David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 151 151 20761 1847 Post Office reprints from 1911, one sheetlet with both values in blue and other with both values in vermilion, very fine, plus a group of reproductions incl. two singles done by Perron, and a group of Post Office stamps on stamps, useful group for collections missing the genuine article! 500-700 1848-59 Post Paid Issue, Earliest Impressions (SG 3-5) 20762 G 3 1848-59 1d Orange-Vermilion earliest impression, pos.8, just cut into to fine margins, tied to large piece by barred circular “3” with “SOUILLAC  / MY 1852” boxed ds (pre-dating SG’s stated period of use, 1853-54) with ms “16”, “INLAND” hs adjacent, underpaying the inland rate with ms “Short paid 4d”, a very attractive piece, cert. Brandon (1996) A major rarity as it is the EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF THE 1d, with no covers existing bearing the 1d earliest impression and only one other dated piece in existence recorded by Kanai at the time of his 1981 book, so may well be unique today. 6’000-10’000 20763 H 3 1848-59 Post Paid 1d earliest impression, pos.4, with good to very good margins, “3” target numeral of Pamplemousses, very fine (SG £18’000) 5’000-7’000