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Auction: 169 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 436

Great Britain - the postal history of Oxford and Oxfordshire collection comprised of 38 pre-stamp covers and 56 franked covers or cards mounted and beautifully written-up on quadrilled pages in four Devon albums, with covers ranging from 1769 to the 1960s, with the great majority being 19th century, includes various Oxford straightline postmarks including some with mileage marks, circular date stamps, auxiliary markings, boxed, a 1d Black and a Mulready usage, Maltese cross, numerals, duplexes, machine, "More to Pay," etc., then the various sub-offices including Eynsham, Headington, Islip, Littlemore, St Clements, Summer-town, Bampton, Banbury (many), Deddington, Nettlebed, Shiplake, Wheatley and Witney, also some postmarks on piece, some faults, largely fine-very fine covers and strikes; a fun collection.


Sold for
$500