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 ( £ ) 21 21 20032 H / www 1840 1d Black group of 20 stamps, plated in pencil on reverse, all with four margins, mostly fine 1’500-2’000 20033 H / www 1840 1d Black plates 1a-9 (two pl.8), all four margins, pl.3 BJ with scissor cut at top, rest fine to very fine (11) 800-1’000 1840 2d Blue UNIQUE NUMBERED MALTESE CROSS ON 1840 2d BLUE PAIR 20034 F / www 5 1840 2d Blue AG-AH, a pair of plate 1, clear to good margins (scissor cut in-between), tied by two black strikes of the scarce “No.3” in Maltese Cross, on 1843 folded cover from London to Preston being part of the famous Horrocks, Miller correspondence, paying the 4d rate, cert. RPS (1988) A unique showpiece usage of a two pence multiple with number in Maltese Crosses 50’000-60’000