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 ( £ ) 175 175 20874 H 1859 Dardenne 1d and 2d group on a fragment of album page from Kanai’s introduction (introductory text included on separate fragment), showing the three different shades of both values, a couple with thins, all four margins with decent cancels, the 2d blue showing retouch below “TWO” variety, ex Kanai and “St. Louis” (SG £9’050) 2’000-3’000 20875 H DCE 41/44 1859 Dardenne group, all variously repaired, incl. 1d unused cert. Sismondo, four 1d used and three 2d used incl. major retouch to neck variety, useful space-fillers (9) 600-1’000 Later Issues 20876 F / www 43a 1876 (May 26) Entire to Australia with 1863-72 1s orange wing marginal tied by B53 duplex, with “d / 10” accountancy hs adjacent, arrival bs, a fresh and attractive cover 100-150 20877 F / 174 46 1860-63 De La Rue no watermark 1d brown, paying the military concession rate on Soldier’s Letter, cover correctly countersigned by officer commanding the Royal Artillery, to Bradford, stamp tied by neat B53 numeral, Mauritius despatch cds MR 6 62 on reverse, Bradford arrival AP 11. Cover with small split at top away from stamp, fine and a rare usage. 500-700 20878 F / 174 46 1860 (Jul 7) Envelope sent at the concessionary rate to the UK with 1860-63 1d (top overlapping right edge of envelope) cancelled by concentric circle cancel, endorsed “From Pte. Thomas Tandy 2nd Battn. 24 Regt No 9 Compy” and countersigned by his commanding officer, reverse with Mauritius GPO despatch, Worcester and Upton on Severn arrival cds, minor soiling, scarce Soildier’s cover 300-500 20879 F / 174 46 1861 (Oct 5) Envelope sent at the concessionary rate to the UK with 1860-63 1d cancelled by B53 numeral, endorsed “From Sapper. P. Cunningham 21st Compy Royal Engineers” and countersigned by his commanding officer, reverse with Mauritius GPO despatch and Leicester arrival cds, minor soiling, scarce Soildier’s cover 300-500