An exceptional collection of Royal Mail / Postage ' Firsts ' - the collection having been well presented in album pages of the slip-in kind, and includes; First Stationery - a One Pence Mulready envelope (unused), a Two Pence Mulready envelope (unused), First Year Use Of Post Office Telegraphs - featuring a telegraph postmarked July 6th 1870, First Year Of Registered Envelopes featuring two unused ' Registered ' envelopes from 1878, First Newspaper Wrapper - featuring a half-penny dated 1st 10th 1870, The First Post Card - featuring x3 early year-of-issue postcards - one unused, two used (one with a Sloper cancel), The First Bi-Coloured Stamps - featuring a full run of x18 stamps - each mint and unused, and a period newspaper cutting telling of the new stamps, First Edward VII Stamps 1902 - featuring all x25 stamps, mint and unused, First Commemoratives - including unused 1924 British Empire One Penny and Three Halfpence stamps (unused, including two with perforations), First Photogravure Stamps - featuring all x17 stamps (1934-36), and First Stamped Air Letter - featuring three examples. A fantastic and interesting collection of postal ' Firsts '.
An exceptional collection of Royal Mail / Postage ' Firsts ' - the collection having been well presented in album pages of the slip-in kind, and includes; First Stationery - a One Pence Mulready envelope (unused), a Two Pence Mulready envelope (unused), First Year Use Of Post Office Telegraphs - featuring a telegraph postmarked July 6th 1870, First Year Of Registered Envelopes featuring two unused ' Registered ' envelopes from 1878, First Newspaper Wrapper - featuring a half-penny dated 1st 10th 1870, The First Post Card - featuring x3 early year-of-issue postcards - one unused, two used (one with a Sloper cancel), The First Bi-Coloured Stamps - featuring a full run of x18 stamps - each mint and unused, and a period newspaper cutting telling of the new stamps, First Edward VII Stamps 1902 - featuring all x25 stamps, mint and unused, First Commemoratives - including unused 1924 British Empire One Penny and Three Halfpence stamps (unused, including two with perforations), First Photogravure Stamps - featuring all x17 stamps (1934-36), and First Stamped Air Letter - featuring three examples. A fantastic and interesting collection of postal ' Firsts '.
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