4 Jun 2019 – 7 Jun 2019
672 lots
Lot 50099
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1856 (Jan 17) Envelope from Plymouth to the Royal Engineers in the CRIMEA, with six 1854-57 1d red tied by Plymouth sideways duplexes, London transit,…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50100
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1856 (May 10) Entire sent to France with 1855-57 4d carmine pair on blued glazed paper tied by French boite mobile small-numeral “1441” lozenge in Granville…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50101
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1860-71, Group of 5 covers to ARGENTINA, incl. 1860 entire from Liverpool with 2d pl.8 & 4d rose, 1867 entire with 1s green pl.4, 1867 wrapper with 4d…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50102
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1860 (Oct 1) Wrapper from Glasgow, Scotland, to PERU, with 1856 Wmk Emblems 1s green pair tied by “159” duplex, London and Panama transits, endorsed “P…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50103A
Mauritius
1862 (Jun 9) Envelope to Dublin with GB 1855-57 6d pale lilac, wmk Emblems tied by “B53” numeral and Dublin cds, red “1 1/2d” hs, reverse with Mauritius…
Estimate: 15’000 – 20’000 GBP
Lot 50103
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1860 (Dec 31) Wrapper from Dundee, Scotland, to PERU, with 1856 Wmk Emblems 1s green right wing marginal block of four tied by “114” duplex, London and…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50104
Belgium » Belgique. Histoire Postale
1862 (Jul 10) Envelope front with “BELGIUM / VIA / FRANCE / (CROWN) / REGISTERED” hs sent unfranked from Brussels to Sheffield, with ms “6” rate, despatch…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50105
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1867 (May 1) Wrapper from Liverpool to CHILE, with 1865-73 Wmk Emblems 1s green right wing marginal pair tied by “466” duplex, London and Panama transits,…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50106
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1867 (Aug 1) Entire from Dundee, Scotland, to Chile, with 1867-80 2s blue pl.1 wing marginal tied by “114” duplex, London and Panama transits, very fine
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50107
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1869 (Feb 13) Incoming wrapper from Denmark with “REGISTERED LONDON / FROM / DENMARK” oval ds, with 1864-68 2s, 4s and two 8s tied by “51” numerals, despatch…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50108
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1869 (Mar 20) Wrapper incoming from Weimar, North German Confederation, sent registered to London with scarce “PRUSSIA / REGISTERED” cds in black and crowned…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50109
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1874 (Jul 24) Wrapper from Hull to Norway with 1873-80 3d rose pl.14 tied by “383” duplex, underpaid with ms “over 1/2g” and “INSUFFICIENTLY / PREPAID”,…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50110
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1875 (Jul 29) Entire sent registered from London to Spain with 1873-80 1s green pl.12, 3d pl.17 and 1864-79 1d red pl.177 tied by “R” in barred oval, paying…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50111
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1884-5 Pair of mourning envelopes to HMS Swiftsure, one to Vancouver Island and one to Chile, the former franked with GB 1883-84 2 1/2d lilac and other…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50112
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1860-81, Group of 6 covers to Peru, Chile or Mexico, all via Panama, incl. 1860 cover from Dundee to Peru with two 1856 Wmk Emblems 1s green; 1862 cover…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50113
Great Britain » King Edward VII » 1902-10 De La Rue Issues
1903 1d “Canada Head” essay (die 2) in pale orange on thick proof card, 60x92mm, very fine and scarce (SG from £2’800)
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50114
Great Britain » King Edward VII
1902-10 2s6d, 5s, 10s and £1 mint og, the £1 with corner crease and some minor gum tone spots, otherwise fine
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50115
Great Britain » King Edward VII
1902-10 2s6d, 5s, 10s and £1 with SPECIMEN ovpt, the 2s6d with large part og and the 5s, 10s and £1 with part og, fine (SG £2’700)
Estimate: 700 – 800 GBP
Lot 50116
Great Britain » King Edward VII
1911 Harrison & Sons 2 1/2d bright blue with INVERTED WATERMARK, mint nh lower marginal showing the variety in the margin, very fine and scarce (SG £1’250)
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50117
Great Britain » King Edward VII
1911-13 Somerset House 10s blue, mint, fresh and very fine
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50118
Great Britain » King George V » 1911-12 Downey Head Issues
1911 3d Engravers sketch die for the unissued value, cut down die proof used as a colour trial printed in green on thick white paper, using die II head…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50119
India » Airmails
1911 First U.K. Aerial Post card with GB KGV 1/2d (2) tied by FIRST UNITED KINGDOM / AERIAL POST / LONDON/ SP 12 / 1911 / 2 cds addressed to India with…
Estimate: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 50120
Great Britain » King George V
1911 First UK Aerial Post cards (2), in defferent shades, used internally franked either KEVII or KGV 1/2d, fine
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50121
Great Britain » King George V » 1911-12 Downey Head Issues
1912 1d Analine Scarlet, wmk Crown die II, in mint og (faint hinge traces) vert. coil strip of four showing coil join between top two stamps and with the…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50122
Great Britain » King George V
1912-24 Wmk Royal Cypher 1/2d to 1s mint set of 15, the 9d with minor toning otherwise fine appearance (SG £250)
Estimate: 30 – 50 GBP
Lot 50123
Great Britain » King George V
1913 Waterlow Seahorse 2s6d deep sepia (slightly toned gum), 5s lower marginal and 10s mint og, fine (SG £2’225)
Estimate: 440 – 500 GBP
Lot 50124
Great Britain » King George V
1913 Waterlow Seahorse 10s indigo-blue mint og, fine and fresh (SG £1’200)
Estimate: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50125
Great Britain » King George V
1915 De La Rue 10s blue Seahorse mint nh, odd shortish perf, gum bend at lower right, fine (SG £3’250)
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50126
Great Britain » King George V
1915 De La Rue 10s pale blue Seahorse, mint nh, very well centred, exceptionally fine, ex Aurelius (SG £3500)
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50127
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
WITHDRAWN
Estimate: 340 – 400 GBP
Lot 50128
Great Britain » King George V
1924 (Apr 23) British Empire Exhibition 1d and 1 1/2d first day cover with Wembley Park slogan cancel, very fine FDC
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50129
Great Britain » King George V
1925 (May 9) British Empire Exhibition 1d and 1 1/2d first day cover with Wembley Park slogan machine cancel, fine and scarce
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50130
Great Britain » King George V
1927 (Mar 31) Kenya-Sudan flight, 1/2d postal stationery cover from Gosport uprated with 1 1/2d booklet pane, with provisional label “per 1st flight from…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50131
Great Britain » King George V
1929 (May 10) PUC first day cover with set of four tied by Bishopston cds sent by airmail to Heliopolis in Egypt with manuscript at foot “By 10th Brit….
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50132
Great Britain » King George V
1929 PUC group of covers incl. two first day covers with the set of four, 1d & 1/2d on cover tied by National Postal Union Congress cds, same cancel on…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50133
Great Britain » King George V
1929 (Oct 10) Envelope sent by registered airmail to Peru with “England – S. America 1st. / Per Aquitania & USA-Peru / Airmail” typed at lower left, with…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50134
Great Britain » King George V
1929 (Aug 29) Envelope sent locally in Edinburgh with 1929 PUC 1d bisect and normal tied by Edinburgh “Exhibition Newcastle on Tyne” slogan machine cancel,…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50135
Great Britain » King George V
1929 PUC £1 black mint og, faintly toned gum, fine (SG £750)
Estimate: 220 – 260 GBP
Lot 50136
Great Britain » King George V
1929 PUC £1 black right marginal with light cds, one yellow perf. at top, very fine (SG £550)
Estimate: 200 – 260 GBP
Lot 50137
Great Britain » King George V
1929 PUC £1 black tied to envelope by 1 JU 29 cds, sent locally in Edinburgh, very fine, cert. Brandon (2006)
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50138
Great Britain » King George V
1933 (Oct 12) South America-Chicago Flight cover to Brazil with KGV 10d tied by Liverpool machine cancel, triangular and hexagonal special cachets, Berlin…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50139
Great Britain » King George V
1933 (Oct 13) South America-Chicago Flight cover to Argentina with KGV 1s bistre block of four tied by London F. S. Air Mail double circle ds, triangular…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50140
Great Britain » King George V
1934 Re-Engraved Seahorses 2s6d right marginal, 5s and 10s mint hr (2s6d mint nh), very fine (SG £575)
Estimate: 150 – 180 GBP
Lot 50141
Great Britain » King George V
1935 Silver Jubilee illustrated first day cover with the set tied by London Air Mail cds, very fine and attractive FDC
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50142
Great Britain » King George V » 1924-36 Issues
1935 “This is a Jewish War” German propaganda forgery, a superb unused example based on the design of the 1935 1/2d Silver Jubilee
Estimate: 220 – 260 GBP
Lot 50143
Great Britain » King George VI
1939 (Jun 9) KGV registered envelope sent to Tonga to the famous postmaster W. Quensell with many different cachets of the Tin Can Mail hs on front and…
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50144
Great Britain » King George VI
1941-54, Group of 7 covers with KGVI frankings with high values, incl. registered envelope to Martinique (redirected to Dominica) with 5s Arms, 9d and…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50145
Great Britain » King George VI
1944 KGVI German propaganda forgeries 1/2d to 3d complete set of 6 as issued by the German authorities during World War II as an attempt to infiltrate…
Estimate: 360 – 420 GBP
Lot 50146
Great Britain » King George VI
1944 KGVI German propaganda forgery 2 1/2d ultramarine with “World-Judaism” and Stars of David propaganda overprint, without gum as issued, scarce and…
Estimate: 180 – 240 GBP
Lot 50147
Great Britain » King George VI
1944 KGVI German propaganda forgeries 1/2d to 3d complete set of 6, all marginal, in superb used condition, cancelled by a forged strike of the London…
Estimate: 360 – 420 GBP
Lot 50148
Great Britain » King George VI
1947 11d Plum group of four commercial usages incl. on airmail to India with KGVI 1d, single franking to France, on QEII registered envelope uprated with…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 50149
Great Britain » King George VI
1948 Royal Wedding first day cover with the £1 and 2 1/2d on illustrated envelope, fine and attractive
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50150
Great Britain » King George VI
1948 Royal Wedding first day cover with 2 1/2d & £1 on registered envelope sent locally in Cambridge and tied by Trinity Street Cambridge cds, very fine
Estimate: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 50151
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1959 “Dollis Hill Phosphor Trial” on 3d deep violet Wilding in lower right corner marginal block of 6 (2×3), with the left hand column showing two 1 1/2mm…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50152
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1964 Geographical Congress 4d with VIOLET & RED-BROWN OMITTED (face value and dock walls), mint nh, very fine (SG £500), plus normal for comparison
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 50153
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1966 Battle of Hastings (phosphor) 4d se-tenant strip of six with BISTRE OMITTED, mint nh, very fine, with normal top marginal strip or comparison (SG…
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50154
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1969 Christmas 5d with GREEN OMITTED, mint nh, very fine (SG £375), plus normal for comparison
Estimate: 70 – 90 GBP
Lot 50155
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
1982 British Motor Cars 15 1/2p right hand marginal pair showing imperf. at right between the stamp and the margin, very fine
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50156
Great Britain » Queen Elizabeth II
2004 Northern Ireland self-adhesive booklet IMPERFORATE variety, small handling bend at top left, fine (SG £5’000)
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50156A
Great Britain » Officials
INLAND REVENUE: 1885 1s Dull Green mint part og, small gum thins, fresh colour, a rare stamp, cert. BPA (1992) (SG £6’000)
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50157
Great Britain » Officials
INLAND REVENUE: 1892 £1 Green with Sunderland cds, bent corner perf. at lower left otherwise very fine appearance, signed Keiser and Thier (SG £2’500)
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 50158
Great Britain » Officials
OFFICE OF WORKS: 1902 5d Dull Purple & Blue with Couch End / Broadway 1903 cds, very fine, cert. Karl-Albert Louis (2001) (SG £1’300)
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50159
Great Britain » Officials
BOARD OF EDUCATION: 1902 2 1/2d Ultramarine with Leicester cds, fine, signed Knopke (SG £450)
Estimate: 90 – 120 GBP
Lot 50160
Great Britain » Officials
WITHDRAWN (FORGERY)
Estimate: 6’000 – 8’000 GBP
Lot 50161
Great Britain » Officials
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD: 1902 1/2d Blue-green mint nh block of four, usual light gum wrinkles, very fine and rare multiple, cert. Scheller (2007) (SG £2’000)
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50162
Great Britain » Officials
ADMIRALTY: 1903 1d scarlet mint right marginal block of 12, one stamp faintly hinged, slightly toned gum, fine multiple
Estimate: 120 – 150 GBP
Lot 50163
Great Britain » Officials
1882-1904, OFFICIALS accumulation on 7 stockpages, mostly used, inevitably with some forgeries incl. crude 1840 VR Official, Office of Works incl. QV 10d…
Estimate: 1’000 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 50164
Great Britain » Postage Dues
1964 1s Ochre postage due (white paper) mint nh imperf. imprimatur pair, top marginal showing sheet dividing arrow, reverse with “BPMA” hs, very fine and…
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50165
Great Britain » Booklets
1934 2s Booklet, edition 271, complete and very fine (SG £1’100 in 2019)
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50166
Great Britain » Booklets
1942 2s6d Booklet, edition 172, complete, very fine
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50167
Great Britain » Postal Stationery
QV 3d Large postal stationery envelope with “Specimen” in ms, plus the same sized 3d envelope with OHMS imprint sent registered from Derby in 1904, fine…
Estimate: 80 – 100 GBP
Lot 50168
Great Britain » Postal Stationery
1884-1964 Postal Stationery: Collection of the UPU unused stationery with thirty-seven (37) showing SPECIMEN overprints from various Queen Victoria to…
Estimate: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50169
Great Britain » Revenues
1902ca KEVII 1s6d general duty die proof in black on glossy card, very fine
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50170
Great Britain » Revenues
1902ca KEVII £10 general duty die proof in black on glossy card, very fine
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50171
Great Britain » Revenues
1903 Indenture document franked with three £1 and a 5s vermilion stamped dies, with KEVII cypher stamps on the reverse of each in black, scarce
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50172
Great Britain » Revenues
1940 Health & Pensions Insurance group of working proofs on piece of printer’s workbook, with “NEW DIE”, “CANCELLED” die and strikes of the “1/1”, “1/5″…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50173
Great Britain » Telegraphs
1876 £1 Telegraphs De La Rue die proof in black on glazed card, 92x60mm, showing void corners and without plate numbers, dated “Oct 31, 1876.” and endorsed…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50174
Great Britain » Telegraphs
1877 Telegraph 1s green pl.4 in mint nh imperforate pane of 20 with “SPECIMEN” (type 9) overprint, showing marginal inscription at left, very fine and…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50175
Great Britain » Circular Delivery Companies
1865-1867 Specialised collection of Circular Delivery Companies neatly mounted and expertly written up on 22 album pages, showing examples of stamps from…
Estimate: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50176
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1863 (Jul 28) Envelope from Buenos Aires to England with 1862 1s green pl.1 right wing marginal tied by “B32” numeral, with despatch, London Paid and Norwich…
Estimate: 260 – 300 GBP
Lot 50177
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1869 (Jul 23) Envelope from Buenos Aires to Italy with 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.11 and 1867-73 1s green pl.4 (folded over top so heavily creased/split)…
Estimate: 180 – 240 GBP
Lot 50178
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1869 (Dec 15) Envelope from Buenos Aires to Italy with 1865-67 4d vermilion pl.11 right marginal and 1867-80 1s green tied by “B32” numerals, with despatch,…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 50179
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1870 (Feb) Wrapper from Buenos Aires to France with 1865-67 4d vermilion pl.9 right marginal vert. pair tied by “B32” numerals, no despatch, London Paid…
Estimate: 440 – 500 GBP
Lot 50180
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1871 (Jul 15) Entire from Buenos Aires to Spain with 1864 1d red pl.140, 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.12 and 1867-73 1s green pl.4 (small corner perf. fault),…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50181
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1873 (Jun 14) Front and half of the reverse sent from Buenos Aires to Italy with 1867-83 1s green pl.5 and 1865-73 4d vermilion pl.12 cancelled by “B32″…
Estimate: 90 – 120 GBP
Lot 50182
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Argentina
1876 (Jan 7) Envelope sent to Ohio, USA, endorsed “via England per RMS Maskelyne”, franked with Argentina 1868 5c pair tied by Beunos Aires double circle…
Estimate: 1’800 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 50183
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Chile
1869 Wrapper from the British Office in Valparaiso to the USA with 1865-73 Wmk Emblems 6d lilac pl.6 pair tied by “C30” duplex (type 4VODA, rarity E) and…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50184
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Chile
1878 (Jan 2) Envelope from the British Office in Valparaiso to the USA with 1874-80 6d grey tied by “C30” barred oval (type 4VOSB, rarity B), with despatch…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50185
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Crimea
1847-54 6d Embossed with CROWN between STARS barred oval from the Army Field Office in the Crimea, three margins, crease at foot and a little soiled, very…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50186
Great Britain » 1854-1900 Postal History of the Perforated Line Engraved and Surface Printed Issues
1856 (Jan) Envelope from Crimea to London with 1854-57 1d red strip of three cancelled by very fine “O*O” barred ovals, reverse with British Army Post…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50187
Great Britain » British Post Offices Abroad » Crimea
1856 (Mar 29) Envelope from the Crimea to England with 1854-57 1d red strip of three tied on arrival by London “47” numerals, with “OV 1/4 (in ms) OZ”…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50188
Great Britain » Collections
1840-1920s, Mixed collection of postal history in an album incl. accumulation of 1911 First UK Aerial Post (32 cards and envelopes in different colours,…
Estimate: 1’800 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 50189
Great Britain » Collections
1840-1948, Attractive and valuable chiefly mint collection housed in Lindner hingeless album, strength in classics with mint QV engraved issues, also the…
Estimate: 7’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 50190
Great Britain » Collections
1840-1969, Mint & used collection housed in two half-leather “Facile Oriel” albums, starting with 1840 1d black, Surface Printed incl. 1856 1s green block…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50191
Great Britain » Collections
1840-1992, Attractive and valuable practically all mint/unused collection housed in two Lighthouse albums, replete with better sets and singles, much strength…
Estimate: 15’000 – 20’000 GBP
Lot 50192
Great Britain » Collections
1840-1999, Mint & used collection from 1d black to modern incl. unused QV, face value, etc.
Estimate: 300 – 600 GBP
Lot 50193
Great Britain » Collections
1852-1977 Lot of hundreds of covers and heavily duplicated used stationery, much of it addressed to Sweden, majority QV, noted 10d embossed cut to shape,…
Estimate: 160 – 240 GBP
Lot 50194
Great Britain » Collections
1854-1900, Selection of QV line-engraved incl. plating study, various cancellations, useful values incl. £1 brown-lilac, etc., examine
Estimate: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50195
Great Britain » Collections
1946-59, Group of 5 KGVI & QEII illustrated first day covers and a large QEII registered envelope sent by Field Post Office, FDCs incl. 1946 Victory, 1948…
Estimate: 60 – 80 GBP
Lot 50196
Great Britain » Collections
1989-2004, Very complete collection in 3 albums with booklets, prestige booklets, etc., great for face value
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP