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Postal History of GB – Maritime and Naval Covers and
World Covers associated with Ships and Shipping.

British Postal History – Duplex Postmarks

British Postal History – Machine Cancellations
British Postal History – Squared Circle Postmarks
British Postal History – Circular Cancels 0f England & Wales
British Postal History – Circular Cancels 0f Scotland

British Postal History  - Aviation and Air Force Postmarks

British Postal History  - Exhibition Postmarks & Covers

British Postal History  - Military Postmarks
British Postal History  - Railway Postmarks
British Commonwealth Countries Stamps & Postal History
Foreign Countries Stamps & Postal History


British Postal History – Maritime and Naval Covers

ALL POSTMARKS ARE ON COMPLETE CARDS or ENVELOPES – (No Pieces)

Ships & Shipping Covers –  Special Events Postmarks

Date

Postmark

Type

Cover

 

Price

20 Sep 1967

Launching of 4 (QE2) – Clydebank

Pictorial

NW

B

£2.50

4 Jul 1968

Portsmouth Hants. / Welcomes / Alec Rose

Circular

PPC

A

£1.25

4 Jul 1968

Portsmouth Hants. / Welcomes / Alec Rose

Circular

SPE

A

£1.25

2 May 1969

Departure Southampton – QE2 Maiden voyage

Circular

ENV

B

£1.95

2 May 1970

Mayflower 1620-1970 – Plymouth

Circular

SPE

B

£0.75

22 May 1970

New Sealink – Belfast to Heysham Inaugural Crossing TSS Duke of Argyll

Circular

SPE

B

£2.95

27 June 1970

New Sealink Dun Laoghaire – Heysham Maiden Crossing TSS Holyhead Ferry 1

Circular

SPE

B

£2.95

6 Sep 1970

Mayflower Sailed on 6th Sep from Plymouth

Rectang.

SPE

B

£2.50

30 Sep 1970

Mayflower 1620-1970 – Boston, Lincs

Circular

SPE

B

£0.75

23 Jun 1970

BristolGreat Britain Built 1843 – on 1969 ships 9d stamp

Pictorial

ENV

A

£0.75

23 Jun 1970

BristolGreat Britain Built 1843 – on 4d stamp

Pictorial

ENV

A

£0.60

22 May 1975

UK Maiden Voyage of Tor Britannia – Felixstowe – Gothenburg

Heart

SPE

B

£2.50

10 Apr 1980

40th Anniv. of Battle of Narvik – HMS Hardy – BFPO 1677

Pictorial

ENV

A

£0.60

28 Apr 1981

Royal Mail Services by Ferry Postcard –
South Devon

Oblong

ENV

A

£0.45

25 May 1981

1st Scheduled Hovermail – Portsmouth to Isle of Wight

Pictorial

ENV

A

£0.75

20 Jul 1982

“Mail Delivery by Boat postcard” – Barrow in Furness – “Silk” cover

Pictorial

SPE

B

£1.75

Postmarks related to Ships, Shipping and Harbours   

Postmark

 

Date

Cover Type

 

Price

Victoria Docks – SOE – 3

Double circle – thick arcs

29-1-08

PPC

A

£1.95

…aham Harbour

Double circle

13-12-18

PPC

A

£0.50

Paquebot Covers – (all with GB stamps).   

Country

Town

Postmark type /Cachets etc

Date

Cover

 

Price

GB

-

Straight line “Paquebot” on 26p Machin with MV Cunard Countess cachet.

-

PPC

A

£4.95

GB

-

Unidentified Paquebot with missing stamp but with superb single circle “British Mail / Posted on High Seas / Ex RMS Letitia”

-

PPC

A

£7.50

GB

Folkstone

Sealink ferry MV Hengist Inauguaral Voyage – Boulogne to Folkstone with boxed “ Paquebot” and “Posted at Sea / MV Hengist”

19-6-72

SPE

B

£2.95

GB

Greenock

Paquebot Slogan

10-10-67

PPC

A

£0.95

GB

London

Paquebot slogan with wavy lines  - with partial “Posted on High Seas – TSS …” Stamp partially removed.

25-5-32

PPC

A

£2.50

GB

Plymouth

Boxed Paquebot on real photo type PPC of RMS Ruahine by G A Pratt of Southampton

2-12-23

PPC

A

£4.95

GB

Queenstown

Double Circle with twin arcs on superb PPC of Fastnet Lighthouse

22-5-07

PPC

A

£15.50

GB

Southampton

Posted at Sea Slogan

30-7-84

PPC

A

£3.50

GB

Southampton

Single circle Paquebot Machine cancel – on PPC of Cunard Aquitania, sent from this ship!!!

22-9-37

PPC
Aquitania

A

£7.50

Ecuador

Gualaqui

Gualaqui postmark on KGVI 1½d stamp

28-7-3?

PPC

A

£7.95

Egypt

Port Said

Postmark on 1½d KGV of Australia

18-12-24

ENV

A

£4.95

Portugal

Funchal

CTT / Funchal plus “Paquebot with THREE cachets of “Northern Star”

20-8-70

ENV

A

£2.50

Portugal

Lisbon

Lisbon Paquebot mark with purple oval “Posted on High Seas – RMS Amazon”

17-10-67

PPC of RMS Amazon

A

£6.50

Spain

Las Palmas

Missing stamp – but shows most of “Southampton Paquebot Letter” single circle

14-1-09

PPC

A

£5.50

Spain

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Estacambio S.C. de Teneriffe with THREE different SS Chusan cachets in 3 colours.

9-6-69

ENV

A

£2.95

Spain

Vigo

Circular Parquebot / Vigo with SS Northern Star cachet on 1970 Games 5d.

18-8-70

ENV

A

£1.50

USA

New York – NY

QE2 Maiden Voyage – Soton to NY & Posted on Board – with both cachets.

5 – 5- 69

ENV

A

£4.95

Maritime Covers – (including Sea Post Offices).   

Country

Town

Postmark type /Cachets etc

Date

Cover

 

Price

GB

London

London / FS 15 double circle with thick arcs

11-11-03

PPC

A

£5.95

GB

London

Single circle “London IS MLO / 132 / 25 May”  (No Year plug)

25-5-95

PPC

A

£2.75

GB

London

London / R  with Maritime Mail slogan + 3 lines

16-3-87

PPC

A

£1.25

GB

-

Post Office in circle with Maritime Mail slogan + 3 lines

-

PPC

A

£1.25

GB

-

Post Office in circle (with notch) with  Maritime Mail slogan + 3 lines

-

ENV

B

£1.25

GB

-

Post Office (no middle bar to 2nd F) in circle (with notch) with  Maritime Mail slogan + 3 lines

-

PPC

A

£2.25

GB

Belfast

Belfast double circle with twin arcs of Jan 2 and “Sea Post Office A” of Jan 15

15-1-05

PPC

A

£1.50

GB

Sussex Coast

Cover posted on Dieppe ferry “Versailles” with 2 cachets

12-7-89

ENV

B

£1.75

GB

Sussex Coast

Cover posted on Sealink ferry “Chartres” with 3 cachets

2-8-89

ENV

B

£1.75

Isle of Man

Douglas

150th Ann. Steam Packet Co – with “Posted on Board – SS Manxman” Cachet

14-08-80

SPE

B

£2.50

India

Barian-Cam..

With “Sea Post Office A” mark

7-7-06

PPC

A

£1.25

India

Bombay

Normal Bombay postmark with “Sea Post Office / BombayAden” sent from RMS Persia

30-5-08

PPC

A

£49.50

 

World Postmarks related to Ships, Shipping and Harbours   

Postmark

 

Date

Cover Type

 

Price

Sault Ship Canal  / Ont.

Single circle – on Canadian Pacific Great lakes Service Postcard, showing Can. Pac. Ship on canal.

7-9-49

PPC

A

£4.95

 

Other Items related to Ships and Shipping

Type

Description

 

Price

MV Balmoral

Postcard showing Balmoral & Waverley, sent to Swindon, with “Posted on Board / MV Balmoral” cachet

A

£1.25

Ellerman’s Wilson Line

Notification postcard with Ellerman’s Wilson Line overprinted on Thos.Wilson & Sons – Nov 1918 – used in Manchester

A

£2.50

1969 Christmas FDC

Cancelled with “British Fleet Mail” double circle BUT also has SIX dated and SIGNED HMS Berryhead cachets PLUS dated and signed Cachet HM Naval Base Singapore.
Inside is a Christmas card with Captain’s cachet & signed. Includes photo of ship in drydock.

This is really something special.

B

£75.00

P & O European Ferries

P & O postcard with 3 “Pride of Hampshire” cachets

B

£1.50

SS Great Britain

PPC used 1977 – with “Posted on board SS Great Britain” cachet

A

£1.25

Shaw Savill Line Postcard

Real photo type shows main games deck – with unidentified 31mm circle Paquebot mark

A

£1.50

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Cover
This shows the media on which the postmark is struck as follows:
PPC – Picture Postcard
PC – Plain Postcard
PSC – Postal Stationery Card
PSE – Postal Stationery Envelope
SPE – Specially Printed Envelope
ENV – Plain Envelope
FL
– Folded Letter
NW – Newspaper Wrapper