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 ( £ ) 193 193 20952 H 8/25 1848-59 Post Paid 2d group incl. early impression PENOE variety which appears unused (faults), early impression on large piece tied by Souillac “3” barred circle with despatch ds adjacent (corner torn away, cert. Brandon), intermediate impression with four margins and neat target cancel (creases with light repair), intermediate impression with four margins and “8” numeral (minor defects), worn impression vertical pair (faults, ex Ferrari), worn impression with pre-printing paper folds (margins cut into), latest impression with four margins and neat target cancel (thins, cert. Holcombe) and latest impression with “3” numeral (thin), interesting group 2’000-3’000 20953 F DFE / www 1859-1920s, Collection of 31 covers plus 1 front incl. Lapirot pair with RPS cert. stating “heavily ironed and cannot be certified as originating on the lettersheet”, Britannia 6d blue single franking (lifted and replaced), mostly 1880s/90s frankings, a few philatelic frankings with bisects incl. double overprint varieties, registered postcards incl. AR,  1897 2R50 single franking, 1860s Soldier Concessionary rate cover ex Marion, etc., a useful range of frankings 1’000-1’500 20954 1859-72, Mauritius cancelled in ADEN group, with faulty 1859 Post Paid 1d latest, faulty 2d Lapirot, faulty 2d Sherwin (cert. RPS 1981), 1858-62 Britannia (9d), 1859-61 Britannia 6d and De La Rue 2d and 4d, all with “124” diagonal barred numerals of Aden, poor to average condition but very scarce group 400-600 20955 H F / 194 1859-1931, Interesting group of on 2 album pages of Mauritius cancelled abroad and foreign stamps cancelled in Mauritius, incl. 1863-72 1d with B64 used in Seychelles, 1893 16c on 17c with B65 used in Rodrigues, cover with 1883-94 15c cancelled in Ceylon, “A10” mailboat numeral, postcard with 1883-94 2c sent within UK with GB stamp, various singles cancelled in India, Madagascar, Kenya, SA, etc., then Natal 1d postal stationery card cancelled on arrival in Vacoas, GB KGV 1/2d control sent from Mauritius, etc., a great little lot 300-500 You can view our catalogues and bid during the auction via our website, www.davidfeldman.com