2240

1939-47: Group of covers & cards inc. censors, examples of the Arc de Triomphe issue inc. the scarce single use of the 4f blue, 5f black & 50c (2nd issue), various Mercury, Iris, Pétain & commemorative frankings, ration card, domiciliary certificate etc. Also a few earlier items inc. 1938 Southampton MB cancellation & 1910 PPC ex Aden with paquebot octagon. An interesting lot. (54 items & some modern PPCs etc.)

£120

2241

ANTI-BOLSHEVIST LEGION, 1942-43: Attractive forgery of the 100f miniature sheet, Bolschevisme contre Europe Exhibition covers from Paris & Marseille, the former franked with two Legion stamps, plus a fine propaganda PPC from the same exhibition, an unusual German feldpost cover to Belgium franked with opt'd large airmail stamps and the Borodino Issue on another feldpost item, PPC and philatelic covers etc. (10 items & 5 stamps).

£100

2242

BELGIAN REFUGEES IN FRANCE, 1940: Group of postcards addressed to the Belgian Minister at Poitiers concerning the registration of refugees and emergency payments (6); also (July 1940) a card to the Belgian finance office at St. Adresse, another with the fine cachet of the Toulouse office and a third from Camp St Cyprien via the Belgian Red Cross office at Montpellier to Brussels. Unusual material. (9 items).

£90

2243

CACHETS DE FORTUNE etc. 1940: Group of covers showing a range of provisional cancellations inc. Daguin advertising die of Longwy, s/l 'HUSSIGNY-GODBRANGE', 'OSNY', 'MEUSE' etc. Also Provins s/l griffe with m/s taxe perçue en numeraire (2 - one with additional 'P.P.' c.d.s.) and unusual returned FM postcard with violet TAXE PERÇUE... cachet. (10 items).

£90

2244

CAMP MAIL: 1939 Cover & part env. franked with 90c Type Paix 'F' stamps from Spanish & Italian internees at the Military Hospital, Perpignan & Camp de Gurs; also a 1941 reg'd cover to Montevideo with Camp etiquette and censor No4 and another Camp censor on cover addressed to Camp de Gurs. An interesting group. (4 items).

£120

2245

DE GAULLE & F.F.I.: Attractive 1942 FFI Christmas card with fine signature of Général De Gaulle, PPC of De Gaulle at Brazzaville (1940), 1945 'VICTOIRE' card with Algerian stamp & c.d.s., 1945 cover ex the Général's office, 1943 propaganda forgery mint & on philatelic cover, Comité de la Libération set on reg'd cover ex Martinique, FFI covers from AEF, Cameroun, Sénégal & the Levant etc. Unusual material. (18 items).

£150

2246

DUNKIRK OVERPRINTS, 1940: Boxed 'Besetzes/Gebiet/Nordfrankreich' optd. 50c Mercury pair on cover with Gravelines c.d.s. (20.7.40) to Malo les Bains, also a cover franked with 50c Type Paix pair tied by Saint-Pol sur Mer c.d.s.; in addition, examples of both forged h.s. on mint pairs of 50c stamps (7). (9 items).

£100

2247

ÉPREUVES D'ARTISTE - PIERRE GANDON: 1945 Liberation issue [Yv 669] artist's proof on thick card with pencil signature & date, small soft crease but a beautiful proof on original Berck mount; also a signed artist's proof of the 1946 50f Airmail (Iris) issue. An attractive pair. (2 items).

£120

2248

FORGERIES: British Intelligence forgeries of French stamps in complete sheets inc. Pétain 50c & 1f, Mercury 30c and Iris 1f50c plus a range of single forged stamps with genuine items for comparison, a sheet (25) of the Pétain-Laval 30c propaganda stamp plus the Maquis forgery of the 1f50c brown in a pane of 24, a block of 4 and a pair. In addition, 19 used commemorative stamps of the 1930s with spurious swastika & 'DEUTSCHES REICH/Luftpost' overprints. Scarce material. (210 stamps)

£450

2249

INTERNAL & FOREIGN POSTAGE RATES, 1939-45: Binder containing a study of inc. substantial group illustrating the postcard tariffs, internal, foreign & registered letters etc. Interesting frankings (inc. Pétain 1f bisect) and censor markings noted. A fine range of material. (100 items).

£180

2250

ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF SOUTH WESTERN FRANCE: Group of censored items from the small area of SW France occupied by Italian troops, 1940-43 inc. four items of military post (Posta Militare No.1, 43, 111 & 167) with different censors plus covers from London & Budapest with different Italian censor tapes & h.s. (6 items). [Ex Crabb].

£100

2251

ITALIAN OCCUPATION, 1940-43: Elusive material from the small area of SE France occupied by Italian troops inc. two 1943 fieldpost cards with 'PM N.48' or Mentone c.d.s. and unit h.s. plus an officer's private card to Rome from Mentone and a censored cover to Monaco with boxed m/s 'F.M.' ; also ranges of incoming & foreign letters with different types of Italian censor cachets, three of which have German censor tape, in addition. (15 items).

£150

2252

LIBERATION OVERPRINTS, 1944-45: Album containing an impressive collection of mint stamps showing 'official' and local overprints with a very wide spectrum of origins inc. many scarce sets (Collonges, Annemasse dues, Medis, Measnes, Bellegarde, Chouze etc.) plus some attractive covers. Doubtless some are forged, but cat. value is extremely high. A fine lot which needs inspection. (100s).

£950

2253

MILITARY FIELDPOST, 1940-44: Group of covers & cards inc. unusual 1940 (22 June) cover to Vienna showing German Feldpost c.d.s. used to cancel French stamps, boxed Durch die deutsche FELDPOST (2), registered cover to Vienna, Hitler/Pétain twin franking etc. Also 1944 US Army cover from APO 562 (N.Africa) franked with US 6c Air stamp & Pétain 1f50c, 1940 BEF printed env. with FPO 29 cancellation, 1940 cover with Detachment Française de Liason cachet etc. An interesting lot. (11 items).

£120

2254

NAVAL MAIL: Pair of Pétain 1f20c cards from a crewman of the cruiser 'Gloire', at Dakar to his parents and a card from them addressed via 'Marseille Gare Etranger' but returned with 'RELATIONS/SUSPENDU' h.s. (two with airmail surtax cachets); also 1941 'Force X' cover with German & Egyptian censorship and 'FRENCH NAVY' h.s., 1943 Bureau Naval No 71 reg'd cover to Conakry, US 6c Airmail with 'R.F' opt. [Algiers I] on cover plus three forgeries and a group of covers & cards linked to the battleship 'Richelieu' etc. (15 items).

£170

2255

OCCUPIED ZONE, 1940-45: Binder containing a study on leaves of the treatment of mail under the German Occupation inc. 1943 use of the scarce PARIS R.P./INTERZONES c.d.s. (presumably as a relief cancellation), pneumatic mail with the boxed publicity cachets for the service (4), internal & foreign mail with German censor markings & tapes inc. much registered material etc. An interesting lot. (81 items).

£180

2256

PÉTAIN: Album containing a study of the definitive stamps to 4f50c based around coins datés and including épreuves de luxe for all values except 40c, 2f40c & 4f50c; also proofs of the 1941 1f+10c, the Pétain values of the two 1943 strips and dated blocks of the 5f (2) & 50f. In addition, a group of Pétain propaganda postcards with stamps and some strips of colour trials, odd panes & strips (inc. Richelieu opt. on 1f50c pair) etc. A useful lot for development. (83 blocks, 21 proofs & 16 cards).

£180

2257

PÉTAIN: The selection of covers & cards featuring Vichy propaganda with PPC's, labels & slogans, Pétain issue frankings, censored covers, lottery & solidarity coupons, Labour Camp shoulder badges (4), anti-British leaflet and hold to light card satirising Hitler. (24 items). [Ex Crabb].

£150

2258

PÉTAIN: Artist's proof of the 1940 1f value,signed by Piel (surface staining), plus fine imperf. examples of the set of 4 values; 1942 80c die proof in blue signed by Hourriez, imperf colour-trial of the 4f in brown plus a range of imperf. small-format values inc. a 1f20c block of four. (26 items).

£150

2259

PÉTAIN: Small collection focusing on Pétain & the Vichy Government inc. a (1926) autograph letter with fine signature, two covers from his office as Chef de l'Etat, offcial cachets, propaganda PPCs (5 - one is RP & inc. Laval), Secours National cards (2), PPC of Laval, a fine photograph showing Pétain, Laval, a bishop & guards, card of Pétain's trial, 1951 memorial card etc. (23 items).

£130

2260

PHILATELIC EXHIBITIONS, 1940-45: Album containing a collection of covers, cards & souvenirs from range of wartime exhibitions inc. 1942 Lyon imperf. MS, 1943 Paris Exhibition MS perf. & imperf. (8) plus cards to Roumania, Bulgaria & Hungary and fine Aide aux Intellectuels & Musiciens imperf. sheets of labels, 1944 Malmaison reg'd cover with Prince Imperial labels plus proof in indigo etc. Attractive material. (61 items).

£120

2261

PRISONERS OF WAR: Range of covers & cards from French prisoners interned in French or German camps incl. items from Front Stalag 122 (Compiegne), Stalag IVA (Wistritz), Magdeburg & a number of different forced labour camps in Germany. Interesting censors & anciliary markings. Also three evocative press photographs of released prisoners (18 covers & 3 photographs). [Ex Crabb].

£180

2262

PRISONER OF WAR MAIL, 1940-43: An interesting group of covers & cards inc. a card addressed to a French sailor in the Frontstalag St. Lô forwarded to Stalag XIIIC, another addressed to Frontstalag 122 (Compiegne) with fine censor mark, a card ex-Stalag IVG to another POW, two fine examples of the scarce Christmas 1941 5f Salon du Prisonnier cards - one used to Stalag XIA - plus a copy of Pétain's 1941 message to French POWs etc. Also scarce 1942 cover (faults) from an interned British soldier in Camp de Chambaran, a letter-card ex Stalag IVD, an American French War Relief card from Stalag XIB and a 1943 cover with cachet of the Swiss Camp at Büren. (15 items).

£180

2263

POSTAL STATIONERY - SCARCE PÉTAIN POSTCARDS: Pair of unused 80c green correspondance commerciale cards, one with boxed Complément de taxe perçu [B1 & B2], unused 1941 non-ferrous metals recovery card [K5 - Imprimerie Richard], scarce 'SPECIMEN' opt. on 1f20c répiquage for the same department [D7d], standard & reply cards plus examples uprated by handstamp inc. scarce Bourges 3f50c, Vannes 1f20c, airmail 2f80c used & unused, FM and official cards etc. A fascinating group with much scarcer material noted. (31 items).

£150

2264

POSTAL STATIONERY - Rare Chèques points textiles cards: unused Pétain 1f20c cards for 1,000 (rose) & 5,000 points (green) [S&F Pe D9a & 9b] with receipts intact. (2 items).

£90

2265

PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS: Fine selection of used & unused cards inc. the attractive Armée Française series of Paul Barbier (18 different), anti-German propaganda inc. Le Rêve d'Hitler, the Alsatian Au diable le fumier boche!, a 'mechanical' card showing a GI insulting Hitler, official Liberation card, French items showing a FFI soldier & a returned POW etc. Some unusual cards noted. (35 items).

£150

2266

RETURNED MAIL, 1939-45: Selection of covers showing a fascinating diversity of 'INADMIS' handstamps with boxed, unboxed and local 'RETOUR' marks, with many unusual types noted. A good lot. (34 items).

£200

2267

ST. NAZAIRE POCKET, 1944-45: An interesting range of covers inc. unusual 1944 (20 Dec.) Centralisation du Livre half-year calendar sent as reg'd printed matter at a rate of 2f60c within La Baule, 1945 (3 Jan.) improvised year-slug c.d.s. of Batz sur Mer on reg'd Ilot de St-Nazaire cover, 'tricolor' franking on business env. to Le Croisic with blue 'Zone encerclée/de St Nazaire' h.s., 'TAXE PERÇUE' h.s. frankings from Guerande & Batz (the latter with fine provisional reg'n h.s.), 2fr Chamber of Commerce stamp on Campbon local cover (gum stains) and 1f & 4f Liberation opts. frankings on (9 May 1945) cover from Batz to Le Croisic plus an attractive Liberation PPC with optd. 1f stamp cancelled at Guerande on 11 May - the day on which US troops entered the town. Also a pair of commemorative souvenir sheets marking the 26th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice. Interesting material. (7 items).

£250

2268

UNDELIVERED MAIL, 1940-45: Letters returned to the UK in 1940 inc. reg'd cover to Wimereux returned with unusual large RETOUR... label, four covers returned from Occupied & Unoccupied France and one addressed to a French soldier. Also four covers with boxed DETAINED IN FRANCE/DURING GERMAN/OCCUPATION. An interesting group. (10 items).

£100

2269

UNDERCOVER MAIL - BOX 506, LISBON: 1943 registered cover ex Budapest addressed to Box 506, with Thomas Cook's yellow address label and oval 'M' h.s.; the original franking has been removed & replaced by KGVI 2½d 'T C S' perfin with London machine cancellation. Also a 1941 (28 July) cover from Assat (Unoccupied France) addressed 'Postfach 506/Lissabon', with British censor tape. (2 items).

£75

2270

UNOCCUPIED ZONE, 1940-42: Two binders containing the detailed study of postal rates & procedures inc. a substantial quantity of mail to destinations abroad with foreign censorship, internal mail within the Unoccupied Zone inc. a 3 June 1940 cover from Lons le Saunier with m/s pas de timbre, s/l PORT PAYÉ & endorsement Premiere correspondance après l'occupation allemande zône libre, examples of internal censorship (6) showing a range of censor tapes, registered, AR etc. Many better frankings noted. An interesting lot for further devlopment. (105 items).

£220

2271

POST WORLD WAR TWO - 1950 MILITARY PERMIT STAMPS: Eine Deutsche Mark on $1, DM2 on $1, DM6 on $1 & "Gratis", all in top left corner unmounted blocks of eight, fresh, fine & scarce. (STC FF29,000+ - approx £2,900)).

£200

GERMAN STATES

2272

BAVARIA: 1876 10pf carmine [Mi 39] - a superb unmounted mint example.

£100

2273

BAVARIA: 1849-62 Range of imperf. issues - superb used examples with good margins, shades and neat numeral cancellations inc. 1850 issues to 18kr yellow (12kr with pen cancellation) and 1862 to 18kr orange (3 inc. a fine example of the scarce orange-red shade [Mi 13b]) inc. a fine strip (3) of the 1kr yellow on small piece. Cat. value DM 2,000+ . (23).

£180

2274

BAVARIA: 1870 7kr & 1875 7kr - very fine used examples [Mi 25 & 34]; also an unmounted example of the 1876 10pf red with weak corner perf. [Mi 39]. Attractive. (3).

£120

2275

BAVARIA - LAKE STARNBERG SHIP MAIL: 1897 PPC franked with 5pf Bavarian adhesive cancelled by C 111 STARNBERG DAMPFSCHIFF POST 1897 single-ring c.d.s., ditto but 1906 and with C 1 STARNBERG SCHIFFSPOST 1906 cancellation and 5 other PPCs (3 of them used) showing Lake steamers. (7 cards).

£100

2276

HANOVER: 1859-63 selection of used values including 10Gr green & 1863 3Pf green, all with neat postmarks, mainly c.d.s., mixed condition but attractive lot. STC DM7,400. (9).

£180

2277

THURN & TAXIS, 1854-64: Range of issues on cover (5) and fronts (2), incl. 1kr pairs (3 different), 1kr rose, 3kr carmine (2) and 9kr ochre, a group of used postal stationery envs. incl. 2kr & 9kr (3) plus a selection of Bavarian cards, a telegram and 3 Wurttemburg items; mixed condition but an interesting lot. (21 items).

£70

GERMANY

2278

SHOEBOX containing an 1870-1976 accumulation of covers and cards with many better items incl. N. German Confederation, 1874 9kr brown (blunt corner) on cover to Edinburgh, 'Gruss aus Wiesbaden' chromo-litho PPC with Constantinople arrival mark, various 'Germania' frankings, WWI incl. P.o.W. cards, good range of inflation covers, WWII Feldpost & P.o.W. cards (9), fine Berchtesgaden colour card, post-war issues on cover, an interesting range of photographs incl. British occupation of Cologne (7), unused PPCs with superb 1933 Fire Dept. Show real photograph card, Reichstag fire, bombing of Riga Cathedral, etc., etc. A fascinating lot which will repay close inspection. (106 items).

£220

2279

EAGLES ISSUES, 1872-74 : A fine used basic set of attractive colour inc. small & large arms issues in both currencies [Mi 1 - 28 less 12 & 13] with neat c.d.s. cancellations plus the two large figure issue [Mi 29 & 30]; very much above average condition for these difficult stamps, inc. the rare 2kr (repaired) & 18kr (grease spot) large arms. Cat. in excess of DM 14,000. (26).

£600

2280

1906 5Mk [Mi 97] in fine unmounted mint block of 4 with superb colour, centring & perfs. Cat. DM 1,000. (4).

£100

2281

1915 Cover to Leipzig endorsed "Feldpostbrief" with 2 strikes of the MSPS c.d.s. of 29.9.15; the sender's address shows him to have been a crew member of the "Cormoran" which was captured and the crew interned at Guam by the U.S. Navy in December, 1914. Scarce and fine.

£40

2282

1926 Welfare Fund 50pf sideways watermark [Mi 401y] a superb used marginal block of 4 of this scarce stamp with fine central c.d.s. cancellation. Cat.DM 6,000+. (4). PHOTO - see plate no.

£250

2283

1928-32 Ebert 8pf & 20pf, Hindenburg 12pf, 15pf, 25pf, 40pf, 50pf & 80pf plus 1933 Hindenburg 40pf & 50pf and 1934 Airmail 2Rm & 3Rm superb unmounted mint. Scarce thus. (12).

£160

2284

1936-51 Miscellany of better stamps on a stockcard inc. unmounted mint 1936 Lufthansa 40pf [Mi 603], 'BERLIN' opts. inc. unmounted 2m [Mi 34], W.Berlin Mi 74 (3 fine used), W.Germany commemoratives inc. fine used examples of Mi 113 & 120 (2) and Mi 151 unmounted mint (2) plus mint & used range of Allied Zone buildings issue inc. (perf.11) 60pf, 2, 3 & 5 DM mint etc. A useful lot with a high catalogue value. (36).

£180

GERMANY - COLONIES & POST OFFICES ABROAD

2285

MOROCCO: 1905 Germania opts. 60c on 50pf & 1p on 80pf [Mi 28 & 29] in unmounted mint corner marginal blocks of 4: superb. Also POs in China 1905 issue ½, 1, 1½ (26 hole) & 2½ dollars [Mi 44-47] mounted mint examples; a couple of short perfs. on the ½dollar. Cat. DM 3,000. (12).

£280

GIBRALTAR

2286

1856-84 The selection of GB adhesives used in Gibraltar inc. 1856 6d with "G" cancellation, 1864-79 6d (2), 1d plate numbers (25), 1867-71 1/- (3) and 1873 6d (2). All with "A26" cancellations. Very mixed condition. (58).

£70

ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS

2287

WINDSOR ALBUM containing the mint & used collection, 1840-1970. Much of merit inc. reasonable examples of the 1840 1d & 2d, sundry later Line-engraved, useful Surface-printed issues to 2/6d & 5/-, KGVI to £1 (2), etc. (Sev. 100's).

£140

2288

Mint & used old-time collection in loose-leaf album. Useful QV with 6 x 1d black (mixed condition) & poor 2d, part reconstructions of 1841 1d & 1d stars, mixed surface printed, including useful. KEVII & KGV with more useful bits & pieces, later with good QEII defins, graphites, etc. Condition very mixed but worth close inspection. (100's).

£300

SMALLER COLLECTIONS

2289

1840-1960 Small collection on Hagner leaves incl. unused 1840 1d PL (3 margins), mounted mint range such as 1860-7 6d Revenue, 1864 2d plate 14 RG, 1862-4 4d RI, 1902-10 1/-, 1912-22 values to 10d, 1948 R.S.W. £1, early QEII incl. Wildings & Casle high values and many used stamps. Mixed condition. (110+).

£150

2290

1841-1910 The small mainly used selection inc. 185557 4d & 1/-, 1872 6d plate 11 (2, shades), 1883-84 2/6d to 10/-, 1902-10 2/6d to 10/-, 1870 1½d plates 1 & 3 unused. Also four covers with 1d reds tied by boxed "ANTIGUA ST", "QUEEN/STREET", "CHARLOTTE/PLACE" and "CASTLE/STREET". Mostly fine. (44

£140

2291

1855-1900 The mainly used surface printed collection inc. 1855-57 Small Garter 4d pair, Large Garter 4d (6), 6d (6) & 1/- (4), 1862-64 3d (3), 4d (9), 6d (5), 9d (2), 1/- (2). 1865-67 3d (2), 4d (20), 6d (2), 9d and 1/- (2). 1867-80 3d (13), 6d (10), 9d, 10d, 1/- (5) and 2/- (3). 1873-80 2½d (21), 3d (12), 6d (6), 1/- (7). 1880-83 2½d (2), 3d (2), 3d on 3d, 4d (2), 6d (2), 6d on 6d and 1/- (3). 1880-81 5d (2), 1883-84 ½d to 1/-, 1887-92 values to 1/- and 1891 £1 (defective). Also a few 1d lilac controls and used 147-54 embossed 1/- (7), 10d and 6d (3). Generally poor to fair. (300+).

£300

2292

1881-1939 The mint (some unmounted) selection with 188114 dot 1d, 1887 4½d, 6d, 10d and 1/- green, 1902-10 2½d, 5d & 10d, 1912-22 9d olive (rust spot) and 1939 10/- dark blue. Mostly fine. (10).

£80

2293

1902-12 A small mint selection of controls inc. 1902-10 ½d (19) & 1d (27), 1911-12 Downey Head ½d (16) and 1d (11). Mostly fine. (88).

£70

2294

1911-1951 The mint and used collection inc. mint downey Head issues, 1912 Ideal Stamp 1d essay, an imperf. block of twelve, 1912-12 8d mint block of four, 1924-26 2d and 5d "SPECIMEN", 1924 & 1925 Wembley issue, 1929 PUC ½d to 2½d, 1934-36 Photogravure set, 1939 10/- dark blue and 1948 RSW £1. Fair to fine. (250+).

£120

POSTAL REFORMS

2295

CHARLES WHITING'S "FOR PROTECTION AGAINST FORGERY" SHEET printed by the Congreve & embossed methods. Small faults but fine for this.

£120

MULREADY STATIONERY

2296

ONE PENNY LETTER SHEET UPRATED WITH 1840 PENNY: 1d Letter sheet with Stereo number removed on removal of seal, used from Newport, Mon. to Ferry Side, Carmarthen, uprated with a four margined 1d plate 4 tied by red MC. Contains the scarce Dring & Fage's Hydrometer/Saccharometer advertisement. (Spec.MA9a). Some wear & reinforcing of folds but extremely rare thus.

£800

**

2297

1d Letter sheet, Stereo A22 used from Ware to Glasgow, cancelled with black MC and on reverse is a small "WARE" travelling d.s., contains English and Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance printed advertisement (Spec. MA34) The cover is soiled.

£70

2298

1d Letter sheet Stereo A23, used within London (14 Oct. 1840) cancelled by fine experimental black MC. On reverse is m/s "Not known as Directed". The sheet contains a printed English & Scottish Law Fire and Life Assurance advertisement. Some faults.

£100

2299

AN UNUSED PAIR of 1d letter sheets from Stereos A30 and A26 being the top right-hand corner pair from Forme 2; roughly divided at top of designs resulting in small parts being absent but a scarce multiple.

£90

2300

1915 Reproductions in black & blue of the Mulready envelope used from Lytham to Aylesbury. Small faults.

£60

LINE-ENGRAVED ISSUES

2301

1841-79 The used selection with 1841 part reconstruction (216), 1856 LC14 1d part reconstruction (219), 1858-79 1d plates to 217 comlete except for plates 77, 132, 133 & 211. 1870 ½d plates complete less 9 & 20. 2d plates complete except for plate 12 and 1870 1½d plate 3. Very mixed condition. (Small Qty.).

£140

1840 1D BLACKS.

The 1840 1d blacks are arranged in plate order and cancelled in red unless otherwise stated..

1840 1D BLACKS

2302

PLATE 1A, TL, USED ON THIRD SUNDAY: 1840 (24 May) local Edinburgh E franked with a close to very large margined plate 1a 1d with top of the marginal inscription visible at foot. Very rare thus.

£900

2303

PLATES 1A AND 6 USED IN COMBINATION: Plate 1a, EB (medium impression) & plate 6, TA, used together on a torn front to S.Molton. Both are large margined examples cancelled in black and a smudged "Minehead/Penny Post" is struck nearby. Scarce combination item.

£200

2304

PLATE 1a in a right hand marginal horizontal strip of three PJ-PL all with good to huge margins. R.P.S. cert. (2000) somewhat harshly states "regummed - stamps heavily bleached and unable to certify as unused - repairs and right margin added". Nevertheless of fine appearance. SG. Spec. AS2.

£380

2305

Plate 1b, IJ with inverted watermark, three wide margins, just cleared at top. SG. Spec. S5, Cat. £500.

£100

2306

Plate 2, EH used on a front to Maghera, cancelled in black, wide margins; plus plate 3, GH used on E from Wallingford to London, three large margins, just touched at left (unusually placed at the NW corner of the envelope). A useful pair.

£90

2307

Plate 2, CL matched in red. Fine good to wide margined examples.

£60

2308

Plate 6, SC-SD pair with multiple red MC cancels. Close to good margins.

£90

2309

Plate 7, PG used on part E from Bervie to Edinburgh. Fine, cancelled in black.

£75

2310

Plate 10, AJ used on E from London to Edinburgh, cancelled with a red MC. Three large margins, shaved at foot. Cover creased clear of adhesive.

£120

2311

Plate 11, GG used on E from Penrith to Lowther Castle, lightly cancelled in black, close to wide margins. Rare. SG. Cat. £3,250.

£800

2312

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FORGERY OF PLATE 3: Plate 3, MG-NI block of six of the photographic forgery "used" on small piece with red MC cancel. NI cut into at right & other small faults. The largest multiple of this forgery we have seen.

£180

2313

PHOTOGRAPHIC FORGERIES OF PLATES 9: Three examples, DG, FL & HK "used" on small pieces with red MC cancels. Some faults but a scarce trio.

£120

1840 2D BLUES

2314

Plate 1, EG, FI & FL used on large (damaged) EL from Honiton to Wiveliscombe. EG fine, others cut into and creased. All neatly cancelled in red.

£180

2315

Plate 1, DJ-DK State 2 re-entry pair used on E from Kilmarnock to Edinburgh, smudgily cancelled in red; just clear to wide margins. Vertical fold.

£150

2316

Plate 1, IE cancelled in red, three good margins, touched at left, QA cancelled in black, clear margins, small tear and QE lightly cancelled in red. (3).

£150

2317

Plate 2, FC-FF strip of four heavily cancelled in black. Some vertical creasing and cut into at foot but nevertheless a scarce multiple.

£180

2318

Plate 2, LK with close to wide margins on small piece cancelled by central black MC. Also TD cancelled in red touched at foot and lower left. (2).

£100

2319

Plate 2, QE cancelled in black and fine.

£80