David Feldman - Great Britain & British Empire Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 10:00 CET

171 Geneva, December 4, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) 30800 30801 30800 H 16 1848-59 Worn Impression 1d red pair with “INLAND” boxed cancel, clear to large margins, faults incl. internal tear at right, an attractive pair 500 - 600 30801 H 23 1848-59 Post Paid 1d red on yellowish, latest impression, vertical pair pos.9/12 with two void barred oval cancels, good to very large margins, small thinning at top right corner otherwise fine, cert. Brandon (2011) 340 - 400 30802 F / 170 1852 Soldier’s entire from ‘Bombardier G. Grimes, Royal Artillery, Mauritius’ to Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, England, the instructional makgs on this cover indicated that the sender was entitled, under the Act 3/4 Victoria cap 96, not to prepay the 1d privilege rate postage. The writer was required to place rank, name, and unit across the top of the cover and separate with a diagonal line the address from a space for authorising officers signature. The British Post Office recognized this instruction and struck the cover with “2” to indicate the 1d postage and 1d unpaid fine to be collected from the recipient, very fine and rare 1’400 - 1’600 30803 C DCE / www 30/31 1858-62 London Philatelic Exhibition / 1890 overprint on remainder Britannia (no value) red-brown (3, incl. one with double overprint) and (no value) blue, perforated at the show (some perfs trimmed), unusual 50 - 70 30804 F 32+48 1859-61 6d blue, a block of four and 1860-63 4d rose, all tied by small crown “General Post Office Mauritius” seal on the reverse of 1861 envelope to Bombay, some cover creases and slight soiling, still a unique mixed franking, an exhibition showpiece, cert. BPA (1994) 14 - 16’000