13 Dec 2021 – 16 Dec 2021
4165 lots
Lot 50011 | 1840 (Jul 3) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1 stereo A1, with “Economical Life” advertisement, London “8” in MC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Jul 3) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1 stereo A1, with “Economical Life” advertisement inside, sent from London to Portsmouth and neatly cancelled…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50012 | 1840 (Nov 23) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 3, stereo A69, sent from London to Oxford cancelled only by a red “Vigo-Lane” receiving office s/l hs
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Nov 23) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 3, stereo A69, sent from London to Oxford cancelled only by a red “Vigo-Lane” receiving office s/l hs contrary…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50013 | 1840 (May 12) 2d Mulready lettersheet, forme1, stereo a105, sent from Boston to Spalding and cancelled by neat red MC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (May 12) 2d Mulready lettersheet, forme1, stereo a105, sent from Boston to Spalding and cancelled by neat red MC, no datestamps on reverse but dated…
Estimate: 2’400 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50014 | 1843 (Jan 26) Printed illustrated envelope with “If you trifle with a nettle it will sting you -“, used in Ireland
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1843 (Jan 26) Printed illustrated envelope with slogan “If you trifle
with a nettle it will sting you -” and “Grasp it boldly, and you are
safe”, sent…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50015 | 1852 (Jul 7) Printed Charles Gilpin anti-war propaganda envelope, used with 1841 1d red
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1852 (Jul 7) Printed Charles Gilpin propaganda envelope “When all the
World is Prepared for War, War Becomes Almost Inevitable”, with several
religious…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50016 | 1866 (Oct 10) Printed envelope showing a closed high street shop with 1864-79 1d red
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1866 (Oct 10) Printed envelope showing a closed high street shop with someone pasting a blank poster over the window for the address panel, with 1864-79…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50017 | 1868 (May 21) Anti-Pope envelope showing Pope Gregory XII sent with Ireland from Corey to Enniscorthy with 1864-79 1d
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1868 (May 21) Anti-Pope envelope showing Pope Gregory XIII next to a scene of the massacre of 60’000 Huguenots (in Latin) “Huguenots Slaughter 1572”, and…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50018 | 1869 (Dec) Printed illustrated envelope depicting “Beauty and the Beast”, sent locally in London
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1869 (Dec) Printed illustrated envelope depicting “Beauty and the Beast”, sent locally in London with “PAID” cds, London bs, peripheral faults with small…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50019 | 1870 (Feb 11) Anti-Pope envelope showing Pope Paul II sent from West London to Pimlico with 1864-79 1d
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1870 (Feb 11) Anti-Pope envelope showing Pope Paul II next to a hunting scene captioned (in Latin) “The meek pastor pursues none but wild beasts”, and…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50020 | 1876 (Nov 9) Printed illustrated envelope of the “Israel’s Identification Association”, sent locally in Liverpool with 1864-79 1d red
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1876 (Nov 9) Printed illustrated envelope of the “Israel’s Identification Association”, sent locally in Liverpool with 1864-79 1d red pl.146 tied by Liverpool…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50021 | 1881 (May) Printed illustrated newspaper wrapper depicting “Old London Bridge before ye houses were pulled down in 1760”, used
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
1881 (May) Printed illustrated newspaper wrapper depicting “Old London Bridge before ye houses were pulled down in 1760”, sent locally in London with “PAID”…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50022 | Group of printed illustrated envelopes incl. used, 1869 envelope with pigeon delivering a letter, unused Tom Thumb, etc.
Great Britain » Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes
Group of 4 printed illustrated envelopes incl. 1869 envelope with pigeon delivering a letter with 1d red from Bristol to Clevedon (cover faults at top),…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50023 | 1838ca. Perkins Bacon die proof of backgrounds in black on card, 95x215mm, used for the GB line engraved stamps
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1838ca. Perkins Bacon die proof of backgrounds in black on card, 95x215mm, showing two smaller ovals wither side of three larger ovals, with the two larger…
Estimate: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 50024 | 1840 1d Rainbow trial pair in blue from the right of the sheet each neatly cancelled by black Maltese cross
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial pair in blue from the right of the sheet, close to very large margins on other sides, each neatly cancelled by black Maltese cross…
Estimate: 15’000 – 18’000 GBP
Lot 50025 | 1841 2d Blue trial without corner letters in top left corner marginal block of four,
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 2d Blue trial without corner letters in top left corner marginal block of four, printed for distribution to postmasters announcing the new forthcoming…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 50026 | 1867 2d Blue pl.9 HI/IJ Paris Exhibition proof in block of four
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1867 2d Blue pl.9 HI/IJ Paris Exhibition proof in block of four on soft white card, indentation on the cheek of HI and small red spot on HJ, scarce, only…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50027 | 1850 Essay of Head of the Prince Consort by Henry Archer, in black, imperforate
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1850 Essay of Head of the Prince Consort by Henry Archer, in black, imperforate, with good even margins, affixed to a printed mourning circular (not sent)…
Estimate: 6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 50028 | 1850 1d. Black FJ, Perf. 16 “Prince Consort” essay,
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1850 Essay of Head of the Prince Consort by Henry Archer, perf.16 FJ, unused with large part original gum; a magnificent and rare essay with this being…
Estimate: 11’000 – 13’000 GBP
Lot 50029 | 1865 Department of Science and Art prize medal, 55mm, bronze, with Wyon head of QV
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1865 Department of Science and Art prize medal, 55mm, bronze, with Wyon’s portrait of Queen Victoria on one side with “QUEEN VICTORIA BY THE GRACE OF GOD”…
Estimate: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 50030 | 1840 (May 31) Wrapper from Dover to London with 1840 1d black pl.1a LA
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 2d Blue “May Dates”
1840 (May 31) Wrapper from Dover to London with 1840 1d black pl.1a LA, good to very large margins, tied by neat red MC, top backflap with clear Dover…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50031 | 1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a LA with part sheet margin tied to a clean by a red MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a LA with part sheet margin showing complete “the Labels ABOVE” marginal inscription at left, neatly tied to entire by a red MC,…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50032 | 1840 1d Black pl.1b IA with fine to good margins, neat red MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b IA with fine to good margins, neat red MC, small corner crease at top left otherwise fine
Estimate: 60 – 80 GBP
Lot 50033 | 1840 (Jul 25) Envelope from Retford, Nottinghamshire, to Green Bank near Birmingham, with 1840 1d black pl.1b IB
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jul 25) Envelope from Retford, Nottinghamshire, to Green Bank near Birmingham, with 1840 1d black pl.1b IB (showing re-entry marks at top), with…
Estimate: 220 – 300 GBP
Lot 50034 | 1840 1d black pl.1b LG with variety watermark inverted, used
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b LG with variety watermark inverted, lightly cancelled by black Maltese cross; fine and rare.
Estimate: 450 – 550 GBP
Lot 50035 | 1840 1d. black, SG, Pl. 1b, good to large margins,
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.1b SG, good to large margins, neatly cancelled by a blue Maltese cross though not guaranteed and “sold as is”; fine.
Estimate: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 50036 | 1840 1d. black pl.1b TA and pl.2 TL, each with very large to enormous margins
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d. black pl.1b TA and pl.2 TL, each with very large to enormous margins, cancelled by in black and red respectively, pl.2 showing double letter “T”;…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50037 | 1841 1d red pl.2 from black plates IE-IF, the unique unused pair
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d red pl.2 from black plates IE-IF, the unique unused pair good to large margins, without gum; pressed crease though not detracting from the very…
Estimate: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 50038 | No Lot
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
No Lot
Estimate: NaN GBP
Lot 50039 | 1840 1d black pl.2 QI-HL magnificent used block of eight with large margins all round,
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.2 QI-HL magnificent used block of eight with large margins all round, neatly tied to piece, each cancelled by a superb perfectly struck…
Estimate: 60’000 – 80’000 GBP
Lot 50040 | 1840 (Nov 15) Wrapper sent within Scotland from Edinburgh to Linlithgow with 1840 1d black pl.4 FG
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Nov 15) Wrapper sent within Scotland from Edinburgh to Linlithgow with 1840 1d black pl.4 FG with good to large margins tied by neat red MC, reverse…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50041 | 1840 1d. black, GK, Pl. 4, used on entire letter from
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.4 GK on entire letter from Haddington to Edinburgh, neatly tied by a virtually perfect strike of the Maltese cross in a brown shade, fine…
Estimate: 1’300 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50042 | 1840 1d. black, OB, Pl. 4, very large margins all round,
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d. black, OB, Pl. 4, very large margins all round, neatly cancelled by a very fine strike of the distinctive Manchester “Fishtail” Maltese cross…
Estimate: 350 – 400 GBP
Lot 50043 | 1840 1d black pl.5 QD, neatly cancelled by red Maltese cross and “P.P. No 15” in blue
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.5 QD, close to large margins all around, neatly cancelled by red Maltese cross and “P.P. No 15” in blue; fine and rare, cert. RPS (1969).
Estimate: 750 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50044 | 1840 1d Black pl.6 AC, fine to large margins, black MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.6 AC, fine to large margins, black MC, very fine.
Estimate: 90 – 120 GBP
Lot 50045 | 1841 (Feb 15) Wrapper from Dublin, Ireland, to London, with 1840 1d black pl.6 AE/BF block of four
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Feb 15) Wrapper from Dublin, Ireland, to London, with 1840 1d black pl.6 AE/BF block of four, just cut into in places, neatly tied by black MCs,…
Estimate: 3’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 50046 | 1840 (Nov 9) Entire from London to Chelmsford with 1840 1d black pl.6 MF, decorated inside with fascinating content
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Nov 9) Entire from London to Chelmsford with 1840 1d black pl.6 MF, just about touched at top otherwise good margins tied by neat red MC, with elaborate…
Estimate: 4’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 50047 | 1841 (Nov 29) Envelope from Manchester to Dartford bearing on reverse four complete wafer seals, with 1d black
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 (Nov 29) Envelope from Manchester to Dartford bearing on reverse four complete wafer seals printed in black on blue, green (2) and pink paper, one…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50048 | 1840 1d Red pl.9 from the “black plate”, DA-DL, a superb unmounted mint complete horizontal row
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Red pl.9 from the “black plate”, DA-DL, a superb unmounted mint complete horizontal row with sheet margin at either end, large margins on other…
Estimate: 75’000 – 95’000 GBP
Lot 50049 | 1841 1d Red-Brown pl.10 IE/JF mint block of four with good even margins
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.10 IE/JF mint block of four with good even margins, only tiny trace of hinge on one stamp, JF showing “J” flaw variety, very fine…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50050 | 1840 1d black pl.10 TD, good to large margins all around tied to entire by distinctive Plymouth Maltese cross
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.10 TD, good to large margins all around used on entire from Plymouth to Hull dated July 1841, neatly tied by a fine strike of the distinctive…
Estimate: 5’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50051 | 1840 1d black pl.11 PL, good to very large margins neatly tied to entire letter, plus matching 1d red on entire
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black pl.11 PL, good to very large margins neatly tied to entire letter dated 13th March 1841 by a good strike of the black Maltese cross; plus…
Estimate: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50052 | 1840 1d. black selection of 9 unplated examples all
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d. black selection of 9 unplated examples all with good to large margins, 5 with red cross, three with black cross including one with the distinctive…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50053 | 1840 1d black, four unplated heavily faded used examples
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d black, four unplated heavily faded used examples, sold as space fillers.
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50054 | 1840 2d blue pl.1 AD and pl.1 HD, used
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d blue pl.1 AD and pl.1 HD, with AD in deep full blue showing fine to good margins, red MC, very; and HD in pale blue just shaved at top left, small…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50055 | 1840 (Oct 1) Wrapper from Funchal, Madeira, to Plymouth with 1840 2d blue tied by “DEAL / SHIP LETTER” framed hs
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 (Oct 1) Wrapper from Funchal, Madeira, to Plymouth with 1840 2d blue pl.1 BL, fine to large margins, tied by a fine strike of the “DEAL / SHIP LETTER”…
Estimate: 40’000 – 50’000 GBP
Lot 50056 | 1840 2d. pale blue pair, FD-FE, good to large margins
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d pale blue pl.1 FD-FE pair, good to large margins, the stamps quite faded from being cleaned with forged cancellations added, sold as is.
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50057 | 1840 (Aug 25) Wrapper from Greenock to Glasgow (Scotland) with 1840 2d blue pl.1 KJ-KL strip of three
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 (Aug 25) Wrapper from Greenock to Glasgow (Scotland) with 1840 2d blue pl.1 KJ-KL strip of three, good to large margins and showing a worn state of…
Estimate: 4’000 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 50058 | 1841 (25th April) entire letter from Thurso to H.M.S. Gorgon in the Mediterranean bearing 1840 2d blue pl.1 LG-LL strip of six
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1841 (Apr 25) Entire letter from Thurso via Falmouth to Captain Henderson, the master of H.M.S. Gorgon in the Mediterranean, bearing 1840 2d blue pl.1…
Estimate: 16’000 – 20’000 GBP
Lot 50059 | 1840 2d deep blue pl.1 MA-MD horizontal strip of four, good to very large margins all round
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d deep blue pl.1 MA-MD horizontal strip of four, good to very large margins all round, neatly cancelled by 1844 type postmarks in black, small scissor…
Estimate: 2’400 – 2’800 GBP
Lot 50060 | 1840 2d. blue, Pl.1, OA-OB, a superb four margined mint pair
Great Britain » 1840 2d Blue (ordered by plate number)
1840 2d blue pl.1 OA-OB, a superb four margined mint pair from the left of the sheet, showing part inscription “ce 2d. Per Label. 2/-“, very lightly mounted…
Estimate: 65’000 – 85’000 GBP