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

18 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) Great Britain & British Empire 30010 30013 30014 30015 30017 30010 H 1840 1d Black pl.1a QC with good to very good margins, superb crisp black MC, very fine 150 - 200 30011 F / 20 1840 1d Black pl.1b DC with fine to good margins tied by red MC to 1840 (Sep 14) lettersheet sent from Preston to Manchester with despatch bs, very fine 100 - 150 30012 F / 20 1840 (Oct 30) Wrapper from Whitby (Yorkshire) to Stockton on Tees with 1840 1d black pl.1b GG-GH pair, just about clear at lower left otherwise fine to good margins, neat red MCs, Whitby bs, fine 300 - 400 30013 H 1840 1d Black pl.1b IA with fine to good margins, neat red MC, small corner crease at top left otherwise fine 70 - 90 30014 H 1840 1d Black pl.1b LH with close to good margins, crisp and complete red MC, very fine 100 - 150 30015 H 1840 1d Black pl.2 AF with large to very large margins, brown-red MC, very fine 100 - 150 30016 F / 20 1840 (Jul 7) Entire from Manchester to Cockermouth with 1840 1d black pl.2 BD, fine to very good margins, tied by two neat red MCs, despatch bs, very fine and fresh 200 - 300 30017 H 1840 1d Black pl.2 IH with close to good margins, clear bright red MC, very fine 100 - 150 30018 F / 20 1840 (Jun 23) Entire from Baltimore, USA, to England, sent as a consignee’s letter and franked on arrival by a GB 1840 1d black pl.2 MD tied by red MC, with Manchester JY 17 1840 cds on reverse, a very unusual usage of the world’s first postage stamp on a letter from the USA 1’500 - 2’000 30019 F / 20 1840 (Aug 8) Entire sent from Glasgow to Edinburgh by cash with ms “1” and Glasgow PAID boxed ds at top right, then redirected to Perth with 1840 1d black pl.2 NF, clese to good margins, cancelled by crisp red MC, Edinburgh PAID Aug 9 adjacent and despatch Aug 10 ds on reverse, attractive 200 - 300 Bidding Steps All bids in British pounds 50-100 5 100-200 10 200-500 20 500-1000 50 1’000-2’000 100 2’000-5’000 200 5’000-10’000 500 10’000-20’000 1’000 20’000-50’000 2’000 50’000-100’000 5’000 100’000-200’000 10’000 Bids between these steps will be adjusted accordingly to the next higher bid step. The bidder is bound by his/her offer until a higher bid has been validly accepted.