cover The wonderful collection of examples on entires from an original correspondence relating to the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, mostly singles, but including some pairs, from plates 1b to 41, contained in ten black ring-binders; totalling 411 entires, comprising black plates 1b (4), II (12), V (9), VIII (21), IX (22), X (15), XI (23), later plates 12 (10), 13, 14 (15), 15 (12), 16 (23), 17, 18 (13), 19 (23), 20 (28), 21 (40), 22 (12), 23 (22), 24 (16), 25 (12), 26 (8), 27 (7), 28 (6), 29 (4), 30 (6), 31 (4), 32 (7), 33 (11), 34 (6), 35 (6), 36 (8), 37, 39 (2), 41, mostly three or four margins, all with black Maltese Cross cancellations, many being of superb appearance and including distinctive Arbroath, Kilmarnock and thin-lined Edinburgh types, good range of other markings with straight-line name stamps, Too Late, Receiving House numbers, red framed "PAID/ 1d. EXTRA", etc., varieties noted; a most desirable lot stated to catalogue £19,000+ for the basic plates on cover. Also a bundle of 156 entires from the same correspondence but unplated and condition mixed