CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE (69, including Newspaper Parcel Des. I to 3d. with ½d. titled "C.L.C." and 2d. and 3d. titled "CHESHIRE LINE", all unrecorded by Ewen); LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE (200 c. including Newspaper Parcel 1855-80 large format (30) and later with blocks and many used on complete Way Bill); MANCHESTER SOUTH JUNCTION & ALTRINCHAM (18); MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD & LINCOLNSHIRE, later GREAT CENTRAL (106, with Newspaper Parcel - Des. I (6)); NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (8); NORTH EASTERN (164, with a splendid range of the Newspaper Parcel large format types; PRESTON & WARE - Newspaper Parcel (3), with 1d. mint sheet of 30 and 3d. strip of four) and a selection of minor railways, with Mersey (12), Liverpool Overhead (2), West Lancashire and West Riding. Mostly used and with some attractive cancellations. (c.580)