5 Dec 2022 – 9 Dec 2022
1589 lots
Lot 70348 | 1887-1900 Jubilee issue 2 1/2d De La Rue die proof
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee issue 2 1/2d De La Rue die proof, endorsed “BEFORE HARDENING” and dated “5 MAR 86”, very fine (S.G. £1’500).
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70349 | 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1s colour trial in bright purple
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee Issue 1s colour trial in bright purple, mint h.r., very fine, ex “Aureum”.
Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 70350 | 1887-1900 Jubilee issue 1/ dull green; a superb used
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1887-1900 Jubilee issue 1s dull green in a superb used block of 16, with each stamp neatly cancelled by fine strikes of “AYR/MR 16/97” cds, a fresh and…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70351 | 1891 £1 green DB imperforate overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, mint n.h.
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1891 £1 green DB imperforate overprinted “SPECIMEN” type 9, mint n.h., very fine and very fresh example without any of the usual heavy creasing normally…
Estimate: 1’400 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 70352 | 1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1887-1900 Jubilee Issue & 1891 £1 Green
1900 Jubilee 1/2d colour trial in blue-green (issued colour) on unwatermarked paper, mint o.g., light crease at lower right, fine appearance and scarce…
Estimate: 120 – 150 GBP
Lot 70353 | 1859 Overseas mail: Wrapper sent from Falmouth to Rivadeo,
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1859 (May 12) wrapper sent from Falmouth to Rivadeo, Spain, bearing a well centred vertical strip of three 2d blue pl.5 KF-MF, neatly tied by Falmouth…
Estimate: 180 – 200 GBP
Lot 70354 | 1860 (May 25) Entire to HMS Chesapeake in Hong Kong, China, the flagship of the British China Squadron during the 2nd Opium war
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1860 (May 25) Entire to HMS Chesapeake in Hong Kong, China, the flagship of the British China Squadron during the 2nd Opium war, franked with 1d red (S.G.40),…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 70355 | 1862 (Sep) wrapper from Jersey to France with 1862-64 4d bright red tied on arrival in France by crisp “3176” dotted lozenge
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1862 (Sep) wrapper from Jersey to France with 1862-64 4d bright red tied on arrival in France by crisp “3176” dotted lozenge, “ANGL. B. M. / St MALO” hexagonal…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70356 | 1863 (Aug 13) entire letter from Grimsby to Norway,
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1863 (Aug 13) entire letter from Grimsby to Norway, showing oval framed “TOFT SKAFTE & CO / GRIMSBY” hs in blue, bearing two horizontal strips of three…
Estimate: 12’000 – 15’000 GBP
Lot 70357 | 1878 (Feb 1) entire from London to Dominica with 1873-80 1s wing marginal
Great Britain » 1855-1900 Surface Printed » 1873-80 Large Coloured Corner Letters
1878 (Feb 1) entire from London to Dominica with 1873-80 1s wing marginal tied by London “78” “L1” duplex, Dominica arrival bs, some insignificant soiling,…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 70358 | GB 1880 4d pl 17 on cover to Honalulu. Ex Gilbert Wheat.
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1882 (Apr 18) envelope to Honalulu, Hawaii, with 1880 4d pl.7 tied by London E.C. squared circle ds, portion of envelope missing on reverse, a rare destination,…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70359 | 1883 (May 8) The London Banking Association envelope
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1883 (May 8) The London Banking Association envelope from London to Paris, bearing 1873-80 4d grey-brown pl.17 and 6d grey pl.18, neatly tied by good strikes…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70360 | Brazil: 1872 (Jun 39) wrapper from Bahia to Buenos Aires with 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.12 tied by “C81” numeral
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Brazil: 1872, pair of covers with 1872 (Jun 39) wrapper from Bahia to Buenos Aires with 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.12 tied by “C81” numeral, despatch cds…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70361 | 1871 (Aug 12) US Consulate printed envelope sent from
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Chile: 1871 (Aug 12) US Consulate printed envelope sent from Valparaiso to Massachusetts, franked with a very fine horizontal pair 6d mauve plate 9 (SG109),…
Estimate: 350 – 450 GBP
Lot 70362 | 1877 (JU 2) Envelope sent from Valparaiso (Chile) to
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Chile: 1877 (Jun 2) Envelope sent from Valparaiso (Chile) to Paris, franked with a tri-colour combination franking comprising of a 1s green (SG159), a…
Estimate: 350 – 450 GBP
Lot 70363 | 1872 (JY 14) Envelope from St Thomas to Portsea, franked
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Danish West Indies: 1872 (Jul 14) Envelope from St Thomas to Portsea, franked with a 1s green (SG117) and 6d mauve (SG109) tied by the British Post Office…
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 70364 | Danish West Indies: 1872 (Nov 16) entire from Caracas to the USA
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Danish West Indies: 1872 (Nov 16) entire from Caracas, Venezuela, to the USA, carried to St. Thomas and franked with 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.12 tied by…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70365 | Danish West Indies: 1875 (Jan 16) wrapper from St. Thomas to Dominican Republic with 1865-73 4d vermilion
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Danish West Indies: 1875 (Jan 16) wrapper from St. Thomas to Dominican Republic with 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.14 tied by “C51” duplex,, reverse with Nunès…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70366 | Danish West Indies: 1875 (Aug 28) wrapper from St. Thomas to Italy with 4d vermilion & 1s green
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Danish West Indies: 1875 (Aug 28) wrapper from St. Thomas to Italy with 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.14 and 1873-77 1s pl.11 tied by “C51” duplex, London transit…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 70367 | 1860 (JU 29) Wrapper sent from Alexandria (Eygpt) to
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Egypt: 1860 (Jun 29) Wrapper sent from Alexandria to London, franked with a three colour combination franking of a 6d lilac (SG70), a 2d blue (SG45) and…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70368 | 1879 (Nov 25) Lettersheet from Jacmel (Haiti) to Genoa,
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Haiti: 1879 (Nov 25) Lettersheet from Jacmel to Genoa, franked with 1s green plate 13 (SG150) and 1 1/2d lake red plate 3 (SG52) tied by the British Post…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70369 | Puerto Rico: 1871 (Apr 7) mourning entire from Mayaguez to the USA with 1865-73 4d vermilion
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Porto Rico
1871 (Apr 7) Mourning entire letter from Mayaguez to the USA with 1865-73 4d vermilion, wing marginal (trimmed perfs. at foot), tied by very fine “C61″…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70370 | 1875 (JU 12) A printed prices current lettersheet sent
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Porto Rico: 1875 (Jun 12) A printed prices current lettersheet sent from San Juan to Canada, franked unusually lower left of cover with a 1d red (SG43)…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70371 | 1876 (MR 25) Lettersheet sent from Mayaguez, Porto
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Porto Rico: 1876 (Mar 25) Lettersheet sent from Mayaguez to Santander, Spain, franked with a scarce combination of 1s green (SG150), a 1d red (SG43) and…
Estimate: 350 – 450 GBP
Lot 70372 | Collection: Group of used abroad singles, multiples and on piece
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Collection: Group of used abroad singles, multiples and on piece, incl. St. Thomas incl. 4d sage-green pl.15 with cds, Valparaiso (“C30”) incl. 2s blue…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70372A | Crimea: “Regulations under which the Correspondence for Her Mayjesty’s Forces…”
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad
Crimea: “Regulations under which the Correspondence for Her Mayjesty’s Forces in the Baltic; in the White Sea; and in Turkey and the Black Sea is at present…
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70373 | 1902 1d. “Transvaal” essay, type 2 in black and purple
Great Britain » King Edward VII
1902 1d. “Transvaal” essay, type 2 in black and purple with Crown and value tablets touched in by hand in Chinese white and with thin line hand painted…
Estimate: 1’600 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 70374 | 1901 4d composite “paste-up” essay of the Victorian
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 4d composite “paste-up” essay of the Victorian “Jubilee” 4d, with a lithographed quarter face portrait of King Edward VII inserted facing left, affixed…
Estimate: 1’800 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 70375 | 1901 “small head” die proof in black on white glazed
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 “small head” die proof in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed “After hardening” in black manuscript, as used for the 1 1/2d, 3d, 4d, 9d,…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 70376 | 1902-10 1/2d Dull blue green mint l.h. with watermark inverted variety
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 1/2d Dull blue green mint l.h. with watermark inverted variety, showing large part of “TA” of “POSTAGE” and the top of the Crown, minor bends,…
Estimate: 500 – 800 GBP
Lot 70377 | 1906 1d Colour trial in carmine-red on Crown watermarked paper, perf.14, printed from a special plate of 20 electros
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1906 1d Colour trial in carmine-red on Crown watermarked paper, perf.14, printed from a special plate of 20 electros, mint n.h., very fine.
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 70378 | 1906 1d. carmine red colour trial on gummed watermarked crown paper
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1906 1d carmine red colour trial on gummed watermarked crown paper, made from a special plate of 20 electros, very fine and scarce.
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 70379 | 1906 1d. carmine-rose imperf. colour trial on crown
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1906 1d carmine-rose imperf. colour trial on crown watermarked paper, printed from a special plate of 20 electros, scarce.
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 70380 | 1906 1d. carmine red, imperforate colour trial
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1906 1d carmine red imperforate colour trial from the right of the sheet, mint o.g., printed from a special plate of 20 electros, very fine and scarce.
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 70381 | 1906 1d. colour trial in blue-geranium, a very fine
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1906 1d. colour trial in blue-geranium, a very fine and fresh example printed on Imperial Crown watermarked paper from a special plate of twenty electros….
Estimate: 360 – 400 GBP
Lot 70382 | 1909 2d Colour trial in green on yellow gummed Crown wmk paper
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1909 2d Colour trial in green on yellow gummed Crown wmk paper, produced for the propped mono-colour issue that was subsequently abandoned on the death…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70383 | 1901 4d. die proof of the head plate in black on white
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 4d De La Rue die proof of the head plate in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), endorsed “BEFORE HARDENING” and dated “28 Nov. 01”, scarce.
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70384 | 1910 4d colour trial in yellow-orange from the mono-coloured plate
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1910 4d colour trial in yellow-orange from the mono-coloured plate, on Crown wmk paper, no gum, natural paper impurity at top otherwise (S.G. from £9’000).
Estimate: 1’400 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 70385 | 1901 10d. die proof of the head plate in black on white
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 10d De La Rue die proof of the head plate in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), scarce.
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70386 | 1901 2/6d. die proof in black on glazed card 90x60mm.,
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 2s6d De La Rue die proof in black on glazed card, 90x60mm, stamped “AFTER HARDENING” in black and dated “12 Nov. 01” in blue, very fine and rare.
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 70387 | 1902 2/6d. die proof in black on white glazed card
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902 2s6d De La Rue die proof in black on white glazed card (92x60mm), without additional markings, a superb example.
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 70388 | 1902 2/6d. lilac, 5/- bright carmine, 10/- ultramarine
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902 2s6d lilac, 5s bright carmine, 10s ultramarine & £1 dull blue green, each overprinted “SPECIMEN” horse shoe type 17, the 5s with rebuilt top right…
Estimate: 3’600 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 70389 | 1902-10 De La Rue 10/- ultramarine from the the right
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 10s ultramarine mint n.h. from the the right of the sheet, mounted in the margin, very fine.
Estimate: 700 – 800 GBP
Lot 70390 | 1902-10 De La Rue 1/- pair and £1 green, neatly tied
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1902-10 De La Rue 1s pair and £1 green, neatly tied to small piece by good strikes of “JERSEY/NO 11/05”, attractive.
Estimate: 460 – 500 GBP
Lot 70391 | 1901 £1 die proof in black on glazed card 90x60mm.,
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1901 £1 die proof in black on glazed card 90x60mm., stamped “BEFORE HARDENING” in black and dated “16 Dec. 01” in blue, very fine and rare.
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 70392 | 1911 Harrison 1d rose-red, perf.15×14, mint n.h. right marginal block of six with double gum variety,
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1911 Harrison & Sons Issues
1911 Harrison 1d rose-red, perf.15×14, mint n.h. right marginal block of six with double gum variety, faint gum bends, fine and fresh, photocopy of cert….
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 70393 | 1911 6d deep plum in mint n.h. upper corner marginal with “no cross on Crown” variety
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1911-13 Somerset House Issues
1911 6d deep plum in mint n.h. upper corner marginal pair (mounted in margin) with “no cross on Crown” variety, cert. Hendon.
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 70394 | 1911-13 2/6d. greyish purple, a magnificent mint NH
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1911-13 Somerset House Issues
1911-13, 2s6d greyish purple, a magnificent mint n.h. block of six, lovely fresh colour, a very rare multiple in this shade; cert. RPS (1974).
Estimate: 6’000 – 7’000 GBP
Lot 70395 | 1911-13 Somerset House 5s carmine, mint n.h.
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1911-13 Somerset House Issues
1911-13 Somerset House 5s carmine, mint l.h., very fine (SG £425).
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 70396 | 1911-13 10s Blue mint lower right corner marginal
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1911-13 Somerset House Issues
1911-13, 10s Blue mint lower right corner marginal with only the slightest hint of a hinge on the stamp, very fine and fresh example (S.G. £1’100+).
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP