2020 December Auction Series

Lot 80086 | 1840 (Dec 3) Entire from Settle to Leeds and prepaid in cash, then re-directed to London with the addition of 1840 2d blue pl.1

Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)

1840 (Dec 3) Entire from Settle to Leeds and prepaid in cash, then re-directed to London with the addition of 1840 2d blue pl.1 MH tied by a crisp red…

Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP

Lot 80087 | 1840 2d Blue pl.1 NA, large to enormous margins all round, showing a superb and complete upright strike of the red Maltese Cross

Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)

1840 2d Blue pl.1 NA, large to enormous margins all round, showing a superb and complete upright strike of the red Maltese Cross, an exceptional example

Estimate: 800 – 1’000 GBP

Lot 80088 | 1840 2d Blue QB with fine to good margins, neatly cancelled by 1844-type “25” London numeral

Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)

1840 2d Blue QB with fine to good margins, neatly cancelled by 1844-type “25” London numeral, very fine, cert. PFoSA (2014) (SG £2’500)

Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP

Lot 80089 | 1840 2d Blue pl. 2 OK/PL used block of four

Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)

1840 2d Blue pl.2 OK/PL used block of four, just cut into in one place otherwise good balanced margins, lightly cancelled by1844-type Scottish cancels;…

Estimate: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP

Lot 80086 | 1840 (Dec 3) Entire from Settle to Leeds and prepaid in cash, then re-directed to London with the addition of 1840 2d blue pl.1

Lot 80087 | 1840 2d Blue pl.1 NA, large to enormous margins all round, showing a superb and complete upright strike of the red Maltese Cross

Lot 80088 | 1840 2d Blue QB with fine to good margins, neatly cancelled by 1844-type “25” London numeral

Lot 80089 | 1840 2d Blue pl. 2 OK/PL used block of four

Lot 80090 | 1840 2d Blue pl.2 TA-TB marginal pair from the lower left of the sheet, very lightly cancelled by two strikes of the red Maltese cross

Lot 80091 | 1841 1d Red brown pl.12 TA imprimatur, from the lower left of the sheet showing plate number

Lot 80092 | 1841 1d Red-brown pl.115, a superb reconstructed horizontal strip of ten

Lot 80093 | 1841 1d Red-brown, four choice single examples with London numbers in MC

Lot 80094 | 1841 1d Red LB with fine to good margins, cancelled by crisp London “3” in MC

Lot 80095 | 1851 1d Red pl. 121 GA with inverted Small Crown watermark

Lot 80096 | 1852 1d Red pl. 153 OE Alphabet II in State II showing the transfer roller line in the right hand margin

Lot 80097 | 1841 (Oct 7) 1d Red-brown QA tied to cover by a superb strike of the very rare red Maltese Cross

Lot 80098 | 1842 1d Red Irish Valentine’s Day Letter from Belfast

Lot 80099 | 1841 1d Red-brown PG-PH pair cancelled centrally by Dorchester AP 11 1842 cds

Lot 80100 | 1842 (Sep 28) 1d Red-brown NA pl 20 re-entry, on wrapper from Truro to Suffolk, tied by a good strike of the blue Maltese Cross

Lot 80101 | 1843 1d Red Pl. 32 Dublin Distinctive Maltese Cross

Lot 80102 | 1843 (Sep 2) 1d Red-brown RK, used on entire letter with large to enormous margins cancelled London “6” in black Maltese cross

Lot 80103 | 1843 (Oct 30) 1d Red-brown CC, used on wrapper from Hollymount to Dublin, tied by a superb strike of the distinctive Hollymount Maltese cross

Lot 80104 | 1844 (Mar 29) 1d Red-brown RB on entire letter cancelled by a superb strike of the distinctive Mullingar Maltese Cross

Lot 80105 | 1848 (Mar 2) Small embossed “ladies” envelope sent within London with 1841 1d red

Lot 80106 | 1849 (Jul 25) Small embossed “ladies” envelope sent within London with 1841 1d red tied by “57” numeral

Lot 80107 | 1850 (Jan) Envelope with two 1841 1d red brown tied by crisp “685” numerals of Wilton (Wiltshire) in green with matching green Wilton UDC below

Lot 80108 | 1850 (Feb 28) 1d Red-brown pl.85 MI-MJ horizontal pair on wrapper from Killin (Scotland) to Edinburgh

Lot 80109 | 1841 2d Pale Blue pl.3 EE, a fine mint example with virtually full original gum

Lot 80110 | 1846 (Aug 18) Entire from London to USA with 1841 2d blue pl.3 GA-HR strip of six

Lot 80111 | 1841 2d Blue pl.3. ID tied to to 1843 (Jun) wrapper by a superb strike of a London “4” in Maltese Cross

Lot 80112 | 1841 2d Blue pl.3 KF-KH strip of three, large margins all round, each neatly cancelled by a clean strike of Sunderland “761”

Lot 80113 | 1841 2d Blue pl.3 KI unused with close to fine margins, showing strong guide line through value

Lot 80114 | 1852 (Apr 2) Entire from Liverpool to New Orleans, bearing an 1841 2d violet blue pl.4 AA-AF horizontal strip of six

Lot 80115 | 1841 2d Blue pl.4 HD-HF strip of three with large balanced margins all around, each neatly cancelled by a clean strike of Leeds “447” numeral

Lot 80116 | 1841 2d Blue pl.4 JL, fine to very large margins, mint hr, showing constant variety under “O” of “POSTAGE”

Lot 80117 | 1841 2d Blue pl.4 KJ-KL strip of three from the right of the sheet showing part ornament and inscription

Lot 80118 | 1847-54 Embossed 1s green pair with neat “466” numerals of Liverpool

Lot 80119 | 1847-54 Embossed 6d (wmk reversed) horizontal pair with margins all around, each lightly cancelled by black “877” Whitehaven numerals

Lot 80120 | 1847-54 Embossed 6d (wmk reversed) with margins all around, used

Lot 80121 | 1847-54 6d Embossed, superb four margined example lightly cancelled

Lot 80122 | 1847-54 Embossed 6d purple used block of four with margins all around

Lot 80123 | 1849 (Mar 1) Entire to Mexico bearing 1847-54 1s green pair with fine to large margins additionally bearing a pair of 1841 2d blue

Lot 80124 | 1852 (Oct 5) Entire to Germany bearing 1847-54 Embossed 10d brown die 2

Lot 80125 | 1853 Pair of entires to MAURITIUS from the same correspondence from Kingswood, Buntisland, Scotland with Embossed frankings

Lot 80126 | 1853 (Mar 15) Wrapper from Bradford (Yorkshire) to London to Russia with 1847-54 1s green die I

Lot 80127 | 1854 (Mar 21) 1d Pink postal stationery envelope to USA, additionally franked with 1847-54 Embossed 10d brown and 1841 1d red-brown

Lot 80128 | 1854 (Jun 23) Wrapper from London to the USA with 1847-57 Embossed 10d pair

Lot 80129 | 1855 (Mar 5) Envelope from Shrewsbury to Boston, USA, bearing 1847-54 1s green with good to large margins

Lot 80130 | 1855 (Jun 16) Lettersheet to Amsterdam, bearing 1847-54 6d Embossed cancelled by a Hull spoon type cancel

Lot 80131 | 1855 (Jul 4) Envelope registered from Liverpool to Ormskirk, bearing and 1854 2d deep blue pl.4 and 1847-54 Embossed 6d

Lot 80132 | 1855 (Aug 18) Envelope to Bombay, India, bearing an 1847-54 1s green with fine to huge margins

Lot 80133 | 1855 (Nov 14) Wrapper to Spain bearing 1847-54 Embossed 10d brown die 3 with margins all round

Lot 80134 | 1856 (Aug 7) Envelope sent registered from Rochford, Essex, to Norfolk, bearing 1847-54 Embossed 6d purple

Lot 80135 | 1856 (Jul 25) Wrapper from Sheffield to Philadelphia, USA, bearing an 1847-54 1s green die 2, a huge margined example