage Stamps 1576 to 1960</I><I><B>,</B></I> edited by Martin, Published by Robson Lowe for the Malta Study Circle </div> <div> 1980, 427 pages, cloth.  1985, 28 pages, card, Supplement No. 1.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Knights of </I><I><B>Malta</B></I><I>, The Lazara Correspondence</I> by Robson Lowe Our only study of the 1662-1669 Malta to Italy postal rates and the 1789-1797 period, the French Revolution, much history. 1987, 36 pages, card. </div> <bR> <div> <I>British Postal Agencies in </I><I><B>Mexico</B></I><I> City, Vera Cruz and Tampico, 1825-1876</I> by John M. Heath 1974, 22 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 map, card. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Nepal </B></I><I>Postal History, British-Indian Post Office in Nepal</I> by Dr. Wolfgang C. Hellrigl The whole spectrum from the founding in 1816, early routes, inland and foreign postal rates, services, all known markings are illustrated, dated and allocated a point value, forged markings are illustrated and described. 1991, 200 pages, 16 color plates, 140 drawings, limited edition. </div> <bR> <div> <I>Maritime Markings & Ship Cancellations 1793-1939</I> by F. P. Traamberg & Philip Cockrill 1980, 56 pages, card, Cockrill No. 12. [Netherlands & Colonies]</div> <bR> <div> <I>Subsidios Para a Historia do </I><I><B>Correio Maritimo Portugues</B></I> by Armado Vieira Maritime postal history to 1870 with arrival and departure dates listed in tables for each vessel. 1988, 302 pages, card, in Portuguese. </div> <bR> <div> <I>The Postal History of </I><I><B>Trinidad & Tobago</B></I> by Joe Chin Aleong & E. B. Proud 1998, 520 pages, cloth, </div> <bR> <div> <I>The Postage Rates of the North Atlantic Mails (1635-1950)</I></div> <div> The Inland and Ocean Postage Rates Applied to Letters Between the UK and North America, by, and published by Malcolm Beresford MONTGOMERY MBE (1991)</div> <div> ISBN  0 95 18335 0 2   [ 26 Cambridge Road, Southampton, SO2 0RD ]</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>