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

37 Geneva, December 4, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page SG Cat. N° Estimate ( £ ) 30117 F / 36 1843 (Dec) Envelope from London to Edinburgh with 1841 1d red pl.35, good margins tied by crisp London “4” in MC with crisp “St. James’ St.” hs adjacent, arrival bs, missing backflap, still a stunning example of the rarest number in a MC (SG £2’000) 400 - 500 30118 F / 36 1844 (May 9) Wrapper from Cork to Dublin with 1d red, close to good margins, tied by clear strikes of the distinctive Cork MC, despatch and arrival bs, cover filing folds clear of stamp, fine and scarce (SG £1’500) 300 - 400 30119 H B2(3)aa 1852-53 1d Orange-Brown pl.150 JI with TREASURY ROULETTE, neat “72” London numeral, fine and rare, cert. RPS (2011) 1’500 - 2’000 30120 F / 36 1854 (Mar 27) Mourning envelope from Tring with 1841 1d red, close to good margins, tied by scarce brown “810” numerals, matching colour despatch and Liverpool arrival bs, cert. RPS (1959) with cert. no. affixed adjacent to stamp, scarce 200 - 300 30121 F Collection / www 1841-54, Group of 5 covers incl. crisp Dumfries MC on 1d pl.26 (cut into), London “1” in MC in 1d pl.35 pair (one stamp cut into), “Hursley / Penny Post” adjacent to 1d pl.35, 1d pl.9 tied by crisp MC on part cover and crisp Liverpool spoon duplex tying 3-margin 1d, useful group 100 - 150 1841 2d Blue 30122 F / www 1848-65, Group of three covers with the best being a Parliamentary Notice regarding the compulsory acquisition of land for construction of the Vale of Neath Railway, with four 1841 2d (in L-shape strip + single), all clear margins, tied by “134” numeral of Neath; 1848 entire with 1841 2d blue pair (close to good margins; and 1865 2d blue perf. pl.9 tied by crisp Edinburgh star 200 - 300 1847-54 Embossed 30123 DCE / 36 57 1847-54 10d Brown die III Embossed unused vertical strip of three, cut to shape and cut into at various places, tone spot on Queen’s cheek on lower stamp, horizontal crease between two top stamps, fresh colour, an unusual multiple 1’000 - 2’000 30124 F / 38 1851 (Jun 12) Envelope from Burnley to South Africa with Embossed 1s green lower right marginal with good to huge margins, tied by “150” numeral, underpaid with two strikes of the “TO PAY” hs, reverse with despatch and London cds, very fine stamp on cover 300 - 400 30125 F / 38 1853 (Apr 12) Envelope from Toddington (Bedfordshire) to the Cape of Good Hope with 1s deep green, cut square, touched on two sides, with “266” barred oval cancellation of Dunstable and Toddington udc alongside, on envelope endorsed “per Indiana”, sent to the Royal Observatory in Cape Town, Dunstable and London bs, seal missing from the reverse, a fine letter and scarce usage of the deep green shade on cover, cert. Holcombe (1995) 400 - 500