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W H Smith & Son Newspaper Wrappers
1901 - 1937
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Over a period of over 80 years the number of newspaper wrappers used by W H Smith runs into many millions. Today there are few about and very difficult to obtain. 

Most of the wrappers used by W H Smith were precancelled by the Post Office to enable the company to take the wrapped newspapers directly to various railway stations to catch the mail trains.
 
 

(please note that the images on this page have been scanned at different percentages)

 
 

W H Smith 1902 newspaper wrapper addressed to The Grande Duchess Anastasie of Mecklenberg, Gelbensaude, Mecklenberg, Germany
addressed to The Grande Duchess Anastasie of Mecklenberg, Gelbensaude, Mecklenberg, Germany
undated 1902 design wrapper produced for W H Smith.
Cancelled with the Foreign Section "M" obliterator, this cancel was in use from 1905 till 1911
This example is incomplete. It is 128mm wide and has all corners cut square

W H Smith 1900's newspaper wrapper addressed to R M Campbell, Silverhaw, Grasmere
addressed to R M Campbell, Silverhaw, Grasmere
undated 1½d Newspaper Wrapper
126mm wide (incomplete)
This type of NPB cancel was in use from approx 1899 till 1905

W H Smith wrapper addressed to Fraulein E Staines, Goldener Schlussel, Karlsbad, Bohemia
addressed to Fraulein E Staines, Goldener Schlussel, Karlsbad, Bohemia
circa 1905, 1½d wrapper, 256mm wide

W H Smith newspaper wrapper 1905
addressed to Neumanns Borsen Nachrichten, pur Dr M Handle, Schadowstrasse 10, Berlin N W
Postmarked 15 April 1905 London FS??, compound franking 3d + ½d,
205 mm wide (incomplete)

W H Smith 1903 newspaper wrapper addressed to Prof K E Hilgard, Steinwiesstrasse 18, Zurich V, Switzerland
addressed to Prof K E Hilgard, Steinwiesstrasse 18, Zurich V, Switzerland
1903 4d wrapper with a district office obliterator.
Unusual to have this type of cancel on a W H Smith wrapper going abroad.
 

W H Smith 1903 newspaper wrapper addressed to Mr Chaplin, The Terrace, Glandore, Leap, Co Cork, Ireland
addressed to Mr Chaplin, The Terrace, Glandore, Leap, Co Cork, Ireland
1903 ½d wrapper cancelled using a W H Smith precanceller.
The wrapper is 127mm  x 255mm with square cut corners

W H Smith 1918/19 newspaper wrapper addressed to Lt Col Warde Aldam, 2/20 London Regt, B E Force
addressed to Lt Col Warde Aldam, 2/20 London Regt, B E Force
1918 or 1919 1d wrapper
259mm wide x 319mm deep, square cut corners
cancelled with F.S.47 canceller

W H Smith c1919 newspaper wrapper 1½d addressed to Lt Col Warde Aldam, 2-20 London Regt, 60 Div, B E F, France
addressed to Lt Col Warde Aldam, 2-20 London Regt, 60 Div, B E F, France
c1919 1½d wrapper 371mm wide x 301 deep
cancelled FS


addressed to Lt Col Warde Aldam, 2/20 London Regt, 60 Div, B E F, France
used c1919 2d wrapper 251mm wide
cancelled FS

1920 W H Smith 2d wrapper addressed to Rev A F Gardiner, Principal, S.P.G. College, Trichinopoly, S India
addressed to Rev A F Gardiner, Principal, S.P.G. College, Trichinopoly, S India
used 1920 wrapper, 2d, 197mm wide, with Teppakulam transit handstamp


addressed to Brig - Gen Viscount Hamden, 185 Inf Brig, B E F
used 1919 2½d wrapper 256mm wide
cancelled LONDON F S 47  1 FE 19


addressed to Lt Col Warde Aldam, 2-20 London Regt, B E F
used c1919 3d wrapper 248mm wide
cancelled FS
 

1920 4d W H Smith newspaper wrapper
1920 4d newspaper wrapper
 

The wrapper from this point have a return address which reads
Strand House, London W.C.2
W H Smith 1922 newspaper wrapper
addressed to Rev H P Dawson, Hotel Nizza, Wiesbaden, Germany
1922 ½d newspaper wrapper.
127mm x 251mm with square cut corners.
The additional ½d stamp has a WHS perfin.
Two different cancellations have been used on this wrapper
 

W H Smith 1922 newspaper wrapper
addressed to R M Cronk Esq, Cedar Falls, Washington, USA
1922 1d newspaper wrapper
126mm x 255mm with square cut corners


c1920 1d newspaper wrapper
191mm x 258 mm with square cut corners

W H Smith 1920s newspaper wrapper
addressed to Mrs G Oppenheimer, Berlin W 15, Duisbergerstrasse 18, Germany
Undated 1½d newspaper wrapper
190 mm wide (incomplete wrapper) square cut corners


addressed to Mrs Hill, Galegate House, North Newbald, Yorkshire
This 1½d wrapper is 190mm wide


1½d wrapper, 251mm x 320mm

1937 W H Smith wrapper addressed to The Polytechnic Chalets, Seeburg, Lucerne, Switzerland
addressed to The Polytechnic Chalets, Seeburg, Lucerne, Switzerland
1937 wrapper 2½d + 2½d emossed + 2d stamp
The stamp has a W H S perfin, two different cancels have been used S.47 and S.48


3d wrapper, 254mm x 385mm


4d + ½d wrapper, 255mm x 385mm


6d wrapper, 256mm x 385mm


6d wrapper, 342mm x 292mm

More about W H Smith wrappers
see
Wrappers 1870-1901
The C A Malcolm wrappers from 1902
Wrappers 1937 - 196?

Jan Kosniowski
31 December 2003