9 Dec 2019 – 13 Dec 2019
1228 lots
Lot 50000 | 1839 1d Charles Whiting « Treasury Essay », embossed oval postage stamp essay in red
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
1839 1d Charles Whiting « Treasury Essay », embossed oval postage
stamp essay in red with » V (Crown) R / POST OFFICE / 1D / HALF OZ » in centre, printed…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50001 | 1839 1d « Beaufort House » essay by Charles Whitting
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
1839 1d « Beaufort House » essay by Charles Whitting, printed
using the Congreve method of printing simultaneously in two colours
(black and red) by…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50002 | 1847 Embossed essay by Charles Whiting showing the uncrowned Queen’s head within an ornate engine turned oval surround
Great Britain » 1839 Treasury Competition
1847 Embossed essay by Charles Whiting
showing the uncrowned Queen’s head within an ornate engine turned oval
surround, printed in ochre on thin card…
Estimation: 300 – 500 GBP
Lot 50003 | 1840 Mulready proof, state 3 in black on India paper without face value or side panels
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 Mulready proof, state 3 in black on India
paper without face value or side panels, very fine and fresh, a very scarce proof without any foxing as…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50004 | 1840 (May 9) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1 stereo A2, sent from Farnham to Lambeth neatly cancelled by a red MC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (May 9) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1 stereo A2, sent from Farnham to Lambeth neatly cancelled by a red MC with a
Farnham MY.09.1840 cds on reverse…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50005 | 1840 (May 13) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent within London, fine « May date »
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (May 13) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent within London, crisp red MC cancel, reverse with crisp MY 13 1840 ds which displays well when the top flap is…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50006 | 1840 (Aug 26) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A133, and 1840 (Sep 2) 2d Mulready envelope sent within IRELAND
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Aug 26) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A133, and 1840 (Sep 2) 2d Mulready envelope, unallocated stereo a195, matched pair of Mulreadys
sent within…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50007 | 1840 (Sep 20) 1d Mulready lettersheet cancelled « 7 » in MC with internal printed advert for the Atlas Asssurance Company
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Sep 20) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 5 stereo A244. with internal printed advert for the Atlas Asssurance
Company (SG MA103e), sent from London…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50007A | 1840 (Nov 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1, stereo A31 « Substituted Stereo »), sent from Gravesend to Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1840 (Nov 18) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1, stereo A31 « Substituted Stereo »), sent from Gravesend to Vanbrugh Castle,
Greenwich, neatly cancelled…
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50008 | 1841 (Feb 2) 1d Mulready lettersheet containing a printed advert for the Atlas Assurance Company cancelled by a London « 9 » in MC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Feb 2) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 1stereo A4, containing a printed advert for the Atlas Assurance
Company (SG MA103i), sent from London to…
Estimation: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 50009 | 1841 (Mar 14) 1d Mulready lettersheet containing a printed advert for the Atlas Asssurance Company (SG MA103b)
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Mar 14) 1d Mulready lettersheet containing a printed advert for the Atlas Asssurance Company (SG MA103b), sent
from Horndean to Aberdeen neatly…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50010 | 1841 (Apr 30) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A65, from Dudley (Worcestershire)
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Apr 30) 1d Mulready lettersheet, stereo A65, from Dudley (Worcestershire) to London cancelled by black MC with boxed « No 1 » handstamp adjacent, reverse…
Estimation: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 50011 | 1841 (Jun 10) 1d Mulready lettersheet sent from Bruton (Somerset) to Totnes uprated with 1841 1d red pl.1b GA
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Jun 10) 1d Mulready lettersheet, Forme 1 stereo A7,
sent from Bruton (Somerset) to Totnes uprated with 1841 1d red pl.1b GA (showing non-coincident…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50012 | 1843 (Jul 29) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 3, stereo A54, sent from London to Leeds cancelled by crisp London « 4 » in MC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1843 (Jul 29) 1d Mulready lettersheet, forme 3, stereo A54,
sent from London to Leeds cancelled by crisp London « 4 » in MC, with arrival cds below, reverse…
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50013 | 1858 (Jan 3) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A156, SENT FROM PARIS to Germany, with French Empire 10c bistre and 20c blue
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1858 (Jan 3) 1d Mulready envelope, stereo A156, SENT FROM PARIS to Germany, with French Empire 10c bistre and 20c blue, both tied by ms with the 10c also…
Estimation: 3’400 – 5’000 GBP
Lot 50014 | 1841 (Jan 18) 2d Mulready envelope, Forme 1, stereo a200, sent from Jersey to Ilchester cancelled contrary to regulations by a black MC
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (Jan 18) 2d Mulready envelope, Forme 1, stereo a200,
sent from JERSEY to Ilchester cancelled contrary to regulations by a
black MC (as recorded…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50015 | 1841 (May 8) 2d Mulready envelope with « Webb, L’pool » advertising imprint on backflap
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
1841 (May 8) 2d Mulready envelope, forme 1 stereo a203 with « Webb, L’pool » advertising imprint on backflap (for Waring Webb of Liverpool, SG.MA490d),
…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50016 | ca.1840 Fores’s No.1 Comic Envelope preliminary proof by John Leech printed in black on thin white card
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
ca.1840 Fores’s No.1 Comic Envelope preliminary proof by John
Leech printed in black on thin white card, although the design is
similar to the finished…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50017 | 1935 E. D. Bacon reprint of the 1840 background trial essay printed in rose carmine on white wove paper from the original plate
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1935 E. D. Bacon reprint of the 1840 background trial essay printed in rose carmine on white wove paper from the original plate, the original trials by…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50018 | 1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in red-brown on white wove paper, top left corner marginal
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in red-brown on white wove paper, top left corner marginal, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP20 State 3b)
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50019 | 1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in red-brown on white wove paper
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in red-brown on white wove paper, top marginal, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP20 State 3b)
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50020 | 1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in deep blue on stout white wove paper in top right corner marginal block of four
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in deep blue on stout white wove paper with a
distinct ivory head on reverse, in top right corner marginal block of four,…
Estimation: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50021 | 1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in deep blue on stout white wove paper in top right corner marginal single
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1840 1d Rainbow trial, state 3, in deep blue on stout white wove paper
in top right corner marginal single, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP20
State…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50022 | 1841 1d Rainbow Trial, state 3, in dark olive-green on thick laid paper dipped in prussiate of potash in top left corner marginal block of four
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 1d Rainbow Trial, state 3, in dark olive-green on thick laid paper dipped in prussiate of
potash in top left corner marginal block of four, most…
Estimation: 4’000 – 6’000 GBP
Lot 50023 | 1865 « Royal reprint » 1d black with watermark inverted pl.66 PH, mint
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1865 « Royal reprint » 1d black with watermark inverted pl.66 PH, mint part og, very fine (SG Spec. DP35a, £3’500)
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50024 | 1865 « Royal Reprint » 1d carmine pl.66 in imperforate horizontal pair, mint hr
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1865 « Royal Reprint » 1d carmine pl.66 in imperforate horizontal pair, mint hr, fine to large margins except for small scissor cut at lower right corner,…
Estimation: 800 – 1’200 GBP
Lot 50025 | 1867 1d Paris Exhibition proof pl.103 FH-FI in rose in imperforate horizontal pair printed on thick white card
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1867 1d Paris Exhibition proof pl.103 FH-FI in rose in imperforate
horizontal pair printed on thick white card, fine and very
scarce, only one sheet…
Estimation: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 50026 | 1867 1d Paris Exhibition proof pl.103 NK in black on thick white card
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1867 1d Paris Exhibition proof pl.103 NK in black on thick white card, good margins, very fine and scarce (SG Spec. DP38)
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50027 | 1841 2d Blue trial sheet of twelve with blank corner letters
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 2d Blue trial sheet of twelve with blank
corner letters, produced to apply to postal notices to inform
postmasters of the forthcoming issue, very…
Estimation: 8’000 – 10’000 GBP
Lot 50028 | 1841 2d Blue trial without corner letters in top right 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 right corner marginal block of four, printed for distribution to postmasters announcing the new forthcoming…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 50029 | 1841 2d Blue trial lower left corner marginal example from the trial sheet of twelve with blank corner letters,
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1841 2d Blue trial in lower left corner marginal
example from the trial sheet of twelve with blank corner letters,
produced for application to postal…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50030 | 1871 1/2d Ormond Hill die proof with void corner letters printed in black on thin white paper
Great Britain » Line Engraved Essays, Plate Proofs, Colour Trials and Reprints
1871 1/2d Ormond Hill die proof with void corner
letters printed in black on thin white paper (54x49mm), some minor foxing, very rare (SG from £37’000)
Estimation: 6’000 – 9’000 GBP
Lot 50031 | 1840 (May 7) Lettersheet from Witham (Essex) to Halesworth with 1840 1d black pl.1a
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 7) Lettersheet from Witham (Essex) to Halesworth with 1840 1d black pl.1a JH (worn plate), good even margins, cancelled by neat red MC, reverse…
Estimation: 1’600 – 2’400 GBP
Lot 50032 | 1840 (May 8) Entire from Reading to Croydon, written between Quaker friends, with 1840 1d black pl.2 FC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 8) Entire from Reading to Croydon, written between Quaker friends, with 1840 1d black pl.2 FC, fine to large margins, tied by a neat red MC contrary…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50033 | 1840 (May 14) Wrapper from Newcastle upon Tyne to Helton with 1840 1d intense black pl.1a FF
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 14) Wrapper from Newcastle upon Tyne to Helton with 1840 1d intense black pl.1a FF, fine to good margins, tied by neat red MC with a
faint…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50034 | 1840 (May 19) Lettersheet from Dorchester to London with 1840 1d grey-black pl.1a QD tied by brownish-red MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 19) Lettersheet from Dorchester to London with 1840 1d grey-black pl.1a QD, close to very large margins, tied by neat brownish-red MC with matching
…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50035 | 1840 (May 22) Wrapper from Stoubridge (Worcestershire) to Bewdley 1840 1d Grey black pl.1a QF
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 22) Wrapper from Stoubridge (Worcestershire) to Bewdley 1840 1d Grey black pl.1a QF, fine to very good margins, tied by crisp red MC, reverse…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50036 | 1840 (May 28) Wrapper from London to Ireland with 1840 1d black pl.1a cancelled by neat red MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black « May Dates »
1840 (May 28) Wrapper from London to Ireland with 1840 1d black pl.1a IE cancelled by neat red MC, reverse with clear Lombard Street despatch and Dublin…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50037 | 1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a DA-DB horizontal pair, showing moderate plate wear, with large to huge margins
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a DA-DB horizontal
pair, showing moderate plate wear, with large to huge margins, neatly cancelled by red
MCs, scarce so fine
Estimation: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 50038 | 1840 Mourning wrapper from Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) to Kettering with 1840 1d black pl.1a EK
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 Mourning wrapper from Hemel Hempstead (Hertfordshire) to Kettering with 1840 1d black pl.1a EK, fine to large margins, tied by vivid red MC, despatch…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP
Lot 50039 | 1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a ID/JE used block of four, fine to very good margins, cancelled by red MCs
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a ID/JE used block of four, fine to very good margins, cancelled by red MCs, small split at lower left of
ID and minor pressed…
Estimation: 3’000 – 4’000 GBP
Lot 50040 | 1840 (Jun 8) Entire from Airdrie to Falkirk with 1840 1d Black pl.1a TC, redirected with « Not in Palmont Delivery » ms
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jun 8) Entire from Airdrie to Falkirk with 1840 1d Black pl.1a TC, good to very good margins,
beautifully tied by a crisp red thin lined Scottish…
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50040A | 1840 (Jul 6) Entire from Edinburgh to Hamilton with 1840 1d grey black pl.1a TJ and black Mae West « TOO LATE » handstamp
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Jul 6) Entire from Edinburgh to Hamilton with 1840 1d grey black pl.1a TJ, good to huge margins (corner crease at lower left in margin), neatly tied…
Estimation: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 50041 | 1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a TL, good to huge margins, cancelled by neat BLACK MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Grey-Black pl.1a TL, good to huge margins, cancelled by neat BLACK MC, also showing varieties « without ray flaw » and prominent basal shift, an…
Estimation: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 50042 | 1840 1d Black pl.1b AH with INVERTED WATERMARK used
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b AH with INVERTED WATERMARK, fine to large margins, neatly and unusually cancelled by a small part red MC at the top left, most
attractive…
Estimation: 400 – 700 GBP
Lot 50043 | 1841 1d Red-Brown pl.1b AJ top marginal with full deckled edge selvedge and small part sheet inscription, used
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d Red-Brown pl.1b AJ top marginal with full deckled edge selvedge and small
part sheet inscription, good margins elsewhere, neatly cancelled by…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 50044 | 1841 1d Red-brown pl.1b BK cancelled by a crisp Manchester « Fishtail » distinctive MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1841 1d Red-brown pl.1b BK, fine to very good margins, cancelled by a
crisp Manchester « Fishtail » distinctive MC, very fine (SG Spec. AS6uc,
£1’000)
Estimation: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 50045 | 1840 1d Black pl.1b DL with WATERMARK INVERTED, good to huge margins, neatly cancelled by a red MC
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b DL with WATERMARK INVERTED, good to huge margins, neatly cancelled by a red MC, scarce so
fine
Estimation: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 50046 | 1840 1d Black pl.1b GI mint og, fine to large margins
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 1d Black pl.1b GI mint og, fine to large margins, very fine and rare, cert.
Raybaudi (1998)
Estimation: 2’400 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 50047 | 1840 (Sep 1) Mourning wrapper from London to Penrith with 1840 1d black pl.1b OJ
Great Britain » 1840 1d Black and 1d Red plates 1a to 11
1840 (Sep 1) Mourning wrapper from London to Penrith with 1840 1d black pl.1b OJ, good to very large margins (corner crease at O), tied by red MC and « T.P…
Estimation: 240 – 300 GBP