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Great Britain
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| Thursday 24 January 2002 |
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SALE 614
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| * = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM |
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| CARTONS AND BOXES |
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1000 |
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TWO CARTONS containing the extensive accumulation of covers (KGVI-QEII, mostly FDC's) including a few better earlier types. Also a few pre-decimal booklets. (Approx. 400 covers plus a few booklets). |
£100 |
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1001 |
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CARTON containing the early to modern mint & used collection in two albums & a stockbook. A useful lot with much worthwhile material inc. 1840 1d (4, all poor), later Line-engraved and Surface-printed inc. a few unused types, KEVII vals. to 9d mint, KGV defins. to 1/- mint, Sea Horses to 10/- used (2, one re-engraved) and extensive KGVI/QEII period. (Qty.). |
£300 |
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1002 |
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CARTON containing the extensive predominantly QEII collection in five stockbooks & an album. The face value of the mint is £175. (Qty.). ## |
£120 |
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1003 |
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CARTON containing the early to modern mint & used collection in three printed albums. Strength in mint QEII with some £158 worth of face value. (Some 100's). ## |
£120 |
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1004 |
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SMALL CARTON containing the extensive early to modern accumulation in three stockbooks, in envelopes, etc. (Few 1,000's). PROCEEDS TO THE LANGLEY CHURCH RESTORATION FUND - PLEASE BID GENEROUSLY. |
£75 |
| ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS |
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1005 |
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TWO ALBUMS containing the mint and used 1840-1970 collection with a few QV but mainly KEVII to QEII inc. 1902-13 mint shades to 1/-, 1922-24 & 1924-26 shades to 1/-, 1936 photogravure issues, KGVI and QEII basically complete with high values, some booklet panes and watermark varieties are also present. The majority are mounted but some unmounted examples are present. Mixed condition, but the later issues are in the main fine. (Qty.). |
£1500 |
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1006 |
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ALBUM containg the mint (some unmounted) and used QV to QEII collection inc. used 1840 1d Mulready Letter Sheet Stereo A50 and 1d black. 1858-64 1d plates almost complete to 224, 1847 10d (toned), 1870 ‡d plates 1 to 20 (five are unused), 1867-80 values to 2/-, 1873 values to 8d, 1883-84 set, 1884 5/- & 10/- 1902-10 10/-. The mint inc. 1883-84 2/6d, 1902-10 ‡d to 1/- plus 5/-, 1911 ‡d to 2/6d, 1912-22 ‡d to 1/- x 2, 1924-26 ‡d to 1/-, 1929 PUC ‡d to 1‡d with sideways wmk. 1934-36 photogravure issues inc. ‡d to 2d with sideways watermarks, KGVI basically complete unmounted mint. 1952-54 ‡d to 1/6d, 1955 2/6d to 10/-, 1955-56 ‡d to 1/6d, 1957-70 commemoratives complete inc. phosphors, p. dues inc. 1924 ‡d to 1/-, 1924-31 ‡d to 2/6d, 1937-38 ‡d to 2/6d and 1954-55 ‡d to 5/-. A good lot. (Qty.). |
£1500 |
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1007 |
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ALBUM containing the mint & used QV to QEII collection from 1840 1d x 3 (two with margins just about intact all round, one of which has an inverted watermark) and 2d (just about clear all round but exceedingly close at NW corner, useful later Line-engraved inc. a good run of used 1d plates to 225 and two mint examples of the 1‡d (useful crackly gum), Embossed 6d & 1/- used (faults), an interesting range of Surface-printed issues with values to 5/- (2) & 10/-, Lilac & Green used set to 1/- (some of the greens are a little "washed" but the 1/- is fine), KEVII vals. to 2/6d mint and £1 used, 1924-25 Wembley sets mint, re-engraved 2/6d & 10/- mint, 1939 10/- dark blue mint, RSW £1 marginal mint and sundry QEII to 1970. Fair to fine. (Sev. 100's). |
£800 |
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1008 |
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ALBUM containing the mainly used QV to QEII collection inc. 1840 1d & 2d, 1847-54 6d embossed cut square, 1855 4d to 1/-, 1867-80 values to 2/-, 1878 5/- & 10/- (both poor), 1873-80 values to 1/-, 1882-83 2/6d to 10/-, 1884 Telegraphs £1, 1891 £1, Sea horses to 10/- and mint 1839-48 2/6d to £1. Also an unmounted mint IOM collection. (Qty.). |
£350 |
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1009 |
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ALBUM containing the used collection, 1902-1951 inc. 1902-10 2/6d (2), 5/- (4), 10/- (2), 1911 perf. 14 ‡d to 4d, 1911 perf. 15 x 14 ‡d to 4d, 1911-13 2/6d (3), 5/- (2) & 10/-. 1912-22 set with some duplicated shades, various "Seahorses" to 10/- inc. 1934 re-engraved set. 1939-48 2/6d to £1 and 1951 2/6d to £1. Also a small group of officials inc. 1887-1890 values to 1/-. Mainly good to fine. (Qty.). |
£340 |
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1010 |
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PRINTED ALBUM containing the QV-QEII mint collection from 1841 1d block of 4 (cut into on all four sides) inc. useful KGV with multiples & control singles, 1924 & 1925 (2) Wembley sets, 1948 RSW £1, useful QEII with better early phosphor sets, etc. (Sev. 100's). |
£150 |
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1011 |
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STOCKBOOK containing the early to modern mint & used accumulation. Some useful items noted - well worth a look. (Some 100's). |
£100 |
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1012 |
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ALBUM containing the mint and used KGV to QEII plus a few earlier issues with much duplication of lower values inc. 1912 9d olive x 27. (Large Qty.). |
£80 |
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1013 |
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STOCKBOOK containing the QV-QEII unused/mint accumulation. Chiefly KGV defins. with sundry wmk. varieties, etc. (Few 100's). |
£75 |
| SMALLER COLLECTIONS |
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1014 |
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QV MISCELLANY comprising 1840 1d & 2d used (both cut into, the latter with two margins only), 1841 1d used, 1862 3d mint & 1883 10/- mint (NW corner rounded). Faults but a highly Catalogued group. (5). |
£150 |
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1015 |
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MISCELLANY with 1887 Jubilee 4‡d a mint sheet of four panes of twenty. 1902-13 mint values to 1/-, photographs of 1841 1d plates 175 and 177 & 1920-21 ‡d wrapper sheet containing four tete-beche pairs. |
£120 |
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1016 |
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MISCELLANY on cards incl. 1d stars mint pair, 1d red plate 217 mint pair, 2/6d (6) & 5/- (7) Seahorses used, 1924 block cypher controls of 4d (2), 5d, 6d (4), 9d (2), 10d & 1/- and KGVI 2‡d pale blue with sideways wmk. used (50 - many with c.d.s.'s). Fair to mainly fine. (Small Qty.). |
£110 |
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1017 |
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MINT MISCELLANY comprising QV Jubilee 4‡d lower left hand pane of 20, a varied range of control singles (chiefly KGVI) and 1940 Stamp Centenary & 1949 UPU sets in mint blocks of four. (Small Qty.). |
£60 |
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1018 |
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1840-75 Small used line-engraved collection inc. 1840 1d plate 2, AC (fair only), 18411d x 10 with MC cancellations, SC16 & SC14 2d. Also 1841 1d plate 16, HK mint with part gum (RPS Cert. 1987). Fair to fine. (27). |
£80 |
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1019 |
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1862-1924 The small used accumulation inc. 1865-67 6d plates 5 (3) and 6 (13, inc. a pair), 1873-80 2‡d (14 from various plates) and 1918 5/- (2). Mixed condition but many are fine. (50). |
£75 |
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1020 |
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KEVII/KGVI MINT MISCELLANY of "better" items comprising KEVII ‡d imperforate block of four on ungummed brownish paper, Somerset House 2d dull green & bright carmine marginal mint block of four, 4d DLR (green & brown) mint block of four, 5d deep dull reddish-purple & bright blue corner marginal pair with date cuts (left hand stamp with slightly blunt NW corner), 6d dull purple corner marginal mint pair with date cuts & 6d deep plum unmounted mint block of four (gum somewhat streaky); plus 1939-48 High value set fresh mint. (6 multiples & 6 single adhesives). |
£300 |
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1021 |
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INTELLIGENCE FORGERIES - WWII: The fascinating collection of WWII intelligence forgeries inc. Silver Jubilee ‡d "This War is a Jewish War" unused & "used", Coronation 1‡d unused & "used", a good selection of "Liquidation of Empire" opts. (28), a printed sheet inscribed "SPECIAL STAMP IN MEMORY OF THE FIRST DAY OF INVASION" in English & in Russian, bearing six forged GB defins. to 3d tied by violet "LONDON SPECIAL STAMP" d.s. of June 1944, etc. Also 12 Hitler Head values to 50pf with red "V" & black "22.IV.1945/Wurttemberg" opts., British intelligence forgeries of Petain 1f (block of 4 & single) and "FUTSCHES REICH" 12pf red (3, one in min. sheet form). The lot is accompanied by sundry relevant reading material. (Approx. 100 plus sundry notes/magazine articles.). |
£600 |
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1022 |
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RECEIPT STAMPS: The small accumulation of QV-QEII adhesives with firms overprints (for receipts). An unusual little lot. (200+). |
£60 |
| POSTAL REFORMS |
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1023 |
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RARE PRESTAMP ENVELOPE POSTED FROM LONDON AND WRONGLY ONLY CHARGED SINGLE POSTAGE; Envelopes were very rarely used in Britain prior to 1835 when they were usually franked; this 8th Sept. 1804 letter was written in "Berlin" and addressed to "Eton College" and it has its original hand-made envelope in which it was posted from London (having presumably been carried privately from Germany to England). The Post Office were clearly confused and so there is a faint red "star" Inspector's Mark but only a "4" charge as a single letter, though it should have been charged 8d. Rare early envelope and a rare P.O. error. |
£75 |
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1024 |
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HIGH PRESTAMP POSTAGE - OUTER HEBRIDES £1-2s-0d RATE, ETC.; Jan. 1811 E (one flap lost) from the Outer Hebrides (faint circular "STORNOWAY" mileage on the front) to Edinburgh endorsed "5‡ozs" and so charged 22 times the normal postal rate of 1/-, written as "22/-" (perhaps this seemed less than £1-2s-0d?!); plus 1819 EL from Glasgow to Edinburgh endorsed "6# Oz" and so charged "15/9‡", being 27 times the 45-mile rate of 7d. Dramatic examples of pre-Reform postage rip-offs. The 1811 cover is very likely the highest recorded internal Scottish prestamp postal rate. (2 covers). |
£100 |
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1025 |
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CHARLES WHITING BI-COLURED & EMBOSSED TICKET & FRAME-DESIGNS; Beautiful and very fine June 1834 "ONE GUINEA" ticket (5‡x4&Mac189; ins.; with "WHITING PATENTEE" imprint at foot) for the third performance of the "ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL WESTMINSTER ABBEY", printed in blue and red on heavily embossed card; the embossed devices including lion-and-unicorn and similar heraldic designs very reminiscent of many Treasury Competition Essays and of Whiting's later work associated with that Competition. Most attractive and very rare. Plus a similar pair of embossed cards with the same "WHITING PATENTEE" imprints, printed in one colour (one with small print attached in the centre). Rare and very early Whiting items. (3 items). PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£240 |
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1026 |
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RARE PREPAID FIRST DAY COVER OF UNIFORM FOURPENNY POSTAGE PERIOD; 5th Dec. 1839 E from Edinburgh to Stirling endorsed "Paid" with v. fine red "PAID at EDINR/R/DEC 5/1839" c.d.s. nicely placed on the front with red manuscript "4" charge. One of very few prepaid First Day covers of Uniform Postage to have been recorded; Edinburgh had a handstruck "4" on this date but (like almost every other P.O. at that time) never used it for prepaid letters. Lovely Exhibition item. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£500 |
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1027 |
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RARE DOUBLE-RATE FIRST DAY COVER OF UNIFORM FOURPENNY POSTAGE PERIOD; Very fine 5th Dec. 1839 EL from London to Scarborough endorsed "Single policy" but with mostly very fine red Charing Cross Branch Office Maltese-Cross-framed "C+/5 DE 5/1839" datestamp on the top flap, and charged "8" in black as a letter weighing over ‡oz and up to 1oz. Very rare example of the double 4d rate on the First Day of Uniform Fourpenny Postage - few known. Ironically this letter would have been charged only a single rate of postage the previous day (being a single sheet not weighing above 1oz), but the postage to Scarborough would still have been 11d for 214 miles! Exhibition item. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£500 |
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1028 |
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CHARLES WHTING BI-COLOURED EMBOSSED CAMEO HEAD OF "[LORD] GREY" WITH FANCY BLUE ON PINK FRAME; c.1839 album-page size (5‡x7&Mac189; ins.) spectacular white embossed portrait of Lord "Grey" with fancy bi-coloured embossed frame in blue and pink with inverted "WHITING PATENTEE" imprint at foot. This is the matching design to those of Wellington, Brougham and Byron that were submitted by Charles Whiting as part of his Treasury Essays Competition entry of 9th Oct. 1839. [See Graveson's "Penny Postage Centenary, p.103.] An amazing example of this virtuoso Victorian printer's very best coloured printing; his proposals for Postage Stamps were in many ways the best in the Competition - he won one of the four prizes - but his printing processes were sadly rather more expensive than those of Perekins Bacon, the cotton-reel label printers! Fine and rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£300 |
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1029 |
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THE MATCHING CHARLES WHITING EMBOSSED "WALTER SCOTT" CAMEO; c.1839 album-page size embossed Cameo of "Walter Scott" in white on green ground with pink frame and dull lilac surround, having "WHITING PATENTEE" imprint along right hand edge; from the same set as those illustrated in Gaveson. Fine and rare. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£300 |
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1030 |
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CONTEMPORARY COMMENTS ON CHEAP POSTAGE, ETC.; 10th/19th Dec. 1839 pair of unpaid family EL's from Tunbridge Wells (to Bishop Stortford) and London (to Cullompton) with black m/s "4" charges of the Uniform 4d Postage Period and v. fine c.d.s.'s, each wih interesting contents referring to Cheap postage; "...send two sheets of paper to the grocer's to be weighed with the wafer & if they do not exceed the half ounce, they come for 4d...how glad I should be to pay 4d for a letter..." and "Your letter of the 5th Dec. was the first [we] received under the new and cheap arrangement of postage...The alteration must make a great difference to you...on one day since, it made the saving of three shillings to us, but I rather fear it will be too great a loss to the Revenue to allow of continuance..." Rare insight into the general public's thoughts at the start of Cheap Postage. Plus a June 1852 EL from Vienna to Warwick with an intriguing P.S.; "I have paid the postage for this letter, as the postage fr[om] here to Warwick is considerably less than fr[om] W[arwic]k [to] here." - rare proof that British rates were not always the cheapest at this time! Good trio in fine condition. (3 covers). PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£120 |
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1031 |
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JANUARY 1840 PROOFS OF IRISH "CHANCERY FUND" & "EXCHEQUER FUND" EMBOSSED REVENUE STAMPS - PRODUCED AS PART OF THE PLANS FOR EMBOSSED POSTAL STATIONERY(?); Large folded sheet (12‡x16 ins., folding to 10‡x15 ins. for display; understandable minor faults not affecting most of the stamps) headed "Stamps - Ireland. Impressions of the Chancery Fund Stamps....Exchequer Fund Stamps" in red manuscript matching the footnote "Of those Dies about 10,000 Impressions are used every Quarter, Dublin 30 Jany. 1840 J.S.C." written by Jonathan Sisson Cooper, the Irish Comptroller of Stamps and Accountant General. Printed across the sheet are no less than 25 different Revenue stamps embossed in white on a black background, with values ranging from 10d to 3 guineas. It seems very likely that this unique Sheet of Proofs was created specially for Rowland Hill and Henry Cole as they were struggling to finalise plans for an embossed stamp for Postal Stationery during the first few weeks of 1840. Fabulous and Important Exhibition Piece relating to the birth of the First Postage Stamps. PHOTO - see plate no. |
£1500 |
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1032 |
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8th/9th/10th JANUARY 1840 - LADY's ENVELOPE SENT FREE FROM IRELAND & REDIRECTED FROM ENGLAND TO WALES ON 1st DAY OF UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE; 8th Jan. 1840 small env. (attractive double gold lines printed round address-panel and flaps) from "Clogheen" (with late use of very fine "CLOGHEEN/94" mileage mark nicely placed on top flap) franked to "Stokesley, Yorkshire" with Last Day 4d Postage Period "FREE/9 JA 9/1840/M" crowned d.s. of Dublin (rare Last Day Usage) on the fornt. Even more exceptional is the redirection from Stokesley to "Bangor, N. Wales", which must have occurred after the end of 4d Postage (the letter would have reached Yorkshire on 10th Jan.) - presumably on the First Day of Uniform Penny Postage - with no extra charge for redirection (as per the rules) and no redirection marks. Very pretty and very rare Irish Exhibition item. PHOTO - see plate no. 3 |
£500 |
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1033 |
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10th JAN. 1840 LETTER CHARGED POSTAGE DUE TWICE - NORMAL UNPAID POSTAGE PLUS EXTRA 2d FOR PRIVATE DELIVERY; Remarkable unpaid 10th Jan. 1840 (First Day of Uniform Penny Postage) EL (receipt attached inside with fine 1/- embossed tax stamp) from "WAKEFIELD" (fine 11th Jan. 1840 c.d.s. - 2nd Day of Penny Postage) to "Penistone" charged "2" and "4" postage; this was the normal P.O. (1d postage + 1d fine) 2d rate for an unpaid letter weighing up to ‡oz, plus an extra private enterprise local delivery charge of 2d for the last part of the journey from the nearest P.O. delivery point to the village of Penistone (that did not fll within the P.O.'s free delivery area for another year or two) making "4"(d) in all. It is known that even Rowland Hill had no idea how many people were still having to pay such extra local charges after 9th Jan. 1840, but very few were marked on the letters themselves. Rare thus. [Ex Barrie Jay.] PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£100 |
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1034 |
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EARLY 1840 COACH-PARCEL LETTER WITH ORIGINAL COACH COMPANY RECEIPT; 18th Feb. 1840 EL (unsealed and without postal marks, because sent within a bundle of legal documents and briefs that are mentioned) from "Wymnodham" (Norfolk) to London, together with the parcel's original 19th Feb. 1840 printed receipt (usual creasing) of the "ROYAL MAIL & COACH ESTABLISHMENT, Belle Sauvage, LUDGATE HILL" for "Carriage 1/2...Portage 8(d)". Pre-P.O. Parcel Post item showing a 1s-10d charge. The only such receipt matched to the original letter (the filing notes match up) that we have seen, and exceptional from the first few weeks of Cheap postage. (2 items). PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£100 |
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1035 |
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1840 (Jan.) contemporary copy of new rules effective from 10th Jan. for O.H.M.S. "Official Paid" mail (following end of Official Free Franking). Rare detail of the start of the new system. [Ex Chelsea Hospital archives]. |
£75 |
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1036 |
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EARLY USAGE OF THE DISTINCTIVE DATED HANDSTRUCK POSTAGE DUE "2" CHARGE-MARK OF EDINBURGH; 27th Jan. 1840 E to Rochdale with a very fine "JA/27/S 2 N/1840" mark that was unique to Edinburgh (no other British P.O. ever had a dated 19th century charge-mark) on the front. Auckland/Stables record this mark from only 25th Jan. to18th May 1840. [Ex Ike Owen.] PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£75 |
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1037 |
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HENRY COLE (ROWLAND HILL's ASSISTANT) - AUTOGRAPH LETTER REF. EXPERIMENTAL BLACK MALTESE CROSS INK; 22nd Aug. 1840 EL (endorsed "Immediate" and sent by private messenger) from "Downing Steet" to "F. Bacon Esq., Messrs. Perkins & Co., 169 Fleet Street", written and signed by "Henry Cole" (Rowland Hill's assistant at the Treasury while they jointly supervised the introduction of Cheap Postage and the first Postage Stamps). The letter asks Bacon to send some of his special black cancellation ink that had been developed for use on 1d Blacks a few days before; "Please send me some of the last ink for obliteration about which you wrote to Mr. [Rowland] Hill - by the bearer if possible, if not as soon as possible. Yours truly Henry Cole [P.S.] If you have no objection to tell the ingredients - please do so. H.C." This letter relates to the experiments with black Maltese Cross ink that had been undertaken by Hill and Cole alongside the Rainbow Trials and which led to the start of the black "Experinetal Maltese Cross" ink in London later that month. Important and rare autograph item relating to 1d Black Cancellation Experiments. [Quoted in full in E.D. Bacon's "Line Engraved Postage Stamps of G.B." of 1920 (App.84, p.52 and see text, p.91).] PHOTO - see plate no. |
£400 |
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1038 |
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MALTESE CROSS CANCELLING A "PAID/1" MARK & REPLACED BY HANDSTRUCK "2" MARK; Unusual 1843 E from Wolverhampton to London with a very fine distinctive red "PAID/1D" mark struck in error on the front and overstruck by a very fine black Maltese Cross, matching the "WOLVERHAMPTON" c.d.s. on the back, with a very fine distinctive Wolverhampton handstruck "2" charge-mark on the front. Rare combination of marks; the only such case of an M.C. cancelling a Uniform Penny Postage mark that we can recall. Exhibition item. PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£100 |
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1039 |
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THE RARE U.S. "ROWLAND HILL/FREE" ENVELOPE USED WITHIN AMERICA; c.1848 usage of the propaganda env. with small pink embossed "ROWLAND HILL/FREE" device on the flap, charged "5"(c) within Ohio with blue c.d.s. Rare thus; few known (one recorded used in G.B. in 1848). Important connection of the American Campaign for Cheap Postage with Rowland Hill. PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£200 |
| MULREADY STATIONERY |
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1040 |
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1D & 2D UNUSED ENVELOPES AND LETTER SHEETS: Nice group of 1d & 2d unused envelopes and letter sheets, inc. fine 1d letter sheet Stereo A57 plus 1d letter sheet Stereo A17 and env. Stereo A160 (both with faults/creases); v.fine 2d env. Stereo a199 plus two letter sheets Stereo a90 & a94 (both with faults). (6 items). |
£150 |
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1041 |
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GROUP OF 1D LETTER SHEETS: Four 1d letter sheets inc. Sep. 1840 Rugby to Hemel Hempstead Stereo A25 and 3 Nov. 1840 Worcester to Aylesbury; June 1843 Canterbury to London Stereo A19 with "Economic Life .."etc. advert (SG MA32A) plus scarce 23 Oct. 1843 Wolverhampton to Birmingham, but without MC cancellation, Stereo A16 with "Atlas Assurance Company" advert (SG MA28i). All with faults but good group. (4 items). |
£150 |
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1042 |
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1D LETTER SHEETS ETC: 1840-68 Collection of 1d letter sheets inc. 2 July 1846 London local used cancelled "71" and "Vigo Lane" in red (faults); Mar. 1841 original Spooner used to Harrow (stained & stamp removed); Nov. 1868 Whitaker's Almanac reprint used to Eton etc.; unused "Edinburgh Envelope advertiser" plus two used fronts. All with faults, creased etc. (6 items). |
£140 |
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1043 |
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WATFORD BROWN MALTESE CROSS CANCELLATION ON 1D LETTER SHEET: 10 Feb. 1841 (last date for red ink?) letter sheet Watford to London with fine strike of the brown MC. Internal advert in blue "Family Endowment and Annuity..." etc. (SG MA35c). Minor faults do not detract; displays well. PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£100 |
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1044 |
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STANMORE 1844 TYPE CANCELLATION ON 1D LETTER SHEET: 19 July 1844 letter sheet Stanmore to Edgware with v.strike of the 1844 type "770" cancellation. Central horizontal crease just clear of mark; very scarce. PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£130 |
| MULREADY CARICATURES |
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1045 |
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THE VERY RARE FORES "HUNTING ENVELOPE" USED FROM ANGLESEY, WALES; Very fine 16th Dec. 1840 usage of this rare envelope (this example not recorded - only four other convincing examples being recorded by Bodily/Jarvis/Hahn) depicting a huntsman on horse-back in place of Britannia and horsemen in place of her winged messengers, etc.; prepaid 1d in cash to Edinburgh with a red manuscript "P1" on the front as well as a light but fine red "Bodederu/Penny Post" (of the small village on the Isle of Anglesey), having a very fine red "BANGOR" c.d.s. on the side-flap. Very rare Welsh usage of a Mulready Caricature of Exhibition quality. [Ex "Daisy" Grand Prix Collection.] PHOTO - |
£850 |
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1046 |
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ILLUSTRATED "CARD" PLUS DERAEDEMAEKER REPRINTS:Oct. 1879 Illustrated front stuck to card backing Edinburgh to Dundee, with a black boy using a 1d red as a top hat and "damsel in distress scene", very colourful; plus six unused Deraedemaeker reprints inc. Fores's comic envelope No.1, Fores's Hunting & Christmas envelopes etc. all in fine condition. (7 items). PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£120 |
| TREASURY ESSAYS, ETC. |
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1047 |
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THE 1837 DICKINSON SILK-THREAD PAPER "LONDON DISTRICT POST" 1d ESSAY LETTER-SHEET; Very fine folded example of this 1d EL pinted on Dickinson paper in buff-yellow, thought to have been printed by Charles Whiting. This design was included in the July 1837 9th Report of the P.O. Management Parliamentary Committee, and together with the similar 2d value (see next lot) is arguably the world's first printed Essay for any kind of Postage Stamp. Rare so fine. PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£100 |
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1048 |
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The matching July 1837 2d green "LONDON DISCTRCT POST" wrapper (not quite so fine), thought to have been printed by Charles Whiting, on Dickinson silk-thread paper. Attractive. PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£120 |
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1049 |
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THE JAMES CHALMERS "1838" POSTAGE STAMP ESSAYS REPRINT OF 1890; Gummed sheet of plain white paper (11x5‡ ins.; several vertical creases, affecting cancel and one 1d design) illustrating the original 1838 Chalmers Essays (one 2d & four 1d's) printed in red with a printed cancellation ("DUNDEE/10th February, 1838.") in black. This version of the Essay is known to have been given away free with the Christmas 1890 Stamp Collector's Monthly (see John Wilson's "The Royal Philatelic Collection"), but there is only one recorded original 1838 sheet, which is now in the National Postal Museum, so this a useful (and now very scarce). Exhibition item. PHOTO - |
£500 |
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1050 |
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THE FIRST TYPE CHARLES WHITING 1d BLACK & RED STAMP ESSAY; 1839 1d red & black Postage Stamp Essay with the usual tight margins of the first printings, as circulated with the Mercantile Committee's "Fears of the Paper-makers & Stationers" leaflet. Graveson No.12; very scarce. PHOTO - |
£100 |
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1051 |
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THE SECOND TYPE CHARLES WHITING 1d BLUE & RED STAMP ESSAY; c.1839 tight-margined example of the scarce blue & red 1d "POST OFFICE" Composite printed label (thin) as printed by Charles Whiting and as used in Henry Cole's award-winning 1839 Treasury Competition entry. Graveson No.7; very scarce. Plus the "A3/CW" pair of Whiting designs (Graveson No.23) as cut out from the 1848 "Art Union Journal" article. (2 items).PHOTO - |
£100 |
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1052 |
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SECOND TYPE essay in black & red (Graveson No.10); plus the full page from the 1848 "Art Union Journal", showing the 3 Whiting Essays in a fancy embossed design (surprsingly little foxing). (2 items). PHOTO - |
£100 |
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1053 |
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THE c.1885 PERKINS BACON STAMP BACKGROUND ESSAY REPRINTS IN 4 COLOURS; Attractive set of four fine c.1885 page-size (5‡x8&Mac189; ins.) Essay reprints, showing three strips of fancy engine-turned backgrounds and five ovals as used for various Postage Stamps' portraits' background engraving; four very bright and attractive colours, namely red, blue, green and purple. (4 items). PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£200 |
| LINE-ENGRAVED COLLECTIONS |
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1054 |
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STOCKBOOK containing the used accumulation of mainly 1841 and 1857 LC14 1d reds arranged in aplhabetical order. Very mixed condition. (Some 100's.). |
£160 |
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1055 |
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1840-58 The small used collection of 2d issues inc. 1840 plate I & 2 (poor), 1854-57 SC16 plates 4 & 5, SC14 plates 4 & 5, LC16 plates 5 & 6 and LC14 plates 5 & 6 and two sets of plate numbers. Mixed condition. (26). |
£160 |
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1056 |
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1841-69 Used collection of 1d issues inc. 1841 imperf. almost complete reconstructions (2, one with MC cancellations), 1856-58 LC14 reconstructions and others on blued paper. Many shades, some varieties and watermark types. Mixed condition. (Qty.). |
£220 |
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1057 |
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18411d and 2d used collection inc. shades, 1d with cancelled with numbers 2, 3 and 5 to 12 in MC. 1841 2d plate 3 strip of six and pairs (6 with one on small dated piece showing a timmed piece of the inscrption) & plate 4 block of four & pairs (6). Mostly fair only. (113). |
£200 |
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1058 |
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1841 2d blues plate 3 strips of three (2, inc. one used on piece with 1841 1d block of six), pairs (2, inc. one used on cover), 1d red strips of five, four and three (2) plus six pairs inc. one with "12" in MC cancellation. Mixed condition. (46). |
£100 |
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1059 |
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1841-70 The small used assembly inc. 1841 1d (120), 1856-58 LC14 1d (136), 1858-79 1d plates to 214. Very mixed condition. (340+). |
£70 |
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1060 |
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1854-70 The used collection inc. 1854 2d plates 4 (3) & 5, 1855 SC14 2d plate 4 & 5, 1855-57 LC14 2d plates 5 (3) & 6 (3) 1858-79 1d plates 71 to 224 (less 77), 1858 2d plates 7 (3), 8 (7, inc. a strip), 9 (6), 13 (7), 14 (6) & 15 (5), 1870 ‡d plates 1 to 20 (less plate 9) and 1‡d plates 1 (3) and 3 (3). Fair to fine. (352). |
£220 |
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1061 |
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UNDERPRINTS AND OVERPRINTS: A small selection of 1d with various underprints and overprints inc. O.U.S., Copestake Moore and J & C Boyd. Very mixed condition. (81). |
£70 |
| IMPORTANT EARLY LINE-ENGRAVED COVERS |
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1062 |
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MAY DATE 1d BLACK COVER REDIRECTED FROM A COFFEE HOUSE; 18th May 1840 E (lower flap removed) from Liverpool to "Old Hummums [Coffee House], Covent Garden, London" franked by a Plate 1a 1d Black (faults) tied by an orange-red Maltese Cross (matching the v. fine "LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. on the top flap); the letter was redirected on 19th May 1840 to Sheffield and so has a black manuscript "1d" charge on the front. Rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no 9 |
£100 |
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1063 |
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MAY DATE PRINTED MATTER ITEM WITH 1d BLACK STRIP OF SIX FROM LEEDS; 25th May 1840 large printed folded back page of some printed music sent by post, having an advert for "WALTON'S MUSICAL CIRCULATING LIBRARY" covering the whole sheet; with manuscript address "Care of Messrs/ Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper's, Paternoster Row, London" above an attractive Strip of Six Plate 1a 1d Blacks (JG-JL; margins in places and pre-use crease through JJ) well tied by six light orange-red Leeds Maltese Crosses, having light "LEEDS" and 27th May 1840 London arrival c.d.s. nearby. The original music score must have weighed over 2oz & up to 3oz. Very rare and spectacular example of the early usage of 1d Blacks on printed matter. Exhibition item. PHOTO - |
£500 |
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1064 |
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IRELAND - REDIRECTED 1d BLACK COVER WITH DIFFERENT MALTESE CROSSES; 13th Aug. 1840 E (from a tourist) to Dublin franked by a 3m Plate 4 1d Black (OC; rough at left) tied by a heavy red Maltese Cross of Killarney (fine c.d.s. on flap); redirected from Dublin to "Newcastle, Co. Limerick" with a good Plate 2 1d Black (DC) tied by Dublin's dull orange-red Maltese Cross. Scarce and unusual internal Irish cover. PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£150 |
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1065 |
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REDIRECTED 1d BLACK COVER WITH 4 1d BLACKS - TWO USED IN LONDON & TWO USED IN WILTSHIRE; Attractive 22nd-25th Sept. 1840 env. from London (fair "Piccadilly" on front) to Marlborouh & redirected back to London; having two Plate7 1d Blacks (EI & DL; 4m & 3m) tied by fine orange-red London M.C.'s, and two Plate 5 1d Blacks (KI & KH; near 4m and poor) tied by darker red Marlborough M.C.'s. Rare thus. PHOTO - see plate no 7A |
£200 |
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1066 |
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1d BLACK ADVERTISING ENVELOPE - THE EARLIER OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES; 13th Oct. 1840 env. (opened out for display and minor wear) from Bath to Sherborne, franked by a fine 1d Black tied by a light orange-red Maltese cross with fine "BATH" c.d.s. on the back; on the inside of the envelope is an attractively framed printed advert for fine books "BY THE REV. THOMAS SPENCER, M.A." available from a London bookseller. The Bodily/Jarvis/Hahn book on early British Pictorial Envelopes only records one 1d Black on envelope with a printed advert (see pp.286/293 & Fig.303) dated 17th Oct. 1840, and they note that advertising on envelopes was very slow to catch on. Rare and an important addition to the record. PHOTO - see plate no. |
£400 |
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1067 |
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CANADA/SCOTLAND - TRANSATLANTIC COVER REDIRECTED & MISSENT IN SCOTLAND & ENGLAND; Much travelled Dec. 1840 - Jan. 1841 EL (some wear, etc., but with good family contents) from Canada (fair "AMHERSTBURGH/U.C" c.d.s. on front) to Scotland endorsed "Via Quebec & Halifax Steamer" and charged "1/2"; much redirected on arrival with fine red boxed "MISSENT/TO/MARKINCH" on the front. The 1s-2d was paid in Scotland when it was redirected to London and charged "1d"; that 1d was paid in London when it was again forwarded (to Dover) with a Plate 6 1d Black (QK; near 4m) tied by a light orange-red Maltese Cross. Exceptional Transatlantic cover. PHOTO - see plate no 8 |
£300 |
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1068 |
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1d BLACK COVER WIH LIVERPOOL/MANCHESTER HANDSTRUCK "6" MARK; 10th Jan. 1841 E (creases & closed tear in front) from Liverpool to Manchester franked by Plate 10 1d Black (FE; just 4m but creased and with ink mark at lower left), having a very fine red "6" mark (thought to suggest the number of the rail journey to Manchester) in the distinctive Manchester red ink, beside the near fine "LIVERPOOL" c.d.s. on the top flap. Scarce thus. PHOTO - see plate no 8 |
£100 |
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1069 |
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LATE USAGE 1d BLACK ON TURNED COVER WITH 1d RED ON THE OTHER SIDE; Remarkable Sept./Oct. 1843 E sent from Otley to Colne and redirected to Clitheroe (one 1d Red mostly removed - in transit? - the other creased and with minimal margins but tied by v. fine M.C.) with v. fine "COLNE" UDC etc.; the cover was then turned and re-posted from Clitheroe to Selby with a near 4-margin Plate 4 1d Black tied by fine black Maltese Crosses. Remarkable combination of 1d Red and 1d Black on same turned letter. (With 1978 B.P.A. cert.) PHOTO - see plate no 8 |
£150 |
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1070 |
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1840 1d BLACK & 2d BLUE COMBINATION FRANKING FOR THE 6d RATE; 19th Jan. 1841 EL (some internal ancient sellotape marks, plus some partly removed filing notes affecting address panel) from London (Coutts & Co.) to "Rothsay, Isle of Bute" unusually franked by a Plate 1 1840 2d Blue (QI; 4 close to good margins) and two Plate 6 1d Blacks (FI? & LB; 2m and 3 wide to giant margins) all tied by light orange-red London Maltese Crosses. Rare franking for a letter over 1oz & up to 2 oz. Exhibition item. PHOTO - |
£400 |
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1071 |
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1840 2d BLUE STRIP OF SEVEN ON INTERNAL SCOTTISH COVER EX THE HEBRIDEAN ISLAND OF ISLAY; 2nd April 1842 EL (filing folds affect address) from "Islay" to Inverary franked by a virtually 4-margin Strip of Seven Plate 2 1840 2d Blues (SF-SL; central crease through SI; all now lightly hinged to the cover) just tied by black Maltese Crosses matching the fine boxed "BOWMORE" d.s. (Isle of Islay) on the flap. Rare high internal rate (it originally enclosed 9 documents) - for the over 6oz & up to 7oz weight - and one of very few 1840 2d Blue frankings recorded from any of Britain's offshore islands. Exhibition item. (With Holcombe 1986 certificate). [Ex Cavendish's Oct. 1991 "Westray" auction, lot 857 - bought by Peter for £770.] PHOTO - |
£750 |
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1072 |
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SIX 1d BLACKS (PLATES 2 & 4) ON SINGLE LARGE PIECE; c.1840 piece with six single Plate 2 (3) or 4 (3) 1d Blacks (all mostly 3 margins) all tied by dull orange Maltese Crosses. Good multiple franking. PHOTO - |
£100 |
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1073 |
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THREE 1840 2d BLUES ON SINGLE LARGE PIECE WITH FOUR 1d BLACKS; Remarkable 5th Sept. 1840 piece (ex London?) franked by Plate 1 1840 2d Blue pair (DA-DB; almost 3 margins; top of DA still attached to foot of adjacent stamp) and single (CA; 2m) TOGETHER WITH four separate Plate 5 1d Blacks (HJ, BA, AI &FI; all except last having 4 margins), all tied to the piece or to each other by seven fine red Maltese Crosses. Spectacular and unusual franking for the 10d (over 4oz & up to 5oz) rate. What price on complete cover??! PHOTO - |
£150 |
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1074 |
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"UNION JACK" RE-ENTRY ON MULTIPLE 1d RED FRANKING EUSTON STATION LATE FEE COVER; June 1846 env. from London to Leamington franked by a Strip of Four and 2 Pairs of Plate 75 1d Reds (MG-ML + LK-LL; mostly 3 margins, some pre-usage wrinkling, etc.) including LK with the rare Union Jack re-entry in the top right corner (well clear of cancels) all tied by the rare "964" numeral of Euston Square Station, having a very fine "EUSTON SQUARE/STATION/N" c.d.s. on the side-flap. Doubly rare item paying the 6d Station Late Fee and 2d postage. Unique?! PHOTO - see plate no 8 |
£200 |
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1075 |
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COMBINATION FRANKING PIECE WITH NO LESS THAN 11 1841 2d BLUES AND 6 1d REDS; Remarkable 1852 piece (m/s date on back) apparently sent internally (at the 2s-4d, 13-14 oz, rate) from Stockton (Co. Durham) franked by a STRIP OF ELEVEN 1841 2d BLUES (Plate 4, NB-NL; cut into strips of six and five - margins in places and some creased) plus a STRIP OF SIX 1d REDS (Plate 131, AC-AL; virtually 4 margins all round, but with some creasing). Exceptional franking from what must have been a very large (and ugly?!) cover. Rare thus. PHOTO - |
£100 |
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1076 |
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PRINTED MATTER RATE TO MEXICO WITH 1841 1d RED IMPERF BLOCK OF SIX; Attractive c.1854 front with printed address to "His Excellency ALFRED COCKLING, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipontentiary of the United States" (presumably originally an open-ended wrapper) franked by a Block of Six Plate 157 1d Reds (mostly 4 margins; some creasing and rubbing, etc.) tied by Birmingham "75" numerals, having a very fine small handstruck "‡" mark (of Vera Cruz?) alongside. Very rare example of overseas printed matter (newspaper rate?) mail which was so much cheaper than the normal 2s-3d per ‡oz letter rates of the time. Very rare and an Exhibition item. PHOTO - see plate no 8 |
£200 |
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1077 |
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1841 2d BLUE PAIR ON GIANT FOLDED PRINTED PROPERTY PROSPECTUS INC. COLOURED MAP; Sept. 1850 EL (8-page printed Auction details inc. large fine hand-coloured printed map; folded to 4x9 ins. for posting) ref. an estate at Grindon, Staffs; franked by a vertical pair of 1841 2d Blues (AH-BH; 2-3 m.) tied by London numerals. Rare usage. |
£75 |
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1078 |
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MULTIPLE 1d RED FRANKINGS, OVERSEAS & INTERNAL; Feb./July 1854 pair of covers (varied condition) from London to Leghorn (Italy) and Liverpool, franked with 15 1d Red imperfs (plus two extra 1841 2d Blues that do not belong) or 8 perf. 1d Reds with 3m 6d Embossed respectively; the latter an unusual 1s-2d internal letter-post rate. (2 covers). |
£100 |
| 1840 1D BLACKS |
|
1079 |
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The selection of defective examples including nine with black MC cancellations. (38). |
£400 |
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